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The husband and wife returned to their desolate home where they remained for a time but the health of the family not improving, Mr. Moore disposed of his interest in the White County farm and in 1874, following the death of his father, purchased a part of the old homestead and on August 18th returned to Henry County, from which time their health improved and their prospects became bright for a prosperous future.
Mr. Moore was for many years, as his widow is now, a member of the United Breth- ren Church, to which he gave of his strength and means liberally during his life. Polit- ically, Mr. Moore was for a number of years a radical Republican but he subsequently be- came a "Greenbacker" and gave to that organization, of which he was a leading member in Henry County, his warm and active support. He was a firm believer in the idea that the Government should issue all money and that the same should be a full legal tender for all purposes, public and private.
Miles Marshall Moore was a good citizen and was one of that great number of loyal and patriotic men, who by their acts and deeds during the great Civil War gave honor to the splendid military history of Indiana and Henry County. He was an experienced, practical farmer and by thrift and industry accumulated a life's competency. He was of an energetic and persevering disposition and won and held the regard and esteem of his neighbors and many friends.
Thomas Eugene, the second son of Miles M. Moore and his wife, Nancy (Lamb) Moore, was married September 21, 1889, to Rozella Bird, who was born March 27, 1872. She was the daughter of Joseph and Eliza ( Houser) Bird, of the well known family of that name which has been for many years prominent in the affairs of Stony Creek Town- ship, Henry County. They have two children, Ernest Edgar, horn August 26, 1890, and Gladys, born September 19, 1896. Thomas Eugene and his family reside in Muncie, the "magic city" of Delaware County, Indiana, where he is engaged in the natural gas and oil business.
Since the death of Miles Marshall Moore, April 14, 1886, as above stated, his widow, Nancy (Lamb) Moore, has given all of her time to overseeing and managing the property left by her beloved husband. She is a thorough business woman and has conducted the business with great care and prudence. not only keeping the property intact but adding materially to its value. She resides at Mooreland, where she has a fine home and where she owns one hundred and forty two acres of land, adjoining that place on the south, which is highly improved and which is valued at one hundred and fifty dollars per acre. She is a very excellent woman, domestic in her habits, hospitable, of a kindly disposition, charitable, and has the entire respect of the community in which she lives.
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The town of Mooreland was laid ont hy Miles M. Moore and was named in his honor. It is a thriving place, is kept neat and clean, has a provident population, is blessed with good schools, good churches, good society and bears the reputation of being the most beautiful town in Henry County.
MOUNT SUMMIT.
Mount Summit, or Summit as it is generally called, derives its name from the supposition that it occupies one of the highest points of land in the county and is situated in Prairie Township, five miles north and three fourths of a mile west of north from the court house in New Castle and is in the S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 16 and the N. E. 1/4 of Sec. 21 and the S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 15 and the N. W. 1/4 of Sec. 22, Tp. 18 N., R. 10 E., and was laid out and platted by Isaac Kinley, Surveyor, and was acknowledged by Jesse Ice, proprietor, July 11, 1854, and contains four blocks, consisting of fifteen lots.
A plat of Mount Summit hy Jesse Ice, situated immediately south of the pike lead- ing west to Sulphur Springs and on the east side of the Lake Erie and Western railway was laid out, platted and acknowledged by Jesse Ice, proprietor, July 22, 1857, and con- tains twenty four lots, no blocks designated.
William West's addition, situated immediately east of the road running north and south from New Castle to Springport and on the north side of the pike running east and west from Mount Summit to Sulphur Springs, was platted April 16, 1869, and was acknowledged by West on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of ten lots.
Abel W. Ice's addition, situated immediately east and south of the original plat, on the south side of the pike running east and west and on the west side of the pike running north and south, was platted April 16, 1869, and acknowledged by Ice on the same date, and contains five blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
Peter P. Rifner's addition, situated on the north side of the pike running east and west, and east of the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted August 8, 1870, and was acknowledged by Rifner April 1, 1872, and contains two hlocks, consisting of fourteen lots.
Abel W. Ice's second addition, situated immediately south of his first addition and between the railroad and the pike running north and south, was platted October 17, 1871, and was acknowledged by Ice, April 26, 1872, and contains three blocks, consisting of eleven lots.
Sarah Ice's addition, situated immediately east of Ahel W. Ice's first and second ad- ditions and south of West's addition, was platted October 24, 1871, and was acknowledged . by Sarah Ice, October 16. 1872, and contains two blocks, consisting of eight lots.
A plat of Mount Summit made by William R. Harrold, Surveyor, includes all of the foregoing additions and ten out-lots, and was completed May 9, 1873.
Peter P. Rifner's second addition, situated immediately north of Abel W. Ice's first addition, was platted May 24. 1890, and was acknowledged by Rifner on the same date, and contains two blocks, consisting of eight lots.
Ezekiel T. Ice's addition, situated immediately south of Sarah Ice's addition and on the east side of the pike running north and south, was platted June 9, 1891, and was acknowledged by Ezekiel T. Ice and Hester A. Ice, on the same date, and contains seven lots, no blocks designated.
The village was first projected in anticipation of the construction of the north and south railroad before the Civil war. This road collapsed preceding the panic of 1857 and it was not, until more than a dozen years thereafter, completed north from New Castle to Muncie. This accounts for the fact that no postoffice was
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established until November 25, 1869. Prior to this time the people of the neigh- borhood got their mail from either New Castle, Sulphur Springs or Luray. The first store was established in 1852 by John Warner.
On pages 41 and 42 of this History will be found a list of all the postmas- ters, together with the name of the one rural route carrier connected with that office.
As the place has never been incorporated its population, whatever it may be, is included in that of Prairie Township. (See Chapter XXXVIII). Prairie Township has had four postoffices-Hillsboro (Dan Webster), Luray, Mount Summit and Springport. The two first named have been discontinued.
NEEDMORE.
Needmore was an old settlement or village, never platted into lots, situated in Harrison Township, on the road leading due west and distant from Cadiz three and one half miles at a cross roads, and two and one half miles due south of Mechanicsburg. At an early day this village or settlement contained a store, a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, a shoemaker's shop and a saw mill and possibly other industries which enter into the make-up of a little settlement. It never ac- quired the distinction of being a postoffice and at this time all evidences of the for- mer village have disappeared.
Needmore's chief claim to fame rests in the fact that a company of the Indiana Legion or Home Guards was organized at Mechanicsburg during the Civil War which was known as the "Needmore Rangers," a goodly number of the members of the organization coming from that particular locality. The author has been un- able to ascertain why the name Needmore was given this settlement, but it is possible that it came from some one of that name who lived there at an early day.
NEW CASTLE.
New Castle, named for New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, is the county seat of Henry County, and is situated in Henry Township, about a mile east of the geographical center of the county on the Panhandle railway, the Peoria and East- ern division of the Big Four railway, the Lake Erie and Western railway, the New Castle and Rushville division of the Lake Erie and Western railway, and the New Castle and Dunreith division of the Indianapolis and Eastern electric railway. It is also the southern terminus of the Anderson and New Castle division of the Union Traction Company's electric line, and of the projected electric railroad from Muncie to New Castle. The projected Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo elec- tric line will also be an important addition to the railroad facilities of the town, which is in the S. Į and N. E. { of Sec. 10, the S. } of Sec. II, the N. } and S. E. { of Sec. 15, and the N. 3 and S. W. { of Sec. 14. Tp. 17 N., R. 10 E., and the original plat was laid out and platted January 4. 1836, by Thomas Leonard, who had been appointed for that purpose by the Board of County Commissioners, and who took to his aid Thomas R. Stanford, Surveyor. The original plat was made up from the field notes of the town of New Castle, as returned to the Recorder's office by John Dorrah and William McKimmey, Surveyors, and was acknowledged
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by Ezekiel Leavell, agent for Henry County. April 8, 1823, and contained twenty blocks, consisting of one hundred and forty lots and twenty out-lots. The survey of 1836 above mentioned was a re-establishment of the lines of the original plat.
The west half of the public square was vacated by the board of commissioners at their November term, 1835, and Moses Roberts was appointed to cause a sur- vey or subdivision to be made, and said west half was platted into five lots, three fronting on Broad Street and two on Race Street.
Rue and Holman's addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, on the east side of South Main Street and south of Indiana Avenue, was platted by Richard Rue and Joseph Holman and was acknowledged by Richard Rue, January 26, 1844, and by Joseph Holman February 3, 1844. It contains six blocks, consisting of thirty two lots and four out-lots.
William Murphey's addition, situated immediately south of the original plat and south of Indiana Avenue, on the west side of South Main Street, was platted by Mur- phey, May 20, 1851, and was acknowledged June 19, 1851, and contains four blocks, con- sisting of ten lots.
Taylor's addition, situated east and north of the Panhandle railroad, on the south side of East Broad Street, is a subdivision of out-lots 4 and 5 of the original plat and was platted April 6, 1853, and was acknowledged by John Taylor on the same date and · contains twenty one lots, no blocks designated.
Thornburgh's addition, situated immediately east of the original plat, on the north side of Broad Street and east of Fifteenth Street, was platted July 18, 1853, and was acknowledged hy Hiram Thornburgh and by Hiram Thornburgh, guardian, of John and Jacob Thornburgh, July 20, 1853, and contains two blocks, consisting of thirty five lots.
George W. Lennard's addition, situated immediately west of the original plat, on the north side of West Broad Street and west of Eleventh Street, was platted September 22, 1854, and was acknowledged by Lennard, October 3, 1854, and contains two blocks, consisting of thirty six lots.
Martin L. Powell's first addition, situated immediately east and north of Thorn- burgh's addition and north of Taylor's addition heginning fifty feet west of Pennsylvania Avenue, now Eighteenth Street, and on the north side of East Broad Street, was platted August 24, 1866, and was acknowledged by Powell, September 10, 1866, and contains five blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Hazzard and Shirk's addition, situated two hlocks north of Vine Street, at the alley which marks the northern boundary of the original plat, on the west side of North Main Street, was platted March 18, 1867, and was acknowledged by George Hazzard (the author of this History) and Benjamin Shirk on the same date, and contains ten lots ,no blocks designated.
George Lowe's addition, situated immediately south of the Eastern out-lots in the original plat and south of Taylor's addition and east of Rue and Holman's addition, was platted September 28, 1867, and was acknowledged by Lowe, September 30, 1867, and contains five blocks, consisting of forty one lots.
Seth H. Elliott's addition, situated immediately south of Lowe's addition and north of the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted September 28, 1867, and was acknowl- edged by Seth H. Elliott and Catharine Elliott, September 30, 1867, and contains four blocks, consisting of twenty two lots and Elliott's reservation, equal to four lots, for a residence.
Nicholson's addition, situated immediately south of Bundy's second addition, be- tween Sonth Eleventh Street and Bundy Avenne, was platted August 3, 1868, and was acknowledged by Andrew Nicholson on the same date, and contains four blocks, consist- ing of eleven lots.
Miles Murphey's addition, situated immediately south of Rue and Holman's addi- tion, on the east side of South Main Street, was platted April 13, 1868. and was acknowl- edged by Murphey, April 21, 1868, and contains ten lots, no blocks designated.
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Benjamin Elder's addition, situated immediately west and south of the George W. Lennard addition in the west part of town, on the north side of West Broad Street be- tween Seventh and Ninth Streets, was platted August 17, 1868, and was acknowledged by Elder, August 21, 1868, and contains four blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Martin L. Bundy's addition, situated south of William Murphey's addition, on the west side of South Main Street and on the north side of Lincoln Avenue, was platted September 7, 1868, and was acknowledged by Bundy, September 9, 1868, and contains three blocks, consisting of eleven lots.
Hiram Thornburgh's second addition, situated immediately north of Martin L. Powell's first addition, between the Panhandle railway and Eighteenth Street, was plat- ted by Hiram Thornburgh, March 1, 1869. and was acknowledged March 31, 1869, and contains fifteen blocks, consisting of sixty nine lots and three out-lots.
Martin L. Powell's second addition, situated immediately east of the East School House grounds, on the south side of East Broad Street and extending south of the Pan- handle railway, was platted October 11, 1869, and was acknowledged by Powell October 14, 1869, and contains thirteen acres, divided into seven blocks, consisting of forty two lots.
Benjamin Elder's second addition, situated immediately north and west of Elder's first addition, was platted and acknowledged by Benjamin Elder, July 5, 1870, and con- tains six blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Jacob Shopp's addition, situated immediately east of Taylor's addition and on the south side of Shopp Avenue, was platted May 27, 1871, and was acknowledged by Shopp on the same date, and contains ten lots, no blocks designated.
James Loer's addition, situated east of Martin L. Powell's first addition and north of East Broad Street, the homesteads of James Brown and Thomas B. Redding interven- ing, and on the west side of North Twenty First Street, was platted August 4, 1871, and was acknowledged by Loer, August 14. 1871, and contains four blocks, consisting of twen- ty one lots.
Eli Murphey's addition, situated immediately west of William Murphey's addition, on the west side of South Twelfth Street. was platted October 16, 1871, and was acknowl- edged by Murphey September 17, 1872, and contains five lots, no blocks designated.
James Brown's addition, situated immediately east of Thornburgh's second addition and Powell's first addition, on the east side of Nineteenth Street, was platted and ac- knowledged by James Brown January 27, 1873, and contains seven lots, no blocks desig- nated.
John Rea's addition, situated immediately east of Powell's second addition, between East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted September 21, 1872, and was acknowledged by Rea, October 30. 1874, and contains five blocks, consisting of fifteen lots.
Elizabeth Murphey's addition, situated east of South Park addition, south of the former General William Grose's homestead, now the home of the Henry County His- torical Society, and on the east side of South Fourteenth Street, was platted October S. 1874, and was acknowledged by Elizabeth Murphey and Miles Murphey, March 15, 1875, and contains two blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
Bowers' division of out-lots, situated immediately east of Nicholson's addition, be- tween South Main Street and Bundy Avenue, was platted April 24, 1875, by John Un- thank, Surveyor, and was acknowledged by said Unthank on the same date, and contains sixteen lots, no blocks designated.
Martin L. Powell's subdivision, situated immediately east and south of Powell's second addition, on the south side of the Panhandle railway ( with the exception of nine lots which are north of the railroad), and extending north to the New Castle and Hagers- town turnpike, or East Broad Street, was platted by Martin L. Powell, May 25, 1876, and was acknowledged by him May 26, 1876, and contains nine lots and twelve out-lots, no blocks designated.
Thomas Mullen's addition, situated east of Powell's subdivision, between East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted March 1, 1877, and was acknowI- edged by Thomas Mullen, March 10, 1877, and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty eight lots.
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James Loer's second addition, situated immediately east of his first addition, was platted and acknowledged by him August 21, 1878, and contains four blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
William E. and Mary C. Woodward's addition, situated east of Elizabeth Murphey's addition, between Walnut Street and the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted July 3, 1883, and was acknowledged by Mary C. Woodward and William E. Woodward on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty one lots and seven out-lots.
Martin L. Bundy's second addition, situated immediately north of Nicholson's addi- tion and south of Burr's addition, on the west side of South Main Street and Bundy Avenue, was platted June 24, 1881, and was acknowledged by Martin L. Bundy and Amanda, his wife, on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of eleven lots and one out-lot.
Mowrer's addition, situated immediately south of Bundy's second addition, on the west side of Bundy Avenue, was platted June 25, 1881, and was acknowledged by James M. Mowrer, Emma C. Mowrer, Mary C. Mowrer, Thomas W. Millikan and Margaret R. Millikan on the same date, and contains two blocks, consisting of six lots and one out-lot.
Thomas B. Reeder's addition, situated immediately south of Mowrer's addition, be- tween Bundy Avenue and South Eleventh Street, was platted June 25, 1881, and was acknowledged by Reeder on the same date, and contains seven lots, no blocks desig- nated.
Lycurgus L. Burr's addition, situated immediately south of Bundy's first addition, on the west side of South Main Street and south side of Lincoln Avenue, was platted June 25, 1881, and was acknowledged by Burr on the same date, and contains two blocks, consisting of eight lots and one out-lot.
James M. Thornton's addition, situated immediately north of George W. Len- nard's addition and west of Hazzard and Shirk's addition, between North Ninth and North Eleventh streets, and on the north side of West Spring Street, was platted Au- gust 24, 1881, and was acknowledged by Thornton on the same date, and contains four blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Hernly and Brown's addition (known as Lockwood), situated immediately north of Woodward's second addition, at the extreme north end of town, on the west side of the Panhandle railway, was platted October 14, 1881, and was acknowledged by Charles S. Hernly and Samuel Hadley Brown, proprietors, on the same date, and contains two blocks, consisting of twenty lots.
Pyrrhus Woodward's addition, situated immediately north of Hazzard and Shirk's addition, on the west side of North Twelfth Street, was platted October 1, 1881, and was acknowledged by Woodward on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty four lots and two out-lots.
David W. Chambers' addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, on the east side of South Eleventh Street, was platted April 19, 1882, and was acknowledged by Chambers on the same date, and contains thirteen lots, no blocks designated.
Jacob Brenneman's addition, situated immediately south of out-lots twenty two and twenty three, original plat, on the south side of Indiana Avenue and east side of South Ninth Street, was platted March 23, 1883, and was acknowledged by Brenneman, April 3, 1883, and contains one block, consisting of five lots.
Asahel W. Lennard's addition, situated immediately north of Thornburgh's second addition, on the east side of Columbia Avenue, was platted August 27, 1883, and was acknowledged by Lennard on the same date, and contains eleven and fifty three hun- dredths acres, divided into four blocks, consisting of thirty five lots.
Martin L. Bundy's third addition, situated south of Bower's addition, on the west side of South Main Street, was platted June 20, 1890, and was acknowledged by Bundy on the same date, and contains five lots, no blocks designated.
James V. Hickman's addition, situated immediately east of Loer's second addition, on the south side of the Brown pike (the old Brown road), was platted September 29,
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1890, and was acknowledged hy Hickman on the same date and contains twenty two and seventy one hundredtbs acres, divided into one hundred and four lots, no blocks desig- nated.
Morris and Bundy's South Park addition, situated immediately east of Bower's di- vision, between South Main and South Fourteenth streets, was platted May 2, 1892, and was acknowledged by John M. Morris and Eugene H. Bundy on the same date and contains thirty six lots and one out-lot, no blocks designated.
Vestal's first addition, situated immediately north and west of Powell's subdivis- ion, between East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted June 3, 1893, and was acknowledged by Milton M. Vestal on the same date, and contains three and one half acres, divided into fifteen lots, no blocks designated.
The Speeder Cycle Company's addition, situated immediately south of South Park addition, between South Main and South Fourteenth streets, was platted August 21, 1894, and was acknowledged by Henry J. Adams, President, and Alman L. Bowman, Secre- tary of the Speeder Cycle Company on the same date, and contains seventeen and fifty three hundredths acres, divided into seventy five lots and one out-lot, no blocks desig- nated.
The Jehu T. Elliott Heirs' addition, situated immediately west of the original plat, on the south side of West Broad Street between South Fifth and South Ninth streets, was platted April 27, 1895, and was acknowledged by Mark E. Forkner, Attorney in Fact for the Elliott beirs, on the same date, and contains thirteen and ninety three hundredths acres, divided into sixty four lots, no blocks designated.
Woodward's second addition, situated immediately north of Woodward's first addi- tion, between the Panhandle and Big Four railways, was platted May 20, 1896, and was acknowledged by Pyrrhus Woodward, Mary E. Woodward, George Woodward, Lizzie Woodward and Belle Springer on the same date, and contains twenty two and sixty five hundredths acres, divided into seventy seven lots and two out-lots.
The Robert M. Nixon Heirs' addition, situated immediately west of Chambers' ad- dition. on the west side of South Eleventh Street, was platted July 1, 1897, and was ac- knowledged by Thomas L. Campbell, administrator of the estate of Robert M. Nixon, deceased, and Celestina Nixon, widow, on the same date, and contains thirteen lots, no blocks designated.
Rentzsch's sub-plat, situated in Mowrer's addition, includes out-lot one and lots one, two and three in block one and is between South Eleventh Street and Bundy Avenue. It was platted April 28, 1898, and was acknowledged by Otto Rentzsch on the same date, and contains ten lots, no blocks designated.
Mikels and Ogborn's Cable addition, situated immediately east of John Rea's addi- tion, between East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted November 18, 1899, and was acknowledged by Charles N. Mikels and Albert D. Ogborn on the same date, and contains eleven acres, divided into fifty lots and one out-lot, no blocks desig- nated.
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