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Doctor Armstrong represented the counties of Carroll and Clinton in the state Senate in 1866. He united with the Camden Baptist church, in Camden, in 1841. He was an active and consistent member of this church during his life. He died on June 23, 1903, leaving surviving four children. Mrs. Henrietta Dillen, Carrie Bright, Grace and William E .; and two brothers, Alfred and William M. Armstrong; and two grandchildren.
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DANIEL BAUM, SR.
Daniel Baum, Sr., was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1780. He moved to Ross county, Ohio, in October, 1805, where he lived twenty years. In the spring of 1825, he, with his family and others came to this county by water all the way, landing at a point on Deer creek, where he erected his cabin on land he had entered.
Daniel Baum was married in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, to Assenath Rotrock, on the 20th of February, 1801, and to this union twelve children were born. The old Lafayette "Trail" passed by his cabin. His home was known as a refuge for land hunters. It was designated by the Act of the Legislature of January 7. 1828, as the house to hold the courts of the county. Several members of his family died soon after he came to the county, namely : George Baum. November, 1827: Mary Baum, December 5, 1827; John Baum, August 27, 1830. Mr. Baum built a log store house which was used by D. F. Vandeventer as the first store. In 1855 these buildings were still standing.
DAVID BAUM.
David Baum was born near Lewistown, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1804, and died at his residence two miles southeast of Delphi, March 6, 1884. His parents removed to Pickaway county, Ohio, in the year 1808. In 1825 he and his parents, in company with five others, embarked in a flatboat and came down the Ohio river, then up the Wabash and up Deer creek, to the point where the railroad bridge spans the creek. They landed in the month of April, 1825. His father entered the land in the bottoms (below the railroad) and lived there until his death.
David Baum was married on September 10, 1829, to Eliza Green and settled on the farm upon which he lived for fifty-five years. He was a thrifty farmer, making money enough to buy eighty acres of land every four or five years. He was in good financial circumstances. He united with the Baptist denomination in 1830. and was an earnest member until his death. He encountered the hardships of the early days like others, going to Crawfordsville to the mill and to Chicago with wheat, selling it for thirty-seven and one-half cents per bushel. It was only worth twelve and one-half cents here. It required three weeks to make the trip. Mr. Baum gave liberally to secure the railroads. He was an active citizen, somewhat eccentric, but his word was accepted for any liability.
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JOHN L. BAUM.
John L. Baum was born near Delphi, July 8, 1830. He was married to Lydia Bragunier, in 1862. He was a member of the Delphi Baptist church for over fifty years. He was a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows for fifty-seven years. He was a son of David and Eliza Baum, who were pioneers of this county. He died on March 16, 1912, leaving his wife, one son and one daughter surviving.
JOHN R. BALLARD.
John R. Ballard was born in Cayuga county, New York, April 1, 1805. With his father's family he went to near Cincinnati, lived there four years, from there he went to Wayne county, Indiana, and from there he went to the Wea plains, near Lafayette, and from there came to Carroll county, Indiana, in May, 1825. Mr. Ballard was married three times. His first wife was Lucinda Robbins and four children were born to this union. His second wife was Nancy J. Hamilton and four children were born to this union. His third wife was Terese Wolfe, to whom he was married in 1848. He moved into Tippecanoe township in 1832. He died on June 19, 1887.
JOHN BURR.
John Burr was born at Redding Ridge, Fairfield county, Connecticut, March 3, 1803. He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1838, and was engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes to the time of his death, which occurred on July 24, 1885, leaving his wife, one son and one daugh- ter surviving. In 1860 he formed a business partnership with his son, John H. Burr, and after his death his son continued the business until a few years ago, when he sold the business to A. H. Brewer, who has since con- ducted the same.
JAMES R. BLANCHARD, M. D.
Dr. James R. Blanchard died at his residence in Delphi, January 16, 1892. He was born at Canaan, New Hampshire, October 9, 1805, and at the date of his death was aged eighty-six years, three months and seven days. He came to Delphi, October 23, 1833. He was married to Eliza Green, in Delphi, December 24, 1839. No citizen of Delphi was better known throughout this county, than was Doctor Blanchard. He practiced
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his chosen profession up to a short time before his demise. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in the year 1831. He practiced in nearly every home in the early years of the settlement and dispensed medicine to the poor without charge in many cases. He was identified with every movement for the advancement of the town and county. He had eight children. His wife, who for more than fifty years had been his helpmate. passed away on the 26th of December, 1891, twenty-one days in advance of him. He acquired considerable property and left a will providing how his heirs should have his estate. He was for fifty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and died full of years, honored by all, and greatly loved by his descendants.
MRS. ELIZA BLANCHARD.
Mrs. Eliza Blanchard died at her home in Delphi, December 26, 1891. She was born at Lewiston, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1811, and at date of death was eighty years and three months old. She was married to Dr. James R. Blanchard in Delphi, December 24, 1839. Her maiden name was Green. She came to Carroll county in the year 1837. Mrs. Blanchard was an unassuming woman. She bore her part in this life with meekness and gentleness, her disposition carried a glow of sunshine to those around her. She for more than fifty years endured the trials and sufferings inci- dent to this life with Christian fortitude. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years, and in the faith died full of hope. As a mother she set a splendid example, and her virtues were of the highest order.
CATHARINE JANE BOWEN.
Catharine J. Bowen was born in Calcutta, India, December 23, 1826. Her father and mother, the Rev. Samuel Trawin and wife, were mission- aries, sent to India by the London Missionary Society in 1818. Mr. Trawin died in India. Mrs. Bowen, with her mother and family, came to the state of Virginia and in 1844 she came to Delphi. At the age of twenty-three she was married to Abner H. Bowen. She was the mother of nine children. She was a member of the Presbyterian church nearly all her life. She con- veyed to her church the lot upon which the church building now stands and was a large supporter to its finances. She was a highly esteemed and most exemplary mother. Her husband died on February 10, 1890. Mrs. Bowen died on August 15, 1914. She was survived by three sons and one daughter.
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ABNER H. BOWEN.
Abner H. Bowen was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, October 9, 1814, and came to Delphi, in the year 1837, where he engaged in the gen- eral merchandise and produce business, with his brother, Nathaniel Bowen. The first few years they shipped produce to New Orleans on flatboats, down the Wabash river, and later by the canal to Toledo. In 1845 this firm built the block situated on the corner of Main and Union streets, in Delphi, where the banking business has been conducted ever since. Nathaniel Bowen died in 1848. In 1879 Mr. Bowen associated with him his son, A. T. Bowen, in the bank, who, since the death of Mr. Bowen has conducted the banking business under the name of A. T. Bowen & Company.
Abner H. Bowen was married to Catharine Jane Trawin, May 10, 1849, who died on August 15, 1914. The surviving members of the family are Abner T. Bowen, Mrs. Mary E. Busey and F. W. Bowen. Abner H. Bowen died on February 10, 1890.
ISAAC BUCKLY.
Isaac Buckly was born near the City of Oldham in Lancashire, Eng- land. September 10, 1806. At the age of eighteen years he sailed from Liverpool and after a stormy passage of six weeks, arrived at Philadelphia, and from there he went to Ohio, where his parents lived and died. He was married in the year 1829 to May M. Holmes, near Dayton, Ohio, and in 1837, with his family, he removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where his wife died on September 9. 1839. He was married. secondly, to Eliza J. Holmes, a sister of his former wife and to this union were born four children. One child was born to his former marriage. He died on March 25. 1884. His wife and five children survived him.
ELIZA BUCKLY.
Eliza Buckly was born in Dayton, Ohio, January 3. 1819. She was married on September 9. 1841, to Isaac Buckly, in Carroll county, Indiana, and to this union were born four children. She died on July 13, 1913, leaving surviving one son, Charles Buckly, and one daughter, Mrs. William Bragunier. Mrs. Buckly was the oldest person in the county at the time of her death.
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ANDREW BURNTRAGER.
Andrew Burntrager was born in Virginia, January 31, 1801, and with his parents emigrated to Miami county, Ohio, during his infancy. In the year 1829 he came to Carroll county, Indiana, and entered a tract of land northeast of Delphi, where he lived until his death, which occurred on July 30, 1888. He was married to Marry Bigger; to this union were born eleven children. He was survived by his wife and five children. He was the owner of four hundred acres of land as good as the best in the state. Mrs. Burnt- rager died about twenty years ago. One daughter, Mrs. Parks, and one son. Aaron Burntrager, of Oakland, California, are the only members of the family remaining.
BENJAMIN F. BROUGH.
Benjamin F. Brough departed this life in Delphi, September 24. 1894. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, December 18, 1804, and was at date of death, eighty-nine years, nine months and six days old. His parents came to Kentucky from Scotland. He was the last surviving member of his father's family. He was married in Kentucky to Mary Lyon and they, were the parents of nine children. He, with his family, came to Delphi in the year 1832. He resided many years on a farm south of town. He, with others of this county, went to the gold fields of California in 1850; after three years he returned home.
Mr. Brough was one of the earliest school teachers, having taught school in a log school house in Delphi in which was held the circuit court. He taught many years in the country schools. He was never known to be sick and died of old age without pain, a case most remarkable, without a similarity probably in the state.
MARY E. BROUGH.
Mary E. Brough was born in Mason county, Kentucky, October 4, 1811, and with her husband, B. F. Brough, came to Delphi in 1832. After two years in town they moved to a farm four miles south of Delphi. Her husband died on September 24, 1894. To this union were born nine chil- dren. five sons and four daughters. Mrs. Brough died in Delphi on Novem- ber 23, 1904.
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JULIA BURT.
Miss Julia Burt was born in Scott county, Kentucky, in the year 1807, and with her father's family came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1833. She never married. She united with the Delphi Baptist church in 1843.
E. W. H. BECK, M. D.
Dr. E. W. H. Beck was born in Lewiston. Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1822, and came to White county, Indiana, in October, 1838. In 1842 he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. He came from Monticello to Delphi in 1845. He associated with Dr. Samuel Grimes and began the practice of his profession. In 1846 he became the assistant surgeon of the First Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican War.
Doctor Beck was married to Frances M. Milroy. youngest daughter of Gen. Samuel Milroy, October 22, 1848, and to this union five children were born. On the 5th of October. 1861, he was commissioned a surgeon in the Third Regiment, Indiana Cavalry. He was a noted physician and enjoyed an extensive practice. He was a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He died on October 6, 1888, leaving his wife and his five children surviving.
CHARLES A. BOWMAN.
Charles A. Bowman was born in Berkeley county, Virginia, November 6, 1814. He came to Delphi in 1835 and engaged in the tailoring business. He married Sarah Wilson, September 15, 1843. He moved to a farm southwest of Camden where he resided until his death, which occurred on April 16, 1900. His wife died on August 21, 1851. He was survived by J. W. Bowman and Mrs. Jane E. Hannaway. He was a brother of Capt. G. W. Bowman.
CHRISTIAN BURKHOLDER.
Christian Burkholder was born on January 7, 1829, near Brading, Pennsylvania. He came with his father's family to Carroll county, Indiana, in the fall of 1832, and lived on a farm in Tippecanoe township until his death, which occurred on May 8, 1900. He was married on January 25, 1860, to Sarah Stoner and to this union were born ten children.
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REED CASE.
Reed Case was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, January 29, 1808, and with his father, Nelson Case, moved to Orange county, Indiana, in 1808, and soon after returned to Kentucky. In 1810 his father returned to Indi- ana territory, locating in Harrison county and from there moved to Wash- . ington county. In 1836. Reed Case came to Carroll county, Indiana, and was a contractor on the Wabash and Erie canal. In 1839 he built the steam- boat lock on the south side of the Wabash river and at the south end of the dam. In 1838 he formed a partnership with James Spears, of Lafayette, the firm name being Spears & Case. In 1842 this firm built the side cut from the canal to their warehouse. In 1845 James P. Dugan was added to the firm under the name of Spears, Case & Company. In 1863 this firm built a large packing house east of Delphi and carried on a very large busi- ness until the year 1871.
Mr. Case was an active business man, successful in his large under- takings and enjoyed an extensive acquaintance along the Wabash valley. He died on October 23, 1871, and James Case and Mrs. Josephine Schemer- horn are the only remaining members of the family.
ARTHUR G. CONNELLY.
Arthur G. Connelly was born in Kentucky in 1799, and was married in Scott county, Kentucky, to Nancy Calvert, June 13, 1833, and came to Carroll county, Indiana. in May, 1835. By trade he was a cabinet maker. He lived on a farm adjoining the city of Delphi until his death, which occurred on August 14, 1887. He was a member of the Delphi Baptist church from 1835 to his death. He was survived by his wife, five daught- ers and one son.
ENOCH COX, SR.
Enoch Cox, Sr .. was born in New Jersey, August 28, 1781, and ,with his father's family, moved to Mason county, Kentucky, in 1789. In 1825 he moved to Montgomery county, Ohio, and on the 17th of April, 1829, came to Carroll county, Indiana, with his family, and lived in Delphi until 1830, when he moved to a farm two miles southwest of Delphi, where he lived until his death, in 1865.
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ABRAHAM CROWELL.
Abraham Crowell was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, May 22, 1814, and came to Carroll county when a young man. He was married to Catharine Million in 1835, and to this union eight children were born. . After the death of his first wife, he married Anna Newman in 1850. Mr. Crowell amassed considerable property and was one of the wealthiest men in Adams township when he died. He died on January 14. 1898.
HENDERSON DUNKLE.
Henderson Dunkle was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1826, and came to Carroll county, Indiana; October 11, 1837. He was married to Mary Dewey, June 4, 1846, and to this union were born two children-one daughter and one son. Mr. Dunkle was the publisher of the Carroll Express for six years. He was in the employ of his brother, Will- iam Dunkle, and James Kilgore, who were manufacturers of agricultural implements in Delphi for many years. He was county treasurer from 1872 to 1876, and was county auditor from 1879 to 1890. He was one of the oldest members of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He died on January 20, 1902, leaving surviving one daughter and one son.
MARY DUNKLE.
Mary Dunkle departed this life in Delphi, Sunday morning, June 9, 1895, and was one of the first born in this county. She was a daughter of Aaron Dewey. She was married to Henderson Dunkle at the age of eigh- teen years. Mr. and Mrs. Dunkle were the parents of two children : Emma C. and Charles H. Mrs. Dunkle was an old settler and cherished a lively remembrance of the early scenes and trials of the pioneers. She was a friend of the poor and always performing kindly offices to relieve distress by acts of generosity, without the semblance of ostentation.
The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. James Omelvena, of the Presbyterian denomination, of which the deceased was a consistent member all her life. Her remains were interred in the Odd Fellows' ceme- tery.
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DR. JOIIN M. EWING.
Dr. John M. Ewing came to Carroll county in the year 1827. He practiced medicine for many years, and was the first doctor here. He fre- quently assisted in rolling logs and raising houses and barns. He shared with the early settlers their hardships and gave his professional services frequently, free. Where and when he died is unknown to the writer.
JOHN W. FAWCETT.
John W. Fawcett was born in Butler county, Ohio, May 17, 1829, and moved to Cass county, Indiana, in 1852. He came to Carroll county in 1853. He taught school about ten years. He was married to Mary Hol- land, July 20, 1856, and to this union were born two sons and two daugh- ters. He was elected county surveyor in 1864, and served two terms .. He was elected county recorder in 1870, and served two terms. He served as civil engineer many years in the building of gravel roads. He made a set of abstract books, and made abstracts for many years. He was a member of the Christian church, and a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died on December 19. 1906, survived by his wife and four children.
ROBERT FISHER.
Robert Fisher departed this life at his residence in Tippecanoe town- ship on Saturday afternoon, February 17, 1894, after a very brief illness. He was born in Franklin county, this state, January 23, 1820, and was aged at the time of his death seventy-four years and twenty-four days. He, with his father's family, came to Tippecanoe county, and resided near the Tippe- canoe battleground in 1827.
For over forty years Mr. Fisher was a resident of Tippecanoe township, this county, and was a prosperous farmer. He was married to Catharine A. Walters, with whom he lived more than fifty years. Several years since they celebrated their golden wedding. His wife died about twenty years ago. Mr. Fisher left surviving him three sons, one daughter and one brother, John Fisher, residing near Battle Ground. Mr. Fisher's father came to this county from northern Ireland. Mr. Fisher was an old settler of this county and was identified with, the Old Settlers' Society from its organization and was, in 1884, its president. He was a consistent member of the Methodist
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Episcopal church at Pittsburg, where he united with that denomination forty-one years ago and was a pillar and its strongest support.
Mr. Fisher was well and favorably known and was an upright man and honest in all his dealings. He was a friend of every good cause and a warm supporter of any measure calculated to advance the prosperity of our county. He held no enmity against any person and died without an enemy. He lived the allotted time for man to live in this life and he left an example, a rich legacy for all to emulate. About 1844 he attended a meeting of a few sur- vivors of the battle fought by General Harrison against Tecumseh's brother, November 7, 1811, for the purpose of collecting the bones of the fallen heroes and re-interring them and was the only living witness who could point out the precise spot where they were reburied, the place not being marked by a stone. He had a vivid recollection of early events, and was a careful narrator of them.
JOHN K. FRY.
John K. Fry was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1828, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1833. He was married to Eliza St. John, Decem- ber 15, 1850. He was elected county sheriff in 1870, and served one term. By occupation he was a carpenter. His wife died thirty years ago. He died on October 7, 1914, leaving a son, James Fry, who has held the office of state oil inspector, and is at present deputy state auditor.
SUSAN GATES.
Susan Gates was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, September 26, 1804, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1837, after her marriage with R. Gates, February 7, 1828, locating near Lockport. Her husband died in 1848. Mrs. Gates died about twenty years ago.
ROBERT GIBSON.
Robert Gibson was born in Ireland and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1830, settling in Adams township. His wife died in the early part of the year 1886. He died on August 15, 1886, and was over eighty-three years old, leaving three sons and four daughters surviving.
REV. NELSON GILLAM.
Rev. Nelson Gillam was born in Franklin county, Indiana, in the year 1814, and came to Carroll county in the year 1829. He was a son of
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Thomas Gillam. He was married to Sarah Angel, March 20, 1840, who died in Marion, Indiana, February 16, 1863. Mr. Gillam was married a second time in 1865. He was for many years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in Richmond, Indiana, January 5, 1902, leaving a widow and two children by his former marriage, Mrs. Martha Phillips, of New Castle, and Mrs. Ruth Winters, of Logansport.
REV. JOHN W. GILLAM.
John W. Gillam was born in Franklin county, Indiana, August 12, 1810, and came with his father's family to Carroll county in April, 1829. He was married to Amanda Gipson, November 12, 1835. To this union were born two daughters and one son. He was for fifty-nine years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He lived on a farm six miles southeast of Delphi. He died on February 24, 1884.
THOMAS GILLAM.
Thomas Gillam was born in Pennsylvania and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in April, 1829, and located on land near the town of Radnor. Mr. Gillam was one of the early associate justices. At the first meeting of the Old Settler's Society, held in 1855, Mr. Gillam made the following state- ment: "Eight children had gone out into the woods to hunt ginseng and became lost and remained out all night. The neighbors were aroused next morning, and with guns and horns searched the woods. One of the children suggested to the others that they pound on a tree with a club that they might be found. The searching party heard the pounding and soon rescued the lost little ones." Mr. Gillam died about fifty years ago.
JOHN M. GILLAM.
John M. Gillam was a brother of Thomas Gillam, and came from Foun- tain county. Indiana, to this county in the year 1829. After living here several years he moved to Jasper county, Indiana, where he lived a number of years and died.
SAMUEL D. GRESHAM.
Samuel D. Gresham was born in King and Queen county, Virginia, in 1808, and with his father's family moved to Kentucky, and from there he moved to Harrison county, Indiana, where he lived for several years. In
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1830 he came to Carroll county, locating in Delphi, and for several years was engaged in shipping grain, on flatboats, down to New Orleans. He was collector of revenue in 1835. He was sheriff of the county in 1836 and served two terms. He was postmaster in Delphi under the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan. For many years he was engaged in the livery. business. He was married to Sarah Burt, in 1841, and to this union were born four sons and three daughters. He died on July 22, 1874.
JOHN M. GRANT.
John M. Grant was born in Butler county, Ohio, June 30, 1824, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, October 14, 1851, and resided in Burling- ton township. He was married to Catharine Spangler, October 21, 1847. Mr. Grant was an active and progressive citizen. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He was one of the early pioneers of Burlington township, and was respected by the entire community. He died on February 16, 1910.
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