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16 MOCK FAMILY HISTORIAN Volume IV No. 2 Spring1995<br />
LETTERS TO<br />
Dear Barbara, Just received the latest MFH. The depth<br />
of the articles by James P. [MockJ, Ron [Moore] and<br />
Steve [Lapp] continues to absolutely astound me. I<br />
don't know how they can find time to do a tenth of what<br />
they manage to do. ...I've been working "on the road"<br />
again splitting my time between NJ, CA (L.A.) and home<br />
since last November. That really does crimp any hopes I<br />
had for getting back into the family research business.<br />
I'm not giving up though, so don't count me out for<br />
coming up with something of interest one of these days.<br />
In the meantime, thanks to all of you for you<br />
dedication and commitment to making the MFH a truly<br />
professional journal. Best regards,<br />
Daniel G. Mock - Fort Wayne, IN<br />
My apologies for having to be reminded that my<br />
dues are over due. I can't think of a better $10 that I<br />
spend during the year or anything I enjoy or look<br />
forward to more than the "Mock Family Historian".<br />
Thanks for all the hard work of those of youwho make<br />
this publication possible.<br />
Peggy Tesh Winston-Salem, NC<br />
Once again I was trying to cut down on the<br />
memberships which come due at the beginning of the<br />
year and YOU screwed it up. (or at least the ancestors<br />
did]) I got the MFH this week and was certainly<br />
surprised about the Mock of Harrison Co., IN. I have<br />
recently been to Corydon which is the Co. Seat of<br />
Harrison Co. I am the genealogist in the Bartholomew<br />
Co. Clerk's office. Indiana's Co. Clerks hold the<br />
marriage licences, wills, probate records, civil records &<br />
other assorted records. One of the huge surprises that<br />
came about in recent years was the fact that the local<br />
road which I had always called "Mocksberry" Road is in<br />
fact Mauxferry Road. This is supposed to be the oldest<br />
road in Bartholomew Co. The road starts at Maucksport<br />
on the Ohio River and that is where the Mock's Ferry<br />
was and hence the name of the road and town. If<br />
anyone is interested in doing research the John Hay<br />
Museum in Salem is full of things about the area & the<br />
Public Library and the courthouse in Corydon have lots<br />
of info on Mock's as I kept stumbling across them when<br />
doing research on my Davis & Willson families.<br />
The second part of this letter is about my Mauch's. I<br />
am enclosing a family tree of my Mauchs who I have<br />
recently traced back to Germany. (Du nningen,<br />
Wurtenberg, Germany). This info comes from the LDS<br />
libraRy of Catholic records of this town - written in<br />
Latin! Imagine my surprise when I found mention of the<br />
death of a sister of my g. grandmother's in Danville, IL.<br />
This family of Mauchs settled in Lafayette/ Tippacanoe<br />
Co., IN in the 1860's. They were members of the<br />
German Catholic Church, St. Boniface, and are buried in<br />
St. Joseph's Old Catholic Cemetery. There was a huge<br />
THE EDITOR<br />
group of German Catholics who settled there in the<br />
1850-60 era. My Grandfather married the daughter of a<br />
family who came over in the 1840's & settled in S.E.<br />
Indiana. Early Ancestor chart is as follows:<br />
I - Christian Mauch m. 6 Aug 1760 Dunningen,<br />
Wuertenberg, Germany Catherine Benzen<br />
1.1 - Carl Joseph Mauch b. 1762 Germ.; d. 1827;<br />
m. 11 Jan 1796 Dunningen,Germ. Elizabeth<br />
Olmacht b. 1776; d. 1824<br />
1.1.1 - Leonard Mauch b.1810; d. 1887; m.<br />
26 Apr 1836 Dunnigen,Germ. Sopha<br />
Sefalan b. 1817; d. 1854 (11 children)<br />
1.1.1.1 - Catherine Mauch b. 1838; d. 1908;<br />
m. 5 Dec 1866 IN (spouse not listed)<br />
Mary Ellen Sweet Grossman, 1103 Union St.,<br />
Columbus, IN 47201 - 812-379-9670<br />
tlfi<br />
Dear Barbara, I guess I'll try one more year. Enclosed<br />
please find my check for $10 to cover my dues for the<br />
year 1995.<br />
I do have one suggestion. Whydon't you print a list<br />
of all members? Their names & addresses and the<br />
names they are researching. This way we would have<br />
access to meeting other allied families and<br />
correspoinding with them personally. even pay for<br />
the list of names & addresses and names they are<br />
working on that you have. I correspond with a<br />
Shipbaugh/Hollidayi Allbright whose grandmother's<br />
was Mary Jane Mauk b. OH and was related to my<br />
Clara Josephine "Josie" Mauk b. OH, died IN, so I<br />
know there are people out there. Is your membership<br />
that limited?<br />
I have sent you information but I have not received<br />
anything from you. Do you only correspond thru the<br />
newsletter? Have you ever published your direct<br />
ancestor chart and familygroup sheets for all to see how<br />
far you have gone back on your line? I haven't been put<br />
in touch with an allied family member but I am sure that<br />
there are other people out there working on other<br />
name's besides MOCK that have Mauk/ Mauck/<br />
Mawk/Mack in their family line.<br />
I felt when you took over that it would be a different<br />
format, but from what 1 read each month it is the same.<br />
I don't mean to be critical but I haven't received one<br />
piece of information since I start subscribing to YOUR<br />
clearing house newsletter and feel like I am wasting my<br />
money.<br />
A Dissatisfied and Disgusted Member,<br />
Pat Curtis - P.O. Box 78, Bull Shoals, AR 72619<br />
Ed. Note: Dear Pat, Thanks for the "Wake-up Car. It<br />
made me realize that if one dissatified member<br />
expressed their disappointment in the MFH, there are<br />
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