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The town of Cuba was laid out February 8, 1853, by John Nanna on the east side of the Newcastle and Richmond Railroad, now the Rich- mond division of the Pan Handle, situated in the northeast quarter of section 10, Washington township. This town site consisted of seventy- three lots and four streets : Oak, Columbia, Walnut and Railroad streets.
Herman City was laid out by F. Herman Smith, September 29, 1876, at the junction between the two railroads, now the Bradford and Rich- mond divisions of the Pan Handle Railroad. This town site lies north of "Cuba," above mentioned and consisted of sixteen lots and two streets, Franklin and Broadway, the former running north and south, the latter east and west.
These two towns were never widely known by their original names but took the name of the postoffice, "Anoka," that was established and kept here or in this neighborhood for years.
The name Anoka or Anoka Junction has been universally applied to this place for a generation past. It is situated about five miles south- east of Logansport on the above named railroads near the east line of the township.
Thomas P. McBane was the first storekeeper in the town followed by Jabish Philips and a Mr. Deyo. Eldridge B. Knight, Alexander Muntz and Thomas MeBane carried on shoe shops at different periods. Jacob J. Ringer, in the fifties, established a stave factory and manufactured flour barrels and sold his product to Joseph Uhl, who operated the flouring mill on Minnow Creek, and Joshua Richeson also ran a cooper shop and shingle factory for some years in the sixties.
In the early history of the town Daniel Myers opened a shop for the manufacture of two-horse breaking plows which he called the "Wabash Gold Digger." In 1865-6, E. B. and R. B. Knight conducted a broom factory quite extensively. Willis R. Tousley, J. W. Puterbaugh, Geo. P. Dykeman, Louisa Benson and Warren Storer have conducted general stores in the past. Ab Sissin is the present storekeeper, and Bert Turn- paugh, the village blacksmith.
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In 1856 a postoffice was established, but there was another Cuba post- office. The office here was named "Anoka" and the town has accepted that name also. Thomas McBane was the first postmaster and the follow- ing persons have since held that position.
Jabish Philips, appointed February 2, 1863; Jacob J. Ringes, Novem- ber 30, 1863; Joseph Newcomb, 1865. The office was discontinued and re-established, several times moved south a mile where Geo. P. Dykeman was postmaster in 1872, and again a mile east in Tipton township in 1875, with Jabish Philips, postmaster. In 1880 Willis R. Tousley was ap- pointed postmaster; 1886, Wm. H. Gish, followed by John Novinger, 1888; John W. Puterbaugh, 1889; Meshack Berry, 1893; Louise Benson, 1903, she being the last to hold the office, which was discontinued in that year on the establishment of free rural mail delivery and the farmers of the entire township now have daily mail delivered at their doors.
ODD FELLOWS LODGE
Anoka Lodge, No. 630, I. O. O. F., was instituted March 2, 1887, with the following officers: A. J. Sharts, N. G .; L. J. Leedy, V. G .; W. R. Tousley, secretary, and J. W. Puterbaugh, treasurer.
The present officers are : Clarence Archa, N. G .; Frank Parks, V. G .; Geo. Rust, secretary ; J. C. Hahn, treasurer. The present membership is 81.
Soon after the organization of the lodge, a two-story frame hall was erected in the north part of the town; this was destroyed by fire in 1889 but was soon rebuilt. This hall was again burned down on July 20, 1911, but the following year, the present two-story frame hall was erected in the south part of the town and the lodge, although meeting with these losses, is pluckily pushing forward and was never more prosperous.
PHYSICIANS
Dr. James Chadwick was born and educated in England, came to Cass county about 1860, and opened an office in Anoka. About 1864 he moved to Perrysburg, Indiana. He was a young man with no family at that time.
Dr. Wm. B. Hunter was a native of Washington township, where he was born and educated and taught several terms of district school. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan, about 1884, and at once engaged in practice near Anoka, where he con- tinued for two or three years and then moved to Colorado where he is still engaged in active practice of his chosen profession. He was a mem- ber of the Cass County Medical Society, 1885-7. The doctor was married in Colorado and has several children.
Dr. Vossburg was the first physician to locate in Anoka, about 1854. He only remained a short time and left for greener fields of practice.
Dr. A. M. Chord located in Anoka in 1869, where he practiced until 1873, when he moved to Logansport and died there in 1892 from the effects of being knocked down by Elmer Willard, a highwayman.
At the present time, Anoka is a small village, consisting of a dozen or more houses, the Odd Fellows hall, a schoolhouse and a Methodist church now in process of construction, and being at the junction of the two divisions of the Pan Handle Railroad, is a convenient railroad station for the surrounding country which is occupied by well-to-do farmers.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Probably the first marriage celebrated in the township was that of Peter Barron to Sarah Chamberlain, in 1830. The bride was the daugh- Vol. 1-46
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ter of Alex Chamberlain, the first permanent settler of the county, and the groom, the son of Joseph Barron, the celebrated Indian interpreter of William Henry Harrison during the early Indian wars and who died in Logansport in 1843.
Helm's history states that the first birth in Washington township was Geo. T. Tipton, son of Gen. John Tipton, in 1830, but this is an error as Geo. Tipton, according to his daughter's statement, Miss Tillie Tipton, now residing in Logansport, was born in Corydon, Indiana, on May 14, 1827.
The first death in the township was Sarah Ruckman, who was stabbed with a knife and killed by her intoxicated husband, in 1843.
The first hotel in the township and county was opened in a log house in 1826-7 by Alex Chamberlain on the south bank of the Wabash river.
The first brick house in the township was built by Josiah Butler on the northeast quarter of section 4 and is still standing. Mr. Butler settled on this land about 1841-2, erected a log cabin and replaced the log house with a brick structure, making the brick with his own hands and occupied the house until the infirmities of age compelled his retirement and he died at the home of his son, Frank Butler, in 1893, aged 88 and reposes in Mt. Hope cemetery.
ACCIDENTS
On August 7, 1876, Archibald Baird and son were instantly killed by . a passenger train near Anoka.
Wm. S. Twells, son of James Twells, while felling a tree on his father's farm in section 7, was instantly killed, March 27, 1877.
Sol. D. Brandt, a prominent resident of Logansport, while going to see about business matters on Cedar Island, which he, at that time owned, was in some way drowned in the excessive floods in the spring of 1905, and some days later his body was found down the Wabash river near Georgetown.
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Many years ago Samuel Mccullough was hunting on Cedar Island and was backing around to get a good shot at a deer, and in his excitement, not noticing where he was going, backed off the craggy rocks at the upper end of the island, and broke his arm and otherwise injured himself and was laid up for weeks. It is needless to say the deer escaped.
Tom McBane while out hunting about sixty years ago wounded a catamount, that were numerous in those days, and when cornered or wounded were very ferocious. The animal took refuge in a hollow log, and thinking he could capture it, used his gun barrel to secure his prize, but the animal showed fight and MeBane with his gun pressed the animal down but could not let up for the animal would jump out on him. As long as he held' the animal at bay he was safe but he dare not let go. In this predicament W. H. H. Tucker came along and assisted McBane in dispatching the animal or probably he would be there today holding that catamount in its hole with his gun.
The presidential campaign of 1856 was very exciting and a Republi- can Glee Club was organized in Washington township, composed of Gillis J. McBane (the first white child born in Logansport), James G. McGrew, Jacob Hudlow, W. W. Hahn, and W. H. H. Tucker. One of the chief issues in that campaign was the admission of Kansas as a free or slave state. Buchanan and Breckenridge were the Democratic, and Fremont and Dayton were the Republican candidates. A stanza of a song sung by this glee club ran thus:
"Buck and Breck, neck and neck, A yoke of oxen slow, Lugging at the Kansas load, Whoa, haw, gee, whoa."
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"A cracking pair of ponies to the world we'll show The Rocky mountain hunter, and the girl in Jersey blue."
The voices of this club were heard not only in Washington township, but all over the county and surrounding counties, and created great amusement and enthusiasm wherever they went.
REFERENCE BIOGRAPHIES
Sketches of the following persons may be found in Helms' History published in 1886, and will not be reproduced here : Bechdol, Elias, born 1818; died
Bradfield, Thomas, born 1819; died 1893.
Burkit, O. P., born 1854; still living.
Condon, Wm., born 1825; died 1913. Crain, James H., born 1809; died 1897. Creekmore, John, born 1810; died
Crockett, John S., born 1837; still living.
Dietz, John G., born 1806. Gard, Canada, born 1823; died 1870.
Garver, Mrs. Amelia, born 1817; died
Gremmelspacher, Roman, born 1836; died -.
Guthrie, Joseph, born 1841; still living.
Guy James, born 1817; died - Leedy, Louis J., born 1854; still living. Lyon, America J., died 1913.
Martin, Jesse, born 1834; died 1909.
Palmer, John, born 1842; still living. Pierson, Matthew H., born 1843. Snider, William, born 1814; died Seybold, John G., born 1824; still living. Storer, Mrs. Mary C., born 1817; died 1905. Tousley, Willis R., born 1848; still living. Twells, James S., born 1814; died 1885. Wendling, Michael, born 1830; died 1905. Wipperman, Henry, born 1882; died 1904.
Woodling, Mrs. Margaret, born 1820; died 1894. Francis S. Martin, born 1830; died
Samuel B. Storer, born 1811; died 1884.
David Woodling, born 1815; died 1882.3
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