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Post by Rhonda on May 17, 2010 11:03:53 GMT -5
I've played with the photo, too, and I do think it says Columbus Ind.
Here's another thought from a couple observations of the photo: The ladies all appear to be reading papers/mail. Could the man be holding a pole that he used to snatch a mail bag from the passing train? ...and the ladies are now enjoying letters that recently arrived?
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Post by Rhonda on May 12, 2010 7:50:00 GMT -5
So sorry to learn this morning that Charlie Snyder has passed away. He was a great historian for this county, and a friend I made upon moving here 10 years ago. I'm so sad that he and I never got together for our second drive around the county. He just hadn't been well enough to tackle it. I will remember our other trip though. He was a great guy.
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Post by Rhonda on May 11, 2010 7:21:23 GMT -5
Found this on-line, and wanted to share. This is just one version. Apparently, families with German heritage, and families with Irish/Welsh heritage, had their OWN version of naming patterns, too! This is why there are so many "repeats" in our family trees!
Naming Patterns For Children
1st son = father's father 2nd son = mother's father 3rd son = father 4th son = father's oldest brother 5th son = father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother 1st dau = mother's mother 2nd dau = father's mother 3rd dau = mother 4th dau = mother's oldest sister 5th dau = mother's 2nd oldest sister or father's oldest sister
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Post by Rhonda on May 4, 2010 5:30:41 GMT -5
Can you see why I have such a hard time with my family history??! There are so many John Crumps, Francis Crumps, and Mary Crumps that it's enough to drive a person crazy! Pauline Crump once told me that every other generation had a Francis J. Crump, with a Francis T. Crump in each of the OTHER generations. AHHH!
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Post by Rhonda on May 3, 2010 8:17:24 GMT -5
On David's most recent map posting, the property just below 10th & Washington, listed as Wm. J. Lucas, is my great great grandfather. Capt. Lucas married Mary Elizabeth Crump, the youngest daughter of Francis J. & Emelia Smith Crump. In the past, I've posted several photos of the Lucas' elaborate home elsewhere on this site.
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Post by Rhonda on May 1, 2010 18:10:18 GMT -5
Answering David's question:
"Interesting to note where the house is on John Crump's land, as well as the family graveyard (marked by a cross, two years before the death of his father and where he remains buried to this day. I do not know if Francis' wife passed before him or not)."
According to my family history, Francis' wife, Emilia Smith Crump, died February 7th, 1846, which was 35 years prior to when Francis died. They had been married not quite 20 years, and had 7 children by then. I'm trying to locate my tombstone photos.........
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Post by Rhonda on May 1, 2010 10:09:30 GMT -5
Thank you for your comment on the quality picture/photo that accompanied the Chicago Tribune article. That is my photo. They called the Columbus Area Visitors Center to request the photo....and were supposed to credit me, but didn't.
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Post by Rhonda on Mar 16, 2010 14:58:50 GMT -5
Whenever the next Historic Columbus celebration is planned, it should be in Margo's honor.
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Post by Rhonda on Feb 20, 2010 20:41:56 GMT -5
Here is what I have discovered in my family history. I think someone has the Elizabeth ladies mixed up.
Capt. Wm. Jones Lucas married Mary Elizabeth Crump. Capt. Lucas became president of 1st National Bank. His wife succeeded him as president after he died. (They are my great-great-grandparents.) They had 5 children. 1. Mary Crump Lucas...married William Harvey Lincoln (They were my great-grandparents) 2. Francis Crump Lucas...married Jessie Lynn Lincoln (Jessie was William Harvey's sister) 3. Elizabeth Lucas...married Thomas C. Gould in about 1902, and then married Francis E. Stevens, sometime before May of 1906. Elizabeth had a daughter, Elizabeth Gould, who died at age 3. The obituary states that little Elizabeth's mother was Mrs. (Elizabeth) Francis E. Stevens, and that the child died at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas. Elizabeth Stevens died in Los Angeles on October 6, 1969. Her only surviving child at that time was Carol S. Connell. 4. Emelia C. Lucas...died at 10 months old 5. George Holmes Lucas...married Naomi Favorite. She was killed in a car wreck near Lafayette, IN. He then married Geneveive C. ?
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Post by Rhonda on Jan 14, 2010 19:47:26 GMT -5
I know the bank didn't come until later, but I just thought that because he was here, and in a business that evolved, that maybe that was it. Oh, well! Now I see the post with the answer, and it makes sense. =)
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Post by Rhonda on Jan 14, 2010 19:01:44 GMT -5
My guess is Irwin Union Bank.
J. I. Irwin came to Columbus in about 1846. After a few years of working for a dry goods store, he established a store for himself. When he began to prosper, he invested in land and platted several additions to the city. Customers would leave their money in Joseph I. Irwin's safe. He didn't realize at that time it was the beginning of a bank.
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Post by Rhonda on Jan 8, 2010 18:41:22 GMT -5
The new director of the Historical Society, Julie Hughes, is pretty good at dating photos by the historical clothing. She's probably pretty snowed under right now, though, with the mess they will soon have to deal with when they are finally allowed to enter their storage facility for salvage efforts.
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Post by Rhonda on Dec 26, 2009 18:09:47 GMT -5
Harry McCawley contacted me last night to get my history of the Lincoln Chair Company building for a story to be in the upcoming Sunday paper. The Lincoln Chair Company building was a BIG part of the United Way Agency building that was destroyed by fire Christmas Eve. It was built very well! The thick, brick walls are all still standing. When it was built, back in 1913, it was one of the first "fire proof" buildings in Columbus. Early reports are that the Historical Society may have lost a good portion of: the Reeves collection, the Cosco collection, and the Arvin collection. The HS had a large storage area in a portion of the building. Of course, until they are actually able to get into the building, no one knows for sure what all was lost.
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Post by Rhonda on Nov 20, 2009 8:24:15 GMT -5
I LOVE salt-rising bread, but I'm like you. I haven't seen it in years. Let me know how those recipes turn out. I may do a search, too! I love to make bread.
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Post by Rhonda on Nov 7, 2009 17:08:16 GMT -5
I think 733 Franklin would have been across the street...east side...and is now part of First Pres. Even numbers are on the west side.
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Post by Rhonda on Nov 5, 2009 17:16:20 GMT -5
The four photo versions are listed in the A&P Grocery portion of this message board. I believe we decided that was incorrect, as it was Standard Grocery that bought the property and built their store. I had the wrong store when I originally posted the photos quite some time ago. =)
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Post by Rhonda on Nov 5, 2009 17:07:12 GMT -5
Can you believe they tore that wonderful home down to build a grocery store......which is now vacant?!
I believe I have posted, elsewhere on this site, 4 different photos of that home through the years. It changed drastically from the time it was originally built, until the day it was demolished. It was added on to several times making the home much larger, and changing the look greatly.
Tami Iorio is in the process of publishing a new book about Columbus. It will feature "then & now" photos of buildings. This home will be one of the features!
Thanks for posting the information.
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Post by Rhonda on Sept 13, 2009 20:07:36 GMT -5
The intent of my post was just to correct the INCORRECT information about the architect, Alexander Girard, and his part in the 301 Washington Street building. I just didn't want folks to think he was the architect of the original red brick building.....as the article would have you believe. What ever building Mr. Irwin had prior to 301 could not have been designed by Girard either.
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Post by Rhonda on Sept 13, 2009 9:22:31 GMT -5
Don't believe everything you read in that Indiana Historical Society pdf file about Mr. Irwin. It states that "in 1881, Irwin’s Bank moved to a red brick building designed by Alexander Girard..." Alexander Girard wasn't even BORN until 1907! Mr. Girard DID however, renovate the building in 1972 for office space of the Irwin Sweeney Miller Foundation, which also included the brass front entry-way. Mr. Girard was born in 1907 and died in 1993.
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Post by Rhonda on Sept 1, 2009 18:46:54 GMT -5
Thanks for catching that comma. I didn't see it when I made the post. Glad you got it working, and made the correction for others.
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