Searching for Brazil Sand & Gravel Company Name

I wrote off to the Brazil Indiana Public Library, hoping that they might have city directories going back to the 1920s that would list the name of the sand and gravel company that Harry PIERPONT's father ran.


Harry worked there for awhile after his release from prison before embarking on a series of robberies throughout Indiana in 1924-25.  It appears that his bank robbing partner, William Behrens, may have also worked at this same company.


The response I received back from them was:

One of the ladies did some research and BPL does not have directories going back to the 1920s.  She suggested that maybe the Clay Co Geneology in Centerpoint may have some of those that old.

So, looks like my next contact is the Clay County Genealogy Society.

Family Recipe Friday: Fruit Truck

Today's recipes come from the 1962 cookbook of the Women's Guild of the Salamonia, Indiana United Church of Christ of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed).

FRUIT TRUCK                                          Pearl LeMaster

Wash 1 lb. raisins: Stew in 2 c. water for 15 min.  Add 1 c. cold water, 1/2 c. lard, 2 c. sugar, 1 tsp. cloves, 1 tsp. nutmeg, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. soda, 1/4 c. flour.  Beat mixture, add 1 tsp. vanilla.  This makes a very large and also economical cake.  Bake 30 minutes in moderate oven and cover with caramel icing.

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Pearl (SMITH) LeMASTER was my paternal grandaunt, the wife of Gerald Walker LeMASTER.  Pearl was born April 23, 1894 in Jay County, Indiana, the daughter of Samuel E. and Mary E. (BIBLER) SMITH.

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The Orcutt-Metzner connection

Initiated correspondence with Mary K. Guinn regarding the ORCUTT and METZNER line, and the connection with Harry PIERPONT.  She sent me a nice printout of the descendants of James Orcutt (1857-1925) who married Samantha METZNER (1857-1890).  James was Harry PIERPONT's grandfather.


Samantha was her name as listed in the 1860 census, when she was 2 years old.  By the 1870 census, her name was listed as Amanda.  I still need to obtain her marriage record from Jay County.  In the 1880 census, she was listed as Amanda.  Ancestry.com shows the marriage of James ORCUTT to Samantha E. METZNER taking place May 12, 1878 in Jay County, Indiana.  They had three surviving children, George, Lena and Mamie.  Melvin died as an infant and is buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jay County, Indiana.


After Samantha's death, James remarried to Nancy E. MAYO on December 11, 1893 in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.  They also had three surviving children, Carl, Hazel and Lawrence.  Iva died as a child in 1901.


Mary sent me a nice family history report, with a lot of clues for further research. All because I was able to find her tree online and make contact.