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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02299 8931
HISTORY
OF
GIBSON COUNTY
INDIANA
HER PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY GIL R. STORMONT
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
ILLUSTRATED
1914 B. F. BOWEN & CO., Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana
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 Gibson 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 Gibson 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. The historical chapters, prepared by and under the personal supervision of Col. Gil R. Stormont, compose a valuable collection and will prove not only of interest to the present generation, but of inestimable worth to future historians, being the result of patient toil and earnest research. Colonel Stormont has con- scientiously endeavored to make this work authentic, and to him and those who co-operated with him, the publishers desire to express appreciation of their efforts. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to the sketches of representative citizens of Gibson county whose records deserve preservation because of their worth, effort and accomplish- ment. 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 Gibson county for the uniform kindness with which they have regarded
PREFACE.
this undertaking and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary information.
In placing the "History of Gibson 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-GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY 25
State Geological Report-Surface of the County-Timber-Soil-Min-
erals-Agricultural Possibilities-Bituminous Coal-Natural Gas-Pe- troleum-Altitude.
CHAPTER II-INDIAN OCCUPANCY 32 Indians in Gibson County-Indian Titles Quieted-Burning of Indian Vil- lage-Capt. Jacob Warrick-Appearance of White Men.
CHAPTER III-EARLY SETTLEMENT OF GIBSON COUNTY 37 John Severns, Gibson County's First Settler-Other Pioneers-David Robb-Hargrove, Milburn, McClure and Montgomery Families-The Woods Family and Others Prominent in the Early Life of the Community-Pio- neer Customs-Early Cabin Homes-Vocations and Recreations.
CHAPTER IV-ORGANIZATION OF GIBSON COUNTY 64
The Beginning-State Government-County Organized in 1813-Or- ganizing Act-Division into Townships-Locating the County Seat-Naming of Town-Its Survey-Early Newspaper Notice.
CHAPTER V-COUNTY GOVERNMENT 71 Various Forms of Local Government-Proceedings of Early Courts and Commissioners-First Provisions for Roads-Constables-Ferry Licenses- Tax Levy of 1813-First Board of County Commissioners-Justices of the Peace-Whipping Post-Various Proceedings of the Commissioners-The County Board of Justices, Followed Again by the Commissioners-Navi- gation of the Patoka-Formation of Union Township-Court Houses-Jail History-Care of the Poor-Present Valuation of Taxables-County's Financial Standing.
CHAPTER VI-POLITICAL HISTORY 87 Presidential Election Results-State Senators-Representatives-Delegates to Constitutional Convention-County Collectors-County Recorders- County Clerks-County Treasurers-County Auditors-Sheriffs-County Surveyors-Assessors and Appraisers-County Commissioners-County Su- perintendent of Schools.
CHAPTER VII-RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION 93
Wabash and Erie Canal-Provisions by Congress-State Embarrassed in the Work-Final Completion of the Canal-Its Route-Freight and Pas- senger Service-Canal Contractors-The Know-nothings-Conflict Between Irish and Americans-Unsanitary Conditions-The Story of Pat McTurbon -The Southern Railroad-Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad-Evansville & Indianapolis Railroad-Big Four Railroad-Evansville & Princeton Trac- tion Line-Southern Railroad Shops-Hazelton Railroad Wreck.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VIII-AGRICULTURE IN GIBSON COUNTY
110 Importance of Agriculture-Quality of Soil and Adaptability of Land-Farm Statistics-Agriculture Thirty Years Ago-Gibson County Agricultural and Horticultural Society-Fairs-Gibson County Fair Association-Boys' Corn Show-Prize Winners.
CHAPTER IX-GIBSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERS 120
The First Journalistic Venture, the Princeton Chronicle-Democratic Clarion-Early Advertisements and Newspaper Notices-Gibson County Leader and the Clarion-Leader-Princeton Courier-Other Newspapers of Bygone Days-Owensville Star-Baptist Messenger-Oakland City Journal -Fort Branch Papers-Other Ventures.
CHAPTER X-EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS. 132
First Constitutional Provisions-Gibson County Schools One Hundred Years Ago-Old-time Schoolmaster and His School-Early Courses of Study-Newer Methods and Better Text-books-County Seminaries Estab- lished by Legislature-Vote on Free School Question-School Laws-Semi- naries Abolished-Description of Early Schools-School Statistics for 1884 and 1913-School Examiners, Commissioners and Superintendents-Oakland City College-Schools of Princeton-The Seminary Period-Princeton Academy-Private Schools and Academies-Princeton Female High School -Graded School Period-Present Educational Conditions-High School Enrollment.
CIIAPTER XI-CHURCHES OF GIBSON COUNTY 154 Religious Character of Pioneers-Methodism in Gibson County-Presby- terian Churches of the County-Fairview Church-Cumberland Presbyterian Churches-United Presbyterians-Reformed Presbyterians-A .Proud War Record-Baptist Churches-General Baptists of Pioneer Days-Christian Churches-Catholic Churches-The Evangelical Church-Colored Churches of Princeton-Other Religious Societies.
CHAPTER XII-MEDICAL MEN OF THE COUNTY 176 Reminiscences by Dr. W. W. Blair-Early Doctors-Other Physicians- Physicians at Owensville-Medical Societies-List of Physicians Now Practicing in the County.
CHAPTER XIII-THE BENCH AND BAR 182 High Standard of Indiana's Judiciary-Circuit Judges-Gibson County Courts-How a Juror Outwitted a Bailiff-Personal Mention of Our Judges -Circuit-Riding Attorneys-Interesting Sessions of the Court-List of Lawyers-Vincennes University Litigation-Attorneys at the Gibson Coun- ty Bar in 1914.
CHAPTER XIV-SECRET SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY 198 Free and Accepted Masons-Princeton Masonic Temple-Royal Arch Masons-Knights Templar-Independent Order of Odd Fellows-Knights of Pythias.
CHAPTER XV-MILITARY HISTORY OF GIBSON COUNTY 204 The Spirit of the Early Settlers in Gibson County-Indian War of 1811- Battle of Tippecanoe-Death of Capt. Jacob Warrick-Roster of Gibson
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County Companies-War of 1812 -- Mexican War-Black Hawk War-Revo- lutionary War-The Civil War-Gibson County's Proud Record-Various Enlistments-Commands in Which Gibson County Men Enlisted-The County's Splendid Contribution to the Success of the War-Spanish-Amer- ican War.
CHAPTER XVI-THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN GIBSON COUNTY 224 An Interesting Topic in Early History of the County-David Stormont's Station-Seth Concklin's Mission-Its Tragic Ending-Slave Hunters-An Exciting Slave Hunt Thwarted-Kidnapping Cases-A Bluff That Failed to Work-How Reube Obtained His Freedom-Treacherously Kidnapped- Montgomery to the Rescue.
CHAPTER XVII-PATRIOTIC ORDERS OF GIBSON COUNTY. 245
Grand Army of the Republic-Its Origin and Growth-Decoration of Sol- diers' Graves-Archer Post No. 28-Its Past Commanders-Department Honors-Twenty-fifth Anniversary-Other Posts-Woman's Relief Corps- Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution-Sons of Veterans.
CHAPTER XVIII-SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS 263 Gibson County Soldiers' Monument-Fifty-eighth Indiana Regiment Monu- ment-An Unique Instance-Company F, Forty-second Indiana Monument.
CHAPTER XIX-CHOLERA EPIDEMICS IN GIBSON COUNTY 271 A Large Toll of Lives-Lack of Modern Medical Attention-Epidemics of 1852 and 1873-Many Deaths-Great Excitement-Physicians of the Period -Fear Gives Rise to Amusing Incidents.
CHAPTER XX-A NEIGHBORHOOD RETROSPECT 280
Historical and Personal Reminiscences-Early Time Wedding Ceremonies -How a Wild Steer Created a Panic in a Wedding Procession-Character Sketches-Visions of the Past from a Hill-top-Escapade of Boys Who Escaped Their Just Deserts-Memories of a Home and a Moss-covered Bucket-The Makemson Home-Old Log School House-The Old Cross- way Leading to Kirk's Mill-Religious Habits of the Covenanters-Schools and Schoolmasters-A Notable Record of Military Service in the Civil War.
CHAPTER XXI-MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST 296
Population of Gibson County-Sale of a Negro Girl-Liberating Slaves in Gibson County-A Slave-Trader Trick-Extracts from Valuable Historical Papers-Bee Hunting-Pioneer Mills-Early Marriages-Market Prices Then and Now-Village Plats-Towns, Past and Present-Cyclones-Flat Boating-Fear of First Stoves-First Legal Hanging-Getting "Churched" -Stage Coach Days-Passing of the Old Survey Marks-Incidents and Sketches of Early Times-The Big Well at Somerville-Faith in John Mc- Master's Prayers-Pioncer Industries-Oakland City -- The Beginning of Buckskin-The Old Grist Mill-School Disturbed by a Panther Visit-Flood Waters-Flood Figures.
CHAPTER XXII-CITY OF PRINCETON 321 Location-Characteristics-Before the Laying Out of the City-Naming of the Town-First Events-First Postoffice and Early Business Houses-Post- office History-Princeton Sanitarium-Public Library Movement-Early In-
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dustries of Princeton-Great Fire of 1893-Municipal History of the City- Banking in Princeton.
CHAPTER XXIII-PATOKA TOWNSHIP 339
Organization-Boundaries-Bald Hill-Early Settlements-Tecumseh's Con- spiracy-First Schools.
CHAPTER XXIV-MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP 342 How Named-Location-Early Settlement-Pioneer Experiences-Owens- ville-Origin, Platting and Incorporation-Early Merchants-Business In- terests-Banks.
CHAPTER XXV-JOHNSON TOWNSHIP 347
Original Extent-Present Area-Natural Features-Early Settlement Indian Scare-First Schools-Haubstadt-Municipal History-Business In- terests-Bank.
CHAPTER XXVI-UNION TOWNSHIP
353
Youngest Township in the County-Surface-Soil-Fort Branch-Business
Directory-Public Utilities-Banking Interests.
CHAPTER XXVII-BARTON TOWNSHIP
356
Location-Organization-Early Settlement-First Events-An Early Un- punished Crime-Somerville.
CHAPTER XXVIII-COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP 359 Boundaries-Earliest Settlers-Oakland City-First Events-In 1913-Town Officers-Business Interests-Banks.
CHAPTER XXIX-CENTER TOWNSHIP 362
Location-First Settlers-Francisco-Incorporation -- Present Officers- Reminiscences of Early Days-Killing of Worrell-Militant Women Dur- ing War Days-Getting the Daily News.
CHAPTER XXX-WHITE RIVER TOWNSHIP 371 Boundaries-Early Mills-Drainage-First Settlers-Patoka-Smithville, a Remarkable Town-Present Patoka-Business Interests-Defunct Village of Port Gibson-Hazelton-Commercial History.
CHAPTER XXXI-WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 379
Natural Features-Boundaries-Pioneers-First Events-An Amusing Inci- dent-Buena Vista.
CHAPTER XXXII-WABASH TOWNSHIP 382
Early Description-Organization-First Events-Early Settlement-Soil.
HISTORICAL INDEX
A
A Bluff That Failed to Work
239
Act Organizing County 65
Agricultural Society 112
Agriculture
110
Agriculture in the Eighties.
111
Altitude
31
Appraisers
91
Archer Family
52
Archer Post No. 28, G. A. R. 249
Assessors
91
Auditors, County
90
B
Banking in Princeton 337
Baptist Churches 164
Barton Township 356
Bee Hunting
300
Beginning of Buckskin
313
Bench and Bar
182
Big Four Railroad 105
Big Well at Somerville 311
Black Hawk War
208
Black Plague
371
Blair. Dr. W. W., Reminiscences 176
Boyd Family
61
Boys' Corn Show
117
Braselton Family
56
Bridge Tolls
76
Buckskin, Beginning of 313
Buena Vista
381
Burning of Indian Village
33
C
Cabin, Pioneer 62
Canal, Wabash and Erie 93
Care of the Poor 85
Catholic Churches
171
Center Township 362
Changes in County Government
78
Character Sketches
284
Chief Trackwell
32
Cholera Epidemics 271
Christian Churches
170
Church History
154
City of Princeton 321
Civil War
209
Clay Deposits
26
Clerks, County
90
Coal Deposits
26, 28
Cockrum Post No. 520, G. A. R.
255
Collectors, County
89
Colored Churches
174
Columbia Township
359
Commissioners, County
79,91
Commissioners, First County
75
Company F, Forty-second Indiana.
Monument
268
Constables, First
73
Constitutional
Convention
Dele-
gates
74, 89
Corn Show, Boys'
117
County Auditors 90
County Clerks
90
County Collectors
89
County Commissioners, First
75
County Divided into Townships
66.75
County Fairs
113
County Finances
86
County Government 71
County Government Changes 78
County Organizing Act 65
County Recorders
90
County Seat Located
67.69
County Seminaries
137
County Superintendent of Schools 92
County Surveyors 91
County Treasurers 90
County Valuation
86
Court Customs
188
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Court, First Term of 66
Court Houses
81
Covenanters, Religious Habits of
291
Finances of County
86
Crops
111
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches 158
Cyclones
305
D
Daughters of American Revolution __. 258 Delegates to Constitutional Conven-
tion
74,89
Doctors at Owensville.
179
Doctors, Early
177
Doctors in 1884
178
Doctors in 1914
181
Duncan Family
350
F
Early Court Customs
188
Early Doctors
177
Early Hospitality 61
Early Industries, Princeton
332
Early
Lawyers
189
Early Market Prices 302
Early Marriages
301
Early
Newspaper Notices
123
Early School Text-books 136
Early Schools
133, 140, 292
Early Settlement
37
Early-time Wedding Ceremonies 281
Early Tax Items
75
Educational Interests
132
Eightieth Indiana
Regiment
218
Election Results
87
Elevations
31
Embree Family
59
Escapade of Boys 285
Evangelical Church
173
Evans Family
49
Evansville & Princeton R. R.
105
Evansville & Terre Haute R. R.
103
Exciting Slave Hunt
233
F
Fairs
113
Fairview Church 157
Farm Statistics
110
Ferry Licenses
73
Fifty-eighth Indiana Regiment 214
Fifty-eighth Regiment Monument. 265
Fire of 1893, Princeton
335
First Constables
73
First County Commissioners. 75
First Court House
82
First Events in Princeton 323
First Jail
83
First Justices of the Peace 75
First Laid-out Road
72
First Legal Hanging 306
First Newspaper
120
First Settler
37
First Term of Court 66
Flat Boating
306
Flood Figures
319
317
Flood Waters
Fort Branclı
353
Fort Branch Banks
355
Fort Branch Newspapers 131
Forty-second Indiana Regiment
212
Francisco
363
Francisco Baptist Church
165
Free and Accepted Masons
198
Free Schools
139
G
Gas, Natural
29
General Baptists, Early
167
Geology
25
Getting War News.
369
Gibson County Companies in Civil
War
215
Gibson County Fair Association 115
Gibson County Medical Society
180
Gibson County Newspapers
120
Gibson County Organized
64
Gibson County Soldiers
221
Gibson County Soldiers' Monument 263
Gibson, Gen. John.
64
Graff, Dr. George B
112
Grand Army of the Republic
245
Grist Mills, Early
315, 371
Gudgel Family
60
H
Hanging, First Legal
306
Hargrove Family
44
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Harrington Family 52
Haubstadt 351
Hazelton
377
Hazelton Railroad Wreck
108
High Waters
319
Historical Items
299
Hospitality of Pioneers
61
Hundred Years of School History.
132
I
Independent Order of Odd Fellows 201
Indian Occupancy 32
Indian Relics
33
Indian Scare
40
Indian Village Burned
33
Indian War of 1811
204
Indianapolis & Evansville R. R.
104
Irish-American Combat
97
J
Jail . History
83
Johnson Family 43
Johnson Township
347
Judiciary
182
Juror Outwits Bailiff
184
Judges, County
182
Justices of the Peace, First
75
K
Kidnapping Cases 236
Killing of Worrell 367
Knights of Pythias
203
Knights Templar
199
Know-nothings
97
L
Lawyers, Early 189
Lawyers in 1914 196
Liberating Negro Slaves
297
Library, Princeton
328
Licenses, Early
71
Locating County Seat
67
Mc
McClure Family
46
McMaster's Prayers, Faith in
312
McTurbon, Pat, Story of.
99
M
Makemson Home 288
Market Prices, Early 302
Marriages, Early 301
Marvel Family
59
Masonic Order 198
Mead, Stephen 349
Medical History 176
Medical Societies 180
Memorial Day
248
Memories of a Home 288
Methodist Episcopal Churches 154
Mexican War
208
Miami Indians
32
Milburn Family
45
Military History
204
Mills, Caleb
138
Mills, Early Grist
315, 371
Miscellaneous Civil-war Commands 220
Miscellaneous Items
296
Montgomery Family
47
Montgomery Township
342
Mounts Family
54
Municipal History of Princeton
336
N
Name of County
64
Naming of Princeton
68, 322
Natural Gas
29
Navigation of Patoka
79
Neighborhood Retrospect
280
Newspaper History
120
Notable Military Record.
294
O
Oakland City
359
Oakland City Banks 861
Oakland City College 144
Oakland City Newspapers.
130
Odd Fellows
201
Oil Fields
29
Old Crossway to Kirk's Mill
290
Old Grist Mills
315, 371
Old-time School-master
134, 292
One Hundred Forty-third
Indiana
Regiment
220
One Hundred Thirty-sixth Indiana
Regiment
220
HISTORICAL INDEX.
One Hundred Twentieth Indiana
Regiment 219
Organization of Gibson County 64
Organization of Wabash Township 382
Owensville
343
Owensville Banks
345
Owensville Newspapers
130
Owensville Physicians
179
P
Panther Disturbs School 316
Passing of Old Survey Marks 308
Patoka
372
Patoka, Navigation of.
79
Patoka Township
339
Patriotic Orders
245
Petroleum Oil Fields
29
Physicians, Early
177
Pioneer Cabin
62
.
Pioneer Customs
61
Pioneer Industries
313
Pioneer Mills
300
Pioneer Schools
133, 140, 292
Plats, Village
303
Political History
87
Poor Farm
85
Population Statistics
296
Port Gibson
376
Pottawatomie Indians
32
Presbyterian Churches
156
Present Court House
83
Present Jail
84
Present Lawyers
196
Presidential Election Results 87
Press, The
120
Princeton
321
Princeton Academy 146
Princeton Banks
337
Princeton Chapter, D. A. R.
258
Princeton Early Industries
332
Princeton Early Merchants
325
Princeton Female High School
149
Princeton, Fire of 1893. 335
Princeton, First Events 323
Princeton High School
152
Princeton, How Named
68
Princeton Laid Out
68
Princeton, Municipal History
336
Princeton Named
322
Princeton Newspapers
120
Princeton Postoffice 327
Princeton Public Library 328
Princeton Sanitarium 327
Princeton Schools
145
Proud War Record
161
Public Library, Princeton
328
Public Square
84
R
Railroads
93
Recorders
90
Reformed Presbyterian Churches 159
Religious Habits of Covenanters
291
Reminiscences of Mrs. Ralston.
50
Representatives
89
Revolutionary War Soldiers. 208
Road, the First Laid-out. 72
Robb Family
40
Roster of Militia, 1811 205
Royal and Select Masters
200
Royal Arch Masons 199
S
Sale of a Negro Girl 296
School Commissioners
143
School Development
137, 141
School Disturbed by Panther
316
School Examiners
143
School Statistics, 1884.
141
School Statistics, 1914.
142
Schools
132
Schools, Free 139
Second Court House 82
Second Jail
84
Secret Societies
198
Seminaries, County 137
Seminary Period
146
Senators, State
88
Seth Concklin
224
Settlement, Early
37
Settlement of Barton Township
356
Settlement of Center Township
362
Settlement of Columbia Township
359
Settlement of Johnson Township __
347
Settlement of Montgomery Town- ship 342
Settlement of Patoka Township 340
Settlement of Wabash Township
382
Settlement of Washington Township 379
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Settler, the First
37
Seventeenth Indiana Regiment. 210
Severns, John 37
Shawnee Indians
32
Sheriffs
90
Sixty-fifth Indiana Regiment.
217
Slave Hunters
232
Slave-trade Trick
298
Smithfield
372
Soil of County
25
Soil Types
27
Soldiers' Monuments
263
Somerville
357
Somerville Well
311
Sons of Veterans
261
Southern Railroad
101
Southern Railroad Shops
105
Spanish-American War
222
Stage Coach Days
307
State Senators
88
Stephen Mead Post No. 187, G. A. R. 256
Stone Formations
26
Stormont, David
225, 231
Stoves, Fear of First
306
Superintendent of Schools
92, 144
Surface of County.
25
Survey Marks, Passing of Old
308
Surveyors, County
91
T
Tavern Licenses
71, 77
Tax Levy, 1813 73
Taxables in County, 1913. 86
Taxes, Early
75
Taylor Family
57
Third Court House
83
Thirty-third Regiment
211
Timber
28
Tolls, Bridge 76
Topography
25
Town Plats
303
Towns, Past and Present
305
Townships Formed.
_66, 75
Trackwell, Chief
32
Transportation
93
Treacherously Kidnapped.
240
Treasurers, County.
90
Twenty-fourth Indiana Regiment
211
U
Underground Railroad
224
Union Township
353
Union Township, Formation of
81
United Presbyterian Churches
159
Unpunished Crime
357
V
Value of Lands
110
Village Plats
303
Vincennes University Litigation.
193
Visions of the Past.
284
Vote of County in 1856.
122
W
Wabash and Erie Canal
93
Wabash Township
382
War of 1812.
207
War of the Rebellion
209
War News, Getting
369
Warrick, Capt. Jacob
34, 53, 205
Washington Township
379
Wheeler Family
46
Whipping Post 76
White River Township 371
Wild Steer Creates Panic. 282
Wilkinson Family
56
Witness Trees 310
Woman's Relief Corps 257
Woods Family 51
Worrell, Killing of
367
Wreck at Hazelton
108
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Adams, James W.
1050
Allbright, John T. 858
Allen, Robert A.
718
Anderson, Philip .M.
470
Anderson, R. S., M. D.
624
Arbuthnot, John
941
Archer, David 615
Archer, Samuel H.
498
Armstrong, James H. 685
Armstrong, Pinkney S.
828
Ashcraft, Benjamin K.
515
B
Baldridge, Pressley R. 636
Ballard, James H. 466
Barnett, W. A.
1042
Bass, Herschel L., M. D.
692
Beloat, James E.
582
Bennett, Isaac R.
788
Benson, Benjamin F.
798
Benson, Luther
517
Berger, John H.
898
Bieger, John 1036
Biggs, Floyd J.
458
Bingham, G. B.
755
Bingham, William B.
740
Binhack, George
543
Binkley, Elijah
958
Black, James A.
786
Blair, William W., M. D. 404
Boren, Thomas J.
758
Brademeyer, Henry J.
071
Braselton, Samuel F.
552
Broadwell, Henry F.
906
Brown, Arthur F.
978
Brown, John L.
792
Brownlee, Charles
504
Bruner, James W.
974
Bucklin, Theodore M.
648
Burton, A. R., M. D.
622
Burton, George C. 419
Butler, Fred
1070
Butler, John E.
400
C
Carithers, James
436
Carpenter, Lewis
529
Carter, Virgil R., M. D. 683
Casey, William P
743
Chism, John D.
766
Clark, Jonathan E. 669
Cockrum, James H.
916
Cockrum, James W.
800
Cockrum, William M.
392
Coleman, Maryfield M.
909
Coulter, Levi W.
954
Cox, James P. 519
Coyne, Thomas
782
Crawford, Theodore W. 846
Criswell, W. E.
427
Crowe, Anderson E. 446
Crowe, Mrs. Martha A. 848
Cunningham, Joseph W.
920
Cunningham, James W.
554
Cushman, Milton
639
D
Danks, Joseph C.
438
Davis, S. R. 984
Davison, David A. 464
Dearing, William P.
928
Depriest, Jackson
998
DePriest, William H. H. 844
Deutsch, L. J. 784
Dill, Willard A.
421
Downey, William D.
539
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
E
Eisler, Michael 964
Embree, Elisha 183, 472
Embree, Lucius C. 472
Emerson, Charles N. 561
Emerson, Columbus
578
Emerson, James V. 561
Emmerson, Lemuel 667
Emmerson, Lemuel O. 768
Emmerson, Vivian H. 822
Ennes, William 1017
Ervin, John R. 508
Eskew, Cyrus N.
728
Ewing, Fred R. 536
Ewing, John W. 536
F
Finch, J. W. 991
Fisher, Wilbur F. 410
Forbes, George
5.29
Ford, Alfred S.
424
698
Fowler, Ephraim M.
French, Simon
569
French, Thomas H.
988
G
Galligan, Walter T. 934
Gamble, James B. 568
Genung, Homer T. 868
Genung, William R., M. D. 864
Goodman, John Q. A.
560
Gorman, John C. 856
Gray, James 1052
Greek Family 1027
Green, Alexander D.
869
Grigsby, Francis M. 541
Gudgel, Harry B., M. D. 965
H
Hallock. Richard B. 501
Hanna, Hugh, Sr. 640
Harmon, Harvey 423
Harmon, John W. 693
Hartin, Joseph C.
651
Heldt, Humphrey C. 880
Heston, Samuel T. 922
Hillman, James W. 1065
Hitch, Nathaniel 510
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