The Blossom Community in Monroe County, Indiana In the early years of Monroe County there were many different communities spread throughout the county. One such community that has been lost was Blossom. The Blossom community was a small gathering of buildings and even a post office that would be located southwest of [...]
The Monroe County Library states that a school was to be taught in the home owned by Marion Blair, who lives in Section 18 in Van Buren Township, and he would be employed as the teacher. (Source: Mabel Pafford Hornocker, A Century of Development Van Buren Township (Bloomington: Van Buren Farm Bureau, 1940), 74.) Marion [...]
The Blanche community in Monroe County In the early years of Monroe County there were many different communities spread throughout the county. One such community that has been lost was Blanche. The Blanche community was a small gathering of saw mills, stores, and even a post office that would be located just due south of [...]
Benjamin Neeld was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1797 to Nathaniel Neeld and Margaret McAfee. As a young man he served an apprenticeship in the blacksmith trade at an old shop in Harrodsburg, Kentucky that may or may not be still in existence. Benjamin Neeld's married his first wife Sarah Hall Denny [...]
