Processed by
Kathryn Wilmot
August 2007
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 manuscript box, 1 oversized manuscript folder, 1 artifact |
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COLLECTION |
1881–1955 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Douglas Clanin, Anderson, IN, September 1999 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
None |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
1999.0632 |
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NOTES: |
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Mary Ann “Mollie” Clanin was born in Clermont County, Ohio on 27 May 1849 to Benjamin Clanin and Sarah Sherman. Mary had at least three other siblings: Thomas, William H., and Benjamin.
Mary married John D. Newton (b. 14 July 1847–d. 20 Nov. 1898) on 25 July 1869. The couple lived on a farm in Swayzee, Grant County, Indiana. They had two daughters: Minnie F. Newton (b. 6 Sept. 1872–d. 12 May 1948) and Myrtle Newton (b. 10 Dec. 1874–d. 12 Feb. 1902). Mary Clanin Newton died on 12 November 1942 and is buried in Converse Cemetery, Grant County, Indiana.
Mary’s brother William H. Clanin was born in March 1844. He married a woman named Demaris. The couple lived in Huntington County, Indiana, and had at least three children: Russell, Charles, and George. Later in life, William married again to a woman named Lizzie Taylor. William died in September 1923.
Mary’s other brother Benjamin Clanin was a farm laborer. He had three children, Sherman, Della, and L. Guy. Sherman and Della lived in Colorado and Guy lived in Kansas City, Kansas.
Sources:
Information in the collection.
Ancestry Library Edition. Available at: http://www.ancestrylibrary.com
Series 1: Correspondence, 1888–1955 consists of letters belonging to the Clanin and Newton families. Most of the letters are addressed to Mary A. Clanin Newton, her husband John D. Newton, and their daughter Minnie from members of the Clanin family. Therefore, the letters primarily provide details on the lives of William H. Clanin and Benjamin Clanin and their children.
Sharply worded letters written by William Clanin to John D. Newton reveal tensions between the two brothers-in-law over the care of “mother,” Mrs. Sarah Buroker. William also writes about farming, crops, financial difficulties, and illnesses such as scarlet fever, typhoid fever, and dysentery. After John D. Newton dies, William continues corresponding with his sister Mary.
Letters written to Mary from Arkansas, Kansas, and Colorado provide information on Benjamin Clanin and his children, Sherman, Della, and L. Guy. The correspondents discuss raising chickens and livestock, family reunions, the Depression and hard times, births, and health issues such as the neuritis paralyzing Sherman’s wife Alice. A letter from Benjamin to Mary and Minnie advises them to vote for Herbert Hoover rather than Alfred E. Smith, as Benjamin believed Smith was against Prohibition.
Series 2: Legal and financial documents, ca. 1880–1947 consists of account notebooks, indentures and powers of attorney, and obituaries and memoriams on the deaths of John D. Newton, Myrtle Newton, and Mary Clanin Newton. There are also a few documents pertaining to Mary Clanin Newton’s estate.
Series 3: Artifacts, 1905 contains a ribbon from the Twenty-Third Annual Reunion of the Morton Rifles held at Bluffton, Indiana in October 1905.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Correspondence, 1888 |
OM 0452, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, April 1888–Sept. 1891 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, May 1892–Dec. 1919 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence, Dec. 1921–24 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence, March 1925–Nov. 1926 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence, Dec. 1926–27 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence, Sept. 1928–June 1933 |
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Correspondence, Dec. 1940–Feb. 1955 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Envelopes providing genealogical
information, |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Chromolithographic scraps, ca. 1880–1910 |
Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Account notebook, 1881–87 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Account notebook, 1886–88 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Account notebook, 1887–89 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Account statements and receipts, 1887–1948 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Indentures and powers of attorney, 1888–93 |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Obituaries and memoriams, 1898–1942 |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Account notebook, 1909–50 |
Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Quindaro Christian Church bulletin, 1924 |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Mary A. Newton estate documents, 1943–47 |
Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Swayzee M. P. Church newspaper clippings, n.d. |
Box 1, Folder 19 |
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Morton Rifles Twenty-Third Annual Reunion ribbon, October 1905 |
Artifacts: 1999.0632 |
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