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VALENTINE FOLAND was born in Virginia in 1789, and was married in 1811 to Sarah Roler. He served in the war of 1812. In 1815 he purchased, and in 1821 he settled on the land where he now resides, in the south-west corner of the town- ship. Anne, his daughter, born December, 1811, was married, in 1828, to John Kepler, of Harrison, and had a daughter, Mary Catharine, who was born in 1839, and was married, in 1856, to Wm. A. Black. Their children living are Lycurgus, Virginia B., Frank M., and Charles.
HIENRY HOOVER, a native of North Carolina, from Ohio in 1811, settled on the land now owned by his son John, two miles south of Washington. He died in 1842, aged 68. His children were Lelah, Rebecca, Levi, Rachel, Andrew, Nancy, Elizabeth, Catharine, Henry, and John, of whom Lelah, Eliza- beth, Catharine, Henry, and John are living.
SAMUEL OGBURN, a native of New Jersey, came from Ohio to Washington in 1825, and died in 1839 about a mile and a
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half west from town. His children were Joseph ; Mary, de- ceased; Edwin F .; Allen W., who lives in Dublin; Evan; Lydia, wife of Francis Elliott; Ezra, in Chariton, Iowa; Joel, Union Mills, Iowa; Ann, deceased, wife of Rev. G. II. Bird, Fairview, Randolph county.
DALTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Dalton was formed from Perry in 1847, and lies in the north-west corner of the county. It is four miles square, containing an area of sixteen square miles. Of the lands comprised in this township, only a narrow gore, about three-fourths of a mile wide on the south line, and coming to a point about three miles north, on the Perry line, lies within the Twelve Mile Purchase; consequently none but this was ready for sale to settlers until 1822. Several families, however, settled west of that Purchase several years prior to the sale by the Government.
Aquila West settled on the farm now owned by Lyndsey Dennis, near the town, as early, probably, as 1818 or 1819. He removed some years after from the county. James Lind- ley settled, soon after West, south-east from town, on West River, where Jesse Fouts now resides. He removed from the township, and died. Seth Mills, from Tennessee, settled on the farm now owned by Isaac W. Beeson. These, and some in other parts of the township, settled before the lands were of- fered for sale.
Joseph Davis, from North Carolina to Ohio, in 1808, re- moved, in 1823, to the farm on which he now resides, near town. Charles Burroughs, from Virginia, purchased a mile and a half north of town, in 1822, and settled permanently half a mile north of town, in 1826, where he now resides. Isaac W. Beeson, from North Carolina, settled early near Franklin, and in 1835 where he now resides, near and west of Dalton. Isaac Reynolds, from North Carolina, settled near Franklin, on land bought by his father of Sampson Smith, now owned by Wilson Reynolds. Nathan Baldwin, from North Carolina, near town, in 1830 or 1831, where he still re-
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sides. Thomas E. Beeson, from North Carolina, son of Isaac Beeson, about 1831, one mile east of town. Pleasant Harris, from North Carolina, near Franklin; land now owned by Thomas and Wilson Dennis ; had settled early in New Garden ; came to Dalton before the land sales; removed to Iowa, and died there. Benj. F. Beeson, from North Carolina, near Franklin ; land now owned by John Dering, Thomas Nichol- son, and others. Thomas Antrim, from Tennessee, about 1820, three-quarters of a mile north of town ; land now owned by Charles Burroughs and Isaac Covalt. Samuel Beeson, half a mile east of Dalton, about 1826; died there, aged about 94 years. Land first settled by Wm. Main.
In the north-western part of the township, Andrew Starbuck settled where widow Tinkle lives. Thomas Burroughs, from Virginia, father of Charles, on land sold to Joseph Routh, now owned by Col. Thompson. In the north-east quarter of the township, Wm. Maudlin and Wright Spradlin settled on the county line, and still reside there. Dempsey Thornburg, where he now resides. George M. Lee, where George M. Jordan lives. Isaac Routh, from Tennessee, where a widow Routh now lives. Routh removed to Wells county, and died there. Henry Mills, on the farm lately owned by James Lumpkins, who died there in 1870. Henry Thornburg, from Tennessee, about 1820, died on his farm, now owned by Richard C. Cheeseman. Sophia Williams, before land sales ; land descended to her sons, Henry and Joseph; now occupied by Henry, and by Nathan Dennis. Enoch Gardner; land now owned by Wesley S. Leadbetter. Joseph Brewer, a native of North Carolina, from Tennessee, on land now owned by John W. Jordan.
In the south-east part of the township, were the following : Wm. Wright, on Perry line; land now owned by Jesse Weaver. Charles Howell, from North Carolina, before land sales; land now owned by his sons, Larkin and Joseph, and John H. Thornburg. IIe lives with Joseph. Hle and Henry Williams are the only men living who settled in the township before the land sales. Isaac Macy, from Tennessee; land now occupied by his widow and heirs. John Aaron Locke, from Perry, settled where he now resides. Jacob Bales, from Ten-
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nessee, on West River before land sales, on land now owned by Richard C. Cheeseman. George Petro, a blacksmith, prob- ably the first in the township, on land owned by Richard C. Cheeseman. John Strode, on land now occupied by George Pierce. James Strode, from Kentucky, adjoining his son John; died on the farm, now occupied by his widow and Thomas Beeson. Wm. Thornburg, Sen., from Tennessee, an early settler on West River; land now occupied by Thomas E. Thornburg. Lewis, Henry, and Larkin Thornburg, sons of Henry, Sen., removed to Iowa, where Larkin died. The farm of Henry is now owned by Richard C. Cheeseman ; that of Lewis, by Nathan W. Strode; and that of Larkin, by J. A. Locke. John Evans, a Baptist minister, settled on land now owned by Samuel Brown. Abraham Tout, from Tennessee, who died of a cancer, on land owned by Cornelius Thornburg and Jesse W. Locke. John Barr, a native of Scotland, on land now occupied by his widow and son John. Joseph Keever, from Ohio, on land owned by Jackson Keever and David Fleming's heirs. Martin Keever, adjoining his brother Joseph; was killed by lightning seven or eight years ago. His heirs still reside there. Jesse Osborn, from Tennessee, on land lately owned by Seneca Keever, now by Samuel Brown.
In the south-west quarter of the township, Jonathan Evans, settled on land now owned by Joseph Weaver. Joseph John- son, from North Carolina, about 1820, a mile south of Frank- lin ; died there ; present owner, Branson Dennis. John Smith, from Pennsylvania ; present owners, B. Denuis, J. G. Allen, Wm. Baldwin. Peter Smith, from Tennessee, about 1822; died on his farm about three years ago ; his wife a year before. His son-in-law, James Conaway, resides on the farm. Aaron Lesh, from Ohio, about the same time as Smith; present owner, Martha Newcomb. Thomas Richardson, on land now owned by Abraham Smith. Thomas Marshall, from Tennessee, before land sales; died on the farm, now or lately owned by John and Alexander Ditch, and occupied by John. Stephen Lear, from Ohio, where Levi Harter now lives. Daniel Ulrich, from Ohio, son of John Ulrich, of Jefferson township, about 1824, in the south-west corner of the township, adjoining the White Branch Woolen Mills. Benj. Beeson, from North Car- olina, bought of - Lear one mile south of Franklin, where
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Levi Harter resides. Sons of B. Beeson are Isaac W., Ben- jamin F., Silas H., Ithamar, Charles O., who resides at New Buffalo, Michigan, and has a son Jehu, at Anderson, Madison county.
Besides those already mentioned, who settled near Dalton and Franklin, the following may be added : Zachariah Beeson, one mile north of Dalton, in 1824; was a gunsmith, and had a corn-cracker and a saw-mill ; land now owned by John Payne. Hezekiah Beeson, from North Carolina, an early settler near Franklin; sold to Wm. Beeson ; land now owned by George Nicholson and others. Isaac Beeson, from North Carolina, one mile east of Dalton, about 1831; name of present owner not learned.
The first Tannery in the township was built by Benj. F. Bee- son, who settled near Franklin. It was afterward carried on by Jesse Evans, who now resides in Iowa.
The first Grist-mill was built in 1824 or 1825, by Charles Stout, from North Carolina, near Lindley's farm. Seth Mills built the next at Dalton, about the year 1826. Pleasant Har- ris and Tense Massey, about the same time, built the first saw- mill near Franklin. Benj. F. Beeson, soon after, built a grist- mill on Mill Branch, half a mile south of Franklin ; and near the same place an oil-mill was built by Beeson Brothers. Jesse Baldwin also built an oil-mill near Dalton, about the year 1832 or 1833. In 1837, the Dalton Steam Mill Company built on Nettle Creek a steam saw-mill and a grist-mill. Both were burned about the year 1848. The saw-mill only was rebuilt. In 1840, Beeson Brothers built a grist-mill in the place of their old saw-mill. About 1850, James Maulsby built a grist-mill a little below the site of the old grist-mill on Mill Branch. The old grist-mill and oil-mill are both gone.
Henry Thornburg built on West River, some thirty years ago, a saw-mill; also at the same place a Carding Machine, which run about twenty years.
The first Merchant in the township is said to have been Benj. F. Beeson, at Franklin ; others say Hezekiah Beeson. Aaron Mills is named as an early merchant at Dalton. Charles Bee- son is known to have traded at Franklin in 1839. Also, Silas, Lewis, and Aaron Lesh, Oliver and Joseph Williams, Silas B.
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Maulsby, Benj. B. Beeson, Wm. Thornburg, and Wm. and Enos Canaday, are said to have traded at Franklin. At Dal- ton, between 1838 and 1845, John W. Williamson, Jehu T. Elliott, and Henry D. Root; and at different times, Joseph Ruth, J. and D. Canaday, David and William Chamness, Robert Lumpkin, and Thomas MeCracken. Present mer- chants at Franklin : John Macy, dry goods ; Millikin Hockett, groceries. At Dalton : Wm. S. Chamness, Riley Chamness, both dry goods.
Dr. Silas Beeson, the first resident Physician in the town- ship, settled at Franklin about 1830, and died there. Later, were Henry Carver, Erhart, and Patterson. John W. Smith (botanic) was the first at Dalton, in 1836. Later, were Wm. Dickey (1840), Drs. Simmons, J. R. Brown, Guinther, Windle, Showalter, and the present physician, John Stonebraker.
The White Branch Woolen Mills are on the White Branch stream, two miles south of Franklin. A building was erected by Daniel Ulrich for a grist mill, but he put into it machinery for a woolen factory. In the year 1854, it was bought by Wm. and Josiah Test. The establishment has since been much enlarged by the erection of buildings and the increase of machinery. The present proprietors are Wm. and Rufus Test, and Josiah V. Jones, [Test Brothers & Jones.] It has two sets of machines, and two roll-cards, and nine looms. The goods manufactured are jeans, satinets, cassimeres, flannels, blankets, and yarn. Custom work, as carding, spinning, and cloth-dressing, is also done at this establishment.
The first School-house in the township is said to have stood where Dalton now is, and Luke Wiles to have been the first teacher. Although the common schools in this township are probably not inferior to those of other townships of the county, there is no high or graded school in it, owing, probably, to the fact that it has no town of sufficient population to require or sustain one.
The earliest Religious Society in the township was that of the Friends, who organized a meeting about the year 1827 or 1828, at West River, and held their meetings at first in a log house. Another was formed a few years later at Franklin, where they built a frame house. Both meetings still exist. Here, as at
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some other places, the antislavery agitation caused a temporary disunion. No other division has existed here. Absalom Den- nis, Miles Mendenhall, Mahlon Chamness, and Mahlon Dennis are among the names of residents who have been preachers.
The Methodists, at a later date, formed a class at Dalton, and had preaching for a short time. None has existed here for many years. A church, a portion of whose members reside in this township, was formed about forty years ago, and built a meeting-house a mile and a half north of Dalton, on the north side of Randolph county line. This society still exists.
The Baptists also had in Dalton a society and a meeting- house, and had preaching a part of the time. James Austin was their first preacher. A church, formed by a union of two or more smaller ones, many years ago built a meeting-house a little north of the line of Randolph county. Into this church the society at Dalton was merged.
The United Brethren have had a society and a meeting-house, about two miles east of Dalton, about twenty years. Ab. Tout gave the land for the grave-yard, Lewis Weaver the ground for the church. Early members of this church were Jeannetta Barr, afterward wife of Wm. Marshall, and her sis- ter Mary, wife of Abraham Smith ; Henry Bailes, John Bailes, Lewis Bailes, Wm. Linley, [now a Dunker preacher.] They have had as preachers, Dr. Richardson, Daniel Stober, John Brown, Alexander Carroll, and perhaps others. Their present preacher [1871] is James M. Cook.
The Town of Dalton was laid out by Tense Massey and Joseph Davis, proprietors, and Joseph Davis, surveyor. The plat bears date January 25, 1828. An addition was afterward made by Joseph Davis, and, in 1836, another by Nathan Bald- win.
The Town of Franklin was laid out by Benj. F. Beeson and Silas H. Beeson. The plat, signed by them as proprietors, and Thomas Stanford as surveyor, was recorded January 7, 1832.
Isaac Macy and Wm. Davis were the first Justices of the Peace of the township after its organization. The present justices are Wm. Chamness and John W. Macy.
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Biographical and Genealogical.
CHARLES BURROUGHIS was born in Frederick county, Vir- ginia, December 20, 1794. He removed with his father to Warren county, Ohio ; and in 1814 to Washington township, in this county. In 1822 he purchased land a mile north of where the town of Dalton now is, and settled on it perma- nently in 1826. He married in August, 1826, Jane Harris, daughter of Pleasant Harris, who was born July 26, 1811. They had fourteen children, as follows: 1. John C., formerly a practicing physician in Henry county, now a farmer in Har- rison. 2. Abigail, who married Thomas B. Williams, and died in Economy in 1870. 3. Francis M., who married Emily Routh, and died in Wells county, June, 1862. 4. Jonathan M., who married Eleanor Thornburg, was Ist Lient. in Com- pany C, 9th Indiana Regiment, and died from wounds re- ceived near Franklin, Tennessee. 5. Hannah, who married Robert Lumpkin, and died in Randolph county. 6. James M., who married Adaliza Gilmore. 7. Arminta, who died at 4. 8. Letty, who married Benj. Hunt, and resides in Kansas. 9. Cassius M., who was in the late war; married Sarah Neff. 10. Maria, who married Isaac Cavalt. 11. Thomas; 12. Laura B .; 13. Emma; 14. Mary.
WILLIAM CHAMNESS, from North Carolina, came to Dalton township [the date and the place of settlement not ascer- tained.] He had six sons, who settled in and near Wayne county : 1. Nathan, who lives one mile west from the town. 2. Joseph, who resides one and a half miles north-west from town. 3. Isaac, who settled in Randolph county. 4. Will- iam, who settled one and a quarter miles north-east from town. 5. Joshua, who lives in Randolph county. 6. Jesse, who settled a mile north-west from town.
Sons of Nathan Chamness are, William S., a merchant of Dalton ; David, who resides with his father. Riley, son of William, is also a merchant in Dalton. Jehu, also a son of William, is a wagon-maker, Larkin resides three-quarters of a mile east, and is a farmer. Seth resides in Richmond.
JOSEPH DAVIS was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, October 3, 1785. He removed with his father to Surry
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county and married, May 31, 1807, Catharine Farsner, who was born Jan. 15, 1787. He removed to Ohio in 1808, and thence, in 1823, to the place where he now resides, near the town of Dalton. Ilis wife died in September, 1870. Their children were : 1. Nathan, who married Hannah Moore, re- moved to Henry county, where he died, Jan. 1, 1870. 2. William, who married Abigail Wright, removed to Howard county, and died there. 3 .. Mary, who married David Bald- win, and resides in Hamilton county. 4. Anna, who married, first, Newton Baldwin ; second, Daniel Thornburg. 5. George, who married Charlotte Baldwin, and removed to Grant county. 6. John, who married Caroline Chamness ; resides on the homestead. 7. Edwin. W., who married Kezia Baler, and lives in Randolph county. 8. Lewis, who died at 10.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
Franklin township was formed from New Garden, May, 1834. Its shape is oblong, being 7 miles in length, north and south, and 4 miles in breadth, east and west, containing 28 square miles of territory. The Richmond and Hillsboro' turnpike enters the township one mile west of the Ohio line ; and the road runs along the lines of lots straight through the township to its north line. Its principal stream is the Middle Fork of Whitewater, which enters the township from Ohio, about 25 miles south of the north-east corner, and runs almost directly south, about half a mile from the Ohio line, to the south line of the township.
The first settler within the township is believed to have been Isaac Commons, from North Carolina, in 1808 or 1809, one mile north of Middleboro', on land now owned by William, son of John M. Addleman. He was soon followed by Robert Morrisson on the lot adjoining, north, which he sold to Henry Palen, and Palen to Joseph Ashton. John Nicholson settled on land now owned by J. M. Cox and Joseph Nicholson. Barnabas Boswell, on the south line, land now owned by E. Townsend and John Cox. Isaac Hiatt, on the quarter now owned by J. Butters and Robert Cox. All of these, it is
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believed, were Friends from North Carolina, except Nichol- son and Ashton, who came from Delaware.
A little later, the following named persons settled in this, the south-east part of the township : Dr. John Thomas, on the south line, where his grandson, Henry W. Thomas re- sides ; the land first settled by Isaac Hiatt, as above stated. Edward Barton, on land now owned by Win. Barton. John Nicholson also owned, and sold to Wm. Webster, the land now owned by Wm. E. Barton. Charles Teas, from Dela- ware, settled on the land now owned by John Townsend. John Zimmerman, from Pa., on state line, now owned by Edward Starbuck, Jun., and William Strawbridge. Benjamin Elliott, N. C., where Abraham W., his son, resides ; lived there until his death. James Wickersham, on the quarter now owned by W. Newbern, S. Williams, and J. Duffee ; John White, on part of section 2, now owned by John R. Smith and Joseph P. Addleman.
In the south-west part of the township John P. Thomas set- tled, where his sons, John, George, and Henry now own, on the south line. Jonathan Grave, from Delaware, on land now owned by H. G. Nickle; Wm. Starbuck, N. C., where Joshua Jeffries lives ; Benj. Harris, N. C., where Daniel C. Rich lives ; Paul Swain, N. C., where D. Taylor owns; Meshech Llew- ellyn, afterward Wm. Starbuck, where Joshua Elliott lives; Elijah Mundin, the quarter now owned by John M. Brown and James V. Marshall; Edward B. Hunt, N. C., on the quarter since owned by N. S., William, and Jesse Hunt ; John Venard, where S. Smith lives; Joseph Brown, Pa., where he still re- sides ; John Simmons and Thomas Fisher, N. C., east half of the two cast quarters of section 33, and Daniel Fisher the west half of said quarters, the latter now owned by James Perry, of Richmond; Micajah Jones, N. C., the south-west quarter of section 33, now owned by Elihu Hunt.
The progress of settlement northward was materially retarded by apprehensions of danger from the Indians, until after the close of the war of 1812. Job Elliott, N. C., in 1815 settled half a mile south of the present town of Whitewater, where F. Fouts lately lived, now Josiah White. Stephen Elliott on quarter adjoining town. Wm. Hunt, N. C., on the east side of
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town; land afterward sold to John Unthank, and next to John White; now owned principally by Handy D. Bowen. Henry Newton, from England, where John Pyle lives on state line. Jonathan Commons on state line, where David Stidham lives. Thomas Mason, from N. C., in 1816, near town, on the quarter now owned by Wm. Addleman and Joseph S. Wood. In 1818 Samuel Williams, from N. C., near town, on land now owned by James K. Dugdale and Peter T. Parris. Henry Garrett, N. C., land now owned by James Garrett, Hiram Supplee, and Barnabas Barton. Benj. Parker, from N. C., and Joseph Skin- ner, on the quarter now owned by John Powell and Joseph Draher. Elihu Hunt, N. C., a mile north-east of town, where Jonathan Williams lives. Richard Bunch on land now owned by Stephen Bunnell. Thomas Mason, Jun., three-fourths of a mile north of town, on the quarter owned by Jesse Hunt, Wm. Worden, and Wm. D. Kemp. Nathan Jones, from N. C., en- tered the land now owned by Calvin C. Hunt and Peter Blosc. Gabriel Harrell, from N. C., half a mile south-west of town, on the quarter now owned by Henry Albright and others.
In the west part of the township, Wm. Hunt (not the Wm. Hunt who settled near town,) settled where Elijah Roberts lives. George Blose, of Ohio, where Wm. Hunt now lives. Andrew Starbuck, from N. C., on the land now owned by John T. Voorhees, on New Garden line ; first settler probably Daniel Pucket, a Friend preacher. Joshua Brown, from Pa., on land now owned by Joseph C. Graves. Isaac Pyle, on the north- west quarter of section 27, now owned by Elias Chenewith and Hugh Stevenson. Isaac Pyle resides on a part of section 22, formerly owned by Andrew Starbuck. Edward Fisher, from N. C., near west line, where he yet lives. Charles Thomas, from N. C., son of Stephen Thomas, where Jonathan Marine resides. James White, on west line, where he still resides. Lemuel Chance, from N. C., where Isaac Thomas lives, on sec- tion 16. Wm. Fulghum, from N. C., settled and owned land where he and his son, Levi G., reside.
Wm. Addleman, from Penn., in February, 1819, settled a mile and a half north-west from town. The second tree cut on his farm measured 7 feet and 7 inches across the stump, and its
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length to the lowest limb was 77 feet 7 inches. The body of the fallen tree formed one side of the camp built against it, in which he lived with six children for several months before his cabin was built, his wife having died before his removal. John . M. Addleman settled where S. D. Wallingford lives, 12 miles north of town. Wm. B. Kemp, from Md., where IIenderson Kemp lives, near town. Joseph P. Addleman, where Wn. IIill lives. Nathan White, on the land now owned by Wm. G. and Joseph White, 1} miles north of town. James White, from S. C., after a few years' residence near Middleboro, settled on the south half of section 13, 12 miles north from town, where he still resides. [See Sketch.] Nathan Elliott, N. C., settled on land now owned by Nathan White. Robert Star- buek, from N. C., where Whitmell IIill resides. Cornelius Vannuys, where he now lives. Ile was an early blacksmith.
In 1817, James Harlin, from Kentucky, with a large family of children, whose names were Valentine, Elihu, Joshua, John, (who never lived here,) Jacob, Nathan, James, Edith, Polly, Anna. The father, with Jacob, Nathan, and James, settled near the township, in Darke county, Ohio. The other brothers, in 1817, commenced a settlement, known as the " Harlin settlement," now Bethel. John, Nathan, and James reside in Iowa. Nathan Elliott, who settled in 1816, where James White now resides, also removed to this settlement in 1817. Jolm Thompson and five sons of Nathan Anderson, John, Joseph, David, Nathan, and Wm. H., settled in the vieinity about the same time. The friends of these settlers constitute a large proportion of the inhabitants of the north- east part of the township; the Anderson families numbering some ten or twelve.
In the north-west part of the township, Jesse Overman set- tled where Josiah Ilaisley resides, on land adjoining the north line. Wm. Nixon, where Peter II. Wright resides. Samuel Henderson, where Nathan Edgerton lives. Thomas Simons on land now owned by Jesse Outland.
Paul Swain, Wm. Simmons, Thomas Roberts, Daniel Fisher, Nathan and Henry Hunt, who settled in the south- west part of the township, assisted in opening the road called the " Quaker trace," from Richmond to Fort Wayne. Edward
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Fisher and Ann, wife of Henry Blosc, are the only children of these families now living in the township. Also, Abraham Ashley and Enos Grave, both of Wayne township, belonged to the party. Grave was surveyor of the trace.
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