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nity were John Stork, John Hoffman, James Johnson, Solomon Teverbaugh, Adam Like, Fred. Myers, Elias Myers, Henry Summitt, Martin Goldman, who is said to have died at the age of 108, and David Vankirk. The late Governor James D. Williams was for many years a resident of Harrison township. In 1836 he built a water mill on Pond creek. As early as 1790 there was a grist and saw mill on Mill creek. At a much later date John Patterson built a water mill on Wilson creek, and subsequently Isaac Thorn built one on the same stream.
MONROE CITY.
This place, before its incorporation, December 12, 1874, was known by the cognomens of Nashville, Lovely Dale and the City of Three Names. It was laid out August 29, 1856, by W. C. Davenport, on land conveyed by Monroe Alton and wife to Alexander Lesley. In October, 1856, Geo. Shouse's addition was made to the town, and Martin's addition was made in 1871. The place is surrounded by a rich farming country, and notwith- standing it is neither on a railroad or navigable stream, has enjoyed a pros- perous and healthy growth. Dennis P. Coonrod, whose death occurred only a few years ago, was one of the first merchants of the town. Albert Smith, James Lee and John Ilarrell were engaged in business at Monroe City before it was incorporated. Among the other commercial and professional men of an early day were: Merchants-Vankirk & Simpson. John R. R. Snyder, M. J. Stafford, Joseph Summitt, B. V. Alton, Emanuel Reel and A. Helder- man. Physicians-N. M. Benham, J. H. Barnett, N. Young, Daniel Trent, W. T. Martin. The Monroe City State Bank, established several years ago, is a desirable feature to the commercial life of the community, which is rep- resented by up-to-date merchants, among whom are the following: Dry goods and general merchandise-W. W. Claycomb, Jas. Junken, John Ket- terman, Ready Bros., Soden & Wood, Geo. Like, F. Ridgely. Hardware- Thos. J. Reily, Blann & Junken. Blacksmiths-Welton Bros., J. W. Gib- son. Furniture and Undertaking-Shugert & Co., Blann & Donaldson. Flouring mill-Walter Myers. Saw mill-P. C. Miley. Livery-Wm. Hazleton. Drugs-Sacray Drug Co. Physicians-C. L. Belcher, L. L. Gil- more, J. M. Goldman, A. W. Myers, J. W. Trueblood, E. C. Vontrees.
The Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and Christian churches have fine houses of worship and large congregations. The fraternal orders are also progressive. Monroe City Lodge, No. 548, F. & A. M., was organized June. 1878, and its first officers were W. C. Wilmore, W. M .; J. N. Hart, S. W .; William Madden, J. W .; D. B. Vankirk, Treas .; Harvey Baldwin, Secy. ; A. C. Falls, S. D .; J. H. Barnett. J. D. Its membership is about fifty. Lovely Dale Lodge, No. 566, I. O. O. F., was instituted in February, 1869. with the following officers: E. N. Hall, N. G .; J. J. Lasswell, V. G .; D. B. Vankirk, Sec .; David Miller, Treas. The other lodges are Rebeckalı, an auxilliary to the Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and Ben Hur.
For several years there has been a contention between the First Presby-
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terian and Cumberland Presbyterian churches of Monroe City, resulting in much expensive litigation on both sides. The Cumberland branch of the de- nomination has no regular house of worship, but is seeking, through the courts to acquire the church built by the members who belong to the first congregation.
A hack line, established many years ago, and two lines of telephones, bring Monroe City and Vincennes in daily communication. In all prob- ability it will be only a short tome until an interuban railroad will connect both places. The population of Monroe City is about 800.
JOHNSON TOWNSHIP.
This township was named in honor of Thomas Johnson, a native of Kentucky, who was born in 1775 and came to Knox County about 1800. He was the father of the late Thomas Johnson, "the king of Johnson township." who died in 1901, possessed of large quantities of farming lands, over which considerable litigation was had by his heirs, beginning shortly after his death. The township was organized between the years of 1812 and 1814. It is bounded on the north by Vincennes, on the east by Harrison, on the south by White river and Decker and on the west by Vincennes township. The Evansville & Terre Haute railroad, traversing the township in the centre. forms a dividing line between the northern and southern portions thereof. The land is generally low and marshy, except in the eastern section, wliere the picturesque Chimney Pier Hills rear their summits. This locality is famed for the fine flavored cantaloupes it produces. Among the pioneer set- tlers were Frederick Mail, George Catt, Samuel N. Wilson, Andrew Purcell. John Pea, James S. Moyes, William Flowers, Henry Barkman, Isaac Coon, John Dubois, John Purcell, John Coon and Jacob Pea.
George Catt built on his farm in 1820 the first mill in Johnson township. It was operated by horse power, and only had a capacity of ten or twelve bushels per day, the flour being bolted by hand. Customers who brought their grist to be ground had to spend two or three days waiting for the grain to be converted into flour or meal. As a rule they camped out while enjoying the wait, but sometimes were taken care of by friends. Jacob Pea built the second mill, on the banks of River Duchee. This was run by water power, and was both a grist and saw mill, from which considerable lumber was hauled to Vincennes. Isaac Coon, Jas. Becker and John Drennon, who were distillers on a small scale, also operated mills on River Duchiee.
DECKERTOWN.
The principal settlement of Johnson township is Deckertown, designated generally as Deckers. It was laid out by Isaac Decker in June, 1869, when forty-two lots, each 145x75 feet, were platted. In April. 1875, Wm. M. Anderson's Addition was made to the town, and in September, 1875, his second addition was added. In 1876 Albert C. Shreve's addition was made.
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It is located on White river, on the line of the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad, and is an important shipping point for both Decker and Johnson townships. A large area of the farming lands adjacent to the town is de- voted to the cultivation of melons, and during the summer season Deckers is always a very busy place. It has a graded school, Methodist and Baptist church and several secret organizations. The business community is repre- sented by the Farmers and Merchants Bank; D. L. Bonner, general store; John Briner, Jr., restaurant ; James Brown, general store; Joe Carie, vet- erinary ; Decker Milling Co., C. A. Chambers, manager; Decker Hardware Co .; Frederick & Son, restaurant ; Humphrey & Purcell, general store ; A. J. Jordon, elevator ; John McCoy, blacksmith ; Mrs. Ella McGowen, hotel; A. C. Sisson, drugs; J. D. Sisson, meat market ; John Seibel, coal; Turner Bros., general store. The local physicians are Dr. Royse Davis, Dr. L. Hoover, Dr. E. F. Small.
PURCELL'S.
Purcell's, a station on the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad, is in the northern part of Johnson township, within a few miles of Deckers, and only a short distance from St. Thomas, a thickly settled community, which is adorned by a handsome Catholic church and parsonage, and a commodious two-story building, occupied by the Benedictine Sisters, who conduct a pa- rochial school which is largely attended by the children of the parish. The church property is quite extensive and kept in splendid repair. Lease Wer- ker is the merchant prince as well as the postmaster of the hamlet. Great quantities of melons are grown around Purcell's, which is also the receiving depot for grain-Albert Oexman having recently constructed capacious ele- vators there, which are now operated by John W. Emison and Wm. J. Nicholson.
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP.
Palmyra township, which occupies nearly the centre of Knox County, is shaped almost perfectly square, and embraces more than 20,000 acres, of which the greater quantity are under cultivation. The soil is capable of pro- ducing very large yields of wheat, corn, clover and timothy. It is strictly an agricultural centre, and while it was known as early as 1800 as a township, it has but one town-Frichtown, a busy station on the B. & O. S. W. rail- way. Some of the wealthiest farmers of the county are residents of Palmyra township. The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad penetrates its cen- tral part, separating it in two sections of almost equal division. The first settler was probably Isaac Purcell, who came to the county in 1790 from Virginia and subsequently settled on location 28 in Palmyra township. Noah Purcell, a brother, also settled on the adjoining donation about the same time. Andrew Purcell settled in the south part of Johnson township, the present site of Purcell Station, and George W. Purcell, who was murdered at his home on the night of December 26, 1862, by four masked men, who
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drove through his brain a butcher knife he was using in mending baskets when the murderers entered his house, came to Palmyra early in the nine- teenth century, and located on the ( Fox) farm where he met his tragic death. William Williams, who was with Harrison at Tippecanoe, was one of the earliest settlers of the township, and came from Virginia to Knox County in 1800. Samuel Emison was among the pioneer settlers, and was a neighbor of George Purcell. He was a good surveyor as well as a practical farmer. John Hogue also lived in the same community with the Purcells, and David and John McCord were among the carlier settlers of Palmyra, as were Sam- uel Langdon, Truman Marks, John Parker, Jacob Ruble, Daniel Wampler, Martin Rose, Daniel Snyder, Joseph Hogue, Abraham Steffy, Sam O. John- son, Henry K. Wise. Mr. Wise conducted a tan yard on the farm where George Patterson now lives, and subsequently on the Mckinney farm, and manufactured saddles for the United States government. He took his products to Fort Dearborn, at Chicago, on pack mules. On one visit to Chi- cago he was offered a large tract of land in the Windy City for a few dozen saddles, but declined the offer.
THE UPPER INDIANA CHURCH.
The First Presbyterian church north of the Ohio river, and west of the Ohio State line, was organized in Palmyra township in the year 1806, and is known as the Upper Indiana Church.
In 1807 the Rev. Samuel Thornton Scott, who was pastor of the Mount Pleasant and Indian Creek churches in Kentucky, was commissioned by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church to go into Indiana Territory and labor at Vincennes and vicinity as a missionary for a period of three months. On October 10, 1808, he severed his relations as pastor with the churches named in Kentucky and came to Knox county to take charge of the Upper Indiana church. He was the first Presbyterian minister to settle in Indiana, and the only one of that faith who lived within the confines of the territory up to 1815, when Rev. John M. Dickey, a licentiate, removed to Washington, Daviess County, to take charge of a church which Mr. Scott had organized in August, 1814. Under the direction of the Upper Indiana church three preaching points were established-one at Vincennes, one six miles southeast of Vincennes, and the other six miles northeast. The court house at Vincennes for many years was a designated place for preaching. At the other two places log houses of worship were built, being the first Presbyterian churches erected on Indiana soil. The preserved records of the Upper Indiana church disclose that at communion services held in August, 1812, fifty-four communicants were present. In 1814 the entire member- ship of the church embraced seventy souls. Mr. Scott died on December 30, 1827, and in May, 1828, the Rev. Samuel R. Alexander became his suc- cessor. At the time of the induction of Mr. Alexander as minister but four members of the church lived in Vincennes, the great body of com- Vol. 1-25
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municants belonging to what were known as the Upper and Lower congre- gations. About the year 1832, the membership having been materially in- creased at Vincennes, it was deemed expedient to organize a separate church. In 1836 the Upper Indiana congregation built a new brick church two miles nearer to Vincennes than the old log structure. The Upper and Lower con- gregations continued to worship as a unit until 1841, when they became separate organizations and were recognized by the presbytery under the titles of the Upper and Lower Indiana churches. Both congregations, how- ever, remained under the ministry of Rev. Alexander, who continued his pastorate until 1857, when, owing to enfeebled health, he was relieved of his charge. The Upper Indiana church is located on the Bruceville road, about four miles north of Vincennes. The Lower church is on the Monroe City road, about five miles east of Vincennes. Both churches have jointly a membership of three hundred and thirty. Rev. H. M. Rogers is the officiat- ing minister for both congregations, which worship in attractive churches, having beautiful surroundings.
FRICHTON.
Frichton, located five and one-half miles east of Vincennes, has not yet attained the dignity of a town, is one of the important small stations on the B. & O. S. W. railroad. It is in the midst of a rich agricultural district, is the receiving depot for the products of Palmyra township, which are shipped direct therefrom to the best markets furnished by the east and west. In its immediate vicinity are located quite a number of stock farms, among which are those of John Bierhaus, Lee Johnson and Langdon Bros. A capacious grain elevator is among the principal features of the hamlet, which also has a general store, conducted by Marshall Bowman, a blacksmith shop, a church, Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen lodges, and a com- petent physician, in the person of Dr. L. O. Church. Within a quarter of a mile of the place stands the Palmyra Presbyterian church, at whose shrine many of the inhabitants are worshipers, and two and one-half miles north- east is the Royal Oak Presbyterian church.
STEEN TOWNSHIP.
This township comprises little more than 21,000 acres, consisting entirely of donations. It was established upon the petition of Andrew Berry and others, presented to the county commissioners March 5, 1857, from land ap- propriated from Palmyra township. The township was so named in honor of Richard Steen, one of the pioneer settlers of that locality. It is bounded on the west by Palmyra and Harrison townships, on the east by Daviess County, on the north by Washington and Vigo townships, and on the south by Harrison township. Its soil is very productive and nearly every acre is under cultivation. Richard Steen located in the township in 1806, acquiring
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property on which the town of Wheatland has been builded. He was a native of South Carolina and made the trip from his native state to Knox County in a home-made wagon. He was accompanied by his wife and father-in-law, a Mr. Maxident, who lived to be more than one hundred years old. Among the early settlers of Steen township were Mr. Robinson, father of Richard Robinson, ex-county treasurer. Nathan and James Burriss, Simon Nicholson, Jesse and Simon Harbin, Peter Overbay, D. W. Ballow, James Young, John Donaldson and Abraham Westfall. Simon Harbin and Mr. Donaldson were the first millers of the township and operated horse mills.
WHEATLAND.
The prosperous village of Wheatland is situated near the centre of Steen township, on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad, and is twelve miles east of Vincennes. It was laid out December, 1858, by William G. Long. On December 29, 1859, Richard E. Steen's addition was made part of the village, and Enoch R. Steen's addition was added on April 3, 1868. The name was chosen on account of the territory surrounding it producing large yields of wheat. James Green was one of the first mer- chants of the place, and dealt largely in grain and farming products. Thomas Brooks was a competitor of Green and began his commercial career about the same time as the latter. Horace Anderson, Thomas Brooks, Alex Barber, Emison & Evans, Fay & Byers became identified with the commercial interests of the town shortly after it was laid out. John W. Emison, of Bruceville, operated a grist mill there in 1865. Besides being in the centre of a rich agricultural country. Wheatland is also in the coal belt of Knox County, having a good producing mine, operated by the Washington Wheatland Coal Company, within its corporate limits, and another located just outside the town, controlled by Gilbert Lytton. The Farmers-Mer- chants Bank, of which H. H. Anderson is president, and Thomas Dunn. cashier, gives commercial tone to the place, which has diversified businesses, as follows: A. C. Nicholson, hardware and drugs; W. H. Hedrick, drugs; Roberson Bros., furniture ; Joseph Myers, coal; W. P. Lett, hardware and implements ; J. G. Courtney, dry goods and groceries ; W. C. Sechrest, meats and groceries; S. B. Niblock & Sons, C. C. Corner, dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes; Farmers' Union, Walker & Chambers, grain elevators; Calvin Steen, real estate and loans; Jacob Dillion, baker; A. P. Langdon, John M. Buntin, livery and sales stables. Physicians-Drs. R. S. Wood, E. H. Tade. Lodges-Modern Woodmen, Red Men, Wood- men of the World, Odd Fellows. The last order was named DeWolfe, in honor of the late W. H. DeWolfe, of Vincennes. The Presbyterians, Meth- odists and Christians are well represented among the religious denomina- tions. Rev. Laue is minister of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. Rags- dale pastor of the M. E. church. The Christians are at present without a regular minister, but nevertheless hold regular services in their house of
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worship. The colored Baptists have maintained a church for several years and are said to be very attentive to their religious duties.
VIGO TOWNSHIP.
This township, named in honor of Col. Francois Vigo, is one of the largest in the county, its area being fifteen miles in length, while in width it varies from three to six miles, and contains about 40,000 acres. Nearly all of its fertile and productive farming lands are underlaid with coal, and the yearly output of "black diamonds" from its seven producing mines is enormous. On petition of Samuel Chambers and others the county commis- sioners laid out the township on February 2, 1837. Much of the territory belonging to Vigo was formerly part of Widner township. The farming lands along White river and Black creek bottoms, the first localities reached by the pioneers, are rich and mellow and very productive. Samuel Scamp, who came from Virginia, located in the vicinity of Black creek in 1819, and Thomas Anderson, who was a soldier at the battle of Tippecanoe, set- tled in the same locality in 1820. John Johnson, who was a soldier of 1812, settled in the northern part of the township at the close of the war. Philip and Fred Slaughter, John McMurray, John McCombs, George Williamson and Blan Ballard were prominent among the farmers who located at a later day in the Black creek settlement. Moses Slinkard was one of early settlers in the White river bottoms, where he built a horse mill in 1820.
BICKNELL.
The hustling town of Bicknell, with a population of about 4,000 souls, is located in the southwestern part of Vigo township, on the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad, and was incorporated as a town April 1, 1907. It was laid out originally October 1, 1869, by John Bicknell, for whom it was named. George W. Fnller was a property owner of the place before it was laid out, and was one of the first men to engage in business there. The merchants to hang up their signs after Mr. Fuller entered the mercantile field were Bruce, Reel & Mitchell, Slater & Bicknell, Wm. Hollingsworth, Chambers Bros., Jones & Denton, Hugh Barr, J. L. Cox & Sons. Bicknell boasts of a first-class electric lighting plant, has two banks, a well-edited newspaper, fine churches and schools and handsome residences. Among its present merchants are : Ragsdale & Horn, Henry Holscher, S. W. Dunn, clothing ; Brocksmith Bros., H. F. Winters, John Atkinson, J. L. Donaldson, F. Boston, Kich Steffy, general merchandise; Humbaugh & Volle, Kixmiller & Young, hardware and agricultural implements ; Cornett & Fox, Getches & Son, Alf. Williams, Dallas Wells, Kensler & Horn, grocers ; S. Humph- reys, Humbaugh & Volle, furniture ; J. C. Cox, John Hoover & Co., Harry Valentine, Richey & Cox, real estate; A. G. Craig, jewelry ; J. G. Hart, J. S. Wells, Hugh McNair, drugs; Wm. Phillippe, Henry Goens, Lovell Henson, Frank Phillippe, Frank French, barbers ; Drs. J. S. Hinkle, W. P. Boal, J. L.
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Hutchens, W. E. Kessinger, F. L. Reese, T. M. Staley, L. B. Staley, physi- cians; Enterprise Milling Co., Jas. A. Padgett; Curtis Shake, N. C. Locke, Harry Valentine, lawyers.
The names of the mines in proximity to the town are the Freeman, Richard Freeman, manager ; the Knox, a corporation ; the Martin, operated by Martin Bros .; the Peewee, August Brocksmith, business manager ; the Old Bicknell, Chas. Freeman and Thos. Byers, operators. When in full ope- ration the output of these mines will aggregate many thousands of bushels daily. The amount of money paid to miners every two weeks when all mines run to their full capacity varies from $70,000 to $90,000.
The churches and pastors are : First Baptist, Rev. N. C. Smith; Metho- dist, Rev. F. A. Lester, who also holds Sunday day services at the M. E. chapel, two and one-half miles southeast of Bicknell, officiating at his home church at night; Christian, Rev. W. A. Conners, who officiates also at the Centre Oak church, three miles northwest of Bicknell. The Catholics are without a regular pastor at present, but have mass said once a month in their cozy little church by some member of the Catholic clergy of Vincennes.
The secret societies of Bieknell are in a very flourishing condition. Masonic Lodge, No. 535, which was instituted in 1876, claims among its large membership the representative citizens of the town. Its present officers are Dr. J. L. Hutchens, W. M .; J. C. Cox, S. W .; O. J. Bicknell, J. W .; Chas. A. Bainum, Treas .; T. E. Pierce, Secy. Oakhill Lodge, No. 529, K. P., was instituted November 12, 1906, its first officers being O. A. Cas- sady, C. C .; C. E. Hargan, K. R. S .; O. P. Barrois, M. F .; C. A. Bainum, M. E. The present officers are E. A. Harper, C .; Wm. Donham, V. C .; W. M. Buck, P .; Ira O'Hara, M. A .; Chas. Hirt, M. W .; Wm. Smith, I. G .; Rol Phillippe, O. G .: Win. Cornette, K. R. S .; Scott Thompson, M. F .; S. W. Dunn, M. E .; Lee Buck, John Buck, C. A. Bainum, Trustees. Quin- dora Lodge, No. 368, I. O. R. M., was instituted in 1904, and its present officers are John Burch, S .; Wm. Gillan, Sr. S .; Wm. Messell, Jr. S .; Joe Cargell, C .; John Rice, C. R .; John Ford, C. W .; Ira Davis, K. W .; Zelda Craig, Sam Skomp, John McKinney, Trustees. Oddfellow Lodge, No. 527. was instituted May 18, 1876, and its charter members were George Rod- derick, N. G., David M. Bruce, V. G., D. M. Hollingsworth, S., J. H. Dut- ton, T., Wm. J. Trout, W. G. Davis, Dan Alton, Thos. Bicknell, Fred Win- ter, Jas. Richey, Steen Richey, Sam T. Lett, D. Bensinger, Lee Willis. The present officers-Enoch Johnson, N. G .; Ben Martin, V. G .; T. N. Walker. F. S .; John Gillan, R. S .; Chas. L. Hill, T .; W. S. Simpson, John S. Miller, G. W. Cummings, Trustees. Encampment No. 299, I. O. O. F., was or- ganized November 18, 1902, with the following charter members: G. W. Phillippe, C. P., W. S. Simpson, H. P., Frank McClure, S. W., J. R. Irwin, J. W., Frank Lenson, S., J. A. Cullop, T. The present officers-G. W. Cum- mins, C. P., Chas. L. Hill, H. P., Enoch Johnson, S. W., Wm. Martin, J. W., T. N. Walker, S., W. S. Simpson, T. The Modern Woodmen, who are
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strong in numbers, hold semi-monthly meetings. There is also a goodly number in Bicknell belonging to the Ben Hur order.
SANDBORN.
Sandborn is another important town of Vigo township, and was laid out by George and James Halstead, in 1868, and named in honor of a popular civil engineer who was engaged in the construction of the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad, on which thoroughfare it is now a shipping point of some prominence. Some of the best farming lands in Vigo township sur- round the town, and large quantities of grain and stock are received and shipped therefrom. The place lies about twenty-seven miles north of Vin- cennes, and is located on the southeast quarter of section 4, town 5 north, range 7 west. In 1869, by the erection of stave and lumber works by Dewey, Crane & Co., and the distribution of large sums of money for ma- terial and labor, an impetus was given to the growth of the infant village. Henry Houghland, Peter Hill, Alonzo Hays, Charles E. Crane, Lewis Bailey and Simon Kaufman were of the prominent early merchants of the place. Among the present business men are H. L. Renner, Rooksberry & Co., hardware; Geo. Cochran, harness; Greogory, Wood & Hungate, general merchandise; Mac Walker, grain; Roeder & Co .; J. D. McClary, drugs; Chas. Nierste, veterinary. The medical profession is represented by Drs. Lawrence, Johnson and Boal. The town contains also two banks, two dry- goods stores, two restaurants, three general stores, two hotels, three black- smith shops, flouring and grist mills and a commodious high school build- ing, and accords a liberal patronage to the Herald, a newspaper ably edited by Sam. L. Marsee.
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