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Aurora List of Letters – Sep 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana list of letters for September 1863 appeared in:

Aurora Commercial – 3 Sep 1863 – Page 3, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • F C Briddel
  • R D Brown
  • Jackson Brocks
  • James Cook
  • Margaret Custice
  • Simon Drack
  • Henry B Goff
  • Mollie Hunt
  • Jane Little
  • Malinda Miller
  • Ephraim Ricketts
  • H Ritterten
  • Geo Schiller
  • Wm Staimten
  • Rosann Shuman
  • Robt S Snearles
  • John Thomson
  • Maggie Warrington
  • David M D Beardsley
  • Joseph Bunkley
  • Elizabeth Cooper
  • Michael Cerothy
  • Wm Dixon
  • G W Evans
  • F B Ham
  • Pamelia Hunt
  • Wm McIlvain
  • Peter Pelser
  • V Robenson
  • Gothiel Rosenbaum
  • Sarah A Stopes
  • Wm Spaulding
  • Jos Schaetsleiter
  • Marcus Taylor
  • John L Yates
  • Arm C Williams

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora Commercial – 10 Sep 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Miss Sallie A Abbott
  • Miss Maud Atherton
  • Wm Baker
  • W F Bailey
  • D Burlingame
  • J W Cook
  • C W Hawana
  • Harriet Hillman
  • Ezekiel Johnson
  • Martha A Little
  • Miss Anna Miller
  • Thomas Powel
  • Elizabeth Shawon
  • John Thumser
  • Mrs. Mary Adams
  • J G W Adams
  • W Brandle
  • J W Bergdoll
  • G W Baker
  • Wm Cesby
  • John Holland
  • Kathariona Ingonthran
  • Sarah Jinkins
  • Joseph Martin
  • Anthony Omeala
  • Miss Lucy L Ricketts
  • Agnes Sains
  • Thomas Walker

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora Commercial – 17 Sep 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • W W Bryan
  • D Beardsley
  • J B Bergdol
  • Thomas Baker
  • Elizabeth Bergdoll
  • Nancy Burk
  • Miss Sallie Cheek
  • John Cooke
  • A D Eggelston
  • Wm Foster
  • Nancy Harris
  • Thomas Johnson
  • D E Kelsey
  • D G Leighton
  • Miss Martha Mills
  • Henry Meier
  • John Nedderman
  • Miss Martha Packer
  • John Rogers
  • Chas E Valentine
  • Mr. Wright, Ag’t O & M Car Works
  • W H Bailey
  • W F Bailey
  • Deborah Burgess
  • Byron Brier
  • A Binsner
  • Miss Lydia Calbert
  • Miss Della Cransfords
  • Mary J Eagelston
  • Wm H Eggelston
  • G F Gibbins
  • Josephene Hughs
  • Miss Ellen Johnson
  • Rev. Ignatius Klein
  • Hannah Murry
  • Miss Jennie Mills
  • Martha Minge
  • Mrs. Tilda Nedderman
  • Rosannah Shuman
  • James Rieter
  • Robert W Wright
  • John Yompter
  • Nancy J Zims

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora Commercial – 24 Sep 1863 – Page 3, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • H T M Ashcraft
  • A E Bergdoll
  • David Beardsley
  • J W Baker
  • James Bloomer
  • Wm Duncan
  • Mr. Daney
  • Thos Fanelt
  • Josephine Hugh
  • Hattie Hausell
  • Mary Hongley
  • Sam D Long
  • Jessie Monroe
  • John Magoora
  • J Parks
  • Catharine Roark
  • Adam Schorwick
  • L Summers
  • Wm Spaulding
  • G W Wilson
  • Melvell Wilson
  • Daniel Wolf
  • Jackson Brooks
  • U F Bailey
  • Mary A Barker
  • John Bastian
  • E F Barker
  • Jacob Dewit
  • Israel Danford
  • Edmund Guy
  • Sarah Howard
  • James Hults
  • James Horton
  • W H Langdon
  • Wm Morgan
  • James Miller
  • Charles Preston
  • Elizabeth Randall
  • Charles Snyder
  • E Simms
  • Nancy J Taylor
  • J Woods, Jr.
  • Christiana Walker
  • John C Yonker

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Dearborn County Fair Awards – 1863

The Dearborn County, Indiana Fair Awards for 1863 appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 1 Oct 1863 – Page 2, Column 4

List of Premiums Awarded at the 12th Annual Fair of the Dearborn County Agricultural Society, Held Sept. 22d to Sept. 25th, 1863, at Aurora, Ind.

HORSES FOR ALL PURPOSES—Class A, Sec. 1.

  • 1st Prem. Thos. Brown, stallion 4 yr old, $12.00
  • 2nd Prem. Dan R. Cole, stallion 4 yr old, $6.00
  • 1st, James T. Grant, stallion 3 y o, $8.00
  • 2d, Amos Barker, stallion 3 y o, $4.00
  • 1st O P Cobb, stallion 2 y o, $5.00
  • 2d, T H Durbin, stallion 2 y o, $2.00
  • 1st, R H Botta, stallion 1 y o, $3.00
  • 1st, Alfred Bainum, stal. s’g colt, $2.00
  • 2d, Wm Dills, stal. s’g colt, $1.00
  • 1st, R H Botta, brood mare, 4 y o, $6.00
  • 2d, Wm Wheeler, brood mare 4 y o, $4.00
  • 1st, Alfred Bainum, filley, 3 y old, $6.00
  • 1st, John R Cole, filley 2 y old, $5.00
  • 2d, Strawder Cheek, filley 2 y old, $2.50
  • 1st, Adam Bruce, suck’g mare colt, $2.00
  • 2d, Samuel McIlfresh, suck’g mare colt, $1.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, gelding 4 y old, $6.00
  • 2d, J W Gaff, gelding 4 y old, $3.00
  • 1st, G R Loder, gelding 3 y old, $4.00
  • 2d, G W Brown, gelding 3 y old, $2.00
  • 1st, Wm Grant, gelding 2 y old, $2.00
  • 2d, Wm Wheeler, gelding 2 y old, $1.00
  • 1st, Strawder Cheek, gelding 2 y old, $2.00
  • 1st, John Buffington, best mare, $6.00
  • 2d, Martin Laird, best mare, $3.00

FARM AND DRAUGHT HORSES.

  • 1st, Wm. C. Mulford, stallion 4 years old and over, $10.00
  • 1st, Wm. Jenkins, stallion 3 years old and over, $6.00
  • 1st, Wm. Cosly, stallion sucking colt, $2.00
  • 1st, Martin Laird, brood mare 4 years old and over, $6.00
  • 2d, John Bruce, brood mare 4 years old and over, $3.00
  • 1st, Strawder Cheek, filley 3 years old, $4.00
  • 1st, A D Hopping, filley 2 years old, $4.00
  • 1st, Wm Grant, filley 1 years old, $3.00
  • 1st, Adam Bruce, best gelding, $6.00
  • 2d, Joseph Hall, best gelding, $3.00

LIGHT DRAUGHT HORSES.

  • 1st, F A York, stallion 4 years old and over, $10.00
  • 2d, John M Moody, stallion 4 years old, $5.00
  • 1st, P Connor, stallion 4 years old, $3.00
  • 1st, P Connor, stallion sucking colt, $2.00
  • 2d, Joseph Trester, stallion sucking colt, $1.00
  • 1st, P Connor, brood mare, $6.00
  • 2d, Wm Cosly, brood mare, $3.00
  • 1st, D H Clark, filley 3 years old, $3.00
  • 2d, Jacob Miller, filley 3 years old, $1.00
  • 1st, Joseph Powell, filley 2 years old, $2.00
  • 2d, Jacob Miller, filley 2 years old, $1.00
  • 1st, Wm Wheeler, filley sucking mare colt, $2.00
  • 1st, M Giegoldt, best gelding, $6.00
  • 2d, P Connor, 2d best gelding, $3.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, best mare, $6.00
  • 2d, Geo W Taylor, best mare, $3.00

SADDLE HORSES.

  • 1st, W A Foster, best trained horse, $6.00
  • 2d, Daniel Hettishheimer, trained horse, $3.00
  • 1st, Dr. R C Bond, best trained mare, $6.00
  • 2d, John Wilson, best trained mare, $3.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, family horse, $6.00
  • 1st, O S Mulford, best mare or gelding, $8.00
  • 2d, John Henry, best mare or gelding, $4.00

MATCHED HORSES.

  • 1st, J Wallace Christy, best pair geldings or mares, $8.00

SWEEPSTAKES.

  • 1st, F A York, best stallion exhibiting 5 or more of his colts, $15.00
  • 1st, R H Botts, best brood mare exhibiting 1 or more of her colts, $15.00
  • 1st, John Henry, best pacing horse, mare or gelding, $10.00
  • 1st, R C Bond, fastest walking mare or gelding, $5.00

MULES AND JACKS.

  • 1st, P Connor, best Jack, $4.00
  • 2d, Henry Debber, best Jack, $2.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, 3 year old mule, $4.00
  • 2d, Bailey Hays, 3 year old mule, $2.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, 2 year old mule, $2.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, 2 year old mule, $1.00
  • 1st, Sam’l Cole, yearling mule, $2.00
  • 2d, R W Merryman, yearling mule, $1.00
  • 1st, Samuel Cole, sucking mule, $2.00

DURHAM STOCK.

  • 1st, J C Jenkins, Bull 2 years old, $4.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, Bull 1 year old, $4.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, Bull 1 year old, $2.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, bull calf, $2.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, cow 3 years old and over, $6.00
  • 2d, Thos Cobb, cow 3 years old and over, $3.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, heifer 2 years old, $3.00
  • 2d, Strawder Cheek, heifer 2 years old, $2.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, heifer calf, $2.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, heifer calf, $1.00

NATIVE AND GRADE CATTLE.

  • 1st, F Briggs, Bull 1 year old, $2.00
  • 1st, Roswell Randall, bull calf, $2.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, cow 3 years old and over, $4.00
  • 2d, Strawder Cheek, cow 3 years old and over, $2.00
  • 1st, Strawder Cheek, heifer 2 years old, $3.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, heifer 2 years old, $2.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, heifer 1 year old, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Elijah Christopher, heifer calf, $2.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, heifer calf, $1.00

OXEN.

  • 1st, J C Jenkins, yoke oxen 4 y o and over, $4.00
  • 2d, Wm H Small, yoke oxen 4 y o and over, $2.00

SWEEPSTAKES ON CATTLE.

  • 1st, J C Jenkins, bull of any age with 5 or more calves, $10.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, cow with 2 or more calves, $6.00

HOGS OF ALL BREEDS.

  • 1st, M Giegoldt, boar 2 years old and over, $3.00
  • 2d, J C Jenkins, boar 2 years old and over, $2.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, sow 2 years old and over, $3.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, sow under 2 years old, $2.00
  • 1st, O P Cobb, sow under 1 year old, $2.00
  • 1st, J C Jenkins, pr shoats under 6 m old, $2.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, pr shoats under 6 m old, $1.00
  • 1st, Wm Wheeler, sow and pigs, $5.00

FINE WOOLED SHEEP.

  • 1st, Richard Gregg, buck over 2 years old, $5.00
  • 2d, Richard Gregg, buck over 2 years old, $3.00
  • 1st, F T Blasdell, buck over 1 year old, $2.00
  • 1st, Richard Gregg, lambs 5 in number, $3.00
  • 2d, F T Blasdell, lambs 5 in number, $1.00

LONG WOOLED SHEEP.

  • 1st, Thos Hansel, buck 2 years old, $5.00
  • 1st, Thos Hansel, buck 1 year old, $2.00
  • 1st, Thos Hansel, lambs 5 in number, $3.00

POULTRY.

  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, shanhai chickens, $0.50
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, poland chickens, $0.50
  • 1st, Jehial Buffington, cross of any breed, $0.50
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, poland ducks, $0.50
  • 1st, John Bruce, common ducks, $0.50
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, bramah pochas, $0.50
  • 1st, Jehiel Buffington, game chickens, $0.50
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, pair geese, $0.50
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, collection of poultry, $2.00

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT—VEGETABLES.

  • 1st, F T Blasdel, half dozen beets, $1.00
  • 1st, Geo S Cheek, half dozen cabbages, $1.00
  • 1st, James Huffman, half bushel turnips, $1.00
  • 1st, L H Kelsey, half bushel onions, $1.00
  • 1st, J Butterfield, peck tomatoes, $1.00
  • 1st, L H Kelsey, peck white beans, $1.00
  • 1st, James Clements, half bushel potatoes, $1.00
  • 1st, Wm Swing, half bushel sweet potatoes, $1.00
  • 1st, Alfred Baum, 3 pumpkins, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. L N Bush, quart lima beans, $1.00

GRAIN AND SEEDS.

  • 1st, John Bruce, half bushel yellow corn, $1.00
  • 1st, J W Pate, half bushel white corn, $1.00
  • 1st, F T Blasdell, half bushel white wheat, $1.00
  • 1st, F T Blasdell, half bushel red wheat, $1.00
  • 1st, Amor Bruce, half bushel rye, $1.00
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, half bushel barley, $1.00
  • 1st, Richard Wymond, half bushel spring wheat, $1.00
  • 1st, Stephen Vinson, half bushel flax seed, $1.00
  • 1st, Elijah Greer, half bushel timothy seed, $1.00

FRUIT LIST.

  • 1st, Wm C Buffington, best winter apples, $3.00
  • 2d, John E Wymond, 2d best winter apples, $1.00
  • 1st, Thomas Hubbart, best fall apples, $2.00
  • 2d, Wm House & sons, 2d best apples, $1.00
  • 1st, Thos Hubbart, best largest display apples, $3.00
  • 2d, Wm House & sons, 2d best largest display apples, $1.00
  • 1st, Wm House & sons, autumn pears, $1.00
  • 2d, O P Cobb, autumn pears, $0.50
  • 1st, Strawder Cheek, winter pears, $1.00
  • 2d, Wm House & sons, winter pears, $0.50
  • 1st, Strawder Cheek, collection of peaches, $3.00
  • 2d, J C Jenkins, collection of peaches, $1.00
  • 1st, Simon Humfeldt, best plums, $0.50
  • 1st, John Wilcox, Jr., best grapes, $1.00
  • 2d, Dr. S S Stewart, 2d best grapes, $0.50
  • 1st, Strawder Cheek, best quinces, $1.00
  • 2d, G W Clark, best quinces, $0.50
  • 1st, W House & sons, best collection fruit, $5.00

FLOWERS.

  • 1st, Mrs. Elizabeth Brison, collection of general house flowers, $4.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Elizabeth Brison, best boquet, $1.00

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.

  • 1st, Alex. Landsbury, double shovel plow, $1.00
  • 1st, J J Hunter, corn planter, $1.00
  • 1st, G W Clark, axe handle, $0.50
  • 1st, F T Blasdell, bee hive, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, best vest, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, best box candles, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, best box hard soap, $1.00

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.

  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 5 yards tow linen, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 5 yards linsey, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 5 yards flannel, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 10 yards rag carpet, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 10 yards jeans, $2.00
  • 1st, Lizzie Justis, double wool coverlet, $2.00
  • 1st, Miss Sallie C Andrews, woolen knit stockings, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, woolen knit socks, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, woolen knit mittens, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 1 pound woolen yarn, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, meal bag, $0.50

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES—ARTICLES BY MACHINERY.

  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, woolen blankets, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 10 yards plaid flannel, $2.00
  • 1st, Miss Lizzie Justis, 5 lbs carpet yarn, $1.00

DAIRY PRODUCTS.

  • 1st, Mrs. Elizabeth Winkley, 5 lbs butter made in June, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, 5 lbs butter made since June, $2.00
  • 2d, Mrs. C C Kelsey, 5 lbs butter made since June, $1.00
  • 1st, Ingola Butterfield, cheese 10 pounds or over, $2.00

NEEDLE WORK.

  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, worsted quilt, $3.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary A. Worley, piece work, $5.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary A. Moody, patch work, $5.00
  • 1st, Miss Lizzie Bainum, made calico dress, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. John R Cole, made child’s sack or dress, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Annie E Ferry, made shirt, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss betty Kempf, artificial flowers, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss Aurelia Giegoldt, needle on canvass, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, needle on cloth, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. M F Tanner, needle on linen, $1.00
  • 1st. Mrs. M F Tanner, needle on muslin, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss Sarah Swing, needle on merino, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss Emma Griffin, needle on lace, $1.00

CROCHET WORK.

  • 1st, Mrs. Hannah Marshall, cotton, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss Emma Griffin, $1.00

PAINTING AND DRAWING.

  • 1st, Mrs. Annie E Ferry, landscape in oil, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss Betty Kempf, fancy bead work, $1.00

CANNED FRUIT.

  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on blackberries, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on raspberries, $0.50
  • 1st, H R Morton, on peaches, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on cherries, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on pears, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on apples, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on plums, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on quinces, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, on unenumerated fruit, $0.50

FRUIT BUTTER.

  • 1st, Mrs. Sarah Bainum, apple, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, pear, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, peach, $0.50

JELLIES.

  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, strawberry, $0.50
  • 1st, Miss M Caffyn, currant, $0.50
  • 1st Miss Lou Kemple, grape, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. L N Bush, apple, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, unenumerated, $0.50

PRESERVES.

  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, strawberry, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. J N Milburn, peach, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. C C Kelsey, apple, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, pear, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. J N Milburn, quince, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, unenumerated, $0.50

SWEET PICKLES.

  • 1st, Mrs. L N Bush, $0.50

SOUR PICKLES.

  • 1st, Mrs. Annie E Ferry, cucumbers, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, tomatoes, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. L N Bush, peaches, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Clark, quinces, $0.50
  • 1st, Mrs. G W Chisman, beets, $0.50

BREAD AND CAKES.

  • 1st, Mrs. L N Bush, bread, salt rising, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. Mary Plummer, bread, yeast rising, $2.00
  • 1st, Mrs. L N Bush, cake, $1.00
  • 1st, Miss Elizabeth Harbaugh, pie, $1.00

TABLE COMFORTS.

  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, 5 pounds honey, $1.00
  • 1st, Mrs. P Connor, 5 gallons maple molasses, $1.00
  • 1st, Walker, Chisman and Huffman, 5 gallon sorgo molasses, $1.00

HORSEMANSHIP.

  • 1st, Miss Sallie J Winkley, (saddle worth), $20.00

Laughery Association Meeting – 1863

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 17 Sep 1863 – Page 1, Column 2

FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING of the LAUGHERY ASSOCIATION.

[See newspaper for full report.]

Churches and Messengers.

Bear Creek.

  • Richard Kelley, Pastor.
  • John Henry, Clerk.
  • Messengers—Joseph Connell, William L. Connell.

Aurora.

  • J. Cell, Pastor.
  • E. H. Davis, Clerk.
  • Messengers—J. Cell, B. N. McHenry, Edson S. Winkley, E. H. Davis, William H. Cobb.

Ebenezer.

  • T. M. Erwin, Pastor.
  • S. A. Bundy, Clerk.
  • Messengers—T.M. Erwin, John W. Curtis, William House, Henry Shuter, William Dils, Stephen A. Bundy.

Sparta.

  • Richard Kelley, Pastor.
  • John D. Johnson, Clerk.
  • Messengers—Lyman T. Smith, George Givan.

Franklin.

  • Benj. Daughters, Pastor.
  • R. H. Richardson, Clerk.
  • Messengers—Wm. N. Shockley, Luther Dolby, Wm D. Branon, David Driskoll, R. H. Richardson.

Salem.

  • Eber Jones, Pastor.
  • B. Morgan, Clerk.
  • Messenger—Eber Jones.

Manchester.

  • A. Connelly, Pastor.
  • James Stevenson, Clerk.
  • Messengers—A. Connelly, Joseph Suters, James Stevenson, G. Parsons, Richard Morton, Silas Wicks.

Lawrenceburg.

  • E. P. Bond, Pastor.
  • Walter Hudson, Clerk.
  • Messengers—E. P. Bond, Huron Marsh.

Delaware.

  • Lewis Risinger, Pastor.
  • David Clark, Clerk.
  • Messengers—A. Churchill, L. Risinger, A. Anthony, H. Smith, Mark Murry.

Washington.

  • Benj. Daughters, Pastor.
  • J. L. Beall, Clerk.
  • Messengers—Benj. Daughters, J. L. Beall, J. Signor, G. Dolby, Wm. Pendergrass, Wm. Burbage, Z. Beall, J. M. McKitrick, W. M. Beall.

Hogan Hill.

  • A. Connelly, Pastor.
  • George Givan, Clerk.
  • Messengers—Sylvester Ferris, Wm. L. H. Givan, A. C. Lowe, James S. Jordan, George Givan.

Moore’s Hill.

  • Messengers—Dr. A. J. Bowers, Eben Heaton, John Grey.

Rising Sun.

  • Wm. D. Spaulding, Pastor.
  • Cornelius Miller, Clerk.
  • Messengers—Benjamin Fowler, Andrew Parsons.

Center Grove.

  • Enoch Tilton, Pastor.
  • Wm. L. Hartley, Clerk.
  • Messengers—A. E. Morrell, William L. Hartley, William Wise, William Robinson, Peter Truitt.

Caesars Creek.

  • J. F. Dorhman, Pastor.
  • H. A. Winter, Clerk.
  • Messengers—J. F. Dorhman, Henry A. Winter.

Ministers.

  • Jeremiah Cell, Aurora
  • Richard C. Bond, Aurora
  • T. M. Erwin, Aurora
  • Richard Kelley, Delaware
  • Alvah Churchill, Delaware
  • A. Connelly, Milan
  • E. Tilton, Elrod
  • J. F. Dorhman, Elrod
  • Benj. Daughters, Elrod
  • Sylvester Ferris, Holman
  • E. P. Bond, Lawrenceburg
  • F. T. Blasdell, Lawrenceburg
  • Edward Roberts, Hart’s Mills
  • Wm. D. Spaulding, Rising Sun
  • Lewis Risinger, Delaware
  • A. Anthony, Pierceville
  • Eber Jones, Sunman

Licentiate Ministers.

  • John S. Henry (U.S. Army), Hart’s Mills
  • J. H. Mitchell, Elrod
  • R. P. Wilson (U.S. Army), Milan
  • Daniel Baldridge, Manchester

It was voted that we hold our next meeting with the church at Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana—first Saturday in September, 1864.

MINUTES.
Manchester Church, Sept. 5th, 1863.

The Association met according to regular appointment.

The Introductory Sermon was preached by Elder J. Cell, of Aurora.

After reading the Letters from the Churches, the Association was organized by electing Elder Jeremiah Cell, Moderator, and E. H. Davis, Clerk.

Letters from Corresponding Associations read, and their Messengers invited to Associational privileges.

  • From Sand Creek—F. T. Neal, Joseph Donnell.
  • From Flat Creek—George Cornelius.
  • From North Bend, Ky.—No intelligence.
  • From White Water Valley—Charles Perrine, S. J. Alden, J. M. Hollenshade.
  • From Long Run—No intelligence.
  • From Madison—J. D. Stapp.

The following brethren being present, were also invited to take seats with us:

  • Elder S. M. Osgood, Agent of the American Baptist Missionary Union.
  • Elder P. M. Bickell, of the First German Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Elder Smith, Agent of the American Bible Union.

E. H. Davis, Wm. L. Connell and Stephen A. Bundy, were appointed a Committee to prepare a Letter of Correspondence, to be sent to those Associations with whom we correspond.

  • To Sand Creek—Elder A.  Churchill, Elder Eber Jones.
  • To Flat Rock—Elder E. P. Bond, Elder T. M. Erwin, Elder A. Connelly, Elder J. Cell.
  • To North Bend, Ky.—Elder J. Cell, A. C. Parsons.
  • To Long Run—Elder Eber Jones, Joseph Connell, Wm. L. Connell.
  • To Madison—Elder B. Daughters, Elder A. Connelly.
  • To the Indiana Baptist State Convention—Elder J. Cell, Elder Eber Jones, J. L. Thiebaud.

Aurora List of Letters – Aug 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana list of letters for August 1863 appeared in:

Aurora Commercial – 6 Aug 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Miss Esther Avery
  • Agness Adams
  • Mrs. Sarah Anderson
  • Jacob Wm. Bergdoll
  • Thomas Bellman
  • N Beaker
  • Rev. C Busse
  • B. Burgess
  • Miss Eliza Buck
  • John Collins
  • Lawrence Collins
  • Della Crawford
  • Alfred Dunlap
  • Frank Feston
  • William Foster
  • Mr. Garmhousen
  • John Helm
  • Nancy J Harrison
  • Elizabeth Isherwood
  • Jakob Kieghorn
  • Mary A Love
  • William Pick
  • A C Passons
  • Thomas Pate
  • Jacob Paul
  • Mrs. Mary Read
  • M D Strout
  • Mary Scott
  • Mrs. Lyda Short
  • J S Walker
  • Lieut. George D Yater
  • J S Walker
  • Miss Nannie J Byirm
  • David Davis
  • Daniels Fitzgerald
  • Jerome Ellis
  • Amos C Gibson
  • Cornelius Harringan
  • George J Jackson
  • Miss Sallie Knapp
  • Jane McLelland
  • Sarah A Lake
  • John Ardderman

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora Commercial – 13 Aug 1863 – Page 3, Column 5

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • John B Avery
  • Beardsley Bros.
  • Miss Delia Crawford
  • Miss Dora B Clinton
  • John Crozier
  • Mrs. Josephine Davis
  • Mrs. Susan Fitch
  • Abraham Hagy
  • Miss Ellen Johnson
  • George Jacob Lang
  • John Moore
  • A McKenzie
  • William Pick
  • Peter Pelger
  • Thomas Ranson
  • Mrs. Lucy Rider
  • Alex Steward
  • J H Stevenson
  • W Smith
  • Rosa Ann Trester
  • Elias Wilson
  • Jerusha Whitzel
  • Lorenzo Beebee
  • James A Bruce
  • Mrs. C H Cooper
  • Isaac Cox
  • Michael Cratty
  • Michael Damphy
  • James Huffman
  • Mrs. Matilda Hews
  • Mrs. Eliza Johnson
  • Heinrich Langenfels
  • Rosina Muller
  • Miss Mary Pick
  • Miss Sarah S Palmer
  • Sarah E Payne
  • Mrs. Ryan
  • Carrie Stevenson
  • Miss Margt Swickle
  • Sarah E Smith
  • Frederick Smith
  • Nathaniel Underwood
  • Miss Ruth Wilman
  • Miss Catharine M Zeh

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please stat that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Dearborn County Sanitary Commission Contributors – Aug 1863

Dearborn County, Indiana contributors to the Sanitary Commission appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 6 Aug 1863 – Page 2, Column 4

Aurora, August 3, 1863.

Mr. Editor:–You will oblige me by inserting the following list of contributors for the State Sanitary Commission. I preached at Hartford two weeks ago yesterday, and the people of that place and vicinity responded most promptly to my call. If our people everywhere would only do their duty as nobly as did the people whose names are given below, it would carry relief and joy to many a poor sick soldier. Let the reader of this paper cut this list of contributors out and sent it, or else send the whole paper to some soldier from the vicinity of Hartford.

Yours very truly,
JOHN HOGARTH LOZIER.
Chap. 37th Ind. and Trav. San. Ag’t.

Reported by Dr. G. A. Stevenson, Committee:

  • Henry Miller, $10.00
  • William Miller, $5.00
  • William Gerard, Sr., $10.00
  • Oliver M. Winchester, $5.00
  • Kate Winchester, $0.25
  • A. & R. Wilber, $20.00
  • Elizabeth Wilber, $5.00
  • David S. Wilber, $1.50
  • R. C. Wilber, $1.00
  • Ethan A. Wilber, $0.25
  • Willie L. Wilber, $0.05
  • Mollie S. Gerard, $2.00
  • Capt. John R. Cole, $5.00
  • Sarah Cole, $2.00
  • Eliazer Cole, $5.00
  • Eunice Cole, $5.00
  • John W. Cofield, $2.00
  • Alexander Johnston, $5.00
  • O. A. Bailey, $1.00
  • Richard Hawkins, $2.00
  • Dr. G. A. Stephenson, $2.00
  • A. Y. Maryman, $5.00
  • Robt. W. Maryman, $1.00
  • William Hannah, $5.00
  • Joel Lynn, $5.00
  • Jesse H. Cooper, $5.00
  • David S. Walker, $5.00
  • Hannah Holliday, $2.00
  • B. L. Cooper, Esq., $5.00
  • Dr. J. B. Gerard, $1.00
  • Jonathan B. Gerard, $5.00
  • Mary Pugsley, $1.00
  • John W. Bush, $2.00
  • Samuel Steele, $1.00
  • G. W. Hanson, $1.00
  • John W. Spielman, $1.00
  • John Buchanan, $1.00
  • John Trader, $1.00
  • Jacob Zinn, $5.00
  • Daniel Cloud, $10.00
  • T. N. Cooper, $5.00

Total, $161.05

Aurora Commercial – 13 Aug 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

How Sparta Township Does Business.
AURORA, Aug. 7, 1863.

Mr. Editor:–The people of Moore’s Hill and the surrounding portions of Sparta Township have gone and done it again! Last Sunday I preached in the morning to the people of Moore’s Hill, and in the afternoon to the Chestervillains. The way they responded to my call for the sick and wounded soldiers is an example worthy of all praise.

The Committee appointed at Moore’s Hill, of which John C. Moore was Chairman, did most nobly. They reported yesterday by the hand of George Wood, Esq., two hundred and twenty dollars, ($200.) Committee man Olcott, from Chesterville, reported one hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents (116.75.) Truly these are liberal and worthy communities. You will observe by the list of names that the village of Sparta was visited by Committeeman J. R. Thompson, and responded patriotically. May God’s blessing rest upon the proverbially liberal people of Moore’s Hill and vicinity, and may the bread that they thus cast upon the waters be found “after many days.”

Your friend,
JOHN HOGARTH LOZIER,
Chap. 37th Ind., and Trav. San. Ag’t for Indiana.

The following is the report of Moore’s Hill, Chesterville and vicinities:

[See newspaper for amount donated.]

MOORE’S HILL.

  • J. C. Moore
  • Jane Eldridge
  • Albert Eldridge
  • Emma Eldridge
  • Harriet Eldridge
  • Edwin Eldridge
  • B C Loyd
  • Oliver Soper
  • Wm Justis
  • Mahala Burns
  • J H Burns
  • G W Schabel
  • James Rodocker
  • Geo Taaffe
  • G W Shaver
  • Thos Jones
  • Mrs. M E Veach
  • Ella Soper
  • L Adkins
  • Huldah Boyd
  • Josie Soper
  • Helena Moore
  • Frank Hinds
  • J W Moore
  • J E Haymond
  • Charles Bell
  • Charles Valentine
  • Charlotte Hinds
  • Nancy Taylor
  • Deborah Justis
  • Sarah Justis
  • Mrs. Jno. Thompson
  • Fannie Wood
  • Ellen B Schooley
  • Minerva Picket
  • Sebra T Hansell
  • Eliza Jennings
  • Geo. Valentine
  • Frank Graves
  • S H Lockwood
  • Laura Lockwood
  • Jno K Thompson
  • Smith Moore
  • Venia Picket
  • Mary Woolman
  • J S Morgan
  • Charles Odor
  • Mrs. M M Picket
  • Michael Bell
  • Mrs. M Bell
  • Miss Lib Sparks
  • Alonzo Thompson
  • Mrs. H Hansell
  • Miss Eliza Hansell
  • Joseph Hansell
  • Wm Darby
  • Henry Hinds
  • Jacob Riggin
  • Jane Loyd
  • Elam Wilson
  • Mrs. Elam Wilson
  • Harrison Lowe
  • Mirinda Laws
  • Mary Moore
  • Sallie Burns
  • Elizabeth Reno
  • Orrin Wilson
  • A D Wilson
  • Jennie Burns
  • A Taylor, Jr.
  • Marcus Eversole
  • Mary Morgan
  • Rachel Hinds
  • T S Wallace
  • R W Todd
  • A B Morgan’s girls
  • Wm Bigney
  • Mrs. Thos Jennings
  • Rebecca Jennings
  • Mrs. Sampson Tincher
  • Mrs. Eli Spencer
  • J H Long
  • Levi Boyd
  • Elijah Laws
  • A J Bowers
  • Ms. Geo W Wood
  • S D Franklin
  • James Huston
  • Wm S Jones
  • Jeremiah Watkins
  • Hosea Wood
  • Geo C Wood
  • James Carbaugh
  • Jno D Johnson
  • L H Kelsey
  • J B McKnight
  • Mrs. P Churchill
  • Geo S Gould
  • James S Stevens
  • Mrs. J S Stevens
  • Alice J Stevens
  • Theodore Stevens
  • August Schilling
  • Patrick Howard
  • Wesley Chance
  • Mary M Bell
  • Catherine E Little and others
  • John Hays
  • Robt Carmichel
  • Corad Kuntz
  • Mrs. H P Adams
  • Dr. N. L. Isgrigg
  • Little Willie Wood

Total, $220.00

CHESTERVILLE.
Reported by Wm. Olcott, Chairman of Committee.

  • Wm Olcott
  • J P Ewan
  • Mrs. Rebecca Olcott
  • Henry Marshal
  • Hiram Chance
  • William Miller
  • William S Tyre
  • Thomas Record
  • Mrs. Ann Ewan
  • George Marshall
  • A J Murray
  • Adam Kerr
  • James Wills
  • Obadiah Bayly
  • Robert Chance
  • Thomas Bayly
  • James King
  • Simon Humfelt
  • Mrs. Wm Olcott
  • David Cole
  • John Wheeler
  • Mrs. Amelia Wheeler
  • John Shuman
  • John Christie
  • Charles Olcott
  • Frank Marshall
  • Samuel Nelson
  • Miss Elizabeth Lambertson
  • Sarah Wheeler
  • R B King
  • S R Brewington
  • John Hall
  • Mrs. J P Ewan
  • John Mulford
  • Henry Wills
  • John Miller
  • George Cain
  • Perry Phillips
  • Mrs. James Wills
  • Zachary Bayly
  • Mrs. Martha Tyre
  • Oliver Hughes
  • A J Johnson
  • Miss Mary Haines
  • Ferdinand Holdstill
  • John Loftus
  • Euphrates Chance
  • Mrs. James Bayly
  • James Noble
  • Miss Rosaline Ewan
  • Miss Evaline Bayly
  • George Grey
  • Miss Miami Whitaker
  • Miss Charlotte Wills
  • Warren Goodrich
  • Thomas Wills
  • Miss Mollie Olcott
  • Miss Margaret Wills
  • Miss Delia Record
  • Miss Augusta Marshall
  • Mrs. Ellen Wheeler
  • Smith Thompson
  • John Burnet
  • Albert King
  • Matilda Nelson
  • Susan Peck
  • Eber Gray
  • Christina Zeh
  • Hannah Zeh
  • Jacob Miller
  • John Columbia
  • Isaac Davis

Total, $116.75

Aurora Commercial – 20 Aug 1863 – Page 2, Column 4

The Collection at Salem Church.

Chaplain J. H. Lozier, at the close of his thanksgiving sermon at Salem Church, in Ohio county, collected ninety dollars in part of the following subscription, and forwarded it to the President of our State Sanitary Committee. The receipt of the residue is hereby acknowledged, and will be immediately forwarded in like manner. For the benefit of those who have not had an opportunity of contributing to the mission of mercy, you can leave your subscriptions at the store of John Grace & Co., or John H. Jones, of Rising Sun, or with your humble servant, for which you will receive credit through the columns of the Aurora Commercial and the Rising Sun Visitor; and last, though not least, receive the heartfelt thanks of our afflicted soldiers, who are now an offering sacrifice at the altar of our country.

THOS W. PATE, Collector.

[See newspaper for donation amounts.]

  • Henry S. Pate
  • Rev. L. B. Hunt
  • Permelia Hunt
  • Thomas Hunt
  • Edward B. Hunt
  • Eliza A. Hunt
  • Jesse Hunt, Jr.
  • Caroline L. Hunt
  • Martha T. Hunt
  • John Barricklow
  • Capt. A. J. Barricklow
  • Hiram Barricklow, Jr.
  • Elizabeth Barricklow
  • John O. Barricklow
  • Robert Peters
  • Sarah Pate
  • Thomas W. Pate
  • Rebecca Pate
  • Mildred Pate
  • John H. Pate
  • Elizabeth Pate
  • Smith Pate
  • John F. Pate
  • John M. Pate
  • Adam B. Pate
  • Ellen Baker
  • Wm. H. Baker
  • John Baker
  • Wm. Wilber
  • Mary Wilber
  • Sallie C. Lozier
  • Daniel Collins
  • Nathan Robetson
  • John I. French
  • James M. French
  • Lafayette Porter French
  • John Spencer French
  • Jenkins Rounds
  • Amaziah L. Bailey
  • William S. Bailey
  • George W. Stewart
  • Henry F. Wright
  • A. C. Parsons
  • Charles H. Rumburg
  • Wm. John Whiteford
  • John Clore
  • John M. Jackson
  • S. L. Royalty
  • Joseph Grace
  • Geo. W. Brown
  • Moses Turner
  • James Holmes
  • Jacob Monroe
  • Wm. Collins
  • Jane McCardel
  • Laura McCardel
  • Frederick Marker
  • L. P. Wilson
  • Edwin P. Squibb
  • Israel Loring

Total, $167.35

Aurora List of Letters – Jul 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana list of letters for July 1863 appeared in:

Aurora Commercial – 9 Jul 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, July 7, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Wm Bridwell
  • John M Brock
  • Miss Anna E Bergdoll
  • Virgil Buttle
  • Mrs. Rebecca Chance
  • F M Davis
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Huffman
  • Homer Hofelich
  • Miss Katie Inkingthrone
  • Edward Kingskaid
  • Heinrich Neiderhelmann
  • James Raben
  • James Turner
  • Miss Theodosia Wright
  • W F Bailey
  • George Bennett
  • Miss Zadie Baker
  • Miss Elizabeth Cooper
  • Miss Delia Crawford
  • James Gibson
  • Alex Hiatt
  • Miss Gertrude Holbrooke
  • Mrs. L F Johnson
  • Miss Elizabeth Miller
  • St Clair Perry
  • John Rosfield
  • Thomas P Williams
  • Miss Ruthy Willson

HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora Commercial – 23 Jul 1863 – Page 3, Column 2

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, July 21, 1853. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Mrs. Victoria Arnold
  • Mrs. Martha Adams
  • Harley Baker
  • Wm H Bailey
  • Miss Martha Bedunah
  • Aquilla Corsen
  • Mrs. Matilda Cook
  • Charles Cattee
  • Dr. S S Cook
  • Charles Davis
  • Miss Jennie Elliott
  • Miss Dory Ellerbruck
  • Michael Glass
  • Edmund Guy
  • George Gibbons
  • Henry B Goff
  • Henry Hardey
  • Rebecca Harrison
  • G I Higgins
  • H Hartker
  • Haver Hofelich
  • Mrs. Addie Henry
  • Philip Kastner
  • Mrs. Mary Jane Moore
  • Patt Moran
  • George Pister
  • George Papel
  • Thomas Rogers
  • George I Robinson
  • Robert Ramsay
  • Mag’t A Rowland
  • Thomas Ranson
  • Renner & Kestner
  • Peter Renner
  • Lorenz Scherger
  • Samuel Schnab
  • Mrs. Eliza Sullivan
  • John Stewart
  • Lieut. W F Sharp
  • William Spaulding
  • Mrs. Lydia Short
  • Patt Tracy
  • Nathaniel Underwood
  • Bridget Vice
  • Christian Zeigenbein
  • Angelina Heath
  • John Helm
  • Mrs. Jane Lowe
  • Mrs. Rosina Mueller
  • Charles N Owen

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.
HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora Commercial – 30 Jul 1863 – Page 3, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, July 28, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Jacob Abbott
  • Miss Laura M Clarke
  • John Fallen
  • Henry Geard
  • Hermann Knippenberg
  • Nicholas Long
  • Mrs. Merebah Peters
  • Mrs. Agnes Runyaw
  • John Rogers
  • Elizabeth Schornick
  • Mrs. Sarah Smyth
  • J H Bazsell
  • Mrs. Mary L Davis
  • Barney Flood
  • Edward Kinskearn
  • Mrs. Mary A Love
  • A J Morgan
  • Millie T Payne
  • Leo Ruschman
  • S B Scribner
  • Miss Sallie Smith
  • Miss Laura Wilson

Aurora List of Letters – Jun 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana list of letters for June 1863 appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 9 Jul 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., on the 30th day of June, 1863.

  • Adams & Smith
  • Philip Alnas
  • Lorenzo Bebee
  • Miss Mattie Bedunah
  • Hon J R Conway
  • Joseph Clark
  • Mike Cavenaugh
  • Mrs. Maly Cheek
  • Soseph Daniel
  • Miss Jane Dixon
  • William Eckels
  • Miss Laura Grierson
  • Thomas Geneghly
  • Wm Hunter
  • Miss Luie Harding
  • Josephus Hutchings
  • Richard Ivories
  • Edmond Ives
  • R L S Klein
  • Miss M A Moriarty
  • John Moore
  • Rudolf Meyer
  • John Parsons
  • Miss Sarah L Palmer
  • H G Powell
  • Miss Anna Ropka
  • Frederick Rhinehart
  • Lewis Startzman
  • Miss Minnie StClair
  • George T Smith
  • S C Tindall
  • Miss Charlotte Vansant
  • H B Wright
  • Jonathan Windhorst
  • Leo Wristman
  • Mrs. James Armstrong
  • Miss Elizabeth Burgdoll
  • Charles Bauer
  • George Brown
  • Andrew Cinnamon
  • Samuel Chapman
  • Sarah Colwell
  • William Copeland
  • John Dickey
  • J W Davis
  • Fred Eckstein
  • James Gibson
  • Mrs. P Hanson
  • Lewis Hour
  • Anderson Huffman
  • I D Harvey
  • John I Jackson
  • Francis Kenton
  • Miss Lisy Karlan
  • Miss Rasina Miller
  • Mrs. Will McBeth
  • Miss Lizzie O’Shagger
  • Jacob Paulus
  • Mrs. W H Palmer
  • Samuel Quigley
  • George Rosenbaum
  • Miss Sofa Steffen
  • Mrs. Lidy Short
  • Josiah Swan
  • John Thumser
  • William Turner
  • Ada N Veh
  • Jabez P Watkins
  • Christiana Walker

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.

HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Aurora List of Letters – May 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana list of letters for May 1863 appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 14 May 1863 – Page 2, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., on the 15th day of May, 1863.

  • Peter Arpe
  • John Byron
  • George Bartels
  • Rosanna Bailey
  • John Buel
  • Maude Clinton
  • Thomas Campbell
  • Wm Copeland
  • Edward Clements
  • Elizabeth Clark
  • T Cook
  • James Cook
  • Joseph Daniel
  • Jane Dixon
  • Elizabeth Dixon
  • Dorris Ellerbreek
  • Vaizent Frank
  • Frederick Frepe
  • Lonzinus Fassnacht
  • Harte Gool
  • Edmund Guy
  • James Gibson
  • Edith Graham
  • Jackson Harrison
  • Mr. Hiller
  • Hannah L Hubbel
  • Mary E Horsley
  • I L St. John & Co.
  • Louis Seifreid
  • C Star
  • H Schwagmeyer
  • Hellen Tate
  • A W Trueblood
  • Margaret Ward
  • R B Wheeler
  • John Wheaten
  • D Wilcox & Bro.
  • Edwin Woodard
  • Martha L White
  • Lucy Jennings
  • Elizabeth Jinkens
  • Kasper Itshofer
  • Fred Kamping
  • Wm Knapp
  • Enoch Kerr
  • Rev. L D Low
  • Fred L Lange
  • Walter McBrown
  • McKown
  • Louisa Morgan
  • Wm McKerr
  • James McMahon
  • Wm B Miller
  • George McAroy
  • Harriet L Miller
  • Mary Moore
  • Capt. Stutt Neal
  • George Oswald
  • Jacob Ochs
  • Henry Pednar
  • Miss Puss
  • Rachel E Payne
  • Henry Popper
  • Mrs. Fred Rinehart
  • Amos M Ross
  • S B Scribner
  • Isaac Springer
  • William Sullivan
  • J W Senior
  • Elizabeth Sage
  • John H Twelbeck
  • Nathaniel Underwood
  • W H —
  • E Woeing
  • Richard Williams
  • Clamer Walker
  • W E Walters
  • Rachel Young
  • R Zew

Persons calling for any of the above mentioned letters, will please state that they have been advertised, and remember the extra charge of one cent.

HENRY WALKER, P.M.

Dearborn County Donations for Soldiers’ Families – May 1863

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 7 May 1863 – Page 2, Column 2

The Wood Movement last Saturday.

MR. EDITOR:–As your paper is a welcome guest among the soldiers in the different regiments that have men from this place, it is with pleasure that I take up my pen to let them know what the people are doing for their families. Saturday, the 2d May of May, was a great day for the families of our volunteers, and I think it my duty to give full credit to those who turned out so generously in affording them assistance. Our neighboring farmers having been informed that wood was a scarce article in this place, especially among the soldiers’ families, and could not be procured for love or money, the farmers of the Manchester pike opened the ball on Saturday week by bringing in ten loads of as good wood as was ever burned, for distribution among the soldiers’ families, as noticed in your paper last week. This stirred up the farmers living on the other roads leading into our city; and Mr. Joseph Becket and Capt. George Greer, in their respective neighborhoods made an arrangement for executing a similar movement last Saturday. Our citizens had got wind of the arrangement, and Lieut. Green’s squad of Kentucky Calvary, numbering 28 men, mounted and equipped, accompanied by the Aurora Brass Band, who had kindly volunteered their services for the occasion, repaired at 10 o’clock to the toll gate on the Dillsborough turnpike, to escort the procession into town. Arriving there we found forty-five wagons loaded with wood and provisions, the procession formed in the following order:

  • Marshalls—Capt. George Greer, S. S. Bussell, Jacob Radspinner, A. Epstein.
  • Aurora German Brass Band.
  • Lieut. Green’s squad of cavalry.
  • The wagons.

Thus formed, the procession started for town, and when near the Trester House was met by Capt. Phalin’s martial band, who fell in line, and the procession moved down Third street to Judiciary, up Judiciary to Second, and up Second to Schulze’s Hall, where the provisions were stored in a room donated by Mr. Schulze for the purpose. The wagons, with the 50 cords of wood, were driven to Wymond’s coal yard, where the wood was stored for distribution. The following are the names of the donors, with articles donated:

  • Elijah Greer, 1 cord wood, 1 sack meal, 75 lbs. meat
  • James Holmes, 1 cord wood, 100 lbs. meat
  • John Bush, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat, 1/2 bu. apples
  • Capt. H. F. Wright, 1 cord wood, 1 sack meal
  • Henry C. Marshall, 1 cord wood
  • Nathan Wallace, 1 cord wood
  • John P. Tufts, 1 cord wood
  • Thos. Hubbartt, 1 cord wood, 1 sack potatoes
  • John Tufts, 1 cord wood
  • Robert Chance, 100 lbs. flour
  • Piercey Wheeler, 200 lbs. flour, 50 lbs. meat
  • Harrison Abbott, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat
  • Charles Humes, 50 lbs. meat, 100 lbs. flour, 1 bush. apples
  • Thomas Ricketts, 1 cord wood, 100 lbs. flour, 50 lbs. meat
  • James Wills, 100 lbs. flour, 1 sack potatoes; also 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. flour, delivered at Chesterville.
  • Joseph Beckett, 1 cord wood, 1 bbl. flour
  • David Cole, 1 sack flour
  • Sylvester Huffman, 2 bush. potatoes
  • John P. Walker, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat
  • Z. Barker, 1 cord wood, 2 1/2 bush. potatoes
  • John Tufts, 1 cord wood
  • Joseph Cornforth, 1 cord wood
  • Wilkerson Smith, 1 cord wood
  • R. C. Sawdon, 1 lot wood
  • Wm. Suters, 1 lot wood
  • Charles P. Gould, 1 cord wood, 2 bush. potatoes
  • Enoch Lindsay, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meal, 1 sack potatoes
  • B. P. Boardman, 1 cord wood, 2 bush. potatoes, 50 lbs. flour
  • James Clemens, 1 bush. potatoes
  • John Zeb, 1 cord wood
  • John Cornforth, 15 lbs. butter, 15 doz. eggs, 1 sack flour, 1 bush. apples
  • Benj. Brewington, 100 lbs. meat
  • Jas. Carbaugh, 50 lbs. meat
  • John Columbia, 1 cord wood
  • Samuel Smith, 1 cord wood
  • Job. Little, 1 cord wood
  • Isaac M. Davis, 1 cord wood
  • Wm. Casby, 1 cord wood
  • John Osleseber, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat
  • Lewis Nichols, 50 lbs. meat
  • Hiram Barricklow, 1 cord wood
  • Merrick Hesdick, cash $1
  • Ezra Kamp, cash $1
  • Jacob Miller, 100 lbs. flour, 100 lbs. meal, 1 bush. potatoes
  • Simon Hempfield, 1 cord wood, 1 sack potatoes
  • Wm. Olcott, 1 cord wood, 1 sack flour, 1 sack potatoes
  • W. S. Bailey, cash $3
  • J. S. French, 1 cord wood
  • Wm. Morgan, 1 cord wood
  • Rudolph Meyer, 1 cord wood
  • John R. Cole, 1 cord wood, 50 lb. meat
  • Eleazer Cole, 1 cord wood
  • Samuel Cole, 1 cord wood
  • E. G. Herron, 1 cord wood

The donors number 56. several others who could not leave home last Saturday have promised to contribute their share. Since Saturday several ladies have informed me that they would have taken great pleasure in preparing and serving up a nice lunch for the donors if they had been informed in time. We hope that they will be prepared to give them a proper reception next time.

In the name of the soldiers’ families I heartily thank the farmers of this vicinity for their liberal and timely donations; and I assure them that our brave boys who are fighting in distant fields when they hear of the kind care that is taken of the families they have left behind them, will bear their hardships with cheerfulness, and feel as if the sacrifices they make for the general good are appreciated. We hope that instead of the letters they have sometimes received telling of hardships and filled with gloomy forebodings, they will hear “good news from home,” that their families are well provided for, and beyond the reach of want. Then we can feel that our soldiers will fight bravely and cheerfully, and that we, as well as they, have done our full duty.

A. EPSTEIN.

Dearborn County Donations for Soldiers’ Families – Apr 1863

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 30 Apr 1863 – Page 4, Column 2

A GOOD THING.
Lawrenceburg, April 18, 1863.

Mr. Sibley:–A good thing took place here today. The farmers on the pike leading from Lawrenceburg to Madison did it. They brought, for the soldiers’ wives, in a procession headed by two bands, about forty loads of wood, seven hundred pounds of flour, five bushels of meal, fifteen bushels of potatoes, a considerable quantity of meat, of different kinds, and over $9 in money. The affair was concocted and superintended by that whole souled old patriot, Ingols Butterfield. The distribution of the articles was attended to by John Anderegg and John Ferris. After the delivery of the wood a lunch was set for the patriotic donors by the “farmer’s favorite,” Ben Anderson. After the lunch thanks were given to all concerned by Rev. Mr. Tevis. He did it very neatly, saying some very good and very true things. After this the crowd dispersed, each his own way.

Nothing that I have seen lately has appeared to give as much satisfaction, in a small way, as this quiet little affair by the farmers of the Manchester Ridge. Very few in town knew anything about it beforehand.

While this is gratifying to us, and especially to the recipients, will not the news of it be also cheering to the hearts of the boys in the field, who have gone forth to battle for their beloved country? Will it not make them feel that their wives and little ones at home are not entirely forgotten? Will it not assure them, in unmistakable terms, that notwithstanding the unfavorable reports they receive from home, the hearts of the people are loyal and desire to encourage and hold up the hands of those who are in the tented field engaged in crushing this wicked rebellion?

We hope to see more of this kind of doings. It makes us feel good. We shall be none the poorer for it. We ought, all of us, to look about us, in our immediate neighborhood, and see to it that none want. God forbid that in a country so overflowing with plenty, any should go cold or hungry, more especially the wives and children of those who are in their country’s service.

Forty loads of wood came from the Manchester Ridge, and ten from Tanner’s Creek.

The following are the names of the donors:

  • Ingots Butterfield
  • E. Butterfield
  • A. Kern
  • James Walser
  • M. P. Butterfield
  • Ralph collier
  • J. Collier
  • C. C. Jaquith
  • G. S. Jaquith
  • Samuel Wright
  • Anthony Chase
  • Thomas Annis
  • H. Poose
  • C. L. Crocker
  • William Dills
  • Linas Hamlin
  • Thomas Hansell
  • C. Pierce
  • Jacob H. Blasdell
  • Charles Sutton
  • George True
  • James Burke
  • Robert Mason, Jr.
  • Jacob B. Chase
  • Mrs. L. B. Ludlow
  • Mrs. Mary A. Mason
  • David Frasier
  • John Daniels
  • David A. Annis
  • Gilbert Parsons
  • Henry F. Mason
  • Henry M. Farrar
  • Herman Wanke
  • John Heustis
  • Edwin Jaquith
  • Joseph Vaughn
  • John Cooper
  • B. Plummer
  • Jesse Sloan
  • Wm. Emerson
  • Joseph Hall
  • George Wilhelm
  • C. O. Bartley
  • George W. Moore
  • Henry Helman
  • Carson Baker
  • Dr. Flood

The following families were furnished with provisions, on the occasion:

  • Mrs. Undinner
  • Mrs. Feuss
  • Mrs. Stack
  • Mrs. Allen
  • Mrs. Skelton
  • Mrs. Jos’a Alped
  • Mrs. Gaebler
  • Mrs. Godfrey
  • Mrs. Rork
  • Mrs. Rhinearson
  • Mrs. Gruga
  • Mrs. Hennings
  • Mrs. Heilfrish
  • Mrs. Fashagg
  • Mrs. Pitcher
  • Mrs. North
  • Mrs. Larsaman
  • Mrs. Marshall
  • Mrs. Fowler
  • Mrs. Douglass
  • Mrs. Dorn
  • Mrs. Ingathorn
  • Mrs. Shrei
  • Mrs. S’n Alped
  • Mrs. Walters
  • Mrs. Miller
  • Mrs. Stein
  • Mrs. Sullivan
  • Mrs. Darragh
  • Mrs. Kirsh
  • Mrs. Dan Godfrey
  • Mrs. Bartholomew
  • Mrs. Sturne
  • Mrs. Rehleman
  • Mrs. Berk
  • Mrs. Learcy
  • Mrs. Lambertson
  • Mrs. Robins
  • Mrs. Barrett
  • Mrs. Sander
  • Mrs. Getz
  • Mrs. Hawell
  • Mrs. Stahl
  • Mrs. Merrill
  • Mrs. Welch
  • Mrs. Johnson
  • Mrs. Glardon
  • Mrs. Knable
  • Mrs. Lewis
  • Mrs. Mirrick
  • Mrs. Shafee
  • Mrs. Mitchell
  • Mrs. Shaw
  • Mrs. Neff
  • Mrs. Knowles
  • Mrs. Carter

The following families were furnished with wood:

  • Mrs. Brown
  • Mrs. Stahl
  • Mrs. Bart’mew
  • Mrs. Dorn
  • Mrs. Lewis
  • Mrs. Godfrey
  • Mrs. Merrill
  • Mrs. Knaw
  • Mrs. Kohleman
  • Mrs. Gruter
  • Mrs. Bush
  • Mrs. Keitel
  • Mrs. Walters
  • Mrs. Shaw
  • Mrs. Johnson
  • Mrs. Marshall
  • Mrs. Douglass
  • Mrs. McRight
  • Mrs. Glerdon
  • Mrs. Rork
  • Mrs. Bitner
  • Mrs. Barrett
  • Mrs. Harmell
  • Mrs. Knable
  • Mrs. Carter
  • Mrs. Danagh
  • Mrs. Ingathron
  • Mrs. Untwiner
  • Mrs. S. Alfred
  • Mrs. Shumaker
  • Mrs. Sullivan
  • Mrs. Fowler
  • Mrs. Pitcher
  • Mrs. Kirk
  • Mrs. Sanders
  • Mrs. Fashagg
  • Mrs. Young
  • Mrs. Robins
  • Mrs. Goupey
  • Mrs. Shaffee
  • Mrs. Dixon
  • Mrs. Neff
  • Mrs. Rhinerson
  • Mrs. Stein
  • Mrs. Alfred
  • Mrs. Miller
  • Mrs. Moules
  • Mrs. Ferress
  • Mrs. Brooks
  • Mrs. Truett
  • Mrs. Heilbush