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EARLY LIFE AND TIMES

BOONE COUNTY

INDIANA,

<JiviNG AN Account of the Early Settlement op Each Locality
Church Histories, County and Township Officers from
THE First down to 1886 ; Histories of some
op the Pioneer Families of
the County.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN.

¦O.MMUNICATIONS FROM WELL-INFORMED CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY ; LIST OF SOLDIERS WHO WENT TO
THE LATE WAR OF 1861-5.

COMPILED BY

HARDEN & SPAHK, LEBANON, IND.
''^ May, IS87.

PRINTED AND BOUNJ) BY
CARLON & HoLLENEECK.
I-VDiANAPOLis, Ind.

This Work is
Most Respectfully Dedicated
to the
Pioneers of Boone County,
Indiana.

Lebanon, Ind., May 10, 1-S87.

PREFACE.

The necessity of the following work is our apology for writ
ing the same. Time, in its onward flight, has taken from.
among us those who first settled our county. But few of
the pioneers now remain to witness its prosperity. Oner
of the objects of this work will be to remember those whc>
with strong hands and brave hearts came to battle with the
hardships incident to a frontier life. Heretofore we have-
rushed through life not taking time to inquire who it wa&
who first had the hardihood to settle in Boone County — wha
it was who first built his cabin in the woods. In the follow
ing book it will be our aim to show who were the pioneers
and what became of them. The thoughtful mind can not
view the transit from the green woods to the now well-culti
vated fields without a degree of thankfulness coming up in
his jieart, also inquiries arising such as above mentioned,^
This book is written in part to show the contrast between th&
P'ast and present. While we desire to give all the first set
tler's names it will be out of the question to give all, for there
were some who came to stay but a short time, who soon went
farther west, not staying here long enough to become identi
fied with the county. But those who remained and helped
develop the county we hope to remember. Another feature
of our work will be communications from well-informed per
sons throughout the county, who were actors themselves. The
hands that wrote them helped clear away the logs and brush.
We point with pride to those letters. They will at once be

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recognized as coming from well-informed and intelligent citi-
.zens. The publishers do not claim a perfect work. Many
incidents and facts will, as a matter of course, be left out, for
sixty years with its many changes have covered up many in
teresting reminiscences. Mistakes will occur, but none will
regret them more than the publishers. To these who have
contributed so much to make our labor light, we will kindly
remember, for without such help it would have been out of
the question to have gotten up anything like a respectable
work. And to those who so kindly entertained us at their
homes, while we were obtaining material for the " Early Life
and Times iu Boone," we will ever hold in kind remembrance.
It will be a pleasure in after life to recall the pleasant homes
we have visited in Boone County. It would be base ingrat
itude in us not in some way to return our thanks for such
kind treatment received on every hand.
Harden & Spahr, Publishers.
liESANAN, Ind., May, 1887.

EARLY LIFE AND TLMES

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA

BOONE COUNTY— PAST AND PRESENT.
Boone County occupies a central position in the great State
of Indiana. It is bounded on the north by Clinton County,
on the east by Hamilton, on the west by Montgomery and on
the south by Marion and Hendricks Counties. It is twenty-
four miles from east to west and seventeen and a half miles
from north to south. It contains about 268,000 acres, two-
thirds of which is in cultivation. Its central position, excel
lent soil, water power, and other advantages, natural and
improved, ranks it among the first counties of the state. It is
now nearly sixty-five years since Boone County was settled
by the white man. It is true a remnant of the Miami Indians
occupied the northwest corner of the county by stipulation
from the government till 1828. Here they had lived, hunted
and traded for sixty years previous, but about the year 1834
their fires went out and their songs were heard no more. They
left traces, however, that to-day are visible, i. e., the graves
of their fathers and children. This reserve or territory em
braced all of Sugarcreek Township, two-thirds of Washington,
nearly one-half of Jefferson and five sections of Center Town-

early life and times in

ship, in all about fifty-two thousand acres. Let us go back
sixty-five years and take a glance at the surroundings. What
do we find? An unbroken wilderness, no roads, no mills^
deep-tangled brush and vines, and a good portion of the land
covered with water. To this gloomy-looking place a few
hardy pioneers came in 1823 or 1824. They came principally
from Kentucky, Pennsylvania au.d North Carolina. Among
the first settlers were the following : Patrick H. Sullivan^
Jacob and John Sheets, David Hoover, A. H. Longly, Benj.
Dunn, Austin Davenport, the Harmons, Smiths, Dyes, Dob-
sons, Bishops, Rays, Eramerts, Duzans, Buntons, McCanns,
Evans, Doyles, Turners, Richardsons, Parrs, Thornberrys,
Becks, Slocums, McCoys, Benj. Cox, Hiram McQuidy, G. W.
Gibson, Isaac Gibson, Wm. Zion, John Busby, the Bowens,
Brentons, Wylies, Samples, Cald wells, Shelleys, Stephen Xeal,
Lanes, Neeses, Wests, Robinsons, Lowes, Shaws, Carrs, Slay-
backs, Samuel Peney, George and Henry Lucas, David Ray,
Laughners, Isenhours, Kootzs, John Higgins, Burnhams,^
Stephen Titus, Newton Cassady, Rutledges, McDonalds, Jas.
Downing, Wm West, John Good, Fleming Dickerson, Jacob
Dinsmore, Edward Woolen, Edwards, Leaps, Eli Smith, B. B.
Smith, Nathaniel Scott, Hollingsworths, Doolys, Shoemakers,
Dulins, Washington Hutton, Klinglers, Daniel and H. G.
Larimore, Abner Knotts, John M. Burns, Jos. Hocker, Jacob
Angle, S. S. Strong, Daniel A. Caldwell, Wm. Smith, Wm.
Hill, Michael D. Campbell, Jas. \. Thompson, Wm. Youug,.
Claybourne Young, Clayburn Cain, John V. Young, Wm.
Farlow, Airharts, John Porter, W. ET. Coombs, John INIcLean,
Jas. Davis, John Crisman, J. T. Hurt, Headys, Wm. Walters,
Isaah Miller, S. P. Dewees, Resin Garrett, Robt. Stephenson,.
William and Henry I. Bennett, Hiram J. Roberts, Perkinses.
Jas. Chitwood, Jas. S. Dale, Noah Chitwood, Jas. Edwards,
Geo. Walters, J. B. Fear, Geo. H. Johnson, W. H. Crose,,
Jos. and Geo. Keeth, Chamberses, Solomon Warren, Samuel
Reese, David Crose, Samuel Long, John Goldsbury, John
Graham, Robt. Hamil, Jas. Thornbury, Lewis Harris, Ed.

BOONE (.'t'l'NTY, INDIANA. 9
Jackson, Jacob Johns, John Wright, John Baird, Jas. Moore,.
Robt. Bell, Oliver Cravens, Jos. Bishop, Elias Bishop, Wm.
Bishop, Wm. Powell, Jerry Washburn, Wm. and Jas. Ross,
Peterses, Richard Hull, Noah Burkett, Daniel Lewis, John
Sargent, Aaron Phipps, Francis Kincaid, Wm. Kincaid, Jas,
Irwin, Jas. Davis, McCords, Robt. Thomas, Jas. McCoy,
Jacob Tipton, Jonathan H. Rose, Jas. McLaughlin, Jacob
Kernodle, Levi Lane, W. E Lane, Dr. Simpson, Jesse Daven
port, Thos. Blake, John Wolfe, George and John Stephenson,
Andrew Harvey, Jesse Essex, George Shirts, the Sedgwicks,
Wet^lt-y Smith, John Imbler, Leilden Denny, Solomon Buck,
Thomas Brown, the Kise family, Washington W. Phillips,
Aidridges, Elisha Jackson, Wm Kenworthy, Benj. Sweeny,
Jas. A"an Eaton, Archibald Scott, Mofl^ats, Adrian Ball, John
Miller, Wm. Payriel, Robert Clark, Robert Morrison, Wm.
Turner, Samuel Brenton, Joshua Burnham, Elish Riley, Geo.
Osborn, J. G. Pierce, Silas Kenworthy, John Pauly, Phillip
Lucas, Schoolers, Utterbacks, John Peters, Wm. Staton, J. A.
Rudasills, Bohannans, Penningtons, Slagals, G. W. Lumpkins,
Jesse Turner, Alexander Fortner, Swopes, Anderson Trotter,
Jacob Stoneking, Utters, Jesse Jackson, Geo. Farlow, Matthew
Harris, Geo. W. Scott, John Shelburn, Jas. G. Stype, Wm.
Nicely, John C. Hill, Wm. and Jas. Marsh, the Peters family
and Hiram Cragen.
The following are the names of the twelve men who com
posed the first grand jury in the county : Cornelius Westfall,
David McCoy, Francis Howard, A. H. Phillips, James Wil
liams, Lewis Dewees, Joshua Foster, John Horrell, Andrew
Houston, Martin Lewis, James Blue, Jacob Sheets, E. P.
Shannon, Frederick Lowe and John Long.
The county at one time was considered low and lei^el, and
in one sense of the word it was true. Yet while it is low and
level it is no less the dividing summit of White River and the
Wabash. The water flows almost in every direction in Boone
County, and it is said the highest point between the lakes and
the Ohio River is between Lebanon and Whitestown near

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Holmes Station. Be this as it may, the county is far from
being a low, wet country. Since the water has been confined
to deeper channels and numerous ditches, the land as a rule
is dry and can be cultivated. Before going farther we per
haps ought to say something that almost every person already
knows, viz : that our county was named in honor of Daniel
Boone, the noted Kentucky hunter. It was organized in 1830,
when there were only 622 citizens in the county. Lebanon
was chosen as the name of the county seat. The principal
streams in the county are Sugar Creek, Eel River, Big and
Little Eagle Creeks, Prairie Creek, Brown's Wonder, Mud
Creek, Raccoon, Fishback, Mounts Run, and Spring branch.
Nearly if not all at one time afforded propelling power for
mills, machinery, etc. Since the introduction of steam they
are no longer used for that purpose. The Michigan road,
which was laid out in 1830, passes through the entire county,
entering it at the southeast corner at section one, three- fourths
of a mile south of Eagle Village, running slightly to the west
cf north through the towns of Eagle Village, Clarkstown,
Northfield and Slabtown, leaving the county in Marion Town
ship at section eighteen, near the northwest corner of the
township. The Indianapolis, Cincinnati <if Lafayette Railroad
enters the county at the southeast corner south of Zionsville,
passing in a northwest direction through the towns of Zions
ville, Whitestown, Holmes Station, Lebanon, Hazlerigg Sta
tion, and Thorntown, leaving the county northwest of the last
named place some two miles. Number of miles in the county,
twenty-eight. The Indiana, Bloomington & Western Rail
road passes through the southwest corner of the county. It
enters Jackson Township at section eleven a short distance
southeast of Jamestown. Running a little north of west a
distance of three and a half miles it leaves the county at sec
tion thirty-one where it enters Montgomery County. The
Anderson, Lebanon & St. Ijouis R-ailroad, now the Mid
land, passes through the county from east to west. It enters
the county in Union Township at section thirty-six, passing

INDIANA. 11
through the towns of Rosston, Lebanon and Advance, leaving
the county at section thirty, in Jackson Township. The road
is now only finished as far as Lebanon. The last spike was
driven eleven miles east of Lebanon, January 22, 1887. From
Lebanon west the road runs in a southwestern direction. The
distance through the county is nineteen miles. The Indian
apolis and Lafayette State road passes through the county
in a northwest direction, entering the county on the south line
near Royalton at section seven, passing through Royalton,
Lebanon and Thorntown and leaving the county northwest
of Thorntown some three miles. The Noblesville and Straw-
town road passes through the county from east to west, enter
ing it in Marion Township at section thirty-six, passing through
the towns of Elizaville and Thorntown, a distance of twenty-
four miles. The principal road running through the center
of the county and running east and west enters the county in
Union Township on the east at section sixteen, passing through
the towns of Lebanon and Dover, leaving the county at section
thirty-one, three miles west of the latter place, where it enters
Montgomery County.
Having given a short geographical description of the county,
noting the principle streams, roads, etc. , we will now intro
duce some statistics showing the marvelous growth from a
population of 622 persons in 1830. The population in 1840
wa£ 8,121. In 1850 the population was 11,631. In 1860,
16,733. In 1870 the population was 22,593. In 1880 it was
31,778. The taxable property in 1886 was thirteen million
dollars. The real value can not be less than twenty-five mil
lion dollars. The number of voters in 1886 was 6,760. The
number of school children in 1885 was 9,788. Value of school
property in 1885 was $158,180.50. Number of school teach
ers, 165. Number of school houses, 135. Number of bushels
of wheat raised in 1880 was 838,344. Number of bushels of
corn, 1,303, 228. Number of bushels of oats, 87,350. Number
of mules in 1880 was 499. Number of horses, 6,317. Value
of fruit for the year 1880: apples, 238,872 bushels; peaches.

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2,371 bushels. Number of pounds of wool for tlje year 1879
was 48,446 ; number of pounds of honey, 14,087 ; number of
pounds of butter, 335,142. Number of acres in clover for the
year 1880, 7,292; number of acres of blue grass in 1880, 27,-
971; number of tons of hay in 1870 was 11,905; number of
bushels of barley in 1880, 3,792 ; number of bushels of Irish
potatoes in 1880, 76,027 ; number of pounds of tobacco in
1880, 2,263. Number of churches in 1883 was 62; number
of church organizations, 65; number of members, 4,104.
Value of church property in 1883 was $43,850. Number of
school children in 1870 was 8,205; number in 1880, 9,358;
number in 1885, 9,788. Number of voters in 1880, 6,362.
The population of the county at this writing (1887) is esti
mated at 33,800. Number of pensioners, 236. The foregoing
statistics are given in a general way to show the growth of
the county for the past sixty years. They must appear satis
factory to the thinking mind. The growth of the towns have
been in the same ratio with that of the county. Especially do
we point with pride to our county seat. From a little muddy
village we have arrived to a city of no mean proportions.
Under the head of "Sketches of Towns" we will dwell more
at length. As we intend this as only a general survey of the
county we have also given in township sketches some facts
and statistics of considerable length, which will account for
this seeming short article.
CENTER TOWNSHIP.
Center Township oftcupies a central position in the county
and contains about sixty-two square miles. It is a very irreg
ular shape, having in and out corners almost without number.
The principal stream draining it is Prairie Creek, flowing
from the southeast to thenorthwest past Lebanon. In former
years this little stream had its own way, especially when it
got on a high. Of late years, however, at a great expense it
has been confined to a channel. Thus improved it affords an

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 13
outlet for ctnuitle.-is ditches, drains, etc. The Indianapolis,
Cincinnati it Louisville Railroad jiasses through Center a
distance of about ten miles, running in a northwest direction,
entering at section ten at the southeast and leaving it at section
twenty-one at the northwest. The soil here is on an average
with the other townships and has kept pace in improvements.
We speak now of the township only. Under the head of
*¦ Sketch of Lebanon " will be found a more detailed account.
It is difficult to speak of one without referring to the other,
especially in regard to the early settlement, so closely are their
histories allied. Necessarily this sketch of Center must be
short, and under the head referred to above we will speak
more in full of what might seem proper here. It would be
useless to repeat, as we have decided to put it in the "Sketch
of Lebanon," the first settlement having been made there.
The history of Center Township is not unlike the histories of
the other townships. First, a few hardy pioneers settling in
the woods, building their cabins, clearing their patches here
and there, log-rollings, house-raisings, etc. Improvements
came gradually. The little fields widened out, the cabin gave
way to hewed log houses and then to frame and brick dwell
ings. Thus it has been here and in every township in our
now grand county. First the little blazed paths, then the cut
out roads, then the gravel roads in their own good timej and
thousands of like improvements and advancements have dawned
upon us. A few have lived to see these changes and many
have fallen by the way. It has cost toil and labor untold to
bring about these improvements. The pioneers underwent
privations and hardships that the present generation know
nothing about. No citizen can view these changes without a
feeling of pride and satisfaction. The contrasts in many re
spects are wonderful. Center Township has grown in popu
lation from a few souls in 1829 to now near four thousand.
The population in 1870 was 2,856; in 1880 it was 3,826.
Number of voters in 1886 was 1,573 ; number of school houses,
17; number of school children in 1885 was 1,097, not incliid-

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ing Lebanon. The following have served as trustees: A-
Robinson, A. C. Daily, Millroy Lane, J. A. Gardner, Thos.
H. Martin, R. W. Matthews, and H. L. Bynum, elected April,
1886.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
This township is the east center and in the north tier of
townships adjoining Clinton County. It contains thirty-three
square miles, six miles from east to west and five and one-half
miles from north to south. Sugar Creek enters it at the north
west corner, cutting off about one section. Mud Creek and
Brown's Wonder flow through the township in a north
western direction and empty into Sugar Creek, the former just
north of the center of the township in the edge of Clinton
County, and the latter entering near Mechanicsburg in Wash
ington Township. Tarepin Creek, or branch, also flows in the
same direction. The soil is productive, and rapid improve
ments are being made in the way of ditching. The streams
above referred to drain it naturally and afford an outlet to the
countless ditches now being put in. The timber of this town
ship at one time must have been grand, as there are yet stand
ing some fine specimens of oak. The demand for walnut,
poplar and cherry has about exhausted this once bountiful
supply. The pioneers of this township had this to contend
with in making their farms. Some of the finest timber was
burned up and destroyed. There was no demand for lumber
at that time. No doubt there has been enough timber burnt
and destroyed to pay for the land at fifty dollars per acre.
Among the early settlers of this part of the county we mention
Jas. H. Sample, Geo. Fall, Henry I. Bennett, Robert Stephen
son, A. B. Clark, Hoza Aldridge, Resin V. Garrett, Thos.
Abernathy, Wm. West, David Evans, John Tucker, Jesse
Scott, Hiram Roberts, Jesse Perkins, John Caldwell, Wm. I.
Bennett, Newton Ca.ssaday, John M. Burns, Hiram Brenton,
Alexander Caldwell, Geo. Mognett, Jas. Downing, Hugh

HOO.NE C'OU.N'rV, 1.\1)1A.\.\. 15
Wiley. Abner Knotts, J. A. MeDaniel, \V. H. Evans, John
Evans, Obid Hardesty, Robert Perkins, V. C. Phillips, Hugh
Sample, John M.Wiley, Frank Downing, Hiram Powell, Jos.
Stephenson, Hugh McDonald, Ozias Robinson, Samuel
Downey, John R. MeDonald, E. Swope, ^Matthew McLear,
Marian Evans and Andrew Burns. Among the early minis
ters were John Reynolds (Presbyterian), John Bonner, Wm.
Turner, Wm. Hall, Carson Biickhalter (Christian), and Henry
I. Bennett, who yet resides in the township. The following
were among the early school teachers : Jas. H. Sample, Hiram
J. Roberts, Henry I. Bennett, Jas. Mulligan and .John Foley.
Mr. Mulligan is yet living in the township and has served as
County Surveyor several years. Clinton Township was first
settled in the year 1834. The first election was held in 1835,
at the house of Newton Cassaday, when a man by the name of
Maxwell was elected the first Justice of the Peace. It is said
that Hugh Sample, son of Jas. H. Sample, was the first child
to see the light of day in this township. He is yet living two
miles west of Elizaville, on the Thorntown road. This event
occurred in 1837. Among the first marriages were John
Stephenson to Miss Adams, Eris Stephenson to Margaret
Wylie and .John M. Burns to Miss Wylie. The first religious
meeting was held at the house of A. B. Clark; this was in the
year 1835. There was nothing like a permanent society or
ganized till a year or two later, when the old school Presby
terian formed a society and held meetings at private houses.
Houses of worship were erected in due course of time. There
are now five churches in the township, viz : Hopewell (Pres
byterian), in the southwest part of the township on the Thorn
town" and Strawtown road, in section 31 ; Mud Creek, or
Salem, is situated on Mud Creek in section 27 ; there is here,
as well as at Hopewell, a cemetery where many of the pioneers
are buried. The Baptists have a church at Elizaville, as also
have the Christians. The Presbyterians have a brick church
in the same town. The number of school children in the
township in 1885 was 527 ; number of school houses, 10.

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The Thorntown and Strawtown Road pa.sses through this
township from east to west. This has been a road or "trail"
for sixty years. The number of voters in 1886 was 359 ; the
number of school children in 1884 was 527 ; number of school
houses, 10; population in 1870 was 1,220; in 1880 it was
1,487. The following persons have served as Township
Trustees: John Caldwell, Wm. Wylie, John M. Burns,
Ephraim Davis, Reuben Eaton, Wm. Brenton, A. C. Kern,
J. C. Tomlinson. Mr. A. C. Kern was elected the second time
in 1886 and is now acting. 4
EAGLE TOWNSHIP.
This township occupies the southeast corner of the county.
It contains twenty-six sections, and is drained by Big and
Little Eagle Creeks. They unite near Zionsville and from
there Big Eagle flows southwest and leaves the county near
where the old Sheets mill site was in section ten. Fishback
rises in Worth Township, flows in a southern direction through
Eagle, and leaves the township south of Royalton in section
eight. The Long Branch comes in from Hamilton County on
the east, enters Big Eagle east of Zionsville and below the old
" Dye mill dam." Eagle is somewhat undulating along the
above streams. There is comparatively little waste land how
ever in the township. As a rule it is well cultivated, and the
soil responds well to the agriculturist. It is nearly sixty-five
years since it was first settled, and it was here the first settle
ment was made, possibly excepting Thorntown, about the year
1823 or 1824. Among those who first came to Eagle Town
ship are the following: Patrick H. Sullivan, Jacob Sheets,
John Sheets, David Hoover, Austin Davenport, Jesse Daven
port, Nathan Carr, Wm. Carr, James McCord, John McC'ord,
Frederick Lowe, George Dye, Jacob Stone King, John King,
Jas. Harmon, Wm. and John Harmon. Coming soon after
we find the names of Wa.shington and Thos. P. Miller, Benj.

ELIJAH CEOSS.

MARY (JROSS.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 17
Co.'^, Peter Gregory, Wm. and Jas. Marsh, Daniel and Hugh
G. Larimore, Elijah Cro.ss, the Duzans, Dodsons, Klinglers,
Robert Thomas, .lames MeCoy, John and Nelson Shaw, Wm.
Smith, Daniel Lewis, Elias Bishop, John Ray, Noah Burkit,
Wm. E. Lane, Joseph Bishop, Wm. Bishop, John Shelburne,
Jerry Washburn, L. Tansel, John AVolf and Hiram Wolf.
The first electien was held at the house of David Hoover,
when Jacob Sheets was elected Justice of the Peace. He was
succeeded by T. P. Miller, Wm. Smith and Wm. Farlin. Rev.
Jas. McCoy was the first preacher in the township. He was
a Baptist minister, and it was as early as 1825 when he first
preached in the township. His first meetings were held in
the house of David Hoover. The first probate court was held
at the house of David Hoover in November, 1830. David
Hoover was the first clerk and Austin Davenport the first
sheriff of the county. The first mill was built by Jacob Sheets
on Eagle Creek. Geo. Dye built a grist mill on Eagle Creek,
near where Zionsville now stands. There was a small mill
built on " Irishman's Run," near where Wm. S. Smith now
lives. Duzan's mill on Eagle Creek may also be classed
among the early mills of the township. John Burton built a
sawmill on Little Eagle Creek in 1840.
The first marriage in the county was that of Elijah Cross
and Mary Hoover in December, 1831. Mrs. Cross is yet liv
ing at Zionsville on a part of the farm entered by her father,
David Hoover, in 1824. Mr. Cross died in 1869, and is buried
at Crown Hill, Indianapolis. Eagle Village for many years
was the voting place, and here it was where most of the bus
iness was done of the Eagle Creek country, extending into
Hamilton County on the east and Marion County on the
south. This continued until the completion of the Indiana
polis & Lafayette Railroad in 1852, when Zionsville sprang
up one mile farther west. This was a death knell to Eagle
Village. It was here that the " Eagle Village Light Infantry "
was wont to rally every month. Capt. J. F. Daugherty was
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in command. Among the early ministers were Jas. McCoy,
"Geo. Dodson, Isaac Cotton, Robert Thomas, Geo. Dye, Geo.
Boroman, Geo. W. Duzan, Wm. Klingler and Wm. Gouge,
-all now deceased. The principal cemeteries of the township
-are one at Eagle Village, one just south of Zionsville, formerly
called the Bishop graveyard, and the third one at Eagle Creek
Baptist Church. The fourth on the Michigan road, near where
the old Bethel Church formerly stood, known as the Bethel
graveyard. It is located on the land entered by Austin Dav
enport. He as well as many other pioneers are buried there.
The first brick house was built on the Michigan road between
Clarkstown and Eagle Village, in the year 1835, by Austin
Davenport. The population of Eagle in 1870 was 2,320, in
1880 it was 2,284, and in 1887 estimated at 2,500. Number
of school children in 1884 was 414; number of voters in 1886
was 542 ; number of school houses are 10, two of which are
brick aud eight frame. Around the early history of Eagle
•cluster many interesting reminiscences, for it was here the first
<cabin was built, the first marriage ceremony said, and the first
mill built. Most of the actors have been summoned to another
-world. We can not afford to forget those names so dear to
'US all. Such men and women were needed at that time, and
they came and filled their places. It took courage to undergo
.^iuch privations aud hardships. The young know compara
tively little of the trials our early settlers underwent. The
¦ollowing are the early doctors : William N. Duzan, H. G.
Larimore, Warner F. Sampson, S. AV. Rodman, Jeremiah
Larimore, N. Crosby, Geo. W. Duzan and Dr. Sellers. The
following have served as trustees: W. W.Atchison, A. J.
Sanders, Manson Head, J. D. Swaim, S. M. White, Paul D.
Leibhardt, T. J. Shelburn, and T. P. Mills, now acting.

BOONE aiUNTY, INDIANA. 19
HARRISON TOWNSHIP.
This township occupies a place in the south tier of town-
fihips. It is bounded on the south by Hendricks County, on
the east by Perry Township, on the west by Jackson Town
ship, and on the north by Center Township. It contains
nearly twenty-four sections, about one section being taken off
the northwest corner. If this corner was full it would be
square, and would contain twenty- five sections. The surface
is level to a great extent. The headwaters of Eel River have
their source here, flowing out of and through the extensive
prairie known as '' Stoner's Prairie." It was thought at one
time that the above lands could not be cultivated, but that
idea has long since exploded and many acres are now profita
bly tilled. An extensive system of drainage has been intro
duced with good results. New Brunswick and Milledgeville
are both in Harrison. They each contain several business
houses, churches, postofiices, etc. The .population of the
township in 1880 was 1,401; number of school houses, 9;
juiinber of school children in 1884 was 414; number of brick
houses, 4 ; number of frames, 5. Harrison was settled about
the year 1834 by the following persons: James Dale,
¦George Johnson, William Butey, R. M. Cumels, Philip Sicks,
Caleb Sherley, John Scott, A. Hillis, John McCormack,
William Abner, William Joseph, Nick. Yount, James Chit
wood, William and James Edwards, Joseph and George Keeth,
Fleming Dickerson, Beunet Cline, Jacob Huff, Geo. Walters,
Jos. Shepherd, Nathaniel Scott, G. W. Scott, Geo. Sheeks, J.
Ingram, Noah Chitwood, Seth Goodwin, Daniel Turner, Jacob
Dinsmore. J. B. Fear, Daniel Logan, W. H. Crose, Wm.
Britton, the Shirleys. The first election was held at the cabin
of W. Logan in 1836, when Wm. Buttery was elected Justice
of the Peace. Among the early marriages were Wm. John
son to Isabella Dale, G. T. Buttery to Barbara Scott, and
Jeremiah Craven to Miss James. The first land entered was

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by James S. Dale, who also built the first cabin. The first
death was the wife of David James in March, 1837. The first
settlers of Harrison Township had many disadvantages to
contend with. The surface of the laud was covered with
water, and where there was no prairie a heavy growth of tim
ber and brush confronted them, and now and then a den of
rattlesnakes chimed in to make music for them. Here, as well
as in other townships, the first meetings were held in priv
ate houses. The first meeting was held at the house of Geo,
H. Johnson in 1835, where a few pioneers gathered to hear a
Baptist minister preach. Early meetings were also held at
the house of Geo. Sheeks. Soon after a log house was built,
which saw its day and then gave way to a more modern struct
ure. Harrison Township now contains several frame edifice*
of different orders, where the citizens gather to hear the gos
pel preached. The population of Harrison in 1870 was 1,209 ;;
in 1880 it was 1,401. The number of voters in 1886 was 332.
The following have served as Trustees : J. M. Shaw, Samp
son Sheeks, W. H. Clements, G. W. Scott, Ora Knowlton,
Jas. H. Pinnell, M. P. Higgins, W. H. Ragsdale, H. C. Ulin,
J. S. Black, J. H. Acton, John Huffman, and Samuel Scott,
now acting, was elected April. 1886.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
This township occupies the southwest corner of the county .^
It is bounded on the south by Hendricks County, on the west
by Montgomery County, on the north by Jefferson Township,
and on the east by Harrison and Center Townships. It contain*
a little less than forty-eight sections, being a little deficient at
the northeast corner. Jackson Township is drained by Eel
River and Raccoon Creek, the former leaving the county and
entering Hendricks County at the south line of section eleven
a short distance southeast of Jamestown. Raccoon Creek
flows in a southwestern direction, leaving the township in

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section thirty-one, near where the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western Railroad enters the county of Montgomery. The
above railroad enters Jackson Township at the south line on
section eleven, jtassing through Jamestown, bearing to the
north of west, and leaving the county and township in section
thirty-one. Without doubt, Jackson is one of the best town
ships in the county. The land along the above streams can
be excelled in no place, much less in Boone County. Good
husbandry is noticeable in every direction, brought about by
a well-directed system of drainage. Jackson originally was
the best timbered township in the county, if one may judge
from what is yet standing and from stumps of trees cut down —
timber of the most valuable kind — such as walnut, poplar,
oak, etc. There is yet (in 1886) standing on the farm of Mrs.
Ashley, three miles northwest of Jamestown, one of the finest
poplar groves in the state. It is a grand sight to behold those
monarchs of the forest. But the ax is, or soon will be, whet
ted that will lay them low, as well as others of the same kind.
A stump of a poplar tree, on the farm of W. H. Coombs,
measures nine feet. This tree, when standing, was said to be
one of the finest specimens of its kind in the township. The
proposed Anderson & St. Louis Railroad will, if ever finished,
pass through Jackson Township iu a southwesterly direction,
entering at section eighteen, passing through Advance, and
leaving the county and township at section thirty. James
town, one of the earliest settled places in the county, is, and
has been for years, .the principal trading point in the town
ship, as well as the voting precinct, a separate account of
which will be found in another part of this work, under the
head of " Sketch of Jamestown." Advance, mentioned as
being located on the Anderson & St. Louis Railroad, is a
voting place, and contains several business houses, postoffice,
church, etc. Although a new place, it has quite a local trade,
and, on the completion of the railroad, will be a place of some
importance. It is located in the northern part of the town
ship, midway between the east and west lines, and is six miles

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due north of Jamestown. Jackson Township was settled
about the year 1828. Among the first to arrive, we find the
following: Young Hughs, Lewis Dewees, John and Washing
ton Gibson, William Farlow, Isaac Miller, David Bush, Johu
Porter, Robert Davi.s, Andrew Hud.son, Alijah Brown, Sam
uel Jessie, Andrew Long, George aud William Walters, Wil
liam White, Hiram Young, Jacob Johns, and John Whitley.
This pioneer band were joined a few years later by the follow
ing persons : The Headys, Niceleys, Emmerts, .John MoLean,^
John T. Hurt, John Crisman, .John Cunningham, Mieken
Hurt, Thomas Caldwell, Samuel Miller, .James Davis, Robert
Walker, William Duncan, Isaac M. Shelly, Anderson Trotter,
John Airhart, Henry Airhart, Isaac H. Smith, W. H. Cnombs,
S. P. Dewees, W^. B. Gibson, Dr. George L. Burke, Samuel
Penry, Samuel Cunningham, Elisha Jackson, Henry B. Myers,
W. W. Emmet, and the Galvins.
George Walker, one of the earliest ministers, held meeting
at the. house of John Porter, and it is said this was the first
religious meeting held in Jackson Township. Mr. Walker
was a Baptist. The first house erected was by the Methodists,
in 1832, called Brown's Chapel, named in honor of the late
Thomas Brown. There are now many neat and well-located
houses of worship throughout the township. The school-
houses are also good indicators of thrift and progression. No
township has more advancement than this in every direction.
The vast forest has given way to well-cultivated fields. The
people now living in Jackson have every reason to be proud
of their homes. It has taken labor to bring about the above
results. The hands that felled the trees and cleared the fields
are folded in rest. Their graves may be seen in different
parts of the township. A few remain among us.
The population of Jackson Township in 1870 was l,200r
In 1880 it was 1,162. The number of voters in 1886 was-
757. Number of school children in 1884 was 726. The school
houses number fifteen, of which nine are brick and six frame,
The following have served as Trustees : Eli Miller, James

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Sandliu, James H. Kerby, F. C. Galespie, John McLain,.
Henry Airhart, J. P. Long, W. S. I.,aferty, W. H. Hostetter,
G. W. Shookly, F. 0. Gilesbv, and Clarion Porter, now serv
ing, elected April, 1880.
JEFFERSON TO V.'NSH IP.
This township occupies a place in the west tier of town
ships. It is bounded on the smith by Jackson, on the west
by Montgomery County, on the north by Sugar Creek and
Washington Townships, and on the west by Cenrer. A part
of it was originally embraced in the Indianreserve. Jefferson
contains about forty-six sections, two sections and a half out
of the northeast corner makes that much less than forty -eight
.square sections. The township is drained by Wolf Creek aud
Walnut fork of Sugar Creek. The former flows ij a north
western direction entering Sugar Creek Township. The latter
flows west, leaving the township at section thirty, entering
Montgomery County near the town of Shannondale. Dover,
near the center, is now and has been for years the voting place
and trading point in Jefferson. The trade is, however, divided
between Lebanon, Thorntown and Shannondale. To say the
township as a rule is well cultivated would not be saying too
much. Naturally of good soil, assisted by good husbandry,
good crops are annually gathered, unless drouth or wet weather
preventing. It was first settled about the year 1829, and in the fall of
that year -James Scott entered the first land. Next came Wm.
Young. In 1830 Michael D. Campbell, Alle Lane, Ed. Cox,
Wm. Hill, John G. Thompson, Lewis Denny, Wm. M. Mc-
Barrows, Abraham Utter, R. Cox, Clayburn Cain. A little
later came the Caldwells, Taylors, John Hill, Adam Kern,
John Stephenson, Wm. Darrough, Thos. M. Burris, Samuel
Moore, Gid. Jackson, Rual Jackson, Sampson Bowen, Erskins,
Threilkelds, Jas. A. Thompson, James Davis, Irwins, Samuel
Hollingsworth. Later came Nathan Cory, Manial Heistand,

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the Bowmaus, Styhes, Wm. Sanford, Jesse Jackson, ^\ • G.
Cory, La Folktts, Matthew Harris, Elias Garner, J. H. Potts,
George F. Campbell, Madison Erskin, M. B. Porter, W. W.
Alexander, David Caldwell, Elijah M. Denny.
Clayburn Young conducted the first religious services at his
brother's house (Wm. Young) in the year 1831. For many
years there was no church here, and the meetings were held at
the private houses of the early settlers. There are now many
good, commodious edifices located in various places in the
township. A separate account will be given in another part
of this work.
William Young was the first justice elected in the town
ship. The first election was held at the house of Michael D.
Campbell, in the spring of 1833, at which time William Mc-
Burrows was elected Justice of the Peace. The population of
the township in 1870 was 1,675, in 1880 it was 1,998. Num
ber of school houses in 1884, 13; number of school children
in 1884, 1,095; number of voters in 1886, 560. The Indian
apolis, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad crosses the northeast
corner of the township, or rather the corners, first on one
corner and then a short distance across the southwest corner
of Washington then across another corner of Jefferson, per
haps not more than a mile in length in the township, entering
Sugar Creek at the extreme southeast corner.
The fi)llowing persons have served as townsliiji trustees:
James H. Potts, Manial Hustand, J. V. Young, J. ]\I. Erskin,
Wm. A. Harvey, Joseph A, Campbell, F. M. La Follett, Lee
H. Miles, and George T. Young, elected April, 1886.
MARION TOWNSHIP.
Marion Township occupies the north corner of the County.
It is bounded on the east by Hamilton County, on the south
by Union, on the west by Clinton Township and ou the north
by Clinton County. It contains forty-six sections. It is
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leaving the township at section twenty-three, where it enters
Union Township. The Michigan road passes through the
entire township, bearing to the northwest, entering at the
south side midway of the township, leaving at the northwest
•corner, where it enters Clinton County. The laud is fully up
to the average of other sister townships, and in fact in any
other improvements, such as ditching, buildings, roads, school
houses, etc. Big Springs, on the line between Marion and
Union, is the principal trading place and postoffice, and has
been for many years. The township originally was covered
with the finest growth of timber, and that of the best and
most valuable kinds, such as poplar, oak, walnut and ash.
The Air Line Railroad cuts off a little corner at the extreme
northeast, and where Terhune, a new town, is located. It
is a trading place, also containing a postoffice and other
mechanical shops, stores, etc. Kimberlain and Slab Town
are both small villages. The latter on the Michigan Road, in
the south part of the township. Among the first to move in
this township were Edward Jackson aud Caleb Richardson,
who came in 1831, settled on Big Eagle, followed soon after
by William and John Parr. Alfred Srite, William Lane and
Lewis Harris settled in the south part of the township in
1833. In the spring of 1834 came Mr. Turpin, John Burns,
Milton Hickson. Settled in 1835, Joseph McCoy, John
Kuno. A little later came the Stephensons. Jacob Johns,
followed by Samuel Evans, Jesse Baker, Joseph Kimbal,
Robert McNulty, John Wright, John Beard, John King,
Samuel Moore, John Moore, John Wright, James Moore,
Smith Castor, Robert Bell, Richard Cornell, Samuel Meyers.
Perhaps the first school taught in Marion was in the winter
of 1833. In the year 1836 a log school house was built near
Big Springs, and from that time until this the school matters
have moved along, steadily progressing, until now beautiful
and well arranged houses dot the township, happy, well clad
children flocking to school in every direction, with books,
slates and other necessary school outfit. In 1833 a few strag-

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ling urchins might have been seen trudging through the snow
to the little log house in the woods, a goose quill and a spelling
book — a complete supply of the then needed equipment.
Marion has made similar progress in other directions as welL
Good roads have taken the place of the blazed paths ; the wild
waters are confined to ditches; the few truck patches have
given way to well cultivated fields that spread out in every
direction. The population of Marion in the year 1870, was 1,786 ; in
1880 it was 2,307. Number of voters in 1886 was 726 ; num
ber of school children in 1885 was 899; number ot school
houses thirteen. The following have served as Trustees:
Richard Cornell, P. E. McNeal, James A. Richardson, Joseph
N. Sample, J. A. J. Sims, Robert Bell, William Bell, W. F.
Cobb and Josiah Stevenson, now acting, elected April, 1886.
PERRY TOWNSHIP.
This is the smallest township in the county. It contains
less than twenty sections, being a little deficient at the north
west corner to make it full twenty sections. It is bounded on
the west by Harrison Township, on the south by Hendricks
County, on the east by Eagle and Worth Townships, and on
the north by Center Township. The principal water course
is White Lick; flowing south it enters Hendricks County, leav
ing Perry in section eleven. Fayette is located on this stream,
and is the only town in the township. Here is the voting
place as well as the center of trade. A separate account will
be given under the head of "Sketch of Fayette." This town
ship was settled as early as 1830. Among the early settlers
were Edmund Shirly, Jesse Turner, Alexander Fortner, Aaron
Smith, Jno. K. Edwards and his father, the Doyles, Eli
Smith and his father, the Slaigles, the Smiths, (. e. D. W.
and B. H. Smith and their father, the Glendenings, Peter
Keney, the Sullivans, the Dickersons, the Chamberses, G. W.

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Lumkins, Daniel Leap, Thos. Leap, E. Wollen and K.
Thornly. Mrs. Thornly, the oldest woman in the county, is
yet living; she is ninety-one vears old. These settlers were
soon joined by the Wilsons, Elijah S. Williams, Thos. Jack
son, the Penningtons and J<is. Belt. It is said that a Mr.
Schenck taught the first subscription school in Perry Town
ship in the year 1836. The Baptists held the first religious
meeting's in private houses. A few vears later a society was
formed known as " Mt. Tabor." A house was built by that
society, and now it is known far and -^vide as Old IMt. Tabor.
(See a sketch of it in another place under the head of "Sketch
of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church.") Among the ministers here
were Isaac Leap, Peter Keney, and the elder Edwards.
Shepherdsville, in the eastern part of the township, is a small
place. Mr. Glendenen is the proprietor of the store here.
There is a postoffice also, which is a great convenience to the
people in this part of Perry. The soil is generally good aud
is in a high state of cultiv^ation. Ditching is going on in
every direction. Man\' tasty residenlBes are springing up.
The roads are also improving. One of the oldest roads in the
county passes through Perry Township, known as the Indian
apolis and Lafayette State Road. It is now and has been for
sixty years a highway very much traveled. The population
of Perry Township in 1870 was 1,209; in 1880 it was 1,240.
The number of voters in 1886 was 257. The number of
school children in 1884 was 402. There are eight school
houses in the township ; two are of brick and six frame. This
is up to the year 1886. The following have served as Tru.s-
tees: J. B. Howard, Edward Woolen, John W. Doyle, Isaac
Leap, William Schenck, Eli Smith, Peter Keney, John K.
Eldwards, Preston Smith, A. J. Smith and Thomas Jackson,
elected April, 1886.

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SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Sugar Creek Township occupies the northeast corner ot
the county. It is six miles from east to west, and five and
one-half miles from north to south. It contains thirty-three
sections, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Clinton
County, on the east by Washington Township, on the south
by Jefferson Township, and on the west by Montgomery County.
It is drained principally by Sugar Creek, which enters the
township from Washington Township at section twenty-five.
Flowing west it leaves the township at section thirty-one, and
enters Montgomery County. About one-half of the township
lies on each side of the creek. • The Indianapolis, Cincinnati
<fe Lafayette Railroad passes through the township, entering
at the southeast corner. It passes through Thorntown and
leaves the township near where sections sixteen and seventeen
unite. Wolf Creek flows northwest and enters Sugar Creek
near the center of the township. Prairie Creek enters Sugar
Creek at a short distance northeast of Thorntown. Morri
son's Creek flows from the northeast and enters Sugar
Creek at section thirty, on the west side of the town
ship. Some of the finest land to be found anywhere can be
seen here. That part known far and wide as "Sugar Plain"
is the garden spot of the township and perhaps county. The
tt)wnship is number one as a rule, and coupled with this we
find it is highly cultivated, has excellent buildings, commod
ious barns and other evidences of thrift and prosperity. Orig
inally there was some of the finest timber here, such as walnut,
poplar, oak and ash. A few remaining trees and stumps tell
what it must have been iu its former state. Thorntown,
the only town in the township, located on Sugar Creek, is a
town of some note. In another place we Mill say more about
it under the head of "Sketch of Thorntown." The township
up to the year 1828 was in the Indian Reserve, a strip of laud
ton miles square, occupied and owned by a tribe of Miami

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Indians. They remained until the year 1833 or '34. Here
may yet be seen some of their burying grounds. Thorntown
was at one time the headquarters for French traders as early
as the year 1800. They kept up a trade with the Indians and
early trappers. At one time near Thorntown the Indians
raised corn. Some of the people living there now remember
seeing the hills where the corn grew, as well as other evidences
of cultivation. Sugar Creek Township is historic ground.
Here the Indian wooed his dusky mate, danced the war dance,
sung the songs of the hunter, smoked the pipe of peace and
buried their dead in a sitting position. Those who were actors
then have long since gone to the happy hunting grounds.
After the Government came into possession of the Reserve the
land was offered for sale at Crawfordsville in November, 1829.
Among the early purchasers were Cornelius AYestfall, William
Kenworthy, Samuel Lucas, paying from $1.25 to $4.00 per
acre for it. The first settler was Geo. Harness, with the small
family of wife and twelve children. This must have been in
the year 1830. Mr. Harness seems to have had a hard time.
After he and his wife had worked in harness in more ways
than one he finally lost his land. He lived to the age of 108
years, dying in 1876 on the Michigan Road in Clinton County,
Indiana. This township was organized in 1831. The first
election was held at the house of William Kenworthy, April,
1832, when Benjamin Sweeney and Jas. Van Eaton were
elected Justices of the Peace, and Green Foster and David
Laudrum, Constables. About this time quite a number of
families came ; among them were Joshua Burnham, Jas. Scott,
Joshua and Jas. Van Eaton, John Skeen, Wm. Gypson, Isaac
Gypson (now living). Later came Samuel Brenton, Hugh
Moffitt, Jeremiah Moffitt, Mr. Benson, Mr. Baker, Mr. Blue,
Wm. Childers, John Miller, Adrian Ball, Isaac Corbet, Benj.
Lewis, John Furgeson, Abraham Utter, Wm. Turner, Nathan
Maroney, Wra. Payne, Robert Cook, Robert Morrison, Thos.
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Auden, Asa Fall, J. S. McConnell, Samuel Van Eaton, Elish
Riley, Geo. Osburn and Oliver Craven.
The first mill was built by John G. Pierce, on Prairie
Creek, in the spring of 1833. This was a saw mill. Silas
Kenworthy built the first grist mill on Sugar Creek. Bonham
Kester built the first carding mill in 1837. The first steam
flouring mill was built in 1856 by David Binford and Henry
Wetheral, just south of Thorntown. The fir.st white child
was born at the house of Green Forster in 1831. The first
death was Jemima Harness, October, 1829. The second death
was Mary A. Westfall. She was the first person buried in
the old cemetery north of Thorntown. The first marriage was
that of John Pauly aud Emily Sweeney, in July, 1832. The
first religious meeting was held at the house of Cornelius
Westfall, by Claybourn Young. The first church organiza
tion in the township was in 1832; Stephen Ball was the
preacher. Soon after the Presbyterians organized with Clay
burn as minister. This was iu 18 i3. A fe\^ years later the
•Quakers built a log house that served them several years, when
they built their present commodious house on the site of the
old one west of Thorutown. The Christians, in 1842, organ
ized a society, and first held meetings in private houses, as all
other organizations did. The Missionary Baptist was the last
to form a society. This they did a few years later. All now
have houses to worship in in different parts of the county.
The first tan-yard was started by Zachariah Gipson, in the
summer of 1832. The first merchant was A. H. Baldridge.
Isaac Morgan kept the first tavern. The first tailor was
Robert Hamil. The first car])enter was John Alexander the
first blacksmith Moses McClure and the first shoemaker
Thomas Young. The first hatter was Samuel Daily. The
first wagonmaker was George McLaughlin. The first pot
ter, Oliver Craven, now living iu Thorntown. The first
saddler was Mark A. Micham and the first doctor was Mr.
Farmer, followed by Drs. Amons, Davis, Ephraim Rudasill
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afterwards County Treasurer. He died in Ohio in 1864. The
first attorney was Rufus A. Lockwood, followed by Jacob
Angle, and John S. Davis. The first postoffice was opened at
the house of Wm. Kenworthy, east of Thorntown, in 1832.
Robert Hamil was the first postmaster proper in Thorntown.
The first school teacher in Thorntown was Jefferson Hillis.
INIrs. Polly Gipson has been the longest resident in the place.
She is the daughter of James Ssott, who came in 1829. Oliver
•Craven has served as Justice of the Peace over forty years.
The population of the county in 1870 was 3,138. In 1880 it
was 3,015. There are ten school houses, nine of which are
brick and one frame. The number of .school children in 1884
was 535. Number of voters in 1886 was 713. Value of
school property S12,(J0O. The following have served as Trus
tees : N. W. Weakley, William Kirln-, J. T. McCorkle, M. E.
^IcCorkle, .Joseph Cones, G. W. Cones, Robert Reese, I. N.
Wilson, A. C. Clark and J. M. Wilson, elected April, 1886.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
This township is bounded on the north by Marion Town
ship, on the east by Hamilton County, on the south by Eagle
Township and on the west by Center and Worth Townships.
It contains twenty -five sections. The surface along Big Eagle
and Mount's Run is somewhat broken, but is well adapted for
grazing jiurposes. Big Eagle flows through the township from
north to south, crossing the ^Michigan Road one mile south of
Rosston and one-half mile north of Northfield in section
three. Mount's Run flows through the township, entering
Eagle Creek at the south part of section ten. Finley Creek
comes in from the northeast and enters Eagle a short distance
southwest of Northfield. Jackson's Run also enters the town
ship. The Michigan Road passes through the entire town
ship, entering at the south in section fourteen, running a little
to the west of north and leaving in section twenty-eight, where
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32 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
drained of all the townships in the county, excepting Eagle,
The settlement of Union dates back as far as 1826, when the
following pioneers entered the wilderness: Jesse Lane, Ed
ward Lane, John Lane, Samuel Lane, Benj. Cruse, Henry
Koontz, John L. Koontz, Jacob Johns, Geo. Walker, Riley
B. Hogshire, George Shirts, John Davis, Jas. Richardson and
the Sedgwicks. Soon after came Henry Nichols, Jacob Tip
ton, Jacob Jones, James and Wm. Ross, the Dooleys, Shoe
makers, Washington Hutton, John Dulin, the Stephensons,
Peterses, Alexanders, Wesley Smith, Kincaids, Wm. O. Carey,
Vances, Andrew Harvey, John Pitman, James Alexander,
Abraham Newcomer, the Giffords, Hicksons, Henry M. Mar
vin, John Murphy, Jas. Dje, Wysongs, John A. Dulin, Levi
P. Shoemaker, Nelsons, Hollingsworths, Levi King, James
Berry, Henry Good and Isaac Dye. The first religious meet
ings were held in 1832, at the house of Mr. Sedgwick. They
were conducted by Thos. Brown. The first election was held
in 1834, when John Berry was elected Justice of the Peace.
He was succeeded by Abner Sanborn. The first mill was
built and run by Hiram McQuindy. The Methodists built
the first church. They were soon after followed by the Bap
tists. There are now several good churches, representing
nearly all the denominations. There is a Methodist Church
at Northfield, also a Seventh-Day Adventist Church, erected
and dedicated December, 1886. The Baptists have a brick
church at Mount's Run. There is a cemetery there where are
buried a number of pioneers. Northfield, one of the oldest
villages of the county, is located on the Michigan Road. This
has been the voting place for a number of years. There is a
postoffice also. Among the early physicians were Dr. Mc-
Leod, Dr. J. S. Hardy and Dr. Presly. Jacob Tilton, Hiram
McQuiddy and Chauncey Cole were early merchants. Ross
ton, two miles north, was laid out about the time the Ander
son & St. Louis Railroad was surveyed. It occupies land
owned by the Ross boys. There is quite a little trade here
especially since the railroad was finished from Anderson to

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Lebanon, January 22, 1887. There is a postotfiee here, two
variety stores, and a Masonic Lodge. A switch will soon be
put in, when it will be a shipping point of some importance.
The population of the township in 1870 was 1,057; in 1880
it was 1,092 ; the number of voters, 250 ; the number of school
children in 1886 was 356. There are eight school houses,
three of which are brick and five frame. The Methodists have
a society at Big Spring and a good frame church. This has been
a popular place for meetings for the last forty years, and many
small camp-meetings are held here. The house is located near
the Marion Township line. The line between Marion and Union
Townships divide the village of Big Spring. Union Town
ship has made good progress as a rule in the way of buildings,
roads, schools, ditching, etc. Many of the pioneers are dead.
A few remain while others have moved away. Could some
of them visit the township now what changes would greet them
on every hand. The little cabin in the woods gone, the little
bridle-path turned into a pike, the green woods into well-cul
tivated fields. The pioneers here, as well as in other town
ships, had much to contend with in their new homes, no mills,
no schools and no neighbors. But deprived of them they had
their enjoyments. The people were sociable in the extreme.
Their wants were comparatively few. The Trustees are as
follows: J. F. Stephenson, Geo. Shoemaker, J. M. Koons, H.
M. Marvin, R. G. Nelson, W. H. Dooley, Geo. Norwood, L.
P. Shoemaker, J. M. Reed, Jas. Hubanks, and Geo. Stephen
son, elected November, 1886.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
This township occupies the west center of the north tier of
townships. Sugar Creek passes through frorii east to west.
About one-third of the township lies north and two-thirds
south of the creek. Spring Creek flows from the southeast
part to the northwest, entering Sugar Creek in section thirty,
3

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at the S. Titus farm. Prairie Creek enters the township from
Center at section ten, flows west and leaves the township at
section seven, where it enters Sugar Creek Township. About
one-third of this township was originally embraced in the
"Indian Reserve," which was bought by the Government in
1828. This township contains thirty-five and a half sections,
and nearly all is of the very best land. Here, where well-
cultivated fields are now found, originally stood some of the
finest timber. The Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette
Railroad runs across the southwest corner of the town
ship. Hazelrigg station is named after the late H. G.
Hazelrigg, who formerly owned the land in and about the
station. Mechanicsburg (Reese Mill P. O.) is located in the
eastern part of the township near where Brown's Wonder
unites with Sugar Creek. The first settlers be^an to arrive
here about 1832, -^vhen the township was organized. The fol
lowing are the names of some who came first : The first elec
tion was held at the house of John S. Polk, April, 1832,
when John Slocum and J. S. Polk were elected Justices of the
Peace, sixty votes being cast. John Pauly and Wm. Brown
were elected constables at the same time. Among the first
settlers were John N. Fall, John Wilky, Joshua Allen, Wm.
West, Able Pennington. The above named persons came be
fore the sale of land in 1829. After that time the following
persons came : Joshua Burnham, Benj. Crose, James Scott,
Samuel Reese, John Slocum, Thos. McCaun, Wm. Pauly, Jas.
Turner, Benj. Sweeney, John Morehead, Jacob Skeen, Abram
Buckhalter, Samuel and James Foreman, John Kersey, Benj.
and Stephen Titus, Nathaniel Titus, Samuel Cason and John
Cradlebaugh. Among other settlers are John Higgins, Robt.
Slocum, the Becks, Sleighbecks, Chambers, Thornberrys,
John Graham, the Buntins, Goldsbeys, Bowens, AV. W.
Phillips, Campbells, Nathan Garrett, Richies, Bonam
Htoiit, Jas. P. Mills, Samuel Long and Jos. Hollings
worth. The first grist mill was built by David Ross in 1831,
on Spring Branch, Bonam Stout built the first grist mill at

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Mechanicsburg in 1838. John and Noah Hardesty built the
mill now known as the "Adney " mill ou Sugar Creek in 1840.
Michael and Augustus Chase built the Ben Crose mill. The
first church was a log structure built by the Baptists in 1835,
on the David Ross farm. The first meetings were held at the
house of Wm. Pauly about the year 1830, The first school
was taught by Daniel Ellis. Jas. P, Mills built the first tan-
yard in the township. The township has improved rapidly
during the last few years. A system of drainage has been
built in every direction, and much of the land is in a high
state of cultivation. jMechanicsljurg, the center of quite a
local trade, was laid out in 1835 by Jas. Snow. Hazelrigg
Station is also a very good town. The Cason graveyard, in
the south part of the township, is one of the oldest burying
places, as well as Bethel. Here many monuments are erected
to the memory of the pioneers. A small cemetery is located
on Brush Creek in the northwest part of the township ; also
one south of Pike's Crossing, Pike's Crossing is five miles
north of Lebanon, at the crossing of the Frankfort and
Lebanon Pike and the Strawtown and Thorntown Road.
There is a postoffice and several nice residences here. The
farms show every evidence of thrift and prosperity. The
population in 1870 was 1,391; in 1880 it was 1,352. Num
ber of voters in 1886 was 349; number of school children iu
1886 was 441. There are ten brick school houses in the town
ship. The following have acted as Trustees: John Higgins,
H. G. Hazelrigg, Robert Slocum, B. F. Lumpkins, J. S, Har
rison, Albert Helm and Robert Herr, elected in April, 1886.
Washington Township is the only one in the county that has
a Township House, that is, a place where the voting is done
and other township meetings held. It is a brick building,
centrally located, on or near the site of the old Bethel Church,
and where there is a cemetery.

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WORTH TOWNSHIP.

The above township contains twenty-one sections. It wa&
created in 1851, out of territory taken from adjoining town
ships. There are no water courses here. The extreme head
waters of Fishback have their source in the south part of
Worth. The Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad
passes through from the southeast to the northwest, dividing
the townships into equal parts. Whitestown, on the railroad
and near the center, is the voting place and the headquarters
for the business transactions of the township. Holmes Station,
founded by John Holmes, was in earlier days quite a business
place. Mr. Holmes built a warehouse about the year 1860r
At one time a large amount of grain was taken in here, but
of late years the business has been discontinued. A separate
account of Whitestown will be found under the head of " Sketch
of Whitestown." Worth is without doubt the levelest town
ship in the county and contains as fine land as can be found in
Indiana. The farmers have tested to perfection the benefit of
drainage, thousands upon thousands of dollars having been
expended. Could the tile that is buried under the ground be
exposed on the surface the ground would be red.
At one time within the memory of the writer Worth Town
ship was a gloomy looking place. In any direction you might
look the vast forest would greet you on one hand and a sea of
water all around running at will. Among the early pioneer*
to attack the forests in this part of the county were the fol
lowing: Beginning in the year 1830 Richard Hull, John and
James McCord and James White. This little band were soon
joined by Thos. Harmon, Adam Kettering, Joseph White and
John Smith. No county can get along without a John Smith,
and he came. The fact is he always comes, and it is curious
that we don't run out of material, but the supply equals the
demand in this as well as other cases. A few years later the
following persons came : Philip Lucus, John Neese, Philip

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Lucas, Solomon Neese, Abraham Hedrick, Moses Neese, John
Iseuhour, Louis and Cicorge Hauser, David Ray, Benjamin
Booher, Samuel Ray, Henry Lucas, George Lucas, Abraham
Nee.-^e, William Staten, Cristopher Bowers, Daniel Buck,
John Peters, the Sanders family, the Laughners, Schoolers,
Utterbacks, Engledoves, Harmons, Otingers, Bohannans and
¦Goods, The first school was taught by Henry Lucas, in
1837. He was for many years identified with his township,
serving as justice and trustee for several years. He was a
good man and a firm friend to his county and township and
«pent the most of his life here. He died recently in the west,
the time and place we are unable to give. Among the early
ministers we find Rev. John Good, Sen., J. A. Rudasill, Rev.
E. S. Henkle, John Good, Jun., and Rev. Livengood. The
number of voters in 1886 was 342 ; number of school children,
533; number of school houses, 8. The growth of Worth has
been marvelous. The population in 1870 was 1,342; in 1880
it was 1,425. The school houses are all of brick. The fol
lowing have served as trustees: Henry Lucas, Jos. Westner,
Geo. Hauser, Geo. Hedrick, John Schooler, and Samuel N.
Good, elected in April, 1886.
THE CITY OF LEBANON.
In pursuance to an act of the Legislature of 1830, this
county was organized, and in conformity to the same act, the
Governor of the State was authorized to appoint five commission
ers, whose duty it was to locate the county seat of this county.
Three of these five commissioners for this purpose met near
the center of the county about the 1st of May, 1 831. It was
their duty, according to the law, to locate the site for the county
seat within two miles of the center of the county. After pros
pecting various sites near the center of the county, they finally
came on to the tract of land where Lebanon is now located.
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it appears that Colonel Drake was also interested. Here then
stood a tall, dense forest of large trees, among which the small
growth of underbrush and saplings were so dense as to obstruct
the passage of man or beast. After two or three days of toil
in looking for a location for the county seat, the commis
sioners stopped on the rise of ground where the court-house
now stands, though this particular spot was then surrounded
by willow ponds, and outside of these ponds the trees were
a hundred feet in height. Here the commissioners were
reposing. Meantime quite a crowd of unkempt Hoosiers had
a.ssembled to see the commissoners and find the location of the
new county seat in the deep, wild woods. The Commissioners
had made their decision that here was the county seat; they
drove a large stake where the court-hou.se now stands. That
stake was all that was then done in the construction of the
city of Lebanon. Then there was not a human being resident
in Lebanon — no, not even an Indian wigwam nor a log hut.
It was in its native glory; but the name — it was yet without
a name. The commissioners had failed as yet to give it a
name ; they could not agree. Mr. A. M. French, the youngest
of the commissioners, lay near by, quietly sleeping, uncon
cerned what the name might be. He was aroused aud told that
the others, having failed in agreeing on a name for the county
seat of the State of Boone, had deferred the name solely to
him. He gazed up at the tall trees around him, and the
thought of the tall cedars of Lebanon in sacred histor}' — he
thought of the river Jordan — here were the tall trees, a little
way off was Prairie Creek ; thus the name was evolved in his
mind — he shouted " Lebanon." The name was fixed. Leb
anon it has henceforth been.
In the year 1832 Abner H. Longley, the first settler, located
in Lebanon, and erected a one-room log cabin on lot No. 1,
block No. 16, where the marble front building now stands.
In the summer time, in front of his round-log cabin, he set
posts in the ground, and of the green leafy boughs of the trees
he constructed a portico, such only as it was. Such was Leb-

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anon's beginning. Then railroads, gravel roads, telegraphs,
telephones, gas, and coal " ile " were uneivilized and unthought-
of institutions. Then cities were not built by electricity nor
g;is; in most instances their growth was slow. To clear away
the great forest which stood where Ijebanon now "booms"
was no easy task. To drain the willow ponds, then within
the limits of the present city, was no small job of work ; yet
Lebanon did grow — or rather, it has evolved, or been made
til evolve. The wonder is, considering its adverse environ
ments, that it has accomplished as much as it has; but it was
the county seat, and it had to become something. The county
could not exist without the county .seat. It was the capitol of
the "State of Boone," and grow it must, otherwise it might
have become a "distressed" farm, with drain tile privileges.
In 1840, when the writer first visited Lebanon, the city
consisted of a few frame buildings, then mostly surrounding
the public square. In a wet time the streets were, in many
p'aces, impassable. The sidewalks around the square were
made by blocks of wood sawed off and set upon end, and upon
these blocks planks were laid lengthwise of the walk, and in a
time of high water these became afloat, and passing afoot was
not desirable ; neither were swimming privileges very good —
the pedestrian could often float. The walls of the first brick
court-house were up in 1840, but the house then was not fin-
ishe<i. It stood where the court-house now stands, the new
house being erected in 1856. To "outside barbarians" Leba
non, even iu 1856, had no great promise of being anything
more than a dull, unattractive town. The first railway (i. e.
the iron one) was completed through the city in 1852. This,
for the city and count}', was a hopeful institution, for, in places,
it was above high tide. In growth Lebanon never has had
any .sensational " boom,'' though it has what might be 'called
a good and convenient court-house, also an excellent jail, sev
eral convenient and substantial church edifices, and an excel
lent opera building, besides the usual number of good business
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tasteful mansions, while the greater number of dwellings are
common to very humble. It also has two flouring mills —
one of these extra in finish and machinery. It has two lum
ber dressing and planing factories, one plow-handle factory,
two common school buildings, and another one to be erected
in 1887. Many of the streets are either macadamized or
graveled. The sideways of the streets are average good. The
population now is estimated at 4,000; and, in brief, it is
now a business center for the whole county, and does as much
trade and business as any city of its size in the state. This
fact is fairly conceded by strangers, as well as our own citizens.
It never has been much involved in debt and is mainly clear
from debt at this time. Hence its people may well commend
it as a city of promising and prospective growth and prosper
ity, while its prospect is only to have a healthful and steady
growth ; and while it boasts no ancient cedars, nor a rapid
Jordan, it can fairly boast of being surrounded by and occu
pying the center of one of the most desirable counties of soil
for agricultural purposes in the state. Such is Lebanon and
its environments.
The Midland Railroad was finished to Lebauon in Janu
ary, 1887. Among the early citizens of Lebanon were, A. H.
Longley, John Patterson, William Smith, David Hoover.
James Ricley was the first tailor, A. H. Sheppard the second.
Joseph Hocker was the first attorne\'. Soon after Jacob Angle
came; he was the second attornej^, and Stephen Neal the third.
The early physicians were, McConnaha, ^lo Workman, W. N.
Simpkins, -John J, Nesbitt, and soon after, Dr, A. J. Porter.
The first merchants were, William Zion, John Forsyth, The
fir.st tavern keepers, John Patterson, William Smith, A. H.
Sheppard. Mr, Olive made hats in an early day.
Stephen Neal.
Mr. Neal has said so much about Lebanon, aud said it so
well, that we have little to add. Every citizen of the county
must be justly proud of the county seat. It no\y ranks among
the average county seats in the state, and is rapidly advancino-

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in every way. At this writing (1887) preparations are being
made to bore for natural gas, and perhaps before this is in
print the flames from a well may light up the city. In
December, 1886. the city was first lit by manufactured gas,
and it is one of the many improvements made recently.
The town w.as incorporated in 1853, by an act of the Leg
islature the winter previous ; but, as time advanced, its clothes
got too short for it, and in 1875 it was incorporated as a city,
with the following officers serving as mayors, for it was first
organized up to 1886: Samuel L. Hamilton, T. W. Lockhart,
W. C. Gerrard, J. L. Pierce, J. C. Laughlin, J. M. Kelsy.
The following have served as clerks : W. A. Zion, Charles E.
Willson, C. Copeland, C. P. Kern, W. O. Darnall. Treasur
ers: W.'H. Richey, J. M. Conyears. Marshals: Jesse Per
kins, J. W. Herrod, O. C. Witt, W. A. Mellett, F. Laugher.
Assessors : Lysander Darnall, H. A. Shultz. The following
have served as Councilmen : From the first ward, from 1875
to 1886— A. O. Miller, A. C. Daily, Jesse Perkins, J. L. Hall,
L. S. Lakin, H. C. Brush, Charles Daily, Jesse Neff, A. J:
Sanders, F. M. Kersy, J. P. McCorckle. From the second
ward — J. R. Ailsworth, James Males, F. M. Busby, Elias W.
Brown, J. W. Garner, Granville Hutchings, James Combs,
James Weed, Peter Cox, Patrick Ryan, H. C. Ulin, Jasper J.
Cory, D. A, Rice. From the third ward — Sol. Witt, Jasper
Kelsy, John L. Crane, M. C. Kleiser, J. A. Alexander,
Wes. Lane, C. N. Kellogg, William L. Higgins, W. T. Hoo-
ten, Jacob Byerly, J. A. Brown.
THORNTOWN.
No one could write up the early events of the county and
forget the above town, for it is located on historic ground.
Not only was it here that the finst settlement took place by
the whites, but it was the early home and scenes of the red
man and the French trader and trappers for perhaps near one
hundred years. Here the Indian built his hut; here the

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braves wooed their dusky mates, and the war dance and songs
were indulged in for years before the whites came to make a
settlement. Reader, let us go back sixty years. What do
we find — here and there a cabin or a vacated wigwam, left by
the retreating Indians. About this time a few hardy pioneers
settled on Sugar Creek, where the now thriving town stands.
Slowly but surely it has advanced — fir.st the cabin, then the
hewed log house, then the frame and finally the brick mansion
has come to take the place of those rude .structures. It has
taken time to bring about these changes. Many have fallen by
the way. But few if any now remain who were actors in the
first settlement of Thorntown. When the railroad was com
pleted here it was the signal for general improvement, and its
future became a fixed fact. Up to that time it was the best
trading point in the county, outrivaling the county seat.
Beautifully located on Sugar Creek, on one of the best sites in
the state, amidst one of the finest countries in the state, it
could not be less than a good town. With its natural advan
tages it at once and all the time takes rank among the towns
of the great State of Indiana. Thorntown is known far and
wide as one of the healthiest places, as well as the most desira
ble to live in, to be found anywhere. From its few cabins of
1829, it has grown to be a little city of 1,500 inhabitants —
industrious, intelligent, thorough-going citizens. The people
are justly proud of their place, with its bright past; its future
is no less prosperous. At this writing, February, 188 7, prepara
tions are being made to dig for natural gas, which is now agitat
ing the people in our state, Thorntown was the first in our
county to move in this direction. Let us hope her most sanguine
expectations may be more than realized, and that light may
soon come to them. Following will be found a letter to the
Lebanon Patriot, written December, 1886, which will give
some very interesting facts in regard to Thorntown and
vicinity, which will account for this seeming short article.
" This thriving little city is the oldest in Boone County. In
the year 1827 a settlement was commenced in this vicinity

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 43
and in 1831 the town was surveyed and platted by one C'or-
nelius Westfall. As far back as 1719 there was an established
French and Indian trading post at this point. From the year
1840 to 1875 there was not a licensed liquor establishment in
the place, and spirits could only be had at the drug stores.
"The first church (Presbytprian) was organized in 1831,
with Clayborn Young as its minister. The first Sabbath-
.-ehool was organized in 1834. Rufus A, Lockwood, of whom
the Indianapolis Xew>; recently gave an interesting sketch,
was the first attorney at law in the town. Relatives of this
once famous aud eccentric lawyer are still living here. The
first school liouse was built in 1834, and Mas undoubtedly the
first school house in the county. To-day Thorntown has one
of the finest and best arranged schools in the state, with 375
pupils. Piof. Linnius Baldwin, of Hamilton County, is the
present principal, with the following corps of efficient teachers :
H. C. Heal, Nelson Hetherington, Frank Moore, Mrs. Mary
Gaddis, Miss Kate Beck, Miss Stella Horner and Miss Mattie
Matthews. As above stated, the first church organized was
the Presbyterian. This church has a membership of about
200, with Rev. Samuel Sawyer as its minister. The Metliod-
i~t Episcopal Church has a membership of about 375. Its
pastor is Rev. Isaac Dale, of La Porte. The Baptist Church
has nearly 100 members at present. This church has no regu
lar minister. The ChrLstiau Church has a membership of
aoout 70. It also has no regular pastor. The secret societies
are also well represented : Thorntown Lodge No. 113, F. & A.
.M., was organized in 1852, and to-day has a membership of 85.
Osceola Lodge No. 173, I. O. O. F., was organized in 1856
and at present has a membership of 85. This order has a
beautiful hall, which it erected in the year 1873, at a cost of
§5,000. Moriah Encampment No. 83 has 60 members. Eden
Lodge No. 149, Degree of Rebecca, has 50 members. Less
than two years ago, through the efforts of a few of our young
men, a Knights of Pythias Lodge was instituted here, with a
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phenomenal. To-day they have over 100 members, nearly all
young men. This order has suffered a loss of one member
(Mr. Frank Morton) since its organization. They have a neat
and comfortable hall, recently fitted up, and are in an exceed
ingly prosperous condition. The P. E. Q,. Fraternity, com
posed entirely of ladies, was organized in 1885. Nothing can
be learned regarding this society, as the members will not even
give the meaning of the mystic letters representing their
order. The Grand Army of the Republic also have a neat
hall and have about 50 members. The Knights of Labor
have an organization here, but we fail to get any particulars
regarding their order.
" The first merchant in Thorntown was C. H. Baldridge,
who opened up a small merchandise store in the year 1832.
Of our present business interest we may mention the following :
Dry goods merchants — A. Mossier, Stutesman & Son, James
L. Sailors and Harris & Gamso. Grocers — Wm. Curry, W.
Matthews & Co., Charles Johnson, A. S. Stall, J. T. McKim,
 Dunbar, Barker & Barker, Daniel Hutchings and Mrs.
Thomas Maiden. Hardware and agricultural implements —
C. B. Rous & Co., W. S. Hall and John V. Young & Son.
Druggists — W. C. Burk, James Hanna, T. E. Bradshaw and
Geo.Coulson. Watchmakers and jewelers — Chas. E. Wasson,
Robert A. Stall and Sam Sohl. Boots and shoes — Hanna
Brothers, Charles Snyder and H. W. Henderson. Millinery —
Mrs. Allie Shilling and M. A. ct L. E. Cheeks. Bankers-
John Niven & Co. Our physicians are A. Dunnington, Wm.
F. Curryer, M. H. Rose, S. W. Hawke, J. A. Utter, D. B.
Davis and E. L. Brown. The legal profession is ablv repre
sented by the following gentlemen : P. H. Dutch, Samuel M.
Burk and Abner V. Austin. Solomon Sharp, L. B. Moore
and M. M. McDowell are the gentlemen who deal out justice
to suit the occasion. Our meat markets are operated by Dan
B. Buser, Charles Buser and Albert Jaques. Witt & Kleiser
are proprietors of the steam roller flouring mills. The steam
.sawmills are owned by Moses Hardin. Photographers — M.

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A. Keeler and Fred Hoffman. N. W. Weakly has for twenty-
five year.'', and is still, managing the interests of the " Big
Four" at this place. Our etirporation affairs are managed by
the following gentlemen : City Board, A. C. Clark, M. C.
Moore and A. S. Stahl ; Clerk, T. E. Bradshaw ; Treasurer,
James Hanna; Marshal, Green MeDaniel ; Township Trustee,
Isaac Wilson. In conclusion we will say that we have a
beautiful little city and by far the prettiest girls of any town
in the state." We must not forget the Argus, so long and ably
published by F. B. Rose. It speaks for itself every week, aud
is hailed with delight every issue, by its hundreds of readers.
It is one of the fixed institutions of the lively little city of
Thorntown. Long may it live.
JAMESTOWN.
No town in. Boone County is situated in a more beautiful
country than the above, located near the south line of Jackson
Township, also the county line adjoining Hendricks County,
on the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad, also on the
State Road leading from Indianapolis to Crawfordsville, on the
west bank of Eel River. It is about twelve miles southwest of
Lebanon. Jamestown has an interesting history, for it was
here one of the first settlements was made, away back at least
to 1826 or 1827. The town was perhaps laid out in 1832, by
James Mattock and John Gibson, two worthy pioneers. It was
Mr, Gibson who first built his rude cabin here in 1829. From
that time to this Jamestown has survived, and is now one of
the principal trading points in the county, commanding a large
trade from the adjoining counties of Hendricks and Montgom
ery. From this little humble cabin in the woods Jamestown
has grown to a thriving town of fifteen hundred inhabitants.
On the completion of the railroad here the town began to
grow rapidly ; many substantial buildings have been erected ;
a good M. E. Church of brick, which is a credit to the people
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¦Christian Church here, also of brick, well located and of good
size. Martin's mill is one of the fixed institutions of the place.
We must not forget the school building, one of the finest as
well as best the located in county or state. There is no
better evidence of a people's industry and thrift than a good
school house. The Trotter's Grove adjoining the town on
the northeast is one of the loveliest to be found any
where. Nature has lavished her gifts on this beautiful grove,
where annual gatherings are held. Good stores and many
tasteful residences adorn the town, which speak out iu tones
not to be misunderstood by those visiting this ancient town.
Following will be found a sketch written for the Pioneer De
cember 18, 1886, which will be read with interest.
We must not forget the Jamestown Tribune, edited by the
old veteran, George Snyder, who so long and well has man
aged it. It is well gotten up, issued weekly, and its appear
ance every Thursday is hailed with delight. Long may this
good old man live to edit the Tribune. The Jamestown band
is a credit to the town. Its members are a wide-awake set of
young men, and the notes of their band are always received
well by the people hereabouts.
"The town of Jamestown was laid out about the year 1832,
by James Mallock and John Gibson — John Gibson was the
father of G. W. Gibson, one of the present business citizens.
The first store was opened by Samuel Hughes on the north
side of Main street. John Galvin, some few years afler, sold
goods on the corner novv occupied by J. H. Camplin & Sou.
This place being located on the State Road was a town of great
importance during the day of stages. Having several hotels
and livery stables it was made a central point, and consequently
the changes of coach horses. It is now situated on the Indiana,
Bloomington & AVestern Railroad, twenty-seven miles west of
Indianapolis, this being built about 1870. Has improved
considerable since that time, reaching a population of nearly
1,100, but has labored under several difficulties and misfor
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which originated in a saloon, burning nearly all the principal
business rooms and a large hotel, leaving the town in a rather
critical condition, but by some few determined citizens it was
mostly rebuilt; on the morning of November 10, 1880, another
fire started in the wareroom of a drug store on South Main street
and burned seven of the best business rooms, and September
11, 1883, another one, burning seven large rooms. Since then
seven have been erected. No doubt in a year or so all the
vacant lots will have as good or better rooms and be in a more
prosperous condition than heretofore. But labor under all these
fires has somewhat kept up the necessary buildings for
business occupancy.
The town is surrounded by as good country and as in
telligent, industrious farmers as could be asked, and with all
this and our energetic citizens there is no reason why it shall
not rise to as good a point as any in the county. The place at
one time had a very hard name, about the time of the building
of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad, one or two
men being murdered by the gang who worked on the road ;
also at that time there were several places of disreputable char
acter, several saloons, which most certainly was the cause.
But now we have as quiet and peacable a town as is any
where to.be found. Still the bad name hangs over us, by
parties who are not visitors here. We have two churches —
Christian Church, under the pastoral charge of Elder Pritch-
ard, and M. E. Church, under the pastoral charge of Rev. E.
W. Lawhon.
The high school, which building was erected in 1873, is
most certainly in a prosperous condition under the principal-
ship of Prof. P. V. Voris ; the faculty are as follows : Academic
department. Prof Voris ; Preparatory, Prof. Storm ; Interme
diate, Miss Effie Gibson ; Primary, Mrs. Belle Emmons. Our
oldest settlers are G. W. Gibson, who has been a citizen for
fifty-eight years, and Dr. G. L. Burk, who has been here for
forty-six years. The gentlemen who look after the physical
welfare of our citizens are Dr. G. L. Burk, A. M. Finch, S. J.

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Banta, W. 8. Heady, G. M. Van Arsdell and F. M. Austin.
The legal fraternity is ably represented by W. J. Darnall and
D. C. Brackney. We have four secret societies. I. O. O. F.,
No. 222, founded June 20, 1861, with a membership of nearly
one hundred ; F. A. M., with a good membership and in pros
perous condition ; G. A. R., No. 162, with a membership of
seventy-five ; and Knights of Labor.
The amount of business done in Jamestown is exceedingly
large. Emmons & Richmond are doing a large business,
working about fifteen hands at their sawmill and from five to
ten teams hauling logs ; have the last year shipped fifteen car.«
of walnut lumber, and for contract on railroad works bills
averaged at least five cars a week. During the autumn months
tjiey sawed about 75,000 feet of quartering out, which is used
as finishing lumber. This is done only by mills which stand
as first-class. This firm deserves great praise for their energy
and employment of so many laborers, which has been an aid to
many families. In the mercantile department are J. H. Camp
lin & Son, John H. Cline, W. T. Free, C. K. Slonnegar,
W. H. Orear & Co., Thomas B. Williamson, J. H. Steele,
Thomas Porter, J. T. Burhop, ,S. B. Summerville and G.
W. McKeehan. The Eel River Mills are running night
and day in order to keep up with orders for flour and
feed. This mill is managed by Wesley Martin & Sons,
Mr. Martin, Senior, was our miller in an early day, re
moving from this county to Minnesota, and returning only a
short time since. Crose & Hendricks are our liverymen. John
Huber has been running a restaurant here for the last twenty
years. Peter Smith operates a tile factory. Besides supply
ing the home market with his products he has shipped several
car loads to Illinois during the past summer. Our wagon
factory is conducted by Richard Miller, who also does carriage
painting and ironing."

SAMUEL EODEFER.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 49

ZIONSVILLE.

This is comparatively a new place, dating back only to
1852, on the completion of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati ct
Lafayette Railroad. It was laid out on the land of the late
Elijah Cross, just below and \vest of where Big and Little
Eagle Creeks unite. It was named after the late William
Zion, of Lebanon. It is fourteen miles from Indianapolis
and about the same distance from Lebanon, and one mile from
the south line of Boone County, on the Indianapolis, Cincin
nati & Lafayette Railroad. Among the first merchants were
John Vaughn, John Smith, Daugherty & Nichols, B. M.
Gregory; followed soon after by William Yob, Smith ct
White, W. H. Neuhouse, B. F. Coldwolader, B. W. Harden,
shoe dealer; J. M. Bradly, drugs; C. H. Tingle and J. M.
Biggers, groceries; Croplen & Mills, undertakers; "SI. S.
Anderson, wagon maker; Perrell & Perrell, drugs; attorneys
— Jesse Smith, H. D. Sterrett, M. M. Riggins, John A. Pock
and C N. Beamer (the last two now practicing) ; physicians —
Drs. S W. Rodman, Samuel Hardy, Jones, N. Crosby, M. S.
Anderson, Jeremiah Larimore, F. Long, G. W. Duzan, H. T.
Cotton ; shoemakers — (have been) A.W. Larimore, H. Daven
port, John Tull, B. W. Harden, John Martz ; dentist — J. O.
Hurst. The first hotel was kept by John Miller. John
Holmes built an extensive grist-mill here in 1854; it was
afterwards converted into a distillery, and operated as such a
short time, when it went down. Among the postmasters
have been S. W. Rodman, P. Anderson, Mary May, William
Thompson, James W. Blake, W. F. Morgan, G. F. Essex,
William McGuire, R. Beard. Monument dealer — Frank
Alford ; harness makers — A.W.Hopkins, William Harden ;
bankers — P. Anderson, S. H. Hardy, Mark Simpson, 
Alford. The old Dye mill was built here at an early day, but
is now no more. M. S. Davenport operated a tan-yard here

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soon after the town was started. An excellent school house
was built here about the year 1860; it is one of the finest in
the county, pleasantly located on the hill west, overlooking
the town. Zionsville contains many handsome residences and
business houses, and is the center of a good country, conse
quently has a fine trade in all the various dejDartments. The
Zionsville Times, now published by Col. Gait, is one of the
best papers in the county, recently enlarged to an eight-page
paper, wide-awake in its make up, has a good circulation and
is ably edited. Zionsvilleis the home of Mrs. Polly Cross,
the first bride in Boone County, in 1834. To the writer
Zionsville and vicinity has a peculiar interest. There he learned
to swim and fish in the classic waters of Eagle ; first went to
mill and learned to wait his "turn ;" and, more than all, there
is an interest attached around the beautiful little cemetery, just
south. Here my parents, two sisters and a brother "quietly
sleep, their toils forever done."
Zionsville is also the home of B. M, Gregory, Manson
Head,. Joseph B. Pitzer, Martin Conrad, Dr. W. D. Starkey,
Dr. H. T. Cotton, M. S. Davenport, Nathaniel Swaim and
Dr. G. W. Duzan, all more or less public men and well known
throughout the county.
Following will be found a sketch of Zionsville, written for
the Patriot, of Lebanon, dated December 18, 1886, which will
doubtless be read with interest by the people of Boone County :
"Zionsville ranks third in the county as to population and
commercial enterprise, and is situated in the southeastern cor
ner of the county, one and a half miles from the ^Nlariou County
line and one mile from the Hamilton County line. The orig
inal plat of the town was laid out in the year 1852 by William
Zion and Elijah Cross, and consisted in nine blocks containing
eighty-one lots. The name "Zionsville" was given to the
town in honor of William Zion, who was the principal founder.
The first dwelling house within the original plat was built by
John Miller, on lot number two, block number eight, and was

51
occupied by himself and family as a boarding-house or hotel.
The same building still does service as a dwelling house, but
has been removed to the west end of the same lot, immediately
north, across the street from the Christian Church. The first
store was conducted by Vaughn ct Wiley in a two-story frame
building situated on the same lot where the iSI. S. Anderson
wagon works are now located. From the time these first
buildings were erected the town has steadily increased in en
terprise and population until it has become one among the
be.-t business points in the county and has accumulated a pop
ulation of about eleven hundred persons. There are but few
towns of the size in the state that can boast of better school
buildings and school facilities and none that have naturally a
more beautiful location for school buildings or town either.
There are four churelies in the town, Methodist, Presbyterian,
Christian and Christian Union, all of which support ministers,
and all are as well attended as churches usually are in towns
of this size. There are six secret orders in the town : Odd
Fellows, Masons, Knights of Honor, Secret League, Horse
Thief Detective Association and Grand Army Post. All of
these orders are in flourishing condition both numerically and
financially. The town supports two banks, two cornet bands,
a town hall, with seating capacity of six hundred, one of the
best weekly newspapers published in the state in a town of
the .same size, one large flouring mill, one sawmill, wagon
works, the Blue Grass Dairy farm, owned and managed by J.
M. Bvers, and many other things which can not be mentioned
in deaitl. The town is well supplied with shade-trees, and
the streets and sidewalks are generally in good repair. Take
all in all Zionsville ranks above the average as to its beautiful
location, business enterprise and the social and moral character
of its inhabitants."

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WHITESTOWN.

The above town is situated in Worth Township, on the
Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad, seven miles
southeast of Lebanon and about the same distance northwest
of Zionsville, surrounded by one of the best agricultural dis
tricts in the county. It is the center of a large local trade and
where the township elections are held, and in fact all the elec
tions when held in the county. It has been for years the cen
tral point for Worth Township. Whitestown was laid out in
the year 1851, or about the time the railroad was built. The
first plat was on the land of Abram Nese. The first mer
chant was Harrison Spencer, followed soon after by Henry
Lucus and William Laughner. The first grist mill built here
was by I.saac Dye and Alfred Osburn, which v^as in a few years
burned down ; rebuilt by Henry Lucus. The present mill was
built by J. W. Bowser, who operated it successfully for years
and built up for it a good reputation at home and abroad. He
sold it in October, 1886, to Riley & A^aughn. It has all tlie
new milling facilities for making the best flour in the state.
It is valued at $12,000. Among those doing business in an
early day at Whitestown in the various capacities we might
mention the following merchants : W. J. Givens, Daniel Ech-
man, Ceaser Echman, F. M. jNIoody, Neese ct Keefe, J. T.
Ross, Dr. I. T. Ross, Dr. Starkey, Dr. Larimore, J. S. Hardy,
who is now practicing. Postmasters, Henry Lucus, Dr. Ross.
Henry Walters, S. M. Trout. The present one is J. O. Barb.
Hotel, G. W. H. Roberts. The school house here is an excel
lent one of brick, and fully up to the times in every respect,
as well as the churches and other buildings. The annual
business transactions here amount to thousands of dollars,.
i ncluding the railroad business, which alone is very large.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 53
MECHANICSBURG.
This thriving town, so beautifully located on a high piece
of ground near the junction of Brown's Wonder and Sugar
Creek, was laid out in the year 1835, by James Snow. It is
near the Clinton County line aud also near the line dividing
the townships of Clinton aud Washington, being, however, in
the latter, on the road leading from Lebanon to Frankfort,
about nine miles from the former and seven from the latter.
The town contains many handsome residences, three churches,
school house, etc., and is the center of a fine local trade. This
is the home of Dr. Jesse Reagan, Dr. Walker, Nathau Gar
rett, all well known and valuable citizens. Below will be
found a sketch of Mechanicsburg, written for the Lebanon
Patriot in December, 1886, which will account for this short,
imperfect sketch :
"Mechanicsburg is situated on the banks of Sugar Creek,
midway between Lebanon and Frankfort, and has a popula
tion of about 2()(J. It has been called "The Burg" longer
than the oldest inhabitant can recollect. The place is well
known throughout the country, as its flouring mill, at one
time owned by George Ryan, was patronized by farmers from
far and near, not only of this, but by those of the adjoining
county, Clinton.
"A. R. Garrett has a complete stock of groceries, dry goods,
glass and queensware, boots, shoes and notions. John R.
Beach keeps groceries, dry goods, ready-made clothing, boots,
shoes and notions. E. E. Armstrong deals in drugs, patent
medicines, school books, stationery, paints, oils, cigars, tobacco
and notions. Dr. J. S. Reagan has been practicing medicine
here for thirty years, has accumulated considerable property,
and was elected to the office of county clerk at the last elec-
•tion. Dr. D. R. Walker has been practicing medicine here
about ten years, has nice residence property and a farm one-
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man, a graduate of Rush Medical College, and has been prac
ticing medicine for the past two years in partnership with Dr.
Reagan. Dr. U. built a substantial house the past summer
and has come to stay. The blacksmiths are Frank Moore and
W. H. Brown, both good workmen who have plenty to do the
year round. William Keller is the justice of the peace and
works at shoemaking during odd spells. J. S. Moore has a
wagon shop, keeps the postoffice, and is probably the only
Republican postmaster now in the county. Frank Mills,
familiarly known as "Handle," carries the mail to and from
Lebanon, hauls goods for the merchants and does errands for
everybody. Hart Lodge No. 413, I, O. O. F., is the oulv
secret order in the town. It has a membership of about 24^
owns its hall and seems to be in a fairly good condition. The
religious denominations are the United Brethren in Christ,
Methodist Episcopal, and Christian. The pastor of the United
Brethren Church is Rev. Perry Cooper; of the Methodist
Episcopal, Rev. Jesse Hill ; and of the Christian, Rev. Howe,
of Irvington. All the churches are in good condition."
EAGLE A^LLAGE,
Eagle Village,, one of the oldest towns in Boone County,
was laid out in 1829, It is located on the Michigan Road, in
the southeast part of Eagle Township, about one mile east of
Zionsville, Until 1852, when the Indianapolis, Cincinnati &
Lafayette Railroad was built, the village was a place of some
importance. From the year 1850, when it was at its zenith,
it gradually went down, until now there are but few houses
left. Many of the buildings were removed from there to Zions
ville in 1852, when the latter place was laid out. Among the
early merchants and business men of Eagle Villao-e, most of
whom are now deceased, we find the following : Daniel and
James M. Larimore, Reuben Price, J, F, Daugherty, John
Harden, Addison Nicholas, J. B. Pitzer, John P. Welch Oel
Thayer, T. P. Miller and Fielding Utterback, all of whom

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sold goods from 1835 until 1851. Among the physicians who
practiced here from time to time, were H, G, Larimore, S. W.
Rodman, Jeremiah Larimore, .1. M. Gaston, Nathan Crosby
and Dr, Johnson. H. (t. Larimore died in Fayette County,
Ind., in 1874, aged near ninety years. S. W. Rodman lives
in Washington Territory. J. M. (laston, who did not remain
long in Eagle Village, lives in Indianapolis. Dr. Johnson's
whereabouts are unknown. Jeremiah Larimore died in
Indianapolis about the year 1880. He is buried at Mount's
Run, in this county. Nathan Crosby, quite an old man, lives
in Zionsville. He came from the East to Eagle A illage in
1819. Of the early merchants we give the following: Daniel
Larimore came from Fayette County, Ind., in 183—, was
engaged in business only a few years when he died. He died
in 1839, and is buried at Eagle Village. -J. M., his son, suc
ceeded him, and was engaged in active business until March,
1849, when he died of consumption. Ue was a fine-looking
man, was never married, and is buried hy the side of his
father. He was the first Odd Fellow in Boone County. J.
F. Daugherty came in 1836, and was in business a number of
years. He finally moved to Zionsville, where he sold goods a
number of years. He no\v resides in Indianapolis. John
Harden engaged in business in 1842. He died in Ohio, Feb
ruary, 1877, and is buried at Zionsville, Boone County.
Fielding Utterback was engaged in business several years.
He was elected county sheriff in 1845. He went AA^est and
died there ten or fifteen years ago. Oel Thayer came to Boone
County in 1839; was first a merchant in Clark.stown, then in
Eagle Village. He finally removed to Lebanon, where he
died February 4, 1877. John Welch engaged in business
with J. B. Pitzer (his brother-in-law), in 1846. He died in
September, 1850, and is buried on Eagle Creek, six miles
southwest of Zionsville. J. B. Pitzer was in business several
years. He was elected county auditor in 1863. He resides
in Zionsville, and is seventy-four years old. T. P. Miller
was born in Tennessee. He came with his father to Eagle

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Creek in 1829. He was engaged several years at Eagle Vil
lage as merchant, postmaster and justice of the peace. He
was the second Odd Fellow in the county. He resides in
Indianapolis, aged seventy-five years. James McCoy, Jesse
Essex, William Gouge, William Lakin and John Gates were
early blacksmiths. McCoy was married five times and then
said he was on his first legs. He lived to be ninety-five years
old. Mr. Gouge was a local preacher, and lived to be quite
old. Mr. Essex died a little past middle life. He was the
son of Jesse Essex, Sr., and the father of George Essex, of
Lebanon. James Handly was the tailor; he moved West,
and the la.st account of him he was still living. Andrew
Hopkins was about the first saddler. He was born in Ohio,
married a daughter of Austin Davenport, and died at Lafay
ette, Ind., in 1852, in middle life. William Farlan, an attor
ney, was born in New York. He resided in Eagle Village
many years, where he taught school in early times. He went
to Wisconsin, where he died about 1865, aged seventy years.
Jesse Essex was the first tanner, followed by William Man-
teeth and M. S. Davenport. The carpenters of that time
were Starling C. Rose, Luther M. Oliphant, Isaac L. Daven
port and Thomas Oliphant. The shoemakers were Henry
Breedlove, A. W. Larimore, Henry Davenport and Mr. Dan-
forth. James Armstrong and Henry Gardner made saleratus
here at an early day. " The ashery," as we called it, was
started by J. M. Larimore and Mr. Bishop in 1846. Airs. Polly
Larimore kept the tavern many years after her husband died.
T. P. Miller also kept the " Pavilion." The " Eagle Village
Hotel " was kept by Mrs. Larmac, Joseph Larimore, George
Craft and Mr, Hurd, It went down about the year 1852,
with Joseph Larimore at the helm. The Odd Fellows organ
ized a lodge here about the year 1846 or 1847, with the fol
lowing as first members : J. AI, Larimore, T. P. Aliller, J. F.
Daugherty, Joseph Larimore, James Handly, Oel Thayer, I.
L. Davenport, Jacob Tipton, T, W. Oliphant and L. Oliphant.
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Robert H. Calvert, Madison Hume, Mr. Wells, William
Gouge and George Dye. A man by the name of Wesley
George, from Indianapolis, started a tin shop, but did not
stay long. The following have served as postmasters: T. P.
Miller, Fielding Utterback. J, F. Daugherty, Nathan Crosby.
A temperance society was organized here about the year
1845; flourished for several years, and about the year 1853
went down with the general crash of the village. Adjoin
ing on the east is the cemetery, where lie buried many old
citizens, among whom are Daniel Larimore, J. M. Larimore,
William Miller, Airs, Polly Larimore, Peter Gregory, and
Patrick H. Sullivan, the first settler in the county and who
helped to select the present site of Lebanon as the place for
the county seat. He died about the year 1879, when he must
have been eighty-five years of age.
DOA^ER.
BY LEVI DENNY.
The above town was first laid out in 1850, by Aries Pauly.
It was first known as " Crackaway." It is situated in Jeffer
son Township, eight miles west of Lebanon, in a fine part of
the county. In 1860 a postoffice was established here and
named Cason, in remembrance of Thomas .1. Cason, of Leb
anon. It has been for years the center or voting place for the
township. The first merchant was Wesley Adkins, who started
a store in 1860. The first postmaster was Wm. Goldsburgh;
present one, Joseph S. Aliller. In 1851 James Stephenson
built a sawmill here. The following doctors have practiced
here: Drs. Clair, Oxly, C. Smith, Hamilton, John S. Smith,
Finch, Crafton, and W. H. AYare, who is now in practice and
who is a clever gentleman and doctor as well. The first wood
shop was by J. L. Pyles; first blacksmith, Wm. Goldsburgh.
The following are the names of the present merchants and
mechanics : MeDaniel <t Bro., general merchants ; Lewis

58 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
Denny, blacksmith; Henry J. Frazier, carpenter; Hezekiah
Kerfart, shoemaker. Three churches, one school house and
fourteen families, in all about fifty inhabitants. Robt. Denny,
carpenter; Lee Miles, workingman. Following will be found
a sketch written for the Patriot and published in that paper
December, 1886, by W. H. Ware:
" Perhaps before we begin with the history of our pleasant
little village it would be prudent to inform the many readers
of the Patriot what part of the county it is situated in. Our
town is located near the center of Jefferson Township, on the
Noblesville gravel road, and the Thorntown and .Jamestown
road, surrounded by forests and the most fertile lands of
proud old Boone. The early history of Dover does not
appear of very ancient date, it being first honored with the
name about the year 1854, when some poetic genius sug
gested the spirited title of "Crackaway," by which title it
was known far and near during a period of several years. At
this date the little hamlet consisted of three families and a
school house within the limits of our now busy town. We
will first mention the name of Air. Aris Pauly, now a resident
of Danville, Illinois ; his residence was the same in which the
Denney heirs now live, with the (exception of some more sub
stantial and modern improvements. Next in order of enroll
ment comes Mr. James Stevenson, now a resident of Horse
Shoe, Col., who lived in a house of meager dimensions on the
site where the Presbyterian Church now stands. He owned a
sawmill which was situated a short distance north of where
the new school house stands. He sold his mill some time in
the year 1855 to a man by the name of Whit Dalzell and
moved to the wilds of the Rockies. The third inhabitant
spoken of was Mrs, Hall, who lived in an old log building
situated on the south side of the Noblesville rOad, about fif
teen rods west of where the Baptist Church now stands, her
husband having died some years previous to this date. The
school house was a small structure situated a little north of
the cross roads. There were no business houses, those pio-

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neers all earning their living by the sweat of the brow, but in
the year 1859 William and John Goldsburrongh purchased
the saw mill of Air. Dalzell and erected a dwelling and a log
blacksmith shop near the crossing. Then the neighborhood
of Crackaway began to show signs of a village in the near
future, for iu a tc'w months the long-looked-for postoffice came
and with it a commission for William Goldsburrongh as post
master, and the U. S. check bore the name of Dover. Then
the name of Crackaway passed into oblivion. Progress was
slow for a season, but in 1862 one Wesley Adtkins, now de
ceased, built a 10x12 storeroom near the blacksmith shop
and supplied the villagers and weary travelers with grocsries
and an occasional dose of "Old Kaintuck," and in the follow
ing spring .Jacob Pyles moved from Lebanon and opened a
wagon and repair shop, in a log building, on the corner where
AIcDaniel & Bro.'s magnificent storeroom now stands. Pros
perity crowned his efforts and he now lives on his farm ad
joining town. He is the only one of the oldest settlers living
in the county. There were but few changes or improvements
made until the year 1865, when Fielding Denny bought the
Pauly farm which had passed through several hands prior to
this, and also bought a small tract on the northwest corner
of John Darrough 's land. This he sold out in small lots to
parties who began to build and improve the town. In 1866
Dr. Israel Kirk located here ; he was the first resident physi
cian. In the following spring John Hall built a tile factory
and continued in the manufacture of that much needed article
for three or four years. In 1866 a Air. Chaney bought the
stock of groceries from Mr. Adtkins and moved into a more
pretentious building and increa.sed the stock of merchandise,
but in 1868 he sold his stock of goods and moved away. The
first chtirch was built by the BaptLst and Methodist denomina
tions, but in a few months the former bought out the interest
of the latter. Fielding Denny donated the lots for the church
and cemetery. During the same year Dr. Kirk moved to
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still here practicing his profession. In 1871 the Presbyterians ^
built an elegant frame structure for worshiping in, and in 1873
the Reformers, or Campbellites, through the instrumentality
of Thomas MeDaniel, erected quite a respectable church of a
rather more modern style than either of the other two. At
present all three of the churches are in a prosperous condition.
There have been various changes in the past few years, which
we fail to note on account of space."
NORTHFIELD.
Northfield was laid out in the year 1834. Jesse Lane was
the proprietor. It is situated in Union Township, on the Alich-
igan road. Big Eagle crosses the Michigan road just north,
and Findly Creek on the south. It at one time was a place
of considerable business, and at one time a piece of ground
was purchased with a view of building a court-house. But
the prospect of the county seat being located there vanished.
But Northfield lived, notwithstanding. Among the first settlers
and business men were as follows: Hiram McQuidy built the
first horse mill or corn cracker. Mr. A, Sanburn was the first
postmaster. First merchants were Mr. Long, Chance Cole,
Jacob Tipton. Doctors were Knowlton, AIcLeod, Presly and
Samuel Hardy. First blacksmith was Mr, Robinson, First
school teacher Mr, Bray. First justices of the peace was Mr.
Sanburn and Riley B. Hogshier. The first church was built
by the Methodists. A church called Adventists' was built
here in 1886, and dedicated in December of that year by Rev.
Covert, of Howard County. It is a very good frame building ;
cost $800. Northfield now and for the past forty-five years
had a postoffice, and is now the voting place of Union Town
ship, Election day several years ago was looked for\jard to
with interest, when it was understood that sundry disputes
were to be settled, and an occasional fight was no unusual sight.
Among the early families of the place were: George Shirts,
Hiram McQuidy, Mr. Sanburn, Jacob Tipton and Mr. Robin-

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son. The first tavern was kept by Hiram McQuidy. The
town contains a good brick school house and AI. E. Church.
Northfield was once the home of Jonathan H. Rose, also that
of Jacob Tipton. The present postmaster is Henry Nicholas.
Among the early citizens of Union Township now living
within its borders are: Mrs. Nicholas, Airs. Koontz, Wash
ington Hutton, Air. Alexander, Mrs. Sedgewick, Andrew
Harvey, Squire Duly, Samuel Davis, John ,J. Ross and Jesse
Lane.
CLARKSTOWN.
This once thriving little town was situated on the Mich
igan road, just north of where Little Eagle crosses the same.
It ki pt this name for years, when it was changed to that of
Hamilton, about the year 1838 or 1839. It was first named
after Walter Clark, who came from Ohio. It was laid out on
the land of Jacob Hoover, in or about the year 1833. The
following were its first citizens: Frederick Lowe, who built
the first house and kept public house, Elias Bishop, John
Lowe, George Lowe, the Duzans, Jacob Hoover. The first
blacksmith was Critchfield. The first doctors were W. N.
Duzan, George Selders, George W. Duzan. The first mer
chants were Jacob Hoover, John Duzan, Oel Thayer, Zach
ariah Owsley. Zachariah Turpin kept a grocery and some
thing for the inner man occasionally. The first tanner was
James Sheets. The first carding machine was built by Jacob
Hoover and Aloses Lyons as early as 1837, and has been kept
up ever since ; is now owned by Paul D. Liebhardt, with a
saw mill attached. Andrew Hopkins, Clinton Osburn and
Allen Brock were the saddlers and harness makers in an early
day. The town has all gone down, there are only a few dilap-
idated.houses remaining that mark the site of the once flourish
ing town of Clarkstown.

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FAYETTE.

Fayette is located in Whitelick, in Perry Towniship, and in
the southern part of it near the Hendricks County line and on
section ten. The town is well located on an elevated, well
drained piece of land. The town contains two stores, school
house and several good private residences. Fayette was laid
out on the land originally owned by Edniond Shurly and
Mr. Turner. The present merchants are Mr. AIcDaniel and
Shurly, Drs. W. E. Everts and Jourden. Drug store by
Josephus Dodson. Former merchants were Charles J. Lump
kins and Thos. Fitch. Dr. Jorden's family kept the drug
store here. Fayette is the voting place of Perry Township,
and is the center of considerable trade, not only of Boone
County, but that also of Hendricks County. The postoffice
is now kept by Dr. W. E. Everts, who has been here several
years and has a fine practice. The town contains some three
hundred inhabitants, of sober, industrious habits. The settle
ment here on Whitelick dates back in the thirties. The town,
however, is not quite that old.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
The above town is in the southwest part of Harrison Town
ship, and about seven miles southwest of Lebanon, in a rich,
fertile part of the county, containing several good residences.
Christian Church, brick school house, postoffice, store, doctors,
etc. Among the first merchants here were Samuel A^est ct
Son, Dr. Horner, Mr. Sexton, Aaron Frazee, Colonel Letcher,
Franklin Walters & Son, D. AI. Watts. I. W. Smith is the
present merchant and postmaster. The doctors who have
practiced here from time to time are Dr. Horner, George and
William Kane, W. E. Everets, James Leach and Dr. T. N.
Bunnell. The last two are now practicing here. AV. H.
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many years. Blacksmiths have been here as follows: Wash
Dale, O, C. Willson and Joseph Chitewood ; the last named
is now located here. The first postmaster was Nelson Watts.
The town was laid out in 1850, on the lands of Joseph and
Nathaniel Wainwriirht.

MILLAGEVILLK.
The alcove village is situated rather in the north part of
Harrison Township, and five miles south of Lebauon. It was
laid out on section twenty-six, by G. O. P. Crawford. The fid-
lowing- have sold goods here from time to time : AV. H. Camp
bell, Henry Tomlinson, J. E. Pernell, Henry Ulin, William
Biggins, John Bartlett and Theodore Dickerson. The following
doctors have practiced here : Henry Tomlinson, Melvin Leach-
man, E. W. S. Hilligoss, and -James Turner, who is now
located here, a young man of promise. Postmaster, John
Bartlett, who is now keeping it. The office was discontinued
for several years, but was restored in November, 1886. The
blacksmiths have been William Edwards, John Troutman and
 Edwards, the last two now located here. The village
contains a good brick school house, Protestant Alethodist
Church and several good dwelling houses. The postoffice
was formerly kept by J. P. Pinnell before it was discontinued,
and he was perhaps the first one here.
HAZLERIGG STATION.
This town is located on the Indianapolis, Cincinnati &
Lafayette Railroad, six miles northwest of Lebanon, in the
southeast corner of Washington Township, It was laid out
on the land originally owned by the late H. G. Hazlerigg,
and named in honor of him. It has been a stopping and
shipping point of some note for the last twenty years. The
town contains a store, kept by S. Klepfer, a blacksmith shop.

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postoffice, and several dwelling houses. Over the store of
Mr. Klepfer is a public hall, used for general purposes, such
as lectures, meetings of a religious character, etc. Hazlerigg is
located in a fine part of the county ; its nearness to the county
seat and Thorntown will in allprobability keep it from becom
ing a town of large proportions, but it will no doubt increase
to some extent and will be a place of considerable local trade.
The people here could illy do without a postoffice and other
conveniences now afforded at Hazlerigg Station. The popu
lation of the town is eighteen persons, all told, big and little.
WARD.
The above village is located in the northeast part of Jack
son Township, in section twenty. It was laid out in 1883
and named after Congressman Thomas Ward, who was instru
mental in getting a postoffice established there. It is situated
in a fine productive country, about seven miles southwest of
Lebanon, and five miles northeast of Jamestown. The first
merchant was John B. Bennington, succeeded by Greenville
Dodd, aud he by the present merchant, Thomas Burris. The
first postmaster was J. C. Bennington, succeeded by G.
Dodd, and he by Thomas Burris, who is now postmaster.
There is a Christian Church, a brick school house, and two or
three residences. About the year 1870 George Jackson built
a steam saw mill here which is now in operation.
ADA^ANCE.
This town is located in the northeast part of Jackson
Township and on the Midland Railroad, nine miles southwest
of Lebanon and five miles north of Jamestown. The place is
comparatively new, springing up when the above railroad was
proposed. The people here have waited long and patiently
for the completion of it, and the outlook to-day, Alarch, 1887,

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AMELIA ZION.

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is encouraging. When this railroad is finished here it will
give the town and surrounding country an outlet which is
very much needed. The town contains several stores, shops,
mechanics, doctors, churches, school house, etc. The popula
tion is near one hundred, all told. AVe hope before long to
hear that the above railroad is a fixed fact. Advance contains
several good residences; also a postoffice, which is a great
convenience to the people of northeast Jackson and surround
ing country.
ROYALTON.
Royalton is like the whisky was said to be by the Indian :
" A'erv little to its age." It nestles among the hills of Fishbeck
and Eagle Creek, and near the Alarion County line on the
south, in Eau;le Township, southeast of Lebanon. Among
the first merchants \vere John Rodman, Dr. Horn, John W.
A^aughn. The early doctors were Dr. Horn, Dr. Ross, Dr.
Graham. First hotel kept by John Smock; first blacksmith
shop by Thomas Smock ; first postmasters were Dr, Horn,
John AleCabe, J. W. Vaughn ; first shoemakers, Jeremiah
Washburn and Daniel Thompson. Samuel Jones was the first
to sell whisky in Royalton. Air. Strowmire is the principal
merchant of Royalton at this time. There is a postoffice kept
here; also trades of the various kinds going on. It was near
here that the famous Forman murder occurred sixty-eight
years ago in Marion County.

COMMUNICATIONS.

COMMUNICATION FROAI HON. WILLIAM B.
BEACH.
Providence, R. L, January 13, 1887.
Dear Sirs: As requested, I write you my early impressions
of Boone County. As I am neither historian, novelist, or
poet, you must be content if "I a plain, unvarnished tale
relate," concerning men and things as I now remember them.
In the spring of 1845 I received my license to practice
law. Aly uncle. Judge William I. Peaslee, with whom I had
studied, advised me to locate in the " State of Boone." He
was then presiding justice in that circuit. Taking his advice,
the next Alonday morning I took a seat in his buggy and in
the evening of the same day I was landed in Lebauon, at the
hotel -Joseph Fish. That night the judge was eloquent in his
praises of the future Boone County. It was to be the fore
most county of the state in agriculture. Its swamps were to
be drained and thus rendered the best producing lands in all
the state. Its broad acres were pictured as covered with fine
stock, horses, cattle, etc., etc., feeding upon richest pastures,
her fields pouring out their bountiful harvests of wheat, corn,
oats, etc. I said but little in reply to his fancy sketch, as I
then regarded it, for instead of the future, my mind would go
back to those abominable, yes, frightful corduroy bridges,
floating in interminable seas of mud and water, over which we
had passed from Royalton to Lebanon, with scarcely an inter
mission of a rod, while both of us were fighting with might

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and main, armed with green boughs, to keep the greedy hoard
of flies and mosquitoes from draining the last drop of our
precious blood.
Morning came, and as we dressed preparatory for breakfast,
I could but note the sad condition of our apparel. Mud and
blood gave evidence that the conflict had been no mere skir
mish. Breakfast over, the judge bade me good-bye and
returned to Indianapolis, first giving me a few words of
encouragement; probably he thought he saw evidence in my
countenance of a wilting tendency. I went at once to the
" weightier matters of the law," my finances. I found -S2.50
the amount of available assets, and already one night's lodg
ing due the landlord. What could be done? The more I
pondered the more I was puzzled ; it was as deep and dark as
Boone County mud. I began to think my good uncle had
been mocking me and was now "laughing at mv calamity."
But that could hardly be, as I felt he wished me success, and
probably he was only applying the old doctrine, "root hog or
die." There is, I believe, a "silver lining'' to every cloud; Sat
urday night brought to me that best of good Samaritans, Dr.
James McWorkman. I settled with the landlord and took
up my abode with the doctor in a small house just opposite
the Alethodist church. I need not tell to the good people of
Boone County that he was a specimen of God's noblest work.
Many of them will long remember his genial fiice and manly
form, and many of God's unfortunate ones, in both Indiana
and Missouri, will bless the day when Dr. McWorkman was
elected superintendent of the Institution for the Blind in both
those states. And scarcely with less gratitude will they
cherish the memory of his noble and devoted wife, who was
matron in both institutions. Both rest from their labors in
honored graves. I took an office in the northeast room of
the court house, put out my shingle and waited. After the
delay usual to young attorneys, I received my first fee and
began to feel quite well established in business.

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At this time there were but three other members of the
bar; Jacob Angle, Joseph E. Hocker and Stephen Neal. The
latter, however, gave but little attention to the law, being
mostly engaged in farming. Angle and Hocker were substan
tial lawyers and valued citizens; both "went west" many
years ago. Subsequently, Lorenzo C. Dougherty located in
Lebanon and soon after became my partner. He attained
high standing in the profession and was honored by the citi
zens of the county, first as representative and afterwards as
senator. He died in the height of his usefulness. A. J.
Boone was a few years later admitted, and like Dougherty,
attained high rank at the bar. It was my good fortune to
know him intimately, and all who did will testify to his high
standard of integrity. He, too, died in early manhood.
Others also might be mentioned, O. S. Hamilton, T. J. Cason.
The year following my location at Lebanon, feeling that
there was a better future in store for Boone County, I began
to feel permanently located. I had made many valued friends,
whose memory I shall cherish while reason holds her throne.
.Some I have already named. William Zion, many years a
foremost merchant, Chauncey King, hotel keeper and mer
chant, Abner Shephard, hotel keeper and tailor, AVestley
Martin, my partner in the first carding machines at Lebanon,
propelled with bull power at first, subsequently with steam.
Levi Lane, " honest Levi," as we were wont to call him, long
the accomplished and accommodating clerk of the court, his
brother Josiah, also a merchant, and still another brother
Addison, merchant and preacher. He stood by me in the
most momentous moment of my life ; he officiated on the
occasion of my marriage. Joseph T. McLaughlin, the faith
ful guardian of the county funds, William Staton, once sheriff
of the county and my colleague in the legislature of 1851-2,
Father AlcCann, for years county recorder, whose life was a
continuing benediction and whose memory will for years be
cherished by all who knew him. His son, Robert McCann,
still one of the most valued citizens of the county. Robert

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Newell, my partner in a brief mercantile career and as true
a specimen of honest manhood as it was ever my good fortune
to know. He is now a citizen of Missouri. His son, Olney
Newell, I need but name, as he was until a recent date a citizen
of Lebanon, and well known as a gifted writer and genial
gentleman. He is now a citizen of Denver, Col., and
assistant editor of the Colorado Live Stock Record. There
are many others whom I might mention, but your space will
not permit.
In the fall of 1845, I was invited to a corn husking at
Uncle Jake Kernodle's. At the time I had but a slight
acqupintance with him. Of course I attended. A good, jolly
part} it was. Red ears meant something to take — Uncle Jake
had 1, and that which was good, for he made it himself —
appk brandy, peach brandy, whisky and cider. But Uncle
Jake was not the man to permit a too free use of the cup
which cheers and inebriates, and I do not remember that even
one < i the party became mellow. I should say, with Bobby
Burrs : " They were not fou.
But just had plenty."
The husking over, a bountiful supper was spread and dis
patched, and then on light fantastic toe we chased the glowing
hours with flying feet till early morn. On this occasion I met
his daughter, Sarah M. Kernodle. She became my wife in
the following August. Forty years have past and well has she
earned the proudest title due to womanhood, faithful and
affectionate wife and mother. She died November 22, A. D.
1886. Jacob Kernodle settled in Boone County in 1836 and
remained a citizen of the county, and on the same farm, until
his death in  . His was the model farm of the county for
many years, and until his death. Located one mile east of
the court-house, and having ample room in both house and
barn, where man and beast found good cheer in abundance.
He always had plenty of company, especially when the courts
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land, cultivated with great care in meadow grain, orchards of
apples and peaches. Coming to the county at an early day,
when mechanical facilities were poor, he was forced to do all
such work himself, or go a long way for it. The result was he
iiecame miller, carpenter, wagonmaker. shoemaker and black
smith. His great crop of apples and peaches must go to waste
or be made into cider and brandy. He became a distiller, and
his peach and apple brandy gained a wide celebrity. No farm
in the county was better supplied with every kind of farm
utensils, nor was there one where they were put to a better
use. Nothing went to waste. Of course he prospered and
became one of Boone County's most independent citizens.
His large family of four sons and seven daughters were com
fortably provided for as they married, and all became prosper
ous and respected citizens of the county. The only one of the
daughters remaining, so far as I am informed, is Margaret,
wife of Captain James Bragg, of Lebanon. Captain Bragg,
though not enjoying the best of health, has earned a compe
tency for the evening of his years, and also that which is more
abiding than worldly possessions, the respect and confidence
of all who know him. He faithfully and ably served his
country from nearly the beginning of the rebellion until the
return of peace. Let me close this recital by saying, I long
since forgave Judge Peaslee for locating me in the State of
Boone, and I rejoice to know that his picture of the future of
Boone County, which he gave me on that memorable night,
has become a reality, and that she stands to-day in the foremost
rank of rich and enterprising counties in the state — a mon
ument to the wisdom, intelligence and liberality of her citizens
in draining their swamps, building gravel roads and railroads.
By the way, let me claim a modest share of credit for your
railroads. At the solicitation of your lamented Colonel Har
vey G. Hazelrigg, I made several speeches in the county, urg
ing the citizens and the county to take stock in the Indianap
olis & Lafayette Railroad. The county took, I think, $25,000.
This was the beginning. I hope I may again, ere life is spent.

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revisit my old and dearly-loved home in Boone County. I
know I shall find my many dear friends, to some of whom
I owe much for honors bestowed. Their names are still found
in the Lebanon papers, which I .see and read with pleasure.
Three cheers for old Boone.
RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN LOWE.
My father moved from Washington County, Indiana, in
the early winter of 1826. He stopped in Marion County on
Big Eagle about ten miles from Indianapolis until the 10th of
March, when, with his family of eight children, he moved on
his land in the thick forest with not a stick amiss save the
cabin logs that then lay at the stumps from which they were
cut. Through the kindness of friends we called neighbors
(though some of them came ten miles), we had our cabin raised
on the day we got there, having arrangements previously made.
Mr. Austin Davenport, with his ox team, hauled the logs
while the neighbors notched them up, covered with clap-boards
and cut out a door, so we slept under the shelter of our own
roof that night. We were unharmed, though serenaded by
wolves, which was a nightly occurrence. Our cabin is up, but
there is yet no floor, fire-place or door shutter, nor a foot of
land cleared, and one-third of March gone. Sis acres of land
was measured off that would have to be cleared, under-grubbed
and fenced. Father and two of us boys (aged eleven and '
thirteen years) found we would have to build some kind of a
pen to protect our horses from the horse-flies. We raised a
pen fourteen by twenty feet, high enough for the joists, then
covered it with brush to make it dark. That kept the flies off
when in the stable, but when working they were very annoy
ing. Deer was plenty, but there was no time to look after
them. The creek, too, was full of fish, but they must also be
let alone (only on Sundays we boys would take them in out of
the wet). Turkeys would make their presence known by
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in one of them once in a while. By the 10th of -lune we had
six acres of corn planted. The squirrels came as though it
had been planted purposely for them, but we stoutly con
tested their claim, and when they were out of the way
the raccoons entered their title, ^\e contested their claim,
too, and many of their skins went into the fur market
at from five to twenty-five cents apiece. Coon skins and
giusang were the staple articles of trade with us in those
days. In the winter of 1S27 father got his leg so badly cut by
the flying of an axe handle in the hands of Austin Davenport,
that he was laid up all winter and spring till our crop was in
the ground. AVith the help of our neighbors we had added
another six acres to our farm. AVe helped to roll logs and
raise cabins every week in the early spring. We had to keep
a sharp lookout for rattlesnakes, for they were very plenty on
Eagle Creek when first settled by the whites. Indians were
very plenty when we first came to the territory afterwards
organized into Boone County. Our house was on the trace
leading from Thorntown to Billy Conner's, who was agent for
the Aliamis. AVe saw Indians nearly every day the first sum
mer we lived on the old homestead, and it was interesting to
see the ingenuity of these red men. When they wanted a sack
to carry potatoes, turnips or corn, they would spread down a
blanket and double the first side over two-thirds of the width,
then the other side so as to lap over one third of the first lap,
then gather the ends and tie a string tightly around each end.
They would open the fold in the middle and fill the ends with
whatever they wished to take with them. If they bought
pumpkins they would, with their butcher knives, plug out the
stem and blossom ends, double a small rope and put this
through four pumpkins, two on each end, with a small stick to
keep them from slipping. Throwing them across their ponies
they would scamper. They always had handkerchiefs, shawls,
calico, broadcloths, fancy moccasins or .some beads to trade for
our produce. The nearest mill was fourteen miles and uo
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across two horses, mount two boys and away to mill. Some
times we would live for two days and a night on parched corn.
Sometimes we would throw corn into a mortar made by burn
ing out a stump or the end of a block, and pound it into a
kind of a coarse meal, sieve out the finest for bread, and use
the rest for hominy. Although we had hardships to undergo,
we had a great deal of pleasure. The .social relations among
our friends was fine. A man only had to say he was going to
roll logs such a day and the men and boys would be on hand.
The women are worthy of great praise for the part they took.
As a matter of course our fare was very plain, consisting of
corn bread, hpg meat, potatoes, turnip greens, with sometimes
pumpkin pies. Often after a hard day's rolling logs, the
young folks would have a dance ; the women having a quilt
ing, wool picking or some other attraction to bring them to
gether. After a few years, when they began to raise a few
sheep, the farmers would take their wool to the carding
machine and have it made into rolls, then they would
spin, scour and color such as was to be used for wearing
apparel, but for blankets they wove in the grease as it was
spun. Then the scouring was to be done. Some neighbors
having a suitable floor in his house would have what they
called a " blanket kicking." This was the work of the boys.
Taking off their shoes and socks they would sit down in a
ring with their feet together. The women would then throw
down four or five blankets between their feet. Then warm
water and soap were thrown on the blankets and the kicking
commenced. The flow of soap-suds on the floor can be im
agined. The boys would sit on blocks four or five inches high
and the girls on chairs at their backs to keep them in place.
The girls for fun would sometimes kick the blocks from under
the boys, letting them sit down iu the soap-suds, but it was
all taken in good jiart. AVhen the blankets were finished the
floor was cleaned, supper was set, aud that disposed of After
that the fiddle was brought out and the dance commenced,
lasting till twelve or one o'clock. These are some of the pas-

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times of early settlers. Those that were heads of families
sixty years ago are gone, and those that were children are now
old and but few in number. Many have died and others
moved away, and in counting my playmates I find many of
their names on tombstones. There are many incidents I
might record that would be more amusing than interesting,
but I will now try to give a short history of our family. My
father, Frederick Lowe, was born in Gifford County, North
Carolina, October 13. 1786. He was married to Patience
Grist, in the spring of 1811 ; they lived in Roan County, in
the same state, until October, 1816, when, with his family of
four children, he moved to Indiana and settled in Washington
County, where he lived ten years. AVith an addition of four
children he moved to what is now Boone County. He re
mained in this county until his death. In the meantime six
other children were added to the family, four of whom died in
infancy. Of the ten left seven are now living. Their names
are as follows : Sarah, who is now dead, was married to Jacob
Hoover; John, the writer ; George, who is now dead ; Celia,
who is now dead, was married to Jesse Essex ; Polly, widow
of James W.Blake; Charity, widow of Hiram Wolf; William
Grist; Nancy, widow of Asa Cox; David G. and Benj. F.
These constitute the ten that reached maturity. Father died
March 20, 1866. Mother was born March 17, 1788, and died
Alay 13, 1878. Sarah Hoover died in Kansas; Celia Essex
died in Pulaski County, Indiana; George Lowe died in Stock-
well, Tippecanoe County. Mother also died in Tippecanoe
County, at the advanced age of ninety years and two months.
The settlement in Boone County, commencing at the south
line, was first Jacob Sheets, Esq., his brother -John, P. H. Sul
livan, David Hoover, who was the first clerk of Boone County,
Austin Davenport, the first sheriff, also first representative;
Jesse Davenport, John -Johns, Robt. -John', Henry -lohns,
their father, Jesse Lane and Edward Jackson. These were
here when we came. In the fall of the same year John King
settled adjoining our place. The county then began to be

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settled very fast, and improvements increased. In the winter
of 1829-30 the legislature passed the law organizing the terri
tory into what is now Boone County. My father was ap
pointed agent of the new county, consequently I wa^ one of the
boys to cut the bru,sh off of the public square, and carry one
end of the chain to lay out the lots in the original plat. Geo.
L. Kinnard and Jas. P. Drake were the original proprietors,
and donated every alternate lot, and brick to a court-hot.se
for the county. There was some trouble about the location
of the county seat. It was first located where Northfield now
is, but being so far from the center, a protest entered and
commissioners were appointed to locate the spot. The com
missioners were John Harlin, of Clinton County, A. AI. French,
of Montgomery, P. H. Sullivan, of Boone, Bazil Brown, of
Marion, and the fifth I have forgotten. They located the cap
ital of Boone County, and called it " Lebanon." The site was
not very promising for a town, but through the energy of the
people and the natural growth of the country, it has attained
to its present condition, a little city of four thousand inhabi
tants. As the country became settled up by hardy frontiers
men, and the dense forest gave way to the woodman's ax,
improvements in implements advanced. Our harvesting was
first done by the sickle, then the cradle, next the McCormack
horse-power, and now we have the various self-binders. The
many social gatherings, such as husking parties, flax-pullings,
chopping-frolics, log-rollings and house-raisings are things of
the past. The flax and wool wheels have uo place in our
farm-house, and the loom is used only for rae; carpets. In the
loss of these social gatherings much of genuine friendship is
lost. I believe that selfishness is growing and caste iu society
is on the increase. In writing this imperfect sketch I have
lived over some of my juvenile days.

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THEN AND NOW,
BY SOL. SERING, OF WARD, P. O.
The writer of this sketch was born in Liberty, Union
County, Ind., on Alarch 29, 1837. AVhile thinking of the
past our mind runs back into the forties, and we remember of
hearing grandfather and grandmother Dunbar tell of their
trip to Boone County to see the country. They came on
horseback to Jackson Township, which was at that time an
almost unbroken wilderness. There were no roads and they
rode through the woods the best they could and camped at
night, using their saddles for pillows. They had to keep a
fire burning to keep the wolves away. There were only two
houses (both log) between Jamestown and Lebanon, one at
the farm then owned by Strodder AVall, now owned by AI. AI.
Henry, the other at the farm of Aleiken Hurt, now owned by
J. AI. Alartin. In February, 1837, grandfather entered the
land we now live on with several other pieces. He gave my
father this and the land now owned by Wash Emmert.
Father made regular trips to Boone to pay his taxes. It
required two weeks, and we children were always anxious for
his return to hear him tell about the West. As we grew up
we had an anxiety to see some of the world. In August,
1860, we packed our carpet bag, walked sixteen miles to the
nearest station^ and for the first time we boarded the cars for
a ride. In due time we arrived at Crawfordsville, and for a
week took in the sights of the mighty AA^est in that vicinity.
Again taking our carpet bag in hand, we started on foot for
the long heard of land of ponds and frogs, with a few chills
mixed in. AVe followed the state road to Fredericksburg,
thence to Beekville, and just one-half mile east of the latter place
we struck the "promised land." O, Lord ! we thought if this
is Boone, we don't want any more of it. The farther we got
into the country the harder it looked. From Shiloh church
west it was almost a wilderness, or at least we thought so, but

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here and there we saw a cabin with a small clearing around it.
As we passed along the children would perch upon the rude
fence to get a good look at us, while the mother looked from
the inside of the door. The hazel brush came up to the road
on either side. As we were passing up the road west of Shi
loh we were startled by some one saying: "Good morning,
stranger, come out and get some blackberries to eat." He
was a tall, raw boned man, with an ax on his shoulder, "^e
sized him and thought it was no use to run. We soon found
he was from old Union. His name was Shelley, and he did
his part in building up the country in which he lived. After
resting we trudged on and for the first time saw Jackson
Township. We staid a week with uncle Geo. Sering on the
farm that Shiloh church stands on, now owned by Bud Jones.
Our uncle came out from Union County in 1849, and has lived
in Boone nearly all the time since. We believe he has done
as much hard work to build up the country as any other man.
He and his wife are still living in Lebanon at the ripe age of
seventy-five years.
One day we went south to where Advance now stands.
There was not even a house — nothing but a rail pen inhabited
by a man and woman. We thought the place ought to have a
name, so we put up a board with the name Osceola on it, and
it was known by that name until the postoffice was established.
We passed on to Raccoon, then east to the farm of John AI.
Shelley, who came from Union in 1859. His /arm was like
the rest and he lived in a little cabin. On east to the town
ship line it was the same, the only signs of civilization we saw
was an old church. It stood a little to the northeast of the
farm owned by Geo. Bush. After spending a few days there
I went home ; and, as a trip to Boone was then equal to a trip
to California now, I had to answer a good many questions.
That winter my father gave me forty acres of this half quarter
if I would buy the other at five hundred dollars. The trade
was made; that was easy enough, but I had no money. But
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wood at forty cents a cord, and in the summer worked for
thirteen dollars a month, and kept it up till the land was paid
for. Then I began to look around for a wife, for I always
said I would not marry until I had a home for her, let it be
ever so humble. To make a long story short, I found a wife.
Her name was Alary J. Deinoret, of Butler County, Ohio.
We were married October 3, 1867; afterwards came to the
farm we now live on, \\'e will pass over eighteen years.
Every man that has cleared a farm in Boone knows that it
takes courage and hard work. To-day as I look over the same
country I did twenty-seven years ago, a finer country and bet
ter improved would be hard to find. The log churches have
been replaced by good frame ones; we see brick school houses
every little way ; but vve must hasten on. Here we are at J.
AI. Shelley's, our old friend and pioneer, but we look in vain
for the cabin. In place of it we see three nice frame dwell
ings, occupied by himself and sons. AVith the cabin has dis
appeared the logs, brush and ponds, and a finer farm you will
not see on the Ladoga gravel road. Just above us you can
see the farm of Wm. Alangers, an old Virginian. He came
to Boone in 1857, As you pass along take a look at his farm ;
call in and see the old folks — you will always find the latch
string out. On we go ; and what's this? Why, that is Ward,
a new town only three years old. It has one store, postoffice,
school house, church and saw mill. The church was built by
the Disciples in 1882, through the perseverance of Elders
Smith and Heckathorn, who never gave up the good work till
they got the house finished, and now they number some sixty
members. The store was put up by Elder Bennington, who
also worked fijr and got the postoffice established. I believe
it was about the winter 1884. He staid one year and then sold
out to G. W, Dodd, In a few months he sold out to T. J.
Burress, who now keeps the store and postoffice. Geo. Jack
son, who is a native Boone County boy, runs the saw mill.
Jas. H. Fink is principal of the school, which numbers about
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gravel road, seven miles southwest of Lebanon. The road
was built in the year 1884. It is thirteen miles long and cost
twenty-one thousand dollars. Land can not be bought for
less than fifty or sixty dollars per acre.
COMMUNICATION FROAI GEORGE W. GIBSON.
In writing a reminiscence in relation to pioneer life in
Boone County, it requires a person of better memory and edu
cation than I am in possession of to do the subject justice.
But having lived here longer than any voter in Jackson
Township, and on account of my pioneer life, by request, I am
induced to add something to the old settler's history (there
being no correct rule for such writing and as many others that
write on the same subject labor underthe same ill-convenience),
if my homily is not as scholastic as others, or my aphorism is at
fault. My parents were natives of North Carolina. Aly mother,
at the age of sixteen years, made the journey on foot to Ken
tucky, having the idea that as the sun rises in the Oriental
country and makes the journey to the Occidental lands, where
it is hidden by the shades of night, the people learned to travel
in like direction until lost in obscurity by the shades of death.
After wandering around in the mountainous regions and form
ing some acquaintances she met a man, and after traveling four
miles up the rocky branch, over the mountains and down the
creek, in a lonely ravine hard by a spring that gushed from
among the stones of a mountain which, with its sjiarkling,
cooling looks, gave inducement to the wearied wanderers to
quaff a portion and satiate their thirst, they rested. The sweet
songs of the many-hued birds, and the breeze that played upon
the boughs of the cedar and pine trees, awakened that feeling in
them that was created in Adam when God said, " It is not good
for man to be alone," and made woman for him. They sat
down on a log far away from any inhabitants, and in old
pioneer style talked business. They came to the conclu
sion as neither of them were incumbered with worldly goods

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they had better form a co-partnership. While in that mood
an old man came along, and in conversation with him they
were put in the possession of the agreeable news that he was a
justice of the peace, aud he was asked if he could unite them in
marriage. He replied that if they wished it he could, and the
ceremony was soon said, when they went on their way rejoic
ing. After struggling together, barely having a competency
on which to subsist, aud being the parents of five children,
they held a consultation and decided that twelve years was
long enough to sojourn in this out of the way mountainous
country, where a wagon could get no nearer than five miles to
their habitation, and where those who owned slaves were the
only persons of worth or fit associates. They were firm iu the
faith that God directs the acts of men and kingdoms as well as
the channels of the great waters. At that time no v/agon roads
were open to emigrants from their place of abode, so gathering
up their worldly possessions and placing them in skin sacks,
each secured to a horse on which was a pack-saddle, aud being
provided with a tent for camping out, father, mother and five
children mounted the horses and drove before them twelve
head of cattle. We journeyed 350 miles over hills and moun
tains, through valleys and swamps, and through a wilderness
the greater part of the distance, grazing our animals, we sub
sisting on game. It took us four weeks to make the trip,
being frequently lost from the trace. Reader, I opine that the
use of a small amount of superfluity, not pertinent to the
epistle, will not be amiss. The augmentation is to show that
there can be no new faculties made in a person — only a change
can be wrought.
When I made my debut in the Hoosier State I was a
comely looking lad of about four years of age, and of light
weight. I had an old mare called " High-flyer." The leather
sack of pot-ware was lashed to her and I was the monitor on
the sack. My raiment consisted of copperas colored muslin
pants, tow-linen shirt, butternut wammus, and a striped cotton
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i)onnet. The first few days of the trip everything went off
iovely, until the day we were passing over the Rough-and-
Tough Mountain, when Highflyer cast her pedestals into a
hornet's nest and, having no hair where the hair ought to
grow, could not switch off her tormentors. Here trouble be
gan, for she sought relief in a thicket, and rid herself of
hornets, pot-ware, leather bag and pack-saddle, putting the
monitor's head in juxtaposition with a stone, and from the
demoralization and injury or some other cause, it has never
since been just right. My father only skirmished on the picket,
having a brother of mine not three years old, who was im
ported on the rear department of the horse that he rode. My
mother did not fare so well, having an infant three months old,
which she carried in her arms the whole distance, and in the
trouble had to cast anchor with him, but coming in contact
with a soft spot of earth prevented serious damage from being
done. That evening we bagged a fine wild turkey, which as
a viand was quite recuperating. We roosted high that night.
Next morning we pursued our journey with great anticipa
tions. As poor wanderers seeking a home.
Traveling among savages, with their tribe alone ;
Longing to see the western, vine-clad hills,
The rich lands and bright, gushing rills,
With her forests and valleys so fair.
With her flowers that scent the morning air.
I am almost persuaded to desist writing any more for fear
my rough manuscript, being void of excellencj', will be a mar-
a-natha to the reader.
While on the trace there was a circumstance %vhich gave
me much uneasiness about how I was to meet emergencies,
and the pressure on my young mind marred my peace during
the remainder of the journey. The occurrence took place on
Indiana soil hard by Blue River. The night that we were on
bivouac to keep our cattle and horses from straying away,
change of country, atmosphere and water, and being the mon
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in my internal department. Every mother knev<f how to ad
minister to the ills of her children, for there were no regular
physicians where we lived, and after depositing the litter in
the tent she thought^ the immersion of my copperas in Blue
River would result beneficially, so she gave them many dips
and hung them on a spice brush near unto the camp-fire to
have them dry aud healthy next morning. The recollection
yet torments me. AVhen I made a dive in the morning for
my pants, I found that purification had been entirely effectual,
for the camp-fire had consumed them. I wept, and refused to
be comforted ; but I had a long tow linen undergarment,
wammus and bonnet, and made the remainder of the journey
with as much comfort as could be expected under the circum
stances. The next pair of pants that I was heir to was after
we were domiciled in Indiana. Father killed a deer, dressed
its skin, and mother made me a pair from the skin. Shawnee
prairie was the intended place for our future home, but after
pitching our tent here we came to the conclusion that we would
remain, thinking the winters were too cold in a prairie coun
try where there was no fuel.
In 1828 John Gibson entered the land where Jamestown
is now situated, which was entirely in the wilderness. We
lived in a tent until a small log cabin was erected. The sheep
skin certificate of entry was signed by President Jackson.
Not a nail was used in putting up and finishing the edifice.
In the midst of a dense, untamed forest, no neighbors were
near, the chief inhabitants being wolves, bears, panthers, rac
coons and tribes of the Miami and Pottawattami Indians.
Quite a number of wigwams were on the land where James
town now stands. Eel River took its name from the tribe that
occupied the lands along the creek; Straps-brauck from a
chief by the name of Strap, Raccoon from the Raccoon tribe.
While referring to Indians in this narrative, it brings up inci
dents very vivid to the mind of the author of the many sleep
less nights and fearful days that were worn away in expectation
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Indians. My fear of Indians was greater at that time than it
was when serving an enlistment in the regular army forty
years ago in the Rocky Mountain country, having many
engagements and my comrades at various times being scalped
in plain view and no way of giving them succor.
I was then bordering on five years old and my raiment
consisted of a tow linen shirt, dressed buckskin pants, one
large pewter button at waist, home made hog skin moccasins,
butternut wammus, and the only thing that was bought to
make me a full dress was an imported seal skin cap. I was
as well dressed as any of the inhabitants.
You can readily see the proverbs that are wrote.
From a treacherous memory I had to quote ;
In my writing all these acts,
I am not certain that all are facts.
Nearly all the pioneers were Kentuckians and A^irginians,
who had settled where water could be had without digging
wells, coming from a country where there could be no wells
dug on account of the rocks. They knew nothing of wells,
and pumps did not come in use here for many years after a
portion of the country was peopled.
There seems to be a mistake made by those who have given
a treatise heretofore, for the person's names given as the old
est settlers are not those that came here first. The Davises,
Calhouns, Mallets, Hughes, Seammerhorns, Turners, Smiths,
Walterases, Johnses, Lewises, Penningtons, Coveys, Trotters,
TaulHoes, Youngs and several families of the Gibsons were
those that made the first settlement in this immediate neigh
borhood. At that time, and for several years after, there was
not a church, school house, mill of any kind, wagon shop, or
any improvement of that kind nearer than Danville, in Hen
dricks County. My father soon started a tannery in a large
trough for sole leather, and dressed skins for uppers, and with
a leather whang made the moccasins. Without going into
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duction and utilization of leather. Being a neophyte in writ
ing history, and not in possession of a neologist, what I might
indite would be monotonous, therefore, 1 leave the subject of
what we wore and how procured.
At that time there were scarcely any cereals produced.
Crawfordsville, sixteen miles distant, then contained about
fifty souls, who dwelt in cabins. This was the nearest point
at which a grist mill and bread .stuff could be found. I hope
that the ladies of to-day will not think it incredible when I
tell them that it was a common thing in that day for a married
woman to go several miles into the woods (for neither stables
nor pastures had an existence), hunt a horse, bring him in,
lash a pack-saddle on him, mount him, travel the trace to
Crawfordsville and return the same day with a half barrel of
meal. Alany a trip have I made with my mother to Craw
fordsville for meal, each having a horse, and at times having
to wait for our turn, we would be out until midnight in the
dense forest, while thunder and lightning, the war-whoop of
the savages, the howling of wolves and screaming of cata
mounts, panthers and other wild animals was anything but
agreeable. Few to-day would like to go through the ordeal,
but many have, in times of yore, traveled the same trace. I
can not, on paper, dissemble all their acts, but from what is
written the reader can judge other acts. Our nearest postoffice
was Danville, Hendricks County, It then took thirty days
to get news from Washington City; twenty-five cents was the
postage on a letter. The territory that now composes Boone
County belonged to Hendricks, and all our county business
was transacted there until an act of the legislature to organize
Boone County was passed in 1829. In 1830 the county was
organized, and in 1832 -Jamestown was laid off by James Mat
lock and John Gibson. The first inn was run by John Gib
son ; Jacob Tipton was the first blacksmith ; Sayres & Burk
engaged first in the dry goods business; Ephraim Rudisille,
eight years later, was the first physician, and was also a Luth
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bought the first wagon he ever owned. We then had a State
Road, town and mail route, and procured the establishment
of a postoffice here. Samuel Hughs and Jacob Tipton were
both wanting the honor of being appointed postmaster. They
agreed that the legal voters interested should decide by a vote
who should be the one. A vote was taken, which resulted in
a tie. I, then being quite a big, good-looking boy, beginning
to notice, they agreed that they would impose the onerous task
on me to settle the matter. Tipton, with evil intent, put
about my person a beautiful six-pence handkerchief of many
colors, which was enticing, and I voted for him. Perhaps it
was the first vote sold in Boone County, but there was no
trouble made about it, and very little has been made since for
selling votes, for I verily believe that when the votes of the
parties are nearly evenly balanced votes are bought yet.
The following Sabbath, a mile distant, over the way, on
the creek, was a small cabin that had been evacuated by a
family, who, for fear Black Hawk and his warriors would
pounce upon them and relieve them of that portion of their
normal inheritance where the hair took root, had skedaddled
for old Virginia. The divine who was to preach talked on
the subject of " Simon Peter, feed my sheep." The chorus of
the hymn that was sung was "Fare you well, my dear broth
ers ; fare you well, my dear sisters — though I go, I will come
again," and then there was shaking of hands. It is easy to
tell what were their tenets of faith. I was very anxious for
the time to arrive, and when it came around, I had soap used
on me, my new tow-linen shirt, cottonade pants, with buck
skin suspenders and a straw hat, all of which were made at
home — not any store -goods to complete my dress, except ray
handkerchief of many bright colors, for which I sold my vote.
When I hid one half of it in my cottonades and left the other
portion floating in the breeze, I came to the conclusion that I
was dressed to my cjtire satisfaction and had a better outfit
than any boy in the country, and I looked in the mirror and
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ing house that I ever was at, with all the boys following, to
behold that lovely annex beyond what was common to the
dress in those days. The dignity in my strut excelled and
cast a penumbraical shadow on all former displays. Going
into the church, I walked directly to the center, elevating my
important self upon the log seat, taking my hat off, standing
erect in order to make a display, so every person could see my
handsome rig. I remained in that position until the preacher
arose to take his text, and he said aloud: "The young man
standing on the seat will please sit down, then the people's
attention will be directed to what the preacher says, and not
to him." The ordeal wilted me.
Oh, the contraction that it worked in my framfe !
All my elongation never made me the same ;
My outcome was as Zachariah that climbed the tree
To get above the multitude his Savior to see.
But it is not thought to be becoming for one of my age.
In telling such stories for me to engage;
Still there are many who love to hear us tell
Of the time we came to this country to dwell —
Their journey on horseback many a mile.
Traveling the lonely trace like Indians in single file.
Perhaps it will not be out of place to treat of the knowl
edge that some of our officials had at that time of jurispru
dence, and what I may say is without malice to any and with
the most cordial feelings to all. About fifty-four years ago, at
a gathering of the people here, two men had a fight, and the
old justice of the peace, being prepared for the emergency,
had brought his docket with him. There being no constable,
he made the arrest. He preached the doctrine, what is to be
will come to pass, so he aided in making the violation of law
a terror to evil-doers. Near by was a rail pen, which was
utilized as a pound after the milk cow had been brought in at
night, to have her safe until morning. There was where he
held court. It was the first court I was ever in, and, after
hearing the evidence, he found them guilty and assessed a fine
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in his custody until satisfaction be rendered. Then sallied
forth to the lady, who was a physician at times, engaged in
the sale of ginger-cakes and matheglem. This beverage was
a decoction of wild honey and rain water, made in the old
cedar churn, and she carried the churn, full of the fluid, with
one arm, and the cakes in her apron with the other, to get to
the place of rendezvous. The price of a cake and a gourd full
of the drink was a fourpence-hapenny, and the old lady had
heard that two of her neighbors were in duress, which
awakened a feeling of sympathy. She told the old man she
would graciously give him one of her cakes and a gourd of
matheglem if he would release those men. It being the time
of day that men's bread-baskets need filling to prevent con
traction, he agreed, and quaffed the filling, then stretched forth
his arm and said, " By the authority invested in me by the
great state of Indiana, I remit the fine and give you liberty,"
Tearing the leaves out of the docket, all was over.
Many years ago a practicing physician, a justice of the
peace in Jamestown, was an important witness for one of the
parties in the first case brought in his court, and the attorney
convinced him that it was legal to give his evidence to him
self. He therefore aro.se, facing his chair, gave the evidence,
sat down and decided the case on his own evidence. The
attorney for the other party declared it was not uecessary to
elect men and pay them to go to the metropolis to enact laws,
for it could be done more expeditiously and cheaper at home.
The 'squire afterwards was nominated and made the race for
representative to the State Legislature. He was a brother of
a man who was elected to congress from one of the most im
portant districts in the state, and made the race for Governor
afterward. Another 'squire was a theologaster, who having a
note for the payment of money due him, sued in his court,
took judgment for the amount in favor of himself, taxed cost
on case, issued an execution and had the money collected ; in
a few years made the race for representative. About the same
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during the Alexican War, wearing a grego as I did, was elected
constable, and having to make a levy on a steer thought it
would not be legal unless he laid his hand upon him ; there
fore he took off his coat, shoes and socks and ran down the
animal to make the matter lawful. He, in after years, was
elected and filled with good capacity one of the most important
offices in Boone County, serving with honor as colonel of one
of the regiments during the late rebellion. If ignorance is
bliss, it is folly to be wise. Imperfections are often hidden
from others eyes. A 'squire and preacher who was among
the first that settled here, not very able in ethics but skilled
with his gun — a good old man and the grandfather of a gen
tleman who was asking the nomination from the Democratic
party in 1886 to make the race for representative — concluded,
as meat was getting low in the trough, he would take his gun
and dog, go into the woods and secure a wild hog. He was
dressed fashionably for this country, wearing a coon-skin cap,
hogskin moccasins, no socks, wammus, flax-shirt, and having
only one large pewter button at the waist which was to do the
substantial business of keeping the pants in their proper place.
The dog was also an annex to that button by being looped
to it by a long leather whang. After scanning the woods for
about two miles distant, he hove in close proximity to a gang
of hogs. He shot and wounded one, ran to it in order to dis
patch it with his butcher-knife. The other hogs rallied and
were in the act of taking him in. Trees being plenty he
utilized one for safety, but his ascension was not very high
for a time, for his dog was hanging to his pewter button
with hogs cutting at his narrative, so that he did not make
much progress in getting up there. Things were becoming
ugly, and for quite a while the 'squire could not decide the
case, whether he would be able to eat the hog or the hogs eat
him and the dog, but to his great relief, he became so much
contracted from fright that the great effort the dog was mak
ing to get released, he snaked the pants off of the man in the
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reached in safety, climbing up to where the hogs could not
molest him. • Imagine the dog over there tied to those pants,
the 'squire up in a tree surrounded by wild hogs which would
devour him if he came down without his leather trousers. It
being a very cold, snowy day in mid winter it soon caused the
old gentleman to catch an opportunity to make a drive for a
warmer climate, and it soon was favorable. He leaped from
the tree as nimble as a catamount, made good time reaching
home, did not check up but ran against the door, breaking it
open and landing in the middle of the floor in the presence of
wife, family and two neighbor women who were visiting there.
Being nearly exhausted and out of wind his voice was warb
ling like that of the nightingale when charming the forest
with her tale. The good wife could not comprehend what he
said, but being a lady of large conception she soon clothed
him as Jeff Davis was when taken a prisoner, until his ward
robe was replenished. My gossip about men is wearisome, I fear ;
I'll give an essay about ladies that were here.
Ginseng roots dug by women of the land.
Beeswax extracted from wild honey were in deinand.
About fifty-five years ago an old man and wife occupied a
lonely cabin four miles from any neighbors. Their estate con
sisted principally in a numerous offspring, and among the
number were two young ladies aged eighteen and twenty. In
autumn their time was employed digging ginseng, procuring
beeswax and getting their products ready for the market.
Their facility was two boviues of the male kind in a natural
state, having a bodily make up similar to the bison of the
western plains, except the lack of horns. Those girls would
go into the woods, hunt the animals, put halters on their heads
to guide them, ride them home, throw a sack of one hundred
pounds of beeswax and '.sang onto them, mount and ride them
to the store, alight, hitch the transportation train to a tree,
take their exchange, each enter the store with a load and trade
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manufactured into a \yeb of cloth to clothe the family, proceed
home and turn loose their steeds in nature's great pasture until
wanted for use again.
In those days women did not think of voting,
Not politicians belonging to the ring ;
For Paul said many years ago,'
It was not right for ladies to do so.
But development has had a wide range,
And in the minds of people wrought a change ;
Fifty years more in the calendar may tell
Of the many changes to those who may dwell.
In 1832 the Black Hawk war was to be right here in a very
short time. The many accounts given of the success of the
savages produced a big scare among the settlers, for as there was
a greater amount of F. F. V.'s. and Kentucky blood in their
system than patriotism and bravery, caused many to give away
what they had and save themselves by flight to the mountains
of their native state. One man gave eighty acres of good land
for an old horse to carry his pack, he and his wife walking.
Another gave a good cow for a new wool hat, and many others
did likewise with their property, making the trip, women,
children and all that were able to walk, back to the old coun
try, for they verily believed that all who remained here would
be murdered by the Indians. After the war was over the most
of them returned, and many of their children are living here
yet. Fifty-six years ago I have a vivid recollection of a family
that domiciled near the creek, and in the most frigid winter
weather, when there was ice on the creek, I have known their
boys to be out skating on the ice one mile from fire, with but
little clothing to keep them warm and entirely barefooted.
The first ch urch that I have any recollection of being erected
here was built by the Regular Baptists, and was used by their
flock exclusively. Shortly after the house was completed a
Methodist minister, in passing through the country, applied to
those of the church that had taken the bishopric of the Apos
tles for the use of the house in which to deliver one sermon.
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he might preach would so adulterate the walls that the people
who were the chosen of God never could do any good by
preaching in it, therefore they refused to let him have their
house. May no walls be erected in the way.
To prevent truth from having its full sway.
On the sine qua non they certainly stood.
And in preaching the tenets had to be the same to do good.
When talent becomes universal this country will be a good
place to stay in ; but it is not born in all. The first three dis
tillers who engaged in the business of making what is known
now as sod corn whisky, at an early day were all in the manu
facture about the same time, and leading members of churches
would go to meeting on Sunday, and put on their sanctimoni
ous harness, take a seat near the sanctum sanctorum, and their
reverential appearance excelled that of the meek old Patriarch
Moses ; but during the sickly season — and that was all the
year with some — they would take a few bushels of meal to the
distiller and exchange the meal, one bushel for one gallon of
whisky, take it home, put roots and barks into it, and have all
the family to exercise their imbibation functions in order to
drive off the noxious and pestilential vapors that might engen
der disease in the system. More persons, according to the
number that used alcoholic drinks excessively at that time,
<lied from the effects than at this time. It was a good remedy
for snake bites, and an overdose got up many fights.
The preachers then taught that it was a blessing from God,
Yet the blessing put mapy under the sod.
Over half a century ago we were very much in dread of
the many large and poisonous snakes that were here, but it
would be too tedious to give a detail of the persons that suf
fered from their bites. The largest were the yellow rattle
snakes, many of them measuring six feet, and when killed and
cut open, inside of them one had a fawn, another a rabbit and
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were still longer than the former, and would follow cows that
were giving milk and suck them, and the owners of the cows
had to watch them with a gun and kill the snakes to keep
from being robbed of the milk.
I will of necessity have to epitomize my essay and pass by
what transpired in many years and let others tell it or remain
in oblivion. In the presidential campaign of 1844 the issue
between the parties was annexation and war with Alexico
and those who opposed that policy. I then had arrived at
years of majority and was entitled to give my first vote. I
was zealous in the support of the annexation party, and made
a firm pledge if war was the result to be one that would go
and help fight the Alexicans, to sustain what we thought was
for the best interests of our country. James K. Polk was
elected, and in 1846 a call was made for soldiers to go over
to Alexico, as a war was in progress between the two powers.
In my juvenile days and up to the time I arrived at the age
of twenty-one years I had been energetic and industrious and
had accumulated one thousand dollars, quite a fortune in early
times. I had taken the money and gone to Cincinnati and
invested in drv goods — just had set up in business with bright
prospects ; but these persons who were opposed to annexation
began to chide me by saying, " He will not go to Alexico to
fight the Greasers," and many other opprobious epithets,
mingled with reproach, were heaped upon me. Then my
Kentucky blood became warmed up, developing my patriot
ism, and I sold my goods on one year's time, only taking
seven dollars in purse (and the debt is on time yet, for the
man to whom I sold failed and never paid any part of it). I
have expunged the obligation, as I have been in the habit of
doing all my busines.s, at given periods wiping out all that
was not settled, for fear the .settlement would be too big in the
great judgmen day. AA^alking through mud to Indianapolis,
I enlisted in the United States Army to serve as a cavalry
soldier for five years or during the war. The company being
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mons were emigrating to Utah, and a number of the men vol
unteering to go to Mexico, there was not a sufficient number
of Mormon men left tq guard their families across the plains
through the many dangerous tribes of Indians that then oc
cupied the country, and I was one of the detail to do that
service. It was the most dangerous and hardest soldiering
that I did during the war, for we had many engagements with
the Indians, but in due time got rid of the emigrants. I say
to their credit that a better class of people than the women
were for charity, virtue and good behavior I have not found
since. Capturing Santa Fe and the most of New Alexico,
after several engagements. Gen. Fremont crossed the Rocky
Mountains, went south, subduing the Mexicans and Indians
in all the region of country known as the Eastern Slope of
the Rocky Mountains ; crossed the Rio Grande at El Paso,
marched to the city of Chihuahua, conquering the people of
that state, thence westward through the .states of Sonora and
Durango to Lower California.
At that place, after being in many engagements from the
commencement of the war, on the 26th of June, 1848, we
received the news of peace being concluded between the two
countries. If I were writing relative to those states, perhaps
I could give a description that would be interesting, also, of
the customs of the people. Orders with the news of peace
were that we march back to Santa Fe afid there be discharged.
After being mustered out of the service, I lost no time in
traveling home, being on the road all the time until a short
time before the presidential election of 1848. Having
received an injury to my breast that caused hemorrhage of
the left lung, and other diseases contracted while in that coun
try which caused me to be confined to bed nearly an entire
year, I have never enjoyed good health one month since
without being unable to go about. For my meritorious serv
ice I was commissioned captain, but have never been able to
find any utility iu the commission. A pension was granted
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tion over 8,000, and that included all that had been pensioned
from the commencement of the government. I am, perhaps,
the oldest pensioner in Boone County, unless there is some
person of the war of 1812 drawing a pension. After recover
ing somewhat from my broken down condition, I was a cosmo
polite for several years, very dubious what course to pursue
and ductile, not keeping a vade mecum, therefore could not
give a correct history of affairs.
We tell of traders long time ago,
With ox teams we guarded to Mexico;
They of toil and danger were not afraid.
While helping build up the Santa Fe trade ;
But those large wagons and Santa Fe teams.
And all those mule and ox drivers it seems,
In the history of pioneer life hath passed.
By the introduction of the iron horse are displaced.
A small number of those old veterans still live,
But congress a pension to them would not give ;
Its no folia de corage csta sombre,
Quiero desdoro union comparac^on expense.
The vegetation in autumn may wither and fade.
Many pioneers of yore in their graves are laid.
But few of the old settlers now live.
The many stories to others to give.
Traveling from here five miles each way along Eel River
there is not one person remaining of the first settlers. Only
one near relative here now. Grandfather and mother Gibson
died at about the age of ninety-five years, after living together
as man and wife seventy-five years. Grandmother, on my
mother's side, died shortly after coming out here. Both my
parents are dead and are all at rest with many others in the
cemetery on the old homestead, donated for a place of rest by
.the veteran pioneer who entered the land.
Many pioneers in this neglected spot are laid.
By their hardships the improvements here were made.
An addenda concludes the injucundity of the writer, and
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the old settlers acquired any education, there being no facili
ties for schools in those early times. Many, like myself,
graduated in one of the best institutions of the country, in
which to gain a thorough education. The great Northwestern
Institute, where hundreds of the most useful persons in the
country graduated, using their functions with practical sense,
looking over the broad surface of the earth at the mountains,
rivers, continents and manner of people, and then guided their
views to the aborial region, contemplating the firmament with
all the luminaries, imbibing ideas from nature's jjure fountain
which are correct and utilizing them in a way that will give a
development of correct principles. Onnisoi it quimalopence.
RECOLLECTIONS OF SAMUEL EA^ANS.
The only surviving members of our family are one brother
and myself. Evan Evans came here iu the spring of 1838.
The next spring I came with my family. Our brother Jona
than came out in the fall of the same year I came. All looked
new and wild. We had a body of heavy timber to commence
in. We settled on what was known as the wander prairies,
two miles south of Elizaville. They were wet most of the
season unless we had an unusually dry summer. The prairies
afforded pasturage as early as the 1st of Alarch. This was a
great relief to us as we had our farms to make. Our best
plow was the jumping shovel. Our farm implements were few
in number. The prairies furnished a good supply of hay for
winter use. There was a good supply of game, such as deer,
coon, turkeys, and smaller varieties. I never had the patience
required to make a successful hunter. We had two of Ken
tucky's hunters, Willis West and Grandpa Baker. Our mar
kets were distant and milling inconvenient. AVe sot our
hand-mills going and soon got up a pot of mush out of new
corn. Buckwheat was easier ground. We used bridle-paths
for highways, for sometime if a crossing became muddy we

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would soon select another place. The loom and spinning-
wheel which we depended on in those days have disappeared.
The neighborhood generally came together at raisings and log
rollings. We were thinly settled for awhile, and I consider
that the most enjoyable time. As population increased pride
began to loom up, consequently other rulings became more
manifested. Several items might be inserted, but as others are
contributing to your book this will be sufficient. Ages are
as follows: E. Evans in eighty-sixth year; I am in my sev
enty-third year.
COAIAIUNICATION FROM AVILLIAM H. MILLS.
I was born in Guilford County, N. C, June 9, 1815; was
married to Tobitha Stanbrough, of Wayne County, Ind.,
October 29, 1836. She proved a worthy companion and help
mate worthy the name of mother and wife. My early boy
hood days were spent in Carolina and Virginia. At the age
often years I accompanied my father in his trips hauling flour
and bacon to South Carolina to supply the rich slave-holders
and their slaves. At the age of fifteen years, I moved a family
fi-om North Carolina to Wayne County, Ind., remained there
a short time, visiting friends and relatives, when I sold the
wagon and returned to North Carolina with the team, over
the mountains of Virginia and Tennessee. At the age of sev
enteen I hauled salt from the Ocean Salt Works to Wilming
ton, a distance of eight miles, making one trip a day, driving
a good team, consisting of five good horses. At eighteen I
hauled tobacco, for a rich old planter, to Petersburgh, Va.
The next year I moved to Wayne County, Ind., where, in due
course of time, I was married, as above stated. After our
marriage, in 1836, we moved to Madison County, Ind., where
we had but few white neighbors, with plenty of Indians at
our side. Here, for seven years, we had a hard struggle for a
start in the world, and where most of our family were born.
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In the year 1842 we moved to what was then called the " State
of Boone," where we have resided ever since. My occupation
has been farming and stock-raising. A portion of the time I
Tvas engaged in threshing grain in Boone and Montgomery
counties. I believe I had among the first, if not the very
¦first, threshers in the county. Threshing was not, at that
time, done in a few days, but we often worked at it in the
winter time. Six children living, one in Texas, one in Flor
ida, two in Kansas, two in Indiana, all of whom are doing
well, and I am glad to say I raised them to be temperate and
industrious men and women. My first vote was cast for the
late Solomon Meredith, for sheriff, in 1836 — a noble, good
man, who stood high, not only among his friends, but on his
feet, being full six feet and six inches high. I was an old
W^hig up to the death of that party. I have been acting with
the Republican party, but of late have nearly lost confidence
in parties. I want to live to see a good prohibitory law
enacted in our state and nation, as it would, in my opinion,
stop seven-tenths of the evils of our good county. I am
glad to say I have lived to see our county improve so much.
The "State of Boone" is no more applied to us in ridicule,
but we are fast climbing to the top in the way of advancement
in everything that goes to make up a good county.
I trust you will have good success in your laudable under
taking of writing up the "Early Life aud Times of Boone
County." Mr. Mills resides three-fourths of a mile west of Thorn
town.
COMMUNICATION FROM JAMES A. RICHARDSON.
I was born in Owen County, Indiana, on March 17, 1827.
My father moved to Boone County on the 31st of February,
1837, and this county has been my home since that time.
There has been a great change in the county since that time.
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county, viz. : the Alicbigan and the Lebanon and Noblesville
road. The few settlers that lived in this neighborhood lived
in log cabins, in the woods with a small patch of ground par
tially cleared. The manner of clearing in those days was to
grub the .^mall bushes and chop the small trees and logs with
axes. Piling them up in large heaps they would be left to
dry until they could be burned. After deadening the re
mainder of the trees the fields then looked more like woods
than cornfields. This, however, was the best we could do, as
to have chopped all the trees in this thick forest with its un-
ditched and overshaded land would have been an impossibility.
We had no implements but the maul, wedge, Carey plow and
the old-fashioned single shovel plow. The Carey plow was
very scarce then, not being more than one to every half-dozen
settlers. Such a thing as a carriage or buggy was never heard
of. We lived on corn bread, hog, hominy, potatoes, pumpkins
and wild game. There was an abundance of small game, such
as deer, wild turkey, pheasants, quails, raccoons, opossums,
grey squirrels and rabbits. There was an old water mill on
Eagle Creek that ground a little corn meal in the rainy part
of the year, but it being very slow was not to be depended
upon. A hungry hound could have eaten the meal as fast as
it was ground. We carried our corn on horseback to Dye's
and Sheet.i' mills. The distance was eight and eleven miles.
In a few years we raised a little wheat which we had to take
to Indianapolis to get ground for flour. As for market, what
wheat and hogs we raised we took to Lafayette, on the Wabash,
or to the Ohio River. The price of wheat in those days was
from forty to fifty cents per bushel. The hogs were sold to
hog merchants, who bought as large droves as they could buy.
The price the settlers received was from |1,50 to $2,50 per
100 pounds. We had to have some things, such as salt, leather
aud spun cotton for chain for jeans and linsey. Those arti
cles were indispensable, and if they could not be had any other
way the deer and raccoon skins were resorted to to supply the
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by hand all the clothing the men wore in the winter, and spiin
flax and tow and wove into linen, which they made into shirts
and pants for their summer wear. There was but little dress
goods bought in those days. All this work the fair ones had
to do without the aid of machines save the big and little wheels
and hand looms. There was not a cook-stove, sewing machine
nor washing machine for ten or fifteen years after the first
settling of what is known as the Big Spring neighborhood. The
women had to do their cooking by the fireplace, and one room
was parlor, sitting-room, bedroom, dining-room and kitchen.
I am of the opinion that if the women of to-day had to go
back and endure the privations of that time there would be
some bloody snoots and black shins. We had to cut our wheat
with the sickle and threshed it with the flail or tramped it oft"^
on a dirt floor with a horse in the field on the ground. To
separate the wheat from the chaff, we made wind with a sheet
in the hands of men, one at each end to riddle the downs to
them. W^e cut our meadows with the poorest kind of scythes ;
I think they were all of iron with a crooked stick fastened to
them. We had no steel pitch-forks in those days, but had to
go to the woods, hunt out forked bushes aud peel them to
handle our hay with. We did not raise a great amount of
hay. Our stock cows lived most of the winter without hay.
Cattle and .sheep were very unhealthy at that time. The cat
tle died with what was called bloody murain or dry niurain;
but it is now thought to have been leeches that were in the
sloughs and ponds. The sheep died from eating wild parsnips
which grew abundantly in the low, wet land. Hogs did well,
living almost the year round without corn. Just enough was
given them to keep them from growing wild. There were a
great many wild hogs in the woods at that time. We had no
school houses aud no churches. The first school house in this
neighborhood was built on the land of Jonathan Scott, on the
east bank of Eagle Creek, one quarter of a mile west of the
little village of Big Spring. This house was built about the
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M. E. Church about the year 1837. In the summer or fall of
that year the class was organized at Caleb Richardson's, and
for a few years most of their meetings were held there and at
John Parr's. Finally their society grew strong enough to
build, whieh they did about the year 1840. They gave it the
name of Big Spring. This name was given it becauise of its
nearness to a very large spring of water. This church was a
large ancj commodious hewed log building and served a good
purpose as a church until the year 1866, when it was super
ceded by a neat frame building, which stands there to-day.
But where are the old pioneers who broke the first sod, cleared
the brush, felled the large oaks and built the first school
houses and churches? They are all gone except two that I
know of, and those are old Uncle Johnny Parr and old Aunt
Anna Richardson.
COAIAIUNICATION FROM T. P. MILLER, OF
INDIANAPOLIS.
Statement by Thomas P. Miller, who was born in Dickson
County, Tenn., on the 1st of December, 1812: When I was
about one year old my father, Wm. Miller, moved to Butler
County, Ohio, where he remained long enough to raise one
crop. He then moved to Union County, Indiana, five miles
southeast of Liberty, eight miles west of Oxford and three and
one-half miles southwest of the College Corner, where we re
mained until April, 1831. Father had sold his farm the win
ter before and entered eighty acres of land in Boone County,
where he afterwards laid out the town of Eagle Village. In
the meantime he went to Cincinnati and purchased a stock of
dry goods, groceries, hardware, queensware, etc. He hired
ray cousin, James McClelland, to haul his goods from Cin
cinnati to Boone County. With three yoke of large oxen and
a large wagon, James brought the goods from Cincinnati to
our house. With our household goods loaded into a wagon,
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well until we passed Rushville. It had been raining consid
erable and finally turned up with a blustering sdow storm,
which compelled us to stop. We stopped at the farm hou.se
of Rev. James Haven, who kindly gave us the use of a school
house near his residence. The next day, continuing our jour
ney, we came to the Little Blue River, where we remained all
night on account of high water. The next day we came on
to Big Blue. There we crossed in a ferry boat by making
several trips. Our next drawback was at Big Sugar, where
we were compelled to uuload our goods and cross in a large
canoe. The wagons were taken to pieces and the horses and
cattle allowed to swim across. Crossing White River at
Indianapolis in a boat we arrived at Uncle Frank McClelland's
and Uncle Thomas Martin's, seven miles west of Indianapolis.
We were now but fourteen miles from our destination.
Cousin W. B. McClelland, brother John and I started ahead
with our axes. From David Hoover's we cut our road
through the thick woods and underbrush, crossing Eagle
Creek to a point about two hundred yards south of the line of
the Michigan Road. We then built a camp, enclosing three
sides. The roof, which extended several feet farther than the
open front, was covered with clap-boards. The next day our
household goods were unloaded in the camp. Our next mis
sion was to build a store-house. This we built of logf-
scratched inside and out with the broad axe. The size of this
large and commodious store room was about sixteen feet square.
When we were ready for the goods it was not long before we
heard brother Jim hallooing " Mike and Jim ; Duke and
Darby," more than a mile away. When he came up the re
marks he made about the new road we had cut were not very
flattering. Of course it was not an air line. It was a singular
and lonesome looking place for a dry goods store, but it was
not long before the men commenced to drop in through the
woods, generally with a gun on their shoulder. Our next w(jrk
was to build a double log house for a family residence, which
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At that time there were a few families about three or four
miles east of us on Williams Creek and McDuffey's run, in
Hamilton County. There were also several families on
Crooked Creek, in Alarion County about five miles from us.
There were quite a number of families in Marion County on
Eagle Creek, below the Boone County line, who were our neigh
bors and traded at our store. The rest of our neighbors were
in Boone County, on Eagle Creek above the Marion County
line. I believe I can give the names of nearly all of them.
Squire, Jacob Sheets, grown sons, Andrew and George, John
Sheets, Patrick Sullivan, John Sargent, David Hoover, first
clerk of circuit court, sons Jacob and Isaac, Elijah Cross,
Austin Davenport, first sheriff, Jesse Davenport, one of the
first county commissioners, AVesley Smith, first county treas
urer, James G. Blair, John King, Rev. Benj. Harris, Captain.
Frederick Lowe, sons John and George, Wm. E. Lane, Jesse
Lane, Samuel Lane, Elijah Standridge, Jacob Johns, John
Robert Johns, Henry Johns, Johns, Renny Johns, Rev..
George Dodson, Elijah Dickerson, Aaron Phipps, Ruel Dod
son, Thomas Dodson, George Walker, Thomas Walker,
Taxes Jackson, Edward Jackson, and perhaps a few others
whose names I have forgotten. The above were all, or
nearly all living on Eagle Creek, above the Marion
County line, a distance of eight miles. There were two or
three families living on Whitelick, near the edge of Hendricks
County — I believe one by the name of Dollerhide and one
Specklemuir. There was another small settlement at James
town and one at Thorntown, which made up the inhabitants
of Boone County at that time. The next year the emigration
to Boone County increased rapidly. Dozens of families had
settled within three miles of us on the west side of Eagle Creek.
I will give a few of their names : Abram Phillips, Lewis Dale,
Noah Byrket, Jesse Harden, Joshua Foster, James and Rob
ert White, Wm, Beelar, and many others. I remember well
of Joshua Foster asking me to hew a set of hou.se logs for him.
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Austin Davenport was elected representative to the state legis
lature from Boone and Hamilton counties and a scope of
territory north and east of Hamilton County, beating William
Conner, of Noblesville. The voting precincts at that time
were from ten to twenty miles apart. On election day I went
to Jamestown to electioneer for Mr. Davenport, bought a quart
of whisky, and in the language of Captain Rice, " gin a treat."
Mr. Davenport got about all the votes at the precinct. Bro.
Wash went the same day to a precinct at or near the falls of
Fall Creek and done some electioneering for Mr. Davenport,
which precinct is now a part of Madison County. I believe
at that time there were only three voting precincts in Boone
County; one at David Hoover's, on Eagle Creek, one at
Thorntown and one at Jamestown. The same year Austin
Davenport, James McClelland and I, took a trip to Lafayette
on horseback via Thorntown. We passed through the place
where the city of Lebanon now stands but did not see a house
from the time we left Eagle Creek till we came to Thorntown.
We saw several deer but no Indians. Between Thorntown and
Lafayette we saw several houses, many gopher hills, prairie
chicken, sand-hill cranes and sod fences. Mr. Davenport
stopped at his brother-in-law's, Samuel Hoover, while James
and I crossed the river, going about four miles in the country
to Uncle Moses Aleck's. Jim was riding a pretty fair looking
white horse which he was praising to Uncle. "Yes," said
uncle, " I know that to be a good horse ; I knew him twenty
years ago. He belonged to a man by the name of Harter who
lived near College Corner, in Union County. The only objec
tion any one had to him at that time was that he was a little
too old."
The Michigan road was cut out from Aladison, Ind., to
South Bend in the years 1829, 1830 and 1831. AVhen we
came to our camp in Boone County the road was cut as far as
tbe top of the hill at White River, five and a half miles from
Indianapolis. About a year later the cutting and grubbing
was finished through Boone County, The road is one hun-

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dred feet wide. Thirty feet of the center the trees were
grubbed out by the roots, leaving thirty-five feet on each side
that was cut off nearly level with the ground. Thousands of
dollars worth of fine walnut, poplar, oak and other valuable
timber was literally ruined. When one of those fine, large trees
wa* grubbed out by the roots it would leave a hole as deep as
a man's head. As soon as a tree would fall two men would
jump on it with axes, both on one side, about six or eight feet
from the roots, cutting right and left. As soon as one side was
cut half through they would turn lo the other side, cutting in
the same manner the timber in such lengths as suited them to
haul out of the road. Those large tree roots, logs, brush and
rubbish hauled out on each side of the road made it almost
impossible to get either in or out of the road. Thos. Martin,
of Marion County, and Jas. Sigreson, of Hendricks County,
had the contract for cutting and grubbing seventeen miles of
the Michigan road, from Indianapolis north, which extended
about four miles into Boone County. As soon as the Michi
gan road was cut out, Wm. Miller laid out the town of Eagle
A'illage, which was surveyed by Geo. L. Kinnard, of Marion
County. T.'P. Aliller, a son of Wm. Miller, carried one end
of the chain to lay off the town, although only eighteen years
old. Wm. Miller, in 1836, sold his farm, including all unsold
lots in Eagle Village, to Daniel M. Larimore, who afterwards
laid off an addition to the village. Wm. Miller was the first
postmaster, Fielden Utterback the second postmaster, Thos.
P. Miller was third postmaster. He was then serving as jus
tice of the peace, holding that office ten years and the office of
pcstmaster nearly nine years. Jos. F. Daugherty was fourth
postmaster, Nathan Crosby the fifth and last postmaster, the
office having been abolished. As soon as the cutting and
grubbing of the Michigan road was finished, the contracts for
grading were let to the lowest bidder. The sale took place at
Indianapolis. Austin Morris was the auctioneer and Robt.
B. Duncan clerk. J. C. Walker got most of the contracts on
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holes where the large roots had been taken out filled up, the
contract for bridging the streams was let. The bridges when
finished were very rough but substantial. The road was now
ready for the four-horse coaches which were soon carrying the
daily mail from Indianapolis to Logansport.
For months at a time while I was postmaster, I had to get
up at three o'clock in the morning and change the mail.
When the roads were bad they had to use what they called
mud wagons. When we first settled in Boone County the
woods were covered with pea vine, which afforded excellent
pasture for cattle. There were a good many black and yellow
rattlesnakes. Just west of Squire Sheets place there was a
little mill, or corncracker, which had been built by the neigh
bors for their convenience. Jesse Davenport said when it was
in use it was a faithful little mill. Just as soon as it would
finish one grain of corn it would jump right on to another.
At that time there was no regular miller, each person doing
his own grinding. One of the neighbors took a little sack of
corn to the mill, put it in the hopper, started the mill and
went homo, to return when his grist should be ground. Hav
ing accidently shut his dog in the mill, he returned to find the
meal eaten out of the chest as fast as it had been ground in.
The county seat of Boone was located about 1832, and named
Lebanon. The board of county commissioners were called to
meet and let the contracts for building a court house and jail.
The court house was a hewed log house, about 16 x 24 feet,
two stories high, and was built on a lot on the north side of
the public square. The first jail was built east of the public
square and was made of hewed logs about a foot square. After
the contracts were let for the building of the court house and
jail, Jesse Davenport, who was one of the county commission
ers, returned home. Several of the neighbors called to learn
the result of the first meeting of the board at the new capitol.
In answer to the question regarding the size of the court
house, Mr. Davenport said : "It is to he ten feet square and
ten rails high," There were some mud and several log shan-

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ties scattered around in different parts of the town. There
was one log shanty on Alain street, near the southwest corner
of the public square, that seemed to attract as much of the
crowd as the court, which Avas then in session. There was a
man in that log house who was retailing whisky by the drink.
The floor of the cabin was laid with round poles about four
inches in diameter, and in walking over these they would
spring down into the mud aud water until it was a perfect lob
lolly. At that time I believe there was no license required
for selling whisky, which retailed at twenty-five cents a gallon.
At the first court in Lebanon there were not many cases on
the docket. Nearly half the cases were called hog cases, per
sons indited for stealing hogs. At a subsequent court held in
the same court house, Air. Thos. Kersey, a respectable farmer,
and three or four other gentlemen who had been summoned
on the jury, were sitting in a room in the hotel. Col. C. C.
Nave, a prominent attorney of Hendricks County, was walk
ing back and forth across the room with his thumbs stuck in
the armholes of his ve.-t. Suddenly facing those jurors he
said : " I am hell on a hog case." Mr. Kersey said he sup
posed the colonel took them all to be hog thieves.
The auditor's, treasurer's and recorder's offices were all
destroyed by fire in October, 1856. The auditor, James A.
Nunn, succeeded in saving one book, which was of but little
value. The treasurer, John C. Daily, got the tax duplicate
for that year, which was of more value to the county than any
other book in the office. There was nothing saved in the
recorder's office. Thomas P. Miller was not at the fire, but
could not have saved anything if he had been there, as the
recorder's books were all at the back part of the room, the
most remote from the head of the stairs. The three offices
were in the same room, in the second .story. The entire block
was consumed by fire. In the recorder's office there were at
least one thousand deeds burned, that had been recorded and
not taken out, which made it necessary to get a proof record
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much trouble, expense and some litigation. The two first
brick dwellings built in Lebanon were built by Samuel S.
Brown and William Zion. Thomas P. Miller had the first
brick business house, which was built for AVilliam Bowers,
the saddler, and was built of brick out of the old court house.
William F. Boyd was the bricklayer, Frank Williams the car
penter, and George -James and Allen Coombs the tin roofers.
When the house was finished a scuttle-hole was made in the
roof and Billy Bowers constructed a rope ladder, so as to have
easy ascent to the roof in case of fire. That house stands on
the south side of the public square, and is joined on the east
by Dr. James Evans' building, the second brick building
erected in Lebanon. Lebanon's second jail was built on the
same lot that the first log court house was built, and was of
hewed logs a foot square. The third jail was built on the
same lot. It was of brick, stone and iron. It was about the
size of a hen-coop and a perfect nuisance. The fourth jail,
which stands near the northeast corner of the public square,
can be seen with the naked eye. The third court house can
also be seen without a spy-glass. The names of the four
county officers who were in office at the time the court house
was built were cut in a stone and placed over the north door
of the court house, viz. : W. C. Kise, clerk ; J. A. Nunn,
auditor; J. C. Daily, treasurer; and T. P. Aliller, recorder.
Thomas P. Miller is the only one now living, although the
eldest of the four. Hugh O'Neal, a prominent attorney of
Indianapolis, who practiced in Boone County at an early day,
said he thought Boone would be a very good county some day,
but it would have to be jerked up about three feet. The
man that did the first surveying in Boone County (before it
was a county) was Col. Thomas Brown, of Union County,
Ind. I was a small boy, but remember when he surveyed
the new purchase, as it was called. Brown's Wonder took its
name from a remark he made while surveying near that creek.
Setting his Jacob-staff down and looking all around, he said,
"I wonder where wo are?" In his field-notes he said the

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undergrowth consisted principally of hazel brush, prickle-ash
and black rattlesnakes. Austin Davenport built the first
brick house in Boone County, which is on the Michigan road,
a half mile north of Eagle A'illage. T. P. Aliller built the
second house in Eagle A'^illage, a hewed log house, one story,
sixteen by eighteen feet, and a brick chimney, the first in the
neighborhood. W. W. Aliller built the first house in Eagle
A'illage, whieh was a cabinet shop, sixteen by tweenty-four
feet, he\ved logs. The first dry goods establishment in Eagle
A'illage, after the town was located, was the firm of Williams,
Conner A Russell. At one time Eagle Village had two hotels,
four or five dry goods stores, two groceries, two tan-yards, two
saddle shops, two blacksmith shops, cabinet shop, tin shop,
chair shop, and a half dozen carpenters. The Indianapolis
and Lafayette State road was surveyed in 1829. James
McFalin was the commissioner; Col. George L. Kinnard, sur
veyor; Robert Alartin, the bush-whacker ; James McClelland
and William W. Aliller, chain-carriers. The first survey made
from Indianapolis missed Lafayette two miles, but when there,
the colonel knew where Indianapolis was, and had no trouble
in correcting back. AVhen they arrived at the point where
Lebanon now stands. Col. Kinnard turned to the chain-carriers
and asked how many pins they had. When told, he stuck his
Jacob-staff down and said : " Here is the center of Boone
County." It was not long after that till Gen. James P. Drake
and Col. George L. Kinnard were the owners of the land that
the original plat of Lebanon was laid out on. Rose, Harris
and Longley made the first addition. Spencer and McLaugh
lin made the second addition.

COMMUNICATION FROM AVM. E. LANE.
Zionsville, Ind., Oct. 18, 1886.
Messrs. Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind. :
Dear Sirs — Inclosed find a short sketch of my life, my
parents and grand parents.

110 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
My grand parents, Lambert Lane and Nancy Anderson,
-were emigrants from England. They were both young when
their parents arrived in this country. Their parents settled
on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania about fifteen miles
north of its mouth, in the wild woods and amongst the Indians.
While living there my grand parents became acquainted and
were married in the quaint old style. My grandfather wore
a blue cloth coat cut "claw hammer" style, with no lapels,
ornamented with large brass buttons which closely buttoned
up his coat; his pantaloons were white linen, buckled with a
large silver buckle just below the knees to a pair of white silk
stockings. His .shoes were leather, fastened with another pair
of silver buckles. Grandmother wore a white cambric dress,
with nice hand embroidery on the skirt. In a few years they
moved to Virginia and lived there about four years; then
they moved to Tennessee on the Holston River and remained
there for a few years, after which they moved to Shelby
County, Kentucky, about five miles from Shelbyville. While
living there my father, Thomas Lane, became acquainted with
Anna Ellis, and was married to her on the 11th day of April,
1799. They lived together thirty-six years, when my father
took pneumonia and was sick for six weeks. His disease be
came chronic and he died August 18, 1835. Aly mother
never married again, but lived to raise her family. She died
of remittent fever May 24, 1848. Aly father served as a
Revolutionary soldier for seven years ; he was a private for
three years, when he was commissioned as an officer, which he
held to the close of his soldiery. He underwent many trials
and privations, but was never sick a day while in "the array,
save from the wounds he received. He was wounded four
times, once .seriously while guarding the Aloccasin Gap. He
was surrounded by the Indians and would have lost his life if
providence had not favored the occasion with a very severe
rain storm, which wet the powder in the Indians' old flint-lock
guns, and prevented them from firing. He put spurs to his
gallant horse and was hastily making his escape, when a sturdy

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warrior seized his bridle rein and brought his horse to a sud
den halt. Father used his sabre and cut one Indian's arm off,
hacked another on the head till he fell to the ground. He
then forced his horse through their ranks, but received a
severe cut in his right side which lasted him several weeks.
He was sent home then and remained there about three
months, when he was called back to resume his place in the
army. He always obeyed his superiors, and was never pun
ished during his terra of soldiery. He served his time out in
the army and came home without a dollar in his pocket ; but the
Government allowed him to bring his horse, sword and pistol
borne, with the assurance that he should be paid for the whole
seven years' service and receive a land bount}-, but too sad to
think of, neither got money nor land ; yet he came home in
good health and good spirits, hoping that a large yield of his
tillage might make prospects brighter. He soon made money
enough to enter a quarter section of land.
He remained on that farm (Shelby County, Ky.) until the
spring of 1811, when he with his family came to the Indiana
Territory and settled on the Ohio River in what is now Har
rison County. He entered land there, built a cabin and went
to work in the green timber to make a field, for it was root
hog or die. He accumulated means very rapidly and was soon
able to own a large tract of land, notwithstanding he raised a
large family, five daughters and nine sons. All lived to be
grown but one son. I herewith insert a copy of the old fam
ily register, just as it was written by my father, and only wish
that I could give afae simile of the writing:
THE FAMILY KECOED OF THOMAS LANE.
Thomas Lane was born June 5, 1763.
Thomas Lane died August 18, 1835.
Anna Lane was born January 25, 1782.
Anna Lane died May 24, 1848.
Isaac Lane was born October 17, 1800.
Sarah Lane was born January 30, 1802.
Craven Lane was born November 9, 1803.

112 early life and times in
Malinda Lane was born June 13, 1805.
William E. Lane was born July 3, 1807.
Linn a Lane was bora October 10, 1809.
Fielding W. Lane was born July 1, 1811.
Eliza E. Lane was born March 3, 1814.
Ellis Lane was born July 11, 1816.
John A. Lane was born July 1, 1817.
Pleasant G. Lane was born July 3, 1819.
Anna A. Lane was born November 19, 1820.
Davis W. Lane was born September 24, 1823.
Nelson Lane was born January 8, 1827.
Ellis E. Lane died August 22, 1816.
Liuna White died September 1, 1837.
John A. Lane died September 7, 1843.
Nelson Lane died July 13, 1851.
Davis W, Lane died March 27, 1852.
Isaac Lane died June 23, 1875,
Pleasant G. Lane died August, J 876,
Craven Lane died September 4, 1878.
Sarah Keller died December 12, 1863.
Malinda Barnett died October, 1858.
Biiza E. Barnett died September 15, 1868.
Anna Gresham died February 11, 1881.
Fielding W, Lane died January 11, 1883.
Thomas Lane, Anna Lane and seven of their children,
to wit: Ellis E. Lane, Linna White, Nelson Lane, John A.
Lane, Davis Lane, Sarah Keller and Craven Lane, were bur
ied on Cedar Ridge on father's own farm, near Lane's Landing
on the Ohio River, Harrison County, Ind. Malinda Barnett
was buried in a Presbyterian cemetery near Reesville, Put
nam County, Ind. Eliza E. Barnett was buried in a Baptist
cemetery near Reelsville, Ind. Pleasant G. Lane was buried
in a country cemetery near Shoals, Martin County, Ind. Isaac
Lane was buried at Shellsburg, Benton County, Iowa. Field
ing W. Lane was buried at Brookly, Iowa. This is the fam
ily record of my father, which carries all the family to their
graves but myself.
In August, 1828, I came to Boone County and entered the
tract of land that I now live on. I then went back to Harri
son County, and was married to Elizabeth Simpson on the 4th

ELI SMITH.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 113
day of February, 1830. Her father, Thomas Simpson, was a
man of more than ordinary intellect, was of foreign birth —
born iu Scotland June 27, 1757. He, with his parents, came
to V^irginia in his boyhood days, and remained there until the
beginning of the Revolutionary War; he then volunteered for
a soldier, and went to the army as a private under General
Washington. He was in the army for seven long years. Al
though he started as a private, he soon honored the First
Sergeant's rank; but long before the war closed he bore the
commission of Second Lieutenant. He, like many others,
suffered many privations during the war. On one occasion,
when camping for the night, he kicked the snow from a brush
heap, spread his blanket and slept for the night, as they were
in the enemy's country and no fire was allowed. He served
his time in the army and when discharged went back to Vir
ginia to farming, and married Abigail Moore (the exact day and
month we can not give, the paper being so old, and very pale
ink, that it could not be read) in 1784. That coming February
he went to Jefferson County (now Nelson County), Kentucky,
and laid a warrant for a patent containing five hundred acres.
He remained there the following summer aud deadened the
green timber on a parcel of ground, giving a desirable loca
tion for a house and field. The whole summer he was com
pelled to sleep on the bare ground to prevent the savage In
dians from scalping him, each night sleeping in a different
place, with his old " killing iron " by his side.
He worked all summer on this piece of land, then returned
to his native home and found his wife enjoying the sweet hum
of her spinning-wheel. He then rented a farm of George
Washington, and was to have the use of the horses and slaves
on the farm. Simpson was to provide for the negroes and sell
Washington's corn at "two shillings and six pence per bushel,
hay at the same price." This quotation is taken from the
original contract made between Simpson and Washington,
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green timber on his Kentucky land, the Indians stole his
horse, which left him with nothing but his ax and gun (old
killing iron) to fight his way with those savage wretches.
This compelled him to walk from Bloomfield, Kentucky (nick
named Gandertown ), to his old home place on the Mononga-
hela River, Marion County, West Virginia (then Virginia),
a distance of over five hundred miles. He arrived on the
Virginia home in good health, vigorously pushed the work on
the Washington farm until 1790, when he, with his wife aud
two little children, went to his own home near Gandertown,
Kentucky. He spent the remainder of his life on that farm,
in the noble pursuit of a farmer's life, in the steadfast faith of
a Presbyterian. His only brother, John Simp=on, was the
father of President U. S. Grant's mother. He was a member
of the noble order Free and Accepted Masons, and died in good
standing, a member of the Bardstown lodge. He died from
a bullet wound received from a British soldier while struggling
for our nation's liberty. The bullet went through his right
lung and rested against the shoulder-blade, producing a run
ning sore, which brought his worthy life to a peaceful close
about twelve o'clock, August 10, 1825. His wife, Abigail,
died of dropsy of the heart on the 12th of February, 1825.
They were both buried on the old farm on Simpson's Creek,
near Bardstown, Kentucky.
THOMAS SIMPSON'S FAMILY RECORD.
Thomas Simpson was born June 27, 1 1 57.
Abigail Simpson was born July 6, 1761.
Mary Simpson was born May 15, 1786.
J. Moore Simpsou was born November 2, 17S7.
Tamer Simpson was born January 15, 1789.
Samuel Simpson was born December 5, 1789.
Nancy Simpson was born August 4, 1793.
Nelly Simpson was born January 29, 1795.
John Simpson was born October 27, 1790.
Gilbert Simpsou was born January 23, 1799.
Elizabeth Simpson was born January 19, 1801.
Hannah Simpson was born June 18, 1804.

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The Simpson family was scattered all over the country in
different states until I lost sight of them, and do not know
where all of them died ; but all the*family is gone, not one is
left to tell the sad story.
My wife and I arrived in Boone County, on our woodeil
home, on the 31st day of December, 1830. That winter I
cut trees to build a cabin ; the next spring I got a few of the
old settlers and we erected a cabin 18x 23 feet; we covered it
with clapboards that I had split out of a large red oak tree.
They were made four feet long and laid down loosely and
weighted down with heavy poles; the lower one, or eave-
bearer, had a large pin through it to prevent it from slipping
off We moved into our cabin without any shutter to the door,
when there were plenty of rattlesnakes, wolves and bear in the
country, and worse to be dreaded of all was the wild boar.
There were no mills near us, and milling was a great item. On
one occassion when it became necessary for me to get corn
ground (for that was nearly all the kind of bread we used) I
took a sack of corn and put it on a horse and started to mill
to be gone over night, my wife remaining at home to do as
best she could. In the early part of the night our large sav
age dog began baying at something. Betsy (as I called her)
got up and built a fire, and stepped to the door and raised the
blanket that hung up for a shutter; she hissed the dog so as
to drive away the intruder, but the coarse growl from a bear
frightened her very badly. She stepped to the fire, took a
burning stick in her hand to singe him if he came iu. Sud
denly the dog was boxed into the middle of the room, but rose
instantly and fought so hard that the bear was driven away.
On another occasion when I had been away from home to do
a day's work, I returned by the light of the stars, ate my sup
per, and went to doing my chores; and as corn was always
scarce in the fall we fed pumpkins until they would freeze.
This time I took my pumpkin stick, went to the field, got my
load and came to the house to feed my horse aud cow. Sud-

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denly I heard a rustling behind me, and I pitched my load off
of my shoulder, turned around and saw a very large wild boar
just ready to jump at me.* I jumped the little yard fence, went
into the house and got my gun and came out and "settled"
with him.
We had a very hard time in the wilderness, as it might he
called. Coming away from a locality where everything was
plenty and market near. The nearest dry goods store or gro
cery was at Indianapolis, fifteen miles away. About three
years after we came to this county, William Aliller put up a
few dry goods in an old cabin in old Eagle Village about two
miles away.
We struggled on in life, striving to raise our family, which
had to be clothed by our home production, which was flax and
tow linen for summer, and jeans colored with walnut bark for
winter. Wool was carded by hand and spun on a little spin
ning wheel.
We had eleven children born to us — eight sons and three
daughters — six sons and two daughters still living. But ray
devoted companion bid adieu to earthly friends and went to
her heavenly home on the morning of March 28, 1879; hut
ere long I too will have gone to meet her, for I am now sev
enty-nine years old, having been born July 3, 1807, and ray
companion, Elizabeth Simpson, January 19, 1801.
^VILLIAM E. Lane.
COMMUNICATION FROAI GEO. B. RICHARDSON.
The ,°"bject of this sketch w'as born August 24, 1828, in
Decatur County, Indiana, eight or nine miles north of Greens-
burg, consequently a Hoosier by birth. At the age of nine
years my father moved to the State of Boone, being the fall of
1837. This carries us back half a century, when this country
was almost an unbroken wilderness, and to the time when
there were but few residents in Marion Township, and from
the best information that I can gather, the man that my father

117
bought out was probably the first white man that ever settled
in Alarion Township. His name was Isaac Srite. He moved
on north where it was not so thickly settled. There were but
few families, to my knowledge. I will name the most of them.
They were Jacob Parr, Sr., John Parr, Wm. Parr, John Holl-
ingback, Caleb Richardson, Moody Gilliam, T. J. Linsy, John
F. Johnson, Jonathan Scott and my father Jonathan Richard
son, and James Richardson. This, so far as I know, was
about the number of citizens of Marion Township. This may
suffice for the names of the early pioneers. Probably it would
be more interesting to refer to the condition that things were
in fifty years ago. Then our county was almost an unbroken
wilderness. Game was abundant, such as deer, turkey, wolves,
wild cats, and there was said to be some bear and panthers,
though I never saw any of the last two named ; and as to
small game, such as squirrels, pheasants, coon and oppossum,
I suppose Boone could have taken in as many to the square
mile as any county in the state. And then there were some
bad snakes, such as the black rattlesnake, the red belly, the
water moccasin, the chicken or cow snake, and a number of
other different kinds. Some were .said to be very poi.sonous.
One thing I know, I was always a little afraid of a big snake ;
I did not like his looks, especially when he was reaching for
fight. But about the most dangerous thing we had to contend
with were the wild hogs. Some of them, old he fellows, with
tusks four or five inches long, were formidable foes, and the
best way you could manage was to shoot them down or to
keep entirely away from them. They could kill a dog too
quick. There were but few dogs that had any business to
tackle him in those days. They were troublesome in leading
the tame ones off. Some had their hogs belled so they could
find them in the woods. I have known hogs to live out all
.winter without a grain of corn, and it was no uncommon thing
for us to kill our meat off the most fat and nice without feed
ing them one ear of corn, which was a good thing for most of
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would have had some very thin meat. And as to all the hard
ships and privations through "s^hich my father and all the early
settlers had to pass, I am perfectly familiar with. Our houses
were generally built of round logs, about 18 x 20 feet, pole
joists, clapboard loft and roof, with the boards held on the
house with poles called weight poles, aud a puncheon floor, a
fire-place in one end of the house, six or seven feet long, back
and jam made of dirt, the chimney was sticks and clay, the
door or doors were made of long boards and hung on wooden
hinges, a wooden tack or a pin to hold it shut. The windows
were generally one or two logs cut out and paper pasted over
it and greased, so as to let the light shine through the paper.
Now, when you get the house chinked and daubed, you have
the house ready to move into. You move into your new house
with six or seven children, and this has to serve as parlor, bed
room and kitchen, and sometimes as shoe shop and cooper
shop. Then comes your cooking vessels, which were about
this : a skillet and lead teakettle, stewkettle and a frying pan.
Your water shelf w^as made by boring two holes in the house
and driving pins in them, and then putting a load on the pins.
Your cupboard, or dresser for your dishes, was gotten up
much on the same style. Your table was either made of split
boards or a slab split out of a big log and holes bored in each
corner and legs drove in them I have not yet said anything
about the bed and bedstead. Some few had bedsteads with
turned posts, or fancy post bedsteads, as they were called in
those days. The most of them were made by splitting out
the posts and dressing them up with a draw knife and boring
holes for the; rails. But then there was a cheaper class of bed
than this, which was constructed on this plan, by putting two
})oles in tlie cracks of the house and one leg with holes bored
in it to fasten the other end of the poles iu. This was called
a one-legged bedstead. I have had many a good night's rest
on the last kind spoken of that I know of
If a man had a good axe, an auger, draw-knife and hand
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named he had to buy, but when he got them he then had a
complete outfit. The next thing was to knock the brush
away, fence in your yanl and clear up a garden patch. Then
came the heavier work ; then all our clearing had to be done
in the green ; the grubbing was no small item, but when it
came to taking the green timber down, trimming and peeling
the brush, chopping the logs so they could be rolled, and roll
ing and burning them, was something that the present gener- .
atiou knows nothing about. And then the next thing is to
get your little patch broke. The roots and stumps are so
thick that you can hardly get your plow into the ground until
it would strike a root or stump. The fact is, it took a mighty
good Christian man to plow in those days. We raised a little
corn, but we had to watch it mighty close, both spring and
fall. The squirrels would dig it up in the spring if you did
not keep them out or feed them ; we have caught hundreds of
them. Then they were ready for the corn just as soon as it
\vas in roasting ear, and then there were black birds by the
thousand ; so you see we had a great many things to contend
with. I have even seen the gnats and mosquitos so bad that
you would have to build up a fire, to make a smoke, to milk
the cows. They would alm^ost blind a person ; and, as I said,
we raised but little corn and no wheat for a few years, so our
biscuits were all corn dodger or Johnny cake.
It will not do to narrate or detail hardly anything that
comes up in my mind ; but to return to the subject. In those
days we had no roads except paths blazed or hacked out from
house to house ; and when you started to go to your neigh
bors living some distance away, you would take the path that
would lead to one neighbor's hou.se, and then take the path
from his house to the next, and .so on until you would reach
the desired point ; and you would hardly ever .see a man going
from place to place without his gun on his shoulder. It was
no uncommon thing for a man to take in a deer or a turkey ;
as to squirrels and pheasants, they would not waste their am
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if there had been any to speak of. The next thing I shall
notice is the schools and school houses. It was some time
after we came to Boone County before I heard anything said
about a school district. The citizens generally lived in set
tlements, so they would select some central point to erect a
school house ; then they would set a day to meet, clear off the
ground, cut the logs, haul them in, and probably the next day
they would rear the structure. Now it would just do you
good to see one of those model colleges. I will give, you a
description of the first school house that was erected in this
section of country. It was about eighteen by twenty or
twenty-two feet, of round logs and very rough at that, and
each log about from eight to sixteen inches too long, leaving
very rough and ragged corners ; cabined off and covered with
clapboards, which were held on the house with poles. The
door was cut out in one corner ; the shutter was made out of
long boards and hung on wooden hinges, the. fireplace was
cut out in the end, and it came very near taking the whole
end of the house out, some six or seven feet at least. The fire
place was made of dirt, the chimney of sticks and clay, with a
good bunch of mud ou the top piece on each corner of the
chimney to hold them from blowing off. The floor was
puncheons split and hewed and laid down green, and when
they seasoned there were some fearful cracks. The seats, or
benches, were made by splitting slabs twelve or fourteen feet
long, then boring four holes in them and driving legs in.
The writing tables were made by boring holes in the logs,
driving pins in and plank or slabs on them. The windows
were constructed in this wise : by cutting and taking out the
half of two logs, one above the other, then pasting paper over
the space and greasing it so as to let the light shine through.
There was uot a pane of glass nor a pound of nails about the
whole house.
Well, the next thing was to get some one to teach a school,
as the house was built and furnished and ready for business.
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could spell, read, write a pretty good hand, and if he was
good in arithmetic and would lick the scholars if they did not
keep order, were all the qualifications necessary for a teacher.
They would draw up an article of agreement something like
this: I, George B. Richardson, propose to teach — naming the
branches, generally spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic.
That was as far as they would go. We had no use for gram
mar in those days ;;_ and they would teach so many days for so
much per scholar, to be paid at the expiration of said school.
So this was the way we got our education in those days, and
this was the way it generally turned out : when you started to
school if you was large enough to do much work in the clear
ing would go to school all the bad days and stay at home and
work all the nice weather. I have given you a description of
our school house ; it was not only a school house, but a church
also. I have seen as great revivals carried on in that old
log house as I have ever seen since, and I have always be
lieved that those old men and women knew just what they
were talking about, and I don't think the preachers then
preached for the money alone, for there was not much money
in it fifty years ago. It would do some of the folks good to
hear some of the old-time preachers; but the most of our up
starts would call them old fogies and likely make sport of
them. Well, I might say something of the markets : In the
first place, we had very little to sell, but what little we had,
must be hauled to the river — Madison, Lawrenceburg or Cin
cinnati. I have known my father to haul wheat from here to
Lawrenceburg, and be gone nine or teu days, and then could
get only forty cents cash or forty-five cents iu goods per bushel ;
not only him, but all the neighbors. Sometimes four or five
would go together, take their provisions and horse feed, and
camp out every night, and would have a happy, good time of
it. Some years thereafter a wheat market opened up at Lafay
ette. Then they thought that we had a market right at home
and Could go there and back in four or five days. My mind
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the youths of the present day I have no doubt that what I
have written will .seem incredible, but those of my age can
testify whether the things I have written are correct or not..
I will now compare the present with the past, or speak of a
few of the changes that have taken place within my recollec
tion, which will carry me through a period of about fifty-six
years, as I am now near sixty.
Fifty years ago this was a wilderness or a dense forest with
scarcely any inhabitants. I doubt whether there were over
three or four towns in the county, and I do not suppose there
were a dozen houses in the city of Lebanon, and it was well
enough, for it was hard to get there and a harder matter to
find the place when you got there. And if it .should be at a
wet and gloomy season of the year, you would conclude of all
the places on earth Lebanon was the most disagreeable, espe
cially in the spring of the year, for about six weeks you could
hear nothing day or night but about ten thou.sand frogs all
yelping at once. This was music to the sinner's ear, but not
much joy or peace about it. There were no roads, either to
the city or away from it. Now Lebanon is a desirable place to
live in, with her hundreds of nice, comfortable dwellings, and
it is nicely situated. If it could have been so that a person
could have foreseen fifty years ago and pictured out what it is
to-day, he would have been thought to be a fit subject for the
insane asylum, if there had been any such place. Then gravel
roads were not thought of in this country, let alone the idea
or thought of railroads running all through the country, bring
ing our markets right to our doors. The former we needed
fifty years ago ; but you could not have broken a man or com
pany up quicker than to have given him a railroad and com
pelled him to run it with what money he would have gotten
out of it. In the first ]ilacc there was no travel to amount to
anything; the pioneers had neither time nor money to spend
iu that way; and as to freight, there would not have been
more than six or eight carloads in the whole county outside
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generally iu good shape for traveling. As to our improve
ments, we just simply had none to amount to anything; true,
what little we did have was highly prized. Our mills were
very unhandy, and such mills as- they were at that, all water
mill-:, and too much water would wash out the dam, and of a
dry time you could not grind, or perchance it might be frozen
up in the winter season. Our nearest mill, about four miles
distant, belonged to a man by the name of John Koontz, and
if the mill was in good running order it would grind from two
to four bushels per hour, and as there were but few wagons in
the country milling was done on horseback. A wagon-load
would almost have been a week's work. When the water be
gan to fail they would grind an hour or two in morning and
shut down and gather a head, and so on.
Time has worked wonders since my recollection, in the
milling business as well as in every thing that you can think
of There were no .sawmills in the country to amount to any
thing, and to undertake to put up a frame building was an
awful undertaking in this section of country. When 'the first
frame house was built in this community the logs were hauled
about nine miles to get them sawed ; the studding and rafters
were all hewn and the shingles were split and dressed down
with the draw-knife, and gocul carpenters were hard to find ;
all other material was scarce and hard to get, and money was
very scarce, so the improvements of this kind progri-ssed very
slowly for fifteen or twenty years. I might say something about
our tools and farm implements. Well, the ax, the maul and
wedge and the grubbing-hoe are pretty much as they were
fifty years ago, though considerable improvement has been
made on our ax. Our plows were the old Cary, or bull plow,
as they were called, with iron shares and wooden mouldboard,.
and, by the way, I have seen some mighty good results brought
about by the use of this old pioneer, and then there were three
or four two-horse harrows to my knowledge. We generally
sowed our wheat and plowed it in with the shovel-plow. The
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our harvest. To cut our wheat we used the side or reap-
hook, as they were called, and if a farmer had six or eight
acres of wheat he had his hands full during harvest time.
After they would get their wheat cut they would stack it,
and at some leisure time clean off a tramping floor and lay
their wheat down, and then get all the horses and boys they
liad to ride them around over the straw till the wheat was all
shelled out, then take off the straw and put down another
floor full, and so on. This I thought was fun when I was a
boy. Then they would get a fanmill and clean it up. Some
times you would have a load to haul off, and sometimes
you would not have more than enough for .seed and bread.
As to grass, we cut that down with a mowing scythe, then
scattered it to cure, then raked it with forks, shocked it, and
then hauled it in and stacked it out. We had no barns to
mow our hay away — nothing but log stables, and the mow
would not hold more than two or three loads. Our pitchforks
were all wood, and a good one was thought to be worth taking
care of I have not said anything about the way we generally
spent our time from the time winter broke till crop time. The
first was to go into the sugar business, which was no little
business if properly carried on. We used to open from three to
five hundred trees and make from three to six hundred pounds
of sugar and a lot of molasses, which did not go bad with pan
cakes. Then the next thing was to take the dead timber down
and get our logs burned down and the trash piled so that the
logs could be rolled. It was no uncommon thing for a man
to put in from ten to twenty days rolling logs, and go as far
as three or four miles to a log rolling or house raising. In
short, there have been no changes in this county for forty-nine
years but have been under my observation, but it has been so
slow and gradual that it is hard to tell when or how it was all
accomplished. It has been like planting a small tree ; you
will not perceive the one year's growth, but let it stand and
cultivate it for fifty years and you have a large tree, and it
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years ago. So has been the growth of our county since I first
came into it. There was not a hay rake, hay fork to unload
hay in the barn, threshing machine of any kind, reaper, binder,
mower, wheat drill, corn planter, double shovel plow, riding
break plow, spring tooth harrow, hay loader nor anything of
the kind in the county, I don't suppose, nor for a good many
years after, let alone what is carried on by steam power, and I
do not think that there were but few steam engines in the state
fifty years ago, let alone Boone County, and now there is
scarcely anything done but what is done by horse or steam
power. Now we can thresh from six hundred to one thousand
bushels per day, although I can recollect when my father beat
it out with a flail aud cleaned it up with a sheet. This may
seem strange to the young people of the present day, but what
I have written is not overdrawn. I don't know but that I
ought to say something concerning the manner that parents
trained their children in those days. There were but few drones
and loafers lounging around and doing nothing.
The training of children was very strict. They were not
allowed to swear or make use of any profane or unbecoming
language, and one decisive answer would settle any question
that might be asked. The boys were generally in the clearing
from Monday morning until Saturday night, week in and
week out, grubbing, chopping, splitting, hauling and laying
up rails. This was their daily business; and the girls' tuition
was in the kitchen. The girl that did not know how to cook*
wash, iron, spin, weave, dress flax, cut and make any garment
that the faniay had to wear, was not the girl that the young
men were looking after. You would hear them talk that this
or that girl could spin S" many cuts a day, or weave so many
yards of cloth, or dress so many pounds of flax per day,
after doing up their morning's work. Such girls were said to
be worth their weight in gold to any man that wanted a wife.
It was the grit and get-up that was looked at, and not the old,
man's pocket-book, which I fear is the cause of so many
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from the above that the old folks were idle. The old women
would sit at their spinning wheels from morning till bed-time,
spinning flax or tow to weave into cloth for our every- day
and Sunday wear ; and the old men would have to break out
and dress the flax and get it ready for the hackel. I doubt
whether there is one young man in twenty that would know a
flax break if they were to meet one of them in the road, let
alone knowing how to use one, and but few that would have
any desire to do so if they could, and but few girls that would
know how to rig up a spinning wheel, or could spin one skein
of sewing thread in six months. I would like some one of
them to try their hand and bring it to the county fair and
make a public exhibit of it. Probably I had better say no
more, for fear you may get tired of my scribbling, though I
have only hinted at a few things.
I have not said anything as to myself. I stayed at horae .
with my father till I was twenty-one years old, and helped
him clear a large farm where the village of Big Spring is situ
ated. Then I began to think it was not best to start out in
the world alone, so I concluded I would get some one to make
the trip with me, and my affections had been set on one
Margaret L. Parr, daughter of William Parr, who was then
living in the neighborhood and one of the early settlers. She
was born in Tennessee, in 1831, and moved to this county in
1833. So we agreed to cast our lots together through life, and
'were married ou INIarch 7, 1850, and have been living together
thirty-seven years, raising a family of twelve children.
There are eleven living; our oldest son died when twenty-
eight years old. ^Ve have seventeen grandchildren living aud
six are dead. My political and religious views might not suit
everybody, but they are the best that I know anything about,
according to the ^\¦ay I have looked at things for the last forty-
five years. I suppose I was a Democrat when I was born, as
my father and mother were. The first presidential canvass
that I can recollect was between Jackson and Clay, in 1832,
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I have uot yet seen any good reasons for changing inv opinion.
My religious views are those of the old Regular Baptists.
This, I know, don't suit everybody, but I can not help that.
/And it is of no use to add any more to this, as eyerybod\'
¦can not see alike. I served four years as justice of the peace,
have lived in Marion Township for forty years. I shall add
no more.
COMMUNICATION FROM EMMA ELIZABETH
MARVIN.
The subject of this sketch was born in Wayne County, Ind.,
February 5, 1826; born and raised on a farm, only having
the advantages of pioneer life, from whicii I wish to contrast
the past with the present and let the present generation of
children see the change. In the first place we had • no
.school system, therefiire the consequences was three months of
school for summer and three months for winter, all subscrip
tion. The school buildings were made of round logs schutched
off and daubed with clay mortar. One end of the building
was about one-third cut into to make way for the chimney,
which was made of sticks and clay; lighted by a window on
each side; a slab, into which legs were put, for their seats; a
broad board fastened to the wall for writing desks; the books
were no two alike, so there was as many classes as books, ex
cepting the spelling classes, the big and little spelling as it
was called. As time passed there was some improvement in
the books, which made way for classing. The girls when ar
riving at the age of fifteen or sixteen concluded that their
school days were about over, and their minds were directed in
another direction, not to music or teaching school ; it was the
big and little wheel, of which they spun their two hundred
pounds of wool during the summer season ; and I must .say
that those days were the happiest days of my life. But since
time has passed and the improvements that have taken place
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folly to be wise." As we had nothing better we were perfect
ly happy, so our days glided along until we were grown up.
In the year 1844, on the 1st day of December, I was married
to Henry M. Marvin, and on the morning of my nineteeth,
birthday we bade adieu to the parental roof and started out in
the world to try the realities of life. We came to this place,
where I have lived ever since, with the exception of two
years. I have lived in the same door-yard for forty-two
years, protected and guarded by our Heavenly Father, who
knoweth all things and what is for our good, and finding '.ve
have realized the trials of our ups and downs. Up to the
present time our family consists of nine children, only '.bur
living, the other five having gone to try the realities of an
other world.
SOME EARLY REMINISCENCES TOLD BY A
PIONEER IN LEBANON.
In the year 1834 my husband, William Zion, and I came
to Lebanon aud settled in the wilderness among wolves, squir
rels, snakes and many other pests. Mr. Zion entered what is
now the William Stephenson farm, cleared the timber off and
built a cabin and a blacksmith shop, he being a blacksmith and
wagon amker. Soon after we had got our shop built, a land
speculator came along on his way from Cincinnati to Chicago;
when near our place he broke his carriage wheel, and did not
know where to go for repairs. Some one told him of Mr. Zion
being a wagon maker, and he came to our shop to get a new
wheel made. My husband took a large oak rail from the fence
to make a hub, and a smaller one for the spokes, and with the
assistance of myself to turn the crank, on something similar
to a grindstone, he fixed for the work and made him a new
wheel, and the traveler went on his way, feeling relieved, as a
breakdown in these swamps was a serious matter.
Mr. A. H. Longley built the first house in Lebanon on the
site where Peters' dry goods store now is. He was the first

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po-itmaster, and carried the mail in his hat, consequently the
oftiio was not always in the same place. Abner H. Shepherd
came to Lebanon in 1836, and the following year, at the age
of fourteen years, carried the mail from Indianapolis to Lafay
ette, by the >vay of Piketown, Royalton, Lebanon, Thorntown,
Frankfort, Jefferson, Prairieville, Huntsville and Dayton. He
rode on horseback through the wilderness and mud, with noth
ing to guide him but the blazed road ^vhere the trees were
chipped on one side to show the way to go. Mr. Zion was the
contractor on this route. James Richey, the father of J. E
Riehey, was the first tailor in the town, and for several years
cut and made the garments of our earlier inhabitants. John
Peterson erected his cabin on the ground where Brovpu's opera
house now stands and engaged in the tavern business, ^\'il-
liam Smith, familiarly known as " Uncle Billy,'' had a cabin
where the Rose House now is. He was a "tavern keeper,"
too, but carried his more extensively by selling liquor. It was
no uncommon thing to see hunters, with their dogs and guns,
come in on Sabbath day and go in and get a drink. But I am
glad to say he afterwards joined the M. E. Church aud lived
a christian life. One of the miracles of his conversion was
that he could neither read nor write until " wi.sdom from on
high" taught him, and he soon learned to read the bible and
had a good under.-tanding of the .-ame. David Hoover was
the first clerk of the court, and was also recorder, holding both
offices at the same time, aud was not always kept employed.
He was not troubled v.ith parties running after him for deptt-
tyshii)s. John Forsythe was selling dry goods on the lot
known as " Zion's Corner," south of the square, and in 1855
William Zion bought him out, and continued in business until
1862, The first court house stood north of the square, court
heing held twice a year, lasting three days, Jacob Tipton, of
Jamestown, was the first elected sheriff of the county, and was
succeeded by William Zion, who held the office four years. I
sometimes acted as turnkey, aud one night at the late hour of
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12 o'clock, went to the jail and let a relative of one of the pris
oners out. Colonel Hocker was the first attorney and county
surveyor. Dr. McConneha was the first practicing physician
who located here. Before his coming people had to go to Thoru
town for a doctor. Even before his arrival sometimes an un
dertaker was needed. Calomel was the cure for all things
those times, and in one case it was a kill. A woman who had
come here from Kentucky, did not feel well, but was able to
do her house work ; she went to a doctor and he prescribed
calomel as being the thing to climate a person coming from
another state, but the dose proved iatal.
The first church organized was the Methodist Episcopal, in
the winter of 1835-6, with a membership of seven, as follows:
Josiah Lane and wife, Addison Lane and wife, Amelia Zion,
Rebecca Bradshaw and Steven Sinis. The organization took
place in the log court house, Rev. Thompson, of Crawfords
ville, being the minister. But previous to this, a man by the
name of Mills was sent out to this uncivilized country to
preach to the heathens as a missionary. The New School
Presbyterian was the second organization, with Rev. Bird as
pastor. Soon after this. Rev. Ferguson, of Thorntown, organ
ized the Old School Presbyterian Church. The Christian
Church was organized in 1838, at the house of James McCann,
on Main street, with Gilbert F. Harney as pastor, James
McCann and wife, John Shulse and wife, Zachariah Pauley
aud wife, Jane Forsythe and Susan Dale members. Elizabeth
Shulse is the only one of the charter members now living.
This organization held meetings in the court house for awhile
and then commenced to build ^ church on west Main street.
The roof was on but no weather boarding, when one windy
night the whole roof was blown off. Not being satisfied with
the location, as it was on a street, they soon bought more
ground where J. C. Brown's residence now stands, and built a
house on the commons, where nothing would disturb them but
the frogs, as there was a pond full of these musicians close by.
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on Indianapt)lis avenue, where it was repaired aud called the
St. Charles Catholic Church. It stands there and is occujiied
by that denomination at this time. The Baptists had preach
ing for several years before they organized. The United
Presbyterians had an organization for some time and held their
meetings in the court house. The Christian Union also had
a few members and held their meetings in the old Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The first school teacher was a Mr. Kimble, who taught in
the court house. The first school house was the " Seminary,"
now the Pleasant Grove House, where many of our middle-
aged men and women received their common education. W.
F. W. C. Ensminger taught many years and was considered
the best instructor we had ever had. Spelling was the one
principal study, as the whole school would have to spell at the
same time, and a prize was given for the best speller. Joseph
Lewis, then a young man, and Mary Zion, eleven years of
age, were the closing contestants, the latter carrying off the
prize, a book of "Payne's Poems." The seminary was after
wards converted into a residence, Dr. Perkins living in it for
several years. Chauncy King then bought it and commenced
the hotel business, continuing the same until his death. Mrs.
Bray, then his widow, is yet successfully carrying on the
business. People had to go two miles below the Quaker Church at
Thorntown for their flour and meal, the amount of the former
being limited, however. After some two years Mr. Longley
and Col. Hocker told the people if they would donate enough
money to buy an engine and boiler they would build a " corn
cracker." That was the first piece of machinery in the town,
and it almost frightened the natives to death. When the steam
was blown off for the first time they ran for their water
buckets to put out the fire. The mill was a great help to the
people, as the roads to Thorntown were almost impassible in
those days, and even the streets in this town were so the women
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elegant residence called the " Steamboat." It stood where the
Rat Smith property now is. It was oval shaped, standing
east and west as though it was ready to start up street through
the mud and water we had then. One time we had a concert
in the court house and everybody must go. It rained and
rained, but go we must. We got all the umbrellas (not many)
we could find, and some of us appropriated our plaid gingham
parasols. The night was as dark, the mud as deep and the
rain as copious as was ever known. On our way home I lost
my parasol, but fortunately the next morning Wilson's boys
looked up Main street, about opposite the Collier residence,
and there it stood stretched out over the street unharmed,
except the part under mud. We had no sidewalks or ditches
fo carry off the water.
Uncle Sammy Strong had the only tannery here for a num
ber of years, and he accumulated a handsome fortune at the
business. His vats were where the elegant residence of Mrs,
J. C. Daily now stands.
The 12th of August, 1852, the first train of cars reached
the depot. What a celebration ! Everybody and their children,
old and young, were present. Some were frightened at the
locomotive, and ran back and kept at what they thouglit would
be a safe distance. There was a big dinner fi'ce to everybody.
Mr. Zion had a long table spread in our yard, with green
bushes for a covering, and fed two hundred for dinner and
supper. After the railroad was completed, Mr. Zion donated
to William Jenkins and Moses Hall, Sr., four acres of ground
.south of the railroad, on which to build a flour mill. Iu 1880
this mill was destroyed by fire. AiiELiA ZiON.
December 18, 1886.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
BY CHAS. F. S. NEAL.
Thirty years ago it was not then known that sufficient
gravel could be found here to construct a system of gravel
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construct a gravel highway from Thorntown to Darlington, to
connect and extend to Crawfordsville. This was the first
gravel road enterprise in the county. It and the Rosston
gravel road, on the old Michigan road, are the only toll col
lecting highways in the county. In the year 1857 the Leb
anon and Royalton and the Lebanon and Sugar Creek Gravel
Road companies were organized. At first these two roads
were toll collecting, but in the year 1884 were bought by the
tax-payers living along them anil turned over to the county
as a part of the free gravel road system. Under the legislative
act of 1877, petitions for free gravel roads were filed before
the board of commissioners, at a called session held August 6,
1879, The first road ordered constructed under thi« act was
the Lebanon and New Brunswick, followed in quick succession
by the Lebanon and Dover, Middle Jamestown, Lebanon and
Noblesville, 'Ihorntown and Bethel, Kirk's Mill and Sharon,
Kirk's Mill south to Crawfordsville road, Lebanon and Thorn
town, east end Noblesville, Elizaville, eleven roads, which
exhausted the limit allowed by law, the limit being one per
centum of taxables of the county. In the construction of these
roads gravel was found in sufficient quantities to build and
maintain them with only one exception. The roads con
structed were highly satisfactory. The contractors on the
Lebanon and Elizaville found materials of the poorest and in
smallest quantities. Bad as it was when completed, it is now
by careful management as good as the best. Gravel road
building was started anew by the bond limit being increased
from one to one and a half percentum and the Thorntorn and
Sharon and Whitestown's two roads, and Zionsville's two, the
Lebanon and Fayette, Dover and Shannondale, Lebanon and
Ladoga, Lebanon and Slabtown and Thorntown, Hazelrigg and
Lebanon roads were ordered constructed. At this time twenty-
four free gravel roads have been built, aggregating 181 miles,
costing $189,100. The first issue of bonds for this public im
provement was redeemed by the treasurer in February, 1886,
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become due during the present and ensuing years. It will be
seen that where gravel was considered so scarce, with many
other seeming obstacles in the way, our roads have cost on an
average of $1,181 per mile. Much of this can be attributed
to the good management of our county board. Once con
structed, the keeping of so many miles of road in proper repair
has been no small task. These roads are managed by the
county commissioners as a board of free turnpike directors.
They first organized as such July 15, 1881, being Nathan
Perrill, William Curry and James Coombs, with Charles L.
Wheeler as clerk. This board meets quarterly. Each com
missioner has especial charge of all free pikes in his district,
and each road has its superintendent of repairs. Once each
year these superintendents meet with the turnpike board and
receive orders for repairs for the year. The present board of
directors are W. C. Crump, Ben. C. Booher and Jacob S.
Miller. The expenditures on account of repairs to the several
roads in the county, to the present time aggregates $46,824.71,
which includes the re-building of the Lebanon and Royalton
and Lebanon and Sugar Creek roads. Including the extensive
repairs to the roads last named, our roads cost us near $60 per
mile each year.
The peculiar location of our county, being situated at or
near the headwaters of numerous streams of central Indiana,
makes the matter of bridging quite light to the tax-payers,
compared to our neighboring counties. Singular as it seems,
prior to 1870 only a few small bridges were erected, and these
were only makeshifts compared with the handsome structures
erected in the past ten years. As the county developed and
products fast came marketable, good roads and ea,sy carriage
to market was demanded ; and to have good roads with deep,
dangerous fords greatly hindered at all seasons of the year the
carrying of loads such as our farmers now start to market
with. Our county board soon recognized the necessity of
better crossings over the streams of the county. At the June
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erect a 130-foot iron span bridge on stone work near Thorn
town, over Sugar Creek; also five thousand dollars to erect a
similar structure over Eagle Creek at Zionsville, and four
thousand dollars for one over Sugar Creek at Mechanicsburg.
The erection of these three structures were all made out of
general county revenue. For ten years our county fathers
were content without further bridge acci^mmodations.
In 1881 the legislature authorized county boards to create
a special bridge fund, and since that time a fifty-foot iron
bridge, on stone work, has been erected in Marion Township
over Eagle Creek. In Clinton Township two iron bridges
have been erected, one over Mud Creek near Elizaville, fifty
feet long, and one over the same stream near Hugh Wiley's,
seventy-five feet long ; Washington Township has a good
bridge near the Bird, seventy-five feet long, and at the present
time a 144-foot span on stone work is being erected over Sugar
Creek at Crose's Mill. This structure, when completed, will
be the largest, as also the most expensive, in the county, A
bridge ninetj feet long is also being erected over Brush Creek.
Sugar Creek Township has two bridges, one north of
Thorntown over Sugar Creek, and one east over Prairie Creek.
Center Township has three good iron bridges, fifty feet long,
all over Prairie Creek. Union Township has an eighty-foot
iron bridge over Eagle Creek. Eagle Township has three
iron bridges over Eagle Creek. -Jackson Township has an
eighty-foot span over Eel River and a fifty-foot span over
Raccoon Creek. In all, eighteen good bridges in the county,
fourteen of which are of wrought iron, costing in the aggre
gate §40,200. Large as this seems, many counties have ex
pended half the amount on one structure. As much more
expended on good, substantial structures aud Boone County
will have the streams crossing her highways well bridged.
In its native condition, a large portion of Boone County
consisted of marshy lands, much of which during the wet seas
ons, was occupied and covered with extensive sloughs and
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to be of little value, as it was then thought that it was im
practicable to drain them. As the improvement of the county
progressed, a partial and very imperfect system of artificial
drainage was commenced in some localities. Without giving
the details of the early progress of drainage, we may state
that up to the year 1879 much ditching had been done. Prob
ably as much as three hundred miles of large open ditches had
been made, and more than six thousand miles of small, mostly
covered, drainage had been made. Take the number of farms
in the county and estimate an average quantity of ditching on
each, and the highway ditching, and the above estimate will
not appear to be too great, though the exact amount can not
be given. Since 1879 it is probable that more drainage has
been done than prior to that date. Many of the open ditches
that had been cut prior to 1879 have been re-cut and much
enlarged so as to increase their efficiency in the capacity of
drainage; besides many new drains have been made, and
many thousands of rods of covered tile drains have been put
in, the exact quantity it is impossible to give, and yet there is
no abatement in ditch improvements, but it is on the increase
every year. Fresh impetus was given to drainage by the leg
islative act of 1881, which gave a new method of procedure
by giving the circuit court law, under which James Nealis and
George Stoltz were appointed Drainage Commissioners. They
were succeeded by Thos. J. Shultz and S. F, Cox, and they in
turn by I, S. Adney and Joseph Etter. During the first fif
teen months, beginning with September, 1881, forty-three
large drains — about one hundred and seventy-five miles — were
constructed. Since that time as many miles more, have been
constructed, until at the present time as much as four-fifths of
the large drains of tbe cDiintyare constructed. The construc
tion of so many large drains gave ample outlet to many deep
ponds and sloughs that heretofore the imperfect outlets had
failed to drain. One singular obstacle to the drainage of our
county is that on most all of the ditches is a backbone, or high
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the removal of these obstructions many thousand acres became
dry land. Not until 1883 were any provisions made to keep
such valuable public improvements in repair, which now is
placed in the hands of the county surveyor. The first large
ditch in the county was constructed by Fordice A- Devol, fol
lowed b' Eel River, Sanitary Raccoon, Grassy Branch and
many others. In propovtion to the number of acres of wet
land originally, probably Perry Township is the best drained
of any in the county, while Harrison has the largest number of
main drains according to area. At this time, by estimate,
there are near four hundred miles of open drains and seven
thousand miles of underground ditching in the county.
THE OLD-TIME SCHOOL MASTER.
As early as 1720 the French traders had established a trad
ing post at Thorntown, being one of the system of posts
extending from the valley of the St. Lawrence to that of the
Lower Mississippi. In 1800, it is .said, the town included
thirty-six trading hou.ses or stores, and was the home of a branch
of the Miami Indians. The white [lopulation up to this time
seems to have included only males, and no attempt was made to
establish society or to found schools and churches.
In 1828, when the Indians sold their reservation of Thorn
town to the Government, the entire population, French as well
as Indian, abandoned the place and the new town of Thorn
town, laid out in 1830, was located upon the west or opposite
side of Prairie Creek from the site of the old town. It may
be said then that the first Anglo-Saxon settlement was that of
the McCord brothers, who settled easrt of the present site of
Zionsville, in 1821. Other settlers came in each year and
about 1826 the first school in the county was organized in an
abandoned cabin on the east bank of Eagle Creek near the
Marion County line and about one and a half miles south of
the site of Zionsville.
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Beelar, in Eagle Township, and about the same time a log
school house was built in the new town of Thorntown, and
Jefferson Hillis was engaged as teacher at the latter point.
These two were the first houses erected, built especially for
school purposes, within the county. The .same year the first
school in Washington Township was taught by Daniel Ellis,
in a deserted settler's cabin, on the south bank of Sugar Creek
just a few rods south of the subsequent site of the Chase or
Ben Crose mill. In this same winter of 1832, the first school
in Marion Township was taught in a cabin on the farm of John
Pan, just north of Big Springs. It was not till 1836 that the
first public school house was built in Marion Township, being
situated upon the farm of John Wright, not far from the pres
ent site of School No. 2. Within these years, from 1832 to
1837, private schools were carried on in all the new settlements.
In Jefferson and Union townships as early as 1833, and in the
southwest part of Jackson Township in 1835, schools had heen
established, and rudimentary instruction was given pupils who
•came through the tangled forests and swampy by-ways to gain
what knowledge was then opened to them. All of the .schools
in the county were at this time carried on by subscription on
the settlers who, from their scanty means cheerfully gave, and,
each in turn, boarded the teacher for the sake of giving their
children a measure of preparation for the wider range of duties
to devolve upon them with the development of the country.
In 1835 the first school in Clinton Township had been
established in a deserted cabin in the Mud Creek settlement,
northwest of Elizaville, with J. H. Sample as teacher. The
following year witnessed the first school in Perry Township,
being in a cabin in the northwestern part of the township. In
the year 1837 the first school in Worth Township, and prob
ably the first free school in the county, was taught in a cabin
on the farm of James McCord, the teacher being Henry Lucas,
and the teacher being paid by the county. In the autumn of
this same year a subscription school of two or three month.s'
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ship. This was the first school taught in that township. From
this time on the growth of the schools in the county kept pace
with that of the population. In 1824 the legislature had
enacted a law to establish school houses, of which two provis
ions were as follows :
Sec. 6, Each able-bodied male person of the age of twenty-one or
upwards, being freeholder or householder, residing in the district, shall be
liable equally to work one day in each week until such building may be
completed, or pay the sum of thirty seven and one-half cents for every day
he may so fail to work, and provided, morever, that the said trustees shall
always be bound to receive at cash price, in lieu of any such labor or money
as aforesaid, any plank, nails, glass, or other materials which may be needed
about such building.
Sec. 7. That in all such cases such school house shall be eight feet
between the floors, and at least one foot from the surface of the ground to
the first floor, and finished in a manner calculated to render comfortable
the teacher, pnpUs, etc.
Under this law school houses were rapidly constructed all
over the state, the great majority of such houses being built
of hewed logs with puncheon floors and capacious fireplaces
and chimneys. The seats were without backs; the writing
desk or table was made of puncheons renting upon wooden
pins driven into the walls and extending along two or three
sides of the room. The teacher's whips were laid upon two
long pins above the teacher's desk. The public schools under
the old constitution depended entirely upon the income from
the congressional fund, no tuition tax being provided for by
law. From eight to twelve weeks usually exhausted the pub
lic money. In a majority of case-! the term was extended
several weeks by subscription upon the part of the patrons of
the district. The early teachers were generally Yankee, Irish,
or Scotch, with an occasional Quaker from North Carolina,
For a long time there were no public examinations to deter
mine the fitness of teachers other than the local school direct
ors and the patrons at large. An indispensible requisite was
the ability and disposition to make a vigorous use of the
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to this the ability to do "the sum" [in Pike's Arithmetic
through "Tare and Tret," to spell through the old Element
ary and to read loud and rapidly and he was fully equipped
for his manifold duties! Most of the teachers uniformly
"skipped the fractions" in arithmetic. It is related that one
or two of the earlier teachers in the county attempted to teach
the spherical shape of the earth, and even asserted that it was
as cold at the south pole as at the north pole ! For these
ignorant and blasphemous teachings more than one pioneer
teacher was promptly dismissed. Their notions of geography
were not orthodox, for how could the earth have "four cor
ners" if these things were true? But a better class of teach
ers soon came into the new county from New England, the
Middle States and Kentucky. Many men who have since led
their profession in our state, came into the state as pioneer
teachers from 1835 to 1850. The county seminaries, designed
as stepping-stones from the district school to the State Uni
versity, were being rapidly establisrhed in the different county
seats of the state, and about 1840 the old Boone County Sem
inary was begun on the east side of Lebanon. The building
was finished in 1843, and that autumn the first school within
it was taught by Stephen Neal, Esq., who is still a resident of
Lebauon. Mr. Neal was succeeded in 1844 by John M. Pat-
ton, late cashier of the Thorntown national bank. The county
seminary continued to flourish during a period of ten years,
until the adoption of the new constitution in 1852, when, like
most of the seminaries in the state, it was sold at public sale.
It brought the county school fund the sura of §900, aud was
converted into a hotel or boarding house, for which it is still
used, known as the Pleasant Grove, or Bray House.
Among other early teachers of Boone County we may men
tion a Mr. Schenck, a German, who taught the second school
iu Perry Township in 1837; Mr. W. L. McCormick, who
first taught in the county in 1842, teaching a public school in
au old log house a mile and a half east of New Brunswick, in
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with the exception of <.ine or two winters, taught every year,
keeping pace with the rapid advancement of the school sys
tem. For many years he has kept his place as the oldest
teacher in the county. Among the early teachers at Thorn
town were numbered Rufus A Lockwood, afterward famous as
a brilliant and eccentric lawyer, the winner of the famous
Mariposa gold mine suit in California, and who went down in
the Atlantic with the ill-fated Central America, and Rev.
Bird, a Presbyterian minister, who established a school at
Thorntown about 1840, which attracted many pupils; Andrew
J. Boone, -lo-eph Sample, Isaac and Robert Carmack, Rev.
Philander Anderson, David Burns and others became widely
known over the county as teachers within the two decades
from 1840 to 1850. In 1855 the Thorntown Academy was
established under the charge of the Northwest M. E. Confer
ence. Among its principals may be cited Rev. Tarr, Hon. O.
H. Smith, Republican candidate for Superintendent, in 1878;
Prof. J. C. Ridpath, the historian and literateur; Prof. Sims,
now Chancellor of . 'Syracuse University, New York ; Profs.
Osborn, Rouse and others \\ho have been widely known as
educational workers. This school flourished for about seven
teen years, at the end of whieh time it was sold and converted
into a public high school. In 1^60 the Presbyterian Church
began the erection of an academy in Lebanon. The first school
was taught in the new building in 1862, under the charge of
Prof Naylor. The school continued to prosjier for some ten
years when it was sold to the town and converted into a public
high school, for which purpose it is still used. Upon the
conversion of the academy into a public school the three dis
trict schools, which had long been maintained in Lebanon,
were abolished. The meagerness of the county school records
afford but few statistics of the .steady progress of the ])ublic
schools; but each year the enumeration and enrollment in
creased and the facilities of every kind were extended. But
two or three isolated school ma'ams had been known in the
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seemed to have been a matter of general astonishment when
the necessary employment of women proved that in many
cases, at least, the school ma'am could surpass the school
master in the efficiency of her work and the beneficence of her
influence. For the year 1886-87 there are employed in the
schools of Boone County fifty-four female and 106 male
teachers. Until a few years ago there was still in use, near the Har
rison and Perry Township line, an old-time log school house,
known popularly as "Cornbread College." In fact, it still
stands, and is used as a wood house for No. 9, Harrison Town
ship. This was the last of the old-time log school houses with
its two logs cut out for windows, its puncheon floor and mon
ster chimney. From hewed log to frame, and from frame to
brick has been the transition. There are now in Boone
County 135 school buildings, of which thirty -six are frame
and ninety-nine brick. The total value of buildings and
furnishings exceeds $200,000.
Of the towu school buildings, that of Jamestown was
erected in 1873, at a cost of $12,000. It is a very spacious
and well-located building. That of Zionsville was erected
soon afterwards and is a handsome edifice, and its site, upon
an eminence at the west side of town, is unsurpassed iu the
state. In 1883 the Thorntown High School was erected, at a
cost of about $15,000. It is probably the best school building
possessed by a town of the size of Thorntown in the state. It
is commodious in its arrangement and beautiful in its propor
tions and its finish. Within the past year the city of Lebanon
has built a neat ward school building, aud it is the expectation
that a new high school building that will honor the county
seat will be erected in the near future. Certain it is, that no
railway or other enterprise can ever bring to a town the pros
perity and development that such a school must insure.
There were enumerated in Boone County in the year of
1886, a school population of 7,980, of which number 5,098
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are enrolled as pupils iu the public schools, with an average
daily attendance of about 5,000, The total school revenues
of the county for the years 1885-86 were $99,882.15, of which
§65,732.81 was special school revenue.
The length of the schools have, within the past few years,
varied widely in the different townships, ranging from eight
months in Sugar Creek to four months in Perry.
The school and township libraries of the county number
1,500 volumes. The apparatus for purposes of illustration is
valued at $5,200.
A uniform course of study, divided into five grades, is fol
lowed in all the schools of the county, and notwithstanding
the many drawbacks of irregular attendance, insufficient sup
ply of text-books, indifference of parents, etc., rapid progress
is making toward such a system of classification and work as
will secure, it is hoped, the best ultimate results, and enable
pupils moving from one school to another to pursue their
studies without the loss of time or change of work.
The common schools are the people's colleges, and looking
back over the progress of the half century past, and then to
the unlimited possibilities of the future, it is easy to believe
that the fondest dreams of their founders will be more than
realized.
POEM BY JOHN LOWE.
In rambling o'er the hilltops late,
'Where once I used to roam.
So changed from their former state,
A lonely feeling o'er me came.
But sixty years and more have past.
Since those early scenes were met ;
Though slow in youth the years have past.
In age soon each year is met.
The scenes so dear to me in youth
Now lie in sad decay ;
I scarcely realize the truth.
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The woodman's ax has done its work.
The forest has been removed ;
Where savage Indians, so unbeloved.
Held their dances where we men work.
.Made ready for the husbandman,
The fertile soil to cultivate
The choice products of the land.
To increase his good estate.
The bears and panthers, wolves and deer.
Unmolested used to roam
The wildwood which iu days of yore.
They no more dare to come.
Wild turkeys, deer, and raccoons, too,
Were plenty in those days;
They fed where they chose to go.
And frolicked in their plays.
But now the place so free to them.
No longer gives them room ;
And all who 'scape the eyes of man.
Have found another home.
Days, weeks, months and years have passed,
In the long, long time ago ;
The time so slow yet swift has passed.
Since four and sixty years ago.
Though sixty yaars and more have passed.
Since first those scenes I roamed ;
In memory near, from first to last,
My youth has been just now renewed.
Some of the scenes .nlone have sadness brought,
That memory now by time records ;
Of scenes more recently have passed,
Some comfort vet at times affords.
My span of life is almost done,
When counted by the score;
Three score and ten is not enough,
You must add yet four years more.
Lebanon, Ind., March 3, 1887.

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THE OLD PIONEERS.
BY H. T. COFTON.
Oh, I love to read the story
Of the grand old pioneer.
Living in. his little cabin
On the wild, wierd frontier.
Far away from native homestead
By childhood's memories blest,
When this goodly land of ours
Was a wilderness, out west.
Oh, I fancy now I see him
Sitting in his cabin door.
In the shadows of the evening.
When the hard day's work is o'er.
In the forest dark and gloomy,
Clustering all around his home,
Undergrown with briars and bushes
Where the bear and panther roam.
And the prowling wolf in shyness,
For the darkness lies in wait.
Whilst he sits alone in silence,
Dreaming of his native state.
All unconscious of the darkness.
And the dangers lurking nigh.
Until wakened from his musings
By the panther's fearful cry ;
Borne upon the night winds chilly,
Heard above the rustling leaves,
Then he blinds the little windows,
Just beneath the clapboard eaves.
Piles the rough wood in the corner.
On the heavy puncheon floor.
Draws the string in through the latchet,
Fastens well the oaken door.

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Wife and children all around him,
Sleeps he 'til the morning sun.
Safe as any king in palace,
With his faithful dog and gun.
Honest hands by toiling hardened,
Honest hearts that knew no fears,
Oh, I love to hear the story
Of the grand old pioneers,
Zionsville, February 9, 1887.

DEDICATED TO THE BOYS WHO CROSSED THE
PLAINS WITH ME IN 1852.
BY SAMUEL HARDEN.
The following are the names of the company who left Eagle
Village for California, March 15, 1852: Marion Patterson,
James Duzan, George Harden, Henry French, James N. Lee,.
Isaac Cotton and Samuel Harden.
Comrades, it is growing late, tis camping time.
Here let us rest on the banks of this stream ;
Yonder is a spring, and wood to light our fire by ;
Green pastures on every baud to rest our jaded team.
Yes, let us gather 'round the fire once again ;
For we must be nearing our journey's end ;
The plains are past, the mountains are in view.
The slope beyond where sky and water blend.
How like life the ov, rl.uid journey seems
The plains tbe murning, ere the noon begins;
The mountains gained, snow-capped we find
Morning past, the evening tide appears.
Comrades, our journey o'er the plains is nearly done,
The golden shore lies just beyond ;
Our fire is burning low — another day begun ;
We may reach there ere night comes on.
Lebanon, May, 1SS7.

MISCELLANEOUS.

BOONE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
At this day and age of the world a county without an agri
cultural society would be like a wagon without wheels. So
the citizens thought thirty-five years ago, and about that time
(1853) took steps looking to an organization. Most of the
time since there has been more or less interest manifest in this
direction. There have been times when the life of such an
organization might have been debatable ; but if such a time
ever did exist, it has passed away forever, if one might judge
from visiting the fair of 1886. It is now a hearty, live, big,
well-conducted society. The past few years — say since 1868 —
the society have added to their grounds, half mile north of the
city, from time to time, ample space and erected suitable build
ings to make it one of the most desirable in the state. The
Lebanon fair is now a "household word" in the county, the
pride of all classes of people — the farmer, the mechanic, the
merchant and all — a fixed institution that we could illy do
without. The rapid progress we have made as a county, in
the way of products and stock improvements has sprung par
tially from an impetus given by this society, brought about by
that laudable strife, "Who shall best produce?" Among
those active in the first organization, we find H. G. Hazlerigg,
A. J. Boone, Levi Lane, William Zion, L. C. Daugherty, John
Higgins, Thomas R. Cobb, J. M. Ball, Samuel S. B[eath,
Jesse Neff, Adolphus Wysong, T. J. Cason, William C. Kise
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The receipts annually are enough to pay all current expenses
and sufficient left to pay the stockholders a handsome divi
dend. [From the Pioneee, November, 1886.]
The stockholders of the Boone County Stock Agricultural
Society met in annual session in the Circuit Court room on
Saturday last. The meeting was called to order by President
J. M. Ball, when, on motion of S. L. Cason, John Higgins
was elected chairman. Treasurer B. F. Coombs submitted
the following report of receipts and expenditures for the year
1886: EECEIPTS.
Eeceived from former treasurer  $188 04
Gate money  3,505 99
Stands and shows  556 30
Stall rent  215 50
Amphitheater  133 60
Entry fees  30 00
Insurance ou old floral hall  295 50
Proceeds of note  600 00
Kents by John Adair  13 10
Total  So,536 76
EXPENDITCKES.
Premiums and expenses  $5,275 03
Balance on hand  261 73
Total  $5,536 76
Secretary John W. Kise submitted a report of the money
passing through his hands, as follows :
RECEIPTS.
May 1,1886. Cash from treasurer  $10 00
Aug. 2,1886, Cash from treasurer   8 fO
Aug.19,1886, Cashreoeived at fair  30 00
Total."  $48 00

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EXPENDITURES.
Postage, wrappers, etc  $11 21
Advertising  10 25
Draying  75
Cash paid treasurer  30 00
Total  $52 21
Balance due secretary  3 71
The secretary submitted verbal report of insurance now on
the society's buildings, and the president made report of pur
chase of grounds, improvements, etc.
The certificate of the secretary of the State Board of Agri
culture was submitted, showing that our society had been
properly represented at the annual meeting of that board,
and that the secretary had made all necessary reports to the
state board. This concluded the forenoon session.
At 1 p. M. the society convened and proceeded to the elec
tion of officers and directors, as follows :
OFFICERS.
John M. Ball, president. E. G. Darnall, secretary.
Eiley Colgrove, vice-president, T. R, Cobb, superintendent.
8. L. Cason, treasurer. DIRECTORS,
C. C. Padgett, Marion, W. H. Dooley, Union.
William Brenton, Clinton. Jacob Jones, Eagle.
John Higgins, Washington. John B. Witt, Perry.
Joseph A. Campbell, Sugar Creek. S. L. Lane, Harrison.
W. B. Taylor, Jefferson. E. C. McCann, Jackson.
S. S. Heath and Jas. Nealis, Center. Benjamin Booher, Worth.
The society voted that the Executive Committee be selected
by the board of directors.
The railroad fare of John Higgins to attend the meeting
of the State Board of Agriculture was ordered paid by the
society. On motion, the directors were authorized to appoint
the committee on revision of premium list for 1887, after
which the stockholders' meeting adjourned.

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MEETING.

The board of directors-elect met immediately upon the
adjournment of the stockholders' meeting, and, on motion,
appointed the following committee on revision of premium
list: J. M. Ball, John Higgins, James Nealis and R. C.
McCann. The board selected as an executive committee,
Benjamin Booher, William Brenton and S. S. Heath."
COUNTY POOR FARM.
Somewhere in the Bible we find : " The poor ye always
have with you." This was true then, it is true now, and will
doubtless continue to the end of time. Since this is a settled
fact, how important it is that there has been for years an asy
lum for the poor and indigent throughout our country. Boone
County has not been behind other parts of the state in mak
ing a move in this direction, for as early as 1864 a move was
made in selecting a piece of ground one and one-half miles
southeast of Lebanon, and soon thereafter built suitable and
commodious buildings thereon for the accommodation and care
of this unfortunate class of people. And at this writing
{ 1887) the county has as well ordered a home for the poor as
her sister counties. The farm is now in charge of W. H.
Shoemaker, and has been for several years, to the general sat-
isfactif n of the people of the county. Previous to Mr. Shoe-
make; taking the farm, it was in charge of Washington
Howaid. There are at this writing, 1886, about sixty inmates.
PROBATE COURT.
The Probate Court was first held at the house of David
Hoover, November 4, 1830. It was held there until 1833,
when it was held at the house of A. H. Longly, at Lebanon.
The following persons have served as judges: Wm. Rodman,
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MeDaniel, J. H. Rose and James A. Thompson. In 1852
the court was abolished.

THE COMMON PLEAS COURT
Was organized in 1852. The following have served as
judges: L. C. Daugherty, John Coburn, Chas. A. Ray, Solo
mon Blair, Thos. J. Cason and T. H. Palmer, who
held the office until 1873, when the court was abolished
and all the business transferred to the Circuit Court. The fol
lowing attorneys have practiced as prosecutors before this
court from 1852 to 1873: A, V. Austin, Michael D. White,
Henry Shannon, O. S. Hamilton, C. C. Galvin, D. H. Hamil
ton, John Morgan, John C, Budkin, W, W. Wollen, Samuel
W. Doyle, James V. Kent, G. H. Goodwin. Some of the
above were non-residents of the county, at which time Boone
was attached to other adjoining counties for judicial purposes.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The first term was held at the house of John Galvin, in
Jamestown, April 19, 1832. The next term was held at the
house of Cornelius Westfall, in Thorntown, October, 1832.
In 1833 it was held at the house of A. H. Longly, in Lebanon,
and in 1834 it was held in the log court house. The follow
ing have served as judges of the Circuit Court : B. F. Mor
ris, W. W. Wick, F. M. Finch, W. J. Peasly, Isaac Naylor,
W. P. Bryant, John M. Cowan, Thos.-F. Davidson, T. H.
Palmer and Thos. J. Terhune. The following have served as
associate judges until 1852, when that office was discontinued:
Wm. Kenworthy, Samuel Cason, Jacob Johns, Samuel Dooley
and Nash L. Pitzer.

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STATE SENATORS.

The following persons have served in the state senate:
Lewis Jesup, Hamilton, Clinton and Boone ; Lewis Masters,
Hamilton, Clinton and*Boone; Bickwell Cole, who resided iu
Hamilton County and represented that county and Boone
jointly ; Jacob Angle represented Hamilton and Boone coun
ties, Mark A. Duzan resided in Boone, represented Boone and
Hamilton counties, W. W. Conner, of Hamilton County, rep
resented Boone, Hamilton and Tipton counties, W. Garver
represented Boone, Hamilton and Tipton counties, Newton
Jackson represented Boone, Hamilton and Tipton counties,
John Green represented Boone, Hamilton and Tipton coun
ties, Solomon Blair resided in Hendricks County and repre
sented Hendricks and Boone counties, Thos. J. Cason repre
sented Hendricks and Boone counties, Thos. M. Hamilton
represented Boone and Clinton counties, A. J. Boone resided
in Boone County and represented Boone and Clinton counties,
Jas. V- Kent resided in Clinton County and represented
Boone and Clinton counties, H. M. Marvin also represented
Boone aud Clinton counties, D. C. Bryant resided in Clinton
County and represented Boone and Clinton counties.

COUNTY SHERIFFS.
The following persons have served as sheriffs : Austin
Davenport, Jacob Tipton, Wm. Zion, John S. Forsythe, Sam
uel Daily, Fielding Utterback, Wm. Staton, John Hazlette,
A. W. Larimore, J. H. Rodman, Riley Colgrove, John Ken
worthy, L. B. Edwards, Wm. R. Simpkin.s, R. S. Camplin,
Edward Reynolds, J. H. Spahr, M. C. Moore, I. T. Davis,
Jacob S. Cobb and N. C. Titus, elected November, 1886.

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COUNTY RECORDERS.
The following persons have served as recorders : James
McCann, Thos, P. Miller, Sanford Peters, John Thomas, F.
M. Davis, John W. Kise, Wm. F. Morgan, Sidney Pitzer,
Reese Garrett, D. W. Campbell, and F. M. Moody, elected
November, 1886. COUNTY SURVEYORS.
The following persons have served as County Surveyors :
AVm. Doolin, A. H. Longley, Jos. E, Hooker, H. Lapham, J.
M. Burns, Jas. Mulligan, Henry Taylor, Wm. E. Ensminger,
Gaines Brock, T. W. Huckstep, C. F. S. Neal, M, F. Orear,
and A, K. Warren, elected November, 1886.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
The following have served as County Treasurers : J. T.
McLaughlin, John G. Nesbit, John C. Daily, A. H. Shepperd,
David Kenworthy, F. M. Busby, John H. Dooly, S. S. Daily,
W. D. Hudson, Geo. Norwood, Geo. Essex, Eli Smith, aud
J. H. Harrison, elected November, 1886. Prior to 1842 the
sheriff collected the tax, hence no treasurer is reported. Be
fore that time "coon skins" were legal tender.
COUNTY CORONERS.
The following have served as County Coroners: George
Walker, R. Beard, Henry Deever, Michael Witt, J. R. Law
rence, Wm. McLean, Adam Hendricks, Jas. Jackson, M. F.
Jones, Geo. Coombs, Milroy Lane, Henry Hicks, J. A. Thomp
son, J. M. Adkins, Ratliff Baird, R. A. Williamson, E. W.
Hilligoss, J. L. Garrison, Dr. Coons, and Thos. E. BouneL
elected November, 1886.

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COUNTY CLERKS.

The following have served as County Clerks: David
Hoover, S. S. Brown, John Crisman, Levi Lane, W. C. Kise,
S. A. Lee, A. O. Miller, Jesse Neff, L. M. Cox, George Hau
ser, Israel Curry, and Dr. Jesse Reagan, elected November,
1886, who has not yet taken his office (1887).
COUNTY AUDITORS.
The following have served as County Auditors: A. G.
Boone, S. A. Gilmore, Jas. A. Nunn, Jos. B. Pitzer, A. C.
Daily, R. W. Matthews, John M. Ball, J. W. Hedges, T. B.
Williamson, and J. H. Perkins, elected November, 1886. At
this writing Mr. Perkins has not taken his office.
COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES.
Austin Davenport, Robert Hamau, represented Boone and
Hamilton counties; A. H. Longly, Jos. E. Hocker, J. H.
Nelson, John Crisman, .1. H. Rose, Benj. Boone, John Duzan,
H. G. Hazlerigg, Stephen Neal, Hiram Blackstone, L. C.
Daugherty, Henry M. Marvin, Wm. Staton, W. B. Beach, W.
P. Jones, W. M. Goodwin, N. Landers, Ed. D. Herod, Clark
Devol, O. S. Hamilton, Nelson Fordice, T. J. Cason, Sherman
Hostetter, F. M. Stringer, J. F. Burns, who represented
Boone and Hendricks; A. E. Goodwin, B. F. Thomas, of
Hendricks, represented Boone also ; John Higgins represented
Boone and Clinton counties; W. J. Devol, C. S. Wesner,
M. L. Martin, John Chowner, Jos. Davis, H. D. Sterrett, Jas.
B. Dale, and Jas. H. Kelly, elected November, 1886.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The following have served as County Commissioners :
Frederick Lowe, J. M. Hurt, Jas. Van Eaton, jStephen Crane,
W. M. Buroughs, Noah Chitwood, Wra. Thompson, Solomon

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Beck, Wm. Staton, J. A. Potts, F. C. Galspic, Samuel H.
Schenck, Stephen Gapen, Levi Lane, Manson Head, I. L.
Hickerson, A. Robinson, Geo. E. Conrad, Wra. Stephenson,
Nathan Perrill, Jesse Jackson, Jas. C^oombs, G. W. Campbell,
Wm. Curry, Geo. Shomaker, W. C. Smith, W. C. Crump, B.
C. Booher, Jas. L. Taylor, and Jacob S. Miller.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (CIRCUIT COURT).
The following have practiced at the Boone County Bar as
Prosecuting Attorneys from first to the present time. During
part of the time the county has been connected with several
other counties, and only a portion of the following ever lived
in the county ; but for the past few years Boone has been a
district of itself, and the prosecutors have been residents of
the county : Milton Gregg, William Herod, William Quarles,
Joseph E. Hocker, William J. Prisley, Hugh O'Neal, W. J.
Brown, A. A. Hammond, Josiah Mattock, W. B. Beach, J.
Lander, A. J. Boone, William Wallace, D. S. Gooding, Isaac
Naylor, D. W. Vorhees, O. S. Hamilton, Henry Shannon, T.
N. Rice, R. W. Harrison, Samuel F. Wood, B. F. Pierce, G.
H. Goodwin, W. B. Walls, Henry C. Wills, Wm. R. Moore,
Frank Charlton, Bart. S, Higgins, C. M. Winecup, elected
November, 1886 ; has not at this writing taken his office ('87).
COURT HOUSES.
The first court house built in Lebanon was a hewed log
structure. It stood immediately north of the public square
and just west of the jail. It was built in 1835.
The second one was of brick, built the year 1839 or 1840.
It stood where the present house now stands. It was a two-
story structure and served well its day, when it was taken down
in 1855, as it was not considered safe longer to occupy it. It
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the records were taken to a building on the northwest corner
of Main and Lebanon streets, where they were mostly destroyed
by fire November 26, 1866. In the meantime the present
house was commenced in 1855 and finished 1857. It is yet
standing and speaks for itself It cost near forty thousand
dollars, and for the time and will be for years ample for the
county business. The next one we will let some one else write
about in the " sweet by and by."
ATTORNEYS PAST AND PRESENT OF LEBANON,
INDIANA.
BY STEPHEN NEAL.
The following is a list of resident lawyers at Lebanon from
the year 1843 to 1852 : Jacob Angle, Joseph E. Hocker, Silas
Wi'ight, A. J. Boone, Stephen Neal, T. J. Cason, J. C. Hague,
L. C. Dougherty and W. B. Beach. Of these, Jacob Angle
emigrated to the state of Illinois iu 1856, and died about fif
teen years past ; Joseph E. Hocker moved to the state of Kan
sas in the year 1858, and died about two years past at Seneca,
Kan. ; S. Wright moved to the southern part of Indiana in
the year 1845 ; A. J. Boone departed this life at his home near
Lebanon, July 12, 1875; L. C. Dougherty continued to reside
in Lebanon until he died, about October 29, 1876 ; William
B. Beach is now a resident of Providence, R. I.; J. C. Hague
is now residing on his farm near Thorntown ; Stephen Neal
and T. J. Cason both are yet residents in the city of Lebauon.
During said period of time, from 1843 to 1852, a few other
attorneys were located in Lebanon for a short time. During
those years, Hiram Brown, William Quarles, Hugh O'Neal, A.
A.. Hammond and Jacob Landis, of Indianapolis, were regular
attendants of the circuit courts of this county.
From the year 1852 to 1886, the resident lawyers at Leba
non have been, T. J. Cason, A. J. Boone, R. W. Harrison, T.
H. Lockhart, J. W. Clements, T. J. Terhune, C. M. Zion, 0.

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P. Mahan, B. S. Higgin,*, C. S. Wesner, J. A. Abbott, I, M.
Kelsey, M. C. Wills,' C. M. Wynkoop, J. S. Pierce, Stephen
Neal, b. M. Burns, J. O. Pedigo and S. A. Falkner. All of
these except Messrs. Boone and Clements are still residents of
Lebanon. During said period several other attorneys have
been located in the city and practiced law for short periods.
Stephen Neal is the pldest attorney in the county, having had
nearly a half century's experience in the legal profession.

SECRET ORDERS IN BOONE COUNTY.
Below will be found a brief history of the different orders
in the county, when located, names, etc. We would be glad
to give a more full account if we had it, but have been unable
to get the secretiaries to write up the orders. We take even
this from the Lebanon Patriot, dated December 18, 1886.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
"Lebanon Lodge K. of P. was organized April 16, 1874, with
B. A. Smith, W. E, Crigler, Edward Reynolds, W. P. John
son, W. H. Pennington, J. W. Kise, T. J. Powell, A. D. Mor
ris, J. W- Garner, J. W. Small, P. L. Herod, Milroy Lane,
J. W. Olive, J. H. Morgan, T. J. Shulse, J. W. Hammond,
R. S. Camplin, Isaac Morris, F. M. Busby and W. A. Ken
worthy as charter members. Ben. A. Smith was made first
C. C, James W. Garner, V- C. Milroy Lane had the honor
of being first Past Chancellor. The new lodge started off
with plenty of work in each of the ranks, and seemed to pros
per until about 1876, when financial trouble overtook it, and
not until 1880 did it renew its former vigor. During the years
1880-1, owing to the close application of several of the breth
ren, including S. S. Dailey, Charles M. Harrison, I. T. Davis
and others, the lodp-e had a new boom, and from that time to
the present but few lodge meetings have been without work.
In February, 1882, the lodge moved to its present location.

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Recently they have secured a new home in Neal's new block,
which is being fitted up at an expense of about $400. They
expect to occupy this elegant room about January 6, 1887.
The membership consists of 157, of whom all except sixteen
are under thirty-five years of age. Of so large a number but
few lodges can boast of so many young men, which only adds
life and vigor. No. 45 has made no failure in public enter
tainments, as the successful carrying on of the K. of P. fair,
in the winter of 1884, and the Fourth of July enterprise of
1885, speak for themselves. The financial affairs of the lodge
at the present time is managed by trustees S. S. Dailey, I. T.
Davis and C. F. S. Neal. Their last report shows ten shares
of building and loan stock and other property and cash, mak-
iu all over $2,000. In a charitable way, Lebanon Lodge No.
45, since its organization, has expended over |3,000.
Thorntown Lodge No. 124, was organized April 27, 1885,
with about thirty-five charter members aud has at the present
time over 100, in good standing, all young, live, active and
energetic fellows. FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.
The Masonic Order is represented in Boone County by the
following Lodges : Boone, No. 9, Lebanon ; Thorntown, No.
113, Thorntown ; Zion, No. 197, Zionsville; Hazelrigg, No.
200, Jamestown; Celestial, No. 525, Whitestown; Rosston,
No. 528, Rosston ; Lebanon Chapter, No. 39 ; Boone Council,
Nil. 45, Boone Lodge, No, 9, was first chartered as Thorntown
Lodge, No. 9, and place of meeting was at Thorntown. The
charter was granted May 29, 1845, to Harvey G. Hazelrigg,
W. M.; Silas M. White, S, W. ; and Joseph D. Davis, J. W. ;
and was continued there until 1849, when the place of meet
ing was changed to Lebanon and name to Boone Lodge, No.
9. The first meeting of that lodge in Lebanon was in the
second story of a frame building situated on what is now
known as the Halfman corner, and continued there until Will
iam Zion built the two-story frame building on the Zion cor-

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ner, and in the upper story of this frame building was fitted
up one of the handsomest lodge rooms in the state at that
time. It was in fact a blue lodge, the walls being beautifully
frescoed in blue, upon which were painted all the symbols of
the order, and with its starry, decked ceiling and light in the
east it truthfully represented a lodge of symbolic Masons.
Here they remained until this building was destroyed by fire,
in which most all the property of the lodge was lost. In the
spring of 1866, with a membership of worthy citizens, at this
time they determindd to build a lodge room, and accordingly
made arrangements with Silas A, Lee and David Kenworthy,
who were then proposing to build on the lot owned by them
on South Lebanon street, to add a second story, which was
done, and they have now one of the best arranged and fur
nished lodge rooms iu the state. Dr. John L. Smith is be
lieved to be the only surviving charter member of this lodge
as instituted at Thorntown. James Coombs is the oldest con
tinuous member of Boone Lodge, No. 9, being made a Mason
January 5, 1855. Among its prominent members were Har
vey G. Hazelrigg, Wm. Zion, R. G. Dormire, L. C. Daugh
erty, Alijah Robison, F. M. Busby, Chauncy King. Major
Hazelrigg was for nearly twenty years Worshipful Master of
the lodge and retired only when he refused to serve any longer.
In 1862 he was elected Senior Grand Warden of the Grand
Lodge. In 1863 and 1864 he was elected Deputy Grand
Master, and in 1865, '66 and '67 was elected Grand Ma.ster of
the Grand Lodge. He was also at one time Eminent Grand
Commander of the Knights Templar of the state. In the
work of the order he was very proficient, and few ever excelled
him. His knowledge of the Masonic law was such that his
decisions were quoted in other jurisdictions as authority and
he occupied a very prominent position in the order. This
lodge has experienced a revival and now has a membership of
about 140, composed of active and prominent citizens. Thorn
town Lodge was chartered May 30, 1851, and now has a mem
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1846, and has at present about fifty members. The lodge has
lately had the misfortune to lose, by fire, their finely furnished
lodge room, but they are now making preparations to build a
room of their own. Hazelrigg Lodge was chartered May 26,
1857, and now has a membership of about fifty. Celestial
Lodge was chartered May 23, 1876, and now has a member
ship of about twenty-five. Rosston Lodge was chartered May
23, 1875, and has a membership of about thirty-five. Of
Royal Arch Masons there is but one chapter in Boone County,
and that is at Lebanon. It has a membership of about sixty-
five, composed of prominent and influential citizens of the
county. They meet in the hall of Boone Lodge No. 9, and
have lately purchased an elegant outfit for its purposes. There
is also but one council of Cryptic Masonry in the county, and
it is located at Lebanon. Several residents of this county are
¦also Knights Templar and Scottish Rite Masons. Accord
ing to an ancient and well-established rule of the order ladies
•can not become Masons, (although there is no objection to
their becoming wives of Masons) and for the good of the
brethren, their wives, mothers and daughters, the beautiful
order of the Eastern Star was organized, and of this there is a
chapter in this city, lately re-organized, and which is now in a
prosperous condition and is a source of profit and pleasure to
all who have obtained the privilege of looking upon the star
in the east. RED MEN. •
There is a great lack of correct information concerning the
Improved Order of Red Men. The order is a confraternity
for the promulgation of principles of true benevolence and
charity, and for the establishment of friendly bonds among
men. The order had its origin, as is believed, in the days of
the revolution, but the written record begins from the year
1812-13, when it was organized by Lieut. Williams, in Fort
Mifflin, on the Delaware River, and was intended and did suc
ceed in rendering a divided garrison a unit for the Republic.
When the close of the war its original object of existence

ROBERT SLOCUM.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1 (U
ceased, but a few years later, shorn of its political character,
it was revived, and to-day exists on the principles above stated.
It is now the oldest American society extant of the class known
as secret societies. The order is beneficial, protective and
reciprocal ; it is pre-eminently moral, just and pure ; it is
founded on principles of pure benevolence ; it recognizes as a
principle the right of man to freedom of thought and con
science. It believes in any proper means or bonds which will
establish between men, otherwise strangers and aliens to each
other, the faithful bond of reciprocal friendship. The order
is represented in every state and territory in the United States
and is extending to foreign nations.
Winnebago Tribe, No. 36, was organized in this city on the
night of May 15, 1873, with the following charter members:
L. V. B. Taylor, John M, Scott, W, O. Buryhill, W. O. Dar
nall, C. S. Riley, W. P. Parr, S. S. Daily, R. W. Matthews,
W. A. Kenworthy, C. W. Scott and Ben. A. Smith. The mem
bership at this time is over one hundred, and is increasing
rapidly. Two members of Winnebago Tribe have passed
through the offices of the Great Council of the state, E, G.
Darnall and T. W. Lockhart, the former having represented
the state at the ses.sions of the Great Council of the United
States held at Atlantic City, N. J., in 1883, and at Springfield,
111., in 1884, and the latter is now representative to the Uni
ted States Great Councils to be held in 1887 and 1888. Since
the organization of Winnebago Tribe, the members have
•expended over §3,000 for sick and funeral benefits. The reg
ular meeting night is Wednesday of each week. A new and
well arranged hall is being fitted up in Neal's building on
Lebanon street, where the weekly meetings will be held after
January 1st. KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
There are in Boone County the following organizations of
the Knights of Labor: Boone Assembly, No. 2,214, at Leb-
¦anon ; Jackson Assembly, at Jamestown ; Redemption Assem-
11

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bly, Thorntown; Enterprise Assembly, Advance. The Leb
anon Assembly was organized September, 1882, with eighteen
charter members. In the early history of the assembly it was
very difficult to get additions to its membership from various
causes, chief among which was the numerous strikes and
troubles arising between the employees and employers of the
the country. It vv-as believed the organization was founded
and instituted for the purpose of encouraging and supporting
strikers, notwithstanding the fact is the constitution and laws
of the order teach men, who are disposed to be fair minded,
that it was the object and purpose of the order to substitute
arbitration for strikes. Another reason was the opponent-^ of
the order would constantly assert that it was political and
intended and designed for political purposes. These and many
other false statements so prejudiced the people against the
order, that for the first three years after the organization of
Assembly, No. 2,214, weakened by desertions from its ranks,
it was with difficulty that the organization was kept up; but
by untiring zeal and determination on the part of a few of its
remaining members, unjust and uncalled for criticism has in a
great measure been silenced, and public opinion, heretofore
bitter and unrelenting in opposition, has been changed, if not
into actual advocates of the principles and methods of the
Knights of Labor, at least into a quiet submission and allow
ance of the assembly to exist and to go on with its good deeds.
Jackson Assembly was organized February 6, 1886, with six
teen charter members. She, too, has passed the critical period ;
her membership now runs up into the hundreds, and is com
posed of the very best and most energetic citizens of Jackson
Township. Redemption Assembly was the next to fall into
line, being organized February 10, 1886, with seventeen char
ter members, and has established herself in the affection of the
people of Sugar Creek Township so that applications for mem
bership and initiations are too numerous to mention. Enter-
])rise Assembly was organized February 1, 1886, with sixteen
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town. This assembly is very prosperous and rapidly increas
ing in numbers. Advance As.sembly was organized July 8,
1886, with nineteen charter members. The order in the
county is in a prosperous condition. When the ultimate
results of this order shall have been accomplished in the
world, then shall the sword be beaten into " plowshares " and
neither swords nor implements of death shall be used forever.
VARIETY CHAPTER.
In the following chapter will be found some incidents and
reminiscences not of sufficient importance to form separate
articles. We have concluded to group them in one chapter,
forming, as we hope, one that will be of interest :
The bear fight at "Dye's Mills" in the year 1847 was one
of the largest gatherings, up to that time, perhaps ever assem
bled in the county. The Dye boys had a few months pre
vious captured two cub bears out in Howard County, kept
thera until about eighteen months old, when it was proposed
to have a shooting match bear fight. The time finally arrived
for it to take place. The result was a big crowd ; the people
came far and near — sporting men from Indianapolis and many
other places were there with their best guns and dogs. Not
less than three thousand persons were present. The shooting
match came first, and you may guess there was some good
marksmen on hand with their pieces in the best possible trim.
The result was, first, second and third choices went in different
directions. After which came the dog or bear fight. The
dogs of war was turned loose; it became apparent soon that
bruin was on top every time, and one or two dogs were killed
outright. Notwithstanding this large, mixed crowd, there was
no serious trouble. The bears were dres.sed and awarded iu
parcels, satisfactory to all as far as I know. The writer had a
piece for dinner the next day, and it was the best bear meat he
ever ate, for it was the only.
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lage, back in the forties, a yonng man dropped a letter in the
office without her name on the back — that is, his best girl that
¦ " lived in Yander." Mr. Miller noticed it and called the
young gent's attention to the fact, who, it seems, wanted to do
his correspondence on the sly. He was told it was out of the
' question to deliver the letter without her name on it. " Why,"
¦ said he, " I guess her name is on the inside."
Austin Davenport built the first brick house in Eagle
Township on the Michigan road in the year 1835.
George Stephenson was killed in Clinton Township in
1835 by the falling of a tree. This was the first tragic death
in Clinton Township. He was the son of Robert Stephenson,
one of the pioneers of this locality.
James M. Larimore was the first Odd Fellow in Boone
iCounty, initiated at Indianapolis in 1846. He died in 1849
and is buried et the cemetery in Eagle Village.
Noah Burkett, one of the pioneers of Eagle Creek, was
killed by the cars near Whitestown about the year 1865.
A so*i of John Wolf, aged eighteen years, was drowned in
Big Eagle just above the old Dye farm in 1848. He was
•crossing a foot log. His body was found a day or two after
by his father.
A daughter of John King, ag(d ten years, was killed in
Eagle Creek Township, in the year 1828, by the falling of a
tree. William Lane had a son killed by a log, in 1829, in Union
Township. He was six years of age.
Nancy Cruse, daughter of Benjamin Cruse, was killed hy
lightning in 1830, ou Eagle Creek and on the old John Johns
farm. She was about sixteen years of age.
In 1840, L. M. Oliphant and Alexander Miller shot and
captured a bald eagle near Eagle A'illage. It measured nine
feet from tip to tip. It was only crippled and was taken to
the Tippecanoe Battle Ground at the great meeting of 1840,
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William Duzan's dwelling was burned, in Clarkstown, in
the year 1842. Also the house of Oel Thayers at the same
place. The present court house was built, at a cost of $40,000, in
1856. William Feely was frozen to death in Clinton Township,
about the year 1840. He was out hunting, became lost, tried
to make a fire, failing he became stupefied, and finally fell aud
was frozen when found.
Mrs. Margaret Evans, wife of Jonathan Evans, was killed
with an ax in Union Township in 1883, on the farm now
owned by W. O. Cary. Her son was supposed to have done
it in an insane fit.
The records of the county were burned October 12, 1856.
Thomas J. Cason is the only resident of the county struck
by congressional lightning, having served two terms, repre
senting the counties of Boone, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Carroll,
Benton, Warren, Fountain and Montgomery. The first time
his opponent was Gen. M. D. Mason. The second time, Hon.
Leander McClung was his opponent.
A son of David Ross was killed by the falling of a tree in
Washington Township, 1842, aged thirteen years.
A daughter of George Harness, aged fourteen years, was
killed near Thorntown in 1829, by falling off a fence.
A daughter of the widow Buffinger was killed in Wash
ington Township in 1859, by falling of a tree. She was aged
about twelve years.
Ruben Crose was killed by falling of a tree in Sugar Creek
Township, aged forty-five years.
George Groves was killed in Thorntown by Wm. Wenship.
In 1864, Franklin Imler, of near Zionsville, found a pack
age of greenbacks under the railroad bridge just south of town.
The owner never called for it.
The present jail was built in the year 1878. It is a good'
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attachments, making it one not only ornamental to the city,
but durable and safe. The entire cost was near $20,000.
Located immediately north of the court house and where its
predecessors stood (log structures) in early times.
A creamery was first started near Lebanon, on the Lafayette
pike, just in the edge of the city, in 1886. It is a stock
company. Jacob Kernodle was among the first to build a brick dwell
ing iu the county on his farm, one and one-fourth miles east
of Lebanon, now the property of John H. Spahr. This was built
about the year 1846.
The opera house in Lebanon was built in 1885—6, by J. C.
Brown, Wm. Richey and Henry Brown ; cost, $20,000 ; located
on West Main street.
Harrison Raridon was thrown from his buggy on the night
of the 12th of April, 1876, and died on the 16th of same
month, at the age of forty-five years-; supposed to have been
robbed and killed.
Levi Thompson was drowned in Sugar Creek, near Thorn
town, in 1870.
In 1856 a daughter of Noah Chitwood was burned to
death in Harrison Township, aged six years.
A son of Wm. D. Lane, aged nine years, was killed by the
falling of a tree, in 1842. He was killed in Harrison Town
ship. Able Lane was killed in Jefferson Township, in 1868, hy
the falling of part of a tree top.
Joshua Hazelrigg was drowned in Sugar Creek, near
Thorntown, in 1856. He was the son of the late H. G.
Hazelrigg. Commenced boring for gas March 10, 1887, at Lebanon.

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THE PRESS OF BOONE COUNTY FROM THE
FIRST UP TO 1887.
BY JOHN W. KISE, ESQ., LEBANON.
Some one has said that the press was a mighty lever, the
truth of which no one doubts ; and when wielded in the right
direction certainly is a blessing to any country. Thirty or
forty years ago only an occasional paper could be found on the
tables of the people of this country. The times have changed
and the reverse is the truth — only a few can be found but have
on them the dailies or weeklies of the day. The press is cer
tainly an educator; its appearance in our homes weekly is
hailed with delight, especially our local papers. They come
laden with the news fresh from all parts. of the county. No
well-regulated family or county can dispense with those valua
ble weekly visitations. Let us encourage them and try as
patrons and correspondents to raise higher yet the standard of
our papers. Boone County has kept pace with other parts of
our state in this enterprise, and all the time, from first to last,
has had weekly issues that will compare favorably with the best.
Following will be found a somewhat imperfect sketch of the
press, but it is the best that can be obtained at this writing :
THE PIONEER.
In 1851 The Boone County Pioneer was started at Lebanon,
with Henry Hill as editor and proprietor, which' was the first
paper published in Boone County. The editor was a practical
printer, but like most printers of that day was not a practical
business man. He continued the publication of the above
paper as the organ of the Democracy for something like four
years, when his calls for financial aid upon the party leaders
became too numerous, and he was induced to sell out. He
was succeeded by the late Dr. James McWorkman and Col.
W. C. Kise, who became editors and proprietors. Under the
management of Messrs. McWorkman & Kise the paper pros-

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pared, aud in a short time (perhaps about the beginning of the
memorable campaign of 1856) it was sold to a young man
who afterwards became famous as its editor — Gef)rge Wash
ington Buckingham, from Newark, Ohio. "Buck" contin
ued as its editor and made it a '¦ vd hot" Democratic paper
until the close of the year 1860, when the party having re
ceived a Waterloo iu the nation and .^tate, he retired, and ^vas
succeedf.'d Ijy .James Gogen, w'ho dmtinued the publication for
a short time, when the great war breaking out, and the publi
cation of a Democratic paper in tlie county being attended
with a financial loss which he conld not well stand, its further
jn'.blication was discontinued.
After a sleep of seven years it was resuscitated by the party
under the management of the now notorious Jap. Turpin,
whose career as an editor was " short and sweet,'' and he wa-'
succeeded by Lafe Woodard, " the terror," who also made but
a short stay witli the people of Boone.
Gen. R. C. Kise then assumed the management of the
paper, and edited the same with distinguished ability and great
financial success, until the vear 1869, when he was succeeded
by Henry S. Evans. This gentleman managed the paper un
til the campaign of 1S70 opened, when he was replaced by
that "prince of good fellows," Ben. A. Smith. This gentle
man surrounded himself with the best local writers of tbe
])arty, and made a good paper of the PiouLisr until 1874, when
he disposed of the entire office to Dr. T. H. Harrison, its
])resent editor, who has continui>d the publication of the
I'lonccr to the present, and has Spared no pains to make it an
acceptable medium of news tu the party and the people of the
coLinty. Long may it live.
In the year 1854 the Boone Coiuily Lcdi/cr was started in
L;l)aiiou, as the orgau of all votei's (,)pposed to the then tri-
luaphant DeniDcracy. The paper was published by a stock
cMimpauy, with N'^olney B. Oden and David M. Burus as its
first editors. Thcv wore afterwards succeeded bv oue Edward

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Bell, a practical printer and a forcible writer. Mr. Bell made
a satisfactory paper to his party, but managed the business
department in such a way as to make himself a costly
"luxury," and in a short time the entire office was sold to
parties in Danville and removed to that place, where its pub
lication was continued as the Hendricks County Ledger, also
publishing an edition known as the Boone County Ledger to
fill out the time of all subscriptions to the Boone County
concern. The next paper published in Lebanon by the Republicans
was the Expositor, yi\\\c\i flourished for about three year-^, under
the management, first of W. H. Smith, then of A.-^a P. Taft,
a scholarly gentleman.
About the vear 1860, Joseph W. Jackson, who had been
publishing a paper at Thorntown (the Thorntown Evening
Mail), removed his office to Lebanon and published it as the
Indiana Mail, which he continued to edit for some two or
three years, when, if the writer is not mistaken, what was left
of the defunct Expositor and Mr. Jackson's paper, were pur
chased by John H. and James Hendricks, who adopted the
name of the Lebanon Patriot for the paper they published.
These gentlemen were succeeded by T. H. B. McCain, as
editor, whose entire office was destroyed by fire in March,
1886. Rising from the ashes, the Patriot was continued by
Mr. McCain for a short time, when he disposed of it to D. E.
Caldwell, who introduced many "city airs," such as a, steam
press, etc., into the office of his valuable paper. The Patriot
has since been edited by various parties, prominent among
whom may be mentioned M. M. Manner and W. O. Darnall,
J. A. Abbott and S. L. Hamilton, J. A. Abbott and D. H.
Olive, W. C. Gerard, Charles E. Wilson, Jacob Keiser, and
its present thorough-going and aggressive editors and propri
etors, Messrs. S. J. Thompson & Son. May it continue to
prosper and lend its influence toward building up the best of
counties, glorious old Boone.

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OTHER PAPERS AT LEBANON.
Numerous other newspaper efforts have been made at Leb
anon, such as the Jaw Breaker, Night Hawk, and Swamp Angel,
which each flourished for a time, by R. C. Kise, when he was
as a boy serving his time on the Pioneer; also the Daily Times,
by John C. Taylor, which he published for a short time while
he was engaged on one of the other leading papers. After
the Pioneer went to sleep, during the late war, W. A. Tipton
and some other parties started the Democrat and tried to make
it go, but it never succeeded beyond infancy. Ben. A. Smith
returned to Lebanon in 1875 or '76 and started a paper called
the Democrat, but as the party refused to recognize any paper
as organ outside of the Pioneer, he was soon compelled to
remove his paper to another field.
About the year 1878, the "National," or "Greenback"
party started an organ in Lebanon, known as the Greenbacker,
which was successfully edited by C. M. Wyncoop, H. H-
Hacker, Charles Norris and Charles Calvert, the latter chang
ing the name of the paper to the Lebanon Bee, and finally
removing the office and all to Kansas.
Three years since, E. G. Darnall founded the Lebanon
Mercury, an " independent " newspaper, with which he con
tinued dosing this people for eighteen months, when he sold
out paper and good will to Rev. C. B. Mock who continues
gathering in the shekels from the same.
About the year 1858, Joseph W. Jackson started a weekly
paper. The Thorntown Evening Mail, at this place, which he
continued for some two years, receiving a liberal support for
most of the time; but thinking there was a good opening at
Lebanon for his paper he removed his office to that place.
F. B. Rose started a paper, we think the Thorntown Com
mercial, &hont the year 1872, and continued its publication for
a very short time. He was succeeded by L. B. Kramer, who
edited the Register until some time in 1873. His successor was
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B. Rose edited the Indipendent, and was followed by Messrs.
Gault tt Runyau, who made their paper, the Leader, an ac
ceptable medium of news to that enterprising people.
S. W. Fergusson edited the Argots, and being of a fiery na
ture the paper soon partook of his disposition ; it was dis
posed of to Messrs. Darrough & Crouch, and they were soon
followed by C. W. Hazelrigg. Charlie published a good
paper while he was editor.
F. B. Rose succeeded Mr. Hazelrigg and continued the
Argus about two years, when he sold out the concern to Rev.
C. B. Mock, who remained as editor nearly two years and then
disposed of the office to F. B. Rose, who now has the Argus
established upon a solid business-like basis and is enjoying a
fine patronage.
The Zionsville Times has been edited by the following named
gentlemen : A. G. Alcott, who made it very newsy ; W. F.
Morgan, afterwards County Recorder; John S. Grieves, a
young printer, who was well qualified for the position, but
could not content himself long in one place, and the present
enterprising editor, Cal. Gault, who is publishing one of the
best papers our county possesses.
John Messier and Will Eagle started the Commercial about
the year 1872, and made a very sprightly paper of it for a
short time, but were stranded on a chattel mortgage and com
pelled to surrender the office to their sureties. F. B. Rose
followed them as editor for a short season, and then took the
office to Thorntown.
G. W. Corbin edited Nip and Tuck, the Northern World
and Temperance Tribune. A. S. Clements was editor of the
Tribune; also W. C. Brown made a newsy paper of the Trib
une, but it remained for the present editor, that veteran jour
nalist, G. W. Snyder, to bring order out of chaos, and make a
really first-cla.ss paper at Jamestown. Such is the Tribune of
to-day.

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EARLY PHYSICIANS OF BOONE COUNTY.
BY DR. A. G. PORTER OF LEBANON.
Dr. William N. Duzan was born in the State of Tennessee,
in 1809, where he read medicine, but did not practice there to
any extent. He came with his father. Rev. William Duzan,
to Clarkstown about the year 1836, and where his best days
were spent. Shortly after his arrival he commenced practice,
which steadily increased, extending through the east part of
Boone and the west part of Hamilton counties, his father's
farm being on the line just east of Clarkstown. Late in life
he married a lady in Indianapolis, and about the year 1856,
removed there, where his home has mostly been ever since,
except, perhaps, a short stay in Arkansas and California. Dr.
Duzau was a peculiar man — a natural doctor, if there is any
such a being. His extensive practice gave him large expe
rience, which he was quick to learn. At one time no man in
Boone County had a more exten.sive practice than Dr. Duzan.
Of quick, nervous temperment, rather high strung, he loved
a friend and hated an enemy as well. In person he was of
medium size, auburn hair, small piercing eyes, and au unflinch
ing Democrat. He died at Indianapolis, August, 1886 ; buried
at Crown Hill.
Dr. Jeremiah Larimore was born in Fayette County, Ind.,
about the year 1825. His father, H. G. Larimore, was also a
physician, who was his tutor. In 1834 Jeremiah, then a lad
of nine years, came with his father to Eagle Village, where
his education was mostly acquired in the common schools of
the day. At the age of twenty-one he went to Missouri,
attended medical school aud practiced three or four years and
where he married, in 1845. Soon after he returned to his for
mer home, Eagle Village, where he at once obtained an ex
tensive practice, in fact, beyond what he could do. This con
tinued until the year 1849, when he went to California, where
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regained his lost practice. When Eagle Village went down
he went to Zionsville, where he practiced several years; then
to Whitestown, where he again built up a fair practice. Dr.
Larimore was in mauy respects a splendid man and doctor.
The cup finally was his ruin, however. He died in Indianap
olis in 1879 or 1880; is buried at Mount Run Cemetery,
In person he was fine looking, fair complexion, auburn hair,
near six feet high.
Dr. Samuel K. Hardv, one of the early doctors of North-
field, was born in Virginia, married Miss Sarah Larimore, in
Fayette County, Ind. He commenced the practice of medicine
in Northfield, Boone County, in 1844, where he remained a
number of years, and where he built up an extensive practice,
subsequently removing to Zionsville where he continued in
practice. He died there a few years ago. In person Dr.
Hardy was tall, rawboned, of rather angular build, dark hair
and complexion. He is the father of Dr. J. S. Hardy, of
Whitestown, this county.
Dr. Pressly was one of the pioneer doctors of Northfield,
coming away back in the thirties. I am unable to say where
he was born or died.
Dr. A. J. McLeod was also an early doctor of Northfield.
Am unable to say where he was born nor the time he first
came to Northfield. It was prior to 1850. He was a Baptist.
His whereabouts are to me unknown.
Dr. Rodnaan was born in Ohio about the year 1820 ; came
to Boone County when twenty-one years of age ; read medi
cine with Dr. W^. N. Duzan, of Clarkstown, Ind. In the year
1845 he commenced the practice of medicine at Eagle Village,
where he was married to Martha Rose in 1847. He built up,
in the course of time, a fair practice iu and about Eagle Vill
age, and where he remained up to 1853, when he removed to
Zionsville. He practiced there ten or fifteen years, when his
wife died. He again married Mrs. Beemer. He moved to
Washington Territory some ten years ago and resides there
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human kindness first, last and all the time ; was an uncom
promising Democrat of the old Jacksonian school. He was a
well-informed doctor and had fair success in his practice,
which was at one time quite extensive. In person he was
well made, weighing one hundred and seventy-five pounds,
fair complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. At one time he was
a partner of George W. Duzan, at Zionsville.
Dr. George W. Duzan, Sen., was born in Tennessee in
1812; came with the Duzan family to this county in 1834.
He read medicine with his brother, W. N. Duzan, and prac
ticed with him for years in and about Clarkstown, their early
home. About the year 1850 he was married to a lady near
Augusta, in Marioti County, and there removed and practiced
for several years. Finally he went to Indianapolis, at which
place he did not practice to any extent. He died near that
city in May, 1886, and is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Dr. Duzan was a strong Methodist, and at one time an able
preacher. In person he was rather under size in height,
would weigh one hundred and sixty-five pounds, fair com
plexion and auburn hair. During his study he overtaxed his
eyesight, from which he never fully recovered. He will long
be remembered by many to whom he has ministered physically
and spiritually. He leaves a family near the city of Indiana
polis. He is an uncle of G. N. Duzan, of Zionville. Dr. W.
N. Duzan is also an uncle of G. N. Duzan, of Zionsville.
Dr. George L. Burk was born in Kentucky. His parents
moved to this county in 1836 or 1837, and settled in the wild
woods in the western part of Jefferson Township. His father
died soon after, leaving his mother with a large family and
small means. The subject of this article, while young, went
to Gosport, in this state, where he read medicine with Dr,
Taylor. In the spring of 1844 he began the practice of his
profession in Montgomery County, two or three miles west of
Shannondale. During the holidays of that year he moved to
Jamestown, in this (Boone) county, where he has resided ever
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common sense, when properly applied, can do. At James
town he went into a large and lucrative practice, and has held
the same up to the present, a term of forty-three years. He
is vet hale at the age of sixty-five years, is a fine specimen of
physical mauhood, open-hearted and generous to a fault. None
were so poor as not to be able to command his services. Dr.
Burk started in the world under any but flattering circum
stances, poor antl comparatively uneducated; yet by his force
of character, his zeal and industry, he reached a prominent
standing in the county, and rises at four o'clock, A. m., to this
day, Dr, John J. Nesbit came to this county in 1835 or '36, and
began his professional life at Thorntown. Soon, however, he
moved to Lebanon, where he had a fair practice and enjoyed
the undivided confidence of the people. He was remarkable
for his fine appearance personally, was an excellent conversa
tionalist, happy under most all circumstances. Was elected
county treasurer in 1850, after which service he went to the
farm, and finally, when his health failed, he moved back to
Prebble County, Ohio, his nativt; county, where he died of
consumption, in 1864, lamented by all whose pleasure it had
been to make his acquaintance.
Dr. Jesse S. Reagan was born in Warren County, Ohio, in
1831, is, consequently, fifty-seven years old. Came to this
county in 1852, and began the practice of medicine at Reese's
Mills in 1854. Is a man of strict integrity and fair ability,
with great energy and industry. He has remained at the same
point where he began his successful professional career to the
present. He has enjoyed the fullest confidence of the people.
Was elected clerk of the Circuit Court in November, 1886.
Is a man of good constitution, enjoys fair health and is in
affluent circurastances.
Dr. H. G. Larimore, one of the pioneer doctors of Boone
County, came to Eagle Village in the year 1836, where he
practiced medicine for over forty years, with fair success as an
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about him. He was a strict Methodist and an old-time whig.
He was four times married. About the year 1860 he moved
to Fayette County, Indiana, and died there a few years later
in his ninety-first year. He was the father of Dr. Jeremiah
Larimore, Thomas J. Larimore, Mrs. Eliza Imbler, G. W.
Larimore, Mrs. Sarah Hogan, Mrs. G. A. Titus, Mrs, Mary
 , formerly Miss Mary Larimore. Dr. -Jerry is buried
at Mounts Run Cemetery. Eliza resides one and one-half
miles east of Zionsville ; T. J. Larimore, deceased ; G. W.,
whereabouts not known ; G. A. resides in Clinton Township ;
Mary in Rush County, Indiana ; Sarah in Zionsville. Dr. H.
G. Larimore was a strong Methodist all his life.
Dr. W. P. Davis was an Ohio man. Came to Thorntown
in 1837 or '38; removed to Lebanon in 1840. Was a man of
more than ordinary ability; positive in his convictions, and
politically was radically a Whig. Afterwards he became an
intense Republican. He died in DesMoines, Iowa, in 1878.
Dr. William M. Simpkins was born in Ohio. Came to
Lebanon in 1839. Was as fine a specimen of physical man
hood as any country produces, and possessed full mediura
-ability in his profession, and was full of energy and industry,
and died in 1849 at his home in this place, of consumption,
the result of hard work, exposure and sleepless nights. No
man was ever more interested in the welfare of his patients.
Dr. A. G. Porter, who wrote the above, and has done it so
well, is too modest to say anything about himself, while so
worthy. It is left to one to write about him who is unprepared.
What he .says about his fellow Drs. respecting their ability
and worth might truthfully be said about him, so long and
well known in Lebanon, the home of his youth, his manhood,
his old days. He is honored aud highly respected among all,
and as a Dr. he has no superior in the county. Always ready
to go to the bedside of the sick and dying, whether there was
any money or not in the visit, how could he be otherwise than
loved? He has always acted iu the Democratic party, and
was the nominee for County Recorder in 1886, but was

AARON SMITH.

FRANCE.S SMITH.

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defeated by a few votes by F. M. Moody. The Dr. has a fine
practice in Lebanon, where we hope he may live long and
prosper. I thank him for writing so long and well of the
•early Drs. of the county, only regreting so poor a tribute in
return.

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GEOLOGY OF BOONE COUNTY.

S. S. GORBY AND S. E. LEE.
Boone County, named in honor of the heroic pioneer of
Kentucky, was organized by act of the legislature in 1829.
It is situated just west of the center of the state, and is bounded
on the north by Clinton County, on the east by Hamilton, on
the south by Marion and Hendricks, and on the west by Mont
gomery. The county is twenty-four miles in length from east
to west, and eighteen miles in width from north to south, and
embraces an area of 432 square miles.
At the time of its organization Boone County was a dense
wilderness, the total population being less than five hundred.
The following table, taken from the United States Census Re
ports, shows the poptdation of the county in the several de
cades since 1830 :
Popnlation in 1830  621
1840  8,121
1850  11,631
1860  16,753
1870  22,593
" 1880  25,922
There are twelve civil townships in the county, viz : Sugar
Creek, in the northwest corner of the county ; Washington
and Clinton, in the northern part of the county; Marion, in
the northeast corner ; Jefferson, in the Western; Center, in
the central, and Union, in the eastern part of the county ;
Jackson, in the southwest ; Harrison and Perry, in the south
ern, and Worth and Eagle, in the southeastern part of the
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Lebanon, the county scat, is in the exact geographical cen
ter of the county. The second principal meridian runs
through the center of the city. The population of Lebanon
in 1870 was 1,672; in 1880 it was 2,626, an encouraging
increase. Lebanon is mainly a commercial city, though manufactures
receive considerable attention. Commodious aud elegant
churches, school buildings and other public structures attest
the enterprise, taste aud general prosperity of the citizens.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad
passes through the city, running a northwest and southeast
direction through the county. This road furnishes excellent
facilities for traffic. The Midland Railroad, formerly known
as the Anderson, Lebanon & St. Louis Railroad, runs nearly
due west from the east line of the county until it reaches
Lebanon, where it crosses the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St.
Louis & Chicago Railroad, and then pursues a southwesterly
course to the Montgomery Couuty line. The Midland Rail
road is now in process of construction, aud it is expected that
it will be completed at an early day. The proposed Toledo
& St. Louis Air Line Railroad runs southwesterly across the
northwest corner of the couuty, crossing the Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad at Thorntown. A
considerable portion of this road was graded some years ago,
but owing to a lack of funds to complete the road the work
was temporarily abandoned. The Indianapolis, Bloomington
& Western Railroad crosses the southwest corner of the county.
The public roads of the county are being rapidly put into
the very best condition. No county in the state is at the
present time showing more enterprise in the construction of
gravel roads and other public improvements than Boone.
With one or two exceptions the graveled roads are all free.
The very best of gravel for road building is found at conven
ient points, and the citizens are rapidly utilizing this excellent
and chcajp material in every part of the couuty.
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county, in Sugar Creek Township, is a plea.santly situated
town of nearly 2,000 population. It is an important station
upon the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis <.\: Chicago
Railroad. Zionsville, the next town in size and commercial import
ance, is situated in the southeastern corner of the county, in
Eagle Township. The population of this town, in 1880, was
855. It is a station on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St, Louis
& Chicago Railroad.
Jamestown, a station on the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western Railroad, is situated in the southwest corn'""" of the
county, in Jackson Township, This is a growing town, also,
which had, in 1880, a population of 696.
Besides the towns above enumerated, there are the follow
ing named villages,5many of which show remarkable evidences
of prosperity :
Whitestown, on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis <t
Chicago Railroad, in Worth Township ; Holmes Station, in
the southeast corner of Center Township, on the same rail
road; Eagle Village, one mile northeast of Zionsville; North-
field, in Union Township, five miles north of Zionsville ;
Rosston, one mile northwest of Northfield ; Royalton, five
miles southwest of Zionsville; Fayette, in Perry Township,
three miles west of ^Royalton ; Brunswick, six miles east
of Jamestown ; Millegeville, six miles south of Lebanon ;
Advance, nine miles southwest of Lebanon ; Dover, eight
miles west of Lebanon ; Mechanicsburg, eight miles north of
Lebanon ; Elizaville, seven miles northeast of Lebanon ;
Ratsburg, three miles east of Lebanon ; Slabtown, nine miles
northeast of Lebanon, and Big Springs, three miles southeast
of Slabtown.
The territory embraced in Boone County was originally
the home of the Eel River tribe of the Miami Indians, from
whom it was acquired by treaty and purchase in 1828. As
early as 1819 the French and Indians had a trading-post at
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trading-post at Thorntown was established as early as the year
1715, The Indians continued to occupy the county, to some
extent, until 1835.
The fir.st permanent white settler in Boone County was
Patrick H. Sullivan, who located near the site of Zionsville,
wliere he continued to reside until his death, in 1826. Jesse
Lane settled in the eastern part of the county, near Northfield,
in 1826. George Dye, a noted Indian scout and enterprising
pioneer, with his family, settled in the same vicinity soon after.
Settlements were commenced at Thorntown and Jamestown at
about the same period.
Lebanon was located, named, surveyed and platted, and
made the county seat in 1830. Mechanicsburg was surveyed
and platted in 1835. The Michigan Road was located through
the county in 1828.
For a number of years the growth of the county was slow,
compared with many other counties in the state, but recent
years have shown a marked increase in the population. The
material growth of the county, in the meantime, has fully kept
pace with the advance in population. The farming lands of
the county are of the most productive character, and suscep
tible of the highest state of cultivation. The best improved
farm machinery may readily be operated upon any of the farm
lands. The intelligent manner in which the fields are being
cultivated gives evidence of the fact that the benefits to be
derived from superior cultivation are fully appreciated by the
Boone County farmers. /
The Boone County Agricultural Society holds an annual
fair at Lebanon, and tbe displays of stock, choice cereals,
fruits and vegetables exhibited there rank with those of the
very best agricultural counties of the state.
TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE.
Boone County lies wholly within the drift area of Indiana,
consequently the surface consists of level or gently rolling lands.
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elevated plateau, with frequent depressed areas of considerable
extent. These depressions, though now only a few feet in depth,
formerly accumulated enough water and vegetable matter to
form in many places swamps or bogs of considerable depth.
Thorough drainage, however, has transformed these impassible
swamps into fertile fields, and the numerous bogs that formerly
yielded nothing but malarial poisons, now produce enormous
crops of grain, grass and fruit. This plateau forms the height
of land or summit between White River and the Wabash. It
is really a low, broad ridge, or series of ridges, built up of the
transported sand, gravel, bowlders and clays of the glacial
period. The general direction of the ridge is from east to
west. The eastern part of the county, along Eagle Creek, is con
siderably rolling. Eagle Creek rises in Marion Township, in
the northeast corner of the county, flows south, until it
reaches the Hendricks County line, whence it pursues a
southeasterly course to White River, into which it flows a few
miles below Indianapolis. Several small branches enter Eagle
Creek from the east and west, and the modifications of the
surface produced by the erosions of these small streams tend
to create a diversity of surface scenery that would otherwise
have maintained a monotonous outline.
The southeastern part of the county, iu the vicinity of
Zionsville, and west for five or six miles, is quite rolling.
Numerous small, deep valleys lie between high, prominent
ridges. The general direction pursued by the small streams in
this part of the county is southerly, consequently the ridges
generally run north and south. The valleys are the result of
local erosions since the deposition of the drift. The depth of
the valleys varies from twenty-five to one hundred and twenty-
five feet. Fishback Creek, which rises near Whitestown, flows
south through this region.
The north and south forks of Eel River rise in the central
part of the county and flow southwesterly to the Hendricks
County line near Jamestown. The two branches unite about

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two miles northeast of Jamestown. The course of Eel River,.
after it leaves Boone County, is southwesterly, then southerly,,
until it finally unites with the west fork of White River, at
Worthington, in Greene County.
The southern part of the county is generally level, or only
slightly rolling, except a considerable portion along Eel River
and the smaller water courses, which, owing to erosions, is
more rolling and declivitous. West of Lebanon, and south
and west of Dover, and also in the vicinity of Advance, the
lands are just sufficiently rolling to give suitable facilities for
draining the occasional swampy tracts. Raccoon Creek flows
southwesterly through Jackson Township, and Walnut Creek
flows westerly through the southern part of Jefferson Town
ship. Muskrat Creek flows westerly through the central part
of Jefferson Township, while Wolf Creek flows northwesterly
through the northern part of the same township, and empties
into Sugar Creek about two miles west of Thorntown. These
streams, with their smaller branches, receive the drainage frora
the swampy tracts through the surface ditches and under
ground tiles.
Sugar Creek rises in the eastern part of Clinton County
and' flows southwesterly until it crosses the Boone County line
north of Lebanon. It then flows a westerly course through
the northwest corner of Boone County. Crossing the Mont
gomery County line, it again pursues a southwesterly course to
the Wabash River. Prairie Creek, which rises in the vicinity
of Lebanon, flows northwesterly through Center, Washington
and Sugar Creek townships, and empties into Sugar Creek just
north of Thorntown. Mud Creek, and some other small
streams, rise in the northern part of the county and flow into
Siigar Creek.
The citizens of Boone County fully appreciate the benefits
to be derived from a thorough system of drainage. When the
swamps and bogs of the county are thoroughly drained there
are no lands in the state that excel them in productiveness.
The number of rods of drain tile in operation in the county in

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. ISS'
1882, was 293,484; in 1883, 397,862; in 1884, 519,151, or
1,622 miles. During 1884 there were constructed 4,160 rods
— thirteen miles of surface ditches. In a few more years a
perfect and complete system of drainage will be in operation.
throughout the entire county,
SOIL AND PRODUCTS.
The following is the definition of " loam " : "A soil chiefly
composed of silicious sand, clay and carbonate of lime, with
more or less of the oxide of iron, magnesia and various salts,
and also decayed vegetable and animal matter, giving propor
tionate fertility."
The soils of Boone County consist largely of a loam com
posed of the materials enumerated above. A large portion of
decomposed vegetable matter enters into the composition of
the soil in all the low, swampy tracts, and the great fertility of
these lands when they are thoroughl}' drained, is well known.
to every agriculturist.
Frequent patches occur throughout the county, varying in.
extent from a few acres to several hundred acres, where the
soil consists of light-colored or gray clay. This clay contains
a large per cent, of silica, and it is probably a mass of the blue
or bowlder clay exposed at the surface, and changed to a light-
gray color by years of bleaching and washing. Without the
liberal application of fertilizers this clay soil does not produce
profitably. In some localities there is a very large proportion
of sand in the soil, in others clay predominates, and in others
various modifications of the two elements produce soils of
great diversity. These diverse conditions of the soil enable
the farmers to cultivate a greater variety of crops with success
and profit. A proper knowledge of the constituent elements
of the soil, and a further knowledge of the elements required
to produce a particular crop, will enable the farmer to apply
economically the very elements required to make his land
yield the desired crop. In a county like Boone, where there
IS not necessarily an acre of waste land, where the land is gen-

186 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
erally level or nearly so, and where there is no waste of the fer
tile elements of the soil during the periodical rainy seasons, the
thorough application of suitable fertilizers is attended with the
most satisfactory results.
Nature has already accomplished much for the farmers of
Boone by the deposition of suitable sub-soil and later accum
ulations containing the most productive elements. To retain
the productive qualities of the most fertile lands, and bring the
less productive areas up. to the highest standard of excellence,
and at the same time secure remunerative crops from his tilled
land, is the ultimate object of every farmer in the management
of his farm. To accomplish this he must have a perfect sys
tem of drainage in operation upon his farm ; he must exercise
care in securing a proper rotation of crops so as not to exhaust
the soil, and then, by the continued application of those fertil
izers that will restore the lost elements, and a careful cultiva
tion of the crops, he may expect the most remunerative results.
In 1884 there were 634,438 bushels of wheat harvested in
Boone County from 62,113 acres, an average of a little more
than twelve bushels per acre. In the same year there were
produced 1,635,763 bushels of corn from 51,189 acres, an
average of about thirty-two bu.shels per acre. The yield of
oats w^as 106,277 bushels from 3,339 acres. In 1882 the yield
of wheat in Boone County was 852,955 bushels; corn, 2,095,-
090 bushels; oats, 78,992 bushels.
In 1884 Boone County had 13,012 acres in timothy meadow,
which produced 21,861 tons of hay. In the same year there
were 16,029 acres in clover meadow, producing 24,483 tons of
hay, and 3,609 bushels of clover seed. The yield of timothy
hay in 1882 was 24,994 tons, aud of clover hay 32,660 tons.
The foregoing examples of crops show that the soils of Boone
County are fully up to the average in productiveness.
GEOLOGY,
The surface deposits of Boone County consist wholly of
sand, gravels, clays and bowlders. No exposures of solid rocks

BOONE COUNTY', INDIANA. 187
in place appear in the county. In the western part of the
county the rocks are sometimes reached by the auger or drill
in boring or driving wells, but they are always at a consider
able depth below the surface. In a few instances limestone
has been touched in the wells, and occasionally sandstone has
been found, but more commonly the stone reached in the bores
is a silicious shale or "soapstone," In the eastern half of the
county the total depth of the drift is unknown, as no wells
have ever been bored through it. It is known, however, to
be more than 100 feet thick, and in places is probably 300 or
400 feet in thickness. The blue clay generally alternates with
layers of sand and gravel, but in some localities it lies in great
compact, homogeneous masses, without laminations or evi
dence of stratification.
The elevated area, extending through the county from east
to west, was evidently the summit of an ancient terminal mor
aine, the original height of which far exceeded the altitude of
the highest elevations now to be found in the county. It is
also evidently true that a series of high ridges occupied al
most the entire area of the county. As the glaziers were grad
ually dissipated under the influences of a temperature which
slowly increased in fervency, the waters from the melting
mas-es of ice sought out various courses through the many
depressions between the more elevated heights, and struggling
on from one depression to another at last found their way to
the sea. Since the transported masses of drift were once
piled up, in places, to a height exceeding, by hundreds of feet,
the greatest elevations now remaining in the drift area, it is
very probable that the valleys, or depressions between the
ridges and hills, were once considerably below the level of the
lowest lands of the present day. In many places, doubtless,
the bare, planed surfaces of the rocks were exposed. The re
turn of congenial seasons, with continued days of sun.shine and
frequent moistening showers, resulted in the spread of vegeta
tion over a large portion of the drift area. It is quite evident
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188 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
along the southern limits of the drift deposit. The growing
plants covered the sides of the slopes, and also the lower
grounds around the margins of the lakes and streams. Even
in the marshes, ponds and lakes, aquatic and semi-aquatic
plants grew in wild luxuriance. Evidence of these facts
abound throughout the drift area. The continued rainfall
washed the loose particles of material from the slopes of the
hills and ridges and gradually filled up all the low places,
completely covering the masses of vegetable matter that grew
and accumulated in the low grounds, and thus underground
"peat bogs" were formed. These buried masses of vegetation
are quite frequently found in digging and boring wells in
Boone County, and many other counties of the state. They
are found at a depth of from ten to sixty feet below the sur
face. Professional well diggers and drivers call them "swamps."
The appearance of the mud and accumulated vegetable matter
found in them is almost identical with that of a surface swamp.
The mud is black, usually soft and mirey, and consists largely
of decayed vegetable matter. Leaves, twigs, and trunks and
branches of trees are frequently found in them.
On the farm of Mr. John M. Shelly, in Jackson Township,.
four miles north of Jamestown, a well was bored in which, at
the depth of forty-six feet, a swamp was reached which was
twelve feet in thickness. The following is the complete sec
tion of the bore: SECTION OF JOHN M. SHELLY's WELL.
Soil and yellow clay, mixed witli sand ... 12 tt.
Yellow Sand  2 ft.
Hard gravel  4 ft.
Hardpan — gravel  4 ft.
White sand  6 ft.
Sand and clay— bluish  18 ft.
Black muck and loam, with branches of trees and other
vegetable matter  12 ft.
Blue clay  4 ft'.
Gray sand, gravel, etc  26 ft.
Total ...  88 ft.

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On the farm of Mr. Isaac Emcrts, two and oue-half miles
north of Jamestown, a well was bored in which the swamp
was reached at a depth of sixty feet. A considerable layer of
blue clay lies over it. The following section was obtained from
Mr. James A. Ball, of Thorntown, who bored the well. At
the depth of seventy-five feet the rock was reached, and the
boring was continued through the shale, or "soapstone," as the
workmen termed it, to the depth of 235 feet :
SECTION OF MR. ISAAC EMERTS' WELL.
Soil  2 ft.
Yellow clay and sand  28 ft.
Qnicksand  1 ft. 6 in.
Bine clay  29 ft.
Black muck, leaves, twigs and branches of trees . 3 ft.
Sand and clay  12 ft.
Silicious shale — "soapstone" . . 160 ft.
Total  235 ft. 6 in.
A well was dug on the farm of Mr. Seth. W. Porter, six
miles west of Lebanon, in which a walnut branch, five inches
in diameter, was found in the blue clay a few feet below the
surfiice. The well was only eighteen feet deep, and the follow
ing is the SECTION :
Soil  2 ft.
Blue clay  11 ft.
Sand  5 ft.
Total, 18 ft.
In digging a well on Main street, just east of the Public
Square, in Lebanon, the workmen passed through two feet of
soil and twelve feet of blue clay, when a stratum of sand was
reached in which were a large number of shells in a good state
of preservation. Dr. A. G. Porter pronounced them to be
fresh-water shells. About four feet lower down, in gravel, a
number of Lower Silurian fossil-shells — Rhynchonella capax —
were found.

190 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
At Witt & Klizer's flouring-mill, at Thorntown, a well was
dug to the depth of 104 feet, and then continued by boring to
the depth of 343 feet. At the depth of 100 feet, the trunk of
a tree, apparently northern cedar, several inches in diameter,
was found. The trunk of the tree extended entirely across
the well. The exposed portion of the tree was nearly perfect,
showing no scars nor affects of abrasion, such as would have
resulted from violent contact with rocks or other hard
substances. The following is the entire section of the well, obtained
from Mr. Ball, who superintended the boring :
SECTION OF WITT & KLIZEb's WELL, THORNTOWN.
Soil . . .  2 ft.
Yellow clay ...  19 ft.
Quicksand . . . . ' . . 4 ft.
Blue clay  . . 125 ft.
Silicious shale — "soapstone" ... . 193 ft.
Total, ... .... 343 ft.
A section of the same well obtained from the engineer at
the mill, who assisted in digging the well and also in the work
of boring, differs very materially from that given by Mr. BalL
As no notes were taken by either of the gentlemen, and the
sections were given from memory, it is not to be assumed that
either should be absolutely correct.
SECTION OP WITT & KHZEr's WELL, THORNTOWN.
( Obtained from the Engineer at the Mill.)
Soil ... . . . " 2 ft.
Yellow clay  13 ft.
Gravel . . .... 3 ft.
Blue clay  . 82 ft.
Cedar tree . . , , . , .
Blue clay  , 37 ft,
"Soapstone"  60 ft.
Gray limestone  136 ft.
Total,  333 ft.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 191
It is quite probable that the carbonated hydrogen gases so
frequently found in the drift clays of northern Indiana are
gases that were generated in the masses of buried vegetation
so frequently occurring throughout the drift area. The gas is
found at depths varying from twenty to seventy-five feet —
depths corresponding with those at which the buried vegetation
occurs. The flow of gas is always much stronger when it is
first struck, and it gradually diminishes in volume until it
finally ceases altogether. This indicates that the gas is con
fined in a pocket, or limited reservoir, from which no con
tinued supply may be expected. Confined in the ancient swamp
beds beneath the impervious, massive layers of indurated blue
clay, it will remain imprisoned for ages without sensible
change in volume or chemical composition.
At many points throughout Boone County this gas has
been found in the drift. In a well three miles southeast of
Elizaville, on the Michigan Road, which was bored by Mr.
Ball, of Thorntown, gas was found at a depth of forty-one
feet. It flowed strongly for a short time from a stratum of
fine, white sand, which probably accumulated on the margin
of a small lake. The following is the
SECTION OF THE GAS WELL.
Soil and yellow clay  18 ft.
Quicksand . , . . . . , . , 3 ft.
Blue clay  20 ft.
White sand — gas  11 ft.
Blue clay ......... 6 ft.
Swamp muck, leaves, twigs, etc  7 ft.
Blue clay  19 ft.
• —
Total  84 ft.
In a well bored upon the farm of Clairborne Cain, five
miles west of Lebanon, gas flowed from a stratum of gravel
five feet in thickness, which was reached at a depth of seventy-
three feet.

192 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
SECTION OF MR. CAIN's WELL.
Soil and yellow clay  17 ft.
White quicksand  5 ft.
Blue clay  51 ft.
Dry gravel — gas seam  5 ft.
Blue clay  165 ft.
Total .... . , 243 ft.
At the depth of two hundred and forty-three feet obstruc
tions accumulated in the pipes, and the boring had to be dis
continued. It is unfortunate that the obstructions should
occur before the entire thickness of the great stratum of blue
clay was ascertained.
At Jamestown, and many other localities throughout the
county, gas, in small quantities, has been found in boring and
digging wells. But in every instance the flow of gas is
strongest when it is first reached, and it soon gradually ceases
altogether. In no instance has a continuation of the bore ever
resulted in developing a stronger flow of gas, and in no
instance has it ever been found in bores continued into the
• paleozoic rocks. The futility, then, of expecting to find the
great reservoir from which the gas accumulated in the drift
has escaped is very apparent. The gas of the drift areas is
merely local accumulations resulting from the decay of buried
vegetable matter. Although this gas will burn, it has never
yet been found in a quantity sufficient to entitle it to consid
eration from an economic standpoint.
The blue clays of Boone County are generally in dense,
stift", indurated masses, unlaminated, and without evidence of
stratification. At many points they form the surface soil,
where they may be recognized by their ash-gray or whitish
color, and uniformly fine and even texture. The whitish
appearance is due to years of leaching and bleaching. In
their natural state these clays form an unproductive soil, which
can only be made profitable by a liberal use of manures.
The well on Washington Street, Lebanon, shows a varying

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BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 193
condition of strata to a depth of about forty feet. The fol
lowing is the

SECTION OK THE WELL ON WASHINGTON STREET, LEBANON :

Soil 

7 ft.

Yellow sand 

. 1 ft.

Yellow clay .....

3 ft.

Bluish sand and clay . , . ,

, 1 ft.

Sand 

4 ft.

Blue clay 

. 3 ft.

Sand and gravel 

4 ft.

Blue clay 

. 2 ft.

Gray clay 

3 ft.

Hard-pan — indurated clay

. 4 ft,

Blue (laminated) clay . . , ,

, 14 ft.

Gray clay 

. 3 ft.

Sand and clay . . , , .

. 10 ft.

Blue clay 

. 23 ft.

Coarse gravel 

1 ft.

Blue clay 

. 25 ft.

Total 

. 108 ft.

The well of Mr. D. M. Burns, Civil Engineer, which is
located on his farm, two miles north of Lebanon, on the
Frankfort road, exhibited the following
SECTION :
Soil  2 ft.
Yellow clay  7 ft.
Gravel and sand  2 ft.
Blue clay  22 ft.
Gravel  2 ft.
Gravel and clay  3 ft.
Blue clay .... .... 50 ft.
Bowlder  1 ft.
Blue clay  23 ft.
Total  112 ft.
In the vicinity of Ratsburg no accurate knowledge of the
depth or character of the drift could be procured. Water is
obtained in required quantities at from ten to twenty feet
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194 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
below the surface. The following section of Mr. J. M.
Chambers's well illustrates the character of the deposits there
so far as known :
SECTION OF MB, CHAMBER'S WELL, RATSBURG.
Soil  1ft. 6 in.
Gray clay  16 ft.
Sand . . . .... 6 in.
Total .  18 ft.
In this locality water is always found in the first layer of
sand. In the vicinity of Slabtown water is obtained at depths
varying from twenty to fifty feet. The well of Mr. George
Dischman, at that place, presents fairly all that could be ascer
tained regarding the drift in that locality.
SECTION OF GEORGE DISHMAN's WELL, SLABTOWN.
Soil  . 2 ft.
Blue play  30 ft.
Gravel  6 in.
Blue clay  14 ft.
Total  46 ft. 6 in.
In the neighborhood of Big Springs, water is abundant in
wells at from eight to ten feet below the surface. The surface
deposits are soil and gravel, no clay being reached at that
depth. Numerous springs throughout this region flow out at
the surface of the ground.
At Rosston water is obtained at from eight to twenty feet
below the surface. SECTION OF AVERAGE WELLS AT ROSSTON.
Soil  ... 1 ft. 6 in.
Bed clay .... , . , 8 ft.
Sand and gravel  1 to 10 ft.

Total  19 ft, 6 in.
At Northfield, water is obtained at from twenty to ^rty
feet below the surface.

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BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 195
SECTION OF AVERAGE WELL AT NORTHFIELD.
Soil  2 ft.
Yellow clay ... .. 10 to 20 ft.
Sand or gravel . . , . . . 10 to 20 ft.
Total .  42 ft.
The wells at Clarkstown are from fifteen to forty-five feet
deep, SECTION OF AVERAGE WELL AT CLARKSTOWN.
SoQ  2 ft.
Yellow clay  6 to 10 ft.
Bine clay  . . 10 to 30 ft.
Total .... . . 42 ft.
The wells at Zionsville are from twenty to sixty feet in
depth. AVERAGE OF WELLS AT ZIONSVILLE.
Soil  2 ft.
Yellow clay  , . 10 ft.
Blue clay . . . . . . 4 to 10 ft.
Gravel . . . . . 1 to 3 ft.
Blue clay . . . , . 20 to 40 ft.
Total ,  65 ft.
At Royalton water is usually obtained at depths varying
from ten to forty feet. Messrs. Fester & Leap, however, had
a well bored to the depth of ninety-five feet.
SECTION OF FOSTER & LEAP'S WELL, ROYALTON.
Soil . .  3 ft. 6 in.
Yellow clay  17 ft.
Gravel  5 ft,
Blue clay, with frequent thin layers of sand and
gravel  70 ft. 6 in.
Total  96 ft.
Water is usually procured at Jamestown at depths varying
from twenty-five to thirty feet. The deepest well in the town
is located at the saw mill.

196 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
SECTION OP WELL AT THE SAW MILL, JAMESTOWN.
Soil  3 ft.
Yellow clay  8 ft.
Quick sand  1 ft.
Blue clay  28 ft.
Gravel  2 ft.
Blue clay  48 ft.
Total  90 ft.
SECTION OP WELL AT THE GRIST MILL, JAMESTOWN.
Soil  0 ft. 8 in.
Yellow clay  10 tt.
Sand  2 ft.
Blue clay  49 ft.
Total  61 ft. 8 in.
In digging a well just south of the railroad, near the depot,
at Jamestown, a few years ago, a small reservoir of gas was
struck which exploded with some force, and burned with some
violence, but the flow lasted only a few minutes, when it
ceased altogether.
The wells at Brunswick vary from eleven to thirty-five feet
in depth. AVERAGE SECTION OP WELLS AT BRUNSWICK.
Soil  1 to 2 ft.
Yellow clay or gravel  5 to 10 ft.
Sand and gravel  1 to 3 ft.
Blue clay  4 to 20 ft.
Total  11 to 35 ft.
AVERAGE SECTION OF WELLS AT MILLEDGEVILLE,
Soil  1 to 2 ft.
Yellow clay or gravel  5 to 10 ft.
Gravel and sand  1 to 10 ft.
Blue clay  5 to 20 ft.
Total  12 to 42 ft.
By digging through the soil and sand in the vicinity of
Dover to the depth of seven feet an abundance of water is
found. A short distance north of Dover, on the farm of Mr.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 197
Thomas MeDaniel, a well was dug to the depth of twenty-two
feet six inches. SECTION OF THOMAS M'dANIEL's ,WELL.
SoU  1 ft.
Yellow clay  6 ft.
Bine clay . •  15 ft.
Gravel . .  6 in.
Total  22 ft, 6 in.
Mr. Ball, of Thorntown, bored a well for Mr. Gar. Vande-
veer, six miles south of Lebanon, in which a large amount of
vegetable matter was found in an ancient swamp, now buried
sixty-five feet beneath the surface.
SECTION OF MR. VANDEVEBR'S WELL.
Soil ...  2 ft.
Yellow clay  18 ft.
Blue clay  45 ft.
Swamp muck, leaves, twigs, etc. . . . . 10 ft.
Blue clay  25 ft.
Sandstone  9 ft.
Total  109 ft.
Three miles north of Thorntown Mr. Ball bored two wells
on opposite sides of the road, one of which was for Mr. S.
Dukes, and the other was for Mr. AI. Wetherald. The depths
of the wells were 185 and 187 feet respectively. The strata
were the .same in both wells. The following is the
SECTION :
Soil and yellow clay  18 ft.
Quicksand .... . , 12 ft.
Blue clay  153 ft. 6 in.
Bed sandstone  . . 3 ft. 6 in.
Total .  187 ft.
In the vicinity of the Montgomery County line the thick
ness of the drift is much less than it is in the central part of
county. The following section of Mr. Louis Dunbar's well,
just over the line in Montgomery County, is about an average

198 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
of the wells in that vicinity. The paleozoic rocks are usually
reached at a depth of from 20 to 40 feet.
SECTION OP MR. DUNBAr's WELL.
Soil and yellow clay  20 ft.
Dry white sand  2 ft.
White " sandstone " — probably chert . . . . 44 ft.

Total  66 ft.
North of Sugar Creek, iA Montgomery County, near the
Boone County line, Mr. Ball states that the cherty layers of
stone are always found at from 20 to 30 feet below the
surface.
SECTION OP WELL ON MR. WM. MILLS' FARM, ONE MTLB WEST OP THORNTOWN.
Soil and yellow clay  25 ft.
Quicksand  3 ft.
Blue clay  80 ft.
Total .... ... 108 ft,
On the farm of Mr. Frank Harris, one mile south of Thoru
town, a well was bored to the depth of 132 feet, which showed
great thickness of blue clay, which is underlaid by a cemented
gravel. SECTION OP MR. HARRIS' WTELL.
Soil and yellow clay  19 ft.
Quicksand  4 ft.
Blue clay  103 ft.
Cemented gravel  6 ft.
Total , . .  132 ft.
West of Thorntown about one and one-half miles is a heavy
deposit of dry gravel. The total thickness of the bed is not
known. On the farm of Mr. Charles Moffitt a well was dug
through 4 feet of soil aud 40 feet of gravel, when the work
was discontinued without finding water. At other points in
the same locality the gravel is known to be of a very great
depth. Also in the vicinity of Lebanon there are numerous
thick beds of gravel. Gravel occurs all over the county at

18

ft.

55 ft.

71

ft.

3

ft.

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points sufficiently convenient of access to be economically
used for road-making.
Sand of good quality for plastering and building purposes
and for the manufacture of tiles, brick, etc., is readily obtained
in any part of the county. It is often found in beds of great
thickness. On the farm of Robert Woody, three and oue-half
miles west of Thorntown, a stratum of sand fifty-five feet in
thickness was passed through in boring a well. The follow
ing is the SECTION OF MR. WOODV's WELL.
Soil and yellow clay . . .
Fine white sand
Blue clay , , . ....
Limestone Total, . . 147 ft.
Throughout the northwestern part of the county quicksand
almost uniformly occurs under the yellow clay. The thickness
of the beds of quicksand varies from two feet to fifteen feet.
The yellow clay runs from three to thirty feet in thickness.
The section of a well three miles east of Thorntown, near the
Union Church, illustrates the character of the deposits
throughout that region :
SECTION OP WELL NEAR UNION CHURCH.
Soil and yellow clay ....
Quicksand . , , . . .
Bine clay ... . .
Total, . . . . . . Ill ft.
PALEOZOIC GEOLOGY.
Since no exposure of paleozoic rocks occur in any part of
Boone County, any statements concerning the underlying
formations and groups would be unreliable and gratuitous.
The workmen who continued the bores iu wells until the rocks
were reached were barely able to distinguish the various kinds
of rocks — shales, sandstones or limestones — and from the Iim-

27

ft.

9

ft.

75

ft.

200 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES.
ited information obtained from them no sufficient knowledge
of the strata was acquired to enable one to form definite or
reliable conclusions. However, as limestones underlie the
drift in the western part of the county, it is quite likely they
are St. Louis or Keokuk — most probably the latter. It is
uncertain whether the sandstone reached in a few instances is
Knobstone or not. Although no bores have ever touched the
rocks underlying the drift in the eastern part of the county, it
is altogether probable that they are Devonian. The particles
of rock takeu from the bores in different parts of the county
contained no organic remains so far as .observed by the
workmen. ARCHEOLOGY.
There are no walled enclosures in Boone County, nor any
mounds of great interest. Occasionally small mounds are
seen, but explorations in them have not disclosed any facts
other than are generally known concerning these works.
Ashes, charcoal, and occasionally implements have been found
in them. Granite and flint implements, while not so coraraon
as in many other counties, are still frequently found in the
county. Mr. Tribbets, of Thorntown, has quite a valuable col
lection of stone implements, collected partly from this county,
but principally from Montgomery. There are a few other
small collections iu the county. THANKS.
Many courtesies were received from the citizens in general
during the progress of the survey, and especially frora Dr.
Lane and Attorneys Stokes and Wesner, at Lebanon ; Dr.
Curryer, at Thorntown ; Dr. Heady, at Jamestown, and
James Dye, at Northfield.

CHURCHES.

EAGLE CREEK REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH.
Located on Eagle Creek. This is the mother of churches
in Boone County, being constituted in the year 1829. The
following are among the first members : George Dodson,
Elizabeth King, Frederick Brendell and wife, John King,
Thomas and Polly Dodson, Robert Dodson, Mary Dodson,
Samuel Laine and wife, Edward Bradley, David Marsh, John
Dulin and wife. Squire Dulin and wife, James Peters and wife,
Robert Duly and wife. The first clerk was James Bradly.
The first htuise was a log building, rather rough, but it an
swered the above persons to worship in. A second house was
built about the vear 1860, this tirae a frame, costing about
§600. Among the early preachers were Isaac Cotton, Benj.
Harris, Isaac .Jones, George Dodson. Noah Gifford was for
many years the church clerk, followed by Bennett Isaacs,
Thomas Hand, Benj. Cox, .\ndrew Harvey. The present
clerk is Benj. Shelburn. The society meets every month,
keeps up the church organization. Around this old church
cluster raany pleasant rerainiscences of the past The present
preacher is James W. Sherley.
ANTIOC OR POPLAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH.
The above church is located in the southwest part of Har
rison Township, and about one and one-half miles south of
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ago (1856) by the M. E. Church, and occupied by them for
several years, until they organized at Brun.swick, when the
Baptist brethren occupied it and organized a church, with the
following as some of the first members : George Johnson and
wife, William Joseph and wife, John D. Fear and family,
Jacob Dimsmore and wife, Elisha Higgins and wife, Robert
Walters and wife, Elizabeth Myers. Among the ministers are
the following: John Clemens, Joseph Hoover, John Ca.se,
John Joseph, George Dodson, Peter Keeny, Franklin Keeuy.
The first clerk was Wm. Perkins, the present one J. H. Dims
more. The present house was built in 1867; cost, $1,000;
will seat about four hundred persons. Adjoining on the north
and east is the cemetery, which is one of the most popular
burying places in the county. Autioc has been for years one of
the most popular preaching places in this part of the county.
We are indebted to Noah Chitwood-and James Myers for the
above.
BAPTIST CHURCH AT DOVER.
BY LEWIS DENNEY.
The above society was first organized in 1869, as a joint
society, and the house was built as such between the Newlights
and Baptists. The house cost fourteen hundred dollars. Ded
icated January, 1870, by Rev. Harry Smith, of Indianapolis.
The first trustees on the part of the Newlights were, A. D.
Beck and James Irwin, and Jesse Jackson on the part of the
Baptists. The Baptists organized March 26, 1870, with six
members by letter and three by baptism. Fielding Denny, Lucy
S. Denny, W. B. Denny, Elizabeth F. Denny, Amanda M.
Denny and Grace Dinsmore by letter. Jesse Jackson, Amelda
Jackson, Mary J. Custer (the la-t one by baptism). Present
trustees are W. R. Roberts, William M, Kerns, John F.
Campbell, Soon after the organization, the Baptists bought
out the interest of the Newlights, paying five hundred dollars
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Roberts, W. B. Denny, Win. Service, Among the pastors are
R. B. Craig, C, B. Allen, John F. Cruse, W. K. Williams, H.
R. Todd. Present number of members, 110. Clerk and
treasurer, E. M. Denny.
SKETCH OF THE ELIZAVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH.
About the year 1860 the Baptist families in and around the
village of Elizaville determined ou an organization. But not
until the 13th day of August, 1853, was an organization effected,
when a number of brethren and sisters met at the school
house one-half mile south of town for the purpose of organiz
ing a '¦ regular Baptist Church." The council was composed
of brethren from the following churches, viz: Freedom, Mid-
dlefork of Sugar Creek and Crooked Creek. The council was
organized by appointing Brother Dooley Moderator and Dr.
A. .T. McLeod Clerk, when the following persons became
members: Lindsy Powell, Matilda Powell, Harry Harris,
Susannah Harris, Henry Padgett and Kitty Jones. Elder John
Hawkins was chosen pastor for one year, who appointed Henry
Harris clerk. The name of the church was first called " Friend
ship," but in August, 1865, it was changed to that of "Eliza
ville." The society now owns a comfortable house 40x60 feet,
which will seat five hundred persons ; hold regular meetings ;
and the society is kept up and is a power in the neighborhood.
It has a membership of nearly fifty. The following pastors
have served this church since its organization : John Haw
kins, A. H. Dooly, R. B. Craig, Benj. Daily, C. B. Allen, F.
M. Huckleberry, B. A. Melson, B, W. Harmon, J. F. Creams
and H. R. Todd. The following have .served as deacons :
Lindsy Powell, W. C. Wylie, James R. Everman, John Carr,
Sydna Marsh and A. S. Campbell. The following have served
as church clerks: Harry Harris, Benj. Garrett, William C,
Wylie, A. S. Campbell, John Silver, John Carr, Marion Eaton,
J. R. Wylie, T. R. Caldwell and Edward Silver. The church
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in the county, some of whom are yet living here and are active
and influential members ; others have gone to other parts of
the country and have become members of other societies;
while others have gone to their reward, never to meet here
again. Let us hope that in the final day those who have wor
shiped here in days gone by will worship in the church
triumphant.
MOUNT TABOR BAPTIST CHURCH.
The above church is located one half mile north of Fay
ette in Perry Township. It was first constituted the third
Saturday in July, 1836, when the following sister churches
were represented : Eagle Creek Church, by George Dodson,
Thomas Bradley and John Phillips; Thorntown Church, hy
John Turner and 'Squire Osburn; Mt. Gilead Church, hy
Jacob Jones and Lewis Dewees; Union Church, by Thomas
Heathen and Hampton Penington ; Big White Lick, by. Par-
sly Sherley, Ezekiel Shirly and Abraham Spekelmau; Little
White Lick, by James Parsley and Caleb Sherley. We, the
above representatives of the above churches, being convened
at the house of William Turner, having examined into the
propriety of organizing a church, and finding the articles of
faith to be in accordance to our church,- we find thera duly
qualified to keep house as a regular Baptist Church, with the
following named brothers and sisters as constituted members
thereof: Edmond Shirly, Benjamin Smith, Lewis Smith,
Daniel Shirly, James Smith, William Smith, William Edwards,
William Turner, Philadelphia Shirly, Susan Smith, Nancy
Smith, Elizabeth Shirly, Nancy Smith, S. R. Francis Nash,
Matilda Turner, E. P. Harding. We therefore pronounce
them a regular Baptist Church, and give them the right hand
of fellowship, this the third Saturday in July, 1835,
Elder George Dodson,
Thos. W. Bradley, Clerk. Moderator.

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The brothers and sisters, before the building of the present
house, met at the private houses in the neighborhood. In 1857
or 1858, the church house was built at a cost of eight hundred
dollars. It is a comfortable frame building, will seat about
four hundred persons; well located on a high piece of groun<l,
and near it a cemetery, where many of its former members are
buried, on the land formerly owned by T. Stoker.
The following ministers have preached here from time to
time:^ George Dodson, Joseph Payner, Benjamin Harris,
Peter Keeny, who has been a laborer in the vineyard many
years. Allen MeDaniel and W. E. Hardin are the present
ministers in charge. The society now numbers 160 members
in good standing and in a good healthy standing. The fol
lowing are the trustees : Preston Smith, Lewis Shirly and
Robert Pedigo.
The society built and occupied a log church soon after
organizing, which served them for a number of years previous
to building the present house. It was, perhaps, built in the
year 1836 or 1837. We are indebted to Mr. Eli Smith for
the above information.

MOUNT'S RUN CHURCH— BAPTIST.
BY J. P. STARK.
The history of the above church dates back to the year
1837, when the organization took place, with the following
members: John Allen, Sarah Ruble, Sally Johnson, .Tohn
Spencer, John Lane, Samuel Dooly, Liney Dooly, James
Peters, Lucy Peters, J. B. Allen, James Allen. This was on
the 7th day of October, 1837, Elder George Dodson acting as
moderator, and John King and Samuel Lane, deacons. The
society for a number of years met in a log building near where
the present house now stands, up to the year 1878, when the
brick house was erected at a cost of |2,200. This house is a
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seat about 500 persons ; 36x48 feet. The following pastors
have preached here from time to time: George Dodson,
Abraham Sioock, Benj. Harris, John Kinder, John Hawkins,
H. I. Salla, Willson Thompson, J. R., James Abston, Peter
Keeney, J. L. Oliphant, L. W. Brandon, J. W. Sherley, Allen
MeDaniel. The first trustees were John Dulin, James Peters,
'Squire Dooly. The present ones are J. H. Peters, J. P.
Stark, J. W. Abitt. The church is in a healthy condition —
132 members. The house is in Union Township, nine miles
east of Lebanon, on the Noblesville road. A beautiful ceme
tery adjoins on the south, where many of the forraer raemhers
are sleeping.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, CALLED LEBANON
BAPTIST CHURCH.
' BY B. F. WHITAKEH.
The above church or society was organized December 11th,
1873, in the chapel of the school building, Rev. Bro. Melson •
acting as moderator. The following are the names composing
the class at the organization : W. J. Devall, Rebecca Devall,
Elizabeth Lane, George W. Beard, Peter ISIorris. May Morris,
J. B. Crigler, Martha Crigler, J. A. Abbott, Laura Abbott,
A. J. Adams and wife, Mollie Bruce, James F. Cline — four
teen members in all. Some of the above have passed away,
among whom are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Devall and Mrs. Crigler.
Total number admitted since, 307 ; number deceased or moved
away, 85; present membership, 236. The church building
was purchased from the M. P, Presbyterians in 1874. It was
remodeled in 1886 at a co.st of $4,035. Dedicated September,
1886, by Elder Blackburn, of Lafayette. The following
ministers have served this society : C. B, Allen, S. K, Fuson,
J. F. Beeman, now (1887) preaching. Trustees: J. W.
Devall, George Beard, Peter Morris; Clerk, D. H. Allen,
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Sabbath-school. The house is a good one, and will seat five
hundred persons, and is every way worthy the society that
built it.
BETHEL M. E. CHURCH, EAGLE TOWNSHIP.
In 1839 the above church was built on the Michigan road,
between Clarktown and Eagle village, near where Little Eagle
Creek crosses the Michigan road, and on the east side. The
house was built out of hewed logs, and for the time was a very
creditable building, situated on a high piece of ground, facing
to the w-est. Around this old church cluster many pleasant
remini.scences, for it was among the first societies formed in
this part of the county. Among the first members were Will
iam Duzan aud familv. Resin Debruler and familv, Jacob
Lakin and wife. In the winter of 1842 a revival sprang up,
when there was added quite a number of raembers, among
whom were Allen Brock, John Lowe and wife, George Lowe,
Eliza Lowe, William Bragg, Henderson Bragg, Isaac L. Dav
enport, Henry Davenport, Thomas Blake. The house was ded
icated in 1840, by Rev, J. C. Smith, who was at that time
presiding elder. Among the first preachers were John Ed
wards, F. M, Richmond, Rev, Roll, J, W. Bradshaw, Wm.
Duzan, George Bowman, George Dye, George W. Duzan,
Rev. William Butt. The society flourished and was at one
time one of the most popular preaching places in the county.
Notwithstanding it was a log house the interior was quite well
"fixed up." The house would seat some three hundred per
sons. About the year 1852 the society had lost many of its
members by death and removals to such an extent that it went
down, and the walls of " Bethel rang no more as in days of
yore." The old building stood a few years later, when it was
taken down, and there is not to-day a vestige of its former
self The writer, as early as 1845, attended meeting there,
and listened to such men as Smith, Good, Bradshaw ; and to
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Have listened with interest to the prayers of the late Mrs.
Debruler, who was gifted, and an earnest worker in her Mas
ter's cause. Her " bark " — as she often prayed — was landed
on "Canaan's peaceful shores."
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE M. E. CHURCH
AT THORNTOWN.
At the annual conference of the M. E. Church in 1832
Stephen R. Ball was appointed to travel on the Frankfort
Circuit. During the fall of 1832 and in 1833 Mr. Ball
preached several times, and at the annual conference in 1834
be was returned to the same circuit, and in the same year he
organized a church of twenty members. Brother Phelps trav
eled on this circuit and preached regularly. In 1835 Ancel
Beach was in charge on the circuit, and kept up the church
with good success. In 1836 Eli Rogers was appointed, but
from some cause unknown to the writer did not preach often
at Thorntown. At the annual conference in 1837 Thoraas J.
Brown was appointed, but owing to lack of preaching and
pastoral care the society was broken up, and when Mr. Brown
came he found no society or organization. On the second
Sabbath in May, 1838, he organized a society of eight raem
bers, viz.: Elias Tolbert and wife; Green Fester, wife and
daughter ; Sarah, wife of Dr, Araos Davis ; a young man whose
name the writer has forgotten. Oliver Craven was baptized
and taken into full membership and made leader of the class.
From that date the M. E. Church has kept up regular weekly
meetings for prayer and class meeting, with preaching once in
four weeks. The following preachers have served: Thoraas
J. Brown, Joseph White, George W. Stafford, Ancel Beach,
John B. Dernott, William Wilson, Samuel Reid, John Ed
wards, Henry Wells, James H Newland, George W. Stafford,
William Campbell, J. W. Bicketts, Wm. H. Smith, James B,
Murshon, James Aldrich, Wm, Campbell, H. C. Wilton,
Aaron Geerney, Thomas E. Will, John L. Smith, Charles A.

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Beck, Wiley P. Watkins, George W. Warner, T. C. Hackney,
Richard Hargrave, Luke Nebucar, F. M. Pavey, Jacob C.
Reed, G. W. Bower, Leander C. Buckels, Thomas Meredith,
John W. Harris and Isaac Dale. The board of trustees at
this date, February, 1887, are as follows : George E. Conrad,
Jeffrey Horner, James Roberts, John C. Taylor, Wm. Miller,
Wm. Curryer and Samuel Killaster. Total number of mem
bers at this date are 332. Oliver Craven.
Thorntown, Ind., March 6, 1887.
BIG SPRINGS METHODIST CHURCH.
Big Springs, Ind., March 23, 1887.
3Iess'rs. Harden & Spahr: — By your request I try to give a
brief history of the Big Springs Methodist Church and vicin
ity, I will first give a few names of settlers who came here
prior to October, 1837 : Isaac Srite, Rhesa Conley, Sampson
Hartman, Jacob Johns, John Davis, Daniel Stevens, Joel
Richardson, Wm. Laws, Smith Castor, Wm. Davis, J. F.
Johnson, Jonathan Scott, John Hollenback, James Richardson,
John Parr, Boler Humphrey, Caleb Richardson, Thomas
Wooden, Moody Gillum, Wm. Parr, Jacob Parr, Sr., Henry
Ross and Thomas Lindsey, Jr. and Sr.
My father, Jonathan Richardson, bought Issac Srite out,
in April, 1837, and moved on the farm in October of the same
year. This carries me back to early times when I was in my
eleventh year. I was quite a small pioneer, if not an old one.
I have nothing to go by but my memory, but I think I can
relate the history of the church tolerably correctly. The first
members were Caleb Richardson, John Parr, Jacob Parr, Sr.,
Wm. Parr, Joel Richardson, Rhesa Conley, and their wives.
The first preachers who came among them were J. Baloat, in
1837, G. J. Brown, in 1838, G. W. Stafford, in 1839, J. White,
in 1840, A. Beach, in 1841, J. Edwards, in 1842, H. Wells,
in 1843, A. Koontz, in 1844, G. W. Smith, in 1845, J. W.
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Bradshaw, in 1846, F. M. Richmond, iu 1847, and J. Colcla-
sier, Cozad, White and Gillum one or two years each, which
takes me up to 1852, besides several local preachers who came
among them. Their names were G. Bowman, Sr., Dr. Nel
son Duzan's father, James D. Sims, James H. Ross and Dr.
George W. Duzan. Among the elders were Woods, Smith,
Daniels, Marsee Good and Hargraves. Class leaders were
Caleb Richardson, John Parr, Joel Richardson and Thomas
Lindsey, Sr. In early times the church was in the Frankfort
Circuit. They held meetings at Caleb Richardson's, John Parr's
and Joel Richardson's houses until there was a school house
built, which was done in 1838. There was preaching every
two weeks. There would be a preacher in charge, and a
young preacher. They would take it turn about. The names
of the young preachers were Dorsey, DeMotte and Calvert.
In early times meeting was held on week days, but that made
no difference. They would quit their work and go, some
a-foot, sometimes two on the same horse. Class meeting would
be held on Sundays. They continued holding meetings this
way from 1837 to 1841, in which time there was a great revival
and quite a number of the younger class of people joined tbe
church. Among them were Wm. Lane, Jesse Lane, Sylvester
Turpen, Jacob Parr, Jr., Allen Pittman, Wm. Richardson,
Jonathan Scott, and some of the Lindsey family. As a gen
eral thing where the men had wives, they also joined. In 1841
the church decided to build a meeting house. It was a hewed
log house, 30x40. It was raised in April, 1841, and was not
completed until 1842, The cost of the building I know noth
ing about, as it was done bj' the members donating work until
it was enclosed. The carpenter work was done by J. B. Hig
gins and Joel Richardson. I never learned what amount of
money they got for their work.
In August, 1841, the church decided to hold a carap meet
ing, and went to work accordingly. The spot of ground they
selected was on my father's land near the big spring. There
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Jacob Parr, Lane antl Walker, Dr. W. N. Duzan, Joel and
Caleb Richardson, H. Mowei', Burrow and Parr, S, Smith,
Cox and Parr, and several others. Camp meetings were held
yearly for four or five years. Quite a number joined during
these meetings. From that time on for several years they held
protracted meetinos, and at these meetings they increased in
numbers till it became a very strong and popular church. The
members, with few exceptions, were in peace and fello\^¦ship.
The old log house answered for a place of worship until
1866, when it was taken down and a frame was built on the
same site. The cost of it, I think, was $1,600, but since that
time there has been a belfry and bell put up which has added
to the cost some two or three hundred dollars more. I do not
know who were the trustees. The old log house was built at
the time the Rev. John Edwards was on the circuit, and I
think dedicated by him. It can be said of a truth that the first
members of this societv were of the best citizens in the county.
The above was written by Wm. Richardson, living near
Big Springs.
M. E. CHURCH, JAMESTOWN.
This society, as far as Jamestown is concerned, does uot
date very early as a society, for many of the early Methodists
in this locality held meetings and organized about three miles
southeast, in the edge of Hendricks Couuty. Among the
first members were Mariah Walker, John Porter and wife,
Jesse McMahan, Mariah McMahan, Elizabeth McMahan, John
Okey and wife, Jesse Hendricks, Mary Hendricks, Henry and
Martha Hendricks. The meetings were often held at private
houses, John Okey's the most of the time. Among the first
preachers were Enoch Wood, Rev. Utter, Jesse Hill. About
the year 1838 the society was organized at Jamestown, where
meetings were held in a joint meeting house used by all
denominations, for school purposes, and the like. Among the
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Tucker, J. H. Camplin, J. Hudson, John Porter and wife.
Dr. Orear, Samuel Jesse and wife, Mary Long, James Will
iams, Mrs. Galvin. The present house was built in 1871, and
dedicated in August of that year by Bishop Bowman. It cost
about $3,500; is a brick, and will seat about 500 persons. It
is 45x65 feet, well located, and a credit to the society that
built it. The merabership is 175, and is in a prosperous con
dition. A Sabbath-school is kept up and maintained the year
round, and is doing untold good in the town and vicinity.
The following ministers have served this society from time to
time : Joseph Marsee, Daniel F. Stright, Joseph White, John
L. Smith ; the present minister is W. S. Lawhorn.
M. E. CHURCH, LEBANON.
Nearly as old as Lebanon itself is the above church or
¦society. It seems the history of well-regulated neighborhoods
to organize a church or society soon after a few congenial
minds are in accord with one another. So it was with a few
in the little town of Lebanon in the winter of 1835-'36, where
we find the following named persons forming themselves into
a society which has lived to this day, and is now in a flourish
ing condition, numbering near 400 persons or members :
Josiah Lane and wife, Addison Lane and wife, Amelia Zion,
Rachael Bradshaw and Stephen Sims. Mrs. Zion is the only
one now living. The first church building was erected south of
where the present depot now stands, but it was never finished
there, but removed, in 1844, to where the present splendid
house now stands. This was a frame, and dedicated under the
pastoral care of Rev. Koontz. This building stood until the
year 1866, when it was taken down and a brick house erected
—40x60 feet. It was duly dedicated by Rev. C. B. Mock,
who was the pastor at that time. This house stood until the
summer of 1886, when it was remodeled into the present
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November 7th, 1886, by Rev. Dr. John, of Greenca<tle, from
the text: "Watchman, what of the night?" on which occa
sion ample means were raised to pay all the cost of the build
ing. The history of this church is much that of all others;
had its days of prosperity and of gloom. There is here, as
well as elsewhere, a faithful few that stand around to guard its
best interest in the most trying times. And to-day the M. E.
Church at Lebanon is one of the fixed institutions of the city.
It has in connection a flourishing Sabbath-school, with over
300 members. The following ministers, in part, have preached
here from time to time : Rev. Thompson, M. L. Green,
Francis Cox, P. A. Cook, Joseph Foxworthy, E. W. Lawhorn,
C, B. Mock, Webb. S. Godfrey, S. P. Calvin, H. A. Merrill,
J, L. Smith, H. C. Neal, A. Lewis, F. M. Pavy.
MT. ZION M. P. CHURCH, JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
Mt. Zion is located in the western part of the township on
Raccoon Creek. The first house was a log one and built in
1841, one-half mile south of the present house and on the
land of the late Simeon Emmert. Among the first members
composing the class were the following : William Nicely
(class leader), Nancy Cannada, Mary Walker, Peter Emmert,
Susan White, Sarah Miller, Daniel New, Lurane New, Asbury
Williamson, Mary Emmert, Simon Emmert, Wm. Emmert,
Fanny Eraraert, -John Whiteman, Fanny Whiteman, Nancy
Hubbell, Milly Hubbell, Williara White, Daniel New, Love
Williarason, Hank Williarason, John Higgin.s, Foster New.
The present house is a frame, built in 1870, called Mt. Zion.
Levi Swazey, pastor. Trustees, Wm. Cannada, John Dunkin,
David Airhart. Mt. Zion is in a healthy condition. The
house will hold about five hundred persons. Its cost was one
thou.=and dollars. Wm. Nicely.

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CHRISTAIN CHURCH, ZIONSVILLE.
This society was first organized at Eagle Village about the
year 1853, and the following year the house was built, which
was afterwards, in 1858, moved to Zionsville, about one mile
distant. It was taken down and moved by Franklin Imbler.
Among the first members at Eagle Village were John Stinson,
Joseph Tanner and wife, M. Elston and wife, Benjamin Dye,
John Hardin, Lucinda Hardin, John Imbler and wife, Frank
lin Imbler and wife, Thomas Lothlin and wife, Joseph Lari
more. The church building cost about sixteen hundred dol
lars, a frame, 40x60 feet; will seat five hundred persons.
Among the elders who have preached here all along for thirty
years we might mention Thomas Lockhardt, Hiram St. John
Vandake, Samuel Overman, Joseph Tanner, Joseph Larimore,
L. H. Jemison, John O'Kain. Many of the former members
have either moved away or died, and but few now belong
to the society above referred to, in fact, we might say none.
But the church is kept up at Zionsville and has regular preach
ing. Elder Plunkett is the elder in charge at this writing
(1887). Yes, they are nearly all gone to the church triura-
phant, among whom are Elder Lockhart, Elston, Stinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Hardin, Benjamin Dye, Joseph Larimore, Mrs.
Elston, Frank Imbler and wife, John Imbler and wife. Elder
Hiram St. John Vaudake has also passed over the silent river.
A few remain, among whom are Lothlin, Tanner and Jeraison.
Elder Lockhart the writer knew long and well, also the raost
of the above referred to he has known since boyhood, who
worshiped with my father and mother for years. It won't he
long until the remaining ones will pass away, and the founders
of the Christian Church at Eagle Village will be known only
in history and in the memory of the children of those who
were associated with its history in the past.

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THE CHURCH OF CHRlyT AT WARD.
BY ELDER D. H. HECKATHORN.
This church is situated seven miles southwest of Lebauon,
on the Lebanon and New Ross gravel road, in the southeastern
part of Jackson township, Boone County, Ind.
The society was organized by Elder Joe Davis, of Thorn
town, and the writer, September 6, 1874, with seventeen mem
bers, as follows : D. H, Heckathorn, Elder : Deacons Lemuel
W. ^IcMullin and Joseph Ijce ; Anderson Burris, ^Nlary Gar
dener, Elizabeth Apple, Lydia Lee, Nancy She})herd, Mary
Landers, Mary Heckathorn, Martha Clark, Louisa McMul-
len. Miss Clark, Margaret Burris, Miss S, E. Burris, John
Batman, Margaret Batman
The writer commenced ])reaching in an old school house,
situated one-fourth mile south of the present site. Second
Lord's day in June, 1872, and continued to preach once a
raonth until October 1, 1876, and occasionally thereafter
until October, 1878, the interrnption being occasioned by the
writer having been appointed to and accepting the office of
county superintendent of schools.
During this time and sometime after Elder John Northcutt
was pastor. Elder William Smith preached about four years,
and very materially strengthened and built up the cause of
Christ in the neighborhood. The preaching brethren who
have preached for the church at different times aie: Elders
Van Cleave, Johnson, Stevens, Harney, Mills, McKinsey,
etc. In the latter part of the year 1875 the present site was
.secured, and the old school house purchased and removed to
the site. The material prosperity of the brethren enabled
them early in the year 1881 to plan the erection- of a new
liouse; a plain but comfortable and substantial frame house,
at a cost of $1,050, which was dedicated by Elder Henry R.
Pritchard, of Indianapolis, second Lord's day in December,
1882. Officers of the church are : Elders D. H. Heckathorn,

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Lemuel W. McMullin and James H. Fink; Deacons Green
ville W. Dodd and David F. Budd. Clerk and treasurer,
George A. Leeke. The present membership is about one
hundred; with the sympathy of the surrounding community
promises to be a factor in the community for good.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH, JAMESTOWN.
Among the first members of the above church were, in the
year 1838, as follows : Charles Fullen, Sarah Fullen, William
McLean, James Martin, Mark Porter, Mary Martin, William
Martin, Mariah McLean, Mrs. Mark Porter, Christopher Hart-
man, Beijj. Stevens, John Gibson and wife, John Stutsman,
Anna Stutsman. The society built a frame house about the
year 1850, which was occupied by them for a number of years,
when, in 1870, the present structure was built, and in Septem
ber of that year it was duly dedicated by Elder W. R. Jewell.
The building is a brick, well located, 40 x 65, cost $3,500, will
seat five hundred persons. Trustees are C. F. Martin, 0. H.
Lowry, F. M. Cuningham and Richard Miller. The fi)llow-
ing elders have preached here : John O. Kain, Simon Farlow,
John Harris, Thomas Lockhart, Nathan Walters, James Slerins,
Wm. Holt, Elder Frank, B. F. Treet, Henry R. Pritchard,
who is now the elder in charge. Number of members, one
hundred and seventy-five. Present elders are Levi Martin,
Samuel Cook and Stephen Dale. There is a Sabbath-school
in connection, which is kept up the entire year with a good
membership.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT LEBANON.
BY"^ D. B. BANTA.
Some faithful labor was done in Lebanon by Presbyterian
clergymen previous to the state of organization. Rev. Moody
Chase, from Danville, came here to visit a sick friend, Mr.
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log court house. This was probably the first sermon preached
in Lebauon by a Presbyterian minister. In 1835, Rev. Clai
borne Young preached .several times in the log court house.
The records show that on January 3, 1840, the Lebanon Pres
byterian Church was organized by Rev. William Fergerson,
D. D., with twelve members.^ The following is a list of the
names of the original members : James Richey (elder), Jane
Richey, Henry W. McAuley, Henry Hamilton, Mary Hamil
ton, Deborah Schoff, Polly Ann Stephenson, Auley McAuley
(elder), William Richey, Nancy Richey, El vina Jamison, Robert
McLaughey. Since then about 480 names have been added.
The number of names on the roll at the pre-ent time is 170.
The church has had the services of the following ministers:
John L. Eastman, N. P. Chariot, S. N. Evans, H. W Biggs,
Joseph Piatt, P. R. YIenater, J. L. Hawkins, J. B. Logan, C.
K. Thompson, F. M, Symmes, J. M. Bishop, D. B. Banta.
The first thirteen years after the church was organized the
congregation wor-hipt-d in the log court house, the first brick
court house, the county .seminary (now the Bray House), and
the Methodist Church as they could get it. In 1853 the first
building was erected at a cost of $1 ,800. A debt on the church
was paid by renting it to the county for the purpose of holding
court in it. About the year 1872 the building was sold to the
United Presbyterians, who afterwards sold it to the Baptists.
The corner stone of the new building was laid September
1, 1873. The storm which swept over the city on the evening
of September 25, 1878, destroyed the beautiful building. The
next day as the people viewed the ruins, such remarks as " this
ends Presbyterianism in Lebanon," were heard. It looked
like it. The pastor who had labored so energetically and effi
ciently in the erection of the new building had resigned his
charge ; the financial strength of the members of the church
was exhausted; the building in ruins and a debt on it of
$1,500. A few days after the storm a meeting of the members
was called to determine what to do. Plan after plan was sug-
gessed but none adopted. Finally, when it seemed that noth-

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ing would be accomplished, one member suggested that the
pastor, I. M. Bishop, be requested to reconsider his resignation,
and that they make the attempt to rebuild. This they deter
mined to do. By tlie little which the congregation and citi
zens of Lebanon could give, with the very liberal foreign aid
from friends and the Board of Church Erection, the present
building was erected. About $13,000 was spent on the forraer
house and about $4,500 on the present building.
The following is a list of the names of the trustees : B. F.
Hammond H. L, Bynum, Henry VanNuys, R. W. Mathews.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH, LEBANON.
BY STEPHEN NEAL.
The above church is in a flourishing condition, or, rather,
a ¦' healthy state." Like alraost every other church or society,
it has had seasons of prosperity aud of lethargy. Here there
has been, and always will be, a "faithful few," a "leaven," so
to speak. Come what will, they are, and will be, the beacon
liQ-ht : a silver linings to the dark clouds that necessarilv come
ovci' human organizations or societies. The history of this
cliiirch is also much like others here as well as elsewhere.
First a few members in accord with each other met at private
houses for worship, there being no church houses to worship
in. We find, about 1835, a few families in and near Lebanon
thus met, first, perhaps, at the house of James McCann. Thus
a nucleus was formed, around which the society of to-day has
grown. Among the early elders we find the late John Shulse
to have been one, and who has done much to strengthen and
encourage the few in their chnrch relations, and to specially
advi.se them. Mr. James McCann, referred to above, at an
early day resided in Lebanon, where the meetings were held.
Afterward the society held its meetings at the old seminary,
where Mrs. Bray now resides. Yet later, in the old court
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we find : James and Elizabeth AlcCann, Zachariah and Eliza-
heth Pauly, Mrs. Pauly's mother, James Forsyth, John Shultz,
Elizabeth Shultz, Thomas and ISlartha Kersy, Mrs. Dale. The
first elders were Bros. McCann, Shultz and Pauly. Soon after
the society was fully organized they set about building a
church on West Washington street. This was iu the year
1842 or ]S4'^. The house was a frame, well adapted to the
use for which it was built; served its day, and in 1866 it was
-old to the Catholics and used by them for a place to worship.
Immediately after steps were taken to build a brick church.
The following members were chosen to act as a building com-
riittee: George Combs, Stephen Neal, John Adair, William
McLean, Robert C. McCann, John M. Shulse. And in 1867
tae house was completed, at a cost of $5,000. The house is
v>-ell located, and is in every way a good building. Will seat
600 persons; size 40x60 feet. It was dedicated in June, 1867,
by the late Benjamin Franklin, of Anderson, Ind. The lol-
iowing elders have from time to time preached here: Adam
Harney, William Young, M. W. Council, Rev. Edmonson,
J. S. Bicknell, S. K. Hoshour, M. B., Hopkins, John M, Shulse,
Thomas Lockhart, John O'Cain, Lov. H. Jemison, E. O. Bur-
iress, A. J. Hobbs, Hiram St. John Vandake, Overman.
Elder H. R. Pritchard is now the regular elder. Present
•-Iders: J. T. McCann, J. S. Trowbridge, Henry Spencer.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT ELIZAVILLE.
The above church was first organized in October, 1875,
with the following members, after a meeting was held prepar
atory lo its organization, the Rev. John Howks preaching a
sermon, a committee reporting in favor of a church organiza
tion. This was the home mission of Crawfordsville. Names :
George A. Woods, May J. Woods, Dortha J. Woods, Hamil
ton Carr, Elizabeth A. Carr, John F. Sims, Fidelia J. Sims,
Margaret A. Campbell, Robert E. Burus, Elizabeth J. Burns,
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Fitzpatrick, Nancy J. Fitzpatrick, Mary J. Carroll, A. J.
Clossin, Nancy Byers, B. L. Chalk. The following ruling
elders were elected: Hamilton Carr, George A. Woods and
J. F. Sims. After a sermon by the Rev. E. Barr, the above
brethren were regularly inducted into office as deacons.
Rev. E. Wood acted as moderator, and John Howks as secre
tary, at the above organization.
The following have served the above society or church
as ministers from tirae to time : A. K. Naylor, Rev. J. F.
Sims, Rev. J. L. Willson, W. T. Allen, N. F. Tuck, J. Howks,
W. P. Koontz, A. O. Smith ; present trustees : F. M. Ste
phenson, B. L. Chalk and J. Stephenson. Total number of
members now (1887), 83. The church building, which is of
brick, is a very handsome, substantial house, erected in 1881.
The following were the building committee: Bros. William
Maze, B. L. Chalk and J. F. Sims. The house was only ded
icated in 1881, by Rev. S.  . The cost of the
building was seventeen hundred dollars. It is well located in
Elizaville, and is iA every way a credit to the society that
built it. It will seat some five hundred persons. Bro. J. R,
Chalk is the clerk, to whom we are indebted for the above
information.
HOPEWELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
BY F. C. PHILLIPS,
This church is located in Clinton Township, on the Thorn
town and Strawtown road and nine miles northeast of Leb
anon. No church in the county is more pleasantly situated or
better attended. The house is a frame, 35 x45 feet, will seat
comfortably four hundred persons. It was built in 1852 at a
cost of twelve hundred dollars. In April, 1837, the church
was first organized here by the Presbytery at Crawfordsville,
Ind. The committee consisted of Revs. Hall and Samuel
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as the Haller Farm. This was ou the 17th of June, 1837,
when Hopewell Church was organized as a church (Rev. Hall
giving the name ). The fidlowing are among the first mem
bers : James Adams, Jane Adams, Ephraim Adams, Elizabeth
Adams, Robert Oliver, James Campbell, Elizabeth Campbell,
John Wilson, Jeremiah Cory, Mary Cory, David Vancleve,
Rachael Vancleve, Martha Maxwell, James S. Hamilton,
Elizabeth Hamilton, INIary Scott, INIary Oliver, James Strahn,
Lucinda Willson, John Berry, I\Iary Berry and Silas M. Cory.
Rev. Mr. Hall was the first minister. The first elders were
J. S, Hamilton, Jeremiah Cory and Ephraim Adams, In 1839
Rev. W. T. Ferguson was called, who succeeded Rev. Hall,
and who served the church as pastor for a period of eight
years. Mr, Ferguson was followed by C. K, Thompson, fol
lowed by Rev. Evans. Rev. Mr, Hay, a Cumberland Presby
terian rainister, preached here three years. F. M. Symmes, J.
M. Bishop and D. B. Banta ; the last named is the present
iliinister and by his labors the church has been greatly blessed.
Hopewell is now one of the strong churches of the county.
When first organized the members were few and comparatively
poor; first built a log house iu which to worship and occupied
it until it was too small to hold the congregation, which
necessitated the building of the present beautiful house. The
members contributed so liberally that only one hundred dol
lars was unpaid when the house was completed. John L.
Bunton, so long a valued member, and who served as an elder
over forty years, stands as a worthy monument to this church.
He was, at his own request, relieved as elder a few years ago,
hut is yet an active member. The first trustees were John L,
Bunton, Hamilton Carr and Alexander Caldwell. I have
given all the history I can get, as the records have not been
kept as well as they ought to have been. The society is in a
healthy condition at this writing. There is a cemetery adjoin
ing on the east, where many of the former members are buried.
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SALEM U. PRESBYTERIAN, CHURCH, OR MUD
CREEK CHURCH IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
The above church was organized on Mud Creek, in Clinton
Town,ship, on October 7, 1837, and soon after a log house was
built which served the society as a place of meeting up to the
building of the present house in 1854, costing about one thou
sand dollars. The building is a very good frame; will seat
nearly five hundred persons. John H. Reynolds organized
the first church with the following members: Hugh Wylie,
Jacob Hopkins and wife, Robert Stephenson and wife, Isaac
Hopkins and wife, J. M. Burns and wife, Mary Wylie, Mary
Burns, Sarah Stephenson, A. B. Clark and wife, J. H. Sample
and wife, Isabelle Sample. J. H. Bonner was the first settled
minister here ; the following were the first elders : J, M.
' Burns, E. B. Clark and J. H. Sample. The above church is
in a healthy condition at this time (1886), aud has for over
forty years been a popular place to church goers. The ceme
tery adjoining is well located, and where many pioneers are
sleeping. The first burial here was Mr. Robert Stephenson,
who was killed by a falling tree in 1837. The following min
isters have served this society : J. H. Bonner, R. R. Coou, J.
D. Glenn, J. R. Bejl, J. P. Wright, James McCrea, Chancy
Murch, S. H. McDill, who is now the pastor. The present
membership is seventy-eight. Sessions clerk, Moses Turner;
church clerk, Robert Stephenson. Present elders are as fol
lows : Hugh R. Wylie, Dr. Brand, William Stephenson,
James Mulligan, Joseph M. Sample, John F. Crawford. Trus
tees, W. H. Wylie, R. S. Stephenson, James M. Turner.
LUTHERAN C|IURCH AT WHITESTOWN.
BY REV. J. C, BARB.
Among the religious denominations of Boone County, the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Whitestown, deserves special
mention. About the year 1834, Rev. E. S, Henkle organized

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a congregation of Lutherans oast of Whitestown. This congre
gation was composed of John Good, Sr,, Adam Catron, .lohn
Neese, Solomon Nee-;e, Daniel Buck, John Peters, .facob Ditz-
enberger, John INIiller, Peter Keslerig and their families.
This congregation first worshiped in the house of John Good,
Sr,, next tinder a shed that stood on the ground where the
Lutheran Cluirch now is. They alsn worshiped for a time in
a school house that stood on the same ground. About the
year 1840 they built a log house 30x24 feet, in which they
held religious services for many years. That log house at this
writing still stands, although it is in a very dilapidated condition.
Old settlers tell us that the congregations which a.ssembled here
to worship God were often so large that they were necessitated
to hold services in the grove. The people came to this place
of worship from all parts of the surrounding county, some on"
foot, some on horseback and some in farm wagons, for in that
day of mud roads, buggies and spring wagons were not in use.
The first person that was buried near this church was Daniel
Buck, about the year 1834. This denomination of christians,
by additions to the church, increased to such an extent that in
the year 1851, Revs. J. A. Rudisill and J. Good organized a
congregation in a log house that stood on the farm of Ambrose
Neese, in the southeast part of what is now known as Whites-
town. They worshiped in this house for a short time, then,
by permission granted them, worshiped in a log church house
in the northeast part of said town. Soon, however, they built
a large frame building which was known as the Lutheran
Church until the year 1868, when the present commodious,
substantial and comfortable brick building, known by the name
of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, was erected. This
church stands in a convenient part of the town, and its mem
bership is compcsed of many of the leading citizens of Worth
Township. The early Lutheran ministers of this section of the
country were Revs. Henkle, Rudi.sill, Good, Grounds and
Livengood. Since their day the church has been served by
Revs. M. S. Stirewalt, Jacob Wesner, C. L. Lauer and J. G.

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M. Hursh. The present pastor is Rev. J. C. Barb, who was
called-to the work in 1883. But few of the original members
are now living. The church is said to be in a prosperous con
dition. The church roll contains one hundred and eighty-five
names.
PLEASANT VIEW CHURCH. (NE WEIGHT.)
The above church was first organized in Jefferson Town
ship in 1836. The meetings at first were held at private
houses. It was at the house of Adam Kern where the meet
ing was held looking towards an organization. A man by the
name of Myers, from Montgomery County, proposed to come
on the 6th of November, 1836, to take the initiatory steps to
that end. But it seems he did not come, but Benjamin
Beeman came in his stead. This good old man not only carae,
but, it seems, remained, and from time to time preached for
them for over twenty years. The following are the eight
names composing the first persons who became members at
that time : Adam Kern, James Hall, Jane Hall, Arice Pauly, .
John Bowen, John Pauly and Miles Hall, all of whom are
dead except Arice Pauly and James Kern, and who attended
the fiftieth anniversary of the church Nov. 6, 1886, on which
occasion a good time was had and over 1,000 persons attended.
Near 1,000 persons' names have been enrolled on the church
book here from first to last — hundreds have died, others have
moved away. There are now over 140 members enrolled,
and Pleasant View is in a flourishing condition, and has done
untold good in the neighborhood. Its work has gone out.
Many who first joined here have become useful members of
other churches, while the good work goes ou here. The
pre^ent house was built in 1870, at a cost of $1,500. It is
40x60 feet, and will seat 500 persons. The following are the
trustees : Barton Hall, James Bowen and Cornelius Riggins.
The following have served as church clerks : Adam Kern,
A. H. Hill, A. D. Beck, Dreury Jackson, G. E. Bowen and

DR. WILLIAM D. STARKEY.

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Samuel H. Huckstep. Bros. Kern and Jackson are deceased.
The following have served as deacons : Bros, Adam Kern,
John Bowen, Arice Pauly, H. B. Kern, James Mount, Barton
Caldwell, C, M, Riggins, A, D. Beck, Jacob Harlam ; the last
three are the present deacons (1886), There is also a flourish
ing Sunday-school kept up a good part of the year at this
church. Also, a cemetery adjoins, where many of the former
members are buried. The first buried here was in the year
1841. This well-known house is on the road leading from
Lebanon to Dover, six miles from the former and three from
the latter place.
OLD UNION CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
BY' F. M. TROTTER,
The above popular church is located in .Jackson Township,
five miles northeast of Jamestown and nine miles southwest of
Lebanon, and one and one-half miles south of Ward, on Eel
River. The church was first organized 1838 by Benjarain
Beeraan, The ceremonies took place in a barn, A log house
was soon built on the site where the present house now stands,
which served them long and well. The following members
belonged to the first organization as follows : Thomas Spencer,
Sarah Spencer, Squire Dale, Elizabeth Dale, James Myers,
Evalin Myers, John H. Nelson, Mary Nelson, Thoraas Scott,
J. Dinsraore, Elizabeth Dinsmore. Thomas Spencer gave the
land on which the old and present houses were erected, and
also the beautiful cemetery just west, and where many of the
former members are buried. The following ministers have
labored here from time to time: Benjamin Beeman, Thoraas
Quillen, Samuel Deinwoody, L. W. Bannon, Jonathan Martin,
A. L. Carney. In 1866 the present house was built, a frame
40x60, but costing sixteen hundred dollars. It will seat six
hundred persons, and is in every way a credit to the society
that built it. It was dedicated on the fourth Sabbath in Octo-
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226 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES.
ber, 1886, by Elder Thomas Carr. Since its dedication the
following ministers have served the church as follows : Jona
than Martin, A. L. Carney, Jesse Parey, Henry Kincaid, E.
D. Simmons, A. J. Akers and F. M. Trotter, who is now the
pastor in charge. Of the eleven pastors five have joined the
silent majority. The following are deacons : William Wilhite,
I. P. Heady, O. B. Pratt, Lewis Nicely and Wm. Reese. The
trustees are Elisha Jackson, William Reese. The church has
had on its rolls five hundred members since its organization;
present number of members one hundred and fifty. The society
is at this writing (1887) in a healthy condition under the pas
torship of F. M. Trotter, who kindly furnished the above.

BIOGRAPHIES.

JOHN AIRHART.
This old veteran was born in Virginia, August 24, 1814, and
was a son of Peter Airhart. John was married to Catharine
Loop the 7th day of January, 1841, in Jefferson Township,
Boone County. Mrs. Airhart was the daughter of Christian
and Eva Loop, who were also pioneers of Boone County, com
ing as early as 1834. Mr. Loop died in 1879, aged ninety
years; Mrs. Loop died in 1866 ; both ara buried at the Provi
dence Cemetery, in Jefferson Township. John Airhart's par
ents are also buried at the same cemetery. John Airhart, the
subject of this sketch, was among the early citizens of Jefferson
Township. He came October 6, 1834. Has resided on his
present farm since 1842. He drove a team from Virginia, and
on arriving here found but little to encourage him. Their
neighbors were few and far between, but those few were social
in the extreme. Some of his happiest days were spent in his
" cabin " home in the woods. Mr. Airhart is a good citizen
and enjoys the confidence of his neighbors. His active days,
however, are over. He and his aged companion are quietly
living at home, having went through life in all its phases ;
have had their joys and sorrows like others who were pioneers.
There was horn to them two children, Eva Elizabeth, born
10th of December, 1 841 ; she was married to Franklin Wheatly
November 7th, 1867. The other child died in infancy. Mrs.
Airhart belongs to the Christian Church. In person Mr. Air
hart is tall, dark hair and complexion.

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HENRY AIRHART.
Mr. A. was born in Augusta County, Va., October 5,
1825. He was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Airhart.
Henry came to Jackson Township, Boone County, in the fall
of 1834, where he has ever since resided, and where he owns
a fine farm and enjoys the confidence of the people he has so
long lived among. He has served three terms as Township
Trustee, to the entire satisfaction of the people. By trade he
is a carpenter, but by choice has spent most of his time on the
farm. Henry is one of fourteen children who came to this
county, seven of whom are now living, and seven have joined
the silent majority with their parents. Peter Airhart died
in February, 1857. Henry was married to Rhody M, Beck
in April, 1846. One child was born to them, Mrs. A. died
January 15, 1850, when he again married Miss Mary M.
Golliday in January, 1856. Seven children were' born to
them, as follows: Rodelphia E., married to Z. M. McCarty;
Luella M., married to John Dean ; C. G. Airhart, married to
Adda Canine; V. G. Airhart, resides at home; Adia R., mar
ried to Walter W. Coones; Loretta A., married to J. C. Ashly;
Lora, deceased. All the above children reside in Jackson
Township, except Mr. and Mrs. Dean, who reside in Jefferson
Township. Henry Airhart belongs to the Baptist Church,
and is a stanch Democrat, first, last, and all the time.
FREDERICK BRENDELL.
The subject of this sketch was born in North Carolina at
the close of the last century. Was married, about the year
1820, to Catherine Miller. Came to and settled on Little
Eagle Creek when the county was new, and near the Boone
County line, where he owned a large tract of land, and one
of the finest farms in that part of the country. About the
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the creek. He was, as well as his first wife, members of the
Eagle Creek Regular Baptist Church, and perhaps two of the
original members. He, many years ago, 1848, sold goods at
his home, and also was a blacksmith, both of which were great
conveniencies to the new county. He died about fifteen years
ago, in the highest esteem of all who knew him, and is buried
in the cemetery on his farm. He is the father of Permains
and Edward Brendell, two No. 1 men, and who live on or near
the old home farm. Both are members of the Christian
Church at Little Eagle Creek, near their homes. Permains
was first married to Miss King, the second time to Miss Stultz,
daughter of Thomas Stultz. Edward married Charity Stultz,
sister of M. P. Brendell's second wife. Edward lives in the
old house built by his father, and owns all, or a part of the old
homestead. M. P. Brendell lives a short distance east, where
he owns a fine farm. Both are engaged in stock-raising, as
well as being engaged in agricultural pursuits. They are just
in the prime of life, near fifty-five and fifty years, respectively.
Frederick Brendell, the subject of this sketch, was three times
married, but the names or dates we have not at our command.
BENJAMIN BOOHER.
The subject of this sketch is a German by lineage, but an
American by birth, education and life. His grandparents
came from Germany to this country in the latter part of the
seventeenth century, and settled first in the western part of
Pennsylvania, and afterward in Virginia. Their son Jacob,
the father of the subject of this sketch, married Elizabeth Bar-
net in the early part of the present century, and settled in
Sullivan County, East Tennessee. Jacob Booher was the
father of twelve children, of which Benjamin, the subject of
this sketch, is next to the youngest. He is also one of the
three surviving children.
Benjamin Booher was born in Sullivan County, East Ten
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his father moved, with his family, to Montgomery County,
Indiana, and settled two miles east of the present site of Dar
lington, where many of his descendants yet live, an honored
and well-to-do people.
Much credit is due the Booher families for making the
country in that immediate vicinity what it now is — productive,
beautiful, and possessing all the qualities of a good neighbor
hood. Benjamin Booher received his education when there were
not such facilities as we now have. The school building that
he attended was an open log cabin without any floor but the
earth. The benches were made of round logs split once, with
diverging pins in the ends for supports. The chimney occu
pied cne entire end of the house. The writing desk was a
wide heard laid on sloping pins in a log on ono side of the
cabin, The pens used in writing were made from the large
featheis of geese and buzzards. The teacher and the methods
of teaching were as novel as the house. Such is a brief de-
scriptitt of the school that Mr. Booher attended. Although
his education was limited, yet he so improved it that with
the gt,jd native talents with which he is blessed he is fully
qualified for the transactions of the ordinary business of life.
He is a good reader, and keeps himself well informed on the
various subjects pertaining to the interest of the common citi
zen. He is a pioneer, and one of the leading citizens of
Boone County.
On the 20th day of October, 1842, Mr. Booher was united
in marriage to Miss Margaret Beeler, whose parents came
from East Tennessee to Indiana only a few weeks before Mr.
Booher arrived.
Mrs. Booher was born in East Tennessee, January 11,
1823. Her grandparents on her father's side came from
Switzerland ; on her mother's side from Ireland. Mrs. Boo-
her's advantages for an education were similar to those of
Mr. Booher, for they attended the same school. The result of
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Martha, ^Margaret E., William J., single and at home ; Al
bert L., departed this life at the age of 4 months ; Benjamin
C, married to Miss Martha J. White, November 4, 1870 ;
after her decease he was married to Miss Clara M. Dooley,
November 21, 1886. He resides near Zionsville, Ind. He
was elected County Commissioner in November, 1884. Syl
vester C, single, resides in Kansas Gity. Vando L., married
to Miss Elma O. Schooler, resides in Perry Township, Boone
County, Ind. Ada, married to S. N, Cragun, resides in Leb
anon, Ind. Mark A., married to Miss Elma F. Hoggins,
resides in Worth Township, Boone County, Ind, Emma R.,
single, at home. Daniel W. V., married to Miss L. Elsie
Barb, resides one mile east of Whitestown, Ind. Minnie jSI.,
married to Leander W. Tomlinson, resides one mile south of
Whitestown, Ind.
Mr, and Mrs. Booher are still living and enjoying good
health. Mr. Booher is one of the early pioneers of this country.
He endured the hardships and privations common to the early
settlers of a country. When he and Mrs. Booher started out
to battle with the realities of life they had but little of the
necessaries to make life comfortable. Their culinary depart
ment was not filled with such things as we find in a pantry of
to-day. They had one oven, one iron pot, three pewter plates,
three knives and forks, two cups and saucers and a few other
things common among the pioneers of this country.
In the year 1845, Mr. Booher moved to where he now
resides, one-half mile south of Whitestown, Boone County,
Ind. This country was then, to a great extent, a wilderness
and much of it under water. Mr. Booher killed wild ducks
in a pond where Whitestown now stands. He purchased
ninety acres of land which, at the time, was covered with a
dense forest hitherto unmolested by the woodman's ax. He
could see nothing before him but a life of toil, but with that
determination that characterizes the successful man, he entered
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logs and cultivating the soil, laboring from early morn until
dewy eve under the disadvantages incident to all the early
settlers. Mr. Booher, by industry, perseverance, economy and good
management, accumulated a considerable amount of wealth.
He ciwns several farms, aggregating several hundred acres of
productive land. He ranks with the leading financial men of
the county. For liis success in this particular he deserves
much credit. He was not a lazy loiterer, who expected a
streak of good luck to come to him. He knew that honest
endeavor weaves the web of life, turns the wheel of fortune,
amasses wealth and keeps one permanently rich. Mr. Boo
ker's indomitable will and inflexible purpose, linked with
courage to work for an honest living, led to hi- financial suc
cess. Men who do not go out into the great field of human
exertion, but wait for success to come to them, are the men
who, for the most part, are at the bottom of dishonesty and
corruption. Lazy men hate the rich and always have hated
them. They never emulate their energy, industry and econ
omy, and hence deserve no help from them. Laziness has
cravings for vices which lead to untold misery.
Mr. Booher did, until late years, vote with the Democratic
party. His first vote for president was cast for James K.
Polk. He is now in .sympathy with the National party. He
became somewhat disgusted at the management and the politi
cal machinery of the two leading parties, and like Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego, he refuses to bow to the images they
set up, or to dance to their music. He protests against the
despotism of American polities, and claims that at conven
tions, at the ballot-box and everywhere, without hindrance and
without malediction, men shall vote as they think best, keep
ing in view the common interest of the people of the nation.
He does his own reading and thinking, and votes and acts
accordingly. As a finaneier Mr. Booher has but few equals, as is evi-
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a mistake in his judgment as to his own financial affairs. His
judgment in regard to the finances of our great nation has
not as yet been fully tested. He has a right to his opinion
and to the advocacy of it both by speech and ballot. In
another part of this work will be found a portrait of Mr.
Booher.
JOHN M. BALL.
Quite prominent among the people of Boone County is the
person's name at the head of this sketch, he being a son of
Adrin and Mary Ball, he being of German descent and
she of English. Mr. Ball's parents came from Tennessee
to Boone County at a very early day, settling near Thorn
town in 1831. Was born in Sugar Creek Township, of
this county, January 20, 1833. He was united in marriage to
Miss Mary A. Case, February 14, 1857. With him she has
proven herself a worthy and faithful companion, the result of
this marriage being one child, Carrie, who married Alfred H.
Allen, son of Rev, Allen. Mr, Ball was so unfortunate as to
lose one of his limbs; was hurt at school in 1861, and from
that time on it bothered him until inflammation set in, and in
May, 1872, had it amputated. His occupation has been that
of fiirming until 1868, when he went in the grain business at
Thorntown with Alfred Burk. This partnership lasted for
about two years. He was nominated by the Democratic party
for the auditor's office, to which he was elected by an over
whelming majority when the county was about three to four
hundred Republican, and was elected again in 1882, which
term he has just finished. This shows Mr. Ball's standing
with the people of Boone County. He has been a very liberal
patron to the secret orders of the county, belonging to the
Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Knights of Pythias and
Knights of Labor. Mr. Ball was elected president of the
Agricultural Association in 1878, which he filled .satisfac
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with that of the farmer. Politically speaking, he has always
been a straight out Democrat, and what offices have been be
stowed upon him have been very satisfactorily filled.
CALEB S. BEACH
Was born in Butler County, Ohio, March 5, 1814. Was
married to Mariah Rosabom 7th of November, 1839, born
March 5, 1820. Came to Boone County in 1853, settling in
Washington Township, near Mechanicsburg. Mr. and Mrs.
Beach belong to the United Brethren Church. Their chil
dren's names are as follows : Joseph H., born January
30, 1884, married to Rachel Bennett. Mary, married to
Nicholas Bennett, born. May 1, 1842. Phebe, born Decem
ber 22, 1843, died July 20, 1849, buried in Ohio. Cath
arine, born April 7, 1845, died July 20, 1849, buried also
in Ohio. Martha, born November 28th, 1846, died August
4, 1849. Sarah, born July 29, 1848, was married to John
Bennett ; resides in Sugar Creek. Clarkson, born January
10, 1851, married to Annie Rodgers; live in Kirkland, Indi
ana. Emeline, born November 22, 1852, married to Thomas
Bennett. Resides in Kansas. Joseph H, was iu the array,
Fifty-fourth Regiment. All the deceased members are buried
in Ohio.
GREENBURY BUNTON
Was born in Nichoal County, Kentucky, March 22, 1817,
united in marriage to Melvina Harrison, Feb. 24, 1848. The
following are their children's names : Newton H, resides near
his father, Wm. W., in Clinton County. Mrs. Bunton died
in 1862; is buried in Clinton County. Mr. Bunton was
again married to Martha A. Ham, October 9, 1866. Jessie
D., married to Fillmore L. Potts, resides at home ; Mattie G.
died at the age of three years ; buried at the Bunton Cemetery.
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side of Sugar Creek, near the Clinton County line, in Wash
ington Township, one and one-half miles west of Mechanics
burg. His father's name was James Bunton, his mother's
name was Susan Benson, who died in Kentucky. Mr. James
Bunton died in 1845 ; is buried at the Bethel Cemetery. Mr.
Bunton was a member of the Christian Church.
JOHN L. BUNTIN.
This grand old pioneer was born iu Nicholas Couuty, Ken
tucky, October 10, 1805. Was married to Sarah Riley, April
23, 1828, in Kentucky. Came to Boone, in 1829, where he
entered his land, and moved on it in 1835. He is yet living
at the advanced age of eighty-two years. The following are
the names of the children by the first marriage : Elizabeth
married to William Haller, reside in Kansas. Mary, died in
infancy, Martha E., married to William Brown, reside in
Lebanon. Julia A,, died at the age of four years. John died
at the age of nine years. James R., resides in Lebanon, mar
ried to Mary Pauly. Nancy, married to Urbin McKinsey,
reside in Noblesville, Indiana. Mr. Buntin was the second
time married to Nancy Stephenson, January 12, 1862. Child
is named Annie and the only one lives at home. Mr. B. is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. Also his wife. Mr. B.
joined in 1839, has been an elder more than forty years. He
lives on the land he entered, on the line between Clinton and
Washington townships. He is regarded as one of the best
men in the county. All honor to this good old pioneer.
SOL. W. BECK.
Mr. Beck was born in North Carolina, January 4, 1823.
Son of John Beck, who came to Boone County in 1829. S.
W. Beck was then in his seventeenth year. His wife, Marga-
rette Pauly, was born in Tennessee, December 7, 1823. Came
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and Mrs. Beck were married January 11, 1843, in Boone
County, near where they now live, in Washington Township,
six miles north of Lebanon and one and one-half miles west
of Pike's crossing. Mr. and Mrs. Beck, as well as all the
children, are members of the M. E. Church. When camping
we stopped at this pleasant home, where kindness and hospi
tality reigned supreme. The following are their children's
names : Sarah E., married to J. Q. Colston ; the .second time
to Mr. Hollingsworth, reside in Washington Township. .Juda
E., married to William Powell, reside in Washington Town-
.ship. Susan F., married to H. M. Burcaw, reside in Clinton
township. Mary A., married to Elton B. Hollingsworth,
reside on the home farm. Anna L., married to Williara Rob
erts, reside in Washington Township. Two children died in
infancy and are buried at Bethel Cemetery in Washington
Township. Mrs. Beck was the daughter of the late Joseph
Pauly, one of the pioneers of Boone County.
SAMPSON BOWEN.
This sturdy old pioneer first looked out on this beautiful
world in Harrison County, Kentucky, Aug. 19, 1818. When a
boy of eighteen he arrived in this county, and was joined hy his
parents here three years after. Their names were Frances.
Sarah G. Bowen, who died August 20, 1867, and July 19,
1874, respectively. They are buried at Pleasant View Ceme
tery. Sampson Bowen was married to Mary A. Burk April
11, 1844, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Burk and sister
of Dr. George L, Burk, of Jamestown. Mrs. Burk, mother
of Mr. Bowen, died September 24, 1839. Mrs. Burk died
February 27, 1868. Buried at the Erskin Cemetery. The
following are the names of Sampson Bowen's children : Geo.
E., born March 7, 1846. Albert C, born December 7, 1847.
Armilda M., born July 2, 1849, died 1853. Emily J., born
January 19, 1851, died September 1853. James C, horn
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25, 1858; married to Samuel Huckstep November 9, 1876.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen belong to the Christian Church, and are
a grand old couple, know all about pioneer life. They live at
home in their old days, about one mile southeast of Dover, in
Jefferson township, where they are highly respected by both
old and young. To them the writer is indebted for favors
shown while canvassing for the "Early Life and Times in
Boone County."
HENRY I. BENNETT
Was born in Warren County, Ohio, June 24, 1823, and came
to Boone County, Ind., in October, 1844, locating in Clinton
Township. Was married to Sarah Witham, in Warren County,
Ohio, December 23, 1843. The following are their childrens'
names: Robert, died in Andersonville Prison in October,
1864; Martha C, married to Marion Pavy, reside in Kirk
land, Ind. ; Mary A., married to George D. Hardesty, reside
in Kansas; Rachael, married to Joseph Beach, reside in W'ash-
ington Township ; Nicholas E., married to Ida M. Anderson,
reside in Kansas; John W., married to Mattie Dewall, live on
the farm ; Silas W., married to Elizabeth McLance, live with
the old folks on the farm ; Henry M., died in infancy ; Rozella,
married to Charles Kersy, reside in Smith County, Kan. ;
Adia A., married to Lewis K. Holmes, reside in Clinton
County, Ind. Mr. B. served sixteen years as justice of the peace
in his township. Has joined in marriage and preached more
sermons than almost any other man in the county. He has
spent much time in the study of the Scriptures, and is well
informed. Mr. B. was also one of the pioneer school teachers,
having taught in this and Clinton Townships for a number of
years. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are a deserving couple and
know all about pioneer life. At their friendly home they
have entertained many since their coming to this county.
They have lived to see the woods cleared away, and well-cul
tivated fields rise in every direction ; the log cabin displaced,
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getting material for this work it was our good fortune to stop
with this good old pioneer couple, and to listen to the interest
ing recitals of hard.ships endured by them. In person, Mr. B.
is rather under the medium size and of fair complexion. Long
may this couple live to enjoy the fruits of their toil. Mr. B.
lives in the north part of the county, two miles east of
Mechanicsburg, and one mile south of Clinton County line.
ANDREW BURNS.
This pioneer was born in Nicholas County, Ky., July 18,
1820. Came to Boone County in the year 1850. First settled
in Clinton Township, where he has since resided, and where
he owns a fine farm, made by his own hands. He has fine
buildings ; takes delight in following his chosen profession; is
a sterling Democrat of the Jeffersonian style. His companion
in life was formerly Nancy Laurence, daughter of John R.
and Jane Laurence. Mr. and Mrs. B. were married June 22,
1854. The following are the names of their children:
Mary J., died aged ten years, and is buried in Salem Cemetery,
in Clinton Township ; John F., lives at home ; Eliza A., mar
ried to Emsly Ham ; William C, married to Fannie Rouse,
reside in Clinton Township; Oliver L., lives at home. Two
of their children died in infancy, and are buried in Salem
Cemetery. Both Mr. and Mrs. Burns belong to the Presby
terian Church. Mr. B.'s parents' names were William and
Isabella, who were early settlers in Clinton Township, and are
buried in Salem Cemetery. Mrs. B.'s parents are buried in
Robinson Cemetery, in Center Township.
JOHN M. BURNS.
Mr. Burns, one of the pioneers of Boone County, was born
in the state of Kentucky, on the 6th of May, in the year 1816.
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was born also in Kentucky, February 12, 1823. They came
to Boone County in the year 1834, settling in Clinton Town
ship. Mrs. Burns died December 17, 1852. She is buried at
Salem Church Cemetery. The fi)llowing are the names of
their children : Eliza J., born May 31, 1847, married to
James A. Powell, February 27, 1868, reside in Clinton Town
ship where they own a fine farm ; .Joseph A., married to Anna
Paxton, reside in Kansas. Mr. Burns was again married to
Mary Stephenson, who was born in Kentucky. The following
are the names of his children by this marriage : Henry C, Mary
A., Lola Q. (deceased). Mr, Burns now resides in Kansas.
He was one of the prominent men of the county since 1836.
Served as county surveyor many years with entire satisfaction.
Also township trustee of Clinton Township for eight terms.
See his portrait on another page.

HIRAM BRENTON.
Mr. Brenton is one among the early settlers of Clinton
Township, coming as early as 1835. He was married to
Rachael Wylie, July 4, 1836. Mr. Brenton has resided a
long time in Clinton Township. The town of Elizaville was
at oue time a part of his farm. In person Mr. Brenton is tall,
well made, six feet high, and has been an iron man, has done
a great deal of hard work. He and his wife have underwent
hardships unknown to those now living and enjoying the
fruits of their labor. Mr. and Mrs. Brenton are members of
the United Presbyterian Church at Mud Creek. The follow
ing are their children's names : Elizabeth C, Oliver and
Samuel. Elizabeth married to B. B. Batts ; Oliver and Sam
uel reside at home, the latter married to Ola Cary. Three of
their children died in infancy. Buried at the Salem Cemetery
in Clinton Township.

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JOHN BECK.

Mr. Beck was born in North Carolina iu the year 1800,
and on the 29th day of September of that year. He was mar
ried to Juliet Shinall. Mr. Beck came to Union County, Ind.,
in the year 1811, remained there until 1836, when he became
a citizen of Boone County, settling three and one-half miles
northwest of Lebanon, and there resided until his death, Octo
ber 13, 1876. He was one of the pioneers of the county, and
all through life a worthy citizen and prominent member of the
Regular Baptist Church for over fifty years. His wife also
came when quite young to Union County, where they were
married about the year 1820. Mrs. Beck was born in the year
1799. She also was for over fifty years a member of the Bap
tist Church, and as well as her husband, was a regular attend
ant of that church. She died August 3, 1875, at her home,
three and one-half miles northwest of Lebanon, where, also,
Mr. Beck died, and near where they lived so long, and where
their be^t days were spent and where they were well known
and loved so well. They are buried at the Beck Cemetery,
and where loving hands have erected raonuraents to their
memory. They knew all about pioneer life, and in their early
home in Union County before Indiana was a state they battled
with a frontier life, and had at one time to take refuge in a
block house from the hostile Indians. When they arrived in
this county in 1836 the county was quite new. They were
then in their prime, with strong hands and a determination to
make a home in this new country, they with hard toil and
patience succeeded, and at the close of life at a good old age,
had plenty to bless them with. They raised a large family of
thirteen children, most of whom reside in this county, and
like their parents, are highly esteemed as good men and wo
men. The following are their names: Elizabeth P., married
to W. R. Taylor (she is deceased). Abner, married to Martha
Preston, resides in Union County, Ind. Sol. W., married to

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Margaret Pauly, resides in Washington Township. William,
married to Sarah Witt, both deceased. John F., married to
Kitty A. Kersey, reside in Center township. Samuel L.,
married to Eliza Pauly, reside in Worth Township. Anthony,
married to Mary J. Hinton, reside in Washington Township.
Jackson, married to Elvy A. Pauly, reside in Lebanon. Mary
H., married to Robert Kerns ; she is deceased. George, mar
ried to Arminta M, Phillips, reside in Center Township.
Louisa J. deceased. Zachariah deceased. Susan A., married
to Montgomery Remington, resides in Nebraska.
Mr. has 76 grandchildren, and 104 great grandchildren,
living and deceased.
A, J. BOONE.
Mr. Boone, a descendant of the noted pioneer of Kentucky,
was during his lifetime an active, influential citizen of Boone
County. His father, Benjamin Boone, was born in Kentucky,
resided there up to 1827, when he removed to Preble County,
Ohio, and in 1834 came to Rush County, Ind. In 1838 he
removed to Boone County, Ind. A. J. Boone, the subject of
this sketch, was born in Preble County, Ohio, July 17, '1820.
In 1841 he was elected county auditor, serving until 1843. In
early life he decided to become a lawyer, and in the year 1848
was licensed to practice, having previously engaged in school
teaching in Leavenworth, Kansas, and Lebanon, Ind. In
1851, he was married to Mary E. McLaughlin, daughter of the
late James McLaughlin, an early citizen of the county. In
1849, and up to 1853, he was assistant clerk of the house of
representatives of Indiana. As an attorney, he rose rapidly,
and became a succes.sful practitioner, not only at the bar of
Lebanon and adjoining county seats, but at the bar of the
Supreme Court. He was one of the prime movers in estab
lishing the Boone County Pioneer in Lebanon. He was also
among the first advocates of a county fair, and served as direc
tor and stockholder many years. In 1873 he was elected to
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the state senate from Boone County, where he served with
credit four years. He was associated in the practice of law
with R. W. Harrison, of Lebanon, during which time he
resided on his farm, four miles southeast of Lebanon, walking to
and from his office almost daily ; this to gain his failing health.
All through life in his various pursuits, in private and public,
he was active and industrious. While the profession of the
law was an honor to him, he Was an honor to it, never stoop
ing to low, dishonorable actions. He died at his home in the
county July 12, 1875. Mr. Boone was a member of the
Christian Church. His widow resides on the farm, and for
the past few years has been an invalid. After Mr. Boone
died, Mrs. Boone married Mr. Harper, with whom she lived
up to his death in 1814. Mrs. Harper died February 18, 1887.
ANTHONY BECK.
One of the most prominent men of the county is the one
whose name heads this short and imperfect sketch. He is the
son of John Beck, one of the pioneers of Boone County, both of
whom were born in North Carolina. Anthony Beck was born
May 15, 1831. His wife, Mary J. Hinton, was born Novem
ber 31, 1831. They were married September 27, 1849. The
following are his children's names : Martha E., born July 27,
1850, married March 17, 1870; died April 22, 1870. John
Beck was born December 23, 1851 ; William R., born Febru
ary 14, 1854; Alonzo, born November 24, 1855; he died in
1867 ; Leander, born May 22, 1867 ; Francis M., born August
17, 1860 ; Anthony W., born August 17, 1862 ; Sarah E ,horn
August 25, 1865; Anna L., born December 1, 1867; Charles
R., born December 20, 1869, died, August, 1873 ; Albert, born
November 17, 1871 ; Lena M., born February 10, 1876. Mr.
Beck is among the raost prosperous men in the county. He
owns nearly three hundred acres of land iu Washington Town
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ing, where he has a fine residence and vvell fixed to live. Long
may he live to enjoy his well earned property. Has given
his children twelve thousand dollars.

FRANCIS MARION BUSBA^
Whose portrait appears on another page, was for many years
one of the most prominent figures in the commercial and
political history of Boone Couuty. Coming to Lebanon in
1834, he was, at the date of his death in 1886, one of the few
remaining of the little band of pioneers who had settled at
this point prior to 1840 From early manhood to the close
of his useful and eventful life, he was foremost in all move
ments calculated to benefit his adopted town and county, as
well as being active in all measures for the amelioration of
his fellow-men, and it is but just to his memory to say that no
other man's personality was ever so deeply impressed upon the
community. He was a witness to the progress of Lebanon
from its inception until it had become a busy city of five
thousand souls, and the county which he first beheld as a wil
derness, he lived to see developed into a vast area of culti
vated farms, dotted with thrifty towns and villages, and pop
ulated with a sturdy, prosperous, and enterprising people.
Mr. Busby was born in Bath County, Kentucky, on the
29th of May, 1831, and with his father and mother removed
to Lebanon in 1834. In 1853 he was married to Miss Lu
cinda Haun, at Thorntown, and to this union were born five
sons and one daughter, the latter dying in infancy. The five
sons — Charles E., Elmer D., John H., Albino O., and Dick
L. — are all engaged in the milling business in Lebanon, in
the large plant established by the father and Charles E., and
known as the Globe Roller Mills.
Mr. Busby's character was known to all men as being of
such sterling worth that he became a veritalale public servant.
The Confidence reposed in him was never abused or betrayed,
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efficient executive. He was twice elected treasurer of Boone
County, and during the dark days of the Rebellion he ren
dered valuable service to the cause of the Union. For a per
iod of twelve years he was postmaster at Lebanon, and this
trust, as in the case of all others that were in his keeping, he
discharged with the utmost fidelity. He was a member of
the city council for several terms, and a few days before his
death he had been appointed to a vacancy in the school board.
In early life he had followed the trade of carpentering with
his father, but later on he successfully engaged in farming,
stock-raising and milling. He was deeply interested in the
breeding and development of horses, and was the originator,
promoter and first President of the Indiana Trotting and
Pacing Horse Breeders' Association, which he lived to see
firmly established.
As a politician, few men in Indiana outranked him for
sagacity, and during Governor Morton's regime he was one of
the great War Governor's closest friends and counsellors. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Free
mason of high standing. To the latter order he was especially
devoted, and he practiced the teachings of the Mystic Tie in
spirit and in truth.
His death was keenly felt in the community in which he
had lived so long and for which he had done so much, and
citizens of all classes abandoned their usual vocations in order
that they might do homage at the grave of one who had in
life been the unswerving friend of the poor and distressed.
At all times he was generous, and in all things just. His
charity was as broad as humanity itself, and the world was the
better by his being in it. Of him it may be said:
"He never made a brow look dark, nor caused a tear
But when he died."
One who knew' him thirty years, and who was opposed to
him in many a hard-fought political contest, wrote this truth
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no abiding place in his heart. He never suffered a wrong he
did not freely forgive. The virtue of goodness in Francis M.
Busby made him great."
JAMES BRAGG
Was born in Fayette County, Ind., February 10, 1830;
moved to the east side of Boone County, Ind., on Eagle
Creek, in 1840; came to Lebanon November 1, 1849; was
married to Margaret Kernodle April 27, 1851 ; was one of the
contractors in building the present court house in Lebanon,
in 1856— '57, in which he lost two years' hard work and what
other money he was possessed with. At that time he was
engaged in building many of the old-time brick buildings of
Lebanon. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 40th Regi
ment Indiana Vol. Infantry, at Lebanon, October 7, 1861 ;
promoted Second Lieutenant November 18, 1861; promoted
First Lieutenant April 1, 1862. He was engaged in the Battle
of Shiloh, Tenn., April 7, 1862; was in siege of Corinth,
Miss., during the months of April and May, 1862 ; was engaged
in all the battles and skirmishes of the Buell campaign to
Louisville, Ky., in 1862; was engaged in the Battle of Perry-
ville, Ky., October 8, 1862; in Battle of Stone River, at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 31, 1863, and January 1, 2, 3
and 4, 1863; was engaged in the Tullahoma, Tenn., campaign
in 1863; was engaged in the battles and sieges around Chat
tanooga, Tenn., in 1863; was promoted Captain, March 1,
1864; was engaged in all the battles and skirmishes of the
Georgia campaign to Atlanta. He received a concussion by
the bursting of a shell from the enemy's guns near his head
while leading the skirmish-line at the Battle of Rosacea, Ga.,
May 8, 1864; received further injury while charging the
enemy's works at Lost Mountain, Ga., during a violent rain
storm, June 18, 1864; was engaged in the memorable charge
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1864, at which time so many of our brave soldiers fell. As
autumn leaves fall, so fell the bravest of the 40th Regiment
at Renessaw Mountain, Ga. He was engaged in the battle of
Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864; was engaged in all the
skirmishes to the taking of Atlanta, Ga., after which he was
sent back with the 4th army corps to take care of Hood and
the rebel army. Was in the skirmish at Columbia, Tenn.,
in November, 1864; was engaged in battle at Springhill,
Tenn., November 29, 1864. He was prominently engaged
in the battle of Franklin; Tenn., November 30, 1864,
where he was slightly wounded and had his sash shot frora his
shoulder. Mr. Bragg .says of this battle : " Our division,
that of the 2d of the 4th army corps, bore the brunt of this
terrible, bloody battle, losing more than 2,000 men. This
was the hardest fought and bloodiest battle, for the number
engaged, during the war. It was a hand-to-hand contest.
The rebels, being stimulated by the aid of whisky, were urged
on by the valor of their officers to break through our lines
and march on to Nashville, Tenn., only thirty miles distant,
and the home of many of the brave, rebel soldiers who fell to
rise no more at that bloody battle. Each charge made by the
rebels was as stubbornly resisted by us Union soldiers. Never
wavering or faltering, but each one vieing with each other in
deeds of valor, every one of us baring our breasts to the
enemy's guns to do or to die." He was engaged in the two-
days battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15 and 16, 1864;
marched to East Tennessee, then back to Nashville, Tenn.
He then went to New Orleans, La., and crossed the Gulf of
Mexico to Texas. He was mustered out at Texarkana, Texas,
December 21, 1865, by reason of his services being no longer
required, as the war was ended. He re-crossed the gulf, and
was discharged at Indianapolis, January 23, 1866.

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STRANGE N. CREGUN,
Who now is at the head of the educational affairs of the county,
is a native of Boone County, having been born in Eagle Town
ship in 1853. his father, Hiram Cregun, being one of the pio
neers of that part of the county. S. N. Cregun received all
the advantages of the common school of the county and is a
regular graduate of the best high school of the country. He
attended West Point military school for two years. He has
been identified all his life with school and school matters,
either as student or teacher. Served several years as princi
pal of the Lebanon schools with entire satisfaction to all, and
was elected county superintendent in March, 1887. He was
married to Miss Booher, daughter of Benjamin Booher, of
Worth Township, and has an interesting family living in the
city of Lebanon.
THE CROSE FAMILY.
Jonathan Crose, sen., was born February 25, 1791, in a
fort in Nicholas County, Ky. He was married to Susan Utter
back in Bourbon County, Ky. She was born in Kentucky,
March 23, 1787. They moved to Tippecanoe County, Ind.,
in the year 1830, with seven sons, and one born in Indiana
after their arrival. The following are the children's names :
Reuben, born January 3, 1811 ; Benjamin, born January 22,
1813; Andrew J., born March 26, 1816; Henry H, born Jan
uary 30, 1819; Covington, born June 2, 1822; William F.,
horn December 20, 1824 ; Jonathan, feorn December 29, 1827 ;
Michael, born June 20, 1831, in Indiana; all the others born
in Kentucky. Mrs. Crose, formerly Susan Utterback, died
June 24, 1834, buried in Tippecanoe County. Mr. Crose
served as county commissioner at an early day for Boone
County ; the dates we are not able to give. He died July 22,
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first settled in Boone County in 1835, on the farm now owned
by Thomas Utter. He settled all his sons within five miles of
his old homestead. The following are deceased : Reuben,
killed by falling tree May 6, 1862, buried at Thorntown ; Ben
jamin, died August 4, 1879, buried at new cemetery in Thorn
town ; Andrew J., died 1879, is buried near Frankfort, Ind.
Henry H. resides in Sidney, Iowa ; William F. resides in Page
County, Iowa; Covington and Jonathan, jr., reside in Boone
County, Ind.; Michael resides in Clinton County, Ind. Ben
jamin Crose, who was one of Boone County's best citizens,
was born in Kentucky, January 22, 1813; came to Boone
County in 1835. Mr. Crose was twice married, first to Mary
J. Reed, the second time Cynthia Martin. The following are
the names of Mr. Benjamin Crose's children : David, Mary
E., Cyntha A., Alice, Martha J., Benjamin, Sarah, Atley, Su
san — all born in Boone County except David, who was born
in Tippecanoe County, Ind. Mr. Benjamin Crose was a very
prominent man in his day, owning at one time one thousand
acres of land on Sugar Creek, and for years the owner of the
Crose mills near his own home. He died August 4, 1879; is
buried at the new cemetery near Thorntown.
David Crose was married to Martha E. Bovee, September 10,
1857 ; is one of the enterprising farmers of Washington Town
ship on the north bank of Sugar Creek, where he has resided
for over thirty years. The following are the names of his
children : Marion F., born August 20, 1858, died November
11,1858; William B., born February 2, 1860; Mary E., born
October 24, 1864 ; Clement L., born May 8, 1863 ; Cyntha E.,
born October 11, 1864 ; James W., born May 17, 1866 ; Sarah
A., born January 16, 1871, died February 1, 1871 ; Pearly A.,
born October 2, 1872, died August 30, 1879; Edgar L., horn
June 11, 1877 ; Walter F., born April 12, 1881. All the de
ceased members are hurried at the new cemetery in Thorntown.
Mrs. David Crose was born in Clinton County, Ind., April 27,
1841.

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DAVID A. COLDWELL.
David A. Coldwell, the subject of this sketch, was born in
Nicholas County, Kentucky, March 21, 1804. His father's
name was Thomas Coldwell, born in Pennsylvania in 1778,
died in 1851. Thomas Coldwell married Sarah Coldwell, born
in Pennsylvania; died in 1844; married in 1803, Mrs. Mar
tha Coldwell, the wife of the subject of this sketch, was born
in Kentucky, December 30, 1806. Her father's name was
Edward P. Creswell ; her mother's name before marriage was
May Stephenson. Mr. Creswell was born in Pennsylvania in
1777, died August 6, 1826. Mrs. Creswell was born in Penn
sylvania. September 22, 1782, died March 5, 1861. She is
buried in Lebanon. D. A, Coldwell and Martha Creswell
were married March 19, 1829. Carae to Boone County in
1843. Settled near Lebanon where they now reside, and
where, in 1833, Mr. Coldwell entered a part of his land and
where they have resided since 1843, The following are their
children's names: Almia A., married to Samuel Beaman ;
Edward T., married to Miss E. A. Padgett, reside in Leb
anon; Mary J., married to William Powell, live in Clinton
Township; Martha A., married to William Partner, reside in
Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Coldwell belong to the Presbyterian
Church and are worthy members of the same. Their going in
and out before the people here for the past forty years has
given evidence of their worth as citizens and church members.
They reside ju.st west of the city of Lebanon, are enjoying the
repose of life after a succes,sful struggle. Plenty surrounds
them, and though they are quite old, they are well preserved
and enjoy life well. Tell of the early times in Kentucky as
well as in Indiana. ELIJAH CROSS
Was born in the State of Tennessee, in the year 1807 ; was
married to Mary Hoover January 13, 1831 ; came to the
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is, and it was on his land the first lots were laid out, in 1852.
Mr. Cross died in 1869. His widow (who was the first bride
in the county), is yet living on the old home place, overlook
ing the thriving town of Zionsville. The following are the
family names : Martha, deceased ; David H., lives in Hamil
ton County, Ind. ; Rebecca A., died December 6, 1847; Ra
chel A., married August 9, 1860, to Rev. F. M. Pavy, de-
cea.sed April 10, 1880 ; Levinia E. D. P. Lebhart, lives in
Zionsville; Jacob A., died January 5, 1860; John G., mar
ried to Mary Harmon, lives in Zionsville ; Louisa C, married
to Peter Gates, lives in Zionsville ; James L., died March 30,
1882; Columbus W., married to Lotta Whitaker, lives in
Lebanon. The deceased members of this family, including
Mr. Cross, are buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, near the city
of Indianapolis.
OLIVER CRAVEN.
Mr. Craven, one of the early settlers of Thorntown, was
born in Randolph County, N. C, June 1, 1812. Carae here
in the year 1833, and where he has since resided. He was
first married to Rebecca TaLsey, January 1, 1838. In 1837
he was elected justice of the peace, and as such has acted for
over forty-three years, perhaps the longest time of any man in
the county. Joined the M. E. Church in 1837, and has acted
with and been a meraber of that church ever since. The fol
lowing children were born to him and his first wife: Alice
M , Caroline M., Jason L., Nancy E. and Nathan J. Three
are deceased ; one resides in Minnesota, and one in Chicago,
111. Mr. C. was the second time married, this time to Susan
Pauly, on December 19, 1849. Names of their children:
Sarah F., Ella, Mary A., Delilah A., Oliver M., Williara and
Laura B. Two of the above died in infancy. Mr. C. having
served the people as justice of the peace so long is enough to
convince all of his fidelity and integrity. He has served as
president of the Old Settlers' Meetings at Thorntown three
years.

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JOHN CHAMBERS.
Mr. Chambers was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 4,
1803. He was married to Miss Roby November 9, 1825.
Miss Roby was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 14, 1805.
They were married in Ohio ; came to Boone County in 1839,
settling in Washington Township, where Mrs. Chambers now
resides, Mr, C. having died Julv. 14, 1870. He is buried at
the Cason cemetery. The following are the names of the
children: William Andrew, Clark, Julia A. (deceased), Sarah
E. (deceased), Isaac R. (deceased), Henry W., James F., John
G., Oliver S. Mr. and !Mrs. Chambers were both members
for years of the Christian Church. Oliver S., married to
Sarah Moffitt, resides at home on the old homestead. This is
one of the early families of this part of the county, the county
being quite new when they arrived here. Mr. and Mrs.
Chambers were, on their arrival here, young and strong, and
with willing hands soon made themselves a comfortable home,
and plenty came to bless them. It,, however, took work and
patience.
RUEL CAIN
Was born in Tennessee, January 8, 1811. Came to Kentucky,
lived there a few years, then to Clark County, Indiana. Came
with his father, Arnold Cain, to Jefferson Township, in year
1838. In the year 1833, and on the 26th day of December, he
was united in marriage to Elizabeth Stype. The following
year they settled where Hazelrigg Station now is, and where
Mrs. Cain now resides. Mr. Cain died May 31, 1884 ; isburied
at the Cox Cemetery. The following are their children's
names: Joseph S., killed in the late war; America, Arnold,
Mary A., Clayborn T., William S. The following are de
ceased : Joseph, America, and Mary A. America was married
to Thomas Fel ter ; buried in Kansas. Mary A., married to
John Hill, buried at the Cox Cemetery. Clayborn T., mar
ried to Laura Freise, Arnold married to Annie Neigh, Will-

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4
iam S., lives at home. Clayborn T. and Arnold reside in Jef
ferson Township. Mrs. Cain was born in Kentucky, April
14, 1816. Mr. C. was of light complexion, rather low, heavy-
set, blue eyes. Mr. C. entered a part of his land ; is buried
at the Cox Cemeterv.

BARTON COLDWELL.
The subject of this sketch was born in Nicholas County,
Kentucky, March 21, 1817. His parents' names were John
Coldwell and Clarissa Pauly, before marriage. John Coldwell
died September 24, 1835. Mrs. Coldwell died May 12, 1847,
buried at the Cox Cemetery. Barton Coldwell was married
to Miss Pauly June 27, 1839, in Center Township, Boone
County. Mrs. Coldwell came with her parents, Jeremiah
Pauly and wife, when a young girl. Mr. Pauly died August
5,1846. They were married in Kentucky in 1812. Buried
at the Pleasantville Cemetery. The following are the names
of Barton Coldwell's children : John B., born December 5,
1840, married to Phebe J. Hollingsworth, May 17, 1866,
reside in Thorntown ; Algira A., born December 21, 1842,
married to Isaac Jackson, September 26, 1861, live in Jeffer
son Township; Jeremiah C, born November 4, 1845, married
to Nancy C. Sutton, March 21, 1867, died February 28,1870,
is buried at Thorntown. Jeremiah was again married to
Rachael S. Bratton, February 2, 1871, resides in Jefferson
Township; Garrison W., was born August 6, 1848, died
Augu.st 18, 1869, buried at Pleasantview Cemetery; Clarissa
T. was born June 5, 1853, died November 26, 1862, is also
buried at Pleasantview Cemetery. Mr. Barton Coldwell died
January 28, 1881, buried at Pleasantview Cemetery. In per
son Mr. Coldwell was rather over medium size, five feet ten
inches in height. Was a member of the Newlight Church.
Mrs. Coldwell resides at her old home in Jefferson Township,
some nine miles west of Lebanon, and a short distance south
of the railroad.

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DAVID COLDWELL.
This is another son of Nicholas County, Kentucky, born
March 23, 1828. Came when young with his parents, John
and Elizabeth Coldwell, to Boone County, in the year 1832.
He was married to Elizabeth Harney, January 13, 1856. Her
parents came to Boone Couuty in 1856. Their names were
Washington A. and Emeline Harney. Mrs. Harney died in
Kentucky in the year 1836. ]Mr, H. served as trustee. Died
January 25, 1872 ; is buried iu Montgomery County, Ind.
Mr. David Coldwell's parents are buried at the Cox Cem
etery. His father, John Coldwell, died September, 1835.
Mrs. Coldwell, 1847. The following are the names of the
children of David Coldwell : Margaret E., born November
19, 1856. Mary E., born December 26, 1868, married to
Thomas R. Taylor. Thomas A., born December 20, 1860.
Sarah R., born October 27, 1862, married to Francis MeDan
iel. Nancy E., born June 6, 1865. Oliver A., born Decem
ber 25, 1867. Lucinda H., born February 23, 1870. Will-
, iam S., born January 22, 1872. Mertie E., born January 19,
1874. Ora D., born May 16, 1876. Dollie M., born Novem
ber 26, 1880, died December 16, 1881.
WILLIAM COLDWELL.
This grand old man was born in Nicholas County, Ky.,
January 6, 1819; married to Margaret Young, January 9,
1840. Mrs. Young was born February 9, 1823. The follow
ing are his children's names : John R., Mary J., Margaret A.,
Wilham C, Sarah E, 'James F., David E., Robert N., Atpher
M , Nellie M. The following are deceased : Mary J., Atpher
M., Nellie M. All are buried at the Shannondale Cemetery,
in Montgomery County, Ind. Mrs. Coldwell's maiden name
was Margaret Hill. Mr. Coldwell's father's name was John
Coldwell, died September 23, 1836; his wife died May 12,
1847, and both are buried at the Cox Cemetery. They were

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born in Nicholas County, Ky., and were among the first to
settle in Jefferson Township. William Coldwell, the subject
of this sketch, is one of the stanch men of his township.
Both him and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
In person, Mr. Coldwell is a fine looking man, full six feet
high, dark hair and complexion. He owns a fine farm in the
northwest part of Jefferson Township. To him and family
the writer is indebted for kindness received in gathering ma
terial for the " Early Life and Times in Boone County."
ANDREW COHEE.
Mr. Cohee was born in Butler County, Ohio, March 14,
1823. He was married to Amelia Irwin, March 2, 1847. She
was born in Ohio, November 27, 1827. Came to Boone County
in 1864, and settled in Washington Township, where he now
resides. The following are his children's names : Sarah E.,
David D., Rebecca J., Hezekiah M., John A., and Mary L.
Three died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cohee both belong to
the M. E. Church at Bethel. At an early day before there
was a house to worship in, his house and barn were used as
places for the meetings. Mr. Cohee was a Republican until
the National party was organized, when he became identified
with that party. Mr. Cohee's ancestors were from the state of
Delaware; came from that state to Ohio, and from Ohio to
Indiana. He has always been a farmer, and owns a fine farm
in W^ashington Township, four miles northwest of Lebanon.
NATHAN CORY
Was born in Warren County, Ohio, November 13, 1802;
married to Mary Smith March 10, 1825; born in New Jersey.
They were married in Clark County, Ohio ; came to Jefferson
Township, Boone County, 1851. Mrs. Cory died March 23,
1879 ; is buried at the Cox Cemetery. The following are the
children's naraes : Noah S. ; William G., who resides in Jef-

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ferson Township, and is one of its best citizens. He married
Margaret E. Stephenson January 9, 1855. Noah lives in
Kansas. The following are the names of ^^'illiam G. Cory's
children: James S., resides in Nebraska; Mary L,, Iva R.,
Walter M., all living. Mr. Cory belongs to the Presbyterian
Church, as well as his father, Nathan Cory. William G. Cory
was in the late war — Co. B, 154th Indiana Regiment. Thanks
to this family for favors, Mr. C. lives about ten miles west
of Lebanon, a short distance north of the pike leading from
Dover west.
MICHAEL D. CAMPBELL.
This old and highly respected man was born in Scott
County, Kentucky, on the 27th day of December, 1803, mar
ried to Ruth Betts, August 19, 1827. Miss Betts was born in
the same county, August 9, 1806, resided in Jennings County,
Ind., a few years. About the year 1830 came to Boone Coun
ty, where he entered the land where his son John F. now re
sides. Mr. Campbell died July 2, 1883. Mrs. Campbell
died August 10, 1883. Both buried at the "Shannondale"
Cemetery. The following are the children's names: Joseph
A. born May 6, 1828. James F., Nancy J., Joan F., born
February 6, 1833. Michael, born March 25, 1835. Notty
S., born April 25, 1837. Mary E., born December 15, 1839.
David W., born April 1, 1842. Sarah V., born July 1 2, 1844.
Marion J., Ruth A., born March 4, 1849. The following
members of this fapiily are deceased : James F., Nancy J.
Mary E. died August 30, 1855, Sarah V. and Marion J. All
buried at "Shannondale" Cemetery. John F. resides on the
old home farm, is one of the substantial men, was trustee for
several years, is a member of the Odd Fellows. We were
well received at his house when gathering material for this
work. D. W. Campbell was county recorder four years, ending
November, 1886.

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SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM.
This good old man was born in North Carolina, Bedford
County, in the year 1802; came to Union County, Ind. ; lived
there until 1848, when he came to Jackson Township ; settled
near Jamestown, where he lived until his death, which oc
curred in September, 1886. His wife died very suddenly, at
Jamestown, April, 1886 — just a few months previous to his
death. This venerable couple were well and favorably known
throughout the county for their true worth. Mr. Cunning
ham was in person a large man, and must have been in his
best days a very strong man, fully six feet high and well made
in every respect, light hair and fair complexion. I saw him
a few weeks before his death, and a short time after his wife's
death. With a full heart, and eyes full of tears, he told me
about her death ; said it would not be long before he, too,
would go. The following are his children's names: Mariah,
George, Hannah, John, William, James, Samuel, Nancy,
Francis M. and Mary L. There aYe but four of them living —
two sons and two daughters.
NICHOLAS CLICK.
Nicholas Click was born in Washington County, Ind
December 4, 1822,.and was married to Sarah Pavey, of Wash
ington County, in 1844. Mrs. Click was born in Washing
ton County, July 13, 1828. Following are the names of their
children that are living (three died in infancy) : Rebecca A.,
Rinerd M., Frances M., Eliza E., Miiia J., Jesse D., Emily A.,
James N., Sarah C. and Lue E. Mr. C. came to this county
in 1867, and moved where he now lives, in Washington
Township, in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Click's ancestors were
German. Mr. C, wife and most of their children belong to
the Christian Church. Mr. C. is a farmer, and with the help
of his boys (and oxen in early days) has cleared two eighty-

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acre farms. He has a well-improved, ninety-acre farm where
he lives. Mr. C. votes the Democratic ticket, and always wants
every one else to vote as they choose.

WILLIAM H. COMBS.
Mr. Combs was born in Nelson County, Ky., February 7,
1820. Married to Martha A. Nelson on the 12th day of Oc
tober, 1843, in Jackson Township, Boone County, Ind, W.
H. Combs was the son of John Combs, who was an early pio
neer of Boone, born in Pennsylvania in 1777 ; came to Put-
uam County, Ind.; remained there a few years, then to this
county in 1835. He died in 1845, and is buried at Dale Cem
etery. His wife, Catherine Combs, died in 1847. Her name
was before marriage Catherine Lemons. The following are the
naraes of W. H. Combs' children : M^illiam N., married to Re
becca J. Wall, resides in Kansas ; Mary C, married to Dr. Keth,
resides in Jack.so.n Township ; Jane, married to J. Hendricks,
resides in Jamestown ; Joseph A., married to Sarah Pratt, re
sides in Kansas; James M., married to Sarilda Wall, resides
in Warren County, Ind.; Jesse M., married to Marv Utter
back, resides in Jackson Township on the home farm. Mrs.
Corabs died April 6, 1886, and is buried at Union Cemetery.
She was a member of the Newlight Church manv years. Mr.
Corabs is yet living on his farm four miles east of Jaraestown,
is a member of the Newlight Church, and A No. 1 citizen.

MARTIN CONRAD.
Mt. Conrad was born in North Carolina, and came with
bis parents when a youth to Eagle Creek, settling near the
Hamilton County line, near where Benton's Mill was built.
Mr. C. learned the shoemaker's trade and worked at it many
years, most of the time at Indianapolis, where he made his
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start in the world from a poor boy to rise to one of the solid
men of the county. He early in life joined the M. E. Church,
and ever since has been a faithful member, making no great
show or parade in life, but rather pursuing the even, quiet
tenor of life, that speaks volumes for him. He has been in
the grocery business in Zionsville the past ten or fifteen years,
where he enjoys the confidence and patronage of the people he
has lived so long amongst. But few men were better than
Mr. Conrad. You always know where to find him on the
right side for morality and humanity. In politics he is a
stanch Republican and a lover of his country. Long may he
live to enjoy the hard earnings of his early life.
AUSTIN DAVENPORT.
Mr. Davenport was one of the pioneers of Boone County,
settling on Eagle Creek about the year 1824 or '26. He was
elected the first sheriff of the county, and represented the
county in the state legislature from 1832 to 1834. He built
the first brick house in the county on the Michigan Road in
the year 1835, where he owned a fine tract of laud and where
he died in the year 1836, highly respected and loved by all
who were acquainted with him. He is the father of Mrs.
Eliza Lowe, Indianapolis, Henry Davenport (deceased), Mrs.
May Hopkins (deceased), Milton S. Davenport of Zionsville,
and William Davenport (deceased). Mr. Davenport is buried
on his old farm on the Michigan road, between Eagle Village
and Clarkstown. The Davenport family was one of the most
prominent in the early history of the county. He was a
stanch friend to the poor poople, and a Christian gentleman.
Long may his memory live. He was in the War of 1812,
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MARK A, DUZAN
Was the son of William Duzan, an early settler of Clarks
town. He was born in Tennesse, and come with the family
to Indiana in 1834 when he was a lad of fifteen years of age.
He worked on the farm, using his spare time in acquiring a
good or rather a useful education. He was born about the
year 1819 or 1820, for he was barely old enough to take his
seat in the state senate in 1844 and 1846, to which he was
elected to represent Boone and Hamilton counties. In 1846
he went in the army to Mexico, serving as private with credit.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Con
vention, where he served to the satisfaction of the people. In
1852 he went, or rather started to Oregon, but died on the
plains and was buried there. Mark A. Duzan had one of the
happiest make-ups of any man I ever was acquainted with.
He could adapt himself to the senate chamber or drive oxen,
run, hop, jump, or make a capital speech, as the case required.
In person he was perfect ; 5 feet 10 inches high, well formed,
weighing 175 lbs., with fair complexion and auburn hair.
He was elected to the above office as a Democrat. Mr. Duzan
was never married. Though he sleeps in an unknown grave
he will be remembered by many citizens of Boone County. ^
JACOB DINSMORE.
Mr. D. was born in Kentucky. Came, with his brother
and other members of the family, to Harrison Township,
Boone County, in 1834, where he has since resided, just east
of the town of New Brunswick. His wife died a few years
ago, and he is now making his home with his son, William F.
Dinsmore. The family are, in faith. Baptists, and most of
them are members of that church, and have been ever since a
society was formed in that part of the county. He is the
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all prosperous farmers in Harrison Township, and where they
are highly respected as honest, upright citizens. While can
vassing for this work I was kindly entertained at their houses.
JOHN DUZAN.
The one whose name heads this brief sketch was born in
the State of Tennessee, about the year 1807. Came with the
Duzan family to this county in 1834. Just entering a life of
usefulness, he was long a citizen on Eagle Creek, and where
be owned and operated a grist mill for years. He, like the
other members of the family, was a Democrat, and as such was
elected to the lower house of the state legislature in 1844-45.
Served one year. He is the father of Mrs. Benjamin Shelburn,
of Eagle Township, also of Mrs. Mark Simpson, a banker of
Zionsville, Also of James and William, both deceased, both
of whom had prepared themselves for the practice of medicine.
The former died in Oregon, in 1852, is buried on the Colum
bia River. He was near twenty-two years of age. William
died at about the same age. George N. studied medicine with
his uncle, W. N. Duzan, and is now practicing at Zionsville.
Another daughter married Hon. I. N. Cotton, in 1856. She
died several years since. Mr. Cotton resides four miles south
west of Zionsville. There were perhaps other children but
their names we do not know. Mr. D. was a fair speaker and
well informed man. He died at Zionsville about the year 1873.
GEORGE DYE, Sr.
This grand old pioneer was born in Green County, Penn
sylvania, January 30,1786; was married to Sarah Calvert
January 7, 1807. She was also born in the same county and
state, December 7, 1785. One year after their marriage,
Benjamin, their first child, was born, January, 1808, died
May 18, 1879, at his home in Hamilton County, Indiana,
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death in this large family, when the youngest was fifty-one
years old. About the year 1808, Mr, George Dye, Sr., moved
to Morgan County, Ohio, where nine children were born to
them, as follows: Isaac, born 1809, lives near Northfield;
Fanny, married to Jacob Stonking, she was born December
16, 1810, resides in Zionsville; James, born October 28, 1812,
resides in Northfield; Jacob, born August 14, 1814, resides at
Zionsville; George W,, born October 3, 1816, resides in Ore
gon; William, born October 18, 1818, lives one mile north of
Zionsville; Elizabeth, born September 13, 1820, married to
John Ford, moved to Iowa and died there; Sallie, born Jan
uary 12, 1823, married Robert J. Harmon, resides in Kansas;
Samuel H., born November 11, 1828, married Malissa Hage,
resides in Dakota. In 1830 Mr. Dye moved to Miami County,
Ohio, reraained there until the year 1833, when he came to
Eagle Creek, Boone County, where he lived until his death at
Lebanon, March 3, 1847. Mrs. Dye died July 8, 1845, in the
house now occupied by William Dye. Both are buried at the
cemetery in Eagle Village. Mr. Dye was in the war of 1812,
and was wounded by the Indians. He was hotly pursued by
the Indians and had several hand-to-hand encounters with
them in Ohio. He was one of the best men that ever lived
in the county. Was a Methodist, and a devoted member and
public speaker. He was a great hunter, a very large, .strong
man, six feet one inch high, well made. He was one of the
best made men that ever lived on Eagle Creek. He built the
Dye mills on the creek soon after his arrival in the county.
Mr. Dye entered and bought 640 acres of choice land on the
creek. George Dye will be remembered as a bold, fearless
pioneer of Boone County.
GEORGE DODSON
Was one of the early settlers of Eagle Creek, arriving as early
as 1827. He was born in the State of Virginia in 1776. He
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Kentucky, and remained there until the year 1827. He was
among the first Baptist Ministers who preached in Boone
County, and mainly through his influence the church called
Eagle Creek Regular Baptist Church was organized, which is
yet living and has had great influence for good the past sixty
years. Mr. Dodson was a regularly ordained Baptist minister;
was at the constituting of the above church, and served as its
preacher till death ended this good man — died in 1848. He
is buried at or near the church, and where his best days were
spent, and where he did so much to develop — not only in a
spiritual sense, but he helped with his own hands to clear away
the woods; helped make the roads, and, in fact, was in every
good word and work. Just such a man was needed. He
came, filled his mission, and filled it well. He left a spotless
record, both in and out of the church. The good George
Dodson did lives yet, and will for years to come. Reader,
should you visit his grave, ou Eagle Creek, you may truthfully
say : " Here lies a good man, the noblest work of God." The
following are his children's names : Elizabeth, Nancy, Mar
garet, Irena, George, Martha, Ruel, John, Mary, Judah, Robert
and Jemima. Elizabeth, married to Maston Johnson, died in
1872, at the age of eighty years, and is buried in Pleasant
View Cemetery, east of the cemetery in Worth Township..^
Thomas married  , He died in 1883, aged ninety
years, and is buried in Eagle Creek Cemetery beside his com
panion. Nancy was married to William Davenport. She
died in 1854. Margaret resides in Kentucky. Irena, mar
ried to John Vaughn, is yet living. George married Rebecca
Headspeth, and lives in Virginia. Martha married Aaron
Philps; both are dead; died in Illinois. Rual married Mary
Dickerson; both died in Illinois, .John died in Virginia at
the age of nineteen years. Mary married Elijah Dickerson ;
both died in Boone County, and are buried at the Eagle Creek
Cemetery. Juda married John Kinman, and resides in Mis
souri, Robert, married to Mary White, resides in Worth
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farm, and enjoys the confidence of the people with whom he
has lived so long. He too, as well as his aged companion,
know all about the early life in Boone County. They both
belong to the Regular Bapti.-t Church, at Eagle Creek.
Jemima, married to Stephen Lane in 1839, is yet living. Mr.
Lane is yet living.
W. S. DUKES
Was born in Ross County Ohio. Came with his parents to
Boone County in 1834, -ettling on the line of Clinton County.
He now resides in Sugar Creek Township, near Colfax, in
Clinton County. He was married to Matilda Graham, Decem
ber 27, 1849. Mr. W. S. Dukes was born February 6, 1826.
The following are his children's names: Lewis C, born April
4,1851; married to Julia Trewit, April 16, 1<S71. (She is
deceased). Mary E., was born January 12, 1853 ; married to
Jasper P. Holloway, May 5, 1870; resides in Clinton County.
John C. was born December the 16th, 1854; married to Sarah
C. Cones, February 27, 1873; resides in Sugar Creek Town
ship. All doing very well in their respective homes. " I have
worked hard all my life, most of the time on a farm. I
resided in Colfax five or six years. When we came to this
county it was quite new. Our neighbors were few and far
between, but they were social in the extreme. It was well it
was thus, for we had but little property and things necessary
to keep house with. There was plenty of wild game in the
woods, such as deer, turkeys, and squirrels by the thousands.
We had great trouble in getting corn to stand, for so
plenty were they. The county at that time had but few induce
ments for the first settler; woods on every hand, hardly a
stick amiss. The water was running out in every direction,
especially in the spring. Little by little our truck patches
widened out ; the forests began to disappear ; neighbors began
to multiply; school houses were being built ; then we began
to feel like we were in a fine country. When I lookback forty
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many. The woods have given way to well cultivated fields,
and like improvemens have sprang up till we have a fine
county to live in. But it has cost toil and labor to bring
about these changes. Many have died. A few have lived to
see what then seemed an impossibility. The pioneer was
needed ; they carae, filled their places on the frontier. In
my early life my school advantages were poor, and I have been
compelled to pass through the world with but little education.
T am glad, however, to see such grand improvements in schools,
which are the hope of our country. I am also glad to see our
county rise and take a stand amongst the foremost in the
state. With the best of soil, we can raise almost any grain
we wish, and that with good results. We are also advancing
in the way of roads, ditches, dwellings, in fact, in everthing
that we could desire.
" My father was born in Maryland, January 8, 1796. He
was married in Ross County, Ohio, December, 1823 ; died
July 25, 1853. My mother was born in Ross County, Ohio,
March 10, 1804 ; died September 16, 1847, They had twelve
children, three of whom are dead. James and Ezekiel were
in the late war ; the first wounded, the second killed by a can
non ball in the battle of Greenbrier, Virginia.
" My grandfather's name was Isaac Dukes; was born in
Maryland. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He
was married to Elizabeth King in Maryland. A few years
after they removed to Ross County, Ohio, where they remained
until the year 1833, when he came to this county, settling on
the line between Boone and Clinton Counties. They are
buried in Clinton County. They raised a family of five boys
and three girls. W, S. Dukes."
Sugar Creek Township, February, 1887.
Mr. and Mrs. Dukes belonged to the M. E. Church, 1860.
He was a Democrat until 1860, when he went with the Repub
lican party. Mr. Dukes now owns about four hundred acres.
Lewis was married to Judia Hopkins, for his second wife.

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JOHN DAVIS,
The subject of this sketch was born in Hamilton County,
Ohio, January 19, 1803; came to Boone County in 1835; was
married to Elizabeth A. Coldwell in Franklin County, Ind., in
1830; settled in Union Township; died June 12, 1878.
Buried at the "Ross" Cemetery in Union Township, where all
the deceased members of the family are buried. Mrs. Davis was
the daughter of Andrew and Nancy Coldwell, born in South
Carolina December 5, 1803. John Davis, the father of the
subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania in the year
1755, and on the 22d day of September. He died December
6, 1802. Mrs, Davis, his mother (Agnes Davis), born August
13, died March 14,1769. She left a family of five childreu,
of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest. The
wife of Mr. D. died August 21, 1861. The following are
the names of John and Elizabeth Davis' children : John,
born September 28, 1832. Andrew, born June 14, 1834;
both born in Franklin County, Ind. Sarah E., born May 22,
1838, Mary, June 3, 1840. Samuel S., born October 16,
1842. William N., born June 30, 1846, Benjamin F., born
May 1, 1848. Mary A. died June 12, 1869. William N.
died August 4, 1869. Sarah E. died May 15, 1878. Benja
min died April 5, 1882. This pioneer family will be remem
bered as one among the first of Union Township, where, with
others, they had hard times to make a home in the woods.
Let us keep their names bright, never forget them. Samuel
S. Davis, son of John Davis, resides in Union Township,
where he owns a fine farm near the Midland R. R., and is a
patron of the "Early Life and Times of Boone County."
JOHN DULIN, Sr.
Mr. Dulin was born in Virginia January 10, 1806. His
parents names were Edward Dulin and Mary Dulin, born re
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married to Angeline Allen October 29, 1828, in the state of
Kentucky; died there November 23, 1834. The following
are their children's names by the first marriage: James E.,
Thomas W., Nancy F. James died in Minnesota. Thomas
W. lives in Clinton Couuty, Ind. Nancy F., deceased, is
buried at the Mount's Run Cemetery. Mr. Dulin was the
second time married to Miss Priscilla Boswell December 8,
1835. The following are the children's names : George B.
resides in Worth town,5hip, married to Elizabeth Wysong.
Mary A., married to L. P. Shoemaker, lives in Union Town
ship. Matilda J., married to T. S. Dooley, resides in Marion
Township. John A., married to Mary A. Carr, lives in Union
Township. Sallie E., married to Isaac Iseuhour, resides in
Worth Township. Clarinda E., married to B. Marsh, died
October 26, 1864. Thaddeus V. died August 31, 1849. Eliz
abeth M., married to Willis West, resides in Center Township.
C. O. Dulin, married to May A. Baber, resides in Union Town
ship. Milton F. died in infancy April 18, 1854. All the de
ceased members of this family are buried at the Mount's Run
Cemetery. John Dulin was one of the first settlers on Mount's
Run, where he lived till January 26, 1882, highly esteemed
by all. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dulin were members of the Reg
ular Baptist Church, and among the first to join this church in
Union Township. Mrs. Dulin is yet living, quite well pre
served for one of her age. Her parents are buried in Ken
tucky. In person John Dulin was full six feet high, strong,
well proportioned, well calculated for the hardy pioneer that he
was. Many who read this will call to mind John Dulin, one
of the early citizens of the county.
JAMES B. DALE.
It is interesting to notice, in the struggles which have con
vulsed the country and tried our institutions, whether national
or local, how so many of the men who have been laborers in
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generations of scholars and statesmen, but came unheralded,
save with the advantages which a democratic republic offers to
every citizen. The majority of the foremost men of the
country iu every calling are the legitimate sons of democracy.
That hard, Spartan mother trained them early to her fatigues
and' wrestlings and watchings, and gave them their shields on
entering the battle of life with only the Spartan mother's brief :
"With this, or upon this." Native force raised James B. Dale
to the position of the leader of the Anti-Monopoly party in
Boone County. And the working of the same generous laws,
that permits each toiler to carve a destiny for himself, saw him
write his name upon the minds and hearts of the people
throughout the county. The early years of Mr. Dale present
a fair average of the advantages and struggles incident to the
Hoosier youth. His father, Matthew Dale, was a son of 'Squire
Dale, who was born in western Tennessee in the year 1792.
He was married to Elizabeth Smith about the year 1810. He
was in the war of 1812. A short time after his marriage he
emigrated to Lawrence County, Indiana. He stayed there a
few years, and from that county he moved to Putnam County,
and in 1828 he moved from Putnam County to Jackson Town
ship, Boone County. He entered a tract of land on a stream
called Eel River, upon which he lived the rest of his days.
He died in March, 1848. His wife died in August, 1877,
being eighty-three years of age.
To them were born eight children, three boys and five girls.
Matthew, the second son, was born on the 4th of May, 1820.
He was married to Miss Frances A. Reese, a daughter of Sam
uel Reese, a highly esteemed farmer of Washington Town
ship, on January 1, 1843. They raised ten children, seven
boys and three daughters. His wife died in March, 1864.
He married the widow of Reuben Scott in January, 1867.
To them were born two children, one boy and one girl. He
died in November, 1874. James B. Dale, the fifth child by the
first marriage, was born December 18, 1850. Pie received
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the farm, after arriving at the proper age, in the summer sea
son and attended the district school in the winter. About the
time he reached his sixteenth year he entered the academy at
Ladoga, Indiana, while that institution was conducted by Prof.
Milton B. Hopkins. While he was there he boarded with the
professor, who took quite an interest in him. Mr. Hopkins
urged him to complete the course of study and remarked to
to him that his native ability was such that he might become
a profound scholar and one of the foremost men of the state>
But when Mr. Hopkins left Ladoga and went to Kokomo,
Indiana, James B. quit the school and never entered it again.
At the age of eighteen he began teaching in the public
schools of this county. He taught about ten winters in suc
cession, and working the meantime through the summer sea
sons on the farm. He was six feet high, and weighed 185
pounds. He was never sick any until the time of his death.
On the 1st day of January, 1874, he was married, as most
teachers are, to one of his pupils, Miss Maggie Jackson,
daughter of Elisha Jackson, a prominent citizen of .the county.
This union proved a very agreeable one. To them were born
six children, three boys and three girls. The oldest, a girl,
died in infancy. The rest still live with their widowed mother
on the farm. Young Dale was rocked in a Democratic cradle,
and his complexion was Democratic until after he reached his
majority. But, to use his own words, he says, " That the first
Democratic medicine I ever took was the Greeley pill, and that
did not digest very well, so I wouldn't take any more." He
was twenty-three years old when the financial panic of 1873
occurred, and seeing how distressed the masses of the people
were in consequence of this stagnation of business throughout
the entire country, he set to work to understand the nature
and causes of panics and how they might be prevented. From
that time on as long as he lived he was a tireless student of
political economy. In consequence of his studies he saw fit
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with the anti-monopoly party, of which he soon became the
leader in this county.
In the summer of 1876 he canvassed the county for the
office of County Clerk, During this campaign he made
several speeches in each township in the county, this being his
first efibrt in making public speeches. His party not being '
very strong, he was defeated. Again his party nominated him
for office in 1882, this time for Representative. It was not
from choice on his part that he made this race, there being no
chance of an election. But the workers of his party conceded
that he was their leader and therefore put him forward as their
champion. He was free from moral cowardice, and so convinced that
the measures he advocated were right, and must therefore
eventually triumph, that, like the Norseman, he was deter
mined to find a way or to make it.
Mr. Dale was in an unequal battle from the first. With
both the Republican and Democratic parties marshaled against
him, he threw himself into the campaign. The dauntless
spirit that had faced odds in the previous campaign never
flinched as he saw the handwriting on the wall. Determined
to do all he could do, his tremendous energies created a
kindred zeal among his followers, but he was defeated by the
votes of Mr. Sterratt.
After this campaign was over, Mr. Dale turned his atten
tion to the farm more closely than ever before. He thought
he would never again take an active part in politics. But in
this he was mistaken. For, in making two campaigns in
the county, he had gained the confidence of the people, his
abilities were established, and hosts of friends from all parties
flocked about him, urging him again to canvass the county.
So again in 1884 his party nominated him unanimously, as it
had done in both cases before. He also received the nomina
tion of the Democratic party, with considerable opposition.
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right, and wedded to the principles which he advocates by all
the instincts of his being, his enthusiasm knew no bounds.
Both parties caught the glow of his zeal, and he was this time
elected by a handsome majority.
At the close of this campaign he was conceded by all par
ties to be one of the best speakers in the county. He had
that power of statement which made him so characteristic as a
speaker. He possessed decision of character, self-reliance, and
an inflexible will. And with these qualities standing out
prominent as a basis for his qualifications to the office to which
he had been elected, he goes to the state legislature.
While acting in that body, he was placed on several impor
tant committees. And every public measure on which he was
called to act, received his careful attention ; he weighed it in
all its general bearings and then mastered it in detail. The
thoroughness of his knowledge was his first source of power
as a speaker. After this session adjourned he returned to the
farm ; but by this time he began to comprehend that his native
health was to be in the service of the people.
His friends were expecting to send him back to the legisla
ture in 1886, but this was not to be; death stepped in and
interfered. In the winter of 1885-6 he again taught school, but ten
days before his school should have closed, he took a severe
attack of lung fever, and died on the 15th day of March, 1886.
Thus passed off the stage of action one of Boone County's
favorite sons.
Mr. Dale was a member of the Newlight or Christian Church
since February, 1881, continuing an active and useful member
until death. He was buried at the old Union Cemetery in
Jackson Township, near where he lived and where he was
loved. See his portrait in another part of this book.

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FLEMING DICKERSON.

This old pioneer was born in Montgomery County, Vir
ginia, July 30, 1812, son of Elisha Dickerson. His mother's
name before marriage was Susanah Guthry. This old couple
came to Boone County in 1859. Elisha Dickerson died
December 11, 1867, aged 67 years, ]\Irs. Dickerson, his wife,
died in 1881, aged 94 years. Buried at the Whitelick Ceme
tery in Perry Township, Fleming Dickerson was married to
Jane R. Guyson August 21, 1836. She died July 8, 1848; is
buried at Whitelick Cemetery. The following are his chil
dren's names by the first marriage : Susanna, Mary, Elisha,
Eliza J., Henry, Sarah. Mr, Dickerson was the second time
married to Mary Clark, November, 1848. The following chil
dren were born to them : Charles, Virginia, Johanna, EInety,
William F. Mr. Dickerson came to Harrison Township in
1842. Located in town 17. He has been a member of the
Missionary Baptist Church since 1839. Mrs. Dickerson is
also a member of the same church. Mr. Dickerson is one of
the pioneer hunters and is at home in the woods, provided he
has his trusty gun with him. In person Mr. Dickerson is
large, weighing full two hundred pounds, well calculated for a
frontier life. Virginia, Johanna and William are dead and
are buried at Whitelick.
JOSEPH F. DAUGHERTY.
Mr. Daugherty, one of the pioneer merchants of the county,
was born in Ohio, in the year 1814. Came to Eagle Village,
this county, in the year 1838, where he was engaged in selling
goods for a term of years, in fact, as long as there was any vil
lage there, perhaps up to 1853, when Zionsville sprung up and
the building of the railroad there, when he, with A. P. Nich
olas, his former partner in the village, commenced business in
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went to Kokomo, and there his wife, Mariah Daugherty, died,
as good a woman as ever lived in Boone County. Her name
was Mariah Campbell. They were married about the year
1836 or 1838. The following are their children's names:
Adelaide, William W., James, Francis, and Joseph. James
died in infancy at Eagle Village, in 1844. William W. has
been for years in the regular army as captain, in the 18th Reg
ulars, and is now at this writing (1886) at Fort Lewis, Colo
rado. Joseph is also there in that county as a farmer. Mr.
Dickerson was, while living in the village, captain of the Eagle
Village Light Infantry, a military organization formed there
back in the forties. He was, it is said, the best posted man of
his day in the county. Was nominated for the state legislature
in 1848, but was defeated by the Hon. Henry M. Marvin,
Mr, Dickerson is now, and has been for years, a resident of
the city of Indianapolis ; is in his seventy-fourth year, quite
well preserved and looks younger than that. He was an old
Whig up to 1826; since that time has acted with the Republi
can party. In person Mr. Dickerson is of medium size, dark
hair, good features, well made, and in his best days would
weigh 175 pounds. Mrs. Dickerson is buried at Kokomo.
Should you visit her grave you might truthfully say : " Here
rests one of the noblest women that ever lived iu Boone
County."
JAMES DOWING, Sr.
Was born in Donegal, Ireland, in the year 1784. Came to
America in the year 1819, and to Boone County in 1834. On
the 11th of October of that year he settled in Clinton Town
ship; died February, 1868. Mrs. Dowing was born iu 1796,
in England. Her name was Avis Giddings ; died in 1879.
Both buried at Mechanicsburg, Boone County. Mr. Dowing
was a Catholic, Mrs. Dowing a Presbyterian. The following
are the names of their children : James F. was born near
Hell Gate, New Jersey, January 17, 1827. He was married
to Mary A. Witham April, 1868; died on the old homestead

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in Clinton Township, one mile from the Clinton Township
line. To this family I am indebted for favors shown while
canvassing for this work. James Dowing entered the land
now owned by James F. Dowing about the year 1834. Mr.
and Mrs. James Dowing were married in Providence, Rhode
Island. They had five children, three boys and two girls, as
follows: John G. resides in Hamilton County, Ind. Edward,
deceased, lived at Mechanicsburg. James F. resides on the
old farm. Jane E. married to Ephram Davis, resides in Clin
ton Township, near the Clinton County line. Mary M., mar
ried to Charles 8. Riley, reside in Center Towtiship, near
Holmes Station. Mr. James Dowing landed in Clinton Oc
tober 11, 1834, from the State of New York. He was among
the first settlers of Clinton. Their cabin was of the most
primitive kind, puncheon floor, clapboard roof, etc. Soon
after his arrival a black bear was killed near his house. One
of the remaining Indian huts was standing on his land. When
he arrived he helped tear it down. It stood on the bank of
Tarrepin Creek. Mr. Dowing, in the early settlement, when
the mill streams in his locality were frozen, lived on potatoes
and hominy. The above sketch was prepared by his son,
James F. Dowing.
LORENZO C. DAUGHERTY.
Judge Daugherty for near thirty years was one of the most
prominent men in Boone County. He was the son of James
and Francis Daugherty, who were citizens of Washington,
Indiana, and where Lorenzo C. was born, April 5, 1820, and
where he, in 1843, studied law. He became a citizen of Leba
non in 1844. He was married to Rachel Thornburg, August
31, 1839, who survives him and is pleasantly located in the east
part of the city. Soon after Mr. D. arrived in Lebanon, he
became a partner in the law business with Hon. W. B. Beach,
now of Providence, Rhode Island, when they at once built
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up a good practice. Mr. D. was elected to the state legisla
ture in 1847, serving several terms to the satisfaction of the
people he represented. He was elected probate judge in
1853, serving until 1860 with honor to himself and the bench.
He was for several years connected with the banks of Leba-
anon, serving as president and stockholder as well. In all
his relations as a citizen of the county, both public and pri
vate, he acted well his part, acquiting himself with credit and
honor, for over thirty years. He died October 29, 1876, in
the prime of life and usefulness, loved and respected by all.
In person he was of medium size, fair complexion, auburn hair,
good features. He was elected to the above offices as a Demo
crat. During his active life he accumulated a handsome
estate for his worthy help-mate in life and his children who
were born to them, named as follows : Mary E., born Sep
tember 10, 1840, married to C. P. Rodman ; reside in Kansas
City, Missouri. Zarilda, married to S. S. Daily, October,
1865. Ella, born July 28, 1851 ; married to E. T. Lane
(druggist, Lebanon). Emma, born February 28, 1858 ; mar
ried to B. S. Higgins (prosecuting attorney). Curtis, born
February 23, 1862, married to Hattie Hollingsworth, June 6,
1883; reside in Lebanon.
WILLIAM J. DEVOL.
One among the many worthy citizens of Boone County was
William J. Devol, commonly called the old "Judge" Devol.
He was born in the old Buckeye State, December 28, 1814,
where his boyhood days were spent. After arriving at the
age of twenty-eight, moved his headquarters to Crawford
County, Missouri. Here he took up farming for his occupa
tion and prospered with great success. After living here about
twenty-three years, at the death of his brother, Clark Devol,
his interests were drawn to Boone County, moving on his farm
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accepted the presidency of the First National Bank, making
his residence immediately north of the city.
Mr. Devol has held several offices of trust and profit dur
ing his residence in Missouri, viz., two terms in the legislature,
sheriff of Crawford County, county collector, and probate
judge of the same county. He was elected a joint representa
tive from Boone and Clinton counties, Indiana, by the Demo
cratic party in 1870.
He was married to Rebecca Thompson, January 20, 1842,
who was born in Crawford County, Mo., August 19, 1822. At
the age of fifteen she united with the Baptist Church, of which
she was a consistent member until she went to join the church
triumphant. She made no loud profession, and never made a
display of her good deeds or charities, yet she was ever ready
and anxious to feed the hungry and relieve all kinds of distress
and sorrow. She proved to be a very considerate and affec
tionate wife, living until the 21st day of June, 1886, at about
8 : 30 P. M., leaving her husband and many friends to mourn
her loss.
In early life Mr. Devol joined the Baptist Church, and all
through his life has been a liberal supporter of the gospel and
a regular attendant on all means of grace, when health would
permit. He has been a sufferer from kidney disease for several
years, besides being badly ruptured, and it was this that caused
his death. On Saturday, the 4th day of December, 1886, a
surgical operation was performed on him, but only temporary
relief was afforded, and the 6th day of December, 1886, at 1
o'clock A. M., his soul took its flight from the body.
His and his wife's funeral were both largely attended at
the Center burying ground, three miles east of Lebanon, where
their bodies repose in death.
In life Mr. Devol was extremely eccentric, but many friends
and relatives have been made to rejoice by his peculiarities of
character. He was courteous to all, and especially courteous
and generous to those he took a fancy to. He was one of the
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in cash and bonds. His will appoints Wesley Lane his exec
utor, viz., to Mary Wondel, the property where he resides and
$1,000 ; the balance to be divided equally between William C.
Devol, of Missouri, and William J. and Charley Devol, of
Boone County. Witnessed by George W. Baird and Wesley
Lane. In another, part of this work will be found the por
traits of Mr. and Mrs. Devol.

A. C. DAILY.
It is with pleasure we present our patrons with a brief
biography of A. C. Daily, together with his portrait. Mr.
Daily was born at New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, and
being oue of the oldest of a large family of children, whose
.parents were in rather humble circumstances, and of an ambi
tious disposition, he, at the tender age of ten years, began life
for himself. A good education was his first purpcse in life,
and to this end, after completing the course laid down in the
public schools, he gained admission as a student in Linden Hill
Academy, of his native place. Here he persevered in his
studies until the course was almost completed, when he
was tendered a position in the office of John C. Daily (old
Cal. as he was long known), treasurer of this — Boone — county,
which position he accepted, but had barely entered upon the
discharge of its duties, when James A. Nunn, auditor of this
county, appointed him deputy in that office, where he remained
for eight years, and was then honored by the voters of this
county by election as auditor, which office he filled for the term
of four years.
March 11, 1868, Mr. Daily was united in marriage to Miss
Henrietta Blue, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, who only survived
until November 23, 1863, when occurred the first great sorrow
of his life, the loss of his young and devoted wife. Mr. Daily's
second marriage occurred December 19, 1867, when he led to
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The latter marriage has been blessed by the birth of four inter
esting children, two of whom only survive.
In the spring of 1860, the county commissioners appointed
Mr. Daily as clerk of the Boone Circuit Court, to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of Henry Shannon, and his party, the
Democracy, nominated him for its candidate for that office at
the election of that year, but numbers were against the success
of the party at that election and his competitor, Mr. S. A.
Lee, was elected. In 1862 Mr. Daily was nominated by the
Republicans as their candidate for auditor of the county and
he was triumphantly elected, which office he filled for four
years in such a manner as to reflect great credit to the people
of his county.
In March, 1867, Mr. Daily, the late Major H. G. Hazelrigg,
and the late Judge L. C. Dougherty formed a stock company
and organized the Lebanon Bank, which name and organiza
tion were maintained until the year 1882, when it organized
under the national banking laws as the Lebanon National
Bank, with Mr. Daily as president, and his brother, S. S.
Daily, as cashier.
Mr. Daily is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity,
being a Past Master of Boone Lodge, No. 9 ; a companion of
Lebanon Chapter, No. 39, R. A. M. ; also of Boone Council,
No. 45, R. and S. M.; is a Knight Templar of Frankfort
Commandery, and has attained to the 32° in the Scottish Rite.
He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. of long standing, aud
has since the year 1861 been a member of the finance commit
tee at almost every meeting of the Grand Lodge of that noble
order, which shows in what esteem he is held by his brothers
and fellows.
Mr. Daily was a stockholder at the reorganization of the
Boone County Agricultural Society, and was the first secretary
of that society, serving in that capacity for five consecutive
years. He was at one time a director in what is now known
as the Midland Railroad Company, and labored hard to have
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directors of the natural gas company, and is thoroughly in
earnest iu the matter of developing the resources of our
country. Mr. Daily represented this district as a delegate to the
National Republican convention, at Chicago, that nominated
the Hon. James G. Blaine for the presidency in 1884, and
worked hard to carry out the wishes of his constituency.
That he succeeded they all bear testimony.
Mr. Daily's political friends presented his name before the
Republican state convention last year for nomination for the
office of Auditor of State, but Mr. Bruce Carr was the recip
ient of that honor.
Mr. Daily has never formally connected himself with any
church, but is at present a member of the board of trustees of
the M. E. Church, in Lebanon, his aged mother's church, and
greatly assisted that body in the erection of its beautiful new
house of worship in the summer of 1886.
Mr. Daily is a great admirer of blooded stock, and as such
has a number of fine horses and Jersey cattle that are the
pride of his leisure hours. He is also the treasurer and a
member of the executive committee of the Indiana Trotting
and Pacing Hoi'se Breeders' Association.
The life of Mr. Daily has been a successful one, and is due
to the resolution formed in boyhood to " act well his part,"
and in the various positions which he has been called upon to
fill we find that unfaltering devotion to principles of honesty
that characterize the lives of our successful men.
Personally Mr. Daily is rather a heavy set, square should
ered man, with dark hair and eyes, an open countenance. His
convictions are plain and are not easily transformed. ,
MICHAEL ERSKIN.
Mr. Erskin is perhaps the oldest person in Boone County,
or the oldest man who ever lived in the county. He is now in
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ginia, January 15, 1794. He was married to Nancy Mur-
dock in 1824, when in his thirtieth year. Soon after he was
married he moved to Highland County, Ohio; remained
there six years, then removing to near Pendleton, Indiana,
where he resided two years, when in 1836 he came to Jeffer
son Township, Boone County, where he now resides, two
miles south of Dover. His wife died in 1845, and on the
first day of February. Is buried at the Cox Cemetery. Four
childreu were born to them, two of which are now living.
Mr. Erskin was the second time married, to Rebecca Parks,
in 1847. Two children were born unto them, both living.
Mr. E. is now, for one of his age, enjoying good health. Has
been a very hard working man, and has thrice been a pioneer
to the front. He has never been out of the state since 1836.
Never rode on the cars or steamboat. He voted for President
Jackson the second term, and has been voting that kind of a
ticket up to 1886. Mr. Erskin was in the war of 1812; was
not in any battle, peace having been declared soon after he
was drafted. He bids fair to live his one hundred years. He
is the father of James M. Erskin, of Jefferson Township,
who was quite young when the family came to Boone County.
He has served as justice and trustee of his township. His
wife died a few years since. Thanks to him for favors.
SIMON EMERT.
Simon Emert, one of the pioneers of Jackson Township,
was born in east Tennessee, March 4, 1804. He was the son
of Peter Emert,.and grandson of Simon Emert, who died in
Tennessee in 1800. Simon Emert, the one whose name heads
this sketch, was married to Mary Kennedy, April 1, 1825.
Moved to Boone County, October, 1832, where he entered
a large tract of choice land, which he developed into a fine
form. When he and Mrs. Emert arrived in Jackson Town
ship it was all woods, and the outlook was, to say the least,
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willing hearts to make a home, and to this end their best
energies were devoted. And through privations untold and
hardships almost unbearable, they fought their way, made
a fine farm, and lived long enough to enjoy the fruits of
their early toil. Mr. aud Mrs. Emert were members of the
Protestant M. E. Church, and lived examplary lives many
years, setting a good example to their children and friends
with whom they came in contact.
Mrs. Emert was born in South Carolina, September 24,
1808; died July 18, 1880; buried at the Mount Zion Ceme
tery, near where she lived so long. Mr. Emert died Septem
ber, 1886 ; also buried at the same cemetery. The following
are the names of their children ; the deceased ones are buried
at the Mount Zion Cemetery, in Jackson Township: Candees,
married to Hizah Hudson ; David J., married to Eliza Card-
ington ; Jane, married to Jeremiah Bash ; she is deceased.
William W., married to Duleena Younger; reside in Jackson
Township ; is one of the prosperous farmers, two miles north
west of Jamestown. Francenia, married to John Mclntyre ;
she is deceased. Stephen, married to Margaret Airhart, reside
in Jackson Township, where they own a fine farm. Clarissa,
married to John H. Cline ; Mary A., married to John Airhart,
who resides in Jackson Township. (See sketch in another
part of this work). Martha A., married to Enoch Whitely,
resides on the home farm, where Mr. Simon Emert died.
This a short sketch of one of the early and interesting fami
lies of the county. In person Mr. Emert was low, heavy-set
man, fair hair and complexion.
JAMES EVANS
Resides in Jackson Township, three miles west of Jamestown.
Born in Russell County, Va., June 13, 1806. Married to
Margaret Hammond in the year 1830, in the state of Virginia.
Remained there until the year 1835, when he emigrated with a
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he says, " I raised one crop, consisting of corn, cotton and sweet
potatoes. And here, in the midst of slavery, it was the most
religious place in which I ever lived. This, I think, is one
cause of my being religious now. My wife desired to go to
her people, who lived in Ohio, so we gathered up our little
effects, and started, via Nashville, Tenn., passing through
Richmond, Ind., into Dark County, O., where my wife's peo
ple lived. Remained there a few years, when we decided to
'Go West, and grow up with the country.' It was in 1838,
October, with an ox-team, we started. I did not see the elephant,
but have since seen him in all his reality. The country in
and around where I now live was then comparatively new.
Plenty of hard work had to be done, such as house-raising,
log-rolling, clearing, etc. I have went as many as sixteen
days in one spring to help our new-comers to do such work.
The people were social in the extreme, and only too glad to
assist in this way, so they could get a start in the world.
Though we have passed through the flint-mill, so to speak, I
am thankful for health and strength given me all along the
pathway of life. We raised twelve children, six sons and six
daughters, all living as far as we know. My wife was born in
January, 1811."
EVAN EVANS.
The subject of this sketch is the third of a family of eight
sons. His father was of Welsh descent, his mother of pure Irish.
David Evans, his father, was born in Virginia, 1772, and
his mother, Susanna Evans, a few years later. Of his seven
brothers but one, Samuel, survives.
Evan Evans was born August 15, 1801, in Washington
County, Pennsylvania, and with his parents moved to the
valley of the Scioto, in Southern Ohio, in 1804. Here, under
the supervision of his father, he and his brothers were taught
a le8.son in pioneer life which proved beneficial in his later
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at the age of three, won his affections, and in 1826 they were
united in marriage. He is the father of six children, four
boys and two girls, three of whom are living: Jonathan,
in Northwestern Kansas, stockman ; Margaret Jane, residence
Lebanon, Ind. ; and Thomas B., who lives on the old home
stead. Two years after his marriage he removed to Wayne
County, Ind., where he resided for ten years, engaged in farm
ing and milling ; but at the end of that time he sold his little
farm of thirty-three acres, and again started west. With an ox
team be brought his few household effects and drove before
him eighteen head of cattle and one horse. Following the
old Indian trail which led to Thorntown, he struck the Forty
Mile Swamp, and after ten days' hard travel he reached Boone
County, Ind. On his way he passed through the old Indian
Reserve, and viewed the stake at which the Indians burned
the whites who had been so unfortunate as to fall within their
vengeance. He entered a section of land in the northeastern part of
Center Township, and afterward bought 120 acres more, mak
ing in all 760 acres.
•There being no market for eastern manufactured goods
near he was compelled to make his own clothing from flax,
and foot-gear from leather which he had himself tanned.
His food was principally hominy and wild meat, the latter
being procured by the aid of the flintlock. To procure his
flour and meal during the dry season of the year he was com
pelled to go to Indianapolis or Lafayette, but having too much
ingenuity to bear this burden he erected, in 1838, a hand or
sweat mill as it was then called, making the burrs from rock
commonly called by Hoosiers, "niggerheads." After eleven
days of faithful labor he had a grist mill, the capacity of which
was about five bushels per day. The burrs are now on exhi
bition at T. B. Evans'. But,
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And on the 9th day of July, 1876, his true and noble help
meet left him, with nothing to lean upon but that rock which
has been a pillar to him since 1840. He now resides with his
son, Thomas B. Evans, at the old homestead, and if you want
a sketch of pioneer life you will find him equal to the task of
giving it. GEORGE FARLOW.
This sturdy old veteran made his mundane appearance in
Union County, Indiana, April 2, 1811. Came to Boone
County in 1836. Was first married to Mary Martin. The
second time to Martha Stipe. The third time to Armilda A.
Burk, March 31,1872. First children's names: Nancy J.,
married to Wm. Bowman; Henry, died in Iowa, February,
1878; Absolem, lives in Clinton County, Indiana; Alfred,
lives in Iowa ; Sarah, married to Jacob Harlan, resides in Jef
ferson Township; George W., resides in Oregon. Of the sec
ond family of children Mary E. married Nathan Ross, lives in
Kansas; Hester A. married Henry Oxley, resides in Jefferson
Township; Clarissa A. married Henry Boman, resides in Jef
ferson Township; James M. ; Ellie married Jackson Roark,
resides in Thorntown; Amanda O. married D. Higgs; Milly
F. married Abraham Smock, resides in Hendricks County,
Indiana. Third family: Charley, born December 9, 1874.
Mrs. Farlow, present wife, was born in Monroe County, Indi
ana, June 29, 1831. Mr. Farlow lives in Dover, eight miles
west of Lebanon. Mrs. Farlow's former husband was David
Lasley, married February 17, 1854, died April 7, 1864, buried
at Thorntown, Indiana. NELSON FORDICE.
Among the citizens of Lebanon who hailed from another
state, will be found the gentleman named above. He was
born December 25, 1811, in Lower Canada (Queen's Domin
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there until he was seventeen years of age. From Ohio he
went to Kentucky and engaged in the sawmill business and
traveled through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illin
ois, Missouri, Iowa and Arkansas, embarking in the same busi
ness for twelve years, until 1833, and making New Albany his
headquarters. He came to Boone County in 1853, and pur
chased about 5,000 acres of land in what you might call the
" swamps of Boone." He took with him a partner by the
name of Clark Devol, a brother of the late W. J. Devol ; the
former died in 1862, the latter in 1886. After the purchase
of said lands the stdte, by and through Fordice and Devol,
began reclaiming the same, the state having the land granted
them by the general government. Upon receiving the land
the state enacted a law authorizing the state auditor to sell it
to the highest bidder at auction, and at not less than one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per acre, and the receipt of the sale
of the land to apply on a system of drainage or reclamation.
When the land was reclaimed the surplus was to be the
property of the school fund of the state. The money all
being used they drew largely of their own means and used in
the reclamation of their own and other lands to obtain outlets.
The work of making the large ditches and outlets was princi
pally done from 1855 to 1865. At the time this work was
inaugurated, opinions were divided as to the ultimate success
of the system, but it is now demonstrated that through the
pluck, perseverence and foresight of these gentlemen, we have
a county of which all should be justly proud, and second to
none in the state in the way of fertility and productiveness.
Mr. Fordice remained here until the death of his partner and
has ever since been identified with the several interests of the
county. In 1860 he represented the couuty in the house of
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MAJOR B. M. GREGORY.
Mr. Gregor) was born iu New York State, November,
1830. Came with his father, Peter Gregory, to near Eagle
Village, in 1834, having been a citizen of the county ever
since. His advantages at school were only tolerable, yet he
acquired a good practical education and taught several schools
when only about twenty-one or twenty-two years of age. His
life up to that time was spent on his father's farm. In 1863
he was united in marriage to Nancy Larimore, daughter of
Daniel and Mary Larimore, with whom he lived near twenty-
five years. She died about the year 1878, when he again
married. About the year 1854 he commenced business in a
small way at old Eagle Village, but in 1857 removed to Zions
ville, where he has built up one of the largest hardware and
agricultural houses in the state, having associated with him
his sons in business. Mr. G. went out to the front in the late
war, in the 10th Indiana Regiment, and was promoted major
of that regiment. At the front, as well as at home, he was
well liked. No man in the county stands higher than Major
Gregory. He is a member of the Masonic order and practices
its noble teachings. See his portrait on another page of this
work. He is a stanch Republican, liberal in religious notions.
JOHN J. GOLDSBERRY.
This old pioneer first saw the light of day in Ross County,
Ohio, on the 3d day of February, 1 827. His wife, Josina Hebb,
was born October 15, 1832, in Monongahela County, Va. The
following are their children's names : Joseph H., married to
Josie Furguson, reside in Clinton County. Mariah A., died in
infancy ; buried at Brush Creek Cemetery. Clement V., born
August 12, 1863; died July 6, 1864. Clara B, Josina, born
November 17,1863; died July 3, 1864. Mrs. Goldsberry
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G. was again married, to Hannah M. Goldsberry, November
19, 1866; born in Ross County, Ohio, March 29, 1832. The
following are the names of their children : Annie B., born
October, 10, 1866 ; Alma A., born September 19, 1868; Amos
A., born July 26, 1871; Jesse C, born July 27, 1873; died
June 22, 1874. All buried at the Brush Creek Cemetery. Mr.
Goldberry's father's name was Thomas Goldberry ; his moth
er's name before marriage was Elizabeth Lansaw, who was an
early citizen of Sugar Creek Town.ship ; they are buried at the
Brush Creek Cemetery, in Washington Township. Mr. Gold-
berry's parents were members of the M. E. Church. John J.
came with his father, Thomas Goldsberry, to the county in
1832, where he has since resided, and where he is highly re
spected as a man and a Mason. He belongs to Thorntown
Lodge, No. 113, Free and Accepted Masons, and no worthy
brother ever knocked at his door without admittance. He
lives in the northwest part of Washington Township, where
he owns a fine farm. During the canvass for this work I was
very kindly cared for at this pleasant home. He joined the
Masons in the year 1844, at Thorntown, Indiana.
SETH GOODWIN.
This old pioneer first saw the light of day in Monroe
County, Ind., April 29, 1819, and is only three years younger
than the great state in which he was born. His father, John
Goodwin, lived many years in Putnam and Hendricks coun
ties. His mother's name before marriage was Hannah Dales,
is buried in Hendricks County, Ind. Seth Goodwin was
united in marriage to Nancy Scott, in the year 1844. Mr.
Goodwin did not become a citizen of Boone County till the
year 1850. He lives in Harrison Township. The following
are the names of his children : Mary H., Amanda, Martha.
Amanda was married to Mr. Clanhance, who was killed by the
explosion of a threshing engine in Hendricks County, July
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joined the M. E. Church in 1844. Mrs. Goodwin became a
member in 1840. This worthy couple are, and have been
among the best citizens of the county. Mr. Goodwin is a
Democrat, and Seth's word is as good as his note. There is
no better posted man in the couuty than Mr. Goodwin.
MR. AND MRS. ISAAC GIPSON.
Mr. and Mrs. Gipson, of Sugar Creek Township, were
among the first settlers of the above township. They first
settled there in the year 1829, have resided there ever since.
They enjoy the confidence and respect of the people and have
been highly esteemed there for over fifty- five years. They
have seen great changes in that time. When they first came
to that locality there were no neighbors, nothing but a vast
unsettled country. It required pluck and energy to thus
make a start in the world. They came determined, however,
to do their part, and if work and frugality would give them a
home in the future they resolved, iu their early life, to have
it. Neighbors soon came. The little clearing in the woods
soon began to widen out ; the sound of the ax and maul was
heard in the land. Soon the preacher and the school teacher
came, and other signs of civilization. Encouraged thus, our
heroic young couple renewed their best energies to the task,
at times almost insurmountable. In due course of time chil
dren came to bless their wedded life and help them in the fut
ure. The little cabin soon proved too small for the accommo
dation of this pioneer family, and a better one was resolved
upon. It was built. Time went on, tKe settlement improved
and neighbors multiplied. The little ones grew up and went
to the rude school house. Thus step by step this couple have
passed through the varied changes that come and go in so long
a time. The little village of Thorntown has grown within
their recollection to a little city, with its well built houses,
churches, fine residences, etc. The prattling children have
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ring out, and take their turn in the whirl of events. To them,
however, the scenes of the past fifty-five years have not all
been sunshine or sorrow, but rather a " mixed cup," that is
given us all on the rugged road of life. Mr. and Mrs. Gipson
are living to-day, at their pleasant home, enjoying the repose
of age. The past has no doubt bad its joys and its sorrows to
them. But we will let Mr. Gipson tell it in his own way :
" I was born in Clay County, Ky., February 8, 1816,
and am consequently just the age of my adopted state.
I came with my parents, William and Nancy Gipson, to
Boone County October 20, 1829, first stopping near Jamestown,
or rather where Jamestown now stands. On the 28th of Octo
ber, 1829, John Gipson built the first log cabin in James
town. About the 1st of November, 1829, my father moved
into a cabin now on the farm of Thomas Gregory. My
brother, Jacob Gipson, also came with us. Mary Scott, who
became my helpmate through life, was born in Boone County,
Ky., October 9, 1814. She came with her parents in 1826 to
near Shannondale, Montgomery County. I think that George
Harness was the first settler in Thorntown ; that was in the
spring of 1828. Archibald Scott came next, later in the same
season. Jesse Scott came late in the fall, did not stay long,
moved to Montgomery County. Joshua Burnham came next;
this was in April, 1829. James VanEaton was the next pio
neer to come. Merrett McKinsey came about the same time.
John Wilkey and Joshua Allen settled in upper Thorntown in
the spring of 1829.
" The first child to see the light of day in or about Thorn
town was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Harness. This event
occurred October 13, 1828.
" The dark angel of death spread its wings over our new
settlement for the first time when Jemima Harness died,
October 19, 1829. She was buried on the farm now owned
by James Hague. There is nothing to mark her resting place
but a bunch of brush. The first sermon preached in this lo
cality was by a Presbyterian from Montgomery County ; his

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name was Rev. Thompson, and he preached at James Scott's
house. As deaths and births naturally come, marriages must
also happen, so the first ' two hearts that beat as one' in this
* neck o' woods ' were Ira Burnham and Mariah Sweeney,
Thi.' joyful event took place in 1831 And as marriages do
happen in the course of human events, children come also, and
they must necessarily go to school ; and the schoolmaster came
(he always comes). This time it was Daniel T. Ellis; this
was in 1831, The year 1831 was a good year (the writer was
born that same year). Oh, yes, Mr. Ellis taught school in a
log cabin. The floor was dirt, the window glass was greased
paper; yes, and it had a small fireplace eight feet wide. It
was a ' daisy ; ' it stood a short distance southeast of Crose's
mills. The first 'corn cracker' was built by David Ross on
Spring Branch, on his own land, in 1832. The first dry goods
sold was by Enoch Davis, in 1830, in a pole cabin on the land
now owned by James Hague on Spring Creek. The first
goods sold iu Thorntown was by Cornelius Westfall, out of a-
box in his dwelling. I have given you the dates of a few
first things in and about Thorntown. I will vouch for dates
and names. I would gladly extend my letter, but am unable
now to hold a pen any length of time. I am glad you have
undertaken the work so much needed. It won't be long till
we old people will be out of the way. It would hardly be right
to forget us; we have been through the ' mill,' have seen the
'elephant,' so to speak, in the wild woods of Boone County.
We trust your work may be a success.
" Isaac and Nancy Gipson."
Thorntown, February 7, 1887.
NATHAN B. GARRETTE.
I to-day write you a few lines by way of recollections of
the locality in and about Mechanicsburg, and along the north
line of the county. I settled one and one-half miles east of
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the " burg " on the 2d day of October, 1836. The town at
that time had but one house, and that you could not see for
the trees and brush. The first mill built here was erected by
Bowman Stout. He sold it to Isaac Snow, who sold to James
Snow, when it was taken down and removed further west.
This mill was in operation and the frame for a grist-mill up
when I came. James Snow was the proprietor of Mechanics
burg. Mr. Anderson was .selling goods here at the time I
arrived. The house referred to above had two rooms, one
part used for a dwelling and the other served as a store room.
The first preacher here that I heard was a Methodist by the
name of White ; the next was a Christian minister by the name
of S. Downey. The name of the first school teacher I do not
now call to mind. The first settlers' names in this locality
were as follows: William Nelson, George Fall, Joseph
Symmes, James McMahan, Uriah Hardesty, Absalom Bowen,
Robert Oliver, W. W. Phillips, William Phillips, Elisha
Riley, James Riggs, A. Scott, A. J. Dwigins, James Dowing,
F. C. Dowing, Abner Knotts and John Holdsworth. James
Riggs was the first po.stmaster of the town. In those early
days we cleared ground, raised houses, rolled logs, hunted
deer for pastime, went to mill horseback, and when we got
wheat ground had to bolt it ourselves. When we wanted to
go to Lebanon, we started early in the morning and were lucky
to get home again the same day. Our beautiful county seat
now was at that day a little, dirty, mud hole of a place. Court
was held in a log building; W. W. Wick was then presiding
judge. The early settlers named above are nearly all gone —
dead or moved away. I am comparatively alone here. But
few as early settlers as myself are living here at this time. I
am now seventy-one years of age ; am glad to see the improve
ments going on in our county. You are at liberty to use this
sketch if you think it worthy. N. B. Garrette.
Meohanicsbuegh, March, 1S8T.

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JOHN HARDEN,

One of the pioneer merchants of Eagle Village, was born in
Ireland, January 19, 1802, His parents, William and Marilla
Harden, were also born in Ireland, 1776 and 1778 respectively.
The family came to America iu August, 1815, arriving at the
city of Baltimore, where the subject of this sketch was put
out to learn the carpenter trade. Two or three years later the
family moved to Coshocton County, O., where William, father
of John, died in July, 1826, INIarilla, his wife, died June 15,
1852 ; both are buried in Ohio. John Harden was married to
Lucinda Beaty, October, 1826, in Holmes County, O. Mr. H.
and wife lived in Ohio till the year 1830, when they decided
to move from there, and in the fall of that year they arrived
in Clay Township, Hamilton County, Ind., three miles east of
Eagle Village. Here, in the woods, he erected a cabin, and
the earnest struggle in life began. His nearest neighbor lived
two miles distant, in the edge of Marion County, Before
moving to Indiana three children were born to them, as fol
lows: William B., Marilla and George. The following were
born after coming to Indiana: Samuel (the writer), Beaty
W., Martha, Mary, John W., Addison P., Milton, Calvert and
Harriet. William was born July 28, 1827; Marilla, August,
1828; George, June 8, 1830; Samuel, November 21, 1831;
Beaty W., January 19, 1834; Martha, 1836; Mary, 1838;
John W., April 1, 1840; AddLson P., 1842; Milton, 1844;
Calvert, December 26, 1846 ; and Harriet in 1847. All lived
to be men and women, except the last named, who died in
1859, aged about thirteen years. William was killed in Mis
souri in 1864; Marilla married L. M. Oliphant, November 3,
1855, and reside in Jamestown ; George married Mary Wage-
man, 1866, 'and reside in Hamilton County ; Samuel married
Eliza Swain, October 28, 1856, resides in Anderson ; Beaty
W., married to Mima Varner, resides in Lebanon ; Martha
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Jamestown, January 12, 1874; Mary resides in Mt. Gilead,
O. ; John W., married to Mary William.s, died in July, 1878,
at Jamestown, where he is buried ; Addison resides in Texas ;
Milton died in 1866; Calvert resides in Ohio. John Harden,
the father, died in Mt. Gilead, O., February 19, 1877 ; Lucinda
died March 25, 1862, in Lebanon, Ind. Both of whom, as
well as Martha, Milton and Harriet, are buried in Zionsville
Cemetery. Samuel, J. W., A. P., Milton and Calvert were in
the array. Mr. and Mrs. H. were members of the Christian
Church for many years. In 1845 Mr. H. became a citizen of
Eagle Village, where he lived several years, when he bought
a farm one mile south, in the edge of Hamilton County, where
he lived till 1860; when he went to Zionsville, then to Leb
anon, remaining there till 1866 ; when he went to Ohio, and
remained in Mt. Gilead, and where he terminated his life as
above stated. Mr. H., when a citizen of Hamilton County,
served five years as justice of the peace. Mr. aud Mrs. Harden
died highly respected as worthy Christians. Mrs. H. was the
daughter of John Beaty. She was born in Pennsylvania in
1808, and went with her parents to Ohio when quite young.

DAVID HOOVER.
The pioneer whose name heads this article was born in
Randolph County, North Carolina, September 19, 1787 ; was
married to Rebecca Bonine January 12, 1807. She was born
on Staten Island, August 9, 1787. They were married in Ten
nessee, in 1807, remained there until 1823, when they came to
Boone Couuty and were the first settlers on Eagle Creek. Mr.
Hoover was the first clerk of the county aud one of its best
and most respected citizens. Court was first held at his house
November, 1830. He moved to Lebanon in 1833 and died
there December 3, 1836; is buried at the Eagle Creek Baptist
Church Cemetery. Mrs. David Hoover lived to a good old
age, dyiug August 11, 1883. Three children were born to them

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in Tennessee. Jacob was born May 27, 1808, lives in Coffee
County, Kansas. He was married to Sallie Lowe, daughter
of "Cap." Frederick Lowe, Isaac was born August 1, 1810,
married to Susan Lane. He died in Kansas in 1864. Mary
was born May 27, 1812, was married to Elijah Cross, January
13, 1831. Mr, Cross died in 1879. Mrs. Cross is living on
the old home farm adjoining Zionsville. Mr. Hoover was
heavy-set, dark hair and complexion.
WILLIAM RILEY HOGSHIRE.
The subject of this sketch was the eldest son of Riley B.
Hogshire, and was born at Northfield, this i;ounty, April 5,
1835. He spent his early life on the farm, and received a
meager education in the common school of the village. His
father being one of the pioneers of the county, he was brought
up to know the hardships and privations of early life in a new
country. In 1858 he was appointed Stewart of the Indiana Deaf and
Dumb Institution, and held the position for several years,
during which time he was elected one of the board of mana
gers. He then, in connection with John F. Council, purchased
a retail grocery store at No. 25 West Washington street, Indi
anapolis, which was afterwards converted into a wholesale and
retail shoe store, J. B. E. Reid being taken into partnership.
After carrying on the business successfully several years,
Messrs. Council and Reid retired, and with George A. Reis-
ner, Mr. Hogshire continued the business. From this he
retired about 1876, and located on the farm south of this city,
where he has since lived.
Mr. Hogshire has an extensive acquaintance throughout
the state, and was a faithful adherent to the principles of the
Democratic party. In 1864 he was the Democratic candidate
for auditor of Marion County, and with a Republican major
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within a few hundred votes of being elected over Gen. Geo.
F. McGinnis.He married Miss Mary E. Johnson, daughter of James
Johnson, one of the wealthy and influential pioneers of Mar
ion County, October 5, 1864, and to them were born two sons
and two daughters, all of whom are living. Mr. Hogshire
died at his home surrounded by his family and friends. He
is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. See his por
trait in another part of this work. He died February, 1887.
JAMES HEATH.
Mr. Heath was born in Clark County, Ind., October 22,
1822. Came to Boone County in 1860; was married to Eliz
abeth Neal, December 5, 1844; she died March 6, 1877; buried
at Center Church. The following are his children's names :
William P., resides in Kansas; Margaret C, resides in Boone
County; Samuel S., resides in Lebanon, is an active citizen,
takes interest in the agricultural society, also in the Midland
Railroad; had the honor of driving the last spike on the line,
January 22, 1886. Sarah J., resides in Boone County; Isa
bella, deceased; Louisa, resides in Missouri; Rosana, resides
in Shelby County, Ind. Maria M., resides in Boone County;
James M., resides iu Colorado. His father came to Indiana
when it was a territory. James Heath is a stanch Republi
can, and has belonged to the M. E. Church since 1842; all
the time a consistent member. He was the second time mar
ried to Mary Roax, February 19, 1878 ; resides four miles east
of Lebanon, on the Noblesville gravel road, where he owns a
fine farm. Has always been a farmer, until recently, he has
been engaged in the dairy business.
JOSIAH S. HARRISON,
The subject of this sketch, was born in Clinton Township,
Boone County, Ind., October 9, 1843. He spent his early life

295
on the farm, and received his education from the common
schools of the country. His father, Simpson Harrison, being
one of the pioneers of the country, he was brought up to know
the hardships and privations of early life in a new country.
At the breaking out of the rebellion voung Harrison became
enthused with the love of country, aud at an age less than
eighteen years was enrolled in Co. G., 11th Ind. regiment,
under Lew. Wallace, July 24, 1861, aud was discharged at
Crump's Landing, Tennessee, March 31, 1862, on account of
general disability. On August 20, 1863, he was married
to Miss Caroline Riley, daughter of James Riley, a
well known farmer and stock dealer in this county. They
lived on a farm in Washington Township, and to them was
born three sons: Ira E., Edward J. and -John B. Eddie died
at the age of eight years and six months. On February 5,
1876, he was initiated into the I. O. O. F., at Mechanicsburg,
and has held every office in the order. On December 14,
1877, he united with the M. E. Church.
In April, 1878, he was elected trustee of Washington
Township, and in the spring of 1881 was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of George E. Conrad, and in April, 1882, was
again elected to the office of trustee, which he held, till Sep
tember, when he resigned and moved to Lebanon, to accept a
deputyship under John W. Hawkins, treasurer of the county.
In 1886 he received the nomination for county treasurer at
the hands of the Republicans, and beat bis opponent, John
Huber, 51 votes, being elected November, 1886. He has not,
at this writing, taken his office.
In February 15, 1880, the wife and mother died, leaving
the husband and two sons to mourn the loss of an affectionate
wife and mother. In August 11, 1880, he was again married,
to Miss Elizabeth A. Keyes.

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MAJ. H. G. HAZLERIGG.
Among the prominent men of Boone County of the past,
the one whose name heads this sketch stands conspicuous.
For over thirty years he was at the head and front of all the
advance movements of his adopted county and state. He was
born in Kentucky, where he resided until near middle life and
where he acquired his education and studied law. He repre
sented his county in the legislature in his native state. In the
year 1840 he came to this county where he at once "carae to
the front," for as early as 1845 he was elected to the state leg
islature, representing Boone and Hamilton counties, and again
in 1846, where his talents and business qualities were readily
recognized. Perhaps the best energies of his life were dis
played when the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago
Railroad was built and in operation, and, in fact, as long as he
lived, from first to last, as director, stockholder, agent and
president did he perform his duties to the entire satisfaction
of all. The same might truthfully be said as to his relations
with the Masonic order. Early in life he joined the Blue
Lodge. Step by .step he rose, serving in all the subordinate
positions of his home lodge, from outside guard to worshipful
master in the East. Not content with this, he asked for aud
received all the higher degrees in Masonry and served in
nearly all the higher offices of the Grand Lodge of the state,
not stopping until he attained the highest office — worshipful
grand master of Indiana. He was associated in the banking
business in Lebanon several years, serving as director and
president. Mr. Hazlerigg was, up to 1856, a Whig, and after
wards acted with the Republican party. Mr. Hazlerigg lived
and died on his farm adjoining Hazlerigg Station, a place
named in honor of him ou the railroad, six miles northwest of
Lebanon. He died December 15, 1877, loved' and respected
by all. He was first buried on the home farm, but afterwards
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was erected to his memory. In person he was of medium
size, well made, high forehead and general good features.
Mr. Hazlerigg was first married to Margareth Stone, in the
state of Kentucky. One child was born to them, Caroline M.,
married to Dr Rollins, Mr. Hazlerigg was the second time
married to Mary Jemison. The following are the children's
names born to them: Joshua, James M., David W,, Henry
L,, was lost on the steamer Sultana, was captain in the 40th
Indiana Regiment ; George W,, Sarah, died at the age of twelve
years; Nelly (deceased). Angle, Lidia (deceased), Albert W.,
Dick, died in infancy; Charles, .Tohn and Oliver were twins.
Angle, who married Henry C. Macy, is the only one residing
in the county. Albert W. resides in Indianapolis, John resides
in New York City, David W. resides in Indianapolis. Joshua
was drowned in Sugar Creek, near Thorntown, in 1856.
Charles resides in Nebraska.
ROBERT HAMIL
Was born in Preble County, Ohio, May 18, 1809; married to
Elizabeth Ne.^bit, August 17, 1830, in Ohio. Came to Thorn
town in 1832, where he engaged in merchandising, and
was one of the pioneer merchants, and was the first postmaster
there. Was justice of the peace for sixteen years ; a member
of the Presbyterian Church, and in every way an active,
influential man. Was a devoted temperance advocate, and a
free-soiler. Died July 1, 1867; is buried at the new ceme
tery in Thorntown, He settled on his farm, one mile east of
Thorntown, in the year 1834, where he died. Mrs. H. is the sis
ter of the late Dr. Jackson Nesbit, at onetime county treasurer;
died in Ohio, 1864. The following are the names of Mr. and
Mrs. Harail's children : Robert W., born August 27, 1846 ; mar
ried to Sarah M. Henderson ; reside at home. Maggie E., mar
ried to James Lambert, born May 12, 1852. She died ten years
after her marriage. Mr. H. in person was medium size, dark
hair, fair complexion, good features.

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JOSEPH HOLLINGSWORTH.
The subject of this sketch was born in Union County,
Indiana, February 12, 1814. His father's name was also
Joseph Hollingsworth. His mother's name was Patcie Smith ;
came to Washington Township in 1833. They were born in
South Carolina. Mr. H., senior, died in March, 1874; Mrs.
H. in 1877 ; buried at Sugar Plain Cemetery. Joseph Hol
lingsworth, the subject of this sketch, of Washington Town
ship, was first married to Eliza Rose, July 27, 1835. The fol
lowing are his children's names: Cornelius, who died in
infancy; Sarah A., died in infancy; Almira, died in infancy;
John, died while young; Mary E., married to Miles Han-
Ion, resides in Iowa; Abram R., married to Clara Ball;
deceased ; buried at Thorntown. Oliver S., died September
22, 1862; Phebe J., married to J. B. Caldwell, resides in
Thorntown; Joseph A., resides in Iowa ; William N., married
to Mary F. Hagerman, resides on the home farm ; El wood M.,
married to Miss McDowell. Mr. H. was the second time mar
ried to Elizabeth Mann, June 11, 1863 ; was the third time mar
ried to Caroline Husted, June, 1876 ; children's names : Ralph
Eminett, died in infancy; Lena P., and Nella. Mr. H. was
the fourth time married to Jane A. Kemper, August 16, 1881.
Mr. H. belongs to the Baptist Church ; was raised a Quaker;
has been living on his farm since 1835. It will be noticed
that Mr. H. is a very much married man, and if the name of
Hollingsworth should become lost it will not be his fault. Mr.
H. resides on the Big Four Railroad, between Hazelrigg Sta
tion and Thorntown, where he owns a fine farm.
JOHN HIGGINS.
The subject of this sketch was born near Connersville,
Ind., September 10, 1814. His parents' names were Jona
than and Margaret Higgins ; her name was Margaret Shaw.
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1839. Mrs, Higgins died September 10, 1880, and is buried iu
what is known as Bethel Cemetery, in Washington Township.
Mrs. Higgins (Nancy Long) was born March 6, 1821. This
interesting family was among the first to settle in that part of
Washington Township. Mr. H. at once took a great interest
in his new home, and with his hands made one of the best
farms in the county. And he is one of the best farmers in
his township. He has served as Township Trustee, in all,
near nineteen years. Was elected joint representative for the
Counties of Boone and Clinton in 1868, over Hon. Henry M.
Marvin, which will give an idea of his popularity. In person
Mr. H. is large, fair complexion, light hair and good features.
He belongs to the Presbyterian Church. In politics, a Repub
lican. The following are his children's names : Mary, mar
ried to Williara Adair, died May 19, 1864; Phebe J., died at
the age of six years ; Arminta B., married to Dr. T. H. Har
rison, resides at Lebanon, Ind.; OUie, married to Walter S.
Hall, resides on the home farm. In the proper place we
omitted to say Mr, Higgins served as County Commissioner;
first appointed to serve out the unexpired term of Newton
Phillips ; afterwards being elected. When canvassing for
this work we were kindly cared for at his house by him and
Mr. and Mrs. Hall.
LEWIS HAUSER.
Among the pioneers of Boone County, we would not forget
Lewis Hauser. He was born in South Carolina, on September
14, 1804; was married to Levina Stultz, November 4, 1827.
Mr. H. came first to Bartholomew County, Indiana, where he
remained only a few months ; then to Marion Couuty, where he
lived a short time. In 1836 he came to Little Eagle Creek,
since which time he has made his home in the couuty. No
man stands higher in the county than does Mr. M. Retired
in his ways, it is true, but after a long life of usefulness
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about pioneer life. Came poor to the new home; afterwards
he developed it into a fine farm. He is now living a retired
life at Whitestown, with the consciousness of having wronged
no man. Mrs. H. died February 28, 1856. Mr. H. was the
second time married to Laura J. Lewis, January, 1857. She
died February 25, 1881. Buried at the Lutheran Cemetery,
in Union Township. The following are his children's names:
John L,, died in North Carolina; Martha T., married to Rev.
John Good ; reside near Whitestown ; married March 26, 1841.
Mary L,, died, aged seventeen years; buried at the Lutheran
Cemetery, in Union County. Charles E., married to Leonia
Neese ; died, aged thirty-four years ; buried at Lutheran Ceme
tery ; Julia A., died aged six years ; George, married to Levina
NeSee ; resides south of Whitestown a short distance. He
was county auditor four years. Leander, married Mary Lucas ;
died in Texas, May, 1869. Amanda E,, married to William
Beeler; died May 11, 1878. Mr. H, is now in his eighty-
fourth year, and, everything considered, is quite well preserved.
He has been physically one of the finest made men in the
county, weighing two hundred pounds, six feet high, and well
proportioned. Long may this old pioneer live.
SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH.
Mr. Hollingsworth was born in Union County, Indiana,
February 6, 1816. Settled in Boone County in 1833. He
was married to Fannie Alexander, January 5, 1841. She
was born in Owen County, Kentucky, December 31, 1818.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth settled on the farm they now
live on, in Jefferson Township, in 1841. Four children were
born unto them, as follows: Mary J., born February 1, 1842;
married to George D. Miller on the 15th of February, 1872;
reside on the home farm. W. W. Hollingsworth was born
October 4, 1845 ; married to Mary Chambers, in Owen County,
Kentucky, on the 14thof January, 1879 ; resides on the horae
farm. Samuel Hollingsworth was raised a Quaker, to which

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faith he still clings. Mrs. H. belongs to the Baptist Chnrch.
This old couple, now in the evening of life, have resided in
the county over fifty years; have underwent all the hardships
and privations incident to a pioneer life; have contributed
their part to bring about the changes of the ])ast half century.
This old pioneer couple reside in Jefferson Township, two
miles southwest of Hazelrigg Station. The original Hollings
worth familv were from South Carolina.

WILLIAM HILL
Was born in Nicholas County, Ky., April 4, 1801 ; married to
Rachael L. Cowan August 4, 1825. She was also born in the
same county and state, February 25, 1801. Was among the
early settlers of Jefferson Township. His father's name was
John Hill, who married Dorothy Allen — they are buried in
Kentucky. Mrs. William Hill died January 10, 1877, aged
seventy-fiv^e years, ten months and fifteen days, and is buried
in the Cox Cemetery. The following are the names of Will
iam Hill's children : Alfred G., born January 12, 1827 ; Doro
thy J., born April 17, 1828; John C, born October 2, 1831 ;
Isaac H., born August 28, 1834 ; Harriet A,, born March 28;
18.38; Litha E., born December 9, 1839; William W., born
March 31, 1842; Rachael L,, born July 25, 1844. The fol
lowing are deceased : Nancy A., Isaac H., and Litha E., and
all are buried in the Cox Cemetery. John C. Hill, third
child of William Hill, was married to Nancy J. Caldwell July
30, 1858; the following are his children's names ; Cheever
O. and Minnie. Mr. John C. Hill was again married to Mary
J. Cowan, October 12, 1865, The following are the names of
his children by the second marriage : Elizabeth and Eva
(twins), Mr. Hill is now living on the farm where he was
born, fifty-five years ago, in Jefferson Township, one and oue-
half miles northwest of Dover. Is one of the best men and
¦citizens in his township, and is a Republican that never held

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any office. Himself and family we thank for kindnesses
received. John C. Hill's grandfather's name was John Hill,
died May 4, 1854; his wife, Dorothy Hill, died December 2,
1851, buried in the Cox Cemetery.
MATTHEW HARRIS.
This pioneer first saw the light of day in Tennessee, and
on the 5th day of March, 1816. Came to Boone County in
1831. Married to Martha Furgason, February 11, 1836, in
Jefl^erson Township. The following are the names of their
children : Judith J., married to Samuel Lothlin ; Williara F.,
raarried to Alice Potts, February, 1867; he was in the array;
is buried at Thorntown ; his wife died in Deceraber, 1885 ; is
buried in the Cox Cemetery ; Martha A. married to Michael
D. Campbell, resides in Nebraska; Sarah A., died at the age
of eighteen years, buried at the Cox Cemetery ; Robert W.,
died at the age of sixteen years; Hannah M., died in 1851,
at the age of three years; Mary E., died in infancy; Elwood
T., born January 1, 1854, married to Mary E. Mesmore; they
resifle in Jefferson Township. Matthew Harris died December
29, 1860, buried in the Cox Cemetery. He was a meraber of
the Missionary Baptist Church, as was also Mrs. Harris, who
was born in Union County, Ind., February 4, 1816. Mr. H.
was of medium size, dark hair and dark complexion.
MANUEL HIESTAND.
The subject of this sketch was born in Fairfield County,
Ohio, on the 28th of April, 1813. Carae to Boone County in
1842. Settled in Jefferson Township where he now resides.
He was married to Mary Shreve on the 6th of December,
1840, in Fairfield County, Ohio. Miss Shreve was born in
same county, July 26, 1813. The following comprise his fam
ily: Asa F.; lives in Jefferson Township; Eliza; Amanda

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M. Asa is married to Lucinda J. Sutton ; Eliza to John F.
Routh ; Amanda to James W. Roark. All reside in Jefferson
Township. Mr. and Mrs, Hiestand belong to the United
Baptist Church. Mr. Hiestand has served acceptably as town
ship trustee several years, is a Republican in politics and one
of our best farmers, aud throughout one of the best citizens of
the county.
ALMOND HEADY,
Of Jackson Township, was born in Kentucky, September 26,
1810. His father's name was Thomas Heady, born in Penn
sylvania, April 15, 1780. His mother's name before marriage
was Rebecca Goodwin, born in Pennsylvania, October 15,
1883. They were married in Kentucky ; lived there until the
year 1814, when they came to Monroe County, Indiana;
remained there six years and then went to Putnam County,
Indiana, and remained there until the year 1838; then went
to Jackson Township, Boone County, where they lived many
years. They moved to Missouri, where Mr. Heady died.
Mrs. Heady returned to Boone County; died here in 1863, is
buried at the Union Cemetery in Jackson Township. Mr.
Almond Heady, the subject of this sketch, was four times mar
ried, first to Catharine Spencer in 1830. She was born in
1814, died July 8, 1853. The second time to Charlotte Davis,
September, 1853, she died March 18, 1858. Third time to
Mary Ellen Kise, September, 1858, she died November 12,
1869, is buried at Union Cemetery. The fourth time to Car
oline Davis, September 26, 1870, with whom he is now living
at Jamestown. It will readily be seen that Mr. Heady is a
much married man, the father of nineteen children. Will try
to give their names if they don't get away. By his first wife :
Eliza A., Sarah E., Rebecca C, who died at the age of eight
years; Andrew J., Thomas W., Richard V., Imri P., Nicho
las C, Elisha F., Martha J., Lafayette P., all living but
Rebecca and Elisha. To the second marriage were born
James D. and Minerva, both died in infancy. To the third

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marriage were born five Sbildren, names as follows: Alisha
E., Charles R., Mary PI. Two died in infancy. Charles died
at the age often years. To the fourth but one child was born,
Nettie C, born December 26, 1871. Mr. Heady is a Jackson
ian Democrat, and one of your clever, upright men, strong,
well built, six feet high. First settled near old Union Church
where he developed a fine farm out of the woods, mostly with
his awn strong hands, assisted by his older sons. While can
vassing for this work we were kindly cared for by Mr. and
Mrs. Heady.
JOHN HOWARD.
The subject of this sketch was born in Mason County,
Ky., in 1801. He was married to Margaret Alexander, in the
state of Ohio; came to Boone County in 1837; settled in
Clinton Township, entering his land there. He died on Sep
tember 20, 1869; buried at Union Cemetery. His wife died
October 23, 1869; buried at the same place. The following
are the names of their children : Cynthia A., Mary J,, John
W., James, killed in the battle of Chicamauga, 1863; William
J,, Henry W., Addison L., Richard W. : allliving but James
A. There was at one time five of the brothers in the late war.
Cynthia A. married Andrew Howard, resides in Cass County,
Ind. Mary J., married to L. F. Wilson, resides in Cass
County, Ind. John W. resides in the state of Missouri. Will
iam J. resides in Kansas. Three reside in this county, viz. :
Henry W., Addison L. and Richard W. Mr. and Mrs. John
Howard were members of the Christian Church.

MANSON HEAD.
Mr. Head, son of Simeon Head, who kept for so many
years the leading tavern on the Michigan road, is now a citi
zen of Zionsville and has been for twenty-five years, and where
he enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens.

fi;an;(;is u. bgsijy.

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He has served as Trustee for a term of years ; also as County
Commissioner of the county four years ; in every respect to the
entire satisfaction of the people. He has for many years been
an active member of the Masonic Order, and has served as
W. M. of the Zionsville Lodge time immemorial, which
capacity he has filled with dignity and fairness, such as has
rendered him a desirable one to fill the chair in the east. In
his nature he is retired, never seeking to intrude himself be
fore the public; and be it .said to his credit, he has filled all
the above honorable places without his special seeking. Mr.
Head is now just in his prime, being about fifty years of age,
well preserved. He was the first man in Boone County to
sign for the " Early Life and Times in Boone County." AVe
hope he may live long to read it. He is a live Republican.
JAMES IRWIN
Was born in East Tennessee, September 8, 1812; married to
Elizabeth Detrick, November 26, 1830, born in Virginia,
February 9, 1811. Removed from Harrison County, Ind., to
Boone County in 1834; settled near Lebanon, remaining
there a short time, when he entered forty acres of land, known
as the James Potts land. He built a log house on it, cleared
fifteen acres, when he sold it. He then bought eighty acres
near Dover, in Jefferson Township, moved on it in 1844, add
ing to it until he had 112 acres. This he sold and removed
to where he now lives, near Dover, and adjoining it on the
west. Mr. Irwin has done an untold amount of hard work.
Illustrative of this he says he cut and split five hundred rails
in a day and made one shoe at night; not only one day, but
often. On removing to Boone County he had no capital save
a strong pair of arms and willing hands, assisted by his worthy
helpmate, who at all times stood by and acted with him in his
undertakings, and now this worthy couple reside at their well
earned home, at the age of seventy-three years, enjoying the
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repose of a long and active life. They have had seasons of
discouragement and disappointment, no doubt, especially in
their struggle to get a start in their new home. The follow
ing are their children's names, nine in number, five boys and
four girls : William J., born March 23, 1831, married to Mary
A. Boone, July 19, 1867, deceased January 2, 1861. John
W., born April 2, 1834 ; married to Almira Hall, January 2,
1858 ; died July, 1860. Margaret A., born December 1,
1836; married to Jacob L. Pyles, September 20, 1857; died
April, 1881. Mary J., born January 31, 1838; married to
O. S. Kern, February 18, 1858. Robert S., born February
17, 1841 ; married to Mary E. Dooley, October 30, 1864. He
served three years in the late war. Sarah E., born March 22,
1844; married to William V. Payne, January 26, 1870.
James W., born July 27, 1848 ; married to Sarah E. Bush,
September 18, 1873; is now living on the home farm. David
and Martha (twins), died in infancy ; all buried at the Pleas
ant View Cemetery, in Jefferson Township. Mr. and Mrs.
Irwin belong to the Pleasant View Church, in Jefferson
Township. Mr. Irwin, in an early day, killed a deer without any. ham
mer on his gunlock, taking his shoe hammer to hit the cap
with, after taking deliberate aim. He knew where it was in
the habit of coming, watching when he killed it, as above
stated. The deer did not fool around there any more.
JONATHAN ISENHOUR.
Mr. Iseuhour was born in North Carolina, November 15,
1815. He was the son of John Iseuhour who came to Ten
nessee in the year 1816. Jonathan Iseuhour came to Boone
County in the fall of 1848, first settling in Worth Township,
where he has since resided. Though he was not strictly a
pioneer, he came to Worth when the county was quite new
and undeveloped, and consequently helped to clear away the
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Whitestown, having a few years ago left his farm. He was
married to Margaret Whisermad, November 9, 1837. Miss
Margaret Whisermad was born in Virginia, December 22,
1818 ; her father moved to Tennessee when she was five years
of age, and to Monroe County, Indiana, when she was eleven
years of age, and where she and Jonathan Isenhour were mar
ried. To them were born ten children, seven boys and three
girls, as follows: Rebecca L., born October 19, 1838 ; married
to Samuel I. Laughner. She died October 20, 1884. Isaac J.,
born January 5, 1841 ; married first to Sally Laughner; died
June 23, 1877. Isaac was again married to Mrs. S. E. Lari
more, widow of the late Dr. Jeremiah Larimore, March 7,
1878. Mr. Lsaac Isenhour had one child born to his first wife,
Zenley, born October 24, 1869. (His last wife was the daugh
ter of the late John Dulin.) John E. Isenhour was born Jan
uary 19, 1843; married to Anmariah Miers. George W. was
born September 29, 1845; married to Anna Starks. James
was born December 11,1847; married to Lidia Marklin.
William W. was born May 15, 1850 (in Boone County; all
previous, in Monroe County, Indiana) ; married to Mary Cla-
mon. Ellen was born January 25, 1853; married to John T.
Day. Six of the above are now living ; the deceased mem
bers of the family are buried at the Lutheran Cemetery, in
Worth Township, east of Whitestown. To Isaac Isenhour we
are indebted for the above dates and names. He resides one
and a half miles northwest of Whitestown, and where he owns
a fine farm. We are thankful to him and family for favors
shown while getting items for this work.
JOHN KINCAID.
Prominent among the farmers of Boone County are the
Kincaids, there being several different families of them. They
reside in the eastern part of the county, about eight miles east
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born in Washington County, Pa., March 16, 1795. He was
a son of John and Martha Kincaid, the youngest of nine
children, he being the only one that yet survives. He
served as an apprentice at the cabinet trade, and worked at
that business until he took up the trade of gunsmithing.
Mr. Kincaid went as a substitute in the War of 1812,
about August, for Robert Carr ; served until November of the
same year and was discharged.
In the year of 1816, February 2, he was united in marriage
to Miss Christina Pope, who was born in Trumble County, O.,
1791, and survived until July 10, 1885. You may count it
up, and you will find that they lived together as man and wife
about seventy years, a very uncommon thing. They resided
in Trumble County, O., until the spring of 1848, when they
moved to where he yet resides with his son Frederick. He and
his wife both joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at the
same time, in the year 1827, of which they have been constant
members ever since, attending services when health would
permit. The first vote he ever cast was for James Monroe,
and has always voted the Democratic ticket, until he voted
for Peter Cooper, which was the last vote he ever cast. Mr.
Kincaid has a relic, an old coffee-mill which his father and
mother used. It is now in the neighborhood of 120 years
old, and still it grinds. He has raised a family of six children,
of whom three are yet living, as follows : Frederick was born
December 14, 1815, now living on the old homestead, of whom
you will see a sketch in our book; Sarah A., born September
26, 1818, married Joiin Dunlap, and died April 8, 1875;
Lucinda, born February 2, 1821, married William Mcllree,
died July 3, 1850; John, born October 17, 1822, married
Mandy Cemeus, resides in Trimble County, O.; Calvin R.,
born July 25, 1826, died July 21, 1830; Mandy S., born Sep
tember 3, 1829, married Homer Davis, not living together,
she resides in Shakopee, Harrison County, Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid have lived a very happy life. He
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fiivorite trade, farming some through the summer season. He
is at present very feeble; resides on his old stamping-ground,
with his son Frederick, and looked after with great care.
JACOB JOHNS, Sr.
Jacob Johns,. Sr., was born in Hardin County, Ky., Janu
ary 11, 1801, during John Adams' administration, the second
President of the United States, two years before the purchase
of the Louisiana territory of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was
six years old when Robert Fulton set afloat the first steamboat
in the world; eleven years old at the breaking out of the
second war with Great Britain, and fifteen years old when
Indiana, the nineteenth state, was admitted to the Union,
Was twenty-three years a resident of Harrison County, Indi
ana, when General Lafayette made his last visit to America,
and twenty-five years old when the first railroad was built in
the United States. These facts are related in this connection
merely to show what a grand panorama of events was transpir
ing, and what wonderful changes were wrought in this state
and the United States that this old patriarch lived to see. As
a brief history of his father (Henry Johns) and his mother so
far as is known has been given in a previous number, it w ill
only be necessary to say that he came of European ancestors,
wht) emigrated to America during the revolution, and after
ward settled in Hardin County, Ky. He was next to the
youngest child of a family of nine children, six brothers and
two sisters and one half-brother. It is not known exactly
when he left Kentucky and came to Indiana. It is known,
however, that he was living in Harrison County, Ind., in
1823, as he went back to Hardin County, Ky., and was mar
ried to Harriet Stevens, July 13, in that year. He returned
to his former home in Indiana immediately after, when he
moved with his wife and child, three months old, to Morgan
County. An incident of the voyage was the upsetting of the
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result?. In that day and for years afterward, drivers rode oue
hoisf and guided the other with the rein. In the fall of 1831
he entered 240 or 280 acres in Boone County, in Union Town
ship, scuth of the present site of Big Springs. And in March,
1832, during sugar-making, he moved his family, now con
sisting of his wife and four children, camping out until the
house was built. As soon as the roof was on and the cracks
chinked, he moved in on a dirt floor. The men who helped
him laise his house were Daniel Stevens, now a very old man
in the southern part of Iowa ; William Johns, a nephew, now
in Sullivan County, aged about seventy-five ; and Eli Cragus-
son, of whom all trace is lost. He cleared up about fourteen
acres and put it in cultivation, where there had not been a
stick amiss that spring. He had but two neighbors at that
time — Henry Koutz, a mile south on the Noblesville road,
and Benjamin Crews, three miles southwest on the Michigan
road, where one of Boone County's ex-representatives, Henry
Marvin, now lives. The road hands were cutting out the
Michigan road along there when the family moved up. There
was but one place in the city of Indianapolis that could be
called a store when he moved to Boone, and he could have
bought land at $2.50 and $3.00 per acre then, that is now away
inside the city limits. He entered several hundred acres at
various times afterward, some of which he sold to settlers, and
the remainder he gave to his children. His farm in this
almost unbroken wilderness soon became the nucleus of a
thriving settlement. Curtis Pritchard, Sampson Hartman,
John Hartman, Jacob Parr, Isaac Sright, who were already
there ; Joel Richardson, John Davis, and perhaps others long
since dead, located in convenient neighboring distances for
those days, and a flourishing settlement was soon established.
Tom Wooden, the subject of a former sketch, was caught
within its limits, but soon disappeared, and it was thought all
trace of him was lost, but it now transpires that he was still
living but a short time ago at an advanced age, in the far
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department soon. These hardy old pioneers, several of whom
had seen service under Jackson and Harrison, had large fami
lies, and soon felt the need of school facilities, and right here
it appears that Prof. LaFollette, of Lebanon, now the worthy
state superintendent of public instruction, has been wrongly
informed as to the location of the first school house in Marion
Township. For a few more settlers bad dropped in above this
nucleus, they divided the distance, united strength, and erected
a log school house on the east bank of Eagle Creek, in Marion
Township, along the line between Union and Marion, a half-
mile west of the present site of Big Springs, on what was
known in an early day as the Jonathan Scott farm, now owned
by John Stephenson. And in this house, from the best infor
mation at hand, was taught the first school in a school house,
and the first singing school iu Marion Township. That por
tion of Union Township south of the Noblesville road and
west alraost to the Michigan road, assisted in building the
house, and all who wished to send to school there for a short
time. Schools were taught solely ou subscription at that
time and for years afterward. Settlers coming in and the pop
nlation increasing rapidly, a subdivision was thought neces
sary, and a log school house was erected on the northeast cor
ner of the Jacob Johns homestead, where it remained for
years after a new frame had been built, a memento of
early days.
JESSE JACKSON,
One of the pioneers of Jefferson Township, and one who
has been identified with the county's best interests for years,
was born in Jefferson County, Ind., April 22, 1822; came to
this county in the year 1836 ; chose as a helpmate through life
Miss Armilda A. Stephenson, to whom he was united in mar
riage March 10, 1853. Miss Stephenson was born in Ken
tucky, June 18, 1824; came with her father, John Stephenson,
in 1832. Mr. Jackson was county commissioner for a term of
years from 1874 to 1878. He died June 4, 1881 ; is buried at

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the Dover Baptist Cemetery, near where he lived so long, and
where he was highly esteemed as a-friend and neighbor. In
person Mr. Jackson was six feet high, dark hair, fair complex
ion, .strong and active. His widow is yet living ou the home
farm, just north of Dover. The following are his children's
names: John G., born June 24, 1854; died July 7, 1879.
William, born December 6, 1866 ; married to Sarah B. McLain.
Mary K., born July 12, 1862; married to Morton L. HiU.
Mr. Jackson was member of the Regular Baptist Church.
JACOB JONES, Sr.
Mr. Jones, one of the pioneers of Union Township, was
born October 18, 1794; died in Oregon, 1870. He married
Elizabeth Calvert; born March 4, 1793; died January 1,
1829. They were married May 9, 1812, in Green County,
Penn ; Mr. Jones moved to Boone County in 1833 ; set
tled on the Michigan road a short distance south of North-
field, where he resided till the year 1852, when he, with
most of his family, moved to Oregon. He was a grand old
man and pioneer, just the man for a frontier life, strong and
active, who knew no such a word as fail. Honest in everthing
that word means. He helped develop Boone County from a
wilderness to a comparatively fine country. He raised a large
family, named as follows: Sarah, born in 1809; John, born
in 1813: Jacob, born in 1814; Isaac, born in 1816; Abra
ham, born in 1818; James, born in 1821; Lewis, born in
1823; Samuel, born in 1825 ; Margaret, born in 1827; Henry,
born in 1835; George, born in 1837; Harvey, born in 1839.
Most of this family are dead. Samuel was drowned in Ore
gon ; one daughter died on the plains in 1852, en route to
Oregon. Jacob Jones, Jr., and third son, is the only one now living
in this couuty ; resides on the Michigan road, where he has
lived most of his life. He was about eighteen years of age
when his father came to the county ; owns a fine farm, and is

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regarded as a No. 1 man. The Jones family will be
remembered in time to <^me as one of prominence in the
county. The elder Jones kept public house on the Michigan
road many years, and where the old •' stage coach " stopped at
and exchanged horses. Samuel Jones drove the old coach
teem for many years, and I believe Jacob .Jones, Sr. was the
contractor. He was a large man, very square built, florid
complexion, light hair. Many who read this imperfect sketch
will call to mind Jacob Jones, among the best men who ever
lived in Boone County. He was the second time married, and
three children were born to him, who reside in Oregon. Their
names are : Mark D., Mahala and Howard ; their birthdays
are not given.
JOSEPH JACKSON.
Mr. Jackson, one of the early settlers of Jackson Town
ship, was born in Gilbert County, North Carolina, March 2,
1803 ; married to Martha Heady (who was born in Kentucky,
December 23, 1804) in 1825. Soon after they were married
they came to Putnam County, Indiana, where he resided until
1835, when they came to Boone County, settling on the farm
now owned by John Leek near Ward Postoffice. Mr. Jack
son died March 1, 1876, Mrs. Jackson died January 20, 1885,
both buried at the old Union Cemetery in Jackson Township.
Mrs. Jackson was a member of the Christian Church. There
were born to this family the following named children : Thomas
H., Joseph, Elisha, Rebecca, Emsley, Sarah A., George, Lydia
E., Mary E., Lewis M., Amanda M. Of this family Joseph,
Elisha, Amanda, Emsley and George reside in Boone County.
Thomas H. resides in Kansas ; Sarah A. resides in Hendricks
County, Indiana; Lydia E. resides in Cowley County, Kan
sas. Mr. Elisha Jackson, third child of this early family, was
married to Elizabeth J. Hendricks, resides in Jackson Town
ship, where he owns a fine farm and is one of the substantial
farmers of the county. I am indebted to him for favors
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FREDERICK KINCAID,
A son of John and Christina Kincaid, was born in Trumble
County, Ohio, December 14, 1815. Came to Boone County
April 23, 1847. He purchased the farm that he still lives on
of Thomas Osburn, who entered it; he has been a hard worker
in his time, has improved his farm and made it what it is.
He was married to Rachael Stogdill, October 11, 1837; the
result of this marriage was nine children, of whom four are
deceased. Levi, born August 28, 1842, was married to Mar
garet Edwards, is living in Marion Township, Boone County;
Anthony, born December 26, 1844, was married to Christina
Cobb ; Anthony is very popular among the people of Boone
County, commonly known as "Quart;" he owns a fine farm in
Marion Township, is a substantial, energetic farmer and stock
trader; Manda, born August 22, 1847, still lives with her
father and mother; Martha Jane, born December 20, 1849,
was married to Theodore Staton, resides in Center Township,
Boone County, Indiana; William A., born September 23,
1852, married to Darthy Cobb, January 22, 1879, is one
of the most substantial farmers and stock raisers in Marion
Township, owns a fine farm just immediately south of his
father's.
THOMAS KERSEY,
Born in Kentucky, Nicholas County, April 12, 1802. He
was married to Miss Elizabeth Hinton, January 3, 1827.
Mr. Kersey came to Boone County in March, 1831, and en
tered eighty acres of land between what is known as Hazelrigg
Station and Lebanon. In the following fall he and his wife
and two children started to their wilderness home, on the 18th
day of October, and completing their journey November 5,
1831. The result of their marriage has been a very fruitful
one, being twelve children, seven boys and five girls, as fol
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1829 ; married to Miss Mary Hemphill, of Boone County ; he re
sides immediately south of the old homestead, owning a large
farm, and runs a tile fectory and saw mill in connection with the
farm. William, born October 15, 1830; married for his first wife.
Miss Mary Slayback, and for his second. Miss Elizabeth Ross.
Mr. Kersey died May 8, 1886, leaving a widow and childern :
Lucretia, born April 15, 1832, deceased August 14, 1833 ;
Martha, born July 8, 1834; married to Adam Kerns, of
Clinton Township. She died January 6, 1871. Benjamin F.,
born April 30, 1836; married Miss Martha Graves, afterward
to Miss Mary Coldwell, and reside in White County, this state.
James H., born December 6, 1837; married Miss Calitha
Kern. David, born October 20, 1839; married Sarah Graves,
afterwards to Miss Kessiah Gray ; living just north of the home
farm. George W., born January 11, 1841 ; deceased October
27, 1874. Mary J., born April 10, 1842; resides in Lebanon.
Thomas A., born January 7, 1844; married to Martha J.
Stoops; resides in Lebanon. Joseph, born June 25, 1846; mar
ried Charlotte MeDaniel. Sarah E., born May 9, 1849 ; mar
ried to Clark Kern, and residing on tbe old homestead.
Mr. and Mrs. Kersey have undoubtedly struggled with the
hardships of pioneer life of Boone County. He has never
moved from the farm that he first settled on, and died there
July 9, 1876, and is buried at the Beck graveyard. His occu
pation has been that of farming.
COLONEL WM. C. KISE.
Wm. C. Kise was born in Fayette County, Kentucky,
January 30, 1816. In the year 1821 he came with his parents
to Indianapolis, where they remained one year; again moving
to Hendricks County, remaining there until the Mexican War
broke out in 1846, when he enlisted first as a private in the
First Regiment under the late J. P. Drake, serving one year.
During the remainder of the war he served as a commissioned
officer under Gen. J. H. Lane. At the close of the war in

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1848 he returned to Hendricks County, where he remained
only a short time when he came to Boone County. Soon after
his arrival he was elected County Clerk, in which capacity he
served eight years. In 1860 he was one of the presidential
electors of Douglas aud Johnson. When the late war broke
out in 1861 he again buckled on his armor, raised a company
of young men for the three months' service and was elected as
captain. His company formed a part of the 10th Indiana
Volunteers, which took such a gallant j^art in the " Rich
Mountain" battle. After the three months were out the reg
iment re-organized for three years, when he was commissioned
as Lieut -Colonel by Governor Morton ; was soon after pro
moted to Colonel, in which capacity he served until he was,
on the 17th of November, 1862, honorably discharged. He
was in command of his regiment at the battles of Mill Springs,
Perryville, and Corinth. After his return to Lebanon his
health having improved, he organized the 116th Indiana Reg
iment and was commissioned Colonel, and again entered the
service, serving six months, participating in several* battles
and skirmishes. Mr. Kise was a war Democrat, and as such
went to the front when his country called, always ready to de
fend the flag he loved so well, serving all along the line from
private to General. After the war was over and peace once
more smiled he returned home, where he was loved and hon
ored as well as in the field. He is the father of the late
Reuben C. Kise and J. W. Kise, of Lebanon. He died Sep
tember 10, 1884, and was buried at the new cemetery in
Lebanon.
REV. JOHN KLINGLER.
Mr. Klingler was born in Pennsylvania on February 22,
1787. When young he went to Kentucky, in 1795, where he
was married in Bracken County, August 11, 1808. From
there they removed to Clermont County, Ohio, where twelve
of the older children were born. In 1831 they came to
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1839, when they became citizens of Boone County, and where
they lived the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Rachel Klingler
was born in Kentucky on January 8, 1792. On coming to
this county they settled on " Irishman's Run," in Eagle Town
ship, where Mr. Klingler died, aged eighty years. The follow
ing are the names of this family : Joshua, born in Ohio June
22, 1809; John, born in Ohio November 28, 1810; Martin,
born February 7, 1812, died in Kentucky, and was buried in
Marion County, Indiana, October 5, 1828; George F., born
November 4, 1813, resides in Eagle Township; Frederick,
born June 19, 1815, died April 20, 1867 (his wife died June 23,
1869 — both buried at Salem, Cemetery); Byron, born Novem
ber 25, 1816, died in infancy; Polly, born December 4, 1817,
died October 25, 1879, and buried in Boone County at the
Pitzer Cemetery; Francis L. was born September 11, 1819 —
deceased; Catharine, born February 27, 1821, died March 8,
1823, and buried in Ohio ; Samuel, born in Ohio April 30,
1824, died October, 1868, and buried at the Pitzer Cemetery ;
Elijah, born in Ohio May 21, 1826, died in Morgan County,
Ind., January, 1875, and buried at Martinsville; William A.
born in Kentucky June 1, 1828, resides in Eagle Township;
Richard P., born in Kentucky, died November, 1870, is buried
at Pleasant View Cemetery in Union Township; Joel, born
in Marion County, Indiana, November 6, 1831, deceased.
Mr. John Klingler, the subject of this sketch, died November
1, 1848; Mrs. Margaret Klingler, wife of John Klingler, died
May 29, 1864. It will be seen that nearly all of this large
family are dead. George married Miss Nancy Wolf, daughter
of John Wolf, in 1849. In 1843 Elijah married Mary Steph
enson. .Joshua was married to Sarah Tibbets in Kentucky;
John was married to Sarah Roback in 1834; Frederick to
Muriney Sullivan, February 21, 1843; Polly to Anderson
Gutterg, 1837 ; Francis L. to Polly Mullen, August, 1841 ;
Samuel to Sarah Lanier, March 16, 1852; Williara A. to
Mary A. Moore, August 1, 1886; Richard P. to Eliza Broa-
hard, 1847 ; Joel to Margaret Ray, 1851.

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GENERAL REUBEN C. KISE.
The subject of this sketch was born August 15, 1840, four
miles east of Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana, and was
the first born of three sons of Colonel William C. and Polly
A. Kise. His early boyhod was spent in the county of his
birth ; at the age of ten years he came with his father's family
to Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, and at the early age of
eleven years, entered the Boone County Pioneer office to learn
the printer's trade, which he succes.sfully graduated from three
years later.
In 1866 he entered the county clerk's office as deputy and
continued to act in that capacity under his father, Henry Shan
non, and A. C. Daily, until November 1860, at which time
the office passed from under the control of his party, after
which he embarked in the mercantile business until the break
ing out of the great civil war, April, 1861. He entered the
war as a private of Company I, 10th Regiment, Indiana Vol
unteers, and filled the various positions of adjutant, 10th Indi
ana Volunteers, assistant adjutant general and chief of staff' to
Generals Manson, Judah, and Schofield ; major, lieutenant-
colonel, and colonel of the 120th Regiment, Indiana Volun
teers, and was in April, 1865, breveted brigadier-general, by
President Lincoln, for gallantry in the battle of Kingston,
North Carolina. He was wounded once slightly, and twice
captured, but immediately paroled each time, and was acknowl
edged by all with whom he served to be a superior officer.
In January, 1867, he was appointed as first lieutenant in the
regular army, and assigned to the 25th United States Infantry
(Colonel Gordon Granger's regiment), but resigned without
seeing any service, and returned to his Lebanon home.
At the close of the war he returned to Lebanon and began the
practice of law, in which profession he remained until Decem
ber, 1870, at which time he removed to Vincennes, Indiana,
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paper establishment, which paper he continued to publish to
the time of his death. He was the publisher of several news
papers in Boone County, the last and most important of which
was the Boone County Pioneer.
In 1868 he was the nominee of the Democratic party of
his state for the office of secretary of state, on the ticket with
the late lamented vice-president, Thomas A. Hendricks, who
was the candidate for governor, but party prejudice running
so high, the entire ticket was defeated at the polls. General
Kise running several hundred votes ahead of his ticket.
In the spring of 1866, Geueral Kise was married to Mrs.
Adelia Shannon, near Thorntown. This union was blessed
with one child, a son, who survives his father and now lives
near Crawfordsville, Indiana.
General Kise was a true gentleman and a successful busi
ness man, respected by all who knew him. A man of strong
convictions and ever ready to battle for the principles which
he espoused, and had he not been cut off in early manhood,
would doubtless have graced many honorable positions in the
State. He died at Vincennes, November 21, 1872, aged thirty-
two years, three months, and six days. His remains were
interred at the Rodefer Cemetery, near Lebanon, November
23, 1872.
ABNER KNOTTS,
A native of the old tar state, was born in Gilford County,
March 29, 1813, was married to Eliza Carson, born June 5,
1817. They were married about the year 1836. Mrs.Knotts
died March 16, 1862, is buried at the Nelson Cemetery in
Clinton County. The following are the children's names by
the first wife: Mary A., married to 'Squire Nelson; Harriett
M., raarried to Martin MeDaniel, resides in Clinton County;
Margaret, married to William Wildon, died December 24,
1815, buried at the Nelson Cemetery ; Elizabeth J., married
to George W. Cassaday, resides in Clinton Township. The
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riage : William, John A., Amret L., all living at home. Mr.
Knotts owns a fine farm in the northern part of Clinton Town
ship, and by industry and economy saved enough to do him
and have some left for his children. He came to this part of
the county when it was in the woods, in 1836, when he entered
his land where he now lives.
FREDERICK LOWE,
One of the pioneers of Boone County, was born in Gilford
County, North Carolina, October 13, 1786. He was married
to Patience Grist, in Roan County, North Carolina, in the year
1811. Remained there until four children were born. Mrs.
Lowe was born March 17, 1788. The following children were
born in North Carolina : Sarah, married to Jacob Hoover,
deceased, buried in Kansas; she was born January 31, 1812;
John was born March 4, 1813, was married to Elizabeth Van-
devender January 22, 1837, in Boone County, she died July
29, 1839, is buried at the Bethel Cemetery, south of Clarks
town. Mr. John Lowe was again married to Mrs. Lydia
Jones, June 27, 1841, died July 17, 1886, is buried at the
same cemetery ; George, born November 3, 1815, married to
Eliza Davenport, December, 1836, he died in Stockwell, Indi
ana, February, 1881, is buried at Bethel Cemetery; Celia,
married to Jesse Essex, June, 1834, she died in Pulaski
County, Indiana, is buried at Bethel Cemetery ; Mary, mar
ried to James W. Blake about the year 1840, resides in Zions
ville; Charity, married to Hiram Woolf about the year 1838,
resides in Missouri ; William G., born November 18, 1822,
married to Melia Jones in the year 1844 ; Nancy, born in
1824, married to Asa Cox, resides in Kansas, her husband is
dead, as is Mr. Hiram Woolf; David G., born February 16,
1826, married to Terresa A. Wolf; Benjamin F., born in the
year 1835. Two died in infancy.
Mr. Lowe came to Boone County in the year 1826 and set
tled on Eagle Creek. He died March 20, 1866. Mrs. Lowe

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died May 13, 1878, buried at Bethel Cemetery, both members
of the Christian Church. He was the countv agent and one
of the first county commissioners. In person Mr. Lowe was
tall, full six feet one inch high, fair complexion, light hair,
weight 185 pounds. He acquired the i:^ame of captain that
stayed with him all through life by being captain of the Indi
ana Militia in 1827. The first meetings were held at their
house. He gave the land on which to erect the Eagle Creek
Regular Baptist Church, the first church in the county. In
the death of these two pioneers Boone County lost two
valuable citizens, who helped develop this county from a
wilderness.

THE LANE FAMILY

Consisted of four brothers, who came to Boone County in
1835. Their names were as follows : Addison E., .Josiah C,
Lewis and Levi; all now deceased except Levi, who resides
in Lebanon. They were the sons of William and Sarah Lane,
who died in Tennessee. Addison E. was born in Grange
County, Tenn., in the year 1804; was married to Sarah Den
nis about the'year 1824 ; came to Putnam County, Indiana,
1825 ; bought land near Greencastle. Josiah C. was born
February 11, 1806; was in 182X married to Minerva Tomlin
son, in Putnam County, Ind. Lewis was born in Tennessee,
1810; came to Putnam County in 1827; married there to
Erama Jackson. Levi, the only one now living, was born in
Grange County, Tenn., July 9, 1815; he was married to
Pheraby Hayes, September, 1841, in Lebanon, where he came
a short time previous, Mr. Levi Lane was, on' his arrival,
installed as deputy clerk under S, S. Brown, and has served as
deputy and county clerk by election, thirty-nine years — so long
and so well did he serve as to have no equal in that capacity.
He served three terms as county commissioner to the entire
satisfaction of all the people. The following are the names of
his children : Henry S., Clara L., E. T., druggist in Leba-
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non ; married to Ella Dougherty ; .J. B. Lane, married to Eliza
Jenks; resides in Oxford, Ind. ; Millrod W.; resides at horae;
Albert L., resides at home; married to Mollie Robinson;
Eddie lives at horae. Mr. and Mrs, Lane belong to the M.
E, Church. Addison E. and Josiah C. Lane engaged in the
mercantile business in Lebanon for several years. Lewis en
gaged in farming in 1849. Addison E. and family moved to
Texas, and both died there in 1873, in a few hours of each
other. Lewis Lane died near Lebanon, in 1880; his wife
died in 1877; but buried at the Brockway Cemetery. Josiah
C. died in Lebanon, May 11, 1885; his wife died in 1883;
all buried at the cemetery in Lebanon. This is a brief sketch
of an early and interesting family, highly esteemed by all.
Long may their memory live. The Lane family mostly were
members of the M. E, Church,
HARVEY MARION LaFOLLETTE.
The career of Mr. LaFollette shows a man of pre-eminent
usefulness, holding a prominent place among the men whose
industry and ingenuity have illustrated the history of the
west. Few have done more or obtruded themselves less than
himself. His success, like all great successes, has been
achieved against constant disappointments. Perseverance and
indomitable energy have been characteri.stics of Mr. La Fol-
lettc's life, which has been one of struggle, self-reliance, bold
efforts, hard won though inadequately required succes. He
was a son of Harvey and Susan C, LaFollette, born in the
state of Wisconsin, near Madison. September 8, 1858; two
years later removed to Indiana, and made their final home iu
Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana, where his father was acci
dentally killed by putting a new wheel iu his flouring mill, in
1865, leaving a widow and six small children, Harvey being
the fourth.
Young LaFollette received his early education in the
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age of nine years, passing iu five years through the ]irimary
graiuniar grades, finishing Ray's higher algebra, and studying
geometry and Latin. His summer vacations were spent in
farm work and in the village stave factory. Every dollar
earned was invested in books of histories and travels. Skat
ing to an excess in severely cold weather brought on hcmor-
r'Liajre of the lunijs, and at the age of fourteen he was taken out
of school for nearly three years. During these three years he
spent most of his time reading the Thorntown library, it being
at that time one of the most complete libraries in the state.
Iu 1874 he attended for a time at the Friends' school, at Sugar
Plain. In 1876 he entered the junior year of the classical
course in Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, but had scarcely
begun his term when he was threatened with a relapse of the
disease. He then decided to seek a milder climate, where
he might hope to secure the coveted education without the
certain sacrifice of his health. He determined to goto France,
and in the sunny land of his forefathers seek at once health
and culture.
It was certainly a great undertaking for a boy of eighteen,
with but little money and no acquaintances in Europe, to go
alone among strangers, trusting to make his way by his own
ability. He embarked from New York, February, 1877. He
studi.-d two years in Paris at the College of France, the Acad
emy of Paris and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees. At the
la.st named he took the regular jiolytechnic course with the
view of an outdoor life, at the .same tirae keeping up his favorite
studies in metaphysics and the languages, taking the full course
under Laboulaye, Franck and Guillauiiie Guizot, at the Col
lege of France.
To assist in maintaining himself he taught at night in the
international school of languages, underthe direction of Mous.
At the end of two years, having regained his health, he devoted
his time exclu.sively to languages, metaphysics aud teaching.
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])assed six months in Rome attending lectures at the CoUegio
Romano and studying the Latin tongues. He traveled
through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland,
Italy, the Netherlands, France and England, sometimes fi)r
weeks ou foot, sleeping in peasants' houses and learning by
actual contact the life and speech of the people.
In 1880 he returned to Indiana, having accomplished what
he had planned, and in that and the following years he taught
in the Union high schools at Westfield, Hamilton County.
September, 1881, he took charge of the former institution in
Tippecanoe County, was elected county superintendent in
March ; has been re-elected. His work as a teacher and sup
erintendent has received great praise from those who are ac
quainted with it. The Indiana School Journal, August, 1886,
says of Mr. LaFollette : " He is one of the leading superin
tendents in the state. He is perhaps the most scholarly man
in the field. He speaks five different languages and studied
several others. He spent some years abroad studjdng, and
owns one of the best private libraries in the state. He is a
hard worker aud usually accomplishes what he undertakes."
At the solicitation of raany educational men who knew his
eminent qualifications for the position Mr. LaFollete was a
candidate for the Republican nomination for superintendent
of public instruction, was nominated September 2, 1886, and
after a heated contest was elected on the 2d day of November
following, receiving a handsome majoritv over his opponent
and led his ticket by above two thousand.
His studies and observations iu Europe, his knowledge of
literature aud varied work iu the different grades of public
schools gives him a breadth of knowledge and personal expe
rience that especially fits him for the duties of the state super-
intendency. He succeeded the Hon. John W. Holcorabe,
March 15, 1887, Mr, Holcombe and Mr. LaFollette being
the youngest uien ever elected to the state superintendency
by the people of Indiana. His friends feel confident that the
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him. That the cificieuey of the office reached under his im
mediate predecessor will be maintained, and that the public
schools of this great state will continue to be the pride of the
people during his administration, no one who knows him can
doubt. StiUIRE LONG.
It has been a long time since Mr. Long came to Boone
County, and longer yet since he was born. The latter event
occurred April 13, 1802, in Butler County, Ohio. Came to
Boone County in 1835; married to Sarah Piper, in Ohio, De
ceraber 24, 1826 ; born July 12, 1807. They settled in Wash
ington Township, entering a part of his land. Mr. Long died
June 18, 1842, and is buried at Thorntown ; Mrs, Long died
July 9, 1883, and is also buried at Thorntown. The following
are the naraes of their children : Sarauel, married to Caroline
Ball, resides in Washington Township; James C, married to
Mary Busby, resides in Lebanon ; Joseph R., resides in Col
orado ; Elizabeth E., married to John E, Stuckey, resides in
Washington Township on the old homestead. T\Ir. and Mrs.
Long were both members of the Regular Baptist Chnrch, were
good and useful citizens. They were pioneers indeed. Came
to the new countrv with strong hands and willing hearts to
brave the hardships incident to a frontier life. Mr. Long was
of fine physical form, large, with dark hair and eyes. He was
a Democrat of the old .school.

WILLIAM J. LAUGHNER.
Mr. Laughner was born in Tennessee and in Green County,
November 18, 1807. Was married to Catherine Hamean, No
vember 18, 1830, Miss Hamean was the daughter of Jacob
Hamean, who was also born in Green County, Tenn. Mr.
and Mrs. Laughner were married by Rev. S. E. Hinkle. To
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are dead. Those living are as follows: Samuel J., Ambrose
M., Anderson G., Martha E., Jacob H., Henry V., James D.
Those who are dead are as follows : Mary A., Sallie E., Will
iam J,, Margaret, Iraneus B. Mr. and Mrs. Laughner moved
from Tennessee to Clinton County, Ind., in the fall of 1843.
Then to Boone County in 1849, near the town of Whitestown,
when that part of the county was quite new. Mr. Laughner died
July 25, 1870, and is buried at the Lutheran Cemetery, three
miles east of Whitestown. The funeral sermon was preached by
the late E. S. Hinkle. Mrs. Laughner is yet living at the age
of seventy-six years, with her children living around her.
Both were raembers of the Lutheran Church, as well as raost
of the faraily, ,
HENRY LUCUS,
Son of Philip Lucus, was born in Pennsylvania in 1813;
came with his parents to Worth Township in 1836, and con
sequently were among the early settlers of that part of the
county. He was in his twenty-third year when he came, just
entering strong manhood, ready for the battle of life ; aud it was
a battle, for the outlook at that tirae in Worth Township was not
the most flattering, to say the lea-t. The first few years he helped
develop his father's farm, teaching school in the winter, and
thus acquiring a fair education that proved a great advantage
to him in after life, Henry Lucus from first to last occupied
a warm place in the hearts of the people with whom he moved
and lived. Repeatedly v,-as he elected as justice of the peace
and township trustee. He served in all about eighteen years,
with general satisfaction. He was a strong partisan, a Jack
sonian Democrat, and as such he was elected to the offices
referred to above. He was nominated for county recorder in
1874 by the Democratic party, but was defeated by W, F.
Morgan by a few votes less than oue hundred. In person Mr.
Lucus -\^as tall, light hair and complexion, a little stooping.
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Putnam County, lud,, about the year IScSl, and dictl there in
1884 or 1SS3, highly esteemed there as well us in Boone ( 'ounty,
where he lived so loui;- and was loved so well.

JACOB S. LaFOLLETTE,
Mr. L. was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, Febru
ary 17, ISo'i. .Son of Robert LaFollette, one of the pioneers
of that county. Jacob S. was married to Sarah E. Young,
September y, 1S56. Miss Young was born iu Putnam County,
Indiana, July S, LSoO, the daugliter of V.'illiam M, Young.
Mr. Jacob S. LaFollette and wife moved to where they now
reside, in the year 1857, oil the line dividing Montgomery and
Boone counties, and near Shannondale, ou IMuskrat, or Middle
Fork of Sugar Creek, and where they own a fine farm, well
cultivated. Mr. L. is one of the solid men of Boone County
in every respect, and enjoys the confidence of the people to a
great extent. He was in 1886 nominated to represent the
county, but was defeated by a few votes, by J. H. Kelly. The
following are the names of his children : Sarah J., mar
ried to Alonzo A'oung, resides in ^lontgouiery County. Mary
F., married to Chester Cory, resides in .Jefferson Township.
William R., married to Nancy C. Beck, resides in Jefferson
Township. Charles C. resides at home.
Mr. Jacob S. LaFollette is an uncompromising Democrat,
of the Jacksonian school, yet he accords to othtTS what he takes
for himself. See his and his wife's portraits in another part
of this work. Mr. LaFollette has served as justice of the
peace in his township four years; also is assessor for the town
ship at this time (1887).
HON, HENRY M. MARVIN.
Henry Martyn Marvin was born in Putnam Couuty, New
York, on the 6th day of November, 1821. His birthplace
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328 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
nineteen years of age, when he went to New York City and
engaged in the grocery business for two years, or until he was
twenty-one years of age, and in April, 1843, started for Indi
ana, the then " far west." At that time the railroad extended
from New York City through Philadelphia to Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; then packet boat ou canal to Holidaysburg ;
thence portage railroad, twelve miles over the Alleghenies, to
Johnstown; thence by canal packet to Pittsburg; thence by
steamboat to Cincinnatti, Ohio ; thence by stage coach to Con
nersville, Fayette County, Indiana; thence afoot four miles to
Harrisburg, Fayette County, where he made his home until he
raarried and moved to Boone County, on the 5th day of Feb
ruary, 1845. There were no railroads west of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, in 1843, and all kinds of travel was of the
slow order. Times financially, when he came to Indiana,
were very hard. Indiana was fifteen millions of dollars iu
debt, and could not pay principal nor interest. Almost every
body was in debt; it was trade and barter, no money. He
worked for thirty-seven and a half cents per day in the month
of June hoeing corn, on the White Water Valley, in 1843,
Worked one raonth in harvest for thirteen dollars, when work
was of the hardest, but very little farm machinery being in
use at that time. He taught school for six months at ten dol
lars per raonth, and boarded around and collected the money
at the end of the term for himself, and received every dollar
of it; not one delinquent. Then he taught nine months for
one hundred and twenty dollars, and boarded among the schol
ars and collected every dollar. He considered the White
Water Valley at that time one of the finest countries in the
world. When he carae to Boone County, in 1845, it was a
new country. If you wanted to look off to any distance, you had
to go out in the Michigan road and look north or south, or
up in the sky. It was woods everywhere — north, south, east,
west. What land was cleared was eighteen inches and under,
and dead trees were scattered over all the fields, and every
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all the time. He has cleared one hundred acres of heavy
timber since he came to Boone County; ditched twice over;
fenced ever so many times. Built house and out-houses that
took twenty-four thousand feet of lumber, and hauled the logs
to the mill, and the lumber from the mill. Put out two
orchards, and tried to fix a home comfortable to live in. In
the fall of 1845 he threshed a load of wheat with horses (for
there were no threshing machines then), loaded up his wagon
and went to Lafayette, twenty-five miles distant. Was gone
three and a half days, slept in wagon, took grub for self and
horses ; expenses, not a cent, and got forty-five cents per
bushel for wheat, but got a barrel of salt for a dollar and a
quarter. Wildcat money; no two bills on the same bank.
In the spring of 1850, one morning in April, in going
along the road ou his farm, he met John L. Koms and his son
Absolom, going to Lebanon. He said : "Ain't you going to
Lebanon?" He asked him what was going on at Lebanon.
He said that there was to be a Democratic convention, and
that they were going to nominate ^Marvin for the legislature
and for him to go and get his horse and go with them. And
sure enough he was nominated and elected by thirty-eight
majority, at a cost of less than five dollars. Those were glorious.
Democratic, honest times. There were twenty-two candidates
for office in Boone County that year, and you would have smiled
to see them all on horseback, Indian file, going through the
wet prairies in Harrison Township, from one grove to another,
where speaking was done by candidates for the constitutional
convention, and for the legislature. Mark A. Duzan and
William E. McLane were the Democratic candidates, and
Judge Cason, Bill Bowers, and Stephen Neal were the Whig
and Independent candidates for the convention, and John H.
Nelson and Henry M. Marvin were the candidates for the
legislature on the Democratic ticket, and Joseph F. Dougherty
(the best posted man on politics I ever knew), and the Rev.
Keath, were the Whig candidates. Colonel Kise was elected
clerk of the Circuit Court by a very small majority that year.

330 EARLY LIFE AND tl.MBS IN
As Marvin looks back over life's journey of over forty-two
years in Boone County, he has no regrets, no mistakes to rec
tify, does not want to live one day of his life over again, but
is thankful to God for the raany blessings that have been
bestowed upon him. He has seen the county grow from a
wilderness, with its impassable swamps and cro.-s-rail roads
and log cabins, to one of the finest, richest counties in the
state, with the bestgravel roads, comfortable school houses and
fine dwelling houses and barns; with good churches all over
the county, and good, substantial public buildings; with rail
roads pa.ssing through the county east and west, north and
south, everything to make man comfortable and happy. And
Mar\in flatters himself that he has contributed his part in
bringing this all about up to this present period. You talk
about pensioning soldiers for their services to their country,
which is all right and proper, but where is the man raore
deserving thau the farmer who has cleared up 100 acres of
heavy timber and made it blossom as a rose, who made the
country while they fought to defend it. In Washington Town
ship, Wayne County, Indiana, on the 1st of December, 1844,
was married Henry M. Marvin to Emma E. Ehvell, and they
left the paternal home ou her nineteenth birthday for their future
home in Boone County, where a large famiiy of boys and girls
were born to them and where many days of joys .-md sorrows
have passed and gone. Zelia, the oldest, married Wm, H,
Dooley, April 4, 1866, and died March 6, IS67 , ag.d twenty-
one years. Laura, the second, died November 14, 1864, six
teen and one-half years of age. Eli, the third, was born
August 9, 1850, and married Jennie Snyder, daughter of John
Snyder, Esq , of Clinton County, Indiana. They have one
son, LeGrand, eleven years of age. ^lartha Bell was born
December 23, 1852, and died at six and a half years of age.
Joseph Miner was born December 22, 1855, and died Septem
ber 13, 1882, Jesse Bright was born April 4,1858, and mar
ried Anna Spahr, daughter of John Spahr, ex-sheriff of Boone
County, They have one daughter, Helen. Ida June was

UOONE aiUNTY, 1NI)1.^NA. •'!;! I
horn July •>. ISiil, and died October IS, lS(i2. Charles Henry
was born November 20, 1864, aud Cord Emma, the ninth, was
horn the 16th of August, 18(i7, The last two are living with
their parents at the present time. So you see that Marvin has
fiilfilled the scriptural injunction to increase and multiply. In
fact, he has tried, in his poor way of doing his duty to God
and his fellowman, and he feels thank.^ul that he cast his lot
among this people, who have always been kind, considerate
aud obliging, and he has a pleasant home among them where
he expects to spend his days with his companion under as
pleasant circumstances as usually fall to the lot of poor human
nature. Thanks to this family for favors.
JOHN MURPHY,
A resident of Union Township, and who owns a fine farm on
the Michigan road one mile south of Northfield, was born in
Wayne County, Indiana, December 26, 1827 ; married to
Hulda Elwell September 23, 1846, in Wayne County, Indiana,
Came to Boone County in 1847, settling on the farm where he
now resides and where he owns one of the best farms in the
county. The following are his children's names: Amelia,
died at the age of seventeen years, is buried at the Ross Cem
etery, in Union Township; Robert died at the age of eight
years, buried same place; Sarah E. died at the age of seven
years, is also buried at Ross Cemetery ; OIlie, married to
Walter Kennedy, is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery; Emma
died in infancy ; Elmer died at the age of twelve years; Alice
D. lives at home; Lilly L, also lives at home. Mr. and Mrs.
Murphy both belong to the Adventist Church, and have given
liberally of their time and means to build up this society and
church hou.se in Northfield. Long may they live.
THOMAS S. METCALF
a
Was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, October 16, 1818;
was married to Mary Brown Deceraber 22, 1848, in Owen

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Gounty, Kentucky, and came to Boone County, Indiana, in
1849. He located in Lebanon, where he worked many years
at blacksmithing in corapany with James Wysong. Mr.
Metcalf now resides in Washington Township near " Pike's
Crossing." The following are his children's names: Alice,
married to Samuel Boyland, died at Lafayette, September 5,
1873; Simon lives at home; Mary, married to Amos Huston,
resides at Thorntown, Ind. ; Susan, married to Martin Van-
tyle, resides near Kirkland ; Amanda, married to William
Starks, died at Lafayette, Ind., June 7, 1876 ; Emma, married
to David Henry, resides in Lebanon; Thomas M. lives at
home; Annie, married to Jacob Wills, resides near "Pike's
Crossing;" Judah, Minnie, Samuel J. and John died in in
fancy. Mr. Metcalf is a real Kentuckian. It was our good
luck to call at his hospitable home during the canvass for this
work, and was kindly entertained by this good family.
JAMES M. MARTIN
Was born in Montgomery County, Ind., August 30, 1839.
Was married to Caroline Varner Deceraber 7, 1859. Two
children were born to them — Mary J., born December 17,
1867, married to Ambrose C, Smith ; Roda L,, born January
11, 1879, Mr. Martin was married the second time to Ella
C. Smith January 13, 1876. Childrens' names by tbis mar
riage : Clara D., born October 3, 1876 ; Ella A., born Octo
ber 29, 1879; James E,, born September 18, 1881; John R,,
born September 10, 1883. One child died in infancy, March
29, 1886. Mrs. Martin was born in Putnam County, Ind.,
December 17, 1853. Mr. Martin's first wife died June 25,
1874, and is buried in Finley Cemetery in Montgomery
County. James M. Martin and his present wife belong to
the M. E, Church, Mr. Martin is one of the solid men of
Boone ; owns 500 acres of choice land in Jackson Township,
eiffht miles southwest of Lebanon and five miles northeast of
Jamestown. He has splendid buildings, and everything

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denotes thrift and good husbandry. He began life a poor
voung man, determined to succeed in life, and he has done so
to a iireat degree. He is among the wealthy men of the
county. In his "make-up" he is social, fond of corapany,
and enjoys life. See his portrait in another part of this work.
Mr. Martin is engaged in stock raising and dealing ex
tensively.
JAMES A. McDonald.
This old pioneer first looked out on this world August 8,
1824. He was born in Nicholas County, Ky. He first
removed from that state when a boy of nine years. Lived in
Decatur County, Ind., till 1834, when he became a citizen of
this countv, where he has ever since resided, first settling in
Clinton Township. Mr. McDonald was married to Elizabeth
Perkins, daughter of -lesse Perkins, one of the pioneers of
Boone County. This marriage occurred April 15, 1847. The
following are their children's names: John Ii., married to
Eliza Turner; Charlotte, married to Joseph Kersey, of Wash
ington Township; Hugh, married to Mary Lindley; Mary
A., married to Peter Cox ; she is deceased, and buried in
Hopewell Cemetery, at the age of twenty-five years ; Robert
M., lives at horae. Mr. and Mrs. Mc. are members of the
Presbyterian Church, at Hopewell. Mrs. McDonald was born
in Rush County, August 26, 1822 Her mother's name before
marriage was Charlotte Herndon. Mr. Mc.'s parents' names
were Hugh McDonald and Gizeller Riley.

WILLIAM McLEAN.
Mr. McLean was one of the early citizens of Boone County.
He was born November 30, 1805, in the state of Pennsylvania.
Married to Mariah Jones November 9, 1824, in Wayne County,
Ind., and came to this county in 1832. Mr. McLean was from
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ber of the constitutional convention in 1852, and other minor
offices. In person he was fine looking, full six feet high, blue
eyes, fair complexion. He died December 19, 1870, and is
buried at Westport Cemetery in Laporte County, Ind. Mrs.
McLean is yet living, a well preserved old lady, residing with
Washington Gibson in Jamestown. The following are the
names of William and Mariah McLean's children : James
W., resides in Kansas; Samuel R., killed at Fort Gibson;
William G, died in hospital in Gallatin, Tenn.; Margaret J.,
married to G. W. Gibson, resides in Jamestown; Mary E,,
married to E. Clemens, resides in Illinois; Sarah E., married
to D. Piersol (deceased), buried in Laporte County, Ind.; Anna
M., married to Brice Huston, resides in Chicago ; Emily D.,
married to Jiles Cochran, resides in Wabash County, Ind.
Mrs, McLean was born in Green County, Tenn., April 3, 1809.

SAMUEL McLEAN
Was born in Pennsylvania; married to Mary Smith. Came
to Boone County in- the year 1831, and settled in Jackson
Township near the Montgomery County line. Mr. McLean
served several years as probate judge for Boone County with
credit to all. He died in 1862, and is buried at Mt. Zion
Ceraetery in Jackson Township. Mrs. McLean died in 1864,
and is buried at the same cemetery. In person Mr. McLean
was a large, fine looking man, fair complexion and light hair,
weighing nearly 200 pounds. John and James INIcLean, grand
sons, reside in Jackson Township; both are substantial farm
ers and citizens of the county. Their father's narae was
Charles McLean. He died in November, 1864, and is buried
at the Porter Ceraetery.

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JAMES McCANN

This old, highly esteemed pioneer was born in Pennsyl
vania in 1787; married to Elizabeth Cunningham (who was
born in Kentuckv, 1793), in the state of Kentucky, about the
year 1811. Came to Boone County in 1833, where Mr. Mc
Cann enter 160 acres of land, part of which is now owned by
his son Williara, in Center Township. ]\Ir. AlcCann was
elected county recorder in 1842. Served about ten years to
the great satisfaction of all. He died in May, 1870 ; is buried
at the Lebanon Ceraetery. His wife died in July, 1883, and
is also buried at the same cemetery. Both Mr. and Mrs, Mc
Cann were members of the Christian Church, and were de
voted to the work of Christianity. No more worthy couple ever
lived in the county than they. Died highly esteemed by all
who were acquainted with them. The county and church in
their death lost two good citizens. The following are their
children's names: John P., resides in Center Township;
Robert C, resides in .Jefferson six miles west of Lebanon ;
William G., resides in Center ; Margaret (deceased) ; Nancy,
resides in Jefferson Township ; Mary, resides in Center Town
ship. In person Mr. McCann was of medium size, dark com
plexion and hair.
HON STEPHEN NEAL.
Stephen Neal, the seventh child of John and Priscilla
Neal, was born on the 11th of June, A, D., 1*17, in Pittsyl
vania County, State of Virginia. In the autumn of 1819
his father and family moved from Virginia to Bath County,
Ky. His father's occupation was farming, and the subject of
this sketch was trained in the pursuit of farming until he was
eighteen years of age. His mother having died when he was
in his fifteenth year, his father thenceforth gave him his time.
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months' schooling, the father residing on a farm remote frora
school facilities, there then being no public school system in
Kentucky. However, the subject of this sketch at the age of
eight years had learned to read. The family's sujiply of books
was scant, consisting of a few elementary school books, a few
histories, biographies, aud the bible. Our subject read and
diligently studied all of the.se; and, as opportunity afforded,
he would borrow books from the neighbors. Among these
were the histories of Greece and Rome, Harvey's Meditations,
and Wesley's Notes on the Bible. Such was his early home
reading. He was an indefatigable student, though his school
privileges had been so very limited. In his sixteenth year he
went to reside with and labor for a neighbor by the name of
John Rice, who had a fair supply of books, and with whom a
school teacher named Thomas Nelson also resided. This
teacher had a good library, and was a Latin and Greek scholar.
While residing in this family our subject availed himself of
the opportunity he then had, in reading in a promiscuous
manner. In his eighteenth year he left this family and entered
a country school, laboring of mornings, evenings and !;atur-
days to pay his way while attending school. In his nineteenth
year he attended the academy at Moorefield, Ky,, which was
under the control of Prof. Henry T. Trimble, an educator
of much excellence, and a graduate of Trausylvania Uni
versity, Ky.
While in this academy our subject made a specialty of
studying the Litiu .nd Greek languages; he attended this
school about on^' \.\ar, and was then employed to teach a coun
try school near .Moorefield, Ky.; here he taught oue year, be
ing a more diligent student than any of his scholars. In the
twenty-second year of his age be was married to Frances Ann,
daughter of William Atkinson. After this, he still continued
to teach school, but being unwilling to follow this occupation
for a life-time pursuit, he commenced the study of the law,
reading what time was not devoted to his school work. In
March, 1841, he went to the city of Madison, Ind., and con-

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tinned his law studies in the law office of the Hon. .loseph (J.
Marshall, who had a very extensive law library. After stiulv-
ing here about (Uie year, he returned to Carlisle, Ky., and
staid for a while in the law office of Wm. Norvcll, Esq.
Here he applied for a license to practice his profession, and
was examined as to his qualifications by Hon. Judge Reed, of
Maysville, and Judge Simpson, of Mount Sterling, Ky,, and
by them he was licensed to practice law in all the courts of
that commonwealth. He was first admitted to the bar at Car
lisle, Ky., and there he did his first legal practice. In the
autumn of 1843 he removed to Lebanon, Indiana, and resided
on a small farm one-half mile east of the town. In size,
Lebanon was then a village, surrrounded by swamps and
lagoons of water, and much of the county was then a native
wilderness. Here he resided on the farm until October, 1851,
at which date his wife died, and he broke up honsekeeiiing.
Soon after coming to Lebanon in 1843 he entered into the
practice of the law, but the legal business here was then mostly
done by attorneys from Indianapolis, who carae and attended
court during its terras. In what legal work Mr. Neal did, and
in farming some, he managed to obtain a support. In August,
1846, he was elected from this, Boone County, a Representa
tive to the state legislature, and again in August, 1847, he
was re-elected to the same office.
During this last named session of the legislature the im
portant subject of a settlement of the state debt of Indiana
was pending. During the years 1841 to 1847 the state
had failed to pay even the interest on the state debt which had
been incurred in the internal improvement .system of the state.
The debt then, on the outstanding bonds of the state, amounted
to about eighteen million dollars. The creditors of the state
were urgent for some adjustment of the debt. An able attor
ney from London, England, representing the bondholders, vis
ited that session of the legislature, urging the state to accept
the proposition which he made on behalf of the bondholders.
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To this end, said attorney presented to the legislature a bill
known as the Butler bill, for the adjustment of the state debt.
This bill was so craftily and plausibly devised as to mislead
and deceive all but the most skillful attorneys. It was put on
its passage in the house and passed by a vote of seventy ayes
against thirty nays. There was at that time a majority for it
in the senate. With only the thirty members in the house
opposed to it, and the minority in the the senate opposed to it,
there seemed but little hope of defeating it. Mr. Neal co-op
erated with the minority, and by management the minority of
the legislature defeated the Butler bill. But a detailed history
of how this was effected can not be given here. Suffice to say,
that the minority, in a bill which they had prepared, offered to
transfer to the bondholders the Wabash and Erie Canal, and
all its appurtenances and lands donated lo construct it, for one-
half of the state debt, and to issue new bonds for the other
half, which was finally accepted by the bondholders. This
• was a measure of great importance to the state.
At this session Mr. Neal was active in urging the adoption
of a homestead law ; he wrote an able article on this subject,
which was first published in the Indianapolis Sentinel and
afterwards in the other papers; and so prepared the way that
at the next session of the legislature a homestead law was
enacted. Mr. Neal also introduced a joint resolution into the
legislature prohibiting the legislature from granting divorces
by legislative action. This resolution passed, and from that
dav to the present, the legislature has never granted another
divorce. Mr. Neal's position was, that granting divorces
belonged to the judicial department of the government, and
not to the legislative department. This raeasure has since
become a part of the state constitution. At the sarae session,
Mr. Neal urged the adoption of a resolution instructing our
senators and requesting our representatives in congress to
adopt "the Wilmot proviso" forever inhibiting slavery in all
the free territories. Mr. Neal had been educated in the Jef
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occasions as a Jeffersonian Democrat, In 1848 he co-operated
with the free soil movement to inhibit the extension of slavery
in the free territories of the United States, And when the
Republican party was organized in 1856 he became an active
worker in that party, and when the war of rebellion came in
1861 he acted with the union party, though on account of ill
health he did not enter the military service. At that time he
was partly paralyzed by neuralgia in his face and right arm.
After the war had ended he still acted with the Republican
party, until after the measures of reconstruction had been
adopted and fixed in the constitution of the national govern
ment. As a means of reconstruction on a fixed basis, he pre
pared and advised the adoption of the fourteenth amendment,
heing the originator of that amendment to the constitution of the
United States, which was recommended by the action of con-
¦gress iu June, 1866, and ratified by three-fourths of the state
legislatures soon after, and became a part of the constitution.
Since the measures of reconstruction were consummated, he
ceased to take any active part in political affairs, and has been
regarded as a non-partisau. In 1878 he wrote several able
articles in favor of a well regulated greenback, or full legal
tender national currency ; hence, he was by some called a
Greenback partisan. But he never favored the extreme meas
ures of that party in its early days. He has taken no active
part as a partisan since the adoption of the measures of
national reconstruction. During the years that he took an
active part in politics, he wrote extensively for different lead
ing newspapers, but most of his writings were published
anonymou-ly. In November, 1857, he married for his second wife Miss
Clara, daughter of C harles Davis, Esq , and by her had born
to him five sons and two daughters, of which children four
sons and one daughter are yet living, their mother having died
March 4, 1879. In May, 1880, he was married to Mrs. Laura
A., widow of George Kernodle, deceased, and by her he has
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In the year 1856 the celebrated phrenologist,/ Professor O.
S. Fowler, of New York, delineated Mr. Neal's characteri.sties
as follows. He said: ''Your constitution is first best — you
are the toughest, hardiest, most enduring of men; can wear
through what would break down ninety-nine men in every
one hundred. Such ability to learn and accomplish does not
often come under my hands. You do not know how much
you can do, if you simply observe the health conditions. Your
functions work easily, like a machine well lubricated, so that
you expend but little energy — that is, all work easily right up
to the very mark. Your proclivities run altogether in the
line of intellect; they also run strongly in that of moral, and
hence you might and perhaps should have made a minister,
though you are not now as faithful to creeds as you once were,
for you are doing your own thinking; yet the religious seuti-
ment grows. You are a natural theologian, but you love re
ligion discussed from the natural standpoint quite as well as
the biblical ; are a real reformer — a true lover of your race,
and interested in whatever promises good to man ; plenty be
nevolent enough, perhaps too much so ; are unable to witness
or cause pain or death, even to animals ; would make a good
criminal lawyer, for you would do the best you could to miti
gate the punishment of your client; have an excellent talent
for the practice of the law — are better adapted to that vocatiou
than any other, except that you are a little too good and have
not fight enough, so associate yourself with one more pugna
cious ; you are a little too good for your own good — will often
settle difficulties rather than to litigate them. You enjoy the
universal esteem of all who knmv you; are one of the most
friendly men ; are every way popular, but destined to become
more so, for you make friends of all you meet. You enjoy
unlimited confidence; are able to pass frora thing to thing
rcadilv; have a fair appetite to eat, but do uot live to eat;
have a fair love of money, but do not live to get rich — infin
itely prefer honor to money ; are becoming more shrewd and
politic of late than formerly, yet naturally candid; are very

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cautious and leave uo stone unturned in accomplishing ends —
are in fact too cautious, yet extremely stable when your mind
is made up; are wanting in self-esteem — too apt to feel un
worthy and hang back ; are too diffident — need lua.-s, sir,
more than anvthing else. You arc the persunitieation of
honor, and honorable; perfectly just, even too scrupulous;
are a dear lover of nature, her beauty, her perfections; have
only fair mirth, and evince it more in argument than anything
else: excel iu arguing by ridicule; an accurate c\e; a great
deal of method — are good in figures and a natural scholar, and
capable of excelling in all the natural sciences. You are un
commonly well informed, and have one of the best memories
that come under my hands ; are a splendid writer, and would
make as good an editor as there is. I reconiracnd yon to try
writing for the press ; would draw up good reports, resolu
tions, etc., and make a first-rate wheel horse in any conven
tion — in fact, anywhere; use beautiful language, and every
word in its place, and the very word, though not as flippantly
as correct; are very discriminating, original, and will state
your points so that everybody accedes to them." Such are the
words of Professor Fo^vler, Those who are well and inti
mately acquainted with Mr. Neal can judge how exactly the
foregoing language corresponds with his characteristics, hence
we submit what Professor Fowler has said of him.
In religion, Mr. Neal is a member of the Church of Christ.
His father and mother, and his first father-in-law and mother-
in-law were Calviuistic or Predestinerian Baptists, hence his
early religious impressions were under the influence of that
dogma, which in early life carae well-nigh carrying him into
the opposite extreme of Universalism ; but after a careful and
thorough consideration of those two theories, he discarded
both as contrary to the revelation of God in the Word. After
this, however, for a number of years he remained within the
confusing clouds of partisan and unscriptural theories, much
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tion. He had never had any doubts that the holy bible con
tains the divinely inspired revelation of God to man. In the
years of 1849-'50 he attended the meetings of a small band
of the Disciples of Christ, which held their meetings in
Lebanon, and at these meetings he learned that they took the
bible as their "only guide in religious faith and practice,"
discarding all men-made creeds. This position met his hearty
approval. So, in June, 1861, while the beloved Thoraas
Lockhart was holding a meeting, he united with this band of
disciples, known as the congregation of the Church of Christ,
at Lebanon. Being a ready and fluent speaker, he was urged
to take part in the public exercises and labors of the congre
gation, and he did so heartily. His labors in " the word and
doctrine" showed that he had made the holy scriptures a
careful study, and hence were acceptable to the church. In
February, 1852, he was, by the action of the church, ordained
and licensed to preach " The Word," the gospel ; and during
the next three years he devoted his whole time to the ministry ;
traveled, and visited, and preached in Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa, besides laboring regularly, for a time, for several con
gregations, having been employed by the church at Frankfort,
Ind.; at Christian Chapel, near Ladoga; also, at the church
near Colfax, and at the church near Kirklin, and at Weah
Prairie. But, being poor, and not receiving sufficient financial
support, he had (sad as it was for him) to resume the law
practice for a maintenance ; but he still continued, as oppor
tunity offered, to labor more or less in the word and doctrine,
in the church mostly at the Lebanon congregation. And after
resuming the law practice, and while so engaged, he has never
sought or received any pecuniary compensation for his labors
in the church services. In religion, he has studiously avoided
being " sensational," and, though some of his sermons have
been published in the religious publications, and highly cora-
mended, they were, by his request, published anonymously;
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BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. ¦¦)43
have been published anonymously ; because he was car<ful
to avoid notorietv. From 1S43 to the present time he has
been a resident of Boone County, Indiana, except about two
vears, frora 1883 to 1885, he resided in the state of Iowa.
He is emphatically a self-made man. His life has been
one of great labor — constant and incessant industry; as an
indefatigable student, his reading has been extensive and
varied. In jurisprudence, in the sciences, in theology, in
history, in the classics, in poetry, his reading has been incal
culable. It seems that to study and to think was to him as
natural as to breathe. Idleness found no place with him. In
the judicial forum, in the halls of legislation, iu the church,
he has been unobtrusive, carefully avoiding attracting atten
tion, and, as far as practicable, seeking no public notoriety,
but carefully seeking to be unknown. The most important
political act of his life remained unknown for twenty years
after its accomplishment, except to a few confidential friends
who were enjoined to secrecy. The ruling pwpose and aim of
his life seems to have been to acquire knowledge, and to use
it for the welfare of others, rather thau in the acquisition of
property or public fame. To secure and promote the equal
civil and religious rights of humanity, with hira, has been a
ruling motive, as his labors fully prove. Beginning life, he
had to rely on his own efforts solely ; and, through life, he has
relied solely on his own industry and economy for a support.
If his energies and industry had been directed in the acquisi
tion of property, he could undoubtedly have been financially
a man of wealth ; but the acquisition of property was a
subordinate and secondary consideration with him. He pre
ferred knowledge to dollars. He had, however, in the latter
years of hisbu.sy life, acquired a sufficient property for a com
petency; but during the last five years, through sickness, and
on account of an unfortunate investment of all the property
he had in real estate in Kan.sas, he lost it all; but in the
meantime, having regained his health, he is again able to labor.
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physically, as a young man, and, mentally, seems to be as
vigorous as at the age of forty, thus evincing that through
life he has lived in conformity to the laws of health.

WILLIAM NICELY,
One of the early citizens of Jackson Township, was born in
the .state of Tennessee, on the 11th day of March, 1808; en
tered eighty acres of land in Jackson Township near where
he now resides in 1834. Mr. Nicely was first married to
Catharine Christman, who was born in Virginia, in 1808;
died in 1862 ; is buried at Mount Zion Ceraetery. Mr. Nicely
wps again married, to Jane Farlow; died in the year 1862; is
also buried at Mount Zion Cemetery. He was the third time
married, this time to Susannah C. Duncau, August 16, 1863;
born September 29, 1830. Of the first set of children: John
M.. George W., Martha J., Mary J., William F., Albert and
Sarah C. ; of the second marriage: Emily M,, Cynthia
A,, James C, Jane A, (two last named are deceased). Mr.
Nicely and his wife belong to the Christian Church, Mr.
Nicely is among the early pioneers of Boone County. Though
quite old, he is a boy yet, a good fireside talker, aud was well
fitted for the frontier life. He lives four miles north of
Jamestown, in Jackson Township.
JAMES NEILES
Was a son of James and Sarah Neiles, born in Fleming Couu
ty, Kentucky, March 15, 1830, aud from this point came to
Rush County, near Rushville, stopping here for a short time,
and then came to Boone County in 1852. Mr. Neiles was
united in marriage to Miss Caroline Neiles, of Fleming
County, Ky. ; she survived until 1859, the result of this mar
riage being three childreu, of which two survive aud reside
in Boone County. He then was united iu marriage to Miss

Boone county, Indiana, .'1->5
Mary J. Shelby, of Fleming County, Ky., she living but a
short time. For his third wife he married Miss f'mma Good
win, of Boone County, a daughter of the well-known Aaron
Goodwin, the result of this marriage heing ten children, of
whom two are deceased; all reside in Boone County, Ind.
Mr. Neiles is a man of great ambition and energy, and pos
sesses all the acquirements of business with a strong mind and
a head of his own. He filled the office of marshal of Lebanon
when it was yet a small town, in 1865, just after the war, when
it took pluck and sand to keep order, but nevertheless he
always maintained the same. Politically speaking ]\Ir. Neiles
is a Democrat of the true type. His occupation has been that
of farming principally .trading in real estate, settling up estates
and loaning monev.

BENJAMIN PAULY.
The subject of this sketch was born in Kentucky, January
13, 1816, and is just the age of his adopted state. He became
a resident of Boone Couuty in 1835, settling near where
Holmes .Station now is. Married to Virginia Smith in l.S."j2.
There were no children born to them. They, however, raised
two children, Martha Leap, who was married to John Shoe
maker, and Samantha Smith, who married Jacob Shoemaker.
After leaving Holmes Station, ^Ir. Pauly resided ou White
lick several years. Then he moved to Mount's Run, where
he resided over thirty years. He now resides in the city of
Lebanon, a retired life. He has gained a handsome property
during a long and eventful life in Boone County. He has
been a hard working man. His best days were spent in a
struggle with the privations attending the early frontier life.
Mr. Pauly is a member of the Baptist Church in good stand
ing, and a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school.

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JOSEPH B. PITZER,
A native of Virginia, was born there in the year 1813; came'
to Eagle Creek, in Marion County, about the year 1839 or
1840. In the same year, or about that tirae, he was raarried
to Susan Stephenson, of Knightstown, with whom he is now
living in Zionsville. Mr. Pitzer is the father of but one child
(Rufus), who died at the age of eighteen or twenty years..
In 1846 Mr. Pitzer, in connection with John P. Welch, .started
a store in Eagle Village, where they built up one of the
largest trades ever gained in that town. This firm continued
three or four years. Mr. Welch died in 1850. Soon after
Mr. Pitzer was elected county auditor; served four years with
credit to all. Mr. Pitzer was an old-time Whig and recently
has acted with the Republican party, and as such was elected
to the office referred to. Mr. Pitzer has gained, through.
industry and economy, a competency for himself in his now
declining days. Having retired from business the past eight
or ten years, he is living quietly at Zionsville, where he enjoys
the respect of all. In person he is rather under medium size.
He is a brother of the late Judge Nash L. Pitzer. The writer
has known Mr. Pitzer since 1846, and can testify of his worth.
We hope he and his wife may live many years to enjoy their
well earned estate.

SETH W. PORTER.
The subject of this sketch, Seth W. Porter, was of Irish
extraction and was born at Snow Hill, on the eastern shore of
Maryland, May 30, 1791. Came to Kentucky in 1811 ; en
listed in Colonel Dudley's regiment and followed the fortunes
of his gallant commander to the relief of General Harrison,
at Fort Meigs. He was in the disastrous defeat of Dudley,
and was captured by the Indians, with whom he remained a
prisoner for several months. He came to Parke County,.

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Indiana, in 1828, and to Boone County, where he settled in
Jefferson Township, in June, 1836. In the midst of the howl
ing wilderness, with his family, he began life anew. They
slept in the wagon until the cabin could be prepared so as to
shelter them. He died on the same spot. May 9, 1870. His
widow, who was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, May 25,
1800. survived him aud died at the same place in 1879. He
was the father of Dr. A. G. Porter, of Lebanon; Dr. A. M.
Porter, of State Line City, Indiana; M. B. Porter, farmer, of
Jefferson Township, this county; and Dr. W^. D. Porter, of
Higginsville, Illinois. The aggregate ages of these four sons
is two hundred and forty-nine years.
ISAAC POWELL
Was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1780. He was
married to Sarah Boyd in the above county, remained there
until the year 1835, when he came to Boone County, Indiana.
His parents were from England, and came to Kentucky in
an early day, where they were pioneers, indeed. Isaac Powell
died in the year 1843, and was buried on the farm where he
settled, now known as the Watson farm. Sarah Powell, his
wife died in 1858, and was buried at the same place. The fol
lowing are the names of the family: Ann, Mary, Martin,
Charles, Sarah, Marena, Elizabeth, Martha, William C, Eliza,
and Jeremiah, Five of the above are now living in Boone
County, viz: Martin, Marena Stephenson, Sarah McCann,.
Elizabeth, and W^illiam C. Powell. This is one of the early
ferailies of the county, as well as the largest. William C,
who is one of the best citizens of Clinton Township, furnished
the above facts of his father's family; is a resident of Clinton
Township, where he owns a fine farm.

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JOHN M. PATTON.
Mr. Patton's first entrance to the county was at Eagle Vil
lage, in 1847, as a school teacher, when a young man, perhaps
twenty-four or twenty-five years of age. I think he was from
Southern Indiana. He remained at the village only a year or
two when he went to Lebanon, and frora there to Thorntown,
where most of his life was spent, dying there a few years ago
highly respected as a citizen and successful business man. He
was associated in the banking interest there for sev^eral years
as stockholder and one of its officers. He was a few years
after coming to Thorntown married to a lady by the name of
Allen, who is also deceased. James Pattot, their son, resides
in Thorntown at this time. John M. Patton will be remem
bered as a jovial, kind hearted man. I call to mind going to
school to him in an early day. In person he was of good
features, dark hair aud complexion, and all through life a
cripple, using his cane as far back as I can recollect him.
His political or religious notions I do not know anything
about. His social qualities when young were good.
WOODFORD W. PHILLIPS.
This old pioneer was born in Ohio, July 19, 1806. His
father's narae was Thoraas Phillips, who was married to Mary
McDowell. They carae to Clinton Township in 1838, where
he entered land ; died in Illinois. Mrs. Phillips died in the
year 1846; buried at Mechanicsburg. Woodford W. Phillips,
the subject of this sketch, entered his land in Washington
Township, in 1832, where he has since resided and is now liv
ing on the pike south of Mechanicsburg, where he is pleasant
ly located ; raarried to Dorcas J. Russell, in Dearborn County,
Ind., Deceraber 6, 1829. The following are his children's
naraes : Oscar W., lives in Tippecanoe County, Ind. ; Frank
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the county. To him and family I am indebted for favors
shown in canvassing for the " Early Life and Times in Boone
County." Arminta M., resides in Center Township; Pauline,
died October 10, 1837 ; buried at Mechanicsburg; Angclim:
A,, resides in Marion Township; Thomas 1], died March,
1882; buried at the Bethel Cemetery, in Washington Town
ship; Roswell, lives in Marion Township; Virginia F,, died
at home, July 21, 1886; buried at Mechanicsburg; John F,,
died September 2, 1862; buried at Mechanicsburg; Cordelia;
Luella E., resides in Washinj;tou Township. Mr. Phillips was
again married, to Susannah Wallace, March 8, 1848; she died
January 25, 1870; was the third time married to Elizabeth
Simpson, July 19, 1872, the widow of the late Jesse Sim])sou,
who died November 23, 1867 ; buried at Lebanon. i\Ir. Phil
lips is amt ng the old men of the county, is in his eighty-second
year. This is truly a pioneer family, well known in the
countv, and will in time to come be remembered.

JACOB PARR.
When I come to write of such men as the one whose name
stands at the head of this s!;etch, and who have, by persever
ance, industry and economy, so successfully carved out their
own fortune and standing iu society, I am at a loss for lan
guage to convey to the reader a proper appreciation of their
true worth and merit.
Mr. Parr was born in Sullivan County, East Tennessee,
February 25, 1820. He came to this state in 1831, stopping
in Bartholomew County for two years, when his father entered
two hundred and forty acres of land in the southeastern part
of Marion Township, where he settled with his wife and eight
children in 1833, when this country was a wilderness, there
being only three houses on the Michigan road between Indi
anapolis and the present village of Northfield. He helped to
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the nearest being the distance of five miles. He has lived to
see the firm tread of civilization march in and take the place
of the extensive forest with its many wild animals. In the
year 1843 he married Miss Elizabeth Richardson, with whom
he lived for thirteen years, when death entered his household
and took from him his beloved companion. The result of
this marriage was four children, all of whom are dead, except
one daughter, the wife of John S. Jones.
In the year 1854, he married Mrs. Amanda Montgomery,
of Clay County, a widow with one son, who is now one of
Marion Township's thriftiest farmers and stock traders. This
has, indeed, been a happy marriage ; no cloud has ever risen
to darken their married life. The neighbors say of her that
she is the most industrious, even tempered woman they ever
knew. The result of this marriage is eight children.
When Mr. Parr, in 1843, married his first wife, his sole
possessions were one horse and one suit of clothes; he bor
rowed the money to purchase his license. His only fortune
then was a good constitution, temperate habits, sterling integ
rity and an ordinary education, and by his untiring energy
and skilful financeering, he has amassed quite a good deal of
this world's goods, owning, before deeding away to his chil
dren, over five hundred acres of land, and at present pays
more tax than any other man in Marion Township. He has
never been sued or sued any man ; he is very conscientious
and would not harm any one knowingly, and as far as we
know, he has not an enemy in the world He has been an
active member in the Methodist Episcopal Church since he
was fifteen years of age, and a square-toed Democrat; never
scratched his ticket with one exception. Pie has now passed
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JONATHAN RICHARDSON.
^Ir. Richardson was born in Grasom County, Virginia,
January 14, 1797, and went with his parents at the age of
three years to Kentucky, where he lived until he was twenty-
three years of age ; when about the year 1818 he came to Rush
County, Indiana, where he married Anna Wheeler in 1822,
Miss Wheeler was born in Elaine, April 22, 1807. They were
married in Rush County, December 25, 1822; came to Deca
tur County, Indiana, where they resided until the year 1837,
when they removed to ^Marion Township, this county, near
Big Springs, and where they were pioneers, and where their
best days were spent in developing the county. Mr. Richard
son died June 26, 1856, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, and
is buried at the Big Spring Ceraetery. Mrs, Richardson is
yet living, in the eightieth year of her age. She is a member
of the regular Baptist Church. The following are the names
of this pioneer family, of which there were fifteen in number;
ten are dead, five living: John W., Elizabeth J., William,
George B., Mary A., James, Tillman H., Ameline R., Jonathan,
Sarah and Rachel. The following are living: William
resides in Marion Township; George B,, same; IMary
Parr, in Jolliettville; Nancy E, Parr, in Hamilton County,
Ind.; Jonathan, in Boone County, All lived to be men and
women except two, who died in infancy. To William we are
indebted for the above history.
DR. AHIJAH ROBINSON.
Dr. Ahijah Johnson died at his suburban home Saturday,
March 6, 1886, at 4 o'clock p. M., after six months of intense
suffering. He had been failing in health for some time, but
fought manfully against his ailments until the development of
the cause which produced death. The announcement of his
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among; the prominent business men in Lebanon for a number

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of years. He is one who throughout his life enjoyed the warm
friendship of all with whom he was associated, and his per
sonal merits have been recognized by his fellow citizens.
Prominent among the features of his character was his pacific
disposition. Throughout his life he lived at peace with all
men. He contributed generously for the furtherance of enter
prises having for their object the general welfare of the
country. His strict fidelity to his trust always won the appro
bation and confidence of those with whom he had dealings, he
never having filled a place that did not expand or reflect credit
on himself, yet he never had any desire to make himself con
spicuous. He had been sorely afflicted for fifty-four years,
but bore his afflictions bravely. He was honored throughout
the community for his upright character and incorruptible
integrity, and throughout a long and useful life retained,
undiminished, the confidence and respect of all who knew him.
He was born in Washington County, Va., August 18, 1823.
He came to Indiana in 1829, where he passed the days of his
boyhood and youth. In a new settlement, remote from large
cities and towns, his early educational advantages were
naturally limited. As he grew in years, however, he, by
individual research and close application, obtained a good
store of knowledge and bedame a man of more than ordinary
intelligence. He served as a justice of the peace in his native
county for a number of years, aud was afterward commissioned
to act as postmaster in several villages of the same couuty.
He also served in the capacity of county commissioner.
After studying the science of medicine he began the prac
tice in the state of Illinois, subsequently transferring his
experience frora that state to the counties of Hendricks aud
Boone, Indiana. On the IStli of October, 1857, he was
married to Miss Nettie McClintick, in Hendricks County,
three years subsequent to his location in Booue Couutv. He
continued to practice the medical profession until disabled by
physical infirmities. After locating at Lebanon he filled, at

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various times, the offices of township trustee, postmaster and
countv comraissioner. He was one who assisted in organizing
the First National Bank of Lebanon, and for several years
acted as one of the officers, but becoming physically disquali-
ried for active business he withdrew and lived a retired life
until his death. He was the first of his family to pass away,
aud leaves his wife, daughter, her husband, and two sons to
mourn the loss of a good, kind, indulgent husband and father.
The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev.
Banta, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1886, and the
remains w-ere then laid to rest in the new cemetery, under the
auspices of the .Masons, with whom he had been a faithful
brother for t'»riy years. MASONIC RESOLUTIONS.
Since the edict of the Divine Architect of the universe to
to our fathers iu the Garden of Eden after the transgression:
'" Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return," the children
of ra?u have been born into the world, suffered their brief
period aud have passed away. So at frequent intervals we arc
called to moarn for our brethren who have "passed to that
bourne from which no traveler returns." We, as a fraternity,
believe that, as is einbleraatized by the sprig of acacia that
bloomed at the head of the Grand Master's grave that our
sleeping brother will ri.se again to live forever in the Grand
Lodge above, where we will meet iu an unbroken assemblv
througliout eternity.
Resolved, That in the death of our brother, Ahijah Robin
son, who passed from labor to refreshment on the 6th day of
March, 1886, w- lost a true Mason — one who loved the order
' and wa? true to liis professions.
Resolved, Tliat our .sympathies are extended to the bereaved
family, who have lo.-;t a loving husband and father.
Iie.vjh-''d, Tliat these resolutions be made a matter of record
in the lodge, and a copy furnished to each of the papers iu the
city and to the family of the deceased.
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OZIAS ROBINSON
Was born December 12, 1808, in the state of Kentucky. He
was married to Margaret Dickson, in 1827. Came to Put
nam County, Indiana, remained there a few years, then to
Clinton Township, Boone County, in 1835. Mrs. Robinson
was born in Kentucky, in 1809, July 1. The following are
the children's names: Martha A., married to Alvin Jolly;
William J., born 1828, married to Mfss Roberts, in 1847, then
Dorotha Stone, May 25, 1884; James F., married to Sarah
GuUion, born in Lebanon, Indiana ; Ebenezer, married to
Matilda Evans, resides in Kansas, Mr. R. died July, 1882,
is buried at Elizaville Cemetery. She was a member of the
Baptist Church. Mr. R. is yet living, with his son, near
Elizaville. James F. was in the army, a member of the 86th
Indiana Volunteers; was killed at Mission Ridge. Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson were early and highly respected citizens of
Clinton Township.
HIRAM J, ROBERTS
Was born in New York State, November 25, 1804; married
to Eunice Young, March 4, 1837, ^liss Young was born in
New York, August 17, 1813; married in Tippecanoe County,
Indiana, Came to Clinton Township, Boone County, in 1837.
Mr. R. entered, in 1837, the land on which he died, April 25,
1873. His family yet live ou the farm, near the Clinton
County line, aud on the bank of Sugar Creek. The follow
ing are the names of their children : Silas, died at the age of
four years; Charles R., died at the age of fourteen months;
-Taines L., died at the age (jf one year; Sarah A., raarried to
Richard Hardesty, April 5, 1863, resides in Clinton Town
ship; William II., raarried to ^largaret A. Sims; Hayden E.,
married to Martha E. Hundley, resides in Kansas; Mary A,,
married to James Sims, resides in Clinton County, Indiana;
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October 18, 1852, lives at home; Josiah, married to Mary
K. Blubough, August 17, 1882, lives on the farm. The de
ceased members are buried at Mechanicsburg. Mrs. Rob
erts is a member of the Christian Cluirch.

DR. JESSE REAGAN.
Dr, Reagan was honi iu Warren County, Ohio, February
lo, 1S2'.I. He was first married to Elizabeth Hardestv, Sep
tember 27, 1854. The following are the names of their chil
dren : Annie, married to Mr. Curry, she resides in Kirkland,
married the second time to W. W. Wilds; Frank C, married
to Victory Haugs, resides in .Mechanicsburg ; Lucy J., mar
ried to Mack Warburnton (deceased, buried in Clinton County,
Ind.) ; Millv M., at home. Dr. Reagan was the second time
married to Mrs. Emma Hebi), November 24, 1884, To them
was born one child, Walter G., born in 1884. Dr. Reagan
read medicine with Dr. Almon Lofton in Rossville, Clinton
County, Ind,, and commenced the practice of medicine in
Mechanicsburg nearly thirty years ago ; has grown gray in
the profession, and no man has a better record than Dr. Rea
gan, as a successful doctor and gentleman, in the counties of
Clinton and Boone, where he has practiced so long and so well.
Has worn himself out in his chosen profession, and in the
evening of life his fellow citizens elected him county clerk,
November, 1886. He is a member of the Masonic order, and
has a high regard for its teachings. Also a member of the
Presbyterian Church. See his portrait in another part of this
work.
WILLIAM R. ROBERTS
First saw the light of day iu Kentucky, and on the 13th day
of March, 1834, His parents names were Reden and Isabel
Roberts, born in Nicholas Couuty, Ky. William R. Roberts,
the subject of this sketch, was married to Miss E. Miller (born

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October 10, 1821) on January 8, 1846. Her father's name
w;_is James Miller, her mother's name before marriage wa-
Mary David.son. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts came to Boone County
in 1855. The following are their children's naraes: Barton
L. (deceased) ; .Jaraes R,; Robert W., resides in Lebanon; An
drew D. (deceased) ; Millard W.; Nancy, married to A. B.
Huckstep ; Perraelia F,, married to Thomas McKern, resides
iu Jefferson Township. Mr. Roberts served thirteen years as
justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts belong to the
Baptist Church. The deceased members of the family are
buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, in Jefferson Township.
Mr, Roberts resides about six miles northwest of Lebanon.
Though Mr. Roberts is not a pioneer, he has been here a long
tirae, and is well known as a substantial citizen of the countv.

SAMUEL RODEFER,
A portrait of whom appears on another page of this volume,
is one of the oldest and best known citizens of Boone County.
He is a native of Virginia, having been born near Woodstock,
Shenandoah Cqunty, in that state. His early life was marked
hy the toils and privations so characteristic of the sturdy peo-
;1" of that day and generation. At the age of eighteen years
his father, Philip Rodefer, had the son bound to Henry Lay
man, for a term of three years, to learn the trade of carpenter
ing. For his services in this vocation the young raan was re
warded by being clothed by his employer and sent to school
three months in the winter of each,^-ear. Two weeks of each
year, however, in accordance with the terms of the contract,
the son was to be allowed to as'^ist in the harvesting at his
father's farm. He rcmaiued with Layman about one year and
a half, but that gentleman removing to Ohio at the end of that
time, the young apprentice was released from his contract.
Following this experience ycuing Rodefer worked in the coun
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worked for John Clower, S;., at carpentering and cabinet
making, whieh he continued for several years, receiving for
his services the munificent .salary of from five to eight dollars
per month. In Fe!)i-uai'\', 1839, at the solicitation (}f his
brother, James, who was four years his senior and had been
living at Logansport, the subject of this sketch was induced to
return to Indiana with his relative, He was then twenty-two
years of age. On Sunday, the lOth day of March, lS;ji>, the
brothers started to the west, overland, having .>ne horse be
tween thera, the two alternately walking and riding, in accord
ance with a mutual understanding. The journey was a long
and tedious one, the monotony of the dreary march being re
lieved only occasionally by incidents which space forbids to be
detailed in this brief sketch. Their route was along the
National road, and they traveled at the rate of about thirty
to thirty-three miles a day. Arriving in Montgomery County,
Ohio, they rested two weeks with au uncle who resided twelve
miles west of Dayton, Resuming their journey, they passed
through the towu of Marion, Indiana, aud thence through the
Indian Reserve to Peru, the younger brother there beholding
for the first time a real, live Indian. They arrived in Roch
ester, Fulton County, April 17, 1839, The subject of this
sketch soon after commenctd work at cabinet raaking for
Jacob Kitt. By hard labor and the most rigid cconoray the
struggling young mechanic had saved up a sura of raoney
amounting to $20 or ij25, and while working at his trade there
he made his first loan, which, by the way, was an unfortunate
one, a scheming individual getting the hard earnings of the
young man in exchange for a worthless note, an experience
Mr. Rodefer frequently experienced in the latter years of an
active business life, and while some of his tran.sactions in after
years may have cost him many times the amount of his first
loss, none of them, perhaps, were ever fo keenly felt.
In the latter part of December, 1842, Mr. Roelefer was
united in marriage with ]\Iary Ann W. Barlow, whose home
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sister, Mrs. Ruth J. Martin. To this union one child was
born — December 27, 1843 — a daughter, who is yet living, the
wife of John F. Gabriel, of Carthage, Mo. Mrs. Rodefer died
July 7, 1844, Iu June, 1848, Mr, Rodefer was married the
second time to Mary Brewer, of Greenwood, Ind., who lived
with her sister, Mrs. Ponce, near Rochester, and the following
year moved to Lebauon, then a struggling village. This wife
died in December, 1849, in a house built by Mr. Rodefer on a
lot which is now covered by the Globe Flouring Mills. In
April, 1852, Mr. Rodefer was again married, his bride being
Miss Talitha Campbell, of Johnson County, a lady of many
virtues and accomplishments. She died June 27, 1866, leav
ing two daughters — Dora, a bright and promising girl, who
died January 28, 1871, and Atha May, now the wife of Charles
E, Wilson.
Mr. Rodefer's residence in Lebanon has been marked by
an active participation in business affairs, and his entire time
is still devoted to his large business interests. By prudent in
vestments, a close attention to details, correct habits, and a
strict adherence to business rules, he has accumulated a hand
some corapetence. He subscribes freely to every practical
public enterprise, and gives freely to every deserving charity;
and yet the' manner of the giving is so modest and so unosten
tatious that the acts are not blazoned to the world. He is
thoroughly in accord with the tenets of orthodox Christianity,
and a liberal contributor to all churches of whatsoever name.
The poet of divine tragedy has aptly said that —
" The evils that men do live after them ;
The good is oft interred with their bones."
It is no exaggeration to .say that the evils of the man of
whom we write are fewer than those of most men of this age.
Born midst the humblest surroundings, bereft of influential
friends or relatives, thrown on the cold charities of the world
and his own resources, and with only a meager education, he
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only with the inherent \irtues of a strong will, a long head
and a good heart.
The term '¦self-made'' is often inappropriately usid. As
applied to the gentleman of whom we write, it is essentially
true that he is thoroughly a self-made man. He never knew
the vices of the modern youth — he never learned tei swear or
drink or to use tobacco in any form. Abstemious in his
habits, sensible to the laws of nature, and having complete
control of himself under all circumstances, he has passed the
period allotted to man of three score years and ten in the full
possession of every physical and mental faculty ; and while the
sun of his busy and eventful life has reached and pas.sed its
meridian, it still shines bright in the western horizon, but still
hesitating to sink in the fathomless sea of everlasting rest,
shedding its benign rays on the declining years of one who
may at times seemed to have been severe in order that be might
be just, but whose .sympathies in all things were on the side of
justice and mercy and righteousness; and when final and un
prejudiced judgment shall come to be passed upon him by the
future biographer it can be truly said :
" His life was gentle.
And the elements so mixed in him
That nature might stand up and say to all the world,
'This was a man.' "

WILLIAM R, SANFORD.
Mr. S. was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, February
13, 1796; was united in marriage to Elizabeth Threlkeld in
Kentucky, in the year 1819. Mrs. Sanford was born in
Shelby County, Kentucky, November 12, 1794. She died
September, 1876 ; is buried at the Shannondale Ceraetery.
This worthy couple came to Jefferson Township, in 1835, when
that part of the county was quite new and undeveloped.
When they first came their neighbors were scattered ; a heavy
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determination would have succeeded in making a home in the
new country, Mr. S. is yet living with his daughter, Mrs.
T, J, Stipe, at the age oF ninety years. The following are
their children's names: Eveline, Martha, .John T , George,
Yowell, Thomas W,, Jane, Elisha, Sally, Hiram, Samuel R,,
and James H, The following are decea.sed : John and Elisha;
are buried at the Shannondale Cemetery, in Montgomery,
County, Indiana.
JOHN SHAW.
Mr. S. was born in the state of New York, in the year
1792 ; his wife, Clarissa Stearns, was born the same year in
the state of Vermont. They were married in the state of
New York, in 1815. Carae to Eagle Township, Boone County,
in 1830. Their children were all born in the state of New
York, Mrs. Shaw died in the year 1863; ]Mr. Shaw died
'in 1883, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Both
buried at the Pleasant Hill Ceraetery. The following are the
naraes of their children : .John S. Shaw, born in the year 1816 ;
Nelson Shaw, born in the year 1817 ; Laura .Jane, born iu the
year 1819. Laura J. died in the year 1881. John Shaw is
the father of John S. Shaw and Nelson Shaw, of Eagle Town
ship, where they have lived since 1830. They each own a
fine farm and are well located, prosperous citizens of that part
of the county. John Shaw, senior, was one of the oldest men
and citizens of the township, outliving all his first neighbors
who settled on Eagle Creek as early as 1830.
DR. \V, D, STARKEY.
My paternal grandfather, Staey Starkey, was born iu But
ton County, New Jersey, April 25, 1772, and after learning
the blacksmilh trade migrated to Chambersburg, Penn., where
he married Margaret Dynes, daughter of Francis Dynes and
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to Fleming County, Ky,, where they brought up a family of
Seven children. In the yi ar 1S30 he migrated to Marion
County, Ind,, locating about two miles from the present site
of Traders' Point, where in ISoG he died, his beloved compan
ion with whom he had lived over sixty years fi)llowinghim in
a few months, both being interretl in Jones' Chapel Cemetery,
near their last place of residence. My father, Jesse
Chambers, youngest child of Staey and Margaret Starkey, was
born Mav 19, 1811, in Fleraing County, Ky., and with his
father when nineteen years old migrated to Marion County,
Ind., in 1830; lived on a farm until the time of his death,
June 16, 1864; was interred in .Jones' Chapel Cemetery, At
the age of twenty-two was married to JNIary F, McCurdy, in
Marion County, Ind. My mother was born September 2,
1811, in Livingston County, New York, and when but five
years old migrated into Marion County, Ind., with her father
and mother and an older brother and sister, locating on White
River, near the present site of Broad Ripple. In 1818 a short
move was made to a point on Eagle Creek, oue-half mile
above the present site of Traders' Point. In 1821, wdien it
was decided to locate the capital of the state at the present site
of Indianapolis, another move was made to a point three miles
down Eagle Creek, to have the advantages of a residence
nearer the capital of the state. My maternal grandfather here
entered a large tract of lauil, about 2,500 acres, as soon as the
land was surveyed. He resided in the present limits of Ma
rion County, about six ye.irs before the government survey
David McCurdy was born in Scotland, in 1775, and with hi^
mother and only brother, migrated when he was four year-
old to America, locating in Livingston County, N. Y. He
died in 1858, and was interred in .Jones' Chapel Cemetery,
where my grandmother had been turicd years before.
I was the third son of Jesse C. and Mary F. Starkey, and
was born .Se[)teraber 22. 1837, on a farm near Traders' Point,
Marion County. Was one of a family of seven sons and one
daughter; was brought up on a farm. Had the advantages of

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the common schools of the neighborhood and a select school
taught in the neighborhood by W^. H. Griggs, whose zeal and
scientific attainments will be remembered by many. After
teaching school two years, I commenced, at the age of twenty-
two years, the study of medicine, with Dr. S. A. Ross, of Cler
mont, Marion County, Ind. ; continued the study with him
two years, and attended lectures in the Rush Medical College,
of Chicago, in 1860-61 ; when, after spending a few months
with Drs. W. N. Duzan and S. Rodman, of Zionsville, I
located in the practice of medicine in Whitestown, Boone
County, Ind,, in March, 1862, and continued in the practice
twelve years, when I engaged in the drug business, iu Zions
ville, about two years. Then I moved on to my farm, in
1875, where I now reside, where my time is occupied in farm
ing and stock raising. See his portrait on another page.
JOHN SHELBURN.
Mr. Shelburn was born in Kentucky in the year 1808.
Came to where he now lives nearly fifty years ago. Though,
strictly speaking, he is not one of the first settlers, yet the
county was new when he arrived. He married Miss Bishop,
daughter of William Bishop, one of the first settlers on Big
Eagle. Mr. Shelburn has one of the finest farms on Big Eagle,
two and one- half miles noith of Zionsville, where his best days
were spent and his best energies put forth to make a farm and
raise his faraily, which he has done with credit He now is
old and highly respected as an honest man and a christian
gentleman, a Baptist by faith and practice. No man in Booue
County stands higher than John Shelburn.
THOMAS J. SHELBURN.
Mr. Shelburn, though comparatively a young man and citi
zen of the couuty, stands to-day deservedly high, having
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where he has resided for the past twenty years. He has been
engaged in farming and stock raising successfully. He was
nominated for county auditor on the Democratic ticket in 1886,
but was defeated by a few votes by J. H. Perkins at the Novem
ber election, 1886. He is as pleasant a gentleman as one will
find anywhere. He is a brother of Benjamin Shelburti, who
resides at the old John Duzan homestead ou Eagle Creek. He
married a daughter of Mr. Duzan, and owns a fine farm and
other land adjoining. He is also a good farmer, and a mem
ber of the Baptist Church near wdiere he lives. He is about
fifty years of age, Thomas J. being a few years younger. Both
are true and tried Democrats. They are relatives of John
Shelburn of the same township. George and Charles are
brothers of B. W. and T. J. Shelburn,
THE STULTZ FAMILY,
The above family carae from North Carolina in 1.S35, and
-ettled on Little Eagle Creek near the Boone and Hamilton
County line. There were four brothers, as follows: Thomas,
Philip, Franklin and .Joseph. Thomas now resides in Center
Township. Boone Countv. Joseph resides in Zionsville.
Phili]) died about 1862. and is buried at the Little Eagle
Creek Cemetery. Franklin dieel in 1884, and is also buried
in the above cemetery, Mrs. Philip Stultz resides on the old
home farm on the creek. She is quite an old lady. Thomas
married a Miss Ketner. Franklin raised a large family of
twelve children, all of whom are now living. M. P. and Edward
Brendle were married to two of his daughters Joseph resides
in Zionsville, living a retired life after working hard, as well
as the other brothers, to gain a competency, which they all did.
All were highly esteemed as good citizens, worthy the citizen-
'•hip of any county. When these four brothers came on the
creek the country was new; they at once .saw the situation,
rolled up their sleeves, assisted by their wives, to make a farm.
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well cultivated farms were the result. The road was not strewn
with flowers by any means ; hard.ships, toils and privations
were all along the way. There were at times obstacles hard
to surmount. Dark clouds came thick and fast, but as often
would the clouds have silver linings. The writer, when a boy,
often passed their cabins along the little crooked road up the
creek. But the little cabins are gone, the crooked road has
been straightened, and better houses have taken the place of
the cabins. It has taken toil and untold labor to bring about
those changes.
WILLIAM SMITH
Was one among the raany pioneers of Boone, settling down
about one and a half railes southwest of Zionsville and living
there until his death. Mr. Sraith was born in what is now
called New Virginia, January 21, 1799, and lived there until
1830, when he moved to Boone County, where he has made his
residence ever since. Pie was united in marriage January 15,
1826, to Miss Margaret Carr, of Virginia, who was born Sep
tember 7, 1809, and died April 19, 1880, this marriage being
a very happy one. They have raised nine children, six boys
and three girls, of whom two are deceased. Farming was his
only occupation. He belonged to no creed, but always lived
a conscientious and admirable life. Mr. Smith was a Jack
sonian Democrat of the old type. Such was the life of a use
ful, honest and honorable old man. Mr. Smith in person was
low, heavy-set, fair complexion, light hair. Is the father
of Ex-county Commissioner Wm. Smith and Attorney Jesse
Smith, of Zionsville. He was many years justice of the peace.^
WILLIAM WARREN SMITH
Was born November 25, 1814, near Baltimore, Md., and at
the age of twelve, his father, John Sraith, emigrated to Baxter
County, Virginia. A¥heu in his twenty-first year, the subject
of this sketch, iu corapany with his brother, John T. Smith,.

BOONE COUNTV, INDIANA. 3(i5
came to Franklin County, Ohio. On the 17th of January,
1839, he and Miss Catharine Weaver were joined in wedlock,
and with an eye to the future they, for a tirae, were con
tent to live in the Biu'keye State. In the course of time two
heirs were born unto them, both being girls. The oldest one
died, and the parents being in poor circumstances, turned their
eyes toward the setting sun. Loading their household goods
into one wagon, they, with their one daughter, emigrated to
Indiana in October 1842, They landed in the dismal swamps
of Boone, where frogs croaked, owls hooted, and wolves howled.
In the midst of all this they bought forty acres of William B.
Brackenridge, for a consideration of two hundred and twenty-
five dollars. The next thing in order was to build a cabin,
and at this station pioneer life began. In the midst pf the
forest, without money, without roads, and a long way to mar
ket through mud and mire — what wa, to be done? They
had come to stay, and had bronglit their iron will with them.
By industry and patience he helped to tear down the forest.
He had not only the welfare of his family and neighbors at
heart, but the love of Christ also. He was a Predesti-
narian, but alas I he was called to lay down his labors
here on earth. He passed fro;n among the living January 31,
1884, aged sixty-nine years, two months and six days. He
left an aged wddow, three sons and two daughters to mourn
their loss. It is to be hoped their loss is his gain in the world
to come. He left all his faraily a good home. There were
seven children, fiiur of whom survive. They are as follows :
David W., who married Mai'y J. Williams, resides in Boone
County; Bazzle H., who married Serreld Fitch, also lives in
Boone Couuty ; Warren J., married Henrietta Smith, lives in
Boone County; Rachel, raarried George Low, of Hamilton
County, where they now live. Bazzle married twice, the second
tirae to Nancy Stoker,
D. W . Sraith, who furnished the above, is a valuable citizen
of Perry Township, and who kindly entertained us while get
ting material for this work.

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AARON SMITH,
One of the pioneers of Boone County, was boru in 1800.
Was united in marriage to Frances Thomas in 1825. She was
born in Kentucky in the year 1810. They came to Perry
Township in 1835, then an unbroken woods. Mr. Smith
bought 120 acres of land at Gaunt Mill, where he at once be
gan to make a home in the woods. He, with his wife, made
a successful effort and soon were possessed of a well cultivated
farm, Mr. Smith died in the fall of 1877, highly respected.
Mrs. Sraith is yet living at the age of seventy-seven, just the
age at which her husband died. Air, Smith is buried at the-
Mt. Tabor Cemetery, in Perry Township. This pioneer fam
ily raised a large faraily of eight children, five boys and three
girls, named as follows: Daniel (deceased), Caleb, resides in
Zionsville; Eli, born in Kentucky, 1830, married to Patsy A.
Kemper, October 24, 1850, resides in Perry Township. He
was elected county treasurer in 1885; he also served as town
ship trustee nine years; he is highly esteemed as a valuable
citizen and has made a good officer, in every relation of life a
good man; Malinda S., Perraelia F., Presly T., all living;
William T., died at the age of eight years; Laura F,, died at
the age of five years ; buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery in Perry
Township. Mr. Sraith was a sterling Democrat of the Jeffer
sonian school. He taught the second school in Perry Township.
JAMES H, SAMPLE.
Mr. Sample was born iu the state of Ohio on the 11th day
of August, 1803. He was married to Isabelle Wylie in Ken
tucky in 1827. Came to Boone Couuty iu the year 1833.
Mr. Sample died September 3, 1853. The following are the
names of this large family : Joseph A., born February 11,
1829; Robert, boru September 26, 1830; Hugh R., born
March 22, 1832, died in infancy; Mary E., born March 3,

BOONE l¦l)^¦s•r^¦, i.\dia\.\. .Km
1833; Hugh W., born August 2S, 18;i5; Eliza A., born May
22, 1837, died in infiiney; Audcnille, boru January 2.'i, 1839,
was in the 10th Indiana Volunteers, died Alaveli 4, 1S64, at
Nashville, Tenn., brought home and buried at Salem Ceme
tery ; he was wounded ."September 17, ISli.); William H., boru
February 24, 1S41, died August 18, 1S60; Dorcas AV., born
May 21. 1843; Rebecca J., born April 14, 1845, died Decem
ber 23, 1S77; John R., born April 17,1849; Margaret A.,
born May 3, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Sample settled in the green
woods when the country was new; there were no roads or
¦ mills near. ^Ir. Sample taught about the first school ever
taught in Clinton Township. The four first named were born
in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs, Sample were members of the
Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Sample died August 27, 1881,
Mr. Sample was justice of the peace eight years. They weri'
highly respected members of the church and soeietv.
ROBERT STEPHENSON
Was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 17.S3; was mar
ried to Sarali McDole in Kentucky. Carae to Boone County
in 1833, and settled in what now is Clinton Township, .section
twenty-five. No roads, no mills, and few neighbors. !Mr.
and Mrs. Stephenson were members of the Presbyterian
Church, and are buried at the Salem or Mud Creek Cemeterv.
The following are their children's names: John A. died at
the age of forty years; William lives in Center Township;
Aris, deceased ; Margaret, deceased ; Thomas ]\I., married to
Sarah Ransdale, resides two miles north of Elizaville, and
near Marion Township. He is in every way considered one
of the be-t citizens; he has been here nearly all his life and
owns one of the finest farms in "Clinton Township. George
was killed in Clinton Township about the year 1839. Joseph
resides in Lebanon.

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GEORGE SHOEMAKER
Was born in North Carolina, Septeraber 17, 1811, and carae
to Union Township, Boone County, in 1837. He was first
united in marriage to Martha Harvey, who died in December,
1848. The following are the names of his children by the
first marriage : Levi P. ; Isaac M. ; Michael, died in Vicks-
burg during the late war; was in the 54th Indiana Volunteer
Regiment; buried at Vicksburg; Malinda J., deceased, and
Eliza E. The following children are by his second marriage,
which occurred June 11, 1850, to Elizabeth Allen : John C,
Frances H., James B., Laura B. George Shoemaker is one of
the prominent men of Boone County, having served as county
comraissioner several years, township trustee eight years, and
is and has been connected with the banks at Lebanon as an
officer and stockholder ; he is also one of our best farraer.s,
owning at one time nearly one thousand acres of choice land
in Union Township, eight miles east of Lebanon, where he
has resided many years, highly respected by all. Is a member
of the Regular Baptist Church. No man in the county stauds
higher than Mr, Shoemaker, one of the pioneers of Union
Township.
JOHN SLOCUM,
One of the pioneers of Boone County, was born in Harrison
County, Va,, May 22, 1803. Married to Sarah McCann, wiio
was born July 27, 1805. They were married May 18, 1826.
Came first to Rush County, Ind., aud remained there one year.
In April, 1830, they landed in Washington Township, on
Spring Creek, where he owned a large tract of land, a ]i;irt of
which he entered. He died July 3, 1866; I\Irs, S, died S.'p-
temher 27, 1863; both are buried in Bethel Cemetery, near
whore they first settled, aud where their life, was mostlv spent,
or the best days at least, Nam<>s of their children : Robert,
born March 15, 1827, resides in Washington Township, and

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is one of the best farmers and men in the county ; owns 640
acres of choice land six railes north of Lebauon; he was
married to Nancy J. Snodgrass; Sarah, deceased in Kansas,
September, 1866; Thomas, born July 17, 1830, married to
Alartha Rose, resides in Knox County, Mo.; John, born
November 11, 1834, married to Eliza Taylor, resides in Jef
ferson Township; Margaret, born August 7, 1835, married to
David Thornburg; she is deceased ; buried in the Bethel Cem
etery, in Washington Township; Mary J., married to AVilliam
Laiisbury, born November 28, 1841 ; Ann, born April 12,
1846, died September, 1866, and is buried in Bethel Cemetery ;
Rebecca, died in infitncy ; Harriet, born April 29, 1848, died
at the age of five years. This is one of the largest as well as
the earliest families in Washington Township. Long may
their memory live. While canvassing for this work we called
on Robert, the eldest of the family, and from whom we
obtained the history of his family. We wish to thank Mr.
Robert Slocum for his kindness, also his fiimily. The grand
father of John Slocum was born in England, 1744, Came to
America 1767, and died in Hampshire, Va. He was married
to Abigail Lee, one of the Lee iaraily, who carae to Virginia.
On another page of this work will be found a portrait of
Robert Slocum, taken at the age of sixty years.
PHILIP SICKS.
Prorainent among the farmers of Boone County is the per
son whose name stands at the head of this sketch. He was
born in Bath County, Kentucky, July 15, 1803; came to Flat
Rock, Decatur County, stopping there one year, and from
there he landed in Boone County, in the spring of 1836, and
has been a permanent resident ever since.
Air, Sicks was married to Nancy Shane, March 9, 1826, in
Nicholas County, Kentucky; the result of this marriage being
nine children, of whom three are deceased, and his wife died
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July 6, 1848. Afterwards married Amelia Vidato, of whom
he has never raised any children. She died October 12, 1882.
Mr. Sicks then united in marriage to Margaret Sicks, who was
born iu Bath County, Kentucky, with whom he lived until his
death. She yet resides on the corner of Lebanon and Elm
streets, in a comfortable horae, where Mr, Sicks passed away,
September 13, 1886. Mr. Sicks united with the Christian
Church in 1866 and has alwas been a commanding christian.
No man in Boone County was more highly respected by his
neighbors and acquaintances than Philip Sicks. At his death
his descendants numbered eighty-nine — six children, forty-
eight grandchildren, and thirty-five great-grandchildren. Such
was the career of an honest, upright, intelligent, and worthy
citizen.
GEORGE W. SCOTT,
Of Harrison Township, was born in Virginia, January 2, 1826,
in Lee County ; came with his parents to Morgan County, Ind.,
in 1831, reraained there two years; then to Hendricks County,
remained there six years, when the faraily carae, iu 1840, to
Boone County, settling in Harrison Township in January of
that year. His father's name was Nathaniel Seott, his moth
er's name before marriage was Sarah E, Coldwell, Nathaniel
Scott was born in Giles County, Va,, July 14, 1796; was mar
ried to Sarah E. Coldwell, in Virginia, in 1823. Air. Scott
was in the war of 1812. He died October 22, 1877, aged
eighty-three years, three months. Airs. Scott died April 1,
1884, aged eighty-one years; both are buried at Union Ceme
tery in Jackson Township. The following are the names of
this pioneer family : Rachel S , Alarion K., George W., Reu
ben M., John M., all dead except George AV. Scott, the subject
of this sketch, who resides in Harrison Township. George
W. Scott was married to Druzilly James, January, 1847. She
died August, 1875, and is buried at Mt. Union Cemetery.
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time married to Aliss Sarah J. Lower. Seven children were
born to them. Mr. Scott served ten years as township trustee
with general acceptability, and was nominated in 1886 for
county commissioner by the Democratic party, but was defeated
a few votes by Williara C. Crump. In 1872 Mr. Scott had
the misfortune to lose one of his legs in a runaway with horses.
He is pleasantly located ou the pike between New Brunswick
and Lebauon, where he owns a fine farm and enjoys the confi
dence of the people he has so long been associated with. To
him^nd family we are greatly indebted to for favors shown in
the canvass for this work. I.SAAC H. SMITH.
The one whose name heads this brief sketch resides in the
southwestern part of Boone County, adjoining Hendricks
County on the south, and one mile west of his house is the
line of Montgomery County. He has resided here many
years, and owns a fine farm of 240 acres, well cultivated, aud
has a splendid brick house and other buildings; in fact, every
thing denotes thrift and energy. Mr. Smith was born in
Hendricks County, Ind., December 27, 1833. His parents,
Harden and Elizabeth Smith, were born in Kentucky, but
came when young to Jackson Township, Boone County, where
they were married, where they resided many years and he
entered forty acres of land. About this time Isaac H. Smith,
the subject of this sketch, together with his parents, had a
struggle with life. Hardships came thick and fast, when Isaac
propcsed to go to Thorntown and learn the carpenter's trade
with Samuel Otterman, at ten dollars per month. This was
in the year 1852. He remained in and around Thorntown for
three years. At this time he became a partner with Joseph
Otterman in the above business. This firm did a large
amount of work in Montgomery and Boone counties, building
barns, houses, etc. The work then, as a matter of course,
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and the work was laborious. But Mr. Smith had the grit
and raanhood to surraount all ob.stacles and succeeded in help
ing his parents in the struggle of life. He was married to
Anna L. Otterman, daughter of Lewis Otterman, April 13,
1856. His family consists of nine children, four boys and
five girls. One of the sons died when young. Mr. Smith's
mother died in November, 1856.

THOMAS J. STIPES,
One of the early citizens of Jefferson Township, was born in
Jefferson County, Ind., February 16, 1819. Came to Boone
County March 7, 1846. He was married to Martha Sanford,
daughter of William R. Sanford, one of the pioneers of the
county. Mr. Stipes is one of the best farmers; takes great
delight in agriculture and raising and caring for stock of all
kinds. He has one of the finest deer parks in the county and
has it well stocked with all sizes of deer, from the .spotted fawn
to the fleet-footed buck. Mr. and Mrs. Stipes have no chidren.
Mr. Sanford, Mrs. Stipes' father, is living with thera. Air.
Stipes' father's name was Joseph Stipes, died February 12,
1858, is buried at Shannondale Cemetery in Montgomery
County. His mother's name, before marriage, was Alary A.
Stone, she died in January, 1863, is also buried at the Shan
nondale Cemetery. Mr. Stipes lives in Jefferson Township
near the Montgomery Couuty line.
JACOB TIPTON.
Jacob Tipton, the subject of this sketch, was born in Alary-
land in the year 1800. His parents died when he was very
young. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith and learned that
trade. When he attained his majority he emigrated to the
state of Pennsylvania, and worked at his trade about three
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engaged to work at his trade with Daniel McCoy, whose
son-in-law he afterwards became, marrying his daughter Sarah,
and iu 1830, together with his father-in-law, came to Indiana,
locating at Jamestown, Daniel AlcCoy settled on a farm iu
Hendricks County, about three miles from Jamestown, while
Jacob put up a rude shop and worked at his trade for about
one year. Daniel AlcCoy sold his farm and moved to James
town in 1831. He and Tipton formed a partnership and sold
goods under the firm name of Tipton tt AlcCoy. They con
tinued the business about four years, and, selling out, Jacob
Tipton moved to Northfield in 1835, and went into the goods
business with Hiram AIcQuitty; but before he came to North-
field he was elected sheriff, succeeding Austin Davenport; in
that office; served in that office two terms, and was succeeded
by William Zion. The first grand jury that ever convened iu
the county held their session at his house in .Jamestown. One
little incident that happened while he was sheriff, is perhaps
worthy of notice ; he had a warrant for the arrest of a notorious
character for larceny, who had been a terror to the country
for some time, and who declared that he would not be taken.
AVhen he went to arrest him he fortunately met him alone in
the woods, and told him to get into the path going to Lebanon,
and if he made a move to the right or left he would kill him,
keeping his hand in his pocket all the time. He rode behind
him all the way to Lebanon through the woods, for there was
nothing but a path in those days, and safely deposited him in
the log jail, and then told him that he was unarmed — did not
have even a pocket-knife. The fellow was very much
chagrined when he found that out, and that he could have
escaped .so easily if he had not been so cowardly. He also
kept tavern in Northfield for about twenty years. During that
time there was an immense travel on the Michigan road. Ele
and AIcQuitty dissolved partnership, McQuitty retiring. He
continued the business at intervals alone and in partnership
with his son, John G. Tipton, till 1854.
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374 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
American Fur Company and continued with that company
fourteen years,- when the corapany suspended, hauling all the
furs he bought in wagons to Logansport. After that corapany
suspended, about 1853 or '54, he bought fur for Denny & Co.,
Dayton, Ohio, until his death in 1860. While engaged in that
business for a period of about twenty-five years, he was kept
much away from home in the winter season, sometimes as long
as three or four weeks at a time, his wife and boys looking
after the affairs at home, managing both the farm and tavern.
His wife's management of the tavern made it very profitable ;
she drew the largest custom of any of the many taverns on the
Michigan road. Travelers that stopped there once would al
ways laake it a point to do so again when traveling that
road. He was the father of thirteen children, all of whom
attained their majority. John G. Tipton, the eldest, who was
a.ssoeiated with him at one time in the mercantile business at
Northfield, and afterwards conducted the business alone, died
in Marion Township, Boone County, 1871. Alartha is living
in Missouri. William A. is a successful lawyer now at AVin-
field, Kansas; he has won distinction at the Lebanon, Coving
ton and Indianapolis bars, and has a reputation second to none
as a jurist. Mary J. died in Northfield in 1855; Sarah E. is
living in Stockwell, Ind.; Francis AI. is at Winfield, Kansas,
])racticing law; Hulda L. died in Jefferson Township, 1881;
Jaraes H. is living in Fountain County, also practicing law;
he has filled several positions of trust in that county. George
^V. is living in Iowa ; Rachel M. is living in Boone County;
Tillman H, is living in Fountain County; Rebecca D. is liv
ing in Fountain County; Amanda AI. is living in Dakota.
Sarah Tipton, his widow, still survives him, and is living in
Fountain County with her son, Jaraes H. Tipton. She is now
seventy-eight years old. During the late war the faraily fur
nished the following volunteers for the Union : John G.
Tipton, 86th Indiana; James H., 10th and 154th Indiana —
served four years ; George W., 40th Indiana — served three
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captain home guards, had to stav at home and take care of the
family. Of the early settlers that were in Jamestown at the time he
came there, was Samuel Wick, who was keeping tavern. John
Gibson lived just below town. AVitt's house was the only
house that was built at that time. The town was laid out by
James Madlock and John Ciibson. The first store was kept
by Sayer et Burk r the first election was held there in 1831
(either 18']1 or '32) ; the first court was held in a log cabin;
the grand jury held their meetings in a room of his house;
almost the whole court boarded at his house. Airs. Tipton
was out of flour and had to serve them with corn bread ; in
passing the bread, David Hoover, the clerk of the court, de
clined to take any just yet, mistaking it for pudding.
There was but one church organization, the Baptists, who
held their meetings in a log school house below town and in
houses in the neighborhood. When he came to North-
field, in 1835, there was but one house there; that was a gro
cery, kept by Jonathan Cruz, who boarded with Hiram Mc
Quitty, who lived just south of town. He moved into a
vacant house just below town, owned by McQuitty. He soon
built him a dwelling house, and he and AIcQuitty built a store
house in which they afterwards sold goods. John McCoy did
mast of the carpenter work. There was considerable travel
on the Alicbigan road at that time, going to the north and
northwest. The road was lined with peddlers of all kinds.
They could buy flour, meat, apples, peaches, whisky, brandy
and all kinds of notions from wagons in the road. He was
soon appointed postmaster. The mail was carried by stages.
He was postmaster twenty years. They had one mail each
way daily in the winter and spring. When the roads were
bad it would be midnight most of the time before the mail
from either way would reach his office, and he would have to
get up in the night and open the mail. Often he was not at
home and that duty was performed by_ Mrs. Tipton.
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Spencer, who sold goods; James Peyton, Chauncy Cole,
Abner Sanborn, the first justice of the peace, and shortly after
kept tavern ; Dr. Presly, Dr. S. K. Hardy, Dr. Martin, who
was also a Baptist preacher; John Kounts located just north
on Eagle Creek and kept a grocery and erected the first mill
in the neighborhood, and I think Isaac Hoover, west of town,
erected the second; John Hartman, Judge Dooley, Lsaac Hut
ton, Wm. O. Cary, were the first school teachers, if I remem
ber right. Jacob Tipton was an energetic man, had an iron
constitution, the weather never was too severe for him to ven
ture out into it to attend to his business. He was possessed
of a good, practical education, as good as the times could
afford. He did much to develop the couuty and encourage
emigration. His business brought him in contact with men
from all parts of the country, and it was through his influence
and representations that induced many good men to settle in
the county who would have went elsewhere. In politics he
was always a Democrat, and took great interest in politics, both
state and national. He was one of those men who was pecu
liarly fitted to develop aud advance the interests of a new
country. He never had much sickness, was always on the
move until his death, which occurred in October, 1860. He
was buried in the Ross Cemetery, one mile north of Northfield.

JAAIES TURNER.
Among many of the prominent citizens of Boone County.
who have passed away in the last few years was the person •
whose name stands at the head of this sketch. Air. Turner
was born in Lee County, Virginia, in the spring of 1806.
When he was two years old his mother died; after this, his
father moved to Campbell County, Tennessee, he living with
him until he was thirteen years of age, when he separated
from him, not seeing his relations any raore, with the except
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at Crawfordsville, and in the year of 1830, the 25th day of
Alarch, was married to Elizabeth Pauliy. She was an ac
quaintance of his in Tennessee, and had moved out here a
ytar oi- so previous. They lived in Alontgomery County for
a short time after their marriage, then moving to Boone
Couuty and buying a home in the woods northeast of Thorn
town, having very few neighbors at that tirae, but frequently
visited by Indians.
Air. Turner has not been a very shifting man ; has moved
only three times since he settled. In February, 1872, he sold
hi- farm and bought land within one mile of Lebanon. His
wife died the 16th of April, 1878, and in November, 1879, he
broke up housekeeping and went to live with his daughter,
Airs. Cynthia Tyre, she being the only child living, having
buried two boy.s — William Wallace and James A. — and one
daughter Eliza, several years before. He lived with his daugh
ter the most of the tirae until January 24, 1881, when he
passed away to another world, at the age of seventy-two years.
Air. Turner's profession was that of farming ; he labored
very severely in the settling up of the old county of Boone,
sometimes working for from twenty- five to fifty cents per day.
He took great pride in saving his money and being firm in his
dealings, and made a nice little fortune. His motto was, that
" if he couldn't get his price, to take the one offered." His
great prosperity is certainly a great incentive to poor young
men; it shows where industry and will are combined there
is always a way.
LELAND TANSELL
AVas born near Georgetown, Ky,, September 7, 1814. His
father, Francis Tansell, was a Frenchman ; died near Indian
apolis in 1841. His mother's name was (before marriage)
Catharine Cook. She died January 1, 1842; both are buried
west of Indianapolis, in Marion County. They were very old
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to Arabell Huft'mau, June .20, 1839, in Perry Township,
Boone County. Mr. Tansell came first to the county in 1835,
four years before he was married ; has resided in the county
over fifty years. He now resides one mile southwest of Zions
ville, where he owns a fine farm and enjoys home after a long
citizenship. He knows something about pioneer life on Eagle
Creek. While canvassing for this work I was kindly enter
tained by them at their horae. The names of their children
we have not at hand. There are several, however, most of
whom are now men grown. Long may this worthy family
live.
JAMES THORNBURG
Was boru near Lexington, Ky., August 7, 1800; was married
to Jane Andrews, near Dayton, Ohio, in 1820 ; came to what
is now AVashington Township when it was all woods. Entered
the land now owned by James Staley. Mr. and Airs. Thorn
burg were both members of the Ali.ssionary Baptist Church ;
are buried at the Cason Cemetery, in W^ashington Township.
The following are the names of this pioneer faraily: Catha
rine, married to Joseph Buckhalter; reside in Kansas. Alary,
married to John Stort ; reside in Dayton, Ind. AVilliam, mar
ried to Christenia Custer; he died in St. Louis, 1862- John,
married to Amanda Bozland (deceased) ; died in Crawfords
ville, Ind. Nancy, married to Samuel Scott (deceased) ; bur
ied at Cason Cemetery. Abigail, married to James Bozland;
reside in Thorntown, Ind. David, married to Sarah E. Wag
oner; reside in Washington Township. Ira S., married to
Angeline Bells; reside in Jackson Township. James married
to Margaret Lister; reside in Missouri. Elizabeth J., married
Slayback; she resides in Center Township; her husband is
dead. Levi was married to Clara Lame; reside iu Sedalia,
Mo. The children all lived to be married. David was
the first child born in AVashington Township. This pio-
meer family came to Boone County in the year 1832.

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STEPHEN TITUS,
One of the pioneers of Boone County, was born in the state
of Pennsylvania, January 1, 1800, consequently had a fair
start with the nineteenth century. Was married to Nancy
Barton in the year 1821. Came to Boone Couuty in 1830,
and entered his land, 160 acres, on Sugar Creek, where he
died February 13, 1868. Airs. Titus died October 31, 1874;
both are buried in Bethel Cemetery, in Washington Town
ship. Air. Titus was a meraber of the'Christian Church. In
person Air. T. was tall, fair complexion and light hair, and
a .Jacksonian Democrat. The following are their children's
names: Sacressa, married Owen Davis, died in Ohio; Rachel,
died in 1883, buried iu Bethel Cemetery ; William, married to
Nancy AIcKinsey, resides in Sugar Creek Township; Eli,
married to Eliza Campbell, deceased ; George, married to
Aiatilda Parkins, resides in Washington Township; Samuel,
raarried to Jane AVilkins, resides at the old home; Nathaniel
C, married to Bell Campbell, resides in Lebanon ; was elected
sheriff of Boone County in November, 1886; Stephen, died
in Louisville, Ky.; was in the army; buried in the Bethel
Cemetery ; Elizabeth aud Sarah E. died in infancy.
WILLIAAI TITUS,
The subject of this sketch, was born in the state of Pennsyl
vania (Green County), March 4, 1825, and with his parents,
Stephen and Nancy Titus, moved to Indiana in the fall of
18-30, settling two and one-half miles east of Thorntown, in
Washington Township, Boone County. "The land had been
brought into market two years before, but the Indians did not
leave till the year we moved here, therefore the country was
just beginning to be settled by the whites. This, then, was
an unbroken wilderness, save what little the squaws had
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town, and a few hardy pioneers who had pushed out among
the Indians to get a home. My father went to work, after
building a cabin, to clearing away the forest so that he might
raise something for his family to live on. I, being the oldest
boy of the family, had to do all I could, as soon as I was okl
enough, to help make the farm and keep the family. I lived
at home till I was twenty-six years old. I married, in 1851,
Nancy A. McKinsey, daughter of George and Leah McKin
sey. She was born in a little cabin, wdiere Thorntown now
stands, February 24, 1830. Her parents soon after moved to
the Twelve-AIile Prairie, living there until she was grown to
womanhood. Her father finally bought the mill property
owned by Alichael Chase, on Sugar Creek, in Washington
Township, this county, where we were married. Eight
children have been the fruit of our marriage, five of whom
have passed away to the Savior who said : ' Suffer little
children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such
is the kingdom of heaven.' One son and two daughters live
to comfort us in the evening of life. I have lived to see this
country, a wilderness fifty-seven years ago, converted into
beautiful farms and plea.sant homes, with all the advantages of
schools, churches, and elevation in society that follow such
grand improvements. I and my faraily are raerabers of the
Christian Church; have a farm in Sugar Creek Township,
where, perhaps, we will live till called to that country where
Christ, our elder brother, has gone to prepare a mansion for
all who love Flim. William Titus."
Febehaky, 10, 1887.
ANDERSON TROTTER.
The subject of this sketch was born September 12, 1809, in
Carolina County, Va., came to Indiana Territory in the year
1814. At the age of twenty seven years carae to Hendricks
County, Ind., and came to Booue County December, 1836.
Mr. Trotter was married to Alary Curgan iu November, 1836.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. .'1<S1
AVhen they came to Boone County one month alitor marriage,
they m()ved in a little log cabin in the green woods. Then
it was that the struggle of life began in earnest. Sometimes
dark; sometimes the dark clouds would have a silver lining.
Air. Trotter says he could hardly stand straight up in his cabin
it was so low, and had but one room, which served as parlor,
bedroom and kitchen. Yet in this little, humble horae, some
of his happiest days were spent. As the opening in the woods
spread out larger and broader, the little ones came in due
time to bless their wedded life. Mr. Trotter says their table
was a slab split out, and the puncheon floor was of the same
material. This little cabin served its day, when it gave way
to the hewed log house, and, in time, this to a frame. Air.
Trotter was a poor man on coming to this couuty; ten dollars
was all the money he had. He had the misfortune in 1863 to
have his house burnt, losing nearly all his furniture, Mr.
Trotter all through life has been a hard worker, and, now, aged
as he is, I found him la.st September hard at work toiling iu
the fields. His wife died several years ago, November 19,
1867. She is buried on the farm near .Jamestown, as well as
some of his deceased ceildren. A daughter died in September,
1845, aged seventeen years, and on September 10, 1857, his
youngest son died, aged sixteen years. Airs, Trotter was born
in Virginia, July, 1814; came to Indiana in the year 1834.
She was in her sixty-fourth year when she died. Air, Trotter
is now living with his childreu near Jamestown, Airs. 'William
Heckerthorn, Airs, D. H. Shockley, and Airs. John Day, His
toiling has not been in vain, for, after providing for his faraily,
he has plenty left for old age. Air. Trotter's father was born
in Virginia in 1780, and died in 1818. His grandfather
was boru in Ireland in the seventeenth century. Air. Ander
son Trotter \s highly e-teemed in the countv wherever known.
In person he is of mediura size, florid complexion, and has
been an iron man ; has been through the "flint mill." Long
may he live to enjoy his hard earnings.

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DENNIS THREILKIELD.

Mr. Threilkield was born in Kentucky, November, 183L
Came with his parents to Boone County when a mere boy.
He is the son of George Threilkield, one of the pioneers of
the county, and who came to Jefferson Township about the
year 1836. Dennis is oue of the substantial men of Boone
County and one of its most successful farmers and stock rais
ers. He resides in Jefferson Township, ten miles southwest
of Lebanon, where he owns a fine farm and splendid buildings,
splendid house, barn and other outbuildings. Everything on
his farm denotes thrift and energy. He was married at the
age of twenty-five, but has no children. In politics he is a
Democrat of the Jacksonian school. Wherever Dennis is
known he is highly esteemed as a worthy raan and citizen.
While canvassing for this work we stopped at his pleasant
home, and was kindly received and entertained by him and
his estimable wife.
WM. RILEY TAYLOR
Was born in Union County, Ind., October 7, 1817. Came to
Boone County in 1832 ; was first married to Elizabeth Beck,
October, 1832. The following are the children's names : John
F., James L,, William R., Abner (died at the age of two
years) ; Francis M., Mary A. (died at the age of twenty-two
years); Martha (died at the age of twenty-one years, in Texas).
Mrs. Taylor died November, 1864. The deceased members of
Mr. Taylor's family are buried at the ceraetery just east of his
house, where he has erected handsome and costly monuments
in meraory of loved ones gone. Air, Taylor was again married
to Eliza Coldwell, in 1875, daughter of William Coldwell, one
of the pioneers of Jefferson Township. Air. Taylor, in 1847,
built a fine brick residence on his fine farm in Jeff'erson Town
.ship, where he now resides and owns one of the finest farms,
640 acres, in the county. Mr. Taylor was a Democrat up to

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1860, since which time he has been somewhat independent in
politics. He was a strong war man, and all through life a.
highly respected citizen. To Air. and Airs. Taylor we owe
much for kind treatment at their hospitable home while gath
ering material for the "Early Life and Times in Boone
County." W. R. Taylor resides in Jefferson Township, one
and one-half miles west of Hazelrigg Station, where he owns
six hundred acres of choice laud.

JAAIES A. THOMPSON,
One of the pioneers of Jefferson Township, Boone Countv,
was born in Nicholas County, Ky., Alay 26, 1799, married to
Martha Blair February 19, 1824. Miss Blair was also a native
of Kentucky, born November 22, 1804. Came to Boone in
1830. and were indeed pioneers. Airs. Thompson died Alay
26, 1866; Air. Thompson died Deceraber 28, 1867. Both are
buried at the Shannondale Cemetery in Alontgomery County,
Ind. Air. Thompson entered 240 acres of land. He as well
as his wife were members of the church. Air. Thompson was
associate judge a number of years, and a raan of high standing..
The following are their children's naraes : Joseph A., born
January 8, 1825; Alary J,, born October 29, 1826; Levi N.,
born August 28, 1828; AVallace AL, born May 12, 1831;
Chester G., born May 8, 1833; Martin B,, born Deceraber 9,
1835; Susan A., born June 5, 1838; Cynthia A., born August
12,1840; AVilliam B., born April 22, 1843. The following
are deceased : Mary J., buried at Thorutown, Ind.; Levi N,,
buried at the Cox Cemetery ; Wallace and William B., buried
at the Shannondale Cemetery, in Montgomery County, Ind.
The Thompson family will be remembered as one of the pio
neer families of Boone County.

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OEL THAYER.
Mr. Thayer was born in Vermont in 1807, and was mar
ried to Caroline Osburn, daughter of the late James Osburn.
She was born in 1815. They came to Boone County at an
early day, about the year 1838. Mr. Thayer was most of his
life engaged in selling goods and trading, first at Clarkstown,
then at Eagle Village and Lebanon. He was one of the best
posted men in the county on general subjects, and a shrewd
business man in every respect. He died at Lebanon in 1874,
just past the meridian of life. His wife died six or eight
years previous. The following are his children's names:
Byron, Albert, Amanda, Henry, Adaline, James A., Daniel M.,
Vianna, William, Edwin and Helen. Byron, Amanda and
Vianna are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer and the family
deceased are buried at Lebanon. Albert Thaj'cr lives in the
city of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer will long be
remembered as early aud highly respected citizens.
WILLIAM W. TROUT.
Mr. Trout has been nearly all his life in Booue County,
most of the tirae in Worth Town.ship, where he was raarried
to Miss Neese, daughter of A. Neese, Esq., who resides one
mile south of Whitestown. Air. Trout now lives near Hazle
rigg Station, on the farm formerly owned by the late H. G,
Hazlerigg, aud where he has re.sided the past five or six years,
and where he owns and operates one of the finest farms iu the
county. Mr, Trout studied law when a young mau, and has
acted as attorney and collector for the railroad for many years;
but of late has devoted his tirae to farming — his chosen pro
fession. He is a Democrat of the olden type. Takes great
interest in fine stock raising, of which he has none but the
best, and is looking for better all the time. He has a pleasant
home and family, and where we weie kindly received while in

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BOONE Cl)UNTY, INDIANA. 385
AA'^ashington Township in the interest of this work. Mr.
Trout is just in his prime, being about fifty-two years of age,
strong, athletic and will pull the scales down at two hundred
pounds at any time. Alay he never grow less.
ABRAHAAI UTTER.
The subject of this sketch was born in the year 1800; was
one of the pioneers of Boone County. He first sa\v the light
of day in East Tennessee; married Jane Carmichael iu 1830;
came to Boone County in the fall of 1832; resided nearly fiftv
years on the same land which he entered when the county was
yet almost a wilderness; no roads or other conveniences of
to-day. Mr. Utter died on the 9th of March, 1881 ; Mrs.
Utter died in the year 1876 ; buried at the Cox Cemetery.
Air. Utter's parents came to the county in the year 1834. Air.
Utter died many years ago ; Airs. Utter died in the winter of
1851. Is also buried at the Cox Cemetery. Abraham Utter,
senior, was in the wars of 1876 and 1812; died at the age of
eighty-six years.
Abraham Utter, the subject of this sketch, raised a family
of ten children; two daughters and two sons reside in Boone
County (three are deceased), and one daughter and two sons
reside in Rice County, Kansas. Thomas Utter resides in
Washington Township; was born January 8,1839; married
to Alartha Crose on the 8th of December, 1864. The follow
ing are the naincs of their children : Olivia and Prior. Mr.
Utter has a splendid farm on Sugar Creek.
Samuel Utter, of Lebanon, is a son of Abraham Utter,
also. Airs. Jaraes Taylor is a daughter. Mrs. Taylor lesides
in AVashington Township, near Hazelrigg Station. See Mr.
and Airs. Utter's portraits in another part of this work.

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JONES H. WILSON
Was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, May 16, 1835,.
and remained a citizen of that county until twelve years of
age; at that period he moved with his parents to Fulton
County, Indiana. Six years later he moved with them to
Boone County. His earliest training was in the art of farm
ing, aud, as he grew older, he adopted that as his vocation.
He is one who has experienced the hardships and vicissi
tudes of pioneer life, having assisted his father in the labor of
clearing large tracts of land.
In 1855 he united in marriage with Miss Tillitha Lumpkin,
who was born in Putnam County, Indiana, in 1838. He
located on a rented farm of forty acres, in Perry Township,
where he remained one year; he then removed to the farm
which he now owns, consisting of one hundred and twenty
acres. He is the father of ten children, named, respectively:
Lafayette, Mary E,, William M., Anderson, Mandana, Alice,
Lillie, Zoro O., Mertie, and Roy, of which the following are
¦ married : Lafayette, raarried AlLss Rosina Ottinger, October,.
1875; Mary, to Martin Lawler, Deceraber, 1877; AVilliam, to
Miss Miranda Ottinger, February, 1882; Alandana, to Mon
roe Edwards, September, 1882; Anderson, to Aliss Rosa Mc-
Colley, August, 1883. All of them reside in Perry Town
ship, except Mary, who resides in Hendricks County. The
three boys, Lafayette, AVilliam, and Anderson, are teachers of
the common schools of our county, and have been for a num-
of years teaching through the winter season and farming dur
ing the summer.
Mr. Wilson and wife united wdtli the Christian Church in
1868, and both are regarded as consistent christians. Since
that time five of the children have united, and are regarded as
exemplary citizens in every respect.
Mr. Wilson's political views have always been in unison
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of its most cordial supporters, he is not a bigoted partisan,
and never sacrificed principle for party. His actions through
out life have been governed by conscientious motives, and he
is universally esteemed as an honest mau wherever he is
known.
WILLIAM WEST.
This name will sound familiar to the people in Boone Coun ty.
He was born in Kentucky on the 9th day of September, 1800.
He settled in Boone County in 1835, about two miles south of
where Elizaville now lays, in ( linton Township. He was
raarried to Aliss Ella Dixon in 1824, who lived with him until
August 23, 1870, when she departed this life. He raised four
children, as follows: Samuel, born .January 29, 1827; Sally,
born January 29, 1827 ; Ebenezer, born February 29, 1829;
Alargaret Ellen, born October 31, 1841. All are living ex
cepting Sally, who died November 23, 1869. Mr. West was
married again to Airs. Alary Jane Johnson, February, 1871.
He is one of the old Jacksonian Democrats (voted for Jackson
three times), and has always kept up his faith. He has always
held farming as his real occupation, and was one of the best
hunters of his day, but never saw the time that he could kill
over six deer in one day ; and says that he has seen the day
when coon, deer and fox skins were as good as legal tender,
and that was the way he paid his taxes. Mr. West is now
arriving at a ripe old age, and has never joined any church,
but is a constant bible reader, and claims that he can be a good
raan without belonging to any creed or church.
SOLOAION WARREN,
One of the pioneers of Boone County, came from Pike County,
Ohio, in the year 1832 ; married to Mary Lowry. Mr. Lowry,
her father, was born in North Carolina, April 16, 1804. Mrs.
Lowry, her mother, was born in Ohio, November 21, 1809.

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Mr. Warren settled in Washington Township on arriving in
the county. The following are their children's names : Isaac,
born February 7, 1833, raarried to Rebecca Sanders ; Edward,
born May 26, 1835, married to Sarah Pittenger ; Eliza, mar
ried to Samuel R. MeDaniel, she is deceased, buried at Hope
well Cemetery; Susanah, married to Aaron Freestone, also
deceased and buried at Hopewell; Elihu, died at the age of
twenty-four, also buried at Hopewell; Eliza, died April 21,
1864, buried at Hopewell ; Rhoda, born December 13, 1845,
died March 3, 1864 ; Silas, born February 22, 1847, married
to Jane Hardesty, resides in Washington Township; Nancy,
born September 23, 1850, resides inXDlinton Township. Solo
mon Warren and wife were members of the Baptist Church.
They entered their land at an early day. They are buried at
Hopewell Ceraetery in Clinton Township. Solomon Warren
died November 7, 1877; Mrs. Mary AVarren died November
18, 1870. Edward Warren was the first tirae raarried to Har
riet E. McDonald, February 16, 1860. She died Alay 26, 1884.
JAMES WILLS.
Mr. Wills resides in Washington Township, a short dis
tance east of Pike's crossing, where he owns a fine farm, which
he delights to cultivate. He was born in Henry County,
Indiana, January 5, 1826. The son of James Wills, who was
married to Elizabeth Warren, came to Boone Ccuintvin 1836.
His parents are buried at Hopewell Cemeterv, in Clinton
Towuohip. The subject of this article was united in marriage
to Elizabeth Gipson, February 23, 1854, The followingare the
name* of his children : Jasper N., married to Jane Bennett,
resides in Kansas; AVilliam J., married to Anna Aletcalf,
resi'les in Washington Township; John R., Mary E , died at
the age of fifteen years, buried at Bethel Cemetery in Wash
ington Township; Frances M., Charles M., Salista A., Edgar
A. P., Su.sau C, Isaac M., Hallie A. and Eddie E. Mrs.

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AVills is the daughter of Isaac Gipson, one of the pioneers of
Sugar Creek Township. Mr. Wills is a Democrat of the
Jacksonian type. The last five named reside at home.

SAAIUEL AVEST,
A resident of AVorth Township, resides two miles north of
AVhitestown.and one-half mile south of the Noblesville gravel
road. He was born in the state of Kentucky, Alay 29, 1826;
came with his parents to Boone County in the year 1834, in
the month of April. He was raarried to Susannah Evans,
Septeraber 28, 1845, The following are his children's names:
A\ illis G,, married to Alandona Dulin ; resides in Center
Township. Jonathan E., raarried to Alalinda Wheeler; re
side in Marion Township. Alartha J., married to Alilton O.
Thompson; the second time to G. W. Shelburn. Rozella,
married to Alansfield Shelburn. James E,, deceased Septem
ber 12, 1856; is buried at Alount's Run Cemetery. Sarah
M., married to John Klingler. Alary E., married to Albert
Carr. Samuel A., married to Alary E. Stark. Susannah,
married to Josiah Baber ; reside in Center Township. Charles
J., Albert F., Harvey AV. The last three named reside at
home. Air. and Airs. West belong to the Baptist Church.
Mr. West's father resides in Lebanon, aged eighty -six years;
his mother died in 1870. Airs. West's father's narae was Jon
athan Evans; died April, 1856; her mother died in 1873;
buried at Alount's Run Cemetery, in Union Township.
CYNTHIA ANN WOODY
Was the daughter of Zirari and Lydia P. Cook. She was born
in Wayne County, Ind., the 4th day of December, 1814, and
was married to Jeremiah Moffitt, the 4th day of January, 1832,
and with him moved into Sugar Creek Township, Booue
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to the farm upon she now resides, the 15th day of the follow
ing November. She has been a continuous resident thereupon
since. Her husband died in the year 1852, and in 1855 she
was married to James Woody, whom she survives, still living
on the old homestead with her daughter and only living child,
Sarah J. Hadley, wife of Milton Hadley. She is a member of
the Friends Church, and after having undergone the privations
and hardships of pioneer life is hale and rugged in old age.
See her portrait on another page.
JOHN WYSONG
Was born November 11, 1811, in the old "tar" state of North
Carolina. His parents' naraes were John Wysong and Eliza
beth Wysong (her name was Parker before marriage). The
elder Wysong died July 18, 1854, and is buried at Mount's
Run Cemetery. His wife died in 1866, and is also buried at
Mount's Run Cemetery. The subject of this sketch was mar
ried to Jane Beaty in North Carolina September 29, 1836, and
came to this county in 1839. Mr. AVysong entered part of his
laud, and where he died June 15, 1886. Airs. W^ysong's
parents died in North Carolina, her mother dying March 12,
1837, and her father, January 31, 1855. The following are
the naraes of the children of John and Jane Wysong: Eliza
beth, married to George B. Dulin; AVilliam B., married to
Lillie dayman ; Lucy, married to John D. Miller; Adolphus,
married to Miss Ross ; John H., raarried to Angeline
Hubanks; Araanda A., married to John E. Brohard. Airs.
Wysong resides on the old farm, seven railes east of Lebanon.
Mr. and Mrs. Wysong were members of the Regular Baptist
Church. The above family will be remembered as one of the
highest respectability.

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WILLIAM YOUNG.
Among the early settlers of -lett'erson Township was the one
whose name heads this short sketch. Air. Young was born in
Hawkins County, Tennessee, in 1790, and was married to
Jane Rutledge, who was born in Wvthe Countv, A^irsrinia.
Mr. Young came to Bocuie Countv in 1829, settling in .leffer-
son Town-hip, where he entered a large tract of land near the
Alontgomery County line. The following year his wife died
— in ISOi). This good woman did not live long enough to see
the new county developed to any extent. The first few months
of her life after coming to this couuty she, with her worthy
companion, lived in a tent until a rude cabin could be built.
It took courage to undergo such a life — it required heroism.
Could she now look out on the beautiful farm of J, V. Young
(formerly the old homestead) what a change would greet her.
The fine brick mansion in place of the tent and cabin, the pike
in place of the trail — ves, there has been a wonderful change.
Airs. Young is buried at the Shannondale Cemetery in Alont
gomery County. Air. Young was the second time married,
this time to Alary Vannice, in the year 1835. Air. Young
died in 1869, and is also burled at the Shannondale Cemetery.
John V. and Georg;e T. Young are children of the first mar-
riage. The former now owns the old farm, which is one of
the best in the county — .splendid buildings, and in the finest
state of cultivation. George T. resides two miles east; he
also owns a fine farm. He was elected township trustee in
April, 1884. William Young, the subject of this skgtch,
served a number of years as trustee of his township. He was
a brother of the Rev. Clayborn Young, who was also a pioneer
and it is said organized the first church (Presbyterian) in the
township. Williara Young, as well as John V. and George
T., are Jacksonian Deraocrats.

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WILLIAM ZION.
The pioneer whose narae heads this sketch was araong
the first to come to the city of Lebanon, then a mere cross
roads, so to speak. Strong and active, just in his early
manhood, eager for the fray, which he proved, on occasion,
in after life. He was born in Abington, Va., .January
1812. He was the son of Jacob Zion and Catharine Zion,
who were early citizens of Rush County, Ind., coming as early
as 1828. Mrs. Catharine Zion died there in the year 1834: is
buried at Rushville. Mr. Jacob Zion died in the state of
Iowa, in the year 1864. They were of German descent. AVill
iam Zion was married to Amelia Sims, in Rushville, Decera
ber 13, 1832, She was the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth
Siras, who were also early citizens of Rush County. Mrs.
Elizabeth Siras died at Rushville, March 20, 1834. Air. Siras
died in Clinton County, Ind., January 16, 1862. Amelia
Sims, now Mrs. Amelia Zion, was born in Brookville, Ind.,
May 29, 1814. In 1834 Mr. and Airs. William Zion came to
Lebanon, where he at once, as stated above, entered upon the
scenes of an active life, and from first to last was foremost in
all the undertakings and improvements, not only in Lebanon,
but throughout the county and state. He soon after arriving
engaged in the mercantile business in a small way, increasing
his stock as his business grew up. Later he was at the head
and front, and for years " Zion's store," on the corner, was a
household word. Twice did he build up on the old corner;
first, a large two story frame in 1843, which stood until the
year 1866, when the present brick building was erected by
him. He retired from the mercantile business in 1862, when
other matters engaged his attention. He was an earnest and
devoted friend and encourager of railroads, and much of his
time and means were devoted to the building of the two roads
now entering Lebanon. The beautiful little city of Zionsville
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the towu started, which now is a thriving little city of 1,500
inhabitants. In 1847 he built the brick house adjoining Lebanon, where
he lived the remainder of his life, and where the family now
reside, and where he operated a fine farm for years. AVhen
Air. Zion first came he worked at his trade, that of carriage
making and blacksmithing, anil was its first of the kind in
Lebanon. Air. Zion was many years ago made a Alaster Mason
in Thorntown, and during life was a supporter and member of
this ancient and honorable body. He served as county sheriff,
being elected in the year 1836, In all his relations in life,
both public and private, he acted well his part; always dis
charged his duty with fidelity. In person, Air, Z. was a large
man, full six feet high, dark eyes and hair, good features. He
died March 15, 1880; is buried at the new cemetery, east of
the city he done so much for, and where a suitable monument
marks the resting place of one of the pioneers of Boone County.
We must not forget his wife, who is yet living, a well pre
served lady of seventy-four years, whose portrait, as well as
Air. Zion's, will be found in another part of this work. Also
a letter from Airs. Zion contributed to the Patriot, of this city,
dated December 20, 1886, which we have been permitted to
copy in the "Early Life and Times iu Boone County." In
all the relations of life Airs, Zion has proved a worthy help
mate from the cabin down to the present day. Not more
than three or four persons are now living in Lebanon when
Mrs. Zion first came. She has a vivid recollection of all the
events of the city and county for fifty years; is a fine conver
sationalist, and is well informed, especially on pioneer life.
The publishers of this work are under obligations to her for
valuable information about Lebanon.
The following are their children's names: Charlotte F.,
born. October 2.3, 1833; married to L. M. Oliphant, Novem
ber 12, 1850 ; she died August 15, 1854. George, born March
27, 1836; died in infancy. Elizabeth K., born March 29,
1836; married to Wm. Oden, June 22,1858; died May 1,.

394 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES.
1868. Parrisada A., born March 7, 1840; married to Moses
Hall, of Kentucky, December 2, 1862; reside in Lebanon.
Mary L., born April 30, 1842; married to Dr. A. O. Miller,
August 21, 1862; reside in Lebanon. Mr. Miller has served
as county auditor, served with distinction in the late war, is
now couuty health director. Theodore L., was born August
18, 1844 ; was raarried first to Hattie Combs, February 18,
1868; the second tirae to Mrs. Wear, of Anderson, Ind.,
where he now resides, and is the present (1886) raarshal. He
was also in the late war, 10th Ind. Reg. Eliza A., born
July 23, 1846; married to A. Morris, September 1, 1868; re
sides in Indianapolis. James M., born September 22, 1848;
married to Millie Loveless, October 5, 1869; reside in San
Francisco, Cal. Charles M., born September 7, 1854; raar
ried to Mary Clemens; reside in Lebanon. Mr. Zion is one
of the young attorneys of the bar of this city. AVilliam A.,
born October 25, 1850; married to Elizabeth Buchanan; re
side in the city of Chicago, 111.

LETTERS

[Following will be found some letters written by Mr. Harden, and which
huve appeared in the Boone Countv Pioneer from time to time during
l.SS5-t>ri .1 part of them from Anderson ;iiid the remainder from the differ
ent townships in the county, while he was canvassini; for the " Early Life
and Times in Boone County." It wn' not the original intention to publish,
or rather republish, these letter?; but there ^cenis a space here for their
reappearance, which is our apology for their hiing here placed in the book.]

A REAIARKABLE CRANK WHO AMSITED BOONE
IN PIONEER DAYS,
John D. Hopkins was an occasional visitor at Eagle Vil
lage. The first tirae I ever saw him there was during the
political campaign of 1844. He was making a speech from
the store-porch of J. F. Daugherty. He .sang several songs,
also, during the day. He was not at all particular as to the
kind of a speech he made, or the song he sang, so he got a
dime at its conclusion. At the conclusion of one of his songs
was the following: '' .J. D. Hopkins always stops the longest
where the pot boils the strongest." Who in Central Indiana
has not heard of him? A poor old man, but for some cause
might have been useful. Some little screw loose in his make
up, some little kink in his nature, made him a castaway.
I never saw him again till the year 1867, when living in
Alarkville, on the Pendleton and Newcastle pike. It was a
bright morning in June. Looking down the road I saw him,
hat in hand, breeches rolled up, and a linen duster on his
manly form, with glowing countenance. I recognized him at
once. He, without ceremony, jumped upon a carpenter's

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bench ou the sidewalk and commenced a speech. He had a
book that he said he would soon publish to the world, giving
his life. He said that the speech he was then delivering
would be in it. He quit as abruptly as he had begun, leaped
down and was about to start when my wife called to me to-
come to dinner. He was just then passing me. I asked him
to go with me to dinner. He readily accepted, ate very
heartily, aud talked vehemently all the tirae. He had book
on the brain badly. When he had finished eating he gathered
his big summer hat, never said a word, went to the front fence,
put one hand on the top rail, leaped over like a boy of sixteen,.
though he could have opened a gate and went out as well. He
went on toward Newcastle, in the middle of the road. This
was the last time I ever saw him. While getting material for
the history of Hancock County in 1881, fourteen miles east of
Indianapolis I strnck a place where he lived or sojourned for
several years. The place of his little rude 8x10 cabin was
pointed out by William Smith, an old citizen who knew him
well, and told of hira carrying a stove from Richmond to put
in it. Here he lived the life of a hermit, composed and sang
his songs ; here he was in love with a Miss Craig, whom he
loved to distraction. I called to see her iu 1881. She had a
vivid recollection of him, told of his actions and his songs;
also of the little cabin not far from her father's house on Buck
Creek. He was then what we now call a "crank." His
whole life was like a stormy sea, ever chasing the imaginary,
but never getting to it. He is in all probability long since
dead. The stormy sea carried the little craft safe-housed on a
shore that has uo storms, and where the weary soul is forever
at rest.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. .")!t7
REAIINISCEXCES OF EAGLE VILLAGE FORTY
YEARS AGO.
•CRAZY JOE ABRAHAM.S, LUKE MILLER, GEORGE ASTON AND
OTHER NOTABLES OF BYGONE DAVS.
Joseph Abrahams was a frequent visitor during his life, and
when not in possession of his right mind he was a terror to
many, as he had the strength of two men. Especially was he
a terror to boys and women. When he came at night it was
a signal for "lights out," or if in the daytime for "blinds
down."' AVhen he would come into the store the small boy
would have business sorae place else. He would shake hands
with persons across a hot stove, and invariably dab their hand
on the stove. One day the sound of horses' hoofs were heard
in the distance, when Abrahams was in hot pursuit of his son,
both on horseback. Joseph had a long gad with which he was
lashing young Abrahams' horse at every jump. Late one
night he was passing father's house, singing. I was fearful he
would stop, but he only came to the gate, placing a stone on
each post, saying when father and mother died to put them at
their graves, and went on his way rejoicing. I felt relieved
as his retreating voice told he was going. He was not always
crazy, but at times quite easily handled ; had nothing to say
when himself, but a real terror when cranky. He died many
years ago. Some who read this will call to mind " Crazy Joe
Abrahams." Luke Miller was another terror when drinking. There was
no harm about him. He was for fun, and his weakness was
for children, but the children did not have any relish for such
fun. He would take after them and then the fun would set in.
He would have the whole town in an uproar before he left.
Those who did not hide he would have crying, and mothers
mad, when Luke would apologize, say he was just in fun, and
would not hurt them for the world. It took the kids a long
time to find that out. I was at Uncle Luke's grave on Eagle

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Creek a short time ago. Aside from a little too much "tea"
at times, he was, in many respects, a good man.
George Aston's visits to the village were the signal for fun.
He had a black horse called George that was well trained and
a valuable beast. Aston would get the horse in the middle of
the street, and at full speed run alongside of him and all at
once jump upon hira, circus style. This he would do for hours.
The street would be lined with viewers on both sides. This
usually was on Saturdays, when the village was full of persons.
George was also a big man and a bully, would fight and growl
with any one, until at last he met his match in the person of
Norris Carr, who whipped him, and after that he was easily
whipped. He is living yet, eight miles north of Indianapolis.
At the time I write of he lived four miles south of Eagle Vil
lage on the Michigan road, and kept tavern — not like the man
in Illinois, but a real tavern. I was alraost afraid to pass his
house when a boy, for he had a peculiar hankering for boys,
as well as Luke Miller. Well, there were some others who
came periodically and were in the habit of kicking up a racket,
such as Sara and Lewis Jones, Johnny Sargeaut — he was a
harmless old man who would get drunk every time he came.
and that was quite often. In my next I will tell you about
the pioneer preachers of that day in and about Eagle Village.
AN OLD RESIDENT'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EAGLE
VILLAGE FORTY YEARS AGO.
ITS EARLY MUSICIANS  A BEAR FIGHT  OLIPHANT's EAGLE
— PUNISHING A WIFE BEATER.
When in your city on the 4th inst., I saw John Lowe, who,
with his brother George, were the musicians at a school exhi
bition in 1842. I thought it the finest- music I had ever
heard, and so it was, for it was the first. It was at the close
of a school taught by W. S. Beaty. The village was then at
its zenith, and the exhibition was a decided success. The_

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declamations were fiue. I had one myself that I have never
been able to come up to since. It was sonuthing like this:
"You would scarce expect one of my age," etc., at seven years
of age ; I can't beat it now at fifty-three.
The bear fight at Dye's mill, in 1846, was one of the big
things of that day. Some of the Dye boys had captured two
cub bears in the reserve near Kokomo, brought them home,
kept them until they were perhaps eighteen months old, wdien
it was given out that they were going to have a shooting
match, bear fight, dog fight, etc., at the mill, in the fall of
1846, I think it was. The time came, and with it came a large
crowd for that time. Perhaps two or three thousand person.'*
were present. The best dogs were on hand, eager for the fray.
Also the best marksmen, with their rifles in the best possible
trim. After the bears cleaned out all the dogs, the shooting
commenced, wdiich resulted in several getting a slice. George
Craft, who kept the hotel at the village at that time, and with
whora I was boarding, brought horae a piece and had it cooked
up in fine style for his guests. It was like the rausic — the
best to me, for it was the first and last I ever ate. There were
several fights at that match, and whisky flowed freely. I
doubt, however, if a meeting could be had now, everything
considered, which would be raore creditable to the neighbor
hood than the one referred to. It brought together raany hard
cases from all parts of the county.
In 1844, L. AI. Oliphant, now of Jaraestown, in Boone
County, and Alexander Aliller captured a bald eagle near the
village. Air, Oliphant shot and crippled it slightly, when it
was caged and taken to the battle ground, near Lafayette. I
saw it when in the cage on the eve of its going. It cut a
swath eight feet when on the wing, and was one of the finest
of its species ever caught in the county. AVhen at the battle
ground it was the object of attention. Reared up in the air
on a box, it would make one swoop at a chicken and there
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for it but refused, and brought it back to the village again,
where it died soon after. Too much chicken, I suppose.
One of the most laughable scenes I call to mind, was on
the occasion when it was said one James Armstrong had
whipped his wife, not only once but on divers occasions. The
villagers got tired of this, and one evening went in a body to
where James was at work and wanted to know the cau,se why.
He was at work at the old "ashery," buying or making sal-
aratus, and when about entering the building he drew out the
long, red-hot iron used to stir up things with and .said : ''Stand
back ! Stand back, gentlemen ! " Alost of us considered we
had got almost close enough to James. His wife, about this
time, appeared on the ground, and, woman-like, entered an
excuse for Jaraes; said he was a good, kind husband, and, in
fact, he had not whipped her as per report. The iron having
•cooled off by this tirae, as well as the general spirit that led us
forth, one Frank Imbler, as good a man as ever lived, went
forward and he and James had a little set-to, Frank coming
out on top. James promised not to whip her any more, the
crowd disappeared, and this was the last of wife whipping,
and the first I ever heard of in Eagle Village.
EAGLE VILLAGE AND SOAIE OF ITS POPULA
TION FORTY YEARS AGO.
SAMUEL HARDEN WRITES OF THE MERCHANTS AND DOCTORS
OF THAT DAY.
As I write the word " pioneer," my mind goes back to my
boyhood days, when a citizen of your county, at a point now
only known in history, then a town of sorae five or six hun
dred souls. I refer to Eagle Village. Aly recollections go
back to about 1840. Others living more in your county
recollect further back, and were indeed pioneers, most of whom
are now dead. As we see and recollect incidents from differ
ent standpoints, I hope to be able to say something that will
interest a few, at least, of your many readers. The early mer-

HARVY MAKIOX LA FOLLETTE.

BOONE COUNIY, INDIANA. 401
<3hants were James M. Larimore, Reuben Price and J. F.
Daugherty A Co. Air. Larimore was a born merchant, and
one of the finest looking men in his day. He dressed to jier-
f'ection and was very popular. He was the son of Polly Lar
imore, so long and well known as the proprietress of the
Eagle Village hotel. James died in 1849, scarcely in the
prime of life, of consumption, and in the spring. He wanted
to live, and a few hours before he died he called for his boots,
put one on, and gave up to die. He is buried at the cemetery
at Eagle Village. He was never married, and I think was
about twenty-eight years of age at his death.
J. F, Daugherty now lives, or did a .short time ago, at
Indianapolis. He was a good salesman and had the confidence
of the people. He was for many years captain of the Eagle
Village Light Infantry, so popular at the time I write.
Reuben Piice carae from Clarkstown to the village about
the year 1844. His whereabouts I do not know.
AIv father, John Harden, constituted the "Co." of J. F.
Daugherty. He was well known to many of your citizens.
He was born in Ireland in 1802, and is sleeping at the beauti--
ful littk ceraetery at Zionsville, near wdiere he lived the best
part of his life. He died in 1879.
A word about the doctors of that day. Dr. S. AV. Rod
man came as early as 1845, and here made his start in his pro
fession. He was married to Alartha Rose about the year 1847.
He now lives in AVa.shington Territory. Samuel Duzan was
a young man, and was.about to begin the practice in which he
was so well qualified, when he was taken sick and died. He
was a fine looking man, six feet high, of commanding appear
ance. He was perhaps twenty-five years of age at his death.
Jerry Larimore — what shall I say in memory of poor
Jerry? In many respects a splendid man, and at one time
commanded a large practice; was in the saddle almost day and
night. He went to Califcrnia in 1849; returned some three
years later. Many of your people know his sad fate. I
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believe he is buried at Whitestown, your county. He was-
married in 1845 or 1846.
Dr. George Gaston swung out his shingle here in 1844..
Did not stay long. He was then young — just entering a long
life, for he is yet living at Indianapolis. He was a fine look
ing man all through life, and now, with almo.st snow-white
hair, is manly in forra. He also went to California. I saw
him there in the Sacramento postoffice in 1852.
H, G, Larimore, father of Jerry, was old the first time I
ever saw him. He never was a handsome man. He carae to-
the village early — perhaps in 1839. He was a very excitable
man. He could pray, preach or swear, as the case required,.
and would fight rather than be called a coward. He came
from Fayette County, Indiana, with others of the Larimore
family. He died some twenty-five years ago. A\'as married
four times.

THE PREACHERS OF EAGLE VILLAGE FORTY
YEARS AGO.
I attended a revival meeting not long ago in this county,
when a young woman arose in a speaking session and said:
" I do not recollect the time when my parents' home was not
the home of the preachers ; when there was no altar there."^
This is true with many of us. It is certainly true with me,
and I early formed a good opinion of preachers. I loved to
see them come, for preaching at the time of which I write, did
not occur every Sunday, by any means, and when it was given
out that there would be meeting at the house of a neighbor, it
was the signal for an outpouring of the people. Yes, I have
a good opinion of preachers iu general, though there is one
occasionally turns up to disgrace his calling. I can't
help thinking that of those of whom I write about to-day,
and who have gone to their reward, were good men and are
eiijoving the repose of the land of the blest.

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Thomas Liekhart was one of the first preachers I evi i-
saw. This was about the year 1840. He eauie once a month to
hold meeting. He was always well received, and considering
the sparse settlement, had good attendance. He was then in
his prime, and an earnest worker. I read recently of his
death at .some town in Hendricks County, at the age of ninety-
two years. AVhat a grand life he spent ! What a grand crown
he must wear ! Don't say all the preachers are bad men. Air.
L. was a Christian preacher.
Hugh Wells, that grand old man, for he is yet living, or
was recently, often preached at our house and in the vicinity.
He lived at that time, back in the forties, near .\ugusta. He
was formerly a Alethodist, but late in life joined and labored for
the Lutheran Church, He was not a finely educated man, but
thoroughly in earnest aud commanded the respect and esteem
of all. He was a fine looking man in person, with a gleaming
countenance when thoroughly lit up with the fire of a zealous
worker, as he was.
D. F. Straight was sent to the Augusta circuit about the
year 1842. He was then a young man ; had not been preach
ing long. He is yet living, and has nearly got back to where
he was preaching forty-three years ago — not far from Allison-
ville. He must now be near seventy-five years of age. AA'hat
throngs of people he has spoken to ! What numbers he has
warned to flee frora the wrath to come, and what a vast mul
titude has gone on before that has listened to him in j-ears
past. James AlcCoy, a Presbyterian preacher, came to the village
in 1844. He was a polished man, a born preacher and fine
singer. He was very popular for years. If living, he must
be eighty years of age, for he was at his best at the time spoken
of, of medium size and always went well dressed. I do not
know where he went after leaving the village,; in all probabil
ity he has gone to the goodly land. One of the ablest ser
mons ever preached at the Augusta camp meeting was preached
by him. This, too, when such men as W. H. Good, Joseph

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Marsee, J. H. Hull, Augustus Eddie and others preached in
their best days. All have preached at Eagle Village.
Madison Hume, a Baptist preacher, lived eight miles north
of Indianapolis. He was an occasional visitor at the village,
and none were more welcome than he — a noble man and a
good speaker. He labored and built up the Crooked Creek
Church near his home, where he was loved and respected for
his work. His brother was at my house two years ago, and
said Madison died at Indianapolis ten or twelve years ago and
was buried at Crown Hill Ceraetery. AVill not some keep his
grave green ?
R. H. Calvert, I think, succeeded Straight on the Augusta
circuit in 1844. He was a thorough Methodist and had sorae
fight about him — that is, in a war of words He was quite
able in debate or fireside argument, which was his delight.
Father had made arrangements for a talk or chat between him
and Matt Council at our house in 1844. Council was a Carap-
bellite, or Christian preacher of sorae note, and was also a
"fighter," The tirae carae and both were on hand, eager for
the fray. Father introduced them, wdien the fun began, and
lasted till very late. This was the first debate I was ever at,
and perhaps the first in or near the village. Air. Council has
been dead many years. Calvert's whereabouts I do not know
anything about. In all probability he is dead. If living, he
is near eighty years of age.
Among other local preachers of that day were William
Gauge, Joseph Lanner, Joshua Wright, George Bowman,
George Duzan, Air. Sims, AVm. Patterson, Alatt Council, Mr.
Dodson and George Alorgan.
SAMUEL HARDEN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF AN
EARLY VISIT TO LEBANON.
The first tirae I visited Lebanon was in the spring of 1847,
during the session of the circuit court. It was al-,o the first
court I was ever in. Judge Peasley was on the bench, with

BOONE COUNTY, I.SDIANA. 405
Samuel Cason and Nash Pitzer as associates. The little, old-
fashioned court house looked big to me, and the lawyers, it
seemed, were superior beings. Among them were Hiram
Brown, Hugh O'Neal, Abraham A. Hamraond, William
Quarles, of Indianapolis, L, C. Daugherty, W. B. Beach, S.
S. Strong, Air. Hamilton, Joseph Hockett and others, of Leb
anon. It was a very muddy time and the streets were in a
terrible plight. There were no walks, either plank or gravel,
but I was raised in the mud and did not expect anything bet
ter. The town looked large to me, for it was about the largest
one I was ever iu up to that time. There was a sign on the
north side of tb.e square I call to mind. I think it was in
front of a hatter's shop. It was a coon and a hat. A man
by the name of Olive, I think, made hats for the natives there
in an early day. AVm. Zion was then in business on the cor
ner of the two main streets. A. H. Shepard kept tavern, and
a good one for the times. It was known far and wide as
"Shep's." There was a young man from Jamestown that
spring, asking to be admitted to the bar. His name I do not
recall. He was the butt-end of all the jokes of the season.
He was a big, two-fisted, good-natured fellow. .Judging frora
surroundings, he would have made a better " Jehu " than a
disciple of Blackstone. But we can't always sometimes tell
how a man will turn out.
When in }our city last July, I thought of the ones referred
to above. All, or nearly all, are dead now. The muddy streets
present a different appearance. The old court house is gone.
Tirae has brought changes. The sparkling, light eyes of
Quarles are closed forever. The powerful voice of Brown is
hushed. The quick retort of O'Neal is indulged in no raore,
and the pleasant sraile of Daugherty has passed away forever.
Judge Peasly has been summoned to a higher bar, where a
Judge that knows no erring is presiding, and where no appeals
are taken.

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JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
THE ODD fellows' PICNIC AND OTHER MATTERS AS SEEN
BY' MR. S. HARDEN.
The Odd Fellows' picnic here on last Thursday was one of
the best I ever attended. First, the day was all that could be
desired— no dust, and in the beautiful grove of AVilliam Heck
athorn it was delightful. The people carae, and I judge nearly
three thousand persons were present, all well behaved and well
dressed. Never was there better order at any out-door raeet-
ing than at this. The coraraittee was successful in procuring
good speakers. Hon. AVill Cumback spoke in the forenoon,
and it was one of his best efforts, too. He was listened to
with close attention while he spoke the golden words of truth.
Dinner was then in order, and, oh, such a repast as was spread
out on the hillside on the snow-white tablecloths, covered
with the grandest dinner one could imagine. An hour or two
was spent in feasting and general social greeting.s, after which
B. F. Foster spoke for about an hour. It was a rare treat to
listen to two such speakers on such an occasion. Rev, Atkins,
of New Ross, spoke fifteen minutes, and acquitted himself
well. The Lebanon juvenile band was on hand, and rendered
some good rausic, as it always does. The vocal music, by the
Jamestown ch'iir, was good. It was a gala day for Jamestown
and Odd Fellowship — a day well spent.
To canvass a coraraunity when there are seven threshing
machines at work, besides the making of hay, cutting oats,
and other work going on at the sarae time, is not a very de
sirable job, especially when the thermometer is in the nineties.
Among the older citizens called on during the past week were
Elijah Jackson, Bart Aliller, G. W. Shockley, Peter Deweese,
J. H. Kibbey, Milton Young, W. H. Coombs, and J. M.
Sandy. All are interested in the early history of Boone.
Among the younger men called on were J. M. Ashley, Thos.
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D. H. Shockley and AV. H. A-hlcy, all very intelligent young
men, a majority of whom are teachers. AV. H. Ashley and
Ephraim Kibbey are candidates on the National county ticket.
Should they lie elected they will fill the offices with credit to
themselves and their constituency.
The finest grove of timber to be seen anywhere is on the
farm of ALs, Ashley, two and one-half miles northeast of
Jaraestown, and in sight of the L-banon road. But one has
to be in it to behold its beauties — one hundred and forty pop
lars and as many oaks standing on eight or ten acres. It is a
great sight now, and would in time to come, if preserved, be
come more so. It is worth thousands of dollars, but it would
be almost a sin to cut down those monarchs of the forest, tow
ering over their surroundings. AVhile looking at those grand
•old trees I thought of the lines:
" Woodman, spare that tree," etc.
I am told that much of the land in .Jackson was originally
•covered with the choicest walnut, poplar and oak timber, I
saw a poplar sturap on the land of Vf. H. Coombs that meas
ured nine feet through. Some who read this may have seen
the tree when it was standing. But those grand old trees, like
the first settlers, are only found here and there, and will soon
be known onlv in history; and as we measure the stumps of
trees, their names will be measured by the good they have
done. One of the finest farming communities to be found any
where is located around Old Union Church. AVith its splen
did growing corn aud already harvested wheat fields it is a
grand sight to take in the church and one 'of the finest located
cemeteries to be found in the county. It is to be hoped that
when the pike is made, in place of going through it may be
made around on the north side and give all this hill to the use
of the cemetery, as the road now passes through or near the
center of the hill. It is none of my business, but to a stranger
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The people of Jackson should be, and I think are, a happy,,
contented people, with good farms and houses, and plenty on
every hand, with good roads and prospects of getting better
all the tirae. It certainly is a desirable place to live. My
short stay with the people here has, on my part, been pleasant..
In the future I hope to call up many kind faces and incidents
that naturally carae up while canvassing .Jackson Township..

THE GARDEN SPOT OF BOONE.
After having been over Jackson Township in the interest
of ray work, "Early Life and Times in Boone County," and
being liberally patronized, I wish, in a general way, to thank
those who so kindly and well have assisted in the work. Forty
years ago I heard Dr. Rodman, formerly of Eagle Village,.
now of Oregon, say Jamestown was the garden spot of Boone
County. It was many years after that when I first saw this
part of the county, and uot until quite recently was I at all
acquainted with the people or township. All strangers must
be forcibly impressed with Jackson Township, who have been
over any considerable portion as I have been. My feet have
become somewhat familiar with the roads and by-paths, its
houses, streams, churches, cemeteries and citizens. I have no
desire to dispute what Dr. Rodman said.
Araong the persons called upon were: Aramon Heady,
Simon Emmert, Peter Deweese, AVm. Reese, J. M. Nicely, Dr.
Burk, .Johnson Heath, Sol. Searing, J. M. Shelley, J. M"
Martin, William Nicely, Wash. Emmert, AV. H. Coombs, J..
H. Kibbey, Elijah Jackson, AA^ash. Shockley, AV. C. Crump,
W. H. Hostetter, and others.
To all the'above and others I am under lasting obligations.
In after life it will be a pleasure to call up those with whom I
have become acquai'nted in Jackson Township. Its cosy
homes, rolling hills, pleasant valleys and the grandest forest
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saw many of your citizens under unfavorable surroundings,.
harvesting and threshing, I have usually found them gentle
men. I can call up no one who in the slightest way turned
the cold shoulder. Should this continue throughout the
county I will never regret having undertaken to write its early
history. I found as a rule good farming, as the threshing
now going on attests, corn well tended, and in fact everything
denoting good husbandry. As a lady remarked to me recent
ly, and one who had traveled extensively, that any one wdio
could not make a living here could not any place. This state
of things I hope may long continue to the people of your
township, and the bountiful harvest just being gathered ma}
never be less,
OX THE WING.
MR. HARDEN RESUMES HIS WORK IN HAKUIsON TOWNSHIP.
There is in this locality two things that strikes one favor
ably; the vast prairies and good school houses, and, 1 might
say, its many churches. Ni^ township of its size has so raany
hou.ses of worship — seven, if I count right. I was lucky in
finding such a good place to stop as George W. Scotts' and
his pleasant family, who so kindly entertained me under
unfavorable circumstances (the wdieat threshers being here at
the tirae). George is one of the old settlers in Harrison. I
called on Fleraraing Dickerson in the southeast corner. He
has been here nearly fifty years; is well informed in pioneer
matters; is seventy-five years of age, and is keeping up
remarkably well. I am thankful to R. B. Zimmerman and
wife for a good dinner. They have a splendid brick house,
good farm, and live at home. They know how to act when a
stranger enters their home. In this locality I fiiund two old
Mexican soldiers — J. L. Smith and J. W. Letcher, both well
informed men, looking over the hill, the slope of which, let
us hope, leads to a better place.
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intelligent gentloraen. They are interested in the pioneer
life of Boone,_ AVilliam Higgins is well located here. He
has fine buildings, is among the best farmers, and his wife, as
well as Mrs. Zimmerman, are the daughters of Daniel Stoner,
of Hendricks County, and who at one time owned nearly
1 000 acres of land iu Harrison Township, and yet, I think,
owns sorae land here. Seth Goodwin is one of the old citi
zens here. I believe I spoke of him and Daniel Turner in a
forraer letter. Don't fail to see them when in Harrison.
There are many tasteful residences here, among them those of
Jaraes B. Shirley, Ziraraerman, Higgins, William Lindsay,
George Shirley and William Black. Isaac Sraith keeps the
store and postoffice at New Brunswick. AA^. H. Grouse is the
wagon maker. He is one of the pioneers, and is in my respect
a thorough gentleman. In a forraer letter I mentioned 'Squire
Johnson, 'Squire Boyd, and the Dinsniores.
The wheat harvest just threshed is fine, and will average
some twenty bushels to the acre. The corn looks well, but is
certainly cut short on account of the drouth. The county
ticket recently nominated gives good .satisfaction here among
the Democrats. George W. Scott, I think, will carry his
party straight in full, as he is well liked.
T passed the spot where the Logan cabin stood in early
times. It was araong the first in Harrison Township, and
was opposite where 'Squire Acton now lives. It was then a
dreary looking place — fifty years ago. Mrs. Logan, after
stopping a short time in this pioneer cabin, went to visit her
fiilks in an old county, and never returned to Boone again,
Harrison will contribute its part to the early times in Boone,
and its citizens have given me a verv generous support in sub
scriptions and other matters, looking to the publication of the
work. There is one thing about Harri.son I do not like, that
is its rattlesnakes, or its reported ones. One man said .seven
were killed in one oat field, I dreamed of snakes when
down there, but did not see any, I went too fast across the
prairie.

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SAAIUEL HARDEN'S OBSERA^VTIONS
WHILE CANVAS.SINO WORTH TOWNSHIP FOR Ills FORTH
COMING llUOK.
A year ago when I thought of writing up the early life
and times of Boone, I thought when in this township it would
be a pleasure to call on 'Squire Lucas, at whose house I staid
all night forty-two years ago. But I learned of his death,
which occurred in Putnam duinty a few months since. Henry
Fairchild is another old friend, who is vet living but not here.
Revs. (!ood, Rudasill and Henkle were araong the early
preachers of this township, all of whom I have heard speak.
All are now dead. Fortv-two vears has brought changes not
a few — some of a sorrowful nature ; others quite the reverse.
Beautiful farms are now where then an alraost unbroken wil
derness existed. On inquiring I learned that most of the
first settlers are either dead or moved away. Some of the
Xeeses, Ben Booher, Solomon Burk, the LaughiK.rs, Isen
hours aud Dulins are found. North of Whitestown you will
find G. B. Dulin and Samuel West, who have been here a long
time. They are well located on "the pike. A night at each
place was pleasantly spent. AA'^est, A. AI, Laughner, Jacob
Ottinger, Lewis Hauser, Isaac Isenhour, Andrew Laughner
reside here, I ara under special obligations to Isaac Isenhour
and family for kindness while at their house; also to Jacob
Ottinger. A. M. Laughner has a fine location on the railroad,
and it is said that near his house is the highest point on the
road between Indianapolis and the lakes. South, about two
miles, you will find George Hauser, ex-county clerk. He
lives at home, and has a fine farm. Thanks to hira for favors.
A. Neese, one mile south, is well located, has been here some
forty years. Opposite is Ben Booher, one of the old pioneers.
He has a large farm and splendid house.
Dr. Hardy, in town, has a good practice. He has come to
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late war. Rev. Barb is the pastor of the Lutheran Churchi
at Whitestown. The school hou.se here is all that is required,
and children are all well dressed, and flocking to this as well
other schools in the township. Samuel Good, the trustee, has
everything in good shape for the winter campaign. F. AI.
Moody is here attending the "click" of the telegraph, and
other duties of the station. I find.57ie Pioneer on many tables
throughout. One man told me he could hardly keep house
without it. All of the above take interest in our work, and
to one and all I am thankful for favors.
While here I learned of the nomination of my old friend,
B. F. Ham, for congress. Thirty years ago I first got
acquainted with him in Madison County — -met him in his
cabin liome, and later in the better house, and yet later in his
brick mansion ; all the time the same gentleman, hospitable
alraost to a fault. Ben is well qualified for the place; well
posted on state and national matters; a friend to the people
and au enemy to monopolists. Should he be elected he will
represent the people well. May write you again from Worth..
OLD SETTLER'S DAY.
WHAT MR. HARDIN HAS TO SAY OP THE MEETING AT JAMES-
Ti.WN,
The annual meeting of old settlers was held here Thursday
last, -Jamestown has been fortunate the past sumraer in hav
ing fine weather for its celebrations. If a day had been
ordered for the above meeting a better oue could not have
been obtained, no mud nor dust, not too hot nor too cold, but
everything combined to make the meeting a success. It was
held in the beautiful grove of Anderson Trotter, adjoining-
town. Nature has done much here in her gift of beauty. It
seems it was especially fitted up for meetings of this kind.-
Plenty of shade and water. It should be kept as a yearly re
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¦counties, to meet and rehearse the old, old stories of bygone
days. At about 10 a, m. the meeting was called to order by
the president, Dandridge Tucker. Prayer by D. W. Jessie.
Upon the stage were the following aged persons: George
Threldkeld, Madison Erskin, Dr, Burk, Samuel Penry, Jaraes
Evans, Air. Strickland, William Elder, Airs. Caldwell, Airs.
Rigsdale, Airs, W^hiteman, Air. and Airs, \\'illiam Nicely,
Elijah Day, Wm. Williamson, Wesley Peck, George Snider,
William Sellers, Dr. Orear, John Edwards, Henry Airhart
and Edward Chambers.
After some good music by the Jamestown band the follow
ing spoke, occupying frora ten to fifteen minutes each, compar
ing the past with the present of early times, hardships en
dured, toils passed by. Some of the speakers were quite old,
bent with age, yet there was noticeable a flash of youth of the
eye as they referretl to matters fifty and sixty years ago. They
were listened to with great attention throughout. First, AVill
iam Elder, Christoph Walkup, J. H, Davis, Dr, Porter, Rev.
Lawhon, John EJsvards, Noah Chitwood, Mr. Peck and
others. Some old-time relics were .shown, such as books, Indian
trinkets, from the field of Custer's defeat, etc. The meeting
throughout was of deep interest to all. It was noticeable that
the sreetino-s were of that earnest kind that we hope will con-
•tinue to take place here annually for time to come. Keep
them up; don't let the old fires of fathers go out; keep alive
the deeds they did in the morning of our now grand day.
I noticed on the ground the following candidates: Dr.
Porter, W. C. Crump, Nat. Titus, J. S. LaFollette, Mike
Keefe, C. M. AVynkoop, J. S. Harrison, J. H. Kelly, Jacob
Miller, T. J. McCann, Dr. Reagan, F. M. Moody and John
Huber, the "Flying Dutchraau," who was at home, and well
did he come to the front in setting a splendid table, presided
over by his estimable wife, and this table gathered not only
Democrats, but Republicans and Greenbackers, all in the best
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After the speaking the following officers were elected for
the next year: President, Dr. George L. Burk ; vice-presi
dents, Christopher Walkup, S. Davidson and George Wren;
secretary, Isaac Palmer. After the conclusion of the ceremo
nies the people were loth to quit the ground, lingering to
shake hands and say good by. About 1,000 persons W'Cre
present, all well dressed, and the best order prevailed.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP,
MR. HARDEN CONTINUES HIS WORK IN THE LAND OF OLD
PEOPLE.
Sampson Bowen, one of the pioneers of Jefferson, you will
find one mile southeast of Dover, pleasantly located ; is a good
talker, well posted on early life in Boone County. Mrs. B. is
a sister of Dr. Burk, of Jamestown, and daughter of the late
Samuel Burk, of this township. I was kindly cared for at
their hospitable home.
Samuel Hollingsworth, living in the north part of the
township, has been here a long time. He and his aged com
panion are enjoying the repose of life after having battled with
the early life in Jefferson.
Mrs. Cain, a lady of some seventy years, is living with her
son William, just south of Hazelrigg Station. She has been
citizen here fifty years. Her husband has been dead a few
years. Mrs. Harris, another pioneer lady, just north, has been
here over fifty years, and is well informed in the early events
of the locality.
Manuel Heistand, one of the early settlers of Jefferson, has
been here forty-two years. He has a good farm and enjoys
life ; is one of those clever gentlemen you meet only occa
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wagon, has oue of the finest locations in the county, splendid
orchard and evervthing denotina; thrift.
J. F. Routh, just north, has a fine house, good farm, and is
a good farmer. He was in the late war.
South you will find Sylvester Reveal. He came from
Hamilton County a few years ago, settled in the woods, and
has forty acres of tip-top land.
Adjoining is James McDuffy, a retired school teacher,
quietly farming. He reads The Pioneer, and is posted on
things in general.
John Kramer, eighty years of age, lives near the Mount
Zion Church. He lives with his two interesting grand
daughters. Alount Zion Church, one of the landmarks, is being torn
down and will be replaced with a more modern structure.
George Farlow, of Dover, another octogenarian, to use his
own expression, has been through the flint mill. His wife is
also a sister of Dr. Burk.
Wash Irwin, just west, is living on the old homestead
where his father liyed many years, but now lives in Dover.
The two old men. Air. Farlow and Mr. Irwin, are highly re
spected in and about Dover.
Airs. -Jackson, north of Dover, has been here fifty-three
years. Her husband died a few years ago. He was at one
time county commissioner of the county.
W. W. Hollingsworth, near Hazelrigg Station, is a clever
gentleman. He takes an intere.st, as well as all the above, in
"Early Life and Times in Boone."
John Hysong, near the Washington Township line, is well
located near the railroad. He was also a good soldier — I
think in the 16th Regiment.
W. W. Trout, just iu the edge of Washington, living on
the old Hazelrigg farm, is just the place to stop, from the fact
the bill is paid. He was blowing up stumps on his well-
cultivated farm.
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of the best farmers in the county. He is as fine a conver.^a-
tionalist as one will find. Near his house is the cemetery, and
where some of his faraily are buried, and where you wiU.find
•sorae of the finest monuments in the county.
The store at the station, kept by Mr. S. Klepher, is well
patronized, and he has come to stay. He has a good room
and a fine dwelling house.
I have taken fifty orders for our work in Jefferson. My
•association on my part araong the people here has been pleas
ant, and I am under obligations to raany for their interest and
kindness. I found twelve persons who have passed the
eightieth mile post. Two had gone ten miles farther. Jeffer
son certainly is the land of the old people. I will ^o from
here to Worth, skipping Center for Mr. Spahr, who will look
up our interest there when through with Sugar Creek, where
he is now.

SOME PROMINENT HOSTELRIES OF EAGLE VIL
LAGE FORTY YEARS AGO.
Perhaps no road in Indiana was traveled more than the
Michigan road, from Indianapolis to Logansport, in early
days, aud certainly no tavern was more popular than the Eagle
Village Hotel, though there were many shingles hanging out
as far back as 1845, and a few later. They are now all gone,
or at least but few remain. Begin at Indianapolis; the first
one was " Poland's," near Crown Hill; Simeon Head's, south
of Augusta; " Goldsburg's," in Augusta; "George Aston's"
11-mile house, and Noble Davis, just north. Opposite Noble
Davis, Mr. Patterson kept; aud ou the White River hill, five
miles north of the capital city, Mr. Bridgford kept. I forgot
to mention him in the right place. Then we come to the
Eagle Village Hotel, kept many years by Polly Larimore. I
think her husband, Daniel Larimore, started it iu 1834 He
-dying, she kept on till about the year 1848, wdien it was kept

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by George Craft, Joseph Larimore (her son), and others,
always keeping up its good record, till finally it went down
about the year 1855. It was a two story frame, and, for the
times, a good building. Its bar room was large, with a fire
place, and around the crackling fire many were the good jokes
told, aud many were the good tables set in its ample dining
room. Some have eaten at it who afterwards became promi
nent, such as Schuyler Colfax, D. D. Pratt, G. W. Fitch, Jesse
D. Bright, H. P. Biddle, John Pettit, (all in the United States
Senate,) and others. I boarded there and sat at the table with
all or nearly all of the above.
North of Eagle Village the following kept tavern : Jacob
Hoover, Ben. Cox, Air. Cotton ; and at Northfield, Jacob Tip
ton kept many years; north or Northfield, Mr. Smith and Mr.
Lane kept.
The stage line from Indianapolis to Logausport ran daily,
and mostly with four horses, and they were all needed, for the
roads during the winter were terrible. It was on this road
that the story originated about the passengers walking and
carrying rails to pry the stage out of the mud holes. They
changed horses at the Eagle Village Hotel, and passengers got
dinner there. The old, slow-plodding stage and the taverns
are things of the past. The stage driver's horn, once musical,
has been supplanted with the engine whistle.
EAGLE VILLAGE IN 1847.
MEXICAN SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY STAY ALL NIGHT AT
EAGLE VILLAGE.
I call to mind two gala days, mingled with sadness, at
Eagle Village. Both were similar occasions, and only a few
days apart. The first was the boys from Logansport, under the
leadership of Gen. Tipton. It was a beautiful evening when
it was reported that they would arrive in our village and stay
all night. There was hustling about in hot haste. To give
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entertainment to 100 persons was no little matter. They
were, however, all accommodated, from two to ten staying at
each house, and about twenty each at the two hotels. They were
halted in front of the hotel, and the captain would tell four to
go with this man, two with this, and so on till all were quart
ered. I think as many more could have been cared for. Six
came to our house. One of them wanted to stay at the hotel.
He was a fine-haired chap, as most of them were clerks and
young fellows from Logansport, and did not know the hard
times that awaited him. Not half of this gay company return
ed. The company from Delphi followed soon, under Gen.
Milroy. We had a little better notice of their coming, and
the Eagle Village Light Infantry, then in its zenith, went out
to meet them in the vicinity of Northfield, returning near
night with bayonets glistening and flags flying, drums beating,
etc. The men were quartered the same way as those from
Logansport. The village was full of enthusiasm, men, women
and children keeping time to the general enthusiasm that per
vaded us all. Our home company was worked up to such an
extent that a vote was taken and it was resolved to go to the
front, but their services were not needed, and they did not go,
nor do I call to mind a single man that went from the village
During the summer of 1880 I was in Carroll County, and saw
a few of the boys, or rather old men, who stayed all night at
the village in 1847. It was this company that suffered terri
bly with sickness, and not more than one-fourth got back. I
was four years too young to go to the Mexican war. I felt
big enough when the soldiers referred to above were at the
village. The fire had ample time to die out till 1861 came
around, and I wast just the right age, and I was like the man
who was hunting a man to whip him. Late in the day he met
a friend and said he had found his man. If the roll was called
of these 200 men how many do you suppose would answer to
their names to-day ?

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SAAIUEL HARDEN'S FIRST TRIP TO MILL— THE
DYE MILL OF LONG AGO,
The few hours I was in your vicinity last week were cer
tainly very pleasant ones, full of interest to me in looking
into the faces of those who I was acquainted with in years
past Here and there are old landmarks of the past to be
seen in and about Eagle Village and Zionsville. Dye's old
mill-race is, I see, still visible, but the old mill and its ponder
ous wheel are gone. Forty-two years ago I rode up to the old
mill with grist tied on. It was my " debut." Jake Dye was
there in all his glory, ready for fun as be always was. His
first salutation was: "Boy, what in h — 1 do you want?" I
stammered out that I had come to mill. He took my sack
and I went to warm at an old cracked stove. There were
several older boys there parching corn. Jake saw there was
a chance for fun. He went and got his hand full of flour,
stuck it under my nose and said: "Boy, smell this;" then he
dashed all of it in my eyebrows, eyes and hair. I rushed out,
half scared to death, and washed the flour out as best I could.
And this was how I was initiated in going to mill. As I
crossed the old mill-race the other day, it was suggested to my
mind. Yet the old mill is gone but Jake is living. I hope
his last days may be pleasant and the sands of life not run out
for years to come.
I called to see my old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Pitzer, with
whom I got acquainted in Eagle Village in 1845, in the prime
of life. I passed a pleasant hour at their plea.sant home.
Time has dealt gently with them, though their heads are white
and age is settliug over them, gliding gently down the stream
of tirae
I accepted an invitation to dinner with Major B. M. Greg
ory, at his splendid home, where he and his excellent wife know
all about genuine hospitality. I got acquainted with Ben at
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US to fight, but it was a bloodless one, and we have been warm
friends since.
I stayed over night with I. N. Cotton, four miles from
Zionsville. We crossed the plains together in 1852, and I
wanted to talk over old times and set around the camp fires
again before they go out forever. He has a pleasant home,
nestled among the hills of the creek, fish ponds and bee stands
alternating around. Tbis was the second time we met since
1852. Mr. Cotton is one of the best farmers in the county
and is well posted on the grand subject. He and his interest
ing family gave me a hearty welcome at their home.
I was glad to notice the general thrift and improvement
that is noticeable all over the county, though many of the old
landmarks have disappeared and old citizens gone, it is but
history repeating itself, and the things of to-day will soon be
those of to-morrow. I never visit Zionsville without visiting
the beautiful little cemetery just across the creek, for it is there
where some dear friends are sleeping. I think it makes us
better to visit the graves of loved ones, lose sight of the world
for awhile and be reminded of the swiftness of time. Let us
keep the graves of our friends green.
EARLY ODD FELLOWSHIP.
MR. SAMUEL HARDEN RECALI.S THE FIRST LODGE AT EAGLE
VILLAGE.
It was in the year 1846 the Odd Fellows organized a lodge
in Eagle Village. There was at that time considerable oppo
sition to the order, and the result was, as is always the case, it
flourished, and in two or three years a good lodge was built
up. Thomas P. Miller built a two-story frame, fronting on
the street, some forty feet long, and over this was the hall,
making the building three stories high. The hall was com
pleted first, and continued this way for some time, standing
upon stilts, as it were, for the underpart was not even weather-
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of the hall which read: "Odd Fellows' Hall." The letters
were cut out by John Lowe, now of Lebanon. This, with the
odd-looking building, attracted the general attention ot travel
ers, who were plenty then on the Michigan road. Yes, there
was strong opposition to the order. Many hard things were
said and done pro and con. At one time things looked like
a little domestic war would result. Strange things were seen
and heard, especially on the night of meetings. One woman
declared she saw one of the members carrying up hay to feed
the goat. Chains were heard clanking and other things
equally erroneous-appearing now. But they were believed
then, and some went so far as to say they were a nest of horse
thieves. Among the first members were T. P. Miller, J. F.
Daugherty, Oel Thayer, James M. Larimore, Joseph Larimore,
James Handly, Isaac L. Davenport, John Welch, Dr. S. W.
Rodman and others whose names I do not call to mind. Pre
judice soon, however, died out, as it must in all such cases, for
when some might think such orders are wrong-doing, they are
devising ways and means to dry up the widow's tears and stop
the orphans' cries. As soon as their works are seen and felt
the opposition gives way and the good work goes on. I was
in early life prejudiced against secret orders. It took a long
time to out-live it. Though never an Odd Fellow, I belong
to an order none the less honorable and yet a little older, which
had the tendency to knock out the early and erroneous impres
sions against secret orders. The old hall at the village has
gone a long time ago, but teachings of the order live green
to-day.
OLD BETHEL CHURCH.
AN ANCIENT CITADEL FROM WHICH SATAN's FORCES WERE
STORMED.
The above house was built about fifty years ago, midway
between Eagle Village and Clarkstown, and near where Little
Eagle crosses the Michigan road. The first time I was there
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ward. It was well located, on a high piece of ground, and it
was for years a popular place for the Methodists to hold meet
ings, and some of their strong as well as good men preached
there. As I passed by the place not long since, I could not
discover any vestige of the old building. It was a hewed-log
house, some 30x50 feet. It would seat sorae 350 persons.
There is an old story told about the pulpit, or rather how it
was paid for, the truth of which I do not vouch for. Two
prominent citizens, both high up in the art of swearing, agreed
between themselves that the one who could swear the most
profanely the other should pay for making the pulpit. It was
said the agreement was carried out. One man who went there
quite often, now dead, said: "No wonder Bethel don't flourish,
for the pulpit was cussed out." Be this as it raay, the pulpit
was built and Bethel did flourish, and many good sermons
were preached from it. About the first time I ever heard the
late W. H. Goode was there, then in his younger days, and
when he had not reached his zenith. He died recently at
Richmond, Ind., after falling and breaking his leg. What a
grand man and preacher he was.
Among those who were there early were F. M. Richmond,
Rev. Roll, A. Eddy, Joseph Marsee, George Duzan, George
Bowman, Sen., and others.
Among those whom I oftened listened to in praise and
exhortation were Mr. and Mrs. De Buler, Jacob Lakin, George
Lowe and wife, William and Henderson Bragg, Isaac L. Daven
port, George Dye, Mr. Stoneking, Thomas Blake, Sen., Mr.
Pryor Brock. All are dead but Mr. Allen Brock and Mrs.
Lowe, I think. The house was rather rough inside. The
seats were only slabs,'without backs, and it was somewhat tire
some to sit there two hours.
The architecture of our houses of worship has improved
more in proportion than the preaching, to my notion. I
listened to the noted " boy preacher," Harrison, a few years
ago, in one of the fine churches iu Indianapolis, or rather saw
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a candle to any of the above to preach. But then it suits the
people and they will go. But the doctrine that was preached
in old Bethel will live when the present way of worship is
forgotten. I believe in progression, but in truth are we pro
gressing, is a serious question.
UNION TOAVNSHIP,
MR. HVRDEN FINDS IX THI.S TOWNSHIP THE SUBJECT-MAT
TER FOR A VERY LONG LETTER.
Though Union is one of the smallest townships in the
county, there is much to write about here. AVith its thousand
springs, its hills and rills, runs and streams, and with all its
productive soil, one can but touch on the variety of what
might be the theme of a long communication.
'Squire Alarvin, so long and well known, is beautifully lo
cated on the Michigan road about one mile north of Northfield,
overlooking Rosston, the two pikes, the valley of Eagle Creek,
and the iron bridge that spans it midway between his house
and Northfield. There are few handsomer places in the county
— certainly no better place to stop. Good music by Charley
and his sister. Call and see the 'Squire on the hill.
George and Nero Hollingsworth, northeast, adjoining the
Alarion Township line, are well located — the latter in a splen
did brick house, with a good farm. He lives at home. George
is farming, ha^^ing quit teaching school. A night at his pleas
ant home will convince any one that he and his wife know how
to entertain I.saac Leap is keeping store at Rosston. He is from Perry
Township. He has a fair trade.
The Ross brothers, " Non and Nin," are here to stay — in
fact they have been here a long time. They are sons of the
late James Ross, one of the early settlers of Union. He and
his wife are buried at Crown Hill.
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trustee. He has traveled extensively and is a good talker.
Don't fail to call on him when in Union.
John Murphy, just south, has a splendid situation, a good
farm, and one of the best poultry yards in the county. To
him belongs the credit of building the church house at North-
field known as the " Seventh-Day Adventist."
John New lives in Northfield, and has one of the finest
libraries in the county. He is a well informed gentleman.
Harvey New is teaching the school here, and is one of the
rising young men. George New, one and a half miles west,
near the junction of Mount's Run and Eagle Creek, has a
pleasant situation, overlooking a beautiful little valley to the
south. He is teaching school in Union Township. He, with
the assisstance of his nephew, Harvey, have made a map, with
key attached, of the late war, which displays great talent in
its make-up. It has taken time and great pains to make this
beautiful and valuable map. It must be seen to be appreciated.
If a person was looking for a pleasant place to stop and
George's did not fill the bill they had better move on.
George Shelburn, just west of Northfield, has a productive
farm, and on of the cleverest families in Boone County.
J. H. Peters, situated on Mount's Run, has been here
nearly all his life. I am indebted to him and his family for
attentions. James Hughbanks, on the east line of the township, has
some of the best land in the county. He was formerly town
ship trustee.
John A. Dulin, in the north part, is one of the best farmers
and stock men to be found anywhere. He has seven head of
fine horses, valued at as many thousand dollars; fine cattle,
fish pond, and in fact everything to denote plenty on every
hand. North you will find Frank Woodard, who has a good word
for all, and here you will find without a doubt some of the
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as the drifting snow, and chickens as if rained down from
some fairy land. Call and see Frank's poultry.
L. P. Shoemaker lives on the Noblesville gravel road, in
the brick house. To say he is well located is a mild way of
stating it. His aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Dulin, lives with
him. She is near eighty years of age, and has been here over
fifty years.
A little further east you will find Uncle George Shoemaker,
a grand conversationalist, and at one time oue of the largest
landholders in the county. Air. S. is in poor health at this
writing. He has been here fifty years. He and his aged
companion are enjoying the comforts of life.
Midway between L. P. and his father is Isaac Shoemaker,
who has a fine house aud handsome surroundings. He has
just returned from a hunting trip to Michigan. Call and hear
him tell about killing seven deer, one otter and other game.
S. S. Davis, south of Big Springs, has been here many
years — is to the manor born. Is well informed on Boone
County matters.
Andrew Harvey, in the southeast part of Union, has been
here many years. Has just finished a fine barn and moved his
house out on the road. Is now much better located.
I find J. P. Stark in the school room, his fort, having
taught over sixteen years. He has a fine brick house, and a
good farm, on the pike.
Joseph Artman, on the north line, has been here twenty
years, and when I called he was gathering the golden corn, of
which he has plenty. In fact, he is a good farmer.
William Beeler, on Jackson Run, is one of those clever
men and can't help it. He has one of the finest gravel pits to
be found. John Stephenson is alone in the world, but is making the
best of surroundings. He is near the Hamilton County line.
N. Lothlin, C. O. Dulin, Ed. Smith, Morris Maulove, W.
A. Kincaid and Oliver Harlan are among the young men met
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The schools are all in running order. I visited those of
Miss Hollingsworth, Harvey New, J. P. Stark and George
New. Bright, well-clad children flocking to school in every
direction certainly is no bad sight.
Among the old persons in Union are James Berry, James
New, John Kincaid (aged ninety-two), Mrs. Koontz, Mrs.
Sedwick, Newton Dooley, Wash. Hutton, Mrs. Dulin, Mrs.
Wysong aud others.
The old Michigan road to me is of peculiar interest.
Forty-three years ago I was along here. There are a few land
marks remaining. The old Jacob Jones' inn is intact, much the
same, with its big chimneys, where the old stage coach and
where the horses were exchanged. There are a few houses in
Northfield that were there then. Wesley Smith, or as we
called him, " Col." Smith, kept tavern near the north line of
Union. I was at his house in the winter of 1847 in company
with a party of sleighriders from Eagle Village, most of whom
are now dead. I thought while in Northfield of J. H. Rose,
Dr. Sam Hardy, Chance Cole, Dr. McLeod, and that grand
old man, Jacob Jones, who was thrice a pioneer — once in
Ohio, again in Indiana, and finally went to Oregon in 1852,
where he was at the head and front of a large delegation who
went from Northfield and vicinity. He finally died in his
western horae a few years ago. I never pass his old home
without thinking of him. In many respects he was a good
man. There are many other matters I would very much like to
write about, but have already, I fear, overstepped the space I
could reasonably ask for.
To all whom I met in little Union during the past few
days I am thankful for their patronage and kindness.
I will write you from Clinton Township. Bare with me
two more letters and I will not bother those who from time to
time have thought my letters worth reading during the past
fifteen months.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 427
TWO EARLY PIONEERS.
SKETCHES OF GEORGE DYE AND FREDERICK LOWE,
EAGLE VILLAGE PIONEERS.
It seems strange to write a letter to a newspaper
at Zionsville, for it seems not a great while ago there
was no town there, rauch less a printing office. I prom
ised to write .something for your paper and would gladly do
so, but the fact is I am about out of ammunition, having written
twelve letters to the Pioneer, which has exhausted my little
fund in the reminiscence line. I want to say a word in mem
ory of two honored pioneers of Eagle Creek who are now
dead, George Dye and Frederick Lowe. And when I say
they were pioneers I mean all that that word means. They
were to Boone County what Daniel Boone was to Kentucky;
bold, fearless, honest, AVhat one can say of one, either Mr.
D. or Air. L,, might be said of the other. Both came early,
both were religious men, raised large families, and contributed
largely of their time and means to build up a "good society."
Their houses were both open not only for the poor "new
comer," but to the itinerant preacher who follows close in the
wake of civilization. The first time I ever saw Mr. Dye be
came to our house to see father about building a church iu
Eagle Village. He had his trusty big rifle with him, weigh
ing nineteen pounds. Yes, I said trusty, for once he got a
bead on a deer or turkey it was Uncle George's meat, sure.
That good old man did not live to see the church completed,
for he died about the year 1849 or 1850. He went to Leba
non on some business and was taken sick and died. He was
not what we now call a polished man, but he was raore than
that, he was useful. Early he built the Dye mill, which was
of untold usefulness to the early settlers. Don't forget George
Dye. Captain Lowe was a good man. His house was a place
for preaching in early days. I was there a long time ago.
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his make-up, and liV^ed to a good old age. Captain Lowe's
word was as good as any man's that ever made tracks in Boone
County. He was also a great hunter, though his gun, per
haps, was not as long or heavy as that of Mr. Dye. But I
would as soon have been shot at by one as the other in their
best days. No, don't forget Mr. Lowe either. Keep their
graves green, for in your infancy as a county they waited the
early advance of society with interest, done what they thought
was right, were always right on the moral questions. Mr.
Dye was a member of the M. E. Church, and Mr. Lowe of the
Christian. Mr. Dye came from the Muskingum River, in
Ohio. I think Mr. Lowe was from North Carolina, but am
not positive of his nativity.
THE MICHIGAN ROAD.
PROMINENT EARLY SETTLERS WHO RESIDE ALONG THIS
OLD THOROUGHFARE.
I was out on the Michigan road on Saturday last, in the
interest of my work. Called on Henry M. Marvin, who has
been here many years. Has represented the county seven
years in the legislature. He is pleasantly located on the hill
overlooking Northfield, Eagle Creek and the bridge that spans
it just south of his house. After dinner Miss Mariam and
brother gave some fine music on the organ and violin. Mr.
Marvin has one of the finest locations for a fish pond in the
county, and will soon, he says, improve it aud stock it with
fish. George Stephenson, trustee, is about one mile south of
Northfield, and has a fine farm of 160 acres. George has
traveled much and is good company, having been a tourist in
Europe. Talks patent rights to perfection, and is himself the
patentee of many good and useful inventions.
Mrs. Nichols, aged eighty-four, just south of the creek, is
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Michigan road was cut out, and, I think, has lived on the
same farm ever since. She is the mother of the late Addison
Nichols, and Rue and Ol, of Zionsville, and Mrs. Martin
Burton, of Indianapolis. She is one of the few old citizens
who first came to Union Township.
James Dye and Jesse Lane are two old settlers who live in
Northfield. What they do not know of that place is not worth
telling. As I passed along this old road I thought of the old stage
as it went lumbering in years past, and of Jacob Jones, Sr., as
I passed his old home. He was a good man. Three times
was he pioneer to as many counties, and he was useful wherever
he was. Jacob Tipton I thought of, with his coonskins
lashed on as he traveled the swamps of Boone, tax collector,
sheriff, etc.
Jacob Jones, Jr., is finely located on the road in Eagle
Township. Has been here nearly all his life, and, I think, is
the only one of this pioneer family now living in Boone
County. Mr. Jones takes interest in my work, and is the first
in the county to forward a history of his family to be pub
lished in " Early Life and Times in Boone County."

A FEW LEBANON NOTES.
I attended the Democratic convention here on Saturday last.
It was held in the court house yard. Fully two thousand
persons were present, and it was one of the best conducted
outdoor meetings I was ever at. James Shirley was president
and Mr. Higgins secretary. The ticket gives satisfaction as
far as I have heard. Thomas Shelburn, of Eagle,
bore his honors well and received the congratulations of his
friends with becoming modesty. Tom will be no dead weight
to carry in the coming campaign.
The opera house is being handsomely fitted up and will be
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Work on the M. E. Church is progressing well and will be
finished before cold weather. It will be quite an improvement
over the old building.
The fair grounds are being put in order, new buildings and
other improvements going on. Every effort will be made to
make this one of the best fairs ever held in thff county.
Lebanon will soon be lighted with gas, as there is now go
ing on movements in that direction. In fact, Lebanon is,
considering the times, on the boom. There is one thing this
city does need, and that is a good hotel building. Some one
ought to lead out and build one here and supply a long felt
want. I am getting along well with my work here. Have been
over the south tier of townships. Am meeting with encour
agement thus far, and have hopes of its continuance.
The friends here of -James Miller were sorry to hear of his
death, as it was somewhat unexpected.

NEARING THE END.
MR. HARDEN GETS AROUND TO CLINTON WITH HIS WORK.
The above township is the only one but what I have been
in in former years, and the only one that I was wholly unac
quainted in, Mrs. A. C. Coombs being the only person that I
ever was at all acquainted with, and her not for thirty-five
years — then a little girl at Eagle Village. She is the daughter
of T. P. Miller, now of Indianapolis. Clinton is well watered
by the strearas of Mud Creek and Brown's Wonder, flowing a
little to the east of north, entering Sugar Creek about three
miles apart. Three churches in Elizaville, Hopewell in the
northwest, and Salem in the northeast, furnish places for the
people to worship. All very good sized and well-built edi
fices. They consist of three Presbyterian, one Christian and
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well cared for, kept in good order, and some tasteful monu
ments mark the resting places of loved ones gone.
Elizaville has two active saw-mills, two stores, two black
smith shops, two doctors, and in feet all the ueeded mechanics
that go to make up a lively little business center.
I passed by the old mill on Brown's Wonder, built in early
times by John Caldwell. It has been idle for several years.
His widow is living yet on the old homestead.
A. C. Coombs, long a citizen of Lebanon, has been here
several years. He lives in the southwest corner. He and his
wife, who so kindly cared for me, I will long remember.
AA'. H. Evans was born here. His father was one of the
pioneers of Clinton.
Riley Colgrove, ex-sheriff, has been here twenty years. He
has a good farm and buildings, and enjoys life full as well as
his prototype, Charley Riley.
William Brenton, one of the live young men of Clinton,
has just completed and moved into his fine residence. I found
him grading and beautifying the surroundings.
F. C. Phillips, a little farther east, is here to stay ; is well
informed on matters generally, and a night at his house was
pleasantly spent.
West of Air. Brenton you will find O. G. Curtis. His
fether was an early settler. He is one of the men who reads
and does his own thinking.
Farther east is J. A. Powell, also one of the go-ahead
young farmers of Clinton. His wife is the daughter of John
M. Burns, so long and well known by the people of Boone
County in public and private life.
Riley Perkins, in the west part of the township, has a fine
ferm and buildings, and is an independent thinker and voter.
We lack about one hundred thousand such men in Indiana.
Alarion Caldwell is erecting a fine residence here. He is
one of the rising young men of Clinton.
Hiram Brenton and his aged wife live here. He is one of
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South you will find Jack Robinson, also his aged father,
who lives with him. They are among the early citizens of
Clinton. South and in sight, living in a brick house to the left, you
will find G. W. Silver. No better place to stop in Boone
County. No use of gold when you stop with silver.
West W. M. Evans resides. He is one of the go-ahead
young farmers, and has fine stock of all kinds — twenty-eight
head of hogs, some weighing from five to eight hundred pounds.
Near him you will find Jesse Swope, who has a good farm.
I found him gathering the golden corn. He takes the Pioneer
and reads the news himself and to his interesting family.
I must not forget James A. McDonald and his aged com
panion, who have battled with the early life in Clinton. He
has a fund of early events to tell around his hearthstone.
Don't pass him by.
John R. McDonald, his son, is a young man of activity,
has splendid buildings and farm, could hardly get along with
out the Pioneer.
Frank Phillips, on the Strawtown road, has a fine farm and
buildings. His wife is the daughter of one of the Elder Cald
wells. This is one of the interesting places in the county.
Ea*t, after passing J. A. Powell on the north, you will find
Hugh Sample, said to be the first child to see daylight up in
Clinton, fifty-two years ago. Whether this is a fact or not, a
night at his pleasant home will satisfy any one that Hugh has
been here long enough to know how to make one at home.
My work here is done. I have wandered up and down on
Brown's Wonder, got my feet muddy on Mud Creek and saw
no tarrapins on Tarpin Creek.
Oh, yes! I must not forget Thomas Abernathy, eighty-
eight years of age. He and his aged wife are enjoying life up
here ou Mud Creek now, as well as the past fifty years.
To all in Clinton Township I am thankful for attentions.
Riley Colgrove and Matthew McAlear are the only living
Mexican soldiers I find here. May they live long.

WILLIA.V R. HOGSHIRE.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 433
AVilliam C. Powell and Adam C. Kern, trustee, live in the
south part. The forraer is an old citizen. The latter also is
no stranger in Boone County. He has a fine tile factory, and
has the schools in fine trim, if oue may judge from passing
through. The school houses here are all of brick, and of
good size aud generally well located. Among the teachers
are Alilton Caldwell, Aliss White and Mr. Stafford.
Ephraim Davis, in the north part, has a fine farm and brick
house. He has been long a citizen of Boone, and is here to
stay. He has 240 acres of land. His father lives near Leb
anon. Splendid dinner at the right time at his house.
Alatthew AIcAlear, whom every person up here knows, has
been here many years.
J. A. Pavey, near by, is a young man who has been here
all his life.
Widow Roberts, relict of the late Hiram Roberts, has been
living on Brown's AVonder fifty years. She knows all about
the hardships of a frontier life. Air. Roberts was one of the
first school teachers in Clinton.
I must not forget James F. Downing. He pointed out the
site of his father's rude cabin, built on Tarrepin Creek, sixty
vears ago ; also the place where the Indian hut stood near by.
To him and all others referred to above, and many others, I am
under lasting obligations for patronage and attentions. The
people here seem to be prosperous and contented, and good
husbandry crops out on every hand.
AVASHINGTON TOAVNSHIP.
MR. HARDEN's last PROVES HIS BEST AND MOST INTEREST
ING LETTER.
One dark, rainy night I knocked at the door of John Hig
gins, after having lost my way and " cooned " the footdog
near bis house. I fully appreciated the genuine hospitality of
Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Here it was that our good editor found
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434 EARLY LIFE AND TIMES IN
his better if not bigger half. Near here is the precinct or
township house. It is of brick, and quite well located.
Adjoining the county southwest you will find John Camp
bell, who is one of the pioneers of Washington. To him and
his son, S. E. Campbell, I am under special obligations.
Joseph Reese, son of Samuel Reese, one of the older citizens
here, is well located, with a brick house. He is on duty at
tbe court house.
Oliver Chambers, son of one of the pioneer families, lives
with his mother, aged eighty years. She has a vivid recollec
tion of early events of this locality.
The Slayback family also are early settlers here. Mrs. S.
is yet living with her son, David. It is over fifty years since
they came to Washington.
W. W. Trout, one among the clever men of Boone, is liv
ing on the old farm of the late H. G. Hazlerigg. He is not
an old citizen here, but has lived iu the county nearly if not
all his life. His wife is one of a pioneer family (Neese).
Joseph Hollingsworth, on the railroad, beat the road here
many years. I arrived just in time for a splendid dinner.
Mr. H. is chuck full of fun and early reminiscences.
David Thornberry is here. If there is a man that has suf
fered death and yet lives, it is Mr. T. Yet I found him
cheerful and quite well informed. His well-worn crutch gives
evidence of his long lameness.
One night after dark I stopped at the house of W. AV. Riley.
I found it a pleasant place to stop. AVill never forget the
kindness to me.
Robert Hamil, near the township line, lives with his
mother, sister of the late J. J. Nesbit, ex-county treasurer.
She is a lady of refinement, and well informed.
J. H. Burnham, just north of the center precinct, has been
here all his life. He owns two hundred and eighty acres of
good land, is a young man well posted on affairs generally, and
works on the square. Call and see hira and his pleasant fam
ily when in this township.

435
Thomas Utter, south of Sugar Creek, is here to stay. He has
the finest barn in AA'ashington, with good stock and everything
denoting thrift. He will soon have the best fish pondin the
county. Near the creek you will find Sam Titus, brother to Nat.
He has been here fifty years. Has a good barn on the bank
of the creek. He takes the Pioneer and is posted.
The bridge here at what is known as the Crose Ford, is
nearing completion. It is one of the much-needed improve
ments, and will, when done, be highly prized by the people up
here. David Crose, on the hill, has a fine location. I ate
Thanksgiving dinner at his hospitable home.
Samuel Long, farther up, is an old-timer here. I stopped
with him over night. It is the first time Long Sam and Sam
Long stopped together, and it raay be a long time again.
John J. Goldsberry, near the Clinton County line, has been
here over fifty years. I stopped over night at his home. He
is a good talker, and knows all about this locality. Could
not keep house without the Pioneer. Thanks to him and
family for attentions.
James Graham, near the corner of the township, is an old
settler. I found him building a house.
Greenberry Buntin, up the creek near the old .saw-mill,
built by G. W. Hardesty many years ago. I found Mr. Bun
tin a clever gentleman ; came here when a boy in 1834.
Alechanicsburg, on the hill, is well located, with stores of
all kind.s, churches, etc. Dr. Reagan has a fine dwelling.
The folks here regret his going away.
James Davis, north, has been here many years. He was
rai.sed at Thorntown. He will build a new house in the spring.
James Richey, near here, is the son of one of the pioneers.
He was in the 72d Regiment, as well as his neighbor, Joseph
H. Beach, who lives on the pike just south of him. Mr.
Richey has some 50-pound turkeys that are hard to beat.
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the early citizens of Washington. Has a fine location. Call
and see tbe old man on the hill.
Albert Helms, though not an old settler, is interested in
our work. He came from Ohio a few years ago ; was trustee
a few years ago. His aged father (92) lives with him.
John L. Buntin — that grand old man — don't forget to call
on him when in this locality. He has been here fifty-two years.
T. S. Metcalf, at the crossing, I must not forget. He was
born in Kentucky. How could he be anything but clever?
To him and family I will ever be indebted for attentions.
West you will find Robert Slocum, one of the big farmers
of Washington — one of the kindest men in the county. With
no children of his own he is constantly caring for others. He
has fine cattle, and other things denote good farming.
Anthony Beck lives in the best house in the township. I
found him a very well posted man and a clever gentleman.
S. W. Beck, his brother, just west, is well located. He takes
and reads the the Pioneer, and takes an interest in the "Early
Life and Times in Boone."
Edward Warren, just north, has been here a loug time.
Has a good farm. Could not keep house without the Pioneer.
Martha Witt, formerly Miss McCann, lives near her fath
er's old home. Has battled with early times and the experi
ence of early life and widowhood.
James Wills, east of Pike's Crossing, lives at home, and
bas one of the best farms in the county, and is a good farmer.
A good dinner at his house at about the right tirae.
H. G, Masters, at the Crossing, is keeping store and post-
office. I feel for him. I once licked stamps and wrote letters
for the people.
To one and all of the above I am thankful for patronage.
My work ntiw is done. The canvass on my part has been
pleasant. In after life it will be to me a pleasure to call up
the raany incidents and hapjiy hours passed in canvassing the
county. I have been universally well treated by all, at the
humble cabin and mansion as well. Farewell to all.
S. Hardin.

POEMS.

The following poems were received too late to be placed in their proper
place, but are too good not to appear in this work. They will be read with
great interest by the people of the county. We regret very much that we
are compelled to put them in at so iate a day, but something has to be last,
and this will give our book a poetical wind-up. A few late sketches and
biographies will appear after these poems, when the soldier list of the "boys
in blue," who in their youth and strong manhood went out that our coun
try might live, will follow. It is with great pleasure we give this list.
Our work would not at all be worthy the patronage of the people without
it. Of course, among so many names, there will doubtless be mistakes and
omissions, but we have in this case, as well as in others, done the best
under the circumstances,
OLD SETTLER'S SONG.
I lived in Kentucky before I came here;
My father, a hunter, killed turkeys and deer ;
Then women were known to skutch out the flax,
From which they made linen to put on their backs.
It was then very common, I'd have you understand.
For women to card wool and sew it by hand ;
While the girls at the wheel were careful and gay.
My mother at the loom kept banging away, »
The people in common in home made were dressed,
When the Sabbath came 'round they put on their best,
I came to Boone County in the year thirty-two,
Then houses were scarce and people were few.
The country was new when I first settled here,
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The pea vines, nettles and plenty of frogs,
And snakes and big turtles were seen in the bogs.
Then porcupines and 'possoms were caught in their dens,
And the wolves taken in steel traps and pens;
There were few of our men that ever wore boots.
Though they cleared in the green and plowed among roots.
Then women were known to work on the farm,
Or at the spinning-wheel, and thought it no harm ;
They oft did sit up so very late at night,
Had breakfast next morning ere it was light.
They wrapped up their babies so snug and so soft.
Then rocked them to sleep in an old sugar trough ;
The children went ragged, in their bare feet,
Their mothers kissed them and said they were sweet.
We now have railroads, and telegraphs too,
The churches and school houses never a few ;
We now have plenty and something to spare,
Fine boots on our feet, and good clothes to wear.
We can drink coflfee, and women drink tea.
And all being happy as happy can be ;
While the children grow fat on butter and milk,
The ladies go dressed in satin and silk.
While people are passing from day unto day,
We see them in buggies along the highway ;
We hear the cars whistle, we hear the bells ring,
While the people collect to pray and to sing.
We now have fine carpets, and big featherbeds,
With extra big pillows to put under our heads,
And plenty of papers and books to read,
Among the great nations we are taking the lead.

E, W, H.

Jamestown, May, 1887,

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BOONE COUNTY.
Harden & Spahr are writing a history
Of Boone County, they say,
And they ofler as premium a copy
Unto the best bard of the day.
Our county we know is productive
In regard to oats, wheat, hogs and corn ;
But alas, her poets are so scattering —
In fact I believe they're not born.
Y'ou may write biographical sketches.
And talk of the fame of the dead.
Or sing all you please your low ditties ;
I'll tell you what we have instead :
Then first, we have lots of war horses
Of a pusilanimous kind.
Who run every year for some office.
And go it as though they were blind.
We have also salary grabbers.
Who loan money at fifteen per cent.
In advance, they hint they would have it;
Oh, pshaw ! will they never repent ?
We have grangers — a new institution —
We want reformation of late;
They buy hogs for five cents of their brothers
And sell them for seven or eight.
Still they want no man in the middle-
Would go to Congress themselves ;
Their bills might be like this poem —
Either tabled or laid on the shelves.
We have railroads, turnpikes and hydraulics,
With bridges both iron and wood ;
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We have schools, bolh graded and common.
And teachers conducting them, too.
Who do very well with their pupils,
But visitors make them look "blue."
We have institutes, county and normal,
Where teachers are taught in a class ;
The first requisite there among youngsters
Is a goodly supply of the "brass."
A word for our superintendent :
The people all like him as such ;
But some will look wise as they mumble,
"I know he is costing too much."
We have belles as fair as the fairest.
And beaux as polite as you please.
But they all like to ride in " pa's carriage,"
And live every day at their ease.
We have judges who sit on the benches.
And lawyers that do as they please.
They will keep all the money they handle.
Like the monkey dividing the cheese.
Well, now a word for the merchant,
They will lie, cheat and steal.
I tell you I've learned by experience
Of those who have dry goods for sale.
We have a few honest old farmers —
Poor souls, how they carry the swill ;
They drive their hogs to the market
And laugh in their sleeves " what a sell."
I had almost forgotten the doctor,
He rides with a hearty good will ;
But before you are scarcely buried
He'll claim your estate for his bill.

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We have a crusade of women
On brandy, old bourbon and gin.
Which freed us a while of rum-holes
Aud prevented a great deal of sin.
Of course I respect all the preachers,
They are very good teachers, 'tis trne ;
But I've seen some who smiled ou the sisters
A queer kind of " how do you do."
We have no "Ward Beechers" I reckon,
But not a few Tildens, I'm told,
Who risk all their eternal salvation
To fill up their coffers of gold.
We have small interest in congress
That grabbled its thousands to use.
But the reason we grumble about it.
We can not step into their shoes.
I believe I'll leave out the mechanic,
Although a great many we spy
Who paste piitty, paint and varnish
To cover their faults from the eye.
We never speak ill of the miller.
For he's always just ready to laugh.
He will grind out your grist in a "jifTy,''
But manage to keep about half.
The butcher I can not do justice,
His steelyards you never see break ;
He will give you the neck or the shoulder
At what he should sell you the steak.
And last but not least we have babies,
Methinks I have heard a few squall ;
God bless them, sweet creatures.
For mine are the dearest of all.

Big Springs, April, 1887.

S. W. T.

ADDITIONAL SKETCHES AND BIOGRAPHIES.

The following sketches and biographies were received too late for proper
classification :
SUGAR PLAIN CHURCH.
Adjoining Thorntown on the west is what is known as
Sugar Plain Neighborhood, and composed chiefly of members
of " The Friends' Church." The first settling here in this
neighborhood was by Hugh and Sarah Moffitt entering the farm
now owned by John Glover et Son, in the spring of 1830. In
the following fall came William Childree and wife, and their
daughter Phebe, the latter being a late widow of Isaac Brown.
They settled ou the farm now owned by Alpheus Maxwell,
Jeremiah Moffitt and wife following in the year 1832. The
latter is now Cynthia A. Woody. Josiah Hollingsworth,
William and Joseph Herner, Richard Bratton, and wife of
Adam Boyd, were soon added to the list. The first meeting
of worship was held at the residence of Hugh MofStt, iu
December 1833, and was "set up," to use the old phrase, by
Sugar River. They continued to meet twice a week for wor
ship at the same place until the year 1835, when a small log
house was built near the site of the present building, which
served the double purpose of school and meeting house until
the growth of the members had increased and it was insuf
ficient in size, when the second was erected; this time a frame
building in which a meeting for business denominated by the
Society, a monthly meeting was established in the 12th month
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seven miles away (as it was not in the days of gravel roads)
the roads sometimes and often were almost impassable, their
custom of going was generally on horseback, they seldom
missed attending any of these meetings.
Besides the naraes already given in this account, raany
others, no doubt, would be familiar (raore especially to those
of the first settlers, that appear on the early records of the
meetings), among whom are Isaac and Mary Barker, their
daughters Hanna Weisner and Ruth Barker, Nathan and
Catharine Elliot, Williara and Margaret Chappell, Thomas
Thornton, James and Mary Brown, Nicholas and Matthew
Barker, William and Tacy Cloud, James Fisher, Isaac
Lawrence, Samuel and Peter Rich, Isaac and Rachel Cox,
Samuel and Mary Cox, Ambrose and Elizabeth Osborn, Seth
Williams, Priscilla Wells and others. Most of them are laid
away in their narrow homes. The meetings were kept up at
an increasing rate, the membership showing 277. There has
been a Quarterly Meeting held at the same place since 1852,
which now numbers about six hundred raerabers. The pres
ent house was erected in 1852 for the accoraraodation of
Quarterly Meetings. The size of the house is sixty-four feet
long, sixty-four feet«wide, and eighteen feet between the floor
and ceiling.
A BRIEF MEMOIR OF THOMAS CASON AND
FAMILY.
The narae of Cason in tbe Northern States is uncommon,
but in the Southern States it is a very common oue. The
family on coming to this country settled at an early day in the
State of Virginia. Through works of genealogy the name is
traced to the south of France, and from which place members
of the family became refiigees in Holland, and from where
they joined William of Orange iu his invasion of Ireland.
At the time of emigrating to this country they had become
mixed with Irish, English and Scotch blood.

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Thomas Cason, the father of the family that settled in
Booue County at an early date, was born in Virginia on De
cember S, 1759, and from there emiorrated to South Carolina,
Having been afflicted with the " white swelling" in one of his
limbs in early life he became a school teacher, following it
most of his life. He married Miss Margaret Neill December
30, 1794. Miss Neill was born March 24, 1762. She was a
woman of excellent mental ability aud great force of character.
Her experience during the Revolutionary war, if written,
would read like a tale of romance. She was an ardent M'^hig,
while a majority of her neighbors were Tories. She had two
brothers, only one being old enough to enlist in the war,
-Several times her house was robbed and everything in it
destroyed except one bed on which an invalid mother lay.
One of these times her brother had come horae from the army
ou Sunday morning and was relating the news to the family
and some young ladies who had come in to see him, when
they were surprised by the click of gun locks from a squad of
Hessians at the door of the house. The girls ran in the face
of the Hessians and the brother out at the other side of the
house. One of the Hessians, seeing her brother would escape,
ran around the house, while Miss Neill, seeing his intention,
ran through the house and, meeting him, struck up his gun
just as he fired, undoubtedly by this act saving the life of her
brother. On returning to the house her young brother be
came alarmed and ran out, and, climbing a high fence, was
soon out of sight. The Hes.sians did not seem disposed to
shoot, but followed after him, going to the bars instead of
the fence, laying down the middle one; but when one of them
would attempt to go through the girls would jerk him back.
One of the Hessians became so exasperated at Miss Neill that
he struck her across the head with his gun, severely wounding
her, the scar of which she carried to her grave. The Hessians
then went to the house and destroyed everything of value, not
leaving Miss Neill a change of clothing. The house had been
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young brother and herself had " mowed " their wheat, and the
night after a corapany of the enemy's dragoons came and fed
every .sheaf to their horses. Her older brother was, before the
war closed, murdered. His company was surrounded in an
old house by a very much larger force of Tories. Tbe cap
tain of the Tories offered if they would throw their guns out
of the house to protect them as prisoners of war. The captain
of the Whigs accepted these terms and ordered his men to
throw their guns out of the window. The men at first refused
to obey, but as the house had been set on fire they yielded.
The first thing the Tory captain did was to order the Whig
captain and his lieutenants to be hung to a " fodder pole ; "
this breaking, he ordered them shot, after which the privates
were also all shot. Miss Neill, hearing of the surrender,
started iramediately for the place, but arrived too late to save
her brother; all had been shot and the captain was walking
among the dead and hacking with his sword every muscle that
moved. Thomas Cason, owing to his crippled condition, was never
molested by the Tories, although his brothers were in the serv
ice of the colonies. After his marriage he settled on a farm,
but owing to having a large amount of security debts to pay,
he had to sell the farm (a valuable one), uegroes, and all his
other property, except a small amount of household goods,
and then go to Ohio and teach school so as to secure money to
move his family to that state. Their children, four boys and
one girl, were all born in South Carolina, the daughter dying
before they left that state. William, the oldest, was born
September 19, 1797; John, May 30, 1799; Jaraes, February
13, 1802, and Sarauel, March 5, 1804. Thoraas arrived iu
Ohio April 5, 1804, and the family moved in August and
September following. From there they came into Indiana
territory in 1814 or 1815, settliug in Union County on a farm
and remaining there until October, 1831, when John, James
and Henry emigrated to this county, all settling in the woods
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married, remained with the old folks, staying on the farm
until his death. May 16, 1850, aged fifty-two years, seven
months and tweuty-seven days. His father died October 12,
1835, and mother, July 25, 1846, William Cason was a man
of excellent character and habits, and exerted an influence for
good over the people of his county equal if not greater than
any one who ever lived in it. He was probate judge over
twenty years, and was regarded as one of the best probate law
yers in eastern Indiana.
John Cason married Fannie Burkhalter. There were
eight children born to them — five girls and three boys — named
Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe J., Marion N., Ershula,
Oliver and Samuel. Margaret, Elizabeth and Marion are
dead. John Cason always resided on a farm and devoted his
entire attention to opening and cultivating it, and lived to see
the day, as also did his brothers James and Samuel, when the
farms that had caused them so much toil and hardship in the
early settlement thereon became prosperous homes of thrift
and independence. He was a man of an unusual kind dispo
sition, and always had a kind word for all whom he met and
difficulty with no one. This was, however, a marked trait of
character as to all of the older members of the family, and a
law suit was a thing no one of the family was ever known to
engage in, from Thomas, the father, to the death of his sons.
John Cason departed this life in 1868, leaving surviving him
his wife, now in her eighty-fourth year, and with the exception
of a disease in her feet and limbs that renders walking troub
lesome, she is iu excellent health. She has always been indus
trious and greatly devoted to her children, and for whose
welfare she ever yet gives her constant attention.
James Cason married Margaret Rutherford December 13,
1827. Her family were of the old English stock of Ruther-
fords, tbe narae originating from Ruther's Ford, a stream near
the line between England and Scotland, on which there was a
ford on the land of a man named Ruther. Her mother's folks
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¦giving the name to Harper's Ferry, Virginia, which Old John
Brown immortalized. Thus are united in one family the
name of one branch originating from a ford and the other
giving name to a ferry. James Cason resided on the land he
first settled on in coming to this county until the fall of 1865,
when he moved to Thorntown, where he lived until his death.
He was a carpenter as well as farmer, and was a master of his
trade. There are many houses, barns, bridges and other
structures yet standing in this county which well attest the
•care and fidelity with which he did his work. Although a
man small in stature, yet his physical strength and endurance
was reraarkable. He had a clear, incisive insight into most
every subject before the people of his day, and with this he
had most excellent "common sense," giving to his opinions
and judgments unusual correctness. He was outspoken and
frank almost to a fault, and was extremely active and energetic
— doing everything with all his might ; and he was always
ready to assist in every enterprise for the public gpod. He
¦departed this life January 31, 1875, leaving his wife surviving
him, now in her eighty-first year, and with the exception of
rheumatism in one of her limbs is in excellent health and as
active as most persons at fifty or sixty years old. Her life has
been unusually active and industrious. She is frank, out
spoken and independent at all times, yet kind and genial to
all who meet her, and liberal and tolerant in all ber views.
Her mental faculties are far above an ordinary person's, aud
her devotion to her children has been untiring; and they owe
to her much of whatever success that has attended them in life.
There were nine children born to them — six boys and three
girls — one of whom, William, died at four weeks of age. Of
the others, Thomas J., Samuel L. and Sarah Ann are yet
living; John O., Joseph N. and Margaret E. lived to be mar
ried and have children; Mary E, died in her eighteenth year,
and Jaraes H. on September 11, 1850.
Samuel Cason first married Mary Burkhalter. She was
au excellent woman, a prudent aud careful mother, and it is

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largely due to her training aud instruction, young as her
children were at her death, that several of them have become
more than ordinary men and women. There were nine chil
dreu born to them — six girls and three boys. Jane, Mary and
Cynthia are dead; the others, Elizabeth, jNIargaret, Fanny,
William N., Joseph M. and John are living. She dc] arted
this life about 1844. Samuel Cason was much like his oldest
brother, William, in his traits of character and mental ability,
and like him he exercised and held an influence for good over
the people of the county that few, if any, have ever attained.
Soon after coming to this county he was made one of the asso
ciate judges of the circuit court of the county. Judge Ca=on
became a good judge of law, aud was treated w ith great respect
by the presiding judge, who, upon all occasions, consulted him.
Among the best lawyers of the circuit he Avas regarded as a
sound lawyer and one of the ablest associate judges of the
state. He always gave close, careful attention to his duties of
every character, and had a clear, logical and incisive insight
into most every subject brought before him, which, with the
good common sense he exercised upon all occasions, caused
his opinions to be received with great confidence. Like his
brothers, he was of a positive, open, frank nature, and always
straightforward in his intercourse with others. At the time
of his death, and for some years prior thereto, he was presi
dent of the First National Bank, Thorntown. Under his
management the stock, at the time of his death, sold at twenty-
six per cent, premium. There was never a dollar lost to the
bank while he was at its head. He had for several years
been one of the directors of the Lafayette & Indianapolis
Railroad, and resigned the position when he became convinced
it was managed in the interest of a few directors instead of the
stockholders. Both James Cason and himself had devoted
rauch time, expen.se and labor in procuring the organization of
the company and establishing the road through this county.
Judge Cason was married the second time to Alphea Norris,
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and by this marriage there were three children — two girls and
one boy — Lysia and Idia, and James. He departed this life
August 6, 1871, at the the age of sixty-seven years, five
months and one day, his wife surviving him.
It required thirteen days to move their families from Union
County to this county, the distance being only about one hun
dred miles. It rained every day or night while they were on
the road. Swamping and breaking down was an every-day
occurrence; and to cap the climax of all their troubles the
wagon in which the family of James Cason was riding, when
within five railes of their destination, overset in a creek,
plunging them and everything belonging to them under water;
and although it was cold and raining, they had to camp out of
doors in their wet clothes and bed covers.
The winter of 1831-'32, after the three brothers settled in
this county, was a severe one. It set in early, a heavy snow
falling the last of November or fifst of December, and lay
on the ground until about the middle of March next. They
had all landed in the woods "without a stick amiss," except
Samuel, who had a small log cabin on his land when he came
to it. It was spring before sorae of the chimneys were higher
than the mantle-piece. Neither were there any doors in their
houses until spring; old quilts and sheets had to be substi
tuted, and when some of the doors were made they were of
split boards from trees. No mortar could be made to stop the
open space between the logs of the house, so split pieces of
timber and old clothes were the only substitute. The howd of
the wolf and other wild animals were heard nightly, and the
writer remembers of their frequently driving the dog under
the floor of the house where he would flee for safety. The
feed for both raan and beast had to be procured through the
entire winter, spring and summer following their settlement in
this county from Shawnee, Scott's and Wea Prairies, the dis
tance being about forty miles; and wdien procured the flour
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cold came it froze aud all had to be thawed out by the fire be
fore it could be used for feed to either raan or beast.
It wouhl take a volume to recite only the more important
part of the hardships of any family of early settlers of this
county, and it would be impossible to go into detail in a brief
article.
WILLIAM COBB
Was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1809,
and was the third child of AVilliam and Catharine Cobb. The
former was born in the Borough of Southwick, County of Surry,
England, October 21, 1760; the latter, Catharine Strausbaugh,
born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1776,
they being married February 26, 1805, both living to a ripe
old age, be being eighty-three and she eighty-four. Mr, Cobb,
when but a small lad, carae to Harrison County, Ohio, where
he learned his trade, which was carpentering, at which he was
a very apt scholar. His father was a ship builder, and the
Cobb's from him down are talented in that mechanical art.
Here he was united in marriage to Mary Copeland, March 24,
1836. The result of this marriage is nine children, as follows :
Thomas A., born January 21, 1837, and married to Miss .Julia
Wilharm; William F., born December 8, 1838, and married
to Miss Amy Hileman ; Jacob S., born August 25, 1841, and
raarried to Miss Ellen Lowe ; Nancy, born August 11, 1843,
married to Thomas Evans ; James, born October 6, 1845,
married to Miss Pet McNeal; John L., born January 29,
1848, married to Miss Lizzie Clark ; John was accidentally
killed by the cars at Indianapolis, November 11, 1876.
Christina, born March 13, 1850, married to Anthony Kincaid;
Henry, born April 25, 1852, married to Rachel Clark ; Mary
L., born January 13, 1855, died December 29, 1862; Dorothy
A., born March 2, 1861, raarried to Alfred Kincaid.
Personally, Mr. Cobb was a tall, spare-built raan, about six
feet tall, with blue eyes and rather light complexion. He
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word to all. He was a very active member in the Methodist
Church, always attending when health would permit.
Mr. Cobb served as justice of the peace for about twelve
years in Harrison County, Ohio. After coming to Boone
County, in 1853, he served in the same office six years.
He was justice of the peace when he died. Slowly wasted by
disease, he died October 1, 1877, near the hour of sunset,
peacefully —
" Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
SILAS A. LEE
Was born in Decatur County, this State, on the 17th of
March, 1832, from whence ho came to Boone County in the
spring of 1854, locating near Clarkstown, where he taught a
school, after which he entered the store of Messrs. Dougherty
and Nicholas, at Zionsville, as clerk, where he remained until
1856, when he formed a partnership with W. W. Atchison,
carrying on a general store and grain trade until 1860. Ou
the 3d day of December, 1856, he was married to Amanda M.
Rose, of Zionsville. Having taken quite an interest in poli
tics, in 1860 he was nominated and elected by the Republican
party Clerk of the Boone Circuit Court. In 1864, he was
nominated and again elected to the same office, which he
resigned in December, 1868, having served over eight years.
On retiring from office he first engaged in the practice of law,
in partnership with Hon. C. S. Wesner, which he gave up iu
1870, to enter as a partner in the Lebanon Bank, where he
continued until the latter part of 1872, then disposing of his
interest in the bank, removing to the city of Indianapolis,
where he is still engaged in the lumber trade.

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JOSEPH T. McLOUGHLIN.
Perhaps no man ever lived in the county who was better
known than Mr, Mc. He was early and for years closely con
nected and as-;oeiated with the best interests of the county, in
fact, as long as he lived here. He first settled in Jaraestown,
where he remained a term of years, perhaps until he was
elected County Treasurer, whieh was in the year 1845, and he
was the first person that was chosen by the people to that
office. He was born about the year 1806, in the State of
Ohio, and iu the year 182S was raarried to ISIiss Vidito.
About the year 1863, he moved to Iowa, where at latest
accounts he was living, at the age of SI years. He was a
Democrat of the Jacksonian style, and in person he was Imv,
heavy-set man; fair coraple.\ion. In his make-up he was
social, loved his friends, who were legion in Boone County,
where his best days were spent. We hope ho will live to read
the "Early Life and Times in Boone County," and overlook
this poor sketch of one so worthy.
COL. A. O. MILLER.
Col. A. O. Miller was born in Madison County, Ohio, in
1S27. His parents moved to Clinton County, Indiana, in
1830, where both died in less than five years. He was taken
by a relative and raised on a farm on the Twelve ]\lile Prairie.
Studied medicine and graduated at the University of Louis
ville, Kentucky, 1856 ; raised a company of men for Lincoln's
call of 75,000 for three months, in '61. Was in command of
his company, C, 10th Regt. Ind. Vol., at the battle of Rich
Mountain, in July, '61. His company was the first of the
array to enter the works and took down their flag, the first
one taken frora Rebel works during the war. Was Lieu
tenant-Colonel of the 10th Regt. in its three years' organiza
tion. Was made Colonel of the 72th Regt. in 1862, and
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he, with one hundred and»fifty other wounded, were at Mont
gomery, Alabama, three hundred miles from any Union
forces ; was promoted to Brigadier-General. While in the
army he married Mary L., youngest daughter of Wm. Zion.
Waf Clerk of Boone Circuit Court for four years. Organized
the first National Bank at Lebanon; was its Cashier four years,
duiiEg which time the bank only lost one hundred dollars,
and ihe banking system changed from 18 per cent, broker to
10 per cent, banking. Being enterprising and in favor of pub
lic iraprovements, he, with Zion Kinworthy and others, lost
all they had in building the A. L. & St. L. Railroad, his loss
being $20,000 bank stock, a fine home and other property.

THOMAS P. MILLER
Was born in Tennessee, December 1, 1812. Son of William
Miller, one of the early pioneers of Eagle Creek, who arrived
at that locality in 1830, and on whose land the town was laid
out. Thomas P. Miller, the subject of this sketch, was first
married to Eliza Meek, April 15, 1832, in Tippecanoe County.
The following are the names of his children by his first wife :
William M., Sylvanus S., James and Margaret, all of whom
are deceased. Mr. Miller was the second time married to
Margaret B. Cope, January 16, 1838. The following are the
names of their childreu : Eliza J., Caroline, Maria and
Mark D., all living. Eliza J. is the wife of A. F. Combs ;
resides in Clinton Township. Mr. Miller was married the
third time to Susan A. Kersey, March 1, 1846, in Lebanon.
The following are the naraes of their children : Maiy F.,
deceased ; Harrison S., resides in Indianapolis ; Syseline, mar
ried to George Wysong, resides in Indianapolis; Charles B.,
deceased ; Edwin H., married to Minnie Richard, resides in
Indianapolis. Mr. Miller's first wife was drowned in the Wa
bash River, near Lafayette, January 11, 1838. His second wife
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tery. Mr. Miller was apjiointetl Postnjaster in 1841, and served
niue years. He was elected December 31, and served teu
years as .Justice of the Peace. A^'as elected County Recorder
August, 1850, served eight years. Joined the Odd Fellows'
iu 1S46, moved to Lebanon 1850, became a citizen 1864,
where he served four years as Justice of the Peace. Mr.
Miller was elected to all the above offices as a Democrat. He
has been an invalid for years, scarcely able to leave his room.
His religious belief is that of Universalist. On another page
will be found an interesting communication from Mr. Miller.

AVILLIAM MILLER.
One of the early settlers of Eagle Creek was he whose
name heads this short sketch. He was born iu North Caro
lina, in the year 17S1, May 29. He was married to Nancy
Meek, who was born in North Carolina, September 6, 1782.
They carae to the county in the year 1830. INIr. Miller died
at Eagle Village in the year 1844, !Mrs. Miller died in the
year 1848. Both buried at the Eagle Village Ceraetery. The
following are their children's, naraes: Moses M,, born in
Tennessee, May 11, 1809 (deceased). Williara W., born in
Tennessee, February 4, 1811. Thomas P., boru in Tennessee,
December 1, 1812; resides in Indianapolis. John, bOrn in
Indiana, March 20, 1816. Margaret, born in Indiana, Decem
ber 30, 1817 (deceased). Rachel, born in Indiana, April 12,
1819. Alexander, born in Indiana, January 8, 1821; died in
1851 ; buried at Eagle Village Cemetery. Silas, born in
Indiana, 1823; died in the year 1850. Elizabeth, born in
Indiana, July 10, 1825 (deceased); buried near Zionsville.
Jaraes, born in Indiana, March 28, 1830; died 1847; buried
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CHARLES F. S.NEAL.
This gentleman, whose portrait appears in this volume, was
born in the city of Lebanon, Ind., August 24, 1858. He is
the oldest son of Stephen and Clara Davis Neal. He attended
the schools of Lebanon until the year 1877, during which last
year therein he graduated, and for a time thereafter he became
a teacher in the schools of the city. In the year 1880 he at
tended the Normal School in Ladoga, Ind., and during the
.same year he received the nomination frora the Deraocratic
party of Boone County for the office of county surveyor, to
which office he was that year elected ; and after filling that
office one term, he was appointed by the board of comraission-
ers of the county, to the position of superintendent and civil
engineer of the gravel roads of said county.
In the year 1881, he was married to Mary E. Henry, of
Ladoga, Ind., and to them have been born two children, one
daughter and one son. Mr. Neal is connected with five of the
six building and loan associations of his native city, and takes
an active interest in public enterprises, aud in building up the
city, and the public improvements of the county. In the year
1887, he erected the finest and most elegant business block in
the city of Lebanon. His noted characteristic is : " grit and
git," and he is energetic, economical, and whatever he engages
in, he manifests first-class executive ability. Physically and
mentally he is a strong man.
THE ROSE FAMILY.
Sterling C. and Anna Rose, with two children, emigrated
from North Carolina in 1832, settling first in Pike Township,
Marion County, and four years later (1836) removed to Eagle
Village, Boone Couuty. Sterling C. Rose was born in North
Carolina in 1795, and worked at farming and as a carpenter,
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carried on tailoring in order to help her husband support their
tainily iu early life in Indiana. While he, in addition to
building houses, made looms, sjiinniug wheels, plows and
wagons, she cut and made the fashionable clothing for the set
tlers. Sterling C, Rose served in the war of 1812, and drew
a pension at the time of his death in 1875, being about eighty
years old. Anna, his wife, died in 1863, being sixty-three
years old. Their remains lie in the little cemetery at Eagle
Village. They were hoiitst, hard-working people, and filled
well their part in the early settlement of Indiana.
Their children, six in number, are: Augustus D., jMartha,
Sarah, Addie, Amanda and Martin. The first two were born
in North Carolina; the other four in Indiana. Augustus D.
Rose, when sixteen years old, went to Indianapolis and learned
the trade of printer, finishing it in the Sentinel office under
the Chapmans in 1849. Married in 1851, w:is elected Chief
of Police in Indianapolis in 1857 and held it until 1861, when
he resigned to volunteer in the army for the Union, and
served four years, during which time he filled the position of
first-lieutenant, captain, raajor and lieutenant-colonel. He is
now compositor on the Sentinel, and is sixty years old. He
has three children living, the youngest twenty-eight years old.
Martha Rose married Dr. Samuel W. Redman in 1850 (a prom
inent physician). She died at Zionsville several years ago,
leaving her hu.sband and five children surviving, most of
whom are in Oregon. Sarah C. Rose now resides in Indian
apolis with her sister, Amanda Lee. She never married, re
maining with her parents as long as they lived. She is now
in her fiftv-fifth year. She will long be remembered for her
devotion to her father and mother. Addie Rose married
George H. Carter, ex-sheriff" of Marion County, in 1858.
They went to California, where she died iu 1865, leaving her
husband and one .son. Amanda Rose married Silas A.
Lse about twefty-four years ago. He was then a merchant
in Zionsville, and afterwards Clerk of Boone County for eight
years. They are now residing in Indianapolis, where he has

458 EARLY' LIFE AND TIMES IN
been for a nuraber of years in the luraber trade. Martin V.
Rose was born in Eagle Village iu 1840; died of consumption
in 1862.
WILLIAM STATON.
Mr. Staton was born in Kentucky, April 7, 1809. He
carae to Boone County in the year 1835, and first settled in
Center Township, where he lived a few years, but has resided
on his farra five miles east of Lebanon the past forty years,
where he has a pleasant home surrounded with plenty. He
was married to Ruan Lane February 27, 1834, in Kentucky.
She was born February 12, 1810, also in the State of Ken
tucky. Mr. Staton has served as County Comraissioner nine
years, represented the county in the State Legislature in the
winter of 1851-'52; also was elected as sheriff of the county
for two terms, serving in all the offices with credit to all. He
was elected as a Whig. The following are his children's
names : Nancy M., Francis A., William T., Sarah J., John
M. aud Lydia A.
SAMUEL S. STRONG.
Mr. Strong was born in Ohio about the year 1805, came
to the county and Lebanon at an early day, possibly as early
as 1836 or 1838. AYas postmaster away back in the forties.
Was the first tanner in Lebanon, where he continued for mauy
years, where Mrs. Daily now resides. He moved to Illinois
in the year 1860. He was school comraissioner of the county
a term of years. He was a AA^hig and as such elected or
appoined to the offices above referred to. The following are
some of his childrens' names as far as we can get: Oscar,
James, and Resin. In jierson Mr. S. was low, heavy-set, fair
-complexion, and belonged to the M. E. Church as well as his
wife ; as to her we do not know where or wdien she was born.

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 459
benja:\iin f. avhittaker
AVas born in Jefferson County, Ohio, February 28, 1827.
AA'as married to Sarah A. Pierson, of Maryland, born Septem
ber, 1827. They were married in Coshocton County, Ohio,
September 13, 1846. Came to Boone County 1863. Settled
at Whitestown, stopped a few years ; then to Zionsville, where
they remained seven years. In 1875 they removed to Leb-
anou, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in the
grocery business. He was also in the jewelry business for six
years. He has been a minister of the Missionary Baptist
Church for many years. United with the church iu 1841, in
Jeff'erson County, Ohio, when quite a young man. Has
labored acceptably in the church as layman and minister, and
with great success. He has a knowledge of scripture excelled
by few, and is a polished gentleman of social qualities, which
make his friends legion, always willing to accord to others
what he takes for himself religiously and politically as well
as in other respects. He is a Democrat.
The following are the names of their children : Deborah
v., married to Samuel Brandon ; Martha S., married to Henry
V. Laughner; David S. married to Annie Warren, the latter
of whom resides in Lebanon and is engaged in the jewelry
trade. Charles also resides in Lebanon and is also engaged
in the jewelry business.
PATRICK H. SULLIA^AN.
There is an old saying, " The first shall be last." Unin
tentionally this has proven true in our notice of persons in this
work. Mr. Sullivan was among the first, if not the first man,
who made a permanent settlement in Boone County. He cer
tainly was the first on Eagle Creek. We have been unable to
get only few facts in regard to this old pioneer, nor do we
know when or where he was born. He came about the year

460 EARLY LIFE AND TLMES IN
1824, and located on the crefek near where Zionsville now
stands. He married a Aliss King, who did not live very long,
when he again married Miss Broahard. The followiug are
his children's names: Berry, Mrs. Klingler, Harvey a"d
Martha, The last two are deceased. Mr. Sullivan was of
Irish descent, strong, athletic, fill six feet high, and a
sober, industrious, hard-working man all his long life. He
died in July, 1876, aged about ninety years, and is buried at
the Eagle Village Cemetery. We regret very much not being
able to give a more extended notice of this old and respected
pioneer of our county. Many who read this will call to mind'
Patrick H. Sullivan.

CEAIECERIES OF OUR COUNTY.
We do not desire to close our work without a word about
our cemeteries ; and there is no better place for it than here.
Forty years ago, when a youth, we occasionally saw here and
there a grave or two in the woods with a rail pen around it
five or six rails high, and covered over with the sarae rough
material. To the writer these were lonesome and gloomy
Ijlaces. The ceraetery at best has an unpleasant aspect,
especially when overgrown with bushes and briers ; and where
owls and other kindred spirits hold midnight revels, and
where the " snakes in the nettle-weeds hiss." I have neces
sarily been in and passed by many during the past year in the
county, and never without a feeling of respect mingled with
sadness. I am glad to notice that greater interest is now
taken in the iraproveraent of our cemeteries.
Reader, have you a friend in yonder dear yet neglected spot
where there is nothing to mark the last resting-place of " loved
ones gone?" If so, resolve no longer to thus be indifferent.
Plant a tree — something that will live in winter and will be a
lasting tribute to their nieniory. We have too many ceme
teries — that is, too many private burying-places. This is all

BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA, 4(il
well enough while the immediate friends live to care for them ;
but soon they will pass into other hands, and the result will
be the plow will turu up the sod that holds the dust of our
friends; yet let us care for our departed dead, make the air
fragrant with the perfume of flowers, and in the gloom of
winter let the green bows overhang, where the merry song
ster iu early spring may sing their sweetest uotes and make
those once gloomy [ilaces look cheerful and bright. To those
places somewhere or another wc, too, are tending, and as we
near the place it loses its dread. AVhen a boy, the graveyard
was a terror, especially at night. If there was any way of
going around, that was the road for me. It is not so now ;
while we have no special hurry to get there, the terror has
somewhat diminished.
In writing the above I have no cemetery specially in view,
and what has been said was in a general way — not in a way to
wish to ceusure any oue, but if possible drop a word that in
the future may stimulate us all in this direction. In writing
the above my mind calls up the immortal poem by Gray, of
which we quote the fifteenth stanza :
"Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood.
Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest —
Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood,"

SOLDIER LIST.

LIST OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

NAMES.

Rank.

Com
pany.

Eegiment.

Residence.

Date of
Commission.

EliMARKS.

William C. Kise 

10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Inlantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
nth Infantry...
11th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantrv...
40th Infantry...
72d Infantry 
72(1 Infantry 
72d Infantry 
72d Infantry....
72d Infantrv 
72d Infantry 
7'2d Infantry 
72dfnfantry 

April 5 1S62 

Benjamin M. Gregory 
Major 
Zionsville 
May 20 1862
Res. July 13, '62. Re-entered as Major 135th.
Promoted to Captain and A. A. G.
AdjutantCaptain...
September 21, 1861.
October 26, 18G2 
October 8, 1862 
September 21, 1861.
March 4. 1862 
William S Cresart 
Lebanon 
Burgeon.. As't Surg
As't Surg
Captain...Captain...
1st Lieut.
Ist Lieut.
2d Lieut..
Captain ..
1st Lieut.
2d Lieut..
2d Lieut..
Captain...Captain... Ist Lieut.
Captirin...Captain... C'aptain...
Captain... 1st Lieut.
Captain...Captain... 1st Lieut.
1st Lieut
2d Lieut..
2d Lieut..
(Japtain...Captain,..Captain... 1st Lieut.
iBt Lieut.
Ist Lieut.
iHt Lieut.
Resigned Jan. 22, 1863.
Resigned Feb. 27, 1862.
A 
A 
A 
A 
A 
F 
F 
F 
P 
D 
D 
D 
F 
G 
F 
F 
F 
K 
K 
K 
K 
K 
K 
D 
D 
D 
1) 
IJ 
D 
D 
Lebanon 
May oO, 1862..
Lebanon 
November 18, 1862..
November IS, 1862..
September 20, 1863.
September 2, 1S61...
Mav 10, 1862 
Mustered out Sept. 10, 1864; term expired.
Killed at Chiekamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863.
Mustered out Sept 19, 1804.
Resigned April 1, 1862.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1S61.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Martin T Jones 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
April 28, 1863 
Israel H Miller ..
September 2, 1861...
April 28, 1863 
Miiytered out Sept. 19, 1SC4.
John W. Perkins 
Lebanon 
September 2, 1861...
November IB, 1803..
November 10, 1863..
September !), 1863...
November 24, 1804..
May 19 1862
Mustered out Sept. 1*1, 18CU
Boone County 
Honorably discharged June 21, ^S^^<f^.
John II. Dooley 
Lebanon 
Jarnps Bragg 
February 11, 1864...
Re-signed. Resigned April '2-1, 1804.
Promoted to Major.
Lost on steamer Sultana April 27, 1865.
Promoted to Captain.
Anthony E. Gordon 
H(inry L. Hazelrigg 
Thorntown 
Hazelrigg Station
December 30, 1861..
June 1, 1864 
July 1, 1861 
June 1 186ri
Williara Price, 
Thorntown,
Joseph W. Ytjnkey 
May 30, 1.S63 
July 1, isi» 
Ilonoralily discharged Feb. 10, 1864.
<;iarkville M. Wood 
Robert H. La FoUette 
August 2, bHii'2 
December 111, 1S62
December 10, 1862..
March 17. 1K>:! 
December 10, 18(i.I..
December 10, l.siH,.
December 10, l.sdl..
December 3, 1H64...
Resigned Dec. 18, 1,862.
Chester G. Thompson 
Thorntown 
Arius N. Craven 
Thorntowu 
Mustered out with regiment.
Hon. dis. July 21. Mil, on account of wound.
Mnstcrcd out with rctrimcnt.
Discharged Sept. 1, 1802.
Eobert M. Sims 
Ij(^wis IJ. Garrett 
John P. .Scawritiht 
Thorntown 
William 11. Mahan 
Captain... E 
Thorntown 
Muslerod out with regiment.
(-(1-9
John N. Insiev 
OrvilleS. Ihuuilton 
Jomos S. Klliot 
Fhivius J. \i\\\ ^'ol¦is 
William 8. 8iins  ,
Jacob rainier 
Henry W. Niehols 
UoLiort ^V. (.'oulni:iii 
Knoch n. Woilev 
Havid 11. Olive 
Thomas H. l\. Mct'aiu...
Siiiiford Sl'wcU 
John M. Atkinsun 
Gct-tige \V. Ware 
Samuel L. Monroe 
John L. llovd 
Thiunas 11. Lnciis 
Kobert A. \Villi.ii.i,..m...
William A. Kenuui'thy.
Silas M. Will 
Thomas II. llarri^ou....
Isaac N. Jacks 
Richard F. Jacks 
Charles H. Gould 
John P. Gapcn 
Joseph B. Helib 
II. J. Goldsborough 
William W. Martili 
Joseph R. Hall 
Ueuige Coulson 

1st Lieut.

E 

<'i>Ionel...

Surgeon..

.Vs't Surg

CapliUn...

F 

1st Lieut,

!<' 

1st Lieut.

V 

¦AI I,ie\it.,

l" 

2d Lieut..

II' 

Isl Lieut.

H 

1st Lieut

1 

Captain ..

11 

Captain...

11 

Ist Lieut.

H 

2d Lieut..

II 

Chaplain

Captain...
E 
Capttun...
II 
Ist Lieut.
H 
2d Lieut..
H 
As't Burg
Captain...
2d Lieut..
0 
C 
2d Lieut..
A 
Lt. Col....
Coptaiu...
A 
l6t Lieut.
B 
2d Lieut..
B 
2d Lieut..
I 
2d Lieut..
K 
7'2d Infantry....
H6th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86tli Infantry..
86tli Infantry..
Sfith Infantry..
8lith Infantry..
Sfith Infantry...
.SCith Infantry..,
86th Infantry..
S6tli Infantry...
t26lh Infantrv.
l'26lh Infantry,
126th Infantry.
120th Infantry.
i;j.')th Infantry.
i:',.'ilh Infantry.
13,^th Infantrv.
135th Infantry.
135111 Infantry.,
160th Infantry.,
'.50th Infantry.,
150th Infantry.,
151st Infantrv..
154th Infantry.
154th Infantry.,
151th Infantry.
IMth Infantry.
154th Infantrv..
l.'^4th Infantrv.
Sugai^ Grove..
Lebanon 
'I'horntown... ZionsviUo 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Thorutown... Northfield 
Lebanon 
'rhorntoAU... Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown...,
Leiianon 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
LebauQji 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Big Springs...,
Thorntown....
Thorntown..., Thorntown...,I'horntown....Zionsville 
Thorntown....
December 15, 1862
Septeniljer (i, 1862.
Sc|itciiiber 6, 1862
December 6, 1862..
August M, 1802 
August 14, 1862 
August 21, 1861 
August M, 1862 
.lune I. 1K65 
,luly IS, 1863 
August 1, 1864 
June 21, 1804 
June 1, 1865 
December (;, 1864..
June *J, 1865 
Mnv 'J.'i, bsiil 
Mav 17, I.SIil 
.Mhv 'JII, 1,861 
.Mav -M. 1X01 
Mn\ ¦-','!, 1.861 
Man b 10, I.S(i.J 
Fcbiuaiy 21, 1805.,
.March 11, 1805 
lune 1. 1865 
.Viml '25, 1865 
Vpril 12, 1805 
April 12, 1805 
A|uil 12, 1,S05 
A)iril ¦JII, 1865 
lulv :;i, 1,805 
.. KcHlglK-d I'eb. 9, 1863.
Miist'ed out Jan. 13. I86;j, for iiie(>iiipctency.
KeHlgned Nov. M, 181,2.
Mustered out with regiment.
Resigned Aug. '2.1. 181^1.
Itesigued Jan, 9, 1863.
Mustered (Ult with regiment.
Promoted to First Lieutenant Oct. 2:;, 18.'i3.
Mustered out as First Serg't with regiliieid.
Mustered (tut with regiment.
Clustered out with regiment.
Ueslgued May 31, 1805.
Musteied out" with regiment.
Died as Second Lieutenant JJei;. 7, 1801.
Mustered out as I'irst Serg't with regimeiil.
.Mustered (jilt \vitli regiment.
Mustered out with regiment.
Mustered out with legiineiit.
Mustered out with regiment.
Mnslered out with regiment.
Mustered out witli regiment.
Mustered out with regiment.
-Muslered out with regiment.
Transferred to Co, D.
Mustered out with regiment.
Mustered out with regiment.
Mu.sleied out \\ilh regiment.
Mustered out wuli regiment.
JIustered out with regiment.
Muslered out witli regiment.
LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES.

Oi

NAME.

Rank.

Private...Corporal.Private... Private...
Sergeant. Private ...
Sergeant.
Private... Sergeant. Private...Private...Corporal. Private... Private...
Private... Private... Private...
Private.. Private...Corfioral. Private... Private...
Private...Private...Private...
Private...Private... Private...
Sergeant. Corporal. MusicianMusician
Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private.. Private..

Abernathv Daniel 

Ashman, George 
Andei-son, Jeremiah 

Allison, A. T 

Andereon A D 

Abnev, Riley F 
Abney Manson C.
Allen, William 
Arnold, John 
Adams, Frederic M 
Alt, Henry 
Beman, Josiah 
Reniiftt William...
Eerryhill, William 
Berryhill M. T 
RufHnger, W. H 
Burch Frank 
Burges, A.J  
Bouldin, O.J 
Buress William 
Brady, Edwnrd... ...... .
Bennett, J. T 
Bolt, G. W 
Bolt Jefferson 
Bragg, George 
Brown. Eden 
Company.
A, A,F
F, D
D H.
I..
I..I...I...AA A AA
CC C AAAAAAA A
AAF
V F F
FF F !•'
F
Regiment.
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..,
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
126th Infantrv.
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
135th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
ISOth Infantry.
150th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
10th Infantry..
loth Infantry..
lOth Infantry..
10th Infantrv..
lOth Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
lOth Infantrv.
loth Infantry..
10th Infantry..
•10th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
loth Infantry..
40th Infantry..
loth fnfantry..
40Lli Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40tli Infantry..
Residence.
Boone County 
Boone County 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boo e County 
Boone County 
Lebanon 
Elizaville 
Fayette 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Bonne County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
B(joiie County....
Boone County...
Leiianon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Date of Muster.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1801.
November 18, 1801..
November 18, 1861.,
July 17, 1862 
August 14, 1862 
December 24, 1863.,
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1.801 
April 23, 1861 
April ¦iS. 1.861 
August 1, 1.862 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1862 
May 23, 1861 
.lanuary 20, 1865 
February 15, 1805..,
b'ebrunry 3, 1865....
Fehruttiy 17, 1865...
September IS, 1.S61.
Seidember 18, LS61.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1801
September 18, 1801,
September 18, 1801,
September 18. 1801,
September 18. 1861,
September 18, l.soi
September 18, 1801
November 27, 1,S61.
November IS, 1,861.
November 18, l.soi.
November 29, 1801.
November 18, 1801.
December 21, 1801.
December 'M, 1801,
December 21, 1861.
December 21, 1861.
REMARKS.
Discharged Oct. 12, 1802 ; di'^ability.
.'\ppointed serg't ; mustered out Sept. 19, '64'
Mustered out Dec. 21, '65 ; vet. serg't.
Died July 22, '64, of wound.
Discharged January 17, '63.
Promoted to adjutant.
Promoted to 1st lieut.
Mustered out Aug. 6, '61.
Mustered out Aug. 6, '61.
Mustered out Aug. 6, '61.
Mustered out Aug. 6, '61.
Discharged June 11, '63.
Mustered out June 6, '65.
Transferred to V. R. C. Sept. 1, '63.
Mnslered out Sept. 29, '04.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '05, as serg't.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '05, as corp'l.
Deserted June 29, '65.
JIustered out Aug. 5, '65.
Appointed serg't; mustered out Sept. 19, '61.
Discharged Oct. 12, '62,
Discharged April 1, '02; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 19, '04.
Mustered out Sept. 19, '61.
Veterancy tranferred to 58ili reg.
Veternncy transferred to .58th reg.
Mustered out Sept. 19, '04.
Mustered out Sept. 19, '61.
Veterancy trousferrcd to 58tli reg.
Mnslered out Dec. 0, '04.
Veteran ; mustered out Dec. 21, '65.
Deserted Aug. 1, 't>3.
Mustered out Dee. 26. 1S61.
Discharged Feb. 11, '63.
Discharged April 17, '63.
Mustered out Dec. 6, '04.
Mustered out Deo. 6, '64.
Deserted Oct. 7, '62.
O OM
1-3
Private...
t'orporal. MusicianI'rivate...Private...Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private... Private...Private...MusicianPrivate...
I'rivate... Private...Private...
Private...
I'rivate... Private...
Private... Private...Private...Private...Private...Private...Private... Private...Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private...Private... Private...Private...Private...Private...Private...
Private...Private...Private...
Private...
Sergeant.( Corporal.
Private ..

F 
1) 
D 
D 
D 
D 
1) 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
A 
1 
I 
1 
I 
I 
I 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
A 
A 
E 
A 
A 
A 
A 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
H 
H 
H 

40th Infantry.,.
72d Infantry 
7'2d Infantry 
72(1 Infantry 
72(1 lulaiitry 
72d Infantry 
7'2d Inlantry 
72(1 Infaiiiry ....
72d Inlantry 
72(1 Infantry 
72(1 Infantry 
72d Infantry 
Ulth Infantry...
10th Inlantry...
loth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th fnfantiv...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantrv...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantrv...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
80th Infantry...
86th Inlantry...
86th Infantry...
86lh Infantry...
86th Infantrv...
86th Infantrv...
86tli Infantry...
86th Infantrv...
80th Infantry...
.Sllth Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86t,h Infantry...
86th Infantry...
120th Infantry..
126tli Infantry..
126th Infantry..

iJecemher IJI iHtll

Aiigust'J, 1HI)2 
Boyd, Wallace 
Bennett U(»bert 
July '2\ \Hl\-J.
Julv ''Ii lS(;.i 
Ball John W 
Burch William R 
Julv :!U l,'^^i•.^ 
August I, \stvi 
August 1. 1,M02 
Baker Hiram.." 
Boone C((nnty....
Hoone County....
llooiie County....
Hoone County 
Boone t'ounty 
Boone Couuty 
Boone t'ounty....
Mechanicsburg... Mechanicsburg,..
Sepicmljcr IH, IKCI,
April Li;l, ISiil 
Beston ^licli.iel 
April '':i isiu 
April 211 IHGl 
Breedlove, William T 
April 2;i, 1861 
April '''.i IMJl 
April 2, isf^l 
April 4 Ij^dfi
Boone County 
Boone (.'ounty 
February 17, ISC..^...
Botts Columbus 
August :>1, Lstll 
August ;il, isiil 
Oclober22, 1S(1l> 
Meelianicsburg...
Hoots, Jacob W 
Briggs, Eulastes .M 
Mechanicsburg...
March 20, Lscj 
August 1, isiij 
August I, ISlVJ 
Lebanon 
August 11, IHlVi 
August 11, IStVi 
August 11, isr,2 
August 11, l.HdLi 
August 11, isrvj 
August 11, ISii'J 
August 11, 18G2 
August 11, ISli'J 
August 11, 1802 
December 24, l.sr.:j..
Beard Milt("»n 
Whitestown 
Bradshaw, Stephens 
Brown John \V.. 
Bvroad David 
Bvroad William 
lierrvhill. William 0 
Blaekwell, R. D 
Lebanon 
February 1, LSG-l 
Killed aL Uesiicra, Ga., May ll, 'lA,
Musleri'd out July 2ri, '(i.'i.
DiHcharged Uec. 1, '(i2.
Iiied lit AuderMiiivllli' prisrju Get 27, '04.
Miislired uiit .luly 21, 'fi.'., im hcrg't.
IHi'd at 'Jiillatiu, Tenn.. Jim. 21, 'li:!.
Mustered uut.liily2l, '(if), as eorp'l.
Died itL ,Murfie''hburo, Tenn., March 11, T,:;
.Miis[i-red out July 21, 'Iw.
Iiischuigr.l M.'ircli 1, 'iV.i.
Itisehniged Oet. 21, 'C'j.
Mustered out Julv 21, T/).
Deserted April :;n, '(IU.
J>ird.
Mustered out Aug. i;, Td ; term exy)ircd.
Mustered out Aug. (1, ')il ; term expired.
Muslered out Aug. i'>, U\l; term exjiired.
Mustered <jnt Aug (1, '(jl ; term expired.
Mustered out Aug. ii, 'ill ; term expired.
.Mustered out July 2ii, 'fi.'j.
Mustered out July 2r., 'O."^).
Mustered out July 2(i, 'Ci.'^.
Mustered out July 2(i, 'il'i.
.Mustered out July 2r., '65.
Mustered out Jul>' 20, '65.
Mustered out July 2ii, '(j.o.
Mustered out July 2(-, '0.').
Dischaiged Aug. 21, '(;:»; disability.
Died at Baltimore, Ajjril "i, %:i.
Mustered imt March 20. 'tl5.
Mustered out June 0, 'ii.>.
Died at Loui.sville, Ky,, Nov. 20, '02.
Transferred to 5sth reg. June 5, 'Ctfy.
Tran.sferrcd to 5,Sth reg. June 5, 'o.S.
Died Jan. ITi, '0;[, of wounds.
Died Jan. LS, '0:J, of wounds.
Mustered out June 0, Gr,.
Mustered out June '), 05.
Died at Louisville, Ky., Nov. IS, '0.1.
Supposed to have been drowned.
Mustered out June 0, '05.
Died at Atlanta, Ga., Oet. 5, '64.
Mustered out June 0, '05.
Mustered out Sept. 10, '05
Discharged April 17. '0.5.
Alustered out Sept. 19 'G'i.
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00

Bennett, Alderson  ,
Burk, James W 
Boulds, Thomas E 
Beeman, Elisha B 
Bradburne, Francis A...,
Bromdenburg, William
Burgin, Oliver 
Brown, Charles S 
Boyd, John N 
Bonnell, Thomas 
Bufhnger, James J 
Blake, Matthia'>.. 
Bothman, George AV 
Boyer, Joseph 
Boyer, Nelson 
Brandenburg, Samuel ..
Bussell, William H 
Baker, Jesse 
Baldwin, John 
Biles, Thomas 
Barnett, Alexander (;.,.,
Baker, Hiram 
Boone, Jarnes W 
Bratton, William O 
Ore.sap, William S  ,
Campbell, James W 
Campbell, Johu A 
Chafers, John A 
Cooley, William F  ,
Campbell, A. 8 
Cunningham, James 
Corrigar, .fohn J  ,
Caldwell, Ken ben M 
Corrigar, Godfrey M 
Cavin, Jeremiah 
Clement, Samuel W 
Cline, Simon T  ,
Conch, Jonathan 

Rank.

Com-

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

E 

Private...

E 

Private...

E 

Private...

E 

Private...

E 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

II 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

I'rivate...

A 

Private ..

A......

Private...

A 

I'rivale...

C 

Hrivate ..

c 

I'rivate...

c. .

I'livate...

c 

I'rivate...

c 

I'rivate...

c 

I'rivate...

E 

.Sergeant

A 

I'rivate...

A 

I'rivate...

A 

I'rivate...

A 

Private,.,

A 

.^'ergeanl.

P 

C'orporal,

P 

I'rivate...

P 

I'rivate...

P 

I'rivate...

P 

Private...

P 

Private...

P 

Private...

P 

Private...

P 

Regiment.

P.i6th Infantrv.
126th Infantry.
13,5th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantrv.
IS.jth Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
13oth Infantry.
135th Infantrv.
13,5tli Infantry.
150th Infantrv.
ISOth lufantrv.
150th Infantry.
ISOth Infantry.
150th Infantrv..
160th Infantry..
150th Infantry..
160th Infantry..
1.''iOth Infantry..
KiOth Infantrv.
1.511th Infantry.
150tli Infantry.
1.50lb Infantry..
10th Infantry...
inth Infantry...
10th Infiintry...
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
lOili Infantry...
Ulth Infantry...
loth fnfantrv...
10th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantrv...
40th Infantry..,
loth Infantry..,
40th Infantry..,

Residence.

Reese's Mills 
Whitestown 
Booue County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hoone County 
Booue County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hoone County 
Boone I'ounty....
Boone County....
Boone ('ounty....
Booue County....
Boone CJounty....
Zionsville 
Jamestown 
Lebanon 
Lcl,)anon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 

Date of Muster.

December 24, 1863.
January 14, 1864....
May 23, isei 
May 23, 1S64 
Mav '23, liSGJ 
May '23, Lsoi 
May 23, 1864 
.Mav 23, 1.S64 
Mav 23, 1,S64 
Mav 23, l,SCi4 
May 23, 1861 
February 3, 1865....
January'25, 1.S65....
January 20, 1805 
January 25, 18(,15....
February 3, 1805...
January 27, 1,S6.5 
February 15, 1,S65..
February 15, 1S(>5..,
Februarys, ],sii5 
February 8, 1S66 
Februarys, 186,5 
February 8, 1865 
January 25, 1865....
September 18. i.sci.
September 18. 1861.
.September 5, 1861..,
September 5, 1861...
Septembers, 1,S6I..,
November IS, bSBl.
November IS, LsOl
November IS, 1,861.
November IS, hsci.
November IS, 1,S6I.
November IS, 1,S61.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, bsoi.

REMARKS.

Died April 19, '65.
Mustered out Sept. 19, '65.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '64.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '64, as eorp'l
Mustered out Sept. 29, '64.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '64.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '04.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '64.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 't(4.
Mustered out Sept. '29, '64.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '64.
Mustered out Sept. '29. '04.
Mustered out Aug. 5.
Mustoied out Aug. 5.
Clustered out Aug. 5
Mustered out Aug. 5.
Mustered out Aug. 5
Mustered out Aug. 5
Mustered out Aug. 5,
Mustered out Au.g. 5,
Clustered out Aug. 5, '65.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '65, as serg't.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '65.
Mustered out .\ng. 5, '65.
Promoted to chaplain of reg.
Mustered out .Sept. 16, '64.
Mustered out Sept. 16, '61
Veteriui : transferred to 58lh reg.
Di.seliarged April 20, '62.
I'romoted to 2d lieut.
Died at Columbia, Tenn., May 1, '62.
Mustered out Dec. 6, Til.
Killed at Stone River, Hee. 31. '62.
Died at Evaiisville, Ind., June 22, '02.
iiiseharged Feb. 25. '03.
Mustered out Dee. 6, '61.
Mustered out Aug. 18, '65,
Died at Bowling Green, Kv., March '20, '6'J

'65.

r

'65, as corp'l.
'(«.
'65. '66.

H

'65.

t-i

'65.

i-(

'65.

fji

'65.

H

Conklin, Louis E 

C<u'poiul.

Convcrs, William 

I'rivate...

Cassadv, Robert 

I'rlvHle,..

Carlisle, Selli M 

I'iivaie...

Cassiiv, Williiim H 

Frivatc...

C'ampboU, (.)hediali 

Private...

Cuitis, IMiilunder M 

I'rivate..

I'rivntc...

Private...

Caldwell, Henry 

Private...

Caldwell, Leonidiiv 

Private...

Private...

Carter, A, A 

Fiivato...

Cobb, W. F 
Private...
Col)b, J.S 
Musieian
Private...
(.'uster, Jesse 
I'rivate...
Condra, Edward 11 
I'rivate. . .
(.'onvers, John M 
I'riva'.e...
Private...
Cosand, Robert H 
Private...
Corrv, Daniel 
Private...
Cow man, Amos S 
Private...
('ook Jesse S 
Private-
Cook, Jeptha 
Private...
Convers, Charles E 
Private...
Private...
t'anada, Ceorge 
I^rivatc...
Chambei-s, George W 
Private-
Corben, John A 
Private...
Private...
Cook, John R 
Private ..
Private...
Cressep, William E 
Private...
Private...
Cresap, William S 
Private...
Private...
Canady, George 
Private...
Private...
Childs, George W 
Private...
It 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
I 
I 
1 
I 
I 
I 
A 
A 
A 
U 
G 
G 
a 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
I 
E 
E 
E 
P 
G 
G 
Q 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
H 
H 
H 
H 
H 
H 
H 
I26lli Inlantrv,
1261b Infantrv,
1211111 Infiiulry,
1261b Infanlry.
126lh liifanlrV.
I26lh Infantry,
1261b Infantrv,
1261b Infantrv.
Ulth Infantrv..
loth Infantry..
lotb Infantrv..
null Iiifiiulrv..
lOih Infantrv .
lOlh Infantry..
10th Infantrv..
lOtli lufiiulrv,.
inih Infantry..
11th Infantry..
Ilth Infantry..
11th Infantry..
Ilth Infantrv..
11th Infantry..
Ilth Infantrv..
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
nth Inlantrv..
Ilth Inlantrv..
nth Infantrv..
nth Infantrv..
nth Inbintrv..
Ilth Infantrv..
nth Infantrv..
nth Infantrv..
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
Ilth Infantrv..
nth Infantrv,.
nth Infantry..
Ilth Infantrv..
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry
135th Infantry,
135th InfautrV,
135tli Infantrv.
135th Infantry
ISStli Infantry.
Lebanon 
lieese'K Mills 
Lebanon 
Itee'e'ii Mills 
Reese's Mills 
Jamestown........ Ullz.iville 
Lebanon 
liooiie Coiinly..,
Boone ( 'oiiiily..,
Hoone County...
Hnoi e County..
Boone County..
Hoone County..
Hoone (bounty..
Hoone County..
Hoone ( 'ounty..
Tluiriitown 
llioriitown 
Thornlown 
Mechaniosburg. Meehaniesbiirg.Mechanicsburg.
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Mechanicsburg.
Meeliaiii(;sburg.Mechanicsburg.Meehoniesburg. Booue County .,
Booue County ..
Boone ('ounty .,
Boone County .,
Boone County .
Boone County .
Boone County..
Boone County..,
Boone County..,
Boone County..
Boone County..,
Boone County..
Booue County...
Booue County..,
Boone County...
Boone ('ounty...
neccmber 21, 18,53„
llecelilber 21, 1S63..
Ilccciiiber 21, 1863.
Dccelilber2l, l,S63..
December 21, 1863..
January 14. IS6I 
.lanuary 1 1, ls61 
.laniiiirv 14, lull 
.April '23, l.siil 
September is. l.siil.
September 18, 1,S61.
Se|(leniber 18. 1.861,
October 1, 1861 
April '23, l.siil 
Kebrinirv '29, 1861...
April 1, 1862 
September IS, 1861.
August 31, 1861 
August 31, IKiil 
August 31, ISlil 
.August 31, l.siu ¦•••
April 4, 1S65 
Augusl 31, l.siil 
August 31, isiil 
August 31, 1801 
August 31, 1S61 
August 31, l,s«l 
April 11. 1S62 
March '20. l,S(i2 
I'etirnarv 17. 1865...
March '20. 1862 
March 2. I,sa5 
March 17, 1,S0.5 
March 7, l,sii"> 
March 7. IsiiS 
March 7. l,Sii5 
March 2, l,s65 
February '24. 1865...
March 15. I8G.5 
Mav '23, 1,864 
May 23, 1,S04 
Mav 23, 18H 
May 23, ISM 
Mav '2:!, 1864 
Mav 23, ISM 
Mav 23, 1.864 
'Ii.',
MilKb'red (lilt Sept. 19,
,Mllstcrc(l out Julv 'is
MllMcrcd out April '2:1, 'ii>.
Died M1IV3I, '65.
Died .March 8, '61.
Mustered out Sept. I'.l, '65.
Mustered out Kept. 19, '(.5.
.Mustered ((lit May 21, '65.
Mustered out Aug. (i. '61 ; term expire
Died at Louisville, .March I.'j, '62.
Discharged April 18, '62.
.Muslered out Sept. 19. 'lii.
hisebarged Feb P.I, '03.
Mustered out Aug. 6, '61.
I'raiisferred to .58th reg.
I'ransf'd to noii-eom. stall as chief mils
Appointed ch'f mus'n; must, out Sept.
Pro. 2(1 lieut; dis. pro, cajd: dis. June:
Pro. '2d It; dis. ]no. capt: tr. I'; (lis. July
Mustered out Aug, 3ii, '(,1.
Mustered out Aug ;10, 'lil.
Mustered out July 26, '(i5.
Vet. serg't; miisiered out July 20, '05.
Mustered out Aug. ;1U. '61.
Vet.; ap't'd corp'l: mustered out July
Mustered out Aug. :;0, 'I'd.
Discharged Oet. 19, 'id ; disability.
Died of wounds May 16, 'li;!.
Discharged Dee. 20. '64 ; disability.
.Mustered out July 2(i, '65.
Discharged Mar(!h 20. '65.
Mustered out July 26, '6.5.
Mustered out July
Mustered out July 26,
Mustered out July 2ii
Mustered (^ut Juh- 2(i,
Mustered out July 2(i.
Mustered out .Inly 26,
Mustered out July 26,
Mustered out Sept. 29
Mustered out Sejd. 2'.t,
Promoted to assistant surgeon
Mustered out Sept. 2'.i, '04
Mustered out Sept. '29. '04.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '04.
Mustered out Sept. 29, '04,
I'l,
•M.
21. 20,
'0:>.
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o
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to
, '0.5. '65.
T..5.
'65
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, '0-1.
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LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PKIVATES-Continued.

NAME.

Rank.

Com
pany.

Regiment.

Residence.

Date of Muster.

REMARKS,

Chenoweth, William S...
Chenoweth, George \V...

Private...
Private...Private...Private...Private...
Private... Private...Private...
Sergeant. Private... Private...
Private...Private...Private...Private...Private...
Private... Private... 1st Serg't
MusicianPrivate... Private...
Private... Private... I'rivate...
I'rivate... i'rivate...
Private...Private...Private...
Private... I'rivate... I'rivate...
Private... Private...
I'rivate...Private...
Private.,,

A 
(V 
A 
C 
C 
C 
C 
C 
F 
F 
F 
P 
F 
P 
F 
F 
F 
I 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
I) 
H 
H 
H 
H 
P 
F 
F 
F 
F 

1.50th Infantrv..
1.50lh Infantry..
150th Infantry..
1.50th Infantry..
150th Infantrv..
150th Infantry..
150th Infantry..
1.50th Infantrv..
86th Infantry...
86th Infantrv...
86th Infantrv...
SOlh Infantrv...
86th Infantry...
SOlh Infantrv...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantrv...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry...
72d Infantrv....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infanlr'v. ..
7'2d Infantry....
1.50th Infantry..
150th Infantrv..
1.50th Infantry..
150th Infantry..
8fith Infantrv...
86th Infantrv...
S6th fnfantrv...
86th fnfantrv...
S6th Infantry..,

Boone County....
Booue County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
.Vorthfield 

Januarv 20, 1865 
February 3, 1865 
January 20, I860 
February 15, 1865...
February 15, 1865...
February 3, 1865 
February 3, 186,5 
February 13. 1805...
August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1,S62. ...
August 11, 1.S62 
Angustll, 1802 
August 11, 1862 
Angustll, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
Angustll, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
Heptember4,1802...Julv 17 1862 

Mustered out Aug. 5, '65.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '65.
IMustered out Aug. 6, '65.
Mustered out Aug. 5. '65. as corp'l.
Mustered out June '2S, '65.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '65,
Mustered out Aug. 5, '55.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '85,
Died at Nashville, Tenn,, Jan. 21, '03.
Mustered out June 6, '65.
Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May IS,
Deserted Nov. 10, '02.
Deserted Nov. 6, '62.
Died at Bowling Green. Ky., Deo, 2, '0
Killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62.
Discharged Julv :10, '03,
Deserted Nov, 6, '0'2.
Died Aug. 28, '63.
Promoted to 2d lieut.
Mustered out July 24, '65.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dee. 2, '63.
Mustered out July 24, '65, as serg't.
Mustered out July '24. '65.
Died at Scottsville, Ky., Dec. 8, '62.
Killed at Chicamauga, Sept. 19, '65.
Mustered out July '24, '05, as eorp'l.
DifCharged March 7, '03.
Discharged June 17, '63.
Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn,, May 10,
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1864,
Mustered out Sept. '29. 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29. 1861
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1861, as 1st serg
Killed at Stone River Dec. 31, 1862.
Mustered out June 0, 180,5.
Died at Camp Chase. 0., March 4, 1805
Discharged Feb. 2. 1865.
Deserted Feb. '20, 1863.

Cassady George C 

Campbell, Charles H 
Caldwell A J 
Chenoweth, Joseph V....
Clark, Alfred D
Lebanon 
'03.
Northfield 
Clark Joel N 
Northfield 
2.
Cunningham, Isaac 
CunniDgham, Sylvester.
Campton. Benjamin 
Thorntown 
July 18, 186'2 
Cory Leander C
July 17 186'2 
Cory, Augustus M 
Thorntowu 
August 0, 1862 
July 18 1,S62 
Cosand, Samuel M
Julv '29 1862 
Augusl I. 1862 
July '20, 1862 
Mechanicsburg...
Crose George W
July 29 1862 
August 9, 1862 
Mav 23, 1864 
03.
Die, James M 
Boone (Jonnty 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hoone County.. ..
May 23, 1864 
Dampier, Josiah.
May '23, 1864 
Daily Samuel S
(May 2:i isfil 
cant.
August 11, l,Sl!2 
August 11, 1.S62 
August 11, 1S62 
Angustll, 1.H02 
August 11, 1862 
Davis Morgan. 
Mechanicsburg...
Downing, Jaraes A 
Duchemin, Daniel T 
Northllekl 
o
o3to
Duchemin, Kli P 
Dooley, John II 
Doughertv, Moses S 
DougluTly. William W...
Davidson, William 11 
Davis, John C 
Itickersou 
Davis. A. J 
Demos, ('harles 11 
Dinsmore, John A 
Dinsmore, Prancia 
Dinsmore, Thomas H 
Dinsmore. Pleasant J 
Dodge, Milton 
Dooley, W. II 
Dooley, Henry C 
Dusnian, George D 
Davis, Joiiu H 
Dicks, William II 
Dukes, W. C 
Dunwoddy, E. B 
Davidson, Robert 
Dormire, Richard G 
Daugherty, Austin 
Davis, Joiin (" 
Davis, Spier B 
Davis. Andrew 
Dickerson, W, B 
Dickerson, A. K 
Dodson. Johu S 
Derolf, Christian 
Deshoiig. John 
Dodson, John 
Draper, Asa P 
Daugherty, Samuel C ...
Daugherty. Daniel 
Daugherty, Michael 
Dinsmore, James S 
Dixon, Ebenezer 
Doss, William U 
Dukes, Paris M 
Dukes, James 
Davis, James 
Davis, William C 
Davis, Robert 
Durben, Amos J 

Private,,,
Sergeant.Sergeant. I'rivate...Private...
Sergean t.
Corporal. Private...
Private... Private...
Private... I'rivate...Private...I'rivate... Private...I'rivate...
I'rivate... Private...
I'rivate... Private ..
I'rivate...
Private...
Private... Musician Private. .
Private...Private...
Private...
Private... Private...
Corporal. Private...
Private...
I'rivate...('orporal. Private...
Private... Private...Private...I'rivate... Private...
Private... Private...
Private...Private...Private...

80th Infanlry..
10th Infantrv,,
lOlh Infantry,,
lOlh Infantrv..
lOlh Infantry..
40th liifantiy..
40lh lufantrv..
40lh Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40lh Infantry..
loth Infantry..
-lOth Infantry..
¦lOth Infantry..
•10th Inlantrv..
40th Infantry..
-10th Infantry..
lOtb Infantry..
72d Infantry....
72(1 fnfantry....
72d Infantry....
7'2(i Infantry....
120th Infantry.
10th Infantry..
loth lufantrv..
lOlh Infanlry..
lOlh Infanlr'v..
lOlh Infantrv..
10th Infantrv..
10th Infantry..
10th Infnntrv..
lOth Infantrv..
lOlh Infanlr'v..
10th Infantry..
lOth Infanlr'v..
10th Infantrv..
10th Infantry..
lOth Infantry..
lOlh Infantry..
10th Infanti'v..
10th Infantrv..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infanlr'v..
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry..

Northlleld 
Uooiio Couuty 
BiHiiie Couuty 
Boone County 
Hoone County 
Norlbneld 
Lebanon 
Northlleld 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Northlleld 
Northlleld 
Northfield 
Thorntown 
Thornlown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Boone County 
Boone Couiily 
Boone County 
Boone Count>- 
Booue County ....
Boone Counly 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Bonne (.'ounty 
Boone (Joiinly 
Boone County 
Boone Counly 
Boone ('(mnly 
Boone Counl>' 
Booue County 
Boone (^onnt>' 
Hoone Count>- 
Hoone Ciniuty 
Hoone County 
Booue County 
Boone ('ounty 
Hoone County 
Booue (^ounty 
Boone County 

August 11, 1802 
April '23, 1S61 
Scptelilber IS, 1861
Septcniber 5, Ihld..
Seplclilber 5. 1801..
November IK, 1801.
neccmber 11. ISOl.
November 18, l.HOI.
N((Veniber Is, ISid.
November 18, ISiil..
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861..
November 17, isill.
November 18, 1861.
November 25, 1861.
December 2, 1.861 .,
Julv 19. 1862 
Julv 17, 1862 
Julv 29, 1862 
August 14, 1S62 
December 21, 1.S63..
April 23, l.sid 
April 23, bsoi 
April '23, l.soi 
April ¦2;l, bsill 
April 23. 1,KC,1 
April '23, l.sr.t 
April 23, 1,K61 
April 23. 1861 
September IS, l.soi.
September 18. bSOl.
September is, ihOl.
September is, bsoi.
September IS, Isoi.
September IS, 1,S61.
Seplclilber IS. LSOI.
September IS, LSOI.
September IS. bsol.
September is, l.soi.
September IS, IsOl.
September 18, 1S61.
February 18, 1862...
March 2, ISCtS 
March 7, 18i« 
Maich 21, 1865 

Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Get. 21, 18(11.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1801.
Aiip'd 1st seigt. Mustered out Sept. 19, 180-1.
Discharged Oct. 15, 1S02; disabilily.
Vel, ; transferred to Sib regiment,
Discbiilged Aug. '28, 1865.
Keenlisled In .Miss. .Marine Brigade.
Mustered out Dec. 4, 180-1.
Mnslered out Dec. 1, IhOl.
Musteied out Dec. 4. 1861.
Died July '21. 1S61.
JMiistered out.
.Muslered out Dec. 6, 1861.
Mnslered out Dec. 0 1801.
Mustered out Dec. 6.1801.
Discharged June 19, 1862; disabilily.
Hied at Howling Green. Kv , March 15, 1802.
.Mustered out July 21, in',:,.
Mustered out Julv 24. isiis.
Died at Gallatin. Tenn.. Jan. 4, 1863.
Mustered out Julv 24, 1805.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Muslered out Aug. 0, 1801; ex.
Mustered out Aug. 0, l.HOI ; ex
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861; ex.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1861 ; ex.
Muslered out Aug. C, 1801 ; ex.
Mustered out Aug. 0, IsOl ; ex.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1801; ex.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861 ; ex.
Appointed sergt. .Mdslerc'l out Sept. 19, 180-1.
Deserted from hospital Aug. 18, 1862.
Ap'd corii. Disch'd June '20, 18C2; disability.
Mnslereri out Sept. 19. 1804.
Apiiointed sergt. Mustered out S( pt. 19, 1864.
Died Jan. '22. '01, of w'ds ree'dal MillSpr'gs.
Mustered out Sept. 19, ISfd.
Died at Danville, 'Va., prison Dec. 27, 1863.
Mustered out Sept. 19. isr.i.
.MiLstered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Appointed corp. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804.
Died at Cumberland, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1803.
Discharged July 12, 1862.
Mustered out July 20, bS66.
Mustered out July 20, 1805.
Mustered out July 20, 1805.

r

CD

LIST OF NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-Continded.

to

NAME.

Denny, Itoherl B 
Downing, Israel J 
Davenport, Williara...
Dyson, Andrew 
Edwards, James L 
Ettenburn 
Edwards, William 
Evan^, John J 
Pverm.an, Nathan D...
Elliot, Martin M 
Endicotl, William C...
P"asterly James 
Essex, Irvin 
Essex, George P. L ...
Enfield. William H 
Evans. William N. N.,
Edwards, L. B 
Eubanks, George E 
Elliot, Samuel 
EdicoU, W. C 
Edwards. John II 
Elder, Eli 
Ev.ans, Klias 
Evans, Robert 
Elder, (^leorge W 
Krgeiibrigbt., James M
Eddis, John J 
Errheart, Andre^v 
Francis, .lower W 
Fox, James A 
French, John W 
Fender, Frederic 
Flarng.nii. .Fames E 
Floyd, Willis 
Floyd, James 
Fon'ts. D.ivid R 
Pr,ts, l^pliraim 
Farmei-, Samuel 

Raiik.

Private... Private...
Private...Private...
Private... Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private...
Corporal. Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private...Private... Private... Private...
Private...Private... Private...
Private... Privale...
Pri\'ate...Private...
Private... Private...
Corporal Private... Private...
Private... Private...Private... Private...
Private...

Com
pany.

G 
G 
E 
E 
A 
A 
IC 
F 
F 
K 
I 
P 
F 
F 
F 
F 
D 
D 
F 
F 
A 
A 
A 
II 
II 
H 
C 
c 
A 
A 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F.. F..
P.. P..

Regiment.

nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
135th Infantry..
135th Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
40th In'antrv...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
72d Infantry^...
72d Infantry 
86th Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
seth Infantrv...
SOth Infantry...
SOlh Infantry...
135lh Infantry..
135th Infantry..
13.5th Infantrv..
160th Infantry..
ISOth Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
lOlh Infantry...
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
loth Infantrv...
loth Infantry...

Residence.

Thorntown 
MechanicsburgBoone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Northfield 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
I'horntown 
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Elizaville 
Boone County..
Hoone County..
Boone County..
Boone Comity..
Boone County..
Boone ('ounty..
Boone County..
Bonne County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Booue (;ounh'..

Date of Muster.

August 31, 1861 
August 31, 1801 
May 23, 1804 
May 23, 1864 
September 5, 1861...
September 5, 1861 .,
December 17, 1861..
Deceraber 18, ISO!..
March 14, 1804 
December 31, 1803..
April 23, 1861 
September 18, 1.861.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, l^Ol.
September 18, 1861
September IS, 1.801.
July IS, 1802 
August 12, 1,S62 
August 11, bS62 
Augusl 11, 1862 
August 1, l.'-62 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1,S62 
May 23, bSGI 
May 23. 1864 
May '23, 1.861 
February 15, 1865..,
February 17, 1,S65...
September 5, 1861...
October 22, 1,S6J 
.September IS, bSOl,
Seplember Is, ]y\\\.
September IS, 1,S61.
September is, bsiil,
September 18, IS61
September IS, LSOI
September 18, 1861
Seidembcr 18, l.SOl

REMARKS.

Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864.
Discharged Sent. 1, 1863 ; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 20, 1864,
Transferred to Miss. Brigade Feb. 5, 1865.
Vet. ; transferred to SSth regiment.
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 31, 1865,
Discharged Oct. 17, 1862; disabilit\».
Mustered out June 19, I.S65
Mustered out Dec. 17, 1S65, sorp.cnnt major.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Killed at Daltim, Ga.. Mav 7, i861.
Killed at Chiekamauga Sept. 19. 1S63.
Discharged April 5, 1862; disabiniy.
Deserted at Lebanon, Ky.. Oet. 29. 1S62.
Appointed Corp. Mustered out Sep!. 19.1861.
Mustered out July 24, ]86.>.
Miister( d out July 24, 18(i5.
Discharged May 27, 1803.
Musteied out June 12, 1865.
Hied at Annapolis, Md., Feb. 11, 1,363.
Discharged Mav 1, 1.863; wounds.
Musteied out June 20. 1,S65.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1,864.
Mustered out Sept. '29. l.soi.
.Mustered out Sept 29, 1861.
Mustuird out May :-10. 1,S65.
Muslered out Aug. 5. Is05.
Muslered out Sept. 19. 1,861.
Transferred to SSth regiincnt.
Discharged Nov. 5. 1,S62; disability.
Apiioinied sergt. Mustered outSept. 19, 1S61.
Killed at Cbiekamanea Sept. 'JO. 1863.
nisebaiged .lulv 3, 1.802; disabilitv.
Disiliaiged Miiv7. 1,S62; disabilily,
Muslered out Sept. 19, l.SOl.
Discharged April 30, 1802; disability.
Discharged May 19, l,s02.

O

I'Mnnoy, r.i-wis 
I*'ish, .li"<.se 
l'"ar\ in. I''r.uu'is M 
Plot. 'her, l);L\i(l M 
Prrsloiu', VranUlin 
Kraiiklin, lU-ii ianiiii...
Pall. John M..' 
Pall. Siininol II  ,
iMMitnn, .hilni 
l''linn, (itHtrtje W 
Pra/ior, ^^o^l:;an C 
l''all. .Inlni M 
Pall, Jinnes L 
Pr<isvtho, William II..
Kullor. Josi'ph II 
Pishor. .lolin 
PioMin.L;, (h'orj;-o ,V  ,
PircKlone, Pnrl u'o 
FroosUiiio. .Vvon M 
Piekle, Jainos 
l'"auan. (ii'mi^o 
I'colrv, .John ..\ 
Floyd", .hu'iib 
Pmuklin, .lolm Ij 
(Joilniiin. Arohihiihl...
(irav, Albert W 
(ilhlcwrll,.Iolin P 
(irist, .itihn 
Gray, Gilhorl  ,
Crist, Solomon 
C.ilhnan, Willinni 
(lipyon, ilarvey .V 
Cipson, Jasper X 
Gilnii^re, Ahijali II 
Graham. Woodson 
Green, David 
Green, Richard 
Grady, Jes.se E 
Gallioii, Joseph 
Gill. M. B 
t!ott, George W 
Galvin. Pavid T 
(JrilU'U, Perry 
Grillon, Jamos M 
Garrett, Louis li 
Green, itobt-rt S 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

I'rivale..,

!•' 

I'liMile.,,

P 

Privale,..

1' 

Coi'itoial.

P 

Private...

D 

Privale...

I> 

Private...

D 

Private...

D 

Private...

1) 

Private...

II 

Private...

II 

I'rivate...

II 

Private...

II 

Privale...

11 

Private...

(f 

Private...

E 

Private...

11 

Private...

A 

Privale...

.V 

Private ..

,\. 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

1 

Private...

.V ....

Privale...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

P 

I'rivale...

F 

Sergeant.

I 

Corporal.

1 

.Musician

1 

Pri\'ate...

I 

Private...

I 

Private...

I 

Private...

I 

Privale...

1 

Private...

1 

Privale...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

I'rivate...

F 

Private...

K 

Private...

D 

Private...

D 

lOth Infiinlrv...
mill Inlantrv...
mill Inlantrv,.,
loth Inl'aiilr'v...
lUlb Infaulrv...
loth Infantry...
, 72(1 Infantry.....
2(1 Infanlry 
2(1 lufaiitr)'.....
2(1 Infantry 
72d Infantry 
l'26tli lutan'trv..
I'JOth Infantry..
I26tli Infantry..
I'JOth Infantry..
I'20tli Infantry..
nth Infantry...
l;!5th Infantry..
l;{5th Infantry..
1,50th Infantry..
ISOth Infantry..
, 86th Infantry...
. SOth Infantry...
. SOth Infantrv...
, loth lufantr'y...
10th Infantry...
, lOIll Infantrv...
Ulth Infantrv...
, 10th Infantry...
, 10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infanlry...
, 10th Inlantry...
, 10th Infantry...
. 10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
, 10th Infantry...
, 10th Infantrv...
, 40th Infantrv...
, 40th Infantry...
. 40th Infantry...
, 40th Infantry...
. lOth Infantry...
72(1 Infantrv 
. 72d Infantry 

Hooiu^ ('ounty.,
Hoone ('oiinty..
Lebanon 
L(dianon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Thorntowu 
Tiiorntown 
Thornlown 
Thorntown 
Reese's Mills...
Ueeae's Mills...
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Rossville 
Thorntown 
Boone County..
Boone ('ounty..
Boone (lonuty..
Boone County..
F,IIzaville 
Zionsville 
Lebanon 
BiKHie County..
Boone (bounty..
Boone County..
Boone Couiitj'..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone ('ounty..
Boone County...
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone ("ounty..
Boone County..
Boone ('(Uiiity..
Boone (;ountv..
Northfield....."..., Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Homes 
Thornlown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 

Oclobct 21, l.S(i'2 
(Iclobei 21, ISlVJ 
Nov(uiiber 18, 1801..
November IS, 1801.,
November Is. l.SOl ,
November Is, ISId,,
August 4, ISO'2 
July 25, 1,S02 
August',!, 1862 
Augusl 9, 1m;2 
August 9, 1,802 
December '24, isii:!..
December '21. l,S6:i..
December 21, l,so;i..
January 14, lsi;i 
January 11, 1861 ...
August';!!, 1861 
Mav 'j:!, 1.S61 
May '21, lsi'4 
February 1, 1R6.5 
Pebriiary 8. 1S65....
August 1, 1,S02 
Auginst 11, 1S62 
August 11. 1S62 
April 2:;, 1,861 
September 5, IsOL.
September is, 1861
September 18, l.soi.
Februarv '22. 1862...
Februarv 17. 1861...
Septemb'er 18, l.soi
September 18, l.soi.
September is, l.soi.
September is, I,s61.
September 18, IsOl.
September 18, l.soi.
September 18. 1,801.
October '22, 1802 
November lo, 1,S62..
November IS, 1861..
April 19. LSI,:; 
March '25, l,si;i 
September '22, ISCnl,
December 30, l.SOl..
August 9. 1,S62 
July 23, 1,S62 

Killed al Hollitig Pork, Ky., Dec. 20, l8(,2
Tniiisfcrrcd lo .'iSIb rcglnieul.
Killed at Mission Itidcc Nov. '2.5, 18(13.
Di.scbaigcd Juh I'.l. l.si;3: dis.ililiiiv.
Died at LebaiKJil. I<\., I'eb. 16, l.so'j.
Vel. Lost on SliUaioi .Sc|,l.27, IS02.
Dj.schatged Feb. 28, l.sii::
Died at Nashville Im b. 9, 1801.
Died at Andersonville privou Sept 12. ]S(|
.Mustered out July 'Jl, l,-0,5, as (¦or|(oral,
Di.seliillgeil I'eb. 9, l,S6:l.
Mustered out Sept. 19, Isi,;,,
.Mustered (iiit May 17. is^l.'p.
Died Aug. 18, IKIH.
Discharged June 6, 1865.
Mustered ((111 Sept. 19, 1,S05.
I'nun'd 2d Lieut. Discharged July 26, l,-05.
Mustered out Sept. '29, I8(;i.
Mustered out Sept. '29. isoi.
Mustered oiil Aug. 5, 1K05.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1S65.
Died Jan. 18, 1,S03; wounds.
Died at Indianajiolis Dec. 17, ]8(;2.
Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 8, 1863.
Mustered out Aug. 0, Isr.l.
Mustered out Sept. 19. bsiiJ.
Deserted from hosjiilal at Louisville, Kv.
App'd Corp. Di.scli. .Ian. 4. ISOI; disabilily.
Transferred to Ssili regiment.
Transferred to .''(Sth regiment.
Died at Somerset, Ky.. 1,S62.
Di>.eharged May 0, IsivJ.
Mustered out Sept. 19, bsoi.
Arr'dand imp. for des'ii. Mus. on I Feb, 3, '05
Mustered out Seid. 19. isivi.
Mustered out Sept. 19, Isoi.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1,S6-1.
Transferred to .58th regiment.
Transierred to SSth regiment.
Discharged July 19, 1863; disabilitv.
Mustered out Dec. 6. 1864.
Died at Tesana. Tex., l>ec. 11, ls05, corporal,
.Miisteredout June 15, 1865. Drafted.
Di.scharRe(3 Feb. 12, 1803: disability.
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant.
Died at Andersonville prison Sept. 18 ISO-l.

OrM

LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PEIVATES-Oontinued.

NAME.

Gobble, George W 
Griffith 
Gray, David A 
Gray, William A 
( i ri ifv t ll , Ht-n j ami n 
Garrett, .John 
Green. .loiseph \V 
liriiliii, Thomas J,  ,..,
Gill, Jaraes E  ,
Green, Roliert W  ,
Grugory, Benjamin M 
Gabriel, John F  ,
Gill, JamevE 
(ir.iham, Henry H 
(.iarrett, Anderson R 
Gipson, Jasper N 
Haneock, Jaineis II 
Hordin. Adison H 
Hazelrigg, Geo. W 
Hoover, John  ,
Harricsly, Jef^se 
Hardesty, Urijis 
Hardesty. John  *. 
Harris, Pierson D 
Herrin, Benjamin  ,
llixon. Aleany  ,
Holloway, John  ,
Hokendolfcr, David  ,
Harris, Jarnes II  ,..,
Harflcn, Jolin H 
Ilnme, David M 
Hoovrr, Martin B  ,
Ilns.sey, .(f)hn... 
Hancock, James 
Harmon, John S 
Har-hbarger, Saniucl 
Hoover. John L 
Hollingsworth, Dan  ,

Rank

Com

Corporal.

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

II 

Private...

H 

Private...-

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

E 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

G 

Private...

G 

Private...

G 

Private...

I 

Private...

I 

Private...

I 

I rivate...

I 

Privale...

A 

Private...

A 

Privale...

A 

PrD'ale...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Sergeant.

F 

Sergeant.

F 

Corporal.

F 

Corporal .

F 

Corporal

|(" 

Private...

P 

Private...

P 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Regiment.

126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry..
86th Infanlry...
86th Infantry...
8Gth Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infanlry...
135th Infantry.,
135lh Infantry.,
135th Infantry.,
ISOth Infantry.,
ISOth Infantry.,
150th Infantry..
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
Jfllh Infantry...
10th Inlantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..,
lOlh Infanlry...
lOtli Infantrv...
lOlh Infantrv...
lOlh Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
lOlh Infantrv...
loth Infantry...
lOlh lufunlry...
lOlb Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...

Residence.

Reese's Mills....
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
L"ebanon 
Lebanon 
Elizaville 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
.Vorthfleld  ,
Lebanon 
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County...,
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County .
Boone County...
Boone County...
Booue Countv...
Boone Counly...
Boone County...
Boone Couuty...
Boone Counly...
Boone County...
Hoone County...
Boone ('ounty...
Boone County...
Boone Counly...
Boone County...
Booue County...
Iloone County...
Hoone County...,
Hoone County...
Hoone County...
Hoone County...,
Booue County...

Date of Muster.

December 24, 1863.
Februarv 1, 1864....
December 24, 1863.
December 24, 1863.
March '20, 1864 
August 1, 1862 
March 9. 1864 
December ;i0, 1863.
August 11, 1862 
Augusl 11. 1862 ....
Mav 23, 1.S62 
May '23, 1.862 
May 23, 186'2 
icebruary 15, 1.S65..
February 15, 1865..
Februarv 15. 1865..
Apiil23, 1861 
April 23. 1,S61 
April '23, 1861 
April '23, 1,S61 
Seplember 5, 1861..
Septembers, l.SOl. .
September 5, 1861,.
.September 5, 1861..
Seplember 5, 1,S61..
-cpteinber5, l.SOl..
September 5, 1801,.
Weplember 5. 1801..
Scplemlau' 18, 1861
September IS, 1,861
Seplember IS, 1S61
September 18, 1,S61
September 18. 1,S61
September IS, 1,S61
September 18, 1,801
September IS, 1861
September 18, psoi
September 18, 1,861

REMARKS.

Mustered out Sept 19, ISOS, as sergeant.
Deserted Nov. 18, 1864.
Died Aug. 1, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865, as corporal.
Died Nov. 5, 1864
Mustered out June 6. 1865.
Deserted March. 1804.
Transierred to Slst regiment June 5, 1865.
Discharged -lune 11, 1.S03.
Died at SInrfreesboro, Tenn,, Feb. 22, 1S63.
Promoted lo &Ia.jor.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, KS04.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1S65, as musician.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out .\ug. 6, 1861.
Muslered out Aug. 6, bsOl,
Mustered out .Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1S64.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Transferred lo .58th regiment.
Muslered out Sent. 19, 1S64.
Captured 1,862; (lied at lluntsyille, Ala.
Discharged .lulv 10, 1802; disabilily.
.Mustered out Sept. 19. 1864.
Discharged Feb. 7, 1»(A
Discharged ,Iune 20, 1,802; disability.
Promoted to Adjutant.
Dischar.ged Aug. '26, 1802; disability.
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant.
Killed al Chi(l;ainauga Sept. 19, 1803.
Died at Iluiitsville, Ala., Aug. 18, 180'2.
Deserted from liosp'l at Bowling Green, Ky.
Mustered out Sept. 19. 1864.
Vet.; transferred to SSth regiment.
Mustered out Aug." 19, 186-1.

O

or

Howard, Doctor S 
Hunt, William A 
llogaii, Grlando 

Private...I'rivate...
Private...Private...
Private... Private...
Private...Private... i'ri\'ate...I'rivate...Private...
Private.,,
Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private,,
Private.,, Private... Private...
Private.., Private...
Private...Private...Private...Private... Private ..
Private...Privale...
Priv.Hte... Private...
Private...Priv.ite... Private...Private...Privale... Private...
Private... Privale... Private...
I'rivale... Private...Private...Private...Private...Private...

K 
P 
P 
F 
C.'.'.'.'.1 
1 
I 
1 
1 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
P 
P 
F 
F 
F 
F 
G 
G 
K 
K 
K 
K 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 
D 

10th Infantrv...
lOth Infantrv...
lOlh Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infanlry...
lOlh Inl'iiiitrv...
lOth Infanlr'v...
10th Infantrv...
lOlli liibiutrv...
lOlb Infantry...
null Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantry...

Hickerson, Samuel C 
Hickerson, James L 
Hessler, Jesse J 
inland, James 
Hamilton, William W 
Utuuilton, Francis L 
Howard, Henry W 

Harlin, Illemau L 

Hart, Harvey A 
Hamilton, .'V'aron 

lOth Infantrv...
10th Inlantrv

Hunt, Johu W 

10th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infanirv...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantrv...
40th Infantrv...
40th Infantry...

Harris, Isaac 
Hendricks, John T 
Hint((n, James 
Homes, l\'illiain 
Hull, Ira D 
Hurt, William T 

Hutchings, Johu F 

40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
¦10th Infantry...
lOih Infanirv...
40th Infantry...
40th luhintry...
40th Infantrv
Hedge, Chester B 
Hoi man, Isaac 
Hall, Moses 
Harris, Cornelius 
Hamilton, A. H 
Hoover, Andrew J 
Hall, Milton H 
Harper, Joseph 
•lOth Infanlr'v...
40th Infantry...
72d Infantry 
72(1 Infanirv 
72d Infantry 
72d lufantrv 
7'2d Infantry 
Hinton, James 
Hill, William W 
Hargraves, John W 
Hall, Robert W 
Hall, William H 
Hall, John G 
Hall, James M 
Higgason, James H 
Hashberger, Abraham...
Hutchens, John A 
72d Infantrv 
7'M Infantrv 
Hoone t^iunly 
Hoone (Joiinty....
Hoone C0U11I.V...,
Hoone County,...
Hoone County..,.
Hoone Couiiij' ...
Boone County..,.
Hoone (;oiiuty.,,.
Hoone Coiinlj',..,
Hoone ('ounty,.,,
Homte Couiil'v.,..
Booue Comity.,..
liooiie County....
Hoone County..,.
Hoone ('oiiiil\'.. ,
Boone (.bounty 
Boone c;oniily 
Boone County....
Hoone Couuty....
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Nortblield 
Jamestown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebamm 
Zionsville 
Sugar Grove 
Sugar Grove 
Thorntown 
Thorutown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
IboriUown 
Thorntown 
Thorutown 
rhorntown 
Thorntown,Tho^lllo^\'Il,I'borutown,Thorntown,
Tlioriito\vii
September 18, Isol
.Seplember 18, 1861
Pebriiary '25, 1861..
Pebruary '22. 1802.,
September Is, IM61
Seplember 18, 1861,
Scptelilber 18, Isdl,
¦epleljiber IS, 1861
Se|iteliiber 18, 1861
September 18, 1861,
februarv 11, 1864.,,
October I), l.SOl 
October 1 I, 1861 
(Iclober '20, 1861 
November 15, 18id.
October IS, 1m;| 
Pebruary 0, 1S62 
.lanuary 1, 1.S62 ....
Pebrua'rv '28. 1,S62..,
November 18, 1,861.,
.Movember 18, isill.,
November IS, l,s6i.,
December 17, Isoi..
November IS, 1861..
November IS, LSCl..
November IS. 1861..
August 19, 1,S02 
March 10, 180-1 
April 7, 1.804 
September 23, 1801.
December 10. 1801..
October 10, 1802 
December 30. 1861..
December 30, l.SOl. .
December ;!0, l.sfll.,
December 31, I.S63..
Julv 17. 1862 
Julv 17. 1.S62 
Julv '22. IS62 
July 2H. 1862 
July '28, I,S62 
Julv '29, 1862 
Julv ;iO, 1,S1.2 
Julv '22, 1,862 
Julv '2:1, 1S62 
August 0, 1862 
TraiiHferred to V. II. C. May I, 1861,
Discharged Aug. I, lsi,2; disability.
Transferred t'l 58tb regiment.
Transferred lo Sstb rcgiinent.
DIscliarged Jan. 15, lsi;3.
Mustered out Sept. 19, I8i;i.
App'd 1st sergt. .Mustered out. Sept. 19, 1801.
MuHtcred out Sept. 19. 1804.
lilscbarged April is, 186'2,
Dic(| at Somerset, K\'., IVIareh 7, 1,SJ12.
Transferred to SSth leglirieiit.
Transferred lo SStli regiment.
Ajip'd sergeant; transferred to SStli regiin't.
Discharged Aug. 12, 18i,'2.
Discharged Sept. 18, 1802.
Discharged .March 10, 1862.
Deserted March Is, 1^112
Transferred to .5sih regiment.
Died at Lebanon, Ind , Dec. '27. 1863.
Killed at .Mission Kidge Nov. 20. IMK.
Discharged April 17. 1hi;2: disability.
Vet. Miistereil out Dee. 31, IKia, Isl'sergeant.
.Mustered out Dec. 0. IMll.
.Mustered out Sept. 13. ISM; disability.
Discharged June 16, l.S(i2.
Died at Bowling Green. Ky.. Oct. 28, 18C2.
Dropped as deserter Oct 1,1805.
.Mustered out Dec. 31. 186.5.
-Mustered out Julv 10. 18ia.
Vet. Discharged June '20. 1805.
Mustered out Oct. 25. ISOS, as sergeant.
Discharged, .liiiie, iscd.
Mustered fUil Jan. 11, l.sijS.
Deserted Oct. 1, 1802.
Mustered out Dec. 21, IsOS.
Mustered out July '24, 1,86.5.
Mustered out July 24, 1805.
Mustered out July 24. 186^5.
Died at .Murfreesboro, Tenn., Mav 10, ISO:).
.Mustered out Julv 24, 1,S65, as corporal.
Muslered out July '24, 180.5.
Mustered out Jnl'y 24. IsCo.
Discharged Jlarcli 1, 1803.
Mustered out Julv 24, 1865.
Died at Gallatin, 'Tenn., Jan. 14, I8C3.
ObW
LIST OF NON-COMMISSIOlSrED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-Continued.

4^
(35

NAME.

Handlen, Joseph M 
Harney, Richard H 
Haywood, 1 homas 
Hawkins, William M 
Hammond, John W 
Harden, Milton 
Hamilton, William H 
ilinton, James W 
Hardesty. John R 
Hume, Robert 
Hollingsworth, J. M 
Hardesty, .Vlexander 
Harrison, Jav L 
Haller, Levi P 
Hammond, A. B 
Harmon. Robert J 
Hedge, Jeremiah 
Hedge, William 
Higgens, Geo. II 
Holeman, Aaron 
Hfjward, Adison L 
Hoover, Milton 
Hysong, Aaro'l II 
Hysong, John A 
Howard, James A 
Hard wick, John S 
Hendricks, Mark D 
Hickson, James W 
Honon, John 
Hopkins, John 
Hall, Jonathan 
Harshbarger, Joseph 
Head, Levi 
Higgeiis, James IJ 
Howard, llardi i 
Hall, Wm. E 
Harciin. Calvert 
Hall, Wm. II 

Rank.

Private...Private...Private...Sergeant.
Sergeant. Sergeant. Privale... Privale...Private... Private...
I'rivale... Pii^'ate...Private... Private...
I'rivate... Private...
Private... Private...
Private...Private... Private...
Private...
Private...
Private... Private... Private...
Private... Private... I'livate... Private...
I'rivate...Private... Private...
Private..,
Private... Private..Private..,
Private..

Com
pany.

D.D.
D. H.. H..H..
H..H..II..H.. 11..
H..H.. A.
A.A. A.A .
A. A.
A. A. A.
A.F..P.,F.,F. P.,
E.,E.,E., K.
EE.II., H.II.

Regiment.

72d Infantry 
72d Infantry 
72d Infantry 
120th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.,
l'26lh Infantry..
126th Infantry.,
120th Infantry..
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.,
l'26th Inlantry.,
l'20th Infantry.,
86lh Infantry...
86th Infantry...
Sfith Infantry...
86th Infantry...
80th Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
8fiih Infantry..,
SGth Infantry..
86th Infantry...
Sfith Infantry...
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
SOth Infantry..
13Sth Infantry.
13Sth Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135lh Infantry.
135tli Infantry.
1.35th Infantry.
135th Infanlry.
13Dth Infantry.

Residence.

Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Sugar Grove 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Lebanon 
Reese's Mills 
Zionsville 
Reese's Mills 
Reese's Mills 
Lebanon 
Reese's Mills 
Lebanon 
iZionsville 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebauon 
Lebanon 
Boone County 
Boone County....
Boone C'ounty....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Hoone Counly....
Boone County....

Date of Muster.

August 9, 1862 
Julv 2.5, 1862 
July 25, 1S6'2 
Deceraber 24, 1863.
December '24, 1863.
January 14, 1861....
March 10, 1864 
February 1, 1864....
December '24, 1863.
December 24, 1863.
January 14, 1864....
January 14. 1864....
Novembers. 1864..
August 1, 1802 
Augusl 1, 1862 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 186'2 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1,802 
August 1, 18l)'2 
August 1, 1802 
August 1, 1.W2 
August 1, lf<6'2 
Angustll, 1862 
August 11, 1,S62 
Angustll, 1862. ...
Angustll, 1862 
Angustll, 1862 

May '23, 1864 
Mav 23, 1,S61 
May 23, 1861 
Mav '23, 1,864 
Mav '23, 1,S64 
May '23, 1861 
May '23, l.siil 
May '23, 1864 

REMARKS.

Discharged Dec. 29, 1863.
Mustered out July 24, 1865,
Mustered out July 24, 1865,
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865, as Q. M. sergt.
Discharged May 6, 1805.
Mustered out May 23, 1805.
Died Feb. 21, 1865.
Deserted Nov. 18, 1861.
Mustered out June 21, 1805, as corporal.
Deserted Jan. 5, 1804.
Discharged June 2, 1805.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19. 1865.
Died at Cave City. Ky., Dec. 1, 1862.
Discharged July 23, 1803.
Discharged Jan. 2, 1863.
Mnslereri out June 0, 1865.
Mustered out June 6, l,s65.
Muslered out June 6, 1865.
Transferred to V. R. C. Ifi61.
IMustered out June 0, 1805.
.Mustered out June 6, 18((5.
Transferred to Miss. Mar. Brig. Feb. 2, 1863.
Deserted from hospital.
Killed at Chiekamauga Sept. 20, 1863.
Discharged Sept. 21. 1,801.
Deserted Feb. 1, 1863.
Mustered out June 0, 1805, as sergeant.
Transferred to "V. R. C.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1865, as sergeant.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1S61.
Mustered out Sept. '2'.i, 1.S64.
Muslered out Sept. '29. 1861.
Died at Madison, Did., Aug. 21, 1864.
Muslered out Sept. 29. Isoi.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864, as musician.

COO t-iOMHW

lluckelhorry, Franeis  Private...
Hurt, Goo. K  I'rivate...
Hall, Alexander T  Private...
llntchinsun, Johu A  Private...
Heath, Jasper N  Private...
Hurt, .Janu's 1>  Private...
Hed^e, Thompson  Private...
Hall, Samuel  Private...
Honiel, John  Private...
Hoover, Riehard N  Private...
Holmes, Joel R. W  Private...
Hnnley, Paskell  I'l-iviite...
Hawkins, Charles 1  Private...
nines, Charles H  Private..
Hays, Philip A  Private...
Hipes, James K  Private...
IniDler, Geo  Private...
Irwing, Robert  Corporal.
Isingg, Joseph ^V  Private...
Isley, Joseph W  Private ..
Ingals, Mashly  Private...
Ingram, Thomas  Privale...
Inlow, James  I'rivate...
Irieh, John ^Y  Private...
Ireland, Hustain  Private...
Jugger, Joseph A  Private...
James, David F  Privale...
Jones, Alexander C  Private...
Johns, Thomas II  Private...
Jones, John M  Private...
Jacks, Thomas H  Private...
Johnson, Samuel B  Corporal.
Johnson, William L  Private...
Jones, James S  Private...
Jones, James AV  Private...
Jones, AVilliam  Wagoner
Jolly, Thomas J  Private...
Jacks, Riehard F  Private...
Jones, Edward L  Private...
Julian, Jonathan C  Private...
Jackson, Isaac H  Private...
Jenks. Oliver 1*  Private...
Jaraes, AV. James  I'rivate...
Keath. AVilliam K  I'rivate...
Kise. Elisha  Private...
Kimble, Isaac  Private...

II 

13Sth Infantry..

11 

I3Stli Infantry..

11 

I35tli Difautrv..

11 

l:l5lli Infantry..

11 

Pistil Infiintry..

11 

13Stli infantry:.

11 

Pistil Infantry..

II 

135th lufantrv..

A 

l.SOth Infantry..

A 

150lh Infantry..

C 

1.50tli Infantry..

C 

1.50th Infantrv..

C 

150th Infantry..

c 

l.SOth Infantry,.

c 

1.50th Infantry..

K 

l[)Otli Infantry..

P 

10th Infantry...

D 

72d Infantry 

E 

72d Infantry 

E 

72d Infantry 

II 

126th Infantry..

P 

86th Infantry...

F 

86th Infantry...

E 

135th Infantry..

C 

ISOth Infantry..

I 

10th Infantry...

I 

lOth Infantry...

I 

10th Infantry...

F 

40th Infantry...

F 

40th Infantrv...

F 

40th Infantry...

D 

7'2d Inlantry 

K 

72d Infantry 

H,.,,

120th Infantry..

H 

120th Infantry..

A 

SOth Infantry...

A 

86th Infantrv...

E 

135th Infantry..

E 

135tli Infantry..

E 

135lh Infantry..

A 

1.50111 Infantrv..

A 

150th Infantry..

C 

l.SOlh Infantrv..

I 

10th Infantrv...

I 

10th Infantry...

A 

10th Infantry,..

Hoone County..
Hoone Couuty..
Hoone County.,
Booue (/'ounty,,
Hoone County.,
Hoone County..
Hoone (Couuty..
Boone t'ounty.,
Hiumc County..
Hoone County..
Itoone County..
Hoone (;ouiily..
Boone (bounty..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Sugar Grove 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Northfield 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thornlown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Elizaville 
Boone County..
Hoone County..
Hooue i;oiiiity..
Boone County..
Boone County..
Hoone County..
Boone County..
Booue County..
Boone Couitty..

May '23, 1864 
May '2:i, 1801 
May '23, 1801 
May '23, l.SOl 
Mav 23, l.SOl 
May '23, 1801 
May '23, 1864 
May 23, 1861 
January '27, 1805,..,
February :i, 1865...,
Februarv 15, l.silS,,
Pebniarv 15, lsi;5,,
Februarv 13, 1865.,
Februarv S, lsi,5..,.
Pebruary 17, I.S05..
January '27, Isos.,,,
December Is, Isoi.
July 17, 1802 
August 4, 1862 
Julv 25, 18112 
December 2 1 1863.
August 11, 1S02 
August 11. 1802 
May '23, LSIH 
Februarv 8, 1805....
Aprir23, 1861 
April 23, ]S61 
April '23, 1801 
November 18, 1861,
November 18, 1861,
March 10, 1,864 
July '21. 180'2 
August 14, 1802 
December '24, 1803.
December 24. 1063
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1.S62 
May '23, l.SOl 
Mav 23, bsOl 
May '2:!, 1864 
January 2.5, Isos....
January 20. 1865....
Februarv 15. isiis..
April 23, 1801 
April 23, l.SOl 
Septembers, 1861.

Mustered out Sept. '29, Isid.
Mustered out Sept. '29. l.srd, as tairporal.
.Mustered out Sept. '29, 1S64, asK(;rgeaijt.
Mustered out Sept. '29, ISOI, as wagoner.
Mustered outS./pl. '29, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1801.
.Mnslered out Kept. '29, ISfM.
iMustered out .Sept. '2'.l, 1801.
Muslered out Aug. 5, 1805.
.Mustered out Aug 5, 1S65.
Mustered out Aug. S, 1865.
.Mustered out Aug. S, 1S05.
Mustered out Aug. 5, IsoS, as corporal.
.Mustered out Aug. 5, 18i,5.
.Mustered out Aug. 5. 1805.
Mustered out Mav 15, 1805.
Died Sept. 1, Isid, of wounds.
Mustered oul Julv 21. 1805, as private.
Mustered out Jnl'y 21, 1805.
.Miisleied out July 21, 186.5.
Mustered init May '23, IsCS.
.Mustered out June 0, 1.S05.
.Mustered out June 0, 1.S05.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 18Ij4.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1805.
iMustered (ait Aug. 0, 1,801.
.Mustered oul .Vug. 0. 1801.
.Mustered (uit Aug. 6, 1801.
Killed at Kesaca, Ga., May 14, 1.801.
Deserted -Vug. 4, l.Hii2.
Dropped as (leserter April 30, 1805.
Mustered out. lulv 21. 1S65, as sergeant.
Mustered out July 21. IsOS.
Mustered oul .lune 26, 1805.
Muslered out Sold. 19, 186-5.
Discharged April 21. 1,803.
.Mustered oul June 0, 1805, lus sergeant.
.Mus. out Sep. 29. '01. Keen. in 150th; m.o. 2Lt.
Muslered out Sept. 29. 1,864.
Muslered out Sept. '29, 1.S64.
Mustered out Aug. 5, lst;5, as sergeant
.Muslered out Aug. 5. 1S6,5.
.Mustered olil.luue 7, 186.5.
.Muslered out Aug. 0, Isol.
.Mustered out Aug. 0. 1861.
Mustered oul Sept. 19, 1801.

List op NOlt-COMMlSSIOiS^ED officers and privates— Continued.

NAME,

Kincaid, John C 
Kellenberger, Peter B 
Keath, James 
Kellogg. Joseph 
Kempton, Daniel 
Kersey, David C 
King, 'Thomas J 
Kersy, Ezekiel 
Kersey, Thomas A 
Kersey, Harvey F 
Kouns, Williara A 
Kouns, Clinton 
Kirkpalric, C. H 
Krauss. George 
Kennedy, David A 
King, James M 
Kirkpalric, Milton 
Kendall, James K 
Kiker, John C 
Kernodle. Isaac M 
Kelly, Elijah 
Ketring, Abraham 
Kelly, John S 
Kent, John 
Kersey, Stephen J 
Kersey, Harvey H 
King, Erastns 
Kenworthy, J. D 
Kenworthy, Thomas P..,
King, Samuel H 
King, Urias 
Kutz, Abraham 
Lawrence, Genio S 
Lawrence, John W 
Lindsey, Rollin 
Lynch, Ira A 
Lane, Henry 8 
Lewis, Leonidas 

Rank.

Com-

Private...

A 

Corporal.

Private...
Private...
Private...
Private...
Private...
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Corporal.
G 
Private..:
G 
Private...
K 
Private...
D 
Private...
D 
Private...
D 
Private...
11 
Private...
O 
Private...
A 
Private...
A 
I'rivate...
F 
I'rivate...
F 
Private...
P 
Private...
H 
Private...
H 
Private...
H 
Private...
H 
Private...
(! 
Private...
C 
Private...
0 
Musician
I 
Privale...
1 
Private...
I 
Privale...
1 
Privale...
I 
Private...
I 
Regiment.
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry..,
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infanirv...
40th Infanlry...
72d Infantry 
72d Infantry 
72d Infantry 
126th Infantry.,
Ilth Infantrv..,
SOlh Infantry...
861h Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86tb Infantry..,
SOlh Infantrv...
135th Infaiit'ry.
135tb Infantry.
135th Infantrj'.
I«5th Infantry.
ISOth Infantry.,
ISOth Infantry.,
ISOth Infantry.,
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
lOin Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
Residence.
Boone County,
Boone County,
Boone Couuty,
Boone County,
Boone County,
Boone County,
Boone County,
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Sugar Grove....
Sugar Grove....
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Sugar Grove....
Sugar Grove....
Zionsville 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thornlown 
Lebanon 
Lebanou 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Boone County,
Boone County,
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone Counly,
Date of Muster.
December 1, 1861..,
September IS, 1861
September 18, 1861
September 18, 1861
September 18, 1861
February 14, 1862...
March 4. 1S6'2 
November 18, 1801.
November 18, 1801.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
December 18, 1801.
December 10, 1801.,
December 10, 1861.,
December 30, 1861.
July 18, 1802 
July 26, 1862 
July 26, 1802 
December 24, 1863.,
August 31, 1861 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1,802 
Angustll, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1.S62 
Mav 23, 1,S04 
May 23, 1,804 
Mav '23, 1,864 
May '23, 1864 
February 3, 1865 
February 13, 1,805..
Februarv 13, 1805..
April 23,"l,S61 
April 23, 1861 
Seplember 5, 1861..
Septembers, 1861 .,
March 4. 1802 
March 18. 1862 
REMARKS.
Died at Columbia, Tenn.. April 24, 1S62.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Killed at Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862.
Mustered oul Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Transferred to 58lh regiment.
App'd wagoner. Transferred to SSth regt.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864, as corporal.
Discharged May 19, 1863 ; disabilitv.
Discharged Feb. 22, 1803.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864.
Mustered out Dec. 0, 1864,
"Vet ; promoted to Captain.
Killed at Mission Ridge Nov. 26, 1S63.
Veteran.Died at Murfreesboro March 7, 1863.
Mustered out July '25, 1865.
-Mustered out July 25, 1865.
Transferred to 'V. II. C; mus. out Oct. 10, '05.
Discharged April 2, 1863; disability.
Discharged Jan. 30, 1863; accidental wound.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 18. 186;l.
Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., April 1, 1865.
Mustered out June 0. 1,865.
Discharged April 9, 1,863.
Mustered oul Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 18ti4.
.Mustered out Sept. 29, l.soi.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1804, as sergeant.
Mustered out June 13, 1S6S.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mu.stered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1,861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
¦Vei.; transferred to 5,8th regiment.
Discharged June '23, 1802; disability.
Transferred to Miss. Slar. Brig. Mar'ch 30 '63
Discharged Feb. 6, 1803 ; disability.
EOMcn
l.ane, Philin 
lairimore. William P...
Landers, William H....
Lakin, William M  ,
liaughlin, Thomas J ...
Lee, tJeo. W 
Lee, John H 
Lee. William 11 
Ijee, Rinelder  ,
Lee, William T 
Loughrum, N(tnli 
Long, William T 
Lawrence, Ceiico S 
Lowoiy, John II 
Litehlfold. James 
Ivaux, Petor 
Lineh. Lieo. V 
Leaeli, Jolin W 
[jcwis, John N 
Long, Curry J 
Long. Harvey M 
Laughlin, Andrew C.
Lame, Jtephtha 
Laine, Martin 
Lee, Frederic D 
Laverty, David W 
Long, Daniel 
Lewis, John 
Large, Aaron B 
J-iinton, Jesse P 
Lftttin, Finley F 
Lowe, John R 
I>ouis, Jo.<=cph T 
Lakin, Joseph 
Louis, Albert N 
Louis, W. L 
Lonely, AA'esley 
Leach', AA'illis..*. 
Lindsey, Geo. E 
Lane, Edward A. J 
Lane, Jeremiah 
Lane, William H 
Lasley, Aaron  ,
Lacock, Charles AV 
lirtue, Edward S  ,
Lane. Greenberry 

Private...

I 

Sergeant.

F 

I'rivate...

F 

I'rivate...

F 

Private...

F 

I'rivate...

F 

Private...

F 

l'ri\ate...

F 

l'l¦I^¦ale...

F 

Private..

P 

I'rivale...

P 

Private...

1' 

Musician

1 

Private...

1 

I'rivale...

1 

I'ri\-ate,,.

1 

l'ii\ate,,.

I 

l'ii\ale...

1 

l'ii\ate...

P 

Private...

F 

l'ri\-ate...

P 

I'rivale...

P 

I'rivate...

K 

Private...

K 

Private...

K 

Private...

D 

Private...

D 

Private...

D 

Corporal.

H 

l'ri^'ate...

H 

I'rivate...

H 

Private...

G 

Private...

G 

Private...

G 

Private...

G 

I'rivale...

0 

Corporal.

I 

Private...

A 

I'rivate...

A 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

I'rivate...

F 

Private...

F 

Private ...

E 

Private...

E 

Private...

E 

lOth lufantrv...
loth lufantrv..
loth Infantr'v..
lOth Infanlr'v..
10th Infantrv..
lOth Infantrv..
10th Inl'aiilr'v..
10th Inlanlr'y..
lOlh lufantrv..
lOlh Inlanlrv..
Ulth Infantrv..
mill liilaiitr'v..
Ulth lufantrv.,
lOlli liibuilrv..
Hub lurautrv..
null Infaulrv,.
loth Inlantrv..
10th Infanirv..
lUlh Iiifniitrv.,
lOth Infaulrv,.
10th liifaulr'v..
lOlli lufantrv..
40lh Iiifiuitrv..
40lh Infantr\ ..
40lh Infantry..
72d Infantry.. .,
72d Infantry 
72d Infantry....
I26th Infantrv.
126th Infantrv.
126th Infantry.
Ilth Infantry..
Ilth Infantry..
Ilth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
lllh Infantry..
P20th Infantry.
SOth Infantry..
86th Infantry..
SOth Infantrv..
.SOth Infantry..
SOth Infantry..
,soth Infantry..
135th Infantry.
ISStli Infantry.
i:i5th Infantry.,

Hoone County 
Hooue Counly 
Hoone County 
Hooue Couulj' 
Hoone Couuty 
Hoone Counly 
H(M)iie Counly 
Booue (lonnty 
Hooue t'ounty 
lioone Counly 
Hoone Couuty 
Hoone County....
Hoone Counly....
Moone County....
Hoone Counly 
Hooue County 
HrK^iie (bounty 
Hoone (;ounly 
Lebauon 
I.idianon 
Lebanon 
Zionsville  ,
Thorntowu 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorutown 
Mechanicsburg...
Thorntown 
Boone County 
Hoone Counly 
Thorntown...' 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Zionsville 
Zionsville 
Northfield 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hoone County 

.August 7. I.SI'i2 
Scpleiulau- 18, ISOI
Scptelilber 18, 1801
Seidembcr IS, ISOI
Seplember IS, Isol
Se|>lember 18, IH(;l
September 18, l.sOl
Sepleluber 18, 1,h61
Seplember 18, Isoi
September IS, isiil
September 18, l.soi
.September 18, 1.801
.September IS, 1S6I
September 18, 1801
February .8, 1802....
Februarv 11. 1.802..
October 1 1, 1801 
I'ebriniry '20. 1S(;2..
November 21. Isoi
November IS, 1861.
November 18, 1801.
November 11, IKM.
December 30, 1861,,
December ;!0, 1861.,
December 31, l,si;;i.,
Julv 19, 1.862 
July 25, 1.S62 
December 19. Iso:;.,
December 24. 1.S03..
February 1. 1801 
December 24. 1S6;1.
Februarv 2. 1865 
August 31, I,s61 
August 31, 1801 
Februarv 1.8. Lsos...
March l.'l.sOS 
January 13. l.sr,-! 
August I, 1.862 
August I, 1,802 
Augu.st 11, 1,S62 
August 11, 1,K02 
August 11, 1,S02 
August 11, 1,802 
May '23, 1804 
May 23, 186-1 
May 23, l,sr>4 

Tiiinsleried loSSIh regiiiienl.
Killed at Mill Siirlugs Jan. 19. 1802.
Tniusferred lo7lli Imllcrv Feb. II, 18(H.
lilscbarged Apiil 1, 1862; disabililv,
Muslered oul Se|.l. 19, ISOI.
Killed 111 Mill Springs ,l»ll. 19, 1,S(,2.
Vel.; transferred lo SSth fcginicut.
A ii|('(l corporal; tiauslei rc'l toSslh regt
Discharged .\(iv. lsi;2; disabilitv.
Died at Nasliville April 2. 180'2.
.Mustered out Sept. 19, bsOJ.
Mustered (Jilt Sept. 19, Isol,
Muslered (.ul Sept. 19, l.sOl.
Killed al i 'liiekamauga ,Scpt. 20, 1803.
'liansfcrred toSSlb rcgiiniuit.
DiKliaigcd Jan. 6, isol.
Transferred to Sstli icgimciil.
Irausferred to SSth regiment.
Muslered out D(.-c. 0. 18i;-l.
Discharged Aug. 0. I,s62; disabilily.
Vet. Died of wounds.
Discharged June 6, 1805; disabilily.
Deserted Dec. .30. 1861.
Deserted Oct. 1. 1862.
Mustered out Dec. 21, 1R05.
Killed near Rome. Gn., Oct. 11, l.'OI.
Disdiarged Feb. 24, 1861; wounds.
Dis(diarged..Mustered out Sept. 19, l.si'iS. as com. .sergeant.
Mustered out .Sept. 19, l,s65.
Muslered out Sept. 19, 1805.
Mustered out July '20, Isos.
Vel.; app'd Corp. Musl'd out July 20, 186,5.
Mustereil oul July '26, 1806.
Mustered out July 26, 1.S6.5.
Mustered out July 20, 180.5.
Muslered out Sept. 14, bsos, as sergecnt.
Muslered C'lit June 0, 1865.
Discharged Dec. 7. 1803; wound.
Transferred to V. R. C. Sept. 2, 1.803.
Dischaiged April 9, 1863.
Died al Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 17, 180.5.
Dischaiged June 13, 1805.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Muslered out Sept. 29, 180-1.
Mustered out .Sej.t. 29, 1801.

LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-Continued.

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NAME.

Lakin, Jacob 
Landers, Taylor 
Lowe, Reuben 
Long, John 
Lane, Empson T 
Laux, Peter 
Luster, James H 
Lawrence, Wesley 
Lawrence, James A 
Mikels, Franklin 
Mikels, George W 
Miller, Daniel 
Llillikau, Johu S 
Millikan, Jac(jh 
Mount, James A 
IMcKiusey, Noah 
McKinsey, Morgan 
McKinsey, Jesse 
McGrant, John 
Menroe, Samuel Ij 
SlcCanii, David H 
Mills, Edward P 
Mount, John M 
Mount. James H 
Mil(.-s, Levi II 
Jloore, Thomas 
Mahoiiey, Pelford P 
McConuahay, A. L 
Midleynolds, John W 
Martin, James A 
Mathews, K. '\V 
McCorkle, John 1' 
McCorkle, Jos. )i 
Meredith, Charles 
Millice, Anio.s 
MiKU'c, Leroy 
Marliii, William F 
Mci;oriiiick, John N 

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Regiment.

136th Infantry.,
13Sth Infantry,
13Sth Infantry.,
135th Infantry..
ISStli Infantry.,
136 th Infantry.,
13Sth Infantry.,
136 th Infantry.,
135th Infantry.
40th Inlantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72(1 Infantry....
72(1 Infantry....
72d Infantry....
]'20th lufan'trv.
P20th Infanlr'v.
126tli Infantry.
126th Infaulrv,
l'26lh fnfantrv,
120111 Inlantry
120th Infantrv.
Ilth Infantry!..
lllh Infaulrv...
nth Infantry...
nth Infanlry...
Ilth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Inlantry...
lllh liifaiilry...
nib liifautry...
nth Infanlry ..
SOlli Infantrv...
.SOlll Infaulr'v...

Residence.

Boone County....
Boone County 
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County 
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County 
Boone Counly 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntowu 
Thorntown 
Thornlown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thoruto\vn 
Thorutown 
Lebanon 
Lebauon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Reese's Mills 
Hooue County....
Hooue County....
Hoone ( Vuiiity 
Meehaiiicsburg..,
Thornlown 
Tbointown 
Thornlown 
Thorntown 
rhorntown 
Thorutown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 

Date of Muster.

Mav 23, 1S64 
Ma'y 23, 1.S64 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1861 
Mav 23, 1864 
May 2:5, bsoi 
May 33, 1,S64 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
December 30, 1861.
December SO, 1861.
December 30, 1861.
December 30, 1801.
December 30, 1861.
July 2'2, 186'2 
Julv '22, 1862 
Jnlv'20, 186'2 
Jnl'v 21, 1862 
July 22, 1862 
December 24. 186;),
December 24. 1863.
Deceraber 21, 1863.
Deceraber 24, ISi;;!.
Deceraber '24, 1863.
January 14, 1S6'1....
.lanuarv 14, 1.S04....
Oclober21, 1862 
March 10, 1,S6.5 
March 16. 186,5 
August 31, l.SOl 
August 31, ],S61 
Augusl 31, 1,S61 
August 31, l.SOl 
August 31, l.SOl 
August ;!1, ISOI 
August 31, 1861 
Augusl,!, I86'2 
AUK'llsl 1, 1V02„

REMARKS.

Mustered out Sept. 29, 1804, as corporal.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1801.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864, as corporal.
Mustered out Sept. 29. 1861.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1804.
Mustered out Sept 29, 1801.
Muslered out Sept. '29, 1804.
Mustered out Jan. 11, 1805.
Mustered out Jan. 11, 1805.
Transferred to V. K. C.
Discharged Dec. 13, 1862; disabilily.
Deserted June 21. 1865.
Mustered out Jiil>' '24, 1855, as sergeant.
Mustered out J uly 21, l.sos.
Mustered out &Iay 24, 1865.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Mustered out July 21, 1865.
Promoted lo 2d Lieuteuaiil.
Died April 16. 1805.
Discharged Sept. 19, 1805.
Discharged Sept. 19, 1805.
Muslered oul May 27, 180,5.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1805.
Diseliarged June 2, 1865.
Mustered out July 26, 1805,
Mustered out July '26, 180.5.
Mustered out July 26, 1805.
Promoted to corpl Must, out Aug. 30, 1.801.
Pro'd Capt.; tr. to Co. C. W'd Champ'n Hills.
Vet.; app'd Corp. Mustered out July 26 '65.
Vet. Killed at Fisher's Hills Sept. 21, 1S61.
Died al New Orleans May 28, 1861.
Vet. Wdat^Viiichester. Mus. out J uly 20. '65.
Discharged Mav 13, 1863. Died on way home.
Discharged Jan. 2, 1.S03.

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McCoy, George W 

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McKinsey, Jacob 

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-. Mount, John II 

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Martin, William II 

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McCoy, Martin M 

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Miller, John 

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Miller, S, S 

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Mai-sh, Cortland 
McClellau, George W 
Mills, William J 

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Morris, Artemns 

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McCaba, John 

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Mitchner, Willis 

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Milletl William A 

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Moore, Samuel T 

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Moore, Samuel P 
McAuley, William E 
McCoy Martin 

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McQuitty, Van Buren 
MeOshon Eli E 

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Mannus, Charles \V 
Mace, Jesse 
McCoy, James M 
McConnaha, William P...
McColm William 

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McDonald, James 

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McKenzie, John W 

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McKenzie, Samuel M 
Mills, John 
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Mills, Francis M 
Moor, Daniel 
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Moor, Isaac N 
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Moor, William 
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Mort, Williara W...'. 
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Myers, Benjamin K 
Morr, John 
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McCalley Jacob 
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Mark, Louis H 
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McClellan, Samuel J 
McGuire, William 
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P 
,S6lh lufantrv...
86lh Infanlry...
S6th Inlantry...
86th Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infanlry...
SOth Infantry...
¦¦¦Oth Infantrv...
135th Infaiit'ry..
KlStli Infantry..
135th Inlantrv..
135th Infantry..
150th Inhtntry..
150th Infantry..
ISOth Infantry..
1.50th Infantry..
150th Infantry..
150th Infantry..
ISOth Infantrv..
10th Infantry...
lOih Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
lOth Infantr'v...
Ulth Infantrv...
loth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOlii Infantrv...
loth Infaulrv...
lOth Infantrv...
lOlh Infantrv...
10th Infantr'v...
lOlh fnfantry...
lOlh Infantry...
lotb Infantrv...
10th Inf(mtrv...
10th Infantrv...
lOlh Infanlr'v...
lOlh Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOlll lufantrv...
lOlh Infantr'v...
lOlh Infantry...
Reese's Mills .
Reese's Mills..
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Boone C'ouuty.
Boone County.
Boone County,
Boone County,
Boone County.
Boone County.
Booue County.
Booue County.
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone County.
Boone County....
Hoone County....
Hoone County....
Hooue County....
Hoone County....
Boone County....
Boone County,...
Hoone Comity....
Boone t'ounty....
Boone C'Ounty....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone t;ouiity. ..
Hoone Connt.v. ..,
Hooue County ...
Hoone County....
Hoone County....
Hoone County....
Boone Couuty....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Hoone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County.
August 1, 1802 
August 1, 186'2 
August 1, 1S6'2 
August I, ISO'i 
Angustll, 1862 
Angustll, 1802 
Angustll, 1802 
August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
May 23, 1804 
May '23, 1864 
May '23, 1864 
May 23, 18C4 
January '20, 1865.,,,
February 3, 1865....
January 25, 1865....
February 14, 18B6..
Pebruary 8, 1865...,
March 1, 18G5 
March 1. 1865 
April 23, 1801  ,
April '2:!, 1801 
April •£;. 1861  ,
April '23, 1801  ,
April '23, 1861 
Septembers, 1,801...
Septembers, 1861...
Septembers, 1861..
.Septembers, 1861...
Septembers, 1861..
Septembers, 1861..
Septembers, 1861..
SeptemHerS, 1861,.
Septembers, 1801...
Septembers, 1801...
Septembers, 1861..
Septembers, 1861...
Septeraber 6, 1861 ...
Septembers, 1861...
Septembers, 1861...
.Septembers, 1861...
August IS, 1862 
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 186L
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
Transferred hi V. Ii. c.
Discharged Jan. 9, 1803; wounds.
MuHtered out May 15, 1865.
Dlscharned April 1, 18(53; wound.
Mustered out June 0, 180.5.
Deserted Dec. 31, 1862.
Died at Madison, Ind., Feb. 10, IS0.5.
Died in camp Dec. 10, 1862,
Discharged Dec. 11, 1803.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 180-1, as wagoner.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1804.
Mustered out SepL '29, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. '29, ISill, as corporal.
Died at home Feb. 22, 1805.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1805.
Mustered out Aug 5, 1805.
Mustered out Aug 5, 1805.
Discharged July 25, 1805.
Mustered out May 12, 1.86.5.
Mustered out Aug. 5, l.sos.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1801.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug 0. 1861
Mustered out Aug. 6. 1861,
Vet.; transferred lo Ssili re:;iment.
Died at Mill Springs, Ky., Feb. 15, 1862.
Died at Bowling Gieen, Ky., Nov. 5, 1802.
Vet.; transferred to .58th regiment.
Discharged Dec. 16. 1803; disability.
Discharged April 30, 1862; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1801.
Vet; trausferreil to SSth regiment.
Killed in skirmish at Chat'nooga Sep. 25, '63
Transferred to V. R. C. Jan. 14, 1.804.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Discharged Oct. 12, 1862 ; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Transferred to V. R. C. April 6, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Discharged July 20, 1862 ; disability.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804.
Discharged Aug. 29, 1,862; disabilily.
Vet.; transferred to SSth regiment.
Discharged Jan. 24, 1802; disability.
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LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-Continued.

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NAME.

Rank.

Com
pany.

Regiment.

Residence.

Date of Muster.

REMARKS.

Moor, John M 
Morglon, Paton M 
Medsker, John 
McGuire, William H..
McCulIock, John 
McNab, James 
Moor, Wilford W 
Montgomery, James, ..
McCann, James B 
McGinnis, John 
Meddock, Galon 
Moldoon, James 
Morris, Charles 
McCoy, Harvey 
Maze, John 8 
Montgomery, Joseph..
Moor, Jacob P 
Moor, Daniel G 
McGuire, John 
Marsh, David 
Moor, Peter 8 
McCann, Robert J 
McCoy, John D 
Mikeli, Elijah 
Novels, Moses 
Neal, Daniel O'C 
Neales, .lames B 
Norris, Charles W 
Nicholds, Francis F....
Nicholds, Albert M 
Nowling, John A 
Neff, Jesse 
Nevels, Stephen H 
Nurm, John W 
Nichols, William A....
Nichols, Henry M 
Nichols, Benjamin F..
NefT, Daniel 

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10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
loth Infantry..,
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
lOth Infantrv..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..,
40th Inlantry...
40th Infantry-
40th Infantry..,
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infautry..
40th Infantry..,
40th Infantry..
40th Iiifanti;y..
40lh Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Inlantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..
40th Infantry..,
72d Infantry,..,
126th Infantry.
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
150th Infantry.

Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Northfield 
Zionsville 
Zionsville 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Boone County....
Boone Couuty....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Northfield 
Northfield 
Boone Counly....

September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1S6I.
February 17, 1864...
March 4, 1864.. 
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
November 10, 1861,
February 14, 1862...
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861,
January 10, 1864....'.
March 31, 1861 
March 14, 1864 
December 28, 1863..
Januarys, 1864 
September '23, 1864.
September 23, 1861.
December 30, 1801..
December 30, 1861..
December 30, ISO]..
December 80, 1801 .
April 23, 1861 
September 18, ISOI.
Septembers, 1861..
Septembers, 1861...
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
November IB, 1861,
July 21, 1862  ,
January 14, 1864.,,.
Angustll, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1802 
February 3, 1805...,

Discharged July 11, 1863.
Died Oct. 8, 1863 ; wounds.
Transferred to 58th regiment.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Discharged April 18, 1862.
Died at Corinth, Miss., June 27, 1862.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Discharged March 30, 1861.
Vet. Killed at Kennesaw June 21, 1861.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864.
Transferred to V. R. C. Nov. 1. 1864.
Vet. Mnslered out Dee. 21, 1864, as sergeant.
Mustt red out Dec. 6. 1864.
Deserted June 15, 1865.
Died at Andersonville prison Nov. 25, 1861.
Killed at Kennesaw June 27, 1864.
Transferred lo V. R. C. Jan 23, 1866.
Discharged Feb. IS, 1865.
Mustered out July 16, 1865.
Mustered out July 16, 1865.
Vet. Discharged March 14, 1865; wounds.
Discharged June 16, 1862; disability.
Mustered out Jan. 11, 1866.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Died at Somerset, Ky., March 1, 1862.
Died at Lebanon, Ky., March 6, 1862.
Appointed Corp. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Discharged Jan. 1, 1861; disabilitv.
Died at Zionsville, Ind., April 11, '1862.
Mustered out Sept. 1, 1864; disability.
Mustered out Dec. 6. 1864, as sergeant.
Discharged Feb. 20, 1863,
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865, as bugler.
I ransferred to V. E. 0. Jan. 10, 1865.
Promoted to Ist Lieutenant.
Dfed at Nashville. Tenn., Feb, 4, 1863,
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.

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Oline, David H 
Owens, George 
Owens, George W 
Owen, William C 
Oliver, William 
t~>5borne,'John W. C 
Osborne, Hiram M 
Osborne, Napoleon B 
Owens, Ephraim 
Olive, David H 
O'Leary, Patrick 
Openchain, Johnson 
Ogan, Edgar 
Orth, Stein G 
Ott, William 
Pennington, William H
Pennington, William H,.
Parish, JohnH 
Parish, Francls^M 
Pennington, John W..
Powel, Thomas J 
Perkins, Ira S 
Perkins, Ira 8 
Price, Harvey 0 
Price, Harvey C 
Payne, John P 
Perkins, James G 
Perkins, William H.,..
Place, Jonathan 
Pock, Andrew J 
Pitzer, William H 
Perkins, Patrick Y 
Pock, John A 
Parsons, Robert B 
Parson, James N 
Powel, James A 
Parish, Thomas P 
Powel, John M 
Parson, JohnL..:: 
Pavey, James M 
Plymale, Junius 
Pickerel, Benjamin F.
Park, James F 
Philips, Thomas B 
Philips, Franklin 
Parcels, Darlington S..

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Private ...

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Sergeant.

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Corporal.

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Private...

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Corporal.

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Musieian

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Private...

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Corporal.

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Musician

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loth Infantry..
10th Infantry..,
10th Infantry..
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Inlantry...
lOth Infanlry...
86tli Infantry...
86th lufantrv...
86th Infantry...
ISOth Infantry.,
150th Infantry.
160th Infantry.
lOlh Inlantry..,
10th Infantry...
lOth Infantry..,
10th Infantry..,
10th Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
lOth Infantry..,
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantry..,
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
lOth Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Inlantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
72d Infantry....
7'2d Infantry....
72d Infantry 
126th Infantry.
l'26th Infantry.

Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Koone County....
Bonne County....
Boone County....
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Booue County....
Boone County,...
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County...
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County...,
Boone County....
Boone County....
Lebauon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorutown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Reese's Mills 
Lebauon 

April '23, 1861 
April 2:1, 1861 
April '23, 1861 
April '2:l, 1861 
September 5, 186] ..
September s. 1861 ..
.September 18,1861.
September 18, 1861.
December 81, 1863..
August U, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
January 25, 1865.,..
January 20, 1866 
January 27, 1865 
April 23, 1861 
February 17, 1862,..
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April '23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
Septeraber 18, 1865.
April 23, 186I 
September 18, 1861.
Septembers, 1861..
September 5, 1861 ..
September 5, 1861 ..
September 5, 1861 „
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861,
September is, 1861
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861
March 14, 1864 
February 25, 1864...
December 30, 1861.,
December 20, 1861..
December 30, 1861,.
July 26, 1862 
August 4, 1862. 
August 21, 1862 
December 24, 1863..
December 24, 1863.,

Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861,
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1881.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1861.
Mustered out Sept, 19, 180-I.
Died at Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 18M.
Mustered out May 30, 1865.
Promoted to 1st Lieutentant of Co. II.
Deserted Oct. 1, 1862.
Discharged March 28, 1863.
Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Promoted to '2d Lieutenant.
Clustered out Aug. 6, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Transferred to 58tn regiment.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug, 6, 1861. Re-enlisted.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861,
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Appointed quartermaster sergeant.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Discharged May 6, 1862.
Wounded. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1664.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Killed at Chiekamauga Sept. 19, 1863.
Discharged Nov. 5, 1862 ; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Died at Somerset, Ky., March 9, 1862.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864.
Re enlisted in Marine Brigade.
Killed at Kennesaw June 25, 1864.
Discharged Feb. 14, 1865; disability.
Vet. Died of wounds.
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865, as corporal.
Mustered out Nov. 29, 1864.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Discharged May 28, 1863.
Mustered out July 24, 1865, as corporal.
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant.
Mustered out May 23, 1865.

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pany.

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Regiment.

Residence.

Date of Muster.

REMARKS.

Perkins, William L....
Pavey, Jesse 
Pavey, Jacob S 
Powel, William E 
Puelt, Austin M 
Pavey, Francis M 
Pearcy, Andrews 
Pitman, William 
Pitzer, William H 
Phillips, Jasper 
Pedigo, Ellison 
Perkins, Jehu 
Payne, Charles E 
Powel, Isaac M 
Parrish, Harrison D...
Parrish, Henry G 
Price, John 
Pain, Charles E 
Parson, Benjamin F..
Padgett, James W 
Quick, John B 
Quick, Dallas J 
Remington, W. M 
Rabouni, W. J 
Redding, James A....
Riley, William W 
Roser, Nathan W 
Ross, William M 
Record. William 
Reynolds, Edward....
liodgers, Josephs 
Rose, Landel 
Ross, John M 
Rose, Stephen 
Kie.". Mathew 
Richardson, John A. ,
R'lbertston, I'benezer
Rust, Quartus 

126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
86th Infantry..
136th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantrv.
ISOth Infantry.
ISOth Infantry.
1.50th Inlantry.
1.50th Infantry.
ISOth Infantry.
150th Infantry.
40th Infantry...
150th Infantry.
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantrv...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
lOih Infantry...
10th Infantry/...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
lOlli Infantry...
lOlli Infiinlrv...
101b Infantry...
10th lufantrv...

Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Mechanicsburg...
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Boone County....
Boone County...,
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Thorntown 
Boone County....
Boone County 
Bene County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone Counly 
Boone Couuty 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hoone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 

December 24, 1863.
December 24, 1863.
December 24, 1863.
January 14, 1864 
January 14, 1864 
August 31, 1861 
August 31, 1861 
September 4, 1862.
May 23, 1864 
May 28, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
January 25, 1865....
January 20, 1865...,
January 25, 1865....
February 16, 1866..
February 15, 1866...
February 13, 1866...
December 30, 1861..
February 13, 1865..
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
September 18, 1861.
September 5, 1861...
Septembers, 1,861..,
September ,5, 1801...
Septembers, 1861,,.
Septembers. 1861...
February 26. 1864...
September 18, I86I.
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
IDeecmher I, 1,861...

Died Feb. 17, 1864.
Mustered out July 3, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1866.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1866, as sergeant.
Mustered out Aug. 30, 1864.
Vet. Mustered out June 16, 1865.
Discharged Jan. 3, 1863.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864, as 1st Lieut.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864, as corporal.
Mustered out Sept, 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865, as sergeant.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1866.
Deserted Jan. 20, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865, as corporal.
Mustered out Aug 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Discharged Aug. '25, 1862; disability.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 81, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1,861.
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Discharged July 8, 1862 ; disabililv.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Transferred to 68th regiment.
Killed at Chiekamauga Sept. 20, 1863.
Transferred to 58th regiment.
Left sick at IndianapiDlis Sept. 22, 1862.
Transferred to S8th regiment.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Appointed corp. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1861.
Mustered out June 14, 1802.

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Rabouni, William 
Riley, Preston  ,...
Uiley, Isiuic 
Ree(?,e, Mathew D 
Roberts, James T 
Ross, James G 
Ross, John M 
Raborii, Joseph 
Reed, William 
Ritchie, James 
Rogers, Hugh Y 
Ryley, James L 
Kunyon, Albert P 
Rice, Henry E 
Rentfrow, James 
Rose, Tilghman H 
Ray, Allen 
Reynolds, William J 
Read, John H 
Rinard, William 
Redding, James P 
Rice, Wilder 
Rogers, Edward 
Roark, James 
Richardson, A 
Rogers, J. T. B 
Robison, James F 
Ross, James L 
Smith, George B 
Shaw, John W 
Sandoe, Peter 
Smitii, Madison 
Sims, Robert 
Seawright, Perry 
Sheedy, Johh 
Sasbe, A. B 
Strain, Wilson 
Sanders, Barnabas 
Sparks, Henry L 
Shofstall, Robert C 
Starbuck, James M 
ShuII, David A 
Sipes, James 
Smith, Hiram 
Smith, John 
Stephens, William H 

Private ..
Private...I'rivate... Private...
Private... I'rivale...Private...
Private... Private...
Corporal. Private...Private...
Private... Private... Private...
Private...Private...
Private... Private...Private...
Private... Private...
Private... Private...Private...
Private...Private... Private... Private...Private...
1st Sergt..
Private...SergeantCorporal. Private... Private...
Private... Private...Private... Private...Private...Private... Private...
Private.:.Private...
Corporal.

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loth Infantry..,
loth Inlantry..,
lOth Infantry...
40th Infantry...
lOtli Infantry..,
40th Infantry..,
40lh Inlantry...
•lOth Infantry...
40th Infantry...
72d Infanlry 
7'2d Infantry 
7'2d Infantry 
._d Infantry 
72d Infantrv 
l'20th Infantry.
l'20th Infantry.
135th Infanlry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
Ilth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry..
nth Infantry-
nth Infantry...
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry..
72d Inlantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
72d Infantry....
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..

Boone County.,..
Boone (bounty...,
Hoone (bounty....
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Northlleld 
Lebanon 
Homes 
Lebanou 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Sugar Grove 
Reese's Mills 
Lebanou 
Boone County...,
Boone County...
Boone County....
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County...,
Boone County...
Lebanon 
Mechanicsburg. Lebanou 
Jamestown 
Northfield 
Zionsville 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorutown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown  ,
Thorntowu 
Thorntowu 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown  ,
Jamestown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 

March 4, 1802 
Oetolier '22, 1862 
October '21, 1802 
November 18, 1861,
November IS, 1801,
November IS, IsOl
November 18, 1861,
March 25, 1801......
September '22. 1864
August 9, 186'2 
Augusts, 1862 
July 29, 186'2 
July 21, 1862  ,
July '25, 186'2 
December 21, 1863,
December 2 1. 1863,
May '23, ISOI 
,Mav 23, 186-1 
May '23, 1804 
January '25, 1865 
Februarys, 1.865...,
Februarv 18, 1865...
Kebruarv 16. 1865...
March 16. 1,S65 
Augusl 31, 1861 
August 31, 1,S61  ,
Augu.st 11, 1,862 
August I, 1862 
Dewmber'2S, 1863.,
September 23, IStU,
December 30, 1861.,
December 31, 1863.,
July '25, 1862 
August 8, 1862 
Angustll, 1862 
Augusl II, 1862 
July 25, 1862 
August 9, 1862 
July 30, 1862 
August 14, 1862 
August 1, 1862 
August 9, 1862. 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1862 
August 1, 1862 
August 11,1862 

Diedal L((banoii, Ind., May 19, '01 ; wounds.
Transferred b> SStli regiment.
Died al Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1863.
Vet. Died at Nashville June 10, 1865.
Mustered out Dee. 6. 1861.
Died at Bowling Green, Ky., March 20, 1802.
Mustered out Due. 0, Isol.
Dischaige'd May '20. 1805; disability.
Mustered oul June 15, 1865. Drafted.
Mustered out July '24. ISliS, as 1st sergeant.
Died at Gallatin, Tenn.. Feb. 17, 1S6:1.
Mustered out July 24. 1865.
Discharged Aug. 28. 1803.
Mustered out July '24, 1865.
Died at home Jan. :iO, isot.
Missing in aellon, Franklin, Tenn., Dec, '64.
Mustered out .Sept. '29, 1864, as musician.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 186-1. ^
Mustered out Sept. '29, isivi. o
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1805, as corporal. f-i
Mustered out Aug. 5. 1865. y
Mustered out July 26, 1865. >-j
Mustered out July '26, 1S65. W
Mustered out July 26, 1865. w
Pro. to 1st Lieut. Mustered out July '20. '65.
Discharged Aug. 30, 1861. E
Died Nov. 27, 1863; wound. m
Deserted from hospital, H
Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865.
Mustered out July 16, 1865. Drafted.
Died at Stevenson, Ala., July 25, 1862,
Mustered out Dec, 21, 1865.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Mustered out July 24, 1866.
Discharged Jan. 12, 1863.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Transferred to V. R. C. July 1, 1863.
Mustered out June 6, 1865.
Died at Andersonville prison March 17, 1864. ^
Transferred to V. R. C. July 29, 1864. oo
Discharged April 16, 1863 ; wounds. oi

LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICEES AND PRIVATES-Continued.

0005

NAME.

Rank.

Com
pany.

Regiment.

Residence.

Date of Muster.

REMARKS.

Stogdell, W. C 
Sanders, James W 
Slagel, Benjamin 
Smith, Andrew 
Smith, Isaac H 
Smith, John 
Stephenson, Edwin P.
Stephenson, Wm. H...
Shulse, John M 
Salles, Moses W 
Srite, Alfred 
Shumate, John 
Saunders, John R 
Stephenson, John W,.
Shulse, Arthur P 
Shumate, James T 
Smith, James 
Sever, James H 
Sever, Henry T 
Sherley, Johnson 
Sever, Israel T 
Scott, James E 
Smith, George E 
Sims, James R 
Seawright, James A....
Strain, Wilson 
Sims, William A 
Spencer, Thomas 
Spray, George M 
Smith, George W 
Shumate, Felix 
Seott, George 
Sanders, James W 
Shumate, William 
Smith. Alexander F...
Snediker, Wm. II. H..
Stephison, Josiah 
Stephison, AmosB 

Corporal,Private... Private...Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Corporal. Private...
Private...Private... Private...
Private... Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private... Private...Private...Private...
Private...Private...Private...Private...Private... Private...
Private...
Private...Corporal.CorporalSergeant. Private... Private... Private...Private...Private...
Private...

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86th Infantry..
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry..,
86th Infantry...
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.
126th Infantry.
l'26th Infantry.
126th Infantry.,
150th Infantry.
150th Infantry.,
160th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
160th Infantry.
160th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
Ilth Infantry..,
nth Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..,
10th Infantry...
loth Infantry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
lOlh Infantry..

Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanou 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Reese's Mills 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County,...
Boone County....
Mechanicsburg... Mechanicsburg...
Thorntown 
Mechanicsburg... Boone County ...
Boone County ...
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 

August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August II, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August II, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
December 24, 1863..
March 23, 1864 
February 1, 1864 
December 14, 1863,.
January 14, 1864 
January 14, 1864 
January 14, 1864 
March 23, 1864 
July 26, 1864 
February 16, 1866...
Pebruary 13, 1865...
February 13, 1865...
February 8, 1865 
Pebruary 13, 1865,,.
February 13, 1865...
February 13, 1866...
August 81, 1861 
August 31, 1861 
March 26, 1864 
February 19, 1866...
March 15, 1865 
March 14, 1866 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 

Killed at Stone River Dec. 31, 186'2.
Transferred to V. R. C. April 28, 1863.
Musteied out June 6, 1866, as corporal.
Supposed to be dead.
Mustered out June 6, 1866.
Mustered out June 6, 1866.
Killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Discharged Sept. 19, 1865.
Discharged March 18, 1865.
Mustered out May 20, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Discharged June 2, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1866.
Died Dec. 17, 1864, of wounds.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Deserted Feb. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865, as corporal.
Mustered out May 31, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865, as 1st sergeant.
Vet.; ap't'd corp'l; mustered out July 26,'65.
Musteied out Aug. 30, 1864, as corporal.
Vet Killed at Cedar Creek Oct. 19, 1864,
Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Musteied out July 26, 1805.
Mustered out July '26, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1801.
Mustered out Aug, 6, 1801.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1,861.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 0, 1801.

CO
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Smith, Abner W 
Sample, Andrew 
Sherman, Erastus 
Shepard, Francis M 
Shults, WilliBm II 
Singleton, James 
Singleton, John 
Sloan, John 
Spencer, Henry 
SUvrbuck, Uriah 
Starbuck' Lsaac 
Stroud, Albert 
Stroud, Riley 
Swope, Jonathan 
Sheets, Allen 
Smith, Isaac E 
Stephens, John II 
Stoneking, Nelson J.,..
Sweeney, Samuel B 
Shumate, William 
Sims, Joseph M 
Shanklin, Oscar D 
Small, Thomas A 
Stancliff, David H 
Smttii, Thomas 
Stephenson, Thomas J
Straham, Oliver M 
SuUins, John H. M 
Shields, Robert 
Shanklin, Elzer C 
Shultz, Joseph 
Swoope, Joseph M 
Sharp, John C 
Sedwick, L, V 
Staton, John T 
Stephens, Francis M,..,
etewart, Isaac F 
Swope, William P 
Stutzman, David 
Scott, John 
Sharp, Stephen G 
Sanders, Francis M 
Shaw, David N 
,Sanders, Moses  .'.
Smith, Benton 
Sheldon, Taylor 

Sergeant,

I 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

I'rivate...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private..

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private..,

F 

Privale...

F 

Private...

P 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

1st Sergt.

F 

I'rivate...

Private...

Private...

Private...

Private...
Private...
Private...
Private...
Private...
Privale...
Private...
Private...
Sergeant.
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
P 
Private...
F 
Private...
P 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
E 
Private...
E 
Private...
E 
Private...
E 
Private...
E 
10th Infantry..
loth Infantry..
lUth Infantry..
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infautry...
10th Infantry...
lOtli Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOlh Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
lOtli Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infautry...
40th Infantry...
136th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
Boone County  'September IS, 1801.
Boone County  September 5, isoi..
Boone County  Se|>tember5, 1861 .
Boone County  Septembers, 1861...
Boone County  Septembers, 1861...
Boone County  September ,5, Isoi...
Boone County  'Septembers, 1861...
Boone County  September 6, 1S61...
Boone County  September 6, 1861...
Boone County  September 5, 1801...
Booue County  'Septembers, 1861...
Boone C'ounty  ISeptember 6, 1801...
Boone County  'September 5, 1861...
Boone County  |Seplember 5, 1861...
Booue County  September 18. 1801.
Boone County  September 18, 1801,
Boone County  September 18, 1861.
Boone County  September 18, 1801.
Boone County  January 20, 1862 
Boone County  September 18, 1801.
Boone County  September 18, 1861.
Boone County  September 18, 1861.
Boone County  September 18, 1801.
Boone County  Sejitember 18, 1861.
Boone County  September 18, 1801.
Boone County  Seplember 18, 1861.
Boone County  September 18, 1861,
Boone County  Seplember 18, 1861.
Boone County  September 18, 1861.
Boone County  October 14, 1861 
Boone County  October 19, 1861 
Boone County  October 14, 1861 
Norlhfleld  November 18, 1.861..
Northflfid  November 18, 1801..
Lebanon  December 21, 1861..
Lebanon  November 22, 1861..
Jamestown  November 13, 1861..
Lebanon  November 18, 1861,.
Lebanon  October 21, 1862 
Lebanon  February 17, 1864...
Lebanon  February 25, 1864...
Boone County  May 23, 1864 
Boone County  May 23, 1864 
Boone County  May '23, 1864 
Boone County  May '23, 1864 
Boone County  May 23, 1864 
Promote'd to '2d Lieutenant.
Died at Nasliville Manth 3, 1803; wound.
Discharged Dee. 15, 1863; disability.
Veteran; transferred to .58th reg.
Appointed corp. Mustered out Sept. 19, IWil.
Mnslered out, Sept- 19, 1864.
Died in Hoone Counly, Ind., Jan. 1, 18<>(.
Mustered oul Sept. 19, I8IH.
Appointed Corp. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804.
Died at Annapolis, Md., March 17, lsfl.5.
Mustered oul .Sept. 19, ISfrl.
Mustered out Kept. 19, 18111.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 186-1.
Muslered out SepL 19, IHM.
Appointed eor|i. Mustered out Sept. 19, WH.
Appointed e(n-p. Muslered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804.
Died March 30, 1863; disability.
Transferred lo SSth regiment.
Mustered om Sept. 19, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Appointtd Corp. Discharged Jan. 6, 1863.
Appointed Corp. Discharged Sept. 19, 1804.
Mustered out .Sept. 19, 1S04.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804.
Muslered out Sept. 19, 1864
Appointed sergt. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1804,
W'(5ed at Kennesaw. Must, out Sept. 19, '04.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1861.
Discharged Nov. 10, 1862,
Mustered out .Sept. 19, 1864.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Vet ; promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Discharged June 28, 1862 ; disability.
Died at Nashville April 9, 1862.
Died May 22, 1862 ; disability.
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864, as corporal.
Mustered out Deo. 6, 1864.
Died at Murfreesboro April 8, 1863.
Died at Vlning's Station, Ga., July 13, 1864.
Died Dec. 13, 1864, of wounds.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864,
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NAME.

Shanfelter, Lee M  ,
Steel, James B  ,
Scott, Charles W 
Stringer, James E 
Stevens, Francis M 
Shauklind, Benjamin..
Shankland, Oscaijl 
Switzer, George B 
Taggart, John A 
Tandy, William G 
Tuttle, Cleavland 
Tipton, James H 
Tomas, James H 
Tomas, George W 
Tagert, John A  , 
Thompson. Samuel F...
Talmau, William 
Talbert, Wilson 
Tibbels, John H 
Troutman, -John W 
Taggart, Albert M 
Tawlby, Emanuel M...
Thayer, James A 
Thornburg, Levi.........
1'ipton, George W 
Turner, James M 
Todd, Johu E 
Talinan, John E 
Taggart, Charles L 
Tucker, Albert B 
Thompson, Martin B...
Tysor, Asher 
Thayer, Daniel 
Trout, Abraham J 
Thomas, John E 
Tipton, E i A 
Tipton, John 6 
Tipton, Winfield 8 

Rank.

Private... Private ..
Private...
Private... Private...Private...Private...
Private... Private...
Private...Private..Private...
Private... Private...
Corporal.
Sergeant. Private...Private...
Private...Corporal. Private...Private...Private... Private ..
Private...
Private... Private...
Private... Private...Private... Private...
Private... Private... Private...
Private.., Private..,
Private..,
Private..,

Com
pany.

E 
E 
E 
E 
E 
E 
E 
E 
1 
I 
I 
A 
F 
F 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
P 
F 
P 
F 
P 
F 
P 
F 
F 
S ::;;::
D 
D 
A 
A 
F 
F 
F 
F 

Regiment.

135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
135th Infantry.
i;i.5th Infantry.
13.5th Infantry.
13oth Infantry.
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..,
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..
10th Infantry..,
10th Infantry...
10th lufantry...
10th Infautry..
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
40th Infanlry...
40th Infantrv..,
lOlh Infantr'v...
lOth Infantry...
40tli Infantry...
40th Infantry..,
40ih Infantry..
40th Infantry..
40th Infantry...
7'2d Infantry....
7'2d Infantry 
72d Infantry 
72d Infantry....
86th Infantry..
SOth Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..
86th Infantry..

Residence.

Boone County 
Boone Counly 
Booue County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Booue Counly 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Booue County ...
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boime County....
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebauon 
Lebanon 
Thorntowu 
Northfield 
Northfield 
Tawette 
Tiiorntown 
Thornlown 
'rhorntown 
Thorntown 
Thornlown 
Lebanon 
Whitestown 
Thorntown 
Northfield 
Lebanon 
Northfield 

Date of Muster.

.May 23, 1864 
,May 23, 1864 
Mav '23, 1864 
May '23, 1864 
Mav '23, 1864  ,
May 23, 1804  ,
Mav 23, 1864 
May 23, 180-1 
April '23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
April 23, 1861 
Septeraber 5, 1861...
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
September IS, 1801.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1,801.
September 18, 1861.
April 20, 1863 
November 18, 1861.,
November 18, 1861.,
November IS, 1861,
November 18, 1861.
November 18, 1861.
November 18, l.SOl.
March 8, 1,864 
October 27, 1864 
November 20, 1862.
July 21, 186'2 
August 9, 186'2 
December 5, 1863...
December '22, 1863.
August 1, 186'2 
August 1, 180'2 
August n, 1,802 
August 11, 1862 
.Vugllst 11, 1.862 
January 1, 1804 

REMARKS.

Mustered out Sept. '29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1861
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1,S64.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1.S64.
Musleied oul Sept. 29. 1864, as corporal.
Jtnstei-id out .=:ept. 29, 1801.
Mustered out Aug 6.1861.
Mustered out Aug. 6, 1861.
Muslered out Aug. 6. 1861.
Mustered out Sepl 19, 1864.
App'd sergeant. Mustered out Sept. 19, 186-1.
Discharged March 30, 1863 ; disability.
.\pp'ted sergeant. Discharged Aug. '22, 1863.
Died at Somerset, Ky., 1802.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1861.
Discharged Oct. 25, 1862.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Diseliarged April 1, 1863; disability.
Discharged April 17, 1862 ; disability.
Vet. Deserted July 15, 1865,
Vet. Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865, as sergeant.
Vet. Musteied out Dec. 21, 1866, as corporal.
Mustered out Pec. 6, 1864,
Mustered out Nov. '20, 1865.
Mustered out July 20, 1865, as corporal.
Mustered out Feb 20, 1864, as corporal.
Mustered out Julv 24, 1865.
Mnslered oul July 24, 1865.
Mustered oul 1805 as Q. M. sergeant.
Transferred to V. R. C.
Mustered out June 6, 1865,
Tian.sferred to V. R. C. May 30, 1864.
Mustered out June 6, 1865,
Died Nov. '27. 1S63, of wounds.
Discharged Dec. 5, 1862,
Transferred to Blst regiment June 5, 1865,

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Thompson, Daniel D 
Tatew, William A 

Private...Private...Private...
Private...
Private...Private...Private... Private..,
1st Serg't.
Private... Private...Private...Private...Private...Private...
Private...Private... Private...
Sergeant.Corporal. Private...Private...Private...Private...Private... Private...
Private...
Private...Private... Private...
Private... Private...
Private... Private... Private...
C(irporal.Corporal.Corporal. Private...
Private... Private...
Corporal. Wagoner Private... Private...
Private...

H 
H 
A 
C 
C 
E 
E 
E 
F ....¦;.
F 
H 
E 
A 
F 
G 
P 
F 
K 
D 
P 
P 
P 
H 
A 
A 
A 
C 
I 
I 
I 
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I 
I 
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A 
A 
A 
A 
A 
P 
F 
P .. ..
F 
P 

r26tb Inruutry..
I'iOlh Infanlry..
1.50th Infantry..
1,50th Infantrv

Thompson, James T 
Tandy, William 

Thurston, Fountain 
Trout, Preston 

150th Infanlry..
135th Infantry..
lllSth Infantry..
I;i5th Infantry..

Thomas, Daniel 

Taylor, Ayris 

Unger, Isaac M 

40111 Infantrv...

Upton, Thomas 

40lh Infantrv

UUer.v,AIIen 

Utterback, David 

135th Infantry..

Vancleve, John 

lOth Inlantry...
10th Infantry...

Vance, William C 

Vernosdoi, W. H 
Vest, Samuel W 

nth Infantrv...
40th Infantrv...

Van Sickle, George W 
Veach, Horatio 

40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
72d Infautry 
86tk Infantry...

Vagan, James 

Vaneaton, Erastus 

Vantuyle, Jerome B 
Vanvoris, Flavins I 
Vanscoyok, William H.,.
Vance, Ira 

86th Infantry...
eeth Infantrv...
126th Infanirv..
150th lufantrv

Vausooyk Uriah V 

150th Infantrv..

Vent, John W 

150th lufantrv..

Vice, Esom...: 

150th Infantry..

Vanvoris, Flavius I 
Watts, George H 

86th Infantry...
10th Infantry...

Williamson, Robert A....
Williams, Enoch M 
Wilson, Theodore A 
Wilson, William J 

10th lufantrv...
10th Infantry...
10th Infanirv...

Witt, Silas M 

10th Infantrv

Woods, James M 

10th Infantry...

Weed, James A 

10th Infantrv

Watts, James M 

10th Infautry...

Wiley, William H 

10th Infantrv...

Warren, Jeremiah 

10th Infantry...

Wills, Archibald 

Wright, Benjamin F 
Winchate, William P 
Washburn, Jeremiah 
Watts, JohnE 

loth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...

Watts, Ezra 

lOtb Infantrv...

Watts, Aaron H 

10th Infantry...

Wbiteslowii 
Reese's Mills 
Hoone County ,„
Booue County 
Hoone Counly 
Hoone c,uinty 
Hooue {bounty 
Boone County 
Jamestown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Hoone Countv 
Hoone County 
Boone IJonnty 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Lebanou 
Thorntown 
Zionsville 
Lebauon 
Boone ('ounty 
Boone ('ounty 
Boone County 
Boone ( ounly 
Zionsville 
Boone Counly 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone Couuty 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hooue CouTiiy 
Boone County 
Boone County....
Boone Conntv....
Booue County....
Hooue County 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Hoone Coiiiily....
Boone Counly 
Boone (Joiinty 

Decemlier '24, 1803.,
January 14. 1801 
Februarv 3, 1865.....
February 8. 1865 
February 13, 1865...
May '2:1, 186'2 
May '23, 1802  ,
May '23. 1862 
November IS, isol,
December 1 1. ls6:i.
December 21, 1863.
May '23, 1864 
September 5, isoi .
September 18, 1861
Angnstol, 1861 
November IS, 1,861.
Deeember 11, ISia.
December 30, 1861.,
August 9. 1862 
August 11, 1862 
August 11. 1862 
September 4, 1862..
December 24. ISCk^.,
Janiniry 25, 1865 
bmiinry 31, 1.S65 
Febrnaiy :l. l,sr,.5....
Febrnaiy 17, 1,S65..,
September 4,1,S02 .
Apiil '23, 1.861 
April 23, LSOI 
April 23. 1801 
April '23, l.SOl 
April '23. 1861 
\pril '23, 1861 
April 23, 1,S6I 
September IS, IS61,
September IS, 1801,
September IS, 1,S61.
Septembers, ISOl..
September 5, 1801...
Septembers, 1801..,
Seplember 18, 1861.
September 18, 1801.
Seplember 18, l.soi,
Seplember 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,

Mu8t<!re(l out May '29, 1805.
Desorled June 10, 1805.
Mustered out Aug. S, 180.5.
Mustered out Aug. S, isiis.
Mustered (uit Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Sepl. 29, 1864.
Mustered out .Sept. '29, 1861.
Mustered out He|it. 29, 180-1, as miihleian.
Discharged July 16, 1862; disability.
Mustered out Dec. '21, 1865.
Muslered out Mav 23, 186,5.
.Mustered out.'Sep't. '29, 1805.
Ap'd Corp.; killed Chiekamauga Sept. 19. '05.
Aiijioialed serg't; muslered outSepl. 19, '61.
Died at New Orleans, May 23, 1804.
Discharged Aprill7, 1862; disabilitv.
.Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865.
Vet. Discharged ; ivounds.
Discharged Jan 16, 180:1.
Transierred to engineer corps.
Mustered oul June 0. 1865, as corporal.
Discharged Dee. 20, 1862.
Missing in action Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 1,'04
.Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5. 1865.
Mustered out May 15. 1805.
Mustered out Aug. 1.5. Is65.
liisehaiged Dee. '26, 1802.
Mustered nut Aug. 31, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 31, Isoi.
Mustered out Aug. :M, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Muslered out Aug. 31, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 31. 1801.
.Mustered out Aug. 31, l.si.;i.
Died at Lebanon, Ky.. March 12. 1S62.
Appointed serg't. JIustered oulKept. 19, '61.
Mustered out Sept. 19. 1864.
Discharged July 0. 1,S64 ; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 16, 1861.
Discharged May 6. 1863; disabilitv.
Died Feb., 1862, of wounds.
Discharged April :;0. 1865; disability.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 180-1.
.M ustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Diseliarged Aug. 4, 1862; disability.

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NAME.

Weber, George L 
Wicker, James F 
Wicker, George W 
Wilson, Samuel 8 
Wilson, William H 
Wood, Albert 
Wood, WiUiam H 
Wood, James 8 
Watts, Aaron H 
Wilson, George W 
Williamson, R, F 
West, Robert R 
Wilson, Robert 
WiUyer, HenryS 
Whitzel, John R 
Woolkins, Constantine
Walton, Isaac 
Waters, Isham L 
Weese, William H 
Wetherington, Joseph
Wade, John 
Watts, William A 
Wood, Bebbrier 
Wilson, 'Theodore H...
White, Richard S 
Walker, Simon 
Walker, Louis  ,
Wells, Greenbury 
Wilson, Levi D 
Woodruff, Joab 
Woods, David 
Wyant, Christopher C
Wyancoop, David 
Williams, George 'T 
Wright, Robert F 
Wright, William T 
Wright, IraG 
Webster, John C 

Rank.

Com

pany.

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

P 

Private...

P 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private-

F 

Private...

Private...

Private ...

Private...
Private...
Private...
Private ...
Sergeant.
Private...
Private...
Private...
A 
Private...
B 
Private...
F 
Private...
G
Sergeant.
F 
Corporal.
P 
Private...
F 
Private...
P 
Private..
F 
Private...
V
Private...
P 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Private...
F 
Sergeant.
a 
Regiment.
lOth
lOth
10th10th
10th
10th lOth10th10th 10th 1 0th
10th lOth
10th 10th
10th 10th 10th
10th nth
nthnthnth
40th40th40th40th40th
40th 40th
40 th
40th40th40th40th40th
40th40th
Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..
Infantry..Infantry.. Infantry..
Infantry..Infantry..
Infantry.. Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry...Infantry..
Infantry.. Infantry..
Infantry..
Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..
Infantry.. Infantry..
Infantry..
Infantry.. Infantry.,
Infantry.. Infantry..
Infantry..Infantry..Infantry..
Infantry.. Infantry..
Residence.
Boone County...
Boone County .
Boone County...,
Boone Couuty...
Boone County...
Boone County...,
Boone County...
Boone County...
Boone County...,
Boone County...
Boone County...,
Boone County...,
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County...
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Boone County....
Mechanicsburg. Lebanon 
Jamestown 
Jamestown 
Jamestown 
Jamustown 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Northfield 
Northfield 
Sugar Grove 
Date of Muster.
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1861,
September 18, 1861.
September 18, 1865.
Pebruary 15, 1862,.,
February 8, 1862 
February 10, 1862...
March 30, 1864 
March 17, 1865 
March 25, 1862 
March 24, 1865 
November 18, 1861..
November 18, 1861,.
November 18, 1861.,
November 18, 186L.
November 18, 1861..
November 18, 1801..
November 18, 1861..
November 18, 1801.
November 18, 1861,.
December 9, 1861,,.
March 10, 1864 
December 28, 1863..
December 16, 1863.,
March 9, 1865 
December 10, 1861..
REMARKS.
Deserted from hospital at Danville, Ky .
Discharged April 4, 1862 ; disability.
Discharged Miirch 29, 1862 ; disability.
Appointed corp.; transferred to SSth reg't.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Vet.; transferred to 68th regiment.
Killed at Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Transferred to SSth regiment.
Deserted Louisville, Ky,, Oct, 1, 1862.
Captured Chicamauga; must, out Sept. 1,'65.
Appointed sergt. Mustered out Sept. 19, 1864.
Deserted from hospital Jan. 30, 1862.
Discharged March 18, 1863.
Discharged Jan. 13, 1864.
Deserted at Gallatin, Dec, 28, 1863.
Discharged April 6, 1863.
Discharged Nov. 4, 1862.
Appointed Corp.; transferred to SSth reg't.
Mustered out July 26, 1865,
Deserted at Fort McHeury, May 21, 1865.
Appointed serg't ; mustered out April 20, '65.
Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Promoted to 1st lieut.
Died at Mumfordsville, Ky,, Feb, 27, 1863.
Vet. Died June 30, 18S4, of wounds.
Vet, Deserted June 15, 1865. Corp.
Vet. Died at Nashville, March 10, 1865.
Discharged April 17, 1862 ; disability.
Mustered out Dec. 6. 1864.
Discharged to enlist in regular cavalry.
Mustered out Dec. 6, 1864,
Vet. Deserted June 15, 1865.
Killed ot Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864.
Killed at Kenesaw, June 27, 1864.
Deserted July 15, 1865.
Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865.
Promoted to 2d lieut.; discharged; wounds.
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Wetherald, Henry L 
Waddle, Frank 
Walton, Milton W 
Ward, Oscar 
Wilson, James W 
Wilson, John T 
Wood, C. M 
Wilson, Isaac R 
Wright, Charles 
Welch, Alexander L 
Warbntton, William M..
Warbritton, John R 
Wells, William B 
While, Henry 
Wiley, Geoi"ge W 
Wiley, William D 
Whittaker, A. M...... 
Wilson, John M 
Walter, Horace 
Warren, Marion M 
Warren, Seth C 
Worley, Enoch R 
Worley, John W: 
Wilson, Joshua P 
Wood, Oliver 
Ware, George W 
Williams, Milford B 
Wills, James W 
Williams, Alonzo 
Williams, John P 
Waldron Samuel 
Watts, Jacob 
Watts, William 
Witt, Silas M 
Watts, Scott 
Walters, Hugh 
Ward, Joseph 
Watts, John E 
White, Asa 
White, James D 
Williams, Isaac 
Warren, (ieorge 
Williams, Stephen P 
Wilharm, Augustus 
York, Semer A 
Young, Henry V 

Corporal.

Iv 

I'rivate...

K 

Privale...

K. 

Private...

K 

Private...

K 

Private...

li 

Private...

K 

Private...

K 

Private...

D 

Privale .,

D 

Privale...

D 

I'rivate...

D 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Privale...

A 

Private...

A 

1st Serg't.

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

Private...

P 

Private...

F 

Private...

F 

1st Serg't

H 

Private ..

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

H ,, ,.

Private...

E 

Private...

K 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

H 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

A 

Privale...

A 

Private...

A 

Private...

C 

Private...

C 

Private...

A 

Private...

I 

CorDoral.

Q 

10th Infantry...
lOlh lufantry...
40th Infantry...
40th Infantry...
lOth Infantry...
40th Infautry...
40lh Infanlry...
40lli Infantry...
72d Infantry'.....
7"2d Infantry 
7'2d Infantry 
72d Infantry 
SOlh Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOth Infantry..,
SOth Infantry...
S6th Infantry...
gOth Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
86th Infantry...
SOth Infantry...
SOlh Infantry...
120th Infantry.,
126th Infantry.,
126th Infantry..
126th Infantry..
126th Infantry..
126th Infantry..
136th Infantry..
136th Infantry..
135th Infantry..
13Sth Infantry..
I35lh Infantry..
150th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
ISOth Infantrv.
160th Infantry.
150th Infantry.
ISOth Infantry.
l.5uth Infautry.
SOth Infantry...
10th Infantry...
nth Infantry..

'fhorntown 
Thornlown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Thorntowu  ,
Thorntown  ,
Thorntown. 
Thorutown 
Thorntown 
Zionsville 
Whitestown; 
Thorutown.'....Thorntowu 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Whitestown 
Thorntown 
Thorntown 
Northfield 
Northfield 
Lebanon 
Northfield 
Thorntown 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Lebanon 
Zionsville 
Boone County..
Boone Counly.
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Boone County.,
Boone County,
Boone County.,
Boone County.,
Boone County.,
Boone County.
Boone County.,
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Tiiorntown 

December 30, 1801..
Deeember :iO, 1863..
Deeember 30, 1801..
December ;10, 1801..
December ;iO, 1801..
December 30, 1861..
December 30, 1801..
November 20, 1862..
July 17, 180'2 
July 17, ISO'i 
July 21, 186'2 
July 21, 180'2 
August 1, 186'2 
August 1, 186'2 
August 1, 1.80'i 
August 1, 1862 
January 4, 1864 
Augusl 11, 1862 
August 11, 1862 
Angustll, 1802 
August 11, 1802 
August 11, 1802 
August 11, 1802 
August 11, 1802 
August 11, 1862 
December 24, 1863,,
Deceraber '24, 1863..
Deeember U, 1863,.
December '24, 1863..
January 24, 1804 
January 4, 1804 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864. 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
May 23, 1864 
January '25, 1865 
January '26, 1866 
January '20, 1865 
January 31, 1,865 
February 3, 1865 
Februarys, 1865 
Februarv 13. 1865...
August i. 1862 
September 18, 1861.
August 31, 1861 

Died June Is, 1804 ; wriiinds.
Deserted March 5, 1862.
Discharged Dec. 23, 1802; disability.
Mustered out Jan. 11, 1805.
VeL Mustered out Dee. 21, 1805.
Discharged; dlKubility.
Vet. Mustetedout Dee. 21, 1805; Ist sergt.
Drojiped as deserter July 10, 1,".65.
Mustered out June 7, 1805.
Mustered out July '24, 1865.
Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jun. 7, 1803.
Mustered out July 24, 1805.
Died at Nashville, Teiiii., Jan. '22, 1803.
Discharged Oel 2:1, 1862.
Discharged March 1, 18*>4, of wounds.
Mustered out June 6, 1865, as serg't.
Deserter. Killed at Stone Kiver, Dee. 31, 180'2.
Deserted Aug. 31, 1804.
Died at Columbia, Ky., Nov. II, 1804.
Transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade.
Mustered out June 6, 1805; 1st lieut.
Muslered out June 0, 18155.
Transferred to V. R. C. Jan. IS, 1865.
Died Dee. 26, 1863, of wounds.
Promoted to '2d lieut.
Discharged June 2, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1805, as bugler.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1805.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1805.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1805.
Mustered out Sept. '29, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. S, 1805.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1S65.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1805.
Muslered out Aug. 5, 1865.
Mustered oul Aug. 5, 1805.
Mustered out Aug. 5, 1805.
Died at Murfreesboro. Tenn., April 14, 1863.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1861.
Discharged July 16, 1802 ; disability.

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LIST OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-Continued.

name.

Rank.

Com
pany.

Regiment.

Residence.

Date of Muster.

REMARKS.

Young, Solomon 

Private... Private...Private...
Private...
Sergeant. Private...Private... Private...
Sergeant.

G 
G 
F 
F 
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A 
F 
A 
H 

nth Infantry...
nth Infantry...
40th Infantrv...
40th Infantry...
40lh Infantry...
10th Infantry...
10th Infantry...
nth Infantry...
126th Infantry..

August 31, 1861 
August 31, 1861 
November 18, 1861..
August 16, 1862 
December 30, 1861..
September 6. 1861 .
September 18, 1861.
February 17, 1865...
January 14, 1864 

Died Jan. 2, 1864, at Meadsville, Ala.
Discharged Jan. 2, 1864.
Dropped as deserter Aug. 1, 1862.
Transferred to V R C Nov 1 1863

Young, John 

Yeatley, Samuel W 
Jamestown 
Yonkey, Joseph W 
Zweyers Thomas,.
Boone Couuty 
Boone County 
Boone County 
Transferred to V. R. C. April 6, 1864.
Appointed Corp.; transferred to 68th regt.
Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Mustered out Sept. 19, 1866.
Zimmerel, Amos B 
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PORTRAITS.

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10.11.12. 13.
14. 15.16.17.18.
19.
20.21.
22.
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27. 28. 29.30.31.
32. 33.
34. 35

Samuel Harden 
Elijah Cross, |
Mary Cross, J
Benjamin Booher 
Samuel Rodefer 
'William Zion, 1
Amelia Zion, J
Mrs. Cynthia 'Woody 
Philip Sicks 
Eli Smith 
Hon. Henry M. Marvin, )
Emma Elizabeth Marvin, j
Joseph S. Harrison 
Robert Slocum 
Aaron Smith, ]
Frances Smith, )
John M. Bums... 
Maj. Benjamin M. Gregory.
Dr. William D. Starkey 
Dr. Jesse S. Reagan 
Benjamin C. Booher 
Jacob S. La Follette, )
Sarah E. La Follette, J 
William Cobb 
Francis M. Busby 
James M. Martin 
Hon. James B. Dale 
William Eiley Taylor 
C. F. S. Xeal 
A. C. Daily 
Harvy Marion La Follette .
Judge Wm. J. Devol, ]
Rebecca Devol, J
William B. Hogshire 
Hon. Nelson Fordice 

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INDEX.

TOWNSHIPS.
PAGE,
Boone County, Past and Present.. 7
Center  ,  12
Clinton  14
Eagle  16
Harrison  19
Jackson  20
Jefferson  23

PAGE.
Marion  24
Perry  26
Sugar Creek  28
Union  31
Washington  33
Worth  36

TOWNS aND CITIES,

Lebanon  37
Thorntown  41
Jamestown  45
Zionsville  49
Whitestown  52
Mechanicsburg  53
Eagle Village  54
Dover  57
Northfield  60

Clarkstown  61
Fayette  62
New Brunswick  62
Millageville  63
Hazelrigg Station  63
Ward  64
Advance  64
Royalton  65

COMMUNICATIONS.

From Hon. William B Beach  67
" John Lowe  72
" Sol. Sering  77
'• Geo. W. Gibson  80
¦' Samuel Evans  96
•' William H. Mills  97
" James A. Richardson  98

From Thomas P. Miller  101
" William E Lane  109
" Geo. B. Richardson  116
" Elizabeth Marvin  127
" Amelia Zion  128
" Chas. F. S. Neal  132
" H. M. La Follette  137

MISCELLANEOUS.

Boone Co. Agricultural Sbciety..l47
County Poor Farm  150
Probate Court  150
Common Pleas Court  151
Circuit Court  151
State Senators  152

County Representatives  154
" Commissioners  154
Prosecuting Attorney  155
Court Houses  155
Attorneys, Past and Present  156
Secret Orders of the County  157

496

INDEX.

MISCELLANEOUS— Continued.

County Sheriffs  152
" Recorders  153
" Surveyors  153
" Treasurers  153
¦' Coroners  153
" Clerks  154
" Auditors  154

Variety Chapter  163
The Press of the County  167
Early Physicians  172
Geology of the County  179
Cemeteries of the County  460
List of Soldiers  ^463

CHURCHES.

Eagle Creek  Baptist 201
Antioc or Poplar Grove.. " 201
Dover  " 202
Elizaville  " 203
Mount Tabor  " 204
Mount's Run  " 205
Lebanon  " 206
Bethel  M. E. 207
Thorntown  " 208
Big Springs  " 209
Jamestown  " 211
Lebanon  " 212
Mount Zion...,  M. P. 213

Zionsville  Christian 214
Ward  " 215
Jamestown  " 216
Lebanon  Presbyterian 216
"  Christian 218
Elizaville  Presbyterian 219
Hopewell  " 220
Salem  " 222
Whitestown  Lutheran 222
Pleasant View  Newlight 224
Old Union Christian  225
Sugar Plain  443

BIOGRAPHIES.

Airhart, John  227
Airhart, Henry  228
Brendell, Frederick  228
Booher, Benjamin  2'29
Ball, John M  233
Beach, Caleb S  234
Bunton, Greenbury  234
Buntin, John L  235
Beck, Sol. W  235
Bowen, Sampson  236
Bennett, Henry 1  237
Burns, Andrew  238
Burns, John M  238
Brenton, Hiram  239
Beck, John  240
Boone, A. J  241
Beck, Anthony  242
Busby, F.M  243

Bragg, James  245
Cregun, S. N  247
Crose Family  247
Coldwell, David A  249
Cross, Elijah  249
Craven, Oliver  250
Chambers, John  251
Cain, Ruel  251
Coldwell, Barton  -252
Coldwell, David  253
Coldwell, William  253
Cohee, Andrew  254
Cory, Nathan  254
Campbell, Michael D  255
Cunningham, Samuel  256
Click, Nicholas  256
Combs, Wm. H  257
Cason Family  444

INDEX.

497

BIOGRAPHIES— Continued.

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Conr.id, Alartin  2o7
Cobb, William  451
Davenport, Austin  258
Duzan, Mark A  259
Dinsmore, Jacob  259
Duzan, John  260
Dye, George, Sr  260
Dodson, George,  261
Dukes, \V. S  263
Davis, .John  265
Dulin, John, Sr  265
Dale, J.imes B  266
Dickerson, Fleming  271
Daugherty, Joseph F  271
Dowing, James, Sr  272
Daugherty, L. C  273
Devol, W. J  274
Daily, A. C  276
Erskin, Michael  278
Emert, Simon  279
Evans, James  280
Evans, Evan  281
Fiirlow, George  283
Fordice, Xelson  283
Gregory, Maj. B. M  285
Goldsberry, John J  285
Goodwin, Seth  286
Gipson, Isaac  ,  287
Garrette, Nathan B  289
Harden, John  291
Hoover, David  292
Hogshire, Wm. R.  293
Heath, James  294
Harrison, Josiah S  294
Hazelrigg, H. G  296
Hamil, Robert  297
Hollingsworth, Joseph  298
Higgins, John  298
Hauser, Lewis  299
Hollingsworth, Samuel  300
Hill, William  301

Harris, Matthew  302
Hiestand, Samuel  302
Heady, Almond  303
Howard, John  304
Head, JIanson  304
Irwin, James  305
Isenhour, Jonathan  306
Kincaid, John  307
Johns, Jacob, Sr  309
Jackson, Jesse  311
Jones, Jacob, Sr  312
Jackson, Joseph  313
Kincaid, Fred  314
Kersey, Thomas  314
Kise, Col. Wm. C  :!15
Klingler, John  316
Kise, Gen. Reuben C  318
Knotts, Abner  319
Lowe, Frederick  320
Lane Family  321
La Follette, H. M  322
Long, Squire  325
Laughner, Wm. J  325
Lucus, Henry  326
La Follette, Jacob S  327
Lee, S. A  452
Marvin, H. M  327
Murphy, John  331
Metcalf, T. S  331
Martin, James M  332
Miller, T. P  454
Miller, "Wm  455
McDonald, James A  333
McLean, Wm  333
McLean, Samuel  334
McLoughlin, Joseph T  453
McCann, James  335
Miller, A. 0  453
Neal, Stephen  335
Nicely, William  344
Neiles, James  344

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