A standard history of Elkhart County, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational, civic and social development, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Weaver, Abraham E
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : The American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 450


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An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Atten- tion to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development


UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF ABRAHAM E. WEAVER


Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors


VOLUME I


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THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1916


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PREFACE


What is now the State of Indiana, the commonwealth of a century, has developed into a civic body of remarkable interest and variety. Its people and its institutions have a national fame for their virility and vitality. For several generations we have been rather proud of the European assertion that there is no mistaking the American or Yankee, wherever he may travel. The citizen of the United States likewise asserts, positively and affectionately, that the Hoosier is known by all Americans from coast to coast and from the Canadian to the Mexican lines.


The people of northern Indiana have especially developed into the energetic, electrical, complex, inspiring type of Hoosierdom, from which have evolved men and women of distinctive fame in literature, statecraft and business and industrial life. The reasons for the fact are centered both in natural and historical forces, all of which are well illustrated in the organization and growth of Elkhart County. Divided into three great triangular tracts by the valleys of the St. Joseph and Elkhart rivers, the county saw the racial life both of the reds and whites develop mainly in their val- leys. The power and the beauties of those streams have served a double purpose; the early industries and commerce of the region were founded and, at the same time, the higher influences of nature were at work. As the years passed and the river trade was replaced by railroad commerce, not only were these towns developed, but others were born. At a later period the northern part of the county partook of the great industrial and commercial expansion of the regional belt which stretched from the East, through southern New York and western Pennsylvania, to northern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with the southern shores of Lake Michigan as its western boundary. While Elkhart and the northern districts of the county were effected more vitally than the more southern sections there was material growth everywhere.


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Whatever the industrial and commercial progress, it is note- worthy that education, religion, morals and a high type of sociability likewise flourished. The schools, the press and the courts were maintained according to the Indiana standard. which is saying all that is necessary. At the same time a large bulk of the people kept in touch with the healthful and vitalizing soil, and crops and live stock assisted to mold the type of residents and workers, in common with recognized means of education and elevation.


It is such general features of the county's development as these which have been projected in detail through the pages of this work. The project was undertaken with a determination to be just in the treatment of the numerous topics involved, and has been concluded along that line. If the editors have fallen short of that ambition, the excuse is not lack of effort on their part, but failure to respond by those who have been solicited for information. Fortunately, this unresponsiveness has been rare, and we have nothing but thanks to extend to the many men and women throughout the county who have so courteously and completely complied with our requests.


As supervising editor of the history, I also extend special thanks to the following advisory editors: S. F. Spohn, F. E. C. Hawks and Aaron S. Zook, Goshen; John W. Ellis and Dr. A. L. Fisher, Elkhart; J. O. Kantz, Nappanee; Dr. B. F. Teters, Middlebury ; Stanford Willard, Wakarusa; W. B. Barnard, Millersburg; Israel Immel, New Paris, and J. F. Hauenstein, Jamestown.


A. E. WEAVER.


CONTENTS


CHAPTER I


THE HISTORIC BACKGROUND


FOOTPRINTS OF LA SALLE-IROQUOIS ATTACK THE ILLINOIS AT STARVED ROCK-INDIAN LEAGUE ORGANIZED BY LA SALLE- VINCENNES AND THE OTHER FRENCH SETTLEMENTS-FORT CHARTRES BUILT- SURRENDERED TO BRITISH-WHOLESALE FRENCH MIGRATION-CLARK AS FATHER OF AMERICAN NORTH- WEST-COUNTY OF ILLINOIS ERECTED-ORGANIZATION OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY-DIVISIONS OF THE NORTHWEST TERRI- TORY- INDIANA TERRITORY DIVIDED-THE LORDS OF THE SOIL DISPOSSESSED-FOUNDING OF PROPHET'S TOWN-HARRISON AND TECUMSEH TO "FIGHT IT OUT"-BATTLE AT PROPHET'S TOWN- THE WAR OF 1812-THE HARRISON CAMPAIGNS-THE PUBLIC LAND SURVEY-ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE-DEVELOPMENT OF STATE AND FORMATION OF COUNTIES I


CHAPTER II NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY


PRESENT ELKHART COUNTY DEFINED BY CREATIVE ACT-THE STATE, A WATER-CUT PLAIN-ST. JOSEPH RIVER IN PREHISTORIC TIMES-FOSSILS OF THE VALLEY OF THE ST. JOSEPH-SURFACE GEOLOGY-WATERSHED BETWEEN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE MISSISSIPPI-GLACIAL DRIFT AND SOILS-BILLOWS OF LAND AND PRAIRIES-WATERSHED BETWEEN THE BIG AND LITTLE ELKHART-THE COUNTY A CHILD OF THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER- THE ST. JOSEPH AND ITS TRIBUTARIES-THE LAKES OF THE


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THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTES OF TODAY-ILLUSTRATIVE EXTRACTS FROM PROGRAMMES-THE OLD COUNTRY SCHOOLHOUSE AND THE CENTRALIZED SCHOOLS OF TODAY-INTRODUCTION OF AGRICUL- TURAL SCIENCE, MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE- THE PRESENT COUNTY SYSTEM OF EDUCATION-LIST OF SUPERINTENDENTS-STATISTICS SHOWING PRESENT STATUS OF SCHOOLS .100


CHAPTER VII


THE BENCH AND BAR


THE TERRITORIAL COURTS-FEDERAL JUDGE PARKE REBELS AGAINST TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION-CIRCUIT COURT ESTABLISHED- UNDER THE STATE-COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS-COURT OF APPEALS ESTABLISHED-REVISIONS OF THE LAWS-JUDGE AND JURY IN CRIMINAL CASES-PERSONAL SOURCES OF LOCAL INFOR- MATION-FIRST MEETING OF THE CIRCUIT COURT-THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE THOMAS FAMILY-BEFORE JUSTICE HAD A HOME- COUNTY COURTS AND JUDGES IN THE '40S-JUDGE EBENEZER M. CHAMBERLAIN-JUDGE HENRY D. WILSON- JUDGES JOHN H. AND FRANCIS E. BAKER-JUDGE JOSEPH D. FERRALL-JUDGE JAMES S. DODGE-JUDGE JAMES S. DRAKE- CHARLES W. MILLER-AARON S. ZOOK-WILLIAM J. DAVIS- LOU W. VAIL-ELMER E. MUMMERT-ANTHONY AND BENJA- MIN F. DEAHE-E. A. DAUSMAN-ELKHART SOLDIERS AND LAWYERS-VETERAN GEORGE T. BARNEY-JUDGE JOSEPH D. ARNOLD WILLIAM B. HILE-LOUIS A. DENNERT-YOUNGER LAWYERS OF PROMISE-THE ELKHART COUNTY BAR ASSO- CIATION 127


CHAPTER VIII


TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION


EARLY ROADS FROM THE WABASH VALLEY-THE FORT WAYNE- NILES MAIL ROUTE-ERA OF ARKS AND FLAT BOATS-THE KEEL BOATS-BIG ARKS COUPLED-ELKHART AS A RIVER TOWN-THE PROCTERS AS BRIDGE BUILDERS-GOSHEN PEOPLE REBEL AT OB-


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STRUCTIONS-ADVENT TO ELKHART OF THE RIVER STEAMBOATS- FIRST TRAIN INTO ELKHART VILLAGE-WILBER L. STONEX ON RAILROADS-SYNOPSIS OF PROGRESS IN THE COUNTY -- AS PART OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS SYSTEM-BUFFALO & MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY- LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN A REALITY - DIVIDED FAVORS - EXTENSIONS - CINCINNATI, WABASH & MICHIGAN-THE BIG FOUR-THE WABASH-THE BALTIMORE & OHIO-THE CITIZENS' STREET RAILWAY, OF ELK- HART-INDIANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY-CHICAGO, SOUTH BEND & NORTHERN INDIANA RAILWAY-THE WINONA INTERURBAN RAILWAY- ELKHART AS A RAILROAD CENTER --- RAILWAY FACILITIES AS A WHOLE-THE GOOD ROADS MOVE- MENT-DETAILS OF ROAD-BUILDING, 1912-16. 154


CHAPTER IX


PIONEER PICTURES AND PEOPLE


SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO ELKHART COUNTY-MALARIAL EPI- DEMICS-CORN HUSKING BEES REPLACE LOG ROLLINGS- WOOLEN MANUFACTURE A HOME INDUSTRY -- PREPARING CORN AND WHEAT FOR FOOD GETTING SALT UNDER DIFFICULTIES- ALSO, ON GETTING RELIGION-PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE-PIO- NEER HISTORY LARGELY A PERSONAL MATTER-GOSHEN AND ELKHART PIONEERS-SOUTHERN TOWNSHIPS FIRST SETTLED EASTERN AND NORTHERN TOWNSHIPS-COL. JOHN JACKSON AND HIS DESCENDANTS-OLD-TIME SOUVENIRS-MAJ. JOHN H. VIOLETT AND PLAIN JOHN H .- THE IRWINS-THE COOKS OF ELKHART AND GOSHEN-JESSE D. VAIL-ASSOCIATE JUDGE DIDDY-"FRIENDS, LET'S PAUSE A MOMENT"-GOSHEN PIO- NEERS ANTEDATING 1840-ANTHONY DEFREES-THE VIOLETTS AGAIN-THE CARPENTERS- DR. SPARKLIN'S RECOLLECTIONS -- JOEL P. HAWKS LOOKS BACK-PIONEER MILLS OF THE COUNTY -THE OLD HAWKS MILL AND "OFFICE"-THIE NEW HAWKS MILL -- GETTING TO MARKET AND ARKING-STONE-DRESSING- MILL MOVED TO GOSHEN-THE VAIL REMINISCENCES-THE GOSHEN COOKS-MINOR INDUSTRIES-BEFORE THE VILLAGE WAS-GOSHEN VILLAGE FOUNDED-PULASKI, PREDECESSOR OF ELKHART-DR. HAVILAH BEARDSLEY AND THE BEARDSLEY FAM-


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ILIES- J. R. AND ELIJAH H. BEARDSLEY-HOW ELKHART WAS NAMED ORIGINAL TOWN AND FIRST ADDITION-FIRST RESI- DENTS AND BUILDINGS-POSTOFFICE MOVED FROM PULASKI TO ELKHART-FIRST NATIVE TOWNSMAN-SETTLERS OF 1836- IMPRESSIONS OF THE VILLAGE (1838) 179


CHAPTER X ELKHART COUNTY IN WAR


OLD GOSHEN GUARDS SIDE-STEP MEXICAN WAR-INDIVIDUAL MEXICAN SOLDIERS-PATRIOTIC RESPONSE TO THE CALLS OF THE '60S-THE REVIVED GOSHEN GUARDS-GENERAL MILO S. HASCALL-THE NINTH INDIANA REGIMENT-THE SEVEN- TEENTH-COMPANY G, NINETEENTH INFANTRY-THE FIRST TO ENTER NEW ORLEANS-COMPANY B, OF THE TWENTY- NINTH-COMPANY K, THIRTIETH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS-THE SECOND CAVALRY-COMPANY I, FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT- THE FORTY-EIGHTH, LARGELY AN ELKHART COUNTY REGI- MENT-THE SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT-CAPTAIN ORVILLE T. CHAMBERLAIN-COMPANY I, OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH-THE ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT-OTHER ELKHART COUNTY COM- MANDS-RESPONSE TO THE DRAFTS-SHOWING OF THE COUNTY -RELIEF WORK UNRECORDED IN STATISTICS-INDIANA TROOPS FIRST ENLISTED FOR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR- THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY -COMPANY C, OF GOSHEN-COMPANY E, OF ELKHART-NA- .222 TIONAL GUARDSMEN OF ELKHART COUNTY


CHAPTER XI AS TOWN, VILLAGE AND CITY


GOSHEN TOWN-THOSE WHO VOTED FOR VILLAGE GOVERNMENT- Two GROWING DECADES-FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED BIRTH AS A CITY -- THE MAYORS OF GOSHEN-CHARLES B. AND GEORGE F. ALDERMAN-DR. JOSEPH H. HEATWOLE AND FATHER-THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IMPROVES-VETERAN FIRE FIGHTERS-THE PRESENT SYSTEM-FOUNDING OF THE WATER WORKS-BETTER


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AND CHEAPER THAN A NEW ENGINE-BUSINESS MEN DEMAND EQUAL PROTECTION WITH MANUFACTURERS-BEGINNING OF CITY WATER WORKS-STEAM POWER AND ARTESIAN WELLS-ORIGIN OF MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT- EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC SYS- TEM -LATER IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS-PRIVATE LIGHT- ING COMPANIES-THE LOCAL POSTAL SERVICE-REAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM DATES FROM 1857-FIRST QUARTER-CENTURY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS-ERECTION OF WARD SCHOOLS-MISS EMMA R. CHANDLER-THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL-THE CITY SCHOOLS IN 1904-05-THE SCHOOLS IN 1916-VILLAGE PRINCI- PALS AND CITY SUPERINTENDENTS-COMPARATIVE GROWTH FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-INCREASE OF POPULATION IN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-THE GOSHEN CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY-GOSHEN COLLEGE-GOSHEN PUBLIC HOSPITAL .24I


CHAPTER XII INDUSTRIES, NEWSPAPERS AND BANKS


MILLS AT AND NEAR GOSHEN-THE HAWKS' INTERESTS TRANS- FERRED TO GOSHEN-BUILDING OF THE HYDRAULIC CANAL-PRES- ENT HAWKS INDUSTRIES-THE I-X-L FURNITURE COMPANY- SANDERS & EGBERT PLANT-GOSHEN BUGGY TOP COMPANY- KELLY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE COMPANY-GOSHEN NOVELTY AND BRUSH COMPANY-THE SPOHN MEDICAL COMPANY- "FAMOUS" CHURNS AND LADDERS-THE BANTA FURNITURE- WESTERN RUBBER COMPANY-CHICAGO-DETROIT BAG COMPANY -OTHER PRESENT-DAY INDUSTRIES-SUBSTANTIAL NEWS- PAPERS-THE GOSHEN EXPRESS-CHARLES L. MURRAY-THE GOSHEN DEMOCRAT-THE GOSHEN TIMES-THE GOSHEN NEWS-TIMES-THE STARR BROTHERS-NEWS PRINTING COM- PANY INCORPORATED-THE GOSHEN BANKS-THE SALEM BANK -CITY NATIONAL BANK-THE STATE BANK OF GOSHEN-ELK- HART COUNTY TRUST COMPANY .268


CHAPTER XIII


RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE AND CULTURAL


METHODIST AND BAPTIST MISSIONARIES-DAYS OF THE METHO- DIST CIRCUIT RIDERS-THE FIRST M. E. CHURCH OF GOSHEN-


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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-A REMARKABLE PASTORATE RECORD-THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH-THE GERMAN M. E. CHURCH- TRINITY EVANGEL- ICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH - FIRST REFORMED CHURCH - FIRST ENGLISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-SHARITH ISRAEL-FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH-MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH- FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH-OTHER CHURCHES- ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF GOSHEN-LODGES, SOCIETIES AND CLUBS-THE MASONIC BODIES-INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS ORGANIZATIONS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-HOWELL POST NO. 90, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF THE MACCABEES-MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA- OTHER FRATERNITIES-THE WOMEN'S CLUBS. .284


CHAPTER XIV ELKHART'S PUBLIC MATTERS


CITY CONTROL OF PUBLIC UTILITIES-THE TOWN CORPORATION -- BECOMES A CITY-THE CITY COURT-POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS-PROF. D. W. THOMAS AND THE SCHOOLS- MRS. A. E. BABB-MRS. MARGARET STEVENS-BRICK CENTRAL SCHOOL BUILT-WARD SCHOOLS ERECTED IN 1873-83-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS-ADDITIONS AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS (1886-90)-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING OF 1893-PROGRESS FROM 1894 TO 1900-GRAND HIGH SCHOOL OF 1912-OTHER SCHOOL HOUSES-SCHOOL STATISTICS-SUPERINTENDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS-GENERAL CITY PROGRESS SINCE 1905- THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING-ELKHART-CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY-ELKHART POSTOFFICE-PUBLIC PARKS AND CEME- TERIES-THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL-ELKHART GAS AND FUEL COMPANY-THE ELKHART WATER COMPANY-THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN ELECTRIC COMPANY. 305


CHAPTER XV ELEVATING INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS


BAPTIST, METHODIST AND BRETHREN MISSIONARIES-FIRST METH- ODIST CLASS AND CHURCH-CASTLE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH


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CHURCH-ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL


CHURCH-FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH-GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH-ST. VINCENT'S CATH- OLIC CHURCH- FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-SWEDISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN TRINITY CHURCH-FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH-GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH-THE RIVERSIDE CHRIS- TIAN CHURCH-SIMPSON MEMORIAL CHURCH-OTHER CHURCHES-THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL-SECRET AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS- THE LOCAL INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS BODIES-THE MASONS- THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS- THE WOODMEN AND THE FORESTERS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS AND RATHBONE SISTERS-KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF THE MACCABEES -PATRIOTIC BODIES-INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS-ELKHART LECTURE ASSOCIATION- THE CHAUTAUQUA-THE CENTURY CLUB-OTHER CLUBS .329


CHAPTER XVI


INDUSTRIES, BANKS AND NEWSPAPERS


C. G. CONN, INCORPORATED-CHARLES G. CONN-TWO OTHER OLD BAND INSTRUMENT FACTORIES-SIDWAY MERCANTILE COM- PANY-THE DOCTOR MILES INDUSTRIES-ELKHART CARRIAGE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURING COMPANY-NOYES CARRIAGE COMPANY-CROW MOTOR CAR COMPANY-DAVIS ACETYLENE COMPANY-ELKHART BRASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY- FLOUR AND CEREAL MANUFACTURERS-SCALE MANUFACTURERS -ST. JOE ICE COMPANY-OTHER PLANTS-ELKHART CITY BANKS-ELKHART'S NEWSPAPERS 360


CHAPTER XVII


NAPPANEE TOWN


FOUNDED AS A RAILROAD TOWN-ORIGINALLY LOCKE STATION- FIRST SPELLING, NAPANEE-ORIGINAL SITE, HUCKLEBERRY


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SWAMP-SAW-MILL PRECEDED TOWN-NAPPANEE'S FIRST HOUSE AND INDUSTRY-ORIGIN OF THE COPPES INTERESTS- WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT-THE TELEPHONE SERVICE-THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM- NAPPANEE BANKS- THE NEWSPAPERS-NAPPANEE'S INDUSTRIES-THE CHURCHES OF THE PLACE-SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. .... .377


CHAPTER XVIII


MINOR TOWNS AND STATIONS


WVAKARUSA-MOUNT OLIVE POSTOFFICE-WAKARUSA PLATTED -- THE PRESENT VILLAGE-THE CHURCHES-THE NEWSPAPER AND BANKS-MIDDLEBURY-THE CHURCHES-NEWSPAPER AND BANK-BRISTOL-EARLY HISTORY-MILLERSBURG-DRAWBACKS TO RAPID GROWTH-NEW PARIS-EARLY SETTLERS-ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT OF BENTON-IGNORED BY THE RAILROADS-RAIL- ROAD STATIONS 388


INDEX


Abbott, Frank P, 282 Abshire, Isaac, 187, 399 Ackerman, William H., 468 Adams, George, 397 Airsman, Alexander, 33I Aitken, Charles A., 562


Albright, Eli M., 208


Alderman, Charles B., 243, 244


Alderman, George F., 244, 263 Alford, L. A., 335


Along Elkhart's Main Business Street (view), 364


American Coating Company, Elkhart, 374, 676 Amick, Charles L., 732


Amish Mennonite Church, Nappanee, 385 Amlie, Y. S., 230


Anderson, W. H., 354


Angldile Scale Company, Elkhart, 373 Anglemyer, David, 926


A Picture of Today (view), 185


Arnold, Ethan L., 823 Arnold, Joseph D., 152 Associated Charities of Goshen, 298


Bachman, Bloom, 614 Baer, S. W., 382


Baker, Aaron, 810


Baker, Elias, 107, 187


Baker, Francis E., 143


Baker, Jolın H., 142, 414


Baker, Myron, 233


Baker, William, 108


Baldwin, Silas, 323, 374, 420 Ball, S., 331 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, 171


Bannon, James, 330


Banta Furniture Company, 274 Banta, H. F., 274 Banta, James, 40I Barger, William, 331, 898


Baring, John, 330


Barlow, Edwin L., 455


Barlow, Luella, 88, 455 Barnard, William B., 637


Barnett, M. A., 318 Barney, George T., 151


Barns, James H., 169, 225, 230


Bartholomew, H. S. K., 75, 88, 89


Bartholomew, M. M., 294


Bartlett, S., 297


Barwick, Samuel O., 524


Bashor Council No. 15, R. & S. M., Goshen, 300 Basset, O. P., 376


Bassett, Thomas H., 277


Bauer, A. C., 293


Bauer, Abraham, 912


Bauer, Elmer, 916


Baugo township, 71


Beach, Harriet C., 854 Beall, Norman E., 239


Beane, Henry, 103, 187, 40I


Beane, Joseph, 138


Beane, Joseph A., 252, 278


Beane, William A., 276, 277, 278


Beardsley, A. F., 349


Beardsley, A. Hubbell, 357 Beardsley, Albert R., 358, 410


Beardsley, Elijah H., 216


Beardsley, Havilah, 210, 21I


Beardsley, Havilalı (portrait), 212


Beardsley, J. R., 160, 215, 308, 374


Beardsley, Rachel C. (portrait), 212


Bechtel, Daniel, 383


Bechtel, Daniel M., 282, 44I


Bechtel, Jeremiah, 881


Bechtel, Samuel, 383


Beck, James, 81, 208


Beckley, Norman, 308


Becknell, Irvin J., 550 Beebe, Samuel P., 138


Beisiegel, J. J., 344 Bell, James A., 427


Belt, Oliver E., 679


Belt, William, 680


Bemenderfer, Allen R., 535


Bement, D. F., 296


Bench and Bar (See Courts and Lawyers) Benton, 400


Benton township, 70 Berlin, Solomon, 402


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Bickel, Augustus M., 436


Bickel, E. C., 353, 354, 355, 357


Biddle, John G., 336


Carpenter, Elias, 63, 198


Big Four System, 166


Carpenter, John, 198


Bigelow, James A., 807


Cart, George, 224


Billings, William, 403


Case, John C., 394


Bissell, H. W., 236, 253


Casey, Carrington, 403


Bissell, William, 209, 251


Bitner, William S., 447


Bivins, William L., 251


Blair, E. V., 384


Castle United Brethren Church, Elk- hart, 332 Cathcart, B. F., 397 Cattle, 92


Blake, Albert S., 231


Blanchard, E. G., 399


Central School Building, (view), 316


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Blessing, Frederick A., 791


Bliss, John W., 540


Century Club, Elkhart, 355


Century Club House (view), 356


Boats, 157


C. G. Conn, Incorporated, Elkhart, 361


Books, William A. 450


Boomershine, James, 239


Bowers, Bruce D., 553


Bowman, Ella R., 480


Bowman, Joe E., 478


Chamberlain, Elbridge G., 251


Bowman, Milton C., 536


Boyd, Matthew, 61, 187, 400


Boyer, James F., 709


Boyts, John E., 461


Braden, James D., 228


Bradford, Abram M., 463


Bream, Charles S., 395


Brenneman, D., 297


Bridges, 160


Bristol, 395; early history, 396


Bristol Banner, 396


Bristol's Town Hall (view), 396


Broderick, John H., 218


Broderick, N. F., 220


Brown, James, 74I


Browning, H. T., 354


Brumbaugh, Frank, 877


Brumbaugh, John M., 712


Brusman, William H., 555


Bucklen, H. E., 174, 324, 355


Buescher Band Instrument Company, Elkhart, 365 Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad Company, 165, 168


Bullock, Mrs. E. M., 941


Burkholder, David, 386, 789


Burns, J. J., 174


Burns, Remus, 652


Burrell & Morgan, Elkhart, 372


Bushnell, Grant B., 613 Butler, Valois, 317


Byers, N. E., 266


Caldwell, William, 403 Caldwell, William H., 624 Calhoun, Rachel E., 215 Campbell, Edward A., 619


Chance, Thomas H., 230, 235 Chandler, Emma R., 256, 261 Charnley, William H., 153


Chase, C. H., 376


Chester, Ellis M., 308, 744


Chester, Harry S., 200, 816


Chester, Jennie R., 817


Chester, Libbie H., 745


Chicago-Detroit Bag Company, 274 Chicago & Canada Southern Rail- road, 172


Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company, 175 Christophel, D. H., 354 Church of the Evangelical Associa- tion, Nappanee, 386 Circuit Courts, 130, 133, 135, 137 Citizens' Street Railway Company of Elkhart, 174 Citizens Trust Company, 375 City National Bank, Goshen, 281


Civil war-Patriotic response to the calls of the '60s, 225; the revived Goshen Guards, 225; Gen. Milo S. Hascall, 225; the Ninth Indiana Regiment, 228; the Seventeenth, 229; the first to enter New Orleans, 229; Company G, Nineteenth In- fantry, 229; Company B, of the Twenty-ninth, 230; Company K, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, 230; Second Cavalary, 231 ; Com- pany I, Forty-fourth Regiment, 231 ; the Forty-eighth largely an Elkhart county regiment, 231; the Seventy-fourth Regiment, 232;


Chamberlain, Caroline, 333 Chamberlain, Ebenezer M., 85, 103, 138, 139, 224, 251, 407


Chamberlain, Livy, 357


Chamberlain, Orville T., 150, 233


Board of Justices, 73


Canada & St. Louis Railroad Com- pany, 172


Caskey, C., 394


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Capt. Orville T. Chamberlain, 233; Company I, of the Eighty-eight, 234; the One Hundredth Regiment, 234; other Elkhart county com- mands, 234; showing of the county, 235; response to the drafts, 235; relief work unrecorded in statistics, 236 Clark, Estella A., 495 Clark, J. Artley, 495 Clark, John R., 229


Clark, Phineas K., 715


Clark, Unie, 578


Clarke, Fred, 342


Cleveland township, 70


Clinton township, 71


Cobb, Josialı B., 234, 243


Cripe, Cephas, 495


Cripe, Daniel, 209


Cripe, Jacob T., 207


Cripe, John B., 458


Cripe, John H., 739


Crone, E. G., 125


Croop, Charles A., 542


Crow Motor Car Company, Elkhart,


371 Crull, Elliott, 324


Culbertson, W. N., 230


Culp, Eph, 466


Culp, Simon P., 919


Cummins, S. M., 308


Currier, William W., 487


Curtis, Benjamin, 234


Curtis, Claudius K., 902


Daily, T. H., 281


Dangler, Harry C., 448


Darling, M. W., 354


Darling, Robert, 240


Darr, Peter, 401


Daugherty, Michael C., 138, 165


Daup, W. W., 333


Dausman, E. A., 150


Davenport, 169


Davenport, Benjamin L., 374


Davidhizar, Cornelius L., 737


Davis Acetylene Company, Elkhart,


372 Davis, Henry G., 230


Davis, P. F., 233


Davis, T. A., 282


Davis, Walter C., 545


Davis, William J., 147


Davis, William J., 937


Dawson, Reuben J., 14I


Deahl, Anthony, 149, 281, 576


Deahl, Benjamin F., 149, 244. 271. 274, 382


Deardorff, David P., 233


Defrees, Anthony, 75, 197, 209 Defrees. A. L., 281


tion, 135; first meeting of the Cir- cuit Court, 136; the county clerk and the Thomas family 136; be- fore justice had a home, 137; coun- ty courts and judges in the '40S, 138; Judge Ebenezer M. Chamber- lain, 139; Judge Henry D. Wil- son, 141; Judges John H. and Francis E. Baker, 142; Judge Joseph D. Ferrall, 143; Judge James S. Dodge, 144; Judge James S. Drake, 145 Cramer, George W., 566


Cramer, J. D., 275


Crane, Oliver, 75, 76


Crawford, George, 210, 218


Cohns, J. H., 296


Colbert, Charles C., 676


Coleman, Eli F., 638


Collins, Joseph A., 238, 239


Compton, Francis E., 597


Compton, George E., 906


Concord township, 68


Concord Township Cemetery, 346


Conn, C. G., 308, 361, 375, 376, 930 Consolidated School, Bristol (view), 125 Cook, Dennis, 608


Cook, Frank M., 550


Cook, Henry, 207


Cook, James, 194, 207


Cook, John, 194, 207, 242, 280, 374 Cook, J. A., 195, 374


Cook, William D., 587


Coppes Interests, Nappanee, 380


Coppes, Frank. 380. 384


Coppes, John D., 380 Coppes, Samuel D., 380, 383


Cornell, C. E., 282


Cornell, John W., 483


Corwin, Ella F., 319


Corpe, Benjamin, 392


Corpe, Harvey, 392


County courts, 138


County of Illinois created, II


County superintendents created, 118 Court House of the Present (view), 67 Court Houses, 79 Court of Appeals, 133 Courts of Common Pleas, 133


Courts-Territorial, 128; Federal Judge Parke rebels against terri- tory jurisdiction, 129; circuit court established, 130: under the state, 131 ; Courts of Common Pleas, 133 ; Court of Appeals established, 133; revisions of the laws, 134: judge and jury in criminal cases, 134; personal sources of local informa-


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Defrees, Joseph H., 165, 166, 169, 248, 281, 431


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Dell, Jacob, 389


Dell, Jacob H., 887


Delo, R. F., 336


Denham, John, 330, 332


Dennert, Louis A., 152


Devor, Joseph, 219


Dewey, B. F., 686


Diddy, Peter, 137


Dinehart, Leonard, 557


Dinehart, Orilla, 559


Divinnie, T., 399


Dobson, C. O., 298


Doctor Miles Industries, Elkhart, 368


Dodge, Herschel P., 894


Dodge, James S., 141, 144, 150, 422 Dotson, Mac, 309


Dow, M. C., 273


Drake, E. H., 318


Drake, James S., 141, 145, 412


Drake, Mrs. J. S., 267


Dressel, F. A., 337


Dunlaps, 402


Dunmier, John W., 707


Dusenberry, Henry, 137


Eastman, Richard, 219 Ebi, David, 208


Eby, George W., 402 Eby, Henry, 378


Educational - Taxing non-residents for schools, IO1; the county's first seat of learning, 102; Captain Beane and other pioneer teachers, 103; Hon. E. M. Chamberlain, 103; school centers outside Goshen and Elkhart, 103; Mrs. Chauncey Has- call's recollections, 104; Professor Myers on "The Log Seminaries," 105; Joel P. Hawks describes edu- cation at Waterford, 107; the Mid- diebury Seminary, 108; school leg- islation previous to 1830, 108; pub- lic school funds, IIO; the school law of 1852, III; explaining the law to the people, III; difficulties in the way of taxation, 112; fixing a teaching standard, I14: consoli- dation of common school fund, 114; township libraries organized, 115; general development of the system, 116; founding of teachers' insti- tutes, 118; education of colored children, 118; county superintend- ency created, 118; teachers required to be adaptable, 119; uniformity of methods and textbooks, 120; teachers' institutes of today, 120; present county system of educa-




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