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Thus is dedicated the "Old Homestead" as an historical place. May the future citizens continue to enjoy its hospi- tality and learn the story of life in that yesteryear by seeing the mementoes assembled. Welcome-thrice welcome.
(Submitted by Avis Bryant Brown [Mrs. Joseph E.], his- torical secretary of the Historical Association of Lake County.)
United States Census 1850 WINFIELD TOWNSHIP, LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA
Name
Age
Sex
Occupation
Where From
1. Hiram Kingsbury
43
M
Farmer
came from New York
Fanny Kingsbury
39
F
came from New York
Pledias Kingsbury
12
F
came from New York
George A. Kingsbury
6
M
came from New York
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Name
Age Sex Occupation
Where From
2. Joseph Bray
25
M
Farmer
came from New York
Anna Bray
24
F
came from New York
Harriet Bray Samuel Bray Mary Bray
5
F
came from New York
3
M
born in Indiana
1
F
born in Indiana
3. William Post
33
M
Farmer
Julia Ann Post
23
F
George Post
7
M
William H. Post
3
M
4. Javias Peterson
48
M
Farmer
came from New York
Hannah Peterson
41
F
came from Pennsylvania
Joseph Peterson
18
M
came from Pennsylvania
David Peterson
15
M
Hiram Peterson
15
M
Henry Peterson
12
M
came from Pennsylvania
Isaac Peterson
8
M
came from Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Peterson
8
F
came from Pennsylvania
Deborah Peterson
5
M
Nathaniel Peterson
2
M
5. Charles Fisher
25
M
Farmer
Sarah Fisher
23
F
6. William Welch
50
M
Farmer
came from New York
Elizabeth Welch
50
F
came from Canada
James Welch
22
M
came from Canada
William H. Welch
18
M
came from Canada
Nelson Welch
16
M
came from Canada
Connellaz Welch
12
M
came from Canada
Sharlott Welch
7
F
born in Indiana
7. Daniel Borden
47
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Borden
41
F
came from Pennsylvania
George Borden
17
M
came from Pennsylvania
Sharlott Borden
15
F
came from Ohio
Susanna Borden
11
F
came from Ohio
Samuel Borden
8
M
came from Ohio
William H. Borden
4
M
came from Ohio
8. Jacob Wise
33
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Maria Wise
30
F
came from Pennsylvania
Henry Wise
11
M
came from Ohio
Cornelias Wise
9
M
came from Ohio
James Wise
5
M
came from Ohio
Laura Wise
3
F
came from Ohio
George Wise
1
M
came from Ohio
Rachel Ditty
14
F
came from Ohio
9. Jeremy Hixon
62
M
Carpenter
came from Mass.
Susan Hixon
58
F
came from Mass.
Loren Hixon
24
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Quincy Hixon
21
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Olive Rhea
32
F
came from Pennsylvania
Thomas Rhea
12
M
born in Indiana
10. Hashel Gregg
37
M
Farmer
came from New York
Eveline Gregg
27
F
came from Pennsylvania
171
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came from Pennsylvania came from Pennsylvania
came from Pennsylvania came from Pennsylvania
came from Germany came from Pennsylvania
HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY
Name
Age Sex Occupation
Where From
Amy Gregg
2
F
Jeremy Gregg
1/12
M
born in Indiana born in Indiana
11. Silas Gregg
33
M
Farmer
came from New York
Matilda Gregg
29
F
came from Canada
Orilia Gregg
3
F
born in Indiana
Emma Gregg
1
F
born in Indiana
William Gregg
2/12
M
born in Indiana
12. Augustine Humphrey
57
M
Farmer
came from New York
Harriett A. Humphrey
49
F
came from Connecticut
Henry A. Humphrey
18
M
came from New York
George W. Humphrey
15
M
came from New York
Theron J. Humphrey
12
M
came from New York
Charles S. Humphrey
10
M
born in Indiana
12. Elizabeth McFarland
74
F
came from Ireland
Charles McFarland
26
M
Farmer
came from Ireland
Elizabeth Jack
16
F
came from Ireland
13. David McKnight
37
M
Farmer
came from Ireland
Catherine McKnight
37
F
came from Ireland
James McKnight
10
M
came from Pennsylvania
Alexander McKnight
8
M
came from Pennsylvania
Robert Mcknight
7
M
came from Pennsylvania
David MeKnight
5
M
came from Ohio
Elizabeth J. McKnight
3
F
came from Ohio
Margaret Ann Mcknight
1
F
born in Indiana
14. William B. Nichols
50
M
Farmer
came from Rhode Island
Pamelia Nichols
54
F
came from Connecticut
Alfred Nichols
27
M
Merchant
came from Connecticut
Henry A. Nichols
25
M
came from Connecticut
Mary Nichols
23
F
came from Rhode Island
15. Henry B. Ward
23
M
Farmer
came from Ohio
Delia Ward
23
F
came from Connecticut
Phebe M. Ward
21
F
came from Ohio
Fanny M. Ward
3
F
came from Ohio
16. Rowland Shear
52
M
Shoemaker
came from New York
Mary Ann Shear
38
F
came from New York
Harriett M. Shear
19
F
came from New York
Squire R. Shear
17
M
Farmer
came from New York
Lydia Ann Shear
15
F
came from New York
John W. Shear
12
M
came from New York
Elizabeth M. Shear
3
F
born in Indiana
17. John Akien
33
M
Farmer
came from Ireland
Jane Akien
33
F
came from Ireland
James H. Akien
9
M
came from Ohio
Robert Akien
6
M
came from Ohio
William Akien
4
M
came from Ohio
Margaret Akien
68
F
came from Ireland
18. William Reed
22
M
Farmer
came from Ireland
Ann Young
43
F
came from Pennsylvania
William Young
22
M
came from Canada
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Name
Age Sex Occupation Where From
Alexander Young
19
M
came from Canada
Phebe Young
13
F
Lydia Young
9
F
came from Canada born in Indiana
19. George A. Woodbridge
54
M
Farmer came from Connecticut
Jane M. Woodbridge
36
F
came from Ohio
Samuel G. Woodbridge
7/12
M
born in Indiana
Julia Anne Roe
13
F
born in Indiana
Martha McConnell
18
F
born in Indiana
William B. McConnell
11
M
born in Indiana
20. Elijah Berry
31
M
Farmer
came from Ohio
Sally Berry
25
F
came from New York
Elizabeth Berry
4
F
came from Ohio
Ralph Berry
2
M
came from Ohio
21. John Downing
51
M
Farmer
came from Kentucky
Martha Ann Downing
14
F
born in Indiana
Eunice Downing
12
F
born in Indiana
Mary Downing
10
F
born in Indiana
James Downing
22
M
Farmer
born in Indiana
Nancy Downing
20
F
came from Ohio
Cordelia Downing
2/12
F
born in Indiana
22. John Ball
33
M
Farmer
came from New York
Nancy Ball
34
F
born in Indiana
George M. Ball
10
M
born in Indiana
Mary Ball
8
F
born in Indiana
Joseph E. Ball
3
M
born in Indiana
James Ball
1
M
born in Indiana
Jane Glover
30
F
born in Indiana
23. Henry Dasen
30
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Dasen
41
F
came from Pennsylvania
John Dasen
16
M
came from Pennsylvania
Joseph Dasen
13
M
came from Pennsylvania
Abraham Dasen
11
M
came from Pennsylvania
Mary Dasen
9
F
came from Pennsylvania
Thomas Dasen
5
M
Edmond Dasen
1
M
came from Pennsylvania born in Indiana
24. James Saunders
41
M
Farmer
came from Virginia
Mary Saunders
41
F
came from Pennsylvania
William Saunders
20
M
came from Pennsylvania
Catherine E. Saunders
18
F
came from Pennsylvania
Reuben Saunders
16
M
came from Pennsylvania
Anna M. Saunders
14
F
came from Ohio
James F. Saunders
12
M
came from Ohio
Benjamin F. Saunders
10
M
came from Ohio
Rachel G. Saunders
4
F
came from Ohio
John Y. Saunders
8
M
came from Ohio
25. Elizabeth Manwell
37
F
came from Canada
David Manwell
14
M
came from Canada
Mary Manwell
10
F
born in Indiana
Elizabeth Manwell
8
F
born in Indiana
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Name
Age Sex Occupation
Where From
Amos Manwell
5
M
came from Canada
Robert Wood
33
M
came from Canada
26. Thomas Wat
60
M
Farmer
came from Virginia
Mary Wat
53
F
came from Pennsylvania
Edward Welch
10
M
came from Canada
27. Solomon Colby
36
M
Blacksmith
came from New York
Mary Colby
33
F
came from Canada
Sarah Jane Colby
12
F
came from Canada
Timothy Colby
4
M
born in Indiana
Leroy Colby
2
M
born in Indiana
28. Benjamin Soal
55
M
Farmer came from Connecticut
Catherine Soal
52
F
came from Canada
29. John Wise
39
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Caroline Wise
31
F
came from Pennsylvania
Mary A. Wise
12
F
came from Ohio
Susanna Wise
9
F
came from Ohio
Benjamin Wise
7
M
came from Ohio
Martin Wise
8
M
came from Ohio
Samuel Wise
5
M
came from Ohio
John Wise
3
M
came from Ohio
Sharlott Wise
2
F
born in Indiana
30. Miles Williams
27
M
Farmer
came from New York
Emily Williams
30
F
came from New York
Mary S. Williams
7
F
came from Wisconsin
Pomeroy Williams
3
M
came from Wisconsin
Filenus Williams
1
M
born in Indiana
Oliver Williams
40
M
came from New York
Pomeroy Williams
13
M
came from Canada
31. John Fisher
39
M
Farmer
came from Germany
Elizabeth Fisher
37
F
came from Germany
John J. Fisher
13
M
came from Ohio
Elizabeth Fisher
11
F
came from Ohio
Frederick Fisher
9
M
came from Ohio
Jacob Fisher
7
M
came from Ohio
Martha Fisher
5
F
came from Ohio
Philip Fisher
4
M
came from Ohio
Washington Fisher
2
M
came from Ohio
32. Samuel Shaw
60
M
Farmer
came from New York
Sarah Shaw
54
F
came from New Jersey
Ezra Shaw
33
M
came from New Jersey
Jonathan Shaw
24
M
came from Canada
Lemise Shaw
22
M
came from Canada
Olive Shaw
20
F
came from Canada
Warren Shaw
18
M
came from Canada
Orin Shaw
16
M
came from Canada
Solomon Shaw
11
M
came from Michigan
33. Benjamin Welch
48
M
Farmer
came from New York
Rebecca Ann Welch
37
F
came from New York
Sarah Ann Welch
16
F
came from Canada
James Welch
15
M
came from Canada
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Name
Age
Sex Occupation
Where From
Benjamin Welch
13
M
came from Canada
Masando Welch
9
M
came from Canada
Sharlott Welch
7
F
came from Canada
Malinda Welch
5
F
born in Indiana
Andrew J. Welch
1
M
born in Indiana
34. John Mutesler
30
M
Farmer
born in Indiana
Mary Ann Mutesler
24
F
came from Ohio
35. George Wise
39
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Mary M. Wise
35
F
came from Pennsylvania
Christian Wise
14
M
came from Ohio
Nathaniel Wise
11
M
came from Ohio
Susanna Wise
8
F
came from Ohio
Mary M. Wise
4
F
came from Ohio
Catherine Wise
1
F
born in Indiana
Anthony Ditty (Diddie)
36
M
Farmer
came from Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Ditty
29
F
came from Pennsylvania
William H. Ditty
9
M
came from Ohio
Mary Ann Ditty
7
F
came from Ohio
Amanda Ditty
6
F
came from Ohio
Francis Ditty
4
M
came from Ohio
Sarah Ditty
2
F
came from Ohio
37. Smith Larr
28
M
Farmer
came from Virginia
Mery J. Larr
27
F
came from New York
William H. Larr
5
M
came from Ohio
Mary Ann Larr
1
F
born in Indiana
38. James Burge
36
M
Farmer
came from New York
Adeline Burge
39
F
came from New York
Jane A. Burge
11
F
born in Indiana
Orin Burge
9
M
born in Indiana
Hersey J. Burge
5
F
born in Indiana
Joseph D. Burge
3
M
born in Indiana
Milo Burge
15
M
came from New York
Nancy Schrall
18
M
came from Ohio
39. George Cunningham
31
M
Farmer
came from Canada
Elizabeth Cunningham
19
F
came from Pennsylvania
William Cunningham
1
M
born in Indiana
Truman Cunningham
5/12
M
born in Indiana
Polly Cunningham
65
F
came from N. Hamp.
James Cunningham
28
M
Farmer
came from Canada
(Contributed by ALICE W. SWANSON, Valparaiso, Indiana.)
Winfield Township
This is a complete story of Winfield Township as given in the reminiscences and prepared papers for the second quar- terly program, February 13, 1965. About eighty enthusiastic members and friends assembled in the Winfield School Build-
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ing which was to be abandoned as were the Palmer and the LeRoy buildings on February 15, when they were to move into the recently completed Winfield Township consolidated school building.
HISTORY OF WINFIELD
This inscription, on a metal and wooden marker on a post in the south and to the west side of the Winfield schoolyard, has been deciphered by Mrs. Carl Sapper: "WINFIELD TOWN- SHIP ORGANIZED IN 1843. NAMED FOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT OF MEXICO WAR FAME. THE FIRST SETTLER, JEREMY HIXON, 1838, LANDED AT A POINT WHICH IS NOW THE VILLAGE OF WINFIELD."
The first school was a one-room frame building. It was called the Dublin school because the majority of the patrons were Irish immigrants. The present brick structure bears the date of 1917. Rooms and the basement for assembly met the needs of the community.
Winfield, as a village, had considerable activity in its early years. There was a postoffice, a store which sold both groceries and dry goods, a church (Methodist origin but no discrimination as to denomination in welcoming people), and the schoolhouse. At various times there was a blacksmith shop. William Heick, a life-long resident, recalled that in those very early days the "village smithy," by the name of Deeter, made the charcoal that he used in the forge. He made a large pile of old stumps of trees, set them on fire; the green wood burned slowly, then at the proper stage of the burning he doused them with water. From this partially burned wood the pieces of charcoal were lifted out and piled beside the forge. As a boy he "hung around" the "shack" to watch "old man" Deeter shoe horses and weld rods. He would pull the red hot irons out of the fire and with a huge sledge hammer pound the straight pieces into the needed shapes. The flying sparks were like fireworks and his accurate blows "intrigued me." Also, he told the reason for the name "skunk school." The open space under the floor was a favorite home of families of skunks. They seemed to move back as fast as they were chased out.
Two weighing stations, one for grain and the other for milk, became business centers after the Erie Railroad was built. The "milk train" came without fail at 7:15 A.M. to pick up the cans of fresh milk to be hauled to Chicago. The scheduled time was so accurate that the people set their clocks
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when they heard the whistle.
The village of several dwellings was never incorporated. HISTORY OF PALMER
Contributed by MRS. ALBERT WEILER
Indian Territory was organized May 17, 1800. Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. The "Ten Mile" strip on the northern end was purchased in 1826. Lake County was purchased in 1832. It was surveyed in 1834. The first settlers came in October of that year.
I have a school grant, from the government, of 640 acres, dated April 17, 1816.
In 1879 the Chicago and the Atlantic Railroad bought a right-of-way across Winfield Township. The town of Palmer was founded November 20, 1882. Dennis Palmer donated the land where the depot and milk shed were built. He owned the first store in the 1880s and my father, Levi Phillips, built and owned the second store in the 1890s. Other storekeepers who followed were Niel Wise, Clayton Stewart, Claussen Brothers (Herman and Gustav), Fred Krull, Elmer Griffen, and Jerry Lukin. Others were Alfred Hittle, Scott Smith, Theodore Topel, Archie Reed, Ernest Everett, James Murray, Viola Weiler, and Robert Schroeder. No store is maintained today. One building was sold and became a residence.
November 20, 1891, the Indiana Pipe Line Company bought a right-of-way through the township. In 1893 a sec- ond line was laid and the third one in 1914.
Our first blacksmith shop was built at Heick's corner by James Wilkinson. On June 23, 1891, he moved to Palmer in a building at the corner of Palmer Road and the Chicago Atlan- tic Railroad. He bought out the other blacksmith shop, east of his own home, which he sold to Jerry Riley in 1914. This shop and the house just east burned. Riley rebuilt his shop which still stands.
The first postoffice was in the general store operated and owned by Dennis Palmer. Fred Krull had the second location. Now we have a rural delivery from Crown Point.
The first school was built in 1842 in section 21 on Eagle Creek, the property of the Sonnenberg family. It was used until 1850. The second was built of brick, one room, which was used until 1914. The third was built south of this one, a
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two-room building which burned down in 1935. The present building replaced it on the same site. Consolidation transfers them February 15 to the 14-room Winfield Township brick modern building.
In the 1890s the first telephone line, about two miles in length, was connected to the homes of Levi Hutton and Levi Phillips. Neighbors tied into the line and thus it became the Palmer Telephone Company, independently operated and own- ed by the farmers. In the 1900s a switchboard was installed which was connected with Crown Point, Hebron, the Portage Home and Farmers' line servicing about a five-mile-square area. Mrs. Dave Clay, the operator, was paid $1.00 per day and her fuel for twenty-four hour service. Other homes in which service was given after that were Mrs. Marie Martin McMillan and Goodwin Westbay. This line was discontinued when the Illinois Bell Telephone Company bought the fran- chise.
The first church was built at Heick's Corner by the Meth- odists. Later it was moved to the Deer Creek community. It was an important point of the circuit for many years. After the members transferred to communities elsewhere the build- ing was bought by Phil Schmidt and moved to his farm, a short distance west, and is now used as a garage.
The first doctor was Levi Aldridge Cass who lived in Cassville, later called LeRoy. He lived at Hickory Point, long ago, which was deserted as to business activities. He is buried in Salem Cemetery, Porter County. Dr. Homer Iddings, of the Merrillville area, and Dr. Blackstone, of Crown Point, answered calls in the following years.
Pioners of Winfield Township, whose names suggest lo- cations of Palmer, LeRoy and Winfield, are: John Blakeman, from England, 1851; Roxie Williams and her children, Caro- line, Olive and Charles; Hannah J. Miller and daughter, Amanda, who married Jacob Steinhilber.
Arriving in 1852 were John Patton, of Pennsylvania; Eliza Jane Dixon; Joseph Patton; Phoebe Folsom and daugh- ters, Olive and Ida May, who married Lincoln Blakeman ; also, Eliza Foster and daughters, Hattie and Jennie, who married Edward Muzzall.
In 1853 Reuben Hipsley, a German, and his wife; Marilda Dettrick and daughters, Ida F., Lucille M., and Rilla Blanche, arrived. Also arriving were William H. Vansciver (Holland),
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and his wife; Kate Patton and daughters, Della, who married Dr. Wm. Houk, and Dana, who married Clarence Quinn.
Dennis Palmer came from Massachusetts in 1854 along with his wife; Mary Wilson and son, Richard; Richard Pal- mer; Mary Fargo (Mrs.) ; Mark Palmer and his wife; May E. F. Parsonage, Lois and Boy. (Note-Includes children of later date than arrival, in each case of entry.)
In 1862 Joseph Beattie, who married Gertrude C. Holton, arrived.
In 1865 Levi Hutton (English), who married Gertrude Feiler, and their children, Ida, who married Levi Phillips, Ly- dia, who married Albert Levis, and James, arrived.
Arriving in 1868 were Samuel A. Love (Scotch-Irish), who married Ellen Jane Mundell; they had John, William, Samuel, Mary A., who married A. M. Phillips, James H., and Peter K. James H. Love married Sallie B. McKnight and their daughters are Rose and Mary Ellen. John E. Love came in 1870 and married Martha Jones. That year Herman Bat- terman (German), who married Anna Borger and had Jo- hanna, Julius, Maggie, Edwin, Alvin, and Edna, arrived.
People, whose time of arrival I do not know, are: Frank Hathaway, Frank Strickland, Archie McMillan (Scotch), Mr. Modehawk, Raymond Sherbourne, John Gordon, John Turner, Clark Hough, August Sonnenberg, George Merling, Mrs. Mar- ginson, George Crisman, Otto Krull, James Wilkinson, Albert Ziese, George Norton, William Thompson, George Wise, Mirl Durbin, George Melcher, Rudolph Blank, Emil Thoman, Her- man Claussen, Gusts Claussen, Fred Krull, George and James Murray, William Wickman, Dave Clay, Mr. Kronrady, Henry Bussellberg, William Batterman, Levi and James Hutton, Al- bert Lewis, Mr. Schlecht, Irvin Williams, John Fisherm, Erve Baird, Charles Lane, Morgan Porch, Hiram Porch, Joe Sher- burne, Henry Hopp, Edward Hopp, Harvey Hathaway, Henry Baum, and Basil Stanley.
Four houses in Palmer, that were built over a hundred years ago, are two built by Dennis Palmer, one each by Jim Wilkinson and Bill Wickman. Living in these houses today are Maynard Dykes, Arthur Prentice, Winston McClure, and Mrs. Edward Gramenz.
An interesting summary is derived from an old ledger that was found in one of the old store buildings and given to the association to add to their museum collection. On the in-
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ner front of the hardback leatherlike cover is the name of Richard Palmer, 1867. Although the majority of entries are those of justices of the peace and constables in Winfield Town- ship, business seems to have been completed in the Porter County courts, Valparaiso, with dates from March 27, 1843, through July 6, 1875. Due to typical pioneer frugality, because the record does not have consecutive dates, or even years, every available line is used.
Receipts are sewed to several pages. One receipt date is August 13, 1832, or 1852, from George A. Woodbridge, per hand of James M. Buel. It is for seven dollars on a judgment from the docket of A. John Ball against said Woodbridge and in favor of the estate of I. Hammel, deceased. Seneca Ball, of the estate of I. Hammel, deceased. Jno. Ball J. P. (seal). About fifty entries have been deciphered. Many of the names Mrs. Weiler has listed appear on the dockets.
A form, completely filled out, is for a marriage license : Charles Walsh-and Lavina. Lake County, November 17, 1873. W. W. Cheshire, Clerk of the Court, Lake County, In- diana, was found between that date's pages.
HISTORY OF LEROY
Mrs. Minnie Keene sent this brief account of LeRoy. It was read by Mrs. Ruth Bacon :
"In 1865 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company purchased the right-of-way through the north end of Cassville as the vil- lage was called. It entered from the northwest with a south- east trend toward Hebron, and on to the city of Logansport. This was called the Cincinnati Airline, then the Panhandle. To- day it is known as "The Pennsy," sort of a spur from the main line of the Pennsylvania system out of Chicago. Thus the hey- day of LeRoy began as a shipping point for the farmers to send grain and hay, in particular, to the markets in Chicago. Thousands of tons of produce were processed here at the ele- vators and storage barns for hay. A hay-press was in con- stant operation.
"There were three general merchandise stores and the postoffice was located in one of them. The merchant acted as the distributor. Love and Baldwin were two of the store owners. There was an implement shop, a blacksmith shop and a creamery. Cream was made into butter which was an item for shipment. Today the popular business of the high- way is the garage and a snack restaurant.
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"The United Presbyterian Church building stood a few rods west of the north-south main street. It was served by the Hebron minister, Rev. J. N. Buchanan, who had at least forty-five years of ministry, and Rev. Barnes, his successor. When the congregation became too small the members either transferred to Crown Point or placed their membership with the Methodist Church which was located on the present site, on the east side of Main Street, a block or so south of State Highways Nos. 8 and 53.
"The schoolhouse was across the railroad tracks, a block or so east of the turn, across from the big elevator at the north end of the tracks. The brick building, similar to the Palmer and Winfield buildings, will be sold after the school children are moved into the new consolidated Winfield Township School. LeRoy is busy enough with access to the outside world to be a very pleasantly home-like neighborhood. One store and a garage and filling station fill the needs. Dr. Levi A. Cass owned vast acreage, including the settlement, so it was called Cassville. It was named LeRoy for an unknown reason."
A fitting conclusion to the afternoon program was a pa- per prepared by May Homier and read by Mrs. Raymond Sherburne about Hickory Point, a one-time promising cross- roads settlement to the north and east of LeRoy near the Porter County line and the Lake Eliza Road. Only a sadly neglected cemetery, with a very few headstones to mark the spot, remains to remind the passerby of that pioneer settle- ment which had a church, a school and a store.
A pauper cemetery, about midway between Winfield and the Lake County Home, at one time had twenty-three un- marked graves. No burials have taken place since 1895. The location has no identification other than depressions on the hillsides. It is north of the country road.
Historical Markers of Lake County
1. INDIANA STATE BOUNDARY, NORTHWEST MARKER, Three Hundred Feet South of Lake Michigan Between Ham- mond and Chicago, Stone Construction, No Visible Mark- ings.
2. KENNEY HOMESTEAD SITE, S.R. 2, East of Lowell in Yard of Indian Trail Grange Hall, Bronze Plaque, 1965.
3. SANDERS CEMETERY, Site of First Schoolhouse in County, Three Miles East on First Blacktop Road East of S.R. 2
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and U.S. 41, Bronze Plaque, Sanders Clan. 1941, County Centennial Memorial.
4. FIRST CHURCH BUILDING IN COUNTY, Capuchin Seminary Grounds, Burr Street, Schererville.
5. YE OLD HOMESTEAD, First Clapboard Dwelling, 227 South Court Street, Crown Point, Lake County Historical As- sociation.
6. MCGWINN INDIAN VILLAGE, 276 East Sixty-eighth Street, Merrillville, Bronze on Boulder, Lake County Historical Association.
7. FIRST COUNTY PHYSICIAN LOCATION, S.R. 330, One-third Mile West of S.R. 55, Women's Auxiliary, Lake County Medical Society.
8. SITE OF BRASS TAVERN, 1154 Ridge Road, Munster, Bronze on Boulder, D.A.R., 1952.
9. SITE OF SOLON ROBINSON CABIN, 105 N. Court Street, Crown Point, D.A.R.
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