History of Miami County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence, 1865-
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub.
Number of Pages: 474


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GENEALOGY COLLECTION


ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00805 3842


Arthur L. Bodurtha.


HISTORY OF


MIAMI COUNTY


INDIANA


A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests


Edited by MR. ARTHUR L. BODURTHA


ADVISORY EDITORS


MR. H. P. LOVELAND


MR. JAMES W. HURST


HON. CHAS. A. COLE


MR. ALFRED E. ZEHRING


VOLUME I


ILLUSTRATED


THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1914


PREFACE


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Eighty years have passed since Miami county was organized under the provisions of an act of the Indiana legislature. To note accurately and make a record of the principal events of those eighty years is the purpose of this work. Although this history may not fill the proverbial "long felt want," the editor and publishers desire to state that no effort has been spared to make it both authentic and comprehensive.


The division of the subject matter into topics and the arrangement of chapters is, we believe, the best that could be made and will prove of great convenience to the reader. The chapter on the City of Peru was written under the immediate supervision of Hon. Charles A. Cole, whose long residence in the city and close identification with municipal affairs render him peculiarly qualified for the task. In the preparation of the chapter on the Bench and Bar acknowledgement is due to H. P. Loveland, Nott N. Antim, W. B. McClintic and E. P. Kling, who furnished valuable information relating to the courts, the Bar Associa- tion, etc.


Acknowledgement is also due to Drs. J. O. Ward, E. H. Andrews, M. A. McDowell and C. J. Helm for their assistance in the preparation of the chapters on Medical Profession and Charities; to Omer Holman, of the Peru Republican; Alfred E. Zehring, of Bennett's Switch; James W. Hurst, of Macy; Hal C. Phelps, prosecuting attorney ; Frank M. Stutesman, Henry Meinhardt, and the various county officials and their deputies, all of whom rendered assistance in the collection of information, and to Lou Baer for a number of photographs to be used as illustrations.


The editor and his assistants desire to express their thanks and obligations to Miss Gertrude H. Thiebaud, librarian of the Peru public library, and her assistants, Miss Vivian Ream and Miss Ada York, for their uniform courtesies while this work was in course of preparation.


As far as it was possible to do so, information has been taken from official sources. The works consulted in the compilation of the history include the following:


Official Publications-Reports of the United States Bureau of Ethnology; United States Census Reports and Bulletins; Reports of


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the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Reports of the United States Department of Agriculture; Reports of the Indiana State Geologist, the Bureau of Statistics, the Bureau of Inspection and the Railroad Com- mission ; the Adjutant-General's reports; Session Laws of Indiana, and the public records of Miami county and the city of Peru.


Miscellaneous Works-Graham's, Brant & Fuller's and Stephens' Histories of Miami county ; Meginnis' "Life of Frances Slocum"; Dil- lon's W. H. Smith's and Dunn's Histories of Indiana ; Levering's "His- toric Indiana"; Cockrum's "Pioneer History of Indiana"; O. H. Smith's "Early Reminiscences of Indiana"; Benton's "The Wabash Trade Route in the Development of the Old Northwest"; Cox's "Recol- lections of the Early Settlement of the Wabash Valley"; Dunn's "True Indian Stories"; English's "Conquest of the Northwest"; Grand Lodge reports of various fraternal societies, and the files of the Miami county newspapers.


ARTHUR L. BODURTHA.


CONTENTS


CHAPTER I


PHYSICAL FEATURES, GEOLOGY, ETC.


MIAMI COUNTY-LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES-LINES OF SURVEY-RIVERS AND CREEKS-UNDERLYING ROCKS OF THE UPPER SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN PERIODS-QUARRIES AND LIME-KILNS-ALONG THE MISSIS- SINEWA-BOG IRON ORE-THE GLACIAL EPOCH-THE WABASH RIVER -MORAINES-THE GLACIAL DRIFT-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY-CLAYS- SAND-GRAVEL-NATURAL GAS AND OIL-PRIMITIVE FORESTS AND 1 THEIR DESTRUCTION


CHAPTER II ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS


THE MOUND BUILDERS-THEORIES REGARDING THEIR ANTIQUITY- THOMAS' DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES INTO DISTRICTS-CHAR- ACTERISTICS OF EACH DISTRICT-FEW RELICS IN MIAMI COUNTY- THE INDIANS-HOW DISTRIBUTED IN 1492-THE "SIX NATIONS"- THE MIAMI TRIBE-HABITS AND CUSTOMS-THEIR DOMAIN-VIL- LAGES IN THE WABASH VALLEY-THE POTTAWATOMI-CHARACTER AND TRADITIONS-VILLAGES-POLICIES IN DEALING WITH THE INDIANS. . 15


CHAPTER III INDIAN CHIEFS AND TREATIES


EARLY MIAMI CHIEFS-LITTLE TURTLE-JOHN B. RICHARDVILLE-LEGEND OF HOW HE BECAME CHIEF-HIS CHARACTERISTICS-TRIBAL ORGANI- ZATION-WAR CHIEFS-SHEPOCONAH-FRANCIS GODFROY-HOW HE WAS CHOSEN WAR CHIEF-HIS FAMILY-HIS DEATH AND WILL- GABRIEL GODFROY-POTTAWATOMI CHIEFS-TREATIES WITH THE POT- TAWATOMI-TREATIES WITH THE MIAMIS-FULL TEXT OF THE GREAT


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TREATY OF 1838-SCHEDULE OF INDIAN LAND GRANTS-TREATY OF 1840-THE WHITE MAN IN POSSESSION 28 /


CHAPTER IV


THE STORY OF FRANCES SLOCUM


HER CAPTURE BY INDIANS IN HER CHILDHOOD-THE LONG SEARCH FOR THE LOST SISTER-HER LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS-DISCOVERED IN HER OLD AGE BY COLONEL EWING-CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COLONEL EWING AND HER FAMILY-VISITED BY TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER- REFUSES TO RETURN TO CIVILIZATION-HER DEATH-THE SLOCUM MONUMENT 52


CHAPTER V THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION


EARLY EXPLORATIONS IN THE NEW WORLD-FRENCH POSTS IN THE INTERIOR-SPANISH CLAIMS-CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND-FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-INDIANA PART OF THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS-PONTIAC-GEORGE ROGERS CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST-INDIANA A PART OF VIRGINIA-THE NORTHWEST TERRI- TORY-CAMPAIGNS OF HARMAR, ST. CLAIR AND WAYNE-TREATY OF GREENVILLE-INDIANA TERRITORY ORGANIZED-TREATIES OF CESSION -- TECUMSEH AND THE PROPHET-BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE-WAR OF 1812 -BATTLE OF THE MISSISSINEWA-BATTLE GROUND ASSOCIATION- INDIANA ADMITTED AS A STATE-LOCATION OF THE SEAT OF GOVERN- MENT .67


CHAPTER VI SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION


EARLY EXPLORERS AND MISSIONARIES -. INDIAN TRADERS-JOHN MCGRE- GOR-FIRST ACTUAL SETTLERS-THE EWINGS-PIONEER LIFE AND CUSTOMS-AMUSEMENTS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS-A BEAR STORY- LEGISLATION CONCERNING MIAMI COUNTY-ORGANIZED IN 1834-FIRST COUNTY OFFICERS-LOCATION OF THE COUNTY SEAT-FIRST JURORS- FIRST COUNTY ELECTION-COURTHOUSES AND JAIL BUILDINGS. ... 86


CHAPTER VII TOWNSHIP HISTORY


FORMATION OF THE FIRST TWO CIVIL TOWNSHIPS-NOW FOURTEEN IN THE COUNTY-ALLEN-BUTLER-CLAY-DEER CREEK-ERIE-HARRI-


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SON-JACKSON-PIONEER SETTLERS IN EACH-FIRST BIRTHS, MAR- RIAGES AND DEATHS-MILLS AND OTHER EARLY INDUSTRIES-SCHOOLS -EARLY RELIGIOUS SERVICES-TOWNS AND VILLAGES-RAILROADS- MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS 109


CHAPTER VIII TOWNSHIP HISTORY-Continued


JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE SETTLED-PERRY-PERU- PIPE CREEK-AN INDIAN VILLAGE-RICHLAND-UNION-WASHING- TON-LOCATION, BOUNDARIES AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH-PIONEER SETTLERS-EARLY BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS- PRIMITIVE INDUSTRIES-FIRST RELIGIOUS MEETINGS-PIONEER SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS-TOWNS AND VILLAGES-TRANSPORTATION-MISCELLA- NEOUS EVENTS-THE PIONEER'S PLACE . IN HISTORY. 132


CHAPTER IX THE CITY OF PERU


THE HOLMAN PURCHASE-MIAMISPORT-EARLY SETTLERS-SKETCHES OF A FEW PIONEERS-PERU LAID OUT-SECURES THE COUNTY SEAT- EARLY PROMINENT CITIZENS-FIRST INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN- FIRST OFFICERS AND ORDINANCES-THE "RED LADDERS"-INCORPO- RATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE IN 1848-HOG OR NO HOG -ADDITIONS TO PERU-FIRE DEPARTMENT-WATER WORKS-GAS WORKS-ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT-COMMERCIAL CLUB-CITY PARK- PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS-POSTOFFICE-MUNICIPAL FINANCES-LIST OF MAYORS-MISCELLANEOUS 153


CHAPTER X TOWNS AND VILLAGES


LIST OF TOWNS THAT ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN MIAMI COUNTY-WHEN FOUNDED AND BY WHOM-THE PIONEER SETTLERS-EARLY INDUS- TRIES AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-WHY SOME TOWNS PERISHED-MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS-POPULATION IN 1910-LIST OF PRESENT POSTOFFICES. 179


CHAPTER XI MILITARY HISTORY


EARLY MILITIA SYSTEM-THE PERU BLUES-THE CHIPANUE WAR-WAR WITH MEXICO-THE CIVIL WAR-MIAMI COUNTY PROMPT TO RESPOND


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-THIRTEENTH REGIMENT-OTHER REGIMENTS IN WHICH MIAMI COUNTY WAS REPRESENTED-FOURTEENTH BATTERY-MISCELLANE- OUS ENLISTMENTS-THE INDIANA LEGION-THE ROLL OF HONOR- RELIEF WORK AT HOME-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 204


CHAPTER XII INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS


FIRST HIGHWAYS-THE OLD STRAWTOWN ROAD-RIVERS AS THOROUGH- FARES-WABASH & ERIE CANAL-INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1836-COLLAPSE OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF IMPROVEMENTS-BENE- FITS RESULTING FROM THE CANAL ITS FINAL END-STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION OF THE WABASH-THE RAILROAD ERA-LAKE ERIE & WESTERN-THE WABASH-PAN HANDLE-THE EEL RIVER RAILROAD -PERU & DETROIT-CHICAGO, INDIANA & EASTERN-CHESAPEAKE & OHIO-ELECTRIC LINE-MIAMI COUNTY'S SYSTEM OF DRAINAGE 241


CHAPTER XIII


FINANCE AND INDUSTRY


PUBLIC FINANCES-BONDED DEBT OF THE COUNTY-BANKS-TRUST COMPANIES-AGRICULTURE-STATISTICS RELATING TO CROPS AND LIVE STOCK-MANUFACTURING-CHARACTER OF THE FIRST FACTORIES -- PERU AS A MANUFACTURING CENTER-NATURAL GAS ERA-ITS INFLU- ENCE ON INDUSTRY-OAKDALE-REPORT OF BUREAU OF INSPECTION- -THE OIL FIELD-OUTSIDE INDUSTRIES-FACTORIES IN OTHER TOWNS .267


CHAPTER XIV EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


FIRST SCHOOLS IN INDIANA-CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL FUND-STATE ENDOWMENT FUND-PIONEER SCHOOL HOUSES-CHARACTER OF THE EARLY TEACHERS-THE THREE R'S-COUNTY SEMINARIES-PERU COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE-WILLIAM SMITH'S SCHOOL-DENVER COLLEGE -FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IN PERU-PRESENT HIGH SCHOOL-VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION-COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS - DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL FUNDS - PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS-THE PRESS-BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS -JOHN A. GRAHAM-EARLY LIBRARY PROJECTS-PERU PUBLIC LIBRARY-SCHOOL LIBRARIES 291


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THE BENCH AND THE BAR


PURPOSE OF THE COURTS-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-FIRST COURTS IN MIAMI COUNTY-CHARACTER OF THE EARLY JUDGES-THE COURT- HOUSE FIRE . OF 1843-WABASH BRIDGE CASE-PERSONAL MENTION OF JUDGES-SEAL OF THE CIRCUIT COURT-CHANGE IN COURTS BY THE CONSTITUTION OF 1852-PROBATE COURT-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS -COURT OF CONCILIATION-LIST OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS-THE BAR-SKETCHES OF OLD TIME LAWYERS-BAR ASSOCIATION-ATTORNEYS IN 1914-A FEW CASES 310


CHAPTER XVI


THE MEDICAL PROFESSION


EARLY CONDITIONS IN THE WABASH VALLEY-WORK AND FEES OF THE FRONTIER DOCTOR-MALARIA-CHARACTER OF THE PIONEER PHYSICIAN -HIS REMEDIES-HIS SOCIAL STANDING-BALZAC'S TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY DOCTOR-BRIEF SKETCHES OF EARLY PRACTITIONERS-LIST OF OLD TIME DOCTORS-MIAMI COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-MEDICAL REGISTRATION LAW-LICENSED PHYSICIANS IN MIAMI COUNTY. .. 331


CHAPTER XVII


CHURCH HISTORY


FIRST MISSIONARIES-THE CATHOLICS-METHODISTS-PRESBYTERIANS- BAPTISTS-GERMAN BAPTISTS OR DUNKARDS-CHRISTIANS OR DIS- CIPLES-NEW LIGHTS-UNITED BRETHREN-FRIENDS OR QUAKERS- EPISCOPAL CHURCH-LUTHERANS-CONGREGATIONALISTS-SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS-THE CHURCH OF GOD-UNIVERSALISTS-BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE VARIOUS CONGREGATIONS AND THEIR HOUSES OF WORSHIP .344


CHAPTER XVIII CHARITIES AND CEMETERIES


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR IN EARLY DAYS-CUSTOM OF FARMING OUT PAUPERS-ITS DISADVANTAGES-MIAMI COUNTY'S FIRST POOR HOUSE -PRESENT COUNTY ASYLUM-OLD FOLKS' AND ORPHAN CHILDREN'S HOME-DUKES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-WABASH RAILWAY HOSPITAL


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-COUNTRY GRAVEYARDS BY TOWNSHIPS-ODD FELLOWS', CEMETERY AT MACY-MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY AT PERU 370


CHAPTER XIX


MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY


FIRST FLAG IN MIAMI COUNTY-LAWLESSNESS-A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE -PETITION TO PRESIDENT POLK-EARLY PRICES AND WAGES-THE STRANGER'S GRAVE-TRADING WIVES-QUEER REAL ESTATE-SOME PROMINENT PEOPLE-POLITICAL MEETINGS-TEMPERANCE-DISAS- TROUS FIRES-A STORMY SUMMER-HISTORIC FLOODS. 383


CHAPTER XX SOCIETIES AND FRATERNITIES


AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIR ASSOCIATIONS-SOCIAL AND LITERARY CLUBS-MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES-DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION-AMBOY CIVIC AND INDUSTRIAL CLUB-, MASONIC FRATERNITY-INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS-IM- PROVED ORDER OF RED MEN-OTHER FRATERNAL ORDERS-CATHOLIC SOCIETIES-DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION-YOUNG MEN'S CHRIS- TIAN ASSOCIATION 409


CHAPTER XXI STATISTICAL REVIEW


INCREASE IN POPULATION AND WEALTH-CHRONOLOGY-EVENTS LEAD- ING UP TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AND CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY-OFFICIAL ROSTER-A COMPLETE LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM 1834 TO 1914 429


INDEX


Aaron, Jacob, 735 Aaron N. Dukes Memorial Hospital, 374 Aboriginal inhabitants, 15 Agriculture, 272 Agricultural societies and fair associa- tions, 409 Alspach, Abner J., 697 Altman, Sanford E., 459


Allen Township, location, 110; area, 110; first actual white settler, 110; first entry of land, 111; organized, 11 !; first white child born, 112; first school in, 112; schools, 112; earliest indus- tries, 112; first churches, 112; ceme- teries, 376


Amboy, 180


Amboy Bank, 271 Amboy Gas and Oil Company, 280


Ancient Order of Hibernians, 426 Andrews, Claude Y., 503 Andrews, Ellis H., 524


An extraordinary "swap, "' 391 Anson, 181 Area of the county, 1


Armitage, John T., 582 Associate judges, 320, 323 Atkinson, Hattie I., 751 Atkinson, Orie C., 751 Augur, William H., 522


Bailey, Walter C., 549 Bair, George, 591 Bair, James S., 591 Baker, Lewis, 498 Baldwin, Charles P., 728


Baldwin, John A., 724


Baldwin, Verne E., 720


Balsbaugh, Walter, 681 Banking institutions, 268 Bappert, Michael, 489 Baptists, 355


Battleground Memorial Association, 84 Battle of the Mississinewa, 82 Battle of Tippecanoe, 81 Bar Association, 328 Bargerhuff, Benjamin F., 777 Barnhisel, Noah B., 694 Barron, John C., 742


Bear story, 95 Bearss, Albert C., 512


Bearss, Daniel R., 158, 511 Bearss, Frank W., 519 Bench and bar, 310


Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 424 Bennett's Switch, 181


Berger, Aaron S., 788


Berger, Henry, 787


Betzner, Anna M. E., 574


Betzner Brothers, 526


Betzner, Louis F., 526


Betzner, Louis, 728


"Big Reserve,"' 121, 386 Binkerd, James P .. 624 Birmingham, 181


Black, Charles H., 616


Blackburn, Daniel F., 723


Blair, James, 463


Blair, James J., 802


Blair, Lydia M., 464


Bodurtha, Arthur L., 104, 830


Bond Family, 651


Bond, Charles, 668


Bond, Iona, 653


Bond, Jesse, 667


Bond, Walter S., 653


Bonded debt of the county, 267


Boone, John, 678


Boone, William G., 460


Booth, John, 800


Bouslog, Rawley H., 815


Bowland, David A., 680


Bread line, showing work of the Asso- ciated Charities at time of great flood in March, 1913 (view), 373 Broadway in the sixties (view), 164


Brower, Isaiah C., 609


Brownell, 182 Brownell, Charles H., 469


Bundy, . Wm. F., 717


Bunker Hill, 142, 182


Bunker Hill Light Guards, 238


Burke, Michael, 584


Busaco, 184 Busby, Thomas M., 784


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Butler Township. Weation, 113: Die- turesome scenery, 114: first white mar. 115: firet settlers. 115: early indue- tries. 116: first white child born in. 117; organized. 11": first school. 117. Beboole. 117 : railroad :. 119 : cemeteries, 377 Batler. Frank D .. 555 Batt. Douglas M., 514


Batt. Elias. 472 Butt. Henry K .. 692 Bort, Samuel W .. 691


Canal era. 242 Capital. : 5 Carl. Omer [ .. 657 Carter. Charles. 71: Carter. Phineas B .. : 49


Cary, 184 Casper. Jacob. 619 Catholics. 344 Catholic societies. 426 Cemeteries. 376 Chamberlain. George R .. 506 Charities. 370


Charters. Charles M .. 532 Charters. David. 531


Charters. Samuel M .. 532


Charters. William J .. 531


Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. 115. 129. 131. 139. 151. 258 Chicago. Indiana & Eastern Railroad. 25.


Chili. 145. 184


.. Chipanue War. ": 205 Christians or Disciples, 360


Christian Scientists. 369


Chronology. 430


Church history. 344


Church of God. 368


Church of the Brethren. 358


Circuit judges. 322


Citizens Bank of Macy. 271


Citizens Gas and Pipe Line Company. 280


Citizens' National Bank of Peru. 269


City of Peru. 153 City Park, 172 Civil War, 206


Clark, Eugene M .. 634


Clark. Gen. George Rogers. 71


Clay Township, location. 118; last in the county to be settled, 118: first white man, 118: settlers. 118: first election. 119; early industries. 119: first school, 120; schools. 120: railroads. 120 Cleland. A. P .. 740 "' Cliffs,'; 114 Cole, Albert. 159. 774


Cole, Charles A .. 827 Cole, James O .. 775 Cole, Richard H., 797


Corerete bridge over Wabash River. Peru (view). 265 Condo. Daniel W .. 559 Conflicting elaims of English and French.


Congregationaliste, 367


Congressional school fund. 292 Comn. Milo P .. 659 Conner, Joseph R ... : 50 Conradt, Godlove, 467


Converse, 165 Cory, Charles E .. 787 Costin, Michael P .. 570 Coueber. James M .. 090 Country doctor. 332 County line wedding. 130


County poor asylum. 370


County seat. 153


County seminaries. 294


County superintendents. 297 Courter. 198 Courthouse. 100


Courthouse fre. 313 Court of Common Pleas. 321


Courts. 310


Cox. Jabez T .. $13


Craig. Jasper J .. 693 Creeks. ?


Crop statistics. 273 Crouder. William F .. 640 Crume. Pliny M., 524 Cunningham. Jacob A .. 622


Daughters of the Revolution. 427


Davis. John C .. 507


Davis. John H .. 770


Davis. John W .. 733


Davis. Wm. Edward. 767


Deedsville. 148. 188


Deer Creek Township. location. 121; earliest settlers. 121: early industries. 122: first school in. 123: schools. 123; railroads. 123: first churches. 123; cemeteries. 377 Demuth. William. 739


Denver. 188


Denver College. 296


DeWald. John L .. 761


Dice. Jobn H .. 649


Dingman. Peter. 476


Disastrous fires. 395


Distribution of school funds. 297


Doan, Alva, 721


Douglass, Milton. 80S


Douglass, Seymour A., 809 Doyle, 189 Drainage, 264 Dukes. Aaron N .. 494


Dukes, Elbert J., 495 Dunkards, 355


Dunn, Timothy E., 578


INDEX


Eagle. Henry A., 566


Earliest manufactories in Miami County. 275 Early attorneys. 324


Early explorers. 86 Early explorations in the New World. 67 Early militia system. 204


Early prices and wages. 389


Early teachers, 293


Educational development. 291


Edwards. Richard A., 563


Fisher. Frank. 590


Eel River Road. 257


Fisher. Henry. 600


Fisher. Isaac. 653


Fisher. Joseph. 597


Fisher. Otto L., 462


Fisher. Peter. 599


Fite. Charles F., 603


Five Corners. 190


Floods. 399


Florence. 190


Foote. Carter. 520


Foote, Charles. 520


Foote. Jesse. 520


Formation of the first two civil town- ships. 109 .'Fort Wayne."' 76


Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company, 139. 262


Fortieth Infantry. 218


Forty-sixth Infantry, 219


Founder of the City of Peru, 156


Fourteenth Battery. 232


Fraternal Order of Eagles, 425


Fraternities. 416


French and Indian War, 70 French claims, 67 Friends or Quakers. 363


Frontier doctor. 331


Fulwiler. James B., 159, 441


Fulwiler. Louis B., 442


Funeral oration over Francis Godfroy, 36


Gahs, Charles V., 771 Gallahan, Albert Q .. 581


Gallahan, Schuyler W., 820


Garritson, Margaret, 73S


Garritson, Read S., 738


Gas works. 169 Geology of county, 3


German Baptists or Dunkards, 358


German Evangelical Association, 366


Germann. Gustave A., 454


Gerhart. Frederick, 713


Gilead, 138, 190 Ginney, Timothy M .. 669 Glassburn, Alfred, 704


Godfroy, Francis. 33. 36, 164


Godfroy, Gabriel. 39


Godfroy. Gabriel (portrait), 39


Godfroy. Jacques, 33


Graft Family. 614 Graft. Leroy. 615


Graham. John A., 299. 82S


First physician in Miami County, 333 First printing press in Miami County, 299


First railroad in the United States, 253 First regular school. 291


First session of the circuit court, 311 First settlers. Ss


First telephone exchange. 279 First train to arrive at Peru, 259 Fisher Family, 599


Effinger. R. P .. 328 Eighth Infantry. 210


Eighth judicial district, 311


Eighty-seventh Infantry. 221


Eikenberry. B. F., 544 Eikenberry. George. 613


Fikenberry. Levi I., 613


Eikenberry. . William M .. 804


Electric lighting plant. 170


Electric lines. 261 Eleventh Infantry. 210


Ellis, E. A .. 707


Engel. Henry. 593


Episcopal Church. 364


Erie Township. location. 123: smallest in county. 123: area. 123: settlers. 124: early industries. 125: churches, 125: railroads. 125: schools. 125: cemeteries. 378


Estimated value of all the school property in the county. 296 Everts. Gustavus. 311


Falk. Julius. 539 Falk. Moses. 538 Farmers' State Bank of Bunker Hill. 271


Farmers' Bank of Converse. 271


Farmers ' Bank of Denver. 272


Father Badin. 344 Father Rivet. 291 Faust, Joseph A .. 520


Fidler. John H .: 470


Fifth street looking east from Broadway, boats landing on courthouse lawn (view). 403


Fifty-first Infantry. 219 Finance and industry. 267 Fires. 395


Fire Department of Peru. 166 First county jail. 106 First courts. 312 First election for county officers. 100


First exclusive high school building. 296 First flag in Miami County, 383 First gas well, 12


First great flood of Miami County. 399 First highways, 241 First jurors. 99 First missionaries. 344


First National Bank of Peru, 26S


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Graham, Ira, 673 Grand Army of the Republic, 423


Grandview, 191


Graves, Clement, 778 Great flood of March, 1913, 401 Green, Burton, 748


Grimes, Harrison, 551 Grimes, Louise M., 552 Grimes, William, 551


Griswold, Edward H., 548


Guendling, John H., 553


Gustin, William H., 632 Gwinn, Elmer E., 581


Gysin, J. Frank, 490


Haag, Charles C., 776


Haas, Homer C., 547


Hackley, Frederick S., 796


Hackley, Lavant R., 796,


Hall, Clarence N., 544


Hall, Hal L., 812


Hall, Joseph, 803


Harmar, General, 76 Harris, Charles C., 760


Harrison, Benton, 586


Harrison, Reuben C., 586


Harrison, General William H., 77


Harrison Township, location, 126; set- tlers, 126; organized, 127; first


churches, 127; early industries, 127 : first school, 127; schools, 127; rail- roads, 128; cemeteries, 378


Harter, Daniel, 523


Harter, Delbert D., 523


Hattery, James E., 762


Helm, Charles J., 484


Helm, John H., 483


Henton, Dr. Benjamin, 333


Hensler, Moses D., 771


Herrell, Absalom, 765


Herrell, Beecher, 641


Hiner, John, 479 Hiner, John M., 479 Historic floods, 399 Hite, John C., 496


Hoekman, Solomon, 644


Hoffman, Lorenzo, 792


Holman, Joseph, 153 Holman, Omer, 827


Holman Purchase, 153


Home Telephone Company, 282


Hood, John T., 596


Hood, Martha A., 597


Hood, William N., 156, 826


Hoover, Newton, 641


Hooversburg, 191 Horan, Michael, 445 " Hospital Hill,"' 375 Hostetler, Frank, 783 Howes, John Q. A., 659 Hughes, Charles R., 561 Hurst, Hurd J., 504 Hurst. James W., 826


Iddings, Richard S., 665 Improved Order of Red Men, 425 Improvement and Park Association, 17:


Increase in population, 429


Increase in wealth, 430


Independent Order of Foresters, 426 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 419 Indians, 20 Indian chiefs, 28 .


Indian traders, 86


Indian treaties, 41


Indian villages, 23, 25


Indiana admitted to Union, 85


"Indiana Appian Way," 249 Indiana Legion, 234


Indiana Manufacturing Company, 277 Indiana medical registration law, 342 Indiana National Guard. 238


Indiana Union Traction Company, 139, 142 Indianapolis, 85


Indianapolis Northern Traction Com- pany, 262


Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad, 255


Industries outside Peru, 288 Internal improvements, 241


Irwin, David, 580


Irwin, David & Co., 580


Isler, Frank F., 637 Itinerant Methodist ministers, 346


Jackson, Marshall, 656


Jackson Township, location, 128; area, 128; settlers, 129; organized, 129; first election, 130; county line wedding, 130; churches, 130; schools, 131; rail- roads, 131; cemeteries, 378


Jefferson Township, established. 132; area, 132; location, 132; first to be settled by white men, 132; settlers, 132; early industries, 133; first death, 134; first regular school house, 134; schools, 134; railroads. 135; first


churches, 135; cemeteries, 378 Jenkins, Benjamin F., 677 Judges, 311


Kagy, Vites E., 535


Kalbfleisch, A. H., 530


Kendall, Alvin, 805


Kepner, Amos A., 716


Kercher, Charles H., 683


Kessler, Ira A., 745


Keyes, Isaac, 568 Keyes, Thomas, 568


Keyes, Thomas A., 568


King, Daniel, 560


King, Noah W., 810 Knauff, Henry, 760


Knights of Columbus, 426


Knights of the Maccabees, 426 Knights of Pythias, 422


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Knox, John, 719 Kotterman, Truman, 759 Kraus, Milton, 813 Kreutzer, John J., 446 Kurtz, Andrew J., 731


Ladies of the Maccabees, 426 La Fontaine, Francis, 32 Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 123, 135, 139, 142, 148, 254 Landrum, Caswell H., 710 Larimer, James, 806 Lavengood, Jacob S., 675 Lawyers, 323


Laying cornerstone of new courthouse, 105


Leedy, George E., 747 Leonda, 192 Lewis, Henry, 607 Licensed physicians of Miami County, 342


Litigation regarding new courthouse, 102 Little Turtle, 28, 78


List of county officers, 433 List of old-time doctors, 340 Liston, Dr. James T., 333 Live stock, 274


Location, 1 Location of seat of justice, 98 Lockridge, Brenton W., 583 Lockridge, Earle B., 584 Lockwood, George Browning, 306 Long, Abigail, 567 Long, Charles M., 566


Long, Charles W., 606 Long, James A., 662 Long, Michael F., 485 Long, William H., 654 Loree, 192


Loveland, Ebenezer P., 450 Loveland, Hood P., 452 Loveland, Robert J., 453 Loyal Order of Moose, 426 Lucas, William L., 676 Lutheran parochial school 298 Lutherans, 365 Lutz, William C., 763 Lynch, Otho R., 795


Macy, 113, 193 Macy Fair Association, 410 Macy, Oliver H. P., 129 Malott, Richard, 674 Malsbury, Laughlin O'N., 602 Manufacturing, 275 Manufacturing statistics of Peru, 284 Masonic Fraternity, 416 Maus Family, 612 Maus, Josiah, 613 Mayors of Peru, 177 McCaffrey, Hugh, 817 McCarthy, John S., 540 McCarthy, Jud R., 504




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