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Section 10, 1817-35; Obadiah Small, September 17, 1817. Section 11. 1817-36: P. Winston, November 15, 1817. Section 12, 1831-36.
Sections 13, 24 1834-36.
Section 14. 1816-35; Ephraim Bowen, November 9, 1816. Section 15, 1821-34; William McKim, November 4, 1821. Section 16, school Iand.
Section 21, 1829-31.
Section 22, 1821-30; Robert Thomson, November 14, 1521 Section 23, 1820-36; Stanton Bailey, October 21, 1820.
Section 25, 1832-36.
Section 26, 1823-36; Frederick Fulghum, June 12, 1823. Section 27, 1814-29; Ephraim Overman.
Section 28, 1814-16; Clark Willcutts, January 19, 1814 (first entry in township).
Section 20, 1816.
Section 32, 1814: Thomas W. Parker, Angust 16, 1814. Section 33, 1814-37; James Cammack, July 21, 1814.
Section 34, 1817-31; Henry Bailey, August 14. 1817. Section 35, 1830-33.
Section 30. 1817-33; Gabriel Odle, November 26, 1817. Township 17, Range 1 west:
Section 34, 1831-39; Ephraim L. Bowen. November 7, 1531. Section 35, 1818-36; John Small, January 9, 1818.
Section 36, 1817-39: John Foster, December 1, 1817.
This entry of Foster's includes Philip Holland's late residence. . south of the Gritlis farm, northeast quarter of Section 36. Town- ship 17. Range 1.
Greensfork was entered between 1811 and 1839, inclusive. First settlem'a was made in Greensfork; first entry occurred in Wayne.
TOWNS.
Arba -- Henry Canmack, proprietor: recorded October 30, 1855; fourteen lots: Meridian street, north and south; location. on pike leading from Bartonia to Richmond, four miles south of Spartan-burg, on Section 33. Township 16, Range 1.
The town must have been greatly enlarged since its first plat- ting, since the dwellings extend a long distance on both sides of the pike running through the place, there being probably thist; or forty residences within the limits of the village.
It is in the southern part of the township. William Fulghum had the first store. Noah Turner had the first smith/shop; I-aac Parker had a wagon shop; William Parker had a harness shop after awhile. Friends' Meeting-House (a pole cabin) was built in 1815. about forty years before the town began. The first grist-mill was established by Parker & Wright. They owned a saw-mill also.
The merchants have been William Fulghum. Joseph Ful ghum, Henry Camaack. H. & H. W. Horn, Samuel Pierce, Bowen & Horn, Hill & Gordon, Elihu Cummack, Jonathan Rogers, J. Newborn (grocery), etc.
The smith shops have been run by Noah Turner, Silas Bon nett, Hosea Gist. Jesse F. Parker, Morgan. Bush, Reece. Wagon shops-Isaac Parker. Joel Parker.
Harness shop- William Parker.
Physicians -- Messrs, Young, Kelly. Hunt, Heiner & Son, Mech. Present business: Two stores. Horn & Bow &, Rogers: two smith shops, Bush, Reece; one wagon shop. Joel Parker: one saw-mill. F. C. Fulghum; one meeting-house, Friends: one pul,- lic school, two rooms; two physicians, Drs. Heiner and Mock. one dress-maker. Mrs. White: one paint shop, Joseph Arnold.
The grist-mill was burned three or four years ago, and has not been rebuilt.
Principal residents: Dr. Heiner. Joel Parker, Jesse Thomas. Jonathan Rogers, S. C. Bowen. H. W. Horn. Joseph Arnold, Dr. Meek, Thomas Bush, E. F. Recce. F. C. Fulghum, etc.
Residents in the vicinity: Antony Clements, near southeast of town: William Hunt, sonth of town: Henry Horn, south of town; Emery Kelly, west of town: Jacob Horn, east of town; James C. Bowen, north of town; William Horn, north of town, Clarkson Charles, north of town; Mrs. Thomas, east of town; Silas Horn, northeast of town; Henry Thomas, northeast of town;
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Joshua Thomas, north of town; James D. Bowen, northwest of town (old Bowen place).
There is one pike, north and south, extending from Bartonia north to Richmond, etc., south. There are no secret orders.
The nearest railroad points are Lynn, on the Indiana & Grand Rapids Railroad, six and a half miles; and Fountain City, on the same road, six iniles.
Arba contains abont thirty houses and one hundred people. Arba is a neat village, in a superb country. The region is a splendid, rolling traet, rich and fertile and woll improved.
The first meeting-house in the county was at Arba-built by Friends. The first school was taught in that honse by Eli Overman. :
The earliest settlement in the county was in the region around this town, and a splendid region it is, truly.
The country is rich, the farmers are wealthy. The dwellings are neat, and many of them elegant: the society is good. the schools are well taught. and the general tone of morals and man- ners is of a high eharaeter.
The place has always been noted, in fact, for its strict staud- ard of temperance and sobriety. The region was settled largely by Methodists and Friends: and their teachings and practice havy maintained a superior standard of intelligence, morality and thrift.
Distances: Bloomingport. eight miles: Bartonia, seven and four-fifths miles: Huntsville. fifteen miles; Lynn. six and a half miles: Losantville, eighteen and a half miles: Spartansburg. three and nine-tenths miles; I'nion City, fifteen and one-tenth miles; Winchester. fifteen and seven-tenths miles: Rural, tou and a half miles: Richmond, thirteen miles: Fountain City, six ; miles; Tampico. ten miles: Bethel. six miles.
Nowburg (Spartansburg) -- William M .. Kim. proprietor: loca tion, Section 10, Township 16. Range 1. on the " Quaker Trace." now the pike from Richmond to Bartonia; Moorman Way. Conuty Surveyor: twenty lots. Streets: North and south, Main street. fonr poles wide : east and west, street, three poles wide. Plat made 1532: recorded February 18, 1833.
Spartansburg (includes the above) -- William MeKim. pro- prietor; fifty-five lots. "Streets. North and south. Mill, Main. ayer more. east and west. First. Second: recorded Oet. 28. 1834.
MeKim's First Addition-William MeKim. proprietor: seven lots: recorded November 17. 1848.
[Perhaps other additions have been made. ]
The town is located on Section 10, Township 16. Range 1. on the old " Quaker Trace," four miles north of Arba and three and nine-tenths miles south of Bartonia, on the Arba pike. It was laid onit in 1832 by William McKin. In 1835 the residents of the town were about as follow -: William MeKim, farmer, on the slope of the hill sonth: Goorge W. Emberson, merchant; William Dukes, merchant; William Locke, wagon-maker; Jolm Leech, millwright; William N. Jackson, cabinet shop: Thomas McKim, tin shop; James Fires, carpenter; Joel Locke. black- smith; Mrs. Thomson.
Some of the resident farmers were at that time Sanmel Mid. dleton, one mile past. Section If, Township 16. Range 1; George Bowles, John Raudle place, east of town: Isaac Mann, south of town: Jesse Clark. Hongh place: William Jessup. Dan Comer place: Robert Love, Campbell place: Thomas Middleton. where be is now . Janes Jackson, there yet: Edward Jackson, northeast of town: Joseph Jackson. northeast of town: Richard Corbett. near the Jordan place : Hezekiah Cartwright, Frank Morgan ยท place
Of course, everything was now, and the whole country was " in . the woods." Most of the honses were cabins, and all was rough and primitive. Spartansburg has grown from a "Inddle." with a few log cabins among the beech trees, to a thriving eoun- try village in the midst of a beautiful. forfile and highly im- proved region. The town strods on a fine rising ground, over looking a splendid country. Some of the views in the vicinity are superb, especially the prospect, from the school building south of town on the valley east and south, which can hardly be equaled in the county. There are many fine residences in the region. among which are Jauws Ruby's, north of town, on the pike;
Isaac Jordan's, south of town, on the pike; Richard Bunch's, southeast, near State line: James Kelly's, southwest of town; Armstrong's, west of town: Chenoweth's, west of town; Daniel Comer's, north of town, etc.
Spartansburg has about fifty dwellings and 209 people.
The business of the town may be stated as follows, viz. :
Two dry goods stores-J. W. Hill, Amer Forkner, moved away. One drug store-Jehiel Curtis (now John Taylor).
One grocery -- English.
One tin shop-Chenoweth.
Two smith shops-H. McDonald, Williams & Bro.
Two hotels- John W. Hill, John Clark.
One butcher shop -- Chenoweth (bought at Union City in spring of 1882).
Three shoe shops -- Dunham, Manning, Bailey.
One milliner's store-Mrs. Humphrey (now Lillie F. Tucker). Two saw-mills-Clark & Horn, and another.
One corn-mill.
One planing-mill.
One tile factory -- Harlan Hunt.
Three physicians- Messrs. Morgan, Berry and Baldwin.
One cabinet shop- Wesley Locke.
One stock-dealer- - W. M. Campbell.
One millwright -- Wesley Loeke.
One undertaker -- Morgan & Curtis (Morgan is dead).
Two wagon shops -- Messrs. Clark and Pierson.
One post office - Jehiel Curtis (now Taylor).
One graded school -Three rooms.
Two churches Methodist Episcopal and Disciple
One Justice -Thomas Hough (now J. W. Locke).
One Constable -James W. Clark.
One harness shop-Jehiel Curtis.
There are other prominent citizens, some of them quite old:
William M. Taylor, William Locke, Squire Bowen, Graves, Jolin Wiggs (farmer), John Barnes (machinist), John Mann, Abram Manning. James Knox (painter), John Knox, Mrs. Bowen, Mrs. - (weaver). C. F. Tucker (teacher), F. G. Morgan (farmer, dead). Jolm Hough (farmer), Benj. Shaw (loan agent).
The village is quiet, orderly and respectable; the streets are graveled; the residences are very good, and many of them nearly new. The inhabitants have a worthy spirit of enterprise, and mnch business and trade is carried on. The town is beautiful for location: the streets are well shaded; and, altogether, the little country town is a pleasant place to live in. It has good access to the lines of commerce. having a daily hack and mail route to and from Richmond and Union City. It has also pikes to Richmond, Arba, Lynn. Bartonia, Union City and Greenville, Ohio, Tampico, Palestine, etc.
Among the citizens in the neighborhood ure Wilson Ander- son, farmer and County Commissioner, east; Jeremiah Middle- ton, farmer and hog raiser, east; Harrison Anderson, farmer. south: Levi Hill. farmer and nurseryman, south; Alfred Ruby, farmer. north; James Ruby, farmer and hog-raiser, north; Clem- ent F. Alexander, farmer, north; John F. Middleton, farmer and Township Trustee, northeast; William M. Campbell, farmer, west: Armstrong, farmer, wost.
The school building is a two-story brick, suitable for a town- ship high school, with three fine schoolrooms, two recitation rooms, efr. Two Sunday schools are in operation much of the time, and regular religious serviees in each of the churches.
A Masonie Lodge and an Odd Fellows Lodge are in the vil- lage. A large trade is carried on in hogs, grain, flaxseed, wag- ons. reapers, plows, etc. No saloon has existed in the place for years.
Some of it- principal men have been as follows:
Physicians -- Messrs. Ruby. Mitchell, Francisco, Purviance, Lawrence, Hector, Janos, Hindman, George Humphreys, Samnel Hwaphreys, Morgan, Berry, Baldwin.
Merchants -- Messrs. Emberson, Dukes, McFarland, Pomroy, Fleming. Hongh. Manzy, E. L. Anderson, J. Shaw, F. G. Morgan, Custer, Shreeves. Cadwallader, Campbell. A. Barnes, John Barnes, Bowen Bros., Humphrey, Hill, George Morgan, Wiggs, Thomas, Henry Hill. Taylor, Hunt, Curtiss, Forkner, etc.
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Altogether, Spartansburg is a fine little town. When first laid ont, the name of the place was Newburg, but for some rea- son it was changed to Spartansburg. It is one of the few inte- rior villages in Randolph which are having a vigorous and solid growth. A large number of houses have been erected during tive or six years past. Its prosperity is now threatened by the fact that the new railroad east and west misses Spartansburg about one and a half miles. The people, however, do not seem alarmed at the prospect.
There are two hotels, two churches. n graded school, two saw mills, a corn-cracker, a planing-mill. a file factory, two smithi shops, two wagon shops, two shoe shops, ete .. and a brisk busi- ness is maintained.
Distances : Union City, eleven miles; Ridgeville, twenty- one miles; Lynn, six miles; Huntsville, twelve and a half miles; Harrisville, ten miles; Farmland, twenty-one miles; Bartonia. four miles; Bloomingsport, ten miles: Winchester, twelve miles: Rural, nine miles.
BIOGRAPHY.
Such biographies as belong to Greensfork and are not ar- ranged under other heads are given below in alphabetical order:
Nathan Arnold was born in North Carolina in 1783; married Elizabeth Horn, daughter of Jeremiah Horn, in North Carolina in 1804, and died in the same State in 1926.
Elizabeth Arnold. widow of Nathan Arnokl. was born in North Carolina in 1785: came to Wayne Conuty, Ind., in 1827, and afterward to Randolph. She had had eleven children. Seven came with their mother. She settled where Jonathan Rogers now lives, and died October 28. 1851. aged sixty-six years. Mrs. Arnold belonged to the Friends.
Stephon Barnes, Greensfork, was born in Johnson County. N. C., in 1793, and his wife, Cidna, in 1790. They had seven chil- dren, all born in Carolina, their names being Rebecca. Abing- ton, Maria, Sammel Allison, Sarab. Henry, Adolphus. All are dead but the last.
The family left North Carolina in 1828, and came to Wayne County, Ind., two and a half miles south of Bloomingport, and, in 1830, into Randolph County. In 1833. they settled at Spar- tansburg. Here Mrs. Barnes died in 1854, and her husband in 1864.
Spartausburg had in 1835 a few log e.bins. one store, a smith shop, etc.
Mrs. Barnes was of Quaker descent, but was herself a Bap- tist. They were upright, moral people, training their children to principles and habits of sobriety, industry and devotion.
Samuel A., one of his sons, died at Spartansburg suddenly in 1875. Sammel's family live there still, except his oklest daugh- ter, who has lately married a son of Abraham Chenoweth, and has removed to a farm east of Bartonin
The only surviving member of his family, the youngest son, Adolphus, has been for some years a resident of U'nion City, and his biography is given in connection with that place.
Ephraim Bowen. Sr., was born in Chester County, Pen., Oc- tober 22. 1769; emigrated to Mason Conuty, Ky. : married Han- nah Hall in that Stato; came to Green County. Ohio. in 1795. seven years before Ohio became a member of the Union, and ar- rived at Randolph County, Ind., October 22, 1814. the day he was forty-five years old. He was the fourth settler in the wilds of Randolph. He brought six children with him, and two were born afterward, making eight in all. The children were Nancy, Jamos C., Jane, Squire. Rebecca : Hannah, born before coming to Randolph; and Rachel and Ephraim L , born in this conty.
We give a brief statement concerning each in order, as below:
Nancy, born in 1799, married Robert Thomson: had six chil- dren; family all dead.
James C., born in 1801, fourteen children, eight living (sce below).
Jane, 1803. married Joshua Small. several children, both dead.
Squire, 1805, thirteen children, eleven living, resides at Spartansburg.
Rebecca, 1807, fourteen children, married David Semans, dead. Hannah, married James Harrison, tivo children.
Rachel. married William Davis, several children; resides at St. Cloud County, Kan.
Ephraim L., twice married- - Ruth Dwiggins, Anna Jane Cor. bett; eight children; they live in Greensfork, and have more than three hundred acres of land. He is a good farmer. a worthy citizen and an excellent man.
Ephraim Bowen entered the northeast quarter of Section 28. Township 16, Range 1. He was perhaps the first Justice in Greensfork. He died in 1858, at eighty-nine, and his wife in 1849.
James C. Bowen, Greensfork, son of Ephraim Bowen, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1801, and came to Randolph County. Ind., in IS14, being thirteen years old. He grew up in the woods, and married Elizabeth Jeffrey in 1829. They have had fourteen children. Nine grew up, and nine are living still, as follows:
Mary Ann (Harris), Wayne County, Ind., two children. Benjamin P., lives near Gilead, has six children,
Ephraim J., had one child, and is dead.
James R., lives in Wayne County, Ind. ; has two children. Sarah E. (Harris), lives in Washington Township; has five children,
Lewis C., lives east of his father's; has five children.
Celestina (Flatters), near her father's; has tive children.
Joseph W., lives at home, unmarried.
Isaac W., lives at home, three children.
James C. Bowen's wife died in 1879, sixty-eight years old. Ile is himself about eighty-one years oldl, and in somewhat fre- ble health. He was Justice of the Peace nine years. He is a Methodist in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He lives within half a mile of the spot where his father settled in the for- ost more than sixty-eight years ago. He owns a large farm, and has deeded considerable land to his children.
Many curious things are told by Mr. Bowen, Mr. Parker and other pioneers. many of which have been already given, and many more might be related. In the pole cabin meeting-honse at Arba there was no place made for lire. They would Imrn wood into coals in a heap outside the cabin, and then carry a mass of coals into the house upon a kind of hand-barrow, partly covered with dirt. Thomas Parker used to care for the house and burn the wool into eoals, and when Friends had come to meeting. they, would help carry the " fire-place " inside the house, laden with a mass of living fire.
In early times, there was a distillery above Arba, south of William Horn's. It was owned by Elihn Cammack's uncle, Amos (Cammack?). Considerable whisky was drank at gather- ings, and as a natural result, many got " groggy " by its use.
in the pigeon roosts, one locality of which was near Spartans- burg, the trees were loaded with nests, built of sticks, somewhat liko baskets swung to a limb, the inside being beautifully lined with soft and fender moss.
Pigeons would live on mast, and hogs also would keep fat nearly the year round, during the fall and winter upon the mast, and in the summer upon wild pea vines, which grew two or three feet high, and as thick as thick clover. Hogs would run in the woods and grow wild. The old ones would be marked, and then the whole drove running with these old ones would be claimed by the same owner. But where none in a herd were marked the herd belonged to nobody, and any person might kill such. They would fatten themselves wholly without corn, and entirely upon onk. hickory and beech mast.
Thomas Cadwallader was born in 1795, and came to Greens- fork Township. Randolph Co., Ind., about 1830, in company with his brother Abner, settling in the woods. Abner died many years ago, but Thomas lived on, a steady, quiet, humble, thank- ful life, for fifty-two years, upon his little farm where first ho pitched his fent under the " shadow of the beeches." He was all his life a member of the Society of Friends belonging at Ar. ba. He departed this life at his residence, near Arba, Sunday, April 23. 1852. in his eighty-seventh year. The funeral services were held at the Arba Friends' Meeting-House, on Tuesday fol- lowing his death. being attended by a large concourse of neigh- hors, relatives and friends. They were in the simple and im-
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pressive style common among the Quakers. ITis aged companion still survives him, being herself eighty five years old. They had been married nearly or quite sixty-five years. He was born dur- ing the second term of Washington's administration, and was old enough to vote for James Monroe at his first election. His birth ocenred the same year with Wayne's treaty with the Indians at Fort. Greenville, Obio, 1795, so that his life measures the whole interval since the power of the savage trilw's over the great West- ern valley was broken by the master hand of Gou. Anthony Wayne. The change that has come over the world siner Friend Thomas lay a babe in his eradie -- how wondrous great !
Mr. Cadwallader lived all that long earthly life in the fear and love of God. and his happy spirit rests, doubtless, in the heavenly mansions.
His brother Almer, father of Hon. Nathan Cadwallader, came, as stated above, with his brother Thomas, but did not very long survive, dying in middle life. Some account of his family may bo found along with the biography of Hon. N. Cadwallader, already mentioned.
John Cammack, Arba, was born in South Carolina; moved to Randolph County, Ind., in the fall of /516. one-half mile west. of Arba. He died in 1832. having had twelve children: seven ; were boys and five were girls. All the daughter- and one son are dead.
James, born in 1813, married thrice, has nine children; ro- sides in Hamilton County, Ind.
Henry, born in IS14, miller, merchant and empenter: moved to Iowa twelve years ago, and lost five grown children in Iowa in three years; now lives at Dunreith. Henry Co. Ind.
Levi, born in 1815. twice married, has had ton children; moved to Iowa in 1836, before there was any land office opened in the State, and eleven years before Jowa became a State. He is a farmer and stock-dealer, and does a large business.
Elihn (see Wayne Township).
Martin, born in ISIS. marriott twice: lived in Henry County, lowa; has had nine children: was a farmer: died in 1870.
Rachel, born in 1820, died young.
Joanna, born in 1821. had two children; died in Rush County. Ind., many years ago,
Mary Ann. born in 1824. died a chill.
Elijah, born in 1526. farmer: fourteen children, nine living; Hamilton County, Ind .. north of Indianapolis.
William, born in 1827, farmer, six children, near Nenia, Mi- ami Co., Ind.
Mary, born in 1828, grown up, unmarried died of consumption. Sarah, born ------ , hat three or four children: died in Iowa long ago.
Williamo Mitchell Campbell. stock-buyer and farmer, was born in Hamilton County. Ohio. in 1818; married Mary Ann Rude in 1800: removed to Middleboro, fund., in IS41: to Ham- ilton County, Ohio, in 1845; returned to Middleboro, Ind., it 1849; changed his residence to Randolph County. Ind., one and a half miles north of Lynn. in 1850; moved to Winchester in 1856; to Greensfork Township in 1860; and to Spartansburg in 1863. He has had six children, as follows:
Mary Jane (Crist), one child, residos at Spartansburg.
Esther Anu (Shoemaker, Rich), three children, resides west of Spartansburg.
William. three children. west of Spartansburg, farmer.
Sarah (Fulglanm. two children, resides in Darke Co .. Ohio. Amaretta (Foreman. Fortich ), Spartansburg.
Cinderella Maria (Tneker), Summitville, Mo.
W. M. Camphoft is a farmer, stork- dealer and business man. active and enterprising, and carrying on a large and prosperons business, working his own land and routing several other farms besides. He was Sheriff of Randolph County during three terms -1856 60 and 1568 70-and was approved a faithful and oner- getic officer.
Mr. Campbell volunteered. July 15. 1561. in the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, Company C. being commissioned Second Lieu- tenant. and receiving afterward promotion as Captain of Com pany 1. After a service as Captain during twelve months, here. signed the position, but he became, after a time. Sufler of the
regiment, continuing such for six or seven months. He was in ;the battles of Gainesville, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam. cte.
Mr. Campbell, though somewhat bluff and harsh in manner. is very active and energetic in whatever he undertakes, being an ardent Ropublican, earnest, ontspoken and prominent. His age is about sixty-four years. He is hearty and robust and wide awake in public and private affairs.
William T. Chenoweth, born in Maryland in 1802, came to Ohio in 1538, and to Greensfork. Randolph Co., Ind., in 1810; married Keturah B. Murray in 1825: had twelve children-ten boys and two girls; eight boys and two girls grew up and were married. and soyon sous and one daughter are living now.
W. T. Chenoweth owned, at his death, 276 acres, and his family now own 1,762 acres. He had in Maryland 120 acros. which he sold for $1.500, and he bought in Indiana at first 157 acres. The land now owned by his descendants is worth proba- bly $70,000.
He was a steady, thonghtini man, quiet, reliable, discreet, economical enterprising and successful. In politics, he was a Whig and a Republican. He was not a church member, but in- clined to the Baptists. Mr. Chenoweth died in 1876, seventy. four years old. His widow resides on the old homestead. hate and hearty, traveling round as she pleases.
James W. Clark, Spartansburg, was born at Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1528. and was brought to Wabash River in 1830. His father died in 1835, and his mother returned, in 1836. to the home of her father, Hezekiah Cartwright, at Spartansburg. He lived on the Frank Morgan place. Mrs. Clark went upon the Hongh place. J. W. Clark was then eight years old. and Spartanshurg has been his home ever since -forty seven years. The village was then very small. Where the Disciple Church stands was at that time a buttonwood pond, the size of a town lot.
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