Artifacts from the “Lost” Community of Wayport
Post by Randi Richardson Wayport is a village founded in Sections 28 and 33 in Washington Township, Monroe County, Indiana. It was laid out in 1851 and comprised of 16 lots. For a while it included a store, post office and a blacksmith shop. It reportedly “hit its peak” from 1877 to 1879. Danielle Thomas
Barbara (Ellett) Dail Remembers Stinesville
Barbara Rose Ellett was born March 12, 1937, in the old Hoadley Mansion in Stinesville, Monroe County, Indiana. Her parents were Charles Homer and Blanche Elizabeth (Baker) Ellett. Her maternal grandparents were Sherman and Sarah Lucy Evaline (Stewart) Baker; her paternal grandparents were W. A. Gorman and Mary Gettysburg “Getty” (Payton) Ellett. Barbara grew up
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