Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana : historical and biographical, Part 62

Author: F.A. Battey & Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : Battey & Co.
Number of Pages: 976


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HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY.


Andersonville in 1864; H. E. Cole, died at Camp Nevin, Ky., 1861; George Cluck, died at Collarsville in 1863 ; A. T. Cumming, died at Indianapolis in 1862; W. H. Calkins, killed at Mission Ridge in 1863; John Clutter, died at Memphis, May, 1865; Joel Clark, died at Nashville in 1865; John Clark, killed at Stone River in 1862; Marion F. Cochran, died at Louisville, Decem- ber, 1864; A. M. Casebeer, died in 1865; W. H. Coates, died in 1865; Alonzo Chase, died at home.


Isaac Dukes, died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April, 1863; John Dyer, died at Gallatin, November, 1862; William J. Dyer, died of wounds, Chattanooga, October, 1863; James Dunbar, died November, 1863; Helim H. Dunn, died of wounds, December, 1863; Silas Dysert, died at Bridgeport, Ala., February, 1862; J. B. Dillingham, died at Collarsville, 1863; J. H. Drake, died at Athens, 1865; John Dingman, died at Nashville, March, 1865; Daniel Done- hue, died, 1865; William Denny, killed, 1864; J. A. Denny, died at Nashville, 1864.


Abner Eddy, died at Camp Nevin, November, 1861; Nelson Eagles, starved to death, Danville, 1864 ; John Erricson, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., July, 1865; Henry Eley, died of wounds, May, 1862; John Engle, died at Camp Sherman, 1865; Abner Elder, died at Madison, Ind., 1862 ; Peter Eggleston, died at Nashville, January, 1865; Henry Eddy, died at Cumber- land, Md., April, 1865 ; Eben Eddy, died at Indianapolis, March, 1865; A. T. Ellsworth, died, 1865.


Orton B. Fuller, killed at Resaca, May, 1864 ; Albert W. Fisher, died at Cairo, August, 1864 ; Erastus Fisk, died at Upton, Ky., December, 1861 ; Mackson Fisk, died at Camp Nevin, November, 1861; George Fisk, died at Louisville, January, 1862; Andrew J. Follen, died at Gallatin, November, 1863; Charles Folk, died at Nashville, 1864; Cepheus Fordam, died at Nash- ville, 1865; Frederick Felton, died at David's Island, April, 1865; William Fitzgerald, missing, wounded at Shiloh, April, 1862.


Daniel Groves, died at Memphis, December, 1862; Samuel Gardner, starved to death, Danville, 1863; I. J. Garver, starved to death, Anderson- ville, 1864; William H. Green, died at Louisville, Ky., June, 1865 ; A. A. Gallonge, killed at Shiloh, 1862; Owen Garvey, killed at Chickamauga, Sep- tember, 1863; Matthias Green, died at Murfreesboro, February, 1863; B. L. Gage, died, 1865; Michael Gunnet, died, 1864 ; Simon Gilbert, died in Michi- gan, 1864; Wallace Gorton, died at home; Cyrus Gyer, starved at Anderson- ville, 1864.


Daniel Hodges, died at Baton Rouge, October, 1864; George Hubbard, killed at City Point, 1865; Joseph Hart, killed at Shiloh, April, 1862; Henry Hetick, died of wounds, Chattanooga, October, 1863; Joseph C. Hill, died at Nashville, April, 1865 ; T. C. Hollister, killed at Murfreesboro, 1862 ; James Hudson, killed at Murfreesboro, 1862; Henry Hart, died at Indianapolis, 1863 ; John Haller, killed at Stone River, December, 1863; C. Hinton, died


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at Henderson, Ky., 1862; William H. Hays, died at Ackworth, Ga., June 1864; W. Herrick, starved at Andersonville, 1864; M. Harker, died of wounds, 1864; Orange Homer, died at Gallatin, 1862; Emanuel Hoover, died at La Grange, 1862; Jacob K. Hartzler, died at Chattanooga, September, 1863 ; Stockton D. Haney, died at New Albany, Ind., November, 1862; John Hoffman, died at Hickory Valley, 1863; Jesse Hull, killed at Dallas, Ga., 1863 ; Alvin O. Hostetter, died at Memphis, September, 1865; Robert Ham- ilton, died near Vienna, Fla., July, 1864; E. L. Humphreys, died in Noble County, 1865; Edwin B. Hanger, died at home, April, 1865; Eliphalet S. Holy, died at Indianapolis, March, 1865; R. Householder, died ; Addison Harley, died at Nashville, 1864 ; Elisha Harding, died at Kendallville, 1864; C. Hackett, died at Nashville, 1864; John D. Harber, died at Nashville, 1864 ; W. Hardenbrook, died at Pulaski, 1865.


Henry Jerred, killed at Murfreesboro, 1862; J. Y. Johnson, died at Corinth, July, 1862 ; Hollis Johnson, Jr., died at Gallatin, November, 1862 ; J. D. Joslin, killed at Atlanta, 1864 : Samuel Johnson, drowned near Beau- fort, S. C., January, 1865 ; Silas W. Johnson, died at Chattanooga, July, 1864 ; Albert M. Johnson, died at Camp Piatt, W. Va., August, 1865.


J. W. Kirkpatrick, died at Nashville, 1865; Samuel Konkright, died at Nashville, 1863; William H. Kelley, died of wounds at Chattanooga, March, 1865 ; Daniel Knepper, died on hospital boat, August, 1865; Barney Knep- per, died at Indianapolis, June, 1862; L. C. Knapp, killed at Mission Ridge, 1863; M. D. King, killed at Dallas, Ga., 1864; Elias Kessler, died at Indian- apolis, March, 1865 ; John W. Klein, died at Nashville, 1864.


Ashbury Lobdell, died at Beaufort, S. C., February, 1865; Jacob Lan- ellen, died of wounds at Fort Fisher, 1865; Joseph Longly, killed at Shiloh, April, 1862; Ira Lease, died at Murfreesboro, August, 1863; Robert Long- year, died at Farmington, 1862; Jacob Long, died, 1862; Hiram Lindsey, died, 1864; John S. Lash, died at Memphis, March, 1864; John Louthan, died at Vicksburg, August, 1865; A. Lunger, starved at Andersonville, 1864.


Lafayette Mullen, killed at Chickamauga, September, 1863; Andrew J. Myers, died at Victoria, Texas, November, 1865; Thomas J. Manhorter, died at St. Louis, February, 1865; James Monroe, killed at Stone River, 1862; F. B. Miller, starved to death at Andersonville, 1864; Simon Michaels, died, July, 1865; William Miner, died at Evansville, December, 1861; H. J. Mon- roe, died at Andersonville, August, 1864; J. B. Matthews, died at Murfrees- boro, January, 1863; L. H. Madison, died at Hamburg, Tenn., May, 1862; John Mankey, died at Athens, Ala., July; 1862 ; Jacob Mohn, killed at Shi- loh, April, 1862; Eli Miser, died at Chattanooga, 1864; Corry McMann, died at Louisville, Ky., December, 1862; William Martin, died at Louisville, January, 1863; Matthias Marker, killed at Perryville, October, 1862; J. Mc- Bride, died at Nashville, 1865 ; Albert Martenus, died, 1865; John H. Mitch- ell, starved at Andersonville, 1864; Charles A. Monroe, died, 1863; Wesley


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Moore, died, April, 1864; Sylvanus Mercia, died at Huntsville, Ala., 1865; J. McQuiston, starved to death at Andersonville, 1864; Charles W. Mullen, died at Whitesburg, Ala., August, 1864; Henry McGinnis, died at Decatur, Ga., September, 1864 ; John A. Madison, killed at Atlanta, 1864; J. H. Mc- Nutt, died of wounds, 1865.


G. G. Nelson, killed at Murfreesboro, 1863; J. W. Norton, died at Evansville, Ind., December, 1861; Charles Noteman, died at Columbus, 1865 ; Henry Nichols, died, 1865.


George Oliver, died in hospital, 1864; Francis Owen, died at Tuscumbia, 1863; Horace D. Odell, died at Gallatin, December, 1862; T. L. Ourstreet, died at Helena, Ark., 1862; Samuel W. Orr, died at Keokuk, Iowa, 1863.


H. Plummer, died at Granville, 1865; John Poppy, killed at Shiloh, April, 1862; William Prentice, killed at Resaca, May, 1864 ; John S. Pan- cake, died at home, January, 1864; William H. Piatt, died at Murfreesboro, February, 1863; Rudolph Phisel, died at Nashville, 1865; Daniel Porke, died at Camp Sherman, 1863 ; A. Pennypacker, died at Murfreesboro, 1864; Earl Powers, died at Cumberland, Md., April, 1865; Lester Powers, died, 1865.


Henry Ridenbaugh, killed at Mission Ridge, November, 1863 ; Abraham Reed, died of wounds at Fort Fisher, 1865; Charles Rossin, died, December, 1864; William Richardson, died at home, April, 1862; Louis Routsong, died at Louisville, December, 1862; Isaac Rambo, died at Chattanooga. 1865; Da- vid Rink, died at Bowling Green, Ky., November, 1862; Oliver Reed, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., June, 1864; Robert Reed, killed at Atlanta, August, 1864; L. H. Randall, killed at Chickamauga, 1863; George W. Rogers, died at Tyree Springs, Tenn., November, 1862; David River, died at Nashville, 1862; Milton Richards, died at Nashville, September, 1864; William Rosen- baugher, died at Indianapolis, March, 1865; A. Rinehart, died, 1865.


Frank Seamans, died at Grand Junction, Tenn., February 1863; George R. Smith, died at Rome City in 1863 ; J. H. Sparrow, died of wounds at Fort Fisher, 1865; Edward B. Segnor, died at Baton Rouge, May, 1864; Daniel Shobe, Jr., died of wounds May, 1862; Clark Scarlett, died at Upton, Ky., December, 1861 ; Alfred Shields, died at Murfreesboro, December, 1863; P. J. Squires, killed at Shiloh in 1862 ; John Shidler, died at Gallatin, December, 1862; Thomas Stokes, died March, 1863; Elijah Starks, killed at Chicka- mauga in 1863; Jacob Shobe, died at Murfreesboro, May, 1863; Amos W. Seymour, died at Bowling Green, November, 1862; David Soule, killed at Atlanta in 1864; E. O. Sanborn, died at Chattanooga in 1863; Francis H. Shaver, starved at Andersonville in 1864; Alfred Sutton, died at Washington in 1864; J. Seebright, died on steamer Olive Branch in 1864; Jacob Slusser, died at Ackworth, Ga., June, 1864; Theron A. Smith, died, January, 1865 ; John Seips, died in 1865: Uriah Swager, died in 1865.


Frank Teal, killed at Shiloh, April, 1862; William Totten, killed at Chickamauga, September, 1863; John Traul, died at Huntsville, Ala., January,


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1865; William R. Truly, starved to death at Andersonville in 1865; David Tressel, died at Lebanon Junction, Ky., December, 1862; William Tressel, died at Gallatin, December, 1862 ; Abraham Tasony, died of wounds, Madison, Ind., December, 1863; W. T. Taylor, drowned in Mill Creek in 1864 ; Franklin Thomas died at Nashville in 1863; Isaiah Tryon, killed at Kingston in 1864; Francis Trask, died at Jackson in 1865; Marcus B. Turney, died at Cumber- land, Md., April, 1865.


William Untadt, died at Washington City, 1864.


Moses Walters, died at Memphis, October, 1863 ; George E. Warden, died at Scottsboro, Ala., March, 1864; William H. Williams, died at Marietta, Ga., September, 1864; Adam Weeks, died at Rome, Ga., 1864; John M. Wells, starved to death at Andersonville, 1864; Andrew J. Webb, died at Camp Nevin, Ky., November, 1861; Ira Worden, starved to death at Ander- sonville, 1864; Lorenzo D. Wells, died of wounds, December, 1863; Ziba Winget, died at Nashville, March, 1863; John D. Warner, died in 1863; Edmund West, died in Andersonville Prison, 1864; Hiram Wabill, died at Grafton, West Virginia, June, 1865; Joseph E. Walburn, died at Nashville, February, 1863; Hiram Woodford, died in 1865; W. R. Wiltrout, died at Washington in 1864; George Weamer, died of wounds, April, 1862.


William T. Yort, died at St. Louis, July, 1862 ; David C. Yoder, died in Andersonville Prison, August, 1864; John H. Yeakey, died at Nashville, 1862; L. D. Yorker, died at Camp Nevin, 1861; A. Young, died at Memphis, 1862. John Zeigler, died at Raleigh, N. C., 1865.


Grand total, 301.


Table showing the amounts expended for local counties, and for relief of soldiers' families by Noble County during the late war, taken from the Adjutant General's Reports :


TOWNSHIPS.


BOUNTY.


RELIEF.


Noble County


$ 67,856 50


$ 39,426 26


Washington Township.


2,176 00


Sparta Township.


1,800 00


Perry Township.


4,500 00


2,926 00


Elkhart Township.


2,650 00


York Township


2,675 00


200 00


Green Township


3,650 00


200 00


Orange Township


7,150 00


825 75


Wayne Township.


7,600 00


3,000 00


Allen Township.


7,165 00


1,500 00


Swan Township.


6,000 00


Albion Township


1,000 00


500 00


Totals


$115,872 50


$ 48,578 01


Grand Total


$164,450 51


CALLS FOR TROOPS DURING THE REBELLION.


1. April 15, 1861, 75,000 men, for three months' service.


2. May 3, 1861, 42,034 men, for three years' service.


150 00


Noble Township.


1,500 00


Jefferson Township


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HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY.


3. August 4, 1862, 300,000 men, for nine months' service.


4. June 15, 1863, 100,000 men, for six months' service.


5. October 17, 1863, 300,000 men, for three years' service.


6. July 18, 1864, 500,000 men, for one, two and three years' service.


7. December 19, 1864, 300,000 men, for one, two and three years' service.


Table of interesting facts regarding regiments which served in the last war, and which contained men from Noble County :


REGIMENT.


Term of Service.


Original Commissioned


Original Non - Commis-


sioned Officers and


Original Enlisted Men.


Recruits.


Re-enlisted Veterans.


Unassigned Recruits.


Commissioned Officers


Non-Commissioned Offi- cers and Enlisted Men


Non-Commissioned Offi- cers, Band and Men Unaccounted for.


Total Officers and Men Accounted for.


Total Belonging to Reg- iment.


Ninth Infantry.


Three years ..


47


30


980


747


291


46


12


339


125


18 2123 2141


Twelfth Infantry ...


Three years ..


41


6


901


372


12


9


184|


8


13 1319 1332


Thirteenth Infantry re-organized.


Three years ...


36


5


939


125


41


98


1


30 1116 1146


Twenty-first Infantry *.


Three years ..


42


30


984


956


332


374


14


313


88


62 2656 2718


Twenty-ninth Infantry ...


Three years ..


49


28


859


884


204


106


8


285


63


49 2081 2130


Thirtieth Infantry ..


Three years ..


46


4


961


117


121


159


5


360


67


70 1338 1408


Thirtieth Infantry re-organized.


Three years ..


30


6


701


31


35


68


2


7 796 803


Thirty-fifth Infantry.


Three years ..


42


30


799


704


192


102


3


241


269


51 1818 1869


Thirty-seventh Infantry.


Three years ..


41


29


920


99


193


18


7


201


18


2 1298 1300


5


162


47


333


10


329 218 547


46


24


925


720


247


66


10


343


58


77 1951 2028


Forty-second Infantry


Three years ..


43


25


951


902


215


27


6


248


60


119 2044 2163


Forty-fourth Infautry ..


Three years ..


44


4


943


529


284


74


3


210


96


199 1679 1878


Fifty-ninth Infantry.


Three years ..


42


5


674


834


240


361


1


220


32


158 1998 2156


Seventy-fourth Infantry


Three years ..


42


900


208


161


75


11


232


31


11 1043 1054


One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry Three years ..


40


6


901


69


3


4


171


34


4 1013 1017


One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Infantry 100 Days ..


39


6


818


2


27


21


64


22


993 1015


One Hundred and Fifty-second Infantry One year.


39


933


13


3


48


22


988 988


One Hundred and Twenty-seventh In- fantry or Twelfth Cavalry.


Three years ..


50


1211


83


13


2


166


54


7 1350 1357


One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry


or Seventh Cavalry


Three years ..


51


1151


95


32


5


238


169


29 1300 1329


One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry


or Seventh Cavalry re-organized.


Three years ..


25


7


543


15


2


573


575


Twentieth Battery


Three years ..


5


140


107


25


27


6


246


252


Twenty-third Battery


Three years ..


5


1301


71


191


25


206 20 6


CHAPTER V.


BY WESTON A. GOODSPEED.


CITY OF KENDALLVILLE-ITS APPEARANCE FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO-SUBSE" QUENT IMPROVEMENTS-MERCHANTS, MECHANICS AND OTHER BUSINESS MEN -THE ORIGINAL PLAT-INCORPORATION-CITY RAILROAD BONDS-COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS-EDUCATION AND RELIGION-SECRET SOCIETIES.


P REVIOUS to the year 1832, no white man had made the present site of Kendallville his home, but everything was just as it had been placed by the fashioning hand of the Creator. During the autumn of 1832, or perhaps the spring of 1833, a man named David Bundle, a tall, awkward specimen of the genus homo, who, like the immortal Lincoln, usually displayed about a yard of uncovered leg (at the lower extremity), appeared in the primitive for-


* Not given in Adjutant General's reports.


102 2101 2203


Forty-eighth Infantry.


Three years ..


44


889


987


220


63


13


236


65


36


8 1123 1131


One Hundredth Infantry


Three years ..


42


5


904


19


12


196


11


1 28


865


865


One Hundred and Forty-second Infantry One year ...


41


926


7


7


253


25


4 1153 1157


Eighty-eighth Infantry.


Three years ..


43


925


5


Thirty-seventh Infantry re-organized ..


Three years ..


Thirty-eighth Infantry ...


Three years ..


Twenty-second Infantry.


Officers.


Died.


Deserters.


Died.


Band.


...


July yours John Mitchie


KENDALLVILLE


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ests of Kendallville, and erected a small round-log cabin, with the assistance (some say), of the Viewers appointed to establish the Fort Wayne and Lima road. The cabin was but little better than a wigwam, as it was very small, and the roof was made of bark, while the floor, which was lacking at first, save the one formed by nature, consisted of clapboards rudely rived from some suitable log. This building was located near where the present residence of Hiram Roberts stands. Travel had already begun along the Fort Wayne road, as settlers from Ohio or farther east first went to the land office at Fort Wayne, and afterward came north to settle upon the farms they had purchased. A settlement had been formed before 1833 in the northern part of La Grange County, and it was mainly through the petition of these people that the Legis- lature was induced to order the survey and establishment of the Lima road. Thus the road was traveled by a few teamsters when Bundle first built his cabin, and, with the prospect of getting a few extra shillings in view, a small unpretentious sign was hung out that entertainment could be obtained. In the fall of 1833, Mrs. Frances Dingman, whose husband had died at Fort Wayne while the family were in search of a home in the wilds of Indiana, appeared at Bundle's cabin, and, having purchased his right and title to the property for a pittance, moved with her family into the log cabin, where she continued the entertainment of the traveling public, while Mr. Bundle disappeared, and his fate is unknown to this day. It is not known whether Bundle owned the land or whether he was anything more than a squatter ; at least, he was easily in- duced to transfer his right in the cabin to Mrs. Dingman, who did own the land. This woman possessed considerable money, a will of her own, and a family of five or six children, several of whom had almost reached their majority. She employed some man to clear a few acres of land, and, in 1836, immediately after the erection of the Latta saw-mill, in Orange Township, she erected the first frame house in Kendallville, a small roughly constructed affair, which was built near the old log cabin. Mrs. Dingman found many hardships to contend with, and when at last, in about 1837, after a brief courtship, Truman Bearss asked her to become his wife, she consented, and the couple, happy in the en- joyment of genuine love, walked over to the Haw Patch to have the ceremony performed. They were bound together in Hymen's chains, and then started for home ; but gloom and darkness came on, and they were compelled to pass the night in the woods. A fire was built, and here the newly made man and wife sat staring at each other with loving eyes until morning, when they started early and succeeded in reaching home in time for a hearty wedding breakfast. In about the year 1835, George Ulmer located on what is known as Idding's Addition to Kendallville. William Mitchell, in the spring 1836, built a double log cabin near where his son now resides. Thomas Ford came soon afterward. Ezra T. Isbell, Henry Iddings and Daniel Bixler appeared in about 1836, all locating within what is now Kendallville; but as they were scattered around a considerable distance apart, it was not yet dreamed in their philosophy that a


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HISTORY OF NOBLE COUNTY.


thriving village was destined to spring up around them. Isbell was the first shoemaker in town. John Finch, a wagon-maker, located before 1840, where Dieble's warerooms now are ; and John Gipe erected a blacksmith-shop on the south side of the creek, on west Main street, about the same time. In 1840, there were living on the present site of Kendallville the families of Mrs. Ding- man (or rather of Mr. Bearss), William Mitchell, John Gipe, John Finch,


George Ulmer, Ezra T. Isbell, Henry Iddings, Daniel Bixler, and possibly two or three others, representing a total population of about thirty-five or forty. Mr. Mitchell also entertained the public, though no sign was hung out. By 1840, the settlement had assumed the appearance of an embryonic village. A short time before this, through the influence of Mr. Mitchell, who owned about five hundred acres of land and possessed considerable means, a post office was established at his cabin ; but, a few years later, it was removed to the residence of Hiram Iddings ; but, in about 1848, was re-established at the store of Samuel Minot, who had erected a small building (yet standing) on the old George Ackley property, and had placed therein between $2,000 and $3,000 worth of a general assortment of goods a year or two before. The office took its name from Postmaster General Amos Kendall, and was known as Kendallville, and the village, as soon as it was laid out, was christened after the name of the post office. Kendallville did not grow to any noticeable extent. between 1840 and 1849, as perhaps not more than a dozen families lived within its limits. Lisbon, however, was at the summit of its prosperity. On the 1st of June, 1849, William Mitchell secured the services of the county surveyor and laid out twenty lots on the west side of Main street. Mr. Minot had opened his store some three years before. He built an ashery and manufactured a con- siderable quantity of pearl-ash, which was conveyed by wagon to Fort Wayne. Minot also built a saw-mill, which soon had all it could do in furnishing lumber for the plank road. From 1849 to 1857 the population of Kendallville in- creased from about seventy-five to over three hundred, the most rapid growth oc- curring in 1852, at which time it became quite certain that the Southern Michi- gan & Northern Indiana Railroad was to pass through the village. After that the future prosperity of the village became insured. Merchants and artisans of all kinds appeared, and the hum of various industries filled the ear with sounds of improvement. In about 1849, Minot took as a partner Mr. Evans ; but, a few years later, the store was sold to Clark & Bronson. Israel Graden opened with a small stock of goods about 1848, but the next year sold to Minot & Evans. George Baker placed a small stock of groceries in the Graden building, but soon sold out to William Mitten. After the dissolution of Minot & Evans the latter continued the business with Mr. Parkman. Rood, Daniels & Co., started, in 1853, with dry goods and railroad supplies. A few years later Northam, Barber & Welch opened a store. Jacob Lessman appeared in about 1856, but sold to J. F. Corl, a short time afterward. A Hebrew part- nership (Loeb Brothers) began selling ready-made clothing in about 1856.


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CITY OF KENDALLVILLE.


Peter Ringle bought out Evans in 1854. M. M. Bowen engaged in the mer- cantile pursuit not far from 1857. In about 1857, Mr. Welch bought his part- ners' interest, and soon afterward effected a partnership with G. W. Green- field. Haskins & Roller started about 1858. Jacobs & Brother engaged in the mercantile business in 1862; and G. C. Glatte started up not far from 1857. Thomas Brothers opened with a stock in 1859. Other merchants were engaged in business during these years, and since that time their name has been legion.


In 1852, Samuel Minot built a large frame four-storied grist-mill, placing therein three run of stone. Four or five years later the mill was purchased by George F. Clark, who greatly increased its usefulness. He shipped by rail large quantities of excellent flour to different points. About the beginning of the last war, the property was transferred to parties from Toledo, and after it had been heavily insured, it was burned to the ground, and the insurance money was demanded and obtained. Damaging charges were made, but were never substantiated. F. & H. Tabor built the grist-mill now owned by Mr. Brill- hart, in the year 1857. The mill, which cost $6,000, was supplied with three run of stone, and in 1859 a saw-mill was attached to it. Mr. Tabor claims that this was the first circular saw-mill in Northeastern Indiana. At the end of six years F. & H. Tabor disposed of their interest in the mills, but in 1864 built another saw-mill and the following year a grist-mill. These mills cost over $7,000. The grist-mill has been re-built within the past two years. Thomas Evans, a cabinet-maker, appeared about 1852. Luke Diggins opened the first hotel of consequence not far from 1848. Four years later Jesse Kime built the old Kelley House. Diggins' House was known as the " Calico House," from the Dolly Varden style in which it was painted. The first fol- lower of Esculapius was Dr. Cissel, who appeared in 1850. James Hoxby was the first attorney, although there were several pettifoggers before him. John M. Sticht began manufacturing buggies, phaetons, wagons, etc., in 1868. The business is now under the management of his son, H. J. Sticht, E. J. White and F. J. Westfall. Isaac R. Ayers is also engaged extensively in the same calling. The different establishments of the city in this line manufacture some fifty vehicles per annum. Reed, Hamilton and Gallup are at present manufacturing 30,000 snow shovels and handles of all kinds per year, employ- ing from seven to twelve hands. Lucius N. Reed, since 1869, has been con- ducting a planing-mill ; sash, door and blind factory ; a general hardware store of materials needed in buildings ; a large lumber yard, and is doing an annual business of over $12,000. He keeps from '300,000 to 500,000 feet of lumber on hand, and employs in the various departments of his occupation some fif- teen men. He has become a building contractor to the extent of about $6,000 per year. In about the year 1856, Williams & McComskey opened a small foundry, and began manufacturing various domestic articles and implements and a few plows. Within two or three years, they sold their establishment to




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