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Adams county, 54
Johnson, Walter P., 786
Johnston, Jacob W., 835 Joliet, 1
Joues, Benjamin O., 878
Jones, Charles J., 947
Jones, John T., 784
Jones, William L., 602
Juday, Henry S., 40
Judges, Associate and Probate, 119; Circuit and Common pleas, 120
Judiciary, Adams county early local, 114
Justices of the Peace, Adams county, 35. 115; first in Adams county, 115
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Kain, Clement T., 671
Kalver, Isadore A., 961
Kaltwasser, Charles, 495
Kasler, Herbert, 507
Keller, Henry E., 776
Kelley, B. C., 499
Kelley, John W., 499
Kellogg, Nelson, 315
Kennedy, John, 550
Keystone, population, 280; land
value, 282; publie school (view), 317; high schools, 318; school en- rollment, 327; churches, 432; bank, 432; founder of town, 432
Kiger, W. L., 498
Kilgore, David, 351
"Kinder Bote," 228
King, Benjamin J., 620
King, Rufus, 25
Kingsland, 448; railroad near, 448
accident
Kinsey, Samuel A., 724
Kintz, George A., 836
Kinzle, George E., 825
Kipfer, Ulrich, 231
Kirchner, Martin H., 902
Kirkland township, early settlers, 46; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 76; live stock, 77; school enroll- ment, 149
Kirkwood, William, 315
Kirchner, Martiu H., 902
Kirsch, Mathias, 688
Kirsch, Otto L., 972
Klingel, Charles T., 609
Knights of Columbus, 211
Knights of the Maccabees, Bluffton Tent No. 163, 413; Geneva, 247
Knights of Pythias, 211; Berne, 236; Lodge No. 398, 236; Geneva Lodge No. 514, 248; Bluffton Lodge No. 92, 411; No. 343, Ossian, 424
Knox, Joseph, 290, 362
Kohler, Frederick A., 710
Kohne, Alphons C., 923
Kolter, Fred E., 745
Koons, George G., 852
Koontz, Thomas H., 475
Kraner, A. G., 853
Kreigh, John F., 633
Kremers, William, 935
Kribbs, Edwin R., 502
Kriek, George M., 797 Krick, Henry, 925
Kunkel, Calvin D., 464
Kunkel, John O., 662
Kunkel, Samuel, 444
Kunkel, William A., 467
Ladies of the Maccabees, Asphalt City Hive No. 132, Bluffton, 413 Lake Erie Basin, 267
Lammert, William, 849 Lancaster, 446
Lancaster, Louis G., 616
Lancaster, Orley L., 751
Lancaster township, streams, 263; drainage, 267; ditches, 268; aere- age, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; population, 280; land value, 282; indebtedness, 283; first white mau in Wells county, 290; early settler, 297; first settlers, 298; established, 308; first school, 320; school enrollment, 327; Civil War drafts, 365
Land appraisers, Adams county, 69 Land entry, first, 34
Landlord, first, 34
Land owners in 1850, Adams county, 71
Land values, Wells connty, 282
Laughlin, Martin, 843
Law suit, first in Wells county, 350
Lawyers, Adams county pioneer, 116; Berne, 220; Wells county, first resi- dent, 352 Lee, William A., 553
Lee, Wilson H., 895
Lehman, Charles H., 805
Lehmann, Edith S., 923
Lehman, Manas, 821
Lehrman, Henry, 823
Leimgruber, Adolph, 483
Lenhart, E. Burt, 788
Lenhart's Run, 14
Leonard, Delmer F., 961
Lesh, Herman F., 619
Lesh, Orlo E., 497
Lew Dailey Post No. 33, G. A. R., 371
Liberty Center Deposit Bank, 429
Liberty Center High School (view), 317
Liberty Center, school enrollment, 327; schoolhonse, first building, 427; pioneers, 428; bank, 429; churches, 429
Liberty township, streams, 263; drainage, 268; large tile drains, 270; acreage, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; population, 280; land value, 282; indebtedness, 283; established, 308; schools, 326; school enrollment, 327; Civil War drafts, 365; owner of government land, 426; High School, 428
Library, Bluffton, 391
Library, Decatur, 191
Libraries, township, 325
Lieeuses, 57
Liek Run, 14
Liechty, Jacob J., 960 Limberlost, 14, 134 Limberlost region, 10, 15
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Limberlost Cabin (view), 240 Limberlost Creek, 16 Limestone, 12 Liniger, Benedickt, 900
Linnemeier, Lawrence, 762
Linn Grove schools, 139 Linn Grove (Buena Vista), 257
Linn, Henry F., 764
Linsey, 89 Lipkey, Henry W., 441 Little, John N., 124
Little Turtle, 3; death of, 4 Little, William B., 650
Lively Eagle, 194
Live stock, Adams County, 76; changes in, 276; Wells county, 279 Live Stock Farm (view), 78 Live Stock Improvement Tour (view), 276
Live stock organizations, 20
Loblolly country, 15
Lohlolly region, 12
Lockwood, James S., 560
Lockwood, Joseph P., 531
Lodges, Berne, 236
Log cabin. description of, 84; view, 84; building of, 85
Log-rollings, 106, 325
Log Schoolhouse, First County (view), 133
in Adams
Long, Russell R., 859
Loom, 88 Lord, Reuben, 41 Lowdermilk, David M., 654
Lowe, Henry, 31, 32
Lower, William A., 743
Lucky, George W. A., 146
Ludwig, David A., 644
Luginhill, Eli A., 870
Luginbill, Emela, 802
Luginbill, Samuel, 802
Lutz, Clark J., 816
Macklin, Philip L., 914 Maddox, Joseph C. G., 535 Magley, 255 Mail carriers, first in Adams county, 134 Mail Coach (view), 302 Mangold, Burt. 740
Mann, Enos, 42 Mann, George P., 315
Mann, James M .. 579 Mann, Joseph, 36
Marhaugh, Henry, 779
Marion & Bluffton Traction line, 347 Markle, 438; Markle, population, 280; land value, 282; formerly Tracy. 438; automobile bus lines, 438; bank, 439; bird's-eye view, 439; newspaper, 440; schools, 440 Markle Journal, 440
Markley, George F., 494
Marquart, Leo H., 559 Marquette, 1
Marriage license, first county, 58 Marsh miasma, 298
Marshall, Louisa E., 887
Martin, George, 747
Martin, Joseph, 39
Martin, Josephus, 875
Martin, Luther, 734
Masons, Decatur, 178, 209; Chapter No. 112, R. A. M., 209; Lodge No. 571, F. & A. M., 209; Lodge No. 252, A. F. & A. M., 209; Berne, 236; Geneva, 247; Bluffton, 407 Mass, first said in Adams county, 137 Mattax School House, 134
Mattox, Lemuel L., 885
Mayors of Bluffton, 381
Mazelin, Daniel, 814
Mazelin, David J., 824
McBride, James A., 655
MeClain, Mandeville W., 557
MeCleery, Samuel, 474
MeClellan, Beatty, 116
McCray, John W., 948 MeCullough, Nimrod, 773
MeDaniel, Perry, 41
MeDowell, James F., 355
McFarren, Earl R., 601
McFarren, George F., 600
MeGeath, Franklin P., 575
McGriff, John (portrait), 47
MeGriff, Richard (portrait), 47
MeGriff Twins, 47
MeIntyre, Nun, 291
Mckean, T. J., 865
MeKnight, David, 52
MeKnight's Run, 14
MePherson Camp No. 11, Sons of Veterans, Geneva, 246
Mead, C. H., 482
Medical Society, Wells County, 363 N. E. Circuits, Decatur and Monroe, 252
Me-she-ke-noquah, 3
Melsheimer, C. T., 360 Men in U. S. service, Spring of 1918, 171
Mennonite Book Concern, 226
Mennonite Center, leading in Amer- ica, 215 Mennonite church, First, Berne, 230 Mennonite Church, The Berne (view), 231
Merchant, first in Bluffton, 380
Merriman, I. A., 651 Merryman, James T., 119 Methodism, Adams county, 201; Geneva, 242; Jefferson township, Wells county, 422 Methodist churches, Bluffton, 402
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Methodist meeting house, first in Adams county, 203
Methodist pastor, Decatur's first, 203 Methodist Protestant church, Liberty Center, 429 Meyers School House, 134
Miami Confederacy, 3
Miamis, 1; principal chief of, 3; leave for Kansas, 5
Michaels ditch, 269
Mickle, Samuel S., 20
Military company, first organized in Adams county, 151
Military drafts in Wells county, 365 Military matters, 151
Miller, Andrew, 691
Miller, B. F., 610
Miller, Henry, 297
Miller, James M., 808
Miller, Johu, 729
Miller, John B., 566
Miller, John M., 625
Miller, Michael, 315, 920
Miller, Sephus, 576
Miller, William W., 781
Mills, 93; Berne, 219; first in Wells county, 297
Mills, Fred V., 926
Missionaries, 128; among the Mia- mis, 3 Missionary church, Berne, 234
Modern bridges at Bluffton (views), 409 Modern Woodmen of American Camp No. 11, 367; Bluffton, 413
Moeschberger, William, 855
Moltz, Harry R., 659
Monmouth, 44, 56, 63, 134, 258; graded schools, 140
Monroe Centre, 134
Monroe Circuit, 252
Monroe M. E. Circuit, 252
Monroe, 63; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; schools, 141; old town of, 248; first sawmill at, 249; bank and telephone system, 250; high school, 250; newspaper, 251; churches, 251 Monroe State Bank, 250
Monroe township, pioneer families, 41; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 76; school enrollment, 149; war bounties, 153 Moore, William, 124
Moose Lodge, 211; No. 242, Bluffton, 413
Moran, John C., 916 Morris, David H., 638 Morris, George B., 883 Morris, George S., 666 Morris, John A., 578 Morris, Mary E., 578
Morris, Sarah, 884 Morris, Thomas, 883
Morrison, John A., 700
Moser, Abraham J., 907
Moses, Annette L., 930
Mosure, John, 767
Mounsey, George R., 542
Muncie route, 334
Municipal electric light plant, Berne, 224
Municipal roster, Decatur, 180; Berne, 223
Murphy-Freeman trial, 356
Murray, 293, 296, 446; high schools, 318; school enrollment, 327
Musselman, Aaron L., 607
Mutschler, Fred, 831
Myer, Peter, 977
Myers, Dilman, 629
Myers, William J., 968
Mylott, Martin J., 946
National Guard mustered into the U. S. service, 169
Nazarene Church, Bluffton, 406
Neff, Jacob J., 514
Nelson, John E., 803
Neptune, J. Q., 687
Neuenschwander, Christ A., 518
Neuenschwander, Edward, 634
Neuenschwander, Jonas, 706
Newhard, William F., 603
News, Ossian, 421
Newspapers, Decatur, 193; Gazette first, 193; Geneva, 243; Bluffton, 382, 393; first in Bluffton, 383
Niblick, Charles S., 469
Niblick, George W., 503
Niblick, John, 456
Nidlinger, Jonathan D., 791
Norcross, Allen, 290 Norcross, Isaac, 290
Northern Indiana Fair, 23
Northwest Territory (map), 25 Nottingham township, streams, 263; drainage, 268, 269; tile drains, 271; acreage, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; population, 280; land value, 282; indebtedness, 283; township established, 308; schools, 323, 328; school enrollment, 327; Civil War drafts, 365
Numbers Creek, 14
Nutman, J. D., 176
Oats, Adams county, 76; Wells county, 276, 279
Odd Fellows, Decatur, 208; Berne, 236; Lodge No. 838, 236; Geneva, 247; Bluffton, 410; Lodge No. 752, Poneto. 436
Office-holders, Wells county, old-time, 314
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Officials, Adams county, roster of, 67 Officials, Bluffton, 381 Ogle, William, 613 Oil station, Preble, 255
Oil wells (view), 447
Old Bridges at Blufftou (views), 405
Old Buffalo, 10
Old Courthouse, Wells county (view of interior), 310
Old Home Gathering at the Presby- terian Church in October, 1912 (view), 205
Old Home Week, 213
Old Home Week at Decatur, October 14-19, 1912 (view), 202
Old Mail Coach (view), 302 Old Settlers' Meetings revived, 48
Old-time speedy justice, 354
Oliver, Austin, 616
Omlor, Jacob, 842
One Hundred and First Indiana In- fantry, 369
One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, 369
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regi- ment, 370
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth In- fantry, 370
One Hundred Thirty-ninth Field Ar- tillery (World War), 171
One Hundred and Fifty-third In- fantry, 370
One Hundred Sixtieth Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, 161; Spanish-Ameri- can War, 373 Onion fields, 14
Open ditches, first in Wells county, 266
Opliger, Lawrence, 148
Opossums, 264
Ordinance of 1787, 24, 304
Ordinances, Bluffton, 381
Original families of Berne, descend- ants of, 216
Orphans' Asylum, Wells County, 312 Ossian, 414; population, 280; land value, 282; first high school in Wells county, 318; school enroll- ment, 327; founders of, 414; first township schools, 418; early days, 419; schools, 420; telephone, 420; newspaper, 421; banks, 421; churches, 421; lodges, 424
Ossian Circuit, 422
Ossian Creamery, 419
Ossian Journal, 421
Ossian Lodge No. 297, Free & Ac- cepted Masons, 424 Otters, 15
Owens, Grant G., 854
Palmer, Charles A .. 632 Parochial schools, 135
Parrish, Joshua R., 682 Parrish, M. F., 814
Passenger trains, first regular through Geneva, 239
Patriotic organizations, Geneva, 245
Patriotic gatherings, 48
Pease, Joseph V., 746
Pence, George O., 647
People's Loan and Trust Company, Decatur, 196
People's State Bank, Berne, 226
Peoples, Ferguson A., 967
Peppard, David, 315
Peterson, 257
Peterson schools, 141
Peterson, John S., 971
Peterson, Robert S., 121
Petit Jurors, 53; first in Adams county, 115
Petroleum, 448; high schools, 318: school enrollment, 327; school building (view), 317
Physical features, Adams county, 11 Physicians, Adams county, in 1887 and 1917, 125; Wells County, early, 361; pioneer, 362
Pierce, Jacob, 124
Pierce, John, 124
Pierce, Thomas, 124
Pike road, 36
Pioneer amusements, 106
Pioneer carpet weaving loom, 33
Pioneer events, Wells county, 297
Pioneer lawyers, Wells county, 359
Pioneer pictures, Wells county, 300
Pioneer schools, Berne, 217
Pioneer Utensils ( view ), 285
Pioneers, 31, 92, 428; Adams county, 46 Piqua Road, 78 Plank road, 78, 334 Pleasant Mills, 63, 256; graded
schools, 140
Plummer, Charles W., 631
Poe, 134 Poling, Charles B., 850
Poneto, 434; population, 280; land value, 282; first called Worthing- ton, 434; early days, 434; bank, 435; churches, 436; lodges, 436
Pontiac, 5 Pontius, Daniel, 879
Pontoon bridge, 40
Population, Adams county, 70; Deca- tur, 179; Wells county, 279 Pork packing and marketing, 95
Portland, 134 Postage, 303 Post office, Berne, 218
Pottawatomies, 5 Prairie fire, 96
Preble, 255; oil station, 255
Preble Elevator Company, 256
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Preble township, streams, 11; first settler, 36; organized, 60; popula- tion, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 76; live stock, 77; school enrollment, 150; war bounties, 153; schools, 254; churches, 254
Presbyterian church, First, Bluffton, 403
Presbyterian church, Decatur, 204
Presbyterian church, Ossian, 421
Prillaman, Lewis, 315
Probate courts, Adams county, 116
Probate entry, first in Wells county, 352
Probate judges, Adams county, 119, 120
Prohibition town, 221
Prominent citizens of Wells county indicted for betting, 351
Proper, Claude E., 677
Property valuation, Adams county, increase in, 73; Wells county, 281
Proseenting attorneys, Adams county, 120
Prospeet Society, Ossian, 423
Public library, Bluffton, 391
Public library. Decatur, 191
Public road, Wells county, first, 308 Public school buildings, Decatur, 187
Public school system, Berne, 223
Public School, Keystone (view). 317
Public School, Toesin (view). 317
Public utilities of the '90s, Decatur, 183 Pyle, Grant, 476 Pythian Sisters, Bluffton, 411
Quakers, 8 Quinn, John P., 118
Raber, John C., 506
Race track, 20 Raccoons, 264
Railroads, 80; revival, 248; projects, 334; first ties laid in the county, 335; building of second, 344; ae- cident near Kingsland, 448 Rainbow Division, 169
Rainier, Charles F., 249
Randall, Joshua R., 314 Rawley, Jacob, 841
Ray, Edwin M., 905
Ray, Jesse A., 717
Ray schoolhouse, 134
Rebekahs, Order of, Poneto, 436
Recorders, Adams county, 67; Wells county, 313 Redding, John L., 581
Red Men, Minnetonka Tribe, No. 82, Bluffton. 413 Reicheldeffer, Charles, 877 Reiff, J. H., 735
Reiffton, 450
Religious bodies, Berne, 230 Reporter, Monroe, 251
Reppert, Fred, Jr., 940 Reppert, Otto, 966
Republican Bugle, 393 Reservoir No. 2 built, 185
Reynolds, David L., 741
Reynolds Farm, 34
Reynolds, John, 56
Rhea, Jehu S., 50
Rice, Sampson, 41
Rich, Peter, 830
Richardville, Chief, 5 Riddile, Forrest, 596
Rinear, John W., 425
Rivare graded school, 142
Rivare Indian Reservation, 530
Rivers, 11
Road-building materials, 12
Road districts, 53
Roads and traffic in 1865, 337
Roads, first improvements in Adams county, 57; early, 77; Wells county, 282, 333; first publie, 308
Robinson, William, 32
Robison, Homer E., 541
Robison, Peter L., 541
Rock Creek, 263
Rock Creek drain, 268
Rock Creek township, streams, 263, 267. drainage. 268, tiled ditches, 269: acreage, 277; cereals, 279; live stock, 279; population, 280; land value, 282: indebtedness, 283; first settlers. 298; township established. 308; school enrollment, 327; Civil War drafts, 365
Rockford, 450
Roe, Jeremiah, 52
Rogers, Wharton W., 648
Rook, Clem, 537
Roop, Samuel A., 787
Root township, streams, 11; early set- tler, 32; naming of, 35; pioneers, 41; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; erops, 76; live stock, 77; school en- rollment, 150: war bounties, 153
Royal Temple No. 24, Pythian Sisters, Bluffton, 411 Rugg. Samuel L., 35, 64
Rumple, Daniel A., 846
Rumble. Jonathan, 851
Rumschlag, .Joseph. 839 Pumschlag, Rosie T., 840
Runkle, Carry R .. 684
Runyon, David, 712 Rurert. Anna. 830
Rural High School (view), 251
Salamonie River, 263 Salem, 258
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Sam Henry Post No. 33, G. A. R. 159 Sawmill, first at Monroe, 249 Sawyer, Amos W., 562 Scene from Erie Bridge, Bluffton, 343 Schaefer, Cornelius, 910
Schafer, Fred, 898
Schenck, Charles D., 822
Scherry, Daniel J. C., 747
Scheumann, August, 715
Schieferstein, Phil L., 727
School Building, Petroleum ( view), 317 School Building, Vera Cruz (view), 317
School buildings, Bluffton, completion of, 391
Schoolhouse, first briek in Adams county, 134
Schoolhouse, first in Bluffton, 382 Schoolhouse, first in Decatur, 135, 187 Schoolhouse the first building at Lib- erty Center, 427
School property, 132; Wells county, valuation in thirty years, 327
Sehools, 129; free system enforced, 131; parochial, 135; Forty Years Ago and Today (views), 331
Schools, Adams Co., 29; graded, 138; officers, 144-Bluffton, 388; city superintendents of, 391-Decatur, 187; statisties, 190-first in Jef- ferson township, Wells county, 418; Ossian, 420; Markle, 440 -- Monroe, 250-Wells county, early, 298, 315; modern buildings, 319; enrollment of pupils and teachers employed, 327
Schroeder, P. R., 233 Schueler, Jacob, 873
Schug, Philip, 871
Schulte, Henry, 772
Sehurger, John, 795
Schwartz, David, 938
Schwartz, Jacob J., 803
Schwartz, Thomas F., 511
Scott, General, 6
Scott. Thomas E., 328
Secret and Benevolent Societies, De- catur, 208: Bluffton, 406 Seed Corn Selective Meeting (view), 274
Seimetz, Julius A., 585 Self-feeder, Home-made (view), 299
Sellemever, Herman W., 851
Settle, James E., 694
Settle, Thomas J., 554 Settle, William H., 744
Settlement, Wells county, 284 Settlements, earliest in Indiana, 130 Settlers. First, 32; French and Ger- man, 71 Seventeen Creek, 14
Seventy-fifth Infantry, 368 Severin, Louis, 487 Shadle, E. A., 581
Shadle, James N., 636
Shadle, John E., 572
Shafer, John W., 942
Shaffer graveyard, 32 Shalley, Earl K., 869
Shanks, Alonzo, 754
Sheep, Adams county, 77; county, 276
Wells
Shell, Albert, 780
Shepherd, Nathan B., 874
Sheriff's, Adams county, 69; Wells county, 314 Sheriff's residence, Wells county, 311
Shipping center at Berne, 225
Shoaf, Ambros F., 965
Shoemaker, Brnce W., 599
Shoemaker, Daniel P., 864
Shoemaker, John P., 876
Shrock, Gabriel, 587
Shrock, J. A., 588
Simison, Robert, 36 .
Simison's bear story, 38
Singing school, 104
Six-Mile Creek, 14, 263
Slack, James R., 153
Slavery in Indiana, 129 Smeltzer, William, 608
Smith, Adam, 981 Smith, Benjamin J., 760
Smith, David E., 114, 465
Smith, Herbert F., 684
Smith, John W., 481
Smith, John W., 667
Smith, Samuel, 50
Smith, Waldo E., 770
Smith, William R., 521
Smith, William S., 485
Snakes, 99
Snider, Samuel M., 496
Snow, John F., 84, 126, 146, 857
Snyder, Franklin, 853
Snyder, George D., 479
Snyder, Susannah, 597
Snyder, Walter D., 598
Soil. 12; Wells county, 262; wealth, 277 Soldiers' Monument, Decatur, 162; (view), 164
Soldiers of five wars, 165
Somers. L. E., 694
Sons of Veterans, McPherson Camp No. 11. Geneva, 246
Souder, Robert K., 653
Spanish-American war. 160, 373
Spelling school, 101. 325; (view), 102
Spencer, W. G., 117
Sprang, Daniel. 649
Spring Run. 14. S. runger, .John A., 235 Sprunger, Joshna, 820
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Sprunger, S. F., 222, 232 Sprunger, Ulrich, 833
St. Clair, Major General, 4; portrait, 25
St. Clair's Defeat, 28
St. John's Lutheran Church, Preble township, 254
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bluff- ton, 404
St. Joseph's Parochial Schools, 135, 137 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Decatur, 200, 584
St. Mary's river, 11, 14, 263
St. Mary's township, 256; streams, 11; Indian reservation, 30; town- ship divided, 53; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; crops, 76; live stock, 77; school enrollment, 150
St. Paul Lutheran Church school, 136 St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Preble township, 255
St. Peter's Lutheran Church school, 136
Stafford, Frank, 586
Stage coach between Decatur and Fort Wayne, 112
Standard Oil Company's Station, Preble, 255
State Farmers Bank, Keystone, 432 State roads, 9
State University 's honor tablet, 173 Steam power press, first in Adams county, 243
Steele, Albert N., 657
Steele, George E., 641
Steele Park, 23
Steele (Salem), 258
Steiner, Oscar, 794
Steiner, Samuel, 794
Stepler, William F., 702
Stoutenbery, Jay B., 724
Strahm, Matthias, 231
Stratton-Porter, Gene, 16; pen-pic- ture of, 240; view of Limberlost Cabin, 240
Street Scene, Ossian, 415
Street Scene, Poneto, 435
Street improvements (view), 182
Street improvements, Decatur, 180 String instruments, old-style, 88
Stucky, David, 863
Studabaker Bank, The, Bluffton, 384, 397
Studabaker, David, 454; portrait, 117 Studabaker, John, 335; railroad fa- ther, 336; portrait, 338
Studabaker, Peter, 36, 369; portrait, 37
Studler, Fred W., 952 Subsoil, Wells county, 261 Suman, O. J., 774
Superintendents of schools, Bluffton, 391
Superintendents of waterworks and electric service, 186
Surveyors, Adams county, 69; Wells county, 313
Surveys, first, Adams county, 34
Sutton & Heller, 983
sutton, Jesse C., 984
Sutton, John J., 762
Swaim Post No. 169, Ossian, 367
Swaim, William, 366
Swamp prairies, 14
Swisher, Harry R., 492
Swiss-German colony, original, 215
Taber, Goerge W., 513
Tangeman, Fred J., 491
Tate, Oliver F., 539
Taverns, 176; first in Geneva, 238
Taxable property valuation, county, 281
Wells
Taxes, Adams county, 74; Wells county, 307
Teacher lost in Blufftou wilds, 388
Teachers' Institutes, 326; Wells
county, 320
Teeple, David F., 919
Teeple, Isaac, 848
Teeple, Judson W., 805
Teeple, Samuel H., 882
Teeple, William B., 667
Telephone system, Monroe, 250; Bluff- ton, 386; Ossian, 420
Temperance, 222
Templin, George, 555
Templin, Sanford H., 551
Territorial Legislature, first convened, 28
Territory of Illinois, 29
Tester, George W., 669
Thirteenth Cavalry, 158
Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment, 370
Thirtieth Regiment Volunteer Infan- try, 366 Thirty-fourth Regiment, 366; Old Flag of (view), 368
Thoma, Herman. 673
Thomas, Ralph C., 556
Thompson, Catherine, 742
Thompson, Ernest E., 525
Thompson, Howard W., 742
Thompson, William H., 530
Thompson's prairie, 14, 32
Thornhill, Walter L., 865
Three-Mile Ditch, 269
Tieman, William H., 917
Tile drains, 269
Tiling open drains, 272
Timothy, Adams county, 76; Wells county, 276, 279
Tosein, 442; Public School (view), 317; high school, 318; sehool en- rollment, 327
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Todd, Ralph S., 459
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Rail- road, 80, 430
Toll gate, 79 Tolls, 79
Tonner, John, 848
Topography, Adams county, 14; Wells county, 262.
Town, first in Adams county, 44
Townsend, Dick, 962
Township libraries, 325
Township organization, Adams coun- ty, 60
Township Trustees, Adams county, 1912-1916 (portrait ), 68
Townships, Wells county, 308
Town Trustees, first in Bluffton, 380 Traction lines, 81; Wells county, 347 Tracy, 438
Traveling preacher, 90
Truesdale, David, 315
Treasury report, Wells county, first, 309
Treasurers, Adams county, 69; Wells county, 313
Tribe of Ben Hur, Court No. 7, Bluff- ton, 413
Triumph, The, 243
Tront, William, 124 Trustees, Adams county, 68 Turtle Village, 3
Twelfth regiment, 366
Twelve-cornered Church South of Monroe (view), 249
Twenty-second Regiment, 366
Twenty-seven Mile Creek, 14 Twibell, Luther, 432
Twins, oldest in United States, 49 Tyndall, John W., 472
Union Center high school, 318; school enrollment, 327
Uniondale, 440; population of, 280; land value, 282; bird's-eye view of, 440
Uniondale Society, Ossian, 423
Union Savings & Trust Company, 398 Union township, Adams county, topog- raphy, 14; population, 73; prop- erty value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; erops, 76; live stock, 77; school enrollment, 150; war boun- ties, 153
Union township, Wells county, ditches, 268, 269; acreage, 277; population, 280; land value, 282; indebtedness, 283; township established, 308; first school, 323; school enrollment, 327; Civil war drafts, 365
United Brethren church, Decatur, 207 United Brethren church, Geneva, 243 Universalist Society, Bluffton, 406
Vail, John W., 798
Valuation of school property, Wells county, 327
Vance, Oscar L., 697
Vance, William, 39
Vera Cruz, 445; population, 280; land value, 282; School Building (view ), 317
Veterans of Adams county, 46
Villa North, Bluffton (view), 379
Vitz, J. Otto, 446
Vitz, Oswald P., 446
Vitz, Peter, 446
Volunteers, World war, Wells county, 377
Voyageur, French, 2
Wabash river, 11. 14, 263; at High Water (view), 267
Wabash river valley, 267
Wabash township, streams, 12; to- pography, 14; beaver dams, 15; first settlers, 37; population, 73; property value, 74; taxes, 74; farm lands, 76; erops, 77; live stock, 77; school enrollment, 150; war boun- ties, 153
Wafel schoolhouse, Preble township, 254
Waggoner, Benjamin J., 909
Waggoner, William T., 812
Wagoner, John, 570
Wait, N. E., 524
Walmer, Edwin S., 488
Walser, Eric D., 482
Walters, Clement L., 948
Walters, William M., 145
Wandel, Dal, 493
Wandle, John, 315
War against Germany, 375
War hounties, Civil war, 152
War of 1812, soldiers from Wells county, 371 Warden, James L., 314
Waring, L. C., 686
Warner, Joseph W., 526
Warner, Samuel, 558
Washington Park, 401
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