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The first physician in The county iras Dr Francis L. Mr Hugh, nu inshinun, of greit professional skill ond raried learning. He ins a graduate of the University of Dublin, mint lired for muby yearsn few miles west of Colmubin City. When the country iras yel nen, it nas full of minsinn, and it is said that al one time, in the fall of [841, there irny not n single well person in the entire rounly. Is the woods began to be cleared oft mail the surplus nuter Iturned away, The general health improred rastly, so that nau the county emmupares finorably with others. The first physicians, honecer, were kept moring in a lirely manner
The hest trailer in the county from whom the settlers were nule lo dran Blir supplies nos a Frenchman nomeil Francis Godfroy, who kepl a small store on the Gushen ninl Fert Wnyne road, southeast of Blue River Lake. The next touling plnres were calublisheil at South Whitley nud Colinubin City.
THE FIRST TOTIT.
The first term of the Whitley Cirenit Court was hell nbout tno miles northeast of where Columbin City now is, nl the house of Richard Unnghan, April it, 1839. The Hun. Charles W. Erring was the Presiling .lulge, and Benjamin Martin and Francis A. Van Hontnu, Associnie Judges lohu W. W. Wright, the Prosecuting Allorney for the circuit, was absent, and Itenben 1. Dairson wns nppointed Prosecuting Aturnoy iu his stend for the term. Richard Collins wns the first Sheriff. The Gillotring is n list composing the first grand jury which was imponeled at this term of courl : Dueil Wolf, Seth A. Immens, Joseph Turklju, William Cordill, Leci Curtis, Smonel C'reger, James Jones, Jesso Spicor, Christopher W. Long, John G. Braddock, Horere Cluceland, Alum Agolf, William Vanmeter mil l'eter Circle The court appointed t'hristopher W. Loug foreman, and Jahu H Alexander was sworn tu as the first linilill, andl plneed in charge of the grand jury. The same ilay, this body reported Ihnt it had nu Imsiness before it, anil ins dis- charged by the court. Abraham Cuppy wny the first Clerk of the cent.
The first civil enso tried by the court isas n bill in elinucery brought by Webster et ul. vs. Webster et al., for the partition of real estate. Publica- tion of the requisite notice wos unuly in the Fort Wayne Sentinel nou Riel- mond Jefersonian, there being no jumper in the county
John 11. Alexander was, on the day following the opening of the court, appointed Conuty Surrocor, to serre for one year, and gave bond in the snu of $3,000 for tho faithful performance of his unty. The court, the siune ilny, adjourned, Iniciug finished the business ou the iloeket. Banghan ins allowed $3 for the uso of his house by the courl.
The first pelit jurors were as follows: Samuel Irartsook, Daniel Hire- ley, Benjamin Gardner, Stephen Mortiu, J.unes Ruscan, Benjamin Grable. Josse W. Long, Bengamin Crusah, Benjamin Il Clevelonit. Thomas Costick, Jumces Anhun, John W. Ature, George C. Penve, John Collins, Jesse Alex- nudler, Francis Tulley, Jacob Brumbaugh, Louis Kinsey and Willinm Blir. The first Recorder uns Alrahman Cuppy. The first Auditor elected after thal uffico uns erenlel uns Bichard Collins. The first Treasurer urns Benin- min Grable.
Johu B. Chapman was the hrst ntfornoy admitted to the hur in the rumity, The first resident muyer in the county was Jmues L. Wordru, afterward elected Julgo of the Supremo Court. He moved to Columbia City nbout the tiene, or shortly after the county sent uns loented, bill remsioed only n shout tiuce.
The first criminal indictment in the county was found against Joseph Pierce, fer retoiling withont license. He pdead guilty, atul wny fined there- upon $2. Nine similar imlietments were fomul against the same iletendant, Pierce, on the same charge, and were tried before the court adjournedl.
The first marriage license wits issued lo Jucob Kistler and Sophia Paine, on the lat of September, 1875.
The first tox duplicate, in 18-t, was made out on four pages of foolscap. and the totul sum leried for laxes amounted to but $3/2.931.
The first mecling of the Ceminissieners was held nl the house of Joseph l'arrell, kr., May T, 1838, nenr Sonth Whitley. The members of the board were Oito W. Gandy, Nathaniel Gradeless and Jaseph Parreit, Ir. Gandy was chosen President. John Collins was uppointed County Treasurer. . \ heense te reml merchantlise wny granted ta Fierce, Starkweather & Co. for one year, oml the suer of $5 collected from them for the privilege.
Samuel Smith, James Jones and Samuel Dungan wire appointed the firel Supervisors
The election ef the first Justices of the l'eacr Wny ordered for Smith Township, Sley 28, 1834, and Talrut Ferry was appoinleil Inspertor of said election. Joseph Crois ond Je-se Long irere the first Overseers of the Poor, and were appointed for Smith Township, also
Aner Columbia City was selected as the county seal, the courts were held at the hotel of lucid Long, and al the house of Abraham Cuppy, the Clerk of the court. There were no buildings with sufficient room to afford separate uparimenis for juries to deliberate in, so that usually, in good weather, they morchel out to shine conrenient log. und, seating themselves upon it, maile up their verdict.
+ELECTION OF A POUSTY SEAT-TIE. PUBLIC HUILIOSGS.
Columbia, as it ivas then culled, or Columbia City, irns made the county sent, upon condition that Henry Ellsworth and his associates, the owners of the section of land upon which the city stands, shoulil donale the undivided half of the said section to the county, and also erect u mill in the town. The date of the establishment of the county sent may be given ns May, 1840, at which time Ibe lown pint of Columhin was fled ivith the County Recorder The condition imposeil upon the founders of the town sine, in relation to the erection of a mill, was fullledl, oftericard, according to the agreement. llenry Ellurorth was, at the time, United States Commissioner of the Palent Office, oml he, together with Willinin L. Dnyinn, of New Jersey, afterward rnulidate for The Vice P'residency with Fremont, and others associated with thetu, owned no small area of land pear, the center of the county, where they had good reason lo suppose the -eal of justice would he localed.
The first court house in the rounty stooil on the site of the present post offre building. It was a two-story frame structure, Snished in 1840, and consisted of nothing more than n roust room on the best for, irith jury rooms nbate.
The first county offices provided for the Transaction of the county busi- hess isere nrross the street from the east side of the court house squnyr.
The County Commissioners enileavored to linve a court house constructed, lo replace Ibr framme make-shift, in 1846 A contract iras let to this effect, but il was nerer carried out, and the werk bnd to be done over. The second contraci was lel lo Washburne & Swiharl, irho completel the brick court house nois in use (1574). The contract prico was $5, 100, but the building enst several hundred iloliars more when completed. It iras iarned over lo the county, ready for use, in 1871, at which time it was the best court house to be found in that judicial circuit. The building, considering the price of it, is A very fine piece of workmanship, and could not non be replaced for tivice thist .n.D).
The olit juil atul Sheriff's residence is nest of the court honte, and ivill shortly be superseded by a new building, southeast of the court house, now nearly completed. The new jail is constructed of solil sione work, and, with the brick residence in front, presents an imposing appearance. The total cost was over $34,000. Braltin & Goshorn irere the conl mictors.
The names of the county officers are as follows : Auditor, R. A. Jellison; Clerk, Intney Reider . Sheriff. W 11. Liggett ; Treasurer, Incoh A. Baker, lireorder, Johu Wigent ; Coroner, John Richards; Commissioners, William Dunlap, Jacob A. Rumsey, Richard W. Paige: Representative, Thoma- Wash- born : County Superintenlent, A. J. Douglass.
COLI MBIA CITY
This low n iras incorporated December 14, 184%, the following being a list of the pelitioners asking the County Commissioners to order an election for that purpose : D. F. Long, S. 11. Wunderlich, John Gillespie, H. W C. Cur- tis, H. Hunah, Benjamin Grable, Benjamin Gruble, Jr., A. L. Munger, A. K. Goodrich, Michael Hirrley, F. L., Melligh, Jnmes S. Collins, Lafayelle Lamson, Warren Mason, John Rhodes, .I. W Baker, B. Kuiseley, Richard Collins, J. Keefer, Sylvester Knapp, J. 11. l'ratt, .John 1} Alexaniler, Levi Myers, IL. Strihnyt, Nathaniel Fish, David Sbepley. Jaines F. Lattimore and W S. Zetis.
The first town plal pas recorded in Mue. 184it, and contained about one hundred and eighty lols. The town proprietor in their contrart with the county agreed to ereet A mill. which ihoy dil. The enterprise iras a greal convenienre to the settlers in the surrounding rountry. It was run hy water- power, and was torn down some lime oga. At the tunt of its ronsiruetion There was hnt one other mill iu the county, that being owned by Richard Baughau
Columbin City remained n stuall town until the completion of the Pitts- burgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Huilwny, or, as it was then called. the Fort Wayne & Chicago Rniluny, which is finished to the place iu 18'i. About Ihr same time, an effort irus made to build number Failivar ibrough The town nwt county, riz .: the Detroit, Eel Rirer & Illinois line. After about one-third of the work of grailing urns done, The enterprise nas nbandouel. Il was resuscitated in ISiis le n new company, which lei a contrnel lo D. L. Quirk & Co., who, in 1871, completed the road from Auburn tu Rospn. In 1871, it was completed to Loginsperi, and in 1873 lo Buller, where it connects with the Lake Shore fine for The East. James Collins, of Columbia City. was, for some years, l'resident of the corporation. Since the couplelion of this last umurd railum, Columbin City has increasedI rapidly in population, and a uuncher of fine business blocks attest the subsimulat progres which the town is making. The population in 1870 iras over 1,12%), and is now, ucconlung to a local census, over 2,300
The first hotel kroper iu the lawn was David Long, che 6rst store was kept by Mrs. John Rhodes; the first lug hense erertel in the loin irus irbere noir stands the house of J. B. Elwards : The first church [ huilt hy the Meth- odislaj wux on South Live street, anil is still in use. In addition In this, the English 1.otheruus, Catholics, Baptists, German Lutherins and Refurmed Germans lince houses of worship in the place.
The schools are in charge ef .I. A. Douglas, assisted by a competent corps of teachers
The umnufurturiug interest- of Columbia t'uy are represented he tivo touring-mills, tiro stavo fartories, ono hub nout spoke factors, a foundry and mnchiur ship, aud an extensive brewery There are two banks and ino grain elevators.
The turn officers of Culminbia City, of the present time ( 18ja). uvr ns fol- laus . Trustees, Willing Luicks, Jacob Wululerlich, Henry Supler, Isme W l'rickett, Grurge Steerhaff, J. \ Tnuperl , Clerk Ilrber Cullins ; Treas- ufor, - Neeley ; Marshal, Hrurs Van Oreloli.
Choruburro is The second tuun in importance in the runty, amul lins an elvvalor nml n qumber of wood-working and othor shaps.
South Whitley is the ubitest town iu tho county, the tomu phu being tiled
Larwill, Ceesse, Callumer. Faun. Fareel nil Collins are touns of more or less notu.
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COUNTY HISTORIES .- CONTINUED.
The frel minper in the county was the Pinter, started by J. A. Berry In 1844 The Colonibin Cily Veier Len4 stried ty 1. B. MePumund in 185i , biy Unecessar wny 14. Ximmerman, who, in 1814, changed the name In The Colum- lo Frank 1. Zimmeriunn in asia, who, in turn, sohl lo K. W. Brown, the prevpnl editor mel propriclor. The paper is Democratic.
Tho . Irgus uns alarled in opposition to the Deinopracy, in 1855. In 1848, Ili umno, Repubheda, was moped A Z. Hooper, Str. Bramer, Henry Bridge and J. W Maker irere successnely editors of the paper, irlnich is al present ronduriel hy the last nameit amfor the name of the Columbin tily
FULTON COUNTY.
Thus county hies usar the center il' the Sinto, from ernst lo west, not in The third lier of counties fram the northern boundary. 11 hus an area of 370 square miles, und The population, in 18il, nos 12, 7101, The county lies on the southeastern extremity of the prairies which cover a girnt part of The north- irralern counties "farso prairies love Themselves in the oak opening, and disappear uhund entirely after The center of Fulton is reached. Nearly fifteen per ceul uf the surfsco is prairie; the remneindor is prelly equally lirided betiseen ouk openings, or barrens, and heury funbered hinds The surface is lerel, us a rulo, Int boken into consideraldo bills in Henry Tarnship in the undoro and in Richtutul in the western pail.
The principal stromm is tho Tipure inoe, which enters from Marshall l'aunly in tho northeast, and, eurring south some fire miles, il leares nem. the northwest corner, flowing iule l'ulaski County, Mill and Med Creeks, The foriner The oullel id Loke Mumlon, and The laller of the Mind Inkes, are The princiget trilintaries of the Tippreanoe in The county. Chippen a- Nnek, rising in Henry Township, und another stream also, known as Mill I'reøk, in Woyno Turnship, are rreeks af como dize, niul foir, also, into the Tippecanoe. Four or hry miles of the surface in the county is Inken up by small lukes, the largest of which is nearly Three miles long and a mile anil n half wido. Tina Alill retains its Iniliun Dante, Manifon, or Spirit Lakr. Il is ailunied u mile rast of Rochester, ul ity nearest juuint, and has long hern noled far tho mimener numbers of fish which me found in ils truler4. Ju vaily days the supph of cheap and delicious food prorured from Munilou Lake irs surprising, and il still yields ult the fish required by the citizens of Rochester not The surrounding connier. The turivlies found are las. jake, sun-hsh nul buffalo- fish, The anme us in The olber lakes of the county, "The largest prer luken friun Ibe Inko was ef the kind known ns n aquion.fish, und irvighed 200 ponmils. Fish hne, nl times, heen an jdeolifnl That the mill- nherl on The rory lending from Muniton Uns frequently bren clogged uply them. The luke is the breeding place of large flocks of ducks, mil wild pe-e are fund ulong ils shores, waking Theur favorite resorts fer ypari stiro Muuilon the inoloses a number of anely-ugoded islands in ils unlers, which tond In giro il a picturesque appenruner. The noxl largest is Trier hake, in the portforest corder of Union Township. 11 corers nhyl u square mile of am fire, nodis purily in Pulaski County. North and South 3lund latkes lie in the vasteru part of hiheily Tewusbin. Summil Atul Rock lankes ner iu leurs Township, where are also u number of smaller bodies of unler unnamed.
The timber fraud nyou the hratilrecovered londy embraces sh the nell- kimun varieties, aud is'n source of nieh pruft lo ou ners, being shipped in largo quanlities
Bog iron-orn is Gutund ju The umrshes in large quutilities, und uns workin] tuin merehunlaly shupo for many years, nt ut forge in Rochester The iron & used for fuel, und us jdentiful snpjdy was produced at small expense in the tumde tios of n superior quality, mil ranked in market with the best pro- "luils of The Swedish inines.
Topper and roul hare beru found in detached pieres, but il is iol known That either are lo he found in paying quantilic,
There are no surface oul-erops of slour in the county
As i'as the case with a large pinrl of Northern Indomum, Fullou Conuly, ur ruller Ihr territory por within ils bordery, truy the home of the I'mtinirallomie Indique, onlit Their places were Inken by the irhiles The frel rulo beginning of civilization and progress in their midst in Fullon County wny a mill unill al the bullet ond upon the banks of Manitou Like. This nos ereelil ni The expense of the gorerumenil, in 1825, in necordauee will promises utile to the ludiuns The builder imus Geu. Milroy, of Salein, Wushuigten l'outily, und the bulliling irus a tuo-story frame with ono ruu of Mudr, nduplei exclusively to grinding coru, Thol being the only kind of gruin raised by The red mon. The structure, which irns the first frmine buikling creeled u itlun the limits of the county, has long sinco fallou lo deeny, and ran- ished Als site wus hvor ubere The dam neross The outlet of Manilou Lake uan stands The nullorines alan sent here, in 1823, one Noihnu Itose, a muller, who took charge of The mill, aut John Liwley, somelimes errane. ously called James bondser, u hu marked for The Indians asn blocksmith A heuo log brusr ung proruled for rach of these meu, oud u feld for coru wus sel aside for Thvir use, which is still to be seen neur The outlet of Mant- tou Lakr. After The irection of the mill, 1. B. Wyluan atul n Frenchman, utineil Deelaire, aprurd a trader's post near the will, whirb nas the first permanent afait af the kind tu The county The rillagos of The Indians wvre scallerol pelly generally over Ihr roumty, nud located with reference Inosily lo tbe corh felds cultivated by the inbabilnula The red muen gained Their subsisleuce br the rallivation of these few fivlila, which urre worked They wrero ulso tu irecipl of considerable suis, from lime lo liate, paid them ly Iber Geural GorriumInul.
The first Ireily with the Indiuns, uherebr ther agreed to parl with Their nuds in Fution und n number of udjoining rounlies, uns beld uol far frau Rot hrsler, in 1512. The uegolinhious consumed sereral ivocks, and the principal conference look pince urar the south bank of the Tipper unoe Hirer. urlurre is uon the farm of lohu R Hitler. Alorge number of The Indians were Iriten oul wilb their Northern hrelhren in 1838, nud The rest urrre reinoreil by Alexis Coquillanil, who gulbered them up und louk Them to K'nuisay lo joiu Tho hulk of Their irthe, in 1850. The Fullou County Pollanullotnicy nert for o long line lucaled urar Topeka, in Ibat Stale. They aro rapidly thirindling oway Same feir of The Iribe, burever, ure snid lo hovo acquired considerable wushu in lucir neu humos A cammemlable progres, hus also been made in civilization up the libr, inuuy of trhuin cujos the comforis wil son of the luxuries comlliou lo Their irhilo neighbors. Such, al Icasl, ure tho reports given by Those a ha hate lutely visited Theu.
In 183D, There nere a few wollenlurons while selllors irho, allrueled by The grar prospect of The sale of Istuls in ishint is now Fullon Couuly, enme mnoug the lotlinns nud reminined, os il trere, on anfferunce. The first of Those-recording lo Jrsse Sblelds, irho is still living in Rochester, und u ho. uns on the ground ul The lime-were James Ellioll audl W. J. Shields. The unir camuc together from Jeanings County. They arrived in tho spring of 1830. Ellioll baill himself a cabin, oud localed urar where nou sinnils ile l'eru depol, oud uurthwest of il, while Shields, after living aubile uent the oullel of alnuitou Lake, movel lo uenr blud Lake, wheir he located. Accord- ing lo ollers, Williniu Polk, Ibe routmelor for the countruction of Ili Michi- gan rouil, was The first seliler, unid il is probable Thul There was no grenl differeure in the urriral of the Ihrer
The construction of The Michigan rundt, in 1833, uns nu imporlaul eporh in The region, as il opcued n wimp of laud a uule in willb, extending
Through The rounly from north lo south, for sale. Boforo ils construction The conaly had tieen practically barred lo immigrants. Tho gonoral sale of lands al La l'orle did not take phee nulil September, 1836. Early in 1840, howverer, the seltlers, somewhat lo the disgust of the aborigines, began lo come into The county. The lande were more easily renched from The south Than nny oller direction, and lo This is lo bo traceil the fuel Thul the pro- ponderaoro of The early selllers came from the soulbern counties, trhile in Marshall, and more particularly the counties in the northern tier, most of The settlers came in from The Norlb. There is still u noticeable difference in some of the tinbits and customs of the communities in The counlies to further south than Fullon, und those on The north, owing lo tho causes nomeil
In The spring of 1835, according lo B. C. Wilson, who came in That year, The lolal unmber of selllers, ihn hnd until Ibul lime localed, uns meile up of Ibase huineil hiclow, riz : Grorgo Colwell, Thomny Marlin, on alud Creek ; James Elliolt, Murlin B. Venard, John Wood, Thomas Jucksou, Williaur Moore, & G. Sperry, Khenezer Wurd unil William Spencer nl rari- ons points, und irhere the loin of Rochester uow is, there uns no one excepl . George Romtrib and James Moore. Ou his urny lo The Tipperanoe Itiver from Itie silo of Rochester, Wilson passed litt one house, thal of Willinnt Polk. In Itiebland Township, where bo loenled, were Slephen Cherny, the willow Sheperd, Robert Wiley, William A. Hall, Michael Shore and one Corren, rho, with n few aboul Ibe ofil mill on Muniti Lake, trere all The selllers within The county. Jesse Shichls, already named, was then a boy. He and William Moure ure The ouly selllers natied nou living, nol counting, how- ever, Ilinse who, in the early parl of 1835, were under age. The first gel- flers in Benry Township were Alfred Melun, William Whillenberger and Henry louter. The first in Union Tounslup were John, William and Greenup Trautman.
After Theye, selller's begun Ite come in in large numbers, se Ihit by the time The county iras organizeil, in 1816, there ivere at one lime nearly a butulrel shunlies creeled ghoul The mill for The purpose of Imflicking with tbe ludinus. Whisky uns iu greater demund hy The reil men Iban anything else, nad for This they would barter almost anything they possessed Toward Ibe whiles they nere alnosl without exception peaceably disposed, andl no noteworthy difficulties arr on record. Among Themselves, Ito ludians had frequent quarrels and indiridunl 6ghis, irbich sometimes resulted falally. In onour These, Their principal nur chief in this region, Aubbeennutec, was sbol br his ou'n son on the Anbbeenaubbeo Rrserraliou, which stretched down inlo kirbinnil Tounsbip, hning ils northern boundary near where Plymouth non sans. The Imagedy, wrluch resulted in The death of Aubbrennulbee, Took place on the faro known as the Samuel Blodgell place, noir The center of Hiebbail Tou nship. Bell father and son nere drunk at Ibelime the killing Took place. Anbbeconubbee's corpse was nol hinried, bul, necording lo The Indian custom, il nos placeil upright against a Ireo on Blodgell's farm. The sight uns, as may he imagined, hol u pleusing our lo lhe selllers, amil uffer remuining lor some lime The hoily ivas cousigged lo The earth The parrienle Hed, und was not heard of ulterunrd. The principal council chief of ibe Fullon Coumy l'oltairnltomies nos Wenissec. He figured more in the coun- cils of lus Inibe, howrerer, tbwa in any other sphere. Wririssce surrived until bis trihe were taken West, anit accompanied Them Be is represented "as haring been srull in stature, but the equal of any of his follows in strength nud personal pron cyk.
The first som- mill and gust-mill erected as an inrestmeul irns owned by Alexpuder Chamberlain und one Sierens, ucar The gorermuent mill, built ou Moudeu bake for the follatrattomies, which litter iros anfTered In fall inlo dizuse atmul the lime the settlers began lo displace the sons of The forest.
One of the inos! important ellerprises started in the early ilays of the LouLily 115 o forge, loented just north of Rochester, where the uuolen mills now ure. Thus iras nudler good headwar in I'll, and coutiuvedl in opera. lion for uearly ten years. The originalor ias trumnes Moore. I'hureout irny neighboring wrooils. The ore was oblained from the bogs nleng the Michi- gan rond, in the ricinily of the forge, and the preducl, unde inin hloouts, combinauded u remuneralive price After some years, a dispule urose ubont the water privileges af the fuige, and it uns temored tu The hanky of the Tippreanor The enterprise hay, hou erer, long since heen abandanrd. 1 was the twist of the owner and his workmen that they could produce a horse shoe, nud fosten it updru Ilu+ animal's fool, in less Than ou hour front The time The ruir ore was pul in the l'urge. Somr Inenly-fire men, or more, found employmnout about The forge and in digging ore.
The first pdiysician in the county was lohn J Sbryvek ; the second, Lrinu Brat kell.
The frsl Teacher in the county was Ebenezer Ward, uhe, ul an carly day, conducicil a school in n lag caliu, standing where now is Ur Estick's revi- ilence.
The first nlloruer irns .lohn B. Word, the second, K 17. Shrynek, who Chint in 1837
The first white child luru in The county was llenry P Moore, n son of Willinni Moore.
The Ersl iredding nins celebraled by E-quire Word, who nuited in ired- lock Dutill Shore and SHELL Ormisbee.
The selllors were compelled to pay as high ua lou dollars per hundred pounds for flourt on Their arrirnl, and other supplies irere in proporliou. When, after some years, they had eletredl chugh Inud lo raise Their first crous of theul, they were compelled to huul il In Michigan City for a mur- ket, where ut times it did ual command more than fifty cents per bushel. The trip und reluru often occupied a week
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