Dearborn County, Indiana
News Articles
Date: 1874-12-04; Paper:
Indianapolis Sentinel
After twelve years
faithful service as watchman on the O.& B. railroad bridge that
crossed the Big Miami River, two miles from Lawrenceburg, Robert McLane at last slipped and
had his leg cut off under the unmerciful car wheels.
Date: 1874-02-23; Paper:
Indianapolis Sentinel
The strange and wild
infatuation of old and in most respects, good men: the greatest
sensation of the year is the elopement last week of Mr. F. Souders, late county
commissioner, with Marla Stevens,
widow of Frederick Stevens,
who was a member of the 83rd regiment, and died in the service, taking
with them her five children, the oldest being a daughter about sixteen
years old, and the youngest about five years old. Mr. Souders had
disposed of his crops, sold considerable stock and personal property,
and gathered up his loose cash, taking with him, it is supposed about
$1500 or $2000. His home farm and another place owned by Mrs.. Souders,
we understand, are unencumbered. Up to the hour of his departure, few
men stood higher in public estimation than "Uncle Fred" Souders.
Industrious, economical, liberal and public spirited, he was a
universal favorite wherever he was known, his only apparent failing
being too great a fondness for convivial society. Mr. Souders is about
sixty-five years old, and Mrs. Stevens is a buxom English woman about
thirty-five. He leaves behind him an estimable family, his wife, and
four married and one single daughter.