GIVENS, Andrew S.

Notes:

I had the chance to view Andrew's gravestone in April, 2005. It is located in an unmarked cemetery on Route 38 just west of Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana.

Andrew's epiteth is very difficult to read as it was carved in a marble stone. It is believed it says-
"I am at rest weep not for me
From sin and death I now am free
Transplanted to my home above
I bloom where all is peace and love"

Andrew married SHAUL, Elizabeth Ann Between 1847 and 1848, Indiana. Elizabeth (daughter of SHAUL, John Cheuvront and HURST, Catherine) was born 1823, Virginia or Ohio; was buried ?with parents East Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to an unsigned genealogy obtained 3/7/2000, John and Amanda bought a 62 acre farm in Stony Creek Township in Madison County, Indiana. It remained in the family until after the death of his grandson (unnamed) in 1991. They were members of the Progressive Dunkard Church. (7/14/2002 - the Genealogy was begun by Arthur Givens after he retired as a minister. Information obtained from Stuart Givens, his nephew.)
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HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
Forkner, 1914. Page 437

John L. Givens. A resident of Madison County for sixty-five years, Mr. Givens represents the progressive rural citizenship of Stony Creek township, where he has a fine farm of sixty-two acres, with excellent improvements and a comfortable home for himself and family.
John L. Givens was born in Green Township, Madison County, November 30, 1848, a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Shawl) Givens. Andrew Givens, the father, was born in the state of Michigan, came to Indiana and was married in Madison County, his wife being a native of this state. He continued to reside in Madison County until his death in 1854. He and his wife were the parents of 3 children, the other two being N.D. Givens, of Indianapolis; and Julius Givens, who is connected with the street railway system in St. Louis.
Mr. John L. Givens was reared in Green township until he reached his majority, and as a boy attended the district school near his home. Green township, while he was growing up, still presented almost an expanse of wilderness, and residents were still engaged in the hard labor of clearing and grubbing and planting the first crops in the hard won fields. That was the training ground for his early life. He was married in Green township to Amanda Heshberger (sic), and their happy married life continued until 1909 when Mrs. Givens died. She was reared in Green and Stony Creek
townships and received her education in the public schools. The four sons born to their marriage are all living in 1913, namely: Horace, who is married and a resident of Stony Creek township; Elmer, who graduated from common schools and is married and lives in Hamilton county; Willard, who graduated from the Lapel High School and in 1913 from the University of Indiana, and is now a principal of a graded school in Noblesville, this state; Asa, who finished the course in common schools, and at the present time is in Indianapolis. Mr. Givens and family are members of the Progressive Dunkard Church. In politics he has always been a regular supporter of the Republican
party up to the campaign of 1912 in which he voted the Progressive ticket.

John married HERSBERGER, Amanda 31 Oct 1875, M.E. Church, Pendleton, In by Rev. Pierce. Amanda (daughter of HERSBERGER, John William and NORRIS, Sarah Ann) was born 23 Jul 1847, Jefferson, Maryland; died 19 Feb 1910; was buried East Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

An untitled genealogy obtained 3/7/2000, refers to Dotterage as Mineal Dalsard, b. 1852. Mineal married and moved to Indianapolis where he worked in the post office. He is buried in Indianapolis.

Mineal married ???, May A 1878. May was born Mar 1856, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A Kirk Givens married Carrie McAllister on 11/18/1893 in Marion County, IN (source-Index to Marriage
Records; page 28; 1891-1895. It is not clear that this is the same Kirk Givens.
A genealogy obtained 3/7/2000 refers to Kirk as Julius Selkird, b. 1857. This genealogy claims that he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and worked for the railroad (see Census)

Julius — ???, Clara. Clara was born 1883. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to an unsigned genealogy obtained 3/7/2000, Bouchard Orville died in No. Dakota where he had gone to work in the harvest. He had caught pneumonia after having ridden horseback in a cold rain.
This genealogy was later learned to have been written by Arthur Givens.

Notes:

"The Givens had farms in Madison, Hamilton and Henry Counties. They moved to the family farm in Middletown, Henry County, Indiana, in 1918. It had 40 acres on both sides of the road. This would remain the family home until 1970 when the farm was sold after Elmer and Pearl died.

The home that the family moved into was only a few years old at the time and consisted of four bedrooms, a parlor, a living room, dining room and kitchen, with front and back porches and a cellar. It was not modern and thus did not have running water and electricity until many years later.

The farm was located 2-1/2 miles southeast of Middletown, Indiana and one-half mile south of the Miller Cemetery where Elmer and Pearl Givens are buried.

The three oldest children (Willis, Fern, Audrey) attended the one room Painter School, 1 mile north of the farm until 1920 when the school closed and then the children went to school in Middletown. The family were members of the Middletown Methodist Church and of the Republican Party" (Arthur Givens -unsigned Genealogy, credited to Arthur by his cousin, Stuart Givens.)

Elmer Givens was accustomed to driving the horse and wagon to Brown County to obtain Sorghum; until his death, John Givens came to dinner every Sunday (Kay Hinshaw Spang, granddaughter)
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Anderson Herald/Bulletin-Wednesday, July 16, 1969, p. 20 B, Column 1

Elmer G. Givens
?MIDDLETOWN ? Elmer Glen Givens, 88, retired farmer of this area, died Wednesday
evening in the Rolling Hills Nursing Home in Anderson after an illness of the past several years.
A native of Madison County, he was the son of John and Amanda Hersberger Givens. He was a member of the Middletown United Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Fern) Showers of Indianapolis, Mrs. Carl (Audrey) Hinshaw of New Castle and Mrs. Bert (Neva) Goul of Anderson; four sons, Willis Givens of Indianapolis, Rev. Arthur Givens of Culver, Hanson Givens of Rosemont, Minn., and Eugene Givens of New Castle; a brother, Dr. Willard E. Givens of Washington, D.C.; 20 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Ballard and Shirley Funeral Home, Middletown with the Rev. Morris Howell officiating. Enterment will be in the Miller Cemetery.

Elmer married SISSON, Pearl Lee 08 Feb 1903, M.E. Church, Pendleton, In by Rev. Lovelace. Pearl (daughter of SISSON, William Jr. and GRAHAM, Sarah Electa) was born 08 Feb 1884, Madison County, Indiana; died 20 Jun 1964, Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana; was buried 23 Jun 1964, Miller Cemetery, Middletown, Henry County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fishers Brothers Funeral Home Register, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, Indiana
"Horace Dale Givens d. 5-19-1946 St. Johns Hospital; bur 22nd Grove Lawn
Cem. Pendleton In; b. 12-29-1884 In.; Age 61y4m21d; Residence: RR#3
Anderson, In; Occupation: Farmer; Wife: Mary A. Heiny; Age 58 y; Father:
John L. Givens b. IN; Mother: Amanda Hersberger b. Maryland."
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"Charles Booth operated a dairy wagon for some time, then Marion Sears, from his farm east of Lapel, furnished milk and butter for delivery by wagon for a number of years. Perley Shultz and Horace Givens being, perhaps, the best known drivers. But when the bottled milk began tobe sent to the stores, the wagons ceased coming,..." ('History of Lapel and Fisherburg', compiled by Edith V. Cascadden, 1938. page 96) (Book located in Anderson Public Library, Anderson, Indiana]
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Anderson Herald/Bulletin-Tuesday, May 21, 1946, p. 11

Horace Givens
?Lapel, May 21-Funeral rites for Horace Givens, who died early Monday at his home east of here, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Lapel Methodist Church, in charge will be Rev. Jonathan Stone, of Pendleton, and Rev. C. G. Cook, resident
Methodist pastor. Burial will be in The Grove Lawn Cemetery at Pendleton. The body was taken to the family home from the McCarty and Fisher mortuary this morning and
will be returned to the church at 1 p.m. Wednesday.?

Horace married HEINY, Mary Annetta 09 Apr 1910, By Rev. William Birchern, Noblesville, Ind.. Mary (daughter of HEINY, Alvin and ???, Anna) was born 11 Apr 1888, Hamilton County, Indiana; died 07 Jan 1971, Stony Creek, Madison, Indiana, USA; was buried 10 Jan 1971, Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Willard married GALBREATH, Neva Lillian 10 Dec 1917, Berkeley, CA by Rev. George Eldridge. Neva was born 12 Jul 1884, Collamer, Indiana; died 20 Jul 1970, Birmingham, Michigan; was buried 23 Jul 1970, Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to an unsigned genealogy obtained 3/7/2000, Asa never married and died of Yellow Jaundice.
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The Anderson Bulletin-Friday, August 19, 1921, p. 5

Asa Ray Givens
? Pendleton, Aug. 19,-Asa Ray Givens, age 31, died Wednesday afternoon at the home hospital in Anderson. He was a well known young farmer residing northwest of Pendleton in Stonycreek township. He is survived by his father, J. L. Givens, and three brothers, Willard Givens of California, Elmer Givens of Middletown, and Horace Givens. He was a member of the Madison lodge of Masons, and an employee of the telephone company at Detroit and Chicago. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o?clock at the
Christian church, Rev. Norris of Beech Grove conducting the services.
Burial will be in West Grove Lawn Cemetery.?

Notes:

(Willis Albert Givens obituary, The Daily Ledger, Noblesville, Indiana, 4 Mar 1989, p. 12)

Willis Albert Givens Obituary
Willis Albert Givens, 84, died Friday, March 3 at Noblesville Healthcare Center. He was born April 8, 1904, in Middletown, Ind., the son of Elmer and Pearl (Sisson) Givens. A former Indianapolis resident, he had lived in Noblesville for the past six years. He was a member of the Lynnhurst Baptist Church of Indianapolis and the Speedway Masonic Lodge No.729 F&AM. He was a past employee of the Indianapolis Stock Yard.

Surviving is a son Ralph A. Givens of Noblesville; three brothers, Eugene Givens of Middletown, the Rev. Arthur Givens of Wabash, and Hansen Givens of Bradenton, Fla., two sisters, Neva Goul of Anderson and Audrey Hinshaw of New Castle; and a granddaughter.

Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Trout and Hughes Funeral Home Evans-Godby Chapel. the Rev. Robert Rinkenberg will officiate. Burial will be in Harlan Cemetery in Markleville, Ind. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A Masonic service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m.

Willis married DAVIS, Mildred 02 Sep 1940, Madison County, Indiana. Mildred (daughter of DAVIS, Arthur H. and SWAIN, Bertha M.) was born 1909, Kennard, Henry County, Indiana; died 16 Aug 1949, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA; was buried 18 Aug 1949, Harlan Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Willis married SLOUGH, Elsie 1950. Elsie was born Abt 1906, Indiana; died 29 Jun 1965, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Fern married GEARISON, Wilmer E. 1924, Madison County, Indiana; divorced 1938. Wilmer was born 07 Nov 1902, Jefferson, Clinton,Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Fern married BUTRAM, William 04 Jul 1953, Porter E.U.B. Church by Rev. Arthur Givens. William was born 13 Mar 1907, Baltimore, Maryland; died 05 May 1963, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Fern married SHOWERS, Frank Nov 1965. Frank was born 03 Jul 1896, Indiana; died Apr 1973, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Audrey married HINSHAW, Carl 28 Jun 1930, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana by Rev. James Wilson. Carl (son of HINSHAW, Gray Barnum and MUZZY, Carrie) was born 02 Sep 1905, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA; died 14 Sep 1984, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA; was buried Mount Summit, Indiana Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wrote an unsigned genealogy on the Givens obtained by this writer 3/7/2000. (Oral History - 7/14/2002 - per Stuart Givens, his first cousin, to this writer).

Arthur married FRIERMOOD, Helen 25 Jul 1934, Wabash, Indiana by Rev. Harvey Fruth. Helen (daughter of FRIERMOOD, Guy T. and ???, Rosa) was born 17 Nov 1914, Wabash County, Indiana; died 16 Dec 1996, Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana; was buried Falls Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Hanson married MARKLE, Alyce 16 Jul 1939, Pershing, Wayne County, Indiana by Rev. Arthur Givens. Alyce (daughter of MARKLE, Walter and HEINY, Estella M) was born 21 Oct 1917, Hamilton County, Indiana; died 15 Aug 1997, St. Paul, Minnesota; was buried Minnesota. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Anonymous The Herald Bulletin Mon Apr 02, 2012, 08:40 PM EDT

ANDERSON, Ind. ? Neva Mae (Givens) Goul, 93, Anderson, died April 2, 2012, at Community Hospital, in Anderson.

She was born Feb. 5, 1919, in Middletown, and was a lifelong resident of this area.

Neva retired in 1974 from the finance center at Fort Benjamin Harrison, where she had worked as a secretary.

She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church and the Anderson Chapter Order of Eastern Star 154.

Survivors include her children, Joyce (Jim) Humphrey of Anderson and Richard (Carol) Goul of Frankfort; grandchildren, Susan (Larry) Downey, Dennis (Tracy) Humphrey, Jay (Karen) Goul, Chris (Rhonda) Goul and Greg Goul; great-grandchildren, Amanda (Seth) McAlarney, Austin (Rachel) Downey, Megan Humphrey, Ian Humphrey, Zachary Humphrey, Grayson Goul, Ryder Goul, Taggart Goul, Jacob Goul and Adam Goul; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert Goul in 1983; parents, Elmer G. and Pearl (Sisson) Givens; and a grandson, David Humphrey.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Home, 200 W. 53rd St., Anderson, with an Order of Eastern Star Service by Chapter 154 at 11:15 a.m.

Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Bill Garver officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Fortville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bethel United Methodist Church Building Fund, 4011 W. 200S, Anderson, IN 46011.

Neva married GOUL, Albert Noah 05 Jan 1938. Albert (son of GOUL, Henry Earl and TEETERS, Myrtle May) was born 13 Nov 1918, Madison County, Indiana; died 23 Dec 1983, Anderson, Indiana; was buried Gravel Lawn Cemetery, State Road 13 & 1025 South, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Middletown---D. Eugene "Gene" Givens, 68, 681 N. Sixth St., died Aug. 28, 1994, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis after an extended illness. He was born Oct. 13, 1925, near Honey Creek, the son of Elmer and Pearl (Sisson) Givens, and lived his entire life in Henry County. He was self-employed as owner and operator of Givens Insurance Agency in Middletown. He was very active in several ministries at the Middletown Church of the Nazarene including tape ministry and Prime Time Outreach. He was active in the Gideons and Mooreland Lodge F&AM 331. He was a veteran of World War II and Korean Conflict.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Margaret L. (Miller) Givens; two sons and daughters-in-law, Greg and Carolyn Givens of New Castle and Alvin and Nadine Givens of Indianapolis; four daughters, Mrs. Paul (Pat) Wald of Middletown, Mrs. Chris (Faith) Hailey of Anderson, Mrs. Bill (Marcia) Tyner Jr. of England and Madonna Herman of Anderson; 14 grandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Hanson and Alice Givens of Minneapolis, Minn., and Arthur and Helen Givens of Warren; two sisters, Audrey Hinshaw of New Castle and Neva Goul of Anderson; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Middletown Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Philip C. Rogers officiating. Friends may call at the church one-half hour before and after the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the building fund of Middletown Church of the Nazarene Family Center. Arrangements are being handled by Ballard and Sons Funeral Home.

Published in The Anderson Herald-Bulletin. Anderson, Indiana, 30 August 1994.

Delbert married MILLER, Margaret Lucretia 29 Jun 1944, United Methodist Church, Middletown, Indiana. Margaret was born 21 Apr 1927, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died 09 Feb 2015, Middletown, Henry County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Eloise D. Dunham

April 3, 1912 - March 22, 2005

FORTVILLE (Indian) Eloise D. (Givens) Dunham, 92, Fortville, died March 22, 2005, at Rawlins House in Pendleton. She retired from Mount Vernon School Corp. as a cafeteria worker after 25 years of employment.

Survivors include a son, Robert E. "Bob" (wife, Diana) Dunham; daughters, Iris L. Parker and Betty J. (husband, Wilbur) Eiler; sister, Bernice Montgomery; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; and a nephew.

Her husband, Lester H. "Curley" Dunham, died in 1972.

Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Seals Funeral Home with Jon Vance officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Lawn Cemetery.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Work Project, c/o Ford Street United Methodist Church in Lapel. (Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana; www.heraldbulletin.com 3/23/05)

Eloise — DUNHAM, Lester. Lester (son of DUNHAM, William and ???, Ivis) was born Abt 1908, Hancock County, Indiana; died 25 Jul 1972, Fortville, Hancock County, Indiana; was buried 28 Jul 1972, Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Green Township, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Anderson Herald-Bulletin. Anderson, Indiana, 25 June 1988.

Lapel---John A. Givens, 73, Rt. 3, Anderson, died Thursday evening at Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen, Texas, after an extended illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Madison County, and was retired from Firestone in Noblesville after 30 years of service. A veteran of World War II, he served with the U.S. Army, where he had been a member of the last mounted cavalry unit. He was a member of American Legion Post 212 in Lapel.

Surviving are two sisters, Eloise Dunham of Fortville and Bernice Montgomery of Lapel.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in the Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home with burial in Grovelawn Cemetery, Pendleton, where a military graveside service will be conducted by the Lapel Legion post. Friends may call at the funeral from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Notes:

Montgomery
Nov. 28, 1917 - April 24, 2011
Anonymous The Herald Bulletin Mon Apr 25, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT

LAPEL, Ind. ? Bernice Montgomery, 93, Lapel, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Saint John?s Medical Center in Anderson following complications due to congestive heart failure.

She was born on Nov. 28, 1917, in Madison County to Horace and Nettie (Heiny) Givens. She resided in Lapel most of her life.

She graduated from Lapel High School in 1936 and went to beauty school shortly thereafter in Indianapolis.

She married John Montgomery in 1938 and a son, Ted, was born in 1940.

Bernice completed her beautician training in 1937 and worked in a beauty shop in Indianapolis for a short while before moving back to Lapel in 1943. She owned and operated Bernice?s Beauty Shop in Lapel since 1944. Her beauty shop was a very important part of her life and she enjoyed many customers over the years, retiring at the age of 79. She always felt like her customers were her family.

She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church; the Solar Order of Eastern Star; and the Lapel American War Mothers. She loved her family, friends, and her home. Working in her yard was one of her favorite pastimes. She especially loved planting lots of flowers every summer. Bernice also enjoyed watching all sports on television, her favorites being the Indiana Pacers, the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana and Purdue University, and golf.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Janice Montgomery of Anderson; two nieces, Iris Parker of Pendleton and Betty (husband, Wilber) Eiler of Fortville; a nephew, Bob (wife, Diana) Dunham of Pendleton; and many loving great-nieces and nephews, to whom she was very close, who loved her and cared for her to the very end; and other family members and close friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 44 years, John Montgomery; her son, F. Ted Montgomery, who passed away April 27, 2009; a brother, John Givens; and a sister, Eloise Dunham.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home in Lapel with Pastor Doug Barton officiating. Burial will follow in Brookside Cemetery, Lapel.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home, 1010 North Main St., Lapel.

The family would like to thank Countryside Manor for their love and care for the past several months. Special thanks to the nurses and technicians on 6 South at the hospital, and Saint John?s Hospice for their care and comfort, both to Bernice and her family.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society; Trinity United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 606, Lapel IN 46051-0606; or Saint John?s Hospice, 2015 Jackson Street, Anderson IN 46016.

Bernice — MONTGOMERY, John. John (son of MONTGOMERY, John Andrew and SMITH, Ada) was born 15 Dec 1910, Illinois; died 10 Mar 1982, Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, USA; was buried 12 Mar 1982, Brookside Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Living married PORTER, F.A. (daughter of PORTER, Bennet Allen and HIBBARD, Beatrice) [Group Sheet]