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Dunbar, Louis; farmer ; 4 m w Colfax. Born in Pa. 1803 ; settled in M. C. 1840. Rep.
Davis, Jacob; carpenter ; 2} m n e Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1839; settled in M. C. 1862. Dem.
Dunbar, W. T .; farmer ; I m n e Bowers' Station. Born in Ind. 1850; settled in M. C. 1873. Rep.
Dunbar, M .; farmer ; 3 m s w Colfax. Born in Ind. 1832 ; settled in M. C. 1872. Dunkard.
Ermintrout, William H .; farmer ; 5 m e Linden. Born in M. C. 1842. Dem.
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Ermintrout, John C .; farmer ; 12 m n w Potato Creek. Born in M. C. 1848. Dem.
Ermintrout, Job H .; farmer ; I m n w Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1810; settled in M. C. 1840. Dem. Christian.
Hamilton, John W .; farmer ; 3 m s w Colfax. Born in Ohio 1832 ; settled in M. C. 1866. Rep. Methodist.
Hollis, James ; farmer, 3 m n w Colfax. Born in Ind. 1829; settled in M. C. 1869. Rep. Methodist.
HALL, HENRY ; farmer ; 7 m s w Stockwell. £ Born in Ohio 1846 ; settled in M. C. 1852 Rep. Methodist.
Harvey, Peter; farmer; 7 m s w Stockwell. Born in Ind. 1837 ; settled in M. C. 1838. Rep. Methodist.
Henderson, James ; farmer ; 7 m s w Stockwell. Born in Ohio 1822; settled in M. C. 1850. Rep.
Hulvey, C .; farmer; Potato Creek, Born in Va. 1822 ; set- tled in M. C. 1873. United Brethren.
Hodson, John D .; farmer; Potato Creek. Born in Ind. 1852; settled in M. C. 1856. Dem. Presbyterian.
Hodson, James H .; farmer ; 32 m s e Linden. Born in Ind. 1855 ; settled in M. C. 1856. Presbyterian.
Hashbarger, A .; farmer ; 34 m n e Clowser's Mills. Born in 1844. Dem.
Hashbarger, Jacob ; farmer ; 12 m n Clowser's Mills. Born in Va. 1853; settled in M. C. 1862. Christian.
Henderson, A .; farmer ; Bowers' Station. Born in Ohio 1810; settled in M. C. 1828. Rep.
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HENDERSON, GEORGE; farmer; Bowers' Station. Born in Ind .; settled in M. C. 1850. Rep.
Hamilton, John ; farmer ; Bowers' Station. Born in Ohio 1823 ; settled in M. C. 1831. Rep. Methodist.
Harley, W. C .; farmer ; 32 m s w Colfax. Born in Ohio 1849; settled in M. C. 1873. Dem.
Johnson, F .; farmer; 31/2 ms w Colfax. Born in Ohio 1852; settled in M. C. 1871. Rep. Granger. Universalist.
Lanum, J. P .; general merchandise and farmer ; Clowser's Mills. Born in M. C. 1850. Rep.
Marsh, J. T .; farmer; 114 m n Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1845 ; settled in M. C. 1865. Rep. Methodist.
Martz, Jacob ; farmer ; 5 m n Darlington. Born in M. C. 1833. Rep. New Light.
Mahay, Joseph ; farmer ; 212 m w Bowers' Station. Born in Ohio 1850; settled in M. C. 1858. Rep. Methodist.
MAHAY, GEORGE; farmer ; 2} m w Bowers' Station. Born in Va. 1823; settled in M. C. 1858. Rep. Methodist.
Mahay, D .; farmer ; 2} m w Bowers' Station. Age, 22 years. Rep. Methodist.
Mitchell, John; farmer ; 3 m s w Colfax. Age, 56 years. Rep. Methodist.
Musgrove, B. N .; farmer ; 3 m n w Colfax. Born in Ind. 1835; settled in M. C. 1861. Rep.
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Musgrave, Jacob; farmer; 3 m w Colfax. Born in Ind. 1848; settled in M. C. 1872. Rep. Methodist.
McCOURTNEY, JEPTHA; farmer ; 5 m s w Clark's Hill. Born in Ohio 1851; settled in M. C. 1855. Dem.
McClure, H .; carpenter; 1} m n w Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1832.
MARTIN, SAMUEL; farmer ; 3 m n e Potato Creek. Born in Pa. 1838; settled in M. C. 1862. Rep. Methodist.
MEEK, GEORGE; farmer ; 4 m s w Clark's Hill. Born in Ohio 1838; settled in M. C. 1871. Dem.
Ormsby, William ; farmer ; I m e Potato Creek. Born in Ky. 1837 ; settled in M. C. 1867. Rep.
Peterson, John J .; farmer; 14 m w Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1829; settled in M. C. 1831.
Peterson, David ; farmer ; 62 m s w Clark's Hill. Born in M. C. 1834. Rep. Dunkard.
Peterson, Mary J .; farmer ; 214 m w Bowers' Station. Born in Ky. 1813 ; settled in M. C. 1831. Baptist. Presbyterian.
Peterson, M .; farmer; Bowers' Station. Born in Ind. 1846. Dem. Baptist.
Peterson, William ; farmer ; Bowers's Station. Born in Ind .; age, 21 years. Dem. i
POWERS, WILLIAM; model farmer and stock raiser ; 31/2 m s w Colfax. Born in Ohio 1818 ; settled in M. C. 1831. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Podd, J. A .; carpenter ; 32 m s w Colfax. Born in Pa. 1845 ; settled in M. C. 1874. Rep. Universalist.
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Peterson, A .; farmer ; 5 m s w Clark's Hill. Age, 35 years. Dem.
Peterson, S .; farmer; 312 m n w Bowers' Station. Born in Ind. 1835. Dem.
QUICK, JAMES; model farmer ; 4 m n Partington. Born in Ohio 1848 ; settled in M. C. 1854. Rep.
Russ, Joseph ; farmer ; 2} m w Bowers' Station. Age, 45 yrs. Rep. Methodist.
Smith, M .; farmer ; 4 m w Colfax. Born in M. C. 1847. Rep. Methodist.
Smith, Jesse P .; farmer ; 7 m s w Stockwell. Born in Mass. 1848; settled in M. C. 1869. Dem.
Siegmund, T .; farmer; I m s Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1824; settled in M. C. 1854. Dem.
SMITH, HENRY ; farmer, stock raiser and dealer; 3 m n w Clowser's Mill. Born in M. C. 1837. Rep. Protestant.
Stone, John; retired ; 34 m w Potato Creek. Born in Tenn. 1805 ; settled in M. C. 1831. Dem. Baptist.
SUTTON, SILAS; farmer; 22 m e Potato Creek. Born in Ind. 1851 ; settled in M. C. 1851. Dem.
Stook, Sam .; farmer ; 3 m w Colfax. Born 24 years ago. Rep.
SAIDLA, JESSE A .; farmer-boy ; 17 years old. Dem. Athe- ist
Stingley, John B .; farmer ; 4 m e Linden. Born in Ohio 1830; settled in M. C. 1852. Dem.
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Stombaugh, Martin ; carpenter ; 3 m e Potato Creek. Born in Va. 1833; settled in M. C. 1843. Rep. Methodist.
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Wilson, Henry ; farmer ; 6 m s Stockwell. Born in M.C. Rep.
Wolf, L. A .; farmer ; 11/2 m s Potato Creek. Born in Ohio 1836 ; settled in M. C. 1854. Rep. Methodist.
WAUGH, MILTON B .; farmer, stock raiser and dealer ; 3 m s w Colfax. Born in M. C. 1837. Reform. Methodist.
Wilson, G. M .; farmer ; 5 m s w Clark's Hill. Born in M. C. 1841.
Wilson, George ; farmer ; 5 m s w Clark's Hill. Born in Ind. 1844. Rep. Methodist.
WORTH, JOHN; blacksmith and wagon maker; Clawser's Mills. Born in N. C. 1817 ; settled in M. C. 1858. Dem.
Wells, William ; farmer; 3 m w Colfax. Born in Germany 1827 ; settled in M. C. 1854. Dem. Methodist.
Wiant, A. D .; farmer ; 21/2 m w Colfax. Born in M. C. 1830. Baptist.
Wiant, William; farmer ; 212 in w Colfax. Born in M. C. 1851. Granger.
APPENDIX.
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HOMESTEAD LAW.
HOMESTEAD LAW.
By act of Congress of May 20, 1862, any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, or has performed service in the army or navy, and is a citizen of the United States, or shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, and has never borne arms against the Government of the United States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the Ist of January, 1863, be entitled to enter a quarter section (160 acres) of unappropriated public land, upon which he or she may have already filed a pre- emption claim, or which is subject to pre-emption, at $1.25 per acre ; or 80 acres of unappropriated lands, at $2.50 per acre. In order to make his or her title good to such lands, however, such person must make affidavit that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever ; and upon filing the affida- vit, and paying the sum of ten dollars to the register or receiver, such person shall be allowed to enter the land specified ; but no certificate or patent is issued for the land until five years from the date of such entry, and the land must, during that time, be improved and not alienated (it can not be taken for debt).
At any time within two years after the expiration of said five
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years, the person making the entry, or, in case of his or her death, his widow or heirs, may, on proof by two witnesses that he or she has cultivated or improved said land, has not alienated any part of it, and has borne true allegiance to the United States, be entitled to a patent, if at that time a citizen of the United States. In case of the abandonment of the lands by the person making the entry, for a period of more than six months at one time, they revert to the United States.
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
The Amendment proposed to the Constitution, June 8, 1866. ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION I. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
SEC. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
SEC. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or Elector of President and Vice President, or hold
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any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a mem- ber of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disa- bility.
SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pen- sions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or re- bellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
SEC. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by ap- propriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
The amendment passed the Senate by a vote of 33 yeas to II nays, and the House by a vote of 138 yeas to 36 nays.
ARTICLE XV.
SECTION I. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servi- tude.
SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this ar- ticle by appropriate legislation.
INDEX.
PAGE. Declaration of Independence 3
Constitution of the United States 9
Constitution of Indiana. 26
Emancipation Proclamation. 54 Political Platforms. 56
Baxter Liquor Law 85
Geological Items 93
Philosophy . 104
Sketches of Astronomy. 106
Pay of Government Officers 114
Religious.
115
Population of States and Territories 117
Population of Principal Cities 117 Male Inhabitants. 118 Vote of Each State. 119
Population of Indiana by Counties. 120
Population of Indiana Towns.
121
Sabbath Schools. 125
Recipes
127
Montgomery County History. 131
Union Township. 145
Franklin Township.
195
Clark Township 221
Brown Township 247
Scott Township.
278
Ripley Township.
294
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INDEX.
Coal Creek Township 316
Wayne Township .. 334
Walnut Township. 356
Madison Township. 371
Sugar Creek Township 384
Homestead Law. 395
Constitutional Amendments. 397
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