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 35

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

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William Wright taught once, and so did George McPherson. Asenath Wright taught school about 1840 in a little old cat- in on Reese Wright's farm, that had been a dwelling.

For fifteen years no teacher in this neighborhood could go beyond the " Single Rule" in "Old Talbot.'

George McPherson was an oddity in the schoolroom. He would call " to books," sit down to read and let the school run itself. If anybody passed, the children would pop up and run to the window to see, and so on."

[Mrs. Sherman and her husband, Pardon Sherman, died in the winter of 1881-82, within a few weeks of one another, she going befor . her husband to try the realities of the unseen Spirit Land.]

SILAS DIXON, WAYNE TOWNSHIP.

" David Robison and Peter Hoover were here when I came ; Ezekiel and George Gullett came when I did. The woods were alive with wolves and bears and turkeys and deer. We once killed two bears before breakfast. They came along down the furrows as we were passing back and forth. The dogs were called and they tried to catch the bears, chasing them and treeing them, and at length they were shot and killed.

We used to go to Moffat's mill near Richmond. I entered forty acres of land and bought forty more."

[Mr. Dixon died in the spring of 1881.]

ISRUM H. ENGLE.

" I followed brick-making in Cincinnati, also wood-sawing. I was unfortunate and lost all my property and had to begin anew. I sawed wood for several years in Cincinnati. One day I sawed and handled ten cords, sawing it once in two, and tossing it into a cellar. I was not especially tired, and thought nothing partic- ular about the matter.'

[Note .- I. H. E. is the best wood-sawyer and saw-sharpener I ever knew or heard of.]

" I have been a church member for more than sixty-five years, and an exhorter and Class-leader for thirty-five years. The re- ligion of Christ has been a wellspring of joy to my soul all that long time. I have had deep trials, but the Lord has given me triumph over all ! I have taken every number of the Cincin- nati Christian Advocate, now Vol. XLVII, No. 2,500, and be- fore that the New York Advocate for several years. I have had abundance, and have been brought low; but my treasure is in Heaven, and my heart is there also; and soon, full soon, I shall see the King in His beauty, and He will give me the riches of the glory-land !"

[Mr. Engle has moved to Jay County to reside with one of his sons, and his aged wife died there in the spring of 1882.]

PHILIP BARGER.

" The county was all woods. A few settlers were scattered here and there, but they had only cabins with small clearings that hardly made a "break " in the vast wilderness.

Settlers when Philip Barger came here :

Alexander Garringer, opposite Fairview, across the river ; Martin Boots, opposite Fairview, across the river.

A Mr. Porter had lived where Fairview is, but he did not

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stay. Daniel Culver bought him out, and he had gone; Culver was living there when Barger came.

Neselrode lived where Hubbard is now ; Hubbard bought Ne- selrode out in 1837, and lives there still.

Alexander Stevens settled in the east part of Green Township in 1830.

John Bone lived below Fairview (living still).

Anthony (Wayne) Mckinney came in 1837.

His son, J. B. Mckinney, lives now opposite Fairview, and owns 1,400 or 1,500 acres of land.

Nathan Godwin came in 1837. His son, Thomas Godwin, lives in Fairview.

John Garringer was here in 1836, where Baldwin now lives. Martin Smith bought Garringer out in the fall of 1836.

Bennett King lived in the northwest corner of the-county. He is father of William O. King, near Deerfield. Bennet King went to Missouri and is living there.

Elijah Harbour lived west of Samuel Caylor's, fall of 1835. The Browns lived across the river ; Thomas Brown and three sons.

Jonathan Green married a Brown.

The Browns had been there two or three years when he came. They sold out to Zebulon Cantrell in 1839 and left for Iowa.

Israel Wirt entered land south of the Browns about 1836, and moved fall of 1837. He died August, 1880, eighty-four years old.

Tunis Brooks. lived on Brooks' Prairie; had been there two or three years.

Samuel Caylor, 1837.

John Life came spring or summer 1838.

Fairview was begun in 1837.

Alexander Garringer had a store across the river (at his cabin).

"The first mail route was from Deerfield to Granville, Dela- ware Co., once in two weeks, ont and back, on horseback. I got the fifth number of the Winchester Patriot [H. H. Neff], and have taken the paper from that office ever since.

The first mill was built by Antony MeKinney on the river below Fairview, where Wolverton's mill now stands.

First he built a saw-mill, then he added a corn-cracker, then a grist-mill. He was putting in the dam in 1838. He started the saw-mill in 1839, the corn-mill in the fall, and the wheat-mill in 1841 or 1842.

The first smith-shop was by Martin Boots, he had a shop and was a smith himself.

Alexander Garringer had a smith shop, and Perry worked for him.

First school was winter of 1837, in a little round log cabin near the bridge, on the river bank at Fairview.

Horatio Pace was the teacher, and the school was very small. First meeting was before I came, perhaps in that round log schoolhouse.

First meeting-house was a log house in Fairview (about 1839), Methodist Episcopal.

About 1844, a quarterly meeting was held at Thomas Hub- bard's. Their house was new and had no floor, and the sleepers were for seats. L'ruce was the preacher.

Methodist meetings used to be held at Nathan Godwin's.

New Light meetings were held at Martin Smith's.

Churches were afterward built at Fairview.

The schoolhouse now standing is the third, log, frame, brick. The first brick house was either Samuel Caylor's or William Ore's.

First brick-kiln was by Thoinas Hubbard ; 30,000 or 40,000; for chimneys, $3 per thousand.

First reapers, J. B. Mckinney and Philip Barger. Barger's started first. They were the Kirby reaper, 1855 or 1856.

First threshing machine run was by Philip Stover, of Dela- ware County-" falling heater," " chaff piler." He thrashed first for old Elijah Harbour, and then for Philip Barger.

First justice was John Garringer, 1838. They say be kept his docket on slips of paper, and stuck them in the cracks of his cabin. Nobody else could read them. After him were Jona- than Green and then Thomas Harbour.

First grave in Fairview Graveyard was that of an old lady, Mrs Shirley, mother-in-law of Reuben Eppart. Mr. Godwin laid off the graveyard.

" Thomas Rowell was buried in what is now J. B. Mckinney's pasture lot, but the exact place is unknown. It was before 1838.

Elijah Harbour, though a clergyman and an excellent citizen, was also a great deer hunter. He has often shot them from his own cabin door. One night three wolves chased some deer round his house through the snow, making paths in the snow as they went round and round.

The wolves were chased away, being followed down the river to Fairview. But father Harbour would never molest the deer on the Sabbath, and the deer would come on Sunday and graze quietly on the prairie as though they knew they would not be harmed on that day.

Mr. Harbour was famous also for holding meetings for wor- ship and preaching, and many a Christian soul has been cheered by his warm and loving words and his fervent exhortations and prayers, and many a sinner convicted and converted through the blessing of the Spirit upon his earnest warnings and appeals.

His funeral was attended by a very large concourse of people, showing thus their respect and esteem for so useful a citizen and so loving and ardent a Christian."

AMOS ORCUTT, WARD.

"Deerfield was a small town with two little stores and a few Jog houses.

The settlers were (1838) Isaac Cherry, on David Harker's place ; Samuel Bryson ; George Ritenour, near the old chapel on the river, west of Deerfield ; Burkett Pierce, across the river, west of Deerfield.

There were doubtless others, but they are not now recollected. I was a boy thirteen years old when father came to Randolph. There were a large family of us, and we had a hard, rough time.

Father died the same year I was married, and mother was left with a family of seven or eight children, several of them be- ing small and dependent. The family was raised successfully, however. All but one lived to be married, and all but two are living still. Some of them are getting to be pretty well along in years."

JACOB CORL, JACKSON.

"Settlers in 1838: Daniel B. Miller, near Prospect ; Abra- ham Harshman, near William Warren's ; Reuben Harsliman, Jackson Township, now Union City ; Jacob Harshman, Jackson Township, dead; Andrew Key, Ward Township, dead; James Porter, Jackson Township, near Pittsburg; William Simmons, dead ; Jaines Simmons, dead; Joseph Lollar, near Saratoga, dead ; Simeon Lucas, near Saratoga; Joseph Lucas, near Sara- toga ; Sam Emery near Jay County, very old, dead ; George Chaneyvelt, one mile west of Pittsburg, dead ; William Sizemore, near Middletown, nearly one hundred years old, dead.

There was an old settler, Mr. Nunnamaker, at Pittsburg, eighty-four years old. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and has received a pension for many years. He died in 1880."

JAMES KELLY, GREENSFORK.

" I came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1842, twenty-eight years after the first settlement. Prices then were almost noth- ing. Wheat was 25 cents in trade, 32 cents in Cincinnati. It had to be hauled in wagons through the mud-though there were some pikes in Ohio.

Men would go with four-horse teams, hitch their horses be- fore and behind the wagon to feed them, and sleep in the wagon. I was offered pork (hogs weighing 200 pounds net) at 75 cents per 100 pounds, for money to pay taxes, and I did not take it.

HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.

Myself and wife went over to the Miami, helped butcher thirty- seven large hogs, cut the mest, chopped the sausage, stuffed them, rendered the lard and salted the pork. They gave us half a barrel of stuffed sausages, one large hamn, one keg of lard, ribs, back-bones, etc., all we chose to carry home. We brought away meat enough to last till the next fall, all for two days' work of my wife and myself.

William Hill, father of Aaron Hill (now living south of Arba) made a pestle-mill to pound hominy. He fenced it and ran it by horse-power, getting some custom. Another man, having a corn- cracker, also made a pestle-mill, but did not fence it. He would let the mill run itself. In pounding, some kernels would scatter out, and sheep would come and pick it np. One day, when the mill was " going it all alone," a flock of sheep came picking around, till a big buck, smelling at the log, climbed up and stuck his head into the mill-hole. "Crack !" came the pestle, and knocked the buck dead. The sheep climbed up, one by one, till twenty-seven sheep lay dead around the mill, and the owner. of the mill (and this was the pith of the joke) had to pay for the sheep.

NOTE .- I have given you the story as it was told. If any body doubts the tale, I cannot help it.

" Aaron Hill's father used to work oxen, and sometimes ride them. One day, Aaron rode an ox over to Eli Overman's of an errand. (One version says he went courting.) Said Eli, " Did thee ride ? ". " Yes," said Aaron. Said Eli to one of the boys, " Put up Aaron's beast." The boy went out, but came back, saying, " I can't find any beast." " I thought thee said thee rode." "I did; I rode an ox," piped out the bashful boy. " Go turn it to the straw-stack," said Eli."

[Aaron says the stories on him are " bogus."]

" James Clark was once driving to Whitewater, when a big walnut struck him on the back. He was fire-mad in a second, thinking somebody had struck him. He wheeled, crying out, " Who did that ?" But " nary man."

A man-Mr. Cartwright-coming from North Carolina, had heard of white walnuts, and that they were good to eat. He set upon a lot of buckeyes and went to eating them. Some one asked him :

" What are you eating ?"

" White walnuts."

" Like them ? "

" Not overly well, but think I will after awhile."

A young fellow, whom I will not name, once went to Fort Wayne, with his brother and brother-in-law, with provisions for the Indian trade. The roads were terrible through the bogs and the marshes. The young fellow-only a lad, as it were, and a mild, gentle lad, at that -. could not get his oxen through the swamps.

His brother-in-law, a wild, rough, profane fellow, would come and whip and swear, and thrash them through.

Finally, at a bad . crossing, the wild fellow told the boy he would not swear for him any more ; that he must get through himself. The lad tried, but "no go.

" You must swear at them."

" I don't know how ; besides, I don't wish to."

" You must, or stay here in the swamp," was the unfeeling reply.

The boy, grown desperate, seized his gad, swung it over the oxen's head, and, laying on with fearful blows, broke out into a sort of half swearing, yelling as if the Indians were after him. The oxen went through, whether by the whipping, or the yelling, or the swearing. But the lad was so mortified that he offered the other all his truck money ($3 or so) if he would not tell of it. The fellow took the money and made the promise, but broke his word and told of it before he got to Spartansburg, and kept the money to boot.

Of course these tales, related by Mr. Kelly, were obtained by him from early settlers, since he himself came to the region at &

comparatively late date; and it is no more than likely that they should have been stretched somewhat in the various tellings to which they had, in the course of years, been subjected.

J. PAXSON, UNION CITY.

" At Canal Dover, Ohio, a merchant proposed that I be his clerk. I was surprised at the offer, but ' took up ' with it, and held it till he sold out (two and a half years). At Union City I was putting up a store for Benjamin Hawkins. He bought goods at Cincinnati, and came and put the bills into my hands, saying, " When the goods come, I wish you to 'open them out ' and go to selling them." I was astonished, for I was at the first of it ; but I took him at his word, and when the goods were "hauled " from Greenville (for the railroad was not in running order yet) I went to work. Afterward we agreed for my wages, and I stayed with him for some years. But he left, and I concluded to set up for myself. I chose the boot and shoe trade. I went to Cleveland and bargained for $800 or $900 worth; I could pay only part cash. Said the dealer, "That is a pretty large bill; " "yes, but I need them. If you prefer, I will let you take a note I have for a farm I sold ($550)." "" Well, leave it." I did so; soon sold out, so as to need & new supply, sent cash in part payment of the debt, and for the new stock, and soon, when that note came due, he sent it to me to collect, which I did, and paid him. From that time I could always get whatever I wished. My store was the first of the kind in the city, and, of course, it is the oldest in the town. I carry now $10,000 to $12,000 worth of goods, making large sales annually, and have been mostly without a partner."

NOTE .- His failing health and feeble strength made him take in a partner a few years ago, and finally to sell out entirely in 1880, the firm being now Gordon & McKee, and still later, Gor- don & Thomas.

WILLIAM STANTON, STONY CREEK.

" We passed through Cumberland Gap ; they hailed us, but al- lowed us to pass. At Cumberland Ford we encountered Zolli- coffer's army. We asked to pass their lines ; Zollicoffer said, "No; you may get through, perhaps, but not here." I said, " We will not harm you ; we have property North, and we wish to go to it." But still he said, "No." So we turned back through the Gap into Powell Valley, taking a circuit of thirty- five miles. We crossed Cumberland Mountains by terrible roads. It was a whole day's travel over a track but little used. But we met no army nor any soldiers. There were eight wag- ons in company ; four stopped in Tennessee, turning aside to a settlement of Friends there. These stayed in Tennessee till spring. The other four wagons came directly forward througlı Kentucky.

We crossed the Ohio River at Madison. People welcomed us in a very friendly manner, one old blind man remarkably so. The people wished to make a dinner for us, but we could not stop. We stayed an hour or two, and when we started we found in each wagon nice things-pies, cakes, etc., as tokens of good will. There were about twenty persons in the company, my family having seven in number. We came through Rush County, Ind., to see relatives there, then to West River, where we stayed two months, at Absalom Dennis'. Afterward we came to Mark Diggs', arriving there in January. The main trip took us seven weeks. We got through safe and sound, thankful to find at last a quiet haven afar from storm and tempest, and a peaceful home among friends in a land of safety."

"Away from slavery." That refrain has been sung for three-quarters of a century, and solemnly, mournfully marching to its steady chorus has been the cesseless movement of the endless column, leaving the southern plains and valleys, crossing the mountain heights, and threading the yawning "gaps," crossing the beautiful river and spreading itself at length like a fertilizing flood over the virgin Western plains. What wonder that, under

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the weakening power of this depletive process, the Southern land should become enfeebled and decrepit, as though worn out with deadly infirmity. This avalanche of human beings poured in a limitless flow upon these wide-spread plains has been like the vi- tal current giving life to the new created body politic. And what we have gained they have lost, and what a loss ! Why may the process now not be reversed-that as the mighty virgin West once received her life and strength through the emigration thither of the best and worthiest of the dwellers in the Southern clime, so now the West may, now and in future years, give back to the depleted and enfeebled South, depleted by a process of impoverishment extending through several generations, and en- feebled and well-nigh exhausted by a long and bloody and disas- trous war-by hundreds and by thousands-the worthy and vig- orous descendants of the sturdy pioneers who fled, years ago, from the plague and curse of the Southern land-the institution of human slavery ? Slavery is gone, and the emptied and im- poverished South-land cries out to the wealthy and populous North and the hardy and vigorous West to send from their abundant and overflowing population to restore her waste and desolate places, and to renew the prosperity of the elder, ancient time.

CHAPTER VIII. OLD SETTLERS. MEETINGS-PIONEERS-AGED PEOPLE.

MEETINGS.

COME old settlers met in Moorman Way's grove, northeast of Winchester, June 8, 1861. Articles of association were pre- sented by Hon. Jeremiah Smith, and were unanimously adopted.

Article II provides as follows: "Any person who has re- sided thirty-five years in Randolph County may become a mem- ber by signing these articles."

ART. VIII. -- The association shall meet once annually, at such time and place as it may fix. * * * The meetings shall be held for sociability and for reminiscences of old times, man- ners and customs; and members shall furnish to such meetings historical sketches, from their own knowledge or recollection, for file or record, as the association may order.

At the first meeting, seventy nine persons signed the roll. Officers were chosen as follows:

PRESIDENT.

Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Winchester.

VICE PRESIDENTS.

J. C. Bowen, Greensfork; Joseph Pearson, Washington; William Hunt, West River; David Heaston, White River; Dan- iel B. Miller, Ward; George Huffman, Franklin; William Macy, Monroe.

We suppose none were present from the other townships.

Martin A. Reeder, Secretary; James Clayton, Treasurer.

At the afternoon meeting, speeches were made by the follow- ing persons: Jesse Parker, J. C. Bowen, Squire Bowen, Ln- cinda Hiatt, William Macy, Eli Edwards, Jeremiah Smith, George Hiatt, David Heaston, Joseph Macy, John Coats, Temple Smith, Jonathan Edwards, James Clayton, George Ritenour, Zachary Puckett.

September 7, 1861, the association held its second meeting. Four persons joined.

Addresses -- Walter Ruble, Daniel B. Miller, H. D. Huffman, Elias Kizer, Miles Hunt, William Kennedy.

June 8, 1862, limitation as to time changed from thirty five to twenty-five years. Eighteen persons signed the roll.

June 13, 1863, fourth meeting, twenty-one persons joined.

Addresses-John Peelle, Wayne County; Jesse Parker, Rev. William Hunt. Hon. Jeremiah Smith; Rebecca Julian, Wayne County (written).

Juno 11, 1864, fifth meeting held.

Addresses-Hon. Jeremiah Smith (written): Henry Summers, William Hunt, Elias Kizer.

June 10, 1865, sixth meeting held. A large number joined. Addresses-Jeremiah Smith, "Tornado; " Jeremiah Cox, Wayne County, Ind .; James C. Bowen, First Term of Court; Miles Hunt, Elias Kizer, Temple Smith, etc.

June 8, 1866, seventh meeting held.

Addresses-Jesse Parker (written); Elias Kizer (written); H. D. Huffman.

June 6, 1867, eighth meeting held

Addresses --- Joseph Pearson, H. D. Huffman, Gen. A. Stone, H. H. Neff, Miles Hunt, J. W. Williamson, Jesse Parker, etc.

June 11, 1868, ninth meeting held. H. D. Huffman "played school."

Addresses-Willis C. Wilmore (written); Curtis Cleny (writ- ten); J. B. Abbott, H. D. Huffman, T. W. Reece, W. D. Fra- zee presented a hymn book printed in 1829.

June 10, 1869, tenth meeting.

Addresses- - Willis C. Wilmore (written); Isaac Jenkinson, Fort Wayne; H. D. Huffman, spelling school.

June 9, 1870, eleventh meeting. Eight members joined.

Addresses-Hon. Jeremiah Smith, H. D. Huffman, J. C. Bowen, Ithamar Fegg, George W. Vandeburg.

Jnne 8, 1871, twelfth meeting; thirteen new members.

Addresses-H. D. Huffman, Temple Smith, W. D. Stone, Asahel Stone, H. H. Neff, Mrs. E. A. McGriff, Miles Hunt.

June 6, 1872, thirteenth meeting; seven new members.

Addresses-Jeremiah Smith, "Civil History," Winchester, Democrat; Henry D. Huffman, reminiscence.

No meetings held till September 13, 1879.

Members in all from the first, 242.

October 25, 1879, new association formed; thirty-seven mem- bers joined.

Addresses-Miles Hunt, Thomas M. Browne, W. C. Wilmore (written). Whole number, 279.

June 14, 1880, sixteenth meeting. Speaking by Miles Hunt, William Robinson, E. Tucker. E. Tucker presented portions of history of Randolph County in course of preparation by him. The project was unanimously indorsed by the meeting, and rec- ommended to public favor.

Members in order of coming into county:

[NOTE .- The roll is defective. About half the members seem never to have been recorded in the permanent book. ]

FIRST MEETING, JUNE, 1861.

Jesse Parker, April, 1814; James C. Bowen, October 22, 1814; Squire Bowen, October 22, 1814; Robert Way, May, 1816; John Puckett, May, 1816; Jesse Way, February, 1817; William Macy, February, 1817; Jonathan Edwards, 1817; Elizabeth Edwards, 1817; Abigail Clayton, 1817; Anna Reed, 1817; Jeremiah Smith, August, 1817; Armsbeo Diggs, 1817; Mary Diggs, 1817; Lucin- da Hiatt, 1817; Edward Wright, 1817; Elihu Cammack (born), 1817: Eli Edwards, 1817; Anderson D. Way, 1818; Daniel Wy- song. 1818; George Hyatt, 1818; Benjamin Puckett, 1818; Jo. seph Pearson, 1818; Mary Pearson, 1818; Levi Green, 1818; James Ballanger, 1818; Elisha Shoemaker, 1818; Rachel Ruble, 1818; Catharine Edwards, 1818; William Hunt, 1819; David Lasiley, 1819; Zach Puckett, 1819; David Heaston, 1819; Cath- arine Heaston, 1819; Polly Wright, 1819; George Huffman, 1819: Elizabeth Huffman, 1819; William Coats, 1819; Joseph Macy, 1819; Martha Hickman, 1819; Eli Lasley, 1819; John Coates, 1819; Temple Smith, 1819; Seth Moffit, 1819: E. L. Brown (born), 1819; Rebecca Puckett, 1820; James Clayton, 1820; Christian Huffman, 1820; Stephen Huffman, 1820; John Rite- nour, 1820; Walter Ruble, 1821; Henry Edwards, 1821; Fally Edwards, 1821; Nathan Rinard, 1821; John Rinard, 1821; Elias Kizer, 1821; Daniel B. Miller, 1822; Levi Ruble, 1822; Amos Mann, 1822; James Pierce, 1822; Mary Reeder, 1822; Martin A. Reeder, 1822; Sarah Thomas, 1823; Hannah Rossman, 1823; Margery Kizer, 1823; Hannah Way, 1823; Matilda Beals, 1823; Harvey Wysong, 1823; Thomas W. Kizer, 1824; Amos Smith, 1824; Miles Hunt, 1825; Eli Hiatt, 1825; N. P. Heaston, 1825;

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Henry D. Huffman, 1825; Stephen Moorman, 1825; Lafayette Irvin, 1825; Henry B. Cox, 1825.

Members from September 1, 1861, to June, 1863, inclusive: William Kennedy, March, 1817; Nancy Kennedy, March, 1817; Joab Ward, April 7, 1819; Charity Coffin, October, 1819; Uriah Pierce, October, 1819; Martha Pierce, October, 1819; Burkett Pierce, October, 1819; Moses Lasley, March, 1820; Henry T. McIntyre, November, 1820; Elizabeth Wright, 1820; Nancy Miller, October 12, 1820; Tarlton Moorman, April 27, 1820; Thomas Pierce, November, 1822; Lydia Pierce, November, 1822; Joséph Thornburg, January, 1827; Andrew Aker, May 18, 1828; Hannah Aker, May 18, 1828; Silas H. Moore, September 24, 1829; Israel Wright, June 3, 1830: Elizabeth Wright, June 3, 1830; Samuel Wright, June 3, 1830; Benjamin Harris, Septem- ber 20, 1831; Ensley Jones, March 3, 1832; James D. Bowen (born), December 23, 1832; George Addington, September 19, 1832; Jacob Elzroth, April 16, 1833; Elizabeth Elzroth, April 16, 1833; Christian Habich, October 10, 1833; William A. Macy, October, 1833; James Evans, October, 1834; Thomas Alexander, June, 1835; Edward Edger, January, 1836; John Hoke, October, 1836; Joseph Lucas, October, 1836; Stephen Haines, December, 1836; Adam Wright, 1836; Andrew Devoss, January, 1837; Jo- seph Edger, January 27, 1837; Silas Colgrove, October 26, 1837; Rebecca Colgrove, October 26, 1837; John H. Dunn, May, 1838; Tyre T. Puckett, Absalom Oren, Charles Coffin.

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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 35

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