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I am researching the Beghtel and Oliver families who settled in Wabash County, Indiana.
The first Oliver I have information on is James Bracy Oliver who settled in Montgomery County Ohio in 1809. He married Mary Hardman in 1810. They had 11 children, one of whom was Benjamin Oliver, my great great grandfather. Benjamin married Sebthany Westlake in 1837 in Dayton Ohio. After their first child, Mary was born in 1838, they moved to Indiana. First going to Tippecanoe County and then after 1840 to Wabash County community of Hopewell near Lagro. They 9 children. Their son Thomas married Mary Francis Harter and moved to Urbana, IN. They had only one son, Ralph who married Lulu Beghtel in 1908.
My priortiy is to learn parents of James Bracy Oliver. I have read in Montgomery County History he came alone from Augusta County, Virginia but have not been able to confirm this.
Under heading of Family Tree Reports and Trees you will find details on descendants of Hans Jacobs Bechtel researched by Jane Beghtel Lewis. Our line changed the spelling to Beghtel with Peter Beghtel son of Frederick Bechtel.
We have put together a web site with more pictures and information on the Beghtel and Oliver families, the town of Urbana Indiana where they lived, and the community of Hopewell Indiana where the Olivers first settled. It can be found at Rootsweb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~urbana/Beghtel_Oliver/Beghtel_Olivex.html
It should work to do a copy/paste of the address.
You should see 17 headings with links to home pages. Let me know if you have any trouble viewing.
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Marilyn Jacobs
2200 Ridgewood
Carrollton, TX 75006-1906
A-United States
jakesjag@aol.com
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- Lulu Beghtel Oliver (15 KB)
Lulu Begthel was born in 1884 to Jacob and Mary Jane Rousey Beghtel in Urbana, IN. She married Ralph Oliver in 1908.
- Monce Beghtel Delivers Mail to Urbana (58 KB)
This is Monson Beghtel ready to deliver mail for Urbana Rural Route #1. We think this picture is from about 1909. He was the first mail carrier for the the Urbana Route. His first mode of transporation was a regulation mail cart drawn by a horse. They could be purchased from the Sear, Roebuck catalog but I always remember he made his own. It had big wheels and they were always around. He kept a box on a steel rod between the wheels and used it for the carden, going to the chicken house, etc. We often used it to play with also. The "bike" came next.
Then he began to drive the route with red Chevy's. I remember going with him to North Manchester to buy a new car. We went into the car sales and he said, "Do you have a red one?" He didn't even kick the tires! We loved to take Sunday afternoon joy rides (his terminiology) in these cars on the square of country roads around Urbana.
The Urbana route - I think - went 7 miles east of Urbana and then north about 3 miles. I know it covered the road that went past Salem Methodist Church. When my husband, Warren, pastored this church, the Schenkels who attended there, told me how the yad shoveled out around their mailbox after a particularly heavy snow...the next day he left a box of cigars in the mailbox. He would get all kinds of presents from people on the route. We couldn't ever go with him as it was against the rules of the US postal service. He told us this and I think he would just as soon have taken us.
The route also went west of Urbana to the Laketon Road where Wabash RR 3 covered the mail. I am not sure about north and south but think only about a mile both of these directions.
I don't know what the salary was but the pension when he retired was $100 a month and this was very impressive for 1940.
Jane Beghtel Lewis
Granddaughter of Monce Beghtel
- Urbana Football Team 1912 (43 KB)
This is picture of the Urbana Football team in 1912. We do not have any names with this one. Maybe you will recognize someone in it.
- Butcher Shop (27 KB)
This is picture identified as butcher shop in Urbana but no date.
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- Name Index to Urbana Post Times 1933 (71 KB)
Ralph Oliver, my grandfather, started a weekly newspaper for Urbana in 1933 called the Urbana Post-Times. Unfortunately it only lasted 4 weeks. We do have 2 of the 4 issues. This is an index of all the names that appeared and why. Names are in alphabetical order. Could also use the Ctrl and F button to search the page. If you have trouble e-mail and I can send the file in neater version.
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