Tombstone Tuesday: William Henry Wehrly

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

William Henry WEHRLY is buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  William was my paternal 1st cousin twice removed.


William was born 1911 in Jay County, Indiana, the son of Alva Monroe and Emma C. (YAEGER) WEHRLY.


In the 1930 census, he was listed as an 18 year old farm laborer in his father's household in Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.


William died in 1958.  I do not yet have information regarding the exact date.


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Two From Portland To Tour With Choir

Source: The Graphic, Portland, Indiana, March 26, 1953

Portland - Idola LeMaster and Glen Priest of Portland are members of the Earlham College Concert Choir which will present programs in four Indiana communities and in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois on its annual Spring Concert Tour which begins March 27.

The Richmond collegiate musicians will open their tour with a concert at 7:30 p.m., March 27 at the First Friends church in Indianapolis.

Sunday, March 29 they will sing for the morning worship service at The Chicago Meetinghouse and in the evening at the Evanston Meeting of Friends.

The choir will present a secular program at Peru high school Monday afternoon, March 30 and a sacred and secular program at The Union Street Friends Meeting, Kokomo, in the evening.

Tuesday evening they will complete their tour by giving a concert at The First Methodist Church, Fort Wayne.

The Earlham choir members last year were chosen to sing with the Cincinnati Symphony under the direction of Thor Johnson and will make their second appearance with this symphony in an April concert.

They also will present a television program over WLW-T in May.  The group has been popular performers on both radio and television.  They have sung for a number of Friends meetings in Indiana and annually take a concert tour.

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Idola LeMaster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ord LeMaster, West Water street, Portland.

Glen Priest, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Priest, Portland.

Mappy Monday: Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana

Source: B.N. Griffin, Atlas of Jay County, Indiana (Philadelpha, Pennsylvania: Griffing, Gordon & Co., 1887)

This portion of the map of Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana shows the Salamonia area where my paternal ancestors lived.  Though spelled Salamonie on this atlas, the town was originally known as Lancaster.  


My Lemasters ancestors bought land as early as 1854, settling in Section 8.  On this map, you can see Luman Walker Lemasters 80 acres in the northwest corner of the section, along with an additional 77 acre tract on the far west side.  This is where the "Lookout Hill farm" mentioned in the 1887 county history was located.  His son, Luman Walker Jr., had 3 acres carved out.  To the northwest in Section 6, Luman Sr.'s brother Phillip had an 80 acre tract.  To the northwest of Salamonia in Sections 6 and 5, John P. Wehrly had two tracts of land.  John was married to Catherine Lemasters, sister of Phillip and Luman Sr.




Mappy Monday – do maps, deeds and land records factor in to your family history? Join us for Mappy Monday where you can post map images and how they relate to your research or discuss other aspects of land ownership and your ancestors. Several members of GeneaBloggers suggested this type of theme and in fact Holly Spencer of Ravenna Area Historical Society Blog has been using this theme since March 2009.