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DUNCAN, John, 145.
DUNHAM, Rev. S. N., 85.
DUNN, Hon. Geo. C., 119.
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DUNN'S, J. P. Jr., History of Indiana, referred to, 13. DURHAM, W., 66.
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EAGLE and Lion, account of. 72, 73. EARLE, John, account of, 137. EARLE, Sam, 164.
EARLE, Capt. W., quoted, 91 ; 155; account of. 138.
EARLY, Jacob D., account of, 145; 159; 165.
EAST, Aunty, account of, 42.
EDMUNDS, James B., quoted, 135, I36.
EDWARDS, Col. W. K., account of, 117, 118.
ELSTON, Isaac C., account of, 139. ENGLISH Common Law, account of, 104.
ENGLISH'S, History of Indiana, referred to, 13.
EWING, Mary, 87.
EWING, Samuel, 87.
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FAIRBANKS, H., 165.
FAMILY boat, account of, 22.
FARRINGTON, Hon. James, ac- count of. 109, IIO; 159; 165.
FERRY, account of, 57; 13I.
FILLMORE, Rev. A. D., 81.
FINLEY, John, account of, 179.
FIRE Engines, Hand, account of, 166, 167.
FIREMEN'S Association, Old, ac- count of. 167.
FIRES, account of. 168.
FIRST brick building, 152.
FITCH, Rev. C., 85.
FLAT boat, account of, 24, 25.
FLOWERS, Prairie, 32.
FLOYD, Davis, 105.
FORT Azatlan, account of, 18.
FORT Harrison, building of, 36, 37; attack on, 39; occupants of, 41, 42, 43; arrival of Markle party at, 45, 46; ceased to be a post, 40; 50; remains of, 50. FOSTER, Rev. B. F., 89. FOWLER, Rev. O., 86. Fox, Rev. F. M., 89.
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FRANCIS, Montgomery, 168. FRANK, Rev. A. J., 81.
FRENCH traders, welcomed by the Indians, 29; degrading in- fluences of, 29. FRUITS, wild, 34.
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GAIL, R. W., 91. GAMES, children's, account of, 183, 184, 185. GARBER, Peter, 104.
GIBAULT, Father, 69.
GIBSON, Rev. S. G., 89.
GILBERT, Curtis, account of, 48; 57, 58; postmaster, 64; 159; 165.
GILBERT, Mrs. Mary C., 82.
GILMAN, B. I., 144.
GOOKINS, Judge S. B., History of Vigo County, 14; quoted, 43; account of, IIO, III; 133.
GOOKINS, Seymour, account of, 97. GORDON, Rev. Thos. B., account of, 88
GRAFF, Dr. George, postmaster, 64.
GRAFF, Joseph, 165 GRAHAM, Rev. Wm., 86. GRANDMOTHER, the pioneer, ac- count of, 122.
GRASSES and flowers, account of, 32. GRIST MILLS, 48; 59; 153.
GRISWOLD, W. D., school teacher, 93; account of, 115.
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HADLEY, Rev. J., 85. HAGER, John B., quoted. 164. HAIL to the Pioneers, poem, 178, 179.
HANNEGAN, Hon. Edward A., 67, 68; account of, 113, 114; 138, 139.
HARDY, P. H., 164.
HARGRAVE, Rev. Richard, 85.
HARPER, Mrs. Ida, quoted, 177.
HARRISON, Robert, 74.
HARRISON, Gen. W. H., account of, 36; 38.
HAT-MAKERS, account of, 154,
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HAYES, Benj., account of, 94, 95-
HAYES, Harold, account of, 42.
HEABERLIN, Z., account of, 160.
HEDGES, Samuel, 98.
HENDERSON, Rev. C. R., 79.
HENDERSON, Sanford S., 70. HEUSTIS, Sylvester, 172. HEUSTIS, Ed., 172.
HICKMAN, Rev. Dr .. 86.
HIDDEN, J. C., quoted, 24; 63.
HITCHCOCK, Dr. J. W., quoted, I28.
HOGGATT, Moses, 104.
HOGGATT, Wm. Engineer, quoted, 52; 54.
HoGs, droves of, account of, 148. HOLMES, Rev. J. S., 79.
Hook, James, 164.
HOGGATT, Wm., Engineer, quoted, 179, 180, 18I.
HOUGHTON, Thos., 92; 163.
HOVEY, Elisha, 151
HOVEY, Z. C., 165.
HULL, Rev. Samuel, 85.
HULMAN, H., 115.
HUMASTON & Co., 145.
HUMMER, Rev. Michael, 87.
HUNTINGTON, Judge Elisha M., 67; account of, 109. HUNTINGTON, N. P .. 48; account of, 108. HURST, H., 105.
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HUSSEY, Geo., account of, 139; 153. HUSSEY, Preston, 160.
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IMPROVEMENTS, Internal, account of, 75; 169.
INDIANA, financial troubles of, account of, 157; 159.
INDIANA Journal, quoted, 179.
INDIANA Laws, Early, 104; re- vised code, 105.
INDIANA, State of, organized, 51. INDIANA, Territory of, organized, 36; proslavery sentiment in, 132.
INDIANS, hieroglyphics of. 27; relics of, 27; originally Algon- quins, 27; tribes of, on the Wa- bash, 28, 29, 30; depredations by, 43.
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JACKSON, John, 85. JACKSON, President, 14I.
JAIL, location of the first, 71; ac- count of the second, 71. JAMISON, Rev. L. H., 81. JEFFERSON Medical College, 129. JENCKES, Judge John, account of, 103.
JENNINGS, Jonathan, first govern- or of Indiana, 108. JEWELL, Rev. Henry, 89.
JEWETT, Rev. M. A., account of, 81, 82, 83. JOHNSON, James, 143; 145. JOHNSON, John, 105.
JOHNSON, Gen. W., Compend of Acts of Indiana, 105.
JONES and Johnson, revised code of Indiana Laws, 105. JONES, J. O., postmaster, 64, 65 ; 165.
JONES, Mrs. Persis, account of, 176.
JOURNAL, Terre Haute, 135. JUDGES, associate, account of, 103, 104.
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KEMPER, Bishop, 84. KIDWELL, Rev. John, 89.
KILPATRICK, Geo., 75.
KING, John F., 146. KING, Miss Mary, 87.
KINNEY, Judge Amory, 82; 87; 92; account of, II0; 133.
KIRTLEY, Rev. L., 79.
KITCHELL, Joseph, original land owner, 51.
KNAPP, Rev. George, 89.
KRUMBHAAR, Wm., 84.
KRUMBHAAR, Mrs. Wm., 84.
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LALUMIERE, Father G. P., ac- count of, 80.
LAMBERT, Isaac, 4I.
LAPSLEY, Rev. J. E., 88. LA SALLE, account of, 12.
LASSELLE, Hyacinthe, 51
LAW, A. P., 81.
LAW's, Judge John, Colonial His- tory of Vincennes, 13; quoted, 28.
LAW, Majesty of, 104, 105.
LAWRENCE, Lewis B., account of, 108. 109.
LAWYERS, early, as circuit ri- ders, 106. LEWIS, Maj., 108.
LIBRARY, City, 89. LINCOLN, President. 63; 110.
LINDLEY, Jonathan, 51; account of, 52. LINTON, David, account of, 140; 151; 159.
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LINTON, W. C., postmaster, 64; 74; 87; 124; account of, 139. I.40. LISTON, Edward, 41.
LISTON, Joseph, quoted, 41; ac- count of, 43; 79.
LITTLE, Rev. Henry S., 88.
LONG, Judge Thos. B., quoted, 178, 179. LONGFELLOW, the poet, 150.
LOUIS XIV., ambition of, 12; 15.
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MACKSVILLE, original name of, 74. MADISON, T. A., 164.
MANFORD, Rev., 89.
MAREST, Father, quoted, 28.
MARKET House, public, account of, 154.
MARKLE, Abram, account of, 47, 48; 51.
MARS, Wm., account of. 150.
MARTIN, Rev. Thos. M, 85.
MEDFORD, Rev. Wm., 85.
MERMET, Father, 28.
METHODIST Churches, account of, 85. MIAMI Indians, account of, 27. MIDDLETON, Dr., 123. MIDDLETON, Samuel, 42.
MILKSICKNESS, 123.
MILLER, Col. James, account of, 37.
MILLER, Joseph, 82; account of, 144, 145.
MILLER, Mrs. Margaret B., 82; account of, 145.
MILLER, Phoebe, account of, 95. MILLS, Prof. Caleb, account of, 98. MILLS, Samuel J., 81. MILLWRIGHTS, account of, 152, 153.
MINER, R., 164.
MODESITT, Dr. Chas. B., account of. 56, 57; 123, 124.
MODESITT, Rev. Welton M., ac- count of, 94.
MOFFATT, B. B., account of, 115, II6.
MOFFATT, Judge J. T., account of, 103.
MONEY, substitutes for, 156; ac- count of, 161, 162.
MONFORT, Rev. David, account of, 74; 87.
MONFORT, Mrs. Phoebe, 87.
MOORE, Reuben, 41.
MORGAN, Rev. F. A., 81.
MORGAN, W. D., 141.
MORRIS, Mrs. Mary M., 145.
MORRIS, Richard A., 145.
MORRISON. Rev. Geo., 88.
MOUNDS, Indian, account 18. of, MOUND Builders, account of, 19. MULLENDORE, Rev. W., 81.
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McMUSSELMAN, Samuel, 164. MCCABE, Rev. Dr. F. S., account of. 93.
MCCABE, Mrs. Julia, 82.
MCCABE, R. S., 154.
McCALL, James B., 159.
MCCALL, Mrs. Julia, 87.
McCORD, Rev. James, 85.
McCULLOCH, Hon. Hugh, 159.
McCULLOCH, John, 87.
McCULLOCH, Margaret, 87.
MCCULLOUGH, Dr., 123.
MCCULLOUGH, Rev. J. H., ac- count of, 81. MCFADDEN, Wm., 75.
MCGREGOR, Alexander, account of. 146; 165. MCGREW, F., 164.
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McKEEN, Benj., account of, 143, 144.
McKEEN, W. R., 160.
McLEAN, Hon. Wm. E., account of, 96. McMURRAIN, Mr., 153.
McQUILKIN, Samuel, account of, 74.
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NAMES, the foot prints of His- tory. examples of, 15.
NATIONAL Road, account of, 52; 170, 17I.
NAYLOR, Wm., account of, 42; 97.
NELSON, Hon. Thos. H., 12I.
NEW, Rev. J. P., 81.
NEWMAN, Mahlon, 164.
NOBLE, Gov., IIO.
NOBLE, Chas. T., account of, 92; quoted, 98.
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O'BRIEN, John, 164. OGDEN, Maj., 171. O'KANE, Rev. John, 80.
OLD Curiosity Shop, account of, 160, 161.
OLDS, Joshua, account of, 46; I53.
ORCHARD Town. location of, 30. OSBORN, John W., III; account of, 132, 133.
OSBORNE, Capt. Samuel, 132.
OUABACHE, Indian name as spell- ed by French, 15; meaning of, 16; branch of Mississippi, 17.
OUIATENO, location of, 30; mean- ing of, 30; 41.
OUIATENON, account of, 28, 29.
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PADDOCK & Co., 145. PARRET, Father, 80.
PARRY, Rev. Thos., 88. PARSONS, Dr. Thos., account of, 128, 129; 165.
PARSONS, Prof. W. W., account of, 100. PATRICK, Rev. E., 85.
PATRICK, Dr. Septer, account of, 127. PEALE, Rev. G. P., 81.
PECK, E. J., 172.
PEDDLE, Chas. R., account of, 171, 172.
PERDUE, L. F., quoted, 82.
PHELPS, Rev. B., 85.
PHYSICIAN, the pioneer, 122.
PIERSON, Rev., 79.
PIONEERS, second period of, 45.
PIROGUE, account of, 21, 22.
PONY Express, 63.
PORTER, Judge John, account of, 138.
PORTERFIELD, Wm., 164. POSTAGE, rate of, 62.
POSTOFFICE, first established, 48; 61; postmasters, 61 ; moved to village, 61; mail service, 61, 62; 65.
POTWIN, A. C., 82.
POTWIN, Mrs. Helen, 82.
POUND, Mrs. M., 78.
PRAIRIE, Fort Harrison, account of, 32, 33, 34, 35.
PRAIRIE House, account of, 75, 76.
PRESBYTERIAN Church, organized, 87; Wash. Ave. Pres. Church organized, 89.
PRESTON, Mrs. Charlotte, account of, 93.
PRESTON, Nathaniel, account of, 93.
PRINCE, W., 105. PRINDLE, Rev. Chas., account of, 84.
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PRO-SLAVERY element, in early days, 132. PROVIDENCE Hospital, 60.
PROVOST, Mr., account of, 95, 96. PUCKETT, Thos., 43.
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RAILROAD, possibility of, 171; Terre Haute & Richmond, ac- count of, 171, 172. RAMAGE, Wm., 164.
RATHBONE, Mr., 92.
RAY, Rev. Edward, 85.
REDFORD, Henry, account of, 57; 71; 104. REED, Dr. Ezra, account of. 129, I30.
REIMAN & Co., 145.
RICHARDSON, Joseph, account of, 45, 46.
RICHARDSON, Mrs. Joseph, ac- count of, 47.
RIGDON, Sydney, the Mormon, 68.
RISING Sun, village of, 30.
RITTER, D. H., in Bloomfield News, 25.
ROBINSON, Rev. Smith L., 85; 99.
ROSE, Chauncey, quoted, 49; ac- count of, 50; benfactions of, 49; 59; a bronze statue to memory of, 49; as a business man, 58, 59. 60; proposed Fe- male Seminary, 100; 141; 158; 166; 171. 172.
ROSE, Henry, 146.
ROSE Ladies Aid Society, endow- ment of. 59; name changed, 59; 25th anniversary of. 176. ROSE Polytechnic Institute, ac- count of, 100. Ross, Alexander, 82; 87. Ross, Ephraim, 87.
Ross, Harry, quoted, 87; account of, 144.
Ross, James, 144.
Ross, John, quoted, 151.
Ross, Mrs. Mary, 87.
Ross, Russell, 92.
Ross Bros., 144; 151.
ROUTLEDGE, John, 84.
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ST. MARY'S Institute, account of, IOI.
ST. JEROME, name of Wabash river, account of, 16.
ST. JOHN, Rufus, 164.
ST. STEPHEN'S Church, organiza- tion of, 84.
SCHERMERHORN, Rev. J. T., pioneer missionary, 81.
SCHOOLCRAFT'S Thirty Years Among Indian Tribes, 14. SCHOOLS, early free, first pro- posed, 98.
SCOTT, Gen., quoted. 29, 30.
SCOTT, Harvey, D., account of, 118, 119.
SCOTT, Rev. James, 85.
SCOTT, John, account of. 146; 172.
SCOTT, Lucius H., quoted, 74; account of. 91; 137.
SEELY, Jonas, 164.
SELLERS, Rev. L. E., 81.
SEMINARY for Girls, earliest at- tempt toward. 99.
SEMINARY, Vigo County, account of. 97. SHANNON, Rev. J. N., 88. SHANNON, Patrick. 160.
SHAWANEE Prophet, account of, 36.
SHOEMAKERS, 153. SHRADER, Rev. John. 85. SHULER, Dr. L. S., account of, 124, 125.
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SHULER, Mrs. Dr., quoted, 125. SIMMONS, Rev. Dr. G. H., 79. SLAVERY, Indiana saved from, 104, 105. SLAVES, property rights in, 132. SMITH, Rev. B. L., 81.
SMITH, Mrs. Hannah, 82; 87. SMITH, Joe, the Mormon, 68.
SMITH, Jordan, 82.
SMITH'S, O. H., Early Indiana
Trials, and Sketches, 13; quoted, 106; 109.
SMITH'S, W. H., History of In- diana, 13.
SMITH, Rev. W. H., 85.
SMITH, Zenas, 82; 87; account of. 152; 163, 164.
SONG of Coal, poem, extract from, 177. 178.
SONG of Steam, poem, given in part, 174, 175.
SOULE, J. B. L., 82.
SOULE, Prof. Moses, 97.
SPARKS, Rev. Samuel, 78.
SPENCER, Rev. W. G., 85. SPICER, F. H., quoted. 167. STAGE Coaches, account of, 62, 63; drivers, account of, 62, 63. STAMPER, Rev. Jonathan, 85.
STANLEY, Rev. Dr., 85. STARK, William. 78. STATE Bank building, account of, 159.
STATE Normal School, account of, 60; 100.
STEAMBOAT, first, 25.
STERRETT, Rev. Alexander, 88.
STEVENSON, Rev. B., 85. STEWART, Mrs., 49. STEWART, Matthew. 75; 92. STIMSON, Rev. S. M., 79. STRATTON, Stephen, 164. STRINGHAM, Capt. Daniel, ac- count of, 46.
STURGIS, Maj. R., 40. SULGER, Rev. John E., 85. SULLIVAN, G. R. C., 105. SUNDERLAND, J., 159. SURRELL, L., 165. SWEENEY, Rev. G. W., 81.
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TANYARDS, village, account of, 153. TAVERN, Light Horse, account of, 74. TAYLOR, Rev. David, 79.
TAYLOR, Mrs. Matilda, account of, 42.
TAYLOR, Dr. Richard, 123. TAYLOR, Capt. Zachary, account of, 39; quoted. 43.
TECUMSEH, quoted. 17; 36.
TERRE HAUTE, incorporated, II ; society in early days of, 12; natural location of. 12; first cabins in, 49; original plat. 51 ; original site, 51, 52; early name, 53; pronunciation of, 53; geographical position of, 53, 54; first sale of lots in, 54; county seat, 56; first 4th of July celebration in, 72; an ed- ucational centre, 99; first news- paper in, account of, 131; prosperity of. 147, 148.
TERRE HAUTE Fire Department, 163, 164; 166, 167.
TERRE HAUTE & Richmond R. R., account of, 171.
TERRE HAUTE Evening Gazette, quoted, 166.
TERRE HAUTE Express, account of, 135; as a daily, 135, 136; quoted. 177.
TERRE HAUTE Land Company, ac- count of, 51.
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TERRE HAUTE Register, the Pio- neer newspaper, 65. TEST, Hon. John, quoted, 169. THAYER, Joseph. 91, 92.
THEODORE, Mother, account of, IOI.
THOMAS, Henry, 78.
THOMPSON, Hon. R. W., account of, 119, 120. THRALLS, Farmer, IOI.
TILLOTSON, Rev. D., 86.
TILLOTSON, Judge Elijah, 92; 146.
TIPPECANOE, Battle of, account of, 37; 45.
TIPPY, Rev. Worth M., 86.
TIPTON, Gen. John, account of, 37
TORRANCE, Rev. Dr. Wm., 89.
TREES and Groves, 33. TYLER, Rev. B. B., 81.
TYLER, Pres. John, 108.
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UNIVERSALIST Church, organized, 89; building erected, 89. USHER, Hon. J. P., account of, 115.
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VAN BUREN, Pres., 65. VANDERBURG, Rev. H., 85.
VERDI, anvil chorus by, 150.
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VIGO County, erection of, 56. VIGO, Col. Francis, will of, 68; account of, 69, 70.
VILLAGE, original site of, 51, 52. VINCENNES, first settlement of, 28.
VOLUNTEER Fire Company, or- ganized. 164; 166.
VORHEES, Hon. D. W., 121.
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WABASH College, 59. WABASH Courier, quoted, 62; es- tablished, 133, 134. WABASH Enquirer, 135.
WABASH river, names of, 15; mounds and fortifications on, 18; craft on, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26; first steamboat on, 25, 26; Indian villages on, 27, 28, 29, 30.
WABASH Valley, early home of the red man, 27; beauty of, 32, 33, 34, 35.
WAGONMAKERS, the trade of, 150. WALLACE, Rev. Matthew, 88. WARNER, John, 164.
WARREN, Chauncey, account of, 141, 142. WARREN, Mrs. Francis E., 142. WARREN, Geo. C., 165.
WARREN'S, Henry, newspaper files, 14.
WARREN, Levi G., 84; account of, 143; 165.
WARREN, Mrs. Nancy, 82.
WARREN, W. B., account of. 143. WASSON, Capt. James, account of, 74; 87; 165. WASSON, Mrs. Mary, 82.
WATERMAN, Rev. Dr. W. A., 83. WATSON, D. W., Sons, 166.
WATSON, Judge John H., 104; account of, 160.
WEA villages, account of, 28, 29. WEDDING, Judge Randolph H., account of, 103.
WESTERN Register, 131; account of, 132; quoted, 155, 156.
WESTERN Sun, 132. WESTFALL, H., 165. WHARRY, Robert, 165. WHEELER, Rev., 79. WHEELWRIGHTS, account of, 152.
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WHIPPLE, F. R., 82.
WHIPPLE, Mrs. Mary P., 82.
WHITCOMB, Gov. James, 113. WHITE, Rev. Dr. Chas., 116; 147. WHITLOCK, Maj., 139.
WILKINSON, Gen. James, quoted, 30; 38.
WILLIAMS, Israel, 98.
WILLIAMS, Mrs. Israel, 60.
WILLIAMS, Waite, 165.
WILSON & Co., 145.
WILSON, Rev. Joseph G., 88.
WINES, Wm., 97.
WINSOR'S, Justin, History of Mississippi Basin, 14.
WITMER, Rev. W. W., 81.
WOOD, Rev. Aaron, quoted, 99.
WOOD, Mrs. Charlotte, 93; 129; 17I.
WOOD, Chas., account of, 171. WOOD, Dr. John, 129. WOOD, Dr. Maxwell W., account of, 129.
WOOLEN'S, W. W., Biographical Sketches of Early Indiana, 13; quoted, 124.
WORDSWORTH, the poet, quoted, 96. WRIGHT, Gov. Joseph A., III. WRIGHT, Solomon, account of, III. WYLIE, Rev. Dr., 118.
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YOUNG, Mrs. Margaret, 87. YOUNG, Mrs. Mary, 87. YOUNG, Samuel, 87. YOUNG, William, 87.
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