History of Carroll County, Indiana : With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 60

Author: Helm, Thomas B.
Publication date: 1966
Publisher: Chicago: Kingman Bros., 1882. Reprinted by Eastern Indiana Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 398

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ACCOUNT OF REVENTE FOR TUITION.

Amount on hand September 1. 1880. $1,086 79

Amount received in February. 1881. 912 67

Total. . $1.199 46

Amounted expended since September, 1880. 1,858 15

Amount now on band .. 141 31

ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL SCHOOL REVENUE.

Amount on hand September 1. 1880. $ 206 30

Amount since received. 1,151 85

Total.

$1.358 15

Amount expended since September 1. 1880. 1,198 43

Amount on hand. : 159 72

CHURCHES.

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irregular periods, but, it is believed, made no effort to erect churches of their peculiar orders in the township. When a Methodist minister came, the adherents of that form of doctrine met at the house of Samnel Moore or John Board, where worship was conducted. When the minister belonged to the Christian denomination, his congregation met him at the house of Eli Moore or Peter Menser. The proximity of churches of both denomina. tions in other townships probably operated against the erection of churches by their members in this. At all events, they never erected any. and the Methodists and Christians now residing in this township are identified with churches of their respective do- nominations elsewhere.

There are but two church buildings in the township. both of which are of the German Baptist denomination. The North Fork Church, at Pyrmont, was erected in 1852. The society by whom it was erected was one of the first of this denomination in Western Indiana. It was organized at the house of David Ulery in 1832. David Ulery and wife. Samnel Uery and wife, Leonard Ulery. John Shively and wife. Saunel Wagner and mother. John Wagner and wife. Lorance Fonts and wife, Joel Fonts and wife and John Cripe and wife were the original members, while John Shively and Samuel Ulery were the first preachers. Meetings were held every two weeks at the cabins or barns of members, and. in pleasant weather, they worshiped in the groves. Twenty years after the organization, Jacob Wagner donated them a lot from his farm at Pyrmont, npou which they erected their present house of worship. In the mean- time. their congregation increased, and it was thought expedient to build another church. for the accommodation of members living at a distance from Pyrmont. For this purpose a lot was donated by Daniel Wagner. in 1876, upon which a neat briek church was orected in 1877. The new building is known as Lancaster Church, and is attached to the North Fork Church- the same pastors officiating alternately at both churches. The society now has a membership of abont 150 persons. Isaac Cripe, John Clery. G. W. Stong and David A. Hufford are the present pastors. They also have a flourishing Sunday school. with an average at- tendance of 114 scholars.

INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.

Clay is essentially a rural township and agricultural pursuits engage the attention of nearly all her citizens and constitute the but possesses none of the characteristics of a town.

chief industry of the township. Manufacturing enterprises have never flourished within her limits, and there have been uo mills, save occasionally a saw-inill. set dowu temporarily in the woods, and operated nutil the available timber was gone from that lo- cality. The only manufacturing establishment is the flouring. mill at Pyrmont. The origin of this mill dates back to the early settlement of the township, when John Wagner first constructed a dam across the creek, and dug a race. Ho creeted the frame work of a house, but never covered it, although he operated a saw- mill in the frame for a number of years. His trade extended over a large circuit. and it is said that thousands of logs were rafted down the creek to his mill every year. Subsequently, Mr. Wagner erected a little shed at the side of his mill. and fitted it with the necessary machinery for grinding corn and wheat. It was a rude affair throughont. but it saved the settlers long jon- neys to other mills and served its purpose very well.

In later years. Mr. Wagner sold the establishment to John Fisher, who made some substantial improvements in the mill and its machinery, and finally sold to John Fetterhoff. Mr. Fetter- hoff tore down: the old mill and erretel the present building. This is a frame house, two stories high, with a stone basement. It has three runs of buhrs, and is. in all respects, a first-class cus- tom mill. J. J. Cripe is the present proprietor.

The agricultural statistics of the township show that during the year 1850. there were 1. 158 acres sown in wheat. from which the yield was 21.786 bushels: 1.031 acres planted in corn yielded 26.361 bushels: 390 acres in oats yielded $, 190 bushels. From 351 acres of meadow. 526 tons of hay were gathered, and 39 acros planted in Irish potatoes yieldled 1.401 bushels.

VILLAGES.

In 1834 or 1835. Nicholas Garst laid out and founded the town of Lancaster. For awhile town lots sold readily, and the place enjoyed a fair prospect of success. Henry Row kopt u little shoe-shop and James Fazell kept a grocery. There was nothing about the location of the town, however. to induce trade, and it soon lost its position. The town plat is now vacated and covered with well. tilled fields.

Pyrmont is a small post office village in the southwest corner of the township. It contains one general store and post office,

DEMOCRAT TOWNSHIP.

LOCATION. BOUNDARY. ETC.

Democrat is situated in the extreme sonthern part of Carroll County, and comprises an area of thirty square miles. It is bonnded on the north by Monroe Township. on the east by Bir- lington, on the south by Clinton County, and on the west by the townships of Clay and Madison.

Wild Cat Creek. the principal stream, flows in a devions course through the central part of the township, while the Middle Fork of Wild Cat waters the northern portion. Both streams are fed by numerous small tributaries, upon which no names have been bestowed. The natural features of this township are similar to those met with everywhere throughout the county. Wild Cat

flows through a region distinguished from other portions of the township by its hilly uature. All along the course of this stream and its tributary. the Middle Fork. a series of undulations mark the surface for a distance of several miles. Those increase grad- ually in altitude as they approach nearer the streams, terminating in high bluffs, some of them having an elevation of from seventy to eighty-five feet above the bed of the creek. In the vicinity of Wild Cat Post Office, these bluff's attain their greatest height. On the opposite side of the creek, and stretching away to the east- ward, are level bottom lands, rich and productive. The rugged and steep bluffs, covered with heavy forest timber. are charmingly picturesque, and invariably challenge the admiration of the trav-

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eler who views them for the first time. The soil of the township would be hardships in the eyes of many of this day, were they presents the nsual variety of features. compelled to endure them without the long previous training that made up the lives of our earlier pioneers. Isaac Watson is still a resident of the township, and, during the years that have suc- ceeded his arrival, has been oue among its leading citizens, devoted to its interests and helping along its public enterprises. David Motter, the immediate successor of the elder Watson in the set- tlement, was identified with the history and improvement of the township for a number of years. He cleured his form, and, in later years. removed to the State of Wisconsin, where he died. In the bottom lands, it is chiefly a rich, sandy loam: on the hills or " rolling ground." clay and loam prevail: while in the more level portions, remote from the streuns. n rich bluck loam is to be found. Oak, hickory, beech, poplar, sugar maple, and all the varieties of timber usually inot with in this latitude, were found here in great abundance by the pioneers who first came to settle and improve the township. A half-century has resulted in the disappearance of a majority of the marketable timber from its midst, and great improvements huve been made upon the lands ouce hidden from the sunshine by its almost impenetrable foliage. Farms and homes dot the township from end to end, und un industrions and enterprising . and William Wyatt, came with their families in 1830. Benjamin community now occupy the land once roamed by the painted sav- age of other duys.

SETTLEMENT.

Until the fall of 1828, the forest of Democrat Township ro- mained unsettled by white people, and was first entered with that end in view by Jacob Watson and family at that time. Mr. Watson came originally from Butler County, Ohio, but located in Fayette County. Ind .. at an early day. remaining there until his removal to Democrat Township. It was a will place to which he brought his family. Giant trees opposed his progress, and thick. tangled underbrush almost detied his passage. Through this he was compelled to ent a road for a distance of two and a half miles, while making his way to the site he had selected for a home. Ou the night following their arrival. they constructed a tout, in which they were to sleep until a cabin could be erected. and late in the night they were all awakened by a violent storm, which threat- oned to innndate their fragile shelter. By the light of the fitful flashes of lightning. Mr. Watson and his son Isaac ent a lot of brush to place under the beds, thereby raising them above the water, which stood in pools aronud them. All that winter. the Watson family were alone in the heart of the forest. One mom- ing, while ont in the woods, Mr. Watson heard the sound of an ax: but. supposing it to be in Indian with his tomahawk. paid but little attention to it. Listening more carefully, however, he became convinced that the sound he heard was the sound of an ax. and, npon investigation, found that he had a new neighbor. This was David Motter, who came to the township with his family in the early spring of 1829. The sight of a white man's face, and the prospect of having a neighbor. prodneed an effect only to be appreciated by those who have been similarly isolated. Hitherto, Watson and Motter were unknowa to each other, but a feeling of sympathy at once made them friend!s. Mr. Watson, however, did not live long to enjoy the friend. hip of his neighbors, or to ac- complish the clearing and improving of his farm. Exposure dur- ing the war of 1812 had broken nis constitution, and in the year 1830 he lost his sight. Recovering through a successful opera- tion by an oculist at Cincinnati, Ohio. he was enabled to resinne his work for awhile, but about a year later he died. The burden of the work and the maintenance of the family thus fell upon his son, Isaac, who found himself involved with the cares of a man before he was fairly ont of his boyhood. He accepted his posi- tion, and discharged its duties bravely. providing for the wants of the family and finishing the clearing of the farm. For bread- stuffs, he was compelled to travel to the Wea Plains, in Tippeca- noe County. Ind., then known as " Egypt." The immediate cause was the failure of a corn crop. which was blighted by frost. Years passed before they began to experience anything but hardships in their forest home, and the " comforts " that accrued in later years

After the first settlements had been effected. others followed rapidly. David Simpson, Andrew Gee. John Gee. Benjamin Gee and Andrew Gee each entered land in Section 5, and John Ger entered land in Section 32. John Adams, a former resident of Pennsylvania, came to the township with his family in January. 1$31. In many respects his udvent proved a public benefaction. He began the erection of a grist-mill in $535. the news of which produced something similar in the settlement to the excitement now created by a projected railroad. There were no mills prior to that date, except at inconvenient distances from this locality. and to have a lot of corn ground for the family bread involved long and tedions journeys. Mr. Adams was a man of enterprise and public spirit, and his mill while affording him a fair profit. was held in high regard by the public who patronized it. He was always abreast of the times, and, when the trade was of a nature to justify him in doing so. he remodeled and improved his mill. increasing its capacity by degrees, until the present model mill appeared. He was a man who stood very high in the estimation of his neighbors and all who knew him. From the time he set- tled in the township until his death. he was recognized as one of its best citizens. The large milling business begun and proscented by him is now successfully conducted by his son. Warren.

Following the arrival of Mr. Adams in the settlement came James Chittick during the early part of the same year. In De- cember. 1831. he entered a tract of land in Section S. and was long identified with the agrienltural and general interests of the township. During the war with Mexico, he eulisted in the United States service, and died aboard a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.

First among the settlers of 1832 came Henry Tinkle and fain- ily. They were from Proble County. Ohio. Mr. Tinkle entered land in Section 12. where hecleared and improved a farm. From the time of his arrival here until his death, he was a prominent and influential citizen of the township, and died greatly lament- od. George Sheets, William Chatham and James McNeill also came in 1532. and were prominent and highly respected citizens. McNeill erected his cabin on the present site of the village of Cutler, and in this cabin was held the first township election. Edward and Sammel Quinn came in 1833 or 1834, and joined hands with those who had preceded them in the work of improve- ment.

The public lands in this township were offered for sale at a very early day, and the following abstract contains the name of each purchaser who obtained his land directly from the Govern- ment:

Section 1-The various tracts of land in this section were en- tered as follows: By Philip Rinker. September 29. 1831; Jacob Shaffer, Sr .. January 17. 1832: David T. Wyatt, October 12. 1832: Henry Tinkle, December 14, 1832: William Wyatt. Sep- tember 12. 1834; George Lowman, September 23, 1834.

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Section 2 -- Elihu Robinson. October 14. 1829; Alston Wyatt. . September 27, 1830: Jeremiah Ashba. September 28, 1830; David Angust 14, 1830; George Lowman, October 19, 1832: Barton Wy- Cripe. April 15, 1535. att, February 14, 1834: Christopher Tome. December 3, 1834: Washington K. Watson, May 7, 1835.

Section 4-Daniel Cleaver. March 7, 1828; Wilson Seawright, June 12, 1831 : Susanna Gee, August 20, 1831: Jacob Ozias. June 12. 1833; John Campbell, March 31, 1834: Salathiel Larkins, October 20, 1834.

Section 5 -- Benjamin Gee. September 18. 1829: Andrew Gec, September 18, 1829: Stephen Daniel, October 2. 1834; Alex. Mc- Cracken, December 13, 1835: Henry Lewis. September 12, 1836: William G. Virgin. September 27, 1836: Audrew Motter. Septem- ber 27, 1836.

Section 6 -- William Merstan, Angust 21, 1529; Heury Mason, Jr .. October 31, 1829: John L. Ritter, November 11. 1829: Rob- ort and Joshua Simpson, October 19, 1830.

Section 7-David Motter. January 25. 1830: Jesse Daniel, August 16, 1832: Caleb Compton, November 17. 1832: George Dawson, March 7. 1833: James Mckibben, June 11, 1834: James Harris, June 18, 1836: Jolm Denistou, June 18. 1536: Lyman W. Compton. Angnst 16. 1836.

Section 8-John Jack. October 29, 1830: James Chittick, De- cember 1. 1830: Jeremiah Ashba, December 6. 1830: Alex B. Gillillaud. August 13. 1833: Joseph Cripe, March 6. 1835.

Section 9-Anthony Burns. October 6. 1830: Jacob Chester, December 17, 1832: Silas W. White. September 29. 1834: Jacques Spear, February 15, 1836: Uriah R. Bulla. August 27. 1836; Eliza A. Brand, September 2. 1836.

Section 10- - Alex W. Hill. March 4. 1834: Alex Moore. May 15. 1834; William Moore, August 12, 1835: Eli Patty. August 31, 1836: Joseph Cooper, August 31. 1836: John L. Ritter, Jie 15. 1837.

Section 11-George Lowman, October 19, 1832: Archibald Clark, May 5, 1833: Hugh Compton. May 2. 1833: Adam Clark, May 24, 1834: Samuel Clark. Angust 12. 1834: Eli Patty, Octo ber 12, 1835; James M. Patty. March 12. 1836: Uriah Bell. An- gust 11, 1836: Rufus A. Lockwood, April 9. 1839.

Section 12-John M. Rinker, October 23, 1832; Henry Tinkle. December 7, 1832: Margaret Lintner. August 16, 1833; George gust 16. 1530; William A. Robinson, November 6, 1830; Abner Johnson, July 2. 1536.

Davis, February 22. 1834: Eli Patty. October 2, 1835: Will- iam W. Scott. January 21. 1836: Andrew Gillam. April 11, 1836.

Section 13 Bolton Smith and Samnel Smith. April 18. 1831: William Simpson, September 20. 1831; Massey Smith. July 2. 1832; Samuel Robbins, September 5, 1835.

Section 14. Bolton and Samuel Sunth, April 18, 1831 : Alex- ander Moore, November 3, 1832; William Moore. August 12. 1835: Abel Randall. April 8, 1837.

Section 15-John Black, October 23. 1830; William Fitz gerald. October 1, 1831: Enos James, August 20, 1835: John Sanderson, October 14, 1835; Joseph Cooper. Angust 31, 1836: John L. Ritter, June 15, 1837.

Section 17 - James Chittick. November 17, 1830: Archibald Chittick, March 12. 1833; Alexander Moore, September 27, 1833; Shadrach Brown, November 2, 1833; Samuel Shaw, June 27, 1836; William Elston, August 13, 1836: John Bowen, September 10. 1836.

Section 18 -- Joshna Cranor. Jannary 5, 1830; Jacob Watson,

Section 25 -- George Hawk ( 160 acres). October 23. 1835: John S. Shanklin (480 acres). November 7, 1835.

Section 3 -Wilson Seawright. October 14. 1829: Anthony Section 26-John Bowman. October 23, 1835: James Lamb, Wilson, October 6, 1830: John Myers. October 15, 1831: John , October 26, 1835: John Parker, October 26, 1835: William Hawk, Campbell. June 11, 1833.

September 14, 1836: Pollard Baldwin, September 14. 1836: Mich- ael Hawk, September 14, 1836.

Section 27-David Hechman, March 7, 1833: John Wilson, October 30, 1833: Henry Thompson, Angust 21. 1834: John P'ar- ker. October 26, 1835: James MeIlheny, October 26. 1835: Alston Wyatt. August 29, 1836.

Section 28-Edward Quinn. September 21. 1833: John Ear- hart, September 21, 1833: Henry Thompson, Angust 21, 1534; Isaac Marks. September 26. 1836.

Section 29 - John Earhart, August 15. 1834: Stephen C. Crane. October 10. 1534: David Robertson, November 7, 1834: Henry Thompson, November 2. 1535: Isaac Marks. September 6, 1586.

Section 30 -Daniel Thompson. July 1. 1533: Noah Crane, October 10, 1834: Amos Shaw. November 22. 1834: Matthew Kelsey, October 21. 1535: William Webb, September 12. 1836; Moses McNamee. Jaunary 6. 1842.

Section 31 -Bolton and Samnel Smith, April 18. 1831: John L. Ritter. October 1. 1831; Sammel Diekey. September 30, 1533; Noah Crane, October 10. 1834: Henry Dawson. January 2, 1836: Jonathan W. Powers, September 30, 1836.

Section 32 .- John F. Gee. September 17. 1829: William Daw- son. July 15. 1532: John Dawson, October 1, 1832: Andrew Jack- son, October IG. 1835: William Webster. Jr .. October 21. 1835: Henry Dawson. January 2. 1836.

Section 33 -David Cleaver. March 7. 1828: William Mustard, May 30, 1831: John Hurly. December 10. 1831; Benjamin Dye. September 1, 1832: James McNeal, October 4. 1533; Salathiel Larkins. Desember 27. 1834: William Webster. Jr .. October 21. 1835.

Section 34 Philip Moss. August 14. 1530; Mark Harman. June 7. 1831: John Adams. August 16. 1832; Abraham Huffard. July 26. 1833: John Wilson. October 30. 1833: James McIl- hony. October 26. 1535.

Section 35 - Alston Wyatt. August 14. 1830: John Myer, Au-

Section 36 William Wyatt. September 28. 1831: David T. Wyatt. June 18. 1532: Josiah W. Chatham. January 1. 1834; Abraham Crites. April 17. 1834: Philip Crites, May 17. 1834; Joli S. Shanklin. November 13. 1834.

Among the older settlers now living is John S. Shanklin. who entered the last tract ommerated in the foregoing memoranchino. In the fall of 1534. ho first visited this locality and selected his land, afterward returning to his former home, where he was mar- ried. In October. 1835, he came with his wife to begin life in the woods, and has over since resided on the farm upon which ho first settled. At a distance of four miles from his land, the road terminated. and for the remainder of his journey he pushed his way through the woods, guided by a path cut in 1833 by Philip Crites, an earlier settler than himself. Mr. Crites entered land in 1834. in Section 36, and came here to live in the spring of 1835. He cleared and improved a farm, and was a prominent. citizen until his death.

Among the pioneers who wore conspicuous in the carly history

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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY.

of the township were Jeremiah Ashba, who settled in Section S ly). William George was elected Justice of the Peace, and Stephen A. Daniel, Constable. In the intervening years, these offices have beeu occupied by the following-named gentlemen: Justices- William Dawson, elected 1838; Hugh Compton, 1841: Samuel Weaver, 1845: Alston Wyatt, 1848. Samuel Weaver (re-elected), 1851; Joseph Long, 1855; Heury F. Shaffer, 1857; Renben T. Long, 1861: Alexander A Clark, 1867; William Wyatt, 1870; Matthew J. Clark, 1872; Henry A. Shaffer (re-elected), 1874; Alexander A. Clark (re-elected), 1875: James W. Shaffer, 1878; Daniel Hostler. 1879-82. in 1830; Anthony Burns, Section 9, 1830; John Black, Section 15. 1830: Philip Moss, Section 34, 1830: Alston Wyatt. Section 35, 1830. There were numerous arrivals in the year 1831. prom- inent among whom were William Simpson, who located in Section 13: William Fitzgerald, in Section 15: John L. Ritter, in Sec- tion 31: and William Mustard, in Section 32. Among those who came in 1832 and 1833 were Jacob Shaffer, Sr., in Section 1: Philip Rinker, in the same section: John Campbell and Anthony Wilson. in Section 3: Caleb Compton. in Section 7: Lyman W. Compton. in the same section: Jacob Clester, in Section 9; Constables-William McNeal, elected 1837: John T. Gee, 1838: John Ball, 1840: David Weidner, 1841; Willian W. Scott, 1841; Jesse Daniel. 1842; James McNeal, 1846: Philip Shaffer, 1850; James C. Stephenson, 1854: William W. Ridgill. 1856: James C. Stephenson (re-elected), 1858: Daniel P. Cline, 1858; Sammel Black, 1861: Elijah Riee, 1862: William M. Hathaway, 1864: Matthew J. Clark. 1867: Matthias Speece. 1872; M. J. Clark (ro- elected), 4873: James M. Shaffer. 1874: Lewis A. Tin- kle. 1876: David Rutter, 1878: Jerry Douglass and John E. Campbell, 1880-82 John M. Rinker. in Section 12: Archibald Chittick, in Sec- tion 17: John Wilson, in Section 27: William. John and Henry Dawson, Seetion 32: and Abraham Crites. in Section 36. Sam- nel Weaver, a former resident of Butler County, Ohio, came in 1835 and started a carding-mill. of which more will be said under the topic of industrial pursuits. He is still living in the township, and is one of its honored citizens. Other settlers of 1834 and 1835 were George Loman, Stephen Daniel. Alexander MeCracken. Eli Patty, Adam and Archibald Clark, Samnel Robbins. Euos James. John Earhart and Andrew Jack- Until the affairs of the township were placed in the hands of a Board of Trustees, a great lack of system was apparent, espe- cially in the matter of public roads. Hitherto. the roads were ent ont through the woods by settlers going to their farms, and in many instances were left to become overgrown again with the tangled vines of the forest. after serving the one purpose for which they were ent ont. Other roads, or by-ways. were ent out through the woods to facilitate neighborhood communication. but no at tention was paid to geographical lines. Upon the organization of the township. however. it became necessary to secure the names of a certain number of fresholders along the line of every pro- posed highway, and a petition, signed by them. was presented to the Board of Trustees, praying that such road. might be located sou. By the year 1836. the population of the township had grown considerably, through the constant necession of new fami- lies to its numbers. The pioneer period was practically at a close, although the country was still largely in the wilderness. There had been instituted many improvements, and a great degree of prosperity prevailed among the settlers who had been estab- lished here long enough to have cleared portions of their lands and raised crops. While others came at a later day, and were quite as prominently associated with the growth and development of the township as those who have been named as the first settlers, it is impossible to make further mention in detail. as a complete list of arrivals after 1835 and 1836 cannot be obtained. We therefore close our history of the early settlement, and proceed to . and opened. Three men were appointed by the Board as Viewers, a record of that period when Democrat came into existence as a civil division of the county of Carroll.

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History of Carroll County, Indiana : With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 60

Author: Helm, Thomas B. Publication date: 1966 Publisher: Chicago: Kingman Bros., 1882. Reprinted by Eastern Indiana Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 398

Author: Helm, Thomas B.
Publication date: 1966
Publisher: Chicago: Kingman Bros., 1882. Reprinted by Eastern Indiana Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 398