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A Standard History of
WHITE COUNTY INDIANA
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country
Under the Supervision of W. H. HAMELLE
VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1915
JAN 5 53
977/293 HEXEs
F 532 , 0058 H35 1915 v. 1
INTRODUCTION
This History of White County is presented to the public without apology or excuse. More than four score years have passed since the organization of the county, and on the eve of the celebration of our State's Centennial, the writer was convinced that the proper time had arrived to place, in permanent form, a history of our early settlers, their labors, struggles and achievements. These early settlers of White County were very largely composed of industrious, earnest, God-fearing people, of whom we, their descendants, should justly feel proud. England's great Gladstone truthfully says, "That the man who does not worthily estimate his own dead forefathers will himself do very little to add credit or honor to his country." Pride of ancestry is an attribute peculiar to the human race, but in our pursuit of wealth, honor or position, we often lose sight of those who have preceded us, and when this happens we fail to profit by their example. This is to be deplored. Our best lessons are learned by a study of the lives of those who have left to us a record of self- denial, industry and success.
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As a further reason for placing this work before the public, our schools are being made the medium through which local history is taught, and without some work on the subject, the teacher would be obliged to rely largely on tradition which is often fallacious, misleading and erroneous.
No person now living can, from personal knowledge, give an account of the organization and early settlement of our county, and such items as were not found in the records of the White County Historical Society, the files of the local newspapers, or in the records of the various county offices, have been written after a careful search for the truth among those whose accounts often differed, and in such cases the writer has been compelled to accept the version which seemed to him the most credible- of course in such cases it is not claimed that errors have not occurred.
An earnest effort has been made to give a succinct account of the Indian grants, the early settlers, the organization of the various town- ships and towns within the county, all of which being supplemented with brief sketches of our earliest inhabitants, who have long since passed away, will doubtless prove of interest to the general reader. These brief biographies are often fragmentary and incomplete, but they include all that could be gleaned without recourse to tradition. The compilation of these biographical sketches was accomplished with the expenditure of many days of earnest, unremitting toil, for which the writer neither expects nor asks any compensation. These first settlers have gone their way. To them we owe much of what we enjoy today, and ere their
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memories are forgotten, we cheerfully inscribe in our local history a tribute to their virtues.
The illustrations in these volumes will be of interest to future genera- tions, as all of them were made from recent photographs and are authentic in every particular. They convey much more information than can be gleaned from the printed page.
The writer is under obligations to all who have in any way assisted him in his labors. He is under especial obligations to Mr. Jay B. Van Buskirk and Mr. James P. Simons, the former for nearly thirty years editor of the Monticello Herald, the latter for twenty years occupying the same relation to the White County Democrat. To both these gentle- men he extends his heartfelt gratitude. Their assistance, freely given, is fully appreciated.
Finally, as before stated, this history is presented without apology or excuse, nor is any charity or indulgence asked of the reader; but it is earnestly hoped it may be the means of awakening a deeper interest in our local history, and a fuller appreciation of our blessings and comforts vouchsafed to us by the labors and privations of White County's pioneers.
W. H. HAMELLE.
Monticello, Indiana,
December, Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECULATIONS
MOUND BUILDERS CLUNG TO THE WATER COURSES-CHAIN OF PREHISTORIC FORTS - WAR AND DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS - NATURE OF HABITS INFERRED FROM RELICS-SOMEWHAT COMMERCIAL-NO HIEROGLYPH- ICS OR EFFIGIES-CONCLUSION : "WE KNOW NOTHING"-PROBABLY A RACE OF SLAVES-PERHAPS THE MOST ANCIENT OF PEOPLES-WERE THEY FATHERS OF THE TOLTECS ?- A STAGGERING CYCLE-PER- 1 CHANCE, THE GREATEST WONDER OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER II THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
CARTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCES-FIRST RECORD OF THE TIPPECANOE-VER- SAILLES THE COLONIAL SEAT OF GOVERNMENT-INDIANA AS A PART OF NEW FRANCE-GREAT CHAIN OF FRENCH FORTS-INDIANA TRADING POSTS-GOVERNED FROM VINCENNES-INDIANA UNDER BRITISH RULE -SEMI-CIVIL GOVERNMENT AT FORT CHARTRES-UNCERTAIN FRENCH TITLES TO LANDS-AS A PART OF CANADA-AN EXTENSION OF VIR- GINIA-IN THE COUNTY OF ILLINOIS-THE NORTHWEST BECOMES NATIONAL TERRITORY-POPULAR ASSEMBLY FOR THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY-INDIANA TERRITORY CREATED-FIRST TERRITORIAL LEG- · ISLATURE-GOVERNOR HARRISON, FATHER OF INDIANA-INDIAN COM- PLAINTS NOT GROUNDLESS-TECUMSEH AND THE PROPHET IMPLACABLE -THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE-SKETCHES OF COL. ISAAC WHITE- INDIAN STRAGGLERS SETTLE IN WHITE COUNTY-CHANGES IN GOV- ERNORS AND CAPITALS-STATE CONSTITUTION ADOPTED AT CORYDON- INDIANAPOLIS FIXED AS PERMANENT CAPITAL. .8
CHAPTER III LIFTING OF INDIAN CLAIMS
POTTAWATTAMIES, THE HOME TRIBE-THEIR CHIEF VILLAGE IN THE COUNTY-HOW THE LANDS PASSED TO THE UNITED STATES-THE FOUR BASIC CESSIONS-FIRST MIGRATION OF THE POTTAWATTAMIES-THIE FINAL REMOVAL EN MASSE-THE TRIBE GATHERS AT PLYMOUTH-THE MARCH WESTWARD-POKAGON'S PROPHECIES-ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE MIGRATION 29
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CHAPTER IV
NATURAL FEATURES AND. INDUSTRIES
INDUSTRIES FOUNDED ON NATURE-NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE- IN A STATE OF NATURE-EFFECT OF PRAIRIE FIRES-USEFUL TREES- SOIL AS VARIED AS TIMBER-EARLY PREJUDICE AGAINST PRAIRIE LANDS -- THE PRAIRIE'S BLUE-JOINT GRASS-NATURE AS MOLDED BY MAN - DISAGREEABLE ANIMALS AND REPTILES DISAPPEAR - MOST EDIBLE BIRDS GONE-BIRDS THAT ARE LEFT-NATURE CHANGED FOR
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CHAPTER V
THE TIES WHICH BIND
PLAN OF GOVERNMENT SURVEYS-BASIS OF COMMON SCHOOL FUND- WHITE COUNTY LANDS CLASSIFIED-MEXICAN LAND WARRANTS MAKE TROUBLE-CANAL AND SWAMP LANDS-LAST OF THE STATE LANDS- REGULATIONS FOR TOWNSHIP SURVEYS-NATURAL FEATURES TO BE NOTED-SUBDIVISIONS OF THE TOWNSHIPS-EARLY SURVEYS WITHIN THE PRESENT COUNTY-SURVEYING BEFORE LAND DRAINAGE-SWAMP LANDS DRAINED-EARLY WATER TRAVEL-PIONEER ROADS-STATE AND NATIONAL HIGHWAYS-COUNTRY ROADS SURRENDERED TO THE TOWNSHIPS-MODERN ROAD BUILDING-CANAL AND RAILROAD COM- PETITION-PIONEER RAILWAYS-FIRST WHITE COUNTY RAILROAD- THE BENEFITS IT BROUGHT-HEADED FOR MONTICELLO-LOGANSPORT, PEORIA AND BURLINGTON GETS THERE-WHITE COUNTY'S RAILROAD WAR-ROAD OPENS WITH BLOODSHED-GRAND PRAIRIE-RAILWAY STATIONS ON THE NEW LINE-THE AIR-LINE DIVISION OF THE MONON -OPENING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS, DELPHI & CHICAGO RAILROAD-THE 42 TIES WHICH BIND THE COUNTY
CHAPTER VI
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT
WHILE A PART OF CARROLL-NORWAY CARVED FROM PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP- NAME CHANGED TO BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP-PIONEERS ANTE-DATING COUNTY ORGANIZATION-ACT CREATING WHITE COUNTY-CHANGES IN TERRITORY-FIRST COUNTY OFFICERS-FIRST COUNTY BOARD MEETING-SEAT OF JUSTICE LOCATED-THE COUNTY SEAT TITLE- PUBLIC SALE OF LOTS-THE OLD COURT HOUSE GRANT-FIRST JUDI- CIAL SESSION-FIRST FULL COURT KEPT BUSY-THE LITTLE FRAME COURT HOUSE-THE JAIL AND ITS FIRST PRISONER-THE COUNTY'S UPS AND DOWNS-THE CLERK'S OFFICE BUILT-THE BRICK COURT- HOUSE-CHOLERA INTERFERES WITH ITS COMPLETION-DESCRIPTION OF DEAR OLD BUILDING-COUNTY OFFICES AFFECTED BY LEGISLATION
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-NEW JAILS ERECTED-COMBINED JAIL AND SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE- CORNER STONE OF PRESENT COURTHOUSE LAID-THE POOR FARM- -COUNTY'S GROWTH BY DECADES-DEDUCTIONS FROM CENSUS FIG- URES-WHITE COUNTY'S POPULATION, 1890-1910-PROPERTY VALUA- TION IN 1905 AND 1910-TAXABLE VALUATION IN 1915-RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 59
CHAPTER VII
THE COUNTY IN LAW
THE COURTS BORN OF AMERICAN RULE-FIRST TERRITORIAL COURT- JUDGE PARKE REFUSES TO HOLD COURT-THE COURTS UNDER THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTION-UNDER THE SECOND CONSTITUTION- COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS-CREATURES OF THE LEGISLATURE-PRO- BATE COURTS-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DEFINED-THE NEW CIRCUIT COURT-FIRST CIRCUIT JUDGE-FIRST ACTIVE GRAND JURORS-PIO- NEER LAWYERS OF THE CIRCUIT-ALBERT S. WHITE-TURPIE'S SKETCHES OF JUDGE WHITE-YOUNG TURPIE HEARS FIRST STUMP SPEECH - BOYS ABASHED AT WHITE'S GREATNESS - MEETING OF ALPHA AND OMEGA-MEET IN EARLY MATURITY AND OLD AGE- TOGETHER THEY CALL ON PRESIDENT LINCOLN-THOMPSON, FIRST LOCAL LAWYER-DANIEL D. PRATT-HIS KIND HELPFULNESS TO YOUNG MEN-JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS, 1838-43-HORACE P. BIDDLE- BIDDLE VS. PRATT-CHARACTERISTICS OF DAVID TURPIE-BRIEF FACTS OF HIS LIFE-DESCRIBES HIS COMING TO MONTICELLO-AUTHOR OF THE CATTLE-LIEN LAW-GOOD SQUIRE HARBOLT-TRAITS OF EARLY JUDGES AND LAWYERS-"'THE CHOCTAW LINE"-PLAYED "WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT"-NOT DOLLAR-SLAVES-ROBERT H. MILROY- JOHN U. PETTIT-JOHN M. WALLACE-OTHER CIRCUIT JUDGES, 1855- 1915-THE "WHEREFORE" FOR SO MANY JUDGES-REYNOLDS, FIRST WHITE COUNTY JUDGE-FORGOT HE WAS JUDGE-TRUMAN F. PALMER-JAMES P. WASON-THE PROBATE JUDGES-ROBERT NEWELL -WILLIAM M. KENTON-ZEBULON SHEETZ AND AARON HICKS-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AGAIN-SAMUEL A. HUFF-COMMON PLEAS JUDGES, 1854-73 - CAPTAIN AND JUDGE ALFRED F. REED - THE LAWYERS OF 1834-51 -- THE SILLS-LAWYERS OF 1856-1900-JOSEPH H. MATLOCK-ORLANDO MCCONAHY-LAWYERS IN ACTIVE PRACTICE. . 84
CHAPTER VIII
EDUCATION AND PROMINENT MEN
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATION-PUBLIC EDUCATION UNDER THE FIRST CON- STITUTION-TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL LANDS-TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES- THE OLD-TIME COMFORTABLE SCHOOLHOUSE-EARLY CONDITIONS IN WHITE COUNTY-THE THREE-DAYS SCHOOLHOUSE-PIONEER EDU- CATIONAL MATTERS-FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE COUNTY-A SEMI-
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NARY WHICH WAS NEVER BORN-THE COUNTY LIBRARY MORE FOR- TUNATE-A MONTICELLO SCHOOL WITH CLASS-SCHOOLS IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP-JONATHAN SLUYTER'S GOOD WORK-SPREAD OF THE SPIRIT INTO MONON-WEST POINT SCHOOL AND TOWN HALL-GEORGE BOWMAN, AS MAN AND TEACHER-THE PALESTINE AND NORDYKE SCHOOLS-SPROUTINGS IN CASS TOWNSHIP-THE STATE BRINGS BETTER ORDER-SCHOOL EXAMINERS-BUILDING SCHOOLHOUSE UNDER THE NEW ORDER-THE TEACHERS-FORERUNNERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS-THE FARMINGTON SEMINARY-PROF. WILLIAM IRELAN- THE BROOKSTON ACADEMY-CORN-CRIB AND REGULAR SCHOOLS- FIRST ROUND GROVE SCHOOLHOUSE-PRESENT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION-TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION AND INSTITUTES-RULES AND REGULATIONS - PRESENT STATUS OF THE COUNTY SYSTEM - DR. WILLIAM S. HAYMOND-CHARLES S. HARTMAN-DR. WILLIAM E. BIEDERWOLF 119
CHAPTER IX
COUNTY SOCIETIES
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY-PIONEER LIVE STOCK MEN- LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES-INITIAL MEETING IN BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP -FAIR OF THE TRI-COUNTY FARMERS' ASSOCIATION-WHITE COUNTY SOCIETY ORGANIZED-FIRST AND BEST COUNTY FAIR-THE SECOND FAIR-DIVISION OVER COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL-ATTEMPTS AT REVIVAL -THE OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION-FIRST MEETING AT. JOHN BURNS' GROVE-FIRST KNOWN OFFICERS-PRESIDENT GEORGE A. SPENCER- FIRST WELL-ORDERED ASSOCIATION-PIONEERS OF 1829-67-WHITE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-WHITE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-DR. JOHN W. MEDARIS-DR. MADISON T. DIDLAKE. 141
CHAPTER HISTORY OF THE PRESS
THE DAWN OF NEWSPAPERDOM-THE PRAIRIE CHIEFTAIN-PRESERVING NEWSPAPER FILES-END OF THE CHIEFTAIN-THE WHITE COUNTY REGISTER-THREE OBSCURE NEWSPAPERS-WHITE COUNTY JACKSON- IAN-WHITE COUNTY DEMOCRAT-MONTICELLO DEMOCRAT-DEMO- CRAT-JOURNAL-OBSERVER COMPANY-MONTICELLO SPECTATOR-MONTI- CELLO HERALD-THE NATIONAL-MONTICELLO TIMES-MONTICELLO WEEKLY PRESS-THE DAILY JOURNAL-WHITE COUNTY REPUBLICAN -WHITE COUNTY CITIZEN-OTHER MONTICELLO PUBLICATIONS- EARLY NEWSPAPER FIELD AT REYNOLDS-THE WHITE COUNTY BAN- NER-THE BROOKSTON REPORTER-OTHER BROOKSTON ITEMS-THE REYNOLDS BROOM AND SUN-THE REYNOLDS JOURNAL-IDAVILLE OB- SERVER-THE MONON DISPATCH-MONON TIMES-MONON NEWS-W.
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J. HUFF-THE WOLCOTT ENTERPRISE-CHALMERS DESPATCH-BUR- NETTSVILLE ENTERPRISE-BURNETTSVILLE DISPATCH-BURNETTSVILLE NEWS-GENERAL PROGRESS. 157
CHAPTER XI
MILITARY MATTERS
A SOLDIER OF 1814-15-THE MEXICAN WAR TRIO-MESSRS. FORD, STEELE AND MCCORMICK-PROMPT RESPONSES TO UPHOLD THE UNION-THE THREE-MONTHS' RECRUITS-FIRST WAR SACRIFICE-WHITE COUNTY'S LARGER CONTINGENTS - THE MONTICELLO RIFLES - COMPANY E, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT-CAPT. R. W. SILL'S COMPANY-REPRESEN- TATIONS IN THE SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT-CAPT. GEORGE BOWMAN'S COMPANY-COMPANY F, NINETY-NINTH REGIMENT-THE THREAT- ENED DRAFT OF 1862-ESCAPE FROM THE 1863 DRAFT-THE SIX MONTHS' COMPANY-CAPT. JAMES G. STALEY-THE HEAVY CALLS OF 1864-THE DRAFTS OF 1864 AND 1865-SUMMARY OF NUMBER OF TROOPS RAISED-BOUNTY AND RELIEF VOTED-THE SPANISH-AMERI- CAN WAR 176
CHAPTER XII UNION TOWNSHIP
GENERAL FEATURES-SOIL AND PRODUCTS-SETTLED BEFORE THE TOWN- SHIP WAS ORGANIZED-MR. AND MRS. PETER PRICE-"HEAP BIG SCARE" OF 1832-LAND ENTRIES IN 1831-34-ENTRY OF MONTICELLO'S SITE-BOUNDS OF ORIGINAL PLAT-SITE CONTROLLED MAINLY BY RESIDENTS-HIORTH AND MOUNT WALLESTON-LEASES TO WILLIAM SILL-MARTIN CHERRIE'S WOOLEN MILL-THE FLOUR MILL IN MOTION -HIORTH VERY EXCLUSIVE-MOUNT WALLESTON PLATTED-HIORTH INTERESTS PASS TO THE KENDALLS-BOOM AT MOUNT WALLESTON- THE KENDALLS WITHDRAW-ROWLAND HUGHES OF MONTICELLO- INFANT INDUSTRIES AT THE COUNTY SEAT-FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS -JEREMIAH BISHER-THE OLD KENTON GRAVE YARD-ENTERED GOVERNMENT LANDS IN 1835-THE BUSY LAND YEAR, 1836-HARD TIMES CHECK LAND ENTRIES-EXCLUDED SECTIONS-ENTRIES IN 1841-54-LAND, THE BASIS OF SOLID PROSPERITY-CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROADS 191
CHAPTER XIII MONON TOWNSHIP
CORNELIUS SUTTON, FIRST SETTLER-EARLY SETTLERS, VOTERS AND OFFI- CIALS-LAND ENTRIES BEFORE 1840-SWAMP LANDS PURCHASED- GOOD ROADS-LIMESTONE DEPOSITS-THIE TIMBERED TRACTS-BIG AND
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LITTLE MONON CREEKS-FIRST MILLS BUILT-WEST BEDFORD-THE COOPER MILL-LAST GASP OF WEST BEDFORD-NEW BRADFORD AND MONON-FIRST EVENTS IN THE TOWNSHIP-SIMON KENTON'S DAUGH- TERS AND GRANDCHILDREN-EARLY POSTOFFICES-OAKDALE, OR LEE 203
CHAPTER XIV
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP
AS A WHITE COUNTY TOWNSHIP-NATURAL FEATURES-DRAINAGE THROUGH MOOTS AND SPRING CREEKS-PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL- EASTERN TIMBER LANDS FIRST SETTLED-GENEROUS BILL OF FARE- THE PIONEER LANDLORDS OF 1829-34-HARD TIMES RETARD ENTRIES- ROYAL HAZELTON, FIRST PERMANENT SETTLER-SAMUEL ALKIRE- THOMAS KENNEDY-FIRST VOTERS AND OFFICIALS-EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS BEGINNINGS-J. C. MOORE, PROSPEROUS FARMER AND INVENTOR-OTHER EARLY LANDHOLDERS-LOREN AND RALPH A. CUT- LER-FIRST SAWMILLS-BROOKSTON, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTER-VILLAGE OF SPRINGBORO-IMPROVEMENT IN RURAL CONDI- TIONS-LEADING GOOD ROADS TOWNSHIP 211
CHAPTER XV . JACKSON TOWNSHIP
SOUTH HALF FIRST SETTLED-PIONEER SETTLERS AND LAND OWNERS- THE HANNAS-ENTERED LAND BEFORE TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION- PIONEER OF 1835-38-FIRST RECORDED ELECTION-DANIEL DALE, LEADING POLITICIAN-HANNA REJECTS DEMOCRACY-THE WHEEL OF LIFE-PIONEER SCHOOL MATTERS-BURNETT'S CREEK POSTOFFICE- HIGH STANDARD OF MORALITY-SMITH'S DISTILLERY OF 1840-50- VIOLENT DEATHS-THE MORMON BRANCH OF 1842-45-FARMINGTON MALE AND FEMALE SEMINARY-BURNETTSVILLE FOUNDED-SHARON AND BURNETTSVILLE CONSOLIDATED-IDAVILLE FOUNDED-DRAINAGE AND GOOD ROADS 223
CHAPTER XVI BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP
PHYSICAL AND AGRICULTURAL FEATURES-FIRST SETTLER, JOSEPH H. THOMPSON-GEORGE A. SPENCER AND BENJAMIN REYNOLDS-SPENCER- REYNOLDS COLONY-THE HISTORIC SPENCER HOUSE-BENJAMIN REYNOLDS' AFTER-CAREER-JOHN BURNS-MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BURNS-LAND OWNERS AND SETTLERS OF 1830-33-CHILLS AND FEVER-FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS-FIRST SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY- LAND ENTRIES IN 1835-36-ELECTION IN 1836-THE GREAT HUNT OF
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1840-THOSE WHO BOUGHT LAND IN 1837-51-B. WILSON SMITH'S PICTURE OF 1846-INCREASE OF REAL SETTLERS-FIRST FRAME SCHOOL HOUSE-MUDGE'S STATION AND CHALMERS-FIRST IRON BRIDGE- SWAMP LANDS RECLAIMED-SMITHSON OR WHEELER-LEADER IN GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT 232
CHAPTER XVII
HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP
DRAINING AND ROAD BUILDING-HONEY CREEK-JOSHUA RINKER AND WIFE-THE BUNNELL FAMILIES-SMITH, HIORTH'S OLD PARTNER- SETTLERS AND LAND BUYERS OF 1835-ENTERED LANDS IN 1839-53- TWO-THIRDS OWNED BY NON-RESIDENTS-FOUNDING OF REYNOLDS- GUERNSEY-TOWNSHIP CREATED-SCHOOLHOUSE AND TOWN HALL- PIONEER CITIZEN VOTERS-PUBLIC-SPIRITED TOWNSHIP 244
CHAPTER XVIII
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP
JOSEPH STEWART, MIGHTY HUNTER-THE PALESTINE SETTLEMENT-THE GODFATHER OF THE TOWNSHIP-THOMAS GILLPATRICK-BLACK OAK SETTLEMENT-TOWNSHIP CREATED AND NAMED. STATE AND TOWN- SHIP ELECTIONS-THE NORDYKE SETTLEMENT-THE SCHOOLHOUSE COMPETITION-LAND ENTRIES, 1842-47-SADDLED WITH LAND SPECU- LATORS-FEVER AND AGUE, OR CHILLS AND FEVER-IS IT ANY WON- DER ?- RECLAIMED LANDS AND GOOD ROADS-PIONEER SETTLEMENT DETERMINED BY NATURAL CONDITIONS-CATTLE RAISING AND HERDING -LIGHT AHEAD-WOLCOTT AND ITS FOUNDER-SEAFIELD. . . .252
CHAPTER XIX LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
TIMBER LANDS AND LOWLANDS-THE INDIAN VILLAGE-CRYSTAL D. W. SCOTT-COMING OF JONATHAN SLUYTER AND MOSES KARR-THE TOWNSHIP CREATED-FIRST ELECTION AND OFFICIALS-CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES-DIVIDED INTO ROAD DISTRICTS-SETTLERS PREVIOUS TO 1840-UNUSUAL PROGRESS IN 1840-50-PIONEERS SELL IMPROVED LANDS-NON-RESIDENT PURCHASERS-KEAN'S CREEK SWAMP LANDS -THE SLUYTER SCHOOLHOUSES-RELIGION AT THE SCOTT SETTLE- MENT-FIRST MARRIAGE AND FIRST DEATH-BUFFALO POSTOFFICE ESTABLISHED-JOHN C. KARR AND THE TOWN-THOMAS B. MOORE- KARR'S ADDITION TO BUFFALO-THE IRON BRIDGE-SITKA-THE HUGHES AND VANVOORST FAMILIES. .262
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CHAPTER XX
CASS TOWNSHIP
INACCURATE GOVERNMENT SURVEYS-CHRISTOPHER VANDEVENTER, FIRST SETTLER-LAND ENTRIES IN 1838-48-POLITICAL TOWNSHIP OF CASS -PIONEER SCHOOLS-NUCLEUS OF HEADLEE-LAND ENTRIES IN 1849-52-MRS. JOHN E. TIMMONS AND JACOB D. TIMMONS-NON- RESIDENTS HELD TWO-THIRDS OF TOWNSHIP-EARLY DEARTH OF MARKETS-THE TRIPS TO LOGANSPORT-NORWAY TO THE RESCUE-
IMPROVEMENTS-HEADLEE 271
CHAPTER XXI
WEST POINT TOWNSHIP
NATURAL FEATURES OF THE TOWNSHIP-NEIGHBORING MARKET TOWNS -- ROAD BUILDING-FIRST SETTLERS AND LAND OWNERS-ISAAC S. VIN- SON AND WIFE-FIRST LAND ENTRY-SICKNESS DROVE AWAY THE PRICES-LAND ENTRIES OF 1835-WOULD RATHER HUNT THAN EAT- THE VAN VOORSTS AND THEIR FRAME HOUSES-DOCTOR HALSTEAD BUYS LAND- WILLIAM JORDAN LOCATES-OTHER ENTRIES IN 1836-45 -TOWNSHIP VOTERS-THE VAN VOORST FRAME SCHOOLHOUSES --- CHURCHES OF THE TOWNSHIP-ANDERSON IRION AND DAVID DELLINGER -LAND ENTRIES, 1847-51-PARMELEE'S MEADOW LAKE FARM. ... 278
CHAPTER XXII
ROUND GROVE TOWNSHIP
SLIM TIMBER AND ROUND GROVE-FIRST SETTLER, TRUMAN ROLLINS- EARLY LAND ENTRIES-THE STOCKTON PURCHASES-BECAME LAND OWNERS IN 1850-53-CARVED OUT OF OLD PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP-ELEC- TIONS AND VOTERS-VARIOUS PIONEER MATTERS-FORMER POSTOFFICES -PROGRESS IN THE TOWNSHIP 284
CHAPTER XXIII
FOUNDING OF MONTICELLO
ENTRIES COVERING ORIGINAL TOWN-FIRST BUILDINGS AND PIONEER MERCHANT-CIRCUIT RIDER ON THE RAW GROUND-CARRYING THE GOSPEL UNDER DIFFICULTIES-BAPTISTS AND METHODISTS ORGANIZE- THE BUSY YEAR, 1836-YOUNG TOWN CONSIDERABLY SOAKED- BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR 1836-FERRY ESTABLISHED-SMITH, HIORTH
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AND THE KENDALLS-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCAL PRESS-FIRST WATER POWER AND MILLS-WOOL CENTER AND WOOLEN MANUFAC- TURES-THE TIPPECANOE HYDRAULIC COMPANY-N. B. LOUGHRY AND SONS-BECOMES A RAILROAD TOWN-MONTICELLO IN 1852-VILLAGE GOVERNMENT ABANDONED-WALKER, JENNER AND REYNOLDS' ADDI- TION-BARR'S ADDITION-BOOM NOT IN EVIDENCE-THIRD ADDITION -CIVIL WAR OVERSHADOWS ALL-FOURTH AND FIFTH ADDITIONS- GEORGE W. EWING A SITE OWNER-SECOND AND MORE STABLE COR- 289 PORATION
CHAPTER XXIV
TOWN AND CITY
TOWN BACKS A NEW SCHOOL-THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL-PIONEERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-LEGAL COMPLICATIONS-HOW THE SNARL WAS UNTANGLED - SUPERINTENDENT J. W. HAMILTON - BETTER TOWN SCHOOLS-PRESENT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING-STA- TISTICS OF THE PRESENT-SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS-THE GRÅDES BUILDINGS-SYSTEM AS A WHOLE-MONTICELLO PUBLIC LIBRARY-GOOD WATER AND A GOOD SYSTEM-THE TELEPHONE EX- CHANGE-RIVERVIEW PARK-THE REYNOLDS ADDITIONS-TURNER'S ADDITION - CLEVELAND STREET CREATED - HUGHES' ADDITION - COCHELL'S AND FRASER'S ADDITION-MCCUAIG'S ADDITION-DREIFUS AND HAUGH'S ADDITION-MCLEAN AND BREARLEY'S ADDITION-LATER ADDITIONS TO THE TOWNSITE-CITIZENS' ADDITION-ADDITIONS TO THE CITY-CITY HALL-IMPROVEMENTS OF WATER POWER-PRESENT-DAY INDUSTRIES-FOUR BANKS-STATE BANK OF MONTICELLO-MONTI- CELLO NATIONAL BANK-WHITE COUNTY LOAN, TRUST AND SAVINGS COMPANY-FARMERS' STATE BANK. 305
CHAPTER XXV
RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND LITERARY
JOHN ROTHROCK, PIONEER DUNKARD-THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-THIE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLS-SECOND, OR NEW SCHOOL CHURCH- PUBLIC HALL AS WELL AS CHURCH-UNION OF CHURCHES-BUILDING OF THE PRESENT CHURCH-THE METHODIST CHURCH FOUNDED- HOUSES OF WORSHIP-METHODIST PASTORS-THE DUNKARDS-HOW THEY SUPPORTED THE UNION-THE NEW DUNKARDS-THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH-FOUNDED IN MONTICELLO-CHURCH REORGANIZED-PASTORS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHI-DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND THE NEW CHURCH-THE ORPHANS' HOME-SOCIETIES-THE ODD FELLOWS- THE MASONS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-GRAND ARMY POST-OTHER SOCIETIES-WOMEN'S CLUBS 330
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CHAPTER XXVI
TOWN OF MONON
INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN-ADDITIONS TO ORIGINAL SITE-HENRY M. BAUGHMAN-INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES-CLAY AND STONE INDUSTRIES-THE MONON BANK-STATE BANK OF MONON- THE TOWN COMMISSIONED HIGH SCHOOL-MONON'S PUBLIC LIBRARY -PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH- THE BAPTIST CHURCH-SOCIETIES. 343
CHAPTER XXVII
TOWN OF WOLCOTT
MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS-FOUNDING OF THE TOWN-COMING OF ANSON WOLCOTT-TOWN PLATTED-COMPETITORS-THE WOLCOTT INTERESTS -FIRST ADDITION-DEATH OF THE FOUNDER-EBEN H. WOLCOTT- THE DIBELL FAMILY-VARIOUS ADDITIONS-THE TOWN COMMISSIONED HIGH SCHOOL-STATE BANK OF WOLCOTT-CITIZENS STATE BANK- CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES-THE METHODIST CHURCH-CHRISTIAN CHURCH-BAPTIST CHURCH-THE MASONS-I. O. O. F. BODIES- 349 OTHER LODGES
CHAPTER XXVIII TOWN OF BROOKSTON
THE TOWN PLATTED-EXTENSION OF THE SITE-FIRST STORES AND IN- DUSTRIES-MOMENTOUS YEARS, 1866-67-INCORPORATION OF TOWN- MARKED STEPS IN PROGRESS-INDUSTRIES OF THE PRESENT-BANK OF BROOKSTON-TOWN COMMISSIONED HIGH SCHOOL-PRAIRIE TELE- PHONE COMPANY-THE METHODIST CHURCH-THE BAPTIST CHURCH -THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES -PROBABLY THE OLDEST MASON IN THE UNITED STATES .356
CHAPTER XXIX
CHALMERS AND IDAVILLE
CHALMERS, ORIGINALLY MUDGE'S STATION-JACOB RAUB, FOUNDER OF CHALMERS-J. & W. W. RAUB-ADDITIONS TO THE TOWN-GROWTH SINCE INCORPORATION-THE BANK OF CHALMERS-THE CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES-EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES-IDAVILLE-FIRST MER- CHANT AND POSTMASTER-ANDREW HANNA-JOHN B. TOWNSLEY- CAPT. JOSEPH HENDERSON-CAPT. PATRICK HAYS-PROGRESS DESPITE FIRE-BANK OF IDAVILLE-TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONED HIGH SCHOOL-
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CONTENTS
THE CHURCH OF GOD (NEW DUNKARDS)-GEORGE PATTON-URIAH PATTON-ROBERT F. MILLION-THE CHURCH OF GOD (INCORPORATED) -UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-THE M. E. CHURCH-SO- .363 CIETIES
CHAPTER XXX
BURNETTSVILLE AND REYNOLDS
BURNETTSVILLE PLATTED-BEFORE THE TOWN WAS LAID OUT-FRANK- LIN J. HERMAN - SHARON ABSORBED - ELEVATOR AND POULTRY PACKING HOUSE - TOWN COMMISSIONED HIGH SCHOOL - THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH-THE METHODISTS-THE BAPTIST CHURCH- THE OLD DUNKARDS-TOWN OF REYNOLDS PLATTED-PIONEER HOTEL AND SAWMILL-THE SILL ENTERPRISES-EARLY PROGRESS- FIRST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS-MICHAEL VOGEL-ADOPTS TOWN GOVERNMENT-THE TOWN OF TODAY-BANK OF REYNOLDS-THE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL-ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH-THE METH- ODIST CHURCH-LUTHERANS AND CHRISTIANS 371
CHAPTER XXXI
TEMPERANCE STRUGGLE IN WHITE COUNTY
FIGHT COVERED PERIOD OF SEVENTY YEARS-SALOONS FINALLY BAN- ISHED
.380
CHAPTER XXXII .395
"MOVING PICTURES"
CHAPTER XXXIII
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 431
INDEX
Academy student, 172 Ackerman, J. L., 328 Acre, Robert, 273 Adams, Elijah, 201 Adams, James E., 255 Adams, Sarah, 283 Adams, Silas, 239 Adams, Warren, 221 Adamson, John, 61 Adell, J. B., 374
After Reynolds Fire, August 21, 1907 (view), 377 Agricultural societies, local, 142 Agricultural Society, 141
A Group of White County Churches (views), 329 Aker, Michael, 205 Algonquin tribes, 9 Alkier, Jackson, 219 Alkire, Delilah G., 965
Alkire, H., 219 Alkire, Jason, 219
Alkire, John, 239 Alkire, J. G., 60
Alkire, Robert, 963
Alkire, Samuel, 60, 214, 215, 217, 236
Alkire, William T., 357 Allen, Asa, 47,. 207, 290, 293, 331
Allen, Hiram, 97
Allen, Mary A., 331
Ambler, L. H., 250
Anderson, Calvin, 209 Anderson, Harrison P., 199, 307, 321, 340, 428
Anderson, H. P., 154, 178, 307 Anderson, J. C., 337
Angel, Charles, 221 Anheir, Anthony A., 189 Anheier, J. A., 328 Animals, in the early times, 40
An Old-Time Mail Coach (view), 45 Apes, John, 286 A Pleasant River Scene (view), 301
Appraisement for 1915, 425 Armentrout, Charles J., 333 Armentrout, C. J., 394 Armiger, 169 Armstrong, A. F., 337 Armstrong, Ella, 336 Armstrong, James, 428 Armstrong, Lanty T., 202 Armstrong, L. T., 374 Armstrong, Richard, 201 Arrick, John, 429 Arrick, John Sr., 429
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