The People's guide : a business, political and religious directory of Bartholomew Co., Ind., together with a collection of very important documents and statistics connected with our moral, political and scientific history; also, a Historical sketch of Bartholomew Co., Part 1

Author: Cline & McHaffie. 1n
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Indianapolis : Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House
Number of Pages: 536


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PEOPLE'S GUIDE


A BUSINESS, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS


Directory of Bartholomew Co., Ind.


TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICS CONNECTED WITH OUR MORAL, POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC HISTORY


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Historical Sketch of Bartholomew Co.,


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BRIEF HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP.


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BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY is located about forty miles southeast of the center of the State; and is bounded on the north by Johnson and Shelby counties, on the cast by Decatur and Jen- nings, on the south by Jennings and jakson, and on the west by Jackson and Brown counties. It contains an area of a fiac- tion over four hundred square miles.


The surface of the western portion of the cown'y is more or less broken, and near the Brown county line i fully. The cen- tral and eastern parts of the county are generally level or rolling. The soil of the hilly or broken land is not very rich, but is just the kind of soil to suit the horticulturist. There is scarcely any other part of the State that is better adapted to fruit growing than the western half of this county; while the soil of the cen tral and eastern part of the county is as good as can be found in the northwest. Wheat, rye, oats, barley. Indian corn, and all kinds of grain, grasses and vegetables that are grown in this climate, are raised to perfection here, especially Indian corn. A look at the statistics of the Agricultural Report will convince any one that Bartholomew county is the banner corn county of the State.


The principal water courses of the county are Blue River,


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Flat Rock Creek, Big and Little Sand Creeks, Rock Creek, Bear Creek, Haw Creek, Nineveh Creck, White Creek and Clifty. Those streams and their tributaries furnish the county with a never-failing supply of stock water.


The county is abundantly supplied with timber; and the for- ests, as found by the old pioncers, in the north and cast parts of the county, are represented by them to have been more grand and beautiful than could have been found in any other part of the State. Sugar trec, walnut, ash, and other varieties, grew large, tall and scattering, with scarcely an underbrush.


Gravel and sand beds are numerous in many parts of the county, thereby affording the facilities for good gravel roads, which her enterprising citizens are using to good advantage.


Although Indiana was admitted into the Union as a State in the year 1816, the territory comprising Bartholomew county at that time was in possession of the Indians, and it was not till after the St. Mary's treaty with the Indians, in the year 1818, that this county was made accessible to the whites. Soon after said treaty emigration began to flow into the county from differ- ent States of the Union, until the year 1821 the population had become of sufficient number to do business as an independent county ; and by an act of the Legislature in said year the county was organized, its metes and bounds described, and was named in honor of General Joseph Bartholomew, a distinguished mem ber of the State Legislature from Clark county.


The first settlement of the county began about the year 1819. Some of the first settlers that should be held in remembrance by the rising generation, we will here name ; but as it is impos- sible to name them in the order of their coming, we will have to pen them down as we have taken them on our pass-book : David Deitz, John F. Jones, Wm. Herrod, John F. Gwin, Wm. F. Gabbert, Jonathan Bunnell, Hans Irwin, Dr. W. P. Kiser, Thos. Hinkson, B. F. Arnold, Ephraim Arnold, Chas. Jones,


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Joseph McFall, Edward Ballenger, Joseph Mckinney, Newton Jones, David R. Wayland, John C. Hubbard, and Tipton Linzy, besides many others who will be named in the sketches of the townships in this work.


The first Clerk of this county was Edward Ballenger, who died before his term of office expired, and was succeeded by Joseph Mckinney, Isaac S. Boardman, Nathan Tompkins, Wm. Herrod, Albert Jones, and S. Werber Smith, the present incum- bent of the office.


The first Recorder of the county was Edward Ballenger, suc- ceeded by Joseph Mckinney and Isaac Boardman. The above- . named parties, each in succession, did all the business of the county as Clerk, Recorder and Auditor.


At the expiration of Isaac Boardman's term of office it became necessary to call into existence the office of Recorder inde- pendent of the Clerk's office, and W. H. H. Terrell was elected to perform the duties of Recorder. He was succeeded in office by W. C. Abbett, Thomas Essex and Joseph Whitten, the present Recorder of Bartholomew county.


The first Sheriff of the county was Newton Jones, succeeded in office by John C. Hubbard, John McKenney, Wm. Brown, James Herrod, William Hobbs, Oscar Hinman, W. B. Horn, Samuel Stuckey, Richard Carter, Malone Hayes, T. J. Kennedy, Michael McGrayell, Francis L. Whitington and Daniel Linch, the present Sheriff.


The first Treasurer of the county was David Deitz.


The first County Commissioners were Solomon Stout, David Newson and Jesse Rudick.


The first paper printed in Bartholomew county was the Chronicle, printed by Lawson L. Dunkin.


The first Auditor of the county, and those that succeeded him were David R. Wayland, James Hobbs, Levi H. Morris, John N. Long, David F. Long, and James W. Wells, the pres- ent incumbent.


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THE OLDEST PERSON IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY.


Mrs. Mary Magdalen Miller is supposed to be the oldest per- son in this county. She was born November 10, 1774, in Stokes county, North Carolina, and was the daughter of Jacob Crusc. Her father served through the revolutionary war, and was wounded several times, and fought his way through the British lines with stones to keep from being taken as a prisoner. Mrs. Miller was married to Jacob Miller in 18co, and is the mother of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Three of the boys are ministers of the gospel, and two exhorters. All are still living but one of the daughters. Mrs. Miller has sixty- eight grand-children, one hundred and forty-one great grand- children, and six great great grand-children ; and can truly say, " Arise and go to my daughter, for my daughter's daughter has a daughter." Mrs. Miller and her husband moved to Indiana in the fall of 1837, and bought a farm four miles east of Hope, where they lived a few years, sold out and lived with their chil- dren up to 1865, since which time they have lived with Joseph Steenbarger, who married one of their grand daughters. Mr. Miller died in 1866, after a married life of sixty-six years, dur- ing which time he was an active minister of the gospel. Mrs. Miller retains good health and a strong memory of the scenes of her youth, and has been a professor of religion ever since she was sixteen years old, and now only awaits the pleasure of Him who has protected her through the long life she has passed. --- Columbus Rep.


PAST AND PRESENT.


In the year 1816 Indiana was admitted into the Union. At that time Bartholomew county was not called into existence. In the year 1821 the first white man settled on her soil. During that year a few settlements were made, and gradually the tide of cmigration from the variaus States of the Union steadily increased the population of the county. In 1830 her popula- tion had increased to 5,476; in 1850 to 12,428; in 1860 to


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17,865 ; in 1870 to 21,133, while the present population will reach 25,000. Her wealth and improvements have steadily increased rather in advance of her population. Fine dwellings and farms, fine churches and school houses, fine grist mills and manufacturing establishments, and fine towns and villages have sprung up all over the country as indications of wealth and pros- perity, while the rude log structures used for churches and school houses, the old-fashioned horse mill and the fur trader have long since gone where the woodbine twineth.


Her first court house and jail were very rude structures; the cost of both, at the present day, would not be sufficient to build a good court house fence, yet at the time they were built they were considered by the citizens to be extravagant. The present court house is one of the grandest structures in the State, and will cost the county when completed over two hundred thou- sand dollars, while other public buildings and public improve- ments of the county will compare favorably with the best counties of the State.


She now has her principal thorougfares graveled, and about forty miles of railroad, whereby travel and communication are made easy and speedy, and has a market at home for all the surplus of the county. She has several lines of telegraph, and if need be communication may be sent to any part of the world and returned at lightning speed.


The select statistics of agricultural reports, as found in the United States Compendium, give the following figures for the year 1870: Number of acres of improved land in Bartholomew county, 131,355 : valued at $9,748,630 ; and the value of all live stock in the county $1, 976,523. But said estimate is en. tircly too low. The true value of real and personal property of the county at present writing will exceed $20,000,000; she raises annually over 500,000 bushels of winter wheat, 2,000 bushels of ryc, near 2,000, 000 bushels of Indian corn, 120,000


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bushels of oats, between 3,000 and 4,000 bushels of barley, 50,000 pounds of wool, 75,000 bushels of Irish potatoes, 250,- 000 pounds of butter, 10,000 tons of hay, and thousands of dollars worth of vegetables, while her blue grass and other grasses are worth in value near one-half of all the other products of the county.


She now has near 130 manufacturing establishments, to-wit : woolen mills, grist mills, saw mills, stave factories, carriage manufactories, planing mills, sash and door factories, furniture manufactories, etc. Said manufactories use forty steam engines and sixteen water-wheels to propel their machinery, and employ about one thousand hands, using annually $600,000 worth of raw material, and produce over $1,000,000 worth of manufac- tured articles.


The valuation of all taxable property in the county, both per- sonal and real estate, for the year 1870, was $9,496,200, and the amount of all taxes for the same year was $125,298. Of this amount there were, for State purposes, $41, 259 ; for county purposes, $35,586; and for township purposes, $48,453. The valuation and taxation for the present year we failed to get ; yet the increase of wealth for the last four years has naturally given a corresponding increase of taxes. The financial standing of the county, all things considered, will rank with the best coun- ties in the State.


COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP.


COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP is the central township of Bartholomew county, and is bounded as follows: On the north by Union, German and Flat Rock townships; on the cast by Clay and Rock Creek ; on the south by Sand Creek and Wayne; and on the west by Harrison and Union, and contains an arca of fifty- one square miles. This is the first township in the county in point of population and wealth.


The soil is a rich, black loam, intermixed with sand and gravel, and is very productive. The surface is rolling, and is watered by Blue River, Flat Rock Creek, Haw Creek, Clifty, and other smaller streams.


Columbus, the county seat, is located in the center of the township. The location of this place is bu: and healthy, and, by the way, is one of the best business towns in the south- east part of the State. The citizens of this place are sociable, energetic and intelligent. They mean business and do business. The population of Columbus, as shown by the United States Compendium for 1872, was 3359; the present population is 4300. The population of the township, Columbus included, is 6290.


Some of the first settlers of this township were David Deitz, Jonathan McFall, Thos. Essex, F. J. Crump, and.J. Stembar- ger.


Trustec, John Daup.


Number of school houses, 11 ; value of school houses, $10,000.


Vote, 1,300. Democratic majority, 320.


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CHURCHES.


M. E. Church, Columbus; pastor, Rev. A. H. Rcat; mem- bership, 250; value of church property, $10,000; superintend- ent of Sabbath School, Gideon Shultz; average attendance of Sabbath school, 125; church organized about the year 1826


Christian Church, Columbus; pastor, Z. T. Sweeny ; member- ship, 300; value of church property, $8,000; Sabbath school superintendent, W. B. Wallace; average attendance of Sabbath school, 175. 2


Presbyterian Church, Columbus; pastor, Alex. Parker ; mem- bership, 160; value of church property, when completed, esti- mated at $30,000; superintendent of Sabbath school, A. H. Graham; secretary, Will Hogue; average attendance of Sabbath School, 100.


Lutheran Church, Columbus; pastor, Rev. J. G. Nutzel; membership, 75; value of church property, $11,000; Sabbath school superintendent, Rev. Nutzel; average attendance of Sab- bath School, 70.


German Methodist, Columbus; no regular pastor; member- ship, about 25; value of church property, $1,200; Sabbath school superintendent, Fred. Ulrich; average attendance of Sabbath school, 25.


Catholic Church, Columbus; pastor, Rev. Father Schnell; membership, 100; value of church property, $15.000; superin- tendent of Sabbath school, Mrs. Mahoney; average attendance of Sabbath school, 30.


Young Men's Christian Association; membership, 20; value of fixtures, furniture, etc., $600; president, John Morgan; vice president, Howard Duffy; secretary, M. H. Lane; correspond- ing secretary, Dr. L. W. Comstock; treasurer, B. R. Perkins ; reading room, corner of Washington and Harrison streets; or- ganized April 6, 1874.


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Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church ; 3 miles west of Columbus ; pas- tor, Rev. A. M. Thornton ; membership, 35; J. Joslen, class leader ; Sabbath school superintendent, Geo. W. Owens; aver- age attendance, 40 ; Charles Pyatt, Secretary ; value of church property, $1200.


Mt. Pleasant Congregation of the Christian Union Church, located three miles west of Columbus; built in 1869; Rev. H. L. Shields, pastor; membership, 100 ; superintendent of Sab- bath scnool, Rev. H. L. Shields; average attendance, 65 ; Miss Catharine Folzer, Secretary of school; value of church prop- erty, $1,500.


Olive Branch Church, United Brethren, located four miles north east of Columbus, on Haw Creek; pastor, Erwin Cox ; membership, 50; value of church property, $1, 500; Sabbath school superintendent, James Talley ; average attendance 60 ; Miss Mattie Lambert, Secretary of school. .


Columbus Jewish Synagogue ; membership, 12 families ; value of property, $700.


SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.


Columbus Lodge, No. 58. I. O. O. F .; Columbus; member- ship, 100; value of Lodge property, $1,500; Noble Grand, T. B. Prather ; V. G .; Benjamin Macy; Secretary, Wm. Hubbard; organized in the year 1847.


St. John Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M .; Columbus; member- ship, 110; value of Lodge property and money, $13,000; W. M., Samuel Samuels; S. W., John E. Redmond; J. W., T. B. Prather; Treasurer, C. Hamilton; Secretary, D. C. Hamilton ; organized in 1843. .


Rolla Lodge, No. 17, K. P .; Columbus; membership, 80; value of fixtures, property, etc., $500 ; officers-C. C., N. T. Cars; P. C., John Stephens ; V. C., Geo. E. Finney ; K. of R. S., Geo. Pence ; organized December 22, 1871, with 31 charter members.


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Talbott Lodge, No. 432, I. O. G. T .; Columbus; member- ship, 140; value of property, $150, officers -- W. C T., Rev. Z. T. Sweeney; W. V. T., Mrs. M. F. Hinman; W. C., W .. R. Wallace; W T., M. Dillon ; W. S .. Howard Duffy ; W. F. S, Ga. Fridgen; D. G. W. C. T., Dr. L. W. Comestock; or- ganized April 10, 1874.


Haw Patch Grange, No. So: 216 miles north of Columbus ; organized March 19, 1873; membership, 70; R. J. Fisher, Master; John 1. Perry, Secretary: value of property, $: 25.


Mt. Pleasant Grange, No. 367 ; M. Pleasant Hall, 312 miles southwest of Columbus; organized September 6, 1873; mem- bership, 49 ; value of property and fixtures, $150; Wm. McTall, Master ; D. W. Heagry, Secretary.


Deuscher Orden Der Harigary Lodge, No. 99, Columbus; menb. rchip, 21 ; value of lodge property, $450.


DIRECTORY OF COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP.


Abett, W'm. C .; Deputy Clerk of Bartholomew county; Colum- bus. Born in Ky. 1815; settled in B. C. 1832. Dem. Protestant.


Alden, W. P .; grain dealer; Columbus. £ Born in Ky. 1843; settled in B. C. 1866. Rep Christian.


ARNOLD, GEORGE W .: Justice of the Peace and attorney at law; Columbus. Born in Columbus 1830. Dem. Prot.


Allendorf. Wm .: grocery and confectionery; Columbus. Born . in Prussia 1828; settled in B. C. 1853. Dem. Lutheran.


Anderson, W. B .; painter; Columbus. Born in Ohio 1845; .... .... B C. 1870. Dem. Protestant.


Adams, James; firm of Snipes & Adams. Born in Ind. 1845; . settled in B. C. 1874. Dem. Protestant.


Apel, Chas .; carpenter; Columbus. Born in 1846. Protestant.


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Apel, Chas .; carpenter and builder; Columbus. Born in Prussia 1842; settled in B. C. 1865. . Rep. Lutheran.


Aikens, David; farmer; 2 m s Columbus. Born in Va. 1835; settled in B. C. 1860. Dem. Protestant. .


Aikens, James; at leisure; 2 m s Columbus. Born in Va. 1828; settled in B. C. 1867. Rep. Protestant.


ABBETT, W. A .; justice of the peace and farmer; 3 m s w Columbus. Born in B. C. 1832. Indpt. Methodist.


Abbett, O. P .; farmer; 2 m s w Columbus. Born in B. C. 1834. Indpt. Methodist.


Abbett, Henry; cooper and farmer; 2 m w Columbus. Born in B. C. 1832. Dem. Christian Union.


Abbett, Washington; farmer; 23 m w Columbus. Born in Ky. 1827.


Arwin, John S .; physician and surgeon; Columbus. Born i:1 Tenn. 1824; settled in B. C. 1868. Dem. Protestant.


Anderson, S. F .; 4 m n Columbus. Born in B. C. 1833. Rep. United Brethren.


ARNHOLT, WM .; farmer; 4 m s e Columbus. Born in Ger- many 1846; settled in B. C. 1868. Dem. Lutheran.


Arnold, Thomas; farmer; 312 m n w Columbus. Dem. Chris.


Anthony, Joseph; farmer; 3 m n Columbus. Born in Tenn. 1830; settled in B. C. 1849. Rep. Protestant.


Armet, Charles; farmer; 212 m n w Columbus.


. Akins, C. E .; collector of Singer Sewing Manufacturing Co .; Columbus. Born in Ohio 1846; settled in B. C. 1873. Rep. Christian.


Adams, D. W .; druggist; Columbus.


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ACTON, J. K .; general agent for Victor sewing machine. Born in Ind. 1852; settled in B. C. 1874. Rep. Christian.


Aamron, B .; farmer; 1 m e Columbus. Born in B. C. 1837. Dem. Christian.


BEBZNER, CHRISTOPHER; Iron Jail and Court House Works; Columbus. Born in Ohio 1852; settled in B. C. 1864. Indpt. Protestant.


BRUNING & KOBB; grocery and queensware house; Colum- bus.


BRUNING, JOHN; firm of Bruning & Kobb; Columbus. Born in Germany 1833; settled in B. C. 1865. Dem. German Lutheran.


Burgess, Thomas; hardware store; Columbus.


Breining, Frederick; dealer in confectionery, cigars and tobacco; Columbus. Born in Germany 1824; settled in B. C. 1857. Indpt. German Lutheran.


BOND, JOHN; brick moulder and burner; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1828; settled in B. C. 1860. Dem.


Bryant, N. S .; retired from business; Columbus. Born in Ohio 1818; settled in B. C. 1845. Dem. Protestant.


Betterby, Wallace; marble polisher; Columbus. Born in N. Y. 1848; settled in B. C. 1872. Dem. Protestant.


BROCKMAN, HENRY; grocery and provision house; Colum- bus. Born in Germany 1846; settled in B. C. 1864. Dem.


Buchanan, Wm .; carpenter ; Columbus. Born in Va. 1819; settled in B. C. 1833. Rep. Christian.


Beam, Samuel; farmer; 3₺ m n Columbus. Born in Ohio 1843. Rep. Protestant.


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Bonnell, Jeff .; farmer; 4 m n Columbus. Born in Ind. 1838. Dem. Protestant.


Burnett, David; farmer; Columbus. Born in B. C. 1849. Dem.


Bickerton, David; farmer; 4 m s e Columbus. Born in Tenn.


1827. Dem. Protestant.


BUSH, W. P .; farmer; 314 m n Columbus. Born in B. C. 1845. Dem. Protestant.


Baucrhter, Charles; farmer; 3 m n Columbus. Born in N. J. 1809; settled in B. C. 1850. Dem. Lutheran.


Bonnell, Thomas; farmer; 22 m n e Columbus. Born in Ky. 1804; settled in B. C. 1821. Dem. Protestant.


Bennett, Simon; farmer; 412 m n e Columbus. Born in Ohio 1840; settled in B. C. 1861. Rep: Protestant.


Bonnell, John D .; farmer; 5 m n e Columbus. Born in B. C. 1833. Dem. Protestant.


BURNS, A .; attorney at law and prosecutor. Columbus. Born in Md. 1838; settled in B. C. 1864. Dem. Protestant.


Barrett & Hawser; druggists; Columbus.


Barrett, S. J .; physician and druggist; Columbus. Born in Ohio 1823; settled in B. C. 1860. Dem. Protestant.


Buxton, George W .; merchant police: Columbus. Born in Ohio 1824; settled in B. C. 1842. Rep. Protestant.


BUSCH, B. & SONS; foundry and machine works; Columbus.


BUSCH, B., of the firm of B. Busch & Sons; Columbus. Born in Prussia 1828; settled in B. C. 1853. Indpt. Presbyterian.


BUSCH, R. B., of the firm of B. Busch & Sons; Columbus. Born in Ky. 1853; settled in B. C. 1843. Rep. Prot.


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BUSCH, A., of the firm of B. Busch & Sons; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1855. Protestant.


Brinkley, William; furniture manufacturer and foreman of city council; Columbus. Born in N. C. 1819; settled in B. C. IS38. Dem. Methodist.


BROWNE, ISAAC T., of the firm of Browne & Brothers; pub- lishers and proprietors of the Columbus Republican. Born . in Vigo county, Ind. 1848; settled in B. C. 1872. Chris.


BROWNE, CHALMERS C., of the firm of Browne & Bros .; Columbus. Born in Vigo county, Ind. 1850: settled in B. C. 1873. Rep. Christian.


BROWNE, PHILLIP C., with Browne & Bros .: Republican office; Columbus. Born in Vigo county. Ind. 1854; set- tled in B. C. 1873. Rep. Christian.


BROWNE, ISAAC M .; editor of the Columbus Republican; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1821; settled in B. C. 1873. Rep. Protestant.


Burnett, John: coal office; Columbus.


Buck, J. N .; boot and shoemaker; Columbus. Born in Del. 1823; settled in B. C. IS53. Dem.


Bradford, Oscar; carpenter; Columbus. Born in B. C. 1849. Rep. Protestant.


Brockman, William; of the firm of Keller & Brockman; Colum- bus. Born in Germany 1837; settled in B. C. 1858. Dem. Protestant.


Brnhan, William H .; grocery and provision house; Columbus. Born 1835.


Babcock, Robert; farmer; 5 m e Columbus. Born in Ind. 1839; settled in B. C. 1869. Rep. Methodist.


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Barnhart, Philip; farmer; 2 m w Columbus. Born in Pa. 1803; settled in B. C. 1839. Dem. Christian Union.


Bebzner, John M .; grocery store; 2 m w Columbus. Born in Germany 1823; settled in B. C. 1863. Dem. Lutheran.


Bowlin, Robert W .; farmer; 112 m w Columbus. Born in B. C. 1836.


Bell, Clerington; farmer; 214 m w Columbus. Born in Ohio 1844; settled in B. C. 1864. Dem. Protestant.


BURKE, WM. B .; farmer; 4% m n w Columbus. Born in Ohio 1848; settled in B. C. 1860. Dem. Protesrant.


BLANKINCHIP, LEWIS D .; brick moulder and setter; Co- lumbus. Born in Ind. 1851; settled in B. C. 1852. Indp. Protestant.


Bush, John E .; express messenger I. & L. R. R. Born in Ohio 1835.


Bishop, Chas. E .; car inspector; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1849; settled in .B. C. IS70. Dem. Protestant.


Brant, David M .; blacksmith and carriage maker; Columbus. Born in Pa. 1852; settled in B. C. 1871. Methodist.


BOONE, WM .; well digging; Columbus. Born in Ind. IS34; settled in B. C. 1855. Dem. Methodist.


BROWN, ISAAC M .; editor Republican; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1821; settled in B. C. IS73. Rep. Protestant.


Beam, Abraham H. R .; farmer and minister; 21/2 m n e Colum- bus. Born in Pa. 1817; settled in B. C. IS54. Rep. United Brethren.


BLAIR, JOHN R .; superintendent of pork house, with W. B. Whitney; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1$44; settled in B. C. 1870. Reform. Methodist.


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Brinkley. Jonas P .: turner; Columbus. Born in B. C. 1844. Dem. Protestant.


Burgess & Helman; stove, tinware, and general furnishing house; Columbus.


Bernard, Greenwood; cutter; Columbus. Born in Germany 1827; settled in B. C. 1871. Dem. Old School Baptist.


Busch, Albert; gas and steam fitting and plumbing; Columbus. . Born in Ind. 1855. Rep. Protestant.


Brand, L. H .; blacksmith; Columbus. Born in Germany 1848; settled in B. C. 1867. Dem. Catholic.


Bicart, Joseph ; day-laborer ; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1824; settled in B. C. 1872. Rep. Missionary Baptist.


Bickerton, David ; farmer and stock raiser. Born in Tenn. 1826; settled in B. C. 1836. Dem. Protestant.


Bonnell, W. F .; farmer; Columbus. Born in Ind. 1826; set- . tled in B. C. 1826. Dem. Christian.


Brooks, Jonathan J .; moulder; Columbus. Born in Ohio 1813; settled in B. C. 1863. Rep. Protestant.




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