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HISTORY
THE OHIOFALLS CITIES
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HISTORY OF
THE OHIO FALLS CITIES
AND THEIR COUNTIES,
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
VOL. II.
CLEVELAND, O .: L. A. WILLIAMS & CO.
1882.
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PREFATORY NOTE.
THE thanks of the compilers and publishers of this volume are cordially rendered to the large number of prominent citizens, in all three of the counties with which it deals, for their invaluable aid and co-operation in the difficult labor of collecting, for the first time, the annals of the region about the Falls of the Ohio. That section of the book relating to the precincts of Jefferson county has been prepared by Mr. Cole, of Cincinnati; the Floyd county work was done by Mr. N. N. Hill, Jr., of Newark, Ohio; that for Clark county by Mr. M. L. Bevis, of Preston, Hamilton county, Ohio, except the Jeffersonville chapters, which were prepared by Messrs. A. R. Wildman and Walter Buell, of Cleveland, Ohio. The General History of the Indiana counties was chiefly written by the compilers in general charge of the work. The biographical work is by various hands. It is hoped that all parts will prove satisfacto- ry, in the points of accuracy, fullness, and mechanical execution, to the generous patrons of the enterprise.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 27, 1882.
CONTENTS.
HISTORICAL.
PRECINCTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
PAGE
Seatonville
9
Fairmount
13
Meadow Lawn
16
Two Mile
16
Jeffersontown .
22
Middletown
29
Shardine
32
Anchorage
32
Springdale
36
Cane Run
38
Fisherville
39
Harrod's Creek
42
Spring Garden
Shively
45
. Johnstown
46
Gilman's
46
O'Bannon
50
Boston
52
Valley
55
Woods
57
Cross Roads
58
GENERAL HISTORY OF CLARK AND FLOYD COUNTIES, INDIANA.
CHAPTER. PAGE.
I .- Geology of Clark and Floyd Counties 71
IT .- Old Geographical Designations-The Clark Grant-Congress Lands . 82
III .- Organization of Floyd County 85
IV .- Organization of Clark County . 91
XXXV .- Clark County Settlement Notes 523
XXXVZ .- Floyd County Settlement Notes 553 .
Appendix 569
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE.
PAGE
Dorsey, Elias 62
Armstrong, William G.
487
Dorsey, Leaven L. 6~
Armstrong, Colonel John
520
DePauw, W. C. .
230
Brigham, R. S., M. D. 521
Barnett, Allen .
between 344 and 345
Cartwright, Colonel Noah 61
Dravo, Frank S. 60
NEW ALBANY AND FLOYD COUNTY.
CHAPTER.
PAGE.
VI .- City of New Albany-General History 139
VII .- New Albany-Ferries and Steamboats . 167
VIII .- Education in New Albany . 173
IX .- The Press of New Albany 179
X .- New Albany-The Churches 186
XI .- New Albany-Bench and Bar .
211
X11 .- New Albany-Commercial Interests 219
XIII .- Notes of New Albany. 231
XIV .- New Albany Township 234
XIV .- Franklin Township 252
XV .- Georgetown Township 262
XVI. - Greenville Township 278
XVII .- Lafayette Township 302
CLARK COUNTY AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
XVIII-Bethlehem Township 318 .
XIX .- Carr Township 327
XX .- Charlestown Township 334
XXI .- Monroe Township 3.56
XXII .- Oregon Township 369
XXIII. - Owen Township 375
XXIV .- Silver Creek Township 383
XXV .- Utica Township 394
XXVI .- Washington Township 411
XXVII .-- Wood Township 422
XXVIII .- Jeffersonville-Civil History .
428
XXIX .- Jeffersonville-Social and Religious 439
XXX .- Jeffersonville-Industrial 451
XXXI. - Jeffersonville- - Biographical 469
XXXII .- Notices of Jeffersonville-Clarksville 498
XXXIII .-- Union Township 503
XXXIV .- Miscellaneous Biographies 512
V .- Military Record of Clark and Floyd Coun-
ties
93
Dailey, Reuben 483
Daily, Hon. David W. 514
Dean, Argus, . 517
Dickey, Rev. John M. 517
Alderson, B. S. 60
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Field, Dr. Nathaniel .
471
Moorman, Alanson
67
Ferguson, Dr. H. H.
486
Ormsby Colonel Stephen
513
Fogg, William H.
490
Plasket, William
520
Garr, John F.
62
Redman, Robert L.
facing 232
Garr, S. L.
63
Read, James G.
473
Gale, Robert H., M. D.
512
Roach, Edmund
515
Gwin, Josiah
523
Sprague, Joseph W.
473
Herr, A. G.
64
Shelby Family .
476
Hobbs, Edward D.
66
Sands, William
522
Hoke, Andrew
66
Thomson, James W.
482
Howard, Captain James
469
Warder, Luther F.
478
Honneus, Frederick H. C.
513
Whicher, Captain James S.
491
Keigwin, William
490
Zulauf, John
470
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Map of Jefferson county, Kentucky .
Frontispiece
Residence of late Captain J. W. Goslee between 84 and 85 Portrait of W. C. De Pauw facing 230
"The Turrets"-Residence of Thomas S. Ken- nedy
facing 17
Portrait of Robert L. Redman facing 232
Residence of Frank S. Dravo
facing 24
Portrait of Allen Barnett
facing 345
Portrait of Colonel Stephen Ormsby
facing 29
Portrait of George Schwartz
facing 396
Residence of Hon. E. D. Hobbs
facing 33
Portrait of John Zulauf
facing 459
Portrait of Joseph W. Sprague
facing 463
Residence of L. L. Dorsey
Portrait of James Howard
facing 469
Portraits of B. S. Alderson and wife
facing 60
Portrait of S. L. Gaar
between 62 and 63
Portrait of James G. Read
facing 473
· Portrait of John F. Garr Portrait of John Herr Portrait of A. G. Herr .
between 62 and 63 between 64 and 65 between 64 and 65
Portrait of L. F. Warder facing 478
Portrait of J. W. Thomson facing 482
Residence of A. G. Herr
between 64 and 65
Portrait of Reuben Dailey
. facing 483
Portrait of Elias Dorsey
between 66 and 67
Portrait of H. H .. Ferguson, M. D.
facing 486
Portrait of Andrew Hoke
between 66 and 67
Portrait of William G. Armstrong
facing 488
Portrait of R. H. Gale, M. D.
facing 512
Portrait of F. H. C. Honneus .
facing 513
. Portrait of J. W. Goslee
between 70 and 71 between 80 and 81
Portrait of Rev. Rezin Hammond
. between 516 and 517
Portrait of Mrs. J. W. Goslee .
between 80 and 81
Portrait of Edmund Roach
between 516 and 517
Portraits of L. L. Dorsey and wife
between 48 and 49 between 48 and 49
Portrait of Dr. Nathaniel Field
facing 471
Portrait of Governor Isaac Shelby . facing 476
between 68 and 69
Portrait of Alanson Moorman and wife Map of Clark and Floyd counties, Indi- ana .
Portrait of David W. Daily facing 514
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HISTORY OF THE OHIO FALLS COUNTIES,
PRECINCTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
SEATONVILLE PRECINCT.
The land in this precinct is poor in sections, the country very uneven, hills and ravines predominating. The roads are also very irregu- lar, and generally take the course of the creeks, the bed of which constitutes the high- way. Now and then some road angles across the country, and through the wood land, but in many places, especially in the southern part, there are none save some bridle-paths, leading to and from the neighbors' houses.
The original mistake made in granting patents to possession of lands on merely paying a fee of ten dollars, with the privilege of as much land in lieu of same as the speculator would map out, has always caused much trouble.
With such liberties it is easy to see how ambi- tious speculators would seek out this land, blaze a few trees, as indices to the boundary lines, no matter how irregular that might be, and then have the same recorded properly in the archives of the State. The numerous surveys, the irregu- larity of laid out farms frequently led to serious trouble. Claims would overlap each other until as many as twelve or fifteen owners could be found for one dry spot of earth. No sooner would some stranger from another State secure his possessions with a snug cottage than would come along an owner of some parcel of his ground with a right prior to his.
These things were tolerated at first with a patience characteristic of a man always wanting to be at peace with his neighbor, but the pest of prior claims was not removed until the shot gun was called into requisition, and it became a serious matter for any one to saddle a good
price on his right of priority and claim land or money.
The early settlers of this precinct left but lit- tle record of themselves save mere threads of traditionary events. They usually, as was the case always at first, settled along the water courses, or near perennial streams of water. In an early day attractions were probably as great in this section of the country as were found any- where in the county. Louisville had abundance of water, but good land was found at Seatonville, and as for the metropolis of the State, there was as much likelihood of the latter place being that city as the former in the minds of the first set- tlers.
One of the first settlers of this 'precinct was a Mr. Mills, of Virginia, who came in a very early day, riding an old gray mare, for which he was offered ten acres of land, now the central portion of Louisville city. One of his sons, Isaac by name, born in 1796, was an early settler of this part of the country, also.
The Funks-John, Peter, and Joseph-were early settlers in this precinct. John and Peter owned a mill near Seatonville, probably the first in the county. Of this family of brothers, John and Joe had no children, but Peter has de- scendants living at the present time.
George Seaton, was born near Seatonville, April 3, 1781, and died July 6, 1835, and from him the village of this precinct takes its name. They were a family of marked characteristics, and have descendants living at the present time, and did much to advance the interests of the new settle- ments. George Seaton was one of the first magistrates of the precinct.
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Fielding Wigginton, at thirteen years of age, came here in 1803, but finally settled in Bullitt county, where he died. A name to be revered as among the early settlers was a Rev. William P. Barnett, a minister of the Baptist church for over forty years. He was married twice, his sec- ond wife being the mother of John Wigginton's wife.
The Bridwells were also very early settlers. Mr. John Wigginton's mother was one of this family.
Hezekiah Pound came from New Jersey in an early day, and settled upon a tract of land a little southeast of Seatonville, where J. M. Pound now lives.
At that time there was a sentinel station where Mr. George Welsh now lives. His son John Pound was born in this precinct July 31, 1784, and died August 26, 1851. He married a Miss Paulina Boyer November 18, 1808, and had eight children. The grandfather was in the Rev- olution, and several of his children were in the War of 1812.
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In the southern part of the precinct, on Broad river, Mr. George Markwell settled in a very early day. He was a native of Wales, and after com- ing here entered three or four hundred acres of land. The stone at the head of his grave on the old homestead, owned now by John B. Mark- well, gives his birth date as 1751. He died in December, 1828. Jane, his wife, died at the age of seventy-two, and lies by his side. His sons, born in the 1780's, are also buried in this yard.
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A prominent man of this precinct, from whom also prominent families have descended, was a Mr. Wish, who settled near Seatonville at a very early day.
FIRST MILL.
The first mill built in this precinct was by a Mr. Mundell, on Floyd's fork, one-half mile be- low Seatonville. This was probably before the year 1800. Mr. Mundell operated by the water power gained by this stream both a saw-mill and a grist-mill. The Funks finally purchased this property more than sixty years ago, and operated these mills for a number of years. The new mill was built as early as in 1832.
Mr. Isaac Mills worked there as a stone mason. The mill was in successful operation as late as in the year 1876, when it stopped.
Mr. Mills built in the year 1866, a saw-mill, and in 1870 attached to it a grist-mill, both of which are in good condition. The saw-mill has a capacity of three thousand feet. The grist- mill runs two buhr of stones-one for corn and the other for wheat.
The first church in this precinct was the Old- school Baptist church on Chenoweth run. This church was in successful operation by that de- nomination up to the year 1820.
Rev. John G. Johnson, an old Baptist preacher, ministered to the people in an early day. The building was a simple log structure, probably thirty by forty feet, and stood where the graveyard now is. Among the very early preach- ers might be mentioned the names of William Hub, Zaccheus Carpenter, Rev. Mr. Garrett, the Wallers, Rev. Andrew Jackson, Rev. A. Mobley, and Richard Nash. The church built in 1849 or 1850, is a frame, thirty-five by fifty. The membership at the present time is about one hundred and sixty. Elder Clif- ton Allen is at present the preacher to this congregation. The elders of the church are Jeff Young, George W. Welsh, and H. C. Mills; Kenner Mills, superintendent of the Sabbath- school.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
Radham Seaton, the first of that family in Kentucky, and grandfather of Charles A. and W. Chesley Seaton, came to Jefferson county from Virginia. Soon after his arrival he married Mary Curry, daughter of Thomas Curry, a native of Virginia, by whom he had four children: Sarah, Thomas C., Elizabeth, and Kenner, who was born April 17, 1797. Radham Seaton had four- teen brothers and two sisters. His wife's mother was Sarah M'Carthy, whose sister, Margaret Chen- oweth, was scalped by the Indians at her home near Linn Station, in the noted Chenoweth mas- sacre. Radham Seaton died when about forty years old, from injuries received while logging. His son Kenner lived on the home place and was a farmer. He was married September 26, 1833, and had seven children, of whom four are living. He died in the room in which he was born on the 26th of August, 1872. C. A. Seaton was born January 8, 1836, and W. Chesley, October 22, 1847. These brothers were educated in the common schools, and have until recently been farmers. In 1872 the elder of these brothers
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erected a building and engaged in general mer- chandise business. The brother afterwards be- came a partner. The village of Seatonville was founded by them, and the precinct received their name. C. A. Seaton is now serving a second, term as magistrate of this precinct, besides serving as deputy marshal of the county, an office to which he was elected last August. January 24, 1856, he married Mary E. Kelly, a native of Jefferson county, and daughter of Captain Samuel Kelly, an officer in the War of 1812. She has borne him seven children, of whom one boy and three girls are living. W. Chesley, in August of 1878, was elected deputy sheriff of Jefferson county, and is now officiating as such. On November 4, 1868, he was married to Sally Johnson, a native of the county and daughter of George Johnson. They have but one child. Dr. John S., son of Kenner Seaton, was born July 16, 1813, and died August 19, 1879.
Henry C. Mills, a twin brother of Mrs. Mary Johnson, was born May 7, 1827. He is a son of 'Squire Isaac Mills, a native of Virginia, who was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, a stone mason by trade, a farmer by occupation, and long known by the title of 'squire, having held the office of magistrate. He came to this county when about sixteen years of age, and afterwards married Sarah Wilch. He died November 14th, 1859, and she on February 26, 1875. Henry W. Mills married, during No- vember, 1853, Elizabeth Seaton, daughter of Kenner Seaton. This marriage resulted in ten children, of whom eight are living. She died November 19, 1880. His occupation has always been the same as was his father's. In 1866, he built a dam at Seatonville and erected a saw-mill, to which, in 1870, he added a grist-mill, which he has since operated in addition to his farm.
J. W. Jean was born in Henry county, Ken- tucky, April 10, 1821. His father came to this county at a very early day, where, in about 1814, he was married, and then moved to Henry coun- ty, and then to Crawford county, Illinois, where he died in 1828. The mother of J. W. Jean was Catharine Myers, who was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, March 13, 1798. When eight years of age he came to Jefferson county, where he has since resided. He learned the saddler's trade, beginning when sixteen and finishing when
twenty, and carried on a shop at Jeffersontown for thirty years. Some eight years ago he moved upon his farm a half-mile southeast of Seaton- ville, and has since engaged in farming. On February 11, 1847, he married Sarah Seaton, who was born in this county March 3, 1828, by whom he has had eleven children, of whom eight are living. Her father, Kenner Seaton, was born April 23, 1781; married February 3, 1863, and died July 6, 1835. Her mother was born February 20, 1783, and died December 14, 1863.
A. H. Funk, a son of Peter Funk, was born October 7, 1822. Peter Funk was of German descent and was born at Boonsboro, Maryland, August 14, 1782. He early came to Jefferson county, and married Harriet Hite, a native of this county. They had seven girls and five boys. A. H. Funk was married June 4, 1849, to Ellen A. Taylor, a native of Spencer county, by whom he had nine children, of whom two boys and five girls are living. He was regularly apprenticed to learn the miller's trade, serving some five years. For thirty years he worked at his trade in a mill on the old homestead-one that has been in existence over a century. He and his family are members of the Christian church.
James T. Reid is of English descent, and is the oldest child of John Reid, a native of Mary- land. John Reid emigrated to this county when seventeen years old. He married Esther Gil- liland, who was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1825. He was a tailor by trade, but devoted the greater part of his life to farming. James T. Reid was born March 25, 1826. On Febru- ary 24, 1848, he married Rebecca H. Beard, who was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, May 4, 1833. They have had thirteen children, of whom three boys and seven girls are living. Mr. Reid's life long occupation has been that of a farmer, and he is one of the largest farmers of the eastern part of the county. He is a reading and a thinking man; was a few years since elected magistrate, but resigned after serving two years.
J. W. Omer was born in Jefferson county on February 13, 1836. He is the seventh of twelve children of Jacob Omer, who was born in Penn- sylvania in 1795, and when one year old his father emigrated to Kentucky, and preempted
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HISTORY OF THE OHIO FALLS COUNTIES.
the land on a part of which J. W. now lives. The records show that this farm was taken up by - Hamer. This name was spelled according to the way it was pronounced, and it became Amer, and then Omer. Jacob Omer married Persilla Curry in 1823. She was born May 5, 1804, and died February 10, 1880. They had twelve children. J. W. has always been a farmer and is a inember of the Christian church. On December 12, 1869, he married Rebecca Har- rison, of Jefferson county, Kentucky. She died September 12, 1878, leaving six children. On October 8, 1879, he married Alwetta Bruce, of Gallatin county, Kentucky.
J. M. Markwell was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, on February 15, 1826. He is the seventh of eight children of William Markwell, who was also a native of the same county. His grandfather was one of the first settlers. His mother was Rhoda Pound, who was born in Nel- son county, in 1793, but came to Jefferson county when quite young. J. M. Markwell is a farmer by occupation. On September 20, 1855, he was married to Catharine W. Markwell, who was born in Shelby county, January 7, 1839. They have seven children, four boys and three girls. He is a member of the Baptist church.
Fred Pound was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, April 7, 1817. His father, John Pound, was born in New Jersey, July 31, 1789; his father coming from Scotland. John Pound came to this county when a boy, perhaps a dozen years old, and always was a farmer. On November 10, 1808, he married Mary Boyer, of Jefferson county, who was born March 11, 1783. Five of their children lived to maturity. Fred Pound has followed his father's occupation. On October 7, 1838, he married Elizabeth C. Taylor. She was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, January 27, 1820. She bore eight children, of whom six are living-two boys and four girls. Dr. T. P. D. Pound, the second son, was born May 28, 1844. He attended McCowan's Forest Hill academy, and graduated at the Louisville Medical college in 1875, and is practicing near the homestead, in Seatonville precinct. He married Alice Stoul, of the same county, November 27, 1873. R. M. J. Pound was born June 28, 1841. He was educated in the same school as was his brother, and in 1860 graduated at the Louisville Law school, and
practiced for five years in that city. Since 1861 he has been, save the time spent in Louisville, en- gaged in teaching. Since 1870 he has been man- aging a farm in Seatonville precinct. On April 10, 1870, he married Apphia M. Seaton, of Hall, Morgan county, Indiana. She is the daughter of Allen Seaton, a native of Kentucky.
J. W. Wiggington was born in Bullitt county, Kentucky, August 18, 1827. He was the fourth of nine children of F. Wigginton, who was born in 1787 in Virginia, and came to Ken- tucky when about nine years old. He mar- ried Jane Bridwell, a Virginian, then of Nel- son county. J. W. Wigginton came to Jef- ferson county in 1848, where he remained for five years, and then removed to Spencer county, and remained several years in this and five years in Bullitt, and then returned to Jefferson county, where he is engaged in farming, which has been his life-long occupation. In December, 1848, he married Elizabeth J. Barnett, who was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, March 23, 1833. She is the daughter of Rev. W. P. Barnett, who was a native of Washington county. His wife was Sarah H. Royer, a native of Old- ham county. J. W. Wigginton is the father of eight children-three boys and five girls. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
'Squire J. W. James is a native of Spencer county, Kentucky. He was born September 15, 1839, and is the second of three children of W. James, who was born in Washington county, Kentucky, in 1804. W. James married Eliza- beth Markwell, in 1830. She was born in Jef- ferson county, in 1810. The James were pio- neers from Maryland, and the Markwells from Virginia. Mr. W. James was a farmer, as is his son J. W. 'Squire J. W. James was educated in the public schools. In 1864 he came to Jeffer- son county, and began farming in this precinct. He is now changing his farm into a fruit farm. In 1857 he married Ellen Reasor, daughter of James A. Reasor, of Spencer county, who was formerly a resident of this county, and author of a valuable work on the treatment and cure of hogs. In 1874 and 1878 J. W. James was elected magistrate, and has served with credit in that capacity. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
Major Simpson Seaton Reynolds was born in Jefferson county, at Middletown, August 29,
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1842. He is the oldest son of Thomas M. S. Reynolds, who was born in Orange county, Vir- ginia, February 22, 1818, and was a farmer by occupation. He came to Kentucky in 1840, and settled at Middletown. On July 28, 1841, he married Elizabeth H. Seaton, daughter of Judge George Seaton, of Jefferson county. She was born July 13, 1823, in Seatonville precinct. This marriage was blessed with thirteen children, of whom all are living, save William Wallace. The wife and mother died April 22, 1880. The fam- ily, in March of 1860, moved to Saline county, Missouri, where they resided for fifteen years, when they removed to Nebraska, and settled near Lincoln, where Mr. Reynolds is conducting a large stock farm. Major Reynolds was edu- cated in the common schools of Kentucky and Missouri, but was prevented from taking a con- templated college course by the breaking out of the war. He enlisted in General Marmaduke's escort, with the rank of captain, and was after- wards promoted to the rank of brevet major. On October 16, 1864, he married Adah T. Guthrie, daughter of D. T. Guthrie, then of Missouri, but a native of Virginia. His present wife's name is Harriet, a daughter of Colonel Brown, of Virginia. At present Major Reynolds is engaged in stock raising, being a partner of Lieutenant Governor Carns, of Seward, Ne- braska.
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