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During the long summer vacation of 1875, May 27th I was appointed deputy Treasurer, or tax collector, by County Treasurer E. H. Faut for the townships of Blue- River, Brandywine and Center, including Greenfield.
The following summer, 1876, with increasing advan- tages and a larger corps of instructors, including Prof. W. A. Yohn, of Valparaiso, I conducted the largest normal ever held in the county, though several very interesting and well attended ones have since been held in different parts thereof.
In the fall of 1875 I was elected Principal of the Green- field Graded Schools, which position I held for two years. In the meantime occurred the Centennial year, and all educational men were called upon to aid in "Indiana's Educational Exhibit at Philadelphia." I laid the matter before our teachers and schools, and suggested a series of exhibitions, with a reasonable admittance fee, which was promptly responded to in such a liberal manner as to give the school and city the credit of doing more than all others in the county and of placing herself in the front rank of cities of her size in the State. Our exhibit at the Centen- nial was also respectable, and I speak from personal knowledge, being in attendance thereat for a few weeks.
In the spring of 1875, while County Superintendent, after the per diem was reduced by the Legislature and the work was not crowding, I employed Lee O. Harris to do the necessary work of the office, and started on a tour through the Southern States, determined to learn by ob- servation something of the method of conducting schools. On this trip of a few weeks I visited the best schools of
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Nashville, Memphis, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Mont- gomery, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Florida ; Charleston, South Carolina ; Atlanta, Georgia, and other points, a full account of which I gave in the Indiana School Journal, which I represented.
On the 26th of June, 1873, I was married to Miss Lucy Coggeshall, youngest daughter of John Coggeshall, of Wayne county.
The little family of two has since grown to six-Ger- trude, Edgar A., Robert J. and Paul F. being the younger members.
In 1877, for various reasons, I resolved on abandoning my chosen profession for the more healthful, equally hon- orable and more remunerative profession of law. The first year I read at home, on the farm, while rusticating and rejuvinating. I then returned to Greenfield, read in the office of New & Barrett for the succeeding two years, was admitted to the bar of the Hancock Circuit Court in the meantime, and had entered upon the practice of my new profession, when I received a call from the Central Indiana Normal College, of Montgomery county, to take charge of the Law Department, and teach Theory and Practice, Zoology and Civil Government, which offer I accepted for one year. Returning for the third time to Greenfield, I opened up an office, put out my shingle, and while patiently awaiting for a client, contracted to write this " History of Hancock County " for King & Harden ; accepting a proposition to buy out the interest of Mr. Har- den, I became fully identified with the interest of the work, and have given it my spare moments from my legal duties for the past six months.
HON. CHARLES G. OFFUTT,
one of the leading attorneys of this city, was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, October 4, 1845. He is the son of Lloyd and Elizabeth Offutt, respectively of Maryland and Kentucky. His early education was confined to the
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common schools of his adopted State, whither he had removed with his parents when quite small. At the early age of seventeen he entered the dry goods store of Samuel Heavenridge, then a merchant in the town of Greenfield, where he remained for about two years. He then taught one term in the county district schools, after which he engaged in the employ of Towsey & Byram, merchants of Indianapolis, where he continued for the fol- lowing two years.
About this time Mr. Offutt conceived the idea of adopt- ing the legal profession, in pursuance of which he returned to Greenfield and entered upon a course of reading with the Hon. James L. Mason, which he faithfully continued for about three years. He then formed a partnership with Judge Joseph S. Buckles, and continued that relation until the fall of 1873, when, by mutual consent, the firm was dissolved. Thenceforward he continued the practice alone until 1876, at which time the law firm of Offuitt & Martin was established, of which Mr. Offutt was the senior member. This partnership was continued until ISSo, since which he has been alone. In 1872 he represented the county in the Lower House of the Legislature, Though one of the younger members of that august body, he did credit to himself and his constituents. In 1876 he was elected Democratic Elector for the Sixth Congressional District of Indiana.
Mr. Offutt was married July 15, 1874, to Miss Anna. oldest daughter of Frederick Hammel, late of this city. the fruits of which union are two sprightly children, a boy and girl.
Mr. Offutt is a man of rare native ability, portly and promising, of pleasing address, and stands high in his pro- fession both as a counselor and practitioner.
LEONIDAS P. NEWBY
was born near Lewisville, Hendricks county, Indiana, April 9, 1836. He came with his parents, when quite young, to Greensborough, where he remained till the year
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1862, thence to Brown township, this county, where he re- sided till 1872. But desiring better facilities for an education, he went to Knightstown, entered the High School, from which he graduated in 1874, being the first graduate from the Knightstown Academy, after which he took two year's private instruction under Prof. Charles Hewitt, completing the catalouge course of Asbury Uni- versity. He then taught one year at Fortville, two years at Warrington and a similar time in the Knightstown Acad- emy. In 1873 he began the study of law with Charles M. Butler, then Prosecutor of this district. Ile continued to study and teach till 1877, when he entered into a partner- ship with Walter B. Swaim for one year, since which he has been alone. At the fall election of 1880 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, and on the resignation of Charles M. Butler, Prosecutor, he was appointed to fill his unexpired term.
Mr. N. was married December 21, 1876, to Miss Mary, daughter of R. B. Breckenridge, one of the first families of Knightstown. He has two sprightly children, a pleas- ant home, and a splendid new brick residence in Knights- town, his present abode.
ANDREW M. PATTERSON,
a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, came to Greenfield in 1832 and was one of the most energetic public spirited men of the county. He was ever making improvements, and urging others to do likewise. By trade he was a hat- ter, and carried on business for a number of years in the house which he built for the purpose, on the north-west corner of Main and Pennsylvania streets. About this time he erected a handsome brick residence, at the time the best in the county ; the same is now occupied as the dwelling of A. J. Banks. He then beautified the grounds with trees, shrubbery and flowers till it equalled the finest grounds in the cities at that time. On the breaking out of the Mexican war he entered the service ; was elected
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First Lieutenant of a company raised in this county, as seen from our list of Mexican soldiers further on. He remained in the army till the close of the war, when he returned, broken down in health. As soon as he recruited somewhat he sold out, being discouraged with the slow progress of the town and county during his absence, and determined to go West, which resolution located him in Davenport, Iowa, where he amassed a fortune, and was honored and respected by all, irrespective of party. He represented his county in both Houses of the Legislature. From there he went to Carthage, Missouri, where he now resides, an honored member of society, and surrounded by all that tends to make life pleasant.
Mr. P. and our much esteemed friend, A. T. Hart, are perhaps the oldest business men of Greenfield now living. To the latter we are indebted for the above facts.
JUDGE MARK E. FORKNER,
a native of Henry county, was born January 26, 1846. His early education was received in the common schools of his neighborhood, after which he attended, for a time, the New Castle Academy.
He was raised, principally, in the rural districts, dur- ing which he spent two years in his father's store at Millville, Henry county. He early conceived the idea of adopting the legal profession as his life calling, and, in accordance therewith, began reading law with Lewis Dale, of New Castle, May 10, 1864. In the spring of 1865 he came to Greenfield and continued his legal studies for a time, when he returned to New Castle, and still employed his golden moments in the prosecution of his chosen profession, with Joshua H. Mellett, till the fall of 1866, sup- porting himself in the meantime by teaching school in the winter. In the fall of that year he was appointed Deputy District Attorney for Henry county, by Calvin D. Thomp- son. On the resignation of Mr. T., R. A. Riley was appointed to fill the vacancy, who continued Mr. F. as Deputy.
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In the spring of 1867 he formed a partnership with Judge Mellett, which continued till 1870. the date of Mr. M.'s election to the bench. Mr. Forkner next associated himself with Senator Eugene H. Bundy, with whom he remained till the fall of 1876. since which time he has been alone. He represented his native county in the Lower House of the Legislature in 1874 with credit to him- self and honor to his constituents, being a member of the Judiciary and other important committees.
May 11, 1881, he was appointed Judge of the Eigh- teenth Judicial Circuit, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Robert L. Polk. This appointment was made just seventeen years and one day from the date on which he began his legal studies.
He was married June 22, 1869, to Miss Rebecca A. Donahue, the fruits of which union are two promising children-a boy and a girl. Judge Forkner is an able lawyer, an efficient judge : fearless and impartial in his decisions.
JAMES K. KING
was born October 17, 1818, in Jefferson county, Indiana, within four miles of an Indian camp, and was called by the red men "a pale-face pappoose." The Indians often visited at his father's house, and invariably slept with their knives and tomahawks under their heads.
When the subject of this sketch was six years old his father moved to Garrard county, Kentucky ; here he learned his A, B, C's, and remained four years, then returned to Jefferson for two years ; thence to Decatur county, in the green woods with his father, where he attended school in the winter until his seventeenth year ; he then taught for a time, and attended school for three terms at the Greens- burg Seminary. In 1839 he was joined in wedlock with Miss Irene Wilson, in Decatur county, sister of H. B. Wilson, of Green township. In 1840 he moved to Han- cock county and settled in the native forests. In 1847 he located in Warrington and engaged in the goods and stock
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trade until 1857, when he failed. In 1852 he joined the Masons. In 1860 he was elected County Surveyor, and re-elected in 1862. In 1861 he located in Greenfield, since which he has acted as Deputy Sheriff for about four years and Assessor for eleven years. In 1875. he published "King's Map of Hancock County." In 1881 he associated himself with Samuel Harden, of Madison county, under the firm name of King & Harden, for the purpose of pub- lishing the History of Hancock County.
SAFE ROBBERY.
During the late civil war and for a time thereafter there was more larceny, burglary, robbery, arson and other violations of the criminal code than during any other period in the history of our county and country. It was a favor- able time for the development of the worst elements of society, and evil cropped out occasionally. even where it was least expected ; political prejudices, sectional feelings and party strifes were current. Tramps, tricksters, trai- tors and treacherous villains flourished during those peril- ous years, and escaped unhurt, and their sins were heaped on the shoulders of innocent parties ; but in the case under consideration, though the guilty parties were never dis- covered to a moral and legal certainty, yet the innocent were fully able to sustain themselves. No one occurrence of this period seemed to interest the people of the county more than this one. All felt an interest in this matter, and every effort was made to discover the perpetrators, but in vain.
We quote from the record :
" Whereas, It has been shown to the full satisfaction of the County Commissioners of Hancock county, Indiana, by com- petent and sufficient evidence, that on the night of the 12th of Jannary, 1866, the Treasurer's office of this, Hancock county, was feloniously entered, the iron safe broken open and a large sum of money stolen therefrom, of which five thousand dollars was money belonging to Hancock county, the same having been
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collected by Nelson Bradley, Treasurer of said county for 1865. and delinquencies for former years; and,
" Whereas, It further appears that said loss occurred with- out the acquiescence, negligence or fault of said Nelson Bradley aforesaid.
"THEREFORE, Be it ordered by the board aforesaid that said Nelson Bradley, Treasurer of Hancock county, be and is hereby released and discharged from the payment of said sum of five thousand dollars so feloniously taken from the county safe as aforesaid in 1866."
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CHAPTER XXX.
CHARTS AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
KEY TO THE FOLLOWING CHARTS.
The following two charts we have carefully prepared and introduced here for the purpose of giving a bird's-eye view of the dates, chief officers and principal events of our National and County History, from the date of their organ- ization down to the present time, and, in the case of the county, the important data from the first settlement thereof by the whites.
The first chart is more of a general nature, showing the name and date of our Presidents, Governors, State Senators and Representatives, and our Circuit Judges ; and, in the last column, the important events of the respective years.
Chart number two is more of a local nature, but to accomplish the object intended, should be examined and studied in connection with the first. Like the first, it is ruled into seven columns. In the first is found the date, opposite which in regular order follow the names of the county officers, Clerk, Recorder, Auditor, Treasurer and Sheriff; and, in the last column, one or more of the chief events in the county history.
Notice on chart number one, that in 1789 George Wash- ington became the first President of the United States : that the principal event of that year was the adoption of
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the ten amendments to the Federal Constitution ; that as Indiana and Hancock county were yet unorganized, the intervening columns are blank. In 1828, John Q. Adams was President ; James B. Ray, Governor of Indiana ; Calvin Fletcher, our State Senator ; Bethuel F. Morris, our Cir- cuit Judge, and the principal national events the organiza- tion of the present Democratic party, and the increase of duties on imports. Chart number two shows Lewis Tyner the first County Clerk ; Henry Watts, first Treasurer, and John Foster, first Sheriff; Greenfield and the Courts organized. An examination of 1881 and 1882 shows an equally advantageous condensed history of cotemporane- ous dates and events in the National, State, and County History. We think the chart sufficiently clear without further explanation. Its chief advantage to the student is in the association of dates and events of a local and Na- tional character, and thereby facilitating the memory and increasing the interest :
GENERAL COTEMPORANEOUS TABULATED DATA (CHART NO. I.)
DATE.
PRESIDENT,
GOVERNOR.
SENATOR.
REPRESENTATIVE.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
IMPORTANT EVENTS.
1789 George Washington.
1790
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1794
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1795
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1797 John Adams
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1800
W. H. Harrison, Ty. G
1801 Thomas Jefferson.
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1Sos James Madison
1810
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1812
John Gibson Thomas Posey
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1816
46
Jonathan Jennings
1817 James Monroe.
IS19
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Ten amendm'ts to consttut'n. Naturalizat'n law originat'd. .
U. S. Bank established. U. S. Mint established. (Invention of Cotton Gin. ›Congr. assembled at Phila. Whisky insurrection. Gen. Sullivan died. Washington's farewell addr. Trouble with France. Navy dept. organized. Patrick Henry died.
Indiana Territory organized. War with Tripoli. Ohio admitted to Union.
Purchase of Louisiana. Hamilton killed by Burr.
Michigan Territ'y organiz'd.
Robert Morris died.
(First steamboat. Embargo ¿Act.
Slave trade abolished. Embargo Act repealed. Confiscation U. S. vessels by France. Samuel Chase died. War declared against G. B. Perry's victory. Washington City captured. Battle of New Orleans. Indiana admitted to Union. Seminole war, Pension law passed. , Use of cast-iron plow. Purchase of Florida. Missouri compromise,
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
1813
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1521. 1522
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William Hendricks ...
1823 1524
.. 1825 John Q. Adams. . ... . James B. Ray
1527 1828
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1829 Andrew Jackson ...
1829 1830
IS31
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Noah Noble ....
Elisha Long
Thomas Bell
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1832 ..
1533 1534|
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1837 Martin Van Buren ... David Wallace
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Samuel Bigger
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James Whitcomb
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Andrew Jackson. ...
J. P. Foley. G. Henry.
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1845 James K. Polk.
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1847
Paris C. Dunning .. ..
Joseph A. Wright.
66
1849 Zachary Taylor .. 150 Millard Fillmore ..
Death of Lafayette. Whig party organized. {Fire in New York. / Locofoca party. James Madison died. Panic of 1837. Removal of Cherokees, Abolition party. Treaty with Seminoles. Sub-treasury bill. Death of Harrison. Ashburton treaty. (Dorr's rebellion, ¿ Lathe patented. ( Magnetic telegraph put in operation. Know-Nothing (party. (Invention of reaper. Texas Vand Florida adm't'd to U.S. (Sewing machine invented. IN. W. boundary settled, Gen. Scott enters Mexico. Gold discovered in California. Free Soil party organized. Postal treaty with England.
Reuben A. Riley .. 66 46 John Alley . 66 George Taylor ..... .. William W. Wick .... Taylor died. Omnibus bill.
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Com. Decatur died. A Commercial treaty with France. Monroe Doctrine. Lafayette visits America. Panama Mission discussed. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died. First railroad begun. (Democratic party organ- ized. Increase of duties on (imports. Removal of officers. Treaty with Brazil. Solicitor of Treasury estab- lished.
Free Trade convention at Philadelchia. ( Black Hawk war. ¿ Nullification.
1835
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Thomas Bell.
John Foster Thomas Bell Leonard Bardwell ....
Thomas D. Walpole .. Joseph Chapman. John Foster. Joseph Chapman. 66
James Morrison.
Thomas D. Walpole. .. ..
66 66 66 I. Chapman. J. Mathews William J. Peasley . ...
: ISH William HI, Harrison .. IS42 John Tyler. 1843 1.54.1 ..
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Elisha Long. William Conner .. E. Long. Thos. Bell.
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Thomas D. Walpole .. . |David S. Gooding ..
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Bethuel F. Morris
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GENERAL CONTEMPORANEOUS TABULATED DATA. (CHART NO. I.)
DATE.
PRESIDENT.
GOVERNOR.
SENATOR.
REPRESENTATIVE.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
IMPORTANT EVENTS.
1851 1552
Millard Fillmore ..... .. ..
Joseph A. Wright .....
T. D. Walpole . Thomas Bell
John Foster William Handy.
William W. Wick. ..
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John C. Calhoun died, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay died.
1853 Franklin Pierce. ..
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1555
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David S. Gooding. ..
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1356
1857 James Buchanan
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David S. Gooding ....
Samuel Shockley . .... ..
Joseph S. Buckles. ....
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1860
1Sb) Abraham Lincoln. . ...
1862
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1833
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1864
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L. Mason. ....
James L'a
J. H. White. Geo. C. Thatcher. " George C. Thatcher ...
1866
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J. L. White. J. L. Montgomery 66
J. L. Montgomery .
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Conrad Baker
1968
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Luther Iless.
John Addison.
6. Noble Warrum.
Joshua II. Mellett ...
1871
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1872
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William R. Hough ... Chas. G. Offutt
1873 1974
Thomas A. Hendricks
Smith McCord.
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Benjamin Shirk.
Noble Warrum ...
Robert I. Polk ...
.. ¡ Centennial Exhibition. Prohibition party.
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
Freedman Bureau and 14th Amendment. (Suspension steel bridges in Muse. Purchase of Alaska. (Universal amnesty granted to South. Impeachment (trial of President.
Union Pacific R. R. comple'd. (Liberal Republican party. Fifteenth Amendment. Great fire in Chicago
( Labor Reforin party. ¿Great fire in Boston.
Salary Grab, Congressional. (Charles Sumner died. Cur- rency bill vetoed. Inde- (pendendent National party. Resumption act passed.
1875 1570
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Abram A, Hammond. Martin M. Ray. Oliver P. Morton ..
.. N. Warrum. G. Y. At- kison. George Y, Atkison ...
South Carolina secedes. Commencing of the great rebellion.
Union Pacific R. R. charte'd. Emancipation Proclamation. Draft for 500,000 men. Abraham Lincoln assassin- ated.
ISos Andrew Johnson
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Reuben A. Riley
Stephen Major ..
1854
Thomas Bell
Thomas D. Walpole ..
66 66
1955
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1959
Invasion of Cuba. Kansas-Nebraska bill. Court of Claims established. Republican party organized. Dred Scott decision. First cable across Atlantic. Oregon admitted.
James L. Mason. . . . . .
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1877 R. B. Hayes. .. James D. Williams . . . . ..
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1 Isaac P. Grav Albert G. Porter. . ..
6. 66 Simeon T. Yancey ... . Morgan Chandler ..... .. 66 Mark E. Forkner. ... ISSO .. ISSI James A. Garfield. ... 1852 Chester A. Arthur.
Treaty with Spain. Silver bill passed. (Tammany party. Resump- >tion of specie payment. Woman Suffrage party. Death of Garfield. Trial of the assassin Gniteau.
CHARTS AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
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COUNTY COTEMPORANEOUS TABULATED DATA. (CHART No. 2.)
482
DAATE.
CLERK.
RECORDER.
AUDITOR.
TREASURER.
SHERIFF.
STATE AND COUNTY HISTORY.
First settlers and cabin.
First survey of land.
1519
First religious society organized.
1821
First blacksmith and orchard.
1823
First school-house. Organized into Madison Co. First mill. First school-house in Greenfield. First store and tavern.
1825
First heavy emigration. First Baptist Church organized.
1827
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Henry Watts
John Foster
County, courts, and Greenfield organized,
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46
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15:30
First Court House and jail built.
1831
1832 Joseph Chapman.
Jail burnt.
1833
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1939
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1835
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1936
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Bible society organized.
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Jonathan Dunbar.
Woolen factory established. First Auditor elected.
1811
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John Templin ....
Andrew T. Hart.
Joseph Anderson. . Seminary built. ..
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Jonathan Dunbar .. .. ..
Company of soldiers to Mexico.
1817
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Jacob Huntington
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William P. Rush.
Greenfield Sentinel established,
IS44o William Sebastian
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1851
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1852
1553
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John Foster.
William HI. Curry Present Court House contracted.
1.854
John Milroy.
4.
66
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Joshua W. Shelby John Osbon ..
First tlouring mill and I. O. O. F.
Elijah S. Cooper .. . Morgan Chandler. First steam flouring mill.
1555 James Rutherford .!
[Barsilla G. Jay
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John Foster
Ad. valorem system adopted.
183- John lager IS3º ..
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Big fire in Greenfield.
1.8.42
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James B. Stevens. Nathan Crawford William O. Ross .. Morris Pierson. . ..
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Probate court established.
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loshua Meek.
Samuel C. Duncan .
First Friends' Church organized.
Basil Meek
Warrington and Nashville laid out. Jail rebuilt.
Jones and Union townships organized.
Old Cemetery deeded to the county. Reveille established. Geo. Knap killed his wife.
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John Myers
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John Barrett.
66
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Masonic Lodge organized. Bee Line railroad built. P., C. & St. L. R. R, built. Free schools organiz'd. Election changed to Oct.
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
First land entry.
1822
1824
1825 Lewis Tyner.
First M. E. Church organized
Isaac Stewart beaten and robbed.
COUNTY COTEMPORANEOUS TABULATED DATA. (CHART No. 2.)-Continued.
DATE.
CLERK.
RECORDER,
AUDITOR,
TREASURER.
SHERIFF.
STATE AND COUNTY HISTORY.
1856 Geo. Y. Atkison. 1857 John T. Sebastian
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First fair and thrashing machine.
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Lem'l W. Gooding 6.
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Geo. W. Hatfield.
Mordecai Millard. . Second woolen factory. Hancock Democrat established.
1.550
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1861 Morgan
Chandler
William R. West.
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John Addison ..
Samuel Archer.
Agricultural Society organized. .. First companies for civil war. Enlistment of militia.
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