Sorting through some pictures I took at a visit to the Alexandria-Monroe Historical Society, I thought I would share them here.  The socie...

The old treehouse Ami High, Michelle, LeMaster, Jason LeMaster, Jim McDermitt, Travis LeMaster Found this old picture of the first tree ...

Back row (L-R) : Virgil Wright, Edna Muriel (Pierce) Wright, William Wright, Bonnie (Lambertson) Wright, Clara (Wright) High, John M. High...

1683 - Elizabeth PRICE born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert PRICE and Sarah WEBB. 1684 - Thomas FESSENDEN born in Cambridge, Middle...

Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, July 30, 1961, page  10 At Taylor U. Cage Meeting ALEXANDRIA - Charles and Phillip High, sons...

Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, April 5, 1961, page 3 IN HOSPITAL John High, who was injured in an auto accident last week in G...

Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, June 21, 1969, page  16 Deed Transfers As Shown in Madison County Recorder's Office Virgil L...

The Alexandrian, Alexandria, Indiana, July 1, 1986 Home Tour - Gloria LeMaster, right, presided over the front parlor of the Scott-Mal...

Aunt Clara Ellen (Wright) High Another contribution from mom's kitchen: I grow 'red' rhubarb that I originally got a st...

Ancestry has placed the U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949  online, and what a lot of good information I've found this Memo...

John, Clara (Wright) & Charlie High Wordless Wednesday  – a great way to share your old family photos! Create a post with the main foc...

Source : Alexandria, Indiana Times Tribune [undated] William Wright Dies Monday William L. Wright, 53, 610 W. Broadway St., was dead on ...

[This post originally appeared on this blog December 7, 2008.  In memory of the Pearl Harbor attack, I'm reposting] Source : Anderson...

Sometimes the newspaper makes a mistake, other times perhaps the family is so distraught that incomplete information is given.   An examp...

My maternal grandaunt, Clara Ellen WRIGHT, was born on this date in 1916 in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana.  Clara Ellen was the d...

Virgil Lee Wright (1894-1972) was my maternal great-grandfather.  While I don't have any memories of him to share, my cousin Charlie Hi...

My maternal great-grandparents, Virgil Lee and Edna Muriel (Pierce) Wright are buried in the Park View Cemetery in Alexandria, Madison Coun...

Source : Anderson Herald-Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana, Sunday, December 8, 1991. Alex man was on Oklahoma at Pearl by Jim Bannon . When we pu...

Source: Alexandria Times-Tribune, December 11, 1991. Day of Infamy: Alex Man Survived Pearl Harbor by Stephen Dick It was the Day of Infamy....

Source : Elwood, Indiana Call-Leader, Monday, March 27, 1972 Alexandria - Virgil Lee Wright, 77, route four, Alexandria, died Saturda...