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Thanksgiving day of that year was the occasion of another demonstration. One hundred cords of wood, and pyramids of flour, meat, and other provisions, were brought in by the farmers along the National road, east of Richmond. The citizens prepared a dinner in Starr Hall, which was partaken of by soldiers' families and the "wood-haulers."
The Relief Circle, of which Mrs. L. J. Seymour, Mrs. S. A. Wrigley, and Mrs. Martha Smith were officers, prepared large quantities of hospital supplies. The Union Chapel Aid So- ciety was made an auxiliary by the State Sanitary Commis- sion, and did an arduous labor. Mrs. Sarah A. Iliff, Mrs. Margaret J. Newton, Mrs. Sarah Hays, Mrs. Eliza Scott, Miss Beulah McPherson, and Miss Jane Morrow, were prominent workers. The great battles made demands upon the aid societies. Union Chapel Aid Society devoted several days, including a Sunday, after the battle of Stone River, to pre- paring bandages, &c., for the wounded.
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HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Morgan's Invasion.
In July, 1863, the rebel guerilla, John Morgan, crossed the Ohio river with his band, and commenced pillaging in South- ern Indiana. The day after the invasion, the Mayor of Rich- mond issued a proclamation for the citizens to meet in the several wards to organize and drill. At ten o'clock Thurs- day night, [July 9th,] a dispatch came, calling for the mil- itia and volunteers to report at Indianapolis immediately. The fire bells were rung, and the citizens assembled to pre- pare for their departure, which took place early next morning.
A battalion of militia had been organized in the county, and its companies immediately responded, and large numbers of citizens volunteered. Two companies left Richmond, commanded by John C. Davis and Daniel B. Crawford. Abington sent one company under Capt. Jonathan Jarrett; Bethel, one under A. V. Garrett; Centerville, one under J. C. Page; Cambridge City, one under G. T. Weast; Dublin, one under W. P. Goolman; East Germantown, one under P. S. Binkley. Three companies were sent to various points, and in a week were mustered out and returned home, the invaders having been driven into Ohio, where they were cap- tured.
Large Money Contributions.
A great combination effort to raise money for sanitary pur- poses was made in December, 1863, under the direction of the Sanitary Committee and Aid Societies, assisted by Chaplain J. HI. Lozier, traveling agent for the State Sanitary Commis- sion. The whole community, without distinction of party, joined in the labors. In Richmond, a supper was given on the evening of the 3d of December, an amateur concert the next evening, a dinner the day following, and a tableaux ex- hibition in the evening.
The following Monday, [7th,] began a Fair, which continued through that week. At Centerville, a dinner, a supper, and a concert were given on the 9th and 10th. At Cambridge City, a contribution of wood and provisions were brought in for soldiers' families, and a liberal subscription taken for the
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sanitary fund. At Whitewater, a dinner and a supper were given. Meetings were held by the state agent in Dublin, Milton, Clay township, Abington, Harrison township, Hagers- town, Newport, Williamsburg, Economy, and Dalton town- ship. Subscriptions were raised in these places by the efforts of Rev. James Crawford, J. F. Nicholson, Captain Hale, R. Baldridge, J. M. Bohrer, A. H. Harris, Jesse Cates, B. Rey- nolds, and others. The net proceeds in Wayne township were $7,063.11; in Green, $686.80 were raised; in Washing- ton and Center townships, nearly $500 each. The other townships swelled the total to $11,300. For this liberal con- tribution, Wayne county was honored with the prize banner presented by the state officers and Sanitary Commission.
More Troops Raised.
A regiment from the Fifth Congressional District was called for, September 24, 1863. John F. Kibbey was appointed com- mandant of Camp Wayne.
A cavalry company was raised, and went into camp at the same place. Recruiting commenced ; but it was March, 1864, before the regiment left camp. It was numbered One Hun- dred and Twenty-fourth, and commanded by Col. James Bur- gess. James Conner, Jonathan J. Wright, and John Messick, of Richmond, and Caleb B. Jackson, of Centerville, were cap- tains of companies principally recruited in this county.
The drafts of 1862 and 1864 called forth considerable activ- ity in encouraging volunteering. High bounties were offered. The larger part of these sums was contributed by the people. The county commissioners offered $100 in four installments as additional bounty to volunteers. Few townships failed to fill their quotas ; and in these the requisition was greatly reduced. During the war Wayne county and the townships expended for bounties, $379,093.35; for the relief of soldiers' families, $184,350. Total, $563,443.35.
In the spring of 1864, the governors of the Northern States offered the National Government large bodies of troops to take the places of the veteran forces guarding the rear, and hence allow them to go to the front. These new troops were to serve for one hundred days. A series of meetings was held in
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Richmond for the purpose of raising a company for this service. These meetings began on Tuesday, April 26th, and continued nine evenings. Large sums were subscribed for bounties. The city council met on the 28th, and voted ten dollars to each volunteer. Ladies offered to take the places of clerks during their absence. By contributions and subscriptions nearly one thousand dollars were raised for the support of families dur- ing the one hundred days. By the 11th of May a company was enrolled, and left under the command of Capt. Wm. R. Mount.
The Last Contribution.
Recruiting and enlisting as veterans were steadily going on during the year 1864. The attention to relief and sanitary matters was not neglected. Funds were raised by concerts and entertainments as in previous years. The approaching winter made it necessary again to provide for the needy. A meeting of citizens and farmers was held, and it was decided to have a combined donation of wood. To encourage a spirit of emula- tion, a banner was promised to the largest delegation, and purses and buffalo robes of various values to the four delega- tions. This demonstration took place December 23, 1864. The delegation coming by the National road from the east, brought one hundred and eleven cords of wood, and took the first prize ; that from the west by the National road and Williams- burg turnpike, seventy cords; that by the Liberty and Boston turnpikes, thirty-three cords ; and that by the Hillsboro' and the Newport turnpikes, twenty-eight cords. One load from the east contained eighteen cords and twenty feet !
End of the War; Death of Lincoln.
The news of the capture of rebel Richmond, Virginia, was received in loyal Richmond, Indiana, with much rejoicing. On the evening of April 3, 1865, speeches were made, cannon fired, and bonfires lighted. But when the news of Lee's sur- render came, one week later, there was a grander outburst of joy. Main and other streets had the sidewalks covered with sheds and awnings. A movement being made to have them removed, their owners, by common consent, took them down,
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and, piling them at the street-crossings, burned them in the evening. Business was abandoned; residents of the country came in and joined in the demonstrations.
This joy was soon turned to sorrow. When the sad news of the assassination of President Lincoln reached Richmond, all business was suspended, stores and shops were closed, flags displayed at half mast, bells tolled, and doors of business places and of dwellings draped in mourning. Crowds ap- peared on the streets, and the deepest feeling was manifested. Men of all parties lamented as if it were a personal affliction. In the afternoon a large meeting assembled in Starr Hall. Speeches were made, and expressive resolutions adopted. Similar meetings were held at Hagerstown and other places.
The train bearing the remains of the President, passed through Wayne county on the morning of April 30th. A train containing state officials, citizens of Indianapolis and others, came to act as escort. It met the funeral cortege at the state line, and together they came through Richmond at two o'clock in the morning. An arch of mourning spanned the track near the depot; and amid the tolling of bells and dirges of music, the trains passed. An immense crowd was present, notwithstanding the early hour.
At Centerville a large concourse of people awaited the cor- tege ; and the depot was draped in mourning. Salvoes of ar- tillery paid homage to the dead at Cambridge City. There and at Dublin were arches over the track, through which the slow moving trains passed in the dim light of morning.
The war was now ended. During its continuance consider- able activity was manifested in the towns. Hundreds of families moved into the larger towns to be within the reach of assistance if needed. Especially was this true of Richmond ; hence the calling for those large donations which were made at that place. The surviving soldiers returned to their former occupations in the summer of 1865, and gradually the entire community resumed the ways of peace.
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POPULATION OF WAYNE COUNTY.
TOWNSHIPS.
1870.
1860.
1850.
Abington
833
924
1,042
Boston
884
897
936
Center
2,855
2,765
2,822
Clay
1,094
1,069
1,052
Dalton
766
789
855
Franklin
1,385
1,283
1,362
Green
1,293
1,319
1,532
Harrison
580
644
766
Jackson.
4,949
4,311
3,466
Jefferson
1,785
1,752
1,723
New Garden
1,519
1,370
1,609
Perry.
876
837
868
Washington
2,040
2,171
2,305
Wayne ..
3,734
2,834
3,516
City of Richmond-1st Ward.
1,909
......
2d Ward.
1,760
..
....
......
3d Ward.
881
......
4th Ward.
3,173
......
......
5th Ward.
1,722 9,445
6,603
1,443
32,938
29,568
25,297
Population of the Towns in 1870.
Abington
161
Franklin
80
Bethel
88
Hagerstown
830
Cambridge City.
2,162
Jacksonburg
109
Centerville
1,077
Milton
823
Dalton
73
Newport
343
Dublin
1,076
Washington
379
East Germantown
536
Whitewater
144
Economy
229
Williamsburg
248
NOTE .- The population of the towns is included in the population of the townships.
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PROPERTY AND TAXES.
PROPERTY AND TAXES.
A regular annual statement of the valuation and assessment of real and personal estate, prior to 1842, is not to be found in the records of the county. At first, lands were classed as first- rate, second-rate, and third-rate, and taxed, per 100 acres, 10, 20, 30, or 40 cents, according to quality. Taxes were also laid per head on horses, and sometimes on wagons, watches, and other articles. And what is, perhaps, not generally known, there were, for a few years, taxes on slaves and men of color.
For the first two years mentioned below, only the taxes levied are given.
1815-County Land Tax, $424.24; Tax on Horses, $739; on Slaves, $20; on Men of Color, $15; Merchants' Licenses, $86.86. Total Taxes, $1,265.10.
1819-County Land Tax, $718.87; Tax on Horses, $918.08; Town Lots, $273.04; State Tax, $143.74. Total Tax, $3,347.73.
1842
Real Estate. .$3,505,548
Personal. $828,533
Total. $4,334,081
Tax.
1845
3,568,958
985,463
4,554,421
$19,939
1850
3,913,385
1,364,101
5,277,486
1855.
4,991,803
3,889,097
8,880,900
74,012
1860
9,976,794
4,706,794
14,683,237
93,845
1865.
11,617,105
6,406,195
18,517,885
355,442
1870.
12,214,330
9,070,880
21,285,210
348,556
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HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
POST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.
The following lists embrace the names of the post-offices established, and of all the postmasters appointed in the county since its organization, with the exception of a few of the earlier ones. By a fire in the post-office at Washington many years since, a portion of the records were burnt, and the dates of some of the early appointments can not be ascertained :
Abington .- Ralph Shawmbourie, appointed -. Daniel Weaver, March 2, 1837. Powell Slade, April 18, 1861. Bennett D. Bonebrake, March 17, 1871.
Beeson .- George A. Richmond, Aug. 25, 1865. [Discontinued Oct. 14, 1868.7
Bethel .- Wm. E. Hindman, Jan. 7, 1850. Joseph Unthank, Jan. 19, 1850. Curtis W. Wiggs, Dec. 30, 1850. John A. Unthank, Sept. 29, 1851. Jacob Harlan, Oct. 1, 1853. Richard Henderson, March 31, 1854. Peter M. Ellis, April 23, 1856. Raiford Wiggs, Feb. 12, 1858. Nathan Harlan, March 20, 1858. Wm. A. Chance, Jan. 5, 1860. Nathan Harlan, June 3, 1861. Martin Wiley, Jan. 14, 1863. Jesse P. Parker, Jan. 10, 1866. Nathan Harlan, July 3, 1866. Jesse E. Jones, April 13, 1867. Nathan Harlan, Sept. 20, 1869.
Boston .- Wm. Russey, March 21, 1837. Thomas Messick, Dec. 6, 1839. Isaac Craig, July 8, 1842. Louis C. Evans, July 5, 1844. Aaron Druley, April 8, 1848. Jesse Pearce, Aug. 1, 1849. John H. Stearns, Oct. 22, 1851. Joseph T. Druley, Dec. 3, 1852. John Deal, July 17, 1854. Joseph T. Druley, April 3, 1856. Eliphalet Stanley, Sept. 14, 1857. Benj. F. Deal, June 2, 1858. John Steel, Jan. 7, 1860. Jacob F. Rinehart, April 8, 1865. Nicholas F. Templeton, Oct. 10, 1866. David C. Jenks, June 2, 1868. Oliver HI. Fouts, June 15, 1869. Jacob F. Rinehart, March 7, 1870. Cambridge .- Sanford Lackey, March 11, 1835. John H. Brown, March 15, 1843. Michael Johnsonbaugh, March 16, 1849. Alexander W. Ray, Dec. 10, 1849. Simon S. Clackner, May 30, 1851. John C. Lutz, Dec. 28, 1852. Nathan Raymond, June 2, 1853. James M. Cockefair, May 6, 1858. John C. Lutz, Aug. 27, 1860. John A. Smith, March 16, 1861. [Name changed June 30, 1864, to]
Cambridge City .- John A. Smith, June 30, 1864. Nathan R. Bennett, May 28, 1867. Lemuel R. Johnson, March 26, 1869.
Centerville .- Elijah Fisher, -. John E. Dunham, Oct. 5, 1832. Myers Seaton, Aug. 16, 1843. John B. Stitt, April 26, 1853. Benj. Jemi- son, July 2, 1856. Isaac H. Julian, March 16, 1861. Therese A. Widup,
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June 2, 1865. Cynthia Tuttle, Oct. 27, 1866. Therese Widup, March 24, 1869.
Chester .- David W. Lupton, Dec. 13, 1848. James Cammack, May 17, 1849. Jacob Purinton, Oct. 30, 1850. Amos Stackhouse, Sept. 24, 1851. Joseph Fulghum, June 21, 1853. Samuel C. Iredell, Sept. 5, 1854. Wm. B. Williams, Jan. 28, 1856. Larkin T. Ellis, Jan. 13, 1857. Richard Hen- derson, Jan. 14, 1859. Macamy Wasson, April 15, 1861. James M. Shute, July 6, 1864. Wm. Bennett, June 2, 1865. Jacob Branson, Sept. 23, 1865. Wm. Bennett, March 19, 1866. Nathan S. Williams, April 16, 1867. John W. Martin, Dec. 11, 1868.
Cox's Mills .- Enos Thomas, April 9, 1850. Wm. Wright, June 16, 1854. Alexander Caffey, June 23, 1855. Wm. Thomas, April 27, 1860. Charles T. Price, Jan. 16, 1861. Alonzo Hunt, June 3, 1862. John N. Cox, July 3, 1865. Robert Cox, Jan. 21, 1868. [Office discontinued June 29, 1868; re-established Sept. 9, 1868.] Elihu Cox, appointed Sept. 9, 1868.
Dalton .- [See Palmyra.] John W. Smith, Feb. 13, 1838. Charles Bur- roughs, April 23, 1840. Wm. Davis, May 30, 1842. Samuel Mitchell, April 15, 1846. Isaac Reynolds, April 6, 1847. Wm. O. Arment, July 31, 1848. Henry D. Root, Oct. 30, 1850. Clarkson Reynolds, Jan. 20, 1853. John B. Routh, Jan. 30, 1854. Clarkson Reynolds, March 7, 1855. Win. S. Chamness, Aug. 22, 1855.
Dublin .- Samuel Schoolfield, Jan. 8, 1833. Noah W. Miner, Nov. 20, 1846. Henry Canutt, May 9, 1848. Henry A. Schoolfield, July 6, 1849. Ezra Walton, May 18, 1850. George W. Miller, April 25, 1853. Ezra Walton, Feb. 8, 1855. Samuel ITervey, Dec. 5, 1862. James B. McGrew, Dec. 29, 1868.
East Germantown .- Jacob Sowers, March 31, 1846. Theodore Riley, Sept. 29, 1851. Lucius A. West, Oct. 20, 1851. Peter Manning, April 15, 1852. Jacob Sowers, April 26, 1853. Henry B. Jamison, April 18, 1861. Philip S. Binkley, Feb. 14, 1865. Frederick Burkert, Nov. 7, 1865.
Economy .- Matthew Williams, - Barrett Barnett, Dec. 28, 1832. John Thornburgh, May 9, 1838. Andrew Spillard, Feb. 14, 1842. Barna- bas Coffin, Aug. 16, 1842. Samuel Hervey, Jan. 21, 1846. Absalom Wright, March 1, 1852. Jonathan B. Clark, Dec. 8, 1865. George W. Robbins, June 4, 1867.
Green's Fork .- Wm. W. Bunnell, Aug. 22, 1828. James W. Scott, Jan. 2, 1841. Elias F. Halliday, April 20, 1848. Edwin F. Ogborn, April 22, 1851. Moses Hatfield, Dec. 19, 1851. Cyrus E. Gates, Jan. 30, 1854. Thomas M. Kerr, April 11, 1855. Moses Hatfield, March 25, 1859. Jona- than Elliott, April 15, 1861. Albert II. Gunckel, Nov. 20, 1862. Moses Hatfield, March 23, 1864. Martin L. Roller, May 31, 1866. Wm. S. Hat- field, April 7, 1870.
Hagerstown .- [See Nettle Creek.] Wm. Murray, June 20, 1836. Wm. Baker, May 5, 1837. James E. Reeves, July 23, 1839. Elijah Vansant, March 21, 1840. Joshua Howell, May 1, 1840. Thomas Williams, Nov. 20, 1846. George Debolt, Nov. 10, 1848. Robert Gordon, June 1, 1849. Wm. M. Thornburgh, June 27, 1849. Bird Hawkins, Nov. 29, 1852.
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George Debolt, May 16, 1853. Walkin Williams, April 5, 1861. Wm. J. Spencer, March 27, 1867. Margaret A. Spencer, Jan. 29, 1868. Alexan- der C. Walker, March 29, 1869.
Jacksonburgh .- Abner M. Bradbury, -. Calvin B. McCrae, Jan. 10, 1833. John Berry, June 22, 1833. Wm. A. Refner, April 4, 1835. Thad- deus Wright, Dec. 29, 1843. Moses D. Leeson, Feb. 20, 1846. Neal Hart, March 24, 1848. John Berry, May 2, 1849. James M. Flood, March 27, 1867. Amandus J. Boyer, April 7, 1868. Enos Beard, April 26, 1869. Lewis T. Bond, April 22, 1870.
Kalorama .- John W. Steffy, May 30, 1862. [Discontinued Jan. 13, 1865.]
Milton .- Elijah Coffin, - -. Henry Develin, June 19, 1833. John Talbot, March 14, 1844. Henry Develin, April 5, 1844. Edward Roberts, March 13, 1849. Wm. Mclaughlin, Aug. 24, 1853. Luther C. Chamber- lin, Jan. 25, 1854. Edward Roberts, April 20, 1861. Wm. H. Shaw, Oct. 23, 1866. Roland O. Jones, Dec. 3, 1867. Richard Wallace, Aug. 31, 1868. Lewis Ellis, Feb. 12, 1869.
Neil's Station .- Washington Woods, Aug. 24, 1857. Macamy Wasson, Sept. 8, 1857. [Discontinued Aug. 21, 1859; re-established Sept. 21, 1860.] Adam C. Mizener, Sept. 21, 1860. [Discontinued Aug. 17, 1861; re-estab- lished Aug. 27, 1861.] Ezra Nye, Aug. 27, 1861. [Discontinued June 3, 1862.]
Nettle Creek .- Wm. Murray, -. [Changed to Hagerstown, June 20,1836.]
New Garden .- Henry H. Way, March 25, 1828. Joel Parker, June 7, 1838. Stanton Judkins, July 19, 1850. Jopatha S. Sellers, Dec. 28, 1857. Joel Parker, Feb. 9, 1858.
Olive Hill .- Oliver H. Shearon, Aug. 20, 1857. Wm. Brooks, April 15, 1858. Addison H. Harris, May 18, 1860. John F. Medaris, June 14, 1861. Daniel Culbertson, Feb. 1, 1866. Addison H. IIarris, April 5, 1869. George W. Ebersol, March 7, 1870.
Palmyra .- Silas H. Beeson, May 25, 1835. Isaac W. Beeson, July 26, 1837. [Name changed to Dalton.]
Richmond .- Robert Morrisson, 1818. Daniel Reid, 1829. James W. Borden, Aug. 27, 1836. Lynde Elliott, Feb. 25, 1840. Achilles Williams, May 31, 1841. Daniel D. Sloan, Aug. 16, 1843. James Elder, Jan. 10, 1846. Caleb R. Williams. March 16, 1849. James Elder, April 18, 1853. Achilles Williams, April 2, 1861. Edwin A. Jones, Oct. 26, 1866. Isaac HI. Julian, April 5, 1869. Benj. W. Davis, May 25, 1871.
Walnut Level .- Lafayette Martindale, Oct. 5, 1865. [Discontinued Dec. 13, 1865.]
Webster .- Allen Teagle, Jan. 6, 1851. Joel Jeffery, Jun., Jan. 13, 1852. Isaac G. Sheward, Dec. 19, 1855. Addison II. Harris, April 12, 1858. Samuel Cook, June 1, 1860. Wm. Brooks, June 14, 1860. Simon Bond, Oct. 30, 1866.
Whitewater .- Jonathan D. Gray, July 10, 1832. John Price, Jan. 31, 1833. Stephen Elliott, Jan. 16, 1834. John II. Bruce, May 9, 1836. Jonathan R. Schenck, Feb. 13, 1840. Wm. B. Schenck, Nov. 2, 1842.
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Wm. S. Bunch, Sept. 13, 1845. Peter M. Ellis, Nov. 5, 1845. Robert W. Hamilton, Sept. 17, 1849. James N. Starbuck, Nov. 5, 1852. Robert W. Hamilton, Dec. 5, 1852. Thomas T. Courtney, April 14, 1854. Lorenzo D. Bunch, Nov. 3, 1855. Peter M. Ellis, Feb. 29, 1860. Jolin McFarland, March 16, 1861. Benj. W. Addleman, Jan. 9, 1864.
Williamsburgh .- John Hough, about 1832. Fernando H. Lee, April 1, 1837. Moses Davisson, Sept. 16, 1839. Samuel Johnson, Nov. 27, 1849. Joseph F. Reynolds, June 12, 1862. Wm. P. Campbell, May 18, 1863. James R. Elliott, Sept. 24, 1863. James L. Pearce, Dec. 2, 1864.
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ABINGTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Abington was formed in February, 1837. Although one of the later organized' townships, the eastern part of it is among the earliest settled portions of the county. John Endsley, formerly from South Carolina, and in 1805 from Ohio, settled in what is now the east part of Abington, on John's Creek. With him, from Ohio, came his brother Abraham Endsley, who settled on the Whitewater, a mile from the mouth of Elkhorn, and two miles from town; and John Templeton, who settled about fifteen miles south, in now Union county. John Endsley traveled the distance between South Carolina and Wayne county seven times; five times on horseback. The farm on which he settled and died was after- ward owned and occupied by his younger son John until his death in 1870. James, the elder son, resides on the farm ad- joining on the west, being that on which Andrew Endsley had settled, who was the father of Andrew, Jun., John, Sen., Abraham, Hugh, Thomas, Samuel, and Peter Endsley.
In 1805, John Cox, from Kentucky, purchased the land of which the site of the present town of Abington is a part. He died in March, 1811. ITis death is said to have been the first in the township. The land was inherited by his son John, whose sons were Joseph and John. Joseph and his father laid out the town, the plat of which was recorded December 5, 1817.
Charles Hunt, from North Carolina, settled in the south-east part of the present township, in the year 1807. His sons, George, John, William, Smith, Charles, and Stephen G., pre- ceded him the same year. Jonathan, James, and Timothy, came two or three years later. George was the first surveyor in the county, and the first elerk of the county courts. Tim- othy settled about a mile east of town, where he and his wife both died. The farm is owned by his sons Charles and Levi, who live on it, and Andrew, who lives in town. Smith set- tled in the north-east part of the township, and died in 1855;
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Stephen G., near James Endsley's; John Hunt, north-east of town; lands owned by his sons, Levi and Charles Hunt, and Wilson Hunt.
Henry Fender, from North Carolina, after a sojourn of a year or two eight miles south of Richmond, with six children, settled in 1810 or 1811, on the farm where his son Henry L. now resides, half a mile north-west of town, on the Centerville turnpike. He also entered the land where others of the family afterward settled. His sons were Jonathan, who removed from the county; Gabriel, who settled a half mile west of town, and is dead ; Jacob, who settled and still lives a mile and a half from town, on the Centerville turnpike; Littleton, who died near Kankakee, Ill., and whose sons, John Milton and James HI., reside in the township; Henry L., on his father's homestead ; and John H.
Gabriel Fender, brother of Henry, Sen., bought of David Railsback the farm three-fourths of a mile north-east of town, now owned by Nicholas Smith. He removed to South Bend.
Thomas Moffitt settled three-fourths of a mile south of town. By a change in county bounds his farm has been taken into Union connty. On it was one of the forts built during the war of 1812, as a means of protection against the Indians. Another was built on the farm of Wm. Lewis, about a mile from the former. David Railsback settled near town in 1807, and died October 17, 1856. [Sk.]
William Dye, from Kentucky, settled, in 1810, one mile south-east of the town. [Sk.]
The following are names of some of the earlier settlers, but the years in which they respectively settled have not been ascertained :
Thomas Bradbury first settled four miles south-east of the town, now Union county, afterward two miles north of town; land now owned in part by Henry Paddock. James Lamb, from Scotland, settled, about 1818, near the mouth of Elkhorn, where now Joseph Boon Lamb resides. Ile died in 1841, aged 85. John Lamb, son of James, settled near his father, where his widow now lives. William, another son, on the farm now owned by C. C. Beeler, in Boston township. He died at Keokuk, Iowa.
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Wm. Jarrett settled about two and a half miles north-west of town; land now owned by J. W. Robbins, James Jarrett, and Nelson Gable. George and Levi Jarrett settled near their brother William; and another brother, Eli, where M. Rank now lives.
David Carson settled in the north-east part of the township, where now his son David resides. He was son-in-law of Richard Rue, one of the first three settlers in Wayne county. John Plankenhorn bought of Wm. James the land now owned by his son, John Plankenhorn. Henry Long settled where Anderson Sweet lives, two miles north-west of the town. Ed- mund Jones, a native of Virginia, settled early three miles north-west of the town, now in his 84th year. John Hendricks early owned the land where now Isam Stevens and John Madden reside.
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