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HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY INDIANA,
1 A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests
Compiled Under the Editorial Supervision of JOHN L. FORKNER
VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1914
A Reproduction by UNIGRAPHIC, INC. 4400 Jackson Avenue, Evansville, Indiana 47715 Nineteen Hundred Seventy
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PREFACE
In presenting this history to the people of Madison county, the editor and publishers do not claim that it is to fill the proverbial "long felt want." They believe, however, that there is always room for a good eounty history, and no effort has been spared to make this work both as anthentie and as comprehensive as. possible.
To write of the past; to preserve the historie records of by-gone generations; to cull the good and true of any period of time; to render green again the memories and experiences of former days; to record the achievements and even the errors of our ancestors, is but to perform a common duty to a common humanity.
The division of the subject matter into topies and the arrangement of chapters is, we believe, the best that could be made, and will prove of great convenienee to the reader. The chapter on the Bench and Bar was written by Hon. Frank P. Foster, mayor of Anderson, who is well qualified for the task by reason of his long connection with the bar of Madison county. The chapter on the Medical Profession was largely prepared by Dr. Jonas Stewart, one of the oldest practicing physicians of Anderson, and for several years secretary of the Madison County Medical Society. J. A. Van Osdol. general attorney of the Indiana Union Traetion Company; Dr. L. E. Alexander, of Pendleton; J. E. Hall and Dr. F. S. Keller, of Alexandria ; A. D. Moffett, John Nearom and J. E. Carpenter, of Elwood; also rendered valuable assistance in the collection of data regarding their respective eities and the insti- tutions with which they are connected.
The works consulted in the preparation of this history include the following : Official publications-Reports of the United States Bureau of Ethnology; United States Census reports; Reports of the Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs; Reports of the United States Department of Agriculture; Reports of the Indiana State Geologist, the Bureau of Statistics and the Bureau of Inspection; Adjutant-General's reports ; Bulletins of the Railroad Commission; Session Laws of Indiana, and the records in the various county offices. Miseellaneous publications -- Harden's History of Madison County (1874) ; Kingman's History of Madison County (1880) ; Ilistorical Sketches and Reminiscences of Mad- ison County (1897), by John L. Forkner and Byron H. Dyson; Har- desty's History of Anderson ; Dillon's History of Indiana; O. II. Smith's
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Early Reminiscences of Indiana; Reports of the Grand Lodges of various fraternal organizations; city directories and the files of the Madison county papers.
The editor and his assistants desire to express their thanks and obligations to Miss Kate Chipman. librarian of the Anderson public library, and her assistants; Miss Henriette L. Scranton, Miss Zada Carr and Miss Margaret Wade, public librarians in Elwood, Alexandria and Pendleton, respectively, and to the various county officers and their dep- uties for their uniform courtesies and assistance in the collection of information.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PHYSICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGY, ETC.
LOCATION, BOUNDARIES AND AREA OF THE COUNTY-PRINCIPAL WATER- COURSES-GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE SURFACE-UNDERLYING ROCKS OF THE UPPER SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN PERIODS-PENDLETON SAND- STONE-NIAGARA LIMESTONE-QUARRIES-THE GLACIAL DRIFT-THE- ORY OF GLACIERS-MORAINES-GRAVEL BEDS-NATURAL GAS-PETRO- LEUM-THE ALEXANDRIA OIL FIELD-THE PRIMITIVE FORESTS- 1 MINERAL SPRING.
CHAPTER II ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS
THE MOUND BUILDERS-THEORIES CONCERNING THEM-DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES-THEIR DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS-MOUNDS IN MADISON COUNTY-DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN TRIBES WHEN AMERICA FIRST DISCOVERED-INDIANA TRIBES-THE DELAWARES-THEIR IIIS- TORY AND TRADITION-A DELAWARE PROPIIET INSPIRES PONTIAC- .11 NOTED DELAWARE CHIEFTAINS-A LEGEND
CHAPTER III
THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION
EARLY EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICA-CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SPAIN-FRENCH POSTS IN THE INTERIOR-FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY-ENGLISH IN POSSESSION OF INDIANA-THE REVOLUTION-GEORGE ROGERS CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST-THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY-CAMPAIGNS OF ST. CLAIR AND WAYNE-TREATY OF GREENVILLE-INDIANA TERRITORY OR- GANIZED-INDIAN TREATIES-TENSKWATAWA AND TECUMSEH-BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE-WAR OF 1812-BURNING OF THE DELAWARE VILLAGES ON THE WHITE RIVER-INDIANA ADMITTED INTO THE UNION-TREATY OF ST. MARY'S-SEAT OF GOVERNMENT 24
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CHAPTER IV
SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
FIRST SETTLERS IN MADISON COUNTY-SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PIO- NEERS-FRONTIER LIFE AND CUSTOMS-THE LOG CABIN-FURNITURE -"SWAPPING WORK"-LOG ROLLINGS-HARVESTING-HOMESPUN CLOTHING-MADISON COUNTY ORGANIZED -- PROVISIONS OF THE OR- GANIC ACT-COUNTY SEAT DIFFICULTIES-ANDERSON FINALLY SELECTED-PUBLIC BUILDINGS-THE THREE COURTHOUSES-LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE PRESENT COURTHOUSE-THE FOUR JAILS- CHANGES IN TIIE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES .37
CHAPTER V TOWNSHIP HISTORY
LIST OF CIVIL TOWNSHIPS IN THE COUNTY-EARLY RECORDS-ADAMS- ANDERSON-BOONE-DUCK CREEK-FALL CREEK-GREEN-PIONEERS OF EACH-EARLY SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIES-CHURCHES-TOWNS AND VILLAGES-MENTION OF PROMINENT CITIZENS-INTERESTING INCI- DENTS
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CHAPTER VI TOWNSHIP HISTORY, CONTINUED
JACKSON - LAFAYETTE - MONROE - PIPE CREEK - RICHLAND - STONY CREEK-UNION-VAN BUREN-SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF EACH-EARLY SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-MENTION OF PROMINENT PIONEERS-PRIMITIVE INDUSTRIES AND ROADS-EXTINCT TOWNS AND VILLAGES, ETC. 75
CHAPTER VII THE CITY OF ANDERSON
LOCATION-FIRST KNOWN AS ANDERSONTOWN-FIRST INCORPORATION- CHANGE OF NAME-SECOND INCORPORATION -- BECOMES A CITY-FIRST CITY OFFICIALS - PUBLIC UTILITIES - WATER WORKS - ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT-FIRE DEPARTMENT-POLICE DEPARTMENT-SEWER- AGE SYSTEM-STREET RAILWAY-THE "MULE MOTOR"-ELECTRIC LINES-ILLUMINATING GAS-POSTOFFICE-SOME HISTORIC HOTELS- FIRST NEWSPAPER-A POLITICAL DRUG STORE-BOARD OF TRADE- FIRST CITY DIRECTORY-SKETCHES OF TIIE MAYORS-STATISTICS AND 97 COMMENT
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CHAPTER VIII
CITIES AND TOWNS
EXTINCT TOWNS AND VILLAGES-INCORPORATED TOWNS-ELWOOD- ALEXANDRIA - PENDLETON - SUMMITVILLE - FRANKTON - LAPEL -CHESTERFIELD - MARKLEVILLE - INGALLS - ORESTES - SMALLER VILLAGES - ALLIANCE - EMPORIA - OVID - LEISURE - HUNTSVILLE -HALFORD-PERKINSVILLE-FLORIDA-LINWOOD-FISIERSBURG-LIST OF POSTOFFICES IN THE COUNTY-RURAL ROUTES .115
CHAPTER IX
FINANCE AND INDUSTRY
PUBLIC FINANCES-OUTSTANDING DEBT-GRAVEL ROAD BONDS-BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES-BOLD BANK ROBBERY-ANDERSON LOAN ASSOCIATION-EARLY MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS-NATURAL GAS ERA-NEW FACTORIES LOCATED-MANUFACTURING STATISTICS OF CITIES AND TOWNS-"MADE IN ANDERSON" EXHIBIT-AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS AND STATISTICS -- THE FARMER STILL KING 136
CHAPTER X INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
OLD TRAILS-FIRST HIGHWAYS-STATE ROADS-TURNPIKE COMPANIES AND TOLL ROADS-THE ERA OF CANALS-LAND GRANTS-STATE LEGIS- LATION FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS-ACT OF 1836-INDIANA CEN- TRAL CANAL-ITS COLLAPSE-THE HYDRAULIC PROJECT-RAILROADS- EARLY IDEAS REGARDING THEM-THE BIG FOUR-FIRST TRAIN TO ANDERSON-THIE PAN HANDLE-CINCINNATI, WABASH & MICHIGAN -- LAKE ERIE & WESTERN-THE CENTRAL INDIANA-DITCHES-UNION 161 TRACTION COMPANY
CHAPTER XI EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COUNTY SEMINARY- PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ANDERSON-SCHOOLS OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS-VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY-STATISTICS- COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS-FIRST GRADED SCHOOL-FRANKLIN'S PRIVATE SCHOOL-ANDERSON NORMAL UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COL- LEGE-PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS-THE PRESS-STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY NEWSPAPER-THE FIRST DAILY-HARDESTY'S WINDOW SHUTTER CAMPAIGN-PRESENT DAY NEWSPAPERS-PUBLIC LIBRARIES-SCHOOL LIBRARIES 177
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BENCH AND BAR
FIRST SEAT OF JUSTICE-EARLY COURTS AND PIONEER JUDGES-CHAR- ACTER OF THE EARLY LAWYERS-SKETCHES OF JUDGES AND PROMI- NENT ATTORNEYS-THE SUPERIOR COURT-INCIDENTS IN CONNEC- TION WITH LEGAL PRACTICE .193
CHAPTER XIII
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
THE PIONEER DOCTOR-HIS GENERAL CHARACTER AND METHOD OF TREATING DISEASE -- HIS STANDING IN THE COMMUNITY-BALZAC'S TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY DOCTOR-SKETCHES OF EARLY MADISON COUNTY PHYSICIANS-MEDICAL SOCIETIES-THEIR HISTORY-PHYSI- CIANS IN THE ARMY-PENSION EXAMINERS-LIST OF REGISTERED 218 PHYSICIANS
CHAPTER XIV
CHURCH HISTORY
MORAVIAN MISSIONS-MONUMENT-THE METHODISTS-THE BAPTISTS- FRIENDS OR QUAKERS-UNITED BRETHREN-ROMAN CATHOLICS- CHRISTIANS OR DISCIPLES-NEW LIGHT CHRISTIANS-THE LUTHERANS -THE UNIVERSALISTS-PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH-CHURCH OF GOD-CONGREGATIONALISTS-SPIRITUALISTS-THEIR CAMP GROUNDS AT CHESTERFIELD-LIST OF CHURCHES IN THE CITIES 228
CHAPTER XV
CHARITIES AND CEMETERIES
EARLY METHODS OF CARING FOR THE POOR-MADISON COUNTY'S FIRST POORHOUSE-LATER POORHOUSES-THE COUNTY INFIRMARY-OR- PHANS' HOME-ASSOCIATED CHARITIES-ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL- SKETCH OF ITS FOUNDER-COUNTRY GRAVEYARDS BY TOWNSHIPS- GROVELAND CEMETERY AT PENDLETON-ODD FELLOWS' CEMETERY AT ALEXANDRIA-PARK VIEW-ELWOOD CEMETERY-GRAVE ROB- BERY-ANDERSON CEMETERIES-MAPLEWOOD ASSOCIATION. 248
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CHAPTER XVI
SOCIETIES AND FRATERNITIES
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES-FAIR. ASSOCIATIONS AND FAIRS ANDERSON LYCEUM-OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION-THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY -HORSE THIEF DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION-THE MASONIC FRATERNITY -INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-IM- PROVED ORDER OF RED MEN-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-A LIV- ING FLAG-BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELES LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE-MISCELLANEOUS LODGES AND SOCIETIES-TRADES I'NION -- DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 261
CHAPTER XVII MILITARY HISTORY
MADISON COUNTY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO-THE CIVIL WAR-LOYAL SPIRIT OF THE CITIZENS-MEETING AT THE COURTHOUSE-THE FIRST COMPANY FROM MADISON COUNTY-ROSTERS OF THE VARIOUS COM- PANIES -- HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE REGIMENTS IN WHICH THEY SERVED-CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY ORGANIZATIONS-SPANISH-AMERI- CAN WAR-MADISON COUNTY REPRESENTED IN TW, REGIMENT-
CHAPTER XVIII CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
MURDER OF THE INDIANS IN 1524-THE ABBOTT MYSTERY-KILLING F THARP AND ESCAPE OF COX-MURDER OF DANIEL HOPPIS BY MILTON WHITE-THE DALE-TRASTER AFFAIR-MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF ALBERT MAWSON -- DISAPPEARANCE OF SUSAN NELSON -- SHOOTING OF BENE- FIEL BY DAVIS-CHARLES KYNETT SHOT BY THE CITY MARSHAL-KILL- ING OF MCLELLAND STREETS-MCCULLOUGH SHOT BY WELSH-KILL- ING OF ALBERT HAWKINS HISTORIC FIRES IN ANDERSON. ELWOOD. ALEXANDRIA, FRANKTON AND SUMMITVILLE-SOME GREAT STORMS- FLOODS OF 1547. 1575. 19-4. 1904 and 1913. 312
CHAPTER XIX MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY
SKETCHES OF A FEW TYPICAL PIONEERS-LEVI BREWER-MENTION OF PROMINENT CITIZENS JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY-SAMUEL RICHARDS -THE FENIAN RAID -- EXPRESS ROBBERY AND THE FALLIBILITY OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE-MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A PED- DLER RECALLED-RECEPTION TO COMPANY L-CHRONOLOGY OF THE COUNTY-C'ENSUS-LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS
INDEX
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Abbott Cabin (view), 313 Abbott mystery, 313
Abbott, William L., 707 Aboriginal inhabitants, 11
Aet to seenre relocation of county seat, 47
Adams, Abraham, 58
Adams Township, location, 57; named for Abraham Adams, 58; early settlers, 58; first schoolhouse, 59;
schools, 59; churches, 59; principal villages, 60 Agricultural societies, 261 Agricultural statistics, 159
Alexander, John R., 664
Alexander, Lot E., 476
"' Alexandria Bee, "' 120
Alexandria View (view), 121
Alexandria, mention, 82; location, 119; third city of the county in population, 119; first hotel in, 120; newspapers, 120; railroads, 120; first natural gas well, 120; disastrous fire, 121; eity gov- ernment 1913, 121; electric light, 122; fire department, 122; municipal build- ings, 122; water works, 122; popula- tion, 123; sehools 179
Alexandria Business Men's Association, 123
Alexandria Carnegie Library, 122
Alexandria Electric Lighting Company, 122 Alexandria Library Association, 190
Alexandria National Bank, 142 Allman, Charles H., 571
Alliance, 132
Ancient Order of Foresters, 280 Ancient Order of Hibernians, 281
Anderson, Archie C., 435
Anderson, Captain, 22 Anderson, Chester 11., 634
Anderson, Chief, 228
Anderson, mention, 61; location, 97; first known as Andersontown, 97; incorpora- tion, 98; change of name, 98; becomes a eity, 98; first eleetion for city offi- cials, 99; eity officials in 1913, 99; elec- trie light and water works, 99; public utilities, 99: water works, 99; first electric lighting plant, 100; present electrie lighting plant, 101; fire de-
partment, 102; police department, 103; sewage system, 104; street railway sys- tem, 104; electrie lines, 106; illuminat- ing gas, 107; postoffice, 107; hotels, 108; first newspaper in, 110; "political drug store, " 110; board of trade, 110; first city directory of, 111; mayors, 111; tax assessment for 1913, 114; seventh eity in Indiana iu population, 114; schools, 177 Andersontown, 47
Anderson Banking Company, 139
Anderson High School (view), 178
Anderson Postoffice (view), 108
Anderson Public Library (view), 188 Anderson Business College, 182
Anderson Cemetery Association, 258
Anderson Knife and Bar Company, 147 Anderson Loan Association, 140
Anderson Lyceum, 263
Anderson Normal University, 181
Anderson Reading Room and Library Association, 187
Anderson Trust Company, 139
Anderson Township location, 60; early settlers, 61; sehools, 61; Anderson, only town in, 61 American Steel and Wire Company, 147
Arcade File Works, 148
Area of the county, 1
Armington, Charles L., 498
Armstrong, Paul, 592
Artillery service, 306
Associated charities, 251
Attorneys who have practiced at the Madison County bar, 216 Auditors, 357
Bagot, Charles K., 197 Baker, George W., 614 Ball, Blaine H., 748
Ball, Robert E., 650 Banking institutions, 137
Bank robbery, 138
Baptists, 234. Battle of Tippecanoe, 34
Barber, Fred T., 633
Beall, Curran ("Jack"), 446
Beck, Henry V., 719
Beck, Mary E., 337
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Beebe, George T., 588 Beeson, Martin M., 563
Behymer, Andrew J., 698
Behymer, Frank, 694 Bench and bar, 193
Benefiel-Davis affair, 318 Benefiel, Joel B., 363
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 278
Berg, Andrew, 600 Berry, John, 39
Bevilhimer, Spencer G., 481
Biekford, George W., 459
Biddle, Charles W., 441
Biegel, Balthasar, 564
Big Four Railway, 169
Big Mound at Mounds Park (view), 17
Bireley, William H., 672
Boland, Daniel L., 417
Boone Township, location, 62; organiza- tion, 62; first white man, 62; other pioneers, 63; last wild deer killed in, 64; schools, 64; churches, 64 Boone Township Hay (view), 63
Bordwell, Dr. Lewis, 219
Boundaries, 1; change in, 36
Bradley, Joseph E., 572
Bradley, Patrick S., 495
Brady, Arthur W., 478
Brenaman, James F., 733
Brewer, Levi (port.), 339
Broadbent, Oliver, 637
Broadbent, Sarah I., 637
Bronnenberg, Frederick, 15, 37, 93
Bronnenberg, Henry, 338, 703
Bronnenberg, Isaac, 667
Bronnenberg, Ransom, 514
Bronnenberg, Sheridan, 749
Bronnenberg, Weems, 448
Bronnenberg, William B., 449
Brumbaugh, Austin, 728
Brunt, Richard H., 576 Brown, George W., 573
Brown, Glenden, 689
Brown, Henry C., 393
Brown, Levi P., 571
Brown, William L., 112
Buckeye Manufacturing Company, 148 "Bulletin, "' 184 Burdett, Oliver H., 779 Burke, Newton, 549 Burr, Lafe J., 519 Busby, Grattan A., 751
Busby, Jonathan A., 432 Byrum, Enoch E., 471
Cain, Joseph R., 515 Cain, Winifred, 515 Campbell, Bartlett H., 507 Campbell, Wallace B., 478 Camels of the World, 281 Canaday, Harrison, 787
Canaday, Joseph R., 625 Canaday, Ward K., 624 C'anals, 165 Caring for soldiers families, 307
Carlton, David R., 452
Carlton, James W., 628 Carnegie libraries, 187
Carr, I. W., 619
Cartwright, William E., 604
Catholic Benevolent Legion, 281 Catholic Knights of America, 280
Catholic Order of Foresters, 281
Catholics, 240
Cemeteries, 252
Census statisties, 355
Chambers, Joseph, 545 Chambers, Seneca, 445
Charities, 248
Charles, Etta, 691
Chesterfield, mention, 94; laid out, 129; growth of, 130; incorporation, 130; Chief Anderson, 228 Childers, Philip A., 660
Children's Home Association, 250
Chipman, Marcellus, 196
Christians or Disciples, 241
Chronology of the county, 345
Church history, 228
Church of God, 152, 246
Church organizations, Alexandria, 247
Church organizations, Elwood, 247
Church organizations in Anderson, 247
Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line, 169
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad, 171
Cities and towns, 115
Citizens' Bank, 137
Citizens' State Bank, 141
City Building, Elwood (view), 116
City of Anderson, 97
Civil War, 283
Clark, General George Rogers, 26
Clark, Ralph B., 554
Clark, Robert H., 646 Clark's conquest of the Northwest, 27 Clauser, Joseph L., 724
Clerks, 357
Clymer, Willie E., 745
Cochran, Henry, 65 Coddington, William A., 674
Commercial Bank and Trust Company, 142 Conflicting claims of the English and French, 25
Congregationalists, 246
Conner, John, 726
Conrad, Ernest M., 376
Cook, A. W., 400
Cook, Benjamin H., 456
Corbet, C. M., 740 Coroners, 358 Cory, Wilson, 539
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Cotterman, Clinton M., 471 County, area of, 1 County assessors, 358 County Commissioners, 358 County organized, 43 County seat located, 46 County Seminary, 177 Court-houses, 48 Courts, 193
Cox, E. T., State Geologist, 14 Cox, Lewis C., 734 Coy Lorana Wise, 773 Cragen, John B., 440
Craven, Hervey, 195
Creeks, 1 Crimes and casualties, 312
Crittenberger, Dale J., 651 Croan, William M., 714 Cromer, Martin L., 425 Cunningham, William P., 722 Custer, O. B., 392
Dale-Traster affair, 316 Daniel Hoppis, murder of, 315 Daughters of Liberty, 281 Daughters of the American Revolution, 281 Davis, Alvin H., 662 Davis, Arthur, 432
Davis, Doctor B., 579
Davis, Edgar E., 729 Davis, John E., 466
Davis, Leroy, 644
Dawson, Charles W., 608
Day, Thomas E., 436
Dean, Purl, 585
Decker, Philip G., 679
Dehority, Charles C., 696
DeHority, Frank E., 708
Dehority, Joseph A., 500 Dehority, William A., 117
Delaware, 17 Dick, Charles G .. 755 Discovery of natural gas, 116 "Dismal,"' 89 Ditches, 174 Donnelly, James M., 606 Downs, John P., 746 Doty, Thomas J., 387 Douglas, Otho W., 429 Douglass, Frederick, 70 Doxey, Charles T., 341
Doxey Opera House, 323 Drach, Henry, 367 Draper, Joseph, 599 Duck Creek Township organization of, 65; location, 65; first settler, 65; early industries, 66; schools, 66; churches, 67; last entry of land in county, 67. Dunham, Wesley, 112 Dunlap, Ivan C., 486 Dunlap, Morey M., 113
Durbin, Winfield T., 34] Dye, Augustus T., 407 Dyson, Byron H., 112, 648
Earliest manufacturing establishments, 144
Early courts and pioneer judges, 193 Early Dwelling in Union Township, view 92 Early explorations in America, 24
Early methods of caring for the poor, 248 Early physicians, 219 Electric railways, 175
Educational development, 177
Eighth Cavalry, 305
Eighth Infantry, 284
Eighty-ninth Infantry, 298
Eleventh Infantry, 287
Elks, 278
Elk's Home, Anderson (view), 279 Elliott, Joseph 11., 469 Ellis, Andrew, 418 Ellison, Alfred, 197
Elwood, mention, 85; discovery of natural gas, 116; incorporated, 116; first elect- ric cars in, 117; first mayor, 117; water works, 117; city government in 1913, 118; city hall, 118; fire department, 118; new postoffice, 118; police depart- ment, 118; clubs, 119; statistics of, 119; schools, 179
Elwood Cemetery Association, 256
Elwood Driving Park and Fair Associa- tion, 263 Elwood Public Library (view), 190
Elwood State Bank, 141
Elwood Trust Company, 142
Emporia, 132
English and French claims, 25
Episcopalians, 245 Equitable Aid Union, 281 Eshelman, David, 406
Eshelmann, Ross, 692
Etchison, R. F., 609 Etchison, William, 617
Evans, Will G., 491
Exchange Bank, 138
Express robbery, 343 Extinct towns and villages, 115
Fairs, 262 Fall creek, 1
Fall Creek township, location 67; first township settled by white men, 68; early settlers, 68; first land entries, 69; in- dustries, 70; churches, 70; Frederick Douglass tries to address citizens, 70; schools, 72; towns, 72 Falls at Pendleton (view), 68 Farlow, .I. M., 616 Farmer, Edgar W., 548
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Farmers Trust Company, 141 Faust, W. A., 710 Federated Catholic Clubs, 281 Fenelon, Charles E., 701 lesler, B. F., 693 Finance and industry, 136 Fires, 322 Fishersburg, 91 Fifth Cavalry, 304 First company from Madison county, 284 First court house in the county, 124 First daily in Anderson, 184
First fair in the county, 26]
First Gas Well, Anderson (view ), 146
First gas well sunk in county, 7 First graded schonl in the county, 181 First highways, 161
First medical society, 224
First National Bank of Anderson, 137 First National Bank of Elwood, 141
First natural gas well in Madison county, 120, 154
First newspaper, 182
l''irst parochial school, 182 First physician in county, 219 First seat of justice, 193
First settlers in Madison county, 37
First successful attempt to develop oil fields, 8
First Trolley Car (view), 106 Fishersburg, 135 Flanagan, Barney, 711 Floods, 331
Flood Scene (view), 333
Florida, 80, 134
Fogerty, Michael J., 762 Ford, Eugene L., 521
Forkner, James M., 527
Forkner, John L., 113, 510 Fornshell, Elmer E., 503
Fornshell, Fred B., 502 Forty-seventh Infantry, 295 Foster, Frank P., 113, 193, 419 Fountain William, 593 Fowler, James A., 779
Frankton, location, 127; incorporated, 128 ; principals industries, 128; schools, 180 Fraternal Order of Eagles, 280 Free, LeRoy, 730 Free, Wade H., 517 French and Indian war, 25 Friends or Quakers, 238 Fuller, Tillman, 772 Fuller, W. H., 717
Game plentiful, 43 Garr, Jesse D., 542 Garretson, William M., 735 Gavin, Martin, 617 General character of surface, 3 Geology, 3
German Baptists or Dunkards, 237
Gibault, Father, 26
Gibson, John J., 752
Givens, John L., 437 Goehler, Daniel, 736
Goodykoontz, Martin L., 389
Gorden, Welden B., 590 "Gospel Trumpet," 152 Gospel Trumpet I ome, 152
(inspel Trumpet Publishing Plant (View), 153
Gossett, William H., 595 .
Grand Army of the Republic, 275
Gravel Road bonds, 136
Great flood of 1913, 333 Greathouse, Frank M., 501
Great storms, 329
Green Township, location, 72; first set - tlers, 73; industries, 74; schools, 74; towns, 74
Greenville treaty, 30
Grider, John L., 676 Griffin, James W., 482
Groendyke, Thomas, 737
Guy, Elmer A., 506
Haines, John, 786 Halboth, Louis E., 737
1Jalford, 134
Hall, Jesse E., 668
Hancock, Garland, 474
llancock, John L., 639 Hancock, William W., 663
Handy, Edward C., 410
Harbit, Francis M., 705
Hardie, Henry P., 113, 385 Harold, Alva N., 732
Hardy, Thomas M., 457 llartley, Eugene B., 782 llartman, Jacob, 658 Harrison, General William Henry, 30 Harvesting Scene Near Lapel (view), 90
Hartzell, George, 638 Hawkes, Marshall A., 709 Hawkins, Albert, killing of, 320
Hays, John D., 721 Hazlett, James, 112 Heffner, Lewis, 484
Henderson, Charles A., 364
Hennings, Joseph E., 366 Henry, Charles L., 342
"Herald, " 184 Herring, Charles H., 496
Hickey, John, 251 High School at Alexandria (view), 179 Hill, Forrest J., 368
IIimelick, Joseph, 670 Hinderer, John G., 581
Hinshaw, Orlando D., 488 Historie fires, 322 Hockett, George H., 783 Hoel, Elmer E., 718
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Hooven, Clement W., 423 Hoover, Rufus A., 593 lIoppenrath, William H., 704 Horse Thief Detective Association, 265 Howard, Homer E .. 596
Huffman, Owen, 434 Hugliel. Elmer E., 687 Hughel, Herman G., 784 Hull. James C., 574 Hundley, James M., 560
Hunt, Lee F., 747
Hunt, Mason V., 420
Huntsville, 72, 133
Hupp, George W., 516 Ilurst, Alfred D., 641
Improved Order of Red Men, 273 Incorporated towns, 115 I. O. O. F. Building (view), 270 Independent Social Club, 191 Indiana admitted to Union, 35
Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Railroad Company, 168 Indiana Spiritualist Association, 130 Indian Chiefs, 20
Indians, 16
Indians and Pioneers (view), 32 Ingalls, 74 Ingalls Land Company, 131
Ingalls, incorporation of, 131
Ingalls industries, 131 Internal improvements, 161, 166 Interior Pioneer Cabin (view), 44 Isanogel, Walter, 443
Jackson Township, location, 75; early settlers, 75; industries, 77; schools, 78; churches, 78; towns, 78 Jacobs, Cassius C., 583 Jails, 54 Jesuit missionaries, 24 Johnson, Daniel M., 559 Johnson, John C., 549 Johnson, Lewis, 378
Jones, Arthur H., 690 Jones, Dee R., 681 Jones, Homer B., 601 Jones, Horace E., 422 .Iones, Joel M., 577 .Jones, John C., 111 .Jones, John W., 396 Jones, Thomas M., 758 Judd, George W., 595 Judges, 194 Junior Order American Meehanies, 281
Kaufman, Andrew F., 541 Kelelamand, 2I Kelly, Isaae S., 682 Keltner, Sanford M., 416 Kemp, Henry M., 742 Kidwell, Elbert E., 652 Kikthawenund, 22, 228
Killbuek, Captain, 21 Killing of Albert Hawkins, 320 Killing of Susan Nelson, 317. King, Thomas J., 628 King, Willard, 628 Kinnard, Lewis D., 393
Kinnard, William R., 394
Kirk, George W., 685 Kittinger, William A., 402 Klumpp. John, Sr., 753
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