Jay County Men Respond

Source: Indianapolis Star, Friday, May 4, 1917, page 11


JAY COUNTY MEN RESPOND


Portland, Ind. May 3 - Jay County sent eight more recruits to Fort Wayne this afternoon to join the army.  All are from Salamonia, a town of less than 200 population.  They are Forest and Orville Chew, brothers; John F. and Guy F. Kantner, cousins; John M. Bischoff, Ray C. McKinley, Gerard W. LeMaster, David Clyde Andrews.  Daniel Shaneyfelt and Isaac J. Garringer, both of Boundary, accompanied them, expecting to enlist.  Four new enlistments were recorded in Company G, I.N.G., this city, today.  They are Orville Upp and Frank Fiekle, this city, Oscar Shafer and Frank Sientz, both of Pennville.  Fred Chronister, private in the local company, has been elected second lieutenant of the new guard company being formed at Decatur.


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Many of these names are familiar to my family research:


Gerald W. LeMASTER (name misspelled as "Gerard"), was my paternal granduncle, son of Luman and Barbara (WEHRLY) LeMASTER.


John M. BISCHOFF, was a foster child of my great-granduncle, Arthur R. LeMASTER.


Forest and Orville CHEW, were my paternal 1st cousins, 3 times removed, sons of Dr. William and Emma (STRAIGHT) CHEW.

GeneaLeaks

I'm waiting for the latest release of the secret documents. No, not the latest from WikiLeaks, but instead from GeneaLeaks, the masterminds of exposing family secrets.


What I'm hoping they'll release :

• The parentage of my maternal great-grandmother, June Kirk (GILLILAND) LAMBERTSON.  

• The truth about what happened to Albert MOULTON, my paternal 3rd-great grandfather, who supposedly disappeared during the California Gold Rush (and abandoned his family back East).

• Documents relating to the Swiss origins of my HALEY family, including the original spelling of the surname.

• Positive proof that Jacob LEMASTERS (1770-1852) of Mason County, Virginia and Shelby County, Ohio was a descendant of Abraham LEMASTER (bef1639-1722) of Charles County, Maryland.

These are just a few of the most highly anticipated documents expected to be exposed soon.

Rumor has it that all of these documents, and many more, have been stored away in an unknown location.  Undisclosed sources have mentioned Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City and the North Pole as possible locations.

Wednesday's Child: Maxine E. LeMaster (1920-1931)

Maxine Elizabeth LeMASTER, daughter of Gerald Walker and Mabel Agnes (KANTNER) LeMASTER, is buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.

Maxine was born August 20, 1920 in Jay County, Indiana.  She died April 2, 1931.  I need to obtain a copy of the obituary to find out how and where she died.

Note the surname is spelled with a final 's' on the family grave plot.

Source: Salamonia Cemetery (Jay County, Indiana), Maxine LeMaster marker, photographed by Travis LeMaster, 26 March 2009.

Wednesday’s Child – Post photos of gravestones of children. A sad topic indeed but posts can give life to the stories of these young souls. This has been an ongoing series by Amy at Gravestoned.