January 1837 – 13 March 1905 I picked this marker for its interesting details but the life of Charles Shearer is itself FULL of interesting details and more than one narrow escape from premature death. Born in Indianapolis, Charles enlisted at the first call for volunteers and joined the Grand Army of the Republic. Though […]
15 April 1896 – 20 July 1991 An update to the post on her mother, Beulah Corley McCormack, which was originally published 7 Feb 2021. This is an unusual update to one of my prior postings, and it is not one for which I have a grave photo of the main character as she is […]
12 May 1887 — 18 June 1903 While working my way through this section, I came across this beautiful marker honoring a young man. His is the only name on the marker, though I believe his mother is buried with him (will need to check with the office on that at some point). Sadly as […]
29 February 1880 – 9 May 1967 Louis was briefly a race car driver and later an engineer. He became quite wealthy as an engineer and businessman and was well known for his philanthropy. As a driver, he won the first ever race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and in honor of that achievement […]
July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946 Booth Tarkington was quite famous during his life and won the Pulitzer Prize more than once — a rare feat. He was part of something of a Hoosier Renaissance of literature during the early 1900s, but like his fellow authors of that era, at least one of whom […]
The Rock family was a very small one for the time: just a mother, father, daughter, and son. According to mother Elsie on the 1910 census, she only had the two children, eldest Adelina in 1905 and youngest Earl in 1907. Father Paul worked in various professions related to home decor – painting and shade […]
Frank & Louisa (Mueller) Dietz Frank and Louisa were both born in 1867 and married in 1885. Tragically, Frank died in 1899 at just 31, leaving Louisa a widow with five surviving children of the six they had together: Emil, Emma, Mary, Frank Jr, and Louisa Jr. Per the 1900 census, the children’s ages ranged […]
Albertina Allen Forrest (1872 – 1904) Jacob Dorsey Forrest (1866 – 1930) Jacob and Albertina married in 1893. After their marriage, Albertina continued her studies in Chicago alongside her husband and sister and seems to have earned a PhD according to one obituary. The couple later moved to Indianapolis, and both worked at Butler College […]
8 Nov 1825 – 1 Jan 1904 Amy was one of 12 children born to Silas and Rebecca (Caughey) Fleming. Some family lore or his own tall-tales led to the local paper reporting that her father had immigrated from Ireland as a young man and fought in the War of 1812 (for the US) but […]
William and Nettie (Campbell) Ransford Though both were born in New York, William (1821-1902) and Nettie (1838-1928) met and married in Nebraska where Nettie was a teacher and where William’s business had taken him. They had a daughter named Louise (1859-1861) who died just shy of her 2nd birthday. They later moved to LaPorte, Indiana […]