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The Methodist Episcopal Church at Allisonville dates back to about the year 1827, when services were held by a preacher named Ray at the house of Mrs. Kimberlin, where and at other dwellings in the
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vicinity preaching continued to be held occasionally until the building of a school-house (in 1836), which then became the preaching-place. After Mr. Ray preaching was held by a Mr. Miller, during whose time a small class was organized. After Miller came the preachers Berry and Smith, and after them a local preacher from North Carolina, named James T. Wright, who was somewhat instrumental in causing their first church building to be erected. He cut the logs for the building, and hauled them himself to a spot about half a mile east of Allisonville, where he proposed to have the church built, but the people of Allisonville, unknown to him, hauled them to the village and raised the house on the ground where the present church stands. At about the time the church was built they had a preacher named Donaldson. Afterwards came - Burt, and after him Posey, who was the preacher in 1850, when the log church was destroyed by fire, and the present frame church was erected in its place. Among the preach- ers who followed Posey were Harden, Barnhart, Grenman, Carter, Harden, McCarty, Speelman, Ha- vens, White, Langdon, Jones, Thornton, Stalard, Jameson, Harris, Grubbs, and Ruggles.
The Millersville Methodist Episcopal Church. For twelve years prior to the year 1846 religious services were held by the Methodists in the neighbor- hood of Millersville, at the residences of Robert Johnson, Sr., George H. Negley, David Huff, Hillary Silvey, Gideon True, Samuel True, and in Peter Neg- ley's barn and cooper-shop, and other places. The class held services in an old log school-house that stood on the southeast corner of Daniel R. Smith's land, about a quarter of a mile west of Millersville, for two years (about the years 1846 to 1848). In the year 1848 the class fitted up an old log cabin, situate a few rods north of the cross-roads in Millersville, where they continued to worship for four years, hav- ing regular preaching every four weeks. It was there that a church organization was formed. The number of members at organization was about thirty-three. The following were among the number, viz .: David Huff and wife, Elizabeth Huff, William J. Millard, Sr., and wife, Mary Hunter, Richard Shelly, Debba Shelly, Annual Sweeny and wife, Hillary Silvey and
wife, Robert Johnson, Sr., and wife, George H. Neg- ley and wife, Mrs. C. G. Wadsworth, Mary Meldrum, George Day and wife, Isaac Record, Hannah Record, Andrew McDaniel and father, John Essary and wife, Mrs. House, Debba Bacon, and Anna James. In 1853 the congregation bought the lower story of the Masonic lodge building, and occupied it from that time until 1877.
By order of the Quarterly Conference the church property was sold in 1877, and was purchased by the Masonic lodge, and the church class was consolidated with Malott Park Church. This caused much dis- satisfaction, and many of the forty members belong- ing at the time refused to take their membership'to Malott Park. Some of them went to Castleton, a few to Allisonville, and others to Broad Ripple, while many have not held membership in any organized class since. The following are the most prominent ministers that preached at the private houses prior to the purchase of the church, viz. : John V. R. Miller, Meliades Miller, George Havens, Henry A. Cotting- ham, and - McCarty. The following ministers preached in the old log cabin, viz., James Scott and Frank Hardin. The latter was the first regular min- ister who preached in the new church, and it was during his pastoral charge that the house was dedi- cated to the service of God. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Thomas H. Lyuch, on Oct. 26, 1853.
The first trustees of the church property were Hillary L. Silvey, David Huff, and Richard Shelly. The last trustees were Alexander Culbertson, Robert Roe, and William H. Hornaday. There has been no church organization at Millersville since 1877 ; how- ever, through the kindness of the Masonie lodge, the building formerly used as the church is at the disposal of the citizens to be used for Sabbath-school and any kind of religious meetings free of charge. A union Sabbath-school is carried on during the summer months only. The attendance during the past summer averaged about sixty, and John Roberts was the superintendent. The Rev. Mr. Cobb, an Episcopalian missionary, preaches every Sabbath evening.
The Mapleton Methodist Episcopal Church dates back to the year 1843, at which time a class was
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organized at the house of Delanson Slawson, who had come here from Switzerland County. The class then organized consisted of six or seven members, all fe- males, among whom were Sarah A. MeClintock, Delia Hildebrand, Hannah Blue, Mrs. Rachel Ruark, and some of the Slawson family. Their first meetings were held at Slawson's, subsequently at the residences of other members, and in the old log school-house of the neighborhood. Their first preachers were John L. Smith and Lucien Berry, after whom were Frank Hardin and H. J. Meek,-then a local, but afterwards a regular preacher on the circuit.
In the summer of 1855, Rev. H. J. Meck, assisted by George Havens, a local preacher, held a protracted meeting in the woods at Sugar Grove, which resulted in the formation of the Sugar Grove Methodist Epis- copal Church by the Rev. Mr. Meek ; the following being the original members, viz. : James and Mary Ruark, William H. and Sarah A. MeClintock, Pame- lia Johnson, Hannah Blue, Martha F. Hammond, Joseph Ruark, Thomas Ruark, Rachel Ruark, Peter Ruark, Winnie Ruark, Henry and Rachel Wright, John A. and Rebecca Smay, Elias Blue, Joshua and Sarah Huston, L. D. Beeler, B. F. Slate, Pamelia A. Slate, Isaac and Susan Wheatley, Mary Willis, Mary Ann Me Whorter, Deliah Hildebrand, David Howver, Wilhelmina Beeler, Lavina Walters, Margaret Armen- trout, Thomas Wright, and Susau Wright.
On the 23d of August in the same year the society met, and elected John Armstrong, Thomas H. Johns, James M. Ruark, John F. Hill, and S. M. Brister, trustees; and Thomas Ruark, Gerard Blue, Henry Wright, William MeClintock, and William Roe were appointed a building committee to supervise the eree- tion of a church edifice. Thomas Ruark donated half an acre of ground in Sugar Grove on which to build the church, and one aere was also given by Noah Wright for church purposes. The present parsonage stands on it. A frame building was immediately erected, at a cost of about eight hundred dollars, and is still standing and in use, having been repaired and refitted during the past year, at a cost of about eight hundred dollars.
The Rev. H. J. Meek continued to minister to the church for about three years after the organization,
after which they were served by the preachers of the circuit. The present minister is the Rev. S. F. Tin- cher. The name of the church has been changed from Sugar Grove to Mapleton Church, which has at the present time about fifty members.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Malott Park was organized in 1876, with sixteen members, viz. : David Huff, Hannah Huff, -- Huff, E. Bowles, Albert Culbertson, Margaret J. Culbertson, Charles A. Culbertson, W. H. Hornaday, Kate Hornaday, Thomas J. Wright, Susan Wright, Clara Wright, W. D. C. Wright, Robert Roe, E. Roe, and Martha E. Roe. Their church building was erected in 1875, and is the same that is now in use by the congrega- tion,
The preachers who have served this church are, and have been, Amos Hanway, Thomas Wyell, J. D. Widman, - Early, B. F. Morgan, J. S. Alley, and S. F. Tineher, the present minister in charge. The church has now about thirty members, and con- neeted with it is a Sabbath-school (not taught in winter), with about seventy scholars. The superin- tendents have been A. Culbertson, W. D. C. Wright, and J. W. Negley.
The Broad Ripple Union Church is located in Wellington, and was erected in 1851 by subscription. John Burk was the principal leader in the building of the church. It is a frame structure, built by Wilson Whitesell and Richard Miller, carpenters. Jacob C. Coil donated the land upon which the church stands. The building is in good repair, and is kept up by the Methodists.
The first preacher was Henry Coe, a Presbyterian. The Washington Presbyterian class worshiped in the house a while, and afterwards a Baptist elass was or- ganized, and Madison Hume preached for them. The present Methodist class was organized in 1852, by the Rev. Frank Hardin, who for some time was their minister. The following are the ministers who have preached in the house regularly for the Methodists since the Rev. Hardin, viz. : Henry A. Cottingham, Barnhart, -. Burch, John C. McCarty, - Blake, - White, - Spellman, George Havens, - Stallard, - Longdon, - Jones, - Thornton, - Jamison, - Harvey, C. Harris,
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Grubbs, and the present minister, the Rev. S. F. Tincher, of Mapleton. The present membership is thirty.
The first trustees were Jacob C. Coil and John Burk. The present trustees are Jacob C. Wright, Wm. M. Dawson, Hamilton Thompson, Swartz Mus- tard, and Isaac Morris. A Sabbath-school is held during the summer months only, with an average at- tendance of fifty. Wın. M. Dawson is superinten- dent.
The Crooked Creek Baptist Church was organized in 1837, with fourteen original members, viz. : Madison Hume, Joseph Watts, Patrick Hume, Jane Hume, Esther Hume, David and Eliza Stoops, John Kinsley, Achsah Kinsley, John and Rachel Dunn, Samuel Hutchinson, Martha Hutchinson, and Morley Stewart. Their first meetings were held in the old Jog school-house near the location of the present church. Their first church edifice was built in 1842, which, having become insufficient for the use of the congregation, was replaced by the present church building, which was erected on the same site in 1856.
The first pastor of this church was the Rev. Madi- son Hume, whose successors have been Revs. - Poio, A. Hume, - Stewart, - Craig, A. J. Martin, A. J. Riley, R. N. Harvey, T. J. Conner, and Lewis. The present membership is ninety-eight. Connected with the church is a Sunday-school, with an attendance of sixty-three pupils, under the super- intendency of T. F. Wakeland.
The Union Church at Nora was built in 1864. A church organization had been previously formed (in 1861), with the following-named members, viz .: Isaiah Applegate, James Gray, Margarette Gray, Theodosia Gray, Elizabeth Gray, James McShane and wife, Franklin Hall and wife, Samuel Tooley and wife, Allan Stewart and wife, Henry Whitinger, Susan Whitinger, Abraham Bowen, Ruth Bowen, Peter Lawson, Catharine Lawson, Sarah Somers, Naney Ray, William MeCoy, Jane MeCoy, Louisa Dawson, Samuel Whitinger, Ann Whitinger, Rachel Smith, Mary J. Dodd, Sally Whitesell, William Shields, Charles Huffman, and Susan Wright. Meet- ings for worship were held in the school-house until the erection of the church edifice, three years after
the organization. The first minister to this congre- gation was John McCarty, who was followed by Isaac Hardin, Henry Cottingham, and a number of other preachers. At present there is no church or- ganization, but a flourishing Sunday-school is kept up, with an attendance of fifty-five scholars, under the superintendenee of Mary Barr.
Schools .- There are fifteen publie schools in this township, including the graded and high school at Broad Ripple. The school-houses are all common frame, except the school-house at Millersville, No. 2, and No. 12, in the northwest corner of the township, which is a new brick house, built in 1881; also the new graded school-house at Broad Ripple is a sub- stantial brick, with rubble limestone foundation, four rooms finished in modern style, and is the best pub- lic-school building in Marion County outside the city of Indianapolis. The cost of the building, including out-building, furniture, ete., was about seven thou- sand five hundred dollars. This graded, or high school, as it is commonly termed, was built to accom- modate the advance pupils for the entire township, and is, therefore, a township graded school. It is located at Broad Ripple, the geographical centre of the township, and was built in 1883. The schools of Washington township are taught seven months in the year, a term which should be increased to nine months.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
OLIVER JOHNSON.
The lineage of the Johnson family is distinctively Irish. Jeremiah Johnson, Sr., the grandfather of Oliver, early resided in Virginia, and subsequently removed to Kentucky, the Territory of Indiana ulti- mately bceoming his home. His children were Sam- uel, Jeremiah, Thomas, John, Milton, Nancy, Jane, Mary, and Sarah. Of these sons, John was born Jan. I, 1798, in Kentucky, and removed to Franklin County, Ind. In 1821, Marion County became his home. He married Miss Sarah Pursel, daughter of Peter Pursel, Esq., formerly of New Jersey, and one
Oliver Johnson
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of the early residents of Franklin County, Ind. Their twelve children were Oliver, Luther, Volney, Newton, John V., Charles P., Louisa, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Nancy Jane, Lucinda, and Sarah. Oliver was born Nov. 22, 1821, in Franklin County, Ind., and brought with his parents while an infant to Marion County. His youth was passed at the home of his father in the various employments of the farm, interspersed with periods at the neighboring school. At the age of twenty-two he was married to Miss Pamelia How- land, daughter of Powell Howland, Esq., of Marion County. Their children are Mary E. (Mrs. Wm. A. Lowe), of Terre Haute; James P., of Terre Haute, who married Miss Rebecca Shoemaker, of the same place ; Silas H., of Washington township, married to Miss Laura Wright, of the same township ; and Frank- lio P., also of Washington township, married to Miss Georgie Ann Pursel, of Tuscola, Ill. Mr. Johnson for several years after his marriage rented a farm, but de- siring to be independent of landlords, purchased a tract of land in Washington township, which was soon after sold and his present home secured. He has during his active carcer been engaged in farming of a general character, and is regarded as one of the most practical and successful farmers of the county. He has in politics been a lifetime Democrat, but not a working partisan. He is in religion a supporter of the Lutheran Church, of which his wife is a member.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
THE township of Wayne is the central one in the western range of townships of Marion County. On the north it is bounded by the township of Pike ; on the cast by Centre ; on the south by Decatur town- ship, and on the west by Hendricks County.
The only streams of any importance in the town- ship. are White River, and Eagle and Little Eagle Creeks. The former barely touches the township on its eastern border, where, in its meanderings, it enters from Centre, and immediately afterwards returns to the same township. Eagle Creek, flowing in a south-
erly direction from Pike township, enters Wayne in the northwest, traverses the township diagonally in a very meandering course to the southeast corner, touching the southwest corner of Centre and then entering the northeast point of Decatur township, where it joins its waters with those of the White River. Little Eagle Creek, coming from the north, crosses the boundary between Pike and Wayne, and flows south wardly across the eastern part of the latter township, to a point near its southeastern eorner, where the stream enters Eagle Creek.
Several of the railway lines diverging from Indian- apolis cross the territory of Wayne. The Indian- apolis and Vincennes road is the most southern of these, traversing the township only a short distance across its southeastern corner. Next, north, is the Vandalia line, which crosses the southern half of the township in a northeasterly and southwesterly direc- tion. The Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad crosses Wayne in nearly an east and west direction, near the centre of the township. The Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway runs across the north part of the township to a point near its northwest corner, where it passes into Hendricks County.
Three small towns or villages lie within the terri- tory of Wayne township. Of these, Bridgeport is located in the southwest part of the township, on the old National road, and also on the line of the Van- dalia Railroad. The village of Clermont is in the northwest corner of the township, on the line of the Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway; and on the south line of the township, near its southeast corner, is the village of Maywood, located on the line of the Vincennes Railroad. The population of the township by the United States census of 1880 was four thousand seven hundred and seventy-two.
Wayne, with the other townships of Marion County, was set off, and its boundaries defined, by order of the board of county commissioners, on the 16th of April, 1822, and on the same date the board ordered that Wayne and Pike be temporarily joined together in one township organization, and for judi- cial purposes, the union to continue until each town- ship should become sufficiently populous for a sepa- rate organization. They remained joined in this
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manner for more than two years, and on the 10th of May, 1824, the commissioners ordered Pike to be separated from Wayne and independently organized, " the inhabitants being sufficiently numerous" in the former township; the inference, therefore, being that they were still more numerous in Wayne than in Pike.
Following is a list of persons appointed or elected to the principal offices of Wayne township from its erection to the present time, viz. :
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Abraham Hendricks, June 15, 1822, to December, 1825; re- moved.
Isaac Stephens, June 22, 1822, to February, 1824; removed. Jeremiah J. Corhaley, May 10, 1824, to March 29, 1829. William Logan, Feh. 8, 1825, to Nov. 4, 1828; resigned. James Johnson, Jan. 3, 1829, to Jan 3, 1834.
Jeremiah J. Corbaley, May 4, 1829, to April 6, 1834. Jamca Johnson, Feh. 24, 1834, to Ang. 4, 1838; resigned. Jamca W. Johnson, June 7, 1834, to June 7, 1839. Allen Jennings, June 18, 1834, to June 18, 1839. Martin Martindale, Sept. 8, 1838, to Oct. 12, 1843; died. James W. Johnston, Oct. 8, 1839, to Oct. 8, 1844. John W. Mattern, March 19, 1840, to March 19, 1845. William Taylor, Dec. 1, 1843, to March 29, 1844; resigned. Thomas Morrow, May 11, 1844, to May 11, 1854. George Iloover, Nov. 19, 1844, to Nov. 19, 1849. Rohørt Taylor, March 10, 1846, to April 30, 1846; resigned. Jesse Pugh, Nov. 20, 1849, to March 5, 1851 ; resigned. Oliver P. Meeker, April 15, 1850, to Oct. 12, 1850 ; resigned. Alexander Jameson, April 19, 1851, to April 18, 1855. Daniel Catterson, April 19, 1851, to Nov. 8, 1851; died. Patrick Catterson, Feb. 11, 1853, to Sept. 18, 1855; resigned. John P. Martindale, May 11, 1854, to Feb. 23, 1857; resigned. Alexander Jameson, Nov. 8, 1855, to Nov. 7, 1859. Ransom Wooten, April 23, 1856, to Feb. 26, 1857; resigned. Isaiah Hornaday, April 17, 1857, to March 1, 1860; resigned. Henley H. Mercer, April 18, 1857, to April 17, 1861.
Sylvester T. Zimmerman, Nov. 6, 1858, to May 24, 1859 ; re- signed.
Alfred Clark, July 23, 1859, to March 8, 1860; reaigned. Hiram Rhoads, Nov. 7, 1859, to Nov. 7, 1867.
John B. Johnson, April 17, 1860, to March 6, 1862; resigned. George McCray, April 21, 1860, to March 27, 1862; resigned. Richard W. Thompson, June 19, 1862, to Nov. 8, 1869; resigned. Robert McFarland, April 23, 1863, to Dec. 30, 1864; resigned. John P. Martindale, April 14, 1866, to April 14, 1870. William W. Webb, April 18, 1868, to April 18, 1872. John T. Turpin, Oct. 25, 1870, to March 6, 1877; died. Gazaway Sullivan, Oct. 25, 1872, to Oct. 25, 1876. Leonard Avery, Oct. 28, 1872, fo Oot. 21, 1876.
Apollo S. Ingling, Oct. 25, 1876, to Oct. 25, 1880. Leon S. Avery, Feb. 24, 1877, to June 7, 1880 ; reaigned. William A. Davidson, March 26, 1877, to April 9, 1878. James T. Morgan, April 9, 1878, to April 9, 1882. Jacob A. Emerich, June 7, 1880, to Oct. 25, 1884. William A. Davidson, April 25, 1882, to April 25, 1886. Ezra G. Martin, June 23, 1883, to April 14, 1884.
TRUSTEES.
Joseph Ballard, April 11, 1859, to April 21, 1860. William N. Gladden, April 21, 1860, to April 16, 1861. John 11. Harris, April 16, 1861, to April 18, 1863. Edward Dunn, April 18, 1863, to April 16, 1864. Alexander Jameson, April 16, 1864, to Oct. 21, 1872. Lazarna R. Harding, Oct. 21, 1872, to March 13, 1876. Jesse Wright, March 13, 1876, to April 16, 1880. Hiram W. Miller, April 16, 1880, to April 19, 1882. William H. Speer, April 19, 1882, for 2 years.
ASSESSORS.
James Johnson, Jan. 1, 1827, to Jan. 5, 1829. William Logan, Jan. 5, 1829, to Jan. 3, 1831. Aaa B. Strong, Jan. 3, 1831, to Jan. 7, 1833. William Logan, Jan. 7, 1833, to Jan. 6, 1834. Abraham H. Dawson, Jan. 6, 1834, to Jan. 4, 1836. Alexander Felton, Jan. 4, 1836, to March 7, 1836. Abraham H. Dawaon, March 7, 1836, to Jau. 1, 1838. Aquilla Ililton, Jan. 1, 1838, to Jan. 7, 1839. Asa B. Strong, Jan. 7, 1839, to Jan. 6, 1840. W. Miller, Jan. 6, 1840, to Jan. 4, 1841. Abraham H. Dawson, Jan. 4, 1841, to Dec. 6, 1841. lliram Wright, Nov. 20, 1852, to Dec. 17, 1853. John Vansickle, Dec. 17, 1853, to Nov. 25, 1854. William N. Gladden, Nov. 25, 1854, to Jan. 1, 1857. Joho W. Larimore, Jan. 1, 1857, to Oct. 27, 1858. John B. Corhaley, Oct. 27, 1858, to Oct. 29, 1860. Martin B. Warfel, Oct. 29, 1860, to Dec. 24, 1864. Abraham H. Dawson, Dec. 24, 1864, to Oct. 29, 1870. Conrad Brian, Oct. 29, 1870, to Ang. 1, 1873. Ezekiel M. Thompson, March 25, 1875, to Oct. 18, 1876. Conrad Brian, Oct. 18, 1876, 10 April 14, 1884.
The first settlements within the territory of Wayne township were made in 1821, from which time they increased slowly, though steadily, and with more rapidity than those in the eastern townships of the county. Among the earliest of the settlers upon lands in Wayne township were the Corbaley and Barnhill families, who came from Ohio to this county in 1820, first making a temporary settlement within the limits of the present city of Indianapolis, where they spent the sickly summers of 1820 and 1821,
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then removed westward to Wayne township, where they became permanent settlers.
Jeremiah J. Corbaley, one of the most widely known and respected inhabitants of Wayne township for nearly a quarter of a century, was a native of the State of Delaware, but grew to manhood in Cecil County, Md. At the age of twenty-seven (in the year 1816) he went West, as far as Hamilton, Ohio, having with him his portion of his father's estate, about six hundred dollars in cash, which he deposited with a merchant of Hamilton, who failed soon after- wards, thus leaving him almost entirely without means. He was not, however, discouraged by his loss, but went resolutely to work to earn a livelihood. In 1819 he married Jane, the eldest daughter of Robert Barnhill, who then resided near Hamilton, and in March, 1820, the families of Barnhill and Corbaley migrated to Marion County, Ind., where they settled just outside the donation, near the site of the City Hospital of Indianapolis, on land .after- wards owned by the late Samuel J. Patterson. There, in a log house, on the 7th of August, 1820, was born Richard, the first child of Jeremiah and Jane Corbaley, and who is said to have been also the first white child born in Marion County.
On account of the prevailing sickness which afflicted nearly all the settlers at that time, and also by reason of the death of Robert Barnhill in 1821,1 Mr. Corbaley, with his wife and young son, and the widow and family (who were numerous, and nearly all adults) of Mr. Barnhill, removed from the vicinity of Indianapolis to lands which they had purchased on Eagle Creek in Wayne township, where Mr. Cor- baley settled on the northeast quarter of section 28, township 16, range 2, and became, at onec, one of the most prominent citizens of Wayne. He was a mag- istrate for many years, and in that capacity and posi- tion caused the amicable settlement of many disputes among the people of the township, and was in general the adviser and business man of his neighbors through all his life. One of the official positions which he held was that of commissioner appointed by the Legislature to locate the seats of justice of Clinton
and Fulton Counties. During the time (nearly twenty-three years) of his residence in Wayne town- ship he cleared about eighty acres of his lands there, and purchased about four hundred aeres in Marshall County, of this State. He died Jan. 11, 1844.
Mr. and Mrs. Corbaley reared ten children, viz. : Richard, Sarah, Emily, John B., Mary C., James J., Samuel B., Eliza J., Robert C., and William H. Cor- baley, all of whom had reached maturity and were married before the death of their mother, April 7, 1870. Three of them have sinee died. One of the sons, Samuel B. Corbaley, born at the homestead in Wayne township, Feb. 17, 1834, is a prominent citi- zen of Indianapolis, in which city he has resided for more than twenty years.
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