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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY.
HENRY K. STAUFFER.
One of the few men closely identified with the active business interests of the little town of Rockfield. Carroll County, during the past twelve or fourteen years, is the subject of this sketch. Henry K. Stanffer. He is a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and was born July 2, 1841. In 1849, his parents, John S. Stauffer and Eliza (Kelly) Stanffer, moved to Carroll County. and, locating in Deer Creek Township: remained there something over twelve years. In 1862, they moved to Rock Creek Town- ship, where they have since resided. Henry K., since arriving at the age of maturity, living either immediately in, or in the vicinity of Rockfield. John Stanffer, in anti-slavery days, was an ontspoken, fearless Abolitionist. Apprenticed to learn the trade of a carpenter, Henry Stauffer followed that business from 1862 to 1870, excepting only six months, while engaged in the service of the United Sates in the war of the rebellion. Since 1870, at which time he formed a partnership with Asbury Me- Cormick, he has given almost exclusive attention to the Inmber business, the firm owning and managing at present a steam saw. mill.
The firm is about to establish an additional saw-mill at the town of Waverly. Ind. Mr. S. is the owner, individually. of a farm, and the firm of McCormick & Stauffer of two valuable farm properties.
In 1870, Mr. Stanffer was married to Miss Martha E. Patton -born in Juniata Connty, Penn. Two children are the result of this union - Ora and Bessie.
In August, 1863, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, for the six-months' service. The company was organized at La Fayette by Capt. McCurdy. He was mastered ont in the spring of 1864. The regiment passed most of its time in East Tennessee, guarding Cumberland Gap. For about three months, their rations con- sisted chiefly of corn.
Mr. Stanffer is member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities; he is one of the charter members of the latter organi- zation at Rockfield, and was the second chair officer in its exist- ence.
Mr. Stanffer and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. For a number of years, Mr. Stauffer has lent his influ." ence (which is not inconsiderable) to the canse of temperance in his community. A temperanee man himself, thoroughly reliable in business transactions, he holds a high place in the esteem of
.the people. In politics, he is a stanch Republican, voting as he fonglit. Socially. he has hosts of trusty friends, and his genial good nature is daily swelling the list.
CHARLES R. WEST.
One of the substantial farmers and prominent pioneers of Carroll County, over'whose head the suns and snows of sixty- three returning years have passed, whitening his hair and furrow- ing his face, is the subject of our sketch-a resident for the past fifty-one years of Rock Creek Township, and a man, perhaps more than any other. intimately acquainted with the local history of that section of our prosperons county.
His grandfather, William West, was of Scotch lineage, and participated in the Revolutionary war. Newman West, his father, was born near the Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia. Charles R. West is also a native Virginian, and was born in Wood Connty on the 10th of March, 1819. In the spring of 1830, when yonng West was in his twelfth year, his father emigrated to Tippecanoe County, Ind., and the succeeding March (1831). removed to Rock Creek Township. Carroll County, and, hewing for himself a home out of the sturdy old forest, lived to a ripe old age. Inummediately after his marriage, Charles R. West leased a portion of his fa- ther's farm, where, by steady industry and economy, he acemin- lated sufficient to purchase, in 1851, a farm of his own, containing 160 acres. In the course of years, he has added to his original acquisition another tract of eighty acres, making his possessions to-day. of fertile land. 240 acres.
Mr. West married Miss Catherine A. Willison (sister of Mr. George Armitage, of Delphi), on the 24th of April, 1842. They have six children living-John W., William F., Francis M., Re- becca (married). Jane (wife of Henry Cronk) and Mary. Mrs. West belongs to the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. West was chosen as Township Assessor in Rock Creek Township four successive years from 1861 to 1865. He is a member of the Democratic party, but believes in men and prin- ciples, not in party prejudice and spoils. His mother, a native of Virignia, died in 1852. while his father, as before intimated, died in 1866.
The business and social position occupied by Mr. West in his neighborhood is irreproachable. His life has been one of honest toil, integrity and justice to his fellowmen. Society is better for his example. the country richer for his early industry and his children more respected because of his paternal regard for them and their interests.
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RES. OF CHARLES R. WEST, ROCK CREEK TP. CARROLL CO. IND.
RES. OF WILLIAM C. MULLIN, ROCK CREEK TP. CARROLL CO. IND.
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TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP.
GENERAL POSITION AND NAME OF THE TOWNSHIP-SOME OF THE ! FIRST PURCHASEBS OF LAND- EARLY SETTLEMENTS-THE FIRST TOWNSHIP ESTABLISHED-ITS ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES AND SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS-PRESENT LIMIT -- EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR PURSUITS-INDUSTRIES-A PROVIDENT POPULATION-SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLHOUSES-CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES-PITTSBURG-ITS MANUFACTURING FA. CILITIES-WATER PRIVILEGES-REVIEW OF ITS FORMER BIS1- NESS INTERESTS, ETC.
T TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP was so named because of the posi tion it occupies with reference to the Tippecanoe River which. in its serpentine route. traverses its western border. The terri- tory embraced in its limits lies chiefly in Congressional Town- ship 25 north. Range 3 west. a portion in the northeast corner lying in Range 2 west - extending from the White County line on the west to the Wabash River, which forms its boundary on the east and sontheast: is bounded on the south by Tippecanoe Connty and on the north by Jefferson Township of Carroll County.
EARLY PURCHASERS
The first purchase of land in Carroll County was of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section IS. in Congressional Township No. 25 north, Range 2 west. by Ephraim Cham. berlain. on the 17th day of February. 1824 a fractional tract containing sixty-two acres and sixty-eight hundredths (62.65). Whether Mr. Chamberlain ever became an actual settler on the tract purchased by him, we have not now the means of deter. mining. The second purchase of land made in this township was also the second one made in the county, was by Edward Lary. of the east half of the southwest quarter of Section IS. Township 25 north, Range 2 west. containing seventy seven acres -on the 25th of August. 1824. There is some question. also. whether Mr. Lary was ever an actual settler here: but the cir- cumstances of those two earliest purchasers being made in the same quarter-section. and not far from the same date, would carry with it a very strong presumption that they had been formerly neigh. bors or friends, or both, and made those purchases with the view to become actual settlers as they probably were.
William McCall was the third person entering the fractional northwest quarter (north of the Wabash River), of Section 19 in the same township and range, containing thirty eight acres and forty five hundredths (38. 15) on the 30th day of October. 1825. He subsequently became an actual settler in the township. por- manently locating and spending the remainder of his life here. Of the exact date of his settlement. however, does not now appear: without doubt, among the first.
The next purchases were made ahost simultaneously on the 6th day of October, 1830. On that day. John Burkholder entered the whole of Section 12 in a body. and soon after became a set- tler here. He lived and died in this township, and his children and grandchildren still own and occupy all or the major part of that tract. situated on Pleasant Kun.
On the same day. Thomas Smith -entered the northeast quarter. the west half of the southeast quarter and all of the southwest quarter of Section 13. in the same township and range, containing m the aggregate 400 acres. Mr. Smith, with his sons, came here from Bloomington. Ind .. not long after that date, and made a permanent settlement, improving a considerable portion of the tract just described. He subsequently went to Iowa. but losing his wife and a daughter there, he returned to this township and died many years since. His ashes repose in the Pleasant Run Graveyard.
George Hornback at the same time entered the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 22. in the same township and range. containing eighty acres. Mr. Hornback was from Vir- ginia, and settled on this tract some time in the early part of the year 1531. and made a permanent improvement. continuing to reside there for many years. The land was afterward owned by William Collins.
Abram Hornback. on the same day. entered the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 27 in this township. He also was from Virginia, and settled here in 1831, making a permanent improvement on the tract afterward known as the " Benham farm." He remained here for a number of years, and then moved farther west and has since resided there.
The next purchaser was Nathaniel Hamilton. On the same day, he entered the northwest quarter of Section 24. in the same Congressional township. Previously. however. he had come from the State of Pennsylvania. and made a settlement hore, improving the tract just described. . It has been said that he was a " squatter " settler. This is probably correct, because he appears to have settled here as early as 1527 or 1825. upon this same land. and must of necessity have been a "squatter," since he did not regularly enter the land until the time stated above. The farm has since been owned by John Pollard and others. Many years ago. he moved hence to the State of Arkansas, and is snp. posed now to be dead.
Another of those who entered land on the 6th day of October. 1530, was George King. He got certificates of purchase for the fractional west part of the southeast quarter of Section 24. con. taining 106 acres, and the whole of the southwest quarter of Sec tion 24. in the same Congressional township. containing 160 acres. This land, in addition to that purchased by Nathaniel Hamilton and a tract owned by Samuel Wells, occupied the major part of the section upon which Pittsburg is laid out. Whether Mr. King actually settled here, and if he did so settle, how long he remained and what became of him. are questions at this distant day quite difficult of solution.
Samuel Wells was another of the purchasers of land in this township at the time which seems to have been n general pur. chasing day among our pioneers. The tract secured by him was the fractional cast half of the southeast quarter of Section 21. Township 25 north, Range 3 west, a portion of which is occupied
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by the town plat of Pittsburg. Mr. Wells was an actual settler. and remained in the vicinity several years.
At the same time. Daniel Vandeventer purchased the fractional west part of the northeast quarter, and the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 25, Township 25 north. Range 3 west, the first tract containing 101.69 acres and the second 72.59 acres: in the two tracts, 174.28 acres. Although Dr. Vandeventer came from New York and settled in Deer Creek Township, in what is now Delphi, in Angust, 1827, he did not become a citizen of Tippecanoe Township for ' some years afterward, probably about the year 1835, not withstanding some improvements had been made in the mean- time on the several traets purchased by him in this township. Having become a resident here, however, he continued such until the time of his death, which occurred a few years since. He was a man of sterling qualities, and his loss was seriously felt in this community. He was the first Clerk and Recorder of the county. and served the public, in discharging the duties of the trust reposed in him, faithfully and well.
On the 2d day of June, 1834. Robert Gibson purchased the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 13, in this township. and, except the others before named, was among the earlier land .; owners in Tippecanoe Township. Very soon after his entry of this tract of land. he settled npon it and made a permanent im- provement, theneeforward continuing to be a resident citizen in this community.
But these early purchasers of land were not necessarily the earliest or even carly settlers here, since there were many who came here and settled without being land-owners; yet, much the larger proportion of actnal settlers were the owners of the lands upon which they settled or otherwise held an equitable interest therein.
OTHER . EARLY SETTLERS.
A portion of the lands on the north side of the river was ob- tained from the Indians by the treaty of 1826, and hence did not come so early into market. Under that treaty. Abraham Burnett was granted a reservation that was located on Deer Creek Prairie. On that reservation, temporary settlements were made soon after Near the same period, Matthew Borland, a farmer, from Bloom. ington, Ind., settled here and improved the farm owned by the late Robert Ginn, since owned by Dr. Angell, of Pittsburg. the surveyor had defined the boundaries, during the summer and fall of 1827 and 1828. Among those who so settled. John Lind- say is named. . He was a blacksmith, and is said to have settled there some time in the year 1827. probably. first. Having remained there for something like a year, he received the appointment of ' tion, came here and settled and improved the farm on Pleasant blacksmith for the Indians at the Pottawatomie Mills, near Roch- ester, Ind .. and moved there soon afterward. It is not now un- derstood here what became of hin.
About the same time, Friend Johnson, a brother-in-law of Mr. Lindsay, and a gunsmith by trade, settled in the same place and continued to reside there for several years afterward. Ho has left here, however, and his place of residence is not now known.
Another resident on the prairie was Nathan Rose, who lived on some part of the reservation for a short time, and then left for parts unknown. He was a shoemaker, and his presence in the neighborhood was a matter of great convenience.
In the fall of 1827, Graham Roberts settled on a portion of the Burnett Reservation, and lived there until after the public lands came into market. The tract improved by him is said to have been a part of that afterward owned by John Anderson, Sr. Mr. Roberts was a man of considerable notoriety, and, in 1828, was elected one of the County Commissioners for Carroll County. He filled other public trusts with fidelity.
Not far from the same period. David Hamilton, a farmer, then recently from Pennsylvania, settled in this township and improved a tract of land not far from Pittsburg to the southwest. the exact site of which is not known at this time. He left here several years ago, and has not returned.
Thomas Hamilton, also a farmer, from Pennsylvania, came here and settled temporarily, but, losing his wife and some other members of his family, whose remains were buried on the bank of the Wabash River somewhere between where Pittsburg now stands and the head of Deer Creek Prairie-he became discour- aged and left here a great many years ago. His residence, if yet. alive, is unknown.
In 1828, Sanmel Scott was put in charge of an interest held by Mr. Forsythe, of Fort Wayne, in the Burnett Reservation on Deer Creek, and resided for some time on the upper division of the prairie, not far from the old ferry across the Wabash. After- ward. when the management of the premises was taken by another. he went elsewhere.
Another interest in that reservation was purchased by Richard Chabert, of French extraction, who came from Vincennes, Ind .. about the year 1827. The improvement made by him upon it was on that part of it now owned by the Greemp brothers. He remained there only a few years, sold out and moved to Logans- port, where he died in 1834.
Alexander Smith, a blacksmith from Ohio, came here in 1827 or 1828, and settled temporarily on a part of Deer Creek Prairie, also, but did not remain here long. After making a small im- provement. he left the premises, and moved to Cass County, where he continued to reside until the time of his death, which ocenrred a few years since. During his residence in this county, his danghter married John Wesley Johnson, who also moved to Cass County, where he remained some twenty years or more and then died.
In the latter part of the year 1828, John E. Metcalf. a farmer, came here and improved the farm since owned by James Lister. After remaining here a few years, he moved to White County, where he has since resided.
About the year 1830, John Smith; a son of Thomas Smith, before mentioned, a farmer and trader by profession and occupa- Run since owned by Abner H. Bowen, of Delphi. .. In 1833 or 1834, he erected a wool-carding machine on the creek. on his premises, the first establishment of the kind in the township. if not in the conuty. After operating this machinery for a few years, he moved to Pittsburg, where. after enlarging his facilities for that class of work, he continued business for many years sne. ceeding. He was also the first Postmaster in the township. and held the position for several years. In 1852. he removed to Ore- gon, and is, probably, at this time a resident of that State.
James L. Johnson moved into this township about the same time, and built a cabin on a piece of Congress land; but, when the land came into market, he failed to secure his claim because another person offered a higher price. Subsequently, he entered upon and improved the farm afterward owned by George Spears. He died a great many years ago and was buried in the Pleasant Run Graveyard. Members of his family still reside in the county.
George Malcom and his sons, from the State of Tennessee,
RES. OF CAPT. JOHN G. TROXELL, TIPPECANOE TP. CARROLL CO. IND.
SAMUEL G.GREENUP EX-CO. COMMISSIONER
GREENUP BROTHERS.
Christopher F., John W. and Samuel G. Greenup are lineal descendants of - Greznap, who came over from - - about the year 1747-48, and settled in the vicinity of Hagerstown, Md., within the then territorial limits of the colony of Virginia. To this ancestor, while a resident of the colony, were born three sons, one of whom, Samuel, was the grandfather of the subjects of this review, and of the two remaining brothers, one was the Hon. Christopher Greenup, whose subsequent political prominence in Ken- tucky, deserves at our hand something more than a passing notice.
Born in 1750, in the vicinity of his father's first colonial home, when the American Revolution occurred he was in the prime of youth, and, like all true sons of the Old Dominion, engaged in the conflict, devoting his early years to tlic cause of Liberty and Independance. Later in life, in the bloody war which occurred between the pioncers of the West and the Indian tribes, he also bore a part, and brought into active service against that formidable foe, tlic skill he had acquired in the Revolution. After thus gaining for himself considerable distinction in arms, he settled in 1782, in what is now. Fayette County, Ky., near Lexington, and was among the first owners of lots there in 1783. On the 4th of March, 1783, he was sworn as an attorney at law in the old court for the District of Kentucky, established by the Virginia Legisla- ture, and on the 18th of March, 1785, he was appointed Clerk of that Court, holding the position during its existence. In 1792, he was elected to Con- gress, where he remained until 1797. At the close of his Congressional life, he served for five years in the capacity of Clerk of the Kentucky Senate, and in the month of August, 1804, he was chosen Governor of Kentucky-a position held until 1809. Subsequently he was a member of the Legislature from Franklin County for a number of years; Justice of the Peace in the same county, and a Director of the Old Kentucky Bank. In honor of him, a county and county seat in Northeastern Kentucky are named: He died April 27, 1818, in his sixty-ninth year. In the discharge of his official duties, he acted with a scrupulous regard for the public good. Prompt, assiduous and faithful in the labors of his own position, he required the same of all who were subordinate to him. No man more than he ever possessed the confidence of the people of Kentucky.
When Christopher Greenup settled in what subsequently became Fayette County, Ky., lie was accompanied by a married brother-Samuel Greenup- already referred to, as the grandfather of the subjects of this sketch. The third son of the original colonial ancestor emigrated at the same time, but located farther west. Samuel brought with him into the wilds of this terri- tory, a little son, John (born near Fredricksburg, Md.), who ripening in the rough civilization of those early days, into a sturdy, vigorous manhood, was married on the 5th day of February, 1797, to Mary A. W. Holland, a native of Kentucky. Twelve children were born of this union, three of whom- Christopher E. on the 2d of September, 1812; John W. on the 3d of Octo- ber. 1816, and Samuel G. on the 30th of August, 1818, all in Scott County- are more particularly the subjects of this biography. On the 1st of October,
JOHN W. GREENUP
1832, John Greenup with eleven children (his wife having died on the 6th of September, 1822), emigrated to Carroll County, Ind., passing the first winter in the little brick house opposite the southwest corner of the public square, now the property of Vine Holt. The following winter they purchased the farm, which after clearing ninety acres of timber, they subsequently, in 1846, sold to the county to be used as an asylum for the poor. The same year- their father, John Greenup, having died on the 2d of August, 1835 --- the sons purchased and removed.to the farm in Tippecanoe Township upon which John W. and Samuel G. now reside. It contained at that time but one small frame building. As the years went by, it became the exclusive property of the three whose names begin this sketch, and under their skillful management, improve- ment after improvement has been added until it ranks among the most valua- ble, if not, indeed, heading the list of valuable farm properties within the bor- ders of Carroll County. In 1847, they began the building of a dyke which prevents the waters of the Wabash River from inundating Deer Creek Prairie. It is to-day three miles long, and incloses 2,200 acres of tillable land. They have been the chief support of this work. Excepting Samuel G., who learned the trade of a carpenter under the late Joseph Evans, working with him seven years, and subsequently taking part in the construction of a number of the pioneer enterprises of the county, such as the Wabash dam in 1837-38, the first court house, first canal bridge, laying lock-floors in the canal, building the first flat- boats running from this point to New Orleans, building warehouses, barns, etc. The main occupation of the brothers has been farming-Samuel himself re- linquishing his trade after a score of years to devote his time entirely to agri- cultural pursuits. In 1859, they built a handsome and substantial brick residence ; and in 1861, a commodious bank-barn was made to supply the place of the rude log stables. The farm and its surroundings indicate to the stranger, systematic o.der, and bespeak in the completeness of surrounding detail, a feeling of lasting home comfort such as should cause perpetual sum- mer in the pathway of the declining years of the two remaining brothers-for Christopher E. passed from among the living on the 29th day of October, 1875.
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