History of Wabash County, Indiana, Volume I, Part 13

Author: Weesner, Clarkson W., 1841-1924
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1020


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At length, the final announcement was made, declaring as the


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decision of the council, upon mature deliberation, that the proposed adoption had been satisfactorily consummated. This announcement, especially, was made with a solemn flourish, and received with extraor- dinary demonstrations of joyous satisfaction by two of the festive throng. While these things were in progress and whenever the demands of appetite made it necessary, the hungered ones repaired to the com- missariat where the bounteous supply of pieces of beef had been piled away on the blankets, and partook to their satisfaction of the luscious viands.


The adoption ceremonies being completed, the congregated host filed off and departed for their several homes, well satisfied with what had taken place. Ever afterward, Peter Bundy was acknowledged as the son and heir of the great chief Allolah.


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CHAPTER VIII


WABASH COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY


FIRST MEETING OF OLD SETTLERS -- MAJOR FISHER ON "OLD TIMES"- FIRST GRAND JURY AGAIN CALLED-HOW DANIEL SAYRE HAPPENED TO STAY-"WILD CAT" BANKING-PERMANENT ORGANIZATION- CONSTITUTION-FIRST REGULAR OFFICERS-ROLL OF OLD SETTLERS -- HENRY NUSBAUM, 105 YEARS OLD-PRESIDENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION -RICH HISTORICAL STORE HOUSE-JUDGE COOMBS' PIONEER PICTURE -TRIAL OF TWO HUNDRED CANAL LABORERS-RATTLESNAKES-FIRST DANCE FOR WHITE FOLKS-THE STAR MEETING OF 1888-FROM CABIN TO PALACE-JUDGE BIDDLE'S RECOLLECTIONS-JUDGE N. O. 'ROSS- TREATY BUILDINGS (BY HUGHI W. HANNA)-DOMESTIC STANCHNESS- OLD FIDDLERS' CONTEST-DESCENDANT OF TIIE GREAT GODFREY- FORTIETH, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, REUNION-LINCOLN CENTENNIAL LOG CABIN-OLDEST CONTINUOUS RESIDENT (1909) -VARIOUS "OLD- EST" IN 1910-OLDEST MAN AND WOMAN (1913)-THE WOMEN IN COMMAND (1914).


It was by common impulse that old settlers were disposed to meet together and reeall individual and general experiences of the distant past, reviewing them in the light of early friendship never broken and confidence never betrayed, thus eementing more strongly, if that were possible, the bonds of their social compact long acknowledged among them as an inseparable obligation worthy of being transmitted to their children and children's children to remotest generations.


As the early settlers of Wabash County were rapidly descending the hillside of life, this desire prompted them to unite in the organi- zation of a society of old settlers by which the incidents and hardships of pioneer life might be best preserved for the benefit of future generations.


FIRST MEETING OF OLD SETTLERS


The first preliminary meeting for this purpose was held at the law office of Sivey & Mackey, on Tuesday, August 30, 1870. Elijah Hackle-


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man was elected chairman and John L. Knight, secretary. The second meeting, pursuant to adjournment, was held at the courthouse, Sep- tember 10, 1870-Elijah Hackleman, chairman, and Capt. B. F. Williams, secretary.


At this meeting it was agreed that a grand basket meeting be held at the Fair grounds, on West Hill Street, on September 29, 1870, when the first great meeting was held. William T. Ross was elected marshal and chairman, and delivered the first speech at an Old Settlers' Meeting.


MAJOR FISHER ON "OLD TIMES"


Maj. Stearns Fisher was called and gave a very interesting aecount of his journey to this eounty in 1834, when there were but twelve white families living in the county. Mr. Fisher said he was the only survivor of the first Commissioner's Court held in the county. IIe spoke of the marriage of the first couple in Wabash County in 1832. The lieense was procured in Grant County and the party who was to solemnize the marriage went to the home of the intended bride near Rich Valley. When he found that they lived outside of his jurisdiction, all parties, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters as well as friends and acquaint- anees, mounted their horses and rode over into Grant County where they were legally married according to the forms of law.


FIRST GRAND JURY AGAIN CALLED


Elijah Haekleman called the names of the first grand jury of the county. Only two of them responded to their names, to wit: W. B. Lowery and Mahlon Pearson, both of whom came forward and gave a very interesting account of the first court held in the county, in August, 1835.


Speeches were made by Rev. George Abbott, Henry Strickler, Hon. Allen W. Smith, IIon. Robert Miller and Dr. James Ford, recounting scenes and experiences of former days. Jonathan Keller was intro- duced as the first white child born in Wabash County. He was so much embarrassed by having this honor thrust upon him that he could not tell any of his early experiences.


HOW DANIEL SAYRE HAPPENED TO STAY


Daniel Sayre said he did not appear in the role of a public ben- efactor, as it was a mere accident that he remained in this county after stopping here. IIe left his home in Montgomery County, Ohio, in


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1832. Arriving at Fort Wayne he found himself the possessor of a five dollar bill of Ohio money. He was told by an apparently honest fellow that Ohio money would not pass very well in Indiana, and proposed to help him out by exchanging Ohio for Indiana money. Mr. Sayre stopped the next night with Lewis Rogers at the mouth of the Salamonie River, and next morning offered the landlord that five dollar Indiana bank- note, who immediately pronounced it counterfeit. Having no other money, and Mr. Rogers having rather a shabby-looking farm, he pro- posed to settle the bill by going to work for him. The offer was accepted and he remained there two years, and has remained in the county ever since, never regretting the fate that brought him here, and intimating very strongly that but for the interposition of that counterfeit bill his stop in Wabash County might have been very brief.


"WILD CAT" BANKING


Mr. Sayre later entered into the mercantile business, and as the prevailing money at that time consisted of bills on what was known as the "Wild Cat" banks of the country, and every merchant and banker had to take a weekly publication called the Bank Note Detector, in order to know the standing of the many banks that issued money. Even then there was no assurance that a bill would be of any value by the next day, as such banks were going to the wall at all times. This con- tinued until the general Government put a stop to the issuing and eir- eulation of such bills by a tax of 10 per cent of their face, and today, if such a bill is found, this assessment must be paid. These banks could not stand this and they went out of business; our general bank- ing laws and national banks have taken their place, and we see and hear no more of bank detectors of years ago. All money that is not counterfeit is now good everywhere.


PERMANENT ORGANIZATION


Meetings were held each year, until, during the summer of 1879, a call was issued for a general meeting of the old settlers to be held in the court room in Wabash at 1:30 o'clock P. M., on Friday, September 5, 1879, for the purpose of making a permanent organization. The meet- ing was organized by appointing Benjamin McClure temporary chair- man and Edward S. Ross, seeretary. On motion of John C. Sivey, a committee constituting of one from each civil township was appointed to draft a constitution. The following persons were selected as mem- bers of that committee :


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Noble Township, John C. Sivey and Alanson P. Ferry.


Liberty Township, Stephen Davis.


Waltz Township, James Anderson.


Chester Township, Henry Strickler.


Pleasant Township, Daniel Schuler.


Paw Paw Township, Robert Amber.


La Gro Township, Reason Badger.


The committee retired and in a short time reported the following, which after it had been fully discussed and amended, was adopted.


CONSTITUTION


Article [. This association shall be called the Wabash County ( Indiana ) Pioneer Society.


Article II. Its objeet shall be to cooperate with the Old Settlers' Township societies of the county, in collecting, preserving, and from time to time, publishing biographical sketches of the early settlers of the county, and other interesting matter in reference to the early settle- ment of the county.


Article III. The officers of this association shall be a president, seven vice presidents (one from each township of the county), a sec- rotary, a treasurer, and an executive committee of nine, one at least to be selected from each township, of which committees the president shall be ex-officio chairman, all of whom shall severally discharge the duties usually devolving upon such officers respectively, and shall hold their respective offices for one year from the time of their election, and until their successors are chosen.


Article IV. The regular meeting of the society shall be held an- nually, at such time and place as the executive committee may from time to time designate.


Article V. As amended: Members of the association shall be all citizens over thirty years of age and who have resided in the county thirty years, and all citizens born in the county of the age of thirty- five years, and the wives and children of such, by signing the constitution.


Article VI. Honorary membership of the society may be created by the vote of a majority of the members present at any regular meeting thereof.


Article VII. The treasurer shall, at each regular annual meeting, make a detailed statement of all moneys received and expended by him during the year.


Article VIII. As amended : The executive committee, together with


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the officers of the society, shall constitute a board for the transaction of business of the society, and shall have power to eall a preliminary meeting of the board at any time, and shall have power to make all rules and regulations for the comfort of its members. And shall eause all accounts against the society to be audited by the secretary, and when admitted by the board, or by the president, an order shall be issued to the persons entitled to the same by the secretary on the treas- urer, and no money shall be paid out without such order.


Article IX. The society shall have power to make by-laws needful for the rules and regulations from time to time at any of the regular meetings.


Article X. This constitution may be amended at any regular meet- ing of the society, by a two-third vote of the members present.


By a resolution passed at a latter meeting the annual meeting of the association was to be held on the first Wednesday of September each year, and that will be the time of meeting unless changed by the association. The purpose of selecting this day was to inform other gatherings that might be held at the City Park, and thus prevent the selection of the same day for their meetings.


FIRST REGULAR OFFICERS


After adoption of the constitution, the meeting proceeded to the elee- tion of officers, which resulted as follows: President, Allen W. Smith ; vice presidents-Benedict W. Lowry, La Gro Township, Jonathan Scott, Liberty Township, Henry Strickler, Chester Township, Samuel L. Gamble, Paw Paw Township, Daniel Schuler, Pleasant Township, James Anderson, Waltz Township, John U. Pettit, Noble Township; secretary, Bennet E. Davis; treasurer, Enos F. Thomas; executive committee- Allen W. Smith, chairman, Noble Township, Joshua Farley, Chester Township, John Dufton, La Gro Township, Jehu Banister, Liberty Town- ship, John b. Knight and Alanson P. Ferry, Noble Township, Caleb Latehem, Paw Paw Township, Mathias Lukens, Pleasant Township, Elihu Weesner, Waltz Township.


By order of the executive committee a meeting was held September 11, 1879, at the Fair grounds in the City of Wabash, for the purpose of receiving the signatures of the old settlers to the constitution, who wished to become members of the association.


ROLL OF OLD SETTLERS


The following is a list of old settlers, exhibiting their names, date of birth, place of nativity, and date of settlement in Wabash County.


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Mrs. Mary Cutler, born February 12, 1799, in Virginia ; date of settle- ment, June 10, 1845.


Jolin U. Pettit, born September 11, 1820, in New York; date of settlement, April 24, 1841.


Allen W. Smith, born May 12, 1817, in Indiana; date of settlement, April 23, 1834.


William HI. Parke, born July 8, 1808, in New Jersey ; date of settle- ment. JJuly 5, 1846.


Alanson P. Ferry, born April 13, 1820, in Ohio; date of settlement, April 20, 1849.


Sarah Tyer, born August 4, 1786, in Delaware; date of settlement, February -, 1843.


Catharine Stitt, born March 23, 1811, in Pennsylvania ; date of settle- ment, May 29, 1834.


Lodema Robinson, born July 4, 1795, in Vermont ; date of settlement, March -, 1834.


James W. Curry, born October, 20, 1808, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October -, 1832.


Catharine Sailors, born January 30, 1811, in Kentucky ; date of settle- ment, March 28, 1841.


Mary R. Banister, born January 31, 1825, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, September -- , 1847.


John B. Tyer, born March 13, 1828, in Delaware ; date of settlement, February -, 1843.


Charles Sailors, born October 15, 1811, in Indiana ; date of settlement, September 23, 1847.


Jehu Banister, born April 9, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, September 23, 1847.


John Russell, born October 29, 1811, in Indian Territory; date of settlement, April 24, 1834.


Jacob L. Sailors, born August 23, 1813, in Indiana ; date of settlement, March 29, 1841.


Philip MI. Amiss, born October 6, 1814, in Virginia ; date of settlement, September 1, 1849.


Tobias Beck, born December 2, 1815, in Pennsylvania; date of settle- ment, April 10, 1844.


John Reed, born August 30, 1814, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 31, 1843.


Elihu Weesner, born November 4, 1815, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, November 1, 1844.


Sarah B. Craft, born July 3, 1813, in Indiana; date of settlement, April 25, 1846.


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Thomas Webb, born October 11, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, September -, 1835.


Lewis J. Long, born February 11, 1818, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, May -, 1837.


Margaret Stone, born April 21, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, November -, 1835.


Mary Badger, born April 9, 1819, in Ohio; date of settlement, Sep- tember -, 1839.


Rhesa MeClure, born January 28, 1818, in North Carolina; date of settlement. April 15, 1836.


J. Warren Hanna, born JJune 2, 1838, in Indiana ; born in the county.


Mary S. Stone, born December 10, 1835, in Ohio; date of settlement, November -, 1839.


John Wohlgamuth, born August 15, 1823, in Virginia; date of settlement, January -, 1846.


J. P. Myers, born November 4, 1802, in Tennessee; date of settlement, December -, 1838.


Dr. Samuel G. Thompson, born January -, 1824, in Pennsylvania ; date of settlement, May -, 1849.


William Ditton, born Jamary -, 1821, in England; date of settle- ment, May -, 1836.


C. HI. IIyronamons, horn April 1, 1819, in Virginia; date of settle- ment, October -, 1847.


James W. Drake, born December -, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, March -, 1846.


Didama Drake, born February -, 1818, in Ohio: date of settlement, March -, 1846.


Daniel Weaver, born July 4, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settle- ment, February -, 1841.


Newton Fowler, born August 7, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, October -, 1834.


Henry Garner, born April 15, 1815, in Tennessee ; date of settlement, February -, 1835.


Wiley Williams, born September 17, 1812, in Kentucky; date of settlement, October -, 1840.


Robert Russell, born September 27, 1818, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, October 7, 1837.


John V. Reed, born September 10, 1828, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, March -, 1835.


William T. Clow, born May 6, 1827, in Kentucky ; date of settlement, March 1, 1843.


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Jonathan Scott, born January 26, 1816, in Indiana; date of settle- ment. JJammary 4, 1835.


Dr. John II. DePuy, born August 30, 1820, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, July 20, 1846.


Curtis II. Pauling, born May 18, 1818, in Pennsylvania ; date of settle- ment, October -, 1837.


Robert Amber, born April 26, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, October -, 1837.


Mathias Lukens, born November 8, 1817, in Ohio; date of settlement, August -, 1835.


James Ramsy, born May 24, 1811, in Pennsylvania; date of settle- ment, September 15, 1843.


Peter T. Spence, born February 18, 1817, in Delaware; date of settlement, January 21, 1848.


John Graves, born May 15, 1825, in Tennessee : date of settlement, April -, 1835.


Elizabeth Graves, born April 14, 1823, in Delaware; date of settle- ment, --- , 1834.


J. W. Garrison, born May 28, 1836, in Indiana ; born in the county.


Elijah Hackleman, born October 18, 1817, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, June 25, 1849.


Margaret Hackleman, born September 22, 1821, in New Jersey ; date of settlement, JJune 25, 1849.


Philip Schuler, born April 12, 1819, in Pennsylvania ; date of settle- ment, October -, 1837.


John Fall, born January 13, 1813, in Ohio; date of settlement, winter, 1837 and 8.


William A. Elward, born September 8, 1838, in Indiana; born in the county.


Iliram Pickering, born October 8, 1814, in Ohio; date of settlement, June -, 1845.


Jesse Miller, born December 3, 1821, in Ohio; date of settlement, August 7, 1841.


Daniel R. Fowler, born January 22, 1826, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, September -, 1834.


Edward F. Owen, born September 19, 1819, in Indiana ; date of settle- ment, February 26, 1842.


Martha 1. Owen, born November 27, 1819, in North Carolina ; date of settlement, February 26, 1842.


Daniel Schuler, born November 20, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October 17, 1837.


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Charles C. Evans, born July 17, 1825, in Ohio; date of settlement, February -, 1847.


Erastus G. Burgett, born January 13, 1841, in Indiana; born in the county.


Reuben Reed, born August 31, 1816, in Indiana; date of settlement, February -, 1843.


John C. Sivey, born January 3, 1818, in Virginia ; date of settlement, November 17, 1840.


James Moore, born July 7, 1805, in Virginia; date of settlement, January 4, 1848.


Henry Strickler, born March 20, 1804, in Tennessee; date of set@e- ment, February 28, 1836.


Bennet E. Davis, born November 14, 1811, in Kentucky ; date of settle- ment, September 19, 1840.


Olive P. Beek, born September 27, 1821, in Indiana ; date of settlement, April 10, 1844.


Ilenry Nushamn, born November 5, 1776, in Maryland ; date of settle- inent, September 5, 1845.


F. W. White, born -, 1812; 1839.


date of settlement,


Malotha Reese, born March 7, 1817, in Pennsylvania ; date of settle- ment, August 15, 1841.


John Lewark, born December 20, 1805, in Virginia; date of settle- ment, January 3, 1844.


David Squires, born June 19, 1809, in Ohio, date of settlement, Sep- tember -, 1841.


George W. Stewart, born December 13, 1802, in Ohio; date of settle- ment, March 13, 1844.


Benjamin Sayre, born March 6, 1793, in New Jersey; date of settle- ment, October -, 1846.


Levi S. Thomas, born November 1, 1809, in Ohio; date of settlement, December 20, 1839.


Lois R. Kunse, born February 6, 1832, in Indiana ; date of settlement, October 11, 1838.


Elemander F. Luse, born April 9, 1828, in Indiana ; date of settlement, August 14, 1849.


John Pearson, born May 17, 1799, in North Carolina; date of settle- ment, May 31, 1848.


William W. Ford, born February 28, 1839, in Ohio; date of settle- ment, April 1, 1840.


William J. Ford, born April 30, 1805, in Ohio; date of settlement, March, 1840.


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Mary Ford, born September, 1819, in New York; date of settlement, March, 1840.


John Ring, Sr., born April 3, 1812, in Indiana; date of settlement, February, 1847.


Melissa Ring, born November, 1825, in Ohio; date of settlement, February 1, 1847.


Mason I. Thomas, born February 15, 1826, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, February 17, 1835.


Joseph W. Ridgway, born September 9, 1805, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, September 17, 1860.


Alfred Hornaday, born December 13, 1812, in North Carolina; date : of settlement, September 12, 1841.


Joseph II. Ray, born May 22, 1809, in Ohio; date of settlement, Sep- tember 28, 183 -.


John A. Mellenry, born July 31, 1825, in Virginia ; date of settlement, September 30, 1843.


David Bruner, born December 18, 1804, in Virginia; date of settle- ment, February, 1839.


IIngh W. Hanna, born October 1, 1834, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, May, 1835.


Edward S. Ross, born November 17, 1827, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, August 15, 1848.


John Q. Hale, born November 4, 1810, in Kentucky; date of settle- ment, May 20, 1843.


Charles Votaw, born September 8, 1819, in Ohio; date of settlement, March, 1845.


Sarah A. Votaw, born October 5, 1821, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, February, 1844.


Edward II. Harris, born March 13, 1820, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, August, 1835.


Dexter Brooks, born September 26, 1812, in New York; date of settle- ment, June, 1835.


David Kunse, born October 29, 1813, in Virginia; date of settlement, November 24, 1848.


Philip Martin, born January 11, 1813, in Ohio; date of settlement, September 11, 1834.


William L. Russell, born January 8, 1821, in England; date of settle- ment, October, 1845.


Joel Brewer, born October 8, 1810, in Ohio; date of settlement, Feb- ruary, 1849.


Lawson Story, born August 9, 1822, in Indiana; date of settlement, September 1, 1848.


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Henry Calfre, born October 19, 1812, in Virginia ; date of settlement, November 4. 1847.


Mark Stratton, born September 27, 1812, in New Jersey ; date of settle- ment, June, 1838.


William T. Ross, born January 25, 1808, in Kentucky ; date of settle- ment, October 10, 1835.


Mary Jane Ross, born January 1, 1818, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, January 17, 1838.


Samuel Abbott, born February 21, 1819, in Indiana; date of settle- ment October, 1834.


Eliza Ann Abbott, born March 5, 1821, in Indiana ; date of settlement, October, 1834.


Benedict W. Lowry, born June 22, 1812, in Maryland ; date of settle- ment, August, 1834.


Enos F. Thomas, born May 30, 1827, in Ohio; date of settlement, February, 1835.


Elizabeth C. Thomas, born May 30, 1827, in Indiana ; date of setthe- ment, October, 1838.


Ida Thomas, born August 14, 1855, in Indiana; born in the county.


Mahlon C. Cory, born February 17, 1816, in New Jersey; date of settlement, October 21, 1845.


Naney Cory, born August 6, 1815, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 21, 1855.


Benjamin McClure, born April, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1844.


Sarah MeClure, born December 22, 1811, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1844.


F. W. White, born May 22, 1812, in New York; date of settlement, October, 1839.


Edward Smith, born February 23, 1823, in Ohio; date of settlement Aprň, 1841.


Philip Smith, born August 15, 1810, in Germany ; date of settlement, November 20, 1839.


Dr. Henry H. Gillen, born June, 1818, in Kentucky; date of settle- ment, November, 1853.


Francis D. Gilson, born June 9, 1804, in Virginia ; date of settlement, October, 1836.


Nathaniel Chiles, born January, 1817, in Delaware; date of settle- ment, 1832.


Joseph MeClintock, born January 5, 1822, in Ohio; date of settle- ment, October, 1841.


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Dr. James Ford, born January 19, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, February 4, 1841.


America Ford, born 1819, in Kentucky ; date of settlement, February 4, 1841.


Samuel Bussard, born February 22, 1812, in Maryland ; date of settle- ment, 1838.


Nicholas D. Myers, born April 12, 1814, in Ohio; date of settlement. March, 1849.


S. A. Myers, born 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1849.


Joshua Farley, born December 3, 1814, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, November, 1839.


William W. Stewart, born February 8, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, March, 1845.


Naney K. Stewart, born September 13, 1824, in Virginia; date of settlement, 1842.


Samuel L. Gamble, born July 11, 1821, in Virginia; date of settle- ment, June, 1836.


Thomas Webb, born October 11, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1839.


John Iloover, born April 1, 1815, in Pennsylvania ; date of settlement, October, 1849.


Moses W. Ross, born July 11, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 9, 1839.


Julia Ross, born October 23, 1817, in Tennessee; date of settlement, August, 1838.


Samuel Shellhamer, born April 8, 1807, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1846.


Minus Farlow, born March 28, 1814, in Maryland; date of settle- ment, 1842.


William R. Collins, born June 11, 1823, in Indiana; date of settle- ment, 1843.


Jacob Unger, born May, 1828, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1840.


Tilman A. Webb, born March, 1822, in North Carolina; date of settle- ment, 1847.


Thomas F. Payne, born August 22, 1826, in Virginia; date of settle- ment, August 22, 1849.


Timothy Brown, born in 1812, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1851.


Lewis D. Quick, born in 1820, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1851.


John E. Peebles, born in 1801, in Virginia ; date of settlement, 1851.


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Edward D. Busick, born March, 1817, in Kentucky; date of settle- ment, 1836.




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