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Hubert, James A., 774
Halley, Elkanah, 815
Hulley, Joseph, 1252
Ununnell Levi E .. 1296
Hults, Charles IL., 1027
Hults, James F., 1025
Hupp, Christ, 1173
Thrig, Rev. Fred DI .. 631
Importance of local history and the best methods of preserving it, 32
Indiana Audubon Society, 563
Indiana Music Teachers' Association, 444 Indiana Sunday School Association, 665 Indiana Union Traction Company, 123
Indians, 47
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 514 Industries, GS
Interurban lines, 70
Jalapa, 294 James, Charles S., 1302
James, David N., 1252 James, William, Schoolmaster, 300
Jay, Arthur W., 1417
Jay, Jesse, 1092 lay. Watson D., 1094 Jay, Will C., 1016
Jefferson township in history, 159; first house in the township, 159; first set- Ulers. 160; freshet of 1847, 163; first school, 163: railroads, 164; size of, 165; early leading men, 166: officials, 166: first county superintendent, 167. Jett, Garn, 1079 Jett. John S., 1266
1258-9 698 834 920 974 1003 021
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Jew as a citizen, the, 574 Johnson, Alva, 857 Johnson, Barclay, 702 Johnson, Damel B., 768 lolmson, E. 11., 1200 Johnson, James N., 932 Johnson, Jesse, 1056 Johnson. Richard M., 1231 Johnson, W. W., 31 Jolly, Washington, 1415 Jones, .3., 1281 Jones, Anna, 728 Jones, Burtney R., 1055 Jones, Ezekiel, 947 Jones, George W., 949 Jones, Hliram A., 728 Jones, John A., 1226 Jones, John W., 895 Jones, Obadiah, 2 Jones, S. Frank, 1217 Jones, William ML .. 87, 1301 Jones, W. F., 245 Jonesboro, 64, 254 hidpes, 62, 340 Juvenile Comt. 62. 532
Kearns, John. 1125 Kvegller, Walter C., 955
Nerver, William, 896
Kem, Augustin. 508, 794 Kom. S. G .. 1427
Kibbey, John E., 813
Kibbey, Olive, 514 Kilgore, Marens M., 686 Kimball, Abmer D., 1266
Kimball, Edwin H., 1268
Inmuball, Glen D., 1289
Kimball, Thomas C., 1288
Kimbrough, Owen C .. 1297
Kimbrough, W. B., 1201
King, John B .. 1043
King, Ora C., 1332 Khk. Sammel M., 1307
Kirkwood, Frank H., 941 Kirkwood, John D., 944 Klaus, Joc. 1217 Knight, John (., 1112
Knights of Pythias, 523
Knote, William F., 785 Knox Chapel tometery (view), 580 Kuhn, Clara, 950
Ladd, Boyd. Sr., 1318 Lake Galatia, 199, 569 Lake. Inline C .. 1331 Land values, 117 Lanning, Harry O., 1330 Law library. 342 Lawrence, Wilham O., 1374 Lay she, Isaac F., 1319 Lawson, John 1J., 1146 Lawson, Shadrick, 1373 Lawyers. 33% Lazure, Albert R., 1081 leach, Charles M., 707 Leach, Edmund C., 736 Leach, Elge W., 951 Leach, William ( Wick) O., 760 Leer, Samuel, 1290 Leisure, David W., 1321 Leisure, Nathan J., 1312 Lewis, James C., 1423
Lewis, Merrill L., 976 Jabeity township in history, 225; bonn- daries, 225; organized, 225; a great hunting ground, 226; carly settlers, 226; industries, 229; first school, 230; schools, 230; elunches, 231; transpor- tation, 232 libraries public and private, 405
Lindsay, George D .. 1076 Lindsey, William 11., 886 Linn, Jomm F .. 1205
Little. John R., 882
lattle. Santford, 888
lattle Ridge school, 318 Livestock as an index to progress in civ ilization. Si Livezey. Amos, 1401 Lloyd, Martin, 1409
Lloyd. Sarah J., 1410
Local polities, 153
Loring, Frank C., 1066
Love. George B. 1230
Loy, Charles S., 1327
Incas, Abraham M .. 949
Lucas. Thomas J., $70
Landhoo Benjamin 3., 1137
Lugar, Andrew J., 1013
Lugar, Joseph, 1387
Luther, Dorothy, 971
Luther, Ivy. 910 Lutheran church, 631
Lyon, Doward. 860
"Made in Marion" exhibit, 70 Main Entrance Soldiers' Home (view), 346
Marine, Daniel, 777
Marion, mention, 63; city officials, 61; natural gas. 66; manufacturing. 66; transportation, 66; "Made m Marion exhibit." 69; traction line-, 69; waler system, 122: the department. 131; postimasters, 143; 1913 mayorally chee- tion, 152; name given, 182: original plat of, 182; population of. 399 Mation and Fairmount Fair Association, 17 Marion Art Club. 413 Marion Business College, 399. 842 Marion Chamber of Commerce, 395
"Marion Chronicle," 331
Marion Commercial Chb. 393
Marion Federal Building (view), 141 Marion Federated Charities, 540. 519 Marion Fire Department No. 1 Ready for Service (view), 132 Marion Golf Club, 571
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Marion High School. 318 Marion Law Institute. 342 Minion Light and Heating Company, 126
Marion Normal College, 399 Vanton Normal Institute, 306
Marion Philharmonie Society, 445 Marion Public Library, 1279 Marion Street Scene, Fifth and Wash- ington (view), 186 Marion Water Works Paik (view), 130 Marion V. M. C. A., 552 Marion \. W. C. A .. 553 Marks. Lewis S., 805 Mailey, Charles F., 868 Marley, Elva 934 ###
Feat. 120
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Marshall, Eli B., 1102
Marshall, Milton, 838
Marshall, W. S., 604
Marshall, Woodson S., 501
Mason, William E., 1255
Masomy in Grant county, 510
Massey, Elmer E., 1107
Mather, Sarah W., sol
Matter, Milton, 411
Matthews, 04. 165
Mel'askey, Harvey M., 1316
Mc Clure, Erastus P., 693
MeCine, Samuel, 2, 693
McCulloch, John L., 669
MeFeeley, William W., 219
McGibbon, Robert, 1132
Ah Kinney, William C., 836
MeManaman. Benjamin F., 1122
MeMintrie, Uz. 098
Medicine and doctors, 342 Meek, Diana R., 976 Meck. John A .. 975
Melton. Oscar D., 1320
Me-Shin-Go-Me-Sia, 5, 51, 299
Me-Shin-Go-Me-Sia (portrait ), 11
Methodist Episcopal church, 633
Methodist Protestant church. 629
Miamis, 47
Wami Reserve in early days, 39
Miles, Hanford R., 980
Miles, JJ. W., 302
Miles, John W., 806
Militarism, Grant county in the wars, 553
Will township in history, 252; how moned. 251; industries, 256; fist set- thers, 258; churches, 261; transporta- tion, 262; schools, 263; industries, 261. Miller. Harry, 825
Miller, 1. M .. 159
Miller, Joaquin (Cincinnatus Heine), 39, 293 Miller, Martha. 987
Miller, William, 986
Mills, Clark, 1275
Villspangh, Leander N., 999
Winnick, Henry F., 1329
Mississinewa, Battle of, 210
Mi-sissinewa Battle Ground (view), 25
Mississinewa battle ground, 14 Mississinewa Battle Ground Reservation, 571
Mississinewa Mining Company, 123 Mississinewa river, 15!
Mittank, Anderson D., 925
Modlin. George A., 1334
Monroe township in history, 233; or- ganized, 233; boundaries, 233; soil, 233; mounds, 234; transportation, 236; first house. 236; first settlers, 237; schools, 238; churches, 238; political status, 239; courts, 240; pioneer in- dustries, 212; first gas well. 241 Montgomery, John W., 701 Montgomery, Martin V., 953 Moore, John 11., 929 Moorman, Levi, 56-4 Morehead. W. Allen, 1349
Morgan. Lewis D., 1298 Morris, Earl, $89 Morris, Robert A .. 719 Morrish, William H., 504
Morrison, Eva, 786 Morrison, Glen. 756 Morrison, Wilma, 286
Morton, Joseph Un
Monow, Joseph, J. 9h
Mullen, Frank, S01
Munea, Henry f .. 132G
Municipal water systems and fire de partinents, 125 Music, its relation to the community, 411 Musical Ant Society, 432
Myers, David E., 1228
Myers, Latella B. 036
Natural gas, 66
National Military Home of Indiana, 345
Names of farms may be recorded, st
Names in the directory, 575
Narrow Gauge R. R .. 10
Neal, T. C .. 643
Neal. Walham, 54
Nebraska Street and the Mississinewa in the 1918 Flood (view ). 103
Needler. George, 893
Needler, Joseph, 979
Needler, Loms 1 .. , S03
Needler, Mark. 792
Nell. Cora M .. 286
Negro in Grant county, 349
Nelson, Charles C., 1391
Nelson, Milo, 1218
Nesbitt, Darius, 1300
Newby. Eleazar, 1077
Newly. Joseph, 919
Newly, Lama 1. 920
Newcomb, Ezt B. 170
Newkirk, Maparet, 278
New Light Christians. 615
Newspapers, how they are produced, 331 Nicewanger. W 11. 173
Niccum. Emanuel R., 1328
No. 3 Gas Weit in 1887 (view), 125
Northern Indiana Poultry Association, 77. 82
Northern Imbana Historical Society, 435 Nottingham, Ruphas C. 988
Nottingham, Wanen Ca. 769
Nussbaum. 1co. 1199
Nye. Zena M .. 1196
Octogenarian Club, 323
Octogenarian Museum in Matter Park. 380
Octogenarians Who Came to the First Meeting. September 1, 1903 (portrait), 377
Old Back Creek Friends Meeting House (view), ota old elm tree, the, 504 Od Fiddler-' Contest, 450
Old House (wirwo), 35% old National Road, 32 Old Seminary ( view), 305 "On the Great Divide," 468 Oren, Elihn 1 , 92? Organized tamily, the, 36] Orig nal art in Grant county, 411 Original land entry, 115 Original plat of Marion, 182
Organized Labor in Grant county 599 Orphans' Home Association, 335
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Osborn, George A., 1191 Osborn, Zimri (,, 893 Other incorporated towns, 64
Out-of-door pleasure resorts, 568 Overman, Amos, 1167
Overman, Araminta S., 104t
Overman, David E., 990
Ovetman. Elisha, 989 Overman, John S., 1041
Pancoa-1, Barzilla B., 934 Parker, Benjamin S., 32
Parks, Henry N., 1426
Payne, David L., 209 Peacock, Elizabeth, 913
Peacock, Joseph H., 912
Pearl fisheries along the Mississinewa, 110
Pearl hunting, 112 Pearson, David L. 11., 1035
Pence, Ernest, 1297
Poner, Lewis C .. 1127
Pence, M. 0 .. 97
Pennsylvania System, G9
Peters, Rosalie, 1022
Pierce, Bruce L., 1113
Peterson, John A., 1292
Phillips, Ben O., 814
Pinkerman, John F., 1314
Pioneer cattle breeders, 89
Pioneer conditions, 3
Pioneer farm machinery, 84 Pioneer schools, 155 Pioneer trails, 135
Pleasant township in history, 290, first inhabitants, 291; industries, 292, early landowners. 293; transportation, 294; churches, 295; schools, 295; soldiers, 297; first organized township, 298; first election, 298; first schoolhouse, 398; "historie township," 299 Por, Lewis O., 1420 Por, Robert L., 1366 Point Isabel, 172 Political reminiscences and prospects. 144
Polsley, Austin, 832 Population of county, 400
Population of Marion, 399 Postal system, 138
Poston, James tf., 1138
Powell, Albert E., 1025 Powell, Nettie B., 1024
Portraits, Me-Shin-Go-Me-Sia, 11; A Typical Nineteenth Century Woman, 253; Tenth Annual Reunion Grant County Octogenarians, 372; An Octoge- narian, 376; Octogenarians Who Came to the First Meeting, September 1. 1903, 377; Rolinda at the Quarter and Haif Century Mark, 379; Repre- sentative Group of Marion Crusaders, 554; The Man in the Door Does not Invite the Attention of the Women, 559
Presbyterian church, 618 Preservation of historical collections, 38 Price of realty an index to progress, 114 Prickett, Lora A., 1087 Priest, F. A., 343 Primitive Baptists, 615 Private art collection», 413
Prohibition party, 147, 154 Prosecuting attorneys, 63 Protestant Episcopal church, 617 Pugh, Affied, 827 Pugh, Amos, 869
Pugh, Margaret, 870
Pubhe library, 109 Public service corporations, 75 Public school population, 328 Public school system, 320 Public utilities in Grant county, 121
Quakers, 489, 638
Railroad Passenger Stations in Marion (view ), 67
Rathif, Ancil E., 1303 Ratlitt, Ina M., 318 Ratliff, John, 51
Ratliff, Joseph, 877
Red man in Chiant county, the, 47
Reece, A R., 1421
Reingre slave song, 502
Relief to the families of soldiers, 596 Reminiscences, 471 Reminisernees of pioneer schools, 155
Rennaker, Elias B., 1151
Representative Group of Marion Cru- saders (portrait), 554
Republicans, 154
Reserve boundary, 5
Rhue, John A., 851
Rich, Eri, 683 Richards, Abraham B., 1215
Richards, David L., 1000
Richard,, J. William, 1038
Richards, L. G., 907
Richards, h. G. W., 1023
Richards William J., 1106
Richardson, George G., 1172
Richland township in history, 286; early setthis, 288; chiches, 289; schools, 289; soldiers, 289; transportation, 290 Rigsbee, John L., 747 Riley, James K., 1174
Riley poem written in Marion, 467
Riverview Farm, 87
Roberts, F. M., 637
Roberts, Peter, 1101
Rock Dam, 568
Rogers, W. IL., 629
Kolnala at the Quarter and Half Cen- tmy Mark (portraits), 379
Rolinda at the Rock Dam (view), 572 Rosebmg, 247 Ross. J. Clay, 1001
Rothinghoose, Anthony B., 699
Rothinghouse, Ernestine, 700
Roush, William P., 1203
Rmal free delivery, 140
Rush. Nixon, 909 Rush, Olive, 411
Rush, Zebedee f., 1232 Rybolt, Franklin, 1294 Rybolt, Jarret, 1308 Ryboli, William II., 1308
"Saint's Rest," 265 St. Joseph Reformed church, 613 Salvation Army, 614 Sanders, John, 937 Sanderson, Jatues W .. 826
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Sanderson, J. W .. 604 Scenery along the Mississinewa, 265
School houses of early days, 55
Schools, 302; as social centers, 309 Schrader, Fred. 1210 Scott. Alvin B., 714
Scott, John H., 951
Scott, Thomas F., 952 Scott, Uree A., 953
Second district commissioners, 58 Second history of Jefferson township, 165
Seegar, Lydia F., 363, 1276
Seiberling, Albert F., 1083
Seiberling, Elizabeth, 963
Setberling, James H., 961
Seventh Day Advent church, 637
Shater, Burtney W., 983
Shafer, William D., 1228
Shaffer, Jerome, 1121
Shanahan, James, 1322
Sheedy, Thomas, 1388
Sheffield, Matthew, 1399
Sheriff's, 60
Sheron, William. 790
Shideler, George A. II., 685
Shields, Alpheus Il., 773 Shields, John, 1039
Shields, Preston, 1416
Shively, Bernard B., 1218
Shively, Marshall T., 673
Shively, Zamora B., 674
Shockey, Nelson L., 1404
Shugart, Arthur E., 1410 Shugart, Henry M .. 1340
Shugart. John V .. 1098
Shugart, T. W., 93
Shugart, Thurlow W., 1389
Shunk, David, Gen., 593, 595
Sieben, Michael, 1049
Simons, Adrial, 880
Simons, John II., 879 Sims township in history, 278; bounda- ries, 279; soil, 279; first schoolhouse, 380; soldiers, 281; schools, 282; promi- nent men and women, 282; industries, 383; churches, 284; transportation, 2sti Slain, Walter W .. 843
Slater. George F., 994
Slocum, Frances, 49
Small, Abraham L., 1337
Small, Oliver M., 1310
Small, Otto, 1183 Small, Samuel, 1096
Smalley, J. W., 1309
Smalley, Maria, 1309 Smiley, Frank, 981 Smith. C. Dee, 1265
Smith, George W., 696
Smith, Jason, B., 725
Smutth, J. E., 1128
Smith, John. 914
Smith. John M., 1346 Smith, Pascal B., 902
Snyder, Charles II., 939
Society of Friends in Grant county, 638
Social life in the country, 368 Socialist party, 147 Soils, 97 Soldiers, 586 Solms, Peter, 1048
Some weather observations, 96 Spanish- American war, 604 Smaker. C. W .. 11220 Sprong. Daniel E .. 1319 Spingeon, J. O., 290 Spurgeon, John
Spurgeon, Verbin B 12 Stanley, Jesse. 956 Stanley, John C., 958
Staple grain of Grant county, 84
Star route system, 139
State Historical Society, 35
Steele. G. W., 604
Steele, George W., 845
Stephens, Edgar E., 1348
Stephens, Finley H., 1117
Stephen-on, Cora B., 391
Stephenson, J. Wills, 1207
Stevens, Martha E., 1150
Stewart, John IL., 1412
Stories of the long ago-the omnibus chapter, 471 Stout. Ellis T., 1118
Stover, William P., 945 Strange. James B., 935
Strange, John T., 1287
Strange, Joshmia 134, 233. 687
Strange, William T. S., 1130
Stirib, Franklin, 1;93
Streib, George W., Jr., 1362
Streib, Jacub, 1360 Streib, William HI. 1381
Stretch, James A., 729
Stretch, John F., 130
Stricler, S. L., 539
Swarts, Christopher, 1241
Swaits, Eugene N .. 1243
Swayzee, 64, 253
Swayzee Fair Association, 82
Swayzec. Mark L., 853
Sweetser Rural Telephone Company, 127 Sweetser. 294
Swine industry, 90
Suffrage question, 151 Superintendents of schools, 62
Taylor, Rinaldo R., 1338 Taylor University. 306 Taylor University at Upland (view), 307 Treter, Wade B., 963 Telegraph interest -. 122 Telephones, 12i
Temperance movements that have
touched Grant county, 553
Temperance movements, 148 Templeton, Frank W .. 1239 Tenth Annual Reunion -Grant County Octogenarians (portrait), 372 Tenell, Charles H., 746 Tharp. Thomas D., 155 Theatres, moving pictures, 525
"The Battle of the Mississinewa," 31 Third district commissioners, 58 The Man in the Door Does Not Invite the Attention of the Women (viewr, 559 The 1913 March Flood at Jonesboro (view), 102 "The Storm- That Grandfather Tell-," 360 Thomas. Alvin J., 1060
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Thomas, Enoch G., 52 Thompson, John L., 1176 Thompson, Nelson, 1333 Thompson, Thomas S., 1011 Thornburg, Edgar, 1071 Thorp, Thomas D., 856 Thrawl, Samuel E., 1299 Tippey, Jesse J., 1229
To all Grant county exiles, 470 Todd, Bert S., 1306 Todd, John, 1306 Todd, William D., 1375
Toll roads, 137
Torrance, Jeremiah W., 1250
Toyne, John, 1337 Treaty in 1854, 48
Truant officers, 62
Trueblood, Horace N., 800
Tudor, Allen C., 855
Tudor, Leroy, 528
"Underground railroad." 239, 502 United Brethren church, 636 Upland, 64, 164
Van Atta, Robert M., 1278 Van Buren, 64
Van Buren Driving Association, 82
Van Buren Township High School (view), 330
Van Buren township in history, 173; boundaries, 173; soil of, 174; first on- Iries of land, 175; hirst white settler, 176; pioneers, 176; wealth of, 179; transportation, 180 Van Vactor, Benjamin F., 1074
Views -- Grave of Me-Shin-Go-Me-Sia, 12; Mississinewa Battle Ground, 28; Raihead Passenger Stations in Ma- rion, 67; End of Marion Street Rail- way Line in 1891, 69; Draft Stallions, 78; Cows at Elmhurst, 88; Duroe Ilogs, 90; The 1913 March Flood at Jonesboro, 102; Nebraska Street and the Mississinowa in the 1913 Flood, 103; Fourth Street at Boots Creek, 105; Birdseye View of Johnstown, 108; Grant County Farmstead with Interurban Transportation, 119; No. 3 Gas Well in 1887, 125; Marion Water Works Park, 130; Marion Fire De- partment No. 1 Ready for Service, 132; An Anderson, Marion & Wabash In- terurban Car, 135; Marion Federal Building, 141; An Everyday Glimpse of Upland, 162; Business Center in Van Buren, 174; Grant County Court House, Marion, 183; Marion Street Scene, Fifth and Washington, 186; Fairmount Academy, Fairmount, 217; High School Building, Fairmount, 219; Along the River Road at Jonesboro, 255; High Schools in Gas City, 263; High School, Swayzee, Indiana, 285; Old Seminary, 305; Taylor Univer- sity ai Upland, 307; Class in Horti- culture-Marion Normal School. 317; Horace Mann Industrial and Martin Boots High School, 324; Van Buren Township lligh School, 330; Main En- trance Soldiers' Home, 346; Barracks Soldiers' Home, Overlooking Jones-
boro Road, 347; Old House, 358; East Main Street, Swayzee, 359; Book l'lates, 406, 407, 408; Carnegie Li- brary, Marion, 410; The Emily E. Flinn llome for Aged Women, 550; Connors' Mill, 569; Rolinda at the Rock Dam, 572; Knox Chapel Ceme- tery, 580; Old Back Creek Friends Meeting House, 646
Von Goodykoontz, Emery, 1304
Waggoner, Isaac R., 1028 Waldion, John II., 1084
Walker, Sarah, 996
Walker, William C., 995
Wall, Isaiah, 1046
Wallace, John M., Sr., 675
Walthall, Josiah T., 1268
Ward, John E., 1051
Ware, William W., 885
Washington township in history, 268; boundaries. 269; early settlers, 269; first school, 272; schools, 273; churches, 273; first election, 276; sol- diers, 277; industries, 278
Water works, 129
Wealth of Grant county, 71
Weaver, Oliver J., 1399 Webster, George, Jr., 679
Webster, George W., 678
Wednesday Afternoon Reading Circle, 391
Weser, Henry, 1291
Wesleyan Methodists, 613
Wesleyan Theological Institute, 304
West, Noah A., 1328
Western Telephone Company, 126
Westfall, James W., 1287
When the Mississinewa gives up its dead, 101 Whisler Family, 796
Whisler, Jasper L., 797
"White Rose of the Miamis," 49
White, Frank L., 1350
White, George, 863
White, John L, 1206
White, William B., 1372
White, William W., 1391
White, Y. F., 751
Whitson, Eli M., 1007
Whitson, Georgia G., 1007
Whitson, Rufus A., 1009
Whitson, Rolland L., 252, 1009
Whitson, Sallie K., 257
Wigger Buggy and Harness Co., 735
Wigger, Kenton R., 734
Wiley. William H., 723
Wilhelm, Frederick, 817
Wilhelm, John, 763
Willeuts, Clarkson, 1058
Willeuts, Hannah D., 1058
Willeuts, Mabel, 1066
Willeuts, William E., 1065
Williams, Claude, 1369
Williams, John D., 1417
Williams, John T., 1182
Williams, John W., 851 Williams, Will, 1182
Williamson, Harry, 829
Willman, Henry K., 1063
Willson, Albert J., 739 Willson, Jason, 737
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Willson, John O., 1135 Wilson, Alvin J., 780 Wilson, Frank, 742
Wilson, George W., 1027
Wilson, Martha R., 7
Wilson, Samuel C., 916 Wimpy, Asa N., 1131
Wimpy, Francis Il., 1086 Winger, Daniel O., 1221
Winger, John M., 1428
Winger, Joseph P., 1220
Winger, Orlando C., 1423
Winger, Otho, Prof., 621
Winslow, Ancil, 1074 Winslow, Clinton, 782
Winslow, David W., 1238
Winslow, Josiah, 891
Winslow, Nixon, 1072
Winslow, Thomas, 1103
Winter of 1812, 6
Winters, Josiah, 858
Wise, Elizabeth, 965
Wise, Henry, 997
Wise, Jacob, 964
Wise, Samuel, 1029
Wolfe, Adam, 1239
Wolfe, Nelson, 1395
Woman's Franchise League, 155
Woodmansee, Marvin M., 1398
Woods, Samuel, 820
Worrell, Charles E., 824
Wright, Clayton S., 1080
Wright, Jesse D., 11,15
Wright, William T., 750
Wyckoff, Francis M., 940
Young Men's Christian Association, 551 Young Women's Christian Association, 551 Young, William R., 1280
Zimmer, Ernest G., 126% Zirkle, William, 1425
History of Grant County
1. FROM SAVAGERY TO CIVILIZATION.
In the light of past history, December 19, 1912, was the first day of a new century in the annals of Grant county-a Fresh, clean page in the " Book of Time. " While speed regulations may not please every- body, all admit that time tlies-that Old Father Time is many centuries ahead of himself, and the mission of this Centennial History of Graut -- the banner Indiana county, is simply to tabulate and record the events of his flight. The historian of today finds so little data of the past, he is reminded of the ancient story that when the nations of the earth were given their religions, each one inseribed his saered creed upon either metal, parchment or stone, but methinks the local pioneer must have been akin to the Gypsy who is reputed to have only written on cabbage leaves when the donkeys were browsing in that direction, so meager is the record left behind him.
Although one vast wilderness -- no county boundaries having been established one hundred years ago, civilization in this "neck o' the woods" really dates back to the winter of 1812, when Lientenant Colonel John B. Campbell, in command of a volunteer army and following the course of the Mississinewa, finally made a stand against the Indians on territory now within the bounds of Grant county the night of December 17. continuing the conffiet into the next day, and the result has reverber- ated along the corridors of time, recent Mississinewa Battle Grounds orators, seeking to stir up local enthusiasm, saying it had most important significance. In the lapse of a century it has been revealed that this battle against the Indians, which was in reality an important engage- ment in the Second War with England, actually opened up the entire Northwest territory for future settlement and present day citizenship.
The record of the Historical Society. December 18, 1912, reads : " By postponing its regular September meeting till December the Grant County Historical Society was enabled to appropriately mark the end of the first century in local history-was, speaking figuratively, erecting the first century milestone. At this meeting. Mrs. Mary Mckinney-Hol- lowell sang The Star Spangled Banner,' the song a recital of past history, and prayer was offered by the Rev. J. F. Porter as a prelude to this centennial anniversary meeting marking one hundred years of progress since the battle of the Mississinewa. * 'Pleasant-the Historie Township,' was the paper presented by J. O. Spurgeon which closed the series of township papers written for the Centennial history. Deelaring that he was not in the Battle of the Mississinewa, although he came to Grant county December 5, 1845, Judge R. T. St. John re- viewed much past history, establishing the elaim of unjust treatment of the Red Man of the Forest, relating many incidents heard from Indians and settlers, and it was a fine retrospect-a fitting final of a century. * The eentury milestone meeting was replete with interest."
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY
Other county historians might introduce the subject by relating the incidents connected with the first settlement of Indiana at Vincennes, and it is of interest to know that at the beginning of the nineteenth century there were about fifty houses there, and that settlements had been established at other points in Indiana. Territorial government was established July 29, 1805, but the limitations of the present historian will not allow of any wanderings in the bypaths of history covering the time from 1788, when the Northwest territory was defined. until 1812, when the Battle of the Mississinewa occurred, and four years later when Indiana was admitted into the Union as a state, At the beginning of this second century in local history there is no native resident of the county as old as Indiana, although James D. Fort of Jonesboro, who is a native Kentnekian, dates back one year earlier than statehood in Indiana, Mrs. Mary Lynas of Point Isabel, born February 20, 1816, and who recently died, having been the last in a galaxy of names of nonogen- arians who came into the world the year Indiana came into the Union.
Strangers visiting Indiana for the first time naturally inquire about the natives, and are told that the Indians are all civilized, but the Grant county citizen of today would like to know more of Sammel and Moses Grant, from whom the county is said to be named, than is contained in the simple statement that they were killed in battle with the Indians at Grant creek in Switzerland county. The archives of the county show that the valiant Revolutionary soldier, General Francis Marion, is hon- ored in the name of the county seat, and history gives considerable in- formation about how he inspired his regiment to even greater exertion -- a commendable trait in his character. Many persons beginning this second century in local history remember Obadiah Jones, who founded Jonesboro, but only children's children remain to tell the story.
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