Marriage of William Smith to Prudence Maxson

Source: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org): accessed 30 July 2011. entry for William Smith and Prudence Maxson, married 5 October 1836; citing Marriage Records, FHL microfilm 466399; Clark County Courthouse, Springfield, Ohio.

Spent some time searching through Ohio marriage records database at FamilySearch and made a discovery - I had the date wrong in my database for the marriage of my paternal 3rd-great grandparents, William SMITH and Prudence MAXSON.

The image clearly shows they were married on the 5th of October 1836 in Clark County, Ohio.  Previously, I had the date as the 3rd of October 1836 without knowing the county.  Both the "Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana (1887) and "The Maxson Family. Descendants of John Maxson and Mary Mosher of Westerly, Rhode Island" (1954) by Walter Brown had this incorrect date.  Brown probably received his information from the 1887 history.

It was good to get the correct date, and even better to confirm the place of their marriage.  Previously, I had searched Jay County, Indiana for a record - but their marriage date was too early for that county.  The families were from the Clark County, Ohio area prior to the move to Jay County by the time of the 1840 census.

Now on to search for the rest of the families in Ohio...

Fun With Search Terms

This past month has brought some interesting search terms to my blog.  Always fun to find out how someone finds me. These were the top search terms, according to my Blogger stats:

• freezer slaw - Wow, Grandma Wright's recipe was extremely popular this month.  Of course, a lot of folks have cabbage on and were probably looking for a good recipe.  I hope they enjoyed it. 
• Harry Pierpont - Not surprised at all to find his name in the list.  Harry is my bad-boy cousin, Dillinger gang leader, and only known relative to be executed via the electric chair.  Probably my main obsession of late has been tracking down newspaper articles on his early bank robbing career.  Look for more posts in the future.

The following search terms didn't get near as many hits, but they made 

• U S Navy records online -  My May post about Ancestry posting U S Navy muster rolls online has been popular.
• 1900 "portland indiana" -  Not surprised to find this search brings folks here, as most of my paternal ancestry lived in the Portland, Indiana area.
• anna hunnicutt economy indiana - Don't have this lady in my database, though am familiar with the Quaker settlement there.
• cora wehrly -  Someone was looking for my Wehrly tree, wish they would have stopped and left a comment.
• easterday family tree -  Same with the Easterday family tree - which married into my Haley line in Jay County, Indiana.
• open faced peach pie -  Someone was hungry, hope they liked my family's recipe.
• ruby june lambertson - Ruby is my maternal great-aunt, and recently I posted some pictures of she and my grandmother.  Was this visitor a relative?  They didn't leave a comment.

Black Sheep Sunday: Kokomo Robbers Held In Detroit

Call-Leader, Elwood, Indiana, April 3, 1925, page 1.

KOKOMO ROBBERS HELD IN DETROIT

Two Young Men Arrest and $ 7,100 in Securities Are Recovered

STOLEN AUTO PROVES CLUE

(International News Service)

Detroit, Mich., April 3. – James E. Hayes, 27, said to be the third member of the bandit gang which last week held up and robbed the Southside bank at Kokomo, Indiana, of $ 9,000, was held by the police today.  His alleged accomplices, Henry Pierpont and Thaddeus Skeer, also held here, will be taken to Kokomo.  Five thousand dollars have been recovered.

Detroit, Mich., April 2 – Frank Mason, alias AL Pierpont, 24, and Thaddeus Skeer, 22, were arrested here to day and are being held for Kokomo (Ind.) police in connection with the robbery of South Kokomo Bank last week, in which nearly $10,000 was taken.

A girl giving her name as Louise Brunner, 22, of Fort Wayne, Ind., was arrested and, is being held as a witness.  Miss Brunner was trailed to Detroit by detectives, who apprehended Skeer and the girl as the two met.  Mason was arrested later.

Pierpont was found with $ 4,000 on his person and bonds and securities totaling $5,400 were uncovered in the apartment where the trio was found.  The loot originally amounted to $ 7,000 in negotiable securities and about $ 2,000 in Liberty bonds.

Suspension [sic] was directed toward Skeer, it is said, when it was learned that the machine used by the bandits had been stolen in Fort Wayne a few days before.

He was suspected of the automobile theft, and when the robbery was reported, police began working on the theory that he was implicated.

Kokomo, Ind., April 2 – Louise Brunner, held as a witness at Detroit in the South Kokomo robbery case, Harry Pierpont and Thaddeus R.  Skeer, both held as suspects in the robbery, are to be returned to this city tomorrow, according to word received by Kokomo police tonight.  All the bonds, amounting to $ 7,1000, stolen from the bank, have been recovered and have been identified by A.E. Gorton, cashier, according to information received here.  A part of the case has also been recovered.

The three prisoners have waived extradition and warrants charging petit larceny and bank robbery, have been issued here by City Judge Joseph Cripe against Pierpont and Skeer.

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This account of the arrest of cousin Harry PIERPONT (1902-1934) and part of his gang in Detroit was from found during research at the Elwood Public Library, and provides a different take on the account from other papers, such as here and here.

Black Sheep Sunday – create a post with the main focus being an ancestor with a “shaded past.” Bring out your ne’er-do-wells, your cads, your black widows, your horse thieves and tell their stories. And don’t forget to check out the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG). This is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.