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HENRY ROBINSON.
Henry Robinson was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1778, from which place he removed to Kentucky and later, in 1806, located in Miami county, Ohio. The most prominent personage of the early settlers was the subject of this sketch. More has been said and written of him than any other. He was a remarkable man, possessing characteristics which marked him as a leader of men, sagacious, energetic and honest. He emigrated from Ohio to the Wabash valley in the fall of 1824. He, with the members of his family and several others, traversed the country in a log wagon, drawn by cattle and halted in the vicinity where the city of Lafayette now is. His son, Hezekiah, located near Crawfordsville. He, with his sons, Abner and Coleman, followed the Indian trail up the Wabash to this territory (now Carroll county ) looking for land.
Mr. Robinson purchased the east half of the southeast quarter of sec- tion 20, township 25 north, range 2 west, on the 21st of December, 1824. On December 31, 1824, he, with his sons' families, arrived on the land and went into camp. On the next day (January 1, 1825) the work of cutting logs and erecting their cabin commenced. The 2nd of January was Sunday and they rested from their labors. In a few days the cabin was up and was presided over by the wife of Abner Robinson and his sister, Sarah, the first white woman who settled in the county. Mr. Robinson decided to. erect 'a saw-mill, and built a rude affair at the point later occupied by Bowen's mill, east of Delphi. He also cracked corn on a pair of mill-stones for the settlers.
These people lived on scant food, being for some days without bread. The flour mostly was brought from Ohio. By the first of January, 1827, the county was being rapidly settled, houses erected and stores established. This territory was organized into a county in 1828, the county seat located, a court, postoffice and several churches established and county officers elected.
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The year 1830 was dry and sickly, the amount of sickness giving Delphi a bade name-and being a drawback for many years. Mr. Robinson, not counting obstacles, got some of his machinery from Ohio, and by his great energy accomplished what no other man was willing to undertake. He departed this life in July, 1845.
SAMUEL, H. ROBINSON.
Samuel H. Robinson was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, Novem- ber 24, 1816, and with his father, Henry Robinson and family, came to this locality on the last day of the year 1824. He died on his farm two miles south of Delphi, February 18, 1888. He was the last survivor, at the time of his death, of the Henry Robinson family and the last white settler who came here in 1824.
DAVID T. SANDERSON.
David T. Sanderson was born in Union county, Indiana, February 16, 1837, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, with his father's family in 1838, and lived near Camden. He was married to Mary Mitchell, September 13, 1860, who died February 22, 1876. He was married, secondly, to Mary C. Warnock, of Howard county, Indiana, August 5, 1878. He died on Febru- ary 8, 1905. survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters.
JAMES B. SCOTT.
James B. Scott was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Octo- ber 14, 1815, and with his father's family moved to Logansport, Indiana, from Franklin county, Indiana, in the year 1829. He published the Potta- wattomie and Miami Times in Logansport, for several years. In 1850 he moved to. Delphi and purchased Delphi Herald and changed its name to Delphi Journal and was its editor for fifty years. He was one of the oldest newspaper men in the state. He was a highly-respected citizen. He was a member of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, of Delphi. He died on January 13, 1899, leaving a widow, three daughters and one son.
LEWIS B. SIMS.
Lewis B. Sims was born in Franklin county, Indiana, July 30, 1824. Mr. Sims commenced the practice of law in Delphi in the year 1848. He
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was a graduate of DePauw University. He was married to Martha Bolles in 1848. To this union were born six children. His wife died some years prior to his death, which occurred on October 19. 1897. One son and two daughters survived him.
JAMES C. SMITH. 1
James C. Smith was born near Zanesville, Ohio, March 3, 1828. He came to Burlington, this county, in 1832, and was a merchant. At that time Indians were plentiful, their reservations being on the east side of the county line.
On June 5, 1846, Mr. Smith enlisted as a soldier of the Mexican War and was a member of the Company C, First Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After serving during the war, he was mustered out at New Orleans, June 20. 1847. In the Civil War he enlisted on November 29, 1862, in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Artillery. He was made a prisoner of war, July 31, 1864, at Macon, Georgia. He was exchanged on March I. 1865. His battery was mustered out at Indianapolis, August 3, 1865. He died in 1905.
ENOCH STANSELL.
Enoch Stansell was born in Ohio. He came with his father to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1826, and selected lands in Rock Creek town- ship, where, in 1831, he moved his family from Ohio. His father was an Indian prisoner for five years. The particulars of his imprisonment are unknown. Mr. Stansell died on his farm in Rock Creek township. He is survived by two sons, William and Charles Stansell.
THOMAS STERLING.
Thomas Sterling was born on December 25, 1800, in Pennsylvania, and came to this county from Wayne county, Indiana, in July, 1826. The history of the journey of this family to the Wabash was written by the wife of Mr. Sterling. and will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Sterling was one of the solid men of his day. He was county commissioner in 1831 and 1860. He was one of the charter members of the first temper- ance society, organized in the year 1828 in the log school-house in Delphi. It was known as the Washington Temperance Society. At the first meet- ing of the Old Settler's Society, he related the following: "The only enemy
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I am afraid of is snakes. A young hunter, being alone, camped on the ground on which the city of Logansport now stands, was bitten by a rattle- snake one night and would have died, but some Indians had their tents in that vicinity to whom he 'hallowed.' They took charge of the white hunter, cured him of the bite, and sent him on his way rejoicing. He was admon- ished by the Indians, if he got wet, he would die. The name of the hunter was Alexander."
Mr. Sterling resided on the farm he located, on the Delphi and Cam- den road, about five miles east of Delphi, until his death, which occurred on December 23, 1884. His wife was Frances Porter, married in Wayne county, Indiana, and died on September 27, 1875.
JAMES H. STEWART.
James H. Stewart was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, March 27, 1809. He removed to Washington county, Indiana, there received his early education and made preparations to practice medicine. He came to Delphi, Indiana, on the 27th of March, 1830. In 1834 he was elected clerk of the court; this office he held for twenty-five years, consecutively. After retiring from office he entered into partnership with L. B. Sims, in the practice of law, which continued to the date of his death, April 13, 1879. He was married to Julia M. Sims, May 29, 1851, who died on February 19, 1896, leaving no issue.
Mr. Stewart was a past grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of this state. He was the leading spirit in forming the Old Set- tlers' Society, and to him the credit is due for the preservation of the early history of this county. To his valuable book entitled "Recollections of Carroll County, Indiana," published in 1872, the writer is indebted for many facts set forth in this work. He enjoyed a state-wide acquaintance and personally knew many of the leading statesmen of his time. He was a man of commanding appearance and he stood for the best ideals for the public good.
CHARLES THOMAS.
Charles Thomas came to Carroll county. Indiana, in 1838, settling in Burlington township. where his parents raised a family of thirteen children, five daughters and eight sons, and all grew to manhood and womanhood. Mr. Thomas was twice married and had nine children. He was a prosper- ous farmer and a highly respected citizen. He died on February 25, 1901.
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JOHN G. TROXELL.
John G. Troxell was born in Jackson county, Alabama, December 30, 1830, and with his father's family came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1840, and resided near Pittsburg. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and at the close of the period of enlistment, re-enlisted on the 20th of July, 1863, was promoted captain and served the three years and on account of ill health was dis- charged on April 4, 1865.
John G. Troxell was married to Mary E. Gosnell, April 7, 1865, and to this union were born three daughters. He served one term as county com- missioner, during which the iron bridge across the Tippecanoe river was built. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died at his residence in Delphi, November 16, 1898, survived by his widow and three children.
HON. DAVID TURPIE.
David Turpie came to Carroll county with his father's family in the early thirties. His father entered a tract of land in Madison township, where his father and mother lived until their deaths. David Turpie was educated at Kenyon college, Ohio, and started in life teaching school. He chose the profession of law, and entered the law office of Daniel D. Pratt, in Logansport.
Mr. Turpie located at Monticello, and entered into active practice. He rose rapidly in his profession, and filled the positions of common pleas and circuit judge. He represented his district several terms in the Legislature. after which he moved to Indianapolis, where he stood at the head of the bar of the state. He was elected United States senator to fill the unex- pired term of Jesse D. Bright. He was also United States district attorney under Cleveland's administration. He was elected United States senator two terms, and after a long and faithful public service, he retired to private life and quietly awaited his last call. He died on April 21, 1909, over eighty years old.
Hon. David Turpie was a highly-educated man, had a most remark- able memory, and loved to meet the old pioneers of this county, and annually visited his old home. He was classed among the great statesmen of the country. 'He published a book entitled, "Sketches of My Own Times," which is a monument to his memory. He was survived by a daughter.
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CLARISSA P. TUTEWILER.
Clarissa P. Tutewiler was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, January 1. 1828, and with her parents, in 1832, moved to Marion county, Indiana, and in April, 1834. came to Carroll county. In 1847 she was mar- ried to John Tutewiler, who died on October 6, 1860. Mrs. Tutewiler died on November 11, 1892. She was long a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church.
EDWARD WALKER, M. D.
Dr. Edward Walker was born in Ohio, March 14. 1829, and came to Delphi in 1850. He was married to Jane Riley, March 12, 1854. He practiced medicine for over forty years, when he was elected clerk of the Carroll circuit court in 1898. serving two terms. He was mayor of the city of Delphi several years. He died on February 16, 1908, survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. His wife died soon after his death and his son, Earl, died in 1914.
SAMUEL WEAVER.
Samuel Weaver was born in Butler county, Ohio, November 6, 1806, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in September, 1835, and located in Democrat township. He was married to Ruth McNeil, November 12, 1829. He engaged in farming and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods at the town of Prince William. There were ten children born to this union. Two sons survived him at the time of his death, which occurred on Febru- ary 24, 1903. His wife died in January, 1881. His father, Henry Weaver, was a soldier of the War of Independence. He was a cousin of General Weaver, of Iowa. His son, W. H. Weaver, represented this county in the Legislature two terms.
ROBERT WEBBER.
Dr. Robert Webber was born at South Moulton, Devonshire county, England, April 2. 1804, and when fourteen years old, with his father, John Webber, came to America in 1818, and settled in Pennsylvania. He was graduated from the Washington Medical College, Baltimore, in 1832. He there married Eliza Bowen, and in 1835 came to Carroll county, Indiana, locating in Delphi. He brought a printing press with him and began the publication of the Western Banner. which was the first newspaper published
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in the county. He practiced his profession for over forty years. He was a highly educated man. His wife died after twenty years of married life. In February, 1855 he was married, secondly, to Nancy Bowen, in Ohio. He died on April 18, 1885, leaving a wife, three daughters and three sons.
ISAAC WILSON, SR.
Isaac Wilson, Sr., was born in Virginia and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1830, and located on a farm east of Delphi about two miles. He died in the year 1846, leaving his wife, Rachael, and eleven children, namely : Elizabeth, Hester. C. M. D., Charles, Mary Ann, Cynthia D., John D., Isaac, James H., Martha J. and Eliza.
Hester Wilson died unmarried in 1850. C. M. D. Wilson died unmar- ried in 1857. Rachael Wilson, widow of Isaac Wilson, died about the year 1858. Cynthia Wilson married a Mr. Miller, who died about 1860. Martha J. Wilson, widow of H. M. Wright, married Isaac Farneman, who died on December 9, 1909. Charles Y. Wilson died on July 3, 1884. James H. Wilson died unmarried, March 25. 1908. Elizabeth Wilson married a Mr. McColloch, who died since the death of her father. Mary Ann Wilson married Sylvester Berry, who died in Oregon in 1908. Isaac Wilson died in White county, Indiana, about twenty-five years ago. Eliza Wilson mar- ried S. Freshour, who died about twenty years ago. John D. Wilson died in Delphi, November 16, 1909. He was the last surviving member of the family. C. M. D. Wilson was treasurer of Carroll county for two terms. from 1850 to 1854. For more than fifty years this family held the estate descending to them from their father as tenants in common, increasing their possessions many thousands of dollars for a period of fifty years.
JOHN D. WILSON.
John D. Wilson was born in Harding county, Virginia, October 24, 1828, and with his father, Isaac Wilson, came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1832, locating on a farm two miles east of Delphi. In 1849, with others from this county, he went to the gold fields of California, and after an absence of five years returned home and engaged in farming and stock feeding. He was married to Mrs. Nellie Huggins, November 13, 1865. He was a stockholder in the bank of A. T. Bowen & Company. He was a prominent Mason and died in Delphi, at his residence, November 16, 1909.
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survived by his wife and nephews and nieces. He was the last member of his father's family.
NATHANIEL WILSON.
Nathaniel Wilson was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, January 3, 1817. He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1826, and with his father, William Wilson, settled on the land now occupied by the city of Delphi. His father donated to the county one hundred acres of land for the county seat. His father died in the year 1830, and his mother died in the year 1840. Nathaniel Wilson was married to Elizabeth Patterson, March 9, 1848, and to this union were born ten children: six daughters and one son survived her. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died on April 3, 1891.
ROBERT I. WILSON, M. D.
Dr. Robert I. Wilson was born in Ross county, Ohio, December 15, 1815, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1840, locating at Lockport, and practiced medicine many years. He was married to Jane Howlett in 1844. To this union were born one son and six daughters. He died on April 16, 1873. survived by all his children.
SIMEON WILSON.
Simeon Wilson was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, December 12, 1812. He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the year 1836, settling in Carrollton township. He was twice married. He was a member ,of the Baptist denomination for over fifty years. He died in Democrat township, February 18, 1902, and was survived by his second wife and two sons.
WILLIAM YOUNG.
William Young was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 9, 1816, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, July 13, 1829. He was twice married, his first wife being Nancy Demisson; his second wife was Catharine McDonald. of Camden, to whom he was married on July 5, 1850. By occupation he was a carpenter. At the time of his death, October 2, 1898, he was the oldest resident of the city of Delphi. He was a consistent mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife died on May 4, 1896. He was survived by two daughters.
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CHAPTER X.
MILITARY HISTORY-WAR WITH MEXICO-WAR OF 1861-FRATERNITIES- CARROLL COUNTY BANKS-DETECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS.
WAR WITH MEXICO.
The President of the United States issued his proclamation on May II, 1846, announcing that a state of war existed between this country and Mexico. Congress authorized the calling of fifty thousand volunteers, one- half to be mustered into the service, one-half to be held as a reserve. On the 13th of May, 1846, the President issued his call for fifty thousand volunteers.
James Whitcomb, governor of Indiana, on May 23, 1846, issued his proclamation for Indiana's quota. Carroll county, on June 9, 1846, tend- ered a company, as Company C of the First Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which was enrolled on June 19, and mustered into the service at the capital of the state, June 20, 1846. The officers of the company were Captain, Robert H. Milroy; first lieutenant, Andrew L. Robertson; second lieutenant. William R. Pearson; first sergeant, Henry M. Graham; sergeants, James Chittick, Alonzo Grout and W. G. Mullen; corporals, W. Barrett, William Chapman, B. Busley and James Cline; buglers, Samuel L. Milroy and William Moore. From Indianapolis the company went to Madison and from there to New Albany where the regiments were formed.
The officers of the First Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, were: Colonel, James P. Blake; lieutenant-colonel, C. C. Moore; major, Henry S. Lane. The regiment was mustered out of service at New Orleans, Louisi- ana, on the 16th of June, 1847.
The members of Company C who were discharged from service returned by steamer to Cincinnati and from there to their homes, by canal passage. having been absent a little over a year. Ten of the company died on Mexi- can soil and were there buried. Thirty-nine were discharged during the campaign on surgeons' certificates. At this writing but one member of Company C is living, namely, Mervan Sherman. who resides in Camden.
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John S. Armitage enlisted at Logansport, in Company G, First Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and resides in Delphi. The soldiers of these companies were paid, while in the service, seven dollars per month, and after their discharge at New Orleans paid their own way home. Mr. Sher- man and Mr. Armitage are the only members of these companies of the Mexican War living in this county.
WAR OF 1861.
On April 15, 1861, the President of the United States issued a call for seventy-five thousand men to suppress the armed resistance to the gov- ernment from the southern states. The quota from Indiana was six regi- ments. On the 16th of April, 1861, Governor Morton issued a proclama- tion for the organization of six regiments.
On the 22nd of April, 1861, J. C. Hannum reported a company from Carroll county at Camp Morton, Indianapolis. The company was num- bered Company A, and was mustered into the service on April 25, 1861, and assigned to the Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with R. H. Milroy as colonel. The regiment left Indianapolis on May 29, 1861. On July 10, 1861, in the battle of Laurel Hill, in West Virginia, Dyson Booth- royd was wounded. He died on July 13, 1861, and it is believed he was the first soldier losing his life in the war. He was a member of Company A. This company was mustered out on July 29, 1861, the term of enlist- ment having expired.
Company A, of the Ninth Regiment, re-enlisted for three years and was mustered into the service on September 5, 1861, with John B. Milroy, captain ; Thomas Madden, first lieutenant; J. K. Armor, second lieutenant. Other companies from Carroll county were organized as follow :
Company A, of the Forty-sixth Regiment, John H. Gould, captain; W. A. Pigman, first lieutenant; J. M. Watts, second lieutenant ; was mustered into service on November 1, 1861.
Company C, Forty-sixth Regiment, B. F. Schermerhorn, captain; A. Garrett, first lieutenant; A. B. Robertson, second lieutenant; was mustered into service on November 19, 1861.
Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment, David Howell, captain; B. B. Daily, first lieutenant; A. L. Benham, second lieutenant; was mustered into service on November 14, 1861.
Company D, Twelfth Regiment. George Bowman, captain; was mus- tered into service on August 12, 1862.
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Company K. Fifteenth Regiment, John M. Jones, promoted second lieutenant.
Company A, Forty-first Regiment, Second Indiana Cavalry, J. C. Han- num, captain; was mustered into service on September 18, 1861. H. Samp- son, first lieutenant; E. M. Barnes, first lieutenant; second lieutenants, J. G. Kesler and S. T. Ferrier. J. G. Kesler was promoted captain, September 18,1861. S. T. Ferrier was mustered out and promoted captain, September 4, 1864. John Lathrope was promoted second lieutenant, November 18, 1864, and was promoted first lieutenant, June 1, 1865.
Company K, Forty-first Regiment (Second Indiana Cavalry).
Company A, Seventy-second Regiment. Its captains were N. Herron, M. W. Newton, A. J. Klepser and L. Gros. Its first lieutenants were M. H. Newton, A. J. Klepser, L. Gros and J. H. Barnes. Its second lieuten- ants were A. J. Klepser, J. H. Barnes and R. W. Pilling.
One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Regiment (one hundred day men). .This regiment was organized and mustered into the service at Indianapolis, May 25, 1864. William C. Wilson was the colonel; John H. Gould was the lieutenant-colonel; John S. Case was the captain of Company K; John C. Colton, first lieutenant; James W. Griffith, second lieutenant.
The One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment was organized at Indian- apolis, March 9, 1865, with Marsh B. Taylor as colonel; James M. Watts, major of Company E; Milton Galbreath, second lieutenant; Company H, H. E. W. Campbell, captain; Edward H. Gresham, first lieutenant. There were men from Carroll county in other companies in this regiment, as fol- low : Company A, Company B, Company C, Company D, Company F. Company G and Company K.
The One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Regiment was organized at Indi- anapolis, April 20, 1865; adjutant, A. S. McCormick. Company D was from Carroll county ; captain, S. Berry ; first lieutenant, J. Sampson; second lieutenant, B. F. Brough. There were assigned to this regiment, members of Company A, Company B, Company E, Company G, Company H, Com- pany I and Company F.
In the Twelfth Regiment, Company D was composed of Carroll county soldiers; captain, George Bowman. This regiment was mustered out on June 8, 1865.
The Fifteenth Regiment, the Thirty-Fourth Regiment, the Fifty-First Regiment. the Sixtieth Regiment, the Ninety-Ninth Regiment, the One Hun- dred and Twenty-Eighth Regiment and the One Hundred and Forty-Seventh (13)
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Regiment contained soldiers from Carroll county. After the reorganiza- tion of the said regiments, a number of companies furnished soldiers as follows: Company K, Company H, Company I, Company M, Company E and Company F.
The Twenty-Fourth Battery, Light Artillery, was organized at Indi- anapolis and was mustered into service with J. A. Sims as captain, and was mustered out on July 26, 1865. Captain Sims resigned on January 24, 1864. Lieutenant A. Hardy was in command at time of mustering out the battery. Captains of the battery, J. A. Sims and A. Hardy; first lieuten- ants. A. Hardy and H. Allen; second lieutenants, A. Hardy, H. Allen, J. C. Smith and W. S. Ramey. Members of Company F and Company G were in this regiment.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Boothroyd Post No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized in Delphi, in July, 1881. J. M. Watts was the first commander; J. G. Troxell, senior vice-commander; E. H. Gresham, junior vice commander ; J. M. Ramey, chaplain; L. Gros, officer of the day; W. F. Lytle, officer of the guard; J. L. Morrow, surgeon; J. Lathrop, quartermaster; and A. A. Wells, adjutant. This post is still in existence, the veteran membership being annually decimated by death, those remaining awaiting the "last bugle call."
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