Hazzard's history of Henry county, Indiana, 1822-1906, Volume II, Part 64

Author: Hazzard, George, 1845-
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Newcastle, Ind., G. Hazzard, author and publisher
Number of Pages: 970


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Jefferson


Not organized


374,500


638,670


Liberty


251,812


717,480


951,940


Prairie


202.480


566.920


790,190


Spiceland


Not organized


506,650


640,380


Stony Creek


136,876


218,220


390.540


Wayne .


383,582


993,070


1.343,920


Total


$2.081,038


$7.061,600


$11.803,610


Total comparative value of all railroad properties in Henry County, as shown hy townships and towns combined, assessed for taxation for the years 1860, 1880 and 1904. steam and electric lines combined for the year 1904:


Townships.


1860.


1880


1904


Blue River


No railroad


No railroad


98,040


Dudley


26,250


65,050


370,720


Fall Creek


4,310


56,250


171,810


Franklin


23.330


46,200


325,240


Greensboro"


No railroad


No railroad No railroad


No railroad.


Henry


3.190


53.280


403.890


Jefferson


3,560


48,390


143.820


Liberty


4,690


77,470


244,100


Prairie


1,690


50,490


222,320


Spiceland


21,250


44,140


393.180


Stony Creek


No railroad


No railroad


30.140


Wayne


29,660


60,480


445,020


Total


$117.930


$501,750


$2,985,300


Total amount of taxes levied for all purposes in Henry County on the tax duplicate for the year 1842:


$ 6,078.73


County tax


3,559.36


Road tax


1,259.69


Total


$ 10.897.78


Add delinquent taxes


320.98


Grand total


$ 11.218.76


Total amount of taxes levied for all purposes in Henry County on the tax duplicate for the year 1870:


$ 18.658.93


State school tax


19.413.55


State sinking fund tax.


11.041.29


County tax


8,686.45


Township tax


845.61


Special school tax


18,622.54


Special school tuition tax .


5.038.56


Corporation tax. Lewisville, Middletown and Sulphur Springs


720 26


Other taxes


2.108.75


Total


$ 98.029.06


Add delinquency carried forward from duplicate, 1869


3,454.99


Grand total


$ 101.484.05


State tax


12.788.79


Road tax


104.33


Dog tax


137.020


Harrison


No railroad


State tax.


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The county tax of $12,788.79, levied for the year 1870, is not a fair index of county expenditures for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1871. There was a surplus, then, in the treasury of, approximately, $50,000, which had been accumulating through several years on account of the heavy taxation of the last years of the Civil War and for the building of the new courthouse. This surplus the county commissioners determined to use for county purposes; therefore the rate for 1870, approximately, eleven mills on the dollar, was very low.


The total county tax collected on the duplicate, for the preceding year, 1869, and for the fiscal year, ending May 31, 1870, was $51,495.32. The total tax levied in the county for the same period, for all purposes, was $194,330.89, to which was added, as a delinquency carried forward from the preceding duplicate, 1868, of $4,784.66, making a grand total for the duplicate of 1869, of $199.075.55. It was from the funds collected on this duplicate that the final payments were made for the new courthouse and the county jail.


On the tax duplicate for the year 1871 and for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1872. the total levy, for county purposes, was $35,172.24, a part of the surplus above referred to being carried over to be used for county purposes for this period. The total taxes levied on the duplicate of 1871, for all purposes, was $99,768.55, to which was added a delinquency carried forward from the preceding year, 1870, of $4,043.32, making a grand total of $103,811.87.


TOTALS FOR THE TAX DUPLICATE, 1870.


Value of lands, $4,924,880; value of improvements, $1.371,030; total .. $6.295.910


Value of lots, $243,060; value of improvements, $522,630; total. 765,690


Value of personal property of all kinds .. 3,979,720


Total value of taxables of all kinds, no mortgage exemption. 11.041.320


Total polls, 3,495, tax levied on all males between the ages of 21 and 50 years


6,199


On the tax duplicates, at this time, the value of railroad property for taxation was not carried forward so as to make it appear separately in the grand recapitulation of taxes for the entire county. On the duplicate for 1870, the railroads were assessed at $3,500 per mile, main line, which included side tracks and rolling stock, and for the year mentioned the total thereof is included in the total value of taxables as above set forth.


TOTAIS FOR THE TAX DUPLICATE OF 1904.


Value of lands, $8,090,970; value of improvements, $1,279,820; total $ 9,370,790


Value of lote, $1,047,940; value of improvements. 1,384,880; total . 2.432,820


Value of personal property of all kinds 5.298,560


Value of railroad property, including electric lines 2.985,300


Value of taxables, $20,087,470, less mortgage exemption, $568,680


19,518.790


Total polls, 4,588. Tax levied on all males between the ages of 21 and 50 years ..


10,500.50


Total amount of taxes levied for all purposes in Henry County on the tax duplicate for the year 1904:


State tax $ 19,846.87


Tax for State benevolent institutions


9,763.61


Tax for State debt sinking fund 5,858.16


State school tax


23,752.38


Tax for State educational institutions


5,369.97


County tax for free gravel road repairs


17,574.51


County tax for ordinary purposes ..


41,815.32


Township poor tax


5,286.89


Local tuition tax


37,258.23


Special school tax


39,822.11


Road tax other than free gravel road repairs


42.830.57


Townshin tax


16,093.63


Bridge tax


9,763.46


Add delinquency carried forward from


Cornoration tax (incorporated towns


duplicate of 1903 3,710.61


23,987.02


Grand total. $343.342.07


towns only .


only) Corporation bond tax (incorporated 10,606.60


Tax for lighting streets (incorporated towns only). 3,811.59


Tax for street improvements (incorpor- (ated towns only) 3,255.50


School library tax (New Castle and Wayne township only) 869.52


Cemetery tax (New Castle corporation only) 1,193.96


Water works tax (Knightstown corpora- tion only) 1.374 40


Courthouse tax (new addition) * 19,527.16


Total $339.631.46


* The total levy of courthouse tax for the addition, on the tax duplicate for the year 1903, was $19,293.16. The total cost of the addition and all improvements there-


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with will be found elsewhere iu this History in the article treating of public buildings. There will be an additional tax levied for this purpose on the duplicate of 1905 of ap- proximately $19,000.


Total county expenditures for Henry County for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1843:


Expenses, jury fees.


$ 645.39 Expenses of buildings 318.75


Expenses, roads


294.34 Interest paid on orders 49.31


502.87 Specific allowance. 709.25


Assessing revenue County officers


627.40 Expenses of roads by receipts as filed 901.45


Expenses of criminals


150.16


State delinquent tax paid 189.75


Expenses of elections.


39.87


Expenses of poor


554.75 Total $4,983.29


Total county expenditures for Henry County for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1871:


Expense of deaf and dumb. 8.60 Delinquent land redeemed 945.44


Taxes refunded, erroneously collected


19.65 Expense of criminals .. 1,029.71


Justice's mileage


22.60


Public printing, other than county rec- ords and stationery 1.030.85


Void sale for taxes, money refunded


59.20


County records and stationery 1,356.85


Docket fees, not collected and paid the State


71.00


Assessing the revenue, paid township assessors 1,801.00


Expense of elections


89.05


Expense of blind


114.06


Bailiffs' fees, court bailiffs and riding bailiffs for Sheriff and grand jury . 1,880.05 Jury fees, petit juries and grand juries ... County officers, salaries 3.867.38 6,157.89


Congressional township interest. Not collected and paid State.


195.12


Roads and highways


227.05


Common school fund interest. Not col- lected and paid State


242.45


Expense of insane .


345.07


House of Refuge. Expense of boys in Plainfield Reform School


439.25


Total county expenditures for Henry County for the fiscal year ending December 31. 1904:


Justices' mileage. Allowed Justices of


the Peace for making reports and turning in fines .... $


11.40


Specific allowances, not otherwise classi- fied


112.08


Commissioners' Court. Includes salaries of Commissioners. ($1,050) ; sheriffs' per diem attending Commissioners' Court: salary of County Attorney and other incidental expense . 1.524.00


County jail. Includes expense of heat. light, water, boarding prisoners and ordinary repairs 2,165.39


Expense of elections 2,380.92


279.50


Township poor. Sums advanced by the Board of County Commissioners to re- spective townships and then, by them, afterwards refunded ... 2,737.48


Assessing the revenue. This is the amount in the aggregate paid the re- spective township assessors 2,801.30


352.34 County Asylum. This includes fuel. light, maintenance of inmates, salary 532.50 of superintendent and matron. physi- cian, hired help and general repairs 3.421.45


546.00


Circuit Court. Includes all allowances made by the court for grand and petit jury fees: court bailiffs and all spe- cific allowances made by the court, in- cluding stationery and law books 4,173.62


972.39


Courthouse. Includes expense of light. heat. water, janitor and all ordinary repairs 4.929.61


Miscellaneous expenditures. Expense Board of Review: Farmers' Institutes: pauper's attorney ; teacher's institutes: ditch assessment and other items not otherwise specified


Public printing. All advertising for pub- lic lettings: notice to tax nayers: pub- lishing delinquent tax list: Circuit Court allowances and allowances of Commissioners, for other printing .. Expense of orphans. Maintaining or- phan children at the German Baptist Orphans' Home, in Jefferson town-


ship, and at a private orphans' home, known as the Julia E. Work Training School, at Plymouth, Indiana . 1.492.95


Historical Society Building. Sums paid for fuel, water and general repairs Delinquent lands redeemed


131.75


165.02


Preliminary expense of ditches, which includes all of the cost of original survey and publication of notices. The money to be collected and refunded to the county by the Ditch Commission- ers


Benevolent institutions. For mainten- ance and transportation of inmates of Blind and Deaf and Dumb Asylums. Reform School for Bovs. Reform School for Girls, Asylum for Feeble Minded Youth and Woman's Prison Burial of soldiers and soldiers' wives and widows


Insanity proceedings. Includes per diem of Justices of the Peace; witness fees: physician's service: transportation and amount paid by the county, annu- ally. to Eastern Insane Asylum, at Richmond, for maintenance of -in- mates


Civil engineering. Preliminary work, plans and specifications for bridges


665.18


County officers. Back pay allowed clerks and sheriffs under a decision of the Supreme Court 5.057.83


1.050.28


1,087.90


County officers. Including salaries, sup- plies, stationery and otherwise, for auditor. treasurer, clerk. recorder, sheriff, county assessor, county suner- intendent, surveyor, coroner and Sec- tary County Board of Health 17.868.85


Total $58.463.65


Damage money


150.00


Coroner's inquests


171.02


Henry County Teachers' Institute


50.00


Specific allowances 1,660.10


Expense of public buildings. Final pay- ments on courthouse and jail. 7,272.17 Expense of poor in county asylum and elsewhere . 14.257.56


Total $43,463.12


Street assessments. The county's pro- portion of expense, building streets surrounding courthouse square, under the Barrett act and street improve- ment on other properties owned by the county in New Castle 4.003.91


Interest on common school fund. In- terest on the money borrowed by the Board of County Commissioners for general county purposes from the common school fund


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The salaries of the judge of the circuit court and of the county prosecuting attor- ney are not included in the above item, "County Officers," as their salaries are paid directly by the State, from the State Treasury, at Indianapolis.


For the year ending December 31, 1904, the county clerk collected in fees and paid into the treasury as county revenue, $3,158.96; the recorder, $2,844.45; the sheriff, $724.44, and the auditor, $435.90; total, $7,163.75.


John W. Bell, superintendent of the county farm and asylum, paid into the treas- ury for the year ending December 31, 1904, as county revenue, $1,496.00, proceeds of the farm.


Table showing the amount of taxes levied for county purposes in Henry County, by townships, for the years 1842, 1845, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1904:


TOWNSHIPS.


1842.


1845.


1855.


1860.


1865.


1870.


1880.


1890.


1900.


1904.


Blue River


* *


* *


354.43|


$ 387.37 $


3,865.60


420.53| $ 1.211.94 $ 2.270.16| $ 1,369.08


$ 1,688.20


Dudley


$ 383.82


439.22


781.78


776.14


8,025 10


913.10


2,210.72|


3,681.14


2,648.12


3,071.47


Fall Creek


325.00


287.20


669.41


807.97


9,197.40


1.144.46


2,637.17


4,616.50


3,604.24


3,482.05


Franklin


421.32


263.96


777.58


764.95


8.389.60


987.18


2,304.65


3,750.95


2,495.54


2,969.74


Greensboro


215.75


248.00


558.72


543.01


5,706 30


694.30


1,743.95


3,185.20


1,896.62


2,284.78


Harrison


206.79


223.17


554.82


643.66


6,409,20


814.83


2,273.50


3,541.14


2,090.94


2,486.25


Henry


329.68


405.54


1,073.20


1,185.20


11,362 60


1.713.76


5,115.60


9,105.84


5,851.60


8,378.16


Jefferson


* *


165.07


384.63


502.61


5.076.30


660.55


1,651.94


2,925.46


1,869.56


2,063.57


Liberty


414.42


435.76


914.15


037.37


10,084.10


1,199.39


2,780.72


4,533.49


2,758.98


3,067.28


Prairie


371.78


301,47


744.39


825.47


7.981 50


961.06


2,384.31


1,194.96


2,379.58


2,681.05


Spiceland


* *


202.24


690.93


738.79


8.065.20


430.46


2.327.74


3,845.02


2,553.06


2,969.18


Stony Creek


255.14


295.56


337.52


344.94


3,406.50


398.05|


1,040.32


1,961.46


985.54


1,177.41


Wayne .


635.66


578.41


1,378.14


1,293.27


13,889.10


1,951.12


5,174.79


8,036.43


4,971.04


5,496.18


Totals


$3,559.36|


$3,934.60]


$9,219.70|


$9,750.75|$101,458.801


$12.788.79|


$32,857.35| $55,647.75| $35,473.90


$41,815.32


** Not Organized.


The growth of taxation for county purposes, from less than $10,000 in 1860 to more than $100,000 in 1865, was occasioned by the Civil War. The small levy for the year 1870 has already been explained from there being a surplus of county funds in the treas- ury from preceding years.


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This statement shows other facts regarding the census of Henry County which are not set forth in the table entitled "Population of Henry County, 1830 to 1900," pub- lished in this History on page 1,036.


CENSUS OF 1900.


Foreign-born population


359.


Number of part owners of farms 417.


Number of dwellings


6.376.


Number of cash tenants


181.


Population by families


24,811.


Number of share tenants 663.


Average size of families


3.09


Estimated population of county, 1905 .30,000.


Number of farms


2,601.


Total vote, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1904, for


Average size in acres


90.06


Secretary of State 7,217.


RAILROAD STATISTICS, 1905.


Main line of steam roads, approximately, miles


100


Assessed, per mile, rolling stock, Big Four .. 2,000


miles


25


Assessed, per mile, side track, L. E. & W .. 3,000 Assessed, per mile, rolling stock, L. E. & W. 2,000


vania Lines .23,000


Assessed, per mile, side track, Pennsyl- 4,500


Main line of electric roads, complete, ap- proximately, miles 31


vania Lines


Assessed, per mile, rolling stock, Pennsyl-


Assessed, per mile, main line 9,000


vania Lines


5,000


Assessed, per mile, rolling stock 600


Assessed, per mile, main line, Big Four. 14,000


DOG TAX.


The dog tax is now collected by the township assessors and is turned over to the respective township trustees. This fund is used to pay for sheep killed by dogs and the remainder, if any, not so used, is turned into the school fund.


THE HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


The above is claimed to be the pioneer county historical society of the State, hav- ing for its purposes the preservation of the history of the county and State, including the political, pioneer, educational, military ,industrial, social and religious history of the county ; its natural history, biography, etc., with collections to illustrate the same.


The first organization of the society was secured by obtaining the signatures of a number of interested persons to a written compact or article of association. Among those who were instrumental in the formation of the society and whose names were at- tached to the article were: Martin L. Bundy, Nathan H. Ballenger, Eugene H. Bundy, William H. Elliott, Joshua H. Mellett, John R. Millikan, Benjamin S. Parker, Elwood Pleas. Thomas B. Redding, Daniel H. Stafford and several others. Women were, with men, alike eligible to membership and all the privileges of the society, and have been equally active in and helpful to its work. The first meeting was held in April, 1886, at which a committee was appointed to draft a constitution and laws and report at a meet- ing to he held in the following October.


Pending the adoption of the constitution, an announcement that such a society had been established and would meet in October of that year was made at the annual meet- ing of the old settlers in September, with an appeal that all should take an interest in the new society and its proposed work. At this meeting a committee was named to work in co-operation with that already appointed, who at once took and afterward maintained a lively interest in the organization.


Perhaps the earliest movement for such a society was made by Martin L. Bundy, through communications to the local papers and by a call or two made by him for a meeting to organize a historical society, which failed, through no fault of the caller, to bring out a sufficient number of people for the purpose; hence the plan adopted by the movers in the new organization to secure its formation before attempting to hold a meeting.


The constitution was reported to the meeting in October, 1886, and adopted by it. Joshua H. Mellett was the first president and William H. Elliott, the first secretary. The society started out with enthusiasm and good promise of usefulness and success. A very


Number owning farms 1,269.


Assessed, per mile, side track, Big Four ...... 3,000


Side tracks of steam roads, approximately,


Assessed, per mile, main line, L. E. & W ..... 13,000


Assessed, per mile, main line, Pennsyl-


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large number of interesting historical papers have been prepared for and read before it and a large amount of most valuable historical data collected. For ten years of its earlier history it was without any permanent home or place where such papers or hIs- torical collections might be preserved. The New Castle Courier and other local papers, however, printed most of the papers and thus a wealth of the most interesting local history and biography has been preserved that would otherwise have been entirely lost. Among those who have contributed papers and addresses may be mentioned Elwood Pleas, with a large number of valuable geological, biological and other papers; Thomas B. Redding, with a history of the mounds and mound builders and papers upon other themes connected with the early life of Eastern Indiana; Adolph Rogers, with histories of the New Castle schools and papers upon the Mexican War and other themes; Captain Pyrrhus Woodward, experiences in the Mexican War; Daniel H. Stafford, on the earlier pioneer life of the county; Martin L. Bundy, many papers on various themes connected ' with local history, biographies and sketches of great interest and value: Mrs. Hannah E. Davis, Mrs. Rosa Mikels, Mrs. Rose Pickering, Mrs. Helen V. Austin, Mrs. Carrie Jeffries, Mrs. Mattie E. S. Charles, Mrs. Bell C. Estes, Mrs. Elizabeth Gillies, Mrs. Milton S. Red- dick, Mrs. Flora B. Weir and many other ladies with papers and sketches covering vari- ous matters connected with the life of the county and State. Others who have made large contributions to its work have been Joshua H. Mellett, Nathan H. Ballenger, Seth Stafford, Dr. John W. White, and Dr. Milton H. Chappell, each with exceptionally valu- able contributions; Colonel Milton Peden, Daniel Harvey and others with papers on pioneer adventures; Winchester H. Adams, on the early timber of the county and early life in Liberty Township; Eugene H. Bundy, Mark E. Forkner, Benjamin S. Parker, Albert W. Saint, William O. Barnard and many others with speeches, sketches and biog- raphies; Albert W. Saint and John W. Shockley with poems; John Thornburgh, on "The Delaware Indians," "The Newspapers of Henry County," and other papers, many of them of a reminiscent character. In addition to this, many distinguished people from other parts of the State have appeared at its meetings with timely addresses and papers, among whom may he mentioned Dr. John Clark Ridpath, Amos W. Butler, Will Cum- back, Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Professor Tice and Judge Abbott. The foregoing is but a partial list of the work which has been done by and before the society and doubt- less many names of persons who have rendered equally as valuable services as those mentioned to the county, through its meetings have been unintentionally omitted.


The General Assembly of 1901 having passed a law authorizing county councils, upon the recommendation of the county commissioners, to make appropriations for the construction of buildings or rooms for the use of county historical societies to the amount of $5,000.00, the Henry County Council made the necessary appropriation, late in that year, and the fine large homestead of the late General William Grose on South Four- teenth Street in New Castle was purchased for that purpose for the use of the Henry County society. Much progress has been made since this purchase was concluded and a large and valuable collection of such things as illustrate the history of the county- books of reference, portraits of pioneers, valuable papers, memoirs, natural history speci- mens, etc., has already been made and located in the building. Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus H. Coffin are now the custodians, and the place is well kept and a delightful one for the visitor in search of information or pleasure. The members of the society are looking forward to the attainment of many of their hopes and desires in the rapid increase and perfecting of their collection and a great advance in the already inestimable value of the society and its work.


An interesting branch of the society was for a time maintained at Knightstown before which many excellent papers were read by citizens of the town. The society's purpose is to secure histories of every township, town and country neighborhood, school, church, benevolent society, club or other organization, fair, etc., and as far as practicable of every family of long standing in the county; and it should have the aid of all the people in carrying out its purposes. It meets twice each year, on the last Saturday in April and October, at the society building in New Castle, when not otherwise determined.


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CHAPTER XLVII.


BIOGRAPHICAL.


. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATHAN HUNT BALLENGER AND FAMILY-FRANK BUNDY AND FAMILY-ROBERT HOLIDAY COOPER AND FAMILY-NIMROD RICHARD ELLIOTT AND FAMILY-SAMUEL FERRIS AND FAMILY- JOHN LARUE FORKNER AND FAMILY-JOHN WILLIAM GRIFFIN AND FAMILY-CHARLES SLATEN HERNLY AND FAMILY .- JOHN CRAIG HUDELSON AND FAMILY-LEVI ALLEN JENNINGS AND FAMILY-SIMON PETER JENNINGS AND FAMILY- DAVID WAGNER KINSEY AND FAMILY-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KOONS AND FAMILY-ALBERT KRELL AND FAMILY-JOSIAH WARD MAXIM AND FAMILY -JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKAN AND FAMILY-CHARLES DAYTON MORGAN AND FAMILY-CHARLES WEIMERT MOUCH AND FAMILY-ISAAC PARKER AND FAMILY-LEONIDAS PERRY NEWBY AND FAMILY-JOHN POWELL AND FAM- ILY-SIMON TITUS POWELL AND FAMILY-JOHN REA AND FAMILY-HENRY SHROYER AND FAMILY.


This concluding chapter of the History of Henry County consists of sketches of the lives and works of many of the county's pioneers, merchants, manufacturers, bankers, lawyers, physicians, and men of affairs, most of whom have been in the forefront of progress for more than a generation. In the lines of activity in which they were or are engaged, they displayed an ability and enterprise equal to that of any similar group of men in the State or Nation, and the growth of the county's primitive settlements into a highly complex industrial community, rich in material resources and in intellectual and social life, is owing largely to their unsparing endeavors and fine public spirit. The improved farms, solid financial institutions and magnificent manufactories of the county are a testimonial to their wisdom and well directed efforts : and the law abiding reputation of the community rests upon the high character of the legal profession so long maintained by the bar of the county to which so many of these honored citizens belong.


No praise of the living, no eulogy of the dead can give them a more abiding fame than is already theirs. Their long and useful careers in the county are an enduring monument to their worth.


Nathan H, Ballengn


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF NATHAN HUNT BALLENGER.


PIONEER, FARMER, MINISTER.


It is not what a man can do but it is, rather, what a man has done that entitles him to consideration. Nathan Hunt Ballenger has been a doer of things. He has kept his eyes open to the possibilities of life and accomplished a great deal in the way of his own betterment and the welfare of his neighbors and the whole community. For almost three quarters of a century, he has been prominent in Henry County affairs.




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