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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
RECORD
OF
Adams and Well's Counties, Indiana.
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CONTAINING PORTRAITS OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM WASHINGTON TO CLEVELAND, WITH ACCOMPANYING BIOGRAPHIES OF EACH; A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA; PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT MEN OF THE STATE; ENGRAVINGS OF PROMINENT CITIZENS IN ADAMS AND WELLS COUNTIES, WITH PERSONAL HISTORIES OF MANY OF THE LEADING FAMILIES, AND A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES AND THEIR CITIES AND VILLAGES.
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CONTENTS.
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
George Washington 9
Jolin Adams ... 14
Thomas Jefferson
20
James Madison
26
James Monroe ..
32
Jolin Quincy Adams
38
Andrew Jackson 47
Martin Van Buren. 52
William Henry Harrison 56
John Tyler. .
60
James K. Polk
61
Zachary Taylor 68
Millard Fillmore
72
Wayne
.. 132
Franklin Pierce
76
Organization of Indiana Terri-
James Buchanan.
80
tory
133
Abraham Lincoln.
84
Andrew Johnson.
93
Ulysses S. Grant
96
Rutherford B. Hayes. 102
James A. Garfield. 109
Chester A. Arthur. 113
Grover Cleveland.
117
HISTORY OF INDIANA.
Former Occupants.
123
Geology
150
Pre-Historic Races.
123
Agricultural
151
Explorations by the Whites ..
.125
Educational.
151
Benevolent and Penal Institu-
tions
154
PROMINENT MEN OF INDIANA.
Oliver P. Morton 161
Thomas A. Hendricks.
165
Schuyler Colfax. .
169
James D. Williams
113
Robert Dale Owen.
177
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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY, KE-
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
A.
Adler, J. G.
.429
Allison, R. B. .400
Allison, R. K. .283
Beineke, F. W.
517
Berg, Rev. Frederick 300
Berger, Nicholas 490
Berger, William 508
Bixler, T. C .... .501
Brenemann, Jacob
476
Briggs, A. G. .345
Briggs, W. II. II. .542
Brock, Charles.
.596
Buhler, Jacob
372
Bunner, G. A .336
Bunner, J. A. .532
Burghalter, Christian. 502
Burk, J. G.
471
Buuck, Diedrich ...
4×1
Booher, I. D. . 333
Bosse, Ilerman 409
Bosse, J. W. 410
Bower, Jonathan .369
Bears, W. H. II
372
Brandyberry, John
.374
Bremercamp, Joseph .535 Anderson, Joseph .498
Andrews, Lewis .. .451
Archbold, G. W .981
Archbold, John .313
Archbold, J. M. 448
Arnold, Frank .483
Aspy, II. M. .397
Aspy, Mark. 391
Aspy, W. A .100
Ayres, D. M. .203
B.
Bailey, Nathaniel .529
Barkley, Elias.
.539
Barkley, Levi 450
Barr, J. W 407
Banghman, A. B. 455
Blackburn, Norval. 294
Blakey, C. F. 291
Blakey, C. F. W. .306
Blossom, I. A 552
Bobo, J. R. 320
Boerger, Jacob .432
Bolds, Alexander. 364
Bolds, D. P .. 363
BollmaL. A. McW. 301
General Review.
.136
Organization of the State ...... 137 Indiana in the Mexican War. .. 138 Indiana in the War for the Union. . 138
Financial.
148
Internal Improvements.
149
National Policies.
.126
Expeditions of Colonel George R. Clark. . . .127
Government of the Northwest. 129
Expeditions of St. Clair and
Governor Harrison and the In-
dians ..
134
Civil Matters
.136
Bremerkamp, II. II. .537
Bremerkamp, J. H. 428
Bremerkamp, J. ]] 540
Byrd, A. J 289
1
1
Kseft. 24-1980
Publicated'ex surbexc
........ .....
CONTENTS.
C.
Carpenter, Ira. .395
Chrisman, Henry .. .457
Christen, John, Sr. .339
Christen, John. .354
Christen, J. R .343
Clark, B II.
Clem, John. .326
Clem, Joseph. 444
Clendenen, James .385
Clendenen, Salen 348
Cline, G. B. .
.511
Cline, George.
.323
Collins, P. N.
417
Conrad, Willian .423
Cook, G. F ..
447
Cook, Jacob.
450
Cowen, J. C .. .386
Crawford, John. .500
Crawford, Josiah 489
Crist, Elias
.455
Crist, J. P
.453
Crozier, Joseph .350
Culley, Adam .340
Culley, J. E. 339
D.
Dailey, Nimrod. .364
Daugherty, Andrew .518
Daugherty, A. B.
528
Detlenbaugh, John
.540
Deffenbaugh, Theodore
356
Deihl, Samuel
495
Dent, B. H1 . . 467
Derkes, Ilenry 324
De Vilbiss, A. L. .352
Dickerson, G. R ... .492
Dorwin, C. T.
360
Drew, William.
.313
Drummond, R. A. 436
Drummond, W. D. .323
Dunbar, Leander .371
Edwards, Lewis
.335
Eley, David. .511
Eley, J. W. .332
Ellsworth, Oscar 480
Elzey, E. V .580
Elzey, M. S 477
Engle, Michael. 552
Erwin, R. K 410
Erwin, William .349
Evans, Robert. 365
F.
Fetters, Samuel. 328
Fink, Samuel. 461
Founer, J. A. .346
Ford, A. P 438
Foreman, A. J. 412
Foreman, Joseph 435
Fought, W. Il. .521
1.
Idlewine, Andrew
471
J.
Jackson, William 439
Johnson, J. T.
.341
Johnson, L. W 348
Judd, John. .
434
K.
Kerr, D. M.
.345
Ketcham, John
517
King, John.
372
Kirby, 11. W.
400
Kline, Robert.
.285
Kline, William
.532
Kraner, Iliram
307
Kraner, M. N.
305
L.
Lange, C. N.
428
Lankenau, J. II. .330
Lee, J. J ..
495
Lehman, Jeff.
.499
Lewton, L. W.
.360
Liby, Jonas.
470
Linehard, Lawson.
.332
Linton, D. B.
280
Linton, J. W
309
Linton, Samuel.
284
Lister, Ezra.
.286
Long, Lewis
420
Lord, Reuben
.543
Lonthan, Moses
499
Luttman, Henry
529
Lutz, C. J . .
396
M.
MacWhinney, F. J
.371
Magley, J. J. .388
Malonee, T. W. 381
Malonee, W. P.
375
Mangold, Abraham.
446
Manley, J. L.
.329
Manley, P. B. 328
Manu, Harlo 479
Mann, J. C. .334
Mann, J. E. 373
Mann, J. E.
.. 335
Mann, J. F.
.491
Martin, Benjamin
.309
Martin, J. A. 385
Martin, Josephus.
539
Martz, G. Il.
484
Martz, Henry
444
Martz, JJ. K.
449
Mason, A. A.
343
Manrer, Samuel .283
May, Emory 409
MeConnehey, William.
480
416
McConnell, M. M
340
MeCune, James.
316
MeCune, John.
305
Mc Daniel, Perry
460
France, W. H. Il
Frank, George.
.301
Frank, John
.380
Frech, F. F.
538
Freeman, B. R.
474
Fristoe, J. N
407
Fuelling, H. D
427
Juday, A. J
.362
Fuelling, J. H.
408
G.
Gallmeyer, F. W. 414
Galloway, Covey 551
Gass, J. P.
.496
Gerke, F. D. W.
534
Gideon Brothers.
.501
Gideon, J. M.
494
Gillig, A. S. .510
Gillig, F. J. 368
Gladden, G. W .485
Gladden, Il. L. 251
Glancy, W. G.
.548
Glass, Noah.
.384
Gottschalk, Andrew 359
Gould, A. J.
475
Gulick, Amos
415
II.
IIaeffing, G. W. 315
HIain, Simeon .447
l[ale, J. 1) 290
Hale, S. W.
443
ITall, William .398
Harper, William 523
Hart, 11. HI. . . 49
Ileaston, N. P.
349
HIedington, Laben 361
Iledington, Lhamon 289
Ileimbarger, George
.314
Heimbarger, Isaac
383
Ileller, D. I).
311
Hendricks, Bazil.
393
Hendricks, J. D. 427
Hendricks, J. W
404
Ilendricks, John
454
Hendricks, Philip
420
Hendricks, Thomas
.465
Hendricks, Willian 469
Herr, M. M.
513
Ilessler, Gerhard. .527
Ilill, A. J. . 998
lines, Daniel
497
llisey, Jolin ..
.380
locker, C. W .424
Hoffman, D. W. .519
Hoffman, Stephen. 457
Hollingsworth, T. P. 456
Hlo.Joway, A. G. 421
Holloway, J. M. 366
Holthouse, Peter 429
Hooper, P. G. . 318
Houk, Benjamin 419
Hlouse, T. Il. .468
Huser, Albert 370
MeGriff, Michael.
371
.
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Mattax, Lewis.
327
McConnell, John.
France, J. T .. 403
.460
CONTENTS.
McLeod, Edward. 406
Reding, W. E. 452
Thompson, II. W. $92
Tinkham, Dennison 367
Todd, Rezin ... 353
Townsend, Richard
520
Tricker, Jeremiah
.470
Trout, D. G. M 48G
Trout, William
479
Turveer, B. J
341
Tyndall, J. W 398
V.
Vance, M. P. 484
Vance, William 498
Voglewede, G. H
521
Voglewede, J. JI
519
W.
Wagner, J. G.
530
Wagoner, Jolin.
520
Wagoner, Nicholas 432
Wagoner, S. S. 431
Walser, J. A.
519
Wass, W. I. B. 548
Watson, J. J. 334
Weaver, Joel. 482
287
Weldy, J. P ..
488
Weldy, Samuel
304
Wetter, W. A.
Wherry, Joseph.
.541
473 Wilder, Edwin 351
Wilken, Rev. II. T. 393
Williams, Jesse. 389
Wilson, J. C .. 388
Winans, lester A 421
Wisner, W. A ... 434
Wolf, Sylvester. 439
Wood, Sylvanus.
.32G
Woodruff, D. M.
537
Woy, John. .3.17
Y.
Yager, Jacob.
.355
Young, John:
.350
Young, J. T
310
Z.
Zimmerman, Eli.
...
.325
Railing, Abraham .379
Railing, Daniel. .531
Rainier, C. T .412
Ralston, S. G. .516
Rape, Lafayette.
390
Rawley, Abraham
423
Rawley, Tilmon .433
Rawley, William. 476
Ray, E. M. .509
Ray, G. W. 51G
Ray, J. W. 443
Reber, Eli.
.433
Reber, Ezra 514
Reis, Paulus. .394
Meibers, John 445
Meeks, W. R. 536
Menefee, G. W .544
Merriman, I. P. ,418
Merryman, J. T 278
Miller, Joseph .551
Miller, L. C. 297
Motfett, E. D. .284
Moses, E. S .. 458
Moses, Samuel 451
Moses, W. W.
.542
Rugg, Jay. .306
Mosser, Solomon .507 Rugg, S. L. 303
Rumple, Jacob. 482
Rumple, John. 494
S.
Scheer, J. J. .474
Scheer, J. P .524
Schlegel, Augustus 419
Schurger, John. 308
Shackley, D. K
.286
Shackley, 11. W. .405
Shafer, George. 391
Sheets, J. G . .367
Shepherd, N. B 411
Simison, Robert .. .477
Neptune, J. Q.
.454
Niblick, James
.363
Nibliek, Jesse.
Niblick, Robert. . 386
Numbers, John .279
P.
Parent, Joseph 330
Parr, W. II. 493
Patterson, James .547
Patterson, J. C.
543
Peel, William.
430
Peterson, R. S. .553
Pontius, George .. 298
Porter, Alexander .379
Porter, C. D) .325
Porter, J. P. 399
Sprunger, J. A.
.319
Sprunger, P. A .493
Stacy, Henry. 481
Steele, David. .315
Steele, John. .382
Steele, Samuel. .316 Steele, S. S. .329 Steele, Washington .472
Steiner, J. C. . .453 383
Stephenson, R. R.
Studabaker, David .277
Stults, Jacob.
.370
Stults, W. JI .. 404
Syphers, Adam ... .523
T.
Teeter, D. P. 437
Teeters, Rev. Isaac.
552
Decatur
259
Thomas, JI. S.
.317
Villages
268
AAAAAAAAA
Rice, Benjamin .509
Rice, B. P. .389
Rice, W. P. .312
Robinson, Perry .510
Robison, John .. .368
Robison, Nancy .478
Robison, James. .543
Roebuck, Ebenezer. 549
Roll, A. O. A. .385
Rose, J. E. & M. 288
Mowery, J. B .507
Myers, C. F. .308
Myers, David. .371
Myers, D. W 491
Myers, Henry .317
Myers, II. 11 307
Myers, Jesse.
.369
Myers, W. J. .
515
N.
Neaderhouser, Emanuel. 400
Nelson, Elias. .527
Nelson, Isaac. .527
Simison, Samuel. 496 .493
Smith, A. J. 490
Smith, Jeli. .292 Wherry, Joseph
Smith, Jesse
Smith, J. W
541
Smith, Morgan 465
.Smith, P. W. 547
, Smith, Samuel 459
Smith, W. R ..
458
Smith, Zachariah
.514
Snow, J. B. .539
Snow, J. F.
.331
Snow, V. L.
.533
Snyder, William
.462
Spade, Jacob. 410
Spangler, Sylvester. 414
Pruden, P. W. 294
Pyle, A. J. .302
Pyle, W. F. 299
R.
GENERAL HISTORY.
Introductory.
183
Early and Civil History .188
Pioneer Life .. 201
Political and Official .228
The Civil War.
.232
The Press .. 242
Professional. .245
Educational 247
Miscellaneous. .255
Meibers, B. J. .512
.
461
Weldy, Daniel.
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CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF WELLS COURTY. FK-
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
A.
Abshire, William 760
Alexander, James 708
Allen, Hezekiah 854
Allen, Matthew
867
Allen, Ransom
925
Archibald, Thomas
890
Arnold, Eli. 772
Arnold, George.
726
Ashbaucher, Benjamin
1008
B.
Bachelor, Lemuel 734
Bailey, Peter ..
691
Baker, Christopher.
701
Barchman, W. F
696
Batson, B. C.
814
Baumgartner, J. C .. .
786
Beavers, S. D 800
Beil, Jacob 945
Bender, J. 11. 983
Bender, Jonathan
964
Bennett, J. G
815
Bennett, J. Il ..
858
Bennett, W. II
804
Bergman, Noah 998
Blue, James 943
Blue, M. C. 986
Bowman, John. 804
Bowman, M. W. 834
Braner, Philip 1003
Brechbill, D. G. 904
Brickley, A. J . 769
Brickley, George 795
Brickley, J. A. 796
Bumgarner, William 789
Bunn, Mrs. Sarah A. 892 Eichhorn, Philip. 658
Burwell, Newton. 702 Elkins, B. M .. 044
Bushee, Jacob.
836
Byall, Alexander.
937
Byall, John 926
C.
Carger, William. 979
Carnes. William 1017
Cartwright, J. S 761
Caston, David. 747
Clark, A. J. 730
Clark, J. I. 885
(Hark, William 796
Cloud, 11. 8. 817
C'obburn, J. W 948
Connett, J. P 867
Conrad, J. S. 953
Cook, L. II 855
Coons, J. A. 778
Cory, Nathan 740
Cotton, C. S. 889
Cover, William 943 Fulton, Allison. 757
Craig, William. .
739
Fulton, J. C. & G. E.
715
Funk, Absalom.
983
G.
Gaiser, George
826
Galyean, S. II
771
Gardiner, G. E. 976
Gardenour, Mrs. Martha. 692
Garrett, F. W.
757
Garrett, Noah 1004
Gavin, J. A. 853
Getty, Jacob .. 957
Gilbert, William 790
Glass, David
89.1
Glass, J. T.
818
Good, J. J .. .
1012
Good, Samuel. 1010
Goodin, J. D. 964
Goodspeed, I. B. 781
Gordon, John. 930
Gorrell, Joseph.
Graham, William
900
Grant, J. J
873
Gregg, William. .
9-16
Greenfield, Nathaniel. 830
Gritlith, J. M. 991
Griffith, Eli. 934
Dougherty, Ingh 670 Grimes, G. W. 994
Groves, Josephi.
849
Gutelins, W. A.
838
II.
Hale, Bowen
651
Ilale, J. P. 800
.
Hall, Adnah. 738
Harnish, G. A. 818
Ilarrold, G. E. 857
Harper, William 900
Harter, George .. 679
Ilarvey, James. 900
Harvey, J. R
806
Hatfield, Hiram. 668
HIedges, J. K
864
$03
Herrmann, J. C. 655
Hogg, James. 846
Hloutz, Eli 028
Houtz, Henry
929
Fitch, W. I .. 824 Hoover, Levi . 780
Fitzpatrick, J. D. 889
Fleming, Aaron 823
Fornshell, R. D 875
Foust, A. J. 809
Foust, Samuel
886
France, C. M. 760
| Fritz, David.
908
Fryback, George 827
Croasdale, E. C.
894
Crosbie, James. 927
Crouse, Mrs. Dr.
Crum, J. II ... 733
Crum, Samuel 1021
Curry, Robert.
844
D.
Dailey, James 999
Dailey, J. S 688
Dalrymple, Il. W 752
Davenport, L. C. 1024
Davis, Josialı 842
Davis, J. R ..
961
Deam, Wilson. 768
Decker, Isaac. 882
De Long, Alexander. 797
Dickason, G. F 701
Dickey, William 947
Dillman, Andrew 902
Dillman, S. M 1016
Ditzler, G. C 901
Doan, T. A. F. 686
Doster, George 684
Doster, Hezekiah. 659
Dougherty, John
685
Dougherty, William 654
Duglay, Asbury. 722
E.
Buckner, W. N. 872 Eckart, Grafton. 1009
Edris, Ilenry. 903
Ellingham, Theodore 852
Engeler, Frederick 907
F.
Falk, Albert. 921
Falk, John. 930
Farling, Jacob. 938 Hedges, R. M.
Ferguson, J. H. 815
Fetters, L. H. 845
Fetters, Z. T. 974
Fisbbaugh, Isaac 861
HIorton, E. R ..
851
Horton, Theodore 843
HIonsel, Mrs Rhoda. 874
Howard, L. L. 755
Howard, R. G. .
756
Huffman, D. C
825
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CONTENTS.
Huffman, Elijah. 985
Iluffman, Frederick 749
Huffman, G. R. 910
Huffman, G. W 786
Huffman, H. B. 770
998
Jutlman, Lewis
799
Huffman, J. J. 1001
Iluffman, Samuel 1007
J.
Jarrett, William. 841
Johnson, A. W. 737
Johnson, W. C. 971
Johnston, William. 693
Jones, Daniel
954
Jones, O. P. 952
Justus, M. M. 992
K.
Kain, Daniel 953
Keller, S. J. 884
Kellogg, Nelson 765 Miller, Jacob
Kemp, Joel. 875 Miller, N. T .. 667
Kenagy, J. V. 794
Kershner, David. 687
King, G HI.
King, G. W 823
Kirk wood, Henry 940
Kirkwood, William. 997
Klingel, Jonathan. 882
Kunkle, Samuel
781
1.
Lacey, C. E. 947
Lambert, R. P. 675
Lancaster, John. 655
Lancaster, Nathan.
864
Leavengood, P. C ..
758
Lee, John. .
920
Lee, M. W. 733
Lesh, Joseph
939
Lipkey, H. W.
675
Lipkey, William
810
Newman, M. N 693
Nimmons, W. B. 877
Noe, David .. 852
Nusbaumer, George 752
Nutter, Levi.
851
0.
O'Brien, Jolin
928
Ogden, John . 871
Oldfather, Michael 966
Oppenheim, Albert ..
857
Oppenheim, Sigmund 866
Ormsby, J. II.
782
Osborn, Levi 712
P.
Parker, Mrs. C A. 946
Parkison, W. J.
989
Perry, Ephraim.
1008
Perry, W. T .. 703
Plessinger, J. B .. 957
Poulson, W. J .. 759
Prible, J. J. ..
844
Prillaman, Lewis
899
Prillaman, William
992
Q.
Quackenbush, T. W. 724
Quick, Amos
008
Quick, J. W.
658
R.
Randall, A. C.
1016
Reed, H. 1I. 840
Reitľ, J. K. 660
Riddile, S. L.
926
Rinear, J. W.
896
Rinehart, J. ('. 1019
Rinehart, J. K 969
Roberts, John 856
Roberts, Nathan 866
Robison, P. L.
Robinson, Robert 731
Rowe, Amos.
009
Rupright, W. II.
881
S.
Sale, J. W.
934
Scott, James 750
Scott, T. E .. 732
Scotton, Charles. 695
Seaman, Joseph
810
Seaton, R. L.
Seabold, G. H. 1003
Settle, W. S .. 838
Shadle, Philip. 745
Shaw, E. B. .. 676
Shields, Amazialı 746
Shively, Jacob. . 922
Shoemaker, John. 740
Shoup, Jacob. ..
876
Shrock, Gabriel. 767
Silver, J. C. 820
Silver, W. S. 939
Simmons, Abram
Simmons, I. B. 800
Smith, D. T .. 770
Smith, J. H. C. 878
Smith, McCoy. 808
Souerwine, Peter 909
Spaulding, L. A. 711
Speece, Jacob. 912
Starr, B. F ..
834
Staver, Jonathan 997
Stewart, A. J. 1020
Stoops, James 793
Straw, Samuel 901
Studabaker, Abraham 766
Studabaker, Jolin .. 683
Studabaker, Peter 704
Sturgis, E. Y. 848
Sturgis, Thomas 660
Sunier, Anthony
910
Swaim, D. II ..
907
Martin, II. L. 694
Mason, L 750
Mast, Abraham. 904
McAfee, S. J.
847
Poulson, William
667
McAfee, W. J. 975
McCaffrey, Patrick 787
MeCleary, J. R. 669
McConkey, James, 1018
McCullick, H. C .. 972
McDowell, E. B. 956
Meintire, Phanuel. 729
McIntire, William 920
Mc Mahon, W. P 707
Melsheimer, C. T.
Merriman, J. M 805
895
Merriman, J. V. Merriman, W. B. 980
Mertz, William.
893
Mertz, Wilhelm.
893
Metts, J. I. . 936
Michael, Jonathan 798
Milholland, Joseph .
1022
Miller, Mrs. Catherine 738
Miller, C. M. .1002
Miller, Henry. 749
970
Miller, William 937
Miller, W. HI.
865
Minnich, Jacob
965
Minnich, John. 973
Minnich, Peter. 983
Mixell, George 1001
Mock, Levi 699
Morgan, C. HI
Morrical, E. P. 828
Morris, Thomas 813
Mossburg, Henry.
863
Mossy, John K.
962
Mowery, G. F.
814
Myers, Joseph
777
N.
Neff, Ira 1000
Neff, I. N 990
Netľ, Jolın. 771
Newhard, W. J. 656
Lock wood, G. A. 687 Lock wood, J. S 711
Lounsberry, Sylvester 903
Ludlum, A. W
993
Nusbaumer, J. J.
759
Ludwick, Joseph
1009
Lusk, J. N 955
M.
Maddox, J. C. 805
Maddox, L E. 788
Maddox, W. H 982
Maddox, W. M.
715
Markley, D. F. 882
Markley, Gabriel. 723 Markley, II. C .. 992
Markley, Jonathan 677
Markley, Rev. J. J 674
Markley, J. W 695
Marsh, C. S
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Martin, A. N. 678
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Swaim, William 916
W.
Swaim, W. T. T.
Taylor, B. F.
861
Templeton, J. F 691
Tewksbury, Hiram. 915
Thoma, Henry
873
Thomas, Rev. D. F.
1023
Thompson, R. II .. 1019
Thornburg, J. W. 677
Todd, J. J. 663
Toud, N. K. 751
Travis, John. 951
Twibell, W. M. 981
U.
Unrue, George
1021
V.
Wilson, E. R. 793
Wisner, T. L. 742
Wolf, William.
699
Z.
Waikel, Levi 778
Waikel, William
680
Zion, W. C.
729
Waldron, R. A.
807
Zoos, Joseph
1007
Walker, J. A ..
788
Wallace, Thomas 654
Walser, Rannals 958
Ware, Morgan. 1024
Warner, G. L .. 1015
Warner, Jacob. 657
Wasson, John 853
Watts, Samuel ... 886 County Government 570
725
Political and Official.
574
Patriotism.
578
Professional. 586
The Press 598
Miscellaneous 602
Bluffton. .611
625
Liberty Center
.631
Smaller Villages
634
PORTRAITS.
Adams, John
15
Adams, John Quincy
39
Arnold, Eli. 773
Arthur,; Chester A. 112
Bachelor, Lemuel 735
Bennett, J. R. 859
Blue, M. C .. 987
Bobo, J. R. 321
Buchanan, James 81
Burghalter, Christian. 504
Burghalter, Mrs. Mary 505
Jackson, Andrew 46
Jarrett, William. . 840
Jefferson, Thomas 21
Johnson, Andrew. 92 Studabaker, Peter. 705
Stults, Jacob. 377
Sturgis, E. Y 849
Taylor, Zachary 69
Tewksbury, Hiram. 914
Todd, J. J. 662
Travis, Jol 950
Tyler, John. 61
Van Buren, Martin 53
France, J. T.
402
Fulton, J. C.
714
Miller, L. C. 296
Mock, Levi. 698
Monroe, James. 33
Morton, Oliver P. 160
Ogden, John 870
Ormsby, J. H. 783
Owen, Robert Dale 176
Pierce, Franklin 77
Polk, James K. 65
Rinear, J. W. 897
Rinehart, J. K. 968
Scheer, J. P. 525
Shadle, Philip.
714
Shively, Jacob.
928
Smith, J. II. C.
879
Smith, P. W .. 546
Snyder, William. 463
Studabaker, David 276
Studabaker, John 682
Cleveland, Grover.
116
Colfax, Schuyler.
168
Cotton, C. S ..
888
Crawford, Josiah
488
Dailey, J. S. .. 689
Dalrymple, H. W. 753
Lesh, Joseph . 939
Lincoln, Abraham 85
Lipkey, William. 811
Madison, James. 27
Melsheimer, C. T. 728 Walser, Rannals. 959
Warner, G. L .. 1014
Washington, George. 8
Williams, James D 172
Wilson, E. R
Garfield, James A 108
Garrett, Noah 1005
Gottschalk, Andrew. 358
Grant, Ulysses S .. . 97
Greenfield, Nathaniel. 831
IIale, Bowen 650
llale, J. P. 801
HIale, S. W. 442
Harrison, William Henry 57
llayes, Rutherford B 103
Hendricks, Thomas A 164
llocker, C. W 425
Christen, John. . 337 338
Christen, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kellogg, Nelson 764
King, G. W. 823
Kirkwood, Henry. 941
Kirkwood, William. 996
Dougherty, Hugh. 671
Engeler, Frederick 906
Fillmore, Millard. 73
Fulton, G. E. 719
Funk, Absalom 032
Gardiner, G. E. 977
GENERAL HISTORY.
Geology, Topography and Nat-
ural History.
.559
Early Settlement.
562
Weaver, Branson
Weaver, Harvey
980
Weisell, W. W. 1011
West, Isham
911
Wiley, R. W. 835
Wilkin, William 984
Wilson, Cyrus. 868 Ossian
Wilson, Donaldson 700
Van Emons, A. R.
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858
Zimmerlee, Jacob.
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0 EORGE WASHING- TON, the " Father of his Country" and its first President, 1789- '97, was born Febru- ary 22, 1732, in Wash- ington Parish, West- moreland County, Virginia. His father, Augustine Wash- ington, first married Jane But- ler, who bore him four chil- dren, and March 6, 1730, he - married Mary Ball. Of six children by his second mar- riage, George was the eldest, the others being Betty, Samuel, John, Au- gustine, Charles and Mildred, of whom the youngest died in infancy. Little is known of the early years of Washington, beyond the fact that the house in which he was born was burned during his early child- hood, and that his father thereupon moved to another farm, inherited from his paternal ancestors, situated in Stafford County, on the north bank of the Rappahannock, where he acted as agent of the Principio Iron Works in the immediate vicinity, and died there in 1743.
From earliest childhood George devel- oped a noble character. He had a vigorous constitution, a fine form, and great bodily strength. His education was somewhat de-
fective, being confined to the elementary branches taught him by his mother and at a neighboring school. He developed, how- ever, a fondness for mathematics, and en- joyed in that branch the instructions of a private teacher. On leaving school he re- sidled for some time at Mount Vernon with his half brother, Lawrence, who acted as his guardian, and who had married a daugh- ter of his neighbor at Belvoir on the Poto- mac, the wealthy William Fairfax, for some time president of the executive council of the colony. Both Fairfax and his son-in-law, Lawrence Washington, had served with dis- tinction in 1740 as officers of an American battalion at the siege of Carthagena, and were friends and correspondents of Admiral Vernon, for whom the latter's residence on the Potomac has been named. George's inclinations were for a similar career, and a midshipman's warrant was procured for him, probably through the influence of the Admiral ; but through the opposition of his mother the project was abandoned. The family connection with the Fairfaxes, how- ever, opened another career for the young man, who, at the age of sixteen, was ap- pointed surveyor to the immense estates of the eccentric Lord Fairfax, who was then on a visit at Belvoir, and who shortly after- ward established his baronial residence at Greenway Court, in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Three years were passed by young Wash- ington in a rough frontier life, gaining ex- perience which afterward proved very es- sential to him.
In 1751, when the Virginia militia were put under training with a view to active service against France, Washington, though only nineteen years of age, was appointed Adjutant with the rank of Major. In Sep- tember of that year the failing health of Lawrence Washington rendered it neces- sary for him to seek a warmer climate, and George accompanied him in a voyage to Barbadoes. They returned early in 1752, and Lawrence shortly afterward died, leav- ing his large property to an infant daughter. In his will George was named one of the executors and as eventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by the death of the infant niece soon succeeded to that estate.
On the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie as Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia in 1752 the militia was reorganized, and the prov- ince divided into four districts. Washing- ton was commissioned by Dinwiddie Adju- tant-General of the Northern District in 1753, and in November of that year a most important as well as hazardous mission was assigned him. This was to proceed to the Canadian posts recently established on French Creek, near Lake Erie, to demand in the name of the King of England the withdrawal of the French from a territory claimed by Virginia. This enterprise had been declined by more than one officer, since it involved a journey through an ex- tensive and almost unexplored wilderness in the occupancy of savage Indian tribes, either hostile to the English, or of doubtful attachment. Major Washington, however, accepted the commission with alacrity ; and, accompanied by Captain Gist, he reached Fort Le Bœuf on French Creek, delivered his dispatches and received reply, which, of course, was a polite refusal to surrender the posts. This reply was of such a character
as to induce the Assembly of Virginia to authorize the executive to raise a regiment of 300 men for the purpose of maintaining the asserted rights of the British crown over the territory claimed. As Washing- ton declined to be a candidate for that post, the command of this regiment was given to Colonel Joshua Fry, and Major Washing- ton, at his own request, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel. On the march to Ohio, news was received that a party previously sent to build a fort at the confluence of the Monongahela with the Ohio had been driven back by a considerable French force, which had completed the work there be- gun, and named it Fort Duquesne, in honor of the Marquis Duquesne, then Governor of Canada. This was the beginning of the great "French and Indian war," which con- tinued seven years. On the death of Colonel Fry, Washington succeeded to the com- mand of the regiment, and so well did he fulfill his trust that the Virginia Assembly commissioned him as Commander-in-Chief of all the forces raised in the colony.
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