History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships, Part 154

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman
Number of Pages: 664

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He was a carpenter and wagon-maker ; sold goods for twelve years ; followed railroading and track-laying for four years. At Union City he has kept eating house and hotel, as also a boot and shoe store, and a drug store. He built the Branham House in 1855, and opened hotel in 1856, and has continued in it mostly ever since. Mr. Branham is an ar- drat Republican, and an active member of the Disciple Church, having bren a Trustee from the beginning. He has often been solicited to serve the town in various public capacities, but he has, for the most part de- cimed such service. He was, however, Town Trustee, and also School Trustee of Union City. When he was a youth, he followed wagoning,

MRS S. BRANHAM

wood-chopping, etc. He has chopped cordwood at 25 cents a cold and boarded himself.

Three brothers and two sisters are supposed to be living, one : ste. in Chicago, and one in Iowa. The brothers are in Anderson, Martinsville and Princeton, Ind.

Mr. Branham has been, during his life, remarkably active, energetic and reliable, and has been blessed with a good degree of worldly success. He ia highly esteemed and beloved by his fellow-townsmen, and by the public generally. Hia hotel was established almost at the commencment of the business activity of the place and of the railroads centering here, and it has enjoyed from the start an extensive and reliable patronage.

The reputation, success and esteem attained by our worthy friend is an affecting example of what, in this blessed country of ours, a poor, friendless orphan lad may achieve by the Divine blessing upon his faith- ful and persevering labora. Be the motto of every poor orphan, and of everybody else as well-

"Never give up ! It is wiser and better Always to hope, than once to despair."

JEMIMA CHAMBERS BRANHAM was born in the Territory of Indiana, in that portion which has since become Jefferson County, on the 10th day of October, 1811. Her parents were James and Mary Chambers, who were both natives of North Carolina, but came to the Territory of Indiana a short time prior to their marriage, probably in 1807. When she was ten years old, her father died, and eight months later, her mother died, leav- ing her and five other children with limited means and to the uncertain- ties of pioneer life. She was raised on a farm, without educational ad- vantages, and subjected to the necessity of earning her own living. She was married to Simeon Branham at Vernon, in Jennings County, in 18-, since which time her life has been parallel with his, and to whom she has been a helpmeet and counselor in all the events of a long, active and use- ful life. Mother Branham yet lives in the enjoyment of fair health, and the love and respect of all with whom she is acquainted. It is a note- worthy fact, as seen by their biographies, that both her husband and her- aelf were poor orphan children -- she, at the age of ten, and he at about sixteen years. And that desolate, impoverished orphanage helped rather than hindered their substantial prosperity, since it gave them that stern energy and that sterling economy and that sturdy self-reliance. without which any advantages and opportunities, however great, prove ever use- less and vain.

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proprietors expected the citizens to communicate with each other in the north part of the town is hard to tell. Alleys even are by no means abundant, and now, since Howard street has been cut down to make what may be hoped to be a permanent grade, intercourse east and west in the north part of the city is almost wholly obstructed.

The various additions, with names of proprietors, date of rec- ord, number of lots, location, etc., may be found in the general statement at the commencement of this account of the city.

The location of the town is reasonably good. The ground has a considerable elevation in some parts, rising at Oak street to the height of say twelve feet above the railroad tracks at the depots. Drainage and sewerage are somewhat difficult, but, with proper care and skill of engineering, not impossible.

From Oak street north and south, and also from Plum and Howard' streets east and west (in the main part of the town), the slope is gradual, but quite evident; and, by grading northward on Howard and Plum, a good drainage may be secured,

Much labor has been spent during past years to establish a suitable grade, not always, possibly, in the wisest manner, though doubtless every Council has tried to do what seemed to them to be for the best, and it is to be hoped that in time a satisfactory result may be accomplished.

The town has a very serious disadvantage in the fact that gravel suitable for hard and durable streets is not easily ob- tained. One would think that, perhaps, by and by, gravel banks or pits near some of the various railways centering here might be utilized, and the gravel be transported hither on the cars, and hauled by wagons or drays to the streets. At any rate, Union City has had difficulty enough, thus far. in constructing streets, and with only moderate success.

It ought to be stated that, during the spring and summer of 1882, a grand work has been performed in connection with the sidewalks of the town, and that the same work is still going on with wonderful.energy and success.

Columbia, Oak and Pearl streets have been supplied with walks of a most convenient and beautiful sort, the like of which is to be seen in but few towns of any size. These walks are con- structed, some of solid concrete and some of natural stone. The concrete presents a smooth, continuous surface, apparently firm and lasting, and tre natural rock is laid down in large slabs, say four by ten feet, and several inches thick.

The tract of land which forms the original plat of Union City, Ind., was purchased by Hon. Jere Smith, of Augustus Love- land. May 7, 1849. Mr. Smith purchased also forty acres in Ohio in 1852, between the two plats. of Fowler, father of Ga- briel Fowler, now a business man of the place. That latter tract remained unplatted and unimproved until about 1870. Union City, Ohio, as originally platted, lay east of the forty-acre tract, which lay vacant between the two towns, preventing Union City, Ohio, from building up close to the State line. About ten years ago, this forty-acre tract was platted, and has been considerably improved. Much of it is occupied with shops, factories, lumber- yards, etc.

The streets on the Indiana side are mostly at oblique angles, some, however, being at right angles to each other, and some not so. Those that cross the railroad (" Bee-Line"> run north- west at an angle of several degrees, except State Line, which extends north and south.

The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis (" Pan-Handle ") Railroad crosses here the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & In- dianapolis (" Bee-Line ") Railroad, and the Dayton & Union Railroad has its northern terminus at this place. The city has therefore excellent railroad accommodations, enjoying direct and speedy communication with Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, In- dianapolis, Chicago and St. Louis-in fact, with the whole out- side world.

WATER WORKS.

It possesses a splendid system of water works, by means of a grand and apparently inexhaustible well of water, sunk in th3 south part of the city to the depth of some twenty-one feet, connect- ed with powerful steam works. It has been greatly deepened by boring. Through a network of mains and smaller pipes, the wa-

ter is carried throughout the whole chief portion of the city, thus furnishing the town both for private purposes and for pub- lic use. Numerous manufacturing establishments draw from this well a plentiful supply of water. A griet-mill, several saw-mills, planing-mills, stave factory, flax-mill, engine house, etc., etc., are supplied with all they need, besides all other public and private uses; and still, thus far, there is enough and to spare. Hydrants, public watering troughs, private fountains, livery stables, hotels, passenger depots and dwellings as weil find no Inck of the life-giving fluid. Street-sprinklers and the fire de- partment, moreover, obtain their abundant supply in the same exhaustless source-this wondrous public well! The water works are indeed a priceless treasure to Union City. The original cost was $40,000. 'The capacity of the well 'has been estimated at 800 gallons per minute.

As though it were an underground ocean, it seems thus far to have borne triumphantly every requirement. Whether there is a limit, and if so, when it will be reached, cannot be foreseen. The cost and trouble of obtaining and maintaining this supply of water for the various purposes of the city and its inhabitants has been and is exceedingly heavy; and the thought that, after all. the source may fail. or be found to be inadequate, is not pleasant to contemplate, and it is highly desirable that such a contingency may never arise, but that future generations may rejoice, even as does the preseut one, in a plentiful, undimin- ished, perennial flow of pure, limpid, health-giving water; that the supply may continue to be, like the floods from the springs of salvation, "enough for all, enough for each, enough for ever more;" or, at any rate, enough so long as men remain on the earth to stand in need of the life preserving fluid. During the summer of 1881, much labor was expended in trying to enlarge the supply, an account of which has already been given in an- other article, entitled " Union City Water Works."

EARLY HISTORY.

In the spring of 1849, the ground on which this enterprising town has since been built was owned by a settler by the name of Augustus Loveland. There was on the tract scarcely a sign of alteration or improvement by human hands. Mr. Loveland, its owner, had a little opening and a cabin house and a log stable. The cabin stood just north of the present residence of Hou. N. Cadwallader, and the stable stood some rods farther west. He had a well in front of his cabin, which continued in nse for many years after the establishment of the town, and the site of which may still be known by a heap of cobble-stones near the sidewalk on the west side of Howard street, just north of Pearl, almost in front of the old Jackson property.

The Messrs. Smith (Jeremiah and Oliver H.) having succeed- ed in establishing the Bellefontaine Railroad upon its present route, conceived the idea of building up a town at the State line. Accordingly, the Loveland tract was purchased by Jeremiah Smith in May, 1849, and steps were immediately taken for the survey and platting of a town site. The growth of the place was rendered more certain by the fact that the railroad from Belle- fontaine to Indianapolis was built by two companies, and in those days goods had always to be traus-shipped at the termination of each road. About the same time, moreover, measures were taken which were effectual to change the route of the road which had been projected, and upon which much work had already been done, from Greenville to Winchester, so that the junction with the Bellefontaine route should be at the State line, thus securing at once three important outlets to the embryo town -- east, west and south-even before the new city had begun to be, except in the brain of those who had so shrewdly planned and managed the whole affair. And besides, a road was planned and built from Columbus to Union City, thus making four roads to start the town with, which, in those times, was an immense advantage.

The town was surveyed and platted some time between May and December. 1849. as the land was purchased in May and the plat was recorded in December of that year. The lots were of- fered some time in the winter or spring of 1850, and, among other purchasers, David Teeter became the owner of a lot in the projected town. Mr. Teeter was the brother of John Teeter, now

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living south of Union City, and the son of the Widow Teeter, who, with her large family, planted her stake in this wild forest nearly fifty years ago. At the time of that purchase (February, 1850), no buildings were on the original site of Union City but the cabin and the stable of Augustus Loveland, as above described.

There was a house north of Division street, between Howard und Columbia, not far from where old Mr. Carter used to live. It was occupied by a Mr. Ricard. The eighty-acre tract was owned by a Mr. Crumrine, and Ricard rented it. Samuel Carter bought the land afterward of Mr. Crumrine. On the lot pur- chased by him, David Teeter proceeded, shortly afterward (say March or April, 1850), to erect a dwelling. That edifice was and is at the southeast corner of Oak and Howard, and has long been known as the Star House. It was the first building erected in Union City. Mr. Teeter did not live to finish it. He had been feeble in health for some time, and he grew worse, and died in May, 1850. The house was sold to Benjamin Hawkins, and he finished it. Mr. Montgar lived in it awhile. No other house was built in 1850. The second house was put up for Henry Debolt. It was a frame, and was built by John Teeter in the spring of 1851, and it stood near the present site of the opera house.

The third was the house where Dr. Yergin now lives, a one- story frame building, replaced, in June, 1881, by an edifice with brick front. Daniel Weimar took the contract, and John Teeter and Hezekiah Fowler, brother to Gabriel Fowler, built it for John Frazier and Jack Downing, intending it for a saloon. They used it for a year. perhaps, and quit. Those two honses were the only ones built in 1851; but in the spring of 1852, things began to open out pretty lively. Four railroad tracks were rapidly concentrating upon that point in the woods on the Ohio line, all of which were soon completed to Union City, but the western end of the fourth (Union City to Logansport) had to wait for several years.

The people, in the spring of 1852, seemed to begin to realize the situation, and many appeared determined to become masters of it. if possible. And so, early in 1852, settlers began to arrive. As already stated, there were just thirce dwelling houses-the original Loveland log mansion, the Star Honse (unfinished), and the house built for Henry Debolt. But by July, 1852, several houses had been erected and several residents were on the ground.

Alfred Lenox, one of the earliest residents, says that when he came. July 2. 1852. the residents on both sides of the line. but mostly in Ohio. were Messrs. J. D. Carter, Montgar. Dr. John Diehl. W. A. C. Dixon. Jacob Livengood. John Hayes, Schultz Hayes, Henry Debolt. -- Miller, John Teeter, Seth Hoke, Jolin Koons. J. J. Turpen came the same day-July 2, 1852 .-

The first saloon was kept in the building on Pearl street.

The demon of liquor proved itself worthy of its ancient name on its first introduction into the town, created a great row. and caused the discharge of seventeen railroad hands soon after that grog shop was opened. That saloon and another, by means of some pretty energetic measures, were obliged to "dry up." Other attempts have been made to plant the fiery traffic in the midst of the places of business and the quiet homes of our citizens on the Indiana side, but without much success.

Abram Hoke, R. B. McKee, Dr. J. N. Converse. Benjamin Hawkins, Mr. Searl, Enos Turpen, Simeon Branham. William Anderson, Samuel L. Carter, R. A. Willson, and doubtless many others, came in 1852 or early in 1853.

Business first began near the point where the Deerfield & Greenville wagon road crosses the Dayton & Union Railroad. J. J. Turpen was weatherboarding there a building for a store in July, 1852. The building stands there yet. He set up the store of which he had charge, the goods belonging to Mr. Ward, con- tractor on the Piqua road, in August, 1852, the first on this ground. John D. Carter had built a saw mill near the brewery, und cut the first log about April 1, 1852. Alfred Lenox had the first grocery, October to December, 1852, near the Deerfield Crossing. He had a fine run of business, but his partner left, and, having uo spare time himself (Lenox was working hauds on the Dayton & Union Railroad), he sold the goods to a Green- ville firm in December, 1852.

At this date, Messrs. Turpen, Lenox, Hayes, Livengood, Johnson, Wintermote and some others had dwellings near the Deerfield Crossing.

Mr. Livengood had built a boarding house, perhaps the first on that ground, just opposite the store building above mentioned, and east of the Deerfield road, and was boarding scores of hands who were working on the railroads. That boarding house is one of the cluster east of the Deerfield road, at the extreme castern end of Union City, Ohio, north of the railroad tracks.

Abont this time, the iron tracks, which had been so long in preparation, were nearing the point.of conjunction at the new city in the woods at the line; and on Christmas Day, December 25, 1852, the Dayton & Union track-layers, straining a poiut and laying their iron almost any way so as only to get it down, reached the line with their iron, extending the rail about a foot upon the sacred soil of Indiana. The Indianapolis line also was near at hand, and before many days, the western track was in town also, reaching the State line from the west, and the two tracks were so joined that, on January 24, 1853, the first through passenger train went from Dayton via Union City to Indianap- olis. There was quite a village grown up between the months of September and December, 1852, near the Derr- field Crossing, as though business might perhaps take liold at that place. But it did not do so. That point proved to be away from trade, and business left that spot and wandered westward. The dwellings, however, still remain (some dozen small ones). and are occupied. They are far east of the main town of Union City, Ohio, and seem almost, as it were, a village or hamlet hy themselves. A strong effort was made to establish things in Ohio. near the juill, and brewery and foundry. Mr. Carter had built a saw-mill. David Fruits put up an immense four-story frame. intended for an opera house, hotel and what not, but he soon "got through his pile," and his great frame stood there for a time, projecting far into the upper air, and nicknamed the "deaden- ing " by the neighbors, until at length somebody bonghit it, took one story from the top and finished the rest for use [Orr House ]. Before long, a grist-mill, a brewery, a foundry, etc., were erect- ed, a store or two was started, and heroic efforts were made to hold the town in the Buckeye State. But all would not do. General business could not be made to "stick " over there, but it insisted on fleeing across the line and building its cozy nest in the balmy Hoosier State.

In fact, the original intention of the projectors was that the town should be in Hoosierdom, and their plans could not be readily thwarted. Besides, to make assurance doubly sure, Mr. Smith purchased forty acres of land directly on the State line, on the Ohio side, and held it vacant, refusing to sell to anybody any of that tract, thus utterly preventing the Ohio side from building up to the business part of the Indiana side. And that gap between the two corporations continued for about twenty years, until the supremacy of Union City, Ind., was supposed to be so firmly established as to need to fear no rivalship.

The road from Bellefontaine was more tardy in its movements, and midsummer had nearly come before the line was complete between the capital of the Hoosier State to the city of the beau- tifnl spring (Bellefontaine-beautiful fountain).

Abont January, 1853, Courtney Hayes started a grocery across the track from the old Orr Building (Ohio). There were several residences in Indiana, and a hotel or two had been started? but no other business had yet begun there. In February, 1855 Benjamin Hawkins built a frame house where Stewart's (brick) grocery now stands, and put in a store of dry goods, and Jesse Paxson became his clerk.

[Jesse Paxson says Mr. Hawkins hauled his goods fromu Greenville, and that the store was opened ont before the railroad reached this place. And Robert B. McKee, who came here in September, 1852, insists that Benjamin Hawkins was selling goods at Union when he came, in September, 1852. Mr. Pax. son would be most likely to be correct, because he built the house, and, when the goods began to arrive, Mr. Hawkins told Mr. Pax- son to open out the goods and go to selling them as his clerk, without ever asking him beforehand or making any engagement with him. ]

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Abont the same time, Mr. Searl built what is now the Negley Building, east of the Branham House, for a grain warehouse. The grain business rose, almost at a bound. to immense propor- tions. The firm changed partners more or less. It was Scarl. Searl & Hawkins, Converse, Paxson & Searl, etc.

Mr. Lenox says : "That warehouse handled more grain than any other in this city has ever done in the same time. Hundreds of wagon loads have been in waiting at once. and the grain men had to work day and night to keep up with the busi- ness. Grain was hauled from Recovery, from New Corydon. and from within six miles of Richmond."

The second warehouse was built by James White, but it was burned in 1857, before it had stood a year. Some men had been gambling there till a late hour, and the building had in some way been set on fire. In half an hour after they left. the house was all in flames. It had been set on fire before. A kindled fire was found in a flour barrel up stairs, but it was put out. One man lost his all. $3,000. burned in a safe within the building. which (the safe) another man had carelessly left open. The safe had been sold to the County Commissioners, and they were to have taken it the afternoon before, but no ear could be had. and the agent promised a car the next day. The safe was left partly open, and its contents were destroyed.

The third warehouse was put up by Turpen & Coats, at the west end of the old Dayton & Union depot. It is there yet. and used by A. A. Knapp for water pipes, flue, fire bricks, etc.

In 1855, three years after U'nion City began, there were six dry goods stores-Messrs. Lenox. Turpen. McFarlan. White. Hawkins and one other -- three more than now (Iss1). John D. Carter and Montgar, in 1854. had a store on the Ohio side, and a large trade. Cadwallader & Co. tried it there later, Int did ; house lately occupied by Mr. Woods. The first church organiza- not succeed, and quit and went elsewhere. The foundry, Ohio side, was begun early, but it has done no work since 1870. The brewery began later, and kept at work many years, but has been idle for some time. .

There were in early times some saloons in Union City (In. diana side), but Alfred Lenox routed one, and Simeon Branham another, probably in 1855. This (Indiana) side of the town has never takon kindly to saloons, and, for the most part, has kept them out. Union City, Ohio. however, is sufficiently infested with the nuisance. Simeon Branham says that m 1853 the eiti- zens were Seth Hoke, April. 1852: J. E. Passon, 1852; Alfred Lenox. July 2. 1852; Joel N. Converse. 1852: Rufus A. Will- son. March, 1853; Joseph J. Turpen. July 2. 1852: Abram Hoke. 1853: Armstrong: Courtney Hayes. 1852: Henry Debolt. 1852: W. A. C. Dixon. 1852: Benjamin Hawkins. 1852: -- Scarl. 1852: Simeon Branham, August 23. 1853: Calvin R. Searl: Rob ert MeKer, September, 1852; Josiah Montgar; Samuel Carter. 1853: William Anderson, August. 1852.

FIRST THINGS.

The first house erected was the Star House, by Mr Teeter. in 1850. The first hotel was the Forest House. built (raised) July 2. 1852, and kept by --- Miller. The first store was that of J. J. Turpen (Ohio side, Deerfield Crossing), August. 1852. The first grocery was by Alfred Lenox (Deerfield Crossing). October to December, 1852. The first store. Indiana side, was by B. Hawkins, February. 1853 | ser Paxson's statement ]. The first grain house was by Hawkins & Scarl. February, 1558. The first railroad agent was R. A. Willson, opening the first set of raid- road books in Union City. He managed all three of the roads for some time. The Bee-Line was two roads for awhile. The first cars from this place were loaded with grain by Hawkins & Searl, on both roads. J. E. Paxson set up the first boot and shoe store in 1856. William Anderson set up the first blacksmith shop in Angust, 1852. and his shop is running yet (ISS]). The first hardware store was by Dukomincer & Maloy. The first stove store man was a Mr. Smith (or Evans). The first millinery es- tablishment was by Mrs. Dennett. The first drug store belonged to Simmons & Hill, 1854 or 1855. The first livery stable was by Alfred Lenox, in 1855. The first hotel was kept by ---- Miller. Forest House, in 1852. The first book store was set up by Espy & Steele. The first bank was the First National Bank, Edward

Starbnek, President. 1865. The only private establishment that has been kept up from the very beginning is William Ander- son's smith shop, August, 1852. Three others come near that, but do not reach it. Paxson's shoe store began in 1856, and is here yet (1880). Turpen & Harris' grocery began in 1857. and is here yet. Branham's Hotel was built in 1855-56. and opened in 1856. and is still flourishing. Kuntz & Willson began their lumber-yard in 1867. Kirschbaum & Co. began their store in 1865. Joseph Bowers opened a clothing store in 1862. Joseph T. Shaw began seiling dry goods in 1864. Tritt & Robbins be- gan the grocery trade in 1871. C. S. Hardy commenced his drug store in 1867. J. M. Shank set up his tin and stove store in 1858. J. S. Starbuck began a wholesale grocery in 1868. Bent- ley Masslich bought into the Eagle in 1864. William Kerr bought Mr. Beechler's tin and stove store in 1869. Samuel Car- ter commenced his present business in 1869. Buckingham be- gan his nursery and gardening business many years ago. Henry F'ey began the butchering business here long, long ago. Swain & Platt began in the book store in 1876. Stewart & Swain set up their grocery in 1865. W. K. Smith began the shoe business in 1859. J. D. Smith set up his jewelry store in 1865. Dr. Fer- guson began the practice of medicine in Union City in 1867. Anderson began to sell lime in 1863. Charles Heitzman set up as a batcher in 1865. John W. Starbuck began his drug store in 1872. A. A. Knapp began to sell pipe, fire brick, flues, etc .. in 1875. The first school was taught in the fall of 1853. by Miss Mary Ensminger, in her father's house, with perhaps half a dozen pupils. The house is yet standing, on Howard street, just south of the Star Honse. The first public school was taught in the winter of 1853 -54. by George W. Brainard. in the little frame tion was the Methodist Episcopal. in 1852. There were four member -. two on probation. The first preaching place was Henry Debolt's house. The first Sunday school was in 1853: Superintendent. Rev. J. T. Farson: attendance, twenty-five: place. old Ber- Line boarding car. The two first brick edifices are thought to have been Branham's Hotel. 1855, and the building on the southwest corner of Columbia and Pearl -erected by 1. P. Gray. The first Inmber-yard of any importance was that of Samuel Car. ter, south of the railroad crossing. in 1862. The first saw-mill was built by John D. Carter in 1552. The first grist-mili be- longed to Hobbes (Ohio side), began in 1857 (nearly). McMillan built a warehouse (Ohio side), and then it was changed into a mill by Hobbs about 1857. The first public schoolhouse was built in 1858. The first church was the Disciples' Church. built in 1853-58. The first child born was Henry Debolt's, dead. The first child born now living was Edward Hoke, son of Seth Hoke, born November 17, 1852. The first magistrate was Es. quire Evans. The first attorney was William P. Debolt. The first physician was Dr. Diehl, or perhaps Dr. Twiford. 1852. Isaac Sarp burned the first brick-kiln in 1854 or ISA5. Solomon Young was the first butcher, in 1852. John Teeter built the State Line Hotel in 1853. The first tin shop was by Patrick Howard, now of Pigna. John Koons commeneed the furniture business in 1856. George Grabs began tailoring in 1556. William Thokey commenced at the same time. The Citizens' Bank was organized in 1865. R. J. Clark commenced the bakery business in 1865. Benjamin T. Wilkinson was the first gard. ener on the ground. commencing in ISAS (Ohio side, where he still resides). | Mr. Wilkinson is an original character, and an account of his life would require a book by itself |. The State Line House (now Orr Honse), was built very early.

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History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships, Part 154

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman Number of Pages: 664

Author: Tucker, Ebenezer
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : A.L. Klingman
Number of Pages: 664