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HISTORY OF
WABASH COUNTY,
INDIANA
A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and
Its Principal Interests
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Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of
CLARKSON W. WEESNER WABASH
Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors -
V.1 VOLUME I
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THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1914
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PREFACE
The Wabash County of the olden time lay in one of the historic water- ways between the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley. It was a primitive highway along which traveled the Indian tribes of the North and the Northeast, such as the Miamis and Pottawatomies, and the fierce Iroquois of the East. The former settled in the beautiful valley of the Wabash ; the latter passed across it like a seourge, after the Pottawatomies and Miamis had retreated to the Illinois and the West.
The valley of the Wabash, the central section of which ineludes the fertile and progressive county of which we write, also became an avenue of commerce and discovery binding together New France and French Louisiana. Then came the English and Americans as lords of the soil, with a final bit of war between white and red men in Wabash and the neighboring county.
As in all the counties of the Northwest Territory, so in Wabash -there was a most interesting period of transformation during the first third of the Nineteenth Century. While the Indians were departing from their lands in the Wabash Valley, which they had ceded to the General Government, the state was furnishing the incoming whites with a commercial agency which did more to develop that portion of the commonwealth than all other artificial forces. The Wabash & Erie Canal, forerunner of the railroads, was an undisguised blessing to the people of the county for more than a quarter of a century. Although Ohio was somewhat tardy in taking advantage of its practical value as a projection of the great commercial way from the East, the Erie Canal in Wabash was not only the cause of decided material development, but brought to Wabash, La Gro and other towns along its route, some of the most prominent of our citizens. It was thus of double value to Wabash County, besides being a later-day reinstatement of the historic highway between the East and the West. The old home of the Iroquois was joined with the hunting and trapping and fishing grounds of the Miamis and Pottawatomies, which they so long eoveted, but under the co-operation of modern civilization, East and West aimed to improve each other.
It was fortunate for Wabash County that the canal did not relinquish its hold on the commercial community until the railroad was firmly fixed on its soil. But the more modern means of transportation and communication displaced Wabash Valley from its position of eminence as an important section of the great historic waterway and brought it into competition with more favored interior points. The result was that in comparison with the growth of other localities of Interior America
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our county suffered with the coming of the railroads. Yet, as stated, during this period both the canal and the railroad were with us, and although the commercial development of the county was not rapid, it was safe and substantial.
The same spirit of conservatism permeated the civil organization and conduct of county affairs. Particularly fortunate have been the people of Wabash County in the administration of publie matters, the erection of courthouses, the building of schools and the prosecution of other matters which they have relegated to their servants. The bench and bar, the journalists and the physicians of the county, have also contributed to its high and substantial standing. When the health and convenience of the people are in question, both citizens and the county as a civil body have always been united and even enterprising. Whether the community is large or small, it has always striven to give its resi- dents pure water and adequate light. In the latter field, the City of Wabash is so much a pioneer that her record is a part of the municipal history of the United States, as that corporation was the first in America to install a successful are system for lighting its streets.
When it comes to the question of patriotism, there has never been a query placed after the name of Wabash County. From the Mexican to the Spanish-American war, her sons and daughters have ever been true blue. It is a speaking fact that one of the most beautiful and mas- sive buildings at the county seat is the Memorial Hall, which especially perpetuates the valor and faithfulness of the men and women of Wabash County during the period of the Civil war.
The county has also been very fortunate in the interest which both its pioneers and those of later generations have taken in preserving the records of those lives and institutions which have placed it upon such a substantial basis. They are so numerous and they have been so earnest and helpful in the preparation of this work, that we forbear the mention of individuals, fearing lest some good friend and assistant might be overlooked. Grouping them generally, we may say that our advisory editors, members of the press, county and municipal officers and that galaxy of bright, if retired, "pioneer citizens," have so heartily co- operated with us that we give them the bulk of the credit for the com- pletion of the many involved labors attached to the history of Wabash County.
CLARK W. WEESNER.
CONTENTS
CHIAPTER I
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
BELONG TO THE UPPER SILURIAN AGE-LIMESTONE DEPOSITS, BUILDING AND HYDRAULIC-PAVING STONE-ANALYSIS OF CEMENT STONES- STRONG SOIL GOOD TIMBER LAND-HARD WOOD INDUSTRIES -- DRAIN- AGE-TOPOGRAPHY-ALONG THE WABASH AND EEL RIVERS-THE LAKE COUNTRY-TIMBER LANDS REPLACED BY FARMS-UNSANITARY REPUTA- TION OF THE EARLY WABASH COUNTRY-SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL IN- VESTIGATIONS-"WHERE TO BUILD AND NOT TO BUILD"-NOW IN THE LIST OF HEALTHFUL PLACES-ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS-MASTODON 1 GIGANTEUS OF WABASH COUNTY ( PLEASANT TOWNSHIP)
CHAPTER II
DISCOVERERS OF UPPER WABASH VALLEY
DID LA SALLE ASCEND THE WABASH ?- CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE-A LINE OF POSTS TO PROTECT TRADE-DANGEROUS WABASH-MAUMEE ROUTE ABANDONED-MIAMIS RETURN TO TIIE WABASH-GATEWAY TO THE UPPER WABASH OPENED-CLAIMS OF FORT WAYNE, LAFAYETTE AND VINCENNES-LA SALLE BUILT NO FORTS IN INDIANA-THE QUES- TION OF PERMANENCY-PRESSURE OF ENGLISH TRADERS-FIRST MAP OF THE WABASHI VALLEY-FIRST MILITARY POSTS-RACIAL AMAL- GAMATION WITHOUT PARALLEL-FUR TRADERS' BURDEN-INDIAN CONSPIRACIES 13
CHAPTER III
INDIANS OF THE UPPER WABASH
FIRST HISTORIC ACCOUNT OF THE MIAMIS-ON THE DOWN GRADE-CATH- OLIC MISSIONARY SERVICES-TRADING IN FURS AND RUM-LA SALLE
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SAVES THE MIAMI NATION-WAR CUSTOMS OF THE MIAMIS-DOGS SAC- RIFICED-PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY-LEAVE-TAKING OF TIIE WARRIORS-OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE WEAPONS-OFFICIAL CANNI- BALS-TRIBAL MANITOUS-BURIAL CUSTOMS-FIRST ALLIANCE WITH THE ENGLISHI-THE MIAMIS' LINGERING DEATH-FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-PEACE IN THE WABASH VALLEY-THE MIAMIS IN THE REVOLU- TIONARY WAR-AGAIN ON THE WARPATHI-THE POTTAWATOMIES-THE GREAT CHIEF ME-TE-A-THE WEAS ( OUIATENONS) .25
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CHAPTER IV
THE MISSISSINEWA EXPEDITION
IMPORTANT STEP IN RECAPTURING DETROIT-HARRISON'S ARMY OF INVEST- MENT-MOVING AGAINST THE MIAMI VILLAGES-BURN VILLAGES IN WABASH COUNTY-BATTLE OF THE MISSISSINEWA-CAPTAIN PIERCE KILLED-THE KILLED AND WOUNDED-HARD MARCH TOWARD GREEN- VILLE-WHAT BECAME OF THE INDIANS-MISSISSINEWA BATTLE FIELD IN 1836-THIE VISIT OF 1861-SITE OF THE INDIAN VILLAGE-FIRST PLOWING OF THE BATTLE FIELD-REVISITING THE GROUNDS IN 1883- THE SLAUGHTER OF THE HORSES-IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTLE- FORMAL ACTION TO PRESERVE THE BATTLE GROUND-COMMITTEE FROM GRANT AND WABASH COUNTIES. 41
CHAPTER V
LAST OF THE INDIANS
CAPTAIN CHARLEY, THE FAITHFUL MIAMI-THE MIAMIS COMPLETELY SUBDUED-BIG MIAMI RESERVE (1818)-THE INDIAN MILL ON MILL CREEK-WANTED: INDIAN LANDS-POTTAWATOMIES NAME GOVERNOR RAY-"WAU-SA-AUGH, WHISK WHISK"-NATIVE DANCES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS-REV. MCCOY's MISSION-SIGNING OF THE TREATY- DOUBTFUL STORY OF RICHARDVILLE-GREAT MARCH OF THE POTTA- WATOMIES-LAST OF MIAMIS, AS A TRIBE-THE VERY LAST OF THE MIAMIS-MESHINGOMESIA'S BAND-THE VILLAGE AND CHIEF, LA GRO- LA FONTAINE-THE NAMING OF SILVER CREEK-INDIAN PONIES AT A PREMIUM-TREATY AND JOSINA CREEKS-LITTLE TURTLE-PA-LONZ-WA (GODFREY ) .53
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CHAPTER VI
FIRST WHITE SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENTS
"HEADQUARTERS FOR NEW COMERS"-FIRST SETTLER, SAMUEL Mc- CLURE, SR .- FIRST MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT-THE MCCLURE WE KNOW BEST-THE FATHERS OF WABASH TOWN-KINTNER BROS., SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS-LAND SURVEYS IN THE COUNTY- FIRST LAND PURCHASE-FIRST WAGON ROADS-INDIAN MILL, FIRST INDUSTRY-POSTMASTER BURR AND THE MAILS-COLONEL HUGH HANNA-PIONEER TOWN MERCHANTS-THREE BRICK HOUSES !!- THE TIIREE POPULAR COLONELS-FIRST VILLAGE TAVERN-COUNTY OR- GANIZED CIVILLY-MAJOR STEARNS FISHER-THE GRANTS AND GRANT CREEK-TOWN OF LA GRO-THE KELLER SETTLEMENT-LAKETON- FIRST TOWN OUTSIDE OF WABASH-COLONEL RICHARD HELVY-JAMES ABBOTT COMES-THE OGANS AND OGAN CREEK-NORTHI MANCHESTER PLATTED-JAMES ABBOTT, NOTABLE CHARACTER-JUDGE COMSTOCK AND LIBERTY MILLS-TOWN OF AMERICA-THE GARRISONS-GRANT PLATS ASIILAND-COLONEL JOHN ANDERSON-FIRST ROADS ALONG EEL RIVER-A GREAT LITTLE CORN CRACKER-WALTZ TOWNSHIP LAST SETTLED -- THE FIRST OF SOMERSET-MOUNT VERNON 71
CHAPTER VII INDIAN CAPTIVES AND ADOPTIONS
THE STORY OF FRANCES SLOCUM-CHILD CAPTURED BY THE DELAWARES -LONG SEARCH COMMENCES-MOTHER FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH- COLONEL EWING SUSPICIOUS-HEARS STRANGE STORY-WRITES TO PENNSYLVANIA POSTMASTER-LETTER THROWN AWAY AS A HOAX- RECOVERED LETTER REACHES A SLOCUM-SLOCUMS START FOR DEAF MAN'S TOWN-BROTHER MEETS SISTER-"YES, YES, FRANCA, FRANCA !"-THIE REMARKABLE STORY IN ORDER-ADOPTED INTO THE TRIBE-LAST OF DIRECT DESCENDANTS-SLOCUM RESERVE-CAPTIVITY OF MISS THORPE-AWFUL DEATH OF CAPTAIN DIXON-SUICIDE OF THE WHITE WIFE-FORMAL ADOPTION INTO THE TRIBE .88
CHAPTER VIII WABASH COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY
FIRST MEETING OF OLD SETTLERS-MAJOR FISHIER ON "OLD TIMES"- FIRST GRAND JURY AGAIN CALLED-HOW DANIEL SAYRE HAPPENED
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TO STAY-"WILD CAT" BANKING-PERMANENT ORGANIZATION- CONSTITUTION-FIRST REGULAR OFFICERS-ROLL OF OLD SETTLERS- HENRY NUSBAUM, 105 YEARS OLD-PRESIDENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION -RICH HISTORICAL STORE HOUSE-JUDGE COOMBS' PIONEER PICTURE -TRIAL OF TWO HUNDRED CANAL LABORERS-RATTLESNAKES-FIRST DANCE FOR WHITE FOLKS-THE STAR MEETING OF 1888-FROM CABIN TO PALACE-JUDGE BIDDLE'S RECOLLECTIONS-JUDGE N. O. Ross- TREATY BUILDINGS (BY IIUGH W. HANNA)-DOMESTIC STANCHINESS- OLD FIDDLERS' CONTEST-DESCENDANT OF THE GREAT GODFREY- FORTIETHI, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REUNION-LINCOLN CENTENNIAL LOG CABIN-OLDEST CONTINUOUS RESIDENT (1909) -VARIOUS "OLD- EST" IN 1910-OLDEST MAN AND WOMAN (1913)-THE WOMEN IN COMMAND (1914) .98
CHAPTER IX
PIONEER PICTURES
FIRST ELECTION-"PRAIRIE IIEN" SPRYER THAN "INDIANA"-GOOD OLD HORSE ABUSED-FIRST WHEAT SOWN IN THE COUNTY-JUSTICE IN BEAR MEAT-A LAW CASE WINCH TRULY PAID-PATRIOTIC DOG AND PUP SCRIP -- FOOD PRICES THEN AND NOW-STORAGE FOR VEGETABLES -PUMPKIN LEATHER-PRESERVED FRUITS AND MEATS-COOKING AR- RANGEMENTS-JOHNNY CAKE, HOE CAKE, ASH CAKE AND PONE- DRIED FRUIT AND MAPLE SUGAR-EXHIBITS OF PIONEER UTENSILS- ASIIERIES-PRIMITIVE TANNERIES-OLD-TIME SHOEMAKERS-THE UP- PER WABASHI IN A STATE OF NATURE-BEAUTIFUL APRIL PICTURE- WILD FRUITS AND BERRIES-ANIMATED PESTS-MODE OF HUNTING WOLVES-SNAKE "BLUFFERS"-A NIGHT OF HORRORS-A SQUIRREL INVASION-THAD BUTLER TURNED DOWN BY JOHN IVORY-A RIVAL RUBS IT IN-ON "GROWING OLD"-COLONEL HANNA'S CONVENIENT HORSE-CISSNA VS. FERRY-MAJOR FISHER'S QUESTIONABLE ACT- RATTLED DOCTOR AND PREACHER-NOT AN IVORY HEAD-GARFIELD LOST NO VOTES ON HIM-ALANSON P. FERRY AGAIN-THE OLD TOWN OF WABASHI-JUDGE JOHN COMSTOCK-THE FATHER-INTENSITY, A YOUTHFUL TRAIT-BECOMES A LAND OWNER-STARTS FOR WABASH COUNTY-BUILDING OF A PIONEER'S CABIN-NOT AN INDIAN SCARE ON THIE WOMAN-ENTERS THE LIVE STOCK BUSINESS-EARLIEST INDUS- TRIAL CENTER-PROMOTER OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS-SUCCESSFUL. PRIV- ATE DETECTIVE AGENCY-DISPOSING OF HIS PROPERTY-POLITICAL AND PUBLIC LIFE-PIONEER IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF CATTLE-A POPULAR FRIEND IN NEED-JUDGE COMSTOCK'S DEATHI 125
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CHAPTER X
COUNTY ORGANIZATION
ORIGINAL CREATIVE ACT-BOUNDARIES CORRECTED-LEGISLATIVE ATTACH- MENT-GIVEN INDEPENDENT CIVIL BODY-FIRST COUNTY OFFICERS- ESTABLISHING THE SEAT OF JUSTICE-PROPOSITION FROM COLONELS BURR AND HANNA-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD-WABASHI, THE COUNTY SEAT-LA GRO AND NOBLE TOWNSHIPS FORMED-THE OLD COURT HOUSE-HISTORIC LINCOLN CALENDAR-COURT HOUSE OF TODAY-THE OLD COUNTY JAIL-PRESENT JAIL AND SHERIFF'S RESI- DENCE-EARLY CARE OF THE POOR-PRESENT SUPPORT OF TIIE POOR- CREATION OF THIE TOWNSHIPS-COUNTY CLERKS-TREASURERS-AUDI- TORS-SHERIFFS-SURVEYORS-RECORDERS-CORONERS ( FOR THE PAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS)-BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-PRESENT COUNTY OFFICERS. 152
CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS AND STATISTICAL
CORN, THE POOR MAN'S CROP-EARLY PLOWS-PRIMITIVE PLANTING, SOWING AND REAPING-FLAILING AND WINNOWING-FIRST INDIANA THRESHING MACHINE -- FIRST HAY PRESS-EARLY RAISING OF HIOGS -MARKETS AND PRICES-OTHER LIVE STOCK, FEW-HARD JOURNEYS TO MILL-CANAL BRINGS FARMER BETTER DAYS-THE USEFUL ELLS- WORTHS-DRAWBACKS TO SETTLING THE UPPER WABASHI-STATUS OF THE WABASH & ERIE CANAL-A CONVERT TO PRAIRIE LAND-RAIS- ING OF HOGS FOR MARKET (1838)-REARING FINE CATTLE-MANU- FACTURE OF BEET SUGAR-AN OVERDONE PROPHECY-IT SEEMED LOGICAL THEN-FARMERS OF WABASHI COUNTY ORGANIZE-FIRST FAIR, WITH OUTCOME-IMPROVEMENTS NOTED IN 1854-WABASHI AS A PACKING CENTER-CORN AND WHEAT IN 1857-PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY-PRESENT STATUS-CORN, OATS AND WHEAT (1914)-FOR- AGE CROPS-LIVE STOCK-FARMS AND LANDS CLASSIFIED-TAX PAYERS AND THEIR PROPERTY-SOME COMPARISONS FROM THE PAST-POPU- LATION OF COUNTY BY DECADES. .170
CHAPTER XII BENCHI AND BAR
FIRST MEETING OF THE CIRCUIT COURT-FIRST GRAND JURORS-JUDGE EVERTS ON THE BENCH-TO PROVE THAT THE COURT WAS NEEDED-
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SECOND TERM OF COURT-ASSOCIATE JUDGES GO-MOST REMARKABLE CRIMINAL CASE-AARON FRENCH AND FAMILY-THIE PITIABLE INVALID -THE FRENCH FAMILY DISAPPEARS-DEAD BODY FOUND IN CANAL -BODY IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF EDWARD BOYLE-ITUBBARD AR- RESTED FOR MURDER-SEARCHI FOR CRIMINAL EVIDENCES-DEAD BODIES OF THE FRENCH FAMILY FOUND-HUBBARD AND WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER-THE DEATH PENALTY-ITUBBARD'S PLEA-THE JUDGE'S COMMENTS-FIRST AND ONLY EXECUTION IN WABASH COUNTY-MRS. HUBBARD GETS LIFE SENTENCE-CIRCUIT JUDGES-PROSECUTING AT- TORNEYS-PROBATE COURT AND JUDGES-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND JUDGES-PIONEER MEMBERS OF THE BAR-JUDGE JOHN U. PETTIT -JUDGE JAMES D. CONNER-IION. CALVIN COWGILL-GENERAL PAR- RISHI AND CAPTAIN WILLIAMS-LESSER LIGHTS-PRACTITIONERS OF THE 'SOS-WABASH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION 189
CHAPTER XIII
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS
CONGRESSIONAL TOWNSHIP FUND - SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOLS - FIRST SCHOOLS OF WABASH TOWN-FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY- PIONEER SCHOOLS AT AMERICA AND LA FONTAINE-PAW PAW SHARES HONORS WITHI LIBERTY-NORTH MANCHESTER AND LIBERTY MILLS- FIRST PRIVATE SCHOOLS ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY-PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS COLLECTING-QUOTA OF WABASH COUNTY-BAD OUTLOOK IN 1853-FIGURES FOR 1854-60-COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 1870-82-HIGH CONDITION IN 1913-NUMBER OF TEACHERS-HIGH SCHOOL ENROL- MENT-OLD-TIME EXAMINERS -- CHANGE TO COUNTY SUPERINTEND- ENCY-COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP INSTITUTES-COUNTY SUPERINTEND- ENTS-COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION-PRESENT BROAD FIELD OF SUPERINTENDENT -- TOWNSHIP SUPERVISION-SUPERVISION IN GRADE BUILDINGS-IIYGIENE OF THE SCHOOL-APPEARANCE OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS-MEDICAL INSPECTION LAW-SUCCESS GRADES-SCHEDULE OF SUCCESS ITEMS-COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE-STATE FLOWER AND STATE SONG 206
CHAPTER XIV MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
FINE WATERWAYS OF WABASH COUNTY-THE OLD-TIME KEEL-BOAT- INDIAN TRAILS UTILIZED-NEIGHBORIIOOD AND TOWNSHIP ROADS-
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HIGHWAYS TO THE TREATY GROUNDS-FIRST PERMANENT PUBLIC ROAD -STATE ROAD (MARION TO ELKHART) -SHACKLEMAN DESCRIBES STATE-ROAD BUILDING-ERA OF PLANK ROADS-FIRST IN WABASH COUNTY-PLANK ROAD BETWEEN LA GRO AND NORTH MANCHESTER- PLANKS CONNECT WABASH AND GRANT COUNTIES-LIBERTY MILLS AND IIUNTINGTON JOINED -- GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT ALWAYS WITH US- THE TURNPIKE ERA-CONNECTING LINK: WABASHI & ERIE CANAL- GRAND SYSTEM OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS-SMALL PARTS OF THE SCHEME COMPLETED-AFTERMATH : WIDE DISTRESS AND REPUDIATION -LAND GRANTS IN AID OF THE CANAL-COLONEL BURR AND MAJOR FISHER APPEAR-FIRST CANAL CONTRACTS IN THE COUNTY-IRISH WAR OF AUGUST, 1835-THE CHARGE AT THE FORT-DECLINE AND DEATH OF THE CANAL-FIRST RAILROAD ( THE WABASH ) IN 1856- THE VANDALIA ROUTE-THE BIG FOUR-UNION TRACTION COMPANY OF INDIANA-FORT WAYNE & NORTHERN INDIANA TRACTION SYSTEM- TELEGRAPH LINES-THE FIRST TELEPHONE LINE-FIRST TELEPIIONE COMPANIES 223
CHAPTER XV
PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY
HARD ROADS FOR THE COUNTRY DOCTOR-DR. ISAAC FINLEY-DR. THOMAS HAMILTON-DR. JAMES HACKLEMAN-DR. JAMES FORD- DR. JOHN H. DE PUY-DR. JAMES L. DICKEN-DR. WILLIAM G. ARMSTRONG-DR. LAUGHLIN O'NEAL-DR. WILLIAM R. WINTON- UPPER WABASH MEDICAL SOCIETY-WABASH COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT OFFICERS-PAUPER PRACTICE TURNED OVER-ANNUAL MEDICATION OF FAMILIES DISAPPROVED -- RULES AND CODE OF ETHICS-SOCIETY PRESIDENTS-DR. HENRY H. GILLEN-DR. ANDREW J. SMITH-THE SOCIETY IN THE EARLY '80S- THE SOCIETY NOW-OLDEST MEMBERS-DR. T. R. BRADY-DR. PERRY G. MOORE .244
CHAPTER XVI
MILITARY MATTERS
COL. WILLIAM STEELE-COL. JAMES WHITMORE-GEN. JOIIN B. ROSE- CAPT. JOSEPH EWING-CAPT. ABRAHAM HACKLEMAN-OTHER SOL- DIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812-MEXICAN WAR SOLDIERS-FAIL TO GET INTO ACTION-THOSE FROM WABASH COUNTY-INDIANA IN THE CIVIL
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WAR-FIRST WAR MEETINGS IN WABASH COUNTY-FIRST VOLUNTEERS -DEPARTURE OF COMPANY HI, EIGHTHI REGIMENT-GEORGE CUBBERLY TAKES THIE OVERFLOW-THE BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN-HIART'S ACCOUNT-DEATH OF EMMETT-MUSTER-OUT OF COMPANY II-THE SOLE DESERTER-DR. JAMES FORD-GEN. CHIARLES S. PARRISH-THE REORGANIZED EIGHTH INDIANA-BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE-LOSSES TO LOCAL COMPANIES-ON VETERAN FURLOUGHI-DISCHARGED-COMPANY F, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT-COMPANY HI, TWENTIETH INFANTRY- FIRST COMPLETE INDIANA CAVALRY REGIMENT-CAPT. ALEXANDER HESS-RECORD OF THE SECOND INDIANA CAVALRY CONTINUED-CAPT. HIESS TAKEN PRISONER-ILIS CIVIL RECORD -- THIE SEVENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY-AT CHICKAMAUGA CREEK-MISSION RIDGE-TO ATLANTA- THROUGH THIE CAROLINAS TO WASHINGTON-COLONEL PETTIT'S HOME SERVICES-HON. CALVIN COWGILL-COMPANY A, EIGIITY-NINTH REGIMENT -- CAMP PETTIT, AT WABASHI-COMPANIES F AND K, 101ST REGIMENT-DR. BAZIL B. BENNETT-CAPT. B. F. WILLIAMS-FIERCE FIGHT WITH MORGAN'S MEN-AT CHICKAMAUGA-WITH SHERMAN'S ARMY-CAPTAIN WILLIAMS AT HOME-MEMORIAL HALL, WABASHI- LAST WABASHI COUNTY INFANTRY-FOURTEENTH INDIANA ARTILLERY -MAJOR M. H. KIDD-CAPT. FRANK W. MORSE-EMMETT POST NO. 6, G. A. R .- COMPANY D, SPANISHI-AMERICAN WAR 256
CHIAPTER XVII
NOBLE TOWNSHIP
THE TOWNSHIP LAID OFF-FIRST OFFICERS-CUT DOWN TO PRESENT AREA -DRAINAGE AND SOIL-INDIAN MILL AND ITS MILLERS-THIE KINT- NERS AND THIE CREEK-MCCLURE, FIRST FAMILY MAN-FIRST STORE KEEPER, MCCLURE, JR .- GOVERNMENT BLACKSMITH WILSON-ARRIVAL OF DAVID BURR-KELLER BROTHERS AND KELLER CREEK-TRACTS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL WABASHI-TOWN LAID OUT-THIE WHEELERS -THE KELLER SETTLEMENT-OTHER SETTLERS OF THE EARLY '30S- FIRST NATIVE OF WABASH TOWN-EARLY SCHOOLS-IMPROVEMENTS IN THE '50S-SCHOOLS OF THE PRESENT-WHITE'S MANUAL LABOR INȘTI- TUTE-JOSIAH WHITE-FOUNDED IN 1852-EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN-CARE OF THE COUNTY WARDS-BRIGIIT PRESENT AND FUTURE .287
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CHAPTER XVIII
CITY OF WABASH
PICTURESQUE AND SUBSTANTIAL-GENERAL PROGRESS-WABASH TOWN- FIRST NATIVE WHITE CHILD-FIRST STORES-EARLY PRICES-FIRST TOWN CORPORATION-SECOND TOWN CORPORATION-OLD COURTHOUSES -THE CITY HALL-THE WABASH POSTOFFICE-PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE-FINE SYSTEM OF WATERWORKS-CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT -LIGHTING BY ELECTRICITY-PIONEER IN MODERN STREET LIGHTING -THE NATURAL GAS ERA-THE NATURAL GAS SYSTEM-ARTIFICIAL GAS-FIRST SCHOOLS IN TOWN-SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 ORGANIZED -- FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS-FIRST SCHOOL REPORT- BUILDING OF THE UNION SCHOOLHOUSE-WARD SCHOOLS OF THE CITY -THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL-PRESENT STATUS OF CITY SCHOOLS- SOUTH WABASH ACADEMY-SUPERINTENDENTS OF CITY SCHOOLS- ADELAIDE S. BAYLOR-IIIGHI SCHOOL PRINCIPALS-WARREN BIGLER'S SERVICE TO THE SCHOOLS-THE WOMEN FOUND A LIBRARY-MIRS. C. E. COWGILL-WABASH CITY LIBRARY -- AS A CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY- PUBLIC PARKS-HISTORIC SPOT-THE CITY PARK-CLARKSON W. WEESNER .301
CHAPTER XIX
THE PRESS, FINANCES AND INDUSTRIES
FIRST CITY NEWSPAPER-THE WABASH GAZETTE-WEEKLY INTELLI- GENCER FOUNDED -- THE GAZETTE AND INTELLIGENCER-WABASH PLAIN DEALER-PLAIN DEALER COMPANY INCORPORATED-THE WABASHI TIMES-STAR-THE DEMOCRAT-THE COURIER AND LEE LINN-FIRST NATIONAL BANK -- THE CITIZENS BANK-WABASH NATIONAL BANK- FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK-WARREN BIGLER, PIONEER ABSTRACTOR-WABASHI COUNTY LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY-CITI- ZENS SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY-INDUSTRIES DISTRIBUTED- FLOUR MILLS FIRST-ROBERT CISSNA'S IMPROVEMENTS-SUMMERTON & SONS-UNION AND THOMPSON MILLS-THOMAS F. PAYNE, FIRST CABINET MAKER-WABASH SCHOOL FURNITURE COMPANY-THE WABASH CABINET COMPANY-CARDINAL CABINET COMPANY-GREAT PAPER AND COATING MILLS-BIG FOUR RAILROAD SHOPS-WABASH BAKING POWDER COMPANY-WABASH CANNING COMPANY 331
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CHAPTER XX
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-HOUSES OF WORSHIP-DR. LITTLE'S LONG SERVICE-EARLY METHODISM -- FORMATION OF WABASH CLASS-PER- MANENT PASTORS-WABASH CIRCUIT ORGANIZED-CHURCH BUILDINGS -CHRISTIAN CHURCH ( DISCIPLES OF CHRIST ) -PERIOD OF UNCER- TAINTY-PERMANENT HOME AND PASTORS-ST. BERNARD'S CATHOLIC CHURCH-RESIDENT AND VISITING PASTORS-ST. MATTHEW'S EVAN- GELICAL CHURCH-FRIENDS' CHURCH (SOUTH WABASHI )-EARLY BAPTIST SOCIETY DISBANDS-WABASH STREET M. E. CHURCH-MID- DLE STREET M. E. CHURCH-THE AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH-THIE FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH-FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST -UNITED BRETHREN C'HURCHES-OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES IN THE CITY-CHURCHES OUTSIDE OF WABASH-FIRST MASONIC LODGE ( HANNA NO. 61)-FIRST INSTRUCTOR IN CRAFT MYSTERIES-CHARTER GRANTED TO HANNA LODGE NO. 61-GROWTH AND PRESENT STATUS- EXCELSIOR CHAPTER, R. A. M .- WABASH CHAPTER NO. 26 CHARTERED -THE PASSING OF HUGH HANNA-LEADING CHAPTER MASONS-PETI- TION FOR A COUNCIL-JOHN B. ROSE AND H. C. SKINNER-WABASH COUNCIL NO. 13 CHARTERED-THE COMMANDERY-THE O. E. S .- THE MASONIC HALL-ANASTASIA MESNIL LODGE NO. 46, I. O. O. F .- LEAD- ING ODD FELLOWS-EBRONAH ENCAMPMENT-DAUGHTERS OF RE- BEKAH-ROCK CITY LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS-THE ELKS AND THEIR FINE HOME-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF THE MACCABEES-THE FORESTERS IN WABASHI-THE EAGLES (AERIE NO. 549)-BEN HUR (WABASHI COURT NO. 23)-OKOBOJI TRIBE AND COUNCIL (I. O. R. M.)-OTHER SOCIETIES AND UNIONS. .343
CHAPTER XXI
CHESTER TOWNSHIP
THE EEL RIVER VALLEY-STUMBLING BLOCKS FOR THE TOWNSHIP-A RACE FOR A HOMESTEAD-THE CREEKS AND THEIR NAMES-FIRST SET- TLER-FIRST PERMANENT RESIDENT-JAMES ABBOTT JOINS COLONEL HELVY-ELDER GEORGE ABBOTT-THE OGANS-IHENRY STRICKLER -- THE HARTERS-JOSEPH B. HARTER-SOME FIRST HAPPENINGS-LIB- ERTY MILLS FOUNDED-FIRST SETTLERS IN THE BEAR SWAMP REGION- CHESTER TOWNSHIP CREATED-LATER SETTLEMENT OF THE "BEAR . SWAMP"-PIONEER VS. WILDERNESS-THE "MAIL TRACE"-THE
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RAILROADS MAKE NORTHI MANCHESTER-FIRST PREACHING BY ELDER FANNIN-PIONEER CHURCH-METHODISTS ORGANIZE CLASSES- SCHOOLS OF THE TOWNSHIP. .367
CHAPTER XXII
NORTHI MANCHESTER
INCREASE IN AREA AND POPULATION-BEAUCHAMP, THORN AND FRAME, FIRST MERCHANTS-GEORGE W. LAWRENCE-THIE AMERICAN HOUSE- THE GRIMES HOUSE-OTHER PIONEER MERCHANTS-MATERIAL IN- TERESTS IN THE EARLY '80S-PRESENT-DAY INDUSTRIES-THE WATER SUPPLY-CITY HALL AND PUBLIC LIBRARY-THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS- MANCHESTER COLLEGE-THE BANKS-LAWRENCE NATIONAL BANK- INDIANA STATE AND UNION TRUST BANKS-EARLY NEWSPAPERS- NORTHI MANCHESTER JOURNAL-NORTHI MANCHESTER NEWS-EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES-NORTH MANCHESTER CHRISTIAN CHURCH- FIRST CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN-THE METHODIST CHURCH-ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH- SOCIETIES-MASONIC BODIES-THE I. O. O. F .- AMUSEMENTS, RE- CREATIONS, ETC. .381
CHAPTER XXIII
LA GRO TOWNSHIP
THE WABASHI RIVER-THE SALAMONIE AND ITS MILLS-CREEKS IN THE TOWNSHIP-NATURAL FEATURES-FIRST LAND ENTRIES-LEWIS ROGERS, FIRST REAL SETTLER-THE FAMOUS FERRY-ROGERS HOTEL RIVALS BURR'S WABASH INN-YOUNG SAYRE, THE "CROOK"-LEVI BEAN AND THE HURLEYS-JOSIAH L. WINES-THE MINNICK BROTHERS -SIX YOUNG MEN COME-A. A. PEABODY-THE FRESHOUR FAMILY- SAMUEL WILEY AND DANIEL BALLINGER-ENOCII AND JOIIN RUSSELL- SETTLERS AT AND NEAR HOPEWELL-THOMAS FITZGIBBON-WILLIAM T. ROSS-PIONEER POLITICIANS-THE IRISHI SETTLEMENT-RISE AND FALL OF TOWNS- LA GRO PLATTED-UTICA AND BELDEN-MAJENICA AND NEW, HOLLAND-DORA AND URBANA-LINCOLNVILLE-CHURCHES AT LINCOLNVILLE AND ELSEWHERE-LA GRO TOWN OR VILLAGE-COR- PORATION AND SCHOOLS-AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS PROSPERITY-JOHN AND GEORGE TODD-LA GRO OF THE PRESENT-THE M. E. CHURCHI- ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH-THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI- SOCIAL AND LITERARY 401
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