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Subject: [INPULASK] Re: CONN SURNAME
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 11:57:21 -0500
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Francine,
Yes, There are CONN's in the History Book, there is a Biographical Sketch on
WILLIAM H. CONN of Salem Township, Pulaski County. I posted it in the
GenForum Conn Family Forum if you want to view it and see if any one has
posted follow-ups, just follow the link I previously posted. This
particular CONN ran a Hotel Called the CONN HOUSE, in Winamac, Indiana, the
county seat of Pulaski County. The biographical sketch is on page 676 - 677.

The following are listed in the book and respective page:
CONN HOUSE; page 676
CONN's SCHOOLHOUSE; page 641
CECIL CONN; page 677
ELIZA J. CONN; page 677
HENRY CONN; page 595
JANE CONN; page 673
JESSE CONN; pages 452, 458, 507, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, and 676
JOHN CONN; page 677
JOHN M. CONN; page 641
LILLIE CONN; page 677
PEARLY CONN; page 677
SARAH CONN; page 676
W. H. CONN; page 530
WILLIAM CONN; page 541
WILLIAM H. CONN; pages 676 and 677

Michael DeLorenzo

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Subject: Other surnames of interest


> In a message dated 3/10/2002 6:01:28 AM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
> Jerry,
> I was home last summer as well, and I believe I saw the book there, as
well
> as other local County/Counties History books as well. The book was
published
> in 1883, probably for the purpose of 50th anniversary of the founding of
> those counties. White County originated in 1834 from Carroll County,
which
> originated in 1828 from Indian Lands; and Pulaski County originated in
1839
> (there are some books which report this as 1835), from Cass and portions
of
> White County, Cass County, originated in 1828 from Indian Lands. Even
though
> Cass and White Counties accounted for lands which eventually would be
> Pulaski County, they belonged to Native American's, primarily
Pottawattamie
> Tribe. President Jackson, and Jacksonian Democrats were vehemently
working
> Treaties to be signed with Native Americans, with the ultimate goal of
> driving them to lands West of the Mississippi River. These eventually led
to
> "Trail of Tears, and Trail of Death", in Georgia and Indiana to West of
the
> Mississippi.
>
> As far as the Book, the book was reprinted by the Pulaski County
> Genealogical Society sometime right before 1989, (the 150th anniversary
of
> Pulaski County), I don't know if this reproduction is in the library, but
I
> would assume it is. This reproduction was done jointly with Whipporwill
> Publications, successor to Unigraphic, Inc. 4400 Jackson Ave. Evansville,
> Indiana. This according to my mountains of disarrayed notes and jottings
of
> reference material. There was another publication that was written for
the
> 150th Anniversary Celebration and that was "Pulaski County
Sesquicentennial,
> A Sesquicentennial Publication in Honor of 150 Years in Pulaski County
> 1839 - 1989, It's History, It's Celebrations, It's People, Volume I:
Twelve
> Townships of Pulaski County, Published by the Sesquicentennial Steering
> Committee of the Pulaski County Historical Society, Inc. Winamac, Indiana
> 1990". I have the Hard bound Copy and the Two Volume Paperback edition.
>
> I have finished typing Biographical Sketches of Pulaski County Surnames
that
> are contained within the book into Gen Forum. For those surnames which
don't
> have a corresponding family forum in Gen Forum, I have requested a forum
to
> be created, once this occurs I will add those BIO's as well. I am
currently
> in the process of typing in all the White County surnames. I will provide
a
> link to get to Gen Forum for those interested. Once you get to GenForum
type
> in the Surname you are interested in. If there is a Family Surname Forum
it
> will provide a link to it. Once you get to the family forum, you will
find a
> box that says search this forum, type in White Pulaski County Indiana and
> hit search, if there was a bio in the book, you will see a posting by me,
> Michael DeLorenzo.
> Here is the Link: http://genforum.genealogy.com/
>
> Later today, if my wife will let me I will try and type in all the
surnames
> from the History Book, or at least start it. Remember, not all the
surnames
> in the book have a Biographical Sketch, but may have an entry of voting
in a
> particular election, having a business in a town, or a particular story,
> like being lost in the marsh, struck by lighting, etc. and I haven't
> included all the small details as such in my various postings.
>
> Michael DeLorenzo
> >>
> Can you tell me if the surname CONN is included?
>
> Francine Conn Halter

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