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A STANDARD HISTORY
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ELKHART COUNTY INDIANA
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
ILLUSTRATED
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1916
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Allen County Public Library. Ft. Wayne, Indiana
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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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-- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
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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