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CHURCHES.
We often judge of the character of the people of a city or coun- try by its churches, schools and other public institutions. If we are allowed this rule to judge the people of Greene township, we can but speak highly of their moral and social character. In talking with the people we discover in every family an inherent love for their church and schools; and but little wonder when we think that it was almost the first thought that came to the minds of their fathers, when they first began the settlement of the township, after they had erected their log shanty and put a crop into the ground for their future subsistence. The first Church organization was effected in 1832, by the Episcopal Methodists, under the superin- tendence of Rev. N. B. Griffith, of the Indiana conference. There were 15 members of this first class, of whom Geo. Baker was appointed class- leader; he served until 1838, and from that time to 1879-over 40 years !- John Rudduck served as class-leader. The society held their meetings in a log school-house and in cabins until 1841, when a church building was dedicated by the presiding elder of South Bend district. That building served until 15 years ago, when the present one was erected. Very few are now living who remember the labors of Revs. James Armstrong, R. T. Robinson, G. M. Beswick, Richard Hargrave, Warren Griffith and several others. For the last 30 years the preachers have been : Elias Cook, 1852-'3; Mr. Moore and E. Cook, 1853-'4; J. S. Donelson, 1854-'6; Hiram Ball, 1856-'7; Thomas Hackney, 1857-'8; Albion Fellows, 1858-'9; P. H. Bradley, 1859-'60; John Mahon, 1860-'1; George Gnion, 1861-'2; A. Byers, 1862-'3; A. Hayes, 1863-'4; Jesse Hill 1864-'5; J. H. Clypool, 1865-'7; John E. Newhouse, 1867-'9; E
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W. Lowhouse, 1867-'71; J. J. Hines, 1871-'3; J. Robertson and E. Cook, 1873-'4; B. H. Bradberry, 1874-'5; Reuben Saunders, 1875- '8; Francis Cox, 1878-'9; and O. H. Beebe, 1879-'81.
In 1865 the society felt the need of a new church building. By
the urgent solicitation of their presiding elder, S. G. Cooper, a sub- scription was taken up to the amount of $2,500, and they decided to build a church 36 by 55 feet, with a basement, the upper story for an andience room. The basement is in three departments, one for the Sabbath-school, one for a class room and the third for the minister's study. The church when finished cost about $4,000. Mr. Holway had the general superintendency of the building, and the paying ont of all money. The society at present is in a flour- ishing condition.
The second religious organization was effected by the Presbyte- rians in 1836, Rev. Alfred Bryant, of South Bend, being the minis- ter. They had seven members, viz .: John McCullough, his wife and three daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Hammond. They met in an old school-house on the site now occupied by their church, on the farm of Mr. McCnllough. Soon after they organized, Nathan Green and Mr. Hammond were made elders. Their church was built in 1838 or '39. Mr. Bryant, the minister, did a great deal of the carpenter work himself. He would walk out from the Bend where he lived, and work on the building for a week at a time. The highest membership the church has ever attained has been about 65. It now has but about 12. Among the ministers who have officiated here were Revs. Tombley and Reeves. Mr. Brown was here when the war broke out, and left for a chaplaincy in the army.
The Baptist Church was first organized on the prairie in a school- house about a mile from where their church now stands, on the 22d day of February, 1846, under Elders Samuel Miller and Peter Hummer, with 10 members. They were Peter and Sarah Hnmnmer, Obadialı and Susan Reeves, William and Sarah White, William and Elizabeth Ogle, Mary Hildreth and Rhoda Crannise. Their elders have been Hummer, McDonald, Hasting, Hitchcock, Miller and Craft. Mr. Vaughn was ordained here in November, 1865. March 4, 1873, H. J. Finch was ordained minister of the Sumption's Prai- rie Church, J. P. Ash acting as moderator. April 24, 1852, three trustees were appointed to hold a meeting relative to building a church. They were P. Hummer, S. Huggard and C. Curtis. The church was completed in 1855. The society at one time numbered 60 members. It now has about 17.
On section 19, the Dunkards or the German Baptists built a church at an early day, which is generally known as the Oak Grove church. Mr. Whitmer was one of the first ministers.
The next Church organization in the township was the Adventist, under the Rev. James Ferris, about the year 1868. They built their church about the same time. It is a beautiful brick structure,
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costing about $1,800. The society at that time consisted of about 30. It is now in quite a flourishing condition.
The next church built in the township was the Maple Grove Church. The society here was first organized a mile or two north and west of where the church stands at the Hummer school-house. After a course of years it grew small and the society was removed to Olive Branch, in Union township. In the spring of 1878 they built their church. It cost about $1,200, and for neatness, taste and design is excelled by none. The society is in a flourishing con- dition, and sustains a splendid Sunday-school. The same minister officiates at this society as at the M. E. Church on Sumption's Prairie.
The Evangelical Church has a society also in the township, mak- ing in all seven societies and six church buildings.
These hardy pioneers, although in a new country and compelled to toil from morning till night for a subsistence, never thought of giving up their educational privileges. As early as 1832 or 1833, we find them joining together and erecting a school-house on the prairie, near where the Advent church now stands. These settlers met. bringing with them their axes and other implements needed for such work which they possessed, and with an ardor that meant business went to work building a house for school purposes. We can but look with admiration on the zeal which they displayed in this way when we consider that there was as yet no saw-mills in the country. Mr. Rupel says that those of them that had a spare board took it along. Thus we can easily imagine where the lum- , ber came from to build the first school-house in Greene township. The floor was what is known as a puncheon floor, and the roof was of clapboards. About the time that this structure was done, the grass on the prairie being dry, as it was in the fall of the year, caught fire; as there were many chips and shavings lying around and under the building they also caught, and the new structure was soon in ashes.
But these men had met with too many misfortunes in a new country to be daunted at this. We soon see them erecting another at the crossing of the roads on the site now occupied by the Presby- terian church. Here were held the first schools in the township. At this time there was no public money for a school fund. After they had built their school-house they had nothing but a subscrip- tion school for many years. Soon after this another building was erected in sec. 11, near where Mr. Knott resides. There are still many persons living in the township who well remember the wooden benches, puncheon floor, the creaking door with its wooden hinges, and string latch, and the board supported by pins that extended along the wall around the room. When they had a couple of books, a goose quill and a few sheets of paper, they thought that they were well equipped for school. Mrs. Hammond speaks of an old log house near where her son Seth's barn now stands, which was
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used for a school-house for a number of years after they came to the country.
Among the pioneer teachers of the township were W. J. Hol- way, Matthias Rohn, Miss Green and Mr. Dwindle. At present, instead of log buildings we find beautiful brick structures, with all the modern improvements, while the teachers are among the best in the State.
The first saw-mill in the township was on Potato creek, built by John Green, Jr. The first birth was Andrew Bird, June 24, 1832. The first death was that of Isaac Rudduck, Jan. 13, 1833. He was the first buried in Sumption's Prairie grave-yard. The first couples married were John Rudduck and Elizabeth Rupe, and Abijah Sumption and Rachel Rupe.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Personal mention of the leading and representative citizens of the township, of those who made and are making its history, we regard as a most important feature of local history and therefore give the following sketches.
M. A. Aldrich was born July 9, 1834, in Sandusky county, Ohio. His parents were David and Elizabeth (Bixler) Aldrich, the former of New York and the latter of Laneaster county, Pennsyl- vania. They moved from New York about 1825, to Sandusky county, Ohio, and in 1854 they came from that place to this county. settling in Penn tp. The subject of this sketch was married Ang. 1, 1858, to Mary Antrim, daughter of William and Sarah Antrim, of this county. They have 4 children: Henry, Matthew, William and Mary. Mrs. Aldrich died in May, 1874. Mr. A. was again married in July, 1875, to Mary E. Garwood, daughter of Jonathan and Martha Garwood, who were among the first settlers in this county. Mrs. Garwood is still living. Her father was among the first settlers of Indiana. Mr. Aldrich is a member of the Baptist Church, has a farm well cultivated; P. O. South Bend.
William Bassett, sec. 9, is the son of Thomas and Nancy (Hicks) Bassett, of Lorain county, Ohio, formerly of New York, but natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Bassett's grandmother on his father's side was a descendant of Miles Standish, abont the fourth generation from the old Captain. Mr. B. was born in Genesee county, N. Y., May 16, 1828; removed with his parents to Lorain county, Ohio, in 1835. He came to this county when 19 years of age, and has made it his home ever since. He was married in the spring of 1849, to Amie Ann Auten, daughter of William and Sarah (Whar- ton) Anten, of this county, who came here in 1835. They have 9 children: Charles H., Cordelia, Mary (dec.), Arminda, Martha, William, Miles S. and Willis Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are worthy members of the M. E. Church at Maple Grove; P. O., South Bend.
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L. E. Coder, farmer, sec. 15; P. O., Sumption Prairie; was born in Ashland county, Ohio, June 5, 1839. His parents, Peter and Catharine Coder, were natives of Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania. They came to Elkhart county, Indiana, in 1854. His father died in Marshall county in 1866, and his mother is now liv- ing in Hanover, county, Ohio. Mr. C. came to this tp. from Elk- hart county in 1859; married Oct. 22, 1866, Martlia A. Rizer, daughter of William and Sarah Antrim, of this county, but natives of Ohio. They have 5 children: Ernest, Cora C., John, Asa and Sylvester. [Mr. Coder was Corporal in our late civil war, in Co. B, 9th Mich. He has a farm of 130 acres.
A. J. Crocker, son of Ezra and Julia Crocker, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Massachusetts, was born in Summit county, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1832. He came to St. Joseph county and settled in Penn tp. in 1843; in 1860 he removed to Union tp., and in 1873 came to the farm on which he now resides; was married in 1860 to Miss Christina Slick, of Starke Co., Ohio. Her parents, Samuel and Mary Slick, are now living in South Bend. They have 3 children: Eruest, aged 19; Grace, aged 17; and Charles, aged 9. Mrs. Crocker is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. C. is a farmer , owning 1024 acres; P. O., South Bend.
Joseph E. Davis was born in Montgomery county, Pa., in 1811. His parents were Mordecai and Eleanor (Brodson) Davis, natives of the same county. Mr. Davis left the paternal roof when 16 years of age, going to Roxbury, now a part of Philadelphia, to learn the blacksmith trade. He served five years' apprenticeship, worked at journeyman work one year, and ran a shop of his own for the next 2 years. He was married April 7, 1835, in Germantown, to Mary Hogland, who was born Nov. 9, 1814. She is the dangh- ter of Elias and Elizabeth (Evermore) Hogland, natives of Philadel- phia county, Pa. Mrs. Davis' family met in Philadelphia in 1876. She had five uncles and aunts assembled, the youngest of whom was 71, and the eldest (her mother) 83 years. They are all living yet, except one. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have 5 children: Elizabeth, born in 1836; Martha J., born in 1839; Sarah, born Dec. S, 1841; Lucinda, born Ang. 20, 1844; George, born May 25, 1848. They arrived in this county in June, 1835, coming all the way from Pennsylvania in a one-horse wagon. He set up a shop on his farm on the site now occupied by the school-house; has been working at his trade and farming ever since. Is a member of the M. E. Church. P. O., South Bend.
Elisha D. Fair, son of Jacob and Eve Fair, natives of Somerset connty, Pa., was born in December, 1827; came to Holmes county, Ohio, in the fall of 1837, from there to this county in fall of 1858, and to his present farm on sec. 17 in spring of 1863. He was mar- ried in March, 1851, to Susan Barnett, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Barnett, also of Somerset county, Pa., but later of Ohio. She was born Ang. 24, 1831. This couple have 8 children: Har- vey, Elizabeth, Leander, Alvilda A., Thomas M., John B., Rosa A.
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and Cora M. Mr. Fair has been a carpenter, teacher and farmer; now has 320 acres of well-improved land. P. O., North Liberty.
Clarissa Garwood was born May 1, 1821; she is the daughter of William and Sarah Throckmorton, of this tp. In 1840 she was married to Stacy Garwood, who was born in Ohio in 1816. His parents were Stacy and Joicy (Wharton) Garwood, natives of New Jersey, who came to this tp. in 1831, and settled on sec. 7, the farm which Mrs. Garwood still owns. They have 7 children, 6 living: Matthew, born in 1843; Mary J., born in 1845; Sarah, born in 1850 and died May, 1880; Margaret M., born in 1852; Lydia Ann, born in 1854; Ezekiel, born in 1857, and Stacy M., born in 1859. Mr. G. was a farmer. He and all of his family are mem- bers of the M. E. Church. He had been a member for over 30 years, at the time of his death, which occurred in May, 1877.
Mathew B. Hammond was born March S, 1791; his parents were James and Mary (Brown) Hammond. He was married Jan. 7, 1823, to Susan McCormac, of Lycoming county, Pa., daughter of Seth and Margaret (Simons) McCormac, formerly of Lancaster county, Pa. Their children are as follows: William, born Feb. 25, 1824; Sarah M., Dec. 6, 1826; Margaret A., March 28, 1828, died Jan. 11, 1834; Angeline, Jan. 6, 1830, died, Feb. 11, 1840; Sam- uel M., Jan. 9, 1832, died, Aug. 16, 1852; Eliza E., Feb. 26, 1834; Seth, Jan. 5, 1836; Cynthia A., Jan. 25, 1838, died in October, 1839; and Caroline, Oct. 20, 1833. Mr. Hammond came to this county in October, 1833, stopping in the Bend that winter, and came on their farm in this tp. the following spring, where he died Oct. 16, 1867. Mrs. Hammond and two of her daughters still live on the old farm. She and her husband united with the Presbyterian Church while young, and she as well as the children are still strong pillars in the Church. Mrs. H. has seen much of the hardships of pioneer life; has seen her country change from a howling wilderness to a beauti- ful and fertile land that calls forth the praise and admiration from all that behold it.
William Hoke was born in Richland county, Ohio, July 19, 1833. His parents, Emanuel and Magdelina Hoke, were from Pennsylvania, and of Dutch descent. They left Ohio abont 1840, going near Union City in the southern part of this State. He was married to Margaret Guard, daughter of Samnel and Priscilla Gnard, of this county, May 12, 1856. She was born December, 1835. They have 2 children: J. I., born July 4, 1857; and Ida P., born Dec. 7, 1861. J. I. Hoke was married to Nellie Rush, of this tp., in April, 1877. They are now living in South Bend. Mr. Hoke is engaged in farming. He followed lumbering for a num- ber of years while young. Mr. Hoke and family are all worthy members of the M. E. Church. Ida received her education in Val- paraiso Normal, and Fort Wayne Musical Conservatory. John I. was educated in North Liberty and South Bend. Mr. H. has a farm of 160 acres, well improved, in sec. 1; P. O., South Bend.
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T. L. Holloway was born in February, 1816, in Clarke county, Ohio. His parents, William and Phebe (Crispin) Holloway, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of New Jersey, came about 1796 to Ross county, Ohio. In 1816 they removed to Clarke county, in that State, where they died, his mother in October, 1839, and his father in April, 1840. Mr. Holloway came to this county, and in 1842 married Miss Ducilla Mccullough, daughter of John and Eleanor Mccullough, residents of this tp. They removed to Clarke county, Ohio, but returned in 1845 and settled on the farm which Mr. Holloway still occupies. They had 5 children, 4 of whom are yet living: Edward B., born in August, 1843; John H., March, 1845; Alice, September, 1848; Helen, September, 1851. Mrs. Holloway died in March, 1856. Edward is now a dentist in Sturgis, Mich .; John H. is in Buchanan, Mich., dealing in live- stock; Alice married Wm. Reese, who is farming near Vermillion, Ill .; Helen married Willis Warner who has a grocery in South Bend. Mr. Holloway was again married in June, 1858, to Ann (Heaton) Rush, and they have 2 children: Kittie, born March, 1861, and Lizzie, February, 1864. Edward served three years in the 21st Ind. Battery, and took part in battle of Lookout Moun- tain. Mr. H. united with the M. E. Church when 18 years of age, and has been a member ever since. Business, farming; P. O.,
South Bend.
Peter J. Howell, farmer, sec. 8; P. O., South Bend. Among the industrious and intelligent farmers of this county, we find Mr. Howell. He was born in Ohio in 1851, removed with his parents, Peter and Rebecca Howell, to this tp. in 1855; was married in the spring of 1873 to Helen Woofter, daughter of James Woof- ter, late of this tp., and they have 2 children: James Peter, aged three years, and George D., aged four months. Mr. Howell is a Catholic.
William Hummer, con of Washington and Mary Hummer, for- merly of this township, but now living in Walkerton, was born in March, 1843. He was married in April, 1869, to Miss A. Rupe, daughter of Samnel Rupe of this tp. They have 2 children: Arthur, born Jan. 10, 1870, and Delbert, born Feb. 15, 1873. Mr. H. is a farmer, and received his education in the com- mon schools of the tp .; is a member of the Methodist Church at Maple Grove. Has 80 acres of land in sec. 17; P. O., Sonth Bend.
Asa Knott was brought by his father to this section when he was but four years old, and he has seen the country change from a wilderness populated with wolves, panthers and Indians, to the blooming country that delights the traveler's eyes to-day as he rides over it. Mr. Knott was born in Greene county, Ohio, May 27, 1834; his father came to Marshall county in 1838, and to this tp. in 1839. He followed lumbering in Marshall county. Mr. Knott removed his family back in 1842 or '43, but staid for a few years only, when he again removed to the old farm, on which
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Mr. Knott still resides. Jan. 7, 1868, he was married to Caroline E. Dooffield, danghter of John and Sarah Dooffield, of South Bend, who was born in 1844. They have 4 children: Willie, born Ang. 25, 1870; Charlie, Jan. 16, 1869; Asa Guy, July 13, 1873; and Nellie, Nov. 19, 1878. Mr. Knott is engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising; has 890 acres of land, 700 of which is under good cultivation. He resides on sec. 10. He was First Lieutenant in Co. B, 48th Indiana, in our late war. At present is one of the five directors and the treasurer of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company of St. Joseph county. Is a Granger and Repub- lican. P. O., South Bend.
John H. Mack, son of the late John Mack, of South Bend, came to La Porte in April, 1844. The next winter he engaged in teach- ing school. For a number of years he taught during the winter, and worked at his trade in the summer. In the fall of 1855 he bought an interest in a saw-mill in Green tp., and has been engaged in lumbering till about seven years ago, when he went to farming; has 160 acres in sec. 4. The record of their family is given here. John Mack, Sr., was born April 2, 1762, and died March 6, 1818; Silence Enos, born Oct. 14, 1771, died Oct. 30, 1799; Elizabeth, born June 4, 1790, died April 25, 1873: married Richard Smith; Mary Polly, born Nov. 3, 1792; she married Samuel G. Barr, who died Jan. 24, 1876, aged 84; she died April 6, 1835; John Mack, Jr., born Nov. 15, 1794, died April 8, 1878; James E., born Dec. 6, 1797, died March 20, 1832; Experience Joyner, second wife of John Mack, Sr., was born in August, 1775, and died in 1857. Their children are: Panline E., born Feb. 6, 1801, married Mr. Hall, and died May 4, 1861; Charlotte, born May 11, 1803, married Mr. Gillett, and died Dec. 29, 1873; William J., born Sept. 30, 1805, and resides in Buffalo; Hiram, born May 19, 1808, left Buffalo May 16, 1834, starting for St. Louis, and was never heard of afterward; James Huggins, second husband of Experience Joyner, was born July 4, 1766, and died Oct. 31, 1842; Joseph Hanford, father of Clarissa W. Hanford, was born in 1739, and died May 2, 1826; Clarissa W. Hanford was born Feb. 8, 1793, and died Sept. 6, 1841; John H. was born Oct. 26, 1820: an infant was born Aug. 17, 1822, which died the next day; Helen, born April 10, 1824; Elizabeth M., born Oct. 26, 1825, and died July 30, 1826; Walter B., born May 6, 1827, residence Cedar Rapids, Iowa; William, born Oct. 9, 1828, and resides in this county; Achsah M. Leland, second wife of John Mack, Jr., born Feb. 22, 1805, and died April 6, 1875; a female infant was born March 6, 1846, which died the same day; James L., born June 28, 1849.
John Mack, Sr., married Silence Enos Sept. 16, 1788; and for his second wife, Experience Joyner, Nov. 2, 1799. Children of John Mack, Sr .: Elizabeth, married Richard Smith Jan. 18, 1808; John Mack, Jr., married Clarissa W. Hanford March 7, 1819, and for his second wife, Achsah M. Leland, March 27, 1842; Pauline E.
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Mack, married Asa Hall, Dec. 26, 1820; Mary Polly, married Sam- uel T. Barr Feb. 19, 1821; James E., married Marcia White Jan. 14, 1822; Charlotte, married Reynolds Gillett Dec. 2, 1827; Wil- liam J., married Ann Holbrook Nov. 28, 1833. Experience Mack, former wife of J. Mack, Sr., married James Higgins Dec. 11, 1825; Samnel T. Barr, former husband of Mary Mack, married Marcia Mack, former wife of James E. Mack.
Children of John Mack, Jr .: William, married Lauretta Thurber Feb. 4, 1852; Walter B., married Rebecca Southerland June 28, 1853; Jolin H. Mack, married Sarah S. Wharton Feb. 7, 1866; James L. Mack, married Ella Funk March 30, 1871.
Family of John H. Mack: Sarah L. Wharton Mack was born in 1845, and their children are: John W., born Feb. 9, 1867; Franklin H., born Aug. 14, 1870; Walter J., born March 1, 1875; Reuben S., born July 20, 1877; and Clarissa W., born Oct. 30, 1879.
John B. Moffitt was born in Stark county, Ohio, May, 1840. His parents were Patrick and Susan (Galliger) Moffitt, the former a native of Sligo, Ireland, and the latter of Pennsylvania; his par- ents came to Ohio in 1812; his father died in Stark county, O., in 1863; he came to this tp. in 1865, and settled on this farm in the fall of 1874; attended the high school at Louisville, O., and after- ward took a select course at the Francisca College at Luretta, Pa .; he is a member of the Catholic Church at South Bend, and follows farming and teaching; residence, sec. 12; P. O., South Bend.
Peter Oberly, son of Peter and Juliet (Sufer) Oberly, of New Chatel, Switzerland, was born March 17, 1831. In 1838 he came to Pennsylvania, and in the year 1839, to Canton, Ohio, where he married Catharine Walder, who was born in 1832, daughter of George Walder, of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have 3 children, Peter, born Nov. 17, 1855, married Mary Stein; Louisa B., born March 12, 1857, married John D. Hummer, and lives in Walker- ton; and Annie B., born Nov. 5, 1859, married James Skiles. Mr. Oberly came to this county in November, 1854, and settled in South Bend, and lived there till he came to his farm in Green tp. When the war broke out in 1861 he was among the first to go, and remained until it closed in 1865; was in 48th Reg., Co. H; he took part in a great many battles, among which are Corinth, Black River, Champion Hill, the siege at Vicksburg and Huntsville, Alabama, was with Sherman on his march to the sea; from there he went to Washington, and from there to Louisville, Ky. He is now cultivating his farm of 42 acres in this tp. He received his education in Switzerland, but afterward attended the English schools in Canton, Ohio. P. O., South Bend.
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