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In the north-east part of the township Joseph Jackson set- tled carly, and later, Allen Judd, where now James Hutchins and G. W. Scantland reside. Josiah Johnson, where Hezekiah Hutchins lives. Henry Mullinex, where A. W. Hoggatt re- sides. Isaiah Osborn, about 1828, where Edmund Osborn lives. Thomas Marshall, about 1818, where his grandson Thomas Marshall now resides. Thomas Cox, where E. Bias resides. Reuben Macy, from N. C., on lands now owned by John Charles and John Banks. Samuel and Elihu Swain, from Tenn. in 1815, on land now owned by the heirs of Elihu Swain, Jun. Isaac Mills, Jesse Joues, Uriah Barnett, and Wm. Locke, were early owners of the land afterward owned principally by Alva J. Macy, now by his widow, Mary Macy. Baldridge, later David Maulsby, settled on land now owned by Harvey and John Lamb. Elihu Swain, Jun., after- ward Wm. Maulsby, where Henry Hollingsworth now lives.
In the east part of the township the following-named persons settled : John Davis, from Tenn., who, about 1819, sold to Hezekiah Hutchins; land now owned by Wm. Ballenger. Fenton Riley, where Jesse B. Williams lives. Josiah Johnson, afterward Anderson Moore, on land lately owned by Henry B.
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Hinshaw and Samuel Moore, now by Samuel McDonald. Ilenry Mullinex, later Zachariah Hodson, where Daniel M. Hiatt lives. George D. McPherson, on land now owned by Wm. Starbuck. Benj. and John Elmore, from Tenn., a mile south-east of town ; land now owned by - Burgess, Temple Edwards, and others.
Robert Canady, in 1819, built a Saw-mill half a mile from Economy, on Martindale's creek, (so named from John Martin- dale, an early settler on the stream,) Abel Lomax, master- builder. By repairs and rebuilding a mill has been kept there until the present time ; present owner, John A. Shepard. An oil-mill was built at the same place as early as 1830; pro- prietors, Richard Williams, Wm. Barnard, and Matthew Will- iams, and was run six or seven years. About the year 1827, a grist-mill was started by Daniel and Richard Mills and Thomas Cox, a mile below town, and was run about ten years. A steam grist-mill and saw-mill were built at Economy about the year 1830, by Nathan Proctor, and run about five years. John and Larkin Maulsby built, in 1849, a steam saw-mill, and after- ward added a corn-cracker. They were run but a few years.
A Carding-machine, propelled by an inclined plane horse- power, was built by Reuben Macy, about 1829, and was in operation about four or five years.
A steam Planing-mill was built in town, in 1867, by Elam Osborn and Henry Beard, and a saw-mill was attached in 1870.
WVm. Locke and Jonathan Macy are named as the earliest Merchants in the township. Locke kept his store where he first settled, 1} miles north-east of where Economy now is. Much of his trade was in deer-skins, raccoon skins, rags, gin- seng, pork, &c. Macy, who had settled a mile south-west of town, kept a small stock "of goods. Walter Thornburg and his son-in-law, Moses Mills, in partnership, afterward estab- lished below the hill, on the north-west side of town, a store which was continued by them there for several years, and, after the death of Mills, by Thornburg and his son John. The first store in town was kept by Matthew Williams. He had been for a short time a competitor of Thornburg, and prefer- ring a location on the hill, removed his goods to a hewed log building on the corner where Daniel B. Robbins now trades.
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After about two years he was succeeded, in the same building, by Jonathan Macy, about the year 1828. John Thornburg, soon after, removed from "below the hill," to the house on the corner opposite, now owned and occupied by the Clarks as a store, which he had built for that purpose. He is known to have traded in Economy as late as 1843. Hinshaw & Coffin, [Wm. H. ITinshaw and Barnabas Coffin,] traded as early as 1840, and Ifinshaw alone for many years afterward. Maulsby & Robbins commenced as early as 1845. Wm. Clark, from N. C., in 1860, bought an interest in the store of Barnabas Coffin and Thomas Elwood Clark, son of Wm. Clark. In 1863, Coffin left, and went to Indianapolis. Present merchants-Daniel B. Robbins, who has been in the business about twenty-five years, and T. Elwood Clark and Barzillai II. Clark, brothers, in part- nership.
A Drug Store is kept in town by George W. Robbins and Elisha K. Olney, and another by Mahlon Ballenger.
A Tannery was established in Economy by Wm. Locke about the year 1825. Among the names of those who have since carried on business at this establishment are Joshua Can- aday, George P. Rupe, Price & Surface, James Stanley, Coffin & Hinshaw, and others. Its last proprietor was Wm. Bal- lenger. It has recently been discontinued.
The first resident Physician in the township was Thomas T. Butler, who settled in Economy about the year 1826. The settlers had been previously served, in great part, by Drs. Warner, of Richmond, and Waldo, of Jacksonburg. Among those who have succeeded Dr. Butler were Henry Carver, in 1834, Josiah T. Bohrer, Macy B. Maulsby, George W. Robbins, Caleb K. Patterson, (eclectic,) Thomas Adamson, Royal R. Jennings. Drs. G. W. Robbins and Jonathan B. Clark are the present practicing physicians.
Of that class of mechanics first needed in a new country, Blacksmiths, Thomas Swain was the earliest, 12 miles north-east of Economy. He was, in 1820, a member of the legislature while it met at Corydon, and had to camp in the woods alone on his return. John Macy also was an early blacksmith.
The earliest Religious Society was that of the Friends ; most of the settlers mentioned as from Tennessee being of that
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denomination. Their first meeting-house was built of round logs, about a quarter of a mile north-west of the present town of Economy, in 1816. It is said to have been warmed by charcoal and white oak bark, burned on a hearth in the center. Some of the first members were Elihu Swain, James Warren, Richard Williams, and their wives, Robert Canaday and his wife Amy, an exhorter, Charity Mills, David Maulsby, Wm. Locke, Thomas Marshall, Henry and Moses Mills, and Charles Osborn, the only resident recommended preacher ever here. In 1821, a house was built of hewed logs a short distance from the former. The society here was called Springfield Meet- ing. About the year 1842, the antislavery question caused a division of the society. The abolitionists retained the old house until it was abandoned, about the year 1850. The others built a new house in town, which is still occupied by the society; a portion of the abolitionists having since re- united with them.
The Methodist Episcopal Church and Society was organized at an early date. A class was formed in or about the year 1817, at John Jordan's, in the north-west corner of the present township of Perry; James Havens being circuit preacher on the Whitewater circuit. The early members were John Jor- dan, Wm. Jordan, James Hudson, Jesse Comer, and their wives, Rachel Ellis, and perhaps a few others. Soon after were added Joseph Stanley, James Stanford, and their wives. Their meetings were first held at John Jordan's, near the head of West river, and at other private houses. Owing, prob- ably, to the increase of the number and the consequent ex- tension of the territorial bounds of the society, meetings were held, it is said, in a log school-house near the town; and among the members not above mentioned, were Simon Adam- son, Jacob Bowman, George D. McPherson, Wm. Starbuck, Barrett Barnett, Jesse Greenstreet, Daniel Worth. About the year 1827, some say-others, later than 1830-a small frame meeting-house was built in Economy, which was dedicated by Rev. Wm. IFunt. About 1857 or 1858, the present house was built. Among the early preachers after James Havens were Wm. Holman, - Summerville, Daniel Fraley, Wmn. Hunt, and Elijah Whitten. This society, too, was disrupted by the
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" abolition" question. The radical antislavery members se- ceded about the year 1842, and organized as a
Wesleyan Methodist Society .- Among its members were George D. McPherson, Elihu Smith, Ira H. Hutchins, Wm. Williams, John Maulsby, John M. Williams. This organiza- tion lasted only about three years. Some seven or eight years after it had been given up, a new society was formed.
The Economy Wesleyan Methodist Church was organized Sept. 9, 1853. Alexander Haywood was preacher in charge. Members who composed the church at the time of its organ- ization were Elihu Smith and Elizabeth, his wife, Ira H. Hutchins and Susannah, his wife, and perhaps others. On the same day, Elizabeth Mills, Martha E. Thornburg, and Emma Sutton were "received into full connection." Elihu Smith was chosen class-leader ; and a few months after, Ira H. Hutch- ins, steward. Preachers in charge since the organization : A. Haywood, Emsley Brookshire, - Harris, Wm. Gladding, Aaron Worth, Enoch Marsh, L. C. Beckford, John M. John- son, Elijah Coate, John W. Johnson, John Fall, Elijah Coate. The Wesleyan Chapel in Economy was built in 1857.
A church, called Christian Friends, was formed about the year 1837, and a house built near the north-east corner of the township, on the north line. It is said to have been formed by Valentine and Wm. Gibson, of Delaware Co., Ind. Hence the members were called Gibsonites. This church had a brief existence. About eight years ago the United Brethren formed a church here, and occupied the house until they built a new one in 1870.
The United Brethren formed a church about thirty or thirty- five years ago near the south-east corner of the township, on the south line. Meetings were held for several years in a school-house until the present house was built. Robert Mill- man, James Wright, Lewis Perry, James Powell, and their wives, are the names of members recollected. Preacher then in charge, Daniel Stover ; present preacher, James Cook ; pre- siding elder, John T. Vardeman.
A Baptist Church was formed in Economy about the year 1840, perhaps later. It existed but a few years.
The first School was kept in the Friends' log meeting-house.
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John Canaday is said to have been the first teacher. He was succeeded by Thomas R. Sanford, who was afterward a judge in Henry Co.
John Underhill commenced, in 1819, a classical or high school, which he continued, at intervals, for ten or twelve years. The present school-house was built in 1868, in which is kept a graded school, the higher branches being included in the course of instruction. The cost of the building was about $7,000.
The Town of Economy was laid out by Charles Osborn, as proprietor, and the plat recorded July, 1825. At an election held at the house of Wm. Barnard, Sept. 8, 1828, Isaiah Os- born, Wm. Barnard, Richard Williams, Jonathan Macy, and Josiah Osborn were elected trustees. Additions to the town plat were made by Charles Osborn in 1829 and 1834.
Some of the early Justices of the Peace elected in the town- ship were Jonathan Macy, (who, perhaps, never served,) Miles Marshall, Isaiah Osborn, probably the first in Economy, Absa- lom Wright, Win. Williams. John M. Williams is at pres- ent a justice, and has held the office most of the time since 1837.
WILLIAM LOCKE was born in Granville county, N. C., June 14, 1787. His father, John Locke, was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war, and a pensioner during the remainder of his life. Wm. Locke married, first, Damaris Mills, in 1808, and removed in 1815 to Perry township, and settled on a part of the land now owned by Mary Macy and her heirs, 1} miles north- east of Economy, where he kept the first store in the town- ship. Much of his trade was in deer-skins, raccoon skins, rags, ginseng, pork, etc. He was a Friend, and took an active part in forming the Springfield Meeting. He afterward re- moved to Economy, and established a tannery, the first in Perry township. After a brief residence there, he returned to his farm. He was for several years a director of the State Branch Bank, at Richmond. About the year 1837, he again removed to Economy, where he was for a season, and in other business. Fifty years after his marriage, his wife died. A year thereafter, in his 73d year, he married Judith Carter, with whom he lived about eight years, and died November 3,
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1868. He had three sons and seven daughters, as follows : Lucretia, born April 19, 1809; Charity, born December 13, 1810; Hannah, born December 27, 1812; married Wmn. C. Bond, of Clay township; Elizabeth, born October 13, 1814, died at 20; Rachel, born May 26, 1816, married John Brooks, of Clay; John Aaron, born May 22, 1819, married Charity Brooks, of Clay; Mary Ann, born March 25, 1821, married Elzey Storms, and died October 13, 1843-he re- sides in Randolph county; Levi, who died in infancy; Da- maris, born July 3, 1826, married Elvin Thornburg, a recom- mended minister of the Friends ; Wm. Milton, born December 21, 1828, married Martha Fisher, of Economy, and resides at Noblesville, Indiana.
CHARLES OSBORN removed from Tennessee to Ohio, in 1816, and in 1819 to the township of Perry, and settled on the land on which the town of Economy now stands. In 1825 he laid out the town, as proprietor, to which he made an addition in 1829, and another in 1834. After many years' residence there, he removed to Michigan, and a few years after to Porter county, Ind. [Dates of birth and death not obtained.] His sons were, James, who was married, and died in Iowa; Josiah, married, moved to Michigan, and died there; John, married, resides in Economy ; Isaiah, married, resided there until his decease in 1846; Elijah and Gideon, married, live in Cass county, Michigan; Charles N. and Parker, who reside in Wilmington, Ohio; Jordan, Benjamin, deceased. Daughters : Sarah, who married James Bonine ; Anna, wife of Jesse East; Cynthia, who married - Singerfuse; Nar- cissa, who died in Economy at the age of 12. In 1831, all the children of Charles Osborn were living and were present at a dinner at his house. He was a preacher in the society of Friends.
[The names of two of Charles Osborn's children have probably been omitted in the above list.]
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
This township lies in the south-east part of Wayne county, and is one of the six townships into which the county was divided in 1817 by the county commissioners after the adop- tion of the state constitution of 1816. Its length, east and west, is 7 miles; its breadth 6 miles, containing an area of about 42 square miles.
The earliest settlements in the township are believed to have been in the north part. Thomas Symonds settled December 6, 1811, about a mile north of where Milton now stands, hav- ing cut his way through the woods for 12 miles. There was no other settler near. His widow, still living, says, that, for six weeks after their arrival, she did not see the face of a white woman. Mr. Symonds was from N. C., and had stopped a few months at Cox's settlement, where Richmond now is. HIis family consisted of himself and his wife. They were much annoyed by Indian beggars, and by wild animals that ap- proached their cabin by night and by day. In the spring of 1812, from fear of the Indians, they, like other settlers, left their home, and sought safety in the settlements in the vicinity of the present city of Richmond, where they remained until after the pacification of the Indian's in 1814. They were obliged to go some 15 miles to mill, until Mr. Symonds himself built a mill, which was completed late in the autumn of 1814, or early in 1815. His wife once made one of these trips to mill, it being deemed safer than to remain at home alone. He died September 30, 1865. His wife is still living at Spiceland, Henry county.
In the north-east part of the township were some who settled there about the same time as Symonds in the north- west part. After the treaties of peace with the Indians, rapid progress was made in the settlement of the township.
In the fall of 1814, Benj. Beeson, from North Carolina, settled 33 miles south of the present town of Milton, on land which had been entered in 1812, where he resided until his death in 1852, and where his son Benj. F. Beeson resides.
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James Walker, from Tenn., settled in the adjoining county of Fayette in 1812, and in 1814 came to this township, where he died about 40 years ago. The farm is now owned by Bezaleel Beeson. He had a large family, of whom only James and Prudy remain in the township. In 1814, John Wallace, from Ohio, settled 2 miles south of Milton, where he died; land now owned by his sons, Oliver, James, and John.
In 1811, Thomas Beard, from N. C., brother of John and Patrick Beard, settled 23 miles south-east from town. In 1815, James Jackson, from N. C., settled on land adjoining Becson's on the north. He removed about 1840 to Marion county, and died there. In 1815, Adam Banks, from Tenn., on the Wayne county line. IIe was a Baptist minister, and for several years a justice of the peace, and was famed as a hunter. He died about 1843 or 1844. In 1815, - Logan, on land now owned by Monford G. Beeson. Eli Wright, from N. C., settled near Benj. Beeson's. IIe had served in the war of 1812 as a ranger in Vincennes and Whitewater valley. He was a justice of the peace and a member of the legislature; land now owned by Sanford Caldwell.
Others settled in the south-west part of the township, the dates of the settlement of the most of whom are not ascer- tained. Among them are the following :
In 1816, came Micajah and Nimrod Ferguson, from N. C. Micajah settled on the land now owned by his nephew, Le- land Ferguson, and died in Posey township. Nimrod settled on the farm where his widow and his sons John W. and Cas- burn reside. He was probably the only pioneer in the county who did not enjoy the luxuries of log cabin life. His first and only house was built, in his small clearing, of bricks made near Milton. It is occupied by his surviving family. Thomas Beeson settled on land now owned by Elwood Bee- son, on the west line. Harrison Shortridge, (not the first,) where Norman Munger resides. Joseph Caldwell, in the south-west corner of the township; land now owned by his son James. Jehiel Lampson, and later, Jacob Smith, on land now owned by G. W. Smith's heirs. Solomon Burkett, on land since owned by Eli Elwell and his son Hiram, now by
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Thomas Williams. John Foulke, on land since owned by Matthew Wilson, now by Eli Elwell, who has removed to Milton. Joseph Williams, on the west line of the town- ship ; land now owned by his son James. Matthew Symonds, west part of the township, where he died ; farm now owned by Wm. Johnson. David Shay, on west line; land lately owned by John Welch, now by Daniel Whitely, Jun.
In the north-west part of the township, Gideon Myers settled about the year 1820. Joab Raines and Samuel Drury settled west of Milton ; in 1832, Joseph Gray, and about 1828, Isaac and Daniel Whitely. Thomas Pierson, afterward Abra- ham Symonds, settled in the north-west corner of the town- ship; land now owned by James Gray and Daniel Heacock. Peter Martz, afterward Silas Hiatt, from N. C., settled, first, where Joseph Gray now owns; next, where Henry Izor lives. Moses Cooper settled, in 1817, on land now owned by Jesse Murray and his father, Veniah Murray. John Callaway, a native of Delaware, in 1814, from Ohio, settled on land first owned by Boaz Thorp, lately by Joshua Gresh, now by Henry Frazee. A short time after Thorp's arrival, a daughter, about three years of age, was taken away by Indians, and never recovered. In consequence of this bereavement, he soon sold his land to Mr. Callaway, and left the country. John Callaway died in Warren county, Ohio, aged 84 years. James, son of John Callaway, came with his father, and, in 1820, settled half a mile west of Milton; afterward removed to town, where he still resides. He is the father of John Callaway, President of the First National Bank, Cambridge City. John Bell settled on the land now owned by John Callaway, of Cambridge City.
South of Milton, Jehu Wilson, a native of South Carolina, from Ohio about 1818, settled 1 mile south of town, on land bought of Joel Ferguson, where he resided until his death. The farm is now owned by his grandchildren. Jonathan Justice, a native of N. C., settled near Milton, where he died. The farm is now owned by Gideon C. Wilson, son of John, who was a son of Jehu Wilson. James Cathcart settled on the land now owned by Joel Pennington, 12 miles from Milton.
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The following are believed to have settled during or soon after the war of 1812 : James Shaw, 23 miles south of Milton, where Isaac Kinsey lives ; John Shaw on the adjoining farm, now owned by Jeremiah W. Swafford ; John Knipe, one mile south-east of town, the farm now owned by Henry Hoover ; Reuben Bronson, 22 miles south-west of Milton, on the farm lately owned by Alfred Hankins. Bronson was an early nur- sery-man.
On the east side of the river, Jacob Boyer settled where now his son Jacob lives. Aaron White, where now his son Richard resides. Isaiah Drury, in 1816, on the farm now owned by Charles H. Moore. Enoch Warman, on the land now owned by Joseph Kimmel, Thomas A. Moore, and David Sutton. Geo. Beeler, on township line; land now owned by Wm. Beeler. Wm. G. Reynolds, on land lately owned by Samuel Jacobs. Jacob Oldacre, where Mr. Sowerbeer lives. Joseph Swafford where David IIibbel resides. Wm. Swafford, on the land now owned by Wm. Kimmel. Jacob Kimmel settled carly 2 miles east of Milton ; lands now owned by his sons William and George and the heirs of Jacob Kimmel. Abraham Schock, on land now owned by David Sutton and Benj. Conover's heirs. V John Conover, a mile south-east of town ; land now owned by Sarah A. Wilson and John Brown. Joseph IIol- lingsworth, on land lately owned by J. Good, where now Robert Cornthwaite lives. Edward Emerson, from Vermont, about 1812, settled where his son Thomas now lives. He served in the war of 1812. His sons, James N., William, and Oliver P., reside in New Boston, Ill.
In the valley of Green's Fork, the following named persons were early settlers : Samuel, Jesse, Levi, and William Willetts, brothers. On the east side, Samuel settled where Wm. Kerlin lives; Jesse, where Peter Wisler lives; on the west side, Levi, where Caleb Lewis lately lived; and William, on the land now owned by P. Schloniger, and occupied by - Ging- rich. William and Levi died on their farms. Levi was an early justice of the peace. Jesse was in 1829, and for several years after, a county commissioner. Ile removed to New Boston, Mercer Co., Ill., and died there, at the age of 66 years. Elisha, his son, lives near where his father settled ;
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Nelson, son of Elisha, three-fourths of a mile south. J. B. and I. B. Willetts, son of Eli, a brother of Elisha, reside on the west side ; and adjoining them on the west, Solomon Reese settled where he died; land now owned by Wm. Vanbuskirk. Caleb Lewis, mentioned above, had been a member of the legis- lature. Ilis land is owned by his heirs. Thomas Mar- latt settled on the east side, where his son Harrison lives, and has latterly removed to near the mouth of the Fork, and lives with his son Albert. Of his other four sons, James lives on the west side of the stream, where Wm. Swafford early settled; Thomas has removed to New Boston, Ill., and is a United Brethren preacher; Washington, to Manhattan, Kansas, a Methodist minister; Abraham N., a Methodist minister, at Rushville. His four daughters are: Rebecca, wife of Washington Wolf, and Evaline, wife of Solomon Wolf, who reside at New Boston, Ill .; Mary, wife of Elihu Cecil, at Smithfield, Ind. ; and Ellen, wife of Jacob Walker, at Newcastle. Conover settled on the east side, on land now owned by his William.
In 1820, Wm. MeGrew settled on the west side of Green's Fork, on land now owned by - Dietz. [Sk.]
In the north-east part of the township, Joshua Lamott and Thomas Kelly own nearly a whole section; first owner not ascertained. Abraham Hathaway settled on the land now owned by his son MeCarty and other heirs. Henry Hart- man settled where he still lives. David Smith, where A. J. Smith resides.
Along the valley of Noland's Fork were the following : East side, Win. Beeson, where Stephen Crow now is. Philip Burris, on land now owned by L. M. Jones and T. and N. Burris. Moses Nethereutt, on land now owned by Philip Jenkins. Rudolf Waymire, on land owned by Samuel Clevinger, of Abington. David Waymire, south of Rudolf, on land owned by John Little. The north half of section 16, [school lot,] lying principally west side of the Fork, was sold to Dickson Hurst, and is now owned by Charles N. McGrew and Morgan Williams; the south half to John Doddridge, now owned by his sons, Philip and Isaac.
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A large portion of the south-east part of the township was early settled, and is still owned, by the Doddridge, Hurst, and Jenkins families. John Doddridge, from Pa., settled in 1814, on the east side of the Fork, where his widow, Avis Doddridge, still resides, with her son David, on the east line of the township. Their sons are Isaac, Philip, John, and David. Their daughters were Phebe, wife of James Baker, who lives in Illinois ; Eliza, wife of Wm. Ream; Sarah, wife of John T. MeMullen, a Methodist minister; and Nancy, who married Frank MeMullen, and resides in Missouri. Eliza and Sarah are both deceased. Two or three children of John Doddridge died young. Isaac, Philip, and David re- side in the township. David Jenkins, a brother-in-law of John Doddridge, in 1814, settled on the section south of Doddridge's, where he died. The land is now owned by his son Isaac, and Benj. Pierce, son-in-law of David Jenkins. Dickson Hurst, in or about 1820, settled on the county line, near the Fork, east side; the land now owned by his son-in- law, Henry Sweet; afterward removed to where Isaac Dod- dridge now lives, and died there in 1858. His children were Lucinda, wife of Henry Sweet; Mary Ann, wife of Wm. A. Rifner, of Henry county; William, east side of the Fork; Melinda, wife of Charles N. McGrew; Alfred, who lives in Iowa. John Hurst settled where Gilbert Thomas lives. His sons were, Benedict, who is dead ; Sanford, in the south-east corner of the township; John M., west side of the Fork; land now owned by his heirs; Dickson, deceased ; and Elijah, who settled on the west side of the Fork; Isaac, who moved to Flat Rock; Bennett, who died in Madison county. His daughters were, Sylvia, wife of Robert Watt, who lives cast of the creek; Cynthia, wife of Joseph Howard, who lived where Thomas Marlatt now lives-both dead; Mary Ellen, wife of John Orr, of Connersville. Mr. Hurst had other daughters.
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