A standard history of White County Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and county, Vol. I, Part 2

Author: Hamelle, W. H.
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 574


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Ashley, George W., 429


Associate judges, 64


Atkinson, A. M., 336


Attorneys, 1838-43, 98


Ault, John, 215


Ault, Michael, 60


Ausman, Noah W., 273


Ayers, Samuel, 386 Ayres, W. S., 296


Backemeyer, Fred W., 333 Bacon, Albert, 128, 273


Bacon, Ira, 60, 61, 64, 176, 201, 204, 205


Badger, 419 Baer, Benjamin F., 429


Baer, Jasper A., 571


Bailey, Alexander, 273


Bailey, I. W., 354, 361, 366, 375


Bailey, Mary E., 696


Bailey, Samuel W., 694


Baird, Joseph, 86 Baird, Zebulon, 92


Baker, Ann G., 910


Baker, Burdell B., 328, 911


Baker, Charles F., 909


Baker, David, 430


Baker, George F., 907


Baker, John, 128, 273


Baker, John H., 691


Baker, Jonathan, 266


Baker, Roger, 286


Baker, Stephen E., 286


Baker, William, 274


Baldwin, Joseph, 131


Ball & House, 358


Ball, Benjamin, 205, 343


Ball, C. R., 374


Ball, H. B., 347


Ball, J. B., 374


Ball, William H., 154, 216 Ballintyne, Samuel, 286 Ballou, A. B., 154


Bank of Brookston, 359


Bank of Chalmers, 365


Bank of Idaville, 368


Bank of Reynolds, 377, 763


Banks, 327 Banks, Monon, 345


Banks, Wolcott, 352 Baptists and Methodists organize, 291


Baptist Church, Brookston, 360


Baptist Church, Burnettsville, 374


Baptist Church of Chalmers, 366


Baptist Church of Wolcott, 354


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Barcus, Henry, 237


Barcus, S., 374 Bare, Benjamin, 273


Benham, J. R., 254


Benjamin, Marion, 752


Benjamin, May, 336


Barnes, Allen, 61, 225, 226, 430


Barnes, Alexander, 227


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Bennett, Esau, 432


Bennett, Henry P., 322, 1003


Bennett, Taylor, 340


Benson, Samuel, 263, 266


Bentley, Salome, 125


Berg, J., 378


Barnes, John T., 366, 946


Barnes, J. J., 148


Barnes, Samuel, 339


Barnes, Samuel D., 286


Barnes, Thomas M., 430


Barnes, William A., 530


Barr, James, 218, 862


Barr, John, 61, 195, 218, 289


Barr, John, Jr., 218, 238


Barr, John, Sr., 65


Barr, Moses S., 399


Barr, Robert, 69, 91, 214, 218, 219, 220


Barr, Robert A., 60


Barr, Robert W., 133


Barry, Cyrus, 61, 219, 221


Bartholomew, John C., 431


Bartholomew, Robert, 239


Bartley, Catherine, 431


Bartley, George, 60, 289


Bartley, George R., 61, 193, 195, 300, 382, 414


Bartley, G. R., 293


Basye, Samuel, 46


Batchelder, Samuel, 219


Bates, John, 250


Bates, Valentine, 417


Batson, John A., 586


Battle of Tippecanoe, 18, 26 Baughman, Henry M., 344


Baum, Daniel, 201, 236, 265, 266


Baum, George, 266


Baum, George I., 263


Baum, Harriet, interview with, 401


Baum, Henry, 60, 92, 193, 195


Baum, James, 265, 266


Baxter, George, 340


Bayard, Perry A., 266


Beak, William, 286


Beard, M. B., 117


Beard, Thomas, 225, 430


Beasey, Isaac, 247, 255


Beasley, Allen D., 334


Beauchamp, Andrew, 263, 266


Beauchamp, James, 219


Billingsley, John A., 225


Birch, Christopher, 225


Birch, John, 254


Birch, Jonathan, 219


Birds, 41


Bisher, Jeremiah, 60, 193, 200, 236, 427


Bisher, Isaiah, 340.


Bishop, David, 61


Bishop, Martin, 285, 286


Bishop, Peter, 399


Bishop, Peter F., 666


Bishop, William J., 417


Bissonnette, George, 839


Black, Edwin, 332


Black Oak Settlement, 254


Black, R. S., 156


Blackwell, John A., 154, 433


Big Creek Township, originally named Norway, 60; divided, 60; schoolhouse, 124; Agricultural Society originated in, 142; physical and agricultural fea- tures, 232; first settler, 233; first town- ship officers, 237; schools, 237; election of 1836, 238; land entries in 1833-36, 238; increase of real settlers, 239; land entries in 1837-51, 239; land own- ers and settlers of 1830-33, 236; first frame schoolhouse, 242; first iron bridge, 243; swamp lands reclaimed, 243; leader in good roads movement, 243; appraisement of for 1915, 425


Big Monon Creek, 206


Billingsley, John, 226


Beauchamp, John, 219


Beauchamp, Moses, 219


Beauchamp, Risden, 219


Beaver, John, 238


Beaver, John S., 275


Beck, Jacob, 293


Beckner, W., 374


Bee, The, 169


Beecher, John, 214


Beechum, Andrew, 265


Beers, Joseph D., 225 Beever, Samuel, 427


Beezy, Isaac, 237, 280, 282


Belen, Joseph, 224


Belford, James B., 178, 431 Bell, John, 263, 266


Berkey, David, 61, 91, 204, 205, 207, 208 Berkey, Frank P., 318, 432


Berkey, John M., 181


Berkey, Michael, 125


Berkey, Michael A., 74, 75


Berkey, M. A., 384


Berry, Jabez B., 263, 266


Berry, John W., 263


Beshoar, Daniel, 631


Beshoar, Hiram, 601


Beshoar, H., 373


Beshoar, William, 594


Best, Adam, 219


Best, Samuel, 219


Beswick, P. J., 374


Bethke, J. H., 379


Bevington, C. L., 362


Beyer, A., 378


Bice, Isaiah, 286


Biddle, Horace P., 74, 99


Biederwolf, George, 327, 650


Biederwolf, George M., 328


Biederwolf, Michael, 649


Biederwolf, William E., 138


Biederwolf, W. E., 189


Bell, Nathaniel, 263


Benbridge, Thomas T., 263


Barker, Isaac, 250 Barnard, Obed, 357


Benjamin, P. M., 336


Benjamin, Rolla, 133


Barnes, Amos, 225 Barnes, C. A., 154


Barnes, D. F., 297


Barnes, James, 60, 64, 69, 91, 98, 238, 247, 417, 430


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. Blackwell, J. A. 182 Blair, John, 218 Blake, Isaac W., 204, 205 Blake, James, 352, 783 Blake, James, Sr., 433 Blake, J. C., 296 Blickenstaff, Augustus J., 156


Blickenstaff, William, 550 Bliss, Henry G., 179, 186 Blizzard, R. P., 363 Blue-Joint Grass, 39 Blue Ribbon movement, 386 Blum, J., 378


Board of County Commissioners, 62 Board of Health, 49


Boeye, Charles, 1001


Boicourt, Absalom, 433


Boicourt, Enoch G., 399


Boicourt, Jephtha, 374


Boles, John, 250


Bolinger, David, 266


Bolinger, John W., 371


Bond, G. A., 347


Boone, Thomas, 339


Bordner, Augustus S., 434


Bordner, Ira, 360


Bostick, John, 236


Bostick, Joseph, 61, 218, 219, 399


Bostick, Thomas S., 778


Bott, Harry T., 167


Bott, William M., 434


Bowen, A. M., 374


Bowles, Elisha, 92, 218


Bowman, George, 126, 179, 182, 305, 434 Bowman, Mary, 127


Boyd, John L., 334 Boyd, J. L., 347


Boyd, W. I., 374 Brackney, Charles W., 931 Braden, William, 296


Brady, Ann, 133


Brady, John, 238, 293


Bragg, James M., 250


Brannan, John W., 941


Brasket, J. W., 250


Brawley, Daniel, 285


Breames, Fred, 277 -


Brearley, Jones, 323, 327


Brearley, R., 178, 382 Brearly, Randolph, 143, 202, 295, 436


Breckenridge, Charles, 77


Breckenridge, Robert R., 436 Brecount, Gideon, 282 Brengle, J. G., 375


Bretzinger, John, 339


Brick courthouse, cholera interferes with its completion, 72; description of, 73 Bridges at Tioga, Near Monticello (view), 50


Briggs, Alexander, 399 Briggs, A. T. 334 Bringham, Leander, 437 Brink, Robert N., 286 Bristor, J. H., 337 Britton, Mrs. Frank, 338 Britton, Henry, 283 Britton, John, 205 Britton, Thomas T., 608


Brock, George A., 201 Brock, William, 293 Brockway, H. T., 117 Broderick, Isaiah, 201, 272


Brooke, Charles A., 334 Brooks, Jacob W., 215 Brooks, James, 247, 356 Brookston-Industrial and commercial center, 220; platted, 356; extension of the site, 356; momentous years, 1866- 67, 357; first stores and industries, 357; industries of the present, 358; incorporation of, 358; marked steps in progress, 358; banks, 359; town com-, missioned high school, 359; secret and benevolent societies, 362; appraisement of for 1915, 425 Brookston Academy (view), 132


Brookston Academy, 131, 155, 357, 359 Brookston Baptist Church, 360


Brookston Canning Factory, 359


Brookston Gazette, 172


Brookston in 1880 (view), 358


Brookston Magnet, 172


Brookston Methodist Church, 360


Brookston Presbyterian Church, 361


Brookston Reporter, The, 171


Broom, The, 167 Broomfield, W. H., 347


Brown, Ambrose T., 1014


Brown, Andrew, 281


Brown, Brasier H., 1023


Brown, Cole, 347


Brown, Daniel, 215, 217, 218


Brown, Edward H., 357


Brown, Ezekiel W., 217


Brown, E. A., 132


Brown, E. R., 313, 315


Brown, Mrs. E. R., 313


Brown, George, 72, 217


Brown, John,. 178


Brown, John C., 339, 437 Brown, James, 254


Brown, James D., 373, 589


Brown, James F., 340


Brown, James G., 265, 266


Brown, James J., 208


Brown, John C., 180


Brown, John G., 1012


Brown, J. C., 179


Brown, J. M., 334, 353


Brown, Mercer, 263


Brown, Richard, 178, 304, 307


Brown, Thomas B., 92


Brown, Thomas H., 281


Brown, Watt, 386


Brownsfield, Thomas, 246


Bruce, John H., 334


Brucker, John, 437


Brucker, William F., 640


Brucker, W. F., 352 Brummer murder at Reynolds, 410


Bryan, William H., 370


Bryant, William P., 69, 92 Buchanan, Armstrong, 60, 91, 237


Buffalo, 269 Buffalo, Karr's addition, 269 Budd, Joseph, 347 Budd, J. S., 374 Bulger, James W., 199, 339, 438


Bulger, J. W., 250


Bulletin, The, 169


Bundy, M. L., 308


Bunger, Edna, 370


Bunnell, Barzilla, 438


Bunnell, Barzilla W., 238


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Bunnell, Charles, 366


Bunnell, C. J., 348, 361, 375


Bunnell, Eliza A., 246


Bunnell, Eliza N., 238


Bunnell Families, 246 Bunnell, John, 238, 239


Bunnell, John B., 143, 340, 354, 438, 856


Bunnell, John N., 652


Bunnell, John W., 237, 238, 246


Bunnell, Joshua, 377, 399


Busing, George K., 375


Buskirk, E. C., 285


Buskirk, Michael, 286


Buskirk, Michael T., 286


Buskirk, Samuel H., 286


Buss, William M., 746


Byram, Mrs. 341


Cadillac, Lamotte, 10


Cahill, James B., 266


Cahill, William, 124


Cain, Bushrod W., 239


Bunnell, William, 254


Cain, Daniel, 201, 202


Bunnell, William F., 394


Cain, John, 253, 254


Bunnell, W. F., 341


Cain, Jordan, 247


Bunton, John, 247


Cain, Thomas, 250


Burch, Christopher, 61, 255


Callahan Family, 415


Callaway, S. L., 117


Burdge, J. E., 133


Burget, Hannah M., 946


Burgett, Fred, 417


Burgner, Conrad S., 334


Burial places, 2


Burket, Solomon, 225


Burkitt, Solomon, 61


Burnett's Creek, 228, 371


Burnettsville, 57, 61, 226, 371; founded, 230; and Sharon consolidated, 230; be- fore the town was laid out, 371; ap- praisement of, for 1915, 425


Burnettsville Baptist Church, 374


Burnettsville Christian Church, 374


Burnettsville Dispatch, 174


Burnettsville Elevator Company, 373


Burnettsville Elevator and Poultry Pack- ing House, 373


Burnettsville Enterprise, 174


Burnettsville Methodist Church, 374


Burnettsville News, 175


Burnettsville Old Dunkards, 375


Burnettsville State Bank, 373


Burnettsville Town Commissioned High School, 374


Burns, Elizabeth, 332


Burns, Francis M., 439


Burns, James, 339, 439 Burns, Jane, 440


Burns, John, 60, 61, 123, 236, 238, 299, 440


Burns, John H., 340, 341


Burns, J. W., 334


Burns, Liberty M., 247, 424, 439


Burns murder, 409


Burns, Samuel E., 202


Burns, Samuel M., 870


Burns, S. M., 172


Burns, Washington, 250, 440


Burns, William, 225, 236, 440


Burns, Mrs. William, 236 Burson, Samuel, 272


Burton, R. W., 374 Bush, Ernan A., 986 Bush, E. A., 379


Bushnell, Samuel B., 339 Bushnell, S. B., 307 Bushnell, Thomas, 178, 184, 221, 307, 320, 339, 340, 548


Bushnell, Webster P., 319


Bushnell, Will S., 153, 394


Bushnell, William S., 340


Bushnell, Willie S., 548


Bushnell, W. S., 116, 307, 315, 389


Bunnell, J. B., 250, 353


Bunnell, J. N., 250, 379


Bunnell, Martha E., 653


Bunnell, Nathaniel, 133, 246, 247, 250, 376, 438


Bunnell, Nathaniel, Jr., 237, 238


Bunnell, Nathaniel, Sr., 237, 238


Bunnell, N., 247


Bunnell, N. W., 250


Bunnell, Stephen, 237, 438


Bunnell, Thomas, 178, 238, 246. 396


Burch, John, 255


Callis, John, 250


Calvert, R. H., 297, 334, 347, 374


Camp Fire Girls, 317


Campbell, S. N., 334


Campbell, W., 347


Canal and railroad competition, 52


Canal and swamp lands, 44


Canal script, 71


Candent, John, 250


Cantwell-Dayton murder trial, 398


Cantwell, Isaac M., 250, 283


Capt. George Bowman, Founder of Monti- cello's First High School (portrait), 435 Carey, L. D., 117, 389


Carey, William, 266


Carlson, Charles G., 1028


Carothers, John, 160


Carr, Benjamin F., 116, 324, 533


Carr, Edward E., 987


Carr, James L., 156


Carr, John H., 417


Carr, John P., 219, 441


Carr, Mary, 406


Carr, Solomon, 219


Carr, William, 238


Carrol, James, 286


Carroll, John, 285 Carroll, Michael, 286


Carson, James, 285 Carson, James E., 903 Carson, John A., 687


Carson, Lydia A., 441


Carson, Samuel A., 327, 340


Carson, S. A., 643


Cary, William, 265 Casad, Mary A., 336 Cass, Lewis, 273


Cass Township, first school, 128; Govern- ment surveys inaccurate, 271; first set- tler, 272; land entries in 1838-48, 272; organized, 273; pioneer schools, 273; land entries in 1849-52, 274; swamp, canal and military warrants lands, 275; non-residents hold two-thirds of


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township, 275; markets, early dearth of, 276; improvements, 277; appraise- ment of, for 1915, 425 Cassell, Christian, 249, 375


Castleton, 419


Cathcart, 209 Catt, George, 86


Catt, Philip, 86


Cattle raising and herding, 258


Caughell, John H., 994


Cauldwell, J. M., 354


Cement Tile Works, 327


Chaffee, J. E., 156


Chaffee, Sidney L., 847


Chalmers, 242; originally Mudge's Sta- tion, 363; additions to, 365; growth since incorporation, 365; bank of, 365; industries, 365; churches and societies, 365; founder of, 365; educational fa- cilities, 366; appraisement of, for 1915, 425


184; summary of number of troops raised, 188; overshadows all questions, 302


· Clark, A. L., 347


Clark, Benjamin, 250


Clark, Cornelius, 60, 64


Clark, Daniel Z., 1031


Clark, Enoch J., 985


Clark, General, 85


Clark, I. N., 375


Clark, James, 60


Clark, Mary E., 622


Clark, Robert J., 307, 622


Clark, R. J., 159


Clark, Thomas C., 1033


Clark, William, 85


Clark, W. H., 156


Clarke, A. B., 164


Clarke, Fred A., 168


Clary, James, 441


Clary, Joseph H., 850


Clay and stone industries, Monon, 344


Clayton, George R., 156, 1008


Chamberlain, Aaron, 247


Chamberlain, D. C., 205


Chamberlain, Ephraim, 225


Chamberlain, George W., 441, 892


Chamberlain, I., 205


Chamberlain, John W., 895


Chamberlain, Joseph L., 179


Chamberlain, Joseph W., 880


Chamberlain, Lewis, 208


Chamberlain, Margaret A., 348


Chamberlain, Melissa, 881


Cochran, Andrew, 179, 183, 889


Cochran, Samuel M., 225


Cochran, Sherman, 889


Coen, George V., 441


Coffey, William L., 767


Coffin, Guy R., 156, 569


Colelazer, Jacob, 334


Cole, A. A., 143 Cole, James, 250 Cole, John, 250


Cole, Joseph, 248, 250


Coles, James, 246


Coles, Joseph, 246


Coles, Moses, 246


Colfax, Schuyler, 421


Collins, Gus, 134


Colvin, S. P., 334


Common Pleas judges, 1854-69, 113


4 Compagnotte, Fr., 86


Company D, Twelfth Regiment, 179


Company K, Twentieth Regiment, 179


Company E, Forty-sixth Regiment, 179


Company G, Forty-sixth Regiment, 179


Company G, Sixty-third Regiment, 179


Company F, Ninety-ninth Regiment, 179, 183


Company K, One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment, 179


Company F, One Hundred and Twenty eighth Regiment, 179


Company G, One Hundred and Fifty- first Regiment, 179


Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-first Volunteers, 189 Compton, JJohn D., 47


Conn, Thomas E., 775 Conner, Patrick, 286 Conner, S. P., 166


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Clearwaters, J. A., 334 Clerk's office, 72


Clermont, 350, 419


Clevenger, Bazil, 214


Coble, Daniel, 250


Coble, James, 250


Coble, Joseph, 247


Cobler, Jolın, 263


Cochell, Abner, 322


Cochell, John, 322


Chamberlin, Henry, 857


Chandler, Cordelia A., 336 Chapman, W. B., 186 Chase, Isaac, 254


Chautauqua Home Study Club, 341


Cheever, William M., 332


Chenoweth, Frank S., 816 Chenoweth, Ira, 239, 417


Chenoweth, Thomas, 239


Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Rail- road, 57 Chilcott, Charles, 174 Chilton, James, 760


Chilton, James S., 285


Chilton, Thomas, 219


Chivington, E. O., 360, 365


Choctaw Line, The, 104


Christian Church, founded in Mouticello, 335; reorganized, 336; destructive fire and new church, 337; pastors of, 337 Christian Church, Burnettsville, 374 Christian Church, Wolcott, 353


Christians, Reynolds, 379


Christy, John W., 321


Churches, 330; union of, 332; West Point Township, 282


Church of God, Idaville, 370


Circuit Court, 62, 75, 90; first session of, 69 Circuit judges, 1855-1915, 106 Circuit Rider, 290 Cissel, John H., 334 Citizens State Bank, 352


City Hall, Monticello (view), 325


Civil war, the three months' reernits, 178; companies furnished by White County, 179; the threatened draft of 1862, 183; escape from the 1863 draft, Conwell, John, 744


Chalmers Dispatch, 174


Chalmers Ledger, 174


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Conwell, William, 266 Cook, Charles, 172 Cook, Jeru, 132 Coon, William, 255


Coonrod, Morton, 542


Cooper, Amos, 203, 207, 399


Cooper, J. J., 334


Cooper, Lycurgus, 203


Cooper Mill, 207


Crose, Thomas, 201


Crose, Thompson, 178, 293


Crose, William, 410


Corder, William, 368


Crose & McElhoe, 297


Cornell, G. W., 132


Cross, E. B., 337


Cornell, James W., 442


Cornell, Richard, 417


Cornell, Jacob, 263, 266


Cornell, William, 238


Corydon, 27


Coterie Club, 341


Cosad, Eva, 341


County Agricultural Society dissolved, 145


County Board of Education, 133


County commissioners, 64


County Fair, first and best, 143


County library, 62, 123


County roads surrendered to the town- ships, 52


County recorder, 381


County seat located, 65; title, 66; divi- sion over removal of, 145; removal of, 408


County surveyor, first, 47


Coureurs de bois, 10


Court of Common Pleas, 75, 112; de- fined, 90


Courthouse (view), 76


Courthouse corner stone laid, 77


Courtney, Hugh, 226


Courtney, James, 225, 226


Cowan, Beersheba, 290, 331


Cowan, Harriet, 331


Cowan, John B., 247


Cowan, Rhoda, 331


Cowdin, Joseph D., 179, 181, 339


Cowger, Clarence R., 117


Cowger, Eli, 201


Cowger, Eli W., 992


Cowger, Jacob, 442


Cowger, John, 203, 205


Cowger, John R., 990


Cowger, John W., 983


Cowger, Kate V., 336


Cowger, Rebecca, 333


Cowger, Ruth, 333


Cowger, Samuel P., 995


Cowger, Sarah A., 333


Cowger, Silas, 203, 204, 333


Cowger, Silas R., 1002


Cowger, Mrs. S. P., 158


Cowger, T. S., 133


Cowger, William H., 442


Cox, Aaron, 60


Cox, Anna E., 348


Cox, John, 250


Cox, John W., 348


Cox, F., 374


Davis, George E., 989


Davis, Isaac, 238, 399


Davis, Mrs. Isaac, 338


Davis, Isaac M., 340, 722


Davis, James, 224


Davis, John, 218, 219


Cramer, Stanley, 355 Cress, David, 266


Dague, William H., 166


Dahlenburg, William, 748


Dahling, Fred, 377, 763


Daily, Barney, 221


Daily Journal, The, 168


Dale, Daniel, 61, 64, 69, 91, 224, 226, 298


Dale, Daniel, Sr., 417


Dale, Daniel D., 178, 180, 444


Dale, D. D., 305


Dale, Isaac, 334


Dale, James, 250


Dale, John E., 374


Dale, Joseph, 61, 92, 251


Dale, Lewis J., 226


Dale, Levi S., 382


Dale, L. S., 382


Dale, Margaret, 374


Dale, Oliver S., 445


Dale, O. S., 250


Dale, Prudence, 371, 374


Dale, William R., 61, 224, 226


Dame, C. F., 348


Darnell, Nathan, 97


Darrow, Isaac N., 830


Dasher, Christian, 293


Daugherty, Amanda J., 772


Daugherty, Jacob W., 771


Daugherty, William H., 809


Daviess, Jo, 18


Daviess, Joseph H., 21


Davis, Barney, 219


Davis, Catherine, 374


Davis, Catherine E., 239


Davis, Charles W., 324, 553


Davis, Daniels, 283


Davis, Elijah C., 179, 185


Cozad, Jacob, 334


Craft, Morgan, 977


Craig, B. B., 348 Craig, B. C., 361'


Crissinger, George, 732 Crissinger, James, 733 Criswell, Robert E., 368


. Crom, L. M., 174 Cromer, John, 273 Crooks, Jacob, 91 Crose, James, 263, 266


Crose, Tacy J., 442


Cooper, William P., 812


Coptner, W. J., 374


Crouch, Cornelia (Hughes), 443


Crouch, Henry C., 318, 322, 443


Crouch, Jeptha, 322, 406


Crow bounty, 411


Crow, Thomas D., 178


Crow, T. D., 180


Cullen, Clara (Simons), 443


Cullen, George H., 340, 444


Cullen, George, Sr., 444


,Curtis, C. C., 361


Curtis, W. W., 265


Cutler, Loren, 202, 219, 399


Cutler, Ralph A., 219


Cutler, Sardis, 202


Davis, John W., 370


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Davis, Joseph W., 185, 219 Davis, Judah A., 723 Davis, Maria, 374 Davis, Matthias, 123 Davis, Noah, 275 Davis, Phillip, 60, 91, 218 Davis, Theodore J., 221, 445 Davis, William, 307, 374 Davis, William S., 340, 371 Davis, W. R., 339 Davis, W. S., 307


Davison, William, 265, 266


Davisson, Amasiah, 445


Davisson, C. S., 354


Davisson, Mary, 338


Davisson, Sim, 810


Dawson, Lewis, 290, 331


Dawson, T. R., 293


Downing, Charles, 172


Downing, Thomas, 201


Downs, Frank, 172


Downs, John, 274


Downs, William H., 636 Drainage, natural and artificial, 35; pres- ent system of, 49


Draining companies, 48


Droke, David S., 448


Duffey, John C., 133, 597


Duffey, J. C., 174


Duffy, F. A., 373


Duffy, J. C., 373 Duncan, James F., 606


Duncan, John, 205


Duncan, Robert E., 777


Duncan, Samuel, 205


Dunham, D., 374


Dunham, Jeremiah, 225, 448


Dunham, John, 375


Dunham, W. N., 347


Dunkard Church, 330


Dunkards, how they supported the Union, 334 Dunlap, Elder J. H., 348


Dunlap, J. H., 348


Dunlap, Margaret, 348


Dunlavy, A. A., 347


Dunlop, John, 417


Durn, Benjamin, 225 Dutton, B. E., 277


Dutton, J. E., 277


Duvall, Theresa, 347


Dye, Edward R., 638


Dye, George D.,355, 819


Dye, Maude, 355


Dyer, George W., 448


Dyer, Mortimer, 254, 255


Dyer, Oscar, 279, 280


Dyer, Zebulon, 123, 238


Eagle Canning Works, 359 Early judges and lawyers, traits of, 103 Early settler, grave of the oldest, 416 Earthworks, 2


Eddy, Harry C., 748 Eddy, Reuben, 747 Edmonson, Samuel P., 283


Edwards, Jesse, 332


Edwards, John, 334 Egnew, L. O., 354 Eldridge, Elijah, 230


Elston, Lewis, 266 Electric Plant and Dam (view), 319 Elliott, James, 143


Dickey, George, 761 Dickey, N. S., 362 Dickey, Sol C., 333 Dickey, S. C., 169, 361 Dickinson, Ansel M., 340 Dickinson, A. M., 250 Dickson, B. H., 345 Didlake, Madison T., 156, 340, 532 Didlake, M. T., 336, 353 Didlake, Mrs. M. T., 313 Diemer, Jacob, 785 Dille, John, 225 Dilts, Daniel, 275 Distillery in White County, 409 Dittmann, Henry, 563 Dixon, Benjamin, 246 Dixon, George, 273 Dixon, Harrison, 273 Dixon, Noah, 238 Doan, Milton, 426 Dobbins, Moses G., 852 Dobbins, Robert F., 833 Dobbins, Schuyler C., 528 Dobbins, William, 371


Dodd, J. H., 337 Dodge, Catherine, 374 Donaldson, Scott, 540 Donavan, Thomas, 238 Donnelly, Thomas E., 448


Dooley, A. H., 375 Dougherty, M. C., 92


Dowell, Francis M., 988


Downey, Catherine, 332


Downey, Daisy M., 366, 915


Downey Family, 524


Downey, James, 527 Downey, John C., 133, 366, 912


Downey, Mary J., 527 Downey, Thomas, 205, 332, 347


Downey, Thomas F., 527


Downey, William H., 661


Day, John, 247 Day, Joseph, 248 Decker, Abraham, 86


Decker, Luke, 86


Deen, Benjamin, 225


Dellinger, David, 282, 446


Dellinger, Thomas W., 836


DeLong, A. H., 334


De Long, Joseph, 251


Delzell, Robert M., 377, 446 Delzell, R. M., 156 Delzell, William, 447


Democrat, 164


Democrat-Journal-Observer Company, 164 DeMotte, John B., 334 Demso, John, 286 Derba, Sarah, 446


Dern, 287, 419 Dern, A. Jackson, 287


DeVault, E. B., 348 Develin, Levi C., 447 Dewey, Jacob, 195


Dexter, Jacob W., 190


Dexter, Milton, 273


Dibell, Edwin J., 794 Dibell, Elihu B., 352, 355, 447, 795 Dibell, Elihu L., 793 Dibell, E. J., 133


Dibell Family, 351 Dibra, Jacob, 205


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Elliott, James B., 230 Elliott, W. M., 327


Emerson, Thomas, 60 Emery, George, 250


Emery, Ira, 282


Ensminger, Henry, 201, 295 Equal Franchise League, 341 Erickson, John P., 928 Esra, Elias, 254


Evangelical Lutheran St. James' Church, 379


Evans, James, 449


Evans, Julius, 355


Evening Journal, 164


Ewing, Frank A., 551


Ewing, George W., 303


Failing, Mary, 449


Failing, Peter R., 322, 340, 449


Failing, P. R., 178


Fairfield, Hobart, 651


Farmers Bank, 359


Farmers' Elevator, 327


Farmers State Bank, 328


Farmington Male and Female Seminary, 230


Farmington Seminary, 130


Farr, C. W., 374


Father Meurin, 12


Fawcett, D. A., 163


Fayette, 419


Fennimore, Matthew, 334


Fenters, Samuel, 340


Ferguson, Andrew, 60


Ferguson, Edgar M., 133, 956


Ferguson, John, 61, 69, 91


Ferry established, 293


Ferryfold, A. A., 250


Field, Charles W., 618


Fincer, William, 202


Finch, Aaron, 92


Finch Grove Road, 221 . Findley, J. W., 362


First active jurors, 91


First Circuit judge, 91 First county officers, 64


First judicial tribunal, 85


First marriage in county, 414


First permanent settler, 215


First prisoner, 70


First schoolhouse in county, 122


First state constitution, public education under the, 120


First territorial court, 85


Fishburn, P. M., 169, 337


Fisher, Charles F., 179


Fisher, David, 238, 334, 940


Fisher, David L., 449


Fisher, Jasel, 399


Fisher, William, 263, 266


Fisher, William M., 704


Fisk, Cassius, 320 Fitch, Aaron, 69


Fleeger, Robinson, 450


Flemming, William, 263, 266


Flour Mill, 197 Flowerville, 209, 419


Fobes, Eliab, 224, 226 Foltz, James P., 796 Foram, M., 250 Forbis, William N., 450 Ford, Eldon, 355


Ford, John T., 340


Ford, William F., 176, 450


Forgotten towns, 418


Forney, 279, 319


Fort Chartres, 85; semi-civil government at, 13 Fort Pontchartrain, 10


Fort Wayne, 11


Fosher, J. B., 362


Foster, Charles L., 164, 172, 664


Foster, C. J. L., 182


Foster, Joshua D., 164


Foundry, Michael, 250


Fowler, James R., 273


Fox, Peter, 451


Fox, W. E., 352


Fraley, Henry, 347


Fraley, Henry C., 378


Fraley, H. C., 374


Frame courthouse, 70


Francis, Fred, 133, 369


Franklin, Jacob, 293


Fraser, Lincoln M., 322, 730


Fraser, Mahlon, 238, 322, 451, 730


Fraser, Mahlon, Sr., 193


Fraser, Maximilla, 451


Fraser, William, 322, 730


Free school system, 129


French, C. C., 361


French, Charles J., 886


French, Chester C., 171


French, David, 361


French, David S., 171, 361


French, D. S., 348


French forts, 10


French fur traders, 10


French-Indian Amalgamation, 10


French, James F., 359, 886


French, Joseph, 361


French military forts, 12


French, Ruth, 866


French titles to lands, uncertain, 13


French, William, 359, 866


Fretz, Barney, 169


Friday, George W., 451


Friend, John, 239


From Courthouse, Looking North (view), 288 From Courthouse Tower Looking South (view), 288


Fross, Jacob M., 764


Fry, John, 277, 689


Fry, Samuel, 272


Fuller, Harriett, 174


Funk, Jacob, 266


Funk, Samuel, 266


Fur trade, 11


Galey, L. F., 348


Gardiner, William, 682


Gardner, Charles, 78


Gardner, Mrs. Charles, 338


Gardner, Edward R., 552


Gardner, F. C., 339


Gardner, Irvine, 171


Gardner, James M., 567


Gardner, John P., 567


Gardner, J. W., 379


Gardner, Nora, 315, 341


Galford, William J., 281


Garlinghouse, Cyrus B., 225, 419 Garlinghouse, George B., 225


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Garvin, Frank G., 352, 354 Gates, George, 60 Gates, Perry, 368, 369 Gaven, Frank E., 78 Gaves, Henry H., 186 Gay, George, 954 Gay, George M., 452 Gay, Illila, 218




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