Historical Newspaper Clippings
from the Centerville Iowegian
These articles were found in a book of old newspaper clippings from the Iowegian. Unfortunately, there are no dates attached to the clippings. However, they provide interesting info on the area.
| Article Title | Names Mentioned | |
| "Underground Railroad Had A Station At Armstrong's and Old Barn Stands Where Negroes Were Hidden In Flight" |
Armstrong, J.H.B Stanton, Austin Fulcher, John Holbrook, Solomon Holbrook, Loren McDonald Calvert Streepy, Ed |
Crockett, Davy ("Negro free man") Armstrong, Dr. John Frush, John Norris, Verrie Steele, Hugh Bryan, Dan Ross, Mabel |
| "Pioneer Cemeteries And Lone Places in S.W.Appanoose" |
Harvey, J. C. Sager, John Perry Jump Cemetery |
Jump, Joseph Sr. Buntin Cemetery Johnson, Harris |
| "Doves Married 63 Years; Live In Centerville" | Dove, Mr. & Mrs. R. L. | |
| Picture: Smith Sager | Smith Sager "One of the men held up as he appeared on scene of James stage coach robbery". |
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| Picture: John Ferren | John Ferren "At whose home Johns township was named and the man who plowed the furrow Centerville to Corydon by ox team to make a path for the pony express riders to follow." |
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| "Country's Call Got a Response From Appanoose - About Fifteen Hundred Men to Civil War and 800 Did Not Come Back Alive" |
Drake, F.M. Sawyers, Sylvester H (Surgeon) Vermillion, William F Fee, Captain Gedney, Joseph B Taylor, Thomas J Cummins, Ephraim Skinner, Elisha D |
Edwards, John W Harvey, E. E. Scott, John Wesley Walden, M. M. Bashore, John A Haynes, E. C. Morey, Joseph K Wright, Henry H Wyckoff, Geo W |
| "Women's Relief Corps Came to Aid of Soldiers" |
Wentworth, Susan Baker, Sophia Colfax, Elisabeth Young, Sallie A |
Moore, Mary Thorn, Machel M Bishop, Ida Henderson, Sarah |