Unidentified Photo: 2 Greensburg ladies

This carte de visite was probably made in the 1870's.

Remembering the Elks Collapse

On March 6, 1987, after a hole was discovered in the roof of the Elks building, the Elks Board of Trustees decided to evacuate and close the building. Just moments after the decision was made, the roof collapsed. Gina Ann Herbert, 30, died in the accident. 

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Still Alive and Doing Business!

Advertisement, 21 February 1890, Greensburg Standard

Conway & Childs was a grocery store operated by William Conway and his son-in-law John Fletcher Childs in Greensburg c.1873-1915. The store was located on the south side of the square. After it closed, the space became the Bee Hive Grocery.

William Conway was born 15 May 1814 near Fredericksburg, VA. He married Elizabeth Thompson on 10 November 1935; they moved to Greensburg in 1870. Conway died 20 January 1898.

William and Elizabeth had one daughter, Ella, who married John Fletcher Childs. John was born in West Rushville, Ohio on 4 November 1843 or 44. He served in the Civil War before moving to Greensburg around 1870. John died 10 January 1917.

John Fletcher Childs, Illustrated Souvenir of Greensburg, Indiana, 1894

Sources:
(1894). Illustrated souvenir of Greensburg, Indiana. Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck.
4 February 1898, Death of William Conway, Greensburg Standard, p. 5.
12 January 1917, John F. Childs, 74, Pioneer business man and veteran, dies of heart trouble, Greensburg Standard, p. 3.

Wm. L. Hasbrouck, Pharmacist

Advertisement, Greensburg Standard, 21 February 1890

Dr. William L. Hasbrouck was born 21 September 1815 in Utica, NY. According to his obituary, "the doctor was a man of some peculiarities..."  After serving in the Civil War, he came to Greensburg in 1872, where he worked as a pharmacist in the South Side Drug Store. He died in Cincinnati on 9 September 1893, and was buried with his wife, Amanda (Spooner) Hasbrouck, at South Park Cemetery in Greensburg.