Valley of the upper Maumee River, with historical account of Allen County and the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Volume II, Part 47

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Publication date: 1889
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Sheriffs: 1824, Allen Hamilton; 1826, Cyrus Taber; 1827, Abner Gerard: 1831, David Pickering; 1834, Joseph L. Swinney; 1837, John P. Hedges; 1838, Joseph Berkey; 1842, Brad. B. Stevens; 1846, Sam- uel S. Morss; 1850, William H. McDonald; 1854, William McMullin; 1855, William Fleming; 1860, Joseph A. Strout; 1862, William T. Pratt; 1866, John McCartney; 1870, Charles A. Zollinger; 1873, Joseph D. Hance; 1876, Platt J. Wise; 1876, Charles A. Munson; 1880, Franklin D. Cosgrove; 1882, William D. Schiefer; 1884, Nelson DeGroff, died May 27, 1887; 1887, George H. Viberg.


Recorders : 1824, Anthony L. Davis; 1830, Robert N. Hood; 1831, Allen Hamilton; 1837, Robert Fleming; 1844, Edward Colerick; 1855, Platt J. Wise; 1863, Clement A. Reckers; 1871, John M. Koch; 1874, Joseph Mommer, jr .; 1884, Thomas S. Haller; 1888, Milton W. Thompson.


Surveyors: 1835, Reuben J. Dawson: 1837, S. M. Black; 1846, Henry J. Rudisill; 1849, J. M. Wilt; 1855, William A. Jackson; 1857, William McLaughlin; 1861, J. W. McArthur; 1865, Nathan Butler;


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VALLEY OF THE UPPER MAUMEE.


1867, J. S. Goshorn; 1870. William H. Goshorn; 1882, D. M. Allen; 1884, C. B. Wiley; 1888, Henry E. Fisher.


Coroners : 1852, C. E. Goodrich; 1854, John Johnson; 1856, W. H. McDonald; 1858, John P. Waters; 1874, Augustus M. Webb; 1876, William Gaffney; 1882, K. K. Wheelock; 1887, H. F. C. Stellhorn; 1889, A. J. Kesler.


Superintendents of Schools: 1861, R. D. Robinson; 1867, James H. Smart; 1873, Jerry Hillegass; 1885, George F. Feltz.


Board of Commissioners-First district: 1824, William Rockhill; 1829, Nathan Coleman; 1831, Francis Alexander; 1834, David Archer; 1839, Christian Parker; 1841, David McQuiston; 1842, Robert Briggs; 1843, Nelson McLain; 1846, Rufus McDonald; 1847, William M. Par- ker; 1840, Noah Clem; 1850, Simeon Biggs; 1853, Henry Dickerson; 1859, John Shaffer; 1865, William Long; 1868, John Begue; 1874, Frank Gladio; 1883, Henry Hartman; 1889, Jasper W. Jones.


Second district: 1824, James Wyman; 1829, William Caswell; 1833, Abner Gerard; 1834, Joseph Burkey; 1835, L. S. Bayless; 1840, R. Starkweather; 1843, F. D. Lasselle; 1846, James S. Hamilton; 1849, William Robinson; 1854, F. D. Lasselle; 1858, Michael Crow; 1861, Byron D. Miner; 1864, John A. Robinson; 1870, Jacob Hillegass; 1876, Jacob Goeglein; 1882, Jerome D. Gloyd; 1888, H. F. Bullerman.


Third district: 1824, Francis Comparet; 1829, James Holman; 1834, Nathan Coleman; 1835, Nathan Colman; 1835, Joseph Town- send; 1838, Horace B. Taylor; 1842, Joseph Hall; 1845, True Pattee; 1848, Henry Rudisill; 1851, Peter Parker; 1854, William T. Daly; 1857, T. M. Andrews; 1860, Isaac Hall; 1863, David H. Lipes; 1870, John C. Davis; 1873, Harvey K. Turner; 1879, Timothy Hogan; 1882, William Briant; 1885, John H. Brannan.


Members of the General Assembly .- The first senatorial district of which Allen county was a part was composed of the counties of Allen, Wayne and Randolph, which was represented in 1824-5 by James Rari- dan, of Wayne. In 1825-9 Amaziah Morgan represented the district composed of Allen, Rush, Henry, Randolph, to which Delaware was added in the latter part of his term. Daniel Worth, of Randolph, was elected in 1829 for the district of Allen, Randolph, Delaware and Cass, and served until 1832, during that time the district being changed, first by the addition of St. Joseph and Elkhart, and then by the substitution of these new counties for Cass. For the last described district, Samuel Hanna was elected in 1832, and he represented during one term the counties of Allen, Wabash, Huntington, Elkhart, LaGrange, St. Joseph and Laporte. The last district was represented by David H. Colerick in 1835-6, and in his second term his district was reduced to Allen, Wells and Adams. He was succeeded by William G. Ewing, 1838-41, and he by Joseph Sinclair, 1841-4, Huntington county being added to the district. William Rockhill served 1844-7. For the district of Allen, Adams and Wells, then renewed, Franklin P. Randall was elected in 1846; Franklin S. Mickle, 1850; Samuel Edsall, 1852; Samuel L.


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ORGANIZATION OF ALLEN COUNTY.


Rugg, of Adams, 1854. At the next election the district was composed! of Allen alone, and Allen Hamilton was elected in 1858; Pliny Hoagland,. 1862; W. W. Carson, 1864. He was succeeded by Oehmig Bird, who. represented the counties of Allen, Adams and Wells, again joined in a. district, who was succeeded by John Sarnighausen, 1871-2, James K. Babo, 1871-2; John Sarnighausen, 1872-9. Allen county being again made an independent district, was represented in 1873-5, by Oehmig Bird; 1875-8, by Robert C. Bell; 1878-82, by Thomas J. Foster. In 1880 Robert C. Bell was elected for the joint district of Allen and Whitley counties, and he was succeeded in 1882 by Eli W. Brown, Ly- curgus S. Null being elected senator for Allen county the same year. Mr. Brown served until 1886, when he was succeeded by Isaiah B. Mc- Donald, and he in 1888 by Frederick J. Hayden. James M. Barrett was elected senator for Allen county in 1886.


From 1824 to 1828, Allen was joined with Randolph, the two - embracing then a very large part of Indiana, in a representative district, and was represented first by Daniel Worth, of Randolph, to 1826. Samuel Hanna served from 1825 to 1826, and was succeeded by Mr. Worth, who was succeeded in 1828 by Anthony L. Davis, representing the district of Allen and Cass. Joseph Holman was elected for this dis- trict next. Samuel Hanna represented Allen, Elkhart and St. Joseph in 1831, George Crawford the same counties with Laporte and LaGrange added in 1832, David H. Colerick the same district, 1832-3, William Rockhill, Allen and Huntington, 1833-4, Lewis G. Thompson the same, 1834-5, since which time Allen county has had one or more representatives independently, as follows: 1835, William Rockhill; 1836-39, Lewis G. Thompson; 1839-40, Samuel Hanna; 1840-41, Mar- shall S. Wines; 1841-42, Lewis G. Thompson; 1842-43, Lucien P. Ferry; 1843-44, Samuel Stophlet; 1844-48, Christian Parker; 1846-47, Peter Kiser; 1849, Oehmig Bird; 1850-53, I. D. G. Nelson; 1853-55, Francis D. Lasselle; 1855-57, Charles E. Sturgis; 1857-58, Pliny Hoag- land; 1858-61, Nelson McLain and Schuyler Wheeler; 1861-63, Moses Jenkinson and Conrad Trior; 1863-67, Oehmig Bird and John P. Shoaff; 1867-68, John P. Shoaff and Peter Kiser; 1868-71, Allen Zollers and B. B. Miner; 1871-72, Robert Taylor and Jacob S. Shute; 1872-75, Jeffer- son C. Bowser and Mahlon Heller; 1875-77, Mahlon Heller and Patrick Horn; 1877-79, Thomas J. Foster and Charles B. Austin; 1879, Elihu Reichelderfer and Oliver E. Fleming; 1881, Lycurgus S. Null, Hiram C. McDowell, Samuel E. Sinclair; 1883, Albert W. Brooks, Joseph D. McHenry, Erastus L. Chittenden; 1885, Albert W. Brooks, Joseph D. McHenry, Fred. J. Hayden; 1887, William H. Shambaugh, Austin M .. Darroch, joint, Benjamin F. Ibach; 1889, William H. Shambaugh, Fran- cis Gladio, joint, William A. Oppenheim.


Political Statistics .- The records of the earliest elections in Allen county are not available. The total vote in 1831 was 208; in 1832, 224; and at the presidential election of 1836, 358. In 1840 the county gave a large whig majority, casting for W. H. Harrison 640 votes; for Van XXV


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VALLEY OF THE UPPER MAUMEE.


Buren, 399; but four years later the democratic vote had begun to show a rapid increase toward that great preponderance which subsequently characterized the political history of the county. The total vote in 1844 was for Henry Clay, 861; for James K. Polk, 849. The vote at subse- quent presidential elections is given below, by townships:


PRESIDENTIAL, 1848.


Townships.


Cass and Butler.


Taylor and Filmore.


Wayne.


347


Washington


69


Scipio


6


14


Springfield.


43


31


St. Joseph.


45


35


Perry


61


55


Pleasant.


28


23


Maumee


8


I


Lake


66


43


Monroe


27


17


Madison


36


21


Marion


82


53


Milan


21


10


Lake


45


26


Lafayette


20


21


Jefferson


38


17


Eel River


35


54


Cedar Creek


70


53


Adams


50


65


Aboit


28


41


1,059


991


Van Buren and Adams received 13 votes.


PRESIDENTIAL, 1852.


Townships.


Pierce and King.


Scott and Graham.


Aboit


42


54


Adams


122


72


Cedar Creek


88


59


Eel River


50


74


Jackson


8


I


Jefferson.


Lafayette


56


33


Madison.


70


49


Marion


122


57


Maumee


12


5


Milan


52


13


Monroe


47


40


Perry


65


65


Pleasant


91


50


Scipio


2


12


St. Joseph.


66


64


Springfield.


72


50


Washington


142


95


Wayne


710


361


1,964


1,225


PRESIDENTIAL, 1860.


Townships.


Douglas and


Lincoln and Johnson. Hamlin.


Wayne


1,327


976


Washington


108


137


Adams


191


141


Eel River


44


58


St. Joseph


91


92


Jackson


14


3


Jefferson.


182


58


Jefferson


159


Lafayette


I2I


63


Lake.


93


67


Marion


139


81


Milan


96


49


Maumee


9


21


Springfield.


96


163


Milan


67


25


Monroe


53


22


Perry


I12


71


Pleasant


III


78


Scipio


7


49


Springfield.


93


135


St. Joseph


107


59


Washington


159


114


Wayne


1,425


484


Jackson, rejected.


II


9


Bright P


81


18


3,224


2,552


Bell 32, Breckenridge 42.


22


54


Cedar Creek


124


82


Eel River


63


III


Lake


97


66


Aboit


75


91


Lafayette


112


92


Pleasant.


138


102


Perry


102


90


Madison.


93


58


Monroe


67


61


Madison.


72


35


Marion.


165


55


Maumee


IO


10


Aboit


63


70


Adams


193


80


Cedar Creek.


142


69


3,2II


1,593


PRESIDENTIAL, 1856.


Townships.


Buchanan Fremont and and Dayton. Brecken- ridge.


46


Scipio


28


351 103


387


ORGANIZATION OF ALLEN COUNTY.


PRESIDENTIAL, 1864.


Townships.


McClellan and Pendleton.


Lincoln and Johnson.


Wayne.


2,334


833


Washington


143


123


Adams


278


107


St. Joseph.


129


82


Jefferson


193


68


Madison.


166


41


Monroe.


I33


47


Marion


175


60


Milan


149


44


Maumee


23


34


Springfield


127


170


Scipio


30


45


Cedar Creek


148


48


Eel River


92


106


Lake.


171


75


Aboit


88


89


Lafayette


155


97


Pleasant


148


84


Perry.


138


62


Jackson


25


12


Bright P.


87


17


Bright P


85


22


Fort Wayne


2,190


1,065


New Haven


180


91


5,604


3,047


PRESIDENTIAL, 1872.


Townships.


Greeley and Brown.


Grant and Wilson.


Wayne


136


147


Washington


125


130


Adams


I22


28


St. Joseph


127


79


Jefferson


159


95


Madison


164


92


Monroe


187


135


Marion


161


73


Milan


93


58


Maumee.


33


63


Springfield.


127


191


Scipio.


35


57


Cedar Creek


II2


124


Eel River


IOI


106


Lake ..


IIO


59


Aboit.


46


IOI


Lafayette


177


106


Pleasant


155


100


Perry.


115


75


Jackson.


20


16


Bright P.


68


20


Fort Wayne


2,404


1,675


New Haven


189


III


5,176


3,541


O'Connor, independent democrat, received 119 votes.


PRESIDENTIAL, 1876.


Townships.


Tilden and Hendricks.


· Hayes and Wheeler.


Wayne.


293


142


Washington


184


141


Adams


192


41


St. Joseph


234


96


Jefferson


22I


I33


Madison


224


83


Monroe


307


133


Marion


217


86


Milan


230


70


Maumee


84


71


Springfield


170


239


Scipio


48


66


Cedar Creek


204


II3


Eel River.


165


105


Lake


221


85


Aboit


107


126


Lafayette


210


I34


Pleasant.


270


108


Perry


221*


92


Jackson


45


31


Fort Wayne


4,476


1,825


New Haven


250


93


Scattering, 17.


7,732


4,013


Wayne.


42I


191


Adams .. Washington


196


62


St. Joseph


147


86


Jefferson.


204


86


Madison.


167


72


Monroe.


197


105


Marion .


174


78


Milan


164


61


Maumee


33


40


Springfield


163


194


Scipio


39


54


Cedar Creek


174


117


Eel River


114


II7


Lake


163


66


Aboit ..


49


106


Lafayette


I71


113


Pleasant.


170


97


Perry


158


75


Jackson


54


23


4,932


2,244


PRESIDENTIAL, 1868.


Townships.


Seymour and Blair.


Grant and Colfax.


161


129


388


VALLEY OF THE UPPER MAUMEE.


PRESIDENTIAL, 1880.


Townships.


Hancock and English.


Garfield


and


Townships.


Cleveland and Hendricks.


Blaine and Logan.


Wayne


319


191


Washington


209


213


Adams


21I


42


St. Josephi


247


107


Jefferson.


219


I35


Madison.


220


104


Monroe


278


IOI


Marion


211


I02


Milan


233


76


Maumee.


54


55


Springfield.


2II


230


Scipio.


52


57


Cedar Creek.


213


I27


Eel River


163


128


Eel River


168


I20


Lake


219


98


Lake.


205


106


Aboit


137


114


Lafayette


249


129


Pleasant


277


II6


Perry


220


105


Jackson


47


31


59


35


Fort Wayne


3,605


2,466


New Haven


230


88


New Haven


281


IIO


7,791


4,815


Weaver and Chambers received in all 84 votes.


* Includes city in Washington. Butler and West received in all 104 votes, and St. John and Daniel, 85.


PRESIDENTIAL, 1888.


Townships.


Cleveland and Thurman.


Harrison and Morton.


Townships.


and


Thurman.


and Morton.


Wayne


. 4II


265


Lake


204


109


Washington


137


I20


Aboit


119


119


Adams ..


279


90


Layfayette


232


120


St. Joseph


254


I20


Pleasant


258


I29


Jefferson


242


159


Perry


229


100


Madison.


246


IIO


Jackson


79


55


Monroe


299


136


Marion


211


80


Milan


243


109


Maumee.


82


57


Springfield


196


229


Scipio


55


63


Cedar Creek


250


100


Eel River


157


130


PRESIDENTIAL, 1884.


Wayne


376


210


Washington


138


92


Adams


223


53


St. Joseph


291


II7


Jefferson


225


143


Madison


258


109


Monroe


290


120


Marion


221


86


Milan


245


99


Maumee


58


71


Springfield.


198


244


Scipio-


45


53


Cedar Creek


220


118


Aboit .


107


114


Lafayette


248


II7


Pleasant.


251


129


Perry


233


87


Jackson


Fort Wayne®


4,534


2,599


8,904


4,932


1


New Haven


229


91


9,692


5,456


The total prohibition vote was 162, united labor, 95.


* Includes city in Washington.


Congressional Elections .- Indiana's representation in the congress of 1823, consisted of three members, the districts which they rep- resented being of course very extensive, though of small population. The district which included Fort Wayne, the third, extended from the Ohio river to the Michigan boundary, and was first represented by John Test, of Lawrenceburg, who held the office from 1823 to 1827. He was succeeded by Oliver H. Smith, who was elected in 1826. In a


Fort Wayne*


5,280


2,856


Cleveland Harrison


Arthur.


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ORGANIZATION OF ALLEN COUNTY.


work concerning early days in Indiana that gentleman has described his experience in a trip for electioneering purposes from Randolph county to Fort Wayne, riding his horse through rivers, stopping over night with Indians, and other hardships much exceeding those of candidates of these days. He made a speech from the porch of the hotel at which he stopped, which was perhaps the first of the kind in Allen county. He was elected, defeating John Test, who was rather too progressive a man, and had the temerity to talk of railroads to some of his constituents in the south of the state, improvements in which they had no faith. But Smith was disgusted to find, that while he received a majority of 1,500 in his district, Allen county gave him but ten votes in all as a reward for his tiresome pilgrimage. John Test was elected again in 1829, and was succeeded in 1831 by Jonathan McCarty, who served in twenty-second, twenty third and twenty-fourth congresses. Andrew Kennedy, of Mun- cie, was first elected in 1841, and served three terms. In 1843 he was elected to represent the tenth district, composed of the counties of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Delaware, Grant, Huntington, Jay, La Grange, Noble, Randolph, Steuben, Tipton, Wells and Whitley. His opponent was Dr. Lewis G. Thompson, who received 739 votes in this county to' 646 for Kennedy. The latter, however, had a majority in the district of 260. In IS53, the tenth district included the counties of Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, La Grange, Noble, Whitley and Steuben, forming the " Old Tenth " district, which during war times, contributed valiantly to the support of the government. Allen was afterward in the ninth district for a few years, but has for fifteen years been a part of the twelfth district, the counties joined with it being varied from time to time.


Below is gived the vote of the county in congressional elections for the leading candidates from 1845 to the present time. The first name given in each instance is the democratic candidate; the successful candi- date is marked with a star, and the majority named is the majority of that candidate in the district, over the other candidate named:


1845, Lewis G. Thompson, 843; Andrew Kennedy,* 755; majority, 355. 1847, William Rockhill,* 866; Ewing, 878; majority, 176. 1849,


Andrew I. Harlan, 964; David Kilgore,* 709; majority, 4II. IS52, James W. Borden, 1, 100; Samuel Brenton,* 1, 112; majority, 377. I854, E. N. Chamberlain, 1,907; Samuel Brenton,* 1,538; majority, 1,604. 1856, Robert Lowry, 3,006; Samuel Brenton,* 1,725; majority, 710. 1857, James L. Worden, 2,169; Charles Case,* 1,40I. 1858, Reuben


J. Dawson, 2,707; Charles Case,* 1,949; majority, 1363.


1860, P. N.


Kenkle, 2,493; William Mitchell,* 2,445; majority, 2,889. I862, J. K.


1864, J. K.


Edgerton,* 3,825; William Mitchell, 1,813, majority, 436. Edgerton, 4,622; J. H. Defrees,* 2,223; majority, 580. 1866, Robert


Lowry, 4,944; William Williams,* 2,823; majority, 1,272. I868,


Robert Lowry, 5,488; J. P. C. Shanks,* 2,834; majority, 941. 1870, John Colerick, 5,055; J. P. C. Shanks,* 2,835; majority, 394. IS72, John E. Neff,* 6,434; J. P. C. Shanks, 3,343; majority, 24. 1874, Allen


390


VALLEY OF THE UPPER MAUMEE.


H. Hamilton,* 6,034; Robert S. Taylor, 3,735; majority, 1,695. 1876, Allen H. Hamilton,* 7,681; W. A. Bonham, 3,973; L. M. Minde, 675; plurality, 6,365. 1878, Walpole G. Colerick,* 6,676; John Studebaker, 2,838; majority, 6,355. 1880, Walpole G. Colerick,* 7,350; Robert S. Taylor, 5,104; majority, 770. 1882, Robert Lowry,* 6,274; W. C. Glasgow, 3,327; majority, 3,363. 1884, Robert Lowry,* 8,859; T. P. Keator, 4,960; majority, 2,550. 1886, Robert Lowry, 6,428; James B. White,* 6,126; majority, 2,484. 1888, C. A. O. McClellan,* 9,209; James B. White, 5,910; majority, I,3II.


Statistics of Population .- Trustworthy figures regarding the popu- lation at a very early date are very meagre. In 1830 there were 252 males of voting age in the county, and in 1830, the officers of the United States census enrolled 992 persons, all told. The totals of the subse- quent enumerations are given below by townships :


TOWNSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS.


1840.


1850.


1860.


I870.


I880.


Wayne


*2,080


1998


*10,366


+1,742


+2,100


Fort Wayne


4,282


17,718


26,880


Washington


595


1,305


1,496


1,628


1,615


Aboit .


235


539


876


906


918


Maumee


272


93


I64


394


437


Madison


185


56I


919


1,278


1,477


Milan .


22I


361


786


1,183


1,45I


Jefferson


108


563


1,06I


1,445


1,582


Eel River


317


655


1,002


1,217


1,287


Marion .


465


I,O95


1,358


1,319


1,375


Perry


283


842


1,ISO


1,280


1,254


Adams


260


I,OI2


1,773


*2,388


*2,558


New Haven, town


912


858


St. Joseph.


227


748


1,065


1,373


1,521


Lake .


254


578


95I


1,309


1,338


Cedar Creek.


189


814


1,228


1,713


1,584


Springfield


IIO


702


1,505


1,749


1,899


Monroe


414


610


*1,479


*1,612


Monroeville, town


630


578


Scipio


I73


346


420


514


Pleasant


658


1,207


1,280


1,64I


Lafayette


524


1,320


1,47I


1,425


Jackson


93


202


295


Total


5,944


16,817


$29,243


43,428


54,557


* Including town.


t Excluding town.


# Including 22 Indians.


39I


ORGANIZATION OF ALLEN COUNTY.


Allen County in War Times .- Though all scenes of warfare at or near the site of Fort Wanye ceased with the war of 1812, the people who settled this region and their descendants were to become familarized again with military affairs, witness the pomp of martial array and feel the bereavements with which war is inevitably associated. Less than thirty years after the soldiers had been withdrawn from the old fort, the declaration of war with Mexico occurred, and at the first call for troops, two full companies were organized at Fort Wayne, composed of citizens of Allen county. The companies started on the canal to the east, June 1, 1846, followed to the lower lock, five miles from town, by a long procession of parents and friends, and went by way of the Miami canal to Cincinnati, thence to New Albany. There they were mustered in June 20, 1846, as companies of the First Indiana Mexican volunteers, under Col. James P. Drake, and served on guard duty near the mouth of the Rio Grande, but though doing much tiresome marching in a mountainous country, saw no fighting. The commissioned officers of these companies were: Company F-Captain David W. Lewis; first lieutenant, Brad. B. Stevens, second lieutenants, Samuel H. Chapman and William Hunter. Company E, or " Mad Anthony Guards" -Cap- tain John McLain; first lieutenant, Thomas Lewis; second lieutenants, Charles Colerick, George Humphrey. These companies returned home in 1847, and on second call, another company was recruited by Capt. Lewis, whose lieutenants were Thomas K. Lewis, John B. Sawtell and Ira G. Williamson. This became Company K, Fifth regiment, under Col. Lane, and was mustered out July 28, 1848, after doing guard duty on the frontier.


To fitly record the part which Allen county soldiery took in that great conflict which began in April, 1861, would require a volume of itself. A summary of the record has already been published, from the pen of the distinguished colonel of the Thirtieth regiment, J. B. Dodge. It must suffice in this connection to make such brief mention of the reg- iments and companies which were in large part enlisted in this county, as will serve to indicate how generous was Allen county in her response to the Nation's appeals for helf in the hour of extremity. During the period when it was thought that three months' service would suffice to crush the rebellion, the Ninth Indiana regiment was organized, and it was one of the first in the field in West Virginia. To this regiment, which was commanded by Col., afterward Gen., Milroy, Allen county contributed Company K, under Capt. William P. Segur; lieutenants, Henry A. Whit- man and William S. Story. The next call was for three years' service, and fifty men from this county at that time joined the Eleventh regiment, under Col. Lew Wallace, in Companies B, C, and E. The Twelfth regiment, which was organized for one year's service from May II, 1861, was the second regiment to march through Baltimore, and served in Virginia until its time expired. Soon after reaching Virginia, William H. Link, of Fort Wayne, who had been lieutenant colonel, became col- onel. The major was George Humphrey; adjutant, Oscar M. Hinkle;


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sergeant-major, Ferd F. Boltz. Two companies were organized in this county, of which the commissioned officers were: Company F, Captain George Nelson; lieutenants, Oscar M. Hinkle, John M. Godown; Com- pany G, Captain Arthur F. Reed; second lieutenant, Elbert D. Baldwin, The Twelfth was re-organized for three years' service, and musterec in August 17, 1862, with Col. Link commanding, and Jared B. Bond, adjutant. Of Company B, the captain was E. D. Baldwin, after- ward major and lieutenant colonel, and his lieutenants, Frank H. Aveline and William H. Harrison, were subsequently promoted to the captaincy. George Nelson's company became Company K, with John M. Godown, first, and James O'Shaughnessy, second, lieutenant. The regiment was captured almost entirely at Richmond, Ky., and Col. Link killed, but being exchanged, it served during the remainder of the war in Gen. Logan's corps, taking part in twenty-eight severe battles. The Thirteenth regiment, which participated in much severe fighting in Ver- ginia, throughout the war, first under Gen. Milroy, and then under Gen. Butler, was mustered in June 19, IS61, with eighty-two of its men from Allen county. The Fifteenth regiment mustered in June 14, 1861, served three years, and some of its men re-enlisted at the end of that time in the Seventeenth. It had severe service in the Tennessee campaigns, and lost 197 out of 440 men, at the battle of Stone River. Company C was enlisted in Allen county, under Captain John M. Comparet, pro- moted major and lieutenant-colonel; lieutenants, Oliver H. Ray, John F. McCarthy. Sergeant J. F. Monroe, subsequently became captain. In the Twenty-second regiment were thirty-nine men from this county, who served about one year, through the Atlanta campaign, and in the siege of Nashville, and in the Twenty-ninth there were thirty-three men, mostly recruits.


During this time Hugh B. Reed, under a commission from Gov. Oliver P. Morton, had been serving as post commandant at Fort Wayne, and aiding in raising and organizing the Twelfth regiment. He also aided in organizing the Thirtieth and Forty-fourth regiments, which with the Eighty-eighth, containing a large number of, and being offi- cered principally by, Allen county men, are conspicuous in the military history of the county.


The Thirtieth contained three companies from the county and after- ward received about 150 recruits. It was organized at Fort Wayne and went into camp at Camp Allen, on the "old fair-ground," on the St. Mary's, a short distance above where the canal aqueduct crossed that stream, August 20, 1861. It was mustered in September 24th, with Sion S. Bass, as colonel; Joseph B. Dodge, as lieutenant colonel, and Orrin D. Hurd, as major. Other regimental officers were: Adjutant, Edward P. Edsall; quartermaster, Peter P. Bailey; assistant surgeon, Samuel A. Freeman; sergeant major, Nellis Borden. At the organiza tion, Company A had for captain, George W. Fitzsimmons; lieutenants, Henry W. Lawton and Edwin R. Stribley. Lawton became captain, and John Stirling and Thomas J. Kennedy, lieutenants. Company D


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was organized with J. W. Whitaker, captain; Charles A. Zollinger and Douglas L. Phelps, lieutenants. Of Company E, Joseph M. Silver was the first captain, then Isaiah McElfatrick, promoted from lieutenant. The lieutenants doing service were: Joseph Price, Thomas Hogarth, Charles M. Jones. The regiment did heroic duty at Shiloh, where Col. Bass was killed, at Stone River, with Thomas at Chickamauga, and was actively engaged in the Atlanta campaign. The last of the Thir- tieth in service was a residuary battalion, with the Thirty-sixth, which was mustered out in Texas. On the re-organization of the Thirtieth, Henry W. Lawton was colonel; Thomas H. Notestine, quartermaster. Company A was commanded by Dennis J. Kennedy and Company F by Thomas Hogart.




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