Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa, Vol. I, Part 1

Author: Weaver, James Baird, 1833-1912
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind., B.F. Bowen & Company
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PAST AND PRESENT


OF


JASPER COUNTY IOWA


GEN. JAMES B. WEAVER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF


ILLUSTRATED


VOLUME I


1


1912 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA


THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 207185


ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDA IONS R


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DEDICATION.


This work is respectfully dedicated to THE PIONEERS,


long since departed. May the memory of those who laid down their burdens by the wayside ever be fragrant as the breath of summer flowers, for their toils and sacrifices have made Jasper County a garden of sun- shine and delights.


PREFACE


All life and achievement is evolution ; present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exer- tion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privi- lege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the pres- ent conditions of the people of Jasper county, Iowa, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin land, it has come to be a center of prosperity and civilization, with millions of wealth, systems of railways, grand educational institutions, splendid indus- tries and immense agricultural and mineral productions. Can any thinking person be insensible to the fascination of the study which discloses the aspirations and efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the founda- tion upon which has been reared the magnificent prosperity of later days? To perpetuate the story of these people and to trace and record the social, political and industrial progress of the community from its first inception is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and personal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation, and which unite the present to the past, is the motive for the present publication. The work has been in the hands of able writers, who have, after much patient study and research, produced here the most complete biographical memoirs of Jasper county. lowa, ever offered to the public. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to the sketches of representative citizens of this county whose records deserve preservation because of their worth, effort and accomplishment. The publishers desire to extend their thanks to the gentlemen who have so faithfully labored to this end. Thanks are also due to the citizens of Jasper county for the uniform kindness with which they have regarded this undertaking and for their many services ren- dered in the gaining of necessary information.


In placing the "Past and Present of Jasper County. Iowa." before the citizens, the publishers can conscientiously claim that they have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus. Every biographical sketch in the work has been submitted to the party interested, for correction, and therefore any error of fact, if there be any, is solely due to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. Confident that our effort to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are,


Respectfully,


THE PUBLISHERS.


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CONTENTS


:


CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTORY


25 Importance of General and Local History-Jasper County Three Score Years Ago-Wonderful Change in the Scene.


CHAPTER II-NATURAL FEATURES 27


Geological Characteristics-Soil-Land Elevations-Streams of


Jasper County-The Native Groves-Wonderful Mirage in 1859-Coal Mining Industry-Weather Conditions of Jasper County-Climatic Changes.


CHAPTER III-CHANGE FROM INDIAN TO WHITE MAN'S OCCUPANCY 37 The Iowa Indians, the Sacs and Foxes-Indian Treaties-Disputes Between Iowa Indians and the Warlike Sioux-Treaty of 1825-Government Secures Indian Lands-Removal of the Indians-Indians and the Whites-Some Well-known Chiefs-Indian Traders-The Trail Made by the Dragoons.


CHAPTER IV-ORGANIZATION OF JASPER COUNTY


44


Original Boundary Lines-Organizing Act of 1846-Organizing Election- First Officers-First Meeting of County Commissioners-Locating the County Seat-Dividing the County into Townships --- Boundaries-Another Change in Township Lines-Washington Precinct-Government Surveys- Dates of Township Organizations.


CHAPTER V-EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY


54


Adam Tool and His Companions-Mrs. William Highland, the First Woman -Tool's Tavern-Assessment Roll for 1847-The Hollanders in Jasper County-The Pioneers-Wild Game-First Bad Characters in this County- First Events in Jasper County-First Portable Saw Mill-Claim Protection Societies-Going to Mill-Value of Bread-Some Severe Winters.


CHAPTER VI-COUNTY GOVERNMENT


72


County Governmental Changes-Acts of the County Commissioners-Taxa- ble Property in 1849-Acts of the County Judge-Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors-Drainage of the Swamp Lands-The County Held Liable- The County's Finances-Abstracts of Tax Books, 1910-Jasper County's Various Court Houses-First County Building-The Second Court House- The Present Court House-The County Jail-The County Home-Jasper County Seal-Official Directory, 1911-New Road Drag Law.


CHAPTER VII-COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION __ 89 Presidential Vote-United States Senators-Congressmen-Governors of Iowa-State Senators-Representatives-Early County Commissioners-Com-


CONTENTS.


missioners' Clerks-County Judges-Sheriffs-County Surveyors-Clerks of the District Court-County Attorneys-County Treasurers-County Record- ers-County Coroners-County Auditors-Prosecuting Attorneys-Superin- tendents of School-School Fund Commissioner-County Supervisors-Town- ship Officers-Supervisors' Districts.


CHAPTER VIII-AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK RAISING ____ 100 Jasper, an Advanced County in One of the Best Agricultural States of the Union-Agricultural Census for 1905-Yield Per Acre-Rainfall-Jasper County Agricultural Society-Official Roster-Present Officers-Prairie City Agricultural Society-Patrons of Husbandry.


CHAPTER IX-RAILROADS AND EARLY TRANSPORTATION 109 Importance of Railroads in Local Development-First Railroad Project- Iowa Land Grants-Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific-Newton & Monroe Railroad-Iowa Central Railroad-Chicago Great Western Railroad-Newton & Northwestern Railroad-Railroad Mileage of County.


CHAPTER X-EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS 116


Iowa Public School System the Best-Early Legislative Acts-First Subscrip- tion Schools-Early School Houses-School Finances Long Ago-First Schools in Some of the Townships-Newton City Schools-Occupations of High School Graduates-Jasper County Schools in 1870-76-A Model School House-Jasper County Schools in 1910-School Townships-Independent Village, Town and City Corporations-Rural Independent Corporations- Some Statistics-Teachers' Institutes-Wittemberg Manual Labor College- Lynnville Academy-Hazel Dell Academy-Its Founder, Prof. Darius Thomas-Newton Normal College.


CHAPTER XI-NEWSPAPERS OF JASPER COUNTY 143


Potent Influence of the Press-First Newspaper in Jasper County-Newton Newspapers-The Express-The Journal-Jasper County Independent-Free Press-Newton Herald-Newton Daily News-Newton Record-Lynnville Star-Baxter New Era-Colfax Tribune-Colfax Clipper-Prairie City News -Monroe Mirror-Kellogg Enterprise.


CHAPTER XII-RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY 152


Religious Convictions of the Pioneers-First Religious Service in the County -Present Denominations and Memberships in the County-Methodist Epis- copal Societies-Newton Methodist Church-Tool's Chapel-Methodist Churches at Ira, Valeria, Mingo, Kellogg, Rushville, Mt. Pleasant, Reasnor, Colfax, Clyde, Fairmount, Kilduff, Prairie City, Lynnville-Methodist Pro- testant Church-Newton Free Methodist Church-Baptist Churches at New- ton, Colfax, Vandalia, Metz, Monroe-Presbyterian Churches at Newton, Colfax-United Presbyterian Churches at Monroe, Newton and the Palo Alto Church-United Brethren-Congregational Churches at Newton, Prairie City, Monroe, Sully, Newberg, Wittemberg-Church of Christ (Disciples)- Universalist Church-Catholic Churches of Jasper County-Episcopal Church -Mormon Church- Lutheran Churches ~~ German Reformed Church-Christ- ian Reformed Church-Society of Friends-Seventh-day Adventist Church- African Methodist Episcopal Church-Young Men's Christian Association.


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER XIII-CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY 191 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons-Royal Arch Masons-Knights Templar -Independent Order of Odd Fellows-Patriarchs Militant-Knights of Pythias.


CHAPTER XIV-MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY 204 President Lincoln's First Call for Enlistments-Enthusiasm in Jasper County -War Meetings-Official Action-Presentation of the Havelocks-Volun- teer Roster of the County-The County's Death Roll-The Jasper Grays -- Spanish-American War-Grand Army of the Republic.


CHAPTER XV-BENCH AND BAR OF JASPER COUNTY 229 First Term of Court in Jasper County-Early Judges-District and Circuit Courts-Jasper County Attorneys-The Present Bar.


CHAPTER XVI-MEDICAL PROFESSION 248 The Early "Saddle-bags" Doctor-Wonderful Advance in the Science of Medi- cine-Physicians of Jasper County-An Honorable List-Present Practicing Physicians-County Medical Societies.


CHAPTER XVII-BANKS AND BANKING 256 Little Early Need for Banks-Prosperous Times of the Fifties-Specie Pay- ment in the County-Panic of 1857-Newton's Banks-Banking at Monroe, Reasnor, Prairie City, Newburg, Mingo, Lynnville, Baxter, Ira, Kellogg, Colfax-Bank Failures-List of Present Jasper County Banks.


CHAPTER XVIII-THE CITY OF NEWTON 269


Beginning of the City-Value of Town Lots in 1846-Town Plat Surveyed- Early Residents-Business Enterprises in 1860-Activity of 1875-Subsequent Rapid but Steady Growth-Manufacturing Enterprises in 1911-Flouring Mills-Postoffice History-Municipal History-First Town Charter Aban- doned-Fire Department-Electric Light Plant-Water Works-A New De- parture-City Officials-Free Public Library-Union Cemetery-Business Men's Association.


CHAPTER XIX-BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP 285


Organization-Location-Concerning the Settlement-First Events-Wild Turkeys-Village of Murphy-Village of Killduff-Churches.


CHAPTER XX-FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP 290


Boundaries-Organization-First Settlement in Jasper County-First Events -Town of Monroe-Incorporation History-Mayors-Present Town Offi- cers-Business Directory-City of the Dead-Postoffice History-Village of Fairmount-Fairview Township and the Civil War-Veterans Who Re- enlisted.


CHAPTER XXI-MOUND PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP 300


Location-Organization-Original Land Entries-Early Settlers-First


Events-Village of Metz-Village of Severs.


CHAPTER XXII-ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP 304


Boundaries-Population-First Land Entries-Organization and First Elec- tion-Fatal Accidents-Valuations-Village of Turner.


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER XXIII-ELK CREEK TOWNSHIP 306 Situation-Organization-First Entries of Government Land-First Religious Service-Elections-Valuations-Village of Galesburg.


CHAPTER XXIV-MARIPOSA TOWNSHIP 308 Location and Organization-Land Entries-Personal Tax Valuations-En- terprising Spirit.


CHAPTER XXV-MALAKA TOWNSHIP 309 Largest Township in the County-Boundaries-Organization-Population Land Entries-A Prairie Township-Tax Valuations.


CHAPTER XXVI-DES MOINES TOWNSHIP 310


Area-Natural Features-Population-Organization-Land Entries-Elec- tions-Tax Valuations-Towns and Villages-Prairie City-A Desirable Lo- cation-Incorporation-Mayors-Local Improvements-Postoffice History- Business Directory-Vandalia Village.


CHAPTER XXVII-KELLOGG TOWNSHIP. 316 Location-Population-Tax Valuations-Town of Kellogg-Original Platting -Early Business Enterprises-First Events-Municipal History-Business Factors in 1911-Postoffice-Fires.


CHAPTER XXVIII-INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP 321


Boundaries-Natural Features-Organization-Tax Valuations-A Terrible Accident-Town of Baxter-Original Plat-Mayors-Public Improvements' -Postoffice-Business Directory-Village of Ira-Business Interests-Post- office.


CHAPTER XXIX-HICKORY GROVE TOWNSHIP 325 „ Area and Boundaries-Population-Unusual Items of Interest-Assessed Valuations-Village of Newburg-Postoffice-Business Interests.


CHAPTER XXX-LYNN GROVE TOWNSHIP 328


One of the Original Civil Precincts-Natural Features-Tax Valuations- Character of First Pioneers-Early Enterprises-Another Early Settlement Account-First Events-Lynnville-Incorporation-Present Business Inter- ests-Postoffice-Village of Sully-Business Directory-Public Utilities- Postoffice.


CHAPTER XXXI-RICHLAND TOWNSHIP 336


Situation and Area-Natural Features-Property Valuation-A Prosperous Farming Community.


CHAPTER XXXII-POWESHIEK TOWNSHIP 337


Origin of Name-Situation-Natural Features-Organization-First Land Entries-Greencastle-Village of Mingo-Officials-Postoffice-Business In- terests-Village of Valeria-Commercial Directory-Postoffice-Oswalt.


CHAPTER XXXIII-PALO ALTO TOWNSHIP 342


Location and Area-Earliest Land Entries-Organization-The Beginnings- First Events-Interesting Paragraphs-Town of Reasnor-Present Business Interests-Postoffice History.


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER XXXIV-NEWTON TOWNSHIP


346


Organization-Boundaries-Natural Features-Population-Elections-Tax


Valuations-Historical Notes.


CHAPTER XXXV-WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. 348 Boundaries-Streams-Population-Organization of the Township-City of Colfax-Schools and Churches-First Things-Medicinal Waters-Munici- pal Government-Incorporation-Mayors-Present Officers-Fire Depart- ment-Water Works-Postoffice-First Important Events-Business In- terests.


CHAPTER XXXVI-SHERMAN TOWNSHIP


Location-Groves-Streams-Early Land Entries-Organization-Popula- 357


tion-Land Valuations.


CHAPTER XXXVII-CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP 358 Situation-Area-Streams- Population - Elections-Taxables - Village of


Clyde-A Bad Fire.


CHAPTER XXXVIII-MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 360


Village Plats of the County-California Gold Seekers-Early Stage Roads- Marriage Record-Intoxicating Liquors, Prohibition, Etc .- Unique Temper- ance Election-Vote on the Constitutional Amendment-Local Literature and Authors-Total Eclipse of 1869-Pioneer Woman Called "Good Squaw" -State Capital Once Located in Jasper County-The Underground Railroad -Old Settlers' Society-Jasper County's First Celebration-Population Sta- tistics-Postoffices-Village Plats and Population-Early-day Mob Law Spirit-Jasper County Safe Robbery-Overturning of a Stage Coach-Grand Jury Incident-Ventriloquism-Valeria Cyclone, 1896.


CHAPTER XXXIX-INTERESTING REMINISCENCES. 403 Great Indian Scare-Memorable Winter of 1848-9-Hard Winter of 1856-7- Reminiscences of the Old Court House-A Home Coming-Early Times in Mound Prairie-The "Know Nothing" Political Party.


HISTORICAL INDEX


A


Acts of County Commissioners 37


Acts of County Judge. 75


African M. E. Church 189


Agricultural Societies


102


An Agricultural County


100


Ancient Free and Accepted Masons


191


Anti-slavery Days


373


Assessment Roll of 1847 59


Attorneys of Jasper County 232


Auditors


95


B


Bad Characters 64


Bank Failures 266


Banks and Banking 256


Baptist Churches


164


Baxter


322


Baxter Newspapers 148


Bench and Bar 229


Board of Supervisors 76


Buena Vista Township 286


Burton & Co. Bank, Kellogg


265


Business Men's Association


283


C


California Gold Seekers 362


Catholic Churches 183


Census of 1910 377


Census Statistics


100


Changes in Township Lines 51


Chicago Great Western Railroad 114


Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad 112


Christian Reformed Church 186


Church of Christ 178


Churches


152


Circuit Court


231


Citizens' State Bank, Colfax.


265


Citizens' State Bank, Newton


260


Civic Societies


191


Claim Protection Societies


67


Clark, L. D., Bank 260


Clear Creek Township 358


Clerks of District Court 93


Climatic Changes 34


Clyde


359


Clyde M. E. Church 161


Coal Mining


31


Colfax


340


Colfax Business Interests 353


Colfax Christian Church


180


Colfax Fire Department 352


Colfax M. E. Church. 160


Colfax Municipal Government


351


Colfax Newspapers


148


Colfax Officers 351


Colfax Postoffice 352


Colfax Presbyterian Church 168


Colfax Water Works


352


Commissioners' Clerks


92


Congregational Churches


173


Congressmen


90


Constitutional Amendment, Vote


366


Coroners


95


County Attorneys 94


County Commissioners, Acts of


73


County Commissioners, Early_ 92


County Commissioners, First Meet-


ing


47


County Divided 50


County Finances 78


County Government 72


1 County Home 86


County Jail 85


County Judge, Acts of 75


County Judges


92


County Medical Societies


255


HISTORICAL INDEX.


County Officers, 1911 87


County Schools in 1870 125


County Seat, Locating 48


County Supervisors 96


County Treasurers


94


County's War Death-roll. 221


Court, First Term of 229


Court House Reminiscences 407


Court Houses


80


Cyclone at Valeria


399


D


Daily Newspapers


145


Des Moines Township 310


Disciples Church


178


Division of County


50


Doctors, Early


248


Drag Law


87


Drainage of Swamp Lands


77


E


Early County Commissioners


92


Early-day Mob Spirit. 379


Early Judges


229


Early Physicians


248


Early School Finances


119


Early School Houses 118


Early Settlement


54


Early Stage Roads


362


Early Times


411


Eclipse of 1869 369


Educational Interests 116


Election, Organizing


47


Elevation of Land.


27


Elk Creek Township


306


Episcopal Church


183


F


Fairmount


296


Fairmount M. E. Church 161


Fairview Township


296


Fairview Township and the Civil


War


296


Farm Statistics 101


Farmers' Savings Bank, Ira 265


Fifth Infantry


210


Fifth Veteran Cavalry


218


Fifty-first Regiment


225


Fifty-second Regiment 226


Finances of County 78


First Court House 80


First Death


65


First Events in Jasper County 65


).First Mill


66


First National Bank, Colfax 266


First National Bank, Monroe 261


First National Bank, Newton 261


First National Bank, Prairie City 263


First Newspaper 143


First Portable Saw-mill 67


First Railroad Project 109


First School House 118


First Schools


119


"First Term of Court. 229


First Wedding 65 t


First White Child 65


First Woman Here 56


Fortieth Infantry


216


Forty-fifth Infantry 217


Forty-ninth Regiment


224


Fourteenth Infantry


213


Fourth Cavalry 218


Foxes


37


Free Methodist Church


164


Friends Society


188


G


Galesburg


307


German Reformed Church 185


Going to Mill


69


Gold Seekers


362


Good Squaw


370


Government Surveys


52


Governors


90


Grand Army of the Republic.


226


Grand Jury Incident


398


Grange


106


Great Indian Scare 403


Green, John, Chief


41


Greencastle


338


Groves


29


H


Hard Winter of 1856-7 407


Hazel Dell Academy


135


Hickory Grove Township


325


Highland, Mrs. William


56


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Hollanders in Jasper County 60


Home Coming 410


I


Independence Township 321


Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 196


Independent School Corporations _. 127


Indian Occupancy 37


Indian Scare 403


Indian Traders 41


Indian Treaties


38


Indians and Whites


39


Interesting Reminiscences


403


Intoxicating Liquors 365


Introductory 25


Iowa Central Railroad 114


Iowa Land Grants 110


Iowas


37


324


Ira


Ira M. E. Church 157


J


Jai


85


Jasper County Agricultural Society. 102


Jasper County Attorneys 232


Jasper County Banks 267


Jasper County Medical Society 255


Jasper County Organized 44


Jasper County Population 377


Jasper County Postoffices 379


Jasper County Safe Robbery 383


260


Jasper County Seal


87


Jasper County Streams


27


Jasper Grays


223


Jasper's First Celebration 375


44


Judges


92


Judges, Early 229


K


Kellogg 316


Kellogg Christian Church 180


Kellogg Lutheran Church 184


Kellogg M. E. Church 158


Kellogg Newspapers


150


Kellogg Township 316


Killduff 288


Killduff M. E. Church 161


Knights of Pythias


201:


Knights Templar


193


Know-nothing Party


414.


L


Land Elevation 27


Land Grants 110


Library, Newton 281


Local Authors 367 -


Local Literature 367 -


Locating County Seat 48


Lutheran Church 184 .


Lynch Law 379


Lynn Grove Township 328


Lynnville


331


Lynnville Academy 135


Lynnville M. E. Church 162-


Lynnville Newspapers 147


M


Macy Brothers' Bank, Lynnville 264.


Malaka Township 309


Mariposa Township 308


Marriage Record 363


Masonic Order 191


Medical Profession 248


Medical Society 255


Memorable Winter of 1848-9 406


Meteorological Reports 33


Methodist Episcopal Churches 153


Methodist Protestant Church 163


Metz 303


Metz Baptist Church 167


Military History of County 204


Mingo 339


Mingo M. E. Church 157


Mingo Trust & Savings Bank 264


Mining 31


Mirage 30


Miscellaneous Commands 219


Miscellaneous Items 360


Mob Law Spirit 379


Model School House


125


Monroe 291


Monroe Baptist Church 167


Monroe City, State Capital 371


Monroe Congregational Church 175


Monroe Newspapers 150


Jasper County Savings Bank


Jasper's Original Boundary


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Monroe Savings Bank 261


Mormon Church 184


Mound Prairie, Early Times


411


Mound Prairie Township


300


Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church 159


Murphy


288


N


Native Groves


29


Natural Features 27


Newburg


326


Newburg Congregational Church


176


Newspapers of Jasper County 143


Newton


269


Newton & Monroe Railroad. 112


Newton & Northwestern Railroad 114


Newton Banks


260


Newton Baptist Church 164


Newton Business in 1866 272


Newton Business in 1911 273


Newton Business Men's Ass'n.


283


Newton City Officials


280


Newton City Schools


121


Newton Congressional Church 173


Newton Daily News


147


Newton Disciples Church 179


Newton Electric Light Plant 279


Newton Fire Department


278


Newton, First Buildings


270


Newton, First Events


271


Newton Flouring Mills


274


Newton Herald 146


Newton Lutheran Church


185


Newton Methodist Church


155


Newton Municipal History


276


Newton Newspapers 144


Newton Normal College 141


Newton, Original Plat 270


Newton Postoffice


275


Newton Presbyterian Church 168


Newton Public Library


281


Newton Record


147


Newton Savings Bank


261


Newton Surveyed


270


Newton Town Lots


269


Newton Township


346


Newton U. P. Church 172


Newton Water Works


279


Ninth Cavalry


219


Normal College


141


O


Occupations of Students


124


Odd Fellows


196


Officers of County, 1911 87


Officers of Townships


98


Old Settlers' Society


375


Organization of Jasper County 44


Organization of Townships


52


Organizing Election


47


Oswalt


341


P


Palo Alto Presbyterian Church


169


Palo Alto Township 342


Panic of 1857 258


Patriarchs Militant


197


Patrons of Husbandry 106


People's State Bank, Baxter 265


Physicians, Early 248


Physicians, Present


255


Population


377


Postoffices of Jasper County 379


Poweshiek


40


Poweshiek Township 337


Prairie City


311


Prairie City Agricultural Society 105


Prairie City Congregational Church 174


Prairie City Disciples Church 181


Prairie City M. E. Church 161


Prairie City States Bank 263


Presbyterian Churches 168


Present Bar


247


Present Court House 83


Present Physicians 255


Presidential Vote


89


Press of Jasper County


143


1


Prohibition


365


Prosecuting Attorneys


96


Prosperous Times of Fifties


256


R


Railroad, First 109


Railroad Mileage 115


Rainfall


102


Reaper Accident


321


Reasnor


344


Reasnor M. E. Church


160


Recorders


94


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Reformed Church 186


Religious History of County 152


Reminiscences


403


Reminiscences, Old Court House


407


Representatives


91


Richland Township


336


Road Drag Law.


87


Rock Creek Township 304


Royal Arch Masons


192


Rural School Corporations


127


Rushville M. E. Church


159


S


Sacs


37


Safe Robbery, 1868. 383


Savings Bank of Newburg 263


School Corporations.


127


School Finances, Early


119


School Fund Commissioners


School Houses, Early


118


School Laws


117


School Statistics 128


School Townships 126 I 1 1 I


Schools in 1870


125


1


1


Seal of County 87 1 1 I 1 I


Second Court House I I


81


Senators, State


91


Senators, U. S.


90


Seventh Cavalry


218


Seventh-day Adventist Church 189


Severs


303


Sheriffs 92


Sherman Township 356


Society of Friends 188


Spanish-American War 223


Specie Payment


257


State Capital in Jasper


371


Stage Roads, Early 362


State Savings Bank, Baxter 264


State Savings Bank, Monroe 262


State Senators


91


Streams of Jasper County 27


Sully 333


Sully Congregational Church 175


Superintendents of Schools 96


Supervisors


76, 96


Supervisors' Districts 99


Surveyors 93


Surveys, Government


52


Swamp Lands, Drainage of.


77


T


Tax Books, 1910.


79


Teachers' Institutes 129


Temperance Election, Unique. 365


Temperatures


33


Tenth Infantry


211


The Hamlin Affair 380


The Havelocks 309


The Pioneers


61


Third Infantry


210


Thirteenth Infantry


212


Thirty-seventh Infantry


216


Thomas, Darius


135


Tool, Adam 54


Tool's Chapel 156


Tool's Tavern


57


1


1


Total Eclipse of 1869 369


Township Line Changes 51


Township Officers


98


Township Organizations 52


Townships Laid Off 50


Trail of Dragoons


42


Treasurers, County


94


I


Treaties with Indians 38


Turner


305


Twenty-eighth Infantry 215


Twenty-second Infantry


213


Twenty-third Infantry


214


U


Underground Railroad


373


Union Cemetery


282


Unique Temperance Election 365


United Brethren Church 172


United Presbyterian Churches


169


United States Senators


90


Universalist Church


182


V


Valeria


340


Valeria Cyclone 399


Valeria M. E. Church 157


Value of Bread


69


Vandalia


314


96


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Vandalia Baptist Church 166


Ventriloquism 398


Village Plats, 1900 379


Village Plats of the County 360


Volunteer Roster of County. 210


Volunteering for War


206


Vote on Constitutional Amendment.


366


W


War Death-roll


221


War Mass Meetings 206.


Washington Precinct 52


Washington Township


339


Weather Conditions 33


Wild Game 62


Wild Turkeys 288


Winter of 1848-9 406.




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