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Banter, John W., 680
Baptist church, Decatur, 206; Bluff- ton, 404; Liberty Center, 429 Bar in 1887, Wells county, 358 Barkley, Henry, 888
Barr, William R., 485
Barlett, Isaac, 700
Barton, William, 291
Battery A., 139th Field Artillery, 171
Baumgartner, Christian, 231
Baumgartner, David, 231
Baumgartner, Levi L,, 934 Bay, John W., 526 Bear, 38 Bear stories, 108
Beaver, 264
Beaver dams, 14, 15
Beavers, Seth D., 972
Beerbower, Lewis M., 625
Beerbower, Theo A., 856
Bees, hunting, 99 Bell, Clarence E., 933
Bell, James, 314
Bell, John, 569
Bell, Sherman, 570
Bench and bar since 1885, Wells county, 359
Benevolent Societies, Bluffton, 406
Bennett, Joseph E., 653
Berling, Garret C., 833
Berling, Helena, 834
Berling, W. H., 477
Berne, population, 73; property value, 74: taxes, 74: schools, 141; school enrollment, 150; leading Mennonite center in America, 215; Swiss-Ger- man colony. 215; founded. 215; first store, 216; extension of town area. 216; descendants of original families, 216; present town, 217; pioneer school, 217; postoffice, 218; hotels, 219: mills, 219; doctors and lawyers. 220; incorporated a vil- lage, 220; prohibition, 221; munie-
ipal roster, 223; public school sys- tem, 223; fires and fire department, 224; municipal electric light plant, 224; shipping center, 225; banks, 226; religious bodies, 230; lodges, 236
Berne Lodge No. 398, Knights of Pythias, 236
Berne Lodge No. 939, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 236
Berne Orphanage, 236
Berne Public School (view), 218
Berne Witness, 228
Bethel United Brethren Church,
Ossian, 423 Biberstine, Fred, 608
Bienz, Adam J., 801
Big Blue Creek, 14
Bird's Eye View, Markle, 439
Black bear, 264
Blackberries, Wells county, 264
Blackburn, Norval, 157
Blackman, Charles J., 500
Blakey, Arthur C., 800
Bleeke, Otto, 782
Bliss House built, 385
Blocher, William M., 896
Bloomfield, 134
Blue, Capolis L., 512
Blue Creek, 30
Blue Creek prairie, 14
Blue Creek township, pioneer period, 31; created, 60; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 76; live stock, 77; school enrollment, 149; war boun- ties, 153 Blue, Michael C., 442, 544
Bluffton, 10, 378; population, 280; land value, 282; a merchant, 295; how won county seat, 306; surveyed and platted, 309; how named, 379; first sale of lots, 380; first mer- chant and town trustees, 380; may- ors, 381; original officials and or- dinances, 381; "markers" of progress, 381; tavern, 382; first schoolhouse, 382; churches, 382; newspaper, 382; pioneer and early industries, 383; first newspaper, 383; first bank, 383; corn planter factory, 384; bridges, 385; fire de- partment, 385; telephone, 386; wa- ter works, 386; electric plant, 387; schools, 387; early disciplinarians and schools, 388; "High" school, 390; Central Building erected, 390; High school organized, 391; com- pletion of different school buildings, 391; superintendents of schools, 391; public library, 391; news- papers, 393; banks, 397; industries,
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398; parks, 401; churches, 402; secret and benevolent societies, 406 Bluffton Banner, 393
Bluffton Buildings (views), 389
Bluffton, Central School (view), 317 Bluffton Chapter No. 95, R. A. M., 408 Bluffton Commandary No. 38, K. T., 408
Bluffton Council No. 63, R. & S. M., 408 Bluffton-Fort Wayne Plank Road, 333 Bluffton from the East and South (views), 394
Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction line, 347
Bluffton Lodge No. 114, I. O. O. F., 110
Bluffton Lodge No. 145, F. & A. M., 407
Bluffton Lodge No. 786, B. P. O. E., 411 Bluffton's Public Library (view), 392 Board of County Commissioners,
Adams county, first meeting of, 50 Bobo, James R., 118
Bobo postoffice, 32, 252; school, 142 Bordeu, James W., 352
Borum Run, 14 Bosse, John W., 974
Bowman, Isaac J., 734
Boxell, Ezekiel, 677
Bradford School House, 134
Brandyberry, Irvin, 147, 778
Braun, Peter, 838
Breiner, Henry A., 727
Bremerkamp, H. Henry, 750
Brentlinger, C. L. 755
Brick house, first in Decatur, 176
Brickley, J. A., 693
Bridges, old, at Bluffton (views), 405; modern (views), 409
Bridges over the Wabash, 385
Briggs, Andrew G., 881
Briggs, William W., 975 Brinneman, Daniel T., 660
Brite, Julius J., 900
Brotherton, James A., 528
Brown, Asa W., 484
Brown, George S., 355
Brown, James D., Jr., 728
Brown, T. Frank, 661 Brown, William, 626
Bryan, W. J., speaking during Old Home Week (view). 212 Buckmaster, A. D., 862
Buckner, Francis M., 515
Buckner, John T., 510
Buena Vista, 38, 257 Buffalo, town platted, 238
Bugh, Ezra, 733
Bugh, William A., 117 Bulger, Wilson M., 315
Bulger, "Wils", 301
Bultemeier, Fred, 704
Busche, Ernest W., 832
Bushee, William, 507
Butler, Benj. F., 709
Butler, Horace E., 749
Calico, 89 Canoper, 134
Canoper Creek, 14
Carington's Ford, 9
Carroll, Edward L., 698
Carter, Luther E., 885
Case, Almon, 291
Case, Andrew J., 827 - Casebeer, John, 308
Case, Robert, 591
Case's tavern, 380
Cassell, Edgar N., 637
Catholic church, first mass in Adams county, 137 Catholic church schools, 135
Cattle, Adams county, 77
Census figures, Adams county, 72
Census of 1850, Adams county, 46
Center of Methodism, 242
Central High Schools, Adams county, 142 Central School, Bluffton (view), 317 Central School Building, Bluffton, 390 Cereals, changes in, 276; Wells
county, 279
Ceylon, 259; graded schools, 142
Chalfant, Abner, 435, 565
Chalfant, Chads, 435
Chalfant, Charles, 512
Chalfant, Reason, 435
Chalfant, Robert D., 508
Champer, J. C., 124
Chester township, first drainage ditch, 266; tile drains, 271; acreage, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; pop- ulation, 280; ]and value, 282; in- debtedness, 283; pioneers, 291; es- tablished, 308; schools, 326; school enrollment, 327; Civil war drafts, 365
Chicago & Atlantic Railroad, 179
Chicago & Erie Line, 347
Chills and fever, 100
Chimney Corner (view), 87
Cholera, 362
Christen, Charles N., 757
Christen, Edward S., 149, 958
Christen, Richard G., 975
Christian church, Decatur, 207
Christian Society, Bluffton, 406
Christianer, Conrad C. W., 731
"Christlicher Bundes-Bote," 227 Christman, George F., 522
Chronicle, Bluffton, 395 Churches, Decatur, 200; Monroe, 251; Sylvanus, 315; Bluffton, 382, 402;
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near Ossian, 424; Keystone, 432; Poneto, 436; Zanesville, 437
Church of Christ, Decatur, 208
Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Railroad, 179
Circuit courts, Adams county, 116; Wells county, 349
Citizens Telephone Company, 183 City Park, Decatur, 183
Civil government, changes in, 28 Civil history of Adams county, 50
Civil war, first volunteers, Adams county, 152; war bounties, 152; volunteers, Wells county, 364; last battle of, 367; officers and privates of Wells county who died in, 371 Clark, Curtis W., 615
Clark, General, 24
Clark, James S., 500
Clerks, Wells county, 313
Cline, Jay A., 783
Clingenpeel, William I., 598
Clover Leaf Railroad, 81, 345
Clover Leaf Bridge, Bluffton (view
from), 346
Clowser, John W., 607
Coffee School House, 132
Coffroth, John R., 315
Cohoe, Asa, 388
Colchin, Herman A., 753
Colerick, David L., 352
Collins, John W., 660
Colter, Ben S., 822
Colter, Henry, 787
Common Pleas Court, 358
Commissioners' Districts, 53
Company A, Fourth Indiana National Guard, 168
Company A, Fourth Infantry, 169
Company B, Fourth Indiana Infantry, 161
Company B, Fourth Regiment, I. N. G., 160
Company C, Eleventh Cavalry, 157
Company C, Forty-Seventh Indiana Infantry, 153
Company E, 160th Volunteer Infan- try, Spanish-American War, 373; leaving Bluffton (view), 374
Company F, 160th Volunteer Infan- try, Spanish-American War, 375
Company G, Thirteenth Cavalry, 158 Company H, Eighty-ninth Infantry, 154
Company I, Eighty-ninth Infantry, 155
Company K, Eighty-ninth Infantry,
155
Conrad, August, 714 Conrad, Louis, 738 Contest of 1850, 63 Continental water-shed, 11
Cook, Coat, 678 Cook, Elmore J., 845 Cooking utensils, 86
Corn, Adams County, 76; Wells County, 276, 279; increasing pro- duction, Wells County, 274
Corn and More Corn (view), 13
Corn grinding by hand, 93
Corn-husking, 106, 325
Cornlands, 14
Corn Planter Factory (view), 384
Coroners, Adams County, 69
Corson, John B., 890
Corson, William W., 117 Country doctor, 123
Country home of the '40s, 84
County agent, Adams County, 143; Wells County, 273
County Board, Wells County, first, 306
County clerks, Adams County, 67 County Fair, 20
County jail, first in Adams County, 58
County officials, Wells County, 312
County Seal, Adams County, 60;
County seat, first in Adams County, 54; other sites offered in Adams County, 55
County seat donations, 55
County superintendency, Adams Coun- ty, 145
Courthouse of Adams County, 51; first at Decatur, 55; old frame, Adams County, 61; 1873, Decatur, 63 Courthouse, Wells County, first, 309; view of interior, 310; second (brick), 311; present, 311
Court changes, 1865-84, Wells County, 357
Cottrell, Francis M., 872
Coverdale. Jonas S., 478
Covert, Ellison, 314
Covert, Isaac, 301
Crabhs, Austin, 153
Craig, Robert, 417
Craig, William, 417
Craigville, 450; High school, 318; school enrollment, 327
Crawford brothers, 215 Crawford, John, 215
Crawford, Josiah, 215; portrait, 91
Crescent Chapter No. 48, O. E. S., 410 Crimes against life, Wells county, 357
Crops, Adams County, 76 Crownover, Henry M., 904 Crum, Jefferson G., 729 Cullins, Fay W., 504. Curran. Patrick, 523 Curyville, 257 Cutler, Manassel, 25, 26
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Dailey, Esais W., 153, 956 Dailey, James, 315 Dailey, John O., 901 Dairy Herd (view), 265 Dane, Nathan, 25
Daniel, Emma, 568 Daniel, William H., 567
Daugherty, Andrew, 43
Daughters of Pocahontas, No. 20, Bluffton, 413
Daughters of Rebekah Lodge (No. 83), Bluffton, 411
Dawley, John C., 538
Dawson, John W., 353
Deam, Harry, 954
Deam, Jessie, 955
Deam, John C., 517
Debating societies, 325
Decatur, 45, 60, 63, 134, 174; first courthouse, 55; founder of town, 66 ; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; first schoolhouse, 135; Lutheran schools, 136; city schools, 138; school enrollment, 150; named in honor of American naval hero, 175; first residence, 175; first store, 175; first brick house, 176; village or town govern- ment organized, 177; an incorpo- rated town, 177; fires, 178; Masons, 178; population, 179; incorporated as a city, 179; fire department, 180; municipal roster, 180; street improvements, 181; pioneers (por- traits), 178; public utilities of the '90s, 183; waterworks, 184; water supply and distribution, 185; public school buildings, 187; first school- house, 187; schools, 190; news- papers, 193; banks, 196; industries, 197; horse sales, 198; churches, 200; Old Home week, 213; secret and benevolent societies, 208
Decatur and Monroe M. E. Circuits, 252
Decatur Baptist church, 206
Deeatur Christian church, 207
Decatur Church of Christ, 208 Decatur Circuit, 252
Decatur Democrat, 21, 194 Decatur Driving Association, 21
Decatur Evening Herald, 195
Decatur First Evangelical church, 207 Decatur High School (view), 188
Decatur Presbyterian church, 204 Decatur Publie Library, 191; view, 192
Decatur United Brethren church, 207 Decatur Waterworks Company, 184 Decker, Charles W., 489 Deeker, Samuel, 315 Deem's Ford, 10 Deer, 264, 294
Deffenbaugh, John, 39
Dent, Byron H., 43, 153, 154
Dent, George A., 43
De Vore, Ross, 628 Dismal Run, 14
Ditches, 270
Ditzler, George C., 441
Ditzler, William H., 573
Divorce case, first in Adams county, 122; first in Wells county, 351
Doctors, Berne, 220
Domestic, 450
Dougherty, Hugh, 336, 397
Douglas, Robert, 32
Drafted men, World war, Wells county, 377
Drain through solid roek, 270
Drainage, Wells county, 262; arti- ficial, 265
Drainage commissioners, 266
Dugan, Charles A., 778
Drum, Dorphis L., 613
Drummond, Robert, 42
Dubach, Fred, 711
Dunbar, Leander L., 861
Dunn, Charles R., 376
Dunn, John W., 903
Durbin, A. Q., 953
Durkin, Thomas J., 929
Dyar, E. W., 463
Eagles, Aerie No. 899, Bluffton, 413 Earliest settlements, 130
Early fairs, 20 Early roads, 77
Eastern Star, Order of the, Decatur, 210; Chapter No. 127, 210; Geneva, No. 263, 248
Eckhart, William A., 604
Edris, Henry M., 501
Education, Geneva, 241
Education, savage and civilized, 127 Educational development, Adams county, 126; statistics, 149
Edwards Electric Light Plant, 183 Egly, Abraham, 702
Ehinger, Edward X., 944
Ehle, Frank E., 594
Ehrmann, Nathan, 707
Eicher, Christian, 754
Eicher, John, 828
Eight-Mile Creek, 263
Eighty-ninth Indiana fantry, 154, 369 Eiting, Henry, 836
Volunteer In-
Election districts, Wells county, 308 Electric plant, Bluffton, 387
Electric service, superintendents of, 186
Eleventh Cavalry Regiment, 157, 370 Eley, Michael, 41 Eliek-Michaels ditches, 269 Elks, Bluffton, 411
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Elks Club, 211
Elm Grove cemetery, 402
Elzey, Elisha V., 42
Emanuel Lutheran Church school, 136
Emmaus Society, Ossian, 423
Enabling Act of 1816, 29
English Northwest, 24
Erhart, Julius, 761
Erie Bridge, Bluffton, 343 Erie Railroad, 81
Erwin, Richard K., 119
Evangelical Association, Preble town- ship, 254
Evangelical church, Berne, 230
Evangelical Lutheran church, 135
Evans, John K., 52
Evening News, Bluffton, 395, 396
Everett, John, 756
Eversole, Charles T., 561
Evidences of material wealth (view), 261
Ewing, Charles W., 350
Exchange Bank, Bluffton, 384, 397
Exchange Hotel, Bluffton, 380
Fairs, first, 20; early, 20
Fairview cemetery, 402
Farlow, William, 860
Farlow, William R., 630
Farming scenes (views), 75
Farm lands, division of, county, 74
Adams
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Geneva, 245
Farmers and Traders Bank, Markle, 439
Farmers' Fair, 22
Farmers' Institutes of Adams County, 22
Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, 21
Farmers State Bank, Ossian, 421
Farmers State Bank, Poneto, 435
Farmers State Bank, Preble, 256
Feasel, Charles W., 824
Fellows, William, 362
Fence viewers, 53
Finances, Adams county, 57; Wells county, 282
Fire departments, Decatur, 180;
Berne. 224; Bluffton, 385
Fire fighting with fire, 96
Fires in Decatur, 178; in Berne, 224
First Agricultural Society, 20
First cook stove, 433
First courthouse, Decatur, 55
First Evangelical Church, Decatur, 207
First fair, 20
First Fourth of July Celebration, 45 First grand and petit jurors, 115
First land entry, Adams county, 34 First landlord, 34
First mail carriers, 134
First meeting of Adams County Board of County Commissioners, 50
First Mennonite church, Berne, 230 First National Bank of Bluffton, 384 First National Bank, Decatur, 178, 196, 197, 777
First Presbyterian Church, Bluffton, 403
First Reformed Church, Bluffton, 406 First road improvements in Adams county, 57
First settlers, 32
First surveys, 34 First Territorial
Legislature con-
vened, 28
First white man in Adams county, 29
Fisher, George A., 505
Fisher, John O., 759
Flag of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, (view), 368
Flanders, David, 806
Fluekiger, Emil, 815
Fordyce, Simeon B., 642
Foreman, Edward L., 828
Foreman, James M., 785
Forests, modern clearing of (view), 295; Wells county, 264
Fort Dearborn Massacre, 286
Fort Defiance, 6
Fort Recovery, 8
Fort Recovery road, 8
Fort Wayne, 3, 8, 30; site of, 7
Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company, 347
Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad, 334
Fort Wayne Plank Road, 417
Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, 153, 368; Reunion of, 372
Foundation soil, Wells county, 262
Founder of Decatur, 66
Founders of Ossian, 414
Fourth Indiana National Guard, 376 Fourth of July celebrations, 44; first at Decatur, 45 Foxes, 264
France, Charles M., 121
France, John T., 121
Frantz, Peter, 564
Frantz, Winfield B., 565
Frauhiger, Noah, 475
Frazier, William, 766
"Freckles," 16 Free school system enforced, 131
Free schools, 129; first in Indiana, 131
French, Andrew J., 739
French, Eli, 563 French, J. D., 462 French Northwest, 24 French settlers, 71
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French township, topography, 14; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 77; live stock, 77; school enroll- ment, 149 French traders, 3, 15
French Voyagenr (portrait), 2
Friedheim, first Lutheran 254
Society,
Frisinger, John M., 732
Frisinger, Maynard A., 897
Fritzinger, Erastus, 818
Fruechte, Edward, 936
Fruechte, John, 936
Fruchte, J. Fred, 695
Fuelling, Ernst, 725
Fuelling, Henry F., 730
Fuelling, John H., 41
Fuhrman school, 254
Fulk, P. M., 718
Fulton, James, 315 Fnr-bearing animals, 15 For traders, 128
Gallmeier, Angust, 912
Gallmeier, Conrad, 705
Gallmeier, William C., 710
Gallmeyer, Edward, 763
G. A. R. in Adams County, 159; John P. Porter Post. Geneva, 160, 245; Lew Dailey Post No. 33, Bluffton, 371
Garrett, Fanny, 635
Garrett, Frank C., 527
Garrett, I. V. L., 635
Garrett, Orin D., 532
Garton, Jonathan, 353 Gaunt, Ola L., 826
Gavin, Charles B., 595 Gavin, William J., 631 Gazette, 193
Gehrett, Samnel, 652 Geneva, 15, 237; population, 73; property valne, 74: taxes, 74; schools, 139; school enrollment, 150; Civil war bodies, 160; evolu- tion of, 238; first regular passenger trains, 239; education, 241; center of Methodism, 242; incorporated, 243; newspapers, 243; banks, 244; patriotie organizations, 245; secret and benevolent societies, 247 Geneva's Business Street (view), 244 Geneva High School (view), 140
Geneva Lodge No. 514, Knights of Pythias, 248 Geneva Lodge No. 621, A. F. & A. M., 247
Geneva News, 244 Gephart, Philip, 775 Gerber, David, 583 German Reformed church, Berne, 234
German Reformed Congregation,
Preble township, 254
German settlers, 71 Gilbert, Perry E., 622
Gillig, Herman M., 819
Gilliom, Henry, 752
Gilliom, Simon, 964 "Girl of the Limberlost," 16
Glacial marks, Wells county, 262 Glass, John T., 415 Glendening, George F., 716
Godfrey trail, 9 Goodin, James L., 589
Goodspeed, George W., 531
Cordon, Frank W., 918
Gottschalk, Andrew, 866
Graber, Jacob, 829
Graber, Peter F., 950
Graber, Victor, 794
Graded schools, 138
Grain Germination, Variety of (view), 263
Grand Jurors, 53; first in Adams county, 115; first in Wells county, 350
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, 16, 80, 215, 248
Gravel, 12 Gray, Harry, 273
Great Northeastern Ditch, 268
Green, Edward, 471
Greer, John P., 352
Gregg, Fannie, 635
Gregg, John, 634
Griffith, James B., 685
Grim's prairie, 14
Grove, Thomas F., 770
Guldin, Thomas C., 265, 579
Habegger, Peter A., 793
Hadley, Walter L., 493
Haifley, Ralph W., 909
Hale, Bowen, 308; portrait, 292
Hale, John D., 893
Hale, Silas W., 460
Hammell, Will, 765
Hamtramck, Jolm F., 7
Hardison, James H., 886
Hardman Daniel K., 594
Harkless, James C., 708
Harmar, General, 8
Harmar Trail, 8
Harris, Mathew F., 978
Harrison, General, 5
Harrison Guards, 370
Harrison township, streams, 263, 267; drainage, 268; acreage, 277; ce- reals, 279; live stock, 279; popula- tion, 280; land valne, 282; in- debtedness, 283; first settlers, 298; established, 308; schools, 315, 316; school enrollment, 327; Civil war drafts, 365
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Hartford township, gravel, 12: Horse sales, 198
beaver dams, 15; first settlers, 39;
Horse thieves, 110
Hotels, Berne, 219
Houck, George M. T., 720
Honk, John C., 736
Honse-raising, 106
Hartle, John F., 617
Harvey, Charles E., Sr., 606
Harvey, James, 296
Huffman, D. C., 604
Harvey, John R., 618
Harvey, Robert, 296
Hatfield, Adam, Jr., 418
Hangk, Julins, 979
Hunsicker, Albert D., 690
Hank, A. A., 595
Hunting bees, 99
Heath, William, Sr., 50
Hunt, Perry F., 672
Heller, Daniel D, 145
Heller, Frank, 908
feller, Henry D., 984
Heller, John H., 931
Hendricks, James A., 943
Henry, Andrew M., 922
Henry, S. D., 705
Henry, Sam. death of, 156
Hesher, Frank, 574
Hesher, James, 588
Heuer, Fred H., 674
Higgins. Earl, 534
"High" school, Bluffton, 390
High schools, Bluffton, organized by Professor Allen, 391
High Schools, Geneva, (view), 140; Decatnr (view), 188; Monroe 250; Rural (view), 251; Liberty Center (view), 317; Wells county, uniform course, 318; agriculture and domestic science introduced, 319
High, William A., 663
Hilgemann, John, 715
Hill, A. J., 155
Hitchcock, Samuel E., 645
Hite, Henry, 757
Hite, Samnel E., 773
Hoffacker, Charles, 606
Hoffman, James D., 891
Hoffman, John G., 764
Hofstetter, John J., 856 Hogs (views), 21, 278; Adams connty, 77; shooting and sticking, 94; wild,
97; cholera, 275; protecting and improving, 275
Holland-St. Lonis Sugar Works, 198; (view), 199
Holthouse, John B., 810
Home-comings, 44 Home guards, Wells county, 370
Home Store, Monroe, 251
Hominy and samp, 87
Hooper, Panl G., 790
"Hoosier Schoolmaster, The, " 325 Horses, Adams county, 77 Horse-racing, 21
Hnser, Albert, 707
Hnyette, Arthur R., 670
Illinois Territory, 29
Illustrations, French Voyagenr, 2; Anthony Wayne, 7; Corn, 13; Hogs. 21; Major General St. Clair, 25; Northwest Territory, 25; A Contented Old-time Couple, 33: Peter Studabaker, 37; The MeGriff Twins, 47; Courthouse of Adams Connty, 51; Adams' County's First Courthouse, 56; Old Log Jail, 59; County Jail, Adams county. 62; Adams County Infirmary, 65; Town- shin Trustees of Adams County, 68; Modern Farming Scenes, 75; Modern Live Stock Farm, 78; Log Cabin of Our Ancestors. 84; Old-time Chim- ney Corner, 87; Josiah Crawford, 91; Rustic Water Mill, 94; Spell- ing School. 102; Johnny Appleseed, 105; David Studabaker, 117: First Log Schoolhouse in Adams County, 133: High School. Geneva, 140; Soldiers' Memorial at Decatur, 164; Two Decatur pioneers, 178; Tvnical Street Improvements, 182; High School, Decatur, 188; Decatur Public Library. 192; Holland-St. Louis Sugar Plant, Decatur, 199; Scenes during Old Home Week at Decatur, October 14-19, 1912, 202; Old Home gathering at the Pres- byterian Church in October, 1912, 205: W. J. Brvan Speaking during Old Home Week, 212; Berne Public School, 218: The Mennonite church at Berne, 231; Gene Stratton-Por- ter's Limberlost Cabin, 240; Gen- eva's Business Street, 244; Twelve- cornered Church South of Monroe, 249; Rural High School, 251; Evi- dences of Material Wealth, 261: Variety of Grain Germination. 263: Special Dairy Herd, 265; Wabash at High Water, 267; A Seed Corn Se-
population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 77; live stock, 77; school enroll- ment, 149; war bounties, 153
Hower. Milton E .. 681
Hoff, Henry H., 679
Hoffman, Edward L., 624
Huffman, Levi, 592
Hunnientt, Ulysses, 610
Hunt, William J., 780
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lective Meeting, 274; Seen at a Live Stock Improvement Tour, 276; Hogs, 278; Wells County Per- cherons, 281; Pioneer Utensils, 285; Bowen Hale, 292; Modern Clearing of the Forests, 295; Home-made Self-feeder, 299; Old Mail Coach Loaded, 302; Present Wells County Courthouse, 305; Interior of Old Courthouse, Wells County, 310; Wells County Schools, 317; P. A. Allen, 321; Forty Years ago and Today, 331; John Studabaker, 338; Erie Bridge, Bluffton, 343; View from Clover Leaf Bridge, 346; Ola Flag of the Thirty-fourth Regi- ment. 368; Company E Leaving Bluffton (Spanish-American War), 374; Villa North, Bluffton, 379; Corn Planter Factory, 384; Water Works, Bluffton, 386; Three Old Bluffton Buildings, 389; Bluffton's Public Library, 392; Bird's-eye Views of Bluffton. 394; West Mar- ket Street, Bluffton, 399; Old Bridges at Bluffton, 405; Modern Bridges at Bluffton, 109; Street Scene, Ossian, 415; Street Scene, Poneto, 435; Bird's-eye View of
Markle, 439; Bird's-eye View, l'niondale, 440; Oil Well, 447; Wreck on the Clover Leaf Road, 449
Increase in property value, Adams county, 73
Indebtedness, Wells county, 283
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 719, Ossian, 424
Indian Creek, 14
Indian horse thieves, 110
Indian trails, 9
Indiana State, 29
Indiana Territory, 28
Indians, clearing Indiana of, 26
Indictments, first in Wells county, 351
Industries, Adams county, 11; Deca- tur, 197; pioneer and early in Bluffton, 383; of '70s and '80s, 385; Bluffton, 398
Ineichen, George, 911
Infirmary, Adams county, 64; (view), 65
Infirmary, Wells county, 312 Inn, early, 32
Inspectors of Election, 53
Interior of Old Courthouse, Wells County (view), 310
Isch, Ernest, 739
Isch, Fred J., 717
Ivins, Harvey L., 502
Jackson, James U., 530 Jackson, Samuel J., 529
Jackson township, streams, 263, 267; ditches, 271; acreage, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; population, 280; land value, 282; indebtedness, 283; lost township, 308; estab- lished, 308; early schools, 322; school enrollment, 327; Civil War drafts, 365
Jacobs, Isaac L., 509
Jacobs, Leroy, 510
Jaebker, William F., 722
Jail, Adams county, 57; Old Log (view), 59; Jail, new (view), 62 Jail, Wells county, first, 309; present, 311
Jefferson Gnards, 371
Jefferson township, Adams county, streams, 12; created, 60; popula- tion, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 77; live stoek, 77; school enrollment, 149; war bounties, 153
Jefferson township, Wells county, streams, 263; drainage ditch, 266; drainage, 267; ditches, 268; tile drains, 270; acreage, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; population, 280; land value, 282; indebtedness, 283; established, 308; first school, 322; school enrollment, 327; Civil War drafts, 365; early settlers, 418; first schools, 418; Methodism, 422
Jellison, John, 640
Johnny Appleseed (view), 105
John P. Porter Post No. 83, G. A. R., Geneva, 160, 245
Johns, Henry E., 552
Johnson, David S., 514
Johnson, Edward H., 936
Johnson, Richard B., 937
Johnson, Ricklef B., 723
Johnson selected as county seat,
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