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There were busy times in the preparation. The decision had been made in favor of the State University, where each county was entitled to two students free of tuition, and on application, Tom and Jake had been appointed delegates by the county commissioners. The next question to be settled was how to get there, and this was decided in favor of the farm wagon, as no railroad had as yet been built to Bloomington. Tom was appointed chairman of the committee of ways and means, and directed to equip the wagon properly for the journey. Packing was a small matter, as one small trunk, covered with horse-hide with the hair on, and pro- fusely studded with large-headed brass tacks, was sufficient for three wardrobes, and the only additional receptacle was the sister's band box.
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These, and a box of tallow candles which the mother molded, and a few other accessories such as a mother only could think of, made the cargo.
On the first day of May, 1851, the start was made over the trail taken by the father over twenty-five years before, on his trip to Oxford for a similar purpose. The country was sparsely settled, water scarce, and it was difficult to get entertainment for the night. The time table has been made so that by an afternoon's travel and an early start the next day the Athens of Indians could be reached after only one night en route. But owing to bad roads and hills, such as the boys said they had not seen since they left Merom bluffs, night came on about seven miles west of Bloomington, and they were directed to seek lodging for the night at Dudley C. Smith's.
Arriving at the old farm-house by the roadside, they received a hearty welcome. The family, at home, consisted of father, mother, two sons and four daughters. The old gentleman was a native of Vermont and his wife of Kentucky. Being reared a strict Episcopalian, the father read a Psalm and prayed-prayed for the family and the "strangers within their gates." The second daughter, scarcely fifteen, wearing short dresses, very timid and bashful, was the one that most attracted Tom's attention, and who was to -- , but we anticipate. Early the next morn- ing the journey was resumed. At Bloomington the boys were introduced to several of the noted men in the public life of Indiana of that time, besides the president and members of the faculty. Board and furnished room were procured for the boys, on Main street (College avenue), at $1.50 per week each (they to furnish their own candles), and Ann was placed in Mrs. McPherson's Academy.
This continued for about two years, the children being taken home each vacation to see mother and clear up some bottom land. After this the father leased the farm and moved the family to Bloomington as a
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matter of economy and to give all of the children better opportunities. The daily grind of college life for four years, Tom, Tommy and Thos., by a process of evolution and a precedent of the university, was changed to Wolfe, Thos. J. To him the brightest oases in the desert of college life were the visits made to the old farm house by the roadside where resided the second daughter, but the time had not yet come for a declara- tion of serious intentions. The trips became more frequent but the dis- tance was shorter, as she had been transferred to Mrs. McPherson's Academy. The girl had grown in stature, but paradoxical as it may seem, her skirts came nearer to the floor.
The course of study selected by Wolfe, Thos. J., was the regular classical course of universities in that day, and stimulated by visions of the future he received his degree of A. B. in 1856. After a short outing he entered the law department, and taking the prescribed course was graduated B. L. in 1858, and on the 3rd day of August, 1859, was married at the old farmhouse by the wayside, to Lucia R. Smith, second daughter of Dudley C. and Isabella (Porch) Smith. A short time after this they moved to the old home in Sullivan county, and owing to the unsettled con- dition of the country he engaged in farming and merchandising.
To this happy union three children were born, and each died in succession during infancy. On a small marble monument in the old "Shepherd graveyard" the name "Wolfe" is carved on the base and on the shaft are the names, "Effie, September 8, 1860-October 2, 1862. Bertie, November 17, 1864-August 7, 1866. Pearl, May 7, 1868-March 14, 1870,"-and except for this brief record nothing remains of their short lives but a "fond memory."
After the death of Pearl the parents moved to Sullivan and the father resumed the practice of law which he had temporarily left off. In the quiet of Sunday morning, May 26, 1907, the wife and mother, who had
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been an inspiration to him and a partner in all joys and sorrows, after a brief illness of fours days, folded her weary hands and "closed her eyes to slumber awhile." She had almost reached her three-score years and ten and her golden wedding, of married life, but "God called her in and shut the door."
Mr. Wolfe still keeps an office and attends to such business as comes to him. He is now nearly seventy-eight and retains use of his mental and physical faculties to an unusual degree-indulges an optimistic spirit and believes the world is growing better and that every man "reaps what he sows" and gets about what is coming to him. He attributes his present activity to outdoor life, much walking, moderate eating, regular habits, freedom from worry and the acceptance of the advice which Cromwell refused "Throw away ambition." His life, measured by the common standard-dollars and cents, would rate low on Wall street or in Dun; but by the standard of "quid pro quo" it might come up to the average.
INDEX
Abolition Unpopular, 92. Academy of Science, 312. Agricultural Organizations, 318. Akin, Charles T., 277. Akin, E. W., 277.
Akin Family, 33. Akin, Joseph T., 277. Akin, Ransom W., 33.
Allan, James L., 34. Allen, A. P., 129, 133. Allen, Charles R., 121.
Allen, James C., 165, 228, 238. Alsop, Joshua, 34. Anti-Saloon League, 297, 302. Anti-Saloon Movement, 295. Arnett Family, 35. Ascension Seminary, 132, 179, 207.
Associate Judges, 223. Auditors, County, 331. Aydelotte, Frank, 135.
Bailey, John, 35. Bailey, Len, 79. Banks, 36, 208, 211, 216, 267. Baptist Churches, 291.
(See
Bar, Sullivan County, 224. Bench and Bar.) Barnard, H. J., 277. Barnard, Henry, 36. Basler, Ferdinand, 36. Battles in Civil War, IIO. "Baxter Bill," 297, 299. Beard, William, 167. Beard, William E., 36. Beasley, Joshua, 277. Bedwell Family, 36. Bench and Bar, 39, 165, 220. Benefield, Willis, 37, 79, 116. Bennett, Thomas, 81.
Bennett's Mill, 194.
Bensinger, Adam F., 37. Bethel Church, 208. Bicknell, George, 125.
Bicknell, Jesse, 38.
Blackburn, William, 38. Bland, Richard A., 41.
Bledsoe, William, 38. Block Houses in Sullivan County, II. Blue, P. H., 155.
Booker, Jacob, 39.
Boon, George, 39.
Booth, Jane, 178.
Booth, Leroy, 129.
Boundaries of County, 28.
Bowen, Tavner, 40. Bowyer, Eli, 232. B. P. O. E., 307. Branson, Michael, 88.
Brewer Family, 41.
Brewer, James, 40.
Brewer, William, 40.
Bridges, 145. Bridwell, John, 165. Briggs, Benjamin, 230.
Briggs, John C., 191, 230.
Briggs, Joseph W., 84, 230.
Briggs, Murray, 86, 132, 239, 297.
Brodie, Samuel, 163.
Brown, Isaac MI., 243. Brown, N. H., 214.
Brunker, William A., 38.
Buchanan, Mason F., 164.
Buell, 214. Buff, George W., 228.
Building and Loan Associations, 278. Burnett Family, 42. 375
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Burnett, Robert, 212.
Burnett, William, 285.
Burton, Stephen G., 42. Busseron Bottom Roads, 143. Busseron Creek, II, 20.
Busseron Creek Flat-Boating, 14I. "Busseron Settlement," II, 15.
Busseron, Town of, 23, 30. Busseron Township, II, 13, 15.
Caffee, Bennett, 45. Cain, William H., 133, 134. Caledonia, 14I.
Calvert Family, 44.
Camp Meetings, 285.
Campbell, Thomas M., 44.
Canadian Land Warrants, 24.
Canary, Christian, 42.
Carlisle, 28, 297, 318, 320; as County Seat, 30, 31 ; Banks, 277 ; Business in 1845, 238; Citizens in 1856, 201; Coal Mining at, 204; First Sale of Lots, 198; History of, 198; Incorporation of, 200; in County Seat Contest, 22; Masonry, 304; Methodist Church, 281, 284; Odd Fellows, 305; Presbyterian Church, 287 ; Residents of in I821, 225; Schools, 202; Scholars in 1857, 203; Streets, 199; Town, IO. Carlisle and the E. & T. H. R. R., 149, 200. Carlisle Central School, 126.
Carlisle Forts and Block Houses, II. Carlisle Methodist Circuit, 281.
Carlisle News, 244. Carlisle Register, 244. Carnegie Library, 310.
Carrithers, George, 44.
Cartwright, Peter, 280.
Case, Daniel, 103.
Cass Township, 25, 103, 104.
Cass Township and Civil War, 90.
Cass Village, 214; Churches, 215. Catholic Churches, 293. Catlin, William, 192.
Catlin, William E., 45.
Cemetery, Sullivan, 189.
Center Ridge Cemetery, 189.
Centralized Schools, 125.
Chaney, D. C., 243.
Chaney, John C., 227.
"Charter Citizens" of Sullivan, 167. Chautauqua, Merom, 197.
Christian Churches, 35, 289.
Churches, 280; (see also under names of towns and villages).
Church Organizations, 280.
Church Statistics, 294.
Cincinnati & St. Louis Straight Line R. R., 151.
Circuit Courts, 29, 222.
Civil Lists, 328.
Civil War, Two Issues in, 99.
Civil War Privations, 97.
Civil War and Sullivan County, 85.
Clark, George Rogers, 4.
Clerks, County, 332.
Click, Joseph, 45. Clothing, Pioneer, 81.
Coal Development, Pioneer in, 64.
Coal Industry, 245 ; Notes, 250.
Coal Mines at Hymera, 209.
Coal Mine in 1816, 246.
Coal Mining, 204, 205, 214, 215.
Coal Mining in 1816, 21.
Coal Mining Companies of County, 249.
Coal Mining Consolidations, 262.
Coal Mining Statistics, 249.
Coal Railroads, 159.
Coal Strike of 1906, 261.
Coffman, S. S., 236.
Collins Family, 36.
Collins, Joel, 284.
Collins, Madison, 16, 284.
Colonnade Theatre, 184.
Colored Schools, 124.
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Combs, William, 46. Common Pleas Court, 221.
Communication, 137.
Conference, Male and Female
Academy, 130. Congressional Township School
Fund, 119. Consolidation of Schools, 125. Cooking Utensils, Pioneer, 82. Corn Trade, Pioneer, 140.
Coroners, County, 333. Cotton Raising in War Times, 98. Coulson, Sewell, 108, 226.
Coulson, Uriah, 243. County Commissioners, 329. County Institutions, 217. County Seat Commissioners, 29.
County Seat Contests, 22.
County Seat Townsites, 22. County Seat at Merom, 193.
County Seminary, 128, 178. County Superintendent of Schools, I2I. Court House, 217; First, 28. Court House Square, 164, 191. Court Sessions Under Beech Tree, 30. Courts, The First Indiana, 340. Craig, O. J., 179. Crawford, Noah, 252. Crawford, William T., 132. Crawley Family, 276.
Creager Family, 46. Creager, William, 46. "Crittenden Compromise," 86. Crowder Family, 276. Crowder, Robert, 233, 236. Crowder, William H., 94. Crowder, William H., Sr., 276. Crowder, William M., 165. Crusade Movement, 296. Cummins, James, 207. Cunningham, Joseph, 45. Curry Family, 43. Curry, John, 15.
Curry, John F., 43, 202. Curry Township, 26. Curry, William, 43.
Currysville Coal Company, 25I. Cushman, Dr., 233. Cushman, Seth, 90, 195.
Davidson Family, 37. Davis, C. L., 277. Davis House, 180. Davis, John, 50.
Davis, John S., 202.
Davis, John W., 46, 304.
Democrat, The, 181, 239. "Democratic Basket Meeting," 93.
DePauw, James, 49. Desertion in Civil War, 104. Distillery, First in County, 31. Ditching and Levees, 314. Dodd, John Y., 49.
Dodds, William F., 50.
"Donations," 8. Dooley, Henry, 50. Draft in Civil War, 102. Drainage, 313. Dufficy, J. P., 24I. Dudley, John, 50.
Dudley Mack Massacre, 16, 63. Dugger, 215. Dugger Enterprise, 215.
Dugger Journal, 244. Dugger, Odd Fellows, 306. Dugger State Bank, 278.
Duly, John, 31, 50.
Dutton, George R., 276, 277.
East Chapel, 286. "East and West Railroad," 150. Early Settlers, 33. Eaton Family, 51. Eaton, John H., 51. Eaton, Morgan, 31. Eaton's Mill, 198. Economic Aspects of the War, 96. Education, II8.
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Education, County Board of, 122. Eighty-fifth Regiment, Battles of, 114.
Election of 1860, 85.
Election of 1864, 96.
Election, First General, 31.
Electric Light Company, 177.
Electric Railroads, 160.
Ellis Family, 51.
Engle, Alexander, 52.
English and French Wars, I.
Enrolling and Draft Officers, 103.
Ernest, William, 52.
Estabrook, Alonzo F., 52, 169.
Evansville & Terre Haute Rail- road, 148, 158.
Fairbanks, 216; Baptist Church, 292 ; Methodist Church, 287. Fairbanks Township, 27, 162, 313, 316. Fairbanks Township Schools, 125. Fairbanks Township and Abolition- ists, 92. Fairs, 318.
Farmersburg, 38, 207, 248, 298; Banks, 208, 278, 279; Churches, 208; Schools, 207.
Farmersburg, Odd Fellows, 306.
Farmers' Institute, 321.
Farmers' Mutual Benefit Associa- tion, 320.
Farmers' National Bank of Sulli- van, 277. Farmers' State Bank, 276.
Farming, Pioneer, 81.
Fifty-ninth Regiment, Battles of, I13.
Fire Department, Sullivan, 172. Fire of January, 1909, 184. Fires, Sullivan, 182.
First Interurban Car, 161.
First National Bank of Sullivan, 277.
First Newspaper in County, 238.
First Practical Coal Mine, 248. First Public Sale of Lands, 24.
First Railroad in State, 147.
First Rural Delivery Routes, 326.
Flat Boating, 49, 80.
Flat Boats, 139; Building of, 41.
Fleming. William A., 52.
Fletcher, Miles J., IIO.
Floods and Overflows, 313.
Food and Necessities During War, 97. Foote, Ziba, 232. Fort Haddon, 12.
Fort Harrison, 14.
Fort Settlements, IO.
Fort Wayne, 2.
Forts of Sullivan County, 7.
Forty-first Regiment, Battles of, II2.
Forty-third Regiment, Battles of, I13.
Fraternal Societies, 304.
Freeman, Fletcher, 90.
Freeman, Fletcher, Assassination of, 106.
French and Indian War, 3.
French Empire, I.
French Lands in Sullivan County, 19.
Garrett, James H., 53. Gas Wells, 263.
Giles Family, 53.
Gilkinson, John, 53. Gilkinson, Robert A., 53.
Gill Prairie, 20, 194, 315; Metho- dist Church, 285.
Gill Township, 7, 26, 313, 316.
Gill Township Library, 309.
Gill, Robert, 12.
Gilmour, 159. Good Roads Movement, 143.
Grange, The, 318, 319. Grant, Peter, 55. Gravel Roads, 143.
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Graveyard, Sullivan, 168. Gray, Joseph, 165, 213. Graysville, 213; Churches, 213; Schools, 125. Graysville Home Guards, 108.
Greenfield, Smith, 202.
Greenlee, William, 55.
Griffin, William H., 54.
Griffith, Robert, 54.
Griffith, William C., 54. Grist Mills, Early, 82. Griswold, W. D., 148. Gunn, John T., 94, 229.
Hackney, David, 55. Haddon, Jesse, 212, 217.
Haddon, John, 12, 13.
Haddon Township, 10, 25. 26, 313.
Hamill, Samuel R., 229, 239.
Hamilton Township, 26.
Hammond, John, 56. Hancock, Isacher, 55. Hancock, Owen C., 55.
Hanna, Bayless W., 93.
Hanna, James M., 93, 226.
Harris, Joel, 56. Harris, Mrs. O. B., 31I.
Harrison, Gen. W. H., 9, 14. Hawkins, William H., 56. Hays, John T., 133. Heap, James, 56. Heavenridge, M. S., 280, 285. Helms, Benj. R., 236. Helms, Hamet N., 232, 235. Hendricks, Joel, 60. Hiatt, Stephen, 58. Higbee, John, 58. Hinkle, Jackson, 58. Hinkle, James W., 88, 94, 165. Hinkle. John M., 232. Hinkle, Nathan, 57. Hinkle, Philip, 57 .. Hogs and Cows on Streets of Sulli- van. 170. Hoke Family, 60, 276.
Hoke, Jacob, 60, 167. Hoke, Jacob F., 276. Holder Family, 12. Holder, Thomas, Sr., 60. Holmes, Arthur, 243.
Home Guards, 107. Hopewell, George, 207. Hopkins, Gen. Samuel, Expedition, 15. Horse Racing, Pioneer, 79. Hotel McCammon, 180, 183.
Howard, John S., 294. Hughes, Thomas Allen, 59. Humphreys, Andrew, 103. Humphreys, E. W., 130.
Hunt, John R., 59. Hutchinson, David, 59. Hymera, 80, 208; Banks, 278; Churches, 211 ; Odd Fellows, 306; Schools, 211; the Name, 209.
"Ideal District School," 127. Illinois & Eastern R. R. Co., 157. Illiteracy in Indiana, 120. Improved Roads, 143. Indian Annals of Sullivan County, 16. Indian Boundary, 10, 24. Indian Trails, 138. Indian Treaty of 1803, 9. Indian Treaty of 1809, 13. Indian Tribes, I.
Indiana Boundaries, 357. Indiana Colonial History, I. Indiana, Statehood, 354. Indiana, Territory and State, 335.
Indiana, the Name, 363. Indianapolis & Illinois Southern R. R., 156. Ingle, Joe, 116. Institutes, Township, 121. Interurban Railroads, 160. Island Levee Association, 316.
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Jackson Hill Coal Company, 253. Jacksonian Democrat, 238. Jackson Township, 25. Jails, 218. Jamison Family, 61.
Jamison Gas Farm, 265.
Jefferson Township, 25.
Jefferson Township, Consolidated Schools, 126. Jenkins Family, 61.
Jenkins, John, 61.
Johnson, B., 30.
Johnson, James L., 61.
Johnson, Wyatt, 62.
Judah, Samuel, 224, 308. Judicial System, 22I.
Kearns, Thomas, 131. Kirkham, Robert, 62.
Knights of the Golden Circle, 100.
Knights of Pythias, 306.
Lafayette, City of, 2.
Land, First Purchasers in county, 25. Land Grants in Sullivan County, 8.
Land, Jacob N., 62.
Land; James, 62.
Land Law of 1791, 8.
Landmarks of Sullivan, 179.
Land Sale, First, 24.
Lands, Public, of Sullivan County, 7 Langdon, Daniel, 109. LaSalle, I. Latshaw, Joseph, 24.
Lawyers (sec under Bench and Bar).
Ledgerwood, James, IO.
Ledgerwood, Samuel, 12, 198, 199.
Ledgerwood's Mill, 15, 22, 30.
Legislature, the First Indiana, 348. Levees, 314. Libraries, 308. Lisman Family, 12.
Lisman, John, 63. Lisman, Peter, 63.
Literature Club, 19I.
Little Flock Church, 67.
Little Flock Meeting-house, 105.
Local Option, 295.
Lodges, 304.
Log Rollings, 82.
Loyal League, 102.
Loyal Leaguers, 108.
Lyon, John B., 155.
McBride, William C., 64.
McCammon, Hugh, 64.
McCammon, Mathew, 64.
McCammon, William, 65.
McClellan, Abram, 65.
McClellan Club, 95.
McClure Institute 309. and Library,
McConnel, Andrew, 68.
McDonald, Squire, 164.
McKinney, Thomas R., 67.
McNabb, A. G., 191.
Mackey, Thomas F., 65.
Mahan, John R., 165.
Mails, 14I.
Mammoth Coal Company, 206.
Mammoth Schoolhouse, 127.
Mann Family, 65.
Mann, "Judge." 66.
"Mann's Tavern," 66.
Marlow, James A., 65, 122.
Martin, John, 202.
Mason, James, 212.
Masonic Hall, Sullivan, 182.
Masonry, 304. Mathes, Jesse M., 234.
Maxwell, John, 66.
Maxwell, Levi, 167, 217.
Maxwell, Samuel F., 226.
Medicine, 47, 52, 165, 213, 214, 232.
Merom, 26, 142, 224, 298; First
Official County Seat, 31; His- tory of, 193; Incorporation of,
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196; Methodist Church, 286; the "Island," 196; the Name, 195.
Merom Bluffs, 193.
Merom Mills, 195.
Messenger, The, 238.
Methodist Church, 199, 280.
Mexican War, 37.
Milam, Henry R., 67.
Miles, Nathan, 69.
Military Annals, 84.
"Militia Donations," S.
Miller, W. R., 232.
Mines and Mining. 245.
Minich Family, 68.
Minter, William, 69.
"Mitchell Day," 210.
Mitchell, John, 210.
Model Rural School, 125.
Modern Woodmen of America, 306.
Money and Banking, 267.
Monroe, Town of, 23.
Moore, Hugh, 64.
Moore, Valentine, SS.
Morgan, Thomas, So.
Mt. Tabor Church, 75.
Mt. Zion Camp Grounds, 286.
Mullane, J. B., 184. Murphy, Alexander M., 234.
Narrow Gauge Railroad, 153, 196. Nash Family, 37.
Nathan Hinkle, Monument, 210.
National Bank of Sullivan, 277.
National House, 179.
Neff, Frank, 69. Neff, Willis G., 88.
Nesbit, W. R., 243. Newkirk, Elias, 214.
New Lebanon, 26, 212; Methodist Church, 285 ; Schools, 212.
New Lebanon Academy, 129.
New Lebanon Central School, 126. New Lebanon Methodist Circuit, 282.
New Pittsburg, 209. New Pittsburg Coal Company, 251. "New Purchase," 14, 20, 24. Newspapers, 238. Nicholson Law, 303.
Ninety-seventh Regiment, Battles of, 115. Northwest Territory, 5, 7.
Odd Fellows Organizations, 305. O'Haver, J. K., 232, 234. O'Haver, Pleasant, 214. Oil and Gas, 263.
"Old Purchase," IO.
One Hundred and Fifteenth Regi- ment, Battles of, 115.
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, Battles of, 115.
Opposition to Civil War, 98. Ordinance of 1787, 5.
Organic Act, 27.
Organization of Indiana Territory, 338.
Organization of Sullivan County, 22, 27 Orr, Hugh, 164.
Osborn, John, 70.
Osborn, John W., 87, 242.
Overland Traffic, 14I. Owens, "Uncle Billy," 70.
Park, Richard, 122, 126.
Parks, George, 109.
Patrons of Husbandry, 319.
Patterson, Chambers Y., 225. Paxton, 211; Central School, 125; Churches, 211 ; Schools, 21I.
Paxton, J. H., 239.
People's Bank of Carlisle, 277. "People's Saturday Fairs," 319. People's State Bank of Sullivan, 277. Philippine War, Sullivan County Soldiers in, 116.
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Physicians (see under Medicine).
Pioneer Life, 81, 82.
Pioneer Men and Women, 33.
Pioneer Reminiscence, 79.
Pioneer Settlers, 25.
Pirtle, Dr., 233. Pitt, William, 209.
Pittsburg, 209, 252.
Pleasantville, 213, 252, 253, 320; Odd Fellows, 306.
Pointe Coupee, 7, 9.
Politics, 31 ; in War Times, 85.
Pontiac's War, 3.
Poor Asylum, 218.
Population of Sullivan County, 333.
Pork Packing, Early, 49.
Postal Service, 325; Early, 14I.
Postoffices, 326.
Poynter, S. Paul, 242.
Presbyterian Churches, 287.
Press, The, 238.
Price, Ed, 70. Probate Courts, 220, 221.
Prohibition, 295.
Prohibition Party, 300.
Providence Christian Church, 290.
Providence Methodist Church, 287. Public Library, Sullivan, 310.
Railroads, 147. Railroad Celebration, 148.
Railroad, "East and West," 150.
Railroad House, 241. Railroads vs. Wagoners, 149. Recorders, County, 332. Reed, James H., 71, 165.
Reed, William, 163. Register, George W., 121, 123. Reid, James T., 71. Religion (see Churches). Remonstrance, 303. Representatives, State, 328. Revolutionary Soldier, 57.
Revolutionary War, 4.
Rhodes Scholarship Prizes, 135.
Ridgway, Benjamin, 37.
Ridgeway Family, 71.
Riggs, Commodore P., 72.
Riggs, Hezekiah, 71.
River Trade by Flat Boat, 137.
Riverton, 196.
Road Building, Modern, 142.
Roads, 138, 326.
Roberts, Thomas L., 72.
Rogers, Edley W., 244.
Rogers, John, 316.
Rose Chapel, 287.
Rose, Chauncey, 148, 263. Rural Free Delivery, 325.
Saloons, Passing of, 295.
Sanitary Commission, 109. Saucerman, Barnett, 182.
Schmidt, Herman, 184.
School, an Early on Curry's Prai- rie, 79. School Examiners, II9.
School Population, 122, 126.
Schools of Sullivan County, 118; Carlisle, 202 ; Consolidation Sys- tem, 125; County Superintend- ent, 121; Free System, 120; Sul- livan, 178.
Scott, Charles, 72.
Scott, James, 125.
Select Schools, 123, 129.
Seminary, Sullivan County, 128 (see County Seminary).
Senators, State, 328.
Settlements, First, 7. .
Settlers in 1812 on Busseron, 15. Settlers, First, 25.
Seventeenth Regiment, Battles of, III.
Seventy-first Regiment, Battles of, II4. Shake Family, 37.
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Shakertown, 18.
Shelburn Coal Company, 205.
Shelburn, 205; Coal Mining, 205; Banks, 278; Churches, 206; Fires, 206; Municipal Growth, 206; Masonry, 304; Odd Fel- lows, 305 ; Schools, 206. Shelburn, Paschal, 205. Shepard, C. B., 73. Shepherd, Thomas, 80. Sheriffs, 33I.
Sherman Family, 73.
Sherman, Thomas K., 73, 277.
Sidewalks of Sullivan, 167.
Silver, S. H., 81.
Slavery in Indiana, 344. Smith, George, 164.
Snapp, Abraham F., 163. Snyder, John, 37.
Society for Aid of Soldiers, 109.
Soldiers Aid in Civil War, 108.
Soldiers in Mexican War, 85.
Sons of Liberty, 100.
Sons of Temperance, 295. Southern Indiana Railroad, 159.
Spanish-American War, 115.
Speake, Mrs. James E., 202.
Spencer, James, 123.
Spencer, John W., 135. Springer, A. W., 94.
Springer, Thomas, 212.
Springer, William McK., 73.
Sproule, James, 28, 29, 30, 198. "Squatter Sovereignty," 85. Stage Coach, 137. Stage Roads, 14I. Stanley, John, 116.
Stansil, William, 291.
Starner, Jacob, 203.
"Stars and Stripes," 87, 94. State Bank, The Indiana, 270. State Road, 142. Steamboat, First on Wabash River, I38. Stewart, Isaac, 165.
Stewart, Lafayette, 74, 172, 213. Streets of Sullivan, 167.
"Strike on the Narrow Gauge," 153. Subscription Schools, 118. Sugar, First Imported, 140.
Sullivan, Town, 163; Banks, 276; Baptist Church, 291; Catholic Church, 293; Charter Citizens, 167 ; Christian Church, 289: Fire Protection, 171; Fires in Recent Years, 182; Graveyard, 168; High School, 179; Hotels, 179; in 1848, 165; in 1854, 240; In- corporation of, 167: Knights of Pythias, 306; Land Marks, 179; Lighting of Streets, 176; Ma- sonry, 304; Methodist Church, 282, 283; Municipal Growth, 166; Odd Fellows, 305; Presby- terian Church, 287; Public Li- brary, 310; Public Improve- ments, 185 : Public Schools, 133, 134, 178; Sewer System, 187, 188; Water Works, 173. Sullivan Cemetery, 189.
Sullivan Democrat, 239.
Sullivan Gas and Oil Company, 265. Sullivan Telephone Exchange Company, 323.
Sullivan Union, 242.
Sullivan County, During Civil War, 85; Early Trade and Busi- ness Conditions, 268; First in Coal Industry, 248; Officials, 328 ; Organization, 22, 27 ; Pub- lic Lands, 7; The Historic Back- ground, I.
Sullivan County Agricultural So- ciety, 318.
Sullivan County Bank, 276.
Sullivan County Banner, 243. Sullivan County Gas Field, 265. Sullivan County Education, 118.
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Sullivan County Library, 308.
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company, 277. Sullivan County Medical Society, 232. Surveyors, County, 332. "Surveys," 8. Swamp Lands, 314.
Tax Sales During the Civil War, 96.
Teachers, Compensation of, 124.
Tecumseh, 14, 352.
Telephones, 323.
Temperance, 295.
Terre Haute, 3.
Terre Haute & Richmond Rail- road, 115.
Thirteenth Battery, Battles of, 114.
Thirty-first Regiment, Battles of, II2. Thomas, David, 17, 193, 246.
Thomas, Nathan, 74.
Thompson, John J., 165, 232, 234.
Thompson, Walter N., 233.
Tippecanoe, Battle of, 14, 352.
Township Libraries, 309.
Townsite of Sullivan, 164.
Transportation, 137.
Treasurers, County, 331.
Trimble, Joseph, 37.
Turman, Benjamin, 23.
Turman Settlement, 20.
Turman, Thomas, 75.
Turman Township, 23, 27, 162, 313, 316. Turtle Creek, 20.
Twenty-first Regiment, Battles of, II2.
Union, The, 242.
United Brethren Church, 293. Union Christian College, 130.
Vandalia Coal Company, 215.
Vandalia Railroad, 148. Van Fossen, Wilbur, 75. Vincennes, 2, 7, 12, 138.
Vincennes Land District, 7.
Voorhees, Daniel W., 88, 89, 93.
Voorhiss, Isaac, 149.
Wabash Baptist Church, 13.
Wabash River, 2, 138, 313.
Wabash River Commerce, 137.
Walker, George W., 75.
Walls Family, 163.
Walters, Samuel, 37.
War of 1812, 14.
War of 1812, Survivor, 54.
War with Mexico, 84.
Ward A., 290.
Water Works, Sullivan, 173, 175.
Weir, Andrew N., 233.
Welman, C. W., 122, 244.
Western Sun, 12, 16, 198.
Whalen, Richard M., 233.
Wheeler Family, 76.
Whitaker, O. B., 131.
Whitcomb, James, 166.
White, Robert P., 243.
WVilkey, Frederick, 75.
Williams, James R., 283.
Wilson, Henry K., 76.
Wilson, John H., 165.
Wilson, John Harvey, 77.
Wilson, Peter, 76.
Wolfe, Benjamin, 78, 150.
Wolfe, Joseph W., 153, 217, 228, 239, 291.
Wolfe, Thomas J., 366.
Wolfe, Solomon, 315. Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, 297.
Woman's Club, Sullivan, 310.
Women of Cass Township in Civil War, 97.
Young, James N., 237. Young, Jeremiah, 238. Youngman, S. R., 232.
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