MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA
OBITS

Charles C. Widger, 83, of Crawfordsville, Ind., formerly of Cuba, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, at St. Clare Medical Center in Crawfordsville.Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hunt and Son Funeral Home in Crawfordsville, Ind., where visitation will be one hour before. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery North in Crawfordsville.
Note: he was born Cuba, Fulton County, Illinois to Thomas "Tom" E. and Anna E. Zelch Widger.
(Contributed by Sara Hemp)
Peoria Journal Star, February 9, 2007

Crawsfordsville, Montgomery Co., Ind. Nov. 23.
H. Rice Canine died here this morning He was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, on Aug.31. 1824. and has resided in this county since he followed farming until 1832 since which time he has been a clerk in several stores up to about four years ago. He died from paralysis, from which he has been suffering for over a year, he married Sarah A. Benefiel in 1845 who survives him, with two children, Mrs. May E. Fullenwider, of Indianapolis, and Miss Edna Canine, of this city. The funeral will be Wednesday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church.
Indiana Journal November 25, 1896

Crawfordsville, Ind. Dec. 29
George Snyder, a well-known resident of this city, and probably the oldest editor In Indiana, died last night from a general decline. Mr. Snyder was born in 1812, In Martinsburg, Va. In 1832 he came to Indiana and settled at Covington, where he published a paper for three years. Then he removed to this city and purchased the Record. In 1840 he started the Examiner, which finally became the Review. He owned this paper three different times, and between the several periods of this ownership he published papers at Rockville and Frankfort.
In 1866 he purchased the Journal In this city, and In 1868 sold to McCain & Hendricks. Afterwards he started the Veedersburg Reporter and the Jamestown Tribune. The latter paper he owned until he was too infirm to attend to business, five years ago. During his life he served as postmaster for eight years- 1856-1864-and as justice of the peace for five years. He assisted in the inaugural ceremonies of President Polk. He was too old to enlist in the late war, but he became a hundred-day man in the Morgan raid repellers. He was married on Aug. 31, 1837. to May C. McConnell, daughter of Ezeklel McConnell.of this place, and in 1887 they celebrated their golden wedding. Mrs. Snyder; died three years ago. He leaves five children—John Snyder, Mate Snyder. Mrs. Nat Beatty. Mrs. Maggie Ryker and Mrs. John Clark.
Date: 1899-01-04; Paper: Indiana State Journal