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Post Offices .- The first post office in the township was established about 1836, and was named Burnett's Creek. It was located at Farmington, now called Burnettsville, and the first Postmaster was William R. Dale. The office is now located at Sharon, about half a mile north of the old town of Burnettsville, or Farmington, and is still called Burnett's Creek Post Office. How long Dale was Postmaster is not known. William S. Davis became Postmaster there in 1850, and held the office until 1864, when he was succeeded by F. A. Herman. The second post office was established at Hannah, now called Idaville, in 1860, and the first Postmaster was Alexander Rodgers, from 1860 to 1865 ; Alexander McCully, from 1865 to 1866; John Barnes from 1866 to 1868; Samuel Heiney, from 1868 to 1869; John C. Hutchin- son, the present incumbent, from 1869 to --. The post office was first named Hannah, but was changed to Idaville when the name of the town was changed. Those are the only post offices that were ever estab- lished in the township.
Burnettsville was laid out in March, 1854, by Franklin J. Herman, in the northwest quarter of Section 25, and consisted of thirty-eight lots. Dale's Addition, by Prudence Dale, was laid out in September, 1855, and consisted of sixteen lots. About 1846, Thomas Riley built a log dwelling house within the present limits of the town of Burnettsville, which was the first house built within those limits. The second was a log building, put up by David Stephens, about 1849, for a saddler shop. William S. Davis built the first frame building within the present limits of the town, in the latter part of 1849, and occupied it as a store and dwelling. Thomas Wiley was engaged in the blacksmith trade when Davis moved there, but when he began the business is not known. The first hotel in Burnettsville was built by John W. Bolinger, at the north- east corner of the town. The east part of the building had been built by William Dobbins for a wagon shop, and Bolinger bought him out, and built the west part as an addition to it. He carried on also a cabinet shop in a part of the same building. He continued in the business at that place for a good many years. The second store in Burnettsville was
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started about 1852, by F. A. Herman. He kept a general stock, con- sisting of such articles as are usually kept in first-class country stores. About 1862, John W. Wimer went into partnership with F. A. Herman, and continued with him for about two years, when Herman went out and formed a partnership with E. R. Herman and John Dixon, under the firm name of Herman, Dixon & Co. This store was located in the town of Sharon ; and, after numerous changes of partners, which it would be difficult and profitless to trace, came into the possession of J. M. Love & Bro., the present proprietors. There is now no business carried on in the old town of Farmington or Burnettsville.
Sharon .-- The town of Sharon, which is situated about one-half mile north of Burnettsville, was laid out in 1860. The post office was removed from Burnettsville to Sharon about 1864, at the time when F. A. Herman succeeded William S. Davis as Postmaster. The present business of Sharon is as follows : J. M. Love & Bro., dry goods and groceries ; Andrew Ireland, same; E. P. Henry, groceries ; David James, flour and feed.
Farmington Seminary .- The Farmington Male and Female Seminary was founded about 1852, by Isaac Mahurin. The building was erected by a joint-stock association, certificates of stock being issued, redeemable in tuition, but not otherwise. Mahurin taught about two years, and was succeeded by Hugh Nickerbocker, who taught about three years, when he was succeeded by Joseph Baldwin. During the time that Baldwin taught, which was about three years, this school was so popular, and had such an extensive reputation, that it received pupils from Logansport, La Fayette, Peru, Winamac, Delphi, and nearly all the cities and towns in this portion of the State. As a teacher, he was eminently successful, and very popular. He was succeeded by a man named Goodwin. All were good teachers, but Baldwin seems to have stood pre-eminently at the head. Many of the ablest professional men in the State, among whom may be mentioned the Hon. Calkins, M. C., received their early intel- lectual training at this institution. At an election held at the seminary, August 7, 1852. Joseph Thompson, Elijah Eldridge, William York, Larkin A. Herman, and Aaron Hicks were elected Trustees.
A Storm .- About the year 1852, the town of Burnettsville was visited by a terrific storm, or cyclone, which completely demolished the Baptist Church, which was at that time just approaching comple- tion, and carried several houses off their foundations. The church spoken of was a large frame structure, about sixty feet in length by thirty feet in width. The house of John McCormick was entirely blown away, except the floor, and completely demolished. The occupants of the house, who were in bed, were left lying there, without a roof to shelter them.
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The track of the storm seemed to be but a few rods in width ; and persons residing but a few rods from buildings that were demolished, were not aware, until after it was all over, and they were informed of it, that there had been a storm of such a terrific and destructive character. Of course, the storm was quite severe on either side of this track, and yet, comparatively, it was but slight.
Idaville .- The town of Hannah, now called Idaville, was platted or laid out March 20, 1860, by Andrew Hannah and Margaret Hannah, his wife; John B. Townsley and Rebecca E. Townsley, his wife ; and John McCully and Murha S. McCully, his wife, on the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the south- west quarter of Section 28-" The northwest corner of said town being 330 feet north, eighty-five degrees and thirty minutes west of the center corner of the aforesaid section." Townsley's West Addition was laid out by John B. Townsley, April 22, 1865, and consisted of eight lots. Townsley's South Addition was laid out April 22, 1865, and consisted of twelve lots. Criswell's Addition, by Robert Criswell, was laid out August 14, 1865, and contains six lots. Gates' Addition of sixteen lots was laid out December 17, 1872. The first building in the town of Idaville was erected in the summer of 1859, by Alexander Rodgers, for a store room. The building was erected before the town was platted, and it was ascertained when the town came to be platted that the building stood upon two lots, and it was subsequently removed to another lot and used as a dwelling. Alexander Rodgers sold goods in this first house for about one year-from November, 1859, to November, 1860. In the fall of 1860, he completed the building in which he is now doing business, transferred his stock to it, and has been doing business there ever since. He is the pioneer merchant of Idaville, but is now endeavoring to close out his stock, with a view to quitting the business. The building in which Alexander Rodgers is doing business being the second building in the town, the third was a dwelling, built by S. D. McCully, on Lot No. 1, of the original plat. The second store was opened in Andrew Hannah's warehouse, by John T. Barnes and John McCully. They kept a general stock, which they afterward removed to William Cochran's building, on the south side of the railroad. The next store building was built by Samuel Heiny, for a store and dwelling combined, and is now occupied by Davis & Carson. The present business of Idaville is as follows : Hall, Barnes & Son, general store ; J. W. McAlister, drugs ; Alexander Rod- gers, general store; Heiny & Good, agricultural implements; J. M. Townsley, drugs; Davis & Carson, general store, and grain merchants ; G. W. Friday, general store; George Keever, shoe shop; Dillon Marsh, shoe shop; John Shafer, barber, and cigars and tobacco; Henry Bennett,
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grocery ; J. C. Hutchinson, hardware; James & McCorkle, black smiths; David Snyder, wagon-maker; S. D. McCully, cabinet-maker ; Henry Ireland, butcher; James Armstrong, John L. Shafer and Marion & Heiny, carpenters. There is a great deal of lumber and wood shipped from Idaville, also a great many fence posts. It is probable that there is more lumber shipped from here than from any other point in the county ; possibly than from all other points, as there is but very little lumber shipped from any other part of the county. W. E. Myers set up a port- able steam saw mill in the south part of Idaville, in November, 1882, which is run by two ordinary steam thresher engines, one of which is an eight-horse and the other a ten-horse engine, thus giving him an eighteen- horse-power. With this mill he cuts from 6,000 to 8,000 feet of lumber per day. There is also a saw mill about three miles south of Idaville, which cuts a great deal of lumber, all of which is hauled to Idaville and shipped from there. The present population of Idaville is about 400, and that of Sharon, including the old town of Burnettsville, is probably nearly as much.
Violent Deaths .- In the spring of 1860, a tragedy was enacted about two miles north of the town of Burnettsville, which caused a great deal of excitement in the neighborhood in which it occurred. The chief actor in this tragedy was Albert Burns, a man somewhat past the middle age of life, who had been residing on a farm in that neighborhood for several years. It seems that he had formerly resided in Ohio, and that he there became jealous of his wife, abandoned her, came to Indiana and procured a divorce from her. About a year prior to the occurrence of the tragedy alluded to, she had come to the place where he lived, and they had recon- ciled their differences and had re-married. During the period of their cohabitation here, after their re-marriage, they had, apparently, been living quite harmoniously together. Whether he had new cause, real or imaginary, for suspecting that his wife was unfaithful to him, or whether he had wrought himself into a state of frenzy by brooding over what lay in the past, is not known. However that may be, he ended all the woes of his earthly existence, at the time previously mentioned, by shooting himself, after having shot and mortally wounded her who was the real or fancied cause of them. He also attempted to take the life of her youngest child, which he disowned. She lived until the next morning. After shooting her, and before shooting himself, he placed two chairs between her and the fire-place to prevent her from getting into the fire during her death struggles. In his case, death is supposed to have ensued instanta- neously. She was buried in the Winegarner Cemetery, and he on his farm.
About the year 1877, David Herron received injuries at the hands of
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some one (supposed to have been John Kelly), from the effects of which he is supposed to have died. He stopped at the house of John M. Shafer, on the railroad, about three miles east of Monticello, and inquired the way to Reynolds, saying that he did not wish to go through Monticello. The inmates of the house, observing that he was quite bloody, and that he acted strangely, inquired of him as to the cause of the blood with which his face and clothes were covered, and he told them that he had had a fight with the Grangers. He left there, and that was the last seen of him until his dead body was found about two days afterward, about two miles east of Monticello. As the weather was cold at that time, it is the opinion of some that his death resulted from exposure to the cold, rather than from the injuries he had received. John Kelly, proprietor of a saloon in Idaville, and John Toothman, who had formerly tended bar for Kelly, but who had been superseded in that capacity by Herron, were arrested on the charge of having murdered Herron. A nolle prosequi was entered as to Toothman, and he became a witness for the State in the case against Kelly, who was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the State's prison for a term of six years. Not being satisfied with the result, Kelly obtained a new trial, which resulted in his being again con- victed, and sentenced for a term of eighteen years. Many believe him to have been wrongfully convicted, and strenuous efforts have been made to secure his pardon ; but they have been unavailing.
Besides the foregoing, the following deaths in the township have resulted from other than natural causes : About the year 1855, William Crose suicided by shooting, about one mile southwest of Idaville. The felo-de-se was a kind of religious enthusiast, and his mind was supposed to be a little unbalanced. About 1854, Silas Tam was killed by light- ning, just east of the town of Burnettsville. About 1861, a man named Anthony, a conductor of a freight train, had his leg terribly crushed, in consequence of getting his foot caught in the frog, and died at the house of Alexander Rodgers, in Idaville, about two weeks afterward. About 1862, the gravel-train was derailed east of Idaville, and three men severely hurt, one of whom died in about twenty-four hours afterward. About 1849, Ephraim Million was killed about three miles east of Burnetts- ville, by his team running away with him. About the summer of 1870, Daniel Leslie was killed by lightning, in Hutchison & Ginn's store in Idaville. The same electric stroke that killed Leslie tore the boot off J. C. Hutchison's foot. There were several other persons near Leslie when he was killed, but none of them were seriously injured. About the summer of 1881, a man named Scraggs, a mute, was killed on thé rail- road, by the cars, about three miles east of Monticello.
Agricultural Association .- The first fair held in White County was
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held at Burnettsville, in Jackson Township, about the year 1854, at the Academy building. This was the only one that was ever held here, how- ever. It was got up by a few of the enterprising citizens of the town- ship, in order to arouse an interest in the organization of an agricultural society in the county, as they believed it to be behind the neighboring counties in this respect. Their object was soon attained, for, in a very short time afterward, a county agricultural society was formed. No entrance fee was required, nor were any premiums paid or offered. Premiums were awarded, however, and the honor of being awarded the premiums was the only recompense offered or given to exhibitors.
Churches .- The Associate Reformed at Idaville was organized about 1842. First pastor, John Thompson ; early members, Daniel Carson, Stephen Nutt, John Gibson, William Gibson, George Gibson, Abraham Neil, Solomon McCully, Andrew Hannah and their wives. About 1852, they formed a coalition with the Seceder Church. The Reformed Church built a frame house of worship about 1845, previous to which time their meetings had been held in private houses. After the union with the Seceders, they built an addition of twenty feet to their house, and took the name of United Presbyterians. The Reformed Church had no other minister than John Thompson up to the time of the union, the pulpit being vacant a part of the time. Ministers after Thompson were Thomas Calahan, J. R. Reasun, Gilbert Small and Milford Tidball, the present incumbent. Present church built about 1870 at a cost of about $2,800. About 1874, a division occurred in the United Presbyterian Church, about forty-five withdrawing and organizing a Reformed Presbyterian, or Covenanter Church, and the same year built a church costing about $2,000. Their ministers have been David Murdock, Hiram H. Brown- ell and Thomas J. McClellan. Present Trustees, John McGee, William Downs and John Coughel. Elders, Samuel Montgomery, William Downs and Andrew Hannah. 4 The Dunkard Church at Idaville was organized about 1843. Ministers at date of organization, George Patton and Jacob Inman ; subsequent ministers, Henry Klippinger, Uriah Patton, James Hannah, Robert P. Gibson, Robert Million and David Doolittle. Church built in 1872, at a cost of $2,250. The Methodist Episcopal Church at Idaville was organized about 1865. Early members, Samuel Delzell, James Armstrong, J. A. Vallandingham, and wives, and Mrs. J. J. Ross, G. W. Friday, J. A. Hamill and Nancy Iden ; ministers, Thomas H. McKee, John W. Steele, Rev. Jackson, Rev. Bicourt, R. H. Calvert, C. R. Ball and Winfield Hall. Church built about 1866, at a cost of about $1,000. Trustees, James Armstrong and George W. Friday ; Stewards, George W. Friday and Daniel Snyder. The Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Idaville was organized in July, 1882. Pastors at date of or-
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ganization, J. M. Reece and Victor Thompson ; members, Dr. J. B. Bar- ton, L. W. Henry, and wives, and John Ellis, George P. Davis, Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Mary J. Palmer, Mrs. Frances Rudgen, Cynthia Marvin, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Weaver and Katie Kelley. They have, as yet, no house of worship. Ministers are sent monthly to preach to the congregation. The Christian Church at Burnettsville was organized at the residence of Alexander Scott, one mile east of the present site of the church, in the fall of 1834, with Rev. Reuben Wilson in charge. Reuben Wilson and Alexander Scott were chosen Elders, and William Hicks, Deacon. The society, when organized, had thirteen members, viz .: Reuben Wilson, Elder and Pastor, Elizabeth Wilson, Alexander Scott, Unity Scott, William Hicks, Christina Hicks, Silas Atchinson, Mary Atchin- son, Daniel C. Flinn, Joseph Galbreath, Rebecca Hicks, Eliah Fobes and Sarah Fobes. The church was built in 1853, at a cost of $1,000. Elder Rus- sel held a series of meetings here soon after the completion of the church, with marked success. The ministers of this church have been Elders Wilson, Scott, Russel, Mullis, Campbell, Winfield, Libbie, Rohrer and Ireland. Present membership about fifty-five. The Baptist Church in Burnetts- ville was organized April 4, 1843, with Elijah Barnes, pastor, and thirty- two members. The following ministers have officiated as pastors of this church, the dates following their names indicating the time of their com- mencement : T. E. Thomas, 1844, one year ; Elder Waters, short time; M. A. Kerr, 1849, five years; N. Clark, 1855, three years ; John Dun- ham, 1859, two years; M. A. Kerr, 1862, four years; J. G. Kerr, 1866, two years ; J. O. Washburn, supply ; Alfred Harper, supply ; L. C. Cochran, supply ; A. H. Dooley, 1872, nine years ; R. McClary, 1881, one year; Price Odde, 1883, present minister in charge. Present number of members, eighty-two.
Trustees, William York, George Bir- kit, W. J. Bishop and John York. Names of the original thirty-two members : Jephtha York, William York, Elijah Eldridge, William Gib- son, John York, Benjamin Grafton, Jonathan Shull, Henry Bishop, John A. Bishop, William R. Lacey, Abraham Bishop, Lewis Shull, Will- iam Ireland, Samuel Ireland, Susannah York, Nancy York, Rebecca York, Mary Gibson, Nancy Hamilton, Erta Billingsby, Christina Shull, Margaret Bishop, Christina Bishop, Elizabeth Billingsby, Rebecca Bill- ingsby, Christina Lacey, Marah Bishop, Patry Shull, Lucinda Ireland, Mary Ireland and Isabel Shegila.
The Methodist society at Burnettsville was organized in 1843, with twenty-five members, namely : John Herman, Mary Herman, Stephen Mc Pherson, Lucetta McPherson, Caleb Mahuren, Matilda Mahuren, Larkin Herman, Sarah Herman, John Shaw, Susan Shaw, William Shaw, Eli Shaw, Catharine Davis, Isaac Mahuren, John E. Dale, Joshua
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Tam, Mitchell Tam, Catharine Dodge, Prudence Dale, Maria Davis, Mary Shaw, Martha Million, Margaret Dale, William Stewart and Sarah Stewart. This church has been served by the following-named ministers : G. W. Stafford, 1843-44 ; B. Webster, 1844-45; G. W. Warner, 1845-47 ; J. Hatfield, 1847-48; B. Williams, 1848-49; J. M. Rod- gers, 1849-50 ; J. B. Ball, 1851; W. J. Coptner, 1851-52; D. Dun- ham, 1852-53 ; William Reeder, 1853-54; P. J. Beswick, 1854-55 ; W. Hancock, 1855-56; F. Cox, 1856-57 ; J. B. Mershan, 1857-58 ; W. Beckner, 1858-59; J. B. Adell, 1860-61; J. S. Budd, 1861-62 ; J. L. Boyd, 1862-63; C. W. Farr, 1863-64 ; H. C. Fraley, 1864-66 ; G. W. Warner, 1866-67; J. S. Budd, 1867-68; C. L. Smith, 1868-69 ; J. W. Pierce, 1869-70; L. T. Armstrong, 1870-71; W. H. Wood, 1871-72; S. Barcus, 1872-73; B. F. Nadell, 1873-74 ; F. Mason, 1874-75 ; J. E. Steel, 1875-76 ; J. W. Jackson, 1876-78; Jephtha Bi- court, 1878-79; R. H. Calvert, 1879-80 ; C. R. Ball, 1880-81; W. Hall, 1881-83. The church now has a membership of fifty-two in good standing, and is in a prosperous condition. The present officers are D. F. Wilson, Class Leader; James F. Howard, G. W. Calahan, John Nethercott and Samuel D. Meek, Trustees; J. F. Hourand, James H. Cochran, William E. Myers and D. F. Wilson, Stewards; and G. W. Calahan, Sunday School Superintendent. The church was built in the fall of 1847, and cost near $900.
The Oldest Resident, etc .- Andrew Hannah has been the longest a resident of the township of any man now residing in it, he having moved into it in the spring of 1833, and remained a resident of it ever since. John Hannah owns 120 acres of land which he entered in 1834, and which has never been transferred. Jackson Township has as good soil, as good men, and as good-looking women as any other township in the county. Her people have always been in the van in all progressive movements. May virtue continue to make her abiding place among them, and may they continue to labor zealously in pushing forward the car of progress.
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CHAPTER VII.
BY M. T. MATTHEWS.
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP-ORIGIN OF NAME-ORGANIZATION AND FIRST OFFICERS-THE FIRST SETTLERS-INITIATORY EVENTS-VILLAGES OF SEAFIELD AND WOLCOTT-GROWTH OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION -SECRET SOCIETIES-JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-INCIDENTS.
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
ITHE first settlement in Princeton Township had its origin in a portion known as Palestine, in January, 1843. In the fall of 1842, Henry Pugh, Nathaniel Rogers and John Cain arrived, and began the erection of three log houses. Pugh's house was erected on Section 8, Cain's on Section 5, and that of Rogers on the same section. Pugh completed his house in the fall of 1842, and in 1843, in January, he moved his family from Union Township, this county, into the land of Palestine, and began life in the hewed-log cabin. This family is said to have been the first one to have commenced permanent settlement in the township. A few squatters had lived a few months in the township in 1842. In the spring of 1842, Nathaniel Rogers and Jobn Cain became residents of the Pal- estine settlement. The humble log domiciles that had been begun in 1842, were now in readiness for occupancy. While there were settle- ments making and improvements constructing in the land of Palestine in the early spring of 1843, the attention of the historian is called to Black Oak Point, in the northwestern part of the township, where a settlement, that was afterward known as the Black Oak settlement, was being made, first by James Brown, from Ohio, who was soon followed by Jacob Myrtle, a man by the name of Gooddale, and Mr. Hemphill. Mr. Brown was the first man to build a house in this part of the township. The building was constructed of round logs, and was 14x18 feet in size, had a puncheon floor. one window, and but for the greased paper in it it would have been lightless, and the first cabin of Black Oak settlement would have been totally incomplete without the old family fire-place. The hewed-log houses erected in Palestine in 1842 were all supplied with the conveniences of that day. The houses put up by Henry Pugh and John Cain were each 16x20 feet, while the one built by Nathaniel Rogers was 16x22 feet. Henry Pugh, a noted early-day hewer, did the hewing for these houses. Some of the other first settlers in the Palestine settlement
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were Daniel Nyce, Cornelius Stryker, Anson Jewett, Mortimer Modire and William Bunnell. Joseph Sewart settled in the township in 1845. Old Mr. Jewett had commenced in Princeton as early as 1844. A man by the name of Coon came in 1844. J. B. Bunnell began life in the wild and Western lands in 1846. J. H. Lear came in 1845. R. C. Johnson was one of the first men in the township. James Cain, Corne- lius Van Der Volgen, Isaac Chase, Elias Esra, Aden Nordyke, John C. Morman, Israel Nordyke, Thomas Gillpatrick, and a few others whose names could not be remembered, are the old pioneers of Princeton Town- ship. In 1846, settlements in the township became more numerous. Only those old pioneers who are yet living in the township can realize the great changes in the same since its first settlement. The entire town- ship has undergone extensive and important changes. Then the whole territory of which the township has been formed was one vast wild, with its extensive prairies and its groves of the oak wood. Over these prairie lands and through these forests roamed, almost unscared, the wild deer and the voracious wolf. An old settler tells that, in the years 1843 and 1844, flocks of seventy deer could frequently be seen on the prairies, and as many as five had perished in a single day at the hands of the merciless hunter. The rude log hut has been exchanged for more comfortable homes, and grass-covered stable has been supplemented by the spacious frame barn. A portion of Princeton Township that was once covered with water during the whole year is now being cultivated, and produces large returns of cultivated vegetation. The time was when farmers were compelled to haul their wheat and corn to Chicago or Michigan City. Imagine a farmer with a four-ox team hauling corn to Chicago, and re- turning with a barrel of salt and a few groceries. How changed are the commercial advantages of Princeton Township !
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