Morgan County (Selected Names 1916-1929)
Page completed on July 17, 2006
The following records are by far very incomplete. It was through the research of Kathy Bargerhuff that they are available. She obtained pages/years that may contain her ancestors and sent me the rest. There were certainly more persons then the ones listed. I have tried to compile these into an easily readable format. The numbering system below has no meaning except to separate the entries for the reader. As I am working from old records, the transcribing will take a little time. I will put forth all data that is included in the records. Most of these sheets are divided into two sections and require going back and forth to get them all accurate. It must be stressed that these are "Selected Names".
I carefully weighed the possibility that a researcher may become upset at seeing their ancestor in this location; however, I decided that it is another form of tracking your ancestors- these records could explain why someone "vanished" suddenly. If anyone should have an objection to your ancestor appearing here, please notify me and I will remove the name. ***As I have had more time to go through these records, I feel that this is NOT as first thought an Asylum for the mentally ill. This appears to be the records of a County Home for whomever was homeless at the time or perhaps an abused child. I noticed there were several children listed on their own and not with families. The truly insane appear to have been sent elsewhere. During certain time frames people would also send deaf/dumb children or children with speech impediments to these places for lack of anywhere else to go. It is possible that this also was used for babies placed up for adoption as I noticed that there is an infant that is 4 weeks of age.***** It should be noted that many of these persons were returned to the Asylum after an initial discharge. After lining up several of the images, I find that they are not providing info/dates on the return visits, only that they returned. So therefore as necessary, I will use ** to denote the persons mentioned as returning. In that way, perhaps the researcher will have a starting point in which to look for any further information.
I have used this table simply to give you a reference for the informational divisions. Hopefully they will line up, but the symbol // will separate each one, just in case.
1. Richard SCHAFER(65) // Indiana //Light, Gray, Gray // Single/M // Green Township //1916-unknown // unknown // none
2. Levy BETTNER (67) // Indiana //Light, Gray, Gray // Single/M // Jackson Township //1916-unknown // unknown // none
3. John C. RICE (66) // Indiana //Light, Gray, Gray // Widowed/M // Washington Township //1916-unknown // unknown // none
4. James MURPHY (50) // Indiana //Light, Gray, Light // Single/M // Washington Township //1916-unknown // unknown // none
5. Jasper MURPHY (41) // Indiana //Light, Gray, Light // Single/M // Washington Township //1916-unknown // unknown // none
6. Benjamin VOILS (69) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Gray // Married/M // Green Township //12-19-1917-John Radford // 3-16-1922-John Radford // none
7. Louis STEEL (40) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Dark // Single/M //Madison Township //9-24-1918-John Radford //unknown // 50.00 of his money deposited in Martinsville Trust is for his burial
8. Matthias YORK(60) // Morgan Co. //Light,Gray, Dark // Single/M //Washington Township //6-1-1918-E.P Jarrell //12-3-1920-Death // In case of death notify H.M.Young RR#1, Paragon IN
9. John MARTIN(35) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Black // Single/M //Martinsville //10-5-1918-A.L. Martin //4-17-1919-Supt. // Gone to live w/parents-Feeble Minded
10. William BLACK(45)** // Morgan Co. //Light, Blue, Gray // Single/M //Morgantown //10-5-1918-A.L. Martin //10/15/1918 // In Owen County at JM Calvert Farm
11. Nick HYDE(67)**// Morgan Co. //Light, Brown, Gray // Married/M //Jefferson Township //11-29-1918-Supt. //2-4-1919-by children's Guardian // In a home at Joe Saddlers in Martinsville, IN
12. Roy BROWN(?)**// Martinsville //Light, Brown, Dark // Single/M //Indpls. Asylum //10-5-1918-A.L. Martin //unknown // Martinsville, IN
13. John C. NORMAN(79)// Morgan Co. //Light, Blue, Gray // Single/M //Jackson Township //11-2-1918-John Radford //unknown // none
14. Richard SCHAFER(69)// Morgan Co. //Light, Gray, Gray // Single/M //Jackson Township //8-7-1919-L. Beaman //11-21-1920-Death // none
15. Walter COPELAND(45)// Morgan Co. //Light, Gray, Gray // Single/M //Madison Township //8-11-1919-John Radford //5-2-1922-Supt. // none
16. John TULL(66)// Tippecanoe, IN//Light, Blue, Gray // Single/M //Martinsville //9-29-1919-John Radford //6-16-1921-Death//
17. James MURPHY(56)// Morgan Co. //Dark, Blue, Brown// Single/M //Martinsville //10-20-1919-John Radford //12-18-1920-Supt. // to live with his brothers
18. James MYERS(75)// Morgan Co. //Dark, Gray, Gray // Single/M //Mooresville //2-17-1920-John Radford //3-15-1920-John Radford // none
19. Frances M MARTIN // Morgan Co. //Dark, Hazel, Gray // Married/M //Martinsville //2-17-1920-John Radford //3-15-1920-John Radford // none
20. E.J. MARTIN(57) // Morgan Co. //Light, Blue, Gray // Single/M //Martinsville //11-29-1919-John Radford //12-13-1923-Death // none
21. Mauris MANN(68)** // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Gray // Married/M //Martinsville //9-15-1920-R.E. Tilford //10-2-1920-R.E. Tilford // In mother's home
22. Joseph BUNTEN(65)// NC //Dark, Blue, Dark // Single/M //Martinsville //10-4-1920-J.L. Radford //6-24-1920-Supt. // went to live with his son
23. King YORK(66)// Morgan Co. //Light, Gray, Gray // Widowed/M //Washington Township //10-12-1920-J.L. Radford //3-23-1921-Supt. // father & mother took him home
24. Wm. H. HALE(66)**// Morgan Co. //Dark, Gray, Gray // Single/M //Washington Township //2-22-1922 //unknown// none
25. George W. HATLEY(56) // Morgan Co. //Light, Gray, Dark // Married/M //Washington Township //1-15-1921-H.B. Lankford //3-16-1922-Supt.// Family (4) went to a private home
26. James P. HATLEY (7) // Morgan Co. //Light, Gray, Light // Single/M //Washington Township //1-15-1921-H.B. Lankford //4-6-1922-Supt.// Family (4) went to a private home
27. Francis M. HATLEY (5) // Morgan Co. //Light, Brown, Light // Single/M //Washington Township //1-15-1921-H.B. Lankford //4-6-1922-Supt.// Family (4) went to a private home
28. Samuel G. HATLEY (3) // Morgan Co. //Light, Brown, Light // Single/M //Washington Township //1-15-1921-H.B. Lankford //4-6-1922-Supt.// Family (4) went to a private home
29. Jane KNAPP(70) // Morgan Co. //Dark, ?, Gray // Single/F //Martinsville //3-1-1921-John L. Radford //3-9-1921-Death// Her children buried her
30. Jane MURPHY (64)** // Morgan Co. //Dark, Blue, Gray // Single/F //Martinsville //4-22-1921-John L Radford //12-18-1923-Death//none
31. Mariah A. STURMAN(70) // Illinois //Light, Gray, Gray // Single/F //Morgan Co. //6-4-1921-John L. Radford //2-23-1924-Death// In case of death call Ed Holder Martinsville, IN
32. Helen Marguerite MURRAY (4 weeks) // Marion Co. //Light, Blue, Black // Single/F //Morgan Co. //8-20-1921 //3-16-1922-Supt.//none
33. Norah RINEHART (15) // Morgan Co. //Light, Brown, Brown // Single/F //Martinsville //9-13-1921-John L. Radford //3-2-1922-Supt. // In case of death call Ed Holder Martinsville, IN
34. Ida McDANIEL (40 ) // Marion Co. //Light, Blue, Dark // Widow/F //Eminence //12-27-1921-Everett Dorsett //2-19-1922-Supt.//none
36. Moris LUMPKINS (70)** //Mooresville //Light, Blue, Gray // Widow/F //Monroe Co. //2-10-1922-G.E. Fanman //4-24-1922-Supt. // to Putnam County to brother's.
37. Gladus WEVER (20 ) // Morgan Co. //Light, Blue, Brown // Married/F //Baker Township //10-27-1921-Rose Baker //11-17-1922-Death//none
38. Ruth DEERHAM(31) //Morgantown //Dark, Gray, Black // Widow/F //Morgantown //2-21-1922-Alonzo Knight //1-24-1924-Supt. // married Tom Bradford
39. Margaret DEERHAM(5) // Morgantown //Dark, Brown, Brown // Single/F //Morgantown //2-21-1922-Alonzo Knight //1-24-1924-Supt.//none
40. Leathe DEERHAM (3)** // Morgantown //Light, Black, Black // Single/F //Morgantown //2-21-1922-Alonzo Knight //1-20-1923-Supt.//none
41. Clarence THOMPSON (50) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Gray, Black // Single/M //Centerton //6-15-1921-Calvin Ely //4-16-1922-Death//none
42. F.M. WARNER (80) // Morgan Co //Light, Blue, Gray // Single/M //Martinsville //6-3-1921-J.L. Radford //2-25-1932-Death//none
43. George ARBOR(40) // Morgan Co. //Light, Gray, Dark // Single/M //Morgan Co. //9-16-1921-Everett Beaman //4-2-1922-Supt.//none
44. Frank WILSON (45) // Morgan Co //Light, Gray, Black // Single/M //Martinsville //10-2-1921-J.L. Radford //4-2-1922-Supt.//none
45. Arthur B. RODGERS(6) // Putnam Co. //Light, Gray, Light // Single/M //Eminence //12-27-1921-Everett Dorsett //2-29-1922-Supt.//none
46. Elmer Lee McDANIELS(3) // Morgan Co //Light, Blue, White // Single/M //Eminence //12-27-1921-Everett Dorsett //2-29-1922-Supt.//none
47. James MURPHY(68) // Morgan Co //Dark, Gray, Brown // Single/M //Martinsville //1-13-1922-J.L. Radford //1938-Death//none
48. George CRUNK(69) // Morgan Co //White, Gray, Gray // Single/M //Clay Township//11-16-1928-Otes Forbes //6-30-1933-Death//none
49. Rosey HARSHEY(42) // Martinsville //White, Blue, Brown // Single/F //Washington Township //11-24-1928-Guy Brown //1-21-1930-Supt.//none
50. D.S. MEEKS(94) // Morgan Co //White, Brown, Gray // Single/M //Harrison Township//12-10-1928-Geo. Champlin //2-15-1929-Death//none
51. William BAKER (67) // Morgan Co. //White, Brown, Gray // Single/M //Baker Township //12-3-1928-Henry Hicks //2-28-1937-Death//Maggie Stewart RR 2 Gosport
52. Andy MURPHY(57) // Morgan Co //White, Gray, Brown // Single/M //Washington Township//12-4-1928-Guy Brown //8-24-1929//none
53. Ella MURPHY(51) // Morgan Co. //White, Brown, Brown // Single/F //Washington Township //2-12-1929-Guy Brown //8-21-1929//none
54. James RICHARDSON(66) // Morgan Co. //White, Gray, Brown // Single/M //Monroe Township //12-27-1928-HC McCracken //unknown//Ira Marley
55. Andy MURPHY(63) // Morgan Co //Dark, Brown, Dark // Single/M //unknown//8-9-1930 //unknown//none
56. Ella MURPHY(46) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Dark // Single/F //unknown //8-9-1930 //unknown//none
57. James MURPHY(68)** // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Gray // Single/M //unknown //8-9-1930 //unknown//none
58. Thomas LYTE // PA //Light, Brown, Gray // Single/M //unknown //1-28-1931-Sid Brown //4-20-1931-Death//none
59. Jack REYNOLDS(74) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Blue, Black // Single/M //Green Township //5-18-1931-Luis Scott; Trustee //11-21-1931-Death//none
60. Jasper FOSTER(59) // Morgan Co. //Light, Brown, Gray // Single/M //unknown //11-22-1938-Sid Brown //unknown//taken to Madison Insane Hospital
61. Andy MURPHY(63) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Dark // Single/M //unknown //2-29-1931-Henry Thornberry //unknown//feeble minded
62. James MURPHY(68) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Brown, Gray // Single/M //unknown //11-6-1935-J.M. Kennedy //8-8-1937//to live with sister in Anderson
63. Jasper MURPHY(49) // Morgan Co. //Dark, Dark, Dark // Single/M //unknown //4-22-1931-Lewis Scott //unknown//none
64. John STAFFORD(68) // Morgan Co. //Light, Blue, Gray // Single/M //Clay Township //11-21-1932-Jesse Andrews //unknown//none
65. Martin BURNS(76) // Morgan Co. //Light, Blue, Gray // Widowed/M //Washington Township //2-24-1932-S.H. GOSH //6-11-1938-Death//none
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