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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.
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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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