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gaged in the manufacture of carriages and light spring wagons. He not only makes the business successful financially, but gives general satisfaction to his many customers. He gives employment to eight and ten workmen. He is a native of Rockbridge county, Virginia, and came west in 1859, first locating in Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, where he worked as a journeyman for some time. He is a member of the Masons, Odd-Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He married, in 1860, Emma Gillmore, of Putnam county, Indiana.
J. W. Nicholdson, dentist, Ladoga, is a native of Washington county, Indiana, and was born in 1849. At the age of twenty-three he began the study of dentistry at New Albany, and practiced in Washington county from 1871 till he came to Ladoga, in 1873, where he has since followed his profession. Already many proofs of his handiwork exist throughout the county ; that assures the public of his capability. IIe is a member of the Odd-Fellows and Knights of Pythias. In 1874 he married Miss Ella Hendricks, daughter of Dr. Hendricks.
E. L. Snodgrass, . planing miller, Ladoga. In writing up the industries of Ladoga we take great pleasure in mentioning the firm of Snodgrass & Huntington, proprietors of the Ladoga stave and planing mills, which was organized in 1876. E. L. Snodgrass is a native of Botetourt county, Virginia, and was born in 1845. He is the son of Robert and Nancy Snodgrass. Mr. Snodgrass served two years in the confederate army, serving in the 2d Vir. reg., and was in over fifty battles. He was severely wounded at the battle of Milford in 1864. In 1868 he came to Boone county, Indiana, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, and in 1876 came to this county. He is a member of the Masons and Knights of Pythias, and of the Presbyterian church. In 1868 he married Miss Virginia Mount, a native of this county, and daughter of Alfred G. and Margaret Mount. His family are Theodric, August O. and Mand G.
Clark & Carroll, harness and saddlers, Ladoga. In mentioning the self-made men of Ladoga we find the firm of Clark & Carroll. They began business with a limited amount of capital, but by close attention to business, and only manufacturing the very best of ma- terial, they have not only given general satisfaction to their many customers, but have made their business successful financially. Mr. Carroll is a native of Ireland, and came to America with his par- ents when but a boy. At eighteen years of age he learned his trade, which he worked at as a journeyman until he began business at La- doga. He married in 1871 Mary Brier, a native of Ireland. Mr. Clark is a native of Canada.
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The enterprising, careful and successful editor of the Ladoga "Leader," D. C. Kinder, was born in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio, October 9, 1847, and was the tenth child of George and Eliza (Schuor) Kinder. His parents were among the early settlers of southern Ohio, his mother being born in Warren county in 1806, and is still enjoying life's blessings in excellent health. Mr. Kinder came to Ladoga in December 1879, and purchased the printing ma- terial of the " Journal," and immediately started the Ladoga " Lead- er," which has filled every expectation of the people, and is known as a superior publication of its kind. In June, 1880, he was mar- ried in Ottawa, Ohio, to Miss Mary E., eldest daughter of G. S. and Hannah Rollins.
Clifton G. Hill, farmer and stock raiser, Ladoga, son of Collin B. and Julia (McCrosky) Hill. was born in Franklin county, Virginia. August 27, 1839. Here he grew to manhood, and in May, 1866, he left his native state for the "Great West," and settled in Putnam county, Indiana, and began his successful career by working out by the month. December 12, 1867, he was married to Hattie P., daughter of Jesse P. and Eliza Hymer, who was born in Putnam county February 28, 1845. After his marriage Mr. Hill busied him- self in farming in Putnam county until 1878, when he purchased his present home in Clark, and actively engaged in farming and stock raising. In his pastures may always be seen a high grade of cattle and sheep. In April, 1879, Mr. Hill suffered a great loss by a fire, which destroyed his dwelling and a considerable amount of property. He has, however, since built a very beautiful house on an excellent rise of ground, and his home at no distant day is destined to be one of the most attractive in the township. Ile is the father of four chil- dren : Eva L., Clemia W., Otro S. and Cecil A. Mr. Hill is a gentleman of excellent tastes and ability, having a strong sympathy with and belief in a thorough and systematic education.
COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP.
A creek running through the northern part of this township gives to the section of country its name, Coal Creek. This ereek is so-called from the large quantities of coal on either side of it, which occasionally crops from hillsides where the creek becomes larger in Fountain county. The township contains all of T. 20, R. 5 W., and the E. ¿ of T. 20, R. 6 W. It is inclosed by Tippecanoe county on the north, Madison township on the east, on the south by Union and
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Wayne townships, and on the west by Fountain county. The northern line is that rich prairie country that has made its possess- ors wealthy, but this is but from one to two miles wide; the rest was early a heavy growth of timber. When the first settlers entered this part of the sylvan wood they found but little small timber, such as saplings, the forest fires having destroyed it. In its place was a luxuriant growth of grass, and here was the pasture of the deer and the favorite hunting-ground of the native American, "whose rights there were none to dispute," fewer, far, than a hundred years ago, It is said there is more small timber now than then, but " how have the mighty fallen !" As constant droppings wear away the hardest stone, so have the incessant chippings of the woodman's axe felled ten thousand temples, whose maker and builder was not man. While the larger part of the township is generally level, yet the northern and central portions are beautifully undulating and invit- ing. Near the center of the township is Sec. 20, a high rise of ground known as " Bristle Ridge." This section of land was entered by a Frenchman, it is said, who, upon beholding his purchase, has- tily concluded he could not raise corn where there were so many trees, so leaving his farm untenanted he returned to his sunny vine- land. Ere long, people whom we call "squatters " took up their abode on the hill in very small cabins they erected. These people were poor and squalid, and came but to exist a while upon food prepared for them. There were fifteen families on one Sec., 20. There were immense quantities of moss in this region, which, after the early settlement of the surrounding territory, became inviting to the swine for miles around, and here the hog grew fat. But his fatness proved his destruction, for these squatters, obeying the divine injunc- tion, did kill and eat abundantly. To escape suspicion they stowed away the bristles under the floors of their cabins. It is said that Isom Royalty, an early settler, purchased a farm having on it a cabin, under the floor of which, when he destroyed it, he found twenty bushels of hog bristles. Whether this be true or not, it is true that the squatters followed this plan of deception, and hence the name, Bristle Ridge. The southwest part of the township is known as "Kentuck,"-not from any physical resemblance to the " Blue-Grass " state, but because it was early settled almost wholly by Kentuckians. The first entry of land was made about three years before any one permanently settled. On September 24, 1823, James Morrow laid claim to the N.E. 1 of S. W. 1 Sec. 30, T. 20 R. 5 W. In 1825 Jonas Mann secured the S.E. } Sec. 10, same town and range, and David Shoemaker entered the W. ¿ of
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S. W. ¿ Sec. 1, T. 20, R. 6 W., November 25, 1825, and Jacob Cul- ver the S.E. ¿ of Sec. 34, same town and range. In 1826 Elias Reea entered the W. } of S.E. } Sec. 1; Jacob Beedle, the E. ₺ of S. W. ¿ Sec. 1; Simeon Beedle, W. } of N.E. ¿ Sec. 10; Abraham and James Thompson, the N.E. { of Sec. 15; Jacob Culver, the E. ¿ of N.W. ¿ Sec. 34; John Culver, the S.W. ¿ Sec. 34, and Alexander Logan the W. ¿ of N. W. ¿ Sec. 22, all in R. 6 W. In this year Christian Beever is credited with the E. ¿ of S. E. } Sec. 15, but he did not settle till about 1829. About 1827 came Elija and Elizabeth Park, from near Lawrenceburg, Indiana. They set- tled in the northeast part of the township, and there lived until death. They lived for some time at first in a tent. On September 22, 1826, Noah Insley landed in Fountain county, Indiana. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and spent his first year at Newtown and Attica, manufacturing furniture directly from the forest. He prob- ably was the first man who ever cut a stick of timber from Coal Creek township for furniture purposes. He occasionally took ram- bles through the western part of the township, and remembers the first cabin and civilized family he saw in the township. The first cabin erected in the territory was built by Bostick, a squatter, on the land owned by Alexander Meharry, and occupied for a while by Ellis Insley, whose father entered it. Bostick deserted the cabin from fear of the Indians. The first permanent resident was Charles Reid, whom Mr. Insley discovered not far from the banks of Coal creek. He stood amazed at first, and carefully examined to dis- tinguish whether Indian or white man. An acquaintance was soon formed with but little ceremony. Reid did not build till 1827, which was the first actual improvement. In 1827 immigration found its way more rapidly, leaving Reid no longer monarch of all.
On R. 5 W. Mathan Bull entered the N. E. } of N. W. } Sec. 31; James Morrow became possessor of the E. { of N. E. } Sec. 10, R. 6 W. ; also John F. Clements of the E. ¿ of S. W. ¿ Sec. 10; Will- iam Harris, the W. } of S. W. } Sec. 10: James Morrow also the W. ¿ of S.W. } Sec. 11; John F. Clements also entered the W. ¿ of S.W. ¿ Sec. 15 ; and Henry Clements the E. ¿ of S.W. } Sec. 15; and Vezy Tracy the E. 3 of N. E. } Sec. 27 ; and John Tracy the W. ¿ of N. W. ¿ Sec. 35, all of R. 6 W. In the same year, town and range Thomas Meharry entered the S. W. # Sec. 2, and the S. ₺ of N. W. } Sec. 2. He then returned to Ohio ; there married Emily Patton, and February 16, 1828, landed at Attica, having come via the Ohio and Wabash rivers. His pocket contained $50 for the im- provement of his farm, and as a means of subsistence till a crop
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should be raised. He also brought forty yards of jeans for clothing. A house of slabs was erected, which was occupied two years, then a frame house, 16 x 26, story and a half. Success crowned the efforts of himself and wife till he owned a large tract of land and a fine brick mansion. James Meharry is also credited with a land entry. Hugh Meharry, perhaps the most successful man Montgomery num- bers among her pioneers, entered, in 1827, the S.E. ¿ Sec. 3, R. 6 W. Here in 1828 he brought a young wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Me- harry became the occupants of a house of slabs and canvas, in which they lived more than a year. Their land was theirs, and to improve and develop the farm they possessed $20 in money, one horse and one ox. But even this poor capital proved sufficient, when expended by grit, energy and economy, to make Mr. Meharry the owner of 20,000 acres of land. He often carried his milling to Terre Haute, being gone five days, while his wife, surely a heroine of the frontier, remained in her tent alone, with no sound to cheer her, but the fierce and hungry howl of the wolf would add to her longing for her com- panion. Women indeed were as brave and unfaltering in subduing this wilderness as were the more frequently lauded heroes ; courage, fortitude, bravery, valor, intrepidity and gallantry, were attributes belonging to the one as well as the other.
" The uncleared forest, the unbroken soil, The iron bark that turns the lumberer's axe, The rapid that o'erbears the boatman's toil, The prairie, hiding the mazed wanderer's tracks, The ambushed Indian, and the prowling bear,- Such were the needs that helped their youth to train- Rough culture ! but such trees large fruit may bear, If but their stocks be of right girth and grain."
Mr. Meharry's first entry is now a very fine farm and owned by his son, Alexander Meharry. Christian Beever about this time entered the W. ¿ of S. W. ¿ Sec. 14, also the E. ¿ of N.E. } Sec. 15, T. 20, N., R. 6 W. He brought a family of four children : Barbara, Nancy, Catharine, and Matthias. Catharine, now Mrs. Chesnut, is the only one of the family surviving. In 1828 George Marlow entered the E. ¿ of S. W. # Sec. 14, T. 20, N., R. 6 W. ; also Solomon Beedle the E. ¿ of N. E.4 Sec. 22 ; Abraham McMorvins, the W. ¿ of N. E. } Sec. 22. James McKinney, prominent in the early work of the Christian church and general development of the country, laid claim to the E. g of N. W. t Sec. 22. Jesse Tracy obtained by patent the W. ¿ of S. E. } Sec. 27, In the same year several settlements were made in R. 5 W. John Alexander entered the S. E. ¿ Sec. 3; Lewis
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Bible, the north fraction of N.E. } Sec. 5 ; David Oppy became owner of the E. { of N. E. } Sec. 8, and the E. } of N. W. # Sec. 9 ; Lewis Biddle received a patent for the W. } of N.E. { Sec. S. and Stephen Biddle for the W. } of S. W. } Sec. 9; James Smith entered the E. ¿ of N. E. + Sec. 11, also the E. { of S.E. } Sec. 11 ; Joseph Parke secured the E. ¿ of S. W. ¿ Sec. 11, and James Taylor the W. ¿ of S. W. { Sec. 11; John Chenoworth entered Secs. 13 and 14. John Alexander built a cabin on the farm now owned by John F. Alexander, also the house in which John F. lives. He died in 1875. Lewis Bible, with his wife Mary and four children, Sally, Mary, John and George, came from Ohio and entered land in the southern edge of Tippecanoe county as well as in Coal Creek township. Their house stood in Tippecanoe county, and there the old folks died. John married ; losing his wife by death he next married Mary. daughter of Alex and Hessie May, who were early settlers in Mont- gomery county. Mr. Bible dying Mrs. Bible assumed full control of the farm, which she kept well stocked, riding after cattle, buying calves, and selling her stock to an advantage, and is deserving of honorable mention as a woman successful in the business of the farm. The year 1828 also chronicled the arrival of Absalom Kirkpatrick. afterward one of Montgomery's most useful citizens, not a man seek- ing after office, but one of general usefulness, such as a new country demands. George Kirkpatrick was at that time living in Tippe- canoe county, and with him Absalom housed his family, consisting of his mother, then an old lady, his wife, Elizabeth (Vanpelt), and six children, John, Rachel, Samuel, Hiram, Cyrus Q. and Absalom J., while he prepared a roof for them. He purchased 160 acres of government land at $1.25 per acre, borrowing $60 to complete pay- ment. He had sold a farm in Ohio, but received but little for it, and that partly in trade. He moved out with an ox team, driving his stock before him. After purchasing his land he built a " camp" with one side open, no floor but that of nature's handiwork, and roof of clapboards. Into this retreat he moved, December 1, 1828. In this the family lived till a better house was erected of hewn logs, one room, 18×26, one story, stick and clay chimney, hewn-log floor, clapboard roof, etc. This structure is still standing, but has changed its appearance, being transformed by weather-boarding, etc., into a house of the present age. In it Mr. Kirkpatrick died May 4, 1855, followed on May 5, 1863, by his wife. His mother, Elizabeth, had also closed her eyes in death, at the age of eighty years, in the same log cabin. Absalom Kirkpatrick was magistrate for fourteen years successively till he resigned." He was employed to locate the public
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JAMES MCLAUGHLIN DECEASED )
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road from Covington to Strawtown, which he did, a distance of sev- enty miles or more, employing John Gilliland, of Crawfordsville, to do the surveying. He was also the first incumbent of the office of land appraiser. No one did more for the general development of Coal Creek township than did Absalom Kirkpatrick. His son, Cyrus Q., now a resident of Tippecanoe county, is an extensive farmer, and perpetuates the principles of his father. The whole family has been one of the most useful, whether in the material, intellectual or spiritual growth of the section of country included in these notes.
1829 witnessed the arrival of others. Thomas Patton entered part of Sec. 1, T. 20 N., R. 6 W .; Ann Cook, part of Sec. 2; Abner Clark, Sec. 13; Joseph E. Hayden, part of Sec. 14; William Foote, 160 acres in Sec. 15; Isaac Coon, part of Sec. 22. Besides original entries, land began to change hands, and there was both going out and coming in. 1830 brought David Clarkson, John Husted, Moses Husted, Arthur Taylor, Abraham Beede, Solomon McKinzer, Michael Stout, Elisha Grennard, Asa Reeve, John Brown and others. James Gregory bought the W. ¿ of S.E. ¿ Sec. 1, R. 6, entered by Charles Reid, and added till he owned 540 acres of land. Lewis Clarkson must have made his appearance about the same time.
Samuel Kincaid, a native of Ohio, emigrated to Crawfordsville, Indiana, not far from 1825, where he followed blacksmithing. About 1830 he moved to Coal Creek township and secured the land on which the hamlet of New Richmond is built, buying the land of Allen Beezley. Here he opened a blacksmith shop, the first in this region. He built his log cabin on the spot occupied by Squire Mc- Comas' residence. He early laid out the town of New Richmond and died in 1845 in Hamilton county, Indiana, where he had moved. William Kincaid, son of Samuel, came to Indiana about 1829 or 1830, and secured a part of Sec. 4, R. 5. He died in 1846.
Jacob Dazey and his son Samuel made a trip in 1826, on horse- back, and examined the country in this region. . In 1828 Jacob again came to Montgomery county, and this time he entered 160 acres of land in Coal Creek township. This time he was delayed somewhat, so Samuel was started out to look for him, fears arising as to his whereabouts. When Samuel had gained the Black Swamps he was attacked by a couple of strange men who had followed him some distance, but drawing his revolver he dispersed them. This is but one of many such instances that occurred in those early days when men traveled alone through the wilderness. Finding his father, Samuel returned with him. In 1830 Jacob sold his premises in Ohio and with his wife, Polly, and four children, Nillie, Samuel,
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Sarah, and Jacob Jr., moved with two yoke of oxen and one span of horses to his new home. They built a shanty, and in 1831 erected a small frame house, floor and post and heavy timbers hewn, while the lighter lumber they sawed with a whip saw. In the same year John Gaines, born in an Indian trading post, came on foot, when a young man, to Montgomery county. His first night's rest in this county was in the attic of the Crain tavern, seven miles east of Crawfordsville, between two sheets. Hardly sufficient covering for January. He shook the snow from the cover before "climbing in." Next morning, glad to rise from his wintry bed, he pushed on to his uncle Allen Simpson's. His fortune was $110 in cash, with which he entered eighty acres of land two miles north of Crawfordsville. He worked for his uncle some time. He made 44,000 rails and 15,000 stakes, which he hauled with an ox team and laid, fencing 400 acres of land into five lots. He has become one of the successful men of the county. Thomas Ward also arrived in 1830. His experience was full of hardships. Emigrating from England with his young wife, in 1829, to New York; then, in 1830, to Montgomery county by way of the lakes; then up the Maumee river in a canoe to Fort Wayne, sleeping in the woods, in caves, etc. They brought their all in the canoe, as well as their infant, Thomas, accompanied by a guide, who attempted to rob them by cutting their boat adrift, then endeavored to convince them the Indians had robbed them. Fortunately all were found. Under such circumstances they reached Fort Wayne. Their travels were by no means over. Load- ing their goods for conveyance on some wagons that happened to be there, they themselves took horses, Mrs. Ward carrying her babe. Twice she waded the Wabash river with her infant, in her dress skirt, being somewhat fearful to ride across. Thus traveling through thick woods, now in a scarcely visible Indian trail, now lost and night coming on, all the time alone in a wilderness, they finally reached La Fayette in August. They soon pushed on to Coal Creek township. Disappointed and disheartened at the prospects, they set out on their return, but were prevailed upon to remain. They bought land and built a cabin, but in the following spring sold. Mr. Ward returned to England to settle his business, then again set sail for New York. He arrived and started by canal for Indiana. The canal freezing, he was obligedj to return to his starting place. Mr. Ward then procured a team and sleigh and with this crossed the country, being obliged at one stream to construct a bridge before crossing. He arrived at Crawfordsville, Indiana, about January 31. In the following February, 1832, he bought 160 acres of land in
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Coal Creek township, living in a small cabin, already built, till 1837, when he erected a small frame house, which is now the kitchen to his brick residence erected in 1845. In their early days here they used brush brooms, cracked corn in a stump hollowed out, using an iron wedge for a pestle, killed any amount of wild game, fared without bread for seven weeks at one period, and thus dragged away the pioneer years. Mr. Ward purchased some potatoes, and to preserve them from the frost covered them over in the cabin, but the oxen searching for food broke into the house and devoured them. Through all these experiences Mr. and Mrs. Ward fought their bat- tles until they became prosperous and wealthy farmers.
The few years following 1830 brought many more inhabitants to Coal Creek. They clustered thickly around what is now Pleasant Hill till, as John McJimsey asserts, there were nearly as many in this vicinity in 1834 as in 1880. In these years Isaac Montgomery settled in Coal Creek township. His father, Alexander Montgomery, came to Crawfordsville in 1824 and open a shoe shop. While living there Isaac became the first mail carrier from Crawfordsville to La Fayette. He made the trip requiring two days once a week, and received for it 50 cents. He carried the mail one year, when his brother Simpson secured the job of David Vance, the contractor. Isaac Montgomery has been one of the most successful farmers, owing his success to his own industry. In 1834 George Westfall rented the Gregory farm, and finally bought property. Jacob Dazey entered, October 8, 1849, the N.E. ¿ of S. W. { Sec. 8, T.20, R. 5 W., and Isaac II. Montgomery made the last entry, the tract being the W. ¿ fraction of N. E. ¿ Sec. 2, same town and range. his entry dat- ing November 23, 1849. Limited space forbids the writer following farther the general settlement of this township.
Coal Creek township has had four post-offices : Pleasant Hill, New Richmond, Boston Store, and Round Hill. The last has been discontinued, and no sign of a town remains. Boston Store is but a post-office, one store, blacksmith-shop, etc. . New Richmond, laid out by Samuel Kincaid as before maintained, has become a village of three stores, a blacksmith-shop, several doctors, a church, and a few dwellings. Dr. Manners was the first permanent doctor, and here enjoyed large patronage.
About 1831 Christian Beever laid out the town of Pleasant Hill. It immediately thrived, and promised to become a goodly town, but having no railroad it has continued a place for country trade only. In a very early day there were three saloons. Wmn. Waddle open a general-stock store, which he continued a short time, then James L.
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Mckinney kept store. Quite a number of dwellings were erected, and business became brisk, supporting three merchants. The first postmaster was J. L. Mckinney. David Shoemaker and brother Leonard were the early blacksmiths. Mr. Beever donated a lot to Carmon Layton, a carpenter, to induce him to settle here, and his brother, Thomas Layton, was the first doctor. A Mr. Westfall kept a tavern, having a sign out reading "Traveler's Rest." Two trav- elers passing through one day, noting the saloons and general char- acter of the town in its early life, met a couple of school-girls, of whom they inquired the name of the place. When told "Pleasant Hill," one of the travelers remarked, " Better have it called Present H-1 !" The other traveler noticing the sign, "Traveler's Rest," jocosely re- joined " Devil's Nest !" The tavern-keeper kept a bar, around which liquor was freely flowing. But the days of saloons passed away, hav- ing given place to schools and churches, and consequently a better class of society has for many years controlled the affairs of the town and vicinity.
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