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HAZZARDS HISTORY
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HENRY COUNTY
INDIANA
1822-1906
MILITARY EDITION
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VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
GEORGE HAZZARD
AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER
NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
1906
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GEORGE W. r,ENNARD POST. NO. 148. G. A, R., NEW CASTLE.
INDIANA.
(ieorge W. Lennard Post, No. 148, Department of Indiana. Grand Army nf
the Republic, was ort^anized and instituted at New Castle. Henr\- County. Indiana.
April I. 1883. in the Knii^dits nf Pythias Hall, Murphey Building, and was mus-
tered in by Joseph !'. llitT of Sol Meredith Post, No. 55. Richmond. Indiana.
assisted by members of George \\'. Rader Post. No. i ig. Middletown. Indiana.
'!1ie Post was named for and in honor of the late George W. Lennard. Colonel
nf the 57th Indiana Infantry, a sketch of whose life and military service is fully
set forth at the conclusion of this article.
'idle following named comrades were present at the organization and became
charter members of the Post, viz; John P. Albertson. William H. Albright, Miles
P. Anderson. Thomas J. P.urchett, ]\lilton P>urk, George H. Cain. David W.
Chamljers. Thaddeus Coffin. David Daniels. William H. Elliott. Owen Evans.
I ieiirge W. Goodwin, Henry C. Gordon. Isaac Grove, Miles Haguewood, Pleasant
W. Harvey, Andrew F, Kraner, Louis N. Moore. James I. Newby. Patrick
Sullivan, William Thomas.
The regular meetings of the Post are held on Saturday evening of each week.
The following were the Post officers from the organization in 1883 down
to and including the year 1904. The names of the commanders are arranged in
the order in which they served. The names of all otlier officers are arranged
alphabetically.
George H. Cain, Exum Saint, William F. Shelley, William M. Pence. John C.
Livezey, Leander P. Mitchell, William S. Bedford, Elihu T. Mendenhall, George W.
Burke, Louis N. Moore, Leander S. Denius, Miles E. Anderson. Thomas W. Gronendyke,
Thaddeus Coffin, Joseph M. Brown, David W. Chambers, Asa M, Weston. Henry C.
Elliott, William B. Bock, Isaac W. Ellis, Richard J. Edleman.
William B. Bock, Joseph M. Brown. Thaddeus Coffin, John Curry. Richard J. Edle-
man, Henry C. Elliott, Isaac W. Ellis. Thomas W. Gronendyke. Mahlon D. Harvey,
Louis N. Moore, Henry L. Powell, Obed C. Rife. Albert W. Saint. John Thornburgh, Asa
M. Weston.
.irXIOR VK'IO lOMM.\KDERS.
Miles E. Anderson. William B. Bock, Joseph M. Brown. David W. Chambers. Rich-
ard J. Edleman, Henry C. Elliott, Isaac W. Ellis. Daniel Hartman. Mahlon D. Harvey,
John C. Murray, Albert W. Saint, George W. Shelley, Lorenzo D. Shepherd, John Thorn-
liurgb.
William F. Boor. George W. Burke. Thomas W. Gronendyke. Elihu T. Mendenhall.
William S. Bedford. George W. Bunch. Thomas W. Gronendyke, David T. King.
William B. Bock. Thaddeus Coffin. Leander S. Denius. William H. Elliott. Elihu
T. Mendenhall, Louis N. Moore, Albert W. Saint, Asa M. Weston. Richmond Wisehart.
630 IIAZZARO'S HISTORY OF IlKXRV COUNTY.
in'AKTKRMASTEKS.
Andrew F. Kraner, William M. Pence.
OFFKEKS OK Tin: L).\T.
Miles E. Anderson. James W. Brodrick, Thaddeiis Cotfin. Vv'illiam T. Corya, Leander
S. Denius. David Modlin. Cornelius M. Moore. Louis N. Moore. John C. Murray, .\Il)ert
W. Saint. William F. Shelley. Lewis H. Worster.
George H. Cain. Isaac W. Ellis. Richard Hartman. Andrew F. Kraner. Loui
Moore. John C. :\Iurray. Obed C. Rife. Harvey W. Swaim.
William S. Bedford. Henry C. Elliott, Isaac V\'. Ellis. Asa W. Hatch. John C.
Livezey, William E. Livezey. Louis N. Moore. George B. Robson, Albert W. Saint.
Lorenzo D. Shepherd. Richmond Wisehart.
IJIAUTKKM.VSTK!! SEKCK.^NTh.
Mathew T. Abbott. Miles E. Anderson. William B. Bock, William T. Corya. Richard
J. Edleman, Henry C, Gordon. Leander M. James, Andrew F. Kraner. Peter Michels.
Samuel G. Vance.
(Note: — The records of the Post from 1S83 to 18S8, which contained the minutes
of organization, nomination and election of officers, etc., are lost and a strict inquiry
and search for the same has been without favorable result.)
IIHRKKS I'OI! IHE YEAR 1905!
Commander, John Thornburgh; Senior Vice-Commander. George W. Shelley; Junior
Vice-Commander, Albert W. Saint; Surgeon, Thomas W. Gronendyke; Chaplain, David
T. King; Adjutant. Leander S. Denius; Quartermaster, William M. Pence: Officer of the
Day, Richard J, Edleman; Officer of the Guard. Isaac W. Ellis: Sergeant Major, Thaddeus
Coffin; Quartermaster Sergeant. Vv'illiam T. Corya.
The following is believed to be a complete list or roster of all who have hetii
or are now, members of the Post. In the several alphabetical lists of
soldiers and sailors, set out elsewhere in this History, will be foiuid a
more detailed statement of the service in the Army and Xavy of each comrade
who is entitled to further mention in the History of Henry County :
HOST ME.MBERS.
Mathew T. Abbott, Company A. 35th Iowa Infantry.
Thomas Addington. Company C, 87th Indiana Infantry.
John B. Albertson. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Albright, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry,
William Alcorn. Company B. 8th Indiana Cavalry.
Miles E. Anderson. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Morrow P. Armstrong. Company K and Chaplain. 3tllh Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Arnold. Company G, 5th Ohio Cavalry.
Samuel Barnard. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Henry C. Bateman. Company G. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
George P. Beach, Company A, 3fith Indiana Infantry.
Thurman H. Beardsley. Company D, 168th New York Infantry.
William S. Bedford. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Benjamin Bitner, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
William B. Book. Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
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William F. Boor, Major and Surgeon. 4tli Indiana Cavalry; Brigade Surgeon. 1st.
Brigade. 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland.
Moses Bowers, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
John W. Brattain, Company E. 34th Indiana Infantry.
Charles Brenneman, Company B. Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fremont's
Body Guard).
George Brenneman. Company H, ti9th Indiana Infantry.
James W. Brodrick. Company C. 11th Ohio Infantry; Company C. 2nd Indiana
Cavalry.
Eli Brookshire, Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry.
William Brookshire. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Charles Brown, Company E, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Francis M. Brown, Company F, 1st U. S. Sharpshooters.
Joseph M. Brown, Company B, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company I.
(i9th Indiana Infantry.
Theodore F. Brown, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Francis M. Brunner, Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry.
James W. Bunce, Company A, 15th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Bunch, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry; Company C, 20th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Martin L. Bandy, Major and Paymaster and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel. U. S.
Volunteers.
William Bunnell. Company D. Benton Cadets. Missouri Volunteers (Fremont's
Body Guard); Company D. 39th Ohio Infantry.
Thomas J. Burcheti. Company G, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Company
H. 74th Ohio Infantry.
Milto.n Burk, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Burke. Company H, 9th Pennsylvania Infantry; Surgeon, 46th Pennsyl-
vania Infantry, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel.
George H. Cain, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company G.
84th Indiana Infantry.
Edward H. Campbell. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Solomon F. Carter, Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Daniel C. Catt. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry; , 22nd Indiana Bat-
tery.
William F. Catt. Company B. 99th Indiana Infantry.
Andrew J. Chambers, Company D. 113th Ohio Infantry
David W. Chambers, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company
n. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Harvey B. Chew, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company E, 9th Regiment.
1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Arthur W. Coffin. Company F, 120th Ohio Infantry; Company I. 23rd Ohio Infantry.
Thaddeus Coffin, Company G and Regimental Band, 23rd Ohio Infantry.
Ellas Con well, Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Daniel M. Cooper, Company I, 11th Ohio Infantry; Company K. S7th Ohio Infantry:
Company E, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery.
William T. Corya, Company D, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Cornelius W. Cosand, , 24th Indiana Battery.
James A. Cotton, Company H, 47th Indiana Infantry.
Jacob Courtney, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Leonard H. Craig, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company
H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
William J. C. Crandall, Company G. 1st Tennessee Infantry.
Gilliam L. Craven. Company B. 89th Indiana Infantry.
John C. Curry, Unassigned, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
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John L. Custer, Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
William H. Daklns, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry; . 19th Indiana
Battery.
David Daniels. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Milton Davis, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Company P. 7th Indiana Cavalry.
re-or,!>anized.
Leander S. Denius. Regimental Band. 3.5th Ohio Infantry; Company G, 1.5Gth Ohio
Infantry.
David Dowell. Company C, 12th Missouri Cavalry.
Richard J. Edleman, . 12th Indiana Battery.
Henry C. Elliott. Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (tlirep montlisi; Company F and
Adjutant, 57th Indiana Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel. llSth Indiana Infantry.
William H. Elliott, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy.
Isaac W. Ellis. Company C, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Owen Evans, Company A, 2nd U. S. Sharpshooters.
.lames P. Ewing. Company B. 18th Ohio Infantry.
.lames H. E. Feezer, Company I, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry.
William Fletcher, Company F, 8th U. S. C. T.
James H. S. Ford, Company B. 153rd Indiana Infantry.
Iredell R. Frazler, Company G, 3rd Maryland Cavalry.
James Frazier, Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
William Frazier. Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
Joseph Funk. Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company I. 3r>fh
Indiana Infantry.
George Gaddis, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Charles N. Gihbs, Company B, 69th Ohio Infantry.
John M. Gear. . Record incomplete in this History.
William O. Gold, Company H, 52nd Indiana Infantry.
George W. Goodwin. Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company
C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Henry C. Gordon, Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry; Principal Musician. 20th
Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
James W. Gormon. Company C. 84th Indiana Infantry.
William C. Goudy, Company I, 32nd Ohio Infantry.
Jacob M. Gough. Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Thomas W. Gough. Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry.
David A. Graham, Battery F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery.
Thomas Gray, , 4th Indiana Battery.
John Griffith, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas W. Gronendyke. Company K, 10.5th Indiana Infantry ( ^Morgan Raid);
Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
William Grose. Colonel. 3ijth Indiana Infantry; Brigadier General and Brevet
Jlajor General. U. S. Volunteers.
Isaac Grove, Company K. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company H, 69th
Indiana Infantry; Company P, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Miles Haguewood. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Henry B. Harter, , 23rd Indiana Battery.
Thomas L. Hartley. Company D. 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Daniel Hartman, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Richard Hartman. Company D, 109th U. S. C. T.
Charles W. Harvey. Company D, 79th Ohio Infantry.
John R. Harvey, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company A. 110th Indana In-
fantry (Morgan Raid); Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Levi Harvey, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Mahlon D. Harvey, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Pleasant W. Harvey, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
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Asa W. Hatch, Company F, 2nd Ohio Infantry; Company E, 152ud Ohio Infantry.
James T. J. Hazelrigg. Company D, 4th Kentucky Infantry.
Henry H. Henderson, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Company
C, .36th Indiana Infantry.
Isom P. Henderson. Company B, .5tli Indiana Cavalry.
Martin L. Heuneigh, Company B, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Henry Herliman, Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry: Company A, lliith In-
diana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
.lohn W. Hill, Company I, 8th U. S. C. T.
David Hoover, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company B.
139th Indiana Infantry.
Harrison Hoover. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry: Company G. 84th Indiana
Infantry.
Daniel Hoppis, Company A, 19th Indiana Infaniry; Company I, 20th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Thomas J. Houck, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Company D.
36th Indiana Infantry.
William House, Company B, lluth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company A,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Charles A, C. Howren, Company A, 84th Indiana Infantry.
John H. Ike, Company E, 71st Ohio Infantry.
James W. Irving, Company H, 3rd Maine Infantry: Company C, 2nd Maine
Cavalry.
Presley E. Jackson, Company K, 47th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Jacobs, Company A, 91st Ohio Infantry.
Leander M. James, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hiram. Julian, Company B, 40th Indiana Infantry.
Milton P. Julian, Company D, 11.5th Illinois Infantry.
George Kamphere. Company I, 13th Heavy Artillery U. S. C. T.
Adam Kendall, Company K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
David T. Kin.g, Company I. 7th Illinois Cavalry.
Alfred M. Kissell. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Kissell. Unassigned, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Andrew F. Kraner. Company G, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Company
K. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Joseph M. Lacy. Company I, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
William T. Latchaw, Company D, 87th Indiana Infantry: Company D. 42nd Indiana
Infantry.
John C. Livezey, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry: Captain and Commissary of
Subsistence and Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers.
William E. Livezey, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
John Lockridge, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pearson Loer, Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one yean.
Michael Longnecker, Company B, 11th Ohio Infantry: Company B. 94th Ohio
Infantry.
David Lowe. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company E, 9th
Indiana Cavalry.
Philip Lowery, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
David M. Luellen, Company E. 147th Indiana Infantry.
.Joshua Luthultz, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John McDivitt, , 3rd Indiana Battery.
William H. Macy, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Elihu T. Mendenhall. Company A, 101st Indiana Infantry.
James M. Mercer, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Peter Michels, Company K, 72nd Ohio Infantry.
Wilson C. Middaugh, Company C, 1st Michigan Infantry: Company M, 8tb Michigan
Cavalry.
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Leander P. Mitchell, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
David Modlin, Company B, 28th U. S. C. T.
William H. Modlin. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cornelius M. Moore. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Company
C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Com-
pany B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Gideon Moore, Company H, 59th Indiana Infantry.
Louis N. Moore, Company K, Kith Indiana Infantry.
Hugh L. Mullen. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph R. Mullen, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
John C. Murray. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac Needham, Company F. 154th Indiana Infantry.
Winford Needham, Company F and Principal Musician, 57(h Indiana Infantry.
James I. Newby, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John W. Newby, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Peter Niccum, Company D, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Nathan Nicholson, Company C, 3fith Indiana Infantry.
Robert M. Nixon, Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Rhoderick D. Norviel, Company K, 132nd Ohio Infantry.
William O'Neal, Company D, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
William M. Pence, Seaman. U. S. Navy.
Henry Perry, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
James B. Philabaum. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Henry L. Powell. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Comiiany A.
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Henry Pry, Company E, 33rd Ohio Infantry.
George W. Ralston, Company B, .Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company
G. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Martin L. Real, Company D, 9th Indiana Infantry.
John M. Redding, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas B. Reeder. Company I. 19th Indiana Infantry: Company B and Major, 149th
Indiana Infantry.
Henry Reichart, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John Rhine, Company K. 75th Indiana Infantry.
William Rhinewalt, , ISth Indiana Battery.
Cornelius J. Richardson, Company B. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Obed C. Rife, Company D, 152nd Ohio Infantry; Company H, 154th Indiana
Infantry.
George B. Robson. Company A, 86th Ohio Infantry; Company B, 69th Ohio Infantry.
Leonidas Rodgers, Company C, 16th Ohio Infantry; Regimental Band. 13th Mis-
souri Infantry; Company E, 152nd Ohio Infantry.
William H. H. Rohrback. Company E. 1st .Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
Infantry.
William J. Runyan, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Dennis Ryan, Company B. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Albert W. Saint, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Exum Saint. Company E, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
John W. Sanders, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
James M. Semans. Company D, 26th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Shane. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Company K.
54th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company C, 109lh Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Timothy Shane, Company G, 13th Indiana Cavalry.
Charles C. Shedron. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Shelley, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
William F. Shelley, Company B. Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fremont's
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Body Guard); Company B, 19tli Indiana Infantry; Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry;
Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lorenzo D. Shepherd, Company C, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
David Shields, Company F, 124th Indiana Inlantry.
William H. Showalter, Company I, 67th Indiana Infantry.
Henry L. Shopp, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company C.
3(lth Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Parvis Sims. Company G, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Frederick Slade, Company F, 64th Ohio Infantry.
.loseph Smith, 5th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery.
Pleasant A. Spain, Company C, 58th Indiana Infantry.
John Speakman, , 12th Indiana Battery.
Patrick Sullivan, Company F, 19th Indiana Infantry; Company E. 20th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Laban W. Swafford, Company G. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Harvey W. Swaini, Company F, Hth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company I,
iilMh Indiana Infantry,
John M. Swaim, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company A,
:;iith Indiana Infantry; Company H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
James W. Swain, Company B, Slst Ohio Infantry.
Jacob Sweigart, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Daniel A. Tawney, Chaplain. 179th Ohio Infantry.
James Taylor, Company B, 33rd Ohio Infantry.
James W. Thomas, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
James Thornburgh, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry; Company H. 147th Indiana
Infantry.
John" Thornburgh, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 4th Indiana Cavalry.
Isom Thurman, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T,
Moab Turner, Company I, 4th Tennessee. Infantry, re-organized as 1st Tennessee
Cavalry.
Nathan Upham, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel G. Vance, Company F, 14Gth Indiana Infantry.
Theodore R. Vaughan, Company G, 89th Ohio Infantry.
James L. Waggoner. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Holman W. Waldron, Company C, 23rd Maine Infantry; Company E. 32nd .Maine
Infantry.
John C. Wayman, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Charles H. Weaver, Company K, 17th Indiana Infantry.
Cornelius C. Weaver, Company B, 18th Illinois Infantry.
John S. Weaver, Company K. 17th Indiana Infantry.
James M. Welker, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months) ; ,
15th Indiana Battery.
Jordan Welker, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Asa M. Weston, Company K and Company E, 50th Ohio infantry.
Augustus Williams, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Winings, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Richmond Wisehart, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Wolf, Company M, 11th Indiana Cavalry.
Pyrrhus Woodward. Company H, 5th Indiana Infantry (Mexican War); Company
C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lewis H. Worster, Company H. 153rd Indiana Infantry.
David Wrightsman, Company A. 79th Ohio Infantry; Company D. 73rd Ohio
Infantry.
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RKJGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE WASHIXGTOX LEXNARD.
COLONEL 57Tn INFANTRY RECU.MEXT. INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Colonel George Washington Lennard. the subject of this sketch, was born
near Newark, Licking Coimty, Ohio, March 5, 1825. Deprived by circumstances
of early educational advantages, he reached the age of sixteen years without
having learned to read or write. By determined energ)', which so highly char-
acterized him in later life, he made such use of his meager opportunities that in
1847 li^ ^^'^^ prepared to commence the study of medicine, a profession to which
he then expected to devote his life. In March. 1850, he received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine from the Eclectic Medical Institute of ^ledicine of Cincinnati.
He located at Xew Castle in 185 1, to engage in the practice of his profession.
Though young in years he became from the first a successful physician. He
soon discovered that the practice of medicine did not open to him the field in
which to gratify his ambition so he retired from it at the expiration of two years,
and purchased the New Castle Courier office, and was connected with this paper
as editor and publisher for some eighteen months. He next studied law and
graduated with honor at the law school of Cincinnati, in 1855. In this profession
he became a successful practitioner. He was married June 10, 1852, at the
residence, in Xew Castle, of Samuel and Vienna (Woodward) Hazzard.
parents of the author of this History, to Miss Clarinda Woodward, a noble
lady, youngest child of Asahel and Catharine Woodward, the first white
settlers of Henry County. She was a sister of Mrs. Samuel Hazzard. Ini8C)i.
when the tocsin of war sounded through the land, he was one of the first to
respond, and his energy and influence were thrown at once into the cause and
his labors from that time forth were earnest and untiring in behalf of his country.
He was among the first to volunteer as a private soldier. On the organization nf
Company C, Thirty Sixth Regiment, he was elected its First Lieutenant, from
which position before the company was mustered into service, he was called Ui
the Adjutancy of the regiment. His gentlemanly bearing, proni])! attentinn to
duties and fine soldierly qualities soon attracted the attention t)f his superior
officers, and he was tendered by General Thomas J. Wood, a position on his stalT
with the rank of Captain which was accepted, and for some time filled with such
a degree of credit as won for him the unanimous and hearty encomiums of his
brother officers. Because of his prompt and manly discharge of every duty.
Governor Morton. December 2, 1862. gave him a commission as Colonel and
assigned him to the Fifty Seventh Regiment. In all the varied and responsible
positions to which he was assigned, his career illustrated the highest type of our
citizen soldiery. His duties were performed with skill, bravery and success. In
all the engagements in which his regiment participated he was conspicuous for
his gallant bearing and was highly complimented. At the battle of Stone's
River. December 31, 1862, he was severely wounded in the right leg by a
musket shot which resulted in a tedious confinement, but from which he afterward
sufficiently recovered to rejoin his regiment. He afterward led his gallant regi-
ment in the hard-fought battles of Missionary Ridge. Rocky Face Ridge
and Resaca. At the battle of Resaca, Way 14, 1864, he was struck
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. U7,~
l)v a shell which shattered his ris;ht knee anil int^icted a shock from which
his system never rallied. Ashury L. Kerwood, one of his soldiers, in a well-
written history of the regiment, gives the following account of his death :
"death of colonel llnnaud."
"There were probably few officers connected with the army who were more
solicitous or took a deeper interest in every movement in which their command
should participate than did Colonel Lennard. Immediatel\- after the last change
of position, the Colonel advanced to the open ground in front, dismounted, and
was engaged for several minutes in conversation with General Newton and other
officers, concerning the disposition of the regiment. The consultation over, he
turned to go back to the regiment; and just as he was in the act of mounting his
horse a shell from the enemy passed through his right knee, shattering it to
pieces and mangling it horribly. The horse, much frightened, dashed on toward
the regiment, and in a few moments a pair of stretchers were provided on which
to bear away the body of the Colonel. Gloom and sadness took possession of
every man as he was borne back to take his farewell of the men who had almost
learned to love him. 'Now, take good care of the boys. Major," were the last
words he ever said in hearing of the command. General Wagner, when he heard
of the fall of the Colonel, was deeply moved, and was afterwards heard to sav
he had lost his best man. Soon afterward the Colonel was carried to a house
three-quarters of a mile in the rear, and a member of- the regiment, Sergeant \\'.
W. Sims, remained with him until after his death.
"At his own request a pallet was laid on the floor, and on that he was placed.
The wound produced a wonderful shock on his system, and as yet there was no
reaction. From the first he seemed to realize his true situation, and when in
conversation with the surgeons spoke coolly and calmly of his wound. He was
anxious that amputation should take place just as soon as the system revived.
Several hours elapsed from the time he was wounded until the attending surgeon
discovered that instead of reviving he was growing weaker. In the meantime
he was engaged in conversation on various subjects. He spoke of his experience
in the army, and especially since he becatne connected with the regiment ; of a con-
versation he had with ( a-iKral W'liipple about the campaign, and his reply that the
enemy would be very oljstinalc. '.rhen his thoughts would turn toward his family.
He requested that his wife might be sent for to come and take care of him :
wondering if his little children would always be good children. He spoke of the
tender aft'ection which always existed between him and his companion, and
talked only as a brave man could, who was so near the hour of dissolution.
"Night was now fast approaching, and a fire of pine knots was kindled on
the hearth; About 7 o'clock the surgeons informed the Sergeant that the Colonel
would probably never revive; that he was even then sinking; and that he had
better speak to him of his danger. "Wlien told that he could hardly survive, and
that he might die at any moment, his pale features lighted up with a smile as he
calmly said, 'What, so soon ?' Continuing, he said : 'It is necessary for me to make
the sacrifice, and I make it cheerfully, though here I am in Georgia, away from my
pleasant home, away from my wife and dear little children. Tonight thev don't
know that I am dying by the fire of these pine knots.'
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■'He had given up his regiment. Now he gave up his family, and began to
talk of the solemn realities of death. He remarked that he was never a believer
in death-bed repentance, and that it was the duty of every one to prepare for
death in time of health. One of the surgeons, a pious man, prayed with him, and
told liim that Jesus died to save him and would hear his prayer. Up to the last
moment, the colonel contiiuied to speak of his soul's salvation, and entreated those
around him to not postpone the greatest duty of their lives. Before he died, he
gave evidence to those around him that he was willing to go, and that he should
pass from labor to reward. To the last he was calm and collected. Even the
terrors of death did not move him. and he met the grim monster without a shudder.
Noble man ! Green in our memory will be the remembrance of his name.
Encomiums we need not add. We have dropped the tear of sorrow at his untimely
death, and we wait in hope of meeting him in a better land. Peace to the ashes
of George W. Lennard."
Kind, courteous, and affable with all — one of Nature's own gentlemen. Never
was man more popular among his neighbors and acquaintances than was Colonel
Lennard. His friends were warmly attached to him and no man ever lived in
Henry County who made a deeper impression upon her people, or whose death
wa.s more sincerely mourned. He was about five feet and ten inches in height, well
proportioned, always appropriately appareled, dark hair, dark gray eyes — a hand-
some man. Just prior to his death he had been nominated to the State Senate and
it was confidently predicted by those who knew him that he would have been
transferred from the Senate to a seat in Congress. Hallowed indeed must be the
cause which demands the sacrifice of such noble men. It is to be hoped that God
in his infinite mercies will never again permit the day to come when our common
country shall be divided, section against section, in terrible war. His widow
remained single and died of brain fever at her home in New Castle, June i. 1879.
highly respected and loved by all who knew her.
HENRY RUDISEL LENNARD.
(Son.)
Henry Rudisel Lennard, the eldest son of Colonel George W. and Mrs.
Clarinda (Woodward) Lennard, was born in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.
August 14, 1853. He was a bright, intelligent youth, possessed of excellent .social
qualities, who enjoyed the society of his friends and was always full, even to
running over, with good humor. He was educated in the public schools of New-
Castle, and afterwards attended Kentucky University at Lexington, in that State,
and Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
After completing his education, he took up the study of the law in 1876. at
New Castle, having for his preceptor, Judge Joshua H. Mellett, who was never
more pleased than when he had under his charge some young man preparing to
enter the legal profession. Young Lennard continued to study law during the
following two years (1877-78) and was afterwards admitted to the Henry County
Bar before Judge Robert L. Polk, presiding judge of the Henry County Circuit
Court. He practiced his chosen profession in New Castle for a short time and
then turned his attention to mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, which he
has since followed, except for a period of several months when he was in the
HAZZARI3S HISTOKV OX-' HENRY COUNTY. 631)
eni])lci\- (if the government as a raihvay mail clerk, servino- from Xovember 13,
1880, to May 5. 1881.
Henry Rudisel Leonard and Letta Gordon, daughter of Milton J!, and Sophia
(iordon, were married at Metamora, Franklin County. Indiana. January 7, 1880.
The parents of Mrs. Leonard are old jiioneer residents of Metamora, and the
family is probably the most prominent in Franklin County. Mrs. Letta (Gordon)
Lennard was born at Metamora and was educated in the public schools of that
])lacc and at Asbury. now De Pauw, L'niversity. (kcencastle. Indiana. After
their marriage, [Mr. and Mrs. Lennard resided in X'ew Castle, where they had a
large circle of relatives and friends, until 1884, when they moved to Mrs. Leonard's
old home, Metamora, where they have since resided. They are the parents of two
children namely: Edith Gordon, born at New Castle, November 22, 1880; and
George Milton, born December 20, 1890. Edith Gordon Lennard, who grew to
young womanhood under the watchful care of her devoted parents and who
was and is now very prominent in the society of her many friends, at home and
abroad, was united in marriage, January 7, 1903, with Frederick H. Wiley, a
very active and prominent young business man of Indianapolis, which beautiful,
thriving and progressive city is now their home.
Among the chief industries of the timber country of the West, an industry
that has assumed great proportions, is the making of handles for shovels, spades,
fiirks. axes, hoes, hammers and numerous other tools and instruments. It is in
tiiis business that Mr. Lennard is now engaged, he being the leading member of
the Lennard Handle Company, Metamora, Indiana. The product of this factory,
which is hardly second to any similar concern in the State, goes mainly under
contract to foreign consumers. To the conduct and management of the facton.-,
Mr. Lennard has given and now gives the most assiduous attention but its demands
are not allowed to hold him entirely aloof from those affairs which socially and
politically engage the eflforts of those interested in good government, local. State
and National. Hence it is that Mr. Lennard, as a leading Republican of his town,
county and district, never fails to participate in the meetings and conventions
having for their object the interests and the success of the party.
ASA H EL WOODW ARD I-EXNWRO.
(Son.)
One of the most popular of the young men. who figured in the life of New
Castle and its immediate, neighborhood, was Asahel Woodward Lennard, the
second son of Colonel George W. Lennard and Clarinda (Woodward) Lennard,
his wife. He was born October 15, 1859, at New Castle and was but a young
boy when his lamented father lost his life in the Civil War, at Resaca, Georgia.
This boy. "Sale," as he was best known, obtained a part of his education, along
with his early associates, in the public schools of New Castle and completed the
same at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he remained as a student
for four years.
After finishing his education, he returned to New Castle where he commenced
the study of the law with Mellett and Bundy, then one of the leading law firms of
Eastern Indiana. He was admitted to the Henry County Bar, December 4, 1880,
and in the year 1883 was elected Treasurer of the Corporation of New Castle and
was re-elected to the same office in the years 1884 and 1885 without opposition.
040 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
He practiced his profession for several years at New Castle and then determined
to seek a wider field. After visiting Duluth, Minnesota, and other Northwestern
points, he established himself at Pueblo, Colorado, to which growing and pros-
perous Colorado city he removed in March, 1887. That place has ever since been
his home.
On May 21, 1885, he married Anna Agnes Scott, daughter of James Robison
and Elizabeth Ann (King) Scott. This lady was born at Champaign, Illinois.
June 13, 1862, and was educated at the home schools and in the Chicago Female
College, Chicago, Illinois. She is a bright, intelligent woman and the devoted
wife of an equally devoted husband.
Mr. Lennard is a prominent and popular citizen of his nuw home, who holds
a warm place in the hearts of a host of friends, and is justly regarded as one of the
leading men of the City. County and State. As a lawyer he ranks among the
leaders of the bar. He was a member of the Colorado Legislature during the
ninth session, 1893, and represented his district, which is one of the most im-
portant in Colorado, with credit to himself and honor to his constituents. While
a member of the Legislature, he was chairman of the committee on the judiciary
and also a member of a number of other leading committees. He has
been City Attorney of Bessemer, a manufacturing town adjacent to Pueblo, and
was the attorney for the Pueblo Water Trustees. He has also filled several other
positions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Lennard was admitted to the Colorado
Bar, March 13, 1887. In politics he declares himself to be a high tarift, gold bug.
McKinley Republican.
Mr. Asahel W. Lennard is now but little past the meridian of life and is
destined probably to become an important factor in the rapid, western civilization
with which he has become identified. He seems assured of distinguished civic
and political preferment.
LKANDER PICRKY MITC'HF.I.I-.
( Son-in-law. )
Leander Perry Mitchell was born upon his father's farm in Fall Creek
Township, Henry County, Indiana, about half way between Mechanicsburg and
Middletown, February 5, 1849. His parents were Charles Mitchell and Mary
(Black) Mitchell. He worked on his father's farm and attended the public
schools in the neighborhood. On May i, 1864, at the age of fifteen years, he
enlisted as a private soldier in Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry, and was
mustered into the Army. June 3. 1864. He was mustered out with the regiment
September 29, 1864, on account of expiration of term of enlistment. He again
enlisted as a private in the 147th Indiana Infantry and went to Richniontl.
Indiana, for muster in but was rejected on account of his age. This was the
last regiment and company which was recruited in Henry County.
In the Winter of 1864-65 he determined to secure, if possible, an education
and started to attend the public schools. He taught two Winters at Mechanics-
burg; first, as assistant to Walter A. Boor (afterwards a learned and successful
physician) of New Castle, who was principal; second, as principal, with William
H. Keesling (afterwards the successful merchant, farmer and banker) of
^lechanicsburg, as assistant.
Among his students were Erastus L. Elliott, now cashier of the Farmers"
HISTORY OF HENRY COUN':
04 1
ISank of Aliddletown, who afterwards served two terms in the General Assenililv
with honor to himself and to the county : his sister, Ida Elliott, now the wife of
Dr. Joseph M. Thurston of Richmond. Indiana: Alattie Jones, now Mrs. Mattie
E. S. Charles of .Spicelantl ; Dr. Lihhie Weeks, late of Mechanicsburg, deceased;
Cassius M. (jreenlee, now Judoe of the Superior Court of Andtrson, Indiana;
George L. Swain, attorney-al-law of Al iddletMW n ; Lulher ( >. Miller oi .\ I iddU-town,
a contractor, who built the new Methodist l'"piscoi)al Church oi Xew (.'astle;
Lurtin R. (unn, now an oificial in the Treasury Department at Washington.
D. C. and the present Grand Master of Masons of the District of Columbia ; and
a number of others who afterwards became useful men and women.
After attending Spiceland Academy for some two years, he entered the
Northwestern Christian L'niversity (now Butler College) of Indianapolis where
he graduated in the Latin-Scientific course. He also graduated in the Law
Depattment of Indiana University at lUoomington. Between terms at coU'ege,
he rode on horseback once every week from his home in Fall Creek Township
to Xew Castle to recite law to the late Judge Jehu T. Elliott, who had then just
retired from the Supreme Bench. In the Fall of 1872 he opened an office at New
Castle and began the practice of law, and followed that |ioifrssion closely until
January, 1898. The bar of the Henry Circuit i/nur[ w.is then and has been ever
since composed of able lawyers.
On June 4, 1874, he married Bettie E. Woodward, daughter of Dr. Thomas
B. and Catharine Woodward, who at that time was a teacher in the public
schools of New Castle. On July 31, 1875, but little more than a year ^fter
her marriage, Mrs. Mitchell departed this life. The fruit of this marriage was one
child who died in infancy. Both mother and child are buried in South Mound
Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell was a bright, sweet. Christian, noble young woman,
admired and loved by all who knew her.
On January 6, 1879, he was married to Gertrude Lennard. only daughter of
Colonel George W. and Clarinda (Woodward) Lennard. To this union were
born two sons, Lennard H.. born l-'ebruary 24, 1881, and ijryant S., born
December 14, 1887.
In the campaign of 1888, he was the Presidential elector on the Harrison and
Morton ticket, for the Sixth C( in,L;re-.si, ,n.il I )istrict. which he full\- can\assed. In
1890. he was appointed by the Secreiai\ (it the Interior, superintendent of the
census for the State of Indiana, and had entire charge of the taking of the census
of recorded indebtedness of the State, covering the preceding ten years. In 1892
he was an alternate delegate tn the national convention which nominated Har-
rison and Reid. In the cani]iai-n '>i 1896, he was unanimously chosen as member
of the Republican State Central (/■ miniittee from the Sixth Congressional District.
In this campaign, after Ex-President Harrison had published his letter stating
that he would not be a candidate for President, it is a matter of history that, with
the exception of John K. Gciwd\ . now C.nsul General at Paris, France, and then
State Chairman, Mr. Mitchell did 111. ne ilian ;in\ dlher man in the State to secure
in district conventions and in the Stale c nu ention instructions of delegates to the
national convention, for Governor William McKinley. His efforts in that cam-
paign were characterized by energy, zeal and success.
Strange things ha|i|ien in politics. .After Mr. McKinIc\ was elected. Mr.
642 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Mitchell became an applicant for appointment to the office of Comptroller of the
Treasury. Robert J. Tracewell, then a member of Congress from the Third
District, was an applicant for appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of New Mexico and wrote to Mr. Mitchell for his endorsement for that
position, which was given. The President declined to appoint Mr. Tracewell to
the position for which he was an applicant on the ground that he would not appoint
anyone to that position who was not a resident of the Territory. He declined to
appoint Mr. Mitchell, Comptroller of the Treasury, on the ground that he would
not appoint anyone to that position who had not been a member of Congress.
Both appointments were delayed until the Summer of 1897, when he appointed
^Ir. Tracewell, without his being an applicant, Comptroller of the Treasury, the
position for which Mr. Mitchell was an applicant, and sometime thereafter Mr.
Mitchell was tendered the position of Associate Justice of the Suprem'e Court of
New ^Nle.xico, the position for which ]\Ir. Tracewell had been an applicant, which
was declined. The place was then given to Judge Crumpacker of Indiana and in
January, 1898, Mr. Mitchell was appointed Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury,
a position corresponding to what was formerly the Second Comptroller of the
Treasury. This office he still holds. It is a position of great honor and responsi-
bility and one of the most important offices attached to the Treasury Department.
It is practically independent of the Comptroller's Office, has jurisdiction of all
fiscal matters pertaining to the War, Navy, and Interior Departments ; its decisions
are final and no appeal lies from them by the Government; the incumbent
should possess legal acumen commensurate with that pertaining to the highest
courts in the land. It is a purely judicial position, where legal arguments are
made orally or by written briefs, the cases often involving large sums of money.
In the discharge of his official duties, Mr. Mitchell has been industrious, pains-
taking and conscientious and has given good satisfaction.
In November, i()oi, the physician attending his wife, who was thought to
be slightly indisposed, informed him that she was fatally ill. At first this could
scarcely be realized. How often is it true that "In the midst of life we are in
death !" She was possessed of a gentle, genial, sunny nature, and her cheerful,
hopeful disposition was never more in evidence than during her prolonged strug-
gle with the grim destroyer which continued until the night of April 22, 1902,
which brought the end and a release to her warm, sweet spirit. At the time of
her decease at her home in Washington, D. C, her husband, her two sons, and
her brother Asahel W. Lennard, who had come from Pueblo, Colorado, were
with her.
She was born July 22. T855. at New Castle, which was her home, except
when away at college and during her residence in Washington. She was a member
of the first class (1875) which graduated from the New Castle Academy. In
the Fall of 1875 she entered Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio, at that
time ranking in thoroughness and high grade of studies with the best schools
in the land, taking the regular classical course. She passed through the Fresh-
man, Sophomore, Junior and the greater part of the Senior year, always standing
at the head of her classes, when her health broke down and compelled her, much
to her sorrow and that of her friends, to give up her work in college and return
to her home. She was a noble woman, possessed of a beautiful Christian char-
hazzard's history of henry county. 643
acter, of strong ability both natural and acquired. No company where she was
present could be dull. She was a woman of high ideals, a loyal, generous, sweet-
hearted friend, a faithful and devoted wife, an affectionate and indulgent mother.
She was admired and loved by all who knew her. Her remains were brought to
her home in New Castle, and on Sunday, .\pril 27, 1902, followed by a large as-
sembly of friends who had known her in life, they were laid at rest in South
Alound Cemetery. To all who knew her. her life is a sweet and enduring memory.
To Bryant S., the loss of his mother seemed more than he could bear. He
could hardly be reconciled to the thought that he would never again see her in
this world. On account of his health, after the death of his mother, he went with
his uncle to his home in Pueblo, Colorado. On August i, 1902, he and his father
and Lennard H. met in Chicago and together visited the Yellowstone National
Park, Salt Lake City, Idaho and other points of interest in the West, and then
returned to Pueblo where it was arranged for him to remain and attend a private
school during the ensuing year. On September 8th, just three weeks from the day
his father and brother left him, word was received that he was dangerously ill.
His father started to him immediately but he passed away before he could reach
him. By all who knew him he is remembered as of handsome appearance, bright,
generous, affectionate, a splendid specimen of a manly boy. His remains were
brought to his home in New Castle, where on Monday, September i6th, 1902,
they were quietly laid to rest beside his mother.
In a few brief months a pleasant home was shattered, deprived of nearly
exery ray of sunshine, with no comfort except that which must come from Above.
On page 276 of this History, in the biographical sketch of Samuel Alexander
Mitchell, will be found further and fuller reference to Qiarles and Man.' (Black)
Mitchell, parents of Leander Perry Mitchell.
LENNAKD HARRIS MITCHET.I..
(Grandson.)
» Lennard Harris Mitchell completed his education at the Dean Academy, Frank-
lin. Massachusetts, twenty seven miles from Boston, where he graduated in June,
1901. In the Fall of the same year he returned to the Academy and took the post
graduate course of that institution. On June 23, 1904, he married Bessie Joye,
daughter of Judge John M. and Cora (Heritage) Morris, of New Castle. Since
his graduation from Dean Academy, he has been connected with the Postoffice
Department and he and his wife make their home with his father in Wash-
ington, D. C.
In January. 1902, at the request of the Auditor for Cuban affairs at Wash-
ington (then in Havana), he was sent to Cuba to assist in straightening out the
accounts of the Island. This work had particular reference to the affairs of
the Postoffice Department which were being investigated, owing to the pecula-
tions of Rathbone and Neely. He remained in Cuba until the following April,
when he was called back to Washington on account of the fatal illness of his
mother. In the Winter of 1902-3 and again in the Fall of 1903, besides attending
to his duties in the Postofifice Department, he found time to attend the law school
of the Columbian University (now the George Washington LTniversity). He has
recently been engaged in the direction and installation of the rural route service
in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
GRA.N'U ARMY POSTS CON riNUEU.
( tK(;AMZ.\TIOX AND RoSTKK (IF JoUX R. McCdRMACK PoST. Xo. 4O3, CaDIX
P>ioi;rai'iiicai, Skktch hi- Prixate John Rowdy McCormack and Family
— Organization and Roster of Jerry B. Mason Post. Xo. i68, Kniohts-
TOWN BlOCRAPIIlC.XL SkETCII OF LlEUTEN.VNT JeROMK P.0N.\I>.\RTE MaSON
\ND I'.vMiLY — < ')r(;aniz.\ti()n .\nd Roster of George W. Rader Post. Xh.
1 10. .M 'iiiH.i row N — Bio(;rapitical Sketch of Sergeant George Washing-
ton k\iii:u ANif Family — Organization and Roster of H.\rmoN Rayi.
PliSr. X(l. ,^60. Si'KKI.AND I'.IOGR.M'HICAI. SKETCH OF PrUATE H.\RM(.IN
Raxi. \nii I'^AMiLY — Organiz.m'ion .\Nn Roster oi- the Henry Covntx
AsSdCIATKIN OF \'eTER.\\S (IF THE ClVII. W.\R.
JOHX R. MtCORAlACK POST. XO. 403. (r. A. R.. CADIZ. TXDL\XA.
John R. AlcCorniack Post. Xo. 403. Department nl Indiana, (irand Arni\-
oi the Reptiblic, was org-anized and instituted at Cadiz. Henry County. Indiana.
June 14, 1885, i" Cook's Hall, and was mustered in ]y\- Comrade Morrow I'. Ann-
strong of George W. Lennard Post, Xo. 148. G. A. R.. Xew Castle, Indiana,
mustering officer, assisted by Post Commander, William F. Shelley, who installed
the officers, and George H. Cain, Senior \'ice Commander ; Asa W. Hatch, Junior
\ice Commander; William S. Bedford, Chaplain; William H. Elliott. Adjutjint :
George B. Robson, CJfficer of the Day; John C. Murray, Officer of the Guard,
and other comrades of George W. Lennard Post, as follows: Thomas J. Burchett.
Henry C. Gordon, Thomas W. Gough, Joseph R. Mullen, Peter Xiccum, Lorenzo
D. Shepherd and Harvey W. Swaim. The Post was named for and in honor of
the late John Rowdy ]McCormack of Company L 69th Indiana Infantry, a sketch
(if whose life and military service is fully set forth at the end of this article.
The following named comrades were present at the organization and became
charter members of the Post, viz: Hiram T. Alshouse, Henry Alspaugh. Samuel
Bowers, Samuel Craig, Allen S. Deeter, William I\l. Gardner, Job P. i linn.
Patrick H. Hansard, Thomas X. Lewis, Andrew J. McCormack. XoSli McCnr-
mack, Joseph McKee. Abraham Moore, Joseph (3'Xeal, John Perrw Henr\-
Reichart, Ethan S. Taylor and George W. Thompson.
The regular meetings of the Post were held on Wednesdax' evening of each
week.
The following were the I'ost officers from the organization in 1885 do^^" to
and including the year 1904. The names of all of the officers are arranged
aliihabetically :
AZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY,
Samuel Bowers, .Josiah Bradway. George H. Brown. John R. Clevenger, Allen W.
Coon, Daniel W. Craig, Samuel Craig. Patrick H. Hansard, Francis M. Lowery. Philander
Lowery. John W. McCormack. Noah McCormack. John Perry, Henry Reichart. George
W, Thompson.
John Baughan. George H. Brown, Abner Cantrell. John R. Clevenger. Allen W.
Coon. Samuel Craig. Job B. Ginn, Patrick H. Hansard. Philander Lowery, Abraham
Moore, Henry Reichart, Ethan S. Taylor, Henry Thompson.
.lUXIOR VICE COMMAXDEK.S.
George H. Brown. Abner Cantrell, John R. Clevenger. Daniel W. Craig. Samuel
Craig. Allen S. Deeter. Job B. Ginn, Thomas N. Lewis. Philander Lowery. Samuel Mc-
Cormack. Henry Reichart, Henry Thompson.
SURGEOXS.
John Baughan. Josiah Bradway, John R. Clevenger. Allen \V. Coon. Daniel \V
Craig. Job B. Ginn, Patrick H. Hansard. John Hill. Alfred Lafferty. Joseph P. McCon-
neil. Abraham Moore. Henry Reichart.
tllAPL.^INS.
Josiah Bradway. George H. Brown, Patrick H. Hansard. John Perry.
AD.U-T.VNTS.
Hiram T. Alshouse. Samuel Craig. William M. Gardner. Greenberry W. Hedges,
Francis M. Lowery, Henry Reichart.
Ql AirrERMASTEKS.
George H. Brown, Josiah Bradway. George W. Thompson.
OFFICERS or THE DAY.
George H. Brown, Abner Cantrell, Allen W. Coon. Samuel Craig, Allen S. Deeter.
Patrick H. Hansard. Philander Lowery. Noah McCormack. Henry Reichart.
Charles Brown, Daniel W. Craig, William M. Gardner. Joli B. Ginn, Francis M.
Lowery, Andrew J. McCormack, John W. McCormack. Abraham Moore, John Perr.y,
Henry Reichart, William Shockey, Henry Thompson.
Allen W. Coon. Samuel Craig. Patrick H. Hansard. Greenberry W. Hedges, Joseph
P. McConnell, Joseph McKee, Henry Reichart. Henry Thompson.
(H'AUTEHMASTER SERGEANTS. .
Josiah Bradway. Allen W. Coon. Greenberry W. Hedges. Francis M. Lowery. Joseph
P. McConnell. Andrew J. McCormack. Henry Reichart. Ethan S. Taylor.
■ The records of the Department Assistant Adjutant ("leneral at Indianapohs
show that this Post surrendered its charter. December i6, 1904.
The following is believed to be a complete list or roster of all who have been
members of the Post. In the several alphabetical lists of soldiers and
sailors, set out elsewhere in this History, will be found a more detailed
646 hazzard's history of henry county.
statement of the service in the Army and Navy of each comrade who is entitled
to further mention in the History of Henr)' County. An ai>terisk thus * in front
of a name denotes a comrade residing in an adjoiningr county, therefore there is
no further reference to him in the •■Alphabetical List" above mentioned.
POST JlE.\n!EKS.
Hiram T. Alshouse, Company F. 134th Indiana Infantry.
Henry Alspaugh. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hngh Anderson, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
.John Baughan, Company K, 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Christopher C. M. Bocli. Company H. (iOth Indiana Infantry: Company H, 147th
Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Bowers. Company K, 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company B.
130th Indiana Infantry.
Josiah Bradway. Company A, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Charles Brown, Company S, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
George H. Brown. Company B, 89th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas C. Burton, Company E, 50th Indiana Infantry.
Abner Cantrell. Company A, 2nd ^Vest Virginia Infantry.
.lohn R. Clevenger, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Robert K. Collins, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company I.
69th Indiana Infantry.
.^llen W. Coon, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Daniel W. Craig, , 15th Indiana Battery.
Samuel Craig, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Allen S. Deeter, . Record incomplete in this History.
.Tames H. Bowling Company C, 71st New York Infantry.
William M. Gardner, Company G. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Job B. Ginn, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Jonathan J. Ginn, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
John W. Hammer. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Patrick H. Hansard, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T.
Lewis Hart, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry ( Morgan Raid ) .
Greenberry W. Hedges, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry; Company D, 147th
Indiana Infantry.
Joel Hendricks, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
John Hill, Company G, 55th Massachusetts Infantry.
Amos J. Kern, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Alfred Lafferty, . Membership honorary on account of having liff-n
body servant in the Civil War to Colonel George W. Jackson, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
William Larrowe, Company K, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas N. Lewis, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company H, 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Francis M. Lowery, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Philander Lowery, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph P. McConnell, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Com-
pany E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
-Andrew J. McCormack. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
John W. McCormack. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Josiah McCormack, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Lafe McCormack, Company I, 111th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Noah McCormack, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel McCormack, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry,
Joseph McKee, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry: Company K. 105th Indiana
Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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Abraham Moore. Company B. 2nd Indiana Cavali-y.
Solomon Myers, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
James L. Newhouse, Company C, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph O'Neal, Company F. 4(ith Ohio Infantry; Company I. .".Ist Ohio Infantry.
Henry Perry, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
John Perry, Company B. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Ezra Pickering, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Elijah M. Pressnall, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Mori;an Raid t ; Company
A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Henry Reichart, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
William Shockey, . Record incomplete in this History.
Ethan S. Taylor, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
George W. Thompson, Company H, 5th Indiana Infantry (Mexican War): Com-
pany C, 36th Illinois Infantry.
Henry Thompson. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raidi.
Daniel Ulmer, Company I. 79th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Milton Williams. Company B. IS'tth Indiana Infantry: Company I, lS7th Ohio
Infantry.
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I'.IOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHX ROWDY McCORMACK.
I'RiVATE. C(i.\rr.\NV 1. 6qth ixfaxirv Ki-:i;iMi-:xr. ixdiax \ \()I,uxtki-:us.
John Rowdy McO-irniack was the eldest son of ■Melon and Mary AlcCorniack,
and was born in Henry County. Indiana, on his father's farm, about two miles
west of Cadiz. The parents came from X'irginia and settled in Henry Count}- at
a very early date.
That the famil\- was full^of patriotic blood is shown in the fact that the suliject
of this sketch was one of four brothers, all of whom served in the Federal Armv
during the Civil War. The second son. Thomas AlcCormack, of Company K.
8th Indiana Infantry (three years), was killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the
2 1, St day of May. 1863. The third son. Noah McCormack. of Company C. 36th
Indiana Infantry, went through all the campaigns of that well known regiment
and upon the muster out of the regiment. September 21, 1864, returned home
where he still lives, an honored citizen of the county. The fourth son, Andrew J.
McCormack, of Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry, is a survivor of the ill-fated
steamboat. Sultana, which was blown up. set on fire and destroved on the Mis-
sissippi River, April 2-j. 1865. His recollections of that tragic event are publislied
elsewhere in this work.
John R. McCormack. the subject of this sketch, enlisted in the service of his
country in Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service
of the Cnited States. .August 19, 1862. At the battle of Richmond, Kentuck\ ,
August 30, 1862, he was severely wounded and w-as taken prisoner with the
greater part of his regiment. After the regiment had been exchanged and re-
organized, it was sent down the Mississippi River to serve under General Grant.
After the siege and surrender of A'icksburg. he was taken sick and died at that
]5lace. .A.ugust ii. 1863. His body was buried at Milliken's I'er.fl. Louisiana, but
has since been re-interred among the unknown dead in the National Cemetery at
Mcksburg.
In 1850 John R. McCormack was married to Nancy Baughan and to them
was born one child, now Mrs. Richard Callahan, who lives two and one-half
miles southwest of Cadiz. His wife died in 1855. He was a carpenter 1)\- trade,
honorable and upright, a good citizen, a brave soldier, highly esteemed b\- all of
his friends and neighbors, and his memory preserved and honored l)v his com-
rades in arms.
JF.RRV I'.. MAS( )\ POST. XO. 168, G. A. R.. KXTGHTSTOWX, IXOIAXA.
Jerry i'.. Mason Post. No. l6g. Department of Indiana. Grand Armv of the
Rei)ulilic. was organized and instituted at Knightstow n. Henry Countv. Indiana.
-May 4. 1883. in P.ell's Hall, and was mustered in by James R. Carnahan. Depart-
ment Commander, assisted by Benjamin D. House. Assistant Adjutant (ieneral.
and Will C. David. Acting Assistant Adjutant General, together with ten or
twelve comrades from .Samuel H. Dunbar Post. Xo. (;2. Greenfield. Indiana.
The Post was named for and in honor of the late Lieutenant Jerome B.
-Mason (commonly called Jerry B. Mason) of Comjiany F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
5t.
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a sketch of whose Ufe and military service is fully set forth at the conclusion of
this article.
The following- named comrades were present at the organization and became
charter members of the Post, viz: Charles M. Butler. Tliomas Clair, Henry M.
Crouse, James Daugherty, Francis Dovey, J. Lee Furgason, George P. Graf,
Tliomas M. Hackleman, John E. Keys, John H, May, George \V. Aleuser, Harry
Watts, Thomas R. Wilkinson and John Wysong.
The regular meetings of the Post are held on the first and third .Saturday
evenings of each month.
The following were the Post ot¥icers from the organization in 1883 down
to and including the year 1904. The names of the commanders are arranged in
the order in which they served. The names of all other olificers are arranged
aljihabetically.
COMMANDER.S.
Thomas B. Wilkinson. John E. Keys, Milton Peden, Harry Watts. Henry M. Crouse,
George P. Graf, William H. Edwards. William P. Foulke. Joshua T. C. Welboru, Clinton
D. Hawhee, Asa E. Sample, William B. McGavran, Charles M. Butler, Francis Dovey.
George P. Graf.
SKMOK VICE COir.M.VXDKK.S.
De Witt C. Alspaugh, William M. Cameron, Squire Dillee, Francis Dovey, Clinton D.
Hawhee, White Heaton. James Hutson. Isaac C. Lemraon. La Fayette Ogborn, Newton
Robinson, Albert W. Saint, Asa. E. Sample, Joshua T. C. Welborn, Henry C. Woods.
DeWitt C. Alspaugh. Shepperd Bowman. Squire Dillee. William P. Foulke. Thomas
M. Hackleman, Clinton D. Hawhee. White Heaton, Joseph P. McConnell, John McNurney.
.lames Steele. Benjamin F. Sf ration. Madison Tyer. Henry C. Woods.
SUK(iEONS.
Henry M. Crouse. William B. McGavran.
CII.M'I.AINS.
De Witt C. Alspaugh, Robert F. Brewington. William A. Cutler. Francis Dovey.
White Heaton, William B. McGavran, John W. Newby.
John B. Antrim. Charles M. Butler, John A. Craft, William H. Edward;
rgason, Waitsel M. Heaton. Mark M. Morris. Asa E. Sample.
Shepperd Bowman. Francis Dovey. White Heaton. Harry
Robert E. Woods.
Shepperd Bowman. William M. Cameron. George P. Graf, John E. Keys. Levi Kiser,
Joseph P. McConnell. Joshua T. C. Welborn.
OFKICKliS OF THE CCUil).
James Adams. Squire Dillee. Austin M. Edwards. Leander M. James. Levi Kiser,
William F. Lakin. John W. Newby. Benjamin F. Stratton, Madison Tyer. Joshua T. C.
Welborn.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEN£
SERGEANTS MAJOR.
Charles M. Butler, Amos Crawford. Francis Dovey, George P. Graf, Clinton D
Hawhee. Waitsel M. Heaton, Isaac C. Lemmon, Asa E. Sample, Benjamin F. Stratton.
Henry C. Woods, Robert E. Woods, John Wysong.
QUARTEKM.\STER SERGEANTS.
John B. Antrim, Shepperd Bowman, Charles M. Butler, Waitsel M. Heaton, Isaac
C. Lemmon, John McNurney,' John W. Newby, Robert E. Woods.
(Note: — The records of the Post for the ySars 1892 and 1893 having been lost, it is
impossible to give the names of the officers for those two years.)
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1905.
Commander, tjeorge P. Graf; Senior Vice-Commander, Francis Dovey; Junior Vice-
Commander, John McNurney; Surgeon, Henry M. Crouse; Chaplain, William B. Mc-
Gavran; Adjutant, Asa E. Sample; Quartermaster, Shepperd Bowman; Officer of the
Day, Joshua T. C. Welborn; Officer of the Guard, John W. Newby; Sergeant Major.
Benjamin F. Stratton; Quartermaster Sergeant, John E. Keys.
The following- is believed to be a complete list or roster of all who have been
or are now members of the Post. In the several alphabetical lists of soldiers
and sailors, set out elsewhere in this History, will be found a more
detailed statement of the service in the Army and Nav\' of each comrade who is
entitled to further mention in the History of Henry County. An asterisk, thus '\
in front of a name denotes a comrade, residing in an adjoining county, therefore
there is no further reference to him in the "Alphabetical List," above mentioned.
POST MEMBERS.
James Adams, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Oliver Allee. Company D, 19th Indiana Infantry; , 19th Indiana
Battery.
De Witt C. Alspaugh, Company G, KUh Indiana Infantry.
John B. Antrim, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
James Archibald, , 23rd Indiana Battery.
Cyrus Armstrong, Company K, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Josiah D. Ayres, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company G.
9th Indiana Infantry.
Warren F. Ballard, Company G, Quartermaster Sergeant, Lieutenant and Quarter
master, 47th Indiana Infantry.
Augustus E. Barrett, Company D, Sth Illinois Infantry (three months); Company
D, Sth Illinois Infantry (three years).
*Joseph F. Bartlow, Company C, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel H. Bennett, Company H, 54th Ohio Infantry.
John W. Bishop. Company K. 70th Indiana Infantry; Company B, 33rd Indiana
Infantry.
Lycurgus L. Boblett, Company F and Adjutant, Slth Indiana Infantry.
Jacob Bodmer, Company B, 46th New York Infantry; Company C. 32nd Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
James H. Bowles, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Shepperd Bowman, Company A. lHoth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company
D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Bowman. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Com-
pany A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Robert F. Brewington, Company K. 68th Indiana Infantry.
Daniel Burk, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
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Daniel H. Burris, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company
A. 139th Indiana Infantry; Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Blwood Burris, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company A,
3Sth Indiana Infantry.
Charles M. Butler, , 19th Indiana Battery.
William R. Callahan, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John D. Cameron, Company A, 38th Indiana Infantry.
William M. Cameron, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months I; Company
F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Adam P. Campbell, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
James M. Camplin, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John T. Casely. Company A, 133rd Indiana Infantry.
Daniel C. Catt, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry; , 22nd Indiana
Battery.
(Jeorge Catt, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Thomas Clair. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Timothy Clair, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac Clevidence, Company E, 13th Maryland Infantry.
Exum Copeland, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company A, 105th Indiana
Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
John A. Craft, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Amos Crawford, Company C, 91st Illinois Infantry.
William H. Cross, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Henry M. Crouse, Assistant Surgeon, Major and Surgeon. 57th Indiana Infantry.
William A. Cutler, Company C, 145th Illinois Infantry.
Prear Daniel, Company P, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company B. 110th
Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*James Daugherty, Company A, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Will C. David, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Amos Davidson, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
John E. Deck, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
James I. Dent, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Luther S. Dillee, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Squire Dillee, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry; Company A. 38th Indiana In-
fantry.
Francis Dovey, , 19th Indiana Battery.
Daniel Davidson Duncan, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (:\Iorgau Raid);
Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
George Eagle, Company K, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Austin M. Edwards, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Edwards, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
William M. Edwards, Company A and Principal Musician, 139th Indiana Infantry.
George D. Englerth, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
•James Fifer, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company B.
130th Indiana Infantry.
John A. Fike, Company F. 20th Indiana Infantry.
Tilghman Fish. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Brice D. Fort, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company A.
139th Indiana Infantry.
William P. Fouike, Company D. 115th Indiana Infantry; Company C. 31st Indiana
Infantry.
Henry Frederick. Company C. 9th Indiana Infantry.
J. Lee Furgason, Company A and Quartermaster Sergeant, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Ezra Gillinghani, Company I, 21st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
George P. Graf, Company A, 32nd Indiana Infantry.
Jacob Green, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
652 HAZZARU'S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Marquis D. Griffith. Company D. 34th Indiana Infantry.
James Grunden. Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry; Company C. 20th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Thomas M. Hackleman. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
.lames W. Harris, Company H, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Martin B. Harris. Company A. 10.5th Indiana Infantry ( Morgan Raid ) : Company
A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Nathan H. Haskett. Company G. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Peter Hasting, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Clinton D. Hawhee, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Waitsel M. Heaton. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company
A and Sergeant Ma,jor. 139th Indiana Infantry: Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry
(Morgan Raid).
White Heaton, . 2nd Indiana Battery.
Charles Hewitt, Company B. 132nd Indiana Infantry.
Orville W. Hobbs. Company G. 133rd Indiana Infantry.
Wilson Hobbs. Major and Surgeon. S5th Indiana Infantry.
.John E. Hodson. Company F. 134th Indiana Infantry.
Alonzo Howard. Company L. liith New York Heavy Artillery; Company L and Com-
pany D. 1st New York Mounted Infantry: Company D, 4th New York Cavalry.
Thomas I. Howren Company D. 3()th Indiana Infantry.
Alonzo Hubliard. Company F. lUh Indiana Infantry (three months): Company A,
105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hldwin Hubbard. Company H, U9th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph L. Hubbard, , 19th Indiana Battery,
John W. Hudelson, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company A.
57th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Hudelson. Company K, 37th Indiana Infantry.
James Hutson, Company G. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
John James, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry,
beander M. James, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Michael Kaltenbaoh, Company A. 22nd Indiana Infantry.
John E. Keys, Companj B. 7th Indiana Cavalry.
William L. Kerr, Company F, 23rd Indiana Infantry; Company B, 13th Indiana
Cavalry.
George Kinder, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Levi Kiser. Company C. 3.5th Ohio Infantry.
William F. Lakln, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac C. Lemmon. Company I, 71st Ohio Infantry.
.lohn C. Leonard. Company L, 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as Isl Heavy Ar-
tillery.
William H. Leonard. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Abraham Level. Company B. 42nd Indiana Infantry.
*John F. McCarty, Company G. 16th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph P. McConnell. Company K. lOStli Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Com-
pany E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Milton McCray. Company K, 132nd Indiana Infantry.
George McDougal, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-ortanized.
William B. McGavran, Major and Surgeon, 26th Ohio Infantry,
Samuel H, McGuffin, Company H, 1 t7th Indiana Infantry.
John McNurney. Company A, Major Berry's Battalion, i\Iissouri Cavalry; Company
L, 1st Missouri Cavalry,
John H. May, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry: Company F, 84th Indiana In-
fantry.
.lohn W. .Mayes. Company E. 47th Ohio Infantry.
(Jeorge W. Meuser. , 2nd Indiana Battery.
Wallace Midkiff, Company B, 156th Indiana Infantry.
IIAZZAUDS inSTdKV OF HICNRV COUNTV. ri:;:>
William D. Mills, Company A. lOSth Inrliana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company A,
139th Indiana Infantry.
David Monticue, Company D. Stith Indiana Intantry,
Solomon R. Monticue, -. . 4th Indiana Battery.
Abraham Moore, Company B, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Mark M. Morris. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
William J. Morris, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John W. Musselman. Company H, Itith Indiana Infantry.
John W. Newby, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas E. Niles. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
La Fayette Ogborn, Company G, 12th Illinois Cavalry.
John Oldaker, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
David Osborn, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
George K. Otis, Company I, 54(h Indiana Infantry (three months).
Samuel W. Overman, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Thomas J. Owens, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Robert Parker, Company F, Sth Wisconsin Infantry.
Milton' Peden, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Colonel. 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Henry Perigo, Company F, 115th Indiana Intantry.
John Perry. Company B, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
*Marion Philpot. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Elihu Powell, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months): .
lyth Indiana Battery.
Henry C. Powell, , 22nd Indiana Battery.
James C. Pratt, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac Jtoberts, Company K. 3Hth Indiana Infantry.
William Roberts, Company C, 120th Indiana Infantry.
Newton Robinson, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Fernandez Rose. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry; Company H. 30th Indiana In-
fantry, re-organized.
Albert W. Saint. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Asa E. Sample. Company B. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Henry Schaffer, Company B, 156th Indiana Infantry.
Jesse R. Schofield, Company F, 69th Ohio Infantry.
Joseph F. Shultz, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Henry W. Simmons, Company A. 38fh Indiana Infantry.
John A. Simmons, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry: Comijany K. 132nd Indiana
Infantry.
William Simmons. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry: Company C. 9th Indiana
Infantry.
Peter 1). Sloat, Company K, 123rd Indiana Infantry.
Thomas M. Smith, Company G. 12th Kentucky Infantry.
James Steele, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months): Company G. 16th
Indiana Infantry.
Valentine Steiner, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Corwin Stites, Company K, 31st Indiana Infantry.
'William Stockdale, Company D, 4Sth Indiana Infantry.
Ben.iamin F. Stratton, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Com-
pany A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas M. Swain. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry: Company A. 139th Indiana
Infantry.
*Martin Trevillian. Company D. 6Sih Indiana Infantry.
Madison Tyer. Company I. 132nd Indiana Infantry.
Leroy Vallandigham, Company D. 79th Indiana Infantry.
Harry Watts, Company F. 24th Indiana Infantry.
Walter S. Weaver, Company H and Principal Musician, 147th Indiana Infantry.
(.)54 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Joshua T. C. Welborn. Company F. 11th Indiana Infantry; Company F, 84th Indiana
Noah B. White, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
James L. Whitesel. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months) : ,
2nd Indiana Battery.
Joseph M. Whitesel, Assistant Surgeon, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas B. Wilkinson. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Henry C. Woods, ^ . 19th Indiana Battery.
Jeremiah Woods. Company B. 99th Indiana Infantry.
Robert E. Woods, Company M, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
John Wysong, Company 1, 71st Ohio Infantry.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JEROME BONAPARTE MASON,
■^K^ iiM) LIEUTENANT COMPANY F, 84TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
Lieutenant Jerome Bonaparte Mason, son of Daniel and Nellie Mason, was
born in the year 1837 ^^ Knightstown. Indiana, but the exact date of his birth
is not now obtainable.
He was a brave, intrepid soldier and the first commissioned officer from
Knightstown and Wayne Township killed in the Civil War. Because of this
fact and to do honor to his name, the G. A. R. Post at Knightstown was named
the "Jerry B. Mason Post," "Jerry" being the name by which he was familiarly
known, but his correct name was as it appears at the beginning of this sketch.
He was instantlx- \<U\c(\ at the famous battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, on Sun-
da}- aftern(i(in, Stpteniber 20, 1863, at which time, being attached to the staff of
General Walter C Whitaker, who commanded the brigade, he was in the act of
carrying a message from the latter's headquarters to the headquarters of the
division commander, when he was struck in the forehead by a shell and the top
of his head torn ofif. When at home on furlough a shnrt time before this tragic
ending of his life, he told his wife and two or three nf his friends a (h't:nii Ik- had
and at its conclusion stated in bidding them goodbye, "I will never see you again."
The vision showed him with particularity the scene of the battle, what he was
doing at. the time and how he would be killed, and curiously enough was in
, accordance with the facts as they afterwards transpired.
From boyhood. Mason was interested in military affairs and in 1861 organized
a company of zouaves, than which there was no better drilled military organiza-
tion in the State.
His sword was saved from the battlefield and given into the possession of his
widow who died some years ago at Kansas City, Missouri. His wife was a
daughter of Dr. Hill who, at the beginning of the Civil War, was a resident
of Knightstown. They had but one child, a son, who is still living and engaged
in the railroad service in the West. Two of his brothers are also living, Robert
W. Mason, who is an inmate of the National i\Iilitary Home at Danville, Illinois,
and George W. Mason, who lives at Edina, Knox County, Missouri. The Post
at Knightstown is the owner of an excellent portrait of Lieutenant Mason, whose
remains are laid in the National Cemeterv at Chattanooga, Tennessee, having
been removed there from the battlefield when the National Cemetery was estab-
lished. Unfortunately, he is among the unknown dead, which results undoubtedly
from the fact that he was first buried by the Confederates who occupied the
field immediately after the battle.
MASON FAMILY. 1139220
The Masons were a martial family. Daniel Mason, Senior, scrvetl in the
War of 1812-15 with the Virginia Troops and afterwards moved to Indiana,
settling at Knightstown. His eight sons were all soldiers of the Civil War. They
went into the Federal Army from Knightstown, Ogden and vicinity, except Alex-
ander L. Mason, who at the beginning of the war was in Iowa and entered the
armv from that State. The record of each is as follows :
656 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Alexander L. Mason. Knightstown. Enlisted at .Muscatine. Muscatine
County. Iowa. Captain, Company C, First Iowa Infantrx'. .Mustered in May 14.
1861. Killed at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, .\ugust 10, 1861.
David A. Mason, Knig-htstown. Musician. Company F. 84th Indiana In-
fantry. Mustered in August 26, 1862. Mustered out Jime 14. 1865.
Daniel Mason, Ogden. Saddler, Company M, ijth Indiana Cavalry. .Mus-
tered in March i. 1864. Mustered out June 9. 1865.
George W. Mason, Knightstown. Vrivate, Company !•", Oth Indiana Infantry
(three months). Mustered in .\pril 22. 1861. Mustered out .\ugust 2. 1861.
.\gain enlisted, Private, Comjiany (1. 32nd Indiana Infantry, re-organized. Mus-
tered in February I. 1862. \'eteran. Mustered out September to, 1865. .
Jerome B. Mason, Knightstown. Second Lieutenant, Company F. 84th
Indiana Infantry. Mustered in September 3, 1862. Kijled at Chickamauga.
Georgia, September 20, 1863.
John Mason. Ogden. Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry. Mus-
tered in June 5, 1864. Appointed Musician. Mustered out September 29. 1864.
Robert W. ]\Iason, Ogden. Private. Company F. iTrth Indiana Infantry (one
year). Mustered in .\])ril 13, 18C11. Mustered out May 23. 1862. .\gain enlisted.
Corporal. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. .Mustered in August 21, 1862.
Mustered out June 14, 1865.
Thomas Mason. Knightstown. Private, Cumpany H. 52nd Indiana Infantry,
re-organized. Mustered in February i. 1862. Discharged, disability, Septeml)er
29, 1862.
(;f( )K(;f w. rader P( )ST. xo. uq. t;. a. r.. middletowx. ixdiaxa.
( ieorgc W. Rader Post, No. 119, Department of Indiana. Grand Arm\ of
the Republic, was organized and instituted at Middletown, Henry County, Indiana.
December 12. 1882, in Odd Fellows Hall, and was mustered in by Joseph P. IlitT,
of Sol Meredith Post. Xo. 55. Richmond, Indiana. The Post was named in honor
of the late Sergeant. George W. Rader, of Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry
(three years' service), a sketch of whose life and militarv service is fully set forth
at the conclusion of this article.
The following named comrades were present at the organization and became
charter members of the Post, viz ; John Baker, Samuel Barrett, Jonathan Brat-
tain, liurton W. Castetter. Isaac X. Gienoweth, Enoch Craig. John Dutton.
Joseph Dutton, Benjamin H. Davis, Theophilus Everett. James Graham, Joseph
Graves, Thomas J, Ginn, Joseph G. Gustin, Abram B. Hopper, David Jones.
Josiah McCormack. Peter ]\IcKenzie. William M. Moore, Thomas Morton, John
.\. Mundell, Flemmon T. W. Painter, Collier M. Reed, David Stewart, (7ieorge ^^■.
Tarkleson, Frederick Tykle, Richmond Wisehart, Joseph A. Young.
When the Post was first organized, it held weekly meetings but its rank;-
havi> been so thinned by death that only monthly meetings are now held.
The following were the Post officers from the organization in 1882 down to
and including the year 1904. The names of the commanders are arranged in the
order in which they served. The names of all other officers are arranged alpha-
betically.
HAZZAKU S IIISTURV ilF HENRY COUNTY.
Joseph A. Young, David Jones, Abram B. Hopper, Joseph A. Young, Benjamin H.
Davis, Alexander Abernathy, Peter McKenzie, Hiram B. Brattain, Joseph A. Young,
John R. Weaver, John Gibson, Isaac H. Miller, Thomas J. Ginn, Jonathan Brattain, Bur-
ton W. Castetter, Joseph A, Young, Benjamin H. Davis, Elisha M. Hanby, Andrew J.
Fleming, Collier M. Reed.
SKXIOR VICK CO.MMAXDEKS.
Late Bel). Hiram B. Brattain, Jonathan Brattain, Benjamin H. Davis, Andrew J.
Fleming, Thomas J. Ginn, Joseph G. Gustin, Elisha M. Hanby, David Jones, Peter Mc-
Renzie, Isaac H. Miller, David M. Painter, Collier M. Reed. Sanford Whitworth, Richmond
Wisehart.
.irxlOR \ ICK CIIM.MANDERS.
John Balier, Hiram B. Brattain, Benjamin H. Davis. John Gibson. Thomas J. Ginn.
Joseph G. Gustin. Elisha M. Hanby. William H. Morgan. John Mundell, Collier M. Reed,
Jacob Warnock.
.SUEtiEO.XS.
Joseph G. Gustin. Peter McKenzie. Isaac H. Miller, William H. .Morgan, Collier M.
Reed, James H. Welsh.
C]1.\PL.\I>S.
Alexander Abernathy, Perry J. Albright. Benamin H. Davis, John J. Noftsinger,
William H. Pierce. George W. Tarkleson.
Late Bell. Burton W. Castetter. Benjamin H. Davis, Abram B. Hopper, David Jones,
John R. Weaver. Joseph A'. Young. Robert A. Young.
QU.'VRTEKM.VSTERS.
Isaac N. Chenowetb. Benjamin H. Davis, Joseph Dutton. John Gibson. Elisha M.
Hanby. Frederick Tykle. John R. Weaver. James H. Welsh. Robert A. Young.
OFFICERS OF THE D.iY.
Hiram B. Brattain, Burton W. Castetter, Benjamin H. Davis, John Gibson. Thomas
J. Ginn. Elisha M. Hanby. Abram B. Hopper, Thomas Morton, John J. Noftsinger. Charles
C. Bhedron, John R. Weaver, Richmond Wisehart, Joseph A. Young.
Jonathan Brattain, George H. Brown, James R. Diltz. Joseph Dulton. John Gibson,
Joseph G. Gustin. Amos McGuire. Russell B. Sharp.
SF.B(ir..\XTS MA.J0R.
Isaac H. ililler. William M. iloore, Collier M. Reed, Levi P. Shoemaker. Jacob War-
nock.
i;rAR'l'EEM.\STER SERGEANTS.
John Baker. Thomas Morton. Collier M. Reed. Cyrus Van Matre.
OFFICERS FOR TUE YEAR 1905.
Commander, Lafe Bell; Senior Vice Commander, Joseph Graves; Junior Vice Com-
mander, Hiram B. Brattain; Surgeon, Peter McKenzie; Chaplain, Cyrus Van Matre; Adju-
tant, Joseph A. Young; Quartermaster, John R. Weaver; Officer of the Day. Benjamin H.
Davis; Officer of the Guard, John J. Noftsin.ger; Sergeant Major, Jacob Warnock: Quar-
termaster Sergeant, Collier M. Reed.
658 hazzard's history of henry county.
The following is believed to be a complete list or roster of all, who have been
or are now, members 'of the Post. In the several alphabetical lists of
soldiers and sailors, set ont elsewhere in this History, will be found a
more detailed statement of the service in the Army and Navy of each comrade
who is entitled to further mention in the History of Henry County.
POST MESIBER.S.
Alexander Abernathy, Company G, 21st Indiana Infantry; Company .M, 9th Indiana
Calvary.
James T. Abshlre, Company F, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Perry J. Albright, Company B, 110th Ohio Infantry.
Henry Alspaugh, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
George P. Atkinson, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John Baker, Company E, 1st Heavy Artillery. U. S. C. T.
Philip Barkdnll, Company I, 142nd Indiana Infantry.
Philip N. Barrett, Company I, 193rd Ohio Infantry.
Samuel Barrett, Company B, 118th Indiana Infantry.
John G. Bartow, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry: Company H. 147th Indiana
Infantry.
Benjamin F. Benbow, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Lafe Bell, Company F, 53rd Kentucky Infantry.
David Bowers, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Bowers Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company B.
130th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Brandon. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company
G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Hiram B. Brattain. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Company H.
fi9th Indiana Infantry.
Jonathan Brattain. Company E, 34th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas C. Burton. Company E, 50th Indiana Infantry.
Silas Byram, Company K. 34th Ohio Infantry; Company G, 17th Regiment, V. R.
Corps.
John B. Campbell, , 4th Indiana Battery.
Burton W. Castetter, Company B, 48th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac N. Chenoweth. Company P, 124th Indiana Infantry.
John R. Clevenger. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Jonathan J. Clevenger, Company G, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Robert K. Collins. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Company 1.
'i9?h Indiana Infantry.
Adam Eli Conn, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry: , 25th Indiana
Battery.
Imla W. Cooper, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Enoch Craig. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry ( .Morgan Raid ) : Company E.
Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Samuel Craig, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Peter Crasher, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company E.
Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Benjamin H. Davis, Company C. 155th Indiana Infantry.
James R. Diltz, Company I, 44th Indiana Infantry.
William Downs, Company D. 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
John Dutton, , 3rd Ohio Independent Battery.
Joseph Dutton, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Peter Eaton, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Richard J. Edleman, , 12th Indiana Battery.
Cyrus Ellingwood, Company I. 8th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
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riieophilus Everett. , Magrucler's Battery (Mexican War.i ; Company
D, L'nd Indiana Cavalry; Company K, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Andrew J. Fleming, Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
William R. Fleming, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
William M. Gardner, Company G, 69th Indiana Infantry.
John Gibson. Company K, 12th Indiana Cavalry.
Job B. Ginn, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Jonathan J. Ginn, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas J. Ginn, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Richard S. Gossett, Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
William Gossett, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company E,
8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
James Graham, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
.Joseph Grave?, Company H, (;9th Indiana Infantry.
William Griffith, Company E. 40th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac Grove, Company K, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Company H, G9th
Indiana Infantry; Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph G. Gustin, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Rlisha M. Hanby, Company F. 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Henry W. Higley, Company G, 3rd Missouri Cavalry,
,Iohn Hodson, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
.Jacob Holsinger, Company G, 110th Ohio Infantry.
Abram B. Hopper, Compa;ny G, 39th Ohio Infantry.
Herbert Hunt, Company C, 57th Indiana Infantry,
Joseph Hurst, Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Jacobs. Company A, 91st Ohio Infantry.
George W. Jennln.gs. Company K, lOth Indiana Infantry.
Gary Jester, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Stevan John, Company L, Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
David Jones, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Richard J. Laboyteaux, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
KJza Lanham, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Mor.gan Raid).
^\'illiam Latchaw. Company D. 87th Indiana Infantry; Company D, 42nd Indiana
Infantry.
Alfred D. W. Leavens, Company K, Sth Illinois Cavalry.
Thomas N. Lewis, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry: Company H. 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Gambral Little, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry,
Joseph P. McConnell, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Com-
pany E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Andrew J. McCormack, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Josiah McCormack, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Amos McGuire. Company B, 12th Indiana Infantry.
Peter McKenzie, Company E, 91st Ohio Infantry.
Jonathan May, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
David T. Miller, Company I, 9th New Jersey Infantry-
Isaac H. Miller, . Record incomplete in this History.
Samuel H. Mills, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Andrew J. Minnick, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel A. Mitchell, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Abraham Moore. Company B, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
William M. Moore, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid) ; Company
F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Mor.gan, Company E, 38th Illinois Infantry; , U. S. Signal
Corps.
T,Jiomas Morton, Company F, U. S. Mounted Rifles (Mexican War) ; Company C and
Colonel. 20th Ohio Infantry; Colonel. Slst Ohio Infantry.
OOO HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
John A. Mimdell, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Lewis E. Myers. Company H, l.i3rd Indiana Infantry.
Solomon Myers, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac Needham. Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry: Company F, 7th Indiana Cavalry,
re-organized.
Joshua Needham. Company E. U)th Indiana Infantry: Company E, 20th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
William H. Nelson. Company E. Uyth Ohio Infantry: Company M. 13th Ohio Cav-
alry.
Peter Netz, Company A. .')4th Indiana Infantry (one year); Company D. 2nd Ohio
Heavy Artillery.
Eubebius A. L. Nixon, , 13th Indiana Battery.
John J. Noftsinger. Company K. ISSth Ohio Infantry.
David M. Painter. Company E. flth Indiana Cavalry.
F'lemmon T. W. Painter. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years): Company
F, 10th Indiana Cavalry.
William M. Paty, Company C. 117th Indiana Infantry: Company D. 35th Indiana
Infantry.
Jesse Pearson, Company A. 19th Indiana Infantry: Company I. 2uth Indiana In-
fantry, re-organized.
Alfred M. Pence, Company H. lliith Indiana Infantry.
William H. Pierce, Company H, Slth Indiana Infantry.
Collier M. Reed, Company C. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Daniel Rent, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
George D. Rent. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
John H. Rent. Company F. .57th Indiana Infantry.
Levi Ricks, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company H. Ifntli
Indiana Infantry.
Afred Riggs. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
William H. H. Rohrback. Company E, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade In-
fantry.
George W. Sanders. . 25th Indiana Battery.
Henry Saunders, Company H, 110th Indiana Infantry.
Loveless Seward, Company B. 2nd Indiana Cavalry: Company B, 2nd Indiana Cav-
alry, re-organized.
Russell B. Sharp. Company F. (i(ith Ohio Infantry.
Charles C. Shedron. Company H. 09th Indiana Infantry.
John W. Sherry. Company H. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months) : Company D, 2nd
Indiana Cavalry: Company I, Sth Regiment. 1st Ai-niy Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
William P. Sherry, Company K, 3i;th Indiana Infantry: Company H. 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
John M. Shoemaker. Company H. 09th Indiana Infantry.
John P. Shoemaker. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Company
B. 134th Indiana Infantry.
Levi P. Shoemaker. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry j three years).
John W. Shroyer. Company D. S^th Indiana Infantry.
David Stewart, Company 'G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
William K. Sweet. Company G. 40th Ohio Infantry: Company K. 51st Ohio Infantry.
George W. Tarkleson. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Ethan S. Taylor, Company D. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Frederick Tykle. Company G and I, 4th Infantry V. S. A. (Mexican War) : Company
B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three
years); Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Cyrus Van Matre, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Company E.
Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Joseph Walling. Company B. 134th Indiana Infantry.
Noah W. Warner, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three monlhs): Comiiany H.
(jyth Indiana Infantry.
Jacob Warnock. Company C. luyth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company G,
7th Indiana Cavalry.
John R. Weaver, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
James H. Welsh, Assistant Surgeon U. S. A.; Assistant Surgeon lS.5th Ohio Infantry.
William H. West. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Company C.
I(i9th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company F. 124tli Indiana Infantry.
John W. Whitworth, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years i .
Sanford Whitworth, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry: Company F, 7th Indiana
Cavalry, re-organized.
Robert H. Wilson. Company C. 15(ith Ohio Infantry.
David E. Windsor. Company I, 99th Indiana Infantry,
Richmond Wisehart. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
William Wisehart, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Albert N. Yost, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months) ; Company G, S4th
Indiana Infantry; Company K. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph A. Young, Company C, l(J9th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company
G, 7th Indiana Cavalry,
Robert A. Young. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry; Company H. 147th Indiana
Infantry.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON RADER.
SERGEANT. fOMPAN'i- K. 8tH INFANTRY REGIMENT. INDIANA X'OI.UNTEERS (THREE
years).
Jesse Rader, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Rockingham
County, Virginia, March 4, 1806. In 1832 he was united in marriage with Diana
Hoover, daughter of a wealthy farmer of Rockingham County. In 1835 they
migrated to Indiana and entered one hundred acres of land in Henry County,
immediately south of Middletown. Very little of the land was at that time
cleared, most of it being heavily timbered. Middletown was then composed of a
few log houses, a postoffice, blacksmith shop and a general store. The Raders
commenced housekeeping in a log cabin but soon built a two-story house of
hewed logs, and this in those early days was considered a rather pretentious
dwelling. They both worked at clearing the farm and raising such produce as
thev could dispose of, the nearest markets being Columbus and Cincinnati. Ohio.
.\fter their land had been all cleared, forty acres of woodland were added to
it and hcri' they cuitiiiued to reside, leading quiet and uneventful but honorable
and useful livrs. I'liuy administered to the sick and assisted in the last rites to
the dead, ciimfortcd those in trouble and exercised a broad charity that knew no
distinction of person or creed. Churches and schools were few and scattered but
their children received the best education the locality afforded and the home
was thrown open to worshippers of God and was made the circuit rider's stopping
place at which regular religious services were held.
To the union of Jesse and Diana (Hoover) Rader were born four daughters
and one son. Amanda, the oldest daughter, was married in 1852 to Robert R.
Van Winkle, who lived in the Middletown neighborhood. He became a soldier
of the Civil War, enlisting in Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. He was
mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, August 19, 1862. and
participated in all the marches, skirmishes and battles of his regiment until
mustered out May 23, 1865. Sarah, the second daughter, was married in 1855
to Dr. David Toops. Mary, the youngest daughter, was married in 1867 to
IMadison Grose. The last named was a soldier of the Civil War, whose services
are recounted more at length in connection with the life of his father. General
William Grose, in the chapter of this History relating to General Officers.
Mr. and j\Irs. Jesse Rader were members of the United Brethren Church
and devout Christians. After the marriage of their daughters and the death of
their only son in the Civil War, feeling themselves growing too old for the
labors of the farm, they sold it and bought property in Middletown, where they
retired for the remainder of their lives. Jesse Rader died in March, 1885. and
his widow. Diana CHoover) Rader, died four years later, in ;\Iay, 1889.
GEORGE ^^•.\SHINGrON RADER.
George Washington Rader. the subject of this sketch, was the only son of
Jesse and Diana (Hoover) Rader and was born on his parents' farm near Mid-
dletown. Henry County, Indiana, August 17, 1841, where he grew to manhood,
assisting in the work of the farm and receiving such education as the schools of
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hazzard's history of kenry county. 663
Middletown afiforded. On the threshold of maturity, he was met by the country's
call to arms and with the ardor of youth, he plunged into that mighty struggle.
He was active in recruiting and organizing what became Company E, 8th Indiana
Infantry, three years' service, and was himself mustered into the service of the
United States, as a Sergeant of that company, September 5, 1861. He was in ill
health during much of his service in the army but never faltered in the perform-
ance of duty. He participated in all the marches, skirmishes and battles of his
regiment until the 22nd day of May, 1863, when, in the general assault on Vicks-
burg, one of his legs was broken near the knee by a minie ball. He was taken
to the hospital at the Furgasbn House where the leg was amputated. The injury
was mortal and five days later, on May 27, 1863, he passed away and his remains
were buried on the battlefield by his comrades. Thus ended the brave and youthful
life of one who had been the hope and joy of his parents.
After the war, when a grateful people established the National Cemetery at
Mcksburg as a burial place for the honored dead who had fallen in the struggle
for possession of that place, the remains of George Washington Rader were
removed from their original burial place and reinterred in the National Cemetery,
in Section G, Grave No. 4965.
When the armed hosts of the nation had conquered peace, his returned com-
rades remembered the gallant young soldier and perpetuated his memory in the
name of the George W. Rader Post. No. 119, Grand .\rmy of the Republic.
W II.I.IAM J. IIIIJ.IGOSS.
Connected with the Rader family by marriage was that meritorious soldier
of the Civil War. William J- Hilligoss. He was of German-Scotch ancestry but
was himself born in Rush County, Indiana, October 3, 1837. He removed to
Madison County, Indiana, with his father, where he worked on the farm and
was educated in the district schools and at the jMarion Academy.
During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company G, 75th Indiana, Infantry, and
was mustered into the service of the United States, as a Sergeant of the company,
July 28, 1862. His regiment was brigaded with the 87th and loist Indiana
Infantry, constitutijig the famous "Indiana Brigade." which was the 2nd Brigade,
3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He participated with
his regiment in the TuUahoma Campaign and the march towards Chattanooga and
was wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. During the Atlanta
Campaign, he especially distinguished himself. He participated in Sherman's
"March to the sea," and the campaign through the Carolinas and the final events
of the war. April 26, 1364, he was promoted First Lieutenant of his company
and was mustered out of the service June 8, 1865.
In August, 1862, a few days after his enlistment in the army, he was united
in marriage with Elizabeth Rader, the third daughter of Jesse and Diana
(Hoover) Rader. _ After his return from the war, they resided at Middletown,
where for six years Mr. Hilligoss was engaged in business. They then moved
to Bluffton, Wells County, where he practiced law. In 1877 he took charge of
the Huntington Democrat, as business manager and editor but sold out the
business in 1885. In 1882 he was elected to the Indiana State Senate from the
district composed of Huntington and Wells counties. In politics he had been a
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Republican until 1872 when, in common with many others, during the Hberal
movement of that time, he joined tlie Democrats. In 1886 JMr. HilHgoss bought
an interest in the Anderson Herald and moved with his family to that city. He
was in charge of the paper for a short time only, for in December. 1886, he
was appointed Chief of the Eastern Division, in the Pension Department, Wash-
ington City, where they went to live. In 1889 Mr. and Mrs. Hilligoss. returned
to Indiana, .where he bought an interest in the Muncie Herald and afterwards
engaged in the law and real estate business in that city until his death which
occurred January 19, 1901.
During their residence at Middietown, Henry County, two daughters were
l)orn to Mr. and ^Irs. Hilli.goss. Luetta, the younger daughter, was married in
January, 1887, to W. G. !\IcEdward. an official of the Erie Railroad. In June
of the same year, the elder daughter, De Lenna, died in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Hilligoss was, during his later years, greatly interested in the cause of
temperance and religion. He was an earnest and devout member of the Methodist
Episcopal Oiurch. Upon his death, the funeral ceremonies were helcl in that
church under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity and the Grand Army of
the Republic, of both of which organizations he was a member. His remains were
interred at Anderson.
HARMON R.\YL POST. XO. 360, G, A. R.. SPICELAXD. IXDTAX.V.
Harmon Rayl Post, Xo. 360, Department of Indiana. Grand .\rmv of the
Republic, was organized and instituted at Spiceland, Henr\- County, Indiana.
June 17, 1884, and was mustered in by Colonel Edward H. Wolfe, of Joel Wolfe
Post, X'o. 81. Rushville. Rush County, Indiana, assisted by Thomas J. Lindley.
of Lookout Post. X'o. 133, Noblesville, Hamilton County. Indiana. The
Post was named for and in honor of Harmon Rayl, late of Com-
pany A, 36th Indiana Infantr\-, a sketch of whose life and military service is full\-
set -forth at the conclusion of this article.
The following named comrades were present at the organization and became
charter members of the Post, viz: Samuel Berry, Jesse Bunker., John F. Camplin.
George W. Conrad, Francis M. Crull, James Davy, Martin Deem, John Eastridge.
Hugh L. English, Alpheus Fawcett, Andrew Fifer, Nathan Foster, Qarkson
Gordon, John N. Leamon, William H. Lewis, Charles H. C. Moore, Louis P.
;\loore, William A. Pate. William 'Reynolds. William Rhinewalt, Xelson G. Smith.
John .\. Spencer, Thomas M. Swain and Thomas P.. A'an Dyke.
The regular meetings of the I'ost are held on the first and third Saturday
nights of each month.
In February. 1892. the records, paraphernalia and other property of the
Post were destroyed by fire. There has been no sergeant major nor quartermaster
sergeant of this Post since the fire, which is no doubt owing to the small member-
ship of the Post and for this reason neither of these officers is enumerated in the
history of the Post. The fire, unfortunate and disastrous as it was, did not dispel
the ardor of its members. The ruins which they sadl\- contemplated only served
to give them fresh strength and from that fatal hour down to the present time,
the Post has kept its loyalty and integrity of purpose and today, though small in
iIA7,ZAR[?S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 6(>5
minibers. it ranks in comparative strens^th with any other Post in the De])artment
^)t Indiana.
Tlic followini;- were the Post officers from the organization in 1884 down tn
anil inchidini;- the vear 1904. The names nf aU of the officers are arranged
alphabetically.
CCI.MM ANDERS.
George P. Beaeh, James \V. Black, William L. Cooper, Alphens Fawcett. Nathan
Foster. Clarkson Gordon, Micajah C. Gordon. Erie Lamb, Eli F. Millikan, Frank Millis,
William Rhinewalt, Albert W. Saint. .John A. Spencer. Thomas E. Taylor. .Johnson A.
White. Richmond Wisehart.
SKNIOI! \ ICK IdXr M.VNDK.RS.
George P. Beach, Wesley Copeland. John N. Leamon, Frank Millis, Peter Rifner,
John A. Spencer, Thomas E. Taylor.
.irXIOli VU'K COMM.WDKRS.
William D. Ball. James Davy, Alpheus Fawcett, Nathan Foster. Erie Lamb, Peter
Rifner, John A, Spencer, Thomas E. Taylor.
William D, Ball, George P. Beach, John Eastridge, Andrew J. Spron,g. Rol)ert A.
ith. Thomas E. Taylor, Johnson A. White.
James W. Black, William A. Darling, Clarkson Gordon, Erie
Smith,
Clarkson Gordon. Eli F. Millikan, Peter Rifner.
<(i'.\r.TKini.\sTi:i!s.
George P. Beach. James W, Black, Clarkson Gordon,
OFKICKKS (IF TIIK r>.\V.
Alpheus Fawcett. Nathan Foster.
Wesley Copeland. John Eastridge. William Jenkins, Erie Lamb, John Millis, John
A. Spencer. Thomas E. Taylor.
(The fore.going record of officers is from and imlnding the meeting held in John
Eastridge's harness shop, March 26. 1S92. and ilic nicciini; held in the street. May 14. 1892.
Officers for 1892 not given, the records havini; lieen de^^noyed by tire. The commanders,
however, are given from the organization of tlie Post, the same having been compiled
from the records of the Department Assistant Adjutant General at Indianapolis).
OFFICKHS FOK THE YEAR 1905.
Commander. Erie Lamb; Senior Vice Commander, Thomas E. Taylor; Junior Vice
Commander. Frank Millis; Surgeon, Orville W. Hobbs; Chaplain, James W. Black; Adju-
tant, Eli F, Millikan; Quartermaster. Clarkson Gordon; Officer of the Day. Nathan Fos-
ter; Officer of the Guard, John A. Spencer.
The following is believed to be a complete list or roster of all who have been
xjr are now, members of the Post. In the several alphabetical lists of
soldiers and sailors, set out elsewdiere in this History, will be t'ound a
666 hazzard's history of henry county.
more detailed statement of the service in the Army and Xavv of each comrade who
is entitled to further mention in the History of Henry County.
POST MEMBERS.
Alexander Abernathy, Company (}. 21st Indiana Infantry; Company M, 9th Indiana
Calvary.
William T. Addison, Company U, 16th Indiana Infantry.
William D. Ball, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
George P. Beach. Company A, Stith Indiana Infantry.
David W. Berry, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Berry, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
James W. Black, Company B. 18Hth Indiana Infantry: Company H. 147th Indiana
Infantry.
Seely A. Black, Company C. .57lh Indiana Infantry.
Wsley R. Brandon, Company B, 71st Ohio Infantry.
Francis M. Brown, Company F, 1st U. S. Sharpshooters.
George R. Bundy. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Jesse Bunker, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry: Company C. 147th Indiana In-
fantry.
Zachariah Burden, Company F, Sth U. S. C. T.
Cary Campbell, . Record Incomplete in this Historq.
John F. Camplin, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
William H. Chance. . Record incomplete in this History.
Joel Collins, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Conrad, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Company H, 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Eli Coon, Company H, 72nd Indiana Infantry; Company A, 44th Indiana Infantry.
John Coon, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
William L. Cooper, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raidl; Company
A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Wesley Copeland. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas J. Cox. Company I. 37th Indiana Infantry.
Francis M. Crull, Company H, Sth Iowa Infantry; Company E. 106th Indiana In-
fantry (Morgan Raid).
William A. Darling. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry; Company H, 147th Indi-
ana Infantry.
James Davy. Company C. 47th Indiana Infantry.
Martin Deem. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Marshall Dill, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
John Eastridge, Company G, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hugh L. English, Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry.
Alpheus Fawcett. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry; Company H, 140th Indiana
Infantry.
Andrew Fifer, Company B. 89th Indiana Infantry.
Nathan Foster, Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Frederick E. Glidden. Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Truman Goldsbary. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Clarkson Gordon, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Company A, 4th Regiment.
1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Micajah C. Gordon, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas Gray, , 4th Indiana Battery.
William C. Hall, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas S. Haugh, Company K, 52nd Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
John R. Henry, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Branson Hiatt, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); .
4th Indiana Battery.
Orville W. Hobbs, Company (J. 133rd Indiana Infantry.
William Jenkins, Company K, 14th U. S. C. T.
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John D. Julian, Company C, Stith Indiana Infantry.
John Kirby, Company E and H, 92nd Ohio Infantry.
Allen M. Kirk. Company B, 98th Ohio Infantry.
Brie Lamb, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas Lawrence, Company C, 28th U. S. C. T.
John N. Leanion, Company B, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
James J. Lewis, . Record incomplete in this History.
William H. Lewis, Company A, 3«th Indiana Infantry.
Wlllard H. Loring, . Record incomplete in this History.
Dwight G. Loucks, Company H, 112th New York Infantry.
Lambert JMacy, , ISlh Indiana Battery.
William H. Macy, Company D, Sfith Indiana Infantry.
Kli P. Millikan, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Frank Millis, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Henry Modlin. Company C, 28th U. S. C. T.
Sonney Modlin, Company B, 2Sth U. S. C. T.
Charles H. C. Moore. Company A. 3(ith Indiana Infantry: Company K. 11th Indiana
Infantry.
Josiah B. Moore, Company A, 3iith Indiana Infantry: Company H. SOth Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Louis P. Moore, Company K. tiTth Illinois Infantry: Company A, 139th Indiana
Infantry.
William B. Newby, Company D. 3t;th Indiana Infantry.
King Outland, Company A, 2Sth U. S. C. T.
William A. Pate, Company H, (JBth Indiana Infantry,
Amos E. Pennington, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Com-
pany A, ISath Indiana Infantry.
Albert W. Poarch, Company D, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Henry C. Powell, , 22nd Indiana Battery,
Amos Ray, . Record incomplete in this History.
Henry C. Reece. Company B, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.
William Reynolds, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
William Rhinewalt, , 18th Indiana Battery.
Peter Rifner, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry; Troop G, Gth Cavalry. U. S. A.
Albert W. Saint, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Nelson G. Smith, Company F, 99th Indiana Infantry; Company F. 48th Indiana
Infantry.
Robert A. Smith, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
David Spencer, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
John A. Spencer, Company D, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Andrew J. Sprong, Company G. 36th Indiana Infantry.
James M. Starbuck. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Benjamin A. Stewart, Company C, 82nd Indiana Infantry.
John Stigleman. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas M. Swain, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry: Company A, 139th Indiana
Infantry.
Thomas E. Taylor. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year) : Company B, 21st
Indiana Infantry re-organized as 1st Heavy Artillery.
William Trail, Company I, 28th U. S. C. T.
Nathan Upham, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas B. Van Dyke, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson A. White, Company E, 87th Ohio Infantry.
Henry B. Wiggins, Company K, 37th Indiana Infantry.
Richmond Wisehart. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
John R. Winkler, Company C, Sth Kentucky Infantry.
Isaac N. Wright, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
James S. Young. Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry: Company K, 57th Indiana
Infantry.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HARMOX RAVL. .
PRIVATE, COMPANY A. 36TH INFANTRY RF.C.IMENT. TNIllAN A \()H-NTEERS.
Harmon Ravi was born in Guilford County, North Carolina. October 4.
1839. and in earlv childhood came with his parents, Zadoc and Delilah Ravi, to
Henry County, where he grew to manhood, working on his father's farm, two
miles southwest of Spiceland. He attended the country and town schools during
the Winter months and obtained a fair education for the time in which he lived.
Having become of age a short time prior to the memorable Presidential contest
of i860, he had the privilege of casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.
In the Summer of the following year, when President Lincoln called for
three hundred thousand volunteers, Harmon Rayl became aroused to the gigantic
nature of the struggle to preserve the L'nion and resolved to give all the aid
within his power to the President, whom he had helped to elect. He enlisted in
Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry, on September 16. 1861, and participated in
all the campaigns of that noted regiment up to and including the battle of Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee. Here he was greatly exposed to the inclemency of the
weather and subjected to such terrible hardships during the campaign, that he-
was at last taken ill with brain fever, which terminated his life at \Miitcsidcs.
Tennessee. December 18, 1863.
His remains were brought iKmie and interred in the old cemetery at Spice-
land. .^ suitable monument marks the last resting place of this genial, whole-
souled and patriotic young man. He was a favorite in his social circle, a brave
soldier and the light and life of the camp. He yielded up his life, at the age of
twenty four years, for the preservation of the L'nion.
When the Spiceland Post. Grand Army of the Republic, was instituted, it
was unanimously agreed to name it Harmon Rayl Post, in honor of the comrade
who had shed such lustre upon the annals of his township.
.\n excellent picture of the deceased was presented to the Post b\' his father.
Zaddc Ravi, hut it was destroyed in the fire which consunie<l the property of the
Post in 1802.
Surviving Harmon Rayl, there remain of his family, .\lpheus Rayl. a bnither,
and Mrs. Thomas K. ?ilillikan, a sister, living at Spiceland, and Clarkson Rayl,
another brother, who resides at Carmel. Hamilton County. Imliana.
HEXRY COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF A'ETERANS
OF THE CRTL WAR.
Late in the year igo2. the George W. Lennard Post, ("irand .\rniy of the_
Republic, gf New Castle, conceived the idea of a county association of veterans
of the Civil War, with the double purpose of recruiting and strengthening the
Grand Army and of getting better acquainted with each other, and keeping in
closer touch than they had heretofore been able to do.
It was argued in the Post that many soldiers in the county belonged to
organizations so widelv scattered as to make it impracticable for them to ever
meet in regiment.al or battery re-union with their own comrades and that they
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were for that reason liable to drop out and be lost sight of altogether. It was
expected that this association would take care of all such soldiers, know who they
were, where the}- were and, if they should die or remove from the county, the
\-ice-president of the township in which they lived would report such fact to the '
secretary of the association. In this way a complete record would be kept of evcrv
soldier in the county.
The argument was so convincing that a committee consisting of William 1!.
Cock, Thomas W. Gronendyke and Henry C. Elliott was appointed to call a
meeting. Invitations were issued and the call published in all of the county papers
and on Saturday, November 22, 1902, the first meeting was held. The day was
an unfavorable one, a rainstorm keeping many away. However, eighty four
comrades registered, which, under the circumstances, was considered very en-
couraging.
William B. Bock called the meeting to order and stated the object of assemb-
ling. Thomas W. Gronendyke was elected temporary President and Henry C.
l'311iott. Secretary. A committee on organization and nomination of officers, con-
sisting of Albert W. Saint, Joseph M. Lacy, Samuel W. Overman, Harvey B.
Chew and John H. Templin, was appointed to report after dinner. A number of
short speeches, favorable to the new movement, made by different comrades,
provoked such enthusiasm that success was assured. Adjournment was then
had to the Knights of Pythias Hall where the ladies of the Women's Relief Corps
had prepared a grand banquet. The comrades all repaired there and soon con-
vinced the ladies that their efforts were appreciated.
The afternoon session was called to order at i 130 o'clock and the committee
on organization reported as follows :
"We recommend that this organization be known as the 'Henry County
.\ssociation of Veterans of the Civil War,' and that the officers consist of a Presi-
dent, a Secretary, and a Vice-President from each township in the county, and
that we hold meetings annually : that we also recommend Thomas W. Gronendyke
for President, to serve one year, and Henry C. Elliott for Secretary, to serve for
a like period, and that we recommend the follnwing \ice-Presidents for the
several townships :
Blue River Township Henry H. Moore.
Dudley Township Joseph M. Lacy.
Fall Creek Township ; Jacob Warnock.
Franklin Township John F. Camplln.
Greensboro Township Harvey B. Chew.
Harrison Township , John W. McCormack.
Henry Township 'William M. Pence.
Jefferson Township John W. Whitworth.
Liberty Township John Perry.
Prairie Township John A. Powers.
Spiceland Township Erie Lamb.
Stony Creek Township John H. Templin.
Wayne Township Samuel W. Overman."
(7)n motion of Leander S. Dcnius, the report of the committee was adopted
and a collection, sufficient to defra\- expenses, was taken u|i. The exercises of the
day followed, consisting of recitations b\- the Misses Helen Gronendvke, Edvthe
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King and Harriet Xardin. a song by Edith Gronendyke, and short but lively
speeches, after the manner of camp fire talks, by David T. King, Caleb Lamb,
fSenjamin A. Stewart, George Hazzard (author of this History) and others. On
motion of Mahlon D. Harvey, a vote of thanks was tendered the young ladies for
their songs and recitations, after which the meeting adjourned to meet on the call
of the President.
The "bean supper," prepared by the Women's Relief Corps, was well
patronized by the comrades and citizens generally and all left with the feeling that
the initial meeting had been a grand success.
The second meeting of the association was held in the G. A. R. Hall, New
Castle, on Tuesday. October 6, 1903. At this meeting one hundred ex-soldiers
registered. President Thomas W. Gronendyke called the meeting to orde*- at
10 :30 o'clock and the session was opened with an invocation by Chaplain David
T. King, after which the President appointed the following committee on resolu-
tions : Albert W. Saint, of Henry Township ; James M. Mercer, of Liberty Town-
ship ; John W. ?iIcCormack, of Harrison Township ; Clarkson Gordon, of Spice-
land Township, and Jacob Warnock, of Fall Creek Township. He also appointed
the following committee on nominations : Eli F. Millikan, of Spiceland Township ;
Leonard H. Craig, of Prairie Township, and Isaac N. Wright, of Dudlev Town-
ship.
Elihu T. Mendenhall made a motion that a committee be appointed to present
the matter of a county soldiers' monument to the Board of County Commissioners
and the County Council, which was adopted and Elihu T. Mendenhall, Erie Lamb,
Jacob Warnock, Pearson Loer and John W. Whitworth were appointed as such
committee, after si^eeches favorable to the project had been made by Richmond
Wisehart. Pearson Loer, 'Leander M. James and Joseph M. Brown. The meet-
ing was then entertained with musical selections by George M. Barnard and
Miss Mary Smith. The ladies of the Methodist Church served an excellent
dinner in the Knights of Pythias Hall, which was heartily complimented by all.
A goodly number of citizens honored the association with their presence and
took a lively interest in the proceedings.
At the afternoon session, the committee on resolutions made the following-
report :
"Resolved, by the Henry County Association of A'eterans of the Civil War.
that we favor a continuance of this organization of old soldiers to the end that
we- may keep in touch with each other, renew acquaintances formed in other
years and insist that' justice be done our comrades in the way of more liberal
pensions.
"Resolved, that we favor a pension of not less than twelve dollars per month
for all honorably discharged L'nion soldiers and sailors who have reached the age
of sixty years and who served not less than ninety days, and that a like pension
be allowed to the widows of such soldiers and sailors, provided they did not
marry said soldier later than June 27, 1890.
"Resolved, that we urge our senators and representatives in Congress to do
all in their power to secure this much needed legislation for worthy comrades
who can never get justice under the existing laws.
"Resolved, that the thanks of this association be tendered the members of the
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Kniohts of Pythias Lodge for the use of their magnificent hall in which to hold
its meetings'; to George j\I. Barnard and Miss Mary Smith for the musical enter-
tainment, and to any and all others who aided in carrying out a most successful
]irogram."
The committee on nomination,s reported in favor of Henry C. Elliott for
President and Albert ^^■. Saint for Secretary, each to serve for one year, which
was concurred in by the meeting.
The session was brought to a close with short speeches, songs and hand-
shaking among the comrades.
The third and last meeting recorded in this History was held in the Court
House, New Castle, Tuesday, October ii, 1904. The announcement that Daniel
R. Lucas, Department Commander of the G. A. R., would be present served to
call out a large crowd of citizens as well as ex-soldiers anxious to honor him
by their presence. The attendance of veterans reached high water mark at this
meeting, one hundred and ten affixing their names to the register, but the shaky
signatures told only too plainly of advancing age and feeble bodies. It may be
remarked that a goodly number of comrades, living within sight of the Court
House, were by reason of wounds or other disabilities imable to meet their old
comrades at this annual gathering.
The meeting was called to order at one o'clock by President Henry C. Elliott
and the session opened with an invocation by Department Commander, Daniel R.
Lucas. The Secretary, Albert ^^'. Saint, read tlie minutes of the last meeting
which were approved, and a committee on resolutions was appointed consisting of
Thomas P. Wilkinson, John W. Whitworth anrl John Thornburgh. A Vice-
President for each township was named as follows :
Blue River Township Henry C. Bridget.
Dudley Township Joseph M. Lacy.
Fall Creek Township Benjamin H. Davis.
Franklin Township John F. Camplin.
Greensboro Township Exum Copeland.
Harrison Township Philander Lowery.
Henry Township John Thornburgh.
Jefferson Township John W. AVhitworth.
Liberty Township ,. . . .James M. Mercer.
Prairie Township William Frazier.
Spiceland Township George P. Beach.
Stony Creek Township Franklin W. Murray.
Wayne Township Clinton D. Hawhee.
These vice-presidents were instructed to report to the secretary any deaths
or removals in their respective townships.
The financial report of the secretarv showed a balance on hand of $1.15 from
the meeting of the previous year. \ committee on nominations consisting of.
Robert A. Smith, Elihu T. Mendenhall and John Lockridge was appointed. The
committee appointed at the preceding session to confer with the Board of County
Commissioners and the County Council with regard to aid in erecting a monument
to our soldier dead, reported that nothing had as yet been accomplished, owing
chiefly to the expense incurred in building the new addition to the Court House,
but that the officials were friendly to the proposition and hoped soon to be in
shape to aid this much desired object, whereupon the committee was continued.
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The chief attraction of this meeting of veterans was the address of Daniel R.
Lucas, who proved himself a forceful speaker, a good singer of patriotic songs
and a capital stor}- teller. His strong appeal to the veterans to he loyal to each
other and to the Grand Army will, no doubt, aid materiall\- in increasing the
membership of the organization.
The committee on nominations recommended Robert A. Smith, of Knights-
town,, for President and Albert W. Saint, of New Castle, for Secretary, which
action of the committee was concurred in.
The committee on resolutions made the following report :
"After a fair trial of the merits of this organization of the veteran soldiers
of Henry County, it is with pleasure that your committee recommends its con-
tinuance until the day and the hour when all of the Cnion ex-soldiers of the
county shall have passed away. The organization has fulfilled the fondest hopes
of "its friends and its several meetings have resulted in strengthening and cement-
ing the ties of comradeship. In the fullness of our hearts, realizing the good
of such an organization in this county, we unite in recommending other counties
to go and do likewise.
■"And it is further resolved, that we reiterate our belief that a pension of
not less than twelve dollars per month should be granted to all honorably dis-
charged soldiers and sailors who have reached the age of sixty years and that a
like pension should be granted to their widows, and that we heartily appmve
President Roosevelt's pension order. Number 78.
"Resolved also, that we continue to urge our National Legislature to do all
and everything to aid and assist ex-soldiers of the Union, by strengthening our
present pension laws and making them more liberal in their intent and purpose."
The third session of annual meetings then came to a close with the singing
of patriotic songs.
The following is a list of the members with their addresses, who have at-
tended the several meetings of the association. It is believed that it comprises at
least two-thirds of all the ex-soldiers now living in the county. Where the
address is in Henry County, the State is omitted. An asterisk '■' denotes those
who are known to have died since joining the association.
Mathew V. Abbott. New Castle. Company A. 35th Iowa Infantry.
William T. Addison, New Castle. Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Miles E. Anderson, New Castle. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Samuel Arnold, New Castle. Company G, 5th Ohio Cavalry.
Henry C. Bateman, Lewisville. Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
George P. Beach, Spiceland. Company A, 30!th Indiana Infantry.
*WilIiam S. Bedford, New Castle. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
bate Bell, Mlddletown. Company F, 53rd Kentucky Infantry.
Benjamin F. Benbow. Sulphur Springs. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Benjamin Bitner. New Castle. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
.lames Wesley Black, New Castle, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry; Company
H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
William B. Bock. New Castle. Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry.
William F. Boor. New Castle. Major and Surgeon, 4th Indiana Cavalry. Brigade
Surgeon, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the puniberland.
David Bowers, Sulphur Springs. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
John W. Brattain, New Castle. Company E, 34th Indiana Infantry.
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George Brenneman, New Castle. Company H, li'Jth Indiana Infantry.
Henry C. Bridget, Mooreland. Company G, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
George H. Brown, New Castle. Company B, 89th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph M. Brown, New Castle. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid) ;
Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
William Brunner, New Castle. Company H, 100th Indiana Infantry.
Martin L. Bundy, New Castle, Major and Paymaster and Brevet Liemenant Colonel
U. S. Volunteers.
.William Bunnell, New Castle. Fremont's Body Guard. Company D. Benton Cadets,
Missouri Volunteers; Company D, 39th Ohio Infantry.
Thomas J. Butchett, New Castle. Company G, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years):
Company H, 74th Ohio Infantry.
Milton Burk, New Castle. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
George Burton, New Castle. Company H, 3rd Indiana Infantry (Jle.xican War);
Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized; Company B. llMih Indiana Infantry
(Morgan Raid), New Castle Guards, Indiana Legion.
George H. Cain, New Castle. Company B. Sth Indiana Infanlry (three months);
Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
John F. Camplin, Lewisville. Company D, 30th Indiana Infantry.
Solomon F. Carter, New Castle, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
David W. Chambers, New Castle. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months I ;
Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Harvey B. Chew, Kennard. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company E, 9th
Regiment. 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
John R. Clevenger, Cadiz. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Thaddeus Coffin, New Castle. Company G and Regimental Band, 2:ird Ohio Infantry..
Joel Collins, Greensboro. Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Allen W. Coon, Cadiz. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Kxum Copeland, Greensboro. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company A.
105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
William T. Corya, New Castle. Company D, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Leonard H. Craig, New Castle. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid ) ; Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel Craig, Cadiz. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry 1 three years).
William J. C. Crandall, New Castle. Company G. 1st Tennessee Infantry.
Gilliam L. Craven, New Castle. Company B. 89th Indiana Infantry.
Amos Crawford, Knightstown. Company C, 91st Illinois infantry.
Benjamin Crawford, Losantville, Indiana. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
William C. Crawford, New Lisbon. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry; Company
H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
James Cummins, Daleville, Indiana. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Benjamin H. Davis, Middletown. Company C, 1 55th Indiana Infantry.
David F. Davis, Marion, Indiana. Fremont's Body Guard. Company B, Benton
Cadets, Missouri Volunteers; Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
John Davis, Middletown. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Sedley A. Deem, Knightstown. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Leander S. Denius, New Castle. Regimental Band, 35th Ohio Infantry; Company
G. 156th Ohio Infantry.
Francis Dovey, Knightstown. 19th Indiana Battery.
David Dowell, New Castle. Company C, 12th Missouri Cavalry.
William Downs, Mount Summit. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Daniel Davidson Duncan. Knightstown. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry
(Morgan Raid); Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Richard J. Edleman. New Castle. 12th Indiana Battery.
Austin M. Edwards. Knightstown. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Henry C. Elliott, New Castle. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
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Company F and Adjutant. 57th Indiana Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel. llSth Indiana In-
fantry.
Isaac W. Ellis, New Castle, Company C, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Joseph H. Fadely, Honey Creek. Company G, Hilst Indiana Infantry (Spanish-
American War).
Alpheus P'awcett, Spiceland. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry: Company H,
140th Indiana Infantry.
James L. Filson, New Lisbon. Company (i, Kilst Indiana Infantry (Spanish-
American War),
William Ford, Ashland. U. S. Navy.
Nathan Foster. Spiceland. Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
William Frazier. New Castle, Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
William J. Frazier. New Castle. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph Gilbert. New Lisbon. Company G, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*William Gillgeese, Sulphur Springs. Company K, 2.5th Illinois Infantry: Sth
Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery,
Jonathan J, Ginn, Middletown, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Clarkson Gordon, Spiceland. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company A,
4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancocks Veteran CorpsL
Thaddeus H. Gonion, Company F, 3(ith Indiana Infantry.
Jacob M. Gough, New Castle. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
William C. Goudy, New Castle. Company I. 32nd Ohio Infantry.
Thomas W. Gronendyke, New Castle. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry; Com-
pany K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Joseph G, Gustin, Middletown. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry,
Miles Hagiiewood, New Castle, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry,
Patrick H, Hansard, Cadiz, Company F, 14th U, S, C. T.
i-'rank W, Harris, Kennard. Company L. 38th Infantry, U. S. V. (Spanish-Ameri-
can War).
*Thomas L. Hartley. Oakville, Indiana, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry,
John R, Harvey, New Castle, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company A.
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry,
Mahlon D. Harvey, New Castle. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry,
Nathan H. Haskett. Knightstown. Company G, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
Clinton D. Hawhee, Knightstown. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
George Hazzard, (Author of this History), Tacoma, Washington. Company C. 36th
Indiana Infantry.
AVaitsel M. Heaton, Knightstown. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three
months); Company A and Sergeant Major, 139th Indiana Infantry: Company A, 105th
Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
White Heaton, Kni.ghtstown. 2nd Indiana Battery.
Henry H. Henderson, New Castle. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three
months); Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Joel Hendricks, Kennard. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Samuel M. Hockersmith, New Castle. Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry.
David Hoover, New Castle. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Daniel Hoppis, New Castle, Company A, 19th Indiana Infantry: Company I, 20th
Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
William House, New Lisbon, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized,
Thomas I, Howren. New Castle, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Presley E. Jackson, Kennard. Company K, 47th Indiana Infantry.
John James, Knightstown. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry,
Leander M, James, New Castle. Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Adam Kendall. New Castle. Company K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Amos J. Kern, Greensboro. Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
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John E. Keys, Knightstown. Company B, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
David T. King, New Castle. Company I, 7th Illinois Cavalry.
Andrew F. Kraner. New Castle. Company G, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months) :
Company K, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Joseph M. Lacy, New Lisbon. Company I, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Alfred Lafferty, Cadiz. Honorary member of the Cadiz G. A. R. Post on account
of his having been body servant in the Civil War to Colonel George W. Jackson, Sth
Indiana Cavalry.
Caleb Lamb, Greensboro. Company A, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Krie Lamb, Spieeland. Company D, 'itith Indiana Infantry.
John C. Livezey. New Castle. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Captain and
Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers; Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers.
John Lockridge, Shirley. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pearson Loer, New Castle. Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Michael Longnecker, Springport. Company B, 11th Ohio Infantry; Company B,
94th Ohio Infantry.
Philander Lowery, Cadiz. Company P, .57th Indiana Infantry.
Philip Lowery, New Castle. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Daniel R. Lucas, Indianapolis, Indiana. Chaplain. 99tli Indiana Infantry.
Jackson McCormack, Crawfordsville, Indiana. Comp.any H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
John W. McCormack, Cadiz. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Josiah McCormack, Kennard. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Noah McCormack, Knightstown. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Joseph McKee. Sulphur Springs. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry; Company K,
105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
William H. Macy. New Castle. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Elihu T. Mendenhall, New Castle. Company A, 101st Indiana Infantry.
James M. Mercer, New Lisbon. Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Peter Michels, New Castle. Company K, 72nd Ohio Infantry.
Wilson C. Middaugh, New Castle. Company C, 1st Michigan Infantry; Company
.M, Sth Michigan Cavalry.
Eli F. Millikan, Spieeland. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
David Modlin, New Castle. " Company B, 2Sth U. S. C. T.
Henry H. Moore, Mooreland. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Josiah B. Moore, Spieeland. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Company H, 30th
Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Louis N. Moore, New Castle. Company K, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Hugh L. Mullen, New Castle, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Franklin W. Murray. Blountsville. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*John C. Murray, New Castle. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Alkanah C. Neff. Honey Creek. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Peter Netz, Sulphur Springs. Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year); Com
pany D, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery.
James I. Newby, New Castle. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Nathan Nicholson. New Castle. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel W. Overman, Shirley. Company B. 42nd Indiana Infantry.
John Palmer. Winchester, Indiana. U. S. Navy; Company B, 34th New Jersey
Infantry.
Franklin N. Pence, Pendleton. Indiana. Company (.;, S4th Indiana Infantry.
William M. Pence. New Castle. U. S. Navy.
John Perry, New Castle. Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Robert F. Poer, Knightstown. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Henr.v L. Powell. New Castle. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
John A. Powers, Springport. Company H. 154th Indiana Infantry.
Elijah M. Pressnall. New Castle. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid): Company A, 30tli Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
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*John M. Redding, New Castle. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Collier M. Reed, Middletown. Company C, 8th Indana Infantry (three months i.
William Reynolds, Lewisville. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Feter Rifner, Spiceland. Coinpi;ny 1. S4th Indiana Infantry: Troop G. (jth Cavalry.
U. S. A.
Levi Ricks, New Castle. Company K. ItJoth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Com-
pany H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac Roberts, Knightstown. Company K, SUth Indiana Infantry.
Leonidas Rodgers, New Castle. Company C. 16th Ohio Infantry; Regimental Band.
13th Missouri Infantry; Company E, 152nd Ohio Infantry.
William H. H. Rohrback, Sulphur Springs. Company E. 1st Maryland Poiomac
Home Brigade Infantry.
S. A. RoUin, Indianapolis, Indiana. 71st Ohio Infantry.
William J. Runyan, New Castle. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Albert W. Saint, New Castle. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Horace M. Saint, Greensboro. Company H, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry U. S. A
re-organized as Company H, 34th Infantry, U. S. A.
Charles C. Shedron, Middletown. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
George W. Shelley, New Castle. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Henry W. Simmons, Springport. Company A. 3Sth Indiana Infantry.
James H. Smith, New Castle. Company A, 87th Indiana Infantry; Company .-V.
42nd Indiana Infantry.
Joseph Smith, New Castle. Record incomplete in this History.
Robert A. Smith, Knightstown. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
John A. Spencer, Spiceland. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Benjamin A. Stewart, Dunreith. Company C, 82nd Indiana Infantry.
John Stigleman, Spiceland. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
William Sullivan, Dublin, Indiana. Company G. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Samuel V. Swearingen. Mooreland. Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
John H. Templin. Losantville, Indiana. Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
John Thornburg, New Castle, Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 4th Indiana Cavalr;.
William Trail, Kennard, Company I, 2Sth U. S. C. T.
Moab Turner, New Castle. Company I. 4th Tennessee Infantry, re-organized as l^i
Tennessee Cavalry.
Richard H. H. Tyner, Knightstown. Company D, 9th Indiana Infantry.
*Daniel Ulmer, Kennard. Company I. 79th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Samuel G. Vance. New Castle. Company F, 146th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas B. Van Dyke, Lewisville. Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Cyrus Van Matre, Middletown. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months i :
Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Thomas Waller, New Lisbon. 3rd Indiana Battery; 14th Indiana Battery.
Noah W. Warner, Sulphur Springs. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three
months) ; Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Jacob Warnock, Honey Creek. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid i ;
Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
"Cornelius C. Weaver, New Castle. Company B, ISth Illinois Infantry.
James M. Welker, Millville. Company K, 54th -Indiana Infantry (three month<=l;
15th Indiana Battery.
John W. Whitworth. Sulphur Springs. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three
years).
Sanford Whitworth. Honey Creek. Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry: Company V.
7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Thomas B. Wilkinson, Knightstown. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Richmond Wisehart, New Castle. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Jeremiah Woods. Knightstown. Company B, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Isaac N. Wright, New Lisbon. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
David Wrightsman. New Castlo. Company A, 7flth Ohio Infantry: Company 1).
73rd Ohio Infantry.
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
CHAPTER XXXI.
SPANISH-A.Ml-
r.RiEF History of the Spanish-A.meuicax Wak — Rosier of Henry County
Soldiers in the 27TH Indiana Battery — Rosters of Henry County
Soldiers in the 158TH Indiana Infantry — 159TH Indiana Infantry —
it)OTH Indiana Infantry — Roster of the i6ist Indiana Infantry — His-
lORY OF THE ReGIMENT BIOGRAPHICAL SkETCH OF CaPTAIN AlBERT
DuretOgkokn and Family — Recapitulation.
For a period of ten years, from 1868. to 1878, the inhabitants <lf Cuba were
vuL^aged in a struggle to free themselves from the yoke of Spanish tyranny, but
were defeated. The Spanish Government made most liberal promises, but failed
Id keep them. Hostilities were renewed which lasted for three years, from 1895 to
1898. The inhabitants were in a most deplorable condition ; the reconcentradoes —
men, women, and children, non-combatants — were by edict of the Spanish Captain
General. Weyler, driven from their homes, crowded together without proper food
iir shelter, and died by thousands of disease and starvation. The attention and
sympathy of the American people had for several years been attracted to this
miserable condition of the Cubans, and many attempts had been made to relieve
their distress.
.\t the beginning of 1898 about 40 per cent, of the inhabitants had perished.
At this juncture two events happened which increased the tension in the United
States. One was the exposure of a letter written by Senor de Lome, the Spanish
Minister to the United States, to a friend, grossly reflecting upon the President ;
the other was a demand by the Spanish Government for the recall from Cuba of
Consul General Lee, which was refused. On the 25th of January,
i8<;8. the L^nited States Battleship- Maine was ordered to Havana
Harbor, on a peaceful mission, by the authority of the United States,
and on the 15th of February, 1898, between 9 and 10 o'clock p. m., the vessel was .
blown up by a submarine mine, 266 sailors losing their lives. A searching in-
vestigation followed without fixing the responsibility. Congress immediately ap-
propriated $50,000,000 "for the national defense and for each and every purpose
connected therewith, to be expended at the discretion of the President."
.\fter fruitless effort to bring about an amicable settlement, on April 11,
1808. the President asked Congress to intervene to stop the Cuban War, and by
force establish a stable government on the island. On April 19, i8g8. Congress
passed resolutions, which were signed by the President at 11 124 a. m.the following
day, declaring "that the people of the island of Cuba are, and by right ought to be,
free and independent," and demanding that Spain at once relinquish its authority-
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in the island. It also authorized the President to use the entire military force
of the United States to carry the resolution into effect.
The diplomatic relations between the two countries ceased April 21, 1898,
and it was held that a state of war existed from that date. Blockade of the
principal Cuban ports was declared April 22. and on the 23d the President called
for 125,000 volunteers to serve two years, and on May 24 the Spanish Govern-
ment announced that a state of war between that country and the United .States
existed.
The protocol of agreement Ijetwcen the United States and Spain was signed
at Washington, District of Columbia. August 12, 1898, by ^^'illiam R. Day- and
Tules Cambon.
The treaty of peace was signed at Paris December 10. 1898, by William R.
Day, Cushman K. Davis, William P. Frye. George Gray, and Whitelaw Reid.
for the United States, and by Eugenio Montero Rios, B. de Abarzuza, J. de Gar-
nica, W. R. de N'illa Urrutia. and Rafael Cerero, for the Kingdom of Spain.
."^Jgned at Paris, December 10, 1898: ratification advised by the .Senate Febru-
ary 0, 1899; ratified by the President P^ebruary 6, 1899; ratified by Her jNIajesty
the Queen Regent of Spain March 19, 1899; ratifications exchanged at \'\'ashing-
ton April 11, 1899; proclaimed, Washington, April 11, 1899.
TWENTY SEVENTH B.\TTERY.
This Battery of light Artillery was formed of I lattery A, I-'irst Artillery.
Indiana National Guard, and was mustered into the service of the United States
on May 10, 1898. It served at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and
in Porto Rico. It was mustered out November 25, 1898. Henry County had
only three representatives in the Batterv.
In the following condensed roster, the name of each soldier is followed by his
postofifice address at the time of enlistment. The date of enrollment is the date of
enlistment, not the date of muster.
William Burton, New Castle. Saddlei. Enrolled April 26. 1898. Mustered out
November 25, 1898.
Harry B. Millikan, New Castle. Private. Enrolled April 26. 1898. Discharged,
disability, September 22, 1898.
William P. Rutledge. Mount Summit. Private. Enrolled June 14, 1S9S. Rerruit.
Mustered out November 25, 1898.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was formed of the Second Infantry, Indiana National Guard,
and was mustered into the service of the United States on May 10, 1898. Its
service was confined to Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and Camp
Poland, Knoxville, Tainessee. It was mustered out, November 4. 1898. Henry
County had only four representatives in the regiment.
In the following condensed roster, the name of each soldier is followed by
his postoffice address at the time of enlistment. The date of enrollment is the date
of enlistinent, not the date of mu.ster.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUN'l
j/y
Frederick Caldwell. Lewisville. Private. Company H. Enrolled April 26, 1S98.
Mustered out November 4, 1888.
William Netz. Ashland. Private. Company E. Enrolled April 2(;. 1898. Mustered
out November 4, 1898.
Daniel E. Shalfer, New Castle. Private, Company B. Enrolled April 26, 1898,
Mustered out November 4, 1898,
Homer H, W rightsman, New Castle. Private. Company H. Enrolled April 26, 1898,
Mustered out November 4, 1898.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINTH INFANTRY,
This regiment was formed of the First Infantry. Indiana National Guard,
and was mustered into the service of the United States on ]vlay 12. i8gS, Its
service was confined to Camp R. A. Alger, Dunn Loring. Virginia : Thoroughfare
Gap. \'irginia, and Camp Meade, near Middletown. Pennsylvania, It was mus-
tered out November 23. 1898, Henry County had only one representative in the
regiment.
In the following condensed roster, the name of the soldier is followed by his
postoffice address at the time of enlistment. The date of enrollment is the date of
enlistment, not the date of muster.
William Reed, Mount Summit. Private. Company I. Enrolled April 26. 1898.
Appointed Corporal. Mustered out November 23, 1898,
ONE HUNDRED AND SINTIETH INFANTRY,
This regiment was formed of the Fourth Infantr}', Indiana National Guard,
and was mustered into the service of the United States on ]\Iay 12. 1898. It
served at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia; Camp Hamilton. Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, and Matanzas, Cuba, It was mustered out April 25. 1899, Henry
County had only two representatives in the regiment.
In the following condensed roster, the name of each soldier is followed by
his address at the time of enlistment. The date of enrollment is the date of enlist-
ment, not fhe date of muster.
William Neff, Honey Creek. Artificer. Company L. Enrolled April 26, 1898,
Mustered out April 25, 1899.
Howard O. Powell. New Castle. Corporal. Company K. Enrolled April 26. 1898.
.Mustered out February 24, 1899.
ONE HUNDRED AND SINTY FIRST INFANTRY.
This was a volunteer regiment organized for the Spanish-American \\ ar
to fill the quota of Indiana under the President's second call for troops. It was
mustered in by battalions and on July 15, 1898, the regiment as a whole was mus-
tered into the service of the United States, It remained at Camp Mount under
instruction until August 11. 1898. when it was ordered to Jacksonville. Florida,
where it arrived on August 14 and was assigned to the First Brigade. Third
Division, Seventh Army Corps, General Fitzhugh Lee commanding. The brigade
was made up of the 2nd Mississippi, the 3rd Nebraska (Colonel William Jen-
nings Bryan ) and the T6ist Indiana,
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During its stay at Jacksonville, the regiment was engaged in numerous regi-
mental drills and brigade and division reviews, and on August 31 took part in
a review of the whole corps, in which twenty three regiments and more than
twenty eight thousand men were in line, .\mong this host the 161 st Indiana was
conspicuous for soldierly appearance, fine marching, full companies and straight
lines. On October 21, the Seventh Army Corps was re-organizcd and the Knst
Indiana was assigned to the First Brigade. Second Division.
( )n October 23, 1898, the regiment was moved from Jacksonville to Savan-
nah. Georgia, where it went into i^amp and once more took up the routine of
drills, inspections and reviews, until under orders to proceed to Cuba, the regi-
ment, on December 12, embarked on the transport Mobile, now the Sherman, for
Havana, Cuba. Its arrival there was the signal for a notable reception by the
Cubans, grateful for long delayed freedom. The Spanish power had not yet
turned over its authority in the Island but was to do so under the terms of the
treaty of peace negotiated at. Paris. The enthusiasm .of the people broke all
bounds when the Seventh Corps, disembarl<:ing at Havana, took up its route for
camp through that city.
The regiment went into camp at Camp CoUimbia. Alarianao. Cuba, December
17, 1898, where it remained until ordered home. On January i, 1899, ^^ V^^'
ticipated in the ceremonies marking the relinquishment of Spanish authority in
the Antilles and witnessed the raising 6f the American flag over Morro Castle,
an epoch making event, and certainly the most important one in the history of the
regiment. While in Cuba, the i6ist Indiana gained the reputation of being the
finest regiment in the Seventh Army Corps, and the praise awarded it by the
commanding officers was a deserved tribute to the intelligent and hard working
officers and men of the organization. After the pacification of Cuba, the regi-
ment was ordered home and arrived at Savannah. Georgia, ?\Iarch 31. 1899. where
it was mustered out April 30, 1899.
In the following roster, the name of each officer and man is followed by his
postoffice address at the time of enlistment. The date of enrollment is the date
of enlistment, not the date of muster.
Company G was considered a distinctively Henry County organization, and
for that reason the names of all its members are published to complete the roster,
whether they lived in Henry County or not. This company was organized by
the indefatigable efforts of Captain Albert D. Ogborn and Lieutenant James I.
Meyers, who were afterwards joined by Lieutenant Charles M. Pitman. There
was great rivalry from all parts of the State to get into this volunteer regiment,
and officers and men of this provisional company were alike rejoiced when it was
ordered to appear for examination. Defections from the ranks were made good
by the acceptance of a number of Delaware County men and the Captain was
able to report one hundred and nine men accepted by the local surgeon. Their
departure for Indianapolis on July i, 1898. was celebrated by the closing of the
business houses of New Castle, and a great procession, headed by the Grand Army
Post, escorted the company to the station. This was the fourth company to arrive
in Indianap'olis and was the first one ready for muster and was mustered in July
12, 1898. The record of this fine regiment owes much to the soldierly qualities
of the officers and men of Companv G. In the roster of the company recur the
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names of many whose father.-, fought in the great Civil War, and. remembering
the slighter opportunities of the Spanish-American War. they maintained the
honor of Henry County in the armies of the Nation with the same loyalty and
devotion as their fathers nearly half a century ago.
FIELD OFFICERS AND REGIMENTAL STAFF.
WinfieUl T. Durliin. Anderson. Commissioned .Inly 15. ISflS. Mustered out April 30,
LIELTEX.iNT COLO.NEL.
X'ictor M. Backus, Indianai)olis. Commissioned July 1.5. 1S9S. Mustered out April
30, 1899.
JM.V.JORS.
Harold C. Megrew. Indianapolis. Commissioned July 11, 1S9S. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Matt R. Peterson, United States Army. Commissioned July 1.5, 1S98. Resigned No-
vember 29, 1898.
SURGEO\.
Wickliffe Smith. Delphi. Commissioned June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
.\SSISTANT SURGEON -S.
MiUard F. Gerrish, Seymour. Commissioned June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
1899.
,)ames Wilson. Wabash. Commissioned June 28. 189S. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
.\D.Jl-T.\KT.
Oliver M. Tiohenor. Princeton. Commissioned July 11, 1S9S. Mustered out April 30
1S9H.
Qt A1!TERM.\STER.
John R. Brunt, Anderson. Commissioned June 30, 1898. Mustered- out April 30,
1S99.
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William E. Biederwolf, Logansport. Commissioned July 15, 1S9S. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
NON-COMMISSIONKD STAFF.
SERGEANT MAJOR,
William T. Starr. Richmond. Enrolled July 5. 1898. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
IIOSriTAI. STEWARDS.
William H. Rathert, Fort Wayne. Enrolled June 30. 189S. Mustered' out April 30.
1899.
James G. Espey, Jeffersonville. Enrolled July 12, 1S9S. Discharged, disability,
November 23, 1898.
John I. Lewis. Bedford. Enrolled July 3. 1898. Died September 8. 1898.
()^TAR^ER^^ASTl;K sergea>-1'.
Baird G. Saltz.gaber, Lebanon. Enrolled June 29, 1898, Mustered out April 30,
1899.
CHIEF JtUSICIAX.
Edwin White, Waltham, Massachusetts. Enrolled June 24, 1898. Transferred to
Company E, December 22, 1898.
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PHIXCIPAL ill
Charles L. Applegate, Kortville. KnroUed July 12, 1898. Transfen-ed to Company
E, July 22, 1898.
Frank F. Webb, Indianapolis. Knrolled July 12, 1898. Transferred to Company
E, July 22, 1898.
Anthony A. Montani, Indianapolis. Enrolled August 1. 1898. Recruit. Discharged,
disability, November 3, 1898.
Ernest S. Williams. Winchester. Enrolled December 3, 1898. Recruit. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
COMPANY F.
SERGEANT.
John C. Weissgarber, New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 189S. Discharged, disability.
January 17. 1899.
riilVATE.
Frank H. Weissgarber, New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Appointed Corporal.
Mustered out April 30, 1899.
COMPANY G.
CAPTAI-X.
Albert D. Ogborn, New Castle. Enrolled June 25, 1898. Mustered out .\pril 3ii.
1899.
FIIt.ST I.TErXENANT.
James I. Meyers, New Castle. Enrolled June 2.5. 1898. Mustered out April 30.
1899.
Si:CO>,-D T.IEl-TE>-.\NT.
Charles M. Pitman. New Castle. Enrolled June 25, 1898. Mustered out April 3ii.
1899.
FIRST SERGE.^NT.
Paul Rogers, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Reduced to pri-
vate at his own request, July 31, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
QU.\RTEUM ASTER SERGE.VNT.
Charles B. Owens, Franklin, Johnson County, Enrolled July 5. 1898. Transferred
to Duty Sergeant, December' 22, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
SER(iEANTS.
T. William Engle, Indianapolis, Marion County. Enrolled July 5, 1898. Trans-
ferred to Hospital Corps.
John Welsbacher, Middletown. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 3".
1899.
Edward McCrea, Muncie,- Delaware County. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Claud Bock, New Castle. Enrolled June 27. 1898. .Mustered out April 30, 1899.
CORPORALS.
Albert O. Martin, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Appointed
Sergeant. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
Ray Keesling, Mechanicsburg. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30.
1899.
Linley W. McKimmey, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mus-
tered out April 30, 1899.
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James .M. Redding, New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Miistered out April 30,
899.
Alonzo Allen, New Castle. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Transferred to Hospital Corps.
George H. Elliott, Meehanicsburg. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
899.
Joseph H. Fadely, Honey Creek. Enrolled June 27. 1898. Mustered out April 30.
899.
Charles R. Gontner. Muncie. Delaware County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
Ellwood L. Baldwin. Spiceland. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30.
Charles M. Nash, Mount Summit. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
E. Murray Luther. Blountsville. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Appointed Sergeant and
Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
Harry S. Nugent, Kennard. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
Henry W. Van Dyke, Lewisville. Enrolled June 27, 1S9S. Discharged, disability,
.March 17, 1899.
Ira O. Yates, Middletown. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Discharged, disability. March
17, 1899.
.\RTIFICER.
Huston Hutchins. New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30.
1899.
WAGOKEK.
Oscar Livezey, New Castle. Enrolled June 27. 1S98. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
PRIVATES.
Joseph Akers, .Middletown. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Discharged, disability. Feb-
ruary 6, 1899.
Henry Barnes, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Guy Barnett, New Castle. Enrolled June 27. 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Edward Beeson, Dalton, Wayne County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Appointed Musi-
cian. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Roy W. Brown, New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Transferred to Regimental
Band. Transferred from Band to Company L. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Guy Buckley. New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
James Canaday, New Castle. Enrolled July 5. 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Ered P. Cecil, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled July 6, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Alva Darling, Spiceland. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Harry C. Darnell, Indianapolis, Marion County. Enrolled July 7, 1898. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
Frank N. Davenport, New Castle. Enrolled June 29. 1898. Mustered out April 30,
1899.
George C. Detrich. Muncie. Delaware County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Discharged,
disability, September 28, 1898.
John Dolan, Cambridge City, Wayne County. Enrolled July fi, 1898. Transferred
to Hospital Corps.
Ben.iamin W. Eilar, New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Appointed Corporal and
Sergeant. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
Henry Faulkner, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled July 5. 1898. Discharged,
disability. January 13, 1899.
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James L. Pilson, New Lisbou. Enrolled June 28. 1S9S. Mustered out April 30.
189y.
Frank W. Fisher, New Castle. Enrolled June 29, 1S9S. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Frank Foster. Spieeland. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
Walker Frazee, Byers, Ohio. Enrolled July 6, 1S9S. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Ferry Freeman, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled July .5, 1898. Appointed Cook.
Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Thomas Freeland, New Lisbon. Enrolled June 27, 1S9S. Mustered out .\pril 30.
1899.
Max P. Gaddis. New Castle. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Appointed Corporal. Mus-
tered out, April 30, 1899.
Joseph Goddard, Middletown. Enrolled June 29. 1S9S. Appointed Corporal. Mus-
tered out April 30, 1899.
Bud Goodman, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 27. 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
^'rank Hale, Springport. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Mustered out April 30. 1899.
Thomas T. Hale. Dublin. Wayne County. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Edgar B. Halfaker. Franklin. Johnson County. Enrolled July 5, 1898. Discharged,
disability, August 22, 1898.
Benton F. Hamilton. Greensboro. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30.
1899.
Frank M. Hamilton. New Castle. Enrolled .hily 6. 1S9S. Mustered out April 30.
1899.
John W. Hanna, Fort Worth, Texas. Enrolled July 5, 1898. Mustered out April 30.
1899.
Charles Harper, Indianapolis, Marion County. Enrolled July 8, 1898 Mustered
out April 30. 1899.
Herbert H. Hickman, Springport. Enrolled June 29. 1898. Discharged, disability.
March 13, 1899.
Hoyt A. Holton. Indianapolis, Marion County. Enrolled July 7. 1S9S. Dischar.ged,
disability, January 12. 1899.
Arthur A. Huddleston, Dublin, Wayne County. Enrolled June 29. 1S98. .Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
George Irwin, New York City. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
1899.
William G. Israel. Franklin. Johnson County. Enrolled July 5. 1898. Mustered out
April 30. 1S99.
Solomon Jackson, Franklin, Johnson County. Enrolled July 5, 1898. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
Oltie F. Lamb. Dalton, Wayne County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Fred Lane, Mooreland. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1S99.
J. Morris F. Leech, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Trans-
ferred to Hospital Corps.
Arthur Leonard, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28, 1898, Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
John M. Leonard. Muncie, Delaware County, Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
Sebastian Lykens. Spieeland. Enrolled June 27, 189S. Mustered out April 30, 1S99.
Charles McCoy. Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 29. 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Clarence McCoy, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Discharged,
disability, Septemher 27, 1898.
Henry C. Martin, Junior, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Dis-
charged, disability, February 17, 1899.
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George Martindale, Sulphur Springs. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Mustered out April
30, 1899.
James W. Miller, New Castle. Enrolled June 29, 1S9S. Mustered out .^pril 'M.
1899.
L,emuel Mitchell, Middletown. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out April 30„
1899.
Cliff Morgan, Greensburg, Decatur Count.v. Enrolled July 4, 1898. Mustered out
April 30. 1899.
Charles Netz, Ashland. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
George W. Newby, Greensboro. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
1899.
Otis C. Newby, Greensboro. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Noah A. Nichols, Honey Creek. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
1899.
John J. Paul, Muncie, Delawa^-e County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Joseph M. Pearson, New Castle. Enrolled July 5, 1898. Discharged, disability,
December 22, 1898.
James M. Prager, Seattle, Washington. Enrolled July 1, 1898. Transferred to Hos-
pital Corps.
F'red W. Puckett, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Appointed
First Sergeant. Mustered oat April 30, 1S99.
Winfleld Rawlins, Byers, Ohio, Enrolled July C, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899-
Henjamin F. Reece, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
Elmer Robinson, B'isher's Switch, Hamilton County. Enrolled July (.;, 1898. Ap-
pointed Corporal. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Jesse Rothbaust, Franklin, Johnson County, Enrolled July 5, 1898. Discharged,
disability, February 4, 1899.
Walton D. Sears, Spiceland. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Charles Shellenbarger, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled July 4, 1898. Ap-
pointed Corporal. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Albert Sherer, New Castle. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
William A. Sherman, Middletown. Enrolled August 8, 1S98. Recruit. Mustered
out April 30, 1899.
Edward C, Shuee, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Daniel V. Snider, Muncie, Delaware County. Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Clarence T. Swaini. Dublin, Wayne County. Enrolled June 27, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
John Sweezy, Franklin. Johnson County. Enrolled July .5, 1898. .Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
John VVahl. Indianapolis, Marion County, Enrolled July 8, 189S. Mustered out
April 30, 1899.
Edgar O. Walden, Muncie, Delaware County, Enrolled June 28. 1898. Mustered
out April 30. 1899.
Arthur Wilmuth, Kennard. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
John W. Wilson, Muncie, Delaware County, Enrolled June 29, 1898. Mustered out
April 30, 1899,
Mark E. Winings. Ashland. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Walter A. Winings, Ashland. Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899,
Minor Wintersteen, New Castle, Enrolled June 28, 1898. Mustered out April 30,
1899.
Edwin Wolfe, Mooreland, Enrolled June 28. 1898. Discharged, disability. Febru-
ary 10, 1899.
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Harry Woods, Dublin. Wayne County. Enrolled June 28. 1898. Mustered out
April 30. 1S99.
COMPANY H.
PUrVATES.
William Bock, New Castle. Enrolled August 9, 1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
Ira H. Palmes, Rushville, Rush County. New Castle in 1902. Enrolled June 27.
1898. Mustered out April 30, 1899.
ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
RECAPITULATION.
Captain 1
First Lieutenant - 1
Second Lieutenant • 1
Quartermaster Sergeant 1
Sergeant 5
Corporal lb
Musician a
Artificer v
Wagoner 1
Privates sy
Total iiiu
DEDUCTIONS.
Non-resident infantrymen in distinctively Henry County Companies 43
Duplication of names by reason of promotions and transfers 9 52
Total of artillerymen and infantrymen from Henry County in Indiana Organizations
in the Spanish-American War Bjj
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w^
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ALBERT DURET OGBORN.
, M'TAIX, COMPANY G, 161ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, SPANISH
AMERICAN war; LAWYER AND LEGISLATOR.
It is merit that wins. One may by study fill the mind with knowledge and in
theory, at least, know how to do things, but success depends largely upon the
application of such knowledge in a practical way. Ability to accomplish results
establishes merit and on the strength of merit comes the reward — confidence, com-
mendation and advancement. It is this ability to do things, to accomplish results,
that has characterized the life of the subject of this sketch.
In the pioneer days of Eastern Indiana, Wayne County was peopled by large
numbers of vigorous, energetic men and women who came mainly from Pennsyl-
vania, old Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Many of these
.settlers, after a more or less brief residence in Wayne, moved onward to Henry
County, and became permanent citizens of that county. Obeying the restless
spirit of enterprise and discovery which had carried their parents away from
established homes into the wilderness, the descendants of many of the pioneers
of "Old Wayne'" separated themselves from the parental authoritv and came
to Henry County, where they soon became identified with its people, grew up
with its growth and frequently achieved civil, political and social distinction.
This early immigration accounts for the close ties of kinship existing between
so many of. the families of Wayne and Henry counties down to the present time.
Descendants of the large Bond family, of the Hoovers, the Elliotts, the Brad-
burys, the Bransons, the Drapers, the Thornburghs, the Shaffers, the Strattons. the
Roofs, the Ezekiel Rogers" branch of the Rogers' family, the Murpheys, the Men-
denhalls, the Martindales, the Harveys, the Clifts. the Bundys. and many
others, whose names might be mentioned, have spread over Henry County, so
that strong ties of blood exist between the two counties, uniting them more
closely probably than any other two counties in the State. What is here said
of others equally applies to the paternal and maternal families of Albert Duret
Ogborn.
His great-great-grandfather, Caleb Ogborn, the first, was born in New Jersey
in the year 1729, and his great grandfather, Caleb Ogborn, the second, was born in
the same State in the year 1755. Both lived and died in their native State. Caleb
I igborn, the second, married Ann Parker in 1784. She was also a native of New
Jersey where she was born in the year 1759. Their son, Samuel Ogborn, the
grandfather of Albert D. Ogborn, was born at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, on
March 14, 1788. He moved from that State to Ohio in the year 1824 and tlience
to Wayne County, Indiana, in 1825, settling near Greensfork, where he died July
14. 1839. The grandmother, Esther (Andrews) Ogborn, wife of Samuel Ogborn.
was born in New Jersey. November 18, 1784. She died December 19, 1867, and
tlie remains of both herself and husband are buried in the old cemetery at Greens-
fork. They were all Quakers and their homes in New Jersey were not far
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where at that time, the ' Quaker or Friends'
Church was predominant.
Esther Andrews was a descendant of Isaac Andrews, the first, and his wife,
I'Jizaheth Andrews. Their son, Isaac Andrews, the second, born in New Jerse\-.
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September 21, 1749, married in June, 1771, Rebecca Evans, who was born in
Eversham, Burlington County, New Jersey, June 19, 1753. To this couple were
born November 18, 1784, the twin sisters, Hannah and Esther. Esther was mar-
ried at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, to Samuel Ogborn in the year 1810, and died
in Wayne County, Indiana, December 19, 1867. Of the children bom to Samuel
and Esther (Andrews) Ogborn, there was Edwin Eothergill Ogborn, father of
Albert Duret Ogborn, subject of this sketch; and Allen Ogborn. These were twin
brothers, born in New Jersey, August 25, 1816. Edwin Eothergill Ogborn died
in New Castle, July 4^ 1895. where he had resided for several years during the
latter part of his life. His remains lie buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, near
Greensfork, Wayne County, Indiana.
On the maternal side, the great grandfather of Albert Duret Ogborn, was
David Bradbury, a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was born October 13.
1760, and in later years moved to Warren County, Ohio, where he died May 7.
1824. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served five years and
among other engagements participated in the historic battles of Staten Island.
New York, and Monmouth, New Jersey, and camped with Washington at
Valley Forge. He never lived in Indiana except for a brief period in the Wabash
Valley. The great grandmother, Susannah (Craig) Bradbury, was born at
Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 27, 1762, and it was there she became the wife of
David Bradbury. She died in what is now Clay County, Indiana, May 17, 1819.
and is buried there.
Daniel Bradbury, the grandfather of Albert Duret Ogborn, was a native of
Warren County, Ohio, in the Northwest Territory. He was born September 2.2.
1800, and died May 29, 1882. He married Mary, daughter of Abraham and
Jean (Alexander) Elliott, at Jacksonburg, Wayne County, Indiana, August 13.
1821. She was born November 10, 1804, and died April 4, 1868. They are both
buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery mentioned above. During his lifetime, nc
man in Wayne County probably was held in higher esteem by the people of
Eastern Indiana, among whom he had a wide acquaintance, than Daniel Brad-
bury. He was prominent in the affairs of the county. Of himself, he says in
a brochure, relating to the events of his life, entitled "Memoirs of Daniel Brad-
bury," published in 1879 : "I collected taxes, assessed property and appraised real
estate for twenty nine years." Again he says : "I have in my time filled a great
many offices of trust and among other things have settled ten estates, as executor
and administrator, and was requested to settle many more but declined." Starting
out in life for himself at the earlv age of eighteen years, he determined that his
conduct should be governed by the following rule : "I would not keep bad
company with male or female ; that I would not be a gambler or a drunkard and
would lead an honest life, all of which I have kept up to the present time ( not
even having drunk a dram as a beverage for over forty years) just entering on the
eightieth year of my age." He was a man of unusual parts, well informed, earnest
in his opinions, firm in his beliefs and possessed of a personal dignity and bearing
that won the respect and commendation of all.
His wife. Mary (Elliott) Bradbury, was a fit helpmeet of her husband. She
was a sister of the late Judge Jehu' T. Elliott. Mrs. Martin L. Bundy, Stephen
Elliott, and Elizabeth ("Aunty Betsy") Peed, the mother of Evan Peed, the well
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known farmer, who is now and has been for several years the superintendent of
the Indiana State Agricuhural Society. Mrs.' Bradbury was quiet in demeanor,
possessed of a clear mind (a characteristic of her family), very domestic, very
charitable, and to her family, true, loving and devoted. Referring to the death
of his wife, Daniel Bradbury in his reminiscences above mentioned says: "She
had been an exemplary Christian from her youth, and had been a member of the
Old Christian Church since she was sixteen years old." They lived together, a
calm, quiet, peaceful life for a period of nearly forty seven years.
Jane (Bradbury) Ogborn, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Elliott) Bradbury,
was a native of Wayne County, Indiana, where she was born February 24, 1826;
she died September 10, 1882, and lies buried beside her husband in Sugar Grove
Cemetery, already mentioned. She was married to Edwin Fothergill Ogborn on
April 14, 1850, and to them were born the following named children: Matilda
C now Mrs. Matilda C. Wisehart, of Flagstafif, Arizona; Esther, afterwards
Mrs. William R. Wise, now deceased; Daniel B, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Charles
S., now deceased; Edwin C, now-living in New Castle; Melvina, died in infancy:
Albert Duret, the subject of this sketch; Vienna M., a resident of New Castle, and
housekeeper for her brother, Albert Duret; and John B., a citizen of Denver,
Colorado. These were the children of the second marriage of both parents. The
children of Edwin Fothergill Ogborn by a previous marriage were : Mrs. Gulia
Weyl, of Economy, Wayne County, Indiana; Mrs. Mary Tingley, of Fairfield,
Nebraska; Julia, afterwards Mrs. Samuel McCullough, deceased; and Allen
W., deceased. The latter was a member of Company B, 19th Indiana
Infantry, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, July
2. 1863; he died in the general hospital at Philadelphia, July 18, 1863. He was a
brave and gallant soldier. Jane (Bradbury) Ogborn was first married to James
Wilson and they were the parents of one child, a son, named Martin Luther, who
was a member of Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. He died at Bufifalo,
Kentucky, February 17, 1862, while in the service of his countn,' during the
Civil War. Both of these patriotic soldiers are interred in Sugar Grove Cemetery,
near Greensfork. Wayne Count)', Indiana.
ALBERT DURET OGBORN.
Albert Duret Ogborn was born at the old homestead on his father's farm,
near Greensfork, Wayne County, Indiana, September 25, 1864, coming upon the
stage of life at the time when the United States was engaged in its great conflict
for unity and permanency. As child and youth and even to manhood, he remained
on the farm and under the parental roof. During those years, he attended regu-
larly, from term to term, the common schools of the neighborhood and acquired
the best education afforded by such institutions. On January 14, 1883. he came
to New Castle where he engaged in the sale of farm machinery until August,
1884, when he began to clerk in a shoe store. In March, 1886, as he himself
says, he "emigrated to Nebraska and returned in four weeks." The remainder of
the year 1886, he spent with his brother, Edwin C, who was then engaged in the
mercantile business at Arcanum, Ohio. In January, 1887, he took up the study of
stenography, pursuing the subject without the aid of a teacher, and in November
of that year, through the influence of Judge Eugene H. Bundy, he was appointed
storekeeper in the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, at Logansport. He
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remained with that institution until May, 1889, when he resigned to accept the
position of reporter for the Henry Circuit Court. In connection with his duties
as reporter, he took up the abstract business and has now the only set of abstract
books in the county. He continued to hold the onerous position of reporter until
the Spring of 1902, except during the time he was engaged in the Spanish-
American War. \Mnle attending to his duties as reporter and abstracter, he
read law and was in 1894 admitted to the bar of the Henry Circuit Court, Judge
Eugene H. Bundy, presiding.
As a reporter, Mr. Ogborn had established an enviable reputation for rajjidity
and accuracy of service and was in the employ of the State Board of Tax Com-
missioners of Indiana at four annual sessions ; he was the official stenographer for
the United States Senate Committee on Territories, of which Senator Beveridge
is chairman, during a tour of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian ter-
ritories, November, 1902, while they were making a special investigation of those
territories with reference to their admission as States of the Union, and in addition
on many occasions reported speeches and sermons.
When the Spanish-American War began. Albert D. Ogborn became the
prime mover in the recruiting and organizing of what afterwards became Company
G, 161 st Indiana Infantry. It was mustered into the service of the United States
July 12, 1898, and the entire regiment was mustered in at Indianapolis, July 15,
1898. The regiment remained in Camp Mount until August 11, 1898, when under
orders it moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where on arrival it was assigned to
the First Brigade. Tliird Division, Seventh Army Corps, under the command of
General Fitzhugh Lcc. The Third Nebraska, Colonel William Jennings Bryan
commanding, was a part of the brigade. The i6ist Indiana was afterwards
assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division of the Seventh Army Corps.
Remaining at Jacksonville until October, 1898, it then moved to Savannah,
Georgia, and on December 12th sailed from that point on the transport Sherman
to Havana, Cuba, where it landed and marched through the city went into camp
at Camp Columbia, Marianao, December 17, 1898, and there the regiment remained
until ordered home. It arrived in Savanah, Georgia, ]\Iarch 31. 1899, and was
mustered out there on April 30, 1899. A full and complete history of this
splendid regiment will be found in chapter XXXI of this work, entitled the
"Spanish- American War." The history of the regiment is the military history of
Captain Albert D. Ogborn.
In 1900 Captain Ogborn was elected State Senator for the district composed
of the counties of Henry, Fayette and Union, and served in the sessions of the
General Assembly of 1901 and 1903. He was chairman of the Committee on
^Military Affairs : also of the Committee on Enrolled Bills ; and was a member of
the committees on Benevolent Institutions, Public Health, Insurance. Roads, and
Congressional Apportionment, during the session of 1901. In the session of 1903.
he was chairman of the Committee on Railroads, and a member of the committees
on Rules, Finance, Roads, Federal Relations, Public Health, and Legislative Ap-
portionment. Captain Ogborn took a prominent part in the conduct gf legislative
affairs both in committee and on the floor, every matter coming before the Senate
for its action receiving his closest attention.
Prior to the Spanish-American War, Albert D. Ogborn had gained con-
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siderable knowledge of military tactics from the fact that he had been for a number
of years a member of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, which is an
organization patterned after that of the United States Arm}-. He commanded,
first, the New Castle Company, for a short time, and then for a period of five
vears was Lieutenant Colonel, and then for four years. Colonel of the Third
Indiana Regiment of that organization. He did not surrender his command at
the time of entering the United States service during the Spanish- American ^^'ar.
but was simply granted leave of absence, resuming the command on his return
from the war. He was afterwards Colonel and Chief of Staff of Brigadier
(jeneral Harry B. Smith, commanding the Indiana brigade. Unite }rni Rank.
Kjiights of Pythias. After returning from the Spanish-American War, at the
earnest solicitation of Governor James A. Mount, Captain Ogborn organized a
company of militia which was mustered into the service of the State on Septem-
ber 26, 1899, and was disbanded at the end of its three years' term of service. He
resigned his captaincy in 1900 and went to Chicago to become the confidential secre-
tar\- of Captain Harry S. New, of the Executive Committee of the Republican
National Committee. In the campaign of 1904, Captain Ogborn occupied a like
position under Captain New who was vice chairman of the Republican National
Committee, and in charge of Western Headquarters.
Besides the military service of Captain Albert D. Ogborn as related above,
his brother, Daniel Bradbury Ogborn. has followed the colors. He ran away from
home, immediately after the Custer Massacre, and enlisted in Troop E. Fifth
Cavalrv U. S. A., and took part in the relief expedition to the Big Horn Country
where the brave General Custer and his entire command had been wiped out by the
hostile Indians, lead by the bloodthirsty chief, Sitting Bull.
Mrs. Tingley's son, Edwin Ogborn Tingley, was a member of the First
Nebraska Volunteers in the Spanish- American War. He served in the Philippines
and was dangerously wounded in one of the battles of the Aguinaldo Insurrection.
Mrs. Weyl's son, John Allen Weyl, enlisted April 26, 1898, in the I'nited
States Heavy Artillery and served during the Spanish-American War. being
stationed at Fort Myer on the Potomac River, near Washington, D. C. He
afterwards enlisted in the Thirty Urst L". S. A'olunteers and served in the Philip-
pines during the insurrection in those islands.
Not to be outdone in loyalty to the flag, Daniel Dradbur}- Ogborn's son, Clyde
C. ei-rfisted in Company G, i6ist Indiana Infantry, but much to his regret was
rejected by the mustering officer, as he was not able to ])ass the physical
examination.
Besides the foregoing, two uncles and six cousins of Captain Ogborn took
part in the Civil War. but at this date the details of their service are not obtainable.
Though the Ogborn famih-, on the paternal side; is descended from a long
line of Quaker ancestors to whom warfare is forbidden, yet their love of country
has overtopped the formal dictates of religious faith. They have performed well
their part in the service of their common country, like their maternal ancestor,
David Bradbury, with his five years of service in the Revolutionary Vv'ar, that
rable confiict which determined the destinv and civilization of the western
lid.
CHAPTER XXXII.
miscellaneous organizations.
Roster of Henry County Soldiers and Sailors in the Regular Army and
Xany Since the Civil War, Including Those Who Served During the
Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection — Roster of
Henry County Soldiers Who Went to Other States to Enlist Dur-
ing the Spanish-American War — Recapitulation.
REGULAR ARjMY AND NAA^Y.
Soldiers and sailors who have served in the Regular Army or Navy, since
the close of the Civil ^^'ar: also soldiers and sailors who served, during the
Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, in either of the above
named branches of the service, and those who have served in either branch, since
that time, are included in this list.
The war with Spain was declared April 21. 1898, and anmesty in the Phil-
ippines was declared June 20, 1900. Inspection of the date of muster-in and
muster-out of any soldier or sailor named in this list will show whether he serveil
at any time during those wars.
James W. Abbott, Spiceland. Private, Company E, 24th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in July 30, 1881. Appointed Corporal, Regimental Clerk. Sergeant Major, Ord-
nance Sergeant. The term of his sixth enlistment expired August 6, 1905.
John \V. Abbott, Spiceland. Private, Company A, 24th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in July 30, 1881. Mustered out July 29, ISSO.
Burt Albin. Mooreland. Said to have served in the Spanish-American War. Record
is incomplete in this History.
Edward R. Alpham, Henry County. Private, Company K. ISth Infantry U. S. A.
Mustered in April 24, 1S99. Served in the Philippines, Transferred to Company L. 29th
Infantry U. S. V. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out April 23, 1902.
Charles A. Armicost, New Lisbon. Rated as Apprentice. U. S. Navy. Enlisted Oe
tober 26, 1900. Served in U. S. S. Franklin and Lancaster and in U. S. Transport Buf-
falo. Mustered out July 6, 1901.
tleorge W. Bailey. Greensboro. )'ri\ate. Company C, 31st" Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in July 21, 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out June IS, 1901.
John Baker, Knightstown. Private, Company A, l-5th Infantry TJ. S. A. Mustered
in April 25, 1870. Mustered out April 24, 1875.
James A. Berry. New Castle. Private, Company K, 13th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in May 11, 1870, Mustered out May 10, 1875.
Frederick A. Bills, Lewisville. Private. Company I, 45fli Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in September 2.5, 1S99. Appointed Corporal and Sergeant. Served in the Philip-
pines. Mustered out June 3, 1901.
William Bird, Greensboro. Said to have served as private in Company H, 8th
Infantry U. S. V. Record is incomplete in this History.
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Alva Bowman. Greensboro. Private, Company K. 5th Cavalry U. S. A, Enlisted
about 188B. Discharged (or disability. Record is incomplete in this History.
Krnest B. Byrket, Ogden. Private, Company M, 10th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in January 25, 1900. Appointed Corporal. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out
January 25, 1903.
Frederick Caldwell, Lewisville. Private, Battery A, 1st Artillery U. S. A. Mus-
tered in November 11, 1898. Transferred to Battery A, 6th Artillery U. S. A. Trans-
ferred to Company E, 18th Infanty U. S. A. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out
November 10. 1901.
John A. Castetter. Middletowu. Private, Company L, 10th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in October 4, 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out October 10. 1902.
Adelbert B. Cock, Middletown. Private, U. S. Marine Corps. Mustered in November
12, 1902. Serving on U. S. S. Maine. Rated as Ship's Barber. Enlistment will expire
November 11, 1906.
Dennis Conner, ^ooreland. Private. Company H. 10th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in January 19, 1893. Appointed Musician. Mustered out May 11, 1S95. Re-enlisted as
Musician, Company H, 11th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered in January 12, 1897. Appointed
Corporal and Sergeant'. Served in Porto Rico and in the Philippines. Mustered out
January 11, 1903.
George A. Cook, Middletown. Private, Company L, 26th Infantry U. S. 'V. Mus-
tered in January 10, 1901. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out January 9, 1904.
James E. Cook, Middletown. Private, Company F, 11th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in January 11, 1897. Served in Porto Rico and in the Philippines. Appointed
Corporal and Sergeant. Transferred to Company E, 14th Infantry U. S. A. Now serving
his third enlistment.
James O. Crabill. Middletown. Private. Company H, 29th Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in August 6, 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out May 10, 1902.
James F. Dakins. Rogersville. Private, Company G, 16th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in December 16, 1904. Enlistment will expire December 15. 1907.
Walter Delaware, Millville. Private, Company K, 45th Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in September 18. 1899. Appointed Corporal. Served in the Philippines. Mustered
out June 3, 1901.
David P. Denny. Randolph County. Moved to Henry County (Kennard) in 1902.
Corporal, Company I, 32nd Infantry U. S. V. Mustered in August 8, 1899. Mustered
out August 9. 1902.
John D. Dickerson, New Lisbon. Rated as Machinist. U. S. Navy. Enlisted October
15. 1903. Enlistment will expire October 14, 1907.
James Doggett. Mount Summit. Private, Company F, 31st Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in July 19, 1899. Mustered out June 18, 1901.
Raymond Elliott, Knightstown. Corporal. Company E. 35th Infantry U. S. V.
Mustered in August 1, 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out June IS. 1901.
John Estelle. Knightstown. Said to have served in the Spanish-American War.
Record i? incomplete in this History.
Roy Estelle. Knightstown. Private, Battery D. fith Artillery U. S. A. Mustered in
March 11. 1898. Mustered out March 10, 1901. Enlisted again, as Private, Troop F, 1st
Cavalry CJ. S. A. Mustered in November 29, 1901. Transferred to 12th Cavalry U. S. A.,
August 14, 1903. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out November 28. 1904.
Robert L. Finnegan, Millville. Private. Troop M, 6th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered
in Decemter 21, 1899. Mustered out December 20, 1902.
Charles E. Fisher, New Castle. Private. Company I, 31st Infantry U. S. 'V. Mus-
tered m July 27. 1898. Mustered out June 18, 1901.
Homer C. Garriott, Kennard. Private. Troop D, 8th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in
June 12, 1899. Discharged, disability, August 12, ,1899.
Thomas J. Garvis. Millville. Private. Company C. 17th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in May 11, 1898. Appointed Artificer. Sergeant and Quartermaster Sergeant. Served in
Cuba and in the Philippines. Mustered out May 10, 1901.
Heenon Gilbert, New Lisbon. Private. Company K, 22nd Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
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tered in May 15, 1S99. Served in the Philippines. Discharged, disability. August :;;•,
1900.
Panander W. Gray, New Castle. Private, Company C, 2nd Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in November 4. 18SU. Appointed Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant. Mustered
out November 4, 1885.
Daniel F. Griffin, Jr., New Castle. Private, Company C, 31st Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered m July 13. 1899. Died at Prang Prang, Philippine Islands, December 21, 1900.
William J. P. Halstead, Shirley. Private, Company G, 2nd Infantry U. S. A. .Mus-
tered in June IS, 1900, Appointed Artificer, Corporal, Sergeant and Quartermaster Ser-
geant. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out June 17. 1903.
Krnest Hardway, Christian County. Kentucky. Moved to New Castle. Private,
Company F, 24th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered in February 27, 1901. Served in the Phil-
ippines. Mustered out February 26, 1904.
Frank W. Harris, Morgan County. Moved to Henry County (Kennard) in 1901.
Private, Company b. 38th Infantry U. S. V. Mustered in Septemb^- IS, 1899, Appointed
Corporal. Transferred to the Regimental Band. Served in the Philippines. Mustered
out June 30, 1901.
Dallas D. Harry. Mount Summit. Private, Troop H. 13th Cavalry U. S. A. .Mus-
tered in July 8, 1901. Re-enlisted April 3, 1903, same Troop and Regiment. Appointed
Sergeant and detailed Acting Battalion Sergeant Major. Served in the Philippines. En-
listment will expire April 2, 190().
Samuel G. Hays, Rogersville. Private, Company I, 21st Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in March 11, 1878. Discharged, disability. March 27, 1880.
Deander E. Hazzard, Nevvf Castle. tBrother of the Atithor of this History). Pri-
vate, Troop H, 5th Cavalry U. S/ A. Mustered in November 25.. 187G. Killed by the
Indians in Wyoming Territory. Exact date of death and burial place unknown.
Claude H. Heacoek. Lewisville. Private, Battery K, 3rd Artillery U. S. A. .Mus-
tered in June 12, 1S99. Served in the China Relief Expedition ana in the Philippines.
Transferred to Battery L. Mustered out June 23. 1902.
Emery A. Hilkirk, Knightstown. Private, Company A, 11th Infantry U. S. A.
Mustered in September 15. 1S97. Appointed Corporal and Sergeant. Mustered out Sep-
tember 15, 1900.
John S. Hill, Rush County. Moved to Henry County (Lewisville I in 1902. Private.
Company I. 18th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered in March fi, 1S9S. Served in the Philip-
pines. Mustered out March 5, 1901.
John Hodson, Middletown. Private. Company A, 45th Infantry U. S. V. Mustered
in September 30. 1899. Served in the Philippines. Discharged, disability, February 13.
1901.
Carl L. Holloway, Shirley. Private. Company G. 59th Infantry U. S. V. Mustered
in August S. 1S99. Mustered out May 10, 1902.
Louis M. Hoosier, Greensboro. Private, Company C, 24th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in January 24, 1898. Mustered out March 18, 1899.
William W. Hut^on, Knightstown. Private, Company E, 35th Infantry U. S. \'
Mustered in August 1, 1900. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out August 1, 1901.
Forest R. Jacobs, Greensboro. Private, Company H, 11th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in March IS, 1894. Mustered out June 19, 1898. Re-enlisted same company and
regiment September 18, 1898. Transferred to Company D. Served in Porto Rico. Mus-
tered out September 17, 1900. Re-enlisted 1st Sergeant, Company H, Porto Rico Pro-
visional Regiment of Infantry. Mustered in August 12. 1901. Appointed Post Quarter-
master Sergeant U. S. A. Mustered out August 11. 1904. Re-enlisted for Post Non-Corn-
missioned Staff August 12, 1904. Now serving at Camp Wallace. Union, Philippine
Islands, as Post Quartermaster Sergeant.
John N. Jacobs, Greensboro. Private. Troop I. 12th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered
in May 20, 1901. Mustered out May 19, 1904.
Harvey Kahoon, Kennard. Private, Company B. 23rd Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in May 13, 1899. Discharged, disability, February 13, 1900.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. O95
Lewis Kelly, Knightstown. Private, Company B, oth Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in January 23. 1870. Mustered out January 24. 1S75.
Elmore F. Keough, St. Louis, Missouri. Moved to Henry County (Greensboro)
in 1889. Private, Company E, IStli Infantry U. S. A. Mustered in August 9. 1S7S. Mus-
tered out August 8, 1883.
Oren E. Lambird, Mooreland. Private, Troop H, 12tli Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in
March 13, 1903. Died in the Philippines November 20, 1903.
William Lehman, Wayne County. Moved to Henry County ( Sulphur Springs ) in
1894. Private, Troop D, 7th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in November 8, 1881. Dis-
charged, disability, September 14, 1882. Re-enlisted as private, Troop H, 1st Cavalry
U. S. A. Mustered in December 23, 1883. Appointed Sergeant. Mustered out December
21. 1888. Re-enlisted as Sergeant, Troop K, 3rd Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in January
15, 1889. Mustered out August 28, 1897. Re-enlisted as Sergeant, Troop C, 3rd Cavalry
U. S. A. Mustered in November 1, 1897. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Mustered out October
31. 1900. Re-enlisted as Sergeant, Company K, 13th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in Janu-
ary 10, 1902. Supposed to be still in the army.
James Lennington. Blotmtsville. Private, Company H. 23rd Infantry U. S. A,
Mustered in May 19. 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out May 18, 1902.
Robert C. McConnell, ICnightstown. Private, 25th Company, Coast Artillery U. S.
A. Mustered in November 25. 1899. Served in China Relief Expedition. Mustered out
November 24, 1902.
William E. McCorkle, Knightstown. Bugler, Company A, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Mustered in September 27. 1897. Died at home in Knightstown, Indiana. October 8. 1898.
Harry F. McGuire, New Lisbon. Rated as Second Class Baker, U. S. Navy. En-
listed October 15, 1903. Enlistment w^ill expire October 14, 1907.
Frank M. Main, Mooreland. Private, Hospital Corps U. S. A. Mustered in Decem-
ber 21, 1898. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out December 20, 1901.
Ross G. Miller, Mooreland. Private, Troop F, 5th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in
June 13, 1898. Mustered out Aiiril 21, 1899. Re-enlisted as private. Troop A, 4th Cav-
alry U. S. A. Mustered in May 31, 1899. Discharged November 8, 1900, account of
wounds received near Santa Crux, Philippine Islands, February. 1900.
Herbert W. Morris, New Castle. Private, Company C, 31st Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in July 11, 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out March 29, 1901.
Otis C. Newby, Greensboro. Corporal, Company C, 45th Infantry U. S. V. Mustered
in September 1. 1899. Killed near Bulan, Luzon. Philippine islands. August 24. 1900. -
Boyd Nicholson, New Castle. Private, Company G, 31st Infantry U. S. V. Mus-
tered in July IS. 1899. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out June 18, 1901.
Eugene Otis. Raysville. Said to have served in the Spanish-American War. Record
is incomplete in this History.
John E. Paully, Shirley. Private, Company H, 16th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in July 7, 1897. Mustered out December 19, 1899.
William W. Pence, Ne-w Castle. Private, Company K, 7th Infantry U. S. A. Mu?
tered in October 14, 1900. Served in the Philippines. Died at Presidio. San Francisco,
California, July 8, 1903.
Herman L. Pitts, Knightstown. Private. 25th Company, Coast Artillery U. S. A.
Mustered in November 25, 1899. Served in the China Relief Expedition. Mustered out
November 24. 1902.
Walter E. Pitts, Knightstown. Private, 25th Company, Coast Artillery U. S. A.
Mustered in November 25, 1899. Served in the China Relief Expedition. Mustered out
November 24, 1902.
John J. Powell, New Castle. Private. Reserve Hospital Corps. First Army Corps,
U. S. A. Mustered in July 17, 1898. Served in Porto Rico. Mustered out April 9, 1899.
Leonard M. Reeder, Mount Summit. Private, Company H, 12th Infantry U. S. A.
Mustered in May 15. 1898. Killed at Lopez, Philippine Islands, September 10, 1900.
Thomas B. Reeder, Junior, Mount Summit. Private, Company H, 12th Infantry U.
S. A. Mustered in August 15, 1897. Mustered out August 14, 1900.
(lyO HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Kalula Riley, Mkidletown. Private. Company A. 45th Infantry U. S. V. Mustered
in September 30, 1899. Served in ttie Philippines. Mustered out October, 1901. Re-en-
listed as Private, Troop E, 5th Cavalry U. S. A. Mustered in May 27. 1904. Enlistment
will expire May 26, 1907.
Clarence A. Roberts. Raysville. Private, Company M, 13th Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in August 31, 1900. Appointed Corporal and Sergeant. Served in the Philippines.
Mustered out August 30, 1903.
Henry C. Rozell. BIountsviIl(^ Private, Company A, 23rd Infantry U. S. A. Mus-
tered in May 16, 1898. Mustered out October 28, 189S. Re-enlisted as private, Company
A, 29th Infantry U. S. V. Mustered in March 9, 1901. Transferred to Company H, 5th
Infantry U. S. A. March 22, 1901. Transferred to Troop D, 1st Cavalry U. S! A., July 10,
1902. Served in the Philippines. Mustered out March 8, 1904.
William B. Sanders. Middletown. Private, 80th Company. Coast Artillery U. S. A.
Mu.stered in August 15, 1901. Mustered out August 14, 1904.
Frank A. Shepherd. Greensboro. Rated as Apprentice, third class. Enlisted June
11. 1901. Rated as Apprentice, second class and first class. Served in U. S. S. Constella-
tion, Newport, Hartford, Columbia. Wabash and Newark. Enlistment expired July
20, 1905.
Charles Sipes, Middletown. U. S. Hospital Corps. Mustered in December 23, 1898.
Served In the Philippines. Mustered out December 19, 1901.
Martin Tarr, Lewisville. Private, Company E, 1st Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered in
October 15, 1880. Appointed Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant. Mustered out Octo-
ber 15, 1885.
Earl Tipton. Knightstowu. Private, Company H. 20th Infantry U. S. A. Mustered
in May 11, 1903. Transferred to Company I. 19th Infantry. U. S. A. Enlistment will
expire May 10, 1906.
Roy Tipton, Knightstown. Private. 25th Company. Coast Artillery, U. S. A. Mut-
sered in November 25, 1899. Served in the China Relief Expedition. Mustered out No-
vember 24, 1902.
Edwin R. Upham, New Castle. Enlisted at Nashville, Davidson County. Tennessee,
as Sergeant, Company L, 2nd Tennessee Infantry. Mustered In May 7, 1898. Transferred
to Volunteer Signal Corps, November 17, 1898. Enlisted as Private, Company K, ISth
Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered in April 24, 1899. Appointed Corporal. Transferred to
Company L., 29th Infantry, U. S. V. Mustered out April 23, 1902. Enlisted again and
is now in the army.
Edward Vannatta, Mount Summit. Said to have served during the Spanish-Amer-
ican War in Company I, ISth Infantry, U. S. A. Record is incomplete in this History.
William Vannatta. Mount Summit. Said to have enlisted at Indianapolis, during
the Spanish-American War, and is presumed to have served in the Philippines. Record
is incomplete in this History.
Ronald B. Veach, Knightstown. Private. Company A, 11th Infantry, U. S. A. Mus-
tered in September 15, 1897. Served in Porto Rico. Mustered out September 15, 1900.
Harry Warnock, Honey Creek. Enlisted at Hudson, St. Croix County. Wisconsin.
Private, Company C, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. Mustered in May 11, 1S9S. Must!-red out
January 7. 1899. Enlisted as Private. Company F, 31st Infantry, U. S. V. Mustered in
July 19, 1899. Mustered out June 16. 1901.
Jesse Warnock. Honey Creek. Private. Company C and H. 2nd Infantry. U. S A.
Mustered in March 1. 1899. Served in Cuba and in the Philippine.'^. Mustered out March
21. 1902.
Ora J. Warnock, Honey Creek. Private. Troop K, 11th Cavalry, U. S. A. Mustered
in May 25, 1904. Enlistment will expire May 24. 1907.
William F. White, Luray. Private, Battery L, 4th Artillery. U. S. A. Mustered in
April 28, 1898. Mustered out March 4, 1899.
John L. Willis, Straughn. Private, Company A. 2nd Infantry. V. S. A. Mustered
in September 1, 1897. Died July 3. 1898, account of wounds at San Juan Hill, Cuba,
July 1, 1898.
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Mark E. Winings, Ashland. Embalnier. Entered the service July 10, laOl. Served
on U. S. Army Transport McClellan between New York City and the Philippines. Dis-
charged March 20. 1903. by reason of U. S. Army Transport going out of commission.
Frank Woodward, Knightstown. Private, Company L, 31st Infantry, U. S. V. Mus-
tered in July 24, 1S99. Mustered out May IS, 1901.
Isaac H. Wrightsman, Mooreland. Private, 12th Battery, U. S. A. Mustered in De-
cember 9, 1901. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out December S, 1904.
HENRY COUNTY SOLDIERS WHO WENT TO OTHER STATES TO ENLIST DURING
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Charles H. Barr, New Castle. Enlisted at Benton Harbor. Berrien County, Michi-
£cau. Private, Company I, 33rd Michigan Infantry. Mustered in May 16, 1S98. Appointed
Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered out January 7, 1S99.
Arthur C. Bernard, Knightstown. Enlisted at Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Pri-
vate, Company E. 1st Ohio Infantry. Mus^tered in April 26, 1898. Mustered out October
25. 1898.
John C. Bright. Cadiz. Enlisted at Horton. Brown County. Kansas. Private, Com-
pany G, 22nd Kansas Infantry. Mustered in May 6, 1898. Mustered out November 3,
1898.
Lemuel D. Cummins, Sulphur Sprin.gs. Enlisted at Kansas City, Wyandotte
€otinty, Kansas. Private, Company B, 20th Kansas Infantry. Mustered in May 9, 1898.
Appointed Corporal and Sergeant. Mustered out October 28, 1898.
Percy Donaldson, New Lisbon. Enlisted at Columbus. Ohio. Bugler, Company K,
3rd Tennessee Infantry. Mustered in July 4, 1898. Mustered out January 31, 1899.
'William E. Myers, Henry County. Enlisted at San Francisco, California. Private,
Company C." 1st Tennessee Infantry. .Mustered in June 29, 1898. Mustered out Novem-
ber 23. 1899.
MISCELLANEOUS.
REC.-\PITlt..\TIOX. •
Sergeant Major _■ ^
Ordnance Sergeant ,-, 1
Quartermaster Sergeant 3
First Sergeant 4
Sergeant 1-
Corporal 19
Regimental Band 1
Musician 1
Bugler , '^
Artificer -
Regimental Clerk 1
Hospital Corps 1
Embalmer 1
Incomplete 7
Apprentice (Navy) 2
Ship's Barber (Navy) I
.Machinist (Navy ) • • • ■ 1
Second Class Baker ( Navy ) 1
Privates ■ '^^
Total 14-
BEDVCTIONS.
Soldiers from other counties who have moved to Henry County since expiration
of service •>
Duplication of names by reason of promotions and transfers 42 48
Total of soldiers and sailors in the Regular Army and Navy since the Civil War 94
CHAPTER XXXIII.
revolutionary war— war of 1812-i5.
Soldiers of the Revolutionary War — Soldiers of the \\'ar of 1812-15.
SOLDIERS OF THE RE\'OLUTI()X IX HEXRY COi'XTV.
Froin the close of the \\'ar of the Revohition in 1783 until the lands in Henry
County. Indiana, were placed on sale by the Government, a period of about forty
years had elapsed. Many of the young-er patriots, who had taken part in that
struggle, were. still living and it is definitely knowii that some of these came into
the county soon after its settlement began and here found their last resting place.
lielow are given in alphabetical order, the names of soldiers of the Revolution,
known to have settled in the county, with the facts of their personal history, so
far as known. Others, doubtless, located in Henry County', but by reason of the
lapse of time, their names have not been obtainable.
Richard Con-u-ay. Settled in Liberty Township in 1S21. where he afterwards en-
tered government land. From what Colony he served in the Revolutionary War is not
definitely known.
Rhoderick Craig. Settled in Harrison Township. Remains said to be buried in the
Reynolds Cemetery, near Cadiz. From what Colony he served in the Revolutionary War
and at what time he came to Henry County are not definitely known.
Hubbell. Settled in Liberty Township. Remains said to be buried
in the Wisehart Cemetery, near New Lisbon. From what Colony he served in the Revo-
lutionary War and at what time he fame to Henry County are not definitely known.
Andrew Ice. Settled in Prairie Township in 1S32. Lived to an advanced age and
/eft behind him a long line of descendants, a number of whom are now prominent citi-
zens of the township. He served in a Virginia regiment, during the Revolutionary War.
and was the father of Colonel Je.sse Ice, a soldier of the War of 1812-1815.
Isham. Settled near the present site of Knightstown. Wayne Town-
ship, where he lived and died. From what Colony he served in the Revolutionary War and
at what time he came to Henry County are not definitely known.
Christopher Long. A pioneer of Liberty Township. The remains of this venerable
soldier of the Revolutionary War, together with those of his wife, lie buried at a point
about four and a half miles, south of east, from New Castle, in Liberty Township, near
what is known as the "Boyd Schoolhouse", and close to the southeast corner made by
the crossing of the two turnpikes. Marking the grave, stands a marble monument, nine
feet and six inches high, surrounded by an iron railing, four feet in height, and twelve
feet long, north and south, by nine feet wide, east and west. On the west side of the
monument, in plain view of the passing traveler, is the following inscription:
■'CHRISTOPHER LONG.
"A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION.
"dted auglst 14. 1829. aged f,r;hty-thhee years and three .months.
"SARAH. HIS WIFE. DIED SEPTE.MliER 11. 1S22, IX HER 66tH YEAR."
iiazzard's history of henry county. 699
On the base of the monument is another inscription, containing this appeal:
"POSTERITY PRESERVE THESE GRA\TES."
Jacob Parlchurst. Settled in Greensboro Township, where he lived and died. From
what Colonj- he served in the Revolutionary War and at what time he came to Henry
County are not definitely known.
Orr Scovell . An early settler in Henry County. Served in a New Jersey or Con-
necticut regiment, during the Revolutionary War. At the time ot his death, he lived on
what is now known as the Graham Farm, near the ''Old Stone Quarry Mill", in Spiceland
Township. He was the father of Elisha Scovell, who was the father-in-law of John Mor-
ris, of Wayne Township, and therefore the great grandfather of John M. Morris, the
present judge of the Henry Qircuit Court.
John Shadlow. Au early settler in Henry County. Remains are buried in White
Union Cemetery, Fall Creek Township. From what Colony he served in the Revolu-
tionary War and at what time he came to Henry County are not definitely known.
James S. Stinson. Settled in Henry Township in 1822. He served in a North Caro-
lina regiment, duriijg the Revolutionary War.
SOLDIERS OF THESECOND W.\R (1812-1815 ) WITH GRE.\T BRITAIN
IN HENRY COUNTY.
From the time of the treaty of peace in December. 1814, in the second war
between the United States and Great Britain, until William Owen had entered
the first" tract of land in Henry County, but little more than seven years had
ilapsed. This first entry of land by Owen bears the date of February 4, 182 1.
The great majority of the veterans of that war were young men and many
of them secured grants of land by reason of their military ser\nce. A number
nought and found homes in Henry County. One of the most considerable of these
was Colonel Jesse Ice. who was a Captain in the army of General Harrison, and
who subsequently was promoted to the rank of Col<inel, for gallant and meritorious
conduct.
The names of all these defenders of the Republic, who came to Henry
County, so far as known, are given' below, classified by townships. The list is
not, perhaps, full and complete, but it contains the names of all that could be
found by most diligent search. ' The sotirces of information from which this list
is compiled are former publications relating to Henry County, lists on file in the
different Posts of the Grayd Army of the Republic, and personal investigation by
the author. The list of soldiers of this war for \\'ayne is probably more in-
complete than that of anv other township in the county.
BLUE UlYER TOWNSHIP.
Abraham Corey, Joseph Corey. Jacob Jones. Samuel Marshall. William Moore.
Jonathan Pierce. George Rinard.
DUDLEY TOWNSHIP.
Benjamin Dennis, John Jacoby, William Riadon. Merriman Straughn. John Van
Buskirk.
FALL CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Solomon Bowers, Isaac Cooper. Charles Cummins, John Fadely, David Fleming, Wil-
liam Graham, Joseph Gossett, Samuel Huston, Henry Isenhour , John Keesling, Reuben
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McConnell, Charles Mitchell. William Prigg. Henry Richman, Anthony Sanders, Jacob
Shedron. Thomas "Windsor, Thomas Wisehart.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
Jacob Lawson. David Messick, Samuel Templeton.
GREENSBORO TOWNSHIP.
Henry Camplin. Jacob Elliott. John Englerth. John Judge.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP.
Thomas Allen. Israel Jackson. John McCormack. Peter Spencer.
HENRY TOWNSHIP.
David Bowers, Henry Fitch, Alexander Johnson. William JIcDowell, David Phillips.
■Levi Shackle. Asahel Woodward.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
Aaron Ballard, Samuel Beavers, John Cummins, John Hayes.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.
Isaac Baker, John Collingsworth. William Grose, John Nicholson, Hiram Perry.
Moses Robertson, George Thornton, Ashbury Wood.
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP,
.Micliael Brannon. Joseph Cowgill. James Dodd, Robert Downs, Absalom Harvey.
Benjamin Harvey, William Hazelton. Geor.?e Howk. Jesse Ice, William Longfellow, Philip
Shively, Alexander Winders.
SPICELAND TOWNSHIP.
Levi Butler. Christian Fout, Jesse L. Smith.
STONY CREEK TOWNSHIP.
.Andrew Blount. Bissell Burr, Edward Daugherty, Isaac Daugherty, Peter Davis,
Daniel Hejfner, John Moore, Jonathan Ross, Nathaniel Thalls, Daniel Trowbridge.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
Waitsel M. Carey. Major William Doughty, Daniel Mason,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The author has been unable to classify the following lj.v townships: Jacob Chrest-
ner. Enoch Hoglin, David Landis. Martin Oder, David Porter, Humphrey Sutton, James
Walters,
CHAPTER XXXIV.
[■HE MEXICAN WAR.
UiuEF History of the Mexican War — Papers Relating to the AIexican
War by Captain Pyrrhus Woodward — Roster of Mexican War Sol-
diers Not Mentioned by Captain Woodward — Companies Organized in
Henry County for the Mexican War, Not Called into Active Service
— Personal Recollections of the Mexican War by Da\'U) Be.vrley —
George Burton — Recapitulation.
During the administration of Governor James Wliitcomb the war with
]\Iexico occurred, which resulted in annexing to the United States vast tracts of
land in the South and West. Indiana contributed her full ratio to the troops in
that war, and with a remarkable spirit of promptness and patriotism adopted all
measures to sustain the general Government. These new acquisitions of ter-
ritory re-opened the discussion of the slavery question, and Governor Whitcomb
expressed his opposition to a further extension of^the "national sin."
The causes which led to a declaration of war against Mexico in 1846, must
be sought for as far back as the year 1830, when the present State of Texas
formed a province of New and Independent Mexico. During the years imme-
diately preceding 1830, Moses Austin, of Connecticut, obtained a liberal grant of
lands from the established Government, and on his death his son was treated in an
equally liberal manner. The glowing accounts rendered by Austin, and the vivid
picture of Elysian fields by visiting journalists, soon resulted in the influx of a
large tide of immigrants, nor did the movement to the Southwest cease until 1830.
The Mexican province held a prosperous population, comprising 10,000 American
citizens. The rapacious Government of the Mexicans looked with greed and
jealousy upon their eastern province, and, under the presidency of General Santa
Anna, enacted such measures, botli unjust and oppressive, as would meet their
design of goading the people of Texas on to revolution, and thus afford an
opportunity for the infliction of punishment upon subjects whose crime was
industry and its accompaniment, prosperity. Precisely in keeping with the course
pursued by the British toward the colonists of the Eastern States in the last cen-
tury, Santa Anna's Government met the remonstrances of the colonists of Texas
with threats ; and they, secure in their consciousness of right, quietly issued their
declaration of independence, and proved its literal meaning on the field of Gonzales
in 1833, having with a force of 500 men forced the Mexican army of 1,000 to flee
for refuge to their strongholds. Battle after battle followed, bringing victory
always to the Colonists, and ultimately resulting in the total rout of the ?^Iexican
arm\- and the evacuation of Texas. The routed armv after a short term of rest
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reorganized, and reappeared in the Territory, S.ocxd strong. On April 21, a
division of this large force under Santa Anna encountered the Texans under
General Samuel Houston on the ba'nks of the San Jacinto, and though Houston
could only oppose 800 men to the Mexican legions, the latter were driven from
the field, nor could they reform their scattered ranks until their General was cap-
tured the next day and forced to sign the declaration of 1835. The signature of
Santa Anna, though ignored by the Congress of the Mexican Republic, and con-
sequently left unratified on. the part of Mexico, effected so much, that after the
second defeat of the army of the Republic all the hostilities of an important nature
ceased, the Republic of Texas was recognized by the powers, and 'subsequently
becanle an integral part of the United States, July 4, 1846. At this period General
Herrera was president of Mexico. He was a man of peace, of common sense, and
very patriotic ; and he entertained, or pretended to entertain, the great neighboring
Republic in high esteem. For this reason he grew unpopular with his people,
and General Paredes was called to the presidential chair, which he continued' to
occupy until the breaking out of actual hostilities with the United States, when
General Santa Anna was elected thereto.
Captain Pyrrhus Woodward, a soldier of two wars, having served in the
Mexican War, as Orderly Sergeant, Company H, 5th Indiana Infantry, and in the
Civil War, as Captain, Coni])any C. 36th Indiana Infantry, a full biographical
sketch of whom is published in this History (Chapter XMI). left, among his
papers rel;iiiiiL: to ilu Mexican War. in three parts, a full account of "Henry
County's conlrilnition to the history of that sanguinary contest."'
Captain Woodward was th^ paternal uncle of the author o'f this History, and
it was at his house that the latter was making his home when the Civil War began,
and became a soldier in the company commanded by Captain \\^oodward.
The papers relating to the Mexican War, prepared by the last named, have
been furnished to the author for publication in this History by the daughter of
Captain Woodward, Mrs. Belle Springer, of New Castle, and here follow in their
several i)arts.
The admission of Texas, which had previously ileclared its independence, into
rhe Union in 1845, was the beginning of unfrieiitll\- relations between the United
States and Mexico. The western boundary of lite new State was in dispute, and
its annexation to the United States was regarded as an unfriendly act liy our
neighboring Republic. Our Government sent General Taylor into the iiewl\-
acquired territory with an army of occupation. On the 28th of March, 1846,
General Taylor took up his position on the Rio Grande, opposite ^latamoras. On
the 1 2th of April General Ampudia. the Mexican General, notified Taylor to retire
beyond the Xueces River, which the Mexican Government claimed was the
western boundary of Texas. General Taylor did not heed the notice, but sent a
force of sixty three dragoons to ascertain whether the ^Mexican troops had crossed
the Rio Grande. A strong Mexican force fell upon this small body of troops
and after killing and wounding seventeen of them, forced the Americans to sur-
render. This was the first act of bloodshed, and when the news of the affair
reached the United States, the excitement rose to a high pitch.
On ]\lay 8. 1846. General Taylor fought the battle of Palo .\lto and on the
HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY
703
clay following the battle of Resaca de la Palma. These battles were fought upon
Texas soil and in both engagements, the American troops were victorious. On
-May 16, Congress formally declared war. General Taylor crossed the Rio
( Irande on May 18, and in September following defeated the Mexicans at Mon-
terey. On the 23d of February, 1847, the American Army, under Taylor, en-
countered the Mexican Army, commanded by Santa Anna, at Buena Vista, and
although the American forces were outnumbered four to one, won a decisive
victory, which gave the Americans the possession of the northeastern part of
Mexico.
The second American Army consisting of about 13,000 men, under the com-
mand of General Scott, landed near Vera Cruz on March 9, 1847, and after a
short siege of the city, captured the strong fortress of San Juan de Ulloa on
March 27. The Army of General Scott pressed forward towards the City of
Mexico, two hundred and sixtv miles from the coast, successfully fighting the
liattles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco. }\Iolino del Rey, and Chapultepec,
and on the morning of September 14, the victorious American army entered the
City of Mexico and the American flag floated over the National Palace of Mexico.
Under the act of Congress, approved May 13, 1846, providing for the organi-
z:ition of volunteer troops. Governor Whitcomb had issued a proclamation calling
fi>r volunteers and the First, Second and Third Regiments of Indiana Volunteers
had been organized in 1846, and had promptly gone to the seat of war. The popu-
lar sentiment of the North was by no means unanimously favorable to the war,
for its was- believed by many that its ultimate object was the acquisition of ter-
ritory in the interests of slavery. And while the sentiment of Henry County was
not strongly favorable to the war, yet earl}- in 1847, a company composed of
about sixty members was recruited at New Castle and vicinity. As my grand-
father, Thomas Woodward had served in the RevohitiMuarx Arm\ and Asahel
Woodward, my father, had been a soldier' in Captain Sloan's company, from
(")hio. in the War of 1812, it was, perhaps, only natural that I should desire to
enter the army, for I was then quite a young man, and I took an active part in
recruiting this company, and I might say that I was in about as much danger, on
line or two occasions, from angry wives and mothers who thought I was trying
to persuade their husbands and sons to volunteer, as I afterwards encountered in
Mexico. This company organized by electing, as Captain, Mathew S. Ward, a
bright young lawyer of New Castle, who afterwards removed to !\Iississippi and
became a Major of artillery in the Confcilc-vatr aniiv. Henry Shroyer was elected
First Lieutenant and I was chosen Secmhl 1 .initni.int. The services of the com-
pany were not accepted because at the time the State's quota was full.
The Fifth Regiment of Indiana was organized in October, 1847. Captain
Ebenezer Gary of ]\Iarion had recruited about forty men in Grant County, and on
October 4, 1847, this body of men came to New Castle in wagons, en route to
Indianapolis. At New Castle, the following persons from Henry County joined
Captain Gary's company : Finley Adams, Elam .\rmfield, James N. Gary, Harvey
Copeland, Charles Fifer, Norviel Fleming, Jeremiah Gossett: David Harker,
Qiapman ?*Iann, \Mlliam Mann, Abner Phillips, William H. Roby, James A.
Schuman, Henr\- Shank, George Tarkleson, George W. Thompson, David
\\'arner. Richard \\"ebster, Pvrrhus Woodward.
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The greater number of those who enlisted in Captain Gary's company, from
Henr\- County, were from Fall Creek Township. George W. Thompson and
David Marker were from Harrison Township; James A. Schuman from Prairie
Township; Elam Armfield from Greensboro Township; Abner Phillips and
Harvey Copeland from Henry Township ; James N. Gary was from Knightstovvn.
Richard Webster and myself were from New Castle. Amos Brown, a bright
voung colored man, twenty three years of age, and nearly white, from Fall Creek
Township, also joined the company in the capacity of officer's cook. The ages of
the men who enlisted from Henry County, as shown by the muster-out rolls now
on file in the office of the Adjutant General at Indianapolis, and which have been
consulted in the praparation of this article were as follows : Finley Andrews, 20 :
Elam Armfield, 25; James N. Gary. 24; Harvey Copeland. 19; Charles Fifer, 24:
Xorviel Fleming, 18; Jeremiah Gossett. 32; David Harker, 19; Chapman iMann.
22 ; William Mann, 24; Abner Phillips, 21 ; William H. Roby, 40; James A. Schu-
man, i8;^Henry Shank, 29; George Tarkleson, 43; George W. Thompson, 21-.
David Warner, 21 ; Richard Webster, 21 ; Pyrrhus Woodward. 25.
Dr. James W. Montgomery, of L.ewisville, well known to the older citizens of
Franklin Township, had enlisted in another company of the Fifth Regiment and
William D. Schuman, of Prairie Township, and a brother of James .\. Schuman
had previously enlisted in another regiment.
Captain Gary's company remained in New Castle over night, and on OctolxT
5, departed for Indianapolis in wagons, going by the way of Knightstown and
Greenfield. With the addition of the Henry County recruits the company had
about sixty members. On the first night after leaving New Castle we stopped at
Greenfield and were taken to the home of the citizens. The next day we reached
Indianapolis, where we took the train for Madison, Indiana, going by the new
railroad, which had just been completed. Here we went into camp where several
companies had preceded us.
The commissioned officers of the company had been selected before the coni-
pany'left Marion and were as follows: Captain, Ebenezer Gary; First Lieutenant.
Thomas F. Marshall; Second Lieutenant, David Shunk; additional Second Lieu-
tenant. Joseph W. riiillidax'. .\t Madison, about tvv"enty recruits from Jefferson
County were assigned to our company which now had its full complement of men.
The non-commissioned officers of the company were selected at Madison and I was
chosen second, or duty, sergeant and Henry Shank third duty sergeant. Captain
Gary's company was mustered into the service of the L^nited States on October
14. 1847, as Company H. of the Fifth Regiment of Indiana Foot Volunteers, as
the regiment was designated on the records of the Adjutant General's office. The
members of the various companies were in the main young men, and imbued
\vit]i a lofty spirit of patriotism. The stern realities of war had not yet worn
oft' the glamour which surrounds a soldier'» life and every company in camp had
chosen a name, illustrating at once the ardor as well as the light hearted en-
thusiasm of new troops, and by these names the different companies were
designated upon 'the rolls. The Indiana Guards, from Vernon, commanded by
Captain Horace Hull, were mustered as Company A; Captain George Greene's
Rough and Ready Guards from Qnarlestown became Company B ; the Covington
Guards from Madison, commanded by Captain Robert M. Evans, became Com-
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pany C; the Hancock B'hoys from Greenfield, commanded by Captain James R.
Bracken, were mustered as Company D ; the Shelbyville Hards from Shelbyville,
commanded by Captain Samuel McKinsey, became Company E : the Centre
Guards from Madison, commanded by Captain John McDougall, became Com-
pany F; Grabbers No. 2, from Lawrenceburg, commanded by Captain Aaron C.
Gibbs, were mustered as Company G. Our own Company H, was known as the
Washington Guards. The Montgomery boys from Crawfordsville, commanded
by Captain Allen T^Iay, were mustered as Company I and the Wayne Guards from
Madison, commanded by Captain David W. Lewis, as Company K.
The organization of the Fifth Regiment was completed at Madison and our
regimental' officers were James H. Lane, Colonel; Allen May, Lieutenant Colonel;
John M. Myers, Major; James Baker, was Regimental Quartermaster; James S.
Athon, Surgeon and John M. Lord Adjutant. Colonel Lane had entered the
army as Captain of the Dearborn Volunteers and had seen service in the Third
Regiment, before he became Colonel of the Fifth. He was thirty three years old,
a handsome man and a gallant soldier. His subsequent brilliant but stormy
career in Kansas and Missouri is well known. Captain Alay of Company J. re-
cruited at Crawfordsville, was promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant
^lahlon D. Manson, afterwards a distinguished officer in the Civil War became
Captain of the company. John M. Myers, Major, was twenty-seven years of age,
and a very competent officer. A few of the companies were jnot full and according
to E. D. Mansfield's History of the Mexican War, the roster of the Fifth Regi-
ment showed "973 men. The First, Second and Third Regiments of Lidiana had
enlisted for one year, but the enlistment of the Fourth and Fifth Regiments was
for the war.
We remained in camp at Madison about three weeks where we received our
uniforms, which were of dark blue cloth, something like those worn in the late
war, and we wore caps. The light blue overcoats worn during the late war, were
very similar to those issued to our regiment. A letter bearing date October 15,
1857, in the New Albany Democrat and reproduced in the Indiana State Sentinel
of October 23, gives a view of the Fifth Regiment at Madison as follows : "Nine
companies have arrived and been mustered into the service. The last one, Captain
Gary's company from Grant County, was mustered in last evening. All the
companies are now in camp and comprise in all something like 700 men, and
recruiting for the various companies is going on rapidly. Every one about the
camp is in the highest spirits. Every volunteer is elated with the hope of soon
leaving that they may aid their fellow soldiers in subduing our treacherous and
obstinate foe and share in the revels in the halls of the Montezumas — that all ab-
sorbing desire of the volunteer that is now being realized in the City of the
Aztecs. The clothing of the different companies is going on rapidly and will be
completed by the last of next week at farthest." A contemporary notice of the
Fifth Regiment in the Madison Courier is as follows : "During the time this body
of men have been encamped here, they have conducted themselves with great
propriety, and their conduct has reflected credit on the character of the volunteer.
Take them all in all, they are a fine looking body of men and appear competent to
do good service in the field."
On Sunday, being the last day of October, or the first day of November, the
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regiment left Madison for New Orleans. Three steamboats, the Ne Plus Ultra,
the Phoenix and the Wave were necessary to transport the regiment down the
river. Companies C, H and I, under command of Major Myers, went on the
Wave. Company K, not having arrived in camp in time, did not go with the
regiment. Our journey of ten days down the Mississippi was a delightful one,
in a delightful season of the year, and marred only by flie death of our comrade,
David Warner, who fell overboard in the night and was drowned. The boat
proceeded on its way, and there was much indignation among the men toward
the captain of the boat because he did not stop the vessel and allow the body to
be recovered. This sad accident brought to our minds some realization of the
horrors of war.
CHir regiment remained a day and a night at New Orleans. I regret to
say, that while here, two members of Company H, from Henry County, deserted.
Their names are not included in the list of volunteers from Henry County and
are wholly suppressed in this article. One of them was a young painter who had
come to New Castle a short time previous to his enlistment. I knew him slightly
and while at Greenfield, on our way to Indianapolis, we took a walk together. He
called my attention to a ring on his finger and gave me the name and address of
a lady, and asked me, if he should be killed in battle, to send her the ring; and
if he should be so badlv shot to pieces as to be unrecognizable, he stated that I
might recognize him by an artificial tooth. I think the fellow so brooded over
the possibility of being shot to pieces that he thought the Crescent City an excellent
place in which to disappear from sight and avoid such a horrible fate. We never
heard of him afterward. The other member of the company who deserted was
of a good family and his comrades could never understand why he did so dis-
creditable -a thing. At ^ladison I had been detailed as Commissary Sergeant of
the regiment, and at New Orleans, I separated for a time from m\- company.
Several companies of the Fifth Regiment, myself with them, embarked on the
steamer Alabama for Vera Cruz. The remaining companies sailed on another
vessel. Our voyage across the Gulf of Mexico, lasting some five or six days, was a
stormy one. During the height of the storm, there was scarcely a man who did
not feel that our vessel would go down. I remember that many of the boys, while
the waves surged over the ship, most devoutly prayed, while others sang that
good old song, "The Star of Bethlehem." When the waves calmed and the
glorious sunshine appeared. I think many good resolutions were forgotten, but
it is ever so.
About the middle of November, we came in sight of the grim walls of San
Juan de Ulloa, the Mexican fortress defending the city of Vera Cruz, which had
been captured by General Scott's army, assisted by the naval forces, seven months
before. The sight of land was a joyous one to us after our stormy voyage, even
though it was the land of the enemy, but we knew that a friendly garrison was
within the walls of the city. Our regiment remained in Yera. Cruz several days,
and here we received our arms, which were the old flint-lock muskets.
\'era Cruz was an ancient walled city built by the Spanish invader Cortez.
the walls of the city being fortified at inter^'als. On an island about half a mile out
in the Gulf stood the famous fortress of San Juan de Ulloa. This was an enclosed
fortification of large size, but the fortress had been captured by Scott's army with-
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out serious difficulty. Everything was new to us ; and here, for the first time, we
saw the dark-eyed ^Mexican senoritas of whom we had heard much. The houses
were principally two stories high and the streets narrow. There was a fine
cathedral here, and the members of the regiment, when not engaged in military
duties, spent the time sight-seeing. Nothing here impressed me so much as the
vast, illimitable ocean, and almost daily I walked with comrades out upon the
^lole, a structure built of stone and cement and extending into the Gulf. L'pon
the occasion of our first promenade upon the Mole, not understanding the in-
fluence of the tides, we were nearly swept ofif our feet by the sudden appearance of
the waves, to the great amusement of the Mexicans who witnessed our discomfit-
ure. The yellow fever and black vomit prevailed in Vera Cruz almost the entire
vear, and our regiment was anxious to penetrate the interior.
We now began our long march to the City of ^lexico which General Scott
had occupied six weeks before. The Fifth regiment had been assigned to a brigade
with the Third Tennessee regiment, commanded by Colonel Cheatham, afterwards
a distinguished officer in the Confederate army. For the first few miles out from
Vera Cruz, the scenery was uninteresting. The country was sparsely inhabited,
and to our surprise and regret, it was not a land flowing with milk and honey,
and the most active foraging parties met with but little success, but pulque, the
native drink of the ]\Iexicans, was plentiful and was prescribed by our surgeons.
It was mildly intoxicating, and the use of any other kind of liquors was vers-
unsafe for Americans. It was a common saying in our army that the first case of
intoxication for a soldier sent him to the hospital and the second case was certain
death.
W'e marched in light marching order, for during the day it was oppressively
hot, but the nights were always cool and we slept under our blankets. The country
was filled with roving bodies of Mexican cavalry called Lancers and with numer-
ous bands of guerrillas, but the strong holds of the enemy were in possession of
our troops. Each company of the regiment had a wagon in which its tents and
cooking utensils were conveyed. Our rations were crackers, bacon and cofifee.
It was asserted that some of the cracker boxes bore the date of 1835, while others
contended that the crackers were a remnant left from the battle of New Orleans.
The Fifth Indiana led the advance. Then came the wagon train and the
Third Tennessee brought up the rear. No cavalry or artillery accompanied our
command. We marched in close order and the two regiments were always within
easy supporting distance. This was necessary, for as we proceeded on our
march, bodies of Mexican Lancers, sometimes 4,000 or 5,000 in number, often
appeared in sight, but as frequently disappeared, without giving us battle. The
Lancers were armed with lances and short carbines. They wore gray uniforms,
leather leggings and gray sojubrcivs and were mounted on sorn,- little half-starved
horses, which bore little comparison with the fine, large horses of our
army. They were picturesque horsemen, but poor soldiers. With the enthusiasm
of new troops, we were anxious for battle, but before we could effectively fight
with our flint-lock muskets, we would have to approach so near the enemy as to
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see the white of their eyes. The Mexicans, to our regret, never allowed us to
get SO close.
Our inarch was over the great national highway from the coast to the interior
and over the same road along which General Scott's victorious army had marched.
Thirty-five miles from Vera Cruz, we crossed La Puenta Nacional, a splendid
bridge, spanning Rio Antiqua. From now on, the scenery was fine, our march
being through an undulating country with shade trees and mixed chapparral on
either side of the road. We marched from ten to thirty miles a day, depending
upon circumstances. If. in the middle of the afternoon, we discovered a fine
spring of water near our line of inarch, we selected a site for a camp near by.
Otherwise our march was prolonged until a suitable camping place was found
when we pitched our tents and built our camp fires. Strict discipline was main-
tained, yet the nights in camp were always happy and full of the pleasures and
diversions of army camp life.
The first important point we passed through was Jalapa, sixty five miles from
the coast. This was a city of about g,ooo inhabitants. It was neat and clean, and
there were many handsome buildings here, surrounded with orange groves and
lovely gardens filled with fruits and flowers. The climatic fevers which prevail
on the coasts, were much less fatal to Americans after reaching Jalapa. Here our
regiment and the Third Tennessee went into camp for a week. Cerro Gordo is a
high spur of the Cordilleras Mountains, fifteen miles east of Jalapa, and General
Santa Anna, commander of the Mexican Army, had selected this point as one
having great natural advantages for defense against the invading army, but the
battle fought here on the i8th of April had resulted in a decisive victory for the
American Army.
After a week in camp, we proceeded on our march. Extensive provision
trains, carrying supplies to our army in the City of Mexico, wound their slow
length along over the broad macadamized road from the coast to the capital, and
we crossed several splendid bridges, magnificent specimens of architecture. The
Fifth Indiana and Third Tennessee, marched in friendly concord, little con-
scious of the fact that in less than fifteen years the North and South would be
arrayed against each other in deadly conflict. The country was not populous and
the inhabitants lived principally in the pueblos or towns and villages. The
grandees or owners of the soil, had comfortable habitations, but the peons or
slaves, who composed the vast body of the people, and toiled for their masters,
lived in mere hovels. The next important town on the line of our march, after
leaving Jalapa was Perote. There was a strong fortification here, known as the
Castle of Perote, being next in straigth to San Juan de Ulloa.
After the capture of the City of Mexico, the Alexican Army was divided into
detachments which harrassed our army and endeavored to destroy General Scott's
line of communication with Vera Cruz, and in December a Mexican force besieged
Puebla then held by our troops. The march of our brigade was now rapid in the
direction of the beleaguered city, but before our arrival the garrison had marched
out of their fortifications and defeated the Mexicans who hastily withdrew.
The country grew more fruitful as we advanced and occasional foraging
parties now went out, but had always to be on the lookout for the Mexican Lan-
cers, who continued to hover on our line of march. I remember that upon one
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occasion on our march. Captain Manson of Company I was so ill that Ik- had
been obliged to ride in an ambulance, but when the enemy's cavalry came in sight
and a fight seemed imminent, he alighted from the ambulance with difficulty and
placed himself at the head of his company, much to the disappointment, as I
afterwards heard, of the First Lieutenant, who had hoped to command the com-
pany in case of an attack.
After a forced march of several days our brigade marched into Puebla. The
Fourth Indiana Regiment, commanded by Colonel Gorman, and a body of regular
troops were stationed here, and the beleagured garrison had only three or four
days before our arrival repulsed the Mexicans. Here I met Oliver H. P. Cary
and Decatur Car\-, brothers and members of the Fourth Regiment, both of whom
I had previously known, for they had both lived at Knightstown and afterwards
removed to Grant County. They were brothers of Captain Ebenezer G. Gary, who
commanded our company and also of James N. Gary, a member of our company
from Henry County. These four brothers held a happy family reunion here.
Later on, I met in the City of Mexico another brother, John T. Cary, who was
serving in the regular army. Fourteen years later, Oliver H. P. Cary and I again
marched under the flag, L as Captain of Company C of the Thirty Sixth Regiment
of Indiana, and he, as the Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. He was a brave
and gallant soldier.
The. city of Puebla is the capital of the State of Puebla and the second city in
population in the Republic. The city was situated upon a vast plain 7,000 feet
high, and while wholly within the torrid zone is called tierras frias or cold lands.
Wheat of fine quality. Indian corn, barley and fruits peculiar to this region, grew
in abundance here. The country around is volcanic and there was little beauty of
foliage. The cactus called the prickly pear was frequent and there were some
palm trees growing along our line of march. In the neighborhood of Puebla
were many cultivated fields, but the methods of farming were most primitive. The
native Mexican plowed with oxen using a plow similar to those used 2,000 years
ago. He seemed to have no desire for better methods and looked with contempt
upon all improvements. We had now reached a volcanic region, and near our
line of march, after leaving Puebla, we passed a slumbering volcano from which
smoke was issuing. Several members of our company ascended the mountain
and looked into the crater, but I did not.
Our march after leaving Puebla was through Plan del Rio Frio. The pass of
Rio Frio afforded excellent opportunities of defence. Neither ancient Greece nor
Switzerland with their mountain defiles ofifered better opportunities for repelling
an invader. As Mr. Marcy the Secretary of War said : "Perhaps no country
interposed so many and such formidable obstacles to the progress of an invading
army as Mexico." Santa Anna determined to make a stand at the fortified camp
of Contreras and on the heights of Chrurubusco. not far from the City of Mexico.
But, with all the advantages of their position. General Scott attacked the Mexican
strongholds and had won decisive victories at Contreras and Churubusco on the
20th of August.
Shortly after passing through the village of Rio Frio, the plain of Mexico
burst upon our view. In the distance was the historic city with its lofty steeples,
its modern splendor and ancient magnificence. Upon every side were its mag-
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nificent lakes. The view was strand and an air of romance gave everything a
vivid coloring. The great lake Tezcuco lay to the east. To the south, we beheld
in the hazy distance, the extinct volcano of Popocatapetl. We were strangely
happy. It was the land of romance surrounded with the glamour of war.
Our regiment had been anxious to reach the City of Mexico before Christ-
mas, and in the afternoon of December 23, our march of two hundred and sixty
miles from Vera Cruz to the capital came to an end. and with bayonets gleaming
in the sunlight we joyfully entered the historic city of the Aztecs and later of the
Spaniard. Our regiment marched to the famous old Convent of Santa Clara,
where we were quartered. The convent was a two story building, and occupied,
as I now remember, a square. The interior was a court-yard with a fountain, and
there were walks lined with flowers. There were numerous apartments in the
convent and these were occupied by the diflferent companies, the ofificers occupying
for their quarters, separate apartments. A portion of the convent completely
separated from our quarters was occupied by nuns and Sisters of Charity.
Everything, to us, was new and strange. The people, the language, the styles
of architecture, the manners and customs, profoundly impressed us. No city upon
the continent possessed a histors' so strange and romantic. Its antiquity was
venerable, and long before the discovery of America a high state of civilization
had existed here. The history of the city goes back as far as 1325 or 1327, when
the Aztecs were directed after their long wanderings to settle here. A century
later, with the progress of Aztec culture, the city had greatly improved and the
rude habitations of early times were replaced with splendid stone structures built
principally upon the small islands of Lake Tezcuco. The Spanish invader Cortes
caj'tured the city in 1520. It had then reached its highest splendor and contained
500,000 inhabitants. Numerous canals intersected the city which was connected
with the mainland by splendidly constructed causeways. Montezuma, descended
from an ancient imperial race, was emperor. Cortes, its conqueror, described the
city as "like a fairy creation rather than the work of mortal hands." Two years
after its capture the city was almost wholly destroyed. The city as we saw it was
rebuilt on the same site, although Lake Tezcuco seems to have greatly subsided.
From 1521- to 1821 Mexico was a dependency of Spain. It was a countrv filled
with gold and silver, and its inhabitants were looked upon by their conquerors
as slaves fit only to dig the precious metals out of the earth and pour them into
the Spanish treasury. For three hundred years viceroys from Spain governed the
City of Mexico and the surrounding country, living in kingly splendor ; but in
1821 the Mexicans threw ofif the yoke of Spain. But the Spanish civilization,
modified by the traditions and superstitions of the Aztecs, had left its indelible
impress upon the great city. It was the romantic history of the Aztecs, and the
sight of the mountains and lake in the midst of which they had dwelt, that
inspired a young lieutenant of the Third Regiment of Indiana, commissioned as
Lewis Wallace, to write the beautiful story of "The Fair God."
The modern City of Mexico as we beheld it contained more than 100,000
inhabitants and was 7,500 feet above the sea-level. Its streets all ran at right
angles and its main thoroughfares converged on the central Plaza or Main Square.
The plaza contained fourteen acres artistically laid out and filled with trees and
flowers and adorned with marble fountains. The public buildings were built upon
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the plaza, and towering above the g-oveniment buildings and facing to the North
was the great Cathedral, the largest church in America. This magnificent edifice
was begun in 1573 and completed in 1657. On the east side of the plaza was the
National Palace, with a frontage of 657 feet. This building was formerly the
residence of the Spanish viceroys, but was then occupied by the government
ofifices and contained the government archives. The Mexican Congress also con-
vened in the building. One half of the city seemed to be composed of convents,
churches and other ecclesiastical structures. But with all the splendor of the
buildings on the plaza, the buildings in the outskirts of the city were principally
one-story houses and mere hovels. One singular thing which we noticed was that
there were no chimneys and I did not see a grate or stove while in the citv. The
people warmed and cooked by ovens and the smoke escaped through openings
in the roof.
There were some fine promenades in the city. One was the famous Alameda,
planted with stately beeches. Another fine avenue extended out to the Castle of
Chapultepec. Along these promenades and in the plaza the soldiers were accus-
tomed to saunter. The back streets were very narrow and the sidewalks just
wide enough for two. It was the custom of the soldiers to go in twos, and when
they met a Mexican he was usually shoved into the street. Fully one half of the
population were full-blooded Indians, descendants of the aboriginal inhabitants;
about a fourth were half-breeds, being half Spanish and half Indian. The re-
mainder were pure whites, descendants of the Spanish conquerors.
Our surroundings at Santa Clara were very pleasant, yet two things made our
lot less agreeable. We were unacclimated, and on account of the exhalations from
the lakes and the bad sanitary condition of the city, much sickness prevailed, and
many members of the regiment were sent to the hospital. Our rations were also
far from satisfactory both as to quantity and ciuality.
For several reasons our army, while in the City of Mexico, was poorly fed and
poorly clad. One of the reasons for this state of afifairs was the great distance
from the base of supplies and the difficulties in the matter of transportation. To
our scanty rations of hard bread, bacon and coffee, a limited supply of Me.xican
beef was added, but we were still inadequately supplied, and there was considerable
dissatisfaction throughout the regiment. Colonel Lane was a good officer but a
strict disciplinarian, and on this account, was not, in the beginning of our service,
altogether popular with the men just out of civil life and unused to military re-
straints, and while the Colonel was young in years as well as in appearance, he
was known throughout the regiment as "Old Jim."
One day the members of Company H held a meeting in the old convent and
passed some resolutions respecting our limited supply of rations. While this pro-
ceeding was altogether unmilitary, yet the resolutions were respectful and called
upon our commanding officer to remedy the evil, if possible. As I was now
orderly sergeant I was designated to present the resolutions to Colonel Lane.
With a good deal of trepidation, I went to headquarters. Saluting the Colonel,
I briefly stated the object of my visit and presented the resolutions. He was rather
curt, but read the communication carefully. He then turned the paper over and
wrote that he had done everything possible to secure better rations for the men,
and had importuned and even demanded of the commissary department better
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supplies, but without avail. He then ordered me to form the company in line
and read his communication to the men. I did so, and reports of the affair spread
throughout the regiment, and while our rations were not increased the Colonel's
popularity steadily grew.
Amos Brown, the young colored man from Fall Creek Township, continued
to act as cook for the officers of Company H. He had always desired to be regu-
larly mustered into the service and the officers of the company were not unwilling
to have him paid by the Government, rather than out of their own pockets. As
I was supposed to have some prejudices on the color line, some of the members
of the company, while in the City of Mexico, asked me to interpose no objections
to his being mustered into the service, and I made none, and on December 31,
as shown by the muster rolls, Brown was mustered into the service of the United
States as a member of our company. And thus a colored man from Henry
County tiecame a soldier fifteen years before colored men were enlisted in the
great Civil War.
On Sundays many members of the regiment attended the old cathedrals and
beheld for the first time, the impressive religious ceremonies of the Catholic
Church, while others attended in the afternoon the bull fights and witnessed the
exciting contests of the arena, which never failed to attract the attendance of the
Mexican aristocracy. Many members of the regiment, most of whom were
unmarried, cultivated the acquaintance of the senoritas many of whom were
handsome, with their dark eyes and olive tints, but the freedom of their manners
was always a complete surprise to an American. Even the higher classes of
Mexican women who were supposed to live most secluded lives, restrained by
the traditional customs of the Spanish race and the most punctilious forms of
etiquette, were nothing averse to little flirtations with our soldiers.
As upon shipboard, the slightest incidents relieve the monotony, so, unim-
portant incidents in our garrison life varied the monotony from day to day. While
in the City of Mexico, our regiment was paid oflf, our monthly wages being counted
out to us in silver. For risking his life in this dreadful climate, ten fold more de-
structive than the enemy's bullets, the private soldier received seven dollars per
month. Pay day to the soldier was an event of no little importance, and the ill
fed soldiers, who a few weeks before, had left comfortable homes in Indiana
were wont to frequent the restaurants so long as their money lasted and indulge
in Mexican dishes of doubtful origin. We received our mail once a month and
news from home was always joyfully received. But the return mails too often
carried to homes, in the North, sad tidings of the death of some loved one.
An event which threatened for a time to lead to the most serious consequences
now occurred. A portion of the old convent of Santa Clara where the Fifth
Regiment was quartered was, as I have before stated, occupied by a body of nuns
of the Catholic Church. Their apartments were completely isolated from our
quarters and were in a remote part of the convent. A soldier without evil intent,
but with a desire to play a practical joke, managed to surreptitiously gain admit-
tance to their apartments, to their great surprise and consternation. The news of
this afifair, so sacrilegious to a Catholic, spread through the city and profoundly
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excited the populace. The act was regarded as an iiisuh to their religion and a
violation of the most sacred of its institutions. The excitement among the Mexi-
cans was ver\- great and there were ominous threats. There were perhaps, not to
exceed 10,000 American troops in the city and its suburbs and these were quar-
tered remotely from each other. At the time of the greatest excitement I was in
charge of the guard at the Custom House where eight hundred ^^lexican women
were engaged in making clothing for our troops. Half of the guard was with-
drawn and ordered to report at the convent where an attack by the infuriated
populace was threatened. Fortunately the excitement subsided without serious
results.
The rations doled out to the regiment at Santa Clara showed no improvement.
All of our money was spent since the last pay da}- and so with a boldness born
of impecuniosity and a hunger never quite satisfied, I entered a bakerv and asked
for bread. The baker placed several loaves on the counter. \Mth my limited
knowledge of Spanish, I said to him, A poco ticinpo, meaning that I would pay
for it in a short time. The baker reached for the bread, but I anticipated him and
picked up the loaves. I wrote my name on a slip of paper and handed it to the
baker, who placed it in a drawer. I took the bread to our quarters and for two
or three days our mess fared sumptuously. A few days afterwards, our regiment
was paid off and with my monthly stipend in my pocket, I went to the place of
business of my friend, the baker, who remembered me, and to his great surprise,
paid for -the bread. The news of this little transaction spread among the dealers
along the street, and my credit was so well established, that I could, 1 think, have
bought all the bakeries on the street, on time.
Death was decimating the ranks of our army. Men out of an equable climate
of the North temperate zone could not withstand the fevers of a plain in the
torrid zone, 7,500 feet above the level of the sea. To the dangers of the climate
to an American, were added those of the bad sanitary conditions of a great city.
Many members of the Fifth Regiment were in the hospital. Captain Gary and
Lieutenant Marshall died in the City of Mexico and Lieutenant Shunk was pro-
moted to the captaincy of Company H. The bodies of our dead officers were
placed in metallic coffins and taken to Vera Cruz, whence they were to be trans-
ported to their homes at Marion, but the superstitious sailors would not allow the
corpses to be brought on shipboard, and their remains were buried in the cemetery
at Vera Cruz where several hundred American soldiers were buried.
There was an ancient cemetery connected with the convent of Santa Clara,
for every ecclesiastical edifice of importance had its burying ground. Here in this
cemetery. 2.500 miles from home, many members of the Fifth Regiment were
buried. Every cemetery of importance, whether in peace or war, is apt to have its
grave robbers. It was discovered that Mexican ghouls were despoiling the graves
of our dead comrades. No valuables were ever buried with the bodies of our
comrades, but their graves in numerous instances had been opened and the
corpses stripped of their clothing. I was ordered one night to take a squad of
men and capture the wretches if possible. We stealthily approached the cemetery
under the cover of night, but the ghouls who had opened three graves and stripped
two bodies, had confederates, and fled into the chapparral.
After performing garrison duty in the City of Mexico, for a month, the Fifth
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Regiment was ordered to Molino del Re}', or The King's Mill, five miles east of
the capital and not far from the Castle of Chapultepec. We bade farewell forever
to the old convent and marched to our new quarters. Here we selected a pleasant
camp and pitched our tents. The Mill of the King from which the place takes its
sonorous Spanish name was a stone building several hundred feet long and one
story high. Previous to the battle which was fought here, on September 8, the
Mexicans had used the mill as a cannon factory. Here the regiment performed
ordinary garrison duty and had daily drill. Our regiment had no chaplain, but on
Sunday, the members of the regiment were accustomed to attend religious services
in a grove near the Castle of Chapultepec.
A Mexican lady of high rank who had known Colonel Lane on the Rio
Grande paid him a visit at Molino del Rey. She was mounted on a fine horse and
was attended hy an escort. There was nothing unusual in her visit and the only
thing which attracted our attention was the fact that she rode astride her horse.
Her habiliments which came well down on both sides of her horse were modest
and decorous and I only recall the incident now to illustrate the fact that the
strictest conventionalities of the country permitted her to ride in a manner both
comfortable and safe. I afterwards learned that this was the usual way for all
Mexican women and people of Spanish extraction to ride, commonly called,
"riding Spanish."
An armistice had been agreed upon by the commanders of the .\merican and
Mexican armies, August 24, 1847. This armistice provided that "hostilities should
instantly and absolutely cease between the armies of the United States of America,
and the United Mexican States within thirty leagues of the capital of the latter
State." Nicholas P. Trist, the commissioner for the United States, had for a long
time been vainly endeavoring to negotiate a treaty of peace with the Mexican
Government. Notwithstanding the armistice, bodies of Mexican Cavalry oc-
casionally made dashes within our lines, and the monotony of garrison life at
Molino del Rey was varied by an exciting episode one night when our regiment
and the Third Tennessee were ordered out to disperse a body of Mexican Cavalry.
We hastily formed in line and marched to Guadalupe seven or eight miles distant,
only to find the enemy fleeing and hear the splashing of the water as their cavalry
plunged into a ditch along the road side.
Our regiment remained at Alolino del Rey about six weeks and was then
ordered to San Augustin, eleven miles south of the City of Mexico. San
Augustin was an aristocratic place with its beautiful residences and lovely orange
groves, a suburb of the capital and the home of many wealthy Mexicans and proud
hidalgos. Here our regiment was assigned to a brigade with the Fourth Regi-
ment of Tennessee commanded by Colonel Waterhouse. I remember Colonel
Waterhouse as an old gray bearded farmer-like gentleman, whose appearance was
in marked contrast with that of our handsome colonel.
Our surroundings at San Augustin were very agreeable, and our duties the
ordinary and uneventful duties of garrison life. The regiment was quartered in
a building used for cocking mains. There was an open space in the center where
the cock fights took place and the benches rose one above another as in an amphi-
theater. Here upon these benches where the Mexican rabble nvere accustomed to
sit, our soldiers slept at night. On the 28th of May, 1848, our comrade William
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H. Roby of Fall Creek Township died at San Augustin and his ranains repose
there in an unknown grave. Life and property were more secure in Mexico, after
its occupation by our troops than ever before, and our army furnished an excellent
market to the Mexicans for all their products. And while we were invaders of
the country and our arms had even,-where been victorious, the Americans were
not wholly ufiwelcome and the people of all classes, descendants of one of the
proudest races of Europe treated us with great consideration and with the polite-
ness proverbial among the higher classes of Mexicans.
Soldiers proverbially enjoy favor in feminine eyes and as the most attractive
young Mexicans were at the time absent from home, riding over the country as
Lancers, los Americanos, and the officers especially were in high favor with the
Mexican ladies at San Augustin, and many little courtships were carried on under
the guise of language schools, in which the Americans taui^lit IjiL^lish to the
sciioritas and in turn received instruction in Spanish. Sunic amusing stories
were in circulation at the time, concerning these international language lessons.
One member of our company from Henry County confessed that he had serious
intentions of marrying a wealthy Mexican lady and remaining in the country,
but a feeling of homesickness so overcame him when the regiment began its
homeward march, that he bade farewell forever to the fair lady and soon after
his return home, found solace in a Henry County wife.
The reflections made by General Taylor in his official report of the battle of
Ikiena \'ista concerning the conduct of the Second Indiana Regiment in this
engagement, and the criticisms of JeiT Davis, who commanded the Mississippi
Rifles, and others upon the conduct of this regiment, were much discussed through-
out the anny. The members of the Fifth Regiment were indignant at the
reflections upon our State, and while the regiment was stationed at San Augustin
Colonel Lane, in order to give us an opportunity of wiping out what we considered
an unjust stigma upon the soldiers of Indiana had asked permission to lead the
advance of our army in the direction of San Luis Potosi, and as I understand
this privilege had been granted, in case hostilities were resumed in that direction.
On February 2, 1848, a treaty of peace had been signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo,
by Nicholas P. Trist, commissioner on behalf of the United States. Several
months elapsed before the treaty received the approval of the- government of the
L^nited States. In the latter part of May, however, it became definitely known
that hostilities were at an end and the Fifth Regiment received orders to march
to Vera Cruz. Leaving forever our pleasant quarters at San Augustin, and
casting a last look upon the historic City of ^Mexico, we set out upon our long
march. Our march to the sea was a leisurely and uneventful one over the same
route by which we had entered the country. At Puebla, eight recruits joined our
company only to return home within a few weeks after their enlistment. Dr.
Montgomery' of Lewisville, had been promoted to the rank of Assistant Surgeon
of the regiment, and on our return march died shortly before we reached \'era
Cruz.
About twenty five miles from \'era Cruz our regiment went into camp on the
hacienda of General Santa Anna. Here we remained about ten days awaiting
a steamer to carry us North. About the first of July we sailed from Vera Cruz.
The walls of San Juan de UUoa slowly faded from our sight and we were home-
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ward bound. On July 4, Levi Donihue, one of the eight recruits who had joined
our company at Puebla, died on shipboard. I well remember the event and the
muster rolls give the date of Donihue's death. As First Sergeant I had charge
of the burial and by my direction, the dead body was sewed up in a blanket with
stones placed at the feet, and with the ceremonies attending a sailor's burial, the
body was cast into the Gulf. ■ With this exception our voyage across the Gulf was
an uneventful one. Joyful anticipations of meeting loved ones at home filled our
' hearts. But withal we could not wholly escape a feeling of sadness, for many
of our comrades were left behind, never to return. The vessel bearing us home
steamed up the Mississippi. The regiment disembarked at New Orleans, where,
after a delay of a day or two, we took a boat for the North. There had been
many changes in our company. Noting the changes among the living, I had been
' promoted to be first Sergeant ; Henry Shank, Second Sergeant ; Richard Webster,
First Corporal, and Charles Fifer, Fourth Corporal. On July id, while on the
Mississippi, another member of Company H died. About the 25th of July the
Fifth Regiment reached Madison in our own beloved State and here on July 28,
1848, where, ten months before, we had been mustered into the service of the
United States, we were discharged, and the members of the company regretfully
bidding each other goodby, many of them never to meet again, were soon in the
bosoms of their respective families.
The war with Mexico was one of conquest undoubtedly, for when the treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo was ratified, 900,000 square miles of territor}' were added
to the domain of the United States, including California and what is now New
Mexico and Arizona. The war in its inception and prosecution had been severely
condemned by a large portion of the people of the Northern States. But of the
men from Indiana, who marched under the flag, in this struggle, and the same is
true of the vast majority of the rank and file of the anny, no one, I think, believed
he was fighting for conquest, much less for human slavery. The men who con-
fronted the dangers of death from disease and upon the battlefield, saw only the
Nation engaged in a struggle with a foreign power, and rallied as patriots and
soldiers to the defense of their country and its flag in time of peril. -
Men propose but an overruling Providence seems often to dispose of human
events. And thus if the war was begun in the interests of human slavery, its
purpose wholly failed, for in 1848, California was admitted into the Union as a free
State, and its admission gave the free States a preponderance in the affairs of
the government. In the same year gold was discovered in the new State and the
wealth of the Nation vastly increased. New Mexico and Arizona with their
mountainous areas and arid climate yet remain territories, with vast possibilities,
but the civilization of the Anglo-Saxon has supplanted that of the Spaniard in
all this vast territory. And whatever may have been the motives which led to
the Mexican War, there can be no doubt that its results advanced the cause of
human freedom, increased the National prosperity and promoted human intelli-
gence and the cause of civilization.
When the Fifth Regiment reached Madison, death had fearfully decimated
its ranks. Company H had sufl^ered greatly and twenty one of its members sleep
today in unknown graves in a foreign land. Many of its members returned
broken in health and Abner Phillips and Jeremiah Gossett died within a short time
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after their return, victims of an inhospitable chmate and as much a sacrifice upon
the altar of their country as if they had fallen upon the battlefield. Every man
from Henry County, so far as lies within my knowledge, did his whole duty and
reflected credit upon his State and county. Some of them afterward did service
in the war for the Union. But nearly all of them are now with the silent majority,
and after the lapse of almost half a century, it affords me pleasure to pay this
tribute to all my comrades, living and dead.
Two of the above named Mexican War soldiers had records in the Civil War.
Elam Armfield enlisted from Knightstown in Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry,
as a private, and was mustered into the service of the United States, December
13, 1861. He was discharged for disability, June 24, 1862. George W. Thomp-
son went from Cadiz to Illinois and enlisted at Young America, Pulaski County,
that State, in Company C, 36th Illinois Infantry, as a private, and was mustered
into the service of the United States, September 23, 1861. He was captured and
held in a Confederate prison, and after his release was mustered out March 15,
1865. After his release from the Confederate prison and When about to be dis-
charged from the army, he purposely refrained from advising his family, which
had .remained at Cadiz, during his service in the war, of his prospective return
home. His purpose was to go direct from Camp Parole, Annapolis, ^laryland, to
Cadiz and surprise them by his unexpected return. He arrived in Cadiz un-
announced and went directly to the house where he supposed his wife to be living
and knocked at the door. Alas ! his wife had been dead for a week or more. He
continued to. reside in Cadiz until his death and his remains are buried in the Hess
Cemetery, near Cadiz.
MEXICAN WAR SOLDIERS NOT MENTIONED BY CAPTAIN WOODWARD.
David Bearley, born in Warren County, Ohio. August 27, 1829. Moved to New Cas-
tle after the Mexican War. Enlisted in what was known as the First Rifles Company,
First Ohio Infantry, June 29, 1846. Took part in the siege of Monterey, Mexico, and was
mustered out v/ith his regiment, at New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Summer of 1S47. He
also served in the Civil War, during the Morgan Raid, in Company A, 110th Indiana In-
fantry.
James Brown, Knightstown. Said to have ^rved in the Mexican War, going from
Knightstown. Information furnished by Colonel Milton Peden. Record of military serv-
ice is not obtainable.
George Burton, born' in Jefferson County, Indiana, October 4, 1S24. Moved to New
Castle after the Mexican War. Served in Company H, 3rd Indiana Infantry, in the Mexi-
can War. Took part in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico. In the Civil War, enlisted
from New Castle in Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the serv-
ice of the United States, as a private, September 22, 1SB4. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
He also served, during the Morgan Raid, as Captain of Company B, 110th Indiana In-
fantry, identical with the New Castle Guards, Indiana Legion.
John Ds^vis. Said to have served in the Mexican War, later moving to Henry
County and living at Greensboro. Information furnished by Daniel W. Saint, now de-
ceased. Record of military service is not obtainable.
Theophilus Everett, born at Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1806. Moved to Mid-
dletown after the Mexican War. Enlisted in Colonel Dodge's regiment of Dragoons
when about twenty five years old, and served on the frontier about two years. Enlisted
in Magruder's Battery in 1847 and served in the War with Mexico, two years. Enlisted
from Middletown in Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, and was mustered into the service
of the United States, as Saddler, September IS, 1S61, and was discharged for disability,
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March 28, 1863; re-enlisted in Company K, 124th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into
the service of the United States, as a private, December 19, 1863, and was mustered
out August 31, 1865. He tooli part in the battles of Shiloh, Atlanta Campaign, Franklin,
Nashville and Wise's Forks. Served in the Civil War, forty two months; total servive,
seven years and six months.
Oliver P. Fort, Knightstown. Served in the Mexican War in the company of the
4th Indiana Infantry, of which Oliver H. P. Gary (afterwards Colonel of the 36th Indiana
Infantry) was First Lieutenant. He went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, in 1859, with the
Colonel Peden party. He remained in Colorado and, when the Civil War broke out, en-
listed in Company K, 2nd Colorado Cavalry, and was mustered into the service of the
United States, as a private, January 27, 1863. He died at Benton Barracks, St. I^ouis,
Missouri, January 12, 1864. His remains were taken to his old home at Knightstown
and there buried in the Old Cemetery.
Ezra Gillingham, Baltimore, Maryland. Said to have served in the Mexican War.
Record of military service in that war not obtainable. In the Civil War he enlisted from
Weisburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, in Company I, 21st Regiment, Veteran Reserve
Corps and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, September 7,
1861. Mustered out September 12, 1864. Moved to Knightstown after the Civil War.
George W. Hazzard, New Castle. Second Lieutenant. 4th Artillery, U. S. A. (See
U. S. Military Academy).
Alexander McAdoo. Said to have served in the Mexican War, later moving to
Henry County and living at Greensboro. Information furnished by Daniel W. Saint, now
deceased. Record of military service is not obtainable.
Thomas Morton, born in Preble County, Ohio, August 15, 1826. Moved to Middle-
town after the Civil War. Enlisted in Captain Hawkins' company of Ohio volunteers tor
the Mexican War, in May. 1846. The company was not accepted and the men were mus-
tered out in June, 1846: re-enlisted in March. 1847, in Company F, United States Mounted
Rifles. Took part in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Chapultepec and City of Mex-
ico. Severely wounded in the taking of the city. September, 1847. Mustered out in Septem-
ber, 1848. In the Civil War, enlisted at Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, in Company C, 20th
Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States as a private
April 27, 1861. Promoted Captain and Colonel. Mustered out August IS, 1861. Re-entered
the service as Colonel of the 81st Ohio Infantry, August 19, 1861. Resigned July 30, 1864.
Took part in the battles of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Town Creek, Layton and Corinth.
Served in the Mexican War, nineteen months, and in the Civil War, thirty nine months.
Henry Ray, St. Thomas, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Moved to Henry County,
Indiana, in 1852. Said to have served in a Pennsylvania regiment, for eighteen months,
as a private, during the Mexican War. Information furnished by Henry L. Powell, of New
Castle. Record of military service in that war is not obtainable. In the Civil War, he
enlisted from New Castle in Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months' service),
and was mustered into the service of the United States, as First Lieutenant, April 25,
1861. Took part in the battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia, July 11, 1861, and was
mustered out August 6, 1861. Re-enlisted as a private in Company B, 5th Indiana Cav-
alry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, August 6, 1862. Appointed
Wagoner. Mustered out June 15, 1865. Buried in Elliott Cemetery, two miles south of
New Castle.
Reuben B. Stephenson. Moved to New Castle after the Mexican War. Said to
have served in the Mexican War. Information furnished by George Burton, of New
Castle. Record of military service in that war is not obtainable. In the Civil War, went
to Iowa and enlisted at Des Moines, Polk County, in Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry,
and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, March 6, 1862. Vet-
eran. Appointed Corporal and Sergeant. Discharged for disability, June 25, 1865.
Frederick Tykle. born in Preble County, Ohio, June 7, 1825. Moved to Middletown
after the Mexican War. Enlisted in Captain Hawkins' company of Ohio volunteers for
the Mexican War, in May. 1846. The company was not accepted and the men were mus-
tered out in June. 1846. In March, 1847, he enlisted in Company G, 4th Infantry, U. S. A.,
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and on arriving in Mexico was assigned to Company I. Tooli part in tlie battles of Churu-
busco, Molino del Rey, Storming of Chapultepec and the taking of the City of Mexico.
Mustered out in August, 1S48. General Ulysses S. Grant was at that time First Lieu-
tenant and Quartermaster of the 4th Infantry. In the Civil War, enlisted in Company B,
8th Indiana Infantry (three months" service), and was mustered into the service of the
United States, as Captain of the company, April 25, 1861. and took part in the battle ot
Rich Mountain, West Virginia, July 11, 1861. He was mustered out August 6, 1861. Re-
entered the service and Was mustered in as Captain of Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry
(three years' service), September .5, 1861. Resigned October 22, 1861. Served in Mexico,
eighteen months, and in the Civil War, six months. He also served during the Morgan
Raid as Captain of Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry.
Jacob Wood. Said to have served in the Mexican War. Died and is buried in Lib-
erty Township, near the old town of Chicago. Information furnished by his brothers,
living in Liberty Township. Record of his military service is not obtainable.
COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN HENRY COUNTY FOR THE MEXICAN WAR, NOT
CALLED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE.
The e.xeciitive records of tlie State of Indiana, ,on deposit in the office of the
Secretary of State, at IndianapoHs, show that under the Act of Congress, of May
13, 1846. the following provisional companies were organized in Henry County,
under the authority of Governor James Whitcomb, none of which were ever
called into active service. The first one of these companies is fully described by
Captain Woodward, but the other five are not. They are as follows :
Henry County Guards New Castle. January 18, 1846. Mathew S. Wai-d, Captain;
Henry SJiroyer, First Lieutenant; Pyrrhus Wopdward, Second Lieutenant.
Lewlsville Guards, Lewisville. July 31, 1846. William S. Price. Captain; George
W. Truslow, First Lieutenant; Emery South wick. Second Lieutenant; Joseph Spaw,
Ensign.
Middletown Rifle Company, Middletown. August 1, 1S46. Simon Summers. Cap-
tain; Henry Shank, First Lieutenant; Charles Riley. Second Lieutenant.
Ringgold Troop. Independent Militia, New Castle. August 10, 1846. Richard Good-
win. Captain; John Shroyer, First Lieutenant; George W. Woods, Second Lieutenant.
An unnamed company organized in Prairie Township, August 10, 1846. Jeremiah
Veach, Captain; Abraham W. Bouslog. Lieutenant.
Knightstown Grays, Knightstown. September 2, 1846. Solomon McCain. Captain;
Gordon Ballard, First Lieutenant; James Tyler, Second Lieutenant.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE MEXICAN WAR BY DAVID BEARLEY AND
GEORGE BURTON.
There are three survivors of the Mexican War, now living in Henry Count\-:
Norviel Fleming, of Sulphur Springs, and David Bearley and George Burton, of
New Castle. Norviel Fleming served in the same company as Captain Woodward
and his personal recollections, so far as they go, are practically covered in Captain
Woodward's papers. A condensed- statement of the personal recollections of
David Bearley and (jcorge Burton follow.
D.WID BE,\RLEY.
David Bearley was born, August 27, 1829, in Warren County, Ohio, about
twenty miles from Cincinnati. His parents moved to the city, when he was about
six year J old, and there he attended school and received such education as the
times aflforded. At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed himself to A. M. and T. C.
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Davs, to learn the trade of a confectioner. Twelve months later, the war between
the United States and Mexico was declared and, being full of patriotic spirit, it
did not take young Bearley long to make up his mind to enlist. He volunteered
June 29, 1846, and was assigned to the First Ohio Infantrs-.
Mr. Bearley was attached to what was called the First Rifles Company,
officered by Captain Ramsey, First Lieutenant Isaac Hosea and Second Lieu-
tenant Richard Mason. They went into camp at Camp Washington, near Cin-
cinnati, and from there on July 2, breaking camp, they marched to the city wharf
and took steamboats for New Orleans, half of the force, on board the "New
World," and the other half on the "Alabama." As the vessels swung into
midstream, the bands struck up, "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and a great
crowd on the wharf responded to the cheers of the volunteers with, "Good bye,
boys," "good luck to you," and "God bless you."
A short run down the Ohio River brought them to Louisville, Kentucky, and
after passing the falls, the boat5 rounded to on the Kentucky shore, where all
landed to listen to patriotic speeches and the reading of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Here also all were given an hour to go in swimming and as Mr.
Bearley says : "I tell you, it was a great sight to see one thousand people in the
water at one time." Once more the journey down the' Ohio was resumed and
no stops were made until Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was reached. There they
received their arms and ammunition and then steamed down the ^Mississippi
River to New Orleans, where they disembarked and were sent to Camp Jackson.
The trip from Cincinnati to New Orleans had taken about twelve days. After
three or four days at Camp Jackson, they boarded the steamship, "Duke of
Orleans." for Mexico. Three stomiy days and nights were taken to get to Point
Isabel. The troops here went into camp on Brazos Island and after a week's
rest took up the line of march for the mouth of the Rio Grande River. After
about a week, they marched up that river some twenty miles and went into camp
back of the river bluffs. The ground was cleaned for regimental drill, rifle
practice and parade purposes, and was called "Camp Belknap." Three weeks
were spent here, after which the regiment went to Camargo, on the Tiger River,
a tributary of the Rio Grande. Three weeks later they crossed that river and
started for Monterey. Passing through a number of important towns, they
at last arrived at the famous Walnut Springs, in front of IMonterey, Saturday,
September 19, 1846. The assault on this strongly fortified city was set for the
following Monday.
In his narration of events at this battle, Mr. Bearley says :
"It was in this battle that I received my first 'baptism of fire' and learned
something of the realities of war. It was here that the First Ohio Infantry and
the First Kentucky Infantry were formed into a brigade under the command of
General Thomas L. Hamer, of Ohio, who, while a member of Congress had
nominated, for a cadetship at West Point, Ulysses S. Grant. General Hamer
died and was buried at Walnut Springs but his remains were afterwards removed
to his Ohio home.
"After the battle I was taken with fever and ague, which was further com-
plicated with an attack of dropsy. Because of my illness I was confined to camp
and under the surgeon's care for about three rnonths, when the regiment was
UAZZARDS HISTORY (JF HE.NKI- (.(lUXTY. ^2 1
ordered to Saltillo, as Santa Anna, the Mexican General, was endeavoring to
reach and attack that city. When the regiment moved I was sent, with others, on
a forced march to the hospital, some distance away. In this hospital T learned
some additional facts tonching the realities of the life of the soldier. After a few-
weeks 1 had so far recovered my health as to warrant rejoining my regiment
whch I did at Saltillo. ^^'e were at this latter place a week, at the expiration of
which time, our regiment was ordered back to Monterey, where we were engaged
mostly in performing guard duty and scouting around in that section of Mexico.
\^^^i".e so engaged the rumor came to us that the regiment would shortly be placed
under orders with instructions to at once return home. This order came after
we had been at Monterey for about six weeks and you can imagine with what a
joyful shout the welcome news was received. It was not long until we were home-
ward bound, but our return route to the Rio Grande was over another than that
pursued when we entered .Mexico.
"We arrived first at Kenoso on the Rio Grande where we took boats awaiting
our coming and going down the river came to its moiuh where we went into
camp for a week, then marched to Brazos Island where we embarked on the
'Duke of Orleans' and after an uneventful, but pleasant trip across the gulf,
arrived safe and sound at New ( )rleans. Here we turned '<wr our arms and
equipments to the government, .\fter a week's sta\- at New i )rleans we were all
rounded up, received our pa}' and were nu'istered out of the service. At the con-
clusion of this final event, and \vith visions- of home filling mv mind's eve, I
secured passage on a river steamer and in the course of a week i^r ten days, the
journey being a very pleasant one, I landed at Cincinnati and sliortl>- after had
the pleasure of meeting and greeting relatives and friemls to sa\ nothing of 'The
Girl I Left Behind Me.' "
After his return from the war, ^Ir. Bearley learned the trade of a chair-
maker and followed it for a number of years. On December 24, 1849, he mar-
ried Sarah Jane Bell, of Montgomery County, Indiana, with whom he has lived
happilv ever since. They have had nine children, si.x boys and three girls, five of
wlioiu are now living, .\fter his marriage, he lived for 'about a year in Cin-
ciimati and then luoved to Cambridge City, Indiana. After a little more than two
}ears, he moved from there to Xew Castle, where he and his wife have lived for
more than fifty years, having arrived there. April 14, 1853.
After the lapse of nearly si.xty years, the grizzled veterans of the Mexican
A\'ar are few in number and soon, very soon, none will be left to answer roll call.
GEORGE BURTON.
George Burton was born in JetYerson County. Indiana, near the city of
Madison, October 4, 1S24. His parents were Henry and Mary ( Alcorne ) Burton,
natives of Kentucky, who moved to Indiana about the year 1801. He moved to
Xew Castle after the ^^lexican War and now resides there at the advanced age of
eighty one years.
When the call for volunteers for the Mexican War was luade, he enlisted in
Coiupany H, 3rd Indiana Infantrw under Captain \'oorhis Conover, of Shelby-
ville. The Colonel of the regiment was Jaines H. Lane, who afterwards attained
faiue during the troubles on the Kansas border. The company was recruited in
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HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HEXRY COUXTV.
and around Shelbyville and when organized was sent to New Albany, Indiana,
to receive their uniforms, and thence to New Orleans by two boats, the "James
Hewitt" and the "Homer." Stopping at Baton Rouge to receive their arms and
equipments, they proceeded to New Orleans and went into camp at Camp Jack-
son, three or four miles below that city. Several days later, they were taken by
vessels to Brazos Island, Texas, near the Gulf coast, and thence overland to the
Rio Grande and Camp Belknap, where they remained for sometime, drilling and
preparing for active service. Thence they marched to Palo Alto and thence in
October to Matamoras on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Marching to
Camargo, they there received mules and wagons for the transportation of regi-
mental supplies and after due preparation, started on the forward march to
Montery, one hundred and ninety miles awa,y.
On Christmas Eve, 1846, they arrived at Walnut Springs, four miles from
Monterey, and on Christmas day, the soldier boys visited that city. Thence they
marched to Saltillo, eighty miles from Monterey, reaching there on New Year's
day, 1847. There they remained until the arrival of General \\'ool. who came
from New Mexico, after which they moved twenty miles south to Camp Agua,
where they tarried until General Santa Anna drove them out to the battle ground
of Buena Vista, about four miles from Saltillo.
In his narrative of his experiences in the Mexican War, Mr. Burton says :
"At the battle of Buena Vista, the United States forces were under command of
Genera! Zachary Taylor and General Wool. The battle, including preliminar\'
fights and skirmishes, lasted from February 20 to 23, inclusive, 1847,. '^"'^
during that time victory hung in the balance.
"Preliminary to the battle and under order of General Taylor the four rifle
companies from the 2nd and 3rd Regiments, Indiana Infantry, were placed on the
mountain side, the Sierra Madre, to guard and prevent the Mexicans from out-
flanking us. These rifle companies were the right wing and left wing companies
of the two regiments and were for the time under command of Major Willis A.
Gorman. The 2nd Indiana Regiment was placed at the foot of the mountain under
Colonel Bowles. At the right of the 2nd Indiana, the 2nd Kentucky, Colonel
Gaines, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clay, was placed. Colonel Clay was the
favorite son of the famous Henry Clay. Both Gaines and Clay were killed in
the battle of the 23rd. The 2nd Illinois Infantry, under Colonel Bissel, was to the
right of the 2nd Kentucky. At the right of the 2nd Illinois, in the rear of the
mountain pass was the 3rd Indiana under command of Colonel Lane. Four pieces
of the Washington Battery occupied the pass and were located right in front of
the 3rd Indiana. In the rear and to the left of the regiment was General Tavlor
and his staff.
"On the evening of the 22nd three of General Santa Anna's staff came
through the lines and at the fort of our regiment they were met by one of General
Taylor's aids de camp. After saluting, one of the Mexican officers said: 'If
you will surrender you will be treated as prisoners of war. We have ample force
to capture }-ou.' This demand being reported to General Taylor he returned his
reply, saying : "I never surrender.' With this reply the Mexican officers returned
to Santa Anna. They were gone but a little while until they again put in an
appearance. This time they not only made the former demand but added that if
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the proposition was declined the battle would be at once resumed and they would
not leave, of us, one alive to tell the tale. This altercation was repeated to General
Taylor who directed his aid to say to the Mexicans that Tf they want me worse
than I do them they will have to come and take me.' There was no further
'dickering' and shortly after the battle was resumed by about 5,000 of the enemy
inarching out and making their first attack on the 2nd Indiana. The attack was
bravely met by the boys of the 2nd who succeeded in driving the enemy back,
assisted very materially by a portion of the Washington Battery. Quickly re-
organizing their forces which were further augmented by the Mexican Lancers,
the enemy once more advanced to the charge, the Lancers making special on-
slaught on the four companies of rifle men stationed on the mountain side while
the ^Texican infantry centered its charge on the 2nd Indiana, but for the second
time the enemy was driven back. The Lancers, during the battle made three
distinct attacks on the riflemen as did the Mexican Infantry on the 2nd Indiana,
l)ut at each succeeding onslaught they were driven back suffering great loss in
killed and wounded.
"On" the morning of the 23rd Colonel Jefferson Davis came out with 'six com-
panies of Mississippi riflemen, and was ordered by General Taylor, through
General Wool, to take them up on the mountain side and relieve the Indiana
riflemen who had been so long exposed and who were then without food or drink.
While the change was being made the Mexican forces were preparing for
another charge. When this was made the Mississippians all fired at once and
before the}- could reload the Lancers were upon them and forced them to retreat
dow^n the mountain followed by the Lancers who came to a point in the rear of
the 2nd Indiana. Colonel Bowles, two or three times, ordered his men to cease
firing and retreat but they refused to do so. and kept on fighting. The Lancers,
however, by force of numbers, about five to one, drove the regiment back and
following up their advantage, attacked the 2nd Kentucky. It was here that
Colonel Gaines and Colonel Clay were killed. The enemy continued its attack,
centering finally on the 2nd Illinois, under Colonel Bissel, who succeeded in
driving the Mexicans back to the foot of the mountain where they again rallied.
During this time, the 3rd Indiana was moving from the extreme right to the
extreme left. About half way across the field Coloml l.anc linrnght the com-
mand to a halt and brought us to a front face. At this pniiit the 2iid Kentucky
being driven back were rallied. We then moved on to the position assigned, the
extreme left, where we shortly after attacked the enemy.
"It was here, probably, that the hardest battle of the conflict took place. We
drove the enemy back and into a gorge in the mountains. At this time Colonel
Jefferson Davis rode up to our regiment and ordered us to charge the enemy,
which order, however. General Lane, pointing his sword to Colonel Davis and
then to the Lancers, quickly countermanded.
"At this time the 2nd Indiana and the 3rd Indiana were formed somewhat
in the shape of an 'S' and the Lancers attacked the first or upper part, coming to
the charge twenty abreast. Their charge was heroically met, the three front ranks
being killed to a man and the remainder of the command forced to retreat in
an utterly demoralized condition. After this, it was. I might say. a continuous
fight for the remainder of the day. We had, in the meantime, regained all of our
lost Erround.
724 HAZZARUS HISTORY OF HEXRV COUNTY.
"( )n the inorning of the 24th. sometime before dayhght. Colonel Lane ordered
Captain Conover to bring in one of our abandoned caissons which had been left
on the field during the heavy fighting of the 2nd Indiana. After daylight, looking
about to see the situation it was discovered that Santa Anna's camp was deserted
and that lying around and about were a good many dead and wounded soldiers.
Seeing this and making further investigation we discovered the Mexican Infantry
going over the top of the mountain. The victory was won and the battle of Buena
\'ista, became, from that day and time famous among the annals of war.
'"I was engaged in but the one battle. It was fierce and strong while it lasted
and the memors- of it. in very many respects, is, after a lapse of nearly sixty years,
as clear to my mind as if it had occurred but yesterday.
"General Taylor, after the war, became the twelfth President of the United
States. I saw him often during the war. He was a plain man, quite unassuming,
short in stature, but a brave, intrepid soldier. It was, however, his fame as a
hero of the Mexican War, rather than his fitness for the position, which made him
the chief magistrate of the nation.
•'Jefferson Davis, who had ccimmand of the Mississippi Rifles, was. during
the Civil War, President of the Southern Confederacy. His history has been
written and no words can add to or detract from his name and whatever of fame
he may have achieved."
In the roster of Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, (re-organized), pub-
lished elsewhere in this History, and again on page 717, is set out the highly
creditable part this ^lexican ^^'ar veteran took in the Civil A\'ar,
THE MEXICAN WAR.
KKCAIMirL.VTIOX.
Assistant Surgeon ^
Second Lieutenant 1
First Sergeant 1
Sergeant ^
Corporal -
Privates '^'^
Total 'i'^
DKOrCTIOXS.
Soldiers from other counties or states who moved to Henry County after the war. . H
Duplication of names by reason of promotions or transfers 4 10
Total of soldiers from Henry County in the Mexican War 2'^
CHAPTER XXX\\
roi.l of honor.
Roster of Hexrv County Soldiers and Sati.oks Who Were Killed or Died
OF Wounds or Disease Beforf. Discharge From tiif. Sek\ice — Recapitu-
lation— National Cemeteries.
The following" is a list of soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, and other
wars, from Henry County, who were killed or died of wounds received in hattle,
before discharge from the army : also those who died of disease before discharge,
giving in each instance, the place of first burial and the present place of interment,
so far as the same can be ascertained.
The total actual loss thus shown is four hundred and seventy si.x. To tliis
should be added an estimated number equal to twenty five per cent, thereof, or
one hundred and nineteen, for those who have died, after discharge, from wounds
incurred -in battle and disease contracted while in the army, of whom there is
no record. Practically all of this great mortality • comes from the Civil War.
as will be shown in the recapitulation following the roll of honor.
From the table of National Cemeteries, at the end of this chapter, it will
be seen that, since the Civil War, the Government has made extraordinary eflforts
to gather the scattered remains of its dead soldiers and sailors for appropriate re-
interment. If there is a National Cemetery located at the place where the soldier
died and was buried, it is comparatively easy to locate his place of re-interment,
for it is certain that, if his remains have not after the first interment been removed
to his home in the North, and they are not found among the known dead in that
particular cemetery, then they are there among the unknown.
The difficulty in gathering reliable data has been when the re-interment was
in a National Cemetery, at a point distant from and bearing no similarity in name
to the place of first intermen-t. For example the dead from the battlefields of
Perryville and Richmond. Kentucky, have all been moved to the National Ceme-
tery at Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, Kentucky. The dead from the battle-
fields of the Atlanta Campaign, from a point about fifty miles distant from Chat-
tanooga, Tennessee, to and around Atlanta, Georgia, have all been gathered into
a National Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia. At X'icksburg, Mississippi, the
National Cemetery contains the dead, not only from Mcksburg proper, but from
Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson, Big Black River. ]\Iilliken's Bend.
Young's Point, Arkansas Post and other points in that vicinity. From Chicka-
mauga's bloody field, the dead have all been removed to Chattanooga National
Cemetery. From Franklin and other points in Central Tennessee, the dead have
been gathered and deposited in the National Cemetery, most convenient, either
■J26 hazzard's history of henry county.
Nashville or Stone's River ( Murfreesboro). The author might proceed to set
out with particularity the different National Cemeteries, containing the dead
gathered from other and distant points, but it is sufficient to say that in every
instance, where a soldier is noted as having been re-interred in a National
Cemetery, which bears no relation in name or location to the place of first burial,
it has been ascertained by correspondence with the War Department at Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, or from other sources of official information, that
the dead have been moved from the place of first burial to that stated in this Roll
of Honor. After exhausting every avenue of investigation, however, it has been
found impossible to locate a number of Henry County soldiers, in any National
Cemeten,'. Presumably their remains have been re-interred in some National
Cemetery of which there is no record obtainable. In such cases the entry in
this Roll of Honor is as follows: "No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National Cemetery. Unknown list."
In consulting the list of National Cemeteries, it must be borne in mind that
the number of dead, reported in the respective cemeteries, is continually increasing,
but not to a marked degree, from the fact that it is the right of any person, who
ever served in the army or navy of the United States, though not in that service
at the time of death, to b^ buried in a National Cemetery-, at the expense of the
Government, if he so requests before death or, if his family so request, after
his death.
The list of cemeteries, as published by the Government, was made up before
the Spanish-American War. Consequently the cemeteries, nearest to Spanish-
American War camps and hospitals, have had additions from that cause. Again
the cemeteries, contiguous to regular stations, forts, arsenals or general hospitals
for United States troops, have received a gradual increase from those sources.
The greater number of interments, however, is of the gathered remains of dead
soldiers and sailors, made immediately after the establishment of the National
Cemeteries, and the list may be considered approximately correct.
At Andersonville, Georgia, Danville, \'irginia, and perhaps all other points
in the South, where Confederate prisons were maintained during the Civil \\'ar.
for the confinement of captured Federals, there has been nu re-interment, the
location and arrangements of the National Cemeteries being made to conform witli
the place of original interment.
This Roll of Honor contains, not only the names and places of luirial i>f
soldiers and sailors from Henry County, who lost their lives in the Civil \\'ar. but
also of all Henry County soldiers and sailors, who died in the service, during the
Mexican War, the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection ; also
of soldiers of the regular army who died in the service.
Where an asterisk, thus *, precedes a name, it indicates that the dead soldier,
though serving in a distinctivelv Henry County organization in the Civil War,
was not a resident of the county, at the time of his enlistment.
Isaac Abernathy. Company K, 3Tth Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River, Ten-
nessee. December 31. 1S62. Buried on tbe battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River (Mur-
freesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James Alexander. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died April 29. 1862. account
of wounds at Shiloh. Tennessee. April 7, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in
Shiloh National Cemetery. Unknown list.
HAZ2ARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. -J 2"/
James W. Alexander. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (3 years). Killed at Cedar
Creek. Virginia. October 19. 1864, Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Winchc^tei
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Amos H. AUee. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 14. 1865. Buried there. He-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section L.
Grave, No. 6,183.
John W. AUee, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw Mountain
Georgia, June 23. 186J. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National Cem
etery. Section I. Grave. No. 9.403.
Reuben W. Allen. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro. Ten
nessee, February 22, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Hicksite Cemetery. Greensboro
Indiana.
Albert Armstrong. Company B. 130th Indiana Infantry. Died at Anderson. Indiana
January 10, 18C4. Buried in Old Cemetery, Anderson, Indiana.
*Riley Bailey, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro. Ten
nessee. May 4, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Stones River (Murfreesboro) National
Cemetery. Section C, Grave. No. 1.282.
*Franklin Bails, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Indianapolis. Indiana,
February 11, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. Indianapolis,
Indiana. Military Plat. Grave. No. 53.5.
Thomas J. Ball. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louisi-
ana, June 2, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section
E. Grave, No. 1,795.
James H. Ballard. Company K. 40th Indiana Infantry. Died at Huntsville. Alabama.
March 18, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Grave.
No. 9.606.
Daniel Baltzley, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Shiloh, Tennessee,
April 7, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. He-interred in Shiloh National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
George H. Bare, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died on hospital boat, near
Vicksburg. Mississippi, January 30. 1863. Buried on the river bank. Re-interred in
Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Samuel Barre. Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
May 14, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 7, 1864. Buried there. Re-
interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William Bateman. Company D. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Jeffer-
son City. Missouri. March 4. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Jeffei'son City National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Peter Baughan. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Antietam. Maryland
September 17, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Antietam National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Benjamin Beaty, Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Franklin, Tennessee
February 25. 1863. Buried there. He-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Cornelius Beck. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga. Tennes
see, July 11. 1864. account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign. June 23. 1864. Buried there
Re-interred in Chattanoo.ga National Cemetery. Section B, Grave. No. 11.851,
Isom Beck. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga. Georgia
September 20, 1863. Biiriert on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National
Cemetery. Unknown list,
William T, Beck. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Vicks-
burg. Mississippi. May 22. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg
National Cemetery. Section G, Grave, No. 4,958.
William H. Beeson. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Memphis. Tennes-
see, February 10, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery. Un-
Known list.
728 hazzard's history of henry county.
David R. Bell, 12th Indiana Battery. Died at Nashville. Tennessee. January 2.
186^. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section B, Grave, No.
6,353.
George W. Bell, 12th Indiana Battery. Died at Honey Creek, Indiana, October 6,
1862. Buried in Miller Cemetery, Fall Creek Township. Henry County, Indiana.
* Isaac Bell, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Smithfield, North Caro-
lina. February 19. 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-in-
terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Josiah Bell. Company I, 6yth Indiana Infantry. Died at Keokuk, Iowa, February
7. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Keokuk National Cemetery. Grave. No. 502.
Noah Bennett, Company F, STth Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky.
January 17, 1862. Buried in Hess Cemetery, near Cadiz, Indiana.
Anson Bird, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Jeltersonville, Indiana,
August 10, 1S64, account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23, 1864. Buried
there. Re-interred in New Albany National Cemetery. Section B. Grave. No. 607.
John Bitner, Company B, oth Indiana Cavalry. Died at Lexington. Kentucky. July
22. 1864. Buried in South Mound Cemetery. New Castle. Indiana.
James J. Black, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Big Shanty, Georgia.
June 18. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in .Marietta National Cemetery.
Section C, Grave. No. 2.264.
Josiah Blake, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend, Louisi-
ana, April 2. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section
A, Grave, No. 2,912.
Benjamin F. Bock, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Win-
chester, Virginia, September 19, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Winches-
ter National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Thomas J. Bock. Company B. 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as 1st Heavy Ar-
tillery. Died at New Orleans. Louisiana. January 24. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in
Chalmette National Cemetery. Grave, No. 6,091.
Charles Bogue, Company 1. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louisi-
ana. April 2. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Harmon Boran. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Franklin. Tennessee.
February 25. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
George \V. Bowers, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died in Cahaba Prison, Ala-
bama, January, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
John Bowman. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky.
April 14. 1862. Buried in Friends' Cemetery, Greensboro, Indiana.
*James T. Bradford. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at home, in Marion,
Indiana, December 25, 1861. Buried in Morris Chapel Cemetery, near Marion. Indiana.
William S. Bradford. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died May 14, 1862, at
home, in Marion, Indiana, where his family had moved while he was in the army. Bur-
ied in Morris Chapel Cemetery, near Marion. Indiana.
John M. Bricker, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Covington. Kentucky,
October 30. 1862, account of wounds at Richmond, Kentucky. August 30. 1862. Buried in
Lewisvile Cemetery. Lewisville, Indiana.
John Bridget. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died April 19, 1862. account of
wounds at Shiloh. Tennessee. April 7, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in
Shiloh National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Benjamin Bright, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend,
Louisiana, .April l(i, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
*Joseph Brooks. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River. Ten-
nessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River (Mur.
freesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
1 24th INDIANA INFANTRY.
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William Bronnenberg, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Millilcen's Bend,
Louisiana, April, 1863. Buried there. Poseibly re-interred near Chesterfield, Madison
€ounty, Indiana. Otherwise re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
John H. Brosius. 2nd Indiana Battery. Died at Fort Smith, Arkansas, April 21,
1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Fort Smith National Cemetery. Section 1, Grave. No.
10.
James A. Brown, Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Vicks-
burg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
James M. Brown. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died on hospital boat, near
Vicksburg, Mississippi. February 20, 1863. Buried on the river bank. Re-interred in
Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Moses H. G. Brown, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky,
January, 1862. Buried in Old Cemetery. Knightstown. Indiana.
Riley S. Brown. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point, Louisi-
ana. January 20, 1S63. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
George K. Brownfleld, 19th Indiana Battery. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sep-
tember 25, 1863, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20. 1863. Bur-
ied there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Francis Buckles, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee.
January 10, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
A. Grave. No. 4,301.
♦Albert Bunker, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro, Tennes-
see. February 1, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Stone's River (Murfreesboro I Na-
tional Cemetery. Section M, Grave. No. 4.923.
John E. W'. Burch. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro,
Tennessee. December IS. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Stone's River (Murfrees-
boro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
*James H. Burk, Company H, 37th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennesee,
July 9. 1864. account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 27. 1864. Buried in South
Mound Cametery. New Castle, Indiana.
John Burr. Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry. Died at EvansvlUe. Indiana. De-
cember 6, 1864. Buried in Old Cemetery, south of Middletown. Indiana.
William Burt, Company E, 40th Indiana Infantry. Died at Camp Irving. Texas.
August 14, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Amos Butler, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Franklin. Tennessee,
April 22, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Hiram Butler. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died near Jacksonville, Florida.
April. 1865, after release from Confederate prison. Buried there. No record of removal.
Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
William Butle'r, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. . Died near Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, September 24. 1863. account of wounds at Chickamauga. Georgia. September 20.
1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Masonic Cemetery. Greensboro. Indiana.
John T. Byers, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died near Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee. October 8, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Samuel T. Byers. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died near Chattanooga. Ten-
nessee, date unknown. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
William T. Byers, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Big Shanty. Georgia.
July 28, 1864, account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. June 23. 1864. Buried
there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Isaiah Byrket, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at home, near Knights-
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town, Indiana, June 1, 1SK3. Buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, two and a halt" miles north
of Raysville, Indiana.
Peter Byrket, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Vicksburg. Mississippi,
May 19, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section I,
Grave. No. 7,311.
John J. Byrnes, Company I. K9th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond. Kentucky,
August 30, 1862. Buried on fne battletield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
*Job Cabe, Company F, oTth Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee, Sep-
tember 21. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
A. Grave, No. 4,957.
Henry Caldwell, Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
November 23, 1863. account of wounds at Chickamauga. Georgia, September 20, 1S63.
Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James E. Calhoun. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend.
LiOuisiana, June 6, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Section E. Grave. No. 1,813.
John W. Callahan. Junior. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond.
Kentucky, August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
Charles W. Canaday, Company H. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at
Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 20. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg
National Cemetery. Section G, Grave. No. 5,070.
Stansberry Cannon, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis.
Indiana, March 19, 1865. Buried in Su,gar Grove Cemetery, two and a half miles west of
New Castle, Indiana.
Milton Carmichael, Company F, 37th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville. Ken
tucky. November IS. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National
Cemetery. Section B, Grave, No. 41.
Daniel Carr. Company I. Slth Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga, Georgia.
September 20. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Benjamin F. Carter. Company II. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Keokuk. Iowa.
January 20. 1S63. Buried therl. Re-interred in Keokuk National Cemetery. Grave, No.
315.
John J. Carter. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at St. Louis.
Missouri, August 12, 1863. account of woimds at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863. Bur-
ied there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis) National Cemetery, but disin-
terred and removed to place unknown.
Henry Cartwright, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri,
February 22, 1864. account of wounds at Matagorda Bay, Texas, December 30, 1863. Bur-
ied there. Re-interred in JetTerson Barracks (St. Louis) National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
James C. Cartwright. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, November 9, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Sec-
tion B, Grave, No. 6,738.
Daniel D. Case, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at St. Louis.
Missouri, November 10, 1861. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably
re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William H. Caster, Company C, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
-^Georgia. September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
Jacob Chappell. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Stevenson. Alabama.
March 18. 1S64. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
John F. Chenoweth. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Lost on Sultana. April 27,
1865. Body never recovered.
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John Clapper. Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee.
.July 17, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in White Branch Cemetery, Blue River Towb-
ship, Henry County, Indiana. Again re-interred in German Baptist Cemetery, near
Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana.
George W. Clapsaddle, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten-
nessee. October 23, 1863. account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20,
1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section E. Grave, No.
131.
Alplieus Clark. Company A. .'4th Indiana Infantry (one year). Died in Anderson-
ville Prison, Georgia. August 16. 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery.
Grave, No. 5,901.
Benjamin Clark. Company A, .j4th Indiana Infantry (one year). Died in Ander-
sonville Prison, Georgia, date unknown. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Milton Clark. Company H. 6Slth Indiana Infantry. Died at Big Black River, near
Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 18, 1863, account of wounds received there, May 17, 1863.
Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Nathan M. Clark. Company I, 123rd Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
April 12, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section H.
Grave, No. 9,929.
William C. Clark, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died on hospital boat, near
.Memphis, Tennessee, March 18, 1863. Buried on the river bank. Re-interred in Memphis
National Cemetery. Grave, No. 131.
James W. Clellan. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Keokuk. Iowa,
.March 21, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Keokuk National Cemetery. Unknown list.
*David Clements, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at St. Louis.
Missouri. November 9, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis)
National Cemetery. Section 58, Grave. No. 10,486.
Joshua Clevenger, Company E, Slh Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Milli-
ken's Bend. Louisiana, April IS, 1S63. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cen:etery. Unknown list.
Seth Clevenger. Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro. Ten-
nessee, April 20. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Stone's River (Murfreesboro) Na-
tional Cemetery. Section M. Grave, No. 5,100.
David S. Cochran. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Albany. Indi-
ana. June 17. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in New Albany National Cemetery. Grave.
No. 95.
Joseph W. Connell. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died near Corinth. Missis-
sippi, May 24, 186.2. Buried there. Re-interred in Corinth National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Daniel Conner, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louisi-
ana. July 11. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section
B. Grave, No. 2,710.
Martin V. Conner, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, March 17, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
isnown list.
George W. Conwell. Company 1. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died on hospital boat, near
Helena. Arkansas, February. 1863. Buried on the river bank. Re-interred in Vicksburg
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Noah W. Coon, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River, Ten-
nessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River
(Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James M. Cooper, Company D. 19th Indiana Infantry. Died a
land, December 17, 1862, account of wounds at Gainesville, Virginii
Buried in Shiloh Cemetery, two and a half miles south of Dunreith,
John Cracraft, Company K, S6th Indiana Infantry. Died at L<:
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March 22, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (I^uisville) National Cemetery.
Section A. Grave, No. 10.
VVyatt Crandail, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Franklin, Tennessee.
December 17, 1864, Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National Ceme-
tery, Unknown list.
George W. Cray, Company I, ()9th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point, Louisi-
ana, March 6, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Jacob Cripe, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cincinnati, Ohio, Decem-
ber 17, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph A. Cross, Company K, 84th Indiana Infantry, Killed at Kenesaw Mountain,
Georgia. June 23, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National Ceme-
tery. Section I, Grave, No, 9,390.
Samuel G. Culp. 12th Indiana Battery. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, April 30,
1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section A, Grave, No,
4,537.
Calvin Daniel, Company B. 9th Indiana Infantry. Died in Andersonville Prison,
Georgia, date unknown. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Cornelius J. Davis, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, April 8, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Eli Davis. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, April
13, 1S6.5. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Isaac Davis, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry, Died at Milliken's Bend, Louisi-
ana, May 11. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
John H. Davis. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point, Louisi-
ana, February 19. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Andrew J. Debord. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennes-
see. March 27, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
J, Grave, No. 14,922,
Robert Deitzer, Company B. 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky,
March 29, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Cemetery.
Section B, Grave, No. 46.
Thomas P. Dennis, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point. Louis-
iana, March 6, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Sec-
tion B, Grave, No. 2,816.
Whitesel Dennis, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Stevenson, Alabama,
September 20, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Samuel Detrich, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond, Ken-
tucky, August 30, 1862, Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
John R. Dillee, Company D, 36tli Indiana Infantry. Died at Cleveland, Tennessee,
March 4. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Levi Donihue, Company H, ,5th Indiana Infantry (Mexican War). Died on trans-
port ship on Gulf of Mexico, July 4, 1848, Buried at sea.
Thomas J. Dougherty. Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Gett.vsburg.
Pennsylvania. July 1, 1863, Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Gettysburg Na-
tional Cemetery. Indiana Plat, Section A, Grave, No. 2.
*Daniel Doxtader, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see. November 5, 1862, Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Sec-
tion B, Grave, No, 5,653,
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John Driver. Company K. Silrh Indiana Infantry. Killed at Shiloh, Tennessee,
April 7. lSi;2. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Shiloh National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
James A. Drury. Company A. o7th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
December 4. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
B, Grave, No. 0,100.
William W, Dubois, Company C. Stith Indiana Infantry. Killed at Shiloh, Tennes-
see, April 6, 1862. Buried on the battleflehl. Re-interred in Shiloh National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Wiley J. Dudley, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died on hospital boat, near
Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 5, 1S63. Buried on the river bank. Re-inferred in Vicks-
burg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
John R. Dykes, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry. Died in Andersonville Prison,
Georgia, November 1, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
John H. Edwards, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Camp Wickliffe,
Kentucky, February 14, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably
re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Levi S. Edwards, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.. Died near Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, September 25, 1863. account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19.
1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanoo,ga National Cemetery. Section 1^, Grave.
No. 815.
Josephus V. Elliott, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at home, in Mechan-
icsburg, March 9, 1863. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Indiana.
Jesse S. Ellison, Company H. 69lh Indiana Infantry. Died- at Richmond, Kentucky,
September 12, 1862, account of wounds received there, August 30, 1862. Buried on the
battlefield. .Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Unknown list.
George Evans, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
March 21. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Henry Evans, Company A, o4th Indiana Infantry (one year). Died at Arkansas
Post, Arkansas. January, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Lemuel Evans, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
February 5, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Samuel Fadely. Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
October 27, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Sec-
tion E, Grave, No. 2.663.
Benjamin F. Fawcett. 4th Indiana Battery. Died at Nashville, Tennessee. April
30, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section J, Grave,
No. 13,707.
William H. F^entress, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed in Atlanta Cam-
paign, near Dallas. Georgia, May 31, 1864. Buried in the Masonic Cemetery, Greensboro.
Indiana.
William A. Ferry, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Richmond, Kentucky,
September 10, 1862, account of wounds received there, Au.gust 30, 1862. Buried on the
battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Sylvester Fisher, Company E, 130th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cfiattanooga, Ten-
nessee. June 26, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Section E, Grave. No. 11,486.
Henry Pitch, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky, Feb-
ruary 9, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Cemetery.
Section C, Grave, No. 95.
Beniah Fleming, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Middle-
brook, Missouri March 9, 1863. Buried in White Union Cemetery, Fall Creek Township,.
Henry County, Indiana.
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Preston Fleming, Company I. (19th Indiana Infantry. Killert at Richmond, Ken-
tucl<y. August 30. 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
*James M. Fletcher, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. Lost on Sultana, April 27.
1865. Body never recovered.
*Lorenzo D. Fort, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry, Died at Stone's River, Ten-
nessee, January 1, 1863, account of wounds received there, December 31, 1862. Buried
on the battlefield. Re-interred in Simmons' Cemetery, near Charlottesville, Hancock
County, Indiana.
Oliver P. Fort, Company K, 2nd Colorado Cavalry. Died at Benton Barracks, St.
Louis, Missouri, January 12, 1864. Buried in Old Cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.
Randolph Fort, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Gainesville. Vir-
ginia, August 28, 1862. Burled on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains prob-
ably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Robert C. Foster, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond, Kentucky,
August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Ebenezer Cemetery, Franklin
Township. Henry County, Indiana.
Samuel "W. Foster, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Stockade No. 3,
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, June 5, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Lewis-
ville Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana.
John W. Foulks, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, April 1, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemeter.,-. Section
A, Grave, No. 4,417.
John W. Fountain, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Champion Hills.
Mississippi. May 16, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
David Franklin, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry, Died on hospital boat, near
Vicksbur.g, Mississippi, July 2, 1863, of wounds received at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.
Buried on the river bank. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Washington L. Freeman, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville,
Tennessee, December 6, 1863, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19,
1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
*James Gates, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry, Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
August 30, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
*Richard Gates, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
Georgia, September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
John Gibson. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Pulaski, Tennessee, July
3, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re-in-
terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
John M. Ginn, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond, Kentucky,
August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Joseph Ginn, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Richmond. Kentucky, Sep-
tember. 1862, account of wounds received there. August 30, 1862, Buried on the battle-
field. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Henry Good. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Vicksburg,
Mississippi, May 22. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph B. Gossett. Company E, Slh Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Vicks-
burg, Mississippi, June 16, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg
National Cemetery. Section G. Grave, No. 4,809.
Ferdinand C. Gough, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Ken-
tucky, May 7. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
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Lemuel Gough, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
May 2, 1S63. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Elijah S. Gowdy, Company I, «9th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond. Ken-
tucky. August 30. 18(;2. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Francis M. Granger. Company M, 2nd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Columbus, Ohio.
March 10, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Green Lawn Cemetery. Columbus. Ohio.
Soldiers' Circle. Grave, No. 28.5.
Thomas J. Graves, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Jackson. Missis-
sippi. July 16, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Ceme-
tery. Section K, Grave, No. 5,965.
♦Jeremiah Gray. Company P. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee.
February 5, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Edwin A. Gregory, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River,
Tennessee. December 31. 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River
(Murfreesboro) National Cemetry. Unknown list.
Daniel F. Griffin, Junior, Company C, 31st U. S. V. Died at Prang Prang. Philip-
pine Islands, December 21. 1900. Buried there. Re-interred in Catholic Cemetery. New
Castle. Indiana.
Amos Gronendyke. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten-
nessee. December 27, 1864, account of wounds at Franklin. Tennessee. November 30. 1864.
Buried in Painter Cemetery, Pall Creek Township. Henry County. Indiana.
Charles W. Grove. Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Ten-
nessee. July 17, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Sec-
tion H, Grave, No. 10,062.
Edward Gue. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky, Janu-
ary, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Amos R. Gustin. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Evansville, Indiana.
June 25. 1863. account of wounds at Champion Hills. Mississippi, May 16. 1863. Buried
there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery.
Unknown list.
Samuel E. Gustin, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Terre
Bonne. Louisiana, June 28. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Ceme-
tery. Grave. No. 5,063.
Henry C. Hall, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tenntsse?.
August 26. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
John D. Hall, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River, Tennes-.
see. December 31. 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River (Mur-
freesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William B. Hankins, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Champion Hills,
Mississippi, May 16, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
William H. Harris, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond. Ken-
tucky. August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Peter Harter, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga. Georgia,
September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
William A. Haskett, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Memphis, Tennes-
see. April 1, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Isaiah Hawhee, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River, Ten-
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nessee, December 31. 1802. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River
(Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James Hayden. Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Indianapolis. Indiana.
October 24, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. Indianapolis.
Indiana. Military Plat. Grave. No. 423.
Wilson Hayden. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry. Died in Andersonville Prison.
Georgia, date unknown. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Jeremiah Hayes. Company B. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died April 30. 1863, account
of wounds at Stone's River. Tennessee. December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield.
Re-interred in Stone's River (Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Mahlon Hayes, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky.
March 26, 1862. Buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana.
Oliver P. Hayes, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Savannah.
Georgia, March 27, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably le-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Peter Haynes, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Franklin, Tennessee.
November 30, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
George W. Hazzard. (Uncle of the author of this History). Colonel. 37th Indiana
Infantry, and Captain, 4th Artillery. U. S. A. Died at Baltimore, Maryland. August 14.
1862, account of Vi'ounds at White Oak Swamp. Virginia, June 30, 1862. Buried in
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Deander E. Hazzard, (Brother of the author of this History), Troop H, 5th Cavalry,
U. S. A. Killed by Indians in Wyoming Territory. Exact date of death and place of
burial unknown. Memorial stone erected in South Mound Cemetery. New Castle. Indiana.
Thomas S. Heavenridge, Company A. 36lh Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chicka-
mauga. Georgia, September 19, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chatta-
nooga National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph Hedrick. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Camp Wickliffe.
Kentucky, February 6, 1862. Buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Lewisville. Indiana.
*John P. Heinbaugh, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw. Moun-
tain, Georgia, June 23. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
*Jacob R. Helms. Company K. SCth Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennes-
see. April 27, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
A. Grave, No. 4,471.
Mahlon Hendricks. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw Moun-
tain. Georgia, June 23, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National
Cemetery. Section C, Grave, No. 2,312.
William B. Henshaw. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond.',
Kentucky. August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
George Hess, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville. Kentucky,
March 20. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Ceme-
tery. Section A. Grave. No. 5.
Alfred Hewlit. 2nd Indiana Battery. Died at Fort Scott, Kansas, November 27.
1861. Buried there. Re-interred in Old Baptist Cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.
Henry C. Hiatt, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died in Cahaba Prison. Ala-
bama, January, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Sec-
tion L, Grave, No. 4,001.
John C. Hiatt, Company A. 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at North Anna River.
Virginia, May 27, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains prob-
ably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph Hiatt. Company P. 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed in Atlanta Campaign,
May 27. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
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*Herman Hines, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Ashland, Kentucky.
January 27. 1863. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred
in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Jesse Hobbs, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville. Kentucky, Janu-
ary 1. 1862. Buried in Old Cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.
Volney Hobson, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Franklin, Tennessee,
December 17. 1864. Buried in Batson Cemetery, Liberty Township, Henry County, Indi-
ana.
William C. Hoober, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Lost on Sultana, April 27,
1865. Body never recovered.
Adam Hoombaugh. Company F. 130th Indiana Infantry. Killed by guerrillas at
Centreville. Tennessee, November 27, 1864. Buried there. No record of removal. Re-
mains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Milton Hooten, Company G, 161h Indiana Infantry. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi,
June IS, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Charles B. Hoover, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Ken-
tucky, February 16, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
De Witt C. Hoover. Company H. 69th Indiana infantry. Died at New Orleans. Lou-
isiana, September 14, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery.
Grave. No. 4,427.
John Hoover. Company K. 11th Kansas Cavalry. Died at Camp Solomon. Mis-
souri. March 13, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Springfield (Missouri) National
Cemetery. Section 14. Grave, No. 795.
Abraham W. Hopper, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Ten-
nessee, June 25, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Sec-
tion E, Grave, No. 263.
James Horney, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died in Danville Prison, Dan-
ville, Vir,ginia, February 15, 1864. Buried in Danville (Virginia) National Cemetery.
Section D, Grave. No. 325.
David Houck. Incomplete list. Died at New Orleans. Louisiana, September 2..
1878. Buried in Chalmette National Cemetery. Grave, No. 11,792.
John Houser, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Shiloh. Tennessee. April
7. 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Shiloh National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Nimrod Howren. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
(Jeorgla, September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
William A. Howren, Company A, 2i)th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Petersburg,
Virginia. October 18. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains
probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Henry Hubbard. Company C. 2nd Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Nashville, Tennessee,
December 16, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Friends' Cemetery, Milton,
Wayne County, Indiana.
James C. Hudelson, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry. Died at Mumfordsvllle,
Kentucky, June 25, 1864. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Abraham Huff. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis. Missouri,
April 7. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis) National
Cemetery. Grave. No. 19. Remains have probably been removed and re-interred else-
where.
Jacob Huff. Company I. 69lh Indiana Infantry. Died at Youn.g's Point. Louisiana.
January 21, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
John Hughes. Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year). Died at Young's Point,
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Louisiana, February 14, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicl^sburg National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Joseph Huston, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
February 5, ISfiS. Buried there. Re-interred in Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanics-
burg. Indiana.
William H. Huston. Company H, t;9th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point,
Louisiana, February 20, ISfio. Buried there. Re-interred in Mechanicsburg Cemetery,
Mechanicsburg, Indiana.
William Hutchins, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nelson's Furnace.
Kentucky. March 1, 1S62. Buried there. Re-interred in Flat Rock Cemetery, Liberty
Township, Henry County, Indiana.
Jesse A. Ice, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw Mountain,
Georgia, June 23, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National
Cemetery. Section I, Grave, No. 9,365.
Samuel Irvin. Company K. 5th Indiana Cavalry. Died near Jacksonville, Florida,
April. 1865. after release from Confederate prison. Buried there. No record of removal.
Remains probably re-intered in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
* Jesse Jackson, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
March 31, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
D. Grave, No. 3,495.
Austin W. James. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River.
Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Addison Ceme-
tery, Rush County, near Knightstown, Indiana.
James Jarvis, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga, Georgia,
September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Milton Jeffries, Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
February 24, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Charles C. Jennings, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Franklin, Ten-
nessee, November 30, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
William A. Jennings. Company K. 16th Indiana Infantry. Died March 2, 1863. Bur-
ied on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some Na-
tional cemetery. Unknown list.
Josiah A. Jessup, Company 1, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died in Danville Prison,
Danville. Virginia, March 5, 1864. Buried in Danville (Virginia) National Cemetery.
Section D, Grave. No. 463.
Hutchinson Johnson, Company D, 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Gainesville,
Virginia, August 28, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains
probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
John N. Johnson. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River.
Tennessee. December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River
(Murfreesboro) National Cemptery. Unknown list.
William K. Johnson, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Port Gibson.
Mississippi. May 1, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
James Jones. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died in Delaware
County, Indiana, December 19, 1863. Buried in Sharp's Cemetery. Salem Township.
Delaware County, Indiana.
Henry S. Jordan, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry, Died at Milliken's Bend, Louis!
ana, March 15, 1863, Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Absalom H. Julian, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's Kiver.
Tennessee. December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River
(Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
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Isaac B. Keesling. Company H. t;9th Indiana Infantry. Died at Youngs Point.
Louisiana, March 18, 1S63. Buried there. Re-interred in Viclvsburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
John H. Kennedy. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died in Andersonville Prison,
Georgia, July S, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave, No. 3,047.
Joseph Kennedy. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Greensboro, North
Carolina, June 22, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Raleigh National Cemetery. Sec-
tion 332.
John Kenney. Company F. .57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Missionary Ridge.
Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Henry Kent. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Evansville. Indiana. July
9. 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some
National cemetery. Unknown list.
John A. Kern, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw Mountain
Georgia, June 23, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Masonic Cemetery
Greensboro. Indiana.
James L. Kilgore, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Ten
nessee. August 5. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery
Section E. Grave, No. 1,893.
James Kingrey. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louisi
ana. April 22, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Sec-
tion E, Grave, No. 1,571.
Andrew B. Kirkham, Company K, 37th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River
Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Shiloh Ceme-
tery, two and a half miles south of Dunreith, Indiana.
Thomas'Koons, Company H, 100th Indiana Infantry. Died at Grand Junction, Ten
nessee, February 1, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Corinth National Cemetery
Grave. No. 2,124.
Joseph Laboyteaux. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Orleans
Louisiana, December, 18G3. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Ceme
tery. Unknown list.
Thomas Laboyteaux. Company E, 9ch Indiana Cavalry. Lost on Sultana, April 27,
1865. Body never recovered.
James C. Lacy, Company B, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis. Indiana,
February. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indi-
ana. Military Plat. Grave, No. 233.
John L. Lacy, Company B, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mis-
souri. February 28, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis)
National Cemetery. Grave. No. 10,633.
Wilson P. Lacy. Company B, 69th Indiana Infantry. .Died at Young's Point. Louisi-
ana, February 10, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Oren E. Lambird. Troop H, 12th Cavalry. U. S. A. Died in Philippines. November
20, 1903. Buried there. Re-interred in German Baptist Cemetery, near Hagerstown,
Wayne County. Indiana.
Benjamin D. Leaveli, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Ken-
tucky, February 2, 1862. Buried in Hess Cemetery, near Cadiz, Indiana.
William L. Leaveli. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten-
nessee, December 10, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery.
Section B, Grave, No. 6.340.
Robert D. F. Lee. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky,
June 1, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (LouisviHe) National Cemetery.
XTnknown list.
*William H. Leisure. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died in Cahaba Priion,
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Alabama. January, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
William Lemberger, Company D, llth Indiana Infantry. Killed at Champion Hills,
Mississippi. May 16, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
George W. Lennard. (Uncle of the author of this History) Colonel, 57th Indiana
Infantry. Killed at Resaca, Georgia. May 14, 1864. Buried in South Mound Cemetery,
New Castle, Indiana.
James Leonard, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Lewis-
ville. Indiana, October 27, 1862. Buried in New Lisbon Cemetery. New Lisbon, Indiana.
Wilson Lester. Company I. K9th Indiana Infantry. Died at Grand Gulf. Missis-
sippi, May 29. 1863, account of wounds at Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1, 1863. Buried
there. " Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Samuel Level, Company E, 7th Indiana Infantry. Died in Confederate prison.
Salisbury, North Carolina, April, 1865. Buried in the Salisbury National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Joseph Linens, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nelson's Furnace.
Kentucky. March 1, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Elijah H. Lines, Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry. Died at home, near Luray, Indi-
ana, June 22, 1863, Buried in East Lebanon Cemetery, Prairie Township, Henry County,
Indiana.
*Lewis Lock, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky,
January 16, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville! National Ceme-
tery. Section A, Grave, No. 12.
George Lockridge, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Franklin, Tennes-
see. May 25. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Lorenzo D. Longfellow, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Fort Blakely.
Alabama, April 9, 1865. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Mobile National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Andrew J. Lucas. Company I. 124th Imliana Infantry. Died at Marietta, Georgia.
August 12, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Grave, No.
John J. Luce, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Wilmington, North
Carolina, March 4, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Wilmington National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Moses Luzadder. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
Georgia, September 20. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
Marcellus Lytle. Company D, llth Indiana Infantry. Died at Paducah, Kentucky,
November 1, 1861. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred
in some National cemetery. Unknown list,
John B. McConnell, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point.
Louisiana, February 16, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Jonathan McConnell. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Wilmington.
North Carolina. April 17, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Wilmington National
Cemetery. Grave, No. 1,719.
William E. McCorkle, Company A, 12th Infantry, U. S. A. Died at home, in Knights-
town, Indiana, October 8, 1898. Buried in Friends' Cemetery, near Cadiz, Indiana.
James E. McCormack. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cairo, Illinois,
February 18. 1863, account of wounds at Richmond, Kentucky. August 30, 1862. Buried
there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery.
Unknown list.
John R. McCormack, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Vicksburg, Mis-
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sissippi. August 11. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Viclvsburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Thomas McCormack, Company K, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at
Vicksburg, Mississippi. May 21. 1S63. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicks-
burg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William McCormack, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, In-
diana, .January 26, 1863, account of wounds at Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862.
Buried there. Re-interred in Crown HIU Cemetery. Indianapolis, Indiana. Military Plat.
Unknown list.
Thompson W. McCune. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years), and Com-
pany G. First Regiment, Mississippi (River) Marine Brigade. Accidentally drowned in
the Mississippi River, April 8, 1863. Buried on Island No. 35. Mississippi River. No rec-
ord of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Thomas McDowell. Company B, 23rd Iowa Infantry. Died at Eddyville. Iowa, Au-
gust 26, 1863, account of wounds at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, June 7, 1863. Buried in
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Polk County, Iowa.
James McPetridge, Company C. 9th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Orleans, Louisi-
ana, June 17. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
William H. H. McGuffln, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at home, near
Knightstown, Indiana, January 30, 1862, account of wounds received near Louisville,
Kentucky, December, 1861. Buried in Old Cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.
John McKenzie, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louis-
iana, May 24. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section
H, Grave, No. 91.
Eli McLeland. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died in Danville Prison, Dan-
ville, Virginia, date unknown. Buried in Danville (Virginia) National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
■ Isaac McLeland. Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cleveland. Tennessee.
April 2, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Hess Cemetery, near Cadiz, Indiana.
Amos Main, Company K, 74th Indiana Infantry. Died at Willetfs Point, New-
York, April 6, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re'-interred
in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
James Mallory, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
February 29, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-.
known list.
Cyrus Manning, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one yean. Died at Columbus,
Ohio, May 9, 1863. Buried in New Lisbon Cemetery, New Lisbon, Indiana.
Henry C. Manor, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stones River. Ten-
nessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River
I Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Section N, Grave, No. 5,437.
Simeon Marlow, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died in Henry County. Indi-
ana, April 20, 1862, Buried in Lewisville Cemetery. Lewisville, Indiana.
Alexander L. Mason, Company C, 1st Iowa Infantry, Killed at Wilson's Creek,
Missouri, August 10, 1861. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Springfield (Mis-
souri ) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Jerome B. Mason, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga,
Georgia, September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Richard ilay. Company D, 19th Indiana Infantry. Died November 22. 1862, account
of wounds at Gainesville. Vir.ginia, August 28, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. No record
of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph H, Mayes, Band, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps. Died near Mar-
ietta, Georgia, November 2, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list,
Timothy Mead. 19th Indiana Battery. Killed at Perryville, Kentucky, October 8,
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1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
*Kelita Mendenhall. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died in Cahaba Prison.
Alabama. January. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery.
Lnknown list.
Lewis Micha, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died in Andersonville Prison.
Georgia, July IS, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave. No. 3.519.
John W. Miller, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louis-
iana, May 9, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vieksburg National Cemetery. Section
E, Grave, No. 1,651.
James W. Millikan, Company C. 3t;th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville. Ken-
tucky, February 10, 1862. Buried in Batson Cemetery. Liberty Township. Henry County.
Indiana.
*Andrew J. Mills, Company K. 3tith Indiana Infantry. Died at New Haven. Ken-
tucky, February 15. 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Wallenstein Mimmes, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Sandtown, Georgia.
September, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Charles W. T. Minesin.ger, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville.
Tennessee. September 14. 1864, account of wounds at Jonesboro. Georgia, August 31,
1864. Buried in South Mound Cemetery. New Castle. Indiana.
*Abraham G. Misener, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Camp Denison.
Ohio, February 2. 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
Interred In some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Perry Mitchell, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee.
October 28, 1863, account of wounds at Chickamau.ira. Georgia. September 19. 1863. Bur-
ied there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Thomas Mitchell. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennes-
see, October 16. 1863. account of wounds at Chickamauga. Georgia. September 19. 1863.
Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Jobn H. Modlin, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee.
July 23 ,1864, account of wounds at Resaca, Georgia. May 16. 1864. Buried in South
Mound Cemetery. New Castle, Indiana.
Francis M. Moler, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died in Libby Prison. Rich-
mond. Virginia, February 28. 1863. Buried in Richmond National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
James M. Montgomery, Assistant Surgeon. 5th Indiana Infantry (Mexican War).
Died near Vera Cruz, Mexico, June. 1848. Buried there in unknown grave.
William Moore. U. S. Navy. Died in hospital at Memphis. Tennessee. January 9,
1865. Buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle. Indiana.
Enoch T. Nation. Company G. 9th Indiana Cavalry. Lost on Sultana. April 27.
1865. Body never recovered.
Wallace Nation, 20th Indiana Battery. Died near Atlanta. Georgia, October 2S.
1864. Buried there. Re-interred in New Lisbon Cemetery, New Lisbon. Indiana.
James R. Nay, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at home, in New Castle.
Indiana, July 30, 1865. Buried in South Mound Cemetery. New Castle. Indiana.
Robert Needham, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville, Ken-
tucky, February 26. 1S62. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National
Cemetery. Section A, Grave. No. 26.
Levi Needier. 23rd Indiana Battery. Died at Kno.xville. Tennessee. February 21.
1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Knoxville National Cemetery. Grave, No. 646.
William H. Newbold. Company D. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at home,
near New Lisbon, Indiana, January 25, 1862. Buried in Wisehart Cemetery. Liberty
Township, Henry County. Indiana.
Isaiah J. Newby, Company C, 87th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Ten-
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nessee. October 7, 18C3, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20.
1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unlvnown list.
Otis C. Newby, Company C, 45th Infantry. U. S. V. Killed near Bulan, Luzon.
Philippine Islands, August 24. 1900. Buried there. Re-Interred in Masonic Cemetery,
Greensboro, Indiana.
William H, Newby, Company A, Siith Indiana Infantry. Died near Corinth, Missis-
sippi, May 19, 1862. Buried there. He-interred in Corinth National Cemetery. Un-
Benjamin F. Newcomer, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Pine Moun-
tain, Georgia, June 18, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National
Cemetery. Section H, Grave, No. 8.478.
John Newland, Company i'. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Shiloh. Tennessee. June
3, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Shiloh National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William T. Nicholson. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Albany,
Indiana, May 16, 1863. Buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle. Indiana.
George C. Nixon, Company D. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga. Ten-
nessee, June 3, 1864. account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign. Buried there. Re-interred
in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Section D, Grave. No. 12.469.
Barzillai Osborne, Company A. -"iTth Indiana Infantry. Killed in Atlanta Cam-
paign, June 14. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National Ceme-
tery, Section H. Grave, No. 8,870,
George Osborn, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Syracuse,
Missouri, December 28, 1861. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably
re-mterred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
John A. Osborn. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Ten-
ne.=see. December 13. 1864. account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23.
1864. Buried- there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unknown list,
Gideon H, Padget, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Keokuk. Iowa.
January 13, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Keokuk National Cemetery. Grave 303.
Samuel C. Page, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry, Killed at Richmond. Ken-
tucky, August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Washington Parkhurst. Co
Georgia. September 9, 1864, But
Section E, Grave, No. 6,355.
John Pate, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cairo, Illinois, August 25,
1863, account of wotmds at Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862. Buried there. No
record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown
list.
Joseph B. Pate. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry, Died at Young's Point, Louis-
iana. F'ebruary S, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list,
James Pattison, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro. Ten-
nessee. September 30, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 30, 1864. Bur-
ied there. Re-interred in Stone's River (Murfreesboro) National Cemetery. Section F,
Grave, No. 2,456.
Daniel H. Paul. Company E. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw Mountain.
Georgia, June 20, 1864, Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Granville Pearson, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Ten-
, nessee. January 25. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Redmond Peed, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died in Andersonville Prison,
Georgia, May 7. 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave, No. 944.
William W, Pence. Company K. 7th Infantry, U, S, A. Died at Presidio, San Fran-
cisco, California. July 8, 1903. Buried in South Mound Cemetery. New Castle, Indiana.
Bpany I.
3rd
Indiana Cavalry. Died at Sandtown
ed there.
Re-
nterred in Marietta National Cemetery
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Abner Perdue, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Otterville.
Missouri. January 24, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains proljably
re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
George W. Perdue, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point.
Louisiana, February 15, 186:!. Buried there. Re-Interred in Vicksburg National Ceme-
tery. Section B, Grave, No. 2,809.
Rut'us Perdue. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Memphis, Tennessee,
December 27, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphi.s National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Mordecai Perry, Company G, 16th Indiana. Infantry. Died at Vicksburg. Missis-
sippi, February 13, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Section A, Grave, No. 3,086.
James Personett. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Marietta, Georgia,
July 12, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Unknown list.
*James F. Petty, Company F, .57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
March 27, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Andrew J. Phillips, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Vicks-
burg. Mississippi. May 22, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William A. Pickett, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Catlettsburg. Ken-
tucky. December 16, 1862. Buried in Friends' Cemetery, Greensboro, Indiana.
Hugh Pierce. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry. Died at Mumfordsville, Ken-
tucky, July 17, 1864. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred
in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Jonathan E. Pierce. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died near Corinth, Mis-
sissippi. July 5. 1862. Buried in Flatrock Cemetery. Liberty Township. Henry County,
Indiana.
Joseph H. Pike. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Gainesville, Virginia,
August 28. 1862. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably
re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Stanford L. Pike. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, October 13, 1863, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia. September 20,
1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Cyrus Pittser, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at New Or-
leans, Louisiana, October 7, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National
Cemetery. Grave, No. 3,751.
Henry C. Polk, Company B, 13th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Petersburg, Virginia,
July 30, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re-in-
terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Charles B. Post. Company A. S7th Indiana Infantry. Died at Savannah, Georgia.
December 2S, 1864. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred
in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Argyle A. Poston. Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Catlettsburg, Ken-
tucky, April 14, 1S63. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Grave.
No. 3,485.
Edenbnrgh H. Por^ton. 19th Indiana Baltery. Died at Louisville, Kentucky. Octo-
ber 29, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Cemetery.
Section A. Grave. No. 28.
Jacob Powell, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Austin,
Mississippi, August 2, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
Orlistes W. Powell, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
Georgia, September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in South Mound
Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana.
John W. C. Power. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died August 15, 1864, ac-
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 745
count of wounds beiore Atlanta, Georgia, August 11, 1864. Buried on the battlefield.
Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Section I, Grave, No. 9,589.
Robert V. Price. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond, Ken-
tucky, August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Oliver D. Protzman, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Franklin, Ten-
nessee, November 30, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Daniel Pursley, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Paducah. Kentucky,
March 25, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Augustus D. Radclifte, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga,
Georgia, September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
George W. Rader, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Vicks-
burg, Mississippi. May 27, 1863, account of wounds received there. May 22, 1863. Buried
on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Section G, Grave, No.
4,965.
George Rader, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Catlettsburg, Kentucky,
December 16, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Henry Ratliff, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Memphis, Tennessee,
December 2, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Harmon Rayl, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Whitesides, Tennessee,
December 18, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Friends' Cemetery, Spiceland, Indiana.
Leonard M. Reeder, Company H, 12th Infantry, U. S. A. Killed at Lopez, Philip-
pine Islands, September 10, 1900, Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Re-
mains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
John Reichart, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Athens, Alabama, June
30, 1863, Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Andrew W. Reid, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry. Died at Carrollton, Louisiana,
May 24, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Henry Reynolds, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend.
Louisiana, August 4, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Section B, Grave. No. 2,674.
*Joseph N. Reynolds, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten-
nessee, June 15. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Henry J. Richardson, Company I. 69(h Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond,
Kentucky. August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James Rickard. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Maxwell, Kentucky,
October, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Benamin F. Ricks, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Franklin. Ten-
nessee, December 17, 1864.' Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Jonathan Ricks, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed' at Richmond. Ken-
tucky. August 30, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Mercer Ricks, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Buffalo, Kentucky, Feb-
ruary 11, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown li.st.
«Avery Riggs, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at Markleville.
74t> HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEXRV COUNTY.
Indiana. April 14. 1S65. Buried in Keesling Cemetery, three fourths of a mile southwest
of Meehanicsburg. Indiana.
Charles M. Riley, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died September 8, 18t;4.
Burial place unknown. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some
National cemetery. Unknown list.
William G, Riley, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point.
Louisiana, February 9, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
John H. Rinker, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Shiloh, Tennessee,
April 22, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Shiloh National Cemetery. Section K.
Grave, No. 148.
George Ritchie. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Tennessee,
November 19, 1862. Buried there. Re-Interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section
B, Grave, No. 6,957.
William H. Roby. Company H, 5th Indiana Infantry (Mexican War). Died at San
Augustln, Mexico, May 28, 1848. Buried there in unknown grave.
George W. Rogers. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, February 9, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Sugar Grove Cemetery, two and a
half miles west of New Castle, Indiana.
Joseph B. Rogers, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at home, near Cadiz,
Indiana, March 12. 1863. Buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, two and a half miles west of
New Castle, Indiana.
William A. Rogers, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Baton Rouge, Louisi-
ana, April 28, 1865. Burled there. Re-interred in Baton Rouge National Cemetery.
Grave. No. 1,201.
Jonathan Runyan, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry I three years). Died at St.
Louis, Missouri. October 24. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St.
Louis) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Abner P. Saint, Company C, 71st Illinois Infantry. Died at Columbus, Kentucky.
.\ugust 24, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred
in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
*Charles F. Sanders. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died June 4. 1862. Bur-
ial place unknown. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some Na-
tional cemetery. Unknown list.
Francis A. Sanders. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Knoxville, Ten-
nessee, June 24, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Knoxville National Cemetery.
Grave, No. 1,008.
Luther B. Sanders, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Berryville, Vir-
ginia, June 22, 1865., Buried there. Re-interred in Winchester National Cemetery.
Grave, No. 3,642.
Augustus L. Sayford. Coinpany H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Port Gibson,
Mississippi, May 1, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Vicksburg National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Henry Scott, 19th Indiana Battery. Killed at Perryville, Kentucky, October S, 1S62.
Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Unknown
James M. Scott. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga,
Georgia, September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Oliver P. Scott; 12th Indiana Battery. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 14.
1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section C, Grave. No.
Wesley W. Seward. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River.
Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Meehanicsburg
Cemetery. Meehanicsburg, Indiana.
Jesse Shackle, Company A, 3r,fh Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River, Ten-
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nessee. January 2, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River ( Mur-
freesboro ) National Cemetery. Section D, Grave, No. 1.548.
Leander Shepherd. Company C. S6th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
Georgia. September 19. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William H. Shepherd, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Kenesaw
Mountain. Georgia. June 23, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Jacob Shipler. Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry. Killed in Atlanta Campaign. July
31. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
George Shirk, Company C. SUth Indiana Infantry. Died at home, in New Castle.
Indiana. June 6. 1864. account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.
Buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana.
Ben.iam)n F. Shockley. Company H, 14nth Indiana Infantry. Died at home, in Blue
River Township, Henry County, Indiana, December 2fi. 1864. Buried in Old Cemetery,
near Messick, Indiana.
John A. Showers, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years)." Died at St.
Louis, Missouri. August 16, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St.
Louis) National Cemetery, Section 33, Grave, No. 2,988,
David Shunk, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Evansville, Indiana, Au-
gust 31, 1863. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Joel Simons, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri, Feb-
ruary 16, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis) National
Cemetery. Section 58, Grave. No. 10.670.
*Nixon Simons. Company F. .5Tth Indiana Infantry. Died at Louisville. Kentucky,
January 17. 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Cave Hill (Louisville) National Ceme-
tery, Unknown list.
*John L. Skinner. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at ilera-
phis, Tennessee, August 30, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cem-
etery. Grave, No. 306.
Abner Sloan. Company M. 21st Indiana Infantry, re-organized as 1st Heavy Artil-
lery. Died at New Orleans, Louisana. January 2. 186.5. Buried there. Re-interred in
Chalmette National Cemetery. Grave, No. 6,053.
James E. Sloan, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend. Louisi-
ana, April 10, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
James R. Smith. Company H, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Killed at Pea
Ridge, Arkansas, March 7, 1862. Buried on the battlefield Re-interred in Fayetteville
National Cemetery. Grave, No. 577.
* Jacob Snyder. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at St. Louis.
Missouri, August 11, 1863, Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. I-ouis)
National Cemetery, Section 31. Grave, No. 2,547.
George Spaw, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Resaca, Georgia, May
15, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Sec-
tion K, Grave, No. 10.206.
Robert O. Spell, Company E, Pth Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Franklin, Tennessee,
December 17, 1864, Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Nashville National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
*Harmon Sphor. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Murfreesboro. Ten-
nessee. December 19. 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Stone's River (Murfreesboro)
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William Spurry. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Bowling Green. Ken-
tucky. September 21. 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
74<^ HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Zachariah M. Starr, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Wildcat, Ken-
tucky, October 26, 1862. account of wounds received there, October 17, 1862. Buried on
the battlefield. Re-interred in Danville (Kentucky) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Isaac Steele. Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga. Tennessee.
June 23, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign. May 30. 1864. Buried there.
Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Section E. Grave, No. 11.311.
*James A. Steele, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Stone's River. Ten-
nessee. December 31, 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Stone's River (Mur-
freesboro) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Nathaniel Stevens. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cumberland.
Maryland, July 28, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-in-
terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Townsend G. Stevens. Troop G. 6th Cavalry, U. S. A. Died at New Orleans. Louisi-
ana. July 29, 1866. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery. Grave.
No. 7,335.
Samuel L. Stewart. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville. Ten-
nessee. May 4. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
William Stewart, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga.
Georgia. September 19. 1863. Buried on the '^^ttlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
William F. Stewart, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten-
nessee. March 31, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
John.Stinson, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, Indiana.
March 16. 1865. Buried in Hess Cemetery, near Cadiz, Indiana.
Moses Straughn, Company D, Sth Indiana Infantn- (three years). Died at Memphis.
Tennessee. June 7. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Peter C. Strickler. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed by accident on steam-
boat. January 7. 1863. Buried on the river bank. No record of removal. Remains prob-
ably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Daniel Sullivan. Company F, 1st Battalion. 19th Infantry, U. S. A. Died at U. S.
General Hospital. Annapolis, Maryland, July 22, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in
Annapolis National Cemetery. Grave. No. 929.
Jeremiah Sullivan, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died in field hospital, June
15, 1864, account of wonnds in Atlanta Campaign, May 27, 1864. Buried there. Re-in-
terred in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Section E, Grave, No. 11,281.
Elza Swain. Company G. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died May 4, 1863. account of
wounds at Port Gibson. Mississippi. May 1. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred
in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Unknown list.
John K. Swain, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died at home in
Mechanicsburg, Indiana. August 22. ]863. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery. Mechan-
icsburg. Indiana.
Samuel H. Sweigart. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri.
.Inly 23. 1865. Buried in Elliott Cemetery, two and a half miles south of New Castle.
Indiana.
Benjamin F. Symons. Incomplete list. Died in the army. No record of place, date
or burial. Remains probably re-interred in some National Cemetery. Unknown list.
David S. Taylor. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Danville, Kentucky.
November 17, 1862. account of wounds at Wildcat, Kentucky, October 17, 1862. Buried in
Masonic Cemetery. Greensboro, Indiana.
Charles E. Thomas, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry. Accidentally killed at New
Haven. Kentucky, November 18. 1861. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains
probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
James Thomas. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. J^ij
April 30. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
Adolphus G. Thiit, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, May 5, 1862. Buried in Rich Square Cemetery. Franklin Township. Henry County,
Indiana.
John W. Timmons, Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, In-
diana, March 14. 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. Indianapolis.
Indiana. Military Plat. Unknown list.
William Topping. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga,
Georgia. September 19. 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Chattanooga Na-
tional Cemetery. Unknown list.
Benjamin F. Trail. Company C, 2Sth V. S. C. T. Killed at Petersburg, Virginia,
July 30. 1864. Buried on the battlefield. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
James Trail. Company C, 2Sth U. S. C. T. Died at Corpus Christi, Texas. Septem-
ber 24, 186.5. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
William Trout. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Drowned at St.
Louis. Missouri. June 17. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St.
Louis) National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Robert Troxell, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Chickamauga. Geor-
gia. September 20, 1863. Buried on the battlefield Re-interred in Chattanooga National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Robert F. Tuder, Company M. Sth Indiana Cavalry. Killed at Black River, North
Carolina. March 16. 1865. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Raleigh National
Cemetery. Grave, No. 371.
Sashwell Turner. Company E. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis. Missouri.
August 17, 1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis I National
Cemetery. Unknown list.
Joseph Van Matre, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died at St. Louis, Missouri,
May 10, 1863. Buried in Painter Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Henry County. Indi-
ana.
Peter Van Matre, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. Died at Greensboro, North
Carolina, June 27, 1865. Buried there. Re-interred in Painter Cemetery, Fall Creek
Township, Henry County, Indiana.
Benjamin Waddell, 19th Indiana Battery. Died at Danville, Kentucky. November
8. 1862. Buried in Holland Cemetery, near Straughn, Indiana.
Luther Waddell, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee.
September 16, 1863. Buried in Holland Cemetery, near Straughn, Indiana.
Jehu Waggoner, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Orleans, Louisi-
ana. September 6, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
John S. Wallace, Company B, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year). Died at Memphis.
Tennessee. January 21, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Memphis National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
William H. Ward, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis, Indi-
ana, December 27, 1862. Buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Lewisvjlle, Indiana.
Caleb N. Warner, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. Died date and place un-
known. Remains probably re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
David Warner, 'Company H, Sth Indiana Infantry (Mexican War). Drowned in
Mississippi River. November. 1847, Body never recovered.
George W. Warner, 12th Indiana Battery. Died at Nashville, Tennessee. April 1,
1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
Peter Warner, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennessee,
August 30, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Unknown
list.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRV
George W. Warrick, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Ten-
nessee, January 9, 1863, account of wounds at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31.
1862. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery. Section A, Grave, No.
S.OSli.
John D. Wasson, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, June 15, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Section A, Grave, No. 119.
Daniel L. Watkins, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry. Died in West Virginia.
October 17, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Francis M. Watkins, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Resaca, Georgia.
May 14, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in South Movmd Cemetery. New
Castle, Indiana.
Marquis De La Fayette Watkins. Incomplete list. Died at home, near New Cas-
tle, February 22. 1865. Buried in South Mound Cemetery. New Castle, Indiana.
Thornton T. Watkins, Company F, .T7th Indiana Infantry. Lost on Sultana, April
27, 1865. Body never, recovered.
George W. Wean, Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry. Died at Nashville, Tennes-
see, December 17, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Nashville National Cemetery.
Section D, Grave, No. 3.205.
Fennel West, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry. Died in Andersonville Prison.
Georgia. June 28. 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
William D. West. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Camp Wickliffe,
Kentucky, January 8, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably
re-interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
William Whitacre, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. Died at Indianapolis. Indi-
ana. May 21, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. Indianapolis,
Indiana. Military plat. Grave, No. 252.
Benjamin Whitelock, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Richmond,
Kentucky, August 30. 1862. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Camp Nelson
National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James "Vt'. Whitlow. Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry. Died of wounds, date and
place unknown. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in some National
cemetery. Unknown list.
George M. Wilkinson. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Died at Louisville. Ken-
tucky, October 18, 1863. Buried in Old Cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.
George Williams, 15th Indiana Battery. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia.
October 26. 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave. No. 11.497.
Jesse L. Williams. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Milliken's Bend,
Louisiana, February 6, 186,^. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Joseph Williams, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. Died near Vicksburg, Mis-
sisippi. January 23. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
Nereus P. Williams. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry. Killed in Atlanta Cam-
paign. May 31, 1864. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Marietta National Ceme-
tery. Section A, Grave, No. 841.
William Williams. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry. Died at Mumfordsville,
Kentucky, July 20, 1864. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-
interred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
AVilliam 0. Williams, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry. Killed at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in Gettysburg Na-
tional Cemetery. Indiana Plat. Unknown list.
John L. Willis, Company A, 2nd Infantry, U. S. A. Died July 3. 1898. account of
wounds at San Juan Hill. Cuba, July 1, 1898. Buried on the battlefield. No record of
removal. Remains probably re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Unknown list.
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HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY
751
Luther Wilson, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry. Died at Buffalo, Kentucky, Feb-
ruary 17, 1862. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-interred in
some National cemetery. Unknown list.
Enoch M. Windsor, Company G, 7th Indiarra Cavalry. Died in Andersonville Prison,
Georgia, date unUnown. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Unknown list.
James M. Windsor, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years). Died in Libby
Prison. Richmond. Virginia, February 17, 1865. Buried in Richmond National Ceme-
tery. Unknown list.
Joseph S. Winship, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. Died in Andersonville
Prison, Georgia, August 3, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave,
No, 4.639.
William H. Wise. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry. Died at Indianapolis. Indi-
ana, November 25, 1864. Buried there. Re-interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. Indianapo-
lis. Indiana. Military Plat. Unknown list.
David Wisehart. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at Young's Point. Louisi-
ana. March 10. 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery. Un-
known list.
Philander Wisehart, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months). Killed at
Rich Mountain. West Virginia, July 11, 1861. Buried on the battlefield. Re-interred in
Grafton National Cemetery. Grave, No. 655.
Seth Wood. Company I, 6Pth Indiana Infantry. Died at Big Black River Bridge,
Mississippi, July 24, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Vicksburg National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
William F. Wright, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry. Died at Cumberland,
Maryland, April 9, 1865. Buried there. No record of removal. Remains probably re-in-
terred in some National cemetery. Unknown list.
George H. Zeigler, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry. Died at New Orleans. Louisi-
ana, September 12, 1863. Buried there. Re-interred in Chalmette National Cemetery.
Unknown list.
REC.\PITrLATION OF ROLI, OF HONOR.
Total known list 476
Total estimated list 119
Grand total, including soldiers who served in distinctively Henry County com-
panies 595
DF.orcT.
Soldiers of the Mexican War 4
Soldiers of the Spanish-American War. Philippine Insurrection, and Regular Army, 9 13
Total loss in the Civil War 582
XATIONAL CE:METERTES.
September q, 1861, the Secretary of Wat directed that the Quarterniaster
(jeneral of the Anny should cause to be printed and to be placed in every hospital
of the army, blank books and forms for the purpose of preserving accurate and
permanent records of deceased soldiers and their place of burial, and that he
should provide proper means for a registered head-board to be secured at the head
of each soldier's grave.
Act of Congress, approved July i/. 1862. authorizes the President of the
United States, whenever, in his opinion, it shall be deemed expedient, to purchase
cemetery grounds, and to cause them to be securely enclosed, to be used as a
7^2 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
national cemetery for the soldiers who shall die in the service of the country.
April 13, 1866, it was provided by Public Resolution No. 21 "that the Secre-
tary of War be authorized to take immediate measures to preserve from dese-
cration the graves of soldiers of the United States who fell in battle or died of
disease during the War of the Rebellion, and to secure suitable burial-places, and
to have these grounds enclosed, so that the resting-places of the honored dead
may be kept sacred forever."
February 28, 1867, an act to establish and protect national cemeteries was
approved, which provided in detail for the purchase of grounds, and the manage-
ment and inspection of cemeteries; also for the punishment of any person who
should mutilate monuments or injure the trees and plants.
In accordance with the foregoing and the orders issued by the War Depart-
ment from time to time, every effort has been made to collect the remains of the
dead, to inter them decently, and to record all the facts known in connection with
each grave. After no war, whether of ancient or modern times, have any such
systematic exertions been made to secure the collection of the dead and their
interment in permanent resting-places, as have been made by the Quartermaster
De])artment of the United States Army under the above provisions of the law.
The latest report of the Quartermaster General on the subject of the Nation's
Dead, shows that the following National Cemeteries have been established
Name of Cemetery. Known.
Annapolis. Maryland 2,285
Alexandria, Louisiana 534
Alexandria. Virginia 3.402
Andersonville, Georgia 12.793
Antietam. Maryland 2,853
Arlington. Virginia 11.915
Balls Bluff, Virginia 1
Barrancas, Florida 798
Baion Rouge. Louisiana 2,469
Baitle Ground. District of Columbia • 43
Beaufort. South Carolina 4.748
Beverly, New Jersey 145
Brownsville, Texas 1,417
Camp Butler, Springfield. Illinois 1.007
Camp Nelson. Jessamine County. Kentucky 2,477
Cave Hill. Louisville. Kentucky 3.344
Chalmette. New Orleans. Louisiana 6.837
Chattanooga, Tennessee 7,999
City Point. Virginia 3.778
Cold Harbor, Virginia 673
Corinth, Mississippi 1,789
Crown Hill, Indianapolis. Indiana 681
Culpeper. Virginia 456
Custer Battle Field. Mexican Territory 262
Cypress Hills, New York 3.710
Danville, Kentucky 335
Danville, Virginia 1.172
Fayetteville. Arkansas 431
Finn's Point, Salem, New Jersey
VTEK.\IEXT.S.
Unknown.
Total.
204
2,489
772
1.306
120
3.522
921
13,714
1.818
4,671
4.349
16.264
24
25
657
1.455
495
2,964
1.379
2,796
355
1.362
1,165
3,642
583
3,927
5,674
12.511
4,963
12.962
1.374
5,152
1.281
1,954
3.927
5.716
32
713
911
1.367
262
76
3,786
8
343
155
1.327
781
1.212
2,644
2,644
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Florence, South Carolina 199
Fort Donelson, Tennessee 158
Fort Gibson, Indian Territory 215
Fort Harrison, Virginia 239
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 835
Fort McPherson. Lincoln County. Nebraska 152
Fort Smith, Arkansas 711
Fort Scott. Kansas 390
Fredericlvsburg. Virginia 2.487
Gettysburg. Pennsylvania 1.967
Glendale. Virginia 234
Grafton, West Virginia 634
Hampton, Virginia 4.930
Jeiferson Barracks, Missouri 8.584
Jefferson City. Missouri 349
Keokuk, Iowa 612
Knoxville, Tennessee 2.090
Laurel. Maryland 232
Lebanon, Kentucky 591
Lexington, Kentucky 805
Little Rock, Arkansas 3,265
Loudon Park, Maryland 1.637
Marietta, Georgia 7.18S
Memphis, Tennessee 5,160
Mexico City, Mexico 284
Mills Springs, Somerset, Kentucky ' 345
Mobile, Alabama 756
Mound City, Illinois 2,505
Nashville, Tennessee 11.825
Natchez, Mississippi 308
New Albany. Indiana 2,139
New Berne. North Carolina 2,177
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,881
Poplar Grove, Virginia 2.198
Port Hudson, Louisiana 596
Quincy, Illinois 240
Raleigh, North Carolina 619
Richmond, Virginia 842
Rock Island, Illinois 277
Salisbury, North Carolina 94
San Antonio, Texas 324
San Francisco, California 4.236
Santa Fe, New Mexico 380
St. Augustine, Florida 195
Seven Pines, Virginia 150
Shiloh, Hardin County. Tennessee ■ 1,229
Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia 5,314
Springfield, Missouri 1,009
Staunton, Virginia 233
Stone's River, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 3,821
Vicksburg, Mississippi 3,896
Wilmington, North Carolina 710
Winchester, Virginia 2,094
Woodlawn, BImira, New York 3,074
Yorktown, Virginia 748
177,362
2,799
2,998
511
669
2,212
2,427
575
814
928
1,763
291
443
1,152
1.863
161
551
12,770
15,257
1,608
3.575
961
1,195
620
1,254
494
5,424
2,906
11,490
412
761
33
645
1,046
3.136
6
238
277
868
108
913
2.337
5,602
166
1,803
2,963
10,151
8,817
13,977
750
1,034
366
711
113
869
2,721
5,226
4,701
16,526
2.780
3,088
676
2,815
1,077
3,254
28
1,909
4.001
6,199
3,223
3,819
56
296
562
1,181
5.700
6.542
19
296
L2,032
12.126
167
491
4.56
4,692
421
801
73
268
1,208
1,358
2,361
3,590
288
5.602
740
1.749
520
753
2,324
6,145
.2.704
16,600
1.398
2,108
2,365 .
4,459
16
3,090
1,434
2,182
19,314
326,676
754 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Of the whole number of interments indicated above, there are about 6,900
known and 1,500 unknown civihans, and 6,100 known and 3,200 unknown Con-
federates. Of these latter, the greater portion are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Elmira, New York, and Finn's Point Cemetery, near Salem, New Jersey. The
interments at Mexico City are mainly of those who were killed or died in that
vicinity during the Mexican War, and include also such citizens of the United
States as may have died in Mexico, and who, under treaty provision, have the
right of burial therein. From the foregoing, it will appear that, after making all
proper deductions for civilians and Confederates, there are gathered in the various
places mentioned the remains of nearly 300,000 men who at one time wore the blue
during the late war, and who yielded up their lives in defense of the Government
which now so graciously cares for their ashes.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
the militia system of indiana.
The Militia System of the Northwest Territory — The Muster and the
Militia Laws in Indiana Territory — List of Militia Officers From
Henry County.
The enforced Militia System which prevailed in Indiana from the first set-
tlement of the Territory by Enfjlish speaking- people until 1844. when a Volunteer
System succeeded it, was an inheritance from the old Northwest Territory, for the
g'overnment of which it was the very first legal enactment. Though often modified
and amended by the various Territorial and State Legislatures, it embraced the
general principal of enforced military service to the State for the defense of its
people, their homes and their property, and the same general requirements for the
instruction of the officers and men, and their grouping in Companies, Battalions.
Regiments and Brigades, from the first act to the last, e.xcept that owing to the
narrow limits of the primal settlements, the first law provided for no command
larger than a regiment.
The initial militia law for the country north of the Ohio River was published
at Marietta, Ohio, on July 25, 1788, by the Governor, Arthur St. Clair, and two of
the Territorial Judges, Samuel Holden Parsons and James Mitchell Varnum, almost
a year in advance of the meeting of the first Legislative Assembly of the Northwest
Territory. It was seemingly the work of the two New England Judges, Parsons
and Varnum, and was the form by which the old methods of protecting the early
New England settlements from the murderous assaults of the savages and re-
pelling their frequent invasions, were brought into the wilderness, north of the
Ohio. The immediate purpose of the enactment was the same as that which
inspired the laws from which it was evidently fashioned. Certain clauses of the
law itself, show how greatly the need of military preparation for the defense of
the new settlements had impressed the men, who were leading the people of the
older communities into a wilderness to establish the foundations of great States.
The sweeping and arbitrary character of the first militia law will be more
readily understood by- the incorporation of its more important sections into the
body of this chapter, than by any mere statement of its provisions. The first five
sections of the law are as follows :
(1). "All male inhabitants, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, shall be liable
to. and perform military duty, and be formed into corps in the following manner:
(2). "Sixty rank and file shall form a company. Eight companies shall form a
battalion. Two battalions shall form a regiment. There shall be appointed to each com-
756 hazzard"s history of henry county.
pany, one Captain, one Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one
Drummer, and one Fifer. To a battalion, there shall be appointed one Lieutenant Colonel,
one Major and one Adjutant. To a regiment, one Colonel. The corps shall be divided
into Senior and Junior Classes.
(3.) "Whereas, in the infant state of the Country, defense and protection are ab-
solutely essential, all male inhabitants of the age of sixteen years and upwards, shall be
armed, equipped, and accoutred in the following manner: with muslvet and bayonet, or
rifle, cartridge box and pouch, or powder horn and bullet pouch, with forty rounds of
cartridges, or one pound of powder and four pounds of lead, priming wire and brush and
six flints.
(4). "And whereas, for securing principles of defense and protection, it is neces-
sary to be assembled upon certain times and at certain places for examining and in-
specting the arms and accoutrements, and for disciplining the men in a soldierly manner:
and whereas, the assembling of the community at fixed periods, conduces to health, civili-
zation and morality and such assembling without arms in a newly settled country, may
be attended with danger, therefore the corps shall be paraded at ten o'clock in the morn-
ing of each first day of the week (Sunday), armed, equipped, and accoutred as aforesaid,
in convenient places, next adjacent to the place or places already assigned for public
■worship. At other times and places, the corps shall be paraded for muster, exercise and
review, as the Commander in Chief may direct. And whereas, in the present state of
the Territory, it is necessary that guards be established, the Commander in Chief and
the commanding officers of counties and smaller districts shall make such detachments
tor guards and such other military services as the public exigencies may in their opin-
ion, or their opinions, require.
(5). "Those who have borne commissions, civil or military, in the service of the
United States, or either of them, or who have been honorably discharged therefrom, and
all such as have been graduated in colleges or universities, shall comprise the senior
class. Males over the age of fifty shall be liable to military duty in cases of actual invas-
ion only, and then at the direction of the Commander in Chief. Officers of the Civil
Government or commissioned b.\ the Governor are exempted from the duties aforesaid."
The remaining si.x sections of the law provide for its enforcement, estahlish
courts martial, and provide for their method of procedure and determine the
penalties such courts may inflict.
The fines for neglect of duty and other violations of the law were at first
light, running from a ma.ximum of one dollar down to a minimum of five cents
for a trivial oflfense. twenty five cents being the more usual fine, but all officers
were subject to courts martial which seem to have been endowed with almost
unlimited powers.
Under an amendment to the law made in November, 1788. fines were assessed
and collected against all persons subject to military duty, for neglect or refusal to
provide themselves with the equipment required by law and established a fine
for each separate offense, ranging from fifty cents for failure to provide a
musket or rifle to five cents for failure to provide a priming wire or brush. .\rms.
accouiitrements and ammimition were to be inspected bv the officers on the first
Sabbath day of each month. Under a subsidiarv" act passed July 2. 1791, the
regular weekly musters were permitted to take place on Saturday instead of
Sunda>-, compelled militiamen to go armed, when attending places of worship, and
fixed the fines for neglect; the law to be enforced by distress and sale of property.
when necessary.
In 1799 the General .Assembly repealed the law of 1788 and all subsequent
Laws for the establishment of the militia and substituted for them a law of twentv
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seven articles, including altogether forty three sections and covering twelve pages
of closely printed matter. By this law, all able bodied white male citizens, between
the ages of eighteen and forty five years, were made subject to militia duty, except
civil officers and ministers. It provided for artillery, one battery to be attached
to each brigade, an Adjutant General for the territory, and for general, regi-
mental and company officers, as well as non-commissioned officers, much as they
exist today in the Army and in the \'olnnteer Militia. Perhaps the greatest de-
parture from the former law was in the greatly increased severity of the penalties
for failure or refusal to obey the provisions of the act, the fines running from
five cents to three dollars for enrolled men. up to a maximum fine of one hundred
dollars for certain offenses of commissioned officers, while parents and guardians
were made responsible for fines assessed against their sons or wards. Fines werL-
to be collected by distress and sale of property or by imprisonment of the offender.
( )fficers and men were to be free from arrest while performing military dut}-.
The men were required to furnish their own arms and accoutrements as under
the old law. and the militia was subject to immediate call to repel invasion.
There were various reasons for the increased rigor of this act. The law of
1788 was intended for the organization of the men, young and old, of the Ohio
Company's Marietta Colony, for defense against the assaults of Indians, and there
was probably not a man or boy in the Company, who was not in accord with the
ideas of the leading men of the Colonv, on the necessitv and dutv of self defense
imiiosed on_ the citizens by the militia law of 1788. But in 1799, thousands of
settlers from many parts of .\nierica and Europe had come into the Territory and^
the widely scattered settlements made it a different and more difficult task to
provide an efficient militia system for their defense. Besides this, the rapid influx
of Quakers and other non-combatants, for conscientious reasons, into the new
land, doubtless kindled the old warrior zeal of Puritan and non-conscientious
Southron alike, resulting in a determination to make the Quakers train for war
or pav the cost of a like number of militiamen.
It is not the author's purpose to discuss the wisdom of the n'.ore rigorous law
but merely to point out that the law of 1799 and the- acts that preceded it. were
the foundation upon which all subsequent militia laws, whether coercive or
volunteer, have been based. The muster did not originate with the law. In some
form it is, doubtless, as old as war itself, but it was this law of the Northwest
Territory that brought it into Indiana Territory and State. It was this law also
that provoked the long struggle with the Society of Friends and other sects,
conscientiously opposed to war. As the danger of invasion passed away, the
non-combatants gradually succeeded in their contention for immunity from mili-
tary duties in times of peace. In iSoo Indiana Territory was established by Act
of Congress and in 1802 the new Territorial Government was in full control. The
tild Northwest Territory had passed into history, but had bequeathed its laws and
their spirit to its successor. ^
THE MUSTER. AXD THE MIFJTIA LA\\"S IX INDIANA TERRITORY.
The law of 1799 was continued in full force in Indiana Territorw having in
• iriler to insure its binding force, been re-enacted by the first Territorial General
758 hazzard's history of henry county.
Assembly. In 1810 the General Assembly passed an act supplemental to the law
of 1799, which made a number of changes in the methods of administration, the
most radical of which related to the Society of Friends or Quakers, and their
conscientious scruples as to bearing arms. Under the laws of 1799, the Quakers
had been the objects of frequent persecution for neglect of military duty, and
seizures and sales of their property for the payment of military fines had been of
frequent occurence, for the Quakers held it to be the same in effect to pay fines
that went to the support of the militia as to render military service in person.
The thirteenth section of the law <>{ 18 10 provided as follows:
•'Whereas the universal benevolence which governs said society, established b\
their ample contributions to all charitable and useful institutions, and particularly their
exertions to civilize the Indians, a fund having actually been raised to be devoted to that
object in this Territory, therefore, for these reasons, as also from the circumstances of
the said society being always in the habit of supporting its own poor, although they
cheerfully pay their poor tax for the support of those of other denominations, be it
enacted that the persons composing said societies shall be, and they are hereby exempted
from military duty, provided always, that in time of actual war, they will be subject to
such additional tax or contribution in lieu of military service, as the legislature may
think proper to impose."
This section constituted one of the first legal acknowledgments of the rights
of conscience with reference to military service, that was made .in this country.
It was, however, of short duration, for the shadows of Indian troubles and the
gathering clouds of the Second War with En,gland, ktiown as the War of 1812-15.
.then beginning to thicken rapidly, caused the repeal of the section at the very
ne.xt session of the Territorial General .\ssembly.
The law of 1810 also forbade the sale of into.xicants within two miles of a
parade or muster, a provision which seems to have been dropped from the next
militia law. The last Territorial law on the subject of the militia was finally
passed and approved at the session of 1814. It was an elaborate enactment of no
less than seventy nine sections. It retained the principal features of the old law
of 1799 but enlarged upon it and brought it down to the needs of the time, which
was one of imininent danger from Indian massacres and invasions, while the
Treaty of Ghent had not yet brought to a close the Second War wdth England.
It substituted an exemption fee of five dollars for the free exemption given by
the preceding law to the Quakers and renewed the old rigorous collection laws.
Some changes were made iti the titles and duties of officers and the cavalry and
artillery branches of the service were better organized. All regiments or parts
of regiments were made subject to immediate call by the Commander-in-Chief, to
repel invasion or for other specific duties connected with the public safety.
Officers and inen were still required to equip themselves, and cavalrymen were to
furnish their own mounts, but if the animal was killed or rendered worthless
when the cumpany was called into active service, the owner was to be paid its
appraised value from the Territorial Treasury. Company and battalion musters
w-ere to be held in April and September of each year and the regimental musters
were to take place in Septeinber of each year. The law seeins to have been silent
as to more frequent company or squad drills ; but tradition seems to establish tliat
they were, in most places, inatters of monthly occurrence, the hours of muster
being from ten o'clock in the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
759
The first Constitution of the State of Indiana provided that "The Militia of
Indiana shall consist of all free, able-bodied male persons, negroes, mulattoes and
Indians excepted, resident in said State, between the ages of eighteen and forty
five years ; except such persons as now are or hereafter may be exempted by the
laws of the United States or of this State, and shall be armed, equipped and
trained as the General Assembly may provide by law."
It made proper exemptions for persons conscientiously scrupulous of bearing
arms. Subalterns, captains, majors and colonels were to be elected by thcise
persons subject to military duty in their respective Company, Battalion and Regi-
mental districts ; non-commissioned officers of companies were to be appointed by
the captains ; brigadier generals were to be elected by the commissioned officers
in their respective brigades and major generals by the same class of officers in
their respective divisions. The manner of forming troops in th€ several branches
of the service was left to the General Assembly. The appointment of an Adjutant
General for the State, and of a Quartermaster General and his aids de camp was
assigned to the Governor.
While giving the sanction of the State to the rights of conscience in the
matter of bearing arms, it still made exemption from military duty on account of
conscientious scruples, the subject of a money consideration to be collected by the
civil officers. This was materially softened, however, by section three of article
nine, which provided that the mniie>- which "shall be paid as an equivalent by
persons exempt from military ilin\. rNiipt in times of war," should be exclu-
sively and in equal proportion, aii]ilii-il t^ the support of county seminaries, a class
of high schools or academies, for which the constitution elsewhere provided. This
did not for many years, even .measurably satisfy those who resisted the collection
<if exemption fees and fines, possibly because the money was applied to special
•schools rather than to popular schools, in the benefits of which all might partake.
The organization of Henry County was completed June I, 1822, and the
county's connection with the militia system began August 23, 1823. The Adjutant
General's office is not in possession of State military documents of any kind that
antedate the War with ;\KxicM. wliidi began in 1846. There is, however, a record
in the office of the Secrciary <<{ Mate, which contains the names of the militia
officers of the State, with the lIuIlj of their commissions, and the regiments to
which they belonged from 1816 forward. From this record it is found that Elisha
Long was commissioned Colonel of the Forty Eighth Regiment of Indiana Militia,
on August 28, 1823. So it may be safely assumed that the regiment came into
existence in that year, and that the militia system of the county began then. The
list of militia officers, who were commissioned'at various times, contains the names
of many men, who were prominent in the early life and councils of the county, but
perhaps no one of them was more distinguished than the first Colonel, Elisha
Long. He was the son of a Revolutionary snldier. Christopher Long, whose grave
is kept green at the cross roads near the Hnxd Schoolhouse in Liberty Township.
Colonel Long was a soldier of the War of 1812-15 from Virginia, before coming
to Henry County, and played an important part in the affairs of the country as
is shown elsewhere in this Historv.
760 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
LIST OF MILITIA OFFICERS FROM HENRY COUNTY.
COMMISSIONED FOR SERVICE IN THE 48TH REGIMENT, INDIANA MILITIA FROM 1823
TO 1846, INCLUSIVE, WITH THE D.\TES OF THEIR SEVERAL COMMISSIONS.
August 28, 1823. — Elisha Long. Colonel: James Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel; John
Dorrah, Major.
November 29, 1823. — Brice Dillee, Captain; George Isham. Lieutenant; Edmund
Liston, Ensign.
December IB. 1823. — Achilles Morris, Captain; Michael Swope, Lieutenant; William
Huff, Ensign; John Baker. Captain; Anthony Boggs, Lieutenant; Stephen Batson, En-
sign; Daniel C. Priddy, Captain; Robert Johnson, Lieutenant; William Wick. Ensign;
Jesse Forkner. Captain; George B. Bates, Lieutenant; Thomas Ralston. Ensign; Charles
B. Finch, Captain; John Smith, Lieutenant; Asahel Woodward, (Grandfather of the au-
thor of this History), Lieutenant; William McDowell, Ensign.
September 13, 1824. — John Odom, Lieutenant.
September 3, 1825. — John Whittaker, Lieutenant; Watson Roe. Lieutenant.
March 11. 1826. — Thomas Porter, Ensign of Riflemen; Mathew McKimmey, Lieuten-
ant of Riflemen.
April 4, 1826. — Brice Dillee. Lieutenant Colonel; Elijah ilcCray. Captain; Nathan
Crawford, Lieutenant.
May 23, 1826. — It was ordered by the Governor and Commander in Chief, that the
Militia of the counties of Rush, Decatur and Henry be organised into a brigade to be
known as the Eighteenth Brigade, and that it comprisfe a part of the Seventh Division
of the Militia of the State.
August 23, 1826. — Amaziah Morgan, Brigadier General, Eighteenth Brigade; Gen-
eral Morgan lived in Rush County. He represented the district of which Henry County
formed a part, in the State Senate, 1826-30.
November 1, 1826. — Michael Swope, Captain; John Shortridge. Lieutenant; Ed-
ward Sharp, Ensign; John Keene, Lieutenant; Christopher Hedrick. Ensign; William
Ramsey, Lieutenant. ■
April 17, 1827. — Samuel Howard, Lieutenant Colonel.
August 14, 1827. — John Freeland, Captain; Samuel Griggsby, Lieutenant; John
Whittaker, Captain of Riflemen; William Hughes, Lieutenant.
January 14, 1828. — James R. Leonard. Lieutenant; Michael Buck, Ensign.
December 26, 1828. — William Hobson. Lieutenant of Riflemen; John E. Templeton.
Lieutenant; William Mnrphey, Ensign.
August 4, 1829. — Miles Murphey, Major; Samuel Howard. Captain of Cavalry;
Jacob Thornburgh, First Lieutenant of Cavalry; William Silver. Second Lieutenant of
Cavalry; William Mellett, Cornet of Cavalry; Christopher Hedrick, Captain; Andrew
Fletcher, Lieutenant; Joseph Robbing. Captain; Armstead Watkins. Lieutenant; Sam-
uel Marsh, Ensign; Anthony Dunlavy. Captain; Richard Wilson, Lieutenant; Alfred
Moore, Ensign; John Odom. Captain; Samuel D. Wells, Lieutenant; William Hill, En-
sign; Watson Roe, Captain; John McShirley, Lieutenant; Joel Robinson. Ensign.
February 1, 1830.— Jonathan Bedwell. Captain; Andrew D. Blount, Lieutenant:
James Alexander, Ensign.
June 17, 1830. — Richard Wilson, Captain; William B. Wilson, Lieutenant.
August 3, 1830. — John Hill, Lieutenant; Barzillai Rozell, Ensign.
October 11, 1830.— Robert Hudelson, Captain; Alfred M. Brattain. Lieutenant: John
Wick, Ensign; Jacob H. Powers, Captain; Edward Jones, Lieutenant: Thomas C. Calk-
ins. Ensign: Thomas B. Miller, Lieutenant; Edmund Liston. Ensi.gn; James Boggs. En-
sign.
December 13, 1830. — William Silver, First Lieutenant of Cavalry; Ezekiel T. Hick-
man, Second Lieutenant of Cavalry.
January 21. 1831. — John Evans, Ensign.
February 10, 1831. — Asa Leonard. Captain; Joseph G. Cooper. Lieiitenant: William
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Crane, Ensign; Daniel Custard, Lieutenant; Darius Berger, Ensign; William Bruner,
Ensign.
April 21. 1831. — Aaron Houghum, Captain; John Wilson, Lieutenant; Ransom Long,
Ensign.
May 25, 1831. — Stephen Cory, Ensign.
August 22, 1831. — Miles Murphey, Colonel; Asahel Woodward. (Grandfather of the
author of this History), Major.
January 11. 1832. — William Parker, Captain of Riflemen; Jacob Rhinehart. Ensign
of Riflemen; John Dennis, Lieutenant; James Holtsclaw, Ensign.
February 27, 1832. — David Fleming, Captain; Valentine Summers. Ensign; John
Davidson. Lieutenant; Minor Allee, Ensign.
March 22. 1832. — Ezekiel T. Hickman, Major; William J. Hobson, Lieutenant of
Riflemen; Jonathan Pierson, Ensign of Riflemen.
July 30, 1832.— Levi Leakey. Lieutenant.
September 11, 1832. — William S. Bell, Captain; Jacob Donald, Lieutenant; John
Millis, Ensign; Jeremiah Vgach, Captain; Lemuel Evans, Lieutenant.
October Ifi, 1832,— William A. Thompson. Captain of Artillery; James Ball. First
Lieutenant of Artillery; Caleb Cope. Second Lieutenant of Artillery; Harris H. Pool, En-
sign.
April 13. 1833.— Silas Ruggles, First Lieutenant of Cavalry.
September 19. 1833. — Samuel D. Cory. Ensign.
December 21, 1833.— David D. Priddy. Captain of Riflemen.
February 13, 1834. — William Templeton. Captain; James Carr, Lieutenant; James
E. Bell, Ensign; Edward Gillgeese, Ensign.
April 22, 1834. — Joseph Kellum, Captain; Levi Leakey, Captain of Artillery.
March 13, 183(5. — William C. Robinson, of Rush County, Brigadier General, Eigh-
teenth Brigade.
November 2(). 1840. — George Tarkleson, Captain Light Infantry; Henry Shank, Lieu-
tenant Light Infantry; James C. Murray. Ensign of Light Infantry.
February 17, 1842. — Isaac France. Captain; James M. Whitesel, Lieutenant; Robert
G. Emerson, Ensign.
July 15, 1842. — Green T. Simpson. Captain of Riflemen; James Wilson. Lieutenant
of Riflemen; Peter Harter, Ensign of Riflemen.
January 18, 1846. — Henry County Guards, New Castle, mustered for the Mexican
War, but not called into active service. Mathew S. ^Vlard, Captain; Henry Shroyer, First
Lieutenant; Pyrrhus Woodward, (Uncle of the author of this History), Second Lieuten-
ant.
July 31. 1846. — Lewisville Guards mustered for the Mexican War, but not called into
active service. William S. Price. Captain; George W. Truslow. First Lieutenant; Emory
Southwick. Second Lieutenant; Joseph Spaw. Ensign.
August 1, 1846. — Middletown Rifle Company, mustered for the Mexican War, but
not called into active service. Simon Summers, Captain; Henry Shank, First Lieutenant;
Charles Riley, Second Lieutenant.
August 10, 1846. — Ringgold Troop. Independent Militia. New Castle. Mustered for
the Mexican War, but not called into active service. Richard Goodwin. Captain; John
Shroyer, First Lieutenant; George W. Woods, Second Lieutenant.
August 10, 1846. — A company organized in Prairie Township. Mustered for the
Mexican War, but not called into active service. Jer'emiali Veach. Captain; Abraham
W. Bouslog, Lieutenant.
September 2. 1846. — Knightstown Grays, mustered for the Mexican War. but not
called into active service. Solomon McCain, Captain; Gordon Ballard, First Lieutenant;
James Tyler, Second Lieutenant.
Note. — All the companies organized in 1846 were under the Act of Congress of
May 13, 1846, and can, therefore, hardly be classed as belonging to the Forty Eighth
Regiment. Yet they are so set out on the record in the office of the Secretary of State
as above referred to. Further reference to these t onipauics will be found in the Chapter
relating to the Mexican War.
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A careful study of this list will disclose several matters of iuterest to the
student of our early local history, among which is the fact, that many of the names
it contains are the same as those of members of the county's most substantial and
honored families of the present time. .Another is, that as the years advanced and
there came to be less and less danger of Indian outbreaks which might threaten
disaster to any of the State's inhabitants, while we were at peace with all civilized
nations, the military spirit gradually declined. In the year 1846, when the War
with Mexico began, there does not seem to have been an active militia company
in the county, tintil certain companies were formed for service in that war, under
an Act of Congress approved May 13, 1846. Prior to the organization of these
Mexican War Companies, not one of which was ever called into active service, but
three companies of militia had been organized within the county for twelve years ;
one at Middletown in 1840: one at Knightstown in 1842, and one in Liberty
Township in 1842. Practically speaking the Liberty Township Company, of
which Green T. Simpson was Captain, was the last ever organized in the countv.
under the old militia law.
The legislation which afTected the militia of Indiana from and after 1823, con-
sisted of the following enactments :
(I.) An Act approved January 11, 1823. which provided that "no major
general or brigadier general shall be authorized to take command of any regi-
ment, unless requested by the commandant to do so," and. made it unlawful to
contest the election of any militia officer declared elected ; changed companv mus-
ters from April to May, and extended exemptions to all persons who had at any
time prior to the former act, or at the date of the act, served five years in the
militia.
(2.) An act to regulate the militia of Indiana, approved January 19, 1828,
provided for taking account of public arms belonging to the militia, and their dis-
tribution to commandants of divisions and making all persons receiving public
arms accountable for the same. It also fixed the number of regimental musters,
at one for each year, "at such time and place as the brigadier general shall deter-
mine," while the company muster was to occur on the second Saturday in April,
the captains to give notice to their companies in July of the times and places of
muster for the ensuing year.
(3.) An act approved February 2. 1833, provided as its most notable fea-
ture that, "Any person subject to military duty, commissioned officers excepted,
shall henceforth be annually exempted from such of the fines as may have been
imposed on him by law for each annual failure to perform such duty, upon the
payment of one, dollar to the person having charge of the seminary fund of his
county, provided the same be paid before the first day of October in each year."
Section Four of the same act extended, "All and singular, the rights, privileges
and benefits, etc.," of said act, "to persons conscientiously scrupulous as to bearing
arms, provided that every conscientiously scrupulous person wishing to avail him-
self thereof shall make the payment in the first section of this act mentioned, to the
officer of his county having legal charge of the seminary fund."
Thus did the State essay to build up its seminaries at the expense of its
militia, for the evident reason that there existed at that time no prospect of invasion
or insurrection, and consequently there was small need of a State militia, while
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the demand for better schools was most urgent. Under this law. the busy men.
the conscientious men and the men who simply disliked militia duties, were each
and all released therefrom upon the payment of one dollar each to the seminary
fund. This was approaching rapidly to a voluntary militia service and the end
of the old system. An act approved February 24, 1840, tended in its general pro-
visions in the same direction. It divided the militia into two classes, active and
sedentary. All persons over thirty and under forty to belong to the sedentary
militia, and not to be liable to military duty, except in times of war or insurrection.
It however repealed that part of an "act for the encouragement of education"
which related to fines, except that it continued the part thereof relative to con-
scientious persons in full force. It returned all fines againgt members of the
militia to the use of the militia and provided for their collection by justices of the
peace. The same act provided for voluntary militia companies. Thus with all
persons over thirty years of age relieved from active militia service in times of
peace, and volunteer military companies provided for. the end of the old coercive
system was evidently near at hand.
The end came with an act of the General Assembly, entitled "'An Act to
amend an Act to Organize the Militia." approved January 13. i8..)4, which pro-
vided for the organization of a volunteer militia and repealed all former laws
upon the subject, practically giving the sanction of the law to what the public
iipinion of the State had several years previously decreed. All militia service in
the State. has been voluntary since 1844 ^^d there has always been a ready re-
.'iponse on the part of the people to the demand of the State authorities for military
aid.
It is to be regretted that the companies and battalions into which the Henry
County militia was divided for purposes qf muster and instruction were not made
a matter of public county record. From the meagre data, now obtainable, it is
only possible to locate the various companies by the names of the commissioned
officers. Taking the first list of officers, as commissioned in 1823, those who re-
member the early settlers, will realize that the company of which Achilles }iIorris
was Captain: ^Michael Swope, Lieutenant; and William Huff. Ensign, was or-
ganized in the southeastern part of the county in the territory that now comprises
nudlev and Franklin townships. While Jesse Forkner was evidently Captain
I if an east side company, representing the various townships of Liberty, Blue River
and Stony Creek. Charles B. Finch, Captain ; John Smith, Lieutenant, and
William McDowell, Ensign, probably served in a New Castle and Henry Town-
ship company. As we continue down the list, the location of the companies by
this sort of approximation grows less difficult. If the space at command per-
mitted, a comparison of the names of the commissioned officers on the list with
the records of land entries, and the early deed records, town plats, etc., in the
Recorder's office, would locate most, if not all of the commissioned officers with
reasonable certainty, and the parts of the county represented by the various com-
panies would be approximately determined; but there seems to have been nothing
preserved to indicate how they were grouped into battalions or at what places bat-
talion musters were held.
Elisha Long appears to have held the office of Colonel of the Forty Eighth
Regiment until 1831. The record does not state but he doubtless resigned in that
764 HAZZAtlDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
> tar. on account of his election to the State Senate, unless he had reached the age
Hmit of sixty years by that time, for on August 22, 1831, Miles Murphey was
commissioned Colonel, he having been advanced to the Majorship in 1829.
James Johnson was the first Lieutenant Colonel, commissioned at the same time
as Colonel Long. August 28. 1823. Brice Dillee. of Wayne Township, was com-
missioned in 1826, and Samuel Howard was commissioned in 1827. but there may
have been two battalions in the county by that time. John Dorrah was the first
Major. Miles JNIurphey, the second, and Asahel Woodward (grandfather nf the
author of this History), the third.
The musters were the occasions upon which the various elements of pioneer
society met and mingled upon such terms of fellowship as their various characters,
moods and temperaments permitted, tempered only by such discipline as the
militia officers might be able to enforce. There was, however, one very prominent
element in early Henry County society, that was never in evidence at the musters.
It was composed of those who were in the language of the militia law, "Consci-
entiously scrupulous of bearing arms." The muster days were looked forward to
with various anticipations bv the "rank and file." To many they were times of
pleasant reunion with friends, and were regarded as holidays, but the truth of
history compels it to be said that even the most quiet and sober among the young
citizens who bore arms, were never wholly without apprehensions of trouble and
possible disaster on such occasions.
The fruitful cause was the same which was so prolific of Saturday fist fights
and rows in the early villages — "the good, old, unadulterated whiskey that never
hurt anybody" — which we have all heard so much about. While the drills were
continued and the officers had control of the men, everything was done with a fair
degree of decorum and good order. This was the case even when the drills con-
sisted of nothing more than double and single file movements, as tradition tells us
was often the case, but after the men were dismissed in the afternoon and the
whiskey began to flow freely, as was the all but universal custom, the rougher
elements grew boisterous and challenge and counter challenge flew about rapidly,
wrestling matches soon ripened into fights and old quarrels were settled with "far
and squar" fistic encounters, and many a fight between friends occurred which was
impelled wholly by the "good liquor" and the frenzy of the hour.
There was a system of "renowning it," such as Longfellow describes as
having prevailed at the drinking places of the students in the German universities,
sevent}- five }ears ago', which was in vogue in certain neighborhoods of Henry
County, on muster days, election days and other public occasions. They differed
from the German "renownings" in this, that they were not challenges to deadly
combats with the short sword, but to the more indecorous, though less dangerous
"fist and skill fights." The "renowner" would take a stick and draw a large circle
upon the ground, then stripping himself to the waist, would leap into the ring and
with many furious oaths and floods of abuse, dare his enemy, if he had one in the
company, to come in and join battle with him. or wanting an enemy, he would
simply defy everybody, proclaim himself the champion of the entire countryside
or in the usual language of the backwoods ring. "The bully that could whoop
any other bully in the county." and dare any man to accept the challenge. Gouged
eves, bitten ears, mashed noses and bruised faces were the usual harvests of the
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old time muster day: hut this state of affairs was more ac^trravated in some
locahties than in others. It cannot be regarded as an outgrowth of the mihtia
system or the muster, except in this, that as all able-bodied men, under forty five,
in the township or muster districts were required to meet for drills on those days,
rare opportunities for settling old grudges and determining important champion-
ships were afforded. Doubtless this was the worst foe to military discipline, de-
corum and training, that the militia officers had to deal with.
The above facts as to the early musters of the county have been largely
drawn from the stories told by the pioneers who attended them and kept their
heads sufficiently well to remember and retain vivid impressions of the scenes upon
the muster grounds. The late Judge Joseph Farley, one of the county's early
associate judges, remembered several such scenes as having occurred at "General
Musters" on the farm then occupied by Colonel Long. Having been '"only fist
fights," nobody gave them much attention as being violations of the law of good
order, and the young man. who refused to fight when challenged, was generally
looked upon as a coward. But on the other hand, the man who attempted to use
a pistol, knife or other murderous weapon in such a contest was regarded as a
criminal and treated as such.
Judge Martin L. Bundy remembers that General James Xuble. who was one
of the early United States Senators from Indiana, held a brigade drill, presumably
of the Eighteenth Brigade, at New Castle, either in 1827 or 1828. It was so
difficult to find a field sufficiently large for the maneuvers of the Jsrigade, on
accoi'mt of the dense forests, that the late Asahel Woodward finally surrendered
his new meadow to the "tramp, tramp^ tramping" of the men, and the great
muster was held there to the demoralization of the meadow, a disaster that the
strength and fertility of the newly cleared land soon repaired. It seems reason-
ably certain that the Eighteenth Brigade consisted of three regiments, one for
each of the three counties, Henry. Rush and Decatur, which constituted the brigade
district, but if such were not the fact, it is not probable that more than a thousand
men took part in the "great general muster" on Woodward's meadow, yet at that
time this meadow was the only field suitable to the maneuvers.
Perhaps the last public event in which the old militia was much in evidence
in Eastern Indiana, occurred in Cambridge City on July 28, 1842, on the occasion
of the great barbecue to celebrate the beginning of work on the Whitewater
Valley Canal, at that place. This canal was one of the artificial waterways for
internal communication and transportation, undertaken by the joint action of the
National and State governments, under the old Internal Improvement System. It
was, in the main, completed from Lawrenceburg to Brookville. before the final
breakdown of the joint system. After the ]>roject of building further was
abandoned by the National and State governments, a stock company was or-
ganized to complete the work. The stock was taken by the business men, farmers
and professional men of the counties and towns most likely to be benefited by the
work, which means that most of it was held in Franklin. Fayette. Wayne. Rush
and Henry counties. Farms, wild lands, almost everything that could be turned
into money, were taken in pavment for stock. Men rode from farmhouse to farm-
house and gave such glowing accounts of the good times that were sure to follow
the completion of the canal, that the depressed and struggling people were so
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imbued with the new hope, that they assumed the burden of the proposed work
with alacrity. The General Assembly of 1841 chartered the Whitewater Canal
Company and it began work as stated.
Andrew Young, in his History of Wayne County, published at Richmond in
1872, says that "Samuel W. Parker, of Connersville, afterwards a member of
Congress from this district, took an active part in getting up the company, and
in connection with J. G. Marshall and others, secured the granting of the charter
by the General Assembly, of which they were active members. One of the prin-
cipal contractors under the State and company was Thomas N. Tyner."
"The citizens of Cambridge City celebrated the commencement of operations
by the company on July 28, 1842, by a barbecue which was attended by about ten
thousand people. The first wheelbarrow full of dirt was dug and wheeled by
Samuel W. Parker. The second by Judge Jehu T. Elliott, of New Castle. A
great flood in 1847 damaged the canal to the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars."
It may without much digression be added here that the canal was completed
to Cambridge City in 1846, and soon after, perhaps, to Hagerstown, and was the
principal means of transportation until the completion of the Indana Central Rail-
way in 1853. On the occasion of the opening of the canal, it is not recalled that
there was any special display or parade of the militia ; but the presence of such
large numbers of citizens who had been trained at various times, as members of
the force, made the great parade of horsemen, which was one of the features
of the show, one of the finest that ever occurred in the early history of the State.
It is remembered that a number of the militia officers were present in the showy
military uniforms of the olden times, brilliant scarfs, huge epaulets, gold laced,
jauntily fitting coats, fairly glittering with polished brass buttons, and three-
cornered hats, rich in flaunting plumes. These officers were in command of the
great procession that galloped about on gaily caparisoned steeds, in a way that
excited' the wonder and admiration of all.
The two most conspicuous figures from Henry County, in that memorable
parade, were Colonel Miles Murphey, of New Castle, and Colonel Jesse W. Bald-
win, of Lewisville. Both were, at that time, fine, handsome men, to whom the
military uniforms gave additional dignit}- of appearance. Murphey was Colonel
of the Forty Eighth Regiment, and was for that reason made Marshal of the
Day. Jesse W. Baldwin may have been a Colonel on the staf? of Governor Bigger,
or may possibly have been a Colonel of militia in his native State before coming
to Henry County. There is no record that explains how or where he came by
the rank, or at least the title, of Colonel. He represented Henry County in the
General Assembly in 1849, having as his colleague, Samuel W. Coffin. Baldwin
was, for many years, a man of influence and standing in Henry County. Later
he moved to Chicago, where he died at the advanced age of ninety years. At
Lewisville and vicinity, many stories and interesting anecdotes are current, re-
garding him.
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grand recapitulation.
artillery, cavalry and ixfaxtby.
General Officers (Field and Staff) U. S. Volunteers 13
General Officers ( State of Indiana) , 2
Regimental Officers (Field and Staff) Indiana Vounteers 2
Company Commissioned Officers Indiana A oluuleers 223
Non-commissioned Officers Indiana Volunteers 4."
Company Non-Commissioned Officers Indiana Volunteers 748
U. S. Navy and Miscellaneous 15
Privates 3408
Total of officers and men furnished by Henry County in the Wars of the Republic
from the Mexican War through the Spanish- American War 4491
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ALPHABETICAL LIST A.
This list includes the names of Henry Count_v soldiers who attained the rank
of General Officers, Field or Staff. Also Henry Coutaty soldiers serving in Indiana
Organizations, in the Regular Army and in the Navy, during the Civil War. Also
soldiers from other counties in the State, who moved to Henry County, after the
Civil War.
Where the number of soldiers from Henry County in any regiment has
justified the same, the full regimental staff is published with the regiment, but only
the names of such of its members, as were from Henry County and such as are
biographically mentioned in this History, are contained in this list.
In the (Jistinctively Henry County companies, the full roster of the company
is given whether the soldiers were from Henry County or not. All non-resident
soldiers, officers and men, whose names appear in this list, are designated by an
asterisk, thus *, before the names. All soldiers from other counties of the State,
who moved to Henry County after the Civil \A'ar, are designated by two
asterisks, thus "*. before the names.
.A.bbott. Jackson. Private. Corporal, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Abbott, Levi. Private. 12th Indiana Battery.
**Abernathy. Alexander. Private, Company G, 21st Indiana Infantry: Sergeant, Com-
pany M; Commissary Sergeant, Non Commissioned Staff. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Abernathy. Isaac. Second Lieutenant, Company I. First Lieutenant. Company K.
37th Indiana Infantry.
Abernathy, John A., Musician, Company A, lOoth Indiana Infantry (.Morgan Raid).
Abshire, James T., Private, Company F. 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Abshire. John, Private, Company F, 74th Indiana Infantry.
Adair, Washington, Private, Company K. S7th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
K, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Adams, Alfred E., Private, Company C. oth Indiana Cavalry.
*Adams, Byron F., Corporal. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Adams, Isaac H., Private. Company I. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Adams, James, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid*.
*Adams, Marcellus M., Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Adams, William. Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
K, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Adams, William H.. Corporal. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Adamson. Ellas H.. Private. Wagoner, Company P, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Adamson, Simon P., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Addington. Thomas. Private. Corporal, Company C. S7th Indiana Infantry.
Addison. William T., Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Addleman, William O., Private, Corporal, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Ainsworth, Charles, Private, Unassigned, 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Akin, James, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry. ^
Albert, Aaron B., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
SOLDIERS.
(see alphabetical list.)
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Albertson. Daniel C, Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Albertson. John B.. Private, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Albertson. Larkin L.. Sergeant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Albright, George H., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Albright, John. Private, Company I, (59th Indiana Infantry.
Albright, Joseph S., Private, Company I, (i9th Indiana Infantry.
Albright, AVilliam H., Private, Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
**Alcorn, AVilliam, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Cavalry.
Alexander, Cyrus H., Corporal, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Alexander, Harvey W., Private. Company A. 11 0th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Corporal. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Alexander, James. Private, Company K, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Alexander, James W., Private, Sergeant, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three
years ) .
Alexander, John M., Private, Sergeant, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private.
CO'mpany A. 4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's A'eteran Corps).
Alexander, William R., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Alfred, John W., Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Alger, Isaac, Private. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
AUee, Amos H., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Allee, Henry C, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Allee, Jacob W., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Allee, John W., Corporal. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Allee, Oliver. Private, Company D, Iftth Indiana Infantry: Private, 19th Indiana
Battery.
Allee. Taylor, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Allen, David T., Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Allen, Reuben W., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Allen, Thomas C, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Allen. William, Private. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months) ; Private.
15th Indiana Battery.
Allis. Joseph, Corporal. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Allison. Andrew A., Private, Company C, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Allison, Asa H., Sergeant, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Allison. Hiram, Private, Corporal, Company G. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Allison, James R.. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Allison, Jesse, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Allison, Leonidas I... Musician. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
-Allison. Robert. First Lieutenant, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months) ;
Captain. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Allison, AVilliam M., Musician, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
''*Alshouse, Hiram T.. Private, Company F, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Alspaugh, De Witt C, Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Alspaugh, George W., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Alspaugh, Henry, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Alspaugh. Jacob M., Private. Company H. Oflth Indiana Infantry.
**Anderson, Andrew J., Bugler, Company I, 13th Indiana Cavalry.
Anderson, David, Private, Company K, 14th U. S. C. T.
Anderson. Elias. Private, Company I. fi9th Indiana Infantry.
Anderson, Hugh, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Anderson. Isaiah B., Second Lieutenant, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Anderson, James S„ Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid ) :
Private, Corporal, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
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Anderson, John. Private. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
**Anderson. John B., Corporal, Company I. 67th Indiana Infantry.
Anderson, John M., Private, Corporal. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Anderson. Miles E.. Private, Sergeant, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Andrews, John \V.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Antrim, John B. Private. Corporal, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Archibald. James, Private, 23rd Indiana Battery.
Archibald. Peter, Private, Company E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Rairl)
Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Arment, James A.. Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry,
Armfield, Elam, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry. (See Mexican War
Armstrong. Albert. Private, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Armstrong. Cyrus. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Armstrong. John. Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry: Corporal, Company
D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Armstrong. Morrow P.. Captain. Company K: Captain and Chaplain, Staff, 36th In-
diana Infantry.
Artherhultz. Leander. Private, Company K, 74th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany K, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
*Arville. Joseph, Private, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Atherton, Fenton, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Atkinson, George P., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Austin, James E., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
H, 147th Indiana Infantry,
*Ayler, Edward, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Ayres, Josiah D„ Private, Company A, 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Infantry.
*Babcock, AVilliam M.. Private. First Sergeant. Company B. 139th Indiana
fantry.
*Bailey. Riley, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bailey, William, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bailey, William, Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Bails, Franklin, Private, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Baker, Amos H.. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Baker. Andrew J., Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid
Baker. George C. Private. Corporal. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
♦Baldwin. Calvin, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
♦Baldwin, Elias, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry,
Baldwin, James, Private, Unassigned, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Baldwin, Jonathan, Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry,
Baldwin, Lewis, Private, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Bales, Parnel, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Ball. Henry S.. Saddler, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Ball, James W. E.. Private. Corporal. 4th Indiana Battery.
Ball, Jerry C, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Ball, John C, Private. Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Ball, Thomas J., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Ball, William B, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Ball, William D., Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry,
Ballard, James H., Private, Company K, 40th Indiana Infantry.
Ballard. Jesse. Private. Company K. 118th Indiana Infantry.
Ballard, Joseph, Corporal, Company I, 69fh Indiana Infantry.
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*Ballard, Micajah B.. Private. Company H: Assistant Surgeon. Staff, 140th In-
diana Infantry.
Ballard. Warren F.. Private, Company G: Quartermaster Sergeant, Non Commis-
sioned Staff; Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Staff. 47th Indiana Infantry.
Ballenger, Ezra. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Ballenger. Harmon. Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Baltzley, Daniel. Private. Company A, SMh Indiana Infantry.
Bare. George H.. Private, Company H. G9th Indiana Infantry.
**Barkdull. Philip. Private, Company I, 142nd Indiana Infantry.
Barnaby, John H., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Barnard, John, Sergeant, Company F, 121th Indiana Infantry.
Barnard. Samuel, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Barnell, John W.. Private, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
E, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Barnes, Abraham, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Barnes. Erastus. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Barnes. Greenbury, Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Barnett. Charles W., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Barr, Henry, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Barre. Samuel. Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Barrett. Elijah J.. Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Barrett, Geor.ge W.. Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Barrett. Harvey B., Second Lieutenant. Union Guards. Indiana Le.gion: First Lieu-
tenant. Company ,A, lii.jth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Barrett. Jeff H.. Private, Corporal, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Barrett. Samuel, Private, Company B, 118th Indiana Infantry.
Bartee, William, Private, Company K, 148th Indiana Infantry.
Bartlow. Cornelius V.. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry: Corporal, Com-
pany H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
"Bartlow. Oliver W.. Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Bartow, John G., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company H,
147th Indiana Infantry,
Bateman, Edward, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Bateman, Henry C, Private. Company G. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Bateman, William, Private, Company D, Slh Indiana Infantry (three years).
Bates, George W., Private, Company K. 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Bates, Sylvester, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Bates, Thomas, Private, Company E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Baughan! John. Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Baughan, Peter, Private, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry,
Bayse, Noah, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A, 4th
Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Bayse. Thomas F., Hospital Steward. Non Commissioned Staff: Assistant Surgeon.
Staff. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Beach. George P.. Private. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Beard. Isaac, Private, Company K, 14th XJ, S. C. T.
Beard. Joseph. Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bearley. David. Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid). (See
Mexican War).
Beaty, Benjamin, Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Beaver, Geoige W„ Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Bechtelheimer. Samuel. Private. Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry,
Beck, Cornelius, Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry,
Beck, Hamilton, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Beck, Isom. Private. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Beck, Samuel H.. Private. Corporal. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
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Beck, Thomas S., Corporal, Company K, 105th Indiana Infanto' (Morgan Raid).
Beck, William T., Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Becktell, William M.. Private. Sergeant, Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Bedford. Collins T.. Corporal. Sergeant. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three
years ) .
Bedford. William S., Private. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three yearsj.
Beeson, William H.. Private, Company 1, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bell, David R., Private. 12th Indiana Battery.
Bell, George W., Private, 12th Indiana Battery.
Bell. Henry, Private, Company D. 19th Indiana Infantry.
*Bell, Isaac, Corporal, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Bell, Josiah. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bell, Samuel, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Bell. Thomas, Private. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Private,
Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Bell, William. Corporal, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bell, William, Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bement, John J.. Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Benbow, Benjamin F.. Private. Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Benbow, Cyrus W., Private, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry: Sergeant. Company
G, 84th Indiana Infantry; Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant, Company K. and Ad-
jutant, Staff, 109th C. S. C. T.
Benjamin, Theodore, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Benjamin, Thomas, Private. Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Bennett, Levi W., Private. Corporal. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bennett, Noah, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry."
Bennett. Ross E., Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry: Private. 2nd Indiana
Battery, re-organized.
Bennett, Seth S., Musician. Company C. 128th Indiana Infantry.
*Bennett, Thomas W.. Colonel. Staff. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bennett. Wilberforce. Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bennett. William H., Private. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Benson, Andrew J.. Private. Company K. 148th Indiana Infantry.
"Benson. George W.. Private. Corporal. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Benson, .John W. iM.. Private. Sergeant. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Bentley. William P., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Benton, Joel, Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Berry, Abraham N.. Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Berry, Andrew J.. Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Berry, Charles P.. Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Berry, David W.. Private. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Berry, Francis M.. Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Berry, Samuel, Private. Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Bickel, Tobias, Private, Company E. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bicknall, William E., Musician, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Biers, Samuel, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
*Bigelow. Arthur M.. Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Biggers, James A.. Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bird, Anson, Corporal, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bird. Wesley, Private, Corporal. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Bishop. John W., Private, Company K, 70th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
B, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Bitner, Benjamin, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bitner, John, Private, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
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Blacli, James J.. Private. Company F. -STth Indiana Infantry.
Black, James Wesley, Private, Company B. 1.39th Indiana Infantry: Private. Com-
pany H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Black, Levi M., Private, Company F. .57th Indiana Ir
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Black, Seely A., Private, Company C, 57th Indiana
Black, William. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana In
Blake, Josiah, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana In
Bland, Americus V., Private, Company K, 148th Indii
Bloomfield. Richard. Private, Company F, 6th Indian
Blount, Andrew J., Private, Company B, 26th Indiana Infantry.
Bly. William G., Private, Company K, 148th Indiana Infantry.
Boblett. Lycurgus L., Private, Company F; Adjutant, Staff, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Bock. Benjamin F., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Bock, Christopher C. M., Private, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry; Private. Com-
pany H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bock, James M., Private, Company H; 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bock, John, Private, Compaiiy E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Bock, .Milton L., Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Private,
Company K. liith !n. liana Infantry: Private. Company E, 2i)th Indiana Infantry, re-or-
ganized.
Bock. Thomas J., Private. Company B, 21st Indiana
Heavy Artillery.
Bock. William B.. Private. Company G. S4th Indiana '
" Bodmer. Jacob, Private, Company C. 32nd Indiana
Alphabetical List C).
Boggs, William, Private. Company K. .Seth Indiana Infantry.
Bogue, Benjamin. Private, Company I, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Bogue. Charles, Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Boice, Martin E.. Private. Company D, llth Indiana Infantry.
*Boldriny, Cyrus, Private, Corporal, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Bole, James M., Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
Bole, William A., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Bond, Enos, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bond, Levi, Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bonham. Israel W., Fife Major. Non Commissioned Staff, Sth Indiana Infantry (three
months): Principal Musician, Non Commissioned Staff, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bonham. Marcus L.. Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Bonham, Thomas M., Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Boor, William F.. Major and Surgeon, Staff. 4th Indiana Cavalry: Brigade Surgeon,
1st Brigade. 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps. Army of the Cumberland.
Booth. George C. Private, Corporal, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Boran. Harmon. Private. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Borroughs. Charles, Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bowers, David, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bowers. George W., Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Bow^ers, James, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Bowers, Joseph, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bowers, Martin L., Private. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bowers. Michael. Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
Bowers, Moses, Private, Company F. o7th Indiana Infantry.
Bowers. Salathiel. Private. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Bowers. Samuel, Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate. Company B. 130th Indiana Infantry.
Bowers, William H., Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
. Bowles, .Tames H., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Bowman, Edmund R.. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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Bownian, Jabez H., Private. Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bowman. John. Private. Company D, oBth Indiana Infantry.
Bowman, Oliver H., Sergeant. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Sergeant, 4th Indiana Battery; Second Lieutenant, 4th Indiana Battery, re-
organized.
Bowman, Robert B., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bowman. Shepperd, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Corporal, Company U, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bowman. William H.. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Second Lieutenant, Company A-, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Bowser, Edwin. Private, Company A, 3(Jth Indiana Infantry.
Boyd. Alcander, Private, 20th Indiana Battery.
Boyd. James. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Boyd, William L., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Boyer, Jeremiah, Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Boyer. Nimrort E., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
*Boyer, William, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Bradbury, Allison B., Private, Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bradbury, James, Private, Company C. 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
Bradford, George, Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Bradforrt. James T.. Private, Company F, 57th Indianfi Infantry.
Bradford, William S., Captain, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Bradick, James R.. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
**Bradway. Josiah. Private. Company A. 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Bradway. William, Private. Corporal, Sergeant. Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry.
Brandon, Frank, Private, Company B, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Brandon. George W., Private. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Branham, John V.. Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Brannon, John, Private. Company K, oilth Indiana Infantry.
Brannon. Thomas. Private. Company A. 4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's
Veteran Corps).
Branson. .-Vrthur L . Private, Corporal, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry: Private,
Bugler, 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Braltain. Hiram B., Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Sec-
ond Lieutenant. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Brattain, John W,, Corporal, Sergeant, Company E, 34th Indiana Infantry.
**Brattain, Jonathan, Private, Company E, 34th Indiana Infantry.
**Brattain, Solomon F.. Private. Company E, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Bray, Thomas J.. Private, Company K, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
Breniser, William, Private, Company I. 9th Indiana Infantry.
Brenneman, Daniel W., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Brenneman, Eli, Musician, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Brenneman, George, Musician, Company H; Principal Musician, Non Commissioned
Staff, f;9th Indiana Infantry.
**Brenner, Henry, Private. Company H. 30th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Brewer. Andrew T., Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Brewer, David F.. Private, Company A, 3fith Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Company
H. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Brewer, John M., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Brewington, Elijah, Private, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Brewington, John D., Private, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
**Brewington, Robert F.. First Lieutenant, Company K, 68th Indiana Infantry.
Bricker. John M., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Bridget. Henry C Private. Corporal, Company G. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bridget. John. Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
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Brietenback, George, Private. Company I, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Bright. Alexander. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bright. Benjamin. Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Bright. Daniel R., Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Bright. Jesse. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Bright. John J., Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bristol, Benjamin W.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Brodrick. James W.. Private. Corporal. Company C. 2nd Indiana Cavalry. (See
Alphabetical List C).
Bronnenberg. Carl. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. (See Alphabetical
B).
Bronnenberg, William, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Brooks, James, Private, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Brooks, Joseph, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Brooks, Thomas, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry ( three months) ; Pri-
, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Brookshire, Eli, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Brookshire, Isham S.. First Sergeant. Company C. 28th U. S. C. T.
Brookshire. Thomas J., Corporal. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
ttaid); Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Brookshire. vVilliam, Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Brosius, Jacob F.. Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Brosius! John H.. Private. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months): Sec-
ond Lieutenant. Company I. .jJth Indiana Infantry (three months): Private. 2nd Indi-
ana Battery, re-organized.
Brosius. John M.. Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Mor,gan Raid).
Brosius. William, Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company
A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry:
Private, Company B. 8th Indiana CaValry, re-organized.
Brown, Archibald, Private, Company C, 3fith Indiana Infantry.
Brown. Benjamin F.. Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Brown. Caleb. Private. Company B. 9th Indiana Infantry.
**Brown. Charles. Private. Company E. 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Brown, George, Private, Company E. .8th Indiana Infantry (three years): Private.
Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
**Brown. tieorge H.. Corporal. Sergeant. Secoml Lieutenant, Company B. 89th Indi-
ana Infantry.
Brown. George J.. Private. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years): Cor-
poral, Company K. 54th Indiana Infantry (three months); Sergeant. Company H. 140th
Indiana Infantry.
Brown, Harvey F.. Farrier and Blacksmith. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Ser-
geant. Company B. 110th Indirna Infantrv (Mor.gan Raid): Private. Sergeant. Com-
pany B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Brown, Henry, Private. Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Brown. Henry. Private. Company G, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Brown, Isaac. Private, Company B. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Brown. Isaac G.. Private. Company D, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Brown. James. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Brown. James A.. Corporal. Sergeant. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three
years).
Brown, James M.. Private. Company H. i;9th Indiana Infantry.
Brown. John H.. Private. 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Brown, John H.. Private, Company E„ 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Brown, Joseph M.. Private. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company
B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Brown, Levi, Regimental Band. 36th Indiana Infantry.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEXRY COUNTY.
Brown, Lewis E., Corporal, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Brown, Milton C. Private, Sergeant, Company G. 16th Indiana Infantry.
Brown. Moses H. G., Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Brown, Nathaniel, Private, Company I, C9th Indiana Infantry.
Brown. Nathaniel, Corporal, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Brown, Oliver S.. Private. Company H. .5.5th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Brown. Riley S.. Private, Company H, (J9th Indiana Infantry.
Brown. Robert B.. Private, Unassigned, .53rd Indiana Infantry.
Brown, Theodore F., Private. Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Brown. William. Private. Company C. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Brown, William H.. Private. Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry, (one year).
Brown, William W.. Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Brownfield. (Jeorge K.. Private. Corporal, Iflth Indiana Battery.
Brumfield. Barton, Private, Company E, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Brunner, William, Private, Corporal. Company H. lonth Indiana Infantry.
Bryant. John A.. Private. Company A. 3(Uh Indiana Infantry: Private. Company H,
3(ith Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Buckles. Francis. Private. Company C, ofith Indiana Infantry.
Buckner, William, Private, Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Budd, Charles C, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Bufkin, Oliver. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bulger. Strather J.. Private. Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Bullock. John P.. Private. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Bimce. James W.. Private. Company A. 15th Indiana Infantry.
**Bunch. George W.. Private, Sergeant. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry: S. r-
geant. Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant, Caplain. Company C, 20th Indiana Infantry.
re-organized.
Bundy. Charles. Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Bundy. Elias M.. Private. Company I, r.9th Indiana Infantry.
Bundy, George R., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bundy, Jordan J.. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid
Bundy, Martin L.. Major and Paymaster and Brevet Lieutenant, Colonel, Sta
TJ. S. Volunteers. (See General Officers. Chapter IX).
Bundy. William W.. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Bunker, Albert, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Bunker. Jesse, Private, Company A, Sfith Indiana Infantry: Private, Sergeant
Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Bunker. Lewis. Private. 19th Indiana Battery.
Bunker. William. Private. Company I. ,S4th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company K
57th Indiana Infantry.
Bunner. Christopher. Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Burch. Edwin. Private, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Burch, Erastus, Private, Company I. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Burch, John E. W.. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Burch. Thomas H. C, Sergeant, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Burch, Thompson P.. Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three' months).
**B>irchett. Thomas J., Private. Company G, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years I
(See Alphabetical List B).
Burehman, William. J.. Private. Company A. 38th Indiana Infantry.
Burden. Zachariah. Private. Company F. Sth V. S. C. T.
Burdette. Joseph B., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Burk. Daniel, Private, Sergeant. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Burk. Geor,ge W., Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid) : Pri
vate. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
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*Burk, James H., First Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant. Captain. Com-
pany H, 37th Indiana Infantry.
Burk, John. Corporal. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Burk, Milton. Private. Company ri. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Burks. John. Private. Unassigned. 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Burns, James. Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Burns. Robert. Private. Corporal. Company C. 3r(th Indiana Infantry.
Burr. Chaimcey S,. Sergeant. Company E. .Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Sec-
ond Lieutenant. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Burr, John. Private. Company G. 17th Indiana Infantry.
Burr, Miles H., Private, Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Burris, Aaron, Private, Company A. 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Burris, Arthur M., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Burris, Asahel. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Burris. Daniel. Private, Company F. S4lh Indiana Infantry.
Burris. Daniel H., Private, Knightstown Guards. Indiana Legion; Private. Company
A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private. Company A, 139th Indiana Infan-
try; Private. Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Burris. Daniel L., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Burris, Elwood, Corporal, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private, Company A, 38th Indiana Infantry.
*Burris, Eden, Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Burris, Henry J., Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Burris. Jacob. Private, Company A. 19th Indiana Infantry.
"Burris. Mathias, Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
*Burris, Nelson. Private. Company A; Principal Musician. Non Commissioned
Staff, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Burt, William, Private, Company E, 40th Indiana Infantry.
Burton, George, Captain. New Castle Guards. Indiana Legion; Captain. Company B.
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private. Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry,
re-organized. (See Mexican War).
*Burton. Marcus M.. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
**Burton, Thomas C. Private. Company E, 50th Indiana Infantry.
Bush, Amos L.. Private. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Buson, Isaac M.. Private, Cbmimny A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Butler. Amos. Private. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Butler. Charles M.. Quartermaster Sergeant. Second Lieutenant, 19th Indiana Bat-
tery.
Butler. Hiram. Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Private.
Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Butler. William, Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant, Second Lieutenant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Bye, David M., Private, Company A, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Byerly, Wesley, Corporal. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Byers, David S.. Corporal. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Byers, Jacob S.. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Byers. John T.. Private. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Byers. Joseph M.. Corporal, Sergeant, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Byers. Luther J., Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Byers, Samuel T., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Byers, Squire H., Private, Company A.. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Byers, W<illiam T., Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Byrket. Isaiah. Private. Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry,
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Byrket, Jacob. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Private. Company F,
84th Indiana Infantry.
Byrket, Jesse, Private, Company I. 3rd Indjana Cavalry.
Byrket, Peter, Private. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Byrnes. James J., Musician. Company I. fiftth Indiana Infantry.
*Cabe. Job. Private. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Cain. Geor.Eie H, Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Cor-
poral. First Sergeant. First Lieutenant. Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Cain. Patrick, Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Caldwell. Henry. Corporal. Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Caldwell. Ira, Sergeant. First Sergeant. First Lieutenant. Company I, 84th Indi-
ana Infantry.
Caldwell. Jefferson. Private. Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry: Sergeant. Com-
pany K. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Calhoun. James E., Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Callahan. Darilus D.. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Callahan. George W.. Corporal. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Callahan. John M.. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Callahan, John W.. Senior. Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Callahan. John W., Junior, Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Callahan. William R., Private. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Calvert, Charles L.. Cadet. (See U. S. Military Academy).
Camblin, William, Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cameron, John D., Private. Company A, 3Sth Indiana Infantry.
Cameron, Joseph B.. Private. Company I. 54th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company B. 11th Indiana Infantry.
Cameron. William M., Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantr.v (three months):
Sergeant, First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Campbell. Adam P.. Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Campbell, Edward H.. Sergeant. Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Campbell, John A., Sergeant. First Sergeant. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Campbell, John B , Private, 4th Indiana Battery.
*Campbell. Thomas J.. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Camplin. James M.. Musician, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Camplin. John F.. Private. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Camplin. Thomas H.. Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Canaday. Charles W,. Private. Company H. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Canaday, John H.. Private. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Canfield. George W.. Corporal, Company A, 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Canfield, William, Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cannon, Stansberry. Private. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cantley, George M.. Corporal, Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. Company D. 36th In-
diana Infantry.
Cantley. William H.. Private. Corporal. 4th Indiana Battery.
Carl. Charles. Private, Company K. 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Carmichael, Milton, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Carpenter. De Witt C. Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Carpenter. William H., Private. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Carper. Jacob D., Private, Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Carr. Anthony P.. Private. Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Carr, Daniel, Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
**Carr. George W.. Private. Company A. 11th Indiana Infantry.
Carr, Robert B.. First Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant. Company A,
36th Indiana Infantry.
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Carroll, George. Private. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Carrol!, Henry, Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Carson. Samuel, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, 2nd Indiana Battery: Private. Company A. 4th Regiment. 1st Army Corps (Han-
cock's Veteran Corps).
Carter, Benjamin F., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Carter, Henry B., Private. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Carter, Jesse. Private. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Carter, John J., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Carter. Reece, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Carter, Solomon F.. Private, Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Carter. Thomas, Private, Company D. Second Indiana Cavalry.
Cartw'right, Henry, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Cartvrright, James C, Private, Company U, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cartwright, James \\.. Private, 20th Indiana Battery.
Cary, Oliver H. P., Lieutenant Colonel. Staff. 36th Indiana Infantry. (See Mexican
War ) .
Case. Charles R., Drum Major, Non Commissioned Staff. Sth Indiana Infantry
(three months); Second Lieutenant, Captain. Company E. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Case. Daniel D., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Cor-
poral. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Case. Elijah H.. Regimental Band. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Case. John B., Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Case. John"B. S., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Case, John P., Private, Corporal, Company K, 148th Indiana Infantry.
Case, John H,, Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Sergeant. Com-
pany E, Sth Indiana Cavalry,
**Casely, John T.. Private, Company A, 133rd Indiana Infantry.
Caster, William H., Private, Company C. 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Casterline. Ziba. Assistant Surgeon, Staff, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Castetter, Burton W., Private, Company B. 48th Indiana Infantry.
Castor. Lewis. Private. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months): Cor-
poral, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year); Private. Company B, 21st Indiana
Infantry, re-organized as 1st Heavy Artillery.
Catt. Daniel C. Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. 22nd Indiana
Battery.
Catt. George. Private. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Catt, William F., Private, Company B. 99th Indiana Infantry.
^ Chalfant. Jonathan, Seaman. U. S. Navy.
Chambers, David W.. Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
First Lieutenant. Captain. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Chambers. James A., Private, Corporal. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Champ. George W.. Private, Company E. lOiUh Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company B, Assistant Surgeon, Staff. 139th Indiana Infantry.
'Chandler. George L.. Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Chapman. Joseph. Private, Company G, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Chappell. Jacob. Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Chappell. Milton H.. Private. Company A. lOoth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Charles, John T.. Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Charles. Oliver. Second Lieutenant. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Charles. Sylvanus. Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cheeseman, David. Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Chenoweth Isaac N.. First Sergeant. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Chenoweth. John F.. Private, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
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Chew, Harvey B., Private. Corporal. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry: Private.
Company E. 9th Regiment. 1st Army Crops (Hancocl<'s Veteran Corps i.
Childers, Shady, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Chrisman. Ephraim, Private. 4th Indiana Battery.
Clair. Thomas. Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Clair, Timothy. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Clanton. Pinson W., Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months 1.
Clapper. John. Private, Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Clapsaddle, George W., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Clark, Alpheus. Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Clark, Benjamin, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry ( one year ) .
**Clark, John, Private, 24th Indiana Battery.
Clark. Joseph, Private, Company B. 99th Indiana Infantry.
Clark. Milton. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Clark. Nathan M.. Private. Company I, 123rd Indiana Infantry.
Clark, Simon. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Clark. William C. Private. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Clark, William F., Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Clein. Simon. Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Clellan, James. W., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Clements, Courtland C, Acting Midshipman. (See U. S. Naval Academy).
*CIements, David, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Clements, Milton P., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Clevenger, John R., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Clevenger. Jonathan J.. Private, Company G, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Clevenger. Joshua, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Clevenger. Seth, Private. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Clifford, Cassius B.. Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Private. Company
M. Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Clifford. David, Private, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Clift, James M., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate. Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Clinard. Franklin S., Corporal, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cline, Adam H.. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Cloiid. Henry C. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Cloud, Joseph, Private, Company G, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cluggish. Robert, Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Clutch. George H.. Private. Corporal. Sergeant. First Sergeant. 2nd Indiana Bat-
tery.
Clymer, John V.. Captain. Company B. 136th Indiana Infantry.
Coats. Elijah H.. Private. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Coats. Richard B.. Private. 2nd Indiana Battery.
Cochran. Andrew J.. Private. Company D, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Cochran. David S., Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Coe. John, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Cofa, Nicholas, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Coffman. David, Private. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Coftman. William A., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Coke, Jacob J., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cole. John. Second Lieutenant, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Cole. John J.. Corporal. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Private.
Wagoner. 2nd Indiana Battery; Private, Company A, 4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps
(Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Coleman. James, Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Collins, Andrew J.,- Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
C. 24th Indiana Infantry.
COMPANY I, 69th INDIANA INFANTRY.
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Collins, George W., Private .Company E, lltith Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
69th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company C, 24tli Indiana Infantry.
Collins, Joel, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Collins. John W., Corporal. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Collins, Robert K.. Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
aptain. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Collins, William B., Private, Company A. lltith Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Compton, Evan, Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Comstock. Daniel W., Private, Company E; Sergeant Major. Non Commissioned
Staff; First Lieutenant, Company F. and Captain, Company C, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Confare. Ephraim, Private, Quartermaster Sergeant. 2nd Indiana Battery; First
Lieutenant, (Company H, Captain, Company K. 2nd Missouri Light Artillery.
Confrey, Hugh. Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Conger, Gresham W., Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company
Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
**Conklin. Henry, Private. Company A, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Conklin, John H., Private, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
42nd Indiana Infantry.
*Conley. John. Private, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
**Conley. Thomas H., Private, Company I. 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
Conn, Adam Eli, Private. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry; Private. Corporal,
h Indiana Battery.
Connell. Joseph W., Second Lieutenant, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry ( three
months); First Lieutenant, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Connell, Zachariah D., Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry; Corporal. Com-
pany H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Conner, Daniel. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Conner. Danfel M., Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Conner, Martin V., Private, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Conniard. George W., Sergeant. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Conrad, George W., Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Conway, Thomas L., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Conway, William S.. Private, Corporal, Company A. 124rh Indiana Infantry.
Conwell, David, Private. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Conwell, Ellas. Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Conwell, George W., Private, Company I, G9th Indiana Infantry.
Cook, Daniel H.. Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Cook. Elwood. Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Cook. John H.. Private. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Cook. Thomas J., Private. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid I ;
Private. Company D, First Lieutenant. Company K, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cook. William. Private. Company D, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Cook. William. Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cook. William M.. Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Cook. Willis J.. Private. Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Cool. John G.. Corporal. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Coon. Allen W., Private. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Coon. Calvin. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Coon. Eli. Private. Company H. 72nd Indiana Infantry; Private. Company A. 44th
Indiana Infantry.
Coon. Isaac. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private.
Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Coon. Job T.. Private. Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Coon. John. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
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Coon, Noah W., Private, Company. D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper. Caleb H., Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant, Company E. 9th Indiana
Cavklry.
*Cooper, Elbert. Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper, Imla W'., Sergeant, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper, James F., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper. James M., Private. Company D, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper, John E.. Private. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper, John W., Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Cooper, Richard P., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Cooper. Thomas P., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Cooper, William, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Cooper. "William L., Private, Company A, lii5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Copeland, Exum, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Priyate, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Copeland. Levi \v.. Private, Corporal, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Copeland, Seth, Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Copeland. Wesley, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
•Cornell. John F., Corporal. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Corwin, William, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Corya, William T., Private, Company D, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Cosand, Cornelius W., Private. 24th Indiana Battery.
Cotteral. William W.. Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Cotton. James A.. Private. Company H, 47th Indiana Infantry.
*Cottrell. Charles E.. Private. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Corporal. Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry; Commissary Sergeant. Company F. 7th Indi-
ana Cavalry, re-organized.
Cottrell, David W., Private. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Cottrell. Daniel U., Private, 3rd Indiana Battery.
Cottrell. Francis M.. Private. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company K. 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company E. 20th Indiana Infantry,
re-organized.
Cottrell. John O., Private, 3rd Indiana Battery.
Councellor, Elijah, Private. Corporal, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organ-
ized, j
Courtney. Jacob. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry. I
Courtney, Robert, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Courtney, William C., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Covalt. Cheniah, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Covey, Daniel, Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Covington, William, Private, Unassigned, 16th Indiana Infantry. '
Cowgill. James, Private. Company K. 9th Indiana Infantry.
Cowiclv. Isaac. Private, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
*Cox. Edward. Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Cox. Edward W., Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Cox, Geor.ge Private, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Cox. Martin, Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Cox. Thomas J.. Private. Company I. 37th Indiana Infantry.
Cracraft, John, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cracraft. William, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Cor-
poral, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company E, 9th Regiment, 1st Army
Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
*Craft. Homer H.. Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantr.v.
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*Cratt. John A.. First Sersjeant. First Lieutenant. Captain, Company A, -STth Indi-
ana Infantry.
Craft. Thomas E.. Private, Company A. 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Craig, Caleb, Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company H,
140th Indiana Infantry.
Craig. Daniel W., Private. 151 h Indiana Battery.
Craig. Enoch, Private, Company K, 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Craig. "Hiram, Private. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid I ; Private. Company E. 9th
Indiana Cavalry.
Craig. Ivason E.. Private. Corporal, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Craig, Leonard H., Corporal. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Craig. Levi, Private, 23rd Indiana Battery.
Craig, Samuel, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years),
Craig, William R.. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private, Corporal, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Crandall, Andrew J., Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Crandall, James. Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Crandall, Wyatt, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Crasher. Peter, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Craven. Gilliam L., Corporal, Company B, 89th Indiana Infantry.
Crawford, Benjamin, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Crawford. Cyrus. Private. Company H; Sergeant, Major, Non Commissioned
Staff: First Lieutenant, Company D, 16th Indiana Infantry.
*Crawford, Porter A.. Private. Company K. Sfith Indiana Infantry.
Crawford. William C, Private, Company I, G9th Indiana Infantry: Musician, Com-
pany H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Cray, Daniel W., Private, Company B. 156th Indiana Infantry.
Cray, (Jeorge W., Wagoner, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Cray. James M., Private, Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Cray, John H., Private, Unassigned, 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Cray, Richard, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Crews. Francis D., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Crickmore, John A.. Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cripe. Jacob. Private. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Cripe, Rudolph. Private, Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Cross, Calvin, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cross, Ephraim C, Private, Sergeant, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Cross. Felix G., First Sergeant, First Lieutenant. Company K. S4th Indiana In-
fantry.
Cross, Joseph A., Private. Company K, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Cross. William H., Private, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Crossley, Robert, Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Grouse. Henry M.. Assistant Surgeon. Major and Surgeon. Staff. 57th Indiana In-'
fantry.
Crow, George, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry: Private, Company F, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-or-
ganized.
Crull. Francis il.. Private, Company E. 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
(See Alphabetical List B).
*Cu!bertson. Alfred. Private, Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Culbertson. Ambrose, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Gulp. Samuel G., Private, 12th Indiana Battery.
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*Cummmgs, Joel, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Cummlngs, John M., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Cummings, Thomas B., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
"Cummings, William, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years),
Cummins, James, Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Curry, John C, Private, Unassigned, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Curry, William, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Custer, Emmel, Private, Company B, 139lh Indiana Infantry.
**Custer, John L., Musician. Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
D
Daily, Joseph T., Private. Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Daily, William, Private. Corporal. Company C, Sfith Indiana Infantry.
Dakins, William H., Private. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry: Private. 19th In-
diana Battery.
*Dale, James W., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Dale, Lewis L., Captain and Chaplain, Staff, 19th Indiana Infantiy.
Daniel, Abraham, Private, Unassigned. 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Daniel. Calvin, Private. Company B, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Daniel, Prear, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Corporal,
Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Private, Company B, 9th Indiana
Cavalry.
"'Daniels. David, Private, Company H., 140th Indiana Infantry.
Darling. William A., Private. Company B, ISHth Indiana Infantry: Private, Com-
pany H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Darr, William H., Private, Sergeant, 12lh Indiana Battery.
Daugherty, John, Private, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Davenport, Henry, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Davenport, Henry B., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**David. Will C, Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Davidson, Amos, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Davis. Abraham, Sergeant, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Albert T., Private, Corporal, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Alexander, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Davis, Alpheus, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Davis. Amos, Private, Company B, 9th Indiana Infantry.
**Davis, Benjamin H., Private, Company C, 155th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Charles M., Private, Company F, Gth Indiana Infantry (three months):
First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Charles M.. Private, Unassigned. 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Cornelius J.. Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, David F., Sergeant, First Sergeant. Company I. i;9ih Indiana Infantry. (See
Alphabetical List B).
Davis, Eli, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Davis, Isaac, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Corporal,
Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, John, Private, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, John H., Private, Company H. 9th Indiana Infantry.
Davis. John H., Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Davis. John S., Musician. Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years):
Private, Unassigned, 32nd Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Davis, John W., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, John W., Private, Company K, 99th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Private. Sergeant. Company B. 139th Indiana
Infantry.
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Davis, Jonathan, Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Davis. Joseph, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Lewis W., Private. Company B, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Michael, Corporal. Company H. <i9th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, Milton, Private, Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company F,
7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Davis, Reason, Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Davis, Ulysses, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Davis, William, Corporal, Company A, Kfith Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Company
B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Davis, William M. C, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Davis, Zigler, Sergeant. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Davison, Ira H., Private. Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
**Davy, James, Private, Sergeant. Company C, 47th Indiana Infantry.
"Dawson, John, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Dawson, Robert, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Dean, Solomon, Private, Company B, 149th Indiana Infantry.
Debord, Andrew J.. Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Debord, Drury, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
H, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Deck, John E., Private. First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company A, 57th Indi-
ana Infantry.
Decker, Henry C, Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Decker, William, Private, Company B, 149th Indiana Infantry.
Decker, William J., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Deem. "Joseph C. Second Lieutenant. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Deem, Martin. Private. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Deem, Sedley A., Private. Sergeant. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Deen, Samuel, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Deitzer, Robert, Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Delong, Gifford, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Delong, Richard, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Demick, Adolphus. Private. Corporal, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Demick, Milton. Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Demick, William H., Private. Company D. 19th Indiana Infantry.
**De Moss. William, Private, Company E. 7th Indiana Infantry.
*Demy, Philip J.. Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Dennis. Joseph R.. Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Dennis. Thomas P., Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Dennis, Van Buren, Private. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Dennis Whitesel, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dent, James I., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Denton. Benjamin N., Private, Corporal. Company H. 150th Indiana Infantry.
*Denwiddie, Samuel. Sergeant, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Derickson, Mahlon, Private, Company B. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Deselms, Butler, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Deselms, Thomas, Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Detrich, Samuel. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Dick, Stephen, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Dickinson, Philemon. First Lientenant, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Dickson, Dock, Private, Company F. Sth U. S. C. T.
Diggs. Washington C. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Dill, Marshall, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Dillee. Eli H., Private. Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
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*Dillee. George J., Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Dillee, John, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dillee, John R., Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Dillee. Luther S., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Dillee, Squire. Sergeant, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company A.
3i<th Indiana Infantry.
Dillman. Jesse, Private, Company G, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Dillon, Francis. Private, 4th Indiana Battery.
Dillon. John, Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Dillon, Jonathan P.. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Diltz. James R.. Private, Company I, 44th Indiana Infantry.
**Dishman, Nathaniel, Private, Company C, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Doan. Courtland. (See Incomplete List).
Dobbins, Wilson T„ Private, Corporal, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Doolittle, Eli, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Doran, George W.. Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
C. 1st U. S. Engineers.
Dougherty. Thomas J.. Private. Sergeant. Company K. 19th Indiana Infantry.
Dovey, Isaac C, Sergeant, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Dovey, Francis, Private, Corporal, 19th Indiana Battery.
Dowell. Bradford M., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Dowell, George W.. Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Downs, Robert H., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Downs, William, Private. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
*Doxtader, Albert E.. Corporal. Sergeant. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Doxtader. Daniel. Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Drake, Winfield H„ Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Drear, Valentine, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
'DriscoU. Andrew J.. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Driver. John, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Drury. James A.. Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Dubois, William W., Private. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Dudley, Anderson R., Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Dudley, Wiley J., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry
Duke, Henderson, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Duncan, Benjamin F., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Duncan. Daniel Davidson. Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (ilorgan
Raid); Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Duncan, John S., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Dungan. Michael M,, Private, Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Dungan, Milton R., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Second Lieutenant, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Dunn. Robert, Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Mo;-gan Raid).
Dunnington. Hugh D., Private, Company A, 4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps ( Han-
cock's Veteran Corps).
Dutton. Joseph. Sergeant. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Dykes. John R.. Private. Company B. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
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Eagle. George. Private, Company K. 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Earl, Isaac T.. Private. Corporal, First Lieutenant. Captain. Company A. 57th
Indiana Infantry.
Eastman. Lycurgus W.. Principal Musician, Non Commissioned Staff, 18th Indiana
Infantrx-.
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Eastman, William D., Regimental Band. 8th Indiana Infantry (three yearS).
**Eastridge. John, Private, Company G, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Eaton, Peter, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Echelbarger, William, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Bdleman, Richard J.. Private. 12th Indiana Battery.
Edmunson. George W., Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Edwards, Albert. Private, Company E. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Edwards, Austin M., Private. Corporal. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Edwards, James L.. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Edwards, Joel B., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Edwards, John H., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry,
*Edwards, John L., Private, Corporal, Company E. yth Indiana Cavalry.
Edwards, John W., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Edwards, Levi S.. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Edwards, William H., Private, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Edv>'ards, William M.. Private, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry: Principal Mu-
sician. Non Commissioned Staff. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Ehman, John, Corporal, Sergeant, Company F, 63rd Indiana Infantry.
Elder. Benjamin F., A-ssistaht Surgeon. Staff, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Elder, James P.. Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Cor-
poral. 19th Indiana Battery.
Ellinger, Reuben, Private, Corporal, 25th Indiana Battery.
**Ellingwood, Cyrus. Private. Corporal, Company I, 8th Indiana Cavalry.
Elliott. Abraham G.. Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott, Calvin, Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Elliott. Daniel. Artificer. 19th Indiana Battery.
EllioM, Franklin. Private, Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott. Henry C, Sergeant, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months):
Private, Company F, and Adjutant, Staff, 57th Indiana Infantry: Lieutenant Colonel,
Staff. llSlh Indiana Infantry.
Elliott. Jabez, Private, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott. James. Private. Company P, 28th U. S. C. T.
Elliott, Jehu T (son of Stephen Elliott), Private, Company A. lloth Indiana In-
■fantry (Morgan Raid): Private, Sergeant. Company B. 134th Indiana Infantry: Private,
Unassigned. 79th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott, Jehu T. (now of Logansport ) . Private. Company A. lluth Indiana Infantry
(Morgan Raid).
Elliott, Jesse. Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Elliott. John H.. Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Elliott. John R., First Sergeant. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott. Josephifs V., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott. Nathan. Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Elliott. Richard S.. Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Corporal, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Elliott, Samuel, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Elliott. William, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Elliott, William H.. Regimental Band. ISth Indiana Infantry: Sergeant. Company
A. 110th Indiana Intantry (Morgan Raid): Private. First Sergeant. Company E. 9th In-
diana Cavalry.
Elliott. William H.. Lieutenant. (See U. S. Naval Academy).
*Elliott. William S.. Private. Company H. 147th Indiana Intantry.
**Ellis, Isaac W., Private, Company C, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Ellis. Simon. Private. Company E, 23rd U. S. C. T.
Ellison. Jesse 3.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Elmori'. William P.. Private. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
7<S<S HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Kltzroth. Eli. Private, Compan.v I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Corporal. Company E,
yth Resiment. 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Elwood, Benjamin F., First Sergeant, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three
months); First Lieutenant. Captain. Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Emery. Jonathan, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Englerth, George D.. Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
English. Hugh L.. Private. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry.
English, James C, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Enright, Michael, Private, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Ensminger, Samuel, Private, Company H, 11th Indiana Infantry.
*Erwin, William, Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Eshelman. Ira. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Essenmacher. Charles, Senior, Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Eurick, Isaac, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Evans. Asbury C. Private, Company F, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
F, 57th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Evans, Ellis E.. Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Evans, George, Private, Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year); Private.
Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Evans. Henry. Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Evans. Lemuel, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Everett, Theophilus, Saddler, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company
K, 124th Indiana Infantry. (See Mexican War).
Everhard, William, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months I.
Fadely, Jacob, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Fadely, Samuel, Private, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Falls. William D., Private, Company E, 9th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's
Veteran Corps).
Farmer. Amos. Private. Company F. !>4th Indiana Infantry.
Farmer, George W.. Private. Company K. llth Indiana Infantry.
Farmer, John S., Private, Sergeant, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Farmer. Josiah. Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Farmer, Mahlon A.. Private. Company C. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Farmer. William H., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Faweett. Alpheus, Private, Company G. 84th Indiana^ Infantry; Private, Corporal,
Compan.v H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Faweett, Benjamin F.. Private, 4th Indiana Battery.
Faweett. Joseph. Hospital Steward. Non Commissioned Staff. I^ith Indiana Infantry.
Fellows. James W.. Captain. Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Fentress. William H.. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant. Company D.
36th Indiana Infantry.
Ferris, Warren W., Corporal. Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Perry, William A., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Fields, William M., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Fifer, Andrew, Private. Company B. 89th Indiana Infantry.
Fifer, (Christopher S., Private. First Sergeant. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Fifer, James, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
**Fike, John A., Private. Company F, 20th Indiana Infantry.
Filson. Charles, Private, Company D, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Filson, James. Private. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Finkborn. John. Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
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Finley, Michael. Private. Company C, oiith Indiana Infantry.
*P"'irth. Robert, Private, Company B, 1391 h Indiana Infantry.
Fish. Tilghman. First Lieutenant, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Fish, William S., Private, Company I: Hospital Steward. Non Commissioned Staff,
3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Fisher, Sylvester, Private. Company E. 130th Indiana Infantry.
*Pisk, Americas, Private, Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Fisk, Granville, Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Fitch, Henry, Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
**Fitzhugh, Frank W.. Private, Corporal, Sergeant. Company A; Sergeant Major.
Non Commissioned Staff; Second Lieutenant, Company A, 11th Infantry U. S. A.
Fitzmorris, Timothy, Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Flater, James L.. Private. Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry. •
Fleming, Andrew J., Private. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Fleming. Beniah. Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
P''leming, Charles A., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years);
Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry I Morgan Raid); Private, Corporal, Com-
pany E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Fleming. Henry H., Sergeant, Company A, linth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Fleming. Preston, Private, Company I. G9th Indiana Infantry.
Fleming, Stephen, Corporal, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
P'leming, William R., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Fletcher, James M., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Fletcher, John W., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Fletcher. Robert B.. Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Company C. Sth Indiana
Cavalry.
**Fletcher. William, Private, Company F, Sth U. S. C. T.
Flynn. Maurice, Private, 2nd Indiana Battei'y.
Flynn, W'illiam, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Foland, Jacob S., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Folkner, James, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raidl.
*Foraker, Joseph, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Ford, Frederick, Private. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*Ford, Isaac, Private, Company K, 3i)th Indiana Infantry.
**Ford, James H. S., Private. Captain, Company B, 153rd Indiana Infantry.
Foreman. David, Privrif, Itli Indiana Battery.
F^oreman, Joseph, Privaii'. 4tli Indiana Battery.
Forsha. William. Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Fort, Brice D., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry ( Morgan Raid ) ; Pri-
vate, Sergeant, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Fort, Charles H., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Fort, David P.. Priiate. Corporal, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry: Corporal,
Sergeant. Company C, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Fort, John ^\■.. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Sergeant, Company A,
1115th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Captain, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Fort, Lorenzo D., Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Fort, Milton, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Fort, Randolph, Private, Company B, 19th Ifidiana Infantry.
Fort, Thomas C. Private, Unassigned, o3rd Indiana Infantry.
Foster, tlideon W.. Private. Company H, 142nd Indiana Infantry.
Foster, John H., Second Lieutenant. Company I. fiOth Indiana Infantry.
Foster, John W., Private. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Foster, Nathan, Private, Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Foster. Robert C. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Foster, Samuel W., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
790 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
**Foiilke, William P., Private. Company D. 115th Indiana Infantry: Private, Com-
pany C, 31st Indiana Infantry.
Foulks, John W., Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Fountain. John W., Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Fox. Henry C. Sergeant. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Fox. Leonidas, Second Lieutenant. Company I. S4th Indiana Infantry; Second
liieutenant, Company K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Foxworthy, Samuel T.. Private. Company F. 20th Indiana Infantry.
Frame. William H.. Private. Company D. 3Kth Indiana Infantry.
Franklin. Andrew D.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry; Private. Com-
pany H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
**Franklin. Columbits. Private. Company B. 7th Indiana Infantry; Private. Ser-
g^nt. Company I. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Franklin. David, Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Franklin. Joseph W.. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Franklin. Milton. Private. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (.Morgan Raid).
Franklin. Shadrick, Private. Company B. 149th Indiana Infantry.
Frazier. Isaiah. Private, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Frazier. William J.. Private. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Frederick. Henry, Private, Company C. 9th Indiana Infantry.
Freedly. Samuel. Private. Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Freeman, Austin S., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. 19th In-
diana Battery.
Freeman. Christopher C. Pri\ate. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Freeman, George W.. Private. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Freeman, Henry C, Corporal, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Freeman. Lewis C. Fir.st Lieutenant, Captain. Company A: Major. Staff, 36th
Indiana Infantry.
Freeman. Lindsey. Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry; Private. 2nd Indiana
Battery, re-organized.
Freeman. Washington L.. Private. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Freeman. William, Private. Co;npany B, 128th Indiana Infantry.
**French, Francis, Second Lieutenant, Company E, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Fricker, John A., Private, Company K, 148th Indiana Infantry.
Fritz, Peter, Private, 2nd Indiana Battery.
Fritzche, Walter, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Funk. Joseph, Private, Company A, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
Corporal, Company I, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Fuqua. Burden, Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Fuqua, James, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Furgason. J. Lee. Private. Company A; Quartermaster Sergeant. Non Commissioned
Staff. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Furgeson. Granville S.. Private. Company K. 14th U. S. C. T.
Fye. Charles. Private. Company I. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Gaddis. George. Private. Company B. 130th Indiana Infantry.
Gailer. Robert P., Private, Confpany D, 38th Indiana Infantry.
Gales. Charles, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
*Galycon. Milo L.. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Galyean. Allen W.. Private. Company K. 19th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
**Gardner. William M.. Private, Company G. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Garman. Daniel. Private. Company C. o6rh Indiana Infantry.
*Garriott. Henry C. Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
COMPANY D, 36th INDIANA INFANTRY.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 79I
Garvis, John A., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
"Gates, James, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Gates. Richard, Private. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Gearhead, Joseph, Private, Company E, 9th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's
Veteran Corps ) .
Gebhart, Wiiliam S.. Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
**George, Washington L.. Private, Company A, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Gephart, William. First Sergeant, Company A, Ki.jth Indiana Infantry (Mor.san
Raid I.
*Gibbs, John D., Private, Company A, .57th Indiana Infantry.
Gibson, John, Private. Companj- D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Gibson, John, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Gibson, John. Private, Company K. I2th Indiana Cavalry.
Gibson, Richard, Private, Company B. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Gibson. Valentine, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Gilbert, Joel M., First Sergeant, Company C, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Gilbert, Jonathan N., Private, Company C, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Gilbert. Joseph, Private, Company G. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Gilbert. Josiah H.. Corporal. Company C. S4th Indiana Infantry: Corporal. Company
G. 1st U. S. Engineers.
Gilbert, Oliver, Private, Company C. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Gilbreath, John S., Corporal, Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. 19th Indiana Battery.
Gilbreath, Joseph F.. Private. Corporal. Company G, Kith Indiana Infantry.
(iilbreath, Robert, Private. Company B, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Gilbreath. Robert W.. Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Gillespie. Charles, Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Gillespie. H. W.. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Gillgeese, John, Private, Company C. 3(;ih Indiana Infantry; Private. Company H.
i47th Indiana Infantry.
*Gillis. Samuel M., Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
**Gilmore. James H.. Private. Company F. .'wth Indiana Infantry. (The correct
name of this soldier is James B. Gilmore).
Ginn. David, Private. Company I, (i9th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company H.
140th Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Ezekiel. Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Ginn. .lames, Private, Company C. 3(ith Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Job, Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Ginn, Job B., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Ginn, John M.. Corporal, Company I, (i9th Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Jonathan J., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Joseph. Private. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Nicholas B., Private, Company H. G9th Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Taber W., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Ginn, Thomas J., Private. Company F. o7t"h Indiana Infantry.
**Gipe. Jacob. Private. Company D. 34th Indiana Infantry.
Glass, Francis H., Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company
H; Sergeant Major, J^Ion Commissioned Staff. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Glenn, Geor,ge, Private. Company A. 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Glidden, Augustus, Wagoner, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Glidden. Frederick E.. Corporal. Sergeant. Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Glover. Silas R.. Private. Unassigned. 16th Indiana Infantry.
**Goar, Benjamin F.. Corporal. Company F, 11th Indiana^ Infantry (three months).
Goar, John M. (See Incomplete List).
**Goar. Joseph N., Private. Company C, 101st Indiana Infantry.
Goble, Elias. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Goble, Francis M., Private, 22nd Indiana Battery.
**Goff. Joseph. Private. Corporal. Company F. 93rd Indiana Infantry.
7C)J HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
**Gold, William O.. Private, Company H. 52nd Indiana Infantry,
Goldsbary, Truman, Private. Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Good, Abraham, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Good, Henry, Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Good, Jacob, Private. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company G,
1st U. S. Engineers.
Good, Jordan, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Good. Walton P., Corporal, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid I.
Goodlander, William H. H., Corporal, 2nd Indiana Battery.
Goodnoe. John, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months) : Ser-
geant, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company
I. 69th Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Company A, 4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Han-
cock's Veteran Corps).
Goodwin, George W.. Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Goodwin, Isaac. Private. Company C. Sth Indiana Infantry, ( three years). (See Al-
phabetical L.ist B ) .
Cioodwin, Robert, Corporal, Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Goodwin, Wesley R., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Gordon, Benjamin, Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Gordon, Clarkson, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
A, 4th Regiment. 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Gordon, Eli, Private, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry .(three months): Private,
Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Gordon, Henry C, Musician, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry; Principal Mu-
sician, Non Commissioned Staff, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Gordon, Mieajah C, First Sergeant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Gordon. Oliver C, Private, Company E, 69th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
B, 24th Indiana Infantry.
Gordon, Robert, Corporal, Sergeant, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Gordon, Robert P., Private, Company I, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months):
Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company F, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Gordon, Thaddeus H., Corporal. Company F, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Gorgan, Thomas, Musician, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Gormon. James W., Private. Corporal. Company C, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Gossett, Joseph B., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Corporal. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Gossett. Richard S., Private. Corporal. Company G. 17th Indiana Infantry.
Gossett. William, Private. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Gotlip, Henry, Priva,te, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Gough, Augustus F., Corporal. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Gough. Enoch, Private. Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, 2nd
Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Gou.gh. Ferdinand C. Farrier and Blacksmith, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Gough. Hiram. Private. Company E. 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Gough, Jacob M., Private. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Gough. Jesse. Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Gough, Lemuel, Private. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Gough. Thomas W.. Private. Company K. 19th Indiana Infantry.
*GouIman. Thomas J., Wagoner. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Gowdy. Elijah S., Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Graf, George P.. Private. Company A, 32nd Indiana Infantry.
Graham. Andrew J., Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Corporal. Sergeant. Company G. 16th Indiana Infantry.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 793
*Graham, Henry R., Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Graham, James. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Graham, Tillman, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Grandstaff, Lemnel, Private, Company F, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Granger, Francis M., Private, Company M. 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company
D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Graves, Joseph, Private. Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Graves, Samuel, Private, 4th Indiana Battery.
Graves, Thomas J., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Graves, William, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Gray, Charles, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Gray, Elwood, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Gray, James M., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Pri-
vate, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Gray, Jeremiah. Private, Company F. SVth Indiana Infantry.
Gray, John M., Corporal. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Gray, Joshua L., Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Gray, Thomas, Private, Corporal, 4th Indiana Battery.
Gray, William, Private, Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Gregory, Edwin A., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Gregory, Henry. Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Green, Alpheus, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Green, Charles W., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Green. Jacob. Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Green, Jesse H.. Private. 25th Indiana Battery.
Green.- John. Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Green. Lawrence. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Greenwood. Harry, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Griffin, Andrew J.. Private. Sergeant. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Griffin, Elihu, Major and Paymaster, Staff, U. S. Volunteers. (See General Officers.
Chapter IX).
Griffin. Isom, Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Griffin. Samuel, Private. Company B. llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid)
Griffin. William H.. Private, Company I. G9th Indiana Infantry.
Griffith, Daniel M.. Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months) :
Private. Company A. lOStli Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
^Griffith. Hiram. Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Griffith, John. Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
**Griffith. Marquis D., Wagoner, Corporal, Company D, 34th Indiana Infantry.
•Griffith. Thomas H., Private, Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Griffith, William, Private, Company E, 40th Indiana Infantry.
Griggsby, Samuel. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Griggsby, William J., Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Grisler. John, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Grist. John K.. Corporal, Sergeant, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Groler. John, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Gronendyke. Amos, Second Lieutenant. Middletown Rifles, Indiana Legion; Pri-
vate. Company C. Iii9th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); First Lieutenant, Company
F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Gronendyke. Thomas W., Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry; Private,
Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Grose. Abijah. Private, Company E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Jlaid ).
Grose. Isaac, Captain, New Lisbon Indiana State Guards, Indiana Legion: Cor-
poral, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Grose, John W., Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Grose, Madison. Corporal. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
J94 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Principal Musician, Non Commissioned Staff, :i6th Indiana Infantry: Private. Second
Liieutenant, Company E, ?th Indiana Cavalry.
Grose, Martin L., Private, Company A. Stli Indiana Infantry (tliree years); Private,
Company F'. S(ith Indiana Infantry.
Grose, William, Colonel, Staff, Stith Indiana Infantry; Brigadier General and Bre-
vet Major General, U. S. Volunteers. (See General Officers. Chapter IX).
Grove. Charles W.. Private, Company C, lOltth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Musician, Company V, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Grove. Henry, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Grove, Isaac, Musician, Company K, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Musi-
cian, Company H, eSth Indiana Infantry: Musician, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Grove, Joseph M., Private. Company H. tJSth Indiana Infantry; Sergeant. 25th
Indiana Battery.
Grover, Andrew. Private. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Groves. Stephen, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Grow. William. Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Grubbs, Benjamin D., Private, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Grubbs, Robert M.. Captain, Company F; Major, Staff, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Grubbs. Thomas M., First Lieutenant, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Grunrten. James, Private. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
C. 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Grunden. William. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Gue, Edward, Private, Company 1, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Gue, William, Corporal. Company K. 54th Indiana Infanti'y (three months).
Gunckle. Aaron M.. Bugler. 19th Indiana Battery.
Gundrum, Solomon. Private. Company E. !ith Regiment. 1st Army Corps (Han-
cock's Veteran Corps).
Gurtin, Levi P., Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Gustin, Amos R., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Gustin. Jeremiah W., Second Lieutenant, Middletown Rifles, Indiana Legion; Pri-
vate, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Gustin. Joseph G.. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Gustin, Samuel E.. Private. Company E. 8th Indiana? Infantry (three years).
Guy, Andrew R.. Private. Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Gwin. William M., Private. Company K, 124th Indiana Infantry.
H
Hackleman, Darwin. Bugler. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Hackleman, Thomas M., Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Hackman. Samuel. Private. Corporal, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry; Cor-
poral, Company E. 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
*Hadley, Samuel S., Private, Company H; Quartermaster Sergeant. Non Com-
missioned Staff. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Haguewood, Isaac, Private, Company A, Hiith Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid i :
Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Haguewood, Miles, Private, Company C. 3i;th Indiana Infantry.
Haguewood, Milton, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Haguewood, Moore, Private, Company A, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
, Haines, Edward, Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Haley. Caleb W., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Haley. Thomas L., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hall. Branson, Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hall. Ezra, Private. Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hall, Henry C, Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hall. John D.. Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hall. Robert. Private. Corporal. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 795
Hall, Warren, Private. Company A, 139tli Indiana Infantry.
Hall, William C, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Iijfantry.
Hall, William J.. Wagoner, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
•■'Halley, John B.. Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Halpin, Patrick, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company A,
4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Halsey, Richard, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Ham, George W., Private, Company F: Quartermaster Sergeant, Non Commis-
sioned Staff, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Ham, Jacob, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Ham. Jacob H.. Private, Cohipany F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Ham, Samuel, Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Ham. Samuel, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Ham. William J., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Haman, William, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Hammer, John W., Corporal, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hammond. William, Private, Company K, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
**Hanby, Elisha M., Private, Company F, 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Hanesbrough, William H., Private, Company E, 9th Regiment, 1st Army Corp.s
(Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Hankins. Absalom, Corporal, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hankins, Daniel, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hankins, James, Private. Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hankins, Joseph, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hankins, Richard, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hankins, William B.. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Hankins. William N., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Hansard, Patrick H., Private, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T.
Hanson, John C, Sergeant, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company G; Sergeant Major, Non Commissioned Staff; Second Lieutenant, Com-
pany A, ^th Indiana Cavalry.
Haper, Henry H., Sergeant, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Hardin, Albert G., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
■Hardin, Franklin A., Lieutenant Colonel, Staff, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hardin, Russell B., Corporal, Company C. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hardin, Samuel, Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hardy, Dennis, Private, 2nd Indiana Battery; Private, 2nd Indiana Battery. I'e
organized.
Harley. Thomas, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Harmon. Luther H.. Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Company H, Sth Indiana
Infantry (three years).
Harned, Isaac F., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid)
Harris, Eli, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
**Harris, James "W., Private, Corporal, Sergeant. First Lieutenant, Company H,
2nd Indiana Cavalry. '
Harris, Martin B., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Harris, Meredith, Private, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Harris, Milton L., Private, Company C, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Harris, Thomas G., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Harris, William H., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Harrold, Abyram, Private, Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Harrold. Andrew, Private, Company B, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Harrold, Uriah, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Harry, Martin L., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hart, Alfred G. T., Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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Hart, Elisha, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
Corporal, Sergeant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Hart, Harvey A., Private, Company F, ]30th Indiana Infantry.
Hart, John S.. Private. 4th Indiana Battery.
Hart. Lewis, Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (iVIorgau Raid).
Harter. Henry B., Private, 20rd Indiana Battery.
*Harter. Joseph L,., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Harter. Peter, Private, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry. *
Hartley, John F., Private, Company I, (iflth Indiana Infantry.
Hartley, John M., Captain, Union Guards, Indiana Legion; Second Lieutenant, Com-
pany E. Itith Indiana Infantry (one year); Lieutenant Colonel. Staff. lOSth Indiana In-
fantry (Morgan Raid); Lie\itenant Colonel, Staff. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hartley. Thomas L.. Private. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Hartmau. Daniel. Corporal. Sergeant. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three
years ) .
Harvey. Adam. Private. 12th Indiana Battery.
Harvey. Daniel. Private. Company A. 110th Indiana Infanti-y t Mor.gan Raid).
Harvey, Henry. Private. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
*Harvey. Isaac W.. Private. Company A, lOStli Indiana Infantry (Mor.^an Raid);
Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Harvey, Joel R., Private, 12th Indiana Battery.
Harvey. John R., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company A.
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private, Corporal. Company B, 139th Indiana
Infantry.
Harvey, Joseph. Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
va1e. Corporal. 12th Indiana Battery,
Harvey, Leander, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Harvey, Levi, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Harvey. Mahlon D., Corporal, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry,
Harvey, Miles, Private, 12th Indiana Battery.
Harvey. Milton, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry,
Harvey, Philander T., Private. 12th Indiana Battery.
Harvey, Pleasant W,, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry,
Harvey, William, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Harwood. Joseph, Private, Company B, 37th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
B, 37th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
**Haskett. Nathan H.. Private, Company G, 5th Indiana Cavalry,
Haskett, Uriah, Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Haskett. William A,. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Hasten, Isaac N.. Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry; Corporal ,Company
K. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hasting. Peter, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Hastings, James J., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hasty. Geor.ge, First Lieutenant, Needmore Rangers, Indiana Legion; First Lieu-
tenant, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hatch, Henry, First Lieutenant, Union Guards, Indiana Legion; Captain, Company
A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Hatfield, Aaron S.. Private, Company A. 124th Indiana Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List B),
Hatfield. Israel. Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Hatfield, Joseph B,, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Haugh. Thomas S,. Musician, Company K, 52nd Indiana Infantry: Musician,
Company K, 52nd Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Hawhee. Clinton D,. Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry,
Hawhee, Isaiah, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry,
Hawk, Mahlon, Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 797
Hawk. William. Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Cor-
poral, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Hayden. Benjamin F., Farrier and Blacksmith. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Hayden, James, Private, Company C. Sth Indiana Cavalry.
**Hayden, John, Private, Company H. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hayden, Wilson, Private, Company D. 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
*Haynes, Milton, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Haynes, Peter, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Haynes, Silas, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Hayes, Alexander P., Private .Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
liany I. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Hayes. Bennett, Private. Company' K, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hayes, Katon, Private. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Hayes, Jeremiah, Private, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hayes. Mahlon, Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hayes, Noah, Private, Company E, 30th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Hayes, Oliver P., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hayes, Quinton B„ Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hayes, Theodore, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hayes. William, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hazzard, (Jeorge, Musician, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hazzara, George W., Colonel, Staff. 37th Indiana Infantry. • (See U. S. Military
Academy).
Hazzard. John W., Private, Company H. lJ7th Indiana Infanliy.
Hazzard. Leander E., Private. Company H, 5th Cavalry U. S. A.
Hazzard, Samuel. Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Heacock, Elwood, Private. Company A, 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
Heaton, Amos, Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Healon, Eli, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Heaton, Waitsel M., Corporal. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private. Company A;
Sergeant Major, Non Commissioned Staff. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Heaton. White, Corporal, Quartermaster Sergeant, 2nd Indiana Battery.
Heavenridge, Thomas S., Corporal, Company A, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Hedges, Greenherry W., Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry; Private, Cor-
poral, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hedrick. Charles. First Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. Captain, Company I, 3rd In-
diana Cavalry.
Hedrick. Charles C. Private, 4th Indiana Battery.
Hedrick, George W., Sergeant. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hedrick, Joseph, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hedrick, Peter, Private, Company B, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Heichert, Henry O., Private, Company K. 72nd Indiana Infantry.
*Heinbaugh. James, Private, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Heinbaugh. John P., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Helman. Michael. Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
*Helms. Jacob R., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Helms, Peter, Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Helms, William J., Private. Company K. Sfith Indiana Infantry.
Helvey. George P.. Private, Sergeant, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hemley, John, Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid). (The
correct name of this soldier is John R. Hernly).
Henderson. Henry H., Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months). -.
Private, Company C, 36th Irfdiana Infantry.
Henderson. Isom P., Private, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
798 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Henderson, Richard T., Private, Sergeant, Company D. 19th Indiana Infantry; Ser-
geant. First Lieutenant, Captain, Company I, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Hendricks. Charles, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Hendriclis, Elijah M., Private, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hendricks, Joel, Private. Company U. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hendricks, John P.. Private. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hendricks, Mahlon, Corporal, Sergeant. First Lieutenant. Company C, 36th Indiana
Infantry.
Hendricks, Miles, Private, Company H. •69th Indiana Infanti-y. (See Alphabetical
List B).
Hendricks. Samuel, Private, Sergeant, 12th "Indiana Battery.
Henry, Edgar, Sergeant, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Henry. John R.. Private. Sergeant, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Henry, William, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Henry, William A., Private, Corporal, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Henshaw, William B.. Private, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
'Henthorne, Adam K., Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
♦Herford, Hiram B.. Private. Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Herliman, Henry, Regimental Band. Siith Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A.
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Herman. William H., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Hernley, Henry B.. Private. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hernly, John R. (See Hemley, John).
Hess. George. Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hess. Luther P., Private, Company H, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hess, William T., Private, Company H, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Hewitt, Charles, Private, Company B, 132nd Indiana Infantry.
*Hewitt, Joseph. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Hewitt. William. Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hewitt. William. Private. 2nd Indiana Battery; Private, 2nd Indiana Battery, re-or-
ganized.
Hewlit. Alfred. Private. 2nd Indiana Battery.
Hiatt. Branson. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, 4th Indiana Battery.
Hiatt. Daniel. Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Hiatt, Enoch. Private. Company F', 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hiatt, Henry C. Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hiatt. Henry (Harry) H.. Private. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry.
*Hiatt. James D.. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry,
Hiatt, Jesse M., Captain. Company D. 147tR Indiana Infantry.
Hiatt, Joel, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hiatt, John C, Private, Sergeant, Company A, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Hiatt, Joseph, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hiatt. Oliver S., Private. 13th Indiana Battery.
Hiatt. Richard. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Hiatt. Robert C. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hiatt. Seth. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Hiatt, William H., Private, Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hicklin, Henry H., Private, Company A, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
*Hickman, Charles, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hicks. Daniel, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Higgins. James E.. Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Higgins, John E., Private, 22nd Indiana Battery.
Higgins, Joseph, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Higgins. William T., Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 799
Hill. Elwood, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Hill. Henry, Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Hill. James ri.. Private, Blacksmith, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hill, John A., Private, Musician, Company K, 11th Indiana Infantry.
**Hill, John W.. Private. Company I, 8th U. S. C. T.
*Hill, Milton. Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Hill, Nathan O.. Private. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Hill, Robert H., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Hill, Thomas C. Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hill, Thomas G. Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hill, William, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Hilligoss, William J., Sergeant, First Lieutenant. Company G. 7.5th Indiana In-
fantry.
Hilton. Noah, Private. Corporal, Company K, 118th Indiana Infantry.
*Hines. Herman, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hinkle. Joseph, Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hinshaw. Albert E. Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hinshaw, Alonzo, Private. 2nd Indiana Battery; Private. 2nd Indiana Battery, re-or-
ganized.
Hinshaw. Ellas. Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hinsnaw. Thomas, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hinshaw. William, Corporal. Company A, lOath Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hobbs. Jesse. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*»Hobbs. Orville W.. Private. Company G. 133rd Indiana Infantry.
**Hobbs. Wilson. Major and Surgeon, Staff, 85th Indiana Infantry.
Hobsbn, Volney, Second Lieutenant. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid ) : Captain, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hockett, Wyatt, Private, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Hodson. F. H. C, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hodson, Hiram. Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, 25th Indiana Battery.
Hodson. John, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hodson. Hiram. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate. 25th Indiana Battery.
**Hodson, John E., Private. Company F, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Hoftacker, Daniel, Sergeant. Company B, lOCth Indiana Infantry ( Morgan Rai<l ) .
Holford. Richard A, Private. Company G, Kith Indiana Infantry.
Holland, Adolphus, Private. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Holland, John E, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant. Company C. 36th Indiana
Infantry. (See U. S. Military Academy).
Holler, Frederick, Corporal. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Holliday, Benjamin F., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid)
Hollingsworth, Benjamin S., Private. 19th Indiana Battery.
Holloway, David S.. Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant. Captain. Company D. 19th
Indiana Infantry.
Holloway, Jonathan D.. Private. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Holloway. Joshua L.. Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Holloway. William H. H., Corporal, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Holt, John G., Private, Sergeant, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hoober. John B.. Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Hoober. William C. Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Hood, Edward. Private, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Hood. Julius G.. Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hoombaugh, Adam, Private. Company F. 130th Indiana Infantry.
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Hoostlar. Michael, Private. Company C. Stith Indiana Infantry.
Hooten, Jobn. Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hooten, Milton, Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Hooten. William F., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, Charles B., Private, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, David, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (.Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, De Witt C, Private, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Ser-
geant, First Lieutenant, Company H, G9th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, Frederick, Captain, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover. Harrison, Musician, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Com-
pany G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover. James M.. Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, John S., Captain and Aid de Camp, Major and Aid de Camp, Brevet Lieu-
tenant Colonel, Brevet Colonel, Staff, U. S. Volunteers. (See Alphabetical List B).
Hoover, Moses, Private, Company A. llOtb Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Hoover, Tobias, Sergeant, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Sergeant, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, William, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Hoover, William H., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
First Sergeant, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Sergeant. 2nd Indiana Bat-
tery, re-organized.
Hopper, Abraham W.. Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hopper, Lewis M., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hopper, Samuel, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hopper, Theodore, Musician, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. 2nrt In-
diana Battery, re-organized.
**Hoppis, Daniel, Private, Company A. ICnh Indiana Infantry: Private. Company
1, 2(ith Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Horney. James, Private, Company I, ,1rd Indiana Cavalry.
Hosier, Bryant, Private, Company U, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Hosier, Henderson O.. Private, 1 9th Indiana Battery.
Hosier, Isaiah, Private, Company D, 36tb Indiana Infantry.
Houck, David. (See Incompete List).
Houck, Leonidas, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Houck. Thomas J., Private, Company B. 8tb Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hough, Ira, Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
House, Jobn, Private, Company B, 9tb Indiana Cavalry.
House, William, Private, Company B, llOtb Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate, Company A, 30tb Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Houser, John. Private, Company D., 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Howe, Edward P., Second Lieutenant , First Lieutenant, Captain. Company A. .")7th
Indiana Infantry.
Howell, John. Private. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Howren, Charles A. C, Private, Company A, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Howren, Nimrod, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Howren. Thomas I. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Howren. William A.. Private, Company C. 19th Indiana Infantry: Private. Com-
pany A. 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Hubbard, Alonzo, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months): Pri-
vate, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry ( Mor.gan Raid).
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Hubbard, Erlwin. Private, Company H, C9th Indiana Infantry.
Hubbard, George, Private, Corporal, Company C, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Hubbard. Henry. Private, Company A, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate. Sergeant. Company C, 2nd Indiana Cavalry: Sergeant. Company C. 2nd Indiana
Cavalry, re-organized.
Hubbara. Joseph B.. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. Company D. Sth Indiana Infantry
(three years).
Hubbard. Joseph L.. Private. Corporal. 19th Indiana Battery.
Hudelson. James C. Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hudelson. John W.. Sergeant. Company F. tith Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hudelson. Martin, Private, Corporal. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hudelson, Robert I., Private. Company H. 11th Indiana Infantry; Seaman. U. S.
Navy; Private. 2nd Indiana Battery; Private. Corporal, 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Hudelson. Rufus I.. Private. Company K, 37th Indiana Infantry.
Hudelson. Samuel H.. Private. Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hudelson. William H.. Private. Company K. 37th Indiana Infantry.
Hudelson. William M.. Private, Company A.. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Huff. Abraham. Private. Company I. C9th Indiana Infantry.
Huff, Jacob. Private. Company I. G9th Indiana Infantry.
Huff. William. Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
♦Huffman, Ezekiel, Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
"■Huggins. Josiah. Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Hughes. John, Private, Company A". 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Hull. G£orge W., Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A,
139th Indiana Infantry.
Humphrey. liemuel. Private, Company B. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Humphrey. William, Private. Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
*Humphrey. William W., Private, Company A; Sergeant' Major. Non Commissioned
Staff; First Lieutenant. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hunnicutt. William H.. Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hunt, Edward, Private. Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Hunt. George W.. Private, Company H., 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Hunt, Herbert, Private. Company C. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Hunt. Jacob, Private. Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company C. 20th
Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Hunt. Thomas M., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Hunt, WTIliam H.. Private, Company D. 19th Indiana Infantry.
*Hunter. Eben B.. Private, Sergeant. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Huntsinger. Daniel. Private. Company I, 36th Indiana Infantry.
HuntsiTi.ger, William. Private. Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Hupp, Dewitt C. Sergeant. Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Hurley, John J.. Sergeant. Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
**Hurst, Joseph. Private, Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
Hurt, Thomas M., Private. 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Huston. James. Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Huston. Joseph. Private. Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Huston. Thomas M, Private. Company L. 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private. Com-
pany A. Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Huston. Wiliam H., Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Hutehins. William, Private. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Hutson. James. Private. Company G, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Hynes. Timothy. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
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Ice, Abraham S., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Ice, Jesse A., Sergeant, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*lngalls, Parker, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Inman, John M., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Irvin, Samuel, Private, Company K, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
*Jack, John W., First Lieutenant, Captain, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Jackson, Charles, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Jackson, Harrison, Musician, Company G, 47th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Jackson, Jesse, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Jackson, Jesse L., Private, Company E, 11th Indiana Infantry.
**Jackson, Presley E.. Private, Corporal, Company K, 47th Indiana Infantry.
*Jackson, William L., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Jackson, Wilson T, Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
K, .57th Indiana Infantry.
James. Austin W., Private. Company D, ."Cth Indiana Infantry.
James, Benjamin F., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
James, Elwood, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company L, Sth
Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
James, John, Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
James, Leander M., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
James, Morgan, Sergeant, Company D; Hospital Steward, Non Commissioned Staff,
SUth Indiana Infantry,
James, William, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Jamison, William, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Jarvis, James, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Jefferson, Clingman R., Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Jeffries, Milton, Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Jenkins, Alfred, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Jenkins, William, Private, Company K, 14th U. S. C. T.
Jennings, Charles C, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Jennings, George W.. Corporal, Company K, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Jennings, William A., Corporal, Company K, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Jester, Alexander, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, 19th In-
diana Battery.
Jester, Avery, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Jester, Gary, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Jester, Isaac L., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Jester. James R., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Jester. Philander, Private, Company K, 99th Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Com-
pany H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Jessup, John A., Private, Company I. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Jessup, Josiah A., Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Jewell, Warren D., Private, Corporal, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
**John, Stevan, Private, Corporal, Company L, Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Johnson, Abraham, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Johnson, Alexander, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry;
Private, Company K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Caldwell C, Private, Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Charles W., Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
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Johnson, David, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Johnson, George W., Private, Company F, 14Gth Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Henry, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Johnson, Hugh A., Private, Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Hutchinson, Corporal, Company D. 19th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson; Israel G., Private, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Johnson, James T., Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Johnson, John N., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Joseph P., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Johnson, Levi, Private. Company E, 147ih Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Lewis, Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Johnson, Quincy A., Private, Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Robert A., Private, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson. Samuel J., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson. Silas, Private, Company K. 57th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company B.
134th Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Company B. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, I'homas J., Private, Company K. 148th Indiana Infantry.
Johnson, Turner H., Private, Company D. 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Johnson, William K., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
* Johnston, John D., First Sergeant, Company G, Sth Indiana Infantry (three
months); Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, 18th Indiana Battery.
Jones. Charles W., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Jones, Clinton, Private, Company K. 99th Indiana Infantry.
Jones, David, Corporal, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Jones, Ephraim L., Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Jones. Hardin, Private, Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Jones, James, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Jones, James M., Private. 19th Indiana Battery.
Jones, Jenkins, Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Jones, Owen, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Jones, Philip, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Jones, William H., Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Jones, William R., Private, Corporal. 19th Indiana Battery.
Jordan, Anthony W., Private, Company I. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Jordan, B. B., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Jordan, Henry S., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Judd, James, Private, Company -H, 69tli Indiana Infantry.
Judd, John, Private, Company K, lOoth Indiana Infantry (Morgan R'aid) ; Private,
Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Judd, John D., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Julian, Absalom H., Private, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months):
Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Julian, Hiram, Private, Company B, 40th Indiana Infantry.
Julian, John D.. Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Julian. William S., Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Company E; Commissary. Sergeant, Non Commissioned, Staff, 9th Indiana
Cavalry.
Julius, Ferdinand. Private, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Junken, Henry A., Private, Company D, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private Company
I, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
**Junken, William A., Private, Company K, 134th Indiana Infantry.
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**Kaltenbach, Michael, Private, Company A, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
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Kaufman, Benjamin, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Kays, John, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Keal, Samuel, Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Keeler, John, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Keesling, Amos, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Keesling, Calvin F.. Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Keesling, Calvin F. B., Private. Company K, 10.5th Indiana Infantry ( Morgan
Raid).
Keesling, Calvin L.. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Keesling, Eli, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Keesling, Isaac B., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Keesling, John W., Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Sergeant, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Keller. Cornelius, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Keller, Hiram E, Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
*Keller, Jonathan, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Keller, Jonathan, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Keller, Samuel L., Private, Corporal, 25th Indiana Battery.
Kelley, John W.. Private, Company L. 21st Indiana Infantry, re-organized as 1st
Heavy Artillery.
Kelly, James, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Kelly, Joseph, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Kelsey, Samuel H., Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Kelso, Hugh S.. Private, Company I, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Kemp, Charles B., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Kendall, Adam, Private, Company K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Kendall, Silas. Private, Company K, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
Kennedy, John H., Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Kennedy, John W.. Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Kennedy, Joseph, Private. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Kenney, John. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Kent, Henry, Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Kentley. William H., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Kenyon, William, Private, Company A, 3Sth Indiana Infantry.
Kern, Amos J., Private, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Kern, John A,, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Kern, Thomas C, Private, Company A, lOSlh Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private, Sergeant, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company D: Commis-
sary Sergeant, Non Commissioned Staff, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Kerr, Marcus A., Musician, Company O; Principal Musician, Non Commissioned.
Staff, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Kerr, William H., Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Kerr, William L., Private. Company F, 23rd Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
B, 13th Indiana Cavalry.
Kersey, Silas, H., Assistant Surgeon and Major and Surgeon, Staff, 36th Indiana
Infantry.
*Kerwood, Asbury L., Sergeant, First Sergeant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Keys, John ti.. Private, Company B, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Kilgore, James L., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Kimball, David N., Sergeant, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Kimmel, Daniel. Private, Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Kimmel, Michael, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Kinder. George. Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Kinder, Jefferson, Private, Sergeant, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry; Sergeant,
Company C, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
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**KmdIey, Joseph T., Private, Company D, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Kingrey, James, Private, Company I, G9th Indiana Infantry.
Kinley, Isaac, Captain, Company D; Major, Staff, 36th Indiana Infantry; Provost
Marshal, 5th District of Indiana.
Kinley. James W., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Kinsey, David \v., Private, Corporal, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Kirkham, Andrew B.. Private, Company K, 37th Indiana Infantry.
Kirlcham, John R-. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Kirkham, Samuel, Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Kirkland, Taylor. Private, Company H, 3Sth Indiana Infantry.
*Kirkpatrick. Thomas. Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Kirman, William, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Kiser, Frank H., Private G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Kissell, Alfred M., Private, Corporal. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Kissell, Samuel, Private, Unassigned, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Kitts, Alfred, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
*Klarman, Nicholas, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Knight, Ira J., Private, Company H, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Knight, Vv'illiam H., Private, Company H, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Knight, William H., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Koons, George W., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Koons, Joseph, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Koons, Thomas, Corporal. Company H, 100th Indiana Infantry.
**Kraner, Andrew F., Musician, Company G, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Musician, Company K, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Kratzer, Samuel, Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Kunkle. Cyrus, Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Laboyteaux, Joseph, Wagoner, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Laboyteaux, Richard J., Private, Wagoner. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Laboyteaux. Stephen A., Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year);
Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
].,aboyteaux. Thomas, Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Lacy, Alpheus D.. Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lacy, James C, Private, Company B. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Lacy, John L., Private. Company B. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Lacy, Joseph M.. Private. Company I, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Lacy, William B., Private, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company
I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Lacy, Wilson P.. Private, Company B, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Lake, Abner B., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Lakin, William F., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Lamar. Absalom, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Lamb, Caleb, Private, Company A, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Lamb, Erie. Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lamb, Isaiah, Private, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lamb, Job, Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Lamb, Richard, Private, Company P, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Landis. Daniel. Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Landis, George W., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Landis, John, Private, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lane, George A., Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Lane, Jacob, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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Lane. John, Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Lane, Stephen R, Private, Company D., 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Lane, Thomas B., Private, Sergeant, Company F, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
**Langston, Emmett, Sergeant, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Lanham, Charles, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A, S7th Indiana Infantry.
Lanham, Elza, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Laremore, James. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Larrowe, William, Private, Company K, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Latehaw, William T., Private, Company D, S7th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
D, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Laven, John, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Lawrence, Thomas, Private, Corporal, Company C, 2Sth U. S. C. T.
Lawson, Dallas, Private, Conjpany A, 3Gth Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Leach, George, Corporal, 12th Indiana Battery.
Leakey, Anthony, Musician. Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Leakey, Arthur M., Musician, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year);
Private, 20th Indiana Battery.
Leakey, Isaac R. R., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Leakey, Thomas, Private, Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Leamon, John N., Private, Company B. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Leavell, Benjamin D.. Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Leavell, John W., First Lieutenant, Needmore Rangers, Indiana Legion.
Leavell, William L., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Lee, John, Corporal, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Lee, Robert D. F., Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*Leeka, Jesse, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid) : Private,
Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
**Leffingn'ell. Jonathan, Private, Company I, llSth Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany I, 34th Indiana Infantry.
'Leisure, William H., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Lemay, Charles AV., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Lemberger, William, Private, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Lemon. Eli J., Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lemon, Joseph G.. Corporal, Sergeant, Company K; Second Lieutenant, First Lieu-
tenant, Company E, 3Cth Indiana Infantry,
Lemon, Orange V., Senior, Captain and Chaplain, Staff, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lemon, Orange V., Junior, Musician. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lemon. William, Private. Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Lemon, William H., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Lemsford, Benjamin F., Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lennard, George W., Adjutant, StaiT, 36th Indiana Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel
and Colonel, Staff, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Lennington. Abraham, Corporal, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Leonard, George W., Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Leonard, James, Private, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Leonard, John C, Private, Company L, 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as 1st
Heavy Artillery.
Leonard, William H., Second Lieutenant, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Lesh, Groves, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lester, Wilson, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Level, Abraham. Private, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
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Level. Samuel, Private, Company F, Tth Indiana Infantry (three months) : Corporal,
Company E. 7th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Level, Solomon, Private, Company A, 6Sth Indiana Infantry.
Leweck, Gustave W., Musician, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Lewellen, John W., Private. Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Lewelling, James M., Private, Unassigned. 22ud Indiana Infantry.
Lewis, James N., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, 2nd Indiana
Battery, re-organized.
Lewis, John F, Private. Company B, 1.39th Indiana Infantry; Private, Sergeant,
Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Lewis, Nelson, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Lewis, Thomas J., Private, Company C. 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Lewis, Thomas N.. Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry: Private, Com-
pany H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
♦Lewis, William .Sergeant, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lewis, William H.. Private, Corporal, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantrj-.
Linens, Joseph. Private, Company A, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Lines, Elijah H., Private, Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Linnen, Daniel, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Linville, David C, Private, Company B, 70lh Indiana Infantry.
Little, Gambral, Private. Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Livezey, George H., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
G. 1st U. S. Engineers.
Livezey, John C, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Captain. Company C. 36th Indiana
Infantry: Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, Brevet Major, Staff, U. S. Volunteers.
(See GeneraJ Officers, Chapter IX).
Livezey, Joseph, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Livezey, William E., Corporal, Sergeant, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
*Lloyd, Levi, Private. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Lock, Lewis, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Lockridge, George, Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Lockridge, Henry, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Lockridge, John. Private, Company D, 3fith Indiana Infantry.
Lodge, Oliver. Private, Company M, 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as 1st Heavy
Artillery.
Loer, George, Private, Company B. 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Loer. Pearson, Corporal, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Long. Edward M., Private, Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry; Second Lieutenant,
Company B, 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry.
Long, William, Private, Company B, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Longfellow. Lorenzo D.. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Lott, Uriah, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Lovett, Martin D.. Prjvate. Company E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Lowe, David, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Lowe, George, Private, Company .B, 110th Indiana Infantry. (Morgan Raid).
Lowe, George N., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lowe, John. Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Lowe, John W., i-rivate. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Lowe. Joseph S., Private, Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Lowe, Nixon, Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Lowe. William, Private, Company C, o6th Indiana Infantry.
Lowery, Francis M., Private, Company I. fi9th Indiana Infantry.
Lowery. Frederick, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Lowery, Henry, Wagoner, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
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Lowery, Jonah, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
bowery, Philander, Private, Sergeant, Company F, .57th Indiana Infantry.
Lowery, Philip, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Liowery, Samuel, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Lowery, Walter K., Private, Sergeant, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Lowhead, John W., Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Ley, William L., Private, Company. E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lucas, Andrew J., Private, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
**Lucas. David, Private, Company D, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Lucas, George, Private, Company D, Sth U. S. C. T.
Luce, Abraham, Private, Company A, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Luce, Henry, Sergeant, Company C. 109th Indiana Infantrj' (Morgan Raidi.
Luce, John J., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Luellen, David M., Private, Corporal, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Luellen, Oliver F., Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Sergeant.
Company A, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Luther, William J. B., Private, Company E, 132nd Infantry.
Luthultz, Jacob, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry. -
Luthultz. Joachim, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Luthultz. Joshua, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Luzadder, Moses, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Lyman, George, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*Lyman, Perry C, Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Lynch, Edward, Musician, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years").
Lynch. William A., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Lynum, John, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Lytle, John D., Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant. Company I, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Lytle, Marcellus, Private, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry.
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McAfee, John F.. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
McAfee. Mark,' Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
McAfee, Nicholas, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
McAlister. Alexander, Private. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
McArthur, Korac, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months):
First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant. Captain. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
McCance, John, Private. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
McCann, William, Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
McCarty. John. Private. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
McConnelly. James, Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
McConnelly. Jonathan. Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
McConnell, James, Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
McConnell, John B., Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
McConnell. Jonathan, Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
McConnell, Joseph P.. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid) ; Private, Company E, flth Indiana Cavalry.
McConnell, Robert C, Second Lieutenant. Company H. HOth Indiana Infantry.
McConner, J. P.. Private, Company A, IKith Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*McCorkhill, John, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**McCorkhill. John H., Private, Company B, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
McCorkle. James. Private. Company B. 42nd Indiana Infantry.
McCormack. Andrew J., Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
McCormack, Isaac N., Musician, Company 1; Principal Musician, Non Commis-
sioned, Staff, 69th Indiana Infantry.
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McCormack, Jackson, Private, Corporal, Company H. 140tli Indiana Infantry.
McCormack, James E., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
McCormack, John, Private. Company H, GSth Indiana Infantry.
McCormack, John R.., Private, Company I, C9th Indiana Infantry.
McCormack, John W., Private, Company D, H7th Indiana Infantry.
McCormack, Josiah, Private, Wagoner, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
McCormack, Noah, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
McCormack, Samuel, Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
McCormack, Thomas, Private, Company K, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years)
McCormack, William, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**McCray, Milton, Private, Company K, 132nd Indiana Infantry.
*McCulIouch, John Q., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
McCullum, Simeon, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
McCune, Henry W., Private, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
McCune, Thompson W., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years);
First Lieutenant, Company G, 1st Regiment, Mississippi (River) Marine Brigade.
McCurdy, William, Sergeant, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**McDivitt, John, Private, 3rd Indiana Battery.
McDonald. David, Private, Company K, 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
McDougall, George, Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized..
McDowell, Andrew, Private, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
McDowell, John, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
McDowell, Peter, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
McFarland, Davis S., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
McFeely, Aaron, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
McFet&rs, James, Private, Company A, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
McFetridge, James, Private, Company C, 9th Indiana Infantry.
*McGeath, Martin, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
McGinnis, James P.. Private, Company K, ISth Indiana Infantry.
McGrath. V/illiam, Private, Company I. 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company
A, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
McGraw, George W., Private, Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry.
McGraw, Richard L., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
McGuSin, Joseph B., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Com.pany A, 4th Indiana Cavalry.
McGuffin. Samuel H., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
McGuffin. William H. H., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three
months): Corporal, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
**McGuire. Amos, Private, Company B, 12th Indiana Infantry.
*McGuire, James, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
*McGuire. John. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
McHenry. John A. J., Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Mcintosh, William M., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Mclnturf, William T.. Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
McKee. Joseph, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company K,
105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
McKee, William E., Private, Company if. 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as 1st
Heavy Artillery.
McKenzie, David, Private, Company H, 140th Indian* Infantry.
McKenzie, John, Private, Company I. 09th Indiana Infantry.
McKinney, Wilson H., Private. Corporal. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
McKinzie, Barnabas, Private, Company F, 148th Indiana Infantry.
McLaughlin, hidward L., Private. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
McLaughlin. William H., Sergeant, First Sergeant. Company A. 57th Indiana In-
fantry.
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McLeland, Eli, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
McLeland. Isaac. Corporal. Company G. 84tli Indiana Infantry.
McMillan. Charles R.. Private. Company K, 11th Indiana Infantry.
*McNeese, Alfred, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*McNeese, Elza, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry. .
McNew, John H., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years) ; Pri-
vate, Company K. 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Corporal, Company H, 140th
Indiana Infantry.
McNew, Richard, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Pri-
vate, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
McRoberts, Charles L., Sergeant, Company I, Sth Regiment. 1st Army Corps (Han-
cock's Veteran Corps).
McSherley, John, Private, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
MeSherry, William L., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
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Macy, Gamaliel B., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Macy, George F.. Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Sergeant, 4th Indiana Battery.
Macy, John L., Corporal, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Macy, Lambert, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Macy, William H., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Madarea, George W., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Maddy, Isaac S., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Madison, Charles T.. Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Madison, John, Private, Sergeant, Company A, .57th Indiana Infantry.
Madison. William, Private^ Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
M, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Madoris. William, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Magann, E. K., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Magenhart. William, Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Mahan, Wesley D., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Main, Amos, Private, Company K, 74th Indiana Infantryy.
Main, Henry, Private, Company K, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Main, Leonard, Priyate, 23rd Indiana Battery.
Mallory. James, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mandlin, David, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Manis, Curtis, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Manis, George, Corporal, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Manis, Isaac G., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Manlove, Cnarles, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Manlove, John, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Manlove, Pleasant, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Mann, Judson L., Private. Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
Manning, Cyrus, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Manning, John, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Manor, Henry C, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*MarkIe, Dewitt C, Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Marley. Ralph, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
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Marlow, Simeon, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Marlow, William, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
H. 3()th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Martin, Jefferson, Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Martin, Robert B., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Martin, Samuel D., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Martin, Samuel G., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Martindale, James B., Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Martindale. William S., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Marvin, Doctor C, Private, Company B., 139th Indiana Infantry.
Marvin, William, Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
Mason, David A., Musician, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Mason, Daniel, Saddler, Company M, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Mason, Daniel W., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Mason, George, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Mason, George W., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company G, 52nd Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company G, 52nd Indiana Infantry,
re-organized.
Mason, Jerome B., Second Lieutenant, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Mason. John. Private, Musician, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry,
Mason. Robert. Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Mason. Robert W.. Private, Company F. 16th Indiana Infantry (one year); Cor-
poral. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Mason, Thomas, Private, Company H, 52nd Indiana Infantry.
Mathews, Charles, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Matthews, Joseph P., Farrier and Blacksmith, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Maxwell, Aaron W., Private, Company A, lOoth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Corporal, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
May, Franklin, Private, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, 2nd Indiana Battery; Private, 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
May, James. Private, Company F, 20th Indiana Infantry.
May, John H., Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company F,
84th Indiana Infantry.
May, Jonathan, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
May, Richard, Private, Company D, 19th Indiana Infantry.
May, William, Private, Unassigned, 18th Indiana Infantry.
May, William, Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Mays, Wesley A., Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Mead, Timothy, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Meair, Charles L., Artificer, 19th Indiana Battery.
Meek, Irvin R., Private, Corporal, Company F, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Meek, James A., Corporal, Company H, 20th Indiana Infantry.
Meek, William J., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Meeker, Benjamin F., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Meeker, Sleaseman, First Sergeant, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Meeker, William, Corporal, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Mellett, Arthur C, Private, Company H, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Mellett, Joshua H., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Mellette, Randolph H., Seaman. U. S. Navy.
Melross, Adam, Wagoner, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Cor-
poral, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Corporal, Company F, 124th
Indiana Infantry.
Mendenhall. Daniel. Private. Company A, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Mendenhall, Elihu T.. Private, Company A, 101st Indiana Infantry.
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*Mendenhall, Kelita, Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Mercer, David W., Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Mercer, James M,. Private. Company A. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Meuser, George W., Private, Sergeant, 2nd Indiana Battery.
Micha, Lewis, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Michael, Henry, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Mickle, John, Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Infantry.
**M:ddleton. Joseph L., Private, Company I. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Midkiff, Wallace, Private, Company B, 15Cth Indiana Infantry.
*Miller. Abraham, Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Miller. Abraham, Private. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Miller, Benjamin. Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Benjamin A., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Benjamin F., Private, Company B, 156th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Daniel. Private, Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Miller, Francis, Private, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, George, Private. Company B, 149th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Henry, Private, Unassigned, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Henry, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Miller. James. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Miller, James. Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, John. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Miller, John W., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Peter. Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Miller. Samuel C. Private. Corporal, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three
years ) .
Miller. Sylvester. Private. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Miller, Thomas. Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Miller, William B., Corporal, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Millikan, Eli F.. Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mlllikan, James W., Sergeant. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Millis. Frank, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Millis, John. Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Millis, Lindsay, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Mills. Andrew J., Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mills. George W., Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Mills. Leander F., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Mills, Pulaski, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Mills, Robert M.. Private, Sergeant, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Mills, Samuel H., Corporal. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Mills. William D., Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Mimmes, Wallenstein. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Mincer. Samuel, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Minesinger. Charles W. T.. Corporal. Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant. Com-
pany F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Minesinger. Henry M.. Musician, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months),
Minnick, Andrew J., Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Minnick. David H., Private, Company E. 36th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
*Misener, Abraham G.. Private, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Misener. Joseph W.. Private, Company B. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
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Mitcham, Abraham, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry, Private, Com-
pany G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company F, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Mitchell, Charles K, Corporal, Company K, 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company E, 9th Indiana CavaliT-
Mitchell, Daniel, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Mitchell. Leander P., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Mitchell, Perry, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mitchell, Samuel A., Private, Sergeant, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Com-
pany a, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Mitchell. Thomas, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mitchell, Thomas J., Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mitchell, William, Corporal, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Modlin, David, Private, Company B, 2Sth U. S. C. T.
Modlin, Klias, Private, Company A, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company I,
20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Modlin. Henry, Private, Company C. 2Sth U. S. C. T.
Modlin. John D.. Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Modlin, John H., Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Modlin, Oliver H., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Modlin, Seth. Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Modlin, Sonney, Private, Company B, 2Sth U. S, C. T.
Modlin, Thomas \V., Private, Company I, C9th Indiana Infantry.
Modlin, William H., Private, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Mogle, Benjamin, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Moler. Andrew J., Private, Cornpany A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Moler, Francis M., Private, Company A. 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Montgomery, Alexander C, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Monticue, Benjamin F.. Private. Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Corporal. Company H. 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Monticue, David, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Monticue. Jesse B.. Private. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private, 4th Indiana Battery.
Monticue. Solomon R.. Private, Corporal. 4th Indiana Battery.
*Moon. Benjamin. Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Mooney. Eli B., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Mooney, George, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Mooney, Robert, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Moore, Abraham, Private, Company B, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Moore, Charles H. C, Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany K, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Moore, Cornelius M.. First Lieutenant. New Castle Guards, Indiana Legion; Pri-
vate, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Sergeant, Company C, 36th
Indiana Infantry; First Lieutenant, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Captain, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Moore, Gideon, Private, Company H, 59th Indiana Infantry.
Moore. Henry H., Private. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Moore, James L., Private, Corporal, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Moore. James W., Private, Company K. 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
E, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Moore, John L., Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry,
Moore, John M., First Lieutenant, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Moore, JosiahB., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
**Moore, Louis N., Private, Company K, IGth Indiana Infantry.
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Moore. Louis P., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List B).
Moore. Miles M.. Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Moore. William, Seaman. U. S. Navy.
Moore, William M., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Corporal, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company F, 124th Indiana In-
fantry.
Morau. John, Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Moreau, William C, Captain, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Captain, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Moreland, David, Junior. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Morgan, George W., Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Morris, George S., Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Morris. Harriman, Private. 19th Indiana Battery.
Morris, Isaac H.. Corporal. Sergeant, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Morris, Joshua, Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Morris, Mark M., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant.
Company A, o7th Indiana Infantry.
Morris, Robert, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Morris. William. Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
A, 4th Regiment. 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Morris. William J.. Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Morris, William W.. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Morris. Wilson M., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Mosebaugh. George B., Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Moss. Jeremiah, Private, Company D, Sth U. S. C. T.
Mowrey, Elijah, Private. Company K, lOiJth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Mullen. Emery H., Private. Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months): Pri-
vate. Company I, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Mullen. Hugh L., Sergeant. First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Captain. Company C.
36th Indiana Infantry.
Mullen. Hugh M.. Private, Company A. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Mullen. Joseph P., Private. 25th Indiana Battery.
Mullen. Joseph R., Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Mundell. John A.. Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Murphey, Amos D., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey, Benjamin F.. Captain and Assistant Quartermaster General. State of Indi-
ana. (See General Officers. Chapter IX).
Murphey. Henry C. Private. Company G; Commissary Sergeant, Non Commissioned
Staff, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey, Hugh A., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey. James, Private, Unassigned, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey. James, Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
Murphey, Joel S., First Sergeant. Company A. llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Murphey. Jonathan, Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Corporal. Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey. Jonathan A., Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey, Joseph S.. Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Murphey, Miles, Colonel and Inspector General. State of Indiana. (See General
Officers, Chapter IX).
, Murphey, Miles E.. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Murphey, Richard, Private, Corporal, 19th Indiana Battery.
Murphey. William C. Corporal. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Corporal, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
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Murray, Albert P., Private, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
B, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Murray, Alfred L., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Murray, Franklin W., Corporal, Sergeant, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Murray, .lohn C, Wagoner, Company K, ."iGth Indiana Infantry.
Murray, Ralph V., Corporal, Company D, ofith Indiana Infantry.
Murray, Samuel T., Private, Company C, 101st Indiana Infantry.
Murray, William H., Corporal, Second Lieutenant, Company K. 19th Indiana In-
fantry.
Musselman, John W., Private, Sergeant, Company H, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Muterspaugh, Jacob, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Muzzy, William, Private, Company A, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, 17th Indiana Battery: Private, Company E, lOSth Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Company D, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Myers, John B., Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Myers, Joseph, Private, Company I, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Myers, Lewis E., Private, Company H, 153rd Indiana Infantry.
Myers, Solomon, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Nation. Enoch H., Private, Company E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Nation. Enoch T., Private, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Nation, James R., Sergeant, Company A, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Cap-
tain, Company G; Major, Staff, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Nation, Seth, Private, Company A, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Nation? Wallace, Private, Company E. 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, 20th Indiana Battery.
Nation, William, Private, Company C, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
Nay, James R., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Needham. George W.. Private, Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Needham, Isaac, Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company F.
7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Needham, Isaac, Private, Company F, 154th Indiana Infantry.
Needham, Jesse W., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Needham, Joshua. Private, Company E, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
E, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Needham, Robert, Private, Company A, 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
Needham, Wintord, Musician, Company F; Principal Musician. Non-Commlssioned
Staff. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Needier. Levi, Private, 23rd Indiana Battery.
Neely, George P., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Neff, Alkanah C, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Nelson, Nathan M., Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Nelson, Wilson, Private, Corporal, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years);
Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Netz, Peter, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year). (See Alpha-
betical List B).
Kewbold, Samuel, Private. Company A. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Mewbold, William H., Private. Company D. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
.f^Iewby, Benjamin F., Private, Corporal. Company C, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
Newby, Daniel, Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Newby, Henry F., Private, Corporal, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Newby, Isaiah J., Private, Company C, 87th Indiana Infantry.
Newby, James I., Private, Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
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Newby, John W., Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantrj-.
Newby, William B., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Newby, William H., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Newcomb. F. H., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Newcomer, Benjamin F., Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Newell, Edmond, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Newell, Jeremiah, Private, Company F, 20th Indiana Infantry.
**Newhouse, James L., Private, Company C, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Newland, John, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Newman, Alexander, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Newman, William L., Private, 12th Indiana Battery.
*Newport, George, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry
Niccum. Peter, Private. Company D. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Nicholson, Charles, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Nicholson, John, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company A,
110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private. Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Nicholson, buther L.. Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Nicholson, Marquis D., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Nicholson, Merritt N., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Nicholson. Nathan, Private, Corporal, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Nicholson. Reason, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Nicholson. William T.. Sergeant, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Nicodemus. Isaac, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Nicodemns. John, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana -Infantry.
Nidey, Reason. Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Niles, Thomas E., Private. Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry; Corporal,
10th Indiana Battery.
*Nixon, Charles O.. Private. Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Nixon, Eusebius A. L., Private. 13th Indiana Battery.
Nixon, George C, Corporal, Company D, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Nixon, Robert M.. Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Nixon. Sebastian E., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Noble, Alfred, Private, Bugler, Company 1, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company
B, Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Noland, Michael, Private, Sergeant, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
*Nordbrook, William, Private, Company R, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Norton, Calvin, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Unassigned,
22nd Indiana Infantry.
Noyer. Peter. Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
O'Bannion. Cornelius. Private. Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
O'Bannion, Joseph. Private. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
O'Connor, Mathew, Private, Company I, 68th Indiana Infantry.
O'Dowell, Philip, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
O'lTarra, Andrew J.. Private, Sergeant. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
O'Harra, John, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
O'Harra, Joseph, Private. Company B. llOlh Indiana Infantry ( :Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
O'Neal. William. Private. Company D, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
O'Shea, James. Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Odle, Thomas W., Private, Company A, 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Ogborn, Allen W.. Corporal, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Ogle, Lewis A., Private, Company B, 156th Indiana Infantrj'.
Ogment. Joseph. Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
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*Ohmit, Emanuel, Private, Corporal, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Oldaker, Jolm, Private, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Oliver, William R., Private, Company H, 18th Indiana Infantry.
*Ormsten, Andrew, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Orr, Thomas J., Private. Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Oshorn, David, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Osborn, George, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry' (three years).
Osborn, Joel, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Osborn, John A., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Osborn, Washington, Private, Corporal, Company H. 13th Indiana Infantry, re-or-
ganized.
Osborne, Barzillai, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Osborne, Jacob, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Osment. John W., Private. Company D, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Otis, George K., Corporal, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Outland, King, Private, Company A, 28th U. S. C. T.
Overman, Charles W., Private, Corporal, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Overman, Nathan. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Overman, Samuel W., Private, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Owens, Edward R., Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Owens, Jacob, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Owens, Michael J., Private, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry.
*Owens, Thomas J., Corporal, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company A, 57th Indi-
ana Infantry.
Pace, William, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Padget, Gideon H., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Page, Samuel C, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Painter, Alfred, Private, Corporal, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Painter, David M., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Painter, Flemmon T. W., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years);
Private, Company F; Commissary Sergeant, Non Commissioned Staff, 10th Indiana
Cavalry.
Palmer, Adoniram, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Palmer, James, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Parker, Edwin, Private, Company D. 34th Indiana Infantry.
Parker, Edwin E., Corporal, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Parker, James C. Private, Corporal, Company G. 16fh Indiana Infantry.
**Parker, Samuel J., Private, Company I, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Parker, Thomas, Private. Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Parker, William B.. Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Parlchurst, Adam R., Private. Company B, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Parkhurst, John A., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Parkhurst, Washington, Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Parkinson, Edward W., Corporal. Sergeant, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Parris, Lewis B.. Private. Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Parrish, Reuben, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pate, John, Private, Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Pate. Joseph B., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Pate, William A., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Pattison, James, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Patton, Francis, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
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Paty, William M., Corporal, Company C, 117th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany D, 35th Indiana Infantry.
Paul, Daniel H., Private, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Paxson, Aaron S., Private, Company A, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
**Paxson, Benjamin F., Private, Company G, S6th Indiana Infantry.
Payne, Samuel W., First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company C, 75th Indiana In-
fantry.
Peacock, William H., Private, Corporal, Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Pearce, Don Francisco, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Pearson, Daniel, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Pearson, Enos, Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Pearson, Granville, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Pearson, Jesse, Private, Company A, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Corporal, Com-
pany 1, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Pearson, Zeno, Private, Company C, 3Cth Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Company D,
147th Indiana Infantry.
Peden, Milton, First Lieutenant, Captain, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry;
Colonel, Staff, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Peed, Albert J., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Peed, James L., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Peed, John R., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Unassigned, 79th Indiana Infantry.
Peed, Redmond. Wagoner, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Peele, Willis J., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Pence, Alfred M., Private, Corporal, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Pence, David, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pence, Franklin N., Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Pence, James M., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company C, 36th
Indiana Infantry.
Pence, William M., Seaman, U. S. Navy.
Pennitigton, Amos E., First Sergeant,, Company B, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Sergeant, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Penticost, Andrew F., Private, Company H; Quartermaster Sergeant, Non Commis-
sioned Staff, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Perdue, Abner, Private. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Perdue, Addison L., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Perdue, Andrew J. B., Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Perdue, George W., Corporal, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Perdue, Rufus, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Perry, Henry, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Perry, John, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Perry, John, Private, Corporal, Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
*Perry, Joseph, Musician, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Perry. Mordecai, Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Perry, Oran, Adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, Staff, 69th Indiana In-
fantry.
Perry, William, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company E, 8th
Indiana Infantry (three years).
Personett, James, Private. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Pettitt. Joseph A., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Petty, James F.. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Peyton, William, Private, Company M, 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as l.st
Heavy Artillery.
Pflum, Ferdinand, Private, Company F, 148th Indiana Infantry.
Phelps, Elias. (See Incomplete List).
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Fhilabaum, James B., Private. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pliillips. Andrew J., Private. Company E. Stli Indiana Infantry (three years).
Phillip.s. John E.. Private, Company C. lO'Jth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Phillips. John M., Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Phillips, Orton. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Pickering, Enos, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Pickering. Ezra. Private, Company B, 130th Indian^ Infantry.
Pickering. Larkin, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Pickering, Ulysses, Private, Company B, 110th Indana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pickett, John, Private. Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Pickett, John, Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry: Private. Company A,
4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Pickett, Thomas E., Private. Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Pickett, William A., Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Pierce. Benjamin F., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pierce, Frank J., Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pierce. Hugh, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Pierce. James H., Private. Unassigned. 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Pierce, John, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pierce. John R., Corporal, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); First
Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years); Sergeant,
25th Indiana Battery.
Pierce, Jonathan E., Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pierce, Joseph A., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Pierce, William H,, Private, Company H, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Pierson. Jackson, Private, Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Pike.' Albert H., Corporal. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Pike, Joseph H., Private, Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry.
Pike, Samuel F., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pike, Stanford L., Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Pittman, George W., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Pittser, Cyrus, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Pleas. Elwood. Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Pleas, Joseph H., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company
H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Plummer, William J., First Lieutenant, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Mor-
gan Raid).
Poarch. Albert W.. Private. Company D. 33rd Indiana Infantry.
*Poe, Pleasant. Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Poer, Robert F., Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Cor-
poral. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Polk. Henry C, Private. Company B. 13th Indiana Infantry.
*PoIk. Merriman S.. Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Polk, Milton, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Poor, Edmund, Private, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Porter. John. Private. Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Porter, William, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Post. Charles B., Private, Company A, 87th Indiana Infantry.
Post, John M., Private, Company A, 87th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A.
42nd Indiana Infantry.
Post. Mark T., Private, Company E. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Poston, Argyle A., Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Poston, Edenburgh, H., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Powell, Albert W., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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Powell, Charles C, Private, .Company A, llOth Indiana Infanti-y (Morgan Raid).
Powell, Elihu, Private, Company P, 6tli Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
19th Indiana Battery.
Powell, Henry C, Private, 22nd Indiana Battery.
Powell, Henry L., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Powell, Jacob, Private. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Powell. Oliver. Private, 3rd Indiana Battery.
Powell, Orlistes W., Corporal, Company C; Sergeant Major, Non Commissioned
Staff, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Power, John W. C, Corporal, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Powers, George R., Private, Company B, 156th Indiana Infantry.
Powers, James P., Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company F,
7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Powers, John A., Private. Company H, 154th Indiana Infantry.
■ *Pratt, George W., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Pratt, James C, Musician, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Pressnall, Dempsey W., Private, Company U, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pressnall, Elijah M.. Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Pressnall, Henry, Private. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Pressnall, Samuel, Private. Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Preston, John V., Private. Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry; Second Lieutenant,
Company D. 156th Indiana Infantry.
Preston, Sanford A., Private, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Price, Robert V., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Priddy, William, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Prigg. William H, Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Pring, James M., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Probasco, John, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Proctor. Thomas K., Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company
L, Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Protzman. Oliver D., Private, Company F. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Pursley. Daniel. Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Pyatte. Thomas, Musician, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantrj-.
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Radcliffe, Augustus D.. Private. Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Radcliffe. Charles F.. Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Rader. George, Private. Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Rader, George W.. Sergeant, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three yeirs).
Rader, Henry. Private, 'Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant, First Lieutenant, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Sergeant,
Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Ralston, George W., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private. Company G, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Ramsey. James, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Ramsey. Joseph, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Ranier. Charles T.. Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Ranier, Joseph G., Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Ratcliff, Abner, Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Ratclift. John. Private. Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private,
Wagoner, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Ratliff, Calvin. Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Ratliff, Exum P., Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Ratliff, Henry, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
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Ratliff, Nathan, Private. Unassigned, 36th Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Raugett, Josiah, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Ray, Charles A., Sergeant, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company D, 3Gth Indiana Infantry; Private, Company H. 30th Indiana Infantry,
re-organized.
Ray, Henry, First Lieutenant, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Wagoner, Company B, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
Rayl, Harmon, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Reagan, Benjamin F., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Real, Martin. L., Private, Company D, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Redding, Jacob, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Sergeant, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Redding, John M., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Redding, Lemuel, Private, Corporal, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Reece, Edwin, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
*Reed, Alonzo W., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
**Reed, Collier M., Private, Company C, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Reed. Miles L'., Regimental Band. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years) ; Private, Com-
pany K, 1st Artillery, U. S. A.; Surgeon's Nurse, U. S. Navy.
Reed. William C, Second Lieutenant, New Castle Guards, Indiana Legion; Private.
Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Reeder, Thomas B.. Corporal. Company I, 19th Indiana Infantry; Captain. Com-
pany B; Major, Staff, 149th Indiana Infantry.
Reeves, Eli. Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
*Reeves, George W., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
*Reeves, John M. H., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Reeves, Milton M., Private, Corporal, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Reeves. Nathaniel M.. Private. Company E, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Reichart, Henry, Private, Company C, 30th Indiana Infantry.
Reichart, John, Private. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantrj':
Reid, Andrew W., Regimental Band, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company A.
lUh Indiana Infantry.
*Reid, William C, Private. Corporal. First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant. Company
G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Reid, William E., Principal Musician, Non Commissioned Staff, 19th Indiana In-
fantry.
Rent. Daniel. Private, Corporal. Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Rent. Frederick, Corporal, Company G, 47th Indiana Infantry.
Rent, George D., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Rent, John H., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Cap-
tain, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Reynolds, Andrew, Private, Corporal, 4th Indiana Battery; Private. Troop G,
6th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Reynolds, Calvin W., Private. Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Reynolds, Henry, Private, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
'Reynolds, Hugh, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Reynolds, Isaac, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Reynolds. James, Corporal. Company E, 149th Indiana Infantry.
'Reynolds, Joseph N., Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Reynolds, William, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Rhine, John, Sergeant, Company K, 75th Indiana Infantry.
**Rhinewalt. William. Private. 18th Indiana Battery.
*Rhody. George, Private, Corporal, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Riadon, Levi, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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*Rich, Elam, Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Richardson, Cornelius J., Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Richardson, Henry J., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry. '
Richardson, Isaiah, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Ricljard, James, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Ricketts. James G., Corporal, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Rickit, John, Farrier and Blacksmith, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Ricks, Benjamin F., Sergeant, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, First Sergeant, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Ricks, Daniel, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Ricks, John W., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Ricks. Jonathan, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Ricks, Levi, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private,
Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Ricks, Martin W,, Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months):
Second Lieutenant, Needmore Rangers, Indiana Legion; Second Lieutenant, Company
K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private, Company E; Quartermaster Ser-
geant, Non Commissioned Staff, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
RiclvS, Mercer, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Ricks, Peter, Private, Company K, o4th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Ricks, Thomas, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infastry (Morgan Raid).
*Ridge, Jacob, Private, Corporal, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Ridge, Riley, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Riesner, George A.. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Rife, John J., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
Corporal, 12th Indiana Battery. .
Rife, Obed C, Private, Corporal, Company H, 154th Indiana Infantry. (See Alpha-
betical List C).
Rife. William, Private, Sergeant. 12th Indiana Battery.
Rifner, Peter, Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Troop G. 6th
Cavalry, U. «. A.
Riggle, Daniel, Private, Company A, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Riggle, William, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*Riggs. Alfred, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Riggs, Avery, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Rigin, Martin, Private, Unassigned, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Riley, Charles M., Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Riley, John, Private, Sergeant, Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Riley, William, Private, Company K, ]05th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Riley, William G., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Ringo, James M., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Rinker, Aaron, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company H.
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Rinker, John H., Private. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Risk, John W., Private. Corporal, Sergeant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Risk^ William B., Private, 2nd Indiana Battery; Corporal, 2nd Indiana Battery,
re-organized.
Ritchie, George, Private, Company C, 3fith Indiana Infantry.
Robbins. John. Private. Company D, Sth U. S. C. T.
Robbins, Joseph W., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Robe, Robert, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Roberts, Alexander, Private, Corporal, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Roberts, Daniel, Private. Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
INDIANA CAVALRY.
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Koberts, Edmund, Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Roberts, Elijah P., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Roberts, Isaac, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Roberts. James, Private, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Roberts, Jeremiah, Wagoner, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Roberts, John D., Private, 2nd Indiana Battery; Private. 2nd Indiana Battery, re-
organized.
**Roberts. John Q. A.. Corporal, Sergeant, Company H, 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Roberts, John S., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Roberts, John W., Private, Company F, 117th Indiana Infantry.
Roberts, Joseph, Private, 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Roberts, Leander, Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company L,
8th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Roberts, Patrick, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Roberts, William. Corporal, Company C, 120th Indiana Infantry.
Roberts, William, Private, Company P, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Robinson. John, Private. Company H, 68th Indiana Infantry.
Robinson. Newton, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Robinson, Peter, Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Robinson, Rowland, Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Robison, James C. Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Robuck, Henry, Private, Company A, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
*Rock. William H. H.. Private. Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, First Sergeant. Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry; Second Lieutenant, Com-
pany H, 147lh Indiana Infantry.
Rodes, Franklin M., Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, David L., Private, Company H, 3Sth Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, George W., Private. Company C, 36lh Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, James, Private, Company H, 51st Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, John W.. Private. Company D, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, Joseph, Corporal, Company E, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Rogers, Joseph B., Corporal, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, Oscar. Private, Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Rogers, William A., Private. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Roney, Ellas M., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Rose, Fernandez, Private. Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Sergeant,
Company H, 30th Indiana Infantry," re-organized.
Ross, Henry C. Private. 2nd Indiana Battery.
Ross, Hiram C, Private. Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Ross, James, Private, Company C. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Ross, Jonathan, Corporal, Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. Company K. 36th Indiana
Infantry.
Ross, Moses, Private, Company M. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Ross, William, Private, Company H, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Ross, William A.. Private. Company B, 28th U. S. C. T.
*Roszell. John E., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Routh, Isaac W., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Rowland, Joseph, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Rozier, Jesse, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Rubush, Paul, Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
*Runnels, Samuel, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Runyan, Abraham, Musician, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Runyan, John, Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
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Runyan. Jonathan, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Runyan, Marcus L.. Private, Company G. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Runyan, William J., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Russell, Henry, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Ruth, Jacob, Private, Company H, 5th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Vet-
eran Corps).
Rutledge, William V., Private, Company D, Assistant Surgeon, Staff, 2nd Indiana
Cavalry; Assistant Surgeon, Staff, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
**Ryan, Dennis, Private, Company B, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Saint, Albert W., Private, First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company D. 36th In-
diana Infantry.
Saint, Henry H., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Saint, Horace M., Private, Company H, 3rd Battalion. IGth Infantry. U. S. A.;
Private, Company H, 34th Infantry U. S. A.
Saint, Oliver, P., Private, Company A, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Corporal. Company
C, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Saint, William M., Second Lieutenant, Company D; Adjutant, Staff. 147th Indiana
Infantry.
Salmon, James, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Sample, Asa E., Corporal, Sergeant, Company B, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
*Sanders, Charles F., Corporal, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Sanders, David, Private, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T.
Sanders, Francis A., Private, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Sanders, George W., Private, 25th Indiana Battery.
Sanders, John W., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Sanders, Luther B., Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Sapp, Andrew J., Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Sapp, John W., Private, Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Sargent, James L., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Safer, Noah W., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Safer, William, Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A,
4th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Saulsbury, Henry B., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Saunders, Henry, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Saunders, John, Private, Corporal, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Corporal,
Company H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Saunders, William L., Private, Company A, 6th Indiana Infantry ( three months ) ;
Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Sayford. Augustus L., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
**Schaffer, Henry, Private, Company B, 156th Indiana Infantry.
Schell, Isaac N., Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Schock, Jacob, Private, Corporal, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Scott. Gideon B., Private. Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Scott, Henry, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Scott. James M., Private, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Scott, John H., Private, Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Scott, Oliver P., Private, 12th Indiana Battery.
Sears, Wilson M.. Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Seaton, Valentine, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Seely, George, Private, Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
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**Seamans, James M., Private, Company D. 26th Indiana Infantry.
Settle, Winfield S., Private, Company F, S4tli Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Seward, Loveless, Private, Company B, 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company
B, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Seward, Thomas, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Seward, Wesley W., Sergeant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Seward, William T., First Lieutenant, Captain. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Shackle, Jesse, Private, Company A, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Shackles, Marshall K., Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
*Shaffer. Ira, Private, Company A, !' ?th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company H, 147th
Indiana Infantry.
Shaffer, John, Private, Company K, 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
Shaffer, William W., Private, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T.
Shane, George W., First Lieutenant, Middletown Rifles, Indiana Legion; Sergeant,
Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); First Lieutenant, Company K, 54th
Indiana Infantry (three months); First Lieutenant, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry
(Morgar Raid); Captain, Company H, l40th Indiana Infantry.
Shane, Thomas J.. Corporal, Sergeant, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Shane, Timothy, Private, Color Sergeant, Company G. tSth Indiana Cavalry.
Sharp, Cyrus, Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Sharp, John, Private, Company 11, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Sharp, Michael, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Sharp, William M.. Captain, Needmore Rangers, Indiana Legion; Captain, Company
K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Shatz, William, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infaatry.
Shaw. Francis Y., Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Shaw, Joseph, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Shearer, Abraham, Private, Unassigned, 13th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Shearon, Thomas W.. Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
B, IlOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Sheckles, John A.. Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Shedron, Charles C, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company H, 69th Indiana In-
fantry.
Sheehan, William, Private, Unassigned, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Shelley, Benjamin F., Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid ) .
Shelley, George W., Private, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Shelley, William F., Private, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry; First Lieutenant,
Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry; Captain, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry. (See
Alphabetical List B).
Shelley, Winford W., Sergeant, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Shelton, John J,, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Shepherd, Daniel, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Corporal, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Shepherd, Jeremiah A., Private. Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Shepherd, Leander, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
• Shepherd. Lorenzo D., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Shepherd. Martin. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Shepherd. William, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Corporal, 4th Indiana Battery.
Shepherd, William H., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Sheppard, James W., Sergeant, First Sergeant. Company E, 69th Indiana In-
fantry.
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*Shepler, Charles, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Sheridan, Calvin, Private, Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Sherry, John W., Private, Company H, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Corporal, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company I. Sth Regiment,
1st Army Corps (Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Sherry, William P., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Shields. David. Private, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Shipler, Jacob. Private, Company C, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
Shipman, Albert, Musician, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, 2nd Indiana Battery; Private, 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
**Shipman, Charles, Private, Company K, 132nd Indiana Infantry.
Shirk, George, Musician, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Shirkey, John A., Second Lieutenant, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Bhively, Daniel, Private, Company B, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Shockley, Benjamin F., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Shockley, Elisha H.. Private, Company D, 3Gth Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
E, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Shockley, James, Private, Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Shoemaker, Henry, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Shoemaker, John M., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Shoemaker, John P., Private, Company C, lOyth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Private, Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Shoemaker, Joseph R., Private, Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Shoemaker, Levi P., Private, Corporal, Sergeant. Second Lieutenant. Company E,
Sth Indiana Infantry (th»ee years).
*Shoemaker, Sanford ?I., Private, Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry: Private, Com-
pany P", 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
*Shoemaker, Silas M., Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company
F, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Shopp, Henry L.. Corporal, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid):
Private, Company C, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Shopp, Hershley, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**Showalter, William H.. Private, Company I, 67th Indiana Infantry.
Showers, John A., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Shroyer, Alexander R.. Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
**Shroyer, John W., Private. Company D, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Shroyer, Peter, First Lieutenant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Shuderlane, Jeremiah, Private, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Shultz, John, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*Shultz, Joseph F.. Corporal. Sergeant, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry .
Shunk, David, Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Shurrum, George, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Silvers. Samuel N., Private, 23rd Indiana Battery.
*Silvey, William T., Private, Corporal. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Simons, Joel, Corporal, Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Simons, Nixon, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Simmons, Henry W.. Private, Company A, 38th Indiana Infantry.
Simmons, John A., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
K, 132nd Indiana Infantry.
Simmons, William, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
C, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Simmons, William H., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Simpson, Absalom J., Private, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
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**Sims, Parvis, Private, Company G, 140tli Indiana Infantry.
Sinclair, Wayman. Private, Company A, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Sippy, Nicholas, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Sisson, Marquis L., Private, Corporal, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry .
Sisson, Perry V., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Skinner, Jacob, Wagoner, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
*Skinner, John L., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Skinner, William H., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Slaviris, Milton, Private, Company B, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
Slinger, Andrew J., Regimental Band. 3tith Indiana Infantry; First Lieutenant,
Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry; Captain, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry
(Morgan Raid); Private, Company B, 2Gth Indiana Infantry.
Sloau, Abner, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private
Company M, 21st Indiana Infantry re-organized as 1st Heavy Artillery.
Sloan, Henry, Private, Company C, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
Sloan, James E., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Sloat. Peter D., Private, Company E, 123rd Indiana Infantry.
Sloniker, Joseph M., Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Small, Eli O., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Smeltzer, George W., Corporal, Company B, l-17th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Andrew J., Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Smith, David H., Artificer, 23rd Indiana Battery.
Smith, Henry M., Private, Company F, 6th Irwcliana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, 2nd Indiana liattery.
Smith, Isaac, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Smith. Isaac P., Corporal, Sergeant. Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Smith". J. C, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Smith, Jackson, Corporal, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Jacob, Private, Company F, Gth Indiana Infantry (three months): Private,
Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company H. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-or-
ganized.
Smith, James, Private, Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, James H., Private, Company A, S7th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company A,
42nd Indiana Infantry.
Smith, James R., First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant. Company H, Sth Indiana In-
fantry (three years).
Smith, John, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Smith, John F., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, John H., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, John P., Private. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, John T., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Joseph D., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Joshua, Private, Company C, Sth Indiana Cavalry.
**Smith, Nelson G., Private, Company F, 99th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
F, 48th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Robert A., Private, Company A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Robert S., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Smith, Samuel T., Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant. Company F;
Adjutant, Staff. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Solomon. Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Stephen, Private, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, Thomas C, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Smith, Thorban W., First Sergeant, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Smith, William, Corporal, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Snider, Carlisle. Musician, Company F, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Snider, William H., Private, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
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Snidman. William, Sergeant, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Snodgrass, Wesley, Corporal. Company A, llOth Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Snodgrass, Willis, Private. Company C, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Snyder, David, Private. Company F, 11th Indiana Infantry.
*Snyder, Jacob, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Snyder, Rhynaldo, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
*Soule. William M., Private, Company G; Principal Musician, Non Commissioned
Staff. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Sourwine. Isaac, Sergeant, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Southard. Asbury, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Spade, Jacob, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
**Spain, Pleasant A.. Musician. First Sergeant, Company C, 58th Indiana Infantry.
Spaw, George, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Speakman, John, Corporal, Sergeant, 12th Indiana Battery.
Spell, Robert O., Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Speese, George W., Private, Company K. 54th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Corporal. Company H, 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Spencer. Charles, Private. Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Spencer, David, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Spencer, John A., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Spencer, Lindley H., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Sergeant, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Spencer, Milton M.. Private. Corporal. 4th Indiana Battery.
Sperry. Samuel W.. Private. Company I, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
*Sphor, Harmoni Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
*Sponsler, Andrew W., Private, Company B. 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Sprong, Andrew J., Wagoner, Company G. 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Sprong, James, Private. Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company K.
57th Indiana Infantry.
Spurry, William, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Staff, Frederick, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Staff, Henry, Private, Company F, 20th Indiana Infantry.
Staff, Peter, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stafford. Thomas. Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Stafford, William H., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Staht, Christopher, Private, Company B, 149th Indiana Infantry.
Staley, Harrison. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry, (Morgan Raid).
*Staley, Thomas, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Stam, William G. Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Stanfield, Clayton, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid I.
Stanley. Andrew, Private, Company I, 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Stanley. George W., Private, Company I, 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Stanley. Samuel B., First Sergeant. Company H. 5th Regiment, 1st Army Corps.
(Hancock's Veteran Corps).
Stanley, William A.. Private. Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private. Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company B. 8th Indiana Cavalry, re
organized.
Starbuck, Henry H., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Starbuck, James M.. Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
, -Starr, Joel, D., Private. Company B. Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Starr, Leander, Private, Corporal. Company D. 8th Indiana Infantry (three
years).
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Starr. Zachariah M., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Steadier. Adam A., First Lieutenant, 12th Indiana Battery.
Steele, Alexander, Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Steele, Isaac, Corporal, Company F, Oth Indiana Infantry (three months); First
).,;eiitenant. Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry; Second Lieutenant. Company B, 110th In-
uiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Steele, James, Private, Company F, Cth Indiana Infantry (three months); Sergeant.
First Lieutenant. Company G, IGth Indiana Infantry.
Steele, James A., Sergeant. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Steft'ey, Abraham. Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
*''Steffey. Joseph, Private. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Steiner. Valentine, First Lieutenant. Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
**Stephens, Charles H., Private. Company A, 153rd Indiana Infantry.
Stephens. William, Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Stephenson, Amos, Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stevens, Nathaniel, Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Stevens, Townsend G., Private. 4th Indiana Battery; Private. Troop G. 6th Cav-
Eilry I). S. A.
Stevens, William H., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stevenson, Weeliley M., Corporal, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
**Stewart. Benjamin A., Corporal. Company C. S2nd Indiana Infantry.
Stewart. David, Private, Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
Stewart, Elijah H., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Ste*art. Henry R.. Private. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Company G. 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Stewart. James S.. Private. Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry.
Stewart, John, Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private.
Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant. 2nd Indiana Battery, re-organized.
Stewart. Leander S., Private. Company A. 10.5th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Stewart, Samuel L., Private, Company F. S4th Indiana Infantry; Private. Com-
pany A. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Stewart. Silas, Private. Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry. .
Stewart, William, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stewart. William F., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stewart, William W., Private, CompaTiy F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Stigleman, John, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stilley, James. Private, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
*Stines. Joseph L., Private, Musician. Company I. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Stinson. George. Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stinson, John, Private. Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Stonebraker, Adam. Private, Corporal. Company E. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Stonebraker, John R.. Private. Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Stonesipher, Thomas J., Sergeant. Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Storms. John M., Private, Sergeant. Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Stotler. Obediah H., Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Stout, Hezekiah. Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Stout, John R., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Stout. William. Private, Company I, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Stowhig. Daniel. Private. Company I. 37th Indiana Infantry.
**Strahan, David B.. Private. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private. Company C, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Strain. David F., Private, Company I. 9th Indiana Infantry.
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Stratton, Albert, Private, Company F, 84tli Indiana Infantry.
Stratton, Benjamin F., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Straughn, Moses, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).; Pri-
vate, Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Stretch, William H.. Sergeant, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Strlckler. Peter C, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Strode,. Robert, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Strohm, Washington L.. Private, Company I, 11th Indiana Infantry.
**Strong. Rosey, Private. Company D, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Stuart, Henry, Private, Company A; 139th Indiana Infantry.
Stuart, Ithamer J., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Stubblefield, James, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Stubblefleld, Martin, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry. (See Alphabet-
ical List B).
Stubbs, Clarkson, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Studebaker, Daniel. Private. Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Sullivan, Daniel, Private, Company F, 19th Infantry U. S. A.
Sullivan, Jeremiah, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Sullivan, Patrick, Private. Company F, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
E, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized; Private, Company D, 1st Rhode Island Light
Artillery.
**Sullivan, William. Private, Company G, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Summers, Henry C, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid)
Summers, Horace, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Swafford, Laban W., Private, Farrier, Company G. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Swafford. William W., First Lieutenant, New Lisbon Indiana State Guards. Indiana
Legion.
Swaim, Klihu, Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Private,
Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Swaim, Harvey W.. Private. Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Ser-
geant, Company I, 69th Indiana Iniantry.
Swaim, John M., Private, Company F. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Corporal. Company H. 30th Indiana
Infantry, re-organized.
Swain, Elza, Private, Company G, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Swain, George H., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Swain, Henry, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Swain, John K., Private, Company E., Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
**Swain, John L.. Private. Company D. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Swain, Robert S.. Corporal, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Second Lieutenant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Swain, Thomas M., Sergeant, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; First Lieutenant,
Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Swain. William, Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Swayne, William T., Private. Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Swartz, George, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. 2nd Indiana
Battery, re-organized.
Swearingen, Demetrius, Private, Company K, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Swearingen, Samuel V.. Private, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Sweet, Eli M., Corporal, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Sweigart, Jacob, Private, Corporal, Com.pany C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Sweigart, Samuel H., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Swinney, Henry A.. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Swinney, Robert J., Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Swope, Joseph A.. Private. Company C, 109th- Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Sydruff, Robert, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Mc
Symons, Benjamin F. (See Incomplete List).
Tarlvleson, George W., Private. Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Com-
pany a. 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Tarvin, Amzi, Private, Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Taylor. David S.. Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Taylor, Ethan S., Private, Company D, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Taylor, George O., Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Taylor. Henry, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Taylor, Thomas E.. Private, Company K. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year); Pri-
vate. Company B, 21st Indiana Infantry, re-organized as 1st Heavy Artillery.
Taylor. Wilson. Private. Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company K,
57th Indiana Infantry.
Temple. George, Private, Company F, Stth Indiana Infantry,
Temple. Henry, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months); Com-
pany Quartermaster Sergeant, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Templet on. Charles, Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Templin, John H., Private. Company I, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Templin, Samuel V., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant. Company C.
36th Indiana Infantry; First Lieutenant. Company H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organ-
ized; Captain and Commissary of Subsistence and Brevet Major, Staff, U. S. Volunteers,
(See General Officers, Chapter IX).
Tennell, -James B.. Second Lieutenant. Middletown Rifles. Indiana Legion; First
Sergeant. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Terhune, Albert G., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Terhune, John H., Private, Sergeant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Terrill. Theodore, Private, Company F, 101st Indiana Infantry.
Tharp. Thomas D., Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant, Company F, 57th Indiana
Infantry,
*Thatcher, Edwin, Corporal, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Thawley, Edward, Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
E, First U. S. Engineers.
Thomas. A. C, Private, Company a; 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid),
Thomas, Charles E., Private, Company K, o6th Indiana Infantry.
**Thomas, Charles H. B,, Private, Company B. 28th U, S. C. T.; Private. Company E.
23rd U. S. C. T.
Thomas, Dock. (See Incomplete List).
*Thomas. James, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas, James, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas, James W., Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thomas, Thomas, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry,
Thomas, William K„ Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Com-
pany H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Thompson, Henry, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Thompson. James, Private, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thompson. John, Private, Unassigned, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Thompson. Joseph H., Private. Company G. Quartermaster, Sergeant. Non Commis-
sioned. Staff. S4th Indiana Infantry.
*Thompson. Lewis, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry,
Thompson. Nathan. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Thornburgh, Alfred M„ Musician, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months) ;
Regimental Band, ISth Indiana Infantry; Private, Company E; Chief Bugler, Non Com-
missioned Staff, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
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Thornburgh, Franklin D., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid) ; Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Thornburgh, James. Private, Company B. 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Thornburgh, John, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Staff, 4th Indiana Cavalry.
Thornburgh, John M., Regimental Band, 18th Indiana Infantry; First Sergeant,
Second Lieutenant, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
*Thornbursh, John W., Private, Corporal. Company K. 3(Jth Indiana Infantry.
Thornburgh, Milton, Sergeant, Company K, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Thornburgh, Weaver, Regimental Band, 18th Indiana Infantry; Sergeant, Company
C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Thornburgh, Wilson H., Corporal, Company A. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Threevv-its. Franklin, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Thurman, Isom. Private, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T.
Thut. Adolphus G., Corporal, Company A, 3Kth Indiana Infantry.
Tillman, William R.. Private. Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Timmons, John W., Private. Company C. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Tinney, James, Sergeant, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Tolbert. George W., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Topping, James S., Private, Company I, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Topping, William, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Tout, Charles, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid). ,
Trail, Benjamin F., Private, Company C; Sergeant, Major, Non Commissioned Staff,
28th U. S. C. T.
Trail. David, Private, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T.
Trail, James, Private, Company C, 28th U. S. C. T.
Trail, William. Private, Company I, 28th U. S. C. T.
Tribby, James W., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
K, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Trout. Abraham, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years): Private,
Sergeant, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Trout, John L.. Private, Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Cor-
poral, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Trout. William. Corporal. Company E. 8th Indiana Infantry (three year.s).
Troxell, Ezra, Private. Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry; Wagoner. Company F,
84th Indiana Infantry.
Troxell, Robert. Private, Company F. 84th Indiana Infantry.
Trumbull. Wescott S.. Private, Musician, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
*Trusler, Nelson, Colonel, Staff, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Tucker, George W., Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Tucker. Thomas B., Sergeant. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry ( Jlorgan Raid);
Private, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Tuder, Robert F., Private, Company M, 8th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Tuft. Andrew. Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Turner. Philip. Private. Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Turner, Samuel H., Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Turner, Sashwell, Private, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Turner, William, Private, Company K, 14Sth Indiana Infantry.
Tweedy, James L., Private, Company E, 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Tweedy, James M.. Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
**Tyer, 'Madison, Private, Company I, 132nd Indiana Infantry.
*Tygart. Thomas N., Private. Corporal. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Tykle, Frederick, Captain, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Cap-
tain, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Captain. Middletown Rifles, In-
diana Legion; Captain. Company C. 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid). (See Mex-
ican War). *
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**Tyner, Richard H. H., Corporal, Sergeant, First Sergeant, First Lieutenant. Com-
pany O, 9tli Indiana Infantry.
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Underwood, Enoch, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Unthank, Charles R., Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Upham, Nathan, Private, Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
VAN
Van Buskirk, John, Sergeant, Company K. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Van Buskirk, William H., Private, Company E. 106th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Van Dusen, George P. S., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Van Duyn, Isaac, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Van Dyke, Marshall, Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Van Dyke, Thomas B., Musician, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Van Horn, Henry H., Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Captain. Company A,
57th Indiana Infantry.
Van Matre, Abner, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Van Matre, Cyrus, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months) ; Ser-
geant, First Lieutenant, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Van Matre, David P., Private, Company G, Sth Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Van Matre, Jasper, Private, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Corporal,
Company L, 8th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Van Matre, Joseph, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Van Matre, Joseph J., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid); Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company F, 7th Indiana Cav-
alry, re-organized.
Van Matre, Joseph W., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Van Matre, Landy, Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months): Pri-
vate, Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company B, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, re-
organized.
Van Matre, Luther D., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Van Matre, Oliver H. P., Private, Company L, 8th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Van Matre. Peter. Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Van Matre, William J., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan
Raid).
Van Matre, William W., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Van Matre, Winfield S., Private, Company B, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Vanneman, Hiram B., Captain. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Vanosdal, Argus D., Captain, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
*Vanpelt. John, Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Van Winkle. Robert R.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
V
Vail, John M., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
**Vallandigham, Leroy, Private. Sergeant, Company D, 79th Indiana Infantry.
Vance, John H., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).''
Vance. John W.. Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Vance, John W. H., Private, Corporal, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry: Private.
Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Vance, Samuel G.. Private. Company F, 146th Indiana Infantry.
*Vaughn, Thomas C, Private, Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Veach, Benjamin H., Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
*Vest. Arthur E., Private, Sergeant, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
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*Vest, Rowland, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Vlclcrey. James R., Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Vicltrey, Rufus W., Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Videto, Willis, Private. Company E, 9th Regiment, 1st Army Corps (Hancock's Vet-
eran Corps).
*Vietch, Henderson. Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Vinson, Charles, Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Vores, James H., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Cor-
poral, Company C, Sbth Indiana Infantry.
Voorhees, De Camp B., Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
W
Waddell, Benjamin, Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Waddell, Charles M., Private, 19th Indiana Battery.
Waddell, Henry, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Waddell, Lorenzo D., Private, 19th Indiana Batt'ery.
Waddell, Luther, Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Waddy, John B., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
*Waddy, Robert A., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Waggoner, James L., Private, Company H. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Waggoner, Jehu, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Walker, Clinton, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Walker, George D., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Walker, George W., Private. Company A, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
**Walker, Jacob S., Private. Company C, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Walker, James A., Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid) ; Pri-
vate, Company A, S7th Indiana Infantry.
**Walker, John R., Private, Company G, 10th Indiana Cavalry.
■ Walker, William E., Private. Unassigned, 16th Indiana Infantry: Private, Company
G, 13th Indiana Cavalry.
Walker. William F.. Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
*Walker. William H., Private, Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Wall. William F. N., Private, Company C, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Wallace, David, Private, Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company K.
57th Indiana Infantry.
Wallace, John S.. Private. Company B. 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Waller, David. Private, Company K, o6th Indiana Infantry.
Waller, Thomas, Private, 3rd Indiana Battery; Private, 14th Indiana Battery.
*Wallick, Samuel, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
** Walling, Joseph, Private, Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry.
**Walton, Joseph P., Private. Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry.
*Wampler. Daniel S., Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Wann, Cyrus, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Ward, David, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Ward, John. Private, Company F, 130th Indiana Infantry.
Ward, John S., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Ward, Michael, Private. Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Ward, William H.. Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Warner, Caleb N., Sergeant, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Warner, George W., Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate. 12th Indiana Battery.
Warner. John. Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Warner, Noah W., Private, Company B. 8tb Indiana Infantry (three months); Pri-
vate, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Warner, Peter, Private, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY". 835
Warnock, Jacob, Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Pri-
vate, Corporal, Sergeant, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Warrick, George W., Private, Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wasson, Alexander, Private, Company K, 19th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company
E, 20th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Wasson, John D., Private, Company I, 12tth Indiana Infantry.
Waters, Thomas, Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Waters, William, Private, Company K, 9th Indiana Infantry.
Watkins, Daniel L., Private, Company P, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Watkins, Francis M., Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Watkins, John J., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Watkins, Marquis de L. (See Incomplete List.).
Watkins, Thornton T., Private. Company F. .57th Indiana Infantry.
Watkins, William M., Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry.
Watson, Cervantus S., Private, Company A, 3Cth Indiana Infantry.
*Watson, William C, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Watts, Harry, Private, Company F, 24th Indiana Infantry.
*Way, Armsbee D., Private, Corporal, Company K, 3Hth Indiana Infantry.
*Way, John S., Second Lieutenant, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Way, Thomas R., Private, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wayman, John C, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company C, 36th
Indiana Infantry.
Wean, George W., Private, Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry,
Weatherald, Thomas R., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Weaver, Charles H., Private, Company K, 17th Indiana Infantry.
*Weaver, Charles H., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Weaver, Clement H., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry; First Sergeant,
Second Lieutenant, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Weaver, David P., Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Weaver, George C, Private. Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Weaver, George T., Private, Company E; Saddler Sergeant, Non Commissioned
Staff, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Weaver, John R., Private, Saddler, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Weaver, John S., Private, Company K. 17th Indiana Infantry.
Weaver, Orange R., Private. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; Private, Company A;
Hospital Steward, Non Commissioned, Staff, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Weaver, Thomas D., Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Weaver, Walter S., Musician, Company H; Principal Musician, Non Commissioned
Staff, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Webb. William, Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
Weber, William, Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wfeed, Harvey H., Private, Company K, 134th Indiana Infantry.
Weeks, Edward W., Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Weeks, Nathan, Private, Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private B, 110th In-
diana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Weesner, Jesse, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
*Weesner, John S., Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Weesner, William B., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Weesner, William R., Private, Corporal, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
*Weist, George L., First Lieutenant, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Welborn, Henry C, Sergeant, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company A, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Welborn, Joshua T. C, Private. Company F, 11th Indiana Infantry; First Sergeant,
First Lieutenant, Captain, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
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Welborn, Shelby R., Private, Company B. 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Welch, James, Private, Company G, 16th Indiana Infantry.
Welch, Richard, Private, Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry.
Welker, David, Private, Company K, 99th Indiana Infantry; Wagoner, Company H,
140th Indiana Infantry.
Welker, George W., Private, Company E, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Welker, James M., Private, Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months) ;
Private, 15th Indiana Battery.
Welker, John, Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Welker, Jordan, Private, Com^pany H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Wells, James A., Private, Company I, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Werking, John, Private, Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Werking, Joseph E., Private, Corporal, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
West, Benjamin ki.. Corporal. Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years).
West, Pennel. Regimental Band, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years): Private. Com-
pany F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
West, William D., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
West. William H., Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years); Cor-
poral. Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private, Company F. 124th
Indiana Infantry.
*Wheeler, Jason, Private, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Whilton, William A., Private, Company A, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Whippel, David, Private, Company K, ISth Indiana Infantry.
Whitacre, William, Private, Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
White, Aaron. Private, Company D, 28th U. S. C. T.
White, Adam W., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
**White, Ed.gar T., Private, 7th Indiana Battery.
♦White, Elisha B., Private, Farrier, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
AVhite. George O., Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
White, Harvey, Private. Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
White, James M., Private, Unassigned, 33rd Indiana Infantry.
White, Noah B., Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
White. William N.. Private, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Whitehead. Jonathan R.. Private, Company G, 21st Indiana Infantry, re-organized
as 1st Heavy Artillery.
Wbitelock, Benjamin, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Whitesel, James L., First Sergeant, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three
months); Sergeant, 2nd Indiana Battery.
Whitesel, Joseph M., Assistant Surgeon, Staff, 3Gth Indiana Infantry.
Whitlow, James W., Private, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Whitlow, John W., Corporal. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Whitlow, King S., Private. Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Whltworth, John W.. Private. Corporal, Company E. Sth Indiana Infantry (three
years ) .
Whitworth, Sanford, Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company
F, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Wickersham, Caleb J.. Private, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wickersham, David, Private. Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Widows, William H.. Corporal, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Wigart, Michael S., Private. Company B, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Wiggins, Henry B.. Private, Company K. 37th Indiana Infantry.
Wiggins, Walter, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wiles, Nathan H., Second Lieutenant, Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wiles, William D., Captain. Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Wilhelm. Henry. Private, Company E. 9th Indiana Cavalry.
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Wilkinson, George M., Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Wilkinson, James E., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wilkinson, Rut'us A., Private, Company F, S4th Indiana Infantry.
Wilkinson, Tliomas B., Sergeant, First Lieutenant. Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Williams, Augustus, Private, Company C. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, Christian M., Private, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry; Private. Company
F, 7th Indiana Cavalry, re-organized.
Williams, Daaiel, Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, Daniel S., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, David A., Private, Company E, 11th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, George, Private, 15th Indiana Battery.
*Williams, James, Private, Corporal, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three
years).
Williams, Jesse L., Sergeant, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Williams. Jesse R., Private, Company E, 8th Indiana Infantry (three years); Sec-
ond Lieutenant. Needmore Rangers, Indiana Legion.
Williams, John, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, John J., Private, Company B. 5th Indiana Cavalry.
Williams, John W., Private. Company P. 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Williams, Joseph, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, Joseph B.. Second Lieutenant, New Lisbon Indiana State Guards, Indi-
ana Legion.
Williams. Leander J., Private, Corporal, Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, Lucian B., Private. Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Williams. Milton, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List B). "
Williams, Nereus P., Private, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
♦Williams. Richard, Sergeant, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, Thomas, Private, Corporal. Company F, 36th Indiana Infantry.
AVilliams, William, Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
Williams. William O., Corporal. Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months);
Private, Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry.
Williams, William R.. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Williams, Yancy, Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Williamson, Isaac, Private, Company B, 42nd Indiana Infantry.
Williamson, J. R., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Williamson, James E., Corporal, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Willis, Zadoc H., Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Willits,- Irwin, Private. Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Wills, John T.. Regimental Band, 36th Indiana Infantry.
♦Wilmington, Oscar N., Private, Sergeant, First Sergeant. First Lieutenant, Com-
pany P. 57th Indiana Infantry.
Wilson, Alpheus A., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wilson. Benjamin A., Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wilson, Charles C, Private. Company G. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wilson, Daniel H., Private. Company F, 36th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company H,
30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Wilson, Jabez, Private, Company A. 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid) ; Private,
19th Inrliana Battery.
Wilson. James, Private, Company K. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wilson. John, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wilson. Leander R.. Private, Company F, 6th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Wilson. Luther, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wilson, Michael C, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wilson, Richard, Private, Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Wilson, Shipley S., Sergeant, First Sergeant, First Lieutenant. Captain. Company
I, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Wilson. William E.. Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Winder, Charles, Sergeant, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Windsor, David E.. Private, Company I, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Windsor, Enoch M., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private. Company G, Tth Indiana Cavalry.
Windsor, .lames M.. Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Windsor, Zachariah, Private, Company E, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
*Wineberg, James A., Private, Company P, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Winings. Lemuel H., Private, Company A, 54th Indiana Infantry (one year).
Winings, Samuel, Private, Corporal, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wink, John A., Private, Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Winship, Joseph S., Private. Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Winslow, Davis, Private, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Winslow, Patrick H., Private, 22nd Indiana Battery.
Wise, William H., Private, Company F. 124th Indiana Infantry.
Wisehart, David, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Wisehart, Martin. Private. Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wiseheart, Philander, Private, Company B, Sth Indiana Infantry (three months).
Wisehart, Reuben, Private, Company K, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wisehart, Richmond. Private, Sergeant, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Com-
pany f, 57th Indiana Infantry.
Wisehart, William, Private, Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
*Wolf, Jonathan. Wagoner, Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry.
**Wolf, Samuel, Private, Corporal, Company M, 11th Indiana Cavalry.
*Wolf, William, Private, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Wood, Seth, Corporal, Company I, 69th Indiana, Infantry.
Woodard, William H.. Private, Company K, 3Sth Indiana Infantry.
Wooden, Arthur M.. Private, Company B, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
*Woodring, Benjamin F., Corporal, Company H, 140th Indiana Infantry.
Woodruff, Jerome, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Woodruff, Oliver, Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Woods, George W.; Sergeant, 25th Indiana Battery.
AVoods, Henry C, Sergeant, 19th Indiana Battery.
**Woods, Jeremiah. Private; Company B, 99th Indiana Infantry.
Woods. Robert E.. Private, Corporal. Company M, 9th Indiana Cavalry.
Woods. William H. S., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Woodward, Alpheus L., Private, Company I, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Woodward, Pyrrhus, Captain, Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry. (See Mexican
War).
*Woody, Ancis C. Private. Corporal, Company K, 36th Indiana Infantry.
*Woody. Zenoah B.. Private. Company H. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Woolfecker, Francis, Private, Company A. 36th Indiana Infantry; Private. Com-
pany H, 30th Indiana Infantry, re-organized.
Woolters. Charles, Private, Company B. 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company E, 34th Indiana Infantry.
Workman, Henry, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Workman. Isaac, Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Workman, John. Private, Company C, 147th Indiana Infantry.
*Worle. Alexander, Private, Company H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
**Worster. Lewis H.. Private. Company H. 153rd Indiana Infantry.
Woy, George W.. Private. 12th Indiana Battery. (See Alphabetical List B).
Wright, Alfred P., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
Wright, Henry G., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
COMPANY G. 7th INDIANA CAVALRY.
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Wright, Isaac N., Private. Musician, Company D. 147th Indiana Infantry.
Wright, John H., Private, Company D, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Wright, Jonathan R.. Private, Company I, 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Wright, William, Private, Unassigned, 22nd Indiana Infantry.
Wright, William B., Private. Company D, 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Wright, William F., Private, Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Wright, William H., Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Wysong, Frederick, Sergeant, Company F, tith Indiana- Infantry (three months).
Wysong. George W., Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Company B. 42nd Indiana Infantry.
**Yates, Daniel, Private, Company G, 68th Indiana Infantry.
Yates, William, Private, Company I, 147th Indiana Infantry.
Yetter, Henry, Private, Company A, 105th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid): Pri-
vate, Corporal, Company A. 139th Indiana Infantry.
Yost, Albert N., Private, Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months); Cor-
poral. Company G, S4th Indiana Infantry; First Sergeant, Company K, 57th Indiana In-
lantry.
Yost. Jacob W., First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Yost. Lewis F., Private. Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry.
Young, David, Musician, Company A; Principal Musician, Non Commissioned Staff,
36th Indiana Infantry.
Young, James H., Corporal, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
** Young. James L., Private. Company K, 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Young, James S.. Private, Company I, 84th Indiana Infantry; Private, Company K,
57th Indiana Infantry.
Young. Joseph A., Private, Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid);
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company G, 7th Indiana Cavalry.
Young, Robert A., Private. Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry; Corporal, Company
H, 147th Indiana Infantry.
^ oung, Theodore, Private, Company I. 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Youngman. Samuel, Private. Company K, 54th Indiana Infantry (three months).
Yount, David S.. Regimental Band. ISth Indiana Infantry; PMrst Lieutenant, Captain,
Company H, 69th Indiana Infantry.
Yount, William H.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry; Private. Company
C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid); Private, Corporal, Ser.geant, Company F, 124th
Indiana Infantry.
Youtsey, Thomas, Private, Company D, 148th Indiana Infantry.
Zeigler, George H.. Private. Company H. 69th Indiana Infantry.
Zeigler, Jacob, Private, Company E, 36th Indiana Infantry.
Zimmerly, Edward, Private. Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months).
♦Zimmerman, Charles E.. Private. Company H; Commissary Sergeant. Non Com-
missioned Staff. 140th Indiana Infantry.
Zimmerman. Ferris, Private, Company D, Sth Indiana Infantry (three years).
Zimmerman, George W., Private, Company A, 110th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid).
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ALPHABETICAL LIST B.
This list includes the names of soldiers of the Civil War from Henry County
who went to other States to enlist. Soldiers from other counties in the State,
who served in other State organizations and moved to Henry County after the
Civil War, are also included in this list and are designated by two asterisks,
thus **, before the names.
**Barnard, Eugene, Private, Company I, 167th OTiio Infantry.
Barrett, Augustus E., Private, Company D, 8th Illinois Infantry (three months);
First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company D, 8th Illinois Infantry (three years).
Brenneman, Charles, Private, Company B, Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fre-
mont's Body Guard).
Bronnenberg, Carl, Private, Company A, and Private, Company M. 8th Ohio Cavalry.
(See Alphabetical List A).
Brunner, Francis M., Private, Company B, .5Sth Ohio Infantry.
**Burchett, Thomas J., Second Lieutenant, Company H, 74th Ohio Infantry. (See
Alphabetical List A).
Burr, Lafe J., Private. Company A, 137th Ohio Infantry.
C
Calvert. Charles L., Private, Company F, 165th New York Infantry. (See U. S. Mili-
tary Academy).
Confare, Ephraim, First Lieutenant, Captain. Company H, 2nd Missouri Light Ar-
tillery. (See Alphabetical List A).
Conn, William D., Captain, Company I, 35th Iowa Infantry.
**Cooper, Daniel M., Sergeant, Company I, 11th Ohio Infantry; First Sergeant,
Company K, 87th Ohio Infantry; First Sergeant, Company E, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery.
Covey, William, Private, Company B, 23rd Iowa Infantry.
CruU, Francis M., Private, Company H, Sth Iowa Infantry. (See Alphabetical List
A).
D
Uavis, David F., Private. Company B. Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fre-
mont's Body Guard). (See Alphabetical List A).
Dowell, David, Private, Company C, 12th Missouri Cavalry.
Evans, Owen, Corporal, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Captain. Company A,
2nd U. S. Sharpshooters.
F
Fort. Oliver P., Private, Company K, 2nd Colorado Cavalry. (See Mexican War).
Frazier. Henry, Private, Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
Frazier, James, Private, Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
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Frazier, Nathan, Private, Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
Frazier, William, Private, Company G, 29th Iowa Infantry.
Gillgeese, William, Wagoner, Company K, 2.^th Illinois Infantry; Wagoner, Sth Bat-
tery, Wisconsin Light Artillery.
**Gillingham, Ezra, Private, Company I, 21st V. R. Corps. (See Mexican War).
Goodwin, Isaac, Private, Company H, 4th Ohio Cavalry. (See Alphabetical List A).
Gray, James M., Private, Company B, Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fre-
mont's Body Guard). (See Alphabetical List A).
H
Hatfield. Aaron S., Private, Company D, (iSth Illinois Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List A).
Hendricks. Miles, Private, Sergeant, Company I, lS7th Ohio Infantry. (See Alpha-
betical List A).
Hoover, Henry, Private, Company K, 11th Kansas Cavalry.
Hoover, John, Private, Company K, 11th Kansas Cavalry.
Hoover, John S., Private, Company K,; Quartermaster Sergeant, Non Commissioned
Staff: First Lieutenant, Company K, 31st Illinois Infantry; Captain and Aid de Camp,
Major and Aid de Camp, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Brevet Colonel, Staff, U. S. Volun-
teers. (See General Officers, Chapter IX).
I
Isenhour, Nathan, Private, Corporal, Company K, 34th Illinois Infantry.
L
Long. Edward M., Second Lieutenant, Company B, 3rd North Carolina Mounted In-
fantry. (See Alphabetical List A).
Mc
McDowell, Thomas, Private. Corporal, Company B, 23rd Iowa Infantry.
M
Mason, Alexander L., Captain, Company C, 1st Iowa Infantry.
Mayes, John, Musician, Brigade Band, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps.
Mayes, Joseph H., Musician, Brigade Band, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army
Corps.
Meek, Sam Carey, Private, Company G. and Private, Company B, 1st California In-
fantry.
Mills, William, Private, Company D, 6th Minnesota Infantry.
Monticue, William, Private, Company A, 123rd Illinois Infantry.
Moore, Louis P., Private, Company K, 67th Illinois Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List A).
Mullen, George E., Private, Company C. 54th Ohio Infantry.
Murray. Alvin R., Private, Company A, 181st Ohio Infantrj'.
N
Netz. John. Private, Wallace Guards, Ohio Infantry; Private, Wagoner, Corporal,
Company I, 2nd Ohio Cavalry.
Netz, Peter, , Private, Company D, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery. (See Alphabetical
List A).
O
**0'Neal, Joseph, Private, Corporal, Company F, 40th Ohio Infantry; Corporal, Com-
pany I, .51st Ohio Infantry.
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Parker, Nathaniel W., Private, Company A, 3rd West Virginia Cavalry.
Parker, Robert, Private, Company F, 8th Wisconsin Infantry.
Saint, Abner P., Private, Company C, 71st Illinois Infantry.
Saint, Exum, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Com-
pany K, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
Saint, Henry H., Private, Company C, 71st Illinois Infantry, (See Alphabetical List
A).
Saint, William M., Private, Sergeant, First Sergeant, Company B, 59th Ohio In-
fantry. (See Alphabetical List A).
Schildknecht, John, Private, Corporal, Company B, 5th Iowa Cavalry.
Scott, Otho H., Private, Company C, 17th Ohio Infantry; Private, First Sergeant,
Company A, 40th Ohio Infantry.
Shelley. William F., Private, Company B, Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fre-
mont's Body Guard), (See Alphabetical List A).
Stephenson, Reuben B., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company K, 10th Iowa Infan-
try. (See Mexican War).
Stubblefield, Martin, Private, Company B, Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fre-
mont's Body Guard). (See Alphabetical List A).
Thompson, George W., Private, Company C, 36th Illinois Infantry,
V
Van Matre, Peter L., Private, Company E, 6th Illinois Cavalry.
W
** Welsh. .James H., Assistant Surgeon, Staff. 185th Ohio Infantry.
Williams, Milton, Private, Company I, lS7th Ohio Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List A).
Woy, G«orge W., First Lieutenant, Captain, Company C, 1st Tennessee Light Ar-
tillery. 'See Alphabetical List A).
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ALPHABETICAL LIST C.
This list includes the names of soldiers of the Civil War from other States
who moved to Henry County after the Civil War. The names of soldiers of the
Civil War, presumably from other States, whose records are incomplete in this
History, are also included in this list. Their services in the Civil War, so far
as known, may be found by reference to the 'Tncomplete List."
Abbott, Mathew T., Private. Company A. 35th Iowa Infantry.
Abrams, Joseph W., Private, Company C, 22nd Kentucky Infantry; Private. Com-
pany K, 7th Kentucky Infantry.
Abrams, Sylvester, Private, Company E, 18th Missouri Infantry.
Albright, Perry J., Corporal, Company B, 110th Ohio Infantry.
Alexander, William G., Private. Company F, 54th Kentucky Infantry.
Armicost, John W., Private, Company D, 7th Ohio Cavalry.
Arnold. Samuel, Corporal. Sergeant, Company G, 5th Ohio Cavalry.
Baker, John, Private, Corporal, Company E, 1st Heavy Artillery, U. S. C. T.
Ball. John D., Private, Company D, 2nd Missouri Cavalry.
Barrett, Philip N., Private, Company I, 193rd Ohio Infantry.
Beardsley. Thurman H.. Private, Company D. 16Sth New York Infantry.
Bell, Lafe, Private. Sergeant, Company F.-53rd Kentucky Infantry.
Bennett, Samuel H., Private, Company H, 54th Ohio Infantry.
Bodmer. Jacob. Private, Company B, 46th New York Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List A).
Brandon, Esley R.. Private, Company B, 71st Ohio Infantry.
Brodrick, James W., Private, Company C, 11th Ohio Infantry. (See Alphabetical
List A).
Brown, Francis M., Private, Company F. 1st U. S. Sharpshooters.
Bunnell. William. Private. Company D, Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers (Fre-
mont's Body Guard); Private, Company D, 39th Ohio Infantry.
Burke. George W., Private, Company H; Hospital Steward, Non Commissioned Staff,
9th Pennsylvania Infantry;Assistant Surgeon, Major and Surgeon, Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel, Staff. 4(5th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Byraih, Silas. Private, Company K, 34th Ohio Infantry; Private, Company G, 17th
Regiment, V. R. Corps.
C
Campbell. Gary. (See Incomplete List).
Cantrell. Abner, Private, Company A, 2nd West Virginia Infantry.
Chance, William H. (See Incomplete List).
Chambers, Andrew J., Private, Corporal. Company D, 113th Ohio Infantry.
Clevidence. Isaac, Private, Company E. 13th Maryland Infantry.
Cochran, William, Private, Corporal, Company F, 18th Iowa Infantry.
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Coffin, Arthur W., Musician. Company F, 120th Ohio Infantry; Musician, Company I,
23rd Ohio Infantry.
Coflin. Thaddeus, Private. Company G; Regimental Band. 23rd Ohio Infantry.
Conner. Patrick, Private. Company K, 66th Ohio Infantry.
Crandall, William J. C, Private, Sergeant. First Lieutenant, Captain. Company G.
1st Tennessee Infantry.
Crawford, Amos, Private, Sergeant, Company C, 91st Illinois Infantry.
Cutler, William A., Private, Company C, i45th Illinois Infantry.
Uavis. Joseph S. (See Incomplete List).
Decker, Richard B.. Private. Company B, and Private, Company D, 1st New Jersey
Light Artillery.
Deeter, A. S. (See Incomplete List.)
Denius. Leander S., Regimental Band. 3.5th Ohio Infantry; Captain, Company G.
156th Ohio Infantry.
Ue Witt, Abraham, Private, Company D, 37th Kentucky Infantry.
Dill, John W., Private. Company I, 40th Iowa Infantry.
Dodd, William E., Private, Company F, 7th West Virginia Infantry.
Dowling, James H., Private. Company C, 71st New York Infantry.
Dutton. John. Private. 3rd Ohio Independent Battery.
Ewing, James P.. Private, Company B, ISth Ohio Infantry.
Kwing, James W. (See Incomplete List).
Feezer, James H. E.. Private. Corporal. Company I, 1st Maryland Potomac Home
Brigade Infantry.
Fleming. Andrew J. (See Incomplete List).
Frazier. Iredell R.. Private. Company G, 3rd Maryland Cavalry.
G
Gibbs. Charles N.. Second Lieutenant. Captain. Conipany B. 69th Ohio Infantry.
Gillmore, Isaac R., Private, Company I, 30th Illinois Infantry.
Goudy, William C, Private, Company I, 32nd Ohio Infantry.
Graham. David A., Private, Company F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery.
Griner, Andrew J., Private, Company D, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery.
Grunden, Israel H., Private, Company F, 2nd Illinois Cavalry; Private, Company
H, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, consolidated.
H
Hansard. Patrick H.. Frivale, Company F, 14th U. S. C. T. (See Alphabetical
List A).
Hartman, Richard, Private, Company D, 109th U. S. C. T.
Hartman, Samuel. (See Incomplete List).
Harvey, Charles W.. First Sergeant, Company D, 79th Ohio Infantry.
Hatch, Asa W., Private, Company P, 2nd Ohio Infantry; Second Lieutenant. Com-
pany E, 152nd Ohio Infantry.
Hazelrigg. James T. J.. Private, Sergeant, Company D, 4th Kentucky Infantry.
Heman, Hiekok, Private. Corporal, Sergeant, Company B, 3rd Ohio Cavalry.
Henneigh, Martin L., Private, Company B, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Higley, Henry W., Private, Company G, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.
Hill, John, Private, Company G, 55th Massachusetts Infantry.
Hillock, William G,, Private. Company E, 5th Ohio Cavalry.
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845
Hockersmith, Samuel M., Private. Corporal, Company D. 47th Ohio Infantry.
Holsinger, Jacob. Sergeant, Company G, 110th Ohio Infantry.
Hopper, Abram B., Private. Company G, 39th Ohio Infantry.
Howard, Alonzo, Private, Company L, IGth New York Heavy Artillery; Private. Com-
pany L,, and Private. Company D, 1st New York Mounted Infantry; Private, Company D,
4th New York Cavalry.
Howe. Charles H. (See Incomplete List).
I
Ike, John H., Private, Company E, 71st Ohio Infantry.
Irving. James W., Private, Company H, 3rd Maine Infantry; Saddler, Company C,
2nd Maine Cavalry.
J
Jacobs, William H., Private, Company A, 91st Ohio Infantry.
Julian, Milton P., Private. Company D, 115th Illinois Infantry.
Justice, John, Corporal. Company K, 40th Kentucky Infantry.
Kamphere, George, Private, Company I, 13th Heavy Artillery, U. S. C. T.
iugler, Compa
Chief Bugler, Non Commissioned Staff, 7th
King, David T.,
Cavalry.
Kirby, John, Private. Company E, and Private, Company H, 92nd Ohio Infantry.
Kirk, Allen M., Private, Company
Riser, Levi, Private, Company C,
98th Ohio Infantry.
3yth Ohio Infantry.
th Ohio Infantry; Private, Company
Lamb, Jefferson, Private, Company K, 48th Kentucky Infantry.
Leavens, Alfred D. W., Private, Company K, Sth Illinois Cavalry.
Lee. Elihu. (See Incomplete List).
Lemmon. Isaac C. Private. Corporal. Company I, 71st Ohio Infantry.
Lewis, James J. (See Incomplete List).
Longnecker, Michael, Private, Company
B, 94th Ohio Infantry.
Loring, Willard H. (See Incomplete List).
Loucks, Dwight C, Corporal. Company H, 112th New York Infantry.
Mc
McGavran, William B., Major and Surgeon, Staff, 26th Ohio Infantry.
McKenzie, Peter, Private, Company E, 91st Ohio Infantry.
McKinney. Calvin B., Private, Company C, 17th West Virginia Infantry.
McNaught. Gilbert. Private, Company E, 50th New Y'ork Engineers.
McNurney. John, Private, Company A, Major Berry's Battalion, Missouri Cavalry;
Corporal, Company L, 1st Missouri Cavalry.
M
Malsbary, Thomas L., Private, Company K, 138th Ohio Infantry.
Mayes, John W., Private, Company E, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Michels, Peter, Private. Sergeant, Company K. 72nd Ohio Infantry.
Middaugh. Wilson C, Private, Company C. 1st Michigan Infantry; First Sergeant,
Company M. 8th Michigan Cavalry.
Miller. David T., Private, Company I. 9th New Jersey, Infantry,
Miller, Isaac H. (See Incomplete List).
Moore, Joshua C, Private, Company E, 13th Ohio Cavalry.
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Morehead, Jacob. Private, Company C, 75th U. S. C. T.
jVLorgan, William H., Sergeant, Company E, 38th Illinois Infantry.
Morton. Thomas, Private, Captain, Company C; Colonel. Staff, 20th Ohio Infantry;
Colonel, Staff, 81st Ohio Infantry. (See Mexican War).
Mulford, John W. (See Incomplete List).
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Nelson, William H.. Private, Company E. 69th Ohio Infantry; Private, Company M,
13th Ohio Cavalry.
Noftsinger, John J., Private, Company K. lS8th Ohio Infantry.
Norviel, Rhoderick D., First Sergeant, Company K, 132nd Ohio Infantry.
O
Ogborn. La Fayette. Corporal, Company G, 12th Illinois Cavalry.
Palmer, John, Seaman. U. S. Navy; Private, Corporal. Sergeant, Company B, 34th
New Jersey Infantry.
Patterson, Amaziah B. (See Incomplete List).
Peyton, Edward, Private, Company I, 74th Ohio Infantry.
Phillips, James, Private, Company D, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery.
Potter. Clinton, Private. Company D. 20th Ohio Infantry.
Pry. Henry, Private, Company E. 33rd Ohio Infantry.
R
Ray, Amos. (See Incomplete List).
Reece, Daniel C, Private, Company B, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.
Reece. Henry C. Private, Company B, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.
Rice, John H. C, Private, Company G, 7th Maryland Infantry.
Rife, Obed C, Private, Company D, lo2nd Ohio Infantry. (See Alphabetical List A).
Roberson, Caleb J., Sergeant, Company I, 1st Infantry, U. S. A.
Robson, George B., Private, Company A, S6th Ohio Infantry; Private,' Corporal,
Sergeant, Company B, 69th Ohio Infantry.
Rodgers, Leonidas, Private, Company C, 16th Ohio Infantry; Regimental Band ,13th
Missouri Infantry; Private, Company E, 152nd Ohio Infantry.
Rohrback, William H. H.. Private, Corporal, Sergeant. Company E, 1st Maryland Po-
tomac Home Brigade Infantry.
Ross. W. J., Private, Company C, 17th West Virginia Infantry.
Schofleld. Jesse R., Private, Company F, 69th Ohio Infantry.
Sharp. Russell B.. Private, Company F, 66th Ohio Infantry.
Sherrod. Frederick, Private, Company M, 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry.
Shockey, William. (See Incomplete List).
Simmons. Robert, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company H; Sergeant Major, Non
Commissioned Staff. 125th U. S. C. T.
Slade. Frederick, Private, Company F, 64th Ohio Infantry.
Sloan, William C. (See Incomplete List).
Smith, Joseph, 5th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery.
Smith, Thomas M., Private, Company G, 12th Kentucky Infantry.
Smorzka, Joseph, Private, Corporal, Company F, 5th Ohio Infantry.
Stafford, Freeland H. C, Private, Company F, 50th Pennsylvania Militia (State
Service).
Stevens, Henry H., Private, Company A. 62nd Illinois Infantry; Private, Company
D, 62nd Illinois Infantry, consolidated.
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Stuart, Robert, Assistant Surgeon, Staff. 2nd Kentucky Cavalry.
Swain, James W., Private. Company B. 81st Ohio Infantry.
Sweet. William K., Corporal, Company G, 40th Ohio Infantry; Private, Company K,
1st Ohio Infantry.
rawney, Daniel A., Captain and Chaplain. Staff. 179th Ohio Infantry.
Taylor. James, Private, Company B. 33rd Ohio Infantry.
Thomas, Dock. (See Incomplete List).
Turner, Mark. (See Incomplete List).
Turner, Moab, Private, Company I, -Ith Tennessee Infantry or 1st Tennessee Cavalry.
U
Ulmer, Daniel, Private, Company I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Upp, George W.. Private, Company E. 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery.
V
Van fleet. Daniel, Private, Corporal. Company C. 27th New Jersey Infantry.
Vaughan. Theodore R., Private, Company G, S9th Ohio Infantry.
W
Waldron, Holman W., Corporal. Sergeant. Company C. 23rd Maine Infantry; Private,
Corporal, Company E. 32nd Maine Infantry.
Watson, James F.. Corporal, Company B; Hospital Steward. Non Commissioned
Staff; Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Company C, 9Sth Ohio Infantry; Captain,
Company U," and Captain, Company G, 63rd U. S. C. T.
Weaver, Cornelius, First Lieutenant, Captain. Company B. 18th Illinois Infantry.
Weston, Asa M., Private, Sergeant, Company K; Sergeant Major. Non Commissioned
Staff; Second Lieutenant, Company E, 50th Ohio Infantry.
White. Johnson A., Private, Company E, 87th Ohio Infantry.
Willis, James L., Private. Corporal. Sergeant, Company H, 23rd Ohio Infantry.
Wilson. Robert H., Private, Company C, 156th Ohio Infantry.
Winkler. John R.. Private, Company C, 8th Kentucky Infantry.
Wrightsman, David, Private, Company A, 79th Ohio Infantry; Private, Company D,
73rd Ohio Infantry.
Wysohg, John. Private, Company I. 71st Ohio Infantry.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST D.
This list includes the names of Henry County soldiers and sailors who have
served in the Regular Army and Navy since the close of the Civil War. Soldiers
and sailors who served in the regular Army and Navy and in the United States
Volunteer Regiments, during and since the Spanish-American War and the
Philippine Insurrection, are classified under this head. The list includes the names
of some soldiers, who were not residents of Henry County at the time of enlist-
ment, but who afterwards moved into the County. These are designated by two
asterisks, thus **, before the names.
A
Abbott, James W., Private, Corporal. Company E; Sergeant Major and Ordnance
Sergeant. Non Commissioned Staff. 24th Infantry. U. S. A.
Abbott, John W., Private. Company A, 24th Infantry, U. S. A.
Albin. Burt. (Record incomplete in this History).
Alpham, Edward R., Private. Company K. ISth Infantry, U. S. A.; Private, Corporal,
Company L. 29th Infantry, U. S. V.
Armicost. Charles A.. Apprentice. U. S. Navy.
Bailey, George W., Private. Company C. 81st Infantry, U. S. V.
Baker, John, Private, Company A, 15th Infantry, XJ. S. A.
Berry. James A., Private. Company K. 13th Infantry. U. S. A.
Bills. Frederick A.. Private. Corporal. Sergeant, Company I, 45th Infantry. U. S. V.
Bird. William. (Record incomplete in this History).
Bowm,an, Alva. (Record incomplete in this History).
Bundy. Omar. (See U. S. Military Academy).
Byrket, Jb.rnest B.. Private. Corporal. Company M. 10th Infantry. IT. S. A.
Caldwell. Frederick, Private, Company A, 1st Artillery. U. S. A.: Private,
A. 6th Artillery, XJ. S. A.; Private, Company E, 18th Infantry, U. S, A.
Castetter, John A., Private, Company L, 10th Infantry, U. S. A.
Cock, Adelbert B.. Private, U. S. Marine Corps; Ship's Barber, U. S. Na\T-
Conner, Dennis. Private, Musician, Company H. 10th Infantry. U. S. A.:
Corporal. Sergeant, Company H, 11th Infantry, XJ. S. A.
Cook, George A., Private, Company L. 26th Infantry. X.T. S. V.
Cook. James E.. Private. Corporal. Sergeant. Company F. 11th Infantry,
Sergeant. Company E. 14th Infantry. XJ. S. A.
Crabill. James O., Private. Company H. 29th Infantry. U. S. V.
Dakins, James P., Private. Company G. 16th Infantry. XT. S. A.
Delaware, Walter, Private, Corporal. Company K. 45th Infantry, XJ. S. V.
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**Denny, David P., Corporal, Company I, 32nd Infantry, U. S. V.
Dickerson, John D., Machinist, U. S. Navy.
Doggett, James, Private, Company F, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
Elliott, Raymond, Corporal, Company E, 35th Infantry, U. S. V.
Elliott, William H. (See U. S. Naval Academy).
Estelle, John. (Record incomplete in this History).
Estelle, Roy, Private, Company D, 6th Artillery, U. S. A.; Private, Troop F, 1st
Cavalry, U. S. A.; Private, , 12th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Finnegan, Robert. L., Private, Troop M, 6th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Fisher, Charles E., Private, Company I, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
Garriott, Homer C, Private, Troop D, 8th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Garvis, Thomas J., Private, Artificer, Sergeant', Company C; Quarterraaster Sergeant,
Non Commissioned Staff, 17th Infantry, U. S. A.
Gilbert, Heenon. Private, Company K, 22nd Infantry, U. S. A.
Gray, Panander W., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, First Sergeant, Company C, 2nd
Infantry, U. S. A.
Grifhn, Daniel F., Junior, Private, Company C, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
H
Halstead, William J. P., Private. Artificer, Corporal, Sergeant, Company G; Quarter-
master Sergeant, Non Commissioned Staff, 2nd Infantry, U. S. A.
**Hardway, Ernest, Private, Company F, 24th Infantry, U. S. A.
**Harris, Frank W., Private, Corporal, Company L; Regimental Band, 38th Infantry,
U. S. V.
Harry, Dallas D., Private, Sergeant, Troop H; Acting Battalion Sergeant Major,
Non Commissioned Staff, 13th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Hays, Samuel G., Private, Company I, 21st Infantry, TJ. S. A.
Hazzard, Leander E., Private, Troop H, 5th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Heacock, Claude H., Private, Company K", 3rd Artillery, U. S. A.
Hilkirk, Emery A., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company A, 11th Infantry, U. S. A.
**Hill, John S., Private, Company I, 18th Infantry, U. S. A.
Hodson, John, Private, Company A, 45th Infantry, XJ. S. V.
Hollovfay, Carl L., Private, Company G, 29th Infantry, U. S. V.
Hoosier, Louis M., Private, Company C, 24th Infantry, U: S. A.
Hutson, William W., Private, Company E, 35th Infantry, U. S. V.
Jacobs, Forest R., Private, Company H, and Private, Company D, 11th Infantry,
U. S. A.; First Sergeant, Company H, Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry; Post
Quartermaster Sergeant, Post Non Commissioned Staff, Porto Rico Provisional Regi-
ment of Infantry; Post Quartermaster Sergeant, Post Non Commissioned Staff, U. S. A.
Jacobs, John N., Private, Troop I, 12th Cavalry. U. S. A.
K
Kahoon, Harvey, Private, Company B, 23rd Infantry, U. S. A.
Kelly, Lewis, Private, Company B, 5th Infantry, U. S. A. •
**Keough, Elmore F., Private, Company E, 15th Infantry, U. S .A.
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Lamtird, Oren E., Private, Troop H, 12th Cavalry, U. S. A.
**Lehman. William, Private, Troop D, 7th Cavalry, U. S. A.; Private, Sergeant,
Troop H, 1st Cavalry, U.S. A.; Sergeant, Troop K, 3rd Cavalry, U. S. A.; Sergeant, First
Sergeant, Troop C, 3rd Cavalry, U. S. A.; Sergeant, Troop K, 13th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Lennington, James, Private, Company H, 23rd Infantry, U. S. A.
Mc
McConnell, Robert C, Private, 25th Company, Coast Artillery, U. S. A.
McCorkle, William E., Bugler, Company A, 12th Infantry, XJ. S. A.
McGuire, Harry F., Second Class Baker, U. S. Navy.
M
Main, Frank M., Private, Hospital Corps, U. S. A.
Miller, Ross C, Private, Troop F, 5th Cavalry, TJ. S. A.; Private, Troop A, 4th Cav-
alry, U. S. A.
Morris, Herbert W., Private, Company C, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
N
Newby, Otis C, Corporal, Company C, 45th Infantry, U. S. V.
Nicholson, Boyd, Private, Company G, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
O
Otis, Eugene. (Record incomplete in this History).
P
Paully, John E., Private, Company H, 16th Infantry, U. S. A.
Pence, William W., Private, Company K, 7th Infantry, U. S. A.
Pitts, Herman L., Private. 25th Company, Coast Artillery, U. S. A.
Pitts, Walter E., Private, 25th Company, Coast Artillery, U. S. A.
Powell, John J., Private, Reserve Hospital Corps, 1st Army Corps, U. S. A.
Reeder, Leonard M., Private, Company H, 12th Infantry, U. S. A.
Reeder, Thomas B., Junior, Private, Company H, 12th Infantry, U. S. A.
Riley, Kalula, Private, Company A, 45th Infantry, U. S. V.; Private, Troop E,
5th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Roberts. Clarence A., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company M, 13th Infantry, U. S. A.
Rozell, Henry C, Private. Company A. 23rd Infantry, U. S. A.; Private, Company A,
29th Infantry, U. S. V.; Private, Company H, 5th Infantry. U. S. A.: Private, Troop D,
1st .Cavalry, U. S. A.
S
Sanders. William B.. Private, SOth Company, Coast Artillery. U. S. A.
Shepherd, Frank A., Apprentice, U. S. Navy.
Sipes, Charles, U. S. Hospital Corps.
Tarr, Martin, Private, Corporal. Sergeant, First Sergeant. Company E, 1st Infantry,
U. S. A.
Tipton, Earl, Private. Company H, 20th Infantry, U. S. A.; Private, Company I, 19th
Infantry, U. S. A.
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Tipton, Roy, Private, 25th Company, Coast Artillery, U. S. A.
U
Upham, Edwin R., Sergeant, Company L, 2nd Tennessee Infantry; Private, Corporal,
Company K, ISth Infantry, U. S. A.; Corporal, Company L, 29th Infantry, U. S. V.
Vannatta, Edward. (Record incomplete in this History).
Vannatta, William. (Record incomplete in this History).
Veach, Ronald B., Private, Company A, 11th Infantry, U. S. A.
Warnock. Harry, Private, Company C, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry; Private, Company
F, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
Warnock, Jesse, Private, Company C, and Private, Company H, 2nd Infantry, U. S.
A.
Warnock, Ora J., Private, Troop K, 11th Cavalry, U. S. A.
Welborn, Luther S. (See U. S. Military Academy).
White, William F., Private, Company L, 4th Artillery, U. S. A.
Willis. John L., Private, Company A, 2nd Infantry, U. S. A.
Winings, Mark E.. Embalmer, U. S. A.
Woodward, Frank. Private, Company L, 31st Infantry, U. S. V.
Wrightsman, Isaac H., Private, Corporal, 12th Battery, IT. S. A.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST E.
This list includes the names of Henrj' County soldiers who served in the
Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection in Indiana regiments and
batteries. The names of six Henry County soldiers who enlisted in the mihtary
service of other States, during this period, are also included in this list.
Where the number of soldiers from Henry County in any regiment has
justified the same, the full regimental stafif is published with the regiment, but
only the names of such of its members as were from Henry County are contained
in this list.
In the distinctively Henry County companies, the full roster of the company
is given whether the soldiers were all from Henry County or not. All non-resident
soldiers, officers and men, whose names appear in this list, are 'designated by an
asterisk, thus *, before the names.
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Akers, Joseph, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Allen, Alonzo, Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Baldwin, Ellwood L., Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Barnes, Henry, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Barnett, Guy, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Barr, Charles H., Private, Company I; Quartermaster Sergeant, Non Commissioned,
Staff, 33rd Michigan Infantry.
*Beeson, Edward, Private, Musician, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Bernard, Arthur C, Private, Company E, 1st Ohio Infantry.
Bock, Claud, Sergeant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Bock, William, Private, Company H, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Bright, John C, Private, Company G, 22nd Kansas Infantry.
Brown, Roy W., Private, Company G; Regimental Band; Private, Company L, 161st
Indiana Infantry.
Buckley, Guy, Private, Company G. IClst Indiana Infantry.
Burton, William, Saddler, 27th Indiana Battery.
Caldwell, Frederick, Private, Company H, 158th Indiana Infantry.
Canaday, James, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Cecil, Fred P., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Cummins, Lemuel D.. Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company B. 20th Kansas Infan-
try.
D
Darling. Alva, Private, Company G, IClst Indiana Infantry.
*DarneH. Harry C. Private. Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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Davenport, Frank N., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Detricli, George C, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*DoIan, John, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Donaldson. Percy, Bugler, Company K, 3rd Tennessee Infantry.
Eilar, Benjamin W., Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Company G, 161st Indiana In-
fantry.
Elliott, George H., Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Engle. T. William. Sergeant. Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Fadely, Joseph H., Corporal. Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
■^Faulkner, Henry, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Filson, James L., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Fisher, Frank W., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Foster, Frank, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Frazee, Walker, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Freeland, Thomas, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
"Freeman, Perry, Private, Cook, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Gaddis, Max P., Private, Corporal, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry
Goddard. Joseph, Private, Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infanlry.
*Gontner, Charles R., Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
•Goodman, Bud, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
H
Hale, Frank. Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Hale ,Thomas T.. Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*HaIfaker, Edgar B., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Hamilton, Benton F., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Hamilton, -Frank M., Private. Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Hanna, John W., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Harper. Charles, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Hickman, Herbert H., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Holton, Hoyt A., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Huddleston, Arthur A., Private, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
Hutchins, Huston, Artificer, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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*Irwin. George, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Israel. Wililiam G., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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*Jackson, Solomon, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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Keesling, Ray, Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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*Lamb, Oltie F., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Dane, Fred, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
♦Leech, J. Morris F., Private, Company G, 161^ Indiana Infantry.
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*L,eonard, Arthur, Private. Company G, IGlst Indiana Infantry.
*Leonard, John M., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Livezey, Oscar, Wagoner, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Luther, E. Murray, Corporal, Sergeant, Quartermaster Sergeant, Company G, 161st
Indiana Infantry.
L,ykens, Sebastian, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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*McCoy, Charles, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
•McCoy, Clarence, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*McCrea, Edward, Sergeant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*McKimmey, Linley W.. Corporal. Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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*Martin, Albert O., Corporal, Sergeant, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Martln, Henry C, Junior, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Martindale, George, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Meyers, James I., First Lieutenant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Miller, James W., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Millikan, Harry B., Private, 27th Indiana Battery. '
Mitchell, Lemuel, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Morgan, Cliff, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Myers, William E., Private, Company C, 1st Tennessee Infantry.
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Nash, Charles M., Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Neff, William, Artificer, Company L, 160th Indiana Infantry.
Netz, Charles, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Netz, William, Private, Company E, 15Sth Indiana Infantry.
Newby, George W., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Newby, Otis C, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Nichols, Noah A., Private. Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
Nugent, Harry S., Corporal, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
Ogborn, Albert D., Captain, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Owens, Charles B.. Quartermaster Sergeant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Palmes, Ira H., Private. Company H, 161st Indiana Infantry.
♦Paul, John J., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Pearson, Joseph M., Private, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
Pitman, Charles M., Second Lieutenant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Powell, Howard O., Corporal. Company K. 160th Indiana Infantry.
' Prager, James M., Private, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Puckett, Fred W., Private, First Sergeant. Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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♦Rawlins. Winfield. Private, Company G. 161st Indiana Infantry.
Redding, James M., Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Reece, Benjamin F., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Reed, William, Private, Corporal, Company I, 159th Indiana Infantry.
♦Robinson, Elmer, Private, Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
♦Rogers, Paul, First Sergeant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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*Rothbaust, Jesse, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana. Infantry.
Rutledge, William F., Private, 27tli Indiana Battery.
Sears, Walton D., Private, Company G, IClst Indiana Infantry.
Shaffer, Daniel E., Private, Company B, 15Sth Indiana Infantry.
*SlielIenbarger, Charles, Private, Corporal, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Sherer, Albert, Private, Company G, IGlst Indiana Infantry.
Sherman, William A., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Shuee, Edward C, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Snider, Daniel V., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Swaim, Clarence T., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Sweezy, John, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry .
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Van Dyke, Henry W., Musician, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Wahl, John, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Walden, Edgar 0., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Weissgarber, John C, Sergeant, Company F, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Weissgarber, Frank H., Private, Corporal, Company F, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Welsbacher, John, Sergeant, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Wilrauth, Arthur, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
* Wilson, John W., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Winings, Mark E., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Winings, Walter A., Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
Wintersteen, Minor, Private, Company G. IClst Indiana Infantry.
Wolfe, Edwin, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
*Woods, Harry, Private, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry. ■
Wrightsman, Homer H., Private, Company H, 158th Indiana Infantry.
Yates, Ira 0., Musician, Company G, 161st Indiana Infantry.
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ORGANIZATION OF HENRY COUNTY.
ITS EARLY HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.
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INTRODUCTION.
In the year 1800, "Indiana Territory" was carved out of what was previously
known as the "Northwest Territory," and included nearly all of the present
States of Indiana, and Michigan, and all of Illinois and Wisconsin, and a portion
of Minnesota.
The population of all this vast region, according to the census of 1800, was
but 4,875. Michigan was erected into a separate territory in 1805, and Illinois
in 1809. Previous to the separation of Illinois, the territory had been divided into
five counties, of which Knox, Dearborn, and Clark were within the present bounds
of Indiana, and St. Clair and Randolph constituted Illinois.
In 1807, an enumeration of the "free white males Over twenty one years of
age" was had, by which it appears that there were 2,524 within the present limits
of the State, which would indicate that the whole population was less than 12,000.
Of this number, there were 616 white adult males in what was then Dearborn
County, which comprised perhaps one third of the present limits of the State.
The territory of Indiana was organized by act of Congress, May 7, 1800. On
the 13th of the same month, General William Henry Harrison was appointed ter-
ritorial governor and the seat of government was fixed at \'incennes, on the
Wabash River, now the county seat of Knox County. The territorial general
assembly which convened at Vincennes in February, 1813, changed the territorial
capital to Corydon, now the county seat of Harrison County, at which the ter-
ritorial business seems to have been first transacted in December, 1813. After
the territory became a State, the capital was removed in the Winter of 1824-25,
from Corydon to Indianapolis. The first entry in the archives of the State on
deposit in the ofil^ce of the State Librarian shows that business was transacted
at the new capital on January 10, 1825.
By a joint resolution of Congress of December 11, 1816, Indiana was form-
ally admitted to the sisterhood of States. So rapid had been the influx of popula-
tion for the ten years preceding that the State was estimated to contain 65,000, and
by this time was divided into eighteen counties, although more 1;han three fourths
of the State was still in possession of the Indians. Prior to 1810, the Indian
boundary ran east of Centreville, Wayne County, and when an additional
"Twelve-mile Purchase" extended the limits of civilization so as to include 'the
present sites of Milton. Cambridge City, and almost to Hagerstown, there was
quite a flocking to the iiezi' country, even in advance of the surveyor. So early as
181 1, Thomas Symons had settled at the mouth of a small creek that eniptied into
West River, between Cambridge and Milton, and his brother Nathan fixed his
residence at the mouth of another creek that unites with West River above the
site of the ancient village of Vandalia which adjoined Cambridge City on the
north. Their early possession of the mouths of these creeks (both having their
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source in Liberty township,) served to attach their names to the streams, and
Symons creeks were well known to the early settlers of this county. Indeed it is
highly probable that of the whole number of persons who entered this county for
the first five years, at least nine tenths crossed the county line between these
streams.
The war with Great Britain, from 1812 to 1815, and the consequent alarm
occasioned by the hostile attitude of the Indians all along the frontier, partially
broke up the settlements along .West River. With the return of peace, however,
the settlers returned to their homes, and a rapid increase of immigration at
once set in, extending to the ver\' limits of the Twelve-mile Purchase, though it is
probable that no white family intruded itself upon the almost impenetrable wilds
within the present limits of Henry County prior to 1819.
CHAPTER XXXYII.
settlement and organization of the county.
The Indi.v^ Treaty of St. Mary's in i8i8 — Arrival of the First Settlers
— Early Settlers in the Different Townships — Land Sales and First
Entries — Organization of the County — First County Officers —
The Act for the Formation of- Henry County Reproduced in Fac-
simile— Boundaries of the County.
The first settlers of whom any reHable information has been obtained, seem to
have come to the county in 1819. Prior to this time, manv were "waiting and
watching over the border," in Wayne County, for the lands between \\'est River
and White River to become subject to settlement.
A law of Congress (not verj- rigidly enforced) forbade the private purchase
or occupancy of the "Indian lands". By a treaty negotiated at St. Mary's, near
old Fort Wayne, in 1818, by Governor Jonathan Jennings of Indiana, Governor
Lewis Chase of Michigan, and Judge Benjamin Parke — former Attorney General
of Indiana Territory and afterwards one of Indiana's leading jurists and first
United States District Judge for the State of Indiana, for whom Parke County
in this State is named — Commissioners on the part of the L^nited States, the
Indians relinquished all title to the lands south of the Wabash, except two or
three small reservations, and also agreed to vacate the ceded lands within three
years. The late David Hoover of Wayne County was secretary to this commis-
sion. From this time the whole central portion of the State was looked upon as
accessible to the whites, and the settlement of this county began at once, although
no titles to land could be obtained for some time.
The earliest titles are under act of Congress of April 24th, 1820, and the
work of surveying, etc., consumed another year before they were thrown upon
the market. About one hundred and forty persons purchased land in townships
sixteen and seventeen north, in the last half of fhe year 1821. This was in that
part of the county embraced in the present townships of Wayne, Spiceland, Frank-
lin, Dudley, Liberty, Henry, Greensboro, and a part of Harrison.
The surveys being incomplete, no lands north of Liberty and Henry town-
ships were sold until the following year. Many had come in prospecting as early
as 1818 and 1819. By this means the fame of this magnificent region spread
abroad. Its great fertility, magnificent forests, fine streams, numerous springs,
abundant game, and its perpetual dedication to the cause of human liberty, pointed
it out to many in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio,
as the Eldorado of the West.
The early settlers seem to have been attracted principally to three neighbor-
hoods, for a time, and from these nuclei spread over the county. These neighbor-
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hoods, after a few years, became known as the "Harvey neighborhood," extend-
ing from the site of New Castle northward some four or five miles; the "Leavell
neighborhood," which included the southeast part of Liberty and the eastern
portion of Dudley townships ; while the region from old West Liberty, on either
side of Blue River, for two or three miles above the site of Knightstown, was
known as the "Heaton neighborhood." These neighborhoods constituted pretty
much all there was of Henry County at the time of its organization, in 1821-22.
It is impossible, at this day, to name all the first "settlers," but the following^
facts, though far from being as full as desired, will serve to show something of
the time and order of settlement in the various townships :
henry township.
Early in April, 1819, Asahel ^^'oodward, the maternal grandfather of the
author of this History, put up his cabin just north of New Castle; a Mr. Whit-
tinger and his son-in-law, David Cray, fixed their residence just about the site ot
Joshua Holland's old home; Allen Shepherd settled nearly two miles, north by
east of New Castle, on what is known as the Hudelson farm : Andrew Shannon
located just north of Shepherd, and near the former site of the Hernly Mills ;
George Hobson on the farm now owned bv Judge Elliott's heirs adjoining New
Castle on the southwest; William Shannon on the Holloway farm, four miles
southwest of New Castle; Joseph Hobson came in not far from the same time,
and settled on the west side of the Stephen Elliott farm, two miles south of town.
At his house the first courts were held, thus making it the county seat pro tempore.
George Hobson, Andrew Shannon, ]\Ir. Whittinger, and David Cray,
brought their families with them. Mrs. Asahel Woodward and Mrs. William
Shannon arrived on the thirty first of July following, and Mr. Woodward planted
about two acres of corn, the first crop, he thought, ever raised by a white man in
Henry County. He planted an old Indian field or clearing, and, although he
cultivated with the hoe alone, raised an excellent crop. The Whittingers and
Cray soon left, not liking the country.
prairie township.
Benjamin Harvey also came early in the Spring of 1819, with his family, and
settled about three miles north of Asahel Woodward in the Harvey settlement.
Very soon afterward came William Harvey, the farther of Benjamin, with
Uriah Bulla, John Harris, Samuel Howard, and Bartley or Barclay Benbow.
Some of the last named came out in April or Alay, 1819, but had been out as early
as the February preceding, selected sites, and made some improvements.
WAYNE township.
Within the limits of this township, a few persons had settled as early as
1820, and probably as early as 1819. Daniel and Asa Heaton were located about
the present site of Raysville, and trading with the Indians as early as 1820.
Samuel Furgason had a double log cabin near the mouth of Montgomery Creek,
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863
1.1 1821, and had made money enough hauling corn from Whitewater and enter-
taining those in search of lands, to be able to purchase his homestead, August 11,
1821. Samuel Goble lived just about the site of what was subsequently known
as Church's Mill at the time of the land sale, and had a good cabin and some
eight or ten acres partially cleared and under good fence. All these improve-
ments were bid from under him by David Lauderback, who so well understood
the estimate in which he would be held by the early settlers that he "made himself
scarce" afterward. Of those who came in before or just about the time of the
land sale may be mentioned Waitsel M. Gary, Abraham Heaton, Samuel Gary,
Jacob Parkhurst, Joseph Watts, Shaphat McGray, and a few odiers, the exact
date of whose arrival it is difficult to learn.
SPICELAND TOWNSHIP.
Among the first settlers within the present limits of Spiceland township
were Daniel Jackson and Solomon Byrket, on Blue River, near what is known as
Elm Grove; Thomas Greenstreet, on the Hiatt farm, one half mile southwest of
Spiceland ; Samuel Garr, on the Henderson Hosier farm, two miles north of Spice-
land, now owned by the Hoover boys ; and Allen Hunt, on the Amos Bond place,
two miles west of Spiceland. These came to their lands immediately after the sale
and very soon after came Samuel Griffin and a few others.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
Moses Keens, George and Gharles See, and Achilles Morris were among the
earliest settlers on Flatrock, within the present limits of Franklin township.
This was about the time of or immediately after the land sale, perhaps in the Fall
of 1 82 1, though the precise date cannot be ascertained.
DUDLEY TOWNSHIP.
John Huff and a Mr. Carter are the only parties ascertained to have resided
within the limits of Dudley, prior to the land sale. Huff lived near the junction of
the New Castle and Dublin, and Hopewell and Flatrock turnpikes, and Mr.
Carter about one half or three fourths of a mile west from the site of the Hope-
well Meeting House.
Josiah Morris, Daniel Paul, Richard Ratliff (father of Cornelius Ratliff),
Richard Thompson, William McKimmey, William Modlin, William Owen, Joseph
R. Leakey, Benjamin Strattan, Thomas Leonard, Thomas Gilbert, Elisha Short-
ridge, and Jonathan Bundy were among the pioneers of Dudley Township, who
came in the Winter of 1821 or Spring of 1822.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.
*Of those who first settled Liberty Township comparatively little has been
learned. The author of this History is not informed whether any came in before
the land sale, but of those who came in about the time of the sale may be men-
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tioned Elisha Long, Moses Robertson, Thomas R. Stanford, David Brower,
John Leavell, Robert Thompson, Jesse Forkner, Isaac Forkner, John Baker, and
a number of others. Since the purchases made at the land sale exceeded those
of any other township, it is fair to suppose that quite a number had already lo-
cated there.
GREENSBORO TOWNSHIP.
Jacob Woods, Samuel Pickering, and perhaps two or three others first settled
here in the Summer of 1821. Samuel and Jonas Pickering, Walker Carpenter, and
Benjamin Kirk came through, prospecting in 1820, after visiting Winchester, An-
derson, Pendleton, and other points. Jacob Elliott built a cabin about where his
son, Jacob S. Elliott, formerly lived, in the Fall of 1821, but did not move into it
until the Spring of 1822.
At the time Jacob Woods located where he lived so long, one and one fourth
miles east of Greensboro, there were no settlers on Blue River between Daniel
Jackson's and Joseph Hobson's, except William Shannon, and for some time there
were no neighbors on the east nearer than William Bond, who resided on the old
Wickersham farm, now owned by Josiah P. Nicholson, about four miles south of
New Castle. A number of persons settled Sbout Greensboro in the following
year, and as early as 1823 a Friends' meeting was held at Duck Creek, David
Bailey, Joseph Ratcliff, Eli Stafford, Samuel Pickering, aijd Jacob Woods
being among the "charter members."
H.\RRIS0N TOWNSHIP.
Dempsey Reece and Roderick Craig settled on Duck Creek in the eastern edge
of Harrison Township, in April, 1822. This was on land now known as the Peter
Shaffer farm. Reece had raised a crop of corn on White River, about the present
site of Indianapolis, the year before.
Phineas Ratliff, Rice Price, and Joseph and Richard Ratliff all settled in the
same year within about one and one half miles of Dempsey Reece.
stony creek TOWNSHIP.
\\'ithin the present limits of Stony Creek Township there were no settlers
prior to the land sale which took place in 1822, and perhaps not until 1823, when
John Hodgins, Mr. Schofield. Jonathan Bedwell, and Andrew Blount, the pro-
prietor of Blountsville, settled there. There were but three or four families on
Stony Creek, in the Spring of 1826, at which time John Hawk, a cabinet maker
of Blountsville, took up quarters there.
FALL creek TOWNSHIP.
The settlement of Fall Creek seems not to have begun as early as many other
parts of the county. John, Jacob, George, Peter, and David Keesling located
near Mechanicsburg, about 1824 or 1825. forming what was known as* the
"Keesling neighborhood." William Stewart and Joseph Franklin came in about
the same time. John Hart, David Van Matre, Adam E. Conn, and the Painters
were early settlers in the eastern part of the township, near IMiddletown.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEXRY COUNTY.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
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Within the present limits of Jefferson Township, at an early day, perhaps
1824 or 1825. came Samuel Beavers, Anthony Sanders, James Marsh, and the
Flemings, with some others. This township constituted a part of Fall Creek
and Prairie for many years.
BLUE RIVER TOWNSHIP.
There was considerable progress made in the settlement of Blue River Town-
ship (then a part of Stony Creek), in 1823. Michael Conway, Richard and
Reuben Wilson, Joseph Cory, John Koons, John P. Johnson, and several others
moved to this part of the county as early as 1823, a few, perhaps, having located
the year previous, the precise time, however, being difficult to learn.
LAND SALES AND FIRST ENTRIES.
According to the record, William Owen, of Dudley Township, purchased
the first tract of land in Henry County ; this transaction bearing date of February
4, 1821. David Butler next entered land, August 8, 1821. in the same township,
and on the nth of August, Josiah Morris, of Dudley, and Samuel Furgason of
W'ayne Township, each entered a tract.
Judging from the number of purchases made, the settlers in Wayne Town-
ship must have gone in a body to attend the sale, as of the twenty five purchases
made during the year, sixteen were made on the 13th of August. The following
is a list of purchases during the year, with date of purchase :
Samuel Furgason. August 11.
Waitsel M. Gary, August 13.
Abraham Heaton, August 13.
Daniel Heaton, August 13.
Samuel Gary, August 13.
David Lauderback, August 13
Edward Patterson, August 13
AVililam Macy, August 13.
Jacob Parkhurst, August 13.
Thomas Bstell, August 13.
Henry Ballanger. August 13.
Isaac Pugh. August 13.
Shaphat McGray. August 13.
David Dalrymple. August 14.
William Criswell, August 14.
Ebenezer Goble, August 14.
Joseph Watts, August 14.
Stephen Cook, August 20.
Samuel Goble. August 20.
John Daily, August 22.
Jacob Whitter, August 23.
John Freeland, September 18.
Gharles Smith, October 13.
Ertmond Lewis. October 31.
John Lewis, October 31.
The 13th of August seems to have been a field dav for the people of Wayne
Township. On the 14th, nothing seems to have been done. Whether it was
Sunday, or was tak^en up with calling for bids on the tracts of land now in Spice-
land and Franklin Townships, is not known. On the 15th. the sale commencetl
for lands in Henry Township, when seven persons responded 'to the call of their
numbers, and subsequently some ten other purchases were made, as will be seen
lielow :
Allen Shepherd, August 15.
William C. Drew, August 15.
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Asahel Woodward, August 20.
Thomas Woodward, August 20.
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Thomas Symons, August 15.
Christopher Bundy, August 15.
Joseph Hobson, August 15.
William Shannon, August 15.
Joseph Newby, August 15.
George Hobson, August 16.
Robert Hill, August 21.
Joseph Holman, August 27.
Aaron Mills, August 31.
Ann Ward, September 21.
Caleb Commons, September 21.
Joseph Jliatt, September 24.
William Blount, Senior, October 17.
The auctioneer then passed on to Liberty Township, range eleven east, town-
ship seventeen, and found bidders more plentiful. The list and dates below will
serve to show something of the tone of the market. We will let William Roe,
probably a blood relative of the celebrated Richard Roe, whom school boys will
remember as having extensive dealings with John Doe, head the list.
William Roe, August 16.
Andrew Shannon, August 16.
William Yates, August 16.
Thomas Batson. August 16.
Jesse Martindale, August 16.
Moses Robertson, August 16.
John Beard, August 16.
Jeremiah Strode, August 16.
William Bell, August 16.
Daniel Wampler, August 16.
David Brower, August 16.
Joshua Hardman, August 16.
John Leavell, August 16.
George Handley, August 16.
Samuel Southron, August 16.
Robert Thompson, August 16.
Micajah Chamness, August 16.
John Dougherty, August 20.
Henry Brower, August 21.
Thomas Raleston, August 31.
Daniel Miller, August 31.
Prosper Mickels, August 31.
Jacob Rinehart. September 4.
Peter Rinehart, September 4.
Jonathan Pierson. September
John Beaman, September 4.
George Koons, September 12.
Enoch Goff, September 20.
Elisha Ijong, October 20.
Jerry Long, October 20.
John Baker, October 22.
Keneker Johnson, November -
Jesse Forkner, November 12.
Dilwin Bales, November 30.
Jeremiah Hadley, December 5.
Richard Conway, December 5.
Watson Roe, December 5.
John Koons, December 5.
George Hobson. December 6.
John Marshall, December 6.
Thomas Hobson, December 6.
Thomas Mills, December 6.
John Stapler. December 7.
Josiah Clawson, December 20.
In Dudley Township, the purchasers seem to have taken it more liesurely,
and strung their purchases out from the time of the land sale to the end of the
vear, and are as follows :
William Owens, February 4.
David Butler, August 8.
Josiah Morris, August 11.
Stephen Hall, August 16.
Jesse Shortridge. August 16.
Dally Beard, August 16.
Elisha Shortridge. August 17.
John Wilson, August 18.
Jesse Fraizer, August 18.
Jonathan Bundy, August 24.
William Modlin, August 24.
Hampton Green, August 24.
William Seward, August 28.
Joseph Charles, August 30.
Linus French, August 31.
John Gilleland, September 1.
Susanna Leakey, September 8.
Joseph R. Leakey, September 8.
Joseph Cox, October 5.
John Green, October 6.
William Riadon, October 17.
William McKimmey, October 20.
Josiah Gilbert, October 21.
Exum Elliott, October 23.
David Thompson, November 26.
Aaron Morris, November 27.
John Pool, December 1.
John Smith, December 3.
Daniel Paul, December 12.
hazzard's history of henry county. 867
The following are all the purchasers of land, in 182 1, within the present
limits of Franklin Township :
William Felton, August 2S. Jolin Charles, December 28.
Cliarles See, September 16.
Within the present limits of Spiceland Township, there were twelve entries,
in that year, as follows :
Daniel Jackson, August 17. William Mustard, September 1.
Solomon Byrkett, August 27. James Carr, September 14.
William Felton, August 28. Jacob Elliott, October 3.
Allen Hunt, August 30. William Elliott, November G.
Jacob Hall, August 30. William Berry. December 20.
Nathan Davis, August 31. Joseph Charles, December 24.
^^'ithin the limits of Greensboro Township, there were eight entries, in that
year, namely :
Samuel Hill, August 15. John Harvey, Senior, August 21.
Thomas McCoy, August 15. Samuel Pickering, August 28.
Levi Cook, August 20. John Harvey, August 30.
Lewis Hosier, August 2,0. Jacob Eliott, October 3.
In 1822. only three entries were made within the limits of Fall Creek Town-
ship, as follows :
Benjamin G. Bristol, August 27. Reuben Bristol, October 4.
James W. Wier, September 26,
There do not seem to have been any purchases made within the limits of
Jefferson Township, during the year 1822, but within the limits of Prairie Town-
ship, there was more activity, and the following names apiiear:
Absalom Harvey, October 22. William Harvey, October 25.
Robert Smith, October 25. John Harris, October 25.
Barclay Benbow, October 25. Jacob Weston, November 12.
James Harvey, October 25. Jacob Witter, December 11.
Abijah Cox, October 25. Philip Harkrider, December 22.
Benjamin Harvey, October 25.
These were generally, or all, on Blue River, the bottom and second bottom
lands of which seemed very attractive to the early settler. There seems to have
been but one entry within the limits of Stony Creek, that of Andrew Blount, Jr.,
November 11. Within the present limits of Blue River, however, the following
secured themselves homesteads :
Richard Wilson, October 28. John Koons, November 11.
Michael Conway, October 28. Jacob Huston, November 12.
George Hobson, October 28. George Hedrick, November 13.
Joseph Cory, October 31. Richard Alsbaugh, November 14.
Abraham Cory, October 31. Henry Metzger, November 14,
Bet'^y Cory, October 31. Henry Stumph, November 18.
Reuben Wilson, November 4. John P. Johnson, November 22.
George Koons, November 6.
868 hazzard's history of henry county.
Dempsey Reece entered a tract of land in Harrison Township, April 29, 1822,
which was the only piece purchased in the township, during the year. Zeno
Pearson and Richard Ratliff purchased land in January following, and Levi
Pearson and Gahriel Ratliff, in June and July, which completed the transactions
for the year 1823.
The land office for this district was at Brookville until 1825, when it was
transferred to Indianapolis, then a village of little consequence, there being fewer
voters in Alarion County at that time than there are in Henry Township today.
The manner of the land sale was to commence in a certain township in a
certaiu range, and offer each tract or eighty acre lot, consecutively, till the whole
was gone through with. If no one bid, the tract being called by number was
soon passed. \\'hen a number was called, the '•'squatter" who, perhaps, had a few
acres cleared, or a little cabin on the same, could become the purchaser at one
dollar and twenty five cents per acre, the minimum price, unless some one ran
it up on him.
Where two persons had the same number and were desirous of entering the
same eighty or one hundred and sixty acre lot, it was no uncommon thing for one
to buy tiie other oft", with some trifling sum, say ten to twenty five dollars, and, al-
though the law of public opinion was such that neighbors would seldom try to
buy each other's improvements from under them, still there were cases in which
no little feeling was excited at times, and various little intrigues were resorted to,
to bluff or out-wit competitors.
If for any reason a man failed to bid on a piece of land he desired to pur-
chase, it sometimes happened that he could prevail oii the auctioneer to call it up
"just after dinner," or the "first thing next morning." From and after the land
sale, all lands were subject to private entry at the minimum price.
ORGANIZATION OF HENRY COUNTY.
The act referred to as "An act for the fixing of the seats of Justice, in all
new counties hereafter to be laid off" in section thr.ee (3) of the hw authorizing
the formation of the county of Henry hereinafter set forth, is Chapter i, of the
"special acts passed and published at the second session of the General Assembly
of the State of Indiana, held at Corydon, on the first Monday in December in
the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen." Approved
January 2, i8tq.
This act is in six sections but the first section is the most important for the
purpose of this History. It provided in brief that when a new county was or-
ganized that the act creating the same, should appoint five commissioners who "do
not reside in said new county, nor hold any real estate therein," thus providing
against any real estate speculation on the part of those appointed.
The commissioners so appointed were then instructed "to convene at such
time as the General Assembly shall appoint," which in the case of the county of
Henry, was "at the Home of Joseph Hobson," who, at the time mentioned, lived
about .two miles south of the Court House Square in New Castle, on what was
subsequently anil for a great number of vears thereafter, Vnown as the Stephen
F.llintt farm.
HAZZARD's history of IlKXRY COUNTY. 869
The commissioners named in the act heretofore referred to after having met
"at the house of Joseph Hobson," and having been duly sworn, were then directed
to "proceed to fix on the most eligible and convenient ]ilace for the permanent seat
of justice for such new county, taking into view the extent of the county, the
quality of the land, and the prospective future, as w^ell as the weight of the
present population, together with the probability of future division." They were
authorized to acquire the necessary land bv either donation or purchase and to
take a good and sufficient bond therefor, conditional that the land so acquire:!,
either by donation or purchase, should be duly conveyed to such agent as the
Board of County Commissioners might designate as their agent to receive
the same.
The remaining five sections of tlie act relate entirely to the proceedings of
Boards of County Commissioners and their duties after the land so acquired was
deeded to their agent, as provided in section one of said act.
■In the last section, seven (7), of the act creating the county of Henry, here-
after set out, it is provided that the qualified voters of said county shall proceed
to hold the first comity election in the same manner and under the same condi-
tions as the "qualified voters of Dubois County and others named" were authorized
to proceed under an act entitled "An act incorporating a County Library in the
counties therein named," .\pproved, January 28, 1818. The last paragraph of
said section seven, (7), provided that the act creating the county of Henry should
not be effective until the first day of June, 1822. .
Accordingly, under the authority conferred on the commissioners named to
organize-the county of Henry, acting under the Dubois County act, they must have
called a meeting of the qualified voters of the proposed new county to meet "at the
home of Joseph Hobson," immediately after the act became operative, for the first
entry on the records of the Board of County Commissioners of Henry County is
dated June 10, 1822, or ten days after the act creating the county of Henry be-
came effective. This order will be found set out in full in the article treating
of the first courts of the county. With this election, which would now be known
and recognized as a mass meeting, the duty of the five commissioners named in
the act organizing the county of Henry ended and the duties of the Board of
County Commissioners and other countv officers, began. In short, the county of
Henrv was organized and read\- for business.
As was provided in the act, it was made the duty of the Sheriff of Wayne
County to notify the five commissinners appointed to organize the" county of
Henry, of their appointment and tlieir duties. This mandate seems to have been
dul\' executed as the very early records of the board of commissioners show that
"Elias \\'illets. Sheriff of Wayne County, be allowed fifteen dnllars" fur the
service, which was certainly cheap enough considering the fact that he must have
gone into four counties and traveled at least two hundred and fifty miles. On
the other hand, it may be considered that the commissioners were liberal as the
sum was nearly one tenth of the entire revenue. County and State, collected for
the first fiscal vear of the life of the countv of Henrv.
870 hazzard's history of henry county.
FIRST county officers.
For Congressional purposes, the county was attached to the Third Congres-
sional District, represented by John Test of Brookville, tlie other counties in the
district being Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Randolph, Ripley, Switzer-
land, Union and Wayne. For judicial purposes, the county was attached to the
Third Judicial District, afterwards the Fifth, of which Miles C. Eggleston of
Centreville. was the presiding judge. The other counties of the judicial disfict
being, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jennings, Randolph, Ripley, Rush. Switzer-
land, Union and Wayne.
The law must have been that when an act was passed looking to the creation
of a new county that it was the duty of the governor to appoint a sheriff and
county surveyor for the proposed new county, for the records of the Executive
Department of the State on deposit in the offices of the Secretary of State, at
Indianapolis, show that on January i, 1822, the day after the act was approved,
creating the county of Henry, it was "ordered that Jesse H. Healey be and he is
hereby appointed Sheriff of the county of Henry." The same records show th^t
on Ma>- 9, 1822, William McKimmey was appointed Surveyor for the new
county. Thus every new county started out from its very inception with a chief
peace officer and a county surveyor, which at that time was a highly important
office, considering the fact that the boundaries of every piece of 'land in the county
had to be established for the new settlers.
At the election -lield "at the home of Joseph Hobson" the following additional
officers were elected, all their commissions dating from July 5, 1822, viz : — Rene
Julian, Clerk and Recorder: Thomas R. Stanford and Elisha Long, Associate
Judges ; Allen Shepherd, Elisha Shortridge, and Samuel Goble. County Com-
missioners. Subsequently. William Shannon was appointed, by the said Board,
the first County Treasurer. The office of County Auditor was not created until
1840, the duties of this office up to that time, devolving upon the County Clerk,
who acted as "Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners."
For Senatorial purposes, the new county was attached to the distr'ct com-
posed of the counties of Henry, Hamilton, Johnson. jMarion, ^ladiscn. Rush and
Shelby, the Senator being James Gregory of Shelby County. The first session of
the General Assembly at which he represented the new county was the eighth
regular session which convened at Corydon, (the last held there) ''on the first
Monday in December, 1823," he having been elected for the term of three years
"on the first Monday in August" preceding. For a member of the lower house
of the General Assembly, the county was attached to the district composed of the
counties of Henry, Decatur, Rush and Shelby, the Representative being Th'^mas
Hendricks, residence probably in Shelby County, who was elected at the same time
and sat in the same session with Senator James Gregory.
The first County Coroner was Ezekiel Leavell, who assumed the duties of the
office September 8, 1824, and resigned January 24, 1825.
THE L.AW creating THE COUNTY OF HENRY.
The ancient and musty laws of the State of Indiana in bound volumes, on
deposit in the office of the State Librarian at Indianapolis show the following:
hazzard's history of henry, county. 871
chapter lx.
.\N ACT for the formation of a new coimty out of the
County of Delaware.*
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Names and
State of Indiana, That from and after the first day of June tioundaries.
next all that tract of land which is included within the fol-
lowing boundaries shall constitute and form a new county
to be known and designated by the name and style of the
county of Henry, to-wit : Beginning at the southwest corner
of Wayne County; thence west twenty miles; thence north
twenty miles ; thence east twenty miles ; thence south twenty
miles to the beginning.
Sec. 2. The said new county of Henry shall, from and Privileges,
after the first day of June next enjoy all the rights, privi- *'^-
leges and jurisdictions which to separate and independent
counties do or may properly belong and appertain.
Sec. 3. Lawrence H. Brannon and John Bell, of the Commissioners
County of Wayne, John Sample, of the County of Fayette, appointed.
Richard Biem, of the County of Jackson, and James W.
Scott, of the County of Union, are hereby appointed Com-
missioners agreeably to an act entitled "an act for the fix-
ing the seats of Justice in all new counties hereafter to be
laid off." The Commissioners above named shall meet at When and
the house of Joseph Hobson in the said County of Henry on wliere to
the first Monday in July next, and shall immediately proceed ™^^t-
to discharge the duties assigned them by law. It is hereby
made the duty of the Sheriflf of W^ayne County to notify the sheriff of
said Commissioners either in person or by written notifica- Wayne county
tion of their appointment on or before the fifteenth day of to notify
June next ; and the said Sheriflf of Wayne County shall be them,
allowed therefor by the County- Commissioners of the County
of Henry such compensation as by them shall be deemed
just and reasonable, to be paid out of the county treasury
of said County of Henry in the same manner other allow-
ances are paid.
Sec. 4. The circuit and all other courts of the County courts,
of Henry shall meet and be holden at the house of Joseph where to be
Hobson until suitable accommodation can be had at the liolden.
county seat of said county ; and so soon as the courts of said
county are satisfied that suitable accommodations are pro-
vided at the county seat of said county, they shall adjourn
thereto after which time all the courts of said county shall
be held at the seat of justice thereof: Proz'ided, however,
that the circuit court of said county shall have authority to
remove from the house of said Joseph Hobson, to any more
reserv
buildings,
when to be
erected.
■2 HAZZARDe HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTY.
suitable place in said county previous to the completion of
the public buildings if they should deem the same expedi-
ent,
per cent. Sec. 5. The agent who shall be appointed for said
county to superintend the sales of lots at the county seat of
said county or receive donations for said county, shall re-
serve ten per cent, out of the proceeds of such sales and do-
nations, which he shall pay over to such person or persons
as by law may be authorized to receive the same, for the
use of a county library for said county : which he shall jDay
over at such time or times and manner as shall be directed
b\" law.
Putilic Sec. 6. The Board of County Commissioners of said
county shall within twelve months after the permanent seat
of justice shall have been selected proceed to erect the neces-
sary public buildings thereon.
Sec. 7. The same powers, privileges and authorities that
are granted to the qualified voters of Dubois County and oth-
ers named in the act entitled "an act incorporating a county
library in the counties therein named," approved January
the 28th, 1818, to organize, conduct and support a county
library, are hereby granted to the qualified voters of said
county of Henry ; and the same power and authority therein
granted to. and the same duties required of, the several offi-
cers elected by the qualified voters of the said county of
Dubois and other counties named in said act for carn-ing
into effect the provisions thereof according to its true intent
and meaning, are hereby granted to and required of the offi-
cers .who may be elected for the purpose aforesaid by the
qualified voters of said County of Henry.
This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
June next.
sa;muel milroy.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RATLIFF BOON.
President of the Senate.
Approved December 31st. 1821.
JONATHAN JENNINGS,
Governor of Indiana.
* Be it remembered that there were two separate and distinct nountie,s, each named Delaware. The
first was the " unorganized" county of Delaware, organized .Tanuarr 22, 1820, which embraced all of the " new
purcha.se," being a va-st tract of land relinquished bv the Indians to the General Gowrnment and to the State
of Indiana. The second was the present county of Delaware, organized out of a part of the first named coun-
ty, January 26, 1827. It was from the first mentioned countv of Delaware that Henry county was organized.
"Unorganized County" means no civil government established.
BOUNDARIES OF HENRY COUNTY.
According to Section one ( i ) of the act creating the county of Henr^^, it
was made a perfectly square body of territopi', twenty miles from east to west
and a like distance from north to south. From a glance at the map of the count}'
hazzard's history of hexry county. 873
of Henry or the map of Indiana showing the county, it will be seen that it is not
now a body of land twenty miles square, but there is a jog of a mile in the south-
west corner on the west side, for six miles. Then on the east side of the county
along the center of the county there is a jog of three quarters'of a mile for a dis-
tance of nine (9) miles. If the county was now twenty miles square as pro-
vided in the act creating it, it would contain four hundred square miles of ter-
ritory.
Section one ( i ) of the act begins to describe the county of Henry, to-\vit :
"Beginning at the southwest corner of Wayne County," jvhereas, the southeastern
corner of the county of Henry as. now defined is located six miles northwest of
the "southwest corner of Wayne County." When the boundaries of the counties
of the State were finally adjusted, nearly three Congressional townships of land
were attached to the southern tier of Congressional townships in Wayne County,
probably taken from Fayette County. Had they extended these townships along
the entire southern boundary of Wayne County, Favette County would not now
join the countv of Henry. But then, the southeast corner of the coiuitv of Henry
would be nearly six miles due north of the "southwest corner of Wayne County."
The county of Henry-as it exists today, contains about three hundred and ninety
square miles and approximately two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land and
is bounded on the east by Randolph and Wayne ; on the north by Delaware : on the
west by ^ladison and Hancock; and on the south by Rush and Fayette counties.
The actual boundaries of the county of Henry as they exist today and as they
have existed probably, for three quarters of a century or more, are defined in the
following letter from the County Surveyor. Omar E. ^linesinger:
"O. E. MINESINGER.
"COCXTY SURVEYOR,
"HENRY COUNTY.
"New Casti.e. IxniAX.4, September 22. 1905.
•'Mr. George Hazzard. New Castle. Ind.:
"Sir: The district of country within the following boundaries constitutes the county
of Henry, to-wit: Commencing at the southeast corner of section 31. township 16 north,
range 12 east, and running thence north to the township line dividing townships 16 and
17; thence east to the southeast corner of section 32, township 17 north, range 12 east;
thence north to the northeast corner of section 20, township 18 north, range 12 east;
thence west to the range line dividing ranges 11 and 12; thence north on said range line
to the northeast corner of section 2-5, township 19 north, range 11 east; thence west to
the northwest corner of section 25, township 19 north, range 8 east; thence south to the
township line dividing townships 16 and 17; thence west to the northwest corner of sec-
tion 1, township 16 north, range 8 east; thence south to the township line dividing
townships 15 and 16; thence east with saiti township line to the place of beginning.
"Very truly,
"Omar E. MixESixiiER.
"Surveyor Henry County."
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
township organization.
Organization of the Se\-eral Townships — Population — Assessed Valua-
tion— Taxation — Elections.
At the time of the assembling of the first Commissioners' Court, June lo,
1822, there were no civil townships in existence, within its jurisdiction, and one
of its first cares was to provide a few of these indispensable dependencies, "with
a local habitation and a name." After describing, in fitting language, the metes
and bounds of these "territories," the Commissioners declared that "from and
after the first Saturday in July next" they should each "enjoy all the rights and
pririlci^rs ami jurisdictions which to separate and independent townships do or
may properly belong or appertain."
Whether this idea of an independent and separate existence and jurisdiction
smacks of "State rights" or not, the reader must judge. The Commissioners were
an authority in the land, in those days, and, it is quite safe to conclude that they
fully intended to carve out of the territorial limits of Henry County several little
republics, which were to be fully competent to manage their domestic institutions
in their own way.
The townships thus provided were four in number, viz. : Dudley, ^^'ayne,
Henry, and Prairie. Dudley and Wayne composed the First Commissioners Dis-
trict, Henry, the Second, and Prairie, the Third.
The original boundaries of Henry County were not identical with those of
the present day, and, as a consequence, the boundaries of the townships lying on
the east and west borders of the county underwent some change when the new
boundaries were fixed by the General Assembly in the early 'thirties. A town-
ship meeting, notwithstanding the size of the township, must have been a small
aff^air in those times. Three years after, when the population had probably more
than doubled, the whole vote for Governor was but 366.
DUDLEY township.
Dudley, the first township called into being by the fiat of the Commissioners,
June II, 1822, began at "the southeast corner of Henry County, of which it is a
part," and running thence west on the county line dividing Henry, Fayette and
Rush counties, about nine and one fourth miles from the present east line of the
county, and was six miles in width. It consequently contained at least fifty five
and one half sections of land, and comprised all of its present limits and about
four fifths of the present township of Franklin.
HENRY COUNTY CITIZENS.
hazzard's history of henry county. 875
At this date, it is estimated that there were not one hundred and fifty persons
residing within the limits of the township. A round of log rollings, house raisings,
and similar "bees" occupied much of their time, and in talking with one of these
veterans you will very likely be told that they enjoyed themselves and felt as
hopeful, contented, and happy as at any period since.
A "Friends' Meeting House," a hewed log edifice, which stood about one
mile southeast of the present site of Hopewell Meeting House, was erected in 1823
or 1824 and was probably the first attempt at church architecture in the township
or in the county. The congregation had been in the habit of worshiping at the
house of William Charles, north of where Hardin's old tavern stand used to be.
An ancient orchard still marks the spot.
A Baptist church, a log building about eighteen by twenty feet, was erected
about one and one half miles northeast of Daniel Paul's, so near the same time
as to render it difficult to determine which is entitled to the claim of seniority.
This church was used as a school house for a number of years.
A school house soon followed, with all the elegant appurtenances and appli-
ances of the times for assisting the "young idea to shoot."
Dudley Township was the eatewa)- of the county, as three principal thor-
oughfares from the east and srmtlieast led through it. Tt presents, perhaps, less
variety of surface than any other township in the county, being almost entirely
table land, lying on "the divide" between Flatrock and West River, with perhaps
two thirds of its surface finding drainage to the latter. The passerby of early days
regarded it as most unpromisingly wet. Although very little of it can be termed
rolling, it- is now seen to be sufficiently undulating to permit the most complete
drainage of almost every acre, and under improved culture the large average
crops and general fertility stamp it as one of the best bodies of land in the cornty.
Dudley is five and a quarter by six miles in extent, and thus contains about
19.000 acres. According to the census of 1870. it was then divided into 191 farms,
an average of about 103 acres each ; supporting an almost exclusively rural pipula-
tion of 1,348 souls, about forty three and one half per square mile, divided be-
tween 268 families and 267 dwellings. Of this number but thirteen were foreign-
ers— less than one per cent., while the natives of the "Old North State" numbered
126, or nearly ten per cent, of the whole population. The value of the lands and
improvements for 1870 was $542,120. The town lots and improvements were
valued at $6,300, and the personal property at $249,970, making a total of wealth
of $798, 390, as shown by the tax duplicate for 1870. The census of 1900 seems
to have been taken only by counties ; at least the author has been unable to find
any subdivision less than the county that would enable him to set out for com-
parisons, all of the items mentioned above, as taken from the census of 1870 : and
what is true of Dudley, is true of all the other townships following. The only
items of general interest that can be found relating to Dudley and the twelve
townships that follow, are those regarding the population, viz. : population, accord-
ing to the census of 1890, including Straughn, incorporated and New Lisbon not
incorporated, 1,395 '< census of 1900, 1,359; ^ loss of thirty six in ten years.
The tax duplicate for 1904, the township and towns combined, shows the
following: value of lands, $637,600; value of improvements, $111,850; total,
$749,450; value of lots, $14,410; value of improvements, $27,560; total, $41,970;
876 hazzard's history of henry county.
value of personal property of all kinds, $432,240: value of railroad property, in-
cluding steam and electric lines. $370,720; total value of taxables of all kinds,
$1,594,380; less mortgage exemptions, $40,090; leaving the net value of taxables
for the year named, $1,554,290.
Total taxes levied on the duplicate for the year 1904, township, Straujhn,
incorporated, and New Lisbon, not incorporated, combined, which taxes are as
follows, viz. : — State tax, for benevolent institutions, State debt sinking fund,
State school. State educational institutions, free gravel road repairs. County tax,
locil tuition, special school, road, township, bridge, court house, and co-pora-
tion, this last being confined to the corporation of Straughn. $20,254.76. Total
polls, being a specified head tax on each male person between the ages .of twenty
one and fifty. 218; tax on each, distributed through different funds, $2.00; total
polls in Straughn. 35; tax on each, $2.00.
From the foregoing, it will be seen that the population of Dudley Township
has not been subject to much change since the census of 1S70. But a compar-
ifon between the tax duplicates of 1870 and 1904, exhibits the fact that the taxable
property of Dudley has nearly doubled during that period.
Mortgage exemption is allow-ed under the law which became effective
March 4. 1899. I'nder this law, an exemption for mortgage on real estate, not ''n
excess of the sum of $700 is allowed, and then only provided the real estate is
valued for taxation at twice the sum of the mortgage exemption. Therefore, on
all real estate valued for taxation at less than $1,400, the mortg-ige exemption
could not be in excess of one half the value of the property.
The first election was ordered to be held at the house of Daniel Paul, on
Saturday, July 6th. 1822. for the purpose of electing one Justice of the Peace,
and William McKimmey was appointed Inspector. William INIcKimmey and
Garnette Hayden were appointed first Overseers of the Poor for Dudley Township,
and Richard Pearson and Robert Thompson "Fence-viewers." The elections
were afterwards held at Benjamin Strattan's for a number of years; about 1840.
at Daniel Reynolds; then at New Lisbon. Soon two polls were opened — one at
New Lisbon, and the other near Straughn's. Again the polls were united and
held at James Macy's. At this time, there are two polls, one at New Lisbon, and
the other at Straughn. The vote at the general election, held Tuesday. Novem-
ber 8. 1904, based on the returns for the vote cast for Secretary of State, was :
New Lisbon precinct, 200 ; Straughn precinct, 220 ; total, 420. The vote set out
in the twelve townships following, is for the same election and based on the same
returns.
Today, instead of the mere "trace," the "See trail," the blazed bridle path,
winding around through the thickets, around or over logs, through "slashes," or
high grass and stinging nettles, high as a man's shoulders, so well remembered
by the "oldest inhabitant." or over miles and miles of "corduroy road," of which
"internal improvements" Dudley could, fifty or sixty years ago, vie with the
world, the township has nearly thirty miles of fine turnpike, splendid and well
drained farms and farm houses that equal the best.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
The second grand division named in order, on the public records, was to be
known and designated by the name and style of Wayne Township. It was
iiazzard's history of henry county. 877
orig'ir.ally six miles troiii north to soutli, ami eleven in length from east to west,
including all that territory west of Dudley. It thus included in its fair domain
about 42,000 acres of very valuable land, much of it today the most valuable
in the county. Its first boundaries included one fifth of the present township
of Franklin, all of Spiceland. and one sixth of Greensboro. Although thrice shorn
of a portion of its "independent jurisdiction," its present area is a trifle in excess
of thirty three square miles.
Wayne township had, at the date of its organization, from thirty to forty
■families, though the very choice lands, fine springs, and abundant water power
of Blue River, Buck and Alontgomery creeks, marked it for rapid settlement. A
village was projected at the mouth of Montgomery Creek, on the county line,
as well as "old State road," at once and known as West Liberty. This became
the emporium of trade for the region round about, and rejoiced in all the metro-
politan splendors of a "one-eyed grocery" and dry goods store kept by Aaron
Maxwell. This "Chamber of Commerce," in 1822, consisted of a very indifferent
log cabin, with a wide fire place, flanked on one side by a rude table, where Mrs.
Maxwell compounded "red bread," and on the other by a barrel of whisky, and
about as many bolts of calico, etc., as could be piled upon a chair.
Raccoon pelts seem to have been the principal circulating medium, and several
years afterward, when the stimulus of sharp competition had taxed the energies
of the iTierchant princes of the day. the old ladies were at times under the necessity
of sending by the mail boy for a little tea or other luxury, and young ladies in
quest of a bridal trousseau would mount their palfreys and make a day's journey
to Connersville for the outfit.
The Methodists had preaching at West Liberty^ in a very early day, perhaps
as early as 1823, Reverend Constant Bliss Jones officiating. The preaching was
held at Mr. Hatton's private house for some tifne. Jones was succeeded by
Reverend Mr. Brown, who seems to have resided at West Liberty. Mrs. Eliza
Jones (then Miss Cary,) taught a school, in 1825 and 1826, and was the first
female teacher in those parts. She, with Mrs. Peggy Jones, the minister's wife,
organized the first Sunday school in the township, perhaps in the county.
At the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners, an election was ordered
to be held at the house of Joseph Watts, July 6th, for the purpose of electing the
one Justice of the Peace for the township. Abraham Heaton was appointed
Inspector, and seems to have been elected the first Justice. In August, Elijah
McCray and E. Harden were appointed constables of Wayne Township, until the
February term, next in course. In November, Daniel Priddy was also appointed
constable. Ebenezer Goble and Samuel Furgason were appointed Overseers of
the Poor, and Daniel Heaton, Shaphat McCray, and Jacpb Parkhurst first "Fence-
viewers in and for Wa\iir Tow n^liip." and Abraham Heaton was also appointed
Superintendent of the school si-ctions in Wayne Township. The elections in this
township were afterward held at Prudence Jackson's house, till 1825; changed to
Solomon Byrket's, in 1827; then to Jacob Parkhurst's, then to Raysville and
Knightstown alternately, and soon afterward fixed permanently at Knightstown.
Abraham Heaton seems to have had, at this early day, a mill erected at the
mouth of Buck Creek, a few rods south of what has for many years been known
as the "\\'hite ]\lill." John Anderson, afterward "Judge Anderson," then a fresh
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arrival, dug the race and, receiving $ioo for the same, walked to Brookville and
entered a part of the present site of Raysville.
Immediately after the organization of the township was effected, the Com-
missioners ordered the location of a road "to commence at the town of New
Castle, and from thence the nearest and best way to Abraham Heaton's mills, and
from thence to the county line, where sections thirty three and thirty four corner
in township sixteen and range nine, on the line dividing fifteen and sixteen." The
terminus was West Liberty, and the route selected was the river route from
New Castle via Teas' mill, the stone quarry, and Elm Grove. This was the
second ordered in the county, the first being from New Castle via John Baker's
and David Thompson's, on Symons Creek, to the county line, on a direct course,
to Shock's Mill, in Wayne County, which shows of what importance the opening
of the "Cracker line" was to the early settlements. Not to be wondered at either,
.since "going to mill" required about two to four days out of the month.
In 1870, Wayne was the most populous and wealthy townships of the county,
but now Henry Township holds that rank. Wayne being second. According to
the census of 1870, its area was divided into 206 farms; an average of about 103
acres each, and had a population of 3,334, or about 100 per square mile. The
value of lands and improvements for 1870 was $664,710; of town lots and im-
promevents, $433,120; while personal property footed up to the snug little sum
of $682,540, making a total of $1,780,370. Something more than one half its
population was then to be found in Knightstown, Raysville, and Grant and Eliza-
beth cities, 330 of its 680 families residing in Knightstown alone. Dudley and
Wayne, with the townships carved out of them, constitute the First Commissioner's
District, as they always have and do now.
The population of Wayne Township, according to the census of 1890. in-
cluding Knightstown incorporated, Raysville, Grant City, and Elizabeth City,
not incorporated, was 3,333 ; census of 1900, 3,370.
The tax duplicate for 1904, township and towns combined, shows the fol-
lowing: Value of lands, $694,530; value of improvements, $119,560; total,
$814,090; value of lots, $172,260; value of improvements $357,570; total,
$529,830; value of personal property of all kinds, $824,850; value of railroad
property including steam and electric lines, $445,620; total value of taxables of
all kinds, $2,613,790; less mortgage exemptions, $27,920; leaving net value of
taxables for the year named $2,585,870. A comparison of the census figures
above set forth, shows that Wayne like Dudley Township, has had a very steady
population since 1870.
Total taxes levied on duplicate for the year 1904, township and Knightstown
incorporated and Raysville, Grant City, and Elizabeth City, not incorporated, com-
bined, which taxes are all in items set out in Dudley Township, with the addition
of township poor, corporation bond, lighting streets, school library and water
works, the last four being confined to Knightstown corporation, $50,879.69. Total
polls in Wayne Township. 226 ; tax on each, $2.25 ; total polls in Knightstown cor-
poration, 283 ; tax on each, $2.25
Formerly, there were voting precincts at Knightstown, Raysville, Grant City,
Elizabeth City and perhaps at other points in the township, but for the general
election, held November 8, 1904, the total vote was cast at six precincts, all in
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Knightstown. Perhaps one of them was east of Blue River, at Raysville. The
vote was, first precinct, 166; second precinct, 134; third precinct, 161 ; fourth pre-
cinct, 154; fifth precinct, 181 ; sixth precinct, 156; total, 952.
HENRY TOWNSHIP.
Henry, the third township, in the "order of their going,'' upon the records,
was also called up June, 1822, and was a strip of territory six miles wide, extending
quite across the county from east to west, and including what is now Liberty,
Henry, three fifths of Harrison, and nearly all of Greensboro township. This con-
stituted the Second Commissioner's District. It at first contained 118 square
miles, or over 75,000 acres.
Henry Township now contains thirty-six square miles, and is nearly the geo-
graphical center of the county, and is the only one in the county in which the
Congressional is identical with the civil township. Ten years after the organi-
zation of the county, this township had not over 500 inhabitants, while in 1870 it
numbered over 2,800, nearly one-half of whom lived in the "rural districts." It
contained 135 farms of near 160 acres each, and maintained a population of 78 to
the square mile. There were 592 families, 67 colored persons, 121 of foreign birth,
and 152 natives of old North Carolina, in the township. The population of Henry
Township, according to the census of 1890, including New Castle incorporated,
was 4,009; census of 1900, 4,682.
Blue" River, dividing the township nearly in the center, is too sluggish to furn-
ish good water power for a mill within the limits of the township. Duck Creek
skirts through the northwest corner of the township, and Flatrock through the
southeast corner. The table lands between these streams are nearly one hundred
feet above the bed of Blue River, and, although there is perhaps as much rolling
land in this township as any in the county, there is very little so rolling as to merit
the term broken, or too much so to admit of culture. Repeated efforts at ditching
and straightening the channel of Blue River have completely redeemed to cultiva-
tion the marshy bottom lands which are of inexhaustable fertility.
The county seat being located in Henry Township would of itself (even in
the absence of natural advantages), have secured to this township an important
position in the county, both financially and politically. The value of the real and
personal property in the county, by the assessment of 1870, was shown to be:
Lands and improvements, $689,350; lots and improvements, $300,870; per-
sonal property, $609,400, making a snug total of $1,599,620.
The tax duplicate for 1904, the township and New Castle, incorporated, com-
bined, shows the following: value of lands, $912,810; value of improvements,
$230,020: total, $1,142,830; value of lots, $677,040: value of improvements, $611-
130; total, $1,288,170; value of personal property of all kinds, $1,182,720; railroad
property including steam and electric lines, $403,890; total value of taxables of all
kinds, $4,017,610; less mortgage exemptions, $155,340; total, $3,862,270. Total
taxes levied on duplicate for the year 1904, township and New Castle, incor-
porated, combined, which taxes include all items set forth in Dudley Township
with the addition of the township poor tax. corporation, corporation bond, lighting
streets, streets, school library, and cemetery, all of which, except township poor
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tax, are confined to New Castle corporation : total, $82,864.85. Total polls in
Henry Township, 202; tax, $2.50 each; New Castle corporation, 912; tax,
$2.50 each.
In 1904. the vote of the whole township cast at six precincts, all in New
Castle, was as follows : first precinct, 268 ; second, 287 ; third, 340 ; fourth, 200 ;
fifth, 268; sixth, 330; total, 1,693. This total vote indicates a marked increase in
the population of Henry Township for 1904 as compared with the census of
1900. In the four years intervening, the population was largely increased by the
location of many new manufacturing establishments in New Castle.
The first election was held at the house of Samuel Batson ; Charles Jamison,
Inspector. Asahel Woodard, Micajah Chamness, and Thomas Watkins were ap-
pointed Fence-viewers for Henry Township. William Shannon and Samuel
Batson were elected first Justices of Peace.
The fourth of the original townships, included all the territory lying north of
Henry, and was eight miles in width and nearly twenty in length, thus giving it an
area of nearly 160 square miles or about 105,000 acres. Within its ample limits
were all of the present townships of Blue River, Stony Creek, Prairie, Jefferson,
Fall Creek, and about two fifths of Harrison.
In spite of the mutations which have since overtaken it. the township re-
mains five miles in width by eight in length, thus containing over 25,000 acres,
which were divided, according to the census of 1870. into 201 farms, averaging
about 122 acres each.
The population of Prairie_Township according to the census of 1890, includ-
ing Luray. Springport, Mount Summit, and Hillsboro. not incorporated, was
1,663; census of 1900, 1,662, thus showing that the township, in ten years, lost
one inhabitant.
Prairie contains four villages, viz. : Luray, Springport, Mount Summit and
Hillsboro. The value of farms and improvements for the year 1870, was $559,210;
of town lots and improvements, $10,610; of personal property $258,650; making
a total for the township, of $828,470. The tax duplicate for 1904, the township
and towns combined, shows the following value of land. $686,730; value of im-
provements, $70,090; total, $756,820; value of lots, $6,900: value of improve-
ments, $25,470; total, $32,370; value of personal property of all kinds, $287,290;
value of railroad property, no electric lines, $222,320; total value of taxables of
all kinds, $1,298,800; less mortgage exemptions, $45,700; leaving net value of tax-
ables for the year named, $1,253,100. Total taxes levied on the tax duplicate for
1904, township and towns combined, which taxes include all items enumerated
in Dudley Township, except corporation tax. there being no incorporated town in
Prairie, $18,750.44 ; total polls, 293 ; tax on each, $2.50.
This is a remarkable township in many respects. Situated as it is, on the
"divide" between White and Blue Rivers, about one half its surface finds drainage
to the north and the remainder southward, and although thus situated on the
"water shed," nearly one sixth of its surface consists of low, wet meadows, from
fifty to eighty feet below the general level of the table lands. It is from these
meadows or prairies that the townshi]) takes its name. These "flowery leas" seem
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ever to have been coveted, although within the memory of the oldest inhabitant
large portions of them were so flooded with water much of the year as to be
chiefly valuable as the resort of waterfowl. Today, however, under an extensive
system of drainage, even the wettest portions of these prairies have been thor-
oughly redeemed, making farms which for inexhaustible fertility cannot be sur-
passed.
The first" election for Justice of Peace was held July 6, 1822, at the house of
Absalom Harvey; William Harvey, Inspector. William Harvey and Abijah Cane
were appointed first Overseers of the Poor, and Abraham Harvey, James Massey,
and Robert Gordon, Fence-viewers "in and for said township." In 1826, the
place of holding elections was changed to Sampson Smith's, afterward to Enoch
Dent's, and again to Ezekiel T. Hickman's, where it remained for many years, but,
in 1846, was changed to James Harvey's. Later, there were several changes in
the voting place, and now there are two voting places, viz. : south precinct, Mount
Summit; north precinct, Springport. Vote, 1904, south precinct, 209: north pre-
cmct, 232; total, 441.
The first school house in the township was built on Shubal Julian's land,
better known of late as the "Shively farm," perhaps in 1824 or 1825. It was a
small affair, with split saplings for seats, and a fire-place across the entire end.
The late Dr. Luther W. Hess, of Cadiz, once a State Senator, and ex-County
Treasurer, and Emsley Julian, graduated from this school. Milton Wayman, the
last Probate Judge for Henry County, was the teacher.
LIBERTY TOWNSHir.
Liberty was the fifth township organized, this important ceremony bearing
date of February 12, 1822. It was a clipping from the east end of Henry Town-
ship, and, according to the metes and bounds prescribed, it was at first one mile
less in extent from east to west than at present. It is now six miles wide by six
and three fourths in length, thus embracing about forty square miles, mostly table
land, and of a very fine quality generally. Flatrock, rising in Rlue River Township,
enters the township near the middle of its northern boundary, passing out near
the southwest corner. The valley of this stream is so slightly depressed as to form
nothing worthy to be called blufifs, and, although too sluggish to be of much value
for hydraulic purposes, it, with its small tributaries, seems in some way con-
nected with the drainage and fertility of a wide belt of superb farming lands. The
two Symons creeks, heretofore mentioned, find their sources in Liberty Town-
ship, and now furnish ample drainage to many sections of fine land that, doubt-
less, in the early days of Henry County, passed for very wet land.
The aggregate value of the farms and improvements of Liberty Township
exceeds that of the farms of any other township of the county, except Henry, and
the evidence of thrift and "farming for profit" are nowhere more generally visible
than in Liberty Township. Four villages have been projected in the township —
Millville, Ashland, Petersburg, and Chicago, though it is presumed that the propri-
etors of the two last named, if still living, have long since abandoned the hope of
seeing them outstrip their namesakes. Under the old turnpike law, many miles of
turnpike sprang into existence, and now the people of this township rejoice in the
advantage of traveling to almost any point on good roads.
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According to the census of 1870, the population numbered 1,868, being almost
exclusively rural. Its 24,000 acres were then divided into 203 farms, an average
of about 120 acres each. The population then numbered about 49 to the square
mile, being divided between 376 families. There were then 6 persons of color,
19 foreigners, 64 North Carolinians, and 32 Virginians, within the township. The
population of Liberty Township, township and towns combined, according to the
census of 1890, was 1,538; census of 1900, 1,416; showing a loss in ten years
of more than one hundred, which is explained by the purchase and consolidation of
small farms into large ones.
The wealth of the township was estimated for the purpose of taxation, in
1870, as follows: farms and improvements, $712,430; town lots and improvements,
$5,950 ; personal property, $325,410 ; total valuation. $1,043,790. The tax duplicate
for the year 1904, the township and towns combined, shows the following, viz. :
value of lands, $843,720: value of improvements. $104,130; total, $947,850; value
of lots, $970; value of improvements, $3,120: total, $4,090: value of personal
property of all kinds, $301,607; value of railroad property, no electric lines, $244,-
100; total value of taxables of all kinds, $1,497,647; less mortgage exemptions,
$42,410; leaving net value of taxables for year named, $1,455,237. Total taxes
levied on the tax duplicate for the year 1904, the township and towns combined,
which taxes include all items enumerated in Dudley Township, except corpora-
tion tax, there being no incorpoi^ted town in Liberty Township, $20,854.80 ; total
polls, 241 ; tax on each, $2.
The first election was held at the house of Ezekiel Leavell, on the first Satur-
day in May, 1823, for the election of two Justices of the Peace. Ezekiel Leavell
was Inspector. John Smith was made Supervisor of all the roads in the town-
ship. Jacob Thorp and Cyrus Cotton were appointed Overseers of the Poor. In
1825, the elections were ordered to be held at the house of Samuel D. Wells, and
continued to be held at his house for a number of years. After the railroad was
built through the township and the town of Millville established, the voting place
was moved to that town. There are now two voting precincts in Liberty, one
at Millville, the other at Ashland. Vote, 1904. East Liberty precinct. Millville,
209 ; West Liberty precinct, Ashland, 164 ; total, 373.
STONY CREEK TOWNSHIP.
This township, the next in order of organization, was established November
II, 1828. By its creation Prairie Township lost about one third of its "inde-
pendent jurisdiction," as Stony Creek was bounded on the west by the range line
separating ranges ten and eleven, and extended to the eastern boundary of the
county, including all north of Liberty Township, which made it a region of no small
consequence. It was at first eight miles from north to south, six miles wide on the
north, and about six and three fourths on its south line, and had in its ample area
about forty nine and one half sections of land. A tier of eight sections has since
been re-annexed to Prairie to compensate, no doubt, in a measure, for the loss of
more than two townships on the west. Blue River Township has also been carved
out of Stony Creek, thus reducing it in size to barely twenty square miles, about
two fifths of its primal area, and leaving it the smallest of the townships.
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The township is fittingly named from a creek, which, rising near, runs nearly
parallel with, its southern border, then runs north across the township and finally
into White River. The immense quantities of bowlders or "traveled stones" scat-
tered over some of the highest ridges and points in the township must not only
arrest the attention and excite the curiosity of the observer, but at once obviate the
necessity of inquiry as to the township's name.
This township presents, perhaps, a greater variety of surface and soil than
any other equal area in the county, and while there was every variety of timber to
be found in the county, there was a larger proportion of oak here than elsewhere,
and less poplar, ash and walnut.
There is a portion of two or more prairies in this township, similar to those in
Prairie. The bottom lands are doubtless equal to any in the county, while the
higher lands, which the casual observer would [lerhaps. pronounce thin or poor, not
only produce abumlnnt crops of the smaller grains, lint Indian corn of more than
average size. Blountsville and Rogersville are the only villages. The population,
according to the census of 1870, was 934; divided between 197 families. There
were then 13 colored persons, 10 foreigners, 21 natives of North Carolina, and 35
A'irginians in the township. There were 118 farms, averaging about 109 acres
each.
The population of Stony Creek Township, according to the census of 1890,
including Blountsville and Rogersville, was 1,088; the census of 1900 shows a
less population, the number being 962. Since then, the Chicago, Cincinnati and
Louisville Railroad has been built through the township, and now no doubt the
township exhibits a marked increase over that of 1900.
The assessed value of farms and improvements for 1870 was $178,940; of
town lots, $6,500; and of personal, $112,330; making a total of $297,770. The
tax duplicate for the year 1904, township and towns combined, shows the following:
value of lands, $333,010; value of improvements, $43,910; total, $376,920; value of
lots, $3,480; value of improvements, $10,140; total, $13,620; value of personal
property of all kinds, $141,740: value of railroad property, no electric lines, $30,-
140; total value of taxables of all kinds, $562,420; less mortgage exemptions, $25,-
180; leaving net value of taxables for the year named, $537,240. Total taxes
levied on the duplicate for the year 1904, township and towns combined, which
taxes include all items enumerated in Dudley Township except corporation tax,
there being no incorporated town in Stony Creek Township, $9,383.63 ; total polls,
179: tax on each, $2.00.
The first election was held at the house of Thomas Hobson, Jr., December 20,
1828, for the purpose of electing one Justice of the Peace; William Wyatt, In-
spector. There were formerly two voting precincts, but this was in the days of
bad roads, and want of suitable and satisfactory conveyances. Now, since the
days of free gravel roads and rubber tired buggies, the two precincts have been
consolidated into one, at Blountsville. A^ote. 1904, one precinct, Blountsville, 237.
F.MJ. CREEK TOWNSHIP.
The next- township in order was named Fall Creek, organized August, 1829.
This was at first declared to be eight miles in length, from north to south, by seven
in width. It thus embraced within its limits fifty six square miles, or 35,840 acres.
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and yet with this ample domain the township could only muster twenty nine votes
at an exciting election, in 1830, and of these but three were Whig votes, yet now
the township is largely Republican. Since the organization of the township a strip
two miles in width has been given to Harrison Township, and two miles on the
east of Jefferson, leaving the township six miles in length, from north to south,
and five miles in width.
Fall Creek is a well watered and very fertile township, and well improved
farms and good buildings indicate that the husbandman is being well repaid for
his labors. The creek from which the township takes its name, rising near the
northeast comer, and meandering through, leaves the township, near the south-
west corner. It once had sufficient fall to furnish valuable water power. Deer
Creek, a tributary, rising in Harrison Township, near Cadiz, emptying into Fall
Creek, about one and one-half miles north of Mechanicsburg. also furnished fair
water power. A "corn cracker" was erected on this stream, about the year 1826.
Benjamin Franklin, then a boy. afterward a noted preacher, is said to have dug
the race. This was the first mill in that part of Henry County.
A very rude log school house, with split pole benches and greased paper win-
dows, did service in the Keesling neighborhood near the present site of Mechan-
icsburg, as late as 1831 or 1832. Robert Price was the first teacher. Lewis Swain
was afterwards principal of this institution. Some of the earlier settlers can re-
member attending the log rollings every day for weeks together.
Aliddletown. Mechanicsburg, and Honey Creek, are the towns and villages of
the township. The total population of the township, according to the census of
1870, was 2,004, or about 66 to the square mile. Of these 31 were foreigners, 36
North Carolinians, 321 Alrginians. and 4 colored persons. There were 197 fami-
lies living in the town and villages and 209 in the country. The population of Fall
Creek Township, according to the census of 1890, including Middletown, Mechan-
icsburg and Honey Creek, was 2,320: census of 1900, 3,311, the principal gain
arising from the increase of the population of Middletown.
The wealth of the township, in 1870, for the purpose of taxation, was as fol-
lows: farms, $522,270; town lots, $72,650; personal property, $412,280; total, $1,-
007,200.
The tax duplicate for the year 1904, township, town and villages combined,
shows the following: value of lands. $659,780: value of improvements, $124,090:
total, $783,870: value of lots, $79,600; value of improvements, $127,410: total,
$207,010; value of personal property of all kinds, $476,850; value of railroad prop-
erty including steam and electric lines, incomplete. $171,810; total value of taxa-
bles of all kinds. $1,639,540; less mortgage exemptions, $37,410. leaving a net value
of taxables for the year named, $1,602,130. Total taxes levied on the duplicate for
the year 1904, township, town, and villages combined, which taxes include all
items enumerated in Dudley Township with the addition of township poor, corpor-
ation, bond, lighting streets, and streets, the last named three, being confined to
Aliddletown. $28,404.57, Total polls, the township, 235 ; tax, $2.50, each. Total
polls, Middletown, 241 ; tax on each $2.50.
All elections were ordered to be held at the house of Abraham Thomas, but in
1832, it was ordered that they thereafter be held at Middletown. Elections are now
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held at Aliddletown, ]\Iechanicsburg, and Henry Creek. Vote, 1904, Middletovvn,
precinct "A," 118; "B," 163; "C' 105; "D," 127; ;\Iechanicsbiirg. 129; Honey
Creek, 123; total, 765.
FRANKLIN TOWN SHIT.
Franklin Township was organized on January 5. 1830. It was constructed
out of Dudley and Wayne townships, and, from the order making it a township,
we learn that the west line was about three fourths of a mile west of the village of
Ogden. and continued north to the line dividing townships sixteen and seventeen,
which would make the northwest corner of Franklin as it then existed, about one
mile west of the Masonic Cemetery, which joins Greensboro on the south. From
this point the northern boundary ran east eight miles, or within three fourths of a
mile of the present eastern limits of the township. This gave it jurisdiction over
nearly all its present territory, all of Spiceland. a small fraction of Wayne (just
north of the "Stone Quarry Mill"), and three sections now claimed by Greensboro.
In the following year, a change was made in the western boundary, which gave
Wayne another tier of sections and made the northwest corner of Franklin Town-
ship, just about the location of the Masonic Cemetery, and perhaps, within the cor-
porate limits of Greensboro.
All elections were ordered to be held at the house of Joseph Copeland. John
Copeland was appointed Inspector, and Joseph -Kellum, Lister: and the first elec-
tion was ordered on the first Saturday in February, 1830. Upon the setting up of
Spiceland .Township, in 1842, Franklin, which underwent another mutation, was
given a slice off of Dudley, and was then contracted to its present limits of five
miles in width, from east to west, by six miles in length.
Flatrock "drags its slow length along" near the middle of the township, and,
although at two or three points it was compelled to do duty as a mill stream, it
never established much of a character for energy. It, however, is the natural drain
of a remarkably fertile body of land. Buck Creek drains the northwest corner of
the township.
The present area of the township is about 17.200 acres, which according to
the census of 1870, was then divided into 131 farms, an average of about 114
acres each. Lewisville, the only village in the township, then contained 86 families,
while 213 families resided in the country. Of the population in 1870, 42 were
foreigners, 13 colored, 124 North Carolinians, and 29 Virginians: total population
of township for 1870, 1,696; population according to the census of town and town-
ship combined, for 1890, 1.330: census of 1900, 1,137; loss in ten years 193. How-
ever, the recent improvement in Lewisville, must make a gain in the population of
the township for 1905, more than equal to the loss as stated. The loss in popula-
tion since 1870 must be accovmted for in Franklin Township for reasons given in
other similar cases, viz. : the consolidation of small farms into large ones.
The wealth of the township, 1870, is reported thus : farms and improvements,
$500.750 : town lots and improvements, $42,960 : personal property, $332,260 ; total,
$875,970.
The tax duplicate for the year 1904, township and Lewisville combined, shows
the following: value of lands. $591,920; value of improvements, $88,720; total,
$680,640: value of lots, $36,400: value of improvements. $29,330; total, 65,730:
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value of personal property of all kinds, $368,870; value of railroad property, in-
cluding steam and electric lines, $325,240; total value of taxables of all kinds,
$1,440,480; less mortgage exemptions, $25,290; leaving net value of taxables for
the vear named, $1,415,190. Total taxes levied on the duplicate for the year 1904,
township and Lewisville incorporated, combined, which taxes include all items
enumerated in Dudley Township with addition of township poor, and corporation
bond tax for Lewisville corporation, $20,626.66. Total polls in township, 136;
tax, $1.50 each; total polls in Lewisville, 72; tax, $2.00 each.
Formerly there was but one voting precinct in the township. Now there are
two, both in Lewisville. Vote for 1904, West Franklin precinct, 172; East Frank-
lin precinct, 162; total, '334.
GKF.ENSBORO TOWNSIIIT.
Greensboro Township, so named from an ancient village of North Carolina,
was organized September 7, 1831.' It was at first described as "all that part of the
territory of Henry Township west of the range line dividing nine and ten." This
made it seven miles from east to west, and six miles from north to south, which
would include nearly all of the present area of the township and three fifths of Har-
rison. In 1838, one half its territory was given to Harrison, and a small addition
— four square miles — was made to it, taken from the townships of Wayne and
Franklin. This change removed the township line one mile south from the village
of Greensboro, and left the township with an area of twenty five square mile-, or
about 16,000 acres, divided, according to the census of 1870. into 118 farms; an
average of about 135 acres each.
Greensboro and Woodville (now extinct), on the line between Harrison and
Greensboro Townships, were the only villages. Of the 315 families in 1870 in the
township, 70 lived in Greensboro. The population of the township numbered 1.490.
Of these six were reported of foreign birth; 81 colored; 221 were North Caro-
linians; and 52 were natives of Virginia. Population according to the census of
1890; Greensboro, Kennard, and Shirley, in Henry County, combined, 1,612; cen-
sus for 1900, 1,658.
The tax duplicate for the year 1904, township and towns combined, shows
as follows: value of lands, $514,320; value of improvements, $72,760; total, $587,-
080; value of lots. $16,610; value of improvements, $65,820; total, $82,430; value
of personal property of all kinds, $269.850 ; value of railroad property, no electric
lines. $137,020; total value of taxables of all kinds, $1,076,380; less mortgage ex-
emptions, $32,330; leaving net value of taxables for the year named, $1,044,050.
Greensboro is a well watered and fertile township. Blue River, skirting
through the southeast corner, and Duck Creek, running across the eastern end,
furnish fine water power. Much of the land along these water courses is quite
rolling and there are numerous knolls, supplied with excellent gravel. ]\lont-
gomery Creek, crossing the township near the middle, and Six-mile Creek rising
in, and running across, the western part of the township, made the complete
drainage of a large and fertile portion of the township (originally counted as
wet), a matter of no great difficulty.
The assessed value of Greensboro Township, tax duplicate of 1870, was:
farms, $364,850; town lots, $34,190; personal. $196,330; total, $595,370.
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Total taxes levied on the duplicate for the year 1904, township and towns
combined, which taxes include all items enumerated in Dudley township with the
addition of corporation tax. Kennard, Shirley, and Greensboro, and corporation
bond, Kennard, and street tax, Shirley; total, $19,259.59. Total polls in township.
154; tax, $3.00 each; Greensboro corporation, 49; tax, $2.50 each; Kennard, 97;
tax. $3.00 each ; Shirley, 41 ; tax, $3.50 each.
For many years and until after the building of the Big Four railroad across
the northern part of the township, all elections were held in the villae-e of Greens-
boro. The first election in the township, was held on the fourth Saturday in
September, 183 1, and Thomas Reagan was made the first inspector of elections.
There are now two voting precincts, viz. : Greensboro, and Kennard, all voters liv-
ing at Shirley, Henry County, voting at Kennard. \^ote for 1904, east precinct,
Greensboro, 192; west precinct, Kennard. 302; total, 494.
IIARKTSOX TOWNSHIP.
The large and important township of Harrison was formed out of the north
half of Greensboro and two tiers of sections off the south side of Fall Creek, No-
vember 7, 1838, and all elections were ordered to be held at Cadiz.
The general aspect of this township, which is five miles from north to south
and seven miles from east to west, is that of high gently undulating table land, with
considerable portions formerly inclined to be wet, but ver\' fertile under a system
of intelligent drainage, now practically complete. A larger number of small
streams find their head waters in this than any other township of the county. A
small portion of the northeast corner of the township finds drainage into Bell Creek,
and runs north, and near the same spot rises Honey Creek, also running north.
Deer Creek, rising near the center of the township, also runs north by west, and
empties into Fall Creek near Mechanicsburg, while two other small tributaries of
Fall Creek have their source in the north and northwest portions of the township,
and in the central and western portions. Sugar Creek takes its rise and runs west,
while Montgomery Creek rises in the south part and runs south, and the west fork
of Duck Creek rising near Cadiz, also runs south, while the principal branch of
that creek, with some small tributaries, pretty effectually drains the eastern end of
the township. A little south and west of Cadiz can doubtless be found some of the
highest land in the western part of the county. Cadiz, and a part of Woodville,
now extinct, are the only villages of the township.
Harrison Township contains, exclusive of town lots, Cadiz and Woodville,
more than 22,000 acres of land, which, according to the census of 1870, was di-
vided into 183 farms, an average of about 122 acres each. The total assessed
value of the township, villages included, on the tax duplicate for 1870 was as fol-
lows : farms with improvements, $445,010; town lots including improvements, $11,-
030; total value of personal property of all kinds, $217,390; grand total, $673,430.
The tax duplicate for the year 1904, township and villages combined, shows
the following: value of lands, $761,280; value of improvements, $102,200; total,
$863,480; value of lots, $4,250; value of improvements, $14,450; total, $18,700:
value of personal property of all kinds, $314,560; total value of taxables of all
kinds, $1,196,740; less mortgage exemptions, $33,370; leaving net value of tax-
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ables for year named, $1,163,370. It will be noted that there is no railroad
property, either steam or electric lines included in the above. Harrison town-
ship is the only one in the county not touched bv a railroad. The total taxes
levied on the tax duplicate for 190^, township and villages combined, which taxes
include all items enumerated in Dudlev Township, with the addition of corpor-
ation bond and street tax for Cadiz. Total, $20,828.12. Total polls in Harrison
Township, 246; tax, $1.50 each ; Cadiz corporation, 33 ; tax, $2.00 each.
At the first election, on the first Saturday in December, 1838, William Tucker,
inspector, there were thirty two votes cast for Justice of the Peace. According to
the census of 1870, Harrison had a population of 1,916, of whom 32 were colored,
15 foreign born, loi natives of North Carolina, and 109 Virginians. Population,
according to the census of 1890, township and Cadiz combined, 1,674; census of
1900, 1,488; loss in ten years, 186; loss from 1870 to 1900, 428. The loss in pop-
ulation can be accounted for by the purchase and consolidation of small farms
into large ones, and the exodus of farmers and their sons and daughters from
country to town life.
The first church and school house was probably at Clear Springs, in the south-
east corner of the township, constructed in 1831-2 while it was a part of Greens-
boro Township.
All elections have been held at Cadiz, from the organization of the town-
ship to the present time. Formerly, there was but one voting precinct. Now there
are two. \'ote for 1904. South Harrison precinct, ig6; North Harrison precinct,
170; total, 366.
SPICEI.ANn TOWNSHIP.
This township, the smallest in the county, except Stony Creek, was organized,
June, 1842, at which time, Ogden was the principal village. Room for it was
found by taking a slice off Wayne and a four mile slip off the west side of Frank-
lin Township. It is of irregular shape, being six miles in length on the eastern
side, with an average length of five miles and width of four and one half miles.
Blue River forms the boundary for about three miles on the northwest. Its area
is a little short of twenty two square miles, or about 13,000 acres, which, according
to the census of 1870, was divided into 173 farms, giving an average of only about
75 acres each, the smallest average in the county.
Buck Creek, running in a southwest course, crosses the southeastern corner
of the township into Rush, where it makes a short turn and re-enters Henry
County about the middle of the south line of the township and bearing in a north-
west course, nearly four miles, passes into Wayne Township and falls into Blue
River at the old Heaton or White Mills. Blue River on the northwest, and the
classic little stream named Brook Bezor, which rises near the center of the town-
ship and runs north two and one-half miles with an average descent of about thirty
feet to the mile, constitute the only water courses of note in the township.
Notwithstanding the smallness of Spiceland Township in respect to area, it is
bytio means insignificant in some other respects, being fourth in point of popula-
tion in the county, and up to the average in point of wealth, while its farm lands
are assessed higher for purposes of taxation than many other townships in the
county. This is doubtless owing in part to its division into smaller farms and
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consequent thorough tillage, but much is owing to the high average quality of the
land for general farming purposes.
The population of Spiceland Township, according to the census of 1870, num-
bered 2,020, or about 92 per square mile ; of these 334 were born in North Caro-
lina, 45 in Virginia, 17 out of the United States, and 65 were colored persons.
Population of Spiceland Township, including Ogden. Spiceland, and Dun-
reith according to the census of 1890, 1.823: census of 1900. 1,844: the last
census showing a total loss as compared with the census of 1870. of 176. This
loss of population, between the years above mentioned, is explained bv the mi-
proved general school system of the county as compared with the most prosperous
days of the Spiceland Aca<lem>-, under Clarkson Davis, as principal, when it out-
ranked every other school in the coimtv and many people moved to Spiceland to
educate their children. The school is yet a most excellent one but the improved
■educational facilities elsewhere in the countv. have stopped the migration to
Spiceland as the great educational center.
The first election was held at Ogden, August, 1842. A few vears afterwards,
the poll was divided and elections held at Spiceland and Ogden. There are now
three precincts, two at Spiceland and one at Dunreith. Vote for 1904, West
Spiceland precinct, 132; East Spiceland precinct, 196: south precinct. Dunreith,
185: total vote, 513.
The assessed value of the tax duplicate for 1870. in farms was $457,460; town
lots, $65,870; personal, $296,310; total, $819, 640. The tax duplicate for the year
1904, township and towns combined, shows as follows: value of lands, $453,590;
value of improvements, $101,410: total, $555,000; value of lots, $24,550; value of
improvements, $60,830; total, $85,380: total value of personal property of all kinds,
$393,160;, value of railroad property, steam and electric lines, $393,180; total taxa-
bles of all kinds, $1,426,720; less mortgage exemptions, $29,410; leaving net value
of taxables for the year named, $1,397,310. Total taxes levied on the duplicate
for the year 1904, township and towns combined, which taxes include all items
enumerated in Dudley Township, with the addition of township poor, lighting
streets, corporation and street tax, the last three for Spiceland corporation, and
corporation tax for Dunreith, total $21,988.26. Total polls in township, 159; tax,
$2.00 each; Spiceland corporation, 81 ; tax, $2.50 each; Dunreith corporation, 30;
tax, $2.50 each.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
This township was organized September 5, 1843, out of the spare territory of
Fall Creek and Prairie. The eastern half of it is eight miles in length, while on the
west line it is but six miles. It is four miles in width and contains twenty eight
square miles, or nearly 18,000 acres, all passably good land, and much of it very fine
farming land. Its principal stream is Bell Creek, which with its tributaries traverses
nearly the entire length of the township. Honey Creek is in the southwest ; and
a branch tributary of Buck Creek, in the northeast corner, carries into White
River a portion of its surplus waters. Sulphur Springs is the only village.
The population of the township, according to the census of T870, numbered
1,234. divided into 230 families, 172 of whom lived in the agricultural districts.
890 hazzard's history of henry county.
There were 23 foreigners, 12 North Carolinians, and 169 Virginians in the town-
ship. The average size of a farm in the township was about 103 acres, and the
population numbered about 46 to the square mile.
The farms and improvements on the tax duplicate for 1870 were valued, for
the purpose of taxation, at $359,290; town lots, $18,800; personal, $188,050; total,
$566,140.
The tax duplicate for the year 1904, townships and town combined, shows the
following: value of lands, $543,460; value of improvements, $73,010; total, $616,-
470; value of lots, $2,310; value of improvements, $19,840; total, $22,150; total
value of personal property of all kinds, $214,200; value of railroad property in-
cluding steam and unfinished electric line, $143,820; total value of taxables of all
kinds, $996,640, less mortgage exemptions, $30,470 ; leaving net value of taxables
for the year named, $966,220. Total taxes levied on the tax duplicate for the year
1904, township and town combined, which taxes include all items enumerated in
Dudley Township with the addition of corporation and street tax. Sulphur Springs,
$13,269. Total polls in Jefferson Township, 165 ; tax, $2.50; total polls in Sulphur
Springs, 49 ; tax, $2.25 each.
The elections were first ordered to be held at the house of Michael Swope, on
the 2nd day of October, 1843, ^oi" the purpose of electing a Justice. Since the
building of the Panhandle railroad through the township, 1855-56, and the es-
tablishment of Sulphur Springs, the elections have been uniformly held at that
place. Formerly, there was but one voting place, now there are two. \'ote, for
1904, West Jefferson precinct, 140; East Jefferson precinct, 173: total, 313.
Population, according to the census of 1890, township and town combined,
1,132; census of 1900, 1,144.
BLUE RINER TOWNSHIP.
This was the last organized, and is one of the smallest townships of the county,
and contains a trifle more than twenty two square miles. It was formed from
the south half of Stonv Creek Township, bv act of the Commissioners, on June 6,
1848.
Blue River Township takes its name quite aptly from being the source of
both branches of the stream of that name, so intimately connected with the pros-
perity and history of the county. "Big Blue," as it is often called, rises near the
middle of the western portion of the township, and runs nearly north about three
and one half miles to within about one half mile of Rogersville, in Stony Creek
Township, where it bears to the west and is soon wending its way amid the prai-
ries of Prairie Township. The slashes or head waters of this branch of the river
are known in the Duke neighborhood by the classic name of "Goose Creek." The
stream has a fall of perhaps twenty feet ]ier mile for the first three
and one half or four miles, and. although the volume of water is
small, at the ordinary stage there were formerly two prettv valuable
mill seats on it before it reached Prairie Township. "Little . Blue"
rises near the north line and northeast corner of the township, and run-
ning in a general southwest direction into Prairie Township, unites with the main
branch about two miles north of New Castle. On this branch of Blue River were
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 89I
formerly situated the flourishing woolen mills of Mowrer and McAfee and later
of Ice, Dunn and Company, and the celebrated Hernly Mill, as well as some of the
finest farms in the northern part of the county. Flatrock also rises in the north-
eastern portion of this township, and takes a southerly direction, while a small
branch of Stony Creek, almost interlapping with "Little Blue," somehow finds its
way through the water shed of this part of the county, and runs north into White
River, near the western boundary of Randolph County. From the number of
streams having their initial point in the township, and running in opposite direc-
tions, the conclusion is easily reached that some of the highest lands in the county
are to be found here ; but being the highest by no means signifies the dryest.
Large portions of the township required drainage to make them available to the
husbandman, but being reclaimed are of the very best quality.
The woolen mills mentioned in the preceding paragraph were for many
years a land mark in Henry County. There is now no sign of this once flourishing
industry except the remnants of a fast disappearing mill race. The factory was
first best known as Mowrer and McAfee's and later as Ice, Dunn and Company's.
From the destruction of the timber and the drainage of the county and the con-
sequent immediate flow of the waters on their way to the sea, Little Blue River
as well as all other rivers and streams in the county have been rendered practi-
cally useless, so far as power is concerned, for mill and factory purposes. For the
same reason, the Hernly Mill, so long another land mark, was put out of business.
This mill and factor}- stood near each other about three miles northeast of New
Castle and not far from the old village of Hillsboro.
This little township was exclusively rural, having neither village nor per-
manent postoffice within its limits until after the construction of the Big Four rail-
road through the central part of the county, unless a half interest in the old town
site of Centerville, on the line between Blue River and Stony Creek townships, for
many years extinct, could have been claimed as a village. Since the building of
the Big Four Road, the prosperous and beautiful town of Mooreland has been es-
tablished and the postoffice has been re-established at what is now the village of
Messick, formerly a neighborhood cross roads.
The census of 1870 showed a population of 861, the smallest number at that
time, of any of the thirteen civil divisions of the county. Of this population, 13
were colored ; 7 foreigners, 25 Virginians ; and 70 North Carolinians. The pop-
ulation, according to the census of 1890 including Mooreland, incorporated, and
the village of Messick, was 1,032: census of 1900, 1,053.
The farms and improvements on the tax duplicate of 1870, were valued at
$269,250, and the personal property at $88,990: total, $358,240. The tax dupli-
cate for the year 1904, township, town, and village combined, shows as follows:
value of lands, $458,220: value of improvements, $37,070: total, $495,290: value
of lots, $9,160: value of improvements, $32,160: total, $41,320: total value of per-
sonal property of all kinds, $190,620: value of railroad property, no electric lines,
$98,040: total value of taxables of all kinds, $825,270: less mortgage exemptions,
$43,700: leaving net value of taxables for the year named, $781,570. Total taxes
levied for the year 1904, township, town and village combined, which taxes in-
clude all items enumerated in Dudley Township, with the addition of corporation
bond, and street tax for the town of Mooreland, $13,267.09. Total polls in town-
ship, 135: tax, $2.50 each: polls in Mooreland, 76: tax, $3.25 each.
892 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
At the time the township was established, all elections were ordered to be
held at "the home of Philip Moore or at the Meeting House nearby," and they so
continued to be held there until after the establishment of Mooreland as above men-
tioned, since which time the voting has all been done at Mooreland where there are
now two precincts. Vote for 1904, West Blue River precinct, 145 ; East Blue
River precinct, 174; total, 319.
[47tli IXDIAXA INFANTRY
CHAPTER XXXIX.
county buildings and county charities.
The First Court House — The Second Court House — The Present Court
House — The Xew Addition to the Present Court House — Earlier
Clerk's And Recorder's Office — Earlier Auditor's And Treasurer's
Office — The Court House Square — The First Jail — The Second Jail
— The Present Jail — The Present Jail Site — The Stray Pen — The
County Asylum — Superintendents of the County Asylum — The
First Orphans' Home at Spiceland — The Aged Person's Home and
Orphan Asylum for the German Baptist Church of the Southern
District of Indiana — The Bundy Home at Spiceland — The County
Board of Charities and Corrections.
Section six of the act, providing for the organization of the county of
Henry, made it the duty of the commissioners to provide for the erection of
suitable colinty buildings within one year after their election.
THE first court HOUSE.
In obedience to this provision, the commissioners, in February, 1823, ordered
that :
"The agent of Henry County shall offer for sale to the lowest bidder in the
town of New Castle, the building of the court house of Henry County, of the
following dimensions, to-wit : being logs twenty two by eighteen feet, each log to
face not less than twelve inches at the little end, being seven inches thick, twelve
rounds high, with a cabin roof to consist of eleven joists, to be four inches by
nine, the joists to be eight feet nine inches from the floor, etc., etc."
The sills of this imposing structure were to be of durable timber, one foot
from the ground, with a good rock or stone under each corner, a puncheon floor
below and plank floor above, with two windows above and three below, consist-
ing of twelve lights each ; and they further instructed that the, "Sale of the above
described building be on the Wednesday after the second Monday in ]\Iay next,
with a good door three feet wide, six feet, six inches high."
At the May term following, the board rescinded the above order and at once
substituted another with further and more "workmanlike" specifications. In these
specifications, the side logs were to be twenty six feet long, and end logs twenty
feet, while they were to face at least twelve inches in the middle, and sills and
sleepers to be of good durable timber, and to be placed on six suitable sized
stones, the floor to be of puncheons hewed smooth and solid, and the lower story
894 hazzard's history of henry county.
to be at least nine feet between joists. The second floor to be of plank, and the
second story was to be at least five feet from the floor to the top of the last
round of logs, "or square." There were also to be two doors so cut as to make
the center of the door "nine feet from the end of the building" (which end is
not specified), but they were to be "so hanged as to open on that end of the house
intended for spectators," and they were to be hung on strong iron hinges, with a
"good lock on what may be considered the front door," and a bar so as to fasten
the other. This time there were to be two fifteen-light windows, and a strong
partition of banisters, at least four feet high, to separate the court from the spec-
tators, with a strong gate in it, fastening on the inside, and the second floor was to
be reached by a "good strong set of straight steps, commonly called mill steps."
The building was to be "well chinked and daubed and covered with good oak
boards confined with sufficient weight poles."
The order for letting the court house provides that it be "advertised in three
of the most public places in the county, and in the Western Times, a paper
published at Centreville, Wayne County. Indiana," and it was, in "height, ma-
terials and construction, to be similar to the court house in Connersville. Fayette
County, Indiana."
This building was ordered to be placed on the southeast corner of lot four,
block twelve, which located it near the southwest corner of the new addition to
the present court house and immediately across the street, north of the Alcazar
theatre. So soon as the building was covered, the contractor was to receive
twenty dollars of the "purchase money," and it was also stipulated that it was to
be completed before the second Monday in February.
According to arrangement, the Agent did "sell the courthouse," on the 14th
of May, 1823, to George Barnard, for two hundred and forty seven dollars, and
in May following the commissioners adjourned from the house of John Smith
to the new court house, which they formally accepted, as it was done according to
contract. Once established in a building adequate to the wants and fully com-
porting with the dignity and wealth of our flourishing county — one that cost
them a sum about equal to the tax duplicate for three years, it cannot be. doubted
but the commissioners felt immeasurable relief. Doubtless the tax-payers grum-
bled at the extravagance of those fellows who could thus squander two hundred
and forty seven dollars, and they were soon rewarded by being permitted to retire
to the rest and quietude of private life.
This log building, Henry County's first court house, was ready for oc-
cupancy early in the year 1824, and it was used for the transaction of all the
business of the county, until after the second court house was ordered constructed
in 1831. Between the determination to build a new court house (1831), and the
time when it was ready for use, in the Winter of 1836-37, the first court house
came to be regarded as unfit in which to hold court, and accordingly in 1834, as
related by Judge Martin L. Bundy :
"The Board of County Commissioners procured for a court room, which
was so used until the new building was ready for occupancy, the old frame
Methodist Church, a small structure which stood where the City Hall (Old
Methodist Church), now stands. At the first term of court held in this church.
Charles H. Test was the presiding judge and William J. Brown, then of Rush-
hazzard's history of henry county. 895
ville (Father of Admiral George Brown, of Indianapolis, retired) was the prose-
cuting attorney. My father-in-law, Abraham Elliott, appeared as counsel for
Peter Winslow, a colored man who shot at a constable about to levy an execu-
tion on his property. This I think was Abraham Elliott's last appearance in court
as attorney."
It is remembered by persons now living in New Castle, that after this first
court house was vacated by the county, it was repaired and occupied by Samuel
Graham, an English weaver who came to New York in 1833, and soon after to
New Castle, where he wove coverlets and where he probably had his place of
abode. A number of people in New Castle, and probably elsewhere in the county,
now hold as heirlooms, fine, old fashioned coverlets woven in white and blue,
with appropriate patterns, and date, the handiwork of Mr. Graham, a well re-
membered citizen and the father of William D. and the late Thomas R. Graham.
After Mr. Graham's vacation of this old log building, remembered as standing
as late as 1850, it may have been and probably was used as a residence.
It is mentioned in one of the preceding paragraphs, that the county com-
missioners in May, 1824, "adjourned from the house of John Smith to the new
court house." the first one built. This shows that the board of commissioners
had found a new place for business and had moved from the house of Charles
Jamison. The history regarding this removal is furnished by Judge Martin L.
Bundy who in answer to the inquiry, "Who was John Smith?" says:
"Well, he was the son of John Smith, a little old man who was the proprietor
of. and laid out Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and whom I remember as
far back as 1825. His son, John Smith, built a house and owned the lots where
my son, Eugene H. Bundy, and his family now live, opposite, but a near neigh-
bor of Charles Jamison. His house was larger than Jamison's which may have
been the reason for the removal. Smith left New Castle, prior to 1833 and settled
in Wabash where he lived for many years and where he died. The only two
things that I remember about Smith were that he was very deaf and that when
he made a visit to a neighbor, his parting salutation was, 'take notice.' I am
not sure that he was in any way distinguished, nor do I remember his vocation,
if he had one."
The jail, court house, and stray pen, or pound, being completed, a "long
spasm of retrenchment and economy" occurred, until the county, fast becoming
rich, began to grow proud, and, in 1831, ordered the building of a
SECOND COURT HOUSE (buILT OF P.RICK),
which was to be "forty feet square, walls included," the foundation "to be dug
eighteen inches beneath the surface of the ground, the walls to be two feet thick
from the foundation three feet up," the lower story to be fifteen feet high, and
the upper story to be twelve.
This time, instead of a "cabin roof" sufficiently weighted down with poles.
it was to have one of good yellow poplar "join shingles," eighteen inches in
length, "to be pitched from each square to the center," the whole to be surmounted
with an eight square cupola, eight feet in diameter, to "arise" twenty feet, eight
feet of the distance to be enclosed with "Venecian blinds," and said cupola to be
896 iiazzard's history of hexry county.
surmounted by a suitable cap from which was to be raised a spear bearing a
wooden ball, ten inches in diameter, "nicely gilt," and still above this a heat vane
and higher yet "a cross with a gilt ball on each end," and the whole surmounted
with a "neat cap" on top of the spear.
Let the reader picture to himself the transition from the little cramped up,
cabin roofed, puncheon floored, chinked and daubed, poorly lighted, hewed log
concern, standing high and dry upon six "nigger heads," and an outside chimney,
to this spacious brick, with twenty three windows of twenty four lights each, and a
large folding door and "fan light" above, with foundations hidden away the
enormous distance of eighteen inches under ground, and the whole surmounted
with a cupola, which, for architectural design and finish, must have been the
wonder of the age, and he cannot but be struck with the amazing strides in the paths
of luxury taken by our forefathers. We are amazed at the old fellows, not one
in twenty of whom had anything better than a cabin at home, to be willing to
undertake the erection of a "temple of justice" of such proportions and at such
an enormous cost, as it seemed at that time, as there were but seventy five dollars
and three fourths of a cent in the treasury to commence on.
The building was, nevertheless, sold to one Nathan Crawford, in the latter
part of the year 1831, "he being the lowest bidder," for the sum of $5,315, to be
paid on the first of January each year, for five years,' as follows : in 1832, $400; in
1833, $700; in 1834, $1,000: in 1835, $1,200; in 1836, the balance. The walls
were to be up and covered and all outside wood work was to be completed
January i, 1834, and two years was to be allowed for finishing off the costly
interior. In short, it was expected that the contractor would "push things," and
spend something like a thousand dollars a year. Robert ■\Iurphey was allowed
$2.50 for furnishing the design of this elaborate structure. About nine o'clock, on
Thursday morning, January 7, 1836, Nathan Crawford moved the commis-
sioners, Robert Murphey, Tabor W. McKee, and John Whittaker to take the job
off his hands ; which they promptly declined to do, and declared that they had
examined the "said court house" and "are of the opinion" that it is deficient in
almost every particular, that the "roof leaks," plastering is not neatly done; and
carpenter work ditto, and that the "contract is forfeited in toto, and the materials
out of which said house is constructed are, in a great many cases, deficient." This
was "rough" on the said Crawford, but he had to bear it till the March term,
when a compromise was eflfected, and the building was received at $4,500, which
was docking him $815 only.
The second or brick court house was destroyed by fire, about the time of the
assembling of a county convention, on February 13, 1864.
THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE.
After the burning of the second court house in 1864, the commissioners
rented the Murphey Hall, now occupied by the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, which by adoption, became the court house of the county and continued
to be so used until the new court house was ready for occupancy in 1869. At the
tifne of the conflagration, some of the public records and a great mass of
official papers, stored away in one of the jury rooms, for want of room elsewhere,
all more or less valuable, were lost or destroved.
hazzard's history of henry county. 8g7
The commissionfers, Morris F. Edwards, John Minesinger, and Elias Phelps
at once set to work to devise ways and means for the erection of a new building
dedicated to justice. There were several essential points to be secured in this
proposed edifice. It mvtst be free from dampness, which would destroy the
precious records of the county, on which so much of the "peace and quiet" of
our community depends. It must, of course, be fire proof, and sufificiently com-
modious for all legitimate purposes not only now, but for many years to come ;
must be of durable materials, and last, if least, it must be "good looking," a
monument of the enterprise and taste of the people of one of the wealthy counties
of the State. All these prerequisites, when the addition, completed in 1905, is con-
sidered in connection with the building, have been faithfully complied with. The
main building as completed in 1869 is sixty six feet wide by eighty two feet in
length, while the tower, which serves as main entrance and the initial point of the
stairway to the court room, jury room, etc., above adds some nineteen feet more,
making the extreme length one hundred and one feet. The height of the walls is
fifty feet and of the tower one hundred and ten feet from the foundation.
There is a cellar under the building with a labyrinth of arched passages which
contain furnaces and flues for heating every part of the building.
Of the capaciousness and convenience of the rooms for the county officers, on
the first floor of the building as completed in 1869, it would exceed the limits of this
work to speak more minutely. There is a large fire proof and almost burglar proof
vault cotmected with each of the offices for the storage of the abundant and val-
uable archives on file.
The'court rooms for the grand and traverse juries, sheriff's room, &c., as first
completed, reached by the main stairway, are all worthy of a more extended notice
than this work will allow. The court room itself, about sixty five feet by fifty feet,
was in 1869 one of the finest and best appointed in the State, both as to convenience
and tasteful ornamentations. The fresco painting on its walls and ceiling alone
cost about $1,400 and was at that time regarded as a work of art. In August,
1871, Elwood Pleas, in writing of this court house, said: "The entire cost of this
magnificent 'temple of Justice,' so well constructed and of such materials as to
withstand the ordinary ravages of the 'tooth of Time,' till several generations shall
have passed away, has been about $120,000. This is seemingly a large sum,
but it must be remembered that ever^-thing used, cost 'war prices,' and already, by
comparison with other public buildings, it is coming to be regarded as not too
large a sum for such a building. Although there has been no little grumbling
by some of the tax-payers, it can safely be predicted that the next generation at
least, will thank the commissioners who ordered its erection and give full credit
to Morris F. Edwards for having efficiently superintended the construction of the
same."
NEW ADDITION TO THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE.
In the Fall of the year 1903, the board of county commissioners, recognizing
the inadequate accommodations of the court house, decided to improve the build-
ing by an addition to the west end. The contract was let, December 29, 1903, to
Patrick H. McCormack and Company, for the erection of the new part. This
section of the building is sixty-eight feet, eight inches long, thus lacking but thir-
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teen feet of being equal in length to the original structure, and of the same width.
The new part joins flush with the old and from appearance, inside and out, it is hard
to imagine that the two sections were not erected at one time. In style of archi-
tecture, the new wing is a duplicate of the original. The completed structure occu-
pying the center of the square and surrounded by artistically kept grounds, is
massive and imposing.
The work on the new part was begun in the Spring of 1904. Tlie completed
building was accepted by the board of commissioners in April, 1905. In comparing
the two sections so nearly equal in size, one is impressed with two differences. The
first section, a recognized necessity in 1864, was completed in 1869. The other
was finished less than eighteen months after the matter was taken up by the com-
missioners. The new wing cost $44,000, the old section $120,000 — Civil War
prices.
The two parts have been made symmetrical in interior decoration, the cost
for re-decorating the entire structure, being $2,895. About $4,000 worth of new
and modern furniture has been purchased giving the offices all the conveniences of
the present time and adding the finishing touches to the otherwise handsome
quarters.
The new addition with its three floors and basement contains large and com-
modious public waiting rooms and toilets on the basement floor. The offices of
the county assessor, auditor, treasurer, and county surveyor, are on the first floor.
The Grand Army room, the law library, judge's library, and private office, two
jury rooms, a grand jury apartment and consultation rooms for attorneys, occupy
the second floor. Large storage rooms for old documents are on the third floor,
which is a subdivision of the second story. It also provides an additional room for
the county clerk and permits the establishment of a commissioner's court room in
the former recorder's ofice, the recorder occupying the former auditor's office
in the old part. The county superintendent has his office in the old office of the
county treasurer in the original building. The sheriff's office still retains its
former location in the old building.
Hot water heats the entire structure. Every modern convenience has been
installed. Marble wainscotting circles the halls. The walls are calcined and fres-
coed. The grounds are beautiful. The exterior 150 by 67 feet, is complete and
massive, the interior being handsome and convenient.
EARLIER clerk's AND RECORDER'S OFFICE.
In the earliest days of the county, the position of a county officer was not a
very lucrative one. The records of their transactions were very brief and imperfect,
and the business for a whole term of court might have been carried on a few
scraps of paper in a vest pocket. One man acted as clerk and recorder and per-
formed many of the duties now devolving upon the auditor, an office not created
for twenty years after the county was organized. In this state of affairs, some
small room that could be rented for fifteen or twenty dollars per year was all suf-
ficient for one of the officers, and, in fact, there was but little use for a room, ex-
cept at stated intervals, for a few years, and a party having business with the court
would be as likely as any way to find its clerk out in his corn field, with a hoe in
his hand, or in his clearing, grubbing.
hazzard's history of henry county. 899
Of course this sort of thing could not last always, and accordingly the com-
missioners let the building of a clerk's and recorder's office to Thomas Ginn for the
sum of $844. The same was to be a one-story brick building, eighteen feet wide
and thirty eight feet in length, divided into two rooms.
earlier auditor's and treasurer's office.
On the northeast corner of the public square, erected in 1847, by George Lowe,
contractor, for the sum of $545, was the counterpart of the last named building
in almost every particular.
These little buildings, the first named, immediately south of, and the second,
immediately north of the first brick court house and on a line fronting with it,
doubtless answered . the purpose intended quite well, when first constructed, but
the rapid accumulation of records and papers, and the great increase of public bus-
iness, and number of persons doing business, had, for a number of years, ren-
dered it apparent that their days of usefulness were drawing to a close, when the
fire of February 13, 1864, "opened the way," rather unexpectedly, for the building
of the present court house.
THE court house SQUARE.
The county of Henry, as the original owner of the townsite of New Castle,
reserved the present public square consisting of lots i, 2, 3, and 4 of block 12 of the
original plat for the Court House Square, and at that time for other public uses.
Later, it was determined that lots i, and 2, constituting the east half of the square,
would be sufficient for all county purposes, and accordingly an alley way ten
feet wide was run through the square, north and south, on the line between lots 2,
and 3, thus dividing it into two equal parts.
In November. 1835, there was a subdivision made of lots three and four,
dividing the same into five lots, three fronting on Broad Street and two on Race
Street, which lots from said subdivision were sold by the county as follows : Lot i,
July 30, 1837. to David Macy for $50; lot 2, October 5, 1837, to George B.
Rogers and Alexander Michaels for $50; lot 3, October 25, 1837, to Jehu T. Elliott
for $81 ; lot 4, November i, 1837, to Ezekiel T. Hickman for $100; lot 5. November
I, 1837, to John Taylor for $117; total for five lots $398. This property under-
went many trasfers and when the time came for the countv to use the entire pres-
ent Court House Square for county purposes, the west half of the square was oc-
cupied by residences of all the parties below named except in the case of Jacob
Movvrer who had a residence and grocery store combined, fronting on Broad
Street opposite the site of the present Ward Block.
The county bought the property of the respective owners, allowing them to re-
move the buildings, as follows: Jacob Mowrer, ,$1,300; Jacob Byer, $1,000; Helen
E. Thornburgh, wife of Alfred ]\I. Thornburgh, $400: Harmon H. Allen, $600:
total, $3,500, thus showing a difference of $3,102 between what the county sold the
property for in 1837 and what it purchased it back for, less than thirty years after.
THE first jail.
At the February term, 1823, the commissioners also ordered the sale of "the
jail of Henry County," which, they specify, shall be
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"Of the dimensions fourteen feet square, seven feet between the floors, the logs to
be square ten inches, to be dovetailed at each corner and pinned; upper and lower floor
to consist of logs squared of the same dimensions, the upper floor each log to be pinned
down with one inch and one-half auger, one round of logs above the upper floor flt dovvTi.
the door to be three feet wide, the shutter to be made of two-inch oak plank doubled, and
be well spiked and hung with good and sufficient hinges to open outside with a good and
sufllcient bar with staples and lock, a cabin roof, the lower floor to be laid on two oak
sills, and the house to be built on the top thereof, one window one foot square with four-
inch square bars of iron to be sufficiently let in."
This was a very imposing- structure to a man outside, but once shut in, say
in July or August, especially if there were several of the "four inch square"' iron
bars across the one window (a foot square), all efforts to escape must have soon
become quite feeble. The reader of these specifications (which were doubtless
clear enough to the commissioners,) may be a little puzzled to determine whether
"the house to be built oh the top thereof" was to be placed on the lower floor, or
whether the house was to have a second story intended for a jailer's residence or
some such purpose. It was subsequently ordered that the jail should be com-
pleted before the second Monday in August, and that the clerk should issue a
county order to the builder for twenty dollars so soon as the building should be
"erected to the height of four rounds." Obediah R. Weaver, being the lowest
bidder, undertook "the faithful performance" of the contract for $120.
Although this building was to have been completed in August, 1823, it is
found that, in May, 1824, the board refused to receive it, "inasmuch as it considered
that the same had not been executed according to contract." The building was
subsequently received of Mr. Weaver, and forty five dollars paid in full for the
work ; twenty dollars having been previously advanced, when the structure was
btit "four rounds high." This jail was soon found to be inadequate, and the grow-
ing wants of the times induced the commissioners to order the "selling" of
THE SECOND JAII..
which was also to be built of timber. It was really to be an extension of the old
one, the door of which was to be taken away and the space filled with logs. The
addition was to be built adjoining the old part, leaving only eight inches between,
which was afterward to be filled with timber. The new part was to have one
window like the old one, one foot square, and when carried up to the height of the
old one, a second stor\- was to be built on, of logs, extending over both, and to be
entered from one end by a "strong stairway," and the only entrance to the lower
story was to be through a strong trap door, two feet square, "to be made secure
with a strong bar of iron and good and sufficient lock, &c. Once let down into one
of these "black holes," the most hardened desperado could dismiss all fears of "the
dogs biting him" so long as his incarceration continued. On the 7th of January,
1830, Moses Brown, undertook the reconstruction of said jail, for the sum of
$97-50- which was certainly cheap enough even in those days.
The rule that all things earthly must pass away seems to have made no ex-
ceptions in favor of Henrv County jails. In less than five years from the comple-
tion of the second jail or "goal," the commissioners ordered a third to be advertised
and erected. This time the exter 'al walls were to be of brick. The foundation
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HEXRV COUXTV. QOI
was to be set in the ground two feet, and to be twenty eight inches in thickness.
Above, the wall was to be thirteen inches thick, and eighteen feet by twenty five in
dimensions, and two stories in height. The floor of the prisons or "dungeons" was
to be of good oak timber ten inches thick, and, on top of this a floor of good oak
plank one and one half inches thick. Just inside the brick walls and on top of
the floor, was to be "built a log wall" of "hewn timber, ten inches square, to be laid
down half dovetailed," and seven feet high. And this was to be lined with one
and one half inch beech plank, and "cross lined" and well spiked on with "cut
spikes, six inches in length" and not to exceed three inches distant. The wooden
walls were to be continued so as to make two tiers of dungeons, but the upper ones
were not required to be so well lined, or otherwise made so strong. The upper
story was, doubtless, intended for the more corrigible class of culprits, while the
more hardened sinners were to be "sent below." The dungeons in the lower story
were to be ready for occupants by the third Monday of October, and the whole
structure, by the first Monday in May, 1836.
"At a sale held at the court house," to "sell the building of the goals," ]\Iiles
Murphey "bid off the same for $1,100," $500 to be paid January i, 1836, and the
residue in one year. This work was done according to contract, and the structure,
with little amendment, stood the racket until about 1850.
The nmsty records of the board of commissioners showed that the constant bill
of expense for guarding prisoners was such that February 11, 1851, they ordered
the building of another jail. Elisha Clift appears to have been the architect and
Jacob Elliott was selected to purchase materials and superintend it under the im-
mediate orders of the commissioners. It was two stories in height, and thirty six
by forty feet, was of brick with a stone floor, the cell wall being of hewn timber
and lined with boiler iron and cost about $3,500. This iail stood until torn down
to make room for the present court house.
In locating the site of the last jail, it must be considered that before the build-
ing of the present court house (without the new addition) the present public square
was cut in two by an alley ten feet wide, running through the center of the square,
north and south. Only that part of the square east of the alley was occupied for
county purposes, the balance, west of the alley, being used for residences, as is
shown, in considering the construction of the present court house. This last men-
tioned jail stood nearly flush with Broad Street, at the northwest corner of the
lot. made by the alley and stood about opposite the present Ward Block. The two
preceding jails occupied practically the same ground.
THE PRESENT JAIL.
The present county prison is a fine well built structure, in shape, somewhat
like p capital letter "T," with the top of the letter representing the front of the
building, which is used as the jailor's resilience. The building is complete in all
its appointments, is two stories in height, with a cellar underneath, containing a
furnace, &c.. for warming the whole. Externally the building has the appearance
of being all brick, with stone window frames secured with heavy iron rods, behind
which are heavy plate glass of such a peculiar make that they do not obstruct the
light while they tell none the secrets of the interior. Inside the brick wall is a
thick stone one, or rather the wall is half stone and half of brick, and just inside
902 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
the Stone is an iron lining of boiler iron. Next comes a corridor about three feet
wide, and then an iron grating, made of heavy iron bars through which pass one
and one eighth inch rods of iron. This arrangement extends through both stories.
Inside of this formidable grating, is another passage way or corridor entirely
surrounding the cells, or strong boxes, which are made of heavy iron grating and
boiler iron.
The first floor is of massive stone slabs, about fifteen inches in thickness, and
the second floor is of iron. There are eighteen cells in the building, not likely to
be all filled at one time.
The structure was built with an eye to the safety of its inmates, and, not-
withstanding a mishap or two has occurred, it is not easy to see how a safer trap
can reasonably be constructed, and it is the opinion of good judges that, with reas-
onable care on the part of the keeper to ward off outside influence, the most ex-
pert jail-bird could be kept till doomsday.
The cost of the building was about $40,000. Robert Cluggish, most efficiently
superintended its erection.
THE PRESENT JAIL SITE.
The present jail' site and grounds occupy lot one and the east half of lot two in
block five of the original plat of New Castle. The west half of lot two and all of
lot three, thus comprising all the lots in block five, is occupied by what is known
as the Jacob Brenneman residence. This block is bounded on the east by Twelfth
Street, on the north by Vine Street, on the west by Eleventh Street, and on the
south by a continuation of Livery Alley. The county was the original owner of
this property. Through its agent. Ezekiel Leavell, on May 8, 1834, it sold lots one
and three to Samuel Hawn for five dolUirs. The center lot, number two, was con-
sidered so valueless that the countv abandoned the same and accordingly on Au-
gust 25, 1834, it was sold for taxes by Wesley Goodwin, collector of taxes for
Henry County, "to the said Samuel Hawn for thirty three cents. Thus the
county derived a total revenue of $5.33 from the entire block.
That part of the block occupied by the Brenneman residence has changed
hands but few times since Hawn bought it, and as far back as the author of this
History can remember, more than fifty years, it was in the possession of Jacob
Brenneman and is now owned by his heirs.
The east half of the block underwent many transfers and when the time came
for the county to buy it for the purpose for which it is now used, it was owned and
occupied by Thomas C. Jordan, now ahd for half a century, past, a resident of New
Castle, the county paying him therefor, on March 11, 1868, $1,200. The frame
house on this lot was of no particular value to the county and was immediately
torn down to make way for the jail. Thus, what the county sold in 1834 for
$2,665^ fone half the price of the block) it bought back, thirty four years later at
an advance of $1,197,331^.
STRAY PEN.
A stray pen or pound, in early days, was considered an indispensable appur-
tenance of every "well regulated" county. Stock was much more given to straying,
no doubt, in early times than at the present. The love of home, or faculty of in-
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
903
habitiveness, was probably not so well developed then as now, while the powers of
locomotion were generally much better, especially with the porkers. The time and
money lost in looking up lost stock in this or any other new county, seventy-five
years ago, notwithstanding the comparatively small amount kept, was much larger
than at present, and, doubtless, led the assembled wisdom of our general assemblies
to give it more careful thought than they now apparently devote to some of
the great question of the hour.
By an act of the General Assembly, 1824, it was made the duty of the "com-
missioners in each and every county in the State to cause a pound to be erected at
or near the court houses, with a good and sufficient fence, gate, lock, and key, where
all stray horses, mules and asses, above two years old, taken up within twenty miles
of the court house, shall be kept on the first day of every circuit court, for three suc-
ceeding terms, after the same shall be taken up, from eleven until three o'clock in
each day, that the owner may have the opportunity of claiming his, her, or their
property, and any person having taken up such property, and living more than
twenty miles from the court house, shall not be compelled to exhibit it more than
once.
In obedience to some such act as this, the Henry County Commissioners or-
dered to be "'sold" the
"Erecting of a poimd, commonly called a stray pen, the said pen to be erected in
the southwest corner of the public square, the said pen is to be forty feet square, to be
erected at least five feet high, and of good and durable timber commonly called a post
and rail fence, with a gate and lock to the same,"
Alinor Fox undertook this great "'public enterprise" for the sum of $12.50 and
"gave bond with sureties approved of by the commissioners of Henry County,"
and faithfully performed the labor within four months in so satisfactory a man-
ner that the cominissioners accepted it. and luade him tin- fir-t pi mnd-keeper.
The stray pen or pound was located on the public >i|iKnc. immediately in the
rear and south of the jail site which locates it in the ceiucr of the present public
square, the south end extending to Race Street. The "gate and lock to the same"'
was on the corner of the alley, near the Race Street side of the pound.
The buildings and belongings of the establishment where the count\"s poor
are cared for ought to be a matter of more interest to the people of Henry than is
generally manifested. Caring for those unfortunate persons who have from any
cause, become unable to care for themselves, has been accepted by the county com-
missioners as a duty, ever since the meeting of the first board, in 1822, and. although
the arrangement for the comfort of paupers may have seemed parsimonious at times,
surroundirg circumstances must be taken into account. It would never do to make
the fare, comforts, and general attractiveness of the asylum such that able-bodied,,
but lazy, shiftless, persons, of whom there are a few in every comiriunity. would
seek for a residence at the county home, and besides the item, "on account of poor,"
has ever been a lai-ge one in the "btidget" of Henry County, and it is largely oti the
increase.
904 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTY.
On March 8, 1839, Commissioners Shawhan, Corwine and Ball, purchased of
William Silver a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, about one mile northwest
of New Castle, for the sum of $2,000. In May following, a contract was made with
John D. Fooshee for keeping the paupers as well as the building of a "poor house,"
and it was also ordered that "all persons who are now, or may hereafter become, a
county charge, shall be removed, as the law directs, to the poor house provided for
that purpose."
Just what sort of a house this was to be (probably built of logs) or the price
paid to the man who bought it the records do not show, but, on the 4th of January.
1844, a special session of the board was called to receive sealed proposals for the
building of another house, which was to be of brick with a cellar under one wing,
fourteen by thirty feet. The size of said building is not specified, but it was to
have a porch on three sides of the same, with fourteen posts and banisters between
from which it maj' be inferred that it was of considerable size. The brick were
to be burned on the place, and all the sills, sleepers, posts, and plates were to be got
off the farm. The brick work was to be painted red and penciled with white, and
the porch painted drab. John Shroyer, Miles Murphey, and Dr. Joel Reed were
appointed to superintend the building of the said house. John H. Polsley under-
took the work for $1,100, and was allowed, for extra work, the sum of twenty
dollars. The superintendents each received twenty dollars for their services.
This building was burned down and the paupers rendered homeless. May 9,
T855, when the commissioners promptly ordered the building of another and
more commodious structure at an expense of about $7,000 which is the present
county asylum, since considerably remodeled and enlarged.
Mark Modlin was the superintendent of the county asylum at the time of
its destruction by fire. He then moved onto his farm, three and one half miles west
of New Castle, the same farm being now occupied by his son, Alcander Modlin,
and here under contract with the county commissioners, he kept the county paupers
until March, i860, when the new building was readv for occupancv, and when the
unfortunates were brought in and given into the care of the new superintendent,
Alvis Haguewood.
For two or three years after the asylum was established, the contract was made
with Fooshee to care for the paupers that might, from time to time, be sent to
him at the rate of $1.25 per head per week, with some little extra allowance in
"extreme cases," he paying $150 for the rent of the farm.
In 1841 the commissioners resolved to turn over a new leaf, and so they let the
contract to "board, clothe and feed" all paupers, and "to treat them in a humane
manner, and especiallv to attend to the moral instruction of said paupers." to
Samuel Hoover and Mark Modlin, for three vears from March i, 1842, at one dol-
lar per capita per week, they paying $125 for rent of the farm. At the end of
this time, they called for "sealed proposals" for keeping the paupers, raising the rent
of the farm to $1 50. The position had come to be looked upon as being so desirable
that there was strife over it and Mr. Fooshee instituted an unsuccessful suit to
secure possession of it, after the contract was awarded to other parties for three
vears. In 1844, he was a successful applicant, giving twenty five dollars more than
had been previously paid for the use of the farm, and agreeing to take, "board.
clothe, feed, and lodge," and morally instruct all paupers, for sixty two and one
IIAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEJIRY COUNTY. 905
lialf cents per head per week, and bring in no other charge whatever. This was
quite a coming down, but, after he had given bond to the satisfaction of the hoard,
he seems to have "flew the track," and Mark Modlin was awarded the prize at sev-
enty five cents per head per week, for one year.
Afterward the rent of the farm was reduced to $ioo per year, and seventy five
cents per week was allowed for keeping the paupers, and to "board, clothe, feed,
humanely treat, arid morally instruct," &c., which was cheap as dirt.
It is pleasant to know that our late commissioners have turned over still
another leaf, and do not let that important charge on the sole condition of economy,
and yet there is no loud complaint on this score.
The farm has been enlarged to about three liundred acres, much of the later
purchases being first class bottom land. John W. Bell is the present superin-
tendent, having under 'his charge now, about fifty persons nearly equally divided
in sex. The annual average cost for maintenance "for each inmate is estimated by
Superintendent Bell to be about forty dollars. The value of the land without im-
provements, is stated by the same authority to be $60 per acre and that the value of
the improvements is $12,000, thus making the value of the farm at the rate of
one hundred dollars per acre. However, in the opinion of the author of this His-
tory. Superintendent Bell's value of the land is entirely too low. The author
thinks the land alone, without the buildings is worth $100 per acre. Value of per-
sonal property of all kinds is $4,000. The buildings are heated by steam, the
county owning and operating its own plant. Mrs. Mary E. Bell, wife of the super-
intendent, is the matron of the asylum. The annual salaries paid at the present
time, are: superintendent, $500; matron, $130, the county paying for the services
of extra hands when needed.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF COUNTY ASYLUM.
The following is approximately a correct list of the superintendents of the
county asylum and the time for which they served respectively : John D. Fooshee,
1830 t" March, 1842: Samuel Hoover and Mark ]\Iodlin, March, 1842, to Septem-
ber, 1842: Mark ]\Iodlin, September, 1842, to May. 1853; Jacob Batdorf, May,
1853, (short time) : Anthony Livezey, 1853 ^ 1855 '• Mark Modlin, 1855 to March,
i860: Alvis Haguewood, March, i860, to March, 1867; Joel R. Hutson, March,
1867. to March. 1869: Mahlon D. Harvev. ^March, 1869, to March, 1878; Daniel
Harvey, March, 1878, to September. 1880: John W. Bell. September, 1880. to
September. 1885; Daniel Harvey, September, 1885, to September, 1893; Mahlon
D. Harvey, September, 1893, to September, 1897; Joel R. Frazier, September,
1897. to September, 1899; John W. Bell, September, 1899, present incumbent.
William Silver, who sold the first land purchased liv the cnuntx" for the
county asylum farm, was a pioneer merchant of Xew Castle, and Judqe ^ilartin L.
Bundy, being requested to give his personal recollection of Mr. Silver, says :
"William Silver came to New Castle in 1830 from Warren County, Ohio,
and opened a dry goods store. He was then a young married man. He subse-
quently purchased the lot on which now stands the Shroyer Building and he built
thereon a frame building for a store room and residence and continued his busi-
ness until 1838, when he removed to Pendleton. The carpenter who did the work
was Dr. James A', ^^^ayman, then a young man.
9o6 hazzard's history of henry county.
■'At the time Silver came, Judge Jehu T. ElHott and Miles Murphey were
young men and both applicants for a clerkship in his store. Silver chose Murphey
because he had $i6o which he could lend him and Elliott had no money. This
circumstance made Murphey a merchant and Elliott a lawyer in life time bus-
iness.
"Silver owned and sold to the county, the present poor farm or asylum. Prior
to this, paupers were auctioned to the person who would take them for the least
price."
THE FIRST orphan's HOME AT SPICELAND.
Miss Susan Fussell, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in March, 1877, vis-
ited a county home conducted by a family named Johnson at Danville, Indiana, for
the care of the county children of Hendricks County, and having under her charge
certain soldiers' orphan children, was impressed with the plan employed in
Hendricks County. In April of the same year she moved to Spiceland, Henry
County, with five of the soldiers' orphan children, these alone remaining of the
ten children of whom she had assumed charge in 1865, after the war. The plan
for a home similar to that in Hendricks County was formed in her mind.
"In September, 1877, she applied to the county commissioners of Henry
county, Cyrus \"an Matre, William D. Cooper and Ithamer W. Stuart, for the
children then in the county asvlum. offering for the sum. of twenty five cents per
day per child, to feed, clothe, nurse, and educate them, until suitable homes could
be found for them.
"The proposition was kept before the commissioners at every session of their
court for almost three years before they acceded to it. and then it was accepted on
condition that Miss Fussell receive twenty three cents instead of twenty five cents
per day for each child.
"So thoroughly convinced was she of the practicability and excellence of the
plan, and of the great need of something being done to give these children a
chance for an independent and honorable life that she consented to the terms,
March, 1880, rented a suitable house at her own expense and at the same time
contributed $500 to the institution which was never repaid to her. and received
into the home on June 8. 1880, the nine children sent her from the Henry County
Asylum."
It was largely due to the efforts of ]\Iiss Fussell and others interested in
the work that the General Assembly, April 7, 1881, passed a law authorizing the
county commissioners in each county to appoint as matron, a woman of good
moral character, and judgment, and suitable age. haviiig experience in the care and
training of children and to put in her care, at some suitable and convenient place
not connected with the county asylum, all pauper children of sound mind between
the ages of one and sixteen years. The matron was to be paid not less than
twenty five and not more than thirtv cents daily for each inmate. Accordingly,
after the passage of this law, the commissioners paid I\Iiss Fussell twentv five cents
daily per child instead of twenty three cents.
The law made it the duty of the commissioners to appoint a "committee of
three competent persons * * * to examine into the condition of the home and the
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manner in which the children therein are kept and treated by the matron * * * at
least once every three months and report to the board the result of their examin-
ation. L
The commissioners, June 1882, appointed Mrs. Martha A. White, of Spice-
land : Mrs. William M. Ewing, of 'Knightstown, and ]\Irs. Sarah A. R. Boor, of
New Castle, to serve on this committee, the duties of which in a more limited
sphere, were very similar to those of the present county board of charities. Later.
Mrs. Ewing, removing to Kansas, Mrs. Maggie Watson, of Dunreith, was ap-
pointed to fill her place. When, April i, 1887, Miss Fussell having become inca-
paciated through illness and age to act as matron and carry on the heavy duties in-
volved, resigned, Mrs. Watson gave up her place as a member of the committee
to permit the appointment of Miss Fussell, who lived near the home and was so
familiar with the work. Miss Fussell served faithfully as did the other two ladies,
until her death, July 19, 1889, when her sister, Ada Fussell, succeeded her. The
committee as constituted, continued its service unbrokenly as long as the Spice-
land Home was maintained.
x\fter the plan was arranged with Miss Fussell in 1880, the county leased the
property in Spiceland where the home was kept during its existence. A year later,
June 24, 1881, the property was purchased of Edmund and James White for
$2,500. It was rented to Miss Fussell at $144 annually for the house and $25 for
the ground which consisted of about seven acres. The house and buildings were
continually enlarged and improved. The grounds were beautified with flower beds
and walks and with fruit trees and garden. Much of the expense of this was
borne by. Miss Fussell who frequently contributed from her private purse to the
success of her plan and to the welfare of the children. The property acquired b>'
the commissioners, with improvements, grew in value to $4,200. Prior to 1885,
the rate per child was raised to thirty cents daily and was so maintained.
Miss Fussell was greatly assisted in her work by her sister, Miss Ada Fus-
sell, who served without compensation and greatly improved the education of the
children by her kindergarten work. They were taught useful facts and methods
of house work and various out door employments. Instructors were provided for
them. The care and attention were of the best.
Under the supervision of the founder and her sister, the home continued to
flourish. About ninety children had been cared for and at least two thirds of them
had found good homes in the county, up to the 3'ear 1887. In this year, in April,
failing health made necessary the resignation of Miss Fussell as matron. ]Miss
Martha E. Hadley was appointed to the position and filled the same faithfully and
efficiently during the continued existence of the home.
On October 3'!, 1893. a contract was made by the commissioners, with Julia
E. Work, superintendent of the Northern Indiana Orphans' Home at Lapoi-te, In-
diana, to deliver to her from the Spiceland Home, twenty two children who were
to be cared for by her and placed in private homes, she to receive $35 for each
child when placed in a private home. This contract annulled a similar one previ-
ously made on September, 28, 1893, with the Children's Home Society of Indianap-
olis, the latter having been for $50 per child instead of $35.
There had been considerable agitation concerning the expense attached to the
care of the children and there was a dissension among the commissioners and inter-
r)o8 hazzard's history of henry county.
ested county officers regarding the advisability of maintaining the County Or-
phan's Home at Spiceland. The money side prevailed : the conveniences resulting
from years of hard and patient work were overlooked : the congenial surroundings
which made the children, happy and content, completely lost their value. It was
decided that it would be cheaper for the county to enter into the contract with
Mrs. Work.
On December 5, 1893. the commissioners contracted with the German Bap-
tist Home at Honey Creek to care for the dependent children of the county, not then
transferred to ^Irs. W'orlc's Home, at the rate of "five children at forty cents each,
daily, ten children at tliirt} five cents each, daily, fifteen children at thirty cents
each, daily, or forty children at twenty five cents each, daily" that institution to be
free from taxation while acting as servant of the county. This contract removed
the few remaining children from Spiceland and gave the finishing blow to the
Home at that place, which had been in existence for more than thirteen years.
The home at Spiceland was sold for a greatly reduced sum in consideration of
the improvements made on it and the advantages it ofTered. The work of a noble
woman was brought to naught. Miss Fussell had died before the creation for
which she had labored so unsparingly, was wrecked. She was thus spared the pain
of seeing her life work destroyed. The Home, which had promised so much for
the children and for the county, was no more.
The author of this History acknowledges himself indebted to that noble,
charitable woman, a former member of the committee for the Spiceland Orphans'
Home, Mrs. Sarah A. R. Boor, for the information contained in this article.
AGED person's HOME AND ORPHAN ASYLUM FOR THE GERMAN BAPTIST CHURCH
OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA.
The beginning of organized effort for the care of aged members and orphan
children of the German Baptist Congregation, in the Southern District of Indiana
began to be discussed as early as 1881, and the work began to take form about
that date, by the circulation of subscription papers in the several congregations of
the district and the soliciting of means to secure a site, and funds for building.
In 1883, an amount of sufficient importance had been secured to permit of organiza-
tion which was effected at a meeting held at Beech Grove in the northern part of
Henry County in 1883. Five trustees were selected into whose hands was placed
the power of taking out articles of association. The names of the first board of
trustees with the length of time for which they were chosen, were as follows :
Jacob W. Yost, five years ; James M. Wyatt, four years : John Hart, three years ;
John L. Krall, two years : Joseph D. Neher, one year.
On March i. 1883, Jacob W. Yost, James M. Wyatt, and John L. Krall met
Jacob P. Miller, on the farm near Honey Creek, Henry County, Indiana, where the
home now stands, and completed negotiations for its purchase by which they were
to secure one hundred and forty acres of land for the sum of seven thousand dol-
lars, four thousand of which was paid in cash, Jacob P. Miller, donating one
thousand dollars of this amount.
Articles of association, drawn by Frank ^^'. Fitzhugh, a lawyer of New Cas-
tle, were entered into on July 31, 1883, and transcribed into a book which is in pos-
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. gog
session of the secretary. The corporate seal as set out in article eight of the above
mentioned articles of association was designed by David W. Kinsey and others.
The legend "Pro Deo, Ecclesia et Re Publica" (For God, The Church and the
State) is understood to have been contributed by Adolph Rogers, of New Castle.
The names subscribed to the articles of association are John Hart, of Beechy
Mire, Union County, Indiana; Jacob W. Yost, Sulphur Springs, Henry County,
Indiana, and James M. Wyatt, Hagerstown. Wayne County, Indiana. In Decem-
ber of the same }ear in a district meeting held near the home in the Upper Fall
Creek Church, David F. Hoover was selected as one of the trustees instead of
Joseph D. Neher, deceased.
In i8S6, the first building was erected by Waltz and Thornburgh, of Hagers-
town, Indiana, at a cost of $3,000. It did its duty well but was considered insuf-
ficient for the growing work and in 1901, a second building was erected, Isaac H.
Miller, of Middletown, being the architect, which cost about $2,500, and is fitted
out for the aged people and is called "The Home," while tlie old building is called
"The Orphanage."
The first superintendent employed by the trustees was John .S. McCarty, of
Clarksville, Indiana. He remained at the head of the institution for six years, and
was succeeded by John Brunk, of Middletown, Indiana, who held the position for
five years. Calvin Hooke succeeded John Brunk but gave over the work to his suc-
cessor at the end of one year. A. C. Snowberger took charge of the work in Sep-
tember, 1898 and continued for four years, when the present superintendent, Moses
Smelzer^ of Noblesville, took charge.
The first inmate was Jane Orr, of Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana, who
entered the home, December 30. 1886, and remained there nearly twelve years.
.Since she entered many have come and gone for whom the final step of life has
been made pleasant and happy in this excellent home. Manv poor children have
been provided with good homes through the agency of this institution, and twice,
the county of Henry has contracted with this home to care for its dependent chil-
dren.
In 1899, the General .Assembly passed a law forbidding the detention of de-
pendents between the ages of three and seventeen years for more than ten days in
the County Poor Asylum. In 1901, this was amended, increasing the length of
time to sixty days.
The first contract made by the Henry County Commissioners with the Ger-
man Baptist Home to care for its children was made December 5, 1893, as hereto-
fore stated. On April 10, igoi, the second contract was made by the commis-
sioners with the German Baptist Home to care for its dependent children at the rate
of twenty five cents per day for each child. This contract continued in force until
May I, 1905, when the Bundy Home at Spiceland, was opened. Part of the chil-
dren at the Baptist Home and a few still remaining at Plymouth were taken to
Spiceland and owing to the greater convenience of the Spiceland Home, the com-
missioners decided to send all future dependents of proper age to that iilacc.
Following the abandonment of the first County Orphan's Home which had
been maintained at Spiceland since 1880, the children dependent on the county
were in part taken to a home then superintended by Julia E. Work at Laporte,
Indiana, who subsequently removed to Plymouth, Marshall Countv, Indiana, and
9IO HAZZARDS HISTOKV OF HENRY COUNTY.
has since maintained tliere the well known Plymouth Home which has grown to
such large size. Until April lo, 1901, children continued to be sent to the home
of Mrs. Work but the inconvenience of taking children such a distance and the
expense attached to the trip decided the board to send all county children to the
Baptist institution. Still another advantage sought by the commissioners in mak-
ini;- ihc cliaii-c to the Baptist establishment was to give the children the benefit of a
more individual attention than could be accorded them in the Plymouth Home
which had grown very large. The Baptist home not only offered its cleanliness and
well kept apartments as an inducement, but in addition, it could give the children
more of the home life than could be given them in the larger place where so much
routine and system is necessary.
Thus for years the German Baptist Home has been very closely associated with
the other benevolent institutions of the county. Many homeless, children have
found here a good residence or through this institution, have been taken into
good homes. Its care has always been of the best and the conditions surrovmding
the home are very pleasant.
The author of this History acknowledges himself indebted to the Reverend
David F. Hoover for the information contained in this article. In the opinion
of the author, it is owing to the attention and care that David F. Hoover has de-
voted to this home that it has reached its present high degree of excellence and has
accomplished so much good.
THE BUNDY HOME .\T SPICELAND.
On May i, 1905, for the second time, an institution for the care of orphan and
homeless children was opened at Spiceland. The "Children's Home" as it is known,
was the result of a joint conference of the commissioners of the counties of Henry
and Rush. The joint meeting of the commissioners came after a proposition made
by j\Irs. Ella Bundy, fomierly in charge of the home at Rushville, to establish a
home for the dependent children of the two counties. Spiceland was selected by
the commissioners as the most desirable location for such a home, on account of its
convenient location and the many advantages ofifered there for the care of chil-
dren.
Acting largelv on the advice of the commissioners of the two counties, Mrs.
Bundv purchased the Kersev K. Kirk home in the west part of Spiceland, adjoining •
the academy on the western boundary. It is a fine piece of land particularly adapted
for its present use. It contains six acres and has a large house, barn, and other
buildings. The property was purchased for $4,000 and Mrs. Bundy has since
greatly improved and added to it, at an additional expense of $1,200. Large
dormitories have been arranged for the boys and for the girls. Play rooms and
other conveniences for the children have been fitted up. The house now contains
fourteen rooms.
The commissioners of the counties of Henry and Rush entered into a three
year's contract with Mrs. Bundv, after the purchase of the land, to care for all
county children between the ages of two and seventeen at the rate of twenty five
cents per day, per child, and for all children under that age at the rate of $3.00 per
week. For this price, Mrs. Bundy feeds, clothes, educates and otherwise exer-
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. QII
cises maternal care over the children, doctoring them when ill, at her own expense,
save in case of contagious disease.
The place was bought on March 2, 1905, and was opened for the reception of
the children on May ist. At present there are twenty five children under the care
of Mrs. Bundy. Seventeen of these are boys and eight are girls. Twelve of the
children are from Henry County and thirteen are from Rush. They range in age
from nine months to fifteen years.
Practically the entire ground surrounding the house, with the exception of
nearly an acre, which is in grass and is used for a play ground, is under cultivation.
Mrs. Bundv raises a great variety of fruits and vegetables and interests the children
in the cultivation so that they all have some little task to do each day and not only
keep out of mischief but are benefited by the knowledge they gain. The children
are also taught in a general way, the work of caring for the house, so that in a short
time they acquire a knowledge of practical things which will always be of use to
them. The children are kept clean and are apparently happy. Their food is of the
best and their dining quarters are light, airy and very clean. Their dormitories
and beds are extremely neat and as comfortable as the most fastidious could de-
sire.
Onlv one inconvenience is now noticeable in the home, this being the ease with
which parents from either county may come to see their children. The tendency
of such visits is to make the children homesick and dissatisfied. Parents, in some
cases too, are inclined to have their children cared for at the expense of the county,
if thev can see them frequently, whereas if the visit was not so convenient, they
would care" for them themselves. This difficulty will be overcome soon, however,
by the strict enforcement of a ruling limiting the number and frequency of the visits
of the parents,
COUNTY' BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRFXTIONS.
The following, from section one of an act passed in 1899, by the General
Assembly of the State of Indiana, for the purpose of providing "Boards of County
Charities and Corrections," resulted in the appointment, June 19, 1902, of such a
board in the county of Henry, by Judge William O. Barnard, then presiding.
"Be it enacted that in each county of the State the judge of the
circuit court may, and upon the petition of fifteen reputable citizens, shall appoint
six persons not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party or
belief, and not more than four of whom shall be men, who shall constitute a Board
of County Charities and Corrections, to serve without compensation, two of whom,
as indicated by the judge of the circuit court, shall serve for one f i) year, two
for two (2) years, and two for three (3) years, and upon the resignation or ex-
piration of the term of each, his or her successor shall in like manner be appointed
for the term of three (3) years."
The members of this board as constituted by Judge Barnard were John H.
Hewitt living east of New Castle, Benjamin S. Parker, and Mrs. Julia A. Loer
of New Castle, Mrs. Anna D. Welsh of IMiddletown, William S. IMofifat of Ken-
nard, and Mrs. Richard Wagoner of Knightstown. Mr. Parker and I\Irs. Loer
served the full three years. Mr. Hewitt and Mrs. Wagoner were appointed for
the two-vear term. Mr. Mofifat and Mrs. Welsh were assigned to the short term.
912 HAZZAKDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
one year. Up to the present time, all members of the board have been re-
appointed at the expiration of their respective terms by Judge Barnard's successor,
Judge John M. Morris.
The law providing for the creation of the board, directs that a chairman and
secretary shall be elected at the first meeting of the board which shall be "within
one week after receiving the notice of appointment." At the present time and
since the board was organized, the officers have been John H. Hewitt, Chair-
man, and Mrs. Anna D. Welsh, Secretary.
This board acts as "the eyes and ears of the county." It has no executive
power. Its duties consist in visiting the various lockups, county poor asylum,
orphan's home, jail, "and any other charitable or correctional institutions, receiv-
ing support from public funds, that may exist in the county at least once
each quarter," and reporting to the county commissioners once each quarter the
results of such visits and investigations. Similar reports are transmitted to the
state board of charities which at all times acts as an advisory board and in some
measure directs the work and actions of the county board.
The chief benefit of the board is in the publicity it is empowered and author-
ized to give to the methods used in conducting the county benevolent institutions,
and to the condition in which it finds them. It acts as an advisor to the county
commissioners and at all tiines may report to the commissioners such plans for
improvement or remedy as it deems advisable. It tends to act as a check on
carelessness or mis-management on the part of county officers having charge of
these institutions.
The law provides that "the county council in each county shall appropriate
and the board of county commissioners shall allow, not to exceed fifty dollars
($50) each year for the actual expenses of said Board of County Charities and
Corrections." The economy of the Henry County board is apparent from the
fact that the entire expense of the board for the term of its existence has not yet
exceeded twenty dollars. The amount is trifling when compared with the possi-
bilities for good which exist in this board.
CHAPTER XL.
the first courts and first attorneys.
The First Meeting Place of the Courts — The Commissioners' Court — Ap-
pointment OF THE First County Agent — The Board of Justices— The
Circuit- Court — The Grand Jury — Early Presentments — Early' Trials
— First Attorneys.
The act of the General Assembly organizing the county of Henry provided
that the "Circuit Court and all other courts shall meet and be holden at the
house of Joseph Hobson, until suitable accommodation can be had at the county
seat." The same act, however, provided that the Circuit Court might, if in its
wisdom it deemed it advisable, remove to some more suitable place. '
commissioners' court.
In accordance with these provisions, the Commissioners' Court assembled
"at the house of Joseph Hobson" on June lo, 1822, and we find the following as
the first record of an official character ever made in the county of Henry :
"Jvne Term for the year 1822.
"At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, in and for tlie County of
Henry. State of Indiana, on Monday, the 10th day of June, A. D. 1822, present Allen Shep-
herd and Samuel Goble. Esqrs., who produced their respective certificates and were sworn
into office by Jesse Healey, Esq.. Sheriff of the county aforesaid, as is required by the Con-
stitution and laws of this State."
As the Commissioners meant business, their first act, after taking" the oath of
ofiice. was the appointment of Rene Julian, Clerk of the Board, he being the
Clerk of the Circuit Court elect, and the second order reads :
"Ordered by the Board, that the Court adjourn until to-morrow morning at ten
o'clock, (Signed),
"Allen Shepherd,
"s.^muel goble."
Elisha Shortridge, who was doubtless elected at the same time as Shepherd
and Goble, did not put in an appearatice until the July term, when he "appeared
and presented his credentials in due form," and now Goble was absent, from some
cause not mentioned. From time to time the record shows that the Board met
"at the house of Joseph Hobson" until the May term, 1823, following, when it
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lAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
met at the house of Charles Jamison, in New Castle. Of Charles Jamison, Judge
Martin L. Bundy furnishes the only information obtainable which is as follows :
"The house of Charles Jamison was a double cabin, built of round logs,
which stood flush with the south side of what is now Church Street, about half
way between Main and Twelfth streets, which locates it in rear of the Nixon
residence, and diagonally southeast, and across the street from the Presbyterian
Church. I do not remember when it "disappeared. It was probably built in 1820
and was the first house ever built on the town site of New Castle. It was a most
convenient place for the transaction of the business of the new county of Henry,
because there was no other house in New Castle.
"Charles' Jamison was a small man physically, and was about the size of the
late Andrew Nicholson. I do not know from what State he emigrated, probably,
however from Tennessee, which was the State from which his son-in-law, Isaac
Bedsaul, came. I do not remember his wife, but her daughter, Polly Bedsaul,
who died of cholera in 1833, I remember very well, she being so kind to me
when I was a small boy. I do not think Charles Jamison had any sons. He
died, I think, at the house of Henry Courtney, two miles southeast of New Castle,
about 1836. I do not know that he had any regular occupation, and he was
rather too old to work when I knew him."
The Board met in June, July, August, and November, 1823, and yet the
records of their doings fill but eighteen small pages, while the proceedings of three
terms are crowded into eight pages, each one of which was about twice as large as
this page. The adopted court house was a "second-hand cabin," which had been
moved up from the bottom, west of town, and was, perhaps, twelve by sixteen or
sixteen by eighteen feet square, and without chinking or daubing.
The second day of the first term seems to have been a busy day, as William
Shannon, Dilwin Bales, and Abraham Heaton were appointed superintendents of
several school sections. Shannon was also made Treasurer and John Dorrah
was appointed Lister of the county. A poll tax of twenty five cents was levied for
county purposes, and Dudley, Wayne, Henry and Prairie townships were created,
and elections were ordered to be held in each. Inspectors were appointed for
each, after which the Board adjourned "until the first Monday in July next"
(1823).
The act of the General Assembly organizing the county provided for the
appointment of an agent for the county, who was to receive donations of grounds
made for the purpose of a county seat, buildings, etc. The July term was called
for the purpose of appointing such agent, and "the lot fell upon" Ezekiel Leavell,
of whom biographical mention is made in connection with the location of
New Castle. He was duly charged with the duty of superintending the sale of
town lots in the New Castle that was to be, the making of deeds, and, in addition,
when a court house, a jail, or a stray pen was to be constructed, the Agent was
ordered to "oflFer for sale to the lowest bidder, in the town of New Castle, the
building of the court house of Henry County," or the erecting of a "pound, com-
monly called a stray pen." or the "jail of Henry County," as the case might be.
The Commissioners' Court was a very important institution in early times.
Treasurers, Collectors, Listers, Constables, Pound-keepers, Supervisors, Road-
viewers, County Agents, Township Agents, Superintendents of school sections
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 915
(section sixteen of every Congressional township was set aside for school purposes,
and the proceeds of the subsequent sale of these sections, is the foundation of
our present common school fund), County Commissioners, County Surveyors,
Inspectors, etc., were all the creatures of this body. It not only was the keeper
of the public funds, levied or remitted the taxes, made the allowances of the
other officers, but granted permits to "keep tavern," "keep store," "keep grocery,"
or "peddle clocks," and with equal facility fixed the price of "liquors, lodgings,
horse feed, and stabling." The early commissioner seemed equally at home,
whether allowing the treasurer fifteen dollars for his annual services, or regulating
the cost of a half pint of whisky, quart of cider or "gallon of oats or corn."
BOARD OF JUSTICES.
On January 31, 1824, the General Assembly enacted that the Justices of the
Peace for the several counties should constitute a "Board of Justices" for the
transaction of "county business," with all the powers and duties heretofore exer-
cised by the commissioners. It was made the duty of "each and everv justice in
the several townships to meet" at the seat of Justice on the first Monday in Sep-
tember following, "and then and there to organize themselves into a County
Board of Justices, by electing one of their body President," &c., "and to meet on
the first Monday of January, March, May, July, September, and November, in
each and every year," at such time, unless the circuit court happened to be in ses-
sion on that day, in which case they were to meet on the Monday after its ad-
journment. Any three of these justices were competent to transact business, ex-
cept at the May and November terms, when it should require at least five mem-
bers, and a less number than a quorum could meet from day to day and compel
the attendance of others.
It was made the duty of the justices '"'to be punctual in their attendance at
their January, May, and November sessions, and for every failure thereof, with-
out a reasonable excuse, "such justice might be indicted or fined not to exceed
twenty dollars."
The Clerk of the Circuit Court was required to attend on the sittings of the
Board and write up its proceedings. The attendance of the She'riflf, in person or
by deputy, was required, and it was made the duty of such ofiicer to execute the
decrees of said board.
On January 26, 1827, the Board of Justices was abolished, and the Board of
Commissioners revived in the county of Henry and nine other counties lying in
the central part of the State. This new arrangement took effect on the first day
of August of the same year. The Board of County Commissioners, has. ever
since, continued to exist.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The first term of the Circuit Court was held September 30. 1822. by Thomas
R. Stanford and Elisha Long, Esqrs., Associate Justices, Miles Eggleston, Presid-
ing Judge of the Circuit Court, not being present. The court assembled, as the
law directed, at the house of Joseph Hobson, but availed itself of the privilege of
securing better quarters at once, by adopting Charles Jamison's log cabin as the
court house, as the following extract from the first record will show :
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
"At a Henry County Circuit Court, begun at the house of Joseph Hobson, agreeable
to an act of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, passed on the 31st day of December,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and adjourned
to the house of Charles Jamison, in the county aforesaid, on Monday, the 30th day of
September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two."
With the exception of the recording of the official bond of Rene Julian, Clerk,
on a fly-leaf of the docket, this is the first entry ever made by the Circuit Court of
Henry County. After the paragraph above recited is found recorded a copy of
the commissions of Judges Stanford and Long, bearing date of July 5, 1822, in
which "His Excellency Governor Jonathan Jennings sends greetings to all men and
"the rest of mankind" that he has commissioned the aforesaid Thomas R. Stan-
ford and the aforesaid Elisha Long, Associate Judges :
"For the county of Henry for and during the term of seven years, and until
his successors be appointed and qualified should he so long behave well."
On the back of each commission seems to have been the following endorse-
ment by the Sheriff:
"Be it remembered that, on the 7th day of August A. D. 1S22, personally came the
within commissioned, Thos. R. Stanford (or Elisha Long), and took the oath against
dueling, the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, the oath to support
the Constitution of this State, and also the oath of office as an Associate Judge of the
Henry Circuit Court. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
7th day of August, 1S22. Jessk H. He.vlet, Sheriff of Henry County."
The credentials of the two Judges, of the Sheriff and Qerk being duly dis-
posed of, Jesse H. Healey
"Returned into this court the writ of venire facias heretofore issued out of this
court, with the following panel to serve as Grand Jurors, the present term, to-wit: Dan-
iel Heaton, whom the court appoints as foreman, Joseph Watts, Ezekiel Leavell, Absalom
Harvey, William Bell, David Baily, John Baker, Jesse Cox, Samuel Dill, John Daugh-
erty, Jacob Parkhurst, Richard Parsons, William Riadon, Dempsey Reece and David
Thompson, good and lawful men, and householders of the County of Henry, who, being
duly sworn and by the court charged, retired to their room to deliberate."
Of this first Grand Jury consisting of fifteen members there is now no living
representative. The room to which they "retired to deliberate" was a convenient
log heap hard by. This log heap occupied the ground where is now situated, the
Presbyterian Church, distant about one hundred and fifty feet northwest from
the house of Charles Jamison. Of this first Grand Jun-. William ]McDowell
(Uncle Billy) was the bailiff. He continued as such officer of the Courts of
Henrv County for a period covering fifty years, when at his own request, he was
in 1873, relieved by Judge Joshua H. Mellett, who appointed John Alexander his
successor. Lot Bloomfield. producing a license signed by the presiding judge,
was permitted to practise in the court, upon taking the necessary oath. He was
also made prosecuting attorney for "this and the succeeding term of this court
and until a successor be appointed."
The next entry shows that Andrew Shannon so far forgot the dignity and
solemnity of the occasion as to "swear two profane oaths in the presence of the
court," for which he was promptly fined two dollars, and the clerk ordered to
issue an execution for the same.
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On the next day the court ordered that the '"permanent seal of Henry County
shall be engraved on brass, with a vignette of an eagle and stars equal to the
number of States in the Union," the size to be about that of a dollar, and around
the margin the words, "Henry Circuit Court." An "ink scrawl, with the words
Henry County inserted therein," was to be the temporary seal.
On the second day of the term Henry Burkman came into court, and, being
duly sworn, declared his intention of becoming a bona fide citizen of the United
States, and that he "abjures all allegiance to all foreign princes and potentates
whatever, and particularly to George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland,
and Prince of Wales."
The Grand Jury then returned into court with the result of their delibera-
tions, which consisted of four bills of indictment for assault and battery, to-wit:
One against Solomon Byrket, two against Samuel Batson and one against Peter
Smith. Batson then appeared at "the bar of the court" and acknowledged him-
self guilty as charged in the indictment, and dispensing with a jury, threw himself
upon the mercy of the court, "which after due deliberation being had therein,"
adjudged that he make his fine to the State in the sum of one dollar and stand
committed till the same be paid. The judges then allowed themselves four dol-
lars each, and the prosecutor, five dollars, and adjourned till March following;
and thus ended the first term of the Circuit Court of Henry County.
At the March term, Bloomfield failed to put in an appearance, and James
Gilmore was appointed to prosecute "the pleas of the State."
For this term, the following named grand jurors were selected : William
]\IcKimmey, foreman, Solomon Byrket, Abijah Cain, Jacob . Elliott, Moses Fink,
George Hanby, Daniel Jackson, John K. Nutt. Allen Hunt, Shaphat McCray, Wil-
liam Morris, Thomas Ray and Asahel Woodward, of course all "good and lawful
men," although Solomon Byrket was then under indictment for an unlawful act,
and was on the same day, brought to the bar of the court, and, to use the quaint
language of the record,
"It being forthwith demanded of him how he will acquit himself of the charges set
forth in the indictment, for plea says he is not guilty as he stands indicted, and for trial
thereof puts himself upon the country, and the said James Gilmore. Prosecutor afore-
said, doth the like; and thereupon came a jury, to-wit: William Shannon, Nathan Pear-
son, James Rozell, Samuel Batson, Christopher Bundy, Minor Fox, Jacob Richey. Hugh
McDaniel. William Row (or Roe). John Blount. Josiah Clawson. and Jacob Witter."
and thus was formed the first traverse jury of Henry County. ]\Iarch 31. 1823,
and of the number there is probably not one now alive. William }\IcDowell was
also bailiflf to this, the first traverse jury that ever sat in Henry County.
Byrket was acquitted, and the court ordered "that he go thereof hence without
day." '
There was but one civil action tried, during this term, but the Grand Jury
returned into court, on the second day. seven indictments : One against the
ozi'iter of the court house, for selling liquor without license ; one against Wesley
Prior. Eli Ellis, and Charles See, '"'for rout ;" one each against commissioners
Elisha Shortridge and Allen Shepherd, for "extortion ;" and three cases of as-
sault and battery. The cases for extortion, perhaps, were what would, at this
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day, be termed taking usurious interest. At least there seems to have been no
further notice taken of the matter, the order book not indicating that they were
dismissed, quashed, continued or tried.
At this distant day, it will seem a little strange that the best or foremost men
of the times should be found among the law-breakers and among the first "hauled
over the coals" for it.
This March term of the court fixed a scale of prices for the clerk to be gov-
erned by in taking bail of those charged with offenses, as follows : For assault
and battery, $ioo; for routs, $50; for extortion, $100; selling spirituous liquor
without license, $20; and subsequently it further instructed that for indictments
for perjury the bail should be $300: for violations of the "estray act," $100; for
affray, $50; and for robbery on the public highway, the sum of $100. From all
of which it would seem that selling liquor without license was a mere peccadillo,
that perjury was quite a grave offense and that for two, three, or four men to
engage in a nice little "set-to" would require only half the bail demanded of one
man who attacked another without first obtaining his consent, and it will be also
noticed that assault and battery was placed on a par with highway robbery.
At the ?\Iarch term, the Grand Jury, thirteen in number, were allowed nine-
teen dollars and fifty cents for their services, and the prosecutor, eight dollars, for
prosecuting the pleas of the .State and drawing up the seven indictments, and
such other services as he could render, and was continued for the next term and
until a successor should be appointed, although not at the time a licensed attorney,
and the court adjourned, after a three days' session, without disposing of a single
case, except the trial of one of the grand jurors heretofore alluded to. It was
probably owing to the fact that nothing had been completed that the judges only
allowed themselves three dollars for their services.
Following is the substance of an act of the General Assembly of 1822, con-
cerning vagrants : Every person who shall be suspected to get his livelihood by
gaming, and every able-bodied person, who is found loitering and wandering about
and not having wherewithal to maintain himself by some visible property, and
who doth not betake himself to labour or some honest calling to procure a liveli-
hood, and all persons who quit their habitation and leave their wives and children
without suitable means of subsistence, whereby they suffer or may become charge-
able to the county, and all other idle, vagrant, dissolute persons, rambling about
without any visible means of subsistence, shall be deemed and considered as va-
grants.— [Revised Laws, 1824, page 421.]
Such person was to give bond in the sum of fifty dollars or be committed to
jail, till the meeting of the Circuit Court, and if found to be a vagrant within the
meaning of the law, he was, if a minor, to be "bound put," until twenty-one years
of age, to some useful trade or occupation, and if over twenty-one years of age,
he was to be hired out by the Sheriff' for any time not exceeding nine months.
The money received for his hire was to be applied to the payment of his debts,
and the balance to be given to him at the expiration of his time, provided, how-
ever, that, if he had a wife and children, the surplus went to them, and he might
also avoid being hired out by giving security that he would return to his family
and follow some useful occupation.
In accordance with this act, a special session was called, on .April 28, 1823, on
account of a charge of vagrancy against a citizen of Henry county. The following
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panel of sixteen grand jurors, "good and lawful men," were selected to consider
whether the person so charged with vagrancy was such "within the meaning of
the law" : John Dorrah, foreman. Charles Jamison. James Stanford, Samuel Dill,
Asahel Woodward, \\'illiam McDowell. Obediah R. Weaver, Moses Fink, senior,
Allen Shepherd, Christopher Bundy, George Hanby, Thomas Watkins, William
Bundy, Joshua Welborn. Andrew Shannon. IMoses Allis. William ^McDowell
seems to have been a member of this Grand Jury and the bailiff in charge at the
same time. Of this jury of lawful men, two were under indictment at the time for
violating the laws of the land.
The principal expenses for this term of court were : ' Sixteen grand jurors,
twelve dollars ; bailiff, seventy-five cents ; prosecutor, two dollars ; two judges,
four dollars ; total, eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents.
Charles Jamison, for selling liquor without license, was tried at the next term
of the court, found guilty, and fined three dollars, which was just what he charged
the court for the use of the cabin as a court room. As he was afterward granted
license to sell liquors, it is evident that the offense consisted not so much in the
sale of the liquor, as in having neglected to replenish the almost empty treasury
with the five dollars, which was levied solelv for purposes of revenue, and not in
anywise intended to restrict the traffic.
The August term of the circuit court was held by the associate judges. r\Iiles
Eggleston, Presiding Judge, not, as yet, having deigned to visifour county.
To call to the minds of some of the older citizens men once familiar to them,
the names of the Grand Jury are given also:
John Dorrah, foreman, as usual, Levi Butler, Ebenezer Goble, Thomas Leonard,
Thomas Watkins, John Blount, George Hobson, James McKimmey, Robert Smith. Allen
Hunt, Jesse Cox. John Marshall, Nathan Davis, and Josiah Morris.
After a three davs' session, the jury returned into court two indictments for
assault and battery, three for affray, one for violation of the estray law. one for
robbery, and one for perjury. In the five years irnmediately succeeding the organ-
ization of the county, ninety one "true bills" were found for various offenses
"against the peace and dignity" of the State of Indiana. Something of the nature
of the ills to which society was subjected at that early day will be seen from the
character of these presentments as follows, to-wit:
Assault and battery 44 Larceny 2
Affray 24 Lewdness 1
Rout 1 Violating Estray Law 1
Rape 4 Selling Without License 1
Gaming 5 Obstructing Process 1
Extortion 2 Negligence in Office 1
Robbery 1 —
Vagrancy 1 Total 91
Perjury 2
What would our citizens think today of having four fifths of the time of
our courts taken up with the adjustment of personal encounters between our
citizens? The "fistic" proclivities of our citizens have, without doubt, very much
improved in seventy five years.
920 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Miles C. Eggleston, the Presiding Judge for the Third, afterward the Fifth
Circuit put in an appearance for the first time November 17, 1823, this being the
fifth session since the county was organized. The following order appears on the
docket for that day:
"On motion, it is ordered that it be suggested on the records of this court
that Reuben Ball, the plaintiff in this cause, is deceased, since the last term of
this court."
And, it is supposed, the suggestion was made accordingly. The next cause
was "continued till the next term of court," that the court take time until then
to consider of the law arising in said case.
The next order was that all indictments found by the Grand Jury, at the
August term, be quashed, and the defendants in said indictments be thereof quit
and discharged, etc. To this his autograph is appended — the only time it occurs
on the order book. The reason for this order seems to have been that the General
Assembly had changed the time of holding courts for this circuit, of which our
home judges had not been apprised, and so went on with the August term as
usual. The indictments were all quashed, but seem to have been immediately
revived by the jury then- in session.
It would seem that William W. Wick, of Fayette County, was made judge of
the circuit, in 1824, but, being elected Secretary of State, Governor Hendricks
appointed Bethuel F. Morris, of Marion County. Presiding Judge, "in the room"
of said Wick.
In October. 1825, John Anderson succeeded Thomas R. Stanford, as judge.
While Anderson was on the bench, an appeal case came up before him and his
associate, in which Anderson was defendant, and it is noticeable that the de-
fendant gained the case and his costs off the plaintiff, and then allowed himself
two dollars for extra services at that session. It is not to be inferred from this
that justice was not done, for the judge soon brought suit in his own court, as
Paymaster of the Indiana Militia, against Sheriff Healey, for failure to. collect
the muster fines off the conscientious people of the county, and, after continuing
the case from day to day and term to term, he was finally beaten, Bethuel F.
Morris, perhaps, presiding when the decision was reached. Soon after this, one
Jacob Thorp filed an information in court to the effect that the said Judge
Anderson was an alien, and therefore not competent to fill the position occupied.
A rule was granted against the judge to show why he should not be ousted
from his seat. This he must have done to the satisfaction of the court, as he
continued to hold his position, and at a subsequent term he obtained judgment
for costs against Thorp, Anderson and his associate apparently deciding the
case. So much for early courts and manner of doing business.
It cannot be doubted that the ends of justice were quite as faithfully sub-
served in that day as at present, and that it was generally quite as speedily
meted out, notwithstanding the quaintness of style and rather "hifalutin" ring of
some of the proceedings.
FIRST ATTORNEYS.
It has already been mentioned that Lot Bloomfield was "sworn in" as the
first Prosecutor of "the pleas of the State" for the Henry Circuit Court. There
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 92I
were but four indictments found, all for assault and battery, and, as one of the
culprits "lit out," another was found not guilty, and still another plead guilty antl
was only fined one dollar for two offenses, the Prosecutor, doubtless, felt that
his luck was none of the best. It is said that information was lodged with the
jury that some graceless scamp had been guilty of larceny, but, just before the
finding or returning of a bill, the foreman learned that he had left the county ;
so it was concluded that it would be a waste of ammunition to finish proceedings
against him, and they at once dropped the case. This did not suit the attorney,
who grumbled considerably, and called the attention of the jury to the fact that
it cost much labor to draw up the papers in each case, and showed them that
he was at great expense in traveling to and from court, for board, etc., etc. The
court made him the very liberal allowance of five dollars, which was one dollar
more than their honors received, but it does not seem to have been satisfactory,
as he came no more, although appointed for more than one term. James Gilmore,
afterwards a justice of the peace, and not yet a full fiedged attorney, was ap-
pointed in Bloomfield"s place the next term. James Noble, James Rariden, and
Abraham Elliott, father of Judge Jehu T. Elliott, were admitted to practise in
this first court.
At the August term, 1823, Charles H. Test and Martin ■NT. Ray. of Wayne
County, were admitted as attorneys and counsellors at law, "and thereupon took
the oath of ofifice."
At the April term, 1824, James B. Ray, James ]\Iendall, Calvin Fletcher,
Oliver H. Smith, and Philip Sweetser were admitted to practise.
At the April term, 1825, Harvey Gregg appeared with a regular commission
as prosecuting attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Henry County had pre-
viously been in the Third Circuit. At this term Abraham Elliott was appointed
Master of Chancery and Moses Cox was admitted to the bar. In October of the
same year, Calvin Fletcher presented his credentials as prosecutor for the Circuit.
At the October term, 1826, James Whitcomb appeared with credentials as
prosecutor for the Circuit, and Septimus Smith and Albert G. White were ad-
mitted as attorneys. In 1827, Samuel C. Sample, appeared as a licensed attorney
and "took the oath" as "counsellor at law at the bar of the court."
In 1828, on motion of Charles H. Test, Marinus Willitt and David Patton
were admitted. At the October term, 1828. on nioti()n of Samuel C. Sample.
William Daily and Caleb B. Smith, having produced license signed by "two
Presiding Judges of the State of Indiana," were admitted to practise in the Henry
Circuit Court, and, on motion of James Rariden, John S. Newman was in like
manner admitted.
In 1820, William W. Wick, Prosecuting Attorney, and James T. Brown
were admitted to the bar. In 1830, James Perry was prosecutor of the pleas of
the State.
From the foregoing list it will be seen that the early practitioners at the
Henn,- County Bar included many of the ornaments of the legal profession of
our State. At a later day, came Parker, Julian. Morton, and others scarcely less
noted, to say nothing of resident attorneys, of whom a number have won a name
abroad. Among those who were frequent in their attendance upon our earlier
courts were a number who have distinguished themselves as orators, members
of Congress, governors of our State, and eminent jurists.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
It should be borne in mind, however, that the tendency of a general diffusion
of knowledge is to lessen the difference between men, growing out of their
acquirements, and he who may have seemed almost a prodigy of learning-
seventy five years ago might not today pass for much more than an ordinary
person. Great talents and great learning will, doubtless, be treated with much
consideration for all time to come, but the time has long passed when any man
can wield such influence over his fellows as did Demosthenes. It is undoubtedly
true that greater attainments are expected in many of the stations of life than
formerly, and the legal profession is no exception.
CITIZENS.
CHAPTER XLI.
henry county villages and towns.
Distinction Between Village and Town — Number of Villages and
Towns in Henry County — Founders and Early Merchants —
Original Plats and Additions — Banks and Newspapers — Postal
and Transportation Facilities — Population — Ashland — Blountsville
— Cadiz — Chicago — Circleville — Dunreith — Elizabeth City —
Fairfield — Grant City — Greensboro — Hillsboro - — Honey Creek —
Kennard — ■ Knightstown — Lewisville — • Luray — JMechanicsburg —
Messick — Middletown — Millville.
Henry County seems to have been well supplied with villages and towns.
There is no incorporated city in the county. A place that is not incorporated
is referred to as a village. If it is incorporated as a town, then it is re-
ferred to as a town. This chapter presents a brief official history of forty one
villages and towns, past and present, alphabetically arranged, as follows :
Ashland, Blountsville, Cadiz, Chicago, Circleville, Dunreith, Elizabeth
City, Fairfield, Grant City, Greensboro, Hillsboro, Honey Creek, Kennard,
Knightstown, Lewisville, Luray, Mechanicsburg, Messick, Middletown, Mill-
ville. Mooreland, Mount Summit, New Castle, Needmore, New Lislion, Og-
den, Petersburg, Pumpkintown, Raysville. Rogersville, Sharington. Shirley,
Spiceland, Springport, Straughn, Sulphur Springs, Uniontown. West Liberty,
Wheeland. White Raven, Woodville.
The distances to all villages and towns in Hennr County are measured
from the court house in New Castle, taken as a common center, as shown by
the following letter from the county surveyor :
"O. E. MINESINGER.
"county surveyor.
"henry county.
"New Castle. Ind., September 1. 1905.
"Mr. George Hazzard. New Castle. Indiana:
"Sir: This will certify ttiat I have made a comparison of the distances on the offi-
cial map of Henry County witli the distances as set out in the following named towns
and villages regarding their location from the court house in New Castle and I find the
same correct as stated. The distances given are approximately from actual measure-
ments in a straight line and not by the usual traveled roads.
"Very truly,
"Omar E. Mine.sixger.
"Surveyor of Henry County."
924 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
The village of Ashland is situated in Liberty Township, three and one half
miles east and one half mile south of east from the court house in New Castle,
on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway and one half mile
north of the New Castle and Hagerstown Pike. Ashland was never laid out
and platted into lots, the real estate in the village being described only by
metes and bounds. It was first known as Mullen's Station, taking its name
from the well-known family of that name, old pioneers, who were for so many
years prominent in eastern Henry and western Liberty townships. Many of
their descendants are yet living in Henry, Liberty and perhaps other town-
ships of the county.
Mullen's Station was the first railroad station for New Castle, the old
Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago railway having been completed to this
point early in 1854, perhaps late in 1853, and until the road was finally com-
pleted to New Castle in the Summer of 1854, all the lousiness for the new
railroad, which later came to New Castle, was transacted at Mvillen's Station.
To this point stock was driven to be shipped to Cincinnati, goods were wag-
oned from there to be distributed to other points throughout the country and
people went there to take the train to Cincinnati and other points. The post-
office was established in 1853. David Millikan being the first postmaster, and
the name of the village being changed to Ashland.
Before removal to its present site this postoffice was for many years a
country neighborhood affair located at the respective houses of the successive
postmasters, near the present location of the station of Messick on the Big Four
railway and was then as now called Messick.
Ashland has never been incorporated, therefore its population, as shown
by the census of 1900, is included in that of Liberty Township. (See Chapter
XXXVIII). The name probably came from Ashland, Ohio, from the fact
that, at the time the name was changed, some of the most enterprising citizens
of the ^•illage had once lived in the town and county of that name in the
"Buckeye" State.
A list of the postmasters at Ashland, Messick included, from February
26, 1847, to September 14. 1855, when the office was moved to its present loca-
tion, will be found on page 34 of this Histon-.
Ashland and Millville are the only postoffices in Liberty Township. Aside
from Chicago which was discontinued March 24. 1855, and Devon, which was
discontinued February 13, 1868, they are the only postoffices that have ever
been in the township.
BLOUNTSVn.LE.
Blountsville, situated in Stony Creek Township, twelve miles due north-
east from the court house in New Castk. being in the W. >4 of the N. E. 14 of
Sec. 35, Tp. 19 N.. R. II E., was laid out and platted by Thomas R. Stanford,
Sun'eyor, in July, 1832. and acknowledged by Andrew D. Blount, proprietor,
September 5, 1833. The main street running east and west was then desig-
nated as "The Logansport and Richmond Road," the road running south on
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the west line of the town as "The Centreville Road." The original plat con-
tains twenty six lots, no blocks designated.
The first addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, was platted June
14, 1853, and was acknowledged by Beale Manifold, proprietor, January 26. 1S54. and con-
tains twelve lots, no blocks designated.
The Northeastern, the second addition, situated immediately east of the original
plat and Manifold's addition, was platted and acknowledged by Jonathan Ross, Jesse
Gary, William Liser, Daniel Bainter, J. W. Stanley, John Houk and Leander Priest, pro-
prietors, Aug-ust 19, 1859. It contains twenty six lots and four out-lots, no blocks des-
ignated.
Blountsville takes its name from Andrew D. Blount, the original propri-
etor of the townsite. On the county records showing the filing of the plat, the
name is spelled "Blunt." but as far back as the memon,^ of the oldest inhab-
itant reaches the name has been uniformly used as "Blount." This place
from its inception has always been the commercial metropolis of our northeast-
ern township, and on account of its close proximity to Delaware County on the
north and Randolph County on the east, its trade has been much increased
from those counties.
This place was without railroad facilities until 1902, when the Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville railway was built, which in a few years must add
to the importance of the village.
Blountsville not being incorporated must be content to be known as a vil-
lage only, and its population, according to the census of 1900. is included in
that of Stony Creek Township. (See Chapter XXXA'III.)
A list of the postmasters at Blountsville from the establishment of the
postoffice, Januar}' 22. 1835. inclusive, to the present time, will be foimd on
pages 34-5 of this History. Also the name of the only rural route carrier.
Blotmtsville is the only postoffice now in the township. The only other
postoffice ever in the township was Rogersville, which was discontinued June
15, 1901.
CADIZ.
The town of Cadiz is situated in Harrison Township, six miles west and
one and one fourth miles north of west from the court house in New Castle,
being in the S. E. 14 of Sec. 3. Tp. 17 N., R. 11 E., and was laid out and
platted by David Pickering, proprietor, September 11. 1836, and acknowl-
edged March 22, 1837.
The early emigration to that part of Henry County afterwards formed
into Harrison Township was largely from Harrison County, Ohio, and the
town of Cadiz derives its name from the county seat of that county. In this
emigration the Cooper family and their kinsmen, including the Pickerings,
v.ere the most numerous, therefore, when it came to establishing a town,
wint could be more natural than to adopt the naine of the clu'ef town of the
county from which they emigrated?
The main street running east and west was designated as "The Craw-
fordsville and New Castle State Road." The original plat contains four and
one half blocks, consisting of sixteen lots.
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The first addition, situated immediately west of the original plat, was platted
March 29, 1849. and was acknowledged by Imla W. Cooper, proprietor, April 7. 1849. and
contains four blocks consisting of twelve lots and one out-lot.
The second addition, situated immediately east and north of the original plat, was
platted November 7, 1849. and was on the same date acknowledged by David Pickering,
proprietor, and contains four blocks, consisting of fifteen lots.
A third addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, was platted Feb-
ruary 23, 1855, and was acknowledged by Jonas Pickering, proprietor, August 10, 1860,
and contains but two lots, no blocks designated.
The owner of this addition of two lots only was not ambitious to have
his small addition to Cadiz speedily a matter of official record, for it took him
five years and six months to get the matter properly recorded.
David Pickering, the original proprietor, was the most ambitious of all
of the promoters of Cadiz, for the county records show that on March, 23,
1854, he made another addition situated immediately north of his first addi-
tion to the original plat, the same containing four blocks, consisting of eight
lots, but like his neighbor and kinsman, Jonas Pickering, he was in no hurry
to reach the county recorder's office, for it was not until October 3, 1861, seven
years and six months later, that it was recorded.
The population of the town of Cadiz, as shown by the census of 1900, was
253. Although surrounded by a fertile country and numbering from time
to time as it has, some of Henry County's most enterprising and enlightened
citizens, it has never been able to secure railroad facilities. In fact, Harrison
Township is the only one of the thirteen in the county not so far traversed by
either steam or electric railway. Surely the repeated efifr>rts of the enterpris-
ing citizens of the township in this direction will in time bear fruit.
A postoffice was established December 18, 1837. A list of the postmas-
ters from that time to the present will be found on page 35 of this History.
Cadiz is the only postoffice that has ever existed in Harrison Township.
There ne\-er was a postoffice at the old town of Woodville, the principal street
of which was the boundary line between Harrison and Greensboro townships.
CHICAGO.
This proposed town was never laid out and platted. It is situated seven
and one half miles east and one mile south from the court house in New Castle,
on the New Castle and Hagerstown pike, in Liberty Township. The first
transfer, as shown by the records, was for religious purposes and consisted of
one acre, transferred by John McSherley and Phebe, his wife, to Christopher
Main, George Koons and Jesse K. Platts as Trustees for Liberty Church, No-
vember 5, 1827.
The village is located about two miles southeast of the present site of
Millville and a mile south of the railroad, the building of which seems to have
ruined its prospects. At one time it was an ambitious village, numbering a
score or more of houses, one or two stores and two hotels. It is now known
as the "Old Chicago Neighborhood." The people who located Chicago were
very ambitious and had visions of a great future, therefore, they named this
place after the then young giant just coming into prominence at the foot of
Lake Michigan.
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A postoffice was established May ii, 1852 and discontinued March 24,
1855, which is about the time the postoffice at Millville was estabhshed.
Three of its prominent citizens served as postmasters. Their names will be
found on page 36 of this History.
Chicago is one of the four postoffices that have existed in Liberty Town-
ship, the other three being Devon (discontinued), Ashland and Millville.
CIRCLEVILLE.
This village is on the line between Stony Creek and Blue River town-
ships, nine miles due northeast from the court house in New Castle, and one
and one half miles due north from the present town of Mooreland. The rec-
ords do not show that it was ever laid out and platted into town lots.
This place has long since passed from the zenith of its glon,- and now
exists as a village only in the memory of the oldest citizen. Its former site is
now commonly known as "Five Forks," for the reason that the turnpikes from
here lead to five dififerent points of the compass. Circleville never reached
the dignity of a postoffice. Five Forks is adjoined by some of the most fertile
and highly improved farms of the county.
The author of this History has been unable to find any old settler who can
give a reason why this place was named Circleville.
DUNREITH.
The town of Dunreith is situated in Spiceland Township, nine miles
south and three and one half miles west from the court house in New Castle,
and five miles east from -Knightstown. at the crossing of the Pittsburg, Cincin-
nati, Qiicago and St. Louis railway and the New Castle and Rushville division
of the Lake Erie and Western railway, and at the junction of the New Castle
branch with the main line of the Indianapolis and Eastern railway (electric
line), and in the W. i of the N. E. ^ of Sec. 32, and the W. -J of the S. E. J
of Sec. 29. Tp. 16 N., R. 10 E. It was laid out and platted by James M. Clem-
ents, Surveyor, for John W. Griffin, Caleb Johnson and Thomas Evans,
proprietors, July 22, 1865, and was acknowledged by them July 25, 1865. The
main street running east and west was designated as "The National Road." The
original plat contains three blocks consisting of twenty three lots. The town was
first known as Coffin's Station.
On the completion of the old Indiana Central railroad to this point a depot
was established here and the place named after the proprietor of the land, Emery
Dunreith Coffin. Soon there began to spring up a little village around the station.
In 1865, when the town was first platted as above shown, those interested, particu-
larly John W. Griffin, decided on a change of name, but out of respect to Mr.
Coffin's memory and to preserve his name in connection with the town, it was
called Dunreith.
The first addition, situated northwest of the original plat and on the north side of
the National Road, was platted August 31. 186G, and was on the same date acknowledged
by Thomas Evans, proprietor, and contains six blocks, consisting of thirty six lots.
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The second addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, between the
National Road and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway, being the
narrow strip of land between the principal street and the railroad and upon which all
of the business houses of the town are now situated, was platted and acknowledged by
Timothy Wilson, Caleb Johnson and Thomas Evans, December 12, 1S66. It contains six
lots, no blocks designated.
The Eastern addition, situated immediately north of the Wilson, Johnson and
Evans' addition, and east of Evans' addition on the north side of the National Road,
was platted November 16, 1867, and was acknowledged by Christopher Wilson, propri-
etor. December 16, 1867; and by Caleb Johnson on the part of C. Johnson and Company,
June 5, 1868. It contains three blocks, consisting of fourteen lots.
An addition, situated immediately north of Evans' addition and east of the turn-
pike running north to Spiceland, was platted August 29. 1S6S, and was acknowledged by
Caleb Johnson, proprietor, September 14. 1868. and contains two blocks, consisting of
eleven lots.
Caleb Johnson, who was one of the chief promoters of the town, was for
many vears its leading merchant. After leaving- the county treasurer's office in
August, 1863, he removed to Coffin's Station and established a store. He resided
there until 1879 when, having in the meantime entered the ministry' of the Friends'
Church, he moved to Lynnville, Iowa. Afterwards he was a resident of Wichita,
Kansas, and Denver, Colorado. He died at the latter place in 1899 and his
remains are buried there.
The next addition, situated immediately west of the original plat and south of the
old railway, was platted August 8. 1871, and was acknowledged by John W. Griffin, pro-
prietor, August 17, 1871, and contains eight lots, no blocks designated.
The next ambitious proprietor was James M. Crawford, who had platted May 5,
1883, an addition situated immediately north of Caleb Johnson's addition, on the east
side of the pike running north to Spiceland. It was acknowledged by him May 19. 1883,
and contains one block of six lots.
Joseph Griffin, father of John W.. made an addition, situated immediately west of
Evans' addition and west of the pike running north to Spiceland. It was platted July 9,
1883, and was acknowledged by Joseph Griffin, proprietor, December 11, 1883, and con-
tains two blocks, consisting of seven lots.
Robert M. Kenney's north side addition, situated on the extreme north side of the
town of Dunreith, between the New Castle and Rushville railway and the road running
north to Spiceland, was platted October 20, 1892, and was acknowledged by Kenney
July 13, 1893. It contains ten and two thirds acres divided into four blocks, consisting
of fifty two lots and two out-lots.
A postoffice was established July 2, 1861, then called Coffin's Station.
On pages 36-7 of this History will be found a list of the postmasters for the
town as first named and as now named. Also the name of the only rural
route carrier.
The only postoffices that have ever existed in Spiceland Township are
Dunreith, Ogden and Spiceland, and all are still in existence.
The census of 1900 places the population of the town at 205.
ELIZABETH CITY.
This old village, now much decayed, is situated twelve and one fourth
miles southwest from the court house in New Castle, and six miles northwest
from Knightstown, and is in Wayne Township, being in the N. W. corner of
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the S. E. }i of Sec. i. Tp. i6 N.. R. 8 E. Elizabeth City was laid out and
platted by Robert Overman, proprietor, and acknowledged September 17.
1838, and contains six blocks, consisting of thirty six lots. No addition has
ever been filed to the town. It was at an early day, a place of some promise.
After the Civil War, Elnathan and Thomas B. Wilkinson, brothers, now of
Knightstown, maintained here for several years a general mercantile estab-
lishment and did a highly prosperous and satisfactory business. However, no
postofifice was established until 1878. It was called "Maple Valley," for the
reason that there was a prior postoffice in the State named Elizabeth City.
The construction of the Big Four railway through the count)' west from
New Castle and the establishment of the towns of Kennard in Henrj^ County
and Shirley in Henry and Hancock counties, and of Wilkinson in Hancock
County, all on the line of the railroad and within a few miles of Elizabeth City,
was the death knell of the last named place as a business point. The establish-
ment of the rural free delivery system from Shirley and Wilkinson was
another blow to Elizabeth City, for then the postofifice was finally discontinued.
On pages 39 and 40 of this History will be found a list of the respective post-
masters of "Maple Valley."
Elizabeth City (Maple Valley) is one of the four postofifices that have ex-
isted in Wayne Township, the other three being Grant City, (Snyder dis-
continued), Knightstown and Raysville.
Robert Overman, the proprietor, was from Pasquotank County, North
Carolina, of which Elizabeth City is the county town, hence this name.
This defunct place was situated somewhere on the National Road. The
county records do not show where it was located or by whom it was laid
out and platted. Henry Lewelling appears to have been the surveyor, who
laid out and platted the village about the year 1828. The main street running
east and west is designated as "The National Road," and contains four blocks
consisting of thirty two lots. Lewis Tacket was the proprietor. Its location
was probably east of Lewisville in the neighborhood of the present town of
Straughn. It never reached the dignity of a postofifice.
GRANT CITY.
Grant City, so named after our great military chieftain, General Ulysses
S. Grant, is situated in Wayne Township, ten and one half miles southwest
from the court house in New Castle and five miles north and one mile west
from Knightstown. It is located on the E. 3^2 of the N. E. % and the E. yi of
the S. E. '4 of Sec. 5 and the W. i< of the S. W. ji of Sec. 4. Tp. 16 N., R. 9 E.,
and was laid out, platted and acknowledged by Jacob Green, who was a soldier
in the Civil War, and by Margaret Green, his wife, October 31, 1868. It con-
tains five blocks, consisting of thirty six lots.
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Jacob Green's northern addition, situated immediately north of the original plat,
was platted by the same parties March 24, 1869, and. was acknowledged July 14, 1869. It
contains four blocks, consisting of twenty eight lots.
When Jacob Green returned from the Civil War he was ambitious to
found a town, and, being a great admirer of his old commander, named it as
above stated. From the fact that there was a prior postofifice in the State of
the same name, no postoffice was established until January 26, 1888, when one
was established called "Snyder." In the meantime the Big Four railway had
been built through the county west from New Castle and the town of Ken-
nard located two and one half miles north and one half mile east of Grant
City. Later the rural free delivery system abolished the postoffice. The
stores which had been established found their way to the railroad or were
discontinued. Thus the glory of Grant City as a business center disappeared.
"Jake" Green, the founder of the village, was for many years a well-known
character in Henry- County. Some years ago he moved to Iowa where he died
and is buried.
A list of the postmasters at "Snyder" will be found on page 45 of this
History. Grant City (Snyder discontinued) is one of the four postoffices that
have existed in Wayne Township, the other three being Elizabeth City
(Maple Valley), Knightstown and Raysville.
GREENSBORO.
This old historic town is situated in Greensboro Township, six and one
fourth miles southwest from the court house in New Castle, and is in the E. i
of the S. E. J- of Sec. 35 and in the W. i of the S. W. i of Sec. 36, Tp. 17 N.',
R. 9 E.. and was laid out, platted and acknowledged by Jehu Wickersham,
February 2y. 1830, and contains six blocks, consisting of forty eight lots.
The iirst or Eastern addition, situated Immediately east of and adjoining the orig-
inal plat, was platted and acknowledged by Seth Hinshaw. Jonas Pickering, Enoch Wick-
ersham, Abraham Moore, Jehu Wickersham and Mary Wickersham, proprietors, March
26, 1836, and contains six blocks, consisting of twenty eight lots.
The second or Northern addition, situated immediately north of the original plat
and east of High Street, was platted and acknowledged by Thomas Reagan, April 13,
1855, and contains one block, consisting of twelve lots.
Reagan's addition to the Northern addition, situated immediately north of the
original plat and west of High Street, was platted and acknowledged by Thomas Reagan,
October 16, 1866. and contains one block, consisting of six lots.
A plat of the town of Greensboro was surveyed and platted by William R. Harrold.
Surveyor, and acknowledged August 6, 1873. This plat includes the original plat and
all the additions above mentioned and also out-lots numbering from one to twenty four
inclusive; and also out-lots numbers seven to thirteen inclusive, north of Reagan's
Northern addition.
Greensboro is situated on the east bank of Duek Creek, about one mile
from its junction with Blue River, and nearly seven miles north by east from
Knightstown. Being in the midst of a tract of fertile farming lands, it has
ever enjoyed a considerable local traffic, though its growth in wealth and im-
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 93I
portance has not been as rapid as that of some other towns in the county, from
the fact that it is not reached by a railroad. Then the construction of the Big
Four railroad through the county, two and one half miles north of it, and the
establishment of the town of Kennard, two and one half miles northwest of it
have drawn from it much of the trade that it once enjoyed.
Greensboro has a number of excellent turnpikes radiating from it ; but it
was as a "station" on the "underground railroad" that it won a national repu-
tation. As the home of a number of determined and veteran abolition agita-
tors, it had a reputation, fifty years ago, second to no place of its size in the
whole country. In those early days a large building, known as "Liberty Hall,"
was often filled with enthusiastic audiences, who listened to such apostles of
freedom as Arnold Bufifum, Abby Kelly. Frederick Douglas, George W. Jul-
ian and others of note.
The "underground railroad" was the system employed by abolitionists
to transport slaves fleeing from bondage to the land of freedom, principally
Canada. The plan was to move them in the night time from the home of an
abolitionist, or some other place where they were secreted, called a "station,"
to some point or "station" further on toward their ultimate destination. This
was all done in such a secretive and mysterious way that the term "under-
ground railroad" was applied. Greensboro was known far and wide as a per-
manent "station," and the abolitionists there were numerous and determined,
having at their head the veteran Seth Hinshaw.
The early emigration in and around Greensboro was from Guilford
County, NoVth Carolina, of which Greensboro is the county town, and from
this fact Greensboro Township and town are so named.
A list of the postmasters from William Reagan, April i8, 1831, to the
present time, will be found on page 37 of this History. Greensboro Township
has had three postoffices. all of which are retained — Greensboro, Kennard and
Shirley. However, at the present time the Shirley postoffice is on the west
side of Main Street in Hancock County.
The census of 1900 places the population of the town at 284.
This old village on a hill is situated in the southeast corner of Prairie
Township, three and one half miles northeast from the court house in New
Castle, and is in the "south part of the N. E. H of Sec. 36, Tp. 18 N., R. 10 E.,
and was laid out, platted and acknowledged by Jacob Huston, Thomas Huston
and Samuel Rinehart. proprietors, July 26. 1831, and contains twelve blocks,
consisting of sixty lots.
The first addition, situated immediately east of the original plat, was platted March
2, 1852, and acknowledged by Clement Murphey, proprietor, April 19, 1852, and contains
twelve lots, no blocks designated.
The second addition, also by Clement Murphey. situated immediately east of his
first addition, was platted and acknowledged by him. April 16. 1853, and contains twelve
lots, no blocks designated.
The name of the village undoubtedly comes from the fact that one can
hardly reach the place from any direction without climbing a hill. It was
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once a trading point of some consequence. * The author of this History well
remembers when as a boy he first saw Hillsboro, going there in company
with his mother to visit her brother, Franklin Woodward, then residing there.
At that time there were three stores, two blacksmith shops, a wagon shop, and
a saw mill, with corresponding population. At the foot of the hill on the road
leading to New Castle, on Little Blue River, there was then and for many
years afterward, the most pretentious woolen mill in the county, known far
and wide as the "Mowrer and McAfee Factory," later owned by Ice, Dunn
and Company. Before this, at the foot of the hill on the road now leading to
Messick, on a little stream that would not now float a duck so thorough has
been the drainage, there was a grist mill and still house combined, known as
the "Byrket mill." Then on the Little Blue, near the factory there had been
a saw mill owned and operated by a man named Neziah Snyder and connected
with it he operated one burr for grinding wheat and corn, principally corn.
What little flour he ground was bolted by hand. Now these industries have
all disappeared and Hillsboro has not only passed into histor>' but almost into
oblivion. It was one of the towns projected before the days of railroads and
with their coming it began to decay.
A postoffice was established March lo, 185 1, named "Dan Webster,"
from the fact that there was already in Indiana a postoffice called Hillsboro.
The first postmaster was Samuel S. Canaday, who moved around a good
deal in the county and seemed to be the choice of the people wherever he
lived for postmaster, for he ser\'ed as' such at Ashland, Hillsboro and New
Castle. A list of the postmasters at "Dan Webster" will be found on page
36 of this History. Prairie Township has had four postoffices — Hillsboro
"Dan Webster," Luray, IMount .Summit and Springport. The two first named
have been discontinued.
HONEY CREEK.
The village of Honey Creek, so named for the little stream near whose
banks it is situated, is in Fall Creek Township, nine and one half miles north-
west from the court house in New Castle and four miles southeast from Mid-
dletown, on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway. It was
founded in 1858 and was called Warnock's Station, after a Henry County
pioneer who then owned the land on which Honey Creek is now located, the
same being in the N. E. V^, of Sec. 10, Tp. 18 X., R. 9 E.
The only addition, known as the Western, and situated immediately west of the
original village, on the north side of the railroad, and on the WQst side of the street run-
ning north and south, was platted July 28. 1S73. for Joseph M. Brown, Commissioner, in
the matter of the real estate of John Myers, deceased, of which decedent, Adam Evans
was executor, Brown having been appointed Commissioner by the Court to sell the real
estate. This addition to Honey Creek was made by the Commissioner to facilitate the
sale of said real estate. It contains five acres and seven rods and is divided into three
blocks, consisting of twelve lots.
A postoffice was established June i8, 1861. with Zadock G. Tomlinson
as postmaster. On pages 37 and 38 of this History will be found a list of the
postmasters from Tomlinson to Lertin R. Fadely, the present incumbent.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY'. 933
Honey Creek is one of tlie three postoffices that were estabhshed and
that still exist in Fall Creek Township, the other two being Mechanicsburg and
Middletown.
Honey Creek not being incorporated the population as given by the cen-
sus of 1900 is included in that of Fall Creek Township. (See Chapter
xxxvni).
KENNARD.
This town is situated in the northwest part of Greensboro Township,
seven and three fourths miles west and two miles south from the court house
in New Castle and is on the Peoria and Eastern division of the Qeveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway, commonly called the Big Four rail-
way. It is located in the E. J/ of the S. E. ^ of Sec. 20 and the W. ^^ of the S.
W. ^'x of Sec. 21 and the N. E. ^4 of the N. E. 54 of Sec. 29 and the N. W. %
of the N. W. J4 of Sec. 28, Tp. 17 N., R. 9 E. It was surveyed and platted by
Daniel K. Cook, Surveyor, September 6, 1882, and was acknowledged by Cy-
rus C. Hinshaw, John W. Payne, Westphalia M. Dixon, Charles Hartley and
Alartha A. Weasner, proprietors. September 6, 1882. and contained twelve blocks,
consisting of fifty six lots and ten out-lots.
The first addition, situated immediately north of the original plat and west of
Main Street, was platted February 12, 1SS5, aiid was acknowledged by Cyrus C. Hinshaw
and John W. Payne, proprietors, February 19. 1.S85, and contains four and sixty-nine
hundredths acres, divided into two blocks, consisting of eleven lots.
Then comes Westphalia M. Dixon with an addition which is situated immediately
north of the original plat, on the east side of Main Street. It was platted February 8,
1887. and was acknowledged by Dixon March 11. 1887. and contains two blocks, con-
sisting of six lots.
Alexander Younts' addition, situated immediately north of Dixon's addition on the
east side of Main Street, was platted Ajjril 5. 1888, and was acknowledged by Younts
December 22, 1888, and contains three and one half acres, divided into one block, consist-
ing of eight lots.
Alexander Younts was ambitious to add to Kennard's territory for he filed a second
addition, situated immediately east of the original plat, on the north side of Broad
Street, which was platted in October. 1890. It was acknowledged by Younts November
11, 1890, and contains two and forty five hundredths acres, divided into three lots and one
out-lot. no blocks designated.
Martindale. Madison and Hinshaw's addition, situated immediately south of tlie
original plat and south of the Big Four railway, was platted April 27, 1893, and was ac-
knowledged by Frank Martindale, Martha F. Martindale. Cyrus C. Hinshaw, John Madi-
son and Alonzo Hinshaw, proprietors, April 28, 1893. and contains nine and forty seven
hundredths acres, divided into forty eight lots, no blocks designated.
George I. Jenckes made the last addition. It is situated immediately west of the
original plat and Martindale. Madison and Hinshaw's addition and was platted May 10,
1898. and was acknowledged by Jenckes on the same date. It contains ten and one
fourth acres, divided into two blocks, consisting of forty nine lots and one out-lot.
Cyrus C. Hinshaw was instrumental in having the town named for
Jenkins Kennard, an old and highly respected citizen of Henry Co'Mitv. a
farmer who has lived for many years in the northeastern part of Wayne
Township, not far from the Stone Ouarr}- ]\Iill.
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A postoffice was established September 12, 1882, with Cyrus C. Hinshaw
as postmaster. On page 38 of this History will be found a list of the post-
masters from the establishment of the office to the present time. Greensboro
Township has had three postoffices, all of which are retained — Greensboro,
Kennard and Shirley. However, at the present time the Shirley postoffice is
on the west side of Main Street, in Hancock County.
The census of 1900 places the population of the town at 417.
The projected Indianapolis. New Castle and Toledo railway (electric
line) passes through Kennard.
KNIGHTSTOWN.
The town of Knightstown is situated in Wayne Township, fourteen
miles southwest from the court house in New Castle, on the west bank of Blue
River, at the crossing of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
railway and the Louisville and Benton Harbor division of the Big Four rail-
way and on the main line of the Indianapolis and Eastern railway,^ (electric
line) and is in the N. E. | and the S. E. -} of Sec. 33 and the W. I of the N.
W. i and the W. i of the S. W. i of Sec. 34, Tp. 16 N., R. 9 E. "it was laid
out and platted by Mr. Waitsel M. Gary in 1827, and contains twelve blocks
consisting of eighty five lots. Main, or Clay Street, running east and west
was then known as "The National Road." The records do not show before
whom it was acknowledged, or by whom it was surA^eyed and platted.
Samuel Brown's plat of out-lots, situatetl south ot the original plat, vvas platted and
acknowledged by him February 7, 1831, and contains thirty three and three fourths acres,
consisting of twelve out-lots, no blocks designated.
Waitsel M. Gary's additional plat, situated west of the original plat, was platted and
acknowledged by him November 19, 1S36, and contains three blocks, consisting of seven-
teen lots.
Hart's first Southern addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, be-
tween Franklin and Adams streets, was' platted and acknowledged by Edward K. Hart,
April 27, 1837, and contains thirty nine lots, no blocks designated.
The first Eastern addition, situated immediately east and across Blue River from
the original plat, was platted March 1, 1S39, and was acknowledged by Edward K, Hart
and William M. Tate, proprietors, March 2. 1839, and contains eighteen blocks, consist-
ing of one hundred and fifty one lots and one out-lot.
Gary and Ghurcli's addition, situated immediately west of Gary's addition, and west
of Madison Street, was platted and acknowledged by Waitsel M. Gary and Uzziel Ghurch,
March 4, 1839, and contains five blocks consisting of twenty one lots.
The second South addition, situated immediately south of Hart's first Southern addi-
tion and east of Jefferson Street, was platted April 11, 1839. and was acknowledged by
John Liowrey and Edward K. Hart, proprietors, on the same date and contains six blocks,
consisting of thirty eight lots and two out-lots.
Hiram Gaston's addition, situated immediately south of Gary's addition and south
of Jackson Street between Madison and Franklin streets, was platted April 12, 1839, and
was acknowledged by Gaston, April 13, 1839, and contains two blocks, consisting of ten
lots.
An additional plat, block 13, probably a subdivision, situated immediately west
of the original plat, between Franklin and Jefferson streets, north of Brown Street, was
platted and acknowledged by Waitsel M. Gary, May 28, 1839, and contains one block,
consisting of four lots.
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A plat of out-lot number two of the Second Southern addition platted and acknowl-
edged by Jesse Charles, proprietor, January 17, 1S51, contains four lots, no blocks
designated.
The Northern addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, between
Franklin and Adams streets, was platted and acknowledged by Robert I. Hudelson, Jo-
seph M. Whitesel, Asa Heaton and Morris F. Edwards, September 6, 1853. and contains
three blocks, consisting of twenty-three lots.
White's addition, situated immediately south of Gaston's addition, between Madi-
son and Franklin streets, was platted and acknowledged by Edmund White, Margaret
White, Harriet White, Jesse F. Pusey, Jane W. Pusey, Charles White, Lucy H. White,
James White and Jemima White, heirs of Caleb White, April 1, 1861, and contains twen-
ty two lots, no blocks designated.
The first Northwestern addition, situated Immediately north of Cary and Church's
addition, and Cary's additions, between McCullum and Franklin streets, was platted and
acknowledged by Mary M. Heaton, Phebe S. Hudelson, Joseph M. Whitesel, Morris F. Ed-
wards, Jesse B. Hinshaw, James T. Hudelson and Ann Maria Hinshaw, proprietors, Sep-
tember 3, 1S63, and contains eight blocks, consisting of forty two lots.
Edwards' addition, situated immediately north of the first Northern addition, on
the west side of Washington Street, was platted and acknowledged by Morris F. Ed-
wards June 3. 18C8. and contains three and one-halt acres, divided into two blocks, con-
sisting of twelve lots.
Hudelson's addition, situated north of the First Northwestern addition on the west
side of Franklin Street and on the south side of Lincoln Street, was platted and ac-
knowledged by Phebe Hudelson. July 13, 1868, and contains twelve lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
Charles' Block, by which name this addition is known, situated immediately east
of the first Southern addition and east of Adams Street, was platted August 3, 1868, and
was acknowledged by John T. Charles. Oliver Charles and Eunice S. Charles, propri-
etors, on the same date, and contains two blocks, consisting of twelve lots.
Heaton. Peden and Scovell's addition, situated immediately south of the Panhandle
railway, between Madison and Jefferson streets, was platted in October, 1868, and was
acknowled.ged by John W. Heaton, Reuben Peden and Ezra Scovell, proprietors. Novem-
ber 19, 1868, and contains eight blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Stuart's addition, situated in the extreme north end of town and east of Franklin
Street, was platted and acknowledged by Ithamer W. Stuart, January 14, 1870. and con-
tains ten lots, no blocks designated.
Watts' addition, situated immediately west of "White's addition, on the west side
of Madison Street and on the south side of Pine Street, was platted and acknowledged
by Peter and Harry Watts. June 11. ISVO, and contains two blocks, consisting of eight
lots.
Lowrey's addition, situated immediately south and west of White's addition, on
the east side of Madison Street, was platted in March, 1886, and was acknowledged by
John W. Lowrey, July 30, 1886, and contains four lots, no blocks designated.
Harry Watts' North addition, situated immediately north of the Northwestern ad-
dition, on the west side of Franklin Street, was platted January 12, 1887, and was
acknowledged by Watts, oh the same date and contains seventeen lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
Green, Allison and Wagoner's addition is a subdivision of lot seven in Stuart's ad-
dition and was platted November 4, 1887, and was acknowledged by Alpheus W. Green.
Morton Allison and Peter Wagoner, proprietors, November 7, 1887, and contains six lots,
no blocks designated.
Barrett's addition, situated immediately north of the Northern addition, between
Franklin and Adams streets, was platted May 27, 1889, and was acknowledged by the
heirs of Charles A. Barrett, deceased, June 17, 1889. and contains seven and seventy four
hundredths acres, divided into four blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
936 hazzard's history of henry county.
Noah W. Wagoner's addition, situat'5d immediately north of Harry Watts' addition,
between Madison and Pranlvlin streets, was platted January 3, 1890, and was acknowl-
edged by Wa.goner on the same day and contains twenty lots, no blocks designated.
James M. Woods' subdivision of a part of out-lot thirty five, situated immediately
southwest of Lowrey's addition, on the west side of Madison Street, was platted April 8,
1891, and was acknowledged by Woods, May 8, 1891, and contains ten lots, no blocks des-
ignated.
The Knightstown Improvement Company's addition, situated west of the corporate
limits of said town, and west of Montgomery Creek, on the south side of Clay or Main
Street, was platted March 28, 1892, and was acknowledged by Leonidas P. Newby. Thomas
B. Deem, Frank J. Vestal, James Hall. Edward G. Mostler, George W. Williams. William
Call, Harry Watts, Shepperd Bowman and Aaron E. Carroll, directors of the Knights-
town Land and Improvement Company, April 23. 1892, and contains seventeen and
thirty eight hundredths acres, divided into seventy two lots, no blocks designated.
Sadie V. Roberts' addition, situated immediately south of Gary and Church's addi-
tion, south of Main Street, between Hill Avenue and Madison Street, was platted Septem-
ber 8, 1892, and was acknowledged by Sadie V. RobeiM^s and Joseph H. Roberts, Novem-
ber 14, 1892, and contains twenty four lots, no blocks designated.
The Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association's addition, situated immediately
north of Stuart's addition, in the extreuie north end of town, and extending from the
Greensboro pike on the east to McCullum Street on the west, was platted October 16,
1902, and was on the same date acknowledged by Robert Silver, President, and John A.
Sample, Secretary, of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, and contains one
hundred and fifty lots and two out-lots, no blocks designated.
The town of Knightstown is pleasantly situated on Blue River, or rather
between that stream and Montgomery Creek. Waitsel M. Car\% the original
proprietor, kept the only hotel for some years and built the first frame house
in town. The place was named in honor of Jonathan Knight, a United States
Engineer, who located the Cumberland, or National Road, through the State.
At first the town only extended back two or three tiers of lots from the river bluff.
Levi Griffith and Isaac James owned the first dry goods establishment
here about the vear 1830. There were about a half dozen houses in the
place at that time, and the population was less than three hundred in 1833.
The first church built here was by the Presbyterians, in 1834 — a frame,
about thirty by forty feet. The Methodists erected a stnall frame building,
about the year 1837. A distillery was erected just over the river, about 1825,
by one John Tewis, and about 1828 a carding machine was built near the
present Panhandle depot.
About two years after the inception of Knightstown, the Ithamer W.
Stuart farm of 160 acres could have been bought for $400. One of the best
corner lots sold for $96. which was regarded as a fancy price indeed. Part
of this Stuart farm has long since been platted as additions to Knightstown.
and one acre of the balance of the unplatted land is now worth what the
whole could have been bought for as above stated.
As late as 1830 the country was such a "howling wilderness" — with little
more than a bridle-path through the woods — that Dr. Whitesel was badly
lost in going to see a patient on Six-Mile Creek, and bears came out of the
river bottom and were chased through the streets more than once after that
period. A young physician named Hiatt was the first to locate in town : his
stay was short. James Wilson was Knightstown's first attorney.
Whi.sky was in much more general use in early days than at present.
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A judge. the"'squire'" and all the constables were seen drunk on one or more
occasions in early days, and pugilistic encounters were among the cherished
amusements. But great changes have been wrought.
Knightstown is in the midst of splendid farming lands, the productions
of which find here a ready market.
About 1850 the Knightstown and Shelbyville railroad, the first which
reached our county, was completed to Knightstown, and business received a
new impetus, and "corner lots" rapidly appreciated in value. Phis was a
primitive railroad, the rails of which were of wood, stripped with fla( h^r iron.
. It was abandoned in 1853 but when the present Louisville and Benton Harbor
division of the Big Four railway was completed in the summer of 1891, run-
ning south through the western part of the county, it followed this old aban-
doned right of way for a short distance in Rush County.
The Knightstown Academy building is a commodious structure and the
graded school has for years ranked high.
The town has two banking institutions, but these are treated of in another
part of this History in the chapter entitled, "Banks and Banking." Knightstown
is one of the best towns on the line ot the old Indiana Central railroad between
Richmond and Indianapolis. In the chapter of this Histon,- entitled "News-
papers, Past and Present" will be found a full account of the newspapers that
have been published and of those .now in existence at Knightstown. Knights-
town is one of the four postoffices that have existed in Wayne Township, the
other three- being Elizabeth City (Maple Valley, discontinued). Grant City
( Snyder, discontinued) and Raysville. The postoffice at Knig'htstown was es-
tablished January 30. 1833, with Joseph McCalley, as postmaster. On page
38 of this history will be found a list of the postmasters to date, with the time
served by each. Also the names of the four rural route carriers with the num-
bers of their respective routes.
The census of 1900 places the population of the town at 1,942.
LEWISV^LLE.
Lewisville is situated in Franklin Township, eight and three fourths
miles south and one mile east from the court house in Neiv Castle, and nine
miles east from Knightstown, on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
railway, and the Indianapolis and Eastern railway (electric line), and on the west
side of Flatrock. It is in the E. >< of the S. E. .H of Sec. 25, Tp. 16 N.. R. 10 E..
and the W. 3^ of the S. W. % of Sec. 30, Tp. 16 N., R. 11 E. The original plat was
laid out and platted by Thomas Brown, Surveyor, and was acknowledged by
Lewis C. Freeman and James B. Harris, proprietors, December 25, 1829.
The main street running east and west is designated as "The Great National
Road." The original plat contains eight blocks, consisting of sixty four lots.
The iirst Eastern addition, situat.?d immediately east of the ori^nal plat, was
platted March 2, tS36. and on the same date was acknowledged by Rozel Spencer and
William D. Westerfield. proprietors, and contains ten blocks, consisting of eighty four
lots.
The first Southern addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, was
platted April 28. 1S36, and was acknowledged by Dr. M. Strong, proprietor. May 2. 1S36,
and contains fourteen lots, no blocks designated.
Q^S hazzard's history of henry county.
The George B. Morris' addition, situated immediately east of the school lot, on the
south side of the National Road, was platted November 26, 1902, and was acknowledged
by Morris on the same date and contains four and ninety four hundredths acres, divided
into thirty lots, no blocks designated.
It was first proposed to name this town Freeman vi lie, after Lewis C.
Freeman, one of the original proprietors, but as it was discovered that there
was another town of that name in this State it was finally determined to call
it Lewisville, incorporating the first or given name of Mr. Freeman.
Lewisville is today a better town than ever before. No saloon is per-
mitted there, while there are two, perhaps three, fine churches, and many
handsome residences. These taken in connection with the excellent business
blocks all denote a prosperous and happy commimity of people.
That the country around Lewisville is in a high state of cultivation is evi-
denced by the fact that the First National Bank of that town, with a capital of
only $25,000. has deposits of about five times that amount. The town only has
the one banking institution which is treated of elsewhere in this History in
the chapter entitled "Banks and Banking." In the chapter in this history
entitled "Newspapers, Past and Present'' will be found a full account of the
newspapers that have been published and of the one now in existence in Lewis-
ville.
Lewisville is the only town in Franklin. Township and is also the only
postoffice that was ever established in that township. There is a tradition in
South Franklin Township that before the postoffice was established in Lewis-
ville there was a postoffice on the county line a mile and a qtiarter south of the
town kept by Gamette Hayden. However, there is no official record in
Washingt'on City of such an office. It is probable that mail was carried from
established offices to Hayden's house, which was on the main line of stage travel,
for distribution in that neighborhood. Lewis C. Freeman was the first post-
master at Lewisville and opened the office for business, May 27, 1831. On
pages 38 and 39 of this history will be found a list of the postmasters, together
with the names of the two rural route carriers connected with the office.
The census of 1900 places the population of the town at 404.
This place with only a remnant of its former greatness remaining is sit-
uated in Prairie Township, nine and three fourths miles north and one fourth
mile east from the court house in New Castle, and is in the N. E. ^ of Sec.
27, Tp. 19 N., R. ID E., and was laid out and platted by Lot Hazelton, pro-
prietor, and acknowledged by him, January 19, 1836, and contains six blocks,
consisting of eighteen lots. No addition appears to have been filed to the
original plat.
The early settlers of Prairie Township came principally from Virginia
and named this town Luray, after the county seat of Page County, in the "Old
Dominion."
The author of this Historj' w^ell remembers wdien Luray was the most
important point between New Castle and Muncie. At an early day, before the
advent of railroads, aside from the fact that New Castle and Muncie were
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 939
each county seats, Luray was as good a trading point as either and probably
did as much business. Some of the most enterprising and prosperous mer-
chants of the county obtained their start in Luray, notably the late Isaac R.
Howard, for many years the leading wholesale merchant of Richmond, Indi-
ana, and in whose name the business is yet carried on by his son John ; Jere-
miah Page, who built the first brick hotel in New Castle, where the Bundy
House now stands, was for many years an enterprising citizen of this place.
One of the finest flouring mills in the county stood a half m'-\e east of Luray.
The building, an imposing structure, still stands and is used as a barn and for
other farming purposes.
The decay of Luray began when the Bellefontaine railroad, now a part of
the Big Four railway, was built north of it through Delaware County, and
when the present Panhandle railroad was built south of it through N6w Cas-
tle : thus the trade was drawn away from it to New Castle and Muncie. Later,
when the road was built north from New Castle to Muncie it left Luray one
and one half miles to the east, and the establishinent of the village of Spring-
port in Henry County and of Oakville in Delaware County, both of which
are but two miles distant, was the death knell of the place for business.. The
establishment of the rural routes caused the abandonment of the postoffice
Now there are less than a dozen houses in the place and one small store oper-
ated by a man named McKinley. Thus do the ravages of time tell on towns
as well as on individuals.
Prairie Township had four postoffices — Hillsboro (Dan Webster),
Luray, Mount Summit and Springport. The two first named have been dis-
continued. The postoffice at Luray was established May 15, 1838, and was
discontinued June 15, 1901. On page 39 of this Histon,^ will be found a com-
plete list of the postmasters of this place.
MECHANICSBURG.
This village is situated in Fnll Creek Township, nine and three fourths
miles west and five miles north of west from the court house in New Castle,
and three and one half miles south and one mile west of south from Middle-
town, and is in the S. E. } of Sec. 13 and the N. E. ^ of Sec. 24, Tp. 18 N.,
R. 8 E. and the S. W. } of Sec. 18 and the N. W. | of Sec. 19, Tp. 18 N., R.
9 E., and was laid out and pl-itted by Peter Keesiing, Margaret Keesling,
William Alexander, Frances Alexander, George Keesling and Elizabeth
Keesling, proprietors, and was acknowledged by them September 22, i8=;8,
and contains four blocks, consisting of thirty four lots. No addition to the
town has ever been filed.
The place is so named from the fact that when the settlement was started there
were so many mechanics, representing the different trades, living there that it was
determined to recognize them by calling the place Mechanicsburg.
This is the only village or town in the county that was laid ofi" and
platted since the advent of railroads that is not located on a railway line. Des-
pite the fact that it has no railroad and that railroads have been built all
around it, it has not only maintained but it has also increased its importance as a
940 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
trading center. Its nearest railroad point and shipping place is Middletown,
but the railroad stations of Honey Creek, Sulphur Springs, Kennard and
Shirley, in Henry County, and Markleville and Emporia, in Madison County,
are easily reached from the 'burg.
Before the days of railroads and steam mills, and before the streams
were all reduced to their present diminutive size by ditching and drainage,
there were a woolen factory, a grist mill and a saw mill, all adjacent to
Mechanicsburg. on Deer Creek ; all these have disappeared.
Mechanicsburg is noted for the many exterprising and progressive young
men that have gone out in the world from that village. The leading citizen
for many years was the late Nimrod R. Elliott, a full biographical sketch of
whom will be found elsewhere in this History.
The author of this History in gathering the facts has found that no place in
Henry County, according to its population, sent more soldiers to the Civil War
than Mechanicsburg and vicinity; in fact its record in this respect is far ahead
of many other localities having a much greater population.
Mechanicsburg had an existence as a trading point more than a score
of years before it was laid off and platted as a village. The first merchant
to establish a store in that neighborhood was Thomas Dunning, who began
business about the year iS.jq, the exact date is disputed. The year named
is from the best information obtainable, furnished by William H. Keesling.
A postoffice was established July 14, 1849, ^"d its first postmaster, Thomas B.
Keesling, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, May 15, 1824, is still living in San
Jose, California. A list of the postmasters will be found on page 40 of this His-
tory. Mechanicsburg is one of the three postoffices that have existed and that still
exist in Fall Creek Township, the other two being Honey Creek and Middletown.
It shares with Cadiz and Greensboro the honor of being the only postoffices in
the county not on the line of a railroad.
Notwithstanding its importance, this village has never been incorporated ;
therefore its ])opuIation is included onlv in that of Fall Creek Township. (See
Giapter XXXVni).
The village of Messick is situated in Blue River Township, four and three-
Cjuarter miles northeast from the court house in New Castle, on the Big Four rail-
way. This village was never laid off or platted into town lots by anyone and was
founded in the year 1882. The real estate there is described by metes and bounds.
Said village is in the S. ^\^ J of Sec. 29 and the N. W. -]- of Sec. 32, Tp. 18
N., R. II E.
It is so named after a well-known family that has for so many years lived
there. The place has an existence antedating many years the building of the Big
Four railway. Before the building of the Panhandle railway through the counts-
and the establishment of Ashland, there was a postoffice at Messick known by that
name which dates back to February 26, 1847. It was a countrs- affair, kept for
some time in the respective homes of the successive postmasters and afterward in
a country store owned bv Millikan and Messick, and perhaps by others. Later,
Messick postoffice was discontinued and moved to Ashland, as is recorded in the
short description of the last named place found at the beginning of this chapter.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 94I
When in 1882 the Big Four railway was completed through the county, east
from New Castle, Messick was again given official existence and a postoffice was
established, dating from April 7, 1884, and on page 40 of this History will be
found a list of the postmasters. However, the postmasters as set out under the
head of Ashland in Chapter I of this History from James M. Conner to William
Millikan, senior, inclusive, should be considered as at the old country office of
Messick. Messick, Mooreland and Rockland are Blue River Township's three
postoffices, the last named, however, having been discontinued.
All the population of the village is included in that of Blue River Township,
(See Chapter XXX\qn.)
Messick is on the projected line of the Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo
railway (electric line).
MIDDLETOWN.
This town, so named for the reason that it was considered the half way point
between New Castle and Anderson, is situated in Fall Creek Township, twelve
miles northwest from the court house in New Castle, on the banks of Fall Creek,
on the Panhandle railway, on the line of the Union Traction Company from An-
derson to New Castle, and is in the S. E. ^ and the N. E. 1 of Sec. 31 and the N.
W. J- of Sec. 32, Tp. 19 N., R. 9 E., and was laid out, platted and acknowledged
by Jacob Koontz, October 9, 1829. The main street running north and south
was designated as "The Nevi^ Castle and La Fayette Road," and the original plat
contains four blocks consisting of forty lots.
Chauncey H. Burr's addition, situated immediately east ot the original plat, was
platted August 12, 1839, and was acknowledged by Burr. August 20, 1S39. and contains two
blocks, consisting of twenty two lots.
Lewis Summers' first and second additions, situated immediately north of the orig-
inal plat, between Main and Mill streets, were platted the first, March 13, 1834, and the
second, March 12, 1840. Both plats were acknowledged by Summers, February 24. 1842.
They contain twenty six lots, no blocks designated.
Joseph Yount's addition, situated immediately west of the original plat, on the west
side of Church Street, was platted and acknowledged by Joseph Yount. August 23. 1849,
and contains five lots, no blocks designated.
Joseph Yount's second addition, situated immediately south and west of Summers'
first addition and west of the original plat, and extending west across the Panhandle
railway, was platted and acknowledged by Joseph Yount. September 25, 1854. and con-
tains three blocks, consisting of twenty one lots.
Frederick Tykle's addition, situated about twenty four rods east of Summers' first
addition, was platted and acknowledged by Frederick Tykle August 22, 1865. and con-
tains thirteen lots, no blocks designated.
Joseph Yount's third addition, situated immediately north of the west part ot
Yount's second addition and south of the Panhandle railway, was platted March 12,
1866, and was acknowledged by Yount on the same date, and contains three blocks, con-
sisting of twenty one lots.
Willis Wisehart's first addition, situated about two hundred and eighty two feet
north of Summers' second addition, on the west side of Main Street and south of Pine
Street, was platted April 30. 1881, and was acknowledged by Wisehart on the same date,
and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty one lots.
Elizabeth Van Matre's addition, situated immediately north of Summers' second
addition, on the west side of Church Street, was platted May 8, 1882. and was acknowl-
edged by Elizabeth Van Matre, May 25, 1882, and contains four lots, no blocks desig-
942
HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY,
William M. Moore's addition, situated immediately west of Van Matre's addition,
om the east side of Mill Street, was platted June 20, 1883, and was acknowledged by
Moore, May 10, 1884, and contains one block, consisting of four lots.
Elizabeth Van Matre's second addition, situated immediately east of Van Matre's
first addition, on the east side of Church Street, was platted June 19, 1883, and was ac-
knowledged by Elizabeth Van Matre and Henry Van Matre, July 14, 1883, and contains
one block, consisting of four lots.
Willis Wisehart's second addition, situated immediately north of Wisehart's first
addition, on the west side of Main Street, and on the north side of Pine Street, was
platted June 3. 1885, and was acknowledged by Wisehart on the same date, and contains
three blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
Painter and Watkins' first addition, situated immediately west of Yount's third
addition and south of the railroad, was platted July 1.5, 1890, and was acknowledged by
George Davis and Elizabeth Davis, proprietors, on the same date, and contains fifty
eight lots, no blocks designated.
Jackson's first addition, situated immediately west of Painter and Watkins' addi-
tion and extending north across the Paiihandle railway, and lying between Twelfth and
Sixteenth streets, was platted February 19, 1894, and was acknowledged by Llewellyn
B. Jackson, Nellie J. Jackson. Erastus L. Elliott, Trustee. Andrew S. Miller. President,
and George L. Swain, Secretary, of the Indiana Glass Company, on the same date, and
contains ninety and twenty three hundredths acres, divided into four hundred and forty
one lots, no blocks designated.
The Indiana Glass Company's addition, situated immediately east and north of
Jackson'^ first addition, on the south side of the Panhandle railway, was platted March
26, 1894, and was acknowledged by Andrew S. Miller and George L. Swain, President
and Secretary, respectively, of the Indiana Glass Company, on the same date, and con-
tains ten and seventy three hundredths acres, divided into forty seven lots, no blocks
designated.
Jackson Wisehart's addition, situated north of Yount's third addition on the north
side of High Street and on the east side of Ni,nth Street, was platted February 27, 1894,
and was acknowledged by Willis Wisehart and Elmira Wisehart, proprietors, on the
same date, and contains four and forty eight hundredths acres, divided into twenty three
lots, no blocks designated.
Willis Wisehart's third addition, situated immediately north of Wisehart's second
addition, between Sixth and Eighth streets, was platted April 1, 1894, and was acknowl-
edged by Willis Wisehart, Elmira Wisehart and Overton Cummins. President of the
Middletown Butter and Cheese Company, on the same date, and contains six and sixty
seven hundredths acres, divided into twenty two lots, no blocks designated.
Tykle's second addition, situated immediately east of Jackson's first addition, and
north of the Indiana Glass Company's addition, on the north side of the Panhandle rail-
way, was platted May 11, 1898, and was Acknowledged by George E, Tykle and John H.
Terhune, Trustees of the estate of Frederick Tykle, deceased, on the same date, and
contains fourteen acres, divided into fifty two lots, no blocks designated.
Hedrick's first addition, situated immediately east of Wisehart's first addition, on
the north side of Columbia Street, and extending east to Third Street, was platted May
2, 1898, and was acknowledged by John Baker. Jane Baker, J. 0. Lambert. Emma Lam-
bert. Berry H. Painter, Jane Sanders, Elizabeth McWilliams, Charles C. Shedron, Mary
Shedron, Willis Wisehart. Elmira Wisehart, Lillie Hedrick, John W. Hedrick. John W.
Hedrick, guardian of James C. Hedrick, Frank A. Wisehart, Jessie M. Wisehart, Gil-
bert Watkins and Josie Watkins, heirs of John Hedrick, deceased, an the same date, •
and contains twenty and ninety eight hundredths acres, divided into seventy Ave lots and
twelve out-lots, no blocks designated.
Jacob Koontz, the original proprietor, had a ptibHc sale of lots on December
25, 1829, and it is chronicled that the best prices obtained were very discouraging.
At this time there was not a frame house in Fall Creek Township.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. ^43
In point of population and wealth and as a business point, Middletown has al-
ways been considered the third town in the county, ranked only by New Castle
and Knightstojvn. It is surrounded by a fine body of fertile land, all of which has
been converted into highly improved farms. The town has always enjoye'd a good
trade from the southern part of Delaware County, particularly from the "Rich-
woods" neighborhood, as the county line is only two miles north from the Welsh
hotel.
Middletown is noted for its fine private residences, its elegant churches and
schools and the high character of its business blocks, particularly the Welsh hotel.
It has one bank, known as the Farmers' State Bank of Middletown, with a capital
of $30,000, and the thrift and prosperity of its people may be measured from the
fact that this bank with so small a capital has carried a deposit account of $200,000.
This bank is treated of elsewhere in this History in the chapter entitled "Banks
and Banking."
A postoffice was established September 10, 1830. with Jacob Koontz. as post-
master, and on pages 40 and 41 of this History will be found a list of the post-
masters together with the names of the four rural route carriers connected with
that office. Middletown is one of the three postoffices that have existed and that
still exist in Fall Creek Township, the other two being Honey Creek and Mechan-
icsburg. Its population according to the census of 1900 is given as 1801.
Middletown was incorporated in 1840 by Chauncey H. Burr and fourteen
others.
MILLVILLE.
The most eastern village in Henry County on the line of the Panhandle rail-
road is situated in Liberty Township, six and one fourth miles east and one half
mile south of east from the court house in New Castle, and is in the N. E. i of Sec.
15 and the N. W. -]- of Sec. 14, Tp. 17 N., R. 11 E., and was laid out and plat-
ted by John Minesinger, Deputy Surveyor, December 4, 1854, by order of the
Court of Common Pleas of Henry County, in January, 1854, from the lands be-
longing to the estate of John Hershberger, deceased, and contains eight lots, no
blocks designated.
Abbott's addition, situated immediately west of the original plat, was platted and
acknowledged by Abraham Abbott, August 28, 1856, and contains five blocks, consisting
of twenty lots.
Forkner's additidn, situated immediately north of the original plat, was platted and
acknowledged by Micajah C. Forkner June 20, 1870, and contains five blocks, consisting
of twenty one lots.
A plat of Millville, surveyed and platted by William R. Harrold. Surveyor, the
same being a re-survey and plat of the original plat and all additions thereto was made
and filed in the Recorder's office, August 7, 1873.
The village takes its name from a mill which stood nearby, when the Pan-
handle railroad was completed to that place, owned by John Hershberger. The
railroad established a station there and called it Millville. About this time
Hershberger was accidentally killed in the mill, and it being determined to survey
and plat the lands into lots, an order of court was obtained therefor as above
stated.
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IIAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
The first store room in the town was built by Mica j ah C. Forkner, father of
Judge Mark E. Forkner, of New Castle, who, if he did not start the first store
himself, only rented the room for a short time to other parties, and then oc-
cupied the store room himself with a stock of general merchandise.
;\Iillville has always been considered a half way point between New Castle
and Hagerstown. For many years, as a shipping point, it had the trade of Blue
River and Stony Creek townships on the north and of the northern part of Dud-
ley Township on the south, now lost to Millville by the construction of railroads
through New Lisbon, Mooreland and Blountsville. It now, as a point for the
purchase and shipment of grain and live stock, ranks high from the fact that
Samuel D. Wiseheart and Sons, most enterprising merchants in this line, have
made it their headquarters for many years.
A postoffice was established June 7, 1855, with Andrew J. Cromer, as post-
master. On page 41 of this history will be found a list of the postmasters. Mill-
ville is one of the four postoffices that have existed in Liberty Township, the other
three being Chicago (discontinued). Devon (discontinued) and Ashland.
]\Iillville has never been incorporated, and for that reason its population is
included in that of Liberty Township. (See Chapter XXXVIII).
CHAPTER XLII.
henry county villages and towns, continued.
Founders and Early Merchants — Original Plats and Additions — Banks
AND Newspapers — Postal and Transportation Facilities — Population
— Mooreland — Mount Summit — Needmore — New Castle — New Lisbon
— Ogden — Petersburg — Pumpkintown — Raysville — Rogersville —
Sharington — Shirley — Spiceland — Springport — Straughn —
Sulphur Springs — Uniontown — West Liberty — Wheeland — White
Raven — Woodville — Miles Marshall Moore and Family.
mooreland.
The incorporated town of Mooreland is situated in Blue River Township,
eight miles northeast from the court house in New Castle, on the Big Four rail-
way, and is in the E. -J of the N. E. i of Sec. 22 and the W. -J of the N. W. ^ and
the W. I of the S. W. 1 of Sec. 23, Tp. 18 N., R. 11 E., and was laid out and plat-
ted by Daniel K. Cook, Surveyor, and was acknowledged by Miles M. Moore,
proprietor, August 9, 1882, and contains four and eighty seven hundredths acres,
divided into two blocks consisting of sixteen lots and one out-lot.
Mathew Cory's first addition, situated immediately east of the original plat, on the
east side of Broad Street and extending south across the railroad, was platted August
26, 1882, and was acknowledged by Cory on the same date, and contains four blocks, con-
sisting of twenty two lots.
Mathew Cory's second addition, situated immediately east of Cory's first addition,
was platted August 8, 1885. and contains four blocks, consisting of twenty three lots
and one out-lot.
Mathew Cory's third addition, situated immediately north of Cory's first addition,
on the east side of Broad Street, was platted December 28, 1886, and was acknowledged
by Cory on fhe same date, and' contains two blocks, consisting of twelve lots and the
schoolhouse lot.
Mathew Cory's fourth addition, situated north and east of Cory's second addition,
was platted March 13, 1888, and was acknowledged by Cory on the same date, and con-
tains three blocks, consisting of sixteen lots and one out-lot.
Moore's first addition, situated immediately west of the original plat and on the
north side of the Big Four railway, was platted March 28, 1888, and was acknowledged
by Newton B. Davis, administrator of the estate of Miles M. Moore, deceased, on the
same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty six lots.
Mathew Cory's fifth addition, situated immediately south of Cory's second addi-
tion, was platted January 22, 1889. and was acknowledged by Cory on the same date,
and contains two blocks, consisting of sixteen lots.
Eli Hardman's first addition, situated immediately north of the original plat and
west of Cory's third addition and north of Charles Street and west of Broad Street,
was platted April IS. 1889, and was acknowledged by Eli Hardman and Mary Jane Hard-
man, proprietors, on the same date, and contains twelve acres, divided into five blocks,
consisting of forty four lots and one out-lot.
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HolUday and Koons' addition, situated immediately east of Cory's third addition
and north of Blocli One of Cory's fourth addition, was platted June 12, 1901, ana was ac-
knowledged by Eli Holliday. George R. Koons and Benjamin P. Koons, proprietors, on
the same date, and contains twenty four lots, no blocks designated.
Mark Huffman's first addition, situated immediately north of Hardman's addition,
on the west side of Broad Street, was plated April 25, 1904, and was acknowledged by
Mark Huffman and Mary Huffman, proprietors, on the same date, and contains four and
thirty one hundredths acres, divided into sixteen lots, no blocks designated.
One of the early settlers of Blue River Township and one of the most success-
ftd farmers was Philip Moore, who, dying November 27, 1873, left a valu:bh
estate and a fine farrn immediately adjoining the present town of Mooreland. One
of his sons. Miles M., by purchase and inheritance, came into possession of that
part of the land from which the original plat of Mooreland was surveyed, and it is
from these facts that the town is named Mooreland.
A postoffice was established Augtist 21, 1882. On page 41 of this History
will be found a list of the postmasters and the names of the two rural route carriers
connected with that office, one of whom. Henry H. ^Moore, is a brother of Miles
M., who laid off the town.
Mooreland is surrounded by as fine farming land as there is in Henry
County and everything in the town and surrounding country denotes thrift and
prosperity. The town has a bank, the history of which will be found in the chapter
in this History devoted to "Banks and Banking." The first store was started by
Marcus Holliday, son of Oliver Holliday, an early settler, in 1882. The popula-
tion is given in the census of 1900 at 300. Mooreland is on the projected line of
the Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo electric railway. Mooreland, INIessick
and Rockland are Blue River Township's three postoffices, the last named having
been discontinued.
MILES MARSHALL MOORE.
1^- WHOSE HO.XOB THE TOWN OF MOORELAND W.\S NAMED.
Miles Marshall Moore, the third son of Philip and Julia Ann (Wilson) Moore, was
horn November 18, 1836, on his father's farm in Blue River Township, Henry County,
Indiana. He died April 14, 1886, and is buried in Nettle Creek Cemetery, near the old
town of Franklin, five miles north of Hagerstown, Wayne County. His father, Philip
Moore, was the son of one of the first pioneer settlers of Henry County, William Moore,
a native of Tennessee, and his wife, Catharine (Cotener) Moore, who first settled in
Preble County. Ohio, where Philip Moore was born April 24, 1812, and who afterwards,
when Philip was but fourteen years of age, came to Henry County with his family and
settled in Blue River Township. William Moore was a soldier of the War of 1812-15, a
record of which fact will be found in another place in this History.
The boyhood days of Miles Marshall Moore were spent in the service of his father
and he was a potent helper in clearing the land and cultivating the soil of his father's
farm. His education was such as could be secured at the common or district schools of
the period. In 1860, with a view to going to some new country, if the outlook proved
promising, he took a trip to the Great West from which he soon afterward returned home
where he remained with his father until August 27, 1861. The Civil War was then in
progress and he enlisted as a private in Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry, and partici-
pated in all the engagements of that famous regiment, serving a full enlistment of three
years. He was a brave and gallant soldier and the record of his military service will he
found in connection with that of his company and regiment in Chapter XVI of this
History.
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After his honorable discharge from the army at Atlanta, Georgia, September 15,
1864, he returned to his home in- Blue River Township, and in the following year, March
26, 1865, was united in marriage with Nancy, daughter of Thomas and Elvira Lamb, of
Dalton, Wayne County, Indiana. She was liorn November 17, 1845.
Immediately after their marriage. Miles M. Moore and his wife went to White
County, in the western part of the State of Indiana, where he and his brother, James
H. Moore, had purchased for seven thousand five hundred dollars, two hundred and fifty
acres of land. After making the first payment on the land, he had thirty dollars left witli
which he and his wife began housekeeping. She was a very economical woman and a
valued helpmeet, using as little as possible of their small store of money for the house-
hold but spending the greater part of it for corn, hay and feed for the stock. Mrs. Moore
not only performed her duties as the housekeeper but often went into the field and as-
sisted her husband in tilling and cultivating the soil. This double labor, willingly per-
formed, was continued until the birth of their first child, Philip Edgar, born May 12,
1867. He was a very bright and interesting child and was the pride of the household. On
January 15, 1869, Thomas Eugene, their second child, was born. From this time the
health of Mrs. Moore declined and her husband became correspondingly depressed and
discouraged. On May IS, 1872, the eldest son, Philip Edgar, or Eddie as he was famil-
iarly called, was taken down with brain fever from which, after severe pain and suffer-
ing, death came to his relief. At the earnest desire of the wife and mother, the remains
of the child were taken to Wayne County, Indiana, and were there interred in Nettle
Creek Cemetery. He died May 28, 1872.
The husband and wife returned to their desolate home where they remained for
a time but the health of the family not improving, Mr. Moore disposed of his interest in
the White County farm and in 1874. following the death of his father, purchased a part
of the old homestead and on August ISth returned to Henry County, from which time
their health improved and their prospects became bright for a prosperous future.
Mr. Moore was for many years, as his widow is now, a member of the United Breth-
ren Church, to which he gave of his strength and means liberally during his life. Polit-
ically, Mr. Moore was for a number of years a radical Republican but he subsequently De-
came a "Greenbacker" and gave to that organization, of which he was a leading member
in Henry County, his warm and active support. He was a firm believer in the idea that
the Government should issue all money and that the same should be a full legal tender
for all purposes, public and private.
Miles Marshall Moore was a good citizen and was one of that great number of loyal
and patriotic men, who by their acts and deeds during the great Civil War gave honor
to the splendid military history of Indiana and Henry County. He was an experienced,
practical farmer and by thrift and industry accumulated a life's competency. He was of
an energetic and persevering disposition and won and held the regard and esteem of
his neighbors and many friends.
Thomas Eugene, the second son of Miles M. Moore and his wife, Nancy (Lamb)
Moore, was married September 21, 1889, to Rozella Bird, who was born March 27, 1872.
She was the daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Houser) Bird, of the well known family of
that name which has been for many years prominent in the affairs of Stony Creek Town-
ship. Henry County. They have two children, Ernest Edgar, born August 26, 1890. and
Gladys, born September 19, 1896. Thomas Eugene and his family reside in Muncie. the
"rfiagic city" of Delaware County, Indiana, where he is engaged in the natural gas and
oil business.
Since the death of Miles Marshall Moore, April 14, 1886, as above stated, his widow,
Nancy (Lamb) Moore, has given all of her time to overseeing and managing the property
left by her beloved husband. She is a thorough business woman and has conducted the
business with great care and prudence, not only keeping the property intact but adding
materially to its value. She resides at Mooreland, where she has a fine home and where
she o\NTis one hundred and forty two acres of land, adjoining that place on the south,
which Is highly improved and which is valued at one hundred and fifty dollars per acre.
She is a very excellent woman, domestic in her habits, hospitable, of a kindly disposition,
charitable, and has the entire respect of the community in which she lives.
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The town of Mooreland was laid out by Miles M. Moore and was named in his honor.
, It is a thriving place, is kept neat and clean, has a provident population, is blessed with
good schools, good churches, good society and bears the reputation of being the most
beautiful town in Henry County.
MOUNT SUMMIT.
Mount Summit, or Summit as it is generally called, derives its name from the
supposition that it occupies one of the highest points of land in the county and is
situated in Prairie Township, five miles north and three fourths of a mile west of
north from the court house in New Castle and is in the S. E. 34 of Sec. 16 and the
N. E. Ya of Sec. 21 and the S. W. 14 of Sec. 15 and the N. W. J4 of Sec. 22, Tp-
18 N., R. 10 E., and was laid out and platted by Isaac Kinley, Surveyor, and was
acknowledged by Jesse Ice. proprietor, July 11, 1854, and contains four blocks,
consisting of fifteen lots.
A plat of Mount Summit by Jesse Ire, situated immediately south of the pike lead-
ing west to Sulphur Springs and on the east side of the Lake Erie and Western railway
was laid out, platted and acknowledged by Jesse Ice, proprietor, July 22, 1857, and con-
tains twenty four lots, no blocks designated.
William West's addition, situated immediately east of the road running north and
south from New Castle to Springport F.nd on the north side of the pike running east
and west from Mount Summit to Sulphur Springs, was platted April 16, 1869, and was
acknowledged by West on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of ten
lots.
Abel W. Ice's addition, situated immediately east and south of the original plat,
on the south side of the pike running east and west and on the west side of the pike
running north and south, was platted April 16, 1869, and acknowledged by Ice on the
same date, and contains five blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
Peter P. Rifner's addition, situated on the north side of the pike running east
and west, and east of the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted August 8, 1870,
and was acknowledged by Rifner April 1, 1872, and contains two blocks, consisting of
fourteen lots.
Abel W. Ice's second addition, situated immediately south of his first addition and
between the railroad and the pike running north and south, was platted October 17,
1871, and was acknowledged by Ice, Apr'l 26, 1872, and contains three blocks, consisting
of eleven lots.
Sarah Ice's addition, situated immediately east of Abel W. Ice's first and second ad-
ditions and south of West's addition, was platted October 24, 1871, and was acknowledged
by Sarah Ice, October 16, 1S72. and contains two blocks, consisting of eight lots.
A plat of Mount Summit made by William R. Harrold, Surveyor, includes all of
the foregoing additions and ten out-lots, and was completed May 9, 1873.
Peter P. Rifner's second addition, situated immediately north of Abel W. Ice's first
addition, was platted May 24, 1R90, and was acknowledged by Rifner on the same date,
and contains two blocks, consisting of eight lots.
Ezekiel T. Ice's addition, situated immediately south of Sarah Ice's addition and
on the east side of the pike running north and south, was platted June 9, 1891, and was
acknowledged by Ezekiel T. Ice and Hester A. Ice, on the same date, and contains seven
lots, no blocks designated.
The village was first projected in anticipation of the construction of the north
and south railroad before the Civil war. This road collapsed preceding the panic
of 1857 and it was not. until more than a dozen years thereafter, completed north
from New Castle to Muncie. This accounts for the fact that no postoffice was
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 949
established until Xovember 25, 1869. Prior to this time the people of the neigh-
borhood got their mail from either New Castle, Sulphur Springs or Luray. The
first store was established in 1852 by John Warner.
On pages 41 and 42 of this History will be found a list of all the postmas-
ters, together with the name of the one rural route carrier connected with that
office.
As the place has never been incorporated its population, whatever it may be,
is included in that of Prairie Township. (See Chapter XXXVIII). Prairie
Township has had four postoffices — Hillsboro (Dan Webster), Luray, Mount
Summit and Springport. The two first named have been discontinued.
NEEDMORE.
Needmore was an old settlement or village, never platted into lots, situated
in Harrison Township, on the road leading due west and distant from Cadiz three
and one half miles at a cross roads, and two and one half miles due south of
Mechanicsburg. At an early day this village or settlement contained a store, a
blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, a shoemaker's shop and a saw mill and possibly
other industries which enter into the make-up of a little settlement. It never ac-
quired the distinction of being a postoffice and at this time all evidences of the for-
mer village have disappeared.
Needmore's chief claim to fame rests in the fact that a company of the Indiana
Legion or Home Guards was organized at Mechanicsburg during the Civil War
which was known as the "Needmore Rangers," a goodly number of the members
of the organization coming from that particular locality. The author has been un-
able to ascertain why the name Needmore was given this settlement, but it is
possible that it came from some one of that name who lived there at an early day.
NEW CASTLE.
New Castle, named for New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, is the county
seat of Henry County, and is situated in Henry Township, about a mile east of the
geographical center of the countv on the Panhandle railway, the Peoria and East-
ern division of the Big Four railway, the Lake Erie and Western railway, the New
Castle and Rushville division of the Lake Erie and Western railway, and the New
Castle and Dunreith division of the Indianapolis and Eastern electric railway. It
is also the southern terminus of the Anderson and New Castle division of the
Union Traction Company's electric line, and of the projected electric railroad from
Muncie to New Castle. The projected Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo elec-
tric line will also be an important addition to the railroad facilities of the town,
which is in the S. | and N. E. 1 of Sec. 10, the S. .^ of Sec. 11, the N. t and S. E.
A of Sec. 15. and the N. -J and S. W. } of Sec. 14, Tp. 17 N.. R. 10 E.. and the
original plat was laid out and platted January 4. 1836, by Thomas Leonard, who
had been appointed for that purpose by the Board of County Commissioners, and
who took to his aid Thomas R. Stanford. Surveyor. The original plat was made
up from the field notes of the town of New Castle, as returned to the Recorder's
office by John Dorrah and William McKimmey, Surveyors, and was acknowledged
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by Ezekiel Leavell, agent for Henry County. April 8, 1823, and contained twenty
blocks, consisting of one hundred and forty lots and twenty out-lots. The survey
of 1836 above mentioned was a re-establishment of the lines of the original plat.
The west half of the public square was vacated by the board of commissioners
at their November term, 1835, and Moses Roberts was appointed to cause a sur-
vey or subdivision to be made, and said west half was platted into five lots, three
fronting on Broad Street and two on Race Street.
Rue and Holman's addition, situated immediately south oi the original plat, on
the east side of South Main Street and south of Indiana Avenue, was platted by Richard
Rue aHd Joseph Holman and was acknowledged by Richard Rue, January 26, 1844. and
by Joseph Holman February 3. 1844. It contains six blocks, consisting of thirty two
lots and four out-lots.
William Murphey's addition, situated immediately south of the original plat and
south of Indiana Avenue, on the west s'de of South Main Street, was platted by Mur-
phey. May 20, 1851, and was acknowledged June 19, 1851, and contains four blocks, con-
sisting of ten lots.
Taylor's addition, situated east and north of the Panhandle railroad, on the south
side of East Broad Street, is a subdivision of out-lots 4 and 5 of the original plat and
was platted April 6, 1853, and was acknowledged by John Taylor on the same date and
contains twenty one lots, no blocks designated.
Thorijburgh's addition, situated immediately east of the original plat, on the north
side of Broad Street and east of Fifteenth Street, was platted July 18. 1853, and was
acknowledged by Hiram Thornburgh and by Hiram Thornburgh, guardian, of John and
Jacob Thornburgh, July 20, 1853, and contains two blocks, consisting of thirty five lots.
George W. Lennard's addition, situated immediately west of the original plat, on
the north side of West Broad Street and west of Eleventh Street, was platted September
22, 1854, and was acknowledged by Lennard, October 3, 1854, and contains two blocks,
consisting of thirty six lots.
Martin L. Powell's first addition, situated immediately east and north of Thorn-
burgh's addition and north of Taylor's addition beginning fifty feet west of Pennsylvania
Avenue, now Eighteenth Street, and on the north side of East Broad Street, was platted
August 24, 1866, and was acknowledged by Powell, September 10, 1866, and contains
five blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Hazzard and Shirk's addition, situated two blocks north of Vine Street, at the
alley which marks the northern boundary of the original plat, on the west side of North
Main Street, was platted March 18, 1867, and was acknowledged by George Hazzard
(the author of this History) and Benjamin Shirk on the same date, and contains ten
lots ,no blocks designated.
George Lowe's addition, situated immediately south of the Eastern out-lots in the
original plat and south of Taylor's addition and east of Rue and Holman's addition, was
platted September 28, 1867. and was acknowledged by Lowe, September 30. 1867, and
contains five blocks, consisting of forty one lots.
Seth H. Elliott's addition, situated immediately south of Lowe's addition and north
of the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted September 28, 1867, and was acknowl-
edged by Seth H. Elliott and Catharine Elliott, September 30, 1867, and contains four
blocks, consisting of twenty two lots and Elliott's reservation, equal to four lots, for a
residence.
Nicholson's addition, situated immediately south of Bundy's second addition, be-
tween South Eleventh Street and Bundy Avenue, was platted August 3. 1868, and was
acknowledged by Andrew Nicholson on the same date, and contains four blocks, consist-
ing of eleven lots.
Miles Murphey's addition, situated immediately south of Rue and Holman's addi-
tion, on the east side of South Main Street, was platted April 13. 1868, and was acknowl-
edged by Murphey, April 21, 1868, and contains ten lots, no blocks designated.
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Benjamin Elder's addition, situated immediately west and south of the George W.
Lennard addition in the west'part of town, on the north side of West Broad Street be-
tween Seventh and Ninth Streets, was platted August 17, 186S, and was acknowledged by
Elder, August 21, 1S6S, and contains four blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Martin L. Bundy's addition, situated south of William Murphey's addition, on the
west side of South Main Street and on the north side of Lincoln Avenue, was platted
September 7, 186S, and was acknowledged by Bundy, September 9, 1868, and contains
three blocks, consisting of eleven lots.
Hiram Thornburgh's second addition, situated immediately north of Martin L.
Powell's first addition, between the Panhandle railway and Eighteenth Street, was plat-
ted by Hiram Thornburgh, March 1, 18o9. and was acknowledged March 31, 1869, and
contains fifteen blocks, consisting of sixty nine lots and three out-lots.
Martin L. Powell's second addition, situated immediately east of the East School
House grounds, on the south side of East Broad Street and extending south of the Pan-
handle railway, was platted October 11. 1869. and was acknowledged by Powell October
14. 1869. and contains thirteen acres, divided into seven blocks, consisting of forty two
lots.
Benjamin Elder's second addition, situated immediately north and west of Elder's
first addition, was platted and acknowledged by Benjamin Elder, July 5, lS7n, and con-
tains six blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Jacob Shopp's addition, situated immediately east of Taylor's addition and on the
south side of Shopp Avenue, was platted May 27, 1871, and was acknowledged by Shopp
on the same date, and contains ten lots, no blocks designated.
James Loer's addition, situated east of Martin L. Powell's first addition and north
of East Broad Street, the homesteads of James Brown and Thomas B. Redding interven-
ing, and on the west side of North Twenty First Street, was platted August 4, 1S71. ana
was acknowledged by Loer, August 14. 1871. and contains four blocks, consisting of twen-
ty one lots,
Eli Murphey's addition, situated immediately west of William Murpheys addition,
on the west side of South Twelfth Street, was platted October 16. 1871. and was acknowl-
edged by Murphey September 17, 1872, and contains five lots, no blocks designated.
James Brown's addition, situated immediately east of Thornburgh's second addition
and Powell's first addition, on the east side of Nineteenth Street, was platted and ac-
knowledged by James Brown January 27, 1873, and contains seven lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
John Rea's addition, situated immediately east of Powell's second addition, Tjetween
East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted September 21, 1S72. and was
acknowledged by Rea, October 30, 1874, and contains five blocks, consisting of fifteen lots.
Elizabeth Murphey's addition, situated east of South Park addition, south of the
former General William Grose's homestead, now the home of the Henry County His-
torical Society, and on the east side of South Fourteenth Street, was platted October 8.
1874, and was acknowledged by Elizabeth Murphey and Miles Murphey, March 15, 1875,
and contains two blocks, consisting of twenty four lots.
Bowers' division of out-lots, situated immediately east of Nicholson's addition, be-
tween South Main Street and Bundy Avenue, was platted April 24, 1875, by John Un-
thank. Surveyor, and was acknowledged by said Unthank on the same date, and contains
sixteen lots, no blocks designated.
Martin L. Powell's subdivision, situated immediately east and south of Powell's
second addition, on the south side of the Panhandle railway (with the exception of nine
lots which are north of the railroad), and extending north to the New Castle and Hagers-
town turnpike, or East Broad Street, was platted by Martin L. Powell. May 25, 1S76. and
was acknowledged by him May 26. 1876. and contains nine lots and twelve out-lots, no
blocks designated.
Thomas Mullen's addition, situated east of Powell's subdivision, between East
Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted March 1. 1877. and was acknowl-
edged by Thomas Mullen, March 10, 1877, and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty
eight lots.
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James Loer's second addition, situated immediately east of his first addition, was
platted and acknowledged by him August 21, 1S78, and contains four blocks, consisting
of twenty four lots.
William E. and Mary C. Woodward's addition, situated east of Elizabeth Murphey's
addition, between Walnut Street and the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted
July 3, 1883, and was acknowledged by Mary C. Woodward and William E. Woodward
on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of twenty one lots and seven
out-lots.
Martin L. Bundy's second addition, situated immediately north of Nicholson's addi-
tion and south of Burr's addition, on the west side of South Main Street and Bundy
Avenue, was platted June 24, 1881, and was acknowledged by Martin L. Bundy and
Amanda, his wife, on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of eleven lots
and one out-lot.
Mowrer's addition, situated immediately south of Bundy's second addition, on the
west side of Bundy Avenue, was platted June 25, 1881, and was acknowledged by James
M. Mowrer. Emma C. Mowrer, Mary C. Mowrer, Thomas W. Milllkan and Margaret R.
Millikan on the same date, and contains two blocks, consisting of six lots and one out-lot.
Thomas B. Reeder's addition, situated immediately south of Mowrer's addition, be-
tween Bundy Avenue and South Eleventh Street, was platted June 2.5. ISSl. and was
acknowledged by Reeder on the same date, and contains seven lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
Lycurgus L. Burr's addition, situated immediately south of Bundy's first addition,
on the west side of South Main Street and south side of Lincoln Avenue, was platted
June 25, 1881. and was acknowledged by Burr on the same date, and contains two blocks,
consisting of eight lots and one out-lot.
James M. Thornton's addition, situated immediately north of George W. Len-
nard's addition and west of Hazzard and Shirk's addition, between North Ninth and
North Eleventh streets, and on the north s'fde of West Spring Street, was platted Au-
gust 24. 1881. and was acknowledged by Thornton on the same date, and contains four
blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Hernly and Brown's addition (known as Lockwood), situated immediately north of
Woodward's second addition, at the extreme north end of town, on the west side of the
Panhandle railway, was platted October 14, 1881, and was acknowledged by Charles S.
Hernly and Samuel Hadley Brown, proprietors, on the same date, and contains two
blocks, consisting of twenty lots.
Pyrrhus Woodward's addition, situated Immediately north of Hazzard and Shirk's
addition, on the west side of North Twelfth Street, was platted October 1, 1881, and was
acknowledged by Woodward on the same date, and contains three blocks, consisting of
twenty four lots and two out-lots.
David W. Chambers' addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, on
the east side of South Eleventh Street, was platted April 19, 1882. and was acknowledged
by Chambers on the same flate, and contains thirteen lots, no blocks designated.
Jacob Brenneman's addition, situated immediately south of out-lots twenty two and
twenty three, original plat, on the south side of Indiana Avenue and east side of South
Ninth Street, was platted March 23. 1883, and was acknowledged by Brenneman. April 3.
1883, and contains one block, consisting of five lots.
Asahel W. Lennard's addition, situated immediately north of Thornburgh's second
addition, on the east side of Columbia Avenue, was platted August 27, 1883, and was
acknowledged by Lennard on the same date, and contains eleven and fifty three hun-
dredths acres, divided into four blocks, consisting of thirty five lots.
Martin L. Bundy's third addition, situated south of Bower's addition, on the west
side of South Main Street, was platted June 20. 1890, and was acknowledged by Bundy
on the same date, and contains five lots, no blocks designated.
James V. Hickman's addition, situated immediately east of Loer's second addition.
on the south side of the Brown pike (the old Brown road), was platted September 29.
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1890, and was acknowledged by Hickman on the same date and contains twenty two and
seventy one hundredths acres, divided into one hundred and four lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
Morris and Bundy's South Park addition, situated immediately east of Bower's di-
vision, between South Main and South Fourteenth streets, was platted May 2, 1892,
and was acknowledged by John M. Morris and Eugene H. Bundy on the same date and
contains thirty six lots and one out-lot. no blocks designated.
Vestal's first addition, situated immediately north and west of Powell's subdivis-
ion, between East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted June 3. 1893,
and was acknowledged by Milton M. Vestal on the same date, and contains three and
one half acres, divided into fifteen lots, no blocks designated.
The Speeder Cycle Company's addition, situated immediately south of South Park
addition, between South Main and South Fourteenth streets, was platted August 21, 1894,
and was acknowledged by Henry J. Adams, President, and Alman L. Bowman, Secre-
tary of the Speeder Cycle Company on the same date, and contains seventeen and fifty
three hundredths acres, divided into seventy five lots and one out-lot, no blocks desig-
nated.
The Jehu T. Elliott Heirs' addition, situated immediately west of the original plat,
on the south side of West Broad Street between South Fifth and South Ninth streets,
was platted April 27, 1S95, and was acknowledged by Mark E. Forkner, Attorney in Fact
for the Elliott heirs, on the same date, and contains thirteen and ninety three hundredths
acres, divided into sixty four lots, no blocks designated.
Woodward's second addition, situated immediately north of Woodward's first addi-
tion, between the Panhandle and Big Four railways, was platted May 20, 1896, and was
acknowledged by Pyrrhus Woodward, Mary E. Woodward, George Woodward, Lizzie
Woodward and Belle Springer on the same date, and contains twenty two and sixty five
hundredths acres, divided into seventy seven lots and two out-lots.
The Robert M. Nixon Heirs' addition, situated immediately west of Chambers' ad-
dition, on the west side of South Eleventh Street, was platted July 1, 1897, and was ac-
knowledged by Thomas L. Campbell, administrator of the estate of Rot)ert M. Nixon,
deceased, and Celestina Nixon, widow, on the same date, and contains thirteen lots, no
blocks designated.
Rentzsch's sub-plat, situated in Mowrer's addition, includes out-lot one and lots one,
two and three in block one and is between South Eleventh Street and Bundy Avenue.
It was platted April 28, 1898, and was acknowledged by Otto Rentzsch on the same date,
and contains ten lots, no blocks designated.
Mjikels and Ogborn's Cable addition, situated immediately east of John Rea's addi-
tion, between East Broad Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted November 18,
1899, and was acknowledged by Charles N. Mikels and Albert D. Ogborn on the same
date, and contains eleven acres, divided into fifty lots and one out-lot, no blocks desig-
nated.
The American Shovel Company's addition, situated east of Hernly and Brown's ad-
dition and the north part of Woodward's second addition, between Columbia Avenue
and the Panhandle railway, was platted November 28, 1899, and was acknowledged by
George W. Miller, President, and Charles Wu Mouch. Secretary, of the American Shovel
Company, on the same date, and contains twenty five acres, divided into ninety two lots,
no blocks designated.
Charles S. Hernly's first addition, situated south of Powell's subdivision, on the
west side of South Twenty Fifth Street, was platted December 30, 1901, and was acknowl-
edged by Charles S. Hernly and Elizabeth Herniy on the same date, and contains four
and thirty hundredths acres, divided into twenty four lots, no blocks designated.
The first Industrial addition, situated in the southeast part of town, on the south
side of A and Grand avenues and immediately east of the New Castle and Rushville
division of the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted January 14, 1902, and was
acknowledged by Lycurgus L. Burr, President, and Charles S. Hernly, Secretary, of The
New Castle Industrial Company, on the same date, and contains four hundred and twenty
six lots, no blocks designated.
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Heller, Melntyre and Dittman's Rosedale addition, situated immediately east of
South Park addition, between South Fourteenth Street and the New Castle and Rush-
ville division of the Lake Erie and Western railway, was platted January 11. 1902, and
was acknowledged by Myer Heller, Robert H. Melntyre and William Dittman, on the
same date and contains fifty five lots, no blocks designated.
Higdon's first addition, situated immediately south of The Speeder Cycle Company's
a'idition. between South Main and South Fourteenth streets, was platted May 12, 1902,
and was acknowledged by Emma Higdon and Gilman H. Higdon, on the same date, and
contains eight and sixty seven hundredths acres, divided into forty lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
Charles S. Hernly's second addition, situated immediately northwest of Hernly's
first addition, on the south side of Plum Street and east side of South Twenty Second
Street, was platted June 10, 1902, and was acknowledged by Charles S. Hernly, Elizabeth
Hernly and Eli Bond, on the same date, and contains forty lots, no blocks designated.
Hartman's first addition, situated immediately north of Elder's second addition,
on the west side of North Ninth Street, was platted January 25, 1902, and was acknowl-
edged by Daniel Hartman and Rebecca Hartman, on the same date, and cohtains seven
lots, no blocks designated.
Compton's addition, situated south of the East School House grounds and south
of the Panhandle railway, was platted July 22, 1902, and was acknowledged by Sanford
W. Compton and Dorcas I. Compton. on the same date, and contains six lots, no blocks
Klein, Heller and Weil s addition, situated in the southwest part of town immedi-
ately north of South Mound Cemetery, between South Ninth and South Eleventh
streets, was platted August 2S. 1902, and was acknowledged by Sallie H. Klein. August
28, 1902, and by Adolph Klein, August 30, 1902, and by Herbert Heller, Herman Weil
and Minnie AVeil, September 4, 1902, and contains twenty five lots, no blocks designated.
The Simon T. Powell addition, situated immediately south of Rue and Holman's
addition nnd being the Simon T. Powell homestead or out-lot No. 2. Miles Murphey's ad-
dition, was platted August 9. 1902, and was acknowledged by Melvina Powell, on the
same date, and contains twelve lots, no blocks designated.
Pitman's addition, situated immediately north of I^oer's second addition in the
northeast part of town, on the north side of East Spring Street, was platted October 21,
1902, and was acknowledged by Edward E. Pitman and Nina L. Pitman, on the same
date, and contains forty lots, no blocks designated.
Thomas M. Randle's first addition, situated immediately east of the first Industrial
addition, between A. and I avenues, in the southeast part of town, was platted November
19, 1903, and was acknowledged by Thomas M. Randle and Ella A. Randle. on the same
date, and contains four hundred and forty lots, no blocks designated.
Newton F. Williams' addition, situated immediately west of the Rot)ert M. Nixon
Heirs' addition, on the east side of South Ninth Street, was platted March 12, 1903, and
was acknowledged by Newton F. Williams and Blanche Williams, on the same date, and
contains four and seventy hundredths acres, divided into twenty one lots, no blocks
designated.
The Elliott Farm addition, situated immediately south of the Jehu T. Elliott Heirs'
addition in the southwest part of town, on the west side of South Ninth Street, was
platted September 8, 1903, and was acknowledged by The Central Trust and Savings
Company, by Robert H. Melntyre, Secretary. Attorney in Fact for the Jehu T. Elliott
heirs, on the same date, and contains twenty and ninety four hundredths acres, divided
into two divisions, consisting of one hundred and four lots.
William H. Elliott's Homestead addition, situated immediately east of the Jehu T.
Elliott Heirs' addition and the Elliott Farm addition, on the south side of West Race
Street, between South Ninth and South Eleventh streets, was platted Ocober 21, 1903,
and was acknowledged by William H. Elliott and Emma B. Elliott, on the same date,
and contains twenty eight lots and three out-lots, no blocks designated.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 955
John C. Goodwin's subdivision of part of lot 3 and all of lot 2. in block 2, Elizabeth
Murphey's addition, was platted November 3, 1903, and was acknowledged by John C.
Goodwin, on the same date, and contains but two lots.
Lycurgus L. Burr's addition, situated in Burr's old addition, on the south side of
Lincoln Avenue, between South Main and South Eleventh streets, was platted March 22.
1904, and was acknowledged by Lycurgus L. Burr and Martha Burr, on the same date,
and contains fourteen lots, no blocks designated.
Eliza J. Elliott's first addition, situated immediately east of Elder's first addition,
on the east side of North Ninth and north side of West Vine streets, was platted June fi,
1904, and was acknowledged by Eliza J. Elliott, on the same date, and contains six lots,
no blocks designated.
Mote and Lohr's first addition, situated southwest of Powell's second addition, on
the south side of East Plum Street, was platted and acknowledged by Ida L. Mote and
Cora A. Lohr, January 12, 1905, and contains ninety five hundredths acres, divided into
five lots, nc blocks designated.
When the Legislative Commission, already spoken of in Chapter XXXVII
of this History, was in quest of a town site, about one hundred acres of land were
proffered by public-spirited and interested parties, for the use of the county, on
the sole condition that the present site should be chosen. Of this, Absalom Har-
vey gave twenty eight acres: John Brumfield, twenty eight acres, less two lots;
A. Lewis, fourteen acres, Allen Shepherd, ten acres, and Rue and Holman, of
Wayne County, subsequent proprietors of the first addition to the town of New
Castle, twenty four acres, less five lots reserved.
This nice little patch in the wilderness was placed at the disposal of the
County Agent, Ezekiel Leavell, and at once, surveyed, and. bv direction of the
commissioners, thrown upon the market in July, 1822. This first sale could
not have been a great success, as all the money handled by the treasurer for that
year amounted to only $154 all told. In August, 1823, -another sale was ordered,
and the commissioners showed their appreciation of printer's ink by ordering the
agent to advertise in the "Richmond Weekly Intelligencer and the Indiana States-
man, a newspaper printed at Connersville." This was followed in a few months
by another sale, and still much of X^ew Castle remained a wilderness, and, in
May, 1824, the clearing oflf of the public square was "sold to the lowest bidder."
William McKimmey and John Dorrah did the surveying, and received twenty five
dollars each for this service.
Charles Jamison was soon after made the first tavern keeper, and, of course,
"gave bond to the satisfaction of the Board." In 1823 Isaac Bidsaul, being able
to satisfy the Board of County Commissioners that he was the proper party, wzis
licensed to "keep store." His first store room was a twelve by .sixteen cabin, with
earthen floor and a clapboard counter, resting on stakes driven into the earth. In
this region sawmills were as yet unknown and a frame house next to an impossi-
bility. A log cabin was deemed good enough for the proudest. But the town grew
apace and by 1833 had about three hundred inhabitants, of whom about one tenth
died of the cholera in 1832-3.
The first preaching in the village seems to have been by Father Havens, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was had in a log house opposite the present
residence of Dr. William F. Boor, on X'orth IMain Street.
The first railroad, the Chicago and Great Eastern, now a part of the great
Pennsylvania systein, was completed to New Castle in 1854, and in the language
of the song of that time —
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"In eighteen hundred and fifty four
"The cars ran into the depot door."
Of Ezekiel Leavell, the county agent for the sale of the lots, Judge Martin L.
Bundy, being requested to give his recollections, says : "I knew Ezekiel Leavell
very well ; he lived to be an old man. He owned a farm on the Nettle Creek road,
near Jacob Thorp, the old bell maker, and near Jesse Forkner on the north and
south road through Liberty Township, about two miles south of the present vil-
lage of Millville. I knew him as county agent who sold the lots and aftenvard as
sherifif of the county. He was a Kentuckian, a warm supporter of Henry Clay,
and in my opinion he was most influential in having the town and county named
after New Castle. Henry- County. Kentucky. I have often said the town should
have been named after one of the first settlers, either Woodward, Jamison or
Hobson. When I carried the mail from Centreville to Noblesville, I delivered a
newspaper to old man Leavell and Judge Thorp; that was in 1835, and I think
Leavell lived ten years after that."
The population of New Castle, according to the census of 1900, was 3,406.
since which time it has largely increased.
There are three banks in the town. In the chapter in this History on "Banks
and Banking" will be found a full account of these together with mention of
others now in existence. In the chapter in this History entitled "Newspapers,
Past and Present" will be found a full account of the three newspapers now pub-
lished in New Castle, together with the obituaries of several now defunct.
On page 42 of this History will be found a list of the postmasters from
April 12, 1823, to the present time, together with the names of the ten rural
route carriers connected with the postoffice. New Castle is the only postofifice
that has ever existed in Henry Township.
NEW LISBON.
New Lisbon, the oldest village in Dudley Township, is situated seven and
thre'e quarters miles southeast from the court house in New Castle and is in the S.
W. J- of the S. W. i of Sec. i and the E. ^ of the S. E. -} of Sec. 2 and the N.
W. i of the N. W. i of Sec. 12, Tp. 16, N., R. 1 1 E., on the Lake Erie and Western
railroad and the New Castle and Dublin pike. The original plat was made by
Thomas R. Stanford. Surveyor. July 29, 1833, and acknowledged by James Tom-
linson and William Crane, proprietors. August 5, 1833 and contains six blocks,
consisting of forty lots.
An additional plat is situated immediately south of the original plat and was laid
out, platted and acknowledged by John Shortridge, July 2, 1835, and contains two blocks,
consisting of five lots.
The first Northern addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, on
the east side of Broad Street, wa? platted and acknowledged by Thomas Shearin and
Aaron York, proprietors, November 22, 1836, and contains two blocks, consisting of eigh-
teen lots.
A plat of New Lisbon, laid out and platted by Daniel K. Cook, surveyor, and ac-
knowledged February 2, 1880. includes all of the foregoing additions and thirty three
out-lots.
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Cornelius C. and Louisa R. Weaver's addition, situated immediately east of the
Northern addition, on the east side of the Lake Erie and Western railroad and south of
the pike, was platted and acknowledged by Cornelius C. Weaver and Louisa R. Weaver,
August 31, 1886, and contains six blocks, consisting of twenty three lots.
Keller's addition, situated immediately east of Weaver's addition, on the south
side of the Millville pike, was platted October 10, 1903, and was acknowledged by John
W. Keller and Lydia Keller, October 15, 1903, and contains four blocks, consisting of
thirteen lots.
This village was originally called Jamestown after the Christian name of one
of its original proprietors. Indeed, the designation of the village on the records
of Henry County was probably not changed until the consolidated plat was made
by Daniel K. Cook, Surveyor, February 2, 1880. On account of its original name
the village has from the beginning been commonly known as "Jimtown."
When, soon after the village was located, it was proposed to have a postoffice
established, it was found that there was already a postoffice named Jainestown
ill Indiana, which necessitated the substitution of another name for the office and
accordingly New Lisbon was chosen, this name probably coming from New Lis-
bon, the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio.
-^ postoffice was established December 28, 1836, and on pages 42 and 43 of
this History will be found a list of all the postmasters to date, together with the
name of the one rural route carrier. One of its early postmasters who served from
January 12, 1838, to March 23, 1846, was William Grose, who in the Civil War
was Colonel of the 36th Indiana Infantry, and Brigadier General and Brevet Major
General L'riited States Volunteers. The place divides with Straughn the honor
of being one of the only two postoffices ever established in Dudley Township.
As New Lisbon has never been incorporated such population as it has is in-
cluded only in that of Dudley Township. (See Chapter XXXVIII).
Caleb B. Smith's Short Line railroad from Cincinnati was projected in the
early fifties and most of the work was done on the road in Henry County before
the panic of 1857. The ties were placed on the roadbed and the bridges built as
far north as New Lisbon. They all rotted away. Fourteen years later the road
was again taken up and constructed north to Fort Wayne, and is now known
as the Lake Erie and Western.
Before the days of railroads. New Lisbon, being on the main traveled road to
Cincinnati and the half way point between New Castle and Cambridge City, was
a general stopping place for drovers driving hogs and cattle to Cincinnati and for
teamsters hauling supplies from Cincinnati, and later from Cambridge City, after
the Whitewater Valley canal was completed to that point. It is the center of as
fine a farming region as there is in Henry County or for that matter in Eastern
Indiana.
The village of Ogden is situated in Spiceland Township, seven miles south-
west from the court house in New Castle and three miles due east from Knights-
town, on the Panhandle railway and the Indianapolis and Eastern railway (electric
line). The main street running east and west was designated as "The National
Pike." It was laid out and platted by Hiram Crum and acknowledged December
18, 1829, and contains four blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
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Lasure and Davis' addition, situated immediately west and south of the original
plat, was platted and acknowledged by Harvey Lasure and Thomas Davis July S, 1837,
and contains eight blocks, consisting of fifty four lots.
The addition of Elihu Griffin and others, situated immediately north of the orig-
inal plat and south of the Panhandle railway, was platted March 9, 1S53, and acknowl-
edged by Elihu Griffin and Adam Griffin, on the same date, and contains twenty two
lots, no blocks designated.
Griffin, Johnson, Hiatt and Company's addition, situated Immediately south and
east of the original plat, on the south side of the National Road, was platted and ac-
knowledged by Elihu Griffin, tor Griffin, Johnson, Hiatt and Company, May 28, 1855, and
contains nine blocks, consisting of fifty three lots.
The original plat and all additions are in the X. E. j of Sec. 36, Tp. 16 X..
R. 9 E.
Ogden was first named Middletown on account of being the half way point
on the old Xational Road between Richmond and Indianapolis, and was for some
time known b}- the name originally given it. Soon after the place was established
it developed that the town of Middletown, in Fall Creek Township, had been laid
out and platted October 9, 1829, two months before, therefore it was necessary
to select a new name for this village, and it was named Ogden, in honor of a
United States Engineer engaged in the construction of the old X^ational Road.
It is the oldest village and the first voting precinct in Spiceland Township.
As a village or town Ogden is the second place in Henry County, on the line
of the old National Road, to be platted, being preceded only by Knightstown.
In early days Ogden enjoyed a large trade. The development of Knights-
town on the west and the establishment of Dunreith on the east and Spiceland on
the northeast has taken away all of its trade, as well as its railroad depot. How-
ever, since the construction of the electric line through there the village has taken
on new life.
A postofifice was established July i?. 1840. On pages 43 and 44 of this His-
tory will be found a list of the postmasters.
Ogden not being incorporated, the population of the town is included in that
of Spiceland Township. (See Chapter XXXATIT.) The onlv postoffice^ th-^t ever
existed in Spiceland Township are Dunreith, 0,gden and Spiceland, and all are
still in existence.
PETERSBURG.
The old village of Petersburg is situated in Liberty Township, eight miles
east and one mile north of east from the court house in X'ew Castle and one half
mile south of the Daniel Bowman farm, and is in the X^. E. -| of the X. E. ] of
Sec. 12, Tp. 17 N., R. II E., and the N. W. i of the X. W. 1 of Sec. 8, Tp. 17 X„
R. 12 E., and was founded in about the year 1845.
The village was never laid off and platted into lots but all the real estate de-
scriptions are by metes and bounds of the section, township and range above men-
tioned. It is one of the old places in the county projected before the davs of rail-
roads and canals. The first thing to blight its future ambition was the exten-
sion of the old Whitewater Valley canal from Cambridge City to Hagerstown,
which latter place is about two and one half miles southeast of Petersburg. This
artificial waterway carried most of the trade from Petersburg to Hagerstown.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 959
Later, the construction of the Panhandle railway from Richmond through Hagers-
town and on through Henry County, and the establishment of Millville in the
same township two and a half miles southwest, marked the final decay of Peters-
burg.
In an early day there were some stores in the vilhge, but for more than a
half century its few straggling houses have simply stood as memories of the past.
The place is within one half mile of the Wayne County line and surrounded by
some of the most highly improved farm lands in Henry and Wayne counties. No
postoffice was ever established there. In an early day mail was carried there from
Hagerstown and distributed as a matter of accommodation to the people.
The name comes from Petersburg, Dinwiddle County, Virginia, the place
where the Confederate army, under General Robert E. Lee, made its last stand
behind entrenchments, preceding the surrender at Appomattox.
PUMPKINTO^'N.
Pumpkintown was hardly a village but was a cross roads point in Prairie
Township, now known as West Lebanon Church, on the road leading from
Mount Summit to Springport, on the east side of the railway, about midway be-
tween the two places. In early days and prior to the advent of the railway there
was a store located at this point where it remained for a number of years and
did a large country trade. It was owned and managed for a long time sy Samp-
son Jetmore, who afterwards became a leading merchant of New Castle, being a
member of the firm of Mowrer, Jetmore and Company.
At one time there was an attempt made to get rid of the name "Pumpkin-
town" by calling it "Winona," but the name which was given it in derision, because
of the fact that a great many pumpkins were raised in the neighborhood, stuck,
and the change in name was never effected.
There was no postoffice, but the mail was gathered from New Castle and
Luray for the neighborhood and distributed from the store. At this time there is
nothing left at Pumpkintown save the West Lebanon Qiurch and one house which
was formerly used for a toll gate at the cross roads.
RAYSVILLE.
This village so named for one of Indiana's early Governors, is situated in
Wayne Township, thirteen and one half miles southwest from the court house
in New Castle and one half mile due east from Knightstown, on the Panhandle
railroad and the Indianapolis and Eastern railroad (electric line), and in the N. E.
1 of Sec. 34, Tp. 16 N., R. g E,. and was laid out and platted bv Thomas R. Stan-
ford, Surveyor, April lo, 1832, and acknowledged by John Anderson, proprietor.
May 7, 1832, and contains one hundred and seven lots, no blocks designated.
The original plat was replatted by Waitsel M. Gary and acknowledged by him
August 9, 1838, and includes thirty four lots in the west part of the above nht
made bv John Anderson and is probablv a subdivision of a part of the original
plat.
The village does not extend west to Blue River for the reason that east of
Blue River and west of Raysville there is an addition to the town of Knights-
960 hazzard's history of henry county.
town, made by Edward K. Hart and William M. Tate, March 2, 1839, consisting
of one hundred and fifty one lots and one out-lot.
Raysville was for many years a rival of Knightstown, with which place it had
an even start in business, and in an early day many of the leading and most enter-
prising merchants of Southwestern Henry County had their headquarters at Rays-
ville. When the old Indiana Central railroad was constructed east and west
through the southern part of Henry County there was for many years a station at
Raysville which did as much business as the one at Knightstown.
The decay of Raysville and the successful growth of Knightstown must be
attributed partly to the fact that the latter place was on the west side of Blue
River and the trade, which came mostly from the west and northwest would not
cross the river, and partly to the fact that the mills and warehouses were con-
structed near the Knightstown railroad station.
Raysville, according to the census of 1870 had a population of 465 ; now, that
it has lost its corporate existence its population is not given in this History
save as included in that of Wayne Township. (See Chapter XXXVHI).
A postoffice was established as early as October 30, 1830, nearly three years
before one was established at Knightstown. On page 44 of this History will be
found a list of the postmasters to date.
Charles S. Hubbard, for many years a leading and influential citizen, a mer-
chant at Knightstown, member of the General Assembly from Henry County, and
who now devotes his time and energies to religious and charitable work, has as
far back as the author of this History can remember, resided in Raysville.
The "heights" around Raysville furnish quite commanding and picturesque
building sites, with advantageous views of the Blue River Valley. Fine springs
in the neighboring hills have been tapped and the water conveyed along Main
Street for the use of the inhabitants.
James B. Ray, for whom Raysville was named, was the fourth Governor of
the State of Indiana, serving as such for nearly seven years. His predecessor,
Governor William Hendricks, having been elected a United States Senator, re-
signed as Governor, February 12, 1825, when he was succeeded by Ray, then the
President of the State Senate. Ray was elected Governor at the August election,
1825, and served two full terms of three years each.
Raysville is one of the four postoffices that have existed in Wayne Township,
the other three being Elizabeth City (Maple Valley, discontinued). Grant City
(Snyder, discontinued) and Knightstown.
ROGERSVILLE.
Rogersville was named after one of the founders of the village and is situated
in Stony Creek Township, seven and one half miles north and three and one half
miles east from the court house in New Castle and is in the S. | of the N. W. |
and the N. i of the S. W. i of Sec. 5. Tp. 18 N., R. 11 E., and was laid out and
platted by Joseph G. Rogers and John B. Colburn, proprietors, and acknowledged
January 16, 1837, and contains twelve blocks, consisting of forty eight lots. No
addition has ever been platted.
Rogersville is another one of the early villages of the county located before the
days of railroads and whose decay began with the whistling of the locomotive
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. • 961
engine. At an early day it had merchants, doctors, and mechanics representing the
different trades. Doctor William M. Kerr was for many years its leading citizen,
physician and merchant, although he never quite lived in the village, his resi-
dence and place of business being one mile south. Lycurgus L. Burr, of New-
Castle, as a young man, was a clerk in Dr. Kerr's store, afterward marrying his
daughter, Martha J. The Luellen family was also prominent, five of its mem-
bers having served as postmaster.
A postoffice was established November 19, 1849, ^'^'^ o" page 44 of this His-
tory will be found a list of all the postmasters. The office was finally discontinued
in June, 1901, through the establishment of the rural route system.
As a place of business Rogersville, through changed conditions and the rava-
ges of time, has been marked off the map. The village never reached the dignity
of a corporation. Such population as it has is included in that of Stony Creek
Township. (See Chapter XXW'IH). The discontinuance of Rogersville as a
postoffice, as above noted, left Blountsville the only remaining postoffice in Stony
Creek Township.
SHARINGTON.
Sharington is another "paper" village of Henry County and is situated in Fali
Creek Township, somewhere on the road leading from Sulphur Springs west to
Mechanicsburg, probably one half to three fourths of a mile east of College
Corner, about nine and one half miles northwest from the court house in New
Castle, and three and one half miles south of Middletown, and was laid out and
platted by -Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Showalter and James Personett, Febru-
ary 23, 1835, and acknowledged March 2, 1835, and contains eighteen lots, no
blocks designated.
It is a curious omission on the records of the county that while the official
plat shows all the facts requisite for the subdivision of land into lots, yet there is
no description of the land from which the lots were made ; hence the location of
Sharington is fixed by tradition only.
It never had a postoffice and so far as the author of this History has been
able to ascertain never had. any buildings or population, nor is there any record of
the sale of lots in the alleged village. Tradition fails to give any information as
to the derivation of the name.
SHIRLEY.
That part of the most recently incorporated town located in Henry County
is situated in Greensboro Township, ten and three fourths miles west and two and
three fourths miles south from the court house in New Castle and on the line be-
tween Henry and Hancock counties at the crossing of the Peoria and Eastern and
Louisville and Benton Harbor divisions of the Big Four railway, and on the pro-
jected Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo (electric line), and seven miles north
and three miles east from Knightstown. It was laid out and platted by John
H. Landis, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, and acknowledged by William D.
Thomas and Casinda A. Thomas, November 27. 1800. and contains fourteen lots,
no blocks designated.
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William D. Thomas' first addition, situated immediately north of the original plat,
on the east side of Main Street, was platted March 23, 1S97, and was acknowledged by
William D. Thomas and Casinda A. Thomas, on the saioe date, and contaihs four and
fifteen hundredths acres, divided into eighteen lots, no blocks designated.
Woodlawn addition, situated immediately east of the original plat and Thomas'
first addition, was platted April 16, 1901, and was acknowledged by William H. Wood and
Harriet O. Wood, proprietors, on the same date, and contains thirty two and seventy
three hundredths acres, divided into nine blocks, consisting of one hundred and twenty
two lots and five out-lots.
SHIRLEY (in HANCOCK COUNTY).
Main Street of the town of Shirley is the dividing line between Henry and
Hancock counties. That part of the town situated in Hancock County is in the
S. E. -1 of the S. E. \- and in the N. E. 1 of the S. E. i of Sec. 26, Tp. 17 N., R.
8 E. Tt was laid out and platted in October, 1890, by John H. Landis. Surveyor
and Civil Engineer, and acknowledged by John W. White and Sylvester Hamil-
ton, proprietors, December i, 1890. and contains thirty eight lots.
White's addition, situated immediately south and west of the original plat, on the
west side of Main treet. was platted May 14. 1S94. and w-as acknowledged by John W.
White, proprietor, on the same date, and contains eleven and one fourth acres, divided
into forty, four lots.
George W. Sowerwine. Trustee's addition, situated west of Main Street and west
of both the original plat and White's addition, was platted and acknowledged by George
W. Sowerwine, Trustee for John W. White. May 21, 1S96, and contains seven hundred
and ninety eight lots.
Kuntz and Higi's addition, situated north and west of the original plat, was platted
October 30. 1893. and was acknowledged by Charles P. Kuntz, of the Shirley Lumber
Company, represented by Kuntz and Higi. on the same date, and contains seven lots.
The town takes its name from Joseph A. Shirley, who at the time was division
superintendent of the Ohio, Indiana and Western railway, since taken under con-
trol by the Big Four railway and now constituting the Peoria and Eastern division
of that line. Mr. Shirley is now a resident of Indianapolis where he is engaged in
the real estate business.
In this History, Shirley, which is incorporated as one town in the two counties,
is treated of as if it were all in Henn.^ County and as such it is the fourth town in
the county in point of importance, being preceded only by New Castle, Knights-
town and Middletown.
A postoffice was established June 10. 1891. On page 45 of this History will
be found a list of the postmasters to date with the names of the two rural route
carriers.
The Big Four railway was built, throu.gh in 1882, but there was no movement
made to establish a town there until after the north and south line of the Big
Four railway was in course of construction, which was completed about the time
the postoffice was established.
Shirley has two banks. The history of each will be found in the chapter in
this History entitled "Banks and Banking." Several newspapers have been
started. Onlv one is now in existence — The Shirley News. In the chapter in this
History entitled "Newspapers. Past and Present" will be found proper reference
to the press of Shirley.
COMPANY A. 36th INDIANA INFANTRY.
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Much natural gas has been developed at Shirley and from that cause and on
account of the transportation facilities of the place, coupled with the enterprise
of its citizens, it is a manufacturing center of considerable importance.
The postoffice is on the west side of Main Street and therefore in Hancock
County, in which county it has probably been since its origin. Shirley, Kennard
and Greensboro are the three postoffices in Greensboro Township, and all that
have ever been established, Woodville never having had a postoffice.
The population of Shirley, according to the census of 1900, was only 381.
The population has more than tripled since that time.
SPICELAND.
The thriving town of Spiceland is situated in Spiceland Township, seven and
one half miles west of south from the court house in New Castle, on the New
Castle and Rushville branch of the Lake Erie and Western railroad and the
Dunreith and Xew Castle division of the Indianapolis and Eastern railroad
f electric line), and includes nearly all of Sec. 17, Tp. 16 N.. R. 10 E., and was
laid out and platted by Stephen G. Mendenhall, Surveyor, January 22, 1850.
and was acknowledged by Peter C. Cloud, Joseph M. Allen, Charles Gordon, Eli
Gause. Aaron L. Pleas and Levi Hodson, proprietors, February 12, 1850, and
contained forty lots, no blocks designated.
William R. Mary's addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, on
the east side of Pearl Street, was platted and acknowledged by William R. Macy Septem-
ber 21. 1850, and contains six lots, no blocks designated.
Pleas' addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, was platted May
'24, 18.56. and was acknowledged by Charles Gause. administrator of the estate of Aaron L.
Pleas, deceased, on the same date, and contains six lots, no blocks designated.
Thomas Cook (and others) Company's addition, situated immediately east of the
original plat, on the south side of Main Street, was platted August 20, 18(i9, and was
acknowledged by Josiah P. Bogue. attorney in fact for Thomas Cook (and others), on
the same date, and contains four blocks, consisting of twenty eights lots and fourteen
out-lots.
Nathan Newby's addition, situated immediately east of William R. Macy's addition,
'i\as platted and acknowledged by Nathan Newby, September 20, 1875. and contains
twenty two lots, no blocks designated.
Louisa Macy's addition, situated south of the original plat and in the extreme
southwest part of the town, on the east side of Academy Avenue, was platted and ac-
knowledged by Louisa Macy. with the consent of her husband. Samuel H. Macy, August
27. 1877. and contains fourteen lots, no blocks designated.
The Southside addition, situate'd immediately south of Thomas Cook (and others)
Company's addition, between South Pearl Street and the Lake Erie and Western railway,
was platted September 12 1890, and was acknowledged by Frank A. Coffin. President,
and Oliver H. Nixon. Secretary, of the Spiceland Laiid Company, September 25, 1890.
and contains sixteen blocks, consisting of one hundred and seventy one lots.
Winchester's addition, situated immediately north of the Southside addition, on
the east side of Second Street, was platted October 24, 1890. and was acknowledged by
Daniel W. Winchester, proprietor, October 28, 1890. and contains two blocks, consisting
of forty three lots.
Mordecai M''hite's addition, situated immediately north of the Thomas Cook (and .
others) Company's addition, on the north side of East Main Street and the east side of
North Fourth Street, was platted Maj- 15, 1891. and was acknowledged by Mordecai
White, on the same date, and contains one hundred and sixty five lots and eight out-lots,
no blocks designated.
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spiceland Township was organized in 184^ and was so named on account
of the abundance of "spice brush" that grew in that part of the county. The
early settlement and the town take their name from the same cause. There was
a settlement where the town stands at a very early day, but it was not until 1847
that Driver Boone began to sell land by metes and bounds for building purposes.
A postoffice was established April 10, 1838, with Thomas Cook as post-
master. On page 45 of this History will be found a list of the postmasters to-
gether with the name of the rural route carrier. •
The first settlement was distinctively a Friend or Quaker affair, which de-
nomination has always predominated not only in Spiceland but also in Spiceland
Township. This denomination erected a log meeting house and school house as
early as 1828. The schools of Spiceland have always been among the foremost
in the county.
The town was incorporated in 1869. According to the census of 1870
it had a population of 371. In 1900 the population, as reported by the census
was 590. Spiceland, Dunreith and Ogden are the only three postofifices that ever
existed in Spiceland Township and all are now in existence. There is one bank,
the history of which will be found in the chapter of this History entitled "Banks
and Banking." Formerly a newspaper was published there called the Spiceland
Reporter. Recently the New Castle Tribune was moved there for publication.
A history of these newspapers will be found in the chapter entitled "Newspapers
Past and Present." Tliere has never been a saloon in Spiceland, nor in fact in
Spiceland Township.
SPRINGPORT.
The enterprising village of Springport is situated in Prairie Township, eight
miles north and one mile west of north from the court house in New Castle, on
the Lake Erie and Western railroad, and is in the S. -J o£ the S. E. 1 and the S. E.
I of the S. W. i of Sec. 33, Tp. 19 N., R. 10 E., and was laid out and platted by
James M. Clements. Surveyor, in July, 1868, and acknowledged by Jeremiah
Veach, proprietor, April 4, 1870, and contains three blocks, consisting of seven-
teen lots.
Vance's addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, was platted
January 1, 1870, and was acknowledged by David Vance, proprietor. January 4. 1S70. and
contains twelve lots, no blocks designated.
James L. Freeman's addition, situated immediately south of the original plat, on
the east side of the Lake Erie and Western railroad, was platted by James L. Freeman,
September 10, 1884, and was acknowldged October 18, 1884, and contains eight lots and
two out-lots, no blocks designated.
Henry Reiman's addition, situated north ot David Vance's addition and north of
t)ie school house ground, was platted February 9, 1882. and was acknowledged by Henry
Reiman and Sarah E. Reiman February 16, 1884, and contains five lots, no blocks desig-
nated.
John M. Vance's addition, situated immediately west of David Vance's addition,
on the west side of the Lake Erie and Western railroad, was platted May 11, 1885, and
.was acknowledged by John M. Vance and Mary E. Vance, January 21, 1886, and contains
five and seven hundredths acres, divided into two blocks, consisting of eighteen lots.
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The Springport Land Company's first addition, situated immediately south of
V'ance's addition, on the south side of Main Street and west of the Lake Erie and West-
ern railroad, was platted May 1, 1894, and was acknowledged by Josiah D. Painter, Pres-
ident, and James B. Gilmore, Secretary, of The Springport Land Company, on the same
date, and contains fifty six lots and four out-lots, no blocks designated.
The village sprang into existence' after the completion of the Fort Wayne,
Minicie and Cincinnati railway, now a part of the Lake Erie and Western system,
in i86g. The place takes its name from the fine springs located near the railway
depot.
A postofifice was established Jnnc 29. 1869. with Hiram Allen, as postmaster,
he being also probably the first merchant. On page 46 of this History will be
found a list of the postmasters, to.^rther with the name- of the rttral route carrier.
S]3ringport never having been incorporated its population is included in that
of Prairie Township. (See Oiapter XXXVHI).
The village has succeeded to the remnant of the large trade that formerly
found its way to the old town of Luray, and with Mount Summit, Hillsboro and
Luray constitute the only postoffices that have existed in Prairie Township. The
two last named have been discontinued.
STRAUGHN.
This little town was named in honor of Merriman Straughn. who came to
the vicinity in the autumn of 1822 when it was a "howling wilderness." It is
situated in Dudley Township, nine and three fourths miles southeast from the
court house in New Castle, on the Panhandle railway and Indianapolis and
Eastern railway (electric line), and was laid out and platted by John L. Starr,
proprietor, in 1868. The main street running east and west is known as "The
National Road."
* Gauker's addition, situated on the south side of Main or Washington Street, and on
the west side of Pike Street, was platted by William H. Gauker and contains twenty six
lots, no blocks designated.
McMeans' addition, situated on the north side of Main or Washington Street and
on the east side of Pike Street, was platted by Nathaniel S. McMeans and contains eight
lots.
Hazelrigg's addition, situated south of Gauker's addition, on the south side of the
Panhandle railroad, was platted October .5, 187.5, and was acknowledged by John Hazel-
rigg, proprietor, on the same date, and contains nineteen lots, no blocks designated.
A plat of the town of Straughn. which includes all of the above additions together
with twenty eight out-lots, was laid out and platted by Daniel K. Cook. Surveyor, and
acknowledged July 3, 1882.
Merriman Straughn. for whotn the town was named, was a soldier in the
war of 1812-15 and his name is so recorded in the chapter in this Histot}' de-
voted to that war. His son and other descendants are still in Henry County,
east of Straughn.
This was the last town or village to be located on the old National Road in
Henry County and the most eastern town in the county on that old thoroughfare.
A postoffice was established July 15, 1869. On page 46 of this History will be
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found a list of the postmasters. Straughn and New Lisbon are the only postof-
fices that were ever established in Dudley Township and both are still in ex-
istence.
Straughn is in the southeastern corner of the county, it being only one
mile to the Fayette County line and two and one half miles to the Wayne County
line. It is the smallest incorporated town in the county, the population according
to the census of 1900 being 186.
SULPHUR SPRINGS.
The incorporated town of Sulphur Springs is situated in Jefferson Township,
six and one fourth miles northwest from the court house in New Castle, on the
Panhandle railway and the Union Traction line from Anderson to New Castle
and is in the S. E. 1 of the S. E. 1 of Sec. 13 and the N. E. i of the N. E. 1 of
Sec. 24, Tp. 18 N., R. 9 E., and in the S. W. 1 of the S. W. 1 of Sec. 18 and the
N. W. 1 of the N. W.i of Sec. 19, Tp. 18 N., R. 10 E., and was laid out and
platted by William S. Yost, proprietor, and acknowledged by him January 7,
1853, and contains four blocks, consisting of forty one lots.
William S. Yosfs addition, situated immediately west and north of the original
plat, was platted and acknowledged by Elisha Clift, Commissioner appointed by the
court in the matter of the estate of William S. Yost, deceased. May 11, 1867, and contains
six lots, no blocks designated.
The Northwest addition, situated immediately west of the original plat and William
S. Yost's addition, on the north side of West Main Street, was platted by Bushrod W.
Scott, guardian of the minor heirs of Samuel L. Yost, deceased, by an order of the Com-
mon Pleas Court of Henry County, February 12. 1S68. and was acknowledged November
20, 1868, and contains two blocks, consisting of nine lots.
Scott and Yost's first addition, situated immediately east and north of the original
plat, between East Main Street and the Panhandle railway, was platted by Bushrod W.
Scott, guardian of Samuel L. Yost's heirs and by William E. Yost, and was acknowledged
January 27, 1870, and contains seven lots, no blocks designated.
Scott and Yost's second addition, situated immediately west of the Northwest addi-
tion, on the north side of West Main Street, was platted by Bushrod W. Scott, guardian
of Francis M. and Sarah C. Yost, and by William E. Yost, April 18. 1870, and was ac-
knowledged by Bushrod W. Scott, guardian. May 11, 1870, and by William E. Yost May
18, 1870, and contains eight blocks, consisting of thirty two lots.
Scott and Yost's third addition, situated immediately north of Scott and Yost's
second addition, on the north side of Mill Street, was platted by Bushrod W.
Scott, guardian of Francis M. and Sarah C. Yost, and by William E. Yost, April 28. 1870,
and was acknowledged by William E. Yost, May 15, 1870. and by Buslirod W. Scott,
guardian. May 11, 1870, and contains eight lots, no blocks designated.
Jacob W. Yost (and others) addition, situated immediately west and south of the
original plat, on the south side of west Main Street, was platted by Jacob W. Yost, Al-
bert N. Yost and Joseph H. Thompson, November 7. 1870, and contains two blocks, con-
sisting of eleven lots.
The town was platted in anticipation of the early completion of the Panhan-
dle railway to that point and takes its name from the springs of the same name
within the corporate limits, and before it was officially designated as a town by
the filing of a plat, the settlement was called — Sulphur Springs.
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A store was established a dozen years before the railroad came by William
S. Yost, who was instrumental in having the postoffice established there February
13, 1844, he being the first postmaster. Elsewhere in this History there is a
biographical sketch of his son, Jacob \\'eaver Yost, and incidentally of the family
and to this reference is made.
Sulphur Springs is the only postoffice that has ever existed in Jefferson
Township. On pages 46 and 47 of this History will be found a list of the post-
masters, together with the name of the rural route carrier. The population of
the town, according to the census of 1900, was 262.
UNIONTOWN.
This ancient and abandoned village is situated in Dudley Township, about
fourteen and three fourths miles southeast from the court house in New Castle
and about four miles southeast of Stranghn, in the extreme southeastern corner
of -the county, somewhere near Little Symons Creek, and on the old State Road,
which is the boundary between Henry and Fayette counties, leading from the
Ohio state line to Indianapolis, and is in Sec. 36, Tp. 16 N., R. 11 E. It was
laid out and platted by William McKimmey, Surveyor of Henry County, and
asknowledged by William Seward, proprietor. May 27, 1823, and contains six
blocks, consisting of twenty two lots.
Uniontown only reached the second or third house before the building of the
National Road blighted its prospects. The place was no doubt platted on both
sides of the old State Road, thus putting it in two counties. The site of the place
has long since been vacated. It never reached the dignity of a postoffice and
never had any population other than that included in Dudley Township. The
name is no doubt derived from the fact that the village was a union of the two
counties.
WEST LIBERTY.
\\'cst Liberty is, or rather was, situated in Wayne Township, fourteen and
three fourths miles southwest from the court house in New Castle, and three
fourths of a mile southwest from Knightstown, and was located on the county
line between Henry and Rush counties, and is in the southeast comer of the W. ^
of the S. W. ji of Sec. 33, Tp. 16 N., R. 9 E., and was laid out and platted by
Sanuiel Fiu-gason and acknowledged April 18, 1823.
A part of this village was in Rush County. No postoffice was ever estab-
lished although at an early day mail was carried there from regularly established
offices for general distribution. The first mail route established through the
county went through ^^'est Liberty from Greensburg and Rushville to New Castle
and ^luncie.
\A'est Liberty was located near the mouth of Montgomery Creek ; it grew
quite favorably for a few years and had at one time about twenty houses and two
or more groceries and dry goods stores. Doctor ElKott, who subsequently died
of cholera in New Castle, was the first physician and Aaron Maxwell the first
merchant. L'nfortunately for the hopes of West Liberty the National Road was
located about a mile north and Knightstown thus established. There is nothing
now remaining to mark the sjt° of the old village.
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Next to New Castle, West Liberty is the oldest town or village in the countw
It takes its name from the fact that the people who first settled there came from
Liberty in L'nion County, and, therefore this village was called West Liberty.
WHEELAND.
Wheeland was situated somewhere in Henry County but the records do not
show what section, township and range. It was laid out and platted by Caleb
Williams, Surveyor, about the year 1833, and contains four blocks, consisting
of twenty four lots. For whom the land was platted does not appear.
The place never successfully passed the paper stage, and further infnnna-
tion regarding it has not been obtainable.
WHITE RAVEN.
The first settlers of the region in and around New Castle were the Indians,
rior to 1823 the site of the present beautiful county town was a wilderness of
forest, almost impenetrable by the foot of man. There were no roads through
these vast woods and the first white settlers made pathways throug'h them by cut-
ting away the underbrush and blazing the trees. Early in the nineteenth century
a tribe of Indians, probably the Miamis, established a village on the high point
northwest of the present town of New Castle, across Blue River, where the
county asylum was afterward located and now stands. There they remained and
maintained a typical Indian settlement, for several years, called White Raven,
after one of the chiefs of the tribe. Other tribes of Indians had established vil-
lages at Anderson and Muncie and exchange of visits was frequent between
these various tribes. About the year 1823 the advent of white settlers caused the
Miamis to abandon their village and move on and they settled at some point in
Wisconsin, then a part of the Northwest Territory.
For sometime after this date access to the present site of the county asylum
was not possible by direct road from New Castle, on account of the swamp made
by the spreading waters of Blue River, but a road was blazed northward past
the old Woodward homestead for some distance which then made a circuit to the
west, avoiding the marshes in the bottoms. Subsequently the Cadiz road was
built running directly west out Broad Street and the county asylum was
reached by a road running north, a mile west of New Castle, past the Catholic
cemetery and many years later the Northwestern pike was constructed extending
in a northwesterly direction through the Blue River bottom and bisecting the land
belonging to the county asylum, formerly the Indian village of White Raven.
WOOD\-ILLE.
This old and now obliterated village is situated in Greensboro Township,
nine miles west and one mile south of west from the court house in New Castle,
and is in the N. W. Y^ of the N. E. yioi Sec. 19, Tp. 17 N., R. 9 E., and was
laid out and platted by James Atkinson and acknowledged May 30, 1836, and
contains eight blocks, consisting of forty eight lots.
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John Judge's addition, situated immediately north of the original plat, on
the east side of Main Street, was platted August 20, 1855, and was acknowledged
by John Judge on the same date and contains two blocks, consisting of six lots.
The main street of the village running east and west was and is the boundar}-
line between Harrison and Greensboro townships. Woodville never got beyond
two scores of hdlises and now there remain but two or three dilapidated places to
mark its former site.
There never was a postoffice in the village. At one time a store owned by
Alfred Jackson and Leonard Fowler flourished there and at the same time a
physician named Wilson C. Olden pursued the practise of medicine. Like many
other villages located before the days of railroads, Woodville went into decline
on their advent to more favored towns. The village probably took its name from
the dense forests which surrounded it at the time it was located.
CHAPTER XLIII.
henry county official register.
General Statement of Political Divisions and Party Lines — Clerk —
Auditor — Recorder — Sheriff — Treasurer — Assessor — Collec-
tor — Commissioners — Coroner — Surveyor — Superintendents of
County Schools — County Council — Township Advisory Boards —
County Attorney — Drainage Commissioners — Court House Janitor —
Court Bailiffs — Biographical Mention.
In making- up the Official Rejjister of Henry County, showing who have
been its officers from its organization to the present time, it is proper to consider
the political divisions that have existed since the county was formed ; and to make
clear the reasons for divisions on party lines, it is necessary to refer briefly to the
political divisions that have existed since the United States became a nation ; in
fact to get a clear view of political divisions it is necessary to cbnsider those ex-
isting between the colonies and the mother country before the Revolution and
the differences between the colonies during the existence of the confederacy, im-
mediately following the Revolutionary War, as well as the political conditions
which developed after the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. Im-
mediately following the Revolution there was nearly as much dififeience of ma-
terial and political interests, real or imaginary, between the thirteen common-
wealths forming the confederacy as there had been between the colonies and
England before their separation, and it looked for a time as if the fruits of the
struggle for independence would be lost and the confederacy dissolved by reason
of those conflicting interests.
Several efforts were made to get the colonies to unite in an offensive and de-
fensive alliance and a few of the far-seeing men of the country, notablv Ben-
jamin Franklin and Robert ]\Iorris, of Pennsylvania. James Madison, of Virginia,
and the Pinckneys, of South Carolina and Maryland, early advocated a general
government for all the colonies. But the rivalries and jealousies which had grown
up between them, especially the rivalries and jealousies between the different sea-
port towns, such as New York, Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Wilmington,
Baltimore and Charleston, as to which should be the great commercial city long
constituted a formidable obstacle. Each of the colonies was absolutely independ-
ent of its neighbors and the colonies in which the cities named were situate
were outbidding each other for foreign trade and by various means and strate-
gems seeking to divert trade to their own ports. It was for this reason that the
clause was introduced into the Constitution of the United States which forbade
any discrimination between the ports of the United States; or, in other words,
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declaring that duties should be uniform at all of the ports. Another obstacle was
the dispute between New York and Xew Hampshire as to which of the two
owned the territory now embraced in the State of Vermont, and a greater obsta-
cle in this direction was the disputes and jealousies existing between New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts. Xew Jersey and Delaware on the one side, and the colonies
of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia on the other
side, on account of the vast public domains claimed by the latter colonies outside
of their original boundaries and jurisdiction, thus making the outlook for any
unity of action bet\veen them very dark. Another serious dispute between the
colonies, or at least such of them as contained navigable rivers running through
two or more colonies, was the right of complete navigation of the rivers ; that is,
that a boat bound from a port in one colony should have unrestricted navigation to
the ports of another colony. This was denied and vexatious restrict'o^s we-e place 1
on vessels bound from the ports of one to the ports of another colony. This
question was settled in the convention by that clause of the Constitution giving
Congress exclusive power to regulate commerce between the States, which gives
the general government absolute control of the navigable waters flowing through
two or more States.' As the word "State" is now for the first time used in this ar-
ticle, it is proper to say that before the adoption of the Declaration of Independ-
ence there were no States, but the thirteen original States were separate and in-
dependent sovereign governments, each refusing allegiance to anv higher authority.
Another fear that arose can be best described by taking the case of Pennsylvania.
Her fear was that if she united in a general government with the small
colonies, like Delaware, that the\- might unite in levying a direct tax on her vast
empire of unsettled land extending to the head waters of the Ohio River. Still an-
other fear which was common to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Vir-
ginia was that if they went into a general government that the northern colonies
might unite and interfere with their great domestic instituion, African slavery, and
the distinguished Virginian, Patrick Henry, opposed the formation of the Federal
union to the very last, on the ground that the Southern colonies were unitin<j in a
common government which gave Congress the power to abolish slavery, which it
did three quarters of a century afterwards. These two last questions were com-
promised in the Constitution by that clause which bases direct taxation by the gen-
eral government upon population and not upon property, and by the further com-
promise which gave to the slave-holding colonies the right to count three-fiiths
of their slaves as a basis of representation in Congress, and which prohibited inter-
ference with the African slave trade before 1808.
P)Ut probably the greatest bone of contention was as to the disposal of the vast
tracts of land, claimed by some of the colonies, west of the Alleghanies and west
and north of the Ohio River, and those which Mrginia, North Carolina and
Georgia claimed, lying south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi River. It
was contended that all of this land should be ceded to the proposed central govern-
ment for the benefit of all, and this was finally done. The colonies of Mrginia
and Connecticut united in^eding all of their western territorv- for the benefit of the
proposed new government, and this vast domain was formed into the Northwest
Territory with its seat of government at Marietta, Ohio, and out of which the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and that part of Minnesota,
972 hazzard's history of hexry county.
lying east of the Mississippi River, have since been formed. This territory be-
longed mainly to Virginia and thecolony having the next largest interest was Con-
necticut, which owned all that part of Ohio bordering on Lake Erie, after-
ward known as the Western Reserve. New York and Pennsylvania made claim
to a part of this territory but it was resisted by Virginia. Then Virginia,- always
in the advance, under the leadership of James Madison, the protege of Thomas
Jefferson, united with North Carolina and Georgia and relinquished their rights
to what are now the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and all
that part of Louisiana east of the ^Mississippi Ri^'er to the proposed general gov-
ernment, and this territory was organized into what was known as the Southwest
Territory, which was governed from Knoxville, Tennessee. Thus the principal ob-
jections being removed- and the demand for some central authority becoming more
and more imperative and the fact that Great Britain refused to carry out her treaty
stipulation regarding the independence of the colonies on the ground that there
was no central and binding authority in them, finally brought about the convention
which formed the Constitution of the United States. This convention met at Phil-
adelphia on May 25, 1787, and was in session until September 17, 1787. The
result of its deliberations was the present Constitution less the fifteen amend-
ments that have since been added. It was under this Constitution that the govern-
ment was put in operation. March 4, 1789, though Washington was not formally
inducted into the office of president until April 30th, following.
One might have thought that after all the labor and patience that had been
expended in getting the convention together, in forming the Constitution and in
organizing the government under it, that there would have been some unitv of opin-
ion as to what the instrument, in its grants, reservations and implied powers,
meant ; but no sooner had the government been formed than violent discussions and
divisions arose over its meaning. Some of the questions then raised have not been
settled unto this day, the last discussion of the implied powers occurring in the de-
cision by the Supreme Court, by a vote of five to four, of what are known as the
"Insular cases," which defines the present relations of the Philippine Islands to the
general government. Two parties at once arose. The one claimed that the Constitu-
tion should be liberally construed, and that it was as elastic as if it had been made
of India rubber, and that all the power possible should be centered in the general
government to the exclusion of the power of the State governments. This party took
thcname of "Federal" which is in effect the Republican party of to day. They were
generally known at first — in fact the term is still applicable — as "Loose Construc-
tionists." The other party claimed that the Constitution should be strictly con-
strued : that the government of the United States and of the States was a govern-
ment of distributive powers. This party took the name of "Republican," and its ad-
herents were known as "Strict Constructionists," which is in effect the Democratic
party of to day. claiming from the very foundation of the government that the
central government shall be clothed with as little internal power as possible at the
expense of the States. Hence it was that Jefferson, in his first inaugural, said : "We
are all Federalists, we are all Republicans."
Washington was a moderate Federalist, but he surrounded himself with the
extremes of the two parties. Alexander Hamilton, his first Secretary of the
Treasury, led the Federal party, while Thomas Jefferson, his Secretary of State,
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY'. 973
held the same relation to the Republicans. Washington was succeeded by a Fed-
eralist, his vice president during both terms, John Adams, of Massachusetts, who
succeeded in making his party so very obnoxious through the Alien and Sedition
Laws that the election of 1800 resulted in his defeat and the selection of Thomas
Jefferson as President. Shortly after this Hamilton was killed in a duel with
Aaron Burr, and thus the party of loose construction and centralized power lost its
first and greatest leader. Jefferson succeeded himself. Then came the contro-
versy with England and France over the Berlin and Milan decrees and the great
questions relating to our commerce all of which grew out of the wars between
England and France. The embargo was laid by Jefferson and this bore most
heavily upon the commercial colonies of the North and particularly of New_
England, which then controlled the deep water tonnage of the United States.
Afterward under Madison came the second war with England. To this war all of
New England, in fact most of the Federalists were violently opposed, and were
called the "Blue Lighted Federalists" from the fact that they were accused of build-
ing blue lights on the shores of New England to pilot vessels into port contrary to
the embargo. They were also accused of being what was known in the Civil War
times as "blockade runners". The governors of Massachusetts and Vermont and,
perhaps, of some other States even went so far in their opposition to Mr. ALadison
and his conduct of the war of 1812-15 that they sought to withdraw their respective
State troops, then at the front, from the authority of the general government. The
extreme Federalists called a convention at Hartford, Connecticut, the ultimate ob-
ject of which it was charged was to dissolve the Union. This convention has been
known ir> history ever since as the "Hartford Convention," which drew an address
to Congress, demanding certain proposed relief and appointed a committee, the
head of which was Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts, Washington's second Sec-
retary of State, to carry the petition to Congress and if the proposed relief therein
prayed for was not granted, then it was charged the Hartford Convention was to
reassemble and formally proceed to dissolve the American union. This was all
in the autumn of 1814. Congress did not meet until December, the committee did
not get to Washington until the January following, and when it did arrive, it
found that Andrew Jackson had fought and gained the battle of New Orleans and
that peace had been declared between Great Britain and the United States. The
address to Congress was not delivered. The result was that "Hartford Convention"
became a very odious term and the Federalists of that day found themselves in a
very unenviable position. They were without political influence, in fact they were
held up to universal condemnation and detestation. The result was that in 1816
the Federalist candidate for president, Rufus King, so far as the returns were con-
cerned, hardly knew that he was running for the office. James Monroe was elected
president by the first great land-slide majority. So odious was Federalism made
through the Hartford Convention and the alleged blue lights on the coast of New
England that the party for the time became extinct, and in 1820, Monroe was re-
elected president without any opposing candidate against him, and he received
everv electoral vote cast, except one from New England, which was withheld on the
ground that no president other than Washington should be the unanimous choice
of the people.
The second term of Monroe, extending from March 4, 1821, to March
4, 182^, was then knov.-n and is now commonly referred to as the "Era of
974 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Good Feeling," there being, so far as surface indications were concerned, but one
political party in the United States. It was during this era of good feeling in 1822
that Henry County was organized. Hence there were no political divisions in the
county. However, the practically unanimous election of Monroe was only a calm
preceding the storm. Whereas in 1820 there had been but one presidential candi-
date and a campaign free from excitement, there were four candidates in 1824, and
a campaign full of excitement. Up to this time and until 1832 such a thing as a
national convention to nominate candidates for the presidency was unknown. It
took nearly half a century of the existence of the government to evolve a national
convention. Up to 1828 the candidates for the presidency were put in nomination
.by a caucus of the members of CongVess representing different parties, or by the
State legislatures nominating a candidate and commendiilg hihi to other States.
Under the surface, the conditions had been working during the era of good feel-
ing to bring about in the United States another division on party lines and in 1824.
the campaign was what would now be called a "Free for All." The caucuses of tb'^
members of Congress broke up into cliques, with the result that there were nomi-
nated John Ouincy Adams of Massachusetts, Henry Clay of Kentucky, William H.
Crawford of Georgia and Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, none of them, however,
running as Federalists ; at that time at least all professed different shades of the
Republican beHef. No candidate had a majority, the vote being for Adams 84, for
Clay 37, for Crawford 41, for Jackson 99. As a result, the election for the second
time went into the house of representatives. The supporters of Adams and Clay
united and Adams was elected. In this campaign in Henry County the voters,
all classified as Republicans, were divided only as "Adams men," "Clay men,"
"Jackson men," with possibly an occasional "Crawford man." The vote is not
obtainable in the office of the County Clerk nor of the Secretary of State. The
adherents of Jackson immediately set up a great cry that their candidate, having
received manv more electoral votes than Adams, had been defrauded of the office,
as John Randolph of Roanoke declared in the halls of Congress, by a coalition
between a Puritan (Adams) and a black leg (Clay), Mr. Clay being so stigma-
tized by the erratic A'irginian on account of his fondness for attending the Ken-
tnckv horse races and wagering his money on a favorite.
The legislature of Tennessee soon after nominated Jackson for president and he
was thus kept continuall\ liefore the voters until the election of 1828 came around,
when he was triumphantly elected, the opposing vote being cast for Adams. The
voters in Henry County were classified as either "Adams men" (the followers of
Clay were supporters of Mr. Adams) or "Jackson men," but the vote is not obtain-
able. Mr. Gay, then in the Senate from Kentucky, soon quarreled with Jackson : in
fact, the quarrel dated back to 1824 and perhaps before, and it is more proper
to say, immediately after Jackson's term of office began. March 4. T82q, ^Ir.
Clay and his supporters began in Congress the formation of an opposition partv.
However, not much headway at first was made, Jackson being elected over Henry
Clay by a Targe majority in 1832. Jackson was this time nominated by a national
convention held in Baltimore, Maryland, the first of its kind in the history of the
government. The vote in Henry County was 767 for Clay and 580 for Jackson.
The opposition continued formidable. They were not content to be known as
HAZZAED S HISTORY OF HE:S-RY COCNfTY.
Republicans, so they were given the name "National Repablicana." the followera ol Mr.
Jaokjon and his administration talcing the name of "Demooratic Repablir,an3." By i^36
the Xational Republicans had taken the name of "Whig" and the Demooratio Repiiblicana
the name of "Demonrat." Thus the two great parties were re-eatabliabed in American poli-
tics, and have so continued until the present day, the Republican being the successor of
the Whig party, the name Whig losing its popularity, its influence and its party largely
througii its opposition to the Mexican War. The Republican party was formally- organ-
ized fcr the presidential campaign of 13.58, Its first presidential candidate being General
John C. Fremont.
With the campaign of 1S36 political diviaion became complete in Henry County, the
■^Tiig party being largely in the ascendant. The author has classified the political divis-
ions in the county as dating from 1S35-T. Prior to this time candidates were voted for for
office without regard to political alfiliations, and up to this time no such thing as a nomin-
ating convention had ever been heard of in H°nry County, the candidates for the different
offices being designated usually by conference of some o* the leading men of the county,
usually headed by Dr. Joel Reed. Since that time ( IS3.5-T > no man other than a Whig
or Republican has been elevated to office in Henry County, with but very rare exceptions.
Miles Jlurphey, then a Democrat, but after the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in
1854. a Republican, and then again after the Civil War. a Democrat, to the end of his life,
was in 1S37 elected a member of the lower house of the general assembly. This was an
exceptional case, as Mr. Murphey was a very popular man, and. next to Dr. .loel Reed,
probably then the leaduig citizen of the county. In 1839 Thomas Ginn, a Moderate Demo-
crat, was elected sheriff. This was another very exceptional case. Ginn running not upon
a party platform but on his personal popularity and the record that he had made in
many previous positions of public trust in the county. From the annual election of
1838 In Henry County may date the history of connty conventions and the nomination of
regular party candidates. TTp to about the beginning of the Civil War, the Whigs and
Republicans, as well as the Democrats, had always nominated by a delegate convention.
but since that time the Republican nominations have been made by a primary election.
No other party than the Republican has made its nominations by a primary in Henry
County.
The Whigs continued largely in the ascendancy in the county until 1851. w&ai as
strange a mixture of political affiliations as was ever fcnown was combined into one con-
vention which nominated what would now be known as fuaon candidates. aH of whom
except one were elected. In that year there were to be elected three delegates to the
proposed convention to form a new constitution of the State, The Whigs nominated as
delegate to the convention Daniel Mason, of Wayne Township: Isaac Parker, of Frank-
lin: Dr. George H. Ballengall. of Fall Creek: for senator. William A. Rifner. of Prairie:
for representative. William W. Williams, of Spiceland: for sheriff, Samuel Hazzard > ta^
ther of the author of this History), of Henry. In opposition there was a union of the
Democrats, Free-soil Whigs (opposed to the extension of slavery i. Aholrtiomsts and Pro-
hibitionists, who nominated as delegates, Isaac Kinley and Daniel Mowrer. of Henry
Township, and John F. Johnston, of Prairie: for senator. Elzekiel T. Hickman, of Prairie;
for representative. Isaac H. Morris, of Wayne: for sheriff, Joshua Joiinson. of Henry.
Every one of these candidates, except John F. Johnston, was elected, he being defeated by
Dr. George H. Ballengall. The Democrats in this fusion took the lion's share, for every
candidate on the ticket was a straight out and oat Democrat, except Isaac Kinley, who
stood as the lone representative of the Abolitionists, the Free-sotl Whigs and the Pro-
hibitionists. From that election to the present time not a single man other than a Whig
or Republican has ever been elected to office from Henry County alone, and only in four
instances has any one except a member of the dominant party been elected from any
district in which Henry County formed a part, the exception being in the case of Addison
K. A. Thompson and Exum Saint, both fusionists, to the lower house of the general
assembly in 1ST4 and 18TS respectively, as is fully set out in the succeeding chapter
where their election is recorded: and Charles M. Butler, of Knightstown. elected prose-
cuting attorney, and Calvin W. Thompson, of Anderson, elected district attorney for the
97'^ HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
old common pleas court, as is more fully described under the head of "Henry County
Courts" in the succeeding chapter. In 1890 a fusion ticket was nominated by a joint
convention of Democrats, Populists and Prohibitionists; while they greatly reduced the
usual Republican majority, they failed to elect any of their candidates.
In this connection it may be interesting to consider in detail the vote of Henry
' County, relating to the formation and adoption of the present constitution of the State.
In 1S49 the question was submitted to the voters of Indiana for or against a constitu-
tional convention. The election was held August 6th and Henry County voted 1,507 for
and 1,261 against. The proposition carried in the State by a vote of 81,500 for to 57,418
against. Accordingly, a convention consisting of one hundred and fifty members con-
vened at Indianapolis. October 7. 1850, and adjourned February 10, 1851, when the present
constitution, less the amendments which have been adopted since the Civil War, was sub-
mitted to the voters of Indiana for their adoption or rejection. It was adopted on the
"first Monday In August, 1851," and became effective by the proclamation of the governor,
November 1st of the same year.
On this question, Henry County voted as follows: "For the constitution," 2,200;
"against the constitution," 621; "for exclusion and colonization of negroes," 1,931;
"against exclusion and colonization of negroes," 802. In other \vords, a little more than
fifty years ago, nearly two and a half to one, the electors of Henry County voted to ex-
clude all persons of color from Indiana, and not being satisfied with this, they also voted
that all persons of color then residing in Indiana should be deported and colonized in
Africa or elsewhere outside of the jurisdiction of the United States. The total vote iu
the State for exclusion, etc., was 109,976; against, 26,066; equal to a majority of 83,910
for legal discrimination against a man on account of his color and for forcible ejection
from the State. However, this part of the constitution was always a dead letter and
was finally expunged by the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United
States. The word "white" was stricken from the State constitution by the fifteenth
amendment to the Federal Instrument.
The delegates from Henry County to this convention were men of capacity and each
acquitted himself creditably. Isaac Kinley is still living, at a very advanced age, in Los
Angeles, California, and is probably the only surviving member of the convention. Full
biographical mention is made of him elsewhere in this History in connection with tne
history of the 36th Indiana Infantry, in which regiment he reached the rank of major.
Dr. George H. Ballengall lived for many years in Fall Creek Township, where he
was not only a physician with a large practise but also a civil engineer of much reputa-
tion. He acted for a long time as Surveyor of Henry County and under the title of that
office published in this chapter will be found full official reference to him in that capacity.
Daniel Mowrer came to Henry County from Pennsylvania. He was a very enter-
prising man and was a brother of Nicholas Mowrer, who was so long identified with the
woolen mill which stood near Hillsboro, and afterward until his death was a leading
merchant in New Castle. Daniel Mowrer soon after the completion of the first railroad
to New Castle, the present Panhandle, built the large flouring mill which stood two
squares due north from the present union depot. His venture was not successful and
later he moved to Marion, Grant County, Indiana, where he resided until his death.
In considering the political divisions that have existed in Henry County, note should
be taken of the fact that the early immigration to the county came principally from three
States, North Carolina. Kentucky and Virginia, with a sprinkling from Tennessee. A
later immigration came from Pennsylvania and Ohio. The political opinions and divis-
ions which these sturdy immigrants brought with them are yet clearly discernible in the
politics of the county and may be traced by well defined lines from the original settle-
ments.
COUNTY CLERK.
Under the first constitution of the State which was in force from December 11, 1816.
when Indiana Territory became a State (although the State government actu-
ally began November 7. 181R) to November 1. 1851, all elections were held
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annually "on the nrst Monday of August." The term of office of the county
clerk was seven years. Under the present constitution of the State, effec-
tive since November 1, 1851, the term of this office was reduced to four
years, and it was provided that "all general elections shall be held bien-
nially on the second Tuesday in October, beginning in 1S52." The constitution was
amended March It, 1881, to provide that "all general elections shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, but township elections may be held at such
times as may be provided by law." This amendment makes the State elections which are
biennial fall every fourth year on the same date as the presidential election.
The first constitution provided that "nothing herein contained shall prevent the
clerks of the circuit court ■( county clerk) from holding the oflSce of county recorder."
Accordingly Rene Julian was during his term as county clerk, until his death, ex-officio
county recorder.
Under the first constitution the county clerk was clerk of the circuit court and pro-
bate court and until the office of county auditor was created in 1841, clerk to the board of
county commissioners and discharged many of the duties now performed by the county
auditor. Under the constitution of 1851 he was also clerk of the court of common pleas
until that court was abolished in 1873, thus leaving now the circuit court only.
In the following roster of county clerks and all other county officers the names of
the respective incumbents are followed by the dates of their respective terms, which is
made up from the official records in the office of the Secretary of State, showing the dates
of their respective commissions or the days when their terms of office began; in case of
vacancies by resignation or death, then by the records of the board of county commis-
sioners and from official records on file in the office of the county clerk. The variations
in the duration of the terms of county clerks and of all other county officers were occas-
ioned by the change from the old to the new constitution and aside from this change the
variations were more frequent from vacancies occasioned by death and in early days an
occasional resignation, and by the later law making the time of induction into office on
the unifornl date of January 1. The word "commissioned" implies an election.
CLERKS.
Rene Julian, commissioned from July 5, 1822, to July 5, 1829; died in office August
9, 1828, within a week after he had been elected for another full term from July 5, 1829.
Abraham Elliott, appointed August 11, 1828, vice Julian, deceased, serving to August
13, 1829.
John Elliott, commissioned August 13, 1829, to August 13, 1836; died in office,
August, 1833.
Thomas Ginn, appointed August 23, 1833. vice John Elliott, deceased; served to Oc-
tober 25, 1833. when he resigned, being at that time county recorder.
Eli Murphey. appointed October 25, 1833. serving to August 13, 1836, thus filling the
unexpired term of John Elliott, deceased, vice Thomas Ginn, resigned. Murphey was
elected to the full term of seven years, and commissioned from August 13, 1836, to August
13, 1843.
Samuel Hoover, commissioned from August 13. 1843, to August 13. 1850.
Simon T. Powell, commissioned to serve from August 13. 1850, to August 13, 1857.
The constitution of 1851 becoming effective, his term of office was reduced to one full
term of four years from November 1, 1851, plus the time he had served under the old
constitution; hence Mr. Powell served from August 13, 1850, to November 1, 1855.
John C. Hudelson, commissioned from November 1, 1855, to November 1, 1859.
Benjamin Shirk, commissioned from November 1, 1859, to November 1. 1863; re-
elected and commissioned from November 1, 1863, to November 1, 1867.
Harry H. Hiatt, commissioned from November 1, 1867, to November 1, 1871; died
in office March 21, 1871, after he had been elected for another full term from November
1, 1871.
David W. Kinsey, appointed rice Harry H. Hiatt. deceased, March 21. 1871, serving
to October 29, 1872.
9/8 hazzard's history of henry county.
Robert B. Carr, commissioned from October 29, 1872, to October 29, 1876.
John S. Hedges, commissioned from October 29, 1876, to October 29, 1880.
Milton Brown, Jr., commissioned from October 29, 1880, to October 29, 1884.
Adolph Rogers, commissioned from October 29, 1884, to October 29, 1888.
Benjamin S. Parker, commissioned from October 29, 1888, to October 29, 1892.
Charles S. Hernly, commissioned from October 29, 1892, to October 29, 1896.
Lorlng A. Williams, commissioned from October 29, 1896, to October 29, 1900.
George W. Burke, commissioned from October 29, 1900, to October 29, 1904; died in
offlce October 18, 1901.
Joseph M. Brown was appointed vice George W. Burke, deceased, October 22, 1901,
and served to January 1, 1903; elected and commissioned from January 1, 1903, to Janu-
ary 1, 1907; present incumbent.
BI0GRAPIIIC.\L.
Many of the county's eminent citizens have filled the office of county clerk, namely.
Rene Julian, Abraham Elliott. Thomas Ginn, Eli Murphey (afterwards represented Henry
County in the State Senate). Samuel Hoover (who was for seven years prior to this pro-
bate judge), Simon T. Powell (afterwards for about four years Supervisor of Internal
Revenue for the District of Indiana under President Grant), John C. Hudelson (before
this county treasurer for six years), Benjamin Shirk (afterwards for four years State
Senator), Benjamin S. Parker (who previously was for about four years United States
Consul at Sherbrooke, Canada, and afterward served as a member for one term in the
lower house of the Indiana General Assembly), and Charles S. Hernly (eminent in pro-
moting the material growth of New Castle and Henry County and who was the origina-
tor and successfully accomplished the completion of the Indianapolis, New Castle and
Toledo (electric) railway).
Eli Murphey filled the office longer than any other man, serving by appointment
and election nine years, nine months and twenty days.
One clerk. Thomas Ginn, resigned. Four clerks. Rene Julian, John Elliott, Harry
H. Hiatt and George W. Burke, died in office. Robert B, Carr had served two terms as
sheriff before reaching the county clerk's office.
Harry H. Hiatt. David W. Kinsey, Robert B. Carr, George W. Burke and Joseph M.
Brown were soldiers in the Civil War whose respective services will be found appropri-
ately set o\it elsewhere in this History.
Other chapters of this History contain proper biographical reference to Abraham
Elliott, Eli Murphey. Samuel Hoover, Simon T. Powell. John C .Hudelson. Benjamin
Shirk, David W. Kinsey, Benjamin S. Parker and Charles S. Hernly.
Rene JfLiAK, the first county clerk, came at an early day from North Carolina and
settled first in Wayne County, Indiana. He came to Henry County in 1821. He was a
member of the well-known Julian family that became so prominent in Wayne and Henry
counties, being an uncle of George W. Julian, for so many years a member of Congress
from the old "burnt dstrict," of which Henry County was always a part. Another
nephew. Jacob B. Julian, became very prominent in eastern Indiana. Still another
nephew, Emsley Julian, was for four years treasurer of Henry County. Rene Julian
had a brother named Shubal who lived for many years in Harrison Township and who
was largely known and enjoyed an enviable reputation throughout the county.
JoHx EixioTT was not related to his immediate predecessor, Abraham Elliott. He
was a young physician of Knightstown. hut his knowledge of medicine did not save him
from the ravages of cholera, so prevalent throughout the county in 1833.
Thom.\s Gmx was one of the very early settlers from Kentucky and it must be con-
ceded that he was a very popular man when his name is considered in connection with the
register of clerks, recorders and sheriffs, all of which offices he filled. He resigned as
county clerk and failed to qualify as recorder for nearly two years after he was elected
to that office. He was appointed sheriff in 1825 vice John Dorrah. deceased, and refused
to qualify. He was elected sheriff in 1839 and served the full term of two years, soon
after the expiration of which he moved to Mount Pleasant. Henry County, Iowa, where
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 979
he died and is buried. He built the first bricli. house erected in New Castle, about 1'830,
and probably the first one built in the county. It was a one-story structure containing
tour rooms and stood on Broad Street about fifty feet east of the First National Bank
building. This house became the first residence of Samuel Hazzard and in it the author
of this History was born July 22, 1845. The Ginns were for a long time very numerous
in Harrison Township. They all came from Kentucky and were all related.
H^'JtRY H. HiATT was the third clerk to die in office. He lived at Knightstown and
went into the army from there. He was a gallant soldier, serving in Company B, 19th
Indiana Infantry in the Army of the Potomac under Colonel (afterwards General) Solo-
mon Meredith. The wounds that he received at one of the desperate battles in Virginia
undoubtedly hastened his death. A widow and two daughters survive him. His remains
were first buried in the old cemetery and since re-interred in Glencove Cemetery, Knights-
town.
Robert B. Caru lived in Franklin Township before the war, where he married the
daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Maple) Smith. After his term- as clerk had expired
he moved to Harper County, Kansas, and became a member of the State Legislature. He
now lives in Lebanon, Potter County, South Dakota.
John S. Hedges was born in Harrison County, Ohio, April 25, 1848, and came with
his mother to Henry County in 1855. He educated himself under many disadvantages.
Later he taught school, studied law and was deputy county clerk under David W. Kinsey
and Robert B. Carr, succeeding the latter in the office. He was married in 1874 to Emma
Cook. They have two sons, Eugene S. and Horace J. After retiring from the clerk's
office he practised law for a time in partnership with David W. Chambers, and then went
into several manufacturing enterprises. He is now engaged in active business in New
Castle, with his son. Eugene S.
Milton Brown, Jr., was born at Ogden, Henry County, May 12, 1854. When his fa-
ther. Milton Brown, Sr., was elected recorder, Milton, Jr., assumed the duties of deputy
under him. On the death of his father he was appointed to fill the former's unexpired
term. Later" he was elected county clerk and upon his retirement from that oflfice moved
to Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, where he practised law and took an active part
in politics. He represented his senatorial district in the Kansas Legislature. Afterward
he moved to Topeka, the capital of the State, where he is now engaged in the practise of
the law.
Abolph Rogers, born in Henry County. August 16, 1847, is a grandson of Ezekiel
Rogers of whom and his family proper biographical reference will be found elsewhere in
this History. His father was William A. Rogers, who lost his life in the Civil War and
whose name will be found in the Roll of Honor. His mother was Rachel Draper, of the
well-known family west of New Castle. He early taught school and was the deputy treas-
urer under George Hazzard, author of this History, and afterward under Luther W. Mod-
lin. He was for a time part owner and editor of the New Castle Courier. He read law
in the oflice of the late James Brown and is now actively engaged in the practise of his'
profession in New Castle. He has always taken great interest in educational matters nnd
has been school trustee of New Castle and a member of the county board of education.
He was also the first county assessor appointed under the law approved March 6, 1891.
LoRTNG A. Williams, born in New Castle June 18, 1849, was a son of Simon and
Ann J. Williams. He was early left an orphan, his father having been killed in a railroad
accident in New Castle. July 27, 1854. He was educated at the New Castle schools and
at the Spiceland Academy. Later he taught school, filled several clerical positions, became
deputy county clerk under John S. Hedges and then county clerk. He was married in
1881 to Carrie (now deceased) daughter of Rev. W. C. Bowen. He is now one of the rural
route mail carriers from the New Castle postofBce.
Doctor George W. Burkk was bom in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 26.
1841. In 1866 he moved to New Castle. A year later he went to Sulphur Springs, re-
turning to Nev.' Castle in 1870. As a physician and surgeon he had a large practise. He
was for two terms a member of the New Castle Common Council and for one term school
trustee. Governor Albert G. Porter appointed him one of the trustees of the Insane Asy-
lum at Indianapolis. He was the fourth and last clerk to die in office.
9oO HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Joseph Mendekhall Bnowx was born on the home farm in Blue River Township,
Henry County, August 10, 1841, a son of Moses and Delphia (Dowell) Brown. Moses
Brown was born in Preble County, Ohio, December 1, 1819. and came with his parents
to Henry County in 1822, where hi.s father entered land from the government, in Blue
River Township. Moses Brown was a man of industry, who by his patient toil and sys-
tematic farming, assisted in making Henry County a garden spot out of the wilderness
of woods. In 1852 he purchased one hundred and eighty acres of land in Liberty Town-
ship, on which he resided during the remainder of his life. He was married March 8,
1839, to Delphia Dowell, born in North Carolina, April 15. 1819, and who came to Henry
County when a child, residing with the late Samuel Wells in Liberty Township until
her marriage. Eleven children were born to Moses and Delphia (Dowell) Brown, of
whom Joseph M. was the second child. Moses Brown died August 5, 1883, and his
wife died June 13, 1893.
Joseph M. Brown remained on the farm until he was twenty one years old, attend-
ing the to-miship schools during the winter season. In 1862 he responded to the call
for volunteers in the Union cause and enlisted as a private in Company I, 69th Indiana
Infantry. He participated in the severe engagement between the Union and Confed-
erate forces at Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862, where he was only slightly
wounded, but reported as killed. The battle was very disastrous to the Federal forces.
Most of the 69th Indiana and other regiments were captured. Brown was also taken
prisoner but he escaped and made his way to Louisville. Kentucky, from which place
he wrote to his parents. He was held at Louisville for about three weeks, when he was
furloughed home.
Meantime the report had reached his home that he had been killed in the engage-
ment at Richmond, Kentucky, and he was mourned as one dead by his parents and
friends, the letters which he had written home from Louisville having failed to reach
their destination. At daylight one morning late in September. 1862, he knocked at the
door of his parents' home in liberty Township. His mother admitted him and was so
overcome with surprise at his appearance that she grasped him in her arms and shed
tears of excessive joy on his shoulder. His father was sick with what was thought to
be a fatal illness, but he leaped from his bed and joined in the general rejoicing at the
soldier son's return and rapidly regained good health from that time. The Federal
troops captured at Richmond, Kentucky, were paroled and the 69th Indiana was ordered
to old Camp Wayne, Richmond. Indiana, where it was reorganized and held until ex-
changed, and where Mr. Brown rejoined it. when it was again ordered to the front. Later
Mr. Brown was seized with an attack of the measles and was taken to the military
hospital at Indianapolis. Being unfit for further military duty he was honorably dis-
charged May 26, 1863. and again returned home. His military record is set out in full
elsewhere in this History. I
In September, 1863, Joseph M. entered the New Castle Academy, then in charge
of Professor Henry M. Shoekley, and remained until the following spring. Afterward
during the winter months he taught a term of school in Harrison Township and several
terms in Liberty Township, until in 1866 he entered the law office of Brown and Polk
as a student. In January, 1871,. he opened a law oflSce at Knightstown and remained
there two years. Returning to New Castle in January. 1873, he formed a law partner-
ship with the late James Brown, the latter's partner. Robert L. Polk, having been
elected judge of the Common Pleas Court. This partnership continued for about four
and one-half years, when he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial
Circuit and discharged the duties of that office for one term of two years. In 1884 he
became the law partner of Rolljn Warner, now a leading attorney of Muncie. In 1889
he and Samuel Hadley Brown formed a law partnership which continued until Joseph M.
was appointed county clerk to succeed Doctor George W. Burke, deceased, in October,
1901. to which office he was elected in 1902 for a four years' term.
He was married October 5, 1874. to Rachel Stout, daughter of David Stout, of
Franklin County. A son. Charles Stout Brown, was born to them August 11. 1S81. He
is now and has been for six years past, connected with Levi A. Jennings, a leading
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manufacturer and hardware merchant of New Castle. Rachel (Stout) Brown died May
3. 1886. Mr. Brown was again married. May 12, 1892, to Martha, daughter of William
and Ruth (Bond) Nicholson, of Liberty Township, born January 10, 1846, who has
proved in every way a fitting marital companion and their home in the eastern part of
New Castle is a very happy one, where their friends delight to meet and partake of the
generous hospitality of the host and hostess.
Mr. Brown while practising law was called upon several times to serve as a mem-
ber of the School Board and while serving in that capacity was largely instrumental in
causing the erection of the present commodious school buildings In New Castle — one
on Fourteenth Street and the other on Twenty first Street. As a lawyer he has always
taken front rank at the bar and in the discharge of the duties of citizenship has ever
proved faithful and efficient. In addition to the duties of his office he finds time to suc-
cessfully manage a large farm which he has brought to a high state of cultivation and
in the supervision of which he finds great enjoyment.
The first public employment Mr. Brown had was that of collector of delinquent
turnpike taxes, under George Hazzard, the author of this History, when the latter was
treasurer of Henry County, 1869-71. The exacting duties of this position Mr. Brown
discharged with fidelity and zeal.
COUNTY AUDITOR.
By an act of the General Assembly, approved February 12, 1841, the office of county
auditor was created. Prior to this period the position of clerk to the board of county
commissioners had been filled by the clerk of the circuit court, the duties of clerk to the
county board so far as they went being somewhat similar to the duties now performed
by the county auditor, although not nearly so extensive as those that now devolve upon
him. ludeed, the records of the first twenty years' transactions of the clerk to the board
of county commissioners are not equal to those recorded for one quarter of a year at the
present day. Some estimate may be formed of the duties of the office and the necessities
of a county auditor from the fact that Rene Julian, the first county clerk, was allowed
but seventeen dollars for his labors as clerk of the board for four terms of the commis.
sioners' court in 1822. Today the duties of the county auditor require the unremitting
labor of three and sometimes four persons from early morning, every working day in the
year. The term of the office until the new constitution became effective was five years,
when it was reduced to four years. No man other than a Whig or Republican ever filled
the office.
AUDITORS.
James Iliff, commissioned from 1841 to 1846; re-elected and commissioned from
1846 to 18.51.
Thomas Rogers, commissioned from 1851 to November 1, 1855.
James S. Ferris, commissioned from November 1, 1855, to November 1. 1859; re-
elected and commissioned from November 1, 1859, to November 1, 186.3.
Thomas Rogers, commissioned from November 1, 1863, to November 1, 1867.
Seth S. Bennett, commissioned from November 1, 1867, to November 1, 1871 ; re-
elected and commissioned from November 1, 1871, to November 1, 1875.
William W. Cotteral, commissioned from November 1, 1875, to November 1, 1879; re-
elected and commissioned from November 1, 1879, to November 1, 1883.
Joshua I. Morris, commissioned from November 1, 1883, to November 1. 1887; re-
elected and commissioned from November 1, 1887, to November 1, 1891.
Richmond Wisehart. commissioned from November 1, 1891, to November 1, 1895;
re-elected and comniissioned from November 1, 1895, to November 1, 1899.
Mark Davis, commissioned from November 1. 1899, to November 1, 1903. Here the
term of county officers had been made by an act of the General Assembly to begin on the
uniform date of January 1, which made a vacancy in the office from the time Mr. Davis'
commission expired to the beginning of the new year. Davis was appointed to fill the
vacancy from November 1, 1903, to January 1, 1904, when the term of his successor began.
9o2 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
John M. Bundy, commissioned from January 2, 1904, to January 1, 1908; present
incumbent.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
The first four incumbents of the office were ministers of the Gospel. James Iliff was
a Wesleyan Methodist preacher; Thomas Rogers and James S. Ferris were ministers of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Seth S. Bennett, a minister of the Disciples or
Christian Church, formerly called Campbellites.
The first auditor, James Iliff, served longer than any other man, two full terms of
five years each under the old constitution. Tbe author regrets that he has been unable
to secure more information regarding Mr. Iliff.
James S. Ferris, a well-known school teacher of New Castle, was a member of the
lower house of the General Assembly before being elected auditor. After his term as audi-
tor expired he moved to Iowa. A few years later he removed to Winchester, Indiana,
where he died. Elsewhere in this History will be found a full biographical sketch of Dr.
Samuel Ferris, in which reference is made to his brother, James S. Ferris.
Seth S. Bennett and Richmond Wisehart were soldiers in the Civil War whose re-
spective services will be found appropriately set out elsewhere in this History.
Thomas Rogers was the only auditor re-elected after an intervening term. He was
born in Ireland, December 14, 1822, and came with his parents to the United States in
1824, settling in Philadelphia. In 1837 they moved to Indiana, locating in Richmond.
Later, in 1839, they moved to Milton, Wayne County. In 1846 Thomas Rogers was married
to Joanna Willits and soon thereafter settled on a farm on Flatrock in Henry County,
a few miles from New Castle. Mr. Rogers early became a school teacher, which profes-
sion he followed in Wayne and Henry counties until 1849, when he settled in New Castle
and on August 1 of that year became deputy auditor under James Iliff. He was a very
religious man who early identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church and later,
in 1866, became a regularly ordained minister of that denomination. He served for sev-
eral years as school examiner and afterward as county school superintendent. The last
■years of his life were spent on a farm of two hundred and fifty acres about a mile west
of New Castle, where he built a spacious brick residence. The rolling mill has since been
located near there. Mr. Rogers was known as the "marrying deacon," he having tied
more nuptial knots than any other minister in Eastern Indiana, or probably in the State;
persons bent on matrimony coming from all parts of the county to be united in marriage
by him. He left a record showing that he had joined in wedlock more than 1,200 couples.
His wife died March 26, 1895, and he did not long survive her, dying July 11, 1895. Both
are buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle.
Seth S. Ben>"ett was the "learned blacksmith." During the Civil War he lived in
Laporte County, entering the army from there. After the close of the war he moved
again to Henry County, settling at Ogden, where he followed his trade. He was a man
of argumentative disposition and possessed of much general information. Aside from
preaching on Sunday and on other occaisions while working at his trade he took an ac-
tive part on the stump in all political campaigns, having been an ardent Republican.
He was a great advocate of George W. Julian during the latter's Congressional career.
During his second term as auditor, in 1874. he married Isabella, sister of David W. Cham-
bers. After his term of office expired he moved to Enterprise, Volusia County. Florida,
where he died of yellow fever November 20, 1887, his wife dying ten days later of the
same disease. Both are buried in Florida.
William W. Cotteral was a resident of Middletown for many years prior to his
election as county auditor. While there he was respectively merchant, postmaster and
railroad agent. His wife was a daughter of Chauncey H. Burr, one of the oldest, most
progressive and most highly esteemed citizens of Middletown and one of the original
incorporators of the town, for many years a justice of the peace there. She was also
the aunt of the present sheriff of the county. Mr. Cotteral during his term as auditor
was a member of the State Board of Agriculture and clerk to the board. Soon after his
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term of office expired he moved to Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, where he resided
for some time, later removing to Guthrie. Logan County, Olvlahoma, where he now lives
and where his son, John H., is a leading attorney.
Joshua I. Morris is a resident of New Castle. Elsewhere in this History, in con-
nection with a biographical sketch of his brother, Judge John M. Morris, will Ije found
full biographical reference to the entire Morris family.
RicHMONQ WisEHART is a member of the well-known family of that name who have
lived for so many years in Pall Creek Township. In Chapter XIII of this History in
connection with a biographical sketch of his brother. Philander Wisehart, the first soldier
from Henry County killed in the Civil War, will be found full biographical reference to
the Wisehart family. He has recently moved to Pasadena, California.
Mark Davis was born December 1, 1S51, in a log cabin on the farm four miles north
of New Castle. His parents were Aquilla and Linna (Harvey) Davis, splendid types of
early settlers of Henry County. Mark first attended the primitive school at Hillsboro
and afterward pursued his studies in the graded academy at New Castle. In 1872 he
went to Salina City, California, near San Francisco, and while there took a thorough
course in Heald's Business College, San Francisco. He returned to the old Henry County
farm in 1S74 and in that year married Miss Jennie Allender. a most estimable young lady,
daughter of a prominent pioneer family of Hillsboro. They continued to reside on the
farm until 1879 when Mark moved his family to New Castle and engaged in the grain
business with Davis and Loer. where he remained for two years. He then associated
himself with the late Peter P. Rifner in the grain business at Mount Summit for two
years. Returning to New Castle he established a grocery store on East Broad Street
which he conducted for several years. While thus engaged he was elected Trustee of
Henry Township, which office he filled to the entire satisfaction of the people for five
years. Richmond Wisehart selected him as deputy during his incumbency of the office
and later Mr. Davis was elected auditor as above noted. After he retired from that office
he opened a shoe store on East Broad Street, New Castle, which is conducted by his son.
Another son, Ray, is deputy under Auditor Bundy, while Mr. Davis is now serving in
that capacity in the office of County Treasurer White.
Joii.v M. BiNDY was bom September 20, 1856, in Greensboro Township, the son of
Josiah and Maria Jane Bundy, among the best known and most respected citizens of
Henry County. Josiah Bundy was born in Wayne County in 1823; died in New Castle
January 6, 1894. Maria Jane Bundy died in New Castle May 9, 1887. Both are buried in
South Mound Cemetery. Josiah Bundy was a genial, jovial, whole-souled man. long the
landlord of the Bundy hotel in New Castle. Associated with him were his sons. Charles,
John M.. (for one year), Frank and Orla P.. and under his careful training each of the
boys was fitted to assume the cares and responsibilities of honorable citizenship. After
his death Frank and Orla P. assumed the management of the Bundy hotel and by their
genial manner and splendid business ability the patronage has grown until it is second to
none in Indiana and their names are familiar as household words to that portion of the
traveling public so fortunate as to have enjoyed their hospitality. Charles is engaged
In the livery business in New Castle where he enjoys a large and lucrative trade. The
subject of this sketch, John M. Bundy, resided with his parents in Greensboro until about
his eighth year when he accompanied them to their new home on a farm near Minneap-
olis. Minnesota. There they remained for about seven years when they returned to Indi-
ana and purchased a farm near and east of Spiceland. About two years afterward they
moved to a farm on Flatrock in Franklin Township where they lived for six years and
then settled in New Castle, having purchased the well-known hotel then known as the
Taylor House, from George Hazzard, author of this History, the name of which was
changed to the Bundy House. In October, 1877, John M. Bundy was married to Jennie
Healey. daughter of Welborn and Huldah Healey, of Franklin Township, and grand-
daughter of Jesse H. Healey, first sheriff of Henry County. They lived at the Healey
homestead for about three years when they moved to Greensboro where Mr. Bundy en-
gaged in the dry goods business with his brother, Lorenzo D. This partnership continued
for six years when John M. went into the grocery business in the same town, being asso-
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ciated with William S. .Moifett. His first wife died in (Jreensboro April 8. 1886. Two
years later he was married to Adaiine Reece, daughter of Absalom and Priscilla Reece.
Soon thereafter they moved to Knightstown and he became clerk in the clothing store
of Carroll and Barker of that town where he remained for about eleven years. Ill health
compelled him to retire from that business and a year later, in 1902, he was elected
auditor of the county. While engaged in business in Greensboro he was elected to the
office of Trustee of Greensboro Township, the duties of which he discharged to the com-
plete satisfaction of his constituents from 1886 to 1890. Since taking charge of the
auditor's office he has shown great capability in conducting that intricate branch of the
county's financial affairs, coupled with an affable and obliging disposition which renders
it a pleasure for those who have business to transact there. In the management of the
office he is ably assisted by two very competent lieutenants, Charles W. Vuncannon and
Ray Davis, deputy auditors.
COUNTY RECORDER.
While the earliest records in the recorder's office were kept with precision so far as
the recording of instruments was concerned, yet they were not kept so as to indicate pre-
cisely when Rene Julian, county clerk, ceased to act as recorder ex-offlcio, and when
Thomas Ginn, the first elected county recorder, assumed the duties of the oflSce. The
constitutional term of the office being seven years, and Ginn having been succeeded by Dr.
Joel Reed August 14, 1834, the presumption is that Ginn was elected and authorized to
begin the duties of the office in August, 1827. thus giving him a full term of seven years.
The office was not at that time regarded as a valuable one, its duties being considered
rather as a burden and as taking one from his other vocations. Probably Ginn, having
been elected as stated, neglected to assume the duties of the office until the death of
County Clerk Julian, August 9, 1828, which was considered as being an opportune time
to begin. The preponderance of the record seems to show that Julian acted as recorder
ex-officio until his death. For the reasons above related the date when Ginn began as
recorder of the county is left blank. The term of this office under the new constitution
was reduced to four years. No man other than a Whig or Republican, with the possible
exception of Thomas Ginn, ever filled the office.
RECORDEKS.
Rene Julian, county clerk and ex officio recorder, commissioned from July 5, 1822,
to July 5, 1829: died in office August 9, 1S28.
Thomas Ginn, commissioned from to August 14, 1834.
Joel Reed, commissioned from August 14, 1834, to August 14, 1841.
James A. McMeans, commissioned from August 14, 1841, to August 14, 1848; re-
elected and commissioned from August 21, 1848, to August 21. 1855; re-elected and com-
missioned from August 21. 1855. to Augtist 21. 1859.
Butler Hubbard, commissioned from August 21, 1859, to August 21, 1863; re-elected
and commissioned from August 21, 1863, to August 21, 1867.
Enos Bond, commissioned from August 21, 1867, to August 21, 1S71; died in office
April 28, 1868.
Butler Hubbard, appointed vice Enos Bond, deceased, serving from April 28. 1868,
to October 27, 1868.
Levi Bond, commissioned from October 28, 1868, to October 28, 1872.
Milton Brown, Sr., commissioned from October 28, 1S72, to October 28, 1876: died in
office May 12. 1876.
Milton Brown, Jr., appointed to fill the unexpired term of his father, serving to
October 31, 1876.
Thomas B. Reeder, commissioned from October 31, 1S76, to October 31, 1880.
James T. J. Hazelrigg. commissioned from October 31. 1880. to October 31. 1884:
died in office September 27. 1884.
Thomas H. Hazelrigg. appointed vice James T. J. Hazelrigg. his uncle, deceased,
serving to October 31, 1884.
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Jonathan C. Boone, commissioned irom October 31. 1SS4. to October 31, 1888.
Rictiard J. Edleman, commissioned from October 31, 1888, to October 31, 1892.
William B. Bock, commissioned from October 31, 1892. to October 31, 1896.
Hoy Bock, appointed October 31. 1896, serving to November 15, 1896. This ap-
pointment was rendered nacessary from the fact that Daniel Neff, who was elected and
commissioned to serve from October 31, 1896, to October 31, 1900, died May 30, 1895,
before entering upon the duties of his office.
Mark M. Morris, commissioned from November 15, 1896, to November 15, 1900.
Adam V. Harter, commissioned to serve from November 15, 1900, to November 15,
1904; died in office December 4, 1904. By a change in the law his successor wa.s not
commissioned until January 1, 1905.
Floyd Elliott, appointed vice Adam V. Harter, deceased, serving from December 5,
1904. to January 1, 1905.
Thomas W. Gronendyke, commissioned from January 1, 1905. to January 1, 1909;
present incumbent.
E1(IGR.VI>IIIC.\L.
The foi-egoing facts regarding county recorders show that there has been quite
a relationship sustained between some of the respective incumbents of the office. Enos
Bond, who died in office, was a brother of Levi Bond, who succeeded to the office sub-
sequent to the appointment of Butler Hubbard. Milton Brown, Sr., was succeeded
by his son, Milton Brown, Jr. James T. J. Hazelrigg was succeeded by his nephew.
Thomas H. Hazelrigg. William B. Bock was succeeded by his son. Hoy Bock. Adam
V. Harter, the last recorder to die in office, was succeeded by his brother-in-law,
Floyd Elliott.
James A. McMeans held the office in all eighteen years; two terms, fourteen years,
under the "old constitution and one term, four years, under the constitution of 1851.
Butler Hubbard held the office three terms, twice by election and once by appointment.
There seems to have been a great fatality connected with this office, as five of the
incumbents died during their term of office — Rene Julian (recorder ex officio). Enos
r.ond, Milton Brown, Sr., James T. J. Hazelrigg and Adam V. Harter, and Daniel Neff,
who was elected and commissioned, died before assuming the duties of the office.
Enos Bond, Levi Bond, Thomas B. Reeder. James T. J. Hazelrigg. Richard J. Edle-
man, William B. Bock, Mark M. Morris and Thomas W. Gronendyke were soldiers in
the Civil War whose respective services will be found appropriately set out elsewhere
in this History.
Three recorders, Rene Julian, Thomas Ginn and Milton Brown, Jr.. respectively,
filled the office of county clerk and brief biographical mention of them will be found
under that head.
Dr. Joei, Reed, during his long and active life was more widely known in Henry
County than any other citizen. He was the prominent man and eminent physician of
the county. He was born near Cincinnati. Ohio, May 15. 1796, and in early childhood
moved with his parents to a farm in Warren County, Ohio, near Lebanon, where he
continued to live until he reached his majority, doing his part of the farm labor and
acquiring such education as he could from the ordinary schools of the community.
Leaving the farm, young Reed moved to Wayne County, Indiana, where for five or six
years in the winter months he taught school, thus securing some extra means with
which to commence the study of medicine under Dr. Samuel W. Waldo, at Jacksonburg,
Wayne County, the leading physician of that period in that section of the country.
He remained with Dr. Waldo for three years, assisting his preceptor in the practise
of his profession, and, in 18^6, moved to New Castle, where he remained until his
death, February 17, 1869.
In 1830, Dr. Reed purchased of Asahel Woodward and Miles Murphey the two
lots in New Castle, beginning with the present Wayman block, fronting on East Broad
Street, and extending one hundred and sixty five feet, one half the distance from
Fourteenth to Fifteenth streets, for sixty dollars. On this corner Dr. Reed built
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a log cabin and lived there until 1837. when he built in its stead a two-story frame
edifice, which at the time was considered one of the most pretentious dwellings in
New Castle. AlMut that time he also built just east of his residence a one-story house
containing two offices, one of which he used for his "doctor shop" during the remainder
of his life. A Chinese laundry now occupies one of these rooms and a millinery store
the other. These two lots are now worth, unimproved, two hundred and fifty dollars a
front foot.
As a physician, Dr. Reed was eminently successful. His practise in the early
period was almost co-extensive with the county. He never failed to respond to a
call for his services, if able for duty, and it is impossible to adequately describe the
labor, fatigue and exposure he endured in the discharge of his professional duties.
More than this, as has been aptly said by one who knew him well during all of his
life: "Dr. Reed was never known to inquire whether his patients were able to pay
and in his practise of more than forty years never enforced payment in a single in-
stance."
Dr. Reed was, in the Autumn of 1S27, united in marriage-with Emeline Jobs. She
was born September 9. 1S08. and died February 17, 1S62. To them were born two
children: Loring Waldo, born September 21, 1828, died at Greencastle. Indiana, May
10, 1848; Miles Listen, born February t), 1831, died April 6, 1901.
Notwithstanding Dr. Reed's almost constant duty as a practising physician, he
found time to consider local. State and National affairs and became subsequently a
prominent factor in the politics of the county. He was elected Recorder and served
as above stated. The office during his term was located in his own office and his
deputy, who performed all the duties of Recorder, was Judge Martin L. Bundy. of
whom proper biographical mention is made in Chapter IX.
Following the expiration of his term as Recorder, Dr. Reed was twice elected
a member of the lower house of the General Assembly, as is fully set out under that head
in this History. He never after this filled any other public office, but this fact did
not deter him from taking, until his death, an active, determined interest in all the
questions which agitated the public mind, and especially so as relates to the period
preceding, during and following the Civil War. In 1838 he joined the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which he was a consistent member until his death. He was a
decided and aggressive antagonist to the evils of intemperance, and moral, upright
and strictly honorable in all his dealings. For many years he was the patriarch of
the physicians of the county and no man was held in higher esteem by the members
of that profession. He was liberal, kind-hearted, sympathetic and rigidly adhered to
the Golden Rule.
LoRixG Wai-do Reed was an excellent young man and his death just on the verge
of manhood was a severe blow to his parents. He was a diligent student, having
graduated at the "old seminary" in New Castle and had fairly entered upon a collegiate
course at Asbury University (now De Pauw) at Greencastle, Indiana, when death
claimed him.
Miles Listen' Reed obtained his early education in the "old seminary:" afterward
attended Asbury University (now De Pauw) at Greencastle. Indiana, and Farmers Col-
lege, on College Hill, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He subsequently read law and .began
the practise at New Castle, and was for several years district attorney of the Court of
Common Pleas, as is fully shown in treating of that court elsewhere in this History.
During the last year of his official life as prosecuting attorney the Civil War broke
out and in September following the firing on Fort Sumter, he entered the army and
served in two organizations and then served in the navy, all of which is appropriately
set out elsewhere in this History. He was finally discharged at the close of the war
and returned to his home in New Castle, where he resumed the practise of the law.
Henry County sent no more gallant soldier to the front than Miles Listen Reed. His
service in three enlistments covered nearly the entire period of the conflict and he
was always at the front. Shortly after the close of the war Mr. Reed was appointed
United States Assessor of Internal Revenue for Henry County, and afterward was for
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a short time employed as a clerk in the pension office at Washington City. He spent
two years (1S72-3) under an appointment from the government as a teacher in the
Ponca tribe of Indians in the then territory of Dakota. In 1881 he founded the Rich-
mond (Indiana) Enquirer, which he conducted for about fifteen months, at the expira-
tion of which time he disposed of the plant and once more resumed the practise of
his profession in New Castle. Subsequently he purchased the New Castle Democrat
and successfully published that paper for several years. He was married at Centreville,
Wayne County. Indiana. January 17, 1856, to Catharine Woods. She was the daughter
of James and Harriet Woods, pioneers of Wayne County, and was born August 16,
1832; died June 26, 1858. Catharine (Woods) Reed was an accomplished woman, highly
educated and a successful teacher of music. They were the parents of two children,
boring, (deceased), and Gertrude, now Mrs. William Beard, of Dayton, Ohio. Mr.
Reed was again married, at New Castle, January 1. 1868, to Jerusha Lawhead. She
still survives and is now residing at New Castle. They had one child, Laura, now
the widow of Banning Lake. Mrs. Lake is an accomplished music teacher and- while
pursuing her profession makes her home with her mother. All of the foregoing who
are deceased, Except Miles L. Reed, his son Loring, and Mr. Lake, are buried in the
old cemetery at New Castle. Miles L. is buried in South Mound Cemetery, his son
Loring in Lawrence County. Indiana, where he died, and Banning Lake is buried at
LaFayette, Alabama, where he died May 11, 1900.
J.\MES A. McMeans was a son of Thomas E. McMeans, a native of Tennessee,
who came to Union County, Indiana, in 1819, and being a man of affairs served as sheriff
of that county. In 1834 he moved to Henry County with his family and settled in
Franklin Township. James A. and his twin brother, Nathaniel, were born in Union
County about the year 1819. The other children were Laban, Marshall E., Elliott,
Alfred L., Seldon R. and Edghill B., and two daughters, Emily, afterward Mrs. Hugh
Rogers, and Lunissa. afterward Mrs. Scott, whose son, James M., was a soldier in
Company G, Eighty Fourth Indiana Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Chicka-
mauga, September 20, 1863. James A. McMeans married Maria, daughter of John and
Ann Taylor. After his term of office expired he moved to Richmond, Wayne County,
and during the Civil War was chief clerk in the office of Isaac Kinley, provost marshal
for the Fifth District. After the war he sought the office of recorder of Wayne
County and later moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. A few years afterward he moved to
Fairbury. Jefferson County, Nebraska, where for the remainder of his life he kept
hotel, and where he died and is buried. His widow survived him many years, dying
within the past year in California. Mr. McMeans was born July 25, 1819.
Butler HrnBARu at the time of his election lived in Knightstown, where he had
been a resident for many years, following the trade of harness maker. He was a
member of the lower house of the General Assembly, serving in the thirty fifth regular
session, 1S50, having as his colleague the late Russell Jordan, of Stony Creek Township.
He was a genial, companionable man, well educated and possessed of a great sense of
humor. He had several daughters and one son, Horace G., now and for many years
past connected with the Cincinnati Times Star. Butler Hubbard and his wife continued
to reside in New Castle until their deaths.
Having made brief biographical reference to the several county recorders down
to the Civil War period, the author finds it necessary to leave mention of those serving
since that time to some future history.
COUNTY SHERIFF.
The first sheriff of Henry County, Jesse H. Healey, was not elected by the people.
On December 31, 1821, Jonathan Jennings. Governor of Indiana, approved the law
organizing Henry County, the same to become effective June 1, 1822. On January 1,
1822, he appointed Jesse H. Healey, sheriff, for the proposed new county. This shows
that the law then was that whenever it was determined to organize a new county it
was the duty of the Governor to immediately appoint a sheriff in order that the
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territory embraced in the proposed new county might have a chief peace ofiicer. The
term of the sheriff's office under both the old and the new constitution was made
the same — two years — yet Jesse H. Healey served more than that term, as the first
sheriff was not elected until at the August election, 1824.
The record of "Commissions Issued" in the office of the Secretary of State, at
Indianapolis, relating to the sheriff's office in Henry County, from Jesse H. Healey.
January 1, 1822. to Joshua Chappell's second commission, August 23. 1845, gives the
date only on which the commission was issued, failing to specify the term for which
the person commissioned was to serve, therefore the term for which the incumbent
named served, until August 23, 1845, is made up by having the preceding term end on
the day when the succeeding officer was commissioned, which is approximately correct.
SHEUIFFS.
Jesse H. Healey. commission dated January 1, 1822; served to September 27, 1824.
John Dorrah, commission dated September 8, 1824; died in office.
Thomas Ginn, appointed vice John Dorrab, deceased; commission dated January
14, 1825; refused to qualify.
Ezeliiel Leavell. appointed vice Thomas Ginn, refused to qualify: commission
dated February 19, 1825, served to August 16, 1825.
Jesse H. Healey, elected to vacancy vice John Dorrah, died in office; vice Thomas
Ginn, refused to qualify: vice Ezekiel Leavell, appointed to the vacancy to serve until
the next general election, which was on the first Monday in August, 1825; commission
dated August 16, 1825: served to August 19, 1826.
Ezekiel Leavell, commission dated August 19, 1826; served to August 28, 1828;
re-elected; commission dated August 28, 1828; served to December 12. 1828; resigned.
Jacob Thornburgh, appointed vice Ezekiel Leavell, resigned; commission dated
December 12, 1828; served to August 14, 1829.
Jesse Porkner, commission dated August 14, 1829: served to August 19, 1831:
re-elected; commission dated August 19, 1831: served to August 5, 1833.
Moses Robertson, commission dated August 5, 1833: served to August 20, 1835; re-
elected; commission dated August 20, 1835: served to August 21, 1837.
Tabor W. McKee, commission dated August 21, 1837: served to August 13, 1839.
Thomas Ginn, commission dated August 13, 1839; served to August 2, 1841.
Tabor W. McKee, commission dated August 2, 1841; served to August 7, 1843.
Joshua Chappell, commission dated August 7, 1843; served to August 23, 1845; re-
elected and commissioned from August 23, 1845, to August 23, 1847.
Jesse H. Healey, commissioned from August 23, 1847, to August 23, 1849; re-
elected and commissioned from August 23, 1849, to August 23, 1851.
Joshua Johnson, commissioned from August 23, 1851, to August 23, 1853.
Winford W. Shelley, commissioned from August 23, 1853, to August 23, 1855;
re-elected and commissioned from August 23, 1R55, to August 23, 1857.
Peter Shroyer, commissioned from August 23, 1857, to August 23, 1859.
Vincent Shelley, commissioned from August 23. 1859, to August 23, 1861. '
John W. Vance, commissioned from August 23, 1861, to August 23, 1863; re-
elected and commissioned from August 23, 1863, to August 23, 1865.
Robert B. Carr, commissioned from August 23, 1865, to August 23, 1867; re-
elected and commissioned from August 23. 1867, to August 23, 1869.
William S. Bedford, commissioned from August 23, 1869, to August 23, 1871.
Hugh L. Mullen, commissioned from August 23, 1871. to August 23, 1873: re-
elected and comrhissioned, from August 23, 1873, to August 23, 1875.
Hiram R. Minor, commissioned from August 23, 1875, to August 23, 1877; re-
elected and commissioned, from August 23, 1877, to August 23, 1879.
Joel Hazelton, commissioned from August 23, 1879, to August 23, 1881; re-elected
and commissioned, from August 23, 1881, to August 23, 1883.
George H. Cain, commissioned from August 23, 1883, to August 23, 1885; re-
elected and commissioned, from August 23, 1885, to August 23, 1887.
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William H. Macy, commissioned from August 23, 1887. to August 23, 1889; re-
elected and commissioned, from August 23, 1889, to August 23, 1891.
William Rhinewalt, commissioned from August 23, 1891, to August 23, 1893.
George W. Tompkins, commissioned from August 23, 1893, to August 23, 1895; re-
elected and commissioned, from August 23, 1895, to August 23, 1897.
John James, commissioned from August 23," 1897, to August 23, 1899; re-elected
and commissioned, from August 23. 1S89, to August 23, 1901.
Here the term of the office had been made, by an act of the General Assembly, to
begin January 1, 1902, thus creating a vacancy from the time John James" commission
expired until the date when Charles M. Christopher, who had been elected as James'
successor, was commissioned to serve.
Charles M. Christopher, appointed vice vacancy as above, served from August
23, 1901, to January 1, 1902; commissioned from January 1, 1902, to January 1, 1904; re-
elected and commissioned, from January 1. 1904. to January 1, 1906.
Chauncey H. Burr, commissioned from January 1, 1906, to January 1, 1908:
present incumbent.
BlOGKAPniCAI,.
Jesse H. Healey served longer than any other sheriff, his four terms, once by
appointment and three times by election, comprising seven years, eight months and
twenty six days.
Charles M. Christopher was next in point of service, his three terms, once by
appointment and twice by election, comprising four years, four months and seven
days. The rule has been to give the sheriff two terms, and since the tenure of John
W. Vance, 1861-5, William S. Bedford and William Rhinewalt are the only two not re-
elected. Bedford was defeated for re-nomination by an accident, in consequence of which
he was afterward made treasurer. Rhinewalt was not a candidate for a second term.
Since political lines were drawn m the county, about 1835-7, Joshua Johnson, of
Henry Township. Democrat, is the only man other than a Whig or Republican to hold
the office, with the exception of Thomas Ginn.
Peter Shroyer, Robert B. Carr, William S. Bedford, Hugh L. Mullen, Hiram R
Minor, George H. Cain, William H. Macy, William Rhinewalt and John James were
soldiers in the Civil War, whose respective services will be found appropriately set out
elsewhere in this History.
John Dorrah was the only sheriff to die in office. He was the father of Joseph
Dorrah, who lived for many years two miles north of New Castle, and was for a long
time assessor of Henry Township.
Further reference to some of the earlier sheriffs is as follows:
Jesse H. Healey came with his family from North Carolina to Wayne County
prior to the year 1820. In 1821 he moved to Henry County. His father, Hugh Healey,
who had been a Revolutionary soldier, accompanied his son to Indiana. He died in
New Castle about the year 1827. Jesse H. Healey cut as great a figure in Henry
County as any other man who ever lived in the county. He was an all around man
of affairs and held respectively the offices of Sheriff. Tax Collector, Member of the
Legislature, Probate Judge and County Commissioner, his term of service in these
offices being fully set out under their several heads. He died about the year 1855.
His son. Welborn Healey, was for many years a leading and influential citizen of
Henry County, residing in F^ranklin Township. There may be somewhere in the
archives of the Henry County Historical Society a biographical sketch of this early
pioneer, but the author has been unable to find it. Eugene Healey, of Knightstown, is
a grandson and has recently presented to the Historical Society some of the early
commissions Issued to his grandfather.
Thomas Ginx is referred to in the list of county clerks.
EzEKiEL Leaveix was the agent of Henry County for the sale of the town lots in
New Castle, and in the chapter devoted to Towns and Villages under the head of New
Castle will be found brief biographical reference to Mr. Leavell.
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Jacob Thornburgh was one of the very early mercbants of New Castle, coming
here from Wayne County, and in Chapter XI, of this History, in connection with a
biographical sketch of his son, John, will be found full reference to Jacob Thornburgh
and his family and the part he took in the affairs of Henry County.
Jesse Forkxee and his brother, Isaac, came from Wayne County about the year
1822, and settled in Liberty Township, two miles south of Mlllville. Isaac Forkner was
the grandfather of Judge Mark E. Forkner, of New Castle, and elsewhere in this
History will be found biographical sketches of Judge Forkner and his brother, John L..
containing full information of the Forkner family in general.
Moses Robertsox came to Henry County in company with the two Forkner brothers
above mentioned, from Wayne County. In addition to filling the office of sheriff he was
county collector, an early justice of the peace and a member of the board of justices
governing the county from 1824 to 1827, and was in general a public spirited citizen
who had the confidence of the public to a large degree. He was one of the original
promoters of the railroad from Richmond to New Castle, now a part of the Panhandle
Railway. Late in life he moved to Hagerstown, Wayne County, where he died and is
buried.
Tabor W. McKee. of Harrison Township, married Sarah Elliott, sister of Judge
Jehu T. Elliott, and in the biographical sketch of Judge Elliott, elsewhere in this His-
tory, will be found reference to him.
JosHfA Chappeli. was a driving, energetic Henry County pioneer, who for a long
time kept the old log and frame hotel in New Castle that stood on the site now occupied
by the Bundy House. On his retirement from the hotel he moved to Madison County,
where he spent the remainder of his life on a farm.
JoSHTA Johnson, of Henry Township, is above referred to as being the only
Democrat to hold the oflJce since political lines were drawn in the county. He died soon
after leaving the office.
WiNFOED W. Shellet AND VixcENT Shellet Were brothers. Winford W., com-
monly called "Dykesey" Shelley, was a versatile auctioneer whose services were greatly
in demand and in his time he was probably better known and knew more people in
Henry County than any other man who ever lived in the county. Vincent Shelley
moved to Iowa about the beginning of the Civil War. The Shelleys were a numerous
family, who early came to Henry County from North Carolina.
The Shroyer Fajuly came to Henry County from Greene County, Pennsylvania,
in 1835. Thei'e were three brothers. Henry, John and Peter, and five sisters, Mrs. John
Taylor, Mrs. Robert C. Kinsey. Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Hipes and Miss Maria Shroyer. The
family was well known in Wayne and Henry counties. Peter was a harness maker
and worked at that trade in New Castle until he was elected sheriff. After his return
from the Civil War he conducted a store at Sulphur Springs. Later he moved to
Chatsworth, Livingstone County, Illinois, where he engaged in merchandising and lived
there until his death. He married in New Castle, Mary Benbow. and they raised an
interesting family.
John W. Vance was for many years a carpenter and farmer near Greensboro
before he became sheriff. After retiring from the sheriff's oflSce he moved to Iowa, where
he died and is buried.
The author having made brief biographical reference to all the sheriffs down
to the Civil War' and mentioned all those who served in that struggle, must leave
the others to some future history.
COUNTY TREASURER.
There is no record in the office of the Secretary of State at Indianapolis of com-
missions issued to treasurers of Henry County until Lorenzo D. Meek, who seems
to have been the first one commissioned under the new constitution to serve for the
term of two years, from August 5, 1853. In the earlier days of Henry County and the
State, the office of county treasurer was not as important as it is now. The law was
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such that from the organization of the county until 1841-2 the county treasurer had
nothing to do with the collection of the taxes and there is no tax duplicate in the
county treasurer's office prior to the one for the fiscal year 1842. There was a county
collector whose duty it was to collect the taxes and turn them over to the county
treasurer, whose only duty it was to disburse them according to law. Until the office
of county collector was abolished, in 1841-2, the county treasurer was appointed by
the board of county commissioners.
Under an act approved February 12. 1841, entitled, "An act prescribing the duties
of county treasurers," It was provided that this officer "shall be elected on the first
Monday of August next and tri-ennially thereafter," by the qualified voters of the re-
spective counties. Thus it happened that Joshua Holland was the first treasurer of
Henry County elected directly by the people. He was also the last county collector
appointed by the board of county commissioners.
The author has been unable to find any satisfactory record of the precise term of
the county treasurers who preceded Joshua Holland, all of whom were appointed in the
language of the law "by the board doing county business;" neither is their precise
term essential, therefore the author takes the list from William Shannon to Joshua
Holland, as made up by Elwood Pleas, in "Henry County Past and Present; 1821-71," a
small but highly valuable volume of one hundred and fifty pages.
As Joshua Holland assumed the duties of the office, August 5, 1841, as above
shown, the term of this office began with each new incumbent on August 5, from Joshua
Holland. 1841-4, to John A. Cook, commissioned to serve from August 5, 1895, to August
5, 1897, but whose term was extended by law to January 1, 1898. Under the present
constitution the term of this office was reduced from three to two years.
TREASURERS.
William Shannon, 1822; Benjamin Harvey. 1824; Isaac Bedsaul, 1825; Matthew
Williams. T826: Lsaac Bedsaul, 1826 to 1833; Miles Murphey, 1833; Jehu T. Elliott. 1834
to 1839; Samuel Hazzard, 1839 to 1841.
Joshua Holland, commissioned from August 5. 1841, to August 5, 1844.
Martin L. Bundy. commissioned from August 5, 1844, to August 5, 1847.
John C. Hudelson. commissioned from August 5, 1847, to August 5, 1850; re-
elected and commissioned from August 5, 1850, to August 5, 1853.
Lorenzo D. Meek, commissioned from August 5, 1853, to August 5. 1855.
Henry C. Grubbs, commissioned from August 5. 1855, to August 5. 1857; died in
office, March 26, 1857.
John W. Grubbs, appointed vice Henry C. Grubbs. deceased, serving from March
30. 1857, to August 5. 1857.
Caleb Johnson, commissioned from August 5, 1857, to August 5, 1859; re-elected
and commissioned, from August 5. 1859, to August 5, 1861.
Emsley Julian, commissioned from August 5. 1861, to August 5, 1863; re-elected and
commissioned, from August 5, 1863, to August 5, 1865.
Morgan James, commissioned from August 5. 1865, to August 5. 1867.
Robert M. Grubbs, commissioned from August 5, 1867. to August 5. 1869.
George Hazzard (author of this History), commissioned from August 5. 1869. to
August 5, 1871.
Rotheus Scott, commissioned from August 5. 1871. to August 5, 1873.
Thomas S. Lines, commissioned from August 5, 1873, to August 5, 1875.
William S. Bedford, commissioned from August 5. 1875, to August 5, 1877.
Thomas I. Howren, commissioned from August 5, 1877, to August 5, 1879.
Frank M. Millikan. commissioned from August 5, 1879, to August 5. 1881.
Luther W. Modlin, commissioned from August 5, 1881, to Aiigust 5, 1883.
James P. Dykes, commissioned from August 5, 1883, to August 5, 1885.
Frank J. Vestal, commissioned from August 5, 1885, to August 5, 1887.
Dayton L. Fenstamaker, commissioned from August 5, 1887, to August 5, 1889.
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William H. Harden, commissioned from August 5. 1889. to August 5, 1891.
Albert W. Saint, commissioned from August 5, 1891, to August 5, 1893.
Cornelius M. Moore, commissioned from August 5, 1893, to August 5, 1895.
John A. Cook, commissioned from August 5, 1895, to August 5, 1897.
Here tbe law was changed, making the term of the office begin on the uniform
date of January 1, which extended Cook's term to January 1, 1898.
Clarkson Gordon, commissioned from January 1, 1898, to January 1, 1900.
William C. Hess, commissioned from January 1, 1900, to January 1, 1902.
John O. Holtsclaw, commissioned from January 1, 1902, to January 1, 1904.
Lewis E. Cloud, commissioned from January 1, 1904, to January 1, 1906.
Edgar T. White, commissioned from January 1, 1906, to January 1, 1908; present
incumbent.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
From the foregoing roster of county treasurers it appears that three brothers have
respectively held the office— Henry C. Grubbs, John W. Grubbs, and Robert M. Grubbs;
also that father and son respectively held the office — Samuel Hazzard and his son,
George, the author of this History. Henry C. Grubbs was the only treasurer to die
in office.
Some of Henry County's most distinguished citizens in their younger days filled
the office of county treasurer, notably Colonel Miles Murphey, Judge Jehu T. Elliott,
Judge Martin L. Bundy, John C. Hudelson and John W. Grubbs.
Since Morgan James held the office, (1865-7), to the present time, the position has
been considered a "one-term" office. This arises from the fact that during and imme-
diately succeeding the Civil War, on account of the excessive war taxation, the office
was the most remunerative of any In the county, the treasurer then being paid a per
cent, on his total collections. Many county treasurers have tried for renomination, but
all have failed. Notwithstanding the fact that the emoluments of the office have been
greatly reduced, first by taxation getting on a peace basis, and later by the office being
made a salaried one, yet the "one-term" idea has grown so firmly fixed in the minds
of the people that a renomination has been impossible.
Morgan James, Robert M. Grubbs, George Hazzard, William S. Bedford, Thomas I.
Howren, Albert W. Saint, Cornelius M. Moore and Clarkson Gordon were soldiers in
the Civil War, whose respective services will be found appropriately set out elsewhere
in this History.
Since the term of Miles Murphey, then a Democrat (1833), no man other than a
Whig or Republican has held the office of county treasurer. At that time political lines
were not drawn in the county. From the repeal of the Missouri Compormise. in 1854.
until after the close of the Civil War, Miles Murphey was a Republican, and from that
time a Democrat until the end of his life.
Elsewhere in this History will be found proper biographical mention of Miles
Murphey. Jehu T. Elliott. Joshua Holland, Martin L. Bundy, John C. Hudelson and John
W. Grubbs (as founder of the New Castle Courier), and the author having made proper
reference to the military service of those who were in the Civil War now finds it
necessary to leave biographical mention of such as are not above included, excepting
Samuel Hazzard and his son, George, the author of this History, to some future history.
Samuei, Hazzaed was a native of Delaware, where he was born. August 10, 1815.
There were several brothers who emigrated about 1835 to Indiana, settling in the
Whitewater Valley. David stopped at Laurel, in Franklin County, where he lived for
many years as a merchant and general trader. Henry became a resident of Cambridge
City. Samuel located at New Castle in 1835, and opened a general country store
in a primitive frame building which stood where the First National Bank building now
stands. Later he was joined by his younger brother, George W., who was appointed to
West Point and served in the Regular Army, as is elsewhere properly referred to in this
Historj'. On February 14, 1839, Samuel Hazzard was married to Vienna Woodward,
second daughter and second child of Asahel and Catharine Woodward. Vienna
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(Woodward) Hazzard was born April 20, 1818, in Preble County, Ohio; died January
30, 1858. In Chapter XVII of this History will be found full biographical reference
to the parents of Mrs. Samuel Hazzard.
Samuel and Vienna (Woodward) Hazzard were the parents of nine children,
namely: Clarinda, born December 6, 1839, married to Jacob Sims, whom she
survived; she afterwards became the wife of Dr. William G. Armstrong, a
leading physician of La Fontaine. Wabash County, Indiana, now deceased;
-Mrs. Armstrong now resides in Wabash, Indiana, with her daughter, Nettie
(Sims) Sisson: Elizabeth, born October 25, 1841, and married to Alonzo S.
Gear; she is now a resident of Tacoma. Washington, and is one of the best
known women educators in the Puget Sound basin; Rachel M., born November 24, 1843,
died March 20, 1845; George (author of this History), born July 22, 1845; John W., born
May 6, 184T, died January 27, 1887, a soldier of the Civil War in Company H, 147th
Indiana Infantry; Belle Jane, born June 30, 1849, married to Ed. E. Hopkins, of Hen-
dricks County, Indiana, afterward moved to near Laoti, Wichita County, Kansas, where
she died March 11, 1905, and where she is buried; James V., born October 26, 1851;
Leander E., born March 19, 1854, killed by the Indians while a soldier in the United
States Army; memorial stone erected in South Mound Cemetery; date of death and
place of burial unknown; Walter, born January 25. 1858, died in infancy. All of the
above, who are deceased, excepting Belle Jane and Leander E.. are buried in South Mound
Cemetery, New Castle.
Samuel Hazzard was a natural merchant whose business ability was equal to that
of any man that ever lived in Henry County. He is well remembered in New Castle,
where his career is identified with the early growth of the town and county and in
the prosperity of both he was a leading factor, not only as a citizen and business man,
but also in an official capacity. He died January 25, 1867.
No family of Hazzards ever lived in Henry County, excepting that of Samuel
Hazzard and his family: therefore, wherever the name is mentioned it refers to this
family, and' George Hazzard is the only one so named that ever lived in Henry County,
save his uncle, George W., appointed to West Point as above mentioned. This fact
makes sufficient biographical reference to the author, as hi? name properly appears
from time to time in these pages.
Georce H.\zz.\kd, the author of this History, was married June 30, 1870, to Maria
Eudora, eldest daughter and child of the Reverend Reuben and Adaline Tobey, the
former a Methodist minister, at one time stationed in New Castle, both of whom are ■
now deceased. She was born May 30, 1849. To George and Maria E. Hazzard were
born four children, all natives of New Castle, namely: Adaline V., died in infancy;
Elizabeth G., born .4pril 28, 1872, married to Frank L. Hale, at Tacoma, AVashington.
November 27, 1895, by the Reverend Preston Barr; died near Tacoma, October 31. 1903:
buried in the Tacoma Cemetery: George Howard Hazzard. assistant superintendent of
the Washington and Columbia River railroad, with headquarters at Walla Walla, Wash-
ington, born July 28, 1874. married to Alice M. Dodge (born March 17, 1875), of Tacoma,
Washington, March 18, 1901; they have one child, a daughter, named Marian Elizabeth,
born October 6, 1903: Julia Anna, born February 1. 1877, married to John C. R. Cootes.
of Tacoma. Washington. February 5, 1896; they have three children, Sarah Marian,
born April 6, 1897; George H.. born September 10, 1902, and the youngest son, named for
his father, born April 5. 1904. Mr. Cootes and family reside at Hedley, British Columbia,
where he is electrical superintendent for the Daily gold and silver mines, operated at
that place.
George Hazzard has resided in Tacoma, Washington, since June. 1SS3. He only
returned to his native county temporarily to write this History, and for the writing and
publishing thereof is more entitled, in his opinion, to public favor than to any other
act of his life. His career is known of all men, not only in Indiana, but also in the
State of Washington.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
COUNTY ASSESSOR.
Under an act of the General Assembly, entitled "an act concerning ta.xation,"
approved March 6. 1S91, the office of county assessor was created. The duty of this ofBcer
is to act in an advisory capacity to the township assessors, look after omitted and
sequestered property and report the same to the county auditor to be placed on the
duplicate for taxation. He has the power to issue citations to all persons, executors,
administrators, guardians, trustees and officers of corporations whom he desires to ex-
amine in regard to omitted or sequestered property to appear before him, and in case
of failure to so appear to compel their attendance by process issued through the sheriff.
Nathan H. Ballenger informs the author that in the earlier days of the county
this office existed and that he was once elected and discharged the duties of the office,
serving from .January 1. 1849, to January 1, 1850. He assessed the whole county at a
compensation of $1.50 per day. and made a formal report in May, 1850. The present
term of the ofF.ce is four years.
Adolph Rogers, appointed June 2. 1891, serving to November, 1892.
Daniel W. Saint, commissioned from November, 1892, to November, 1896.
William N. Clift. commissioned from November, 1896. to November, 1900. /
Thomas J. Burchett, commissioned November 16, 1900, to November 16, 1904.
By an act of the General Assembly of 1903. the terms of all county assessors were
extended to January 1, 1907, to which time Mr. Burchett's term of office extends, when
•the term will again be for four years.
HIO(:r,.\l'IIK AT..
Adolph Roger.s. the first county assessor appointed under the act creating the office
was for several years editor of the New Castle Courier, when that newspaper was owned
principally by George Hazzard, author of this History. Mr. Rogers was county clerk from
October 29, 1884, to October 29. 1888, and additional reference is made to him in that list.
Damel W. S.aint was a well known citizen of the county residing at Greensboro,
where he died and is buried.
Willtam N. Clift has a large acquaintance as an auctioneer and a man of affairs
in New Castle.
Thomas J. Burchett was a soldier in the Civil War. whose service will be found
appropriately set out elsewhere in this History.
COUNTY COT LECTOR.
From the organization of Henry County until the approval by the Governor. Feb-
ruary 12, 1841, of an act entitled "an act prescribing the duties of the county treasurer."
which law made the county treasurer the collector of the taxes as well as the disburser
thereof, and also abolished the office of county collector, there was a collector appointed
by the board of county commissioners whose duty it was to receive annually from the
county clerk, acting as clerk to the board of county commissioners, the tax duplicate.
Whereupon the collector would travel over the county from village to village, from
house to house, with his tax duplicate, collecting the taxes due from the respective
property owners and turning the same over to the county treasurer, whose only duty
it was to disburse the same according to law.
The sheriff of the county in the absence of a collector otherwise appointed was ex
officio tax collector, but It appears that Jesse H. Healey was the only sheriff who
actually performed the duties of tax collector.
Jesse H. Healey, 1822-3; Joseph Craft, 1824: John Anderson, 1825; Joseph Craft,
1826; Jesse Forkner, 1827; John Harris, 1828-9; Moses Robertson, 1830-3: Wesley Good-
win, 1834-5; Moses Robertson, 1836-8; Andrew G. Small, 1839: Joshua Holland, 1840-1.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. y95
bioohaphkal.
Jesse Fork.xeu axu Moses Robertson graduated from the office of tax collector
into that of sheriff, and further reference is made to them and to Jesse H. Healey. also
in that list.
JosiiiA Holland was the last county collector and the first county treasurer elected
by the people.
Wesley Goouwi.x. a well known Democrat in his day, was county collector in
1834-5. This was about the time political lines began to be finally drawn in the
politics of the county. Goodwin became the owner of: the school section, one mile west
of New Castle, where the rolling mill now stands, and was the father of George W.
fJoodwin, a full biographical sketch of whom will be found in Volume I, Chapter
IX, of this History, appended to that of his father-in-law. Colonel Miles Murphey.
When Jesse H. Healey was sheriff and was ex officio tax collector as above stated, the
capital of the State was at Corydon. After he had collected the taxes in 1823, he walked
to Corydon, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles, paid over the amount due
the State, and then walked back to New Castle. The total amount collected from the
citizens of Henry County in that year was $112.00, for all purposes.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
When Henry County was organized, in 1822, the "'board doing the county busi-
ness" was the board of county commissioners. Later, in July, 1824, the General As-
sembly changed the law, abolished the board of county commissioners, and constituted
the justices of the peace in the respective counties as a "board doing the county
business." This plan was found not to be satisfactory; therefore, in 1827, the board
of county commissioners was restored and has since continued until the present time as
the "board doing the county business."
During the time that the justices of the peace were ex officio the board of county
commissioners. James Johnston was president of the board in 182.5, James Gilmore in
1826, and Abraham Elliott in 1827.
On account of the uncertainty as to precise dates when the respective county
commissioners assumed the duties of their office the author is forced to content himself
with giving the years only in which the respective commissioners served until the law
became effective making all county officers assume their duties on the uniform date of
January 1. which applies only to the three last named commissioners.
In the earlier days of the county the term of commissioner was for only one year.
Later it was extended to two years and is now three years.
COMMISSTONEHS 1822-4.
Allen Shepherd. 1822-3: Samuel Goble, 1822-4: Elisha Shortridge. 1822-4: Wiliiiiui
Shannon. 1823-4.
BOAR!) OF .IfSTICES. 1824-7.
James Johnston, 1824-5; William Shannon, 1824-7; James Gilmore, 1824-6; Samuel
Batson, 1824-7; Robert Thompson, 1824-7; Thomas Wadkins, 1824-7; Abraham Heaton,
1824-7; Sampson Smith, 1825-6; John Harris, 1825-7; Lewis Tacket, 1825-7; Abraham
Elliott, 1825-7; Moses Robertson, 1825-7; Abraham Louthain, 1826-7; John Freeland,
1826-7; Jesse Daily, 1826-7: Joseph Craft, 1827: Levi Cropper, 1827; Thomas Ellison,
1827.
COMMISSIONERS FROM 1827 TO 1909.
James Fort, 1827-8; Elisha Shortridge, 1827-9; Abraham Heaton, 1827-8: John
Whitacre, 1828-31; John S. Cooper. 1828-9; Solomon Brown. 1829-34: Robert Murphey,
1829-36; Joseph Robbins. 1831-4; J. R. Leonard, 1831-4; Tabor W. McKee. 1834-6; John
996 hazzard's history of henry county.
Whitacre, 1835-6; Jesse Forkngr, 1836-7; Jesse W. Baldwin, 1S36-S; David C. Shawlian,
1837-40; George Corwine, 1S38-41; Jesse H. Healey, 1840-3; James Ball, 1838-9; Maf.iew
McKimmey, 1839-42; Nathan Hunt, 1841-4; Nelson Sharp. 1842-8; Aquilla Barrett,
1843-5; Jacob Elliott, 1844-7; William S. Yost. 1844-5; Preserved L. W. McKee, 1845-6;
Elisha Clift, 1846-53: Jason Williams, 1847-50; James T. Snodgrass, 1848-51: David
Palmer, 1850-3; Jesse Paul, 1851-4; John Cooper, 1853-6; Samuel B. Binford, 1854-60:
Thomas R. Stanford, 1854-60; William L. Boyd, 1856-62; Morris F. Edwards, 1860-6; John
Minesinger, 1801-7; Elias Phelps, 1862-8; Andrew Harrold, '1867-70; Andrew Pierce,
1867-70; Williams Nicholson, 1868-71; Thomas N. White, 1870-6; Jabish Luellen, 1870-6,
died in office January 19, 1876, Newton B. Davis appointed to the vacancy; Robert H.
Cooper, 1871-4; Elias Phelps, 1874-7; Ithamer W. Stuart, 1877-83; William D. Cooper,
1877-80; Cyrus Van Matre, 1877-83; Peter Shaffer, 1881-4; Joshua Holland, 1883-6;
Cheniah Covalt, 1883-6; Thomas N. Wilhoit. 1884-90; Thomas C. Phelps. 1886-9; Andrew
J. Fletcher. 1887-90; Eli Brookshire, 1889-95; Nathan Nicholson, 1890-6; John W. Whit-
worth. 1891-4; Newton B. Davis, 1894-7; Harvey B. Chew, 1895-8; White Heaton, 1896-9;
John W. Whitworth, 1897-1904: William D. Pierce, 1898-1905; Edwin Hall, 1899-1903;
Robert M. Russell, January 1. 1903. to January 1, 1909, two terms; Charles D. Mohler,
January 1. 1904, to January 1. 1907; John M. Huff, January 1. 1905, to January 1, 1908.
The three last named are present incumbents.
BIOGEAPHIC.\L.
But one commissioner, Jabish Luellen, died in office. A perusal of the list of those
who have filled the office will show the high character of the citizens who have been
called upon to discharge the duties of this responsible public trust. It will be seen
that many of the commissioners filled other important positions in the county, notably'
Tabor W. McKee, Jesse Forkner and Jesse H. Healey, who filled the office of sheriff,
either before or after being county commissioner. Thomas N. White was a member of
the lower house of the General Assembly after serving as commissioner. Thomas R.
Stanford filled the office of associate justice and represented the county for several years
in both branches of the General Assembly. He was also county surveyor. Joshua Hol-
land was a commissioner forty years after he had been county collector and county
treasurer. Morris F." Edwards and Elias Phelps were commissioners during the Civil
War period, as was also John Minesinger. They began the construction of the original
part of the present court house and their names are chiseled in stone over the Goddess
of Justice on the east front of the tower.
Cyrus Van Matre, Eli Brookshire, Nathan Nicholson, John W. Whitworrh. Harvey B.
Chew and White Heaton were soldiers in the Civil War, whose respective services will
be found appropriately set out in Volume one of this History.
Thomas C. Phelps, who was commissioner in 1886-9. is a son of Elias Phelps, who
filled the office during the Civil War period and afterward. Nathan Nicholson was also
cne of the successors of his father, Williams Nicholson.
Abeaham Elliott, who was president of the board of justices when it was the
"board doing the county business." was afterward county clerk and then associate
justice.
Abraha:m Heaton. who was one of the board of justices governing the county in
1824-7. was afterward a commissioner. William Shannon, who was a commissioner in
1823-4, was one of the board of justices in 1824-7. Joseph Craft, who was county col-
lector in 1824, was one of the board of justices in 1827. John Harris, who was one of
the board of justices in 1825-7, was county collector 'in 1828-9. Moses Robertson, who
was one of the board of justices in 1825-7, was county collector in 1828-9, and cotvnty
sheriff in 1833-7.
Since political lines were drawn in the county about 1835-7. no Democrat has filled
the office.
COUNTY CORONER.
The record of "Commissions Issued" in the office of the Secretary of State relating
to the office of coroner in Henry County, from Ezekiel Leavell, September 8, 1824, to
IIAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. L)i)J
Josiah Needham. August 18", 1845, gives the date only on which the commission was
issued, failing to specify the time the person commissioned was to serve. Therefore,
the term which the incumbent named served in the office of coroner until August 8, 1845,
is made up by having the preceding term end on the day when the succeeding officer's
commission is dated, which is approximately correct.
Ezekiel Leavell. commission dated Septemlier S. 1824; resigned January 24, 1825.
William Dixon, commission dated Ai!..i i n;, tvi:i, served to September 24. 1827;
re-elected and commission dated Septeml)Hr 'I, im'7, ^,l•l■ved to August 14, 1829.
John Kozell, commission dated August U. iS2Li. served to August 19, 18.31.
John Baldwin, commission dated August 19, 1831, served to August 5, 1833.
James Conley. commission dated August 5, 1833, served to August 20, 1835.
Andrew Smith, commission dated August 20, 1835, served to August 21, 1837.
James Pierson, commission dated August 21, 1837, served to August 13, 1839.
Nathan Swafford. commission dated August 13, 1839. served to August 2, 1841.
William McDowell, commission dated August 2, 1841, served to August 7, 1843; re-
elected and commission dated August 7, 1840, served to August 18, 1845.
Josiah Needham, commissioned from August 18, 1845, to August 18, 1847.
William McDowell, commissioned from August 18, 1847, to August 23, 1849; re-
elected and commissioned from August 23, 1849, to August 23. 1851.
Thomas Henderson, commissioned from August 23, 1851, to August 23, 1853.
William McDowell, commissioned from August 23, 1853, to August 23. 1855: re-
elected and commissioned eleven consecutive terms, serving from August 23, 1855, to
August 7, 1876.
Thomas C. Hiatt, commissioned from August 7, 1876, to August 7, 1878.
Harrison Hoover, commissioned from August 7, 1878, to August 7, 1880.
Henry C. Baer, commissioned to serve from August 7, 1880, to August 7, 1882.
Mr. Baer, whoever he was, failed to qualify, and on December 15, 1880, the Secretary of
State issued a commission to Lewis Fouts. This shows that Fonts had been appointed
by the Board of County Commissioners soon after the beginning of the term to which
Baer had been elected.
Lewis Fouts, appointed to serve vice Baer, failed to qualify, from December 15,
1880, to November 13, 1882; elected and commissioned from November 13, 1882, to No-
vember 13, 1884.
Robert Smith, commissioned from November 13, 1884. to November 13. 1886.
Lewis Fouts, commissioned from November 13, 1886, to November 13. 1888; re-
elected and commissioned for four full terms, from November 13, 1888, to November
13, 1896.
Charles P. Seward, commissioned to serve from November 13, 1896, to November
13, 1898; resigned, exact date not stated.
Ora O. Graff, appointed vice Seward, resigned, serving from January 13. 1898, to
November 17, 1898.
George H. Smith, commissioned from November 17, 1898. to November 17, 1900.
Osa R. Summers, commissioned from November 17, 1900, to November 17, 1902.
Here the law was changed by an act of the General Assembly to make the term of
county offices begin on the uniform date of January 1, and accordingly Summers served
until January 1, 1903.
James B. Pierce, commissioned to serve from January 1. 1903. to January 1, 1905;
died in office, January 9. 1904.
Charles W. Wright, appointed vice Pierce, deceased, from January 16, 1904, to
January 1, 1905; elected and commissioned .from January 1, 1905. to January 1, 1907:
present incumbent.
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Wjlliam iUDowELL. who was commonly known as "Uncle Billy Mac-k." served
longer as coroner than any of his predecessors or successors — in fact so long that he
came to be regarded as The Coroner.
The office of coroner is a position of more dignity and importance and of less pay
than is generally known. The incumbent may be called on to fill the sheriff's office
when that officer is a party to a suit. He is also a peace officer with the same powers
as the sheriff, and in case of a vacancy in the office or disqualification of the sheriff, he
becomes sheriff de facto.
EzEKiEL Le.wei.l is the man who. on the authority of Judge Martin L. Bundy.
named New Castle after New Castle. Henry County, Kentucky. He was the agent of
the county to sell the town lots, and was once, by appointment and twice by election.
sheriff of Henry County, to whom additional reference is made in the brief history of
New Castle, printed elsewhere in this History.
H.^RRisox HoovEi! was a soldier in the Civil War. whose service will be found
appropriately set out elsewhere in this History.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
As stated under the head of county sheriff, the law was approved December 31.
1821. organizing Henry County, the same to be effective June 1. 1822, and that on Janu-
ary 1, 1822. Governor Jonathan Jennings appointed Jesse H. Healey, sheriff. After-
wards, on May 9. 1822. he appointed William McKimmey. surveyor for the proposed new
county, which shows that he had authority to appoint officers other than the sheriff.
At that time the office of county surveyor was a highly important one when it is consid-
ered that every acre of land in Henry County belonged to the public domain. The land
was taken up rapidly by settlers and the metes and bounds not only of every section but
in many cases every subdivision thereof had to be officially determined.
The record of "Commissions Issued' in the office of the Secretary of State from
December 28. 1825, the date of Henry Lewelling's commission, to November S. 1852. the
date of Isaac Kinley's commission and the beginning of his term of office, fails to show
a commission issued to any one for the office of county surveyor in Henry County. Yet
the county records relating to this office now in possession of Omar E. Minesinger, Sur-
veyor of Henry County, show that Thomas R. Stanford acted as county surveyor from
1832 to 1846; George H. Ballengall from 1846 to 1849; Stephen G. Mendenhall from 1849
to 1851. The probabilities are that there was no one elected surveyor in Henry County
for the time above mentioned, thus leaving a vacancy which the Board of Couniy Com-
missioners filled by naming Stanford. Ballengall and Mendenhall respectively to per-
form the duties of the office.
.SURVEiORS.
William McKimmey. commissioned from May 9. 1822. to December 28. 1825.
Henry Lewelling. commissioned from December 28. 1825. served presumably to
1832.
Thomas R. Stanford, appointed in 1832. serving to 1846.
George H. Ballengall. appointed in 1846. serving to 1849.
Stephen G. Mendenhall. appointed in 1849. serving to 1851.
Isaac Kinley. commissioned from November 6, 1852. to November 6. 1854; re-elected
and commissioned from November 6. 1854. to November 6. 1856.
John F. Polk, commissioned from November 6. 1856. to November 6. 1858; re-elected
and commissioned from November 6, 1858, to November 6, 1860.
James M. Clements, commissioned from November 6, 1860, to November 6, 1862;
re-elected, commissioned and served four full terms from November 6, 1862, to Novem-
ber 6, 1870.
Noah Hayes, commissioned to serve from November 6, 1870, to November 6, 1872;
resigned in May, 1871, to join Professor Hall's Polaris expedition in search of the North
Pole.
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WiHiam R. Harrold. appointed to fill the vacancy vice Hayes, resigned, serving to
November 6, 1S72; elected and commissioned from November 6. 1872, to November 6.
1874.
Joseph Unthanlj, commissioned to serve from November 6. 1874, to November 6.
1876; resigned in June, 1875.
John H. Hewit, appointed vice Unthanli, resigned, serving to November 6. 1876.
Daniel K. Cook, commissioned from November 6, 1876, to November 6. 1878; re-
elected and commissioned from November 6. 1S7S, to November 6. 1880.
Robert I. Morrison, commissioned from November 13. 1880, to November 13, 1882;
re-elected and commissioned from November 13, 18S2, to November 13, 1884.
Daniel K. Cook, commissioned from November 13, 1884, to November 13. 1886; re-
elected, commissioned and served two full terms, from November 13, 1886, to November
13, 1890.
Omar E. Minesinger, commissioned from November 13, 1890, to November 13. 1892;
re-elected, commissioned and served two full terms, from November 13, 1892, to November
13, 1896.
Ulysses S. Cook, commissioned from November 13 ,1896, to November 13. 1898.
Solomon A. Robe, commissioned from November 13, 1898, to November 13. 1900; re-
elected and commissioned from November 13. 1900, to November 13, 1902. Here the law
was changed by an act of the General Assembly to make the terms of all county officers
begin on the uniform date of January 1, thus extending Mr. Robe's second term to Janu-
ary 1, 1903. He died in ofRce December 31, 1902, the day prior to the expiration of his
second term, he having been elected and commissioned for another full term from Janu-
ary 1, 1903, to January 1, 1905.
Omar E. Minesinger, appointed vice Solomon A. Robe, deceased, serving from Jan-
uary 5, 1903, to January 1, 1905; elected and commissioned from January 1, 1905, to Jan-
uary 1, 1907; present incumbent.
DIOGRAPHiCAI,.
Many of the men who have served as surveyors of Henry County have cut a very im-
portant figure in the history of the county. Thomas R. Stanford was one of the first two
associate justices, afterward a member of the lower house of the General Assembly for
three terms and then a State Senator. His precise term as a legislator will be found
set out under the title of The General Assembly elsewhere in this History.
Dii. George H. Bali.exoai.l was one of the three delegates from Henry County to the
convention which framed the present constitution of this State, and is referred to in the
introduction to this chapter.
I.SAAc Kixley was a disingnished soldier of the Civil War; first as Captain of Com-
pany D, 36th Indiana Infantry, then Major of the regiment. Afterward he was Provost
Marshal of the Fifth Indiana district.
JoH^• F. Polk, a brother of Judge Robert L. Polk, was one of Henry County's lead-
ing educators, a native of Greensboro, now residing in Nebraska.
J.\MES M. Clements, who served five consecutive terms in the office, was for many
years civil engineer of the town of New Castle. Elsewhere in this History will be found
farther reference to him.
NoAii Havks was a gallant soldier in the Civil War— first in Company E. 36th In-
diana Infantry, and then in Company A. 30th Indiana Infantry, reorganized, serving
four years, all the time at the front. After returning from the North Pole expedition
he had an appointment in the treasury department at Washington during which time
he read medicine and graduated. He then located in Seneca, Nemaha County. Kansas,
where he is now engaged in the practise of his profession.
Daniel K. Cook filled the ofilce for five full terms of two years each, but not
consecutively. His son, Ulysses S. Cook, was one of his_ successors. The Cooks, both
father and son, were for years civil engineers of the town of New Castle — the father
for sixteen years and the son for two years. Daniel K. Cook drew the plans and
specifications for the present sanitary sewer system of New Castle, costing about
jmO.OOO, and superintended its construction. He. assisted by his son. made the surveys
lOOO IIAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
through the counties of Marion, Hancocl<, Henry and Randolph, and made the plans,
profiles and estimates for the proposed Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo Electric
railway.
Omar E. Mi^'Esi>-(iER is the grandson of John Minesinger, who was county com-
missioner during the Civil War and who wa? the civil engineer in charge of the con-
struction of the first railroad built through New Castle, the present Panhandle railway.
Mr. Minesinger, when he completes his present term, will have filled the offlce five full
terms, but not consecutively. As civil engineer he made the surveys, plans and specifi-
cations for the Dunreith and New Castle branch of the Indianapolis and Eastern Rail-
way, the first electric line constructed in Henry County.
Solomon A. Robe was the only surveyor to die in office. He was a descendant of
the family of that name who for so many years have lived in and around Luray and in
the northern part of Prairie Township. The family is one of the oldest in that part
of Henry County.
SUPERINTENDENT OF COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Beginning about the time the present constitution of the State became effective,
November 1, 1851, the law provided that there should be in each county a school or
county examiner whose duties consisted in examining applicants who desired to become
teachers. Whenever the applicant was found possessed of the requisite knowledge the
examiner issued a certificate to him or her to teach for a determinate period, not ex-
ceeding two years, regulated by the proficiency which the applicant might display. The
county examiner was also authorized to visit the various schools, but no compensation
was provided therefor. Before 1852 there was in each county a board of school exair-
iners, consisting of three members, who performed the same duties as subsequently de-
volved upon the school examiners.
Prom 1852 to 1S73 the following named persons acted as county examiner and from
the fact that no official record of their terms can be found it is not possible to state the
exact time that any of them served, viz: James S. Ferris, Simon T. Powell, Russell B.
Abbott, Isaac Kinley, Thomas Rogers, William M. Watkins, Henry M. Shockley, Daniel
Newby and Clarkson Davis.
In 1873 the General Assembly provided for the election of a county superintendent
with enlarged powers and fixed compensation. From time to time since 1873 the General
Assembly has increased the power and compensation of this officer to keep pace with the
growing school demands until now the office is an important one and is regarded as a
very desirable position, the superintendent having an office in the court house the same
as any other county official. The present terra of office is four years and he is elected
by the township trustees.
Since 1873 the following persons have held, the oflBce of county superintendent in
the order named: Enos Adamson, 1873-5; George W. Hufford, 1875-7; Timothy Wilson,
1877-83; William R, Wilson, 1883-9; Fassett A. Cotton, 1889-95; Joseph A. Greenstreet,
1895-7; William F. Byrket, 1897-1901; Joseph A. Greenstreet, 1901-3; William P. Byrket.
1903-5.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
The county cotmcil was created by an act of the General Assembly approved Mari>h
3, 1899. It is composed of seven members, three from the county at large and one each
from four districts into which it is made the duty of the board of county commissioners
to divide the county, without, however, dividing any townships, which districts can only
be changed once in six years. The members of the first council were appointed by Wil-
liam O. Barnard, judge of the circuit court, as provided by section 48 of the law and held
office until 1900, when their successors were elected at the general election in November
to serve until 1902, as provided in section 5, since which time the term of office of a
member of the county council has been for four years, the third board of councilmen be-
ing in ofiice at this time.
On May 1, 1899, the board of county commissioners established the four council-
manic districts as follows: 1st— Henry and Prairie Townships. 2d-— Greensboro, Har-
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rison. Fall Creek and Jefferson Townships. 3d — Stony Creek, Blue River, Liberty, Dud-
Jey and Franklin Townships. 4th— Spiceland and Wayne Townships.
The council appointed by Judge Barnard was as follows: For the county at large —
Thomas C. Phelps, of Harrison Township; Sanford M. Bouslog, of Prairie Township;
Alpha Langston, of Dudley Township. By districts— 1st— John C. Livezey, of Henry
Township; 2d— Imla W. Cooper, of Fall Creek Township; 3d— David M. Brown, of Frank-
lin Township; 4th — Nathan T. Nixon, of Wayne Township.
The council chosen at the regular election on November 8, 1900, was:- For the
county at large— Benjamin P. Koons, of Blue River Township; Thomas C. Phelps, of Har-
rison Township; Milton Edwards, of Wayne Township. By districts.— 1st — John F.
Luellen, of Henry Township; 2d — Levi Cook, of Greensboro Township; 3d— Ephraim
Leakey, of Dudley Township; 4th — Harper F. Sullivan, of Wayne Township. This coun-
cil under the provisions of section 5 of the law served only two years.
At the general election in November, 1902, a new council was elected for the full
term of four years, as follows: For the county at large— Thomas C. Phelps, of Harrison
Township; Milton Edwards, of Wayne Township; William E. Kerr, of Blue River Town-
ship. By districts. — 1st — Evan H. Peed, of Henry Township; 2d — Presley E. Jackson,
of Greensboro Township; 3d — Ephraim Leakey, of Dudley Township; 4tli— Harper F. Sul-
livan, of Wayne Township. A new council will be chosen at the general election in No-
vember, 1906.
The pay of members under section 3 of the law is fixed by the population of the
county and in Henry county is $10 per annum for each councilman. Sections 7 and 8
,of the law provide for an annual meeting of the council to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in September for the purpose of fixing the tax levy and making
appropriations and for such special meetings as may be called by the auditor upon proper
personal notice and publication. The officers are a president and a president pro tem.
elected by the members. The County Auditor is the clerk of the council and keeps a
record of its proceedings. The County Sheriff, in person or by deputy, must attend its
meetings and execute its orders. A majority of all members shall constitute a quorum
and a majority vote is necessary to pass an ordinance, except at called meetings when a
two thirds vote is necessary. A two thirds vote is also required to expel a member. A
member of the council can hold no other office and must be a qualified voter and resident
freeholder in the district which he represents. No councilman is permitted to be inter-
ested in any contract with the county under penalty of a fine not to exceed $1,000.
Secion 1-5 of the law sets out the duties of the council, in a general way, as the power
of fixing the rate of taxation for county purposes and of making appropriations of money
to be paid out of the county treasury, and except as is otherwise expressly provided, no
money shall be drawn from the county treasury only In pursuance of appropriations so
made. The cases in which money may be paid out of the county treasury without being
appropriated by the council are specifically defined in another section of the law.
The board of county commissioners must submit through the county auditor as their
clerk, an estimate of the various amounts that will be required to meet each and all of
the various items of county expenditure during the ensuing year, to the council at its
regular annual meeting in September. This estimated list is considered by the council
and either approved, modified or overruled. No county officer is permitted to disburse
funds in excess of such appropriations, under heavy penalties. The board of county com-
missioners make up their estimates from many sources, such as bridges, public buildings,
expenses of the poor, salaries, books, stationery, care of insane and of criminals and
scores of other items, all relating to every form of county expenditure. Each county
officer is required to make and file with the Auditor of the county an itemized statement
of the needs of his office for the ensuing year, before the Thursday following the first
Monday in August of each year. It is from all these sources, so arranged and tabulated
as to be readily understood, that the county commissioners first, and then the county
council as the highest fiscal authority, finally makes up the annual budget of appropria-
tions for county expenditures.
I002 IIAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARDS.
By an act of the General Assembly, approved February 27, 1S99. an Advisory Board
consisting of three resident freeholders and qualified voters in each of the townships
in every county of the State vifas provided. The duties and powers of this board witn re-
spect to township business are the same as those of the county council relating to county
business. The board's annual meeting lo fix the rates of township taxation for the sev-
eral purposes is held on the first Tuesday of each year, at which time a chairman is se-
lected, and .special meetings may be held upon call of the township trustee or chairman
of the board. The township trustee must make an itemized statement of the various
amounts of money that will likely be required tor the ensuing year. This estimate must
be presented at the annual meeting for the board's approval, modification or rejection.
The first township boards were named by the judges of the several circuit courts
of the State, each judge naming the boards for the township within his judicial circuit,
at the first term of court held in the county in which the townships are situated, after the
taking effect of the law. These appointees held office until the November election in
1900, at which time their successors were elected for two years. At the November elec-
tion in 1902, a new board was elected for the full term of four years.
Albert D. Ogborn, joint senator from Henry, Fayette and Union counties, and George
W, Williams, representative from Henry County, in the G<?nera! Assembly, voted in the
■ affirmative for both the county council and advisory boards, two important measures of
legislation.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
Prior to 1877 the prosecuting attorney was regarded as the legal adviser to the
Board of County Commissioners, since which time it has been deemed necessary to have
regularly employed counsel in consequence of the increased court duties of the prosecut-
ing attorney and the growing business and more intricate and complicated affairs of the
county coming before the commissioners on account of turnpikes, ditches, highways, pub-
lic buildings, bridges, etc., etc. Therefore since 1877 the board has employed legal coun-
sel and three New Castle lawyers have held the office of county attorney, namely:
Joshua H. Mellett, from 1877 to 1893; Adolph Rogers, from 1893 to 1903: Fred C.
Gause, from 1903; present incumbent.
At first the salary was only $150 annually. From Jlarch 1. 189.5. to the close of
1903 it was $300. since which time it has been $400.
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
The office of drainage commissioners was created by an act of the General Assembly,
approved April 6, 1885, providing for the appointment of a drainage commissioner by the
Board of County Commissioners to serve for two years or until his successor is quali-
fied. The county surveyor is by virtue of his office also a drainage commissioner.
Since the law has been in operation a great number of costly and important ditches
have been constructed in Henry County under its provisions and thousands upon thou-
sands of dollars collected and disbursed. During this time Blue River has been straight-
ened, deepened and dredged from its headwaters to within less than a mile of Stone
Quarry mill in Greensboro Township. Flatrock has been straightened and dredged its en-
tire length in Henry County; Big Buck Creek has been dredged, straightened and made
deeper, and many other streams of the county have been improved in the same way.
Under the provisions of the law the costs of such drainage is paid by assessments levied
on the lands through which the drainage passes or which are directly benefited by it.
The owners of the lands benefited are given their option to pay their assessments in cash
without additional costs or in ten annual payments of one tenth per year with six per
cent.' interest, the principal and interest being payable at the office of the county treas-
urer, the money to pay for the work being provided by the sale of bonds and the interest
charged to those who take the ten year plan of payment in order to recoup the county for
the interest it must pay on the bonds.
HAZZARD'S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 100,5
The drainage commissioner is allowed three dollars a day for the time actually em-
ployed. The county surveyor, who is also the engineer in charge of the work, is allowed
a sum not to exceed fo-ur dollars per day for every day that he is employed in the survey-
ing of the ditches, establishing the levels, making the diagrams, etc. All expenses of
officers, advertising, court charges, attorneys fees and labor in connection with the sur-
veys, are added to the estimated cost of construction, the benefits to each tract of land
being assessed by three disinterested freeholders of the county. Damages are also al-
lowed where sustained.
The following have served as Drainage Commissioners:
William 0. Bogue. of Spiceland Townshi]), fiom 1S8.5 to 1887.
Robert Cluggish. of Henry Townshij), Irdm 1 ssT to 1893.
Henry Fadely, of Fall Creek Towns-hip. from 1S93 to 1904.
Luther M. Anderson, of Greensboro Township, since May, 1904.
Considering the large number of land owners and their many conflicting opinions
and interests the work of drainage and the assessment and collection of the large amount
of money which it has cost, has been accomplished with very little friction, ill will or
litigation.
COURT HOUSE JANITOR.
For many years the care of the court house and county offices devolved upon the
sheriff, excepting during terms of the tourts when the court bailiff had charge of the
court room, but since the completion of the court house in ISfiS the building and grounds
have been cared for by a janitor appointed annually by the Board of County Commis-
sioners. There is no fixed salary, the.,ianitor being employed by contract from year to
year.
The following have served as janitors. ( The names of those who served between
Shopp and Kirk are not now obtainable! : Henry L. Shopp, Allen T. Kirk, Nathan Up-
ham, Ephraim Burk, William J. C. Crandall, William T. Corya and the present janitor,
William Barnett. The duties of the janitor now include the care of the court house and
grounds. Janitors in recent years have received from $350 to $456 per year. The recent
completion of an addition to the court house, almost doubling its size, adds greatly to the
labors of the janitor. The contract with the janitor for the fiscal year ending June 1.
1905, was $45(5.00. since which time the salary has been continued on the same terms,
$38 per month.
COURT BAILIFFS.
The following have acted as bailiffs to the several courts in Henry County:
William McDowell, John Alexander, Miles E. Anderson, Harvey W. Swaim. John W.
Bratfain. George H. Cain and William H. Macy. William McDowell was the bailiff of
the first grand jury impaneled in the county and continued as such officer of the
courts of the county for a period covering fifty years, when, at his own request, he was
in 1873 relieved by Judge Joshua H. Mellett, who appointed John Alexander, his sue-
CHAPTER XLIV.
henry county courts — the general assembly — miscellaneous.
Election, Powers and Tenure of Judges — Riding the Circuit — Judicial Cir-
cuits Under Old and New Constitutions — Registers of and Biograph-
ical Notes Concerning Judges, Prosecuting and District Attorneys,
and State Senators and Representatives — The General Assembly
Under Old and New Constitutions — Sessions of the General Assem-
bly, Territorial and State — Henry County in Congressional Districts
AND Representatives in Congress — Vote of County fojr President. 1832
to 1904 — A'^OTE of Indiana and United States for President in 1904 —
Vote of County' for Governor, 1825 to 1904 — Governors of Indiana —
Population of County, 1830 to 1900.
From the organization of the State until the court of common pleas was
finally abolished by act of the General Assembly, March 6, 1873, there were
two courts in each county, since which time there has been but one, the Circuit
Court having jurisdiction and discharging all the duties theretofore performed
by the different courts in the county during the period of their existence. Until
the new constitution became effective, November i. 1851, the court of highest
jurisdiction in the respective counties was, as it is now, the Circuit Court, which
then consisted of three judges — a presiding judge whose duty extended over the
entire circuit and two associate judges, or as they were then commonly called
"side judges" for each county. The presiding judge was a man supposed to be
"learned in the law." who traveled over his circuit from county to county and
presided with the associate judges, one on each side. From this fact in early
times came the expression "riding the circuit." There were no railroads or
other means of communication between points in the circuit, except by horseback.
The presiding judge would "ri'de the circuit" accompanied usually by some of
■the leading lawyers of the judicial circuit who went from one county seat to
another in search of business. It is from this state of aflfairs that so many at-
torneys from the different counties in central and eastern Indiana, who afterward
became famous in the State or Nation were practising attorneys before the earlv
courts of Henry County, as is mentioned in the article on the "First Courts,"
set out in the preceding chapter in this History.
The "presiding judges" before the advent of the present constitution were
elected by the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly. The as-
sociate judges were elected by the direct vote of the electors of the respective
comities. In early davs an associate judge who was a lawyer was the exception
rather than the rule. Thev were men who had the confidence of their fellow citizens,
HENRY COUNTY JUDGES.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IOO5
and were elected for their honesty and their common sense, regardless of the fact that
they were "unlearned in the law," Since the present constitution became effective all
judges have been elected by the direct vote of the people. In the absence of the pre-
siding judge the associate judges had the power to hold their respective county courts.
More than this, when the presiding judge was presiding, he had but one vote in three,
and in order to have his decision stand as that of the court he had to carry one associate
judge with him. It was sometimes the case that the associate judges joined together
and outvoted the presiding judge. In the earlier law reports of Indiana instances
can be found of causes taken to the Supreme Court on an appeal from a decision made
by the two associate judges, with the presiding judge dissenting, in which the court
of last resort affirmed the decision of the lower court.
Under the old constitution the term of office for the presiding and associate judges
was seven years, but in some instances on account of a change of circuit, or the elec-
tion of the presiding judge to a more important office, or from an occasional resignation,
the office itself being finally abolished by the present constitution, no one presiding judge,
excepting Judge Jehu T. Elliott, presided for the full term of seven years over the
Henry Circuit Court; and from various causes more fully explained under the head
of "Associate Judges," all of such judges in Henry County except Anderson and Crow-
ley served less than the full tenn of seven years. The judges of probate were elected
for the term of seven years. Under the present constitution the "side judges" were dis-
pensed with and the presiding judge was made sole judge and the title of his office
changed to Judge of the Henry Circuit Court; the term of office was reduced to six
years. The probate court was also abolished. The term of office of the judge of the com-
mon pleas court, from the time it was established until it was finally legislated out of
existence, was four years. Henry County alone now constitutes the Fifty Third Judicial
Circuit.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
When Henry County was organized and "attached" to the Third Judicial Circuit,
this circuit embraced practically one fourth of the territorial limits of the State of
Indiana. Beginning with Switzerland County on the Ohio river and extending north-
ward to the Michigan line and west of the Ohio State line, it took in the counties of
Ohio (since organized, in 1S44, out of Dearborn), De'arborn, Ripley, Jennings, Franklin,
Union, Fayette, Rush, Henry, Wayne, Randolph and Delaware, and the unorganized
territory, "attached for judicial purposes," which embraced what is now Jay, Black-
ford, Adams, Wells, Allen (although Allen was then organized as a "detached" county),
DeKalb, Steuben and all that part of Grant, Huntington, Whitley, Noble and LaGrange
counties lying east of the line extending north on the western boundary of Henry
County.
It is recorded by former United States Senator Oliver H. Smith in his book entitled.
"Early Indiana Trials and Sketches," published in 1857, that in the Fall of 1825 as a
young attorney "riding the circuit," in company with James Rariden, of Centreville, '
they accompanied Presiding Judge Miles C. Eggleston, of the Third Judicial Circuit, to
Fort Wayne, to hold court. At that time all the territory north of Delaware (the first
county so named), and Randolph counties was "unorganized" territory with the excep-
tion of Allen County, which was organized practically with its present boundaries. The
reader must keep in mind the fact that there have been two Delaware counties — the
"unorganized" county, which embraced all of the new purchase, organized January 22.
1820, and the present county of Delaware, organized January 26, 1827. By the term
"unorganized" county is meant that certain described territory in a new State, em-
braced in what is designated as a county, although having no "organized" county civil
government.
Indiana was first organized into counties by beginning at the Ohio River and ex-
tending northward, organization of new counties being made from contiguous territory,
except in the case of Allen County, which was organized as a "detached" county from the
fact that one of the earlier frontier forts, known as Fort Wayne, was established at the
I006 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Mary's rivers, the two forming the Maumee River at
Fort Wayne. There was an early settlement around this point, which led to the early or-
ganization of the county, which was named after the revolutionary hero, Ethan Allen, its
principal town taking the name of the fort which had been named in honor of "iVIad
Anthony" Wayne. At the time mentioned by Oliver H. Smith, Fort Wayne contained
a mixed population of about two hundred people and the entire county of Allen con-
tained less than one hundred voters.
In 1830 the organization of counties was begun on the Michigan line and extended
southward. The first two counties so organized were St. Joseph and Elkhart, by an
act of the General Assembly approved January 29, 1830, which fact has direct reference
to the history of Henry County, because Elkhart County was attached for judicial pur-
poses to the Sixth Judicial Circuit, of which Henry County formed a part. From
this time until all of the unorganized territory of the State was embraced in counties
the organization of counties proceeded southward from the Michigan line as well as
northward, as before mentioned. So much space has already been given to the forma-
tion of the Third Judicial Circuit that briefer reference must be made to the other
early circuits, of which Henry County was a part.
The Fifth Judicial Circuit embraced the counties of Henry, Bartholomew, Decatur,
Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Rush and Shelby. Looking at
the present map of Indiana, showing the populous county of Marion, containing the
capital city -with its numerous steam and electric lines diverging in every direction, the
adjoining and contiguous counties teeming with industry, with the thrifty county towns
of New Castle, Columbus, Greensburg, Noblesville, Danville, Franklin. Bloomington,
Martinsville, Rushville and Shelbyville (Hancock was not then organized), it is difficult
to realize that only three quarters of a century have elapsed since this territory was so
sparsely populated, so lacking in wealth and so meagre in legal and official business
that it could all he combined in one judicial circuit.
The Sixth Judicial Circuit was composed of the counties of Henry, Allen, Dela-
ware, Elkhart, Fayette, Randolph, Rush, Union and Wayne. Mention has been made
of the fact that Elkhart County when organized was attached to this circuit for judicial
purposes. As has been stated, Elkhart and St. Joseph were the first two counties or-
ganized on the Michigan line. At this time (1830) practically the northern half of the
State of Indiana was a dense wilderness, peopled by the Delaware, Kickapoo, Miami,
Pottawatomie and Ottawa Indian tribes. An authorized map of the State of Indiana,
published in 1827, shows not a county in the State other than Allen organized north
of the northern boundary of Henry County extending east and west across the State,
excepting Randolph (181S), Delaware (1827), Madison (1S23), Hamilton (1823), Mont-
gomery (1822), Fountain (1825), and Vermilion (1824). The now populous county of
Boone on a line across the State as mentioned is not named on this map of 1827, as it
was not organized until 1830. Elkhart County was attached to the Sixth Judicial
Circuit in name only and the presiding judge of the circuit was probably never in the
county for the purpose of holding court. Afterward (1832), La Grange County, which
is the first county east of Elkhart, was also attached to this district for judicial pur-
poses. The presiding judge was probably never in La Grange County for the purpose
of holding court.
PRESIDING JUDGES.
THIRD .IVniCI.'VL CIRCUIT.
Miles C. Eggleston. of B-ookville. afterward of Centreville. commis=ioned April
21, 1822, presiding judge, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Alex-
ander A. Meek; again commissioned December 18. 1823, tor the full term of seven years.
He succeeded himself and was re-commissioned December 18, 1830. The circuit was com-
posed of the counties of Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin. Jennings, Randolph.
Ripley, Rush, Switzerland. Union and Wayne, as contisiious territory and all unorgan-
ized territory north to the Michigan line, which included the "attached" but organized
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEXRY COUNTY. IQO/
county of Allen. When Henry County was organized it was "attached" for judicial pur-
poses to this circuit. Within three years a new circuit, the Fifth, was created and
Henry County was made a part of it.
FIFTH .JlDICIAi CIRCUIT.
Bsthuel F. Morris, of Indianapolis, commissioned July 20, 1825, was presiding
judge. He succeeded himself, heing re-commissioned January 22, 1829. This circuit was
composed of the counties of Henry (until it was transferred to the Sixth Circuit),
Bartholomew, Decatur. Hamilton. Hendricks, Johnson. Marion, Morgan, Rush and Shelby.
SIXTH .lUUICIAL CIRCriT.
Charles H. Test, of Centreville, commissioned January 23, 1830. as presiding judge;
resigned December 30. 18.35, to take effect January 20, 1836.
Samuel Bigger, of Rushville, commissioned presiding judge vice Charles H. Test,
resigned, to fill out his unexpired term from January 20, 1836, to January 23, 1837.
Judge Bigger succeeded himself, being re-commissioned for the full term beginning
January 23, 1837. He was elected Governor of Indiana on the "first Monday in August."
1840. for the term of three years, and accordingly resigned the office of presiding
judge.
James Perry, of Richmond, commissioned as presiding judge December 9, 1840, to
fill the unexpired term of Judge Bigger, resigned, which ended December 23. 1844.
Jehu T. Elliott (Whig), of New Castle, elected "Tuesday. December 19. 1843,"
and commissioned as presiding judge for the full term beginning January 23. 1844.
As has been stated, the presiding judges were elected by both houses of the General
Assembly, in joint session. The vote stood; Jehu T. Elliott, 83; Samuel E. Perkins,
of Richmond. 36; Andrew Davidson, of Greenshurg, 24; scattering, 3; total, 146. The
Legislature was Democratic. Samuel E. Perkins, the Democratic candidate, afterward
moved to Indianapolis and became a justice of the Supreme Court, 1846-55. He was for
many years prominent in political and legal pursuits. He served again as a justice
of the Supreme Court, 1877-9, by appointment from Governor Williams.
On January 14. 1851. the General Assembly, a majority of whose members were
Democrats, was again in joint session to elect a successor to Judge Elliott, who. as,
stated above, was a Whig. A distinguished citizen of New Castle, then a Democrat, was
a candidate for the succession. The first ballot stood; William Grose. 70; Jehu T.
Elliott. 68; blank. 7; total, 145. Grose lacked three votes of an election. Second bal-
lot; William Grose. 67; Jehu T. Elliott. 75; blank. 4; total, 146.
Judge Elliott resigned, presumably early in 1851, to accept the presidency of the
then proposed and partially located Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago railway, the
principal office of which was at New Castle. At this time work on the road was barely
begun at Richmond, and it was not until "1854 that the cars ran into the depot door" at
New Castle. The statement "presumably early in 1S51" is used for the reason that on
February 25, 1851. the General Assembly in joint session elected Oliver P. Morton, Indi
ana's future great war governor, as presiding judge to fill the vacancy caused by Judge
Elliott's resignation. William Dudley Foulke. of Richmond, in his admirable life of
Oliver P. Morton, says, Volume 1, page 17; "When, in 1852, a vacancy occurred in the
circuit which embraced Wayne County. Morton was, on February 23 of that year, elected
judge by that body (the General Assembly) without oppositioii^" Mr. Foulke is plainly
mistaken, as to the year, for the reason that the present constitution became effective
November 1. 1851, after which time the power to elect circuit judges was taken from the
General Assembly and placed directly with the people by popular vote and has since
continued until this Jay. Morton continued as judge for a short time only, when he
resigned and returned to the practise of law. A judgeship was hardly congenial to
Indiana's future great citizen and the new constitution coming into effect changed some-
what the whole court procedure.
ioo8 hazzard's history of henry county.
The Sixth Judicial Circuit from the time it was first organized in 1830, under-
went many changes. At first it consisted of the counties of Henry, Allen, Delaware,
iullvhart, Fayette, Randolph. Rush, Union and Wayne. As has been stated, when La
Grange County was organized (1832), it was "attached" to this circuit for judicial pur-
poses. As population increased the number of counties comprised in a judicial circuit
decreased, and when Judge Elliott resigned, in 1851, the district was composed o£ the
counties of Henry, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Randolph, Rush, Union and Wayne; and
so ends the sixth and last judicial circuit of which Henry County was a part under
the constitution of 181G.
]1IO(:r.\i>hi<;ai. — presiiunc .ir.'K;i;s.
Miles C. Ec&lestox presided at only a partial term of the court in Henry County,
and perhaps for but one day, from the fact that he proceeded to decide the first ques-
tion that came before the court without consultation with the "side judges," whereupon
Judges Stanford and Long, both very pronounced men, held a brief whispered consul-
tation and then announced that the opinion of Judge Eggleston, just rendered, was not
the judgment of the court. Judge Eggleston immediately left the bench and, taking-
his hat in hand, made a profound bow to the lawyers present, saying: "Gentlemen, I
see you have a court of your own here, and hence have no use for a judge, so that I
will take my departure," which he immediately did, and never returned. Judge Eggleston
lived fir'st at Brookville, and later at Centreville.
Bethi'el F. Morris was an earrly pioneer lawyer, settling at Indianapolis, where
he lived until his death, which occurred about the beginning of the Civil War period.
He was a presiding judge for a long time after Henry County ceased to be a part of his
circuit. His son, Samuel V. Morris, now residing in Minneapolis. Minnesota, married
twice; both of his wives were sisters of ex-President Benjamin Harrison.
Charles H. Test, of Centreville, was a son of John Test, of Brookville, who for
three terms represented in Congress the district of which Henry County was a part, as
is shown under the head of "Congressional Districts." The cause of Judge Test's resig-
nation was that he moved to Mobile, Alabama, to engage in the practise of the law, but
within a year returned to Centreville and in 1849 was elected Secretary of State by the^
General Assembly, serving a full term. 184S-53. Afterward he moved to LaFayette,
.where he-served for twelve. years as judge of the circuit court. Later he took up his.
residence in Indianapolis and served a term as judge of the Marion Criminal Court.
Late in life he moved to Vincennes, where he died in 1884, at the age of eighty four
years, at the home of his son, and is buried in the cemeterj- at Vincennes. General
John Coburn, of Indianapolis, married Judge Test's daughter.
Samuel Bigger, of Rushville. was a distinguished citizen, a leading jurist and one
of Indiana's most famous chief executives. While serving as judge of the judicial
circuit, of which Henry County was a part, ae was in 1840 elected Governor of Indiana,
by the Whigs and served a term of three years. His history is a part of that of the
State of Indiana.
James Perry, of Richmond, was a lawyer of note and a man of affairs. During-
the Civil War period he took an active part as an advocate and supporter of Governor
Morton. His son. General Oran Perry, now quartermaster general of Indiana, distin-
guished himself as Colonel of the 69th Indiana Infantry, and biographical mention is
made of him in a full account of that famous regiment published elsewhere in this
History.
Jehu T. Elliott's biography will be found in full in the succeeding chapter.
Oliver P. Morton's history is familiar to all as Indiana's great war governor.
associate .judges.
Term Beginning July 5. 1822, to July .5. 1829.
Thomas R. Stanford, commissioned from July 5. 1822. to July .5, 1S29; resigned
June 21. 1825.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IOO9
Elisha Long, commissioned from July 5, 1822, to July 5, 1829; resigned May
22, 1S2C.
John Anderson, elected to vacancy vice Stanford, resigned; commissioned from
August 16. 1825. to July 5, 1829.
Byram Cadwallader. elected to vacancy vice Long, resigned; commissioned from
August 19, 1826, to July 5, 1829.
Term Beginning July 5, 1829, to July 5, 1836.
John Anderson, commissioned from July 5, 1829, to July 5, 1836.
Byram Cadwallader, commissioned from July 5, 1829, to July 5, 1836; resigned in
the summer of 1834, exact date not given.
Jacob Thorp, elected to the vacancy vice Cadwallader. resigned; commissioned
from August 15, 1834, to July 5, 1836.
Term Beginning July 5, 1836. to July 5, 1843.
John Anderson, commissioned from July 5, 1836, to July 5, 1843; died in office,
probably in December, 1838, as the record of executive proceedings on file in the office of
the Secretary of State shows the following entry: "January 1, 1839, a writ of elec-
tion is issued to the sheriff of Henry County for the election of an associate judge vice
John Anderson, deceased."
Jacob Thornburgh, elected to vacancy vice Anderson, deceased; commissioned from
February 19, 1839, to July 5, 1843; died in office February 16, 1840.
Gabriel Cosand, elected to vacancy vice Thornburgh, deceased; commissioned April
16, 1840, to July 5, 1843.
Term Beginning July 5, 1843, to July 5. 1850.
Abraham Elliott, commissioned from July 5, 1843. to July 5. 1850; died in oflSce
September 14, 1848.
William W. Williams, elected to vacancy vice Abraham Elliott, deceased; commis-
sioned from January 17. 1849. to July 5, 1850.
James W. Crowley, commissioned from July 5, 1843, to July 5, 1850.
Abraham Elliott, who sat as an associate judge from July 5, 1843, until his death,
was the father of the presiding judge, Jehu T. Elliott.
Term Beginning July 5, 1850, to July 5, 1857.
William W. Williams, commissioned from July 5. 1850. to July 5. 1857.
Joseph Farley, commissioned from July 5, 1850, to July 5, 1857.
The office of associate judge ceased to exist November 1, 1851. when the present
constitution became effective.
Regarding the salary paid associate judges. Judge Martin L. Bundy informs the
author that it was first two dollars a day, for the time actually employed; later it was
increased to three dollars a day.
After political lines were drawn in the county (1835-71 no man other than a Whig
held the oflSce.
BIOGE.VPHIC.il, — ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Thomas R. Stanford was respectively associate judge, for several terms a member
of the lower house of the General Assembly, State senator, county commissioner and
acted as county surveyor for many years. His record as a county official in point of serv-
ice is only equaled by that of Jesse H. Healey. Judge Martin L. Bundy says of him:
"In my opinion. Judge Thomas R. Stanford must be regarded as the foremost citizen of
the county during the period in which he lived." He was born in Virginia, November
lOIO HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
23, 1794. When a child he came with his parents to Warren County, Ohio, where he
lived until his marriage, January 16, 1817, to Mary Arnet, when he immigrated to
Wayne County, Indiana, near Economy. In 1820, he moved to Madison County, settling
near Pendleton. In 1822 he came to Henry County and settled about three miles east
of New Castle on what is now known as the Millikan farm. He was elected one of the
first probate judges within a few months after he came into the county and continued
most active in public affairs until he retired from the office of county commissioner,
in 1860. He died January 4, 1869, and is buried. beside his wife in the Batson Cemetery,
Liberty Township. The late Dr. William M. Kerr, of Rogersville, married his eldest
daughter and child, Narcissa, and Mrs. Lycurgus L. Burr, of New Castle, is his grand-
daughter. Her son, Horace L. Burr, has filed with the Henry County Historical Society
an exhaustive sketch of Judge Stanford and to this the reader is referred for additional
Information concerning him.
, Elisha Long's name with biographical reference will be found in the Senatorial
list.
John Anderson was a farmer, living at Raysville. His death occurred while he
was in the prime of life and his remains were interred in the cemetery at Raysville.
Btkam Cadwalladee lived on what is now known as the Hudelson farm, three
miles north of New Castle. In 1832 he moved to Laporte County, where he died and
Is buried.
Jacob Thobp. the old bell maker, lived two miles south of Millville. In early
days it was the custom to bell the cows and other stock running at large, and Thorp
made the bells.
Jacob Thoknbdegh's biographical reference will be found published in connec-
tion with that of his son, John Thornburgh. in Chapter XI of this History.
Gabriel Cosand was a son of Benjamin and Mary Cosand, who came from North
Carolina to Henry County about 1825. The family, which was a large one, settled in
the northern part of Franklin Township, about half way between New Castle and
Lewisville. Samuel, John. Ellas, Nathan and William were brothers of Gabriel ; and
a sister named Miriam married Cyrus Wright; they resided in Wayne County, two
miles north of Richmond. Gabriel Cosand was born in North Carolina, February 13,
1799. On November 21, 1833, he was married to Sarah Wickersham. a daughter of
Caleb and half sister of Jethro Wickersham, the latter now living in Franklin Town-
ship. They were the parents of ten children, three of whom died in infancy. The
others were: Benjamin F., now residing in Kansas; Ellen M., now deceased, married to
Joseph H. White; Eunice, residing in New Castle; Cornelius W., a resident of Franklin
Township, who was a gallant soldier in the Civil War and whose record will be found
elsewhere in this History; Lydia. now deceased, who was married to Elvin Grnenstreet,
■of Howard County; Miriam, died at the age of twenty two years, and Aaron T., now
living in New Castle. Gabriel Cosand was a man of sterling integrity and great
purity of character. No man ever lived in Franklin Township who left at his death a
more enviable reputation. After serving as associate judge he was for several years
trustee of Franklin Township. He died May 22, 1881, and his wife died March 6. 1883.
Both are buried in Rich Square Cemetery.
Abraham Elliott's biographical reference will be found in connection with that
of his son, Judge Jehu T. Elliott, published in the succeeding chapter.
William W. Wiixiajis" name with biogi'aphical reference will be found in the Sena-
torial list.
James W. Crowley was a merchant at Greensboro, where he was postmaster for
tour years, as is shown in Chapter I of this History. He moved from Greensboro to
Howard County.
Joseph Farley was a farmer residing in Dudley Township, not far from the home
of Isaac Parker, in Franklin Township. The two men were close friends and it was
probably through the influence of Parker that Farley was elected associate judge.
Biographical reference to Isaac Parker will be found elsewhere in this History.
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JUDICIAL CIKCUITS UKDER THE TRESEXT CONSTITL'TION.
Seventh Judicial Circuit.
The General Assembly early under the present constitution enacted a law dividing
the State into ten judicial circuits. The Seventh Circuit consisted of the counties of
Henry, Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Jay, Randolph and Wayne. At the October election,
18.52, Joseph Anthony, of Muneie, was elected judge and commissioned to serve for a
full term of six years, to November 12, .1858. His competitor for the judgeship was
Jacob B. Julian, of Centreville. Judge Anthony was badly afflicted physically, walked
with great difficulty supported by two crutches and had to be assisted to and from the
bench. From this cause and possibly from others, the arrangement was highly unsat-
isfactory; accordingly, in 1855, when the State was re-districted for judicial purposes,
a special point was made to assign Henry County to a new circuit.
Tenth Judicial Circuit.
This circuit was created by act of the General Assembly, approved January 9,
1§55, and was composed of the counties of Henry, Jay, Randolph and Wayne. February
25, 1855. Governor Joseph A. Wright commissioned Jeremiah Smith, of Randolph
County, to serve as judge "until his successor was elected and qualified." At the
October election, 1855, Jehu T. Elliott, of New Castle, was elected as Judge Smith's
successor and commissioned to serve for six years, from October 20, 1855. to October
20, 1861. It is pertinent to state that annual elections prevailed under the present con-
stitution until about 1870, since which time all elections have been biennial.
At the October election, 1861, Judge Elliott was elected his own successor without
opposition, and commissioned to serve for six years, from October 21, 1861, to October
21, 1867. He resigned January 1, 1865, having been elected at the previous October
election a justice of the Supreme Court to serve for the full term of six years, from
January 3, 1865.
Silas Colgrove, of Winchester, was commissioned by Governor Morton, January 2,
1865, to fill the vacancy occasioned by Elliott's resignation "until the next general
election." Colgrove was well known in Henry County, having been prosecuting attorney
of the circuit 1852-4. In the Civil War he was lieutenant colonel of the Eighth Indiana
Infantry, three months' service, and afterward colonel of the 27th Indiana Infantry.
He greatly distinguished himself and at the close of the war he was made a brevet
brigadier general for gallant and meritorious services. At the October election, 1865,
Judge Colgrove was elected without opposition to succeed himself and commissioned
for the full term, from November 23, 1865, to November 23, 1871.
In 1867 the General Assembly created a new judicial circuit, or rather re-arranged
the existing circuits, which removed Henry County from the Tenth to the Seventh Circuit.
Seventh Judicial Circnit.
This circuit was created by a re-arrangement of the counties by an act of the
General Assembly, approved February 26. 1867, and was composed of the counties of
Henry. Delaware, Hancock and Grant. Joseph S. Buckles, of Muneie. had at the general
election of 1864 been elected judge of the Seventh Circuit, as it was then constituted, and
commissioned for a full term of six years, from December 22, 1864.
■ Joshua H. Mellett, of New Castle, was at the October election, 1870, elected judge
and commissioned for six years from October 24, 1870. He had no opposition in the
district.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.
This circuit was created by an act of the General Assembly, approved March 6,
1875, and consisted of the counties of Henry and Hancock. Judge Mellett continuing as
judge of the new circuit.
I0I2 HAZZARD S HISTORV OF HENRY COUNTY.
Robert L. Polk, of New Castle, was elected at the October election, 1S76, and
commissioned tor six years from October 24, 1876. He died in office. May 7, 1881.
Mark E. Forkner, of New Castle, was appointed judge until the next general election,
when he succeeded himself, being commissioned for six years from November 17, 18S2.
Here, by constitutional amendment, the election had been changed from the second
Tuesday in October to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
William H. Martin, of Greenfield, was elected at the November election. 1888, and
commissioned for six years from November 17, 1888.
Fifty Third Judicial Circuit.
By an act of the General Assembly, approved February 22, 1889, Henry County alone
was thereafter to be known "as the Fifty Third Judicial Circuit:" whereupon Governor
Alvin P. Hovey commissioned Eugene H. Bundy, of New Castle, judge, "to hold until
the next general election."
Eugene H. Bundy was elected as his own successor at the November election,
1890, and commissioned for a full term of six years from November 17, 1890.
William 0. Barnard, of New Castle, was elected at the November election, 189C.
and commissioned for six years from November 17, 1896.
John M. Morris, of New Castle, was elected at the election in November, 1902, and
commissioned for six years from November 17, 1902; present incumbent.
Judge Eugene H. Bundy, above mentioned, is the son of Judge Martin L. Bundy.
who was for two terms of four years each judge of the Common Pleas Court for Henry
County. His wife is the daughter of the late Judge Joshua H. Mellett, for six years
judge of the Henry Circuit Court. He is also a nephew of the late Judge Jehu T.
Elliott and a grandson of the latter's father. Judge Abraham Elliott, associate judge of
Henry County, 1843-8.
In 1851 the annual salary of a circuit judge was eight hundred dollars; the present
annual salary of the judge of the Henry Circuit Court is twenty-five hundred dollars.
The author has not ascertained the political complexion of either Judge Eggleston
or Judge Bethuel F. Morris; indeed, when they first held the office of judge there was
but one political party in the country, as is shown in the introduction to the preceding
chapter. Judge Morris' successor, Charles H. Test, became a Whig and all of his suc-
cessors with but two exceptions were of that political faith, or Republicans. The ex-
ceptions were Oliver P. Morton, who held the office for a short time in 1851, and who
did not leave the Democratic party until after the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
in 1854. and Judge Jeremiah Smith, Democrat, appointed February 25, 1855. by Joseph
A. Wright, then the Democratic Governor of Indiana.
bioghai'iiical — circuit court judges.
Joseph Anthony, Jeremiah Smith, Silas Colgrove, Joseph S. Buckles and William
H. Martin never resided in Henry County, hence this History will not go into biograph-
ical mention of them.
Joshua H. Mellett, Mark E. Forkner, Eugene H. Bundy, William O. Barnard and
John M. Morris are included in full and appropriate biographical reference in the suc-
ceeding chapter.
Robert L. Polk was born near Greensboro, Henry County. October 12. 1841. He
was the son of Robert H. and Hannah (Hodgin) Polk, who came from North Carolina
in the year in which Robert L. was born. His father was a farmer and at the same
time followed his trade of a gunsmith, which was very important in those days, the
use of fire arms being general in the early settlement of the county. In 1853 the family
located in New Castle, from which time young Polk made the best of his educational
privileges by attending the old seminary, then in charge of Ferris and Abbott. Subse-
quently he attended a commercial college at Cleveland, Ohio, and later Whitewater Col-
lege at Centreville, Indiana, from which he graduated. Meantime, he was studying for
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the legal profession and was admitted as a member of the Henry County bar in 1863.
Soon thereafter he formed a partnership with his legal preceptor, James Brown, which
continued until 1872, in which year he was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court
for the district of Henry, Hancock and Madison counties, which position he filled until
the court was abolished, as is shown under the head of Common Pleas Court in this
chapter. Leaving the bench, he resumed the practise of law in New Castle and continued
until he was elected judge of the Henry Circuit Court, as is shown in this article. He
died in office. May 7, 1881, and is buried in South Mound Cemetery. He" was an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his death was mourned by a large
circle of friends, by whom he was regarded as a model man, an excellent lawyer and
a just judge. He was married in New Castle, November 28, 1865, to Harriet, born
October 22, 1844, daughter of Reverend Milton and Eliza (Dorsey) Mahin, the former
being at that time pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church and long one of the most
earnest, eloquent and sincere ministers of that great denomination, now retired and
living in New Castle, enjoying, with his excellent wife in their declining years, the
comfort that comes to those whose lives have been devoted to ennobling thoughts and
Christian deeds. Robert L. and Harriet (Mahin) Polk were the parents of five chil-
dren— Paul; Mary, now Mrs. Dr. R. H. Ritter; George: Catharine, now Mrs. Dr. W. J.
Sandy: and Dudley. Mrs. Polk still survives and is living in New Castle.
PROBATE COURT.
The constitution of 1816 provided. Article 5. Section 1. that "the judicial power of
the State is in a supreme court, circuit courts and such other inferior courts" as the
General Assembly may establish. Accordingly there was established in the respective
counties probate courts, which, as the name implies, had jurisdiction of all wills, testa-
ments, executors, administrators, guardians and trustees for persons reon compos mentis;
in short, of all matters relating to decedents' estates. A judge of this court also had
authority to take acknowledgements, administer oaths, solemnize marriages, etc., etc.
This court was first established in Henry County in 1829. The term of office was
seven years. The court ceased to exist when the present constitution became operative,
November 1, 1851.
.Tri);:ES OF PRon.iTE.
Jesse H. Healey, commissioned from August 14. 1829, to August 14, 1836.
Samuel Hoover, commissioned from August 14, 1836, to August 14, 1843.
Ralph Berkshire, commissioned from August 14, 1843, to August 14, 1850.
Milton Wayman, commissioned from August 14. 1850, to August 14, 1857.
No man other than a Whig ever held the oifice.
The salary of the probate judge was principally fees, with probably a small
annual compensation.
HIO(iRAPHIC.\I. PROBATE -TrOGES.
Jesse H. Healey, Samuel Hoover and Ralph Berkshire are elsewhere appropriately
referred to in this History.
MiLTox Way.max was born in Covington, Kentucky, August 9, 1813. While yet
a young man he came with his brother, William, to Henry County, and settled on Blue
River, three miles north of New Castle, where they engaged in farming. Later they
moved to New Castle and engaged in the dry goods trade. During this time Milton
was elected probate judge. After the office wa^ abolished he, having always been a
very religious man, entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, joined
the regular conference and was called away from New Castle to the pastorate of a
church at some other place. At the time of his death, which occurred March 10, 1896, he
was superanuated and resided at Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana. His remains are
buried at Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana. His daughter. Mary Belle, is the wife
of Charles J. Keesling and they reside in New Castle. Dr. James V. Wayman. a noted
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physician and surgeon, formerly of New Castle and later of Cambridge City, was a
brother. William Wayman, above mentioned, was born July 7, 1817, in Campbell County,
Kentucky. He died in New Castle, April 26, 1856. His wife, Fidelia (Clawson) Wayman,
was a noble Christian woman, who long survived him, dying in New Castle, February 2,
1904, at the age of eighty four years, having been born January 30, 1820. He is buried in
the old cemetery and she in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle. They were the par-
ents of a large and interesting family. Dr. John C. Wayman, of New Castle, the eldest
son, was as gallant a soldier in the Civil War as ever shouldered a musket. His full
military record is set out in this History. Another son is the retired grocer. Alonzo R.
Wayman, of New Castle.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Under the constitution of ISIG the office of prosecuting attorney was a statutory
one. The term of office at first appears to have been for one year, and later it was for
two years, perhaps three. Under the present constitution the office became a constitu-
tional one, as is provided in Article 7, Section 11, the term of office being for two years.
The names of prosecuting attorneys for the several judicial circuits, of which
Henry County was at any time a part, together with the names of their respective
counties and the dates of service, are as follows:
Lot Bloomfleld, (Wayne), 1822; James Gilmore, (Henry). 1823; Abraham Elliott,
(Henry), 1824; Harvey Grigg, (Marion), 1825; Calvin Fletcher, (Marion), 1826; James
Whitcomfe, (Monroe), 1827; Charles H. Test. (AVayne), 1828: Samuel C. Sample, (Wayne),
1828; William W. Wick, (Fayette), 1829; James Perry, (Wayne), 1830; William J.
Brown, (Rush), 1831-7; Samuel W. Parker, (Fayette), 1837-9: David Macy, (Henry),
1839-41; Martin M. Ray, (Wayne), 1841-3; Jehu T. Elliott, (Henry), 1843; Samuel E,
Perkins, (Wayne), 1844; Jacob B. Julian, (Wayne), 1844-6; John B. Stitt, (Wayne),
1846-8; Joshua H. Mellett, (Henry), 1848-52; Silas Colgrove, (Randolph), 1852-4: Elijah
B. Martindale, (Henry), 1855; Thomas M. Browne, (Randolph), 1855-62: James N.
Templar, (Delaware), 1862-7; Lemuel W. Gooding, (Hancock), 1867; David W. Cham-
bers, (Henry), 1868-73; Charles M. Butler, (Henry), 1873-5; William F. Walker, (Henry),
1875-7; Joseph M. Brown, (Henry), 1877-9; Charles M. Butler, (Henry), 1879-81; Leoni-
das P. Newby, (Henry), 1881-3; George W. Duncan, (Hancock), 1883-7; William 0. Bar-
nard, (Henry), 1887-93; Frank E. Beach, (Henry), 1893-7;. WTighter R. Steele, (Henry),
189V-1901; Ed. Jackson, (Henry), from January 1, 1901, to January 1, 1906; George M.
Barnard, (Henry), conimissioned from January 1, 1906, to January 1, 1908; present in-
cumbent. He is the son of William O. Barnard, who held the office 1887-93.
The change of the term of this office in Henry County was occasioned very often
by change of the judicial circuit. In the earlier history of the county some of the
prosecuting attorneys above mentioned were appointed for a term of court or more on
account of the absence of the regularly elected prosecuting attorney. It has been found
impossible on account of the many changes in this office from the causes above men-
tioned to set out the term of the office with the same precision as that of the circuit
judge.
Since political lines were drawn in elections (1835-7), no man other than a Whig
or Republican has ever held the office in any judicial circuit of which Henry County
was a part with the exception of Charles M. Butler, of Knightstown, in 1873-5, and
again in 1879-81. The circumstances regarding Mr. Butler's two elections were briefly
as follows: When he was first elected the Republican candidate was Eli N. Smith, of
Knightstown, the manner of whose nomination gave much offense to the Republicans of
the circuit (Henry and Hancock counties), with the result that he was defeated. Mr.
Butler's second election was brought about by the fact that there was a disagreement
among the Republicans of the two counties as to which county should have the can-
didate. Joseph M. Brown, of Henry, and Alexander Black, of Hancock, were both can-
didates, which gave the election to Mr. Butler. The salary of the prosecuting attorney
is five hundred dollars per annum and fees.
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MEMORANDA — I'KOSEcaTINQ ATTORKEYS.
Silas Colgrove, Thomas M. Browne, David W. Chambers, Charles M. Butler, Joseph
M. Brown and William P. Walker were soldiers in the Civil War. The last four named
were from Henry County and their service will be found appropriately set out else-
where in this History.
Lot Bloomfield, James Gilmore and Abraham Elliott were among the first attorneys
to practise law in New Castle.
David Macy, Jehu T. Elliott, Joshua H. Mellett, David W. Chambers and Leonidas P.
Newby represented Henry County in the General Assembly.
Charles H. Test, James Perry, Jehu T. Elliott, Silas Colgrove. Joshua H. Mellett and
William 0. Barnard became judges of the Henry Circuit Court, Abraham Elliott an
associate judge, and Elijah B. Martindale judge of the Common Pleas Court.
Jehu T. Elliott and Samuel E. Perkins became justices of the Supreme Court of
Indiana.
William W. AVick, Samuel W. Parker and Thomas M. Browne became members of
Congress, the two last named for the district of which Henry County was a part.
Browne represented Randolph County in the State Senate and after the Civil War
was United States District Attorney for Indiana and RepubMcan candidate for Governor
in 1872.
James Whitcomb became Governor of Indiana during the Mexican War period and
was afterward United States Senator. His statue is one of the four on the circle sur-
rounding the great Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis.
■David W. Chambers. Charles M. Butler, Joseph M. Brown, Leonidas P. Newby, Wil-
liam 0. Barnard. Frank E. Beech, Ed. Jackson and George M. Barnard are now living
in Henry County and all of them engaged in the practise of the law with the exception
of Joseph M. Brown, who Is the clerk of the Henry Circuit Court.
Hai;vey Grigg, Calvin Fletcher, Samuel C. Sample, William J. Brown, Martin M.
Ray and Jacob B. Julian, not above mentioned, were eminent men in their respective
counties.
John B. Stitt, James N. Templar, Lemuel W. Gooding and George W. Duncan were
prominent legal lights In their several localities and were active practitioners at a
later period than the pioneer lawyers last mentioned.
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
The present constitution of Indiana provides: Article 7, Section 1, that "the judi-
cial power of the State shall be vested in a supreme court, in circuit courts and in such
other courts as the General Assembly may establish." Accordingly, the General As-
sembly, at Its first session under the present constitution, by an act approved May 14,
1852, established the common pleas court, which was intended to cover practically the
same functions exercised by the old probate court. The office of district attorney was
also created and attached to this court, the term of office being two years. However,
the jurisdiction of this court was afterward from time to time much enlarged. The
term of office was four years. Henry County alone was made a district by the act
above mentioned.
•TUDGISS OF THE COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Martin L. Bundy, commissioned from November, 1852, to November, 1856. The
candidates for the office were Martin L. Bundy, Edmund Johnson and Ralph Berkshire.
Martin L. Bundy was re-elected without opposition and commissioned from No-
vember, 1856, to November, 1860.
The district attorneys during Judge Bundy's term of eight years were Elijah B.
Martindale, James Brown. Thomas B. Redding and Miles L. Reed, each having been
elected to serve for two years; it appears, however, that Redding resigned and Reed
was appointed in his place and afterward "elected.
ioi6 hazzard's history of henry county.
By the time of the October election, 18C0, the district had beerf enlarged to con-
sist of the counties of Henry, Hancock, Decatur, Madison, and Rush. William Grose
was elected. He resigned in the Autumn of 1861 to enter the army as colonel of the
36th Indiana Infantry. Elijah B. Martindale was appointed to fill the vacancy until
the next general election, October, 1861. David S. Gooding, of Greenfield, was elected
to fill the unexpired term of Judge Grose.
The district attorneys under Judges Grose, Martindale and Gooding were Wil-
liam R. Hough, of Greenfield, and Daniel W. Comstock and James B. Martindale. of New
Castle. The first two were elected to serve lor two years each. Comstock resigned in
December, 1863, to enter the army, as a private, in Company E, Ninth Indiana Cavalry,
and Martindale was appointed to the vacancy.
William R. West, of Anderson, was elected at the October election, 1864, and
commissioned from November, 1864, to November, 1868. He was re-elected in 1868, and
commissioned from November. 1868, to November, 1872. During Judge West's first
term the district was made to consist of Henry, Hancock and Madison counties and so
continued until the court was abolished.
The district attorneys during Judge West's two terms were James B. Martindale,
of New Castle; Calvin D. Thompson, of Anderson, and William F. Walker and Joseph
W. Worl, of New Castle. Calvin D. Thompson was the only Democrat who ever held
the office.
At the October election. 1872. Robert L. Polk, of New Castle, was elected and
commissioned from November, 1872, to November, 1876.
This court was abolished by an act of the General Assembly approved March 6,
1873, all business being transferred to the Circuit Court.
Washington Sanders, of Anderson, was elected district attorney in 1872. and served
until the court was abolished.
The annual salary of the Common Pleas Judge in 1852 was $800. In 1860 it was
increased to $1,000. WTien the court was abolished, in 1873, it was $1,500. The salary
of the district attorney was principally fees, with a small annual compensation.
BIOcr.APniC'AL — CO5IM0N PLEAS COl^RT.
David S. Gooding. William R. Hough, William R. West, Calvin D. Thompson and
Washington Sandei-s, either judge or district attorney of the Common Pleas Court,
never lived in Henry County. Biographical mention of them Is therefore omitted.
William Grose. Miles L. Reed. Daniel W. Comstock and William F. Walker were
soldiers in the Civil War. Their service is appropriately set out elsewhere in this
History.
Martin L. Bundy, Ralph Berkshire. William Grose. James Brovni. Miles L. Reed and
Daniel W. Comstock are the subjects of biographical reference in another part of this
History.
EDMt'XD Johnson was born at Plainfield. Windham County, Connecticut, November
20, 1813. He received an excellent education, first attending the common school at
Plainfield, afterward Brownsville Academy, in his native State, and later the famous
Yale College. He came to New Castle in 1839. after having spent about one year at
Centreville, Indiana, where he taught one or two terms of school, and for a part of
the time was a surveyor on the Whitewater Canal, and also read law with the late
Martin M. Ray. He at once began the practise of the law in New Castle and the late
Judge Joshua H. Mellett was a student in his office. He stood very high in the legal
profession; was a fluent conversationalist; physically, was an exceptionally fine speci-
men of manhood, and had a personal bearing which, while genial and kindly, forbade
undue familiarity. He took great delight in gentlemanly discussion of political and
current events, and socially and professionally was held in greatest regard by his ac-
quaintances and friends. He was not a member of any religious denomination, nor of
any secret organization. In political affiliation he was a life-long Democrat and recog-
nized by his party associates as a leader. In "1862 and again in 1874, he was the nomi-
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nee Of his party for a seat in Congress from the district of which Henry County was
a part, but was defeated. He was a charter member and stockholder of the First National
Bank and later one of the organizers and directors of the Citizens' State Bank, of New
Castle. In the later years of his life he devoted his attention to the care and cultivation
of his two farms, one southwest of New Castle near the corporation line, and the
other in Rush County, about two miles south of Lewisville. In 1846 he was married to
Frances Chorne, who was born in Rush County in 1831; her parents were George and
Mary (Ferryman) Chorne, who settled in Rush County in 1828. Eight children were
born to Edmund and Frances (Chorne) Johnson — Aggeiliese, died in infancy; India M.,
now deceased, married to Asa Hatch; Mary C, wife of Jacob C. Cope, residing at Cam-
bridge City; George S., deceased; Olive W.. now deceased, married to George R. Mur-
phey, of New Castle; Frances S., deceased; Bertha B., a resident of New Castle, and Ed-
mund P., engaged in business In Chicago. Edmund Johnson died March 23, 1876. his
widow surviving him many years, dying December 27, 1896. Both are buried in South
Mound Cemetery.
Ei.i.T.\n B. Mahtindale, judge, and his brother. James B., district attorney, were
sons of the Reverend Eli.1ah Martindale, who came from Wayne County in 1832 and set-
tled on Flatrock. four miles southeast of New Castle. The elder Martindale was a pio-
neer minister of the Disciples or Christian Church, formerly called Campbellites, and
was for fifty years, until his death, the central figure in that denomination in Henry
County. He and his wife lived to a ripe old age, dying in New Castle and were buried
In South Mound Cemetery. Elijah B. Martindale was bom in Wayne County, Indiana,
August 22, 1828. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to John Taylor, whose daugh-
ter, Emma, he subsequently married, to learn the trade of a harness maker. While work-
ing at this trade he acquired a fair education and studied law under the tutelage of
Judge Joshua H. Mellett, whose law partner he subsequently became. He was in 1855
prosecuting attorney of the district of which Henry County was a part. In May, 1862,
he moved to Indianapolis, where he has since continued to reside and where he is widely
and favorably known.
Ja:mes B. Makti.xdale was born in Henry County March 30. 1836, and died in Brook-
lyn, New York, May 17, 1904. In September, 1857, he married Ann Elizabeth, daughter of
James and Charlotte McAfee, who was born July 29, 1837, and died in September. 1872.
James B. read law with his brother above mentioned and practised his profession in
New Castle. In 1868 he organized the Martindale Law and Collection Association, which
in 1871 he transferred to Indianapolis, a few years later to Chicago and afterward to
New York, where the agency is now conducted under the name of The Martindale Mer-
cantile Agency by his two sons, George B. and Barton W.. S. From the small beginning
in New Castle in 1868 this agency has grown to be one of the leading mercantile com-
panies in the United States. James B. Martindale and his wife are buried in South
Mound Cemetery.
Thoma.s B. REnDi>-G was born in Henry County, December 27, 1831. His parents,
Iredell and Anna (Nixon) Redding, were among the early immigrants to the county,
coming from North Carolina. After attending the common schools and the Henry County
Seminary he entered Asbury University, where he graduated in 1854. He began his career
as a school teacher at the age of sixteen. After leaving college he taught school in Rich-
mond. Indiana, for one year. He next took charge of the New Castle Seminary for one
year and at the expiration of that time became editor oMhe New Castle Courier. Mean-
time he had been reading law and abandoned school teaching to practise his profession.
In 1858 he located in Chicago, but two years later returned to New Castle, where he con-
tinued to reside until his death, April 11, 1895. He served as trustee of Asbury, now
DePauw. University, at Greencastle, Indiana, and always exhibited a deep interest in
educational matters. He was a very religious man and spent a great deal of his time
and money in the furtherance of the cause of the Methodist Episcopal Church with
which he was so long actively identified. On December 2, 1858, he was married to
Sarah W.. daughter of Reverend Elijah Corrington. of the Central Illinois Methodist
Episcopal Conference. She was born in 1831 and died August 17, 1887. They were the
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parents of three daughters — Ailsie, born March 5, 1861, died in infancy: Rosa Mary, born
July 28, 1862; Alice Gray, born July 14, 1865, died August 18, 1870. Mr. Redding, his
■wife and deceased daughters are buried in South Mound Cemetery.- Rosa Mary Redding
was married June 24, 1886, to Charles N. Mikels, a leading attorney of New Castle, who
was interested with Charles S. Hernly in locating the Indianapolis, New Castle and
Toledo electric railway line. Mrs. Mikels is a graduate of the New Castle High School
and DePauw University and is now and has been for fifteen years principal of the New
Castle High School. She is universally conceded to be the most competent lady educator
who ever held that position. Mr. and Mrs. Mikels have one daughter, Ailsie Hester,
born March 14, 1888. In 1866-7 George Hazzard, the author of this History, read law
in New Castle in the oiHce of Thomas B. Redding.
William F. Walker is a son of Alvius Walker, who was one of the early settlers
of Henry County, locating in Franklin Township where William F. was born about 1835.
The latter was educated in the country schools and in early manhood studied law in the
office of James Brown at New Castle. He pursued his studies in a Cincinnati law school
and began the practise of his profession in New Castle. He was married about 1860 to
a sister of Robert B. Carr, former sheriff and clerk of Henry County. In 1879 he moved
to Wichita, Kansas, where he now resides.
Joseph W. Worl is a native of Liberty Township. His father was John Worl, a
farmer who so long lived in the neighborhood of old Chicago, where he was so well and
favorably known and where he accumulated several hundred acres of rich farming land.
Joseph W. attended school at Dublin, Wayne County, then in New Castle and later entered
the law office of Thomas B. Redding as a student. After practising his profession in
New Castle until 1877, during which time he served as prosecuting attorney, he moved to
Nebraska. There he engaged in the banking and grain business for several years in the
towns of Firth and Sterling, Later he located in Oklahoma Territory, where he now
resides and is engaged in operating a cotton gin, conducting a bank and buying grain.
He is widely known in the territory as a public-spirited, successful and broad-minded
citizen.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The first constitution, effective November 7, 1816. when Indiana became a State, but
not recognized by Congress until December 11, 1816, provided, article 3, section 1, that the
"legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall
consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, both to be elected by the people."
Section 3 provided for the election of Representatives as follows: "The Representa-
tives shall be chosen annually by the qualified electors of each county respectively on
the first Monday of August."
Section 5 provided for the election of Senators as follows: "The Senators shall
be chosen for three years on the first Monday in August by the qualified votes for Rep-
resentatives."
Section 25 provided that the "first session of the General Assembly shall commence
on the first Monday of November next {1816J, and forever after the General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday in December everj^ year and at no other period unless di-
rected by law or provided for by this constitution." The convention which framed the
first constitution of the State, at Corydon, was presided over by Jonathan Jennings, after-
wards the first Governor. This convention concluded its labors June 29, 1816. The date
first above given, November 7. 1816, is the day when Indiana was first declared a State by
the General Government.
While the term of olfice of a State Senator was for three years, yet some of them did
not serve for that period as representatives of Henry County. Amaziah Morgan, of Rush
County, in his second term, represented Henry County in but two of the three annual
sessions of the General Assembly, from the fact that Henry County was taken out of
the district with Rush and placed in a new district composed of Henry, Hancock and
Madison counties. Elisha Long, of Henry County, was elected in 1831 and re-elected in
1834, yet he ser%'ed in but one annual session of the three for which he was elected in
his second term.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IOI9
The author, having made an examination of all the data bearing on this subject,
finds that Long resigned after having served in the first annual session of his second
term and then moved to Brookville. Franklin County. Mr. Long, or General Long as
he was called on account of his connection with the Indiana Militia, was appointed one of
the State Commissioners, having charge of the proposed internal improvements then
about to be undertaken by the State. He was assigned to take personal charge of the
construction of the old Whitewater Canal, from Connersville to Cincinnati, and in order
that he might have the matter under his personal supervision he resigned and went to
Brookville as above stated. He afterwards became a member of the General Assembly
from Franklin County, and also served as treasurer of said county. He was a son of the
old Revolutionary soldier, Christopher Long, who is buried near the Boyd school house
in Liberty Township, and was the father of Judge Elisha Van Buren Long, now of Los
Vegas, New Mexico.
Thomas Bell, of Madison County, who was elected as Long's successor, possibly to
fill the unexpired term, represented Henry County in but one session, that of 1835, when
Hancock and Madison counties were made a separate district and Henry alone for the
first time constituted a Senatorial district.
From this time until the formation of the new constitution. Heni-y County alone
was continued as a Senatorial district and each of the Senators served full terms of
three years. All sessions of the General Assembly under the old constitution were con-
tinued into the year succeeding that in which they began.
STATE SENATOES UNDER TOE FIRST CONSTITUTION.
James Gregory, of Shelby County, elected in 1823. Served in the eighth, ninth and
tenth sessions of the General Assembly, 1823-4-5. The Eighth session was the last held
at Corydon, the first capital of the State. It was during the Ninth session that the capi-
tal was moved to Indianapolis. The first entry of public business at Indianapolis is
dated January 10, 1825. The district represented by Gregory consisted of the counties of
Henry, Hamilton, Johnson, Marion, Madison, Rush and Shelby.
Amaziah Morgan, of Rush County, elected in 1826. Served in the Eleventh and
Twelfth sessions, ] 826-7. District. Henry. Allen. Randolph and Rush counties. At this
time there was no organized county north of Randolph to Allen, and the latter was the
only organized county in the State north of the line drawn east and west in the present
boundary on the north of Randolph County. Morgan also represented the same district,
with Delaware County added, in the thirteenth regular session, 1828. Delaware County
( unorganized ) embraced the whole of the New Purchase, by act of the General Assembly,
January 2, 1820, but the present county of Delawai'e was not organized until January 16,
1827, by an act of the Genei-al Assembly. The New Purchase was a vast tract of land
in the center and on the east side of the State, relinquished by the Indians to the General
Government and the State of Indiana. Morgan was again elected in 1829 and served in
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth sessions, 1829-30; district composed of Henry and Rush
counties.
Elisha Long, of Henry County, elected in 1831. Served in the Sixteenth, Seven-
teenth and Eighteenth sessions, 1831-2-3; district, Henry, Hancock and Madison counties;
re-elected in 1834; served in the Nineteenth regular session, 1834; district same as above;
resigned as previously stated.
Thomas Bell, of Madison County, elected in 1835. Served in the Twentieth session,
1835; district, Henry, Hancock and Madison counties.
Thomas R. Stanford, of Henry County, elected in 1836. Served in the Twenty first.
Twenty second and Twenty third sessions. 1836-7-8, Henry County alone constituting the
district, as it continued to do until the adoption of the new constitution in 1851.
Jehu T. Elliott, elected in 1839. Served in the Twenty fourth. Twenty fifth and
Twenty sixth sessions, 1839-40-1.
Thomas R. Stanford, elected in 1842. Served in the Twenty seventh. Twenty
eighth and Twenty ninth sessions, 1842-3-4.
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Eli Murphey elected in 184S. Served in the Thirtieth, Thirty first and Thirty second
sessions, 1845-6-7.
George Evans elected in 1S4S. Served in the Thirty third, Thirty fourth and Thirty
fifth sessions, 184S-9-50.
Ezekiel T. Hickman elected in 1851. Served in the Thirty sixth session only. He
was the last State Senator serving under the constitution of 1816, and the last Democrat,
since 1834. when General Long resigned, to represent Henry County in the Senate. But
for the adoption of the new constitution. 1851, he would have served two years longer.
THE IIEXKI!,\L ASSf.MBLY UMJER THE XEW CONSTITUTIOX.
The present constitution of the State which became effective November 1, 1851, pro-
vides, article 4, section 1; "The legislative authority of the State shall be vested in the
General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The
style of every law shall be, 'Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana.'
and no law shall be enacted except by bill."
Section 2. "The Senate shall not exceed fifty nor the House one hundred members."
Section 3. "Senators shall be elected for the term of four years and Representa-
tives for the term of two years from the day next after the general election."
Members of the General Assembly were first elected on the second Tuesday of
October, until 1881, when the constitution was changed making the general election fall
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Section 9. "The sessions of the General Assembly shall be held biennially on the
Thursday next after the first Monday in January. 1S53, and every second year thereafter
* * * * the Governor * * * * may * * call a special session.
From Senator William W. Williams to Senator lAither W. Hess. Henry County alone
constituted a Senatorial district.
The biennial sessions of the Legislature are limited to sixty days.
ST.VTE SENATORS IXDER THE PRE.SENT C0.\STITUTI0?{.
William W. Williams, elected in 1852. Served in the Thirty seventh and Thirty
eighth regular sessions 1S53-5.
Isaac Kinley, elected in 1856. Served in the Thirty ninth regular session. 1857;
in a special session November 20 to December 15, 1858, and in the Fortieth regular ses-
sion, 1859.
Joshua H. Mellett, elected in 1860. Served in the Forty first regular session. 1861;
In a special session April 24 to June 2. 1861. and in the Forty second regular session.
1863.
Milton Peden, elected in 1864. Served in the Forty third regular session. 1865; re-
signed at the close of the session to accept the Colonelcy of the 147th Regiment Indiana
Infantry.
Thomas Reagan, elected in October, 1865. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Colonel Peden. Served first in a special session which convened November
15 to December 22, 1865. and in the Forty fourth regular session, 1867.
Luther W. Hess, elected in 1868. Served in the Forty fifth regular session. 1869;
in a special session April 8 to May 17. 1869, and in the Forty sixth regular session, 1871 ;
district composed of Henry and Hancock counties. This district continued through the
Senatorial terms of William R. Hough and Benjamin Shirk.
William R. Hough, of Hancock County, elected in 1872. Served first in a special ses-
sion November 13 to December 22, 1872. and afterwards in the Forty seventh and Forty
eighth regular sessions, 1873-5. and later in a special session, March 9 to March 14, 1875.
Benjamin Shirk elected in 1876. Served in the Forty ninth regular session, 1877;
in a special session March 8 to March 15. 1877, and in the Fiftieth regular session. 1879.
At the Fiftieth regular session the district was changed to that represented by Senator
Bundy.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HEXRY COUNTY. I02I
Eugene H. Bimdy, elected in 1S80. Served in the Fifty first regular session, 1881;
in a special session March 8 to April 15, 1881, and in the Fifty second regular session,
1S83; district, Henry, Delaware and Randolph counties. This district continued during
the first session of Senator Macy's term.
John W. Macy, of Randolph County, elected in 1884. Served in the Fifty third
regular session, 1885, and in a special session March 10 to March 13, 1885.
James N. Huston, of Fayette County, elected in 1884 to represent the counties of
Rush, Fayette and Union. The State was redistricted at the session of 1885 and a new
district formed consisting of the counties of Henry and Fayette, and thus Senator Huston
represented Henry and Fayette counties in the Fifty fourth regular session in 1887. This
district continued through the Senatorial term of William Grose.
William Grose, elected in 1888. Served in the Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth regular
sessions, 1889-91.
Leonidas P. Newby, elected in 1892. Served in the Fifty seventh and Fifty eighth
regular sessions, 1893-5; re-elected in 1896. Served in the Fifty ninth and Sixtieth regu-
lar sessions. 1897-9; district Henry, Fayette and Union counties. This district continued
through the Senatorial term of Albert U. Oghorn.
Albert D. Ogborn, elected in 1900. Served in the Sixty first and Sixty second regu-
lar sessions, 1901-3.
Edward E. Moore, of Fayette County, elected in 1904. Served in the Sixty third
regular session. 1905; term of office extends through the Sixty fourth regular session,
1907. However. Senator Moore will not represent Henry County, as at the Sixty third
regular session a new district was formed consisting of the counties of Henry and Madi-
son. A Senator will be elected for the district at the November election, 1906.
jAMEg Gregory and Amaziah Morgan, the first and second Senatorial representatives
of Henry County, were very closely identified with the early history of the State.
General Elisha Long is fully mentioned in the text preceding the list of State
Senators.
Thoma.s Bell was a well known citizen of Madison County.
Thomas R. Stanford was respectively associate judge, county commissioner, mem-
ber of the lower house of the General Assembly and county surveyor. He was one of the
earlier citizens of the county who seemed to have possessed in a full degree the confidence
of the people. Further reference is made to him under the head of Associate Judges.
Jehu T. Elliott was the eminent jurist so long Judge of the Henry Circuit Court
and afterward a Justice of the State Supreme Court. A full biographical sketch of Judge
Elliott will be found elsewhere in this History.
Ei.i MuuriiEv was born in North Carolina May 5, 1811, and came with his parents
to Henry County in 1823. He was identified with the growth of the county seat from its
inception and gave largely of his time and talent to its material prosperity. He studied
law together with the late Judge Jehu T. Elliott at Centreville and began the practise
of his profession at the age of 22 in New Castle. During the cholera epidemic of 1833
he was a faithful and constant attendant upon the suffering. While a member of the
State Senate in 1845 he reported and advocated the bill chartering the New Castle and
Richmond railroad, was earnest in his efforts to build the road and after its completion
acted as treasurer of the company for some time. In the various official positions to
which his fellow citizens elected him he was a very capable man and the records in the
county clerk's office written by him are models of conciseness and beautiful penmanship.
For forty years he was an earnest, honest, enterprising citizen and his life work was
always well and faithfully carried out. He was for nearly ten years clerk of Henry
County, and served three sessions (1845-6-7) in the State Senate to which he was elected
as a Whig but later in life became a Democrat. He was ma'rried in 1835 to Rebecca Car-
penter, and five children were born to them— one daughter. Caroline, now deceased, and
four sons, namely, William H., Henry C. Charles P. and George R. Henry C is engaged
I022 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
in business in Chicago and the three other sons are prominent in the business life of New
Castle; William H. is a manufacturer, George R. cashier of the First National Bank, and
Charles P., a prominent jeweler. Eli Murphey died September 11, 1S77, and Rebecca
(Carpenter) Murphey died September 11, 1899. Both are buried in South Mound
Cemetery.
George Evans was a rugged Henry County pioneer who emigrated from North
Carolina and lived for many years in Spiceland Township. Politically he was early
classed as a moderate Whig. In 184S the Whigs of Henry County nominated as their
candidate for State Senator, Robert M. Cooper, of Raysville. The manner of Mr. Cooper's
nomination, or at least some facts connected with it, caused much dissatisfaction and
accordingly Mr. Evans became an independent candidate. This was the year wnen
the Free Soil Democrats, the Free Soil Whigs and the Abolitionists joined m a conven-
tion at Buffalo. New York, and nominated ex-President Martin Van Buren for President
and Charles Francis Adams (Whig) for Vice President. After this convention, the
Democrats of Henry County determined to support Evans for State Senator, he having
in the meantime issued an address to the people of the county which was received -Bith
much favor by the Democrats. Evans was elected by a small majority. While ii} the
State Senate he was considered a moderate Democrat and acted with that party. On
the formation of the Republican party he became a Republican and so continued until
his death. He was an active member of the Friends' Church at Spiceland. Owen Evans,
who prior to the Civil War moved to Minnesota and went into the army from that State —
his military service being elsewhere in this History appropriately set out — was his son.
After the war Owen Evans returned to Henry County and was for nearly six years deputy
auditor under Seth S. Bennett. Later he moved to Arkansas, where he died and is buried.
EzEKiEL T. HicKsiAN came from West Virginia to Henry County about 1831, identi-
cal with the time that the Beavers, Hickman, lee, Mellett and Veach families came, so
numerously, from Monongalia and Marion counties. West Virginia, and settled in Prairie
Township. Senator Hickman was for many years, and at the time of his election, a pros-
perous farmer living on the main road to Muncie at the upper end of what is known as
the Harvey neighborhood, eight miles north of New Castle, his election to the Senate
being due to the fusion movement fully set out in the introduction to the preceding chap-
ter. He was always an uncompromising Democrat and as such was the only Democratic
representative from Henry County in the State Senate, excepting George Evans just
above mentioned, since party lines were drawn in the county (1835-7). The author is
unable to classify the politics of Senators Gregory, Morgan and Bell. Aside from these.
Senators Long. Evans (independent) and Hickman are the only Democratic Senators.
Late in life Mr. Hicliman sold his farm and moved to New Castle, where he remained
until his death, leaving behind him an enviable reputation. His two sons are highly
prosperous business men, at present conducting a department store in Muncie.
Wn.i.iA:v[ W. Williams was a prominent citizen and active Whig who lived first at
Knightstown, where he operated a tanyard and then at Ogden in the mercantile business.
He was one of the last associate judges, serving from January 17. 1849, until the office
was abolished. See Associate Judges in this chapter. He moved to Madison County and
died there.
Isaac Kixley was one of Henry County's most distinguished Civil War soldiers.
In Chapter XVI of this History will be found full biographical reference to him.
Joshua H. Mellett was one of Henry County's most distinguished citizens and
foremost lawyers. Elsewhere in this History will be found a full biographical sketch of
Judge Mellett.
MiLTox Peden was another of the county's distinguished soldiers. In Chapter
XXII of this History will be found a' full biographical sketch of Colonel Peden. His wife
died July 3, 1905, and is buried in the old cemetery. Knightstown. Indiana.
Thomas Reagan and other members of the Reagan family came to Greensboro at a
very early day from North Carolina. The first and second postmasters at Greensboro,
as shown in Chapter I of this History, were William and Thomas Reagan, brothers of
Wiley Reagan, who was the father of the Senator. Immediately preceding the Civil War,
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO23
Senator Reagan built the fine residence and large store room at Greensboro which still
stands as a monument to his enterprise. In the Winter of 1881-2, Thomas Reagan and
Morgan James organized at Greensboro an emigration movement to Nebraska. The party
consisted of the following named persons and their families, all of whom settled in Polk
County, Nebraska, near Osceola, the county seat: Thomas Reagan, Morgan James (fa-
ther of Leander M. James, the well-known auctioneer of New Castle), Ambrose B. Bar-
nard, Harper Byers, Cornelius Dillee, Josiah Fentress, Jasper James, Prank Wilson, Lewis
Walton and perhaps others. Thomas Reagan resided there until his death. Morgan
James returned to New Castle after about twenty years and died at the home of his son,
Leander M. James, November 2, 1897, and is buried in Addison Cemetery in Rush County,
two and one-half miles south of Knightstown. Mr. Barnard returned to Greensboro,
where he now lives, the owner of a saw mill, and is also engaged in farming. The others
all remained in Nebraska. Thomas Reagan in company with Milton Peden. Daniel Har-
vey, George W. Goodwin, Isaac Howard, George W. Woods and others comprised a party
who sought the gold fields of California in 1849. They returned within two years. Mr.
Reagan was a merchant in Greensboro from that time until he moved to Nebraska.
Lltther W. Hess was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, December 12. 1821, of
which State his parents, Thomas and Matilda (Scott) Hess, were natives. Thomas Hess
was born in 1790 and his wife in 1789. They came to Henry County about 1829 and set-
tled in Prairie Township, afterward moving to Harrison Township, where the mother
died in 1868 and the father in 1870. Luther W. Hess began the study of medicine in the
office of Dr. Horn at Middletown, in 1845, where he practised his profession until 1852,
when he moved to Cadiz and throughout the remainder of his life enjoyed an extensive
practise. He was an earnest, honest, intelligent man who had the respect and confidence
of the people throughout Henry County. July 4, 1847, he was married to Phoebe A. Pick-
ering. Of their four children but two are living: Angelina M., born December 20, 1852,
widow of Dr. Walter A. Boor, of New Castle, to whom she was married September 24,
1873, and Frank C, born June 1, 1856, who was married November 30, 1882, to Lena,
daughter of Daniel and Malinda Harvey, pioneers of Henry County. Frank C. succeeded
to his father's practise on the death of the latter which occurred March 8. 1883, and
stands high in his profession and in the esteem of the people of Harrison Township.
William R. Hough was, and is now, a leading attorney residing in Greenfield.
Bek.tamin Shirk was for eight years 'clerk of the Henry Circuit Court. Biograph-
ical reference to him will be found elsewhere in this History.
Eugene H. Bundt was. in 1884, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
afterward Judge of the Henry Circuit Court and is now one of the leading attorneys of
New Castle. A full biogi-aphical sketch of Senator Bundy will be found elsewhere in this
History.
JoHx W. Mact was an attorney residing at Winchester and is the present judge of
the Randolph Circuit Court. In the Civil War he was a gallant soldier in Company A,
S4th Indiana Infantry.
James N. Huston was a resident of Connersville and for several years chairman
of the Republican National Committee. He was Treasurer of the United States under
President Benjamin Harrison.
William Grose reached the highest rank of any soldier from Henry County in the
Civil War. In Chapter IX of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of htm.
Leokidas p. Newby is the well-known lawyer, banker and politician residing at
Knightstown.
Albert D. Ogborn was a Captain in the Spanish-American War. In Chapter XXXI
of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of him.
Edward E. Moore, at the time of his election, was editor of the Weekly Courier at
Connersville.
In April, 1864, Colonel George W. Lennard, then in the field with his regiment, the
57th Indiana Infantry, was nominated by the Republicans, or as they then styled them-
selves, the Union party, for State Senator. He would have been elected at the October
election following, but unfortunately he was killed at Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864, and
I024 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
-Milton Peden. then Captain of Company K. 06th Indiana Infantry, was nominateJ vice
L,ennard. In Chapter XXIX of this History will be found a full biographical sketch of
Colonel Lennard.
HOUSE OF KEl'RKSENTATIVES f.VLIER TUE FIKST CONSTITUTION.
Thomas Hendricks, of Shelby County, elected in 1823. Served In the Eighth regu-
lar session, 1823; re-elected in 1824. Served in the Ninth regular session, 1824; district
Henry, Decatur, Rush and Shelby counties, which continued the same through the Tenth
regular session.
Thomas R. Stanford, elected in 1825. Served in the Tenth regular session, 1825.
Elisha Long, elected in 182G. Served in the Eleventh regular session, 1826; re-
elected in 1827. S,erved in the Twelfth regular session, 1827; re-elected in 1828. Served
in the Thirteenth regular session, 1828; district, Henry, Hamilton, and Madison counties;
re-elected in 1829. Served in the Fourteenth regular session, 1829; district, Henry, Ham-
ilton, Hancock and Madison counties, and all the country north to the State line not at-
tached to any other district. Long was re-elected in 1830. Served in the Fifteenth
regular session, 1830; district same as in 1829.
William Conner, of Hamilton County, was the joint representative in the Fourteenth
regular session, 1829.
Thomas Bell, of Madison County, was the joint representative in the Fifteenth regu-
lar session. 1830.
Thomas R. Stanford, elected in 1831. Served in the Sixteenth regular session, 1S31:
re-elected in 1832. Served in the Seventeenth regular session, 1832; re-elected in 1833.
Served in the Eighteenth regular session. 1833; re-elected in 1834. Served in the Nine-
teenth regular session, 1834. Henry County alone constituted the district for the foui-
terms above, as also through the Twentieth regular session.
David Macy, elected in 1835. Served in the Twentieth regular session, 1835.
David Macy and Richard Henderson, elected jointly in 1836. Served in the Twenty
nrst regular session, 1836. Henry County alone constituted the district and so continued
with joint representatives in all succeeding sessions under the first constitution, except
the last one, tor which session there was but one representative elected, Isaac H. Morris.
David Macy and Miles Murphey. elected jointly in 1837. Served in the Twenty second
regular session. 1837.
Robert M. Cooper and Jesse H. Healey, elected jointly in 1838. Served in the Twen-
ty third regular session, 1838.
Ralph Berkshire and Robert M. Cooper, elected jointly in 1839. Served in the
Twenty fourth regular session, 1839.
Thomas R. Stanford and David C. Shawhan. elected jointly in 1840. Served in the
Twenty fifth regular session, 1840.
Robert M. Cooper and Joel Reed, elected jointly in 1841. Served in the Twenty
sixth regular session, 1841.
Isaac Parker and Simon Summers, elected jointly in 1842. Served in the Twenty
seventh regular session, 1842.
Robert I. Hudelson and Joel Reed, elected jointly in 1843. Served in the Twenty
eighth regular session, 1843.
John W. Grubbs and Isaac Parker, elected jointly in 1844. Served in the Tw-enty
ninth regular session, 1844.
Marble S. Cameron and Samuel Cofiin, elected jointly in 1845. Served in the Thir-
tieth regular session, 1845.
John Powell and Simon Summers, elected jointly in 1846. Served in the Thirty
first regular session, 184G.
Samuel Coffin and Jesse W. Baldwin, elected jointly in 1847. Served in the Thir-
ty second regular session, 1847.
Martin L. Bundy and William A. Rifner, elected jointly in 1848. Served in the
Thirty third regular session, 1848.
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Samuel W. Stuart and Simon Summers, elected jointly in 1849. Served in the Thir-
ty fourth regular session, 1849.
Isaac H. Morris, elected in 1851. Served in the Thirty sixth regular session, 1S51.
Butler Hubbard and Russell Jordan, elected jointly in 1850. Served in the Thirty
fifth regular session, 1850.
IIOl'.SE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
Joseph Yount and James S. Ferris, elected jointly in 1852. Served in the Thirty
seventh regular session. 1853. During this and all subsequent sessions under the present
constitution, Henry County alone constituted the district, unless otherwise specified.
Luther C. Mellett and Milton Peden, elected jointly in 1854. Served in the Thirty
eighth regular session, 1855.
Nathan H. Ballenger and William Grose, elected jointly in 1856. Served in the
Thirty ninth regular session, 1857.
Joshua H. Mellett, elected in 1858. Served in a special session from November 20
to December 15, 1858, and in the Fortieth regular session. 1859.
Martin L. Bundy, elected in 18G0. Served in the Forty first regular session, 1861,
and in a special session April 24 to June 2, 1 861.
Charles D. Morgan, elected in 1862. Served in the Forty second regular session,
1863.
David W. Chambers, elected in 1864. Served in a special session November 13 to
December 22, 1864. and in the Forty third regular session, 1865: re-elected in 1866.
Served in tne Forty fourth regular session, 1867.
John R. Millilain, elected in 1868. Served in the Forty fifth regular session, 1869.
and in a special session April 8 to May 17, 1869.
George F. Chittenden, of Madison County, elected in 1868. Served in the Forty fifth
regular session, 1869, and in a special session April 8 to May 17. 1869; district, Henry
and Madison counties. This representation was in addition to the member (John R.
Millikan) elected from Henry County alone. Thomas S. Lines. John O. Hardesty, Addi-
son R. A. Thompson, Joseph T. Smith and Exum Saint were respectively members from
this joint district, in addition to the member elected from Henry County alone.
John R. Millikan, elected in 1870. Served in the Forty sixth regular session, 1871.
Thomas S. Lines, elected in 1870. Served in the Forty sixth regular session. 1871.
John Hedrick, elected in 1872. Served in a special session November 13 to Decem-
ber 22, 1872. and in the Forty seventh regular session, 1873.
John O. Hardesty, of Madison County, elected in 1872. Served in a special session
November 13 to December 22, 1872, and in the Forty seventh regular session, 1873.
Mark E. Forkner, elected in 1874. Served in the Forty eighth regular session, 1875,
and in a special session March 9 to March 14, 1S75.
Addison R. A. Thompson, elected in 1874. Served in the Forty eighth regular ses-
sion, 1875, and in a special session March 9 to March 14. 1875.
Charles S. Hubbard, elected in 1876. Served in the Forty ninth regular session.
1877, and in a special session March 6 to March 14, 1877.
Joseph T. Smith, of Madison County, elected in 1876. Served in the Forty ninth
regular session, 1877, and in a special session March 6 to March 14, 1877.
Charles S. Hubbard, elected in 1S78. Served in the Fiftieth regular session, 1879.
Bxum Saint, elected in 1878. Served in the Fiftieth regular session, 1879.
William M. Bartlett, elected in 1880. Served in the Fifty first regular session,
1881, and in a special session March — to April 16, 1881.
Isaac Franklin, of Madison County, elected in 1880. Served in the Fifty first regu-
lar session, 1881, and in a special session March 8 to April 16, 1881; district, Henry, Han-
cock and Madison counties. This district continued through the terms of joint repre-
sentatives, Henry Marsh and Joseph Franklin, the representation being in addition to
that of Henry County alone.
John A. Deem, elected in 1882. Served in the Fifty second regular session, 1883.
Henry Marsh, of Hancock County, elected in 18S2. Served in the Fifty second reg-
ular session, 1883.
I026 hazzard's history of henry county.
John A. Deem, elected in 1S84. Served in the Fifty third regular session, 1885, and in
a special session March 10 to April 13, 1885.
Joseph Franklin, of Madison County, elected in 18S4. Served in the Fifty third
regular session, 1885, and in a special session, March 10 to April 13, 1885.
William A. Brown, elected in 1886. Served in the Fifty fourth regular session, 1887.
William Grose, elected in 1S86. Served in the Fifty fourth regular session, 1887;
district, Henry and Fayette counties. The district continued through the two terms of
Jefferson H. Claypool.
William A. Brown, elected in 1888. Served in the Fifty fifth regular session, 1889.
Jefferson H. Claypool, of Fayette County, elected in 1888. Served in the Fifty fifth
regular session, 1889.
John M. Morris, elected in 1890. Served in the Fifty sixth regular session, 1891.
Jefferson H. Claypool, of Fayette County, elected in 1890. Served in the Fifty sixth
regular session, 1891. There was no joint representative from this district again until
1896, when Francis T. Roots was elected.
Thon.as N. White, elected in 1892. Served in the Fifty seventh regular session,
1893.
Erastus L. Elliott, elected In 1894. Served in the Fifty eighth regular session, 1895;
re-elected in 1896. Served in the Fifty ninth regular session, 1897.
Francis T. Roots, of Fayette County, elected in 1896. Served in the Fifty ninth
regular session, 1897.
George W. Williams, elected in 1898. Served in the Sixtieth regular session, 1899.
Benjamin S. Parker, elected in 1900. Served in the Sixty first regular session, 1901.
■ Otho Williams, elected in 1902. Served in the Sixty second regular session, 1903.
Levi Ulrich, elected in 1904. Served in the Sixty third regular session, 1905.
The last session of the General Assembly, the one which convened in January, 1905,
is numbered on the journal of the General Assembly and was referred to generally in
the public press as the Sixty fourth regular session. This is an error, and the session
last held should be numbered the Sixty third regular session. This error in numbering
the sessions has been continuous since 1861 and arose from the fact that the special ses-
sion. April 24 to June 2, 1861, was numbered the Forty second regular session, whereas
it should have had no number but should have been treated as a special session of the
Forty first regular session. In the report of Union B. Hunt. Secretary of State in 1902,
page 363, he called attention to this error and attempted to correct it. but notwithstand-
ing this the sessions have continued to be erroneously numbered.
mOGEAPHlCAI,.
Elsewhere in this History will be found biographical reference to Thomas R. Stan-
ford, Elisha Long, Miles Murphey, Jesse H. Healey, Ralph Berkshire. Joel Reed, Isaac
Parker, John W. Grubbs, John Powell. Jesse W. Baldwin, Martin L. Bundy, Joseph Yount,
James S. Ferris. Milton Peden, Nathan H. Ballenger, William Grose, Joshua H. Mellett,
Charles D. Morgan, David W. Chambers. John R. Millikan, Mark E. Forkner. John A.
Deem, William A. Brown, Erastus L. Elliott and Benjamin S. Parker.
The following who have represented Henry County as a part of a joint district in
the lower branch of the General Assembly never lived in Henry County, therefore this
History has no concern with their biographies: Thomas Hendricks, Shelby County;
William Connor, Hamilton County; Thomas Bell, George F. Chittenden, John 0. Har-
desty, Joseph T. Smith, Isaac Franklin and Joseph Franklin. Madison County; Henry
Marsh, Hancock County; Jefferson H. Claypool and Francis T. Roots. Fayette County.
D.\viD Macy, born in North Carolina, December 25, 1810, was one of the early at-
torneys of New Castle, coming from Wayne County in 1832, and was very decidedly a
man of affairs. During his service as a representative in the Gefieral Assembly from
Henry County he was a leading advocate of internal improvements then undertaken by
the State, such as building canals, opening highways across the State, etc. (railroads not
then being considered). In 1838 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the Sixth Judicial
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 102/
District of which Henry County was a part. In 1840 he moved to Lawrenceburg, where
he resided until 1852, when he moved to Indianapolis. During his residence in Law-
renceburg he was mayor of the city and represented Dearborn County in the General As-
sembly. At Indianapolis he formed a law partnership with David McDonald. In 1855 he
was elected president of the Indianapolis and Peru railway, now a part of the Lake Erie
and Western system. From this time until he retired from active business he gave his
attention to railroads and banking. He died May 29, 1892. His only daughter, Caroline,
is the wife of Volney T. Malott, a leading banker and very wealthy citizen of Indianap-
olis.
RrcH.^RD Henderson was a well-known citizen of Greensboro, where he was post-
master for nearly ten years, being succeeded in the office by his wife, as is shown in
Chapter I of this History. He was the father of Isom P., Richard T. and Henry H. Hen-
derson, three as gallant soldiers as went from Henry County to the Civil W^r or as
ever wore the uniforrO of their country. The military record of each of the three is
appropriately set out in this History.
RoiiEnx M. Cooi'ER was a lawyer who lived in Raysville for twenty five years, until
his death in 1849. He had a brother named Silas who for many years lived in Ogden and
was justice of the peace, notary public, and later an attorney.
Davio C. Shawhan resided in Fall Creek Township, where he was a farmer and
general trader and in his day a very active man. He served as County Commissioner
from 1837 to 1840.
SiMox Summers was a farmer and leading citizen of Fall Creek Township and a
man very highly esteemed. He belonged to the well-known family of that name long
so prominent and influential in and around Middletown.
Robert I. Hudelson came from Kentucky and settled first in Rush County just south
of Ogden. Later he moved to Ogden. where he lived when he was elected to the General
Assembly. He afterward moved to Knightstown, where he lived at the time of his death.
He married a daughter of Waitsel M. Gary, original proprietor of Knightstown, and was
himself interested in two additions to that town. John Waitsel Hudelson, a soldier of
the Civil War in Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry, now living in Knightstown, is his
son.
Marble S. Cameron was an enterprising citizen of Knightstown. His three sons,
William M., John D. and Joseph B. Cameron, whose service is elsewhere appropriately
set out, were soldiers in the Civil War. The first two named are deceased. Joseph B.
was deputy treasurer of Henry County under Robert M. Grubbs, is a musician of excel-
lent at'tainment and is now connected with a leading wholesale music house in Indian-
apolis.
Sajuel Coffin lived for many years in Stony Creek Township. Late in life he
moved to Minnesota, where he died and is buried.
Samuel W. Stewart was a pioneer resident of Dudley Township and a leading
member of the Society of Friends.
Russell Jordan resided for a long time about a mile southwest of Blountsville.
He was a man of much influence and greatly respected throughout the county. His
daughter, Mrs. Erastus Burch, whose husband was a soldier in the Civil War, now lives
on the home farm. A son, Anthony W. Jordan, who was also a soldier in the Civil War,
lives in Blountsville.
Isaac H. Morris, who was elected under the fusion of 1S51, was the only Democrat
to represent Henry County since Miles Murphey, then a moderate Democrat, was elected
in 1837. He was from Wayne Township, a brother of John Morris, father of John M.
Morris, present Judge of the Henry Circuit Court. He was the only member elected from
Henry County who died while the legislature was in session.
Luther G. Mellett was a member of the well-known family of that name in Prairie
Town.^hip. A genera! biography of the Mellett family will be found elsewhere in this
History in a biographical sketch of the late Judge Joshua H. Mellett, who was a brother
of Luther C. George W. Woy. who was a soldier in the Civil War. married a daughter of
Luther C. Mellett. and Randolph H. Mellett, who served in the navy on a gunboat in the
Mississippi River, is a son, who now lives near Denver, Colorado.
I028 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Thomas S. Lines, commonly called "Uncle Tommy, " was a Baptist minister who
moved from Fayette County, where he was once sheriff, and settled in the northern part
of Prairie Township, about 1850. He served as Treasurer of Henry County in 1S73-5,
and continued to reside in New Castle for several years thereafter. He then returned to
Prairie Township, where he lived until his death. His son, Elijah H., died at home near
Luray while a soldier in the Civil War, serving as a private in Company C, 5th Indiana
Cavalry, and whose name will be found in the Roll of Honor in this History. Wilson R.
and Squire N., sons of Elijah H. Lines, reside in the village of Messick and each has
served as postmaster there. The first-named is a well-known stock buyer, the other is
the merchant of the village.
John Hedrick lived in Franklin Township, three miles northwest of Lewisville,
where the family has been prominent for many years. Soon ,after serving in the Gen-
eral Assembly he moved to Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska, where he became a
merchant and took an active part in politics. He died and is buried there.
Addison R. A. Thompson lived for many years on a farm immediately south of
Blountsville. He was a large landholder in Henry. Wayne and Randolph counties and
was possessed of*much personal property; indeed he was considered one of the wealthy
men of the county. During the Civil War, he was very active in support of the State and
National governments and as a token of his admiration for the great war governor he
named his son, Oliver P. Morton Thompson. This son inherited largely of his father's
property but died soon after his father passed away. A son of Oliver P. M. Thompson
now lives on the old home farm above mentioned. About 1870 Mr. Thompson became
dissatisfied with the Republican party and joined the Granger and Greenback movements
in which he was very active. In a fusion of the Democrats and other elements opposed
to the Republican party he was elected to the General Assembly. Exum Saint, a lawyer
in New Castle, can be classed politically with Mr. Thompson. Neither of them can be
designated a Democrat.
Charles S. Hubbard has exemplified throughout his long and useful career the
value of time carefully spent and of well directed ambition, that has made that part of
the great world in which he has lived the better, happier and more prosperous for his
being a part of it. Born in Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, September 1, 1S29, the second
of twelve children of Richard and Sarah (Swain) Hubbard, although bereft from birth
of a right hand, the indomitable will that has characterized his life early displayed itself,
so that from the age of ten years when with his parents he came to Henry County and
located just east of Knightstown he has steadfastly and courageously carried out his
carefully planned determination to prosper and be of benefit to mankind. Notwithstand-
ing the infirmity spoken of he was able as a boy to plow, chop wood and do almost all
kinds of work on the farm. This same energy enabled him to acquire a fair education
and by teaching school in the Winter months he earned enough money to enter the
Friends' boarding school, now Earlham College, Richmond, where he remained for three
terms, at the end of which he entered his father's store in Raysville as a clerk. Later
he purchased his father's interest in the store and conducted the business until 1862
when he sold out and retired. A year later he and Timothy Harrison, of Richmond,
opened a dry goods store in Knightstown, and for several years they did a large and
successful business. He was for four years one of the trustees of the Soldiers' and Sail-
ors' Orphans' Home, a State institution about two miles south of Knightstown. In 1868
as one of the board of managers of Earlham College, he canvassed several States and
raised a large sum of money as an endowment fund for that institute of learning. He
was for a number of years one of the directors of the First National Bank of Knighis-
town. While a member of the General Assembly, he procured the passage of a bill pro-
viding a home for feeble minded children of the State and locating it in connection with
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home above mentioned, which has since been de-
tached, moved to Fort Wayne and much enlarged. He has for a great many years been
active and indefatigable in church and Sunday school work, a life-long member of the
Society of Friends and for a number of years was a minister in that church. Since
1890 he has been vice-president and organizing agent of the American Humane Education
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO29
Society of Boston, Massachusetts. It is his duty to travel and organize humane societies
and bands of mercy among the children in the public schools. In this capacity he has
traveled throughout all New England, every State in the South except Florida, and gen-
erally throughout the West. The brick residence that he now occupies in Raysville was
built by him forty seven years ago and he has occupied it continuously ever since. Mr.
Hubbard had four brothers in the Civil War— Henry, Edwin, George and Joseph B. The
military record of all of them is appropriately set out in this History. Henry was killed
in battle and his name and the circumstances of his death will he found in the Roll of
Honor.
Mr. Hubbard was married in November, 1S50. to Martha, daughter of Toms and
Millicent White, of Washington County, Indiana. Two sons and tour daughters were
born to them: Francis T., born January 9, 1852, now in the railway mail service and
residing at Benton Harbor. Michigan: Mary Alice, born January 6, 18.54, now Mrs. Mat-
thew S. L.owden, of Dakota City, Iowa: Ellen, born May 31, 1S56, a most accomplished
stenographer holding a position with the Drainage Board in Chicago at a salaiy of $1,200
a year: Henry, born February 26, 1865, died in infancy; Elizabeth T., born December 8,
1868, residing at home with her parents: Estella H.. born March 20. 1870, now the wife of
Aubrey C. Wilkinson, who is associated in business in Knightstown with his father,
Thomas B. Wilkinson. Mr. Hubbard has seven grandchildren and two great grandchil-
dren living, the latter being the grandchildren of his son, Francis T.
WiLi.i.\ji M. Barti.ett was born May 15, 1826, in Clermont County. Ohio, of sturdy
English-Scottish stock. In 1839 he came with his parents to Milroy. Rush County. Indi-
ana: Here making the most of his meagre opportunities he acquired a fair education.
He taught school for a time and at the age of eighteen began the study of medicine and
in 1847 "hung out his shingle" in Raleigh, Rush County. There on April 20, 1848, he was
married to Elizabeth J. Shepler. born October 2, 1832. They were the parents of six
children, namely: Laura, now of Indianapolis, widow of Thomas W. Hall, a former
promineDt business man of Lewisville. whose remains are buried in the cemetpry there;
Rebecca, who died at the age of six years: Claudius G.. one of the leailing physicians
of Lewisville: Hala (Bartlett) Cortelyow, of Bentonville, Fayette County, who has three
children, Laura, Rilla and He'en: Andrew C, who married Sebbie M. Wood, of Richmond,
and who was at the time of his death, July 10, 1904, a successful physician of New Cas-
tle; James A., a prominent farmer of Franklin Township, who married Jennie Vernon,
of Lewisville; they have one son, Claude M., who is assistant cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of Lewisville, and two daughters. Maude and Hazel Fern; William E. is the
youngest son. Dr. William M. Bartlett moved from Rush County to Ijewisville in 1864
and continued the practise of medicine. He built up a large practise and was not only
one of the most successful medical practitioners of the county but also a man who had
great influence in molding public opinion on all questions affecting local. State and Na-
tional interests. He was a very liberal man. but believed also in accumulating a suffi-
ciency of this world's goods to provide for the proverbial rainy day and at the time of
his death whjch occurred May 26, 1892, he was possessed of several hundred acres of
fine farming land in addition to other valuable property. His wife died April 13, 1898,
and their remains rest in the cemetery at Raleigh, Rush County, five miles south of
Lewisville.
Thomas N. White was born in North Carolina October 25, 1818. He became an
orphan at an early age and came with an elder brother to Henry County in 1832. He re-
mained with his brother for many years and about the age of twenty one years began
to farm on his own account. In 1843 he bought the farm in Franklin Township on
which he resided at the time of his death, April 2, 1899. He was married April 25, 1844,
to Lydia Parker, a daughter of Robert and Marian (Bell) Parker, who were among the
early settlers of Wayne County, where Mrs. White was born April 15, 1827. Eleven
children were born to them— Maria J., deceased: Mary A., widow of Professor William
W. White, now living in Germantown, Pennsylvania: Alpheus E., who lives on the old
home farm: Esther A., married to Professor George White, but is now deceased; Robert
A., a farmer living one mile northeast of Lewisville; David 0., a farmer living in Han-
1030 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
cock County: Rebecca E., deceased; Dora, now Mrs. Absalom Knight, living in Oklahoma
Territory; Thomas W., a farmer living two miles northeast of Lewisville; Edward N..
a farmer living two miles northwest of New Castle; one child died in infancy. Mr.
White was industrious and methodical and was held in high regard throughout the
county. He gave the same intelligent and honest care to all affairs of the people when
serving in an ofBcial capacity that he rigidly adhered to in private life. He served as
county commissioner for six years, as is shown under the head of County Commissioners
in the preceding chapter. Thomas N. and Lydia (Parker) White were members of the
Society of Friends. The latter died November 15, 1898. Both are buried in Rich Square
Cemetery, in Franklin Township.
Geobge W. Williams was born on a farm near Cleveland. Hancock County, October
14, 1846. His father, Richard Williams, was a substantial pioneer farmer of that county
who died when the son was but three years old, leaving the early education and training
of the latter to the pious and gentle though firm and thorough care of the mother, and it
was largely through her tender and solicitous guardianship that he received that moral
training which has remained as his guiding star through life. He was educated in the
common schools of Greenfield and Knightstown with a year's course in the high school.
At the age of seventeen he was a teacher in a district school and for about ten years
thereafter devoted the Summer months to farming and the Winter time to teaching. He
married, in 1S69, Sarah E. Barnett, of Knightstown. In 1872. in partnership with his
brother. Ellison Williams, and his mother's brother, John O. Hatfield, he engaged in the
mercantile business in Knightstown. This establishment he has continued ■with chang-
ing partnership, up to the present time. The firm now consists of himself and two sons.
Charles and Edward B. Williams. They do a large retail business, amounting in vol-
ume to at least seventy five thousand dollars a year and have occupied one location, the
southeast comer of JIain and Jefferson streets in Knightstown since 1872. Recently in
consequence of fire destroying the old building, a new and modern structure to accommo-
date the growing trade of the firm has taken its place.
Otho Wiluajis was born and reared in Wayne County. He early embraced the re-
ligious faith commonly known as the Disciples or Christians, formerly called Campbell-
ites, of which denomination he became a minister, preaching at Mooreland and perhaps
at other points in the county. After his election to the General Assembly he took up his
residence in New Castle, but in the Fall of 1904 he moved to New Jlexico, where he now
resides.
Levi XJleich, present incumbent, is a well-known citizen and business man of
Greensboro.
SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TERRITORIAL AND STATE.
TERKITOBIAL — DATE OF MEETING.
First session at Saint Vincennes. January 12, 1801; Second, at Saint Vincennes,
January 30, 1802; Third, at Saint Vincennes, February 16, 1803; Fourth, (data not ob-
tainable) ; Fifth, at Borough of Vincennes. July 29. 1805; Sixth, at Borough of Vincennes,
November 3, 1806; Seventh, (data not obtainable); Eighth, at Town of Vincennes, Sep-
tember 26, 1808; Ninth, (data not obtainable): Tenth, at Town of Vincennes, November
12, 1810; Eleventh, at Town of Vincennes, November 11, 1811: Twelfth, at Town of Vin-
cennes, , 1812; Thirteenth, at To^-n of Vincennes, February 12, 1813: ad-
journed meeting at Corydon, December 6. 1813; Fourteenth, at Corydon in August. 1814;
Fifteenth, at Corydon, December 4, 1815,
GEN-EBAL AXD SPECIAL SESSIONS U^•DEB THE CONSTITUTION OF 1816.
The sessions from the firet to the eighth, inclusive, were held at Corydon; all other
sessions were held at Indianapolis. All dates are inclusive.
First session, November 4, 1816, to January 3, 1817; Second, December 1, 1817, to
January 29, 1818; Third, December 7, 1818, to January 2, 1819; Fourth, December 6,
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO3I
1819, to January 22, 1820; Fifth, November 27, 1820, to January 9, 1821; Sixth, Novem-
ber 19, 1821, to January 3. 1822; Seventh. December 22, 1822, to January 11, 1823; Eighth,
December 1. 1823, to January 31, 1824; Ninth, January 10, 1825. to February 12, 1825;
Tenth, December 5, 1825, to January 21, 1826; Eleventh, Deceml)er 4. 1826, to January
7, 1827; Twelfth, December 3, 1827, to January 24, 1828; Thirteenth, December 1, 1828,
to January 24, 1829; Fourteenth, December 7, 1829, to January 30, 1830; Fifteenth, De-
cember 6, 1830. to February 10. 1831; Sixteenth, December 5, 1831. to February 3, 1832;
Seventeenth, December 3, 1832, to February 4, 1833; Eighteenth, December 2. 1833, to
February 3. 1834; Nineteenth, December 1, 1834, to February 9, 1835; Twentieth, De-
cember 7, 1835, to February 8. 1836; Twenty first, December 5, 1836, to February 6, 1837;
Twenty second, December 4. 1837, to February 19, 1838; Twenty third, December 3, 1838,
to February 16, 1839; Twenty fourth. December 2, 1839, to February 24, 1840; Twenty
fifth, December 7, 1840, to February 15, 1841; Twenty sixth, December 6, 1841, to Janu-
ary 31, 1842; Twenty seventh. December 5, 1842. to February 13, 1843; Twenty eighth,
December 4, 1843. to January 15. 1844; Twenty ninth, December 2. 1844, to January 13,
1845; Thirtieth, December 1, 1845. to January 20. 1846; Thirty first, December 7, 1846,
to January 28. 1847; Thirty second. December 6. 1847, to February 17, 1848; Thirty third,
December 4, 1848. to January 5, 1849; Thirty fourth, December 3, 1849. to January 21.
1850; Thirty fifth. December 3. 1850. to February 14. 1851; Thirty sixth. December 1.
1851, to June 21, 1852. As this was the last session preceding the adoption of the new
constitution it was probably prolonged on that account.
EEliULAR SE.S.SIONS UXDER PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
Thirty seventh session, January 6, 1853. to March 7, 1853; Thirty eighth, January 4,
1855. to March 5, 1855; Thirty ninth, January 8, 1857, to March 9, 1857; Fortieth, January
6, 1859, to March 7, 1859; Forty first, January 10, 1861, to March 11, 1861; Forty 'second.
January 8. 1863, to March 9, 1863; Forty third, January 5, 1865, to March 6, 1865; Forty
fourth. Jajiuary 10. 1867, to March 11, 1867; Forty fifth, January 7, 1869. to March 8,
1869; Forty sixth, January 5, 1871, to February 27, 1871; Forty seventh, January 9, 1873,
to March 10, 1873; Forty eighth. January 7. 1875. to March 8, 1875; Forty ninth. January
4, 1877, to March 5. 1877; Fiftieth, January 9, 1879. to March 10, 1879; Fifty first, Janu-
ary 6, 1881, to March 7, 1881; Fifty second. January 4. 1883. to March 5, 1883; Fifty third,
January 8, 1885, to March 9, 1885; Fifty fourth, January 6, 1887, to March 7 ,1887; Fifty
fifth, January 10, 1889, to March 11, 1889; Fifty sixth, January S, 1891, to March 9. 1891;
Fifty seventh. January 5. 1893. to March 6. 1893; Fifty eighth, January 10, 1895, to March
11, 1895; Fifty ninth, January 9, 1897, to March 8, 1897; Sixtieth, January 5. 1899, to
March 6, 1899; Sixty first, January 10, 1901, to March 11, 1901; Sixty second. January 8,
1903, to March 9, 1903; Sixty third, January 5, 1905, to March 6, 1905.
SPECIAL SE.SSIONS UNDER THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
(1) November 20. 1858, to December 15, 1858; (2) April 24, 1861, to June 2, 1861;
(3) November 13, 1865, to December 22, 1865; (4) April 8, 1869, to May 17, 1869; (5)
November 13, 1872, to December 22, 1872; (6) March 9, 1875, to March 14, 1875; (7)
March 6, 1877, to March 15, 1877; (8) March 11, 1879. to March 31, 1879; (9) March 8.
1881, to April 16, 1881; (10) March 10, 1885. to April 13. 1885.
For explanation of variance in numbering the sessions of the General Assembly, see
page 1023 of this History, immediately following the name of Levi Ulrich, present Repre-
sentative from Henry County.
HENRY COUNTY IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Henry County has formed a part of the several Congressional districts and has
been represented in Congress as follows;
THIRD DISTRICT, 1822 TO 1831.
Henry, Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Randolph, Ripley, Switzerland,
Union and Wayne counties. Representatives— John Test, Whig, Brookville, 18th and
1032 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
19th Congress, March 4, 1823, to March 4, 1827; Oliver H. Smith, Whig, Connersville.
20th Congress, March 4, 1827, to March 4, 1829; John Test, Whig, Broolvville, 21st Con-
gress, March 4. 1829, to March 4, 1831.
Tllllil) DISTKKT, 1831 TO 1833.
Henry, Allen, Decatur, Delaware, Dearborn, Franklin, Fayette, Randolph, Ripley
Rush, Switzerland, Union and Wayne counties. (To this district was attached all the un
organized territory now embraced in the counties ot Jay, Blackford, Adams, Wells, Whit
ley. Noble, DeKalb, Steuben, LaGrange and a part ot Grant and Huntington.) Represent
ative — Jonathan McCarty. Whig. Connersville, 22d Congress, March 4, 1831, to March 4
1833.
FIFTH DI.'^TIiKT. 1833 TO 1843.
Henry, Allen. Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Huntington, LaGrange, Randolph, Union
and Wayne counties. ( This district when first organized embraced the unorganized ter-
ritory afterward incorporated into the counties of Jay, Blackford. Wells, Adams, Whit-
ley, DeKalb, Noble and Steuben). Representatives — Jonathan McCarty, Whig, Conners-
ville, 23d and 24th Congress, March 4, 1833, to March 4, 1837; James Rariden, Whig, Cen-
treville, 25th and 26th Congress, March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841; Andrew Kennedy, Demo-
crat, Muncie, 27th Congress, March 4, 1841, to March 4, 1843.
FoiRTii u;sTKrcT. 1843 to 18.53.
Henry, Fayette. Union and Wayne counties. Representatives — Caleb B. Smith.
Whig, Connersville,, 28th, 29th and 30th Congress, March 4, 1843, to March 4, 1849; George
W. Julian, Free Soiler, Centreville, 31st Congress, March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1851; Sam-
uel W. Parker, Whig, Connersville, 32d Congress, March 4. 1851, to March 4, 1853.
FIFTH niSTIilCT. 1853 TO 1869.
Henry, Delaware, Fayette, Randolph. Union and Wayne counties. Representatives
—Samuel W. Parker, Whig, Connersville, 33d Congress, March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1855;
David P. Holloway. Whig. Richmond. 34th Congress, March 4, 1855, to March 4, 1857;
David Kilgore, Republican, Yorktown, 35th and 36th Congress, March 4, 1857, to March 4,
1861; George W. Julian, Republican, Centreville, 37th, 38th, 39th and 40th Congress,
March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1869.
NINTH DISTRICT, 1869 TO 1875.
Henry, Adams. Allen. Blackford. Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wells counties.
Representative — John P. C. Shanks, Republican. Portland. 41st. 42d and 43d Congress,
March 4, 1S69, to March 4, 1875.
.'ilXTH DISTRICT, 1875 TO 1881.
Henry, Delaware, Grant, Hancock, Johnson, Madison and Shelby countieF. Repre-
sentatives— Milton S. Robinson. Republican, Anderson, 44th and 45th Congress, March
4, 1875, to March 4, 1879; William R. Myers, Democrat, Anderson, 46th Congress. March
4, 1879, to March 4, 1881.
SIXTH DISTRICT, 1881 TO 1893.
Henry, Delaware, Fayette, Randolph, Rush and Wayne counties. Representatives —
Thomas M. Browne, Republican, Winchester, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th and 51st Congress,
March 4, 1881, to March 4, 1891; Henry U. Johnson, Republican, Richmond, 52d Con-
gress, March 4, 1891, to March 4, 1893.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO33
SIXTH DISTIilCT. 1893 TO 1901.
Henry, Delaware. Payette, Randolph, Union and Wayne counties. Representa-
tives—Henry U. Johnson, Republican. Richmond, 53d, 54th, and 55th Congress. March
4, 1893, to March 4, 1899; James E. Watson, Republican, Rushville, 5tith Congress,
March 4, 1899, to March 4, 1901.
SIXTH DISTRICT. 1901 TO PRESENT TIME.
Henry, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Rush, Shelby. Union and Wayne.
Representative— James E. Watson, Republican, Rushville, 57th, 58th and 59th Congress.
March 4, 1901. to March 4, 1907.
From the foregoing it will be seen that Henry County never had a member of
Congress and only in one instance since the county was organized has a citizen of the
county been the nominee of the dominant party for the oiBce — General William Grose,
Republican, who was defeated by William R. Myers. Democrat, of Anderson, in 1878.
The minority party has been more favorable to Henry County citizens. In 1852 General
Grose, then a Democrat, was a candidate against Samuel W. Parker. Whig. Edmund
Johnson was three times the Democratic candidate; in 1S56. against David Kilgore;
in 1862, against George W. Julian, and in 1S74 against Milton S. Robinson. In 1866.
Judge Martin L. Bundy was the independent Republican candidate against George W.
Julian. Bundy was supported by the independent Republicans and the Democrats, all
then designated as the supporters of Andrew Johnson. In 1876 David W. Chambers
-was the Democratic candidate against Milton S. Robinson. In 1894 the Democrats nom-
inated Nimrod R. Elliott to oppose Henry U. Johnson.
The politics of each congressman is designated from the beginning of the history
of the county. Notwithstanding the Whig party was not in existence until 1832. as is
shown in the introduction to the preceding chapter, yet the representatives before that
time afterward became Whigs. Since division on party lines. 1835-7. no man other than
a Whig or Republican has represented in Congress the district of which Henry County
was a part, excepting in two instances, namely, Andrew Kennedy, Democrat, Muncie, 27th
Congress, 1841-3, and William R. Myers. Democrat. Anderson. 46th Congress. 1879-81.
For biographical information regarding any of the above members of Congress, see
Biographical Congressional Directory, printed by the U. S. Government in 1904. The
book can be obtained for a nominal sum from the superintendent of documents in the
office of the Public Printer, Washington. D. C. It contains biographical mention of every
member of Congress from the beginning to the present time.
HENRY COUNTY'S VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
The first presidential election In which Henry County participated was in 1824.
when the candidates were John Quiney Adams. Henry Clay, William H. Crawford and
Andrew Jackson. The vote of the county at this election is not obtainable, neither is
it obtainable for the election of 1828. when the candidates were John Quiney Adams
and Andrew Jackson. The vote at the succeeding elections was as follows:
1832— Henry Clay. Whig, 767; Andrew Jackson, Democrat, 580; total, 1347.
1836 — William Henry Harrison, Whig, 1394; Martin Van Buren. Democrat, 712;
total. 2106.
1840— William Henry Harrison. Whig. 1652; Martin Van Buren. Democrat. 839;
total, 2491.
1844— Henry Clay. Whig. 1458; James K. Polk, Democrat, 1005; James G. Birney.
Free Soiler. 188; total, 2651.
1848— Zachary Taylor. Whig. 1115; Lewis Cass. Democrat, 1005; Martin Van Buren,
Free Soiler. 455; total. 2575.
1852— Winfield Scott, Whig, 1559; Franklin Pierce. Democrat, 1225; John P. Hale.
Free Soiler, 456; total, 3240.
I034 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
1856 — John C. Fremont, Republican, 2741; James Buchanan, Democrat, 1229; Mil-
lard Filmore, American party, commonly called "Know Nothings," 49; total, 4019.
1860 — Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 2726; Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat, 1296;
John C. Breckenridge, pro slavery Democrat. 90; John Bell, independent conservative,
16; total, 4128.
1864 — Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 302?; George B. McClellan, Democrat, 1057;
total, 4084. •
1868— Ulysses S. Grant, Republican, 34.32; Horatio Seymour. Democrat, 1412;
total, 4824.
1872 — Ulysses S. Grant, Republican, 3355; Horace Greeley, independent Republi-
can, 1615; total, 4970.
1876 — Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican, 3631; Samuel J. Tilden, Democrat, 1924;
total, 5555.
1880— James A. Garfield. Republican, 3784; Winfield S. Hancock, Democrat, 2031;
scattering votes, 252; total, 6067.
1884 — James G. Blaine, Republican, 3671; Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 2096; Ben-
jamin F. Butler, People's party, 232; John P. St. John, Prohibitionist, 77; total, 6076.
1888 — Benjamin Harrison, Republican, 3849; Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 2277;
Andrew J. Streeter. Union Labor. 51: Clinton B. Fiske, Prohibitionist, 230; total, 6407.
1892 — Benjamin Harrison, Republican, 3330; Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 1861;
James B. Weaver, People's party, 604; Bidwell, Prohibitionist, 232; total, 6027.
1896- William McKinley, Republican. 3991; William J. Bryan, Democrat, 2971;
John M. Palmer, gold Democrat, 6; Levering, Prohibitionist. 48; scattering votes, 54;
total, 7070.
1900— William McKinley. Republican, 4047; William J.- Bryan, Democrat, 2754;
John G. Woolley, Prohibitionist, 316; Eugene V. Debs, Socialist, 6; total, 7123.
1904— Theodore Roosevelt, Republican, 4391; Alton B. Parker, Democrat, 2482;
Silas C. Swallow, Prohibitionist, 403; scattering votes, 46; total, 7322.
Vote of State of Indiana for President: Roosevelt, 368,289; Parker, 274,345; Swal-
low, Prohibitionist, 23.496; Debs, Socialist, 12.013; scattering, 4042; total vote, 682,185.
Vote of United States for President: Roosevelt, 7,624,489; Parker, 5,082,754; Debs,
Socialist, 402,286; Swallow, Prohibitionist. 258,787; Watson, Populist, 117,935; Corrigan,
Socialist Labor, 32,088; total vote, 13,519.169.
HENRY COUNTY'S VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
The first election for Governor in which Henry County participated was in 1825.
Under the constitution of 1816 the governor was elected on "the first Monday in August"
for the term of three years, the General Assembly met annually on the first Monday in
December and the governor was to hold his office as provided in article 4, section 3,
as follows: "The governor shall hold his office during three years from and after the
third day of the first session of the General Asesmbly next ensuing his election and
until a successor shall be chosen and qualified and shall not be capable of holding it
longer than six years in any term of nine years." The present constitution provides,
article 5, section 9, as follows: "The official term of the governor * * * shall
commence on the second Monday of January, 1853, and every four years thereafter," he
having been previously elected on "the second Tuesday in October" until 1880, since
v.-hich time he has been elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
He is not eligible to the office until he has reached the age of thirty years and is ineli-
gible for re-election until a term has intervened.
The term "Free Soiler" implied opposition to slavery in the territories and that no
more slave States should be admitted.
The vote in detail was as follows:
1825— James B. Ray. 303; Isaac Blackford, 66; total, 369.
1828— James B. Ray, 479; Conley, 68; Moore, 37; total, 584.
1831, 1834, 1837— The vote is not obtainable.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO35
1S40— Samuel Bigger, Whig, Rushville, 1579; Tilgtiman Howard, Democrat, Roclv-
ville, 846; total, 2426.
184.^ — Samuel Bigger, Whig, Rushville. 1140; James Whitcomb. Democrat, Bloom-
ington. 902; Elizur Demlng, Free Soiler, 191; total, 2233.
1846— Joseph Marshall, Whig, Madison, 1180; James Whitcomb, Democrat, Bloom-
ington, 814; total, 1994.
1849— John A. Matson, Whig, Brookville, 1437; Joseph A. Wright, Democrat, Rock-
vllle, 1287; John H. Cravens, Free Soiler, Versailles, 115; total, 2839.
1852 — Nicholas McCarty, Whig, Indianapolis, 1527; Joseph A. Wright, Democrat,
Rockville, 1179; Andrew L. Robinson. Free Soiler, 358; total, 3064.
1856— Oliver P. Morton, Republican, Centreville, 2486; Ashbel P. Willard, Demo-
crat, New Albany, 1328; total, 3814.
1860 — Henry S. Lane, Republican, Crawfordsville, 2797; Thomas A. Hendricks
Democrat, Shelbyville, 1328; total, 4125.
1864— Oliver P. Morton, Republican, Indianapolis, 3008; Joseph E. McDonald, Dem
ocrat, Indianapolis, 1123; total, 4131.
1S68 — Conrad Baker, Republican, Evansville, 3373; Thomas A. Hendricks, Demo
crat, Indianapolis, 1516; total, 4889.
1872— Thomas M. Browne, Republican. Winchester, 3399; Thomas A. Hendricks,
Democrat. Indianapolis, 1730; total, 5129.
1876 — Benjamin Harrison, Republican, Indianapolis, 3663; James D. Williams, Dem-
ocrat, Vincennes. 1881; total 5544.
1880— Albert G. Porter, Republican, Indianapolis, 3774; Franklin Landers, Dem
ocrat, Indianapolis, 2066; Richard Griggs, Prohibitionist, 248; total. 6088.
1884— William H. Calkins, Republican, Laporte, 3648; Isaac P. Gray, Democrat
Union City, 2108; Hiram Z. Leonard, Prohibitionist, 218; Robert S. Dwiggins, Union
Labor, 96; total, 6070.
At thjs election (1884) one of Henry County's citizens, Eugene H. Bundy, of New
Castle, was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor.
1888 — Alvin P. Hovey, Republican, Mount Vernon, 3844; Courtland C. Matson,
Democrat, Greencastle, 2284; Jasper S. Hughes. Prohibitionist, Indianapolis, 237; John
B. Milroy, Socialist, 51; total, 6416.
1892 — Ira J. Chase, Republican, Indianapolis. 3323 ; Claude Matthews. Democrat,
Clinton, 1861; Aaron Worth, Prohibitionist, Bryant. 261; Leroy Templeton. People's
party, Indianapolis, 593; total, 6038.
1896 — James A. Mount, Republican, Crawtordsville, 3997; Benjamin F. Shively,
Democrat, South Bend, 2824; scattering votes. 196; total, 7017.
1900 — Winfleld T. Durbin, Republican, Anderson, 4018: John W. Kern. Democrat,
Indianapolis, 2735; Charles Eckhart, Prohibitionist, Auburn, 312; scattering votes, 18;
total, 7083.
1904— J. Frank Hanly, Republican, La Fayette. 4310; John W. Kern. Democrat,
Indianapolis, 2479: Felix T. McWhirter, Prohibitionist, Indianapolis, 391: scattering
votes, 41; total, 7221.
The vote of the State of Indiana tor governor was: Hanly. 359.362; Kern. 274.998;
McWhirter, Prohibitionist, 22,690; scattering, 14,493; total vote, 671,543.
GOVERNORS OF INDIANA.
( TERRITORIAt. )
Arthur St. Clair, governor (Northwest Territory), from 1787 to 1800.
John Gibson (acting), from July 4, 1800. to January 10. 1801.
- William H. Harrison, from 1801 to 1812 (a).
Thomas Posey, from 1812 to 1816.
( STATE. )
Jonathan Jennings, from 1816 to 1822 (b).
Ratliff Boon, from September 12 to December 5, 1822.
1036
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
William Hendriclvs, from 1822 to 1825.
James B. Ray (acting), February 12 to December 11.
James B. Ray, from 1825 to 1831.
Noah Noble, from 1831 to 1837.
David Wallace, from 1837 to 1840.
Samuel Bigger, from 1840 to 1843.
James Whitcomb, from 1843 to 1848.
Paris C. Dunning (acting), from 1848 to 1849 (d).
Joseph A. Wright, from 1849 to 1857.
Ashbel P. Willard, from 1857 to 1860.
Abram A. Hammond (acting), from 1860 to 1861 (e).
Henry S. Lane, from January 14 to January 16, 1861 (f)
Oliver P. Morton (acting), from 1861 to 1865.
Oliver P. Morton, from 1865 to 1867.
Conrad Baker (acting), from 1867 to 1869 (g).
Conrad Baker, from 1869 to 1873.
Thomas A. Hendricks, from 1873 to 1877.
James D. Williams, from 1877 to 1880.
Isaac P. Gray (acting), from 1880 to 1881 (h),
Albert G. Porter, from 1881 to 1885.
Isaac P. Gray, from 1885 to 1889.
Alvin P. Hovey, from 1889 to 1891 (i).
Ira J. Chase (acting), from November 24
Claude Matthews, from 1893 to 1897,
James A. Mount, from 1897 to 1901.
Winfleld T. Durbin, from 1901 to 1905.
J. Frank Hanly, from 1905 to 1909.
to January 9, 1893.
a Cf veino Harrison w a-s appo nted early m the year 1800 1 ut vas
10 1801 To) n C 1 on the Secretary of the Territory acted a.s Governor
T 1 T 1 a 1 L. 1 een elected to Congi
d w at. succeeded 1 y Kat
been elected a Senato
ucceeded by Ta nes B
ftl t u
WUaidded o
orn u to office until Janu-
__ 1 hi arrival
before the end of his eoond term re gned the
Boon ho served ntil Deceml er 5 of the
Ti er 5" 1848 and Parts C.
\ Haramo d the Lieuten-
and Ohver P Morton.
1880 and I aac P Cray L eutenant Governor served as
H U 1 \ u J 1891 and L eutenant Governor Ira T C 1 a.se er ed a Govern-
or tl r ma n 1 r f tl e ter n
POPULATION OF HENRY COUNTY, 1830 TO 1900.
The following table shows the population of Henry County, properly divided be-
tween sex and color, at every United States Census, from 1830 to 1900, inclusive:
1840
1850
I860
1870
1880
1890
1900
7,721
8,722
10,092
(a)
(a)-
11,735
12,521
9,744
(a)
(a)
11,590
12,088
6,457
14,983
Male Female Total
Total Male p^otal
Population p^p^SaJLn
3,347
8,803
8,870
10,241
11,688
12,118
11,997
3,151
7,325
8,735
9,878
11,298
11,898
11,882
12,332
6,498
15,128
17,b05
20,119
23,127
24,016
23,879
CHAPTER XLV.
biographical.
Biographical Sketches — Judge Jehu Tindle Elliott and Family — Judge
Joshua Hickman Mellett and Family— James Brown and Family —
Judge Mark E. Forkner and Family — Judge Eugene Halleck Bundy
and Family — Judge William Oscar Barnard and Family — Judge John
MoNFORT Morris and Family.
In Chapter XL of this History, entitled "The First Courts and First Attorneys"
and again in Chapter XLHI, entitled "Henry County Official Register," may be
found mention of a number of legal practitioners who have adorned the bar of
Henry County, many of whom possessed not only a local celebrity among their
contemporaries but achieved State and even National renown.
The prescribed limits of this work will hardly permit of a fuller treatment of
a subject so important and interesting to laymen as well as to members of the
profession itself. It is, however, just and proper to remark that the profession
has always had within its ranks in the county, men of rare forensic skill, great
learning and distinguished intellectual ability, and they have usually been among
the most progressive and public spirited of citizens.
Many of them when called to the bench have exhibited a rare fitness for the
position and have displayed a soundness of judgment and legal acumen that have
enhanced the reputation of the bench and bar of Indiana.
In this chapter is presented the life history of a few of the county's eminent
lawyers and judges to the end that a fitting tribute be paid to a profession which
is of such vast importance to the affairs of the people of today and which has
always attracted to its ranks so large a proportion of the best intellect of the
country.
1038 hazzard's history of henry county.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JEHU TINDLE ELLIOTT.
L.^WTER, LEGISLATOK, JUKIST.
The pioneer lawyers of Eastern Indiana, a district composed in part of the coun-
ties of Henry, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union and Wayne,
were a notable body of men, a number of whom in later years occupied high and honor-
able positions, not only in their own county or district but in the State and the Nation
as well. This sketch relates especially to Jehu Tindle Elliott, who from 1834 to the
time of his death, February 12, 1876, was probably the most eminent member of the
"Whitewater Valley Bar."
Jehu Tindle Elliott was the seventh child and the third son of Abraham Elliott,
senior, and his wife, Jean (Alexander) Elliott. Abraham Elliott was born March 10,
1780, and died September 15, 1848. His wife was born Februarj- 14, 1782, and died
August 29, 1833. He ^vas a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, and emigrated
from there to Ohio, settling on the banks of the Miami River, where the town of
Waynesville now stands. In 1806 he moved from there to Wayne County, Indiana, set-
tling near Richmond. He was the first lawyer to locate there and was one of the most
prominent citizens of that locality. His son Stephen says: "He cut the first stick of
timber ever cut by a white man where Richmond now stands." In 1809 he removed to
Greensfork. -then known as Washin.gton, where he resided until 1817, when he went to
Jacksonburg. While a resident of the latter place, where he sold goods, he was elected
Sheriff of Wayne County. This was about the year 1820 and at that time he also got
the contract to carry the Winchester, Randolph County, mail. His son Stephen says
of this: "I was then a boy fourteen years old and was put to carrying the mail. My
starting point was old Salisbury, three miles east of Centreville, thence by way of
Jacksonburg to Washington (Greensfork), and then on to Winchester through a wil-
derness, having for the last ten miles but one cabin on the way." He says further: "I
very often went to Winchester with empty mail bags but had to go to see if there was
anything to bring back."
Abraham Elliott left Wayne County in 1823 and came to Henry County, where -he
settled on what is now known as the Elliott farm, about two miles south of New Castle.
He soon afterwards opened a law office in the latter place. He was a self-made man;
physically vigorous; possessed of a strong and active mind; and for several years did a
large share of the legal business of the county. He served for a term as a justice of
the peace, and from 1843 to 1848 he was one of the associate judges, sitting on the
bench during this period with his son, Jehu T. Elliott, who was then the presiding
judge. He died in office, September 14, 1848.
Abraham and Jean (Alexander) Elliott were the parents of twelve children, nanjely:
William, born August 29, 1800; died July 14, 1848; Sarah, born October 3, 1802, died
May 20, 1885; Mary, born November 10, 1804, died April 4, 1868; Stephen, born Decem-
ber 26, 1806, died December 4, 1896; Elizabeth, born February 14, 1809, date of death not
obtainable; Jehu T., born February 7, 1813, died February 12, 1876; Abraham (junior),
born April 3, 1815. died April 6, 1884; Zimri, born May 13, 1817, died August 14, 1835;
Jane, born May 10, 1819, died September 7, 1864; Amanda, born April 7, 1821, died
July 30, 1903; Theresa, born August 8, 1823, died January 19, 1901.
Of these children, William Elliott resided at Cambridge City, Wayne County. His
wife was Eliza (Branson) Elliott, who was a sister of Hannah Scott (Branson) Elliott,
wife of the late Judge Jehu T. Elliott. They were the parents of the late Calvin B.
Elliott, of that place, and of Dewitt C. Elliott, deceased, William H. Elliott and Jehu T.
Elliott, junior, all three of Logansport, Indiana, and of Harriet (Elliott) Murphey. de-
ceased, who was the wife of the late Benjamin F. Murphey, of Chicago.
Mary Elliott married Daniel Bradbury, a prominent citizen of Wayne County, who
lived near Greensfork. He was largely interested in and identified with the building of
the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago railway, now a part of the Panhandle road, and
was the grandfather of Albert D. Ogborn and Edwin C. Ogborn, of New Castle. His
wife was an excellent woman and was held in the highest regard by her relatives,
friends and neighbors.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 1039
On October 19, 1S20, Sarah Elliott married Tabor W. McKee, a pioneer of Harrison
Township, Henry County, but at an early day they moved from there to near Indianola,
Iowa, where they continued to abide until death. He was bom January 2, 1801, and
died July 14, 1871. Mr. lUcKee had been prominent in the affairs of Henry County prior
to his removal to Iowa, and there he was quickly recognized as a leading man of affairs,
entitled to the confidence and support of the people. He was elected sheriff of Warren
Countj'. Iowa, in 1857, and served for two years (185S-1S59); he was elected treasurer
and recorder (one office) in 1S61 and served four years (1862-1865).
Stephen Elliott's life is intimately connected with the history of New Castle. For
nearly ninety years he went in and out before its people and was always regarded as
one of the leading citizens of the town and of the county. He was a sturdy and stalwart
man, energetic and industrious, and noted for his honesty and probity. His memory
will always be cherished.
Elizabeth Elliott was married in Wayne County. Indiana, to the late James Peed, a
native of Kentucky. They came to Henry County in 1834 and settled on a farm in Liberty
Township. She was a noble woman, beloved by all who knew her. She was the mother
of several children, among them being Evan H. Peed, of New Castle, whose fine character
makes him a fitting representative of his father.
Matilda Elliott became the wife of Niles Gregory, and after her marriage resided
with her husband at Plymouth, Indiana. After the death of her first husband, she was
married to Reuben Swain, of Greensboro, Henry County, and resided there until her death.
Abraham Elliott, junior, lived for a number of years on a farm, two miles south
of New Castle, but shortly after the exodus of so many people from Indiana to Iowa
began, he with his family removed to that State, where he lived until his death. He
was a farmer but gave much attention to the politics of the "Hawkeye State," and for
many years attended the sessions of the Iowa Legislature, as a member of the "Third
House." He was a positive man, tenacious of his opinions and when necessary, very
demonstrative.
The youngest son. Zimri, died while a young man. Jane Elliott married James
Black and resided with him until his. death, at Laporte, Indiana, where he conducted
successfully a large tannery. After his death, the widow moved to New Castle, where she
lived until her death. She was the mother of Amanda V. (Black) Hudelson, who was
the wife of John C. Hudelson, of New Castle: of the late Nathaniel E. Black, for many
years a prominent merchant of New Castle; and of Kate (Black) McMeans, widow of
the late Edghill B. McMeans.
Amanda Elliott married Judge Martin L. Bundy, a sketch of whose life appears
in another place in this History. She was a woman of noble character, devoted to her
family and beloved by a wide circle of relatives and friends.
Theresa Elliott, the youngest of the children, spent the greater portion of her life
In New Castle. She was first the wife of the late Henry Clay Grubbs, who was at one
time connected with the New Castle Courier and who afterwards became treasurer of
Henry County. After his death, she became the wife of Samuel McCrady, and following
his decease was married to the late Joslah Needham, for many years a justice of the
peace, who preceded her to the grave.
The family was a noted one in the early history of Henry County and a long line
of descendants continues to honor the name.
.JEHU TIXDLE ELLIOTT.
Jehu Tindle Elliott was one of a large family and as his father was not financially
strong in the pioneer days, each of his children, as they grew in strength and under-
standing, found it necessary to shift for themselves. The subject of this sketch early
became a school teacher and continued in that employment for one or two years, until
he was about twenty years of age, when he entered the office of Martin M. Ray at
Centreville to study law. But little is known of the history of Martin M. Ray. He was
one of the first lawyers to settle in Eastern Indiana and one of the first to be admitted
I040 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
to the Henry County bar. He was regarded as an able lawyer and had a large and
lucrative practise for the times. Jehu T. Elliott studied day and night with steady
persistence and at the end of a year or so was admitted to the bar. Then just barely
of age, he returned to his home at New Castle, "hung out his shingle," and entered upon
the practise of law.
On October 24, 1833. at Centreville. Wayne County, he was united in marriage with
Hannah Scott Branson, the ceremony being performed by Nathan Smith. She was
a daughter of Owen and Hannah Branson and was born January 3. 1817; she died
November 14, 1902. Her parents were natives of Maryland, from near Baltimore, where
her father had been a market gardener. They came to Indiana in the pioneer days.
They were members of the Quaker or Friends' Church. Hannah Scott (Branson) Elliott
was a sister of Eliza (Branson) Elliott, above mentioned, and of Margaret (Branson)
Brenneman, who was the wife of the late Jacob Brenneman, one of New Castle's early
and prominent pioneers.
To the union of Jehu Tindle Elliott and Hannah Scott (Branson) Elliott were
born nine children, four of whom, Milton Sapp, born June 3, 1835; Henry Clay, born
May 25, 1837; Edward, born July 22, 1847; and Emma Lillian, born May 13, 1851, died
in infancy. The other children were: Eliza Josephine, born November 1, 1838, now the
wife of John Thornburgh, of New Castle; Helen Mary, born November 14, 1841, died July
5, 1871. She married Leander E. Murphey, of Chicago, who died March 18, 1904. Both
are buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle. William Henry, born July 4, 1844, now
editor of the New Castle Courier; Jane, who was married May 12, 1869, to Lieutenant
Commander Archibald N. Mitchell, U. S. N., and after his death to John T. Reichard. also
now deceased, of Monmouth, Illinois; and Carrie May, born January 1, 1858, now the
wife of James L. McAfee, of Chicago, Illinois.
Jehu T. Elliott's connection with the Henry County bar was rather as a judge than
as a practitioner, his elevation to the bench occurring in 1844. about eleven years after
his admission to the bar. Prior to this, however, in 1834, he had been elected Treasurer
of Henry County, by the board of county commissioners, in which the authority was
then vested, and served until 1839. In 1833 he had also been elected assistant secretary
of the lower house of the General Assembly of Indiana and in 1837 he was elected
secretary of the same body. In 1838 he was elected prosecuting attorney for the Sixth
Judicial District, composed of the counties of Henry, Delaware, Fayette. Grant, Randolph,
Rush, Union and Wayne, Samuel Bigger, afterward Governor of Indiana, being at that
time judge of the circuit. In August, 1839, he was elected State Senator and served
the full term of three years, acceptably to his constituents and with credit to himself.
He was afterwards, when but thirty one years of age, elected circuit judge by the General
Assembly of Indiana. In 1851 he was re-elected to the same position for the term of
seven years, but he soon resigned to become president of the Cincinnati, Logansport and
Chicago railway, then in process of construction from Richmond to New Castle and
northwest to Chicago. For about two years he gave his time and ability to the com-
pletion of that projected road. In this work he was greatly assisted by his fellow
townsmen, Martin L. Bundy, Eli Murphey, John Powell, John W. Grubbs, Joshua Holland,
John C. Hudelson, Samuel Hazzard, the father of the author of this History, and others,
including the late Daniel Bradbury, of Wayne County. He resigned this position in 1854
and resumed the practise of the law, but in 1855 he was again elected judge of the
circuit court, by the people. In this capacity he served with unusual ability until 1865.
when he was elected, along with James S. Frazer, of Warsaw, Robert C. Gregory, of
La Fayette, and Charles A. Ray, of Indianapolis, a judge of the Supreme Court of
Indiana. He took his place on the Supreme Bench, January 3, 1865, and served with
honor and distinction until the expiration of his term of office, in 1871.
The career of Judge Jehu T. Elliott, as lawyer and judge, covered a period of some
thirty seven years, of which twenty four years were spent on the bench, eighteen as
circuit and six as supreme court judge. He was contemporary with such lawyers and
jurists as James Rariden, Charles H. Test, John S. Newman, Samuel E. Perkins, James
Perry, Oliver P. Morton, Nimrod H. Johnson, John F. Kibbey, William A. Peele, Jesse
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P. Siddall, William A. Bickle, Charles H. Burchnall and George W. and Jacob B.
Julian, of the Wayne County bar; Pleasant A. Hackleman, George Cox, George B. Kings-
ley and Samuel Bigger, of the Rush County bar; Caleb B. Smith. Samuel W. Parker and
Benjamin F. Claypool, of the Fayette County bar; David Kilgore, Andrew Kennedy,
Walter March, Joseph S. Buckles and Thomas J. Sample, of the Delaware County bar;
Silas Colgrove, Jeremiah Smith, Thomas M. Browne, Leander J. Monks and Albert O.
Marsh, of the Randolph County bar; John Yaryan and Thomas W. Bennett, of the Union
County bar; Joseph Robinson and Andrew Davidson, of the Decatur County
bar; John D. Howland and George Holland, of the Franklin County bar; John
P. C. Shanks, of the Jay County bar; and Martin L. Bundy, William Grose, David Macy
(afterwards of Indianapolis), Joshua H. Mellett, James Brown, Thomas B. Redding,
Elijah B. Martindale (.now of Indianapolis), James B. Martindale (afterwards of New
York City), Miles Listen Reed, and Charles D. Morgan, of the Henry County bar.
The foregoing is not a complete list of those who practised with or before Judge
Elliott, but in this array of the bar of Eastern Indiana will be noted the names of many
who became judges of the courts, senators and representatives in Congress, secretaries
of State, and genei'als in the Civil War, and one who became the great "War Governor-
of Indiana. Many of them filled minor offices of more or less importance, while nearly
all of them were eminent in the profession of the law. A previous biographer has said
that "it was the opinion of these men that, as a circuit judge, the ability of Judge
Elliott was of the highest order and that it is certain no judge ever gave greater satis-
faction than he." Moreover, "his popularity was such that no one ever opposed him
for the place successfully, and when it was known that he was a candidate, an election
naturally followed."
Turning back the pages of memory to the pioneer days of Indiana and comparing
the judges and lawyers of that time with those of the present day, it will be found that
in learning, in ability, in honesty, in integrity and in stability of character, the former
were fulls the equals of the latter. The several histories of Indiana have not failed to
give to these men, learned in law, just and honorable mention, and it is worth something
to know that from the organization of the State down to the present time, tlie bench
and bar of Indiana has maintained a position hardly second to that of any other common-
wealth of the Union. Another author touching upon this matter has also well said that
"the court houses of Indiana were in the early days the training schools in good citi-
zenship." and that "the people appreciated the teaching and their teachers."
The author of this History well remembers when the lawyers traveled the "circuit"
and with what eclat they were welcomed to the straggling village of New Castle. They
nearly always came on horseback, frequently over roads next to impassable, and alighting
at the "tavern door," entered the barroom — then the real thing — took off their muddy
green leggins and otherwise fitted themselves out for the business on hand. It was
indeed a time of great excitement, and to be admitted to the inner circle, where one
could look into the faces and hear the talk of the lawyers, was something to be proud
of and remembered in years to come. Sometimes the lawyers would doff their pro-
fessional dignity, at the close of the day's litigation, and gathering in a semi-circle about
the big, blazing logs in the wide-mouthed fireplace, these men of the law told stories and
indulged in such arguments and repartee as was well calculated to excite the interest
or mirth of those privileged to be present. Traveling "circuit" is now but a memory and
the generations which have since come upon the stage can never obtain more than a
shadowy impression of its hardships, privations and dangers as well as its joys. Judge
Elliott traveled the "circuit" of his then large judicial district, and in the later years
of his life was never more happy than when relating his experiences. The saddle-bags
used by him are still retained by his family as souvenirs of those early times. They are
large and roomy and well preserved. In traveling "circuit." one side was used as a
receptacle for a few law books, papers, etc., while in the other side were stored a few
changes of linen and other clothing.
General John Coburn. of Indianapolis, still living and now quite aged, in writing
his "Sketches of the Old Indiana Supreme Court Bar," after referring descriptively to
I042 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Caleb B. Smith, a member of President Lincoln's first cabinet, Samuel W. Parker, David
Kilgore, the "Delaware Chief," James Rariden, John S. Newman, James Perry, Charles H.
Test, Pleasant H. Hackleman, and others, speaks of Judge Elliott as being "a great
supreme judge of the State" who "was ruddy of face, an English beef-eating looking
man with big round head and massive body, mild and genial in manner, a very
sound and able lawyer, an honest, conscientious and capable man. Few better have
ever appeared at the bar of Indiana. Scorning the quibbles and technicalities of the
practise, he stood on the bedrock of general principles. His opinions are among the
best of Indiana judges, concise, pointed and luminous."
Judge Jehu T. Elliott was absolutely impartial in the dispensation of the law. He
knew no distinction among litigants. Relationship, friendship nor other tie could
swerve him from the proper interpretation of the law, and to the determination of- cases,
whether of greater or lesser importance, he brought the entire strength of his mind.
Though frequently solicited to take part in the political battles of his time, he stead-
fastly declined, believing that the bench should be absolutely free from the semblance
of partisanship, yet he was strong in his political faith and always kept well informed
as to the political situation. During the Civil War, no man gave the existing condition
of affairs more earnest or more serious thought and study. He was a strong supporter
of the government and stood hand in hand with Governor Morton in the conduct' of the
affairs of the State of Indiana.
Immediately succeeding the expiration of his term as judge of the supreme court
of Indiana, Jehu T. Elliott re-entered the practise of the law at New Castle and con-
tinued in the profession until his death, which came suddenly and almost without
warning, though he had been ill for several days. The funeral took place on Tuesday,
February 15, 1876, and was attended by a large number of the representative men of
the State, among them being Horace P. Biddle, John U. Pettit, Alexander C. Downey,
James L. Worden and Samuel H. Buskirk, Justices of the Supreme Court; James S.
Frazer, ex-judge of the Supreme Court: John S. Newman, of Indianapolis: John F.
Kibbey, Charles H. Burchnall. Daniel W. Comstock, John L. Rupe, Lewis D. Stubbs and
John W. Grubbs, of Richmond: Richard J. Hubbard, of Milton; Benjamin P. Claypool, of
Connersville; Howell D. Thompson, of Anderson, and Captain Reuben A. Riley, of Green-
field. These were supplemented by a full attendance of the Henry County bar, which
included General William Grose, Judge Robert L. Polk, Judge Joshua H, Mellett. James
Brown and many others. The pall bearers were Judge Joshua H. Mellett, General
William Grose. Howell D. Thompson, Reuben A. Riley, Benjamin F. Claypool, Alexander
C. Downey, Samuel H. Buskirk, Horace P. Biddle and Joseph L. Worden. The religious
services were conducted by Elder Mahin of the Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted
by the Reverend J. Colelazer, of the same denomination.
Referring to the death of Judge Elliott, a writer has well said:
"As a lawyer and judge. Jehu T. Elliott had few superiors. His mind was naturally
judicial and his innate love of justice gave him a front rank among jurists. No higher
tribute can be paid to his abilities than the statement made by one of his successors
on the Supreme bench, that there has never yet been occasion for reversing a decision of
his. As a man, a citizen, and a neighbor, his character was without reproach. He
possessed all the domestic virtues, was a good citizen and was ever ready to assist the
needy. His generous encouragement of the young, especially the younger members of
his profession, will ever be kindly remembered. His character is worthy of emulation."
At the meeting of the Henry County bar held to take appropriate action regarding
the death of Judge Elliott, his former associate on the Supreme Bench, James S.
Frazer, was made president, and Robert L. Polk, secretary. Upon assuming the chair,
Judge Frazer, among other things, said: "Judge Elliott, for half a century or more, by
his bearing at the bar. by his fidelity to the public in positions of trust in political and
judicial life, by his qualities as a neighbor, as a husband and as a father, won the
esteem and approbation of all."
Among the resolutions prepared by the committee of the bar and adopted was the
following:
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"His long service as circuit judge, his promptness, the accuracy and clearness of his
decisions, his courteous and dignified bearing towards the members of the bar, his gen-
erous encouragement of the young and diffident, and above all his clear conception of
and love for the right, and an impartial administration of the law, earned for him the
well deserved title. 'The Model Judge.' "
General Grose, chairman of the committee, in presenting the resolutions, said:
"I have known Judge Elliott Intimately for thirty years. In private and social
life he had no superior. I never knew him in mixed company to introduce any topic that
might prove disagreeable to anyone present. He could discuss differences of opinion with
an opponent without for a moment losing his temper or evincing a want of respect for
his adversary, and when it is added that in the conversation of the deceased there was
never anything low or vulgar, but that rather intellect, refinement and good taste marked
all that he ever said, we contemplate a character whose amiability, high breeding and
politeness will ever command our respect and admiration."
John S. Newman, between whom and Judge Elliott there existed a bond of love and
attachment which could not be broken, said many beautiful things touching the life
and character of the deceased and from his remarks are culled the facts that "we were
as intimate as brothers for about forty five years — from 1830 — up to his death," and that
"he wrote a very good hand;" that he was "genial and cheerful," and that "I took him
into the Clerk's office (Centreville, Wayne County), with me and he made up many
of the records for me. While in the Clerk's oflJce with me, he boarded in my family
(Mr. Newman was then just married) and he was one of the most pleasant and agree-
able gentlemen that ever entered my abode." He said further: "I can bear witness to
the great kindness and the many good qualities of the man, cheerful, pleasant and always
practising the gentle courtesies of life, such as endear any man and all men in our age to
the confidence and good will of his neighbors and friends. The old adage holds true,
"We shall never look upon his like again.'" Again he said:
"He had no personal foes. He overcame even the party spirit that might be sup-
posed to be engendered. As judge, I practised under him and he always maintained
the most perfect courtesy towards the members of the bar, old and young. It seemed to
be to him a peculiar pleasure to extend courtesy to all. He seemed to be deeply interested
in trying to smooth the asperities that arose in the practise under him. If a young
man was embarrassed and desponding, he always seemed to be kindly extending his
hand to him, not to give success to what was wrong, but through a natural kindness and
to enable such a one to properly present his case."
Richard J. Hubbard, of Wayne County, said:
"I have known Judge Elliott for forty years. I was with him in the General As-
sembly when he was first elected assistant secretary. I was there with him as a member
of that body tour winters. I became well acquainted with him. * * * * During
all that time I never heard him utter a vulgar or improper word or knew him to say
anything to hurt anybody's feelings. I roomed with him during this time at Indian-
apolis and had a good opportunity to know him well. Since then. I have been acquainted
with him as a judge and have served on the jury in this (Henry) County, when he
was the judge, as well as in Wayne County, where I live, and he was always remarkable
for the respect he showed to everybody. All men felt safe when he was on the bench."
Benjamin F. Claypool, of Connersville, said:
"I look upon Judge Elliott a little different from any others. I regarded him as
peculiarly adapted to the bench: a man of quick perception and remarkably clear head.
He seemed at the very first presentation of a question to grasp the strong points of
the case. He seemed to get at the very marrow of the matter at the start and his con-
clusions were nearly always sustained by law and reason, and I think the bench was
the place where he won the most distinguished honors. I would quote in regard to him
the language of the poet:
'He has builded a monument more lasting than brass;
Loftier than the royal seat of the pyramids
Which neither the wasting rain nor the innumerable series of years
Nor the flight of time shall be able to overturn;
He shall not die altogether, but the greater part of him shall avoid death;'
1044 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
and until we shall be called to final account, one of the freshest memories will be the thou-
sand kindnesses that came from Judge Elliott."
There were others who passed upon the life and character of Judge Elliott, but
the citations are closed with the following words from Judge Joshua H. Mellett, who
has since followed his friend to the grave. Judge Elliott and Judge Mellett were bosom
friends and companions. In many ways they were similar in character and their bond of
friendship was as lasting as time. Judge Mellett said with a voice of emotion and
tears suffusing his eyes:
"I became acquainted with Judge Elliott when I was an orphan boy of seventeen.
For some cause, almost directly after my acquaintance with him, he became almost a
father to me, and from the time I grew to manhood until now, he has been all to me
that a brother could have been and what I say in regard to him may be considered as
the words of a brother speaking of a deceased brother. If he had faults, I overlooked
them and did not see them or forgot them as a brother would. If he was not an honest
man, a truthful man, a faithful friend, if not a man who believed in the truth and one
who hated a lie and loved all mankind, then I never knew one. The circumstances are
such that it is not proper that I say more; in fact, I am incapable of saying more."
Probably, as between man and man, no stronger friendship ever existed than that
which bound together the lives of Judge Jehu T. Elliott and Judge Martin L. Bundy.
The wife of the latter — a most estimable woman — was the sister of Judge Elliott.
From the pioneer days, beginning with the organization of Henry County and the es-
tablishment of its seat of governmentat New Castle, the lives of these two were as one.
Their intimacy was as close and binding as that which exists between loving brothers.
Martin L. Bundy is still living, aged eighty eight years, and is the last link betkeen
the dead past — the pioneer days of New Castle — and the living present.
Judge Elliott was always calm, cool and deliberate and slow to anger. He never
rendered a decision in even the smallest cause, without giving the matter the fullest
consideration. He was strong mentally and physically and a tireless worker. The
author of this sketch has known him to sit up all night or until the morning sun
streaked with light the eastern heavens, delving into books of law, scattered about on
desk and table and chairs, each opened at some particular page, writing and compiling
his opinion in some important case. At such times his library — a fine one — was his
castle, and for the time he was oblivious of time and place. His closest companion in
these searches of authorities was his favorite "brierwood" pipe, from which he seemed to
draw an inspiration which gave light and life to opinions which are still regarded as
models in the interpretation and expounding of the law.
During his professional life he found leisure in which to read high class literature,
preferring such well known authors as Shakespeare. Dickens, Thackeray, Scott, and other
eminent writers. He also, as opportunity offered, attended the theatre to see and hear
such actors as Booth, Forrest, Macready, Barrett and the now immortal Joseph Jefferson,
whose "Rip Van Winkle" he witnessed some five or six times.
He had a special liking for mechanics and would have made a good architect and
builder. He had a mechanical eye and could readily detect defects in the construction of
buildings or other works requiring precision. In early times, he made his own shoe lasts,
a very difficult piece of work, and was an expert in the making and fashioning of the
old style hickory axe-handles.
After his marriage. Judge Elliott and his wife began housekeeping in a story
and a half log cabin with one room on the ground floor, which he had previously pur-
chased, situate on the lot now occupied by the Maxim block, opposite the Court House
Square in New Castle. To this cabin he added a frame, one-story building, adjoining
it on the east and an office building of one room, adjoining it on the west. He lived
with his family in this home until 18.50, when he moved to what is known as the
"Elliott homestead." at the then west end of Church Street. Here he lived during the
remainder of his life.
The domestic life of Judge Elliott was a very happy one. He delighted in his
home and his great love and devotion to his wife and children was beautiful to behold.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO45
His companion, who survived him a number of years, was a faithful, loving wife and
a devoted mother. Their happiness was her happiness. She was a very domestic wo-
man and incessant in her labors. She believed in the old adage, "ileanliness is next
to godliness." She was notable for her charities. She could herself bear suffering,
but her sympathies and her helping liaud went out freely to all who were in sorrow
or distress.
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biographical sketch of joshua hickman mellett.
LAWYER. LEGISLATOR, JURIST.
No member of the Henry County Bar or of the Bar of Eastern Indiana stood higher
in the ranks of the legal profession than the late Judge Joshua Hickman Mellett, of
New Castle. The law was his life's study and his life's duty and the author of this
History has heard him say frequently that he regarded the practise of his profession
as more to be desired than any other position of honor, trust or responsibility. As a
member of the bench and bar of Indiana, he was the peer of any who preceded or fol-
lowed him. He was eager in his pursuit of legal knowledge and zealous and persistent
in following his chosen path.
Joshua Hickman Mellett was born in Monongalia County, Virginia, now West
Virginia, April 9, 1824. His parents were John and Mary A. (Hickman) Mellett. They
came from Virginia in the Fall of 1830 and settled on a farm in Prairie Township,
Henry County, in the vicinity of what is now known as the village of Springport. At
that time Joshua H. Mellett was a young boy, six years of age, but already the seed of
ambition had been implanted within him which grew and flourished with his growth
in intellectual stature until it placed him at the head of the legal profession.
His early education was obtained in the common country schools of the pioneer,
days when the mastery of reading, writing and arithmetic distinguished the individual
as of superior attainments; but when he had finished those branches of education, he
advanced a step higher and for a year or more attended school at the "Old Seminary,"
in New Castle, over which had presided, for a number of years, such teachers as John
Barrett, Simon T. Powell. Isaac Kinley and Dr. John Rea. Leaving school at the age
of sixteen, he commenced the study of the law with the late Colonel Edmund Johnson,
then a prominent member of the Henry County bar. Young Mellett pursued his studies
with the same fixedness of purpose as afterwards marked the whole course of his pro-
fessional career and' such was his diligence and persistency that in a very brief time he
applied for admision to the bar, passed the rigid examination then required with per-
fect ease, and in 1844. when less than twenty years of age. received his license to practise.
This was a proud moment to him. but he did not rest; rather he took another step for-
ward and went to the then small village of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, where
he formed a law partnership with the late Judge Joseph S. Buckles, who. like Mellett,
was a young and aspiring attorney. This arrangement not proving in all respects sat-
isfactory, the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Mellett returned to New Castle, where,
in 1845, he began the practise of the law, which, barring a few years of official life, he
followed with eminent success until his death, October 1, 1893. During his practise
of the profession in New Castle, he had at different times as partners, each of the
following named distinguished members of the Henry County bar. namely: William
Grose. Jehu T. Elliott. Elijah B. Martindale (now of Indianapolis). Mark E. Forkner
and Eugene H. Bundy.
Mr. Mellett never, in any sense of the word, sought political preferment. He loved
his profession and during all of his active life gave to it his close and undivided at-
tention. To the numerous pleadings of his friends that he enter the arena of politics,
he always turned a deaf ear, adhering firmly and steadfastly to his dominant passion
tor the law. Public service at any time was at the sacrifice of his own inclinations and
showed a high regard for public duty. Probably the most congenial position held by
him. because in line with his profession, was the oflice of prosecuting .attorney for the
sixth judicial circuit, composed of the counties of Henry. Delaware, Fayette, Grant,
Rush, Randolph, Union and Wayne, which he held from 1848 to 1852. He was the last
prosecutor under the old constitution and this was the first office held by him in either
the county or the district. The opportunities afforded by the position for acquiring a
broader, surer and more practical knowledge of the law, caused this office to be eagerly
sought by members of the profession.
To Joshua H. Mellett. as to other men of force and character, came at length the
demand that he serve the political interests of the community, and in October. 1858,
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. IO47
at the biennial election, he was chosen to represent Henry County in the General As-
sembly. He served in a special session from November 20 to December 15. 1858, and in
the fortieth regular session, which convened in January, 1859, a session not marked by
anything out of the usual order, but Mr. Mellett took an active and conspicuous part
in all of its deliberations. Following this service in the lower house of the General
Assembly, he was in October, 1860. elected State Senator for the full term of four years,
and served in the forty-first regular session, convened in 1861; in the special session,
convened April 24, 1861; and in the forty-second regular session, convened in January,
1863. The two last named were distinctively war sessions and the proceedings of the
General Assembly were full of interest and often marked by great excitement. Party
feeling ran high and party lines were never so closely drawn. Mr. Mellett was an
acknowledged leader of the majority in the General Assembly during these sessions.
He was intensely loyal and did everything within his power to uphold the cause of
the Union. He was a chief adviser of Governor Morton and was by him regarded as one
of the ablest men in the Slate. It was to such men as Joshua H. Mellett, Jehu T. Elliott,
Martin L. Bundy, John F. Kibbey, Charles H. Burchnall and others prominent in the
history of Eastern Indiana that Governor Morton attributed much of his success in the
conduct of affairs during the trying and perilous period of 1861-1865.
So important were Mr. Mellett's services that although tendered a commission as
colonel of volunteers, by Governor Morton, it was deemed best that he decline the
commission, it being evident that he could best serve the country at home. Through the
whole period of the war, therefore, he devoted himself to the fostering of patriotism
and to the upholding of the State and National governments in their mighty efforts to
preserve the Union. Of him and of the times, another writer has well said: "His
services as State Senator from 1860 to 1864 were of great value to the State and Nation.
Some of his speeches in the Senate in those dark days were among the most powerful
pleas made for the Union cause by any citizen of the State. There his power of in-
vective against the wrong had its full force, and the men who plotted to add Indiana
to the Southern Confederacy were never more thoroughly exposed nor made to feel that
the lash of justice could sting more deeply than they were by Senator Mellett. Most
of the actors in those stormy dramas preceded him to the tomb and the old bitterness
has been softened by the all-compelling touch of time, but the story of his services to
State and country in those trying days is a part of our war history that the people of
Henry County should never forget."
In the opinion of the author, his leadership of the majority in the State Senate,
during the Civil War, was high water mark in the career of Joshua H. Mellett.
After the Civil War had been brought to a close and the affairs of the country ad-
justed. Mr. Mellett, more absorbed than ever in the practise of law, was persuaded al-
most against his will, to become a candidate for judge of the seventh judicial circuit,
and was elected in October. 1870. for the full term of six years. He had no opposition
in Henry County. The district was composed of the counties of Henry, Delaware. Han-
cock and Grant. He filled the position with honor to himself, honor to the district,
honor to the bar and honor to Henry County. In 1876. his term of office having expired,
he absolutely declined a re-election and at once resumed the practise of the law in
which he continued to the end of his life. Though he never again held office, he was
more or less active in politics and was often chosen by the Republican party, of which
he was a lifelong member, to represent it in county, district. State and National con-
ventions. He was a delegate to the National convention in 1884 that nominated James
G. Blaine for the presidency, and took part in the exciting campaign which followed
the nomination.
Joshua H. Mellett regarded the legal profession as his life work and gave to it
all the resources of his mind. He never ceased to be a student and to every case gave
the most earnest and most serious consideration. He was always prepared and it was
seldom, if ever, that he was "caught napping," or that he had left open any loop hole
by which an adversary might gain advantage. He brought to the bench and bar not
only keen intellectual ability, but that personal dignity as well which characterized the
lawyers of the early days. For the legal shyster or the dishonest lawyer, Judge Mellett
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had the utmost contempt — a contempt which he never tried to conceal — and in denounc-
ing such characters no words from the lips of man could be more bitter or more severe.
He despised demagoguery and looked with undisguised disgust upon those who prac-
tised such arts. He believed in honor, truth and the brotherhood of man. He did not
covet fame but valued above all things a good name. He was not a truckler to power,
but was open in all his dealings and knew no distinction between men because of their
wealth or their poverty.
Among those who knew him best, Judge Mellett was a companionable man, and
for the suffering or distress of others he had the utmost sympathy and kindness. He
was a versatile reader and gained great store of knowledge from such authors as
Dickens, Bulwer, Thackeray, Dumas and others. He could not abide tragedy, but for
comedy he had the greatest liking, feeling that it was better to laugh than to cry — better
to rejoice than to mourn. He believed in the teachings of the Bible and lived up to and
practised its precepts. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and though
not demonstrative of his religion, was possessed of that larger faith "that links the
whole world around the feet of God with chains of love and hope."
Judge Mellett was the moving spirit in the formation and organization of "The
Henry County Historical Society," and was its first president. He took great interest
in all of its meetings, doing what he could during his life to put the society on a firm
and lasting basis.
Joshua H. Mellett and Catharine (Shroyer) Mellett were united in marriage No-
vember 16. 1847. The union was a very happy one. To them were born five children,
namely: Elizabeth Mary (Bettiel, born January 1, 1849. now the wife of Judge Eugene H.
Bundy; William, born March 11, 18.53, died July 3, 1853; Harry S., born October 25,
1855, died June 18, 1888; another child also named William, born in 1857 and died in
infancy; Charles, born April 14, 1859, died November 15, 1880. Harry S. and Charles
were in the flower of young manhood and their deaths were a severe affliction to their
parents. Their remains, together with those of the father and mother, lie side by side in
oouth Mound Cemetery, New Castle. The parents of Judge Mellett. as previously stated,
emigrated from Virginia to Henry County and settled in Northern Prairie Township in
1830. They were married May 2, 1811. The father died July 18, 1838, and the mother,
November 8. 1853. Their remains are buried in Lebanon Cemetery, two miles south-
east of Springport. The first of the Melletts to emigrate from old Virginia to Henry
County after John Mellett, the father of the subject of this sketch, was his brother
Jesse. Joshua Hickman, an uncle of Judge Mellett, came also at this time (1830) and
located in the same neighborhood. John Mellett's father was also named John. He
died in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1790. The mother's maiden name was "Suiter," and
a son of Luther Mellett, brother of Judge Mellett. was named "Suiter," after his grand-
mother.
In 1833 Charles Mellett. father of the late Arthur C. Mellett, the first Governor of
South Dakota, who died in Kansas but whose remains are interred at Watertown, South
Dakota, and James T. Mellett, of New Castle, Indiana, made their first visit to Henry
County in company with John, who had gone back to Virginia on a visit. Jesse Mellett
above mentioned, the eldest brother of John, accompanied by his two sons-in-law, John
Reed and Thomas Veach, and his sister, with her husband, came to the wilds of Indiana
to found new homes. Jesse entered a quarter section of land which afterwards became
known as the site of East Lebanon Church, in Prairie Township, for which he donated
the ground. Later his brothers, John and William, followed and settled two miles
further west. Arthur, another brother, the grandfather of James T. Mellett, came to
Henry County in 1835. The early settlement of the Mellett family in Prairie Township
in conjunction with the high character and reputation maintained by the family made
them a power in the township and the impress of their lives will remain to mark their
long, industrious and honorable careers in that locality. Their influence was wholly
for good in the community in which they so long abided. They left behind them a long
line of descendants, who emulate the spirit and example of their worthy ancestors.
Eugene H. Bundy and Elizabeth Mary (Bettie) Mellette, the only daughter of
Judge Joshua H. and Catharine (Shroyer) Mellett, were married July 6, 1870, the Rev-
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erend Milton Mahin, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, performing the ceremony. To
their union was born one child, a daughter, Nellie Catharine, born January 1, 1875.
To his daughter and granddaughter Judge Mellett was most devotedly attached.
ANCESTRY OF MRS. CATHARINE (SHROTER) MELLETT.
The parents of Catharine (Shroyer) Mellett were John and Elizabeth (Kincaid)
Shroyer. They were married in December, 1828, at Jefferson. Greene County, Pennysl-
vania, and in October, 1835, came to New Castle, Henry County, where they resided
until their deaths. John Shroyer was born March 11, 1806, and died August 29, 1873.
His wife died February 19, 1866. Both are buried in South Mound Cemetery. They
were the parents of six children, of whom Catharine was the eldest. Of the surviving
children, Mary, now the widow of the late Isaac R. Howard, resides at Richmond, Indi-
ana; James, resides at New Castle, Henry County, and John at Richmond. Catharine
(Shroyer) Mellett died Sunday morning. January 23, 1898. John Shroyer was for many
years one of the prominent business men of New Castle. He was a painter and chair-
maker by trade and successfully conducted that line of business for a number of years,
but finally united with his brother, the late venerable Henry Shroyer, in the drygoods
trade. During this partnership the firm erected the building known as the "Shroyer
Corner," which was at the time of its construction (1860) one of the largest and best
business houses in Eastern Indiana.
Mr. Shroyer was a quiet, unobtrusive man, very careful in business affairs, and
strictly economical. He was an extremely temperate man who never drank spirituous
liquors nor used tobacco in any form. He was a moral, upright man, and a good citizen,
who left behind a record for honor and probity, unexcelled. His wife is remembered
with great affection by those, now living, who knew her in New Castle.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JAMES BROWN.
DISTINGUISHED LAWYEB AKD PHOMINENT CITIZEN.
James Brown, who was for many years a prominent attorney, practising in the
courts of Henry and the adjoining counties and in the Supreme Court of the State, was
a member of a remarkable family. His parents were Isciac and Mary (Mendenhall)
Brown, and he was the sixth child in a family of nine, all of whom grew to be men
and women of strong character and sterling worth in the various communities in which
they lived, and most of them were so well known and respected in the county that it
seems proper to recall their names here. They were; Tamar, born September 9, 1816,
afterwards the wife of Neziah Davis; Moses, born December 12, 1819, long one of the
best-known citizens of the county, and in every way a worthy and upright man; Rachel,
born March 19, 1822, afterwards the wife of Dr. Isaac Mendenhall; she and her husband
were long among the most influential people of New Castle, Dr. Mendenhall enjoying
a large practise as a physician and surgeon; she. with her husband's assistance, was
practically the founder of the Friends' meeting in New Castle, and furnished a room
in their brick business and residence building, at the corner of Broad and Fourteenth
Streets, for its use, where its meetings were held until the erection of the neat brick
church on North Main Street. Jacob, born January 17, 1824, never married; Anna, born
December 27, 1825, afterwards the wife of James Pressnall ; James, born August 17, 1827,
the subject of this sketch; Isaac, born July 30, 1829, a prominent farmer of Harrison
Township, and for many years a justice of the peace; Samuel, born August 10, 1833, a
successful farmer of Liberty Township, and a leading member of the Friends' Church on
Flatrock; Ihaddeus, the last child, born March 3, 1837.
The parents of this family were persons of great energy and strength of character.
The father, Isaac Brown, was a native of North Carolina, where he was born March
9, 1797. He immigrated early in the last century to the neighborhood of Stillwater,
Ohio, where he was married to Mary Mendenhall, a lady who was two years older than
himself, sne having been born September 28, 1795. Like him, she was a person of
strong native sense, rugged health, great industry and conscientious devotion to the
tenets of morality and religion. Both husband and wife were possessed of those sterling
qualities which were characteristic of the pioneers of the Middle West, of which stead-
fastness of purpose and quiet courage were prominent features.
Mary (Mendenhall) Brown, the mother of the subject of this sketch, used to relate
that when she came to Henry County. Indiana, with her husband and family, in the
year 1825. they settled in that part of the county which was afterwards organized into
Liberty Township, in a round-log cabin with no shutter to the door, other than a blanket
or quilt to keep out the rain and cold. Her husband was often kept away from home,
either all night or until a late hour in the night, especially when he went to the mill
at Milton. Wayne County, for meal or flour for the family use. At home with her five
children, the oldest being but nine years of age. the wolves howling about the cabin
and even snapping and snarling upon its roof, she often found it necessary to barricade
the dbor with their meagre furniture and guard the safety of her little ones until
morning came or her weary husband returned from his hard journey through the woods.
Isaac Brown had learned the blacksmith's trade in his old home and soon opened
a shop in the Henry County wilderness, where he also made coffins in which to bury
the dead, and wagons to do the settlers' hauling. He was a master of the blacksmith
trade, as it was then followed, and it was said of him that he could weld a wagon tire
so perfectly that the weld could not be detected. His education, like that of the majority
of his day, was very limited, but he knew how to keep accounts and possessed a native
acumen and business foresight which caused him to value correctly the opportunities
about him for acquiring ownership of the new lands in his neighborhood. His black-
smithing business furnished him largely with the means to carry out his ideas; but he
was also a successful farmer and knew the best methods of making money from the
new fields, and in addition to his home farm, now known as the Pleasant M. Koons farm,
he became the owner of many tracts of land in his part of the county, some of which
he afterwards sold, but the greater part of them was divided among his children.
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Isaac Brown and his wife were members of the Society of Friends, or Qualvers, and
zealous believers in its doctrines of peace and good will, and were among the founders
of the Flatrock Meeting of Friends and the Flatrock School, where his children, in-
cluding James Brown, were educated. He was a great friend to education and gave
freely both to his church and to the support of the school. He often said: "I can't
preach, but I know how to make money, and it is my duty to give to those who can
preach and teach;" and he did give freely, as attested by many instances of his kind-
ness to the ministers of his society, who were mostly poor men and women, who traveled
and preached for conscience sake.
A number of young men learned the blacksmith's trade with him in his little, old
country shop, who later became prominent in the affairs of the county, as so many of
the early blacksmiths did. Among them were John K. Millikan and his own son, James
Brown.
JAMES BROWN.
James Brown, the son of Isaac and Mary (Mendenhall) B'own, was born August
17, 1827. Though his father was liberal in the matter of primary education, it is not
likely that he gave much thought to the higher education of the colleges and academies,
at least none of his children seem to have enjoyed the advantages of such schools. Thus
the school days of James Brown were confined to the Flatrock School, which, as a
neighborhood school, was superior to the majority of those surrounding it.
As already stated, each child of Isaac Brown received a farm as a start in life.
James Brown, however, cherished other aspirations and the longing for the career of
a lawyer had grown so strong by the time he had reached the age of twenty two years
that he sold his land back to his father, took off his leather apron, threw down his sledge,
and came to New Castle, where he entered the law office of William Grose and Joshua
H. Mellett, and began to read law. He devoted himself so closely to his studies that, at
the end of two years, he was admitted to the bar and soon afterwards became the law
partner of William Grose, the firm of Grose and Mellett having been dissolved. The
partnership of Grose and Brown continued, with a large and increasing practise, until
Mr. Brown was elected district attorney, in 1855, when it was dissolved.
He filled the district attorneyship with ability and after retiring from that office
formed a partnership witli Robert L. Polk. The firm of Brown and Polk continued
with marked success from 1863 to 1872, when the junior partner was elected judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of Henry County. Mr. Brown then took into partnership
his nephew, Joseph M. Brown, who had been practising for some time after completing
his studies in his uncle's office; and the firm name became J. and J. M. Brown, or, in
brief. Brown and Brown. In 1S76, Joseph M. Brown was elected prosecuting attorney
and James Brown continued the business alone for a few years. He then took his son,
William A. Brown, into partnership and this firm continued under the old name of
Brown and Brown until the death of James Brown, when the business fell to and is
still maintained by the son.
During the last thirty years of James Brown's career as a lawyer he controlled a
large and lucrative business, appearing on one side or the other of almost every im-
portant action in the circuit court, and also doing a large business in the Superior,
Appellate and Supreme courts of the State, and in the United States District and Circuit
courts. He was an advocate of singular persistence in behalf of his clients. Once
thoroughly interested in behalf of a client, he clung to his cause and fought it out, inch
by inch, as long as he could see a reasonable hope of success, often winning his point
in the court of last resort. He made no pretenses to oratory and never built upon the
chance of carrying a jury away by some impassioned appeal not justified by the logic
of the case as disclosed by the evidence. • If the evidence was bad for his client's cause,
he either assailed it and the witness who gave it, with denunciation and ridicule, or
sought to render it nugatory by a logical analysis of the whole evidence given, which
seemed to render the unfavorable testimony so highly improbable as to destroy its
weight. He was a fighter before a jury and contested every movement that even re-
motely hinted of danger to his client. It was this quality of armed watchfulness and
1052 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Steadfastness to his clients tliat made him a successful advocate whose services were
always in demand.
Among those who read law under Mr. Brown may be mentioned his former part-
ner, Robert L. Polk; two nephews, Joseph M. and Samuel Hadley Brown, sons of his
oldest brother, Moses Brown; George L. Koons, John C. Denny, William 0. Birnard,
John C. Billheimer. Edwin E. Parker, Adolph Rogers, Charles S. Hernly, William A.
Brown, his son. and many others.
James Brown was married to Elizabeth Alice Carpenter, a daughter of William
Carpenter, of Wayne County. Indiana, in 1852. She seems to have been admirably fitted
to be the life companion of a studious, aspiring man like Mr. Brown, and with her he
lived happily all the remainder of his life. Mrs. Brown did not long survive her hus-
band. She died at the beautiful home of the family on East Broad Street, New Castle.
Indiana, August 9, 1897, five months and seventeen days after the death of her husband.
James and Elizabeth Alice (Carpenter) Brown were the parents of three children,
namely: Mary A. Brown, who married William H. Albright, a gallant Union soldier
of Company F, 84th Indiana Infantry, who, after the conclusion of peace, was a photog-
rapher in New Castle, with whom she lived happily until his death, March 14, 1905,
and whom she survives; William Asbury Brown, the only son; and Fannie A. Brown,
now Mrs. Percy W. Liveston. of Indianapolis, Indiana, who for some time held a re-
sponsible position with her father's firm, and was his amanuensis and typewriter up to
the time of his demise.
James Brown was greatly attached to his home, which he had established at the
northeast corner of Broad and Nineteenth streets, in New Castle, where he erected a com-
modious house and filled the large yard with trees, improving it, year after year, until
it had become one of the prettiest and most desirable homes in the little city, fully justify
ing his affection for and pride in it. and there his children were reared in the midst of
pleasant and happy surroundings.
In 1867 the old frame house which he owned east of the northeast corner of Main
and Broad streets. New Castle, in which his office was situated, burned down, throwing
him out of an office; but his father urged him to rebuild and offered him the necessary
assistance, so that joining with his brother-in-law. Dr. Isaac Mendenhall, the twain
erected the two-story brick building, known as the Brown and Mendenhall Block, upon
the second floor of which the Brown and Brown law oiBce has been so long maintained.
James Brown, like his father, pinned his financial faith to real estate and acquired two
good farms, one a mile west of New Castle, known as the Slatter farm, and another
two miles south of New Castle, both of which he improved and still owned at the time
of his death.
In politics he was in early life an old-time Whig, but always opposed the institu-
tion of slavery and its encroachments upon free territory, hence he naturally fell into the
Republican party, upon its first organization, and engaged actively in the propagation
of its views, upon the stump and otherwise. During the war for the preservation of
the Union, he was an active supporter of the government and so continued ai'ter the
war. supporting the reconstruction measures, including the constitutional amendments.
In the early 'seventies, however, he became at variance with his party and its measures,
and though never as active in politics thereafter as before, he gave his support to the De-
mocracy during the remainder of his life.
In religion he was more a believer in the religion of life and character than of
creed, and was never active in church membership, though endorsing the high morality
and uplifting power of the law of love taught by the New Testament.
The death of Mr. Brown came without warning on February 22. 1897. He and his
daughter, Fannie A., were at the residence of his son, William A. Brown, across Broad
Street from their home, where he was dictating a brief to her, which she was typewrit-
ing rapidly, when suddenly the dictation ceased and the daughter looked up question-
ingly only to meet the silent stare of her dead father. His heart had ceased to act and
thus, without warning and without pain, had the busy lawyer passed on from the
activities and cares of life.
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I'he funeral was held at the family home on February 24, 1897, and was very
largely attended by members of the bar from Henry and adjoining counties. On the
day of the funeral a largely attended meeting of the bar was held in the court room
at New Castle, which was presided over by David W. Chambers. Speeches were made,
appreciative of the life, character and professional career of Mr. Brown, by Martin L.
Bundy, of New Castle; Charles G. Otfutt and Ephraim Marsh, of Greenfield; Benjamin
F. Mason, of Wayne County; Eugene H. Bundy, Mark E. Forkner, David W. Chambers,
James T. Mellett, Horace L. Burr, Leander P. Mitchell, and Charles N. Mikels, of the
Henry County bar, and Messrs. Offutt, Marsh, Mason, Eugene H. Bundy, Chambers, and
Judge George L. Koons, of the Delaware Circuit Court, were selected as pall bearers.
The funeral was conducted by the Reverend H. J. Norris, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the interment was at South Mound Cemetery.
At the meeting of the bar, an appropriate memorial, reported and read by Adolph
Rogers, was adopted by a rising vote of all persons present, which, after speaking of
the high abilities of the deceased, declared that "his fame as a lawyer is secure," and
added its endorsement of his life as a citizen, his interest In public affairs, his patriotism
and spoke of his interest in and love for the writings of the best authors, in which "he
often surprised his hearers by apt quotations; and while he made no pretense to oratory,
he was logical and convincing before a jury, being possessed of certain peculiarities of
manner and thought which made his personality a marked one." It closed with the
following tribute to his personal character:
"But it was in his home life that he appeared at his best. His tenderness and love
for his wife and children and grandchildren were deep and abiding. No sacrifice was
too great for him to make for them. To see them happy was the object of his life. The
deep, parental pride which he felt in the success of his son and partner in the law was
a marked and touching trait in his character. In return his family lavished upon him
their purest affections. His life work is done. He achieved success, as the world notes
success. He had reached the topmost round in his profession and had won success in its
broadest sense, in that he had led a just and upright life, and after life's arduous labors,
he rests in peace."
The New Castle Weekly Courier of February 25, 1897, said of Mr. Brown: "Pos-
sessed of a wonderfully analytic legal mind, he was a skillful and competent lawyer and
his opinions were much sought after by others of his profession, and his death will be
a great loss to those who sought his counsel and to the bar of Eastern Indiana."
A contributor to the New Castle Courier, in its issue of March 14, 1897, spoke of
Mr. Brown's knowledge of literature and noted especially his love for the poetry of
George Crabbe, an English poet, now much neglected, and said that while he had the
same love of liberty and the same aversion to slavery as John G. Whittier, yet he did not
care for that poet's ringing and impassioned verse. Had that contributor known that
Robert Burns was also a favorite of Mr. Brown's, he might have been confused to account
for his love for two poets of such opposite qualities as Crabbe and Burns, while rejecting
a poet like Whittier, whose genius was so near akin to that of Burns. But here again
was one of those peculiarities of Mr. Brown's tastes and habits of thought which tended
to make him conspicuous among men.
The same contributor said further:
"It would surprise many to know the extent of Mr. Brown's reading and researches
in religious matters and his thoughtful and careful consideration of the historical evi-
dences of Christianity. Few men seemed to be more at home in the discussion of such
matters than he, yet he did not intrude his knowledge of and peculiar views concerning
them upon unwilling ears."
Speaking of his want of scholastic training and wondering what he might have
attained to had his educational opportunities been better, the same writer added this
conclusion :
"But no college training, no favoring condition could have made a Franklin, a
Cromwell, an Abraham Lincoln, or a Hugh Miller: neither could it have made the
country lawyer, James Brown, who. by dint of his individuality and indomitable perse-
verance, wrote his name high upon the roster of professional success."
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WILLIAJt ASBURT BROWN.
(Son.)
William Asbury Brown, the only son of James and Elizabeth Alice (Carpenter)
Brown, who was born at New Castle, Indiana, March 13, 1854, has himself won a fine
success at the bar and in politics. He was his father's efficient partner during the later
years of his legal career, and succeeds the old firm of Brown and Brown and retains its
large practise. In 1887 and again in 1889, he was elected a member of the lower house of
the General Assembly of Indiana and served both terms with credit to the county and
with distinction to himself. He is now in possession of a large and lucrative legal prac-
tise in the Circuit and higher courts.
His wife is a beautiful and accomplished lady who commands the friendship and
respect of the entire community. She is a daughter of William Kibble, of Delaware
County, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Brown are the parents of an interesting
family of children, two sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Paul, is now engaged
in his father's office and seems likely to uphold the reputation of the family in Its
chosen field of the law. The younger son bears the name of his grandfather. James.
The two daughters are named respectively Ruth and Winifred.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OP MARK E. FORKNER.
LAWYER, LEGISLATOR AND Jl'DGE.
The Forkner family, according to tradition, are of Welsh descent, but just when
this family emigrated to America is not definitely known. It is certain, however, that
vVilliam Forkner. the great-grandfather of Mark E. Forkner, settled at a very early
period in North Carolina and was of some prominence in the aiiairs of that State. Isaac
Forkner. the grandfather, moved from Surrey County, North Carolina, about 1812, to
Grayson County, Virginia, where the family abided for several years and where Micajah
Forkner, father of Mark E., was born in 1814. In 1819 Isaac Forkner moved from Vir-
ginia to Indiana, settling near Centreville. in Wayne County. In 1822 he once more
moved, this time to Henry County, Indiana, settling in Liberty Township on a farm
now owned and occupied by Frank Phelman, one mile south of the present site of Mill-
ville. He was a soldier of the War of 1812-1.5 and for his service in that conflict re-
ceived a government land warrant.
Jesse Forkner, uncle of Mark E., came to Henry County at the same time as his
father, Isaac, and located on what was afterwards known as the John B. Crull farm, in
Liberty Township. The lands entered by him are described as follows: east half, south-
west quarter, section twenty-four, entered November 12. 1821; and the west half, south-
west quarter, section 24, entered December 10, 1827: the whole comprising one
hundred and sixty acres. Jesse Forkner was collector for Henry County in 1827 and was
sherili of the county for two terms, August 14. 1829, to August 19, 1831, and from
August 19, 1831. to August 5, 1833-. During his official career as sheriff he was very
persistent in collecting fines assessed against non-combatants for refusal to perform
militia service and thereby incurred the displeasure of the Friends or Quakers, who were
conscientiously opposed to bearing arms and who would rather lose their all than to
engage in conflict with their own or their country's enemies. A great change in such
matters has taken place among the Friends since those days. During the Civil War,
the government had no warmer supporters than the Quakers and most of the peculiarities
that distinguished them in those early times have been discarded by the Friends of the
present day.
Micajah Forkner, the father of the subject of this sketch, was twice married, first,
in 1835. to Elizabeth Allen, who died in 1849. His second wife was Margaret A. Jordan,
to whom he was married in 1852. The children by the first wife were: Granville H.,
now a resident of Auburn. Indiana; William B.. now a resident of Hartford City. In-
diana; Thomas Benton, deceased; Mary A., widow of the late Samuel Winings. who now
resides in New Castle; John Larue, commonly called "Jack," of Anderson, Indiana;
Mark E., the subject of this sketch; and one child, Allen, who died in infancy. Gran-
ville H. Forkner has resided for a number of years at Auburn and was at one time the
postmaster of the place. William B., of Hartford City, was elected and served one term
as treasurer of Blackford County, and John Larue (Jack) has had honors thrust upon
him by the city of Anderson and the people of Madison County. He is now the very
popular mayor of that city and his name has been mentioned as one that might head
the Democratic ticket for Governor of the State. Thomas B., prior to his death, was a
young practising physician and had before him a promising future. Of the four living
brothers, it should be noted as a rather remarkable fact that two, Granville H. and
Mark E.. are Republicans, while the other two, William B. and John Larue, are Demo-
crats! and to this should be added the further unusual circumstance that all four held
oflScial positions in their several communities, at nearly the same time.
The children of Micajah Forkner by his second wife were: Elizabeth Caroline, now
Mrs. John Thornburgh, of Hagerstown, Indiana; Belle, now Mrs. Lue Hoover, of Indianap-
olis; Morna, now Mrs. Hiram Eshelman. of Greenfield. Indiana; Charles, of Hagerstown.
Indiana; and two boys, Lawrence and Burlc. both of whom died in early childhood.
Lawrence was an unusually bright and interesting child and his death was a source of
great sorrow to his parents. The grandfather, the father and the children, who are de-
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ceased, are buried in tlie Chicago Cemetery, about two miles southeast of Millville, on
Symons Creek; the mother is buried in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, on Martindale
CreeR, in Wayne County.
MASK E. FORKNER.
Mark E. Forkner was born in Liberty Township, Henry County, Indiana. January
26, 1846. His childhood days were like those of the average country boy. He was a
stout and sturdy youth, endowed with good, common sense and possessed of a natural
ambition which gradually shaper the course of his life. His education was bogur. in
the country or district schools and was completed by attendance for three years at the
then well known New Castle Academy. While attending the last named school, he was
also engaged in reading law in the office of Joshua H. Mellett, and to secure the means
to complete his education, he also, for about three months of each year, taught school,
first, at the Stout schoolhouse, east of New Castle; then at the schoolhouse at that time
located a little north of the present town of Mooreland; and lastly, at Greensboro, in
1866, where he was associated with Joseph W. Worl, now of Oklahoma Territory.
Under his able and distinguished preceptor, he prosecuted the study of the law
with such characteristic zeal and energy that he was admitted to the bar in 1866 and
entered at once upon a professional career. By close application to his profession, he
steadily advanced in the esteem of his brother lawyers and of the people of the com-
munity, until he now stands in the front rank, not only of the bar of Henry County,
but of the bar of Central and Eastern Indiana as well.
In the Winter of 1866-7, he was appointed deputy district attorney for the county
of Henry, and in the Spring of 1867, he formed a partnership with his former preceptor,
Joshua H. Mellett, and this association continued until 1870, when the latter was elected
judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which comprised the counties of Henry, Del-
aware, Grant and Hancock. This partnership had been very agreeable to both of the
partners and especially profitable to Mr. Forkner, bringing him not only financial gain,
but also a greatly widened experience in practical affairs.
Soon after the dissolution of his partnership with Mr. Mellett, by reason of the
latter's elevation to the bench, Mr. Forkner and Eugene H. Bundy associated themselves
together in the practise of the law. Born in the same year and destined to similar
public careers, this period of their lives may well be considered one of happy augury to
each. Pitting themselves against the veterans of the profession, they conducted a
practise of constantly increasing size and importance and established their standing and
reputation as able lawyers and skillful practitioners. Besides this, each had gained that
invaluable knowledge of men and of affairs which has so well illustrated their later
careers. This partnership was destined to be dissolved after six years of the most
agreeable -relations. In 1876, upon the retirement of Judge Joshua H. Mellett from the
bench, Mr. Bundy withdrew from the firm to enter partnership with Mellett, and Mr.
Forkner continued the practise alone until he was appointed judge, as noted below.
Mark E. Forkner has always been a Republican in politics and from his first entry
into public affairs has taken a more or less active part in political campaigns, local.
State and National. In 1874 he was elected by the Republicans of Henry County as a
member of the lower house of the General Assembly of Indiana, forty eighth session,
serving one term. He took part in all of the deliberations of that body and discharged
his duties with fidelity to his constituents and with credit to himself. He also served in
a special session, March 9 to March 14, 1875. Now he, who by his own unaided efforts
had achieved an enviable position in his profession and stood well in the councils of
his party, was ready for higher honors. When Robert Lindsey Polk died. May 7, 1881,
and the office of judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, composed of Henry and Han-
cock counties, thereby became vacant, Mr, Forkner, on May 11th following, was appointed
by Governor Albert G. Porter to fill the vacancy, and at the ensuing election, in the Fall
of 1882, he was chosen for the full term of six years. This high and honorable position
he filled with signal ability and to the entire satisfaction of the people whom he so ably
and impartially served. The fact has already been pointed out elsewhere in this History
that the citizens of Henry County, who have been raised to the bench, have uniformly.
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since the organization of the county, maintained a standard of excellence in their posi-
tions, second to the judiciary of no other county of the State, and it is with commendable
pride that the names of Jehu T. Elliott, Josnua H. Mellett, Robert Lindsey Polk, Mark
E. Forkner, Eugene H. Bundy, William 0. Barnard and the present judge of the Henry
Circuit Court, John M. Morris, are mentioned.
Upon his retirement from the bench, Judge Forkner, still young in years, resumed
the practise of the law and from that time his career as a lawyer and advocate has been
one of great activity. His practise extends to all parts of Central and Eastern Indiana.
He also has an extensive practise before the United States Circuit and District Courts
at Indianapolis. He now has, as a partner in his business, his son, George D. Forkner,
of whom mention is again made at another point in this sketch.
Judge Forkner is a quick thinker and a fast talker, when on his feet. He is a pow-
erful speaker and his talents are not confined to legal arguments nor to appeals to court
and jury. So well informed and happily trained in his mind that he illumines any
subject which may be presented for his consideration.
On June 22, 1S69. Mark E. Forkner married Rebecca Donahoo, at the residence of
Stephen and Caroline (Donahoo) Elliott, two miles south of New Castle, the ceremony
being performed by the Reverend Milton Mahin. This was a union of two happily dls-
positioned people and the whole course of their married life has been marked by mutual
love, regard and esteem. The door of their home is always open and within its portals
their friends are given cordial welcome and from their table is dispensed the old fash-
ioned hospitality of our forefathers which is now seldom known.
Judge and Mrs. Forkner are the parents of two children, namely: George Donahoo,
born March 28, 1876: and Caroline, born October 14, 1879. These two children are both
graduates of the High School, New Castle, and of the Indiana State University, Bloom-
ington. They are thoroughly educated and accomplished young people, gracious in man-
ner, delightful entertainers and general favorites. The son. George Donahoo, during his
attendance at the Indiana State University, pursued not only the regular college course,
but at the same time studied law in the law department of the \iniversity. After his
graduation from college, he returned to his home and finished his law studies in the
office of his father. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1899, and is now the junior
member of the law firm of Forkner and Forkner. Like his father at his age, he has the
world before him in which to lose or conquer. Elsewhere in this History will be found
a full biographical sketch of John L. Forkner. wherein further reference is made to
the Forkner family.
.\.\CESTRY OF REBECC.\ (D0N.\H0O) FORKKER.
The parents of Mrs. Mark E. (Donahoo) Forkner were Jeremiah and Caroline
(Parkinson) Donahoo. They came to Indiana from Licking County, Ohio, and settled
north of Anderson, Madison County, but later moved to that city, where they lived the
remainder of their lives. To them were born three children, namely: Rebecca, now the
wife of Mark E. Forkner, the subject of this sketch; Almeda, now the wife of Nathan
Nicholson, a retired farmer, living in New Castle; and Martha, now the wife of Jacob
Lowe, a well known and prosperous farmer, living north of New Castle.
On December 6, 1859, after the death of her first husband, Mrs. Caroline (Parkin-
son) Donahoo was united in marriage with the late Stephen Elliott, a Henry County
pioneer, residing two miles south of New Castle. They had one child, Mary, now the wife
of William C. Bond, manufacturer of handles. New Castle, Indiana. Mrs. Elliott died
November 22. 188.5. and Mr. Elliott died December 4, 1896. The former is buried in South
Mound Cemetery and the latter in the Elliott Cemetery.
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biographical sketch of eugene halleck bundy.
LAWYEB. LEGISLATOR AND JUDGE.
Eugene Halleck Bundy is a native Hoosier. having been born at New Castle, In-
diana, October 10, 1846. His father. Judge Martin L. Bundy, was one of the earliest
pioneers of Eastern Indiana and is the oldest living member of the Henry County bar.
Of him it can be said that no man, other than himself, has done so much to preserve the
history of Henry County. He is possessed of a marvelous memory and recalls without
effort events of long ago with perfect accuracy as to names and dates. He wields a
ready pen and has furnished the community, which his long and honorable life has so
signally honored, with an invaluable fund of information relating to the early affairs of
the county, civil and political, which would otherwise be irretrievably lost. For nearly
ninety years or almost a century has he gone in and out before this people and has left
the impress of his vigorous personality upon their minds and hearts. In honoring him,
posterity honors itself.
Amanda (Elliott) Bundy, the mother of Eugene Halleck Bundy, was a daughter of
Abraham Elliott, who was admitted to the bar at the first term of the Henry Circuit
Court in 1823; in 1825 he was appointed a master in chancery; he was a member of the
board of justices from 1S25 to 1827, and associate judge, from 1843 to 1849. She was a
sister of the late Jehu T. Elliott, who was for many years a judge of the Henry Circuit
Court and of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana.
Eugene Halleck Bundy early became a student. His primary education was ob-
tained in the common and academic schools of New Castle and in September, 1864, he
entered Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he spent two years. He then went to
Union College, Schenectady, New York, where he entered the Sophomore class and re-
mained for a year. He then returned to Miami University, where he completed the
regular classical course and graduated in June, 1869.
After graduation, young Bundy returned to his home in New Castle and began the
study of the law in the otBce of his father, which was then in the rear room of the
First National Bank, of which the latter was president. He was a diligent student and
made such rapid progress in his studies that he was admitted to the bar in 1870, and
then began a practise which has grown from day to day, and from year to year. His
natural capacity, his eagerness to learn things and his laudable ambition to excel, coupled
with the friendly rivalry of boyhood companions, so many of whom had. like himself,
entered the arena of the law, cause.l him to strive with unabated energy for the honors
of his profession, until he now stands in the first rank.
In his boyhood he had shown a decided bent toward political life and at the age of
fifteen years he was appointed a page in the House of Representatives of the General As-
sembly of Indiana, by Cyrus M. Allen, of Vincennes, then Speaker of the House. This
was in 1861, when the General Assembly (forty first and special sessions) was known
and is now historically referred to as the "War Legislature." Great events were com-
ing; civil war was casting its mighty shadow athwart the country; the Union of our
fathers was threatened; the rope that bound the Commonwealths together was like to
prove a rope of sand; on either side was heard the fife's shrill note and the drum's loud
alarm calling the people to arms. It was amid such forboding scenes that young Bundy
gained his first experience in governmental affairs and their lasting impression upon
his mind has been demonstrated in many ways. It was at this time he came in contact
with the then president elect, Abraham Lincoln, who was making his famous journey to
Washington City for inauguration. His first stop was at Indianapolis, where he was ten-
dered a reception, which was held in the parlor of the old Bates House, which stood on
the southeast corner of Illinois and Washington streets, where the Claypool Hotel now
stands. A part of the ceremony was to consist of the presentation of the members of the
General Assembly to the president elect and for that purpose they formed in line, beaded
by John R. Cravens, of Jefferson County, President of the Senate, and Cyrus M. Allen,
of Knox County, Speaker of the House. It was the privilege of this young page to
stand at the head of the line and, as each member advanced, to announce his name to
Mr. Lincoln.
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In 1861 Martin L. Bundy was appointed and commissioned, by President Lincoln,
Major and Paymaster, United States Volunteers, and in the latter part of 1862, Eugene
H. became one of his father's clerks and remained with him until September, 1864,
when he entered Miami University. During most of their service, they were stationed at
Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Chicago and Detroit. These two years of army service were
strenuous in character and were important in that they gave the subject of this sketch a
business training and education of great importance to him in after life.
Eugene Halleck Bundy and Elizabeth Mary (Bettie) Mellett, only daughter of
Judge Joshua H. and Catharine (Shroyer) Mellett, were united in marriage, at the home
of the bride's parents in New Castle, Indiana, July 6, 1870, the ceremony being performed
by the Reverend Milton Mahin. They are the parents of one child, a daughter, Nellie
Catharine, a very charming and accomplished young lady, who gracefully adorns the
home and delightfully entertains her many friends.
Not long after his admission to the bar Mr. Bundy entered into a partnership with
Mark E. Forkner, under the firm name of Forkner and Bundy. They had a large and
lucrative practise for a period of six years, when the firm was dissolved and Mr. Bundy
became a partner with his father-in-law, Judge Mellett, who had just retired from the
bench. The partnership of Mellett and Bundy continued for thirteen years and was re-
garded as one of the strongest legal firms in Eastern Indiana.
In the Fall of 1880, Eugene H. Bundy was elected State Senator for the district
composed of the counties of Henry, Delaware and Randolph. He served in the fifty first
regular and special sessions of 18S1 and in the fifty second regular session of 1883. He
was an active member of the Senate and took a prominent part in its deliberations, es-
tablishing for himself a name which later warranted his nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of the State by the Republican State convention in 1884. The candidave for
Governor was William H. Calkins, of Laporte. The ticket was defeated, but that result
in no wise lessened the estimation in which Mr. Bundy was held by the people. He had
made a complete campaign throughout the State and was everywhere recognized as a
powerfuradvocate of the principles of the Republican party.
In 1887 when the State was erecting additional hospitals for the insane at Rich-
mond, Logansport and Evansville, Governor Isaac P. Gray appointed Eugene H. Bundy, a
member of the board of commissioners, to which the construction of the buildings was
intrusted. He held this responsible position until the completion of the hospital. He
was appointed a member of this commission in the place of General William Grose, who
had resigned because of his election to the State Senate.
The General Assembly, by an act approved February 22, 1889, having erected Henry
County into a separate judicial circuit, designated as the fifty third. Governor Alvin P.
Hovey, under authority of the act. appointed Eugene H. Bundy judge of the circuit, to
hold until the next general election in November, 1890. When the election was held, he
was chosen to succeed himself and served for the full term of six years. Judge Eugene
H. Bundy's career on the bench was entirely satisfactory to the people of the county, and
it is unquestioned that he fully maintained the high reputation of the Henry Circuit
Court as established by his honorable predecessors.
The life of Judge Bundy, from the time of his first public service while still a boy
in his "teens" until the present, has been one of continuous activity. He retired with
honor from the bench and at once resumed the practise of the law in partnership with
Judge John M. Morris. This association continued until the latter in 1896 was elected
judge of the Henry Circuit Court to succeed Judge William 0. Barnard. Since that time
Judge Bundy has continued to practise his profession alone.
During the term of years that Charles S. Hernly, of Henry County, was Chairman
of the Republican State Central Committee, Judge Bundy was a member and chairman of
the Executive Committee of that organization and contributed greatly to the success of
the party in the campaigns of 1898 and 1900. He has always been a Republican in poli-
tics, not merely a voter of the party ticket, but an active and aggressive worker. In all
campaigns, local. State and National, except during his incumbency of the bench when he
upheld the best traditions of the judiciary by refraining from politics, he has been a
conspicuous figure in the councils of his party. As an orator he ranks high and is a
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forcible campaign speaker who is always eagerly sought for. He is a close observer of
political conditions and possesses the ability to clearly expound his well grounded opin-
ions touching matters of importance to the State and Nation.
He has been an active member of the Henry County Historical Society since its
organization and is now one of the three trustees of that important institution which
has for its main object the preservation of the historical materials of the county. He is
also a member of the Knights of Pythias, Crescens Lodge, Number 33; of tiie Im-
proved Order of Red Men, Iroquois Tribe, Number 97; and of the Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks, New Castle Lodge. Number 484. He is not a member of any church,
but is closely identified by birth and association with the Methodist Episcopal denomina-
tion.
Judge Bundy has grown in years, yet he is, comparatively speaking, not an old
man. He is physically sound and mentally well balanced and the future, no doubt, has
in store for him many years of usefulness as well as preferment and honors. He is
noted for his genial disposition, his fine social qualities and the enduring nature of his
friendships. As a young man, he started under the best auspices and throughout his
career has made the very best of his opportunities. His whole life has been a success.
He enjoys the distinction of having been one of his father's successors on the bench of
Henry County, the only case of the kind in the county and one of the very few in the
State. It is true, however, that when his uncle, Jehu T. Elliott, was presiding judge
of the Henry Circuit Court, his father, the grandfather of Judge Bundy, Abraham Elli-
ott, was associate judge of the county and sat on the bench with his son who was the
presiding judge. Judge Bundy is also one of the successors on the bench of his father-
in-law, Joshua H. Mellett, who was a judge of the Henry Circuit Court.
In chapter nine of volume one of this History is published a full biographical
sketch of Judge Martin L. Bundy and his family, which should be read in connection
with this sketch of his son for details of the family not mentioned here. Reference
should also be made to the biographical sketch of his father-in-law. Judge Joshua H.
Mellett. published in this volume.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WILLIAM OSCAR BARNARD.
The Barnard family is a notable one and traces its origin back to colonial days in
America. The family is of English origin but genealogical information regarding the
family in the mother country is lacking. The lineal representatives of seven genera-
tions of this family in America, given in their order, are as follows: Thomas, Nathaniel,
Ebenezer, William, Tristram, William, and Sylvester, father of William Oscar Barnard,
the subject of this sketch. Thomas, Nathaniel. Ebenezer and the first William were all
residents of the Island of Nantucket, famous in the annals of the early colonists and
which figures prominently in later American History, and where even to this day still
survive many of the quaint customs and peculiar forms of government of the seven-
teenth century which have become obsolete elsewhere. Thomas Barnard was a soldier
in the Colonial Army and was killed by the Indians during King Philip's War, in 1675.
The first white settler of Nantucket was Thomas Macy. whose descendants became
connected with the Gardner and Barnard families by intermarriage. The Barnard? and
Macys first settled on the mainland in the Plantation of Plymouth, but they are said to
have been Quakers, who came under the ban of the Puritans, owing to the religious in-
tolerance of the times, and were driven for safety to take refuge on the Island. As
Thomas Barnard rendered military service and lost his life in the Indian Wars, it is
possible that the Barnard family at least, were not at that time Quakers but became so
afterwards. However obsc'ure the reasons, the fact of their early removal and settlement
on Nantucket is indisputable. The subsequent removal of the family to North Carolina,
where there wa's a large settlement of Quakers clearly points, however, to Quaker con-
nections. The date of their removal to North Carolina has not baen kept and the next
known fact regarding the movements of this family relate to the emigration from North
Carolina of the second William, named above in the chain of anccsrry. Tlie religiou? and
political ciislike of the Quakers to the institution of African sla\rr> r;in-i(l him to move
his family in 1818 to Indiana, where they settled in Union County. iIii-hh miles east of
Liberty, the county seat of the county.
The last named William Barnard married Matilda Gardner in North Carolina about
the year 1805, but the exact date is not obtainable. He died in March, 1S5S. and his wife
in July, 1S45. and both are buried in the cemetery at Poplar Ridge, near Everton, Fay-
ette County, Indiana. This pioneer couple were the parents of the following named chil-
dren: Lydia G.. who died at Spiceland, Indiana, aged seventy two years, and is burieJ
in the Spiceland Cemetery; Paul, who died at Richmond, Indiana, In 1880. and is buried
there in Earlham Cemetery: Eunice, afterwards Mrs. Eli Stanton, now deceased: Mary
B.. afterwards Mrs. Shubal Swain, now deceased and buried at her home in Kapsas: Isaac,
who married Alvira Swain, died in August, 1880, and is buried at his home in Iowa;
Phoebe, who died at Poplar Ridge and' is buried there: Barzillai, who married and reared
a large family, died and is buried in the cemetery at Rushville, Indiana; Margaret, after-
wards Mrs. Richard D. Taylor, who is now deceased and buried at her home near Oska-
loo-a, Iowa: William D., who married Mary Jane Trusler, sister of Colonel Nelson and
Milton Trusler. died in February, 1881. and is buried at Connersville, Indiana; Melind?.,
who lives at Spiceland, on Academy Avenue, and is now past eighty two years of age;
Anderson, who died young; Byron, who married Maria Piper, near Connersville, Indiana,
now lives at Halstead, Kansas; and Sylvester, father of the subject of this sketch.
SYLVESTER BARN.\RD.
Sylvester Barnard was the thirteenth child, but the superstition as to that number
being unlucky, in his case at least, completely fails, as he has been singularly fortunate
and has lived a very successful life. Devotees of the Black Art, however, may have a
ready explanation of this in the mysterious virtues of the number "seven," he being the
seventh son. He was born March 31, 1828, in Union County, Indiana, on his father's
farm, three miles east of Liberty, in a typical log cabin of the period. On April 10, 1850,
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he was married, at the home of the bride in Fayette County, nine miles southeast of Con-
nersville, to Lavina Myer, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Myer. Jacob Myer came from
Pennsylvania and his wife from Virginia and settled in Union County, near Boston,
Wayne County. They were known as Pennsylvania Dutch, an appellation not used deris-
ively but to distinguish a class of people, very many of whom came early to Indiana and
by their efforts and those of their descendants have helped to bring the Hoosierland to
its present state of prosperity.
Sylvester and Lavina (Myer) Barnard are the parents of the following named chil-
dren: Edna Ann, who married John Meckel, an architect of Anderson, Indiana, but is
now deceased; William Oscar, the subject of this sketch; Isaac Myer, who is a farmer
in Rush County, near Knightstown. Henry County; Jacob Newton, who was formerly a
teacher and then a dry goods merchant, but is now a banker at Daleville, Delaware
County, Indiana; Lawrence Carlton, formerly a school teacher but now connected with
one of the large department stores at Muncie, Indiana; and Pliny Colfax,' a popular prac-
tising physician at Oakville, Delaware County, about ten miles north of New Castle.
Mr. and Mrs. John Meckel became the parents of four children: Frank, Grace,
Nellie, deceased, and Maud. The family of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Barnard are treated
of fully below; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac M. Barnard are the parents of Carl W.. Helen, and
Joseph S.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Barnard are the parents of Elliott and Boyd T.;
and Mr. and Mrs. Pliny C. Barnard are the parents of one child, Harry L. Of these
grandchildren of Sylvester Barnard and wife, two, Frank and Grace Meckel, are mar-
ried. Frank and his wife are the parents of two children, Edna and Orion; and Grace,
and her husband, John Bernard, are the parents of two children, Paul and Ruth.
Sylvester Barnard, for the greater part of his life, has been a farmer. His boy-
hood was spent amid the dilBculties and dangers of pioneer surroundings. He has al-
ways been an industrious man and is now enjoying the fruits of a well
spent life at his beautiful home in Middletown. Henry County, Indiana. Through-
out their married lite, Mrs. Barnard has been a sympathetic and helpful companion.
In politics he was first a Whig, but when that organization ceased to exist, he became a
firm adherent of the Republican party. He has belonged to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows for forty five years, and is now a member of Olive Branch Lodge, Number
89, Dublin, Indiana. He was initiated into the mysteries of the order and conducted
through the ceremonies by Milton Trusler, of Everton Lodge, Number 139, Fayette
County, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard were Quakers until their removal to Middle-
town in 1892, but as there was no church of that denomination at that place, they took
membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which they are consistent and faith-
ful members. They are devoted to their children and their descendants: have many
warm friendships; are free givers to charitable objects; and strive in all ways to do the
will of Him whom to rightfully serve brings joy and peace everlasting.
Following the advent of the Barnard family into Union County. Indiana, where
they resided for a number of years, they removed to the adjoining county of Fayette,
where in March. 1858, William, the father of Sylvester, died. He was an influential mem-
ber of the Society of Friends or Quakers and during his life took an active personal
■ interest in all matters relating to the management of the church and its affairs.
The relationshhip by intermarriage of the Barnard, Gardner and Macy families has
a'ready been casually mentioned. Matilda Gardner, the mother of Sylvester Barnard,
was the daughter of Isaac and Eunice (Macy) Gardner, who were consequently his
grandparents. The line of descent in the Gardner family runs thus: Richard, first,
Richard, second. Solomon, Stephen. Isaac, husband of Eunice Macy, Matilda, mother of
Sylvester Barnard. The line of descent in the Macy family runs thus: Thomas Macy,
the first, who was the first white settler of Nantucket Island, John, Thomas, second,
Joseph, Paul, Eunice, who married Isaac Gardner. Sylvester Barnard is consequently
a descendant on the maternal side of the first settler of Nantucket.
Tristram, the grandfather of Sylvester and the great grandfather of William
O. Barnard, married Margaret Folger, daughter of Latham Folger. and thus relationship
by intermarriage is established between the Barnard and Folger families. The line of
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descent of the Folger family begins with Peter Folger. who was the first Clerk of Nan-
tucket, and runs thus: Peter, John. Jonathan, Latham, Margaret (wife of Tristram
Barnard).
WILLI.iM OSCAR BAIIXABD.
William Oscar Barnard, son of Sylvester and Lavina (Myer) Barnard, was born
near Liberty, Union County, Indiana, October 25, 1852, but when he was two years of
age, his parents moved to Dublin, Wayne County, Indiana. The family remained for a
couple of years at that quiet place in Western Wayne County, which preceding the Civil
War was noted as one of the stations on the underground railroad where negroes, fleeing
from slavery, stopped for safety on their way to Canada. The family left Dublin in 1856
and moved to Fayette County, where they settled on a farm not far from Connersville.
It was there that William O. Barnard passed the greater part of his boyhood, performing
his share of the duties pertaining to life in the country. The modern conveniences,
which make the life of the farmer one of comparative ease, did not prevail when the
embryo judge was trudging along behind the single plow or with measured step was
dropping the corn, sowing the wheat and swinging the scythe.
In 1866 he came with his parents to Henry County, Indiana, settling in Liberty
Township, where he grew to manhood. His education up to this time was such as the
average country boy secures, but after coming to Henry County, he entered as a student
at the well known Spiceland Academy, where he had the good fortune to come under the
guidance of that foremost of teachers, the late Clarkson Davis, whose fine character and
remarkable ability as an educator have made a lasting impression upon the community.
His students will never cease to honor and cherish his memory as well as that of his
noble wife, Hannah Davis.
After leaving school. William O. Barnard became an educator himself. He taught
in several of the district schools of the county and was for a year principal of the school
at Economy. Wayne County, Indiana; also for a term or more, he taught in the public
schools at New Castle.
He "was now somewhat past the age of manhood and was confronted with the ever
present question. "What shall I do in the world?" He was strongly inclined toward the
/egal profession and in 1876 commenced to read law with the late James Brown, of New
Castle. He was admitted to the Henry County bar in 1877 and at once began the practise,
being at first associated, for a short time, as partner with Captain David W. Chambers.
Now fairly launched on the busy sea of professional lite, William O. Barnard slowly
but surely advanced along the way to success. The discouragements of his profession
he brushed aside, its difficulties he overcame, until today he has the uniform regard and
esteem of his friends and neighbors and the confidence of the whole bar, and enjoys a
well earned reputation as a judge and jurist. While practising his profession, he was for
two years the treasurer of the Corporation of New Castle. He afterwards served a term
of six years, from 1887 to 1893, as prosecuting attorney, a part of this time for the
eighteenth judicial circuit, which comprised the counties of Henry and Hancock, and
later for the fifty third judicial circuit, which comprised the county of Henry alone. The
fact may have been elsewhere mentioned, but it will bear repetition that the office of
prosecuting attorney has in many instances proved the stepping stone to judicial honors,
and this was so in the case of Mr. Barnard, who was elected judge of the fifty third
judicial circuit and was commissioned for six years from November 17, 1896. At the time
of his election, he was forty four years of age and it is a notable circumstance that since
the time when Robert L. Polk sat on the bench, the judges of the Henry Circuit Court
have been comparatively young men. Judge Polk was but thirty five years of age when
he assumed the duties of the oflice in 1876. He was followed by Judge Mark E. Forkner,
in 1881. at the age of thirty-five; Judge Eugene H. Bundy, in 1889. at the age of forty
three; Judge William 0. Barnard, in 1896, at the age already stated: and the present
judge. John M. Morris, at the age of forty five.
Among a law abiding people the position of judge is always an exalted one. In the
stately language of Bishop Hooker, "of the law no less can be acknowledged than that
her seat is the bosom of God," and unquestionably the judicial position demands of Us
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occupant the loftiest regard for truth, inflexible honesty and unimpeachable integrity.
The true judge is an interpreter and administrator of the law, who ignores all earthly
ties of kinship and affection, in the discharge of his duties, and who inflicts the just
penalties of the law without fear, favor or hope of reward; and it may be said of the
judiciary of Henry County that its members, one and all, have been men of such high
ideals; and of Judge Barnard, in particular, that during his term upon the bench, he
upheld its best traditions and administered the law with the same abiding sense of re-
sponsibility as his predecessors.
William Oscar Barnard was united in marriage with Mary V., daughter of Nathan
H. and Margaret (Hubbard) Ballenger, December 22, 1876. To them have been born
four children, namely: Paul, who occupies a responsible position with the Chicago, Cin-
cinnati and Louisville railroad, which is a part of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
system, and resides at Peru, Indiana: George Murphey, who is a practising attorney at
New Castle; Ralph Waldo, who is in charge of a branch office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, at Indianapolis; and Ruth, a bright and intelligent young lady
who is a general favorite among her companions and who lives at home with her parents.
.\NOESTliY OF MliS. WILLIA.U O. (BATXEXGEI! ) BARXARD.
Mary V., daughter of Nathan Hunt and Margaret (Hubbard) Ballenger, was born
in Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, September S. 1850, and lived with her par-
ents on a farm, two miles north of Knightstown, until 1863. when the family moved to
Spiceland to secure better educational advantages for the children. There she was edu-
cated under the direction and care of that splendid scholar and most excellent of men,
Clarkson Davis, and graduated from the Spiceland Academy in 1871. She then followed
the profession of teaching for a number of years, principally as a grammar and high
school teacher. Among the schools in which she taught may be noted the Spiceland
Academy, from which she had graduated, the Wabash and Evansvllle high schools,
and the New Castle Grammar School, She was an excellent teacher and imparted
learning to a very large number of scholars, who to day hold her in the highest regard.
She was married to William O. Barnard, at New Castle, Indiana, December 22, 1876, and
that place has ever since been her home.
Mrs. Barnard, on her father's side, is descended from the Ballengers and Hunts
of North Carolina, sturdy Quaker families of that State. The Ballengers emigrated from
Wales and the Hunts from Scotland at an early period. On her mother's side, she is
descended from the Hubbards, a Virginia family, which, according to tradition, is de-
scended from Pocahontas. Her mother was a sister of the well known Charles S. Hub-
bard, of Raysville, whose whole life has been one of untiring activity in the cause of his
fellow men. He has been, during all of his busy life, a member of, and for a number
of years, a minister in the Society of Friends. Jeremiah Hubbard, the great grand-
father of Mrs. Barnard, was a renowned Quaker preacher. Her maternal grandmother
was a daughter of Dr. George Swain, of North Carolina, a man who was prominent in
his day and whose ancestors were among the first settlers of Nantucket Island. Mrs.
Barnard is a Friend in religious belief, inheriting her religious views from a long and
distinguished line of Quaker ancestors. A complete biographical sketch of her father,
Nathan Hunt Ballenger, and his family appears elsewhere in this History, to which
reference should be made for further information with regard to her family.
GEORGE MURPHEY BARNARn.
(Son).
George Murphey Barnard, second son of Judge William O. and Mary V. (Ballenger)
Barnard, was born in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana. June 6, 1881. There he grew
to manhood and was educated in the public schools. He graduated from the New Castle
Hagh School in May, 1899, and September 21, 1900, he entered the law department of the
University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in that State, and graduated from that institu-
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tion, June 21, 1903. Returning from the university to New. Castle, he there entered
upon the practise of the law. He was soon afterwards appointed by the Board of Com-
missioners of Henry County as attorney for the poor and is still filling the position.
On July 30, 1904, he received the special nomination for prosecuting attorney of the
fifty third circuit, and was elected at the regular Presidential election in the November
foUowing. He enters upon the duties of the office January 1, 1906. He is the youngest
and the only unmarried man ever nominated and elected to this responsible office in
Henry County. His life up to the present time has been one largely of preparation, but
in the light of the past it would seem that the future has much of encouragement and
promise in store for him. He is one of the successors of his father in the office of prose-
outing attorney, which is the only instance in the county of father and son holding that
office.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN MONTFORT MORRIS.
LAWYEK, LEGISLATOR, JUDGE.
There came to Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana, in 1833, Lewis Morris,
the head of the family of that name, who settled on a piece of land containing fifty six
acres, which he entered, situated between what are now known as the villages of Grant
City and Elizabeth City. Lewis Morris was a native of Pennsylvania and his wife, Re-
becca Hoskins, was a native of Virginia. After their marriage in the latter State, in
1812, they moved to Belmont County, Ohio, where they lived until 1833, when they came
to Indiana, as above stated. During their residence in Ohio, they became the parents of
seven children, namely: Alpheus, Nancy. Julia Ann, Isaac H., Lewis, Susannah Rachel
and John, and after their removal to Indiana, two more children were born, Joshua and
Rebecca.
In 1833 there were but few settlements on the road cut through the forest between
Knightstown and their home in the wilderness, and Knightstown was only a straggling
village. When the family left Ohio and came to Indiana, they were not possessed of
much of this world's goods but they had health and strength and an earnestness of pur-
pose which enabled them to subdue all obstacles. They were three weeks, with a two-
horse team and wagon, making the journey from Ohio to their Indiana destination.
They were in the midst of what seemed to be an interminable forest which the foot of
white man had thus far scarcely trod. Their first and probably most important under-
taking was to cut out a cleared space whereon to build a log cabin; and next to clear away
the forest and prepare the ground for cultivation. In this respect the experience of Lewis
Morris and his family was in no wise different from that of hundreds of others, "who
came, who saw and who conquered." The pioneers toiled from early morn to late eve;
they bore with Spartan fortitude the privations and sufferings of the backwoods; but
with it all, the great majority of them saw the forests disappear and the lands wet with
the sweat of their brows, blossom and bloom as the rose.
It was amid such primitive conditions that the family of Lewis and Rebecca (Hos-
kins) Morris grew up and from which they each went forth to his or her own destiny.
William, a brother of Lewis Morris, joined the family after the removal of the former
to Indiana. Lewis Morris died March 14, 1858, aged sixty eight years, ten months and
twenty one days; his wife. Rebecca Morris, died May 16, 1866, aged eighty years and
two months. They are buried in the Old Cemetery adjoining Glencove Cemetery, Knights-
town. Of the children, three were married in Ohio prior to coming to Indiana, namely:
Alpheus to Rebecca Minor; Nancy to Stephen Green; and Julia Ann to Joseph Williams.
The rest of the children were married in Indiana.
.JOHN MORRIS.
John Morris, the seventh child and the fourth son of Lewis and Rebecca (Hoskins)
Morris, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April IS, 1824, and came with his parents to
Henry County, Indiana, as above stated. At this time he was about nine years old and
like all farmer boys of that early period, he worked manfully in assisting to clear the
forest, destroy the wilderness and prepare the ground for cultivation. While thus labor-
ing, he obtained a lim.ited education in the old fashioned and oft described log cabin
school house. His first teacher, according to his own recollection, was Joseph Williams,
who had married Mr. Morris' sister, Julia Ann, in Ohio, and immigrated to Indiana with
the Morris' family. All in all, John Morris lived the life of the real pioneer, the one who
cut the first timber, helped to build the first log cabin, planted and garnered the first
crop, endured all the hardships, shared all the joys, partook thankfully of the plain fare
and gave praise to Him who guides and controls the destiny of all mankind.
At the age of manhood, following the custom of the period, when both men and
women believed in early marriages, John Morris was united in matrimony with Hannah,
a daughter of Elisha and Hannah Scovell, January 16, 1845. Elisha Scovell, born April
13, 1796. was one of the early settlers of Wayne Township, his home being situated about
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two miles north of Knightstown. There he lived until near the time of his death which
occurred in Knightstown about 1862. There were several of the Scovell brothers, one of
whom. Ezra, also of Wayne Township, born December 19, 179S, and died March 2, 1873,
left a large estate which, under the administration of John Morris, increased In value
from 144,000 to $120,000. The ancestor of the Scovells was Orr Scovell. who was an
early settler in Henry County. He was a Revolutionary soldier, who served in a New
Jersey or Connecticut regiment. He was the great grandfather of Judge John M. Morris,
now of the Henry Circuit Court. At the time of his death, he was living on
what is now known as the Graham farm, near the "Old Stone Quarry Mill," in Spiceland
Township. The Morris and Scovell families were justly regarded as lively, energetic
and successful business men and have left their impress upon the generations following,
as is plainly discernable to those who have followed the careers of their descendants.
After their marriage. John Morris and wife commenced housekeeping in a little
cabin on his father's farm, where they lived for about two years. He prospered and
bought land of his own and continued to add to his holdings, from time to time, until
he was the possessor of a considerable estate. After his father's death, in 1858, he ac-
quired the several interests of the heirs in the old homestead and improved his property
until in 1874 he was the owner of two hundred and twelve acres of highly improved
land, located where the family first settled in 1833. In 1874 he moved to his present
beautiful home, which is situated about one mile north of and in plain view of Knights-
town. and is surrounded by fifty five acres of splendid farm land, highly cultivated,
which he had purchased in 1866. It is on this latter place with its beautiful surround-
ings that John Morris, now past eighty one years of age, is enjoying to the full the sun-
set of life. It is here that he delights to meet his numerous descendants, his neighbors
and his friends, and it is from there that he expects to go some time to that "better
land" and receive the reward promised those who have "kept the faith."
Politically, Mr. Morris, when he became of age, allied himself with the Democratic
party. He cast his first vote for Lewis Cass and his last vote as a Democrat for the
"Little Giant." Stephen A. Douglas. Since that time he has as a rule acted with the
Republican party. In religion he adheres to the tenets of the Presbyterian Church and he
is one of the ruling elders in the presbytery at Knightstown, and Is ever faithful in the
discharge of his church duties. He was. during the Civil War. a warm and active sup-
porter of the Government and did all he could as a citizen of the Republic to restore the
authority of the nation in the seceded States. He is a charitable man and many there
be, who in the hour of need have been relieved by his helping hand. His estimable
wife, the proud mother of his children, after a happy wedded life of more than thirty two
years, died May 31, 1877, and is buried in Glencove Cemetery, near Knightstown.
To John and Hannah (Scovell) Morris were born the following children: Joshua
Irving, born March 28, 1847, who resides in New Castle; Ann Elizabeth, born December
17, 1848, now the widow of Dayton L. Heritage, to whom she was married January 3,
1893, who lives with and keeps house for her father; Alpheus Orlando, born January 9,
1851; Elisha Pierce, born May 25, 1853, died November 20, 1883, and ii buried in Glen-
cove Cemetery; Josephine, born April 16. 1855. died August 26, 1898, and is buried in
Glencove Cemetery; John Monfort, born April 22, 1857; Stephen Douglas, born January
5, 1861; Lew Wallace, born November 26, 1862, died October 15, 1863, and is buried in the
Old Cemetery adjoining Glencove Cemetery; Rosa Belle, born February 26. 1866. died
February 21, 1898, and is buried in Glencove Cemetery.
.1011'* MONFOKT MORRIS.
The young man. who starts out in life with the firm determination to win name
and fame and who steadily and resolutely follows the path laid out for himself, has at
the beginning won half of the battle. Such a course is akin to that of Ulysses S. Grant,
who said on a memorable occasion during the Civil War: "I will fight i* out ot this
line, if it takes all Summer." It was this determination, this high resolve, which actu-
ated John Monfort Morris, the principal subject of this sketch.
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John Monfort Morris was born on his father's farm in Wayne Township, Henry
County, Indiana, where he remained until he was about seventeen years of age. During
his early life he attended the country schools at Grant City and Elizabeth City, neigli-
boring villages, and also the public schools at Knightstown for about two months during
each of the years 1872, 1873 and 1874. After reaching the age of seventeen, he also clerked
for a year or two in a general store owned by his father and brother, Alpheus O., in
Knightstown. Early in 1S76, young Morris went to Chicago, Illinois, where he attended
for a short time the Bryant and Stratton Commercial Business College, after which
April 19, 1876, he came to New Castle and entered at once upon the study of the law,
having for his preceptors, the well known legal firm of Forkner and Bundy. He pursued
his studies with unsurpassed diligence and at the end of two years, April 22, 1878, the
twenty first anniversary of his birth, he was admitted to the Henry County bir, Robert
Lindsey Polk at that time being the presiding judge of the circuit court. At that time
the leading members of the bar were Martin L. Bundy. William Grose. Joshua H. Mellett,
Thomas B. Redding, James Brown, David W. Chambers, Eugene H. Bundy, Mark E.
Forkner, Joseph M. Brown, James T. Mellett, William H. Elliott and Leander P. Mitchell.
Mr. Morris at once opened an office in New Castle in the room now occupied by
Judge Eugene H. Bundy, in the Elliott Block, immediately north of the courthouse. He
was not overburdened with business at the start of his professional career, but he was
always at his office and exhibited such tenacity of purpose that he gradually but surely
obtained the recognition of his legal ability and attainments for which he had so earn-
estly striven. The author of this History w-ell remembers the advent of young Morris
into New Castle and it was his pleasure to meet him often and to extend an encouraging
word which is of so much value to young men.
The first official position held by Mr. Morris was as a member of the Board of
Town Trustees of New Castle, he having been chosen by said board to succeed Thomas B.
Lioer, who died May 11, 1885. He was afterwards elected to succeed himself and was for
a period of two years president of the board. At the Pall election of 1890, Mr. Morris
was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly of Indiana and sat in the fifty
sixth session, which convened in January, 1891. In the same session sat Jefferson H.
Claypool, joint representative from the counties of Fayette and Henry, and William
Grose, joint senator from Fayette and Henry counties. Mason J. Niblack, Democrat,
was speaker of the House, the Republicans being in the minority. Mr. Morris was a
member of the Judiciary Committee and of the Committee on Drains and Drainage, and
did all that he could for the interests of his constituency and the State.
From the time of his admission to the bar, Mr. Morris had steadily followed the
practise of the law and had established a large clientage. In 1896 he formed a partner-
ship with his former preceptor, Judge Eugene H. Bundy, who had just retired from the
bench, and under the firm name of Bundy and Morris, they were recognized as one of
the leading law firms of Henry County and Eastern Indiana. This partnership con-
tinued in perfect harmony and with distinguished success until Mr. Morris was elected
in 1902, for the full term of six years. Judge of the Henry Circuit Court, which
alone comprises the Fifty Third Judicial District, and the firm of Bundy and Morris
was then dissolved. Judge Morris is now filling the honorable position of Judge with
credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people of the county. In accordance with
a proper and praiseworthy ambition. Judge John Monfort Morris has thus achieved a rep-
utation hardly surpassed in Henry County.
Prior to coming of age and ever since. Judge Morris has been an active Republican,
and in every campaign until he became a judge of the court, has given of his time and
energy in support of the policies and principles of that great political organization.
While thus a Republican, Judge Morris has at no time forgotten the amenities due to
opposing parties, but willingly accords them the right to their honest opinions touching
local, State and National affairs.
As a lawyer with full understanding of his responsibilities. Judge Morris has filled
many offices of trust, especially those relating to the adjustment and settlement of
estates, in which matters his efforts have given uniform satisfaction. He was one of the
organizers of the Central Trust and Savings Company, of New Castle, holding several
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shares of its stock, and he is now the vice president of that thriving institution and the
chairman of its finance committee. He is now and has been for some years vice president
of the Citizens' State Banli. New Castle. He is also interested in the New Castle Light,
Heat and Power Company as well as other corporations, and has always taken a lively
interest in all that pertains to the growth and advancement of the town of New Castle
and the County of Henry. Not the least of Judge Morris' duties are those connected with
the management of several farms, which comprise in all about seven hundred and (Iftj
acres, in which he has large interests and to which he necessarily gives a great deal of
attention. Judge Morris is a member of the Knights of Pythias; of the Improved Order
of Red Men; of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and of the Presbyterian
Church.
On January 15, 1879, John Monfort Morris and Cora L. Heritage, daughter and only
child of Dayton L. and Susan (Lively) Heritage, were married at the home of her par-
ents, Knightstown, Indiana, the ceremony being performed by the Reverend W. A. Hutch-
inson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, of that place. This event was attended by
more than one hundred invited guests, many of them from New Castle and other points
throughout the State. The twenty sixth anniversary of this wedding was duly celebrated
January 15, 1905, by Judge and Mrs. Morris, at which were present as many of the guests
at their marriage as could be called together for the occasion. Shortly after their mar-
riage, Mr. and Mrs. Morris began housekeeping in their new home erected by Mr. Morris
on South Fourteenth Street, New Castle, where they lived happily until their recent re-
moval to their new residence, one of the finest in Eastern Indiana, on South Main Street.
To their union have been born four children, namely: Jay Dayton, died in infancy;
Bessie Joye, born February 15, 1883, married to Lennard H. Mitchell. June 23, 1904; John
Heritage, born January 29, 1892; and Susan Leone, born January 11. 1900.
ANCESTRY OF MRS. CORA I.. (HERITAGE) MORRIS.
Dayton L. Heritage, father of Mrs. Morris, was born at Miamisburg. Ohio, Septem-
ber 13, 1S3B, and died at his home in Knightstown, Indiana, July 19, 1901. 'While a boy,
he came from Miamisburg. with his parents, to Cambridge City, 'Wayne County, Indiana,
where his father, Joseph Heritage, embarked in a small way in the grocery business. He
clerked for his father a while and later entered the employ of H. M. Conklin and Com-
pany, of the same place, dealers in hardware. He remained with them for several
years and acquired that business acumen which distinguished him in later years. During
his early career in Cambridge City, he attended the public schools of that place and ac-
quired an education fully commensurate with the school facilities of that period.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1858, he married Susan Lively, daughter of George and Susan
Lively, well known and highly respected citizens of near New Lisbon, Henry County,
Indiana. Mr. Heritage and his wife remained at Cambridge City a few years after their
marriage and then in 1866 moved to Knightstown, where he continued to reside until
his death. Susan (Lively) Heritage, his wife, died January 7, 1891. Both are interred
in Glencove Cemetery.
Dayton L. Heritage, after his removal to Knightstown, became one of its most
prominent business men and at the time of his death was regarded as one of Henry
County's wealthy men. He was a shrewd business man, economical and saving. His
will bearing date November 3u. 1900, and witnessed by Mark M. Morris and George D.
Forkner, disposed of his property, having made provision for his surviving widow, as
follows: "To my sister, Mary A. Lackey. I bequeath $500; to my granddaughter. Bessie
Joye Morris. $10,000; to my grandson, John Heritage Morris, $10,000; to my grand-
daughter, Susan Leone Morris, $10,000; to my son-in-law, John M. Morris, $1,000, and to
my daughter. Cora (Heritage) Morris, all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate,
both real and personal." Mrs. Cora (Heritage) Morris was constituted the sole execu-
trix of her father's estate, with full authority to sell real estate, without the order of the
court.
Susan (Lively) Heritage, the first wife of Dayton L. Heritage and the mother of his
only child, was born in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania, September 30, 1835, and when
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but two years old came with her parents to Springfield. Ohio; thence, a few years later,
they moved to Henry County, Indiana, settling on a farm near New Lisbon. There she
grew to young womanhood under the loving care o£ her parents and was thus prepared
to assume the responsibilities of life. She was a noble. Christian woman, devoted to her
family and especially kind to her many friends and neighbors. It is worthy of mention
that Mrs. John M. Morris, as a memorial to her father and mother, presented to the Pres-
byterian Church of New Castle the fine, handsome pipe organ now in use in that church,
which was Dedicated Thanksgiving Night, 1901, the eminent organist, Professor Charles
T. Hanson, of Indianapolis, offlciating. The church in a fitting manner expressed its full
appreciation of Mrs. Morris' generosity.
BROTHERS OF .TOHN M. MORRIS.
Of the brothers of Judge John M. Morris, the eldest, Joshua Irving, remained at the
parental home until he reached his eighteenth year when he became a clerk in a store at
Ladoga, Indiana, where he remained until the Pall of 1865. In March, 1869. he formed
a partnership with his father in the grocery business at Knightstown. In 1874
Joshua I. entered business in Indianapolis and was succeeded in the partnership by his
brother. Alpheus 0.. the style of the firm being "John Morris and Son." This partner-
ship continued until 1877, when Alpheus O. went to Rushville. Indiana, to engage in the
same business at that point and was succeeded in the firm by Joshua I., who had in the
meantime returned from Indianapolis to Knightstown and engaged in the dry goods
business. At this time the father, John Morris, also retired from the firm in favor of
his son, Elisha P., and the style of the firm was changed to "Morris Brothers." The two
brothers continued in partnership until January 1, 1SS3. when Joshua I. sold his interest
to his brother, Elisha P.. and in June, 1883. moved to New Castle. Elisha P. continued
the business alone until his death. November 20, 1883. In the meantime, at the Novem-
ber election. 1882, Joshua I. Morris was elected Auditor of Henry County, the duties of
which position he assumed November 1, 1883. serving the full term of four years so
acceptably that he was re-elected for another term. On November 18, 1868, he was mar-
ried to Kate, daughter of John and Agnes Slack, natives of Ohio. To them were born two
children: Leone, who married Robert H. Mclntyre, but has since died and is buried in
Glencove Cemetery, Knightstown: and Blanche, who resides with her parents in New
Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Morris and their surviving daughter are members of the Presby-
terian Church. Mr. Morris is a member of the several Masonic Orders, Blue Lodge. Royal
Arch Chapter. Knights Templar, and is also a Thirty Second Degree or Scottish Rite
Mason. He is an active Republican, a good neighbor and a good citizen.
Alpheus Orlando Morris, at one time a partner in the above mentioned firm of John
Morris and Son. but who had withdrawn from the firm and started in business at Rush-
ville, returned to Knightstown from that place in 1879 and there again entered the grocery
business on his own account and has continued in the same line down to the present time.
From a small beginning, the business has so expanded that his annual sales now amount
to nearly $150,000. He was married January 30, 1878, to Augusta Virginia Welborn,
daughter of Peter C. and Eliza (Scott) Welborn, of the well known family of that name
in southwestern Henry County.
Stephen Douglas Morris, the seventh child and fifth son. has emulated his brother.
John M. Having reached his majority, he left the farm where with his brothers and
sisters he had labored from boyhood to manhood, and went to Indianapolis, where he
entered the law office of the well known firm of Harrison (President Benjamin Harrison).
Hines and Miller. He applied himself zealously to the study of his profession from July,
1882, to August, 1883. when on account of ill health, he went to Knoxville. Tennessee,
where he practised his profession from September, 1883, to September. 1885. after which
he returned to Indiana and located at Rushville in October. 1885, where he has since
continued in the practise of the law. In October, 1892, he was married to Pamela A.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J. Spann, the former a State Senator from Rush County.
At the general election in November, 1898. Mr. Morris was elected Judge of the Eighth
Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Rush and Decatur, which was afterwards in
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1899 changed to the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, embracing the counties of Rush and
Shelby. He served the full term of six years during which he fulfilled intelligently and
impartially the duties of this honorable position. It is a remarkable coincidence that
these two brothers, John M. and Stephen D. Morris, should at the same time have served
as judges of the Circuit Court in adjoining districts. They are only separated politically,
John M. being a Republican, while Stephen D. is an equally earnest Democrat.
From the preceding sketch of Judge John Monfort Morris and his immediate
branch of the family, it will be noted that they have been in many respects important
factors in the affairs of Henry County. The dead of the family are remembered for
their probity of character and for public and private duties well performed, while the
living, judging the future by the past, will undoubtedly continue to advance in honor
and usefulness, adding to their well earned reputations and meriting and receiving from
a just and confiding public that meed of praise due to honest worth.
. CHAPTER XLVI.
miscellaneous.
Banks and Banking — Newspapers, Past and Present — Statistical Informa-
tion— Henry County Historical Society.
banks and banking in henry county.
From its organization in 1822 and continuing tlirough the period of the Civil
War to 1865 the banking business of Henry County may properly be designated
as the "coon skin" period ; that is. the banking facilities of the county were con-
ducted by individuals without regularly organized charters to do the financial
business and without maintaining regular banking houses. It was a money-lending
operation, pure and simple, in which there were none of the many features, so
necessary in present day banking. A citizen who had succeeded in accumulating
a surplus of cash was the money lender in his neighborhood ; to him applied his
neighbors when in want of funds to conduct various enterprises of the earlier
days and frequently these transactions were carried on by the simple word of
obligation of the borrower — no note or mortgage security was required. A miller.
for instance, would take in the wheat of a farmer, give him a receipt for the
number of bushels delivered and the farmer could call on him and get funds as
his needs required : a merchant would carry his farmer customers for all the goods
needed by the latter's family through the year, the farmer paying the merchant
about the holiday season when he sold his hogs, and this latter transaction was
conducted by the stock buyer and for many years the pork packer who would buy
the hogs and when returns were received from the purchasers in Cincinnati or
from the sale of the manufactured products of the packing establishment to
foreign buyers, the farmer would receive credit for the gross number of pounds
he had delivered and get pay for the same. During the period of the old State
Bank system it is fair to presume that our small capitalists (there were no large
ones in the confines of the county in those days) did not look with favor on the
"wild cat" system of banking that prevailed in other sections of the State, and
farther than the loss in handling the money which these banks issued and which
went to the bad when a banking institution failed, it is not recorded that any of
our capitalists were otherwise financially interested in the solvency of the con-
cerns. The nearest branch of the old State Bank system was in Richmond. This
condition of affairs continued until about the close of the Civil War when the
present national banking system was introduced in Henry County by the organiza-
tion of "The First National Bank of New Castle," which began business January
2. 1865. Its history and that of the other banks organized in the county after
that date follow.
CAs-
HENRY COUNTY BANKERS.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
This bank began business January 2. ISHo. with a paid-in rapital of $100,000. Its
present capital and surplus profits are:
Capital stock paid in $100,000.00
Surplus fund 40,000.00
Undivided profits 8,000.00
Following are the names of all its officers and stockholders from the organization
of the bank;
Presidents: Martin L. Bundy, Jehu T. Elliott. William Murphey, William F. Boor,
Eli B. Phillips, J. Ward Maxim, George B. Morris.
Vice Presidents: Edmund Johnson, Miles Murphey, Benjamin Shirk. Simon T.
Powell, William Murphey. William F, Boor. Mark E. Forkner, George B. Morris, Joshua
I. Morris.
Cashiers: Daniel Murphey. John Thornburgh. Robert M. Nixon, Eli B. Phillips.
William F. Byrket, George R. Murphey.
Assistant Cashiers: Augustus E. Bundy. Charles C. Powell. Percy G. Phillips, Wil-
liam J. Murphey.
Bookkeepers: Alexander R. Shroyer, John Thornburgh, John R. Peed, Josiah M.
Hickman, Loring Bundy, Asa Hatch, Miles M. Canaday. Lena Wisehart. Henry H. Stuart,
Hoy Bock, the last two named being present incumbents.
First Board of Directors: Martin L. Bundy. Jehu T. Elliott, Edmund Johnson, Miles
Murphey, Milton M. Murphey.
Present Board of Directors: William F. Boor. John Ehman. J. Ward Maxim, George
B. Morris, Joshua I. Morris. George R. JIurphey, William J. Murphey. Nathan Nicholson,
Eli B. Phillips.
Stockholders who have been directors but not included in above are: Waterman
Clift, Robert H. Cooper. Mark E. Forkner, George Hazzard (author of this History), Ed.
Kahn, Leander Livezey, Clement Murphey, Eli Murphey, William Murphey. Robert M.
Nixon, William Peper, Marcus A. Pickering, Charles C. Powell, Simon T. Powell, Benja-
min Shirk. Edward K. Strattan, James M. Wyatt.
Original stockholders: William F. Boor, Martin L. Bundy. Waterman Clift. Jehu
T. Elliott, George W. Goodwin. John W. Grubbs. Isaac R. Howard. Edmund Johnson,
James McWbinney. Benjamin F. Murphey, Daniel Murphey, Miles Murphey, Miiion M.
Murphey, William Murphey. Simon T. Powell. Benjamin Shirk, John Shroyer.
Stockholders September 1, 1905: Mary M. Bond. William F. Boor, Belle S. Burke,
John Ehman. Jehu T. Elliott heirs, Sophronia J. Elliott, Barbara Heller, Prank P. Ice,
Sallie H. Klein. Sallie H. Klein, guardian. Leander Livezey. Mary C. Livezey, J. Ward
Maxim. George B. Morris. Joshua I. Morris. Joshua I. Morris, trustee, Ada G. Murphey.
Ellen Murphey. George R. Murphey, George R. and William H. Murphey, William J. Mur-
phey. Almeda D. Nicholson, Nathan Nicholson, Eli B. Phillips, Charles C. Powell heirs,
Louie M. Salmon. Victoria Salmon. John Shroyer heius. Hannah Strattan.
Former stocliholders since the organization of the bank were: Cora Bowers, Elisha
Clift, Waterman Clift, Robert H. Cooper. DeWitt C. Elliott, Mark E. Forkner, John W.
Griffin, George Hazzard (author of this History), Moses Heller, Isaac R. Howard, Simon
P. Jennings, Ed. Kahn, Edmund Laurence, Nathan Livezey, A. Warren Murphey, Caro-
line Murphey, Clement Murphey, Eli Murphey, Elizabeth Murphey, Hulda Murphey, Wil-
liam C. Murphey, Robert M. Nixon, William Peper. Martha G. Phillips, Marcus A. Picker-
ing, Martin L. Powell, Bushrod W. Scott. Sophia Snyder. Edward K. Strattan, Eliza Tay-
lor, Frank J. Vestal, Morris M. White.
As provided by the national banking act the bank was re-chartered January 2, 1885,
for twenty years and again re-chartered January 2. 1905. for the same period.
A statement of its condition August 25, 1905, is printed herewith:
Report of the condition of The First National Bank, of New Castle, in the State of
Indiana, at the close of business, August 25, 1905:
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RESOUKCES.
Loans and discounts $224,142.45
Overdrafts, secured and unse-
cured 1,507.16
U. S. bonds to secure circula-
tion 100.000.00
stocks, securities, etc 31,552.61
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures 6,000.00
Due from approved reserve
agents 42,437.84
Checks and other cash items.. 243.72
Notes of other National Banks. 8,000.00
Fractional paper currency, nick-
els and cents 1,398.89
Lawful money reserve in bank,
viz:
Specie $ 1.943.00
Legal tender notes. . 12,000.00 13,943.00
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 per cent, of cir-
lati
5,000.00
LIABILITIE.S.
Capital stock paid in $100,000.00
Surplus fund 40,000.00
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid 8,020.24
National Bank notes outstand-
ing 100,000.00
Due to trust companies and sav-
ings banks 466.48
Individual deposits subject to
check $141,541.92
Demand certificates
of deposit 44,197.03 185,738.95
Total $434,225.67
Total $434,225.67
State of Indiana, County of Henry, ss:
I, George R. Murphey, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
George R. Murphey. Cashier. Correct attest: John Ehman, W. J. Murphey, Nathan
Nicholson, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 30th day of August, 1905.
W. E. Jeffrey. Notary Public.
ROliKRT iriLTOX MXOX. CASHIER.
Robert Milton Nixon, third cashier of the First National Bank of New Castle, was
bom in New Castle. June 9. 1842, the only child of Jesse R. and Mary Esther (Leonard)
Nixon. Jesse R. Nixon was born February 2, 1815, in Surrey County, North Carolina,
and came with his parents to Henry County in 1830, settling on a farm four miles south-
west of New Castle, now owned by John C. Hudelson. Jesse R. learned the carpenter's
trade, at which he worked for some time. He was married September 19, 1841, to
Mary Esther Leonard, of this county. For several years he conducted a dry goods store
in New Castle and later, after the Civil War, with his son, Robert M., established a
drug store with which he was connected until his death. He died July 26, 1884, and
his wife died March 5. 1889, each aged sixty-nine years. Both are buried in South Mound
Cemetery. They were greatly respected for the probity and purity of their lives.
Robert M. Nixon obtained his education in the schools of New Castle, having been
a student at the old academy under those eminent instructors. Ferris and Abbott. He
responded to the call for volunteers in the Civil War and enlisted, as a musician of the
first class, in the 36th Indiana Infantry, in August, 1861, and was mustered in September
16th of that year. In consequence of the general order abolishing regimental bands, he
was discharged. Elsewhere in this History his military service will be found appro-
priately set out. Returning home in the Spring of 1862. he became a clerk in the drug
store of Dr. John Darr, where he remained until early in 1864, when he went to In-
dianapolis and accepted a like position in the wholesale drug house of W. I. Hasket and
Company, Mr. Hasket having gone from New Castle to engage in that business. While
at Indianapolis he took a course in a commercial college and for a time was a clerk
ifdn.'kih^
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in the office of Major Martin L. Bundy, paymaster U. S. V. In October, 1865, he returned
to New Castle and resumed his old position in the drug store of Dr. Darr, with whom
he soon became a partner, the business being conducted under the name of John Darr
and Company. In a short time Dr. Darr retired and was succeeded by Jesse R. Nixon,
and the firm became Jesse R. and Robert M. Nixon and later Nixon and Son. Early in
the seventies the firm built the commodious block on Broad Street, long occupied by
Nixon and Son as a drug and book store, and since by their successors. Beam and
Lynn, in the same business. In 1874 Robert M. was elected cashier of the First
National Bank, succeeding John Thornburgh, and remained in that position for nearly
eleven years, when, in connection with the present vice president of the United States,
Charles \V. Fairbanks, he largely aided in securing the right of way for the Indiana,
Bloomington and Western Railway, now a part of the Big Four system, from Indian-
apolis to Springfield, Ohio. In August, 1890, President Harrison appointed him deputy
comptroller of the currency, a position for which he was thoroughly fitted and the duties
of which office he discharged with entire satisfaction for nearly three years, until after
President Harrison's term of office expired, (March 4, 1893), when the directors of
the Fifth National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, prevailed on him to take the presidency
of that institution. His career as president of this bank illustrated the energy and
splendid business ability of Robert M. Nixon, for within a year or so after he took charge
the bank was placed on a solid basis and became one of the leading financial institutions
of that city. Perhaps it was the great labor attached to this undertaking that impaired
his health, for in the Winter of 1895. his former rugged physical strength gave way to
severe indisposition. He was brought to his home in New Castle and lived but a short
time thereafter, passing away on the night of January 18, 1896.
Robert M. Nixon and Celestina Beam were married in New Castle,. October 15, 1872.
Four children were born to them, namely: Frank, Horace, Mary and Estella. The sons
are engaged in business in New Castle — Frank is conducting a real estate, loan and in-
surance offioe and Horace is connected with the Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company. The
two daughters and both sons live with their mother at the elegant home on the corner of
Church and Main streets.
Robert M. Nixon was a man of culture and refinement; a student of and thorough
master of music; of somewhat reserved nature but genial with friend and acquaintance;
habitually industrious and a man who found in his home life the greatest happiness.
Vice President Fairbanks paid a beautiful tribute to Robert M. Nixon's memory, at his
bier, in which, among other things, he said: "In the meridian of his usefulness, night
came upon him. He was not old in years, but in good deeds he was venerable. No
day with him was complete without some kindly service performed. He was a lover of
his fellowmen and never put upon others burdens he could bear himself." Another
friend has said: "If every one for whom he did a kindness were to throw a blossom
on his grave he would sleep beneath a pyramid of flowers."
THE ATTElIPTEll EOBHERY OF THE l"If;ST N.VTtONAL B.^XK.
"November 1, 1869. — The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved.
that the thanks of the stockholders and directors of the First National Bank of New
Castle are hereby returned to the citizens of New Castle who so gallantly and heroically
defended the bank from burglars on the night of the 29th of October, and particularly
to Thomas L. Campbell, who gave the first alarm of the attack.
"John TnoRXBtTKOH. Cashier. Martin L. Bundy. President."
The few pen scratches required to write the above, which is taken from the minutes
of the directors' meeting of the First National Bank on the date stated, furnish a slight
clew to the curious, but by no means reveal the thrilling features of the story of that
much-talked-of incident in local history. No doubt the main incidents of the occurrence
are familiar to many who read this sketch, either through personal knowledge or tra-
dition, but an event which had so much importance and note throughout the county, can
lose nothing in the repetition.
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The night selected for the robbery was one of calm, brilliant serenity, such as is
only possible in the crisp atmosphere of Mid-autumn. The moon shone clear and bright
over the deserted streets of sleeping New Castle.
It was not yet the day of dynamite, when a small hole quickly drilled, a charge, a
fuse, a light, and the money, are all that are required. Dynamite was an unthought-of
power. He who would follow the cracksman's wary life must have a strong arm and a
true eye to carry out his daring work. Wedges were used to force open the doors, and
with these the men expected to pry' their way to a fortune.
Then, as now, New Castle had a midnight train on the Panhandle, and it has always
been supposed that the two men interested in the affair came in on that train, broke
open the tool house door and secured the crow bar with which they pried open the rear
entrance of the bank and thus gained admittance to the building.
They lost very little time after their arrival, but began work at once. With all
their precautions, however, they had neglected to consider that the noise might arouse
someone nearby, or else, having considered it, thought the risk not great, and thus
provided for their failure.
In those days, the big store of Mowrer, Murphey and Company occupied that part
of the Murphey block now divided into a drug store, barber shop and confectionery store.
Thomas L. Campbell, who was at that time a clei'k in the store, slept at night on the
floor above in the rear of the Murphey building with his bed near the wall against the
opposite side of which the safe stood on the bank floor below.
Mr. Campbell was aroused by the first stroke of the hammer and realized almost
immediately what was taking place, but stood for some time before deciding on any
plan of action, for he had no means of knowing how many men there were or how and
where guards might he stationed. That someone was on watch, seemed clearly evident,
for at one time the pounding suddenly ceased and soon after, Mr. Campbell, looking
from the window, saw a local young man pass by on his way home from a "sparking"
trip. He feared to signal him, however, lest he give the alarm to the would-be robbers,
and the pounding was, in a short time, resumed.
Having finally planned his course of action, the young man crept carefully down
stairs to the front door, then of solid oak without glass, carrying his shoes with him.
It seemed as if every sound would alarm the robbers, but the pounding kept uninterrupt-
edly on, and with each stroke his courage rose. Putting on his shoes, he slid the bolts
fastening the door and slowly opened it. He at once remarked a pressure against it and
perceived through the small opening he had made that a heavy object leaned on it.
This, he at first thought, was a man, and grabbed at what he took to be the hand. His
relief eau be imagiued when he fi)uud it only a four-foot stick of fire wood, pbiced there,
no doubt, that it might fall and give the alarm should the door be opened.
It was the work of a moment to slip through the opening, close the door and re-
place the stick, after which the thoroughly aroused young man sped down the street
with winged, yet silent feet, to Adam Beam's residence on the corner of Twelfth and
Race streets, where he then boarded. Here he quickly aroused George Beam, ac-
quainted him with the situation, and engaged his assistance. The two then awakened
Calvin Bond, who lived just across the street on the present Alcazar Theatre site. In low
but rapid words, he, too, was informed of the robbery and was told to hasten to the cor-
ner of Main and Church streets, where Alexander Chambers lived, on the site of Dr.
Oliver J. Gronendyke's present residence, and there await the assembling of others.
In a similar manner, a hasty trip was made down South Main Street, resulting in
the assembling at the designated corner of John Thornburgh, cashier of the bank;
'Squire Alvin Burr, William Hoover, Nicholas Mowrer, and James Mowrer, Judge Martin
Li. Bundy, president of the bank; Augustus E. Bundy, assistant cashier; Clement Mur-
phey, a director; Alexander Chambers, John A. Heichert and Sampson Jetmore, together
with a few others whose names can not be learned. In all about a dozen men had col-
lected, armed with various styles of weapons.
The party was quickly divided, one part going east to Fourteenth, thence north
to Race, there again subdividing, half going west on Race to the rear and half around on
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
10/7
Bioad to ths front of the building. The other division marched down IVlain Street, mak-
ing a similar separation at Race Street and joined their corresponding parties at the
rear and front.
The robbers were thus effectually hemmed in and would have no doubt been cap-
tured had not some one of the pursuing party inadvertently made a noise which at-
tracted their attention. The burglars were using a candle, which was at once extin-
guished, leaving the room in total darkness. One of them ran to the front door and the
other to the rear, thus commanding the attention of. both parties, though they knew not
where nor how many their besiegers were.
As the larger of the two men ran to the rear and out of the door, Alexander
Chambers, who stood in the shadow of a wood pile just outside the door, fired his re-
volver at him, upon which the fellow cried, with an oath, "Take that," and discharged
a ball from his revolver into Chambers' hip. He continued firing as he ran to the gate
and William Hoover, who was one of the best shots in town, fired a shotgun at him just
as he reached it. In his nervousness, however, he aimed high, and the bold robber es-
caped unharmed. The action was so rapid and the firing so brisk that the man was
gone almost before they realized it. Pursuit was begun, but they were kept at bay by
his revolver and he escaped. John Alexander, who lived by the old Methodist parsonage,
was awakened by the shooting and came to the door in time to see the escaping man
as he stood for a moment, bareheaded and coatless, undecided which way to turn, on
the corner now occupied by the new Methodist Church, then a vacant lot used as a
play ground for school children. Realizing in a moment what was up, it is said, he
cried, "Here he is; come and take him."
The hunted man leaped forward and cried and as he ran, "Why don't you take
me yourself," firing a parting shot by way of emphasis, and though the search was
long continued, nothing more was ever seen or heard of him, unless a discarded shoe,
found next morning in one of the lots now occupied by the school house grounds, may
count.
With the little man, who started out by way of the front of the bank, things
fared not so well. His troubles began when James M. Mowrer hurled a big boulder
through the front door at him, informing him of the enemy's presence in front, and on
turning, he found that he had left the middle door locked, thus cutting off his escape to
the rear.
Mowrer, Campbell and Thornburgh, seconded by others, followed up the attack
closely and were almost on the man when he turned at bay and began firing. Mowrer
had a revolver but could not use it to advantage for fear of shooting one of the crowd.
Thornburgh had a pistol, but for some reason, it failed to go off. One of the fellow's
shots struck Campbell in the right arm just under the shoulder and at the same moment
the desperate man made a dash for liberty, knocking Campbell down as he did so.
Campbell scrambled to his feet only to find his arm useless and at once grew sick. He
was taken to Mowrer, Murphey and Company's store, where Dr. Samuel Feiris was
called to attend him, and for several weeks he was confined in bed at Mr. Beam's with his
wounded arm.
Meanwhile, "John Henry," as he later styled himself, dashed across to the lot
where the Burr block now stands, and across Main Street, followed closely by the pur-
suing crowd, led by James M. Mowrer, and attempted to cross a lot just north of the
Shroyer building. Here difficulties again beset him for he tumbled unexpectedly into
an unseen cellar, left by the burning down of a saloon. This gave Mowrer a chance
to gain on him and by the time he climbed out of the hole and started to run again
Mowrer was so close that the final accident w^as all that was required to make his cap-
ture a certainty. A few yards from the cellar, a ditch was being constructed to the
Shroyer building and into this the unfortunate man tumbled, headlong, while Mowrer
jumped in on top of him. The crowd quickly secured the robber and removed him to the
jail, where every eitort to get him to reveal his own and his partner's identity failed,
his only information being that his name was "John Henry." He was one of the
coolest men ever placed in jail here and absolutely refused to be scared by the crowd,
who even went so far as to threaten to hang him if he did not tell.
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The town people had by this time been aroused by the noise and about fifty
people were at the jail. A considerable amount of "shin-plasters" which had been
lying in the outer part of the safe was found in the prisoner's bootleg. The outer doors
of the safe had been pried open with a most-approved set of burglar's tools and the
inner door was almost ready to come open when the men were interrupted, so nearly
in fact that it was possible to touch the money with the finger tips through the opening.
A few more strokes, and they would have had the money, about $15,000, and made their
escape. They left their tools on the floor and the instruments were for a long time
prized as relics by the participants in the affray.
"John Henry" sent for Judge Mellett to act as his attorney and informed him
where he could write to make arrangements for his fee for defending him. The letter
A'as never answered, however, for the man's clever escape a week later put a stop to all
proceedings. The escape was unique, daring, and very ingeniously planned. The night
was dark and rainy, as Jailor William N. Clift, who occupied that position under Sheriff
William S. Bedford, gave the order for the prisoner to go into his cell. Henry, being
the only inmate, slipped around to the rear of his cell and pulled the door shut with a
previously arranged string. He had, meanwhile, stuffed paper into the hole for the
pin to drop into so that it did not click as it should when it fell. The doors were all
locked by a lever, operated by the jail keeper from the outside. When the pin dropped,
it did not click properly, however, and Mr. Clift went in to see what was the matter
with It, thinking, of course, that the man was in his cell. It was less than twenty feet
to the door of the cell, and he left his keys in the door. "Henry" meanwhile, was com-
ing toward the door in the rear of the cell as Mr. Clift went away from it. A sudden
dash, and before he realized it. Mr. Clift was a prisoner. The key to the outer door
was snatched from Mrs. Clift and the door was locked. After expressing his thanks in
the coolest possible manner for the kind treatment he had received, he hastened away
and was never again seen in New Castle, except by Martin L. Powell, who met him as he
hastened away, but not having seen him before, did not know of his identity until too
late. A long search was made but It proved fruitless and he made good his escape.
The bank, later, gave Mr. Campbell ?oOO for his services, which served as his first
capital from which he made his start in business in New Castle, where he now lives a
highly respected and prosperous citizen.
THE crnzEXS" ST.\TE B.\^'Iv OF NEW CASTLE.
This, the largest bank in Henry County, began business July 3, 1873. It was or-
ganized by George Hazzard, author of this History, who was also the author and largely
instrumental in having the present efficient law's governing State banks passed by the
General Assembly, and was the first State examiner under the law. It was the out-
growth of a private bank, known as the Citizens' Bank, operated under the firm name,
first of George Hazzard and Company, and afterward as Hazzard. Murphey and Com-
pany, the latter firm being composed of George Hazzard. William C. Murphey and Rev-
erend Reuben Tobey. the last named being the father-in-law of George Hazzard. This
firm was located first in a little front room upstairs in the brick building now occupied
by the grocery store of Murphey Brothers and Company, later in the south room of the
Murphey block, now occupied by a restaurant. It was in this room that the Citizens'
State Bank first began business. This bank, which began business October 2, 1S71, was
conducted successfully until it was succeeded by the above named institution. The Cit-
izens' State Bank was started with its present capital, which, with its accumulated sur-
plus, is as follows:
Capital stock paid in $130,000.00
Surplus fund 32,500.00
Presidents — George Hazzard, John R. Millikan, William M. Pence.
Vice Presidents — Daniel Murphey, George Hazzard, Benjamin Shirk, William M.
Pence, John M. Morris.
Cashiers — William C. Murphey, David W. Kinsey (Since September 9, 1S74).
Assistant Cashiers— David W. Kinsey, Thomas B. Millikan (Since July 14, 1S74J.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
1079
Bookkeepers— Benjamin F. Pitman. Lewis E. Kinsey, Will E. Davis, Kittie Peed,
Ethel Davis, Frank Pence, Fred Saint, Ella Davis, Edna J. Goudy, John R. Millikan. Jr.,
the last five named being present bookkeepers.
First Board of Directors— George Hazzard, Luther W. Hess, Edmund Johnson,
Isaac Mendenhall, John R. Millikan. Daniel Murphey. John Payne. William M. Pence,
Benjamin Shirk.
Present Board of Directors— Enoch S. Bouslog, David W. Kinsey, Thomas B. Mil-
likan, John M. Morris, Charles F. Payne, John W. Payne, William M. Pence, Orlando C.
Saffel.
Stockholders who have been directors but not included in above are: Andrew C.
Bartlett, Calvin Bond, George M. Byer, Nathan T. Clawson. William D. Cooper, James
Goudy, Simeon B. Hayes, Nathan Millikan, Nathan T. Nixon.
Original stockholders — Seth S. Bennett. Calvin Bond, Enos Bond, Jesse Bond, Henry
Brenneman, George M. Byer, Nathan T. Clawson, William D. Cooper, Thaddeus H. Gor-
don. Simeon B. Hays. George Hazzard, Luther W. Hess. John Hunt, A. J. and E. T. Ice,
Edmund Johnson, David W. Kinsey, Lewis Kinsey, Clarinda Lennard, James Loer.
Charles McDorman, Nathaniel S. McMeans, Isaac Mendenhall, John R. Millikan, Nathan
Millikan, Daniel Murphey, William C. Murphey, Nathan T. Nixon, John Payne, William
M. Pence, Robert H. Polk. Martin L. Powell. Thomas B. Redding. William A. Rifner,
Henry Shaffer, Benjamin Shirk. Clarinda H. Sims. Jehu Stanley. Edward K. Strattan.
John H. Terhune, Reuben Tobey. William B. Whitworth. Wilson Wisehart, Asahel Wood-
ward.
Stockholders September 1, 1905 — Andrew C. Bartlett estate; Angelia Boor, Enoch
S. Bouslog, Henry Brenneman heirs, William A. Brown, George M. Byer estate, George
B. Clawson. Ruth Cooper, Mary M. Gause, George W. Goodwin heirs, Miranda Goudy,
Strauther Hays. Phebe Hess, Ella Hodson, David W. Kinsey, Martin Kinsey, Margaret Mc-
Caffrey, Valentine M. Mendenhall. Eli A. Millikan. Frank M. Millikan, James C. Mil-
kan, Thomas B. Millikan, John M. Morris, Nathan T. Nixon, Charles F. Payne, John W.
Payne, WiHiam M. Pence, Martha G. Phillips, Charles C. Powell estate, Orlando C.
Saffel, Elizabeth C. Stafford, Edward K. Strattan, Hannah Strattan, Sarah J. Wisehart.
Former stockholders since the organization of the bank were: Jonathan K. Bond,
Thomas J. Burk. Joel Harvey, Calvin Hinshaw, Isaac Hinshaw, Lewis Kinsey, Thomas
S. Lines. Thomas W. Millikan. Nathan Payne. Charles C. Powell. Julia Ann Shroyer,
Albert C. Shute, Nettie E. Sims. Charles A. Stafford, Horace Stafford, Frederick Tykle,
Frank J. Vestal. Alice Williams.
In accordance with article XI. section 10 of the constitution of the State, tha bank
was rechartered for twenty years June 5, 1893, to take effect July 3. 1S93.
The last oflicial published statement, August 25, 1905, follows:
Report of the condition of the Citizens State Ba
Indiana, at the close of its business, August 25, 1905
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $500,203.01
Overdrafts 4,111.06
Bonds 46.791.27
Real estate '. . . . 4.415.00
Current expenses 550.0]
Premiums 4.415.00
Due from banks $189,678.66
U. S. bonds 50.780.00
Gold 12,120.00
Currency 30,311.00
Silver 1,238.09
Exchange 317.57
at New Castle, in the Sta;e of
LUBILTTIES.
Capital stock paid in $130,000.00
Surplus fund 32,500.00
Discount, exchange and interest . 4.107.54
Deposits 678,323.13
2S4.445.32
Total $844,930.67
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State of Indiaxa. Couinty of Henry, ss:
I. David W. Kinsey. cashier of tlie Citizens' State Bank of New Castle, Indiana, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true. David W. Kinsey, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30th day of August, 1905.
George A. Eixiott. Notary Public.
THE central trust AND SAVINGS COMPANY.
This is among the latest acquisitions to the financial institutions of the county and
shows a steady and healthful increase in business from the time it opened its doors. It
began operations January 1, 1903, with a capital of $50,000. This amount was increased
July 1, 1905, to ?75,000. At this date it shows:
Capital stock paid in '. $75,000.00
Surplus fund 6,500.00
President, Leonidas P. Newby; Vice President, John M. Morris; Secretary, Robert
H. Mclntyre; Assistant Secretary, Miles M. Canaday; Bookkeeper. Mary Peed.
First board of directors: Omar H. Barrett, Walter S. Chambers. Robert H. Cooper,
Adolph Cooper, Leander P. Mitchell, John M. Morris, Robert H. Mclntyre, Leonidas P.
Newby, John W. Whitworth.
Present board of directors: David M. Brown, Walter S. Chambers, Robert H, Cooper,
John H. Hewit, Robert H. Mclntyre, John M. Morris, Leander P. Mitchell, Leonidas P.
Newby, John W. Whitworth.
Stockholders before the capital stock was increased. (An asterisk thus * after a
name indicates that the person no longer owns stock) : Arthur L. Alshouse, Mrs. Rose
Barrett, Omar H. Barrett,* Clarence H. Beard, Felton A. Bolser, David M. Brown, William
A. Brown,* Eugene H. Bundy, Omar Bundy, Mrs. John J. Campbell, Thomas L. Campbell,
Miles M. Canaday, Aaron E. Carroll,* Walter S. Chambers, Charles M. Christopher, John
M. Clawson, J. Milton Cook, Adolph Cooper, Robert H. Cooper, David R. Frazier, Charles
Haney,* Joseph Harlan,* Waitsel M. Heaton, Elizabeth Heritage, John H. Hewit, James
Hinshaw, Ed Jackson,* James H. Jones,* Benjamin F. Koons,* Martin L. Koons, Elihu
T. Mendenhall, Leander P. Mitchell, John M. Morris, George F. Mowrer, Robert H. Mc-
lntyre, Leonidas P. Newby, Charles F. Payne, Frederick Phelps, Frank Phelman, Edward
Smith, John E. Stinson, Louis Taylor, Frank L. Thornburgh,* Lydia J. and Beulah A.
Vaughan, John W. Whitworth, John W. Williams, Mathew Williams.
Stockholders not included in the above who subscribed to the new stock: Frank
H. Cleveland, Sylvester Davis, Joseph E. Fleming, H. Edgar FVench, Will M. Goodwin,
Warren Hinshaw, David L. Hinshaw, J. Jacob Hoover, Willard Ice, Pleasant M. Koons,
John F. Luellen, Charles D. Mohler, John H. Myers, Willard Myers, Felix 0. Peckinpaugh,
Mrs. Henry L. Powell, Alexander E. Painter, Josiah D. Painter, Thomas M. Painter,
William J. Painter, Nathan Ridgway, John W. Rodgers, Leonidas Rodgers. Edgar T.
White.
The published statement of the bank August 25, 1905, follows:
Report of the condition of the Central Trust and Savings Company of New Castle,
Indiana, at close of business August 25, 1905:
RESOl-RCES. I.IAniLITIES.
Real estate, furniture and fix- Capita! stock $75,000.00
tures $ 10,168.35 Depo-its 99,078.70
Loans 142,422.83 Discount and exchange 1,011.91
Cash 11.039.51 Surplus and undivided profits 6.568.22
Due from banks 17,733.20
Expense 294.94
Total $181,658.83 Total $181,658.83
I, Robert H. Mclntyre, secretary of the Central Trust and Savings Company, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true.
Robert H. McIntybe, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30th day of August. 1905.
Albert D. Ogborn, Notary, Public.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I081
In 1S6? Martin L. Bundy retired from the presidency of the First National Banlc
of New Castle, which bank he organized in 1S64, and started a private bank called the
Union Bank. It was located in the Taylor House, now the Bundy House, in the room
which since the hotel was rebuilt has for many years been used as a barber shop. The
bank was a success from its inception and did a large business. However, early in
1869 its business and good will were transferred to the First National Bank and Mr.
Bundy again became a large stockholder and president of the latter institution, where
'he remained until in 1873, when he once more retired and instituted a private bank,
called the Bundy Bank. On November 9, 1874, it was converted into the Bundy National
Bank, with a capital stock of $50,000. Its officers were Martin L. Bundy, president,
and boring Biyidy. cashier. First board of directors: Martin L. Bundy, Thomas B.
Redding, Addison R. A. Thompson, Jacob S. Elliott and Nathaniel E. Black. In 1877.
Martin L. Bundy disposed of his stock and Simon T. Powell was elected president, and in
1S79, Loring Bundy resigned as cashier and John C. Livezey was chosen in his stead. The
bank continued to do a fairly prosperous business until 1881, when its stockholders,
believing that there was not business enough in the town at that time to justify its
continuance, determined to wind up its affairs. Accordingly, it ceased to exist, its
stockholders receiving Quite a premium over the par value of their holdings.
THE FIR.ST .N-ATIOXAL n.V.Xlv OF I^i.N'tGHT.STOWX.
The above named bank was organized January 7, 186.5, but did not begin business
until April 25, 1865. Its capital stock was originally $100,000 and so remained until
January 7, 1885, when the bank was re-chartered with a capital stock of $50,000. Its char-
ter was again renewed January 7, 1905. for twenty years. It stands No. 2 among the
national banks in Indiana and No. 201 among those of the United States, as an institu-
tion having the largest surplus fund and undivided profits in proportion to its capital
stock. A complete list of the officers and stockholders of the bank from the date of or-
ganization .to and including the present time follows:
Capital stock paid in $50,000.00
Surplus fund 50,000.00
Undivided profits 30,000.00
Presidents: Robert Woods, Charles D. Morgan.
Cashiers: Charles D. Morgan, William Penn Hill, Noah W. Wagoner.
Assistant cashier: Brie C. Morgan.
Bookkeepers: Noah W. Wagoner, Wayne F. Wallace.
First board of directors: John H. Bales, Thomas C. Hill, Charles S. Hubbard, Hugh
L. Risk, John T. White.- Ellison Williams, Robert Woods.
Present board of directors: Aaron E. Carroll, Charles D. Morgan, Erie C. Morgan.
Alpheus O. Morris. Noah W. Wagoner.
Original stockholders: John H. Bales, Gordon Ballard, Jacob Elliott, Amos B.
Pithian, Mary A. Furgason, Mary M. Heaton. Charles Henly, Thomas Henly, Thomas C.
Hill. William Penn Hill, Charles S. Hubbard, Charles D. Morgan. Henry Morris, William
S. T. Morton. John Power. Hugh L. Risk. Charles Rock. James Silver, Charles White,
Edmund White, John T. White. Toms White, Joseph M. Whitesel, Ellison Williams, Rob-
ert Woods, Joel Wright.
Stockholders September 1. 1905: Aaron E. Carroll. Nancy H. Crouse. Eunice
Dunn. William P. Henly, Ann M. Hill. Eliza Hill. Herbert B. Hill, Lillian J. Hill. Margaret
Hill. Florence A. Kerwood. Charles D. Morgan. Erie C. Morgan. Alpheus O. Morris. Caro-
line Righter. Fannie M. Swain, Noah W. Wagoner. Francis T. White. Morris M. White.
Mrs. Ellison Williams, Hannah Woodnut, Mary M. Woods.
A statement of the assets and liabilities of the bank, as required by law. showing
its condition at the close of business August 25. 1905, is appended:
Report of the condition of The First National Bank at Knightstown. in the State
of Indiana, at the close of business. August 25. 1905:
io82
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $185,742.91
Overdrafts, secured and unse-
cured 1.489.94
U. S. bonds to secure circulation 12,500.00
U. S. bonds on hand 200.00
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures 5,000.00
Due from National Banks (not
reserve agents) 63,679.04
Due from State Banks and
Bankers 1,114.10
Due from approved reserve
agents 77,493.82
Notes of other National Banks. 3.000.00
Fractional paper currency, nick-
els and cents 444.48
Lawful money reserve in Bank,
viz:
Specie 65.000.00
Legal tender notes 2.000.00
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer ( 5 per cent, of cir-
culation) 625.00
I.HUU.IT1E.S.
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund
Undivided profits less ex-
penses and taxes paid
National Bank notes outstand-
ing
Individual deposits subject to
check
Demand certificates of deposit.
$50,000.00
50,000.00
220,639.27
54,25L32
Total $418,319.29 Total $418,319.29
State of Indiana, County of Henry, ss:
I, N. W. Wagoner, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
N. W. Wagoner. Cashier. Correct attest: A. 0. Morris, C. D. Morgan, A. E. Carroll,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of August, 1905.
R. L. Harrison, Notary Public.
The first bank organized in Henry County was the private bank started by Robert
Woods and Charles D. Morgan at Knightstown under the name of Robert Woods and
Company, several years prior to the organization of The First National Bank. After
the passage of the national banking act it was succeeded by the above institution of
which its proprietors became respectively president and cashier. Elsewhere in this
History will be found a biographical sketch of Charles D. Morgan in which full reference
is made to this private bank and to this sketch the reader is referred for farther infor-
mation.
CITIZENS' .STATE HA.XK OF KNIGHT
On November 7, 188S, this bank, having previously completed its organization, was
opened for the transaction of business. Its capital and earnings are:
Capital stock paid in $50,000.00
Surplus fund 7,600.00
Undivided profits 18,400.00
Presidents: Elnathan Wilkinson, Leonidas P. Newby.
Vice presidents: Gershon D. Porter, Tilghman Fish.
Cashiers: John A. Craft, Prank J. Vestal.
Assistant cashiers: Frank J. Vestal, John A. Sample, Arthur L. Stage.
Bookkeeper: Pearl M. Hibben.
First board of directors: William H. Beard, John A. Craft, William B. Gilson. John
C. Hardin. Moses Heller, Leonidas P. Newby. Gershon D. Porter, Jerome F. Sadler. Elna-
than Wilkinson.
hazzard's history of henry county. 1083
Present board of directors: Omar H. Barrett, John A. Craft, Tilghman Fish, John
C. Hardin, Waitsel M. Heaton, Olin E. Holloway, Leonidas P, Newby, Franlv J. Vestal,
Thomas B. Wilkinson.
Original stockholders: James O. Addison, Morton Allison, Cyrus C. Barrett, Omar
H. Barrett, William H. Beard, Lewis A. Bell, Lycurgus L. Boblett, Robert F. Brewington,
Seth S. Copeland, John A. Craft, John A. Deem, William Edgerton, Thomas L. Gilson,
William B. Gilson, Thaddeiis H. Gordon, Alpheus W. Green, John C. Hardin, Viola A.
Heaton, Waitsel M. Heaton, Moses Heller, Mathew Hibben, Melinda Hinchman, Olia E.
Holloway, William Hodson, Ed. Kahn, Rufiis Lindsey, James Mills, John Mitcnell, James
A. Moffett, David Monticue, Andrew H. Morris, Leonidas P. Newby, Barbara Porter,
Gershon D. Porter, William F. Reeves, Jerome F. Sadler, Lewis L. Sadler, Asa E. Sam-
ple, Martin V. Scovell. Jane E. Sims, John M. Sims, George D. Smith, Emily A. Thorn-
ton, Julius B. Thornton, Charles H. Thrawley, John W. Vandenbark, Prank J. Vestal,
John Weaver, Elnathan Wilkinson, Thomas B. Wilkinson, George W. Williams.
Stockholders September 1, 1905: Morton Allison, Sarah Allison, Omar H. Barrett,
Lycurgus L. Boblett, Aaron E. Carroll, John A. Craft, Tilghman Fish, Barbara E. Fort,
Oscar Fort, Marcella J. Green, Charles H. Haney, John C. Hardin. John C. Hardin and
sons, Viola A. Heaton, Waitsel M. Heaton, Moses Heller estate, Melinda Hinchman, Olin
E. Holloway, Alice James, Leonidas P. Newby, Mary Peden estate, Ominda Peden, Irvin
Porter, Lewis L. Sadler, Martha A. Sadler, Martin V. Scovell, Mary Shaw, Jane E. Sims,
George G. Smith. Arthur L. Stage. Emily A. Thornton, Charles H. Thrawley estate,
Moses W. Vandenbark. Frank J. Vestal, Thomas B. Wilkinson.
Appended is the official statement of the resources and liabilities of the bank Au-
gust 25, 1905:
Report of the condition of the Citizens' State Bank at Knightstown, in the State
of Indiana, at the close of business, August 25, 1905:
RESOLRCES. LIABILITIES.
Loans and discounts $149,127.40 Capital stock paid in $ 50.000.00
Overdrafts" 291.11 Surplus fund 7,600.00
Other stocks, bonds and mort- Undivided profits 18,400.00
gages 8,193.53 Discount, exchange and interest 10,284.29
Due from banks and bankers.. 73,852.37 Individual deposits on demand. 156,432.56
Banking house 4,000.00 Due to banks and bankers 11,267.58
Furniture and fixtures 1,400.00
Current expenses 2,174.06
Taxes paid 473.14
Cash on hand — Currency. $4,-
560; specie, $9,805.56 14,365.56
Cash items 107.18
Total $253,984.35 Total $253,984.35
State of Indiana. County of Henry, ss:
I, Arthur L. Stage, Assistant Cashier of the Citizens' State Bank at Knightstown
Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true.
Arthur L. St.^ge.
Subscriljed and sworn to before me, this 30th day of August. 1905.
Flotb J. NE^■^^;^-.
Notary Public.
THE FAISJIERS' .STATE DA.NK OE MlnDLETOWN.
When this bank was first organized. May 22. 1882, it was under the name of "The
Farmers' Bank. "Under the constitution of the State, it is provided, article Xt, section
10, "that every bank or banking company * * * shall be required to close its busi-
ness within twenty years." The bank was therefore reorganized May 22, 1902, and the
word "State" was added to distinguish the new from the old organization.
Its capital and surplus earnings are:
1084 hazzard's history of henry county.
Capital stock paid In $30,000.00
Surplus fund '. 18,000.00
Presidents: Nimrod R. Elliott, Adolph Cooper.
Viee presidents: Thomas Wilhoit, Adolph Cooper, William H. Keesling.
Cashier: Erastus L. Elliott.
Assi.stant cashier: Benjamin H. Davis.
Bookkeepers: Henry J. Van Matre, Ola Cummins, Porter W. Cooper.
First board of directors: Nimrod R. Elliott, George W. Tarklesou. R. A. Andes,
John Davis, William H. Keesling, Cyrus Van Matre, Thomas Wilhoit.
Present board of directors: Adolph Cooper, John Davis, Erastus L. Elliott, William
H. Keesling, Willis Wisehart.
Original stockholders: Mary A. Andes, R. A. Andes, William Burner, Andrew Bnt.h-
ong, Henderson Cummins, Josiah Cromer, Mary A. Cummins, Nathan I'.ummins, Benja-
min H. Davis, John Davis, Erastus L. Elliott, Nimrod R. Elliott, Elliott and Cooper, John
B. Hupp. William H. Keesling, Joseph A. Painter, George W. Tarkleson, Frederick Tykle,
Cyrus Van Matre, James H. Welsh, Thomas Wilhoit, Willis Wisehart.
Stockholders September 1, 1905: Arthur L. Alshouse, "Victor Alshouse, Adolph
Cooper, Imla AV. Cooper, Mary J. Cummins, John Davis, Erastus L. Elliott, William H.
Keesling, Jane H. Elliott. Tabitha Jackson, Ida F. Thurston, Anna D. Welsh, Charles C.
Wilhoit, Willis Wisehart.
The bank's official statement of resources and liabilities as shown by the books
August 25, 1905, is as follows:
Report of the condition of the Farmers' State Bank at Middletown, in the State
of Indiana, at the close of its business on the 25th day of August, 1905:
RESOUP.CE.S. LI.VBIXITIES.
Loans and discounts $167,250.88 Capital stock paid in $ 30,000.00
.Overdrafts 5.259.54 Surplus fund 18,000.00
Bonds 21,791.60 Discount, exchange and interest 943.52
Due from banks and bankers.. 38,113.13 Individual deposits on demand 197,771.52
Bmking house, real estate, fur-
niture and fixtures 4,500.00
Current expenses and taxes paid 238.25
Currency 4,500.00
Specie 4,886.25
Interest paid 175.39
Total $246,715.04 Total $246,715.04
State of Indiana, County of Henry, ss:
I. E. L. Elliott, cashier of the Farmers' State Bank, of Midiiiero-n. Indiana, do sol-
emnly swear that the above statement is true. E. L. Elliott. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30th day of August, 1905.
George L. Swain. Notary Public.
In October. 1873. Nimrod R. Elliott, George Hazzard, author of this History, and
John H. Terhune formed a partnership and established the Farmers' Bank of Middle-
town, each party contributing to its capital stock the sum of $10,000. Nimrod R. Elliott
was president. George Hazzard vice president and John H. Terhune cashier. After sev-
eral months, in order to reach a larger field of operation, the bank was moved to Ander-
son, where it became The Madison County Bank, with a capital of $100,000, of which
John E. Corwin was president. Nimrod R. Elliott vice president, John H. Terhune
cashier and John W. Pence assistant cashier. Later this bank became The Madison
County National Bank, but before that time Elliott and Hazzard had disposed of their
interests to Corwin. In time this last named bank was succeeded by The Citizens' Bank
of Anderson, in which John H. Terhune still retains an interest.
hazzard's history of hexry county. 1085
the he.\ry corxty maxk of spicelaxd.
This is a private banlc in wliicli some of tlie best known and wealtiiiest citizens
of Spiceland Township are interested. It was organized Septemljer 3, 1895. and its
present capital and surplus are:
Capital stock paid in $1U,0UU.UU
Surplus fund 1,000. UO
President, Wm. H. Beard; vice president, William L. Cory; cashiers. Murray S.
VV'ildman, Herbert T. Baily; bookkeeper, Lena Rayle.
First board of directors: William H. Beard, William Edgerton, Oliver Green-
street, John William Griffin, Lilburn White.
Present board of directors: Herbert T. Bailey, William H. Beard, William L. Cory,
Oliver Greenstreet, John William Griffin.
Original stockholders and those of September 1, 1905: Herbert T. Bailey. William
H. Beard, Peter S. Cory, William L, Cory, Caroline Edgerton, William Edgerton, Oliver
Greenstreet, John S. Griffin, John William Griffin, ,lohn A. Ratliff, Lilburn White. Martha
A. White, Murray S. Wildman.
Below is a statement of the condition of the bank on August 25, 1905:
Report of the condition of the Henry County Bank at Spiceland, in the State of
Indiana, at the close of its business on August 25, 1905:
RESOURCES. LI.\I!ILITIES.
Loans and discounts $48,295.78 Capital paid in $10,000
Overdrafts 319,64 Surplus fund 1,000.00
Due from banks and bankers. .. . 18,524.46 Discount, exchange and interest 588.96
Banking house 2,000.00 Individual deposits on demand. 65,398.99
Furniture and fixtures 500.00
Current expenses 255.54
Cash on hand —
C'jrrcncy $2,802.00
Specie 4.290.53 7,092.53
Total $76,987.95 Total $76,987.95
State of Indiana, County of Henry, ss: ^
I, H. T. Baily, cashier of the Henry County Bank of Spiceland, Indiana, do sol-
emnly affirm that the above statement is true.
H. T. Baily. Cashier.
Irubscribed and affirmed before me. this 31st day of August. 1905.
O. H. Nixon, Notary Public.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LEWISVILLE.
Although its capital is the smallest authorized under the national banking law the
above bank has done a very large business from its inception. It was organized Septem-
ber 10, 1900. and its present status is:
Capital stock paid in $25,000.00
Surplus fund 5,000,00
Undivided profits , 3,300.00
Presidents, David M. Brown, Oliver Greenstreet; vice presidents, Oliver Green-
street, Horace H. El well, Robert Hall: caShier, Luther F. Symons; Assistant cashiers,
Charles C. Brown, Claud M. Bartlett.
First board of directors: David M. Brown, Horace H. Elwell, Oliver Greenstreet,
Hawley Hall, Robert Hall.
Present board of directors: Oliver Greenstreet. Hawley Hall. Robert Hall. Thomas
J. Martin, Otis A. Stubbs.
Original stockholders: Sarah B. Alf. Joseph Ballard, William M. Bartlett, William
Beard, William A. Bennett. Ephraim R. Bridgman, Charles C. Brown, David M. Brown.
lOOb HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Allen Butler, Leburn Butler. Albert L. Canaday. Charles F. Custer. Morris B. Cole, Ben-
jamin D. Copeland, Wilson T. Dobbins, Horace H. Elwell, John Foster, Clara Freeman,
John J. Gilbert, Frederick E. Glidden. Oliver P. Gotschall, Oliver Greenstreet, Hawley
Hall, Lee F. Hall, Luther G. Hall. Robert Hall, Andrew J. Harrold, Edgar Heacock, John
Hendricks, Levi-is Hoff, William M. Jackson, John Leonberger, Ella V. Loder, William
Macy, George W. Manlove, James R. Martin, Thomas J. Martin, Willard W. Martin,
William M. Mills, John Myer, John McFarland, Marshall Newhouse. Simeon W. Picker-
ing, Morris Reynolds, Orrin J. Richardson, Samuel S. Higgle, Samuel J. A. Shipley, Philo
Southwick, Albert Stewart, Charles Stewart. Otis A. Stubbs, Henry W. Suders, Luther
F. Symons, Robert P. White, Thomas W. White.
Stockholders September 1, 1905: Sarah B. Alf, Joseph Ballard. Claud M. Bartlett,
William Beard, Leburn Butler, Albert L. Canaday. Morris B. Cole, Charles F. Custer, Wil-
son T. Dobbins. Horace H. Elwell, John Foster, Mrs. Frederick E. Glidden, John J. Gil-
bert. Oliver Greenstreet. Hawley Hall. Lee F. Hall, Robert Hall. Mrs. William C. Hall,
Andrew J. Harrold, Edgar Heacock, Lewis Hoff, William M. Jackson. Minnie Kettner.
John Leonberger. Lewisville Lodge. Independent Order o£ Odd Fellows, William A. Macy,
George W. Manlove. James R. Martin. Thomas J. Martin, Willard W. Martin. John Myer,
Arthur W. Osborne, Simeon W. Pickering. Carrie B. Prine, Morris Reynolds, Samuel S.
Riggle, Albert Stewart, Charles Stewart. Otis A. Stubbs, Henry W. Suders, Luther F.
Symons, Robert P. White.
A statement of the condition of the bank August 25. 1905, is printed below:
Report of the condition of the First National Bank at Lewisvlile. in the State of
Indiana, at the close of business, August 25, 1905:
EESOURCES. LI.\BILITIES.
Loans and discounts. $ 91.707.17 Capital stock paid in $ 25.000.00
Overdrafts, secured and unse- Surplus fund 5.000.00
cured 670.40 Undivided profits, less expenses
U. S. bonds to secure circula- and taxes paid 3,014.00
tion 10,000.00 National Bank notes outstand-
Premiums on U. S. bonds 462.50 ing 10.000.00
Banking house, furniture and Individual deposits subject to
fixtures 3.456.81 check 1 04.700.73
Due from approved reserve Demand certificates of deposit. 6,481.50
agents 40,493.55
Checks and other cash items.. 1,145.95
Notes of other National Banks 1,206.00
Fractional paper currency, nick-
els and cents 122.50
Lawful money reserve in bank,
viz:
Specie ?2,537.35
Legal tender notes.. 1,900.00 4.437.35
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 per cent, circu-
lation) 500.00
Total $154,196.23 Total ?154,196.23
State of Indiana, County of Henry, ss:
I, L. F. Symons, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
L. F. Symons, Cashier. Correct attest: O. Greenstreet. Robert Hall Otis A.
Stulihs, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d day of September. 1905.
JoHx C. Keller. Notary Public.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. lOOJ
THE MOORELANI) STATK BANK OF MOORELAND.
An organization was effected and this bank began business September S, 1902. Its
capital stock, surplus fund, officers and stockholders are set out below:
Capital stock paid in $25,000.00
Surplus fund 750.00
President, Henry Brown; Vice Presidents, George R. Koons, James S. Luellen;
Cashier, George F. Keever.
First Board of Directors — Enoch G. Bouslog, Henry Brown. Eli Holaday, David W.
Kinsey, Thomas B. Millikan, William M. Pence, Elisha Shaffer.
Present Board of Directors— Henry Brown, William Covalt, James W. Current, Eli
Holaday, David W. Kinsey, Thomas B. Millikan, William M. Pence.
Original Stockholders — Alvus D. Adams, Henry Brown, Joseph Barnbart. Enoch
G. Bouslog. Reuben H. Brown, Elizabeth Conway, Ferdinand Covalt, William Covalt,
James W. Current, Charles H. Daniels, Ellen Haynes, George W. Hodson, Eli Holaday,
Sylvester H. Huffman. William H. Jones, William E. Kerr, George F. Keever, David W.
Kinsey, Benjamin F. Koons, George R. Koons, James C. Lamar, Wilson R. Lines, Henry
Main. Thomas B. Millikan, David A. Niccum, William M. Pence, Mary P. Replogle,
Christian Richardson, Elisha Shaffer, Hattie S. Smith, Larkin C. Smith, Oliver T. Waltz,
Harvey L. Williams.
Stockholders September 1, 1905 — Alvus D. Adams, Henry Brown, Eli M. Conwell,
Ferdinand Covalt. William Covalt, James W. Current, Eli Holaday, George F. Keever,
David W. Kinsey, James S. Luellen, Thomas B. Millikan, William M. Pence, Mary P
Replogle, Elizabeth Ridgway, Larkin C. Smith, Harvey L. Williams.
The bank's resources and liabilities are given below, as shown August 25, 1905:
Report of the condition of the Mooreland State Bank, at Mooreland, in the State of
Indiana, at the close of its business on August 25, 1905:
RESOtJRCES. LIABILITIES.
Loans and discounts $47,334.83 Capital stock paid in $25,000.00
Overdrafts 160.23 Surplus fund 750.00
Due from banks and bankers 26,366.84 Discount, exchange and interest. . 382.20
Furniture and fixtures 600.00 Individual deposits on demand. . 53,983.52
Current expenses 79.33
Cash on hand, currency. .$4,125.00
Specie 1.449.49
5,574. -sg
Total $80,115.72 Total $80,115.72
State of Indiana, County of Henry, ss:
I, G. F. Keever, cashier of the Mooreland State Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true. G. F. Keever, Cashier.
Subscrilied and sworn to before me this 31st day of August, 1905.
loxA T. Christner, Notary Public.
THE SHIRLEY HAXK OF .SHIRLEY.
This is a private bank, owned by Mark E. Wood. It began business December 20,
1899. Its capital and surplus are.
Capital stock paid in $10,000.00
Surplus fund 1.000.00
Cashier. Mark E. Wood; Assistant Cashier, Thomas J. De Mund.
A statement of its assets and liabilities as published August 25, 1905, is given
herewith:
Report of the condition of the Shirley Bank, at Shirley, in the State of Indiana, at
the close of business on August 25, 1905
IO»8 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
RESOX'RCES. LIADIHTIES.
Loans and discounts $48,628.34 Capital paid in $10,000.00
Due from banlcs and bankers .... IT. 248. 86 Discount, exchange and interest. 830.73
Furniture and fixtures 3,000.00 Individual deposits 57,957.74
Cash on hand, currency. .$4,823.00
Specie 924.10 5.747.10
Cash items 1 64.17
Total $68,788.47 Total $68,788.47
State of Indiana. County of Hancock, ss:
I, Mark E. Wood, cashier of the Shirley Bank, at Shirley, Indiana, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true. Mark E. Wood, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of September. 1905.
Sylvester Hamilton. Notary Public.
THE FIRST STATE DANK OF SHIRLEY.
This is the most recent acquisition to the banking institutions of Henry County,
and began business August 10, 1904.
Capital stock paid in $25,000.00
Presidents, Frank J. Vestal, William W. Beeson; Vice Presidents, William W. Beeson,
Leander A. Johnson; Cashier, John R. Kitterman; Bookkeeper, J. Vernis Kitterman.
First and Present Board of Directors — William W. Beeson, Edward B. Byrket,
Leander A. Johnson, John R. Kitterman. Allen Sherry, Frank J. Vestal, Ross Wilkinson.
Stockholders, September 1, 1905— William W. Beeson, Charles E. Byrket, Edward
B. Byrket. Citizens' State Bank of Knightstown, William H. Collier, Enoch Courtney,
Charles H. Elliott, Alison Frazer, Ezra C. Gebhart, Frank Gebhart, Charles Grunden,
Thurza Grunden, Thomas B. Jackson, Verlie Jackson, Jesse M. Johnson, Leander A.
Johnson, Floyd Kitterman, John R. Kitterman, Francis E. Pickering, Curtis Riggs, EI-
wood Riggs, John A. Riggs, Russell Riggs, Alvenus Sherry, Isaac N. Trail, William
Trail, John W. Warrick, Robert Ulmer, Alexander Wilkinson, George Q. Wilkinson, Isaac
Wilkinson, Joseph Wilkinson, Ross Wilkinson, Thomas Wilkinson estate. Prudence
White.
Below is a statement of the bank's resources and liabilities under date of August
25, 1905:
Report of the condition of the First State Bank, at Shirley, in the State of Indiana,
at the close of its business on August 25, 1905:
RESOUKCES. I.IAlill.ITIES.
Loans and discounts $40,187.59 Capital stock paid in $25,000.00
Due from banks and bankers 21,719.10 Discount, exchange and interest. 1,066.97
Banking house 1.625.00 Individual deposits on demand. . 46.946.03
Furniture and fixtures 1,850.00
Current expenses 1,219.28
Cash on hand 6,412.03
Total $73,013.00 Total $73,013.00
State ok Indiana, County of Hancock, ss:
I, John R. Kitterman. cashier of the First State Bank, at Shirley, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true. John R. Kitterman.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of September. 1905.
Sylvester Hamilton, Notary Public.
In 1869 a private bank, known as The Citizens' Bank, was instituted at Dunreith
with a capital of $25,000, by Strattan, Harrold and Company, consisting of Edward K.
Strattan, Andrew Harrold, Caleb Johnson and perhaps others, whose names are not
now obtainable. Its transactions during the first year of its existence were satisfactory
and profitable, but in December, 1870, the bank was burglariously robbed of about $6,000,
which so materially interfered with its usefulness that its proprietors within a short
time thereafter wound up its affairs.
HENRY COUNTY EDITORS.
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I089
KECAPITILATION OF BAXK .STATEMENTS.
The following is a recapitulation of the assets and liabilities of the eleven hanlvS
in Henry County, including those of Shirley, as shown by their official statements,
August 25, 1905:
ASSETS. LIABILITIES.
Loans and discounts $1,789,358.00 Capital stock $530,000.00
Real estate, furniture and fix- Surplus earnings 235,909.00
tures 44,515.00 Deposits 1,945,430.00
Cash on hand and in other
banks 877,466.00
NUMBER OF BANKS IN INDIANA.
On September 1. 1905, there were 683 banks in Indiana, divided as follows:
National Banks 184
State Banks 175
Private Banks 260
Trust and Savings Banks - 64
Total 683
NEWSPAPERS, PAST AND PRESENT, IN HENRY COUNTY.
After a period of evolution, during which the local press has struggled valiantly
to gain a permanent foothold, it may be safely asserted that the newspapers of Henry
County have found a profitable abiding place in the hearts and patronage of the people.
It has been said that "of the making of books there is no end," and that remark may,
with striking force, be applied to the many newspapers that have been started to "fill
a long-felt want" in this county, only to expire after a few months' or years' struggle
and apparently without having left a vacuum in any locality save in that of the pub-
lisher's pocket. From the early days of the county, men with ambition to found a
newspaper have not been backward in putting their energy and ability in that direction
to the test. The number of names in the long list of newspapers that have existed in
Henry County, at various times in a period of sixty years and are now but memories, tells
the story of mistaken ideas held by their publishers as to the profitableness of the
enterprises. But during all these years, the county has grown in wealth and population
amazingly, and who shall say that its newspapers, although many of them were com-
pelled by stress of circumstances to "give up the ghost" because their publishers w-ere
powerless to "make the ghost walk" regularly on weekly pay days, were not largely
instrumental in helping along this prosperity? In the main, the newspapers of Henry
County have been published and edited by men of excellent business and literary ability
— men who afterward reaped golden returns from other fields of business venture. The
number of newspapers in the county is less than it was a quarter of a century ago; the
process of planting printing presses and of weeding them out has been slow, but sure.
The county seat now has but two new-spaper offices — The Courier, both daily and weekly,
and Tire Democrat, weekly. In addition there are weekly newspapers published in Mid-
dletown. Mooreland, Lewisville, Spiceland, Knightstown and Shirley, so that all sections
of the county are represented by local publications. All of them give most of their
space to news of their particular localities and their patrons seem to appreciate and
generously support the local publications. The advent "of trolley lines, the numerous
steam railroads that traverse the county, and the low price of the metropolitan daily and
weekly newspapers, which these lines are enabled to deliver at every farm house each
week day in the year through the medium of the rural free delivery of mail system,
has not lessened the circulation of the local press— on the contrary, every newspaper now
published in the county has perhaps the largest patronage in its history.
logo HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTY.
NEWSPAPERS OF KMOHTSTOW^.'.
The honor of having the first newspaper in the county belongs to Knightstown. In
1832 "The Federal Union" was issued by Grant and Mitchell. John W. Grubbs, long
identified with "The New Castle Courier," and afterward, until his death, a leading
wholesale grocer of Richmond, got his first lessons in the art of printing in this primi-
tive office, and has stated that its publication ceased within a year for want of sufficient
patronage. About four years later, perhaps early in 1836, Thomas J. Langdon edited
and printed a sheet called "The Banner." It gave up the struggle within six months.
In 1837, Tisdale D. Clarkson launched "The Indiana Sun," and a year later sold the plant
to Hannum and Grubbs. Hannum abandoned his interest in 1840 and John W. Grubbs
became sole proprietor. In 1841, he moved the office to New Castle and changed the
name of the paper to "The Indiana Courier." In 18-59, Tisdale D. Clarkson again started
a newspaper in Knightstown, which he called "The Citizen." Will C. Moreau and A. M.
Woodin were connected with this paper at intervals during its short but eventful life,
which came to a close in 1861. Isaac Kinley, afterward a distinguished officer in the
Civil War, published a literary magazine of thirty two pages, called "The Beech Tree,"
for a few months in 1859, but it lacked pecuniarj' support and ceased to exist. In 1865
John A.' Deem published an agricultural magazine, "The Western Ruralist," for five
months. In the same year R. F. Brown moved the "Henry County Times '
from New Castle and continued its publication for about five months. In
May, 1867, John A. Deem established "The Knightstown Banner," which
seemed to prosper from the start, for its publication still continues, although under
other management, and it is regarded as firmly established and profitable newspaper
property. In 1877 he sold the establishment to his brother, Thomas B. Deem, and
March 23, 1883, Reverend Robert F. Brewington purchased a half interest in the paper,
which Deem and Brewington continued to publish until December 3, 1884, when the
former bought out the latter. Hunter Bradford purchased the paper October 2, 1885,
and Benjamin S. Parker, Henry County's poet and author, became its editor and so con-
tinued until June 16, 1888, when Reverend Robert F. Brewington succeeded him and
filled the position until November- 9, 1888. On May 1, 1892, Wallace K. Deem (born
in Knightstown, September 21, 1863, a son of John A. Deem, founder of the paper),
purchased "The Banner" and has since remained its editor and proprietor. Mr. Deem
is a thorough newspaper man and "The Banner" is one of the excellent county news-
papers of the State.
John C. Riddell started "The City Chronicle" in 1870, which appeared periodically
and semi-occasionally under his management until 1876. He then sold out to Frank I.
Grubbs (now deputy Secretary of State), who changed the name of the paper to "The
Knightstown Herald" and it died within six months. Fleming Ratcliff launched "The
Knightstown Journal" in 1876, but in the Spring of 1877 it joined the other "has beens."
From this date until some time in 1879, "The Banner" was the only paper published in
Knightstown, then "The Shield" appeared, conducted by Frank I. Grubbs and Charles
Moore. At the end of a year Moore retired and Leonidas P. Newhy, now a banker and
tormerly member of the General Assembly from Henry County, purchased his interest.
Newspaper life must have been too strenuous for Leonidas P., for he retired in the Fall of
1880 and "The Shield" was consolidated with "The Banner" under the name of "The
Knightstown Banner-Shield." Four months later the publication of both papers was
resumed. Grubbs continued to publish "The Shield" until March, 1883, when the plant
was purchased by "The Banner" and "The Shield" discontinued. On December 18, 1885,
Wallace K. Deem established "The Knightstown Sun" and published it until August 1,
1891, at which time Clarence H. Beard and his brother, Charles A., bought the paper and
caused the "Sun" to shine until the Summer of 1895, when they leased the plant to
William B. Newby, Joseph H. Hinshaw and William A. Keelum, who remained in charge
until July 1, 1903, on which date Roy W. Steele became proprietor. Previous to this,
August 19, 1899, "The Daily Journal" was started by Steele. On purchasing the "Sun"
he adopted the name of "The Journal-Sun" for the weekly and continued to publish
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"The Daily Journal" until January 31, 1904, when it ceased to exist. The name of
"Sun" was dropped March 1, 1905, and the "Journal" continued to be published
semi-weekly from that date until September 29, 1905, when it was discontinued and
the office turned into a job printing establishment. Roy W. Steele is a young man of
superior newspaper ability, industrious and earnest in all his undertakings. His brother,
Walter B., was associated with him in the management of the "Journal" for a short time
preceding its discontinuance.
"The Knightstown Daily News" was started November 11, 1897, with Harry C.
Newby as publisher, and William E. Newby as editor. After a lively existence of eleven
months it expired.
JOHX A. DEE.M — FOKMER EniTOK, THE K3<IGHTST0WX BAXTER.
The subject of this sketch was born in Greene County, Ohio, on March 9, 1840, and
came with his parents, Thomas and Phoebe (Hutzler) Deem, to Spiceland Township, in
the Fall of 1848. He acquired a fair education in the district schools during the Winter
time, devoting the Spring and Summer seasons to farm work. l,ater he taught a number
of terms of school in the neighborhood. In 1862 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter
of Joel and Annie (Gorton) Cloud. Three children were born to them — Wallace K.,
now editor of "The Knightstown Banner;" Ernest C, and Nora M. In the Spring of
1867, having previously spent some time in learning the printing business, he established
"The Knightstown Banner," which he published for ten years and which, under his man-
agement, was one of the leading newspapers of the county. In 1877 he disposed of the
"Banner" to his brother, Thomas B. Deem, and in 1880 went into the farming and
stock-raising business in Spiceland Township, one mile north of Ogden, where he now
resides, and has proved as thorough a farmer as he was a newspaper man. In 1882 he
was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly and was re-elected in 1884. He
was a useful, competent, upright and fearless member of that body and served his con-
stituents mbst faithfully. The voters of Spiceland Township honored him by giving him
the largest vote ever given to a candidate for office. While a citizen of Knightstown
he was three times elected trustee of Wayne township and as such was largely instru-
mental in causing the erection of the splendid high school building of that town.
KEWSP.VPERS OV XEWC'.VSTLE.
The first newspaper printed at the county seat appeared in 1836 and was named
"The New Castle Banner." James B. Swayze was the publisher and Reverend Alfred
J. Cotton the editor. It survived for a half year. The publisher went into the news-
paper business in Hagerstown and the Reverend Cotton moved to Dearborn County,
where he became a judge of the court.
In 1S41 John W. Grubbs moved the plant of "The Indiana Courier" from Knights-
town to New Castle and continued its publication ijnder that name. In 1843 his brother,
Henry Clay Grubbs, became associated with him. About the middle of the year 1846 the
office was sold to Cornelius V. Duggins. Mr. Duggins died in 1850, and for a short time
James Comstock, his executor, managed the paper. But in March of the same year
John W. Grubbs, the former publisher, took charge of it.
In January, 1853. George W. Lennard purchased the office. A few months later he
took Coleman Rogers into partnership, and the two published the paper until the end
of the year.
Another change of owners took place in January, 1854, at which time Nation and
Ellison purchased the "Courier." This administration began with Henry C. Grubbs as
chief editor, and David Nation, local editor. Mr. Grubbs soon retired, and David Nation
became the managing editor. In the latter part of 1854 Wrigley and Lyle became the
proprietors, and in 1856 they sold out to Charles E. Harwood and Thomas B. Redding.
Elijah B. Martindale was the next owner, but continued as such only a short time,
selling out in the beginning of the year 1857, to Isaac S. Drake. Mr. Drake was editor
and proprietor utitil some time in 1859, when Walton P. Goode became his partner. In
about a year Goode became sole proprietor, and the "Courier" continued to be published
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by him until November, 1862. The paper was then bought by Elwood Pleas, who con-
ducted it nearly six years and a half, selling out in March, 1869, to Maurice E. Pleas and
Harrison Hoover. May 15, 1870. Alfred G. Wilcox, as the representative of the Telegram
Printing Company, of Richmond, bought the "Courier." He conducted it until Septem-
ber, then sold an interest to Calvin R. Scott.
In July, 1872, Adolph Rogers purchased the paper, and soon after Elwood Pleas
secured an interest. Rogers and Pleas continued to own and manage the "Courier"
for two years and six months. Then a stock company purchased it for the sum of
110,000, and employed Adolph Rogers as editor. The following gentlemen composed the
company: Adolph Rogers, Elwood Pleas, George Hazzard, author of this History; John W.
Griffin, Seth S. Bennett. John R. Millikan, Calvin R. Scott and Alexander S. McDowell.
Mr. Rogers continued as editor until January, 1877. Under him the editorial department
was conducted with ability and a high literary character given to the contents of the paper.
With the first number of the year 1877, William H. Elliott, the present editor and mana-
ger, took charge of the "Courier." At that time the paper had a circulation of 950 copies,
and its financial condition was anything but prosperous. Without previous experience in
journalism, Mr. Elliott soon succeeded in bringing about a change for the better, and from
that time until the present the "Courier" has steadily grown in prosperity and influence.
It is now among the best weeklies in Eastern Indiana.
In 1896 Mr. Elliott established "The Little Courier." a small daily newspaper of
four pages, five columns to the page, but deemed sufficient to meet the wants of the
public at that time. From this small beginning "The Daily Courier" has grown to its
present size, an eight page, six columns to the page, newspaper, published six days in
the week and giving every week-day afternoon very full and complete accounts of the
local happenings of the county in addition to several columns of telegraphic news from
all parts of the world. It is now the only daily paper published in the county. In 1899
Mr. Elliott disposed of the "Courier" to Mark O. Waters and Joseph A. Greenstreet, who
continued to publish the paper until 1902, when Greenstreet retired and Waters con-
ducted the publication alone. In 1903. George A. Elliott, son of William H., purchased a
half interest in the plant and in 1904 the office went into the control of William H. and
George A. Elliott, who now publish both the daily and weekly "Courier." During
General Elliott's absence from the newspaper, he was first an officer in the navy while
the Spanish-American war continued, and later w:as a government official in Porto
Rico, as will be found fully set out in another part of this History. The "Courier" was
first a Whig newspaper and has steadfastly supported Republican policies since that
party was organized.
In February, 1852, "The Democratic Banner" was flung to the breeze in New
Castle by J. Fenwick Henry. He published the paper for eighteen months and sold the
property to Nelson Abbott, who changed the name to "The New Castle Banner." It
ceased to exist in 1855. "The Henry County Times" appeared in October, 1865, con-
ducted by R. F. Brown, who moved the office from Connersville to New Castle. The
"Times" did a thirty days' stunt at the county seat and then located in Knightstown, as
is mentioned elsewhere.
Henry L. Shopp and Harrison Hoover started a paper styled "The Henry County
Independent," in April, 1867. Twenty four numbers of the paper were issued by them,
when the office was sold to a company of Democratic citizens and placed under the
editorial charge of Leonard H. Miller. In January, 1868, its name was changed to
"The Signs of the Times." Mr. Miller continued to edit the "Times" until April. 1868,
when S. S. Darling, of Hamilton, Ohio, succeeded him. It seems to have been the fashion
to change the name of this paper with the advent of each new editor, and on the 27th
of May, 1868, the paper was christened "The New Castle Examiner." Lewis L. Dale
then assumed editorial charge. The following May. there being an opening for a Demo-
cratic newspaper in Cambridge City, the office was moved thither and the "Examiner"
became "The Democratic Times." The paper was published in Cambridge City only a
few months, and the office was then re-established in New Castle. In December. 1870,
Loring Bundy and William Johnson bought "The Democratic Times" and it was conducted
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by them for two years. Jesse M. Hiatt and Harrison Hoover were the next proprietors,
taking charge in December, 1872. They changed the name and politics of the paper,
mailing it Republican and styling it "The New Castle Times." About six months later
Mr. Hoover sold his interest to James M. Kissell; and he, in the latter part of 1S73, sold
out to Benjamin S. Parker, a gentleman of well-known literary ability. In January, 1875,
IVIr. Hiatt disposed of his interest to Arthur E. Wickersham. At the same date the
name of the paper was changed again, becoming "The New Castle Mercury." The
"Mercury" was conducted by Parker and Wickersham until April 10, 1882, when Elwood
Pleas and Company succeeded to the ownership. The publication of the "Mercury"
was discontinued in 1884, and the office sold to the owners of "The Muncie Herald," a
Democratic newspaper.
"The Henry County Republican" was inaugurated by Elwood and Maurice E.
Pleas in August, 1870. In July, 1872, the "Republican" was consolidated with the
"Courier."
A Democratic paper. "The New Castle News," was started early in 1877, the proprie-
tors, Thomas J. Higgs and Josiah Crawford, moving the outfit from ConnersviUe. It
suspended publication in about nine months.
Colonel James D. Williams began the publication of a Democratic paper in Janu-
ary. 1878, called "The Indiana Statesman," but the venture was not successful and the
"Statesman" pulled up stakes in less than six months.
In January. 1878, "The New Castle Democrat," with John M. Goar as publisher,
appeared on the scene. It was conducted with varying success by him for several years,
and in 1SS4 Miles L. Reed assumed proprietorship and editorship of the paper, which
he successfully published until 1891, when Peter M. Gillies took charge. During Gillies'
management of the office he published also a daily evening paper, called the "News,"
for several months in 1S94, but its publication was suspended in that year. In August,
1895, Walter S. Chambers bought the "Democrat" and in the intervening years has
placed the paper on a firm footing, having its own building, a substantial brick structure
on East Broad street, new and modern presses and other machinery and all the up-to-
date material that is required in a first-class printing oflice of the present day. The
"Democrat" has attained a list of nearly 2,500 paying subscribers, who appreciate the
paper in the highest degree.
A Greenback-Labor party organ appeared in 1881, published by Henry W. Burtch.
called "The Henry County Argus." In 1883 William R. Sanborn became its proprietor,
and in March. 1SS4, it died for want of sufficient circulation, a thing which newspapers
as well as individuals require in order to exist.
Charles P. Sudwarth, now of Washington, D. C, started a paper which was a very
interesting sheet during its existence of about two years from 1885. It was called "The
New Castle Crescent."
On February 20, 1891, a number of men, connected with the Farmers' Alliance or
Grange, financed a paper which was named "The People's Press," and placed William
W. Prigg in charge as editor. In July, 1893, Walter S. Chambers and Arthur W. Tracy
bought the plant and changed the name of the paper to "The New Castle Press." The
daily "Press" was started by them January 1, 1895. In July of that year they sold the
daily and weekly "Press" to Clarence H. and Charles A. Beard, who changed the name
of the weekly to "The Henry County Republican," still continuing the daily "Press."
The plant again changed ownership in 1897, two gentlemen of Winona, Minnesota,
Messrs. Cameron and Dodge, becoming proprietors. They were succeeded in 1899 by
Claude S. Watts, and July 31, 1900, Fleming Ratcliff took charge and consolidated the
papers under the name of "The New Castle Tribune," he having in 1897 established a
paper by that name. The daily "Tribune" not proving profitable, was discontinued in
1902, but the weekly "Tribune" was continued under his management until the Spring
of 1903, when Charles S. Hernly and Otho Williams bought the office, changed the name
of the paper back to the "Press" and started a handsome and lively eight-page daily
under that name with the well-known and charming writer, John Thornburgh, as editor-
in-chief, a position which he very ably and satisfactorily filled during the life of the
I094 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTY'.
paper. Mr. Williams soon retired and Charles S. Hernly continued the business alone
until February 1, 1904. when the publications not proving profitable, they ceased to
exist and the oflRue material was sold to "The New Castle Courier.''
In June, 1903, Fleming Ratcliff again revived "The New Castle Tribune," which he
continued to publish until July, 1905, when he moved the office to Spiceland and changed
the name of the paper to "The Henry County Tribune." Since the establishment of
"The Spiceland Reporter," in 1873, of which he was editor, with the exception of a
few years in the eighties, when he was depot agent of the Indiana, Bloomington and
Western Railroad, at New Castle. Fleming RatclifC has been identified with the news-
papers of Henry County almost continuously at Spiceland, Knightstown and New Castle.
His ability as a newspaper man has long been recognized. He is a fluent and forcible
writer, an indefatigable newsgatherer and so long has he been connected with news-
papers that he will probably continue his life-work to the end in the editorial harness.
ELWOOD PLEAS FORMER EDITOR. THE XEW C.\STI.E COVRIER.
Editor. FhilosoitlKT. Xaturalist and Good Citizen.
Elwood Pleas, son of Aaron L. and Lydia (Gilbert) Pleas, was born at Richmond,
Indiana, May 4, 1831, and died at his home near Spiceland, Indiana. December 31, 1897.
Mr. Pleas' father was of a New York family and his mother was a daughter of Josiah
Cilbert, one of the three Gilbert brothers, Josiah, Joel and Thomas, who came from
North Carolina to the Hopewell neighborhood, in Dudley Township, Henry County,
Indiana, and who, with their families at one time owned so great a portion of the lands
of that township and were so prominent in the Friends' meetings of Eastern Indiana.
He was married to Sarah Ann, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Griffin, of near Spice-
land, on April 26, 1854. She is a sister of John William Griffin, a biographical sketcn
of whom appears elsewhere in this History, to which reference should be had for infor-
mation as to the GriflSn family.
Elwood and Sarah Ann (Griffin) Pleas were the parents of six children, two
daughters and four sons, of whom one daughter, Mary B., now the wife of George
Beckett, and three sons survive their father. Mrs. Beckett and her husband make their
home with her mother. Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas, on the old Pleas' homestead. One son.
Dr. Edgar Pleas, is a popular physician of Indian Territory; another, Robert J. Pleas,
is a business man of Spiceland; and a third, Charles Earl Pleas, is a photographer and
fruit grower at Chipley, Florida. There are seven grandchildren in the Pleas family;
Mr. and Mrs. Becket have two grown daughters, one of them the wife of
Evert Henshaw; Dr. Edgar Pleas and his first wife, who died some years ago. had two
daughters; his present wife, Lucy, daughter of William W. Wilson, of Spiceland, was
before her marriage a prominent Henry County club woman, so that the two little
girls are happily situated in their father's southwestern home; Robert J. Pleas and
his wife are the parents of two boys and one girl.
Elwood Pleas was in early life a carpenter, cabinet-maker, a farmer, and always
a lover and student of Nature. His opportunities for gaining an education were com-
paratively meagre, but he made good use of such as he possessed. He was a reader of
books and a student of principles and conditions. He was convinced of the great evils of
slavery early in lite, and made war upon it from and after reaching maturity. When
called to the editorship of "The New Castle Courier," in 1862, he made it a power in
local politics and speedily made a State reputation as a daring and able newspaper man.
Under his management, the "Courier" was a financial, as well as political, success.
Benjamin S. Parker, writing of the life and work of Mr. Pleas, says:
"When I first knew him, he was selling Hinton Rowan Helper's "Impending Crisis,"
from house to house, not as the ordinary agent sells books for his own profit, but to
help forward the mighty wave of protest against the extension of slavery, that was then
-■^weeping over the North. That was in the fifties, several years before the war. h was
this same enthusiasm for liberty that carried him into the newspaper business during
the progress of the war, and a little later led him for a time into the army. He
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understood very well that he could do the country more effective service with his news-
paper than he could hope to do in the ranks of war, but he felt that the editor who so
strongly upheld the war for the Union should share its dangers with those whom his
words, probably, helped to lead into the service, and thus establish the truth of his
convictions by his courage."
In the Civil War he served faithfully as a soldier in Company B, 139th Indiana
Infantry, as is appropriately set out elsewhere in this History. His other newspaper
enterprises besides the "Courier" were "The Heniy County Republican," a second owner-
ship or partnership in the "Courier," and last, a connection with "The New Castle
Mercury," which did not turn out so well financially, though each and all of them
were well sustained editorially and were superior publications.
It was In the field of biological research and investigation that he was at his
best, his special lines of work lying mostly in geology and practical entomology. His
collection was the best and most representative of any private collection in Eastern
Indiana, and his scientific correspondence was very large. It was beginning to yield
him good financial returns, as well as many honors, when the illness that was to speedily
end his life fell upon him and left his tasks unfinished.
He was a forceful writer and an entertaining speaker. His addresses before the
Henry County Historical Society, which he did so much to establish, were always looked
forward to as its most interesting and profitable occasions. Elwood Pleas was undoubt-
edly one of the few strong men who have stood out clearly as above and beyond the
high average level of the county's intelligent manhood. This is apparent in so m^ny
pages of our history that he needs no lengthy eulogium at the hands of a biographer.
But more than all and better than all, was he the upright citizen and the loving, con-
siderate husband and affectionate parent and generous friend. What better can any
man be?
Elwood Pleas must also be given consideration as Henry County's first historian.
In 1871, he issued "Henry County, Past and Present," which was a brief history of the
county frohi 1821 to 1871. The book is a small volume, containing less than one hun-
dred and fifty pages, but it is worth its weight in gold as an historical document and
as a first effort to preserve the history of the county. The author of this History ac-
knowledges himself to be greatly indebted to this little book of Elwood Pleas, and many
of .the most valuable of the early historical facts of the county w-ould have been lost had
it not been for the careful, methodical and painstaking work of Mr. Pleas. Long may his
memory be cherished.
NEWSPAPERS OF SPICELAND.
"The Spiceland Reporter" was started in July, 1873, by James W. Harvey, pro-
prietor, and Fleming Ratcliff, editor. About eighteen months later Harvey gave up the
publication of the paper, not finding it profitable. The citizens, however, determined to
keep the paper running and the "Reporter" company was formed with about $2,700
capital and Mr. Ratcliff continued as editor. Lewis Woods, Elisha B. Ratcliff, Dr. J. B.
Cochrane, Joseph E. Bogue and S. E. Unthank constituted the stock company. In
July. 1876, Mr. Ratcliff retired from the editorship. His successors in that position were
Professor Nathan Newby, Clarkson Davis, Charles P. Butler and others. In July, 1880,
the paper was sold at receiver's sale and bought by Clarkson Davis and W. S. Chamness.
It expired in November, 1880. For about eighteen months prior to that time James M.
Kissel 1 was the publisher.
Recently, in July, 190.5. Fleming Ratcliff moved the plant of "The New Castle
Tribune" to Spiceland, changed its name to "The Henry County Tribune," and is pub-
lishing the paper from an office in that town.
TIIF. JIIOnLETOWX XEWS.
The "News" enjoys a unique position in the history of Henry County newspaper-
dom from the fact that It was the first newspaper published in Middletown and has
occupied the field alone since its inception. It was founded in April, 1885. by J. A.
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Wertz. In a short time George W. Rodecap became associated with him and in Sep-
tember, 1885, the latter assumed proprietorship. On November 29, 1886, Joseph O.
Lambert took charge and published the paper until July 7, 1893, when he sold out to
Willis L. McCampbell, present postmaster at Middletown. In January, 1894, Joseph O.
Lambert and Charles B. Unger bought the office and continued in partnership until
January, 1902. when Lambert became sole proprietor and has so continued to the present
time. Mr. Lambert is a pungent and forceful writer and the "News" very capably caters
to its many patrons in and around Middletown. Mr. Lambert is now and has been for
several years chairman of the Republican County Central Committee.
XEWSPAPERS OF I.EWI.SVILLE.
The first number of "The Lewisville Democrat was issued November 29, 1877, by
William F. Taylor and Lee L. Poarch. Dr. Nelson G. Smith acted as editor for about
three months and was succeeded by Thomas W. Hall, for a few weeks; after this, Taylor
and Poarch were both editors and proprietors. In January, 1880, the paper passed into
the hands of Dr. Nelson G. Smith, who conducted it a few weeks. William A. Dale
then became editor and proprietor and after six months the enterprise was abandoned.
In June, 1900. Ursa Martin and Edmund W. Robeson started "The Lewisville Enter-
prise," and continued its publication for about three months, when Martin succeeded to
the business. In December. 1901, he sold the plant to William D. Fancher, who discon-
tinued the publication of the paper. Ursa Martin again purchased the office in November.
1903, and revived the "Enterprise" in March, 1904. On August 28. 1905. he sold out to
Edmund W. Robeson, who is now editor and publisher.
NEWSPAPERS OF SHIP.LEY.
"The Shirley Enterprise" was started by Benjamin F. Martindale in October, 1900,
who continued to publish it until November. 1903, when he sold the office to Joseph
H. C. Denman, who changed the name of the paper to the "Gazette," and so continued
it until in May, 1904, when Martindale again took charge and published the paper as
the "Enterprise."
In the Summer of 1903, J. E. McClain started a paper which he called "The Shirley-
Wilkinson News." In June, 1904, it was purchased by Martindale and consolidated with
the "Enterprise." In April, 1905, Carl Shafer bought the office and changed the name of
the paper to "The Shirley News," and still continues to publish it.
"The Shirley Hustler" was started in April. 1900, by Noble B. Van Matre, who
published it about two and one-half years, then engaged in other business and the paper
was suspended.
THE MOOKELAXD P>Ee0RD.
This is a weekly newspaper published by Harold C. Burton, by whom it was es-
tablished July 28. 1905. It is the most recent claimant for the patronage of the reading
public of that portion of Henry County.
COMPANY B. 139th INDIANA INFANTRY,
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HEXRY COUNTY.
STATISTECAL INFORMATION.
Total comparative value of property of all kinds in Henry County, as shown by
the several townships and towns combined assessed for taxation for the years 1842. 1870
and 1904:
::...: 275,3^;^
207.995
30S.319
157.753
142 292
797:665
990,960
870,180
589.300
562,550
1,042,890
825,570
802,960
330,550
1,685,620
$11,041,320
1,494,380
1,639,540
1.440,480
1,076,380
1 196 650
;:::;:::;;; St^iIs
4,017,lo
Not organized
996,690
251.279
Not or.g:anized
1.299.800
1.426,720
468,660
2 013 790
$2,519,364
$20,087,380
Total comparative amounts of taxes levied for all purposes in Henry County as
shown by the several townships and towns combined for the years 1842, 1870 and 1904:
Townshiiis. 1842. 1870. 1904.
Blue River Not organized. 3,208.07 13.267.09
Du.llev 1,180.62 7,144.68 20,254.76
Fall iTe, k 961.99 7,937.26 28,404.57
Franklin 1.306.12 8,246.14 20,626.66
GreciislierM 668.14 6,179.50 . 19,259.59
Harrisun 627.02 5,805.30 20,828.12
Henrv 1.015.14 12,637.84 82,864.85
Jeffers.in Not organized. 5,249.98 ■ 13,269.00
Liberty 1.282.47 9,192.21 20,854.80
Prairi.' 1,120,47 7,762.47 18,750.44
Spiceland Not organized. 6,247.77 21,988.26
Stony Creek 762,49 3.159.72 9,383.63
Wayne 1,974.31 15,258.12 50.879.69
Total - $10,898.77 $98,029.06 ' $340,631.46
Total comparative value of personal property, of all kinds, in Henry County, as
shown by the several townships and towns combined assessed for taxation for the years
1842, 1870 and 1904:
1842.
1870.
1904.
Blue River.
Not organized.
88,790
190,620
Dudley
249 970
43.080
412,280
476,850
Franklin
47,229
332,260
368,870
Greensboro
25.118
196,330
269,850
Harrison
16,908
217,390
314,560
Henry
39,988
609.400
1.182,760
Jefferson
Not organized.
188,050
214.200
Liberty
50.609
325,410
301.570
48.799
258.650
287,290
Spiceland
Not organized.
296,310
393,160
31.266
112.330
141,740
85.078
692,550
824,850
Total
$438,326
$3,979,720
$5,298,560
Total comparative value of all lands, exclusive of town-lots, without the improve-
ments thereon, in Henry County, as shown by the several townships assessed for taxation
for the years 1842. 1870 and 1904:
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HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
U9,873
414,460
637,600
150,626
390,19*
591.920
76,408
284,126
514.320
97,006
338,970
761.280
llS,02fS
544,630
912.S10
Not organized
281,430
543,460
135,375
575,480
843,720
123,356
467,840
686,730
Not organized.
333,620
453,590
178,810
500.940
694,530
Total comparative value of all Improvements on lands, exclusive of improvements
on town lots, in Henry County, as shown by the several townships, assessefl for taxation
for the years 1842, 1870 and 1904:
Blue River
Dudley
Pall Creek
Franklin
Total
47.270
37.070
102 042
127.fi60
111.850
129,890
124,090
95 604
44 7 7
80.730
72,760
106,040
102,200
52 542
139,720
230,020
77,860
111,437
136,950
104,130
91.370
71,090
Not oiganized
123,840
101,410
34.810
43,910
163,S3f
119,560
$750,957
$1.. 371. 030
$1,279,820
The reader should not fail to note that the appraisement of these improvements
for the year 1870 is more than $91,000 greater than in 1904, thirty four years later. This
may be accounted for in the possibly different ways of making the appraisement for the
years mentioned. Then it is a fact that as the wealth of th? county has increased, the
tendency hag been to consolidate and enlarge the farms. The prosperous neighbor has
purchased the farm of his less prosperous one; thus, as the farms have increased in size,
the value of improvements, so far as houses are concerned, has decreased. The smaller
the farms the more valuable the improvements in the aggregate.
Total comparative value of all town lots, without improvements thereon, in Henry
County, as shown by towns and townships, assessed for taxation for the years 1859, 1870
600
.800
4,420
16.140
79.600
6.210
3.015
6.070
16.610
610
1.100
4,2,50
29.980
81.850
677.040
1.160
3.590
2,310
580
900
.070
?S-10
2.900
6.900
10.680
24.5,50
2.610
2.040
3,480
61.700
110.610
172.260
$119,765
$243,060
$1,047,940
Total comparative value of all improvements in town lots in Henry County, as
shown by towns and townships assessed for taxation ror the years 1859. 1870 and 1904:
22,170
14,300
11,835
1904.
.32,160
27.560
127.410
29,330
65,820
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
4,780
8 830
14,450
71,290
137,170
611,130
6.110
11,620
19,890
4,150
3,120
8,960
4,810
25,470
16.960
38,510
60,830
5,140
2,430
10,140
102,310
217,690
357,570
Sloi
Total $269,455 $522,630 $1,384,880
Total comparative value of all lands (farms and town-lots combined) and improve-
ments thereon, in Henry County, as shown by the several townships and towns com-
bined, assessed for taxation for the years 1842; 1870 -and 1904:
Townshii
Blue River
Dudley ...
Fall Creek
Franklin
Wa
537,920
392,970
454,940
903.370
993,(
Total .^L'rMnis $7,061,600
Total comparative value of all railroad properties in Henry County, as
townships and towns combined, assessed for taxation for the years 1S60, 1880
steam and electric lines combined for the year 1904:
I860.
No railroad
2i;.250
No railroad
65,050
56,250
46,2(K)
No railroad
No railroad
2,431,000
638,670
951,940
790,190
640,380
390.540
1.343.920
shown by
and 1904,
Total
Total amount
for the year 1842:
I, '.'III 50,490 222,320
-l,-r,ii 44,140 393.180
Xu railroad No railroad .30.140
29,660 60,480 445.020
$117,930 $501,750 $2,985,300
levied for all purposes in Henry County on the tax duplicate
Total amount of taxes levied for all purposes in Henry County on the tax duplicate
for the year 1870:
il from duplicate
IIOO HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTV.
The county tax of $12,788.79, levied for the year 1870, Is not a fair index of county
expenditures for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1871. There was a surplus, then, in the
treasury of, approximately. $50,000. which had been accumulating through several years
on account of the heavy taxation of the last years of the Civil War and for the building
of the new courthouse. This surplus the county commissioners determined to use for
county purposes; therefore the rate for 1870. approximately, eleven mills on the dollar,
was very low.
The total county tax collected on the duplicate, for the preceding year. 1S69. and
for the fiscal year, ending May 31, 1870, was $51,495.32. The total tax levied in the
county for the same period, for all purposes, was $194,330.89. to which was added, as a
delinquency carried forward from the preceding duplicate, 1868, of $4,784.66. making a
grand total for the duplicate of 1869. of $199,075.55. It was from the funds collected
on this duplicate that the final payments were made for the new courthouse and the
county jail.
On the tax duplicate for the year 1871 and for the fiscal year ending May 31. 1S72,
the total levy, for county purposes, was $35,172.24. a part of the surplus above referred
to being carried over to be used for county purposes for this period. The total taxes
levied on the duplicate of 1871. for all purposes, was $99,768.55. to which was added a
delinquency carried forward from the preceding year. 1870. of $4,043.32, making a grand
total of $103,811.87.
TOT.VLS FOR Til?: T.\X ntTI.ICATE. 1870.
Value of lands. $4,924,880; value of iinin mx , ni.iii - SI , ;71,n:!ii: total $6,295,910
Value of lots, $243,060; value of imiu . a .in. hi ~. $:._:■, .;:;n, i,,tal 765.690
Value of personal property of all kinds 3.979.720
Total value of taxables of all kinds, no mortgase exemption 11.011.320
Total polls, 3,495, tax levied on all males between the ages of 21 and 50 yeai-s Ci.ino
On the tax duplicates, at this time, the value of railroad property for taxation was
not carried forward so as to make it appear separately in the grand recapitulation of
taxes for the entire county. On the duplicate for 1870, the railroads were assessed at
$3,500 per mile, main line, which included side tracks and rolling stock, and for the year
mentioned the total thereof is included in the total value of taxables as above set forth.
TOTALS FOR THE TAX DUPLICATE OF 1904.
Value of lands. $8,090,970; value of improvements. $1,279,820; total $ 9,370,790
Value of lote, $1,047,940; value of improvements. 1.384. SSO: total 2.432,.820
Value of personal property of all kinds 5,298,560
Value of railroad property, including- electric lines 2.985,300
Value of taxables, $20,087,470, less mortgage exemi.ti..ii. ,1;,-,i;n.imi . 19,518.790
Total polls, 4,588. Tax levied on all males between th.' a^.s ,,t I'l an. I :," >.mis 10,500.50
Total amount of taxes levied for all purposes in Henry County on the tax duplicate
for the year 1904:
Tax for State debt mi kni^ Innl 5 858 16 Tax for
State school t.i\ :; -S2 ^v i tt. d t.
Tax for State eibu ii n il u tilnii nv - ^-=111
1 pnrated
3,811.59
irnrpor-
3.255.50
,869.52
1
1.193.96
23 987 02
in 606 60
Courthouse tax ii
UV, 1,1.1.11 1,1
^dd delm.inen. \ < ii.i. d t..n\u.l tr.nn
duplicate of Itii-;
;;:).63l.46
3.710.61
Grand total .$343,342.07
*The total levy of courthouse tax for the addition, on the tax duplicate for the
year 1903. was $19,293.16. The total cost of the addition and all improvements there-
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I lOI
with will be found elsewhere iu this History in the article treating ot" public buildings.
There will be an additional tax levied tor this purpose on the duplicate of 1905 of ap-
proximately fl9,000.
Total county expenditures for Henry County for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1843:
Expenses, Jury fees $ 645.3P Expeiis.'s ..f buililinss 31S.75
Expenses, roads L"ii:;i l!,,.i. i ':i'.i r-l. i> , 4!i,ai
Assessing reveiin- .""-■■: ,-. -,>.,,. Tii;M'5
County offlcei-H i;:: 1" I . .- i i. ,,.. iil,.,l ;. 111,45
Expenses of ci-imin.ils i.'.h H, ~.,-, ,!,:,;,, i,., ,,; 1,,, ,,,,i>i I\;i,7.t
Expenses of elf. tmns :;'. ^T
Expenses ot poor .554.7,5 Total $4,<IS3.29
Total county expenditures for Henry County for the fiscal year ending May
Expense of deaf and duni^
Taxes refunded, erronei
Justice's mileasre
Henry County Teacher
Void sale for taxes, m
Docket fees, net e.illee
State
Expense ot eleeiiens
Damage menev
Coroner's ii,.|ne..i,-
Con.gressieii.il nm n^l,
COllerli'd :tl,.l li.iid SI
Roa.ls ,n,.| liiL'luv.i \ -
Delinquent land
Expense ot crim
Public printing.
. 439.25
for Henry County for the
14.257.56
$43,463.12
ending December
JvLstKta milaage Allowed Justices of
the Peace for making reports and
ti rning m fines $
Specific allowances not th r-n 1 rli 1
fled
Historical Societv Etiilliii^ ■-. 11 1 il
for tuel water ami .. i 1 il 1 1 11
Delinquent lands re le m 1
Preliminar\ expense ot ditchi s whuh
includes all of the cost ot uiiginal
sur\e\ and publication of notices The
monev to be collected and refunded to
the count% b\ the Ditch Commi'-sion
ers
Benevolent mstitu
tions
ance and transpo
rtation
Blind and Deaf
and Di
Sch 1 t 1 1
Mini 1 ^
Burnl t II
of Justices 1 til
r
ph-v sician s sen
and amount paid
b\ 1
t ork Training
light
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Fxpens,
lishin„
Court i
Commit
ilxnense
tihan cl
Orphan'
the '?upi(
Counts rtt
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iI03 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
The salaries of the judge of the circuit court and of the county prosecuting attor-
ney are not included in the above item, "County Officers," as their salaries are paid
directly by the State, from the State Treasury, at Indianapolis.
For the year ending December 31, 1904, the county clerk collected in fees and paid
into th€ treasury as county revenue, $3,158.96; the recorder. $2.844.4.5: the sheriff.'
$724.44, and the auditor, $435.90; total, $7,163.75.
John W. Bell, superintendent of the county farm and asylum, paid into the treas-
ury for the year ending December 31, 1904, as county revenue, $1,496.00, proceeds of the
farm.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
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This statement shows other facts regarding the census of Henry County which are
not cet forth in the table entitled "Population .of Henry County, 1830 to 1900," pub-
lished in this History on page 1,036.
CENSUS OF 1900,
Foreign-born population 359. Number of part owners of farms 417.
Number of dwellings 6,376. Number of cash tenants 181.
Population by families 24,811. Number of share tenants 663.
Average size of families 3.09 Estimated population of county, 1905 30,000.
Number of farms 2,601. Total vote, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1904, for
Average size in acres 90.06 Secretary of State 7,217.
Number owning farms 1,269.
R.11LR0AD STATISTICS, 1905.
Main line of bteam
roads appioxim
Si 1 I k 1 -1 111
1 I 1 11. 1 1 Mil
^% III! 'l 111 -' ' '
1, ,111 In I 1
. i u K 1 1
Asvevseil per mili
\ania Lines
5,000
Assessed, per mile
ed, per mile, side track. Big Four 3,000
ed, per mile, rolling stock. Big Four.. 2,000
Assessed, per mile, main line. L. E. & W 13,000
Assessed, per mile, side track, L. E. & W- 3,000
Assessed, per mile, rolling stock, L. E.
& W 2.000
Main line of electric roads. ..oniiilete. ap-
proximately, miles 31
Assessed, per mile, main liip 9.000
5,000 Assessed, per mile, rolling stMck 600
The dog tax is now collected by the township assessors and is turned over to the
respective township trustees. This fund is used to pay for sheep liilled by dogs and the
remainder, if any, not so used, is turned into the school fund.
THE HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The above is claimed to be the pioneer county historical society of the State, hav-
ing for its purposes the preservation of the history of the county and State, including
the political, pioneer, educational, military , industrial, social and religious history of the
county; its natural history, biography, etc., with collections to illustrate the same.
The first organization of the society was secured by obtaining the signatures of a
number of interested persons to a written compact or article of association. Among
those who were instrumental in the formation of the society and whose names were at-
tached to the article were: Martin L. Bundy, Nathan H. Ballenger, Eugene H. Bundy,
William H. Elliott, Joshua H. Mellett, John R. Millikan, Benjamin S. Parker, Elwood
Pleas, Thomas B, Redding. Daniel H. Stafford and several others. Women were, with
men, alike eligible to membership and all the privileges of the society, and have been
equally active in and helpful to its work. The first meeting was held in April, 1886. at
which a committee was appointed to draft a constitution and laws and report at a meet-
ing to be held in the following October.
Pending the adoption of the constitution, an announcement that such a society had
been established and would meet in October of that year was made at the annual meet-
ing of the old settlers in September, with an appeal that all should take an interest in
the new society and its proposed work. At this meeting a committee was named to work
in co-operation with that already appointed, who at once took and afterward maintained
a lively interest in the organization.
Perhaps the earliest movement for such a society was made by Martin L. Bundy,
through communications to the local papers and by a call or two made by him for a
meeting to organize a historical society, which failed, through no fault of the caller, to
bring out a sufficient number of people for the purpose: hence the plan adopted by the
movers in the new organization to secure its formation before attempting to hold a
meeting.
The constitution was reported to the meeting in October. 1886, and adopted by it.
Joshua H. Mellett was the first president and MMlliara H. Elliott, the first secretary. The
society started out with enthusiasm and good promise of usefulness and success. A very
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II05
large number of interesting historical papers liave been prepared for and read before
it and a large amount of most valuable historical data collected. For ten years of its
earlier history it was without any permanent home or place where such papars or his-
torical collections might be preserved. The New Castle Courier and other local papers,
however, printed most of the papers and thus a wealth of the most interesting local
history and biography has been preserved that would otherwise have been entirely lost.
Among those who have contributed papers and addresses may be mentioned Elwood
Pleas, with a large number of valuable geological, biological and other papers; Thomas
B. Redding, with a history of the mounds and mound builders and papers upon other
themes connected with the early life of Eastern Indiana; Adolph Rogers, with histories
of the New Castle schools and papers upon the Mexican War and other themes; Captain
Pyrrhus Woodward, experiences in the Mexican War; Daniel H. Stafford, on the earlier
pioneer lite of the county; Martin L. Bundy. many papers on various themes connected'
with local history, biographies and sketches of great interest and value; Mrs. Hannah E.
Davis, Mrs. Rosa Mikels, Mrs. Rose Pickering, Mrs. Helen V. Austin, Mrs. Carrie Jeffries,
Mrs. Mattie E. S. Charles, Mrs. Bell C. Estes. Mrs. Elizabeth Gillies, Mrs. Milton S. Red-
dick, Mrs. Flora B. Weir and many other ladies with papers and sketches covering vari-
ous matters connected with the life of the county and State. Others who have made
large contributions to its work have been Joshua H. Mellett, Nathan H. Ballenger, Seth
Stafford, Dr. John W. White, and Dr. Milton H. Chappell, each with exceptionally valu-
able contributions; Colonel Milton Peden, Daniel Harvey and others with papers on
pioneer adventures; Winchester H. Adams, on the early timber of the county and early
life in Liberty Township; Eugene H. Bundy, Mark E. Forkner, Benjamin S. Parker,
Albert W. Saint, William 0. Barnard and many others with speeches, sketches and biog-
raphies; Albert W. Saint and John W. Shockley with poems; John Thornburgh, on
"The Delaware Indians," "The Newspapers of Henry County." and other papers, many
of them of a reminiscent character. In addition to this, many distinguished people from
other parts of the State have appeared at its meetings with timely addresses and papers,
among whpm may be mentioned Dr. John Clark Ridpath, Amos W. Butler, Will Cum-
back, Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Professor Tlce and Judge Abbott. The foregoing is
but a partial list of the work which has been done by and before the society and doubt-
less many names of persons who have rendered equally as valuable services as those
mentioned to the county, through its meetings have been unintentionally omitted.
The General Assembly of 1901 having passed a law authorizing county councils,
upon the recommendation of the county commissioners, to make appropriations for the
construction of buildings or rooms for the use of county historical societies to the amount
of $5,000.00, the Henry County Council made the necessary appropriation, late in that
year, and the fine large homestead of the late General William Grose on South Four-
teenth Street in New Castle was purchased for that purpose for the use of the Henry
County society. Much progress has been made since this purchase was concluded and a
large and valuable collection of such things as illustrate the history of the county —
books of reference, portraits of pioneers, valuable papers, memoirs, natural history speci-
mens, etc., has already been made and located in the building. Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus
H. CofBn are now the custodians, and the place is well kept and a delightful one for the
visitor in search of information or pleasure. The members of the society are looking
forward to the attainment of many of their hopes and desires in the rapid increase and
perfecting of their collection and a great advance in the already inestimable value of the
society and its work.
An interesting branch of the society was for a time maintained at Knightstown
before which many excellent papers were read by citizens of the town. The society's
purpose is to secure histories of every township, town and country neighborhood, school,
church, benevolent society, club or other organization, fair, etc., and as far as practicable
of every family of long standing in the county, and it should have the aid of all the
people In carrying out its purposes. It meets twice each year, on the last Saturday in
April and October, at the society building in New Castle, when not otherwise determined.
CHAPTER XLVII.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
■ Biographical Sketches of Xathax Hunt Ballexger and Family — Frank
BuNDY and Family — Robert Holiday Cooper and Family — Nimrod
Richard Elliott and Family — Samuel Ferris and Family — John Larue
FORKNER and FaMILY JOHN WiLLIAM GrIFFIN AND FaMILY— ChARLES
Slaten Hernly'' and Family — John Craig Hudelson and Family — Levi
Allen Jennings and Family — Simon Peter Jennings and Family —
David Wagner Kinsey and Family — Benjamin Franklin Koons and
Family — Albert Krell and Family — Josiah Ward Maxim and Family
— John Russell Millikan and Family — Charles Dayton Morgan and
Family — Charles Weimert Mouch and Family — Isaac Parker and
Family — Leonidas Perry Xewby and Family — John Powell and Fam-
ily— Simon Titus Powell and Family — John Rea and Family — Henry
Shroyer and Family.
This concluding chapter of the History of Henry County consists of sketches
of the lives and works of many of the county's pioneers, merchants, manufacturers,
bankers, lawyers, physicians, and men of affairs, most of whom have been in the
forefront of progress for more than a generation. In the lines of activity in which
they were or are engaged, they displa3^ed an ability and enterprise equal to that
of any similar group of men in the State or Nation, and the growth of the county's
primitive settlements into a highly complex industrial community, rich in material
resources and in intellectual and social life, is owing largely to their unsparing
endeavors and fine public spirit. The improved farms, solid financial institutions
and magnificent manufactories of the county are a testimonial to their wisdom and
well directed efforts : and the law abiding reputation of the community rests upon
the high character of the legal profession so long maintained by the bar of the
county to which so many of these honored citizens belong.
No praise of the living, no eulogy of the dead can give them a more abiding
fame than is already theirs. Their long and useful careers in the county are an
enduring monument to their worth.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II07
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF NATHAN HUNT BALLENGER.
I'lO.XEKR, FAKMKR, .MINISTER.
It is not what a man can do but it is, rather, what a man has done that entitles
him to consideration. Nathan Hunt Ballenger has been a doer of things. He has kept
his eyes open to the possibilities of life and accomplished a great deal in the way of
his own betterment and the welfare of his neighbors and the whole community. For
almost three quarters of a century, he has been prominent in Henry County affairs.
His parents were Henry and Rebecca (Hunt) Ballenger, the former of whom was
a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, where he was born January 9, 1772.
Henry Ballenger was of Welsh, and Rebecca Hunt, his wife, of Scotch descent. Both
were by birth sub.iects of King George, the Third, and among his earliest recollections
is the attack made by Lord Cornwallis and the British upon General Greene and the
Continental forces at Guilford Court House. In after years he saw Washington when
he visited the scene of that famous battle. In 1821 he attended the land sales at Brook-
ville, Indiana, and there bought a quarter section of land located near Knightstown.
He also at this early date rode to Indianapolis when there was no.t a settler between
Raysville and the first named point, and no road except an Indian trail.
On April 11, 1S32, Henry Ballenger sold most of his possessions in North Carolina
and, packing the few household articles that had been reserved for the use of the
family, in a four-horse wagon and a one-horse carryall, started for Indiana, where he
settled his family on the land in Henry County purchased by him on his former visit
to the State in 1821. This little party of immigrants comprised the father, the mother,
three sons, and two large dogs, the latter highly prized for their supposed usefulness
as body guards through the anticipated dangers that might beset them on the way.
They tracked across the Blue Ridge range of mountains, passing through Magita Gap.
Of this part of the journey, Nathan H. Ballenger, in his reminiscences, says: "The
scenery was- enchanting and I was lost in wonder, every day witnessing new scenes, the
whole being climaxed, when we reached the celebrated Hawk's Nest on the Kanawha
River."
From the Kanawha they passed down to the Ohio River, which they crossed in "a
very un=at'e ferryboat and cur load v.'as nearly too much for its floating capacity."
They landed on the Ohio side of the river in safety and it was with "much relief and
thanktulness that they were at last on soil not cursed by slavery, having been used in
the old home to seeing droves of slaves driven to a more southern market, like beasts
of burden." The party arrived at Richmond, Wayne County. Indiana, May 10, 1832,
where they remained for a day or two at the home of a sister of Henry Ballenger, and
then started for Henry County, passing through old Salisbury, the first county seat of
n'ayne; thence to Centreville, and thence along the National Road to their future home
in a thick forest, two miles north of Raysville, in Wayne Township, Henry County, where
they arrived May 15, 1832. The journey from Centreville is thus described by Nathan
H. Ballenger: "There was no Cambridge City then. Milton had a few houses. The
National Road was then being used for travel, but it was in a very imperfect condition.
We well nigh stuck fast in fording Flatrock at the point where Lewisville now stands.
In a short time we came to the fortieth mile, as it was called, just east of where Dun-
reith is now located. I shall attempt no description of this noted spot; neither sage nor
poet could do it justice. Here a man on horseback, riding at full speed, blew a trumpet
behind us, warning us to get out of the way of the United States Express Mail. This
bugle blast also served to notify the man at the next station to be ready to receive Uncle
Sam's mail and to hasten it on."
The newcomers were heartily welcomed and given shelter in the primitive log
cabin erected and occupied by Alfred M. Brittain, who had married Malinda, a sister of
Nathan H. Ballenger. She was born January 11, 1810, and married Mr. Brittain in 1825;
they came from North Carolina to Henry County. Indiana, in 182G, The arrival of the
Ballengers greatly over peopled the little rabin, but they soon learned to adapt them-
selves to circumstances. Relating to this period, Nathan H. Ballenger says: "There
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was much work at hand finishing the clearing foi: planting in corn;" and further that
he "used to drop the seed in hills, following close after the plow that marked out the
rows, and two persons followed with hoes to cover;" that "no one had ever heard of a
corn-planter and that such a thing could not have been used anyway." He also says:
"Our wheat was sown in the coiTn and plowed in with single bull tongues. We
harvested with hand reaphooks and a man could put about one acre per day in shock.
It was trodden out with horses, often on a dirt floor, and the chaff was blown out, the
wind being generated by the flapping of sheets. Two men or women held the corners
of the sheets, while a third person poured the wheat in front of the blast thus artificially
produced." Continuing he says that "there was little rest from toil either for men or
women. The heavy forest must be taken off the land by axe and fagot, the soil broken
up by a plow with wooden mould-board, having enough iron on it for a share. Some-
times we used a bull tongue to break the ground." "Our recreations." he says, "were
to be had at log rollings, cabin building, barn raisings, corn huskings and quilting bees,
but with it all we were a very happy people."
Henry Ballenger cleared and improved his land and remained upon it until his
death in 1865, at the age of ninety three years. His wife survived him until 1870. when
she died at the same venerable age. Both are buried at Spiceland. Henry and Rebecca
(Hunt) Ballenger were the parents of the following named children: Elizabeth, after-
wards Mrs. William Albright; William; Elijah; Mallnda; Henry; and Nathan H.. the
subject of this sketch, whose parents remained with him until their deaths.
XATII.\N HfXT BALI.EXGER.
Nathan Hunt Ballenger was born in Guilford County, North Carolina. Februai^ 13,
1823. His early education was obtained at New Garden, North Carolina, in a little
schoolhouse built on a forty acre tract of land which had been donated by his grandfa-
ther. John Ballenger, to the Friends of North Carolina so long as it should be used for
church and school purposes, and it was upon this piece of land that the first Friends'
Yearly Meeting House in the State of North Carolina was erected. On this same tract,
Guilford College, formerly the "North Carolina Boarding School." was also located.
The first schooling that young Ballenger received after coming to Henry County was ob-
tained in an old log cabin which had slab scantlings for seats and for a writing desk
had a slab fastened on pins driven into the side of the cabin wall over which the light
■was admitted by cutting out a log and pasting greased paper over the opening thus
made.
There were few roads in that early time, even the "corduroy", and traveling was
done by paths "blazed" through the interminable forests. They did not suffer for food.
The woods were full of game and no game laws then existed. They had venison in
plenty; wild turkeys, pheasants, quail, wild pigeons in countless numbers, squirrels,
raccoons, opossums, and bear meat, besides vegetables, mostly corn and potatoes, hog
and hominy, and the ever pleasing, ever inviting, healthful, muscle-making, old fash-
ioned "corn dodger" for bread.
During this early period of his life, Mr. Ballenger states there was a mysterious
disease prevalent among the settlers, called "milk sickness", which then as now baffled
the treatment of the physicians; fortunately the disease is now almost unknown; chills
and fever were epidemic; doctors were scarce and the few who practised "rode night and
day through forest and swamp to relieve the sick and the distressed."
At the age of fifteen he began teaching school, taking the place of a pedagogue who,
because of bad conduct, had to give up his charge. He finished the school and received
for his compensation the sum of twelve dollars and a half per month. He afterwards
taught many pioneer schools and was regarded as a very successful teacher.
Mr. Ballenger was elected assessor of Henry County at the August election, 1848,
and served a year from January 1, 1849, and in 185B he was elected by the then newly
organized Republican party as a member of the lower house of the Indiana General
Assembly. He served during the thirty ninth regular session which convened January
8, 1857, having for his colleague, William Grose, who was afterwards a general in the
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Civil War and of whom a full biographical sketch will be found elsewhere in this His-
tory. Mr. Ballenger was an attentive and conscientious member and assisted materially
in shaping the legislation of that period. Previous to the formation of the Republican
party, he had been a warm supporter of William Henry Harrison in the campaign of
1840 and in 1S44 was a supporter of Henry Clay, the great leader of the WTiig party.
Of Clay he says: "I saw him at Knightstown and heard him speak at Indianapolis,
and always regarded him as the Cicero of America." Mr. Ballenger took a prominent
part in the great temperance agitation of 1840. He delivered many speeches and lec-
tures on the subject and was instrumental in bringing many men to reform.
Mr. Ballenger is a birthright member of the Friends' Church and was for more than
twenty years an able and active minister of that Society. Touching his ministry he
says: "In the Winter of 1867 I inaugtirated the first protracted meeting at Spiceland
that was ever held among Friends in modern times, so far as I know. The Lord blessed
us with a marvelous revival and scores of young people were converted, resulting in
nearly one hundred accessions to the church. There are those now living who well re-
member the early manner of worship of the Friends' Church with all of its positive
restrictions as compared with its present liberality, and it is with satisfaction that they
note the change which now enables the Friends to cordially unite and aflSiiate with all
other denominations that base their belief on God's Holy Writ and the Christian reli-
gion as exemplified in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ."
His whole life has been one of activity and enterprise. As a moral teacher he has
worked earnestly for the betterment of mankind. As a man of affairs, he has had an
important part in the growth and prosperity of the county. He early favored internal
improvements and was interested in the old Whitewater canal, which in its day was a
great avenue of transportation and for a time made Cambridge City a busy mart of
trade. He was a stockholder in the first railroad that entered Henry County and a
stockholder in the first turnpike in the county; he built the first warehouse at KnigHts-
town and was the builder of a flour mill on Blue River besides being part owner of two
others. He had other large interests, among them being a "title to five hundred acres
of land in the best part of the State of Kansas and one hundred and sixty acres of the
best land in Henry County." He was prosperous, out of debt and happy: blessed in
health and strength and possessed of wondrous vigor and power of endurance; but bad
investments and losses incurred by going security for friends swept his property away.
Death also entered upon the scene and took his well beloved son and soon afterwards
came the demise of his beloved and honored wife, of whom it may be said that "her chil-
dren arise up and call her blessed: her husband also, and he praiseth her."
No one, probably, was more instrumental in bringing about the organization of the
"Old Settlers' Association of Henry County" than Mr. Ballenger. This as=ociation has
for a number of years held annual meetings and has been active in the preservation
of many facts relating to the early history of the county which would otherwise have
I)erished. Mr. Ballenger, when health and strength permitted, has not missed any of
these annual gatherings. He was also associated with Martin L. Bundy. Joshua H. Mel-
lett. Thomas B. Redding, Simon T. Powell, Ellas Phelps, Seth Stafford, Benjamin S.
Parker, Elwood Pleas, and others, in founding in 1885 the "Henry County Historical
Society," an institution which has grown in merit and which now has its own beautiful
home in New Castle, on the property hitherto known as the General Grose residence.
Mr. Ballenger has been president of this society several times, and has been constant
in attendance upon its meetings. He has also furnished the society with a number of
interesting papers relating to the early history of Henry County and Eastern Indiana.
His career has been an useful one to the community and entitles him to be con-
sidered one of the county's public spirited citizens. Though weighted with more than
the four score years allotted as the span of life, he has not given up his interest in the
moral and material welfare of the people. His sympathies are broad and enduring
and he has always been active in advancing the civilization of his own time. As pio-
neer, farmer and minister of the Gospel, he has not lived in vain.
On November 28, 1849, Nathan Hunt Ballenger was married to Margaret Hubbard,
daughter of Richard J. and Sarah (Swain) Hubbard. She was a sister of the well known
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Henry County citizen, diaries S. Hubbard, now and for many years a resident of Rays-
ville and Knightstown. and noted over a large part of the country for his ability as a
preacher of the Society of Friends, for his philanthropy and for his earnestness of
purpose. Nathan H. and Margaret (Hubbard) Ballenger were the parents of the fol-
lowing children: Mary V., now the wife of Judge William O. Barnard, of New Castle;
Oliver H., deceased; Emma G., widow of the late William S. Seaford; Charles W.. of
Spiceland; Albert N., of Old Mexico; Rhoda M., wife of Dr. Charles Cunningham, of
Indianapolis; Walter, deceased; and Edward L. S., of Arizona.
Margaret ( Hubbard ) Ballenger was a woman of remarkable intelligence, sweet
disposition, hospitable, charitable and devoted to her family. For a number of years,
as a minister of the Society of Friends, she preached the Word of God with a fervent
zeal that brought conversion and comfort to many hearts and imbued all of her hearers
with that love of God which passeth all understanding. She died August 26, 1880. and
is buried in Spiceland Cemetery. Nathan H. Ballenger married again on November 5,
188.5, his second wife being Martha Kelley, who has been a faitiiful companion to him.
One child named Marguerite has been born to them.
Mr. Ballenger was named after Nathan Hunt, who was in his day one of the
ablest ministers of the Friends' Church. He traveled much and died an old man at his
home in North Carolina. Relating to a contemporary of Nathan Hunt, the
following is taken from a Friend's historical record: "Jeremiah Hubbard, whom some
among the old people still living yet recollect, was a contemporary of Nathan Hunt and
was considered one of the most learned and eloquent men of his day. He was an edu-
cator, traveled much in the ministry and was many years in advance of his generation
in the liberality of his views. He was one fourth Cherokee Indian, six feet and six
inches in height, long black hair and a striking, digni^ed figure, and the revivalist
of his day. His death occurred in Wayne County, Indiana, in 1850." Further reference
is made to Jeremiah Hubbard in the sketch of Mary V. Barnard, which is appended
to the sketch of her husband, William O. Barnard, published elsewhere in this History.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FRANK BUNDY.
LANDLORD AXD PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN.
Tlie paternal grandparents of Frank Bundy, the subject of this sketch, were George
and Kerene (Elliott) Bundy, and his parents were Josiah and Maria J. (Stanley) Bundy.
Josiah Bundy was born April 21, 1823, in Wayne County, Indiana, and with his parents
came to Henry County in 1835 and settled at Greenslwro, where his father very soon
afterwards sickened and died. Josiah remained at home with his mother until his
marriage in 1844 to Maria J., daughter of John and Elizabeth Stanley. He then en-
gaged in farming for a brief period, after which he began to keep hotel at Greensboro
and continued in the hotel business until 1862, when he disposed of his possessions and
moved his family to Minnesota, where he settled on a fine body of land consisting of one
Hundred and sixty acres, near the city of Minneapolis. Here he remained until 1868,
when he sold his farm and returned to Henry County, Indiana.
The Minnesota venture is the nucleus of an e'er true tale. When Mr. Bundy pur-
chased the land and even after he had disposed of it, it remained for several years out-
side the limits of Minneapolis, but, as time moved on apace, the city began to grow and
spread, a movement which continued until it embraced the whole of the Bundy farm.
The land is now worth very many times more than the sixteen thousand dollars which
Mr. Bundy received for it from Colonel William S. King, a -prominent Minnesotan of
that day. The sale was not one of necessity on Mr. Bundy's part but was made with
deliberate intention to return to Indiana, no matter at what sacrifice. He did not like
Minnesota, especially its severe winters, but be did love, as he himself said repeatedly,
"the old Hoosier State." He never regretted the change and in the end found his con-
solation in the fact that he had lived to Icnow that his several sons were more than
able to take care of themselves. He was a fond father, proud of his children, and to
him their success was his greatest comfort and happiness. After his return to Indiana,
he purchased a farm near Spiceland, where he continued to live until 1876, when he
sold the farm to George Hazzard, the author of this History, and going to New Castle
bought what then became the Bundy Hotel, formerly called the Taylor House.
Charles Jamison kept a hotel in New Castle in 1824 and is, therefore, apparently
the first hotel keeper there. He died in 1835. There has been a hotel in New Castle,
on the corner now occupied by the Bundy, ever since the organization of the town. The
several landlords were Joshua Chappell, who in 1840 and for several years thereafter
kept the Exchange Hotel; and after him came David Murphey, George B. Rogers,
Thomas W. Fav%'cett, Jeremiah Page, and others, until in 1859 John Taylor became the
proprietor and changed the name to the Taylor House. He conducted the business until
1869. when he sold to T. B. French, who in 1870 sold to Oliver H. Welborn, of Knights-
town, who in turn sold to George Hazzard. Mr. Hazzard leased the hotel to Wilson
Cunningham, fatiier of Will Cunningham, the present manager of the "Claypool" at
Indianapolis. Mr. Cunningham successfully conducted the hotel until 1872, when the
property was sold by George Hazzard, to Cglonel John S. Hoover. Colonel Hoover in
1876 re-sold it to Mr. Hazzard, who in a short time transfered it to Josiah Bundy in part
payment for the farm above mentioned, and from that time to the present the house
has been known as the "Bundy Hotel." It was first conducted by Bundy and Sons;
then by the Bundy brothers, Charles. Frank and Orla; and then by a corporation oper-
ated by the two last named and managed exclusively by Frank.
The hotel kept by Joshua Chappell was a two-story frame, quite unpretentious
but large enough for the time. It was replaced by a brick structure commenced by Jere-
miah Page in 1856. but prior to completion transferred to Wesley Goodwin and by him
to Elijah B. Martindale, now of Indianapolis, and by him to his father-in-law, John
Taylor, who conducted the same as above mentioned. This building was destroyed by
fire in 1888, which was a serious loss to the Bundy brothers; but with the pluck and
energy that 'have always characterized them, they went to work and in a brief period
had erected at a cost of more than thirty thousand dollars what is now the main pot-
tion of the Bundy Hotel. The property is now owned by a corporation with a capital of
1 1 12 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
fifty five thousand dollars and is leased to Frank Bundy. The building has been added
to and otherwise so changed that it is now one of the leading hotels of Indiana and is
considered by the host of traveling men, who journey to and fro in the State, an ideal
stopping place.
In the early times of New Castle there was also a hotel on the corner now occu-
pied by the Citizens' State Bank. The landlords were John Taylor, Samuel Hazzard,
James Calvert, John G. Welch, Isaac R, Howard, and others, whose names cannot now
be recalled. With the exception of the "Junction House," located in a part of the depot
of the present Panhandle and Lake Erie and Western railroads, but long since aban-
doned for hotel purposes, the Bundy has been the only first class hotel operated in
New Castle, until the recent completion of the "Imperial."
During the partnership of Frank and Orla Bundy. they also had charge for several
years of the McFarlan Hotel at Connersville, the same being managed by Orla Bundy.
Under them this hotel also had a well deserved reputation, commensurate with the name
of the Bundy brothei-s as hotel men. It has been thoroughly demonstrated that it is
not every man who can successfully run a hotel, but in this case it seems that as "mine
host," no man is better fitted for the business than Frank Bundy.
Josiah and Maria J. (Stanley) Bundy were the parents of seven children, namely:
Kerene, afterwards the wife of William Woods, but now deceased; Charles, the well
known liveryman of New Castle; David C, deceased; Lorenzo D., deceased; John M.,
the present auditor of Henry County, who, prior to his election to that office, resided
at Knightstown; Frank, the subject of this sketch; and Orlistus (Orla) P.
Josiah Bundy was something more than the ordinary man. He had a wide ac-
quaintance, especially in Eastern Indiana, and was noted for his excellent social quali-
ties, his urbane manners, his generous hospitality and his hearty sympathy with the
poor and needy. He was like a brother in his friendships and had no" word of censure
for such few as may have been his enemies. He overflowed with genial good humor
and delighted in hearing and telling a good story. In his family relations, he was an
affectionate husband and a kind father. To his wise oversight and to the loving care
of the mother may be largely attributed the sterling character of the children who were
reared to honor their parents and to respect the rights of others. Josiah Bundy died
Jamuary 6, 1894, and Maria J. (born November 14, 1826), his wife, died May 9, 1887.
Both are buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle.
FE.\NK BtlNDT.
Counting by years, Frank Bundy, who was born April 25, 1S61, is a comparatively
young man, but from his youth up his life has been one of strenuous exertion. His early
and continued connection with the hotel business of New Castle has been narrated in
the preceding part of this sketch, and to that may be added that in truth he was born and
grew up in the business, and that his apprenticeship as well as his later independent
career in the business has been marked by a careful watchfulness, coupled with genial
and pleasing manners, that have made him one of the leading landlords of the State.
He has the mind to direct and the hand to execute which have made him a master of
his profession.
It requires administrative ability of a high order, constant supervision and rigid
economy to successfully manage a hotel; every avenue of waste must be closed, and
the welcoming, feeding and speeding of the guests is an art in itself. A selfish public,
often unreasoning and hard to propitiate, adds greatly to the troubles of the landlord,
yet in the face of these manifold difficulties Mr. Bundy has won the confidence and
good will of his many patrons. He is possessed of executive ability, well balanced
judgment and shrewd discernment, and his mind is open to every opportunity in his
business. Personally, he is polite and suave, extending a warm welcome to the coming
and speeding the parting guest on his way with the hearty invitation, "come again,
we will treat you well."
Mr. Bundy's connection with the hotel business in New Castle covers a period of
thirty years, from 1876, when he was but fifteen years of age, to the present time. His
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career has been a successful one from both a personal and a financial standpoint. Out-
side of the hotel business, he owns and cultivates three hundred and thirty two acres
of land and in connection with it gives a great deal of attention to the raising of fine
cattle and hogs. His reward has been commensurate with his labors.
In politics he is strong in his attachment to the principles of the Republican
party and in a quiet but effective manner gives that party his fullest support. He and
his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of New Castle and give freely of their
time and means for religious purposes. Mr. Bundy is also a member of New Castle
Lodge, Number 91. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of Crescens Lodge, Number
33, Knights of Pythias; of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, New Castle Lodge.
Number 4S4; and of Iroquois Tribe, Number 97, Improved Order of Red Men, New
Castle.
On January 21, 1S85, Frank Bundy was married to Ella, daughter of David M.
and Julia E. (Morris) Brown, of Lewisville, Henry County, Indiana. To them has been
born one child, a daughter, named Frances Maria, bom January 21, 1900. Little Frances
is a very lovable child and is the light and life of her parents.
.\XCi;STRY OF MES. FR.VXK (BEOWX) BUNDY.
Ella (Brown) Bundy, wife of Frank Bundy. is the daughter of Datid Monroe
Brown and his wife, Julia E. (Morris) Brown. John Brown, the father of David M.,
came to Indiana from Pennsylvania in 1833 and settled first in Heni-y County, but after-
wards removed to Rush County. David M. was born at Lewisville, Henry County, March
10, 1841, and from the age of nineteen has made his own way in the world. Most of his
life has been spent in agricultural pursuits, in which he has been phenomenally suc-
cessful. He was married in June, 1864, to Julia E., daughter of Joseph R. and Mar-
garet D. (Minor) Morris, a well educated and highly accomplished young lady of Frank-
lin Township. Mr. Brown was connected for several years with the First National
Bank of Lewisville, of which he was one of the organizers and of which he was for a
time the president and a director. He is now one of the principal stoclvholders and a
director of the Central Trust and Savings Company of New Castle.
David M. and Julia E. (Morris) Brown are the parents of the following named
children: Ella, bom January 31, 1866, now the wife of Frank Bundy; George M., now
of Indianapolis, his wife being Valeta, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arnold, of
New Castle; and Margaret E., who died in infancy.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ROBERT HOLIDAY COOPER.
FARMER, COUSTY OFFICIAL AND BA.NK DIRECTOR.
Among the men who have risen to local distinction in Henry County, no one is
more worthy than Robert Holiday Cooper. His grandparents were John and Ann
(Hayes) Cooper, who were natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was boi-n about
1763 and the latter in 1765. They were members of the Society of Friends. They were
married in their native State and had four sons, named Caleb, William, fath<?r of the
subject of this sketch. John and Imla. They removed to Harrison County, Ohio, when
their sons were young men and there the father died in 1S25. His widow survived him
a number of years and died in 1855 in Henry County. Indiana, where she had removed
with her sons, all of whom became settlers in that county. She is buried in the Quaker
Church Cemetery, Cadiz.
William Cooper, born November 11. 1793, was married in Ohio to Nancy, the fifth
child of Robert and Rebecca Holiday. She was born in Pennsylvania, March 3. J802, but
the family afterwards moved to Harrison County, Ohio, where the parents died at an
advanced age. William Cooper and family removed in 1835 from Ohio to Indiana and
settled in Harrison Township, Henry County, where he purchased eighty acres of land,
just south of the present site of Cadiz, upon which he built a log cabin home and here
prospered and reared a large family of eleven children, seven of whom were born in
Ohio and four in Henry County, Indiana, namely: Ann, afterwards the wife of Joel
Hiatt; Rebecca, afterwards the wife of Jehu Weesner: John P., who married Eliza Jane,
daughter of Tabor W, McKee; Mary, whose first husband was William McKee and who
aft-^r his death married Joshua Hiatt; Lewessa, afterwards wife of Williarn P. Newby;
Robert H.. subject of this sketch; Jane H.. widow of the late Nimrod R. Elliott; Israel;
Eliza M.. afterwards wife of M. A. Pickering, of Cadiz; Caleb and Imla W. The survivors
of this family are Robert H.. Jane H.. Israel, of Cadiz, where he attends to his large
farming interests, and Imla W., of Mechanicsburg, a one-time partner of the late Nimrod
R. Elliott and now a retired farmer. Caleb, one of the dead sons, was a splendid young
man, affable in demeanor, companionable, polite and popular. He was a gallant cavalry
officer who served his country well until the close of the Civil War. first as Second Lieu-
tenant of Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry and afterwards as First Lieutenant of the
same company. He was mustered out of the service August 28, 18G5. His military rec-
ord will be found .set out elsewhere in this History. In civil life he was a promising
attorney of the Henry County bar. He died December 14, 1867. Imla W. was also a
soldier of the Civil War and his record will be found elsewhere in this History in con-
nection with Company D, 147th Indiana Infantry, of which he was a member. William
Cooper died August 17, 1876, and his widow, Nancy (Holiday) Cooper, died March 19,
1893.
ROr.ERT HOLLIDAY COOPER.
Robert Holiday Cooper was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 6. 1827, and came
to Indiana with his parents in 1835. The educational advantages of the pioneers and
their children were very meagre, but he acquired a knowledge of reading, writing and
arithmetic in the district schools of the neighborhood, and being naturally endowed
with a large fund of common sense has always found his education equal to his needs.
He spent most of his boyhood on his father's farm and there accumulated a prac-
tical experience which determined him to follow farming as a business. His first ven-
ture for himself was on a forty acre tract of land, not far from Cadiz, which had been
given to his wife, Harriet (Hiatt) Cooper, by her father. She suffered from ill health
for some two or three years, which finally resulted in her death. Mr. Cooper then sold
this land for seven hundred dollars, but the sickness and death of his wife, combined
with other misfortunes in his family, had already consumed this for the times large
sum of money, compelling him to start life anew. His second wife had some means of
her own and this he used to purchase eighty acres of land on which he once more began
farming, which he continued with such success that he has been able in his later years
to retire from active work with a competency.
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As earjy as 1856 Mr. Cooper became interested in political questions and during
that critical period of great political changes allied himself with the Republican party
and was a warm supporter of General John C. Fremont, its first candidate for the presi-
dency. In 1860 he was again in line for the principles and party of Abraham Lincoln
and has from that time to the present been an earnest advocate of the party and its
policy. In Harrison Township he is prominent in the party councils He served four
years as assessor of the township and has served one term (1871-4) as commissioner of
Henry County for the middle district, having for his colleagues on the board, Williams
Nicholson, Thomas N. White and Jabish Luellen. Mr. Cooper made an excellent record
in this important office.
About 1874 Mr. Cooper became a stockholder and director in the First National
Bank of New Castle and remained with the institution tor a number of years. He sub-
sequently became one of the organizers of the Central Trust and Savings Company, of
New Castle, of which he is a stockholder and director. He takes a fatherly interest
in that institution and uses his influence by word and deed to strengthen its hold upon
the business of the community.
For a number of years he was a stockholder in the Henry County Agricultural
Society, New Castle, and during a great portion of the time was its president. From
the beginning he was recognized as a prime factor in the society and helped in many
ways to make a success of its annual exhibitions.
Some three or four years ago Mr. Cooper under the pressure of advancing years
retired from the active duties of life and rented his farm, which had grown from eighty
to four hundred acres of the best land in Henry County. He removed to New Castle,
where he expects to pass the remaining years of a hitherto very busy life.
Mr. Cooper during his whole life has been an industrious, hard working man and
has exercised a vigilant economy in his affairs but while looking after his own interests
he has not been amiss in his duty to friends and neighbors nor chary of extending a
helping hand. He is a public spirited citizen of honest and upright life and it is to the
labors of -such men as he that the county is indebted for its exalted position among
the counties of the State.
He has been for a number of 3'ears a member of the Christian Church and a
worker in the cause of the Master. He has been liberal of his time and means in pro-
moting the work of the church and in supporting its charities. Mr. Cooper finds sup-
port for his religious views in the Masonic fraternity, which has for its cornerstone,
faith in God, the King. He is a member of New Castle Lodge, Number 91, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons and of New Castle Chapter, Number 50, Royal Arch Masons.
On February 22, 1847, when but twenty years of age, Robert H. Cooper married
Harriet Hiatt. a daughter of David and Ruth (Ratliff) Hiatt. She was born June 15,
1830, and died March 29, 1853. They were the parents of two children: Eldred M..
born March 11, 1849: and David L.. born March 8, 1851; died May 3, 1874. Eldred M.
married AUie Trueblood, daughter of Edward Trueblood, and lives on his farm situated
on the line between Henry and Madison counties, Eldred M. is a successful farmer as
in early manhood he was a successful teacher.
After the death of his first wife, Robert H. Cooper married Margaret Haworth.
daughter of James and Amelia Haworth. She was born June 6, 1837, at Wilmington,
Ohio, and afterwards came with her parents to New London, Howard County, Indiana,
where she was married to Mr. Cooper. They were the parents of eight children, namely;
Belle, born January 20, 1857, who afterwards married John C. McLucas, now of Fairbury,
Nebraska; Ida J., born September 3, 1858: married Edmund H. Hinshaw; Frank W.,'^
born July 24, 1860; married Emma Depboye; Harriet E., born June 12, 1862, married
Luther M. Nelson; Amelia H., born June 22, 1864; married Alvin J. Frazier; Minnie
M., born September 25, 1866; married Dr. Edgar S. Ferris; Milton 0., born July 24, 1869,
married Bessie Woods: Bennie, born December 8, 1875; married Professor Charles R.
Atkinson.
John C. McLucas is a son of the late Wilson T. McLucas and was born near Cadiz.
He is now a resident of Fairbury, Nebraska, where he has been in the employ of the
Rock Island railroad for about twenty years. He also gives his attention to the buying
and shipping of live stock.
iii6 hazzard's history of henry county.
Edmund Howard Hinshaw was born on a farm near Greensboro, Henry County,
Indiana. His father was Lindsey Hinshaw and the late Seth Hinshaw, the well known
philanthropist, was his great-uncle. He was educated in the home schools; at the Spice-
land Academy and at Butler University, Indianapolis, graduating from the last named
in 1885. He taught school for several years, among other places at Cadiz, where he
became acquainted with Ida J. Cooper, whom he subsequently married. He afterwards
moved to Fairbury, Nebraska, where he was for a time superintendent of the public
schools, but finally declined to serve longer in that position. He was admitted to the
bar in 1887 and scon became prominent in the practise of the law. He then entered
politics and held several municipal and county offices. In 1898 he was nominated for
Congress by the Republicans but was unable to overcome the fusion plurality. In 1901
he was candidate for United States Senator but after a contest which lasted three
months he and all the other candidates withdrew and a new man was chosen. He was
again nominated for Congress from the fourth Nebraska district in the Spring of 1902
and after a spirited contest was elected to the Fifty Eighth Congress. He was re-
elected to the Fifty Ninth Congress by 7,700 majority and is now serving in that body.
His district is composed of eleven counties, viz: Butler, Fillmore, Gage, Hamilton, Jeffer-
son, Polk, Saline, Saunders, Seward, Thayer and York, the population of which is nearly
200,000. Mr. Hinshaw is a well informed and polished gentleman who has the confidence
and good will of his constituency and, it he lives, will doubtless receive still higher honors
from his adopted State.
Frank W. Cooper is a farmer of Fall Creek Township; he resides at Middletown
and has charge of the estate of Mrs. Anna D. Welsh. Luther M. Nelson, husband of
Harriet E. Cooper, is a son of Joseph R. Nelson. He was born at Cadiz, but is now a
resident of Fairbury, Nebraska, where he has been for a number of years assistant
cashier of the Harbine Bank of that city. Alvin J. Frazier is a druggist at Muncie,
Indiana. Dr. Edgar S. Ferris is a son of the late Dr. Samuel Ferris and is one of the
successful practising physicians of New Castle. He gives special attention to diseases
of the eye and ear. Milton 0. Cooper is a farmer who lives four and a half miles south-
west of New Castle, in the Clear Springs neighborhood. Charles R. Atkinson is superin-
tendent of schools at Sheridan, Wyoming. Before going to Sheridan, he was for a
number of years superintendent of schools at York, Nebraska. He is one of the promi-
nent educators of the Great West.
Robert H. Cooper has been blessed beyond all other things in his children, and
has every reason to be proud of them and their successes in life. They are all capable
and honorable men and women and useful citizens. They are fathers and mothers them-
selves and children and grandchildren alike always meet with a delightful welcome
when they visit the old home.
Margaret (Haworthi Cooper, the second wife of Mr. Cooper, died April 6, 1889.
He was again married on June 18, 1890, his present wife, who is a most estimable wo-
man, being Mrs. Mary (Booth) Widup. Charles, her son by her first marriage, resides
in New Castle.
Mr. Cooper enjoys a distinction hardly surpassed and probably not equaled in
Indiana. In the presidential campaign of 1904, which resulted in the election of Theo-
dore Roosevelt as President and Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice-President, he voted for
the successful candidates, as did three of his sons, six of his sons-in-law, five grandsons
and his youngest daughter, the wife of Professor Atkinson, of Sheridan, Wyoming, in
which State the payment of a poll tax of two dollars admits women to the franchise.
Before the election took place, the political preferences of the family were printed in
the local papers and brought to the attention of President Roosevelt, who addressed to
Mr. Cooper the following interesting communication:
"My Dear Mr. Cooper: "Otsteb Bat, N. Y., August 30, 1904.
"I have just received the enclosed clipping. Evidently you are the kind of an
American in whom I believe, and I want to write and congratulate you on your family,
while congratulating myself on the fact that I have your and their support. I have a
great regard for your son-in-law. Representative Hinshaw.
"Sincerely yours,
"Theodore Roosevelt."
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OP NIMR:oD RICHARD ELLIOTT.
FAIUIKR. JIERCH.^NT. UA.\KER.
Every man's success or failure in life depends to a large extent upon his own ef-
forts. How true is the common expression, "every man is the architect of his own
fortune." The man of substance and weight in his own particular community is usually
one who has risen above the common level by sheer industry and economy, supported
by a laudable ambition to excel. The present Governor of Indiana, J. Frank Hanly, was
a poor boy who started in lite as an humble digger of ditches but, while wielding the
pick-axe and shovel, he was looking forward. He was a good ditcher and step by step
arose until he found the honors and dignities of the governorship of a great State
awaiting him. Such as he not only illustrate the equality of opportunity but indicate
the sure pathway to success.
Nimrod Richard Elliott may be taken as another example in point. As a boy he
was wholly dependent upon his own exertions but he was animated by a fixity of pur-
pose that in the end brought him to the goal of his ambition. His life work was done
mainly among his neighbors in Henry County and his story should be interesting and
profitable to the generation of to day.
He was the son of Ephraim B. and Eliza (Harden) Elliott. His father was born
in North Carolina. January 12, 17S1, and his mother in Georgia, May 3, 1786. They were
married in North Carolina in 1810. On June 20, 1829, they started from their old home
in North Carolina for Wayne County, Indiana, reaching their destination near Greens-
fork, after a two months' journey through mountain passes and over bridgeless streams.
They did not tarry long in Wayne but in September. 1833, moved to Henry County
and settled about two miles northwest of the site of the present town of Cadiz, in
Harrison Township. Ephraim B. Elliott and his wife were the parents of seven chil-
dren, four sons and three daughters, all of whom were born in North Carolina. Nim-
rod R.. the youngest of the family, was born in Perquimans County, that State, May 4.
1826, and was about three years of age when the family came to Indiana. His parents
were poor people at the time of their coming west but were in this particular not very
different from most of their neighbors who had come to the new country for the express
purpose of bettering their condition. Ephraim B. Elliott died February 16. 1859. After
the death of her husband, his widow lived with her son. Nimrod R., until the time of
her death, November IS, 1861. Nimrod R. Elliott died January 15. 1905. All are buried
in the cemetery at Mechanicsburg, Henry County, Indiana.
While a young man working at the carpenter trade, he said to his comrade at the
bench, "I intend some day to be worth ten thousand dollars." He was then a poor man
working for low wages and the sum mentioned by him was then regarded as a very
large one, indeed. Compared with the colossal fortunes of the present day, that sum
seems very insignificant. Before learning his trade, young Elliott had attended the
district schools of his neighborhood and when sixteen years of age was examined and
licensed to teach. He met with merited success as a teacher and was able to save some
money, but he was not altogether satisfied with the meagre earnings of the profession in
those days and abandoned it for the carpenter's bench, where he made money much
more rapidly and soon had enough ahead to embark in his first mercantile venture, a
desire which he had long cherished.
In 1851 he opened a country or general store at Mechanicsburg, Henry County,
having as partner, Ezra Swain, of that village, the style of the firm being Elliott and
Swain. After several years of successful business, Ezra Swain sold his interest in the
business to his brother, Blihu Swain, the firm name remaining unchanged. During
the Civil War. Mr. Elliott became the sole proprietor. He continued the business alone
until 1873, when Imla W. Cooper, a brother of Mr. Elliott's wife, became his partner.
This association continued until 1891, when Mr, Elliott again became the sole owner
and continued the business alone until ^1895, when he retired and from that time on
gave his exclusive attention to the management of his farms, banking and other in-
terests. At the time of his death, he owned seven hundred and fifty acres of land in
IIl8 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Harrison and Fall Creek townships, all of it being well improved and in a high state
of cultivation. He left an estate of an estimated value of $125,000.
Thus for a period of more than half a century, Mr. Elliott was a very busy and a
very successful man "and his fortune at the end far outran the highest hopes of his
youth. In 1851, when he went to Mechanicsburg. then a straggling village, the outlook
could not be called promising. The locality was in a measure isolated; the country
comparatively new, and there were no improved roads and but few improved farms.
He lived, however, to see the surrounding country become almost a garden. He pros-
pered with the community which has always given him its confidence and to day is
united in honoring his excellent name and in keeping green the memory of his good
deeds, his good citizenship and his long, unselfish and useful life. In the galaxy of
eminent men of Henry County, from its organization to the present time, must be
included the name of Nimrod R. Elliott.
In 1850 Nimrod R. Elliott, while working as a carpenter in and around Cadiz,
married .lane H., daughter of William Cooper, and in 1851 moved to Mechanicsburg as
already stated. His accumulated fortune was mostly invested in farm lands in that
locality, but he embraced other opportunities for investment, among the first in im-
portance being the establishment of the Farmers' Bank at Middletown, Henry County,
in 1873. This bank, with a capital of thirty thousand dollars, was organized by George
Hazzard, the author of this History, John H. Terhune, now of Anderson, and Nimrod R.
Elliott. It was conducted for several months at Middletown and then, in order to reach
a larger field of operations, was moved to Anderson, where it became the Madison
County Bank, with a capital of $100,000. The officers of the Farmers' Bank at Middle-
town were Nimrod R. Elliott, president, George Hazzard, vice-president, and John H.
Terhune. cashier. The officers of the Madison County Bank were John E. Corwin, presi-
dent, Nimrod R. Elliott, vice-president. John H. Terhune, cashier, and John W. Pence,
assistant cashier. This bank, at the end of about four years, was converted into the
Madison County National Bank, which subsequently went out of business, being suc-
ceeded by the present Citizens' Bank of Anderson. Before the organization of the
Madison County National Bank, Mr. Elliott had disposed of his stock and in May, 1882,
was the prime mover in organizing what became the present Farmers' State Bank of
Middletown, of which he was made president, a position held by him until his death;
Thomas Wilhoit was vice-president, Erastus I... Elliott, cashier, and Benjamin H. Davis,
assistant cashier. The present officers of the bank are Adolph Cooper, president, William
H. Keesling. vice-president, and Erastus L. Elliott, cashier. It is one of the best and
mosf successful banks in Henry County, or for, that matter, in Eastern Indiana. Further
information regarding this institution will be found in the chapter of this History
entitled "Banks and Banking."
Politically, Nimrod R. Elliott was a life long Democrat. He was an earnest advo-
cate of the principles of that party and gave it his warmest support. In Henry County
and in the districts of which it formed a part, he was regarded as one of its prominent
leaders and by those of his immediate party constituency, his advice and direction were
implicitly followed. He was faithful in attendance upon the meetings and conventions
of his party, local. State and National, and, if he failed by any chance to be present, it
was cause for remark. A Democratic convention in Henry County without his presence
would at any time during his life have been regarded as an anomaly. He was a strict
partisan but never permitted fe'eling to sway his judgment nor did he permit it to come
between him and his friends of opposite political views. He advocated and voted for
the principles in which he believed, but never permitted politics to interfere with his
business. He was a successful candidate for presidential elector in 1884 and cast his
vote for Grover Cleveland. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress in 1894.
against Henry U. Johnson, and ran several hundred votes ahead of his party ticket in
the district. He had often been tendered the nomination before but had always declined.
He was also often solicited to lead the county ticket, but he preferred to remain a
worker in the ranks of the party. He was once a candidate for joint representative for
the counties of Henry and Madison.
For a long time he belonged to but one secret organization, the Masonic, of which
he was a member for more than half a century. He joined the fraternity at Middletown
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in 1S52 and when a lodge was formed at Mechanicsburg, he was a charter member and
the first Worshipful Master, a position held by him for a number of years. In addition
to being a Free and Accepted Mason, he was also a member of New Castle Chapter,
Number 50, Royal Arch Masons, and a Sir Knight, belonging to the Knightstown Com-
mandery. He was a thorough believer in the tenets of the order and invariably prac-
tised its precepts. Late in life, when the Improved Order of Red Men was organized at
Mechanicsburg, he joined the order and was a faithful and consistent member until his
death. He was a supporter of the Universalist Church but was in nowise contentious
with regard to religious beliefs. As in politics so in religion, it was his belief, but he
had no quarrel with those who preferred other denominations. He was earnest in his
support of the church and was regular in attendance upon its services and contributed
liberally of his means for its support.
During the Civil War, no man in Henry County was more heartily loyal to the
government than Nimrod R. Elliott. He did not go personally into the conflict, but he
was a power for good in the relief work which had to be done by those who remained
at home. He was ever solicitous for the health and comfort of the soldier in the field
and the welfare of tHe families, which through the misfortunes of war. had become in
a manner dependent upon their friends and neighbors. In this as in many other direc-
tions, he was exceedingly charitable but so modest withal that it will never be known
to what extent or in what amount he gave for the relief of the needy and the distressed.
Nimrod Richard Elliott was a self made man. His first and principal asset through
life was industry. He did not know what it was to be idle. Another asset was a laudable
ambition to work to some purpose. His other assets were honesty, frugality, morality
and a firm and lasting faith in Him who determines the destinies of all mankind.
During his entire married life, his wife was his wise counsellor, his sympathetic
companion and a helpful presence. She was a worthy helper of her husband. Since
his death Mrs. Elliott has had full charge of the estate of her husband and has ably dis-
charged the trust.
NimrofI Richard and Jane H. (Cooper) Elliott were the parents of two children,
the first being Ida Florence, and the second, Erastus Leonidas, commonly called "Joe."
On the occasion of the death of Nimrod R. Elliott, Judge Martin L. Bundy. of New
Castle, wrote as follows:
"Mr. Elliott I have known for sixty years. In 1844. when Colonel Miles Murphey
built the house on South Main Street, now occupied by his daughter. Mrs. George W.
Goodwin, Nimrod was a boy about seventeen years of age and carried the brick and
mortar for the masons who built the walls and this was probably the first work he had
done away rrom home. He settled in the small village where he had lived so long,
managed to get a small stock of goods, gave close attention to his business, and by good
judgment and economy, backed by the strictest integrity, won the confidence of the
people and made a large fortune. Our relations were always so cordial that I regret
exceedingly to part with Nimrod. His example should impress young men with the
great advantages of Industry, economy and integrity in business, for these are the sure
guides to never-failing success. He lived the simple life of a typical American. Nimrod
R. Elliott must he regarded as one of Henry County's great citizens."
AXCESTRV OF M1!S. NIMROD R. (COOrF.R) ELLIOTT.
Mrs. Elliott was the daughter of William Cooper, who was the son of John and
Ann (Hayes) Cooper, natives of Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1794. The family
consisted of the parents and four sons, named Caleb, William (father of Mrs. Elliott),
John and Imla. They moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where John Cooper, the father,
died in 182.5. Caleb came to Henry County, Indiana, in 1832: Imla. in 1834: and William
and John, with their mother, in 1835.
William was the father of eleven children, seven of whom were liorn in Harrison
County. Ohio, and four in Henry County. Indiana. Jane H., the sixth child and fourth
daughter, became the wife of Nimrod R. Elliott.
II20 IIAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
The Coopers came to Indiana from Harrison County, Ohio, which had for its
county seat the town of Cadiz, and it is through this family that the Henry County town
of Cadiz and the township of Harrison obtained their names. The family is a very
large one and has had from the beginning an important influence upon the history of
Harrison Township and the western part of the county of Henry.
Caleb H. Cooper, a brother of Mrs. Elliott, was one of the most promising young
men of the county. He was a soldier in the Civil War, being mustered in as Second
Lieutenant of Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry. He was promoted First Lieutenant and
served until the close of the war in 186.5. His military history will be found in Chapter
XII of this History. Elsewhere in this History will be found a full biographical sketch
of Robert Holiday Cooper, brother of Mrs. Elliott, to which reference should be made
for further information as to the ancestry of Mrs. Elliott.
EE.\STCS LE0NID.\S ELLIOTT.
(Son.)
Erastus I.eonidas Elliott is the only son of the late Nimrod Richard and Jane H.
(Cooper) Elliott. He was born at Mechanicsburg, Henry County. Indiana, September
17, 1853. The place of his birth was at that time little more than a backwoods village
but the kaleidoscopic changes of the past half century have changed its whole aspect.
It Is now the center of a rich farming district that is not excelled by any portion of
the county.
He obtained his primary education in the common or district school at Mechanics-
burg and this was supplemented by two years' (1878-79) study at Spiceland Academy
under the influence and direction of that eminent scholar and teacher, Clarkson Davis,
who will long be remembered in Henry County as its foremost educator. After leaving
the Academy, Mr. Elliott began the study of the law in the ofiice of Mark E. Porkner,
of New Castle, where he continued during the years 1880 and 1881. He then entered
the law department of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, and graduated from that
Institution in 1882. He never engaged in the practise of the law, however, for in 1882
he became the cashier of the Farmers' Bank. Middletown, Indiana, and filled that posi-
tion until 1902, when the bank was re-organized as the Farmers' State Bank of Middle-
town and Mr. Elliott became its cashier, a position which he has held to the present
time. Twenty three years of his life have thus been spent in the banking business and
the phenomenal success of the institutions controlled by him thoroughly attests his
financial ability. From the start he was under the most favorable auspices, but it has
been his own capacity for labor and keen insight into business which have made the
institution so highly prosperous. Further information regarding this banking institu-
tion will be found in the chapter of this work relating to "Banks and Banking,"
Erastus L. Elliott has twice been a member of the lower house of the General As-
sembly of Indiana, serving during the fifty ninth and sixtieth sessions. 1894 and 1896.
He was during both terms chairman of the committee on banking. He was an active
member of the house and took an advanced position as a legislator, in all things doing
his full duty toward his constituents.
He was elected trustee of Fall Creek Township in 1886 and served acceptably in
that position for two years. He is now and has been for several years president of the
board of school trustees for the corporation of Middletown. He has given much attention
to the educational affairs of the town and at the present time the Middletown schools
are second to none in the county In efficiency. The school building is one of the best,
being modern in construction and appointments, handsome in appearance and conven-
iently arranged for school purposes.
Erastus L. Elliott, following in his father's footsteps, upon his arrival at the
age of manhood, allied himself with the Democratic party. In 1892, however, he became
a Republican and has ever since supported the policies of that dominant organization.
He has been honored by the party in Henry County by election to membership in the
General Assembly of the State as above related. He has been active in the support of
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the party in all campaigns since 1892 and though a man of positive opinions he has
never permitted political feeling to interfere with his social and business obligations.
He has numerous friends in Ijoth political parties and extends respect to the opinions of
others with whom he may differ as to governmental policies.
He is not a member of any church, but leans toward the Universalist denomina-
tion of which his father was for a long time a consistent adherent. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity; of the Knights of Pythias; the Order of Elks; and the Improved
Order of Red Men.
Erastus L. Elliott is a gentleman of splendid social qualities and delights to enter-
tain his friends. He is a great reader and keeps fully advised as to the trend of current
events, whether the same relate to the civil, religious, moral or social affairs of the
countiT- Comparatively, he is still a young man, not much beyond his prime, and
barring the uncertainties of life, bids fair to have many years of usefulness to the
community still before him. What he has already accomplished has been from a desire
to be doing something in the world. He has not been pushed onward by the spur of
necessity but rather by a fine moral consciousness of his duty toward his fellow men.
ID.\ FLORENCE (ELLIOTT) THtj'RSTOX.
(Daughter.)
Mrs. Thurston is the only daughter of the late Nimrod Richard and Jane H.
(Cooper) Elliott, and was born July 14, 1851. She grew to young womanhood at Me-
chanicsburg, where she attended the public schools and afterwards flnishhed her educa-
tion at the well known New Castle Academy. She was a bright, vivacious and intelli-
gent girl, who was much beloved by the companions of her youth.
On October 19, 1,869, she was married, at her home in Mechanicsburg, to Dr. Joseph
M. Thurston, the ceremony being performed by the Reverend Asa Huston. To them
have been -born two children: Evaleth Mabel, born December 13, 1870; and Richard
Elliott, born November 23, 1879, died November 3, 1893, and is buried in Earlham Ceme-
tery, Richmond. Indiana.
The daughter. Evaleth Mabel, was married September 6, 1899. at the home of her
parents in Richmond, to Professor Hugo Paul Thieme, by the Reverend William War-
binton, of the Christian Church at Hagerstown, Indiana. Professor and Mrs. Thieme
reside at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the former is assistant professor of French in
the University of Michigan. They have one child, Florence Leonie, born May 20, 1902,
in Richmond, Indiana.
Dr. Joseph M. Thurston was born in Warren County, Ohio, July 2, 1841, his parents
being William Henry and Delilah (Miller) Thurston. He was educated at Washington
Court House, Ohio. In 1866 he came to Mechanicsburg, Henry County, Indiana, and
there commenced the study of medicine in the office and under the tutelage of the now
venerable Dr. Joseph Weeks. In 1866-7 he attended the course of the Physio-Medical
College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1S68 opened an office in Hagerstown, Indiana, where he
began the practise of his profession. In 1888 he removed his family to Richmond. Indi-
ana, where he still resides and has a large practise. From 1875 to 1890 Dr. Thurston was
professor of Physiology and Anatomy in the Physio-Medical College at Indianapolis.
He is now professor of Nervous Diseases in the same institution.
In the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company F, 90th Ohio Infantry, and
served until the end of the conflict. He enlisted July 23, 1862, and was mustered out
June 26, 1865. He was a participant in the battles of Perryville and Wildcat, Ken-
tucky; Stone's River, Tennessee, and Ringgold and Chickamauga, Georgia. He was ta-
ken prisoner in the last named battle and was confined for a year In Llbby Prison,
Richmond, Virginia, where he acted as ward master, hospital steward and assistant to
the surgeons in charge.
Dr. Joseph M. Thurston Is prominent In his profession and has a wide acquaintance
throughout Eastern Indiana, where he enjoys the full confidence and esteem of the
ii22 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SAMUEL FERRIS, M. D.
EMI^-E^-T PHTSICIAiV AND SUBGEON AND LEADING CITIZEN OF NEW CASTLE.
No one, except an immediate member of a family, has so intimate a linowledge of
the inner life of its circle as the the attending physician. He is not merely a dispenser
of medicines for the cure or alleviation of physical ills; he must also be a healer of
minds distressed. How high, indeed, must the standard of honor be among the mem-
bers of a profession whose duty it is to invade the secret recesses of the mind and heart.
Subject only to the judgment of conscience, how constantly must the physician be on
his guard to keep inviolate the confidence of his patients. So seldom, too, is this trust
and confidence violated that it is a crown of honor to the whole profession. Then, too,
see how wonderfully the smiling lip and the kindly word of the true physician quiet
the tears of the sick and inspire them with hope, while the scowling countenance and
surly demeanor of another counteract the utmost efforts of his skill in the medical art.
Every student of this most ancient and honorable profession must be governed by the
most exacting rules of ethics illustrated by the unselfish and single minded devotion to
duty which has characterized the lives of its eminent practitioners, and by as much as
he fails to attain this ideal standard he falls short of being the perfect healer.
Dr. Samuel Ferris possessed those qualities of mind and heart which are so essen-
tial to the successful physician and, which for the want of a closer analysis are popularly
said to make of one a "natural physician." He was an educated gentleman and supple-
mented his natural abilities by thorough and exhaustive investigation, and during a
practise of many years* duration he was constantly alert to the advances being made in
medicine and surgery.
He was the lineal descendant, according to the genealogical records of the family,
of Jeffrey Ferris, the first of the American family of that name. _ He is said to have
been a native of Leicester. England, who came to America in 1635 and settled in Boston,
Massachusetts. He died in 1666. His descendants in order were as follows: James
Ferris (the first), who died about 1726; Samuel Ferris (the first), born in September,
1706, died in 1786; Samuel Ferris (the second), born in February, 1733, and was a sol-
dier of the Revolution; Frederick Ferris, the father of Samuel Ferris (the third), sub-
ject of this sketch; he was a native of Connecticut, where he married Susannah Nichols.
He was born in 1784 and died in 1845; his wife was born in 1791 and died in 1832. They
moved from Connecticut in 1813 and settled on a farm, four miles northeast of Brook-
Tille. Franklin County, Indiana.
Frederick and Susannah (Nichols) Ferris were the parents of twelve children,
namely: William K., Ann D., Susan E., John W., Caroline, Catharine, James S., Mary,
Samuel, Allison B., Isaiah, and a daughter who died in infancy. Of these children, the
first five named were born in Connecticut and the remainder in Indiana. All of this
family are now dead. Catharine became the wife of the late James M. Clements, who
was for several years surveyor of Henry County and who was also the father of Courtland
C. Clements, of Washington City. FHirther reference to James M. Clements will be
found in Chapter XLIII, and to Courtland C. Clements in Chapter XXVII, of this His-
tory. Mrs. Clements was an excellent woman and mother and much beloved of a large
circle of relatives and friends. James S. Ferris, the third son, was for several years a
teacher in New Castle; he was the first county school examiner and was for eight years,
1856-1863, auditor of Henry County. He died September 23, 1870.
SAMUEL rEREIS.
Samuel Ferris, the fourth son of Frederick and Susannah (Nichols) Ferris, was
born on the farm above mentioned in Franklin County. Indiana, March 13, 1822. He re-
mained under the parental roof until he was about eighteen years of age, when in 1840
he became a medical student under the then well known physician. Dr. Ziba Casterline,
of Liberty, Union County, Indiana. He remained with Dr. Casterline as student and
assistant for two or three years and then located at Cadiz, Henry County, Indiana,
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where he practised for about six months. He then entered into partnership with his
former preceptor. Dr. Casterline, at Liberty. This partnership continued for two years,
after which he located at New Paris, Ohio, where he remained for twelve years. In
1S56 he removed to New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, and there continued in the
practise of his profession until his retirement in 1898. He died November 4, 1901.
Dr. Samuel Ferris was a man of positive opinions and firm in the discharge of his
duties. He was a law-abiding citizen and believed in the strict and impartial enforce-
ment of the law, whether for the prevention of crime, the preservation of health or the
elevation of the morals of the community. He was a man of the strictest integrity and
demanded like conformity by others to the highest standard of living. He took especial
pride in the profession which he adorned and its numerous and onerous demands were
met by him with alacrity until worn out in well doing and borne down by the weight of
years he was compelled to relinquish to other hands the work he had so long and so
faithfully performed. He was a successful physician with a large practise throughout
his career and was esteemed by the laity as well as by the profession for his learning
and ability. In his profession he was zealous and untiring and endeared himself to the
afflicted by his cheerful sympathy and ready aid. He carried rays of sunshine into hun-
dreds of households and departing left behind him an atmosphere charged with confi-
dence and hope. Among his family and friends he was a sociable and companionable
man and he was never more delighted than when ministering to their content and happi-
ness.
In addition to his constant practise of medicine, Dr. Ferris was for a number of
years health officer of the Corporation of New Castle and during his term in office per-
formed his duties most satisfactorily. He firmly believed that cleanliness is next to
godliness. He made frequent personal investigations and enforced observance of his
orders by appeal to the law when his instructions were disobeyed or ignored.
Dr. Samuel Ferris, it will be noted, practised his profession in New Castle and
contiguous places for more than forty five years. During this time, he was a delegate
to fhe American Medical Association, at Chicago in 1863, from the Henry County Medical
Society, which he had helped to organize in 1856, and which was the first society of its
kind in the county. He was for many years a member of the State Medical Society of
Indiana. In 1S82 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of New Castle and in the
same year became by appointment one of the board of examining surgeons for pensions
which position he filled acceptably for several years. He was the friend of the soldier
and while faithfully performing his duty as a member of the board, he always decided
doubtful points in favor of the defender of his country.
At New Paris, Preble County, Ohio.' March 13. 1S45, Dr. Samuel Ferris married
Margaret C, daughter of John and Sarah Lohr, of that place. This was a happy union
and together they lived in perfect harmony and love for more than fifty six years. She
still survives him and though advanced in years, having been born April 17, 1824, she
finds consolation in the earnest filial love and devotion of her children. Dr. Samuel
and Margaret (Lohr) Ferris were the parents of nine children, of whom but four are
now living, namely: William E., Eliza M.. now Mrs. James A. Martindale, of New Castle;
Luella and Edgar S. William E. Ferris is a practical farmer and gardener, residing two
miles north of New Castle, where he gives great attention to the cultivation of the
strawberry and other popular fruits. He is an industrious and intelligent worker and
his efforts have met with deserved success. Luella lives at home with her mother and
manages the household. A sketch of Dr. Edgar S. Ferris follows this article relating
to his father.
Dr. Samuel Ferris and his wife were lifelong members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. During his life they were punctual attendants upon its services and liberal
contributors to its support. Since his death Mrs. Ferris continues her devotion to the
same denomination. Dr. Ferris was not a member of any secret organization, although
he had at times expressed a preference for the Masonic order with which his son. Dr.
Edgar S. Ferris, is prominently identified.
1 124 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
EDGAR SAMUEL FERHIS, M. D.
Not SO many years ago Henry County was noted for its aged practising physicians,
most of whom, however, have now passed off the stage, giving place to a new generation.
The older generation of physicians followed their profession under the most trying condi-
tions, braving the cold and snows of Winter, the storms and floods of Spring and Sum-
mer and facing the most serious difficulties and dangers inseparable from a wild and
new land, and they are the real heroes of the early settlement and subsequent develop-
ment of the country. Such pioneer physicians as Joel Reed, John Darr, William M.
Kerr, James V. Wayman, George W. Riddle. William F. Boor, George W. Ballengall,
John S. Guisinger, Joseph Weeks, John Rea, William B. Shockley, Luther W. Hess, Jo-
seph W. Whitesel. Isaac Mendenhall, Samuel Ferris, Robert B. Griffis, Roland T. Sum-
mers, William M. Bartlett, Jonathan Ross, and others, are each entitled to honorable
mention and their names should be forever preserved in the annals of Henry County.
The new generation of physicians find their duties comparatively easy and altogether
free from the discomforts and dangers which surrounded those who in the language of
early times "blazed the way."
Among the younger physicians of the county is Dr. Edgar Samuel Ferris, who
is the second son of the late Dr. Samuel and Margaret (Lohr) Ferris. He was born in
New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, April 9. 1864, and was educated in the public
schools of his native town. He was strongly attracted toward the profession of medi-
cine and like his father began to study the art at the age of eighteen. He pursued his
studies under the direction of his father for a couple of years and then entered the
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in
1885. He subsequently took a post-graduate course at the Chicago Polyclinic,
having in the meantime entered upon the practise of his profession at New Castle, in
partnership with his father. This business union continued uninterruptedly until 1898,
when the elder Dr. Ferris retired from active practise. Dr. Edgar S. Ferris continued the
business until the Spring of 1902, at which time he concluded to give up the general
practise of, medicine and confine himself to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
He closed his office and went to Philadelphia, where he entered upon a course
of study relating to these various organs at the Polyclinic. He subsequently
crossed the ocean to London, England, and there attended the lectures at the Royal Op-
thalmic Hospital and the Central Nose, Throat and Ear College. After his return from
London, he established his office at Indianapolis and practised there for several months.
He then returned to New Castle, where down to the present time he has given his undi-
vided attention to a constantly increasing and highly successful special practise.
The special branch of the profession to which he gives his attention is a highly
important one and requires constant and unceasing study to keep abreast of the develop-
ments of modern scientific treatment of disease, and the practitioner has but little time
for matters outside of his chosen field; but Dr. Ferris is notably industrious and has
no idle moments. He is a member of the County, State and National Medical societies
and was for three years a member of the Board of Trustees of New Castle, in which posi-
tion he acquitted himself to the complete satisfaction of the community. He was also
for several years the very competent secretary of the County Board of Health. Politic-
ally he has always been a Republican and is an earnest supporter of the principles of
that party. Besides his activity in his profession and in politics, he has also shown a
disposition to aid the growth and prosperity of his native town.
Dr. Ferris is an urbane gentleman and by his pleasant manners invites the esteem
and confidence of the community. He is quick in decision, quick to act and firm in his
opinions. He is a man of fine character, high attainments and increasing reputation in
his profession.
On March 23, 1887, at the home of her parents near Cadiz, Henry County. Indiana,
Dr. Edgar S. Ferris married Minnie M., the fifth daughter of Robert H. and Margaret
(Haworth) Cooper, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this History. Dr. and Mrs.
Ferris have had born to them one child which died in infancy. They are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and are constant in attention to their religious duties.
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Dr. Ferris is an enthusiastic member of the Masonic Order. He has tal\en all of
the degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry, tlie Royal Arch Chapter, the Council, tlie Knights
Templar and the Scottish Rite, including the Thirty Second Degree, and is likewise a
member of the Mystic Shrine. He has given a great deal of thought and study to
Masonic history and is familiar with tlie unwritten work of the order. He is frequent in
his attendance upon its meetings and so far as possible practises its grand precepts and
principles. He is also a member of that large sister order, the Knights of Pythias.
Counting by years he is still a young man but he is old in experience. Using the term in
an entirely complimentary sense, he is "a chip of the old block," and following in the
footsteps of hfs father. Dr. Samuel Ferris, the presumption is that in the coming .years,
he may more than merit the distinction attaching to the name of that well known and
highly honored old school physician.
1 126 hazzard's history of henry county.
BIOGRAPHICAL, SKETCH OF JOHN LARUE FORKNER.
A :NATIVE of henry county, who is now a PKOIIINENT CITIZEN OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.
Home pride is peculiar to no particular locality or people. It prevails, for various
reasons, in a greater degree in some communities than in others, perhaps, but nowhere
is it wholly absent among the characteristics of a refined and progressive people. Not
only are the worthy institutions and enterprises of importance sources of pride in the
localities where they have been established, but the men who have by their achieve-
ments become prominent, whether at home or abroad, are honored and admired by their
fellow citizens. It, therefore, follows that a history of Henry County and its prominent
native sons would not be complete without some honorable mention of the subject of
this biography.
John Larue Forkner was born in Liberty Township. Henry County, January 20,
1844. His parents were Micajah and Elizabeth (Allen) Forkner, the former a son of
Isaac Forkner, who after serving his country in a North Carolina regiment during the
war of 1812-15, removed to Virginia and subsequently immigrated to Indiana, locating
at Centreville, Wayne County, where he remained for a time, afterwards removing to
Henry County with his family. Micajah was born in Virginia in 1812 and was called to
his reward at Millville, Henry County. August 11, 1S79. honored and respected as an
honest, upright citizen by all who knew him.
The early boyhood of John L. Forkner was passed in the midst of rural scenes and
was not unlike that of other boys similarly situated in life. He assisted his parents on
the farm and attended the district schools until he was twelve years of age, when his
parents removed to Millville and engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the time he
was not attending school he clerked in his father's store. With an experience of four
years as salesman, he left the parerital roof and engaged as clerk with Lontz Brothers,
merchants, at Hagerstown, Wayne County. In the spring of 1863 he went to Cambridge
City and accepted a position as salesman in the store of Lafe Develin. He remained
there until 1864, when he was called to represent the interests of an elder brother in the
mercantile establishment of Forkner and Allen at Tipton, Indiana.
He remained here until February, 1866, when he went to Madison County, locatiing
at Anderson, where he was employed as salesman in various establishments until 1868.
It was during this year that he was elected city clerk and at the expiration of his term
of office was re-elected. While serving as city clerk he was also employed as deputy
clerk of the circuit court, and held that position until 1872, when he was appointed office
deputy by Sheriff Albert J. Ross. He served as deputy sheriff for two years and at the
same time discharged the duties of local editor for the Anderson Democrat.
In 1874 he sought and obtained the nomination for auditor on the Democratic
ticket, and at the general election that year was elected by a flattering majority. In
1878 he was re-elected and brought to the discharge of the duties of that important of-
fice an experience that rendered his service not only highly creditable to himself, but to
the party that elected him. During his later term as auditor he purchased a one-third
interest in the Exchange Bank of Anderson and upon his retiring from office in 1883 was
chosen cashier of that repository. In 1892 the bank was reorganized and converted into
a national bank under the title of The National Exchange Bank of Anderson. With the
reorganization of the bank he was again chosen cashier by the directors, and although
he has been and still is connected with other institutions and enterprises, he has ever
since discharged the duties of that position.
In 1891 he was elected to the City Council as a Democrat in a ward that has always
returned large Republican majorities. During his term in that office he demonstrated his
efficiency and usefulness by securing for the city, electric lights, improved fire protection
and many miles of brick-paved streets.
Soon after the discovery of natural gas he took an active part in organizing the
Citizens' Gas Company, and served five years as president of that corporation. He was
also one of the original promoters of the Anderson Iron and Bolt Company and held a
large amount of stock in the Pennsylvania Glass Company. In 1897 he took a promi-
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nent part along with Charles L. Henry, at that time a resident of Anderson, and Philip
Muller, of Marion, in organizing the Union Traction Company of Indiana, and was treas-
urer of the company for two years.
In 1892 he was appointed a trustee of the Northern Asylum for the Insane at Lo-
gansport by Governor Matthews and served three years in that capacity, two of which
were as president of the official board.
On account of many advantageous circumstances he was selected by his party to
make the race for mayor of the city in 1902 and although he had a large majority to
overcome, he was elected by a vote that surprised even his most sanguine friends. His
administration of public affairs was so satisfactory to the people that in 1904 he was re-
elected by a most substantial majority. The most notable undertaking of his adminis-
tration, perhaps, was the successful construction of a pure water system for the city.
This important public work involved the disbursement of a large sum of money, yet it
can be truthfully said to his enduring credit that no man ever had the temerity to in-
timate that one dollar was misappropriated.
Among the many honors that have been bestowed upon him by his fellow citizens,
and as showing the high esteem in which he is held, it may be mentioned that he was
chosen secretary of The Old Settlers' Association of Madison County and served in that
capacity for several years, when he was elected president of the association and still
holds that honorable position. In 1904 he was elected president of the State Association
of Elks and served one year with distinguished credit to himself and the order.
Although entirely pacific in his inclinations, his friends and admirers have bestowed
upon him the honorary title of "Colonel," which he will gracefully bear with him through
the remainder of his years upon earth.
John Larue Forlcner has been married twice. His first wife was Anna B. Hernly,
of ISew Castle, to whom he was married in March, 1873. Three years later she died,
leaving one child, Emma, now the wife of Lee C. Newsom, of Anderson. His second
and present wife was Mary Carson Watson, daughter of ex-Sheriff David H. Watson, of
Anderson, with whom he was united in marriage in 1878. The result of this union has
been two children — Wade Hampton Forkner, who died at the age of four years, and
Nellie Grant Forkner, at this time the life and sunshine of the Forkner home.
Mayor Forkner, notwithstanding his various business interests and official duties,
finds time to devote to the social side of life. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
the Knights Templar, Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of Honor and the Elks, in
each of which he stands deservedly high, and has received all the local honors that these
lodges can bestow.
Cherishing a love for the old things that go to make history and seeing the necessity
for a complete and intelligent record of the many Interesting and important events that
have occurred in Madison County since its organization, he in connection with ex-Mayor
Byron H. Dyson, of Anderson, wrote and published in 1897 a history of that county that
has since been accepted as authority upon all matters of which it treats. The work
speaks for itself and will always stand as a proud monument to his memory as an able
and faithful chronicler of events.
In matters of politics he has always been a Democrat of the Andrew Jackson type
and believing that the world is governed too much, will no doubt continue in the Demo-
cratic faith to the end of his career. No man locally stands higher than he in the coun-
sels of his party, and no man takes greater interest in its welfare. He recognizes and
appreciates the fact that his party has been generously partial to him in the way of pref-
erment and he is, therefore, ready at all times and under all circumstances to render any
service within his ability to promote its success. In his political aspirations he has been
successful beyond many, having never been defeated in a contest for office before the
people. His methods have always been such that even his opponents could not accuse
him of intrigue or indirection. Just and honorable in politics as in business, his record
is above reproach.
While not a member of any religious organization, he believes in the good in all re-
ligions and stands for the best in good citizenship. With him the Golden Rule is not a
mere sentiment, as he illustrates in his daily walk, and in a modest way the fact that
he regards it as the safest and best of moral guides.
1128 hazzard's history of henry cou-;ty.
This in conclusion is the brief history of one of Madison County's most highly re-
spected and popular citizens. As a man of affairs he is pre-eminent in his home city and
county, and throughout the State enjoys a reputation in commercial circles inferior to
that of no citizen within its borders. Genial and generous, able and consei vative, void of
vanity and selfishness, candid and conscientious, he is a plain, unpretending gentleman,
whose entire life is a conspicuous example of what may be accomplished by untiring
industry, honorable methods and right living.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN WILLIAM GRIFFIN.
N.^TIVE CITIZEN, LE.\DING FARMER, UTFU'EXTIAL M.\?;.
.John 'VVilliam GriflRn, of Dimreith, is a native of Henry County, born December 3,
1831. His parents were Josepli and Rebecca (Burgess) Griffin, who were married in
1830 and at once settled on land which had been entered by Joseph through his father,
Jacob Griffin, who lived at Centreville, Wayne County, Indiana. Jacob Griffin was mar-
ried to Mary Copeland in North Carolina and was a son of James and Hannah Griffin,
James being a son of James Griffin and Alice, his wife, all of North Carolina. Joseph
Griffin, father of the subject of this sketch, died August 9, 1890, and his widow, Rebecca
(Burgess) Griffin, who was born March IC, 1811, died November 22, 1903. Both are bur-
ied in Spiceland Cemetery. They had four children, namely: John William, the subject
of this sketch: Emily J., who died in middle life, was the wife of the Reverend Thomas
Clark, of Wayne County, this State, a graduate of Haverford College, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania; Sarah A. is the widow of Elwood Pleas, the author of the first history of Henry
County. She is still living at her old home, south of Spiceland. Mary B. died unmarried
at the age of twenty three years.
Rebecca (Burgess) Griffin was the daughter of John and Sarah (Cain) Burgess.
The father of John Burgess was born in England but came to America in early man-
hood. John Burgess emigrated from Paspatank River, South Carolina, to Wayne County,
Indiana, and settled on the site of South Richmond, where he entered a half section of
land which is now nearly covered by the city. Both himself and wife are buried in the
old Friends graveyard, near the ancient yearly meeting house in North Richmond. By
their side lies George, the first born child of John William, Griffin and his wife, who
died in infancy, July 28, 1856.
The Carolina Griffins were descended from one of three brothers who, according to
tradition, came from Wales to New York, one of whom settled in that State, the other
two going south to Rappahannock River, Virginia, their descendants spreading out to
the Neuse, and others to Apalachicola River, and some farther south and west, the ances-
tor of John W. Griffin going to North Carolina. A fourth brother, who remained in Wales,
is said to have been heir to the paternal homestead and ancestral estates, and through his
dominating infiuence the others found the native land not only unwelcome, but of doubtful
safety. The emigrating brothers left their native land about 1650. Tradition has it that
the family are descended from Llewellyn Ap (son of) Gruyffyd, the last king or prince of
Wales, who was captured by Edward I of England about the year 1282 and imprisoned
in the Tower of London* On the walls of his cell it is said he scratched his name as
above, and that it still remains there.
Writing to the subject of this sketch, one of the Griffins of Ontario, Canada, who
claims to be of his blood, as well as name, says: "I believe he was beheaded * * *
most of the branch of the family to which I belong were Quakers, in New York (Colony
and State), for several generations, and that seems to be another link between your
family and ours."
Judge Cyrus Griffin, who was a member of the last Continental Congress at the
time of the Revolutionary War (his home being in Virginia), was educated in Eng-
land. The following is from his family history: "Two brothers named Thomas and
Samuel Griffin came to America and settled on the Rappahannock River in Virginia.
They were descended from Llewellyn, last king of Wales. They left a brother in Wales
who. being the eldest brother, possessed an estate of six hundred pounds sterling per
annum. He died without issue, and the youngest brother, Samuel, went over in pursuit
of the estate. He also died in England before anything was done with respect to the
property. Thomas had an only son, also named Thomas, neither of whom ever left
Virginia. They were nearly related to Admiral Griffin, who distinguished himself in
the early Dutch wars, f-or which he was knighted Sir John Griffin. His family, it has
always been understood, possess the estate above mentioned. His only daughter was by
marriage Baroness Howard de Walden, and when two of Thomas Griffin's grandsons,
Cyrus and Samuel, were in England at college they were acknowledged by that family
1 130 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
and visited them. Thomas Griffin, Junior, left one son named Leroy, who married Miss
Bertrand. They had seven sons and one daughter, whose names were as follows:
Thomas Bertrand Griffin married Miss' Ball, of Virginia; Corbin Griffin married Miss
Berkley, of Virginia; Leroy Griffin; Cyrus Griffin married Lady Christina Stuart, of
Scotland; Samuel Griffin married Miss Braxton, of Virginia; William Griffin married
Miss Chiswell, of Virginia; John Taylor Griffin married Miss Lightfoot, of Virginia; a
daughter who married Mr. Richard Adams, of Virginia. The home of the family was
called Zion House, in Lancaster County, Vi);ginia."
John William Griffin, however, never heard a word about this traditional ancestry
until in his teens, when a relative, while visiting at his father's was overheard by him
in a conversation with his father about "our estate," which attracted his attention and
after the guest had departed expressed surprise at being "left in the dark" when the
other members of the family were so well posted. "Well," his father replied, "I was in
hopes thee would never hear any of the foolishness of throwing away good money in an
effort to secure that old estate."
.lOH.N- WILLI.\.M GRIFFIN.
John William Griffin, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared on the old
homestead, and was educated in the Spiceland schools, this mental training being sup-
plemented by a short term in The Friends Boarding School afterwards Earlham Col-
lege. Subsequently he engaged as a clerk in a store at Richmond. In 1S52, in com-
pany with John W. Johnson, a former school mate, he started a small store at Spiceland
in a building located where Hoover's block now is, and for two years did quite as much
business as their small means would justify, the credit system being in vogue through-
out the country. During this time the Panhandle Railroad was built through the
southern part of the county and, in company with a cousin, Elihu Griffin, and Caleb
Johnson, a former preceptor, a store was also started at Ogden on the new railroad,
Elihu Griffin being agent at that point. The firm handled, besides ordinary merchan-
dise, wheat, corn, clover and timothy seeds, and also bought flour by the hundred-
barrel lots, from Ogden, Raysville, Carthage and Buck Creek mills. Wool also was
bought from the farmers and from Kennard's woolen factory, the grain, wool and flour
being bought on commission, the cash being advanced and rates fixed by eastern capi-
talists, which aided their credit business to stand the strain of a losing or unprofitable
credit business. Soon after this the store at Spiceland was sold. Subsequently both
the Johnsons and J. W. Griffin sold their interest in the business here and purchased
an interest in Nordyke Ham and Company, at Richmond, Tndiana, engaged in the
manufacture of patent wire cloth flour bolts. This company sent John W. Griffin as its
agent to the Chicago Exposition of 1856, where an award of merit was granted the bolt
company after passing the closest scrutiny of Committeemen Gage and Haines, mill-
owners of the Chicago Mills, the leading mills in the city, and Fulton and Perkins, mill-
wrights, who were second to none in importance in the country. Gage and Haines pur-
chased and placed in their mills the new Nordyke and Ham bolts, and the award of the
exposition brought orders and inquiries from a large scope of country. Elihu Griffin
accompanied John W. Griffin in this labor and proved himself a valuable assistant.
Soon after this time, Mr. Griffin sold one-half of his interest in the manufacturing company
for three hundred and thirty acres of land in Lake County, this State, which was for
him a fortunate transaction. He located on the Lake County land and made his home
there for nearly four j'ears, when, his parents desiring to retire from the family home-
stead owing to the mother's feeble health, he purchased one hundred and ten acres of
his father and removed to the place of his birth. He sold out the Lake County interests,
taking some other lands in Rush and Madison counties in part payment. He also en-
tered a half section of land in 1.S53 in Washington County, Iowa. These lands were
exchanged for lands and property nearer home, lands were sold, taking mortgages for
part payment and other lands bought with these claims, which were of course assigned
by the vendor. Quite a little brokerage in real estate was engaged in, when the panic
of 1873 caught him with about thirty thousand dollars' worth of paper standing out, and
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.' II3I
in lieu tliereof he had to take the mortgaged lands scattered from Knox to Adams
counties, in ten counties in this State. He mortgaged his home property and was thus
enabled to clear his outside property of incumbrance so that he could the better handle
it. In the course of years he managed to dispose of his outside property, some of it at
long time and in one instance at ten yeare. Eventually he was enabled from these sales
to clear himself of debt, though it took him twenty five years to do it. He has made
turnpikes, helped make railroads, cut ditches, built tenant houses and barns, cleared
lands and made fences. He deserves credit for the manly and successful manner in
which he discharged his financial obligations which at one time encumbered him.
Think of the amount of interest he has paid and taxes on these over fifteen hundred
acres of land carried through hard times.
John William GriiHn was married May 2, 1S55, to Anna C. Price. She was born
September 30. 1832, and died June 1, 1S99. She was a most helpful companion to her
husband and nobly bore her part in the duties and responsibilities of their lives, al-
ways maintaining a perfect trust and confidence in her husband's ability to discharge
his financial obligations. To their union were born nine children, of whom five died
young. The four surviving children are: Emily, John Scott, Virginia and Susannah P.
Emily GrifBn, born November 29, 1859, married Lewis Hyde, October 27. 1903. She
and her husband reside at the old Griffin homestead and her father makes his home
with them. Mr. Hyde is a practical farmer.
John Scott Griffin, born January 7. 1862, is one of the leading merchants of Spice-
land. He was married June 1, 1898, to Ruth, daughter of Jesse and Mary Catharine
(McAfee) Nicholson, of New Castle, the ceremony being performed by the Reverend
William , Mason Jennings, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, New Castle. She was
born March IS, 1873. They have three children, namely: Price Nicholson, born March
29, 1899; Louise, born March 8, 1901; and Robert Bond, born January 15, 1904.
Virginia Griffin, born October 10, 1865. was married August 27, 1891, by the Rev-
erend John P. Pennington, to William Littleton Cory, who was bom March 25, 1857. Mr.
Cory is a prosperous farmer and owns an excellent farm immediately adjoining Dimreith
on the south. Mrs. Cory is one of the leading lady educators of the county.
Susannah P. Griffin, born October 26, 1867, was married June 28, 1892, by the
Reverend John P. Pennington, to Alta Evans, a leading merchant and citizen of Spice-
land, who was born November 12, 1868. They have three children, namely: Ralph
Waldo, born June 24, 1S93; Anna Louise, born March 10, 1895; and Dorris, boi-n March 11,
1897.
John William Griffin has had a political career in Henry County which is unique
in that he has neither sought nor held office yet has wielded a very potent influence in
shaping political destinies. For the ten years following 1861, he was the most influ-
ential politician in the county and almost revolutionized the policy of the Republican
party in the county. He was of Whig antecedents, but was too young by a mouth to
vote for Scott and Graham in 1852 and, as State elections became biennial under the
constitution of 1851, he was never able to vote the Whig ticket, tor that party had gone
out of business before the election of 1854. He gave his support in 1856 to the Repub-
lican party ticket, county and State, and voted for its National candidates, Fremont and
Dayton, but he declares that he did not at this time sympathize with the abolition senti-
ments of the party and consequently was not very enthusiastic in its support until 1860.
At the time of his removal to Lake County already mentioned, his cousin, Elihu
Griffin, accompanied him and there afterwards became an influential lawyer and poli-
tician at Crown Point. The prevailing type of Republicanism in that Congressional
district was that often stigmatized in those days in Henry County as "Julianism."
"Then." says Mr. Griffin, "t woke up to the dangers of the situation and gave earnest
thought to the issues at stake with the result that I became an earnest and zealous
Republican of the more radical type." Though not a delegate, he was one -of the only
two men from Lake County, who attended the Republican National Convention at Chi-
cago, which nominated Lincoln and Hamlin; the other was his cousin, Elihu Griffin,
father of the Charles F. Griffin, who was a few years ago. Secretary of State of Indi-
ana. John William Griffin represented The Crown Point Register, and as a representa-
1 132 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
tive Of the press enjoyed rare facilities for seeing, hearing and knowing all that was
going on. He remained throughout the convention and retains the liveliest memories of
its impressive scenes and of the overwhelming joy of the western people at the nomina-
tion of Lincoln.
He returned to Henry County in 1861 just as the war clouds were Ijeginning to
darken the political sky. The county seemed given over to the temporizing policy of
those styled "silver gray Republicans." and this condition of things led him to espouse
the cause of George W. Julian, whom he had met and learned to respect, and with whose
views he was in full accord. Under the old convention system, the rank and file of
the new Republican party had no chance to express their real opinions nor to secure
the nominations of men of their choice. Hence Mr. Griffln, with others, made a fight
for nomination by popular vote, in which they were successful and thus was Mr. Julian
given a chance to succeed in Henry County where a majority of the party were his
friends. Mr. Griffin's ne.\t move was to raise a fund for the purchase of The New
Castle Courier by Elwood Pleas, his brother-in-law, who is now generally conceded to
have been a man of unusual ability and force of character. This was accomplished in
November. 1S62, and to condense much in little, George W. Julian became the choice of
the Henry County Republicans for Congress and continued so to be until 1872. when he
determined to support Horace Greeley for President as against General Grant, and
afterwards acted with the Democratic party as did also his loyal friend and supporter,
John W. Griffin.
During this period. Mr. Griflin was instrumental in bringing forward and advanc-
ing the political fortunes of such men as Seth S. Bennett, who was at the time a poor
blacksmith, schoolteacher and preacher, but little known outside of his immediate neigh-
borhood and the local councils of his church, until Mr. Grifiin and others induced him to
take the stump in answer to Colonel Isaac P. Gray, then a candidate for Congress
against George W. Julian. Mr. Bennett was a natural orator and the readiest and most
effective stump speaker the county has ever had. His canvass made him many friends
and he was urged to run for the General Assembly, when David W. Chambers was
nominated and elected; but Mr. Griffin said "No! Bennett needs an oflice with a better
salary to it," and caused his withdrawal and subsequent nomination and election as
auditor of the county for two terms of four years each. He also brought forward Cap-
tain David W. Chambers for representative in the General Assembly, and Thomas
Reagan for senator. So successful was he that during the ten years of his greatest
political activity, few, if any, of the men to whom he gave his support failed of success.
And yet it may be said to his credit that he never countenanced illegal voting nor en-
couraged corruption either in nominations or elections. Since 1872 he has acted with
the Democratic party, but the feebleness of that party in Henry County has given him
no opportunity for the exercise of his political astuteness, and for that reason his De-
mocracy has been of a passive rather than an active character.
John William Griffin was reared in the Quaker faith, but he took an early interest
in the Union cause during the Civil War and was convinced that the "non-resistance"
theory of the Friends was extreme, and if carried into practise must result in destroying
all civil government. When the draft brought him and the other young men of the
Society face to face with the issue, he refused to avail himself of the exemption extended
by law under certain conditions to persons conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, one
of which was the registry of an oath or affirmation, averring conscientious scruples in
positive terms. Strong church influences were exerted to convince the young men
that duty required them to "plead conscientious," as it was called. To this Mr. Griffin
replied that he was not conscientiously scrupulous against taking arms in defense of
the Union and of political liberty and he denied that either the New Testament or the
authority of the early thinkers and writers of the Society of Friends required or sanc-
tioned the doctrine of "non-resistance" as then insisted upon.
So many of the young men of the Society were already in the army at that time,
so many others were ready to volunteer, and still others were refusing to avail them-
selves of exemption, that it was not deemed wise to enforce the letter of the church
discipline against its members who had entered the military service of their country.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II33
nor against those who refused to secure exemption by making the conscientious plea.
The matter thus remained in statu quo until after the close of the war, probably as
much for the reason that the leaders of the Society realized that the anti-slavery atti-
tude of their church had really had the most potent Influence upon the action of its
young men, as because of the serious loss to the Society involved in cutting oft such a
large number of its most active and intelligent members. Either view of the case was
sufficient to justify the Society when so many of its members looked upon those who
urged the more rigid course as "criers of peace, peace! when there is no peace."
After the war was over, the Society, letting bygone differences rest, sought to renew
the adhesion of its members to the doctrines of peace and non-resistance, and the Indiana
Yearly lUeeting appointed a committee composed of some of its ablest men and women
to hold conferences in that interest, as opportunity might offer. Such a conference was
held in the Friends' meeting house at Spiceland, Indiana, February 9 and 10, 1S68.
Among the well known members of the committee were such men as Barnabas C. Hobbs,
a learned educator and once Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana, and Luke
Woodard, a preacher of the denomination and a poet of much local repute. Mr. Griffin,
with opinions on the question unchanged, attended the conference as a listener, without
thought of taking part in its discussions, but much to his surprise received an urgemt
invitation to join in the discussion and was given an allotment of the time.
With the general results of the debate he was entirely satisfied and felt that he had
maintained his position against a strong but courteous opposition, but he then began to
doubt the propriety of continuing his membership in a religious society with the ex-
pressed views of which he was at variance.
Acting upon this opinion, he sent in his resignation in 1871 to the Spiceland
Monthly Meeting of Friends, which was as follows:
"Spiceland Monthly Meeting of Friends:
"Dear Friends: This is to certify that I hereby discontinue my membership in
your Society. Of the numerous reasons for so doing, I will only mention the following:
"1. -I believe that the Scripture rule found in Matthew, VII, 12, allows civil
government to enforce obedience to goofl laws, even though death ensues. This is
denied by the Society.
"2. That the right to take life for treason or willful murder, claimed by William
Penn in his laws, is as applicable and right now as in his day. This is denied by the
Society.
"3. At the request of members of The Yearly Meeting's Peace Committee, I, with
others, met in discussion, February 9 and 10, 1868, and endeavored to show that our
view of The Golden Rule was not only sustained by the teachings of Penn, Jonathan
Dymond, and other prominent members, but by the general practise of the Society, not
only in early times but to day. For this expression of well-grounded opinions, you
chose in your answers to the sixth query to complain of us to the yearly meeting.
"4. While complaining of the few Friends whose actions corresponded with their
professions, you answered that the rest bore a testimony against bearing arms and all
military services; while it was well known to you that nearly all the members of the
Society heartily participated in the election of officers sworn to execute the law even
though death should ensue; that most members engaged in the year 1868 in electing a
military hero to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, with the
full expectation that they would be faithfully used according to their intent and pur-
pose, and it is very well known to many that a prominent member of the Society and
the Peace Committee, in February, 1868, in a very public way, pledged the Society to a
full vote for General Grant, because of his "well known qualification." It was also well
known to you that members of the Society cheerfully paid all military taxes, levies for
bounties, for substitutes, and commutation moneys; that the Society employed a police
force to protect its sittings and, in short, that its members did everything to support
war, except to risk their own lives.
"5. Furthermore, the yearly meeting has been levying a tax upon Its members for
the purpose of supporting a committee in the advocacy of a peace which they practised
not. and I further believe that the teachings of the committee have a tendency to sub-
1 134 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
vert all civil government and to overturn the power which gives security and protection
to the church organization. I further believe that this committee raised and sustained
by the church, while enjoying to the fullest extent the security and protection the gov-
ernment affords and all the blessings civil government bestows, denies its right to sup-
press a wicked rebellion, or maintain its own periled existence, and that the said com-
mittee are teaching that a consistent Christian may pray for his government, while it
must be left to fight its own battles and take care of itself.
"6. There is a prevailing disposition in the Society, and especially among its pub-
lic teachers, to denounce all criticism, both public and private, styling such, however
kindly meant or conscientiously made, as 'an attack upon the ministry,' a 'pulling down
from within.' as 'the works of the devil,' as 'coming from the unregenerate heart,' as
'being among the various forms of infidelity,' 'a persecution of God's faithful servants,-
and asserting that such offenders should be 'turned out.' In view of these and many other
facts, I prefer to 'go out' where
'There is freedom to him w^ho would read.
There is freedom to him who would write.
There are none so afraid the truth should be heard
As they whom the truth would indict.'
"Yours very truly,
"John W. Griffin."
"September 11, 1871."
A committee of the Society thereupon waited upon him and assured him that he-
would be welcome to retain his membership with all of its privileges, without recanta-
tion. He then said: "Does that mean that I will have entire liberty to express my
honest opinions upon all matters of general import to the Society, including that of
peace? I can not think so and hence think I had better withdraw." After a moment's
consideration, one of the committee responded: "I think thee is in the right of it," to
which the committee as well as Mr. Griffin assented. Thus in friendship with and good
will for the Society, he surrendered his membership, and after the many years that
have passed, he still considers the stand taken and maintained by him during the war
to have been the correct one. It was a crucial test of his manhood and integrity of
character and he felt it to be far wiser and better to give up his membership than to
remain a dissatisfied member, yielding assent to doctrines he could not endorse.
It is not the purpose of this sketch either to affirm or deny the political and reli-
gious opinions and actions of Mr. Griffin, as set forth largely in his own language, but
simply to give them as having been important factors in his life and character and in
the history of the county at a most critical period in its affairs and in the life of the
State and of the Nation.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II35
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLES SLATEN HERNLY.
I^VWl'ER, COU>'Ty OFFICIAL, llAIUiOAD rRO:MOTt;K.
The man who has attained distinction among his fellows is often said to be an
"accident," but if an inexorable law of cause and effect orders and governs nature, it
must equally apply to the affairs of men, and to the seeker after truth will be revealed
the natural causes of human success which are hidden from the unthinking multitude
and by them vaguely called "accident."' Ability to see and to grasp opportunities, wis-
dom in planning great enterprises, foresight in management, skill in handling men, these
are elements of success which remove their possessor from the category of accidents and
make him the architect of his own fortune. Charles Slaten Hernly during an extended
career has displayed so many of these commanding qualities, united with tireless energy
and determination, that he is fairly entitled to be considered one of Henry County's
foremost citizens.
To compile an accurate genealogy of this old family would be a voluminous task
and for that reason reference to the family in this sketch is confined chiefly to the grand-
parents and parents of its subject. They were a hardy people, German in speech, and for
the most part tillers of the soil. Self reliance has always been a trait of the family, its
several members dejiending for success in life upon their individual efforts.
The records of the Hernly family carry it back to the German cantons of Switzer-
land whence in 1759 Ulrich Hoernli, as the name appears in the early records, immigrated
to America where he settled on a farm near what is now Manheim, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. The house there erected by him is still standing, weather beaten but sound,
and is still owned in the family, the property never having passed out of the Hernly name.
There is hardly a fairer section of country in this broad land than the fertile and marvel-
ously cultivated fields of Lancaster County and they present to the passing traveler a
scene of rare agricultural beauty. Ulrich Hoernli (Hernly) purchased the lands upon
which he settled of Thomas and Richard Penn, brothers of the more famous William
Penn, the friend of a king and the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. A copy of
the original deed of conveyance from the Penn brothers to his ancestor is now in the
possession of Charles S. Hernly.
Ulrich Hoernli (Hernly) had four sons, named Christian, Isaac. Abram and John.
The last named died young and unmarried. Christian was the great grandfather of
Amos B. and Henry B. Hernly, the former of whom is now a resident of New Castle,
Indiana, aged eighty one years, and the latter of whom is a resident of Prairie Township.
Henry County, four miles north of New Castle, on the Muncie pike. Their father, John,
son of Abram Hernly, came to Henry County in 1844 and at one time was the owner of
more than thirteen hundred acres of land in the northern part of the couniy.
John Hernly. son of Isaac Hernly. was the father of Henry Hernly, the last named
being the father of Charles Slaten Hernly. The mother of Henry was Barbara -(Lichty)
Hernly. Both John and Barbara, his wife, lived in Henry County. Upon his death he was
buried in the Reiman Cemetery, on Symons Creek, two miles north of Cambridge City,
Wayne County, Indiana, and she returned to the family home in Pennsylvania, where she
died and is buried.
Henry, father of Charles S., and Maria (Reiman) Hernly, his wife, were both natives
of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came to Wayne County, Indiana, in 1844 and
settled on Symons Creek, two miles north of Cambridge City, at the Keplinger Mills,
where for about ten years he operated a flour mill and distillery combined. In 1855 he
purchased the water flour mill, known far and wide as the "Blue River Mills," two and
a half miles north of New Castle, Henry County, and to the right of the Muncie pike.
He also purchased the farm attached to the mill. He operated this mill, farmed the land
and raised fine cattle and hogs, the combined businesses proving both pleasing and profit-
able. Henry Hernly was a quiet, unassuming man, exceedingly industrious and honest.
He was also a man of firm convictions, a good neighbor and a good friend. He believed
in Divine Providence and lived a righteous life. He died November 29, 1872, aged fifty-
six years, and his remains are interred in South Mound Cemetery.
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After the death of his first wife, Maria {Reiman)Hernly, who died in 1S53, and
whose remains are buried in the Reiman Cemetery, above mentioned. Henry Hernly mar-
ried Mary Hoffacker. a native of Maryland, of German descent. She is still living and
resides in New Castle where she receives the constant and tender attention of her son,
Charles S. Hernly. The children of Henry Hernly by his first wife were: one daughter
who died In infancy; John R. and Henry L., both of New Castle; and William, deceased.
The children of Henry Hernly by his second wife were: Kate, Rebecca and Homer, all
deceased; Prank, who resides at Jonesboro, Indiana, where he is connected with the
Indiana Rubber Company; and Charles Slaten Hernly. the subject of this sketch.
The flouring mill heretofore mentioned in this article is no longer known. The race
that furnished the water, that gave the power, that turned the wheels, has run dry and
the old mill has been moved to another spot, a half mile away, where it stands a melan-
choly ruin. Not far from the original site of this famous mill are now located the house
and grounds of the Country Club of New Castle. The tender memories clinging around
the old mill have been embalmed in the sentiment so happily expressed by Charles S.
Hernly who called it "the home of the honey bee and the wild flower." It is a romantic
spot, set amid rural scenes where youth can disport in plentitude of pleasures and where
old age can find relief and rest from the hum of the busy world. The little Blue, fed by
innumerable springs of pure, sparkling, invigorating waters, meanders with musical
cadence through the valley, which is here circled in a veritable amphitheatre of green and
gold, the whole presenting a panoramic, pastoral scene of natural beauty and quiet charm.
CHARLES SLATKN HERXLY.
It was in the rural home, a log cabin with clapboaLrd roof, set almost in the center
of the spot above described and not far from the old mill, that Charles Slaten Hernly
was born September 23. 1856. and his own description of the place, poetically expressed,
is here appropriately inserted. It is entitled "The Old Water Mill" and is as follows:
"I remember the days that have long gone by
And my thoughts turn back Lo the place
Where I was born and lived, as a child.
To the farm and fields by the long mill race
And that log cabin which stood by the rill.
Just across the road from the Old Water Mill.
"If I had my choice, I would live there now.
With father and mother and the girls and the boys.
And listen to the song birds singing sweet
In the big tall trees by that home full of joys,
I say, if I could, I would live there still.
In that log cabin by the Old Water Mill.
"I have seen the city with Its glaring lights
That shut out the stars and the moon's soft rays.
And my thoughts turn to better things.
Where I lived as a boy in other days.
With never a care to stagger nor frill
The mind, in the cabin by the Old Water Mill.
"Life's burdens and sorrows come to us with age,
And that grim monster, which destroys everything.
Never stops working, but gets in the way
Of ambition, and strikes with his sting,
I'll be ready to go, if I can rest on the hill
Where I played as a boy, by the Old Water Mill.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II37
When but a youtli of ten or twelve years of age, Charles S. Hernly met with
physical misfortune which necessitated the amputation of his left leg, near the hip joint
This naturally more or less affected his career and he became an earnest student, at
tending with regularity the district or country school and later the schools at New Castle.
He also spent a year or more at the Spiceland Academy, under the care of that able
teacher, Clarkson Davis. He in time became a teacher himself and followed that pro-
fession until 1876, when he entered the office of Brown and Polk, New Castle, and com
menced to read law. He was admitted to the bar of the Henry Circuit Court in 1879
Robert L. Polk, who had in the meantime been elected judge of the court, presiding.
Mr. Hernly at once entered into partnership with S. Hadley Brown, and during a period
of ten or twelve years this firm did a large and lucrative legal business. During this
period Mr. Hernly served for four years as clerk of the Board of Trustees of New Castle.
Like the rest of his family, Mr. Hernly is a Republican and his versatile and
energetic character soon drew him into the open field of politics. He was for a number of
years the committeeman for his precinct and by his activity added greatly to the Repub-
lican strength. From precinct committeeinan he was advanced to the qhairmanship of
the Republican County Central Committee and his personality soon recommended him
to the party and he became a power in the political affairs of the county, the district and
the State. In 1890 his political activity was rewarded by nomination and election to
the clerkship of the Henry Circuit Court, a position which he filled acceptably to the
people of the county and creditably to himself.
He was now in line for higher political distinction and in 1898 became chairman
of the Republican State Central Committee. Mr. Hernly took up the work of this respon-
sible and powerful position with characteristic energy and carried his party triumphantly
through the exciting campaigns of 1898 and 1900. No campaigns were ever more syste-
matically fought than these under the leadership of Chairman Hernly and the party
success is largely ascribed to his individual efforts. No man could have done more to
bring about that unity of action so essential to winning the battle of the ballots. He
placed great reliance on precinct organization and with that work well done considered
the battle more than half won. His large personal acquaintance was also of great im-
portance. He probably knew more voters by sight and could call more by their full
names and locate them by precinct or district than any other person in the State.
Cool, calculating and diplomatic, his large grasp of affairs was amply demonstrated in
these campaigns and his political reputation greatly increased. He believed in carrying
out the pledges of his party and appointed the commission that drafted the present
county and township laws of Indiana.
Since that time the qualities shown by him in politics have been turned with
equal success to the industrial field. He was an important factor in the organization
of the New Castle Industrial Company in 1902 and much of its success may be attributed
to his foresight and ability as an organizer. This association was the cause of the
subsequent rapid growth of New Castfe in population, manufactures and general business.
To its activity may be ascribed the location at New Castle of the Krell-French Piano
Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world; the Shovel Factory: the
Rolling Mill: the Pan-American Bridge Company, and many lesser business interests,
almost all of which had their inception after the incorporation of the Industrial Company.
On December 23. 1880, Charles Slaten Hernly was united in marriage with Elizabeth
Thornburgh, daughter of the late Hiram and Lydia (Creek) Thornburgh. This has been
a happy union and with equal step they have trod the path of life together. To them
have been born two children. Frost B. and Mary Victoria. The former is now a young
man grown. He is engaged in the activities of life and with added years gives promise
of a successful business career. Mary "Victoria is now in the heyday of young girlhood,
and is the flower of the household. She is fond of music, happy in her studies, quick to
learn and a favorite with her many girl friends and associates.
The crowning w-ork of Mr. Hernly's life has so far been the successful promotion
in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and the financing of one of the most
important public enterprises ever projected for the benefit of that section of Indiana
which embraces the territory extending from Indianapolis to New Castle, to Muncie and
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to Richmond, and finally terminates in the city of Toledo, Ohio, known as the Indianapolis,
New Castle and Toledo Electric Railway. His success in this matter assures to Eastern
Indiana a system of interurban railways second in magnitude to that of no other State,
and will make New Castle a point of entry and exit next in Importance to Indianapolis.
His tearless energy and determination have borne down all opposition to this great enter-
prise and as benefits begin to accrue from it, the importance of his labors will be more
and more appreciated in the community in which he lives. He is still a young man, as
years are counted, and he may be confidently expected to accomplish still greater things.
Charles S. Hernly is not a member of any religious body but through his wife,
who is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, he gives that denomination his
cordial support and in language not to be misunderstood expresses his firm belief in the
Christian religion. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has taken all the de-
grees of ancient Craft Masonry including that of Knight Templar, and all of the
degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry including the Thirty-Second degree. He is a Knight
of Pythias, a member of the order of Elks and of the Improved Order of Red Men.
Socially, he is a hail fellow, well met. As host, he is unequaled; he is liberal to a fault
and sympathizes with those who are in trouble and, so far as he is able, cheerfully aids
the needy. He believes that bread cast upon the waters will return after many days.
ANCESTRY OF MKS. CHARLES S. (THORNBURGH) HERNLY.
Mrs. Hernly on the paternal side is a great granddaughter of David Hoover, who
settled two miles north of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, in 1806. Her father,
Hiram Thornburgh, was the eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hoover) Thornburgh.
He was born in New Castle, April 14, 1827. No man was probably better known during his
life of sixty years in his native town. Everybody was his friend and he was the friend
of everybody.
On the maternal side, Mrs. Hernly is a descendant of John Creek, her mother's father,
who was born September 13, 1774, and died October 12, 18.51. The family came originally
from Germany and settled first in Greenbrier County, Virginia, but prior to 1800 moved
to Union County. Indiana. The remains of John Creek are buried in the private cemetery
on the home farm in Union County. John Creek was married three times and was the
father of seventeen children. His third wife was Ann (Collet) Creek, born December 22,
1795. They were married at Brookville, Indiana. The children by his last wife were:
Lydia (Creek) Thornburgh, born July 19, 1832, the mother of Mrs. Hernly; Charles C;
John: Margaret; and one child which died in infancy. John Creek farmed on a large
scale and also gave great attention to the raising of live stock, horses being his specialty.
His son, Charles C, uncle of Mrs. Hernly, is also a farmer and stock raiser. He is the
only surviving son of this family of seventeen children and is one of the most prominent
agriculturists in Union County, near Liberty, where he has lived all his life. He is the
father of Raymond Creek, who now resides with his family in New Castle, where he is
engaged with Charles S. Hernly in promoting and building what is known as the Indi-
anapolis, New Castle and Toledo electric railway, which has been poetically, if not appro-
priately, described as the "Honey Bee and Wild Flower Route." In this enterprise Mr.
Hernly's son. Frost B.. is also actively engaged and has done much to bring the matter
to its present successful stage.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II39
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN CRAIG HUDELSON.
FAKlIEIi, COUXTY OFFICIAL ANn RAIUiOAD PROMOTER.
The genealogical record of the John Craig Hudelson, branch of the large Henry-
County family of -that name is very incomplete. It is, however, historically correct that
Mr. Hudelson's grandfather, John Hudelson, was a native of Pennsylvania, that he was
a soldier of the Revolutionary War and that he lost an arm while in the service of his
country. There is no record of the birth or death of either of his grandparents, nor of
the time of their leaving Pennsylvania and moving into Kentucky. Their remains are
buried in the last named State. They were the parents of five sons: David, Samuel,
'. ..liam, James, Alexander, the next to the last named being the father of the subject
• 1: I* .s sketch.
James Hudelson, the father, was born in Kentucky, and Esther (Craig) Hudelson,
the mother of John Craig Hudelson, was born in Tennessee, the former in 1788 and the
latter in 1797. They left Kentucky in 1S31 and came to Indiana, where they settled near
what is now the village of Ogden, in the southwestern part of Henry County, on the line
between Henry and Rush counties. Within twenty days after their arrival in the new
country, the father was stricken with typhoid fever and died and was buried near the
pioneer home in a special grave, there being at that time no grave yard or cemetery in
the settlement. His widow survived him many years, dying in 1879. She is buried in
Shiloh Cemetery. Rush County, Indiana. They were the parents of eight children, five
boys and three girls, as follows: Mary; John C, the subject of this sketch; JaTie; Wil-
liam; James; Samuel; Elizabeth; and David. John C. is the sole survivor of the family.
In answer to questions relating to the condition of the country in 1831, John C.
Hudelson says: "It was nothing but a vast forest, no roads, hardly a foot path, no farms,
no improvements, no nothing of a civilized character other than an occasional cabin and
a bit of clearing." Those old pioneers must have been a rugged race, strong of arm and
stout of heast to penetrate the wilderness, braving a thousands dangers to carve out
homes for themselves in those vast forests hitherto given over to savage animals and still
more savage men.
JOHN CRAIG HUDELSON.
Amid such surroundings, the fatherless found themselves. A grand and courageous
woman must the mother of the bereaved family have been to face a future in the
wilderness with no one to provide for them. Upon John C. the eldest son, then a lad only
eleven years of age, fell a large share of the burden. He manfully took hold of affairs
and the combined efforts of the family established a permanent home, cleared the land
and rendered it productive. He was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, August 24,
1820, and came to Henry County with his parents as above stated. He remained on the
farm until he was twenty-seven years of age. In 1843, however, he met with an accident
which unfitted him for the physical labors of the farm. Near Mt. Healthy. Ohio, six miles
from Cincinnati, while driving with a friend on the way to Kentucky to visit the old
home, the horse became frightened by a sharp flash of lightening and loud clap of thunder
and whirled about, overturning the buggy which rolled down the hillside until it lodged
against a fence. Mr. Hudelson's ankle was broken but fortunately the scene of the acci-
dent was near the home of Alice and Phoebe Carey, the well known poet sisters, to which
he was carried and where for three or four weeks he was cared for until able to return
to his home. The tender care and faithful nursing which he received at "Clover Nook,"
as the home of the Carey sisters was named, has ever been one of his most cherished
memories.
This accident resulted in his quitting the farm after which he for a time drove a
team for himself and others. He also engaged in other enterprises among them being a
speculation in dried peaches which he purchased in large quantities in Eastern Indiana
and peddled through the northern and western parts of the State. The venture proved
successful and the profits of his first and probably only trip were sufficient to purchase
a suit of clothes much more stylish than the home made jeans he h^ hitherto worn.
II40 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTY.
His education had suffered because of the necessarily imposed labors of his child-
hood and youth, and always remained limited. Referring to the fact that he had been
elected justice of the peace, he himself says in his memoirs that "it was a question with
me whether to accept the position because of my deficiency in book learning." He
managed, however, to learn to read and write and to obtain a knowledge of the primary
rules of arithmetic. But his deficiencies in this respect were counterbalanced by keen
observation and strong common sense.
While a justice of the peace, he was nominated in 1847 by the Whig party and elected
Treasurer of Henry County. He was re-elected in 1850, thus serving two terms of three
years each. His election to office necessitated his removal from the farm to New Castle,
the county seat, where he has resided continuously to the present time, except a few
years spent on his farm southwest of that place. When he assumed the duties of the
treasurer's office, he was a young unmarried man. He speedily made the acquaintance
of the citizens of the town and the people of the county, and his genial nature, suave
deportment and polite speech presently made him the most popular young man in tne
community. He took "board and lodging" with James Calvert at that time, the land-
lord of the Exchange Hotel, which stood on the corner now occupied by the Citizens'
State Bank. He made a competent and satisfactory treasurer and retired from the
office with, what was in that day, a competency.
After serving the people of Henry County as treasurer for six years, he was in 1853
appointed paymaster of that portion of the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago railroad,
then under construction, extending from Richmond to Logansport. This road afterwards
became the Panhandle branch of the great Pennsylvania System and is now classed
under the head of the "Pennsylvania lines." Mr. Hudelson's duties as paymaster carried
him from Martindale Creek, in Wayne County, to Sulphur Springs, in Henry County.
Upon the completion of the road in 1853-4, he was employed as a conductor and was the
first to take a train across Blue River, north of New Castle, in April. 1854. He took a
great interest in the building of the road and had so great faith in its future that he and
a number of his friends took a large amount of stock, afterwards merged into the bonds of
the road, all of which within a few years became valueless. Mr. Hudelson held ten
thousand dollars of these worthless bonds and the loss was a severe blow to him.
From a publication issued by George P. Emswiler, of Richmond, Indiana, in 1897,
the following with regard to the Panhandle road as it was in 1S53-4 is gleaned:
"The first engine that ever ran over the road was called the 'Swinette.' * * * It
had no pilot or cow-catcher in front like the engines of to day. No coal was used in 'firing
an engine in those days, wood only being the fuel. The smokestack on the Swinette was
a very large affair, spreading out at the top with a large seive covering it to let the sparks
and ashes escape. The Swinette coming down the road * * * at night, when she was
steamed and her firebox stuffed with dry wood * « * left a string of fire coals stream-
ing over her back like the tail of a comet. Painted on her sides was a picture of a man
with a pig under his arm, the tail of the pig in his mouth, and the music was invoked,
from grunt, basso profundi, to high C, by the strength of the bite inflicted on the tail
of his plgship. The Swinette had a twin sister, the Julia Dean. It was, if anything,
smaller than the Swinette and as she name sailing along looked like a sugar trough with
a stovepipe stuck up in the center of it. If either of these engines ever struck a cow on
the track it was simply a question of which went into the ditch. * * * Every town
of any importance along the road had an engine named for it. There were the New
Castle, the Logansport, the Anderson and the Chicago. These were all handsome engines
for the day, but the best of all of them was the "Old Hoosier." She was the favorite of
all the engineers who ever traveled the road.
"John Smock was the first engineer who ever ran an engine on the road. * * *
Smock was a terrible swearer and it is said could curse the old Swinette until it would
begin to move without fire, water or steam. Among the early engineers on the road was a
man named Skinner. He for several years ran the old Chicago, a monster engine for
that day. He also could swear making the air blue, if anything went wrong." The arti-
cle goes on to say that "Tom Clark was the first conductor on the road * * * He
knew everybody and everybody knew him. He swore, chewed tobacco, drank good liquor
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I I4I
and had a good time generally. * * * There was only one train each way from
Richmond to Anderson then. Tom Clark was the only conductor and ran the whole
business."
"Then came John C. Hudelson, Charley Lincoln and Elijah Holland, of New Castle.
'Lige' always wore a blue cloth, spiketail coat with brass buttons. « * * Then
there were Charley Muchmore, Billy Patterson, a man named Bogart, and others whose
names are forgotten." Continuing the article says: "John C. Hudelson is still living
(1S97) a retired life in New Castle and is one of the largest landowners in Henry
County. He has acres and acres of Blue River bottom land that one can see as he nears
New Castle on the Panhandle train. It looks like the garden of Eden." Again re-
ferring to the "Old Hoosier" it should be stated that "Mark Smith was the engineer who
handled her throttle. He was as much a favorite as was his engine. Every man, woman
and child on the road knew Mark Smith and loved him. The 'Hoosier' had a whistle that
outwhistled all others. People used to say that her whistle, when thrown wide open,
would shake the beech nuts off the trees along the road. There are those now living
who will remember Mark Smith, John Smock, Tom Clark, Charley Lincoln, whose widow
still lives in Richmond, Billy Patterson, Elijah Holland and Charley Muchmore."
From his early youth to within the last few years, Mr. Hudelson has always been
interested in political affairs. As a Whig, though too young at the time to vote, he did
acceptable work in the campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," in 1840, and in 1844
he cast his first presidential vote for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, who, however, failed
of election. This campaign left the party in a weakened condition from which it never
recovered. The defeat and final extinction of the old Whig party grieved its many
adherents beyond expression. Its chief mourners were such great men as Webster, Clay,
Lincoln, Greeley, Seward, John Sherman, Thomas Corwin, Caleb B. Smith, and hundreds
of others who had rendered it loyal and willing service. But its mission was ended and
from its ashes arose the Republican party which since 1861 has for the most part domi-
nated the affairs of the country.
The doom of the Whig party was foreseen as early as 1852 and the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill by Congress which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was
the final blow. Mr. Hudelson was chairman of the Henry County Whig Central Commit-
tee in 1854 and with an eye to the inevitable offered a resolution to postpone the conven-
tion of that year and await developments. The resolution as he relates "was greeted with
groans and hisses and cries of 'traitor, traitor, carry him out,' and so on. The resolu-
tion was voted down and a full Whig ticket for the county offices was nominated." Mat-
ters moved even more rapidly than he had anticipated. The Indiana Whig members of
Congress said, "We must now combine all elements that oppose the further extension of
slavery into one great party to resist the common peril." On that basis a State conven-
tion was called and the new party which was the forerunner of the Republican party, was
organized and temporarily known as the "People's party." It was made up of Whigs. Anti-
slavery Democrats, Free Soilers and old-time Abolitionists. The year 1854 was conse-
quently one of great political upheaval. Mr. Hudelson was still in the railroad service
but he had kept steadily in touch with the politics of the county and State, and as a
result of the advanced stand he had taken on the questions then agitating the public
mind, he was in 1855 nominated by the new People's party and elected Clerk of the Henry
Circuit Court. He was clerk from November 1. 1855 to November 1. 1859, and flilled the
position most satisfketorily to the public.
In 1856 Mr. Hudelson assisted in the organization of the Republican party and was
an ardent supporter of Fremont and Dayton, the first national standard bearers of the
new party. He wrote, talked and made formal speeches favoring the principles of the
party and laid special stress upon that part of the platform which advocated the rescue
of Kansas and all other territories from the grasp of the slave power. In this campaign,
while traveling in the southern part of the county, on a political mission, he received a
serious injury in a railroad accident which resulted in the amputation of his lame leg.
His allegiance to the Republican party continued until long after the Civil War and
he has always been a warm admirer of the immortal Lincoln. His first difference with his
party arose over its financial policies and he joined the short-lived Greenback or Fiat-
1 142 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HE.NRY COUNTY.
Money party. He afterwards joined the Granger or People's party and when that organiza-
tion was relegated to the graveyard of political parties, he became a Prohibitionist and
subsequently a "Free Silverite" under the leadership of William Jennings Bryan. During
the preparation of this sketch of himself, when questioned as to his opinion of the present-
day policies of the Government, he replied: "I have been delighted with the conduct and
policy of the Government as it is now administered by President Theodore Roosevelt."
He has always been actuated by principle in his political conduct and has exercised an
independence as rare as it is commendable.
John Craig Hudelson has always been a very busy man. Early in life he determined
upon farming as his vocation and as soon as able began to buy land. His first purchase
consisted of two hundred and forty live acres, two and a half miles southwest of New Cas-
tle, where he lived with his family for fifteen years. Since that time he has lived in New
Castle. This farm is a fine one, well improved and highly cultivated. It is now occupied
by Mr. Hudelson's third son, William Elliott (Ella) Hudelson and family. He next
bought of Jacob Shopp what was known as the Thomas Henderson farm, two miles north
of New Castle, on the Little Blue River. To this he has added the John Newcomer, the
Samuel Hedrick, and a part of the Rufus Mellett farms, comprising in all five hundred
and eighty five acres. Assisted by his fourth son, Charles Treat Hudelson, he gives to
this farm his close personal attention, in the busy season going to it early in the morning
from his home in town and returning late at night. The farm is in the great Blue River
Valley amid scenes of rare agricultural beauty. The two farms embrace eight hundred
and thirty acres of which more than five hundred are under cultivation. Mr. Hudelson is
not financially interested in the numerous industrial enterprises of the day. He is a
practical farmer and finds enough to do in keeping abreast of the improved methods of
the day in cultivation of the land. He also pays much attention to stock raising,
especially cattle and hogs.
John C. Hudelson is the oldest living member of New Castle Lodge, Number 91,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1903 was tendered a reception by the lodge
In honor of his connection with it of more than fifty years, but at that time he was
physically unable to be present and was represented by his son, John C. Hudelson, junior.
He warmly indorses the principles of the order which he believes go hand in hand with
his duties to the church. He is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is
a generous supporter of that denomination and a liberal but unostentatious contributor
to its charities.
For nearly seventy five years he has been a resident of Henry County and is one of
the very few pioneers left to tell the story of its early settlement. There is probably no
man in the county who has been more conspicuous in its history. He has always been a
man of great industry and perseverance and now oppressed by the weight of years, he
remains as industrious, careful and persevering as in his younger days. He is of a
positive nature, independent in thought and action, and a man of singular fortitude.
The rains of Summer and the snows of Winter may descend but he is not dismayed; he
welcomes the sun but fails to see disaster in the clouds; slight of build and apparently not
strong physically, he is, nevertheless, fearless of exposure and intent only upon finishing
the business to which he may have set his hand.
On July 7, 18.59, John Craig Hudelson was united in marriage with Amanda Vir-
ginia Black, daughter of Mrs. Jane Black, the ceremony being performed in the Method-
ist Episcopal Church by the Reverend James S. Ferris. They became the parents of four
sons, as follows; James B.. born in New Castle, April 20, 1860; died January 4, 1870;
John C, junior, born in Henry County, July 4, 1865; William Elliott (Ella) and Charles
Treat, twins, born in Henry County, October 7, 1871. James B. was a bright and
promising lad and his death was a severe blow to his parents. John C, junior, has been
for a number of years a resident of Trinidad. Colorado, where he is cashier of the First
National Bank and where he enjoys the confidence and esteem of the entire community.
His wife, Kitty, to whom he was married August 19, 1886, by the Reverend James H.
Ford, is a native of New Castle. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J.
Harrison. They have one child, a daughter, named Bessie Gay, who is now a charming
young woman, eighteen years of age. Mrs. Harrison is now a widow. She was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mowrer and resides in New Castle.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 1 143
William Elliott Hudelson, better known as "Ella," was united in marriage with
Pearl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam L. Craven, of New Castle, October 12, 1892, by
the Reverend Charles H. Brown. They are the parents of one child, Hazel Lee, nine
years of age, who is a bright and winning young girl. "Ella" has charge of and resides
with his family on the farm southwest of New Castle.
Charles Treat Hudelson was married February 22, 1S93, to Bessie W.. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fisher, of Henry County, the ceremony being performed by the
Reverend Charles H. Brown. They are the parents of five children, namely: Gladys May,
Alice Amanda. Howard. John F. and Esther Marie. The family reside in the old Black
homestead, which has been so long a landmark at the south end of Main street. New
Castle. John C. Hudelson, the father, makes his home with this son, and it is from here
that he manages his big farm north of the town.
ANCESTRY OF MRS. JOHN C. (BLACK) HUDELSON.
Mrs. John C. Hudelson. born Amanda Victoria Black, was the daughter of James and
Jane (Elliott) Black. She was born at Laporte, Indiana, September 6, 1836, where her
father was engaged in the tanning business. James Black, her father, was born at Staun-
ton. Virginia, November 20, 1808, and died at Laporte, August 5, 1849. Her mother,
who was born May 10, 1819, was a sister of the late Judge Jehu T. Elliott, of New
Castle, and after the death of her husband she moved with her family to that town where
she resided with her family until her own death which occurred September 7, 1864.
The children of James and Jane (Elliott) Black were Amanda V., Nathaniel Elliott
(Ella) and Kate J. The last named is the widow of the late Bdghill B. McMeans, who
died September 1. 1899. They had no children and since the death of her husband,
whose memory will always be very dear to her, she has resided alone in her beautiful
home in New Castle.
Nathaniel Elliott (Ella) Black was for a number of years one of the most energetic
and successful business men of New Castle and Henry County. He was born with the
trading instinct and was far-seeing and prudent in business matters and always ready to
grasp opportunity as it came. He was a man of genial disposition, a good story-teller,
and held his friends with hooks of steel. He died in September, 1890. His wife was
Esther, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kinsey. She was a woman of esti-
mable character who did not long survive her husband but died in February, 1893. They
were the parents of two children, namely: Josie, a sweet and lovable child, who died
April 22, 1882; and Georgia, who is now Mrs. Herbert H. Hadley, of Indianapolis. She
is a charming woman and is devoted to her husband and their children — Elliott Black,
Harlan H. and Charles Austin.
Amanda V. (Black) Hudelson was a woman of fine mind, a thoroughly educated
and accomplished teacher, and an earnest Christian. At the age of sixteen years, she
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and all of her beautiful life rendered heartfelt
devotion to the great truths of religion. She was the life and light of a home rendered
delightful by her presence and care. Her death deprived her husband of a source of
inspiration and her children of a surpassing affection.
Her remains together with those of her family who are deceased are buried in
South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, where from year to year sweet flowers are scattered
in their memory.
1 144 HAZZ^UiDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LEVI ALLEN JENNINGS.
MASUF.VCTUREK, MERCHAXT AXD LEADING CITIZEN.
The industrial methods practiced in Henry County, until after the Civil War, were
those of the small shop or local factory of limited capacity. The pioneer in the larger
field of modern manufacturing was a young man from Ashland, Ohio, named Levi Allen
Jennings, who came to New Castle in 1867 and began business in a modest and unobtru-
sive way. His initial step was the purchase gt an interest in a saw mill for the cutting
of the native hardwood and other timber into lumber for building and manufacturing
purposes, and. under his lead, the firm of which he had thus become a part also engaged,
somewhat tentatively, in the general lumber trade. A few months' experience convinced
Mr. Jennings that there was a good field for the lumber, sash, door, blind and general
building material trade in New Castle and the surrounding territory.
With this idea in mind, he began buying out his partners, who were too thoroughly
grounded in the pioneer way of doing things to adopt his progressive ideas; and in a short
time he had secured the entire business and began its expansion into the large and remun-
erative trade which he has conducted for so many years and to certain branches of
which he is, in the afternoon of life, still devoting his energies. He did not attempt
to accomplish this at a single bound or by the short cut of doubtful speculations, often
leading to financial ruin, but by studying carefully every phase of the question and then
by applying to its execution, the most persistent industry. He pushed his undertakings
to success by a series of rapid movements while others were prophesying failure, yet he
never lost sight of those sound business principles which are so often forgotten or ignored
by men of impulsive natures. It has been this close union of care and push that has won
for him his splendid success and given him the honorable title of "father of Henry
County's Industries."
Levi Allen Jennings was the son of Obadiah and Mary Jennings, of Wayne County,
Ohio, who afterwards moved to New Castle, Indiana, where they both died, Mr. Jenning's
mother going first and his father a few years later, and their ashes lie in South Mound
Cemetery. His paternal ancestors were English and his maternal ancestors were Penn-
sylvania Dutch. Obadiah and Mary Jennings were both born in Pennsylvania and lived
there until their marriage. At an early day thereafter they left Pennsylvania and,
braving the dangers of the journey across the Alleghanies, came with all their moveable
property in a one horse wagon into the wild woods of Central Ohio to open a farm in tb
wilderness, where their son, Levi Allen Jennings, was born May 6, 1834.
In this new land he grew up amid the rude surroundings of the log cabin pe ■ jd
and was from early boyhood inured to the straggles and privations of the pioneers, of
the Central West. While these bred in him a certain spirit of discontent and a longing
for larger opportunities, they were of inestimable value in teaching him the wise lessons
of industry, economy and patient effort. Not content with the rudimentary education
furnished by the district schools, young Jennings, in the pursuit of knowledge, read by
the light of the evening fire and conned his lessons as he followed the plow in the stumpy
fields. The time that other boys lost in idleness or doubtful pleasures, he spent in self-im-
provement and he was soon so well grounded in the essentials that he was admitted with
the consent of his parents to the college at Hayesville, Ohio, where by working mornings
and evenings at such tasks as he could ^nd to do, he managed to pay his way for two
terms. He then spent two years and a half at the well known high school of Ashland,
Ohio, where he mastered much of the mathematical and scientific courses
besides giving considerable study to the English language and literature and
to Latin and Greek, but his financial needs rendered it necessary for him
to leave school and engage in teaching, expecting to return after a time
and complete his studies, but the link in his educational life thus broken
was never welded. His school days were closed. It was during these years of
his studious boyhood that he met another ambitious lad who, under similar difficulties,
was eagerly seeking to pass beyond the limits of the narrow life that hedged them in.
William B. Allison, afterwards United Sates Senator from Iowa, was reared upon a clear-
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ing about three miles distant from tlie Jennings home in Ohio, and was about four years
older than Mr. Jennings, and it is quite probable that his influence upon his more youth-
ful companion was most salutary. The two became united in a friendship that has
never been broken.
It was while Levi A. Jennings was teaching that an event occurred which diverted
him from scholarly pursuits and induced him to adopt the business career for which he
was most admirably fitted. His uncle, J. O. Jennings, then and now a prominent banker
of Ashland, Ohio, was a man of great business capacity and possessed a seemingly intui-
tive knowledge of men. He took an interest in young men whom he found to be studious,
efficient and careful and was often pleased to give them opportunities to demonstrate their
ability. When the new county of Ashland, Ohio, was formed and the town of Ashland
made its county seat, so great was the personal popularity of Jacob 0. Jennings that,
although the new county was strongly Democratic and he himself a Whig, he was
appointed clerk of the courts. His own time being devoted to his private affairs, he
appointed William B. Allison, then a law student, his chief deputy, who transacted the
business of the office in a masterly manner. Levi A. Jennings was then attending school.
At the end of Jacob O. Jennings' term, the dominant political party claimed the office and
elected their candidate who proved incompetent and at the next election Mr. Jennings
was elected to the office by a large vote. He had naturally been watching the career of hi;
nephew and now sought him out and tendered him the principal deputyship. The
position under the circumstances was not a desirable one but after some deliberation
was accepted and for three years — the full term — he discharged its duties to the satisfac-
tion of his principal and of the public. He then retired from official life to engage
in private business. He remembers his uncle as his good genius in business and in a
large sense refers all his successes in life to his kindly assistance and friendly advice in
those early days of his career.
He looks upon his life in Ashland as the halcyon days of his career in which youth-
ful enthusiasm made easy the endurance of hard and continuous toil. Among the pleasing
incidents ot his life there was the renewal and strengthening of his friendship with
William B. Allison who was deputy prosecutor for the common pleas and district courts
of Ashland County at the same time that he (Jennings) was deputy clerk. Mr. Allison
and h's first wife, then quite young, boarded at the same hotel as Mr. Jennings. He
recalls that the first Mrs. Allison was a most gracious lady, full of kindly impulses and
generous sympathies and that her early death was deeply mourned by a wide circle of
friends. Mr. Jennings was also well acquainted with the famous Sherman brothers — John
and William Tecumseh — who were then young lawyers of a neighboring town and had a
large practise in Ashland County. He also knew Columbus Delano, who was then judge
of the district court of which Mr. Jennings was deputy clerk, and who afterwards became
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
The first business venture of Levi A. Jennings in Ashland was an unfortunate one.
He entered into a partnership in the boot and shoe business with a man who in a short
time proved to be a bankrupt and involved him in considerable loss. The Ball Reaper
and Mower Company, which was at that time doing an extensive business in Ohio and
Indiana, recognizing his activity and push, then tendered him a position and he entered
their employment to sell their machines and establish agencies. He was very successful
and continued with them for three years at a remunerative salary, but in his own words
he was constantly revolving this problem in his mind: "If I am worth so much to my
employers, why may I not be worth more to myself in a business of my own?" As a
result of such self-questioning, he resigned his position and soon afterwards appeared in
New Castle, Indiana, as heretofore mentioned.
Mr. Jennings has had a remarkably successful career in New Castle. In 1868 he
started a planing mill, a sash, door and blind factory and a general lumber yard and
building material business which he continued until recently, doing a vast amount of
business and giving to it the most scrupulous care in every detail. Like all men of
moderate means, he found the dark days of the panic of 1873 exceedingly trying but his
business acumen and caution together with a well established credit carried him through
safely and enabled him to make money at a time when so many old and established firms
were eiher failing or suffering severe loss.
1 146 HAZZARlVs HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
In 1S77 he built his fine briclv business bloclv at the southwest corner of Broad and
Elm (now Fourteenth) streets, New Castle. It is one hundred and thirty two feet deep
and four stories in height, including the basement, and contains three first-class business
rooms, running the whole length of the building, with modern conveniences, and many-
offices and supplementary business rooms on the upper floors, making it one of the most
convenient and roomy business blocks in this part of the State. When first completed
It seemed in advance of the town and its needs but Mr. Jennings opened in the new
building the most extensive stocks of hardware, building materials, furniture, carpets ana
house furnishing goods in this part of the State. Beginning with the room in the corner
and certain of the upper floors, he rapidly enlarged his stock until it occupied the three
first floor business rooms and five or six rooms on the upper floors. His trade grew
rapidly with the development of his spirit of enterprise until it reached $150,000 per year
and so continued until he determined to curtail its volume that he might secure a much
needed rest. The town of New Castle has now reached a point at which its store rooms
can no longer be called losing ventures, thanks to Mr. Jennings and other enterprising
citizens who have dared to take the initiative in making improvements, both public
and private.
But to go back to the date of that important event in his life, his marriage — the
record shows that Levi A. Jennings was married December 2, 1S5S, to Martha W. Coffin,
of Ashland, Ohio, born in Troy, New York, February 3, 1835, a most excellent lady of a
well cultivated mind and pleasing manner, who is a most worthy companion tor her
enterprising husband. The Coffin family, to which she belongs, was a remarkable one,
consisting of eleven members (before death began to thin its ranks), — the father and
mother, four sisters and five brothers, all of them people of unusual talent, especially
in musical and mechanical lines. All of the brothers possess unusual musical ability
and certain of them are fine performers on various instruments. The family has held
many reunions, since its members have been scattered abroad from the old Ashland home,
which their varied gifts have made very interesting and enjoyable occasions to others
as well as to themselves. The name. Coffin, suggests strength and capability, for so far
as known, all persons of the name In this section of the country are descended from the
famous Coffin family of Nantucket.
Since the removal of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings to New Castle, they have steadily
advanced in prosperity and in the good will of the public. After some years, Mr.
Jennings secured the rolling grounds upon which the old sulphur spring was located and
where the Methodist camp meetings of an early day were held. There their elegant and
commodious home stands upon a gentle elevation overlooking the finest private park in
Eastern Indiana, which Mr. Jennings has christened "Idlewild" after the beautiful
grounds and former home of the late poet, Nathaniel P. Willis, on the Hudson River.
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings' "Idlewild" is of 'an undulating surface, with a little stream
flowing through it and has been made beautiful by green swards, majestic trees and
"flowers of all hues and lovelier than their names."
This fine home and park have been the scenes of much generous hospitality. Some-
thing of all this and its nearness to the contrasting scenes of the town, in the very
heart of which it is located, were condensed ten years ago into the following lines by one
of Mr. Jennings' friends who had watched it all develop from the beginning:
IX IDLEWILD.
Cool shadows floating along the grass.
Like tender sympathies in the air,
Cloud ships, white sailed, that over-pass.
Their graceful silhouettes gliding where
The summer reigns and the roses blow.
Or the loit'ring solidaries glow.
Pure gold in the autumn's frosted hair.
Lithe, lissome willows, low trailing down.
Long, floating streamers of silv'ry spray.
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Where the robin, robed in his Qualier brown,
Sings to the rising or setting day.
As the birch's poem of classic whites
And greens and graces the joy recites
Of the singing season's insistent way;
And under the maples a lover's walk,
Where blushes, glances and sighs dispense
With the dull illusions of sober talk,
And the irony of our common sense:
Where voices falter as hearts grow loud,
While sweet carnations are flushed and bowed.
And joy bells ring on the lily stalk.
Here echoes come from the busy town
That hint of a world of toil and din.
Of souls that conquer and souls that drown,
Where all men struggle and few men win.
They seem to flow from a far-off land.
Like waves that beat on the shifting sand.
And soften to song as the winds go down.
And so we wander in Idlewild.
And dream of dreams that were born of dreams,
Of a world of innocence undefiled,
Of the halcyon land of elysian streams;
And here with the trees and birds and flowers,
And comradeship of the happy hours.
Our souls are rested and reconciled.
Mr. Jennings services to New Castle and the surrounding country have been of the
hopeful and encouraging kind and have exerted an inspiring influence in the upbuilding
and beautifying of the town and in the improvement of the farmers' homes. He has had
faith in New Castle and the surrounding fertile region, and has proved his faith by deeds.
Not only did he enter upon a series of substantial improvements to the town when
others were halting; not only has he been the pioneer in its manufacturing interests,
but from his earliest career in the town he has adhered to the proposition that New
Castle is so eligibly situated and its site and environments so inviting that it may and
must become one of the finest little cities of the State, until, now, when the sunshine of
three score years has silvered his hair and many cares have furrowed his brow., he
begins to enjoy the realization of his dream in the substantial growth and prosperity of
his adopted town.
Altogether he has built not less than seventy five houses in New Castle. Among the
most important, in the popular estimation, are three large brick and brick and steel
business blocks on Broad street, containing twelve first floor business rooms — some of
them the largest and best adapted to the needs of a large trade of any in the county —
with a great number of upper floors and offices, and his extensive four-story brick
factory building at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing on Broad Street, opposite the
station, which he erected to meet the demands of his large trade in furniture. But the
many dwellings he has caused to be constructed, many of which are up-to-date and com-
modious, have been of even greater importance to the growth of the town.
Besides taking stock in, or giving money directly, to many of the new enterprises
that have been organized by other citizens or have come to the town from elsewhere,
thus encouraging the development of the town, he has kept "everlastingly at it" himself.
One of his methods has been to make large investments in real estate, which he has
divided into lots and sold on easy payments to persons seeking to establish homes, or
upon which he has first built dwellings and then sold them on like easy terms of
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payment. In this way a large per cent, of his constructions have passed into the hands of
tradesmen, mechanics and worl^men who constitute the substantial citizenship of the
town.
Mr. Jennings was one of the pioneers of the cultivation of roses and carnations
which has rendered New Castle famous as "The City of Roses," and he still makes his
greenhouses and grounds the home of great floral loveliness.
He was one of the active promoters, first stockholders, and was president of the
Rushville branch of the old Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati railroad, now one of
the "Lake Erie and Western Lines" of the Vanderbilt system. The New Castle and
Rushville road was completed in 1S82 and Mr. Jennings served as its president for about
three years or until its consolidation with the main line, with entire satisfaction to all
concerned. During that period the headquarters of both branches of the Fort Wayne,
Muncie and Cincinnati road were at New Castle and the offices of the train dispatcher,
master of transportation, and other officers were in one of Mr. Jennings' buildings.
Elijah Smith, of Boston, was then the president and the largest stockholder in the
Fort Wayne, Muncie and Cincinnati road and W. W. Worthington was the general
superintendent.
In 1892 he made a visit to the seaboard cities and while in New York attended
the annual convention of the American Furniture Dealers' Association, a busi-
ness organization representing every important trade center of the country.
As the representative of certain iuterests of the trade in the middle western
States, it became necessary for him to speak upon some question before
one of the earlier sessions of the convention, which he did in his off-hand, direct manner,
to such purpose that he found himself the center of an attention that approached the
nature of an ovation and greatly to his surprise resulted in his election as president of
the association.
The American Furniture Manufacturers' Association was at that time holding a
great exposition in New Y'ork and naturally nothing was too good for the "dealers." On
the day following Mr. Jennings' election as president, the manufacturers took the dealers
on a chartered vessel to Glen Island, where they were treated to that novelty to a
western man — an east-shore clambake. On the next day, in ninety landaus escorted by
two policemen, they were shown the sights of the greatest of American cities. In the
evening a splendid banquet was given at the Metropolitan Hotel, for which a portion
of Gilmore's then famous band furnished the music. Taken as a whole, Mr. Jennings
regards the days thus spent as among his happiest and most fortunate experiences.
Aside from the attentions shown to the furniture dealers and to himself, the open-
handedness and general good will displayed on every side made a lasting impression
upon him and the advertisement given him by his unexpected elevation to the presidency
of the American Furniture Dealers' Association, through its widely extended membership,
and. through the flattering notices of the metropolitan press which were copied by the
press of the whole country, has been of great value to him in a business way.
In 1893, just prior to the opening of the World's Fair, this association met again,
this time in Chicago, and Mr. Jennings, as president, made the principal address of the
occasion and acquitted himself with honor, making so many sound and pertinent
suggestions that the great newspapers were outspoken in praise and his reputation as
a far-seeing, cautious but enterprising leader in business was greatly enhanced. After
retiring from the presidency, Mr. Jennings served the association as its treasurer for a
number of years.
During the Civil War, Mr. Jennings was a strong supporter of the Union cause and
firmly believed that the fate of popular government for ages to come depended upon the
result of that struggle. He served as a deputy United States Marshal in Ohio for a time,
and was one of the "Squirrel Hunters" who shouldered rifles and went- in pursuit of
General John H. Morgan during his daring raid in Indiana and Ohio.
Ih politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican. He has never been an
aspirant for office but has given freely toward the payment of the legitimate campaign
expenses of his party. Especially has he felt a pride in the presidential candidates of his
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II49
party who hailed from his native State; Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benja-
min Harrison and William McKinley, all of whom were elected and two of whom fell by
the hands of assassins.
During the Garfield campaign in 1880, Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa, and Gen-
eral Stewart L. Woodford, of New York, visited New Castle for the discussion of political
issues and Senator Allison became the guest at Idlewild of his boyhood friend, Levi A.
Jennings, and their reunion was a most happy one. After the election and inaugura-
tion of President Garfield, it was understood that Senator Allison was to be tendered
the portfolio of the Treasury Department and it was at that time that he wrote a
friendly letter to Mr. Jennings, saying among other things: "What can I do for you? I
shall be glad to do anything in my power for you." The Senator's decision to remain
in the Senate and the assassination of the President conspired to influence Mr. Jennings
against a political career. Otherwise he might have had honorable and responsible
political preferment, but the wisdom of his determination few will doubt.
Mr. Jennings is a firm believer in the tenets of the Christian religion. The church
of his choice is the Methodist Episcopal, of which he has long been a devoted and active
member, donating freely of his means and time to its various charities. He was an
earnest promoter of the efforts to build the new church of that denomination in New
Castle which was completed in 1904 and his personal contribution to that end was
twenty five hundred dollars in cash. He has also been a liberal contributor to other
denominations and benevolences. Although he has always been a very busy man, even
in years when his life was seriously threatened by disease, he has been a student of pub-
lic affairs, a reader of current literature, an amateur in art and a great lover of trees and
flowers and beautiful landscapes as is attested by his elegant home and Idlewild Park.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have traveled extensively in the United States and
Mr. Jennings has visited Cuba and the Bahama Islands. He has long cherished the
dream of travel in Europe and the Orient and is now maturing plans for a flight across
the great waters. Should his present purpose hold, he will take with him the best
wishes of friends and neighbors.
Levi A. and Martha W. (Coffin) Jennings have been the parents of three children,
one of whom, a sweet little child, named Birdie, died in infancy, and a daughter, Helen
Etta, born April 20, 1S61, now Mrs. Joseph Crow, of Omaha, Nebraska; their son, Wins-
low D., is an active business man and public spirited citizen of New Castle.
Like other active, progressive men, Mr. Jennings has not gone through life without
meeting with some misconception and ill will. These, however, are but passing shad-
ows, if the current of life be as pure as it is swift and strong, and in the end the man's
real qualities win honor and compensation. Mr. Jennings has won his place in New
Castle as the father of its permanent growth and development, and the good will of the
people goes out to him and to Mrs. Jennings in no meagre recognition of their services
to the city and county.
MRS. HELEN ETTA (JENNINGS) CROW.
(Daughter).
Helen Etta, daughter of Levi A. and Martha W. (Coffin) Jennings, as a girl, was
remarkably bright and promising, possessing the decided musical talent of her mother's
family and much of her father's genius for affairs. She is a graduate of the New Castle
High School and of the College of Music at Cincinnati, Ohio. She also received addi-
tional special musical training and sings and plays so well that she has received the
merited compliments of professional musicians. Her gentle manners and winning
ways made her a wide circle of friends among both young and old.
She was married to Joseph Crow, a young attorney, October 27, 1SS6. Most of
their married life has been spent in Omaha, Nebraska, where Mr. Crow has a large
legal practise and where he has also been engaged in business and politics. He was
elected to the State Legislature of Nebraska within two or three years after locating
at Omaha, and was re-elected, serving the two terms with distinction. He was and is
a supporter and close friend of former United States Senator John M. Thurston, and
1 1 so HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUXTY.
through his influence and that of other friends, he was appointed postmaster at Omaha,
by President McKinley, and served for more than four years. Upon his retirement he
was presented with a silver service, valued at two hundred and fifty dollars, but ox
much greater worth to him as a souvenir of the good will of his friends and subordin-
ates in the service.
The home life of Mr. and Mrs. Crow is a happy one and their beautiful residence
has been the center of much social enjoyment. They are the parents of five bright and
healthy children, one daughter and four sons. The daughter graduated with honors
from the Omaha High School, June 16, 1905.
■WINSLOW DE VERE JENKIKGS.
(Son).
Winslow De Vere Jennings, only son of Levi A. and Martha W. (Cofiin) Jennings,
was born December 27, 1862. As a boy, he showed great aptitude in all matters involv-
ing mechanical skill and was a favorite with the boys of his own age because he could
do everything that boys admire from snaring a fish or building a boat to dressing a
turtle or cooking a frog ham to a turn.
He was educated in the New Castle High School and De Paiiw University, and
he learned every branch of his father's extensive business by close application. He pos-
sesses a ready intuition as to the grades, qualities and values of goods and to day is
considered to be one of the best posted men of the county in his special lines of busi-
ness. After a long connection with his father's business, he is now engaged in plumb-
ing, brass and lead fitting, installment of electric lighting and hot water systems, and
in contracting, and carries a large stock of goods in those lines. He also gives a part
of his time to assisting his father in the management of his affairs.
He was one of the promoters and long an active member of "The Rescue Fire
Company" of New Castle, and at one time was its chief. His readiness at unravelling
a business tangle, in planning a pleasure excursion or in writing a song and singing it
after it was written, and in conducting a political glee club, have combined to ma!te
him many friends; but it is in serious, practical business that his strength lies. He
has a most retentive memory and quick discernment and sound judgment as to the real
worth and market values of goods and their acceptability to the public, and it is be-
lieved that thus equipped great successes in the business world are within his grasp.
On May 6, 1895. he married Lena M. Brown, of Dublin, Indiana, born June 17, 1875.
She is a lady of high standing in her native town and has won a wide circle of friends
in New Castle. They have been the parents of only one child, a promising boy, Norman
B. Jennings, who was a favorite with all and the idol of his parents and grandparents.
He died January 29, 1905, at the age of eight years.
The loss of their little son is not only the greatest sorrow that has come into their
lives but is the greatest bereavement that has stricken the hearts of the grandparents.
Though nothing may lift the shadow from their lives, the joy and blessing of the few
brief years of sunshine which his presence brought will remain with them in memory to
make their days sweeter and richer as they pass.
The loss of the little boy has determined his grandfather to carry out the long
cherished plan of erecting in South Mound Cemetery a substantial monument of modest
but lasting character which will grace and beautify that "city of the dead." and be a
loving tribute to the memory of his grandson and to the living members of the family
who are to follow.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II5I
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIMON PETER JENNINGS.
SIAXUFACTUBEE, BUSINESS MAN AND EX-PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Simon Peter Jennin.gs is the son of Obediah and Mary Jennings, who are spoken
of at length in the biography of his elder brother, Levi A. Jennings, and he is, therefore,
of English and German origin. He was born August 11, 1840, in Wayne County, Ohio,
in that part of the county which has since been incorporated in Ashland County. He
was born and reared upon a farm and took part in the hard, exacting labors of farming
and farm-making in a new country, until he reached the age of eighteen years. He had
in the meantime acquired such an education as the early public schools of Ohio afforded
and, at the age of eighteen, entered Otterbein University, near Columbus. Ohio, and
remained there two years, taking the regular course and such special studies and in-
struction as would qualify him for teaching. To provide the means for continuing his
studies, he found it necessary to make some breaks in his two years of college life to
engage in teaching.
After leaving college, he taught in the common schools of Ohio for a time with such
success that he was tendered and accepted the position of instructor of the junior class
in the high school. Auburn, Indiana, where he taught for a year with continued success.
But he was by nature designed for a business career and at the end of his first year as a
teacher in the Auburn school, he entered the grocery trade in that place in partnership
with T. C. Elson. his brother-in-law, maintaining with him a successful business for
two years. By that time his father and his brother, Levi A. Jennings, had located in
New Castle with their families and were preparing to go into business and wished him
to join them. He, thereupon, sold his interest in the grocery and came to New Castle.
In the same year. 1867. he purchased the lot, with an old frame store-room upon
it, of the late William C. Murphey, upon which he erected in 1875 his two-story brick
business building, one hundred and thirty two feet deep, extending south from Broad
Street to Race. At the time of its purchase, however, the old frame store-room was occu-
pied by a merchant with a stock of merchandise, and it was sometime before the latter
could give possession of the room to its new owner.
Early in 1868 a new firm, consisting of the subject of this sketch, his senior
brother, Levi A. Jennings, and a man from Ashland, Ohio, by the name of Andrews,
was organized in New Castle and opened up, in the frame store-room of Simon P. Jen-
nings, in the general hardware and stove trade. In about' two years, Levi A. Jennings
bought Mr. Andrews' interest and soon after that Obediah Jennings purchased the entire
interest of his son, Levi A. Jennings, in the business. The firm thus formed of Obediah
Jennings and his son, Simon P. Jennings, lasted for some years until Simon P. secured
his father's part of the business and continued alone with most satisfactory success. He
sold out to his chief clerks, Daniel Monroe and Jason W. Holloway. in 1890. During
this period, the only change in the location of the store occurred in 1875, while the new
brick building in place of the little old frame which the business had outgrown, was
under construction.
In that same year. 1875, Mr. Jennings had entered the lumber and building-
material trade, occupying the lot immediately south of the store room, across Race
Street, now occupied by the brick and frame buildings, since put up by Henry Adams,
for the poultry trade. Upon this lot Mr. Jennings constructed his sheds and stored his
lumber, sash, blinds, doors and other material. This lumber business was not included
in the sale to Monroe and Holloway but was transferred to the factory building and
large lumber sheds on out-lot number seven, on the east side of Fifteenth Street. Mr.
Jennings had purchased this lot of the widow and heirs of the late Charles C. Powell on
May 15, 1885, and built the main two-story brick factory building upon it in 1886, and
some years later, the lumber sheds attached thereto.
It was in this main wing of the factory building that he established his extensive
saw and planing mills and sash, door and blind machinery and from 1886 forward car-
ried on a large business in lumber and building materials of all kinds for about three
years, when he built the south wing of the factory and otherwise increased its capacity
II52 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
to make room for another branch of the wood manufacturing business, that of sledge,
hammer, piclv, axe and other short handles, except "D" handles. This required the
installment of a large amount of new machinery designed expressly for that line of
manufacture and the inviestment of much additional capital. The business proved to be
a profitable one and was pushed with energy until the timber, suitable to the purpose,
in the surrounding country was so far exhausted as to greatly curtail the output of
the factory. Mr. Jennings then established a branch of their handle business at Charles-
ton, West Virginia, under the management of his second son, Charles W. Jennings, but
also continued the business in the home factory. Ample supplies of timber were ob-
tainable at Charleston and the business went on very successfully until 1900, when the
factory burned down and the machinery was ruined by the fire.
In the meanwhile the trade in lumber and building material had increased so
rapidly at the New Castle factory and lumber yard that Mr. Jennings determined to
turn his energies and capital largely in that direction and consequently discontinued
the Charleston business. His son, Charles W. Jennings, returned to New Castle and took
an interest with his father in the business there. The trade has so rapidly increased
that it gives employment to several hands and occupies the time of both Mr. Jennings
and his son in its management, though Mr. Jennings now enjoys more leisure than for-
merly and occasionally takes a well earned rest at some favorite spot in Florida or
some other part of picturesque America. As an indication of the magnitude of Mr.
Jennings' trade, it may be mentioned that it has for some years amounted to one hun-
dred and fifty carloads of merchandise per year and continues at that figure, if not
somewhat more. Mr. Jennings was President of the town council during the years
1896 and 1897, during which many street and other improvements, were made, to all
of which he gave his close personal attention and care.
It is evident from the foregoing that Simon P. Jennings' contributions to the
growth and prosperity of New Castle fully entitle him to an honored place in the
ranks of her leading manufacturers. It would be interesting and profitable, were the
statistics at hand, to note his annual outlays in wages and to give the numbers
of workmen who have received employment at his hands, and their various occupations.
His disbursements in this way have been of the kind which promote the happiness and
comfort of the people and the prosperity of the city, and have been of such magnitude
that New Castle may well regard him as one of its most active promoters and bene-
factors and long hold him in cherished remembrance.
Simon P. Jennings married Angeline, born December 2, 1846. daughter of Jacob J.
and Mary Pickering, of Henry Township, Henry County, Indiana, March 23, 1870, Miss
Pickering was of a good family, which was one of the best known among the pioneers
of Eastern Indiana. Her father was a prominent farmer, who took a deep interest in
public as well as private affairs. Her mother died while she was yet a child and much
of the care of her father's household fell upon her youthful shoulders, a responsibility
to which she proved fully equal. Her education was obtained at the neighborhood school
and the Spiceland Academy. She was of an observant and thoughtful nature and pos-
sessed of more than ordinary intelligence. Her pure and beautiful character and her
devotion to her husband, her children and her home, with her patient, painstaking
Industry made her an ideal companion for a man of Mr. Jennings' active business life
and energy, as well as an ideal mother of his children. They were the parents of one
daughter, Mary Ada Thornburgh, afterward Mrs. Richard J. Roberts, and three sons,
Harry Edmond Jennings, Charles Wesley Jennings and Walter Pickering Jennings.
The sons are all living and active in business, but the daughter, Mary Ada, died No-
vember 9, 1901.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Jennings' married life covered a period of almost thirty five
happy years. The next year after their marriage. 1871, Mr. Jennings purchased the lot
at the southeast corner of Broad and Twenty First streets, where the Jennings' home-
stead now stands, and built a dwelling upon it, which with enlargements and improve-
ments developed into a pretty, commodious home. There their children were born and
there, though never pretentious entertainers, they delighted to receive their friends
with a modest but sincere hospitality. This place, surrounded by its beautiful grounds,
has been the scene of much real happiness.
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Mrs. Jennings had been in tailing health before the death of her daughter whom
she greatly loved. That sad event came as a great shock to both herself and Mr. Jen-
nings; she rallied from it, however, better than her friends anticipated, but during the
latter part of 1903, she grew rapidly worse until death came to her with its untold
peace, December 31, 1903.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were brought up under good influences, moral, reli-
gious and social. Mr. Jennings' parents were faithful adherents of the religious body,
known as United Brethren in Christ, and was reared under its auspices and worshiped
with, its members in a church near his father's home during his boyhood days, but
never connected himself with the denomination, his first church membership having
been taken in the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Castle, Indiana, soon after locat-
ing there, in 1869. Of that church and congregation he has ever since been an active
member.
Mrs. Jennings was reared under Quaker influences, but soon after her marriage
to Mr. Jennings she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church which is much the
same, in matters of belief regarded as essential, as the Friends, and remained a con-
sistent member of and an active worker in that church and died full of faith in the mercy
and goodness of God.
Mr. Jennings is not a man of many words. He attends to his business and greets
his friends quietly, but keeps things moving. His business success is more largely due
in the persistence of his character and to his tireless industry than to any other causes.
He has been and is a successful business man and the lesson of his career is the one
so often repeated that success comes not so often to those who make haste as to the. sure-
footed and steady-going.
M.\RY AD.\ (JENNINGS) ROBERTS.
(Daughter) .
Mary Ada Jennings was born in New Castle, Indiana, February 1, 1872, and was
reared by her parents, Simon P. and Angeline (Pickering) Jennings, with lovihg care. She
was during her life a source of great consolation and happiness to them. She was edu-
cated in the public schools of New Castle and graduated from the High School with the
class of 1891. She then entered De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, taking the
literary and musical courses. From early childhood, she took pleasure in singing and
playing for her many friends and was a favorite with young and old. She sang with
the choir of the Methodist Episcopal Church, whenever she found it possible to do so,
and often appeared in solos, greatly to the pleasure and profit of all who heard her.
She attained to great proficiency on the piano and in the management of the voice,
having been endowed by nature with great love for music, a fine voice, and a quick ear
for the detection of delicate tones and combinations and the modulations of time in the
various movements, to which she added a rare enthusiasm of study. All of these things
combined to render her attractive as a singer and efficient as a teacher. She taught
music and voice culture, first, at a young ladies' seminary in Orleans, Nebraska, and
afterward, at a similar school in Huntsville, Alabama, succeeding finely in both places.
She possessed a literary taste and culture which added much to her efficiency as a
teacher and especially qualified her for the duties and pleasures of club life in which
she was active. In New Castle she was one of the organizers of The College Club and
was one or more times its president.
She was married to Professor Richard J. Roberts, of the High School of Shelby-
viiie, Illinois, August 9, 1899, in the Methodist Episcopal Church in New Castle, the
ceremony being performed by the Reverend Doctor John P. John, President of De Pauw
University. They had become acquainted while students at De Pauw and an attachment
sprang up between them which resulted in their union. Their short but happy wedded
life was spent in a pleasant home at Shelbyville. Illinois. She died at the home of her
parents, regretted by all who knew her, November 9, 1901. The funeral occurred at
New Castle amid many evidences of affectionate sorrow and many floral offerings from
friends, far and near, and her mortal remains repose in South Mound Cemetery.
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HAERY EDMOND JENNINGS.
(Son).
Harry Edmond Jennings, eldest son of Simon P. and Angelina (Pickering) Jennings,
was born March 1, 1874, at the homestead on the corner of Broad and Twenty First
streets. New Castle, Indiana, where he was reared and educated in the public schools
and graduated from the High School with honor. He was brought up from early child-
hood to take part in his father's business and was connected with it until in May, 1893,
when he established a factory for the manufacture of barrel hoops in New Castle, which
he has since carried on upon a large scale, finding sale for the output of the factory in
all parts of the country, and doing a profitable business.
He was married on January 1, 1896, to Edna, (born July 1, 1874), only child of
David W, and Sophia J. (Shirk) Kinsey, of New Castle, Indiana. In the Fall of 1900
and Spring of 1901, he erected the fine dwelling house on east Broad Street, New Castle,
recently sold to Thomas B. Millikan; which has been his home ever since and where he
and Mrs. Jennings have lived most happily, dispensing a generous and refined hospitality.
His manufacturing plant was once swept away by fire: but scarcely waiting for
the ashes to cool, he began replacing it with a new one, receiving the reward of his
energy and pluck in an increased business. In February, 1904, he began the manufacture
of staves at Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, in conjunction with his brother, Walter P.,
who is the local manager of the business, and in this he is again scoring a good suc-
cess. Harry E. and Edna (Kinsey) Jennings are the parents of one child, a very prom-
ising little boy, born June 22. 1897, named David Harry, after his grandfather, David
W. Kinsey, and his father. Mr. Jennings attends the Methodist Episcopal Church and
contributes liberally to its support but has never taken membership in any church.
He is at present engaged with his wife's father, David W. Kinsey, in erecting a
large, up-to-date residence for the two families on the east side of south Main Street,
New Castle. Though not yet thirty two years of age, Mr. Jennings is regarded as one
of New Castle's solid and prosperous business men and as one having still brighter
prospects before him.
CH,\RLES WESLEY .JENNINGS.
{Son).
Charles Wesley Jennings, second son of Simon P. and Angeline (Pickering) Jennings,
was born at his parents' home in New Castle, February 4, 1876, and, like his elder
brother, grew up to his father's business, and, like Harry E., possessed a fondness for
machinery and a remarkable readiness in its adjustment and management, which made
him a valuable assistant in his father's large manufacturing enterprises. Before taking
a permanent place in the business, he passed successfully through the New Castle public
schools and graduated from the High School.
His aptitude for the business was such that at the age of twenty two years, he
was placed in charge of a branch of the handle business which his father and himself
had established at Charleston, West 'Virginia, in 1898, and he conducted the business
with much success until the plant was burned down in 1900, the heat of the fire ruining
the machinery. His father's lumber and building material business at New Castle hav-
ing in the meantime grown rapidly with the growth of the town, he returned to that
place and took an interest in the factory on Fifteenth Street, and the several branches
of the business connected with it, in which he still continues with decided financial
success.
Charles W. Jennings was married on June 25, 1901, to Mabel S. (born March 11.
1882), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eastwood, of Charleston. West Virginia, in the
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church there by the Reverend Compton. The East-
wood family is an old and prominent one in Charleston. During the Civil War, Mrs.
Jennings' grarndfather was a staunch Unionist and incurred the enmity of the Confeder-
ates who placed him and his family upon a boat and sent them down the Kanawha and
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Ohio rivers, exiles from their home. But when the Union forces took command of the
town, they returned and now occupy the old Eastwood mansion in Charleston.
After coming to New Castle, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings occupied a home in the eastern
part of the town until the death of his mother, when they moved in with his father in
the old home and are making the old place as comfortable and lite as happy as possible
for Simon P. Jennings as well as for themselves. They are very popular, especially
with the young people, in social circles, and Mrs. Jennings has found a warm welcome
to "The City of Roses." They are the parents of one child, a bright boy (born April
20, 1905), named Charles Henry. Young, prosperous and happy, their lot in life seems
to be a fortunate one.
WALTER PICKERING JENNINGS.
(Son).
Walter Pickering Jennings, third son of Simon P. and Angeline (Pickering) Jen-
nings, was born at the Jennings' homestead in New Castle, Indiana. April 16, 1878, and like
his older brothers was brought up to his father's business and like them is a graduate
of the New Castle High School, where he showed great proficiency in his studies. Un-
like them, however, he is inclined to the office work rather than the mechanical features
of the business. Soon after graduation from school, he took charge of the hooks in his
father's office and continued in charge of them to the benefit of the business, until about
one year ago, when he formed a partnership with his brother, Harry E., and the new
firm established themselves at Milton, Indiana, in the manufacture of barrel staves,
Walter locating at that place and taking charge of the business, which has been very
profitable up to the present time and promises well for the future, or so long as timber
for the making of staves shall be procurable at that point.
Walter P. Jennings is a young, unmarried man. twenty seven years of age, popular
with his young associates and with the general public. Like his brothers, he is of high
moral chai-acter and correct habits and devoted to business, but he is not unmindful of
the social amenities and enjoys society and cherishes his friends, who all have high hopes
for his continued prosperity and happiness.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DAVID WAGNER KINSEY.
SCHOOL TEACHEE, COUNTY OFFICIAL AND BANKER.
The citizens of Henry County have shown commendahle enterprise in many chan-
nels of business and trade, and not the least deserving are those who have established
and maintained banking facilities in the growing communities within the limits of the
county. Its banking interest, originally small, has been steadily developed under the
able and conservative management of the foremost financiers of the community uniil
it now possesses a stability of resources that commands the confidence and support of
the people. Among the well known citizens who have worked effectively to this end
is David Wagner Kinsey, cashier of the Citizens' State Bank of New Castle.
Henry Kinsey, the paternal great-grandfather, and Abraham Kinsey, the paternal
grandfather of David Wagner Kinsey, were both natives of Virginia. The latter left
Virginia in 1797, at the age of seventeen years, and became one of the early settlers of
Montgomery County, Ohio, and while a citizen of that State served as a soldier in the
last year of the War of 1S12-1.5. He married Mary Magdalene Wagner, who was born
and reared at Frankstown, Blair County. Pennsylvania. Together they lived for many
years on a farm which now forms part of the Soldiers' Home property at Dayton, Ohio.
In 1835 he sold this farm and moved to Wayne County, Indiana, locating on
Noland's Fork, west of Richmond, where he and his family lived for about six years.
He then bought one hundred and sixty acres of land upon which has since been built
that part of Hagerstown, Indiana, lying north of Main Street in that town, where he
resided until he retired from farming and went to live with one of his sons at Pendle-
ton, Indiana. He died there at the patriarchal age of eighty six years and his remains
lie beside those of his wife in the German Baptist Cemetery, near Hagerstown.
Lewis Kinsey, son of Abraham and father of David Wagner Kinsey, was born on
the Ohio farm, near Dayton, April 6, 1S18. He came to Indiana with his parents and
lived with them on the farms at Noland's Fork and Hagerstown until his marriage.
He was united in marriage with Catharine, daughter of Martin and Christena Shultz,
natives of Pennsylvania, December 31, 1S37. She was born April 11, 1821. After their
marriage they lived for four years on his father's farm in a house some forty or fifty
rods north of where Lewis Teeter now lives in Hagerstown. He then bought a farm
of eighty acres located a half mile north of the present village of Millville, Liberty
Township, Henry County. In 1847 he sold this farm and bought what was known as the
John Dixon farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres located on Flatrock, five
miles east of New Castle, where he lived until 1871, when he moved to a farm three
miles northwest of Hagerstown, Wayne County, where he spent the remainder of his
days.
Lewis Kinsey had two full brothers, Abraham and Philip, and four full sisters:
Mary married Henry Harris; Margaret married Mathew Luse; Susan married Jacob
Heiny; and Anna married Benjamin Conley. He also had two half brothers, David and
Jacob. All of these are dead, excepting Anna Conley, who lives with her daughter, Mrs.
Jesse Mendenhall, in Muncie, Indiana.
Lewis and Catharine (Shultz) Kinsey were the parents of five children, two sons
and three daughters, namely: Martin, bom June 12, 1839, who is a farmer living two
and a half miles southeast of New Castle, on the Dublin pike: Anna, born September
27, 1842, was married at her parents' home in Liberty Township, January 3, 1861, to
Benjamin F. Shaffer, a native of Henry County: they moved to Altoona, Iowa, after their
marriage, where he died May 27, 1879, and she died December 29, 1894; both are buried
in the Altoona Cemetery; seven children survive them. David Wagner, born February
1, 1846, is the subject of this sketch; Sarah J., born November 6, 1850, was married
August 7, 1869, to Eli M. Wisehart (born April 14, 1846), at the home of her parents
in Liberty Township, Henry County, the ceremony being performed by the Reverend
Daniel Bowman; they were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom survive.
The last child of Lewis and Catharine (Shultz) Kinsey was Catharine, born August 7,
1857, who died September 14, 1863, and is buried in the German Baptist Cemetery, near
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Hagerstown. Lewis Kinsey died Marcli 3. 1904; liis Ivind and devoted wife preceded
iiim in deatli. leaving died May 21, 1S99. Botli are liuried in the German Baptist Ceme-
tery, near Hagerstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey joined the German Baptist, sometims called the Dunkard
Church, in the year 1859, and about one year later he was called to the ministry and
later was ordained. He had not the advantage of an advanced education, but his natural
abilities enabled him to attain a high degree of efBciency in his ministerial work. He
traveled and preached much among the different congregations of his church and with
Elder George W. Studebaker made the first missionary tour through the southern dis-
trict of Indiana and through parts of the Southern States, soon after the close of the
Civil War.
His hospitality was unstinted and he was very liberal in answering the demands
of charity. He and his faithful wife and helper were very devoted to the church of
their choice and gave liberally to its support. He was a good man and a good citizen
and was held in the highest esteem by his church, his friends and his neighbors. Two
sons, one daughter, nineteen grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one sister survive
him.
David Wagner Kinsey was born February 1, 1S46, on his father's farm, near Mill-
ville, Henry County, Indiana. His boyhood was spent in the performance of the routine
duties of the farm which fell to the lot of the youths of that period. He assisted on the
farm in season and attended the public schools of his neighborhood in Winter. In the
Winter and Spring of 1861-2 and again in the same seasons of 1862-3, he was a student
in the New Castle public schools under Professor E. J. Rice, and in the Winter and
Spring of 1863-4 he taught school at the Maple Hill schoolhouse. Blue River Township.
The Civil War was then at its height and special efforts were making to strengthen the
Union forces at the front. Mr, Kinsey felt it to be his duty to offer his services to the
cause and accordingly enlisted as a private in Company B, 139th Indiana Infantry. He
was mustered into the service of the United States, June 5, 1S64, and was mustered out
as a Corporal, September 29, 1864. His military record is set out in full elsewhere in
this History in connection with the roster of his company and regiment.
After his discharge from the army, he returned home and immediately resumed
the prosecution of his studies under the Reverend Henry M. Shockley at the New Cas-
tle Academy. In the Winter of the year 1864, however, he again began to teach, having
secured the assignment to the school at Old Chicago; in the Winter of 1865-6 he taught
in Liberty Township and in the same season of 1866-7 he had charge of the Salem
school, Franklin Township. At this time he seems to have abandoned the profession of
teaching and took up the study of law for the ne.xt two years in the office of Brown and
Polk, New Castle, and in 1869 was admitted to the Henry County bar. From that time
to the present, he has been closely identified with the commercial and social affairs of
New Castle and Henry County. He became deputy clerk of the Henry Circuit Court,
under Harry H. Hiatt, and upon the latter's death, March 21, 1871, he was appointed to
till the unexpired term. He was also for a short time deputy clerk under his successor
in the office. Robert B. Carr. Mr. Kinsey was a very capable and accommodating official
and upon his retirement from office bore with him the good will of the court, the bar
and the people. Mr. Kinsey enjoys the reputation of being one of the most competent
clerks the county has ever had and the records left by him in the Clerk's office are
models of neatness and precision.
David W. Kinsey was one of the original stockholders in the Citizens' State Bank
of New Castle, and upon its organization in 1873 was chosen assistant cashier and a
year later was elected cashier, a position he has held for more than a third of a century.
During that time the bank has steadily grown in financial strength, keeping pace with
the growth and prosperity of the county, and is now ranked among the leading financial
institutions of the State. Its manageme'nt has been sound and conservative, yet accom-
panied by a liberality and a willingness to accommodate the mercantile interests of the
county which reflect great credit upon its officers, Mr, Kinsey, during his long career
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as cashier, has guarded with fidelity the trust reposed in him by his associates and
his liuowledge of the principles as well as the details of the business is so comprehensive
as to gain for him high repute in financial circles. He is a broad gauge man of a
kindly and companionable disposition.
The engrossing nature of his position has not prevented him, however, from giving
considerable attention to his duties as a citizen. He has at intervals, for a number of
years, been a member of the Board of School Trustees of the Corporation of New Castle,
and has always been regarded by his colleagues and by the people as a safe and valuable
adviser regarding the educational interests of the community. He has been interested
in the material progress of the town and connected with several of its important indus-
tries, such as the Hoosier Shredder Factory, the Bundy Hotel Company, the Rolling
Mill, the Shovel Factory, the New Castle Heat. Light and Power Company, the Pan-
American Bridge Company, the Industrial Association, through which was secured to
the town the Krell-French Piano Company, an institution which is among the largest
of its kind in the United States, and which is of vast importance to the development and
growth of New Castle. His connection with these various enterprises shows how fully
alive he has always been to the needs and welfare of the town and points him out as one
of the county's most public spirited citizens.
On March 2, 1870, at the home of the bride in New Castle, David W. Kinsey was
united in marriage with Sophia J., daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Newcomer)
Shirk, the ceremony being performed by the Reverend Peter G. Bell, the then pastor of
the Lutheran Church, New Castle. They are the parents of one child, a daughter, named
Edna, born January 1, 1874. She is now the wife of Harry E. Jennings, the well known
manufacturer of New Castle, to whom she was married January 1, 1896, the ceremony
being performed by the Reverend Charles Steck. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have one child,
a son, named David Harry Jennings, after his maternal grandfather, David W. Kinsey,
and his own father. He was born June 22, 1897, and is a bright lad, who is the favorite
of the two households which are now united in the large, commodious residence, erected
by Mr. Kinsey and his son-in-law, located on the east side of south Main Street. New
Castle, south of Indiana Avenue. A sketch of Harry E. Jennings will be found ap-
pended to that of his father, Simon P. Jennings, published elsewhere in this History.
Since attaining his majority, Mr. Kinsey has taken a rational interest in all pub-
lic questions and in politics has always given his support to the Republican party. He
is not a demonstrative man but has always exerted a quiet and beneficial influence
upon the organization and policy of his party. He is a charter member of Crescens
Xjodge, Number 33, Knights of Pythias, New Castle, which was organized and instituted
in 1872. He is also a member of the order of Elks, New Castle Lodge, Number 484.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey have been for many years members of the English Lutheran
Church and have contributed liberally of their means for its support.
A distinguished and well merited public honor was conferred upon Mr. Kinsey by
his appointment as one of the commissioners from Indiana to the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, which was held at St. Louis in 1904. As a member of this commission, he
was chairman of the committee on Publicity and Promotion and was largely instru-
mental in bringing to perfection the exhibit of the State at what has been rightfully
termed the most wonderful and complete exhibition of the world's industries and its
arts and sciences that was ever presented to an universal public. He was also an active
member of the committee on Building and that its labors were fully appreciated was
sho-RTi by the general praise bestowed upon the large, commodious and handsome Indi-
ana Building. Mr. Kinsey also served as a member of the committee on Education and
of the committee in charge of the Indiana Stone Exhibit. These were marked features
of ^the exposition and attracted much attention by reason of their completeness and
merit. Indiana's fame as a manufacturing, industrial and educational State was per-
fectly sustained at the great exposition through the untiring labors of her commis-
sioners and the perfection of detail in all departments reflects the greatest credit upon
the individual commissioners and entitles them to the grateful thanks of the entire
State.
Thus tor a period of nearly forty years, David W. Kinsey has been an integral part
of the history of Henry County and to him and his associates must be attributed much
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Of the material and moral advancement of the county. This is especially true of the re-
markable development of its financial institutions.
AXt'ESTRY OF JIKS. DAVID W, (SHIRK) KIXSEY.
Of his immediate family, Benjamin Shirk, in an autobiographical sketch of him-
self, said :
"I am of German descent, my paternal ancestry having emigrated from Germany
during the early settlement of Pennsylvania; they located in Lancaster County, in that
State. Grandfather Shirk afterward moved with his family into Franklin County and
located on a farm three miles east of Chambersburg, where he spent the remainder of
his days and it was here my father. Jacob Shirk, who was next to the youngest of a
large family of children, was born November 26, 1774. At the age of twenty six years,
in 1800, he was joined in marriage with Sophia Palmer, who was also of German de-
scent but of whose ancestry I know but little. My father was by occupation a miller
and in 1816 he rented and took charge of the Chambersburg Mills, located in that
place, and it was here, March 20, 1819, that I was born."
Benjamin Shirk, following the drift of a number of emigrants from Pennsylvania
to the inviting West, left the "Keystone State" in 1847, coming to Indiana and settling
at New Castle, Henry County, where for a few years he taught school in the one-story
brick building, known as the "Little Brick Schoolhouse," which stood on the ground
now occupied by the United Brethren Church, on north Fourteenth Street. He was a
well educated man and was regarded as a very competent teacher.
He afterwards established a factory for the making of grain cradles. This busi-
ness he maintained until 1853, when he became the depot agent of what is now the
Panhandle Railroad. He continued in that position for about two years when he re-
signed to become deputy clerk of the Henry Circuit Court. He filled this position with
such credit that four years later he was elected clerk: he was re-elected and after the
expiration ef his second term, he served as deputy under his successor, Harry H. Hiatt,
tor two years.
After this long service in the clerk's office, he formed a partnership in 1871 with
James Johnson and John M. Fisher, who under the firm style of Shirk, Johnson and
Fisher, resumed the manufacture of grain cradles. This was one of the very first of
New Castle's important industries and attained proportions unsurpassed by any similar
business concern in the entire country.
When they began the manufacture of grain cradles, the present harvester and
binder were unknown, perhaps, unthought of. Since that time, however, they have
come into general use and the old fashioned grain cradle, like many another old style
farm implement, has given way to modern machinery and appliances. But during the
period that the grain cradle was the reaper, the firm of Shirk, Johnson and Fisher manu-
factured them by the thousands and they were shipped to all parts of the country.
There are still places where the modern reaper cannot be used and recourse must be
had to the cradle; and for that reason the business of making them is still carried on at
New Castle by John M. Fisher, the only surviving member of the old firm of Shirk,
Johnson and Fisher. The business is now a small one and turns out only just enough
of the implements to supply a limited demand.
In 1876, Benjamin Shirk was elected to the Indiana State Senate from the dis-
trict comprising Henry and Hancock counties. He sat in the forty ninth session, 1S77;
in the special session from March 8th to 15th of the same year, and in the fiftieth
regular session, 1879. He was a thoroughly competent legislator and merited the confi-
dence of his constituents.
When the old part of the present county courthouse was building, 1864-8, Mr.
Shirk was the disbursing agent, and for a period of about fifteen years he was the
secretary of the New Castle (South Mound) Cemetery Association. He was also for a
number of years secretary of the Enterprise Natural Gas Company. He was always a
public spirited citizen and numbered the whole community among his friends. He was
IIOO HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
a man of fine social qualities, an entertaining conversationalist and a kindly gentleman.
In argument he was quiet and equable, granting to everyone the right to his own honest
opinion.
In 1842, Benjamin Shirk married Frances, daughter of John and Agnes (Brindle)
Newcomer, who were natives of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Shirk came to
New Castle, Indiana, in 1847 and in 1851 the Newcomer family followed him to Henry
County, where Mr. Newcomer purchased what is now a part of the John C. Hudelson
farm, north of New Castle, and there resided until his death. John Newcomer was a
farmer all his lite and gave that pursiiit his undivided attention. John and Agnes
(Brindle) Newcomer were the parents of nine children, namely: Joseph, Frances,
Mary, Melchor, John. Sarah, Richards, Ann and Ben.iamin F., the youngest son, who be-
came a member of Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry, during the Civil War, and was
killed at Pine Mountain. Georgia, June IS, 1S64, while in the service of his country.
His name will be found in the Roll of Honor published elsewhere in this History.
To the union of Benjamin and Frances (Newcomer) Shirk were born six children,
namely: George W., who was, during the Civil War, a musician in Company C, 36th
Indiana Infantry, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia,
September 20, 1863, and died at his home in New Castle, after severe suffering, June 6,
1864; his name appears in the Roll of Honor published elsewhere in this History;
Sophia J., now the wife of David W. Kinsey, cashier of the Citizens' State Bank of
New Castle; John J., who was born June 3, 1851, and died January 26, 1897; William
H., who died in 1892; Anna Rebecca, who is now the wife of Charles M. Harrison, Sioux
Falls, South Dakota; and Mary F., who died in childhood. Of this family of six chil-
dren only two are now living. The marriage and family of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Kin-
sey are fully mentioned in the sketch of Mr. Kinsey. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Harri-
son, of Sioux Falls, are the parents of three children, namely: Ruth, now Mrs. Freder-
ick Powers, of Sioux Falls; Benjamin Thomas (called Ben Tom), of St. Louis, Mis-
souri, where he is connected with the New York Life Insurance Company; and Florence,
who is at home with her parents. John J. Shirk, who was a farmer and stockman, left
a widow, Mrs. Barbara (Kinsey) Shirk, and two sons. George and Winters, all of whom
are residents of New Castle. William H. Shirk, who was a druggist in New Castle at
the time of his death, was an excellent young man and the sou! of honor; he was at-
tacked by a fatal disease to which he soon succumbed, and his death was sincerely
mourned by his relatives and friends.
Mrs. Frances (Newcomer) Shirk died December 16, 1857, her married life cover-
ing the brief period of iifteen years. She was an estimable woman and was devoted to
the contentment and happiness of her husband and children. One year after her
death, October 25, 1858, Mr. Shirk was united in marriage with Mrs. Johanna F. Wood,
widow of the late John F. Wood, who came to Henry County, bringing his wife and
family with him in 1849, from Pennsylvania. He located at Hillsboro. then quite a vil-
lage, where he engaged in mercantile business. He afterwards removed to New Castle
and en.gaged in business there. He died in 1852. Mrs. Wood was the mother of three
children by her first husband, namely: Kate, afterwards wife of William M. Pence, but
now deceased; James, deceased; and John M., who has been for a number of years a resi-
dent of Cincinnati. Benjamin and Joanna (Wood) Shirk were the parents of two chil-
dren: Martha O., who died in infancy; and Lois, who is a resident of New Castle.
Mrs. Benjamin (Wood) Shirk was a loving mother to lx)th her own children and to
those of Mr. Shirk by his first marriage. She died September 15, 1903. Benjamin
Shirk and both of his wives. to.gether with the father and mother of Mrs. Benjamin
(Newcomer) Shirk, are buried in South Mound Cemetery, as are also all of the deceased
children, except James Wood, who is buried in the cemetery at Dayton, Ohio.
Benjamin Shirk was a faithful, earnast and consistent member of the English
Lutheran Church. He was tor many years superintendent, teacher and leader in the
Sunday School, and was in all respects a clean, pure man. In politics he was a Repub-
lican and as long as he lived did effective work for his party and was honored by elec-
tion to several positions of public trust. He was one of the oldest, in length of mem-
bership, of the members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having joined Fidelity
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Lodge, Number 59, New Castle, in 1849. He filled all of the chairs of the lodge from
the humblest to the most exalted and was regarded as an authority upon all questions
touching the growth, strength and character of the order. In 1S96 Mr. Shirk became
vice-president of the Citizens' State Bank of New Castle, of which he was one of the
original stockholders, and held that position until his death, S,eptember 6, 1893. The
ofHcers of the bank at a meeting held September 7, 1893, adopted the following resolu-
tions upon his death:
"First. That in the death of Benjamin Shirk, one of the directors, and vice-presi-
dent of this bank, the bank and the business community have met with an irreparable
loss.
"Second. That his long and active career as a business man, a public oiRcer and as
an enterprising and public spirited citizen, a Christian gentleman, neighbor, husband,
father and friend is worthy to be honored by the old, emulated by the young and affec-
tionately cherished by all."
Mr. Shirk was also one of the original stockholders and a director of The First
National Bank of New Castle. His connection with both of these banking institutions
will be found in the chapter of this History relating to "Banks and Banking."
M.^RTIX KINSEY.
Martin Kinsey, eldest son and child of Lewis and Catharine (Shultz) Kinsey, was
born June 12, 1839, on his grandfather's farm, which adjoined Hagerstown on the north
and which is now a part of that town. Lewis Kinsey and wife lived on this farm during
the first four years of their married life. Martin Kinsey remained at home with his
parents on the different farms owned by them, as mentioned in the foregoing sketch,
until 1864, when he was twenty-four years of age. During his boyhood he attended the
country schools and spent one term at the New Castle Academy, when Professor Joseph
L. Brady was principal. After he had reached man's estate he assisted his father in the
cultivation -and management of the farm, in which capacity he was an invaluable aid be-
cause of his great industry and practical knowledge in making the soil yield profitable
returns. In his twenty-fourth year. March 19, 1864. he was married to Sarah, daughter
of Joseph and Christena (Epperly) Replogle, at their home, one mile north of Hagers-
town, Wayne County, the marriage ceremony being performed by the Reverend William
Lindley. Soon after his marriage Mr. Kinsey bought what was then known as the Jacob
Hoover farm, located in Liberty Township, a mile and a half east and north of old Chi-
cago, then a village, but now long since passed into innocuous desuetude. This farm con-
tained one hundred an forty-five acres. After several years, or in 1878, Mr. Kinsey dis-
posed of this place and purchased the Joseph Replogle farm, then owned by Abraham
Replogle, a relative of Mr. Kinsey's wife. This body of land comprised one hundred and
twenty acres, situated one mile north of Hagerstown, for which he paid $100 an acre.
Subsequently he sold this farm to George Gephart and about the year 1890 purchased the
Williams Nicholson farm, containing one hundred and forty acres, situated along the
Dublin pike, two and one-half miles southeast of New Castle, and has since cocitinued to
reside there. It is a fine body of land, which the present owner has brought to a high
state of cultivation. In addition to grain farming he devotes much care and attention to
the raising of stock, in which he has been very successful. All of his life has been spent
on the farm, and his opinion on all matters pertaining to the tilling of the soil and the
raising of profitable stock is very highly regarded. Mr. Kinsey was reared in the faith
of the German Baptist or Dunkard Church, and while not a member of that religious
body, gives his cordial support to the church. He has always been a Republican and
clings to the belief that he will continue to pin his faith to that political party so long
as he lives. He oast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860 and re-
joices in that fact. In that year he was a member of the "Wide Awakes" and partici-
pated in the great Republican demonstration at Middletowjn, when Thomas Corwin was
the orator of the day and General Sol Meredith the grand marshal. He supported Lin-
coln, Grant and McKinley for two terms each and his last vote was- cast for Theodore
Roosevelt.
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Mrs. Martin Kinsey's father, Joseph Replogle, came from Pennsylvania aind her
mother. Christena (Epperly) Replogle, came from Virginia. Both were of that sturdy,
industrious stock that so largely aided in making Indiana a garden spot where almost
impenetrable forests stood. The Replogles constituted a large family, who settled in
Wayne and the eastern part of Henry counties. Joseph Replogle and Christena Epperly
were married in Wayne County, near Centreville, where Sarah (Replogle) Kinsey was
born March 6, 1S42. Both her parents are dead. The names and dates of birth of the
children of Martin and Sarah (Replogle) Kinsey are as follows: Lewis Elsworth, born
November 1, 1864; Joseph Henry, bom March 27, 1866: Charles, born November 1, 1867;
Nevada Catharine, born March 17. 1869. She was married March 1, 1894, to Luther L.
Campbell, at that time a merchant in New Castle, afterward located at Winchester, Ran-
dolph County; she died January 9. 1899; Jennie, born March 23, 1872, died January 31,
1877; Benjamin Franklin, born February 9, 1878, died April 18, 1883. All of the above
who are deceased are buried in the German Baptist Cemetery near Hagerstown.
LEWIS EI,L.SWOKTII KIXSET.
Lewis Elsworth Kinsey, now a popular business man of New Castle, spent his boy-
hood on his father's farm, finding time during that period to acquire a good common
school education. In January. 1885, he accepted a position with The Citizens' State Bank
of New Castle as bookkeeper, which he resigned in 1887 to take a like position with the
firm of Baldwin, Roberts and Company, extensive pork packers in New Castle, and re-
mained with them until they retired from the business in 1890. He then went to the
Pacific coast and was in southern California and on Puget Sound for about two years.
Returning to New Castle, he purchased the old established drug store, then and now lo-
cated in the room adjoining that occupied by The Citizens' State Bank. April 1, 1892,
which he has since conducted, and which under his careful and methodical management
has continuously enjoyed a large and lucrative trade. Mr. Kinsey stands high in the
business and social circles of New Castle. He is a member of Crescens Lodge, No. 33,
Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Red Men, Blue Lodge, No. 91, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons; No. 484, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and Court No. 21,
of Ben Hur.
JOSEPH HEXRY KINSEY.
Joseph Henry Kinsey remained with his parents on the farm until he reached early
manhood, during that time attending the schools of the neighborhood. He took up the
study of medicine while at home and afterward became a student in the office of Dr.
Joseph M. Thurston, who then resided in Hagerstown. Later he graduated from the
Physio-Medical College of Indianapolis and went from that institution to Richmond,
where he began the practise of medicine. Dr. Joseph H. Kinsey stands deservedly high
in his profession and has a very extensive practise. He built and resides in a handsome
home in Richmond, where he is regarded as one of the substantial citizens of that city.
He was married April 10, 1889, to Belle Bellis. the ceremony being performed by the
groom's grandfather. Elder Lewi's Kinsey. They have one child, a daughter named
Ruth, now In her fifteenth year.
CHARLES KINSEY
has been for some time employed in the Krell-French Piano Factory in New Castle.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KOONS.
NATIVE CITIZEN, LEADING FAKMER. INFLUENTIAL MAN.
It is not necessary that a man should have performed some great deed, formulated
and brought to a successful conclusion some great work, or that he should have been
especially active in public affairs to warrant the publication of a sketch of his life. It is
the few who gain widespread fame or who rise far above their fellows In any locality.
Nevertheless, the great majority have been workers in the world's vineyard, many of
whom are still living and making their impress upon the communities with which they
are identified. Benjamin Franklin Koons is such a man, whose life has been one of
activity, chiefly in agricultural pursuits, to which he has brought a practical knowledge
a^nd understanding and in which he has shown a tenacity of purpose such as make him
one of the leading farmers of Henry County and eastern Indiana.
The Koons family is a very large one and is especially numerous and prominent in
the northeastern part of the county. The great-grandparents of Benjamin F. Koons were
Davault Koons, a native of Pennsylvania, and Susan (Dicks) Koons, a native of Ger-
many, who lost her first husband at sea while crossing the ocean to America. She sub-
sequently married Davault Koons. and to their union were born three sons — Gasper,
George and John. Gasper, who was born in Pennsylvania, November S, 1759, married
Mercy Presnall, also a native of Pennsylvania, in 1775. They had seven children, four
sons and three daughters, namely: George, Davault, Gasper, John, Martha, Mary and
one who died in infancy.
The mother of these children died and in 1797 the father. Gasper Koons,. married
Abigail Piggott, a school teacher, the daughter of Jeremiah and Rachel Piggott. They
were members of the Friends' or Quaker Church, and the marriage was according to the
Friends' ceremony. To the union of Gasper Koons and Abigail Piggott were born twelve
children, nine sons and three daughters. The eldest son died in infancy; the others were:
Jeremiah, William, Nathan. Henry, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, Jesse. Hannah. Rachel
and Susannah.
This family moved, about the year 1800, from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, where
they settled near Bald Mountain. In the fall of the year 1808 the family left North
Carolina and after traveling for fully six weeks, climbing mountains and fording streams
and rivers, they arrived safely at Whitewater, near the then village of Richmond, Wayne
County, Indiana, and there entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, which now lie
just beyond the corporate limits, southeast of the city of Richmond. Gasper Koons and
his wife were devout members of the Friends' Church and the considerable body of their
co-religionists, who were already settled in Wayne County about Richmond, made the
location seem an especially favorable one to them. They attended the meetings of their
church at Richmond as long as their healths would permit. Gasper Koons died November
S, 1820, at the age of sixty-one years. His widow followed him to the grave in 1850, aged
seventy-eight years. Both are buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond.
Joseph, the seventh son of Gasper and Abigail (Piggott) Koons, and father of the
subject of this sketch, was born southeast of Richmond, near Greenmount, February 17,
1811. He was married to Lucinda Ray in 1834. She was the daughter of Thomas and
Martha Ray, who came from Virginia, and after seyeral removals, finally entered and
located a tract of land one mile west of what is now the town of Mooreland, Henry
County, Indiana, where he resided with his family until his death in 1845. On this farm
his son, the well-known James Ray, of Blue-river Township, lived and died.
To Joseph and Lucinda (Ray) Koons were born the following named children:
Sarah, Thomas, Benjamin F., the subject of this sketch; George R., Samuel, Joseph, Pleas-
ant M., Hannah Louisa, John L. and Nancy Ellen. Of these children Benjamin F., George
R., Pleasant M. and John L. are living. All of the deceased are buried in the Kissenger
Cemetery, two miles north of Mooreland. except Joseph and Hanjnah Louisa, who are bur-
ied in the Mooreland Cemetery. Joseph Koons, the father, died November 10, 187S. and
and his widow, Lucinda (Ray) Koons, died November 21, 1880. Both are buried in the
Friends' Cemetery, near Franklin, Wayne County, Indiana.
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benjamin franklin koons.
BenjamlTi Franklin Koons, son of Joseph and Lucinda (Ray) Koons, was born No-
vember 23, 1839, on a farm two miles southwest of Mooreland, where he lived as boy and
man until he moved in 1S64 to a farm two miles southeast of Mooreland, where he has
continuously lived to the present time. On June 27, 1861, he was married to Mahala,
daughter of Jacob and Sophia Deardorff, who came from Ohio and entered the one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land in Blue River Township now owned and occupied by Mr.
Koons.
To the union of Be-.ijamin Fraukliu and Mahala (Deardorff) Koons were bora nine
children, as follows: John L., James. Albert, Thomas Benton, Newton Clay, Cora See,
Charley, Harvey L., Robert H. and Perry O. These children are all living except the sec-
ond son. James Albert, who died in early childhood and is buried in the Mooreland
Cemetery by the side of his mother, who died June 21, 1900. John L. and Thomas Benton
reside at Muncie, Indiana, where the former is engaged with Ball Brothers, glass manu-
facturers, and the latter is a member of the Muncie fire department. Both are married
and have children. Newton Clay owns and lives on a farm two miles east of Moore-
land with his wife and children. Cora See is the wife of Lorenzo D. Adamson and re-
sides in New Castle. Charley, with his wife and one child, and his brother. Perry O.. live
with their father on the home place. Harvey L. lives one mile and a half south of
Losantville, on one of the most beautiful farms in eastern Indiana; his wife, Ina
(Thompson) Koons, died in July, 1905, leaving two children and a bereaved husband.
RoDert H. married Josie Stanley and resides in Mooreland, where he is engaged in
business. Fifteen grandchildren contribute very materially to the happiness of Benja-
min F. Koons.
Mr. Koons received his primary education in the typical log cabin school house, of
which mention is so frequently made in this History. He afterwards, during the win-
ters for several years, attended the common or district schools and worked on the farm
in the summers. He also attended the Blountsville High School and sat under the teach-
ings of Newton Kimball, who was afterwards a sergeant in Company I, 124th Indiana
Infantry during the Civil War, and subsequently became a prominent physician, with a
large practise, at Franklin. Wayne County, Indiana, where he died. He was buried at
Blountsville.
After completing his education Mr. Koons himself became a school teacher, begin-
ning when he was eighteen years of age and continuing in that profession for several
years after his marriage, until he was past thirty years of age, teaching in the winter
and farming during the summer. He then gave up teaching and turned his attention
mainly to the settlement of estates, guardianship of orphan children and other business
of like character. He was assignee of Clapper, Shaffer and Smith, pork packers, at New
Castle, whose failure caused a large financial flurry in middle and northeastern Henry
County, and he has been assignee, administrator, executor, guardian, etc., in a great
number of cases, and all of his fiduciary duties have been faithfully and satisfactorily
performed.
Mr. Koons has been a member of the German Baptist Church since 1863 and his wife,
who joined the same church at the same time, continued in that faith until her death.
He has been, almost from the beginning of his membership, a deacon in the church and
has given freely of his means to its support. For a long time he Has been identified offi-
cially and otherwise with the Old Settlers' Association of Henry County and is now the
president of the organization. He is also a member of the Henry County Historical So-
ciety, of which he is now and has been tor a number of years the treasurer. An old
settlers' gathering or a meeting of the historical society would be incomplete without his
cheerful and cheering presence.
Politically Mr. Koons has been from its organization an aggressive and uncompro-
mising member of the Republican party. He was an alternate delegate to the Repub-
lican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1900 and to the Chicago convention of 1904.
He has been a delegate to many county, district and State conventions, and has for many
years been a leader in the politics of Blue River Township. He is a veiy competent
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writer and has contributed to tlie county and otlier papers exhaustive articles, mainly
relating to the different phases of, the financial and political questions of the day. He
is a student of affairs and has kept well abreast of current events and opinions and
never takes up a subject without exhaustmg its possibilities.
Mr. Koons assisted in the first organization ot the Indianapolis, New Castle and
Winchester (electric) Railway and was the first president of the company, which con-
sisted of Charles S. Hernly, Daniel Storms, Union B. Hunt and others. This road is
now known as the Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo (electric) Railway, and is fre-
quently referred to as the "wild flower and honey bee route," and is now in process of
construction. When completed it will extend from Indianapolis to New Castle and thence
to Muncie, Winchester and Richmond in Indiana, its terminus being Toledo, Ohio.
Mr. Koons is a consistent advocate of temperance and a worker in its cause and it
is largely through his influence that the saloon has been prevented from obtaining a foot-
hold in the beautiful town of Mooreland. All in all, Mr. Koons has ever been an active
and moving spirit in the affairs ot Henry County. He is possessed of strong natural
ability and has uniformly observed in all his life work the inspiring command, "Go
forward."
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OP ALBERT KRELL,
MANUFACTUBEB. BUSINESS MAN AND CHIEF PKOMOTEK OF THE KREIX-FEENCH PIANO COMPANY,
NEW CASTLE.
The man of high aims often reaches the goal of his ambition by persistent and in-
telligent effort, while the man of lesser ambition more often fails to accomplish any-
thing of lasting value through lack of proper incentive. It is nature's law that the child
must creep before it can walk, but with the first step comes consciousness of a new power
and the bent of the child's mind is disclosed. One makes its first essay with firmness
and determination; another with fear and trembling; in the same family different dis-
positions manifest themselves, one child, possessed of push and vim, clinging tenaciously
to its rights and boldly elbowing its way through the world, while the more timid nature
is pushed to the wall. The bolder natures smile at reverses that overwhelm the shrink-
ing brother and with redoubled effort press along the pathway to success.
This thought is illumined by the business career of Albert Krell, whose high aim's
have been supplemented by a boldness in planning and an energy in executing great
enterprises that entitled him to be considered one of the great industrial leaders of the
day. Should his work now suddenly cease, the business enterprises with which his name
has become so intimately linked would stand as a lasting monument to his sagacity and
push.
THE KRELL-FHENCH PIANO COMPANY.
This company, which owes its existence and prosperity largely to the efforts of Mr.
Krell, is said to be the largest concern of its kind in the world, and the history of its
location in New Castle is an interesting one. At the time of its coming the town was
not dead, but there was little of that bustling activity which pervades towns of similar
size, but with larger manufacturing interests. By i-ndividual efforts a sentiment was
gradually aroused in the community in favor of such enterprises which finally crystal-
lized in the organization of the New Castle Industrial Company, with such substantial
and public-spirited citizens as Charles W. Mouch, Eli B. Phillips, James S. McQuinn,
David W. Klnsey, Simon P. Jennings, Eugene H. Bundy, Lycurgus L. Burr as directors
and Charles S. Hernly as secretary, and its influence upon the future of the town Is well
known.
Scarcely had this company been organized when it was advised that the plant of
the Krell-French Piano Company, then located at Springfield, Ohio, had been destroyed
by fire, February 10, 1902. Negotiations were at once undertaken and under certain
guaranties, which it is unnecessary to repeat in detail, the company moved from Spring-
field to New Castle and erected there the most modern and complete piano factory in the
world. One institution has brought another until the industrial prosperity of the town Is
assured. The main building of this factory was originally sixty feet wide and ten hun-
dred and fifty feet long and three stories high, all built of brick and with double and
triple floors. Besides the main building there were a boiler and engine house, a veneer
warehouse, a varnish house and three dry kilns. Additions have been made from time '
to time and it is in contemplation at an early day to more than double the capacity of
this already great factory, a factory whose magnitude and importance is not fully real-
ized by the town itself. The population of the town has more than doubled since the
coming of this business, and the factory now employs over five hundred workmen, and
its weekly pay-roll will average over six thousand dollars. Its present weekly output of
finished pianos is one hundred and twenty-five, -which are shipped to all parts of the
United States and Canada, many also going to foreign lands, but the factory working
to its full capacity, is unable to supply the demand for its instruments.
The capital stock, common and preferred, of this company is $550,000. Its stock-
holders are chiefly individuals who are interested in the piano trade. The oflicers. all
men of long practical experience, were originally Albert Krell, president; Jesse French,
Sr., a capitalist of St. Louis. Missouri, first vice-president; Otto Bollman, s.wond vice-pres-
idant; Edwin B. Pfau. secretary, and H. Edgar French, treasurer.
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The directors were Otto BoUman and Jesse French, Sr., both of St. Louis, Missouri;
Charles L. Dengler, H. Edgar French, Albert Krell and Edwin B. Ptau, all of New Cas-
tle, Indiana; Henry Dreher, of B. Dreher and Sons, Cleveland, Ohio; E. E. Forbes, of
B. E. Forbes Piano Company, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; William
N. Grunewald Company, Limited, New Orleans, Louisiana; O. K. Houck Piano Company,
Memphis, Tennessee, St. Louis, Missouri, and Little Rock, Arkansas; Harvey S. Patter-
son, C. C. Mellor Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
What has been said of this company merely outlines its resources and strength. The
brains and energy which organized and managed this great industry belonged to Albert
Krell, who was its president until the annual meeting of stockholders, August 10, 1905,
when he declined to longer serve for the reason that he designed in the future to devote
his attention to the manufacture and sale of the Krell Auto-Grand Piano. His arduous
labors and his long and successful connection with the management of the Krell-French
Piano Company were recognized by that organization upon his retirement from tlie pres-
idency by the unanimous adoption of the following resolutions:
"Whereas, The phenomenal success of the Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company requires
the entire time and attention of our president and he declines to become a candidate for
re-election, be it
"Resolved, That, while we regret the necessity of such action, we rejoice in his suc-
cess and wish him continued prosperity. We therefore hereby tender him our vote of
thanks, as well as feel that the success of our company is in a large degree due to his
ability and indefatigable industry. But we have induced him to remain in the board to
be of such assistance as may be necessary to further the interests of the Krell-French
piano."
The present officers of the company are: Jesse French, Sr., president; Otto BoU-
man, first vice-president; O. K. Houck, second vice-president; Jesse French, Jr., secre-
tary; H. Edgar French, treasurer. Directors: Albert Krell, Henry Dreher, Henry Pat-
terson, W. E. Grunewald, E. E. Forbes, Jesse F. Houck, Olney Davies, Otto Bollman, H.
Edgar French, Jesse French, Sr., and O. K. Houck.
THE KEELL AtrTO-GBAND PIANO COMPANY.
This company was organized in November, 1904, with the following officers: Albert
Krell, president; Edwin B. Pfau, secretary and treasurer; l: A. Krell, vice-president; Pe-
ter Welin and Charles L. Dengler, directors. The Krell Auto-Grand Piano is already rec-
ognized throughout the civilized world as the acme of musical perfection in the piano
line. The completeness of this instrument can hardly be realized except by one who has
noted for many years the constant improvement and change going on in so many of the
arts and lines of business pursuit. Of the inventor it may be said that like the poet he
is born, not made. Who to-day remembers the first crude sewing machine and its pre-
dicted failure? Or what old printer forgets the ridicule that greeted the first typesetting
machine? Yet the perfected sewing machine is with us to-day and the "lightning com-
positor" has given way to the Mergenthaler and Linotype machines. So with the type-
writer and many other equally wonderful machines, but in none of the arts has there
been wrought a more magical change than in that of piano making.
It is a far cry from the simple "spinet" of our mothers, the first one of which to
come to Henry County was brought about the year 1S35 among the household goods of
William Henry, one of the earliest pioneers. The beauty, finish and tone of that
"spinet," which is still in existence, compared with the instrument that has taken its
place, is as a mouth organ to an Italian harp.
The Krell Auto-Grand Piano is, simply stated, a piano with an attachment which en-
ables even the unskilled musician to manipulate the instrument so as to produce the sim-
plest as well as the most difficult musical compositions for the benefit of himself and of
others, and to do so in a manner equal or superior to that of accomplished players. This
attachment, as its name implies, is automatic in its action, and all the performer has to
do is to work the pedals and by means of stops to increase or decrease, as may be de-
sired, the volume of tone of the instrument, a thing easily learned.
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The attention of the musical world has been turned to this problem for years and
many devices have been tried to bring about this result, but it has remained for the
Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company to perfect the idea and to-day not only is their instru-
ment recognized as the finest product of the skilled pianomaker, but the automatic at-
tachment is considered the highest achievement of inventive genius in musical lines.
Many people possessing a high appreciation of the harmony of sound are debarred by
lack of musical training from the pleasures of music because they cannot get their fin-
gers to perform the necessary work. For such the piano-playing attachment will pro-
duce the most classical music with a technique and finish surpassing the skill of the deft-
est of human fingers.
The Krell Auto-Grand Piano is a wonderful piece of mechanism, of new and hand-
some design, and no one looking at its beautiful exterior would imagine that behind it all
lies hidden a power which only needs to be invoked to make the piano the prince of
musical instruments. The inventor of this automatic attachment is Peter Welin, a musi-
cal genius, who has patented some of the most remarkable improvements in piano-
players that the world has heard or seen. The Auto-Grand is his latest and greatest pro-
duction and far excels all other piano-playing devices.
Edwin B. Pfau, formerly secretary of the Krell-French Piano Company, but now sec-
retary and treasurer of the Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company, has been from his boyhood
associated with the trade and manufacture of pianos. He is thoroughly versed in the
business, knows all about the mechanism of the piano and in the discharge of his duties
never loses sight of the two most important features — perfection and durability — of the
instruments made and turned out by their great factory.
For the present the Krell Auto-Grand Piano will continue to be manufactured at
the works of the Krell-French Piano Company, but it is the intention of Hs owners to
build their own factory on their own ground, thus adding another great industry to
those already established in New Castle. In direct reference to this statement a gentle-
man of observant mind and known soundness of judgment has given it as his opinion
that "Mr. Krell's Auto-Grand attachment is worth a cool million of dollars, and I predict
that in a few years he will be operating in New Castle a plant as large, if not larger,
than the present Krell-French factory, devoted exclusively to the manufacture of the
Auto-Grand. The attachment ^vill in time be universally used."
The history of this splendid industry is the history of Albert Krell. Like many other
industrial organizations which have had modest beginning, this has grown and waxed
great through his fostering care and must ever remain indebted to his energy and push
tor its present prosperity. Mr. Krell is indefatigable in business and possesses great
driving power. He likes to hear the engines' mighty throbbings and the humming of
the machinery and to see the wheels turning round. He is all the time doing things
himself, watching and overseeing the vast interests under his control.
ALBERT KRELL.
Albert Krell's genealogical record shows that his great-grandfather, Frederick Wil-
liam Krell, was born in 1774 and that he died in 1870, thus having lived for nearly one
hundred years. He was a captain in the French army under the great Napoleon and
participated in the famous Russian campaign of that illustrious conquerer in 1812, and
on the retreat of the grand army from Moscow he was one of the comparatively few sol-
diers to escape with his life from the terrible deprivations and the dreadful horrors of
that midwinter retreat. The grandfather of Albert Krell was Gustave Frederick Wil-
liam, born in 1800; died in 1886. Both of the above died and were buried in Prussia,
now the leading State in the German Empire.
MrfKrell's father was also named Albert Krell, amd was born in Prussia in 1832 and
died in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 5, 1900.
His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, was Alvina (Lindemuth) Krell,
who was also born in Prussia and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in February, 1866. Both of
his parents are buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati. They were the parents of
seven sons and one daughter. All are now deceased excepting Albert Krell, the subject of
this sketch, and are buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery.
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Albert Kreli, the father, was a leading violinmaker of his time and as such had not
only a national but a world-wide reputation. It is said that he and George Gemunder, the
latter of New York City, were the only violinmakers of note who lived in the United
States during the nineteenth century, and that as a matter of fact there is now no great
violinmaker In this country nor in the old world. The violins made by both Mr. Krell and
by Mr. Gemunder have an established reputation among connoisseurs and bring fabulous
prices.
Albert Krell, the subject of this sketch, was born September 6, 1859, in Cincinnati,
and it was there that he received his education and learned his trade as a pianomaker
with his father, who was not only a great violinmaker, but had skilled knowledge regard-
ing the mechanism of the piano and many other musical instruments. He was married
December 2t;, 1SS3, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Laura Amelia Pfau. Her grandparents on her
mother's side were Peter and Wilhelmina Bogen. Her parents were John Michael and
Wilhelniina (Bogen) Pfau. Albert and Laura Amelia (Pfau) Krell are the parents of
two children, namely: Elsa, born November 21, 1884, and Meda, born September 29, 1887.
They are very popular young ladies, prominent in social circles, well educated and highly
accomplished. Mr. and Mrs. Krell have also an adopted son, Harold Alexander, the or-
phan child of Mr. Krell's brother Alexander.
Mr. Krell began pianom,aking in 1889 at Cincinnati in company with his brother,
Alexander Krell. They started in a small way, having their factory on .the top floor of
their father's place of business. Number 144 'West Fourth Street. The business pros-
pered and in time increased to such proportions that removal to larger quarters became
advisable, and in 1890 the premises at Race and Canal streets were leased and the fac-
tory established there. Trade continued to increase so rapidly that in 1892 they bought a
factory on Ninth, Harriet and Richmond streets, embracing two hundred feet on Harriet,
running back two hundred and forty feet on Richmond and Ninth streets. Shortly after
their removal to these new quarters Mr. Krell disposed of part of his interest in the
factory in 1900 and in the succeeding year. 1901, went to Springfield, Ohio, where, in eon-
junction with several other parties, a large factory was started, which was then owned
an., conducted as it is now by the Krell-Prench Piano Company. "It is an ill wind that
blows nobody good." Not long after the establishment of the piano factory at Spring-
field it was almost totally destroyed by fire, February 10, 1902, and soon afterwards
moved to New Castle, Indiana, as above stated.
Although Mr. Krell is personally and financially interested in the Krell-French
Piano Company and as anxious as ever for its growth and prosperity, he has, neverthe-
less, become especially identified with the Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company and is giving
to that industry his undivided attention.
Though reared in the Lutheran faith, Mr. Krell is now a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and, with his family, is a regular attendant upon its services. He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity and politically is a strong adherent of the Repub-
lican party, giving that organization and its principles and policies his warmest en-
couragement and support.
EDWIN BOGE.N PF.Vtl.
Edwin Bogen Pfau, born June 2. 1867, is the brother-in-law of Albert Ki-ell. He is
a son of John M. and -Wilhelmina (Bogen) Pfau, the former being a native of Germany
and the latter a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. On June 11, 1889, Edwin B. Pfau was united
in marriage with Stella S., daughter of Charles W. and Abbie (Brown) Longley. She
was born in Sidney, Maine. June 12, ISGS. Edwin B. and Stella S. (Longley) Pfau are
the parents of three children, namely: Walter L., born October 20, 1891; Helen J., bom
December 26, 1893, and Mildred, born September 7, 1895.
Mr. Pfau was educated in the schools of Cincinnati and is a graduate of the well-
known -ft^oodward High School of that city. He was reared in the Lutheran Church, his
parents being members of that great denomination. He is not himself a member of any
religious organization, but usually attends the regular services of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. He belongs to no secret societies or orders. He is a Republican in politics
and uniformly supports the policies of that political organization.
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1 170 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Mr. Pfau is a practical accountant and obtained his start in life as accountant and
business manager of Buhr, Wendte and Company, wholesale eonfecUoners of Cincin-
nati, with whom he remained from 1S84 to 1895. He then became bookkeeper and cashier
of the Krell Piano Company. Cincinnati, which position he occupied until the organiza-
tion of the Krell-French Piano Company, at Springfield, Ohio, in 1901, when he went to
that company. He continued with them, as is related in the foregoing article regard-
ing Mr. Krell, until the organization of the Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company, of which
he is now secretary and treasurer, and to which his whole time Is devoted.
It is a notable cicumstance that in 1896 Mr. Pfau was elected a director in the Krell
Piano Company of Cincinnati, which position he has held from that time to the present.
The success of the companies with which Mr. Pfau has been connected as accountant, di-
rector and officer is in large measure due to his careful, methodical and prudent
management.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOSIAH WARD MAXIM.
ONE OF ?;ew castle's early manufactuhees and enterprising citizens.
It is a far step from the town of Wayne, Maine, to New Castle, Indiana— from the
•'Pine Tree' to the "Hoosier" State; from "away down East" to the used lo be "away
out West"; yet there are those who have made the venture and profited greatly thereby.
Emigration from the far eastern States of Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire and Maasachusetts to any part of Indiana, especially in the early times, was so in-
frequent as to be hardly worth mentioning. The movement of the people from those
States somehow flowed in another direction, going largely to the northwestern States
of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and later to Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
It was a different class of people who came in pioneer times to Indiana, being repre-
sentatives, almost entirely, of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken-
tucky and Ohio. In later years, however, when the country had been more fully set-
tled and developed, other classes of immigrants came into the State, among them being
a number from the old New England States.
In the meantime the Indiana wilderness had given way to splendid farms; a net-
work of railroads had bound together all of the counties of the State; the discovery of
immense beds of coal, of fine building stone, underground stores of natural gas, coal
oil and medicinal waters led to great manufacturing enterprises; her public schools,
colleges, universities and scientific institutions, all bearing a national reputation, had
greatly enhanced the reputation of the State and placed it very close to the front rank
among the States of the American Union.
The wave of literary activity that has swept over the State and characterized its
later years has also disseminated the reputation of Hoosierland to far away points and
attracted to the State the keen down-east Yankee looking for favorable locations and
possible investments. It was this increased knowledge floating from the West to the
East that brought Josiah Ward Maxim from Maine to Indiana. He located at New Cas-
tle, Henry County, where he has become identified with its industrial, civic and social
The Maxims came originally from England and Nathan Maxim, the great-grand-
father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Wareham, Massachusetts, about the
year 1750. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. His son, Ephraim Maxim, the
grandfather of Josiah Ward Maxim, was born in Wareham, but moved to Wayne, Maine,
about the year 1790. The grandmother, Susan Maxim, was a native of Massachusetts.
Ephraim and Susan Maxim were the parents of nine children, namely: Ephraim, Silas,
Roland, Andrew, Phoebe, Jemima, Sarah, Clarissa and Ruth. Ephraim (second), the
father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Wayne, Maine, in 1800, and married
Ruth Bellington, of Concord, New Hampshire, where she was born in 1809. They were
married at Wayne in 1829 and to them were born the following children: Leonard H.
(1830), Olive A. (1832), Luther (1834), Ephraim H. (1836), George A. (1839), Josiah
Ward (1846) and Mary K. (1849).
Josiah Ward Maxim, more generally known as J. Ward Maxim, was born Septem-
ber 19. 1846, and was united in marriage with Florence E. Macomber (born in Winthrop,
Maine, August 26, 1853) at Winthrop, December 22, 1878, and the fruits of this union
were: Ethel V., born at Wayne, Maine, March 22, 1880; Helen B., born in New Castle,
Indiana, April 19, 1884, and Edna L., born in New Castle, December 30, 1890.
J. Ward Maxim with his wife and one child. Ethel V., came directly to New Cas-
tle, Indiana, in 1882 from Buckfield, Maine, where he had been engaged in the handle
business in partnership with the late Holman W. Waldron. under the firm name of
Maxim and Waldron.* In conjunction with Mr. Waldron he established a handle fac-
tory in New Castle, which commenced business January 1, 1883. The partners continued
this business until the death of Mr. Waldron in 1888, when Mr. Maxim took over the
business and continued it alone until he disposed of it to William C. Bond in February,
1902. The handle business was a new one in New Castle and Henry County and in it
Mr. Maxim was eminently successful. Touching the life and character of his partner.
1 172 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Mr. Waklron, it may be said that he merited and received that recognition due to gen-
uine worth from all those with whom he had business or social relations. During the
Civil War he was a soldier in Company C, 23d Maine Infantry, and in Company E, 32d
Maine Infantry. On page 5S0 of this History his military record will be found appro-
priately set forth. In this connection it is also worth while to mention the late George
H. Maxim, who came to New Castle with his uncle, J. Ward Ma.xim, and who was dur-
ing the later years of his young life foreman of the handle factory. He was born on
bong Island, New York, and was married June 7, 1893, to Kate, daughter of Captain Wil-
liam F. Shelley, of New Castle, Indiana. They were the parents of one child, which
died in infancy. George Maxim died April 17, 1903. He was an excellent young man,
attentive to duty and held in the very highest esteem by his numerous friends and as-
sociates. He was a member of New Castle Lodge, Number 91, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons; New Castle Chapter, Number 50, Royal Arch Masons, and of New Castle
Commandery, Number 44, Knights Templar. He was an enthusiastic working mem-
ber and delighted in giving to the ceremonies of the order that character designed to
make the strongest and most lasting impression.
Ethel v., the eldest daughter of J. Ward Maxim, is a very accomplished young
lady, who was married to Joseph A. Greenstreet, June 18. 1902, the Reverend Chauncey
King, the then pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Castle, performing the
ceremony. This union has been blessed with one child, a daughter, Dorothy, born De-
cember 24, 1904, who is the pride of tv/o households. Joseph A. Greenstreet is a na-
tive of Henry County and was for a number of years a teacher. He then became super-
intendent of the Henry County schools and prior to moving to Richmond, Indiana,
where he now resides with his family, he was associated with Mark O. Waters on the
New Castle Courier, of which they were editors and proprietors. He is now connected
with Mr. Maxim in the Richmond Handle Factory, established in 1902. This concern
at its organization consisted of J. Ward Maxim, Joseph A. Greenstreet and George H.
Maxim. Mr. Greenstreet now has the sole management of the factory and is doing a
very successful business.
Mr. Maxim, who seems to have a predilection for the handle business, is also in-
terested in a handle factory at Lewiston. Maine, under the firm name and style of the
Lewiston Handle Factory. This company has a capital of fifty thousand dollars. Its
president is Frank B. Norris and its secretarj^ and treasurer is Howard L. Holmes.
These two with Mr. Maxim constitute the directorate. The concern is doing a very sat-
isfactory business.
For several years it has been the custom of Mr. Maxim and family to spend the
greater portion of their summers at his birthplace in Wayne. Maine, a very popular
resort, located near the Androscoggin and Pocasset lakes, both beautiful bodies of
water, where fishing is good and boating delightful.
Mr. Maxim has been, from the date of his arrival at New Castle, one of its fore-
most and active citizens. Every enterprise having for its object the advancement of
the Interests of the town and county has had his cordial support. He was the prime
promoter of the erection of the Maxim Building, which bears his name, and he is the
president of the Maxim Building Company, which was organized with a capital of twen-
ty-five thousand dollars, and has twice that amount invested in this fine office building.
It is a lar.ee, four-story, modern business block, the lower floors being used for mercan-
tile purposes, the second and third floors for oflices and the entire fourth floor by the
Improved Order of Red Men. Iroquois Lodge. Number 97, New Castle, giving them
large and spacious quarters, second in arrangement and fittings to no other in eastern
Indiana. The building is a splendid addition to the business center of New Castle, be-
ing located immediately south of the public square between the Masonic Temple and
the Alcazar Theater on the one hand and the well known Bundy House on the other.
This building reflects credit upon the enterprise of Mr. Maxim and his associates.
Mr. Maxim is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and that (denomina-
tion is largely indebted to him for the splendid edifice in which its members now wor-
ship. He is a member of New Castle Lodge, Number 91, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; of New Castle Chapter, Number 50, Royal Arch Masons; of New Castle Com-
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mandery, Number 44, Knights Templar, and has taken the Scottish Rite degrees and
is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Crescens Lodge, Numoer 33,
Knights of Pythias, New Castle. Mr. Maxim was at one time the president of the r'irst
National Bank of New Castle and is now one of the directors of that institution and
as such gives to its affairs his careful attention and supervision.
Mr. Maxim and his family occupy a delightful home on South Main Street, New
Castle, Where he dispenses that genuine hospitality characteristic of those who are
reared in the old "Pine Tree" State. That he is a Republican in politics is emphasized
by the fact that he is a native of that State which for long years grandly supported the
great chieftain, James G. Blaine, of whom it has been often said that he was "the first
of American citizens"; of that State about which it was so often proclaimed: "As goes
Maine, so goes the Union," and that other equally famous political slogan, "Maine went
hell-bent for Governor Kent."
Mr. Maxim is a relative of the world famous inventor, Hiram S. Maxim, ^ho was
born in bangersville, Maine, February 5, 1840, being the son of Isaac W. and Harriet
B. Maxim. This family was a very poor one and engaged in an incessant struggle for
the necessaries of life. It is said that the mother was an "expert weaver, spinner, dyer
and seamstress" and that the father was "a trapper, tanner, miller, blacksmith, carpen-
ter, mason and farmer." Hiram, the son, early exhibited great mechanical skill and
with no other tool than the ordinary Yankee jack knife produced such articles of his
handiwork as to excite the wonder of the people of the little town where he was born.
He became a coach builder, served some time subsequently in a machine shop, labored
in a scientific instrument manufactory at Boston, likewise in the Novelty Iron Works
Shipbuilding Company at New York, and during all this period of his life made a
number of useful inventions, but the one which has secured the foremost place in the
estimation of the public is the now celebrated Maxim rapid-fire gun, which automatically
loads itself and fires seven hundred and seventy shots a minute. Out of this great
invention came the Maxim-Nordenfelt Gun Company with a capital of nine millions of
dollars. He. has taken out numerous patents of various kinds, more than one hundred
of them being for smokeless gunpowder and for petroleum and other motors and auto-
cycles.
In concluding this sketch of J. Ward Maxim it is pertinent to state that he is far
seeing, practical and progressive. He keeps step with the march of improvement,
watches with great interest the growth and prosperity of the town and county, the
State and the Nation, and so far as possible liberally supports every movement having
for its object the good of the community. He is noted for his vigor of mind and body,
for his excellent social qualities and for his good citizenship.
1 174 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKAN, HIS ANCESTORS AND
DESCENDANTS.
A PBOlllNE>.T AXD IXFLDEA'TIAL FAMILY OF HENRY COUNTY.
The Millikan family was one ot the most prominent in the early history and devel-
opment of Henry County and at the present day its numerous descendants are still con-
tributing to the material, moral and intellectual life and prosperity of the county In no
small degree, particularly in that part of it which comprises Liberty Township, the larg-
est and in some respects the most highly improved and richest section of the county.
This township is noted for its well-to-do ^citizens, past and present, many of whom have
had more than local fame and reputation, while of the present generation, a number have
reached positions of trust and responsibility in the community and have been honored
with unusual marks of public confidence. This family has always been distinguished by
certain marked characteristics, its several members displaying a quickness of percep-
tion, soundness of judgment and determination to accomplish results, which have kept
them in the van of the county's progress.
The ancestors of the Millikan family were William and Eleanor Millikan, who be-
longed to the colonial period of American History. They were the parents of the fol-
lowing named children: Alexander, Elihu, George, Solomon, Samuel, EH, father of the
late Nathan Millikan, William, Hannah, afterwards wife of William Canaday, and Nellie,
afterwards wife of Jesse Howell. All of the above are deceased.
Alexander Millikan, son of William and Eleanor Millikan, was born in North Caro-
lina in 17SS and was taken by his parents to East Tennessee In 1799, where he grew
to manhood and married Elizabeth Russell. They were the parents of the following
named children: Edith, afterwards wife of Abraham Chaney, both deceased; John Rus-
sell; Matilda, afterwards wife of Wesley Stubblefield, both deceased; Hannah, afterwards
wife of George Koons, Sr., but now deceased; David, recently deceased; Eli B., deceased;
Jane, afterwards wife of Thomas J. Bland, but now deceased; Matthew R., a resident
of New Castle; Esther, widow of George H. Messick, now livi^ng in New Castle; Malinda,
widow' of William Hobson, now living in Kansas; Keziah, now wife of Nathan F. Allen,
of Indianapolis; Poll.y, afterwards wife of William Hedrick. both deceased, parents of
Elihu Hedrick. one of the best known and most respected citizens of Liberty Township;
and one child which died in infancy.
In 1837, more than sixty eight years ago, Alexander Millikan (born January 18,
1788) immigated to Indiana and settled in Blue River Township, Henry County, about
six miles northeast of New Castle, on land which now adjoins the town of Messick, near
where his son, John R., and his daughters, Edith and Matilda, with their husbands, were
already located. He purchased some land on which a log cabin had already been erected
and a few acres of which had been cleared, and there he remained throughout the pioneer
days, redeeming the land from the wilderness and from time to time adding other acres
to his possessions until he had a farm second to none in the northeastern part of the
county. At last, full of years, he relinquished the farm and went to live in Liberty
Township with his son, David, where he remained until his death^ August 18, 1880, at the
ripe old age of ninety-two years. He was buried in Batson Cemetery.
JOHX RUSSELL MLLLIICAN.
During a life of more than sixty years in Henry County, John Russell Millikan. was
one of its best citizens. He was a fine type of that rugged band of North Carolinians and
ijJast Tennesseans who at a very early period left the South, mostly because of their
antipathy to slavery, and made their way into the wilderness and established new homes
amid the forests of Indiana. He was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, April 27,
1814. His father, Alexander, was of Scotch, and his mother, Elizabeth Russell, of Irish
descent. He was a splendid specimen, physically, of American manhood, and when, at the
age of twenty one years, he cut the cords that bound him to his Southern home, he was
in fine condition to battle his way to that success which eventually rewarded his energy.
HA2ZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II75
When he cast his lot with the early pioneers of Heinry County, he had a realizing
sense of the herculean task before him in wresting a home from the stubborn wilder-
ness, but he took up the task with a resolution and an energy to which everything must
yield. Like that of all pioneers, his life consisted largely of clearing, cultivating and im-
proving lands hitherto undisturbed by the hand of man. Of John R. Millikan, another
has said: "His mission was labor and work was scarce. He did not repine at his sur-
roundings. He had brawn and brains in happy alliance." He brought to Indiana, as his
sole earthly possessions, a horse, ten dollars in cash, and a few clothes. His chief capi-
tal was strength and pluck, and they never failed him. He chopped cordwood at thirty
seven and a half cents a cord, and did whatever came to his hand to do with all his
might but always bearing in mind the saying, "there is a better day coming." Steadily
but surely, as time came and went, prosperity smiled upon his way. He accumulated
a large property and in doing so never forfeited the confidence and warm regard of his
friends and neighbors. He was always accounted a good man and a good citizen, straight-
forward, honest and sincere.
After coming to Indiana, he was first a farmer, then a farmer and blacksmith, and
to these employments he afterwards added that of raising fine stock, principally cattle
and hogs. He spent several Winters in killing hogs and packing pork, having for his
associate in the business, and acting as agent for his friend, Abner D. Bond, of Cam-
bridge City, WXvne County, whose subsequent death threw into Mr. Millikan's hands, as
administrator, the settlement of his estate, valued at one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. He was also guardian of the children. He administered this trust for nearly
twenty five years in a manner most satisfactory to the parties in interest and was honor-
ably discharged by the court at the final settlement of the estate. Before being associated
with Abner D. Bond as above stated he had gained experience in the business mentioned
by having been connected in New Castle with Miles, Eli and Clement Murphey. After-
ward, in 1S74-5, he was for a'short time associated in pork packing in New Castle with
Smith, Clapper and Shaffer.
Mr.. Millikan served as a justice of the peace for eight years with a fairness, firm-
ness and impartiality that met with general approval. Politically, he was in accord with
the Democratic party until the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in 1S54, when he left
that party and .loined the Republicans. He was active in support of the latter and was
often a delegate to its various political conventions. In 1S6S he was elected a member of
the lower house of the General Assembly of Indiana, and was re-elected in 1870, serving
during the forty sixth and forty seventh regular and special sessions of that body. He
was a watchful member and a careful legislator and discharged his duties to the com-
plete satisfaction of his constituents.
He was one of the original stockholders of the Citizens' Slate Bank of New Castle,
and assisted in its organization in 1873. He was made president of the bank and held
that position until his death. He was a strong advocate of education, having himself felt
the lack of instruction in his youth, amd was one of the prime movers in securing the
adoption of the system of free schools for the county.
On August 5, 1838, John Russell Millikan was married to Martha, daughter of
George and Mary (Eller) Koons. who came to Indiana from North Carolina about 1820
and settled on Flatrock, in Liberty Township. John R. and Martha (Koons) Millikan
were the parents of the following named children: James W., who sacrificed his young
life in defense of his country, the record of whose service in the Civil War will be found
in Chapter XVI of this History, and whose name also appears in the Roll of Honor for
Henry County; Sarah Jane, wife of Thomas Benton Hunt; Davault K.; Mary Elizabeth,
wife of Hamilton Z. Beck; Prank M.; Thomas Benton; Isaac N.; and one child which
died in infancy.
Thomas Benton and Sarah Jane (Millikan) Hunt were the parents of: Clay C;
John M.; Clemmie, died at the age of sixteen years; James R.; and George W. (com-
monly called "Web"), who is the representative at Columbus, Ohio, of the Remington
Tv-pewriter Company. Clay C. Hunt has for a number of years been identified with the
political and social history of Henry County and is now the Register in Bankruptcy for
the district composed of the counties of Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry,
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Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Union and Wayne, with his principal office at New Castle.
James R. Hunt is a well Known traveling salesman of Indiana, who resides at New Cas-
tle, and John M. Hunt lives with his parents on the farm in Liberty Township.
Ds.vault K. Millikan was born May 7, 1S44, on the farm of hi? father in Hanoock
County, Indiana, where his parents lived for a short time. He married Gertrude, daugh-
ter of the late William L. Boyd, a one-time prominent citizen of Henry County. To this
marriage have been born two children, a son, Glenn R., and a daughter, Florence.
Hamilton Z. and Mary Elizabeth (Millikan) Beck are the parents of Ray M. Beck,
who resides at Indianapolis, where he is connected with the Smith Premier Typewriter
Company, and Frank Willard Beck, who resides at Fort Wayne, where he represents
the Smith Premier Typewriter Company in seven counties of northeastern Indiana.
Isaac N. Millikan is a prominent agriculturist and resides on the old home farm in
Liberty Township. His wife, Narcissa. is a daughter of James M. and Pamelia (Hunt)
Boyd, pioiTieers of Henry County. They are the parents of one living child, Imogene,
.born January 16, 1889. Two children, Margaret and Wayne, died in infancy.
The home life of John R. Millikan and wife was marked by real happiness. He was
a loving husband and father and his children still do honor to his memory, sanctified by
a thousand kindnesses. She was a pattern of wifely devotion and by precept and exam-
ple taught the beauty and holiness of a Christian life. Under the care of this good
woman, the children learned the lessons of virtue and morality which have marked their
footsteps through life.
In 1881, Mr. and Mrs. Millikan left their delightful home in the country, where
they had lived so long and so happily, and moved to New Castle, where they continued
to reside until their deaths. They were for many years members of tlie Christian
Church, to which large and influential religious body they gave their earnest support.
Mr. Millikan was a member of the Old Settlers' Association and of the Henry County
Historical Society. He served as president of each of thbse organizations and always
took great interest in their maintenance and support.
One of the most pleasing incidents in the long lives of Mr. and Mrs. Millikan was
the observance of their golden wedding, August 5, 1888. This event was celebrated at
the home farm in Liberty Township and was attended by more than two hundred relatives
and friends. An elaborate dinner was served at six long tables, each accommodating
twenty six guests, and each presided over by one of their six surviving children. Mrs.
Thomas Benton Hunt, Mrs. Hamilton Z. Beck, Davault K.. Frank M., Thomas Benton and
Isaac N. Millikan.
John R. Millikan died September 12, 1895, and his wife, Martha (Koons) Millikan,
died June 25, 1900. Both are buried in Batson Cemetery. Liberty Township. He lived
some years beyond the allotted three score and ten of man and his loss was most deeply
and sincerely mourned by a large circle of relatives, neighbors and friends. The directors
of the Citizens' State Bank of New Castle, among others, expressed the sentiment of the
community at his loss in the following resolutions:
"Resolved, that in his long career of nearly sixty years spent in the county as
mechanic, farmer, business man and banker, legislator, public spirited citizen, husband,
father, neighbor, friend and Christian gentleman, he has ever been actuated by noble
impulses and has maintained the strictest integrity of purpose and character. Able, hon-
est, industrious and sincere, his life has been successful and has earned for him and he
has received the respect and love of the entire community. His career is worthy the
emulation of old and young. He has walked in virtue's path and his sun has set in
peace."
During the Civil War, he was very active in support of the government and was one
of the trusted advisers of Governor Morton. In addition to sending his own son to the
front, he aided in recruiting for the army and was solicitous of the welfare of the wives
and children of those who were serving their country in the ranks. Up to the time of
his death his children all resided in the same neighborhood with him which was a source
of great consolation and enjoyment to him. It will be noted, too, that up to the present
time there have been only two deaths among his children.
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FRAXK ,M. MILLIKAX.
Prank M. Millikan, a citizen of Indianapolis, was born December 2, 1S51. on his
father's farm in Liberty Township, Henry County, Indiana, near New Castle. He is the
son of John R. and Martha (Koons) Millikan, the former of Scotch-Irish and the latter
of German descent. Mr. Millikan is fortunate in his ancestry, no race combination pos-
sessing in greater degree those elements of brain and brawn which exert a healthy
and ennobling influence in solving the problems of life and in elevating the standard
of citizenship.
He received his early education in the common schools of Henry County and the
academies of New Castle and Spiceland. These institutions were semi-collegiate and had
their societies of which he was a member. His aptitude for acquiring knowledge at-
tracted the attention of his teachers, and at the early age of seventeen years he was
elected to the position of teacher, over one of his then preceptors in the New Castle
Academy. He engaged in teaching for several terms, meanwhile working on his father's
farm and attending the academies to secure a more thorough education.
While the academy rated lower than the college, young Millikan's business edu-
cation made up for every deficiency, besides he had acquired a knowledge 6f human
nature which has contributed greatly to his success in life — something that is not found
in the university curriculum, and for which no amount of Greek or Latin is a substitute.
To read men and fathom their motives is to a certain extent intuitive, but experience
adds largely to such acquirements, and in business it is a qualification in the highest de-
gree valuable, preventing serious mistakes and often solving most complex problems in
human affairs. Mr. Millikan's early ambition was to become a lawyer. He contemplated
attending a law school for that purpose, but his business qualifications attracted the at-
tention of Thomas S. Lines, ex-representative and treasurer-elect of Henry County, and
he becarne his deputy treasurer, serving in that capacity also under William S. Bedford
and Thomas I. Howren, succeeding treasurers, in which position he became well known
as prompt in business and courteous in demeanor, qualities of head and heart which
the people appreciated, an evidence of which was manifested by the Republicans of
Henry County, who nominated him for county treasurer, April 1, 1878, by a large
plurality over his competitors, when but twenty six years of age, to which office he was
afterwards elected.
Mr. Millikan has always been a staunch Republican. He has worked with unfal-
tering zeal for the welfare of his party, and his abilities have been appreciated. In
1884 he was appointed a member of the Republican State Executive Committee, serving
in that capacity and as secretary of the Republican State Committee until January,
1898. He was its secretary from July, 1889, to January, 1894, of that period, and was
chairman of the executive committee in the great campaign of 1896. He was closely
Identified with both nominations of President Harrison in the campaigns of 188S and
1892, and likewise with the nomination and election of William McKinley as president
in 1896. In the Republican State Convention of 1896, Mr. Millikan was elected delegate-
at-large from Indiana to the St. Louis Convention by a large representative vote, receiv-
ing the full delegate vote of twenty eight counties and one half or more of the delegate
vote of twenty five other counties, an evidence of popularity and confidence of which/
he might feel justly proud: but Mr. Millikan, having chosen business pursuits for his
life work, has not sought, by election or appointment, preferment in political life.
In December, 1893, he accepted the responsible position of special loan agent for
Indiana of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, which position he still occupies, lending a million or more dollars annually for said
company, whose business has prospered in his field until the aggregate of its loans in
the State is from five to six millions of dollars. Such facts bear eloquent testimony
regarding Mr. Millikan's business qualifications and his fealty to the great institution
which he represents.
Mr. Millikan is a man whose superb physique would attract attention anywhere,
and bespeaks robust health, incalculable endurance and application to business, and
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these are characteristic attributes of him. He is a member of the Columbia Club of
Indianapolis. In social life he respond's to all its amenities in a way that makes his
beautiful home on North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, the center of elegant refinement.
On September 16, 1874, Mr. Millikan was married to Emma F. Boyd, daughter of
William and Hannah (Peed) Boyd, of Henry County. One son, Harry Boyd Millikan,
blessed this union, who as a member of the 27th Battery, Indiana Volunteers — old
Battery A, of Indianapolis — under Captain Curtis, served his country creditably in the
war with Spain, and had a taste of soldier life in Porto Rico. Mrs. Millikan, the
mother of Harry, died August 22, 1888. On February 25, 1897, Mr. Millikan married
Elma Elliott Barbour, daughter of Evans Elliott, deceased, who was a Mexican War
soldier, and who died a merchant, resident at Shelbyville, Indiana.
Honorable and upright in all his dealings, blessed with a competency, Mr. Milli-
kan's career has been bright in business as well as in a political way, and socially he
and his family stand deservedly high, having many friends throughout the State and
country. He has proved himself a worthy and infliiential citizen in all respects, and
being yet comparatively a young man, has before him a future in which still further
to emulate those attributes of character which make one esteemed and honored by one's
neighbors and fellow, citizens.
He is a member of Crescens Lodge, Number 33, Knights of Pythias, New Castle,
Indiana, "it being a matter of pride with him to keep his membership in his old home
lodge, and was a trustee of the lod.ge from 1884 until he took up his legal residence
in Indianapolis. While serving as a trustee the financial condition of the lodge, largely
through his efforts, improved to such an extent that the order undertook the construc-
tion of and completed its magnificent building in New Castle. From the foregoing it
will be seen that Mr. Millikan's business and political associations in the Capital City
date back nearly twenty years, yet he did not give up New Castle and make his legal
residence in Indianapolis until 1897, soon after his second marriage. A sketch is
appended to this article relating to Emma Florence (Boyd) Millikan and her ancestry.
Also appended Is a sketch of their son, Harry Boyd Millikan.
niO.MAS BKXTOX MILLIKAN.
(Son.)
Thomas Benton Millikan, the fourth son of John R. and Martha (Koons) Millikan,
was born on his father's farm in Liberty Township, HeniT County, Indiana, March 28,
1854. He was reared on the farm and as a boy did his proper share of the farm work.
He obtained his early education in the common or district school and afterwards
attended the public schools of New Castle, at the time they were under the efiBcient
direction of Professor George W. Huftord, now of Indianapolis, and for many years a
teacher in the Shortridge High School of that city. Mr. Millikan also attended the
Holbrook Normal School at "Lebanon, Ohio. His school days ended in 1874 and in
September of that year, he entered the service of the Citizens' State Bank of New
Castle, as assistant cashier.
In 1891, when James N. Huston, of Connersville, Indiana, resigned the treasurer-
ship of the United States and Enos H. Nebeker, of Covington, Indiana, was appointed
to succeed him, the latter selected Thomas B. Millikan as his representative to count
with others the cash in the United States Treasury, preliminary to the transfer of the
office to Mr. Nebeker. This selection was highly complimentary to Mr. Millikan, who
accepted the trust and spent the time from May 20 to July 1, 1891, in Washington. D. C,
ascertaining the balance in the treasury and during that period handled funds or their
equivalent, amounting to over $014,000,000.
From 1894 to 1902, both inclusive, he served as the State Bank Examiner of
Indiana, an office, the duties of which are very onerous and responsible, involving a
complete examination into the condition of each of the several State banks. Mr.
Millikan discharged the duties of this position with such signal ability that during his
eight years' incumbency only one or two such institutions of the State failed in
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Mr. Millikan's long familiarity with the banking business was very useful to him
as State Bank Examiner and as the personal representative of Mr, Nebeker in taking
over the funds of the United States Treasury. While making these several incursions
into other fields, he retained his position with the Citizens' State Bank and counts
thirty two years of continuous service with that institution, during all of which time
he has been associated with Mr. David W. Kinsey, the cashier of the bank. It means a
great deal to be thus identified for so many years with a single business, especially
when it is a bank. The continued trust and confidence of the stockholders and deposi-
tors and the esteem of the general public have been uniformly extended to him during
that long period of time and his best years have been freely given to the growth and
prosperity of that institution. He has never lost an opportunity to advance its interests
and is entitled to no small measure of credit for the popularity which the bank enjoys.
Aside from his duties as a banker, which ordinarily absorb the energy of the
individual engaged in that pursuit, his life has been a busy one. He is a man of posi-
tive character and has made his influence felt not only within the boundaries of his
home county but throughout the State. He is animated by a laudable ambition for the
'widest public usefulness and his motto has always been, "do something all the time."
He is a man of even temper and calm and deliberate in his actions, with a pleasing
deportment which enables him to smooth over the rough places and to avoid unpleasant
Ever since attaining his majority, he has been a member of the Republican party
and very active in support of the party principles and policies. In the Republican
State Convention of 1902, he was a prominent candidate for the nomination of Treas-
urer of the State of Indiana. There were four candidates for this position and though
Mr. Millikan was unsuccessful in his candidacy, iie stood next in order on the ballot to
the winner of the nomination. He has been for twenty two years continuously a
member of the Henry County Republican Central Committee. He is still comparatively
a young man and with his assured standing in financial and political circles, his future
career bids fair to equal, if it does not surpass, that of any of his contemporaries. He
is an attendant upon the services of the Christian Church and is a member of the
fraternal orders, belonging to Crescens Lodge, Number 33, Knights of Pythias, of which
he served for several years as trustee; he is also a member of Iroquois Tribe, Number
97, Improved Order of Red Men, and of New Castle Lodge, Number 484, Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks.
On October 26, 1S77, Thomas Benton Millikan and Alice, daughter of the late James
C. and Martha Jane (Boyd) Peed, 'were united in marriage, the ceremony being per-
formed by Elder William J. Howe, of the Christian Church. James C. Peed was the
son of the late well known James Peed, and Martha Jane (Boyd) Peed was the daughter
of Robert and Narcissa Boyd, old settlers of Liberty Township, Henry County, and a
sister of James M. Boyd, now on the staff of the rural route carriers, with headquarters
at New Castle.
Thomas B. and Alice (Peed) Millikan were the parents of three children, namely:
John R., born September 8, 1884, who is now an employe of the Citizens' State Bank of
New Castle; Louise, born April 5, 1892; and Martha Janet, born March 10, 1S97; the
daughters are each accomplished far beyond their years and are possessed of delightful
dispositions, happy amid their pleasant surroundings and the pride of their father, who
since the death of their mother has given to them and to their education his loving and
devoted attention. They are admired and beloved by all who know them.
Alice (Peed) Millikan, his beloved wife, died July 25, 1902. She joined the Flatrock
Christian Church in 1870. She was educated in the counto' schools of Liberty Town-
ship and in the New Castle High School. In 1874-5 she taught school in the Boyd
school house in Liberty Township. She was a woman of high character but of a do-
mestic disposition and was wrapped up in the happiness of her family; and when the
light of her life went out. grief and sorrow filled the household; she too rests in that
most beautiful of rural cities of the dead, Batson Cemetery, where, with but one or two
exceptions, all of the dead of the Millikan family are buried. Further reference might
be made to the Peed family and to the ancestry of Mrs. Alice (Peed) Millikan, but as the
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civil history of Liberty Township can never be properly considered nor written without
extended notice of the Peed and Boyd families, further reference to them is not made
here.
ANCESTRY OF EMMA FLORENCE (BOYD) MILLIKAN.
The Boyd family came originally from Mason County, Kentucky, at an early day
and settled in Wayne County, Indiana, near the village of Jacksonburg. The head of
the family in Wayne County was Samuel Boyd, who was the father of five sons and six
daughters. One of the sons was named Robert, born October 24, 1798, who moved from
Wayne to Henry County in 1826, prior to which time he was married in the former
county to Narcissa Stevenson. He located in Liberty Township, Henry County, six
miles southeast of New Castle, which locality has ever since been known and recognized
as the Boyd neighborhood. It was here that Rol)ert Boyd and his estimable wife, Nar-
cissa (Stevenson) Boyd, born November 1, 1796, lived until their respective deaths.
Robert Boyd died February 22, 1853, and his wife died October 20, 1885. Both are
buried in the Batson Cemetery. They were the parents of six children, three sons and
three daughters. One son, Alcander, died in infancy. The other children were William
L., James M.. Martha Jane, afterward wife of James C. Peed; Louisa, who after the
death of her sister, Martha Jane, married her husband, James C. Peed; and Mary, who
married Henry T. Bond, of Wayne County. All of the above named are dead, except
Henry T. Bond, who still resides in Wayne County, near Jacksonburg. and James M.
Boyd, who is now a resident of New Castle, and connected with the rural route mail
service.
William L. Boyd, eldest of Robert and Narcissa (Stevenson) Boyd's children, was
born March 12, 1822, and was married first to Hannah Ann, daughter of the late well
known James Peed, father of Evan H. Peed, of New Castle, August 18, 1846. They were
the parents of Emma Florence Boyd, who subsequently became the wife of Prank M.
Millikan. She was born at the farm home east of New Castle, October 18, 1850. and
died at her home in New Castle, August 22, 1888. Her mother, Hannah Ann (Peed)
Boyd, died October 28, 1852, when Emma was but two years of age. Frank M. Millikan
and Emma F. Boyd were married September 16, 1874, and to them was born one son.
Harry B., now a resident of Indianapolis. Following the death of his first wife, Wil-
liam L. Boyd was again married, his second wife being Martha J. Hixson, of Daviess
County, Indiana. She died "and he subsequently married Harriet A. Carter, of Henry
County, January 31, 1865. The latter still survives her husband, who died August 12.
1898, and she now resides at her well appointed home on South Twelfth Street. New
Castle. William L, Boyd, aside from his daughter, Emma Florence (Boyd) Millikan,
was the father of Augustus, born November 20, 1848; Gertrude, born November 1,
1856, now Mrs. Davault K. Millikan; Anna Martha, born November 23, 1862; Lynn C
born April 7, 1868; Horace W.. bom May 22, 1870; and Walter H., born February 16,
1882. All of the foregoing children are now living in New Castle, except Augustus, who
resides in Columbus. Indiana, and Walter H.. who resides on the old home farm in
Liberty Township. In private as well as public life, William L. Boyd was the ideal
citizen. He was a model farmer and public spirited man. When called upon to serve
the people in an official capacity, he discharged the duties appertaining to the office with
the same fidelity and zeal as characterized his whole life. He was one of Nature's
noblemen every day in the year. Among the public duties he performed, were those of
a member of the board of county commissioners, as is shown by the register of Henry
County officials elsewhere in this History, and during the Civil War, he was military
agent for Liberty Township, a highly important position.
Too much cannot be said in praise of the sweet, gentle and saintly character of
Emma Florence (Boyd) Millikan. Deprived of a mother's love and protection at an
early age, the great responsibilities of caring for her father's household, on the death
of his second wife, devolved upon her when she was twelve years old, but with a brave
heart she took up the duties and carried forward the work in all of its departments
with skill beyond her years. She was the light and life of the household and her young
womanhood was crowned with deeds of love and labor performed for those near and
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dear to her. In the few brief years of wifehood and motherhood that were allotted her,
she was all in all, so that when Death claimed her, it was hard, Indeed, for those who
loved her so to realize that her bright smile and cheery words and loving kindnesses
were gone from their lives forever, and as was said by one of the members of the
Woman's Working Society of the Christian Church, of which she was a devoted mem-
ber, "the voice of one of our sweetest singers is hushed to earth's music. Her remains
as well as those of all of the above who are deceased are buried in the Batson Cemetery.
In September, 1867, she united with the Christian Church at Flatrock and after her
marriage and removal to New Castle she was an attendant and supporter of the same
denomination there and a loyal member of its societies but until her death she retained
her membership with the Flatrock church with which she first pledged her faith to God.
In 1868-9 she attended the New Castle Academy, then under the direction of that
well remembered educator, the Reverend Henry M. Shockley. In 1870-1 she taught in
the New Castle Academy when Professor George W. Hufford, now of Indianapolis, was
principal. In the Winter of 1871-2 and again in 1872-3, she taught school at Millville, in
Uberty Township, being associated as teacher in the school tor both terms with her fu-
ture husband, Frank M. Millikan. In the Summer of 1872, she taught a private or sub-
scription school at Millville. Prior to the winter school at Millville, in 1871-2, she
taught two subscription schools in her home neighborhood at the old Devon church.
No woman ever lived in Henry County who left a wider circle of friends than
Emma Florence (Boyd) Millikan. To know her was to love her.
H.4RKY BOYD MILLIKAN.
{Grandson.)
Harry Boyd Millikan, son of Frank M. and Emma (Boyd) Millikan. was born in
New Castle, Indiana, June 28, 1875. After reaching school age, he began his education in
the public- schools of New Castle. His mother died August 22, 1888, and Harry resided
with his cousin. Clay C. Hunt, for about two years, and then with his grandfather,
John R. Millikan, still continuing: his studies in the public school until the Fall of
1894, when he entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where he remained during
two collegiate years, at the expiration of which he joined his father in Indianapolis,
the latter having taken up legal residence there in 1897. Young Millikan at once
began a business career and was appointed to the responsible position of general agent
of the National Surety Company of New York for the State of Indiana in Augiist, 1897,
and was the first general agent that company had in this State. Early in 1898 he
joined the Indiana Militia and became a private in Battery A of the Indiana National
Guard. When the Spanish-American War began, this battery became the 27th Indiana
Battery of Light Artillery, U. S. V., of which James B. Curtis, of Indianapolis, formerly
speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, was the captain. Briefly the history
o. this battery is as follows:
The 27th Battery of Light Artillery, Indiana 'Volunteers, was Battery A, 1st
Artillery, Indiana National Guard. The battery arrived at Camp Mount, Indianapolis,
April 26, l89S, under orders from the Governor, for the purpose of being mustered into
the service of the United States. After the officers and men had undergone the physical
examination necessary, they were mustered into the volunteer service on May 10. 1898.
The date of enrollment of officers and men was April 26, 1898, the day they were ordered
to Camp Mount. They left Indianapolis, May 15, and proceeded to Camp Thomas,
Chickamauga Park. Georgia, arriving there May 17. At Camp Thomas the battery was
assigned to a brigade of artillery consisting of eleven batteries commanded by General
Williston, U. S. 'V. They left Camp Thomas, July 24, arrived at Newport News, 'Vir-
ginia, and embarked for Porto Rico, July 28. arriving at Arroyo, Porto Rico, August 4;
marched to Guayma. Porto Rico. August 11, and were on the firing line on the San
Juan road when news of the peace protocol having been signed was received. They
marched to Ponce, Porto Rico, August 28, and embarked for the United States Sep-
tember 7, reached New York, September 15, and traveled by rail to Indianapolis, reach-
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ing there September 17 under orders for muster out. The battery was furloughed for
two months on September 23 and was finally mustered out and discharged November
25, 1898.
At Newport News, Private Millikan was detached and joined the United States
warship St. Paul, under Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, who commanded the Maine when
that vessel was blown up in the harbor at Havana, Cuba. The St. Paul landed at
Arroyo, Porto Rico, arriving there two days in advance of the transport bearing the
27th Battery, which private Millikan rejoined about August 5, and remained in Porto
Rico with the battery until September, 1898, when the Spanish-American war being
practically ended, the battery was ordered to Indianapolis, as above stated, and private
Millikan was given an hdnorable discharge September 22, 1898, his discharge being
endorsed under the head of remarks, "service honest and faithful," by order of the
Secretary of AVar. Private Millikan did not take advantage of the two months furlough
allowed before final muster out of the battery, but received his discharge in order that
he might return to business pursuits. The statement published on page 678 of this
History in connection with the Spanish- American war, that private Millikan was . dis-
charged on account of disability is an error, as he passed a perfect physical examination
both at muster in and muster out.
After his return to Indianapolis, young Millikan again took up employment with
the National Surety Company and so continued until October, 1899, when he went to
Helena, Montana, as confidential clerk with Palmer, Cooper and Company, bankers,*
where he remained until June, 1900. Again returning to Indianapolis, he entered the
loan department of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and was conpected with that company until February, 1902, when he became
associated with the Advance Veneer and Lumber Company of Indianapolis, one of the
largest concerns of the kind in the State, with a capital of $50,000. He is now secretary,
treasurer and acting general manager of the company. Following in the footsteps of his
father, he has taken an active part in politics and in the campaign of 1896 had charge
of the bureau of the Republican State Committee for bringing home absent voters. In
the campaign of 1900, he had charge of the bureau for the assignment of speakers. He
is a young man of correct habits and quick to make friends, his social qualities being
most excellent. His broad comprehension of business details added to his untiring
industry give sure indications of his future success in the business and social world.
He was married May 3, 1905, to Ruth Johnson, of Bloomington, Indiana, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson. Mr. Johnson is the owner of the Chicago-Bloom-
ington Stone Company and is also heavily interested in the Johnson-Matthews Stone
Company, both of which are prominent in the Bedford stone industry.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLES DAYTON MORGAN.
LAWYER, BANKEK, LEGISLATOR, PATRIOTIC A>"D PROSPEROUS CITIZEK.
Charles Dayton Morgan was born at Richmond, Indiana, July 31, 1829. His father,
Nathan Morgan, was a pioneer of Wayne County, Indiana, who removed from New Jer-
sey to the neighborhood of Richmond soon after that town was laid out in 1806. He
was a farmer and cabinet maker, having served an apprenticeship to that trade in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania. He had also been a boatman on the Delaware River in his
early manhood, and retained the memory of his old sailor days through life. Mr. Mor-
gan remembers that when delirious during his last illness, which occurred when he
was ninety years old, his father imagined himself to be a boatman again and gave the
orders of command as he was wont to do so many years before. Nathan Morgan came
to Indiana with his little family and such household goods as he possesed in a one-horse
wagon, but he was industrious and frugal and soon accumulated a competency. He was
twice married and was the father of a large family of children, who like himself were
prosperous people and good citizens.
Charles D. Morgan's mother was Nathan Morgan's second wife. Her maiden name
was Margaret Holloway. She was a sister of the late David P. Holloway, who was, for
many years, editor of The Richmond Palladium, and was once a member of Congress
from the old Fifth District of Indiana, and who was also commissioner of patents under
President Abraham Lincoln'. She was a woman of great force of character and notable
for her motherly tenderness and sympathy. Mr. Morgan's great-grandmother on the ma-
ternal side was a daughter of Rowland Richards, who came over with William Penn,
and seems to have had much to do with the early life of the Quaker colony in Penn-
sylvania.
In a sketch of Mr. Morgan's life in a book entitled "Men of Progress of Indiana,"
published by The Indianapolis Sentinel Company in 1899, it is said that "the ancestors
of the family, on both the paternal and maternal sides, were Welsh, traced back for two
hundred years." Since that was written, however, the record has been followed much
further back and it is believed that, on the mother's side, there is an almost, if not
wnolly. unbroken line of descent extending back to Charlemagne. Mrs. Francis Swain,
ivife of President Joseph Swain of Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, and former pres-
ident of Indiana University, who is Mr. Morgan's daughter, has recently made many
researches in Wales, in England, and on the continent of Europe, on the descent and
lineage of the family, and has visited many of the places occupied by her father's an-
cestors, one of which is the famous old seat of the Townsends, from whom Mr. Mor-
gan's mother was descended, and one member of which family. John Townsend. made
a notable journey across the American continent, from east to west, and by vessel to
the Sandwich Islands, about 1838, following much the same route as that followed
earlier in the century by Lewis and Clark. Returning to Philadelphia, Mr. Townsend
published an account of his expedition in 1839, which very interesting volume is among
Mr. Morgan's most highly prized books. Mr. Morgan's interest in these matters of
genealog>' is only such as any right-minded American citizen should cherish for their
historical value and because family relationships, lineage and antecedents are really
very important matters, which in the hard struggles of the immediate past the Ameri-
can people have for the most part greatly neglected.
Of his father's immediate family there were five sons and five daughter.?, of whom
the one best known in this section of Indiana, next to the subject of this sketch, was
the late Nathan Morgan, of Richmond, Indiana. Charles D. Morgan was educated in
the public school of Richmond and graduated from the high school of that city. After
completing his school life he entered the law office of William A. Bickle, of Richmond,
as a student of the law and spent two years with Mr. Bickle, followed by one year's
study in the office of James Perry, one of the old time circuit judges, who was held in
much esteem for his learning and impartiality.
Mr. Morgan was admitted to the practise of the law by the Wayne Circuit Court
in 1850. He opened an office in Richmond, but two years later, in 1852, removed to
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Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, and entered upon the practise of his profession
at that place, which has been his home ever since. He found it advisable to piece out
Ills income from the law by other labors, and accepted the place of operator for che
company that owned the first telegraph line in Eastern Indiana, which line ran along
the National Road. Mr. Morgan had to learn telegraphy from the start, but soon mas-
tered it sufficiently to manage the office, which was located in the book store of a young
friend of his, Tilghman Fish, and held the place for a year.
In the year 1852 the Henry County turnpike, the first gravel road in the county,
was completed through the county on the line of the National Road, and the Indiana
Central Railway, now the first division of The Pennsylvania System, west of Pittsburg,
was in course of construction. The old flat-bar railroad from Knightstown to Shelby-
ville and on to Madison on the Ohio River, was still doing business, and Knightstown
was the most important business point in the county. The men then prominent in the
affairs of the bustling town have nearly all passed away; but among thenv were such
men as Joel B. Lowe, James Woods, Robert Woods, John Weaver, Harvey Bell, George
S. Liowery, Peter C. Welborn, Moses Heller, I^emuel Murray, Morris F. Edwards and
others, who have departed, while a few, like Sol Hittle, John W. White and Tilghman
Fish, remain. In the surrounding country were such well remembered people as Gor-
don Ballard, Edward Lewis, John H. Bales and many another honored pioneer.
Mr. Morgan was a young man of great intellectual as well as business activity, or
correct morals, good habits and possessed of positive convictions on moral and political
questions and business propositions. Especially was he an earnest champion of the
temperance reform which in the early fifties swept over the country like a mighty tide.
Being a captivating public speaker and possessed of a fine presence, he was called for,
far and near, to address Washingtonian gatherings or to make speeches at celebrations
of the Sons of Temperance. His Sundays were particularly devoted to that line of
work for several years. It brought him little or no immediate pay, but it won for him
many friends, whose faithful adherence through a long and active life has been of ines-
timable value to him, which he has endeavored to reciprocate. He also made literary
and educational addresses and political speeches, as occasion offered, or his political
convictions required.
In the law he was a safe counselor and a reliable adviser. He has always de-
spised shystering and crooked practices and has maintained a sincere contempt for the
arts and subterfuges to which dishonest attorneys sometimes resort. When Mr. Morgan
made a successful banker and financier of himself he evidently accomplished it at the
expense of the popular and able jurist which he would otherwise have been.
Charles Dajton Morgan was married November 13, 1S56, to Alvira Holland Woods,
daughter of Robert and Hannah Woods, of Knightstown. by the Reverend David Mon-
fort. Mrs. Morgan was a refined and noble woman and the twain lived happily and
prosperously together until April 17, 1889, when she died after an illness of many
months' duration and was laid to rest in beautiful Glencove Cemetery, Knightstown.
They were the parents of six children, three of whom died in infancy. The three who
remain are Frances, wife of Joseph Swain, president of Swarthmore College, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania; Raymond C, a farmer and stockman at Knightstown, a^nd Erie C,
assistant cashier of The First National Bank of Knightstown.
Among the diversions of his early career before locating in Knightstown Mr. Mor-
gan recalls with pleasure a few days spent in carrying the chain for the engineers who
were establishing the grade of the Indiana Central Railway.
The inconvenience caused by the want of banking facilities — for there was then
no bank in the county — early called Mr. Morgan's attention to the subject of banking,
and as a result he was mainly instrumental in establishing and was the manager of the
first bank started in Henry County. It was what is now known as a private bank and
was opened in 1859 under the firm name of R. Woods and Company. This bank con-
tinued to do a good business and to be a great convenience to the business men of
Knightstown and the surrounding parts of Henry, Hancock and Rush counties until
the establishment by Mr. Morgan and others of The First National Bank of Knights-
town in I860, which is its lineal successor.
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The first officers of the national bank were Robert Woods, president; Charles £).
Morgan, cashier, and William P. Hill, assistant cashier, or teller. To anticipate a little
here: The career of The First National Bank of Knightstown, which has from its
start been practically under^he management of Mr. Morgan, has been a most remark-
able one in three respects; first, for its unprecedented record as a sound and stable in-
stitution; second, for its undoubted preparation and readiness, in the times of panic
and financial craze through which it has passed, to have met every legal demand against
it from cash in its own vaults; and, third, for the few changes that have occurred in its
official household. The American Financier in its Bank Roll of Honor, made up from
the verified statistical reports, for many years placed The First National Bank of
Knightstown at the head of the Indiana banks. For the past two years, however. The
First National Bank of Washington, Indiana, has surpassed it slightly in certain par-
ticulars, so that the Knightstown bank now stands second in the State in proportion to
the amount of its surplus to its capital stock.
The first change in the bank's household was made when Noah P. Wagoner was
added to the force. Upon the death of Robert Woods Mr. Morgan became president, Mr.
Hill cashier and Mr. Wagoner teller. After the demise of William Penn Hill, Noah P.
Wagoner became cashier and the three men, Charles D. Morgan, Noah P. Wagoner and
Erie C. Morgan are now its working force. While so few changes have occurred in the
official roll of the bank during its forty years of existence, all the original stockholders
except two have passed away.
Charles D. Morgan was early in life a Whig of anti-slavery convictions. With the
political revolution that swept over the Northern States after the passage of the Kan-
sas-Nebraska bill by Congress and the opening of Kansas and Nebraska to the incur-
sions of slavery, he was one of that great host of young men, who in Indiana broke away
from old party lines and in 1854 carried the State for a party of protest, known as the
"People's Party," which two years later formed the nucleus of the young Republican
Party, into the support of which he threw the strength and force of his young manhood.
From 1856 to 1896 Mr. Morgan was an active and earnest supporter of the Republican
Party, but since the latter date he has acted independently, voting for the men and
measures of his choice.
It was as a champion of the Union cause during the Civil War that his most signal
public service was rendered. Mr. Morgan had been elected in October, 1862, to repre-
sent Henry County in the lower house of the General Assembly — Joshua H. Mellett be-
ing the senator from the county at that time. When the session opened January 8, 18G3,
tne old distinctions between Republican and Democrat seemed to be in abeyance and
the lines of political conflict were drawn between supporters and opponents of the Civil
War. The latter had elected so large a majority of the General Assembly as to permit
the carrying of its measures over the vetoes of Governor Morton, but in the lower house
the anti-war party lacked a few votes of a two-thirds majority and could not maintain
a quorum in the absence of the supporters of the Governor. This crisis called for cour-
age, wisdom and prompt action to meet the responsibilities of the hour, qualities granted
in abundant measure to the supporters of the war and to none more than to the senator
and representative from Henry.
The majority, under the leadership of Bayless W. Hanna, on February 5, 1863, pro-
posed an enactment depriving the Governor of the military authority vested in him by
the State constitution and vesting it in a commission of State officers opposed to the
Governor and the conduct of the war, to be known and designated as The Executive
Council. Numerous other bills and resolutions were introduced by the majority, the
adoption of which must have resulted in crippling the powers of the State and Federal
administrations in their efforts to sustain the Union.
Fortunately the Federal army under General Rosecrans had won a signal victory at
Stone's River, December 31, 1862, and January 1-2, 1863, just before the meeting of the
General Assembly, which elated the friends of the government and dampened the ardor
of its opponents, who could not in the face of victory discountenance the soldiers and
their achievements. To put the matter to the test, Mr. Morgan, of Henry, on the after-
noon of the first day of the session, introduced a resolution "tendering the thanks of
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the House to Major General Rosecrans and the officers and privates under him for their
heroic conduct at the late battle at Stone's River and that we sincerely sympathize with
the friends and relatives of the many patriots who there sacrificed their lives on he-
half of their country, and that the clerk transmit a copy of this resolution to the com-
mander of each regiment engaged in that battle." The result was as Mr. Morgan an-
ticipated; the anti-war party refused to vote in the negative and the resolution was
adopted by an affirmative vote of ninety-two.
The ground was fought over day after day and the session became one of con-
tinued anxiety and dread to the friends of the government and supporters of the war.
At length, on February 25, 1863, when the military bill of Mr. Hanna reached engToss-
ment, and was to be put on final passage, in compliance with a predetermined program,
a sufficient number of the minority to break the quorum walked out and, taking a train
to Madison, on the Ohio River, remained there until the expiration of the session. The
risk involved was great and the attitude of the minority required great moral courage,
but the action taken by them blocked and eventually defeated a course most injurious
to the best interests of the State and Nation.
The subsequen^t failure of appropriations and the enhanced difficulties of the ad-
ministration resulting from this session of the General Assembly are matters pertain-
ing more particularly to State and National history. How the counties and people of the
State rallied to the aid of Governor Morton and how the great banking house of Wins-
low, L,anier and Company — former citizens of Madison, Indiana — evinced their faith in
Hoosier honesty by large and unsecured loans which enabled the Governor and his pa-
triotic advisers to continue their active and effective support of the National adminis-
tration, are most interesting details of this stormy period in State history; but beyond
all doubt .the salvation of the State from graver internal troubles was due to the cour-
ageous action of the minority in breaking the power of the majority in the General
Assembly of 1863, and for the part he bore in this memorable crisis Henry County loves
Charles D. Morgan and honors him as a man of sterling ability and character and a
good citizen. Mr. Morgan has always regarded David C. Brannum, of Jefferson Councy,
as a most able and conscientious leader of the minority in that historic session. Others
of the strong men of the minority were Thomas J. Carson, of Boone; David R. Van Bus-
ivirk, of Decatur, and John S. Tarkington, of Marion.
Charles D. Morgan is of Quaker origin and was reared in that faith and though
he does not now claim membership in that society, its principles of peace, probity and
good will more nearly accord with his own thought and life than do the more preten-
tious creeds. He is an Odd Fellow of probably fifty years' standing and because that
society's teachings and ministrations are such as meet his approval he is and has ever
been an active and earnest member of the Knightstown Lodge, to whom the perform-
ance of the duties it imposes is a pleasure. During the Civil War he gave freely and
liberally to the Union cause through many channels. Through life he has been stead-
fast in his friendships, as a husband and parent, true and tender, and as a citizen, be-
yond reproach.
Mr. Morgan is a great reader and lover of books and his library attests his taste
for the best literature as well as his devotion to history and the masterpieces of foren-
sic effort, both ancient and modern. Nothing delights him more than a walk with a
friend who has a regard for books and for nature. It is exceedingly pleasant to stroll
with him on such occasions and listen to him as he unfolds the wonderful stores that
are retained, by his clear and appreciative memory.
He has never lacked the confidence and esteem of his neighbors and both have
been worthily bestowed. While he loves the entire State and country, Knightstown,
where he has lived so long and well. Is to him the one best spot of all the world. He
has always been a lover of the soil and while his accumulations in other lines of prop-
erty have been large, he has invested in a number of good farms in the vicinity of
Knightstown, not only for his own profit and pleasure, but as the best investment for his
heirs.
Charles D. Morgan was married a second time, his present wife being Rebecca F.,
daughter of the late William Brlnkley and Margaret Ann (McCabe) Gray, of Knights-
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town, Indiana. Mrs. Morgan is a lady of sprightly intellect and kindly disposition, who
has a wide circle of friends and seems well suited to be the partner of a thoughtful man
of affairs like Mr. Morgan.
FKANCES (ilOEGAXj SWAIN.
(.Daughter).
Frances Morgan, the eldest living child of Charles Dayton and Alvira Holland
(Woods) Morgan, was born at Knightstown, Indiana, May 20, 1860. She was educated
in the Knightstown public schools and The Indiana University and Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University of California, from which she was graduated with honor, and is a lady of
many attainments. She was married at the residence of her parents to Joseph Swain,
son of Woolston and Mary Ann (Thomas) Swain, honored pioneers of Madison County,
living near Pendleton, Indiana, on September 22, 1885, by the Rev. H. N. Herrick of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Swain was educated in the local schools, near his father's home, and in The
Indiana University, from which he was graduated in June, 1883, receiving the degree
of Master of Science in 1S85, and that of Doctor of Laws from Wabash College in 1893.
He has been associate professor of mathematics in Indiana University, professor of math-
ematics in the same and in Leland Stanford, Jr., University, of California; he spent one
year of study at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland: he has also been president of
Indiana University, and is now at the age of forty-eight years president of Swarthmore
College, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, besides having held important positions in
many educational associations, traveled largely both in Europe and America and lec-
tured on educational themes iu every county of Indiana. Mrs. Swain has also traveled
much in her own country and in the lands beyond the Atlantic. She has been presi-
dent of the Indiana Federation of Clubs and done much effective work among the young
women in college. They have no children.
RAYMOND C. 1[0RG.\N.
( Son ) .
Raymond C. Morgan, son of Charles Dayton and Alvira Holland (Woods) Morgan,
was born December 23, 1868, in Knightstown, Indiana. He studied in the schools of his
native town, and afterwards taking a course in mathematics and civil engi-
neering at Leland Stanford, Jr., University of California. He was married
to Bertha V., daughter of Joshua S. and Elizabeth (McKeehan) Jayne, of near
Queensville, Jennings County, Indiana, by the Reverend J. P. Baird. They are the par-
ents of three children — Charles Townsend, born August 12, 1897; Donald Swain, born
September 20, 1899, and Raymond Stewart, born January 21, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Morgan with their little family live in Knightstown, where Mr. Morgan is a suc-
cessful farmer and stockman of the progressive type.
EKIE C. ItORGAN.
(Son).
Erie C. Morgan, son of Charles Dayton and Alvira Holland (Woods) Morgan, was
born in Knightstown, Indiana, September 21. 1871. He attended the public schools of
Knightstown and Indiana University, Bloomington. He early developed an aptitude
for business and was given a clerkship in The First National Bank of Knightstown, of
which he is now the assistant cashier. He was married to Emma Dale, daughter of John
Riley and Sarah Alvira McCann, October 4, 1893, by the Reverend Robert F. Brewington.
They are the parents of two children— Rowland Richard, born May 30, 1896. and
Alfred Dale, born May 12, 1905. Mrs. Morgan is a lady of fine natural endowments,
heightened by cultivation and study. Before her marriage to Mr. Morgan she had won
an honorable reputation as a recitationist and mistress of the art of expression. Mr.
and Mrs. Erie C. Morgan are in the enjoyment of an elegant and happy home at Knights-
town.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLES WEIMERT MOUCH.
A PROGRESSIVE TOUlNG BUSINESS MAN, SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTUEEB AND ENTERPRISING CITI-
ZEN.
The rapid development of industries and industrial methods in all parts of the
United States has not only given great impetus to the productive energies of the nation,
but has also opened many new avenues of promotion or advancement to young men
of capacity and perseverance. As a consequence of this new condition of things in the
manufacturing world, it has become very common to find young men at the front in
the largest of our industrial enterprises, but to find them in actual ownership is not of
such frequent occurrence.
The subject of this sketch, however, is the chief owner as well as the general
manager of one of the most important enterprises in this section of the country. It em-
braces under the one management the several operations of making and finishing shovels
of many kinds and patterns for a wide diversity of uses. This practically includes the
several operations of the rolling mill, the shovel factory proper, and of the handle fac-
tory, and in addition thereto a large business is done in the rolling, cutting and finish-
ing of steel disks for harrows and cultivators. All of these varied branches of a great
manufacturing business with all of their accessory industries are under the general
management of Charles Weimert Mouch, a young man, forty two years of age, who was
■practically thrown upon his own resources at a very early age, without means and with
only such meagre educational advantages as a few terms of winter school in an Ohio
village could bestow upon him.
Charles Weimert Mouch was born at Wapakoneta, Ohio, on July 6, 1863. He was
the son of Matthias and Mary (Weimert) Mouch, and was, as is amply testified by
the names of his parents, as well as his own, of that sturdy Teutonic origin which has
contributed so much of its best blood to the development of America's soils and indus-
tries and to the rapid growth of its commercial character and spirit.
The opportunities of Mr. Mouch's childhood were limited to such as an humble
home in a struggling new town might afford to a little boy whose parents were econo-
mizing and toiling to earn a living and get a start in the world. As already stated
a few months of schooling at the town school, during the earlier years of his life, consti-
tuted his entire educational outfit so far as it was obtained from the schools. Kc must,
however, have made good use of such limited opportunities as were given him and
Improved upon them afterwards, for he seems to be a ready and accurate accountant,
amply able to look after the financial side of an extensive and complicated business,
and also seems to be well informed in commercial affairs of many kinds, which neces-
sarily involve the possession of an extensive fund of general information.
He was placed in charge of a team of horses and a wagon at the age of twelve
years and from that time until he was seventeen years of age he was a teamster, doing
general hauling about his native town and supporting his father, who was then disabled
from earning his own living. At the age of seventeen years he entered the oflBce of the
master mechanic of the Scioto Valley Railroad to learn telegraphy. He says that the
conditions were such as to inspire him to the utmost industry in his quest for practical
knowledge, and so closely did he apply himself that in five months he had so mastered
his instrument and had become so proficient in its details that he was made telegraph
operator for the Scioto Valley Railroad at Portsmouth, Ohio, one of the road's most
important stations. He served in that position so satisfactorily to all parties in inter-
est that he soon attained to the maximum salary of sixty dollars per month.
Then an event occurred which illustrates his foresight. He was offered the posi-
tion of operator and agent of the newly constructed Indianapolis and Springfield, Ohio,
branch of the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad, now the Peoria and
Eastern division of the Big Four, at the village of Mooreland, Henry County, Indiana,
at the princely salary of thirty-five dollars per month, and promptly accepted it, giving
up his sixty-dollar job in a good town, amid good social and business surroundings, to
do so. Not many young men would have made such a choice. But Mr. Mouch, though
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but a boy then, bad been so educated in the hard school of adversity and cherished such
an ambition to reach pecuniary independence that he thought he saw in the humbler
position in a village which then contained less than a dozen houses, far better oppor-
tunities to save money than he could hope i'or in the environments at Portsmouth, and
far better reasons to hope tor advancement with the new railroad and the new town
than were to be found in the better paid position at Portsmouth. He had discovered in
time to save himself from it what every poor boy finds out, but often when it is too
late, that the character of one's associates and the habits acquired from them have far
more to do with his ability to save money and get on in the world than the size of his
salary. In Portsmouth he associated with the first young people of the town. The
young men were the sons of well-to-do parents, and having plenty of means, were not
under an ever present necessity to economize. He could not maintain a respectable
standing with such associates, desirable as they were in other respects, 'and lay up
money with which to establish himself in business. For these reasons he accepted the
Mooreland agency and by so doing laid the foundation for the remarkable business
prosperity that he has enjoyed up to the present time.
Mr. Mouch became the second agent at Mooreland in 1S83, when he was but twenty
years old, the first agent having served for a few months only. The new village was
probably eight miles from any railroad town of local importance and the country sur-
rounding it was and is exceedingly fertile, conditions which more than justified the
young man's hope that it might prove a good place in which to advance with the growth
of the town. The surroundings were certainly crude enough to give room for develop-
ment, for the preceding agent, who had filled the position in a sort of desultory way,
had kept his oflice in the box of an old freight car. The original plat of Mooreland was
acknowledged August 9, 1882, by the late Miles M. Moore, it having been carved out ot
a portion of his fine farm. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Mouch practically began his
business career in the town with the beginning of the town itself.
It requires much real pluck and nerve and a determined spirit of enterprise to
enable a boy of twenty to turn his back upon the comforts and pleasures of a long es-
tablished community and leave all the friends, acquaintances and familiar scenes of
his early life to locate in a town that exists mostly on the blue paper ot the engineer's
plat, to lead the lonesome yet responsible life of a railroad agent and operator, with
all its dull monotony of care and weary rounds of watchfulness; for twenty is an age
at which most boys are in the heyday of fun, when the exuberances of irrepressible
youth overrun and dominate their lives. Perliaps we may consider that Mr. Mouch's
childhood practically ended when he became a teamster at the age of twelve, and that
by the time he had reached his twentieth year he had attaind to a maturity of judg-
ment and devotion to business that other men do not reach until ten years later in life.
Be that as it may, it seems to be certain that he exercised unusual business foresight
and clearness of vision during his entire stay in Mooreland, in all some fourteen years,
extending from 1883 to 1897. The first five years spent by him there seem to have been
years of quiet devotion to the business of the railroad, except that he served as the vil-
lage postmaster from February 6, 18S6, until after the inauguration of President Benja-
min Harrison in 1889, keeping the office most of the time at the railroad station, which
is centrally located in the town.
It was in 1887 that he entered the grain and timber trade in Mooreland, U3ing a
house of Jacob H. Swearingen, in which to store his grain. He made good profits both
in grain and lumber and soon began to loan money on good mortgage and other securi-
ties. He always kept close watch of his investments, which though comparatively
small at first, grew in proportion to the care bestowed upon them. In the year 1889 the
failure of Wisehart and Kent, grain dealers at Mooreland, who had up to that time
owned and operated the only elevator in the place, threw it upon the market at as-
signee's sale. Mr. Mouch improved the opportunity to multiply his facilities for han-
dling grain by purchasing it and thus becoming master of the local trade in cereals. He
bought the elevator at Losantville, Randolph County, on the same line of railroad, in
1892, thus preparing himself to handle the grain for a large territory lying in the three
counties of Henry, Randolph and ■\\"ayne. Each of these movements added greatly to
1 190 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
the volume ot his trade and his advance was rapid. Another important purchase was
made by him in 1890, which added much to his prestige as a far-seeing business man as
well as to his substantial possessions. It was the purchase of the Jacob H. Swearingen
farm of four hundred and thirty acres, located three and one-half miles northwest from
Mooreland, which is recognized as one of the best and most profitable 'arms in Henry
County, and which has doubled in value since his purchase of it.
On October 1, 1S93, Charles Weimert Mouch wa, married to Hattie Estella, born
April 18, 1867, daughter of James H. and Emily Louisa Moore, at their home in White
County, Indiana, the latter being a daughter of Thomas and Elmira Lamb, formerly of
near Dalton, in Wayne County, Indiana. Mrs. Mouch is a most excellent lady and well
suited to be the partner of a man of such earnest purpose and active industry a? Mr.
Mouch. They live happily together and at present occupy their own commodious and
elegant home in New Castle, which is reckoned among the best in a city noted for its
pretty and well appointed family residences. They are the parents of four children,
two of whom died in infancy and two of whom. Lois Hortense, born April 6, 1898, and a
son, James Edward, born July 7, 1901, are bright, pretty and promising children. With
so much to make them happy, Mr. and Mrs. Mouch are still in the bloom and vigor of
youth and their friends are, apparently, warranted in hoping for them many long years
of useful and contented life.
To continue the history of Mr. Mouch's life at Mooreland, the elevator at that
place burned down in 1894 and was at once rebuilt and equippel as an up-to-date ele-
vator of ample capacity to handle the grain for the Mooreland territory, and the trade
continued as before. During the years 1S89 to 1897 Mr. Mouch handled an immense
amount of grain and logs besides managing the business of the railroad at that point
and doing other incidental business. With it all he had amassed a comfortable fortune,
such as many men would have been satisfied with. However, it may have been with
him, his business activity was only confirmed and strengthened by his past experiences.
He turned his Mooreland business over to his brother, Joseph Mouch, and removed to
New Castle, which was then just emerging from its old-time, county-seat quietude into
the stir and bustle of a manufacturing center, where skilled laborers or successful
managers count for as much as the ancient lawyers did, except in the matter of awe-
inspiring dignity.
He came to New Castle in 1897 and became a partner with Thomas J. Burk and
Eugene Runyan in The New Castle Bridge Works, which were then located on a Big
Four track in the western part of the town, and were doing a large business. At the
end of eleven months he sold his interest in the bridge works at a fair advance. In
1899, he, with others, organized The Indiana Shovel Works and soon after erected the
extensive factory buildings near the Big Four and the Pennsylvania railroads, in the
northern part of the town, he being from the start the head and general manager of
the company. In the large and well appointed brick factory building the busine-s of
making and finishing shovels from the rolled sheets was carried on with good success
for three years; but by and through those three years of experience Mr. Mouch learned
that the security and profits of the business might be materially increased if the shovel
blades could be rolled as well as cut and finished by his company.
A favorable opportunity for carrying this idea into effect occurred in 1902, when
the failure of the bottle works, located on the Rogers farm, west of New Castle, threw
tf-e buildings and plant upon the market at trustee's sale. Mr. Mouch purchased the
grounds and buildings and installed machinery for rolling the sheets from which the
blades of the many varieties of shovels turned out by the factory are made. After the
n^w rolling mills were ready for business, early in 1903, some of the heavier machinery
and certain portions of the work which had been done before at the shovel factory, north
of town, were transferred to the plant west of town, leaving the original building? to
be occupied by the finishing departments. The materials from which the shovel blades
have thus far been rolled are broken steel rails and locomotive tires.
In 1904 The Chicago Steel Manufacturing Company, having lost its plant at Ham-
mond. Indiana, by fire, removed to New Castle and built a mill and installed machinery
tor the manufacture of nails and steel disks for harrows and plows, in clo>e proximity
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to the Shovel company's rolling mills, in order to secure its rolled material from that
mill. It began operations early in 1904 and consumed about fifteen tons of rolled steel
per day, until November 8th of that year, when it burned down, with so little insurance
upon it that the Chicago Steel Company decided not to rebuild it. Mr. Mouch then
purchased all the machinery belonging to the plant except that used for the manufac-
turing of nails, such as presses, shears, rolls, etc., suitable for making harrow and plow
disks and added the manufacture of steel disks to the already large business of the
shovel factory.
The average annual output of the factory is now placed at sixty thout-and dozens
of spades and shovels of all kinds and two hundred thousand harrow, plow and grain
disks, and the average annual value of the output is placed at five hundred thousand
dollars. An average of about two hundred and twenty-five men and boys find employment
in the various branches of the business carried on by the combined disk and shovel fac-
tories, at the rolling mills and in the original shovel factory buildings, and the wages
paid average one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. The products
of the mills find a ready market in all' parts of the United States and in Canada, Mexico,
Australia and Cuba, shovels short and long handled, spades, etc., being made in many
varied styles and patterns to suit the preferences of purchasers and the various uses
to which they are put in the several countries in which they find a market.
Another important feature of Mr. Mouch's large business is that he manufactures
his own handles, his factories for this purpose being at present located in western Ohio,
the thrifty young or second growth gray ash used for the purpose having been ex- ,
hausted in the country about New Castle. He regards it as very Important to the in-
terests of the business that the factory should control its own sources of supply as far
as practicable, so that it may not be subjected to suspensions by failure to obtain some
part or parts of the material necessary to its continuous operation.
From the foregoing it will be seen that Charles W. Mouch has probably been a
greater factor in promoting the more recent industrial growth of New Castle and the
prosperity of the surrounding country than any other man of similar age in the county.
When a young man of forty-two years of age, beginning with nothing but industry and
perseverance, has struggled upward until he controls an establishment that turns out a
half million dollars' worth of finished products annually, and rays out one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars in wages yearly, it is evident that he is a person of great
business capacity and that he is of real service to the community in the dispensation
of the means for comfortable livelihcod to others, consequently bringing a large in-
crease of business to local merchant, and producers of the town and surounding
county.
He has further given tangible expression to his interest in the industrial growth
of the town and county by direct money aid to new enterprises, both as a stockholder
fn them and through The New Castle Industrial Company, of which he Is one of the
founders; and its vice-president, a company which has been of much service to the
local public in the help and encouragement it has given to the location of new manu-
facturing establishments and by making known to the general business world the fine,
healthy location, worthy citizenship and excellent railroad facilities of New Castle.
He was also one of the founders of The Pan-American Bridge Company of New
Castle and its first president, and was one of the early stockholders of the Maxim
Building Company and is one of its directors.
Charles "Weimert Mouch is greatly attached to his wife and children, of whom
he is justly proud, and for whose sake he most prizes the early success which has
come to him in his business tmdertakings.
The 'parents of Mrs. Charles W. Mouch reside in "White County, Indiana, nine
miles south of Monticello. Her father is a native of Henry County and is a son of the
well known pioneer, Philip Moore, upon whose home farm the town of Mooreland was
located and named in honor of that family. In 1865 James H. Moore and his brother.
Miles M., both of whom were then married, moved from the home farm in Blue River
Township to 'White County, Indiana. After a few years Miles M. returned to Henry
County and bought a part of the old home farm, but James H. has continued to reside
1 192 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
in White County. 'Elsewhere in this volume in connection with a brief history of Moore-
land will be found biographical reference to Miles M. Moore in particular and to the
Moore family in'general, and to this sketch the reader is referred. Mrs. Nancy Moore,
of Mooreland, is a sister of Mrs. Mouch's mother and her husband was a brother of Mrs.
Mouch's father. When Mr. Mouch lived at Mooreland before his marriage he "made his
home with Mrs. Nancy Moore, and there became acquainted with Mrs. Mouch, who was
visiting her aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Mouch were married at the home of the bride's parents
in White County.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LEONIDAS PERRY NEWBY,
LAWYER, POLITICIAN, PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN AND FINANCIER.
The Newby family, of which Leonidas Perry Newby is a member, came to Indiana
from North Carolina early in the nineteenth century. The early settlements of the an-
cestral branch of the family in North Carolina were in the counties bordering upon Al-
bemarle Sound, such as Perquimans, Paspitank and Chowan. They were members of
the Society of Friends, and certain Friends of the name in those counties are known to
have been the owners of large tracts of land and many slaves, whom they treated with
kindness and leniency. But when the Society of Friends or Quakers arrived at the con-
clusion that slavery was sinful and the holding of slaves an offense against the law of
God, and late in the eighteenth century the yearly meetings determined that all Friends
must liberate their slaves, they obeyed the behest and in carrying it out impoverished
themselves, so that the family became widely scattered over the State. Early in the
following century many families of the Newby relationship, which was and is a large
one, sought the new country north of the Ohio River, and taking up the new lands in
Ohio and Indiana, became sturdy pioneers of the two sister States.
The immediate family to which Mr. Newby belongs located in Henry County, Indi-
ana, coming here from Randolph County, North Carolina, in 1837. Mr. Newby's father
first engaged in the business of merchant tailoring at Greensboro. In those days the
country merchants all sold goods upon long credits, and in fact could sell them in no
other way. The system broke up most of the earlier merchants. Mr. Newby's father,
whose name was Jacob Newby, and who was a most worthy man, being no exception to
the rule. The head of the family, after the loss of his property, went back for a time
to the cultivation of the soil for a livelihood, and the subject of this sketch was born
upon a farm near Lewisville, Indiana, on April 9, 1855. Mr. Newby's mother was be-
fore her marriage Lavina Leonard, and both she and her husband were enthusiastic
Methodists -of the old-time, earnest and devoted kind, notwithstanding the fact that
Jacob Newby's ancestors had been primitive Quakers.
Although Mr. Newby's father and mother were exemplary and industrious people,
his father was never a robust man, and though he toiled often beyond his strength, both
when farming or when working at his trade, he could accumulate but little, and found
that it required all the strength he could muster to support his six children and keep
the wolf from the door. Hence it was that Leonidas Perry, who was the youngest of the
sons, was thrown upon his own resources early in life, a fact which largely accounts for
his business success.
His first ambition seems to have been for knowledge — the attainment of a practical
education — hence we find him as a small boy performing the duties of janitor for the
Greensboro school to gain the means to supply himself with clothing and books and help
the family along, while he was at the same time pursuing his studies in the school and
keeping up with, and at times, leading his classes. During the summer months young
Newby worked for the neighboring farmers and saved his earnings to aid him in his
winter campaigns for knowledge. This course was persevered in until he arrived at the
age of sixteen, when the family removed to Knightstown, Indiana, where he entered the
high school. The Knightstown school was then under the very efficient superintendency
of the late Professor Hewitt, with John I. Morrison as the leading member of the board
of trustees, and was one of the foremost town schools in eastern Indiana.
Before he had reached the age of seventeen, Mr. Newby began to teach in the pub-
lic schools of the neighborhood, thus gaining the means to enable him to pursue his
studies in the high school, teaching and attending school alternately. While thus engaged
he also began to read law. giving to it whatever time he could spare from his studies in the
school or duties in the school room. He graduated from the Knightstown High School
with honor in 1875, being its first graduate; but he continued certain lines of study with
Professor Hewitt after his graduation and also continued his study of the law, and to keep
up his expenses taught for three hours every day in the high school.
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The time that was left to him tor his legal studies was spent first in the law oflBce
of Butler and Swaim, of Knightstown, and later in the oiBce of J. Lee Furgason, of the
same place. He was admitted to the practise by the Henry Circuit Court in 1S78 and in
the same year formed a partnership with the late Walter B. Swaim and opened an office
in KDightstown. This partnership with Swaim was terminated at the end of the first
year, when Mr. Newby established an office of his own and has continued the practise
single-handed ever since.
"The Bench and Bar of Indiana," a valuable and entertaining volume of more than
eight hundred pages devoted to the biographies of eminent Indiana lawyers, edited by
Charles W. Taylor and published at Indianapolis in 1895, says of Leonidas P. Newby:
"In 18S0 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the eighteenth judicial circuit, com-
posed of the counties of Henry and Hancock. His office, however, did not begin until
nearly two years had elapsed after his election; but within three months after that event
the prosecuting attorney then in office resigned, and Governor Porter appointed Mr.
Newby to the vacancy, thus enabling him to hold the office nearly four years. One of his
first cases on opening a'.i office was the famous Foxwell murder case at Rushville, Indiana,
in which he appeared for tlie defendant. The ability shown by the young attorney in
tnis case received much favorable comment and so placed him on his feet as to give him a
good start. In 1886, he was the leading counsel in the celebrated Anderson murder
case at Williamstown, Kentucky, and received the credit of making one of the most able
speeches ever made at the bar, in closing the argument for the defense. In the prosecu
tion of this cause appeared Hon. M. D. Gray, the county attonney and now the common
wealth attorney for the judicial district; Captain Dejarnette. then commonwealth attor-
ney and now considered one of the most brilliant lawyers in Kentucky; Col. J. J. Lander
man, a noted politician and lawyer of Warsaw, of that State, and Hon. W. P. Harden
Lexington, then the attorney general of that State, and now (1S95) a candidate for gover-
nor. With Mr. Newby was associated Hon. 0. D. McManama, afterwards judge of the
criminal court of Frankfort. Kentucky; Hon. L. C. Norman, of Frankfort, now Auditor
of State; Capt. John Combs, of Williamstown, Kentucky, and Hon. W. W. Dickerson,
since a member of, Congress and now a candidate for re-election. In the preliminary
trial Hon. W. P. C. Breckinridge appeared for the defendant, but was unable to appear
at the trial. "Mr. Newby has been employed in trial cases in all the Middle States as
well as in some of the Southern, Western and Eastern ones and has held the greatest
part of the practise in the southern part of Henry and the northern part of Rush
County."
Since "The Bench and Bar" from which the foregoing is taken was published, Mr.
Newby has succeeded the late Judge Joshua H. Mellett, of New Castle, as the Henry
County attorney of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and in conjunction with John L.
Rupe, of Richmond, has charge of its extensive and lucrative legal business in Eastern
Indiana, which added to his already large practise makes his income from his profession
one of the best of those enjoyed by Eastern Indiana lawyers.
The Masonic Advocate, in an article in its issue for May, 1901, speaking of Mr.
Newby's legal attainments and successes, said: "Brother Newby has single-handed built
up a large and lucrative practise, not only in his home court, but throughout Eastern
Indiana, where he stands as the peer of the ablest in his profession." The same jour-
nal in addition to the foregoing says: "He has never aspired to the bench but is, how-
ever, a favorite when acting as special judge and has frequently been called to the neigh-
boring counties of late years, to hold special terms of court and try causes on change of
venue,, having sat as the trial judge in many important cases."
Mr. Newby has been a Republican in politics all his life and is always active in
the support of his party and its candidates. He has often been a member or the Repub-
lican County Committee and, during two or more presidential campaigns, a member of the
executive committee chosen by the Republican State Committee to act in conjunction
with its chairman in the immediate direction of the work of the campaign.
Mr. Newby was nominated and elected to succeed the late General William Grose
in the State Senate in 1892 and re-elected in 1896. His activities and services in that body
were such that he soon took rank among the able leaders of the Republican party in the
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HEXRY COUNTY. 1 195
Senate and was for six years the president pro tempore of the Senate. He was also
chairman of the judiciary committee for six years. He has been twice a candidate for
the nomination by his party for lieutenant governor, but owing to the conflicting inter-
ests of candidates for the other State ofiBces he was defeated in conveation both times
by very narrow margins. He is a hustler, a good mixer and possessed of a rare geniality
which with his recuperative powers of mind and spirit enable him to come out of such
political contests without having suffered loss of temper and with no sore spots to nurse
and no political graveyard to fill. Hence he is a hard maa to keep down and, as he is
yet young and in fine health and full of mental vigor, he is likely to be heard from in
the future.
Mr. Newby has been thus far in life very successful in business, having accumulated
a snug fortune. He is the owner of a fine home in Knightstown and quite a number of
rental properties as well as some valuable business blocks. He has also some good
farms in the neighborhood of his home town in which he takes much pride and greatly
enjoys the time which he can give to their over.-ight. He owns stock in and is president of
The Citizens' State Bank of Knightstown and also of The Natural Gas Company, The
Electric Light and other business organizations of the town. He is a stockholder, director
and vice-president in and of The Columbia National Bank of Indianapolis; a stockholder
in The American National Bank of the same city, and one of the largest stockholders in
The Security Trust Company of Indianapolis and president of the New Castle Central
Trust and Savings Company, and has many other important business interests in various
parts of the State. He is also president of the board of trustees of the southern State
prison or reformatory for young men and boys, which has rendered such signal service
to the State in carrying out reforms in the prison management and making improve-
ments to the buildings and grounds at a saving in money and to the betterment of the
inmates as well as to the advantage of the people of the State.
Mr. Newby was united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Robert B. and
Julia A. Breckinridge, of Knightstown, Indiana, September 20, 1S77. Mrs. Newby's
family is 'a good one noted for the integrity and energy of its members, her father, the
late Robert B. Breckinridge, having been for many years a prominent business man of
Knightstown. She is a lady of many accomplishments and graces and skilled in the arts
of home-making and in dispensing the genuine courtesies of social life. The married
and home life of Mr. and Mrs. Newby have been very happy, surrounded by comforts
and refinements, and cheered by a large circle of friends. They are the parents of two
children, an accomplished daughter, and a son, who is a member of his father's profes-
sion, of whom more will be said further on.
Mr. Newby is a member of several benevolent orders and other social and business
societies; but the one society of his choice, in which lie has taken most interest and to
which he has devoted most time and talent, is the time-tried order of Free and Accepted
Masons. He was made a Master Mason in Golden Rule Lodge, Number 16, Knightstown,
naving been initiated April 12, 18S2, passed May 17, and raised June 7, of the same
year. The Masonic Advocate traces his advances in and services to Masonry as fol-
lows :
"He was made a Royal Arch Mason in Knightstown Chapter, Number 33. receiving
the preceding degrees during the months of August, September and October, and the
Royal Arch. November 6, 1882. He was High Priest during 1898. He received the de-
grees of Royal and Select Master in Cryptic Council, Number 29, Knightstown, Novem-
ber 12, 1883. He was created a Knight Templar in Knightstown Commaidery, Number
9, January 30, 1883, and worked his way up to Eminent Commander, which position he
held during the years 1889 and 1890.
"In the Grand Commandery he started as Grand Sword Bearer in 189.5 and by
regular advancement became R. E. Grand Commander of Indiana at the recent Annual
Conclave, and enjoyed the honor of representing the Grand Commandery in the Grand
Encampment of the United States at the tri-eentennial conclave at Louisville. Kentucky,
in August, 1901.
"He received the grades of the A. A. Scottish Rite, including the Thirty Second De-
gree, at the annual convocation in 'The Valley of Indianapolis' in March, 1892, and be-
came a 'Shriner' in Murat Temple, March 25, 1892.
1 196 hazzard's history of henry county.
"As secretary of the triennial committee ot The Grand Commajndery, Sir Knight
Newby has rendered excellent service in providing quarters for the grand and subordinate
commanderies of Indiana at the triennial conclave at Denver, Boston, Pittsburg, Louisville
and San Francisco, whereby Indiana has always made a favorable showing with other
grand jurisdictions and at a reasonable expense. As a member of the board of trustees
of his home lodge and chapter at Knightstown, brother Newby took an active part in the
erection of their fine Masonic Temple, which was destroyed by flre October 18, 1899, and
also in the erection of the fine and massive new structure which now occupies the place
of the old one and is such an adornment to the beautiful little city of Knightstown. As
a Mason and as a citizen, in all the walks of life, he stands ready in a public-spirited way
to do his full share in promoting the general good. Long may he live in his sphere of
usefulness."
Such is the estimate of Mr. Newby as a Mason and a man, made by one who stands
high in the "ancient and honorable" order. In addition it may be stated that Mr. Newby
is now and has been for the past seven years Inspector General of The Knights Templar
of Indiana, and is a life member of the Committee of Jurisprudence of the Knights
Templar of the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Newby have both traveled extensively in their own counti-y and are
familiar with many parts of the United States, and Mr. Newby himself has visited Cuba
and other islands of the West India group, also Mexico and Central America, and gained
much valuable information, and during the Summer of 1905 made a delightful trip to
England and Continental Europe in company with Smiley N. Chambers, of Indianapolis,
and others, from which he gleaned a great deal of pleasure and profit, and returned to
again take up ftie responsibilities of life in the best county of the best State in the
Union and in the town which to him is the best spot of the best county. "
THE CHILDREN OF MR. AND MRS. LEONTDAS PEKRY NEWBY.
Floss Newby, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newby, was born May 3, 1879. She
was reared in Knightstown, receiving her primary education in the public schools of
that town and graduated from its high school. She also studied for three years in
De Pauw University and afterwards graduated from Madam Phelps' Young Ladies School
at Columbus, Ohio. She has received extensive' training in the Greek and Latin lan-
guages and in French and German and also In music and has traveled much in her own
country and made recently an extended tour of Europe. She is an accomplished young
lady, whose genial manners and generous disposition have given her a large circle of
friends. She makes her home with her parents at Knightstown.
Floyd J. Newby, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Newby, was born in Knightstown,
January 9, 1881, and grew up in that town, received his early education there and gradu-
ated from its high school. After' graduation from the Knightstown school, he spent four
years in the regular course at De Pauw University and one year at the Indiana State
University ; at Bloomington, in the law course. He has also spent two
years in the study of the law in an office where he came in contact with actual practise
and the application of legal principles to business. Most of this time was devoted to
study in the office of Judge Eugene H. Bundy, of New Castle, Indiana. He was then ad-
mitted to the practise by the Henry Circuit Court, upon examination. He is now en-
gaged in the practise in partnership with his father at Knightstown and is in the en-
joyment of a prosperous business.
He was united in marriage with Mary H., only child of Judge Henry Clay Lewis, of
Greencastle, Indiana, on November 23, 1904. She was educated in the Greencastle public
schools, in De Pauw University, and completed her course in the Young Ladies' Seminary
at Tarrytown, New York. She is an accomplished lady who stands very high among the
best people of Knightstown as well as of her former home. There seem, therefore, to be
many reasons to look for a happy and prosperous future for the junior Mr. Newby and his
wife.
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. II97
BIOGRAPHICAL, SKETCH OF ISAAC PARKER, A BACKWOODS GENIUS.
FARMER, LEGISLATOR AND MAN OF AFFAIRS.
Isaac Parker, son of Jeremiah and Keren (Newby) Parker, was born in North-
ampton County, North Carolina, in 1806, where he reached the age of twelve years, with
only such opportunities for gaining an education as an occasional term of an "old field
school" afforded, before leaving the State. About the year 1818 he removed with his
parents to Wayne Count. Indiana, where the family settled upon a tract of timber land
on Elkhorn Creek, five or six miles south of Richmond. It is upon this tract of land that
the big Elkhorn sulphur spring is situated.
His father was descended from that English family of Parkers who came with,
or soon afterward followed, William Penn from England into the wilderness of P?nn-
sylvania, and from which one branch went south and settled in North Carolina, another
went to New England, and one remained in Chester and Westmoreland counties, Penn-
sylvania, where the original settlements of the family were made. The southern
branch of the family has contributed many men and women of strong character and
influence to the life of the South. .
His mother was a daughter of Robert Newby, whose broad acres lay well down
to Albemarle Sound, upon the Perquimans River, but who impoverished himself by giv-
ing freedom to all of his slaves, of whom the best information obtainable seems to in-
dicate that there were more than one hundred, about one-half of whom he sent to Li-
beria, and was put to much expense and trouble to prevent the others from being sold
back into slavery. Some of these ex-slaves came with the Parker family to Indiana,
and one of them, then an old woman, lived in Isaac Parker's family as late as 1859 and
1860.
Mr. Parker's mother was a very active and sprightly woman, with a wonderful
memory and strong intellect. She remembered with great clearness scenes and inci-
dents of the Revolutionary period, especially when Greene and Cornwallis were con-
tending for the mastery in the Carolinas, and often rehearsed them to her grandchil-
dren. His father was an invalid from a hurt received in early life, so that the work of
making and cultivating the backwoods farm fell upon Isaac and his elder brother, Rob-
ert. But the father was not idle. He had learned the shoemaker's trade and was a
fine workman in that line. When able to work he was always busy at the bench, for
his work was in much demand. He was a gentle, kind-hearted man, but so thoroughly
grounded in the peculiar formalities that had grown up among the Friends in country
places at that early day that his rule often bore hard upon Bis son Isaac, who seems
to have Inherited a broader view of life from his gracious and gifted mother. He ven-
erated and loved his father nevertheless, but he al§o loved books and poetry and
longed for a larger life and opportunities. There were occasional winter terms of school
taught at the Orange Meeting House, near the farm and home of the family on Elk-
horn Creek, but the teachers were so poorly equipped with learning that little was to
be gained from them. A few terras of two to three months in the winter at that school
and a single term in a school conducted by Elijah Coffin — so long at the head of The
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, and also of the banking interests of eastern Indiana —
in which he paid his way by hearing recitations and acting as the master's assistant,
constituted his only opportunities for obtaining a school education.
But so eager was he for knowledge that he sought for books in all directions, read
them with eagerness and stored their contents in one of the most comprehensive and
tenacious of memories. As long as he lived and retained his faculties he could all the
day long repeat the beautiful or striking things in oratory, history, poetry and the
drama that he had read in his earlier years, or even when well along in life, often hav-
ing heard or read them but once. Parts of great speeches, sermons, newspaper edito-
rials and a vast fund of anecdote were thus stored in his memory ready for use at any
time. But withal the memory was not abnormal and did not affect his originality of
character, save in a favorable and pleasing way. It must have been very largely the
result of his Intense yearning for those things which appeal to the larger and better
1 198 hazzard's history of henry county.
intelligence of men, and his fervor in tlieir pursuit which literally burned them into
his brain and made them part of his being. How did he acquire all that he knew ot
history, law, biography, romance and poetry? One can but wonder how in that early
day, in a backwoods cabin, restrained and restricted by his father's mistrust of books
and printed matter that did not emanate from his own religious society, he ever secured
the use of the books from which to obtain it, and did so without giving offense or grief
to the parent whom he loved.
In the formation of his tastes he was greatly aided by the works of that great
English Quaker and profound linguist and scholar, Lindley Murray, whose books, "The
English Reader," "The Introduction to the English Reader" and "Murray's English
Grammar," were then in use in all the better schools and in even the humblest of the
Quaker schools. They were crowded with selections from the writings of the world's
great thinkers, from Homer and Demosthenes among the ancient Greeks to Virgil and
Cicero among the Romans; the Bible and Josephus, besides the whole broad field of Eng-
lish literature as it existed in the dawn of the nineteenth century. These led him natu-
rally to the great authors of the past and few men of his time knew Plutarch's Lives or
Shakespeare's plays better than he, and fewer still, except professional actors, could
have rendered from memory so many of the choices,t passages in the plays.
His familiarity with English and American verse, including Pope's Translation of
Homer: Shakespeare, Milton. Pope. Cowper. Goldsmith, Byron. Crabbe, Heber, Pollok,
Scott, Campbell, Moore, Burns, Mrs. Hemans and the earlier American poets such as
Freneau, Barlow, Trumble, "The Milford Bard"; Mrs. Sigourney and later in his life,
Whittier, Halleck, Bryant, Longfellow, Nathaniel P. Willis and Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, was perhaps greater than that of any other person in the eastern half of In-
diana. He wrote some verse himself, but most of it was in the way of political satire
and has not survived him.
In romance his field of interest was even wider, including everything from Field-
ing to the latest of Fenimore Cooper's Indian stories. Among his favorites were Bul-
wer Lytton. Sir Walter Scott. Eugene Sue and Victor Hugo, though Hugo had not then
reached his best. He loved to recite from Burns or Shakespeare for the pleasure of his
friends and in that way added to the enjoyment of many a neighborhood gathering. In
Burns's "Tam O'Shanter's Ride" and "The Address to a Louse" he was at his best.
But to recount a tithe of the striking or beautiful things he knew is not possible
in this brief sketch. His poses and attitudes were all peculiar and different from those
of the staid people about him, who thought him exceedingly awkward, a charg? to
which he readily pleaded guilty and which he seemed to enjoy. The keen delight he
experienced in reading Macaulay's History of England aloud to the family soon after
its first appearance in this country was most remarkable. Its splendid diction stirred
him to a lively emotion, such as "The Ballads of Ancient Rome" often awake in a studi-
ous boy who is thrilled with a yearning for military glory.
In his early life he longed for a professional career. Medicine or the law he
thought would open up to him opportunities for the realization of his dreams, and
business seemed to him to point in the same direction, bfit his father's religious notions
were in the way of any such undertaking and more than all else that withheld him was
the fact that by the time he had reached the age to begin such studies his father's declin-
ing health made it necessary for him — he being the youngest son — to assume the care
of his parents and devote himself to their welfare. He bowed to the inevitable, but
relaxed not his pursuit after knowledge and the ability to do things well.
He associated with the foremost young men of Wayne County — J. C. Williams, Sep-
timus Smith, David P. Holloway. John Finley. John S. Newman and others who were
then coming into notice, were among his advisers and friends who helped him to books
and gave him encouragement. When he lay upon his death bed in 1866 John S. New-
man, then president of The Indiana Central Railway, spent a day at his bedside, re-
newing with him the struggles and triumphs of their early lives. Newman was almost
the last of his earlier friends.
About the year 1830 the family determined to remove to Henry County, where an
eighty-acre tract of land was entered and another purchased later. In 1831 a neat house
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Of hewed logs was built on the first tract, where the farm residence of Robert Hall now
stands. Into this house Mr. Parker's parents removed, after selling their Wayne County
holdinss. When Mr. Parker married be built a round-log cabin nearby, in which he
and his young wife, Mary Strattan, began the journey of life together in 1S31. He had
made her acquaintance in Richmond, Indiana, some years before, she having been the
oaughter of Benjamin Strattan, a village blacksmith, who was somewhat famous as a
fine workman in iron and steel. He was an auger, axe and bellmaker and manufacturer
of many kinds of wood workers' tools, his house being not far from the site of the pres-
ent court house of Wayne County. Mary Strattan proved to be a most intelligent and
sympathetic partner for a man of the character and attainments of Isaac Parker. Her
father and mother had sold their home in Richmond and purchased a farm in what is
now the Hopewell neighborhood, and moved there to spend the evening of their lives,
with the homes of their married sons and daughters about them, on neighboring
eighties. In the same new Quaker neighborhood of Hopewell settled Robert, brother of
Isaac Parker, and his two married sisters.
Another Friends' community was then forming on Flatrock, among whom Jeremiah
Parker, father of Isaac, was one of the oldest of the first-comers. A meeting house was
built one mile north of his home in the woods, and, at his suggestion, the meeting and
the neighborhood, taken as one, were called •■Richsquare," after the name of his old
home meeting in North Carolina, where it seems to have been a very decided mis-
fit. It was in this church that the first Richsquare schools were taught. A school certif-
icate is still extant which was issued to Isaac Parker to teach "reading, writing and
arithmetic to the single rule of three," signed by Jehu T. Elliott, Joel Reed and Martin
L. Bundy, the license being in the beautiful handwriting of Mr. Bundy. These three
gentlemen were then the county school examiners. The school was taught in the
log meeting house in tlie winter of 1S36-7, and it is needless to say that much more was
taught than the certificate required, as the school was largely made up of young men
and women much further advanced in their studies. The school was a success and an-
other term, was called for. At least one other primary school had been taught in the
new neighborhood before, but Parker's first term was the practical inauguration of the
very effective school which has been maintained there ever since and which is now the
Franklin Township High School.
In his early career in Henry County Isaac Parker was quite a successful, farmer,
as farming was done in those days, but as more and more demands were made upon
him to undertake the settlement of estates and such public duties as the assessing of
property for taxation, the appraisement of real estate, the taking of the census and like
services, which occupied his time, the management of the farm fell upon the oldest
son, Benjamin S. Parker, and a brother, Edwin E. Parker, eight years younger.
Isaac Parker was also drawn into politics, for which he had a great liking, but
for which his temperament unfitted him. Generous and sincere himself, he could not
bring himself to understand nor to condone the self-seeking eagerness and often bitter
personalities and dissimulations of politicians, great and small, and was wounded and
hurt by them so deeply and lastingly that the suffering entailed upon him far exceeded
all the gain from office that ever came to him. He was several times the nominee of his
party lor places of honor, the last time being for delegate to the constitutional conven-
tion of 1S51. In that instance he was defeated by a curious coalition between the Dem-
ocrats and Free Soilers of the county. By the terms of the act of the General Assembly
providing for the election of delegates to the convention, each county was entitled to as
many delegates as it had representatives in 'the lower House of the General Assembly,
and each senatorial district to one member, but there was no difference whatever created
between the functions of a senatorial and representative delegate, as all were to serve in
the same body upon an equal footing, yet an awkwardness in the wording of the act
distinguished them as senatorial and representative delegates and the political parties
followed the blunder in making their nominations and printing their tickets. Thus
the Whigs nominated Daniel Mason, of Knightstown, for senatorial delegate, and Isaac
Parker, of Franklin Township, and Dr. George H. Ballengall, of Middletown, for repre-
sentative delegates, while the coalition of Democrats and Free Soilers chose Isaac
I200 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Klnley, Free Soiler, for senatorial delegate, and Daniel Mowrer and John F. Johnston
for representative delegates, and the two tickets were so printed and distributed. The
vote was a very close one with the result that Kinley received more votes than Mason,
and Mowrer more votes than Parker, while_ Ballengall scored a few more than either
of the opposition candidates for representative delegate, and Parker received more votes
than Kinley. As a matter of fact the entire Whig ticket for delegates was elected,
Henry County being then entitled to two representatives and one senator; but under the
ruling that prevailed, two fusionists, Kinley and Mowrer, and one Whig, Ballengall,
were given the certificates of election and served in that memorable body to the ap-
proval of the people of the county. It seems proper to say that Major Isaac Kinley who,
after a long and highly honorable career as teacher, author, editor, legislator, scholar
and soldier, is now an. invalid in Los Angeles, California, and unable to leave his bed,
is believed to be the only surviving member of the convention that framed our present
State constitution.
Isaac Parker was twice elected to the General Assembly and served in the ses-
sions of 1841-2 and 1845-6, with honor to himself and profit to his constituents. In the
latter term which was strongly democratic, he managed to so win favor among his dem-
ocratic colleagues, who were divided among themselves between two democratic candi-
dates, as to secure the election of his personal friend, Jehu T. Elliott, as pro'secuting
attorney for the circuit of which Henry County was then a part — that officer being
chosen by the General Assembly under the old constitut'ion. Politically speaking, that
election as prosecutor was the beginning of the career which carried Judge Elliott
through several promotions, to the Supreme bench of the State, where he won such
well merited distinction and honor.
It was a great sorrow to Mr. Parker that his wife, whose industry and devotion
were far beyond her strength, was for years an invalid and that, of a large family of
children, only his two sons, Benjamin S., the eldest, and Edwin E., who was born in
1840, lived to be grown. Perhaps the greatest of these severe afflictions occurred in
1858, when Martha and Charles Rollin, aged respectively ten and seven years, fell vic-
tims to diphtheria and Edwin E. was paralyzed and made an invalid and sufferer by
it for all his after life. Bright, gifted and beautiful were the two children that died.
They were the joy and hope of their parents and neither ever recovered from the grief
caused by their loss.
Mary Parker, the wife and mother, died in the Spring of 1861, at the age of forty
nine years. Edwin E., so far recovered that he taught school in 1861 and volunteered
in the 69th Indiana Infantry, in 1862; he saw some service with the regiment and was
brought home, as all supposed, to die, but slowly gained strength until he was able to
enter a law office at New Castle to study that profession. After raising a cavalry com-
pany in conjunction with Volney Hobson, he again sought admission to the service out
was refused on account of his physical condition. He was married about that time
to Caroline Hubbard, a daughter of Butler Hubbard, who was then County Recarder.
They were the parents of four children; one son, now a resident of Richmond, Indiana;
a son, who died in childhood; and two daughters, who live with their mother in Fort
Wayne, Indiana. After a varied career in Indiana, Ohio and the West, as a teacher,
lawyer, reporter, editor and lecturer, Edwin E. Parker died in 1903, and sleeps in the
beautiful Linden Wood Cemetery, at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He left a number of poems,
essays, and other prose writings that his friends hope to issue in book form at some
appropriate time.
It was in the hope of renewing his father's hold upon life that Benjamin S. Parker
gave up, for the time being only, as he supposed, his cherished dream of a life divided
between agricultural and scholarly pursuits, and engaged in business with- his father at
Lewisville. where Isaac Parker died in 1866, at the age of sixty years. He and his
cherished wife and all of their deceased children, except Edwin E., lie buried in the
quiet country graveyard at Riohsquare, near their old, and except for the invading
sorrow of death, happy home.
Isaac Parker was in youth a man of fine appearance; his hair, eyebrows and
beard were very black; his face rosy and his eyes clear and piercing. He was five feet
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I20I
and ten inches in height; his shoulders were broad and his head finely proportioned.
He was a good public speaker and had wonderful ways of making and retaining friends,
due to his sincerity of character and his obliging disposition. So ready to help others
was he that much of his time was taken up by men who wanted aid with their accounts,
or in the settlement of estates, always without pay and, possibly, in some cases without
thanks. He never had a plow, a horse nor a utensil of any kind that was too good to
lend to his neighbors. His home was always open in hospitality such as his means af-
forded. He belonged essentially to the old, ideal life taught by the sages, prophets and
poets of the past, and yet he had his strong ambitions and was somewhat quick of
temper in his earlier manhood, and intolerant of meanness and littleness always. Later
in life his nature became refined into a silken smoothness which only some untoward
offense could rouse into fiery action.
One of the tenderest and most sympathetic of men, anything like brutality and
cruelty toward the weak, called forth his severest condemnation. It was characteristic
of his tenderness of heart that once, when one of his children died and there was only a
farm wagon in which to convey it to the graveyard, he took his seat upon the floor
of the wagon, and folding the little coflBn in his arms carried it thus to the place of
burial and then handed it over to the friends who were to hide it away in the ground.
His close friend and neighbor. Judge Joseph Parley — who was a man of note and
tor some years an associate judge of the circuit court — and he were once rival candidates
for the General Assembly, Parley on the Democratic and Parker on the Whig ticket.
They canvassed the county together on horseback, met and conversed with the people in
behalf of their respective parties. If anything occurred to keep either of them at home
for a day, the other refrained from continuing the canvass until his friendly rival could
again participate in it. If any other canvass for office in this county was ever made
upon such terms, no record has been kept of it.
Isaac Parker was of such peculiar nature and genius that he could not possibly
conform to all the peculiarities of the Quaker sect, then considered essentials by most
of their ocganizations in the new settlements. He loved art, romance, poetry, song and
music, as the body of the Society in the West has come to do now to a lesser degree,
and yet he was in deep sympathy with the cardinal doctrines of the Society and was
by no means a "Hickory Quaker" in the sense of being careless of spiritual things, but
was really one of the most reverential and earnest thinkers upon sub.iects connected
with the destiny of the human soul. Indeed his sensitive mind was always alert upon
such themes; so much so that insincerity and sham disgusted and grieved him. His
neighbors, most of them, respected his attitude upon sacred things and accepted it as
one of his peculiarities, little dreaming how soon it was to cease being peculiar even
among the Quakers.
In his devotion to books and the larger life of the intellect and the imagination,
he found those who best understood him among the lawyers, editors and other profes-
sional men of his time and in their company took such delight and imparted so much
pleasure in return that it became a common saying among his friends that Parker never
left town for the lonely ride to his home through the woods until after sunset.
Looking back upon his life and influence, it seems that he might well have been
termed a "backwoods genius." He cannot be compared with other leading men of the
local world in which he moved, because he was unique. His genius was radiant, attrac-
tive and contagious in its influence with men and women of larger thought, while to
the many, — those of whom it may be said as Wordsworth said of one of his characters,
Peter Bell, that
"A daisy on the river's rim,
A yellow daisy was to him
And nothing more."
— he was but a common man, yet for his kindness of disposition, gentleness of demeanor
and sincere interest in the welfare of all about him, he was ever the good friend to
whom they might appeal in either joy or sorrow with a certainty of receiving a sympa-
thetic hearing and wise counsel. If he could give no more.
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I202 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
He was the friend of many of the leading men of the State and enjoyed their
friendship in return. Had the conditions of his life permitted his genius to become
creative instead of spontaneous and, therefore, ephemeral, he might have won an endur-
ing reputation as one of the pioneers in the literature of the new land. It is often
said that such men "live before their time" and waste their lives upon the raw, uncul-
tured wilds of pioneer communities; but the better thought is that, unconsciously to
themselves and to the world in which they move, they sow the seeds of future grace
and beauty and are really among the most effective moulders of public opinion.
During the Civil War, the services of Isaac Parker were rduch in request by the
friends of sick or wounded soldiers to whom, his long acquaintance and friendship witti
Governor Morton and many of the generals, colonels and men in military authority,
enabled him to be of much assistance at a time when the conditions of the service
rendered such attentions to individual cases of great value; but he made no charges
beyond his expenses. Even deserters came to him and through his good offices were
received back into the service with no greater penalty than that they were required to
serve out the full time for which they had enlisted.
The war was over and the struggle over reconstruction was upon the country
when his health, which had been precarious from and after his wife's decease, grew
worse and he died as already stated on October 27, 1866. His funeral was probably the
largest that had. up to that time, ever been given to a private citizen in the southeastern
part of the county, and so he passed away, as "one in whom the elements were so
mixed and mingled that all the world might say, here was a man."
df:x.i.\3[ix .stratt.\x P-\KKF,R.
Editor. Author and Citizen.
Benjamin Strattan Parker, eldest son of Isaac and Mary (Strattan) Parker, was
born in "A Cabin in the The Clearing." as related in the biography of his father, on
February 10, 1833. He was married on January 21, 1869. to Hulda Wickersham,
daughter of Jethro and Mary Wickersham, of Henry County. Indiana. They have lived
happily together up to the present time and are the parents of three children. Florence
earker. the eldest, is the well known and popular primary teacher in the New Castle
public schools, where she has rendered twelve years of most valuable and effective
service. AUegra, the second daughter, is now Mrs. Samuel J. Bufkin, of New Castle,
Indiana. She is a woman of many attainments and has been a favorite in club circles;
she writes naturally and well and is much interested in birds and bird lore. She is the
mother of two bright and promising children, a little girl of three years and an infant
boy. The third child and only son, Jethro W. Parker, is also married and at present
lives in Rushville, Indiana. He is an active business man, his specialty being the
clothing trade, of which he has much knowledge and in which he is considered eCacient.
Benjamin S. Parker and his wife are living quietly eX their modest, tree-sur-
rounded home, in New Castle, where they take delight in meeting their friends. Mrs.
Parker is a generous, kind hearted woman, popular with her friends and respected by
the community. She has been somewhat active in religious and social life and in
certain benevolent societies. She was the first president of the Henry County Federa-
tion of Clubs and was one of the early members of the Woman's Club, but is at present
taking a rest from club work, though still much interested therein, and especially in
that of the Woman's Club.
Benjamin S. Parker, in addition to what is told of his life in the preceding sketch
of his father, has been a teacher, a business man, an editor, a contributor to newspapers
and magazines and by a sort of compulsion has practised law a little in years that are
past; he has also written and edited and published books and has taken an interest
in politics and held ofBce. He taught at various point? in Henry and Rush counties,
prior to 1863. sold goods and dealt in grain at Lewisville, Indiana, for e'even years prior
to 1874 and edited "The New Castle Mercury" from 1875 to 1882. He was the elector
for the sixth Congressional district on the Garfield ticket in 1880 and cast the vote of
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the district for the second martyr-president in the State electoral college. He was ap-
pointed United States consul at Sherbrook, Province of Quebec. Canada, by President
Chester A. Arthur, in 1882, and filled the place efficiently until 1885. He was elected
Clerk of the Henry Circuit Court in 18S6, filling the place most satisfactorily for the
full term of four years, from 1888 to 1892, although an invalid during much of his term.
He was elected representative for Henry County in the General Assembly in 1900 ana
served with credit during the session of 1901. At an earlier period of his life he had
served the town of Lewlsville, seven years consecutively, as school trustee, during
which time in conjunction with the late Dr. W. M. Bartlett, he was instrumental in
building a new schoolhouse in 18CG, which was the first schoolhouse in Franklin town-
ship of more than one room and which started the remarkable educational advance in
that town and its vicinity. He has been an ardent, though never bitter supporter of the
Republican party because of its adherence to those principles ot freedom and equality
in which he believes.
Benjamin S. Parker, in his early years, spoke, lectured or read papers very often
before literary societies, teachers' associations, Sunday school gatherings, political
Ineetings and other assemblies of the people. Always of slender build, it was not per-
mitted him to enter the Union service as a soldier, but his services to the cause during
the Civil War were so numerous and of so many kinds that he has often, since its close,
been a welcome guest at soldiers' reunions, especially of the regiments that were made
up in Henry, Rush and Wayne counties, and he was many years ago elected an honorary
member of the regimental association of the famous 3Gth Indiana Regiment.
Liike his father, he has always been a great lover of poetry, art and music, and has
written extensively in verse, of which his published volumes have been "The Lesson and
Other Poems," 1871; "The Cabin in the Clearing," 1887; "Hoosier Bards," etc., in 1891;
"Rhymes of Our Neighborhood," in 1895. He also, in collaboration with E. B. Heiney,
compiled and edited "The Poets and Poetry of Indiana." a most valuable addition to
Indiana letters, in 1900. His poetry has been widely read and has received many words
of approval and praise from critics, scholars and newspaper editors, east and west. But
the greater volume of his writings has been in prose and unfortunately for his reputa-
tion with the larger world, much of it devoted to local themes.
While his opportunities for gaining a school training were confined to the Rich-
square school, which in early times was one of the best in its immediate section, the home
life in his father's house was in matters of literary and general information a sort of
continuous school and Mr. Parker was so imbued with the idea of a life largely devoted
to scholarly pursuits, that it made a student of him and when at an early age he began
teaching he did not permit himself to lose much time in idleness which might have
been devoted to increasing his knowledge and capabilities: but circumstances, seemingly
beyond his control, changed the current of his life and carried him into traffic, in which
adverse conditions arose which subjected him to loss and burdened him with debt — a
burden which he did not east off, as he might have done, hut for long years has striven
with and paid off as best he could, greatly to the detriment of his hopes and aspirations
in other directions, until the strain and worry have so broken his health that at times
his friends have thought that the end of his career was near at hand; but now at three
score years he is as active and alert as ever and still buoyant with hope and works with
his hands, his head and his heart as earnestly as in the past.
His affections have been and are centered largely in his native State and county.
He was the second president of The Western Association of Writers, and is an honorary
member of The Century Club, of Indianapolis, and the Indiana Audubon Society, and
with Thomas B. Redding, Elwood Pleas and Martin L. Bundy, founded The Henry
County Historical Society nineteen years ago. He was also the first person to introduce
the annual decoration of the graves of the soldiers of the Union in Henry County.
This was in 1867, several years before it was taken up by the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
In religion and ethics Mr. Parker has long been Impressed with the broader faith
and hope, rather than with narrow creeds of any kind, and hence is well disposed towards
any form of religious faith which may tend to make humanity better and nobler, the
I204 HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
conditions of life more hopeful and tlie soul more in harmony with the evident purposes
of its Author.
Among a great many tributes that have been paid to his character and qualities
of mind by his friendly contemporaries, the following from his friend of many years,
James Whltcomb Riley, has been selected to fittingly close this sketch:
THE CLEARER HAIL.
To Benjamin S. Parker.
Thy rapt song makes of earth a realm of light.
And shadowy, mystical as some dreamland
Arched with unfathomed azure — vast and grand
With splendor of the morn, or dazzling bright
With Orient noon; or strewn with stars of night
Thick as the daisies blown in grasses fann'd
By odorous midsummer breezes and
Showered over by all bird songs exquisite.
This is thy voice's beatific art —
To make melodious all things below,
Calling through them, from far, diviner space.
Thy clearer hail to us. The faltering heart
Thou cheerest, and thy fellow mortal so
Fares onward with uplifted face.
— Armazinda, page 50.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN POWELL.
LEADING PIONEER, PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND WELL REMEMBERED CITIZEN.
The first interrogation one receives upon entering Boston is: "What do you know?"
In New York it is: "What are you worth?" In Philadelphia: "Who are your rela-
tions?" To answer the last question and show who were the ancestors and who the
descendants of John Powell is the purpose of this sketch.
In the principality of Wales, near Brecon, Brecknockshire, Watkin Powell was born.
He. had three sons — John, Thomas and Watkin. who in 1801 came to the United States
of America and settled first at Utica, New York. From that point Watkin Powell went
to Spring, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he settled and where his descendants
are at the present day farmers and stockmen of national reputation. John Powell moved
to Virginia and became the head of the southern branch of the Powell family. Thomas
Powell, with his wife, Nancy, who was also a native of Wales, and their son, Thomas,
who was born in Wales, moved to Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, and there was born to
this couple July 22, 1806, a son, John Powell, who is the subject of this sketch.
In 1809 Thomas and Nancy Powell moved with their family to Butler County, Ohio,
and settled on a farm near Cincinnati. While located there two more children were
born to them, namely: William, born October 15, 1810, and Elizabeth, born July 5, 1814.
The latter became the wife of James Wasson and died his widow in Crawfordsville,
Indiana, January 17, 1905.
John Powell lived with his parents and worked on the farm until he was eighteen
years of age, when he went to Connersville, Indiana, and there served as a tanner's
apprentice under Abraham Conwell. Wlien his apprenticeship ended he was master of
the business in every detail. Mr. Conwell always bore in remembrance his young ap-
prentice, and when in 1863 Martin L. Powell, son of John, was in Connersville on a
visit to Mr: Conwell, the latter called out to some men of his acquaintance, saying:
"Here is a boy I want to introduce you to. His father was with me for years and I
knew him well. You might fill this room with uncounted money and he would not touch
a dollar save his own. I never knew a more honest man."
John Powell moved from Connersville to New Castle in 1827, where he soon after-
wards purchased the tanyard of Charles Mitchell and all of the three hundred and thirty
feet of land fronting on the south side of Broad Street, east of Mill, or what is now
known as Fifteenth Street, for four hundred dollars. The Charles Mitchell referred to
was the father of Leander P. Mitchell, the present assistant comptroller of the United
States Treasury, and biographical mention is made of him in connection with the
sketch of another son, Samuel Alexander Mitchell, which is published elsewhere in this
History. This was in reality the beginning of the business career of John Powell. From
the time of this purchase until his death no man was more closely identified with the
history of New Castle. He was a thorough business man, who seemed to have an intui-
tive grasp of the principles of trade, and he was an indefatigable worker. He did not
depend on the local supply of hides for use in his tannery, but patronized for fully
thirty years the markets of Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Orleans.
Mr. Powell was not, however, a man with a single idea, but while steadily conduct-
ing his tanning business, he was also looking ahead, and seeing a future full of promise
he dealt extensively for the period in real estate. Some of the prices paid for land by
him show the remarkable opportunities for money making in that line which existed
at that early period. The southwest corner of Fifteenth and Broad streets, eighty-two
and a half feet, cost him tw«nty-five dollars March 10, 1832. It was upon this lot that
he built in 1838 the brick house which is still standing, good and solid, and which was
at the time the finest in New Castle. It was in this house that his son, Martin L. Powell,
and the children following him were born. This lot unimproved is worth to-day prob-
ably twelve thousand dollars. On August 12, 1829, Mr. Powell bought the east half
of the north side of Broad Street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, one hun-
dred and sixty-five feet, for ten dollars; the northwest corner of Broad and Fourteenth
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streets, eighty-two and a half feet, for ten dollars, and the square of five acres, the
northeast corner of which is the southwest corner of Seventeenth and Broad streets, for
one hundred dollars. These properties are now worth a large fortune.
Mr. Powell was especially noted for his kindly and charitable disposition. He was
a truly benevolent man, but never sought publicity or personal commendation for his
many benefactions. He was not only charitable, but he also made it a point to assist
in a business way many whom he saw in need of such assistance. He was a good judge
of men and seemed to know well whom he could trust. Ezekiel T. Ice, of Mount Sum-
mit, has the most pleasurable recollections of Mr. Powell's generosity. In 1852. when
Ice was a young man, twenty-two years of age, he and the late Joseph Kinsey desired
to build a steam saw mill at Mount Summit, for which thirty-five hundred dollars were
needed. Ice had eighty acres of not very valuable land and Kinsey had five hundred
dollars in cash. They applied to Mr. Powell for aid and he not only made the necessary
loan, but agreed to furnish the machinery besides. After a year of almost superhuman
toil they found that it would take five hundred dollars more to complete the work.
Discouraged, Mr. Ice offered the property to Mr. Powell for the debt, but he instead ad-
vanced the needed five hundred dollars and said: "You are young and energetic and
can pay two hundred dollars a year and six per cent, interest." They paid the debt.
This was during the hard times preceding the great financial panic of 1857 and there
was due Mr. Powell from others obligations amounting to more than ten thousand dol-
lars. He did not even take a mortgage from Ice and Kinsey, nor did he foreclose on
others when by so doing he could have profited by many thousands of dollars.
When the New Castle and Dublin turnpike was projected and bids asked for the
work, Mr. Powell advised the late Robert Cluggish, then a young man, almost fresh
from Scotland, to put in a bid. Cluggish had no money, but finally made a successful
bid and was furnished the money by Mr. Powell without security. In this as in the
previous case, his confidence was not misplaced. He furnished money to Murphey,
Goodwin and Company with which to buy hogs. He gave credit to Henry Shroyer, then
a young man, in 1834, for all the leather needed by him in his business of saddle and
harness making. He gave horses to three preachers unconditionally, but from Charles B.
Davidson he took a note payable when he' should cease preaching Methodism. This note
became due and collectable when Davidson afterwards joined the Presbyterian church
at Indianapolis, but was never paid. Old "Daddy" Westlake, of Dublin, Wayne County,
l)eing harrassed by officers for debt, Mr. Powell loaned him a horse over sixty years
ago. It was never returned. Some persons were given the opportunity by Mr. Powell
to work out eighty acres of land at the entry fee of one hundred dollars, and this land
is now for the most part worth fifty dollars or more an acre. Others were helped by
him to build homes. No one in trouble, financial or otherwise, ever applied to John
Powell in vain, whether it was for monej' or for counsel and advice.
Mr. Powell was a notably eccentric man and no one in Henry County was ever like
him in oddity of manners and of speech. He was very quick and active and in the
purchase or sale of a farm scarcely a dozen words would be used by him. Probably as
large a gift as he ever made was when, although at the time a comparatively poor
man, he paid the entire debt of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Castle, then
occupying the frame building which stood on the ground recently purchased and now
used by the Board of Ti'ustees of New Castle.
During the great cholera epidemic of 1833 and also that of 1849, when every per-
son who could apparently left New Castle to escape the ravages of that dread disease,
John Powell and his wife remained and gave their services to the needy, the sick and
the dying. They were without fear and more than all put their trust in God.
Summing up in a general way, it may be said that John Powell was, during his
whole life in New Castle, one of its foremost citizens and that he was intensely inter-
ested in everything that had for its object the good of the town and of the county at
large. He was a progressive man and strongly favored internal improvements. He
supported the building of the Whitewater Canal from Hagerstovra. Wayne County, to
Cincinnati, which was used, however, from Cambridge City only. He gave his personal
attention to that enterprise and contributed liberally of his means. That canal is now
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I207
a memory only, but during its use it gave to Cambridge City a commercial importance
which placed it in the front rank of towns in eastern Indiana.
He was also a prominent figure in the building of what has since become the Pan-
handle Railroad, extending from Richmond to Logansport and thence to Chicago. Asso-
ciated with him in this enterprise were Judge Jehu T. Elliot, Judge Martin h. Bundy,
Colonel Miles Murphey, Joshua Holland, John C. Hudelson, John W. Grubbs, Eli Mur-
phey and Daniel Bradbury, of Greensfork. Wayne County. He was likewise personally
identified with what is now the Lake Erie and Western Railroad, extending from Fort
Wayne to Cincinnati via New Castle, Cambridge City and Connersville. He favored the
building of all the turnpikes which had existence prior to his death. Mr. Powell was
a member of the lower House of the General Assembly of Indiana during the session of
1S47 and had as his colleague Simon Summers, of Middletown.
Touching his interests in land, it may be stated that he sold to the late Jehu T. El-
liott the farm adjoining New Castle, which now belongs to the Elliott heirs; and to
Judge Martin L. Bundy the Bundy farm, two miles south of New Castle. Mr. Powell also
owned one hundred and sixty acres, four miles north; one hundred and sixty acres
northwest; two hundred and fifty acres, three miles west, and eighty acres east of New
Castle. He was also the owner of other tracts of land in Henry County and hundreds of
acres in Clinton, Grant, Wells and other counties in the northern part of the State.
Land which cost him an entrance fee of one dollar and a quarter per acre has since
sold for as much as one hundred dollars per acre. Mr. Powell has been heard to say
that he could have been worth twice as much as he was had he cared to be, and there
is a volume contained in his statement that he was never either plaintiff or defendant in
a court of justice. As a taxpayer he was rated the second highest in the county.
Mr. Powell was an uncompromising opponent of the use of liquor and tobacco in
any form. He was a true Christian and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, faithful in his attendance upon its worship and liberal in his support of its many
benefactions. The passage of Scripture contained in Matthew, G-33: "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you," he
made the rule of Ills life. His last work was the founding, in association with others,
of beautiful South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, of which he became, at the early age
of fifty-two years, nine months and twenty-five days. May 19, 1S59, the first occupant.
On September 28, 1828, soon after coming to New Castle, John Powell was united in
marriage with Lydia Collett, of Brookville, Indiana. She lived but a short time, her
death occurring March 6, 1830. Subsequently he married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Creek, of near Liberty, Union County, Indiana, July 4, 1S32. She was born November
30, 1813. To this union were born the following named children: Charles Collett. March
30, 1833; Martin Luther, February 12, 1840; Albert, September 5, 1842; Samantha, June
4. 1845; Sophronia, June 9, 1847, who died August 23, 1865; George, June 30, 1850, and
Elizabeth, April 4, 1853. John Powell died May 17, 1859, and his widow, Elizabeth
(Creek) Powell, died June 29, 1862.
CHARI.ES COLLETT POWELL.
(Son.)
Charles Collett Powell, the eklest son of John and Elizabeth (Creek) Powell, was
born March 30. 1833, and was united in marriage March 11, 1858, with Mary Ellen Van
Winkle, a sister of John Q. Van Winkle, the present general superintendent of the Big
Four Railroad. She died the year following her marriage and Mr. Powell subsequently
married Mary Jane, daughter of William and Jane Taylor, natives of Virginia, who
lived near Frankton, Madison County, Indiana. To Charles Collett and Mary Jane (Tay-
lor) Powell were born four children, namely: Fletcher and Harriet F., who died in
New Castle; Mary Ellen, who afterwards married Archibald Coulter; they have one
daughter named Ellen; and Sophronia, who now resides with her mother at Walnut
Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. Charles C. Powell died In New Castle May 19, 1883, and is
buried in South Mound Cemetery. The funeral took place on May 21, 1883, a day long
remembered from the fact that there were six inches of snow on the ground.
I200 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
Charles C. Powell received a good education and when about twenty-two years of
age began his mercantile career at Quincy, now Elwood, Indiana, having for a partner
the late Colonel Miles Murphey. They conducted what was then known as a general
store and did a successful business for several years. Shortly after the death of his
father and because of that event this arrangement was given up and Mr. Powell re-
turned to New Castle, where he lived continuously until his death. He became a large
stockholder in the First National Bank of New Castle and was for many years a director
of that Institution.
Charles C. Powell was a quiet, unassuming man, well informed as to current events,
possessed of an excellent judgment, and whose truth, honor and integrity were never
questioned. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from early childhood,
and no man was more faithful to his religious duties than he. He was also a member
of the Masonic fraternity. Like his father, he was pronounced in his temperance senti-
ments, and again like his father, he was a quiet and unostentatious supporter of many
charities. Mr. Powell, at his death, left his family well provided for, and the surviving
members of his family, though living in Cincinnati, have large property interests in New
Castle.
MARTIN LUTHER POWELL.
{Son.)
Martin Luther Powell, the second son of John and Elizabeth (Creek) Powell, was
born February 12, 1S40, and was united in marriage April 30, 1862, with Susan R.,
daughter of Jacob and Martha Byer. Jacob Byer was born in Fredericksburg, Mary-
land, April 29, 1803. and was married to Martha Mitchell April 29, 1829. He was by trade
a tanner, but became a farmer and moved to lands near Greencastle, Pennsylvania,
where himself and family remained until 1849, when they came to New Castle, Henry
County, Indiana, where they located on a farm adjoining New Castle on the east, which
Mr. Byer purchased from the late Jacob Elliott in the year mentioned. In company
with Henry Clunk, who also came from Pennsylvania. Jacob Byer opened the first hard-
ware store in New Castle in 1855. He was a devout member of the United Brethren
Church and was one of the principals in the construction of the present church building
of that denomination in New Castle and its main support until his death, March 19,
1867. His widow, Martha (Mitchell) Byer, died September 26, 1877.
To Martin Luther and Susan R. (Byer) Powell were born the following children:
John Jacob, so named after his two grandfathers; Perry Edward, Archie Albert, Martha
Elizabeth, so named after her two grandmothers; Mary Belle, Edgar Byer, Helen Jose-
phine, Arthur Mitchell and George Byer.
John Jacob Powell, the eldest son, is a baker by trade. He served in Porto Rico
during the Spanish-American War, in the United States Hospital Corps. He is a member
of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows. He is unmarried and lives at home
with his parents.
Perry Edward Powell, the second son, is a graduate of the New Castle High School,
of the Indianapolis Commercial College, of De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana,
and of the Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, where he received the
degree of doctor of philosophy. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and was stationed for four years at Greenfield, Indiana, and during his pastorate
there was instrumental in the building of the beautiful church of his denomination in
that city. He Is now pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Garrett, Indiana, and
is one of the most prominent preachers in the Northern Indiana Conference. He mar-
ried Louise Smith and they have one child, Harriet Emily.
Archie Albert Powell, the third son, married Eva Thornberry, of Mattoon. Illinois,
and they are the parents of one child, Maynard. Archie is a promiinent dentist and has
a good practise in Mattoon. Martha Elizabeth Powell, the eldest daughter, is unmarried
and lives at home in New Castle with her parents. Mary Belle Powell, the second daugh-
ter, is the wife of Walter B. Runyan, a practical plumber of New Castle. They have
one child, Martha Lea. Mary Belle graduated from the New Castle High School with
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the remarkable record of nine years' attendance in the public schools without being ab-
sent or tardy once. Edgar Byer Powell, the fourth son, is a graduate of the New Castle
High School and of the Indianapolis Commercial School. In 1902 he graduated from the
Rose Polytechnic Institute,' Terre Haute, Indiana. He is a civil engineer by profession
and for several years has been employed in architectural work on the great steel "sky-
scrapers" in New York City. Helen Josephine Powell, the third daughter, was for about
three years a teacher in the East Ridge schoolhouse. but she is now married to Benja-
min H. Baker, of New Castle, where they reside. Arthur Mitchell Powell, the fifth son,
is a student at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, and will graduate from that in-
stitution in 190S. George Byer Powell, the sixth son, is bookkeeper and collector for the
Independent Telephone Company. He is unmarried and lives at home with his parents.
This family of nine children has received the best educational advantages of the day and
constitutes a group of which the parents may well be proud. The family have a re-
markable hygienic record, there not having been a case of sickness among them in a
period of forty-four years.
Martin L. Powell is most worthy of honorable mention in this History in connec-,
tion with the careers of his father and of his elder brother, Charles Collett Powell. He
has lived continuously in New Castle for a period of some sixty-six years and is one
of its native born citizens. He obtained his education in the schools of the town
and for many years was one of the leading business men of the place. He has con-
tributed liberally to its advancement and prosperity and, though now retired, holds it
to be his duty to assist in maintaining the prosperity of a town which he has seen spring
up from the little country village in which he was born. He is possessed of an excel-
lent memory and is considered an authority regarding the events of half a century ago.
He is justly proud of his parentage and of his own descendants. He is a loyal citizen
of his native town and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the whole community.
.\LBF,KT POWELL.
(8on.)
Albert Powell, the third son of John and Elizabeth (Creek) Powell, was born Sep-
tember 5, 1842, and has never married. His home has been at New Castle all his life
and no name or face is more familiar to its people. He is a well-known horseman and
no man has a greater love for the horse than he. He purchased and imported from
Scotland the well-known stallion, Glencairn, and thus originated the interest in horse-
breeding which has given the county a reputation in that line hardly second to any.
Glencairn lived to be twenty-six years old and at the time of his death belonged to
Evan H. Peed, now superintendent of the Indiana State Fair. During his life Albert
Powell has handled and broken to saddle or harness more than a thousand colts, and
in no case did he ever use other than the kindest methods of treatment. Everything was
accomplished by persistence and patience.
SAM.\NTH.\ (POWELL) PEED.
(Daughter.)
Samantha Powell, the eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth (Creek) Powell, was
oorn June 4, 1845, and was married to Evan H. Peed May 29, 1866, and to their union
were born the following children: James A.; Neva; Albert, bom December 20, 1873, and
died April 14, 1886: Elizabeth, born May 12, 1879: died in infancy: Olive and Nellie.
The girls are all graduates of the New Castle High School. James A. was married to
Emma, daughter of William Wimmer, of New Castle, November 29, 1899. He is a
veterinary surgeon and took his degree in that profession in March, 1892, from the
New York Veterinary College, which is a branch of the New York University of Medi-
cine. He and his wife are well-known residents of New Castle.
I2IO HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
No man is more esteemed in Henry County by those who know him than Evan H.
Peed. He has many of the characteristics of his father, James Peed, who was a typical
Kentucky gentleman, well known for his generous hospitality. Evan H. Peed has made
a life study of farming and stands in the front rank of the agriculturists of Indiana.
For several years he has been the superintendent of the Indiana State Fair Association
and to his efforts and to his influence much of the success of that organization must be
attributed.
GEORGE POWELL.
(Sow.)
George Powell, the youngest son of John and Elizabeth (Creek) Powell, was born
June 30, 1850, and was united in marriage November 19, 1873, with Ella, daughter of
Jacob and Catharine Mowrer, of New Castle. They have one child, Frederick, born Sep-
tember 17, 1878. The family resides in Indianapolis, where Mr. Powell is engaged in
tuslness.
EL1Z.4BETH (POWELL) C.41IPBELL.
(Daughter).
Elizabeth Powell, the youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth (Creek) Powell, was
born April 4, 1853, and was married to Stephen C. Campbell April 3, 1873. Mr. Camp-
bell is a native of Crawfordsville, Indiana, and it is there, in what is aptly termed the
"Athens of Indiana," that they reside. He has been long identified with the business
interests of that place.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIMON TITUS POWELL.
SCHOOL TK.ACHEK, LAWYER AND COUXTV OFFICLVL.
Among the remarkable men who have figured in the history of eastern Indiana was
Simon Titus Powell, the subject of this sketch. He was a native of Wayne County,
Indiana, having been born August 21, 1S21, on a farm which is now a part of Cambridge
City. His parents were John and Margaret (Huff) Powell, both of whom were natives of
Kentucky, who had removed from that State to Wayne County, Indiaina, in 1816. The
family remained at Cambridge City for several years and then moved to Illinois, where
they settled near Danville. At this time young Powell was about five yars of age. He
attended school at Danville and Champaign, Illinois, and subsequently became a student
at St. Gabriel's College, a Catholic institution at Vincennes, Indiana, where he remained
for about three years. While yet a boy he returned to Cambridge City, Indiana, and
entered the school then taught by the well-known educator. Reverend Samuel K.
Hoshour, whose name is distinguished in Indiana history. He was rightfully regarded
as the most capable teacher in eastern Indiana and when Mr. Powell came to New Cas-
tle in 1841 he brought with him a rerommeudation from Mr. Hoshour of such a compli-
mentary character that it secured him employment at once as a teacher in the "old
seminary."
Mr. Powell was a successful teacher and for the three years during which he had
charge of the seminary he showed in that position the same energy which he displayed
in after life, an energy which was resistless. He neither knew nor realized the mean-
ing of the word "fail." The early schools of New Castle were taught by eminent edu-
cators and Mr. Powell followed worthily in their footsteps. Richard Huff was the fii'st
teacher and his oldest student was Jehu T. Elliott. Other scholars were Rachel Wood-
ward, Mai-y Carroll, afterwards wife of Stephen Elliott; Martha Bowers, Martha Ward,
afterwards Mrs. Andrew J. Lytle, and Vienna Woodward, afterwards the wife of Sam-
uel Hazzard, who were the father and mother of the author of this History. Other
teachers were: Abraham Elliott, Jesse H. Healey, Revel Coleman, Jehu T. Elliott, Wil-
liam Way, Caleb H. Cole and Samuel Hoover. William Henry, who taught in 183.5-6, had
among his pupils Martin L. Bundy, Thomas J. Neal, Luther C. Mellett and Rezin H.
Powers. Mr. Powers died August 17, 1905, at his home near Springport, Henry County,
aged ninety years. His twin brother preceded him to the grave by only a few months.
They were both excellent citizens.
After the retirement of Mr. Henry the late Nimrod H. Johnson, father of Henry U.,
for years a member of Congress from this district, aind of Robert U. Johnson, one of
the editors of the Century Magazine, became the teacher. He was a man of fine educa-
tion, an excellent teacher, polite, always well dressed and a gentleman of the old school.
Then came George W. Julian, who was also for years a member of Congress from this
district, and who attained a national reputation. Levi Linn, of South Carolina, was also
a good teacher, but had a temper which often ran away with his better judgment and
caused him to make inordinate use of the rod. Simon T. Powell took charge of the
school in 1841, as above stated, and among his scholars were Joshua H. Mellett, Loring
and Miles L. Reed, Maria and Mary Taylor, Harriet Parsons, Hiram, John and Jacob
Thornburgh, Pyrrhus, Franklin and Clarinda Woodward, John Barrett, Volney Hobson,
John D. Meek. Absalom B. Harvey, William H. Murphey, John M. Darr. Adolphus D.
Thornton, Coleman F. Rogers, William R. Charles, Marshall G. Henry, Francis Marion
McDowell and a number of others, almost all of whom have long since passed over and
beyoind this "vale of tears." The John Barrett above referred to also became a teacher
in the "old seminary" in 1844, as did Isaac Kinley. It was about this time that Mr. Bar-
rett went to South Carolina to investigate the slavery conditions. His action so excited
tne slaveholders that he was arrested and imprisoned and was only subsequently re-
leased through the intervention of friends, but not until his health had been broken
down. He died very soon after his return from the South.
After teaching three years Mr. Powell gave up the school and was succeeded by the
late Dr. John Rea, Mr. Powell himself becoming deputy clerk of the Henry Circuit Court
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under the late Samuel Hoover. He had entire supervision of the office and so admirably
discharged its various duties that he was himself elected in 1850 to the position of clerk.
Oouinting the time that he was clerk and deputy clerk of the courts, he served the public
in that office for a period covering about thirteen years. As clerk of the Henry Circuit,
Probate and Common Pleas courts, he performed most of the duties of the office him-
self, never having had but one employe, Samuel W. Taylor, who was employed for a very
brief period only. Mr. Taylor afterwards moved to Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana,
where he became identified with the business interests of the place and was elected and
served as State Senator from the counties of Hamilton and Tipton during the special and
regular sessions of 1877 and 1879. Mr. Taylor was also the first mayor of New Castle
under the law approved January 1, 1849, which substituted a mayor and four council-
men for the president and trustees, the charter under this law being surrendered March
30, 1867.
Mr. Powell was well known for his habits of industry and he labored day and night
in order that the records of the court proceedings might be, day after day, full and com-
plete. He slighted nothing; the work was conscientiously performed and when he left
the office at the expiration of his term he left behind an official record, upon which there
was neither blot nor stain. This was the only official position to which he was ever
elected and upon his retirement from it he turned his attention to the practise of the
law. He opened an office with the late Eli Murphey as his partner, and pursued the
profession until the breaking out of the Civil War.
He was a thorough Union man and from the time of the first call for troops took a
prominent part in the prosecution of the great conflict. He could not personally enter
the ranks of volunteers who were hastening to the battlefield because of the loss of the
use of his left leg, resulting from cold taken while in swimming, which was a favorite
pastime of his; otherwise physically strong and sound, he was coinpelled from that time
to use a crutch and cane; though thus debarred from serving the flag, as he would un-
questionably have done, he did the next best thing, giving his willing consent to the
entry into the service of his two stalwart sons, Henry L. and Orlistes W. The first
named became a member of Company B, Sth Indiajia Infantry, three months' service, and
was wounded at the battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia, July 11, 1861, and the wound
thus received more than forty years ago has never healed, but requires now, as at first,
daily attention. A biographical sketch of Henry L, Powell is published on page 253 of
this History and reference should be made thereto for further information regarding
that soldier. Orlistes W. Powell was a member of Company C, 36th Indiana Infantry, and
arose to the non-commissioned rank of sergeant-major. He was shot through the
heart and instantly killed at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863, and
his name will be found in the Roll of Honor, published elsewhere in this History. The
military career of each of these brave sons of a patriotic father will be found set forth
in another part of this History in connection with their respective companies and regi-
ments.
It is well known that during the Civil War the executive of each Northern State
took great pains in caring for the interests of the general government and at the same
time exercised a watchful care over the boys in blue who went into the army from their
Respective States. In this respect no executive was more vigilant than Governor Oliver
P. Morton, of Indiana, and his fame as the friend of the soldier was known throughout
the land; and to-day no man's memory is held in so great reverence by the Indiana sol-
dier as is that of the "great war Governor." Governor Morton was ever in consultation
with the foremost men of the State with regard to the proper measures for the conduct
of the war, and among others whose advice and counsel were most welcome was Simon
T. Powell, who ably and with whole-souled fervor supported and sustained the great
Governor in those trying and perilous times.
In January, 1865, when it seemed that such an institution was imperatively needed.
The First National Bank of New Castle was organized with Martin L. Bundy as its first
president and Daniel Murphey as its first cashier. Mr. Powell was one of the original
stockholders of this bank and a member of its first board of directors. He afterwards
became vice-president of the bank and continued in that position for several years. He
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disposed of his interests in The First National Bank and in 1S77 became president of the
Bundy National Banlv, with which he remained until it went into voluntary liquidation
and ceased to do business. As a banker he was distinctively conservative, taking no
chances except those entirely warranted by the facts presented. After the winding up
of The Bundy National Bank Mr. Powell retired from active business, giving his attention
exclusively to his own private affairs, a part of which consisted in looking after and in-
creasing his large farming properties, the whole embracing about one thousand acres,
much of which was among the best farm lands in Henry County.
The fact is so well known that it is hardly necessary to state that politically Mr.
Powell was an aggressive member of the Republican party. He was, however, first a
Whig and regarded Henry Clay as the first of American citizens. In 1868 he was a dele-
gate to the Republican National Convention, which met at Chicago; he was also a dele-
gate to the Philadelphia convention of his party in 1872, and again to the convention
at Cincinnati in 1876, where he strenuously advocated the nomination of Governor Mor-
ton for President. He was also a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1880 and was
one of the stalwart "306," who, under the leadership of Senator Roscoe Conkling, of New
York, voted to secure the nomination of Grant for a third term, as President of the
United States.
The last official position held by Mr. Powell was that of supervisor of internal reve-
nue for the district composed of the States of Ohio and Indiana, with headquarters at
Indianapolis. He received his appointment from President Grant and was commissioned
December 14, 1872, and served for a period covering about five years, being succeeded by
the late General Thomas W. Brady. Mr. Powell discharged the duties of this office with
his accustomed zeal and fidelity to the interests of the government and was one of the
coterie of internal revenue officers who were most instrumental in bringing to light and
subsequently breaking up the great whisky ring, which had its headquarters at St.
Louis. Missouri, and which resulted also in the punishment by fine, imprisonment and
discharge from the service of many of those who were guilty participants in that great
conspiracy against the government.
On April 5, 1842, Simon Titus Powell was united in marriage with Elizabeth Thorn-
burgh, widow of Jacob Thornburgh. She was a daughter of David Hoover, of near Rich-
mond, Wayne County, Indiana, and came with her husband, Jacob Thornburgh, to New
Castle in 1825. By her first husband she was the mother of eight children, only one of
whom, John Thornburgh, of New Castle, survives. By her second husband she was the
mother of four children, namely: Henry L., Orlistes W., Catharine, afterwards wife
of William H. Elliott, and Elizabeth. Of these four children Henry L. Powell alone sur-
vives. Elizabeth (Hoover-Thornburgh) Powell died October 8, 1881. She was a noble
woman, a devoted wife and a loving mother; she was a great reader, had a retentive
memory and was possessed of vivid descriptive powers, which made her recollections
of the days of the early pioneers peculiarly interesting.
After the death of his first wife Mr. Powell was married on April 4, 1883, to Melvina,
a daughter of William and Eliza (Robertson) Conway, of near Hagerstown, Wayne
County, Indiana. Mr. Powell died at his handsome home in New Castle October 5, 1901.
He was during the greater part of his life a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and was also a prominent member of New Castle Lodge, number 59, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He was for ma,ny years identified with the old settlers' organization, of
which he was uniformly the treasurer. He was also a member of the Henry County His-
torical Society, to which he gave during his life a great deal of his attention and on the
wulls of that institution hangs an excellent portrait of himself, presented to the society
by his son, Henry L. Powell.
The will of Simon Titus Powell gave to his surviving widow and to his surviving
son, Henry L. Powell, his entire estate, the whole bearing an estimated value of more
than $100,000. Since his death his widow, Mrs. Melvina Powell, has placed in the new
Methodist Episcopal Church of New Castle a handsome memorial window in honor and
out of reverence to his memory. His remains, together with those of his first wife and
his deceased children, are buried in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle.
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ANCESTBT OF MRS. SIMOK T. (CONWAY) POWELL.
Melvina (Conway) Powell, widow of Simon T. Powell, was the daughter of the late
William and Eliza (Robertson) Conway, and was reared at her parents' home, two miles
and a half east of Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana.
Her father, William Conway, was a native of Kentucky, where he was born January
22, 1817. His parents, Miles and Catharine Conway, were also natives of that State, but
removed to Henry County, Indiana, where they settled on a farm. William Conway was
of an aspiring and versatile mind, and when a young man undertook, in his usual ardent
manner the study of the law and became so well versed in its principles that his friends
and neighbors relied upon him as a trusted adviser in legal matters.
He always had a natural love of horses, and became in later years known over the
whole State as an expert horseman. He was one of the kindest of men and his heart
was of that large mold which is only found in company with a broad mind. He was
especially fond of children and young people and his doors were always open to the needy
and friendless. His unspoken deeds of charity are almost without number, and many a
young person has found his way to success through his assistance.
He was a member of the Newlight or Christian Church, and his religion reached be-
yond the mere orthodox type. It came directly from the heart. For a number of years
he resided at Walnut Level, near Hagerstown, Wayne County, where his wife died May 2,
1901. His last days were spent at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Simon T. Powell, in
New Castle, where he died Saturday, March 14, 1903, aged eighty-six .vears. He was the
father of a large family, of whom one son and three daughters survive. Mr. Conway and
his wife are buried in the Hagerstown cemetery.
Eliza (Robertson) Conway, the mother of Mrs. Powell, was the daughter of Moses
and Polly Robertson. Her father, Moses Robertson, came from Wayne to Henry County
in company with Jesse and Isaac Forkner about 1822, and entered land in Liberty Town-
ship at the first land sale, August 16, 1822. In addition to filling the office of sheriff for
two terms, from August 5, 1833, to August 21, 1837, he was county collector, 1880-1833,
and an early justice of the peace and a member of the board of justices governing the
county, from 1824 to 1827. He was a public-spirited citizen, who had the confidence of the
people to an unusual degree. He was one of the original promoters of the railroad from
Richmond to New Castle, now a part of the Panhandle Railroad. Late in life he moved
to Hagerstown, Wayne County, where he died and is buried in the cemetery on Symons
Creek, near old Chicago. Mrs. Powell thus has as much reason to be proud of her an
cestry as any lady living in Henry County, for her grandfather Robertson was certainly
one of the county's grand old pioneers.
Mrs. Simon T. Powell was educated in the schools of Hagerstown and resided at home
with her parents until her marriage. She was a most excellent and congenial companion
to her husband and with rare devotedness made his last days pleasant and happy. She is
a lady who is held in high esteem among her friends and acquaintances. Since the death
of her husband the considerable property interests which have come into her care have
demonstrated that she has busines qualities of a high order. The large property has not
only been maintained intact, but has been so administered as to greatly increase it.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN REA, M. D.
A PAPER READ BEFORE THE HENET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETT BY HIS DAUGHTER, JIBS. ELIZA-
BETH REA GILLIES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1902.
It" I were vain of my own poor power to interest and entertain, I should probably
find in your request to prepare a memoir of my father and read it here to-day, a sugges-
tion that, as his daughter, I should speak from my own knowledge of his life and work
as duty and affection prompt. But I know it is not so and that it is the pioneer and
physician you would honor and not myself, his child. Knowing this, I have chosen to
quote from my father's autobiography, which he began writing in 1878, as follows:
"I have intended for some little time to occupy my spare moments in jotting down
the events of my life, thinking they might be of some interest to those of my family who
will survive me and perchance give encouragement to some who may have their way in
life to make. Or, even beter, if there be any suggestions in these pages that follow that
shall be worthy of emulation, or shall tend to making those who read them better and
happier citizens, my time has been well spent.
"I was born February 10, 1819, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, near the city of
Lexington, a section of country distinguished for that great wonder of nature, the Natu-
ral Bridge. There are many points in my early life that I do not remember, for my
parents died before I became anxious to preserve such information. My parents were
poor, but well-to-do; they were both hard-working and it was necessary, as they had a
large family, and the land not very fertile or productive, that the strictest economy be
used to enable us to live upon what could be thus made. But my father had good credit
Bind he never abused the trust reposed in him. As has been said, there was a large fam-
ily and it was necessary that, at an early age, each one should bear his part of the work
on the farm and in the house. My parents were of Scotch-Irish descent and possessed the
intellect and physical characteristics of that ancestry. In religious belief they were firm
and reared "the family in the faith of the Presbyterians; indeed, the county in which we
lived was settled almost entirely by this denomination. We attended meeting mostly at
a church called Timber Ridge, about two miles from our home. It was built of solid
stone one hundred and fifty years ago, and at the present day stands as a monument to
the fidelity and loyalty of the early settlers of this country to their religion.
"Our educational advantages at that day were very imperfect, having school not more
than six months of any year and sometimes only from one to three months. My younger
brother and I attended school during the winter months and in the spring we were put
to work on the farm. While our opportunities for attending school were limited, yet in
these years was laid the foundation for. future work and a determination for an educa-
tion was implanted that has continued through my entire life. A part of the road that
led to this school was about one-half mile through a dense forest which was so dark I
could scarcely see at times, and even at this late day I recall with a shudder the many
times I had to pass this way either to school or going to mill.
"Thus time passed until 1833 when my father sold his farm of one hundred and
forty acres for $550, and after selling all our possessions that we could not take with us,
we left the State of Virginia in a four-horse wagon for Indiana on October 1, 1833. We
were just thirty days making the trip. While most of the journey was pleasant, yet we
encountered some difficulties but they were easily overcome. "On the 30th of October, we
reached my uncle James Rea's place, who lived near Connersville, and who had moved
to Indiana about fifteen years before. After spending some little time at his home, we
secured a farm near Harrisburg, and moved to it. While living here I attended school
in the village and my first teacher in Indiana was Waterman Clift, who had lately come
to that vicinity from New York. The desire for an education grew with my years and so
determined was I to obtain one that I worked at odd times, when not assisting with the
work at home, to get money enough to clothe myself and buy books. In 1S36, for one dol-
lar a year, I had access to the county library at Connersville. I read and studied all my
leisure time and at nights. It was customary in those days to sit by a large fireplace and
in the evenings I would use the light from this place to save the expense of a candle that I
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might use what was thus saved towards my one object. About this time the way was
not clear as to how I should pursue my studies, for there was no one near from whom I
oould obtain assistance, or advice, and all I learned had tq be studied out alone. One day
my father and I went into a store in Connersville and I saw a Natural Philosophy and
upon looking into the book I felt I could master it. My father gave his consent for me
to purchase it, and I was so delighted that I read and reread it many times, and in this
same way I gained a knowledge of chemistry and astronomy.
"In 1S3S, when nineteen years of age, I was overwhelmed with surprise and aston-
ishment, when the trustees from the adjoining district solicited me to teach their school.
I objected for I knew my limited knowledge, but they insisted and I was elected teacher
lor the winter term of three months. I went to Connersville the day after this and passed
a creditable examination. Dr. Ryland T. Brown, who was considered one of the finest
scholars in the State, was the examiner and you can imagine my embarrassment. The
following Monday I began my first school, receiving sixteen dollars per month and board.
Nothing unusual occurred during the term. I had to study to keep in advance of my
pupils and had no trouble until an arithmetic problem toward the last of the book pre-
sented itself. The class was approaching this lesson and I worked and puzzled over it
for several days. It was my first and last thought, but to my joy, one morning when I
arose, I solved the problem at the first trial and it seemed as clear as day. The patrons
of the school were pleased with my work for I was employed the second Winter. I then
taught and went to school alternately for several years.
"In 1S40 the political excitement ran very high and while I had my own opinions
and held to them tenaciously, yet I talked very little upon the subject. It was this year
that I cast my first vote for Van Buren.
"In 1842 I was desirous of attending the high school conducted by Samuel K.
Hoshour at Cambridge City, Wayne County. My greatest incentive to attend school here
was that I might take up the study of Calculus and Conic sections, as I had advanced
thus tar alone. But to my dismay when I intimated my intention to Mr. Hoshour, he
frankly admitted that he could not teach either of the branches mentioned. In their
place I took Geometry and the French language. In Mr. Hoshour I found the person
whom I needed. Besides being a fine teacher, he was easily approached and gave such
advice as a young man needed, and he s«emed to anticipate their needs. The following
Winter I taught east of Milton securing sixteen dollars a month and paid one dollar and
a quarter a week for my board. According to contract I had to take part of my pay in
State script, which at that time was below par, but I had to take it at par.
"My next term of school was taught in Milton, where I made many and valuable
friends. While here I became acquainted with Robert Murphey and family, several of his
children coming to my school. A son, Benjamin F. Murphey, was clerking in New Castle
in his uncle Miles Murphey's store. Through him I learned that the schools of New
Castle would soon be without a teacher, and he thought that upon application I might
secure the position. This position at Milton has always seemed to have been the stepping
stone to my greater success. The school in New Castle was a county seminary and, ac-
cording to the constitution, was under the control of trustees specially appointed. Eli
Murphey was one of the trustees and he sent me word to come to New Castle, which I
did at once. I made the journey on horseback and the first person I met in the town was
Winford W. Shelley, who was acting as hostler at the hotel. After dinner I called on
Benjamin F. Murphey and there became acquainted with Simon T. Powell, who was the
former teacher. After meeting the trustees and making my application, at their next
meeting I was chosen to fill the place, the term to begin April 7. When I came to New
Castle, aside from a few personal effects, such as clothing and books, I had just twenty
dollars in canal scrip and it was only worth fifty cents on the dollar. It was at this
time that my parents moved from Fayette to Cass County, near Logansport, where they
resided till their death.
"I had now arrived at an age when I felt that I must make some choice of a pro-
fession or business calling for my life's work, and becoming acquainted with Dr. Thomas
B. Woodward, a young physician here, he suggested I study medicine, whicji suggestion I
followed and began the study of medicine at once. I did this in connection with my
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school work, and put in Ave hours a day in reading and study outside of my duties in
the school, for I was determined to not slight my obligations there. In May, 1847, after
three years' study I presented myself to the Thirteenth Medical District Society for
examination and a license to practise medicine. This was a regularly organized society
and comprised several counties. The president was Dr. Joel Reed and the censors Drs.
Thomas Jones, George W. Riddle and Thomas B. Wooward. They issued me a license
signed by the president and the censors with the seal of the society and admitted me as a
member of said society. I iirst located in Middletown, on May 9, 1847, and formed a part-
nership with Dr. Luther W. Hess. I only remained here till November 1st and then
removed to Lewisville. I was advised by friends to make the change and it proved a
good move. These were dark days to me, for I had but little means and had left a few
bills, all of which amounted to something like ten dollars, but it was always a source of
great worry to me to be in debt. I did not become discouraged but persevered and took
advantage of everything that came my way. About this time the Henry County Turn-
pike Company was organized and I was made secretary, which was a financial boon to
me. With the amount received trom this and the little revenue from my business, I was,
enabled to liquidate my little bills and live well but economically. In 1848 a division
of the "Sons of Temperance" was founded in Lewisville. The place had been rather
disposed to intemperance, but the work of this society made such an impression upon
public opinion in regard to the use of spirituous liquors as a beverage, that one hesitated
to carry a jug through the streets for fear of being suspected of going for whisky. The
educational side of the question for the town was now agitated and it was not long before
a stock company was formed, a building erected and we had a good school and a fine
teacher. The second teacher was a Miss Remby from Salem, Massachusetts. I now had
a lucrative practise and felt I could support a home of my own and on October 9, 1851, I
was married to Miss Remby. We started out to live within our means and my wife
was a great comfort to me, encouraging me in my dark hours and being a true helpmeet
during all our lives. Our oldest child was born on July 28, 1852, which was a source of
great joy to us and we now seemed to have everything that made life enjoyable and a
new incentive to lay up for the future. In the Fall of 1854, I had my home paid for and
money enough laid by to enable me to attend a course of medical lectures in the Ohio
Medical College, from which college I graduated in March. 1855. In July of the same
year Jacob Mowrer and Dr. Thomas B. Woodward, my preceptor in medicine, wrote me
asking that I should move to New Castle. They assured me a good practise, for Dr.
Woodward wanted to retire and there was no physician there at that time, who would
ride at night. On the 24th of the same month I moved to New Castle. This was an ad-
vantageous move in many respects, and I was glad to make my future home in this town.
The schools were better here and we could educate our family and give them facilities
that we did not have in a smaller place. I very soon purchased my present home on
Elm Street and have lived continuously in the one place. My business from the time I
moved here was very heavy and in the main lucrative. It was this year I joined the
Maso.nic order, of which I have continued to be a member.
"The years from 1855 to 1860 were among the most pleasant years of my life. Dur-
ing that time I had gained a competence and felt confident that my youthful ambition
would bfe fully realized; that is, I should live to the average age of man and that my de-
cline of life would be comfortable and that I might be able to give my family the pleas-
ures and advantages I had not been able to have; and that together we might enjoy
life aind its happiness.
"But at this time a dark cloud was arising which threatened to disturb the peace
of our nation. War was no longer a conjecture, but a certainty. In January. 1863, there
was a call for volunteer surgeons and I was one of a number to respond to the call. We
were sent to Nashville, Tennessee, but after a little time they changed our appointments
and it was found necessary to take the wounded to Cincinnati, that they might receive
better care I was given full charge of the boat and we reached our destination after
many difficulties. I came home sick and lay seriously ill for a long time, but finally
recovered and resumed my business, and for many years had uninterrupted health and
vigor of constitution. For a number of years I had felt I should identify myself with a
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I2i8 hazzard's history of henry county.
Christian church and had considerable exercise of mind and convictions upon the sub-
ject. In 1S65 I united with the Baptist Church near Springport, Indiana. Within the
next few years death entered our home a number of times, taking away from our midst
several children.
"The only business venture, aside from my profession that I engaged in, was the
dry goods business. In 1873 I formed a partnership with Lee Harvey, and later pur-
chased his interest. This was not a success financially as it was the year of the demone-
tization of silver which affected business generally. In 1875 I traded the store for a
farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Wayne County.
"Our daughter, Ollie, was taken from us by death in 1882 and in 1S85 our oldest
son, George. These deaths were severe afflictions for they were grown and gave much
promise of usefulness.
"I became a member of the examining board of pensions in 1885 and held this place
for twelve consecutive years. I had a serious illness in the Winter of 1898 and my recov-
ery was a matter of doubt. For the kind and skillful treatment of my brother physicians,
Drs. Ferris and Boor, I can never express to them my deep sense of gratitude and also to
my fellow Masons who so kindly furnished me with a competent and efficient nurse,
Daniel Harvey, my heart goes out in untold appreciation."
Thus briefly have we traced through my father's notes, the principal events of the
active period of his life and have now arrived at the point in his history where he was so
soon to lay down his pen for the last time. On the day of January 28, 1899, he writes
briefly of my mother's illness and the final entry in his journal is dated, Sunday p. m.,
February 12, 1899, just two days before the beginning of his own last sickness. He was
ill but ten days apd his chief concern, although suffering greatly, seemed to be his inabil-
ity to care for "mother," as he had always before done throughout the long period of
their married life. He died on February 24, 1899. — ^Elizabeth Rea Gillies.
The parents of Dr. John Rea were David and Elizabeth (Adams) Rea, who were
both natives of Virginia. They moved with their children from Virginia to Indiana and
settled on a farm near Connersville, Fayette County, in 1833, but a few years later sold
their possessions there and went to Cass County, Indiana, locating not far from Logans-
ix>rt, where both father and mother died in 1855.
It is difficult to add to or strengthen what Dr. John Rea has himself said touching
his life history. The author of this work knew him as one of Henry County's foremost
citizens, one who had the respect and esteem of the whole community, a man who fol-
lowed the strict path of duty and who was keenly alive to the betterment of the civil,
social and political conditions of his time. He was devoted to his profession and during
his whole life was a student who kept abreast of the advances In the medical art and
who received the merited respect of his fellow practitioners.
As a teacher in the old New Castle or Henry County Seminary, in the 'forties, he
was eminently successful. He was strict in his government of the school but gained and
held the respect and confidence of his scholars. His punctuality in the discharge of his
duties was so well kno-mi that it is said the people of the town set their watches and
clocks by the ringing of teacher Rea's school bell. He was a member of the New Castle
school board for over a quarter of a century and no man took greater interest in the
cause of education.
In his business affairs. Dr. Rea was wholly successful. He accumulated a consid-
erable property and at his death left his family well provided for. He was devoted to
his wife and children and found his greatest comfort within his home. He was a lover
of his profession, a dutiful Christian and a loyal member of the Masonic order. He
was a member of New Castle Lodge, Number 91, of that order and during nearly all of
his long connection with that honorable organization, he was its treasurer.
Doctor Rea was a charitable man, without ostentation, and in his life-long practise,
the poor, who needed his assistance, were never disappointed. He was extremely modest
and made no pretensions beyond his known character and ability. He was in truth a
splendid exemplar of strong and dignified manhood. Shortly after his death a friend
wrote of him: "He was a genuine and a manly man; solid, honest, sincere and reliable.
He never wore a mask. Deception was not in him. He was out in the open. One always
HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I2I9
knew where to find him. His heart was large, generous, unselfish." Another wrote:
"His good character and upright conduct must have a good influence on all who knew
him. There was nothing in his conduct which required explanation or apology. His life
was an open book which all could read with profit." He faithfully served the cause of
humanity for more than half a century and it will be remembered that upon the occasion
of the funeral of this good man, the public schools of New Castle were closed and all
business suspended to do honor to his memory.
Mrs. John Rea died April 24, 1S99, just two months to the day after the death of
her husband. She was a noble wife and mother and gave to her husband and to her
children her heart's fullest measure of love. She lived for her family and their com-
fort was her supreme happiness. She was herself a teacher and an accomplished woman,
who was beloved by her friends and neighbors and no words of praise or commendatioin
would be too many touching her life and character.
CH.4.RLES LORING RE.\, M. D.
(i!on.)
Dr. Charles Loring Rea, son of Dr. John and Mary Ella (Remby) Rea, was born
August 10, 1S09, and was educated in the public schools of New Castle. In 1881-4 he read
medicine in the office and under the instruction of his father and in the winters of 1882-3
and 1883-4, while reading medicine, he attended the sessions of the Ohio Medical Col-
lege at Cincinnati and graduated from that school in 1884. He commenced the practise
of medicine at Rogersville, in Henry County, Indiana, where he continued until June,
1891, when he moved to Falmouth, Rush County. Indiana, where he has ever since re-
sided, and where he has steadily and successfully pursued his chosen profession. On
November 30, 1898, he was married to Lillie, daughter of Horace H. and Mary Jane
^ Powell) Elwell, of Rush County. They have no children. •
MRS. ELIZABETH (REA) GILLIES.
(DaugMer.)
Mrs. Elizabeth (Rea) Gillies, the eldest daughter of Dr. John and Mary Ella (Rem-
by) Rea, was born June 22, 1857, and was married to Peter M. Gillies April 27, 1?92. She
is a highly educated and thoroughly accomplished woman and after the death of her
parents much of the business relating to the settling and adjustment of the estate was
left to her care, a trust which was well and faithfully executed. Mrs. Gillies and her sis-
ter, Frances Rea, occupy the old homestead, near the corner ot Race and Fourteenth
streets. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church of New Castle and both are
active in the work of that denomination.
GENE.\L0GICAL RECORD.
The family record of Dr. John Rea, now in possession of his daughter. Elizabeth
(Rea) Gillies, shows the following:
John Rea. born February 10, 1819; Mary Ella (Remby) Rea, born April 5, 1829;
John Rea and Mary Ella Remby married October 9, 1851; John Rea died February 24,
1899: his wife died April 24, 1899; both are buried in South Mound Cemetery. New Cas-
tle, Indiana.
Dr. John Rea and Mary Ella (Remby) Rea, his wife, were the parents ot the follow-
ing inamed children:
George Nathaniel Rea, born July 28, 1852; married July 3. 1878, to Ida B. Galliher;
he died February 19, 1885; their children were: Clarence Galliher, bom April 1, 1880;
John Martin, born December 9, 1881, and Rhoda Olive, born November 20. 1884.
Edgar Ives Rea, born March G, 1855; died March 1, 1858; Elizabeth Rea, born June
22, 1857; married April 27, 1892, to Peter M. Gillies; Charles Loring Rea, born August 10,
I220 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
1859; married November 30, 1898, to Lillie, daughter of Horace H. and Mary Jane (Pow-
ell) Elwell, of Rush County; Olive Rea, born June 9, 1862; died December 26, 1882;
John Edgar Rea, born August 19, 1865; died July 12, 1870; David Albert Rea, born Sep-
tember 30, 1866; died February 11, 1867; Frances Rea, born November 15, 1867; Mary
Rea, born March 24, 1870; died October 9, 1872; Belle Rea, born May 24, 1872; died July
28, 1872; Arthur Clarence Rea. born September 21, 1873; died August 31, 1874. All of the
above children, who are deceased, are buried in South Mound Cemetery.
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HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. I22I
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HENRY SHROYER.
PIONEER MERCHANT. UPEIOHT M.\X AND WELL REMEMKERED CITIZEN.
To omit a sketch of the life and character of Henry Shroyer from the history of
Henry County would leave a large portion of the record incomplete, unsatisfactory and
in a measure unjust. For more than sixty seven years, or from 1835 to 1902, he was a
moving spirit in all that concerned the building up, growth and prosperity of the county
and its towns. He was supremely active and alert during almost his entire life or until
the infirmities of old age took their final and irresistible hold upon him. Up to that
time he did not know what it was to be an idle man.
Henry Shroyer was born in Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, July 28. 1810,
and died in New Castle, Indiana, June IS, 1902, at the ripe old age of ninety-two years,
eleven months and twenty days. He came to Indiana in 1S35 and from that time until
his death was a continuous resident of and a prominent factor in the history of New
Castle. He was a son of David and Catharine Shroyer, of Jefferson, Pennsylvapia, and
early in life learned the trade of a saddler and harness maker. Upon his arrival in New
Castle, he at once opened and for a number of years successfully conducted the first
saddle and harness shop ever established in the town. Mr. Shroyer's father died in
1826 and when he came to New Castle in 1835. he brought with him his mother and his
sister, Maria. The mother died in 183S. After following his trade for a period of almost
eight years, he disposed of the business and very soon thereafter became a dry goods
merchant and continued in that business for a period of over forty years.
Henry Shroyer was married on March 21, 1839, to Esther, the youmgest daughter
of David Hoover, a well known pioneer settler of near Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
She was a sister of Elizabeth (Hoover) Thornburgh, widow of Jacob Thornburgh, pioneer
merchant (1825) of New Castle, who became after his death the first wife of the late
Simon T. Powell, Henry and Esther (Hoover) Shroyer were the parents of seven
children, namely: Alexander Rotheus, born March 6, 1840; David, born July 16, 1843,
died July 20, 1853; Caroline, now wife of Jehu T. Elliott; Julia, afterwards wife of
Thomas B. Loer; Catharine, now wife of William G. Hillock; Lizzie, now wife of Henry
Bierhaus; and Fannie, the youngest child, born May 5, 1859, died February 19, 1863. Mr.
and Mrs. Bierhaus are graduates of the Deaf Institute, Indianapolis, in which both have
also been teachers and where he is now engaged as an instructor. They are both well
educated and highly accomplished and are very happily situated in their home at Indi-
anapolis.
No man was better or more familiarly known in Henry County than Henry Shroyer,
and to almost everyone, he was for long years "Uncle Henry," an appellation at once
affectionate and seemingly appropriate. He was, indeed. New Castle's grand old man
whom everybody loved and admired. He was of a humorous turn of mind and a lover
of innocent sports, quick in speech and active in his movements. He loved his garden
and his plants, his vines and his flowers. He felt the charm of beautiful things and of
beautiful scenes. His soul was full of music and sweet, harmonious sounds had for him
a special charm. He was big hearted, sympathetic, charitable and a lover of his fellow
man. His strong and rugged honesty was never questioned and his word of promise
was as sure to be executed as if he had given his bond for the deed.
He was a moral man of whom it can be said that he never swore an oath, never
smoked a pipe or cigar, or chewed tobacco, and that he never drank a dram of liquor,
except as used for medicinal purposes. He was in all respects an honored citizen, the
memory of whose good deeds and good life is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew
him. He was an earnest Christian and with his beloved wife was for many years a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church to which denomination they both clung,
bearing upon their lips the words "Rock of Ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in
Thee." Mr. Shroyer always looked upon the bright side of life. Trouble, care and sorrow
he brushed aside, ever holding to the course that had for him joy and peace and com-
fort and that brought everlasting consolation and satisfaction.
1222 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
At the time of his death, Mr. Shroyer was probably by reason of his age the oldest
Mason in the State, while in membership in that ancient order he had served for nearly
or quite fifty years. He was a member of Nev^' Castle Lodge, Number 91, Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons, and was ever faithful not only in his attendance upon its meetings
but he was alike faithful in the practise of its high moral precepts and principles.
About ten years prior to his death, Mr. Shroyer retired from the active duties «t life
and thereafter gave his exclusive attention to the cultivation of his garden and the
care of his vines and flowers and trees and the beautiful lawn attached to his home. In
the last years of his life, he was scarcely able to hear but he never complained and seem-
ingly found his full measure of enjoyment even under such deprivation. No man so
enjoyed the society of his friends as did Henry Shroyer and at all social gatherings,
when present, he was often the light and life of the assemblage.
Politically, he was a life-long Democrat and gave a strong, willing and conscientious
support to his party. He was not a man who aroused antagonisms but in all his beliefs,
whether social, religious or political, he was firm and steadfast in his convictions. His
life was a busy one and in its battle he was a strenuous participator. His efforts were
not in vain and when the end came, it was but the tranquil closing of a long, a happy
and a well spent life.
AI.E-XAXDER ROTHEUS SIIROYEK.
Alexander Rotheus Shroyer, son of Henry and Esther ( Hoover) Shroyer, was born
March C, 1840, and died at Logansport. Indiana. May 22, 1901. He received a good com-
mon school and academic education in New Castle and then entered upon a business
career. He was for a time a clerk in his father's store and afterwards became the first
bookkeeper of the First National Bank of New Castle, at the time of its organization. He
next went to Fairbury, Illinois, where he spent several years in the employ of Americus
L. Pogue, whose wife, Mrs. Fannie Pogue, was the daughter of Henry Shroyer's sister,
Bmeline Thomas. Mrs. Thomas died in Richmond, Indiana, in August, 1893, and is bur-
ied in Earlham Cemetery, at that place.
In ISBG Alexander R. Shroyer went to Logansport, where he and his father in asso-
ciation with Lewis Hicks and Dewitt C. Elliott, purchased the wholesale grocery of Robert
P. and William H. Murphey, which they carried on under the name of Hicks, Elliott
and Shroyer (1866) until Henry Shroyer and Lewis Hicks disposed of their interests,
the first named to Dewitt C. Elliott and the last named to Americus L. Pogue, the style
of the firm becoming Elliott, Pogue and Shroyer (1871). Later Jehu T. Elliott, who was
an employe of the firm and who represented the interests t)f Mr. Pogue therein, bought
out the latter ajnd the firm style was changed to Elliott. Shroyer and Company (1879).
Later to Elliott and Company (1891) and then to The Jehu T. Elliott Company (since
1897).
In 1889 Alexander R. Shroyer disposed of his entire interest in the business to Dewitt
C. and Jehu T. Elliott and later, after the death of Dewitt C. Elliott, the firm became
Elliott and Company, the interest of the deceased partner passing to his son, William M.,
and his widow, Sophronia J. Elliott. After a few years, this partnership was dissolved,
Jehu T. Elliott, bis son, Henry Shroyer Elliott, and his nephew, William Murphey Elli-
ott, becoming and remaining the sole owners of the business, the firm name being "The
J. T. Elliott Company."
In this connection it is proper to state that all of the parties, except Americus L.
Pogue, who had connection with this first wholesale grocery business in Logansport,
"were previously (Henry Shroyer continuously) business men of New Castle. Robert P.
Murphey was a son of the late Clement Murphey and the son-in-law of the late Eli Mur-
phey; William H. Murphey is the eldest son of Eli Murphey and is now connected with
the New Castle Box Factory; Dewitt C. Elliott and Jehu T. Elliott were natives of Wayne
County, nephews of Judge Jehu T. Elliott, the eminent Indiana jurist, and were for a long
time in the retail grocery business in New Castle; Lewis Hicks was, prior to his removal
to Logansport, in the hardware business in New Castle; Mrs. Sophronia J. Elliott is a
daughter of the late William Murphey, pioneer merchant of New Castle and for many
years president of the First National Bank of that place. She was born and reared in
HAZZARD S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY. 1223
New Castle and with her son, William M., and daughter, Louie, resides at Logansport.
Americus L. Pogue, now and for many years a prominent citizen of Richmond, resided
for a short time in Logansport.
Alexainder R. Shroyer was a splendid business man, an expert accountant and in
the unravelling and straightening out of tangled partnership matters had few if any
equals. He had hosts of warm personal friends and held them to him with hooks of
steel. He was, if anything, over-generous and no one ever applied to him for assistance
and was turned away. He was married to Helen, daughter of Elisha and Charlotte
(Jennings) Clift, at New Castle, Indiana, January 12, 1864. To them were born three
children; Fannie, now wife of Emil Keller, landlord of the new Barnett hotel, Logans-
port; Willie, who died in infancy; ajnd Lottie, now wife of Claud Wise, a merchant of
Logansport. The latter live with and keep house for their mother who was rendered
almost helpless by a stroke of paralysis, several years ago. .
Mr. Shroyer was a senator from Cass County in the Indiana General Assembly, serv-
ing during the Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth regular sessions, 18S7-1889. He was a promi-
nent Republican of Logansport and Cass County and was delegate to the Republican
National Convention at Minneapolis in 1892, when Benjamin Harrison was nomiated for a
second term as president. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been initia-
ted into the order by New Castle Lodge, Number 91. One who knew him well has said
of his life and character; "He was noted for his kindness of heart, for his sympathy
with the distressed and the suffering, for his steadfast friendship, for his generosity, for
his honorable dealing and for his unswerving integrity."
MKS. C.\K0LINE (SHEOYEE) ELLIOTT.
Caroline, daughter of Henry and Esther (Hoover) Shroyer, is the wife of Jehu T.
Elliott, who is mentioned above as engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Logans-
port. They have three children; Harry, Esther and Arethusie. Harry, the eldest son
and child- is associated with his father in the grocery business and is also the present
clerk of the Cass Circuit Court. He is a very popular official and occupies an enviable
position in the social and business life of Logansport. He was married April 19. 1900, to
Maude Castle of that place and they are the parents of three children, namely; Jehu T.;
Raymond; and Richard, who is named after Richard D. Goodwin, of New Castle. Esther,
daughter of Jehu T. and Caroline Elliott, is the wife of Harry Uhl, to whom she was
married June 14, 1905. Arethusie, the other daughter, is the wife of Edward Bliss, to
whom she was married April 26, 1903.
MES. JULL\ (SHROYER) LOER.
Julia, daughter of Henry and Esther (Hoover) Shroyer, was married to Thomas B.
Loer, August 1, 1870, and they were the parents of one daughter, Nina. Thomas B. Loer
was born November 4, 1847, and died May 11, 1885. He was the son of James and Joanna
(Stout) Loer, Henry County pioneers. He was a man of fine character who enjoyed the
regard and respect of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances and who during his
brief career was a part of the business life of New Castle and Henry County. He was
for a number of years in the dry goods business in New Castle in partnership with his
father-in-law and the latter's brother, John Shroyer. At the time of his death he was
engaged in the grain business. His remains are at rest in South Mound Cemetery.
Nina, the daughter of this couple, was married November 10, 1892, to Edward E. Pit-
man, of New Castle. They reside in Logansport, where Mr. Pitman is superintendent
and manager of the Pitman-Hillock (William G. Hillock, of New Castle) Handle Factory.
Julia (Shroyer) Loer and Nina (Loer) Pitman are each prominent in the social circles
of their respective homes.
MES. C.4^TH\KIXK (SHROYER) HLLLOCK.
Catharine, daughter of Henry and Esther (Hoover) Shroyer, was married to Wil-
liam Gibson Hillock, November 4, 1873. Mr. Hillock came to New Castle in 1868 and
1224 HAZZARDS HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.
from that time to the present has been identified with the business interests of the com-
munity. He was for a number of years the leading jeweler of New Castle but he now
gives most of his attention to the Safety Corn Husker and Fodder Shredder, one of the
leading industrial concerns of New Castle, of which he is the president. He Is also largely
interested in the New Castle Foundry Company which bids fair to become one of the big
manufacturing plants of Eastern Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Hillock and Mrs. Julia Loer
together occupy their beautiful new home on South Fourteenth Street, where it is their
pleasure to receive and entertain extensively their many friends.
F.MIILY OF D.WID AND CATH.\RI?;E SHEO'i'ER.
The children of David and Catharine Shroyer were: Catharine (Shroyer) Parkin-
son (Aunt Kate), who was born, lived and died in Jefferson, Pennsylvania; Mary
(Shroyer) Hipes (Aunt Polly), who died in New Castle and is buried in the cemetery
at Jacksonburg, Wayne County. Indiana: Elizabeth (Shroyer) Kinsey (Aunt Betsey),
wife of Robert C. Kii^sey; Ann (Shroyer) Taylor, wife of John Taylor, for many years a
popular hotel keeper of New Castle; Emeline (Shroyer) Thomas, whose husband lived
and died in Pennsylvania; Aunt Maria Shroyer lived and died in New Castle and is
buried in South Mound Cemetery; John Shroyer; Henry Shroyer, the subject of the fore-
going sketch; Peter Shroyer, a one-time sheriff of Henry County; and David, a promising
young man, who died at New Castle and with his good mother lies buried in the old
cemetery on North Fourteenth Street, New Castle. Elizabeth Kinsey, Robert C. Kinsey,
Ann Taylor and John Taylor. John Shroyer, Henry Shroyer, and the latter's life-long
companion, who died April 7, 1902. are buried in South Mound Cemetery.
This was a large and interesting family, bound together by ties of love which could
not be broken. Those of them who came in the early pioneer days to Indiana, settling in
Henry and Wayne counties, did much to bring about the present condition of affairs
which make the Hoosier name and fame hardly second to any other commonwealth of the
nation.
GENERAL INDEX.
PAGES.
Abbreviations, military, explanation of 166
Aclcnowledgment. general, by Author. . 2
Special, by Author 3
Additional list of soldiers, not named
in alphabetical lists 5
Aged Persons' Home, of German Bap-
tist Church 908
Alexander. John 156. 1009, 1077
Allison, Hiram 608
Alphabetical List A —
General Officers, field and staff, from
Henry County — Henry County sol-
diers serving in Indiana organiza-
tions, regular army and navy, dur-
ing Civil War — Soldiers from other
Indiana counties residents of Henry
County Since Civil War 768- 839
Alphabetical List B —
Citizens of Henry County who en-
listed as soldiers in Civil War from
other States — Soldiers from other In-
diana counties serving in other State
regiments, residents of Henry County
after Civil War 840- 842
Alphabetical List C —
Soldiers from other States in Civil
War, afterwards residents of Henry
County — See also Incomplete List. .
843- 847
Alphabetical List D—
Henry County soldiers and sailors in
regular army and navy and in volun-
teer regiments since Civil War —
Above includes some soldiers from
other States, afterwards residents of
Henry County 848- 851
Alphabetical List E —
Henry County soldiers in Spanish-
American War and Philippine Insur-
rection 852- 855
Amusements of soldiers 83
Anderson, John 920, 1010
Anderson, IVIiles E 1003
Announcement by Author 4
Anthony. Samuel S 555
Applegate, Ernest 45
Appomattox, surrender at 133, 134
Correspondence Grant and Lee at .133, 134
Armies in Civil War, how named 166
PAGES
Army Camps, how laid out 80
Army Sutler, status of 83
Artillery in Civil War —
Rosters of Henry County soldiers
in 168- 183
Recapitulation of 183
Ashland, village of 924
Postmasters of 34
Associate Judges, names of 1008, 1009
Atkinson, Charles R ' 1116
Attorneys, names of early 920
Auditor and Treasxrrer, early office of. . 899
Author of this History, statement by.. 49
Baker, Wat 94
Baldwin, Jesse W 766, 1024
Ballengall, George H 976
Ballenger, Nathan H 4, 1025, 1107
Marriage and children of 1109, 1110
Ball's Bluff, effects of disaster at 65
Banks and Banking in Henry County
1072- 10S9
Banks in Indiana, number of 1089
Barnard, George M 1064
Barnard. Sylvester 1061
Barnard, William 0 1012. 1014, 1061
Marriage and children of 1064
Bartlett, William M 1029
Batteries in Civil War, how officered,
divided and equipped 168
(See Artillery)
Battle, preparation for 87
Bayonet charges 88
Beach, Frank E 1014
Bearley, David 719
Beam, Adam 156, 434
Beard, Clarence H 1090, 1093
Beck, Hamilton Z 1176
Bedford, Collins T 272
Marriage and children of 273
Bedford, William S 273, 989
Bedsaul, Isaac 156, 955
Bell, Harvey 201
Benedict, Hanford 46
Bennett, Seth S 364, 982, 1132
Bennett, Thomas W 430
Berkshire, Ralph. .156, 588, 1013, 1016, 1024
Bigger, Samuel 1008
[226
GENERAL INDEX.
PAGES
Biography, index of 21
Black, Nathaniel E 1039, 1143
Bloomfield, Lot 156, 1014
Blountsville, village of 924
Postmasters of 34
Rural route carrier 35
Board of Justices 915
Board of Trade, an army 94
Bock, Hoy 985
Bock, William B 985
Boor, Orville L 212
Boor, Mrs. Sarah A. R s . . . 210, 211
Boor, Walter A 211, 212
Boor, William F 208
Marriage and children of 208
Booth, John Wilkes 59
Bowers, Frank 47
Bowers, Henry H 46
Boyd, James M 42
Boyd, William L 1180
Bradbm-y, Daniel 688, 1038
Braggs Campaign in Tennesee and
Kentucky 77, 99
Brattain, Hiram B 257
Brattain, John W 1003
Brattain, Jonathan 41
Breastworks, value of 88
Brenneman, Daniel W 43G
Brenneman, Eli 436
Brenneman, George 434
Brenneman, Jacob 156, 434
Brookshire, Emsley 472
Briggs, Miltou Y 5
Brookshire, Eli 472, 996
Marriage and children of 474
Brookshire. Loren O 47, 474
Brookshire, Thomas J 475
Brookshire, William 475
Brown, David M 1113
Brown, Henry 298
Marriage and children of 299
Brown, Isaac. . . ; 1050
Brown, James 1050
Marriage and children of 1052
Brown, Joseph M 980, 1014
Brown. Milton, Jr 979
Brown, William A 1026, 1054
Browne, Thomas M 1014
Bull Run, disaster at 64, 123
Bundy, Eugene H 1012, 1023, 1058
Marriage and children of 1059
Bundy, Charles 1112
Bundy, Frank 1111
Marriage and children of 1113
Bundy, James P 145
Bundy, John M 983
Bundy, Josiah 1111
PAGES
Marriage and children of 1112
Bundy, Loring 2, 145, 1092
Bundy, Martin L 58, 135
136, 142, 156, 157, 589, 914, 1016, 1024, 1033
Marriage and children of 145
Bundy, Martin L., Jr 47, 145
Bundy, Omar 146, 593
Bundy, Orla P 1111, 1112
Bundy Bank, New Castle 1081
Bundy Home, Spiceland 910
Bundy National Bank, New Castle 1081
Burchett, Thomas J 994
Burke, George W 979
Burr, Chauncey H 989
Burr, Lyeurgus L 961
Burris, Daniel H 500
Burris, Elwood 503
Burris Family, military service of 502
Burton, George 721
Butler, Charles M 1014
Byer, John S 47
Byer. Sample C 5
Byrket, William P 1000
C
Cadiz, village of 925
Postmasters of 35
Cadwallader, Byram 1010
Cain, George H 1003
Calls for Troops in Civil War 65, 115
Calvert, Charles L 592
Calvert, James 592
Cameron, Joseph B 1027
Cameron, Marble S 1027
Cameron, Simon 64, 68
Campbell. Stephen C 1210
Campbell, Thomas L 1076
Camplin. Lucian L 45
Carr. Robert B 979
Gary, Oliver H. P 352
Marriage and children of 353
Gary, Waitsel M 934, 936, 959
Cavalry in Civil War, rosters of Henry
County i^oldiers in 1S4- 239
Recapitulation of 239, 240
Regiments, how numbered, officered
and divided 184
Central Trust and Savings Company.
New Castle 1080
Chambers. Alexander B 156, 359
Chambers. David W. 58, 359, 1015, 1025, 1033
Marriage and children of 363
Chambers, James A 359, 1077
Chambers. Robert M 360
Chambers. Walter S 363, 1093
GENERAL INDEX.
1227
PAGES
Chancellorsville, battle of 125
Chappell, Joshua 156, 990
Charities and Correction, board of. . . . 911
Clienoweth, John F 60S
Chew, Harvey B 365, 996
Marriage and children of 367
Chew, William 365
Chicago, village of 926
Postmasters of 36
Chickamauga, losses at 113
Christian Commission, the 57
Christopher, Charles M 989
Circleville, village of 927
Circuit Court, the 915
E.xpenses of 919
Judges of 1011, 1013
Citizens' State Bank, Knightstown 1082
Citizens' State Bank, New Castle 5, 1078
Civil War, period of 59
Statistics of 110
Summary of 121
By campaigns 128- 132
Clawson, John B 39
Cleburne, Patrick, on enrollment of
slaves 97
Clements, Courtland C 597
Marriage and children of 599
Clements, James M 598
Clerk and Recorder, early office of 898
Clift, William N , 994, 1078
Cloud, Lewis E 992
Coffin, Emery D 927
Coffin, Thaddeus 42, 47
Colored Regiments, Henry County sol-
diers in ■ 565
Commissioners' Court 913
Commissions issued, number of military 115
Common Pleas Court 1015
Judges of 101.5- lOlS
Comstock, Daniel W 238, 1016
Conduct of the War, Congressional
Committee on 67, 68
Confederate prison, Cahaba, Ala 607
Confederate and Federal generals,
comparison of 104
Congi-essional districts, Henry County
in 1031- 1033
Council, Joseph W 251
Conner, Levi L 604
Contents, table of 7
Contrabands 84
Conway, William 1214
Cooking in camp, how done 81
Cooper. Eldred M 1115
Cooper, Frank W 1116
Cooper, Milton 0 1116
Cooper, Robert H 1114
PAGES
Marriage and children of 1115, 1116
Cooper, Robert M 1027
Cooper, William 1114, 1119
Cory, William L 1131
Cosand, Gabriel 1010
Cotteral, William W 982
Cotton, Fassett A 1000
County Assessor, term and duties of.. 994
County Assessors, names of 994
County Asylum 903- 905
Superintendents of 905, 906
County Attorney, term and auties of. . 1002
County Attorneys, names of 1002
County Auditor, term and duties of... 981
County Auditors, names of 981
County Board of Charities and Correc-
tion 911
County Clerk, term and duties of 976
County Clerks, names of 977, 978
County Collector, term and duties of . . . 994
County Collectors, names of 994
County Commissioners, term, duties
and names of 995, 996
County Coroner, term and duties of... 996
County Coroners, names of. 997
County Council, term and duties of 1000
County Council, names of members of. 1001
County Recorder, term and duties of . . . 984
County Recorders, names of 984, 985
County Sheriff, term and duties of 987
County Sheriffs, names of 989
County Superintendent of Schools, term
and duties of 1000
County Superintendents of Schools,
names of 1000
County Surveyor, term and duties of, . 998
County Surveyors, names of 999
County Treasurer, term and duties of. . 990
County Treasurers, names of 991, 992
Court Bailiffs ■ 1003
Court House, history of S93- 898
Court House Janitor, term and duties of 1003
Court House Janitors, names of 1003
Court House Square, description of . . . . 899
Craft, John A 410
Marriage and children of 411, 412
Craft. Frank 413
Crawford, William C 43, 375
Creek, Raymond 1138
Crim, Arlie E 47
Crouch, John W 47
Crouse, Henry M 408
Marriage and children of 409
Crouse, Coleman F 409
Crow, Joseph 1149
Crowley, James W 1010
GENERAL INDEX.
PAGES
36
Dan Webster, postmasters of . . .
Davis, George W
Davis. Isaac
Davis, Jefferson 73, 74, 98, 99
Davis, Jolin 258
Davis, Marli 983
Deem, John A 1025, 1090, 1091
Deem, Wallace K 1090
Denius, beander S.. 42
Departments, military, commanders of 116
Deselms, Thomas 475
Devon, postmasters of 36
Diseases of soldiers '. . . 84
Drainage Commissioners, term, duties
and names of
Dred Scott decision
Drills and Inspections, frequency of.
Dunreith, town of
Postmasters of
Rural route carrier
436
1002
36
Edleman, Richard J
985
Edwards, Milton
1001
Edwards, Morris F
996
Eggleston, Miles C
1008
Ehman, William
5
Elections, for President —
Vote in Henry County. . .
.1033,
1034
Vote in Indiana
1034
Vote in United States...
1034
Elections, for Governor —
Vote in Henry County
.1034,
1035
Vote in Indiana
1035
Elliott, Abraham
156, 978, 996,
1010.
1014,
1038
Elliott, Abraham, Junior..
1039
Elliott, Dewitt C
1222
Elliott, Erastus L
.1026
1120
Elliott, George A
..602
1092
Elliott, Henry C
405
58, 156, 766, 1008,
1014
1021
1038
Marriage and children of.
1040
Elliott, Jehu T. (son of Stephen)
406
Elliott, Jehu T. (of Logansport) .
.1222
1223
Elliott, John
978
Elliott, Nimrod R
.940
1033
1117
Marriage and children of.
.1118
1119
Elliott, Stephen
..405
1039
Marriage and children of
405
Elliott, William 1038
Elliott, William H 599, 1092
Marriage and children of 602
Elliott, William M 1222, 1223
Emancipation Proclamation, a war
measure 95, 125
Emmons, Jasper 42
Enemy, developing the 87
Enlistments in Civil War, grand total
of 118, 119
Evans, Alta 1131
Evans, George 1022
Expenditures in Civil War 115
F
Fadely, Lertin R 38
Fairfield, village of 929
Farley, Joseph 1010, 1201
Farmers' State Bank, Middletown 1083
Faulkner, Earl D 200
Federal and Confederate forces, rela-
tive strength of 103
Generals, comparison of 104
Fentress, William H 355
Marriage and children of 355
Ferris, Edgar S 1124
Ferris, James S 982, 1025, 1122
Ferris, Samuel 1122
Marriage and children of 1123
Fighting in Civil War, changes in
method of , 90, 91
First National Bank, Knightstown . 1081, 1184
First National Bank, Lewisville 1085
First National Bank, New Castle 1073
Attempted robbery of 1075
First State Bank, Shirley 1088
Fish, Tilghman 200
Fleming, William R 274
Marriage and children of 275
Fletcher, James M 609 =
Foraging in Civil War 86
Forkner, George D 1057
Forkner, Jesse 990, 1055
Forkner. John L 1126
Marriage and children of 1127
Forkner, Mark E 1012, 1025, 1055
Marriage and children of 1057
Forkner, Micajah C 944, 1055
Fort Henry, capture of 75
Foulke, William P 38
Fox, Dexter D 47
Franklin, Dolph 41
Franklin, Joseph W 258
Frazier, Alvin J 1116
Fugitive Slave law, the 121
Furgason, Charles C 47
GENERAL INDEX.
[229
Fiirgason, J. Lee.
Pussell, Susan. . . ,
Gardner, Lawrence
Garriott, Homer C
Gause, Fred C
General Assembly, the
Names of Senators for Henry County
1019-
Names of Representatives for Henry
County 1024-
Sessions of, territorial and state. 1030,
Generals, political. North and South. . .
Gettysburg, battle of
Losses at
Gilbreath, Robert W
Ginn, Thomas 978,
Ginn, Thomas J 156,
Glidden, Augustus
Glidden, F^-ederick E
Marriage and children of
Goar, Joshua M
Goodwin, George W
Marriage and children of
Goodwin. .Richard D
Goodwin, Wesley 156, 162,
Gordon, Clarltson
Gordon, John B
Gordon, Robert
Gordon, Thaddeus H
Marriage and children of
Gordon, William B
Governors of Indiana, names of. . .1035.
Graham, Andrew H
Grand Army of the Republic, history of
Department of Indiana
David N. Kimball Post
George W. Lennard Post
John R. McCormack Post
Jerry B. Mason Post
George W. Rader Post
Harmon Rayl Post
Grant City, village of
Grant, Ulysses S.BS", 69, 70, 71, 77, 78,
Green, Jacob
Greensboro, town of
Postmasters of
Greenstreet, Joseph A 1000. 1092.
Griffin, Elihu , 136,
Griffin, John S
Griffin, John W
Marriage and children of
Gronendyke. Amos
Gronendyke, James
Marriage and children of
PAGES PAGES
. 595 Gronendyke, Michael . . . : 488
., 906 Gronendyke, Oliver W 363
Gronendyke, Thomas W 985
Grose, William 58,135, 137
348, 349, 350, 957, 1016, 1023, 1025, 1033
47 Grose, General William, eulogy of by
. 367 Judge Macy 140
. 1002 Farewell to old brigade 141
. 1018 Grubbs, John W 157, 1090
Grunden, Israel H 42
H
1030
1031 Hackleman, Pleasant A 118, 305
73 Halleck, Henry W 68,69,70,71, 77
126 Hall. Hawley 373, 374
113 Hall, Llewellyn P 373, 374
609 Hall, Phineas 372
989 Hall, Robert 375
611 Hall, William C 372
478 Marriage and children of 373
476 Hancock's Corps, Henry County sol-
476 diers in 563, 564
43 Harden, William H 146, 992
162 Hardin. Franklin A 404
163 Harris, William 203
163 Harrison. William 47
995 Hartley, Edmund C 190, 191
992 Hartley, Thomas L 4, 190
93 Marriage and children of 190, 191
368 Haskett, Izora 46
368 Hayes, John W 37
Hayes, Noah 998, 999
Hazzard. George 993, 1078, 1092
Marriage and children of 993
Hazzard, George H 993
Hazzard. George W 586
Hazzard, Leander E 993
Hazzard. Samuel 156, 992
Marriage and children of 993
Healey, Jesse H. .156, 595, 870, 989, 1013, 1024
Heaton, Abraham 996
Heaton, W^ite 996
Hedges. John S 979
Hedrick, John 1028
Henderson, Richard 1027
930 Henry, William G 589
930 Henry. William R 588
37 Henry County —
1172 Law creating 871, 872
1131 Boundaries of 872, 873
1131 Organization of 868, 869
1129 First officers of 870
1131 Courts of 1004
488 Political Parties in 970- 976
489 Early Settlers of. by townships 861- 865
489 Population of, 1860 65
370
45
1036
1230
GENERAL INDEX.
719
855
PAGES
Expenditures of, in Civil "War 56
Association, veterans of Civil War.. 668
Soldiers of Revolution, afterwards
citizens of G98
Soldiers of War of 1812-15, afterwards
citizens of 699
Soldiers of Mexican War, citizens
of 704, 717, 718,
Soldiers and sailors of (see Alpha-
betical L,ists) 768-
Soldiers from, in Spanish-American
War ; ... 852- 855
Henry County Bank, Spiceland 1085
Henry County Historical Society 1104
Heritage, Dayton L 1069
Hernly, Amos B 1135
Hernly, Charles S 978, 1093, 1135
Marriage and children of 1137
Hernly, Frost B 1137, 1138
Hernly, Henry 1135
Hernly, Henry B 1135
Hernly, Henry L 1136
Hernly, John R 1136
Hess, Luther W 1023
Hess, William C 992
Hiatt, Harry H 979
Hiatt, Samuel P 38
Hickman, Ezekiel T 1022
Hilligoss. William J 663
Hillock. William G 1223
Hillsboro, village of 931
Hinchman, Ulysses G 202
Hinshaw. Edmund H 1116
Hinshaw, Seth 931
Hobson, Joseph 236, 870
Hobson, Volney 236
Holland. John E 590
Holland, Joshua 156, 591, 592
Marriage and children of 591
Homesickness of soldiers in Civil War.
Honey Creek, village of
Postmasters of
Hoober. William C
Hoover, David 217,
Hoover, David F 482, 909,
Hoover, George 481
Hoover, Harrison 47, 998
Hoover, John S 135. 147
Marriage and children of 149
Hoover, Samuel 147, 157, 978, 1013
Hospital service in Civil War, charac-
ter of S3,
Hough, William R
Howe, Daniel Wait
Howard, Isaac R .157.
Howell, Alonzo G
Hubbard, Butler
84
932
37
612
861
910
84
1023
939
PAGES
Hubbard, Charles S 960, 1028, 1064
Hubbard, Frank 47
Hubbard, Jeremiah 1064, 1110
Hudelson, Charles T 1143
Hudelson, John C 978, II39
Marriage and children of 1142
Hudelson, John C, Junior 1142
Hudelson, Robert 1 1027
Hudelson, William E 1143
riufford, George W 1000, 1178
Humphrey, Charles A (5
Hunt, Clay C 1175
Hunt, Thomas B 1175
Hupp, Andrew J 442
Hurley, John J 224
Marriage and children of 224
Hurst, Joseph 293
Huston, Frank C 202
Huston, James N 1023
Huston, Thomas M 202
Marriage and children of 202
Hyde, Lewis 1131
I
Ice, Jesse 699, 700, 948
Iliff . James 156, 982
Illustrations indlex of single-plate 26
Index of seven-plate 28
Index of twelve-plate 32
Indiana, battle record of, in Civil War. 115
Indian Legion, statistics of 115
Indiana soldiers in Civil War —
Nativity of 117
Height and ages of 117
Killed and died of wounds 115
Indiana Territory —
Wlien organized 859
Twelve mile purchase 859
Admission as State 859
Indiana in Civil War —
Troops of all arms furnished by.... 54
Invasion of. by Gen. John H. Morgan 56
Infantry Regiments in Civil War —
How officered and divided 241
Names of Henry County soldiers in
241-346, 389- 553
Names of Henry County soldiers in
Morgan Raid and Indiana Legion. 556- 562
Recapitulation of 571
J
Jackson, Ed 1014
Jackson, Presley E 1001
Jail, history of 899- 902
James. Morgan 992
GENERAL INDEX.
I23I
PAGES
Jamison, Charles 914, 955
Jeffreys, Homer 47
Jennings, Ctiarles W 1154
Jennings, Harry E 1154
Jennings, Levi A 1144
Marriage and ctiildren of 1146, 1149
Jennings, Simon P 1151
Marriage and children of 1152
Jennings, Walter P 1155
Jennings, Winslow D 1150
John's Occasionals, author of 215
Johnson, Caleb 928
Johnson, Charles H 151
Johnson, Edmund 156, 1016, 1033
Johnson, Edmund 5
Johnson, John D 183
Johnson, Joshua 990
Johnson, Lewis 612
Jones, James H 42
Jordan, Russell 1027
Judges of Courts, election, powers and
term of 1004
Judicial Circuits 1005- 1013
Julian, George W 156
Julian, Jacob B 1014
Julian, Rene 156, 978
K
Kaufman, William S. (architect Court
House) 896, 897
Keesling, William H 940
Kennard, Jenkins 933
Kennard, town of 933
Postmasters of 38
Kerr, Joseph A 42
Kerr, William E 1001
Kerr, William M 961
Kimball, David N 628
Kinley, Isaac 354, 1022
Kinsey, David W 978, 1156
Marriage and children of 115S
Kinsey, Joseph H 1162
Kinsey, Lewis 1156
Kinsey, Lewis E 1162
Kinsey, Martin 1161
Knightstown, town of 934
Postmasters of 38
Rural route carriers 38
Knightstown and Shelbyville Railroad. 937
Koons, Benjamin F 1163
Marriage and children of 1164
Krell, Albert 1166
Marriage and children of 1169
Krell Auto-Grand Piano Company 1167
Krell-French Piano Company 1166
, PAGES
Laboyteaux, Thomas 614
Lamb, William 43
Lambert, Joseph 0 1096
Land sales and first entries 865- 868
Lane, Henry S 53
Lantz, Alfred 42
I-awton, Gen. Henry W 317
Leakey, Ephraim 993
Leavell, Ezekiel 914, 956, 998
Lee, Gen. Robert E 99
Lennard, Asahel W 639
Lennard. George W 636, 1023
Marriage and children of . 636, 638, 639, 641
Lennard, Henry R 48, 638
Lewisville, town of 937
Postmasters of 38
Rural route carriers 39
Lincoln. Abraham, results of election
of 552. 6S
Lines. 'Squire N 40
Lines, Thomas S 991, 1028
Livezey, Frank 151
Livezey, John C 136, 150
Marriage and children of 151
Livezey, Nathan 150, 156
Livezey, Sarah 42
Livezey, William E 48, 151
Loer, Thomas B 1223
Long, Christopher 698, 699
Long Elisha
763, 764, 916, 1010, 1018, 1019, 1024
Losses in Civil War, Federal 105
Confederate 105
In battle Ill, 112
Lowe, George 157
Luther. William J. B 554
Marriage and children of 554, 555
Luray. village of 938
Postmasters of 39
Lyon, Gen. Nathaniel 124
Mc
McCampbell, Willis L 41, 1096
MoClellan, Gen. George B
64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 125
McCormack, Andrew J 614
McCormack, John R 648
McCullough, Neal, family of 416
McDowell, vVilliam 916, 998, 1003
McGavran. William B 63, 581
McGraw, William R 413
Mclntyre. Robert H 1070, 1080
McKee. Tabor W 990, 1039
McLuoas, John C 1115
McMeans, James A 987
1232
GENERAL INDEX.
M
PAGES
Macy, David ". .156, 1014, 1026
Macy, John W., army record of 140, 1023
Macy, Lambert 37
Macy, William H '. 1003
Macy, Judge, eulogy of Gen. Wm.
Grose by 140
Mail for soldiers in Civil War, arrival
of 83
Main, Frank M 41
Manlove, Jeffrey 367
Manning, Robert H 44
Maple Valley, postmasters of 39
Martin, Ursa 1096
Martindale, Benjamin F 1096
Martindale, Elijah B 58, 1014, 1017
Martindale, James A 42, 48
Martindale, James B 1017
Mason, Jerome (Jerry) B 655
Mason Family, military service of 655
Maxim, George 1172'
Maxim, J. Ward 1171
Marriage and children of 1171
Meehanicsburg, village of 939
Postmasters of 40
Meisse, Benjamin B 5
Mellett, James T 1048
Mellett, Joshua H
58, 156, 1002, 1012, 1014, 1022, 1025, 1046
Mellett, Luther C 1027
Meredith, Gen. Sol 53
Merritt, George 60
Messick, village of 940
Postmasters of 40
Mexican War —
History of, by Capt. Pyrrhus Wood-
ward 707- 717
Henry County soldiers in 704, 717, 718
Henry County companies organized
but not called into service 719
Statistics of 106
Middletown. town of 941
Postmasters of 40
Rural route carriers 41
Mikels, Charles N 1018
Military Commissions in Civil War,
number issued 115
Departments, commanders of 116
Districts 116
Forces of Indiana, Ohio, etc., effect-
ive 65, 66
Terms, explanation of 166
Military History, index of 19
Militia System-
Northwest Territory 755- 757
Indiana Torritory 757- 766
Officers from Henry County 760, 761
PAGES
Collapse of 65
Miller, Jacob P 442
Millikan, Alexander 1174
Millikan, Davault K 1176
Millikan, Frank M 991, 1177
Marriage and children of 1178
Millikan, Harry B 1181
Millikan. Isaac N 1176
Millikan, John R 1025, 1174
Marriage and children of 1175
Millikan, Thomas B 1178
Marriage and children of 1179
Millville, village of 943
Postmasters of 41
Minesinger, John 996
Minesinger, Omar E 873. 923, 1000
Mitchell. Charles 276
Mitchell, Leander P 640
Marriage and children of 643
Mitchell, Lennard H 643
Mitchell, Samuel A 276
Marriage and children of 4, 277
Modlin, Luther W 991
Moore, H. Allen 39
Moore, Henry H 41
Moore, James H 947, 1191
Moore, John M 139, 470
Moore, Miles M 946
Marriage and children of 947
Moore, Philip 946
Mooreland, town of 945
Postmasters of 41
Rural route carriers 41
Mooreland State Bank, Mooreland 10S7
Morgan, Charles D 58, 1025, 1081, 1183
Marriage and children of 1184. 1186
Morgan, Erie C 1187
Morgan. Gen. John H., invasion of Indi-
ana by 56
Morgan, Raymond C 1187
Morris, Alpheus 0 1070
Morris, Bethuel F 1008
Morris. Elisha P 1070
Morris. Isaac H 1027
Morris. John 1066
Morris, John M 1012, 1066
Marriage and children of 1069
Morris, Joshua 1 983, 1070
Morris. Stephen D 1070
Morton. Oliver P., character of. 51, 119, 1008
Part of, in Civil War.. 51, 52, 53, 54, 79
Advisers of 57, 58
Mouch. Charles W 1188
Marriage and children of 1190
Mount Summit, village of 948
Postmasters of 41
Rural route carrier 42
GENERAL INDEX.
1233
PAGES
Mowrer, McAfee and Company 932
Mowrer, Daniel 976
Mowrer, George F 48
Mowrer, James M 1077
Mowrer, Nicholas 976
Mullen, Hugh L 42
Murphey, Benjamin P 163
Marriage and children of 164, 165
Murphey, Charles P 1021
Murphey, Eli 156, 978, 1021
Marriage and children of 1021
Murphey, George R 1021
Murphey, Leander E 159, 160, 161
Murphey, Miles 136, 155, 766, 1024
Marriage and children of 155
Murphey, William 156
Murphey, William C 504
Murphey, William H 1021
Murphey, William J 1073
Murray, vVilliam 555
Muster of Indiana troops, discrepancy
between dates of 166
Myer, Isaac 41
PAGES
Marriage and children of 381, 382
Nicholson, Williams 380, 996
Niles, William L 413
Nixon, Frank 1075
Nixon, Horace 1075
Nixon.- Robert M 1074
Offenses, early indictable 919
Official Records of Union and Confed-
erate armies 102
Ogborn, Albert D 687, 1002, 1023, 1038
Ogborn. Edwin C 1038
Ogborn, La Fayette 48
Ogborn Family, military service of... 691
Ogden, village of 957
Olds, Julian
Postmasters of 43
Orphans' Asylum of German Baptist
Church 908
Orphans' Home at Spiceland 906
N
Nation, Enoch T 616
Nation. James L 41
National Cemeteries 751- 753
Number of interments in 754
Nativity of Indiana soldiers 117
Needham. Josiah 1040
Needmore, village of 949
Negro Regiments, the first 96
Soldiers, opposition to in North 96
Soldiers, sentiment in South as to. . . 97
Nelson, Luther M 1116
Netz, Andrew J 34
Newby, Floyd J • 1196
Newby, James I 376
Marriage and children of 377
Newby, John W 37S
Newby, Joseph A 377
Newby. Leonidas P 1014, 1023, 1090, 1193
Marriage and children of 1195
Newby, Thomas 376
Newby, William B 378
New Castle, town of 949
Postmasters of 42
Rural route carriers 42
New Lisbon, village of 956
Postrpasters of 42
Rural route carrier 43
Newspapers, Past and Present, in
Henry County 1089
Nicholson. Lawrence T 382
Nicholson, Nathan 380, 996
Page, Jeremiah
Painter, Samuel D
Parker, Benjamin S
978, 1026, 1090, 1093,
Marriage and children of
Parker. Edwin E
Parker. Isaac 1024,
Marriage and children of 1199,
Parker, John
Parker, Samuel W
Patterson, Amaziah B
Payroll of soldiers, how made up
Peace Convention of 1861. delegates to.
Peacock. William H
Pearson. Joseph
Peden, Milton 58, 529, 1022,
Marriage and children of
Peden. Reuben
Peed, Evan 'H 237, 1039,
Marriage and children of
Peed. James 237.
Peed, James C
Peninsular campaign, the
Percentage of losses in battle
Perkins. Samuel E
Perry, James 1008.
Perry, Oran *
Personal Liberty Acts
Petersburg, village of
Pfau, Edwin B
Marriage and children of
Phelps, Ellas
490
1202
1202
1200
1197
1200
1014
378
1025
530
531
1209
1209
1039
1180
125
112
1014
1014
432
121
958
1169
1169
996
GENERAL INDEX.
Phelps, Thomas C 996, 1001
Pickering, David 925, 926
Pickering, Jonas 926
Pickets, duty of 82
Pierce, Rev. vVilliam H 478
Pierson, Charles H 35
Pittsburg Landing, effect of battle of.. 124
Pleas, Elwood 1092, 1094
Marriage and children of 1094
Pogue, Americus L 1222
Polk, Robert L 1012
Pope, Gen. John 76, 77
Population of Henry County by dec-
ades 1036
Postmasters, names of 33- 47
Postoffices, names of 33- 47
Potomac, inactivity of army of 68, 75
Powell, Albert 1209
Powell, Charles C 1207
Poweil, John 156, 1024, 1205
Marriage and children of 1207
Powell, George 1210
Powell, Henry L 253
Marriage and children of 254, 255
Powell, Howard 0 254
Powell. Martin L 1078, 120S
Marriage and children of 1208
Powell, Orlistes W 253, 254
Powell, Simon T 253, 977, 1211
Marriage and children of 1213
Preface
Probate Court 1013
Judges of 1013
Presiding judges. . . . .- 1006-1008, 1011
Prosecuting Attorneys 1014
Pumpkintown, village of 959
R
Rader, George W 662
Railway Mail Service, U. S. Clerks of. . 47
Ratcliff. Fleming 1090. 1094
Rations of soldiers, how issued 81
Ray, Martin M 1014
Rayl, Harmon 668
Raysville, village of 959
Postmasters of 44
Rea, Charles L 1219
Rea, John 1215
Marriage and children of. .1217, 1218, 1219
Reagan, Thomas 1022
Rebellion Records, the 102
Recapitulation, grand, of Henry County
soldiers 767
Recruiting in Civil War, discontinuance
of 73
Thomas B 1017
156, 985, 1024
093
Reece, John A
Reed, Joel
Reed, Loring W
Reed, Miles L 157, 986, 1016,
Reid, Whitelaw, a war correspondent. . 83
Rent, Daniel 40
Re-organization in the field, explana-
tion of 167
Revolutionary War, statistics of 107
Soldiers of 698
Rinard, James W 41
Risk, Percival 38
Roanoke Island, capture of 75
Roberts. Richard J 1153
Robertson, Moses 990, 1214
Rockland, postmasters of 44
Rogers, Adolph 603, 979, 994, 1002, 1092
Rogers, Ezekiel 603
Rogers, Thomas 982
Rogersville, village of 960
Postmasters of 44
Roll of Honor 725- 751
Recapitulation of 751
Roof, Samuel 157, 212
Rutledge, William S 48
RusLell, John K
Saint. Albert W 42, 356
Marriage and children of 357
Saint, Daniel W 994
Saint, Fred 357
Sanders. William M
Sanitary Commission, the 56
Sayford, Samuel 288
Scott, Calvin R 48. 1092
Scott. Rotheus 156, 991
Scott. Gen. Winfleld S 70
Scovell, Orr 699
Secession of South Carolina 123
Service of troops, length of 114
Seward. William H 67
Shaffer. Charles C 48
Shane, George W 514
Marriage and children of 516
Sharington, village of 961
Shawhan, David C 1027
Shedron. Charles C 437
Marriage and children of 439
Shelley, Vincent 990
Shelley, Winford W 157, 990
Sherman, Gen. William T. —
His march to the sea 59
His ne'?otiations with Johnston 71
His resentment towards Stanton.. 71, 72
Shiloh. battle of 124
GENERAL IXDEX.
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PAGES
Shirk, Benjamin 978, 1023, 1159
Shirley, town of 961
Postmasters of 45
Rural route carriers 45
Shirley Bank, Shirley 1087
Shoemaker, John M 440
Marriage and children of 441, 442
Shoemaker, Levi P 281
Marriage and children of 282, 283
Shoemaker, William O 442
Shroyer, Alexander R 122:;
Shfoyer, Henry 156, 1221
Marriage and children of 1221
Shroyer, John 156, 1049
Siddall, Attica 370
Silver, William 905, 906
Slavery, value of, to South 95
Snyder, postmasters of 45
Soldiers in Civil War —
Incomplete records of 583
Height and ages of 117
Nativity of 117
Negro 95
In camp SO
On the march S5
Sensation- of, under Are 89
Personal bravery of 92, 93
Fraternization of 93, 94
Soldiers and sailors —
(See Alphabetical Lists A, B, C, D,
E.) 768- 855
Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.. 60
Superintendents of-. 63
Spanish-American War, brief history of 677
Henry County soldiers in 678- 686
Names of Henry County soldiers in
852- 855
Speakman, John 174
Spiceland, town of 903
Postmasters of 45
Rural route carriers 45
Springport, town of '. 964
Postmasters of 46
Rural route carrier 46
Stafford. James A 41
Stanford, Thomas R 916, 1009, 1021, 1024
Stanton. Edwin M 68- 71
Star of the West, steamer 59
State Troops in Civil War 115
Statistical information of Henry
County 1097- 1104
Statistics —
Mexican War 106
Revolutionary War 107
War of 1812-15 106
Civil War 110- 113
Killed and died of wounds 115
P.\GES
Steele, Roy W 1090
Steele, Wrighter R 1014
Steffey, Lemuel A 45
Steiner, Elmer E 38
Stewart, Samuel W 1027
Stinson, George H 48
Stone's River, battle of 126
Stragglers in Civil War 86
Straughn, Merriman 965
Straughn, town of 965
Postmasters of 46
Rural route carrier 46
Straypen. construction and use of 902
Stuart, Ithamer W 936
Sudwarth, Charles F "1093
Sullivan, Harper F 1001
Sulphur Springs, town of 966
Postmasters of 46
Rural route carrier 47
Sultana disaster, history of 606
Henry County soldiers in 608- 619
Summary of Civil War 121
Of Indiana troops in Civil War 114
Summers, Simon 1027
Sumter, fall of 52, 59
Swaim, Charles R 38
Swaim. Harvey W 1003
Swain, Joseph . .' 1187
Swearingen, Jacob H 533
Swearingen, Samuel V. . . . 533
Swope, John 279, 518
Swope, Loren H 47
T
Taylor, John 156
Taylor, John B
Templin. Samuel V 136, 152
Marriage and children of 153
Tents, description of, used by soldiers. . 80
Terhune, John H 414
Marriage and children of 416
Test. Charles H .' 1008, 1014
Thieme, Hugo P 1121
Thirty Sixth Indiana, flag of, last ap-
pearance 153
Thompson, Addison R. A 1028
Thompson. Joseph H 481
Thornburgh, Hiram 157. 217, 1138
Thornburgh, Jacob.. 156, 216. 217, 990, 1010
Thornburgh, John 214, 1093
Marriage and children of 215
Thorp, Jacob 1010
Thurston. Joseph M 1121
Tobey. Rev. Reuben 1078
Townships —
Organization of 874- S92
1236
GENERAL INDEX.
Population of 874- 892
Assessed valuation of 874- 892
Taxation 874- 892
Elections 874- 892
First schools and churches 874- 892
Expenditures in Civil War 50
Early settlers 861- 865
Treaty of St. Mary's 861
Trent, seizure of the 67
Troops in Civil War furnished by In-
diana 114
Term of service of 114
Accounted and unaccounted for 115
Calls for 115
Truster, Nelson 469
Tykle, Frederick 416
Tykle, George E 417
U
Ulrich, Levi 1030
Underground Railroad, the 931
Union Bank, New Castle 1081
Union cause, success of in 1862 75
Uniontown, village of 967
United States Military Academy, his-
tory of 585
Henry County cadets at 586- 596
United States Naval Academy, history
of 596
Henry County Cadets at 597- 605
United States Railway Mail Service,
clerks in 47
V
Van Duyn, Arthur C 445
Van Duyn. Isaac 444
Van Matre, Augustus A 287, 288
Van Matre, Cassius E 287, 288
Van Matre, Cyrus 285, 996
Marriage and children of 287
Van Matre, David 285
Van Matre, Joseph P 283
Vance, John W 990
Vance, Walter S 48
Vestal, Frank J 991
Veteran Reserve Corps, description of. 167
W
Wagoner, Noah W 1082
Waldron, Holman W 1171
Walker, William F 1014, 1018
War of the Rebellion, records of 102
War of Revolution, statistics of 107
War of 1812-15, statistics of 106
War, the Civil, statistics of 110- 113
Summary of 121
Warner, Jefferson L 48
Watkins, Thornton T 618
P.\GES
Watkins. William M 619
Wayman, James V 156, 1013
Wayman, Milton 1013
Wayman, William 156, 1014
Welborn, Joshua 595
Welborn, Luther S 594
Welborn, Peter C 595
Marriage and children of 595
Welch, Lula J 37
West Liberty, village of 967
Wheeland, village of 968
Whitcomb, James 1014
White, Edgar T 992
White, Joseph 44
White, Thomas N 1029
White Raven, village of 968
Whitesel, Joseph M 936
Whitworth, John W 290, 996
Marriage and children of 291
Whitworth. Sanford 293
Whitworth, William B 290
Wilkinson. Aubrey C 200
Wilkinson, Claude E 200
Wilkinson, Granville 48
Wilkinson, Thomas B 199, 929
Marriage and children of 200
Williams, George W 1030
Williams, Loring A 979
Williams, Otho 1030
Williams, Otho L 48
Williams. William W 1010, 1022
Willis, William E 46
Wilson's Creek, battle of 124
Wink. John C 45
Wisehart. James 256
Wisehart. Philander 256
Wisehart. Richmond 257. 983
Wisehart. Willis 256
Woods. R. & Co., first bankers 1184
Woodville, village of 968
Woodward. Asahel 156, 383, 765
Family record of 388
Woodward, Austin M
Woodward, Franklin 384, 388
Woodward, George W 388
Woodward, Pyrrhus 157,383, 702
Marriage and children of 386, 388
Woodward, Thomas B 388
Worl, Joseph W 1018, 1056
Wright, James A 47
Y
Yost, Albert N 480
Yost, Jacob W 479
Young, Joseph A 223
Yount, Joseph 447, 1025
Yount, David S 447
Yount, William H 450
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