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While in service D. W. Patty and J. W. Nutt of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry were taken prisoners and incarcerated in grim Andersonville, all of whose horrors have not yet been told, among which was the "dead line," thirst, starvation, disease and other cruelties; but with their inherited hardihood they sur- vived it, and after coming home Mr. Patty was elected Sheriff of Hamilton County and Mr. Nutt was later appointed postmaster.
Thomas W. Patty had one leg shot off by a cannon ball or shell at Missionary Ridge, but survived. Frank A. Hawkins was thought to be mortally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and lay all night on the ground near a little stream. It rained and he came near drowning but survived, and was elected Clerk of the Court of Hamilton County, Ind.
William Pike was killed in the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. David M. Connell was shot by the enemy while in detail service.
The following soldiers were from this vicinity: Frank Hall, Wallace Hall, John Hall, J. W. Nutt, Josiah S. Nutt, Sylvester Jessup, William Hunt, George Ellis, W. Frank McShane, Howell T. Eskew, William Harold, Sr., William H. Thomas, Isaac J. Bales, Gilbert Gray, David Stewart, Allen F. Harold, Henry Harvey, Sr., Seth J. Green, Eli Green, Jacob C. Green, Isaac J. Green, Joseph Julian, Nathan Stanley, John Hussey, Alex. Gray, Frank Hinshaw, Samuel Wilson, Zadok Carey, Jonathan Carey, Henry
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Hinshaw, James Farley, Thomas Farley, Lewis Farley, George West, Jr., Henry Michener, Samuel Michener, Hiram Rooker, James Richardson, Henry Richardson, Kin. Rooker, Dr. J. I. Rooker, Perry Rooker, J. A. Wise, William Wise and Pulaski Eller.
Of the above, Sylvester Jessup was disemboweled in some battle; William Hunt was wounded, and Seth J. Green scalded in the Sultana disaster.
Noted Persons
Besides the Andersonville prisoners mentioned above, Carmel has another soldier, Seth J. Green, who served a time in a confederate prison in Alabama, and who was homeward bound on the ill fated steamer, Sultana, at the time of the explosion. He was thrown into the water with one side of his neck badly scalded. Being a good swimmer, he swam till he came to a swinging branch of a bush, to which he held till morning, when he was picked up by a rescue boat.
Carmel has another citizen, seventy-nine years old, who has never eaten an oyster, nor tasted a bit of ice-cream, and who has not drank or used any milk or cream, or eaten any butter, cheese, beef, veal or mutton for sixty-nine years, and is yet carrying a pocket knife without losing for forty-seven years and is still using the excellent razor, which he bought sixty years ago, but which has since been hollow- ground.
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Carmel has been given as the home of three men who have been mentioned as "Who's Who" in America: Frank Booth, Dr. Frank Brown and Dr. Elwood C. Perisho.
Newspapers
Our first newspaper, "The Carmel Signal," was first issued October 13th, 1889, by L. J. Patty and L. J. Small, but after a time Mr. Patty dropped out and it was edited and published by L. J. Small, and later by Ed E. Small, Vern Patty, George Bowen and Hal Small, each had charge of it, but the day of discon- tinuance arrived August 10th, 1893.
After this another was published for a short time by "Shorty" from Tipton I think called "The Carmel Register." Later commenced the "Carmel Star" by Verne Patty, and now we have the "Carmel Stan- dard," published by Roberts and Patty, which, let us hope, may be long continued.
School Teachers
This list from memory will not include all. The first by remembrance was Thomas Charles, then Jonathan Evans, Cyrus Cook, Charles Lane, the latter about 1838, George Davis, Thomas Symons two terms about 1843-4, Miss Anna Melissa Burnside two terms about 1844-5, James G. Small two terms, Silas Draper about 1847, Nathan H. Mills two terms about 1850, Isaac W. Harold, Calvin W. Cook, Benjamin Albert-
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son, Zenas Carey, William W. Chappell, Isaac Cox, Miss Rebecca Trueblood, Cyrus N. Hunt, Nathan R. Morrow, Elbert Harold, Miss Sallie Clark, John F. Haines, Irvin Stanley, David M. Wells and George W. Scott. The above list runs but a little past the latter days of the old Carmel Academy, which has been torn down.
Physicians
Below is a list of the physicians of Bethlehem, now Carmel, from remembrance-some have been for- gotten. Early there were women who knew of many remedies and preserved many kinds of herbs, two principal ones being Mrs. Charlotte Phelps and Mrs. Judith Cook. Then Jonathan Carey was a doctor to some extent, and also Nathan Harold.
In case of bad cuts Nathan Hawkins would be sent for to glue up the wound. Later we had Joseph Bond, a steam doctor.
A few regular physicians came and went, whose names are not remembered. Then Dr. Woodyard located. Perhaps the next were the two Vickrys, one of which later was a banker at Tipton. Then Dr. Hamilton located, after whom were Drs. L. S. Campbell, S. C. Dove, J. S. Losey, J. T. McShane, Daniel Carey, a younger Dr. Carey, Dr. Hunt, Jas. I. Rooker, C. W. Cook, Dr. Sutphen, George Kane, Dr. Baker, Wm. Cain, Zenas Carey, Milton Carey, Dr. Woodard, Dr. Abernathy, N. G. Harold, Dr. James,
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Dr. Leavens, C. W. Mendenhall, Dr. Royer, K. C. Hershey in 1892, F. C. Hershey in 1894, and Dr. Cooper in 1910.
Ministers
I will give a list of the ministers of the M. E. church as near as memory serves.
The first was Rev. Kitchen, then the Revs. Thomas Colclazer in 1855, Eli Ramel, Wm. Anderson, J. S. McCarty, Piper, McMahin, Bowers in the sixties, Harrison, Redding, George Havens, Martin, Oden, Cain, Parr, F. A. Fish, Reed, Howard, E. A. McClintock, Holdstock, A. E. Sarah, Hornaday, Richey, C. W. Wilkinson, and M. L. Fancher the present minister,
The first minister of the Friends Church was Samuel Stafford, and the first recorded minister was Asaph Hiatt in 1849, and since, Elizabeth Reynolds, Isaac Roberts, Amos Kenworthy, Miss Miers, Mrs. Sallie King and Mr. McFarland, have officiated down to the present one, the Rev. Willis Bond.
The Wesleyans have a church here, but I believe do not have a minister stationed here.
Industries
In addition to the Tanyard, and pork packing business heretofore described, Thomas Lightfoot was our gunsmith and later Gideon Newby.
Wool and flax spinning wheels, and reels were
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staple articles in the early days, and about 1843 William S. Warren opened up a shop for their manu- facture, on the southwest corner of Main and North Streets, but soon after 1849 they went into decline, and he drifted into other business.
Cabinet Shops
The first cabinet work was done by George Davis some by Thomas Mills, then Wm. S. Warren, Calvin Bond, Z. Warren, Nutt brothers, and J. M. Nutt. About 1840 Thomas Hazel made furniture in the country east.
Wagon Woodwork
The wagon woodwork men were Mahlon Haines, the Patty and Kane boys, Henry Harvey, Sr., and later the Hornbakers, Mr. Klice and others.
About 1853 Simeon Hawkins carried on a regular carriage and wagon shop near where Mahlon Day's residence stands and about 1855 removed the shop to about where the Friends Church now stands. Later it was used by Carey and Roberts for their grist mill, then by Carey and Dixon for the same, after which it was torn down or moved away to make room for the church. About 1863 Wm. H. Hedgecock carried on a regular carriage and wagon shop in the building at the southwest corner of Main and Main Cross Streets, doing his own ironing in a shop on the same lot.
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The Tile Factory
About 1857 Simeon Hawkins operated a tile 1 factory in the building of the present Jeffries' livery barn, which has since been conducted by various other parties for several years.
Shingle Factory
A shingle factory for making cut shingles was operated in the Elliot settlement by Mr. Howell Thomas from about 1854 to 1861, doing much business.
Tinners
In the forties, Stephen Macy made tinware in the Poplar Ridge settlement, but the first tin shop in Car- mel was opened up in the Small building on East Main Cross Street by Mr. Alonzo Owen after the war and later William F. Hiatt and Larkin Hines did tin work. Now the Hawkins Construction Com- pany does building, tin and galvanized iron work.
Carpentry, Etc.
Our first carpenters were Thomas Mills, John West and Joseph W. Macy. Of late various persons have been engaged in cement block manufacturing.
The canning factory was established here in 1909. Wm. S. Warren was the first house painter and paper hanger in the village.
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Blacksmiths
The first blacksmith in the vicinity was Barnaby Newby, one-half mile west, and the second that of John Hunt about that far east.
The first shop in town was that of Franklin Hunt, assisted by Martin Phelps. When all was ready for work, Mr. Hunt said: "Now, let's make a Jew's harp so we can say that was the first thing made on an anvil in Bethlehem," and they made it. The next smith was Moses Puckett on the John W. Rayl resi- dence lot in 1844; then there were Enos Haines, Joseph P. Cook with a fine shop on the Small Drug Store lot, and afterward used for a cooper shop by James Stanton.
Then the next smith was Richard George, followed by Joseph Helcher about 1856, John Patty Sr., Isaac W. Patty, Joab Parsley, Isaac Roberts 1863, Isaac Booth, David M. Connel, Samuel Vare, John A. Haines, David Stewart, Albert A. Haines, Enoch Roberts, Eli Binford, William M. Harold, Mahlon Cook, Wilford Maple, Sewell Green, Joseph Hornbaker, John Jef- fries' different smiths, Wm. D. Stone, Mr. Ziliox, B. F. Akers, Mr. Robbins, down to the present ones.
Amongst the staple articles smiths made were pot trammels, cranes, S hooks, pot hooks, shovels and tongs, dog irons, cow bells, log chains, mattocks, grub and planter's hoes. A mattock was not very easy to make and one of the first smiths was hammer- ing an odd shaped piece of iron, when a neighbor
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asked what he was making, he said, "I am trying to make a mattock, but when I get it done maybe it will be a dog iron."
The smiths in early times made horse shoes and nails from whatever iron they happened to have, old wagon tire or flat bar of any kind, "drawing it out." They made their own coal, charcoal, burning big coal kilns right in the street.
Shoe Makers
About our first shoemaker was George Gibson in his log cabin residence a little west of John Jeffries' residence. Then Jesse George, John W. Crews, Benjamin Harold, the latter working in the country, Warren Brooks, John Swaim, John Florer, M. L. Long, Harry Bartholomew, Wm. F. Hiatt, Mr. Gunkel, Larkin Hines, S. A. Marlmee, down to J. C. Cross.
Harness
Joseph Wilson was perhaps our first harness maker, and later I. W. Stanton, Frank Wright, Henry L. George, Alfred W. Comer, B. F. Watkins, Riley Craven, R. L. George, down to Al Cross.
Window Sash
Our first sash maker was Asaph Hiatt in the country north. Later, here in the town, were Eli Small, Sr., and Josiah Hiatt.
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Tailoring
William Frost was our tailor in the forties, and later turned dentist. A Mr. Patterson tailored here awhile.
Cooperage
Jacob Green, Sr., and sons, Joseph and John, and Nathan Hawkins were first coopers, but after them Thomas Mills, James Stanton and Timothy Smith made barrels, tubs, etc.
Burglaries
The cases of burglary of business houses into which entrance was gained were six, one being the store of Elijah King in which case considerable goods were taken, and some of which were afterwards found in corn shocks and other places. J. E. King's store was entered after this, when some clothing, and change left in the money drawers of the store, and that of the Post Office, which was in the same build- ing, were taken.
L. J. Small's drug store was entered and a con- siderable lot of jewelry taken. The store of D. W. Kinzer was entered by burglars but they were scared off without booty I believe. The Citizen's Bank was entered but they failed to get into the safe. W. A. Puckett's Grocery Store was burglarized a few years ago, but not much taken.
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Then there were two cases of attempted burglary in which they were not successful in entering, one of the drug store, the other of the store of Z. Warren.
Birds of Early Times
I now wish to forgive the black birds for taking up the corn, and any other incidents previously referred to, including the episode from the tree top.
In early times birds were much more numerous than now, and upon entering the leafy shaded woods in the spring or summer, one would be charmed by their songs. There was one species which repeated at intervals a musical and long drawn out phrase which seemed to be E-phraim cit-it-it-te, emphasizing the first E.
Then as Mr. Woollen says, "The flicker with his flick-ah, flick-ah;" the goldfinch with "per-chic-o-vee, per-chic-o-vee, per-di-ta, per-di-ta,' sweet, sweet;" the oriole with what seems to say, "come to me, dearie; come to me, dearie" were heard in the wildwood. Mr. Woollen notes a case in which the male was singing his song, and soon after, his dearie, the female bird, came.
The woodpecker says, "Bruce, Bruce," but the quail says it's "Bob White, Bob White."
A little girl, disconsolate because her big sister Susan, whom she called "Tu-ie" had removed, told her mother the little birds say "Tu-ie, Tu-ie."
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Observe the little tom tit, the beautiful red bird, and the humming bird, the latter moving its wings with such inconceivable velocity. There is one species of birds we might call lazy. It is the cow bird, which lays its eggs in the nest of some other species, thus avoiding the tedium of sitting upon them. Isn't it sharp!
There are many common things upon which we do not properly reflect, birds not being an exception.
Birds of migration return north in flocks of all males first and then separate, distributing themselves so that only one or two are left in a locality and sing their songs of praise, awaiting the arrival of the females, when they mate and build their nests. In this instinct of distribution we see the design of an Almighty Hand.
Observe the robin which likes to build its nest near human habitations, see how securely it cements its nest to the foundation as a security against storms and how like those of others the inside of its nest is as true a circle as if scribed by a human architect. Ask a little bird how he makes them so round and true and he will not tell you, but if he could talk he could say, "I sit down in it, and move round and round, truing and smoothing it with my breast." "O, little bird, little bird, who taught thee this?"
The robin sings bis plaintiff song before going to roost, then selects a limb and putting his head under his wing trusts to his Creator for safety till the morn, when he again sings his ditty of praise.
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Solomon says: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise," and we might say, "Go to the little robin and learn to be worshipful."
O, little birds, who put these songs in your mouths, and O, little boys, how can you bear to kill or rob the nests of these innocent and happy little songsters?
A boy throws a stone and kills a little warbler, which was created by an Almighty Hand, and it falls to the ground, never having committed any sin, or done the boy any harm in its life, and has taken its last flight, and sang its last song and its fall, with the identity of its slayer, will be noted. There it lies limpid, and all the talent and philosophy of all the doctors and scientific men of the world, with command of the wealth of a thousand Rockefellers or Pierpont Morgans, could not put the life back into this little bird.
In this connection I will relate the story of a little boy and a bird, which happened very many years ago. An American Missionary to Ceylon by the name of Winslow had a son, little Charles L. Winslow, who while there in that sunny land, the home of the cinnamon and palm, took a great liking to the native birds at their home, and after returning to America, he took sick and died. While lying a corpse a strange bird came and lingered near looking so like the native birds of their tropical home that great notice was taken of the circumstance, and a
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poet wrote some beautiful and pathetic lines in regard to it, the heading and first four lines being all in remembrance. They were:
CHARLES L. WINSLOW
A bird came o'er the ocean, From the far off tropic isles, Where fanned by the palm tree's motion, Perennial summer smiles.
Little boys and girls, feed the little birds which frequent your homes.
Apostrophe to Early Days
Before giving a list of the dead of Bethlehem- Carmel, and another of the old pioneers of the vicin- ity, to close this history, I wish by way of illustration of earlier times, to revert to the interesting days of youth, the morning of life, when all around seemed so beautiful and fresh, and when in the wild-wood hunt- ing ginseng, the wild bees sucking honey from wild rose flowers, the numerous birds were full of songs, the owl would hoot, the pheasant beat, and perchance a deer rudely disturbed would jump up from its rest- ing place and run for life, flopping its tail at such a lively rate,-and then the sugar camp! This is not an allegorical representation, but is a true picture, yet maybe distance lends a little enchantment to the view; but oh, the memory of the long ago, when so often, with George Harvey and Bennett and "Ecca," going swimming in, or piscicapturing along the banks of Cold Creek.
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The Dead of Carmel
Below is a list of the dead of Bethlehem-Carmel who have gone the dolorous way, though not in proper rotation and without date till July, 1890:
Mrs. Miriam Phelps
Miss Asenith Harvey
John Phelps, Sr.
Two children of I. W. Stanton
John Phelps, Jr.
John W. Crews' father Miss Emma Carey
Andrew L. Warren
Hoover Warren
Caleb Harvey
Joe Lloyd, Jr. Elijah King
Miss Jennie Harvey
Miss Birdie Wilkinson
Clinton Harvey
Child of Wm. Wilkinson, Jr.
John W. Crew's wife
D. W. Kinzer's child
Miss Mary Crews
Miss Eliza Oliphant
Josiah E. King
Miss Lennie Carey
Mrs. Harriet King
J. E. King's three children Martin Phelps
Herchell Carey
John Peele
Jesse Carey
Levi Carey's child Charlie Harvey
Three children of Martin Phelps Isaac J. Bales' child
Stranger at Abner Atkinson's Josiah S. Nutt
John F. Nutt's three children
Isaac W. Patty's child
Mrs. Nancy Nutt
Mrs. Diana West
I. N. Beeson's wife
Dr. Dove's first wife
J. E. Strattan
Miss Mary Ann Newby
Harvey L. Davis' wife
Mrs. Ella Comer Jesse Newby Thomas E. Carey's first wife
Eli Binford's child
Elam Robert's child Ben Ball's wife
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Miss Rosa Wilkinson Mrs. Logan Little girl at Jesse Small's William J. Hawkin's child William A. Puckett's child David M. Connel's child
Isaac W. Harold's child James Stanley
William Wilkinson, Jr.
Levi Carey
Isaac Robert's boy
Mr. Richardson's child Mrs. Nancy Sharp Cal. Smith's wife Mrs. Rachel Newby Miss Lizzie S. Harold D. Frank Lee Wm. M. Harold's two children Mrs. Ida Dixon
Mrs. Eliza Small
Wm. P. Dixon's three children Allen Moon's boy
Mrs. Addie Harvey
Mrs. Nancy J. West
Andrew Harold
D. W. Patty's child Dr. D. Carey's little girl
Miss Saide Carey
Rev. J. S. McCarty's child
Charlie Long Mrs. John Patty, Sr.
Frank H King's three children Coral E. Campbell
Eli Small, Sr.
Frank Gallagher's child John Bown
Nathan Hawkins
David Swaim's child
Levi A. Haines' child
David M. Connel
William Hedgecock's child Timothy Smith's child Dr. Daniel Carey Z. Warren's three children Mrs. Mollie Small Dr. J. T. McShane's child Rowland Green Dr. L. S. Campbell's child Henry Roberts, Sr.
Dr. George Kane Joseph Randall, Jr.'s wife David Stewart's two children William Blanchard, Sr. Mrs. Elizabeth Blanchard William Barker's child Luther Beeson's wife Miss Libbie Carey
James Cole, Sr. Enoch Robert's child
David Swaim's wife
Harry Gray's child
John Barker William Pike
J. Hill Davis' child
Henry Pierce's little girl
Mrs. Mary Hockett
Hannah Moffitt, Sr.
1886
April
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John F. Kemp's child
June
-Lora Davis
June -Val. Davis' child
Aug. 26-Richard Rich
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1887
-John Riley's child
March 7-Mrs. Ellen Riley
April -Mrs. Sallie Ann Oliphant
May -Mr. Toole's child
May -Isaac W. Harold
Oct. 27-Verne Davis
1888
July -Henry Apple's wife
Sept. -Moses Sander's wife
-Simeon Hawkins
-Rebecca Hawkins
1889
Mch. 29-Ira Haines' child -Mrs. Jemima Small
Mch. 30 John Wilson's wife
May -Mrs. Rachel Harold
August -Mrs. Sue Haines
August -Cyrus Jeffries' child
Nov. 11-Emmanuel Harold, Sr.
1890
Jan. 27-Charles O. Deming
April 19-William Frost
July -Isaac Carson
Aug. 20-Henry Lyons' child
Nov. 8-John Moon -Chloe Harold
1891
July 2-Lillie Bales
July -Zella Comer's child
July 24-Alfred T. Jessup
Oct. 13-Pinkney Gray's wife
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1892
Mch. 14-Miss Sallie Stewart
Mch. 25-Henry Apple's boy
-Mary Jane Bond
Aug. -Ira J. Kinzer
Sept. 4-William Collins
Sept. 17-Isaac Bond
-Oscar Johnson's child -Henry Allee
1893
April 16-Mrs. Julia Hutton
-Mack Smith's child
May 4-Isaac W. Stanton
May 24-Mrs. Hattie Hawkins
1894
Feb. 18-Lindley H. Stanley
July
2-Glenn Comer
Oct. 9-Alfred W. Rayl's child
Oct. 29-Moover's child
Nov. 1-Rod. Wells' little girl
1895
Feb. 16-William M. Harold
Mch. 27-Edgar Farlow
Aug. 27-Arthur Cox
Sept. 5-Frank Ballard's child
Nov. 5-Elwood E. Haines
Dec. 24-William Noblet's child
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1896
Jan. 1-Mrs. Isom Wickersham
Jan. 17-Charles Frost
July 17-Fred Stewart
Aug. 1-Mrs. Jane Bristow -Mrs. Joseph Smith
Aug. 29-Rollin Bond
Sept. 21-Miss Lydia Patty
Oct. 8-Mrs. Hannah Carey
1897
Mch. 13-Harry Hiatt
'April 19-L. J. Patty's child
Sept. 3-Lewis Brokaw
Oct. 12-J. E. Johnson, stone mason
1898
Feb.
3-Henry Lyon's child
Mar. 30-Elizabeth Reynolds
May 18-Daniel Haworth
May 20-W. Martin Lanham
Aug. 24-Wilford Maple -
Nov. 19-Miss Ferrie White -Harry Craft's child
Nov. 20-Miss Glennie Stanley
Dec. 19-Robert Follet's child
Dec. 31-N. W. Lamb's little girl
1899
Jan. 19-Dr. Milton Carey's boy
Jan. 25-Ed. Morrow's child
Mar. 17-Isaac Roberts
April 17-Mrs. John Middleton
May 16-Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Stanton
Sept. 12-Elihu Jeffries' child
Sept. 12-Daniel Hiatt's child
Oct. 24-Mahlon Haines
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1900
-John Hummer Feb. 17-Mrs. Eliza Maple -Mrs. Roberts
Mar. 29-John Phelps
June 8-T. J. Johnson
June 8-William Frank Carey
July 28-Miss Jennie Willey
Aug. 20-Mrs. Cora Newlin
Oct. 25-Mrs. William Brunson
1901
Jan. 28-Miss Hannah Moffitt
Feb. -Cyrus Jeffries' child
Nov. 26-Mrs. Martha Allee
1902
Mar. 18-William Pryor
Aug. 6-Clarence White
Dec. 15-Mrs. Rebecca Newby
1903
May. 18-Mrs. Newlin
May.
18-Mrs. Hannah J. Harold
Aug.
9. Harry Symond's boy
Aug. 9-Stranger run over by train
Aug. 24-Mrs. Mollie Wilkinson
Aug. 25-William Harrison Johnson
Sept. 16-Aaron Cosand
Sept. 19-Mrs. Flavie Perry
Oct. 15-Albert Sanders' child
Nov. 24-Mrs. Ann Stanley
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1904
Jan. 4-Elam Stanley
Feb. 4-Mrs. Louisa Bond
May -Albert Jeffries' child
Nov. £ 3-Mrs. Rebecca Roberts
Nov. 16-Ed. E. Small's little girl
1905
Jan.
9-Mrs. Mary West
Mar.
2-Mrs. Martha Haworth
Mar. 3-Mrs. Elizabeth Brunson
Mar. 22-Mrs. Martha Carey
April 21-John Middleton
April 25-Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson -Albert Sanders' child
July -Mr. Shearer's boy
August -Miss Lena Brunson
-Pleasant Hiatt
-Rev. McFarland's child
Nov. 13-Alpheus N. Farlow
1906
Feb.
3-Harrison Johnson's wife
March 7-Lo. Small
May 13-Mrs. Margaret Stewart -Mrs. Jane Haworth
May 31-Mrs. Mary Carey
July 20-Mrs. Elizabeth Peele
Dec. 30-Samuel P. Michener
1907
March 8-Mr. - Prim
May 5-Thomas West
Sept. 23-Frank H. King
Nov. 10-Edgar Brown's child
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1908
Jan. 27-Elmer Michener
Feb. 22-Mrs. Mary Minting
April 12-Mrs. Samuel Adams
April 18-Raymond Sanders
April 20-Miss Rhoda Moffitt
May 15-Eddie Farlow
June
9-Mrs. Drusilla Wilson
July 1-Mrs. Rebecca Morris
Aug. 17-Hiram Minting
Oct. -Mrs. Sarah Cosand
Oct. 21-Moses Sanders
Nov. 7-Forest Sanders
Dec. 6-Miss Susie Robertson
Dec. 16-Charles Perisho
1909
Feb.
6-Gideon Newby
Feb. 27-Alexander Jeffries
Mar. 28 -- William J. Hawkins
June 19-Mrs. Eliza Williamson
Aug. 4-Mrs. Phoebe Davenport
Aug. 31-William Peele
Sept. 25-Clark Rayle
Oct. 14-Mrs. Follet
Oct. 17-Mrs. West Nov. 7-Joseph E. Neal
1910
Feb. 12-Dr. Calvin W. Cook
Mar. 17-Mrs. Emma Jeffries
April 24-Mrs. Lydia Rhoads
May 1-B. F. Akers
Sept. 8-Albert A. Haines Nov. 9-Isaac K. Brokaw
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1911
Jan. 26-Mrs. Mary Chappell
Feb. 14-Joshua M. Perisho
Feb. 27-Miss Rosa Haines
Mar. 3 J. William Nutt
Mar. 6-J. William Morrow
Having given the above list of the dead of Carmel, I will give a partial list of the old pioneers and later settlers of the vicinity, who have passed away, it being understood that the good wives of those mated are included:
Alexander Mills, Benjamin Mendenhall, Jacob Green, Sr., Owen Williams, Barnaby Newby, Jonas Hoover, Johnson Gibson, Ezekiel Clampitt, Stephen Hinshaw, Richard Clampitt, William Stubs, Jacob Cook, Thomas Charles, Thomas Mills, Charles Lane. Walter Thornburg, Ezekiel Wilson, George Gibson, William Comer, John Hunt, John Kinzer, Peter Wise, James Mendenhall, Zimri Cook, Isaac Rich, Eli Phelps, Silas Moffitt, Steven Comer, George Davis, George West, Joseph Wilson, William Wilkinson, Sr., Asaph Hiatt, Ornon Bond, Samuel Carey, Sr., Nathan Harold, William Hiatt, Joseph Green, Zenas Carey, Sr., Samuel Campbell, John Lanham, David Wilkinson, Jonathan Evans, William Murphy, Stephen Macy, Darias Power, Captain Todd, Nathan Davis, James Williamson, Levi H. Cook, William Slater, Thomas Harvey, Joseph White, Bohan Harvey, Thomas Sy- mons, Enos Mills, Enos Davis, Sr., John Thomas, Solomon Hiatt, Elias Johnson, John Pierce, Samuel
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Stafford, John Baron, Thomas Hazel, Isaac Coppock, Eli Johnson, Andy Mills, Henry Cruse, Robert Moul- ton, Eli Hockett, Samuel Wilson, Isaac Harold, Sr., John Hiatt, Joseph W. Macy, Jonathan Carey, Zebu- lon Mendenhall, John Applegate, Ebenezar Apple- gate, Sr., Joseph Rich, Samuel Harold, Sr., Barnaby Frost, Henry Wilson, Thomas Lightfoot, Moses Rich, John Metsker, Thomas Powell, John Manlove, Joseph Hussey, Daniel Benson, John Lamb, William Rooker, John West, Moses Puckett, Jirah Smith, James G. McShane, Benjamin Harold, Emri Hunt, Stephen Sharp, Burgess Lamb, Elias Harvey, Chas. Wilson, Sr. Wm. Lindley, Henry Lamb, Levi Haines, Sr., Jonathan Wilson, Samuel Cox, James Nutt, Sr., Samuel Bond, Andrew Harold, Charles Myers, Sr., Amos H. Eskew, -- Erastus Hodgen, Simon Davis, Samuel Bales, Isaac W. Rayl, William Macy, Pinckney Gray, George Stanley, Samuel Rooker, Isaac Wells, John Newby, Eli Small Sr., Thomas Carey Sr., Evan Jessup, William Oliphant, James Clark, Nathan Newby, Macy Bond, John Lancaster, Sr., Franklin Hall, Sr., James Hamar, William Jessup, Absalom Harold, Paris Harrison, Isaac Jeffries, Sr., Samuel Smith, Freeman Farley, James Harold, Noah Stafford, Samuel Small, John Dauson, John C. Jessup, William Reynolds, Sylvester Brunson, Jared Patten, John W. Crews, Dr. J. S. Losay, Joseph Loyd, Sr., Charles Huffman, Sr., Henry W. Henley, Riley Bond, Charles W. Moffitt, John Gilpin, Ellis W. Jessup, Pleasant Nance, Bethel Dunning, Elijah Thornburg, Herbert Lee, Joseph Bond, Ezekiel Thornburg, Dr. L. S. Campbell, Joshua Binford, James Stanton, Samuel Knight, Albert Randall, Henry Pierce, Cyrus Carey, Josiah
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The above is a long list, they have all gone to the great beyond, to sleep the sleep that knows no waking, till the resurrection morn. Let us hope for the best for them and all the countless dead who have preceded them.
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