LeMaster Families: 1927 Jay County, Indiana Rural Directory

Complete Directory of Jay County, Indiana, 1927, M & R Directory Company, Portland, Indiana, page 188

The following entries for my LeMaster families were found in this 1927 rural directory of Jay County, Indiana.  This copy of the work was found at the Jay County Public Library, and an imaged copy is also found online.

Lemaster, Chesley (Clara) Port. R 6 Sec 8 Mad Tp. Rt 40 (Donald, Doris, Ralph)

Lemaster, Clarence (May) far. Port. R 4, Sec 30, Noble Tp. Rt 123 (Kenneth, Mary, Garth, Veragene)

Lemaster, Floyd (Opal) far. Port. R 6, Sec 31, Noble Tp. Rt 120 (Remonda)

Lemaster, Gerald W. (Mabel) lab. Salamonia, Mad. Tp. (Maxine, Nadine, Roberta)

Lemaster, L. Cooper (Barbara) far. Salamonia, Sec 10, Mad. Tp. H 66, J 39 (Ora, Mary, Ervin) {Correction: Children should be Ord, Mary, Elvin}

Lemaster, Luman W. (Mary K.) far. Port. R 6, Sec 8, Mad. Tp. H 80 (Mariah) {Who is this Mariah listed as a child? A granddaughter or foster child?}

This was one of those sources I had looked at many times, yet for some reason hadn't entered into my database.  It provides some great clues for further research, including the section numbers of the various farms.

Black Sheep Sunday: Pierpont Asks Release From State Prison

Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana, August 25, 1933, page 9.

PIERPONT ASKS RELEASE FROM STATE PRISON


Bandit Who Aided in Robbery of Kokomo Bank Said to Be "Leader"


Indianapolis, Aug. 24 - (AP) - The state clemency commission tonight had under consideration a plea for the release from the state prison of Harry Pierpont based on the contention that he is a man of strong character and is a "leader and not a follower."


To support that contention a brief was filed with the commission asserting that when Pierpont was committed to the state prison in May, 1925, he told prison authorities he would try to escape and it was their duty to prevent it.  Subsequently he made three attempts to escape.  Two years ago, the brief said, Pierpont announced that he intended to be a model prisoner and it was contended he has been such since that time.


Pierpont along with four others was convicted of the robbery of the South Side State Bank in Kokomo and sentenced to 10 to 21 years for robbery.


"The tenacity with which he defied authorities was a clear and evident stamp of character which was to remain unbent," the brief said.


Pierpont's parents live near Liepsic, O., and his record showed two previous convictions.  In the years he has been at the prison he has had 10 punishments, 2 reprimands and one merit braid.


The commission this afternoon also heard requests for the release of two men serving 2 to 21 year sentences for manslaughter.


The prisoners are Pleas and John Spurlock, sentenced from Jackson county in October 1931 for the slayings of Patton Gibson.


The sessions of the commission tomorrow will be the last of the July-August quarterly meeting.


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Cousin Harry PIERPONT (1902-1934), asked for parole from the state prison in August, 1933.  When it was denied, he escaped from prison on September 26, 1933.


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Sunday's Obituary: John Leland LeMaster Sr. (1902-1980)

Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, January 14, 1980, page 1

John L. LeMaster Sr., 77, Salamonia, a retired educator and former Jay County Auditor, died Saturday afternoon at the Jay County Hospital after an extended illness.


During his career in education, LeMaster served as principal at Gov. I.P. Gray School, Madison Township High School, Poling High School, Bryant High School, and Redkey Schools in Jay County.  He also was a teacher and coach for many years.  He held the position of county auditor from 1940 through 1946.


A graduate of Fort Recovery High School, he earned his bachelor's degree from Ball State Teachers College (now Ball State University), Muncie, and his master's degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.


He was born April 25, 1902 in Madison Township, Jay County, the son of Cooper and Isabelle (Wehrly) LeMaster.  He was married July 2, 1920 to Dortha Delauter, who died May 24, 1976.


LeMaster was a member of the Salamonia Christian Church.


Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gail (Jerry) Stoner, Troy, Ohio; Mrs. Ralph (Ardis) Bickel, Anderson, and Mrs. Philip (Ann) Monger, Hagerstown; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. John (Helen) LeMaster Jr., and Mrs. William (Wanda) LeMaster, both of Salamonia; four brothers, Gerald LeMaster, Salamonia; Floyd LeMaster, Union City; Stanley LeMaster, Akron, Ohio, and Elvin LeMaster, Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Lock, Richmond, and Mrs. Mary O. Taylor, Atwater, Ohio; 21 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren.


Services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Williamson & Spencer Funeral Home in Portland.  Paul Albertson and Don Boyer will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Salamonia Cemetery.


Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. on Tuesday.  The family will be present from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.



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