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CADY'S TRIAL FOR MURDER.
On the night of November 21, 1894. in a drunken row on the streets of Larwill George Cady and John Worden fought. Worden was badly hurt and staggered through a saloon into the back yard, where he lay till morning. He was taken home and died the same morning. The coroner, N. I. Keithcart, was called and held an in- quest on November 22, 1894. and found that John Worden came to his death on that day by a blow from a beer bottle on the head in the hands of George Cady. Cady went and gave himself up at Columbia City. where he had his preliminary trial. and was lodged in jail. On February 7. 1895. he was indicted by the grand jury and the case was set down for trial on the second Monday in April following. He showed he was too poor to hire a lawyer and the court appointed W. F. McNagny to defend him at the expense of the county. On Mon- day. April 8, 1895. trial began before jurors as follows: Zachariah Keel, Franklin Hunt.
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Simon Nolt. David I. Rumsyre, Allen H. a pen around it, built of poles. A little flag Pence. Washington Long, Alonzo Gaff, Ja- or rag was fastened on a stick above the grave. the only decoration. I think the skeleton remained undisturbed till after the Indians had been transported. which was about 1843. The old trough was left as a relic for several years. I have made some inquiry about these graves, whether the In- dians dug out these sepulchres. Some think they did and some think white men dug them. I have been informed that it made no difference which direction the Indian's head was placed. cob Claxton, George W. Kreider. Andrew Kenner, William A. Haupmyer and David Clark. On April 13th the jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment and as- sessed as his punishment three years in the state prison for manslaughter. He was sent to Michigan City and in about eighteen months. by a petition granted, he was pa- roled. He now lives at Kokomo .. Indiana. and. I have been told, is trying to live an honorable life.
INDIAN GRAVES.
Indian graves in this part of the country were not very plenty. I have been able to hear of only seven in the township. There was one buried in a poplar log in section 5. He was put in this log about 1831. The writer remembers of hearing his mother tell of a squaw and pappoose who came riding up to their cabin one day, which was not far away. They were riding one pony and. I think, leading another. The squaw and pappoose belonged to the dead Indian and had been to visit the grave. The Indian woman said her man was a good Indian and had died some five years before the white people came. The grave or sepulchre was made by splitting off a slab from the top of the log. which was some two feet in diameter. A trough was dug in the log large enough to hold the body, which was placed within and the slab replaced and fastened down by poles laid crosswise and the ends fastened with stakes. This was to keep the wolves and other animals from tearing off the lid. I think this grave had
Mr. J. R. Anderson tells me that there was an Indian buried in a log along Spring creek, about three rods west of the bridge in section 12. The log got rolled over and the bones fell out. Dr. Joseph Hays, of Collamer. got the skull, which was burned with his office many years ago. This grave was in an oak log. I believe. Mr. Ander- son also tells of a squaw who was buried at Snyder's door on Spring creek and three Indians buried on the Trembly farm in sec- tion 2, near the Warsaw and Columbia City road. These last four were buried in the ground.
There was one buried in the ground on land now owned by Richard Smalley in section 31. I believe there was a gun buried in this grave. I have been informed that Indians did not carry their dead very far to bury them. but usually buried them near where they died. But perhaps this has already been written about in this book.
DEATHS BY ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE.
The first death by accident was James Perkins, who was hurt by the overturning
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of a wagon. He had several ribs broken and died in a few days. His death occurred on September 14, 1839.
The little daughter of George Hueston died in the spring of 1844 from the bite of a rattlesnake.
Mrs. Essinger hanged herself with a pil- lowslip to the third rail of the fence of her own dooryard.
.John Rodebaugh shot himself in the summer of 1852. He was at his own home and alone. He was thought to be insane.
Bell. the three-year-old daughter of Ab- ner Prugh, was scalded in a tub of hot water. This was about 1855.
A stranger was found dead in the woods not far from the railroad on the north side. He had been dead several days and could not be identified. He was supposed to have been a railroad hand. The cause of his death or his name was not known. This was in the summer of 1856 and was on the Trembly farm in section 2.
Alexander Norris was struck with a limb while chopping, March 14. 1856. He died on March 20th following.
James, the son of Amos Rodarmel, was drowned in the Hayden lake in section 6 while bathing with two other boys. He was about eight years old. This was August 12, 1856.
Thomas Hathaway had a leg broken at a log-rolling on September 3. 1858. His leg was amputated, but he finally died on November 5, 1858. He lived in section 19.
Clinton Perin had a leg broken about the same way as Mr. Hathaway, the bone protruding through the skin in each case. This was about April. 1860. He was taken
to Cincinnati to be doctored, but died June 30, 1860. He lived in section 32.
John Buck was struck by a locomotive near the station at Larwill. He was man- gled badly so he died in a few days. This was July, 1864. He used to own the Bailey farm in section 30.
Samuel Aker hanged himself to a lad- der in his own barn in the spring of 1864. He lived in section I.
Henry Souder. a young man, was in- stantly killed by the bursting of a grind- stone while helping to gum a saw in Van Liew's sawmill at Larwill. This was in February, 1865.
A negro who had criminally assaulted a white woman near Pierceton was hunted down by a mob and caught in John Burns's barn. He was afterward taken to Pierce- ton and was killed by the mob. This was in December. 1866.
Garringer died in a well. in which was "damp." He was living at Larwill. This was in the summer of about 1870.
Marcellus Thomson shot himself in a fit of insanity in Steel's woods in section 4. This was in the winter of 1870. He was a young man.
Caroline Greaven was burned to death by the bursting of a lamp at Attica. Indiana. She was the daughter of William Guy. This was the latter part of May, 1872. She was buried at Larwill.
Tryphena, the wife of Philip Ward, was killed by jumping from a wagon when the team was trying to run away. This was in July, 1872. She lived in section 7.
Noble Jones and Frank Flinn were both killed while beating their way on the rail-
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road. They were both young men, living at Larwill. This was some twenty years ago. . Jacob Long, .section foreman on the railroad, was killed by a locomotive while trying to save a handcar. This was in 1881.
William Finley was killed by lightning at Samuel Shoemaker's barn on July 14. 1881. He lived in section 28.
Walsingham J. Smith was killed by lightning about June 16, 1886. He lived in section 13.
John Compton, a young man, son of Charles H. Compton, was killed by a fall- ing tree, January 19, 1883. He lived in sec- tion 16.
Andrew Prugh committed suicide by drowning in the lake near Larwill in July. 1891. It was thought his mind was af- fected.
Eli Way, an old man, was found dead by the roadside in section 7 about the last of May, 1893.
John Worden was killed in a saloon row in Larwill, November 22, 1904. The par- ticulars are given elsewhere.
Amy Harris, a boy some fifteen years old, was drowned in King's lake while bath- ing with some other boys. This was in July, about 1894.
Alice, the daughter of Henry Norris, and Nora, the daughter of Samuel Norris. were instantly killed by a locomotive at the crossing at South Whitley. They were in a buggy. This was on January 19, 1895. They resided in sections 22 and 16, respec- tively.
Fred, the eleven-year-old son of Samuel Ward, while at play. hanged himself in his father's barn. It was accidental. This was on April 5, 1901. This was in section 31.
Schuyler, the son of H. B. Whittenberg-
er, of Larwill, was killed in a railroad wreck at Broken Bow, Nebraska, on January 28. 1904. He was brought home for burial.
The child of Adam Steel was drowned in a vessel of milk in the summer of 1904.
There have been several killed who were in the employ of the railroad within the township or familiarly known here.
There was one other death, perhaps not by accident or suicide. It was about 1855 a man came to Hunt's Inn. I think he came on the hack. He took sick and died in the night. There was nothing on his person to tell who he was or where he was from-"a stranger unknown." There was a cholera scare at the time and it was thought he had the cholera. He was buried as soon as pos- sible. He was buried in the Summit grave- vard.
There have been some serious accidents which did not result in death. A man. while chopping wood on the Perin place, near Larwill, had his skull broken with a limb. Dr. Firestone removed some of the fractured skull and put in a plate. The man finally got well. (I have forgotten his name.) Jacob Stackhouse had both legs broken at Jeremiah Williams's barn raising. William .R. Curtis lost two fingers in a sawmill. Con- rad Noss lost four fingers at another mill. Daniel Stilwell had one foot badly injured in Robinson's mill. Sherman Welker and Ty- ree Firestone each had a leg cut off on the railroad. A boy, the son of J. Graham, had a leg cut off with a mower.
SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS.
Charles Ditton built the first frame house in the township. It was about 1841. This was in section 22. Shortly after this
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David Hayden built a frame house in section 6. The plastering lath was rived out of oak timber and the sand was hauled some four miles, when there was just as good sand on his own place, which he had not discovered. A man named Smith from Kosciusko county did the plastering. In 1844 David Hayden built a frame barn. This was the first in the township. The house still stands, but the barn has been superseded by a larger one.
Price Goodrich built the first brick house in 1852. He knew something of brickmaking and made the brick in 1851. This is the only building I ever noticed where tile or brick eight inches square were used for "headers."
At first the dead were buried on farms and were scattered over most of the town- ship. But now most of the remains have been removed to some regularly laid out cemetery ; but some graves have been lost. There are four cemeteries within the town- ship: Larwill, Boonville, Oak Grove and Center Schoolhouse.
Dr. Wiggins had the first melodeon, about 1853; Mrs. Lucinda Mitchell the first sewing machine, about 1860. John Burns had the first reaper, a McCormick, about" 1861. Elon Maynard had the first binder ; it was a wire binder, about 1880. I do not know who had the first machine to separate cream. There is not an automobile owned in the township.
LOCAL NAMES.
Boonville! How was it named? In 1857 there was a young man named James Bolton, who lived with his father in section 18. He was a southerner, a good chopper
and a good hunter and loved to dance. He got the name of "Boon" for some of the foregoing reasons. There was another young man named Hendricks. He could sing, but was not as handy with the girls as Boon. It is said that Boon "beat his time." Jake had said something about some of the neighborhood girls and Boon took it up. Well, there was a Fourth of July celebration at Moore's schoolhouse in Kosciusko county and the boys were both patriotic and went. They had some hot words and made threats. The next day was Sunday and there was some kind of a gath- ering at the church and as they were going home and came to the crossroads, near where the church now is, they came to blows. It is said that Boon got "knocked out," al- though he got the "first blood." For a while it was called "Boon's Defeat." but that did not sound like a nice name, so it was soon changed to "Boonville." At that time there was a cemetery and a sawmill was building. A church and a blacksmith shop were not far away. In the course of ten years a new church was built near the cemetery and an- other sawmill was put up and many im- provements made. But now all the public places are gone except the church, the schoolhouse and the cemetery. Both the participants in the duel of '57 are far re- moved. Hendricks lives at Hobart and Bolton at Alexandria, both old and gray.
Buck's Crossroads. Now, there are two versions to the way the name came about. The place is on the south line of the town- ship, one mile east of the southwest corner. It is said that there was a "deer lick" some- where in section 20 of Richland and a wet prairie in section 30 of Cleveland and there
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was a deer trail between the places. It was a good place to hunt, and the trail was known as "Buck's Crossing." When the roads were laid out on the section lines be- tween these four sections-19, 20, 29 and 30-it was found the roads crossed near where this trail crossed from section 20 to section 30. So in this way it was called Buck's Crossroads.
The other is this: In 1856, when Buch- anan and Fremont were running for Presi- dent, there was a pole raising and a speech at this crossroad. The pole was hickory and the Democrats had a good time and they christened the place "Buck's Crossroads." We favor the first explanation. There has been a schoolhouse at this place for several years.
"Tadpole" got its name from being near a swamp.
"Hazel Hill," named from there being a few hazel brush near the schoolhouse.
"Red Brush," named from there being plenty of oak brush in the vicinity.
THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
The Larwill Lodge, No. 238, of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows was or- ganized May 17, 1865. A charter was granted by the grand lodge of the state of Indiana at the above date. There were siv charter members. The names are as follows: William Bonar, Samuel S. Bonar. Rufus W. Dodge, Jacob Klingle, John P. Saylor and F. W. Pattsman. Eight candi- dates were initiated at this organization. Its first officers' names were as follows: Noble grand, William Bonar: vice-grand, S. S. Bonar; recording secretary, Rufus W. 26
Dodge: treasurer, F. W. Pattsman. This lodge is worth $1.500 at the present time. In the last six months, from July 1. 1906, to January 1, 1907, this lodge has paid out for relief work, including funeral expenses, $176.50. The funds on hand January I, 1907, were $231.92. The lodge owns its own hall. which is the second story of the H. B. Whittenberger building. This build- ing was erected in the fall of 1866, but the lodge did not own an interest in the build- ing till several years later.
The present officers' names are as fol- lows: Noble grand. A. J. Bills : vice-grand. L. C. Vance: treasurer, B. F. Osborne : recording secretary, J. E. Berry: financial secretary. W. S. Smith: trustees, G. W. Prugh. J. A. Norris and F. D. Cummins.
There are at the present time seventy- four members in good standing. The lodge has buried only sixteen members since its organization, in 1865, which is, very re- markable for so long a time. The lodge meets on Wednesday night of each week.
This lodge has in its membership some of the best citizens of Larwill and vicinity.
THREE LINK LODGE NO. 46, DEGREE OF REBEKAH, I. O. O. F.
This society was instituted, May 18, 1870, with thirteen charter members as fol- lows: Males-Samuel S. Bonar. Daniel Kirkpatrick, Henry Smith, Henry McLal- len, John W. Groves, Isaac Harrison and Azariah R. Clugston. Females-Madames E. F. Bonar. Elizabeth Smith, L. C. Mc- Lallen, A. E. Groves. S. S. Clugston and H. Harrison. Of these seven have died.
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The present officers are : Noble grand, Mrs. W. S. Smith; secretary, W. S. Smith; treasurer, Mrs. L. M. Osborne.
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.
This is a fraternal beneficiary society. Larwill Camp, No. 3367, of Modern Wood- men of America, at Larwill, Idiana, was organized October 2, 1905, with twenty- five charter members, names as follows : Wade Sowder, Fred Beard, A. L. McCrea, A. E. Kistler, L. Rhodarmel, Charles L. Klein, F. A. Dietrich. F. A. Curtis, Alonzo Brunner. L. M. Noble, Alva Buntain, I. C. Cornelius, E. M. Cunningham, L. A. Scott, Floyd Souder, G. E. Ream, W. A. Kyle, B. T. McCrea, F. F. Long, F. H. Lancaster, H. E. Glock, L. W. Tennant, B. L. Bodle, C. S. Perin and H. W. Pletcher. The names of the first officers were as follows: Consul, E. E. Rindfusz; adviser, W. A. Kyle: banker, Alonzo Brunner; clerk, Charles L. Kline; escort, L. A. Scott; watchman, B. L. Bodle; sentry, C. S. Perin ; physicians, Drs. L. W. Tennant and H. E. Glock ; managers, L. M. Noble, E. M. Cun- ningham and N. E. Kistler.
The place of meeting is at Dietrich's Hall, in postoffice building. The regular time of meeting is Friday evening of each week, except during the months of July and August of each year, when the meetings are the second and and fourth Friday evenings. No deaths have occurred since the organi- zation up to the present date. Amount of insurance in effect when organized, October 2. 1905, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Total amount of insurance carried by members at present, forty-two thousand dollars. Present membership is fifty-five.
The names of the present officers are as follows: Consul, E. E. Rindfusz; adviser, Floyd Souder; banker, Fred Beard; clerk, Charles L. Kline; escort, Fred Betzner; watchman, E. M. Cunningham; sentry, F. H. Buntain; physician, Dr. L. W. Tennant ; managers, J. F. Smalley, F. F. Long and F. A. Dietrich.
The date of this report is January 23. 1907.
This body, although young, seems to be prosperous and useful in the community.
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.
The Due Gard Lodge, No. 278, of Free and Accepted Masons, was organized under dispensation, July 2, 1861 ; charter granted May 27, 1862: organized under charter June 7, 1862; by-laws approved by grand lodge May 29. 1872. The names of the charter members are as follows: John B. Firestone, Elisha L. McLallen, Ambrose M. Trumbull, Jonathan Cunningham, J. J. Shorb, William M. Thompson, John O. Adams, Jacob W. Miller, David James. Vir- gil Barber. Edwin L. Barber, Henry C. Van- liew, George F. Miller. E. L. Barber is the only charter member living. The first offi- cers under the charter were: John B. Fire- stone, worshipful master: E. L. McLallen, senior warden : A. M. Trumbull, junior war- den : D. B. Clugston, treasurer ; H. C. Van- liew, secretary; Virgil Barber, senior dea- con; J. W. Miller, junior deacon: E. L. Barber and J. Cunningham, stewards ; John Maynard, tyler. Officers for 1907: Joseph W. Compton, worshipful master ; John Smal- ley, senior warden ; John R. Smalley, junior warden: C. F. Merchant, treasurer: Lewis H. Clevenger, secretary : George O. Comp-
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ton, senior deacon; William McDonald, jun- er, S. J. Compton; junior vice-commander, ior deacon ; J. A. Young and Leander Low- er, stewards; and Daniel Smuthers, tyler. The present trustees are Henry S. Cleven- ger, George James and David F. Lower. Present membership, sixty. The regular time of meeting is the first and third Tues- days of each month in the evening.
The first meeting place was in a hall just west of Ream's store. The building burned a few years ago. The present lodge room was built in the summer of 1869, at a cost of about one thousand dollars. It is on the second floor of the Ream store building.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
The Charles Swindell Post of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized at Larwill, Whitley county, on August 31, 1884, with thirty-seven charter members, as follows: W. S. Smith, C. L. Heaton, George Maguire, D. L. Whiteleather, W. A. Prugh, S. A. McKelvey, W. C. Smith, W. W. Freeman, Horace Hammontree, G. W. Mott, James Worden, A. F. Cunningham, Christopher Souder, H. B. Whittenberger. J. W. Zartman, A. T. Steel, A. H. McBride. A. G. Cornwell, Jesse Young, J. W. Comp- ton, G. W. Prugh, S. J. Compton, George James, I. N. Compton, G. W. Holderbaum, G. W. Zerbe, A. C. Brosman, W. C. Jame- son. G. M. Scott, J. W. Groves, Joseph Snodgrass, H. N. King, A. B. Heminger, Elam Fletcher. D. C. Stilwell, J. R. Bun- tain, E. S. Johns. The list of members was increased from time to time to sixty-two. The first officers were as follows: Com- mander, W. S. Smith ; senior vice-command-
A. P. Cunningham ; surgeon, Dr. C. Souder ; officer of the day, H. N. King ; chaplain, H. B. Whittenberger; adjutant, J. W. Comp- ton ; quartermaster, J. W. Zartman ; officer of the guard, C. L. Heaton ; sergeant major, J. W. Groves : quartermaster sergeant. W. W. Freeman ; council of administration or trustees, D. J. Bowman ; chairmen, J. W. Zartman, H. B. Whittenberger.
This order decorates annually the graves of all the dead soldiers buried within the township. Soldiers buried in Lake View cemetery, at Larwill are: Henry Smith. William Sterling. Martin V. Hammond. John B. Davis. Jacob Stoler, Benjamin Mc- Creary. James Worden, Samuel A. McKel- vey, Chancy L. Heaton, George Maguire, Christopher Souder, David L. Whiteleather, Elam Fletcher, William W. Freeman, Clyde O. Rindfusz, William A. Seymour, Robert Guy.
Soldiers buried in cemetery at Summit : John J. Rice, John Fenters, F. M. Smith, Eli Mcknight, Orange L. Jones, John Buck.
Soldiers buried in Boonville cemetery : James Harshman, Silas Atchison. John C. Stiver, Seymour C. Whitman, Anthony Atchison.
Soldiers buried in South Richland near Center school house : Henry Croy. William Croy, Solomon Payne, John L. Radcliff. Eli W. Vanwey, Jesse Radcliff.
Soldiers buried in Oak Grove cemetery : Samuel Parish, Jonathan D. Witt. George Essig.
Civil war soldiers living in Richland township: George W. Prugh, Joseph W. Compton. Isaac N. Compton, Hiram B.
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Whittenberger, James Bullers, Henry Nor- good. The writer remembers well that at ris, William Rouch, George W. Webster, Winfield S. Smith, John R. Buntain, Henry Rindfusz, Alonzo N. King, William V. Hathaway, Daniel Smethers, Jeremiah W. Zartman, Homer N. King, David C. Stil- well, David Bridenthall, William A. Prugh, Joseph Grice, Christian Benner, Alva H. McBride, David S. Klinger, Uriah H. Clark, Charles Palmer, Milton Bayman, William Miller, Warren W. Martin, John Beard.
Spanish-American soldiers living in the township are as follows: Floyd O. Jellison, Charles D. Chapman, Richard Butler, Elmer Curtis, Alva Buntain and Herbert Reece. These all enlisted in this township. Besides these there were fourteen others enlisted in this township, two have died-Clyde Rind- fusz and William A. Seymour, and twelve have left the township, namely: Robert A. Jellison, Fred Norris, Wayman Warner, Gideon Klingaman, James Klingaman, James Fletcher, Clarence Easton, Raymond Prugh, Ulysses S. Maguire, George N. Cady, Edwin C. Barber, Eli Davis.
The soldiers in the Philippines were Charles Plummer, Burton R. White, John Secrist, Harry Snyder and Albert Davis.
The post surrendered its charter and dis- banded in November, 1896. During the first six years of its existence it prospered, giving considerable aid to sick and destitute soldiers and their families, and had many social events. Regular memorial and deco- ration exercises were had. Each winter supper was had by the post. If the sup- per was a "farmer's supper," the people of Larwill and vicinity were always very liberal in their contributions. Either farm- er's supper or oyster supper always were
one single farmer's supper, the post netted sixy-two dollars. The people of Larwill 'and its vicinity always had and have yet a warm feeling toward the "boys of '61 and '65." No blame can be laid to the people of Larwill and country about for the early dis- banding of the post. Early in 1886 the post instituted a movement to raise money by public subscription to buy a lot in Lake View cemetery at Larwill for the burial of destitute soldiers. The effort was a success, for in a very short time the money was at hand. The citizens gave a very large per cent. thereof. A lot was bought and one soldier, who had been buried in "free ground" was disinterred and reburied on this lot by the post. Since then a number have been buried therein.
"Soldier, rest, thy warfare o'er."
I am indebted to J. W. Zartman for the above report, most of which has been copied.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
In the winter of about 1872 and 1873 was organized a grange at Robert A. Jelli- son's. I do not know who were the officers or what was accomplished by this grange. I think it was in existence about two years. A little later a grange was organized at the house of Henry Bailey in section 30. This organization lasted but a short time. There was a great deal of ridicule made of this or- der, led by the merchants.
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