Box 14

Edith (Stanley) Pearson (1838-1917) was a Quaker farm wife who lived near Plainfield, Ind. and near Leavenworth and Hesper, Kansas. The scrapbook includes vital statistics, obituaries, and photographs, of the Pearson, Stanley, and Carter families and clippings re: Quaker meetings and schools in Hendricks County, Ind. Photocopy; gift of Vernon L. Dixon, 1995.

Joseph P. Smith (1845-1937) was a Quaker farmer of Morgan County, Ohio, and Warren County Iowa. This typescript reminiscence narrates his boyhood in Ohio and life on farms in Missouri and Iowa. Transferred from D. Elton Trueblood Collection, 1995.

Elisha Bates (1780-1861), a native of York County, Virginia, was a prominent Friend in Ohio Yearly Meeting in the 1820s and 1830s. The collection consists of 3 items: a genealogical outline, a photocopy of a portrait of Bates, and a copy of Bates's appointment as a delegate to the World's Peace Convention in 1850.

Herschel Johnson (1884- ) was a fundamentalist Quaker preacher and writer of Muncie, Ind. Born near Winchester, Ind., he was a member of Central Yearly Meeting. The collection consists of an autobiography and two sermons, "The Wrath of God" and "The Holy Ghost." Transferred from FMS 33.

This collection contains photocopies of Pickering's letters. They are also available in typescript form: Friends BX7796.P6.13.A2.1994. They were prepared by the donor, with an index and notes.

Sarah Ann (Hill) Gray Morris (1827-1903) was a Quaker living in the Walnut Ridge community of Friends in Rush County, Ind. The collection consists of a scrapbook with a number of obituaries, 1866-1903, of Walnut Ridge Friends, and a photograph album with photos of area Friends and prominent ministers such as John Henry Douglas, Robert W. Douglas, Jane Jones, and Rufus King.

Alexander Selkirk Starbuck (1847-1865) was a native of Randolph County, Ind., who served in the 121st Indiana Regiment, Ninth Cavalry, during the Civil War. The collection consists of five letters written from Mississippi from January to June 1865, including descriptions of army life and responses to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Transferred from FMS 33, 1997.

Nancy (Davis) Starnes (1851-1886) was a native of Hamilton County, Ind., who died in Rose Hill, Kansas. A Quaker, she lost her membership in 1877 when she divorced her husband, Browning L. Starnes. The collection consists of letters to Nancy Starnes and to her daughter Clara (Starnes) Thomas Moore Reel (1871-1957). Gift of Beatrice Thomas, 1994.