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Franck Sumner Bach
HISTORY OF
HUNTINGTON COUNTY INDIANA
A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests
Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of
FRANK SUMNER BASH Huntington
AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
U. S. LESH, HUNTINGTON MONROE WILEY, WARREN FRANK A. MINER, ROANOKE
VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1914
Allen County Public Library Ft. Wayne, Indiana
1207828
A WORD OF EXPLANATION
Eighty years have passed since Huntington County assumed her place as a separate political subdivision of the great State of Indiana, under the provisions of an act of the Legislature. To collate and preserve a record of the principal events of those eighty years is the main purpose of this work. To write of the past; to remember the achievements and profit by the mistakes of our ancestors; to keep green the memory of the men who laid the foundations for our present civilization, and to awaken an interest in history is but to perform a duty every citizen owes to a com- mon cause.
In the first volume of this work will be found an accurate account of the doings of many of the men who came here while Huntington County was still an untrodden wilderness, and in the second volume will be found the records of many men now living, from which data may be gathered for another history of the county eighty years hence.
As far as it was possible to do so, material has been taken from official sources, but in many instances information has been obtained directly from persons who were participants in the events narrated. Acknowl- edgment is due U. S. Lesh, of Huntington; Monroe Wiley, publisher of the Warren Tribune; S. H. Grim, of Roanoke; Joseph Sell, of Bippus; Drs. A. H. Shaffer, F. B. Morgan and W. C. Chafee, of Huntington; Edwin B. Ayres, of the Huntington County Bank; S. M. Minnich, of Andrews, and others who rendered material assistance in the collection of data. The editor and his assistants also desire to express their obliga .. tions to Miss Winifred F. Ticer, librarian of the Huntington Public Library, and her assistants, Miss Priscilla McArthur and Miss Katherine Hartman, as well as the various county officials and their deputies, for their uniform courtesies while this work was in course of preparation.
The arrangement of matter into subjects and chapters is, we believe, the most convenient that could be made, and while this history may not fill the proverbial "long felt want," the editor and publishers desire to say that no effort has been spared to make it at once comprehensive and authentic.
FRANK SUMNER BASH, Supervising Editor.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PHYSICAL FEATURES, GEOLOGY, ETC.
HUNTINGTON COUNTY-LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES-WATER-COURSES AND DRAINAGE-ALTITUDES-GEOLOGICAL FORMATION-THE NIAGARA LIMESTONE-THE WABASH ARCH-A "GOLD MINE"-LIME KILNS AND QUARRIES-THE WABASH-ERIE TROUGH-THE GLACIAL EPOCH -HOW THE COURSE OF THE WABASH WAS DETERMINED-MORAINES- CLAY DEPOSITS-REMAINS OF PREHISTORIC ANIMALS-OIL AND GAS-
FOSSILS-MINERAL SPRINGS-TIMBER. 1
CHAPTER II
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS
THE MOUND BUILDERS-WHO WERE THEY ?- THOMAS' DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES INTO DISTRICTS-SPECIAL FEATURES OF EACH DIS- TRICT-MOUNDS IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY-THE INDIANS-DISTRI- BUTION OF TRIBES WHEN AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED-THE "SIX NATIONS"-THE MIAMI-THEIR HABITS AND CUSTOMS-RELIGION AND SUPERSTITIONS-THEIR DOMAIN-MIAMI VILLAGES IN THE WABASH VALLEY-REMOVAL WEST-THE POTTAWATOMI-TRADITIONS AND CHARACTER-TREATIES-META'S VILLAGE-POLICIES IN DEALING WITH THE INDIANS. 15
CHAPTER III
INDIAN CHIEFS AND TREATIES
EARLY MIAMI CHIEFS-LITTLE TURTLE-RICHARDVILLE-HOW HE BE- CAME CHIEF-HIS CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE-LA FONTAINE-HIS DAUGHTER-SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN TRIBE- MESHINGOMESIA-WAR CHIEFS-SHEPOCONAH-FRANCIS GODFROY -- MINOR CHIEFS-TREATIES OF CESSION-HOW HUNTINGTON COUNTY BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES-RESERVATIONS IN THE COUNTY-REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS-KILSOQUAH-PAYMENT OF AN- NUITIES-CHANGES OF A CENTURY. .32
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CHAPTER IV
THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION
EARLY EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICA-FRENCH POSTS IN THE INTERIOR- CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND-THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-HUNTINGTON COUNTY A BRITISH POSSESSION-PON- TIAC'S WAR-CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST BY GEORGE ROGERS CLARK -LA BALME'S EXPEDITION-INDIANA A PART OF VIRGINIA-THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY-CAMPAIGNS OF HARMAR, ST. CLAIR AND WAYNE-TREATY OF GREENVILLE-TERRITORY OF INDIANA ORGAN- IZED-EARLY TREATIES OF CESSION-TECUMSEH AND THE PROPHET- BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE-WAR OF 1812-CAMPBELL'S EXPEDITION INTO INDIANA-MISSISSINEWA BATTLE GROUND ASSOCIATION-INDIANA ADMITTED AS A STATE-LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL-ITS INFLUENCE ON SETTLEMENT-EVOLUTION OF HUNTINGTON COUNTY. .47
CHAPTER V
SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
EXPLORERS AND MISSIONARIES-EARLY TRADERS-A QUAKER MISSION- FIRST LAND ENTRIES-FLINT SPRINGS HOTEL-PIONEER CITIZENS- FRONTIER LIFE AND CUSTOMS-HOUSE-RAISINGS-LOG-ROLLINGS- HARVESTING -- AMUSEMENTS AND PASTIMES-A BEAR STORY-INFLU- ENCE OF THE WABASH & ERIE CANAL-HUNTINGTON COUNTY ERECTED -THE ORGANIC ACT-EARLY TAXES AND EXPENDITURES-THE COUNTY SEAT-PUBLIC BUILDINGS .68
CHAPTER VI
TOWNSHIP HISTORY
FORMATION OF HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP IN MAY, 1834-ITS SUBSEQUENT DIVISION INTO TWELVE CIVIL TOWNSHIPS-LIST OF PRESENT DAY TOWNSHIPS-THE PIONEER'S PLACE IN HISTORY-CLEAR CREEK- DALLAS - HUNTINGTON-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LANCASTER-EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN EACH-FIRST BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS- EARLY INDUSTRIES-FIRST CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS-PRESENT SCHOOL SYSTEM-TOWNS AND VILLAGES-TRANSPORTATION-POPULATION AND WEALTH-MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS 88
CHAPTER VII
TOWNSHIP HISTORY-CONTINUED
POLK TOWNSHIP CUT OFF FROM LANCASTER-FIGHT WITH A BEAR-ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP-A NERVOUS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-SALAMONIE
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ONE OF THE FIRST TOWNSHIPS TO BE SETTLED-UNION-STORY OF A TRAMP WHO BECAME A USEFUL CITIZEN-WARREN-WAYNE-AN ABOLITIONIST-LOCATION, BOUNDARIES AND PHYSICAL CHARACTER- ISTICS OF EACH TOWNSHIP-FIRST SETTLERS-EARLY BIRTHS, MAR- RIAGES, DEATHS AND INDUSTRIES-EDUCATION-HIGHWAYS AND RAIL- ROADS-TOWNS AND VILLAGES-POPULATION AND WEALTH ... 108
CHAPTER VIII
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
LOCATION-TRADITIONARY HISTORY-THE HELVEYS-FLINT SPRINGS HOTEL-GENERAL TIPTON-EARLY TRADERS AND PIONEERS-MARKETS AND PRICES IN EARLY TIMES-INCORPORATED AS A TOWN-BECOMES A CITY IN 1873-LIST OF MAYORS AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS-FIRE DEPARTMENT-WATERWORKS-STREETS AND SEWERS-BOARD OF TRADE -COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION - THE POSTOFFICE - MISCELLANEOUS FACTS-MUNICIPAL FINANCES-GENERAL CONDITIONS. 131
CHAPTER IX TOWNS AND VILLAGES
How TOWNS ARE PROJECTED-LIST OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY-HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EACH-PIONEERS-EARLY INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES- SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-PUBLIC UTILITIES-TRANSPORTATION FACILI- TIES-MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS-POPULATION IN 1910-GENERAL CON- DITIONS IN 1914-PRESENT DAY POSTOFFICES 148
CHAPTER X
MILITARY HISTORY
EARLY MILITIA SYSTEM-WAR WITH MEXICO-THE CIVIL WAR-DIVIDED SENTIMENT IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY-CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS-HUNT- INGTON PROMPT TO RESPOND-FIRST COMPANY OFF FOR THE FRONT- THIRTEENTH REGIMENT-OTHER REGIMENTS IN WHICH HUNTINGTON COUNTY WAS REPRESENTED-ROSTERS OF TROOPS-FOURTEENTH BAT- TERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY-MISCELLANEOUS ENLISTMENTS-INDIANA LEGION-ROLL OF HONOR-WORK OF CITIZENS AT HOME-WAR WITH SPAIN-HUNTINGTON SENDS A COMPANY. 172
CHAPTER XI INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
FIRST HIGHWAYS-FORT WAYNE AND INDIANAPOLIS STATE ROAD- HUNTINGTON AND LIBERTY MILLS PLANK ROAD TURNPIKE COM-
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PANIES-FREE GRAVEL ROADS-RIVERS AS AVENUES OF TRANSPORTA- TION-THE CANAL ERA-LAND GRANT FOR THE WABASH & ERIE CANAL-FIRST CANAL, BOAT-STATE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC WORKS-ITS COLLAPSE-BENEFITS RESULTING FROM THE WABASH & ERIE CANAL- THE RAILROAD ERA-EARLY OPPOSITION-THE WABASH-FIRST RAILROAD TRAIN REACHES HUNTINGTON-THE CHICAGO & ERIE-THE CLOVER LEAF-THE CINCINNATI, BLUFFTON & CHICAGO-ELECTRIC . LINES-DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION OF SWAMP LANDS. . 210
CHAPTER XII
FINANCE AND INDUSTRY
PUBLIC FINANCES-BONDED DEBT OF THE COUNTY-GRAVEL ROAD BONDS -RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES-BANKING INSTITUTIONS-AGRICUL- TURE-CROP STATISTICS-LIVE STOCK-MANUFACTURING-EARLY FAC- TORIES-FACTORY FUND ASSOCIATION-FACTORIES AT ROANOKE AND ANDREWS-THE LIME INDUSTRY-NATURAL GAS AND OIL. ... 233
CHAPTER XIII
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FIRST SCHOOLS IN INDIANA-CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL FUND-STATE EN- DOWMENT FUND-THE PIONEER SCHOOLHOUSE-CHARACTER OF THE EARLY TEACHERS-COURSE OF STUDY-WILLIAM DELVIN'S SCHOOL- OTHER EARLY TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY-FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES- THE OLD "ROCK HOUSE"-DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYS- TEM-VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY-COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS- PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS-HUNTINGTON BUSINESS UNIVERSITY-CENTRAL COLLEGE-ROANOKE SEMINARY-THE PRESS-BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS-PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 255
CHAPTER XIV THE BENCH AND BAR
EVOLUTION AND PURPOSE OF THE COURTS-JUSTICES OF THE PEACE- EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-FIRST SESSION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT -BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE EARLY JUDGES-ASSOCIATE JUDGES- CHANGES IN THE COURTS BY THE CONSTITUTION OF 1852-PROBATE COURT-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-COURT OF CONCILIATION-CIR- CUIT COURT UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION-JUDGES SINCE 1853- LIST OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS-THE HUNTINGTON COUNTY BAR-SKETCHES OF OLD-TIME LAWYERS-COUNTY BAR ASSO- CIATION-ATTORNEYS IN 1914-SOME NOTED TRIALS .274
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CHAPTER XV
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
EARLY CONDITIONS IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY-FEES AND HARDSHIPS OF THE PIONEER DOCTOR-HIS CHARACTER AND METHODS-HIS SOCIAL STANDING IN THE COMMUNITY-BALZAC'S TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY DOCTOR-DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSION-BRIEF SKETCHES OF EARLY PHYSICIANS-EPIDEMICS OF CHOLERA AND SMALLPOX-BOARDS OF HEALTH-MEDICAL SOCIETIES-MEDICAL LEGISLATION - PRESENT
DAY PHYSICIANS ,297
CHAPTER XVI
CHURCH HISTORY
FIRST MISSIONARIES-VISIT OF MARQUETTE AND JOLIET-THE CATHOLIC CHURCH-JOHN ROCHE'S GENEROSITY-THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-WESLEYAN METHODISTS-UNITED BRETHREN-CHRISTIAN CHURCH-THE BAPTISTS-GERMAN BAPTISTS OR DUNKARDS-THE PRESBYTERIANS-FIRST PIPE ORGAN IN THE COUNTY-FRIENDS OR QUAKERS-THE LUTHERANS-GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH-EVAN- GELICAL SOCIETIES-MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS. 312
CHAPTER XVII
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
EARLY SYSTEM OF CARING FOR THE POOR-FARMING OUT PAUPERS NOT PRACTICED IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY-FIRST COUNTY POORHOUSE- PRESENT COUNTY ASYLUM FOR THE POOR-ORPHANS' HOME-HUNT- INGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL-METHODIST MEMORIAL HOME AT WARREN -SKETCH OF ITS FOUNDER-BURIAL PLACES-LIST OF CEMETERIES BY .335 TOWNSHIPS
CHAPTER XVIII
SOCIETIES AND FRATERNITIES
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES-VARIOUS FAIR GROUNDS-WARREN FAIR ASSO- CIATION-SOCIAL AND LITERARY CLUBS-WOMEN'S CIVIC IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE-DAUGIITERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION-THE ODD FELLOWS-MASONIC FRATERNITY-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-OTHER MILITARY SOCIETIES-IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN-THE ELKS-MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS. 350
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CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY
OLD PIONEERS-JOHN KENOWER-EMANUEL YAHNE-WILLIAM DELVIN- JACOB SOUERS-A FEW REMINISCENCES-AN OLD LANDMARK-INDIAN ARITHMETIC-HOW SILVER CREEK GOT ITS NAME-A SNAKE STORY- RIOT AT ANDREWS-WHITE CAPS-SOME HISTORIC STORMS-FLOODS --- DISASTROUS FIRES-COL. CYRUS E. BRIANT-A POSTOFFICE ROB- BERY-TAR AND FEATHERS .. .371
CHAPTER XX STATISTICAL REVIEW
VALUE OF STATISTICS IN HISTORY-INCREASE IN POPULATION AND WEALTH -INCREASE IN FARM PRODUCTS-VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS- CHRONOLOGY-EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY-PRINCIPAL EVENTS SINCE THE ORGANIZATION-OFFICIAL ROSTER-LIST OF COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM 1834 TO 1914-RE- FLECTIONS 390
INDEX
Abandoned canal boat (view), 221. Aboriginal inhabitants, 15 Acts relating to settlement of land, 57 Ade, Ervin, 766 Agricultural monthly, 268 Agricultural societies, 350 Agriculture, 239 Ahner, John H., 720 Allen, Joseph E., 582 Allred, Laban, 690 Altman, Henry, 748
Amounts appropriated for bounties and relief, 204
Andrews, 96; Platted, 149; first mer- chants, 149; first hotel, 150; churches, 150, 314; railways, 150; name of the town be changed, 151; newspaper, 151, 269; industries, 151; officers for the year 1914, 152; factorics, 250. Anson, Tully, 566 Antioch, 149 Antioch Guards, 202 Arnold, Charles, 483 Associate judges, 286 Ayres, Edwin B., 823
Back, Arthur P., 659 Badin, Stephen T., 312 Balzac's tribute to the country doctor, 299 Banks, 234 Banquo, 152 Baptists, 327 Barge canal, 222 Bartlett, Bert J., 486
Bash, Frank S., 844 Battle of the Mississinewa, 65 Battle of Tippecanoe, 63 Bear, Sebastian G., 717 Bear story, 76 Bechtol, Charles, 537 Becker, Michael J., 499 Beghtel, Eli, 699 Bellville, 153 Bench and bar, 274
Bender, William P., 728 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 367 Biddle, Horace P., 282 Bieber, James C., 697 Bippus, 153 Bitzer, William H., 791
Bixby, Jonas E., 512 Blair, James J., 550 Blaugh, Cyrus, 721 Bloomer, Fred H., 821 Board of health, 308
Bocock, E. M., 620 Boehmer, 154 Bolinger, Charles S., 840 Bolinger, Lincoln, 712
Bonded debt of the county, 233 Bonham, Asa W., 591
Boundaries, 1 Bowers, Fred H., 783
Bowers, Samuel H., 840
Bradley, Oscar E., 488
Briant, Cyrus E., 386
Briant, Cyrus E. (Portrait), 385
Bridges, 213 Brown, Robert T., 698
Brown's Corners, 115
Buchanan, Charles L., 492
Buchanan, Paul J., 494
Buckeye, 154
Burket, David, 636.
Burton, Thomas W., 663
Butler, D. Clinton, 685 Buzzard, Jesse I., 689
Buzzard, William, 658
Caley, William E., 784
Call for volunteers, 176 Campbell, James W., 816 Campbell, William W., 536
Campbell's expedition, 64
Canals, 216 Capital, 66
Carmichael, William M., 768
Caswell, John W., 788
Caswell-Runyan Company, 247, 787 Catholics, 313
Cavalry regiments, 192 Cemeteries, 341
Central College, 262 Central College (view), 263
Chamness, David, 756
Champion cradler, 373
Charitable institutions, 335
Charles, Arthur E., 535 Charles, Jacob L., 617
Charleston, 154 Chenneour, Hubert C., 709
Chennevur, Frederick J., 779 Chicago & Erie railroad, 226
Chimney of the old Indian agency at the forks of the Wabash (view), 377
Christian Church, 323 Church of the Brethren, 329
Church history, 312 Circuit court, 276, 282 Circuit judges, 286 Citizens State Bank of Huntington, 235 City Building, Huntington (view), 144
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City Frec Library, 509 City Free Library, Huntington (view), 272+ Civil war, 174 Claims of the French and English, 51 Clark, George R., 52 Clark's conquest, 52 Claysville, 155
. Clear Creek township-Organized, 89; name, 90; general surface, 90; first settler, 91; settlers, 91; early town- ship, 92; early events, 93; first school, 93; towns, 93; churches, 317 et seq. Clear Creek, 90
Click, George W., 586
Cline, George W., 738
Clinc, James K., 735
Clinc, William D., 727
Clover Leaf System, 228
Cole, Elmer W., 420
College Park, 155
Commercial Association, 142, 248
Commercial Club, 142
Commercial Row, Roanoke, 1870 (view), 164
Common pleas courts, 280
Common pleas judges, 287
Congressional school, 256
Connell, Levi M., 793
Cook, Frank S., 822
Cook, Samuel E., 764
Cook, William H., 571
County assessors, 400
County auditors, 398
County Bar Association, 293 County clerks, 398
County commissioners, 399
County coroners, 399
County council, 401
County health commissioner, 309
County officials. 1834-1914, 398
County rallies, 375
County recorders, 398
County school examiner, 261
County sheriff's, 399
County superintendents, 262
County surveyors, 399
County treasurers, 398
Court houses, 82
Courts, 274
Craig, James M., 833
Craig, Mack, 775 Custance, William B., 732
Dairying and poultry raising, 242 Dallas, George M., 94
Dallas township-Organized, 94; soil, 94; first settled, 94; pioneers, 94; early events, 95; railways, 96; towns, 96; schools, 96 Daughters of the American Revolution, 357
Deaf Man, 38 DeArmitt, John A., 719 DeHaven, Albert M., 724 DeHaven, Samuel M., 793 Deiser, Peter, 673 DeLong, Alexander W. (Portrait), 267 Delvin, William, 258, 372 Delvin's subscription school, 258 Destructive conflagrations, 385
Dillon, W. B., 773 Dinius, Henry, 708 Disciples of Christ, 323 Divelbiss, William C., 505 Doctors, 297
Doversberger, John A., 678 Drainage District Law, 232 Draining associations, 230
Drawing Room Club, 354 Dumbauld, James B., 742 Duncan, George W., 610
Eads, John M., 533
Earliest manufacturing concerns, 243
Early explorations in America, 47
Early harvesting, 74
Early Miami chiefs, 32
Early militia system, 172
Early physicians, 300
Early system of caring for the poor, 335
Early taxes, 80
Early teachers, 257
Eberhart, George M., 419
Eberhart, Moritz, 484
Eberhart, Samuel T., 834
Eberhart, William F., 812
Eckman, William H., 829
Educational development, 255
Eisenhauer, 'Andrew J., 442
Eisenhauer, Baltzer, 440
Electric railways, 229
Ellis, George D., 753 Ellis, John F., 630
Elser, Harvey W., 759
Emley, Henry L., 475
Emley, Jolın R., 476
Emley, Sexton, 474
Endicott, Carl E .. 519
Engleman, Mrs. Christian, 43
Epidemics, 306
Erie & Michigan Deep Waterways Asso- ciation, 222 Ervin, Weaden W., 609
Etzold, John C., 836
Evangelical church, 333
Events leading up to the creation of county, 394
Everts, Judge, 276
Evolution and purpose of the courts, 274 Evolution of Huntington county, 67
Ewart, Alpha M., 688
Exchange Bank of Warren, 237
Factory Fund Association, 142, 247 Fahl, Henry, 715 Fair grounds, 351
Fairs, 351 Famous trials, 293
Farmers & Traders Bank of Markle, 238
Farmers Trust Company, 236 Farming statistics, 239 Favorite, George H., 415
Feightner, Milo N., 409 Few reminiscences, a, 373 Finance, 233 Fires, 385 First board of school trustees, 259 First canal boat, 219 First church building of the Baptist church, erected 1847 (view), 328.
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First drain tile used in the county, 232 First gas well, 10 First gravel road, 211 First highways, 210 First improved roads, 391 First judge, 276 First librarian, 271 First missionaries, 312 First National Bank of Warren, 237 First newspaper, 266 First pipe organ in Huntington, 331 First Protestant denomination organ- ized, 314
First railroad in the United States, 222 First railroad train to reach Hunting- ton, 225 First school in Indiana, 255 First session circuit court, 80 Flint Springs, 131 Flint Springs Hotel, 69, 131 Floods, 382 Flour mills, 245 Folk, William L., 831 Forest Home, 150 Forest land entries, 69 Fort Wayne & Indianapolis state road, 210 Foulke, Joseph. 638 Foust, S. S., 662 Frash, John, 481 Fraternities, 350
French explorers, 68 French posts, 49 Friedley, Henry M., 686 Friends, 69, 332
Frontier life, 70 Fullhart, Albert, 539 Fults, Charles E., 841 Funderburgh, David, 450 Funderburg, Samuel, 780 Fur traders, 68
Galbreath, Russell S .. 430 Garber, David B., 734 Geesman, Samuel F., 456 Geology, 1 Gephart, David S., 675 German Baptists, 329 German Reformed church, 333 Gesaman, Jacob W., 443 Gesaman. John W .. 454 Gesaman. Samuel M., 453 Gibler, Marvin O., 749 Gill, Jacob, 493 Glenn. John S., 418 Goblesville. 93, 156 Godfroy, Francis, 39, 42 Gorman, Patrick, 768 Grand Army of the Republic, 365 Grand moraine. 8 Gravel roads, 212 Grayston, Charles E .. 497 Grayston, Frederick S. C .. 496 Great Americans, 275 Gretzinger. John G., 515 Guthrie, Harold, 429
· Hahn, Albert C., 541 , Halın, Jacob D., 543 Haines. Edward F., 707 Haley, Samnel M., 706
Harlansburgh, 111, 156 Hamtramck, Major, 58 Hanline, Phineas, 807 Harmar, General, 58 Hart, Emanuel M., 682 Hart, Noalı, 780 Harter, Heber P., 424 Hauenstein, Charles G., 447 Heaston, Israel H., 411
Heiney, Andrew E., 629
Helms, William H., 660 Helvey, Champion, 131 Helvey, Joel 131 Herd of Sheep, Rock Creek Township (view), 112 Hicks, James M., 524 Highlands, Nathan L., 782 Hippensteel, Harvey R., 804 Historic storms, 380
Hite, Samuel V., 462
Hoch, Henry W., 431 Hollowell, Rollin, 538 Holzinger, Frank F., 835 Home industry, 250
Hospitals, 337 House raising, 70 How Silver Creek received its name, 377 How towns arc projected, 148 Huber, Joseph P., 575
Huntington Business University, 262
Huntington County Bank, 234, 236, 823 Huntington County Bar Association, 292
Huntington County bar, 293
Huntington County hospital, 337 Huntington County Medical Society, 309 Huntington county organized, 78
Huntington-County seat, 81, 131; incor- porated, 131; first settlers, 132; early trading firms, 132; early settlers, 134; act of incorporation, 135; first town officers, 135; incorporated as a city, 135; mayors, 136; city clerks, 136; city treasurers, 137; city attorneys, 137: the city council, 137; volunteer fire company, 137; fire department, 138; water works, 139; paved streets, 140; board of trade, 141; first post- office, 143; city hall, 143; population, 144; bonded indebtedness, 145; finan- cial affairs, 146; schools, 146; churches, 313 et seq. Huntington Electric Light, Gas, Fuel & Power Company, 146 Huntington Greys, 202 "Huntington Herald." 266 Huntington Hospital Association, 354 Huntington Machine & Foundry Com- pany, 248 "Huntington Press." 268
Huntington township-Organized, 88, 96; area, 97; railway, 97; taxable prop- erty, 97; schools, 97; first settle- ments, 97; churches, 330 Huntington Trust Company, 236
Huntington & Liberty Mills plank road, 93, 211
Improved Order of Red Men, 367 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 357 Indian agency, 376 Indian chiefs and treaties, 32
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Indian chiefs, 39 "Indian princess," 44 Indian relics, 20 Indian reservations, 40 Indiana territory organized, 59 Indian treaties, 39 Indian village (view), 29 Indian villages, 26
Indiana admitted as a state, 66
Indiana Appian Way, 220 Indiana Legion, 202 Indiana Public Library Commission, 272 Indians, 21
Indians and traders (view), 21 Internal improvements, 210 Industry, 233 Irick, William D., 664 Irwin, Robert L., 832
Jackson township-Area, 97; soil, 98; first permanent settler, 98; settlers, 98; population, 99; organized, 99; first election, 99; early events, 100; schools, 101; towns, 101; Indian res- ervations, 101; churches, 317, 320 Jail, 86 Jefferson, F. M., 837
Jefferson township-Area, 102; soil, 102; settlers, 102; organized, 103; first election, 103; early events, 103; early industries, 104; railways, 104; trag- edy, 104; schools, 104; population, 105; oil wells, 253; churches, 319, 322, 326; cemeteries. 345 Jennings, Gilbert M., 597 Jesuit missionaries, 68, 312 John, Jacob W., 705
Johnson, James L., 677 Johnson Orland E., 564
Johnson, Solomon F., 593 Johnson, Theodore P., 702 Joliet, 312 Joliette, 48 Jones, Edgar L., 653 Judges, 274
Kapp, Fred, 693
Kapp, George W., 801
Karst, Jacob, 810
Karst, Sylvester, 776 Keller, Charles, 668
Keller, Eli, 676
Kelso, 107, 156 Kem, Albert, 614
Kenower, John, 371, 525
Kiefer, Matthias, 830 Kil-so-quah, 101 Kilsoquah, the "Indian Princess" (por- trait), 44 King, Otto U., 458
Kiracofe, Charles H., 489 Kiracofe, C. Horace, 491
Kiteh, John G., 463 Klepser, Jacob S., 691
Kline, Davis A., 714 Knee, Charles E., 530
Kneisly, William H. H., 445
Knight, Maro N. 414 Knights of Pythias, 363 Knights of the Golden Circle, 178 Krebs, Maurice H., 520
Kress, Henry I., 794 Krieg, John M., 627 Kriegbaum, John P., 428
La Balme expedition, 56 La Fontaine, 36 Lahır, George W., 809
Lamont, Jacob G., 527
Lancaster, 107, 157
Lancaster township-Area 105; soil, 105; settlers, 105; first settler, 105; early events, 106; early industries, 106; towns, 107; schools, 107; ceme- tery, 345 Landis, Ira, 498
La Salle, 48 Lawrence, Charles E., 598
Lawrie, William A., 448
Lawyers, 287
Laymon, Henry E., 652
Leavell, Francis M., 817
Leavell, Martin E., 547
Lee, Howard, 611
Lesh, Ulysses S., 409
Levy, Leopold (portrait), 141
Levy, Leopold, 142
Leyman, Joseph, 694
Libraries, 271 Lieurance, Olney L., 684
Lime City, the, 250
Lincoln, Abraham, 176
List of registered physicians, 311
List of the judicial officials, 286
List of towns and villages that are or have been in Huntington county, 148
List of townships, 88
Little Turtle, 32
Live stock, 240
Location, 1
Lucas, Charles K., 504
Lutherans, 332 Lyons. Benjamin F., 731
Mahon, 157
Mahoney, John W., 618 Majestic Company, 248
Makin, 159 Manual training, 260
Manufacturing, 243
Mardenis, 159
Markle, 115; platted, 159; industries, 160; school, 160; population, 160; newspapers, 269; churches, 317 et seq. Markle Home Guards, 202
Markley, David, 621
Marquette, Father, 48, 312
Martz, Cornelius, 721
Masonic Fraternity, 360 Mattern, Adam E., 640 Maurer, John F., Jr., 434
May, Abraham, 740 McCarty, Patrick M., 485
McCaughey, Jacob E., 696 McCaulay, Frank A., 838 McClurg, Charles W., 825
McClurg, James W., 728 McCombs, John M., 437 McLin, DeForest, 550 McLin, George H., 549 Medical profession, 297 Medical registration law, 310
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Me-shin-go-me-sia, 38. Messersmith, Richard, 606 Methodist Memorial Home, 338 Methodist Memorial Home, Warren
(view), 339 Methodists, 314 Mexican war, 173 Meyer, Charles W., 755 Meyer, Henry, 827 Meyer, James E., 457 Miami, 22 Miami customs, 23 Miles, Oliver P. M., 604 Military history, 172 Mill at McCoy's dam on Salamonie river, Warren (view), 117 Miller, Daniel, 546 Miller, Henry G., 567
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