A standard history of Kosciusko County, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational, civic and social development. A chronicle of the people with family lineage and memoirs, Volume II, Part 39

Author: Royse, Lemuel W., 1847-
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 382


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Ellis, Horace, 73 Elm Street, Pierceton (illustration), 340


Emergency Labor Bureau, 200 Episcopalians, Warsaw. 282; ton, 330 Erwins family, 96 Eschbach, Aaron F., 684 Eschbach, Jesse E., 684 Estep, John, 554


Pierce-


Etna Green, census, 125; value of real estate, 127; total wealth, 127; banks, 356; churches, 356


Etna township, 90; census. 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; one of the smallest, 355; pioneers of, 355


Evangelical Association, Syracuse, 322 Evans, John D., 71 Extinguishment of Indian claims, 18


Factory at Pierceton (illustration), 339


Fairbanks, Charles W., 67 Falls of the Ohio, 12 Farmers State Bank, North Webster, 367


Farming machinery, pioneer, 188 Farm lands, value per acre, 195 Farms and rural population. 194 Farms, value of, 126


Farquhar, John H., 70 Faulkner, Alice V., 590 Faulkner, John W., 590 Fawley, James A., 481 Ferverda, Hiram B., 473


Ferverda, John, 441 Fifty-fourth Circuit, Judges, 139 Finances, 111, 128 Fire Department, Milford, 344 Firemen as Union Soldiers, 263 Fires, Warsaw, 263 First Baptist church, Warsaw, 280 First cabin and store in Warsaw, 255 First county under Ordinance of 1787. 15 First legislature for Indiana Terri- tory, 17


First Methodist Camp Meeting, 276 First postoffice, Warsaw, 258 First Presbyterian church, Warsaw, 278 First railroad engines, 174 First schoolhouse in county, 167 First settler, 84 First Spring Fountain Park Assem- bly, 300 First trains, 176


Fischer, George, 65


Fishing days, old, 327


Fish propagation, 328


Fitch, Graham N., 67, 218


Fitton. John W., 409 Five Nations, 30


Flag. State, 78


Flatbelly (Miami chief), 49, 57


Fleming, William, 72


Fletcher, Miles J., 73


Floyd, Davis, 63, 65


Fogle, James P., 521 Ford, Callender, 421


Ford, Lanta W., 495 Ford, Mary, 420 Foreman. Joseph E., 453 Forest land along Indian highways. 377


Forest Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pyth- ias, Warsaw, 285 Fort Chartres, founded, 6; sur-


rendered, 7 Fort Harmar, 15 Fort of Crevecoeur, 3


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INDEX


Fort of St. Louis, 5 Fourteenth Circuit, Judges of, 138


Franklin township, surveyed, 90; cen- sus, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; area, 377; pioneers, 377; school and church, 378; industries, 379 Frasier, George W., 151


Fraternal Order of Eagles, Warsaw, 387


Fraternal organizations, Syracuse, 325


Frazer, Harriet D., 140, 252


Frazer, James R., 243, 252


Frazer, James S., 140, 569


Frazer, William D., 140, 252, 570


Frazer, Theodore, 252


Freed, Amos, 435


Freeman, Stephen, 494


French and British Northwest, 1


French and Indian war. 6


French evacuation, 7


Friedley, George W., 69


Fruit, Levi, 583


Fuller, Victor, 488


Funk, Frank, 422 Fur traders, 34


Gall, Albert, 72 Galveston, platted, 374


Gans, Ira, 581


Garber, Albert, 545


Garber, Daniel M., 551


Garber, Jefferson, 523


Garber, Leander, 492


Gaskill, Joseph M., 470


Gaskill, Owen S., 391


Gecting, David M .. 73, 160


General Assembly, 131; acts of, 137


Gerard, Orlando F .. 550


Gibson, John, 63


Gilbert, Newton W., 70


Gill. James E., 445


Gilliam, Bab, 245 Gilliam, William W., 653 Gilman, Joseph, 65 (lover. John B., 72 Goddard, John D., 657


Godfather of the county, 104


Goodrich, James P., 68


Good Roads movement, 180: promot- ers of. 182


Gorby, Sylvester S., 74 Gore, James K., 74


Goshen, Warsaw & Wabash Railroad. 175


Governors of Indiana, 63, 67


Grabner, John, 674


Grady, J. C., 472


Graff. William, 559


Grand Army of the Republic, 235


Grand Army Posts, 235


Grand Indian Council of August, 1838, 45 Grassy Creek, on the Shores of (illus- tration), 365


Gravel road building, 182


Gravelton, 376


Graves, William, 101


Graves, William C., 56


Gray, Isaac P., 68, 69, 224


Greathouse, Charles A., 73, 162, 164


Great Indian treaty maker, 42


Greenawalt, John C., 74


Greenville Treaty, 36; adoption of, 40


Griffin, Charles F., 70


Griffin, John, 65 "Griffin, The," 2 Griffith, Francis M., 69


Griswold, Whedon W., 232


Groves. George W., 576


Guy, James E., 594


Guy, Samuel, 589


(wathmey, Samuel, 66


Hackelman Encampment, I. O. O. F .. 285


Hackelman. Pleasant A., 211


Hadley, Oscar, 72


Haggard, William S .. 69


Hall, Frank J., 70


Hall, John E., 530


Hall, Sammel, 69


Hall, Thomas, 85


Hall, William R., 475


Hammond, Abram A., 68, 69


Hammond Lake, 365 Hanes, William. 458


Hanly. J. Frank, 68


Hanna, Bayless W., 72


Hanna, Robert, 66


Hanna, Thomas, 69 Hannah. Samuel. 72


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Hannegan, Edward A., 66 Hapner, Charlie H., 606 Harlan, Elijah, 85, 95 Harlan family, 95 Harmon, John H., 595 Harmon, Milo H., 527


Harding, Oscar A., 497 Harris, Horatio J., 71


Harrison, Benjamin, 67 Harrison, Christopher, 69


Harrison township, surveyed, 90;


pioneers, 93; census, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169, 349; first settlers, 349


Harrison, William H., 20, 24, 62, 63, 65; portrait, 16; great Indian treaty maker, 42


Hascall, Milo S., 211


Hart, William H., 71


Harter, Mathias, 388


Hartter, George, 486


Hartzell, William M., 517


Harvey, Jonathan S., 72


Hatfield, Thomas B., 625


Hay, John, 66 Hayden, Nehemiah, 70


Haymond, Edgar, 140, 561


Hawn, Emanuel R., 70


Headlee, Noble, 678 Healy, Joshna, 231


Heckaman, 376 Heighway, Orven A., 461


Heisler, William, 629 Helvey, Clarence A., 425


Hemenway, James A., 67


Henderson, Ebenezer, 71


Henderson, Edgar H., 667


Henderson, John O., 71


Hendricks, Thomas A., 66, 67, 68


Hendricks, William, 66, 67


Henry, Patrick, 12 Hibschman, Burlington D., 414


High School, Milford (illustration), 347 High School, Pierceton (illustration), 154


High School. Warsaw (illustration). 154 High Schools, commissioned, 159:


present, 167 Highways, 171


Hill, Andrew J., 593 Hill, Nathaniel U., 72 Hill, Roswell S., 72 Hillis, David, 69 Hire, Isaac B., 408 Hire, Amanda, 408 Hobbs, Barnabas C., 73 Hoffman, Max F. A., 70 Hogs, 193 Holcombe, John W., 73


Ilome economies, 162 Home Guard, 243 "Home-spun", 189 Honan, Thomas M., 73 Hoover, Thomas A., 650


Hopkins, Alexander C., 73


Hopkins, Milton B., 73 Hord, Francis T., 73 Hord, Oscar B., 72 Horick. J. Forest, 244


Horses and colts, 192


Hoss, George W., 73 Houshonr, Samnel K., 83


Hover, Edgar S., 582 Hover, J. R., 668 Hovey, Alvin P., 68


Howard, C. Norman, 252 Howard. Ulysses B., 455 Huffer, Jacob D., 641


Fluffer, Rudolph, Sr., 639 IIuffer, Sherman, 511 Hughs, Charlie A., 602


Humphrey, George, 226 Hunt, Union B., 70 Hurst, Henry. 64


Iden, Loman A., 687 Iden. S. B., 463 Idle, T. H., 559 Igo, Omer N., 448 Illinois county, 13


Illustrations: Marquette, the Peace Maker, 1; Pioneer Fireplace and Household Articles, 82; Old Indiana Mill. 88; Pioneer Water Wheel, 88; Pioneer Cabin Completed, 98; Tippe- canoe River View. 107: Picturesque Koscinsko County, 112; Winona Lake, 112; Turkey Creek Bridge, Milford, 112: Syracuse Lake, 112: Wawasee Lake. 112: Tippecanoe


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Lake, 112; Kosciusko County Court House, 123; Some Kosciusko County Schools, 154; Old Eight-sided School- house, Plain Township, 165; Wayne Township Consolidated School, 166; Ready for the Iron Highway, 174; A Good Woodsy Road, 181; Old Cov- ered Bridge of the "buggy" period, 184; Kosciusko County Corn, 186; Dairy Herd and Modern Buildings, 191; Duroc Hogs of the County, 193; Modern Teaching in the Field, 196; Winona Agricultural Display, 198; Ready to Leave for the Front, Spanish-American War, 237; Typ- ical Pioneer Woman, 254; On Winona Lake near Warsaw, 260; One of Warsaw's Main Business Streets, 268; McDonald Island, 303; Consecration of Indian Mound, Win- ona Assembly, 304; Restful Scenes on Winona Lake, 307; Winona As- sembly Grounds, 308; On the Shores of the Lake, Winona Assembly, 310; Chicago Boys' Club in Bathing, Winona Assembly, 311; College Building, Winona Assembly, 314: Westminster Chapel, Winona As- sembly, 316; Wawasee Lake and Vicinity, 320; Factory at Pierceton, 339; Elm Street, Pierceton, 340; Looking South on Main Street, Mil- ford, 344; The High School, Milford, 347; Interurban Station, 347; Busi- ness Street, Mentone, 352; Public School, Mentone, 352; Silver Lake Street, 354; Postoffice at Oswego, Oldest Building in the County, 362; Scene on Tippecanoe Lake, 363; Stony Ridge Hotel, Tippecanoe Lake, 363; On the Shores of Grassy Creek, 365; Scenes Around Webster Lake, 366; Barbee Lakes, 368; Scenes in the Rural Townships, 373


Improved Order of Red Men, Warsaw, 286


Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Warsaw, 284


Independent Protective Engine Com- pany No. 1, 261


Indian agent, 45


Indian Council of August, 1838, 45


Indian Mound, Consecration of, Win- ona Assembly, 304


Indiana, creation of State, 26; present population, 59; pivotal state, 60; political record, 60; governors, 63 Indiana counties, original, 17


Indiana Loan and Trust Company, 295 Indiana State Normal School, 158


Indiana Territory created, 16; first leg- islature, 17; secretary, 63; judges of, 65; legislature, 65


Indiana University Biological Station. 315


Indiana University trustees, 163 Indiana Year Book, 77


Indians: Wars, 3; extinguishment of claims, 18; replaced by whites, 18; treaties. 18, 25, 39; depredations. 23; departure of, 27; dispossession of. 29; Algonquin family, 29; re- ligious exercises at missions, 33; reservations, 39; divided by war of 1812, 41; lands, title to, 43; titles. extinguishment of, 43; Pottawato- mies of Northern Indiana, 44; vil- lages in Kosciusko county, 49; hab- its and dispositions of, 54; fun, 55; noted chiefs, 56; population, 58; trails, 100; highways, forest land along, 377


Industries, Warsaw. 295; Pierceton. 341; Milford, 345; Leesburg, 361: Franklin township, 379


Interdenominational Association of Evangelists, 313


Interurban Railway, 177


Interurban Station, Milford (illustra - tion). 347


Interurban system (map), 178 Iroquois, 30 Irvine, Frederick D., 478 Irwin, Robert C., 612 Irwin. William G., 509


Jackson, Ed, 71 Jackson, George W., 227


Jackson township, surveyed, 89; cen- sus. 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169. 370; early settlements and settlers, 370


Jaques. Francis M .. 479


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699


Jaques, Phebe E., 480 Jarrett, James C., 552


Jefferson township, surveyed, 90; cen- sus, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; 375; settlement, 375; first school, 376 Jeffries, David, 475 Jennings, Jonathan, 65, 67 Jensen, Thomas, 534 Jesuit missionaries, 33


Johnson, Charles C., 465 Johnson, James, 64 Johnson, John, 65 .Johnston, W., 63, 64


.Jones, Aquilla, 72


Jones, Clem A., 454


Jones, Frank L., 73, 161


Jones, James G., 72. 217 Jones, John, 604


.Jones, John R., 64, 66


Jones, Nancy, 605


Jones, Peter, 63


Judd, John S., 433


Judges, Tenth Circuit, 137; Four- teenth Circuit, 138; Fifty-fourth Circuit, 139; Probate Court, 141


Justices Court, 130


Justices of the Peace, duties of, 148


Kantner, Benjamin, 483


Kelley, Samuel, 516


Kern, John W., 67


Ketcham, William A., 73


Ketrow, Calvin O., 429


Kibby, John F., 72


Kilmer, O. B. (portrait), 250


Kimball, Nathan, 72


Kimes. John, 622


Lakeside Park, 299


Lake township, surveyed, 90, 351; een- sus, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169


Kintzel, Charles A., 466


Kirkendall, Isaac (sheriff), 111


Kirkendall, William, 669


Kirkpatrick, William W., 645


Klauss, Otto, 71


Kline, Harry W., 419


Knepper, Forrest, 464


Knights of Pythias, Warsaw, 285; Pierceton, 340


Knights of the Maccabees, Milford. 348


Knights Templar, Warsaw, 284 Kolberg, Henry, 493


Koontz, Calvin M., 665


Koontz, Milton I., 664


Kosciusko county, first under Ordi- nance of 1787, creation of, 15, 28; Indian villages in, 49; first seat of justice in, 94; godfather of, 104; area, 106, 195; civil divisions, 125


Kosciusko County Corn (illustrations), 186


Kosciusko County Court House (illus- tration), 123 Kosciusko Lodge No. 62, I. O. O. F., 284


"Kosciusko Republican", 289 Kosciuzko, Thaddeus, 104; will, 105


Krontz, George W., 74


Krull, Albert F., 539


Kuder, Jeremiah, 221


Kuhn, Isaiah, 551


Labor Bureau, 200 Ladies of the Maccabees of the World. Warsaw, 288 LaFollette, Harvey M., 73


Lake City Bank, 294 "Lake City Commercial", 291 Lake City Lodge No. 371, F. & A. M .. 283 Lake City Lodge No. 430, 1. O. O. F., 285


Lake City Lodge No. 442, I. O. O. F., 285 Lakes, 107; depth of, 109; beautiful cluster of, 297


King, Edward A., 220 "King Jimmy", 101 King, Myron D., 70


Lake View, 331


La-le-was-i-kaw, 19


Landis, J., 74


Land 'survey, public, 25


Lands, public, reckless speculation in. 16 Lane, Daniel C., 71


Lane, Henry S., 67, 68 Lange. Albert, 71


700


INDEX


Larrabee, William C., 73 LaSalle, 2, 33; death of. 5 Lash, Edmund S., 599 Lathrope, Harry, 659 Lee, Levi, 93 Leedy, Charles E., 425


Leesburg, beginning of, 93; as county seat, 116; census, 126; value of real estate, 127; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; lodges. 360, 359; incorporated. 359; newspapers, 360; churches, 360; banks. 360; in- dustries, 360


Leesburg Lodge No. 432, I. O. O. F., 360


Leesburg Public School (illustration), 154


Legislature, first for Indiana Terri- tory, 17


Lehman, Benjamin F., 389


Leininger, Elias, 449


Lemcke, Julius A., 72


Lentz, Albert M., 484


Leonard, C. Leroy, 674


Lessig, David H., 591


Levy, Leopold, 72


Lewellen, David, 515


Liberty Loan drives, 241, 243. 245. 247


Libraries, township, 156


Library, Syracuse, 325


Lieutenant-Governors, 69


Lilley, William H., 71 Line, James H., 69


Little Thunder, 25


Little Turkey Prairie, 342


Little Turtle, 18; speech of, 36


Live stock, 185


Lodges, Syracuse, 325; Milford, 348: Silver Lake, 354; Leesburg, 360


Logan, Andrew J., 573


Lones, Jerome H., 600


Lones, Jerome H., 637 Long, Elisha V., 138


Longenecker, Conrad D., 610 Longfellow, Homer, 644 Losier House, 121


Lowry, Robert R., 136


Loyal Order of Moose, Warsaw, 287 Lutherans, Syracuse, 322 I.ymmes, Daniel, 64 Tyon, Milford H., 241


Mabie. William A., 566


Maguire, Douglas, 71, 74 Main Street, Milford (illustration), 344 Makemson, Johnny, 336 Maloy, Milo, 489


Manson, Mahlon D., 69, 71 Manual training, 162


Maps: Northwest Territory of 1787, 10; Kosciusko County's Interurban system. 178; Winona Assembly and Summer School Association, 298 Marquette, Jacques. 2, 33; mission, 3 Marquette, the Peace Maker (illustra - tion), 1


Marshall, Thomas R., 68


Masons, Warsaw, 283; Milford. 348 Maston, William H., 690


Matthews, Claude. 68, 70


Matz. Jacoli W .. 657


Manzy, Howard L., 525 Mauzy, John W., 529


Mayhew, Royal, 72


McCarter. Elmer E., 587


McCarthy. Thomas P., 71


MeClintic. Eston E., 608


MeClintic. Martin V., 510


McClure. Daniel, 70


McClure, G. A., 467


McClure, Zadie V., 469


McConnell, Carl W., 252


McCoy, George W., 74


McDonald Island (illustration), 303


McDonald. Joseph E., 72


McGary, Wilbert F .. 584


McIntosh, William, 63


Mclaughlin, Jacob C., 643 McMillan, James W .. 212


McMurtrie, Uz, 72 McSherry, Fred A., 457 Meigs, Return J., 65


Menard, Pierre, 66


Menominee's eloquent defi, 46


Mentone, census, 125; total wealth, 127; value of real estate, 127; pres- ent, 351


Mentone Public School (illustration). 154 Menzie, Homer T., 661 Merchants, pioneer, 85 Meredith, Harvey, 406 Meredith. John C., 574


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INDEX


Merkle, George, 617


Merrick, William E., 666


Merrill, Samuel, 71


Methodists, pay of early circuit preachers, 275; first camp meeting, 276; first and present Sabbath schools, 276; edifices, 276; Syra- cuse, 322; Pierceton, 339; Milford, 348; Clay township, 357; Claypool, 358; Leesburg, 360


Methodist Episcopal Conference, War- saw, 275


Methodist missionaries, 275


Metzger, Joseph S., 577


Meurin, Fatber, 34


Miamis, 29, 31; public executioners, 32; confederacy, 30; chiefs, 49


Michener, Louis T., 73


Mickey, H. G., 411


Milburn, Richard M., 73


Miles, George W., 326; death of, 330 Milford, platted, 93; census, 126; value


of real estate, 127; total wealth, 127; pioneers, 343; first things, 343; incorporated as Milford Junction, 343; water works and fire depart- ment, 344; electric light and power, 345; industries, 345; banks, 345; newspapers, 345; library, 345; schools, 346; churches, 348; lodges, 348


Milford Grain Milling Company, 344 Milford Junction, 343


Milford Lodge No. 478, I. O. O. F., 348


"Milford Mail, The", 345


Milford Public Library, 346


Milford Public School (illustration). 154


Mill (illustration), 88


Miller, Charles W., 73


Miller, Hiram D., 395


Miller, Hugh T., 70


Miller, Jacob B., 500


Miller, John F., 214


Miller, John H., 537


Mills, Caleb, 73


Mills, pioneer, 87; Monroe township, 380 Millwood, 376 Milroy, Robert H., 205


Missionaries, Jesuit, 33 Mitterling, John F., 432


Modern Woodmen of America, War- saw, 286 Modern Teaching in the Field (illus- tration), 196


Mo-no-quet, 49. 56; end and succex- sor, 51


Monoquet Reserve, 90


Monroe township, surveyed, 89; cen- sus, 126; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; area, 380; pioneers, 380; mills, 380; organization, 380 Montel, John W., 556


Morris, Manford, 604


Morris, Morris, 71


Morrison, James, 70, 72


Morrison, John I., 72


Morrison, William A., 74


Mort, Jacob H., 443


Morton, Oliver P., 66, 69


Mo-ta, 49


Mota's Reserve, 90


Mount, James A., 68


Moyer, Henry A., 419


Murphy, James M., 538


Mus-quaw-buck, 49, 57


Musselman, Cyrus, 439 Myers, James H., 233 Myers, William R., 70


National census, 125 National politics, 118 Neher, George M., 634


Neff, Chloe D., 580 Neff, Grover C., 471


Neff, Jacob B., 580 Neff, John E., 70


Neff, Noble W., 470


New, Harry, 67


New, Robert A., 70


Newland, Elijah, 72


Newspapers, Warsaw, 289; Syracuse,


324; Pierceton, 341; Milford, 345; Leesburg, 360 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rail- road, 176


Nickel Plate Railroad, 176 Niles, John B., 135 Nine Mile Lake, 49, 107, 319


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INDEX


Noble, James, 66 Noble, Lazarus, 74 Noble, Noah, 68


Nofsinger, William R., 72 Norris, Delbert W., 490


North Webster, 367; bank, 367 "Northern Indianian", 290


Northern Indiana, Pottawatomies of, 44


Northern townships, first schools, in, 167


Northwest, French and British, 1; American, 11


Northwest Territory, organization of, 14; divided, 16; secretaries, 63; Judges of, 64; legislature, 65


Northwest Territory of 1787 (map), 10 Northwestern Indian League, 4 Noted Indian chiefs, 56 Nye, Mortimer, 69


Oakwood Park, 331 O'Brien, William H., 71


Old Covered Bridge of the "buggy" period (illustration), 184


Old Eight-sided Schoolhouse, Plain Township (illustration), 165


Old Indiana Mill (illustration), 88 Oldfather, Henry L., 431 Olds, Walter, 138


O'Neill, William P., 70


On the Shores of Grassy Creek (illus- trations), 365


On the Shores of the Lake, Winona Assembly (illustration), 310 One of Warsaw's Main Business Streets (illustration), 268


Ordinance of 1787, 35; Kosciuako, first county under, 15


Original Indiana counties, 17


Orr, William H., 659 Orth, Godlove S., 69 Ossem, Henry, 84


Oawego, as county seat candidate, 117; decline of, 361


Oswego Postoffice (illustration), 362 Owen, David D., 73


Owen, Richard, 74


Owen, William D., 70


Palestine, 349; rise and decline of, 350 Palestine Lake, 108


Palmer, Nathan B., 72


Parke, Benjamin, 64, 65


Parker, James W., 602


Parrish, Charles S., 230


Parsons, Samuel H., 64


Paulus, Jacob, 353 Paulus, Monroe, 400


Peashwa Tribe, No. 83, Improved Or- der of Red Men, 286


Peelle, William A., 70 Pennsylvania Railroad, 172


Pen-picture of Winona Assembly, 305


Peoples Bank of Leesburg, 360


Pepper, Abel C., Indian agent, 45


Perry, Oran, 74


Person, William S., 462


Personal and corporation property valuation, 127


Peterson, Andrew, 648


Peterson, David A., 649


Petit, John, 67


Petry, Charles H., 471


Pfleiderer, Abraham, 665


Phend, Harry R., 636


Physical features, 104


Pierceton, census, 126; total wealth,


127; value of real estate, 127; founded, 338; incorporated, 338; schools, 339; churches, 339; aocieties. 339; lodges, 340; banks, 341; news- papers, 341; industries, 341; of the present, 341


Pierceton Factory (illustration), 339 Pierceton High School (illustration).


154


Pierceton Lodge No. 377, Ancient


Free and Accepted Masons, 340


Pierceton Lodge No. 257, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pierceton, 340 Pierceton "Record", 341


Pike Lake, 108


Pioneer Cabin Completed (illustra- tion), 98


Pioneer Fireplace and Household Ar- ticles (illustration), 82


Pioneer Water Wheel (illustration), 88


Pioneer Woman (illustration), 254


Pioneer county officials, 111


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INDEX


Pioneer farming machinery, 188 Pioneer marriages, 336


Pioneer merchants, 85 Pioneer mills, 87 Pioneer teacher, 258


Pioneer times, 187


Pioneers, of the prairies, 85; Turkey Creek township, 91; Syracuse, 319; Washington township, 334; Mil- ford, 343; Etna township, 355; Tip- pecanoe township, 365; Seward township, 369; Jackson township, 370; Prairie township, 372; Frank- lin township, 377; Monroe town- ship, 380


Pittenger, John A., 619


Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 172


Pivotal State (Indiana), 60


Plain township, surveyed, 90; pion- eers, 95; census, 126; farms, value, 126; total wealth, 127; school sta- tisties, 169; county seat. 359


Plymouth, 173


"Plymouth", 174 Political record of Indiana, 60


Polk, George W., 680


Polk, William, 679


Pontiac, 8, 31, 35 Pontius, George B., 631


Poor, Calvin A., 613


Pope, William J., 256 Population of state, by decades. 59; rural, 194 Porter, Albert G., 68


Portraits: William Henry Harrison, 16; Tecumseh, 21; Major General Anthony Wayne, 37; O. B. Kilmer, 250; Rev. Sol. C. Dickey, D. D., 302 Posey, Thomas, 18, 63, 74


Postoffice, Oswego (illustration), 362 Post Vincennes, 13 Pottawatomies, derivation of name, 31; of Northern Indiana, 44; first migration of, 45; migration of 1838. 47; last of leave in 1840, 48; chiefs and their villages, 50


Politics, 111


Prairie township, surveyed, 90; pion- eers, 91; census, 126; total wealth, 127; farms, valne, 126; school sta- Val. 11-21


tistics, 169; area, 372; pioneer>. 372


Pratt, Daniel D., 67 Preachers, first, 103 Presbyterian church, First, Warsaw. 278


Presbyterians, Warsaw, 278; Pierce- ton, 339; Clay township, 358


President Judges, 131; first, 131 Prince, William, 63


Probate Court Judges, 141


Progressive agriculture, 195


Prophet, The, 20, 42


Prophet's Town, founded, 19


Prophetic Conference, 312 Prosecuting attorneys, 145


Poultry and eggs, 193


Powell, John, 91


Public executioners, 32


Public Instruction, Superintendents of. 73 Public land survey, 25


Public lands, reckless speculation in. 16 Public School, Leesburg (illustration). 154


Public School, Mentone (illustrations), 154, 352


Public School, Milford (illustration). 154


Public School. Syracuse (illustration). 154 Public Utilities and Necessities, War- saw, 271


Putnam, Rufus, 64 Pythian Sisters, Warsaw, 286


Radcliff, E. M., 584


Railroad engines, first, 174


Railroad statistics, 179


Railroads, 172


Ralston, Samuel M., 68


Randolph, Thomas, 64


Ranney. Stephen, 74


Ray, James B., 67


Ready for the Iron Highway (illus- tration), 174 Ready to Leave for the Front, Span- ish-American War (illustration ) .


237 Real estate valuation. 127


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INDEX


Reclaimed lands, 185 Red Cross, World War. 241


Red Cross work, 313 Reed, Hugh B., 217


Rural population, 194


Rural townships, scenes in, 373


Reed, James G., 69


Russ, George W., 74


Reed, William W., 491


Regenos, Charles M., 485


Regenos, Harley R., 505


Religious exercises at Indian Mis- sions, 33


Sabbath schools. first and present


Methodist. Warsaw, 276


Salmon, George B., 661


Sample, Sammel C., 114, 131


Sands. Amber D., 482


Reynolds, David, 74


Rice, James H., 71


Richer. Jacob D., 544


Richardson, Benjamin F., 578


Richardville, 18


Richcreek, Frank O., 532


Ricker, Orville, 252


Ringle, Amos, 652


Rippey, David, 97


Rippey family, 97


Rippey, Henry. 100


Ristine, Joseph, 71


Ritchison, John C., 477


Roach, William A., 71


Road building, 182


Roads, early, 171; by townships, 180: movement for good, 180


Robertson, Robert S., 69


Robbins, Irvin, 74


Robinson, R. R., 103


Robison, Sabin V., 426


Rookstool, Charles H., 502


Rose, Frank A., 233


Ross, Albert F., 444


Ross, Charles W., 433


Ross, Robert, 428


Rosseau, 84 Rosseau, John H., 210


Royal Neighbors of America, Warsaw, 288


Royse, Lemuel W., 140, 686


Ruckle, Nicholas R., 74


Rugg, Samuel L., 73 Runyan, .John A., 221


Runyan, John N., 122, 223


Runyan, Peter L., 290


Runyan, Peter L. Sr., 120


Ruple, Allen, 534


Rural consolidated schools, 166, 170


Rural schools, betterment of, 161


Reed, James A., 438


Ryan, James B., 72


Ryerson Cemetery, 337


Religious services, first, 103


Restful Scenes on Winona Lake (illus- trations), 307


Narber. Albert, 450


Sarber. Amelia A., 451


Sarber, Edson B., 519


Sarher. Martha, 415


Sarber, Thomas B., 415


Sarber's sketch of school system. 164


Sargent, Winthrop, 63


Scenes in the Rural Townships (illus- trations), 373 Scholz, Frederick J., 72


Schoolhouse, Old Eight-sided, Plain Townsbip (illustration). 165


Schools, carly. 100; Superintendent of. 155; text books uniform, 159: State superintendents of public instruc- tion, 160; rural. 161; teachers, 162: teaching of agriculture, manual training, home economics, 162; pres- ent educational system, 163: sub- scription, 165: rural consolidated. 166, 170; first schoolhouse in coun- ty. 167: first in Northern townships. 167; High schools, 167; statistics. 169: number of. 169; enrollment. 169: teachers, 169; value of prop- erty. 169; Warsaw. 258, 259. 265: Winona Lake, 314: Syracuse, 322: Washington township, 335; Pierce- ton. 339: Milford, 346; Silver Lake. 354: Claypool, 358: Jefferson town- ship, 376; Franklin township, 378 School system, Sarher's sketch of, 164 Scott. Joseph, 571




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