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"Say, Sheriff, I'll help you out if you'll give me my ground !" mean- ing exemption from arrest for the present.
It was getting dark, and the sheriff's condition being desperate, he accepted the proposition. Dirth got down off his perch and by skillful maneuvering and hard work pried horse and rider out of the mire and got them back to land.
Sheriff Warden played "honor bright" with him by letting him go his way at that time but arrested him a few days later, after their "gentlemen's agreement" had expired.
With the disappearance of the marshes the muskrat has also vanished from White County, except along the watercourses, and present-day fugitives from justice would have to travel much farther than Mr. Dirth did to find such a refuge as a muskrat house.
GEORGE A. SPENCER'S DOCKET AS J. P.
One of the most interesting records in White County is now in the possession of Miran B. Spencer, Esq., of Monticello. It is the old docket, bound in deer skin, which his grandfather, George A. Spencer, used when he was a justice of the peace in Big Creek Township from September 16, 1834, to June 23, 1836.
The record of many suits are found in this little book, the first case being that of Merkle, Orwig & Co. vs. Milton Doan, in which judgment
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was given plaintiffs on September 16, 1834, for $32.65. On this judg- ment the constable levied on about twenty acres of corn valued at $184, one horse valued at $8 and one lot of hogs valued at $8.
The second case was that of Ashford Parker against our old friend, Jeremiah Bishir, filed the same day, and on November 15, 1834, judg- ment was rendered against defendant for $10.90, which was later paid.
One of the most amusing cases was filed January 15, 1835, entitled, "Samuel Shanahan vs. Robert Newell," in which plaintiff swears, "that on January 15, 1835, in the county aforesaid, Robert Newell, of sd. county, a certain assault and battery, was perpetrated by sd. Newell coming to my house, clinching me & striking me two or three times, twice on the head & once in the side. This was on the body of Samuel Shanahan & that he verily believes that Robert Newell of said county is guilty of sd. offense & further saith not." A warrant issued, Mr. Newell was arrested, pleaded guilty and was fined $3 and costs. Cor- nelius Clark entered replevin bail and on April 4, 1835, the judgment was paid. But this did not close the matter, for two days later, on January 17, 1835, Newell sued Shanahan and recovered judgment for $10, on which Andrew Ferguson became replevin bail. On April 25 the costs were paid and $2.25 paid on the judgment, but the remaining $7.75 is still due.
On January 30, 1836, one Samuel Beever recovered judgment against Jeremiah Bishir for $9.75 and costs, which included fees for several witnesses who had been subpoenaed in the case. The Beever family name figures prominently in this record, and on February 23, 1836, one W. M. Beever was arrested for an offense which is not stated. He pleaded not guilty, was tried, acquitted, but placed under bond to keep the peace, and the record concludes: "Said defendant fined for swearing $1.00." Mr. Spencer was a good churchman and would have no swearing in his court.
One of the most important cases was that of Joshua Rinker vs. Jeremiah Bishir, in which, on May 30, 1836, judgment was awarded plaintiff for $75, and upon which Simon Kenton became replevin bail. The record shows that $10 is yet due on this judgment.
The last case tried was on June 23, 1836, in which Jeremiah Bishir recovered judgment against W. M. Beever for $5.183/4, upon which judgment Philip Davis became replevin bail, but this judgment is not yet satisfied of record.
On August 9, 1837, this docket was turned over to Joseph Phillips, justice of the peace, who states that it was one year after the commission of George A. Spencer had expired.
FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE
It will doubtless surprise many of the younger generation to learn that an attempt was made to construct a telegraph line through White County prior to the advent of our first railroad. Some time prior to 1850 poles were set through the entire length of Main Street, as far
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north as Norway and on part of the projected line to LaFayette. This line was intended to connect the latter place with White Post, a post- office in Pulaski County, but no wire was ever strung, the poles rotted in the ground and the project was abandoned. But the prospect gave Monticello one of its periodic "booms," town lots were in demand, prices soared and Monticello was expected to become a mighty city when the wire was opened for business. Peter Price, father of Capt. B. F. Price, caught the fever and paid $100 for the lot at the southwest corner of West Broadway and Railroad streets. After holding it for twenty- three years he was glad to accept $50 for it and this is but a single illus- tration of the effects of one of our first booms. The electric telegraph was in its infancy and it is no wonder the people were excited over the proposition to bring it to their doors.
COURTHOUSE BELL
For two generations the people of White County and vicinity have heard and admired the rich musical tones of our grand old courthouse bell. It is one of the finest bells in the state and has a history unknown to most of our people, for but a few have ever seen it.
It bears the following inscription cast on its outer side, "From Me- neely's foundry, West Troy, N. Y., 1852." This company is still in business and is the oldest bell foundry in America, having been estab- lished by Andrew Meneely in 1826. West Troy is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about six miles north of Albany, and when cast this bell was consigned to Dr. Samuel Rifenberrich, at Lockport, Indiana, coming down the Hudson to Albany, thence by Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence by Lake Erie to Toledo, thence by Wabash and Erie Canal to Lockport, Indiana, from which place it was hauled by wagon to Monti- cello and placed in the tower of the old courthouse. In 1894-95, when the present courthouse was built, it was placed in its present home. When placed in this new home the hammer of the courthouse clock was attached and during the last twenty years, by day and night, it has faithfully proclaimed the hours and suffered no less than 1,139,424 strokes.
ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICERS
The following is a list of officers of White County since its organiza- tion, with the dates of their election or appointment.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS .- Ira Bacon, Daniel McComb and Robert Newell, 1834. McComb resigned in November, 1834, and Daniel Dale was appointed to succeed him. Ira Bacon resigned and in May, 1836, James Gay was appointed his successor. James K. Wilson, 1836; Wil- liam W. Mitchell, 1837; William Wood, 1838; John Young, 1839; James H. Hiett, 1840; Ranson McConahay, 1841; Hiett resigned and in No- vember, 1841, Allen Barnes was appointed in his place; Chrystal D. W. Scott, 1842; James Kerr, appointed September, 1842; Allen Barnes,
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1843; James Shafer, 1844; J. H. Wilson, 1845; Solomon McCully, 1846; Samuel Smelcer, 1847; James P. Moore, 1848; Jefferson Courtney, 1849, he moved out of his district and in 1850 Solomon McCully took his place; James K. Wilson, 1851; Christopher Vandeventer, 1852; Andrew Hanna, 1853; J. K. Wilson, 1854; Sothey K. Timmons, 1855; Thomas Downey, 1856; William H. King, appointed 1857; George Cullen, 1858 ; Anderson Irions, 1859; Ansel M. Dickinson, 1860; George Cullen, 1861; James Hays, 1862; Ansel M. Dickinson, 1863; James Renwick, 1864; Samuel Smelcer, 1865; Christopher Hardy, 1866; John G. Timmons, 1867; Theodore J. Davis, 1868; James C. Gress, 1869; Thomas Downey, 1870; John Parrish, 1871; Ansel M. Dickinson, 1872; John Parrish, 1873; Martin R. Cartmell, 1874; David L. Fisher, 1875; Jacob Pfister, 1876; Nelson Hornbeck, 1877; Jacob Pfister, 1878; John T. Barnes, 1879; John A. Beam, 1880; John T. Barnes, 1881; Eli W. Cowger, 1882; Alfred C. Tam, 1882; Joseph Taylor, 1884; Alfred C. Tam, 1884; Eleazer H. Scott, 1886; Judson Paul, 1886; James Hewitt, 1888; George Huffman, 1888; James W. Dye, 1890; Perry Spencer, 1890; John M. Russell, 1892; James W. Dye, 1892; John M. Russell, 1894; Robert D. Roberts, 1894; Daniel O. Rader, 1896; Perry Spencer, 1896; Oscar K. Rainier, 1898; Daniel O. Rader, 1898; Joseph Taylor, 1900; George T. Inskeep, 1900; John Ball, 1902; Henry Duncan, 1902; Joseph Taylor, 1904; George L. Schlademan, 1904; Charles A. Gay, 1906; Alfred A. Renwick, 1906; Jacob D. Moore, 1908; Patrick Hays, 1908; Andrew F. Nagel, 1910; Charles Hufty, 1910; Andrew F. Nagel, 1912; Marshall S. Personett, 1912; Martin L. Rinker, 1914; Marshall S. Personett, 1914.
TREASURERS .- George A. Spencer, 1834; Asa Allen, 1838; Peter Price, 1841; Isaac Reynolds, 1841; Randolph Brearley, 1844; Jonathan Harbolt, 1845; James C. Reynolds, 1848; Robert W. Sill, 1850; Jonathan P. Ritchey, 1852; William Russell, 1854; Michael A. Berkey, 1856; John E. Dale, 1858; W. E. Samuelson, appointed July, 1861; Albert Kingsbury, 1862; Joseph Rothrock, 1862; Capt. Granville B. Ward, 1866; Joseph Rothrock, 1868; Israel Nordyke, 1872; John Faris, 1876; Madison T. Didlake, 1880; Robert R. Breckenridge, 1884; Hiram A. B. Moorhous, 1888; Julius W. Paul, 1892; James C. Jones, 1894; James C. Stockton, 1898; William F. Brucker, 1902; Miran B. Spencer, 1904; William P. Cooper, 1908; Otto C. Middlestadt, 1912.
SHERIFFS .- Aaron Hicks, 1834; John Wilson, 1834; James Parker, 1836; he resigned and Daniel M. Tilton was appointed to succeed him in 1839; James C. Reynolds, 1842; Elisha Warden, 1844; Robert W. Sill, 1848; Michael A. Berkey, 1852; Henry C. Kirk, 1854; William Wright, 1858; Matthew Henderson, 1860; Milton M. Sill, 1864; Matthew Henderson, 1868 ; William E. Saunderson, 1870; he died in office and the coroner, Enoch J. Dunham, succeeded him; Irvin Greer, 1874; James Hay, 1878; Joseph W. Stewart, 1882; Joseph Henderson, 1886; James P. Gwin, 1888; Robert F. Dobbins, 1892; Simon N. Dobbins, 1894; John W. Warner, 1898; George Stevens, 1902; Hamilton E. McCully, 1906; Ben Price, Jr., 1908; Thomas F. Downey, 1912; Joseph C. Williams, 1914.
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AUDITORS .- William Sill, 1834; Thomas M. Thompson, 1846; Joseph D. Cowdin, 1853; William Russell, 1855; he died in office and was suc- ceeded by Joseph D. Cowdin in 1856; Thomas Bushnell, 1861; George Uhl, 1869; Henry Van Voorst, 1876; David M. Carson, 1884; Morris J. Holtyman, 1892; Jasper L. Ackerman, 1900; Albert G. Fisher, 1908.
CLERKS .- William Sill, 1834; Ranson Mcconahay, 1848; Orlando Mcconahay, 1858; Daniel D. Dale, 1866; George W. Lawrence, 1874; Samuel P. Cowger, 1878; Jones Brearley, 1886; Frank B. Humston, 1894; Addison K. Sills (six months by appointment) ; Samuel L. Calla- way, 1898; Wallace Atkins, 1906; Charles S. Preston, 1910.
RECORDERS .- William Sill, 1834 ; Thomas M. Thompson, 1846; Hugh B. Logan, 1856; John S. Hurtt, 1862; William W. McColloch, 1866; Rufus L. Harvey, 1874; James P. Simons, 1882; Bernard A. Vogel, 1890; Burdell B. Baker, 1894; Fred C. Obenchain (by appointment six months) ; Charles H. Kleist, 1902; Morton Coonrod, 1910.
The judges of the Probate Court in White County were: Robert Newell, 1834, who died in office, and Aaron Hicks, 1846. The associate judges were James Barnes and Thomas Wilson, 1834; Thomas McCor- mick, 1841, and James Barnes, 1841. This court was abolished in 1853 and its business transferred to the Common Pleas Court, which, in 1873, was merged in the Circuit Court. A brief account of the judges of the two last named courts will be found in another part of the work.
CHAPTER XXXIII
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
There are not a few interesting personalities identified with various phases of White County history, some of whom have already been intro- duced in the course of this narrative and others, perhaps of more mod- est activities, whose records have not appeared. To supply what other- wise would be a deficiency, this chapter is offered, and although toward the conclusion of the history, is, in many ways, as valuable to the home people as any section of the work.
HARRISON P. ANDERSON
Harrison P. Anderson was born in Ohio, May 20, 1824, where he was married August 23, 1849. Soon after he removed to Indiana and in 1851 settled in Monticello where he engaged in the practice of medicine in which he acquired a high rank. He was a public spirited man, interested in all things pertaining to the welfare of the community and when the new brick school building, which is still standing, was erected in 1869, he was a faithful member of the school board. He died at Monticello, May 21, 1877, leaving a widow, Mary J. Anderson, who died April 3, 1885, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Turner, who is still living in Monticello, the wife of John M. Turner, cashier of the White County Loan, Trust & Savings Company. He was also the father of one son, Frank, who lost his life in a railroad accident west of Reynolds, September 1, 1873, in his twenty-fourth year.
JAMES ARMSTRONG
James Armstrong, son of John and Mary Ann Armstrong, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1832, and died February 16, 1914. At the age of ten years he went with his parents to Green County, Ohio, where both his parents died. In 1860 he married Elizabeth Lang- ley and when the war came on served his country for three years and was mustered out in Cincinnati, Ohio, about the first of March, 1864. In 1869 he came to Idaville, where he followed his trade as carpenter until 1897, when, having lost his wife by death, he came to Monticello and lived with his daughter, Mrs. Samuel L. Callaway, until her removal to Indianapolis in March, 1911, when he went with her to that city, where he died. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a devoted member of the Odd Fellows. At his death he left two sons, Albert O., of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and Robert E., now of Monticello, and one daughter, Mrs. Samuel L. Callaway, now living in Indianapolis.
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JOHN ARRICK
John Arrick was born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 17, 1812, and died near Monticello, April 12, 1877. In 1837 he was married to Isabelle McMurray, by whom he had eight children. After her death he married Mrs. Sarah Henderson, in 1854, who, with four sons, survived him. In 1857 he came to White County, where he soon became interested in church work and for eighteen years was a ruling elder in the O. S. Presby- terian Church. He was a man of strong convictions and interested in all matters tending to the welfare of the county.
JOHN ARRICK, SR.
John Arrick, Sr., died at the residence of his son in Big Creek Town- ship in October, 1865, aged ninety-six years. He served in the War of 1812, under Harrison against Proctor. He was a patriot of sterling integrity and opposed the enemies of his country in every way that he was able. When the Civil war broke out he urged all who enlisted to do their duty and faithfully stand by the old flag. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Monticello. Many of his descendants still live in the vicinity of Monticello, but after the lapse of fifty years the old pioneer is almost forgotten.
GEORGE W. ASHLEY
George W. Ashley was born in Georgia, March 4, 1845, and died at his home in Reynolds, January 31, 1908. He was a member of Com- pany D, Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, and after the war located in White County. November 30, 1870, he was married to Margaret L. Cowger. For a number of years he resided in the neighborhood of Guernsey and later northeast of Monticello, near Pike Creek. His wife died June 7, 1887, and October 22, 1903, he was married to Mrs. Jennie Bulger, formerly Miss Jennie Casad, of Monticello, and who is still liv- ing there. Besides his widow he left two daughters of his first marriage, Mrs. B. C. Jones, of Warren, Indiana, and Mrs. Charles H. Kleist, wife of ex-Recorder Kleist, now residing in Wolcott.
BENJAMIN F. BAER
Benjamin F. Baer, who passed his life at and near Monticello from boyhood, was a respected and popular miller, soldier and farmer, his death occurring at his country home north of Monticello, August 6, 1913, in his seventy-second year. He was born near Akron, Ohio, on the 6th of March, 1842, and was taken to Erie County, New York, by his widowed mother. In 1855, having sold her home there, the family came to White' County and located on what is known as the Jacob Fross place, about six miles north of Monticello. Benjamin F. learned the milling trade under his brother David at Lockport, Indiana, and later
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worked with Henry Shafer, who was then operating the grist mill at Norway for the widows of Benjamin and Peter Fisher. Later he entered the canal boat service between Toledo and Vincennes and often, in after years, seemed to enjoy recounting the interesting incidents of this period in his life. After serving six months in the Union army during the last year of the war he returned to the home farm and later engaged in mill- ing at Reynolds and other points in the county.
In 1876 Mr. Baer married Phœbe M. Carney and three sons were born to their union-Jasper A., Frank M. and Bernard M., all of whom are living. After his marriage he settled on a farm north of Norway, which he improved into a beautiful homestead, adding to his landed pos- sessions until he owned 200 acres. About a year before his death he purchased and improved the Forbis place, where he passed his last days. The deceased was a German Lutheran and a good, genial, industrious citizen.
DAVID BAER
David Baer was born December 6, 1827, in Erie County, New York. For many years he served as a sailor, but located in White County prior to the Civil war. He died at his home northeast of Monticello, February 18, 1898.
ALLEN BARNES
Among the early settlers of White County few have been more promi- nent than Allen Barnes, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 13, 1797, and died near Idaville on March 15, 1880, in his eighty-third year. In 1834 he moved to the new County of White, where he resided until his death. At the age of twenty-five he married Elizabeth McIntire and soon after joined the Associate Church of Clark's Run, then in charge of Rev. James Adams. In 1836 his wife died and the following year he married Mrs. Jane Dixon, who died in 1870. He had four children by his first wife and five by the latter. In 1858 he united with the United Presbyterian Church and retained his membership therein until his death.
JUDGE JAMES BARNES
Judge James Barnes, one of the old associate judges of White County, died September 21, 1873, aged ninety-four years. He was born in Virginia, came to White County at an early day and was one of our most prominent citizens until, by extreme age, he was compelled to quit his active life. He had been married four times and was the stepfather of Mrs. Amanda McCuaig, now living in Monticello. In his death the community lost a valued citizen and his family an ever kind and indul- gent husband and father.
THOMAS M. BARNES
Thomas M. Barnes, an honored citizen of Jackson Township, was born June 27, 1814, in Xenia, Ohio. He was of Scotch-Irish descent and Vol. I-28
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came when an infant with his parent to the Territory of Indiana and was a participant in all the trials incident to pioneer life and lived for forty- one years on the farm near Idaville on which he died. He was married February 19, 1840, to Miss Cynthia Ginn, by whom he had nine children. He died February 4, 1890. He was for many years a prominent mem- ber of the United Presbyterian Church at Idaville and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
JOHN C. BARTHOLOMEW
John C. Bartholomew, whose remains were buried in the old cemetery of Monticello, was wounded in the leg in the battle before Richmond, taken to the Army Square Hospital in Washington, D. C., and there died from loss of blood. He was a saddler by trade and followed his vocation in Norway, but enlisted in the Twentieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and became a lieutenant. He was married July 16, 1860, to Christenia Snyder, a sister to Capt. Henry Snyder, and she now lives with the captain in Monticello.
CATHERINE BARTLEY
Catherine Bartley was born in Logan County, Ohio, in 1810, came to White County prior to its organization and located on the Tippecanoe River at what is now Springboro. After her marriage to George R. Bartley she made her home in Monticello, where she died January 8, 1881. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church and one of those early settlers to whom we owe so much for having opened a wilderness and caused it to blossom as the rose. Her funeral was held at her residence, conducted by Rev. John B. Smith, of the Monticello Presbyterian Church, and her remains were interred in the family cemetery south of Monticello.
HON. JAMES B. BELFORD.
About 1858 there arrived in Monticello a young man seeking his fortune in the West and one of his first acts after his arrival was to hang out his "shingle" at the northeast room upstairs of the old Com- mercial Block bearing the legend, "James B. Belford, Attorney at Law." This gentleman was born in Pennsylvania in 1837. In 1864 he was a Lincoln presidential elector and in 1866-68 was a member of the Legis- lature of Indiana. Later he removed to Laporte, Indiana, and resumed the practice of the law and also served as school examiner. From Laporte he went to Colorado, from which state he served in Congress from 1877 to 1885. After his retirement from Congress he served as one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Colorado and died in Denver, January 7, 1910. Mr. Belford was a brother-in-law of James W. McEwen of Rensselaer and is well remembered by most of the older citizens of White County. While in Congress his readiness in debate
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and quickness in repartee gained for him the cognomen of "the red- headed rooster of the Rockies." Mr. McEwen, while differing from him in politics, always had a high regard for him personally and frequently narrated a circumstance which occurred in the trial of the famous Star Route cases. Mr. Belford was a witness in this trial and in an alterca- tion with the attorney for the Government used the short and ugly word, for which the judge at once assessed a fine of $100 and stopped the trial until this fine was paid. The late Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was counsel for the defendant and was so well pleased that he at once produced a hundred-dollar bill, paid the fine himself, and the trial proceeded.
ESAU BENNETT
Esau Bennett, an old-time grocer of Monticello, was born in Pendle- ton County, West Virginia, November 6, 1822, and in 1866 came to Mon- ticello and engaged in the grocery business in which he was quite success- ful. He was married April 1, 1844, to Rachel Hudkins, and to this union was born eight sons and two daughters. His wife died March 15, 1872, and on April 3, 1873, he was married to Eliza E. Long, of Jeffersonville. Indiana. He died at his home in Monticello, June 9, 1885.
FRANK P. BERKEY
In the sudden and unexpected death of Frank P. Berkey in the early morning of Tuesday, April 21, 1914, Monticello lost one of its best and most highly esteemed citizens. He was the son of Michael and Margaret Berkey, and was born in Monticello, September 24, 1852. When nineteen years old he entered the employ of Loughry Brothers, or rather of their father, in the milling business and continued with them almost continuously to the time of his death. So close were his relations that he was regarded more as a member of the firm than as an employe. For many years prior to his death he was general superin- tendent of their large milling interests at Monticello. June 26, 1884, he was married to Mrs. Florine (Failing) Morony, daughter of the late Peter R. Failing, who survived him. IIe also left one brother, Howard Berkey, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and one half sister, Mrs. India Fleming. Another sister, Mrs. James B. Roach, of Monticello, died April 23, 1909. He was an early member of Monticello Lodge No. 73, Knights of Pythias, and about fifteen years before his death he joined the Masonic fraternity. becoming an active member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. He served five successive years as Master of his lodge and at the time of his death was serving his fifth term as High Priest of Monticello Chapter No. 103, Royal Arch Masons. At his death the Chapter adopted a most touching memoriam, reading in part as follows:
"Since our last convocation this Chapter has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of our Most Excellent High Priest, Frank P. Berkey. He was a Companion tried and true, whose advice was always timely and whose work was always good; and when on April 13th he conferred
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the Most Excellent Master's degree upon these Companions who have to-night been exalted-declared the Key Stone placed and the Temple completed-little thought we that these words proclaimed the end of his own labors among us, and that never again would we see his face amid these familiar scenes, or hear his voice giving encouraging admoni- tion to the workmen.
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