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Name, Creation and Boundaries .- Princetown Township derived its name from a ship which in days past plowed the Atlantic, and which brought to America's free shore Cornelius Van Der Volgen from England in 1843, and who was one of the first settlers in the territory now compos- ing Princeton Township. On the occasion of the creation of the township, Mr. Van Der Volgen suggested to the Board of Commissioners that the name Princeton be applied to the new township, in honor of the grand old vessel in which he " came over." The Commissioners accepted the name. At the March term of the Commissioners' Court in 1844, a petition was presented, bearing the names of a number of the citizens of the territory which was afterward known as Princeton Township, praying that such territory should be known as a new civil township, and thereupon it was ordered by the board that the territory described as follows should have a separate township organization : Commencing at the northeast
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corner of Section 1, in Township 28 north, of Range 5 west, and running south on said section line to the north line of Big Creek Township; then west along said line to the west line of White County ; thence north along this line to the corner of White County ; thence east along said county line six miles ; thence north on said county line five miles; thence east three miles, to the place of beginning. It was further ordered by the board that the elections of Princeton Township should be held at the house of Jordan Cain, and James G. Brown was ap- pointed Inspector of Elections for the first year. By an order of the board, the place of holding elections was changed to the house of Daniel Nyce, June 3, 1844.
Princeton Township is one of the largest in the county, and is bounded on the north by Jasper County and Monon Township, on the east by Honey Creek Township, on the south by West Point Township, and on the west by Benton County. In the township there are sixty-three square miles. The following are among the first persons to enter or purchase land in Princeton Township : James F. Adams, 1847; John Stuart, 1847; Alfred Harrison, 1846; Thomas Gillpatrick, 1844; Aden Nordyke, 1846; Israel Nordyke, 1846; Eli W. Morman, 1850; R. C. Johnson, 1845; Jonathan White, 1846; John Birch, 1847; James McKillip, 1847 ; Cornelius Stryker, 1850; Anson Jewett, 1847 ; Elizabeth Pugh, 1845; Mortimer Modire, 1845; William S. Brown, 1853; Hiram Lear, 1847; John Dyre, 1842; Daniel Nyce, 1842; Peter Benham, 1846 ; Cornelius Van Der Volgen, 1843; Joseph Stewart, 1841; Comfort (prominent in the first history of Pulaski Coun- ty), 1843; Isaac S. Vinson, 1851; William Coon, 1843; William Blake, 1847. Joseph Stewart was the first man to enter land in Princeton Town- ship.
Elections .- At an election held at the house of Daniel Nyce, in Princeton Township, on the 4th of August (first Monday), 1845, the fol- lowing men voted : Nathaniel Rogers, William Bunnell, Cornelius Van Der Volgen, John C. Lielfor, Nathaniel B. Volger, Daniel Nyce, James Cain, Mortimer Modire, Henry Pugh, R. C. Johnson, Joseph Stewart, Isaac Chase, Elias Esra, Aden Nordyke, John C. Morman, Israel Nor- dyke, Thomas Gillpatrick and Anson Jewett. This was the vote at the State election in 1845. At an election held in the township on the 6th of April (first Monday), 1846, Elias Esra received twenty votes for Su- pervisor of Roads, and Robert Nordyke received twenty votes for In- spector of Election. For the office of Fence Viewer, Eli Morman re- ceived two votes, Anson Wood received two votes, Nathaniel Rogers one vote, Cornelius Stryker one vote, John H. Lear one vote, and Israel Nordyke one vote. James Street received twenty votes for Constable,
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and John Morman received one vote for the same office. At this election, the following men cast their votes : Elias Morman, Israel Nordyke, John Cain, John Birch, Jolın Moran, John Lear, Thomas Gill, Joseph Lear, Anson Wood, Henry Pugh, Daniel Nyce, J. R. Benham, Andrew Mor- man, M. Dyer, James Street, Aden Nordyke, Benjamin Gillpatrick, Elias Esra, Cornelius Stryker, Anson Jewett, N. J. Rogers and Leander H. Jewett. The following persons voted at an election held in the town- ship on the first Monday in August, 1846: Anson Jewett, James G. Brown, J. C. Moran, J. C. Lueliper, Joseph Woolsey, Henry Pugh, Ben- jamin Gillpatrick, John Lear, Robert B. Overton, Isaac Jacks, Aden Nordyke, Daniel Nyce, John Cain, J. Stewart, J. Lear, F. B. Richling, Thomas Gillpatrick, R. ,C. Johnson, N. S. Rogers, J. Moran, L. H. Jewett, H. F. Lear, J. B. Benham, C. Stryker, Elias Morman, John Birch, Elias Esra, A. L. Morman, Robert Nordyke, Jonathan Esra, Will- iam Dunham, Valentine Mercer, Thomas Coon, Joseph Stewart, Israel Nordyke, Jacob Evans and Nathaniel Evans. Of this election, J. B. Brown and R. C. Johnson were Clerks; Joseph Stewart and Jonathan Esra, Judges ; and Robert Nordyke, Inspector.
The Flood and the Ague in 1844 .- The year 1844 is known as the wet one in the early history of the township. Old settlers say that it commenced to rain on the 10th of May, and rained almost continually until the 4th of July. So wet was it that farmers could not plant their corn, and most of the ground in the township that had been prepared for corn could not be used on account of the flood. One old pioneer tells that it rained so hard and long that for two days and a night the water stood six inches deep all over his cabin floor, and he was compelled to get under the dining table to keep out of the rain. It quit raining about the 1st of July, and then a dry season began and the ague commenced in earnest. During July and August, the inhabitants shook as only one having the disease in those times could shake. There were not enough well persons in the township to administer to the wants of those who were ill. The fever raged furiously, attacking whomsoever it might, until midwinter of 1844-45. For several years the regular ague seasons were known in the township. The house of John H. Lear was, for a number of years, known as the quinine depot for all that section of country. Mr. Lear would purchase the drug in large quantities at wholesale, and haul it by ox team to the settlement, and then the neighbors would come and get as much as they wanted at once or enough to do them until the next sup- ply should be brought on. Mr. Lear himself was not a regular prac- ticing physician, but he was known as a great ague comforter, and would " dish out " the quinine in proportions suitable to the applicant. But the scene is changed, and in 1870, the ague has, to a great extent, lost its grip in the township.
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Birth, Death and Marriage .- To Nathaniel and Rebecca Rogers is supposed to have been the first white child born in the township. The birth occurred in the month of April, 1844. A man by the name of Porter, was the first who died in Princeton Township. The death oc- curred in the fall of 1844, and the remains were laid at rest in what has since become known as Dobbins' Graveyard. The first couple married in the township were John Marine and Rebecca Morman. Mr. and ' Mrs. Nordyke, now of Monticello, were among the first persons who were married in the township.
Schools and Churches .- The first school in the township was taught in the Palestine settlement, as claimed by some, while others think the first was taught in the Nordyke settlement. There is not much difference however, in the time of these schools. The one in the land of Palestine was taught in 1849, and Edwin Bond was the teacher, while there is good authority that the one in the land of the Nordykes was taught as early as 1848, and B. Wilson Smith taught the first school. These schools were taught in similarly constructed schoolhouses. The one in Palestine was a round-log structure, 16x18 feet, that stood on Mortimer Modire's land. This house differed from most of the schoolhouses of the country. It had two windows, instead of one, extending the whole length of the · house, one on each side. The Nordyke Schoolhouse was 16x18 feet, and of hewed logs. Both of these houses were fully furnished with puncheon seats, and desks of the same material, and the all-consuming fire-place. The first frame schoolhouse in the township was built in about 1854, in the Nordyke settlement, about a half mile north of the first schoolhouse that had been erected in that settlement. The township now has eleven frame schoolhouses, besides the splendid one in the town of Wolcott. The Wolcott school building does credit to the town and the township. It was erected in 1875, by means appropriated by the township and by private donations. The building is forty-eight feet square, two stories high, and cost about $6,000. The plot of ground (two blocks) was donated by Anson Wolcott. Prof. Wright was the first teacher in the new school- house. In 1879, the school was divided into three departments, and has since been known as the Wolcott Graded School. Prof. William Ireland is the present Principal ; Homer Debell has charge of the Intermediate Department, and Miss Clara Hutton is the Primary teacher. The school has an average attendance of 120 pupils.
The Christian Church in the Palestine settlement was the first meeting-house in Princeton Township. This house of worship is a frame structure and was built (as nearly as could be ascertained) about twenty- five years ago ; is 24x36 feet and cost about $600. The organizers of this church or class were Robert C. Johnson and wife, Jackson Dobbins
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and wife, John Dobbins and wife and Preston Lawson and wife. The second church built in the township was commenced in 1872 and fin- ished in 1873. The building is a neat frame, 36x40 feet and cost $2,600. Mrs. Anson Wolcott donated the ground. This house belongs to the Methodist Episcopal denomination. The class was organized at Seafield in 1861, and then was moved to Wolcott. Some of the first members were John McDonald and wife, George and Sylvester Bicourt and old Mr. Sexton and wife. Rev. Vance is the present minister. The third church erected in the township is the Christian Church of Wolcott, which was built in 1873. This is also a frame structure, 34x54 feet, and cost $3,500. The first trustees were J. B. Bunnell, elected for five years ; Noble Nordyke, for four years ; A. W. Dyre, for three years ; M. T. Didlake, for two years, and J. M. Brown, for one year. Rev. William Ireland is the present minister. The fourth and last church built in Princeton Township is the Palestine Baptist Church, erected in the Palestine settlement, in 1874. The building is a frame, 26x42 feet, and cost about $2,000. Previous to the erection of these churches in the township, public services were held at private houses and at the school- houses.
Tavern .- The first tavern in the township was built by Henry Pugh in 1862, in the town of Wolcott; was destroyed by fire, 1872. Mr. Pugh rebuilt in 1873.
Railroad .- The Pittsburgh, Chicago & St. Louis Railway extends through the township, east and west, and was completed through on the last day of November, 1860. The building of this internal improvement through the township greatly increased the value of land in it, and property that was once almost valueless is now very valuable
Seafield-a station on the Pittsburgh, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, three miles east of Wolcott. The first business house at Seafield was established in 1861, by I. & N. Nordyke, who kept a general merchan- dise store, and Israel Nordyke was the first Postmaster. The present business of Seafield is conducted by John Kerlin, who has a general store, is Postmaster, railroad agent, express agent and a general servant to the wants of the public.
Wolcott .- This is a town of about 350 inhabitants, situated on the Pittsburgh, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, in the southwestern part of Princeton Township; was platted or laid out by Ebenezer and Maria Wol- cott, on the 15th of May, 1861, and is on land described as follows : The commencing point of the survey is at the southeast corner of Lot 8, in Block F, and is 180 feet distant at right angles from the center line of the Pittsburgh, Chicago & St. Louis Railway and thirty feet west of the range line, which runs north and south in the center of Range street
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north, eighty-eight degrees west, and the town is laid out parallel with and at right angles to the railroad. Another description is, that the town is laid out in the eastern part of Section 25 and the western part of Section 30. The streets were all laid out sixty feet wide, and the alleys sixteen feet wide; the lots are all 60x120 feet, except those along Range street, which are fractional. The plat consisted of
ninety-six lots and the following streets, running east and west : North, Johnson, Market, Scott, Anderson and South; and Range, Second, Third and Fourth running north and south. The first and only addition to the town of Wolcott was made on the 1st of May, 1865, by the original platters ; the addition consisted of forty-seven lots. Wol- cott came very near never existing, as Clearmont, about a mile and a half east of the present site of Wolcott at one time had the lead, but after the town was laid out the citizens of Clearmont were induced not to "take up their beds and walk," but to remove their houses to the site of Wolcott. This was done in the winter of 1861 and 1862. In 1860 (fall), the first store was started in Wolcott by the Stetler Brothers. This firm kept a kind of a general store and kept only the most staple articles of merchandise. William Jamason was the first grocer in the place. This enterprise was commenced about the same time that the Stetler brothers started their store. John Stetler was the first Postmaster in the place, and Dr. A. C. Ballou was the town's first physician. John Dobbins was the first blacksmith in the place. It will be remembered that the town was platted at the beginning of the late war and there was very little improvement made in the place until after the close of the rebellion. In 1872, the town had gained sufficient dimensions to be classed as an incorporated village, and accordingly the necessary steps were taken on the 3d1 of May, 1873. The first officers of the incorporation were : Noble Nordyke, W. H. Dyke and A. S. Pattee, Trustees; C. A. G. Rayhouse, Clerk ; James D. Sherman, Marshal ; J. F. Warner, Treas- urer ; James O. Johnson, Assessor. The corporation flourished for a brief period ; had enacted and enforced its ordinances. The goose ordi- nance of 1874 is said to have occasioned more ill feeling on the part of a a few individuals than all other ordinances created in the history of the corporation. The Town Council was termed the goose committee by several of the geese owners. In 1875, it was discovered that the incor- poration was an expense without benefit, that the town could not receive aid from the township in building a schoolhouse as long as it remain ed incorporated, and thereupon, in the spring of 1875, the following peti- tion was circulated and signed by the following persons :
" To the Board of Trustees of the Town of Wolcott, White County, State of Indiana : We, the undersigned, legal voters of the said town of Wolcott,
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hereby apply to your Honorable Board, and ask for a dissolution of the cor- poration of the said town of Wolcott. The reasons which induce us to make this application are as follows: 'The town is too small to be benefited by such corporation, except at our expense, and that would be unwar- ranted. That in our present condition the advantages are outweighed by the disadvantages.'" Noble Nordyke, William Imes, T. J. Bunnell, S. W. Dobbins, J. Commer, J. B. Bunnell, A. Bombay, Thomas Kin- sey, B. P. Lisk, G. A. Hemphill, James O. Johnson, W. H. Bombay, S. II. Jones, E. A. Jones, E. W. Peck, J. D. Sherman, H. Miller, J. W. Chambers, John Finney, A. W. Lisk, M. F. Comett, M. T. Didlake, C. A. G. Rayhouser, S. J. Dobbins, J. T. Leatherman, John Swartsell, James M. Burch, Phillip Browne, Frank McDonough, J. B. Hemphill, and J. N. Bone. The dissolution of the corporation occurred in May. 1875. The last officers of the town (elected on the 4th of May, 1874) were R. A. Stephens, R. C. Galbreath and W. H. Dyke, Town Board ; C. A. G. Rayhouser, Clerk ; Henry Stammer, Marshal ; Alfred Plumer, Assessor ; A. S. Pattee, Treasurer. Thus it was with the corporation of Wolcott, only a few days, but not very full of trouble.
Wolcott's Present Business .- The business of Wolcott is represented by the following persons : Dry goods, D. K. Jackson, Jerome Rigby and W. Lisk ; grocers, R. Wright and A. W. Dyke; hardware and harness, Eldridge and Wynekoof; drugs, C. A. G. Rayhouser ; grain dealer, A. Wolcott ; blacksmiths, George Hemphill, Horace Thornburge and W. W. Leek; carpenters, William Shire and Thomas Pugh; wagon- maker, John Dun; meat market, Messrs. Eldridge & Wynekoof and D. J. Jackson ; shoe-maker and barber, Martin Schneikenberger ; paint- ers, Frank Sweet and Albert Graham ; railroad agent, telegraph opera- tor and express agent, J. C. Northlane; milliner, Miss Mary Darrow ; dress-maker, Mrs. Berry; hay barns, Eben Wolcott and Samuel Dobbins ; lawyers, J. B. Bunnell, W. W. Leek, and C. H. Baxter ; physician, F. A. Grant ; hotels, American House, Henry Pugh, proprie- tor, Wolcott House, Mrs. Peck, proprietress. Wolcott contains one of the largest ear-corn cribs in the world. It has the most perfect ventilation of any ear-corn crib in the country, and has a capacity of 45,000 bushels of ear-corn. This building was erected according to the specifications of A. Wolcott. The hay barn, operated by Eben Wolcott, is also one of the largest in the State. Two presses are used, each of which has a capac- ity for pressing 36,000 bales of hay during the " pressing" season. J. H. Baxter is the present Postmaster at Wolcott. The town has two secret organizations, viz. : Masonic and Sovereigns of the Red Star. The Ma- sonic Lodge, No. 180, was instituted in May, 1866, and the charter was granted on the 30th of May, 1866. John B. Bunnell, John B. Hemp-
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hill and William H. H. Rader were the charter members. The first officers were J. B. Bunnell, W. M .; J. B. Hemphill, J. W .; William H. H. Rader, S. W.
The present officers are as follows : John B. Hemphill, W. M .; Thomas E. Pugh, S. W .; E. B. Debell, J. W .; Isaac M. Davis, Treasurer ; C. A. G. Rayhouser, Secretary ; George A. Hemphill, Tiler ; James K. Davis, S. D .; W. H. Dyke, J. D .; James Hemphill and Moses G. Dob- bins, Stewards ; Preston A. Lawson, Chaplain. The lodge has property valued at $500, thirty working members, and is in good condition. The lodge of the Sovereigns of the Red Star was organized. and the charter granted by R. L. Harvey, of Monticello, on the 31st of October, 1882. This is a new organization, and Mr. Harvey is the principal originator. The charter members of the Wolcott Lodge are as follows : Hugh Mc- Donald, Frank Sweet, Ezra P. Lisk, James Leek, Samuel O. Dyre, T. A. Grant, W. W. Leek, C. Schneikenberger, A. Graham, William Schier, S. A. Worthing, Otis Trowbridge and F. W. Eldridge. The following are the first and present officers : Sovereign Commander, William Schier; Sovereign Chancellor, F. W. Eldridge; Lieutenant Commander, Frank Sweet ; Lieutenant of Citadel, Hugh McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Leek; Treasurer, S. A. Worthing ; Bookkeeper, A. Graham. "Tem- perance, Truth and Charity " constitutes the motto of the Sovereigns of the Red Star. The new organization certainly has an exceedingly bright future.
Justices of the Peace .- The following is a list of the Justices of the Peace in Princeton Township, from its creation until 1886 : James G. Burnes, elected on the first Monday in April, 1844, term expired, 1849 ; Anson Jewett, 1847 to 1851 ; resigned, November 24, 1847 ; Robert S. Johnson, 1849 to 1854; James Templeton, 1854 to 1858; James Templeton, 1858 to 1862; James Templeton, 1862 to 1866 ; John B. Bunnell, 1866 to 1870; Lewis A. Goodrich, 1870 to 1874; C. A. G. Rayhouser, 1874 to 1878 ; Lewis A. Goodrich, 1878 to 1882; Ambrose More, 1882 to 1886.
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CHAPTER VIII.
BY ED A. MOSSMAN.
MONON TOWNSHIP-ORIGIN OF NAME-EARLY ELECTIONS - EARLY SETTLERS-A DEAD TOWN -- INDIAN MOUNDS-EARLY BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES-EARLY INDUSTRIES-BRADFORD OR MONON-SUICIDES, ETC .- SCHOOLS, ETC .- RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS-MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
T THIS township is traversed by two creeks, one of which is known as the Big Monon, and the other as the Little Monon, and it is from these that its name is derived. The name of the creeks, and likewise the name of the township, were formerly spelled Monong; but latterly the final letter has been omitted. The name of the larger of these two streams has undergone a further change from that by which it was known among the original owners of the soil-the dusky denizens of the western wilds. Among them it was known as the Metamonong. However, as the first two syllables of this name signify "big," in the Indian tongue, the signification remains the same, notwithstanding the form of the name is changed. This is a very large township, being very nearly equal in extent to two Congressional townships. It was created by an order of the Board of Commissioners, January 5, 1836, upon a petition signed by eleven citizens. As at first created, it embraced all of White County, north of the line dividing Sections 16 and 21, of Township 27 north, of Range 3 west, and west of line dividing Ranges 2 and 3 west. In Sep- tember, 1836, the south line of the township was moved one mile to the north.
Early Elections .- The first election in the township was held at the house of Cornelius Sutton, on the first Monday, and 4th day of April, 1836. The voters at that election were Samuel Gray, David Berkey, Elihu Line, Thomas Wilson, Ira Bacon, James K. Wilson, Cornelius Sutton, John McNary, Elias Lowther, William Wilson, James H. Sut- ton, Melchi Gray, Silas Cowger and Isaac W. Blake; Judges, Melchi Gray, Elihu Line and Ira Baker; Clerks, Samuel Gray and David Berkey. For Justice of the Peace, Silas Cowger received fourteen votes ; for Constable, Isaac W. Blake received thirteen votes ; for Supervisor, Elias Lowther received ten votes and James K. Wilson one vote; for Overseers of the Poor, James K. Wilson received six votes, Cornelius Sutton, eight votes, and Elias Lowther, one vote; for Fence Viewer, Sam-
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uel Gray received seven votes, and Joseph K. Sutton seven votes, and for Inspector of Elections, Elihu Line received fourteen votes.
The second election in the township was held at the house of Elias Cowger, on the first Monday in April, 1837, and the voters thereat were: Elihu Line, Thomas Nang, Amos Cooper, Ira Bacon, David Berkey, Cornelius Sutton, John S. Stump, James K. Wilson, Silas Cowger, Jo- seph Sutton, Thomas Wilson, Thomas Mablen, John McNary, James J. Reiley, John Parker, Samuel Gray, Solomon Gray, Lewis Elston, Mel- chi Gray, Harvey Sellers, Abel Line and William Wilson.
The third election in the township was held at the house of John Cowger, on the first Monday in April, 1838. On the tally sheets of this election, the following new names appear : Lycurgus Cooper, John Kepperling, Leo Pheagley, Jacob B. Bell, Oliver Hammond, David Pheagley, William Imes, M. A. Berkey, Jacob Myer, Adamson Bentley, Philip Sain, M. Bristol, John Cowger, Sr., S. A. Baldwin, Thomas Dow- ney, James J. Brown, Benjamin Ball, Joseph Woosby, Nelson Jack, Dennis Line, John Cowger, and Daniel Murray. At this election, Amos Cooper was elected Justice of the Peace. It thus appears that there must have been a large number of persons settled in the township between the years 1836 and 1838. Of the number of those who voted in 1838, but did not vote at either of the previous elections, a few may have resided in the township when those elections were held, but did not vote; while others may have been living in the township, but had not attained their majority in time to vote prior to 1838; but a large majority of them, no doubt, moved into the township after the election in 1836.
Settlement .- The first settlement in the township was made in the eastern part, near the confluence of Big and Little Monon Creeks. According to common report, the first settler in the township was Corne- lius Sutton. He was a fur trader and trapper. As he did not continue to reside in the township very many years, and as he left behind him none of his progeny, nor none who had come with or preceded him, the exact date of his settlement in the township cannot be ascertained. All that can be learned concerning that fact is, that he came prior to 1835, at which time Elihu Line and Isaac W. Blake came into the town- ship, the former in the month of April, and the latter in the month of August. He erected a small log cabin about half a mile south of the old town site of West Bedford, and there resided until he moved out of the township. The following persons came into the township during the year 1836 : John Cowger, Amos Cooper, Silas Cowger, Thomas Mack- len, John McNary, Joseph J. Reiley, John Parker, Harvey Sellers, Lycurgus Cooper and John Kepperling.
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