Marriage Record :Leland Harley Addington to Vera Jean LeMaster, 1945 , Jay County, Indiana

Working on filling in some gaps in my database by utilizing the "Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959" database at Familysearch.org to see what updates and corrections I could find.

Vera Jean LeMaster was my paternal 1st cousin once removed, the daughter of Clarence Harrison & Ferry Mae (Bickel) LeMaster.  She married Leland  Harley Addington, son of William Lewis and Mary L. (Smith) Addington on May 11, 1945 in Jay County, Indiana.  The application had "do not publish" written on the top of the application, apparently a notation not to have it published in the newspaper at the time.

"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6RR-LVS : accessed 01 Jul 2013), Leland Harley Addington and Vera Jean Le Master, 1945.

MALE

1. The full Christian and surname of the man is Leland Harley Addington

2. Color White

3. Where born Randolph Co., Indiana

4. When born April 25, 1924

5. Present residence Jay Co., Indiana

6. Present occupation Farmer

8. Is the male contracting party of nearer blood kin to the female contracting party than second cousin? No

9. Full Christian and surname of father William Lewis Addington

10. His color white

11. His birthplace Indiana

12. His occupation Farmer

13. His residence Jay Co., Indiana

14. Full Christian and maiden name of the mother Mary L. Smith

15. Her color white

16. Her occupation Housewife

17. Her birthplace Indianapolis, Indiana

18. Her residence Jay Co., Indiana

19. Has the male contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? No

21. Is this his first marriage? Yes

29. Is the male contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal, or any other contagious or transmissible disease?  No

30. Is he an imbecile, feeble-minded, idiotic or insane, or is he under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? No

FEMALE

1. The full Christian and surname of the woman is Vera Jean LeMaster

2. Color White

3. Where born Jay Co., Indiana

4. When born December 16, 1925

5. Present residence Jay Co., Indiana

6. Present occupation Factory worker

7. Full Christian and surname of father Clarence Harrison LeMaster

8. His color white

9. His birthplace Nebraska

10. His occupation Factory worker

11. His residence Jay Co., Indiana

12. Full Christian and maiden name of mother Ferry Mae Bickle

13. Her color white

14. Her occupation Housewife

15. Her birthplace Ohio

16. Her residence Jay Co., Indiana

17. Has the female contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? No

18. Is this her first marriage? Yes

22. Is the female contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal, or any other contagious or transmissible disease? No

23. Is she an imbecile, feeble-minded, idiotic or insane, or is she under guardianship as a person or unsound mind? No

Samuel Green Hancock (b.1867) Social Security Application

Searching at Ancestry.com for hints on the Ida Davis mystery, I located some additional information about her husband, Samuel G. Hancock (b.1867).  Thanks to their database on the U.S. Social Security Applications, I found out that his middle name was Green, and that he applied for his Social Security in 1937.

Name:	Samuel Green Hancock
SSN:	315055918
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Birth Date:	17 Oct 1867
Birth Place:	Owen CO, Indiana
Father Name:	Joseph Hancock
Mother Name:	Margaret M Vaughn
Type of Claim:	Original SSN.
Notes:	Jun 1937: Name listed as SAMUEL GREEN HANCOCK

Previously, the last record I had for Samuel was the 1930 census, when he was a resident of Perry Township, Marion County, Indiana.

Samuel was married to Ida Davis on August 28, 1892 in Monroe County, Indiana.  A suit for divorce was filed in Monroe County, and mentioned in the April 26, 1894 issue of the Bloomington World.  

I've located additional marriages for Samuel in Owen and Marion Counties, Indiana, and at least 3 children, but have yet to find much on them.  Many online trees have tried to connect Samuel as the father of either Ida's daughter Pansy or June, but no hard evidence has appeared.  However, daughter Pansy was born December of 1894, just 8 months after the divorce notice appeared in the newspaper.

If you are related to this family, I would definitely like to hear from you.

Monroe County Indiana Library's Obituary Index

Found out that the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library has a really good obituary index site at http://mcpl.info/indiana/monroe-county-obituary-index .  You can search for the obituaries of your relatives, and then have them sent to you either through the US Mail or scanned as a PDF.

Using Paypal, I ordered my first obituary from this index and look forward to seeing what the paper had to say about my maternal 4th great grandfather, Peter Kirkpatrick Swafford (d. 1885).  His obituary was in the September 9, 1885 edition of the Republican Progress.

Their search index is very easy to use.  If you have ancestors in that area, I would check it out.  I even found an obituary for my great-grandmother, who didn't live there, but had family still there when she died.