Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 190 Collections and/or Records:
John Dickson family collection
Collection — Folder S2791
Identifier: S2791
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two indentures for John Dickson (1816/9/31 and 1816/10/30); typewritten copies of a United States grant to Canadian Volunteers for two quarter-sections of land assigned to Lambert and Dickson families (1817/10/26); and an account of the Dickson family tradition about the miracle that saved Fort Harrison during the siege of 1812 by Sarah Elizabeth Chandler Dickson (undated), which was published in the Terre Haute Gazette on March 30,...
Dates:
1816-1818
John Englebrecht Bruns collection
Collection — Folder S2515
Identifier: S2515
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eleven letters written to and from Paul H. Bruns between July 27 and August 9, 1977, documenting his efforts to find records on his father, John Englebrecht Bruns, particulary his arrival in the U.S., his activities, and acquisition of citizenship. The letters have information about Paul's mother, Sonora Smith, her father, her sister Adeline, and her brothers, Lyman and James.
Dates:
1977
John Hamilton biography
Collection — Folder S0576
Identifier: S0576
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a handwritten biography of John Hamilton by his great-granddaughter, Mayme Jacobs (circa 1927). The biography relates brief family history; describes how Hamilton got into the whiskey making business; and describes the movements of General William Henry Harrison's forces from Terre Haute to Prophetstown prior to the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Dates:
circa 1927
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Hamilton biography
John Huff papers
Collection — Folder S698
Identifier: S0698
Scope and Contents
This collection includes printed, typed, and autographed, signed letters and documents from various authors in New Albany, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1925 to 1969 and undated regarding family matters, genealogy, financial ledgers, and business contracts.
Dates:
1925-1969
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Huff papers
John Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: L283
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, accounts, financial and legal documents, reports, publications, and ephemera from John Johnson and the Johnson family in Marion County, Indiana, ranging from 1853 to 1933, regarding business, family life, politics, and the local freemason lodges, specifically Keyston Lodge No. 251 and Millersville Lodge No. 156.
Dates:
1853-circa 1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Johnson collection
John McCoy letters
Collection — Folder S871
Identifier: S0871
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three letters, two from John McCoy in Knox County, Indiana and a third from William McCoy in Princeton, Indiana, ranging from 1801 to 1835. The first letter, written by John McCoy to his mother and brother, Sarah and Robert McCoy, in Pendleton County, Virginia on February 17, 1801 concerning his famiy's welfare, religion, the birth of his sons, local weather, and farming. Another letter, written by John McCoy on Octover 26, 1811 regarding his health, military life...
Dates:
1801-1835
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John McCoy letters
John R. Simpson papers
Collection
Identifier: L144
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and papers from John R. Simpson and his family and friends in Paoli, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1822 to 1875 regarding family matters, patents, and land grants.
Dates:
1822-1875
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John R. Simpson papers
John Tenbrook Campbell papers
Collection
Identifier: L258
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, a photograph, two scrapbooks, and various writings including editorials, essays, addresses, and poems from John Tenbrook Campbell in Parke County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from circa 1840 to 1911 and undated, regarding his family life and career, military experiences during the U.S. Civil War, business concerning roads and levees, intellectual interests and social concerns, and the...
Dates:
1840-1911, undated
Johnston family collection
Collection — Folder S3102
Identifier: S3102
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided between items relating to L.S. Ayres and Company and items relating to the Johnston family (1898-1908). The materials relating to the Johnston family (1876-1908) includes a pocket edition of the New Testament (distributed by The Pocket Testament League of Philadelphia), a Cradle Roll certificate from the Sixth Presbyterian Sunday School of Indianapolis, one dedal, two pins, and two commemorative crosses. The medal and the crosses commemorate service in the Spanish...
Dates:
1898-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Johnston family collection
Joshua Lewis reminiscences
Collection — Folder S0861
Identifier: S0861
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of Joshua Lewis's reminiscences that he wrote in February of 1905. The manuscript was dedicated to James Madison Lewis and the copy was made September 11, 1952 for Harold Lewis. In the manuscript, Lewis relates biographical information and his experiences serving with Company H, 20th Indiana Infantry during the U.S. Civil War. Some of the battles he describes include his eyewitness account of the March 8-9, 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, also know as...
Dates:
1952/09/11
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joshua Lewis reminiscences
