Centennial history of Grant County, Indiana, 1812 to 1912 : compiled from records of the Grant county historical society, archives of the county, data of personal interviews, and other authentic sources of local information, Part 1

Author: Whitson, Rolland Lewis, 1860-1928; Campbell, John P. (John Putnam), 1836-; Goldthwait, Edgar L. (Edgar Louis), 1850-1918
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. ; New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1382


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CENTENNIAL HISTORY


OF


GRANT COUNTY


INDIANA


1812 to 1912


Compiled from Records. of the Grant County Historical Society, Archives of the County, Data of Per- sonal Interviews, and Other Authentic Sources of Local Information


Under the Editorial Supervision of ROLLAND LEWIS WHITSON


And Associate Editors EDGAR L. GOLDTHWAIT JOHN P. CAMPBELL


V.1 VOLUME 1


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PUBLISHERS: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1914


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Holland Lenve Chitson


FOREWORD


When the first one hundred years in local history had eyeled into eternity, I was at the parting of the ways. It was my good fortune to he chief seulptor on the Century milestone --- supervising editor of the Centennial History of Grant County. It was a stupendous undertaking -the opportunity of a life time. I could not assume the responsibility alone. "'In the multitude of conneil there is wisdom, " and it scented advisable to make of this important epoch-marking publication a com- munity effort, the product of many writers.


It has been through the cooperation and willing service of others that this record of a century is a possibility. Contributors and patrons alike have aided in the enterprise, and I have appreciated the attitude of many toward it. Assembling the within material has been a delight because of frequent inquiry about it. When the first Octogenarian meeting was called, and when the Historical Society was organized, there was an ultimate purpose in it all-this summary of events, this Century milestone along the highway of local civilization.


In the year just closed I lived wholly in the past, a rechise from society. I could not mingle in the affairs of the day and dwell in the long ago. While it was not entire self-abnegation-rather a matter of voluntary servitude, I am glad to shake off the burden of such respon- sibility-giving to the happenings of one hundred years their, relative values, and while local history will never all be written, henceforth 1 claim the present, and live again for the future. One whose whole life has been spent in any given community cannot be cosmopolitan in his conception of things-is always somewhat cireumseribed by his own "two by twice" experiences, and it was while temporarily a nonresident that I caught the vision of this Centennial history. Not every mission- ary goes abroad to serve his day and generation. While living in Cohun- bus, Ohio, 1 observed the work of the Old Northwest Genealogieal Society, and resolved to perform a similar service in Grant county.


The present day event-something that has just occurred-is much easier tabulated than hazy facts already shrouded in uncertainty. In the preparation of historie narrative, where definite conclusions have not been reached, where facts have not been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, corroborated statements have been used -- where two or three have been agreed as to major questions, minor differences have been allowed to adjust themselves. The historian who delves into old records must visit the archives of the county to find them, and often the details are quite as obscure and hazy as the books containing them, fuil and sufficient record being a minns quantity. Although busy on their own account, persons about the courthouse have frequently helped me write this Centennial History.


Men from whom I have sought information have assured me that


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had some of their pioneer ancestry lived on- the men and the women who made local history- all of these queries could have been sub- stantiated by them. While many unwritten chapters in local history have already been consigned to oblivion -buried with the pioneers who developed this country, younger men have offen surprised me with their fund of stored up knowledge. Word of mouth from father to son, mother to danghter, traditions of the family, is a reliable source of information. In another generation there will be no pioneers, and the man who produces the second centennial summary of events will neces- sarily base his work on what is assembled in this publication, newspaper clippings being a later necessity. I think I shall never save another clipping, although my serapbooks have served an excellent purpose in this historical tabulation.


In some instances there are "Twice Told Tales," because this is a composite history. It is the work of many writers and, therefore, of infinitely greater value to the community than if the click of one typewriter had produced it all. When more than one has related the same incident, the repetition has been tolerated rather than add to, sub- tract from, multiply or divide copy submitted by contributors. At the expense of my own poorly balanced chapters, I have tried to avoid using material already written by others. Writers who did not live to witness publicity are: John Ratliff, Jacob Bugher, W. Il. Nicewanger, W. F. Jones, Mrs. Asenath Peters Artis, and the two nonresidents: Joaquin Miller and Benjamin S. Parker.


While assembling historical data I have been at many late sessions of the Insommia Chib, and since next morning I could not recall all that had passed in waking panorama-snap judgment has sometimes been taken, and written note has been made at the time of midnight musings so illusive as never to come again. In waking hours of darkness, I have asked myself the question: "Is it worth the candle?" Thomas Bailey Aldrich says :


"My mind lets go a thousand things Like dates of wars, and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour -- "


and there is always some one who knows or has laid away a newspaper, and many times I have been unerringly guided to the right source for desired information. Such inquiry has usually been from somebody older, and: "That's getting away back there," have said the "oldest inhabitants," when questioned about half-forgotten things.


The conscientious historian gleans facts wherever he can find them, and oftentimes middle aged persons who have forgotten half the things they once knew, defer to those older who seemingly have forgotten all -- no, many times no -their minds are clear about the things of yesterday and yesteryear, although some of them take little note of today. One of them exclaimed, enthusiastically : " Whitson, we who have been here a good while. know some of these things to be farts," when questioned about the long ago. Frequently there have come such doods of memories that I have heard things about which I had not sought information.


History is an array of facts not sentiment, and the historian must handle conditions as he finds them. While it may not be a rivulet of text leading from the noisy haunts of the world -while fiction alone may wind along through pleasant old literary gardens redolent with the choicest of intellectual blossoms-history may at least be a log across the stream that catches some of the drift of the ages. It has been the province of the Centennial historians to dislodge some of the aceuman- lated debris and send it adrift down the River of Time, available to


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those who chronicle the events of the next one hundred years -- a foun- dation upon which to build the superstructure of the second century milestone.


ROLANDA.


December Thirty-first, Nineteen Thirteen.


To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : This is to certify that we have examt- ined copy submitted to us by R. L. Whitson to be used in the Centennial History of Grant County, as per terms of agreement with him and with the Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago.


May 6th, 1914.


EDGAR 1. GOLDTHWAIT. JNO. P. CAMPBELL.


CONTENTS


PAGE


CHAPTER


1. FROM SAVAGERY TO C'INRAZATION 1


1. THE BATTLE OF THE MISSISSINEWA. 10


HI. THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL HISTORY AND THE BEST METHODS OF PRESERVING FT 32


IV. THE MIAMI RESERVE IN EARLY DAYS 39


V. THE RED MAN IN GRANT COUNTY. -17


VI. THE FIRST MAN AND THE FIRST HOME 57


54


VIL. CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN GRANT COUNTY 66


VILL. MANUFACTURING-TRANSPORTATION. 71


IX. FINANCE-WEALTH OF GRANT COUNTY


77


X. . AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 83


XI. THE EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE.


XIL. LIVESTOCK AS AN INDEX TO PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION . 91


XTHI. HORTICULTURE IN GRANT COUNTY


XIV. THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. 93


95


AV. THE FOREST OF GRANT COUNTY 96


XVI. SOME WEATHER OBSERVATIONS. 97


XVII. GLACIAL DRIFT AND SOL, FORMATION 101


XVIII. WHEN THE MISSISSINEWA GIVES UP ITS DEAD 110


XIX. PEARL FISHERIES ALONG THE MISSISSINEWA


XX. THE PRICE OF REALTY AN INDEX TO PROGRESS 1144


XXI. PUBLIC UTILITIES IN GRANT COUNTY. 121


XXII. MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 128


XXILL. THE EVOLUTION OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY 134


XXIV. THE EVOLUTION OF THE POSTAL SYSTEM 188


XXV. POLITICAL REMINISCENCES AND PROSPECTS 111


XXVL. REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER SCHOOLS. 155


159


XXVIII. GREEN TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY. 173


XXIX. VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 180


XXX. CENTER TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY.


XXXI. FAIRMOUNT TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY


XXXII. LIBERTY TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 225


XXXIII. MONROE TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY . 233


XXXIV. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 245


XXXV. Mua. TOWNSIMP IN HISTORY 252


XXXVI. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 268


XXXVII. SIMS TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY. 278


XXXVHI. RICHLAND TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 286


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XXVII. JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY


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XXXIX. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP IN HISTORY 200


XL. WILLIAM JAMES, SCHOOL MASTER. 300


XLI. ANTEBELLUM EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. .


802


XLII. GRANT COUNTY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 301


XLIII. AN EDUCATIONAL PANORAMA-VIEWPOINTS OF OTHERS 308 XLIV. HISTORY OF LITTLE RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT 318


XLV. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-HIGH SCHOOLS. 320


XLVI. GRANT COUNTY NEWSPAPERS- HOW THEY ARE PRO- DUCED 331


XLVII. THE BENCH AND BAR IN GRANT COUNTY 338


XLVIII. MEDICINE AND DOCTORS 34:


XLIX. DENTISTRY IN GRANT COUNTY 34-1


L. NATIONAL MILITARY HOME OF INDIANA. 345


LI. THE NEGRO IN GRANT COUNTY.


LIL. ARCHITECTURE-THE HOMES OF THE COUNTY 357


LIH. THE STORIES THAT GRANDFATHER TELLS 360


LIV. THE ORGANIZED FAMILY


361


LV. ANTEBELLUM SOCIETY IN GRANT COUNTY 363


LVI. SOCIAL LIFE IN THE COUNTRY 368


LVHI. THE GRANT COUNTY OCTOGENARIAN CLUB, GOLDEN WEDDING CIRCLE AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 373


LVILL. CLUBS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE 391


LIX. BOOSTER CLUBS IN GRANT COUNTY


393


LX. GEN. FRANCIS MARION CHAPTER D. A. R. 401


LXL. LIBRARIES -- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 405


LXIL. ORIGINAL ART IN GRANT COUNTY. 411


LXJIL. MUSIC-ITS RELATION TO THE COMMUNITY 414


LXIV. GRANT COUNTY BOOKS AND WRITERS 161


LAV. STORIES OF THE LONG AGO-THE OMNIBUS CHAPTER 471


LAVI. THE OLD ELM TREE. 501


LAVIL, G. A. R. AND W. R. C. IN GRANT COUNTY 508


LAVIII. MASONRY IN GRANT COUNTY. 510


LXIX. THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 514


LXX. THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 522


LXXI. THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 523


LXXII. THEATRES -- MOVING PICTURES.


LXXIII. ORGANIZED LABOR IN GRANT COUNTY 529


LXXIV. THE JJUVENILE COURT, THE BOARD OF CHILDREN'S GUARDIANS AND THE GRANT COUNTY ORPHANS IIOME 532


LXXV. COUNTY BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS-


MARION FEDERATED CHARITIES. 5-10


LAXVI. HOSPITALS IN GRANT COUNTY 543


LXXVII. EMILY E. FLANN HOME. 549


LXXVIII. Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A. AND BOY SCOUTS. 551


LXXIX. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS THAT HIWE TOUCHED


GRANT COUNTY 559


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LXXX. GAME PRESERVES. 561


LXXXI. OUT OF DOOR PLEASURE RESORTS 568


LXXXII. HEROES AND HEROINES 573


LXXXIII. THE JEW AS CITIZEN 574


LXXXIV. NAMES IN THE DIRECTORY 578


LXXXV. GOD'S ACRE-COUNTY CEMETERIES. 579


LXXXVI. MILITARISM-GRANT COUNTY IN THE WARS 583


LXXXVII. THE HOUSE OF THE LORD IN GRANT COUNTY 607


LXXXVIII. ST. JOSEPH REFORMED CHURCH 613


LXXXIX. WESLEYAN METHODIST 613


XC. SALVATION ARMY. 614


XCI. CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST


614


XCHI. PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS. 615


XCHI. NEW LIGHT CHRISTIANS-CONGREGATIONALISM 615


XCIV. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH


617


XCV. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES. 618


XOVI. CATHOLICITY IN GRANT COUNTY 620


XCVII. THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN


621


XVIII. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH


624


XCIX. THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 626


C. METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH 629


CI. THE LUTHERAN CHURCHES. 631


CJI. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 633


CIII. THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH 636


CIV. SEVENTH DAY ADVENT CHURCH 637


CV. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN GRANT COUNTY. 638


CVI. GRANT COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 663


INDEX


Ackerman, George S., 1241 Agricultural societies, 77 Agriculture, evolution of, 83 "Ainsley Queerton" on politics, 1-14 Allen, Eli, 1146


Allen, John W., 1134


"All tirant County a Park," 91 Along the River Road at Jonesboro (view), 235


An Anderson, Marion & Wabash Interur- ban Car (view), 135 Anderson, John R., 1359 Anderson, William II., 1157


Andersonville prison, reminiscences of, 598


An Everyday Glimpse of Upland (view), 162


An Octogenarian (portrait), 376


Antebellum educational institutions, 302 Antebelhun society in Chiant county, 363 Areana, 258


Architecture the homes of the county, 357


Armstrong, Joseph E., 1159


Artis, senath P., 345


Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, 199


A Typical Nineteenth Century Woman (portrait ), 253 Aveline, Francis X., 47


Back Creek cemetery, 580 Baldwin, A-a T., 1179 Baldwin, Edgar M., 188, 709


Baldwin, Flora M., 114


Baldwin, Mark, 360 Baldwin, Mor 11., 832


Baldwin, Myra R., 573 Baldwin, Stephen G., 831 Ballard, Jesse ML .. 1236 Ballinger, Edmund V., 958 Ballinger, Huldah, 959 Bounds, 437 Banister, Oliver, 1305 Bank's, 74 Baptist church, 626


Bailey, Charles G., 1261 Barley, James L., 1197


Barnett, John T., 1062 Barr, Thomas D., 830 Barracks, Soldiers' Home, Overlooking Jonesboro Road (view), 347 Batchelor, JJames O .. 1052 Battle of the Mississinewa, 2, 10 Baum, Calmman, 1424 Banm, George C., 1332 Baum, Gilbert, 1330


Beasley, William A., 900 "Brantitul River," 291 Beck. William H., 1339 Bedwell, Sammel F., 1259 Bell, James, 758


Bell, John D., 959 Bell. William P'., 787


Benbow, Israel S., 1085


Bench and Bar in Grant county, 338 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk>,


Beshore, Fred L., 1274


Beshore, Leander C., 1972


Bethel Farmers' Club, 371 Big Four Railroad, 70


I'll for the purchase of Missi-sinewa battle ground, 11


Birds, 563


Birdseye View of Johnstown (view), 108


Black, George W., 1317


Blackman, Felix, 1401


Blinn. Henry 11., 562


Hoch Brothers, 1133


Bloch, Benjamin, 1133


Bloch, Edward, 1133


Blumenthal, David II., 11>7


Board of Children's Gnardans, 62, 532, 531


Bole, William A., 931 Boller, David E., 1185


Books and writers, il


Bouk Plates (view ). 106, 407, 409


Booster clubs in Grant county, 393


Boots, Martin, 2, 9, 182, 192, 495


Borrey, John, 875


Bowman, John A., 1354


Boxell. Charles F., 1200


Boy Scouts of America, 551, 552


Bradford, Cassins C., 1154


Bradford. Francis 3,, 1:12


Bradford. James T., 1359


Bradford, Jesse T., 82t


Bradford. Most>, 1151 Bradford. Moses T., 1363


Bradford, Ospar P., 822


Bradford, Robert W., 1353


Bradford, Verley R., 1365


Bradtord, William P .. 1036


Branson, David. 2 Brel-ford. A. Wihnout. 1246


Brewer. Arthur B., 1402 Brinker, Robert, 1254 Brock. William R., 1409 Brookshire. Thomas J. 1075


Browne, John R., 522, 129


Bryant, Benjamin P .. 124 Buchanan Family of Grant Co., 1162


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Buchanan, James M., 1164 Buchanan, James W .. 1164 Bugber, Jacob, 165 Buller, Darmon, 752 Bunker. Byron L., 1032 Business Center in Van Buren (view ), 174 Butler, Alexander, 1351 Butler, Thad, 1193 Butz. Ora E., 841


(. & O. Railroad, 70 Caldwell. Edwin, 844


Canmack, Willis, 1021


Campbell, John B., 1


Campbell, John P., 1377 Carey, John T., 1166


Carey, Leander, 1111 Carnegie Library, Marion (view), 410


Carr, Alonzo W., 1193 Carr, JJ. Clarence, 820 Carroll, James 11., 1141


Carter, Charles L., 624


Carter, DeWitt, 1095


Carter, Henry D., 967


Carter, Isaac L., 1001 Carter, Jolm A., 973


Cartoons, 153 Case, Miss Frone A., 180, 401


Caskey, John IT., 757


Caskey, Nettie, 573


Catholicity in Grant county, 620


C'emer, James W., 1347


Cemeteries, 579


Center township in history, 180; forma- tion of, 181; pioneers, 181; first re- ligious meeting, 181; schools, 182; towns, 182; physical resources, 185 Central Indiana Gas Company, 124


Charles, James, 680 Charles, James F., 682


Chase, Francis W., 1343


Chasey, Lewis O., 1367


Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Club, 391


Che-cum-wah, 2, 50 Christian church, 624 Church of the Brethren, 621 Church of Christ Scientist, 614 Church choirs, 426


Churches, 607 ('ilizens' Exchange Bank, 222 City officials, Marion, 64 Civil government in Grant county, 57 Civil war, 591 Clanin, Jesse, 1140 Clapper, Henry, 1109


Clark, Woody F., 1310


Class in Horticulture, Marion Normal School (view), 317 Clerks of the court, 60 Clover Leaf Railroad, 70


Clubs and their significance, 391


Clupper, George L., 802 Coleman, Bennett B., 1066


Coleman, William 11., 1068 Commercial (Mnb, 222


Congregationalismn, 615 Conley, L. II .. 1286


Connelly, Harry T., 1069


Connelly, Samuel A., 1123 Connor's mill, 294


Connor's Mill (view), 569


Conservation of natural resources, 93 Coon, George M., 756 Confer, Louisa, 1120 Corder, Robert, 1119


Coronels, 61 Couch, Orlando 11., 978


Couch, Thomas M., 1051


Councilmanie distruts, 58


County assessors, 61


County auditors. 59


County Board of Charities and Corree- tions, 62. 540 County commissioners, 58


County councilmen, 58


County preorders, 59


County Seminary, 158


County surveyors, 61


County treasurers, 59


Courts, 341


Cows at Himlanst (view), 85


Cox, Eli J., 720


Cox. Garfield V .. 95


Cox, John W., 789


Cox, Milton T., 898


Cox, Nathan D., 717


Cox, William V., 1114


Crandall, Thomas J., 1170


Cranford. Riley, 812


Cretsinger, Clinton, 1356 Cretsinger, Homes. 1382 Cretsinger, Ross, 1245


Creviston, Elmer J., 140% Creviston, Harry L., 1346 Creviston. Henry C., 1161 Cubberley, Lewis P., 852


Curless, Arthur E .. 1325


Curless, Anna M., 168 Curless, James A., 1108 Curry, Alfred M., 1126


Davis, Charles E., 906


Davis, Oliver S., 1156


Davis, Pierce H., 1283


Davis, Rolla B., 1411


Davis, William F., 766


Daughters of the American Revolution, 401 Dawson, Isaiah, 823


Dean, Calvin, 1208


Dean, Flossie K. 1210


Deeren, Alexander M., 761


Deeren, Hugh, 762


Democrats, 154 Dentistry in Grant county, 344


Devine, John C., 784


Dibble, Mary E., 1407


Dibble, Owen E., 1406


Dicken, George. 1355


Dickerson, Alvin. 946


Dickey, Benjamin F., 1090


Dillon, Richard J1 .. 914 Discovery of natural gas, 70, 125


Doctors, 342 Domestic livestock, 89 Donelson, Nelson, 1117


Dooley, George B., 1405


Doyle, George W., 1181 Doyle, Thomas B., 1180


Doyle, William, 1370 ~~ 1131 Draft Stallions (view), 78 Drainage commissioners, 61


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Drook, David P., 1320 Duck wall, William L., 1403 Duling. B. Frank, 1005 Duling, Joel. 866 Duling. John, 507 Duling, Mary C .. Số7 Duling, Solomon, 740 Duun, Carrie J., 1234 Duno, Monte S .. 991 Dittbam. J. P. 620 Dunham. JJohn P .. 1189 Duroc Hugs (View). 90


Early amusements, 365 Baaly fairs, 78 Carly reminiscences, 8


Karty schools, 302


Early school teachers. 303


East Main Street, Swayzer (view), 359 Eaves, I-aar N . 1311 Echelbarger, Charles M., 1313 A.khart. Godlove G., 1186


Educational institutions, 204 Educational panorama, an, 308


Edgerton, Palmer R., 77, 1386


Bleetnie City of Imhana, 399


Elliott. H. M., 532


Elliott. Herbert M .. 705


Elliott, JJ. Nixon. 691


Elliott. Reuben. 676


Elliott. William 8., 676


Ellis, Ellwood O., 638


Emily E. Flinh Home, 549


Einily E. Flinn Home for Aged Women ( view ), 550 Emlger. Wilham, 1113 End of Marion Street Railway Line m 1891 tview1. 69 Equal suffrage, 147 Erlewine, Henry L., 1178


Evolution of agriculture. 83


Evolution of the postal system, 138


Evolution of the public highway, 134 Eward. J. W. (Betsey), 332


Fairmount. incorporated, 64; Churches, 212: constis of. 214; schools, 217; in- dustries, 218; newspapers. 219; inter- mban line. 221: banks, 222 l'airmount Academy. Fairmount (view), 217


Fairmount Academy Library, 410 Fairmount Banking Company, 222 Fairmount Bible School, 218 Fairmount Fair Association, 79 Fairmount Friends Academy, 304 Fairmount Horticultural Society, 93 Fairmount Manufacturing Company, 220 Fairmount Mining Company, 220 Fairmount Telephone Company. 223 Fairmount township in history, 188; first setthis. 189; forest -. 191; early industries, 192; first publie improve- ment, 195; first election, 195; churches, 195; newspapers. 197; schools, 199; bear -tury. 199; first school, 199; poli- ties, 201, organized, 201; officials, 203; first temperance meeting, 204; stage lines, 205; industries, 207; officials, 222; soldiers, 207


Fairmount Union Joint Stock Agricul- tural Association, 422


Family reunion4, 363


Fankboner, Levi L., 1034 Tankboner, Ozro G., 1031


Farm club- 370 Faim Culture Club, 370


Rum Land, 117 Farmer's Institute, So


Federated Charities, 62 Feighuer, Mbert L., 1221


Ferguson, Andrew J., 115S


Prigues, Warien. 927 Terree, Evan H., 1020


Ferree, John D., & H) Fillebrown, Jaring A., 1142


Finance, wealth of Grant county, 71


Fire department, 131


Just Iniths in county, 7 Fust county officers and court officials, 55 First county record book, 7 First courts, 311


First courthouse, 184 First district commissioners, 58


First fait. 78


List luial entries, 2 First man and the first house, 51 First marriage in county, 7 First session of circuit court. 310 First settlement of Indiana, 2 Ilanagan. John, 715


Phonds. 102


Porest of Grant county, 95


Fourth Street at Boots Creek (view), 105 Fowler. George C., 1214


Fowlerton, 234


Frank. Lcc C., 1015


Franklin township in history, 215; or- ganized, 245; soil, 215; hrst entries. 217; first settlers, 212; churches, 217; schools, 248; politics, 219; range of land values, 250, transportation, 251.


Frazier, John A .. 801


Free gravel roads, 137


Friends, 489, 638 Frum savagery to civilization, 1


Fritz, Reuben, 972


I'ver. R. W., 626 Furnish, J. William, 1096


Entiell, Jordan, 1014


Gaines, Edmund M., 717 Gaines, Mand II., 268, :44


Game preserves. 561 C. A. R. and W. R. C. in Grant county, 508


Gas and oil period. 124


Gas (ily, b1. 263 Gas companies, 75 Gen. Francis Marion Chapter D. A. R, 401 Gen. Shunk Post. G. A. R., 509


George, Tony. 1237 Gilbert, Goldsmith, 2


Ginn, William, 901 Glacial drift and soil formation, 97 Glessner. W. S., 83


Cheneuer, William S., 1823


Godfroy, Gabriel, 18 God's Arre, county cemeteries, 57!


Golden Wedding Circle. 373, 383 Goldthait Park, 570 Goldthwait. Edgar L., 233


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Holdthait, Martha E., 1150


Goldthwaite, Charles, 1150 Goldthwaite, Darry, 1150 Goodykoontz. Gamaliel B., 1576 Goodykoontz, Nora, 79, 295


Gordon, Ollin, 1041 Gotschall, Peter, 1394 Gould, Henry, 1411


Grange, the. 79


Grant County Agricultural Society. 77 Grant County Court House, Marion (view), 183


Grant County Farmer's Institute, 77


Grant County Farmer's Mutual Fire In- surance Company, 77. 81


Grant County Farmstead with Interur- ban Transportation (view), 119


Grant County Fish and Game Associa- tion. 493


Grant County Historical Society, 385 Grant County Horsethief Protretive As- sociation, 494


Grant County Horticultural Society, 92


Chant County Hospital, 543


Grant County Octogenarian Club, 373


Grant county organized, 5, 54


Grant County Orphans' Home, 532


Chiant County Orphans' Home and In- dustrial Training School. 536


Grant County Sunday School Associa- tion, 663


Grant County W. C. T. U., 155


Grant, John, 1139


Grant. Moses, 2


Chant, Samuel, 2


Grave of Me-Shin-Go-Me-Sia (view), 12


"threat Emancipator," 153


Greater Marion. 68. 187


Green, Lawrence W., 412


Green township in history, 168; pioneers, 169; organized, 170; first schoolhouse, 170; schools, 171; first religions serv-


ices, 172; churches, 172; villages, 172 . Gunder, George W., 1018


Ilaines, George, 1031 Hlaisley, Harlan, 1301


lamaker, John, 1358


Hanks, Nancy, 35 Hanley, Henry A., 924 Hannah, Joseph Q., 1293


Hanmore, George W., 1120


Mardin, Harley F., 834


Harris, David, 1269


Harris, Luvenia E., 1403


Harrison, Luther S., 810


Harvey, Ellsworth, 849 Harvey, Hiram, 797


Harvey, Ross C., 1378


Havens, Jonathan, 1341


Havens, Gabrielle C., 1341


Haynes, Oscar E., 1136 Heal, Elmer E., 1957


Hegner, Peter. 1418 Hendricks, Sylvester C., 1373 Hendricks, William C., Jr., 1374 Henry, G. A., 510 Heroes and heroines, 573 Iliatt, N. W., 344 Hiatt, Newton W .. 834 High schools. 320 High School Building, Fairmount (view), 219


High Schools in Gas City (viel ), 263 High School, Swayzee, Indiana (view ), 245


Ilghley, Daniel M., 1340


Highley, James, 1422


Highley, Samuel M., 1396


Hill Brothers, 920 Hill, Elizabeth M., 1007


Hill, James T, 921


Witt, S. Brooks, 921


Hillsamer, William, 816


Himelick, George M., 1265


Himelick, John W., 753


Hinds, James O., 809


History of Little Ridge District School, 318


"Ihistorie Township," The, 1 Historical Society, 373


Houston. Janes 1 .. 1336


Holloway, Amos A., 755 Holloway, Jesse C. 772


Holloway, Joseph 1., 904


Themes of the county 337


Hood, Garrison L., 1315


Hoover. Alvin B., 982


Horner, Alva L., 798


Horner, Ashton, 1059


Horace Mann Industrial and Martin Boots High School (view). 321


Horticulture. 91


House industry. 89 Hospitals im Giant county, 543


Houck, William J. 465. 731


House of Goldthat, Goldthwait, Gold- thwaife, 1149


House of the land in Grant county. 607


Howard. John J .. 1368




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