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Gc 977.201 D36h History of Dekalb County, Indiana
HISTORY
OF
DEKALB COUNTY
INDIANA
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families
DC 977.201 03690.
ILLUSTRATED
1914 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
DEDICATION.
This work is respectfully dedicated to THE PIONEERS,
long since departed. May the memory of those who laid down their burdens by the wayside ever be fragrant as the breath of summer flowers, for their toils and sacrifices have made DeKalb County a garden of sun- shine and delights.
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PREFACE
All life and achievement is evolution; present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exer- tion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privi- lege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the pres- ent conditions of the people of DeKalb County, Indiana, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin land, it has come to be a center of prosperity and civilization, with millions of wealth, systems of railways, grand educational institutions, splendid indus- tries and immense agricultural and mineral productions. Can any think- ing person be insensible to the fascination of the study which discloses the aspirations and efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the founda- tion upon which has been reared the magnificent prosperity of later days? To perpetuate the story of these people and to trace and record the social, polit- ical and industrial progress of the community from its first inception is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and per- sonal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation, and which unite the pres- ent to the past, is the motive for the present publication. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to the sketches of representa- tive citizens of these counties whose records deserve preservation because of their worth, effort and accomplishment. The publishers desire to extend their thanks to the gentlemen who have so faithfully labored to this end. Thanks are also due to the citizens of DeKalb county for the uniform kind- ness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary information.
In placing the "History of DeKalb County, Indiana," before the citizens, the publishers can conscientiously claim that they have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus. Every biographical sketch in the work has been submitted to the party interested, for correction, and therefore any error of fact, if there be any, is solely due to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. Confident that our effort to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are,
Respectfully,
THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I-RELATED STATE HISTORY 25 First Explorers-National Policies-George Rogers Clark Expedition- Northwest Government-St. Clair and Wayne Expeditions-Origin of Fort Wayne-Organization of Indiana Territory-State Organization, 1816-The Last of the Indians-Internal Improvements.
CHAPTER II-GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ZOOLOGY 38 Location-Geology-Peat Deposits-Definition of Peat-Economic Value of Peat-The Fauna: Past and Present-Game Preserve.
CHAPTER III-EARLY SETTLEMENT OF COUNTY 50 First Settlers-Early Life-The Log Home-Early Labor-First Events- Other Pioneers-A Pioneer Honeymoon-Family Mills-Extracts on Early History-John Houlton's Tale-A Dangerous Predicament-John Fee's Track-Incidents of Humor-A Searching Party-Bear Hunt Resumed- Pioneer Society-Mills and Mill Trips-Public Lands-Land Hunting-Cy- clone-Hydrophobia-Pioneer Fare-Mound Builders-Indians-Fox Hunts -The Last Bear.
CHAPTER IV-ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COUNTY 77
Organization-Location of County Seat-First Election-First Commission- ers' Meeting-County Jail-Court House History-First Court House-Sec- ond Court House-The New Court House-DeKalb County Asylum-As- sessment for DeKalb County. 1913-Present County Officers-Finances of County, 1913.
CHAPTER V-MILITARY HISTORY 90
Causes of the Civil War-Lincoln's Nomination-The First Call-DeKalb County Guards-Newspaper Editorials-Mass ' Meetings-Enlistments --- Drafting-Big Celebration-Official Report-Bounty and Relief-Com- mands in Which Men from DeKalb County Enlisted-Spanish-American War-DeKalb County Militia.
CHAPTER VI-REMINISCENCES 118
Wesley Park's Tale-Arrival at the Site of Auburn-Trying Times-Indian Customs-Sketch by S. W. Widney-Flood Waters-From Manuscript of W. H. Dills-A Costly Trip-A Night of Suffering-Abram Fair's Narra- tive-A Coon Story-John N. Miller's Narrative-A Long Trail for Flour- A Hard Journey-More Adversities-A Mill Trip with Ague-The Last Deer -From the Manuscript of J. R. Skilling-Swamps and Animals-Indians- Prehistoric Evidences-Lumber and Asheries-Imports and Exports-Mills -First Public Utilities.
143
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VII-TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
Wilmington Township-Topography-Organization-Early Settlement-A Hard Winter-First Officers-Notes-Butler-Incorporations-Public Utili- ties-Concord Township-Topography-Organization-First Settlements- First Officers-St. Joe-Keyser Township-Topography-Organization -- Garrett-Early Pioneers-Incorporation-Garrett in 1913-Municipal Im- provements-City Hall-Library-Sacred Heart Hospital-Butler Township- Topography-Organization - Early Settlement - First Officers - Fairfield Township-Topography-Organization-Early Settlement-First Officers- Franklin Township-Organization-Topography-Early Settlement-First Officers-Jackson Township-Topography-Organization-Early Settlement -Hurricane of 1841-First Officers-Newville Township-Topography- Early Settlement-First Officers-Newville-Richland Township-Topogra-
phy-Organization-Early Settlement-First Officers-Corunna-Sedan- Smithfield Township-Topography-Organization-Early Settlement-First Officers-Ashley-Stafford Township-Topography-Early Settlement-
First Officers-Troy Township-Topography-Early Settlement-Mills- First Officers- Artic-Spencer Township-Spencerville-Grant Township- Waterloo-Library-Union Township-Topography-Organization-Early Settlement-Auburn-Wesley Park-Early Settlers-Taverns-Incorporation as a Town and as a City-Public Utilities-Library-Eckhart's Gift-Clubs and Societies-Postoffice-Auburn Y. M. C. A .- Automobile Factories and Other Industries-Storm of September 29, 1872-Fall of Snyder Block-Dar- ing Burglary.
CHAPTER VIII-RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 196
First Preacher-First Meetings-Methodist Episcopal Churches-German Methodist Churches-Presbyterian Churches-Christian Churches-United Brethren Churches-Baptist Churches-St. Mark's Lutheran Evangelical Church-German Lutheran and German Reform Churches-Church of God- St. Matthew's Reformed Church-Protestant Episcopal Church-Evangelical Association-Catholic Churches.
CHAPTER IX-HISTORY OF JOURNALISM 222
Early Newspaper Making-First Paper in County-Other Early Papers- Waterloo Press, the Oldest Paper in the County-More Auburn Ventures- First Paper in Butler-First Newspaper in Garrett-The Butler Record- The DeKalb County Herald-Papers of Short Existence-The Ashley Times -The St. Joe News-The Corunna Star-The Auburn Weekly Bee.
CHAPTER X-THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 234 Early Doctors-An Interloper-The Medical Society-Present Physicians.
CHAPTER XI-THE BENCH AND THE BAR 243
Probate Court-Common Pleas Court-Justices of the Peace-Circuit Court -Circuit Court Judges-Early Lawyers-The Present Bar.
CHAPTER XII-POLITICAL HISTORY 249
First Elections-Election of 1860-Later Elections-Presidential Vote in DeKalb County-State Senators-State Representatives-Sheriffs-County Clerks-County Auditors-County Recorders-County Treasurers-County Surveyors-Coroners-Prosecutors-Common Pleas Prosecutors.
259
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XIII-HISTORY OF EDUCATION
The Early School-Early Text Books-Education in the Townships-School History of Auburn-Establishment of Uniform Schools-Auburn Academy -Spelling Matches-Destruction of Academy-First High School-Progress of Education-Education in Garrett-School Statistics-Teachers and Officers.
CHAPTER XIV-AGRICULTURE 278
Farm Lands-Value of Lands-Domestic Animals-Principal Crops-Pro- prietorship of Farms-County Fairs-The DeKalb County Free Fall Fair- Granges-Horticulture in DeKalb County.
CHAPTER XV-RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION. 286 Early Roads and Road Cutting-Railroad History-Surveys-Railroad Be- ginnings-Interurban Railway-Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad- The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-Trestles and Troubles-Land Buying- First Trains-Railroad Boarding Houses-Building of the Shops-Early Garrett.
CHAPTER XVI-BANKS AND BANKING. 302
Early Banking Systems-First Bank in DeKalb County-Beginnings in Au- burn-Present Day Banks-Auburn State Bank-City National Bank-Sav- ings, Loan and Trust Company-Garrett State Bank-Garrett Savings, Loan and Trust Company-First National Bank-Knisely Brothers & Company State Bank- Citizens Bank-Thomas Exchange Bank-St. Joe Valley Bank -The Commercial Bank.
CHAPTER XVII-LODGES AND SOCIETIES 309 Free and Accepted Masons-Knights of Pythias-Independent Order of Odd Fellows-Grand Army of the Republic.
CHAPTER XVIII-MISCELLANEOUS
Patent Medicines-Market Prices in the Fifties-Market Prices of 1913- Pioneers' Association of DeKalb County-First Meeting-Other Meetings- Wolf Bounty-First Circus-Log Values of 1854-Population of County by Decades.
HISTORICAL INDEX
A
C
Adversities, Early 135
Agriculture 278
Catholic Churches 218
Ague
136
Christian Churches 207
Artic
180
Church of Christ at Butler 208
Asheries
140
Church of God 217
Ashley
177
Ashley Newspapers
Assessment, County
87
Clark Expedition
27
Auburn
185
Clerks, County 255
Auburn Academy
265
Colonial Policies 26
Auburn Baptist Church
212
Auburn Catholic Church 218
Auburn Christian Church 207
Common Pleas Prosecutors 257
Concord Township
149
Constitutional Convention
36
Auburn Lutheran Church
213
Auburn M. E. Church
198
Auburn Newspapers
226
Auburn Postoffice
192
Auburn Presbyterian Church 205
Auburn Public Library 190
Auburn Public Utilities 189
Auburn School History 263
Auburn Y. M. C. A
193
Auditors, County
255
Automobile Industry 193
B
Banks and Banking 302
Baptist Churches 211
Beaver Dam
139
Bench and Bar 243
Big Run U. B. Church 210
Birds 46
Butler 147
Butler M. E. Church 201
Butler Newspapers 227
Butler Township
160
Butler U. B. Church 211
D
DeKalb County Guards.
93
DeKalb County, Location
38
DeKalb County Militia.
116
75
Coroners
257
Corunna
173
Counterfeiters, Early 302
County Asylum 87
County Auditors 255
County Clerks 255
County Fairs 281
County Finances 89
County Jail 81
County Officers
88
County Recorders
256
County Seat Location
77
County Surveyors
256
County Treasurers. 256
Court House History 83
Courts, Early
243
Crops
280
Cyclone
74
Commissioners, County 78
Common Pleas Court 244
Auburn Clubs and Societies
191
Auburn, Incorporation of.
187
Circuit Court Judges
245
Circuit Court 245
232
Cabins, Pioneer 54
Coon Hunt
HISTORICAL INDEX.
DeKalb County, Organization of 77
Dills, W. H., Reminiscences 124
Doctors, Early 236
Doctors, Present
241
Domestic Animals
280
Drafting
98
Drainage
38
F
Early Courts
243
Early Dead
126
Early Doctors
236
Early History
58
Early Indian Inhabitants
26
Early Labor
55
Early Lawyers
247
Early Life 52
Early Market Prices
316
Early Medical Treatment 234
Early Mills and Markets 53
Early Newspaper Making
222
Early Preachers
197
Early Roads
286
Early Settlement
50
Early Text Books
260
Education
259
Education in the Townships 261
Eighty-eighth Indiana Regiment. 108
Election, First
27, 249
Election of 1860
250
English Reformed Church
217
Enlistments 98, 99, 114
Episcopal Church 218
Evangelical Association 218
Explorations
25
Extradition, Old Time
137
F
Fair, Abraham, Narrative
130
Fairfield Township 162
Fairs
281
Family Mills
58
Farm Lands
278
Fauna, Past and Present.
44
Fee, John
65
Finances of County
89
First Bank in DeKalb County
303
First Commissioners Meetings
78
First Court House 83
First Election 78, 249
First Events 55
First Explorers
25
First High School.
267
First Newspaper
223
First Preacher
196
First Public Utilities 142
First Religious Meeting 196
₹ First Settlers 50, 144
150, 161, 163, 165, 167, 170, 172, 174 178, 179, 185, 186
First Threshing Machine
127
Fish
45
Five Nations 26
Flood Waters 123
Fort Wayne
33
Forty-fourth Indiana Regiment 105
Fox Hunts
76
Franklin Township 164
Fraternal Orders
309
Free and Accepted Masons 309
Free Fall Fair
282
French Explorers
25
G
Game Preserve
49
Game, Wild
44
Garrett
154
Garrett Baptist Church 212
Garrett Catholic Church 221
Garrett Christian Church
207
Garrett M. E. Church 199
Garrett Newspapers 228
Garrett Presbyterian Church
205
Garrett Schools
274
Geology 38
German Churches 215
German Methodist Church 203
Governor St. Clair 30
Granges
283
Grand Army of the Republic
314
Grant Township
181
H
Hard Winter
145
1Iarmar's Expedition
31
Horticulture
284
Early Schools
259
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Houlton, John 50,
60
Humorous Incidents 66
Hurricane of 1841
168
Hydrophobia
74
I
Improvements, Internal
37 ..
Incidents of Humor 66
Independent Order of Odd Fellows- 313
Indian Customs
122
Indian Inhabitants 26
Indiana Territory 34
Indians Last to Move 36
Internal Improvements
37
Interurban Lines
290
J
Jackson Township 166
Jail, County 81
Journalism 222
Justice of the Peace
244
K
Keyser Township
153
Knights of Pythias
311
Land Hunting 73
Last Bear 76
Last Deer
138
Last of the Indians 36
Lawyers, Early
247
Lawyers, Present 247
Lincoln's Nomination 91
Location of County Seat.
77
Location of DeKalb County
38
Lodges 309
Log Homes 54
Lumber in Early Days 140
Lutheran Churches
213
Lutheran Evangelical Churches
214
M
Market Prices in the Fifties 316
Markets, Early 53
Masonic Order
309
Mass Meetings, Wartime
97
Medical History 234
Medical Society 240
Memorable Campaigns
250
Methodist Episcopal Church.
198
Methodist Protestant Churches 202
Miami Tribe 26. 36
Military History 90
Miller, John N., Narrative 131
Mills, Early
53, 73, 141, 180
Miscellaneous
316
Mound Builders
75
Mt. Pleasant U. B. Church
211
N
Newspaper Editorials, 1861
94
Newspapers of the County
222
Newville
171
Newville Christian Church
209
Newville Township
169
Newville U. B. Church
209
Nineteenth Indiana Regiment
101
Northwest Government
29
O
Odd Fellows
313
Official Roster
88
One Hundred Eighteenth Regiment_ 111 One Hundred Fifty-second Regiment 114 One Hundred Fifty-seventh Regi- ment 117
One Hundred Forty-second Regi-
ment
113
One Hundred Twenty-ninth Regi-
ment
112
One Hundredth Indiana Regiment.
110
Ordinance of 1787.
30
Organization of De Kalb County
77
Organization of Indiana Territory
34
P
Patent Medicines in Early Days 316
Patrons of Husbandry
283
Peat, Analysis of
44
Peat, Value of.
44
Peat Beds
40
Physicians, Present 241
Pioneer Fare
74
Pioncer Honeymoon
57
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Pioneer Society
72
Schools in Auburn 263
Second Court House
83
Pioneers' Association
317
Senators, State 254
Settlement, Early
50
Population by Decades 320
Sheriffs
255
Post Vincennes 28
Pottawatomies. The 36,
75
Smithfield Township
173
Soil of DeKalb County 278
Spanish-American War 115
Spelling Matches 265
Spencer Township
180
Present Court House 84
Present Lawyers 247
Present Market Prices 316
Present Physicians
241
Presidential Vote
252
Probate Court 243
Progress of Education
267
Prosecutors 257
Protestant Episcopal Church
218
Public Lands
73
Public Utilities. First
142
R
Railroads 286
Recorders 256
Rehoboth M. P. Church 202
Related State History.
Religious History
25
196
Religious Meeting, First.
196
Reminiscences
58, 118
Representatives 254
Reptiles
45
Richland Township 171
Roads in Early Days
286
S
Sacred Heart Hospital 160
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur 30
St. Clair's Expedition 32
St. Joe
153
St. Joe Christian Church 208
St. Joe M. P. Church 202
St. Matthew Reform Church
217
St. Michael's Catholic Church
220
School Officers
275
School Statistics
275
Schools
259
T
Taverns
186
Teachers in DeKalb County 275
Thirtieth Indiana Regiment 102
Thirty-eighth Indiana Regiment 104
Thirty-fifth Indiana Regiment.
104
Threshing Machine, First.
127
Township Histories 143
Transportation
286
Treasurers, County 256
Troy Township
179
Twentieth Indiana Regiment.
101
Twenty-first Indiana Regiment.
101
Twenty-ninth Indiana Regiment
101
U
Uniform School System
263
Union Township
184
United Brethren Churches
209
Unweicome Visitors
63
Utilities, First Public
142
V
Value of Farm Lands
279
181
Spencerville M. E. Church
202
Stafford Township
178
State History
25
State Organization
36
State Representatives
254
State Senators 254
Sufferings, Early
128
Surveyors, County 256
Swamps
138
Preaching, First 196
Prehistoric Evidences
140
Presbyterian Churches 205
Present Banks 304
Spencerville
Slavery Question 30
Pioneers 56
Political History 249
HISTORICAL INDEX.
W
Waterloo Presbyterian Church 207
Waterloo Press 224
Wabash & Erie Canal. 37
Waterloo U. B. Church 210
War Mass Meetings 97
Wesley Park's Tale. 118
Wartime Celebration
99
Widney, S. W., Reminiscences. 122
Wartime Editorials
94
Wild Animals 44
Waterloo
181
Wild-cat Currency 302
Waterloo M. E. Church
201
Wilmington Township 143
Waterloo Library
183
Wolf Bounty
319
r
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Abbey, Giles T. 629
Albright, Frank 937
Altenburg, Eugene C.
378
Altenburg, Henry E.
373
Arford, Charles S.
848
Atkinson, Edgar W.
491
B
Bachtel, William H. 830
Barker, Isaac E. 874
Barney, Solomon
539
Baxter, John W.
440
Baxter, Miles
488
Beams, Jack M.
965
Betz, Washington 898
Blair, W. L.
563
Bolinger, Jerry A. 438
Boozer, Herman D.
606
Bowman, Archie S.
641
Bowman, Clarence A.
911
Bowman, James
430
Bowman, Col. Stephen A.
357
Brandaberry, Levi
400
Brandon, Orin 379
Brecbill, Christian 918
Brechbill, John
767
Broughton, Frank, M. D. 638
Brown, Harry
645
Brown, Herman L. 507
Brumback, Edward M. 673
Brunson, Aden D. 901
Buchanan, John Edgar
321
Buchanan, Verne E.
888
Bunge, Fred
665
Burtzner, George W.
773
Buss, Christian C.
967
C
Camp, Aaron W.
954
Campbell, Albertus
877
Campbell, Charles A. 941
Campbell, Clark 923
Campbell, Edward 857
Campbell, Frank S.
417
Campbell, George 415
Campbell, Romain C. 541
Campbell, Samuel L. 416
Campbell, William E.
418
Capp, Charles
628
Carper, Philip S.
997
Caruth, Davis E.
484
Casebeer, Jacob B., M. D. 405
Casebere, Solomon S.
670
Chaney, Nelson
945
Chapman, James
458
Chapman, Lemuel N. 882
Childs, Jason B.
Childs, Phineas D. 683
Close, Benjamin
582
Cochran, Eli T.
525
Coe, Henry E. 623
Corbin, Worth
647
Crooks, Robert W. 536
Crooks, Sheldon 544
Culbertson, Hugh R.
456
Curie. Christian
904
D
Daniels, Arthur G. 806
Daniels, Harrison M. 818
Daniels, Reuben G. 822
Dannells, Willis A.
712
Dapp, Henry 878
Darby, A. Byron, M. D.
402
Davidson, Henry R. 731
Davis, John L.
472
Day, James C.
460
Deems, George
692
DeLong, H. F. 780
DeLong, Marion S. 759
Denison, George B.
594
Denison, George O.
412
693
BIOBRAPHICAL INDEX.
Depew, Perry D. 828
Deihl, John 787
Diehl, Harry 730
Diehm, William C. 763
Dietzen, Nicholas
906
Dilgard, Jonas E. 558
Dilgard, Ray C. 760
Dilgard, Simon A. 578
Downend, Samuel H. 784
Duesler, John W. 632
Dunn, William 595
E
Eakright, Ellsworth A. 714
Eakright, John J. 586
Eckhart, Charles
323
Eldridge, Oliver P.
986
Elliott, Orlando
803
Endicott, William P.
672
Erick, William G. 979
Erwin, Edwin
847
F
Fanning, Frank D., M. D 616
Feagler, John C. 509
Feick, Fred L.
688
Fisher, Solomon
518
Forest, W. H.
716
Forney, William S.
834
Forrest, Earl W.
873
Fosdick, Edwin L.
366
Frantz, John 609
Frazer, Jacob I. 821
Frederick, Charles E. 524
Freeburn, C. W.
949
Fulton, Wesley 614
G
Geddes, George W. 648
Gerner, Karl 776
Gfeller, Frank W. 886
Gfeller, Frederick, Jr. 880
Ginder, Frederick
752
Goodwin, Elmer 870
Goodwin, Leander S. 454
Goodwin, Samuel L. 505
Goodwin, William 793
Graham, John E. 382
Gray, John H. 721
Gray, Truman W. 720
Green, Monte L. 947
Griffin, N. O. 687
Grogg, Abrahanı 601
Grogg, Alva F. 762
Grogg, Daniel 612
Grogg, Isaac
468
Grogg, John 570
Grogg, Oliver P.
757
Grube, William H. 666
Gruhlke, Augustus C. 534
Gunsenhouser, Isaac
774
H
Hamilton, Clarence B. 680
Hamilton, James M. 1001
Hamilton, W. E. 1001
Hamman, Daniel F.
924
Hamman, David A.
910
Hamman, Herman M. 943
Hamman, John 935
Hamman, Thomas 850
Hanes, G. W. 727
Harding, L. C.
964
Harding, Verne E. 825
Harmes, George E. 637
Hartman, Ezra D. 837
Hartman, Joel E.
844
Harwood, Thomas W.
664
Haverstock, Samuel G.
533
Hawver, Benjamin F.
974
Hebel, John 542
Heitz, Joseph P.
772
Hempstreet, Jeremiah 521
Henderson, John W. 653
High, Sammuel M. 719
Higley, Luther H. 770
Hine, Sheldon H. 991
Hines, Francis M., M. D. 392
Hinman, William H. 618
Hixson, Forest A.
754
Hoff, Frank A. 471
Hoff, John P. 446
Hoffelder, Frank C. 839
Hoffelder, John
859
Hodge, Chester P. 796
Hogue, Francis A. 756
Hogue, Frank
556
BIOBRAPHICAL INDEX.
Hohl, Joseph 868
Hollister, Wellington H. 652
Hose, Walter R. 707
Houghton, C. A. 703
Hull, Joseph A.
952
Hull, Russell L. 520
Husselman, Adam W. 604
Husselman, Henry
657
J
Jackman, Isaac M. 678
Jackman, Jefferson W. 768
Jackman, John 710
Jackman, Norman T.
528
Jones, John W.
590
Jones, Milton C.
896
Judson, Harvey T. 453
K
Kegerreis, Joseph 884
Kelley, Alfred 342
Kelley, Douglas 903
Kelly, Eugene
Kettering, William C.
580
977
Kimsey, John M. 635
Kiplinger, Michael, Jr. 335
Knauer, J. Harvey
695
Koch, Johu C. 940
Kosht, David R. 827
Kosht, Simon P. 785
Kramer, Albert A., M. D. 696
Kraus, John
573
Kroutz, John H. W. 551
Kuhlman, Col. Aubrey L. 336
Kuhlman, George W. 592
Kutzner. Myron S. 598
L
Lawhead, James G. 346
Leas, Byron 575
Leas. Daniel L. 704
Leas, John 390
Leas, Obedialı 597
I.eas, William H. 552
Leasure, John H. 565
Leasure, Dr. Lida 384
Lehmback, Charles 791
Leighty. Fred B. 951
Leighty, Jacob D. 352
Leins, Adam 805
Little, Edward O. 486
Lochner, John C. 496
Lockhart, Robert W. 854
Lockhart, William M. 931
Lockwood, Reuben 546
Long, J. Perry 420
Long, Jackson A. 699
Lower, Jacob, Jr. 819
Lung, Noah A
790
Lutz, Jacob
566
Lutz, John
611
Mc
McCague, James P. 560
McClellan, James Y. W. 432
McClure, Timothy 734
McCord, Howard B. 568
McNabb, Warren 422
M
Madden, Alpheus W. 376
May, George 810
Milks, David 788
Miller, Conrad 589
Miller, Forest 782
Miller, Lafayette J. 475
Miller, William C.
671
Mondhank, Walter J. 656
Montavon, Colonel E. 462
Mott, Egbert B. 364
Mountz, Walter W. 576
Mumaw, Samuel A. 999
Musser, Jesse J. 363
Myers, Franklin P. 915
Nebelung, Fred J. 522
Newcomer, Christian, Jr. 480
Newcomer, George W. 450
Nimmons, Frank W. 685
Nisbet, James R. 644
Nodine, Silas 748
Nodine, William J. 961
Noirot, George 584
Nugen, S. H. 668
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BIOBRAPHICAL INDEX.
O
Oberlin, John J. 418
Olinger, Frank W. 624
Olinger, Jacob N. 681
Oswalt, Dr. A. M. 429
Otto, Capt. John F.
395
P
Park, George W. 920
Pepple, Joseph 755
Peters, Albert H. 872
Place, Reed F.
973
Pomeroy, James E.
424
Potts, John S. 799
Powers, A. S. 944
Provines, Alexander
840
Provines, James
717
R
Ralston, Andrew J. 370
Reed, Charles R. 447
Rempis, Theodore 889
Reynolds, Melvin E. 765
Rhoads, Willis
443
Ritter, F. H.
608
Rock, George, M. D.
361
Rohm, Ezra
1003
Rohm, Simon, Jr.
907
Roland, Levi
724
Rose, James E.
514
S
Saylor, E. W. 994
Schiffli, Andrew 808
Schiffli, Anthony 887
Schopf, Elias 778
Schulthess, George
554
Seiler, Franklin P. 976
Shaffer, George 728
Shaffer, Oliver E.
894
Sheets, Martin C. 832
Sherwood, John V. 926
Shoemaker, Emanuel R. 736
Shoemaker, Henry D.
983
Shoner, George 499
Shoudel, John M. 862
Shoudel, Michael L. 865
Showalter, Henry M. 864
Showalter, J. W.
654
Showalter, Joseph E., M. D. 434
Shultz, Albert L. 660
Shurts, P. A. 970
Skilling, J. R. 531
Snyder, Jacob F. 981
Sprott, Thomas H. 571
Stafford, Thomas C. 677
Stone, Samuel G. 549
Stroh, Adam
512
Swarts, David J., M. D. 386
Swartz, Melvin 650
T
Tarney, Dr. Simeon U. 436
Teeters, Franklin M. 968
Tess, H. L. 640
Thomas, Daniel 675
Thomas, Isaac M. 800
Thomas, Milo J. 333
Thomas, Ralph L. 492
Thomas, William A. 501
Thrush, Albert N. 995
Triplett, E. A.
852
Trostle, George W. 959
W
Walker, Eli 814
Walker, Frank 812
Ward, Rev. Stephen B. 482
Warner, Jesse H. 998
Webster, Charles W. 698
Weller, Miles J. 751
West, Price D. 408
Widney, Byron E. 990
Widney, Hugh M. 987
Widney, John P. 397
Widney, Oliver H. 464
Widney, Samuel L. 984
Wigent, Ervin W.
702
Williams, Harvey O. 427
Williams, Samuel 708
Williamson, Eli Y. 478
Willis, Frank W. 348
Willis, Herbert C. 912
Willis, Moses B.
928
Wimer, John 503
Wolf, Allen 971
BIOBRAPHICAL INDEX.
Wolfe, Arthur C.
621
Yarde, Frank
842
Wolfe, Samuel
662
Yarde, Henry
722
Wolfe, William
816
Wyatt, Edmond J.
746
Z
Y
Zent, Isaac M.
368
Zimmerman, Elias 956
Yarde, David
726
Zimmerman, John
330
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