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AVON.
Avon, the capital of Washington township, is at a point very near the center of the township. The first settlement of the neighborhood was about the year 1830. Among the first settlers were the Hurons, the Rosses, the Gossetts, the McClains, the Jenkinses, Abram Harding, Absalom Payne, Dr. Malone, R. J. Barker, G. W. Merritt and James Siggurson. It was dense forest everywhere; deer and wolves were a common sight; but in small clear- ings little cabins of round logs sprang up and in a very short time this became a "neighborhood." The whole settlement was made up of people of energy and enterprise who came here to make a home that was to be their home, so their plans took in the question of church and school and roads and a postoffice. In 1833 Absalom Payne, who entered the land and lived where J. H. Wear now lives, was commissioned postmaster of Hampton post- office, with a weekly mail carried on horseback from the east to the west, but no one remembers where from or where to. In a few years Mr. Payne tired of the empty honor and the office passed to Dr. Malone, where J. H. Winings lives, and a little later to W. T. Ross, where E. E. Blair now lives. Mr. Ross also tired of the office and, no one else wanting it, is was allowed to die, and Hampton was no more. In 1852 O. J. Huron, newly married, was persuaded to accept a commission as postmaster, naming the office White Lick and locating it in his log cabin, one-fourth mile west of present Avon. Just three months satisfied Mr. Huron and White Lick died and was laid away, in memory, besides Hampton. Along in the fifties John Smoot began making visits here as a pack-peddler ; soon he added a horse and wagon and came weekly, and, after a time, about 1858, leased ground and built a small room in the corner of J. H. Ross's yard, where William Shipman now lives. Smoot emptied his pack and put a few more items on a few shelves,
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and this was the beginning of the town. But Mr. Ross was a strong Re- publican and Mr. Smoot an ardent Democrat, and it was not long until Smoot moved his store to Democratic ground, across the road, on the land of John Dickerson, and thus, at the very first the town began to move. Mr. Dick- erson not being willing to sell a lot to Mr. Smoot, the latter sought one else- where and, November 1, 1862, R. J. Barker deeded Smoot a half acre a mile farther west and the following winter he moved his store on a couple of log- sleds to his own lot ; this was the third town-site. Mr. Smoot prospered and enlarged his store and added more goods, and in 1867 he headed a petition to Washington for a postoffice, and for R. M. Bartley to be made postmaster, but no name was suggested for the new office, and the authorities used the first name on the petition ; when Mr. Bartley's commission, dated April 28, 1868, reached him it gave the office the picturesque name, Smootsdell, located it in Smoot's store and gave us two mails a week, carried horseback from Plainfield by D. S. Barker. When the I. & St. L. railroad was being sur- veyed, the man who, with a blue pencil, marked the stakes, made fun of the name of our postoffice, and said, "I'll name the town." Artistically he pen -- cilled "New Philadelphia" on a stake and drove it down. When the road was completed the company drove another stake, with "Avon" painted on it. The people liked the name and petitioned to have the postoffice name changed to Avon. This was done and Smootsdell was laid away beside Hampton and White Lick. In May, 1871, Mr. Smoot sold all his property, building, lot and goods to Mr. Bartley and moved to Kansas. A little later the Barker broth- ers erected a building at the railroad crossing, put a stock of goods in one room, the other being used by the company. The Barkers soon tired of the store and quit, then J. L. Middleton, in 1875, added a general store to his shoe shop south of the railroad. In 1889 E. T. Huron was made postmaster and purchased the Middleton store. In 1893 William Taylor became postmaster. Mr. Taylor was full of enterprise and built a new postoffice building and put in a stock of goods, and Avon, for the first time, had three stores at one time. From the very first there was a rivalry among the people as to the location of the postoffice and the future town; the east side wanted it and the west side wanted it more. The Big Four folks soon learn- ed of this feeling and sought to use it in securing bonuses. The station was at first a half mile west of the Plainfield road, then on the road, then three- fourths of a mile east, where trains stopped at an old box-car in the middle of a farm for passengers, and patrons carried trunks down the track till they were tired, then changed hands and carried again. The west side com-
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plained and grumbled, than begged and finally won the station, and thought themselves secure; but in 1891 private citizens bought a little yellow dwelling and moved it to the crossing a mile east, and the company slid its telegraph office into it. The old sad look came again to the west-sider's face; the com- pany saw the look and smiled, then moved their station also to the yellow dwelling, using it for all purposes until 1894, when, with generous help of east-side citizens, the company erected a neat three-room building. The east- side countenance broadened; the little yellow building was moved back and a stock of goods put in and, for a little while, Avon had four stores, three at the west side and one at the east, a mile away, but trade was backward and the new store soon closed, the yellow dwelling was sold again and this time was moved three miles away, when it ceased to worry the west side, with her three stores and the postoffice left. In 1900 the first rural free delivery in the county, and among the first in the state, was established in Danville, route No. I, and its first delivery was made April 2d, of that year. While this has proven one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed on the common people, it crippled the Avon postoffice, reducing the salary from thirty-five dollars to six dollars per quarter, and when, on November 1, 1902, the first Plainfield route was opened and passed the Avon postoffice door, the office was discontinued, and now Hampton, White Lick, Smootsdell and Avon all lie buried side by side. But the town survived, holding its own till the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern traction line was opened, September I, 1906, when it began to improve and has continued to do so, until today its two general stores sell several times the amount of goods sold then, and property values have about trebled.
CHAPTER XVI.
POLITICAL HISTORY AND OFFICIAL ROSTER.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.
The year 1824 is the first year in Hendricks county in which politics entered, and thirty-seven votes were cast for President, as follows: Jackson, 6; J. Q. Adams, I; Clay, 30. At that time there were no party alliances ; personal popularity, ability and influence were the main factors determining the failure or success of a candidate. Jackson carried the county in the campaigns of 1828 and 1832, the first time by a majority of forty over John Quincy Adams and the second time by one hundred and nine over Henry Clay. In the year 1836 the Whigs were victorious. Martin Van Buren was the Democratic candidate for President and William Henry Harrison, the Whig. There were one thousand one hundred and twenty-one votes cast in Hendricks county that year, and of this number the Whigs received seven hundred and thirty-one, a majority of three hundred and forty-two.
The campaign of 1860, just prior to the opening of the Civil war, was a hot one in this county. Abraham Lincoln was the nominee of the Republi- can party, Stephen A. Douglas of the Northern Democrats, John C. Breck- enridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the Constitutional Union party. The campaign was an exciting one and, as history records, Lincoln was the victor, although he received only two-fifths of the popular vote in the United States. The split in the Democratic party made this result possible. A heavy vote was polled in this county, Lincoln receiving two thousand fifty votes; Douglas, one thousand eighty-three ; Breckinridge, two hundred forty-four, and Bell, forty-one. Eight of the townships voted for Lincoln; Eel River, Middle and Union townships gave their pluralities to Douglas.
In the presidential election of 1864 George B. McClellan, the first com- mander of the Army of the Potomac, was placed in the field against Lincoln. McClellan received in Hendricks county but eight hundred thirty-two votes, against two thousand six hundred and twenty-two for Lincoln. Much excite-
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ment and bitter feeling existed in Hendricks county during this election. Many threats were made by ardent supporters of the war and it was deemed necessary for the polls to be guarded to prevent violence against some voters supposed to belong to a treasonable order. Two townships, Brown and Union, gave a majority for McClellan.
In an uninterrupted series the elections proceeded every four years until 1912 with the Republicans in the lead. The campaign of 1912 and the split in the Republican ranks is fresh in the mind of the reader. In this year Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic nominee, received the plurality of votes cast in Hendricks county.
Following is a summary giving the vote in the different Presidential elections from 1828, also a roster of the county officials from the date of the organization of the county :
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
In the election of 1828 the Democratic ticket, Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun, received 204 votes in Hendricks county, and John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush, Whigs, received 164.
In 1832 Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, Democrats, received 483 votes, and Henry Clay and John Sergeant, 374.
In 1836 the result was: William H. Harrison and Francis Granger, 731 ; Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, 389.
In 1840 the county gave a substantial majority to William Henry Har- rison over Martin Van Buren, the vote being: Harrison, 1,189; Van Buren, 651.
In 1844: Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen, Whigs, 1,262; James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, Democrats, 844; James G. Birney and Thomas Morris, Liberty, 26.
In 1848: Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, Whigs, 1,158; Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, Democrats, 775; Martin Van Buren and Charles A. Adams, Liberty, 173.
In 1852: Winfield Scott and William A. Graham, Whigs, 1,252; Franklin Pierce and William R. King, Democrats, 980; John P. Hale and George W. Julian, Free Democrats, 156.
In 1856: John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton, Republicans, 1,680; James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge, Democrats, 1,378; Mil- lard Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson, Americans, 72.
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In 1860: Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, Republicans, 2,050; Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, Northern Democrats, 1,083; John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane, Southern Democrats, 244; John Bell and Edward Everett, Constitutional Union, 41.
In 1864: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Republicans, 2,622; George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, Democrats, 832.
In 1868: Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, Republicans, 2,973; Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair, Jr., Democrats, 1,462.
In 1872: U. S. Grant and Henry Wilson, Republicans, 2,834; Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown, Democrats, 1,626; Charles O'Conor and John Q. Adams, Straight-out Democrats, 4.
In 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, Republicans, 3,014; Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, Democrats, 1,912; Peter Cooper and Samuel F. Carey, Greenback, 23I.
In 1880: James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, Republicans, 3,196; Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English, Democrats, 1,994; James B. Weaver and B. J. Chambers, Greenback, 218; Neal Dow and H. A. Thomp- son, Prohibitionists, 4.
In 1884: James G. Blaine and John A. Logan, Republicans, 3,003; Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, Democrats, 2,069; Benjamin F. Butler and Alanson M. West, Greenback Nationals, 162; John P. St. John and William Daniel, Prohibitionists, 88.
In 1888 Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, Republicans, received 1,21I majority over the Democratic candidates, Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman.
In 1892: Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid, Republicans, 3,020; Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrats, 2,028; John Bidwell and J. B. Cranfill, Prohibitionists, 215.
In 1896: William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall, Democrats, 2,365; William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart, Republicans, 3,409; Joshua Levering and Hale Johnson, Prohibitionists, 33; John M. Palmer and Simon B. Buckner, National Democrats, 18; Rev. Charles E. Bentley and James H. Southgate, National, 46; Charles H. Matchett and Matthew Maguire, Social Labor, I.
In 1900: William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrats, 2,359; William Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt, Republicans, 3,426; John G Woolley and Henry B. Metcalf, Prohibitionists, 154; Eugene V. Debs and Job Harriman, Social Democrats, I.
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In 1904: Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks, Republicans, 3,434; Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis, Democrats, 2,174; Silas C. Swallow and George W. Carroll, Prohibitionists, 215; Thomas E. Watson and Thomas H. Tibbles, Peoples, 18; Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Han- ford, Socialists, 5; Charles H. Corrigan and William W. Cox, Social La- bor, 2.
In 1908: William J. Bryan and John W. Kern, Democrats, 2,546; William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, Republicans, 3,23[.
In 1912: Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall, Democrats, 2,337; William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, 1,439; Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W. Johnson, Progressives, 1,495; Eugene W. Chafin and Aaron S. Watkins, Prohibitionists, 142.
STATE SENATORS.
1826-28-Josiah F. Polk.
1868-72-John V. Hadley.
1828-31-Calvin Fletcher.
1872-76-Addison Daggy.
1831-33-Willis G. Condit.
1876-80-William H. Ragan.
1833-36-Lewis Mastin. 1880-84-Simpson F. Lockridge.
1836-42-Alexander Little. 1884-88-Leander M. Campbell.
1842-45-Archibald Alexander. 1888-92-Silas A. Hays.
1845-48-Samuel A. Verbrike.
1892-96-Albert W. Wishard.
1848-51-Jonathan S. Harvey.
1896-00-Enoch G. Hogate.
1900-04-James M. Barlow.
1852-56-John Witherow.
1904-08-Empson T. Lane.
1856-60-Solomon Blair.
1908-12-Horace L. Hanna.
1912-16-Thomas L. Neal.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1826-28-Thomas J. Matlock.
1835-36-Christian C. Nave.
1828-29-Thomas J. Matlock. 1836-37-Thomas Nichols.
1829-30-Samuel Wick. 1837-38-William T. Matlock.
1930-31-Lewis Mastin. 1838-42-Samuel Brenton.
1831-32-Lewis Mastin. 1842-43-Henry H. Marvin.
1832-33-Lewis Mastin. 1843-44-Benjamin M. Logan.
1833-34-Thomas Nichols. 1844-45-William T. Matlock.
1834-35-Christian C. Nave.
1845-46-Jonathan S. Harvey.
1851-52-John Witherow.
1860-64-Solomon Blair.
1864-68-Thomas J. Cason.
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1846-47-Jonathan S. Harvey. 1847-48-Jonathan S. Harvey.
1848-49-David Wade.
1849-50-Samuel A. Russell.
1850-51-George Fleece.
1851-52-Ebenezer S. Watson.
1852-54-Joseph H. Ballard.
1854-56-Henry G. Todd.
1856-58-John Davis.
1858-60 Levi Ritter.
1860-62-James Burgess and Thos. J. Cason.
1862-64-James M. Gregg. 1864-66-Charles F. Hogate and John T. Burns.
1866-68-Leander M. Campbell and B. F. Thomas. 1868-70-Allen Furnas and Milton A. Osborn. 1870-72-Allen Furnas and Milton A. Osborn.
1872-74-Jesse S. Ogden and Allen Furnas. 1874-76-William H. Ragan and J. W. Morgan.
1876-78-Edwin T. Lane and James WV. Morgan.
1878-80-Jonathan Burch and Geo. W. Snoddy.
1880-82-W. M. Ridpath and James G.Miles.
1882-84-Enoch G. Hogate and J. H. Fleece.
1884-86-Silas A. Hays and J. H. Fleece. 1886-88-Jacob H. Fleece. 1888-90-Cyrus L. Stanley.
1890-92-M. G. Parker.
1892-94-James \V. Hamrick. 1894-96-James W. Hamrick. 1896-98-James M. Barlow. 1898-00-James M. Barlow. 1900-02-William B. Vestal. 1902-04-John T. Hume. 1904-06-Horace L. Hanna. 1906-08-Horace L. Hanna.
1908-10-Mord Carter.
1910-12-Mord Carter.
1912-14-John J. Dugan.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
1852-53-Fabius M. Finch. 1853-59-Stephen Major.
1859-65-Fabius M. Finch. 1894-00-John V. Hadley.
1865-66-John Coburn. 1900-06-Thomas J. Cofer.
1866-72-Cyrus C. Hines. 1872-78-Livingston Howland. 1878-82-Jacob B. Julian.
1882-88-Joshua G. Adams. 1888-94-John V. Hadley.
1906-12-James L. Clark.
1912-18-George W. Brill.
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COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
1852-56-James M. Gregg. 1862-65-Charles A. Ray.
1856-60-Joseph H. Farley. 1865-70-Solomon Blair.
1860-61-John Coburn. 1870-73-Solomon Blair.
1861-62-John A. Beale."
In 1873 the business of this office was transferred to the circuit court of the county.
PROBATE JUDGES.
1829-32-William H. Hinton. 1843-50-George P. Ellis.
1832-35-Levi Jessup. 1850-Abraham Bland.
1835-43-Henry H. Marvin.
The business of this office was transferred to the common pleas court.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
1827-30-Samuel Jessup. 1844-50-James McCown and James Green.
1830-32-Samuel Jessup.
1832-34-Thomas Lockhart. 1850-51-William Tomlinson.
1834-37-Gideon Wilson. 1851 (vacancy)-Jonathan Cope.
1837-44-James McCown and Gid- 1851 (full term)-Peter Curtis. eon Wilson.
At this time the business was taken over by the circuit court of the county. of the new constitution.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
1844-46-Abraham A. Hammond. 1862-64-William W. Leathers.
1846-47-William Herod. 1864-66-William W. Leathers.
1847-48-Wyatt A. George. 1866-68-Joseph S. Miller.
1848-49-Wyatt A. George. 1868-70-Daniel W. Howe.
1849-51-Henry H. Marvin. 1870-72-Jesse S. Ogden. 1872-74-Thomas J. Cofer. 1874-76-Thomas J. Cofer.
1851-52-David Wallace. 1852-56-Hiram Brown.
1856-58-P. S. Kennedy. 1876-78-Joshua G. Adams.
1858-60-William P. Fishback. 1878-80-Richard B. Blake.
1865-62-William P. Fishback. 1880-82-Newton M. Taylor.
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1882-84-William T. Brown. 1898-00-John McCormick.
1884-86-William N. Harding. 1900-02-Everett Cooper.
1886-88 -- Joseph B. Kealing. 1902-04-Charles V. Sears.
1888-90-Harrison T. Tincher. 1904-06-Charles V. Sears.
1890-92-Thad S. Adams.
1006-08-Edgar M. Blessing.
1892-94-David F. Hill.
1898-10-Edgar M. Blessing.
1894-96-Otis E. Gulley.
1910-12-Charles V. Sears.
1896-98-Otis E. Gulley.
1012-14-James P. Snodgrass.
COMMON PLEAS PROSECUTORS.
1852-56-Joseph S. Miller. 1866-68-William W. Woollen.
1856-57-James A. Crawley. 1868-70-William Irin.
1857-60-Richard H. Litson.
1870-72-David V. Burns.
1860-64-John C. Bufkin.
1872-Robert E. Smith.
1864-66-William W. Waller.
At this time the business was taken over by the circuit court of the county.
CLERKS.
1830-37-Simon T. Hadley. 1878-82-William F. Haynes.
1837-44-James M. Gregg. 1882-86-William R. McClelland.
1844-51-Joshua D. Parker. 1886-90-E. G. Hogate.
1851-55-John Irons. 1890-94-David Hadley.
1855-59-John Irons. 1894-98-Melville C. Masten.
1859-63-Levi Ritter. 1898-02-Zimrie E. Dougan.
1863-67-Levi Ritter. 1902-06-John C. Taylor.
1867-70-A. M. Luke.
1906-10-James M. Adams.
1870-74-Lotan W. Jenkins. 1874-78-William Irvin.
1910-14-Charles E. Edwards.
TREASURERS.
1844-47-James S. Odell. 1858-60-Daniel B. South. 1847-50-Edmund Clark. 1860-62-Stephen W. Hardin.
1850-52-Harmon Brittain. 1862-64-Oliver W. Hill.
1852-54-Harmon Brittain. 1864-66-Erastus F. Hunt.
1854-56-Nicholas T. Hadley. 1866-68-Erastus F. Hunt.
1856-58-Daniel B. South.
1868-70-John H. Lewis.
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1870-72-John H. Lewis.
1872-74-Hiram T. Storm.
1874-76-Lewis S. Watts.
1876-78-Alfred Welshans.
1898-00-William N. Lakin.
1900-02-Oscar Hadley.
1902-04-John E. Vestal.
1882-84-Rodney Jeger.
1904-06-James A. Clay.
1884-86-Henry Hadley.
1906-08-James W. Dempsey.
1908-10-Jacob E. O'Neal.
1910-12-George W. Macomber. 1912-14-George W. Macomber.
AUDITORS.
1844-50-Allen Hess. 1850-55-Allen Hess.
1882-86-John Kendall. 1886-90-J. T. Barker.
1855-59-Allen Hess. 1890-94-N. C. Brewer.
1859-63-Francis R. Crawford.
1894-98-William H. Nichols.
1863-67-Lawrence S. Shuler.
1898-02-Charles M. Caviness.
1902-06-David Mills.
1906-10-W. N. Nichols.
1910-14-Lewis W. Borders.
RECORDERS.
1874-78-George Rawlings. 1878-82-John A. Osborn. 1882-86-Adrian A. Parsons.
1830-37-Simon T. Hadley. 1837-44-Simon T. Hadley. 1844-51-Simon T. Hadley. 1851-55-Simon T. Hadley. 1886-90-T. B. Kinnan. 1855-59-Simon T. Hadley. 1890-94-James E. Humston. 1894-98-William L. Wilson. 1898-02-William L. Wilson. 1859-61-Jacob H. Fleece. 1861-62-Daniel B. South. 1862-66-Jesse Ogden. 1902-06-Ellis M. Weaver. 1866-70-John L. Brown. 1906-10-John S. Duckworth. 1910-14-John S. Duckworth.
1870-74-William Patterson.
1892-94-John Z. A. Maltern.
1894-96-Perry R. Tulley.
1896-98-Oliver M. Piersol.
1878-80-Wyatt Osborn. 1880-82-Enos C. Hornaday.
1886-88-Marion Eaton.
1888-90-George W. Nave. 1890-92-Joseph K. Little.
1867-70-W. M. Hess.
1870-74-W. M. Hess. 1874-78-Elisha H. Hall. 1878-82-William H. Nichols.
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SURVEYORS.
1847-52-Job Hadley. 1852-54-Eldred Huff.
1854-56-F. M. Johnson.
1856-58-Joseph H. Dennis.
1888-90-John W. Trotter.
1858-60-Cyrus Rogers. 1860-62-Cyrus Rogers.
1890-92-Joshua Hunt. 1892-94-John WV. Trotter.
1862-64-Cyrus Rogers.
1894-96-John W. Trotter.
1864-66-Cyrus Rogers.
1866-67-Homer C. Carpenter.
1867-70-Job Hadley.
1870-72-Job Hadley.
1872-74-Joseph A. Clark.
1874-76-Joseph .A. Clark.
1876-78-Joseph A. Clark.
1878-80-Joseph A. Clark.
1880-82-Joseph A. Clark.
1008-10-John O. Kain. IQ10-12-John O. Kain. TO12-14-Theodore W. Garrison.
CORONERS.
1826-28-William Faught. 1828-30-Robert Williams.
1830-31-Read Case.
1831-33-William Gregory.
1833-35-C. B. Naylor.
1835-44-Wesley Mckinley.
1844-45-Christian C. Nave.
1845-47-Pemberton S. Dickens.
1874-76-Elias D. Johnson.
1876-78-William P. Ayers.
1878-80-Benjamin Hayden.
1880-82-Eldridge C. Wills.
1851-52-Edward S. Meek.
1882-84-William M. Hutchings.
1884-86-Mit Phillips. 1886-88-R. F. Harper.
1858-60 -- Thomas N. Jones. 1860-62-Samuel L. Hawkins. 1862-64-Samuel L. Hawkins.
1864-65-John R. Armstrong. 1865-66-John Harrison. 1866-67-John Harrison.
1867-68-S. L. Hawkins.
1868-70-George W. Wayland.
1870-72-C. Ohaver. 1872-74-Warren Ohaver.
1847-48-J. S. Harvey. 1848-50-Jonathan Irwin.
1850-51-Elijah Huff.
1852-54-Henry W. Hackley. 1854-56-John J. McMullen. 1856-58-Thomas N. Jones.
1882-84-Charles M. Griggs. 1884-86-Charles M. Griggs. 1886-88-John W. Trotter.
1896-98-John W. Trotter.
1898-00-W. F. Franklin.
1900-02-W. F. Franklin. 1902-04-WV. F. Franklin. 1904-06-John W. Figg. 1906-08-John W. Figg.
1888-90-B. M. Tomlinson. 1890-92-B. M. Tomlinson. 1892-94-Eldridge C. Wills. I894-96-O. H. Barnhill.
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1896-98-William White.
1898-00 -- Henry S. Curtis.
1900-02-Henry S. Curtis.
1902-04-Henry S. Curtis. 1904-06-Henry S. Curtis.
1906-08-Henry S. Curtis. 1908-10-George G. Allred. 1910-12-George G. Allred. 1912-14-John D. Hendricks.
SHERIFFS.
1826-27-John Dunn.
1827-28-Samuel Jessup.
1828-31-Thomas Nichols. 1876-78-Asbury Bryant. 1878-80 -- James M. Emmons.
1831-33-Thomas Nichols.
1833-35-James Siggerson. 1835-36-James Siggerson. 1836-43-Edmund Clark. 1843-44-J. D. Parker.
1880-82-James M. Emmons. 1882-84 -- Abraham Douglass.
1884-86-William P. Ayers. 1886-88-Woodson Bryant.
1844-46-Thomas Nichols.
1888-90-Jonathan S. Marshall.
1890-92-William C. Clements.
1892-94-John T. Taylor.
1894-96-John T. Bell.
1896-98-William B. Bryant.
1898-00-Henry I. Eaton.
I900-02-A. A. Figg.
1902-04-A. A. Figg.
1904-06-I. J. Mendenhall. 1906-08 --- I. J. Mendenhall.
1908-10-John C. Robbins.
1910-12-John W. Ader.
1912-14-James N. Gentry.
1870-72-William H. Calvert.
1872-74-Samuel L. Hawkins. 1874-76-Samuel L. Hawkins.
1846-48-Thomas Nichols.
1848-50-James Stutsman. 1850-52-Samuel Melogue. 1852-54-Samuel Melogue. 1854-56-Cornelius Ohaver. 1856-58- Cornelius Ohaver. 1858-60-Reuben S. Ward. 1860-62-Thomas Nichols.
1862-64-Thomas Nichols.
1864-66-Edmund H. Straughan.
1866-68-Edmund H. Straughan. 1868-70 -- William H. Calvert.
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CHAPTER XVII.
MILITARY HISTORY.
The county of Hendricks is jurly proud of the heroic part played by her sons in the great drama of the sixties. The news of Lincoln's nomina- tion by the Republican party for the Presidency of the United States was re- ceived with great rejoicing in Hendricks county and particularly in Danville, the county seat. 'Early the following spring their rejoicings were changed to great nervous excitement.
The following notice appeared in the newspapers :
"WAR! WAR!
"All persons within the county of Hendricks who are subject to mili- tary duty are hereby requested and notified to be and appear in Danville on Saturday the 20th day of April, 1861. War is on hand and our whole safety depends on thorough military organization.
"J. M. GREGG, "Colonel 6th Military Dist."
Hendricks county had at this time less than seventeen thousand inhabi- tants. Under the call for seventy-five thousand volunteers the quota of In- diana was fixed at six regiments. The response was hearty from all parts of the state and from none more so than in Hendricks. Being but an hour's travel by rail from Indianapolis, the first company raised in this county was one of the first to be accepted by the United tSates. From that time on the county sent enlisted men into the field, until a total of approximately two thousand had been enrolled, sixty-five per cent. of the voting strength.
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