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Dearborn County Donations for Soldiers’ Families – Dec 1863

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 17 Dec 1863 – Page 3, Column 2

AURORA, Dec. 9, 1863.

Mr. Editor:–The following is a list of the donations received last Saturday, for the relief of soldiers’ families:

[See newspaper for amount donated.]

  • Morton Andrews
  • Richard Williams
  • S. S. Clark
  • Capt. J. Thompson (proceeds of the ball)
  • A. Epstein
  • John Moffatt
  • August Schulze
  • Joshua A. Perry
  • John Hall
  • J. Olser
  • C. Cheed
  • S. Nicholdson
  • T. Thompson
  • I. Q. Hayes
  • Wm. Edmundson
  • Robert Blasdel
  • Asa Hubbartt
  • Eli McAdams
  • Thos. Burgh
  • Wm. Burgh
  • Levi R. Morrill
  • James M. Hayes
  • Mrs. Hayes
  • Matthias Haring
  • Sanford Eldridge
  • Dorsy Pierce
  • G V Denton
  • Henry Walker
  • Alexander Lansbury
  • Isaac Campbell
  • Samuel Langtree
  • John A. Platter
  • T. M. Gibson
  • John A. Conwell
  • Mrs. Stark
  • Cynthia Griffin
  • E. H. Bassett
  • Harman Mously
  • Adam Ritter
  • Philip Erle
  • Wm Houser
  • S. P. Hill & Co.
  • F. Kern
  • George Squibb
  • Henry Wilky
  • John Wenzell
  • F. A. York
  • A. Tuthill
  • M. Kempf
  • E. D. Haynes
  • George Griffin
  • Chambers, Stevens, & Co.
  • John N. Milburn
  • N. Dyke
  • Lorin Stratton
  • Joseph Meyer
  • T. Owens
  • J. Glass
  • S. Hattenbach
  • Harmon Pick
  • Wm. Green
  • Henry Basley
  • John F. Meneger
  • Adolph Schulze
  • Wm. R. Miller
  • Samuel Trester
  • Peter Kastner
  • Frank Moran
  • George Siemantel
  • Newton Watts
  • J. J. Bachman
  • John A. Wymond
  • Marcus Levi
  • John Cameron
  • J. Cell
  • Gaff, Lozier & Co.
  • Charles Bienkamp
  • Wm. Webber
  • E. F. Sibley
  • O. P. Cobb & Co.
  • Thos. Pattison
  • John Hamilton
  • George Taylor
  • Charles Bauer
  • Joseph Ziegelbaur
  • Robert Mattock
  • Rev. A. W. Freeman
  • B N McHenry
  • John Maloney
  • W E Gibson
  • Wm Liebe
  • Dr. R C Bond
  • J Dews & Co.

Making in all collected up to this time, $459.40

  • A. D. Hopping, 1 load wood
  • Thomas Hubbart, 1 load wood
  • Eli McAdams, 1/2 bbl flour
  • Simon Humfeldt, 1 load wood
  • Wm. Cunningham, 1 bbl. flour
  • Jesse Younker, 5 bushel potatoes
  • Wm. Curtis, 1 load wood
  • Thos. Curtis, 1 load wood
  • Mrs. A. S. Winkley, 25 lbs meat

The amount paid out is as follows:

  • O. P. Cobb & Co, $25.00
  • Samuel Langtree, $21.00
  • John A. Platter, $17.50
  • Wood from farmers, $33.50
  • Gaff, Lozier & Co., $47.20
  • Chambers, Stevens, & Co., $20.00
  • Bernhard Schipert, for wine furnished the ball, $7.20
  • John Todd, for 136 lbs beef, $5.36
  • E. F. Sibley, for printing, $3.00

Total, $179.76

Aurora List of Letters – Dec 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana lists of letters for December 1863 appeared in:

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

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

  • G A Abbit
  • Wm Abbit
  • Caroline Abbit
  • L M Anderson
  • Sarah J Brooks
  • John Bailey
  • R D Brown
  • A Bruce
  • Mollie Barker
  • Jacob W Bergdol
  • Hattie Cooper
  • Aquillas S Carson
  • Joseph Clark
  • Henry B Corwin
  • Matilda Cook
  • Luther Dolby
  • Elizabeth Davis
  • Matilda Edmonston
  • Jacob Fransire
  • F W Grimsley
  • Olive Hastwell
  • John Helm
  • Mr. Higgins
  • A Hunter
  • Anton Hallerbark
  • J K Harris
  • Aurora Hain
  • Mary C Huffman
  • Lou Hansal
  • L Hunter
  • Elizabeth Johnson
  • Lucinda Kittle
  • Lizzie Lytle
  • Charlotte Long
  • Job Little
  • James A Martin
  • Obed Mercer
  • Anda Moreland
  • Frederick Rennart
  • Mr. Rump
  • M Regan
  • Lucinda Rider
  • Wm Ramsey
  • Thos. W. Stevens
  • B T Saunderson
  • Jacob Transwer
  • Philip Terhune
  • Wm Tanner
  • David Wright
  • Emma Wright
  • Lou Williams
  • Joseph Whitsel
  • Lizzie Weller
  • Irwin Walker
  • Wilson Smith
  • Ralph Smith
  • J L Smith

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 Dec 1863 – Page 3, Column 5

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the dead letter office.

  • Sallie A Abbit
  • Alice Burr
  • Elsy Bruce
  • Joshua Bruce
  • C T Bixby
  • Gillis Beacon
  • Wm Berger
  • James Bruce
  • Wm Bailey
  • Elizabeth Brison
  • Anna Camping
  • Geo W D Colyr
  • Charles Conway
  • W S Garther
  • R Gregg
  • Mortan B Green
  • Edmond Gurz
  • Lewis B Hunt
  • Pamelia Hunt
  • James Homes
  • John A Harpham
  • A J Johnson
  • D W Landwerp
  • Wm Loftis
  • Allen Meyer
  • Lou McLetto
  • Henry Mergner
  • Samuel Miller
  • Lilly Norwood
  • John Neal
  • L C Orville
  • G A Riggs
  • A Richardson
  • James Ryan
  • John Robli
  • Lucinda Rickets
  • Joseph Rey
  • Eliza Sullivan
  • Cordelia Seeds
  • Isaac Stevens
  • John H Tracer
  • Hannah Toote
  • Mary Wheeler
  • Johithon Winhorse
  • Richard Williams
  • T S Smith
  • Geo W Lemmon
  • James Louis

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 – 31 Dec 1863 – Page 1, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Hannah Armstrong
  • Wm Abbott
  • Miss Abbie
  • America Black
  • Michael Burk
  • Tharlow Baker
  • Pardee Bruce
  • A B Corson
  • Marian S Cook
  • Lidia Calbert
  • W G Cushwell
  • Lawrence Collins
  • James Corson
  • Mariah Coffyn
  • Charles Cooper
  • T M Dewey
  • Lydia Elliott
  • Richard Ebensley
  • James Ferren
  • Karl Fohling
  • Lucy Ginhens
  • S H Gulbransen
  • Christian Green
  • Mariah Goodrich
  • Rachel Gray
  • Mattie Glenn
  • Aggie Henderson
  • Mary E Harley
  • Dan Henderson
  • Mary J Hunter
  • Alexander Hunter
  • Parlina Koons
  • Mary E Ketcham
  • Wm Kring
  • Joseph Lamb
  • H Langenfeld
  • Mary mcElvain
  • Martha Mills
  • Stephen Medds
  • Angeline McElfresh
  • John Mason
  • Henrich Pellman
  • Francis Pinew
  • C H Richardson
  • John Rusbuck
  • Catharine Risk
  • John S Read
  • Mary E Sparling
  • Peter Sharman
  • Angie S Saines
  • James Schofield
  • T J Thomas
  • Laura S Thomas
  • Lt. Geo C Watson
  • E Woling
  • Rebecca Wills
  • Benj Wilson
  • E H Wright
  • Wilson Melvill
  • Henrietta Wright
  • A G Wilson
  • Emma Zeh
  • Sophia Jones

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.

Ohio County Donations for Soldiers’ Families – Nov 1863

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 12 Nov 1863 – Page 2, Column 3

Another Forward Movement.
Rising Sun, Nov. 9, ’63.

Mr. Editor:–On last Saturday Capt. A. J. Barricklow, with a detachment of twenty-five of his company, (the Ohio County Rough and Readies,) and fifteen volunteers for the occasion, made a rush on a party of war widows of Rising Sun and vicinity, supposed to be about thirty, with weapons, such as wood, green backs, potatoes, turnips, pumpkins, corn meal, flour, cabbage, pork, molasses, beets, &c., as a momento of their highest regards for the good cause in which their brave husbands are engaged. And in order to remind others equally patriotic and generous, that they may do likewise, as well as for consolation of fathers and husbands in the field, that their dear ones at home are cared for, we propose to give to each donor credit for his amount bestowed. Capt. Barricklow challenges competition, and in order that those from a distance may have a fair show, he proposes that they may be excused from hauling wood by supplying the equivalent in green backs, “or any other veaitables”:

NAMES OF DONORS.

  • Capt. A. J. Barricklow, load wood, bush. potatoes, 7 heads cabbage
  • A. Barricklow, load wood, bush. potatoes, 12 heads cabbage
  • Lieut. M. Clore, load wood, bush. potatoes, 12 heads cabbage
  • D. Wilber, load wood, bush. potatoes
  • Sergt. I. Birdzell, load wood
  • Sergt. D. Barricklow, load wood
  • Corp. C. Cooper, load wood
  • R. Peters, load wood
  • T. Wade, load wood
  • J. Peaslee, load wood
  • Lieut. J. Baker, load wood, 6 pumpkins, 6 heads cabbage
  • J. S. French, load wood
  • A. Saxton, load wood
  • J. Meshel and M. Rana, load wood
  • J. H. Pate, load wood, bush. potatoes
  • Ord. Sergt. J. W. Barricklow, load wood, sack turnips
  • S. Gaskill, load wood
  • Corp. J. E. Horsley, load wood
  • L. Nunt, load wood
  • J. Trestey, load wood
  • M. Turner, load wood
  • J. A. Monroe, load wood
  • A. C. Passons, load wood
  • Jacob Baker, load wood
  • F. H. Theurmer, load wood
  • H. S. Pate, load wood
  • R. Cornelius, load wood
  • J. W. Miller, load wood
  • B. H. Oak, load wood
  • J. M. French, bush corn meal
  • Jacob Koon, 2 bush. turnips
  • D. Houston, 10 lbs pork, lot cabbage and beets
  • John Housteon, 50 lbs flour
  • J. S. Barricklow, lot cabbage
  • A. Whiteford, bbl. potatoes
  • J. I. French, 2 gal. molasses, bush. potatoes
  • T. Rann, lot pumpkins and cabbage
  • H. Barricklow, cash, $3
  • Stephen Hastings, $5
  • Smith Pate, 50 cts

JOHN H. PATE, Company Clerk.

Aurora List of Letters – Nov 1863

Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana lists of letters for November 1863 appeared in:

Aurora Commercial – 5 Nov 1863 – Page 3, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Bridget Barrett
  • Mrs. Bouler
  • Miss Jessie Belmont
  • Miss Rebecca Chase
  • Carrie Chamberlin
  • Miss B Chesford
  • George Cheek
  • Olive Cannon
  • Elizabeth Cooper
  • J Dixon
  • Henrich Davidter
  • Charles Fisk
  • Mollie Gilpin
  • Geo Givan
  • James Homes
  • Fred Herling
  • Mrs. Permelia Hunt
  • Eunice Huffman
  • Dorithea Krause
  • Martin Laird
  • Benjamin Melson
  • Christian Messuer
  • Sarah J Neff
  • Sarah Neff
  • Goert Painter
  • Hannah Stevens
  • Cally Sheppard
  • Geo Seed
  • Rebecca J Smith
  • Mrs. Laura Thomas
  • Joseph Zeegelbaner
  • Wm Wilson

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 – 12 Nov 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Sarah A Abbot
  • Agnes L Adams
  • Geo Bassett
  • Edwin Bidgelow
  • Henry Bedgood
  • D Beardsley
  • Henry Brackenshoff
  • G W Bandurant
  • George S Cochran
  • Jacob Dewitt
  • Luther Dolby
  • Mrs. Geo Dunlauge
  • Jacob Defrend
  • Sarah Drigging
  • John Denderline
  • Carrie Ellis
  • Jas Grover
  • Mary J Hunter
  • D B Keister
  • Vicea L Lynn
  • Cornelia C Morgan
  • T R McClure
  • Martha Mendell
  • Lizzie Milligan
  • M B Mason
  • Sarah Neff
  • Charles L Olcot
  • Ralf Smith
  • H M Spellman
  • Albert Sillier
  • Wm Spaulding
  • Nancy Sterns
  • Anna Tete
  • Lizzie Trester
  • John Thamar
  • Thomas Wickerd
  • Frank West
  • Fannie Wilson
  • Charles Walters

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 – 26 Nov 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Amelia Ante
  • Wispie Abbott
  • Mary F Barricklow
  • Wm Connor
  • John Cook
  • Anna Camping
  • Lewis Evans
  • Mattie Elgin
  • Susan J Grimsley
  • Martin B Greer
  • Elizabeth Hunt
  • Amanda J Johnson
  • Norah Johnson
  • John Kluber
  • Lina Kastner J P Libler
  • Henry Leep
  • Wm Little
  • Maggie Lee
  • Anna A Murdock
  • Anna Miller
  • Mr. McMurry
  • Mrs. William Mills
  • John Miller
  • John Witcherack
  • Sarah J Neff
  • Mollie Peck
  • Mary S Peck
  • John H Parker
  • Lizzie Phelps
  • Elizabeth Randall
  • Cahrles Rutor
  • Martha Rickets
  • John Rosville
  • Catharine Rork
  • John Ryan
  • Samuel Stockwell
  • Frrancis Schwarzmiller
  • S R Seribuer
  • Sarah C Stethern
  • Wm Sibly
  • E Tencker
  • Lenner S Thomas
  • Harriet J Turner
  • George Ubebrant
  • A J Wolcott
  • Thomas Weekard
  • Anna C Wright
  • Benjamin Wells
  • Amelia Wiles

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 – 3 Dec 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Richard Ashworth
  • James A Bruce
  • A J Blocks
  • R C Cooper
  • Maria Conway
  • Rachel Goodpaster
  • Lucy Genkins
  • Eli T Gleason
  • Mrs. C M Griffin
  • Jas A Hawkins
  • Emily Huffman
  • Thomas Horton
  • Nannie Harrison
  • Martha Hensley
  • Mollie J Hayes
  • Charlie Valentine
  • A A Jaynes
  • E P Johnson
  • Barbara Kuhn
  • Mary E Ketcham
  • Robt McIlvaine
  • Samuel McMurry
  • Patrick Miller
  • Sarah A McElpush
  • Mr. Wilke
  • W S Baker
  • Bernhard Romheld
  • Cordelia Seal
  • Edward P Sknib
  • Harrison Small
  • Nancy J Taylor
  • Jacob Trownser
  • John Vanosdol
  • Magdelana Winderlick

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 – Oct 1863

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

Aurora Commercial – 8 Oct 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • W I Bailey
  • Miss Turner Bell
  • A Brittner
  • Henry B Corwin
  • B C Connor
  • Wm Gillen
  • Jas Gibson
  • Anna Groves
  • Mrs. Nannie Harrison
  • John Hudoff
  • Robert Hansell
  • Lewis Hous
  • Mary Hall
  • Miss Ellen Johnson
  • F F King
  • Philip Lee
  • W W Miller
  • Samuel Martin
  • Cornelia E Morgan
  • Mary Adaline Monarty
  • Peter Pelger
  • Joseph Parks
  • Miller F Ross
  • John Spaulding
  • I S Walker
  • Daniel Wolf
  • Dunham & Hooker

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 – 15 Oct 1863 – Page 3, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Miss Louisa Burges
  • F Wm Baley
  • Miss Martha Bedumah
  • Richard Constantine
  • John Dowan
  • Betsy Ermsted
  • Wm Hart
  • Hushart & Co.
  • Miss Christiana Pate
  • F Slater
  • L Z Summers
  • William Sharpe
  • Mrs. Martha Underwod
  • Miss Mary Beelman
  • Henry Brockenhoff
  • F Edward Barker
  • Lawrence Collins
  • Wolf Dennerlim
  • Dory Ellerbruck
  • Hugh & Wilson
  • Ehlialinda Hagerman
  • H John Parken
  • B S Scribner
  • S Robert Snearly
  • Nathan Underwood
  • Miss America Younker
  • Miss M Cathaline Zeh

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 – 22 Oct 1863 – Page 3, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Elizabeth Barchdale
  • George Brundel
  • Miss Sarah Colwell
  • Laura M Clark
  • Jeremiah Duncan
  • Sarah J Dewitt
  • Miss Julia D
  • John Dowan
  • Henry Dodd
  • Ella Fairfield
  • Daniel Fitzgerald
  • George Gibbins
  • Mrs. Henry Gray
  • Laretia Homes
  • Robert C Hansel
  • Miss H E Hansel
  • Mary Hensley
  • John C Irvy
  • Koenninger
  • T G Laupus
  • George A Leargent
  • G D Loder
  • Alonzo McElvain
  • James McKittrick
  • C E Miller
  • Mary A McAstir
  • Louisa M Palmer
  • Mandy Panter
  • Mollie Rogers
  • Mrs. Lucinda Riller
  • Samuel Stockwel
  • Jennie Stephens
  • Elizabeth Smith
  • John W Schmidt
  • Lizzie Smith
  • Benjamin Wilson
  • Sarah J Wright
  • Caroline Mason

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 – 29 Oct 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aurora, Ind., for the week ending Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1863. If not called for within one month from the above date, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.

  • Hannah Armstrong
  • Mary A Cadwell
  • Anne Callahan
  • Newton Clark
  • Sabine Baily
  • G W Burton
  • Matilda Banta
  • David Beardsley
  • Wm Cosby
  • Lawrence Collins
  • D Corson
  • F B Helam
  • Thomas Farrell
  • Henry Daplen
  • William Smith
  • Katie Zwick
  • Milton Sage
  • John Rourk
  • Elizabeth Ryan
  • Elijah Miller
  • James McKittrick
  • Wm Litton
  • F T King
  • Caroline Kirbe
  • George Kidd
  • Josephine Hugh
  • Sarah Jenkins
  • Jennie Duncan
  • William Duncan

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 – Oct 1863

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 22 Oct 1863 – Page 3, Column 2

Wooding Of—In accordance with previous arrangements, some forty of fifty of the farmers of the country adjacent to this city came in on Saturday last with the wood and other articles that they intended for the use of soldiers’ families, which having been put away, the kind donors were invited into the vacant room under Schulze’s Hall, where a very nice lunch had been spread for them by the ladies of this city, and to which they paid their respects.

It was intended to get up a wood chopping frolic, to cut wood that had been donated for the purpose, but several circumstances prevented the carrying out of this project, and those who subscribed their names for this purpose agreeing to pay in money instead of labor, some three or four hundred dollars was subscribed, a large part of which has been collected. We give below the names of the donors of wood and provisions:

  • A. D. Hopping, load wood, lot potatoes.
  • C. Bainan, 3 bu. potatoes
  • Henry Shuten, load wood
  • Strawder Cheek, load wood
  • Christian Bosse, load wood
  • John Hill, load wood
  • A. L. Bailey, load wood
  • W. S. Bailey, load wood
  • S. A. Bundy, load wood
  • Ephraim Buderfeldt, load wood
  • J. D. Curtis, 6 bu. potatoes
  • Henry Wood, load wood
  • George Givan, load wood
  • H. Abbott, load wood
  • Charles Goulding, load wood
  • Henry Tufts, load wood, lot potatoes
  • John Tufts, lot potatoes, lot apples
  • S. D. Cole, load wood
  • E. G. Herron, load wood
  • Jonathan Cole, load wood
  • George Greer, load wood, lot potatoes
  • John Collins, lot potatoes
  • Wm. Chambers, lot potatoes
  • Jno. McConnell, load wood, lot potatoes
  • Jno. P. Tufts, lot potatoes
  • Z. Barker, lot potatoes
  • Thomas Davis, load wood
  • Joseph Beckett, 2 cords wood
  • S. S. Clark, lot turnips, &c.
  • Geo. W. Lane, 100 lbs. flour
  • D. C. Wright, 6 gals. molasses
  • Wm. Sawdon, load wood
  • A. D. Baker, load wood
  • Jacob Zinn, load wood
  • W. C. Buffington, load wood
  • A. Stevenson, load wood
  • George Wright, 8 bu. potatoes
  • R. J. Kilner, lot potatoes
  • James Younker, load wood
  • John Younker, load wood
  • Mrs. H. Winkley, load wood
  • Wm. Bruce, load wood
  • John E. Wymond, cash, $2
  • Samuel Sweet, cash, $1
  • George E. Briggs, load wood
  • Mrs. Dr. Ebersole, 4 bu. apples
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, 6 bush. apples

We have no doubt that the donations, particularly of wood, would have been much larger, if our farmers were not so terribly behind with their work. Thirty loads of wood, with the cash that has been subscribed, will go a little ways in providing against present wants; but it will not last all winter. The next thing to do now is to make some arrangements for provisions, and we hope that our citizens will give the matter their immediate attention. We shall have to open our pockets pretty often this winter to keep our soldiers’ families in comfortable circumstances, and it would be more wise and economical to reduce the matter to a system at once. Who will move first in the matter?

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.