Tombstone Tuesday: Orville Bernand and Ada (________) Chew

Source: Salamonia Cemetery (Jay County, Indiana), Bernard and Ada Chew marker, photographed by Travis LeMaster, 26 March 2009.

Orville Bernard and Ada (________) CHEW are buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Bernard was my paternal 1st cousin 3 times removed.

Bernard was born August 5, 1896 in Jay County, Indiana, the son of William Anderson and Emma Susan (STRAIGHT) CHEW.

Ada was born in 1901 to unknown parentage.  I do not yet know when and where they were married.

Bernard died in 1947 and Ada died in 1986.

Tombstone Tuesday – To participate in Tombstone Tuesday simply create a post which includes an image of a gravestone of one or more ancestors and it may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor. This is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.

Amanuensis Monday: The Fish Story

An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. 

Undated news clipping, possibly Alexandria, Indiana Times-Tribune

Bill Wright, employee of the post office, was telling the folks back home this week about the "ones that got away" while on his vacation.  Mr. and Mrs. Wright were fishing at Tippecanoe lake last Saturday night and had a string of six fish tied on the back of the boat.   The boat drifted into some weeds and the fish became tangled in the weeds and broke loose.

Among the catch was the largest fish ever caught by Mrs. Wright, a one and one-fourth pound crappie.

That's the story!

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Bill Wright was my maternal grandfather.

Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Amanuensis Monday is a popular ongoing series created by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.

Sunday's Obituary: Lawrence Spence (1863-1961)

Lawrence Spence obituary, Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, April 1, 1961, page 2

SPENCE FUNERAL IN ALEXANDRIA

Alexandria - Military funeral services for Lawrence Spence, 98, Indiana's oldest member of the American Legion, were held Thursday afternoon at the Karl M. Kyle Funeral Home with the Rev. Herschel M. Reed, pastor of the First Christian Church, in charge.

Organ music was provided by Mrs. Martin Burden.

Pall bearers were Earl Stage, Harry Beardsley, Garland Shafer, Irl Gorden, Herschel Swindell and William A. Lewis.  Chaplain was Sam Allen and color guards were Charles Cummins, Sam Allen, Fred Marston and Virgil Holford.

At the IOOF Cemetery, where interment was made, the firing squad was comprised of James Donahue, Donald P. Jones, Richard Hall and Neal Johnson. Buglar was Robert Hiatt, Jr.

Sunday’s Obituary – if you have obituaries of family members and ancestors, consider posting them along with other information about that person as part of Sunday’s Obituary. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here.