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A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties,
A Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country
Under the Editorial Supervision of LOUIS H. HAMILTON, Rensselaer For Jasper County and WILLIAM DARROCH, Kentland 1
For Newton County
Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
Volume I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1916
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INTRODUCTION
Indiana has always stood for not only prosperity, but originality, whether considered from the standpoint of the commonwealth or the people. In politics it is often classed as doubtful, because its men and women are thinkers, as well as doers, and are not led against their wills. Especially is the northwestern part of Indiana typical of prosperity, energy and independence, and Jasper and Newton Counties are centers of "God's country," as the real Hoosier calls his home hunting grounds, his picturesque streams, his teeming fields and his hamlets, towns and cities.
It is this diverse, useful and interesting country and people which this history, now finished, has endeavored to depict in the gem counties of Jasper and Newton. The twin counties, which so worthily perpetuate the names of two brave Revolutionary com- rades, have put forth gallant soldiers of the later days, writers of wide repute, successful business men, women of culture, and numerous characters of both sexes whose strength and activity have been given to social, moral and religious development.
From the very outset, it was the earnest aim of editors and pub- lishers to gather all material information bearing upon the multi- tude of topics which logically called for treatment and which the prospectus had promised. As a rule, the responses were prompt and hearty, although in scattered instances, and despite repeated requests, the facts obtained were not as full as desired. Without mentioning all who have thus promoted our enterprise, and co-oper- ated in the lightening of our labors, the editors acknowledge their obligations to their advisory boards of both counties and to the editors of the newspapers, without exception. All have rendered cheerful and efficient assistance. Not a few business men have also contributed of their valuable time in the actual preparation of manu- scripts, for which they have our special thanks. While it has been the constant aim of the editors to give all credit who have materially contributed to the upbuilding of any community or institution, the object has also been kept in mind of endeavoring to observe literary proportions in the amount of space accorded to the many topics con- sidered. In the progress and completion of the work, we have endeavored to be impartial, as becomes all historians, whether writ- ing of counties or of countries.
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CHAPTER I CO-OPERATION OF NATURE AND MAN
THE KANKAKEE AND IROQUOIS-SURFACE GEOLOGY-MINERAL SPRINGS-TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL AND PRODUCTS-MOULDING OF NATURE BY MAN-WHAT THE FIRES DID TO DRIVE OUT RANK FORAGE-THE LIVE STOCK OF JASPER COUNTY-AGRICULTURE AND LIVE STOCK FORTY YEARS AGO I
CHAPTER II CONFLICTS OF WHITES AND REDS
THE MIAMIS TAMED BY THE IROQUOIS-LABORS OF FRENCH MIS- SIONARIES AND TRADERS-FRENCH INDIANA-INDIANA UNDER BRITISH RULE-UNCERTAIN FRENCH TITLES TO LANDS-RULED FROM CANADA AND VIRGINIA-IN THE COUNTY OF ILLINOIS- PART OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY-INDIANA TERRITORY-GEN- ERAL HARRISON, FATHER OF INDIANA-TECUMSEH AND THE PROPHET-THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE-FOUNDING OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT-MIAMI AND POTTAWATTAMIE TITLES EX- TINGUISHED-POTTAWATTAMIE VILLAGES IN JASPER COUNTY- No EVIDENCES OF PERMANENT PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS. . . 16
CHAPTER III PREPARATIONS FOR WHITE IMMIGRATION
THE AMERICAN SURVEY SYSTEM-SURVEY OF INDIANA PUBLIC LANDS-WHEN STATEHOOD CAME-CREATION OF THE COUNTIES -CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE TO SETTLEMENT-WILLIAM DONA- HUE, FIRST SETTLER-THE YEOMAN AND THE NOWELS FAMILY -CHARLES G. WRIGHT-THOMAS RANDLE AND GEORGE CULP- THE BLUE GRASS SETTLEMENT-THE BENJAMINS-SETTLERS OF 1832-45 37
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CHAPTER IV
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION
ERECTION OF THE TWIN COUNTIES-NAMED AFTER COMRADE PA- TRIOTS-JASPER COUNTY OF 1835-COUNTY SEAT MOVED TO SPITLER'S CABIN-JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES CONSOLI- DATED-COUNTY SEAT, THE FALLS OF THE IROQUOIS-FORMATION OF TOWNSHIPS-THE SPITLER COURTHOUSE-THE EARLY RENS- SELAER COURTHOUSES-THE BRICK COURTHOUSE OF 1856- COURTHOUSE BURNED-THE COURTHOUSE OF 1898-COUNTY JAILS-COUNTY OFFICIALS. 44
CHAPTER V COURTS, JUDGES AND LAWYERS
FIRST WESTERN AMERICAN COURTS-FIRST TERRITORIAL COURT- FEDERAL VS. TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION-JUDICIAL SYSTEM UN- DER THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTION-SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE COURTS-CIRCUIT COURT, A MONOPOLY OF JUDI- CIAL POWER-LIST OF CIRCUIT JUDGES, 1852-1916-FIRST COURT SESSIONS IN JASPER COUNTY-NOTED EARLY LAWYERS-JOSEPH A. WRIGHT-RUFUS A. LOCKWOOD EDWIN P. HAMMOND- SIMON P. THOMPSON-ROBERT S. DWIGGINS-MORDECAI F. .57 CHILCOTE
CHAPTER VI LAND HIGHWAYS
INDIAN TRAILS IN JASPER COUNTY -- THE WHITE MAN'S TRAILS AND EARLY ROADS-BRIDGES AS CONNECTING LINKS-THWARTED AT- TEMPTS AT RAILROAD BUILDING-INDIANAPOLIS, DELPHI & CHI- CAGO LINE, A SUCCESS-RENSSELAER GETS RAILWAY CONNECTION NOW IN THE MONON SYSTEM-THE BIG FOUR-THE THREE I'S RAILROAD-THE CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS. 70
CHAPTER VII GENERAL AND STATISTICAL
DECADAL POPULATION, 1840-1910-COUNTY REVENUE AND TAXABLE PROPERTY-PRESENT AREA AND VALUE OF PROPERTY-COUNTY FINANCES- THE SWAMP LANDS SCANDAL-DRAINING AND IM- PROVEMENT OF THE LANDS-JASPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY .76
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CHAPTER VIII
GROUNDWORK OF AMERICAN GROWTH
BASIS OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL-TERRITORIAL AND EARLY STATE LEGISLATION-FIRST TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS-THE OLD- TIME SUBSCRIPTION CONCERN-CREATED IN THREE DAYS- FOUNDING A REGULAR SYSTEM-BUILDING SCHOOLHOUSES UN- DER THE NEW ORDER-DECIDING ON TEACHER'S QUALIFICATIONS - PIONEER SCHOOLS IN JASPER COUNTY - THE COUNTY'S SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL REVENUE 84
CHAPTER IX SPECIAL PIONEER PICTURES
FIRST SIGHT OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE-HARBINGERS OF MALARIA- ABUNDANCE OF WILD GAME AND FISH-THE SEASONINGS AND CULTIVATED MEATS, RARITIES-SETTLING OF THE EMIGRANT -BREAKING GROUND - THE PIONEER'S LIVE STOCK AND FORAGE-WILD HONEY AND PUMPKIN SIRUP-HOOSIER HUNT- ING GROUNDS-IN THE KANKAKEE MARSHES-A POTTAWAT- .92 TAMIE VILLAGE
CHAPTER X JASPER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
STATE MILITIA PREVIOUS TO THE CIVIL WAR-JASPER COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION-THE NINTH AS A THREE-MONTHS' REGIMENT-GENERAL ROBERT H. MILROY, LEADING MILITARY FIGURE-UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL AT MILROY PARK-JUDGE HAMMOND'S TRIBUTE TO GENERAL MILROY-A NURSERY OF MILITARY RENOWN-FIRST UNION VICTIM OF THE BATTLE- FIELD-COMPANY A, FIFTEENTH INDIANA INFANTRY-THE SEV- ENTEENTH INFANTRY-THE FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT-THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH-TWELFTH CAVALRY, COMPANY K-FOURTH BATTERY, LIGHT ARTILLERY. II4
CHAPTER XI RENSSELAER AND ITS INSTITUTIONS
FIRST ACTUAL SETTLERS-THE YEOMANS-WILLIAM MALLATT- THE RAPIDS NAMED NEWTON-YEOMAN FLOATED OUT BY VAN RENSSELAER-NEWTON PLATTED IN 1839-NAME CHANGED TO
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RENSSELAER-DEATH OF VAN RENSSELAER-CORPORATION OF RENSSELAER, WITH ADDITIONS-INCORPORATED AS A CITY- MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS-CITY OF THE PRESENT-MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS-THE COMMERCIAL STATE AND FIRST NATIONAL BANKS-STATE BANK OF RENSSELAER-JASPER SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY-THE LOCAL PRESS-CHURCHES-ST. JOSEPH'S COL- LEGE-SOCIETIES I33
CHAPTER XII REMINGTON
ALWAYS A GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK CENTER-ELEVATORS-STATE BANK OF REMINGTON-CORPORATION MATTERS REMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY-THE NEWSPAPERS-THE CHURCHES-FOUN- TAIN PARK ASSEMBLY I54
CHAPTER XIII MINOR CENTERS OF POPULATION
SALTILLO, THE PIONEER SETTLEMENT-THE FORKS SETTLEMENT, RENSSELAER'S EARLY RIVAL-THE BLUE GRASS SETTLEMENT- CARPENTER'S GROVE-DAVIDSONVILLE-HANGING GROVE-TOWN OF WHEATFIELD .163
CHAPTER XIV NEWTON COUNTY BEFORE IT WAS A POLITICAL BODY
DARROCH'S REVIEW PREVIOUS TO CIVIL ORGANIZATION-NO INDIAN HISTORY-THE PERIOD OF LAWLESSNESS-EARLY ADVENTURERS- THE KENOYER SETTLEMENT-FIRST POSTOFFICE AT BROOK- JOHN MURPHY FOUNDS MOROCCO-JOHN ADE LOCATES THERE -MOROCCO AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1853-LANDS IN THE GOODLAND REGION-ALEXANDER J. KENT AND KENTLAND. . . 168
CHAPTER XV MATTERS VITAL TO THE COUNTY
OPPOSITION TO A WESTERN COUNTY-STATE SUPREME COURT UP- HOLDS NEWTON COUNTY-THE COUNTY FIRST PUBLICLY RECOG- NIZED FIRST OFFICIALS ELECTED AND SWORN IN-JOHN ADE AND FAMILY-KENTLAND STILL THE COUNTY SEAT-SEAT
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LOCATED BEFORE TOWN WAS PLATTED-PROPOSED CHANGE TO BEAVER CITY-OTHER ATTEMPTED REMOVALS-THE OLD COURT- HOUSE-THE NEW COURTHOUSE-THE POOR FARM AND ASYLUM -ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIPS-ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFI- CIALS-THE COUNTY'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY-INCREASE IN POPULATION-POPULATION IN 1860, 1870 AND 1880-POPULA- TION IN 1890, 1900 AND 1910-ASSESSED VALUATION OF PROP- ERTY, 1916-OTHER STATISTICS FOR 1915-16-IMPROVED ROADS IN THE COUNTY- IN THE DAYS OF THE TRAILS AND STAGE ROUTES-PROJECTION AND BUILDING OF ITS RAILROADS. .. 183
CHAPTER XVI COURTS, JUDGES AND LAWYERS
CIRCUIT JUDGES PRESIDING IN NEWTON COUNTY-JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-FIRST TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT- FIRST TERM OF COMMON PLEAS COURT-ALBERT G. BROWN AND OTHER PIONEER LAWYERS-"REPUTATION IS NOT CHARACTER" -REPUTATION OF THE BEAVER LAKE REGION-THE MAN FROM MONG-CONVENING OF COURT, AN EVENT-A DEGENERATE SON -LEGAL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH KANKAKEE IMPROVE- MENTS-BEAVER LAKE LAND LITIGATIONS-THE BRANDON TRIAL-JUSTIFIABLE LARCENY . 209
CHAPTER XVII COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
PIONEER SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY-PROMINENT EX-PUPILS OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL-THE COUNTY EXAMINERS (1861-73)- COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS (1873-1916)-THE SYSTEM OF THE PRESENT-PLAY, AS WELL AS WORK-THE SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK-THE BOYS' COUNTY CORN CLUB .. 233
CHAPTER XVIII NATURE AND HER CULTIVATION
TRANSFORMATION OF THE BEAVER LAKE REGION-NATURAL DRAIN- AGE AND TOPOGRAPHY-PREHISTORIC MOUNDS-SOIL AND PROD- UCTS-GEORGE ADE ON AGRICULTURAL CHANGES OF TWENTY YEARS-JUMP FROM $50 TO $200 PER ACRE-SCIENTIFIC FARMING, THE EXPLANATION-CHANGE IN POPULAR OPINION
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CHAPTER XIX
NEWTON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
(1861-1865)
THE "BOYS" OF '61 -- THE COUNTY AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR -FIRST WAR MEETING-SUMMER AND FALL OF '61-ORGANI- ZATION OF COMPANY B-OFF FOR THE FRONT-DARK DAYS IN NEWTON COUNTY-ENROLLMENT IN THE COUNTY-"THE HOME GUARD"-JOHN ADE-BROOK SOLDIERS' MONUMENT AND TABLET -NEWTON COUNTY'S ROLL OF HONOR-GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE-"OUT OF REACH" .251
CHAPTER XX KENTLAND, THE COUNTY SEAT
. THE ORIGINAL FRONTIER TOWN-STRUGGLES FOR A DISTINCTIVE NAME-IMPROVEMENTS IN 1865-70-GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1870-A SERIES OF DESTRUCTIVE FIRES-ULTIMATE RESULT, SUBSTANTIAL TOWN IMPROVEMENT-PUBLIC SCHOOL BURNED- DESTRUCTION OF MCCRAY-MORRISON ELEVATOR-WATER AND ELECTRIC LIGHT SUPPLY-PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-THE CAR- NEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY-KENTLAND WOMAN'S CLUB-WARREN T. McCRAY-KENTLAND'S MATERIAL STANDING-DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT STATE BANK-KENT STATE BANK-KENTLAND'S FIRST NEWSPAPERS-NEWTON COUNTY ENTERPRISE-NEWTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT-EARLY KENTLAND CHURCHES-UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST-THE M. E. CHURCH-ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH-THE PRESBYTERIAN AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES- SECRET AND BENEVOLENT BODIES. .275
CHAPTER XXI
GOODLAND
ORIGINALLY TIVOLI, A RAILWAY FLAG STATION-FIRST BUSINESS MEN AND ADDITIONS-GRAIN WAREHOUSES AND ELEVATORS- EXTENSIVE GRAIN AND PRODUCE TRADE-INCREASE IN POPULA- TION AND AREA-ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF WATER AND LIGHT- THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS-GOODLAND'S TWO BANKS-THE GOOD- LAND HERALD-THE CHURCHES-THE LODGES .293
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CHAPTER XXII
THE TOWN OF BROOK
PUBLIC SCHOOLS-THE BROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY-MCKINLEY PARK AND THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT-THE PIONEER METHODISTS- MISS ELLA LYONS' STORY-FIRST CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT THE LYONS HOUSE-CHANGES IN CIRCUITS-LIST OF PASTORS- UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH OF THE BROOK CIRCUIT-THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH-THE WELFARE CLUB- HISTORY OF BROOK MASONRY-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS -- MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA-THE BANK OF BROOK-THE BROOK REPORTER-PIONEER TIMES IN TOWN AND TOWNSHIP-EARLY MILLS AND THEIR OWNERS-SEVEN GOOD STRONG MEN-SAMUEL H. BENJAMIN-MORRIS LYONS ---- JOHN LYONS-OLD-TIME HISTORY BY JOHN HERSHMAN AND MORRIS JONES-BROOK IN 1856-MR. HERSHMAN'S ADDRESS- STOVE WITHOUT A FIREPLACE-OTHER HOME IMPROVEMENTS- EARLY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS-A LITTLE JUDICIAL AND CIVIL HISTORY-MORE ABOUT THE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS. 300
CHAPTER XXIII MOROCCO AND OTHER TOWNS
DRAWN TO THE RICH FUR COUNTRY-MURPHY LAYS OUT MOROCCO -SLOW GROWTH-INVISIBLE BRANCH BANK OF AMERICA- STRUGGLES TO BECOME COUNTY SEAT-FINAL EXPANSION -TIIE PRESENT MOROCCO-THE MOROCCO COURIER-THE METHODIST, CHRISTIAN, UNITED BRETHREN AND BAPTIST CHURCHES-THE MOROCCO WOMAN'S CLUB-THE LODGES-MOUNT AYR-FIRST CALLED MOUNT AIRY-OTHER RAILROAD TOWNS. 335
BIOGRAPHICAL
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Abbott, Melvin, 143 Adams, Henry I., 55 Ade, 346 Ade, Ardis, 282
Ade, George, 188, 245, 305 Ade, John, 170, 177, 178, 179, 184, 186, 187, 194, 198, 199, 200, 204, 205, 208, 233, 254, 255, 261, 262, 285, 291, 337, 635
Ade, Mrs. John, 260
Ade, Mr. and Mrs. John (portrait), 177
Ade, McCray & Company, 285 Ade, William H., 193, 198, 396 Agate, Amos, 657 Aldrich, E. T., 343
Alexander, Robert, 47
Allen, Joseph, 187, 190
Allman, Jesse D., 55
Alter, B. Frank, 371
Alter, I. N. S., 147 Alter, Isaac V., 392
Alter, John E., 56, 100, 393
Alter, John J., 199
Alter, Lewis S., 56, 361
Alter, Moses B., 55, 143 Alter, Samuel, 55 American Survey System, 37 Amsler, Henry, 437 Anderson, A. E., 342 Anderson, Edward, 131
Anderson, Emma M., 651 Anderson, James C., 652
Anderson, William B., 724 Andrews, John, 170, 184 Anheir, Anthony A., 193 Annabel, Thurman C., 56 Antrim, James F., 56 Antrim, Thomas, 56 Archibald, James, 191 Archibald, Pierce, 236 Area, 77 Armitage, John, 120 Armitage, Will, 120 Arnold, Alvin, 265 Arnold, Elias, 682 Arnold, E. R., 265
Arnout, G. W., 277 Ash, Daniel, 192, 206, 256, 258, 270 Ash, John H., 213
Askew, Eliza, 407 Atkinson, Charles M., 234 Atkinson, Elias, 206 Atkinson, George W., 234 Atkinson, Walter, 234, 256, 258, 275 Austin, John M., 56
Babb, Henry, 134 Babcock, Augustus D., 625
Babcock, Frank W., 55
Babcock, G. M., 148, 159
Babcock, James B., 639
Babcock, James L., 639
Babcock, William C., 55
Baker, William P., 444
Ballard, James, 56, 170
Ballard, Rev., 316
Ballard, T. E., 311
"Bandits of the Prairie,"' 172 Bank of Wheatfield, 167
Bard, Samuel, 305
Barker, Martin G., 735
Barker, S. C., 171
Barker, Thomas, 170
Barker, Thomas R., 170, 175, 183, 187, 199 Barkley, Belle, 42
Barkley, Henry, Jr., 41
Barkley, Henry, Sr., 55, 56
Barkley township, 49, 76
Barnes, Lillian, 158
Barnett, Cynthia N., 472
Barnett, John, 472 Barr, Robert, 265
Bartholomew, Fred, 266
Bartholomew, Frederick, 762
Bartoo, H. J., 159, 341
Basis of the American public school, 84 Bassett, Clarence C., 605
Battle of Tippecanoe, 27 Beagley, Thorp, 304 Beard, F. H., 149
Beaver City, 190, 192, 208
Beaver Lake, 241; bad name of, 215; land litigations, 223 Beaver township, 197, 202, 203 Bebout, Abraham W., 178, 747 Beck, Jennie, 120 Beef cattle, 9
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Bekelheimer, I., 316 Bell, Charles W., 749
Brewer, Frank, 709 Bridgeman, Adda, 548
Bridgeman, E., 191
Bellows, Albert J., 459
Bridgeman, George M., 199, 547
Benjamin, Jared, 42, 134, 458
Bridgeman, Samuel, 758
Benjamin, Mrs. Jared, 42
Brigham, Elmer R., 194, 199
Benjamin, Real P., 56
Bright, Michael G., 224
Benjamin, Rial, 43
Bringle, Jesse, 706 British Indiana, 20
Benjamin, Samuel, 175, 322
Benjamin, Samuel H., 176, 323
Benjamin, S. H., 165
Bennett, William P., 398
Benson, Samuel, 165
Benton County, 48
Bernhardt, August, 541
Berry, William H., 462
Besser, Emil, 559
Brook High School Building (view), 301
Beyea, Isaac, 276
Bicknell, John L., 301
Biddle, Jerome H., 155, 161, 497
Big Four Railroad, 207
Bird 's-Eye View of Rensselaer
(view), 143
Bishop, David L., 214
Bishopp, Arthur A., 285
Bissell, James, 211, 256, 258, 259, 271
Brook Soldiers' Monument, 262, 303
Brook Welfare Club, 316
Brown, Albert G., 211
Brown, Ephraim, 707
Blessing, Joseph, 277
Brown, George H., 42
Bloomer, J. M., 266
Brown, John T., 56
Blue Grass Settlement, 42, 165
Brown, Mrs. G. H., 43
Blue, John, 255
Bruce, Edgar L., 368
Blue, Matilda, 331
Bruce, Henry, 134
Blue, Philip, 56
Bruce, Lawson, 55
Blue, P. R., 167
Bruck, John A., 199
Bogus Island, 215
Bruner, John F., 504
Boicourt, Clement T., 445
Bruner, Mrs. Harry, 303
Boicourt, Vivian, 445
Bryant, William P., 63
Bold Rapids of the Rockwise, 133 Bole, W. H., 199 Bond, G. A., 311
Builta, L. P., 341 Bull, E. H., 160
Burgess, Charles E., 426
Bond, Jesse W., 620
Burgess, Hiram, 425
Boothroyd, Dyson, 124
Burns, Albert M., 193
Boroughs, Thomas, 55, 147
Burns, Mrs. William, 42
Bostwick, Lathrop A., 143
Burton, William H., 199, 554
Bush, Adah E., 284
Bush, Asabel K., 131
Business Street of the Present Good- land (view), 294
Boys' County Corn Club, 239 "Boys"' of '61, 252
Bramble, Amanda, 260
Bramble, Samuel, 198, 254, 256
Branch Bank of America, Morocco, 337
Brandon, Samuel, 227
Brandon Trial, 227
Branson, M. M., 314 Breaking Ground, 97 Brecount, Alfred, 291
Brees, Sylvester, 714 Brenton, Joseph, 123
Calkins Brothers, 148
Calkins & Johnson, 148 Callahan, Thomas, 150 Callow, Joseph, 134 Carnegie Library Building (view), 316
Carnegie Library, Kentland (view), 283 Carpenter township, 51, 76 Carpenter's Creek, 154
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Bounty system in Newton county, 258 Bowden, H. O., 286 Bowman, Ezra, 511
Boyle, Albert M., 199
Bussell, Charles W., 515 Butler, Henry, 688
Brook Lodge No. 70, F. & A. M., 317 Brook Lodge No. 277, Knights of Pythias, 318 Brook Lodge No. 427, I. O. O. F., 319 Brook Modern Woodmen of America, 320
Bissell, Jane, 260
Bitters, T. M., 148
Blake, William C., 224
Brook Chapter No. 372, Order of the Eastern Star, 318
Brook, H. J., 298, 605
Brook, 193, 202, 203, 208, 300; settle- ment of, 175, 176; postoffice, 178; Masonry, 317; early mills, 322; in 1856, 325 Brook Carnegie Library, 316
Bell, James, 298
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Carpenter's Grove, 165 Carr Brothers, 470 Carr, Mathew P., 469 Carson, J D., 161 Cashaw, Thomas J., 266 Cass, Lewis, 30
Catholic Church of Mother, 167
the Sorrowful
Catt, Edmond, 266 Cattle, 14
Cattle-raising, 9
Chamberlain, King J., 737
Chambers, Joseph, 199
Chancellor, James, 195
Chapman, Blanche L., 412
Chapman, James H., 143, 146
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, 208, 339
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Rail- road, 208
Chilcote, Mordecai F., 68, 123
Chizum, Albert E., 46, 234
Chizum, James B., 234, 769
Chizum, Joseph M., 234, 612
Christian Church, Kentland, 291
Church & Hartley, 154, 295
Church, O. W., 158, 295
Church of Christ, Morocco, 342
Church of Christ of Brook, 314
Church of God at Rensselaer, 149
Church of the Sacred Heart, Reming- ton, 581 Circuit Court, 63, 210
Circuit Judges, 63, 209
Cissel, John H., 308 Cissel, M. O., 148
Citizens State Bank, Morocco, 341
Civil war bounties (Newton County) 259
Civil war enrollment in Newton County, 258
Civil war relief, 116
Civil war relief fund (Newton Coun- ty), 261 Clark, A. B., 158 Clark, A. L., 311 Clark, Amos, 178 Clark, George T., 753 Clark, Horace M., 660
Clark, Josiah, 140
Clark, Leslie, 148, 534
Clark, Mervin, 141
Clark, Thomas M., 255, 266 Clark, William, 58 Clary, Isaac N., 32 Claussen & Son, 167 Claypool, James H., 308 Clifton, C. W., 333 Cochrane, John Sr., 621 Cockrill, Mrs. William, 43 Coen, Albin W., 55 Coen, John, 134 Coffelt, John, 191
Coffelt, Michael, 170, 187, 199 Coffert, Michael, 276 Coffman, Joseph, 313
Coffman, W. N., 314
Cole, L. A., 141, 184
Colfax township, 198, 202, 203
Collier, Theodore E., 302, 317, 692
Collier, Mrs. T. E., 303 Collins, Erasmus B., 254, 255, 265, 267 Collins, G. D., 316
Collins, Jasper J., 199
Collins, William, 769
Comer, Addie C., 523
Comer, Barney D., 522
Comer, Stephen T., 520
Commercial State Bank, Rensselaer, 145 Common Pleas Court, 62, 210, 211 Company A, Fifteenth Indiana Regi- ment, 125
Company B, Fifty-First Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, 264, 267
Company H, One Hundred and Fifty- First Regiment, 262
Company K, Forty-Eighth Regiment, 128
Company K, Twelfth Cavalry, 130 Comparet, Frank A., 214, 571
Cone, C. B., 192, 285
Conn, G. A., 318
Conrad, 208, 346
Conrad, Jennie M., 346
Continental Railway, 208
Continental Railway Company, 73 Cooking Class in Operation (view), 238 Cool, L., 299
Cook, Milton, 199
Cooke, John L., 602 Coombs, J. V., 315
Cooper, J. S., 314
Coover, Marion C., 199
Coover, William H., 55, 158
Coovert, Frank, 198
Coppock, William C., 298
Corn-crackers, 99
Corbin, Henry K., 767
Corbin, William F., 698 Corbin, Mrs. William, 314 Corporation of Rensselaer, with Addi- tions, 141 Cotton, William, 134 Coughlin, Robert, 285 Counterfeiters of Bogus Island, 223 County Asylum and Hospital, 54
County finances, 79
County jails, 54 County seat, 48 Courthouse of the Present (view), 62 Courthouse of 1865 (view), 53 Court of Common Pleas judges, 209 Cowen, V. B., 286
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Cox, Charles, 158 Craig, James R., 773
Crank, Rev. Mrs. S. M., 314, 315
Crawn, Mrs. D. J., 742 Creek, David, 185, 186, 247, 293 Crockett, Alexander, 49 Crowder, R. H., 159 Crowe, J. B., 160 Crozier, John, 160
Crumpacker, E. D., 305
Culp, George, 41, 135, 163, 370
Cummings, Roland R., 549
Cummings, William, 214, 549 Cunningham, Terrence B., 550 Cunningham, William S., 730 Cured fish, 35 Curnick, Paul C., 149 Currens, R. C., 198
Dairies, 9
Daniel, Charles M., 198, 545
Daniel, Christian, 150, 442
Daniels, Elvin, 291
Daniels, George, 632
Daniels, Horace G., 679
Darroch, Austin M., 234
Darroch, Daniel C., 234
Darroch, John, 167, 177, 185, 186, 191, 206, 219
Darroch, John M., 234
Darroch, William, 63, 200, 209, 234, 242, 366
Daugherty, Daniel, 43
Daugherty, John, 43
Daugherty, Lewis L., 43, 56
Daugherty, William H., 43
Daveer, John W., 192
Davidson, Lewis, 165
Davidson, Moses E., 165
Davidsonville, 165
Davies, Daniel F., 56, 147 Daviess, Jo, 28
Davis, Charles M., 287
Davis, Frank, 193, 302, 303 Davis, Fred, 341
Davis, John G., 198
Davis, John R., 193
Davis, Mrs. John G., 284, 286, 287
Davis, Thomas L., 734 Davisson, Grant, 683 Day, Edward, 311 Day, John, 335 Dean, Algy, 219
Dean, Charles J., 472
Deardurff, Daniel, 177
Deardurff, J. R., 199
Deardurff, John, 255
Deardurff, John S., 266
Deardurff, Mrs. Tennis, 343
Deardurff, Young D., 616
Deaver, John W., 319 DeForest, O. E., 157, 158 DeHart, R. P., 192
Deitch, Albert G., 311 Democratic Sentinel, 148 DeMotte, 74
Denham, Charles T., 156, 384
Deuel, George E., 298
Dewees, Abraham, 305 Dewees, Abram, 692 Deweese, William, 265
Dick, Anthony, 151 Dickinson, Sumner H., 627
Dickson, Hannah, 314
Didlake, Mrs. M. T., 161
Diocesan Orphan Asylum, 149
Discount and Deposit State Bank, 285
Dluzak, Charles, 597
Dodson, J. V., 193, 235
Dodson, James W., 564
Domestic Science Products 235 (view),
Donahue, William, 40, 49
Donaldson, S., 82
Doty, Daniel, 265
Dowling, William, 199
Downing, Wesley, 43
Drainage of Beaver Lake, 242
Drake, Ira, 198
Drees, Henry, 150
Dunham, D. S., 289
Dunham, J. D., 158
Dunham, J. E., 158
Dunlap, John A., 409
Dunlap, Livingston, 187, 190
Dunn, Isaac, 670
Dunn, Johu P., 224
Dunn, Josiah, 175
Dunnville, 74
Duvall, John W., 43
Dwiggins, Robert S., 67, 73, 214
Earl, William H., 266 Early school legislation, 85
Eastern Star, Brook Chapter No. 372, 318 Eddy, Norman, 128, 224
Edwards, J. H., 342
Eger, John, 143, 146
Eib, Adelbert, 680
Eighty-Seventh Regiment, 129, 270
Ekey, Alexander, 199 Elijah, James, 177
Ellis, James H. S., 143
Elliott, Horace, 320
Elliott, John, 175
Elliott, Stephen, 179
Emerich, G. A., 167
Enfield, Christian, 266
English, Edward C., 453
English, Job, 697
English traders, 19
Enos, 208, 346
Enterprise Printing Company, 287
Erwin, Felix R., 643 Esson, John, 575
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Everett, T. J., 307, 311 Ewan, R. L., 195 Exhibit of Soil Products, Newton County (view), 246
Fair Oaks, 74 Falls of the Iroquois, 48 Fan iliar Object on the Early Roads, (view) 71 Faris, Benjamin R., 53 Farmers Co-operative Company, 154 Farmers State Bank, Morocco, 341 Farris, Andrew, 43
Farris, James, 342
Faulk, P. H., 343 Fell, Alson A., 55, 401 Fenwick, John, 487 Ferguson, Kin, 265 Fifteenth Indiana Regiment, Company A, 125
Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, 266 Finn, John, 650 First Baptist Church, Morocco, 343
First church in Newton county, 288 First Civil war meeting in Newton county, 254 First National Bank, Goodland, 297 First Union victim of the battlefield, 124
Fisher, Henry, 134
Fleming, J. B., 149
Folger, William, 645 Foltz, Frank, 446
Food for Prairie Fires, (view) 5 Forage, 98 Fordice, Jesse H., 154 Foreman, Marcus, 237 Foresman, 208, 345 Foresman, John, 333
Foresman, John B., 317
Foresman, John B., Jr., 695
Foresman, J. B., 345
Foresman, Lillian, 316
Foresman, M., 302
Foresman, Mrs. John, Jr., 303 Forks settlement, 163
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