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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
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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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