WHITE COUNTY, INDIANA
WHITE COUNTY OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION
The White County Old Settlers
Association was organized in 1873. Beginning in 1891, prizes have been
awarded to the oldest male and female White
County bom, longest continuous
residents of the county attending the annual meetings. From 1891 until
1910, the oldest such female was given a pair of
spectacles, since 1915 she has been
awarded an umbrella. The oldest such male is given a cane. The first
cane awarded is in the White County museum.
Winners of the awards were:
Date
|
Female
|
Male
|
| 1891 |
Sara Nelson |
Macajah Hancock |
| 1893 |
Louisa Virden |
Calvin Spencer |
| 1898 |
Ann Ford |
James Price |
| 1909 |
Georgianne Reynolds |
Isaac Davis |
| 1910 |
Ann Snyder |
Henry Snyder |
| 1915 |
Elizabeth Downey |
Elisha Warden |
| 1919 |
Mrs. George Hart |
Robert Jewett |
| 1920 |
Sophia Jurk |
Jimmy Burns |
| 1924 |
Catherine Van Nees |
Capt. B.F. Price |
| 1925 |
Catherine Warden |
George Neel |
| 1926 |
Mrs. Frank Malone |
William McClintic |
| 1927 |
Mary R. Hill |
John Martin |
| 1928 |
Martha Wilcoxin |
J.W. Sluth |
| 1929 |
Mrs. Dan McCuaig |
Samuel Hookenberg |
| 1930 |
Amanda Sharp |
Samuel Spencer |
| 1931 |
Mary Box |
E. Hemphill |
| 1932 |
Susan Ginn |
J.L. Burch |
| 1933 |
Drucilla Shell |
Aaron Price |
| 1934 |
Anna Roach |
Elias Nicholas |
| 1935 |
Sarah Warden |
Emory Kellenbarger |
| 1936 |
Mary C. Fisher |
Lewis Dcllinger |
| 1937 |
Sarah Donaldson |
William V. Spencer |
| 1938 |
Laura Boze |
Ed Hemphill |
| 1939 |
Mary Price |
W.E. Ederhard |
| 1940 |
Mary Burget |
Samuel Burns |
| 1941 |
Ruth Ann Connell |
Marion Sluyter |
| 1942 |
Emma Renwick |
John Cowger |
| 1943 |
Mrs. James Small |
Dennis P. Teeter |
| 1944 |
Mrs. William Albright |
Charles Heimlich |
| 1945 |
Mary Elizabeth Hutton |
Frank Pettit |
| 1946 |
Arninda Scroggs |
J.D. Craig |
| 1947 |
Mrs. S. Beasy |
H.J. Cullers |
| 1948 |
Hylia Holmes |
Jerry Gilmore |
| 1949 |
Jennie Mikesell |
John Heimlich |
| 1950 |
Louisa C. Fleming |
Norman Crumbo |
| 1951 |
Lottie Stevenson |
Morton Coonrod |
| 1952 |
Ida Fross |
Fred Schroeder |
| 1953 |
Rosa Stangle |
John Coonrod |
| 1954 |
Mary Jane Van Voorst |
Alfred Gibson |
| 1955 |
Anna McBeth |
Lewis Myers |
| 1956 |
Anna Wheaton |
Ed Quade |
| 1957 |
Cordelia Cromer |
Charles Davisson |
| 1958 |
Clara Davidson |
Sherman Bowsher |
| 1959 |
Amanda Andrews |
Milt Mertz |
| 1960 |
Sarah Boze |
George Guntrip |
| 1961 |
Mrs. John Lane |
William Shell |
| 1962 |
L. Siddall |
W.H. Gardner |
| 1963 |
Mabel Hughes |
Albert Meier |
| 1964 |
Effie Covingion |
Joe Thompson |
| 1965 |
Stella Harter |
John C. Herman |
| 1966 |
Elizabeth Bretzinger |
Bert Ford |
| 1967 |
Maide Friend |
William Patton |
| 1968 |
Grace Mikesell |
Walter Albin |
| 1969 |
Mollie Griest |
Charles S. Moore |
| 1970 |
Lela Spencer |
A.H.. Owens |
| 1971 |
Emma Bogue |
Tabor Spencer |
| 1972 |
Minnie Hardy |
Cecil Shell |
| 1973 |
|
Cloyd Dellinger |
| 1974 |
Clara McCloud |
|
| 1975 |
Grace Bowsher Schnepp |
Bert Bowsher |
| 1976 |
Mamie Townsley |
John Nelson |
| 1977 |
|
Glenn Plummer |
| 1978 |
Anna Brandt Hutton |
Clarence Hutton |
| 1979 |
Margarette Zootman |
Strode Rothrock |
| 1981 |
Raola Hildebran Custer |
Elton Hunt |
| 1982 |
Helen Kraud Spencer |
Delton Tefford |
| 1983 |
Nina M. Fraser |
Paul Shaffer |
| 1992 |
Lucille Faye Davis |
|
| 1993 |
|
Harry Dyer |
| 1994 |
Louise Lear |
Van Owens |