On This Day : January 8

1715: Judith SANBORN born in Hampton Falls, Province of New Hampshire.  Judith was the daughter of Enoch SANBORN and Elizabeth DENNETT.  Judith was my 6x great-grandmother.


1720: Thomas FESSENDEN married Abigail LOCKE.  Thomas was the son of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.


1732: Sarah ELDERTON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Sarah was the daughter of Roger ELDERTON and Lydia BABCOCK.


1740: George TAYLOR born.  George was the son of George TAYLOR and Rachel GIBSON. 


1750: Mary MILLS was born in Virginia.  Mary was the daughter of John MILLS and Sarah BEALS.


1778: George MAXSON married Anne MERRITT.  George was the son of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1780: Colby TAYLOR born.  Colby was the son of Commodore Richard TAYLOR and Catherine DAVIS.


1797: Richard TAYLOR married Mary TAYLOR.  Richard was the son of Commodore Richard TAYLOR and Catherine DAVIS.  Mary was the daughter of Edmund TAYLOR and Sarah STUBBS.


1803: Deborah WILLSON died in Great Meadows, Warren County, New Jersey.  Debora was the daughter of Jonathan COLLINS and Ann ________.  She was my 7x great-grandmother.


1811: Phebe GARRETT died.  Phebe was the daughter of Robert SUMNER and Phoebe BEALS.


1812: Royal Storrs PIERCE born.  Royal was the son of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.


1824: Allen WARDLAW married Sally BROWN.  Allen was the son of Samuel WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.


1827: Robert Conway RINEHART born in Henry County, Indiana.  Robert was the son of Jacob RINEHART and Mary (Polly) ADNEY.


1851: John MAXSON died in Doddridge County, Virginia.  John was the son of Zebulon MAXSON and Mary DAVIS.


1856: Franklin Pierce RUTHERFORD born.  Franklin was the son of Randolph Spicer RUTHERFORD and Christina Evalina HECK.


1870: William Marion HENDRIXSON married Mary Ann BERGER.  William was the son of Allen HENDRIXSON and Sarah Ann WRIGHT.


1875: Edmund G. PIERCE died in Madison County, Indiana.  Edmund was the son of Francis S. PIERCE and Rebecca PAGE.  Edmund was my 3x great-grandfather.


1885: Martha Ann SWAFFORD married U.S. Grant HEATH in Ray County, Missouri.  Martha was the daughter of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1896: Taylor Evert CHIVLARE born in Yankeetown, Warrick County, Indiana.  Taylor was the son of Isaac C. CHIVLARE and Florence FOLLOWAY.


1897: Malenia DAVIS born.  Malenia was the daughter of Joseph Newton DAVIS and Almeda DAVIS.


1898: Maxine MAXSON born in Pennsylvania.  Maxine was the daughter of Hal Yates MAXSON and Emma FRANK.


1898: Henry PETRY died.  Henry was the son of Henry PETRY and Elizabeth WEHRLY.


1900: Janet Audra DAVIS born.  Janet was the daughter of Winchester Journey DAVIS and Lula Iona DAVIS.


1910: Harley LEE married Anna SMITH in Ray County, Missouri.  Harley was the son of Luther Wesley LEE and Basthal D. GANT.

Black Sheep Sunday : New Harmony Bank Bandits Elude Capture

Source: Evansville Courier, March 11, 1925


NEW HARMONY BANK BANDITS ELUDE CAPTURE


Trail of Grey Sedan Lost Near Poseyville; Left State, Belief


New Harmony, March 11 - "Shoot to kill."  This order was flashed over the entire tri-state district yesterday following the failure of authorities in more than 24 hours to apprehend the four bank bandits who shortly before 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon held up and robbed the New Harmony Bank and Trust company of $9300 in cash and bonds.


The trail taken by the bandits, who fled from the small village in a large grey sedan, was picked up near Wadesville where the fleeing automobile was seen Tuesday afternoon.  From there it led north through Poseyville where it was lost.  Yesterday morning a report from King's Station in Gibson county said the bandit car had been seen there.


Left State Belief


Police authorities throughout the Pocket district, notified of the robbery within a few minutes after it had occurred, scoured nearby cities and towns and stationed guards on the highways throughout the Pocket.  Late last night, however, the bandits had not been apprehended and it was believed they had made good their escape into some adjoining state.


The latest clue possessed by authorities in regard to the movement of the large grey sedan and which has strengthened the belief that the bandits have left the state was received yesterday from Charles Chamberlain, a farmer living near Griffin. Chamberlain reported that he had been stopped by four men riding in such an automobile six miles south of Griffin on the Wabash river.  They asked him where they could get a boat across the river and handing him $80 in cash, telling him to keep still.


Heavily armed


The fact that the bandits were bold enough to stage a robbery in a town like New Harmony from which escape could easily be cut off, has led to the belief that they were desperate men and were prepared to shoot their way to freedom if cornered.  This fact, and the fact that they were all heavily armed, caused the warning to police officers in Pocket to take no chances in affecting a capture.


After a thorough check of the bank's funds yesterday, it was learned that the take was $ 9300  .  Of this amount, $ 4,800 was in cash, $300 in gold, and $4,000 in bonds.  All is amply covered by insurance.


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This article is another in a series of stories of Indiana bank robberies by a group of robbers, led by my paternal cousin, Harry Pierpont (1902-1934).   Harry later became famous as part of the "Terror Gang" with John Dillinger. 

On This Day : January 7

1680: John BROUGHTON born.  John was the son of John BROUGHTON and Elizabeth WOODRUFF.


1750: Thomas MAXSON born.  Thomas was the son of Matthew MAXSON and Martha POTTER.


1753: William MILLIKAN born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  William was the son of William MILLIKAN and Jane WHITE.


1773: Thankful MAXSON married Samuel COON. Thankful was the daughter of John MAXSON and Sarah BURDICK.


1773: Martha STANLEY born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Martha was the daughter of Strangeman STANLEY and Jemima MILLS.


1818: Almina PIERCE married John COY.  Almina was the daughter of Gordon PIERCE and Thirsa SMALLEY.


1818: Henry KIMBALL born.  Henry was the son of Benjamin KIMBALL and Martha WARDLAW.


1854: Jesse BALDWIN died.  Jesse was the son of Uriah BALDWIN and Hannah HUNT.


1861: William BEALS died.  William was the son of John BEALS and Susannah JOHNSON.


1865: Aaron Lewis CHEW married Luella GERMAN in Clarke County, Iowa. Aaron was the son of John William CHEW and Mary Ann RELEA.


1903: Thomas Harmon SWAFFORD married Emma Jane DIXON.  Thomas was the son of John Marshall SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth LEE.


1908: Lucy ROBERTSON died.  Lucy was the daughter of Benjamin BOTTS and Frances PUTMAN.


1919: John Leon CRANE born.  John was the son of Thomas Franklin CRANE and  Mary Florence GILLILAND.


1919: Mary Leona CRANE born.  Mary was the daughter of Thomas Franklin CRANE and Mary Florence GILLILAND.


1922: Rebecca DOLBY died in Wells County, Indiana.  Rebecca was the daughter of George SILLS and Mary GRIMES.


1929: St. Patrick Merlin CUMMINGS died in Sedgwick, Lawrence County, Arkansas.  Patrick was Eileen's grandfather.


2001: Mary Martha KING died.  Mary was the daughter of James Alfred KING and Rosie M. DILL.