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The CCHS research library/archives is located at 317 11th Street in the Downey – Anderson House, which is behind the museum (Jerolaman – Long Home). It has been named for and dedicated to the memory of Barbara Schull Wolfe. Holdings include the complete history of Cass County. Thomas B. Helm authors one version, another is by Dr. Jehu Powell. There are books about the Wabash & Erie Canal, the local Railroad (both of which played major roles in our Cass County heritage) the Michigan Road, local Churches and Schools, etc. Newspaper gleanings include articles from The Canal Telegraph 1834-35, Evening Star 1873, Logansport Daily Star 1874-1875, & The Pharos Tribune. There is military history from the Revolutionary war up to and including the Viet Nam War and its Cass County veterans. The library’s Native American collection contains information about the area’s Miami and Pottawattomie tribes, Maconaqua’s story, etc. And much more.
Genealogy
Research: We offer early marriage, birth and death record indexes, census
indexes, cemetery and funeral home records, estate records from the late
1800’s to 1900, city directories. High School annuals including Logansport
High School’s “The Tattler” from it’s first volume in 1907 to the
present day.
The link below will take you to the best free web site online for
Cass County, Indiana genealogy research:
http://incass-inmiami.org/cass/
Out-of-town researchers are urged to make arrangements with the Curator prior to their visit if they plan to use the library.
The
Schull (Shull) family can trace its roots back to Lord Longaspy acknowledged
son of Henry II of England. At sometime during the early colonization of
America the family arrived here and gradually pioneered westward. The family
name Shull was accidentally changed to Schull when Thomas Levi Shull was
born October 18, 1902. Thomas discovered this spelling when he applied for a
work permit at the age of seventeen. The doctor had added the “c” to the
spelling on his birth certificate. Thomas Schull was the father of Barbara
Schull Wolfe (Mrs. Bert Wolfe) born June 1, 1929. Barb spent most of her
life working on files, creating family trees, doing research and chronicling
events. She began doing research at the age of twenty-one as a hobby. In
1953 Barb married Bert. She worked for several years at the H. W. Gossard
Co. of Logansport where she learned the fine art of sewing. She then worked
for thirteen years at her mother’s drapery and upholstering business. Barb
also worked at the Grissom Air Force base as a “Requirement Specialist”.
Because of all of the research and genealogy work, she became
interested in the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) and helped
organize a chapter in Winamac, Indiana. Through her intense research she was
able to locate 246 veteran burials in Cass County and get markers for them.
She also researched World War II service dogs and had a monument erected at
the Logansport City Building to honor their work. These dogs were important
at guard duty, as they were able to detect sounds and odors that humans
could not. Barb had several books published and bound, which can be found at
the CCHS library. She nearly single-handedly collated the marriages and
deaths of Cass County. She also worked tirelessly to collect information on
the history of the Italian, French, and German immigrants of Cass County. As
for people with family ties to Cass County, Indiana, anyone who is remotely
interested in family history, in preservation of statistics, and
conservation of historical records owes Barbara Wolfe a debt of gratitude
for her great love of historical facts.
The article about Barbara Wolfe prepared by: Richard Copeland
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