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Directory  of  Hamilton  Co.,  Ind. 


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Historical  Sketch  of  Hamilton  County 


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DECLARATION  OF  INDEPENDENCE. 


IN  CONGRESS,  TUESDAY,  JULY  4, 1716. 

Agreeably  to  the  order  of  the  day,  the  Congress  resolved 
itself  into  a  committee  of  the  whole,  to  take  into  their  further 
consideration  the  Declaration ;  and,  a^ter  some  time,  the  Pres- 
ident resumed  the  chair,  and  Mr.  Harrison  reported  that  the 
committee  had  agreed  to  a  declaration,  which  they  desired 
him  to  report.  ( The  committee  consisted  of  JeiFerson,  Frank- 
lin, John  Adams,  Sherman,  and  R.  R.  Livingston.) 

The  Declaration  being  read,  was  agreed  to,  as  follows ; 

A    DECLARATION 

BY  THE  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 
IN  CONGRESS  ASSEMBLED. 

When,  in  the  course  of  human  events,  it  becomes  necessary 
for  one  people  to  dissolve  the  political  bands  which  have  con- 
nected them  with  another,  and  to  assume  among  the  powers 
of  the  earth  the  separate  and  equal  station  to  which  the  laws 
of  nature  and  of  nature's  God  entitle  them,  a  decent  respect 
for  the  opinions  of  mankind  requires  that  they  should  declare 
the  causes  which  impel  them  to  the  separation. 

We  hold  these  truths  to  be  self-evident:  that  all  men  are 
created  equal;  that  they  are  endowed  by  their  Creator  with 
certain  inalienable  rights ;  that  among  these  are  life,  liberty, 
and  the  pursuit  of  happiness.  That,  to  secure  these  rights, 
governments  are  instituted  among  men,  deriving  their  just 
powers  from  the  consent  of  the  governed;  that,  whenever  any 
form  of  government  becomes  destructive  of  these  ends,  it  is 
the  right  of  the  people  to  alter  or  to  abolish  it,  and  to  institute 
a  new  government,  laying  its  foundation  on  such  principles, 

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DECLARATION   OP  INDEPENDENCE. 


and  organizing  its  powers  in  such  form,  as  to  them  shall  seem 
most  likely  to  effect  their  safety  and  happiness.  Prudence, 
indeed,  will  dictate  that  governments  long  established  should 
not  be  changed  for  light  and  transient  causes ;  and,  accordingly, 
all  experience  hath  shown  that  mankind  are  more  disposed  to 
suffer,  while  evils  are  sufferable,  than  to  right  themselves  by 
abolishing  the  forms  to  which  they  are  accustomed.  But, 
when  a  long  train  of  abuses  and  usurpations,  pursuing  invari- 
ably the  same  object,  evinces  a  design  to  reduce  them  under 
absolute  despotism,  it  is  their  right,  it  is  their  duty,  to  throw 
off  such  government,  and  to  provide  new  guards  for  their  future 
security.  Such  has  been  the  patient  sufferance  of  these  colo- 
nies, and  such  is  now  the  necessity  which  constrains  them  to 
alter  their  former  systems  of  government.  The  history  of  the 
present  King  of  Great  Britain  is  a  history  of  repeated  injuries 
and  usurpations,  all  having,  in  direct  object,  the  establishment 
of  an  absolute  tyranny  over  these  States.  To  prove  this,  let 
facts  be  submitted  to  a  candid  world: 

He  has  refused  his  assent  to  laws  the  most  wholesome  and 
necessary  for  the  public  good. 

He  has  forbidden  his  Governors  to  pass  laws  of  immediate 
and  pressing  importance,  unless  suspended  in  their  operation 
till  his  assent  should  be  obtained ;  and,  when  so  suspended,  he 
has  utterly  neglected  to  attend  to  them. 

He  has  refused  to  pass  other  laws  for  the  accommodation  of 
large  districts  of  people  unless  those  people  would  relinquish 
the  right  of  representation  in  the  legislature — a  right  inestim- 
able to  them,  and  formidable  to  tyrants  only. 

He  has  called  together  legislative  bodies  at  places  unusual, 
uncomfortable,  and  distant  from  the  depository  of  thsir  public 
records,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  fatiguing  them  into  compliance 
with  his  measures. 

He  has  dissolved  representative  hou  es  repeatedly  for  oppos- 
ing, with  manly  firmness,  his  invasions  on  the  rights  of  the 
people. 

He  has  refused,  for  a  long  time  after  such  dissolutions,  to 
cause  others  to  be  elected;  whereby  the  legislative  powers, 
incapable  of  annihilation,  have  returned  to  the  people  at  large 
for  their  exercise,  the  State  remaining,  in  the  meantime,  ex- 


DECLARATION   OF  INDEPENDENCE. 


posed  to  all  the  danger  of  invasion  from  without,  and  convul- 
sions within. 

lie  has  endeavored  to  prevent  the  population  of  these 
Stales  ;  for  that  purpose,  obstructing  the  laws  for  naturaliza- 
tion of  foreii  ners ;  refusing  to  pass  others  to  encourage  their 
emigration  hither,  and  raising  the  conditions  of  new  appro- 
priations of  lands. 

He  has  obstructed  the  administration  of  justice,  by  refus- 
ing his  assent  to  laws  for  estabhshing  judiciary  powers. 

He  has  made  judges  dependent  on  his  will  alone  for  the 
tenure  of  their  offices  and  the  amount  and  payment  of  their 
salaries. 

He  has  erected  a  multitude  of  new  oflBces,  and  sent  hither 
swarms  of  officers  to  harass  our  people,  and  eat  out  their  sub- 
stances. 

He  has  kept  among  us,  in  times  of  peace,  standing  armies, 
without  the  consent  of  our  legislature. 

He  has  aifected  to  render  the  military  independent  of,  and 
superior  to,  the  civil  power. 

He  has  comijined,  with  others,  to  subject  us  to  a  jurisdiction 
foreign  to  our  constitution,  and  unacknowledged  by  our  laws; 
giving  his  assent  to  their  acts  of  pretended  legislation: 

For  quartering  large  bodies  of  armed  troops  among  us; 

For  protecting  thsm,  by  mock  trial,  from  punishment,  for 
any  murders  which  they  should  commit  on  the  inhabitants  of 
these  States; 

For  cutting  off  our  trade  with  all  parts  of  the  world ; 

For  imposing  taxes  on  us  without  our  consent; 

For  depriving  us,  in  many  cases,  of  the  benefits  of  trial  by 
jury. 

For  transporting  us  beyond  seas  to  be  tried  for  pretended 
offenses. 

For  abolishing  the  free  system  of  English  laws  in  a  neigh- 
boring province,  establishing  therein  an  arbitary  government, 
and  enlarging  its  boundaries,  so  as  to  render  it  at  once  an  ex- 
ample and  fit  instrument  for  introducing  the  same  absolute 
rule  into  these  colouies  ; 

For  taking  away  our  charters,  abolishing  our  most  valuable 


6  DECLARATION   OP  INDEPENDENCE. 

laws,  and  altering,  fundamentally,  the  powers  of  our  govern- 
ments ; 

For  suspending  our  own  legislature,  and  declaring  them- 
selves invested  with  power  to  legislate  for  us  in  all  cases 
whatsoever. 

He  has  abdicated  government  here,  by  declaring  us  out  of 
his  protection,  and  waging  war  against  us. 

He  has  plundered  our  seas,  ravaged  our  coast,  burnt  our 
towns,  and  destroyed  the  lives  of  our  people. 

He  is,  at  this  time,  transporting  large  armies  of  foreign  mer- 
cenaries to  complete  the  works  of  death,  desolation,  and  ty- 
ranny, already  begun,  with  circumstances  of  cruelty  and  per- 
fidy scarcely  paralleled  in  the  most  barbarous  ages,  and  totally 
unworthy  the  head  of  a  civilized  nation. 

He  has  constrained  our  fellow-citizens,  taken  captive  on  the 
high  seas,  to  bear  arms  against  tbeir  country,  to  become  the 
executioners  of  their  friends  and  brethren,  or  to  fall  themselves 
by  their  hands. 

He  has  excited  domestic  insurrections  amongst  us,  and  has 
endeavored  to  bring  on  the  inhabitants  of  our  frontiers,  the 
merciless  Indian  savages,  whose  known  rule  of  warfare  is  an 
undistinguished  destruction,  of  all  ages,  sexes,  and  conditions. 

In  every  stage  of  these  oppressions,  we  have  petitioned  for 
redress,  in  tliemost  humble  terms ;  our  repeated  petitions  have 
been  answered  only  by  repeated  injury.  A  prince,  whose 
character  is  thus  marked  by  every  act  which  may  define  a  ty- 
rant, is  unfit  to  be  the  ruler  of  a  free  people. 

Nor  have  we  been  wanting  in  attention  to  our  British  breth- 
ren. We  have  warned  them,  from  time  to  time,  of  attempts 
made  by  their  legislature  to  extend  an  unwarrantable  jurisdic- 
tion over  us.  We  have  reminded  them  of  the  circumstances 
of  our  emigration  and  settlement  here.  We  have  appealed 
to  their  native  justice  and  magnanimity,  and  we  have  conjured 
them,  by  the  ties  of  our  common  kindred,  to  disavow  the*e 
usurpations,  which  would  inevitably  interrupt  our  connections 
and  c  )rrespondence.  They,  too,  have  been  deaf  to  the  voice 
of  justice  and  consanguinity.  We  must,  therefore,  acquiesce 
in  the  necessity,  which  denounces  our  separation,  and  hold 


DECLARATION  OP  INDEPENDENCE. 


them,  as  we  hold  the  rest  of  mankind,  enemies  in  war — id 
peace,  friends. 

•  We,  therefore,  the  representatives  of  the  UNITED  STATES 
OF  AMERICA,  in  GENERAL  CONGRESS  assembled,  ap^ 
pealing  to  the  Supreme  Judge  of  the  World  for  the  rectitude 
of  our  intentions,  do,  in  the  name,  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
good  people  of  these  colonies,  solemnly  publish  and  declare, 
That  these  United  Colonies  are,  and  of  right  ought  to  be, 
Free  and  Independent  States  ;  that  they  are  absolved  from  all 
allegiance  to  the  British  crown,  and  that  all  political  connec- 
tions between  them  and  the  State  of  Great  Britain,  is,  and 
ought  to  be,  totally  dissolved;  and  that,  as  FREE  AND 
INDEPENDENT  STATES,  they  have  full  power  to  levy 
war,  conclude  peace,  contract  alliances,  establish  commerce, 
and  to  do  all  other  acts  and  things  which  INDEPENDENT 
STATES  may  of  right  do.  And  for  the  support  of  this  Declara- 
tion, with  a  firm  reliance  on  the  protection  of  DIVINE  PROV- 
IDENCE, we  mutually  pledge  to  each  other,  our  lives,  our 
fortunes,  and  our  sacred  honor. 

The  foregoing  Declaration  was,  by  order  of  Congress,  en- 
grossed, and  signed  by  the  following  members : 

JOHN  HANCOCK 


New  Hampshire. 
JOSIAH  BARTLETT. 
WILLIAM  WHIPPLE, 
MATTHEW  THORNTON. 

Massachusetts  Bay. 
SAMUEL  ADAMS, 
JOHN  ADAMS, 
ROBERT  TREAT  PAYNE, 
ELBRIDGE  GERRY. 


Rhode  Island. 
STEPHEN  HOPKINS. 
WILLIAM  ELLERY, 

New  York. 
WILLIAM  FLOYD, 
PHILIP  LIVINGSTON, 
FRANCIS  LEWIS, 
LEWIS  MORRIS. 


Conneciicui. 
ROGER  SHERMAN, 
SAMUEL  HUNTINGTON, 
WILLIAM  WILLIAMS, 
OLIVER  WOLCOTT. 


New  Jersey. 
RICHARD  STOCKTON, 
JOHN  WITHERSPOON, 
FRANCIS  HOPKINSON, 
JOHN  HART, 
ABRAHAM  CLARK. 


DECLARATION  OF  INDEPENDENCE. 


Pennsylvania. 

ROBERT  MORRIS, 
BENJAMIN  RUSH, 
BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN, 
JOHN  MORTON, 
GEORGE  CLYMER, 
JAMES  SMITH, 
GEORGE  TAYLOR, 
JAMES  WILSON, 
GEORGE  ROSS. 


Virginia. 

GEORGE  WYTHE, 
RICHARD  HENRY  LEE, 
THOMAS  JEFFERSON, 
BENJAMIN  HARRISON, 
THOMAS  NELSON,  Jun., 
FRANCIS  LIGHTFOOT  LEE, 
CARTER  BRAXTON. 


DelojMire. 

.•ll-SSAR  RODNEY, 
GEORGE  READ, 
THOMAS  M'KEEN. 

Maryland. 

SAMUEL  CHASE, 
WILLIAM  PACA, 
THOMAS  STONE, 
CHARLES  CARROLL,  of  Car'n. 

Georgia. 

BUTTON  GWINNETT, 
LYMAN  HALL, 
GEORGE  WALTON. 


North  Carolina. 

WILLIAM  HOOPER, 
JOSEPH  HEWE8, 
JOHN  PENN. 

South  Carolina. 

EDWARD  RUTLEDGE, 
THOMAS  HAYWARD,  Jun., 
THOMAS  LYNCH,  Jun., 
ARTHUR  MIDDLETON. 


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OF  THE 


UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


We,  the  People  of  the  United  States,  in  order  to  form  a  more  perfect 
Union,  establish  justice,  insure  domestic  tranquility,  provide  for  the 
common  defense,  promote  the  general  welfare,  and  secure  the  blessings 
of  liberty  to  ourselves  and  our  posterity,  do  ordain  and  establish  this 
Constitution  for  ^.he  United  States  of  America. 

ARTICLE    I. 

Section  1.  All  the  legislative  powers  herein  granted  shall 
be  vested  in  a  Congress  of  the  United  States,  which  shall  con- 
sist of  a  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives. 

Sec.  2.  Tlie  House  of  Representatives  shall  he  composed 
of  members  chosen  every  second  year  by  the  people  of  the 
several  States ;  and  the  electors  in  each  State  shall  have  the 
qualifications  requisite  for  electors  of  the  most  numerous 
branch  of  the  State  Legislature. 

No  person  shall  be  a  Representative  who  shall  not  have  at- 
tained to  the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  and  been  seven  years  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  who  shall  not,  when  elected, 
be  an  inhabitant  of  that  State  in  which  he  shall  be  chosen. 

Representatives  and  direct  taxes  shall  be  apportioned  among 
the  several  States  which  may  be  included  within  this  Union, 
according  to  their  respective  numbers,  which  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  adding  to  the  whole  number  of  free  persons,  includ- 
ing those  bound  to  service  for  a  term  of  years,  and  excluding 
Indians  not  taxed,  three-fifths  of  all  other  persons.  The  actual 
enumeration  shall  be  made  within  three  years  after  the  first 
meeting  of  the  Congress  of  the  United   States,  and  within 

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every  subsequent  term  often  years,  in  such  manner  as  they  shall 
by  law  direct.  The  number  of  Representatives  shall  not  ex- 
ceed one  for  every  thirty  thousand,  but  each  State  shall  have 
at  least  one  Representative  ;  and  until  such  enumeration  shall 
be  made,  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  shall  be  entitled  to 
choose  three,  Massachusetts  eight,  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations  one,  Connecticut  five,  New  York  six.  New 
Jersey  four,  Pennsylvania  eight,  Delaware  one,  Maryland  six, 
Virginia  ten.  North  Carolina  five,  South  Carolina  five,  and 
Georgia  three. 

When  vacancies  happen  in  the  representation  from  any 
State,  the  Executive  authority  thereof  shall  issue  Writs  of 
Election  to  fill  such  vacancies. 

The  House  of  Representatives  shall  choose  their  Speaker  and 
other  officers ;  and  shall  have  the  sole  power  of  impeachment. 

Sec.  3.  The  Senate  of  the  United  States  shall  be  composed 
of  two  Senators  from  each  State,  chosen  by  the  Legislature 
thereof,  for  six  years ;  and  each  Senator  shall  have  one  vote. 

Immediately  after  they  shall  be  assembled  in  consequence 
of  the  first  election,  they  shall  be  divided  as  equally  as  may 
be  into  three  classes.  The  seats  of  the  Senators  of  the  first 
class  shall  be  vacated  at  the  expiration  of  the  second  year,  of 
the  second  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  fourth  year,  and  of 
the  third  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  sixth  year,  so  that  one- 
third  maj'  be  chosen  every  second  year ;  and  if  vacancies  hap- 
pen by  resignation,  or  otherwise,  during  the  recess  of  the 
Legislature  of  any  State,  the  Executive  thereof  may  make 
temporary  appointments  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  Legis- 
lature, which  shall  then  fill  such  vacancies. 

No  person  shall  be  a  Senator  who  shall  not  have  attained  to 
the  age  of  thirty  years,  and  been  nine  years  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  and  who  shall  not,  when  elected,  be  an  inhabi- 
tant of  that  State  for  which  he  shall  be  chosen. 

The  Vice  President  of  the  United  States  shall  be  President 
of  the  Senate,  but  shall  have  no  vote,  unless  they  be  equally 
divided. 

The  Senate  shall  choose  their  other  officers,  and  also  a  Pres- 
ident pro  tempore^  in  the  absence  of  the  Vice-President,  or 
when  he  shall  exercise  the  office  of  President  of  the  United 
States. 


UNITED  STATES.  U 


The  Senate  shall  have  the  sole  power  to  try  all  impeach- 
ments. When  sitting  for  that  purpose,  they  shall  be  on  oath 
or  affirmation.  When  the  President  of  the  United  States  is 
being  tried,  the  Chief  Justice  shall  preside ;  and  no  person 
shall  be  convicted  without  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of 
the  members  present. 

Judgment  in  cases  of  impeachment  shall  not  extend  further 
than  to  removal  from  office,  and  disqualification  to  hold  and 
enjoy  any  office  of  honor,  trust  or  profit  under  the  United 
States;  but  the  party  convicted  shall  nevertheless  be  liable 
and  subject  to  indictment,  trial,  judgment  and  punishment, 
according  to  law. 

Sec.  4.  The  times,  places,  and  manner  of  holding  elections 
for  Senators  and  Representatives,  shall  be  prescribed  in  each 
State  by  the  Legislature  thereof;  but  the  Congress  may,  at  any 
time,  by  law  make  or  alter  such  regulations,  except  as  the 
places  of  choosing  Senators. 

The  Congress  shall  assemble  at  least  once  in  every  year,  and 
such  meeting  shall  be  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  unless 
they  shall  by  law  appoint  a  difierent  day. 

Sec.  5.  Each  House  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  elections,  re- 
turns, and  qualifications  of  its  own  members,  and  a  majority 
of  each  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  do  business  ;  but  a  smaller 
number  may  adjourn  from  day  to  day,  and  may  be  authorized 
to  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members,  in  such  manner 
and  under  such  penalties  as  each  House  may  provide. 

Each  House  may  determine  the  Rules  of  its  Proceedings, 
punish  its  members  for  disorderly  behavior,  and  with  the  con- 
currence of  two-thirds,  expel  a  member. 

Each  House  shall  keep  a  Journal  of  its  Proceedings,  and 
from  time  to  time  publish  the  same,  excepting  such  parts  as 
may,  in  their  judgment,  require  secrecy;  and  the  yeas  and 
nays  of  the  members  of  either  House  on  any  question  shall, 
at  the  desire  of  one-fifth  of  those  present,  be  entered  on  the 
journal. 

Neither  House,  during  the  session  of  Congress,  shall,  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  other,  adjourn  for  more  than  three  days, 
nor  to  any  other  place  than  that  in  which  the  two  Houses  shall 
be  sitting. 

Sec.  6.  The  Senators  and  Representatives  shall  receive  a 
compensation  for  their  services,  to  be  ascertained  by  law  and 


12  CONSTITUTION   OP  THE 

paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  United  States.  They  shall  in 
all  cases,  except  treason,  felony,  and  breach  of  the  peace,  be 
privileged  from  arrest  during  their  attendance  at  the  session 
of  their  respective  Houses,  and  in  going  to  and  returning  from 
the  same  ;  and  for  any  speech  or  debate  in  either  House,  they 
shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

No  Senator  or  Representative  shall,  during  the  time  for 
which  he  was  elected,  be  appointed  to  any  civil  ofiSce  under 
the  authority  of  the  United  States,  which  shall  have  been  cre- 
ated, or  the  emoluments  whereof  shall  have  been  increased 
during  such  time,  and  no  person  holding  any  office  under  the 
United  States  shall  be  a  member  of  either  House  during  his 
continuance  in  office. 

Sec.  7.  All  bills  for  raising  revenue  shall  originate  in  the 
House  of  Representatives;  but  the  Senate  may  propose  or 
concur  with  amendments  as  on  other  bills. 

Every  bill  which  shall  have  passed  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives and  the  Senate,  shall,  before  it  becomes  a  law,  be  pre- 
sented to  the  President  of  the  United  States :  If  he  approve, 
he  shall  sign  it;  but  if  not,  he  shall  return  it,  with  his  objec- 
tions, to  that  House  in  which  it  shall  have  originated,  who 
shall  enter  the  objections  at  large  on  their  Journal,  and  pro- 
ceed to  reconsider  it.  If,  after  such  reconsideration,  two-thirds 
of  that  House  shall  agree  to  pass  the  bill,  it  shall  be  sent,  to- 
gether with  the  objections,  to  the  other  House,  by  which  it 
shall  likewise  be  reconsidered,  and  if  approved  by  two-thirds 
of  that  House,  it  shall  become  a  law.  But  in  all  such  cases 
the  votes  of  both  Houses  shall  be  determined  by  yeas  and 
nays,  and  the  names  of  persons  voting  for  and  against  the  bill 
ehall  be  entered  on  the  Journal  of  each  House  respectively. 
If  any  bill  shall  not  be  returned  by  the  President  within  ten 
days  (Sundays  excepted)  after  it  shall  have  been  presented  to 
him,  the  same  shall  be  a  law,  in  like  manner  as  if  he  had  signed 
it,  unless  the  Congress,  by  their  adjournment,  prevent  its  re- 
turn, in  which  case  it  shall  not  be  a  law. 

Every  order,  resolution,  or  vote  to  which  the  concurrence  of 
the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  may  be  necessary 
(except  on  a  question  of  adjournment)  shall  be  presented  to 
the  President  of  the  United  States  ;  and  before  the  same  shall 
take  effect,  shall  be  approved  by  him  ;  or,  being  disapproved 
by  him,  shall  be  repassed  by  two- thirds  of  the  Senate  and 


UNITED  STATES.  13 


House  of  Representatives,  according  to  the  rules  and  limita- 
tions prescribed  in  the  case  of  a  bill. 
■    Sec.  8.    The  Congress  shall  have  power — 

To  lay  and  collect  Taxes,  Duties,  Imposts  and  Excises,  to  pay 
the  debts  and  provide  for  the  common  defense  and  general 
welfare  of  the  United  States:  but  all  Duties,  Imposts  and  Ex- 
cises shall  be  uniform  throughout  the  United  States; 
To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  United  States ; 
To  regulate  commerce  with  foreign  nations,  and  among  the 
several  States,  and  with  the  Indian  tribes; 

To  establish  an  uniform  rule  of  naturalization,  and  uniform 
laws  on  the  subject  of  bankruptcies  throughout  the  United 
States; 

To  coin  money,  regulate  the  value  thereof  and  of  foreign 
coin,  and  fix  the  standard  of  weights  and  measures  ; 

To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  counterfeiting  the  securi- 
ties and  current  coin  of  the  United  States; 
To  establish  post-offices  and  post  roads; 
To  promote  the  progress  of  science  and  useful  arts,  by  secur- 
ing for  limited  times  to  authors  and  inventors  the  exclusive 
right  to  their  respective  writings  and  discoveries; 
To  constitute  tribunals  inferior  to  the  Supreme  Court; 
To  define  and  punish  piracies  and  felonies  committed  on  the 
high  seas,  and  ofienses  against  the  law  of  nations ; 

To  declare  war,  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal,  and 
make  rules  concerning  captures  on  land  and  water; 

To  raise  and  support  armies,  but  no  appropriation  of  money 
to  that  use  shall  be  for  a  longer  term  than  two  years; 
To  provide  and  maintain  a  navy; 

To  make  rules  for  the  government  and  regulation  of  the 
land  and  naval  forces ; 

To  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the  laws 
of  the  Union,  suppress  insurrections,  and  repel  invasions; 

To  provide  for  organizing,  arming,  and  disciplining  the  mili- 
tia, and  for  governing  such  part  of  them  as  may  be  employed 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  reserving  to  the  States  re- 
spectively the  appointment  of  the  officers,  and  the  authority 
of  training  the  militia  according  to  the  discipline  prescribed 
by  Congress; 

To  exercise  exclusive  legislation,  in  all  cases  whatsoever, 
over  such  district  (not  exceeding  ten  miles  square)  as  may. 


14  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 

by  cession  of  particular  States,  and  the  acceptance  of  Congress, 
become  the  Seat  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  and 
to  exercise  like  authority  over  all  places  purchased  by  the 
consent  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  in  which  the  same  shall 
be,  for  the  erection  of  forts,  magazines,  arsenals,  dock-yards, 
and  other  needful  buildings  ;  and 

To  make  all  laws  which  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for 
carrying  into  execution  the  foregoing  powers,  and  all  other 
powers  vested  by  this  Constitution  in  the  Government  of  the 
United  States,  or  in  any  department  or  officer  thereof. 

Sec.  9.  The  migration  or  importation  of  such  persons  as  any 
of  the  States  now  existing  shall  think  proper  to  admit,  shall 
not  be  prohibited  by  the  Congress  prior  to  the  year  one  thous- 
and eight  hundred  and  eight,  but  a  tax  or  duty  may  be  imposed 
on  such  importation,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  person. 

The  privilege  of  the  Writ  of  Habeas  Corpus  shall  not  be 
suspended,  unless  when,  in  cases  of  rebellion  or  invasion,  the 
public  safety  may  require  it. 

No  bill  of  attainder  or  ex  post  facto  law  shall  be  passed. 

No  capitation,  or  other  direct  tax  shall  be  laid,  unless  in 
proportion  to  the  census  or  enumeration  hereinbefore  directed 
to  be  taken. 

No  tax  or  duty  shall  be  laid  on  articles  exported  from  any 
State. 

No  preference  shall  be  given  by  any  regulation  of  commerce 
or  revenue  to  the  ports  of  one  State  over  those  of  another; 
nor  shall  vessels  bound  to  or  from  one  State,  be  obliged  to 
enter,  clear,  or  pay  duties  in  another. 

No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury  but  in  conse- 
quence of  appropriations  made  by  law  ;  and  a  regular  state- 
ment and  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  all  pub- 
lic money  shall  be  published  from  time  to  time. 

No  title  of  nobility  shall  be  granted  by  the  United  States: 
And  no  person  holding  any  office  of  profit  or  trust  under  them 
shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  accept  of  any  pres- 
ent, emolument,  office,  or  title,  of  any  kind  whatever,  from  any 
king,  prince,  or  foreign  State. 

Sec.  10.  No  State  shall  enter  into  any  treaty,  alliance,  or 
confederation :  grant  letters  of  marque  or  reprisal ;  coin 
money;  emit  bills  of  credit;  make  anything  but  gold  and  sil- 
ver coin  a  tender  in  payment  of  debts ;  pass  any  bill  of  at- 


UNITED  STATES.  J^ 


tainder,  ex  post  facto  law,  or  law  impairing  the  obligation  of 
contracts,  or  grant  any  title  of  nobility. 

No  State  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  lay  any 
imposts  or  duties  on  imports  or  exports,  except  what  may  be 
absolutely  necessary  for  executing  its  inspection  laws ;  and  the 
net  produce  of  all  duties  and  imposts,  laid  by  any  State  on  im- 
ports or  exports,  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  treasury  of  the 
United  States ;  and  all  such  laws  shall  be  subject  to  the  revis- 
ion and  control  of  the  Congress. 

No  State  shall,  without  the  consent  of  Congress,  lay  any 
duty  of  tonnage,  keep  troops,  or  ships  of  war  in  time  of  peace, 
enter  into  any  agreement  or  compact  with  another  State,  or 
with  a  foreign  power,  or  engage  in  war,  unless  actually  in- 
vaded,  or  in  such  imminent  danger  as  will  not  admit  of  delay^ 

ARTICLE  n. 

Section  1.  The  Executive  Power  shall  be  vested  in  a  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States  of  America.  He  shall  hold  his  of- 
fice during  the  term  of  four  years,  and,  together  with  the  Vice- 
President,  chosen  for  the  same  term,  be  elected  as  follows : 

Each  State  shall  appoint,  in  such  manner  as  the  Legislature 
thereof  may  direct,  a  number  of  electors  equal  to  the  number 
of  Senators  and  Representatives  to  which  the  State  may  be 
entitled  in  the  Congress  ;  but  no  Senator  or  Representative,  or 
person  holding  an  office  of  trust  or  profit  under  the  United 
States,  shall  be  appointed  an  elector. 

[The  electors  shall  meet  in  their  respective  States,  and  vote 
by  ballot  for  two  persons — of  one  at  least  shall  not  be  an  in- 
habitant of  the  same  State  with  themselves.  And  they  shall 
make  a  list  of  all  the  persons  voted  for,  and  of  the  number  of 
votes  for  each ;  which  list  they  shall  sign  and  certify,  and 
transmit,  sealed,  to  the  seat  of  the  Government  of  the  United 
States,  directed  to  the  President  of  the  Senate.  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  Senate  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives,  open  all  the  certificates,  and  the 
votes  shall  then  be  counted.  The  person  having  the  greatest 
number  of  votes  shall  be  the  President,  if  such  number  be  a 
majority  of  the  whole  number  of  electors  appointed ;  and  if 
there  be  more  than  one  who  have  such  majority,  and  have  an 
equal  number  of  votes,  then  the  House  of  Representatives 
shall  immediately  choose  by  ballot  one  of  them  for  President ; 


16  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE 


and  if  no  person  have  a  majority,  then  from  the  five  highest 
on  the  list  the  said  House  shall,  in  like  manner,  choose  the 
President.  But,  in  choosing  the  President,  the  votes  shall  be 
taken  by  States,  the  representation  from  each  State  having 
one  vote.  A  quorum  for  this  purpose  shall  consist  of  a  mem- 
ber or  members  from  two-thirds  of  the  States,  and  a  majority 
of  all  the  States  shall  be  necessary  to  a  choice.  In  every  case, 
after  the  choice  of  the  President,  the  person  having  the  great- 
est number  of  votes  of  the  electors  shall  be  the  Vice-President. 
But  if  there  should  remain  two  or  more  who  have  equal  votes, 
the  Senate  shall  choose  from  them  by  ballot  the  Vice-Presi- 
dent.*] 

The  Congress  may  determine  the  fime  of  choosing  the  elec- 
tors, and  the  day  on  which  they  shall  give  their  votes ;  which 
day  shall  be  the  same  throughout  the  United  States. 

No  person,  except  a  natural  born  citizen,  or  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution, 
shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  President;  neither  shall  any 
person  be  eligible  to  that  office  who  shall  not  have  attained 
to  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,  and  been  fourteen  years  a  resi- 
dent within  the  United  States. 

In  case  of  the  removal  of  the  President  from  office,  or  of  his 
death,  resignation  or  inability  to  discharge  the  powers  and 
duties  of  the  said  office,  the  same  shall  devolve  on  the  Vice 
President ;  and  the  Congress  may  by  law  provide  for  the  case 
of  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability,  both  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President,  declaring  what  officer  shall  then  act 
as  President;  and  such  officer  shall  act  accordingly  until  the 
disability  be  removed,  or  a  President  shall  be  elected. 

The  President  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  his  services 
a  compensation,  which  shall  neither  be  increased  nor  dimin- 
ished during  the  period  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected  ; 
and  he  shall  not  receive  within  that  period  any  other  emolu- 
ment from  the  United  States,  or  any  of  them. 

Before  he  enter  on  the  execution  of  his  office,  he  shall  take 
the  following  oath  or  affirmation  : 

'  I  <lo  8oletiin1y  f^wear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  faithfully  execute  the 

office  of  President  cf  the  Uoitf^d  Stitos,  and  will,  to  the  best  of  rav  abili- 

ity,  preserve,  protect,  and  defend  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States." 

Sej.  2.    The  President  shall  be  Com mander-in  Chief  of  the 

*  This  clause  haa  been  repealed  and  annulled  by  the  12th  amendment. 


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Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  militia  of  the 
several  States  when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the 
tinited  States ;  he  may  require  the  opinion,  in  writing,  of  the 
principal  officer  in  each  of  the  Executive  Departments  upon 
any  subject  relating  to  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices ; 
and  he  shall  have  power  to  grant  reprieves  and  pardons  for 
offenses  against  the  United  States,  except  in  cases  of  impeach- 
ment. 

He  shall  have  power,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Senate,  to  make  treaties,  provided  two-thirds  of  the 
Senate  present  concur  ;  and  he  shall  nominate,  and  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  shall  appoint  Em- 
bassadors, other  Public  Ministers  and  Consuls,  Judges  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  and  all  other  officers  of  the  United  States 
whose  appointments  are  not  herein  otherwise  provided  for, 
and  which  shall  be  established;  but  the  Congress  may  by  law 
vest  the  appointment  of  such  inferior  officers  as  they  think 
proper  in  the  President  alone,  in  the  Courts  of  Law,  or  in  the 
Heads  of  Departments. 

The  President  shall  have  power  to  fill  up  all  vacancies  that 
may  happen  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate,  by  granting  com- 
missions, which  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  their  next  session. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  give  to  the  Congress 
information  of  the  state  of  the  Union,  and  recommend  to  their 
consideration  such  measures  as  he  shall  judge  necessary  and 
expedient ;  he  may,  on  extraordinary  occasions,  convene  both 
Houses,  or  either  of  them ;  and,  in  case  of  disagreement  be- 
tween them  with  respect  to  the  time  of  adjournment,  he 
may  adjourn  them  to  such  time  as  he  shall  think  proper;  he 
shall  receive  Embassadors  and  other  public  Ministers ;  he 
shall  take  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed,  and  shall 
commission  all  the  officers  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  4.  The  President,  Vice-President,  and  all  Civil  Officers 
of  the  United  States,  shall  be  removed  from  office  on  impeach- 
ment for,  and  conviction  of.  Treason,  Bribery,  or  other  high 
Crimes  and  Misdemeanors. 

ARTICLE  ni. 

Section  1.    The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
vested  in  one  Supreme  Court,  and  in  such  inferior  Courts  as 
2 


18  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 


the  Congress  may  from  time  to  time  ordain  and  establish. 
The  Judges,  both  of  the  Supreme  and  inferior  courts,  shall 
hold  their  offices  during  good  behavior,  and  shall,  at  stated 
times,  receive  for  their  services  a  compensation,  which  shall 
not  be  diminished  during  their  continuance  in  office. 

Sec.  2.  The  judicial  power  shall  extend  to  all  cases,  in  Law 
and  Equity,  arising  under  this  Constitution,  the  Laws  of  the 
United  States,  and  Treaties  made,  or  which  shall  be  made, 
under  their  authority;  to  all  cases  affecting  Embassadors, 
other  public  Ministers  and  Consuls ;  to  all  cases  of  admiralty 
and  maritime  jurisdiction ;  to  controversies  to  which  the 
United  States  shall  be  a  party  ;  to  controversies  between  two 
or  more  States ;  between  a  State  and  citizens  of  another 
State  ;  between  citizens  of  different  States ;  between  citizens 
of  the  same  State  claiming  lands  under  grants  of  different 
States  ;  and  between  a  State,  or  the  citizens  thereof,  and  for- 
eign States,  citizens  or  subjects. 

In  all  cases  affecting  Embassadors,  other  public  Ministers 
and  Consuls,  and  those  in  which  a  State  shall  be  a  party,  the 
Supreme  Court  shall  have  original  jurisdiction.  In  all  the 
other  cases  before  mentioned,  the  Supreme  Court  shall  have 
appellate  jurisdiction,  both  as  to  law  and  fact,  with  such  ex- 
ceptions and  under  such  regulations  as  the  Congress  shall 
make. 

The  trial  of  all  crimes,  except  in  cases  of  Impeachment, 
shall  be  by  jury;  and  such  trial  shall  be  held  in  the  State 
where  the  said  crimes  shall  have  bev5n  committed  ;  but  when 
not  committed  within  any  State,  the  trial  shall  be  at  such 
place  or  places  as  the  Congress  may  by  law  have  directed. 

Sec.  3.  Treason  against  the  United  States  shall  consist  only 
in  levying  war  against  them,  or  adhering  to  their  enemies, 
giving  them  aid  and  comfort.  No  person  shall  be  convicted 
of  treason  unless  on  the  testimony  of  two  witnesses  to  the 
same  overt  act,  or  on  confession  in  open  Court. 

The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  declare  the  punishment 
of  treason,  but  no  Attainder  of  Treason  shall  work  corruption 
of  blood,  or  forfeiture,  except  during  the  life  of  the  person 
attainted. 

ARTICLE   IV. 

Section  1.  Full  faith  and  credit  shall  be  given  in  each  State 
to  the  public  acts,  records,  and  judicial  proceedings  of  every 


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other  State.  And  the  Congress  may  by  general  laws  pre- 
scribe the  manner  in  which  such  acts,  records,  and  proceed- 
ings shall  be  proved,  and  the  effect  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  The  citizens  of  each  State  shall  be  entitled  to  all 
privileges  and  immunities  of  citizens  in  the  several  States. 

A  person  charged  in  any  State  with  treason,  felony,  or 
other  crime,  who  shall  flee  from  justice,  and  be  found  in 
another  State,  shall,  on  demand  of  the  executive  authority  of 
the  State  from  which  be  fled,  be  delivered  up,  to  be  removed 
to  the  State  having  jurisdiction  of  the  crime. 

No  person  held  to  service  or  labor  in  one  State,  under  the 
laws  thereof,  escaping  into  another,  shall,  in  consequence  of 
any  law  or  regulation  therein,  be  discharged  from  such  ser- 
vice or  labor,  but  shall  be  delivered  up  on  claim  of  the  party 
to  whom  such  service  or  labor  may  be  due. 

Sec.  3.  New  States  may  be  admitted  by  the  Congress  into 
this  Union;  but  no  new  State  shall  be  formed  or  erected 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  any  other  State  ;  nor  any  State  be 
formed  by  the  junction  of  two  or  more  States  or  parts  of 
States  without  the  consent  of  the  Legislatures  of  the  States 
concerned,  as  well  as  of  the  Congress. 

The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  dispose  of  and  make  all 
needful  rules  and  regulations  respecting  the  territory  or  other 
property  belonging  to  the  United  States  ;  and  nothing  in  this 
Constitution  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prejudice  any  claims 
of  the  United  States,  or  any  particular  State. 

Sec.  4.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in 
this  Union  a  republican  form  of  Government,  and  shall  pro- 
tect each  of  them  against  invasion  ;  and  on  application  of  the 
Legislature,  or  of  the  Executive  (when  the  Legislature  can 
not  be  convened),  against  domestic  violence. 

article  v. 

The  Congress,  whenever  two-thirds  of  both  Houses  shall 
deem  it  necessary,  shall  propose  amendments  to  the  Consti- 
tution, or,  on  the  application  of  the  Legislatures  of  two-thirds 
of  the  several  States,  shall  call  a  convention  for  proposing 
amendments,  which,  in  either  case,  shall  be  valid  to  all  in- 
tents and  purposes,  as  part  of  this  Constitufion,  when  ratified 
by  the  Legislatures  of  three-fourths  of  the  several  States,  or 
by  conventions  in  three-fourths  thereof,  as  the  one  or  the 


CONSTITUTION   OF  THE 


other  mode  of  ratification  may  be  proposed  by  the  Congress ; 
Provided^  That  no  amendment  which  may  be  made  prior  to 
the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eight  shall  in  any 
manner  alFect  the  first  and  fourth  classes  in  the  ninth  section 
of  the  first  article ;  and  that  no  State,  without  its  consent, 
shall  be  deprived  of  its  equal  sujQQrage  in  the  Senate. 

ARTICLE   VI. 

All  debts  contracted  and  engagements  entered  into  before 
the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  shall  be  as  valid  against  the 
United  States,  under  this  Constitution,  as  under  the  Confeder- 
ation. 

This  Constitution  and  the  laws  of  the  United  States  which 
shall  be  made  in  pursuance  thereof;  and  all  Treaties  made,  or 
which  shall  be  made,  under  the  authority  of  the  United  States, 
shall  be  the  supreme  law  of  the  land;  and  the  Judges  in 
every  State  shall  be  bound  thereby,  anything  in  the  Constitu- 
tion or  laws  of  any  State  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  Senators  and  Representatives  before  mentioned,  and 
the  members  of  the  several  State  Legislatures,  and  all  execu- 
tive and  judicial  officers,  both  of  the  United  States  and  of  the 
several  States,  shall  be  bound  by  oath  or  affirmation  to  sup- 
port this  Constitution;  but  no  religious  test  shall  ever  be  re- 
quired as  a  qualification  to  any  oflBce  or  public  trust  under  the 
United  States. 

ARTICLE   VII. 

The  ratification  of  the  conventions  of  nine  States  shall  be 
suflOicient  for  the  establishment  of  this  Constitution  between 
the  States  so  ratifying  the  same. 

Done  in  convention,  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  States 
present,  the  seventeenth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  and  of 
the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America  the 
twelfth.  In  Witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  subscribed 
our  names. 

GEO.  WASHINGTON, 

Pres't  and  Deputy  from  Virginia, 

New  Hampshire. 
JOHN  LANGDON,  NICHOLAS  OILMAN. 


UNITED  STATES. 


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Massachusetts. 
NATHANIEL  GORHAM,  RUFUS  KING. 

Connecticut. 
WM.  SAML.  JOHNSON,  ROGER  SHERMAN. 

New  York. 
ALEXANDER  HAMILTON. 


WIL.  LIVINGSTON, 
WM.  PATERSON, 


B.  FRANKLIN, 
ROBT.  MORRIS, 
THO.  FITZSIMONS, 
JAMES  WILSON, 

GEO.  READ, 
JOHN  DICKINSON, 
JACO.  BROOM, 

JAMES  M'HENRY, 
DANL.  CARROLL, 

JOHN  BLAIR, 


WM.  BLOUNT, 
HU.  WILLIAMSON, 


New  Jersey. 

DAVID  BREARLEY, 
JONA.  DAYTON. 

Pennsylvania. 

THOMAS  MIFFLIN, 
GEO   CLYMER, 
JARED  INGERSOLL, 
GOUV.  MORRIS. 


Delaware. 


GUNNING  BEDFORD,  JR. 
RICHARD  BASSETT. 


Maryland. 


DAN.  OF  ST.  THOS.  JENIFER 


Virginia. 

JAMES  MADISON,  JR. 

Noi'th  Carolina. 

RICH'D  DOBBS  SPAIGHT. 


South  Carolina. 
J.  RUTLEDGE,  CHARLES  C.  PINCKNEY. 

CHARLES  PINCKNEY,  PIERCE  BUTLER. 


WILLIAM  FEW, 
Attest : 


Qeorgia. 

ABR.  BALDWIN. 

WILLIAM  JACKSON,  Secretary. 


22  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE 

ARTICLES. 

In  addition  to,  and  amendment  of,  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  proposed  by  Congress,  and  ratified  by  the  Legislatures  of 
the  several  States,  pursuant  to  the  fifth  article  of  the  original  Consti- 
tution. 

ARTICLE  I. 

Congress  shall  make  no  law  respecting  an  establishment  of 
religion,  or  prohibiting  the  free  exercise  thereof;  or  abridging 
the  freedom  of  speech  or  of  the  press  ;  or  the  right  of  the  peo- 
ple peaceably  to  assemble,  and  to  petition  the  Government 
for  a  redress  of  grievances. 

ARTICLE  II. 

A  well-regulated  Militia  being  necessary  to  the  security  of 
a  free  State,  the  right  of  the  people  to  keep  and  bear  arms 
shall  not  be  infringed. 

ARTICLE  in. 

No  soldier  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  quartered  in  any  house, 
without  the  consent  of  the  owner,  nor  in  time  of  war,  but  in  a 
manner  to  be  prescribed  by  law. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons,  houses, 
papers,  and  effects,  against  unreasonable  searches  and  seiz- 
ures, shall  not  be  violated,  and  no  warrant  shall  issue  but 
upon  probable  cause,  supported  by  oath  or  affirmation,  and 
particularly  describing  the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the  per- 
sons or  things  to  be  seized. 

ARTICLE  V. 

No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  capital,  or  otherwise 
infamous  crime,  unless  on  a  presentment  or  indictment  of  a 
Grand  Jury,  except  in  cases  arising  in  the  land  or  naval  forces, 
or  in  the  militia,  when  in  actual  service  in  time  of  war  or  pub- 
lic danger;  nor  shall  any  person  be  subject  for  the  same 
offense  to  be  twice  put  in  jeopardy  of  life  or  limb;  nor  shall 
be  compelled  in  any  criminal  case  to  be  a  witness  against 
himself,  nor  be  deprived  of  life,  liberty,  or  property,  without 


UNITED  STATES. 


due  process  of  law ;  nor  shall  private  property  be  taken  for 
j)ublic  use  without  just  compensation. 

ARTICLE   VI. 

In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the 
right  to  a  speedy  and  public  trial,  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the 
State  and  district  wherein  the  crime  shall  have  been  commit- 
ted, which  district  shall  have  been  previously  ascertained  by 
law,  and  to  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  cause  of  the  accusa- 
tion to  be  confronted  with  the  witnesses  against  him ;  to  have 
compulsory  process  for  obtaining  witnesses  in  his  favor,  and 
to  have  the  assistance  of  counsel  for  his  defense. 

ARTICLiE  VII. 

In  suits  at  common  law,  where  the  value  in  controversy 
shall  exceed  twenty  dollars,  the  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall  be 
preserved,  and  no  fact  tried  by  a  jury  shall  be  otherwise  re- 
examined in  any  Court  of  the  United  States,  than  according 
to  the  rules  of  the  common  law. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Excessive  bail  shall  not  be  required,  nor  excessive  fines 
imposed,  nor  cruel  and  unusual  punishments  inflicted. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  enumeration  in  the  Constitution  of  certain  rights,  shall 
not  be  construed  to  deny  or  disparage  others  retained  by  the 
people. 

ARTICLE  X. 

The  powers  not  delegated  to  the  United  States  by  the  Con- 
stitution, nor  prohibited  by  it  to  the  States,  are  reserved  to 
the  States  respectively,  or  to  the  people. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  not  be  con- 
strued to  extend  to  any  suit  in  law  or  equity,  commenced  or 
prosecuted  against  one  of  the  United  States  by  citizens  of 
another  State,  or  by  citizens  or  subje<3t8  of  any  foreign  Slate. 


24  CONSTITUTION   OP   THE 


ARTICLE  XII. 

The  Electors  shall  meet  in  their  respective  States,  and  vote 
by  ballot  for  President  and  Vice-President,  one  of  whom,  at 
least,  shall  not  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  same  State  with  them- 
selves ;  they  shall  name  in  their  ballot  the  person  voted  for 
as  President,  and  in  distinct  ballots  the  person  voted  for  as 
Vice-President,  and  they  shall  make  distinct  lists  of  all  per- 
sons voted  for  as  President,  and  all  persons  voted  for  as  Vice- 
President,  and  of  the  number  of  votes  for  each,  which 
lists  they  shall  sign  and  certify,  and  transmit  sealed  to  the  seat 
of  government  of  the  United  States,  directed  to  the  President 
of  the  Senate : — The  President  of  the  Senate  shall,  in  presence 
of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  open  all  the  cer- 
tificates, and  the  votes  shall  then  be  counted ;  The  person 
having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  for  President  shall  be 
the  President,  if  such  nujnber  be  a  majority  of  the  whole 
number  of  Electors  appointed;  and  if  no  person  have  such 
majority,  then  from  the  persons  having  the  highest  numbers, 
not  exceeding  three,  on  the  list  of  those  voted  for  as  Presi- 
dent, the  House  of  Representatives  shall  choose  immediately 
by  ballot  the  President.  But  in  choosing  the  President,  the 
votes  shall  be  taken  by  States,  the  representation  from  each 
State  having  one  ;  a  quorum  for  this  shall  consist  of  a  member 
or  members  from  two-thirds  of  the  States,  and  a  majority  of 
all  the  States  shall  be  necessary  to  a  choice.  And  if  the 
House  of  Representatives  shall  not  choose  a  President,  when- 
ever the  right  of  choice  shall  devolve  upon  them,  before  the 
fourth  day  of  March  next  following,  then  the  Vice-President 
shall  act  as  President,  as  in  the  case  of  the  death  or  other 
constitutional  disability  of  the  President.  The  person  having 
the  greatest  number  of  votes  as  Vice-President,  shall  be  the 
Vice-President,  if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole 
number  of  electors  appointed ;  and  if  no  person  have  a  ma- 
joaity,  then  from  the  two  highest  numbers  on  the  list,  the 
Senate  shall  choose  the  Vice-President;  a  quorum  for  the  pur- 
pose shall  consist  of  two-thirds  of  the  whole  number  of  Sen- 
ators, and  a  majority  of  Ihe  whole  number  shall  be  necessary 
to  a  choice.  But  no  person  constitutionally  ineligible  to  the 
office  of  President,  shall  be  eligible  to  that  of  Vice-President 
of  the  United  States, 


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ARTICLE  XIII. 

"Section  1.  Neither  slavery  nor  involuntary  servitude,  ex- 
cept as  a  punishment  for  crime,  whereof  the  party  shall  have 
been  duly  convicted,  shall  exist  within  the  United  States,  or 
any  place  subject  to  their  jurisdiction. 

"  Section  2,  Congress  shall  have  power  to  enforce  this  Ar- 
ticle by  appropriate  legislation,  approved  February  1, 1863." 


The  Constitution  was  adopted  on  the  17th  of  September, 
1787,  by  the  convention  appointed  in  pursuance  of  the  Resolu- 
tion of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederation,  of  the  21st  Febru- 
ary, 1787,  and  ratified  by  the  conventions  of  the  several  States, 
as  follows : 

By  Convention  of  Delaware 7th  December,  1787 

"  "                Pennsylvania 12th  December,  1787 

"  "                New  Jersey 18th  December,  1787 

"  "                Georgia 2d  January,  1788 

"  "               Connecticut 9th  January,  1788 

"  "                Massachusetts 6th  February,  1788 

"  "                Maryland 28th  April,  1788 

"  "               South  Carolina 28th  May,  1788 

"  "               New  Hampshire 21st  June,  1788 

"  "                Virginia 26th  June,  1788 

"  "               New  York 26th  July,  1788 

"  "               North  Carolina 21st  November,  1789 

"  "               Rhode  Island 29th  May,  1790 


The  first  ten  of  the  Amendments  were  proposed  on  the  25th 
of  September,  1789,  and  ratified  by  the  constitutional  number 
of  States  on  the  15th  December,  1791 ;  the  eleventh,  on  the  8th 
of  January,  1798 ;  and  the  twelfth,  on  the  25th  September, 
1804 ;  and  the  thirteenth,  on  the ,  186 — . 


OOItTSTITTmon^ 

OF  THE 


STATE  OF  Il^DIAI^A. 


PEEAMBLE. 

To  THE  END,  that  justice  be  established,  public  order  maintained,  and 
liberty  perpetuated;  We  the  People  of  the  State  of  Indiana,  grateful 
to  Almighty  God  for  the  free  exercise  of  the  right  to  choose  our  own 
form  of  government,  do  ordain  this  Constitution. 

ARTICLE  1. 

BILL  OP  RIGHTS. 

Section  1.  We  declare,  That  all  men  are  created  equal ; 
that  they  are  endowed  by  their  Creator  with  certain  unalien- 
able rights;  that  among  these  are  life,  liberty,  and  the  pursuit 
of  happiness;  that  all  power  is  inherent  in  the  people;  and 
that  all  free  governments  are,  and  of  right  ought  to  be, 
founded  on  their  authority,  and  instituted  for  their  peace, 
safety,  and  well  being.  For  the  advancement  of  these  ends, 
the  People  have,  at  all  times,  an  indefeasible  right  to  alter 
and  reform  their  government. 

Sec.  2.  All  men  shall  be  secured  in  their  natural  right  to 
worship  Almighty  God,  according  to  the  dictates  of  their  own 
consciences. 

Sec.  3.  No  law  shall,  in  any  case  whatever,  control  the  free 
exercise  and  enjoyment  of  religious  opinions,  or  interfere  with 
the  rights  of  conscience. 

Sec.  4.  No  preference  shall  be  given,  by  law,  to  any  creed, 
religious  society,  or  mode  of  worship  ;  and  no  man  shall  be 
compelled  to  attend,  erect,  or  support  any  place  of  worship, 
or  to  maintain  any  ministry,  against  his  consent. 

(26) 


STATE  OP  INDIANA.  27 


Sec.  5.  No  religious  test  shall  be  required,  as  a  qualification 
.for  any  offlce  of  trust  or  profit. 

Sec.  6.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury,  for  the 
benefit  of  any  religious  or  theological  institution. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  be  rendered  incompetent  as  a  wit- 
ness, in  consequence  of  his  opi)iions  on  matters  of  religion. 

Sec.  8.  The  mode  of  administering  an  oath  or  affirmation, 
shall  be  such  as  may  be  most  consistent  with,  and  binding 
upon,  the  conscience  of  the  person  to  whom  such  oath  or 
affirmation  may  be  administered. 

Sec.  9.  No  law  shall  be  passed,  restraining  the  free  inter- 
change of  thought  and  opinion,  or  restricting  the  right  to 
speak,  write,  or  print  freely,  on  any  subject  whatever;  but  for 
the  abuse  of  that  right  every  person  shall  be  responsible. 

Sec.  10.  In  all  prosecutions  for  libel,  the  truth  of  the  mat- 
ters alleged  to  be  libelous  may  be  given  in  justification. 

Sec.  11.  The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  per- 
sons, houses,  papers,  and  efi"ects,  against  unreasonable  search 
or  seizure,  shall  not  be  violated ;  and  no  warrant  shall  issue, 
but  upon  probable  cause,  supported  by  oath  or  affirmation, 
and  particularly  describing  the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the 
person  or  thing  to  be  seized. 

Sec.  12.  All  courts  shall  be  open;  and  every  man,  for 
injury  done  to  him  in  his  person,  property  or  reputation,  shall 
have  remedy  by  due  course  of  law.  Justice  shall  be  admin- 
istered freely,  and  without  purchase ;  completely,  and  without 
denial ;  speedily,  and  without  delay. 

Sec.  13.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  have 
the  right  to  a  public  trial,  by  an  impartial  jury,  in  the  county 
in  which  the  offense  shall  have  been  committed ;  to  be  heard 
by  himself  and  counsel ;  to  demand  the  nature  and  cause  of 
the  accusation  against  him,  and  to  have  a  copy  thereof;  to 
meet  the  witnesses  face  to  face,  and  to  have  compulsory  pro- 
cess for  obtaining  witnesses  in  his  favor. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  be  put  in  jeopardy  twice  for  the 
same  offense.  No  person,  in  any  criminal  prosecution,  shall 
be  compelled  to  testify  against  himself. 

Sec.  15.  INo  person  arrested,  or  confined  in  jail,  shall  be 
treated  with  unnecessary  rigor. 

Sec.  10.  Excessive  bail  shall  not  be  required.  Excessive 
fines  shall  not  be  imposed.    Cruel  and  unusual  punishment 


28  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 


shall  not  be  inflicted.    All  penalties  shall  be  proportioned  to 
the  nature  of  the  offense. 

Sec.  17.  Offenses,  other  than  murder  or  treason,  shall  be 
bailable  by  sufficient  sureties.  Murder  or  treason  shall  not 
be  bailable,  when  the  proof  is  evident,  or  the  presumption 
strong. 

Sec.  18.  The  penal  code  shall  be  founded  on  the  principles 
of  reformation,  and  not  of  vindictive  justice. 

Sec.  19.  In  all  criminal  cases  whatever,  the  jury  shall  have 
the  right  to  determine  the  law  and  the  facts. 

Sec.  20.  In  all  civil  cases,  the  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall 
remain  inviolate. 

Sec.  21.  No  man's  particular  services  shall  be  demanded 
without  just  compensation.  No  man's  property  shall  be  taken 
by  law,  without  just  compensation;  nor,  except  in  case  of  the 
State,  without  such  compensation  first  assessed  and  tendered. 

See.  22.  The  privilege  of  the  debtor  to  enjoy  the  necessary 
comforts  of  life,  shall  be  recognized  by  wholesome  laws,  ex- 
empting a  reasonable  amount  of  property  from  seizure  or  sale 
for  the  payment  of  any  debt  or  liability  hereafter  contracted; 
and  there  shall  be  no  imprisonment  for  debt,  except  in  case 
of  fraud. 

Sec.  23.  The  General  Assembly  shall  not  grant  to  any  citi- 
zen, or  class  of  citizens,  privileges  or  immunities  which,  upon 
the  same  terms,  shall  not  equally  belong  to  all  citizens. 

Sec.  24.  No  ex-post-facto  law,  or  law  impairing  the  obliga- 
tion of  contracts,  shall  ever  be  passed. 

Sec.  25,  No  law  shall  be  pa-ssed,  the  taking  effect  of  which 
shall  be  made  to  depend  upon  any  authority,  except  as  pro- 
vided in  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  26.  The  operation  of  the  laws  shall  never  be  suspend- 
ed, except  by  the  authority  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec.  27.  The  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  shall  not 
be  suspended,  except  in  case  of  rebellion  or  invasion;  and 
then,  only  if  the  public  safety  demand  it. 

Sec.  28.  Treason  against  the  State  shall  consist  only  in 
levying  war  against  it,  and  in  giving  aid  and  comfort  to  its 
enemies. 

Sec.  29.  No  person  shall  be  convicted  of  treason,  except  on 
the  testimony  of  two  witnesses  to  the  same  overt  act,  or  upon 
his  confession  in  open  court. 


STATE  OF  INDIANA.  29 


Sec.  30.  No  conviction  shall  work  corruption  of  blood,  or 
forfeiture  of  estate. 

Sec.  31.  No  law  shall  restrain  any  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
State  from  assembling  together  in  a  peaceable  manner,  to 
consult  for  their  common  good;  nor  from  instructing  their 
representatives ;  nor  from  applying  to  the  General  Assembly 
for  redress  of  grievances. 

Sec.  32.  The  people  shall  have  a  right  to  bear  arms,  for  the 
defense  of  themselves  and  the  State. 

Sec.  33.  The  military  shall  be  kept  in  strict  subordination 
to  the  civil  power. 

Sec.  34.  No  soldier  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  quartered  in 
any  house,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner;  nor,  in  time  of 
war,  but  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  35.  The  General  Assembly  shall  not  grant  any  title  of 
nobility,  nor  confer  hereditary  distinctions. 

Sec.  36.    Emigration  from  the  State  shall  not  be  prohibited. 

Sec.  37.  There  shall  be  neither  slavery,  nor  involuntary 
servitude,  within  the  State,  otherwise  than  for  the  punishment 
of  crimes,  whereof  the  party  shall  have  been  duly  convicted. 
No  indenture  of  any  Negro  or  Mulatto,  made  and  executed 
out  of  the  bounds  of  the  State,  shall  be  valid  within  the  State. 


ARTICLE  II. 

SUFFRAGE   AND  ELECTION. 

Sec.  1.    All  elections  shall  be  free  and  equal. 

Sec.  2.  In  all  elections,  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  this 
Constitution,  every  white  male  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  upwards,  who  shall  have 
resided  in  the  State  during  the  six  months  immediately  pre- 
ceding such  election;  and  every  white  male,  of  foreign  birth, 
of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  upwards,  who  shall  have 
resided  in  the  United  States  one  year,  and  shall  have  resided 
in  this  State  during  the  six  months  immediately  preceding 
such  election,  and  shall  have  declared  his  intention  to  become 
a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  conformably  to  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  on  the  subject  of  naturalization,  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  vote  in  the  township  or  precinct  where  he  may  reside. 

Sec.  3.  No  soldier,  seaman,  or  marine,  in  the  army  or  navy 
of  the  United  States,  or  of  their  allies,  shall  be  deemed  to 


30  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 


have  acquired  a  residence  within  the  State,  in  consequence 
of  having  been  stationed  within  the  same  ;  nor  shall  any  such 
soldier,  seaman,  or  marine  have  the  right  to  vote. 

Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  be  deemed  to  have  lost  his  resi- 
dence in  the  State  by  reason  of  his  absence,  either  on  busi- 
ness of  this  State  or  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  5.  No  Negro  or  Mulatto  shall  have  the  right  of  suf- 
frage. 

Sec.  6.  Every  person  shall  be  disqualified  from  holding  of- 
fice during  the  term  for  which  he  may  have  been  elected,  who 
shall  have  given  or  offered  a  bribe,  threat,  or  reward  to  pro- 
cure his  election. 

Sec.  7.  Every  person  who  shall  give  or  accept  a  challenge 
to  fight  a  duel,  or  who  shall  knowingly  carry  to  another  per. 
son  such  challenge,  or  who  shall  agree  to  go  out  of  the  State 
to  fight  a  duel,  bhall  be  ineligible  to  any  office  of  trust  or 
profit. 

Sec.  8.  The  General  Assembly  shall  have  power  to  deprive 
of  the  right  of  suffrage,  and  to  render  ineligible,  any  person 
convicted  of  an  infamous  crime. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  holding  a  lucrative  office  or  appointment 
under  the  United  States,  or  under  this  State,  shall  be  eligible 
to  a  seat  in  the  General  Assembly  ;  nor  shall  any  person  hold 
more  than  one  lucrative  office  at  the  same  time,  except  as  in 
this  Constitution  expressly  permitted:  Provided^  that  officers 
in  the  militia,  to  which  there  is  attached  no  annual  salary,  and 
the  office  of  Deputy  Postmaster,  where  the  compensation  does 
not  exceed  ninety  dollars  per  annum,  shall  not  be  deemed  lu- 
crative :  And  provided^  also^  that  counties  containing  less 
than  one  thousand  polls,  may  confer  the  office  of  Clerk,  Re- 
corder, and  Auditor,  or  any  two  of  said  offices,  upon  the  same 
person. 

See.  10.  No  person  who  may  hereafter  be  a  collector  or 
holder  of  public  moneys,  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  of 
trust  or  profit,  until  he  shall  have  accounted  for,  and  paid  over, 
according  to  law,  all  sums  for  which  he  may  be  liable. 

Sec.  11.  In  all  cases  in  which  it  is  provided  that  an  office 
shall  not  be  filled  by  the  same  person  more  than  a  certain 
number  of  years  continuously,  an  appointment  pro  tempore^ 
shall  not  be  reckoned  a  part  of  that  term. 

Sec.  12.    In  all  cases,  except  treason,  felony,  and  breach  of 


STATE   OF  INDIANA.  SI 


the  peace,  electors  shall  be  free  from  arrest,  in  going  to  elec- 
tions, during  their  attendance  there,  and  in  returning  from  the 
same. 

Sec.  13.  All  elections  by  the  people  shall  be  by  ballot;  and 
all  elections  by  the  General  Assembly,  or  by  either  branch 
thereof,  shall  be  viva  voce. 

Sec.  14.  All  general  elections  shall  be  held  on  the  second 
Tuesday  in  October. 

ARTICLE  III. 

DISTRIBUTION  OF  POWERS. 

Section  1.  The  powers  of  the  Government  are  divided  into 
three  separate  departments ;  the  Legislative,  the  Executive, 
including  the  Administrative,  and  the  Judicial;  and  no  per- 
son, charged  with  official  duties  under  one  of  these  depart- 
ments, shall  exercise  any  of  the  functions  of  another,  except 
as  in  this  Constitution  expressly  provided. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

LEGISL  ATI  VE. 

Section  1.  The  Legislative  authority  of  the  State  shall  be 
vested  in  the  General  Assembly,  which  shall  consist  of  a  Sen- 
ate and  a  House  of  Representatives.  The  style  of  every  law 
shall  be:  "Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  oi  the 
State  of  Indiana ; "'  and  no  law  shall  be  enacted  except  by  bill. 

Sec,  2.  The  Senate  shall  not  exceed  fifty,  nor  the  House  of 
Representatives  one  hundred  members;  and  they  shall  be 
chosen  by  the  electors  of  the  respective  counties  or  districts, 
into  which  the  State  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  divided. 

Sec.  3.  Senators  shall  be  elected  for  the  term  of  four  years 
and  Representatives  for  the  term  of  two  years,  from  the  day 
next  after  their  general  election  :  Provided,  however j  (hat  the 
Senators  elect,  at  the  second  meeting  ot  the  General  Assem- 
bly under  this  Constitution,  shall  be  d^"vided,  by  lot  into  two 
equal  classes,  as  nearly  as  may  be  ;  and  the  seats  of  Senators 
of  the  first  class  shall  be  vacated  at  the  expiration  of  two 
years,  and  those  of  tho  second  class  at  the  expiration  of  four 
years;  so  that  one-half  as  nearly  as  possible,  shall  be  chosen 
biennially  forever  thereafter.  And  in  case  of  increase  in  the 
number  of  Senators,  they  shall  be  annexed,  by  lot,  to  one  or 


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the  other  of  the  two  classes,  as  to  keep  them  as  nearly  equal 
as  practicable. 

Sec.  4.  The  General  Assembly  shall,  at  its  second  session 
after  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  and  every  six  years 
thereafter,  cause  an  enumeration  to  be  made  of  all  the  white 
male  inhabitants  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years. 

Sec.  5.  The  number  of  Senators  and  Representatives  shall, 
at  the  session  next  following  each  period  of  making  such 
enumeration,  be  fixed  by  law,  and  apportioned  among  the  sev- 
eral counties,  according  to  the  number  of  white  male  inhabi- 
tants above  twenty-one  years  of  age  in  each:  Provided^  that 
the  first  and  second  election  of  members  of  the  General  As- 
sembly under  this  Constitution  shall  be  according  to  the  ap- 
portionment last  made  by  the  General  Assembly,  before  the 
adoption  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  6.  A  senatorial  or  representative  district,  where  more 
than  one  county  shall  constitute  a  district,  shall  be  composed 
of  contiguous  counties ;  and  no  county  for  senatorial  appor- 
tionment shall  ever  be  divided. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  be  a  senator  or  a  representative 
who  at  the  time  of  his  election  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  ;  nor  any  one  who  has  not  been,  for  two  years  next  pre- 
ceding his  election,  an  inhabitant  of  this  State,  and,  for  one 
year  next  preceding  his  election,  an  inhabitant  of  the  county 
or  district  whence  he  may  be  chosen.  Senators  shall  be  at 
least  twenty-five,  and  Representatives  at  least  twenty-one 
years  of  age. 

Sec.  8.  Senators  and  Representatives,  in  all  cases  except 
treason,  felony,  and  breach  of  the  peace,  shall  be  privileged 
from  arrest  during  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly,  and 
in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  same,  and  shall  not  be  sub- 
ject to  any  civil  process  during  the  session  of  the  General 
Assembly,  nor  during  the  fifteen  days  next  before  the  com- 
mencement thereof.  For  any  speech  or  debate  in  either  house, 
a  member  shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

Sec.  9.  The  session  of  the  General  Assembly  shall  be  held 
biennially  at  the  capital  of  the  State,  commencing  on  the 
Thursday  next  after  the  first  Monday  of  January,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-three,  and  on  the  same 
day  of  every  second  year  thereafter,  unless  a  different  day  or 
place  shall  have  been  appointed  by  law.     But  if,  in  the 


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opinion  of  the  Governor,  the  public  welfare  shall  require  it, 
he  may,  at  any  time,  by  proclamation,  call  a  special  session. 
•  vSec.  10.  Each  house  when  assembled  shall  choose  its  own 
of&cers  (the  President  of  the  Senate  excepted),  judge  of  the 
elections,  qualifications,  and  returns  of  its  own  members,  de- 
termine its  rules  of  proceeding,  and  sit  upon  its  own  adjourn- 
ment. But  neither  house  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the 
other,  adjourn  for  more  than  three  days,  nor  to  any  place 
other  than  that  in  which  it  may  be  sitting. 

Sec.  11.  Two-thirds  of  each  house  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
to  do  business,  but  a  smaller  number  may  meet,  adjourn  from 
day  to  day,  and  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members. 
A  quorum  being  in  attendance,  if  either  house  fail  to  effect  an 
organization  within  the  first  five  days  thereafter,  the  members 
of  the  house  so  failing  shall  be  entitled  to  no  compensation 
from  the  end  of  the  said  five  days,  until  an  organization  shall 
have  been  efiected. 

Sec.  12.  Each  house  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings, 
and  publish  the  same.  The  yeas  and  nays,  on  any  question, 
shall,  at  the  request  of  any  two  members,  be  entered,  together 
with  the  names  of  the  members  demanding  the  same,  on  the 
journal :  Provided^  that  on  a  motion  to  adjourn,  it  shall  reqiure 
one-tenth  of  the  members  present  to  ordar  the  yeas  and  nays. 

Sec.  13.  The  doors  of  each  house,  and  of  committees  of  the 
whole,  shall  be  kept  open,  except  in  such  cases,  as,  in  the 
opinion  of  either  house,  may  require  secrecy. 

Sec.  14.  Either  house  may  punish  its  members  for  disor- 
derly behavior,  and  may,  with  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds, 
expel  a  member;  but  not  a  second  time  for  the  same  cause. 

Sec.  15.  Either  house,  during  its  session,  may  punish  by 
imprisonment,  any  person  not  a  member,  who  shall  have  been 
guilty  of  disrespect  to  the  house,  by  disorderly  or  contempt- 
uous behavior  in  its  presence;  but  such  imprisonment  shall  not 
at  any  time  exceed  twenty-four  hours. 

Sec.  16.  Each  house  shall  have  all  powers  necessary  for  a 
branch  of  the  legislative  department  of  a  free  and  indepen- 
dent State. 

Sec.  17.  Bills  may  originate  in  either  house,  but  may  be 
amended  or  rejected  in  the  other,  except  that  bills  for  raising 
revenue  shall  originate  in  the  House  of  Representatives. 

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Sec.  18.  Every  bill  shall  be  read,  by  sections,  on  three  sev- 
eral days,  in  each  house;  unless,  in  case  of  emergency,  two- 
thirds  of  the  house  where  such  bill  may  be  depending  shall, 
by  a  vole  of  yeas  and  nays,  deem  it  expedient  to  dispense  with 
this  rule ;  but  the  reading  of  a  bill  by  sections,  on  its  final 
passage,  shall,  in  no  case,  be  dispensed  with;  and  the  vote  on 
the  passage  of  every  bill  or  joint  resolution  shall  be  taken  by 
yeas  and  nays. 

Sec.  19.  Every  act  shall  embrace  but  one  subject  and  mat- 
ters properly  connected  therewith ;  which  subject  shall  be 
expressed  in  the  title.  But  if  any  subject  shall  be  embraced 
in  an  act  which  shall  not  be  expressed  in  the  title,  such  act 
shall  be  void  only  as  to  so  much  thereof  as  shall  not  be  ex- 
pressed in  the  title. 

Sec.  20.  Every  act  and  joint  resolution  shall  be  plainly 
worded,  avoiding,  as  far  as  practicable,  the  use  of  technical 
terms. 

Sec.  21.  No  act  shall  ever  be  revised  or  amended  by  mere 
reference  to  its  title ;  but  the  act  revised,  or  section  amended, 
shall  be  set  forth  and  published  at  full  length. 

Sec.  22.  The  General  Assembly  shall  not  pass  local  or  spe- 
cial laws,  in  any  of  the  following  enumerated  cases,  that  is  to 
say: 

Regulating  the  jurisdiction  and  duties  of  justices  of  the 
peace  and  of  constables; 

For  the  punishment  of  crimes  and  misdemeanors ; 

Regulating  the  practice  in  courts  of  justice ; 

Providing  for  changing  the  venue  in  civil  and  criminal 
cases; 

Granting  divorces  ; 

Changing  the  names  of  persons  ; 

For  laying  out,  opening  and  working  on,  highways,  and  for 
the  election  or  appointment  of  supervisors  ; 

Vacating  roads,  town  plats,  streets,  alleys,  and  public 
squares ; 

Summoning  and  empanneling  grand  and  petit  juries,  and 
providing  for  their  compensation ; 

Regulating  the  election  of  county  and  township  officers, 
and  their  compensation ; 

For  the  assessment  and  collection  of  taxes  for  State,  county, 
township,  or  road  purposes  ; 


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Providing  for  supporting  common  schools,  and  the  preserva- 
tion of  school  funds ; 

In  relation  to  fees  or  salaries ; 

In  relation  to  interest  on  money; 

Providing  for  opening  and  conducting  elections  of  State, 
county,  or  township  officers,  and  designating  the  places  of 
voting ; 

Providing  for  the  sale  of  real  estate  belonging  to  minors  or 
other  persons  laboring  under  legal  disabilities,  by  executors, 
administrators,  guardians,  or  trustees. 

Sec.  23.  In  all  the  cases  enumerated  in  the  preceding  sec- 
tion, and  in  all  other  cases  where  a  general  law  can  be  made 
applicable,  all  laws  shall  be  general,  and  of  uniform  operation 
throughout  the  State. 

Sec.  24.  Provisions  may  be  made,  by  general  law,  for  bring- 
ing suit  against  the  State,  as  to  all  liabilities  originating  after 
the  adoption  of  this  Constitution ;  but  no  special  act  author- 
izing such  suit  to  be  brought,  or  making  compensation  to  any 
person  claiming  damages  against  the  State,  shall  ever  be 
passed. 

Sec.  25.  A  majority  of  all  the  members  elected  to  each 
house,  shall  be  necessary  to  pass  every  bill  or  joint  resolution  ; 
and  all  bills  and  joint  resolutions  so  passed,  shall  be  signed  by 
the  presiding  officers  of  the  respective  houses. 

Sec.  26.  Any  member  of  either  house  shall  have  the  right 
to  protest,  and  to  have  his  protest,  with  his  reasons  for  dissent, 
entered  on  the  journal. 

Sec.  27.  Every  statute  shall  be  a  public  law,  unless  other- 
wise declared  in  the  statute  itself. 

Sec.  28.  No  act  shall  take  effect,  until  the  same  shall  have 
been  published  and  circulated  in  the  several  counties  of  this 
State,  by  authority, except  in  case  of  emergency  ;  which  emer- 
gency shall  be  declared  in  the  preamble,  or  in  the  body  of  the 
law. 

Sec.  29.  The  members  of  the  General  Assembly  shall  re- 
ceive for  their  services,  a  compensation,  to  be  fixed  bylaw; 
but  no  increase  of  compensation  shall  take  effect  during  the 
session  at  which  such  increase  may  be  made.  No  session  of 
the  General  Assembly,  except  the  first  under  this  Constitu- 
tion, shall  extend  beyond  the  term  of  sixty-one  days,  nor  any 
special  session  beyond  the  term  of  forty  days. 


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Sec.  30.  No  Senator  or  Representative  shall,  during  the 
term  for  which  he  may  have  been  elected,  be  eligible  to  any 
office,  the  election  to  which  is  vested  in  the  General  Assem- 
bly ;  nor  shall  he  be  appointed  to  any  civil  office  of  profit, 
which  shall  have  been  created,  or  the  emoluments  of  which 
have  been  increased,  during  such  term;  but  this  latter  provis- 
ion shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to  any  office  elective  by 
the  people. 

ARTICLE  V 

EXECUTIVE. 

Section  1.  The  executive  power  of  the  State  shall  be  vested 
in  a  Governor.  He  shall  hold  his  office  during  four  years,  and 
shall  not  be  eligible  more  than  four  years  in  any  period  of 
eight  years. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  a  Lieutenant-Governor,  who  shall 
hold  his  office  during  four  years. 

Sec.  3.  The  Governor  and  Lieutenant-Governor  shall  be 
elected  at  the  times  and  places  of  choosing  members  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

Sec.  4.  In  voting  for  Governor  and  Lieutenant-Governor 
the  electors  shall  designate  for  whom  they  vote  as  Governor, 
and  for  whom  as  Lieutenant-Governor.  The  returns  of  every 
election  for  Governor  and  Lieutenant-Governor  shall  be 
sealed  up  and  transmitted  to  the  seat  of  Government,  directed 
to  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  who  shall 
open  and  publish  them  in  the  presence  of  both  Houses  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

Sec.  5.  The  person,  respectively,  having  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes  for  Governor  and  Lieutenant-Governor,  shall  be 
elected ;  but  in  case  two  or  more  persons  shall  have  an  equal, 
and  the  highest,  number  of  votes  for  either  office,  the  General 
Assembly  shall,  by  joint  vote,  forthwith  proceed  to  elect  one 
of  the  said  persons  Governor  or  Lieutenant,  as  the  case 
may  be. 

Sec.  6.  Contested  elections  for  Governor  or  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  shall  be  determined  by  the  General  Assembly,  in 
Buch  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Gover- 
nor or  Lieutenant-Governor,  who  shall  not  have  been  five 
years  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  also  a  resident  of  the 


STATE  OF  INDIANA.  37 


State  of  Indiana  during  the  five  years  next  preceding  his  elec- 
tion, nor  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  either  of  the  said 
offices,  who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  thirty  years. 

Sec.  8.  No  member  of  Congress,  or  person  holding  any 
office  under  the  United  States  or  under  this  State,  shall  fill 
the  office  of  Governor  or  Lieutenant-Governor. 

See.  9.  The  official  term  of  the  Governor  and  Lieutenant- 
Governor  shall  commence  on  the  second  Monday  of  January, 
in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-three  ;  and 
on  the  same  day  every  fourth  year  thereafter. 

Sec.  ]0.  In  case  of  the  removal  of  the  Governor  from  office, 
or  of  his  death,  resignation,  or  inability  to  discharge  the  du- 
ties of  the  office,  the  same  shall  devolve  on  the  Lieutenant- 
Governor;  and  the  General  Assembly  shall,  by  law,  provide 
for  the  case  of  removal  from  office,  death,  resignation,  or  ina- 
bility, both  of  the  Governor  and  Lieutenant-Governor,  declar- 
ing what  officer  shall  then  act  as  Governor;  and  such  officer 
shall  act  accordingly,  until  the  disability  be  removed,  or  a 
Governor  be  elected. 

Sec.  11.  Whenever  the  Lieutenant-Governor  shall  act  as 
Governor,  or  shall  be  unable  to  attend  as  President  of  the 
Senate,  the  Senate  shall  elect  one  of  its  own  members  as 
President  for  the  occasion. 

Sec.  12.  The  Governor  shall  be  commander-in-chief  of  the 
military  and  naval  forces,  and  may  call  out  such  forces  to  exe- 
cute the  laws,  or  to  suppress  insurrection  or  to  repel  invasion. 

Sec.  13.  He  shall  from  time  to  time,  give  to  the  General 
Assembly  information  touching  the  condition  of  the  State, 
and  recommend  such  measures  as  he  shall  judge  to  be  ex- 
pedient. 

Sec.  14.  Eve?'y  bill  which  shall  have  passed  the  General 
Assembly,  shall  be  presented  to  the  Governor;  if  he  approve, 
he  shall  sign  it;  but  if  not,  he  shall  return  it,  with  his  objec- 
tions, to  the  house  in  which  it  shall  have  originated ;  which 
house  shall  enter  the  objections,  at  large,  upon  its  journals, 
and  proceed  to  reconsider  the  bill.  If,  after  such  reconsidera- 
tion, a  majority  of  all  the  members  elected  to  that  house,  shall 
agree  to  pass  the  bill,  it  shall  be  sent,  with  the  Governor's 
objections,  to  the  other  house,  by  which  it  shall  likewise  be 
reconsidered;  and,  if  approved  by  a  majority  of  all  the  mem- 
bers elected  to  that  house,  it  shall  be  a  law.    If  any  bill  shall 


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not  be  returned  by  the  Governor  within  three  days,  Sundays 
excepted,  after  it  shall  have  been  presented  to  him,  it  shall  be 
a  law,  without  his  signature,  unless  the  general  adjournment 
shall  prevent  its  return  ;  in  which  case  it  shall  be  a  law,  unless 
the  Governor,  within  five  days  next  after  such  adjournment, 
shall  file  such  bill,  with  his  objections  thereto,  in  the  office  of 
Secretary  of  State ;  who  shall  lay  the  same  before  the  General 
Assembly,  at  its  next  session,  in  like  manner  as  if  it  had  been 
returned  by  the  Governor.  But  no  bill  shall  be  presented  to 
the  Governor,  within  two  days  next  previous  to  the  final  ad- 
journment of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec.  15.  The  Governor  shall  transact  all  necessary  business 
with  the  officers  of  the  government,  and  may  require  informa- 
tion, in  writing,  from  the  officers  of  the  administrative  depart- 
ment, upon  any  subject  relating  to  the  duties  of  their  respec- 
tive offices. 

Sec.  16.  He  shall  take  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  exe- 
cuted. 

Sec.  17.  He  shall  have  the  power  to  grant  reprieves,  com- 
mutations, and  pardons,  after  conviction,  for  all  offenses,  except 
treason  and  cases  of  impeachment,  subject  to  such  regulations 
as  may  be  provided  by  law.  Upon  conviction  for  treason,  he 
shall  have  power  to  suspend  the  execution  of  the  sentence, 
until  the  case  shall  be  reported  to  the  General  Assembly,  at 
its  next  meeting ;  when  the  General  Assembly  shall  either 
grant  a  pardon,  commute  the  sentence,  direct  the  execution 
of  a  sentence,  or  grant  a  further  reprieve.  He  shall  have 
power  to  remit  fines  and  forfeitures,  under  such  regulations  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  law ;  and  shall  report  to  the  General 
Assembly,  at  its  next  meeting,  each  case  of  reprieve,  commu- 
tation, or  pardon  granted,  and  also  the  names  of  all  persons  in 
whose  favor  remission  of  fines  andYorfeitures  shall  have  been 
made,  and  the  several  amounts  remitted:  Provided,  however, 
that  the  General  Assembly  may,  by  law,  constitute  a  council, 
to  be  composed  of  officers  of  State,  without  whose  advice  and 
consent  the  Governor  shall  not  have  power  to  grant  pardons, 
in  any  case,  except  such  as  may,  by  law,  be  left  to  his  sole 
power. 

Sec.  18.  When,  during  a  recess  of  the  General  Assembly,  a 
vacancy  shall  happen  in  any  office,  the  appointment  to  which 
is  vested  in  the  General  Assembly ;  or  when,  at  any  time,  a 


STATE  OF  INDIANA.  39 


vacancy  shall  have  occurred  in  any  other  State  office,  or  in  the 
office  of  judge  of  any  court;  the  Governor  shall  fill  such  va- 
cancy by  appointment,  which  shall  expire  when  a  successor 
shall  have  been  elected  and  qualified. 

Sec.  19,  lie  shall  issue  writs  of  election,  to  fill  such  vacan- 
cies as  may  have  occurred  in  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec-  20.  Should  the  seat  of  government  become  dangerous 
from  disease,  or  a  common  enemy,  he  may  convene  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  at  any  other  place. 

Sec.  21.  The  Lieutenant  Governor  shall,  by  virtue  of  his 
office,  be  President  of  the  Senate;  have  a  right,  when  in  com- 
mittee of  the  whole,  to  join  in  debate,  and  to  vote  on  all  sub- 
jects; and,  whenever  the  Senate  shall  be  equally  divided,  he 
shall  give  the  casting  vote. 

Sec.  22.  The  Governor  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  his 
services  a  compensation,  which  shall  neither  be  increased  nor 
diminished  during  the  term  for  which  he  shall  have  been 
elected. 

Sec.  23.  The  Lieutenant  Governor,  while  he  shall  act  as 
President  of  the  Senate,  shall  receive  for  his  services  the  same 
compensation  as  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives ;  and  any  person  acting  as  Governor,  shall  receive  the 
compensation  attached  to  the  office  of  Governor. 

Sec.  24.  Neither  the  Governor  nor  the  Lieutenant  Gover- 
nor shall  be  eligible  to  any  other  office,  during  the  term  for 
which  he  shall  have  been  elected. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

ADMINISTRATIVE. 

Section  I.  There  shall  be  elected  by  the  voters  of  the  State 
an  Auditor,  a  Treasurer  of  State,  who  shall,  severally,  hold 
their  offices  for  two  years.  They  shall  perform  such  duties,  as 
may  be  enjoined  bylaw;  and  no  person  shall  be  eligible  to 
either  of  said  offices,  more  than  four  years  in  any  period  of  six 
years. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  elected,  in  each  county,  by  the 
voters  thereof,  at  the  time  of  holding  general  elections,  a 
clerk  of  the  circuit  court,  auditor,  recorder,  treasurer,  sheriff, 
coroner,  and  surveyor.  The  clerk,  auditor,  and  recorder  shall 
continue  in  office  four  years  ;  and  no  person  shall  be  eligible 
to  the  office  of  clerk,  recorder,  or  auditor,  more  than  eight 


40  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 


years,  in  any  period  of  twelve  years.  The  treasurer,  sheirff, 
coroner,  and  surveyor,  shall  continue  in  office  two  jears;  and 
no  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  treasurer  or  sheriff 
more  than  four  years  in  any  period  of  six  years. 

Sec.  3.  Such  other  county  and  township  officers  as  may  be 
necessary,  shall  be  elected,  or  appointed,  in  such  manner  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  be  elected,  or  appointed  as  acoijnty 
officer,  who  shall  not  be  an  elector  of  the  county;  nor  any  one 
who  shall  not  have  been  an  inhabitant  thereof  during  one 
year  next  preceding  his  appointment,  if  the  county  shall  have 
been  so  long  organized,  but  if  the  county  shall  not  have  been 
so  long  organized,  then  within  the  limits  of  the  county  or 
counties,  out  of  which  the  same  shall  have  been  taken. 

Sec.  5.  The  Governor,  and  the  Secretary,  Auditor,  and 
Treasurer  of  State  shall,  severally,  reside  and  keep  the  public 
records,  books  and  papers,  in  any  manner  relating  to  their  re- 
spective offices,  at  the  seat  of  government. 

Sec.  6.  All  county,  township,  and  town  officers  shall  reside 
within  their  respective  counties,  townships,  and  towns ;  and 
shall  keep  their  respective  offices  at  such  places  therein,  and 
perform  such  duties,  as  may  be  directed  by  law. 

Sec.  7.  All  State  officers  shall,  for  crime,  incapacity,  or 
negligence,  be  liable  to  be  removed  from  office,  either  by  im- 
peachment by  the  House  of  Representatives,  to  be  tried  by 
the  Senate,  or  by  a  joint  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly; 
two-thirds  of  the  members  elected  to  each  branch  voting,  ia 
either  case,  therefor. 

Sec.  8.  All  State,  county,  township,  and  town  officers,  may 
be  impeached,  or  removed  from  office,  in  such  manner  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  9.  Vacancies  in  county,  township,  and  town  offices 
shall  be  filled  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  10.  The  General  Assembly  may  confer  upon  the  boards 
doing  county  business  in  the  several  counties,  powers  of  a  lo- 
cal administrative  character. 


STATE  OF  INDIANA.  41 


ARTICLE  VII. 

JUDICIAL 

Section  1.  The  Judicial  power  of  the  State  shall  be  vested 
in  a  Supreme  Court,  in  Circuit  Courts,  and  in  such  inferior 
Courts  as  the  General  Assembly  may  establish. 

Sec.  2.  The  Supreme  Court  shall  consist  of  not  less  than 
three,  nor  more  than  five  Judges ;  a  majority  of  whom  shall 
form  a  quorum.  They  shall  hold  their  offices  for  six  years,  if 
they  so  long  behave  well. 

Sec.  3.  The  State  shall  be  divided  into  as  many  districts  as 
there  are  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court;  and  such  districts 
shall  be  formed  of  contiguous  territory,  as  nearly  equal  in  pop- 
ulation, as,  without  dividing  a  county,  the  same  can  be  made. 
One  of  said  judges  shall  be  elected  from  each  district,  and  re- 
side therein;  but  said  judge  shall  be  elected  by  the  electors 
of  the  State  at  large. 

Sec.  4.  The  Supreme  Court  shall  have  jurisdiction,  co-ex- 
tensive with  the  limits  of  the  State,  in  appeals  and  writs  of 
error,  under  such  regulations  and  restrictions  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  law.  It  shall  also  have  such  original  jurisdiction 
as  the  General  Assembly  may  confer. 

Sec.  5.  The  Supreme  Court  shall,  upon  the  decision  of 
every  case,  give  a  statement  in  writing  of  each  question  aris- 
ing in  the  record  of  such  case,  and  the  dicision  of  the  court 
thereon. 

Sec.  6.  The  General  Assembly  shall  provide,  by  law,  for 
the  speedy  publication  of  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
made  under  this  Constitution;  but  no  judge  shall  be  allowed 
to  report  such  decisions. 

Sec.  7.  There  shall  be  elected  by  the  voters  of  the  State,  a 
Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court,  who  shall  hold  his  office  four 
years,  and  whose  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  8.  The  circuit  courts  shall  each  consist  of  one  judge, 
and  shall  have  such  civil  and  criminal  jurisdiction  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  9.  The  State  shall  from  time  to  time,  be  divided  into 
judicial  circuits;  and  a  judge  for  each  circuit  shall  be  elected 
by  the  voters  thereof.  He  shall  reside  within  the  circuit,  and 
shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  six  years,  if  he  so  long 
behave  well. 


42  CONSTITUTION   OP    THE 

Sec.  10.  The  General  Assembly  may  provide  by  law,  that 
the  judge  of  one  circuit  may  hold  the  courts  of  another  circuit, 
in  cases  of  necessity  or  convenience;  and  in  case  of  temporary 
inability  of  any  judge,  from  sickness  or  other  cause,  to  hold 
the  courts  in  his  circuit,  provision  may  be  made,  by  law,  for 
holding  such  courts. 

Sec.  11.  There  shall  be  elected  in  each  judicial  circuit,  by 
the  voters  thereof,  a  prosecuting  attorney,  who  shall  hold  his 
oflSce  for  two  years. 

Sec.  12.  Any  judge  or  prosecuting  attorney,  who  shall 
have  been  convicted  of  corruption  or  other  high  crime,  may, 
on  information  in  the  name  of  the  State,  be  removed  from  of- 
fice by  the  Supreme  Court,  or  in  such  other  manner  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  13.  The  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  and  circuit 
courts  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  a  compensation,  which 
shall  not  be  diminished  during  their  continuance  in  office. 

Sec.  14.  A  conpetent  number  of  justices  of  the  peace  shall 
be  elected,  by  the  voters  in  each  township  in  the  several 
counties.  They  shall  continue  in  office  four  years,  and  their 
powers  and  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  15.  All  judicial  officers  shall  be  conservators  of  the 
peace  in  their  respective  jurisdictions. 

Sec.  16.  No  person  elected  to  any  judicial  office,  shall,  dur- 
ing the  term  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected,  be  eligible 
to  any  office  of  trust  or  profit,  under  the  State,  other  than  a 
judicial  office. 

Sec.  17.  The  General  Assembly  may  modify,  or  abolish,  the 
grand  jury  system. 

Sec.  18.  All  criminal  prosecutions  shall  be  carried  on  in 
the  name,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  State  ;  and  the  style  of 
all  process  shall  be:  "The  State  of  Indiana." 

Sec.  19.  Tribunals  of  conciliation  may  be  established,  with 
such  powers  and  duties  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  law  ;  or  the 
powers  and  duties  of  the  same  may  be  conferred  upon  other 
courts  of  justice;  but  such  tribunals  or  other  courts,  when 
sitting  as  such,  shall  have  no  power  to  render  judgment  to  be 
obligatory  on  the  parties,  unless  they  voluntarily  submit  their 
matter?  of  diflPerence,  and  agree  to  abide  the  judgment  of 
Buch  tribunal  or  court. 

Sec.  20.    The  General  Assembly,  at  its  first  session  after  the 


STATE  OF  INDIANA.  43 


adoption  of  this  Constitution,  shall  provide  for  the  appoint- 
.ment  ©f  three  commissioners,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  revise, 
simplify,  and  abridge  the  rules,  practice,  pleadings,  and  forms 
of  the  courts  of  juslice.  And  they  shall  provide  for  abolish- 
ing the  distinct  forms  of  action  at  law,  now  in  use  ,  and  that 
justice  shall  be  administered  in  a  uniform  mode  of  pleading, 
without  distinction  between  law  and  equity.  And  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  may,  also,  make  it  the  duty  of  said  commis- 
sioners to  reduce  into  a  systematic  code,  the  general  statute 
law  of  the  State  ;  and  said  commissioners  shall  report  the  re- 
sult of  their  labors  to  the  General  Assembly,  with  such 
recommendations  and  suggestions,  as  to  abridgment  and 
amendment,  as  to  said  commissioners,  may  seem  necessary  or 
proper.  Provision  shall  be  made,  by  law,  for  filling  vacancies, 
regulating  the  tenure  of  office  and  the  compensation  of  said 
commissioners. 

Sec.  21.  Every  person  of  good  moral  character,  being  a 
voter,  shall  be  entitled  to  admission  to  practice  law  in  all 
courts  of  justice. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

EDUCATION. 

Section  1.  Knowledge  and  learning,  generally  diffused 
throughout  a  community,  being  essential  to  the  preservation 
of  a  free  government,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  General 
Assembly  to  encourage,  by  all  suitable  means,  moral  intel- 
lectual, scientific,  and  agricultural  improvement;  to  provide, 
by  law,  for  a  general  and  uniform  system  of  common  schools, 
wherein  tuition  shall  be  without  charge,  and  equally  open 
to  all. 

Sec.  2.  The  common  school  fund  shall  consist  of  the  con- 
gressional township  fund,  and  the  lands  belonging  thereto; 

The  surplus  revenue  fund ; 

The  saline  fund  and  the  lands  belonging  thereto  ; 

The  bank  tax  fund,  and  the  funds  arising  from  the  one  hun- 
dred and  fourteenth  section  of  the  charter  of  the  State  Bank 
of  Indiana; 

The  fund  to  be  derived  from  the  sale  of  county  seminaries, 
and  the  moneys  and  property  heretofore  held  for  such  semina- 
ries; from  the  fines  assessed  for  breaches  of  the  penal  laws  of 
the  State ;  and  from  all  forfeitures  which  may  accrue ; 


44 


CONSTITUTION  OF  THE 


All  lands  and  other  estate  which  shall  escheat  to  the  State, 
for  want  of  heirs  or  kindred  entitled  to  the  inheritance ; 

All  lands  that  have  been,  or  may  hereafter  be,  granted  to 
the  State,  where  no  special  purpose  is  expressed  in  the  grant, 
and  the  proceeds  of  the  sales  thereof;  including  the  proceeds 
of  the  sales  of  the  Swamp  Lands,  granted  to  the  State  of 
Indiana  by  the  act  of  Congress  of  the  28th  of  September, 
1850,  after  deducting  the  expenses  of  selecting  and  draining 
the  same ; 

Taxes  on  the  property  of  corporations,  that  may  be  assessed 
by  the  General  Assembly  for  common  school  purposes. 

Sec.  3.  The  principal  of  the  common  school  fund  shall  re- 
main a  perpetual  fund,  which  may  be  increased,  but  shall 
never  be  diminished;  and  the  income  thereof  shall  be  invio- 
lably appropriated  to  the  support  of  common  schools,  and  to 
no  other  purpose  whatever. 

Sec.  4.  The  General  Assembly  shall  invest,  in  some  safe 
and  profitable  manner,  all  such  portions  of  the  common 
school  fund  as  have  not  heretofore  been  entrusted  to  the  sev- 
eral counties ;  and  shall  make  provision,  by  law,  for  the  distri- 
bution among  the  several  counties  of  the  interest  thereof. 

Sec.  5.  If  any  county  shall  fail  to  demand  its  proportion  of 
such  interest  for  common  school  purposes,  the  same  shall  be 
reinvested  for  the  benefit  of  such  county. 

Sec.  6.  The  several  counties  shall  be  held  liable  for  the 
preservation  of  so  much  of  the  said  fund  as  may  be  intrusted 
to  them,  and  for  the  payment  of  the  annual  interest  thereon. 

Sec.  7.  All  trust  funds  held  by  the  State  shall  remain  invio- 
late, and  be  faithfully,  and  exclusively  applied  to  the  purpose 
for  which  the  trust  was  created. 

Sec.  8.  The  General  Assembly  shall  provide  for  the  elec- 
tion, by  the  voters  of  the  State,  of  a  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  two  years,  and 
whose  duties  and  compensation  shall  be  prescribed  by  law. 

AKTICLE  IX. 

STATE  INSTITUTIONS. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  General  Assembly  to 
provide  by  law  for  the  support  of  Institututions  for  the  edu- 
cation of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  and  of  the  Blind ;  and  also  for 
the  treatment  of  the  Insane. 


STATE  OF  INDIANA.  45 


Sec.  2.  The  General  Assembly  shall  provide  Houses  of 
Refuge  for  the  correction  and  reformation  of  juvenile  offenders. 

Sec.  3.  The  county  boards  shall  have  power  to  provide 
farms,  as  an  asylum  for  those  persons  who,  by  reason  of  age, 
infirmity  or  other  misfortune,  have  claims  upon  the  sympa- 
thies and  aid  of  society. 

ARTICLE  X. 

FINANCE. 

Section  1.  The  General  Assembly  shall  provide  by  law  for 
a  uniform  and  equal  rate  of  assessment  and  taxation ;  and 
shall  prescribe  such  regulations  as  shall  secure  a  just  valua- 
tion for  taxation  of  all  property,  both  real  and  personal,  ex- 
cepting such  only  for  municipal,  educational,  literary,  scien- 
tific, religious  or  charitable  purposes,  as  may  be  specially 
exempted  by  law. 

Sec,  2.  All  the  revenues  derived  from  the  sale  of  any  of 
the  public  works  belonging  to  the  State,  and  from  the  net  an- 
nual income  thereof,  and  any  surplus  that  may  at  any  time  re- 
main in  the  treasury,  derived  from  taxation  for  general  State 
purposes,  after  the  payment  of  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the 
government,  and  of  the  interest  on  bonds  of  the  State,  other 
than  bank  bonds,  shall  be  annually  applied,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  General  Assembly,  to  the  payment  of  the  principal 
of  the  public  debt. 

Sec.  3.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury  but  in 
pursuance  of  appropriations  made  by  law. 

Sec.  4.  An  accurate  statement  of  the  receipts  and  expend- 
itures of  the  public  money,  shall  be  published  with  the  laws 
of  each  regular  session  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec.  5.  No  law  shall  authorize  any  debt  to  be  contract- 
ed, on  behalf  of  the  State,  except  in  the  following  cases : 
To  meet  casual  deficits  in  the  revenue  ;  to  pay  the  interest  on 
the  State  Debt;  to  repel  invasion,  suppress  insurrection,  or  if 
hostilities  be  threatened,  provide  for  the  pablic  defense. 

Sec.  6.  No  county  shall  subscribe  for  stock  in  any  incorpo- 
rated company,  unless  the  same  be  paid  for  at  the  time  of 
such  subscription ;  nor  shall  any  county  loan  its  credit  to  any 
incorporated  company,  nor  borrow  money  for  the  purpose  of 
taking  stock  in  any  such  company ;  nor  shall  the  General 
Assembly  ever,  on  behalf  of  the  State,  assume  the  debts  of 


46  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 

any  county,  city,  town,  or  township,  nor  of  any  corporation 

whatever. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

CORPORATIONS  . 

Section  1.  The  General  Assembly  shall  not  have  power  to 
establish,  or  incorporate,  any  bank  or  banking  company,  or 
moneyed  institution,  for  the  porpose  of  issuing  bills  of  credit, 
or  bills  payable  to  order  or  bearer,  except  under  the  condi- 
tions prescribed  in  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  2.  No  banks  shall  be  established  otherwise  than  under 
a  general  banking  law,  except  as  provided  in  the  fourth  sec- 
tion of  this  article. 

Sec.  3.  If  the  General  Assembly  shall  enact  a  general 
banking  law,  such  law  shall  provide  for  the  registry  and 
countersigning,  by  an  officer  of  State,  of  all  paper  credit  de- 
signed to  be  circulated  as  money ;  and  ample  collateral  se- 
curity, readily  convertible  into  specie,  for  the  redemption  of 
the  same  in  gold  or  silver,  shall  be  required;  which  collateral 
security  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  proper  officer  or 
officers  of  State. 

Sec.  4.  The  General  Assembly  may  also  charter  a  bank 
with  branches,  without  collateral  security,  as  required  in  the 
preceding  section. 

Sec.  5.  If  the  General  Assembly  shall  establish  a  bank 
with  branches,  the  branches  shall  be  mutually  responsible 
for  each  other's  liabilities,  upon  all  paper  credit  issued  a» 
money. 

Sec.  6.  The  stockholders  in  every  bank,  or  banking  com- 
pany, shall  be  individually  responsible  to  an  amount  over  and 
above  their  stock,  equal  to  their  respective  shares  of  stock,, 
for  all  debts  or  liabilities  of  said  bank  or  banking  company. 

Sec.  7.  All  bills  or  notes  issued  as  money,  shall  be,  at  all 
times,  redeemable  in  gold  or  silver  ;  and  no  law  shall  be 
passed,  sanctioning,  directly  or  indirectly,  the  suspension,  by 
any  bank  or  banking  company,  of  specie  payments. 

Sec.  8.  Holders  of  bank  notes  shall  be  entitled,  in  case  of 
insolvency,  to  preference  of  payment  over  all  other  creditors* 

Sec.  9.  No  bank  shall  receive,  directly  or  indirectly,  a 
greater  rate  of  interest  than  shall  be  allowed,  by  law,  to  indi- 
viduals loaning  money. 


STATE  OP  INDIANA.  47 


Sec.  10.  Every  bank  or  banking  company  shall  be  required 
to  cease  all  banking  operations  within  twenty  years  from  the 
tkne  of  its  organization,  and  promptly  thereafter  to  close  its 
business. 

Sec.  11.  The  General  Assembly  is  not  prohibited  from  in- 
vesiing  the  Trust  Funds  in  a  bank  with  branches ;  but  in  case 
of  such  investment,  the  safety  of  the  same  shall  be  guaran- 
teed by  unquestionable  security. 

Sec.  12.  The  State  shall  not  be  a  stockholder  in  any  bank 
after  the  expiration  of  the  present  bank  charter ;  nor  shall 
the  credit  of  the  State  ever  be  given,  or  loaned,  in  aid  of  any 
person,  association  or  corporation ;  nor  shall  the  State  here- 
after become  a  stockholder  in  any  corporation  or  association. 

Sec.  13.  Corporations,  other  than  banking,  shall  not  be  cre- 
ated by  special  act,  but  may  be  formed  under  general  laws. 

Sec.  14.  Dues  from  corporations,  other  than  banking,  shall 
be  secured  by  such  individual  liability  of  the  corporators,  or 
other  means,  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law. 

AKTIOLE  XII. 

MILITIA. 

Section  1.  The  militia  shall  consist  of  all  able-bodied 
white  male  persons,  between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty- 
five  years,  except  such  as  may  be  exempted  by  the  laws  of 
the  United  States,  or  of  this  State;  and  shall  be  organized, 
officered,  armed,  equipped,  and  trained,  in  such  manner  as  may 
be  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  The  Governor  shall  appoint  the  Adjutant,  Quarter- 
master and  Commissary  Generals. 

Sec.  3.  All  militia  officers  shall  be  commissioned  by  the 
Governor,  and  shall  hold  their  offices  not  longer  than  six  years. 

Sec.  4.  The  General  Assembly  shall  determine  the  method 
of  dividing  the  militia  into  divisions,  brigades,  regiments, 
batalions  and  companies,  and  fix  the  rank  of  all  staff  officers. 

Sec.  5.  The  militia  may  be  divided  into  classes  of  sedentary 
and  active  militia,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by 
law. 

Sec.  6.  No  person  conscientiously  opposed  to  bearing  arms 
shall  be  compelled  to  do  militia  duty ;  but  such  person  shall 
pay  an  equivalent  for  exemption;  the  amount  to  be  pro- 
s' ribed  by  law. 


48  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

NEGROES  AND  MULATTOES. 

Sec.  1.  No  Negro  or  Mulatto  shall  come  into,  or  settle  Id, 
the  State,  after  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  2.  All  contracts  made  with  any  Negro  or  Mulatto 
coming  into  the  State,  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  the  fore- 
going section,  shall  be  void ;  and  any  person  who  shall  employ 
such  Negro  or  Mulatto,  or  otherwise  encourage  him  to  remain 
in  the  State,  shall  be  lined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dol- 
lars, nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars. 

See.  3.  All  fines  which  may  be  collected  for  a  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  this  article,  or  of  any  law  which  may  here- 
after be  passed  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  same  into  exe- 
cution, shall  be  set  apart  and  appropriated  for  the  colonization 
of  such  Negroes  and  Mulattoes,  and  their  descendants,  as  may 
be  in  the  State  at  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  and  may 
be  willing  to  emigrate. 

Sec.  4.  The  General  Assembly  shall  pass  laws  to  carry  aut 
the  proTisions  of  this  article. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

BOIJNDAKIES 

Section  1.  In  order  that  the  boundaries  of  the  State  may 
be  known  and  established,  it  is  hereby  ordained  and  declared, 
that  the  State  of  Indiana  is  bounded,  on  the  east,  by  the  me- 
ridian line  which  forms  the  western  boundary  of  the  State  of 
Ohio ;  on  the  south,  by  the  Ohio  River,  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Great  Miami  River  to  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash  River;  on 
the  west,  by  a  line  drawn  along  the  middle  of  the  Wabash 
River,  from  its  mouth  to  a  point  where  a  due  north  line,  drawn 
from  the  town  of  Vincennes,  would  last  touch  the  north-west- 
ern shore  of  said  Wabash  River ;  and,  thence,  by  a  due  north 
line,  until  the  same  shall  intersect  an  east  and  west  line,  drawn 
through  a  point  ten  miles  north  of  the  southern  extreme  of 
Lake  Michigan  ;  on  the  north,  by  said  east  and  west  line,  until 
the  same  shall  intersect  the  first  mentioned  meridian  line, 
which  forms  the  western  boundary  of  the  State  of  Ohio. 

Sec.  2.  The  State  of  Indiana  shall  possess  jurisdiction  and 
sovereignty  coextensive  with  the  boundaries  declared  in  the 
preceding  section;  and  shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction,  in 


STATE  OP  INDIANA.  49 


civil  and  criminal  cases,  with  the  State  of  Kentucky  on  the 
Ohio  River,  and  with  the  State  of  Illinois  on  the  Wabash  River, 
so  far  as  said  rivers  form  the  common  boundary  between  this 
State  and  said  States  respectively. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Section  1.  All  officers  whose  appointment  is  not  otherwise 
provided  for  in  this  Constitution,  shall  be  chosen  in  such  man- 
ner as  now  is,  or  hereafter  may  be,  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  When  the  duration  of  any  office  is  not  provided  for 
by  this  Constitution,  it  may  be  declared  by  law ;  and,  if  not  so 
declored,  such  office  shall  be  held  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
authority  making  the  appointment.  But  the  General  Assem- 
bly shall  not  create  any  office,  the  tenure  of  which  shall  be 
longer  than  four  years. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever  it  is  provided  in  this  Constitution,  or  in 
any  law  which  may  be  hereafter  passed,  that  any  officer  other 
than  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly,  shall  hold  his  office 
for  any  given  term,  the  same  shall  be  construed  to  mean,  that 
such  officer  shall  hold  his  office  for  such  term,  and  until  his 
successor  shall  have  been  elected  and  qualified. 

Sec.  4  Every  person  elected  or  appointed  to  any  office 
under  this  Constitution  shall,  before  entering  on  the  duties 
thereof,  take  an  oath  or  affirmation,  to  support  the  Constitu- 
tion of  this  State,  and  of  the  United  States,  and  also  an  oath 
of  offije. 

Sec.  5.  There  shall  be  a  seal  of  State  kept  by  the  Governor 
for  official  purposes,  which  shall  be  called  the  seal  of  the 
Slate  of  Indiana. 

Sec.  6.  All  commissions  shall  issue  in  the  name  of  the 
State,  shall  be  signed  by  the  Governor,  sealed  with  the  State 
seal,  and  attested  by  the  Secretary  of  State. 

Sec.  7.  No  county  shall  be  reduced  to  an  area  less  than 
four  hundred  square  miles ;  nor  shall  any  county  under  that 
area  be  further  reduced. 

Sec.  8.  No  lottery  shall  be  authorized  ;  nor  shall  the  sale 
of  lottery  tickets  be  allowed. 

Sec.  9.    The  following  grounds,  owned  by  the  State  in  Indi- 
anapolis, namely :   the  State  House  Square,  the  Governor's 
4 


60  CONSTITUTION  OP  THE 


Circle,  and  so  much  of  out-lot  numbered  one  hundred  and 
forty-seven,  as  lies  uorth  of  the  arm  of  the  Central  Canal,  shall 
not  be  sold  or  leased. 

Sec.  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  General  Assembly  to 
provide  for  the  permanent  enclosure  and  preservation  of  the 
Tippecanoe  Battle  Ground. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section  1.  Any  amendment  or  amendments  to  this  Consti- 
tution may  be  proposed  in  either  branch  of  the  General  As- 
sembly, and  if  the  same  shall  be  agreed  to  by  a  majority  of 
the  members  elected  to  each  of  the  two  houses,  such  proposed 
amendment  or  amendments,  shall  with  the  yeas  and  nays 
thereon,  be  entered  on  their  journals,  and  referred  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  to  be  chosen  at  the  next  general  election  ;  and 
if  in  the  General  Assembly  so  next  chosen,  such  proposed 
amendment  or  amendments  shall  be  agreed  to  by  a  majority 
of  all  the  members  elected  to  each  house,  then  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  General  Assembly  to  submit  such  amendment  or 
amendments  to  the  electors  of  the  State ;  and  if  a  majority  of 
said  electors  shall  ratify  the  same,  such  amendment  or 
amendments  shall  become  a  part  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  2.  If  two  or  more  amendments  shall  be  submitted  at 
the  same  time,  they  shall  be  submitted  in  such  manner  that 
the  electors  shall  vote  for  or  against  each  of  such  amendments 
separately ;  and  while  an  amendment  or  amendments  which 
shall  have  been  agreed  upon  by  one  General  Assembly  shall 
be  awaiting  the  action  of  a  succeeding  General  Assembly,  or 
of  the  electors,  no  additional  amendment  or  amendmfint& 
shall  be  proposed. 

SCHEDULE. 

This  Constitution,  if  adopted,  shall  take  effect  on  the  first 
day  of  November,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fifty-one,  and  shall  supersede  the  Constitution  adopted  in 
the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixteen.  That  no 
inconvenience  may  arise  from  the  change  in  the  government, 
it  is  hereby  ordained  as  follows  : — 

First.    All  laws  now  in  force,  and  not  inconsistent  with  this 


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Constitution,  shall  remain  in  force,  until  they  shall  expire  or 
be  repealed. 

Second.  All  indictments,  prosecutions,  suits,  pleas,  plaints, 
and  other  proceedings,  pending  in  any  of  the  Courts,  shall  be 
prosecuted  to  final  judgment  and  execution  ;  and  all  appeals, 
writs  of  error,  certiorari,  and  injunctions,  shall  be  carried  on 
in  the  several  Courts,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  now  provided 
by  law. 

Third.  All  fines,  penalties,  and  forfeitures,  due  or  accruing 
to  the  State,  or  to  any  county  therein,  shall  inure  to  the  State, 
or  to  such  county,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law.  All 
bonds  executed  to  the  State,  or  to  any  officer,  in  his  official 
capacity,  shall  remain  in  force  and  inure  to  the  use  of  those 
concerned. 

J^ouriTi.  All  acts  of  incorporation  for  municipal  purposes 
shall  continue  in  force  under  this  Constitution,  until  such 
time  as  the  General  Assembly  shall,  in  its  discretion,  modify 
or  repeal  the  same. 

Fifth.  The  Governor,  at  the  expiration  of  the  present 
official  term,  shall  continue  to  act  until  his  successor  shall 
have  been  sworn  into  office. 

Sixth.  There  shall  be  a  session  of  the  General  Assembly, 
commencing  on  the  first  Monday  of  December,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-one. 

Seventh.  Senators  now  in  office  and  holding  over,  under  the 
existing  Constitution,  and  such  as  may  be  elected  at  the  next 
general  election,  and  the  Representatives  then  elected,  shall 
continue  in  office  until  the  first  general  election  under  this 
Constitution. 

Eighth.  The  first  general  election  under  this  Constitution, 
shall  be  held  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty- 
two. 

Ninth.  The  first  election  for  Governor,  Lieutenant  Gover- 
nor, Judges  of  the  Supreme  Courts  and  Circuit  Courts,  Clerk 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  Prosecuting  Attorney,  Secretary,  Audi- 
tor, and  Treasurer  of  State,  and  State  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  under  this  Constitution,  shall  be  held  at  the 
general  election  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
fifty-two ;  and  such  of  said  officers  as  may  be  in  office,  when 
this  Constitution  shall  go  into  efiect,  shall  continue  in  their 


52  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE 

respective  oflSces,  until  their  successors  shall  have  been 
elected  and  qualified. 

Tenth.  Every  person  elected  by  popular  vote,  and  now  in 
any  office  which  is  continued  by  this  Constitution,  and  every 
person  who  shall  be  so  elected  to  any  such  office  before  the 
taking  effect  of  this  Constitution,  (except  as  in  this  Constitu- 
tion otherwise  provided,)  shall  continue  in  office  until  the 
term  for  which  such  person  has  been,  or  may  be,  elected,  shall 
expire :  Provided.,  That  no  such  person  shall  continue  in  of- 
fice after  the  taking  effect  of  this  Constitution,  for  a  longer 
period  than  the  term  of  such  office  in  this  Constitution  pre- 
scribed. 

Eleventh.  On  the  taking  effect  of  this  Constitution,  all  of- 
ficers thereby  continued  in  office,  shall,  before  proceeding  in 
the  further  discharge  of  their  duties,  take  an  oath,  or  affirma- 
tion, to  support  this  Constitution. 

Twelfth.  All  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  existing  offices, 
prior  to  the  first  general  election  under  this  Constitution,  shall 
be  fiJled  in  the  manner  now  prescribed  by  law. 

Thirteenth.  At  the  time  of  submitting  this  Constitution  to 
the  electors  for  their  approval  or  disapproval,  the  article 
numbered  thirteen,  in  relation  to  Negroes  and  Mulattoes, 
shall  be  submitted  as  a  distinct  proposition,  in  the  following 
form:  "Exclusion  and  Colonization  of  Negroes  and  Mulat- 
toes,"  "Aye"  or  "No."  And  if  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast 
shall  be  in  favor  of  said  article,  then  the  same  shall  form  a 
part  of  this  Constitution ;  otherwise,  it  shall  be  void,  and  form 
no  part  thereof. 

Fourteenth.  No  Article  or  Section  of  this  Constitution 
shall  be  submitted,  as  a  distinct  proposition,  to  a  vote  of  the 
electors,  otherwise  than  as  herein  provided. 

Fifteenth.  Whenever  a  portion  of  the  citizens  of  the 
counties  of  Ferry  and  Spencer  shall  deem  it  expedient  to 
form,  of  the  contiguous  territory  of  said  counties,  a  new 
county,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  those  interested  in  the  organi- 
zation of  such  new  county,  to  lay  off  the  same  by  proper 
metes  and  bounds,  of  equal  portions  as  nearly  as  practicable, 
not  to  exceed  one-third  of  the  territory  of  each  of  said  coun- 
ties. The  proposal  to  create  such  new  county  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  voters  of  said  counties,  at  a  general  election,  in 
Bach  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  law.    And  if  a  majority 


STATE  OP  INDIANA.  53 


of  all  the  votes  given  at  said  election  shall  be  in  favor  of  the 
organization  of  said  new  county,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
General  Assembly  to  organize  the  same  out  of  the  territory 
thus  designated. 

Sixteenth.  The  General  Assembly  may  alter  or  an>end  the 
charter  of  Clarksville,  and  make  such  regulations  as  may  be 
necessary  for  carrying  into  effect  the  objects  contemplated  in 
granting  the  same ;  and  the  funds  belonging  to  said  town  shall 
be  applied  according  to  the  intention  of  the  grantor. 

Done  in  Convention,  at  Indianapolis,  the  tenth  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
fifty-one ;  and  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  State,  the 
seventy-fifth. 

GEORGE  WHITFIELD  CARR, 

President^  and  Delegate  from  the  County  of  Lawrence. 
Attest:  Wm.  H.  English, 

Principal  Secretary. 
George  L.  Sites, 

Hekman  G.  Bakkwell,    \  Assistant  Seci'etaries. 
Robert  M.  Evans, 


EMANCIPATION  PROCLAMATION. 


Whereas^  On  the  twenty-second  day  of  September,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two, 
a  proclamation  was  issued  by  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  containing  among  other  things  the  following,  to-wit : 

That,  on  the  first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-three,  all  persons  held 
as  slaves  within  any  State,  or  designated  part  of  a  State,  the 
people  whereof  shall  then  be  in  rebellion  against  the  United 
States,  shall  be  then,  henceforth  and  forever  free,  and  the 
Executive  Government  of  the  United  States,  including  the 
military  and  naval  authorities  thereof,  will  recognize  and 
maintain  the  freedom  of  such  persons,  or  any  of  them,  in  any 
efforts  they  may  make  for  their  actual  freedom. 

That  the  Executive  will,  on  the  first  day  of  January  afore 
said,  by  proclamation,  designate  the  States  and  parts  of 
States,  if  any,  in  which  the  people  therein  respectively  shall 
then  be  in  rebellion  against  the  United  States,  and  the  fact 
that  any  State,  or  the  people  thereof,  shall  on  that  day  be  in 
good  faith  represented  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  by 
members  chosen  thereto,  at  elections  wherein  a  majority  of 
the  qualified  voters  of  such  States  shall  have  participated, 
shall,  in  the  absence  of  strong  countervailing  testimony,  be 
deemed  conclusive  that  such  State  and  the  people  thereof  are 
not  then  in  rebellion  against  the  United  States. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the 
United  States,  by  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested  as  Com- 
mander-in-Chief of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States, 
in  time  of  actual  armed  rebellion  against  the  authority  and 
Government  of  the  United  States,  and  as  a  fit  necessary  war 
measure  for  suppressing  said  rebellion,  do,  on  this  first  day  of 
January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty-three,  and  in  accordance  with  my  purpose  so  to  do, 
publicly  proclaimed  for  the  full  period  of  one  hundred  days 

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EMANCIPATION  PROCLAMATION.  65 

from  the  day  of  the  first  above-mentioned  order,  and  desig- 
nate, as  the  States  and  parts  of  States  wherein  the  people 
'thereof  respectively  are  this  day  in  rebellion  againt  the 
United  States,  the  following  to- wit:  Arkansas,  Texas,  Louisi- 
ana, except  the  parishes  of  St.  Bernard,  Plaquemines,  Jeffer- 
son, St.  John,  St.  Charles,  St.  James,  Ascension,  Assumption, 
Terre  Bonne,  Lafourche,  St.  Mary,  St.  Martin  and  Orleans,  in- 
cluding the  city  of  New  Orleans.  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Flor- 
ida, Georgia,  South  Carolina,  North  Carolina,  and  Virginia, 
except  the  forty-eight  counties  designated  as  West  Virginia, 
and  also  the  counties  of  Berkeley,  Accoraac,  Northampton. 
Elizabeth  City,  York,  Princess  Ann,  and  Norfolk,  including 
the  cities  of  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth,  and  which  excepted 
parts  are,  for  the  present,  left  precisely  as  if  this  proclamation 
were  not  issued. 

And  by  virtue  of  the  power,  and  for  the  purpose  aforesaid, 
I  do  order  and  declare  that  all  persons  held  as  slaves  within 
said  designated  States  and  parts  of  States  are,  and  hencefor- 
ward, shall  be  free ;  and  that  the  Executive  Government  of  the 
United  States,  including  the  military  and  naval  authorities  there- 
of, will  recognize  and  maintain  the  freedom  of  said  persons. 

And  I  hereby  enjoin  upon  the  people  so  declared  to  be  free 
to  abstain  from  all  violence,  unless  in  necessary  self-defense  ; 
and  I  recommend  to  them  that,  in  all  cases,  when  allowed, 
they  labor  faithfully  for  reasonable  wages. 

And  I  further  declare  and  make  known  that  such  persons  of 
suitable  condition  will  be  received  into  the  armed  service  of 
the  United  States,  to  garrison  forts,  positions,  stations,  and 
other  places,  and  to  man  vessels  of  all  sorts  in  said  service. 

And  upon  this,  sincerely  believed  to  be  an  act  of  justice, 
warranted  by  the  Constitution  upon  military  necessity,  I  in- 
voke the  considerate  judgment  of  mankind  and  the  gracious 
favor  of  Almighty  God. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
the  seal  of  the  United  States  to  be  aflSxed. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington,  this  first  day  of  January, 

,-A^  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
■{seal|-    and  sixty- three,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the  Unit- 

— , —      ed  States  of  America  the  eighty-seventh. 

By  the  President :  Abraham  Lincoln. 

William  H.  Seward,  Secretary  of  State. 


I 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 


:o: 

PLATFORM  OF  THE  BRECKINRIDGE  PARTY  OF  1860. 

Resolved^  That  the  platform  adopted  by  the  Democratic 
party  at  Cincinnati  be  affirmed,  with  the  following  explana- 
tory resolutions : 

1.  That  the  government  of  a  territory  organized  by  an  act 
of  Congress  is  provisional  and  temporary,  and  during  its  exis- 
tence all  citizens  of  the  United  States  have  an  equal  right  to 
settle  with  their  property  in  the  territory,  without  their  rights, 
either  in  person  or  property,  being  destroyed  by  congressional 
or  territorial  legislation. 

2.  That  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Federal  Government,  in  all  its 
departments,  to  protect  the  rights  of  persons  and  property  in 
the  territories,  and  wherever  else  its  constitutional  authority 
extends. 

3.  That  when  the  settlers  in  a  territory,  having  an  adequate 
population,  form  a  State  Constitution,  the  right  of  sovereignty 
commences,  and  being  consummated  by  their  admission  into 
the  Union,  they  stand  on  an  equality  with  the  people  of  other 
States,  and  a  State  thus  organized  ought  to  be  admitted  into 
the  Federal  Union,  whether  its  constitution  prohibits  or  rec- 
ognizes the  institution  of  slavery. 

4.  That  the  Democratic  party  are  ivt  favor  of  the  acquisi- 
tion of  Cuba,  on  such  terms  as  shall  be  honorable  to  ourselves 
and  just  to  Spain,  at  the  earliest  practicable  moment. 

5.  That  the  enactments  of  State  Legislatures  to  defeat  the 
faithful  execution  of  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law  are  hostile  in 
character,  subversive  of  the  Constitution,  and  revolutionary 
in  their  ejQfect. 

6.  That  the  Democracy  of  the  United  States  recognize  it  as 
an  imperative  duty  of  the  government  to  protect  the  natural- 

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POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  57 


ized  citizen  in  all  his  rights,  whether  in  home  or  in  foreign 
lands,  to  the  same  extent  as  its  native  born  citizens. 

Whereas,  One  of  the  greatest  necessities  of  the  age,  in  a 
political,  commercial,  postal,  and  military  point  of  view,  is  a 
epeedy  communication  between  the  Pacific  and  Atlantic 
coasts ;  therefore,  be  it  resolved, 

7.  That  the  National  Democratic  party  do  hereby  pledge 
themselves  to  use  every  means  in  their  power  to  secure  the 
passage  of  some  bill,  to  the  extent  of  the  Constitutional  au- 
thority by  Congress,  for  the  construction  of  a  railroad  to  the 
Pacific  Ocean  at  the  earliest  practicable  moment. 


PLATFORM  OF  THE  DOUGLAS  PARTY  OF  1860, 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  Democracy  of  the  Union  in  Conven- 
tion assembled,  hereby  declare  our  afllrmation  of  the  resolu- 
tions unanimously  adopted  and  declared  as  a  platform  of  prin- 
ciples by  the  Democratic  Convention  at  Cincinnati,  in  the 
year  1856,  believing  that  Democratic  principles  are  unchanga- 
ble  in  their  nature  when  applied  to  the  same  subject  matter, 
and  we  recommend  as  our  only  further  resolutions  the  follow- 
ing: 

That  inasmuch  as  differences  of  opinion  exist  in  the  Demo- 
cratic party  as  to  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  powers  of  a 
Territorial  Legislature,  and  as  to  the  powers  and  duties  of  Con- 
gress, under  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  over  the 
institution  of  slavery  in  the  territories ; 

Resolved^  That  the  Democratic  party  will  abide  by  the  de- 
cision of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  over  the  in- 
stitution of  slavery  in  the  territories. 

Resolved^  That  it  is  the  duty  of  the  United  States  to  afford 
ample  and  complete  protection  to  all  its  citizens,  at  home  or 
abroad,  and  whether  native  or  foreign  born. 

Resolved,  That  one  of  the  necessities  of  the  age,  in  a  mili- 
tary, commercial,  and  postal  point  of  view,  is  a  speedy  com- 
munication between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  States,  and  the 
Democratic  party  pledge  such  constitutional  enactment  as 
will  insure  the  construction  of  a  railroad  to  the  Pacific  coast 
at  the  earliest  practical  period. 


58  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

Resolved^  That  the  Democratic  party  are  in  favor  of  the  ac- 
quisition of  the  Island  of  Cuba,  on  such  terms  as  shall  be  hon- 
orable to  ourselves  and  just  to  Spain. 

Resolved^  That  the  enactments  of  State  Legislatures  to  de- 
feat the  faithful  execution  of  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law  are  hos- 
tile in  character,  subversive  to  the  Constitution,  and  revolu- 
tionary in  their  effect. 

Resolved^  That  it  is  in  accordance  with  the  Cincinnati  Plat- 
form, that  during  the  existence  of  Territorial  Governments, 
the  measure  of  restriction,  whatever  it  may  be,  imposed  by 
the  Federal  Constitution  on  the  power  of  the  Territorial  Leg- 
islature over  the  subject  of  the  domestic  relations,  as  the  same 
has  been  or  shall  hereafter  be  decided  by  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States,  should  be  respected  by  all  good  citizens, 
and  enforced  with  promptness  and  fidelity  by  every  branch  of 
the  General  Government. 


THE  REPUBLICAN  PLATFORM  OF  1860. 

Resolved^  That  we,  the  delegated  representatives  of  the  Re- 
publican electors  of  the  United  States,  in  Convention  assem- 
bled, in  the  discharge  of  the  duty  we  owe  to  our  constituents 
and  our  country,  unite  in  the  following  resolutions: 

1.  That  the  history  of  the  nation  during  the  last  four  years 
has  fully  established  the  propriety  and  necessity  of  the  organ- 
ization and  perpetuation  of  the  Republican  party,  and  that  the 
causes  which  called  it  into  existence  are  permanent  in  their 
nature,  and  now,  more  than  ever,  demand  its  peaceful  and 
constitutional  triumph. 

2.  That  the  maintenance  of  the  principles  promulgated  in 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  embodied  in  the  Federal 
Constitution,  that  "  all  men  are  created  equal ;  that  they  are 
endowed  by  their  Creator  with  certain  inalienable  rights, 
among  which  are  those  of  life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happi- 
ness, and  that  Governments  are  instituted  among  men  to 
Becure  the  enjoyment  of  these  rights,  deriving  their  just  power 
from  the  consent  of  the  governed" — are  essential  to  the  pres- 
ervation of  our  republican  institutions,  and  that  the  Federal 
Constitution,  the  rights  of  the  States,  and  the  union  of  the 
States,  must  and  shall  be  preserved. 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  69 

3.  That  to  the  union  of  the  States  this  nation  owes  its  unpre- 
cedented increase  in  population,  its  surprising  developments 
of  material  resources ;  its  rapid  augmentation  of  wealth ;  its 
happiness  at  home  and  its  honor  abroad;  and  we  hold  in 
abhorrence  all  schemes  for  disunion,  come  from  whatever 
source  they  may ;  and  we  congratulate  the  country  that  no 
Republican  member  of  Congress  has  uttered  or  countenanced 
the  threats  of  disunion  as  often  made  by  the  Democratic  mem- 
bers of  Congress,  without  rebuke  and  with  applause  from  their 
political  associates ;  and  we  denounce  those  threats  of  disunion 
in  case  of  a  popular  overthrow  of  their  ascendency,  as  denying 
the  vital  principles  of  a  free  Government,  and  as  an  avowal  of 
contemplated  treason  which  it  is  the  imperative  duty  of  an 
indignant  people  sternly  to  rebuke  and  forever  silence. 

4.  That  the  maintenance  inviolate,  of  the  rights  of  the 
States,  and  especially  of  each  State,  to  order  and  control  its 
own  domestic  institutions  according  to  its  own  judgment  ex- 
clusively, is  essential  to  that  balance  of  power  on  which  the 
perfection  and  endurance  of  our  political  fabric  depends ;  and 
we  denounce  the  lawless  invasion  by  armed  force  of  the  soil 
of  any  State  or  Territory,  no  matter  under  what  pretext,  as  one 
of  the  gravest  of  crimes. 

5.  That  the  present  Democratic  Administration  has  far  ex- 
ceeded our  worst  apprehensions  in  the  measureless  subserviency 
to  the  exactions  of  a  sectional  interest,  as  especially  evinced 
in  its  desperate  exertions  to  force  the  infamous  Lecompton 
Constitution  upon  the  protesting  people  of  Kansas,  construing 
the  relation  between  master  and  servant  to  involve  an  unqual- 
ified property  in  persons;  in  its  attempted  enforcement  every 
where,  on  land  and  sea,  through  the  intervention  of  Congress 
and  of  the  Federal  Courts,  of  the  extreme  pretensions  of  a 
purely  local  interest ;  and  in  its  general  and  unvarying  abuse 
of  the  power  entrusted  to  it  by  a  confiding  people. 

6.  That  the  people  justly  view  with  alarm  the  reckless  ex- 
travagance which  pervades  every  department  of  the  Federal 
Government.  That  a  return  to  right  economy  and  accounta- 
bility is  indispensible  to  arrest  the  plunder  of  the  public 
treasury  by  favored  partisans,  while  the  recent  startling  devel- 
opments of  frauds  and  corruption  at  the  Federal  metropolis 
show  that  an  entire  change  of  administration  is  imperatively 
demanded. 


60  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 


7.  That  the  new  do<;ma  that  the  Constitution  of  its  own 
force  carries  slavery  into  any  or  all  the  Territories  of  the 
United  States,  is  a  dangerous  political  heresy,  at  variance  with 
the  explicit  provisions  of  that  instrument  itself,  with  coterapo- 
raneous  exposition,  and  with  legislative  and  judicial  prece- 
dents, that  it  is  revolutionary  in  its  tendency  and  subversive 
of  the  peace  and  harmony  of  the  country. 

S.  That  the  nominal  condition  of  all  the  territory  of  the 
United  States  is  that  of  freedom;  that  as  our  Republican  fath- 
ers, when  they  had  abolished  slavery  in  all  our  national  terri- 
tory, ordained  that  no  person  should  be  deprived  of  life,  liberty 
oj  property  without  due  process  of  law,  it  becomes  our  duty 
bj  legislation,  whenever  such  legislation  is  necessary,  to 
maintain  this  provision  of  the  Constitution  against  all  attempts 
to  violate  it;  and  we  deny  the  authority  of  Congress,  or  a  Ter- 
ritorial Legislature,  or  of  any  individual,  to  give  legal  existence 
to  slavery  in  any  Territory  of  the  United  States. 

9.  That  we  brand  the  recent  re-opening  of  the  African  Slave 
Trade,  under  the  cover  of  our  national  flag,  aided  by  perver- 
sions of  judicial  power,  as  a  crime  against  humanity,  and  a 
burning  shame  to  our  country  and  age;  and  we  call  upon 
Congress  to  take  prompt  and  eflicient  measures  for  the  total 
and  final  suppression  of  that  exercrable  traffic. 

10.  That  in  the  recent  vetoes  by  their  Federal  Governors 
of  the  acts  of  the  Legislatures  of  Kansas  and  Nebraska,  pro- 
hibiting slavery  in  these  Territories,  we  find  a  practical 
illustration  of  the  boasted  Democratic  principles  of  non-inter- 
vention and  Popular  Sovereignty,  embodied  in  the  Kansas- 
Nebraska  bill,  and  a  demonstration  of  the  deception  and  fraud 
involved  therein. 

11.  That  Kansas  should,  of  right,  be  immediately  admitted 
as  a  State  under  the  Constitution  recently  formed  and  adopted 
by  her  people,  and  accepted  by  the  House  of  Kepresentatives. 

12.  That  while  providing  revenue  for  the  support  of  the 
General  Government,  by  duties  upon  imports,  sound  policy 
requires  such  an  adjustment  of  these  imports  as  to  encourage 
the  development  of  the  industrial  interests  of  the  whole 
country,  and  we  commend  that  policy  of  National  Exchange 
which  secures  to  the  working  men  liberal  wages,  agriculture 
remunerative  prices,  to  merchants  and  manufacturers  an  ade- 


POLITICAL   PLATFORMS.  61 


quate  reward  for  their  skill,  labor  and  enterprise,  and  to  the 
nation  commercial  prosperity  and  independence. 

'  13.  That  we  protest  against  any  sale  or  alienation  to  others 
of  the  public  lands  held  by  actual  settlers,  and  against  any 
view  of  the  free  homestead  policy,  which  regards  the  settlers 

'  as  paupers  or  suppliants  for  public  bounty,  and  we  demand 
the  passage  by  Congress  of  the  complete  and  satisfactory 
homestead  measure  which  has  already  passed  the  House. 

14.  That  the  National  Republican  party  is  opposed  to  any 
change  in  our  naturalization  laws,  or  any  State  Legislation,  by 
which  the  rights  of  citizenship  hitherto  accorded  to  immigrants 
from  foreign  lands  shall  be  abridged  or  impaired,  and  in  favor 
of  giving  a  full  and  efficient  protection  to  the  rights  of  all 
classes  of  citizens,  whether  native   or  naturalized,  both  at 

I  home  and  abroad. 

15.  That  appropriations  by  Congress  for  river  and  harbor 
i  improvements  of  a  national  character,  is  required  for  the  ac- 
commodation and  security  of  an  existing  commerce,  or  au- 
thorized by  the  Constitution  and  justified  by  the  obligation 
of  the  Government  to  protect  the  lives  and  property  of  its 
citizens. 

16.  That  a  railroad  to  the  Pacific  ocean  is  imperatively  de- 
manded by  the  interests  of  the  whole  country ;  and  that  the 
Federal  Government  ought  to  render  immediate  and  efficient' 
aid  in  its  construction,  and  that  preliminary  thereto,  a  daily 
overland  mail  should  be  promptly  established. 

'  17.  Finally,  having  thus  set  forth  our  distinctive  principles 
and  views,  we  invite  the  co-operation  of  all  citizens,  however 

I  difi'ering  in  other  questions,  who  substantially  agree  with  us, 
in  their  affirmance  and  support. 


PLATFORM  OF  THE  NATIONAL  CONSTITUTIONAL  PARTY  OP 

1860. 

The  Union,  tbe  Constitution  and  the  Laws. 


1 


62  POLITICAL    PLATFORMS. 


UNION  PLATFORM,  ADOPTED  AT  BALTIMORE,  JUNE  8,  1864. 

Resolved^  That  it  is  the  highest  duty  of  every  American 
citizen  to  maintain  against  all  its  enemies,  the  integrity  of  the 
Union,  and  the  paramount  authority  of  the  Conslitution  and 
laws  of  the  United  States,  and  that,  laying  all  political  opin- 
ions aside,  we  pledge  ourselves,  as  Union  men,  animated  by  a 
common  sentiment,  and  aiming  at  a  common  object,  to  do 
everything  in  our  power  to  aid  the  Government  in  quelling, 
by  force  of  arms,  the  rebellion  now  raging  against  its  author- 
ity, and  bringing  to  the  punishment  due  to  their  crimes,  the 
rebels  and  traitors  arrayed  against  it. 

Resolved^  That  we  approve  the  determination  of  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  not  to  compromise  with  rebels 
or  to  offer  any  terms  of  peace,  except  such  as  may  be  based 
upon  an  unconditional  surrender  of  their  hostility,  &c,,  and  a 
return  to  their  just  allegiance  to  the  Constitution  and  laws  of 
the  United  Slates,  and  that  we  call  upon  the  Government  to 
maintain  this  position,  and  to  prosecute  the  war  with  the  ut- 
most possible  vigor  to  the  complete  suppression  of  the  rebel- 
lion, in  full  reliance  upon  the  self-sacriiices,  the  patriotism, 
the  heroic  valor,  and  the  undying  devotion  of  the  American 
people  to  their  country  and  its  free  institutions.  |i 

Resolved^  That  slavery  was  the  cause,  and  now  constitutes 
the  strength  of  the  rebellion,  and  that  as  it  must  be  always 
and  everywhere  hostile  to  the  principles  of  Republican  Gov- 
ernments, justice  and  the  national  safety  demand  its  utter  and 
complete  extirpation  from  the  soil  of  the  Republic,  and  that 
we  uphold  and  maintain  the  acts  and  proclamations  by  which 
the  Government,  in  its  own  defence,  has  aimed  a  death  blow 
at  this  gigantic  evil.  We  are  in  favor,  furthermore,  of  such 
an  amendment  to  the  Constitution,  to  be  made  by  the  people 
in  conformity  with  its  provisions,  as  shall  terminate  and  for- 
ever prohibit  the  existence  of  slavery  within  the  limits  of  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States. 

Resolved^  That  the  thanks  of  the  American  people  are  due 
to  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  army  and  navy,  who  have 
periled  their  lives  in  defence  of  their  country,  and  in  vindi- 
cation of  the  honor  of  the  flag ;  that  the  nation  owes  them 
some  permanent  recognition  of  their  patriotism  and  their 
valor,  and  ample  and  permanent  provision  for  those  of  their 
survivors  who  have  received  disabling  and  honorable  wounds 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  63 

in  the  service  of  their  country,  and  that  the  memories  of  those 
.  who  have  fallen  in  its  defense,  shall  be  held  in  grateful  and 
everlasting  remembrance. 

Resolved^  That  we  approve  and  applaud  the  political  wis- 
dom, the  unselfish  patriotism  and  unswerving  fidelity  to  the 
Constitution  and  the  principles  of  American  liberty  with 
which  Abraham  Lincoln  has  discharged,  under  circumstances 
of  unparalelled  difliculy,  the  great  duties  and  responsibilities 
of  the  Presidential  office;  that  we  approve  and  endorse,  as 
demanded  by  the  emergency  and  essential  to  the  preservation 
of  the  nation,  and  as  within  the  Constitution,  the  measures 
and  acts  which  he  has  adopted  to  defend  the  nation  against  its 
open  and  secret  foes;  especially  the  Proclamation  of  Emanci- 
pation, and  the  employment,  as  Union  soldiers,  of  men  hereto- 
fore held  in  slavery,  and  that  we  have  full  confidence  in  his 
determination  to  carry  these  and  all  other  Constitutional 
measures,  essential  to  the  salvation  of  the  country,  into  full 
and  complete  effect. 

Resolved^  That  we  deem  it  essential  to  the  general  welfare, 
that  harmony  should  prevail  in  the  national  councils,  and  we 
regard  as  worthy  of  public  confidence  and  oflicial  trust  those 
only  who  cordially  endorse  the  principles  proclaimed  in  these 
resolutions,  and  which  should  characterize  the  administration 
of  the  Government. 

Resolved^  That  the  Government  owes  to  all  men  employed 
in  its  armies,  without  distinction  of  color,  the  full  protection  of 
the  laws  of  war,  and  any  violation  of  these  laws  and  of  the 
usages  of  civilized  nations  in  the  time  of  war,  by  the  rebels 
now  in  arms,  should  be  made  the  subject  of  full  and  prompt 
redress. 

Resolved^  That  the  foreign  immigration,  which  in  the  past 
has  added  so  much  to  the  wealth  and  development  of  resources 
and  increase  of  power  to  this  nation,  the  asylum  of  the  oppress- 
ed of  all  nations,  should  be  fostered  and  encouraged  by  a 
liberal  and  just  policy. 

Resolved^  That  we  are  in  favor  of  the  speedy  construction  of 
the  railroad  to  the  Pacific. 

Resolved^  That  the  national  faith  is  pledged  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  the  public  debt  and  must  be  kept  inviolate ;  and  that 
for  this  purpose  we  recommend  economy  and  rigid  responsi- 
bilities in  the  public  expenditures,  and  a  vigorous  and  just 


64  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

system  of  taxation ;  that  it  is  the  duty  of  every  loyal  State  to 
sustain  the  use  of  the  national  currency. 

Resolved^  That  we  approve  the  position  taken  by  the  Gov- 
ernment, that  the  i3eopie  of  the  United  States  can  never  regard 
■with  indifference  the  attempt  of  European  power  to  overthrow 
by  force,  or  to  supplant  by  fraud,  the  institutions  of  any  Re- 
publican government  on  the  Western  Continent,  and  that  they 
will  view  with  extreme  jealousy,  as  menacing  to  the  peace  and 
independence  of  this  our  country,  the  efforts  of  any  such  power 
to  obtain  new  footholds  for  raonarchial  governments  sustained 
by  a  foreign  military  force  in  near  proximity  to  the  United 
States. 


FREMONT  PLATFORM,  ADOPTED  AT  CLEVELAND,  MAY  31,  1864. 

1.  That  the  Federal  Union  must  be  preserved. 

2.  That  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  the  United  States 
must  be  observed  and  obeyed. 

3.  That  the  rebellion  must  be  suppressed  by  the  force  of 
arms,  and  without  compromise. 

4.  That  the  rights  of  Free  Speech,  Free  Press,  and  the 
Habeas  Corpus  must  be  held  inviolate,  save  in  districts  where 
martial  law  has  been  proclaimed. 

5.  That  the  rebellion  has  destroyed  slavery,  and  the  Fed- 
eral Constitution  should  be  amended  to  prohibit  its  re-estab- 
lishment. 

6.  That  the  right  for  asylum,  except  for  crime,  and  subject 
to  law,  is  a  recognized  principle — a  principle  of  American  lib- 
erty; that  any  violation  of  it  must  not  be  overlooked,  and 
must  not  go  unrebuked. 

7.  That  the  National  policy  known  as  the  Monroe  doctrine 
has  become  a  recognized  principle,  and  that  the  establishment 
of  an  anti-republican  form  of  government  on  this  continent  by 
a  foreign  power  can  not  be  tolerated. 

8.  That  the  gratitude  and  support  of  the  nation  is  due  to 
the  faithful  soldiers,  and  the  earnest  leaders  of  the  Union  army 
and  navy,  for  tbeir  heroic  achievements  and  valor  in  defense 
of  our  imperiled  country  and  of  civil  liberty. 

9.  That  the  one  term  policy  for  the  Presidency  adopted  by 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  65 


the  people  is  strengthened  by  the  existing  crisis,  and  shall  be 
maintained  by  constitutional  amendments. 
■    10.    That  the  Constitution  shall  be  so  amended  that  the 
President  and  Vice  President  shall  be  elected  by  a  direct  vote 
of  the  people. 

11.  That  the  reconstruction  of  the  rebellious  States  belongs 
to  the  people  through  their  representatives  in  Congress,  and 
not  to  the  Executive. 

12.  That  the  confiscation  of  the  lands  of  the  rebels  and 
their  distribution  among  the  soldiers  and  actual  settlers  is  a 
measure  of  justice  ;  that  integrity  and  economy  are  demanded 
at  all  times  in  the  measures  of  the  government,  and  that  now 
the  want  of  this  is  criminal. 


NATIONAL  DEMOCRATIC  PLATFORM  OF  1864. 

Mesolved.,  That  in  the  future,  as  in  the  past,  we  will  adhere 
with  unswerving  fidelity  to  the  Union  under  the  Constitution 
as  the  only  solid  foundation  of  our  strength,  security  and  hap. 
piness  as  a  people,  and  as  a  framework  of  government  equally 
conducive  to  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  all  the  States,  both 
Northern  and  Southern. 

Resolved^  That  this  Convention  does  explicitly  declare,  as 
the  sense  of  the  American  people,  that  after  four  years  of  fail- 
ure to  restore  the  Union  by  experiment  of  war,  during  which, 
under  the  pretence  of  military  necessity  or  war  power  higher 
than  the  Constitution,  the  Constitution  itself  has  been  disre- 
garded in  every  part,  and  public  liberty  and  private  right  alike 
trodden  down,  and  the  material  prosperity  of  the  country  es- 
sentially impaired,  justice,  humanity,  liberty  and  the  public 
welfare  demand  that  immediate  eflforts  be  made  for  a  cessation 
of  hostilities  with  a  view  to  an  ultimate  convention  of  the 
States,  or  other  peaceable  means,  to  the  end  that  at  the  earli- 
est practical  moment  peace  may  be  restored  on  the  basis  of 
the  Federal  Union  of  the  States. 

Resolved^  That  the  direct  interference  of  the  military  au- 
thorities of  the  United  States  in  the  recent  elections  held  in 
Kentucky,  Maryland,  Missouri  and  Delaware  was  a  shameful 


66  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

violation  of  the  Constitution,  and  a  repetition  of  such  acts  in 
the  approaching  election  will  be  held  as  revolutionary,  and  re- 
sisted with  all  the  means  and  power  under  our  control. 

Resolved.,  That  the  aim  and  object  of  the  Democratic  party- 
is  to  preserve  the  Federal  Union  and  the  rights  of  the  States 
unimpaired,  and  they  herebj'  declare  that  they  consider  that 
the  administrative  usurpation  of  extraordinary  and  dangerous 
powers  not  granted  by  the  Constitution,  the  subversion  of  the 
civil  by  military  law  in  States  not  in  insurrection,  the  arbi- 
trary military  arrest,  imprisonment,  trial  and  sentence  of 
American  citizens  in  States  where  the  civil  law  exists  in  full 
force,  the  suppression  of  freedom  of  speech  and  of  the  press, 
the  denial  of  the  right  of  asylum,  the  open  and  avowed  right 
of  disregard  of  State  rights,  the  employment  of  unusual  test 
oaths,  and  the  interference  with,  and  denial  of  the  right  of  the 
people  to  bear  arms  in  their  defense,  is  calculated  to  prevent 
a  restoration  of  the  Union  and  a  perpetuation  of  the  Govern- 
ment deriving  its  just  powers  from  the  consent  of  the  gov- 
erned. 

Resolved.,  That  the  shameful  disregard  of  the  Administra- 
tion to  its  duty  in  respect  to  our  fellow-citizens  who  now  are, 
and  long  have  been,  prisoners  of  war  in  a  suffering  condition, 
deserves  the  severest  reprobation  on  the  score  alike  of  public 
policy  and  common  humanity. 

Resolved.,  That  the  sympathy  of  the  Democratic  party  is 
heartily  and  earnestly  extended  to  the  soldiery  of  our  army 
and  sailors  of  our  navy  who  are  and  have  been  in  the  field  and 
on  the  sea,  under  the  flag  of  their  country,  and  in  the  event 
of  its  attaining  power,  they  will  receive  all  the  care,  protec- 
tion and  regard  that  the  brave  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Re- 
public have  so  nobly  earned. 


THE  CHICAGO  PLATFORM,  1868. 

The  following  is  the  platform  as  adopted: 

The  National  Republican  Party  of  the  United  States,  as- 
sembled in  National  Convention,  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  on 
the  20t.h  day  of  May,  1868,  make  the  following  declaration  of 
principles: 

1.    We  congratulate  the  country  on  the  assured  success  of 


POLITICAL    PLATFORMS.  67 


the  reconstruction  policy  of  Congress,  as  evinced  by  the 
adoption,  in  the  majority  of  the  States  lately  in  rebellion,  of 
constitutions  securing  equal  civil  and  political  rights  to  all; 
and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Government  to  sustain  those  consti- 
tutions and  to  prevent  the  people  of  such  States  from  being 
remitted  to  a  state  of  anarchy. 

2.  The  guarantee  by  Congress  of  equal  suffrage  to  all  loyal 
men  at  the  South  was  demanded  by  every  consideration  of 
public  safety,  of  gratitude,  and  of  justice,  and  must  be  main- 
tained, while  the  question  of  suffrage  in  all  the  loyal  States 
properly  belongs  to  the  people  of  those  States. 

3.  We  denounce  all  forms  of  repudiation  as  a  national 
crime,  and  the  national  honor  requires  the  payment  of  the 
public  indebtedness  in  the  utmost  good  faith  to  all  creditors 
at  home  and  abroad,  not  only  according  to  the  letter  but  the 
spirit  of  the  laws  under  which  it  was  contracted. 

4.  It  is  due  to  the  labor  of  the  nation  that  taxation  should 
be  equalized  and  reduced  as  rapidly  as  the  national  faith  will 
permit. 

5.  The  national  debt,  contracted  as  it  has  been  for  the 
preservation  of  the  Union  for  all  time  to  come,  should  be  ex- 
tended over  a  fair  period  for  redemption;  and  it  is  the  duty  of 
Congress  to  reduce  the  rate  of  interest  thereon  whenever  it 
can  be  honestly  done. 

6.  That  the  best  policy  to  diminish  our  burden  of  debt  is 
to  so  improve  our  credit  that  capitalists  will  seek  to  loan  us 
money  at  lower  rates  of  interest  than  we  now  pay,  and  must 
continue  to  pay,  so  long  as  repudiation,  partial  or  total,  open 
or  covert,  is  threatened  or  suspected. 

7.  The  Government  of  the  United  States  should  be  admin- 
istered with  the  strictest  economy,  and  the  corruptions  which 
have  been  so  shamefully  nursed  and  fostered  by  Andrew 
Johnson  call  loudly  for  radical  reform. 

8.  We  professedly  deplore  the  untimely  and  tragic  death 
of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  regret  the  accession  of  Andrew 
Johnson  to  the  Presidency,  who  has  acted  treacherously  to 
the  people  who  elected  him,  and  the  cause  he  was  i)ledged  to 
support — who  has  usurped  high  legislative  and  judicial  func- 
tions— who  has  refused  to  execute  the  laws — who  has  used  his 
high  office  to  induce  other  officers  to  ignore  and  violate  the 
laws — who  has  employed  his  executive  powers  to  render  inse- 


68  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 


cure  the  property,  the  peace,  liberty,  and  life  of  the  citizen — 
who  has  abused  the  pardoning  power — who  has  denounced 
the  National  Legislature  as  unconstitutional — persistently  and 
corruptly  resisted,  by  every  measure  in  his  power,  every 
proper  attempt  at  the  reconstruction  of  the  States  lately  in 
rebellion — who  has  perverted  the  public  patronage  into  an 
engine  of  wholesale  corruption,  and  who  has  been  justly  im- 
peached for  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors,  and  properly  pro- 
nounced guilty  thereof  by  the  vote  of  thirty-five  Senators. 

9.  The  doctrine  of  Great  Britain  and  other  European  Pow- 
ers, that  because  a  man  is  once  a  subject  he  is  always  so, 
must  be  resisted  at  every  hazard  by  the  United  States  as  a 
relic  of  the  feudal  times,  not  authorized  by  the  law  of  nations, 
and  at  war  with  our  national  honor  and  independence.  Nat- 
uralized citizens  are  entitled  to  be  protected  in  all  their 
rights  of  citizenship  as  though  they  were  native  born  ;  and 
no  citizen  of  the  United  States,  native  or  naturalized,  must 
be  liable  to  arrest  and  imprisonment  by  any  foreign  power  for 
acts  done  or  words  spoken  in  this  country;  and  if  so  arrested 
and  imprisoned  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Government  to  interfere 
in  his  behalf. 

10.  Of  all  who  were  faithful  in  the  trials  of  the  late  war 
there  were  none  entitled  to  more  especial  honor  than  the 
brave  soldiers  and  seamen  who  endured  the  hardships  of  cam- 
paign and  cruise,  and  imperiled  their  lives  in  the  service  of 
the  country.  The  bounties  and  pensions  provided  by  the  laws 
for  these  brave  defenders  of  the  nation  are  obligations  never 
to  be  forgotten.  The  widows  and  orphans  of  the  gallant 
dead  are  the  wards  of  the  people,  a  sacred  legacy  bequeathed 
to  the  nation's  protecting  care. 

11.  Foreign  emigration,  which  in  the  past  has  added  so 
much  to  the  wealth,  development,  and  resources  and  increase 
of  power  to  this  nation,  the  asylum  of  the  oppressed  of  all 
nations,  should  be  fostered  and  encouraged  by  a  liberal  and 
just  policy. 

12.  This  Convention  declares  itself  in  sympathy  with  all 
the  oppressed  people  which  are  struggling  for  their  rights. 

The  following  resolutions  were  also  adopted  unanimously, 
and  are  added  to  the  declaration  of  principles : 

Resolved^  That  we  highly  commend  the  spirit  of  magnan- 
imity and  forgiveness  with  which  the  men  who  have  served  in 


POLITICAL  PLATPOftMS.  69 

the  rebellion,  but  now  frankly  and  honestly  co-operate  with 
us  in  restoring  the  peace  of  the  country  and  reconstructing 
the  Southern  State  governments  upon  the  basis  of  impartial 
justice  and  equal  rights,  are  received  back  into  the  com- 
munion of  the  loyal  people.  And  we  favor  the  removal  of 
the  disqualifications  and  restrictions  placed  upon  the  late 
rebels  in  the  same  measure  as  the  spirit  of  loyalty  will  direct, 
and  as  may  be  consistent  with  the  safety  of  the  loyal  people. 
Resolved^  That  we  recognize  the  great  principles  laid  down 
in  the  immortal  Declaration  of  Independence  as  the  true 
foundation  of  Democratic  government ;  and  we  hail  with 
gladness  every  efibrt  toward  making  these  principles  a  living 
reality  on  every  inch  of  American  soil. 


DEMOCRATIC  PLATFORM  OF  1868. 

The  Democratic  party,  in  National  Convention  assembled, 
reposing  its  trust  in  the  intelligence,  patriotism,  and  discrimi- 
nating justice  of  the  people,  standing  upon  the  Constitution  as 
the  foundation  and  limitation  of  the  powers  of  the  Government 
and  the  guarantee  of  the  liberties  of  the  citizen,  and  recog- 
nizing the  questions  of  slavery  andsecession  as  having  been  set- 
tled for  all  time  to  come  by  the  war  or  the  voluntary  action  of 
the  Southern  States  in  Constitutional  Conventions  assembled, 
and  never  to  be  revived  or  re- agitated,  do,  with  the  return  of 
peace,  demand: 

1.  The  immediate  restoration  of  all  the  States  to  their 
rights  in  the  Union  under  the  Constitution  of  the  civil  Gov- 
ernment and  in  the  American  people. 

2.  Amnesty  for  all  past  political  ofi"enses ;  the  regulation  of 
the  elective  franchise  in  the  States  by  their  citizens. 

3.  Payment  of  the  public  debt  of  the  United  States  as  rap- 
idl}"  as  practicable,  all  money  drawn  from  the  people  by  taxa- 
tion, except  so  much  as  is  requisite  for  the  necessities  of  the 
Government  economically  administered  being  honestly  ap- 
plied to  such  payment,  and  where  the  obligations  of  the  Gov- 
ernment do  not  expressly  state  upon  their  face  or  the  law 
under  which  they  were  issued  does  not  provide  that  they  shall 
be  paid  in  coin  they  ought,  in  right  and  justice,  be  paid  in  the 
lawful  money  of  the  United  States. 


'iO  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

4.  Equal  taxation  of  every  species  of  property  according 
to  the  value ;  reducing  Government  bonds  and  other  public 
securities. 

6.  One  currency  for  the  Government  and  the  people,  the 
laborer  and  the  office-holder,  pensioner  and  the  soldier,  the 
producer  and  the  bondholder. 

6.  Economy  in  the  administration  ot  the  Government ;  the 
reduction  of  the  standing  army  and  navy ;  the  abolition  of  the 
Freedmen's  Bureau,  and  all  political  instrumentalities  de- 
signed to  secure  negro  supremacy ;  simplification  of  the  system 
and  discontinuance  of  inquisitorial  modes  of  assessing  and 
collecting  internal  revenue,  that  the  burden  of  taxation  may 
be  equalized  and  lessened,  and  the  credit  of  the  Government 
and  the  currency  made  good ;  the  repeal  of  all  enactments  for 
enrolling  the  State  militia  into  a  national  force  in  time  of 
peace ;  and  a  tariff  for  revenue  upon  foreign  imports  and  such 
equal  taxation  under  the  internal  revenue  laws  as  will  aflford 
incidental  protection  to  domestic  manufactures  as  well,  with- 
out impairing  the  revenue,  impose  the  least  burden  upon  and 
best  promote  and  encourage  the  great  industrial  interests  of 
the  country. 

7.  Reform  of  abuses  in  the  Administration ;  the  expulsion 
of  corrupt  men  from  office  ;  the  abrogation  of  useless  offices ; 
the  restoration  of  the  rightful  authority  to  and  the  independ- 
ence of  the  Executive  and  Judicial  Departments  of  the  Gov- 
ernment; the  subordination  of  the  military  to  the  civil  power, 
to  the  end  that  the  usurpation  of  Congress  and  the  despotism 
of  the  sword  may  cease. 

8.  Equal  rights  and  protection  for  naturalized  and  native 
born  citizens  at  home  and  abroad ;  the  assertion  of  American 
nationality,  which  will  command  the  respect  of  foreign  powers 
furnish  an  example  and  encouragement  to  people  struggling 
for  national  integrity,  constitutional  liberty,  and  individual 
rights ;  and  the  maintenance  of  the  rights  of  naturalized  citi- 
zens against  the  absolute  doctrine  of  immutable  allegiance 
and  the  claims  of  foreign  powers  to  punish  them  for  alleged 
crimes  committed  beyond  their  jurisdiction.  In  demanding 
these  measures  and  reforms,  we  airaign  the  radical  party  for 
its  disregard  of  right  and  the  unparalleled  oppression  and 
tyranny  which  have  marked  its  career,  after  the  most  solemn 
and  unanimous  pledge  of  both  houses  of  Congress  to  prose- 


POLITICAL    PLATFORMS.  71 

cute  the  war  exclusively  for  the  maintenaace  of  the  Govern- 
ment and  the  preservation  of  the  Union  under  the  Constitu- 
tion. It  has  repeatedly  violated  that  most  sacred  pledge 
under  which  was  rallied  that  noble  volunteer  army  which  car- 
ried our  flag  to  victory.  Instead  of  restoring  the  Union  it  has, 
so  far  as  it  is  in  its  power,  dissolved  it,  and  subjected  ten  States 
in  time  of  peace  to  military  despotism  and  negro  supremacy. 
It  has  nullified  there  the  right  of  trial  by  jury ;  it  has  abolished 
the  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  that  most  sacred  writ  of  liberty ;  it 
has  overthrown  the  freedom  of  speech  and  of  the  press ;  it  has 
substituted  arbitrary  seizures  and  arrests,  military  trials,  se- 
cret star  chambers,  and  inquisitions  for  constitutional  tribu- 
nals; it  has  disregarded,  in  time  of  peace,  the  right  of  tho 
people  to  be  free  from  search  and  seizure ;  it  has  entered  the 
post-office  and  telegraph  office,  and  even  the  private  rooms  of 
individuals  and  seized  there  their  private  papers  and  letters, 
without  any  specification  or  notice  of  affidavit,  as  required  by 
the  organic  law.  It  has  converted  the  American  Capitol  into 
a  bastile;  it  has  established  a  system  of  spies  and  official  espion- 
age to  which  the  constitutional  monarchies  of  Europe 
never  dare  to  resort.  It  has  abolished  the  right  of  appeal  on 
important  constitutional  questions  to  the  supreme  judicial 
tribunals,  and  threatens  to  curtail  or  destroy  its  original  juris- 
diction, which  is  irrevocably  vested  by  the  Constitution  ;  while 
the  learned  Chief  Justice  has  been  subjected  to  the  most  atro- 
cious calumnies  merely  because  he  would  not  prostitute  his 
high  office  to  the  support  of  the  false  and  partisan  charges 
against  the  President.  Its  corruption  and  extravagance  have 
exceeded  anything  known  in  history,  and  by  its  frauds  and 
monopolies  it  has  nearly  doubled  the  burden  of  the  debt  cre- 
ated during  the  war.  It  has  stripped  the  President  of  his 
Constitutional  power  of  appointment  even  of  his  own  Cabinet. 
Under  its  repeated  assaults  the  pillars  of  the  Government  are 
rocking  to  their  base;  and  should  it  succeed  in  November 
next,  and  inaugurate  its  President,  we  will  meet  as  a  subjected 
and  conquered  people  amid  the  ruins  of  liberty  and  the  scat- 
tered fragments  of  the  Constitution ;  and  we  do  declare  and 
resolve  that  ever  since  the  people  of  the  United  States  threw 
off  all  subjection  to  the  British  crown,  the  privilege  and  trust 
of  sufi"rage  have  belonged  to  the  several  States,  and  have  been 
granted,  regulated,  and  controlled  exclusively  by  the  political 


73  POLITICAL  PLATFOKMS. 

power  of  each  State  respeotively,  and  any  attempt  by  Con- 
gress, on  any  pretext  whatever,  to  deprive  any  State  of  this 
right,  or  interfere  with  this  exercise,  is  a  flagrant  usurpation 
of  power  which  can  find  no  warrant  in  the  Constitution,  and 
if  sanctioned  by  the  people  will  subvert  our  form  of  Govern- 
ment, and  can  only  end  in  a  single,  centralized  and  consolidated 
Government,  in  which  the  separate  existence  of  the  States  will 
be  entirely  absorbed,  and  an  unqualified  despotism  then  be 
established  in  place  of  a  Federal  Union  of  coequal  States,  and 
that  we  regard  the  reconstruction  acts  so  called  of  Congress 
such  usurpations  and  unconstitutional,  revolutionary  and  void; 
that  our  soldiers  and  sailors  who  carried  the  flag  of  our  country 
to  victory  against  a  most  gaUant  and  determined  foe  must  ever 
be  gratefully  remembered,  and  all  the  guarantees  given  in 
their  favor  must  be  faithfully  carried  into  execution;  that  the 
public  lands  should  be  distributed  widely  among  the  people 
and  should  be  disposed  of  either  under  the  pre-emption  of  the 
homestead  lands  and  sold  in  reasonable  quantities,  and  to  none 
but  actual  occupants,  at  the  price  established  by  the  Govern- 
ment. When  the  grants  of  the  public  lands  may  be  allowed 
necessary  for  the  encouragement  of  important  public  improve- 
ments, the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  such  lands,  and  not  the 
lands  themselves,  should  be  so  applied  ;  that  the  President  of 
the  United  States,  Andrew  Johnson,  exercising  the  power  of 
his  high  office  in  resisting  the  aggressions  of  Congress  on  the 
constitutional  rights  of  the  States  and  the  people,  is  entitled 
to  the  gratitude  of  the  whole  American  people,  and  on  behalf 
of  the  Democratic  party,  we  tender  him  our  thanks  for  his 
patriotic  efforts  in  that  regard. 

Upon  this  platform  the  Democratic  party  appeal  to  every 
patriot,  including  all  the  conservative  element,  and  all  who 
desire  to  support  the  Constitution  and  restore  the  Union,  for- 
getting all  past  differences  of  opinion,  to  unite  with  us  in  the 
present  great  struggle  for  the  liberties  of  the  people;  and  that 
to  all  such,  to  whatever  party  they  may  have  heretofore  be- 
longed, we  extend  the  right  hand  of  fellowship,  and  hail  all 
such  co-operating  with  us  as  friends  and  brothers. 


POLITICAL  PLA'TFORMS.  73 

KEPUBLICAN  PLATFORM,  1872. 

The  Republican  party  of  the  United  States,  assembled  in 
national  convention  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  on  the  5th  and 
6th  days  of  Juaie,  1872,  again  declares  its  faith,  appeals  to  its 
history,  and  announces  its  position  upon  the  questions  before 
the  country: 

1.  During  eleven  years  of  supremacy  it  has  accepted  with 
grand  courage  the  solemn  duties  of  the  time.  It  suppressed 
a  gigantic  rebellion,  emancipated  four  millions  of  slaves,  de- 
creed the  equal  citizenship  of  all,  and  established  universal 
suffrage.  Exhibiting  unparalelled  magnanimity,  it  criminally 
punished  no  man  for  political  offenses,  and  warmly  welcomed 
all  who  proved  loyalty  by  obeying  the  laws  and  dealingjustly 
with  their  neighbors.  It  has  steadily  decreased  with  firm 
hand  the  resultant  disorders  of  a  great  war,  and  initiated  a 
wise  and  humane  policy  toward  the  Indians.  The  Pacific  rail- 
road and  similar  vast  enterprises  have  been  generously  aided 
and  successfully  conducted,  the  public  lands  freely  given  to 
actual  settlers,  immigration  protected  and  encouraged,  and  a 
full  acknowledgement  of  the  naturalized  citizen's  rights  se- 
cured from  European  Powers.  A  uniform  national  currency 
has  been  provided,  repudiation  frowned  down,  the  national 
credit  sustained  under  the  most  extraordinary  burdens,  and  new 
bonds  negotiated  at  lower  rates.  The  revenues  have  been  care- 
fully collected  and  honestly  applied.  Despite  annual  large 
reductions  of  the  rates  of  taxation,  the  public  debt  has  been  re- 
duced during  General  Grant's  Pi*esidency  at  the  rate  of  a  hun- 
dred millions  a  year,  great  financial  crises  have  been  avoided, 
and  peace  and  plenty  prevail  throughout  the  laud.  Menacmg 
foreign  difficulties  have  been  peacefully  and  honorably  com- 
posed, and  the  honor  and  power  of  the  nation  kept  in  high 
respect  throughout  the  world.  This  glorious  record  of  the 
past  is  the  party's  best  pledge  for  the  future.  We  believe 
the  people  will  not  intrust  the  Goveiimaent  to  any  party  or 
combination  of  men  composed  chiefly  of  those  who  have  re- 
sisted every  step  of  this  benificent  progress. 

2.  The  recent  amendments  to  the  national  Constitution 
should  be  cordially  sustained  because   they   are  right,  nofc 


74  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

merely  tolerated  because  they  are  law,  and  should  be  carried 
out  according  to  their  spirit  by  appropriate  legislation,  the 
enforcement  of  which  can  safely  be  intrusted  only  to  the 
party  that  secured  those  amendments. 

3.  Complete  liberty  and  exact  equality  in  the  enjoyment 
of  all  civil,  political  and  public  rights  should  be  established 
and  effectually  maintained  throughout  the  Union  by  eflScient 
and  appropriate  State  and  Federal  legislation.  Neither  the 
law  nor  its  administration  should  admit  any  discrimination  in 
respect  of  citizens  by  reason  of  race,  cr^ed,  color,  or  previous 
condition  of  servitude. 

4.  The  national  Government  should  seek  to  maintain  hon- 
orable peace  with  all  nation  ,  protecting  its  citizens  every- 
where and  sympathizing  with  all  peoples  who  strive  for  greater 
liberty. 

5.  Any  system  of  the  civil  service  under  which  the  subor- 
dinate positions  of  the  government  are  considered  rewards  for 
mere  party  zeal  is  fatally  demoralizing,  and  we  therefore  favor 
a  reform  of  the  system  by  laws  which  shall  abolish  the  evils 
of  patronage  and  make  honesty,  efficiency,  and  fidelity  the 
essential  qualifications  for  public  positions,  without  creating  a 
life  tenure  of  office. 

6.  We  are  opposed  to  further  grants  of  the  public  lands  to 
corporations  and  monopolies,  and  demand  that  the  national 
domain  be  set  apart  for  free  homes  for  the  people. 

7.  The  annual  revenue,  after  paying  current  expenditures, 
pensions,  and  the  interest  on  the  public  debt,  should  furnish 
a  moderate  balance  for  the  reduction  of  the  principal,  and 
that  revenue,  except  so  much  as  may  be  derived  from  a  tax 
upon  tobacco  and  liquors,  should  be  raised  by  duties  upon  im- 
portations, the  details  of  which  should  be  so  adjusted  as  to 
aid  in  securing  remunerative  wages  to  labor,  and  promote  the 
industries,  prosperity,  and  growth  of  the  whole  country. 

8.  We  hold  in  undying  honor  the  soldiers  and  sailors  whose 
valor  saved  the  Union.  Their  pensions  are  a  sacred  debt  of 
the  nation,  and  the  widows  and  orphans  of  those  who  died  for 
their  oounlry  are  entitled  to  the  care  of  a  generous  and  grate- 
ful people.  We  favor  such  additional  legislation  as  will  ex- 
tend the  bounty  of  the  Government  to  all  our  soldiers  and 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  75 

sailors  who  were  honorably  discharged,  and  who  in  the  line 
of  duty  became  disabled,  without  regard  to  the  length  of  ser- 
vice or  the  cause  of  such  discharge. 

9.  The  doctrine  of  Great  Britain  and  other  European  Pow- 
ers concerning  allegiance — "once  a  subject  always  a  subject" 
— having  at  last  through  the  efforts  of  the  Republican  party 
been  abandoned,  and  the  American  idea  of  the  individual's 
right  to  transfer  allegiance  having  been  accepted  by  Euro- 
pean nations,  it  is  the  duty  of  our  Government  to  guard  with 
jealous  care  the  rights  of  adopted  citizens  against  the  assump- 
tion of  unauthorized  claims  by  their  former  Governments, 
and  we  urge  continued  careful  encouragement  and  protec- 
tion of  voluntary  immigration. 

10.  The  franking  privilege  ought  to  be  abolished,  and  the 
way  prepared  for  a  speedy  reduction  in  the  rates  of  postage. 

11  Among  the  questions  which  press  for  attention  is  that 
which  concerns  the  relations  of  capital  and  labor,  and  the 
Republican  party  recognizes  the  duty  of  so  shaping  legis- 
lation as  to  secure  full  protection  and  the  amplest  field  for 
capital,  and  for  labor,  the  creator  of  capital,  the  largest  oppor- 
tunities and  a  just  share  of  the  mutual  profits  of  these  two 
great  servants  of  civilization. 

12.  We  hold  that  Congress  and  the  President  have  only 
fulfilled  an  imperative  duty  in  their  measures  for  the  sup- 
pression of  violent  and  treasonable  organizations  in  certain 
lately  rebellious  regions,  and  for  the  protection  of  the  ballot- 
box;  and  therefore  they  are  entitled  to  the  thanks  of  the 
nation. 

13.  We  denounce  repudiation  of  the  public  debt,  in  any 
form  or  disguise  as  a  national  crime.  We  witness  with  pride 
the  reduction  of  the  principal  of  the  debt,  and  the  rates  of  in- 
terest upon  the  balance,  and  confidently  expect  that  our  ex- 
cellent national  currency  will  be  perfected  by  a  speedy  re- 
sumption of  specie  payment. 

14.  The  Republican  party  is  mindful  of  its  obligations  to 
the  loyal  women  of  America  for  their  noble  devotion  to  the 
cause  of  freedom.  Their  admission  to  wider  fields  of  useful- 
ness is  viewed  with  satisfaction ;  and  the  honest  demand  of 


76  POLITICAl.   PLATFORMS. 


any  class  of  citizens  for  additional  rights  should  be  treated 
with  respectful  consideration. 

15.  We  heartily  approve  the  action  of  Congress  in  extend 
ing  amnesty  to  those  lately  in  rebellion,  and  rejoice  in  the 
growth  of  peace  and  fraternal  feeling  throughout  the  land. 

16.  The  Republican  party  proposes  to  respect  the  rights 
reserved  by  the  people  to  themselves  as  carefully  as  the 
powers  delegated  by  them  to  the  State  and  to  the  Federal 
Government.  It  disapproves  of  the  resort  to  unconstitutional 
laws  for  the  purpose  of  removing  evils,  by  interference  with 
rights  not  surrendered  by  the  people  to  either  the  State  or  na- 
tional Government. 

17.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  General  Government  to  adopt  such 
measures  as  may  tend  to  encourage  and  restore  American 
commerce  and  ship-building. 

18.  We  believe  that  the  modest  patriotism,  the  earnest  pur- 
pose, the  sound  judgment,  the  practical  wisdom,  the  incor- 
ruptible integrity,  and  the  illustrious  services  of  Ulysses  S. 
Grant  have  commended  him  to  the  heart  of  the  American 
people,  and  with  him  at  our  head  we  start  to  day  upon  a  new 
march  to  victory. 

19.  Henry  Wilson,  nominated  for  the  Vice-Presidency, 
known  to  the  whole  land  from  the  early  days  of  the  great 
struggle  for  liberty  as  an  indefatigable  laborer  in  all  cam- 
paigns, an  incorruptible  legislator  and  representative  man  of 
American  institutions,  is  worthy  to  associate  with  our  great 
leader  and  share  the  honors  which  we  pledge  our  best  efforts 
to  bestow  upon  them. 


NATIONAL  LIBERAL  KEPUBLICAN  CONVENTION,  1872. 
ADDRESS    TO   THE   PEOPLE   OF  THE   UNITED   STATES. 

The  Administration  now  in  power  has  rendered  itself  guilty 
of  wanton  disregard  of  the  laws  of  the  land,  and  of  usurping 
powers  not  granted  by  the  Constitution ;  it  has  acted  as  if  the 
laws  had  binding  force  only  for  those  who  are  governed,  and 
not  for  those  who  govern.  It  has  thus  struck  a  blow  at  the 
fundamental  principles  of  constitutional  government  and  the 
liberties  of  the  citizen. 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  77 


The  President  of  the  United  States  has  openly  used  the 
powers  and  opportunities  of  his  high  office  for  the  promotion 
of  personal  ends. 

He  has  kept  notoriously  corrupt  and  unworthy  men  in 
places  of  power  and  responsibility,  to  the  detriment  of  the 
public  interest. 

He  has  used  the  public  service  of  the  Government  as  a 
machinery  of  corruption  and  personal  influence,  and  has  inter- 
fered with  tyrannical  arrogance  in  the  political  affairs  of 
States  and  municipalities. 

He  has  rewarded  with  influential  and  lucrative  offices  men 
who  had  acquired  his  favor  by  valuable  presents,  thus  stimu 
lating  the  demoralization  of  our  political  life  by  his  conspicu- 
ous example. 

He  has  shown  himself  deplorably  unequal  to  the  task  im- 
posed upon  him  by  the  necessities  of  the  country,  and  culpa- 
bly careless  of  the  responsibilities  of  his  high  office. 

The  partizans  of  the  Administration,  assuming  to  be  the 
Republican  party  and  controlling  its  organization,  have  at- 
tempted to  justify  such  wrongs  and  palliate  such  abuses  to 
the  end  of  maintaining  partisan  ascendency. 

They  have  stood  in  the  way  of  necessary  investigations  and 
indispensable  reforms,  pretending  that  no  serious  fault  could 
be  found  with  the  present  administration  of  public  aflaire, 
thus  seeking  to  blind  the  eyes  of  the  people. 

They  have  kept  alive  the  passions  and  resentment  of  the 
late  civil  war,  to  use  them  for  their  own  advantage ,  they 
have  resorted  to  arbitrary  measures  in  direct  conflict  with  the 
organic  law,  instead  of  appealing  to  the  better  instincts  and 
latent  patriotism  of  the  Southern  people  by  restoring  to  them 
these  rights,  the  enjoyment  of  which  is  indispensable  to  a 
successful  administration  of  their  local  affairs,  and  would  tend 
to  revive  a  patriotic  and  hopeful  national  feeling. 

They  have  degraded  themselves  and  the  name  of  their  party, 
once  justly  entitled  to  the  confidence  of  the  nation,  by  a  base 
sycophancy  to  the  dispenser  of  executive  power  and  patron- 
age, unworthy  of  republican  freemen ;  they  have  sought  to 
silence  the  voice  of  just  criticism,  and  stifle  the  moral  sense 
of  the  people,  and  to  subjugate  public  opinion  by  tyrannical 
party  discipline. 
They  are  striving  to  maintain  themselves  in  authority  for 


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78  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

selfish  ends  by  an  unscrupulous  use  of  the  power  which  right- 
fully belongs  to  the  people,  and  should  be  employed  only  in 
the  service  of  the  country. 

Believing  that  an  organization  thus  led  and  controlled  can 
no  longer  be  of  service  to  the  best  interests  of  the  Republic, 
we  have  resolved  to  make  an  independent  appeal  to  the  sober 
judgment,  conscience,  and  patriotism  of  the  American  people. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

We,  the  Liberal  Republicans  of  the  United  States,  in 
National  Convention  assembled  at  Cincinnati,  proclaim  the 
following  principles  as  essential  to  just  government: 

1.  We  recognize  the  equality  of  all  men  before  the  law, 
and  hold  that  it  is  the  duty  of  government,  in  its  dealings 
with  the  people,  to  mete  out  equal  and  exact  justice  to  all,  of 
whatever  nativity,  race,  color,  or  persuasion,  religious  or 
political. 

2.  We  pledge  ourselves  to  maintain  the  Union  of  these 
States,  emancipation  and  enfranchisement,  and  to  oppose  any 
re-opening  of  the  questions  settled  by  the  thirteenth,  four- 
teenth, and  fifteenth  amendments  of  the  Constitution. 

3.  We  demand  the  immediate  and  absolute  removal  of  all 
disabilities  imposed  on  account  of  the  rebellion,  which  was 
finally  subdued  seven  years  ago,  believing  that  universal  am- 
nesty will  result  in  complete  pacification  in  all  sections  of 
the  country. 

4.  Local  self-government,  with  impartial  suffrage,  will  guard 
the  rights  of  all  citizens  more  securely  than  any  centralized 
power.  The  public  welfiire  requires  the  supremacy  of  the  civil 
over  the  military  authority,  and  the  ireedom  of  i^erson  under 
the  protection  of  the  haheas  corpus.  We  demand  for  the  indi- 
vidual the  largest  liberty  consistent  with  public  order,  for  the 
State  self-government,  and  for  the  nation  a  return  to  the 
methods  of  peace  and  the  constitutional  limitations  of  power. 

5.  The  civil  service  of  the  Government  has  become  a  mere 
instrument  of  partisan  tyranny  and  personal  ambition,  and  an 
object  of  selfish  greed.  It  is  a  scandal  and  reproach  upon  free 
institutions,  and  breeds  a  demoralization  dangerous  to  the 
perpetuity  of  republican  government.  We  therefore  regard 
a  thorough  reform  of  the  civil  service  as  one  of  the  most  press- 
ing necessities  of  the  hour ;  that  honesty,  capacity,  and  fidelity 


POLITICAL  PLATFOBMS.  79 


constitute  the  only  valid  claims  to  public  employment ;  that 
the  ofl&ces  of  the  Government  cease  to  be  a  matter  of  arbitrary 
favoritism  and  patronage,  and  that  public  station  shall  become 
again  a  post  of  honor.  To  this  end  it  is  imperatively  required 
that  no  President  shall  be  a  candidate  for  re  election. 

6.  We  demand  a  system  of  Federal  taxation  which  shall 
not  unnecessarily  interfere  with  the  industry  of  the  people, 
and  which  shall  provide  the  means  necessary  to  pay  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Government,  economically  administered,  the 
pensions,  the  interest  on  the  public  debt,  and  a  moderate 
reduction  annually  of  the  principal  thereof;  and  recognizing 
that  there  are  in  our  midst  honest  but  irreconcilable  differ- 
ences of  opinion  with  regard  to  the  respective  systems  of 
protection  and  free  trade,  we  remit  the  discussion  of  the  sub- 
ject to  the  people  in  their  congressional  districts  and  the 
decision  of  Congress  thereon,  wholly  free  from  executive  inter- 
ference or  dictation. 

7.  The  public  credit  must  be  sacredly  maintained,  and  we 
denounce  repudiation  in  every  form  and  guise. 

8.  A  speedy  return  to  specie  payments  is  demanded  alike 
by  the  highest  considerations  of  commercial  morality  and 
honest  government. 

9.  We  remember  with  gratitude  the  heroism  and  sacrifices 
of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Republic,  and  no  act  of  ours 
shall  ever  detract  from  their  justly  earned  fame  or  the  full 
rewards  of  their  patriotism. 

10.  We  are  opposed  to  all  further  grants  of  lands  to  rail- 
roads or  other  corporations.  The  public  domain  should  be 
held  sacred  to  actual  settlers. 

11.  We  hold  that  is  the  duty  of  the  Government  in  its  inter- 
course with  foreign  nations  to  cultivate  the  Iriendships  of 
peace  by  treating  with  all  on  fair  and  equal  terms,  regarding 
it  alike  dishonorable  either  to  demand  what  is  nob  right  or 
submit  to  what  is  wrong. 

12.  For  the  promotion  and  success  of  these  vital  principles 
and  the  support  of  the  candidates  nominated  by  this  conven- 
tion we  invite  and  cordially  welcome  the  co-operation  of  all 
patriotic  citizens,  without  regard  to  previous  political  affili- 
ations. 


80  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 


NATIONAL  DEMOCRATIC  CONVENTION,  1872. 

We,  the  Democratic  electors  of  the  United  States  in  Con- 
vention assembled,  do  present  the  following  principles, 
already  adopted  at  Cincinnati,  as  essential  to  just  government. 

1.  We  recognize  the  equality  of  all  men  before  the  law, 
and  hold  that  it  is  the  duty  of  Government  in  its  dealings 
with  the  people  to  mete  out  equal  and  exact  justice  to  all,  of 
whatever  nativity,  race,  color,  or  persuasion,  religious  or 
political. 

2.  We  pledge  ourselves  to  maintain  the  union  of  these 
States,  emancipation,  and  enfranchisement,  and  to  oppose  any 
re-opening  of  the  questions  settled  by  the  thirteenth,  four- 
teenth and  fifteenth  amendments  to  the  Constitution. 

3.  We  demand  the  immediate  and  absolute  removal  of  all 
disabilities  imposed  on  account  of  the  rebellion,  which  was 
finally  subdued  seven  years  ago,  believing  that  universal  am- 
nesty will  result  in  complete  pacification  in  all  sections  of 
the  country. 

4.  Local  self-government,  with  impartial  suffrage,  will 
guard  the  rights  of  all  citizens  more  securely  than  any  cen- 
tralized power.  The  public  welfare  requires  the  supremacy  of 
the  civil  over  the  military  authority,  and  freedom  of  person 
under  the  protection  of  the  haheas  corpus.  We  demand  for 
the  individual  the  largest  liberty  consistent  with  public 
order ;  for  the  State  self-government,  and  for  the  nation  a  re- 
turn to  the  methods  of  peace  and  the  constitutional  limita- 
tions of  power. 

5.  The  civil  service  of  the  Government  has  become  a  mere 
instrument  of  partisan  tyranny  and  personal  ambition,  and 
an  object  of  selfish  greed.  It  is  a  scandal  and  reproach  upon 
free  institutions  and  breeds  a  demoralization  dangerous  to 
the  perpetuity  of  republican  government.  We  therefore  re- 
gard a  thorough  reform  of  the  civil  service  as  one  of  the  most 
pressing  necessities  of  the  hour ;  that  honesty,  capacity,  and 
fidelity  constitute  the  only  valid  claim  to  public  employ- 
ment; that  the  offices  of  the  government  cease  to  be  a  mat- 
ter of  arbitrary  favoritism  and  patronage,  and  that  public 
station  become  again  a  post  of  honor.  To  this  end  it  is  im- 
peratively required  that  no  President  shall  be  a  candidate  for 
re-election. 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  81 

6.  We  demand  a  system  of  Federal  taxation  which  shall 
not  unnecessarily  interfere  with  the  industry  of  the  people, 
and  which  shall  provide  the  means  necessary  to  pay  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Government,  economically  administered,  the 
pensions,  the  interest  on  the  public  debt,  and  a  moderate  re- 
duction annually  of  the  principal  thereof;  and  recognizing 
that  there  are  in  our  midst  honest  but  irreconcilable  differ- 
ences of  opinion  with  regard  to  the  respective  systems  of 
protection  and  free  trade,  we  remit  the  discussion  of  the  sub- 
ject to  the  people  in  their  Congressional  districts,  and  to  the 
decision  of  the  Congress  thereon,  wholly  free  from  executive 
interference  or  dictation. 

7.  The  public  credit  must  be  sacredly  maintained,  and  we 
denounce  repudiation  in  every  form  and  guise. 

8.  A  speedy  return  to  specie  payment  is  demanded  alike 
by  the  highest  considerations  of  commercial  morality  and 
honest  government. 

9.  We  remember  with  gratitude  the  heroism  and  sacrifices 
of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Republic,  and  no  act  of  ours 
shall  ever  detract  from  their  justly  earned  fame  for  the  full 
reward  of  their  patriotism. 

10.  We  are  opposed  to  all  further  grants  of  lands  to  rail- 
roads or  other  corporations.  The  public  domain  should  be 
held  sacred  to  actual  settlers. 

11.  We  hold  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Government  in  its 
intercourse  with  foreign  nations  to  cultivate  the  friendships 
of  peace,  by  treating  with  all  on  fair  and  equal  terms,  regard- 
ing it  alike  dishonorable  either  to  demand  what  is  not  right 
or  to  submit  to  what  is  wrong. 

12.  For  the  promotion  and  success  of  these  vital  princi- 
ples, and  the  support  of  the  candidates  nominated  by  this 
convention,  we  invite  and  cordially  welcome  the  co-operation 
of  all  patriotic  citizens,  without  regard  to  previous  political 
affiliations. 


NATIONAL  LABOE  REFORM  CONVENTION,  1872. 

We  hold  that  all  political  power  is  inherent  in  the  people, 
and  free  government  founded  on  their  authority  and  estab- 
lished for  iheir  benefit ;  that  ail  citizens  are  equal  in  political 

6 


82  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 


rights,  entitled  to  the  largest  religious  and  political  liberty- 
compatible  with  the  good  order  of  society,  as  also  the  use  and 
enjoyment  of  the  fruits  of  their  labor  and  talents  ;  and  no  man 
or  set  of  men  is  entitled  to  exclusive  separable  endowments 
and  privileges,  or  immunities  from  the  Government,  but  in 
consideration  of  public  services;  and  any  laws  destructive  of 
these  fundamental  principles  are  without  moral  binding  force, 
and  should  be  repealed.  And  believing  that  all  the  evils  re- 
sulting from  unjust  legislation  now  affecting  the  industrial 
classes  can  be  removed  by  the  adoption  of  the  principle  con- 
tained in  the  following  declaration :    Therefore, 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Government  to  estab- 
lish a  just  standard  of  distribution  of  capital  and  labor  by 
providing  a  purely  national  circulating  medium,  based  on  the 
faith  and  resources  of  the  nation,  issued  directly  to  the  people 
without  the  intervention  of  any  system  of  banking  corpora- 
tions, which  money  shall  be  legal  tender  in  the  payment  of  all 
debts,  public  and  private,  and  interchangeable  at  the  option 
of  the  holder  for  Government  bonds  bearing  a  rate  of  interest 
not  to  exceed  3-65  per  cent.,  subject  to  future  legislation  by 
Congress. 

2.  That  the  national  debt  should  be  paid  in  good  faith,  ac- 
cording to  the  original  contract,  at  the  earliest  option  of  the 
Government,  without  mortgaging  the  property  of  the  people 
or  the  future  exigencies  of  labor  to  enrich  a  few  capitalists  at 
home  and  abroad. 

3.  That  justice  demands  that  the  burden  of  Government 
should  be  so  adjusted  as  to  bear  equally  on  all  classes,  and 
that  the  exemption  from  taxation  of  Government  bonds  bear- 
ing extravagant  rates  of  interest  is  a  violation  of  all  just  prin- 
ciples of  revenue  laws. 

4.  That  the  public  lands  of  the  United  States  belong  to  the 
people  and  should  not  be  sold  to  individuals  nor  granted  to 
corporations,  but  should  be  held  as  a  sacred  trust  for  the  ben- 
efit of  the  people,  and  should  be  granted  to  landless  settlers 
only,  in  amounts  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 

of  land. 

5.  That  Congress  should  modify  the  tariff  so  as  to  admit 
free  such  articles  of  common  use  as  we  can  neither  produce 
nor  grow,  and  lay  duties  for  revenue  mainly  upon  articles  of 
luxury  and  upon  such  articles  of  manufacture  as  will,  we  hav- 


POLITICAL  PLATFORMS.  83 

ing  the  raw  materials,  assist  in  further  developing  the  re- 
sources of  the  country. 

6.  That  the  presence  in  our  country  of  Chinese  laborers, 
imported  by  capitalists  in  large  numbers  for  servile  use,  is  an 
evil,  entailing  want  and  its  attendant  train  of  misery  and  crime 
on  all  classes  of  the  American  people,  and  should  be  prohib- 
ited by  legislation. 

7.  That  we  ask  for  the  enactment  of  a  law  by  which  all 
mechanics  and  day-laborers  employed  by  or  on  behalf  of  the 
Government,  whether  directly  or  indirectly,  through  persons, 
firms,  or  corporations,  contracting  with  the  State,  shall  conform 
to  the  reduced  standard  of  eight  hours  a  day,  recently  adopted 
by  Congress  for  national  employes,  and  also  for  an  amendment 
to  the  acts  of  incorporation  for  cities  and  towns  by  which  all 
laborers  and  mechanics  employed  at  their  expense  shall  con- 
form to  the  same  number  of  hours. 

8.  That  the  enlightened  spirit  of  the  age  demands  the  abo- 
lition of  the  system  of  contract  labor  in  our  prisons  and  other 
reformatory  institutions. 

9.  That  the  protection  of  life,  liberty,  and  property  are  the 
three  cardinal  principles  of  Government,  and  the  first  two  are 
more  sacred  than  the  latter ;  therefore  money  needed  for 
prosecuting  wars  slw)uld,  as  it  is  required,  be  assessed  and  col- 
lected from  the  wealthy  of  the  country,  and  not  entailed  as  a 
burden  on  posterity. 

10.  That  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Government  to  exercise  its 
power  over  railroads  and  telegraph  corporations,  that  they 
shall  not  in  any  case  be  privileged  to  exact  such  rates  of 
freight,  transportation,  or  charges,  by  whatever  name,  as  may 
bear  unduly  or  unequally  upon  the  producer  or  consumer. 

11.  That  there  should  be  such  a  reform  in  the  civil  service 
of  the  national  Government  as  will  remove  it  beyond  all  part- 
isan influence,  and  place  it  in  the  charge  and  under  the  direc- 
tion of  intelligent  and  competent  business  men. 

12.  That  as  both  history  and  experience  teaches  us  that 
power  ever  seeks  to  perpetuate  itself  by  every  and  all  means, 
and  that  its  prolonged  possession  in  the  hands  of  one  person 
is  always  dangerous  to  the  interests  of  a  free  people,  and 
believing  that  the  spirit  of  our  organic  laws  and  the  stability 
and  safety  of  our  free  institutions  are  best  obeyed  on  the  one 


84  POLITICAL  PLATFORMS. 

hand,  and  secured  on  the  other,  by  a  regular  constitutional 
change  in  the  chief  of  the  country  at  each  election :  therefore, 
we  are  in  favor  of  limiting  the  occupancy  of  the  presidential 
chair  to  one  term, 

13.  That  we  are  in  favor  of  granting  general  amnesty  and 
restoring  the  Union  at  once  on  the  basis  of  equality  of  rights 
and  privileges  to  all,  the  impartial  administration  of  justice 
being  the  only  true  bond  of  union  to  bind  the  States  together 
and  restore  the  Government  of  the  people. 

14.  That  we  demand  the  subjection  of  the  military  to  the 
civil  authorities,  and  the  confinement  of  its  operations  to 
national  purposes  alone. 

15.  That  we  deem  it  expedient  for  Congress  to  supervise 
the  patent  laws,  so  as  to  give  labor  more  fully  the  benefit  of 
its  own  ideas  and  inventions. 

16.  That  fitness,  and  not  political  or  personal  considera- 
tions, should  be  the  only  recommendation  to  public  office, 
either  appointive  or  elective,  and  any  and  all  laws  looking  to 
the  establishment  of  this  principle  are  heartily  approved. 


THE  BAXTER  LIQUOR  LAW. 


AN  ACT  to  regulate  the  Bale  of  intoxicating  liquors;  to  provide  against 
evils  resulting  from  any  sale  thereof;  to  furnish  remedies  for  damages 
suflfered  by  any  person  in  consequence  of  such  sale;  prescribing  penal 
ties;  to  repeal  all  laws  contravening  tke  provisions  of  this  act,  and 
declaring  an  emergency. 

[Approved  February  27,  1873.] 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  ly  the  Oeneral  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Indiana^  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  by  himself  or  agent,  to  sell,  barter,  or  give  away  for 
any  purpose  of  gain,  to  any  person  whomsoever,  any  intoxi- 
cating liquors  to  be  drunk  in,  upon,  or  about  the  building  or 
premises  where  the  liquor  is  sold,  bartered,  or  given  away,  or 
in  any  room,  building,  or  premises  adjoining  to  or  connected 
with  the  place  where  the  liquor  is  sold,  bartered,  or  given 
away  for  the  purpose  of  gain,  until  such  person  or  persons 
shall  have  obtained  a  permit  therefor  from  the  board  of  com- 
missioners of  the  county  where  he  resides,  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  desiring  a  permit  to  sell  intoxicating 
liquors  to  be  drunk  on  the  premises,  shall  file  in  the  office  of 
the  auditor  of  the  proper  county,  not  less  than  twenty  days 
before  the  first  day  of  the  term  of  any  regular  session  of  the 
board  of  commissioners  of  such  county,  a  petition  in  writing, 
stating  therein  the  building  or  number,  street,  ward  or  town- 
ship wherein  the  permission  is  asked  to  be  granted,  praying 
for  such  permit,  and  certifying  that  the  applicant  is  a  resident 
voter  of  such  county,  and  a  citizen  of  the  State  of  Indiana,  and 
that  he  is  a  proper  person  to  have  and  receive  such  permit  j 
which  petition  shall  be  signed  by  the  applicant,  and  also  by  a 
majority  of  the  legal  voters  resident  in  the  ward,  if  it  be  in  a 

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86    ■  THE  BAXTER  LIQUOR  LAW. 

city  or  town,  if  it  be  in  an  incorporated  town,  or  township 
wherein  the  applicant  proposes  to  sell  intoxicating  liquDrs; 
such  petition  shall  be  kept  on  tile  by  the  auditor  until  the 
next  ensuing  regular  session  of  the  board  of  commissioners, 
when  it  shall  be  presented  to  the  board  for  their  action.  The 
board  shall  examine  such  petition,  and  if  satisfied  the  same  is 
in  proper  form,  and  that  it  has  been  signed  as  hereinbefore 
required,  shall  direct  a  permit  to  be  issued  under  the  hand 
and  seal  of  said  auditor,  and  delivered  to  the  person  named  in 
such  permit,  upon  his  complying  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act  and  paying  the  costs  of  filing  and  recording  said  petition 
and  costs  of  issuing  said  permit. 

Sec.  3.  Before  the  granting  of  a  permit  by  tne  board  of 
commissioners,  the  applicant  shall  cause  to  be  executed  and 
properly  acknowledged  before  an  officer  authorized  to  take 
acknowledgment  of  deeds,  a  bond  payable  to  the  State  of 
Indiana,  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  with  good  free- 
hold security  thereon  of  not  less  than  two  persons,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  board  of  commissioners,  and  conditioned  for  the 
payment  of  any  and  all  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  incurred 
by  reason  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act; 
and  conditioned  further,  that  the  principal  and  sureties  therein 
named  shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable,  and  shall  pay  to 
any  person  or  persons,  any  and  all  damages  which  shall  in  any 
manner  be  suftered  by  or  inflicted  upon  any  such  person  or 
persons,  either  in  person  or  property,  or  means  of  support,  by 
reason  of  any  sale  or  sales  of  intoxicating  liquors  to  any  person, 
by  the  person  receiving  such  permit  or  by  any  of  his  agents 
or  employees.  Separate  suits  may  be  brought  on  said  bond 
by  the  person  or  persons  injured,  but  the  aggregate  amount 
recovered  thereon  shall  not  exceed  the  said  sum  of  three 
thousand  dollars,  and  in  case  the  amount  of  said  bond  shall  be 
exhausted  by  recoveries  thereon,  a  new  bond  in  the  same  pen- 
alty and  with  like  sureties  shall  be  filed  within  ten  days,  and 
in  default  thereof  said  permit  shall  be  deemed  to  be  revoked. 
Such  bond,  after  its  approval  by  the  board  of  commissioners, 
shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  the  county,  and 
shall  be  recorded  by  such  auditor  forthwith  in  a  book  prepared 
for  that  purpose,  and  shall  there  remain  for  the  use  of  the 


THE  BAXTER  LIQUOR  LAW.  87 

State  of  Indiana,  and  for  the  use  of  any  person  or  persons 
suffering  any  damage  as  hereinbefore  set  forth.  Such  bond 
may  be  sued  and  recovered  upon  in  any  court  having  civil 
jurisdiction  in  the  counly  (except  justices'  courts)  by  or  for 
the  use  of  any  person  or  persons,  or  their  legal  representatives, 
who  may  be  injured  or  damaged  by  reason  of  any  sale  or  sales 
of  intoxicating  liquors  by  the  person  receiving  the  permit  or 
by  any  of  his  agents  or  employees.  The  record  of  the  bond 
or  a  copy  thereof,  duly  certified  by  such  auditor,  shall  be 
admissible  in  evidence  in  any  suit  on  such  bond,  and  shall 
have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  the  original  bond  would 
have  if  offered  in  evidence. 

Sec.  4.  The  whole  number  of  votes  cast  for  candidates  for 
Congress  at  the  last  preceding  Congressional  election  in  the 
township,  and  the  whole  number  of  votes  cast  for  councilman 
or  trustee  in  any  ward  or  town,  at  the  last  preceding  munici- 
pal election  in  any  city  or  town  in  which  the  applicant  for 
permit  desires  to  sell  said  intoxicating  liquors,  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  the  whole  number  of  legal  voters  of  such  ward, 
town  or  township,  a  majority  of  whose  names  shall  be  signed 
to  the  petition  of  such  applicant ;  and  it  is  further  provided, 
that  any  person  not  a  legal  voter  in  said  ward,  town  or  town- 
ship, who  shall  sign  said  petition,  or  any  person  who  signs  the 
name  of  any  person  other  than  himself,  without  the  permis- 
sion previously  obtained  of  said  person  to  so  sign  his  name, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  signature  so  made. 

Sec.  5.  No  permit,  as  herein  provided  for,  shall  be  granted 
for  a  longer  or  shorter  time  than  one  year.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Auditor  of  the  county  to  furnish  the  person  to 
whom  such  permit  is  granted,  a  copy  of  the  order  of  the  Com- 
missioners granting  the  permit,  which  copy  shall  show  in  con- 
spicuous letters  the  date  of  the  commencement  of  such 
permit,  and  of  its  expiration ;  and  it  is  furtJier  provided^ 
That  such  copy  of  the  order  of  the  Commissioners,  certified 
by  the  Auditor,  shall  be  hung  up  in  a  conspicuous  i^lace  in  the 
room  where  said  liquor  is  sold,  where  the  same  may  at  all 
times  be  seen  and  read  by  any  person  desiring  so  to  do. 
Should  any  person  holding  a  permit  be  convicted  of  a  viola- 
tion of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  such  conviction  shall 


88  THE  BAXTER   LIQUOR   LAW. 

work  a  forfeiture  of  his  permit,  and  of  all  rights  thereunder; 
and  no  permit  shall  thereafter  be  granted  to  such  person  be- 
fore the  expiration  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  such  con- 
viction. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  by  himself,  or 
agent,  to  sell,  barter,  or  give  intoxicating  liquors  to  any 
minor,  or  to  any  person  intoxicated,  or  to  any  person  who  is 
in  the  habit  of  getting  intoxicated. 

Sec.  7-  All  places  where  intoxicating  liquor  is  sold  in  viola- 
tion of  this  act,  shall  be  taken,  held,  and  declared  to  be  com- 
mon nuisances;  all  rooms,  taverns,  eating-houses,  bazaars, 
restaurants,  drug  stores,  groceries,  coffee-houses,  cellars,  or 
other  places  of  public  resort,  where  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold  in  violation  of  this  act,  shall  be  shut  up  and  abated  as 
public  nuisances,  upon  conviction  of  the  keeper  thereof,  who 
shall  be  punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  by  the  sale  of  in- 
toxicating liquor,  with  or  without  permit,  cause  the  intoxica- 
tion, in  whole  or  in  part,  of  any  other  person,  shall  be  liable 
for  and  be  compelled  to  pay  a  reasonable  compensation  to  any 
person  who  may  take  charge  of  and  provide  for  such  intoxi- 
cated person,  for  every  day  he  or  she  is  so  cared  for,  which. 
Bum  may  be  recovered  in  an  action  of  debt  before  any  court 
having  competent  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  get  intoxica- 
ted. A  person  found  in  a  state  of  intoxication  shall  upon  con- 
viction thereof,  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  five  dollars.  Any 
person  convicted  of  intoxication  shall  be  required  upon  the 
trial  to  designate  the  person  or  persons  from  whom  the  liquor 
in  whole  or  in  part  was  obtained.  In  default  of  so  designa- 
ting such  person,  he  or  she  shall  in  addition  to  the  fine  above 
mentioned,  and  as  a  part  of  his  or  her  punishment  for  the 
offense,  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  one 
day  nor  more  than  ten  days,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  10.  A  permit  granted  under  this  act  shall  not  author- 
ize the  person  so  receiving  it  to  sell  intoxicating  liquors  on 
Sunday,  nor  upon  the  day  of  any  State,  county,  township,  or 
municipal  election,  in  the  township,  town  or  city  where  the 
same  may  be  held;  nor  upon  Christmas  day,  nor  upon  the 
Fourth  of  July,  nor  upon  any  Thanksgiving  day,  nor  upon  any 
public  holiday,  nor  between  nine  o  clock  p.  m.  and  six  o'clock 


THE  BAXTER  LIQUOR  LAW.  89 

A.  M.;  and  any  and  all  sales  made  on  any  such  day,  or  after 
nine  o'clock  on  any  evening,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  un- 
lawful, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  the  person  so  selling 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  each  sale  made  in  violation  of  this  section. 

Sec.  11.  The  bartering  or  giving  away  of  intoxicating  li- 
quors, or  other  shift  or  device  to  evade  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  by  any  person  or  persons  keeping  liquors  for  sale,  or  by 
his  agent  or  employee,  at  the  place  where  the  same  are  kept 
for  sale,  shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  an  unlawful  selling 
or  giving  away  for  the  purpose  of  gain  within  the  provisions 
of  this  act. 

Sec.  12.  In  addition  to  the  remedy  and  right  of  action  pro- 
vided for  in  section  eight  of  this  act,  every  husband,  wife, 
child,  parent,  guardian,  employer,  or  other  person  who  shall 
be  injured  in  person  or  property,  or  means  of  support,  by  any 
intoxicated  person,  or  in  consequence  of  the  intoxication, 
habitual  or  otherwise,  of  any  person,  shall  have  a  right  of  ac- 
tion in  his  or  her  name,  severally  or  jointly,  against  any  per- 
son or  persons  who  shall,  by  selling,  bartering,  or  giving  away 
intoxicating  liquors  have  caused  the  intoxication,  in  whole  or 
in  part,  of  such  person,  and  any  person  or  persons  owning, 
renting,  leasing  or  permitting  the  occupation  of  any  building 
or  premises,  and  having  knowledge  that  intoxicating  liquor  is 
to  be  sold  therein,  or  having  leased  the  same  for  other  pur- 
poses, shall  knowingly  permit  therein  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquor,  or  who  having  been  informed  that  intoxicating  liquor 
is  sold  therein  that  has  caused,  in  whole  or  in  part,  the  intoxi- 
cation of  any  person,  who  shall  not  immediately,  after  being 
so  informed,  take  legal  steps  in  good  faith  to  dispossess  said 
tenant  or  lessee,  shall  be  liable  jointly  with  the  person  selling, 
bartering  or  giving  away  intoxicating  liquor  as  aforesaid,  to 
any  person  or  persons  injured,  for  all  damages,  and  for  exem- 
plary damages ;  Provided^  however,  that  execution  on  any 
such  judgment  shall  first  be  levied  on  the  property  of  the  per- 
son selling,  bartering  or  giving  away  such  liquor,  and  in  the 
event  of  a  failure  or  insufllciency  of  such  property  to  satisfy 
the  judgment,  then  of  the  property  of  the  other  defendants. 
A  married  woman  shall  have  the  same  right  to  bring  suit  and 
to  control  the  same,  and  the  ammount  recovered  as  a  femme 
sole^  and  all  damages  recovered  by  a  minor  under  this  act 


90  THE  BAXTER  LIQUOK  LAW. 

shall  be  paid  either  to  such  minor  or  to  his  or  her  parent, 
guardian  or  next  friend,  as  the  court  shall  direct.  The  unlaw- 
ful sale  or  giving  away  of  intoxicating  liquor  shall  work  a  for- 
feiture of  all  rights  of  the  lessee  or  tenant  under  any  lease  or 
contract  of  rent,  upon  the  premises  where  such  unlawful  sale, 
bartering  or  giving  away  shall  take  place.  All  suits  for  dam- 
ages under  this  act  may  be  by  any  appropriate  action  in  any 
of  the  courts  in  this  State  having  competent  jurisdiction. 
All  judgments  recovered  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  may 
be  enforced  without  any  relief  or  benefit  from  the  valuation 
or  appraisement  laws. 

Sec.  13.  In  all  cases  where  husband,  wife,  parent,  child  or 
guardian  shall  have  a  right  of  action  as  provided  in  section 
twelve  of  this  act,  and  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  prosecute  the 
same,  and  in  all  cases  where  such  intoxicated  person  has 
neither  husband,  wife,  parent,  child  or  guardian,  the  township 
trustee  or  other  officer  having  charge  of  the  poor  of  the  town- 
ship where  such  intoxicated  person  resides,  shall  have  a  right 
of  action  as  provided  in  said  section  twelve,  and  it  is  hereby 
made  the  duty  of  such  officer  to  prosecute  all  such  actions  in 
the  name  of  such  township.  All  money  collected  upon  such 
judgments,  after  deducting  therefrom  all  costs  and  charges 
against  such  township  occasioned  thereby,  shall  be  paid  by 
the  township  trustee,  or  other  officer,  into  the  treasury  of  the 
county  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  such  county ;  provided 
that  the  name  of  any  husband,  wife,  parent,  child  or  guardian, 
upon  proper  petition  therefore  before  final  judgment,  may  be 
substituted  for  the  name  of  the  township,  but  such  person  so 
substituted  shall  have  no  power  to  dismiss  such  action,  or 
compromise  the  same  in  any  manner,  except  by  permission  of 
the  court. 

Sec.  14.  For  every  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  first 
and  sixth  sections  of  this  act,  the  person  so  ofiending  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  jail  of  the  county  not 
less  than  ten  nor  more  than  thirty  days.  For  every  violation 
of  the  provisions  of  the  seventh  section  of  this  act,  any  per- 
son convicted  as  the  keeper  of  any  of  the  places  therein  de- 
clared to  be  nuisances,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  twenty  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  such  place  or 
places,  so  kept  by  such  person  so  convicted,  shall  be  shut  up 


THE    BAXTER  LIQUOR  LAW.  91 

and  abated  as  a  common  nuisance  by  the  order  of  the  court 
before  which  such  conviction  may  be  had  as  a  further  punish- 
ment, and  such  order  shall  be  a  part  of  the  judgment  of  con- 
viction. 

Sec.  15.  For  the  payment  of  all  fines,  costs  and  damages 
assessed  or  adjudged  against  any  person  or  persons  in  conse- 
quence of  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  as  provided  for  in 
this  act,  the  real  estate  and  i^ersonal  property  of  such  person 
or  persons,  of  every  kind,  shall  be  liable,  and  such  fines,  costs 
and  damages  shall  be  a  lien  upon  such  real  estate  until  paid. 

Sec.  16.  The  penalties  and  provisions  made  in  the  four- 
teenth section  of  this  act  may  be  enforced  by  indictment  in 
any  court  of  record  having  criminal  jurisdiction;  and  ail  pecu- 
niary fines  or  penalties  provided  for  in  any  of  the  sections  of 
this  act,  except  the  eighth  and  twelfth,  may  be  enforced  and 
prosecuted  for  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the  proper 
county,  in  an  action  of  debt,  in  the  name  of  the  State  of  In- 
diana as  plaintiff;  and  in  case  of  conviction,  the  ofi'ender 
shall  stand  committed  to  the  jail  of  the  county  until  judg- 
ment and  costs  are  fully  paid,  and  the  magistrate  or  court  in 
which  the  conviction  is  had,  shall  issue  a  writ  of  capias  ad 
satisfaciendum  therefor.  Justices  of  the  peace  shall  have 
jurisdiction  of  all  actions  arising  under  the  eighth  and 
twelfth  sections  of  this  act,  when  the  amount  in  controversy 
does  not  exceed  two  hundred  dollars,  such  actions  to  be  pros- 
ecuted in  the  name  of  the  party  injured  or  entitled  to  the 
debt  or  damages  provided  for  in  said  eighth  and  twelfth  sec- 
tions. 

Sec.  17.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  buy  for  or 
furnish  to  any  person  who  is  at  the  time  intoxicated,  or  in 
the  habit  of  getting  intoxicated,  or  to  buy  for  or  furnish  to 
any  minor,  to  be  drunk  by  such  minor,  any  intoxicating  liquor. 
Any  person  or  persons  violating  this  section  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  18.  In  all  prosecutions  under  this  act,  by  indictment 
or  otherwise,  it  shall  not  bo  necessary  to  state  the  kind  of 
liquor  sold,  or  to  describe  the  place  where  sold,  and  it  shall 
not  be  necessary  to  state  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom 
sold.  la  all  cases,  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  intoxica- 
ting liquors  shall  be  sold  in  violation  of  this  act,  shall  be  com- 


92  THE  BAXTER   LIQUOR  LAW. 

petent  witnesses  to  prove  such  facts  or  any  others  tending 
thereto. 

Sec.  19.  The  following  form  of  complaint  shall  be  sufficient 
in  criminal  proceedings  before  justices  of  the  peace  or  mayors, 
under  this  act  when  applicable,  but  may  be  varied  to  suit  the 
nature  of  the  case,  namely  : 

State  of  Indiana,  County,  ss.    Before   me,   A. 

B.,  a  justice  of  the  peace  of  said  county,  (or  mayor  of,  &c.,  as 
the  case  may  be),  personally  came  C.  D.,  vi^ho,  being  duly 
sworn  according  to  law,  deposeth  and  saiLh  that  on  or  about 
the  day  of  ,  in   the   year  ,  at  the 

county  aforesaid,  E.  F.  did  sell  intoxicating  liquors  to  one  G. 
H.  to  be  drunk  in  the  place  where  sold,  (or  to  G.  H.,  a  minor, 
&c.,)  or  to  a  person  intoxicated,  or  in  the  habit  of  getting  in- 
toxicated, as  the  case  may  be,  where  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold  in  violation  of  law,  and  further  saith  not. 

(Signed)  C.  D. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  day  of 

A.  D., 

Sec.  20.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  conflicting  with  this 
act,  or  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  repealed;  but  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prohibit  the  common  councils  of  cities  and  the 
boards  of  trustees  of  incorporated  towns,  from  demanding  and 
enforcing  a  fee  for  permit,  from  all  keepers  of  coffee  houses, 
saloons,  or  other  places  where  intoxicating  liquor  is  sold  and 
drunk  within  the  limits  of  their  respective  corporations. 

Sec.  21.  It  is  hereby  declared  that  an  emergeny  exists  for 
the  immediate  taking  effect  of  this  act,  it  shall,  therefore,  be 
in  force  from  and  after  its  passage,  except  in  so  far  as  relates 
to  those  who  hold  a  license  under  the  existing  laws  of  the 
State.  Tliis  act  shall  apply  to  such  as  now  have  license  imme- 
diately after  the  expiration  thereof. 


GEOLOGICAL  ITEMS. 


"It  is  not  easy  to  give  an  accurate  and  comprehensive  defi- 
nition of  tlie  science  of  geology.  It  is,  indeed,  not  si  ma<-h 
one  science,  as  the  application  of  all  the  physical  sciences  to 
the  examination  of  the  structure  of  the  earth,  the  investiga- 
tion of  the  processes  concerned  in  the  production  of  that 
structure,  and  the  history  of  their  action.  That  this  large 
view  of  geology  is  not  only  a  true  but  a  necessary  one,  is 
shown  by  the  fact,  that  it  was  not  until  considerable  aivances 
had  been  made  in  all  the  physical  sciences  which  relate  di- 
rectly to  the  earth,  that  geology  could  begin  to  exist  in  any 
worthy  form.  It  was  not  until  the  chemist  was  able  to  exyilain 
the  nature  of  the  mineral  substances  of  which  rocks  are  com- 
posed ;  not  till  the  geographer  and  meteorologist  had  explored 
the  surface  of  the  earth,  and  taught  us  the  extent  of  land  and 
water,  and  the  powers  of  winds,  current s, rains,  glaciers, earth- 
quakes and  volcanoes  ;  not  until  the  naturalist  had  classified, 
named,  and  described  the  greater  part  of  existing  animals  and 
plants,  and  explained  their  anatomical  structure,  and  the  laws 
of  their  distribution  in  space;— that  the  geologist  could,  with 
any  chance  of  arriving  at  sure  and  definite  results,  commence 
his  researches  into  the  structure  and  composition  of  rocks  and 
the  causes  which  produced  them,  or  utilize  his  discoveries  of 
the  remains  of  animals  and  plants  that  are  inclosed  in  them. 
He  could  not  until  then  dis-criminate  with  certainty  batween 
igneous  and  aqueous  rocks,  between  living  and  extinct  atii- 
mals,and  was,  therefore,  unable  to  laydown  anyone  oftlie  foun- 
dations on  which  his  own  science  was  to  rest." — Encyclopedia 
JBr-Uannica,  Sih  edition^  vol.  xv. 

If  there  is  any  one  fact  which  the  study  of  geology  teaches 
more  unmistakably  than  another,  it  is,  that  the  matter  com- 
posing the  crust  of  the  earth,  from  the  time  when  it  was  first 
called  into  existence  by  the  fi,at  of  the  Creator  to  the  pri^sent, 
has  been  subjected  to  an  endless  cycle  of  mutations.    There 

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may  have  been  periods  of  comparative  rest  and  quiescen  e, 
but  none  of  perfect  stagnation  and  stability ;  so  that  the  pres- 
ent condition  and  configuration  of  the  earth's  surface  may  be 
considered  as  the  last  result  of  a  series  of  cosmical  changes, 
which  commenced  with  the  dawn  of  creation,  and  are  con- 
tinuing on  into  the  future. 

"Had  the  exterior  crust  of  the  earth  been  subjected  to  no 
modifying  causes,  the  world  would  have  presented  the  same 
appearance  now  as  at  the  time  of  its  creation.  The  distribu- 
tion of  land  and  sea  would  have  remained  the  same ;  there 
would  have  been  the  same  surface  arrangement  of  hill,  valley 
and  plain,  and  the  same  unvarying  aspects  of  animal  and  veg- 
etable existence.  Under  such  circumstances,  geology,  instead 
of  striving  to  present  a  consecutive  history  of  change  and 
progress,  would  have  been  limited  to  a  mere  description  of 
permanently  enduring  appearances.  The  case,  however,  is 
widely  different."  There  is  no  part  of  the  present  land-surface 
of  the  globe  which  has  not  at  some  time  been  covered  by  the 
ocean,  while  much  of  the  present  sea  bottom  has  been  in  turn 
dry  land.  Many  of  the  loftiest  and  most  extensive  ranges  of 
mountains  upon  the  globe — the  Alps,  the  Andes,  and  the 
Himalayas — are  of  comparatively  recent  elevation  (recent  as 
compared  with  the  White  Mountains  of  New  England,  or  the 
Appallachian  chain  of  the  Atlantic  States);  while  the  com- 
mencement of  the  existence  of  every  animal  and  vegetable 
species  at  present  found  upon  the  earth  was  long  subsequent 
to  the  existence  of  the  myriad  organisms,  whose  remains  are 
now  found  fossil  beneath  its  surface. 

The  agencies  which  have  produced,  and  are  still  tending  to 
produce,  changes  in  the  constitution  and  structure  of  our 
planet,  may  be  classified  as  follows  :  1.  Igneous  agencies,  or 
such  as  manifest  themselves  in  connection  with  some  deep- 
seated  source  of  heat  in  the  interior  of  the  globe.  2.  Aque- 
ous, or  those  arising  from  the  action  of  the  water.  3.  Atmos- 
pheric, or  those  operating  through  the  medium  of  the  atmos- 
phere. 4.  Organic,  or  those  depending  on  animal  and 
vegetable  growth.  5.  Chemical,  or  those  resulting  from  the 
chemical  action  of  substances  on  each  other. —  Wells^  Illus- 
trated Geology. 


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THE  TEMPER ATUKE  OF  THE  EARTH. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  obvservations  made  most  re- 
cently on  this  subject:  In  England,  observations  have  been 
made  in  the  vertical  shafts  of  two  very  deep  coal  mines,  viz., 
at  Monkwearmouth,  which  is  1800  feet  deep,  and  Dunkinfield^ 
which  is  upwards  of  2000  feet  deep,  and  in  both  cases  the  ob- 
servations were  made  while  the  workmen  were  sinking  the 
shafts,  and  with  every  precaution  against  the  influence  of  any 
extraneous  causes.  The  former  gave  an  increase  of  1  deg.  of 
Fahrenheit  for  every  sixty  feet  of  depth,  and  the  latter  1  deg. 
for  about  every  seventy  feet.  The  artesian  well  of  Grenelle 
(Paris),  is  1800  feet  deep ;  observations  made  by  Arago,  during 
the  boring,  showed  that  the  average  increase  of  temperature 
in  this  was  1  deg.  for  sixty  feet.  At  MordorjQf,  Luxemburg,  the 
depth  of  the  artesian  well  is  2400  feet,  and  the  increase  in 
temperature  1  deg.  for  every  fifty-seven  feet.  At  the  artesian 
well  of  New  Seltzwork,  in  Westphalia,  the  depth  is  2100  feet, 
and  the  increase  1  deg.  for  every  fifty-five  feet.  At  Louisville, 
Ky.,the  depth  of  an  artesian  well,  finished  in  1859,  is  2086  feet 
deep,  and  the  average  increase  is  1  deg,  for  every  sixty-seven 
feet  below  the  first  ninety  feet  from  the  surface.  In  the  silver 
mine  of  Guanaxato,  Mexico,  1713  feet  deep,  the  increase  is  1 
deg.  for  every  forty-five  feet.  In  the  coal  mines  of  Eastern 
Virginia,  the  increase  is  about  1  deg.  for  every  sixty  feet. 

VOLCANIC  ERUPTIONS. 

One  or  two  remarkable  instances  of  volcanic  eruptions  may 
be  briefly  noticed.  First,  for  duration  and  force  we  may  refer 
to  that  which  took  place  in  the  island  of  Sumbawa  (one  of  the 
Sunda  Islands  lying  east  of  Java),  in  the  year  1515.  It  com- 
menced on  the  5th  of  April,  and  did  not  entirely  cease  until 
July.  Its  influence  (i.  e.  shocks,  and  the  noise  of  the  explo- 
sions) was  perceptible  over  an  area  1,800  miles  in  diameter, 
while  within  the  range  of  its  more  immediate  vicinity,  embrac- 
ing a  space  of  400  miles,  its  efi*ects  were  most  terrific.  In  Java, 
300  miles  distant,  it  seemed  to  be  awfully  present.  The  sky 
was  overcast  at  noon  day  with  clouds  of  ashes,  which  the  light 
of  the  sun  was  unable  to  penetrate,  and  fields,  streets,  and 
houses  were  covered  with  ashes  to  the  depth  of  several  inches. 
At  Sumbawa  itself,  immense  columns  of  flame  appeared  to 
burst  forth  from  the  top  of  the  volcano,  Tombora,  and  in  a 


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short  time  the  whole  mountain  appeared  like  a  mass  of  liquid 
fire,  which  gradually  extended  in  every  direction.  As  the 
eruption  continued,  a  darkness  supervened,  so  profound  as  to 
obscure  even  the  light  of  the  flames ;  showers  of  stones  and 
ashes  fell  continuously  over  the  whole  island ;  the  sea  rose 
twelve  feet  higher  than  it  had  ever  been  known  to  do  before; 
and  finally  a  whirlwind  ensued,  which  tore  up  the  largest  trees, 
and  carried  them  into  the  air,  together  with  men,  horses,  cat- 
tle, and  whatever  else  came  within  its  influence.  Of  12,000 
inhabitants  in  the  vicinity  only  six  are  believed  to  have  es- 
caped, and  of  some  entire  villages  not  even  a  vestige  remained. 
In  1772,  the  Papandayaug,  one  of  the  loftiest  volcanic  moun- 
tains in  Java,  after  a  short  but  severe  eruption,  suddenly  fell 
in  and  disappeared  in  the  earth,  carrying  with  it  about  ninety 
square  miles  of  territory.  Forty  villages  were  engulfed,  or 
covered  with  ejected  matter,  at  the  same  time,  and  nearly 
3,000  persons  perished. —  Wells'  Illustrated  Geology- 

DESCRIPTIONS  OF  AN  EARTHQUAKE. 

"A  powerful  eathquake,"  says  Mr.  Darwin,  "at  once  destroys 
the  oldest  associations  ;  the  world,  the  very  emblem  of  all  that 
is  solid,  has  moved  beneath  our  feet  like  a  crust  over  a  fluid; 
one  second  of  time  has  conveyed  to  the  mind  a  strange  idea  of 
insecurity,  which  hours  of  reflection  would  never  have  created." 

"To  man,"  says  Humbolt,  "the  earthquake  conveys  an  idea 
of  some  universal  and  unlimited  -danger.  We  may  flee  from 
the  crater  of  a  volcano  in  active  eruption,  or  from  a  locality 
threatened  by  the  approach  of  a  lava  stream ;  but  in  an  earth- 
quake, direct  our  flight  whithersoever  we  will,  we  still  feel  as 
though  we  trod  upon  the  very  focus  of  destruction.  Every 
sound — the  faintest  motion  in  the  air — arrests  our  attention, 
and  we  no  longer  trust  the  ground  on  which  we  stand.  Ani- 
mals, especially  dogs  and  swine,  participate  in  the  same  anxious 
disquietude  ;  and  even  crocodiles,  in  the  rivers  of  South  Amer- 
ica, which  at  other  times  are  dumb,  have  been  observed  to 
quit  the  water  and  run,  with  loud  cries,  into  the  adjacent 
forests." 

AQUEOUS  AND  ATMOSPHERIC  AGENCIES. 

The  aqueous  and  atmospheric  agencies  most  prominently 
concerned  in  producing  geological  changes,  are  rains,  and  ihs 


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gasses  and  moisture  of  the  attnosphere^  winds^  ice,  and  snow, 
springs,  rivers,  waves,  tides,  and  oceanic  currents. 

The  operation  of  water,  acting  mechanically,  is,  under  all 
circumstances,  to  wear  down  the  higher  portions  of  the  earth's 
crust,  and  transport  the  materials  to  lower  localities — an  ac- 
tion which  obviously  tends  to  reduce  the  whole  surface  to  a 
smooth  and  uniform  level.  On  the  other  hand,  the  operations 
of  igneous  agents — volcanoes,  earthquakes,  etc. — by  breaking 
up  and  elevatihg  the  crust  of  the  earth,  tend  to  counteract  the 
equalizing  action  of  water  and  to  produce  that  diversity  of- 
Burface  which  is  indispensable  to  variety  in  both  the  vegetable 
and  animal  kingdoms.  These  two  forces,  therefore — the  aque- 
ous and  the  igneous — may  be  considered  as  antagonistic  to 
each  other,  and  to  them  may  be  ascribed  the  principal  modifi- 
cations which  have  taken  place,  and  are  still  taking  place,  in 
the  crust  of  the  globe. —  WdVs  Illustrated  Geology 

CORAL  REEFS. 

"The  ocean,"  says  Mr.  Darwin,  'throwmg  its  breakers  on 
the  outer  shore,  appears  an  invincible  enemy,  yet  we  see  it  re- 
sisted, and  even  conquered,  by  means  which  at  first  seem  weak 
and  inefficient.  No  periods  of  repose  are  granted,  and  the 
heavy  swell  caused  by  the  steady  action  of  the  trade  wind 
never  ceases.  The  breakers  exceed  in  violence  those  of  our 
temperate  regions  ;  and  it  is  impossible  to  behold  them  with- 
out feeling  a  conviction  that  rocks  of  granite  or  quartz  would 
ultimately  be  demolished  by  such  irresistable  forces.  Yet 
these  low  coral  islands  stand  and  are  victorious,  for  here 
another  power,  antagonistic  to  the  former,  takes  part  in  the 
contest.  The  organic  forces  separate  the  atoms  of  carbonate 
of  lime,  one  by  one,  from  the  foaming  breakers,  and  unite 
them  into  a  symmetrical  structure ;  myriads  of  architects  are 
at  work  day  and  night,  month  after  month,  and  we  see  their 
soft  and  gelatinous  bodies,  through  the  agency  of  the  vital 
laws,  conquering  the  great  mechanical  power  of  the  waves  of 
the  ocean,  which  neither  the  art  of  man  nor  the  mechanical 
works  of  nature  could  successfully  resist."  The  animals  which 
produce  coral  are  very  simple,  and  resemble  plants  both  in 
their  figures  and  colors. 
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93  GEOLOGICAL  ITEMS. 


THE  FIRST  FORMED  STRATIFIED  ROCKS. 

The  adoption  of  the  theory,  that  our  earth  was  once  in  a 
state  of  entire  molten  fluidity,  involves  the  existence  of  a  sub- 
sequent period,  when  its  primeval  crust  had  sufficiently  cooled 
down  to  allow  of  the  condensation  of  watery  vapor  and  of  the 
existence  of  a  sea  upon  its  surface.  Whenever  this  happened, 
the  eroding  and  destructive  action  of  water  must  have  imme- 
diately manifested  itself,  while  the  particles  of  the  consolida- 
ted igneous  crust,  worn  off  by  the  action  of  waves,  tides,  and 
currents,  and  deposited  as  sediments,  would  naturally  produce 
stratified  formations. 

The  internal  heat  of  the  earth  at  that  period,  however,  must 
have  continued  to  act  with  great  intensity  near  the  surface, 
and  the  strata  first  deposited,  consequently,  were,  in  all  prob- 
ability, soon  greatly  metamorphosed,  i.  e.^  remelted  down  to 
form  igneous  rocks,  or  converted  into  hard  crystalline  semi- 
igneous  rocks,  that  retained,  in  part,  their  original  lines  of 
stratification. 

Whether  any  of  these  first  formed  stratified  rocks  are  in  ex- 
istence, and  open  to  our  inspection,  it  is  impossible  to  affirm. 
Some  geologists  incline  to  the  opinion  that  they  were  entirely 
remelted,  and  are  now  represented  by  the  older  or  funda- 
mental granites,  which,  in  some  instances,  appear  to  have  an 
obscurely  stratified  structure. 

Be  this  as  it  may,  it  is,  however,  a  matter  of  fact,  that  the 
oldest  rocks  of  which  we  have  any  knowledge,  which  exhibit 
evidence  of  a  sedimentary  origin,  appear  to  have  been  formed 
under  conditions  analogous  to  those  above  supposed.  Thus, 
they  are  all  more  or  less  crystalline  and  indurated  ;  their  lines 
of  stratification  are  indistinct,  and  often  altogether  oblitera- 
ted ;  and  their  whole  aspect  is  very  different  from  what  is 
usually  ascribed  to  rocks  deposited  in  water. —  Wells'  Illustra- 
ted Geology. 

FORMATION   OF  COAL. 

It  is  now  universally  admitted  by  geologists,  that  coal  is  a 
mass  of  compressed,  altered,  and  mineralized  vegetation,  just 
as  sandstone  is  consolidated  sand,  and  the  slate  and  shale  con. 
solidated  clay  or  mud. 

Tiie  evidence  upon  which  the  belief  is  founded  may  be 
briefly  stated,  as  follows  : 

Ist.    The  enormous  profusion  of  fossil  plant  s^  in  the  form  of 


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impressions  of  leaves,  trunks,  branches,  and  barks  of  trees, 
found  in  immediate  connection  with  coal  seams.  2d.  Coal  is 
composed  of  carbon,  hydrogen,  and  oxygen,  the  same  ele- 
ments (though  differing  in  proportion)  which  enter  into  the 
composition  of  plants.  3d.  The  substance  of  coal,  when  ex- 
amined under  the  microscope,  affords  unmistakable  evidence 
of  a  vegetable  (cellular)  structure.  4th.  All  the  stages  of 
gradation  between  perfect  wood  and  perfect  coal  may  be 
traced  with  the  greatest  certainty. 

But  granting  the  vegetable  origin  of  coal,  the  question  im- 
mediately suggests  itself:  Under  what  circumstances  could 
so  great  an  amount  of  vegetable  matter  have  ever  accumu- 
lated ? — the  magnitude  of  which  may  be  realized  in  a  degree, 
from  the  asserted  fact  "that  all  the  forests  of  the  United 
States,  if  gathered  into  one  heap,  would  fail  to  furnish  the  ma- 
terials of  a  single  coal  seam  equal  to  that  of  Pittsburg,  Penn." 

Furthermore,  coal  is  found  stratified,  laminated,  and  ex- 
tended, in  horizontal  beds,  which  often  cover  very  large  areas, 
with  a  nearly  constant  thickness — the  great  Pittsburg  coal 
seam,  above  referred  to  for  example,  having  a  nearly  uniform 
thickness  of  from  eight  to  twelve  feet,  and  is  estimated  to 
have  once  covered  a  surface  of  90,000  square  miles.  Coal, 
moreover,  is  ordinarily  encased  between  beds  of  shale  or 
sandstone,  which  bear  evident  proof  of  having  been  slowly 
deposited  in  quiet  waters.  In  some  coal  fields,  as  many  as 
seventy  seams  of  coal,  varying  in  thickness  from  a  few  inches 
to  four,  six,  eight,  ten,  twelve,  and  twenty  feet,  occur  tlius  in- 
terstratified  with  shales  and  sandstones ;  and  yet,  notwith- 
standing these  frequent  alternations  of  material,  the  purity  of 
the  coal  is  such,  that  it  rarely  contains  any  considerable  ad- 
mixture of  mud,  sand,  or  other  foreign  mineral  substances. 

In  explanation  of  these  phenomena,  various  hypo-heses 
have  been  suggested,  but  the  general  opinion  of  the  best  ge- 
ologists of  the  present  day  is,  that  the  vegetable  matter  con- 
stituting coal,  must,  in  the  main,  have  grown  and  accumu- 
lated in  immense  jungles  and  peat  mosses  for  many  years; 
that  the  land  must  have  then  sunk,  and  become  the  basin  of  a 
lake  or  estuarv,  into  which  rivers  carried  mud  and  sand :  these 
covering  the  vegetable  matter,  gradually  consolidated  into 
shales  and  sandstones,  while  the  vegetable  matter  itself  un- 
derwent the  process  of  mineralization,  and  was  converted  inta 


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coal.  This  being  done,  it  is  supposed  that  the  area  of  deposit 
was  again  elevated,  so  as  to  become  once  more  the  scene  of 
luxuriant  vegetation  ;  then  again  submerged,  and  overlaid  by 
new  deposits  of  sandstone  and  shale;  then  once  more  elevated 
and  covered  with  plants,  and  again  submerged;  and  these  al- 
ternations of  submergence  and  elevations  are  presumed  to 
have  taken  place  as  often  as  there  are  beds  of  coal  in  any  par- 
ticular coal  field. —  Well's  Illustrated  Geology. 

CLIMATIC  CONDITIONS  OF  THE  CARBONIFEROUS  ERA. 

There  is  one  circumstance  in  connection  with  the  formation 
of  coal  which  has  given  rise  to  a  vast  amount  of  ingenious 
speculation  and  hypotheses,  viz :  the  apparent  sameness  of 
external  conditions  over  such  extensive  areas  of  the  earth  as 
are  now  occupied  by  our  known  coal  fields.  Thus,  the  same 
gigantic  ferns  and  club-mosses  are  found  alike  in  the  coal 
fields  of  America,  Europe,  Melville  Island,  Greenland,  and 
Australia — regions  widely  separated,  and  at  once  tropical, 
temperate,  and  frigid.  To  account  for  this  luxuriance  and 
homogeneity  of  vegetable  growth  various  causes  have  been 
suggested,  as  the  earth's  central  heat,  a  change  in  the  earth's 
axis,  a  larger  percentage  of  carbonic  acid  in  the  atmosphere, 
the  planetary  system  moving  through  warmer  regions  of  space^ 
and  the  like ;  but  thus  far  geologists  have  arrived  at  no  definite 
conclusions  on  the  subject. 

Deposits  of  carbonaceous  matter  have  occurred  at  almost 
every  period  of  the  earth's  historv,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact 
that  thin  seams  of  coal  are  found  in  almost  all  the  geological 
systems ;  but  the  coal  beds  which  admit  of  economical  work- 
ing are  almost  exclusively  confined  to  the  carboniferous  sys- 
tem. The  only  exceptions  are  a  few  coal  fields  belonging  to 
the  Oolitic  or  Jurassic  system,  which,  in  Virginia  and  some 
other  localities,  admit  of  profitable  mining.  It  seems,  there- 
fore, certain,  that  whatever  may  have  been  the  conditions 
which  allowed  of  so  abundant  a  terrestrial  vegetation  at  this 
particular  epoch  of  the  earth's  history,  those  conditions  ceased 
about  the  time  when  the  era  of  the  Carboniferous  system  ter- 
minated. A  high  temperature  was  evidently  not  one  of  these 
conditions,  for  there  are  evidences  of  it  afterwards;  and  some 
authorities  incline  to  the  belief  that  the  superabundance  of 
carbonic  acid  gas,  which  is  supposed  to  have  existed  during 


GEOLOGICAL   ITEMS.  101 


this  era,  was  expended  before  its  close.  "  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  the  infusion  of  a  large  amount  of  this  gas  into  the 
atmosphere  at  the  present  day  would  be  attended  by  precisely 
the  same  circumstances  as  in  the  time  of  the  coal  epoch.  The 
higher  forms  of  animal  life  would  not  have  a  place  on  earth. 
Vegetation  would  be  enormous;  and  coal  strata  would  be 
formed  from  the  vast  accumulations  of  woody  matter,  which 
would  gather  in  every  favorable  locality." 

DISTRIBUTION  OF  COAL. 

Coal  is  very  widely  distributed  over  the  world,  although 
some  countries  are  more  highly  favored  than  others.  Avail- 
able coal  fields  occur  in  Great  Britain  ;  in  Spain,  France,  Bel- 
gium and  Middle  Europe;  in  India,  China  and  Japan ;  in  the 
islands  of  the  Indian  Archipelago ;  in  Australia  and  New 
Zealand ;  in  South  America,  Chili  and  Peru  ;  in  Greenland, 
Melville  Island  and  in  British  America.  But  nowhere  is  the 
coal  formation  more  extensively  displayed  than  in  the  United 
States,  and  nowhere  are  its  beds  of  greater  thickness,  more 
convenient  for  working,  or  of  more  valuable  quality. 

The  eastern  half  of  the  continent  of  North  America  exhibits 
five  great  coal  fields,  extending  from  Newfoundland  to  Arkan- 
sas :  1.  The  /?/•««!,  or  most  eastern,  is  that  of  the  British  Prov- 
inces, Newfoundland,  Nova  Scotia,  and  New  Brunswick.  Its 
area  is  probably  about  9,000  square  miles,  though  only  one 
tenth  of  this  surface  appears  to  be  underlaid  by  productive 
coal  seams.  2.  The  second,,  or  Great  Appalachian  coal  field, 
extends  from  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  to  near  Tuscaloosa,  in 
the  interior  of  Alabama.  It  is  about  875  miles  long,  and  is  es- 
timated to  contain  70,000  square  miles.  3.  A  third,,  and 
smaller  coal  field,  occupies  the  center  of  the  State  of  Michi- 
gan ;  it  covers  an  area  of  about  15,000  square  miles,  but  is  not 
very  productive.  4.  A  fourth  great  coal  field  is  situated  in 
the  States  of  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Illionois.  Its  area  is  es- 
timated at  50,000  square  miles.  5.  The  fifth,,  and  most  western, 
occurs  in  Iowa,  Missouri  and  Arkansas,  and  occupies  an  area 
of  about  57,000  square  miles.  Besides  these  great  deposits, 
coal  is  also  found  in  New  England,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  and 
Texas. 

The  aggregate  space  underlaid  by  the  coal  fields  of  North 
America  amounts  to  at  least  200,000  square  miles,  or  to  more 


102  GEOLOOICAL  ITEMS. 


than  twenty  times  the  area  which  includes  all  the  known  coal 
deposits  of  Europe. —  Wells^  Geology. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

The  n.umber  of  species  of  animals  that  now  inhabit  the  globe 
is  about  250,000.  The  number  of  fossil  species  of  animals  and 
plants  cannot  be  reliably  estimated,  but  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
the  number  of  the  different  extinct  species  that  have  been 
found  in  fossil  state  exceeds  many  times  the  number  of  all  the 
different  species  now  living. 

Geologists  claim  four  distinct  periods  or  ages  of  the  earth's 
history.  Beginning  at  the  oldest,  they  are  called  or  named, 
First,  the  Azoic  period,  or  period  deficient  of  the  evidence 
of  life  ;  Second,  Paleozoic,  or  period  of  ancient  life ;  Third,  the 
Mesozoic,  or  period  of  middle  life ;  Fourth^  or  last  period, 
called  Cainozoic.  This  period  includes  the  Post  Tertiary,  or 
recent  system  of  rocks  or  period  of  recent  life. 

A  picture  of  the  Azoic  period  has  thus  been  imagined  by 
Hugh  Miller.  "During  the  early  part  of  the  Azoic  period  we 
may  imagine,"  he  says,  "  a  dark  atmosphere  of  steam  and  va- 
por, which,  for  age  after  age  conceals  the  face  of  the  sun,  and 
through  which  the  moon  or  stars  never  penetrates;  oceans  of 
thermal  waters,  heated  in  a  thousand  centers  to  the  boiling 
point ;  low,  half  molten  islands,  dim  through  the  fog  and  scarce 
more  fixed  than  waves  themselves,  that  heave  and  tremble 
under  the  impulsions  of  the  igneous  agencies ;  roaring  geysers 
that  ever  and  anon  throw  up  their  intermittent  jets  of  boiling 
fluid,  vapor  and  thick  steam,  from  these  tremulous  lands ;  and 
in  the  dim  outskirts  of  the  scene,  the  red  gleam  of  fire  shot 
forth  from  yawning  cracks  and  deep  chasms.  Such  would 
be  the  probable  state  of  things  among  the  times  of  the  earlier 
gneiss  and  mica-chist  deposits — times  buried  deep  in  that 
chaotic  night  which  must  have  continued  to  exist  for,  may 
hap,  many  ages  after  that  beginning  of  things  in  which  God 
created  the  heavens  and  the  earth." 

At  length,  however,  as  the  earth's  surface  gradually  cooled 
down  and  the  enveloping  waters  sunk  to  a  lower  temperature, 
let  us  suppose  during  the  latter  times  of  the  mica  schist  and 
the  earlier  times  of  the  clay  slate,  the  steam  atmosphere  would 
become  less  dense  and  thick,  and  finally  the  rays  of  the  sun 
would  struggle  through  it;  at  first  doubtful  and  diffused,  form- 


GEOLOaiCAL  ITEMS.  103 


ing  a  faint  twilight,  but  gradually  strengthening,  as  the  later 
ages  of  the  slate  formation  passed  away,  until  at  the  close  of 
the  great  primary  period  day  and  night — the  one  still  dim  and 
grey,  the  other  wrapped  in  the  pall  of  darkness — would  suc- 
ceed each  other  as  now,  as  the  earth  revolved  on  its  axis. 

The  number  of  active  volcanoes  on  our  globe  are  about  275. 
Humboldt  suggests  the  idea  that  volcanoes  are  merely  vents, 
located  above  some  far  extended  subterranean  crack  or  fissure 
in  the  crust  of  the  earth,  through  which  the  molten  matter  of 
the  interior  escapes  to  the  surface. 

The  falls  of  Niagara  are  150  feet  in  height,  and  the  average 
amount  of  water  passing  over  each  minute  is  estimated  at 
670,000  tons.  This  water,  by  its  abrading  power,  has  undoubt- 
edly excavated  for  itself  the  gorge  or  channel — seven  miles 
long,  200  feet  deep,  and  1,200  to  2,000  feet  wide — which  now 
intervenes  between  the  falls  and  Lake  Ontario.  The  minimum 
time  required  to  wear  through  this  space  has  been  estimated 
by  Sir  Charles  Lyell,  at  35,000  years. —  WelVs  Illustrated  GeoL 

STRATIFIED  ROCKS. 

The  stratified  rocks  of  Great  Britain  have  been  studied  more 
than  any  other  of  the  earth,  and  as  the  result  of  these  investi- 
gations it  has  been  found  that  the  extinct  mammalia,  found  in 
fossiliferous  rocks,  is  more  numerous  by  half  than  all  the 
species  now  existing;  and  of  molluscs,  the  fossil  species  nine 
times  as  numerous  as  the  living  species ;  the  fossil  fish  five 
times,  the  reptiles  ten  times,  and  the  radiate  fourteen  times. 

The  geologist  finds  no  trace  of  that  golden  age  of  the  world 
of  which  the  poets  delighted  to  sing,  when  all  creatures  lived 
together  in  peace,  and  wars  and  bloodshed  were  unknown. 
Ever  since  animal  life  began  on  our  planet,  there  existed,  in 
all  departments  of  being,  carniverous  classes,  who  could  not 
live  but  by  the  death  of  their  neighbors  ;  and  who  were  armed, 
in  consequence,  for  their  destruction,  like  the  butcher  with 
his  axe  and  knife,  and  the  angler  with  his  hook  and  spear. 

In  Europe,  the  caverns  or  caves  that  have  been  discovered, 
have  contained  the  remains  or  skeletons  of  a  great  many  of 
the  difi'erent  species  of  animals  that  now  inhabit  the  earth, 
and  of  others  that  are  now  extinct.  For  instance,  the  bones 
and  skeletons  of  the  mammoth  are  found  in  great  numbers; 
also  of  the  mastadon,  the  epoch  of  the  mastadon,  in  a  geolog- 
ical sense,  is  very  recent.  Some  think  that  the  mammoths 
and  mastadons  did  not  become  entirely  extinct  in  this  country 
until  after  the  advent  of  man.  Sir  Charles  Lyell  is  of  the 
opinion  that  the  period  of  the  extinction  of  the  mastadon, 
although  recent,  must  have  been  many  thousand  years  ago. 


niiLosoriiY. 


No  two  particles  of  matter  can  occupy  the  same  space  at  the 
same  lime. 

All  bodies  weigh  heaviest  at  the  earth's  surfoce.  A  body 
that  weighs  10  pounds  at  the  earth's  surface  will  weigh  but 
2^  pounds  4,000  miles  high. 

Take  two  cog-wheels  of  the  same  size;  let  one  stand  still 
put  the  cogs  together  and  put  the  other  in  motion,  and  when 
it  has  made  one-half  revolution  around  the  standing  wheel  it 
will  have  made  a  full  revolution  on  its  own  center,  notwith- 
standing only  one-half  ot  the  cogs  of  its  own  surface  has 
touched  the  standing  wheel. 

The  atmosphere  is  the  lightest  in  wet,  rainy  weather;  yet 
we  tind  people  very  often  who  think  dillerent.  The  medium 
pressure  of  the  atmosphere  is  about  tifteen  pounds  to  the 
square  inch,  but  this  is  not  always  the  case.  The  pressure 
will  vary  in  the  same  locality,  and  sometimes  be  greater  or 
less.  The  medium  hight  that  atmospheric  pressure  will  raise 
water  is  about  33  feet ;  but  tliis  calculation  only  holds  good  at 
the  level  o(  the  sea,  because  as  we  ascend  from  the  sea  level 
the  pressure  becomes  less;  hence,  our  calculations  for  raising 
water  by  atmospheric  pressure  must  be  governed  by  the  pres- 
sure that  atmosphere  has  at  the  hight  of  the  position  above 
the  sea  level.  Illustration  :  At  sea  level  atmospheric  pressure 
lilteen  pounds  to  the  square  inch  ;  one  mile  above  sea  level, 
about  12:^^  pounds;  two  miles  above,  10  pounds  ;  three  miles, 
Impounds;  consequently,  on  an  elevation  three  miles  high, 
water  cannot  be  raised  but  about  IG^  feet  by  the  weight  of 
the  air. 

The  top  or  upper  part  of  a  wagon  wheel  passes  through  a 
greater  amount  of  space  in  a  given  time  when  running  thaa 
the  bottom ;  or,  in  other  words,  runs  the  fastest, 

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PHIUj&OPHY.  105 


The  piston  rod  of  a  steam  engine  makes  tv/o  complete  stop-:  at 
ever}'  revolution  of  the  crank  attached  to  the  end  of  the  pitman. 

HoK»E  Power. — ^The  average  power  of  a  horse  is  suflficient  to 
raise  a  weight  of  about  23.000  pounds  one  foot  per  minute,  but 
when  calculating  the  hor^e  power  of  a  steam  engine  it  is  esti- 
tmated  at  33,000  pounds.  It  then  follows  that  a  ten  horse 
powers  team  engine  is,  in  fact,  about  eq^ual  to  fourteen  average 
horses. 

Power  op  Steam. — One  cubic  foot  of  water  converted  into 
£team  will  raise  the  enormous  weight  of  three  and  a  half  mil- 
Uon  pounds  one  foot,  or  seven  hundred  pounds  one  mile  high- 
All  bodies  or  particles  of  matter  fall  to  the  eath  by  the  at- 
traction of  gravity,  and  their  speed  is  in  proportion  to  their 
density;  but  take  away  the  resisting  force  of  the  atmosphere, 
then  a  cork  or  feather  will  fall  as  fast  as  a  bullet. 

Resultant  motion  may  be  illustrated  by  holding  a  ball  or 
weight  in  your  hand  and  dropping  it  from  the  top  of  your  head 
while  running,  you  will  find  that  you  cannot  run  fast  enough 
to  overtake  the  ball  before  it  strikes  the  ground. 

A  ball  may  be  shot  from  a  cannon  from  the  top  of  a  tower 
on  a  horizontal  plain,  and  another  dropped  from  the  mouth  of 
the  cannon  at  the  same  time,  and  they  will  both  strike  the 
earth  at  the  same  time,  provided  the  surface  be  horizontal 
with  the  cannon. 

Lever  power  is  almost  indispensable,  or  in  other  words, 
without  it  we  could  scarcely  do  anything;  yet  to  take  in  con- 
sideration distance  and  speed,  there  is  not  a  particle  of  power 
gained  by  a  lever.  Illustration  :  Suppose  a  lever  20  feet  long, 
the  fulcrum  2  feet  from  one  end  of  the  lever,  10  pounds  on  the 
long  end  of  the  lever  is  equal  to  100  pounds  on  the  short  end ; 
but  to  raise  the  100  pounds  one  foot  the  ten  pounds  jjasses 
through  10  feet  of  space,  consequently  it  travels  ten  times  as 
fast  as  the  100  pounds,  so  all  that  is  gained  in  power  is  lost  in 
speed  and  distance  ;  because  if  both  ends  of  the  lever  was  of 
the  same  length  while  one  end  of  the  lever  was  passing 
through  ten  feet  of  space  the  other  end  would  pass  through 
the  same  ten  feet ;  and  t^n  i>ound5  would  raise  ten  pjounds  ten 
feet  high,  or  ten  times  as  high  as  the  ten  pounds  on  the  long 
end  of  the  lever  would  raise  the  100  pounds  on  th-  short  end. 


SKETCHES  OF  ASTRONOMY. 


:CK- 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  SOLAR  SYSTEM!, 

Many  theories  have  been  propounded  at  different  periods 
of  the  history  of  astronomy,  respecting  the  original  formation 
of  our  Solar  System,  as  well  as  all  other  suns  and  systems, 
which  it  has  pleased  the  great  creator  op  all  things  to  call 
into  existence,  but  no  one  has  gained  so  great  favor  or  excited 
so  violent  opposition,  as  the  theory  first  proposed  by  Sir  Wil- 
liam Herschel,  and  afterwards  more  especially  applied  by  the 
celebrated  La  Place  to  the  formation  of  the  solar  system. 

This  theory  may  be  thus  stated: — In  the  beginning  all  the 
matter  composing  the  sun,  planets,  and  satellites  was  diffused 
through  space,  in  a  state  of  exceedingly  minute  division,  the 
ultimate  particles  being  held  asunder  by  the  repulsion  of 
heat.  In  process  of  time,  under  the  action  of  gravitation,  th-^* 
mass  assumed  a  round  or  globular  shape,  and  the  particles 
tending  to  the  centre  of  gravity,  a  motion  of  rotation  on  an 
axis  would  commence.  The  great  mass,  now  gradually  cool- 
ing and  condensing,  must  increase  its  rotary  motion,  thereby 
increasing  the  centrifugal  force  at  the  equator  of  the  revolv- 
ing mass,  until,  finally,  a  ring  of  matter  is  actually  detached 
from  the  equator,  and  is  left  revolving  in  space  by  the  shrink- 
ing away  from  it,  of  the  interior  mass.  If  now  we  follow  this 
isolated  ring  of  matter,  we  find  every  reason  to  believe  that 
its  particles  will  gradually  coalesce  into  a  globular  form,  and 
in  turn  form  satellites,  as  it  was  itself  formed.  It  is  unneces- 
sary to  pursue  the  reasoning  further,  for  the  same  laws  which 
produce  one  planet  from  the  equator  of  the  central  revolving 
mass,  may  produce  many — until  finally,  the  process  is  ended 
by  a  partial  solidification  of  the  central  mass,  so  great,  that 
gravity  aided  by  the  attraction  of  cohesion,  is  more  than  suf- 
ficient to  resist  the  action  of  the  centrifugal  force,  and  no  fur- 
ther change  occurs. 

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SKETCHES  OP  ASTRONOMY.  107 

It  has  been  urged  in  favor  of  this  theory,  that  it  accounts 
for  the  striking  peculiarities  which  are  found  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  solar  system.  That  the  rings  of  Saturn  are  positive 
proofs  of  the  truth  of  the  theory,  they  having  cooled  and  con- 
densed without  breaking.  That  the  individuals  constituting 
a  system  thus  produced,  must  revolve  and  rotate  as  do  the 
planets  and  satellites,  and  in  orbits  of  the  precise  figure  and 
position,  as  those  occupied  by  the  planets.  It  accounts  for 
the  rotation  of  the  sun  on  its  axis,  and  presents  a  solution  of 
the  strange  appearance  connected  with  the  sun  called  the 
Zodiacal  Light.  It  goes  further  and  accounts  for  the  forma- 
tion of  single,  double,  and  multiple  suns  and  stars — and  by  the 
remains  of  chaotic  matter  in  the  interstics  between  the  stars, 
and  which  are  finally  drawn  to  some  particular  sun,  whose  in- 
fluence in  the  end  preponderates,  accounts  for  the  comets 
which  enter  our  system  from  every  region  in  space. 

In  support  of  this  theory  it  has  been  urged  that  the  comets, 
in  their  organization,  presents  us  with  specimens  of  this  finely 
divided  nebulous  or  chaotic  matter — and  that  the  telescope 
reveals  cloudy  patches  of  light  of  indefinite  extent,  scattered 
throughout  space,  which  give  evidence  of  being  yet  unformed 
and  chaotic.  That  many  stars  are  found  in  which  the  bright 
nucleus  or  centre  is  surrounded  by  a  halo  or  haze  of  nebulous 
light,  and  that  round  nebulous  bodies  are  seen  with  the  teles- 
cope, of  an  extent  vastly  greater  than  would  fill  the  entire 
space  encircled  by  the  enormous  orbit  of  the  planet  La 
Verrier,  or  having  a  diameter  greater  than  7,000  millions  of 
miles. 

Such  are  a  few  of  the  arguments  in  support  of  this  most  ex- 
traordinary theory.  We  now  present  the  objections  which 
have  been  most  strongly  insisted  on.  The  retrogade  motions 
of  the  satellites  of  Herschel,  and  their  great  inclination  to 
the  plane  of  the  ecliptic  can  not  be  accounted  for  by  this 
theory.  That  computation  shows  that  no  atmosphere  of  con- 
densed nebulous  matter  can  extend  to  so  great  a  distance  from 
the  sun,  as  does  the  matter  composing  the  Zodiacal  Light,  and, 
finally,  that  the  nebulous  matter  in  the  heavens  will  ulti- 
mately be  resolved  into  immense  congeries  and  clusters  of 
stars,  whose  great  distance  has  hitherto  defied  the  power  of 
the  best  instruments. 
In  reply  to  the  first  objection,  the  friends  of  the  theory  doubt 


108  SKETCHES  OP  ASTRONOMY. 

the  facts  with  reference  to  the  satellites  of  Herschel.  They 
reply  that  the  matter  composing  the  Zodiacal  Light  being  in 
the  nature  of  cometary  matter,  is  thrown  to  a  greater  distance 
from  the  sun  than  gravity  would  warrant,  by  that  power  resid- 
ing in  the  sun  which  is  able  on  the  approach  of  comets  to 
project  those  enormous  trains  of  light,  which  sometimes  render 
them  so  wonderful.  As  to  the  last  objection,  it  is  urged  that 
although  many  nebulo9  will  doubtless  be  resolved  into  stars, 
by  using  more  powerful  telescopes,  yet  that  these  same  teles- 
copes will  reveal  more  now  nebula3  which  cannot  be  resolved, 
than  they  will  resolve — and  as  to  the  existence  of  nebulous 
matter,  it  is  perfectly  demonstrated  by  the  physical  organiza- 
tion of  comets,  and  the  existence  of  nebulous  stars. 

Such  was  the  state  of  the  Astronomical  argument,  when 
Lord  Rosse's  Great  Reflector  was  first  applied  to  the  explora- 
tion of  the  distant  regions  of  space.  In  a  religious  point  of 
view,  this  theory  had  excited  no  small  amount  of  discussion, 
in  consequence  of  its  supposed  Atheistical  tendencies.  The 
friends  of  the  theory  contend  that  it  was  no  more  Atheistical 
to  admit  the  formation  of  the  universe  by  law,  than  to  acknowl- 
edge that  it  is  now  sustained  by  laws.  Indeed  since  we  must 
go  to  the  first  great  cause  for  matter  in  its  chaotic  state,  as 
well  as  for  the  laws  which  govern  matter,  that  this  theory  gave 
to  us  a  grander  view  of  the  omniscience  and  omnipotence  of 
God  than  could  be  obtained  from  any  other  source.  In  fine, 
that  it  harmonized  with  the  declaration  of  scripture,  which 
tells  us  that  "In  the  beginning  God  created  the  heavens  and 
the  earth,  and  the  earth  was  witJwut  form  and  void."  If  the 
earth  came  into  existence  in  its  present  condition,  then  it  had 
forin  and  was  not  void.  Hence,  this  first  grand  declaration  of 
the  inspired  writer  must  refer  to  the  formation  of  the  matter 
of  which  the  heavens  and  earth  were  afterwards  formed.  Some 
went  so  far  as  to  trace  out  dimly  a  full  account  of  this  theory 
in  the  order  of  creation,  as  laid  down  in  Gensis. 

Let  us  now  proceed  to  the  discoveriesof  Lord  Rosse, and  their 
influence  on  this  greatly  disputed  theory.  The  space  penetrat- 
ing power  of  his  six  feet  reflector  is  much  greater  than  that 
of  Sir  William  lierschel's  great  telescope,  and  it  was  anti- 
cipated that  many  nebulae  which  were  unresolved  into  clusters 
of  stars  by  Hershel,  would  yield  under  the  greater  power  and 
light  of  Lord  Rosse's  telescope.    This  has  proved  to  be  the 


8KETCEES  OP  ASTRONOMY.  109 

fact.  Very  many  nebulae  have  been  removed  from  their  old 
places,  and  must  hereafter  figure  among  the  clusters,  while  we 
are  informed  that  many  yet  remain,  even  of  the  old  nebulae, 
which  defy  the  power  of  the  monster  telescope. 

The  most  remarkable  object  which  has  been  resolved  by 
Lord  Rosse,  is  the  great  nebula  in  Orion,  one  of  the  most 
extraordinary  objects  in  the  heavens.  Its  size  is  enormous, 
and  its  figure  very  extraordinary.  In  certain  parts  adjoining 
the  nebula  the  heavens  are  jet  hlach^  either  from  contrast  or  by 
the  vacuity  of  these  regions.  Two  immense  spurs  of  light  are 
seen  to  project  from  the  principal  mass  of  the  nebula,  and  to 
extend  to  a  most  extraordinary  distance.  This  will  be  better 
understood,  by  remembering  that  at  the  distance  at  which  this 
nebula  is  removed  from  us,  the  entire  diameter  of  the  earth's 
orbit,  190  millions  of  miles,  is  an  invisable  XJoint,  less  than  one 
second,  while  this  nebula  extends  to  many  thousands  of  times 
this  distance,  and  more  probably  to  many  millions  of  times. 

Several  stars  have  been  found,  and  are  visible  on  the  nebula, 
but  have  hitherto  been  regarded  as  being  between  the  eye  of 
the  observer  and  this  remote  object.  Sir  William  Ilerschel 
was  unable  to  resolve  this  mysterious  body,  and  yet  the  nebula 
gave  indications  of  being  of  the  resolvable  kind  by  its  irreg- 
ular and  curdled  appearance  under  high  powers.  Several 
years  since  Dr.  J.  Lamont,  of  Munich,  after  a  rigid  scrutiny,  of 
this  nebula  with  his  great  Refractor,  pronounced  a  portion  of 
it  to  be  composed  of  minute  stellar  points^  and  predicted  its 
final  perfect  resolution  into  stars  by  greater  power.  This  pre- 
diction has  been  fully  verified,  for  Lord  Rosse's  great  Reflector 
has  solved  the  mystery,  and  filled  this  extraordinary  object 
with  the  "jewelry  of  stars." 

But  the  question  recurs,  what  have  the  defenders  of  the 
nebular  theory  lost,  or  its  enemies  gained  by  this  interesting 
discovery?  We  are  all  liable  to  reach  conclusions  too  hastily, 
and  to  join  issue  on  false  points.  If  the  nebular  theory  depen- 
ded for  its  existance  upon  the  irresolvability  of  the  nebula  in 
Orion,  then  indeed  has  the  theory  been  entirely  exploded. 
But  this  is  not  tlie  fact.  No  ono  has  asserted  that  the 
great  nebula  in  Orion  was  nebulous  matter^  and  if  it  were  not, 
then  none  existed.  Such  an  issue  would  have  been  a  false  cnei, 
had  it  been  made. 

The  theory  has  neither  lost  nor  gained  by  the  discoveries 


110  SKETCHES  OF  ASTRONOMY. 

thus  far  made;  what  time  may  develope  it  is  impossible  to 
say.  In  case  certain  data  can  be  obtained,  which  appear  to  be 
accessible,  then  indeed  may  we  demonstrate  its  truth  or  lalse 
hood,  by  mathematical  investigation.  Until  then,  the  safer 
plan  is  neither  to  adopt  nor  reject,  but  investigate  until  abso- 
lute tru(h  shall  reward  our  long  continued  labor,  and  reveal 
the  mystery  of  the  organization  of  that  stupendous  system,  ol 
which  our  humble  planet  forms  an  insignificant  part. — SmU/i's 
Astronomy. 

The  sun  is  the  center  of  the  solar  system,  around  which  all 
other  planets  belonging  to  our  universe  revolve.  The  names 
of  all  the  primary  planets  that  have  been  discovered  that  con- 
stitute "the  solar  system,  are  the  Sun,  Mercury,  Venus,  the 
Earth,  Mars,  Jupiter,  Saturn,  Herschel,  Uranus,  Neptune,  and 
twenty-three  asteroids,  or  small  planets.  The  approximate 
distance  each  of  the  large  planets  travel  in  making  one  revo- 
lution around  the  sun  is  about  as  follows : 

Mercury,  number  of  miles 220,000,000 

Venus,  ' 408,000,000 

Earth,  "         "       "     570,000,000 

Mars,  "  "       "    852,000,000 

Jupiter,  "  "       "     2,910,000,000 

Saturn,  "  "       "     5,340,000,000 

Herschel,        "  "       "     10,800,000,000 

LaVerrier     "         '•       "    „ _17,100,000,000 

COMETS. 

Very  little  is  known  of  the  physical  nature  of  comets. 
They  are  thought  by  some  astronomers  to  be  about  as  dense 
as  smoke.  They  are  bodies  that  revolve  around  the  sun  in 
very  elongated  orbits,  and  some  astronomers  think  that  the 
greater  number  visit  our  system  but  once,  and  then  fly  oiF  in 
nearly  straight  lines,  and  go  to  revolve  around  other  suns  in 
the  far-ofT  distant  heavens.  The  length  of  the  tail  of  a  comet» 
as  measured  by  astronomers,  seem  almost  incredible. 

Comet  of  1680,  length  of  the  tail 123,000,000  miles. 

Do.         1744,        "  "  35,000,000      " 

Do.         1709,        "  "  48,000,000      " 

Do.         1811,        "  "  130,000000      " 

Do.         1843,        "  "  130,000,000      " 

The  sun  is  1,384,472  times  as  large  as  the  earth ;  Jupiter  is 
1,280  times  larger  than  the  earth,  and  Saturn  1,000  times. 


SKETCHES  OP  ASTRONOMY.  HI 


DIRECTIONS  FOR  FINDING  THE  NORTH  STAR,  AT  ANY  TIME. 

Every  pupil  should  be  instructed  in  the  manner  of  pointing 
out  the  North  Star  at  any  time  of  the  night.  If  they  are  ena- 
bled to  do  this  at  any  time,  it  will  assist  them  in  making  other 
important  observations,  as  well  as  being  of  use  on  many  occa- 
sions which  occur  in  the  life  of  every  man.  Many  persons 
have  been  lost  in  2i prairie  or  other  unfrequented  places,  when 
if  they  had  been  able  to  have  told  the  points  of  the  compass 
they  could  have  extricated  themselves  from  their  lost  situa- 
tion. This  may  be  done  in  a  very  easy  manner.  There  is 
hardly  a  child  of  ten  years  of  age  who  cannot  at  any  time  of 
night  point  out  the  stars  in  the  Great  Bear  which  form  what  is 
called  the  Great  Dipper.  Now  if  an  imaginary  line  be  drawn 
through  the  two  stars  which  form  the  front  edge  of  the  Dipper, 
from  the  bottom  towards  the  top,  and  continued  about  20  de- 
grees, it  will  pass  very  near  the  North  Star— so  near  that  it 
cannot  be  mistaken,  there  being  no  other  stars  of  that  magni- 
tude near  it.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  this  rule  holds 
good  in  whatever  position  the  Dipper  may  be  at  the  time. — 
Smit/i's  Illustrated  Astronomy. 

ECLIPSES. 

Eclipses  are  among  the  most  interesting  phenomena  pre- 
sented to  us  by  the  heavenly  bodies.    In  all  ages,  when  an 
eclipse  has  taken  place,  it  has  excited  the  profound  attention 
of  the  learned,  and  the  fears  and  superstitions  of  the  ignorant. 
The  causes  of  eclipses  before  the  seventeenth  century  were 
known  only  to  a  few,  and  they  generally  took  advantage  of 
this  knowledge  to  impose  upon  the  credulity  of  (he  ignorant 
by  pretending  that  they  were  inspired  by  the  Gods.    Among 
the  ancient  nations,  the  Chaldeans  were  the  foremost  in  their 
observations  of  the  phenomena  of  the  heavens  ;  perhaps  tlis 
was  owing  in  some  measure  to  their  occupation ;  they  being 
shepherds  were  obliged  to  watch  their  flocks  by  night  to  pro- 
tect them  from  the  wild  beasts  which  were  at  that  time  num- 
erous.   Men  under  such   circumstances  would  naturally  be 
led  to  watch  closely  the  movements  of  the  heavenly  bodies, 
and  more  especially  so,  for  in  the  earlier  periods  of  the  world 
they  had  no  correct  mode  of  reckoning  time  in  order  to  deter- 
mine the  seasons  or  the  proper  seed  time  and  harvest. 
Eclipses  attracted  the  particular  attention  of  the  Chaldeans, 


112  SKETCHES  OP  ASIRONOMY. 

and  by  a  series  of  observations  extended  through  several  cen- 
turies, thty  discovered  a  very  important  fact  relating  to 
eclipses,  although  they  did  not  understand  the  cause. 

By  comparing  the  records  which  had  been  made  for  a  great 
length  of  lime,  they  found  that  a  certain  period  of  time  elapsed 
between  eclipses  of  tiie  same  kind  and  magnitude;  that  is,  if 
18  years,  11  days,  7  hours  and  43  minutes,  were  added  to  the 
time  of  the  happening  of  any  eclipse,  it  would  show  the  time 
of  the  return  of  the  same  eclipse;  the  only  differences  would 
be  that  it  would  not  happen  at  the  same  time  in  the  day  and 
it  would  be  a  little  greater  or  less  than  the  previous  eclipse — 
thus  they  were  able  to  predict  eclipses  with  sufficient  accu- 
racy to  answer  their  designs  upon  the  ignorant  without  under- 
standing the  laws  by  which  these  periodical  returns  were 
produced. 

To  explain  this  briefly,  it  must  be  remembered  that  the 
moon's  orbit  makes  an  angle  with  the  plane  of  the  earth's  or- 
bit of  5^  deg.;  these  two  points  where  the  moon's  orbit  cuts 
the  plane  of  the  earth's  orbit,  are  called  nodes.  Now  we  will 
suppose  that  on  any  day  at  noon  it  is  new  moon,  and  the  moon 
is  just  16  deg.  from  her  descending  node,  the  shadow  of  the 
moon  would  just  touch  the  earth  at  the  north  pole  ;  in  223  lu- 
nations, or  18  years,  11  days,  7  hours,  43  minutes  thereafter, 
the  moon  would  come  nearly  to  the  same  position  as  it  was  at 
the  beginning,  consequently  there  would  be  another  small 
eclipse  of  the  sun,  and  at  the  expiration  af  every  223  lunations 
it  would  return,  and  at  each  return  the  moon's  shadow  would 
pass  across  the  earth  a  little  more  to  the  south  until  the 
eclipse  had  appeared  about  77  times,  when  it  would  pass  off 
at  the  south  pole,  occupying  a  period  of  1,388  years  :  The  same 
period  would  not  commence  again  until  the  expiration  of  12,- 
492  years.  Each  eclipse  which  takes  place  during  any  year,  be- 
longs to  a  separate  and  similar  period.  Those  periods  of 
eclipses  which  come  in  at  the  moon's  ascending  node,  first 
come  on  to  the  earth  at  the  south  pole,  and  at  each  return  the 
moon's  shadow  passes  across  the  earth  more  to  tlie  north,  and 
after  appearing  about  77  times,  they  finally  leave  the  earth  at 
the  north  pole. — SmiWs  Astronomy. 


SKETCHES  OF  ASTRONOMY.  113 

IMMENSITY  OF  SPACE. 

Great  is  the  immensity  of  space.  Light  travels  at  the  rate 
of  one  hundred  and  ninety-two  thousand  miles  per  second 
and  yet  at  this  great  speed  it  would  take  it  over  thirty  million 
years  to  come  from  some  of  the  far  off  nebulas  to  the  earth. 
Some  ideas  of  the  immensity  of  space  may  be  gathered  by 
the  calculation  of  the  distance  that  light  would  travel  in  thirty 
millions  of  years,  and  then  supposing  that  the  distance  ascer- 
tained by  the  calculation,  was  to  the  remaining  distance  as 
one  drop  of  water  is  to  the  ocean.  In  all  probability  the  most 
powerful  telescope  has  only  brought  to  view  a  small  portion 
of  creation. 

The  nearest  fixed  stars,  according  to  the  best  astronomical 
calculation,  20,000,000,000,000  of  miles  from  the  earth.  To 
assist  the  mind  of  the  reader  to  get  some  idea  of  the  immensity 
of  this  distance,  I  have  taken  the  pains  to  make  the  following 
calculation:  Suppose  that  when  the  Lord  past  sentence  upon 
Cain  for  killing  his  brother,  that  he  had  banished  him  to  the 
nearest  fixed  star,  and  had  caused  a  whirlwind  or  some  other 
power  to  have  taken  him  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand  miles  an 
hour  day  and  night  from  that  time  till  now,  counting  the  time 
past  six  thousand  years,  at  360  days  travel  to  the  year,  he 
would  have  traveled  at  the  end  of  the  six  thousand  years  only 
one  3.80ih  part  of  the  distance,  and  at  the  same  rate  of  speed 
at  the  end  of  two  million  years  from  this  time  he  would  not 
reach  his  destination,  but  would  yet  be  one  trillion  three  hun- 
dred and  eighty-two  billion  four  hundred  million  miles  from 
his  future  home,  or  place  of  banishment.  So  you  see  that  after 
two  million  and  six  thousand  years  travel  at  the  enormous 
speed  of  one  thousand  miles  an  hour,  leaves  a  distance  yet 
untraveled  equal  to  about  fifty -five  million  times  the  distance 
of  Cook's  voyage  around  the  earth. 


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RELIGIOUS. 


The  number  of  Protestants  of  the  world,  according  to  the  statistics  of 
all  nations,  is  about  as  follows  : 

United  States 33,000,000 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland 25,000,000 

Asia  and  Armenia 5,000,000 

British  America  and  West  Indies 4,000,000 

France,  Belgium  and  Holland 5,000,000 

South  America 1,500,000 

Sweden,  Norway  and  Denmark 7,600,000 

The  German  Empire 25,000,000 

Throughout  the  rest  of  the  world 13,000^000 

Total 121.000,000 

Or  about  one  in  every  fourteen  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  world  are 
Protestants.  Of  this  number  there  is  about  one  in  every  four  identified 
with  or  members  of  the  different  Protestant  churches  of  the  world.  It 
then  follows  that  the  entire  membership  of  all  the  Protestant  churches 
of  the  world  amounts  to  one  in  fifty-six  of  the  inhabitants. 

The  number  of  Roman  Catholics  (approximately  correct)  is  as  follows: 

United  States 3,500,000 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland 6,000,000 

Eussia 7,200,000 

South  America 21,000,000 

France 36,000,000 

Austria  and  Venetia 28,000,000 

Spain 17,000,000 

Other  parts  of  the  world 60,000,000 

Total 200,900,000 

Pagans,  or  those  who  worshipped  idols,  or  created  things  or  beings^ 
they  number  near  three-fourths  of  the  entire  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 
They  number  at  present  about  1,000,000,000.  This  includes  the  Moham- 
medans, the  Buddhists  and  the  Mormons,  or  Latter  Day  Saints.  Of  this 
number  there  is  to  be  found  in  the  United  States,  of  Mormons,  75,000. 
And  strange  as  it  may  seem,  we  have  about  60,000  Heathen  idol  worship- 

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116  RELiaiOUS. 


pers,  who  have  began  erecting  their  temples  on  American  soil.  There  is 
one  in  San  Francisco,  California,  and  I  understand  one  is  being  erected 
at  Denver  City,  Colorado. 

The  number  of  church  edifices  and  value  of  church  property  of  the 

principal  religious  organizations  in  the  United  States,  are  as  follows  : 

NAME.                                                                                                           CHURCHES.  VALUE. 

Baptist  (regular) 12,857  $39,229,221 

Baptist  (other) 1,105  2,378,977 

Christian 2,822  6,425,137 

Congregational 2,715  25,069,098 

Episcopal 2,601  36,514,549 

Evangelical  Association 641  2,301,650 

Friends 662  .      3,939,500 

Jews 152  5,155,234 

Lutheran 2,776  14,917,747 

Methodist 21,337  69,854,121 

Moravian 67  709,100 

Mormon 171  656,750 

Swedenborgian 61  869,700 

Presbyterian  (regular) 5,683  47,828,732 

Presbyterian  (other) 1,388  5,436,524 

Dutch  Reform 468  10,359,255 

Late  German  Reform 1,145  5;775,il5 

Roman  Catholic 3,806  60,985,566 

Second  Advent 140  306,240 

Shakers 18  86,900 

Spiritualist 22  100,150 

Unitarian 310  6,282,675 

United  Brethren 937  1,819,810 

Universalist 602  6,692,325 

Unknown  (union) 652  965,295 

Unknown  Local  Missions 27  687,800 

Total 63,082  $354,483,581 


STATISTICAL. 


POPITLATION  OF  EACH  STATE. 


Alabama 996,992 

Arkansas 484,471 

California 560,247 

Connecticut 537,454 

Delaware 125,015 

Florida 187,748 

Georgia 1,184,109 

Illinois 2,539,891 

Indiana 1,680,637 

Iowa 1,194,020 

Kansas 364,399 

Kentucky 1,321,011 

Louisiana 726,915 

Maine 626,915 

Maryland 780,894 

Massachusetts 1,457,351 

Michigan 1,184,059 

Minnesota 459,706 

Mississippi 827,922 


Missouri 1,721,295 

Nebraska 122,993 

Nevada 42,491 

New  Hampshire 318,300 

New  Jersey 906,095 

New  York 4,382,759 

North  Carolina 1,071,361 

Ohio 2,665,260 

Oregon 90,923 

Pennsylvania 3,521,951 

Ehode  Island 217,353 

South  Carolina 705,606 

Tennessee 1,258,520 

Texas 818,579 

Vermont 330,551 

Virginia 1,225,163 

West  Virginia 442,014 

Wisconsin 1,054,670 


Total 38,115,641 


POPTTLATION   OF   THE    TERRITORIES. 


Arizona 9,658 

Colorado 39,864 

Dakota 14,181 

District  of  Columbia 131,700 

Idaho 14,999 

Montana 20,595 


New  Mexico 91,874 

Utah 86,788 

Washington 29  955 

Wyoming 9,118 


Total 442,730 


POPULATION   OF   THE    PRINCIPAL   CITIES. 


New  York,  N.  Y 942,292 

Philadelphia,  Pa 674,022 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 396,099 

St.  Louis,  Mo 310,864 


Charleston,  S.  C 48,956 

Indianapolis,  Ind 48,244 

Troy,  N.  Y 40,465 

Syracuse,  N.  Y 43,051 

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STATISTICAL. 


POPCLATION  OF  THE   PRINCIPAL  CITIES — CONTIinJED; 


Chicago,  111 298,977 

Baltimore,  Md 267,354 

Boston,  Mass 250,526 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 216,239 

New  Orleans,  La 191,418 

San  Francisco,  Cal 149,473 

Buffalo,  N.  Y 117,714 

Washington,  D.  C 109,199 

Newark,  N.  J 105,059 

Louisville,  Ky 100,753 

Cleveland,  Ohio 92,829 

Pittsburgh,  Pa 86,076 

Jersey  City,  N.J 82,546 

Detroit,  Mich 79,577 

Milwaukee,  Wis 71,440 

Albany,  N.  Y 69,422 

Providence,  R.  1 68,904 

Rochester,  N.  Y 62,386 

Allegheny,  Pa...., 53180 

Richmond,  Va 51.038 

New  Haven,  Conn 50,840 

The  number  of  all  the  male  citizens 
the  United  States  and  Territories, 
Census : 

Alabama 202,046 

Arizona 3,397 

Arkansas 100,043 

California 145,802 

Colorado 15,515 

Connecticut 127,499 

Dakota 5,234 

Delaware 28,207 

District  of  Columbia 31,622 

Florida 38,854 

Georgia 234,919 

Idaho , 5,557 

Illinois 542,843 

Indiana 376,780 

Iowa 255,802 

Kansas , 99,065 

Kentucky „ 282,305 

Louisiana^ 159,201 

Maine „ 153,100 

Maryland 169,845 


Worcester,  Mass 41,105 

Lowell,  Mass 40,928 

Memphis,  Tenn 40,226 

Cambridge,  Mass 39,634 

Hartford,  Conn 37,180 

Scranton,  Pa 35,092 

Reading,  Pa 33,630 

Patterson,  N.  J 33,579 

Kansas  City,  Mo 32,260 

Mobile,  Ala 32,034 

Toledo,  Ohio 31,584 

Portlan-d,  Me 31,413 

Columbus,  Ohio 31,274 

Wilmington,  Del 30,841 

Dayton,  Ohio 30,473 

Lawrence,  Mass 28,921 

Utica,  N.  Y 28,804 

Charlestown,  Mass 28,323 

Savannah,  Ga 28,235 

Lynn,  Mass 28,233 

Fall  River,  Mass 26,766 

over  the  age  of  twenty- one  years  ia 
as  shown  by  the  statistics  of  the  last 

Missouri 380,235 

Montana 11,523 

Nebraska 36,169 

Nevada .  18,652 

New  Hampshire 83,361 

New  Jersey 194,109 

New  Mexico 22,442 

New  York 981,587 

North  Carohna 214,224 

Ohio 592,350 

Oregon 24,608 

Pennsylvania 776,345 

Rhode  Island 43,996 

South  Carolina 146,614 

Tennessee 259,016 

Texas 169,215 

Utah 10,147 

Vermont 74,867' 

Virginia 266,680 

Washington 7,902 


STATISTICAL.  119 


NUMBER   MALE   CITIZENS,    etc. — COTINUED: 

Massachusetts 312,770    West  Virginia 93,435 

Michigan 274,459    Wisconsin 203,077 

Minnesota 75,274    Wyoming 5,297 

Mississippi 169,737  

Total, 8,425,941 

By  the  above  the  full  amount  of  the  vote  of  each  State  is  shown,  and 
as  the  vote  for  President  in  1872  was  not  a  strict  party  vote,  we  will  giv9 
the  vote  for  President  in  1868,  as  polled  for  Grant  and  Seymour,  as  we 
think  this  more  satisfactory. 

VOTE    OF    EACH    STATE    OP   THE   XTNION. 

Rep.  Dem. 

Alabama 76,366  72,086 

Arkansas 22,152  19,078 

California 54,592  54,078 

Connecticut 50,996  47,951 

Delaware 7,623  10,980 

Florida  (By  Legislature.) 

Georgia 57,134  102,822 

Illinois 250,293  199,143 

Indiana 176,552  166,980 

Iowa 120,399  74,040 

Kansas 31,046  14,019 

Kentucky 39,569  115,889 

Louisiana 33,263  80,225 

Maine 70,426  42,396 

Maryland 30,438  62,357 

Massachusetts 136,437  59,408 

Michigan 128,550  97,069 

Minnesota 43,542  28,072 

Mississippi  (No  vote.) 

Missouri 85,671  59,878 

Nebraska 9,729  5,439 

Nevada 6,480  5,218 

New  Hampshire 38,191  31,224 

New  Jersey 80,121  83,001 

New  York 419,883  429,883 

North  Carolina 96,226  84,090 

Ohio 280,828  238,700 

Oregon 10,961  11,125 

Pennsylvania 342,280  313,382 

Ehode  Island 12,903  6,548 

South  Carolina 62,301  45,237 

Tennessee 56,757  26,311 

Texas  (No  vote.) 


120 


STATISTICAL. 


VOTE   OP   EACH   STATE   OP  THE  tJNION — CONTINUED. 

Vermont 44,167 

Virginia  (No  vote.) 

West  Virginia 29,025 

Wisconsin 108,857 


12,04& 

20,306 
84,710 


Total 3,012,188        2,703,590 

POPULATION   OF   INDIANA   BY   COUNTIES,    1870. 


Adams 11,382 

Allen 43,494 

Bartholomew 21,131 

Benton 5,615 

Blackford 6,272 

Boone 22,593 

Brown 8,681 

Carroll 16,152 

Cass 24,193 

Clarke 24,770 

Clay 19,084 

Clinton 17,330 

Crawford 9,851 

Daviess 16.747 

Dearborn 24,116 

Decatur 19,053 

DeKalb 17,167 

Delaware 19,030 

Dubois 12,597 

Elkhart 26,026 

Fayette 10,476 

Floyd 23,300 

Fountain 16,389 

Franklin 20,223 

Fulton 12,726 

Gibson 17,371 

Grant 18,487 

Greene 19,514 

Hamilton 20,882 

Hancock 15,123 

Harrison 19,913 

Hendricks 20,277 

Henry 22,986 

Howard 15,847 

Huntington 12,036 

Jackson , „...  18,974 

Jasper 0,354 


Madison 22,770 

Marion 71,939 

Marshal 20,211 

Martin 11,103 

Miami 21,052 

Monroe 14,168 

Montgomery , 23,765 

Morgan 17,528 

Newton 5,829 

Noble 20,389 

Ohio 5,837 

Orange 13,497 

Owen 16,137 

Park 18,166 

Perry 14,801 

Pike 13,779 

Porter 13,942 

Posey 19,185 

Pulaski 7,801 

Putnam 21,514 

Randolph 22,862 

Ripley 20,977 

Rush 17,626. 

Scott 7,823 

Shelby 21,892 

Spencer 17,998 

Starke 3,888 

Steuben 12,854 

St.  Joseph 25,322 

Sullivan 18,453 

Switzerland 12,134 

Tippecanoe 33,515 

Tipton 11,953 

Union 6,341 

Vanderburg 33,145 

Vermillion ^.^.  10,840 

Vigo 33,549 


STATISTICAL.  121 


POPULATION    CF  INDIANA  BY   COTTNTIES — CONTINUED. 

Jay 15,000    Wabash 21,305 

Jefferson 29,741     Warren 10,204 

Jennings 16,218     Warrick 17,053 

Johnson 18,366    Washington 18,495 

Knox 21,562    Wayne 34,048 

Kosciusko 23,531     Wells 13,585 

LaGrange 14,148     White 10,554 

Lake 12,339     Whitley 14,399 

LaPorte 27,062  


Lawrence 14,628        Total 1,680,637 

INDIANA   T0\rN3   THAT   HAVE   500,    OR   OVER,    INHABITANTS. 

Decatur,  Adams  county 858 

New  Haven,  Allen  county 912 

Ft.  Wayne,  Allen  county 17,718 

Monroeville,  Allen  county 630 

Columbus,  Bartholomew  county 3,359 

Hope,  Bartholomew  county 765 

Oxford,  Benton  county 519 

Hartford,  Blackford  county 878 

Lebanon,  Boone  county 1,572 

Zionsville,  Boone  county 956 

Jamestown,  Boone  county , 603 

Thorntown,  Boone  county 1,526 

Delphi,  Carroll  county 1,614 

Browntown,  Cass  county 903 

Logansport,  Cass  county 8,950 

West  Logan,  Cass  county 978 

Charleston,  Clarke  county 2,204 

Jeffersonville,  Clarke  county 7,254 

Brazil,  Clay  county 2,186 

Staunton,  Clay  county 587 

Knightsville,  Clay  county 1,071 

Harmony,  Clay  county 597 

Bowling  Green,  Clay  county 606 

Frankfort,  Clinton  county 1,300 

Leavenworth,  Crawford  county 567 

Washington,  Daviess  county 2,901 

Aurora,  Dearborn  county 3,304 

Cochran,  Dearborn  county 675 

Lawrenceburg,  Dearborn  county 3,159 

Moore's  Hill,  Dearborn  county 617 

Waterloo,  DeKalb  county 1,259 

Auburn,  DeKalb  county 677 

Muucie,  Delaware  county 2,992 


122  STATISTICAL. 


INDIANA   TOWNS,  ETC.— OONTINUDD. 

Jasper,  Dubois  county 647 

Elkhart,  Elkhart  county 3.265 

Goshen,  Elkhart  county 3,133 

Bristol,  Elkhart  county 681 

Connersville,  Fayette  county 2,496 

Now  Albany,  Floyd  county 15,396 

Attica,  Fountain  county 2,273 

Covington,  Fountain  county 1,888 

Laurel,  Franklin  county 741 

Rochester,  Fulton  county 1,528 

Owensville,  Gibson  county 522 

Princeton,  Gibson  county 1,847 

Patoka,  Gibson  county 844 

Marion,  Grant  county 1,658 

Jonesboro,  Grant  county 581 

Bloomfield,  Green  county 656 

Westfield,  Hamilton  county 608 

Noblesville,  Hamilton  county 1,435 

Greenfield,  Hancock  county 1,203 

Corydon,  Harrison  county 747 

Danville,  Hendricks  county 1,080 

Plainfield,  Hendricks  county 795 

Brownsburg,  Hendricks  county 551 

Middletown,  Henry  county 711 

Knightstown,  Henry  county 1,528 

Kokomo,  Howard  county 2,177 

Roanoke,  Huntington  county 627 

Brownstown,  Jackson  county 573 

Seymour,  Jackson  county 2,372 

Rensselaer,  Jasper  county 617 

Hanover,  Jeflerson  county 564 

North  Madison,  Jefferson  county 1,007 

Madison,  Jeflerson  county 10,709 

North  Vernon,  Jennings  county 1,758 

Vernon,  Jennings  county 673 

Edinburg,  Johnson  county 1,799 

Franklin  City 2,707 

Vincennes,  Knox  county 5,440 

Pierceton,  Kosciusko  county 1,063 

LaGrange,  LaGrange  county 1,038 

LaPorte,  LaPorte  county 6,581 

Michigan  City,  LaPorte  county 3,985 

Westville  City,  LaPor;e  county 640 

Mitchell,  Lawrence  county 1,087 


STATISTICAL.  123 


INDIAKA  TOWNS,  ETC.— CONTINUED. 

Anderson,  Madison  county 3,126 

Pendleton,  Madiaon  county 675 

Bourborn,  Marshall  county 874 

Plymouth,  Marshall  county 2,482 

Shoals,  Martin  county 512 

Loogootee,  Martin  county 748 

PcxU,  Miami  county 3,617 

Bloommgton,  Monroe  county 1,030 

Ladoga,  Montgomery  county 878 

Crawfordsville,  Montgomery  county 3,701 

Mooresville,  Morgan  county 1.229 

Martinsville,  Morgan  county 1,131 

Kentland,  Newton  county 802 

Kendallville,  Noble  county 2,164 

Ligonier,  Noble  county 1,514 

Rising  Sun,  Ohiocounty 1,760 

Orleans,  Orange  county 905 

Paoli,  Orange  county 628 

Spencer,  Owen  county 971 

GoBport,  Owen  county 860 

Kockville,  Park  county 1,187 

Montezuma,  Park,  county 624 

Cannelton,  Perry  county 2,481 

Tell  City,  Perry  county 1,660 

Petersburg,  Pike  county 923 

Valparaiso,  Porter  county 2,765 

Mount  Vernon,  Posey  county 2,880 

New  Harmony,  Posey  county 836 

Winnamack,  Pulaskicounty 906 

Greencastle,  Putnam  county 3,227 

Ridgeville,  Randolph  county 716 

Farmland,  Randolph  county 532 

Union  City,  Ra))dolph  county 1,439 

"Winchester,  Randolph  county 1,456 

Versails,  Ripley  county 500 

Rusbville,  Rush  county 1,696 

Shelbyville,  Shelby  county 2,731 

Rockport,  Spencer  county 1,720 

Angola,  Steuben  county 1,072 

Mishawaka,  St.  Joseph  county 2,617 

South  Eend,  St.  Joseph  county 7,206 

Sullivan,  Sullivan  county 1,.396 

Lafayette,  Tippecanoe  county 13,516 

Tipton,  Tipton  county 892 


124  STATISTICAL. 


INDIANA   TOTTNS,   ETC. — CONTINXTED. 

Liberty,  Union  county „ 700 

Evansville,  Vanderburgh  county 21,830 

Clinton,  Vermillion  county 564 

Perrysville,  Vermillion  county 690 

Terre  Haute,  Vigo  county 16,103 

Lagro,  Wabash  county 519 

Wabash  City,  Wabash  county 2,881 

Williamsport,  Warren  county 988 

Booneville,  Warrick  county 1,039 

Newburg,  Warrick  county 1,464 

Salem,  Washington  county 1,294 

Centreville,  Wayne  county 1,077 

East  Germantown,  Wayne  county 636 

Hagerstown,  Wayne  county 833 

Richmond,  Wayne  county 9,445 

Milton,  Wayne  county 823 

BluSlown,  Wells  county 1,138 

Monticello,  Whito  county .^,^ „ 887 

Columbia,  Whitley  county...    ..„ „ ». 1,633 


SABBATH  SCHOOLS. 


-:o:- 


The  first  Sabbath  School  that  we  have  been  able  to  find  a 
record  of,  was  established  in  the  year  17G9  in  the  town  of  Wy- 
cumbe,  England,  by  a  young  Methodist  lady  by  the  name  of 
Hannah  Ball.  A  few  years  after  this  another  young  lady  who 
afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Samuel  Bradburn,  suggested 
the  idea  of  Sabbath  Schools  to  Robert  Rakes.  He  being  a 
man  of  quick  perception  and  great  energy  saw  at  once  the  ad- 
vantages to  be  gained  by  schools  of  this  kind.  He  immedi- 
ately set  to  work  and  organized  a  school  in  the  city  of  Glou- 
cester, England,  and  through  his  labors  and  influence  other 
cities  of  that  country  were  induced  to  establish  Sabbath 
Schools  and  work  for  the  Sunday  School  interest. 

The  first  Sabbath  School  established  in  the  United  States 
was  organized  by  Bishop  Asbury,  in  the  year  1786,  in  Hanover 
County,  Va.,  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Thomas  Cranshaw.  The  pro- 
gress of  Sabbath  Schools  in  the  United  States  until  about  the 
year  1830,  was  rather  slow,  as  but  few  of  the  Christian  denom- 
inations up  to  that  time  had  become  interested  in  the  Sunday 
School  cause.  But  one  by  one,  the  different  organizations  of 
Christians  have  gradually  adopted  the  institution  of  Sabbath 
Schools,  till  now,  the  popular  method  of  all  churches  for  the 
religious  training  of  the  young  is  the  Sunday  School.  Now,  in 
every  land  and  nation,  where  Christian  people  reside,  the 
Sabbath  School  cause  is  advancing. 

The  organization  of  Sabbath  Schools, 

Kemember  one  and  all, 
Was  first  established  in  Wycumbe, 

By  Miss  Hannah  Ball. 

After  this  Miss  Bradburn 

Suggested  to  Robert  Bakes 
To  organize  a  Sabbath  School, 

And  helped  him  set  the  stakes. 

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126  SABBATH   SCHOOLS. 


They  organized  in  Gloucester, 

The  banner  they  unfurled, 
The  fame  and  name  of  which  has  spread, 

Almost  throughout  the  world. 

The  honor  due  to  Robert  Rakes, 
Miss  Bradburn  and  Miss  Ball. 

Should  not  be  given  to  Robert  Rakes, 
But  given  to  them  all. 

For  the  institution  of  Sabbath  Schools, 

The  honor  is  due  Miss  Ball. 
To  her  for  lighting  up  the  lamp, 

We  give  the  honor  all. 

Miss  Bradburn  she  is  worthy  of 

Our  honor,  love,  and  praise, 
For  her  suggestions,  and  her  work, 

In  keeping  up  the  blaze. 

And  to  Robert  Rakes  is  due 
The  honor  of  school  extension. 

For  adding  fuel  to  the  light. 
And  widening  its  dimension. 


VALUABLE  RECIPES. 


FoT  Cleaning  Silverware^  and  -for  Silvering  Copper.— OnQ- 
fourth  ounce  crystal  nitrate  of  silver,  one-half  ounce  cream 
of  tartar,  one-fourth  ounce  of  common  salt;  pulverize  all  to  a 
fine  powder  together,  bottle  it  up  and  it  is  ready  for  use.  Ap- 
ply with  a  woolen  rag,  wetting  the  rag  so  as  the  powder  will 
stick  to  it. 

For  Distemper  in  Horses. — Ground  ginger,  two  ounces; 
flour  of  sulphur,  two  ounces;  copperas,  two  ounces;  Spanish 
brown,  two  ounces;  saltpeter,  one-half  ounce ;  mix  thoroughly* 
Give  a  tablespoonful  once  a  day  in  bran  mash.  Keep  the  ani- 
mal warm  and  dry,  with  light  exercise. 

Whitewash  for  Out  Doors. — ^Take  good  white  unslacked 
lime,  one  peck;  salt,  one  quart;  two  pounds  Spanish  whiting; 
one  gallon  good  flour  paste ;  first  slack  the  lime  in  hot  water ; 
be  sure  to  put  enough  on  to  keep  the  lime  from  burning;  then 
add  while  warm  the  salt  and  Spanish  white,  and  then  the 
paste ;  let  stand  over  night.  It  is  better  to  have  it  warm  while 
applying  it. 

For  Remomng  Pa%nt  Prom  Crlass^—Baikmg  soda  and  warm 
water. 

Antidote  for  Poison. — Give  sweet  oil  in  large  doses. 

For  Worms  in  Children. — Santenine,  nine  grains;  calomel, 
six  grains;  white  sugur,  eighteen  grains ;  mix  well ;  make  in 
six  powders  for  a  cbild  two  years  old,  and  give  one  before 
each  meal  for  two  days ;  work  off  with  oil. 

For  Removing  Crrease  Spots  From  Cloth. — Soda,  two 
drachms;  borax,  one  drachm ;  dissolve  it  together  in  one  ounce 
of  hot  water,  then  add  one  ounce  of  alcohol.  Shake  it  well 
and  apply  with  woolen  rag  or  brush,  rubbing  briskly. 

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128  VALUABLE   RECIPES. 


To  Get  Rid  of  Little  Ants. — Use  salt  and  water  freely 
where  they  infest. 

Washing  Fluid. — Borax,  one  pound;  soda,  one  pound ;  dis- 
solve in  two  gallons  of  hot  water.  Put  the  clothes  in  the  tub, 
cover  them  with  water  containing  a  half  gallon  of  the  fluid, 
and  let  stand  over  night. 

For  Toothache.,  Headache.,  Neuralgia^  and  Rheumatic 
Pains. — Make  a  liniment  of  the  following  preparations: 
One  ounce  of  tincture  of  Amonia,  one  ounce  tincture  of  cam- 
phor, one  ounce  oil  of  organum,  one-half  ounce  oil  of  cedar, 
one  ounce  oil  of  hemlock,  and  one  quart  linseed  oil ;  mix  all 
together,  put  it  in  a  bottle  and  shake  well.  Directions  for 
using.  Apply  the  liniment  freely  to  th«  affected  parts,  and 
rub  and  bathe  it  as  often  as  three  or  four  times  daily.  For  the 
toothaehe,  put  a  little  on  a  piece  of  cotton,  and  put  it  in  the 
tooth,  and  rub  it  on  the  jaw  of  the  patient.  I  have  found  this 
to  be  one  of  the  best  liniments  in  use, 

Fo7'  Cuts  and  Bruises  07i  Ma7i  or  Beast. — Take  two  ounces 
tincture  of  camphor,  two  ounces  linseed  oil,  one  ounce  of  tur- 
pentine ;  mix  all  together,  and  apply  to  the  affected  parts. 

For  Fielding  Beef. — To  100  pounds  of  beef  take  one  gal- 
lon of  salt,  three-fourths  of  a  pound  of  sugar,  three  ounces 
black  pepper  ground  ;  add  together,  put  all  in  a  kettle  con- 
taining three  gallons  of  water ;  boil  slowly,  and  skim  occa- 
sionally. Pack  the  beef  in  tight  tubs,  and  cover  with  the 
brine. 


DIRECTORY 

OF 

HAMILTOI^  COUNTY 

FOR  1874. 


HISTORY 


OF 


HAMILTON  COUNTY 


The  county  of  Hamilton  was  organized  in  1823,  and  was 
named  in  honor  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  vvdio  was  killed  in  a 
duel  with  Aaron  Burr  in  1804.  It  is  bounded  on  the  north  by 
Tipton,  east  by  Madison,  south  by  Hancock  and  Marion,  and 
west  by  Boone  and  Clinton  counties,  and  contains  400  square 
miles.  There  are  nine  townships  in  the  county,  viz.:  Nobles- 
ville,  Washington,  Clay,  Delaware,  Fall  Creek,  Wayne,  White 
River,  Adams  and  Jackson.  The  population  in  1830  was  1,705, 
in  1840  9,855,  and  and  at  the  last  census,  1870,  it  was  23,347. 
Of  these  only  391  were  of  foreign  birth,  and  634  were  colored. 

The  plane  of  the  county  is  either  level  or  gently  undulating^ 
and  with  very  limited  exceptions  the  soil  is  but  seldom  surpassed 
in  any  other  part  of  the  State.  It  is  admirably  adapted  to  the 
cultivation  of  wheat,  corn,  grass,  and  all  the  other  products  of 
the  country.  There  are  along  White  river  a  few  dry,  rich 
prairies,  and  at  the  heads  of  Cicero  and  Stony  Creeks  a  number 
of  wet  ones  ;  but  they  are  mostly  small,  and  when  properly 
drained  constitute  a  rich  and  productive  soil.  The  county,  gen- 
erally, is  well  timbered  with  good  proportions  of  oak,  poplar, 
walnut,  sugar,  hickory  and  beech. 

In  geological  developments  and  mineral  resources  the  county 


132  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY. 

as  yet  is  undeveloped.  Recently  a  fine  quarry  of  beautiful 
white  stone  has  been  discovered  in  White  River  Township, 
which  promises,  if  worked  with  any  enterprise,  to  furnish  a 
splendid  building  stone  for  all  the  future  edifices  of  the  sur- 
rounding country.  In  gravel  of  the  very  best  quality,  the 
whole  county  is  found  underlaid  with  rich  beds,  such  as  will  af- 
ford cheap  facilities  for  graveling  all  the  roads  in  it.  Several 
hundred  miles  of  fine  gravel  roads  have  already  been  made,  and 
the  Indianapolis,  Peru  &  Chicago  Railroad  has  obtained  the 
chief  gravel  for  the  entire  southern  division  of  their  track  from 
pits  in  this  county. 

The  beautiful  undulating  changes  of  the  whole  face  of  the 
country  present  numerous  and  attractive  localities  for  home 
building  purposes,  such  as  will  doubtless  some  day  make  the 
rural  scenery  of  this  county  a  perfect  garden  spot  of  agricultu- 
ral life  and  prosperity,  such  as  no  other  portions  of  the  State 
will  excel.  The  waters  of  White  River  abound  with  a  rich  va- 
riety of  fish,  which  afford  to  the  sporting  portions  of  the  com- 
munity fine  opportunities  both  of  pleasure  and  profit.  True,  in 
these  mod^n  days,  when  almost  every  one  seems  to  think  that 
the  chief  end  of  man  is  to  make  money,  the  fishing  business  is 
not  so  devoutly  followed  as  in  the  days  of  other  years.  And 
yet,  we  can  not  but  believe  that  many  would  do  well  yet,  as 
they  used  to  say,  "  to  call  it  a  half  day,"  at  least  now  and  then, 
"  and  go  a  fishing,"  as  the  practice  when  prudently  followed 
has  in  it,  even  in  these  modern  days,  more  real  life  than  the 
constant    dives   which  the  million  are  making  for  gold,  gold, 

gold. 

The  railroad  facilities  within  the  county  are,  as  yet,  mainly 

limited  to  a  single  line,  viz  :  that  of  the  Indianapolis,  Peru  & 

Chicago  road.     In   1850  this  great  thoroughfare  was  completed 

to  Noblesville,  and  within  a  brief  period  was  finished  to  Peru. 

It  has  since  been  continued  to  Michigan  City,  with  immediate 

connections  with  Chicago  without  change  of  cars. 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  1^3 

Under  the  efficient  Presidency  of  the  Hon.  David  Macy,  this 
grand  trunk  has  become  one  of  the  leading  thoroughfares  of  the 
State.  Running,  as  it  does,  from  south  to  north,  directly 
through  the  center  of  the  county,  it  affords  to  almost  every  por- 
tion of  it  facilities  of  exportation  and  importation  such  as  give 
to  business  men  and  farmers  as  prompt  a  market  as  the  country- 
affords. 

A  new  east  and  west  road  is  now  being  made  through  the 
county,  crossing  the  Indianapolis,  Peru  &  Chicago  R.  R.  at  the 
county  seat,  which  doubtless  will,  when  completed,  add  no  little 
to  the  intrinsic  value  of  the  lands  of  the  county,  as  well  as  to 
the  business  interests  of  the  county  seat,  also.  This  new  thor- 
oughfare is  called  ' '  The  Anderson,  Lebanon  &  St.  Louis  Rail- 
road." The  citizens -of  the  county  generally  are  taking  a  com- 
mendable interest  in  the  making  of  this  road,  as  they  are  aware 
it  will  develope  the  agricultural  resources  of  the  country  in  such 
directions  as  must  in  a  few  years  add  largely  to  the  wealth  as 
well  as  to  the  enterprise  of  the  entire  county.  The  "Bee  Line" 
on  the  eastern  border,  and  the  Lafayette  Railroad  on  the  west- 
ern, offer  very  good  facilities  to  those  portions  of  the  county. 

It  is  very  apparent  to  observers  that  the  advancement  of  the 
general  interests  of  the  farming  community,  throughout  this 
part  of  the  State,  is  rapidly  inaugurating  an  entirely  new  era  in 
the  history  of  its  commerce,  for  the  markets  of  the  East  are  now 
more  than  ev^er  looking  to  the  West,  not  only  for  their  needed 
supply  of  flour,  grain  and  bacon,  but  even  the  poultry  and 
eggs,  to  say  nothing  of  hundreds  of  other  things,  which  are  so 
abundantly  furnished  in  this  part  of  the  West,  are  in  loud  de- 
mand among  all  our  eastern  cities.  Of  these  articles  Hamilton 
county  now  turns  out  annually  a  surplus  much  larger  than  many 
suppose.  We  are  not  able  here  to  give  definite  statistics  in  re- 
gard to  the  shipments  of  this  county,  as  they  are  made  from  so 
many  different  points,  and  through  so  many  various  agencies, 


134  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY. 

that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  get  definite  information.  The 
single  article  of  lumber  alone  would  of  itself  make  an  item  of 
astonishment,  and  yet  its  commerce  is  but  just  begun.  The 
immense  forests,  still  standing  in  the  pride  of  past  centuries, 
embody  an  amount  of  wealth  beyond  the  calculations  of  even 
the  most  experienced.  Manufactories  are  not  here  to  consume 
this  vast  supply  of  timber,  and  therefore  it  must  be  shipped  in 
its  rude  state  to  find  its  markets  where  it  may. 

The  lack  of  manufactories  in  this  rich  agricultural  region  is, 
however,  not  at  all  strange,  for  the  chief  energies  of  the  citizens 
of  the  county  are  directed  to  that  sort  of  toil  necessary  to  the 
natural' productions  of  the  country.  Farming,  stock  raising, 
trading  and  commerce  demand  the  services  chiefly  of  the  pres 
ent  citizenship.  The  mechanic,  it  is  true,  is  here,  but  only  in 
limited  numbers,  and  the  work  which  he  performs  will  not,  in 
the  general  way,  much  more  than  meet  one-tenth  of  the  present 
home  demands.  Save  in  a  few  of  our  cities,  this,  indeed,  is  one 
of  the  marked  characteristics  of  the  whole  West ;  therefore  our 
merchants  go  East  for  nearly  all  their  stocks  of  cloths,  calicos 
and  other  mercantile  products,  including  ready  made  clothing, 
boots,  shoes,  hats,  caps,  etc.,  and  even  for  the  very  soap  which 
keeps  us  clean.  It  is  not  a  matter  of  wonder,  then,  with  such 
constant  and  heavy  drainages  on  the  cash  capital  of  the  West, 
that  so  many  of  our  people  are  found  murmuring  at  the  scarcity 
of  the  moneyed  circulation.  It  always  has  been  so,  and  it  always 
will,  as  long  as  the  chief  currents  of  our  financial  streams  thus 
flow  to  the  markets  of  the  East. 

With  the  rich  soil  that  Hamilton  county  possesses,  and  with 
such  superior  agricultural  advantages  as  the  masses  of  the  citi- 
zens have,  they  should  be  largely  independent  of  Eastern  monop- 
olies. The  misfortune  has  been  that  too  many  have  failed  to 
realize  their  own  resources  and  advantages,  and  consequently 
tliev  have  often  fallen  short   in  essential  funds  on   account   of 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  135 

their  peculiar  penchant  for  trading,  or  of  their  careless  wasting 
of  time  in  looking  after  some  petty  office,  or  perhaps  of  their 
waiting,  like  Macawber,  "for  something  to  turn  up,"  instead  of 
going  to  work  with  a  will  and  digging  gold  from  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  where,  after  all,  it  has  to  come  from. 

The  present  is  too  much  a  day  of  ease  among  many  who 
might  work.  The  iron  nerve  and  daring  spirit  of  the  early 
pioneers  of  the  West  should  certainly  be  remembered  and  imi- 
tated by  their  posterity,  for  then  would  the  song  of  their  life 
success  become  the  best  evidence  of  their  personal  independence, 
as  well  as  of  their  business  and  agricultural  advancement.  It  is 
true,  if  we  turn  our  eyes  back  upon  the  past,  in  view  of  gather- 
ing lessons  of  practical  philosophy  from  the  examples  of  the 
early  pioneers,  we  will  see  that 

"  Man  wants  but  little  here  below, 
Nor  wants  that  little  long." 

Yet  the  simple  story  of  their  efforts  to  live,  and  the  pious  con- 
tentedness  which  they  have  so  generally  displayed  amidst  the  pri- 
vations and  limited  resources  of  their  pioneer  life,  will  give  us 
many  practical  ideas  in  regard  to  what  constitutes  real  life,  such 
as  can  not  but  benefit  us  if  we  will  but  remember  that 
"  History  is  philosophy  teaching  by  example." 

Through  the  kindness  of  a  few  of  the  old  pioneers  who  live 
at  the  county  seat,  and  who  still  linger  in  "  the  sere  and  yellow 
leaf"  of  life,  who  are  now  honored  for  their  long  services  as 
well  as  for  their  personal  integrity,  we  have  gleaned  many  inter- 
esting facts  of  the  early  history  of  Hamilton  county,  which  we 
wish  here  to  place  in  permanent  form  before  the  public,  and 
which  we  doubt  not  will  be  read  by  the  coming  posterities  with 
the  deepest  interest. 

In  the  year  1819,  four  years  before  the  county  was  organized, 
John  Finch,  Solomon  Finch  and  Israel  Finch,  with  Thaddeus 
Baxter  and  William  Bush,  with  their  families,  made  the  first  col 


136  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY, 

ony  in  what  is  now  the  county  of  Hamilton.  The  treaty  with 
the  Indians,  conveying"  this  portion  of  the  country  to  the  proper 
government  of  the  State,  had  only  taken  place  the  year  before, 
and  they  of  course  found  the  regions  of  the  White  River  a 
universal  and  unbroken  wilderness.  They  settled  a  mile  or  so 
below  the  present  location  of  Noblesville  on  or  near  what  was 
then  called  the  "Horse  Shoe  Prairie."  The  following  spring 
John  Finch  built  a  horse  mill  to  grind  their  corn,  making  the 
burrs  himself  out  of  what  is  known  as  "nigger  heads."  This 
famous  mill,  built  of  logs,  soon  became  "the  corn  meal  hope  " 
of  the  whole  country  down  White  River  for  30  miles,  as  there 
was  no  Indianapolis  yet.  Indian  trails  were  the  only  thorough- 
fares through  the  wilderness.  All  parties  who  came  to  this  mill 
had  to  furnish  their  own  running  power,  and  as  they  paid  no 
toll  they  could  well  afford  this. 

The  style  of  living,  as  a  matter  of  necessity,  was  in  those 
days  simple  and  plain,  and  the  social  intercourse  of  the  few  fam- 
ilies of  the  little  colony  was  wholly  of  the  honest  and  generous 
stamp.  As  young  and  primitive  as  this  community  then  was,  it 
had  in  it  the  elements  of  an  advancing  civilization,  for  immedi- 
ate steps  were  taken  to  organize  among  them  the  institutions  of 
civil  government.  The  county  being  organized  in  the  spring  of 
1823,  the  first  court  was  held  in  the  month  of  November  of  that 
same  year. 

The  meeting  of  this  court  constituted  an  era  of  great  interest 
among  the  sparse  settlements,  which  were  chiefly  along  White 
River ;  and  as  no  county  seat  had  as  yet  been  located,  the  court 
was  ordered  to  convene  at  William  Conner's  farm,  some  five 
miles  below  where  Noblesville  now  stands.  John  D.  Stephenson 
had  been  commissioned  by  His  Excellency,  Governor  William 
Hendricks,  clerk  of  said  court,  and  John  Finch  and  William  C. 
Blackmore  had  been  appointed  associate  judges.  Hon.  W.  W. 
Wick  was  the  presiding  judge  of  the  district,  which  was  termed 
the  "Fifth  Judicial  District  of  the  State." 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  137 

As  the  burdens  of  this  first  court  of  the  county  of  Hamilton 
were  not  supposed  to  be  very  onerous,  the  parties  concerned, 
including  the  honorable  Court,  and  James  M.  Ray,  a  lawyer 
from  Indianapolis,  and  a  number  of  witnesses,  together  with  a 
few  hangers-on,  who  desired  in  some  way  to  be  counted  in  the 
judicial  crowd,  started  in  a  frolicsome  sort  of  style  to  the  impro- 
vised "court  house" — which  was  only  a  simple  log  cabin — by 
way  of  the  river.  Their  canoe  was  a  large  one,  and  to  all  hu- 
man appearances  seemed  to  be  well  manned.  Besides  the  men 
in  it,  it  contained  a  stock  of  provisions,  a  lot  of  blankets,  some 
cooking  utensils,  and  a  keg  of  whisky.  They  had  not  gone  very 
far  down  the  river  before  they  found  the  boat  was  getting  very 
unsteady.  The  fault,  however,  evidently  was  not  in  the  rough- 
ness of  the  river,  but  rather  in  the  extracted  contents  of  that 
keg  of  whisky.  The  "boys,"  as  men  often  called  themselves  in 
those  early  times,  had  all  got  sort  of  "wabbly,"  and  the  conse- 
quence was  the  canoe  was  upset,  and  they  were  all  spilled  out 
into  the  river.  The  honorable  Court,  it  is  said,  made  good  time 
for  the  nearest  shore.  James  M.  Ray,  as  he  could  not  swim, 
stuck  to  the  canoe  until  he  was  rescued,  while  one  "J.  K.  Lem- 
ing  struck  out  like  a  runaway  steamboat,"  after  the  half-sinking 
and  half-floating  keg,  as  he  well  knew  that  none  of  the  party 
would  dare  be  so  uncharitable  as  to  blame  their  misfortunes 
upon  it.  The  clerk  of  the  court  had  his  official  docket  along 
with  him,  and  we  are  able  to  affirm,  as  we  have  the  book  now 
before  us,  that  its  unceremonious  immersion  in  "  the  classic  wa- 
ters of  White  River,"  gives  still  good  and  sufficient  evidence  of 
its  Christian  character. 

For  a  while  this  judicial  mishap  looked  like  a  serious  affair, 
but  by  prompt  effort  everything  was  brought  to  shore,  the  canoe 
righted  up  and  baled  out,  and  they  were  ready  again  to  proceed 
on  their  journey.  A  witness  along,  by  the  name  of  Foster, 
who  was  very  bad  off  with  the  rheumatism,  when  he  found  him- 


138  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY. 

self  head  over  ears  in  the  water,  was  terribly  frightened  lest  the 
exposure  should  prove  his  death — of  course  he  had  to  swim  or 
drown,  and  Judge  Colburn  says,  "  it  was  rich  to  see  him  lash 
the  water  into  a  foam  as  he  paddled  ashore,  dog-fashion."  From 
that  day,  however,  he  discovered  that  his  fright  and  immersion 
had  scared  the  rheumatism  from  his  joints,  so  that  in  the  future 
he  could  stand  as  straight  as  any  other  man,  as  the  Judge  says, 
"  save  when  he  got  tight." 

The  whole  party  of  course  was  refreshed  with  this  little  epi- 
sode, and  when  everything  had  been  reorganized,  they  started 
again  on  down  the  river,  wiser  and  perhaps  more  sober  than 
otherwise.  Arriving  at  the  court  house,  viz.,  the  cabin  of  Mr. 
William  Conner,  the  court  was  opened  in  due  and  legal  form. 
The  minutes  of  this  court,  which  we  have  on  our  table,  we  see 
were  kept  in  a  style  which  reflects  well  on  the  clerical  abilities 
and  experience  of  the  clerk.  General  John  D.  Stephenson,  and 
shows  that  each  officer  had  received  his  commission  from  the 
Governor,  and  that  the  court  was  fully  prepared  for  all  legal 
business. 

There  were  only  two  or  three  cases  brought  before  this  Court 
during  its  session  of  two  days,  and  these  were  only  of  minor 
importance.  One  of  them  was  for  selling  liquor  without  license. 
Of  course  the  fellow  was  properly  fined. 

We  notice  that  the  jurors  got  seventy-five  cents  per  day,  and 
the  associate  judges  two  dollars.  The  Prosecuting  Attorney 
was  allowed  ^20.00  for  the  term. 

At  a  subsequent  court  held  at  this  same  log  cabin,  Governor 
Jennings  visited  it  on  an  electioneering  tour.  He  was  a  candi- 
date for  Congress,  and  finding  the  Grand  Jury  out  on  a  log,  he 
sent  off  and  got  a  two  gallon  jug  full  of  whisky,  which  was  drank 
by  the  crowd.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  say  that  the  Governor 
got  all  their  votes,  and  was  elected. 

Among  the  distinguished  citizens  of  this  early  period  in  the 


-HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNT\ .  139 

history  of  this  county  we  find  the  names  of  William  Conner, 
who  was  the  founder  of  Connersville,  in  Fayette  county,  and 
represented  that  county  in  the  Legislature  of  182 1-2,  and  came 
here  a  few  years  later.  Wm.  Warwick  was  the  first  Sheriff  of 
the  county.  Gen.  John  D.  Stephenson,  who  was  born  in  Lewis 
county,  Ky.,  in  1801,  came  to  this  county,  or  rather  to  White 
River,  in  1822;  he  and  his  good  wife  are  still  Hving,  honored 
relics  of  the  olden  times.  Judge  Jonathan  Colburn,  who  was 
born  in  Somerset  county,  Pa.,  in  1799,  came  first  to  White 
River  in  1820,  in  the  surveying  service,  with  Major  John  Hen- 
dricks, the  father  of  our  present  Governor.  Judge  Colburn  in 
many  respects  is  a  remarkable  man.  He  served  extensively  in 
surveying  the  sectional  boundaries  of  a  number  of  the  eastern 
counties  of  the  State,  and  came  to  this  county  to  settle  in  1823. 
He  assisted  in  raising  the  first  log  cabin  which  was  built  in 
Noblesville,  in  1824,  by  Dr.  John  Finch.  He  served  the  county 
as  Associate  Judge,  and  afterward  as  Sheriff  In  some  way  or 
other  the  Judge  has  been  associated  with  the  courts  of  this 
county  ever  since.  At  the  present  period,  1874,  he  is  still,  for 
his  age,  a  vigorous  minded,  hale  old  man,  having  outlived  the 
wife  of  his  youth  and  nearly  all  of  his  children ;  but,  like  many 
a  worthy  relic  who  has  gone  before  him,  he  is  now  blessed  with 
a  second  wife^  and  seems 

"  As  young  in  years  and  full  of  joy, 
As  though  life  was  but  a  happy  spring  tide." 

H.  G.  Finch,  who  was  born  in  New  York  in  1807,  and  who 
is  the  son  of  John  Finch  who  had  settled  here  in  18 19,  might 
almost  be  said  to  be  "to  the  manor  born."  He  has  witnessed 
every  step  of  the  civilization  of  the  country,  and  while  he  has 
figured  for  many  years  as  one  of  the  first  business  men  of  the 
county  seat,  he  yet  carries  about  him  the  energy  of  an  active 
life. 

Dr.  John  Finch  was  the  first  physician  who  settled  in  the 
county,  but  a  few  brief  years  carried  him  to  his  grave. 


140  HISTORY    OF    IIAMII.I'ON    COUNTY. 

A.  J.  Lacy  \vas  the  first  white  child  born  in  tlie  count)'. 
Malvina,  daughter  of  Gen.  Jolin  D.  Stephenson,  was  the  first 
female  child  born  in  Noblesville,  which  occurred  in  the  year 
1825.  The  first  male  child  was  a  son  of  Col.  F.  B.  Cogswell, 
who  is  now  Col.  IMilton  Cogswell  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  at 
this  time  is  living  in  Indianapolis. 

The  first  Sunday  school  was  taught  at  "  Horse  Shoe  Prairie  '" 
as  early  as  1820  b)-  Curtis  Mallorey,  a  Presbyterian. 

The  first  day  school  was  taught  by  Miss  Sarah  b^inch  about 
the  same  time. 

The  first  baptism  administered  was  in  White  River,  the  sub- 
jects being  Margaret  Finch  and  Sally  Finch,  and  the  first  mar- 
riage in  the  town  was  performed  by  'Squire  F.  B.  Cogswell. 
Mr.  Goe  and  Miss  Garrett  being  the  happy  contracting  parties. 
The  first  marriage  of  the  settlement,  however,  was  William 
Conner  and  Flizabeth  Chapman. 

Within  a  year  after  the  organization  of  the  county,  the  county 
seat  was  located,  and  called  Noblesville  in  honor  of  James  Noble, 
United  States  Senator.  The  removal  of  the  civil  records  and 
of  the  court  from  the  cabin  of  William  Conner,  up  the  river 
five  miles,  was  of  course  an  easy  work,  and  in  a  little  while  sev- 
eral cabins  were  erected,  and  the  town  of  Noblesville  began  to 
be  known  as  a  place  of  some  business  and  promise. 

The  rich  soil  and  the  beautiful  plain  on  which  the  town  was 
located,  in  a  short  time  drew  many  families  to  settle  in  it,  and 
though  for  many  years  the  Finch's,  Conner's  and  Stephenson's 
were  the  leading  families  of  the  place,  the  numerous  immigra- 
tions soon  gave  it  as  well  as  the  county  considerable  geographi- 
cal importance.  As  early  as  1830  Noblesville  had  grown  to  be 
quite  a  village.  It  had  its  courts  and  civil  magistrates,  its  mer- 
chants, lawyers  and  doctors,  who  through  the  wants  of  the 
country,  the  litigations  of  the  courts,  and  the  autumnal  miasms 
of  the  White   River   bottoms,  managed   to   keep   up  the  usual 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  I4I 

show  of  civilization,  and  to  furnish  a  living  for  all  such  officials. 
The  necessaries  of  life  were  of  course  generally  cheap,  and  they 
dwelt  pretty  much  as  one  people. 

A  year  or  so  after  this  the  Jackson  men  started  up  a  printing 
office  and  publi-shed  a  paper  called  Tlie  Little  Western,  Lucius 
H.  Emmons  being  the  editor.  Of  course  they  soon  made 
things  rather  hot  around  the  heads  of  those  on  the  other  side  of 
politics,  and  it  was  not  long  until  a  company  was  organized  and 
another  paper  was  instituted,  called  the  Intelligetuer.  Both  of 
these  newspapers  must  have  had  a  hard  time  to  live  ;  but  as  the 
fight  waxed  warm  between  them,  one  of  the  .stockholders  of 
the  hitelligencer,  becoming  a  little  tired  of  being  bled  so  often 
to  keep  it  up,  suggested  the  happy  idea  that  they  could  kill  off 
their  Jackson  opponents  with  a  great  deal  more  certainty  if  the}* 
would  only  run  the  type  of  their  offices  into  bullets  and  use 
their  rifles  on  them.  But  like  all  other  paper  wars  the  revela- 
tions of  coming  events  taught  these  rural  parties  wisdom,  and 
they  quit  the  fight  for  the  time  being  at  least,  well  .satisfied  that 
it  was  a  little  difficult  to  attempt  to  run  newspapers  with  wiiid 
only.  The  newspaper  history  of  the  county  generally  would 
show  that  the  professioji  had  been  a  precarious  one  throughout, 
for  the  changes  have  been  numerous  both  in  publishers  and  ed- 
itors, and  in  many  instances,  as  it  has  been  also  elsewhere,  the 
dignity  of  the  Tripod,  like  the  old  woman's  marriage  life,  has 
only  had  a  "  poor  house  "  finality. 

And  yet  it  will  not  be  denied  that  in  the  citizenship  of  the 
county  through  all  its  history,  the  standard  of  respectability  has 
been  quite  a  substantial  one.  Whether  in  the  town  or  county, 
the  order  of  intelligence  as  well  as  morality  has  been  almost 
uniformly  of  the  better  school,  and  the  consequence  has  been 
that  Hamilton  county  has  always  been  able  to  present  as  fair  an 
average  of  citizenship  as  any  other  in  the  commonwealth. 

George  Shirts  kept  the  first  hotel  ever  known  in  the  county. 


142  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY. 

His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Solomon  Finch,  and  it  was  said  of 
her  that  she  knew  how  to  bake  as  nice  a  corn  pone  as  could  be 
ate  between  Indianapolis  and  the  Wabash.  Mr.  Shirts  erected 
the  first  frame  house  ever  built  in  Noblesville.  At  his  "tavern" 
the  whole  court  used  to  domicile  during  its  session,  and  Judge 
Wick  used  to  remark  that  "it  was  the  best  corn  pone  stopping 
place  in  the  Fifth  Judicial  District."  George  Shirts  died  in 
1840. 

Among  the  physicians  of  the  county,  Dr.  Raymond  W.  Clark, 
who  is  yet  in  active  life  as  a  retired  physician  and  resident  of 
Noblesville,  has  officiated  with  no  ordinary  success  in  many 
cases  of  human  sufiTering.  Though  now  classed  among  "the 
fathers  in  materia  medica,"  the  doctor  is  still  "  dealing  out  pills  " 
to  his  special  friends  as  if  resolved  on  doing  good  with  all  his 
harness  on.  The  doctor  has  a  fine  library  to  which  he  is  still 
deeply  devoted. 

Dr.  T.  T.  Butler,  who  passed  away  in  1870,  had  been  since 
1832  a  practicing  physician  in  the  town  and  county,  and  to  his 
medical  skill  and  kind  attentions  many  no  doubt  have  been  in- 
debted for  the  improvement  of  their  health  and  the  continuation 
of  their  lives.  The  personal  dignity  and  high  integrity  of  Dr. 
.Butler  had  given  him  a  high  standing  both  as  a  citizen  and  as  a 
Christian  gentleman,  and  when  he  died,  in  August,  1870,  at  the 
age  of  65,  his  death  was  universally  and  deeply  lamented. 

The  farm  of  Charles  Lacy,  some  three  miles  below  town,  has 
been  known  for  many  years  as  one  among  the  best  in  the  county. 
Mr.  Lacy  was  classed  as  a  farmer  with  the  first  among  the  hon- 
est and  economical.  This  memorable  example,  it  may  be  said, 
still  shines.  His  valuable  farm  is  now  the  property  of  his  son 
John,  who  still  holds  it  in  cultivation. 

The  first  office  built  in  the  county  seat,  which  was  erected  for 
the  clerk  of  the  county,  is  yet  standing  on  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  the  public  square.      It  is  of  brick,  and  is  some  fifteen  feet 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  I43 

square  and  one  story  high.  It  is  said  that  when  they  got  this 
office  room  plastered  the  exhileration  of  the  citizens  was  so 
great  that  they  celebrated  the  event  with  a  big  Indian  dance, 
which,  as  one  tells  us,  ' '  would  have  done  honor  to  the  best 
days  of  Davy  Crocket." 

When  Dr.  John  Finch  died,  in  1826  or  7,  he  was  succeeded 
in  his  practice  by  Dr.  Amos  Palmer,  who  was  for  many  years  a 
successful  and  popular  physician,  and  died  about  1848. 

An  interesting  story  is  told  of  the  first  landlord  of  Noblesville, 
Mr.  George  Shirts.  Of  course  the  pristine  village  was  without 
a  market  house,  and  the  good  lady  of  the  hotel  sometimes  was 
a  little  pushed  to  supply  her  table  with  meat.  On  one  occasion, 
when  she  had  company,  she  said  to  her  husband,  ' '  George, 
what  will  I  do  for  meat  for  dinner?"  "How  long  can  you 
wait?  "  he  asked.  "  Why,  half  an  hour,"  she  responded.  The 
landlord,  who  was  a  shoemaker,  threw  off  his  apron  and  seized 
his  rifle,  and  went  out  of  the  village  about  five  hundred  yards 
to  a  big  spring  toward  the  river,  where  in  ten  minutes  he  shot 
a  nice  young  buck,  and  in  twenty  minutes  more  he  was  back 
again  with  as  fine  a  supply  of  meat  as  any  market  of  the  world 
could  have  afforded. 

The  bar  of  Hamilton  county  has  always  held  a  high  rank 
among  the  other  bars  of  the  State.  It  is  true  but  few  of  the 
members  of  this  bar  have  ever  won  much  of  a  State  reputation, 
because  but  few  of  them  ever  turned  politicians.  For  the  most 
part  they  have  aimed  to  be  lawyers  and  nothing  else.  The  just 
settlement  of  judicial  difficulties  they  have  known  was  the  legiti- 
mate purpose  of  their  calling,  and  to  this  end  the  most  of  them 
have  devoted  both  their  time  and  energies.  Earl  S.  Stone  is 
now  the  oldest  lawyer  at  this  bar.  He  is  perhaps  60  years  of 
age.  His  peculiar  distinction  has  been  as  a  special  pleader,  and 
in  this  role  but  few  lawyers  who  have  plead  at  this  bar  have  ex- 
celled him. 


144  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Wm.  Garver  is  also  growing  hoary  as  a  member  of  this  bar. 
He  has  long  maintained  the  reputation  of  being  an  able  jurist, 
and  b)'  his  invincible  energy  he  has  won  a  distinguished  repu- 
tation. 

Gen.  David  Moss,  as  a  wheel-horse  at  the  bar,  is  well  known 
through  the  county  and  over  the  State  as  one  of  the  best  law- 
yers in  it.  Bold,  decided  and  conscientious,  his  devotion  to  his 
profession  has  grown  to  be  a  passion,  and  he  figures  away  with 
assiduous  interest  in  his  office  as  well  as  in  the  courts,  as  if  the 
issues  of  the  eternal  fates  hung  upon  his  efforts.  Of  course  he 
is  successful. 

J.  W.  Evans  holds  the  empire  of  an  intellectual  power  over 
the  courts  of  the  county,  and  his  eloquence  in  criminal  cases  is 
said  to  excel  all  others.  His  genial  spirit  has  only  to  be  known 
to  be  appreciated. 

Thomas  Jefferson  Kane,  a  cion  of  Pennsylvania,  stands  high 
as  the  key-stone  member  of  the  Hamilton  Bar.  What  he  is  in 
legal  power  and  forensic  abilities  has  placed  him  in  the  front 
ranks  of  his  county  as  a  lawyer,  and  it  is  somewhat  of  a  w^onder 
to  us  that  his  party  has  not  introduced  him  in  some  way  to  the 
State  at  large. 

Of  our  young  friends  Frank  M.  Trissall  and  Richard  R.  Ste- 
phenson, members  of  the  bar  of  this  county,  we  might  say  many 
things  both  honorable  and  commendatory.  The  future  of  their 
histories  however  will  tell  the  story  much  better  than  our  pen, 
and  we  therefore  leave  them  to  their  fate  with  the  most  compla- 
cent assurances. 

Having  said  this  much  of  the  Bar  of  the  county,  we  would  be 
pleased  if  we  had  any  proper  data  to  speak  as  freely  and  as  lib- 
erally of  the  ministry  of  the  county,  but  our  information  in  re- 
gard to  the  first  preachers  is  limited,  and  might  be  termed  even 
excedingly  indefinite. 

Rev.   James  Scott,  a   Methodist  circuit  rider,   was    the   first 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  I45 

preacher  of  the  gospel,  who,  in  the  year  1822-3,  under  any  cir- 
cumstances, held  forth  among  the  denizens  of  the  wilderness  in 
these  parts.  He  was  followed  by  Jesse  Haile  in  1823-4,  and 
by  John  Miller  in  1824-5.  The  Baptists  were  the  first  denomi- 
nation to  preach  salvation  to  the  people  along  up  White  River, 
but  who  the  preachers  were  among  the  Baptists,  save  Elder  Mar- 
tin, seems  not  to  be  remembered,  even  among  the  oldest  inhab- 
itants. This  fact  is  perhaps  not  a  strange  one,  for  the  pioneer 
preacher  who  passed  through  the  early  settlements  preaching 
"a  free  gospel,"  it  seems  soon  passes  out  of  mind  everywhere, 
and  those  only  appear  to  be  remembered  who  have  come  among 
us  when  the  foundations  of  the  churches  have  been  laid,  and 
the  salaries  have  been  brought  up  to  a  reputable  standard. 
Doubtless  many  interesting  stories  might  be  told  of  the  self-sac- 
rificing men  of  all  churches  who  visited  the  pioneers  in  their 
humble  cabins,  and  told  them  the  simple  story  of  the  cross  with 
the  eloquence  of  a  primitive  sincerity.  The  spirit  of  these 
grand  old  itinerant  ministers  often  carried  with  it  the  po\\er  of 
the  day  of  Pentecost,  and  what  they  did  and  said  would  be  trea- 
sured up  as  the  sacred  relics  of  the  better  days  of  an  apostolic 
evangelism. 

In  giving  a  history  of  so  rich  and  prosperous  a  county  as  this 
of  Hamilton,  it  would  be  out  of  place  not  to  name  its  court 
house  and  jail.  They  may  both  be  classed  with  the  venerable 
of  the  olden  years.  The  latter  now  stands  under  consideration 
as  being  unfit  for  any  human  purpose,  while  the  former,  like 
"the  ruins  of  Palmyra,"  makes  one  feel  melancholy  even  to  look 
upon  it.  The  gentlemanly  county  officers  who  at  present  still 
occupy  it  deserve  a  better  official  domicile,  and  we  are  glad  to 
learn  that  the  county  commissioners  are  moving  to  erect  such 
edifices  as  will  reflect  appropriately  on  the  wealth  and  well- 
known  liberality  of  the  county. 

The  Ledger  is  at  present  the  only  organ  of  the  county,  and  as 
10 


4.6  HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY. 

it  is  edited  with  ability  and  faithfulness,  it  should  receive  a  large 
county  patronage. 

If  space  had  been  allowed  we  could  and  would  have  noticed 
many  other  things,  and  paid  a  tribute  to  many  other  citizens  of 
the  county  whose  talents  and  enterprise  deserve  the  public  re- 
spect. 

What  our  own  fathers  have  done  in  the  common  walks  of  our 
advancing  civilization  is  often  treated  as  commonplace,  if  it  is 
not  wholly  forgotten.  But  few  men  make  any  record  of  it,  and 
if  any  of  it  ever  goes  into  history  it  is  only  in  broken  frag- 
ments, or  in  very  indefinite  if  not  apocryphal  installments. 

The  history  of  the  first  settlements  of  the  west  has  as  much 
living  interest  in  it,  if  it  could  only  be  gathered  up,  as  that  of 
any  other  people,  either  ancient  or  modern. 

Even  the  cabin  history  of  our  churches,  our  courts,  our 
schools,  and  of  thousands  of  our  men  and  women  who  were 
born  in  them,  would  be  read  in  the  coming  years  with  an  inter- 
est which  no  romance  could  excel. 

The  stories  of  such  life  might  be  simple,  but  the  narratives, 
if  properly  told,  would  flash  with  native  sparks  from  the  fires  of 
the  higher  attributes  of  humanity,  and  it  would  be  seen  that  our 
race  can  develop  themselves  in  as  true  a  civilization  in  the 
humble  life  of  the  cabin  as  in  the  marble  halls  of  wealth  and 
pride  and  ostentatious  greatness. 


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CENSUS    EXHIBIT 


OF 


HAMILTON     COUNTY 


POPULATION. 

i8jo              184.0                  18^0  i860  1 870 

1705             9'855               13,554  18,703  23,347 

Colored 188  375  634 

POPULATION  BY  TOWNSHIPS. 

18^0  i860  i8yo 

Adams 861  1523  2178 

Clay 1106  1161  1413 

Delaware 867  1267  1434 

Fall  Creek 1249  1341  1530 

Jackson  Township 1800  2838  3724 

Cicero 278  422 

Noblesville  Township  ....      2308  3669  3568 

Noblesville 664  1115  1435 

Washington  Township     ....  2055  2925  3590 

Westfield 206  608  608 

Wayne 955  1426  1398 

White  River 1492  1760  2047 


148  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


NOBLESVILLE  TOWNSHIP. 


Being  the  central  township  of  the  count}'  and  the  seat  of  jus- 
tice— Noblesvillc  being  in  its  centre — it  is  prominent  among  the 
other  townships  of  the  county  in  many  respects.  The  residence 
of  many  of  the  most  distinguished  citizens,  and  the  chief  place 
of  business  as  well  as  of  judicial  decisions,  as  might  be  ex- 
pected, as  a  township,  it  is  in  the  best  state  of  cultivation,  and 
contains  many  of  the  best  residences,  and  also  the  largest  man- 
ufactories of  any  township  in  the  county. 

It  is  the  old  age  home  of  a  few  of  the  early  settlers,  of  whom 
we  have  spoken  in  the  history  of  the  county.  More  than  the 
half  of  a  century  ago  they  saw  the  Aborigines  of  the  land  as 
they  retired  before  the  footsteps  of  the  white  man's  civilization, 
and  they  lived  to  see  nearly  all  of  their  comrades  put  away  in 
the  grave.  From  decade  to  decade  the  township  has  grown  in 
agricultural  resources  and  beauty,  while  its  chief  town  of 
Noblesvillc  has  gradually  advanced  in  commercial  and  manufac- 
turing importance  until  it  is  now  a  well  built  up  and  beautiful 
locality. 

In  county  enterprise,  however,  it  would  be  doing  injustice  to 
the  facts  in  the  case  to  say  that  they  had  kept  pace  with  the 
rapid  movements  of  the  age.  The  county  is  rich,  but  their 
court  house  and  jail  are  poor,  and  in  justice  should  have  been 
"  put  on  the  township"  years  ago.  Why  they  have  been  so 
slow  in  their  improvements  the  present  deponent  knoweth  not, 
but  if  he  was  left  to  guess  he  would  say  that  the  County  Com- 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP.  I49 

missioners  have  been  afraid  of  their  fine  farms,  or  they  would 
long  since  have  made  the  necessary  expenditures  and  left  the 
issues  to  future  generations.  We  believe  that  a  new  court 
house  has  been  determined  upon,  and  therefore  we  will  not 
draw  the  pictures  of  the  present  county  edifices,  albeit  they 
would  furnish  fine  antiquated  adornments  for  the  People's  Guide. 

Two  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Noblesville  the  fine  merchant 
mills  of  G.  S.  Mayfield  are  to  be  seen. 

The  mills  of  Dill  &  Kessner,  i  ^  miles  southeast  of  Nobles- 
ville, are  also  prominent. 

Four  and  a  half  miles  north  of  Noblesville  the  Conner  Mills 
are  located.  The  buildings  are  large  and  five  stories  high,  and 
are  now  owned  by  Evans  &  Clark. 

The  woolen  mills  of  Sinnett  &  Harper,  and  the  saw  mill  also 
in  the  same  locality,  are  fine  improvements.  The  mill  race 
affording  water  to  these  mills  was  cut  through  solid  rock  at  a 
great  outlay. 

There  is  a  splendid  flouring  mill  in  the  town  of  Noblesville, 
and  a  very  well  conducted  planing  mill  immediately  opposite 
the  depot. 

STATISTICAL   HISTORY. 

Emanuel's  Church,  Evangelical  Association  ;  James  Wales, 
pastor;  membership,  139;  church  property,  ^4500;  Sunday 
school,  70  ;  Wm.  Lebo,  superintendent. 

M.  E.  Church ;  Rev.  V.  M.  Beamer,  pastor ;  members,  200 ; 
property,  $8000  ;  Sunday  school,  M.  W.  Essington,  superin- 
tendent ;    scholars,  236. 

Baptist  Church  (colored)  ;  Rev.  Benjamin  Gardner,  D.  D., 
pastor;  membership,  29;  property,  ^looo;  Sunday  school, 
Henry  Johnson,  superintendent;  scholars,  45. 

Antioch  Church ;  3  miles  northwest  of  Noblesville ;  Rev. 
Wm.  White,  pastor  ;  members,  30  ;  Sunday  school,  James  Den- 
nis, superintendent ;  scholars,  75. 


150  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Wesleyan  M.  Church  ;  5  miles  southwest  of  Noblesville ; 
Rev.  West,  pastor;  members,  30;  property,  i^iooo;  Sun- 
day school,  30  scholars. 

Chicago  M.  E.  Church  ;  3  miles  northwest  of  Noblesville  ; 
Rev.  Wm.  Blake,  pastor;  property,  ;^I500;  Sunday  school, 
Wm.  Vert,  superintendent ;  scholars,  50. 

Friends'  Meeting  House  ;  East  Branch,  7  miles  southwest  of 
Noblesville  ;  members,  127  ;  property,  ;^50O  ;  Sunday  school, 
65  scholars ;  Daniel  Curry,  superintendent. 

Christian  Chapel ;  4^  miles  southwest  of  Noblesville  ;  Rev. 
C.  W.  Axline,  Rev.  H.  Wright,  pastors  ;  members,  yy  ;  prop- 
erty, ;^i  100;  Sunday  school,  Frank  Schryock,  superintendent; 
scholars,  39. 

Presbyterian  Church ;  Rev.  John  D.  Craig,  pastor ;  members, 
44 ;  church  property,  ^4000 ;  Sabbath  school,  S.  N.  Cochran, 
superintendent ;  scholars,  average,  70. 

Stony  Creek  Grange,  No.  629  ;  members,  60 ;  G.  W.  Wheeler, 
Master. 

Baton  Rouge  Grange,  No.  iioi  ;  members,  29;  J.  W.  Ap- 
plegate,  Master. 

Franklin  Grange,  No.  1007  ;  members,  30 ;  W.  T.  Wheeler, 
Master. 

Lonely  Grange,  No.  860 ;  members,  35  ;  P.  S.  Wheeler, 
Master. 

Jackson  Grange,  No.  869 ;  members,  38  ;  Enos  Davis,  Mas- 
ter. 

Noblesville  Lodge,  No.  57,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  W.  J.  Holland, 
W.  M.;  members,  75  ;  property,  ;^2500. 

Noblesville  Lodge,  No.  125,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  members,  108; 
property,  $3000. 

Population  of  Noblesville,  1435. 

Township  vote  1872 — Rep.,  617  ;  Dem.,  251  ;  total,  868. 


NOBLESVILLE    TOWNSHIP.  I5I 

Number  of  school  houses  in  the  township,  13;  all  frame. 
Total  estimated  value  of  school  property,  $8,goo,  outside  of 
corporation  of  Noblesville,  where  they  have  a  school  property 
valued  at  ;$27,300.  Special  school  tax  on  each  ;^ioo:  township 
20  cents,  corporation  25  cents.  Poll  25  cents  in  township,  in 
corporation  50  cents.  Total  estimated  special  school  tax,  town- 
ship, ;^  1,400. 00;  in  town  of  Noblesville,  $1,360.00.  Number  of 
volumes  in  township  library,  500.  Number  of  private  schools,  3. 
Total  enumeration  of  children  between  the  ages  of  6  and  21 
years,  750  in  township,  and  617  in  corporation.  Number  of 
pupils  admitted  into  the  schools,  542  in  township,  and  506  in 
Noblesville.  Number  of  districts  in  which  schools  were  taught, 
14.  Average  length  of  school  in  days,  90  in  township,  and 
190  in  town  of  Noblesville.  Total  number  of  teachers  em- 
ployed, in  country,  14,  in  town,  9.  Average  daily  compensa- 
tion of  teachers:  Primary,  ;^2.i2;  high  school,  males,  $5.00; 
females,  ;^3. 12. 

DIRECTORY  OF  NOBLESVILLE  TOWNSHIP. 

Austin,  I.  B.;  druggist;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1844;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Protestant. 

ALLISON,  A.  J.;  hardware,  cutlery,  stoves  and  building  ma- 
terial; Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1845.      Rep.      Protestant, 

Allison,  George  W. ;  in  hardware  store  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845. 

Applegate,  John  ;  resident  farmer  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  J. 
1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1829. 

ANSHUTZ,  JOHN  ;  brick  mason  and  plasterer ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Pa.  18 12;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Evang. 

Ackles,  Marion;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.      Methodist. 


152  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Alaxander,  Mrs.  Lou.;    milliner  and  dress  maker  ;    Noblesville. 
Methodist. 

Applegate,  Daniel;    blacksmith;    Noblesville.      Born  in   H.   C. 
1833.      Indpt.      Methodist. 

ALLISON,   J.   T.;    flour  and  feed  store  ;   Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1803;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845.     Rep-      Methodist. 

Applegate,   F.   M.;    firm   of  Applegate   &   Dale,   blacksmiths; 
Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1839.     ^em.     Methodist. 

AUSTIN,  E.   P.;    physician;    Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Christian. 

ANDERSON,  T.;  toll-gate  keeper;    i^;  m  w  Noblesville.     Born 
in  Ohio  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Dem.      Indpt. 

Applegate,  T.  J.;    farmer;    4  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Abney,  Eli ;  farmer;  3I  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1849.      ^^P-      U.  Brethren. 

Askin,  Jacob  ;  blacksmith  ;    4I  m  n  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1832;    settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.      Methodist. 


Boyd,  Thos.  E.;   Deputy  Recorder;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ird. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Boyd,  John  W.;  farmer;  Noblesville.     Born    in   H.    C.    18  =  2. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

BUTLER,  JOHNH.;  general  merchandise;  Noblesville.    Born 
in  Ind.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855. 

BURKE,  JOHN  ;  Justice  of  the  Peace  ;  Noblesville.      Born  in 
Ky.  1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1826.     Rep.     Christian. 

Booth,  Isaac;  watchmaker  and   jeweler;  Noblesville.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.      Rep.     Protestant. 


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Booth,    A.    D.;    physician;    Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1849. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Burnaw,  W.   S.;  farmer;  4  m   n   e   Koblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

Boren,  Benjamin  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Christian. 

Brown,   Wm.;    farmer;  4    m   n   w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Beal,  J.  W.;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Beal,  A.;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Bartholomew,  W.  H.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Noblesville.   Born  in 
Ohio  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Christian. 

Burck,  D.  M.;  farmer;   5    m   s  w   Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1847;     Rep.      Christian. 

Bowman,  G.  A.;  farmer;  2ms    Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.    1847.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Burroughs,  A.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1832.      Rep.      Christian. 

Buckles,  C.  C;   brick-mason;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio  1841; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Indpt. 

Burk,  George;  blacksmith;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852; 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Bauchert,   Jacob;    hardware;    Noblesville,       Born  in  Pa.  18 18; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.      Methodist. 

Bachman,  F.  M.;  grocer;   Noblesville.     Born  in  Germany  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868. 

Baltson,    Robert   M. ;    carpenter ;    Noblesville.       Born   in   Ky, 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Christian. 


154  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Becket,  J.  W.;  cooper;  Noblesvillc.  Born  in  H.  C.  1824. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

BOYER,  J.  E.;  stock  dealer,  sewing-machine  agent,  and  far- 
mer; Noblesville.  Born  in  Md.  1831;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1835.     Rep.     Christian. 

Barroughs,  James;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1834. 
Christian. 

Bordammer,  Henry ;  farmer  ;  1 5^  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

BODENHAMER,  WM.;  firm  of  Bodenhamer  &  Taylor,  pro- 
prietors and  editors  of  the  Noblesville  Ledger ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Md.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.     Prot. 

BELLMAN,  CHAS.;  plasterer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Brown,  D.  R.;  stock  broker;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1822. 
Republican, 

Bare,  Peter;  cabinet  maker;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847. 

BONEBRAKE  GEORGE  H.;  firm  of  Locke  &  Bonebrake, 
Bankers;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1839.     Republican. 

Baker,  N.  H.;  book-keeper  in  bank;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind, 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Republican. 

BAKER,  A.  B.;  firm  of  Vestal  &  Baker,  druggists;  Nobles- 
ville.    Born  in  H.  C.   1846.     Rep,     Protestant. 

Boren,  E.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1837  » 
settled  in  H.  C.   1855. 

Burk,  S.  J.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1832.     Rep. 


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Burk,  Wm.;  farmer;  2  3^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ky.  1803; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1827.     Indpt.     Christian. 

BETTS,  A.   G.;    farmer;    3  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1851. 

Brooks,  Eli ;    farmer ;    3 1^   m   s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep. 

Burgess,  Oliver  ;    farmer ;    4  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Bartholomew,  Francis  ;   farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862. 

Bragg,  J.  M.;  brick  moulder;   ^  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Brown,  J.    W.;   hotel  keeper  and    farmer;  Noblesville.     Born 
in  Va.  1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860. 

BOCK,  D.  J.;  dealer  in  poultry  and  produce  ;  Noblesville.    Born 
in  Pa.  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Evangelical. 

Barks,  E.;    cabinet   maker;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio    1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.     Dem.     Christian. 

BAKER,  A.   M.;    telegraph   and   railroad  agent;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  N.  Y.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Baughman,    F.    W. ;    confectionery  and   bakery ;    Noblesville. 
Born  in  Germany  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862. 

Baker,  J.  M.;  teacher  and   farmer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Boren,   P.    A.;    carpenter;  Noblesville.     Born    in  N.  C.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Bacham,  Robert;  carpenter;  Noblesville. 

BRAGG,  W.  T.;  farmer;   i/^  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.    1844.     Methodist. 


156 

HAMILTON    COUNTY. 

CAREY,   H. 
C.  1850. 

W.; 

farmer ;    4  m  n  \v  Noblesville. 

Bern  in   H. 

Cloud,  I.;  farmer;   i^  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839. 

Cloud,  John ;    farmer ;    i  m   s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830. 

Cook,    W.    H.;    farmer;   y^   mw  Noblesville.     Born  in   H.  C. 
1841. 

Carey,   J.;    farmer;    2  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio   1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Lib.     Protestant. 

Cruzan,   Jacob  ;    farmer ;    4  m  n  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Caylor,  Michael ;    farmer  ;    4  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     • 

Caylor,   Abraham;    farmer;    2)^  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born   in 
Ind.  1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.      Rep.      Dunkard. 

Carlin,  J.  T.;  firm  of  Carlin  &  Toll,  plasterers;  Noblesville. 

Cook,  I.;  shoemaker;     Noblesville.      Born  in  Pa.  1817;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1840.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Craycraft,  Daniel ;  firm  of  Craycraft  &  Ward,  variety  store  ;  No- 
blesville.    Born  in  Ind.   1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867. 

Cottingham,  J.  J.;    physician  and  surgeon;    Noblesville.     Born 
in  Del.  1823;    settled  in  H.  C.  1824.     Indpt.      Methodist. 

CARR,  HENRY;    shoemaker;  Noblesville.     Born  in    Germa- 
ny 1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.     Lutheran. 

Caylor,  H.  M.;  lumber  dealer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1841; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Caylor,    A.    P.;    cooper;    Noblesville.     Born   in   H.    C.    1851. 
Rep.     Protestant. 


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Conrad,  S.  H.;  miller;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Md.  1829;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1855.      Rep.      Protestant. 

■CRAIG,  S.  C;  firm  of  McMahan  &  Craig,  pump  makers; 
Noblesville.  Born  in  Tenn.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868. 
Republican. 

Cottingham,  Mrs.  C-  A.;  milliner  and  dressmaker;  Noblesville, 
Born  in  H,  C.   1837. 

Caylor,  S.  H.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  3i<(  m  n  e  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.   1851.     Rep. 

CAREY,  DAVID  ;  firm  of  T.  E.  &  D.  Carey,  manufacturers 
of  flour  and  feed,  proprietors  of  Carey  Mills;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Rep.      Friend. 

CAREY,  T.  E.;  firm  of  T.  E.  &  D.  Carey,  manufacturers  of 
flour  and  feed,  proprietors  of  Carey  Mills;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Cooper,  M.;  plasterer;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio    1851;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1852. 
[ 
Crull,  Wm.;  retired  farmer;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio  1822  ; 

settled  in  H.  C.   1835.     Rep.     Protestant 

Cook,  Levi;  farmer;  3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Caylor,  J.  H.;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.      Indpt.      Dunkard. 

CLOUD,  J.  M.;  farmer;  1%  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.   1S45.     Dem.      Allbright. 

Cottingham,  J.  C;  farmer;  ^  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.C. 
1839.      I^ep.      Protestant. 

Cottingham,  W.  H.;  farmer;  li  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky.. 
1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Indpt. 


158  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


COTTINGHAM,  HENRY  A.;  attorney  and  farmer ;  Nobles- 
ville  ;  lives  i  m  n  e  Nob'esville.  Born  in  Ind.  1833;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Cochran,  Samuel  W.;  dep't  clerk  of  Hamilton  county.  Born  in 
Pa.  1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

Craig,  John  S.;  minister  and  fiirmer ;  Noblesville.  Born  1S14; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.     Presbyterian. 

CLARK,  J.  J.;  dealer  in  dry  goods,  notions,  carpets  and  wall 
paper;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1828;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1854.     Rep.      Universalist. 

Cary,  Stephen,  Jr.;  dry  goods  clerk;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1856.      Rep.      Protestant. 

CARLIN,  W.  D. ;  dealer  in  agricultural  implements ;  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  Pa.  1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1825.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

Cottingham,  S.  D.;  firm  of  Cottingham  &  Pfaff,  livery,  feed  and 
sale  stables ;  Noblesville  ;  stable  on  Railroad  street.  Born 
in  H.  C.  1826. 

Crolly,  Jeremiah  ;  carriage  smith  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  Y. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     Catholic. 

COLBORN,  JONATHAN;  resident  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born 
in  Pa.  1799;  settled  in  H.  C.  1823.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Colclazier,  John  ;  harness  maker ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

CRAWFORD,  C;  drayman;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  18 iS; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Methodist. 

CLARK,  H.  W.;  physician  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  West  Va. 
1803  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1826.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Cook,  Isaac;  farmer;  3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1792;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Rep.     Protestant. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP.  159 

Carey,  Stephen  ;  farmer;  3  m  w  Noblesville,     Born  in  Pa.  1797; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Indpt. 

Chesman,    George;    farmer;    3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1819;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Crosley,  W.  H.;  farmer  ;  3I  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1843.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Carey,    Henry ;    farmer ;    2  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1838. 

Clifford,   Wm.;    farmer;    2^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 

Carson,    David ;    farmer ;    i    m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born   in  Va. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Dem. 

Christian,   Frank;    farmer;  2^^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1852. 

Caylor,   R.;   farmer;    2  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Dem. 


Deeds,  J.  W.;  variety  store;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.    1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.     Indpt.      Universalist. 

Davidson,    R.    H.;    hats,   caps,   boots  and  shoes;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1828.     Rep.     Protestant. 

DEPUTY,   A.    C;    dentist;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.    1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Davis,  John  W. ;  carpenter;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.   1848. 
Rep.     Friend. 

DAWSON,  JOHN   H.;  cooper;  Noblesville.     Born  in   1854; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Protestant. 

DeMoss,    Charles  H.;    carpenter;    Noblesville.       Born  in   Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 


l60  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Dunn,   N.   F.;  ex-Treasurer;  Noblesvillc.     Born  in  Ky.   1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Methodist. 

DURFLINGER,  J.   W.;    contractor  and  builder ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1849.     Dem. 

Deck,  II.  G.;  meat  store;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ky.   1850;  set. 
tied  in  H.  C.  1863. 

Davis,    Frank;    engineer;    Noblesville.       Born   in   H.  C.   1852. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Dale,  I.  T. ;  blacksmith,  firm  of  Applegate  &  Dale;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Davis,    A.    C;    farmer;    3   m  s  w  Noblesville.      liorn  in  N.  C. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838. 

Dehart,  John;    farmer;    4^  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.   1861.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Davenport,  Mrs.;  3  m  n  w  Noblesvile. 

Davis,   David ;    farmer ;    4  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Dreher,    M.;    farmer;    2  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Germany 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855. 

Davis,  W.  D.;  farmer;  6^  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835. 

Davis,  C.  R.;  farmer;  4}4  ni  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.      Rep.     Protestant. 

DAVIS,  ENOS;  farmer;  4  m  w   Noblesvillc.      Pmm-ii  in  N.  C. 
182 1  ;  settled  in  II.  C.   1832.      Rep.      Materialist. 

Dill,  Henry;   mill,  firm  of  Dill  &  Kepner  ;   Noblesville.      Born 
in  Ind.    1825  ;   settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Methodist. 

DeMOSS,  JACKSON;  farmer;  sH  m   n  w  Noblesville.     Born 
in  II.  C.   1847.      Indpt.      Protestant. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP,  l6l 

DcMoss,  John  ;  farmer  ;  41^  m  n  vv  Noblesvillc.      Born   in  Ky. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Indpt. 

DcMoss,  J.  W.;  farmer;  3^  m  n  w  Noblcsville.     Born  in  Ky. 
1828;  settled  in  II.  C.   1834.      Dem.      Christian. 

DcMoss,  T.  A.;  farmer;  5   m  n   w  Noblesvillc.     Born  in   Ky. 
1801  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Dem.      Protestant. 

DcMoss,  G.  T. ;  farmer;   5  m  n  w  Noblesvillc.     Born  in  II.  C. 
185 1.      Dem.      Christian. 

Davis,  M.  B.;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  w  Noblesvillc.      Born  in  Ind.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1844. 

Davis,  B.  J.;  farmer;  3  m   n  Noblesvillc.     Born  in   Pa.   1809; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Rep.      Christian. 

Davis,  T.  H.;  farmer;  31^  m  n  w  Noblesvillc.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1842. 

Dill,  B.  ¥.;  cooper  and  minister ;  Noblcsville,     Born  in   H.  C. 
1842.     Rep.      Evangelical  Association. 


ESSINGTON,  MARION  W.;  clerk  of  Hamilton  county  ;  No- 
blesvillc.    Born  in  H.  C.  1841.     Rep.      Methodist. 

EVANS,  J.  W.;  attorney;  firm  of  Evans  &  Stevenson;  Noblcs- 
ville.    Born  in  Ky.  1832;  settled  in  rl.  C.  1846. 

EVANS,  A.  G.;  dealer  in  dry  goods;  firm  of  Evans  &  McCole ; 
Noblcsville.  Born  in  Ind.  1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.      Indpt. 

EMMONS,  J.  D.;  butcher;  firm  of  Dobbins  &  Emmons ;  No- 
blesvillc.    Born  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.     Christian. 

Edwards,  John  S.;  sheriff;  Noblesvillc.  Born  in  Pa.  1824;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1847.     I'^ep.     Methodist. 

II 


1 62  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


ELLIS,  JOHN  A.;  barber;  firm  of  Gustin  &  Ellis;  Nobles- 
ville.  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.  Dem. 
United  Brethren. 

EVANS,  J.  L.;  manufacturer  of  flour  and  dealer  in  flour  and 
grain ;  firm  of  Evans  &  Son ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky. 
1825;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Rep.     Christian. 

EVANS,  A.  T.;  firm  of  Evans  &  Son ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
H.  C.   1850.     RepubHcan. 

Evans,  W.  N. ;  merchant ;  firm  of  Evans  &  Loftin  ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ky.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.      Rep.     Protest. 

Essington,  J.  G. ;  tinner;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

Ellingwood,  J.  W.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1851. 

Essington,  W.  M.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Edwards,  E. ;  farmer;  3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1852. 

Edwards,  S.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 
Rep.     Protestant. 


FINCH,  H.  G.;  resident  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Gen- 
nesse  county,  N.  Y.  1807;  settled  in  H.  C.  1819.  The 
oldest  settler  in  the  county.      Indpt.      Methodist. 

Fisher,  James  K.;  grocery  clerk;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.     Protestant. 

FISHER,  J.  H,;  saw  mill  and  lumber  dealer;  firm  of  Wheeler, 
Fisher  &  Co.;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1829;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1852.     Rep. 


NOBLESVILLE    TOWNSHIP.  1 63 

Fisher,  Allen;  brick  maker;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Rep.      Independent. 

Ferrall,  J.   K.;   grocery;    Noblesville.     Born  in  Ireland  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Indpt.     Catholic. 

FOLAND,   EMMA;    milliner  and  dress  maker;    Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1843.     Christian. 

Fisher,  Daniel;   grocer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  18 18;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Fisher,  N.  F. ;  farmer;   3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1845  5  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Protestant, 

Fennel,   Henry ;    farmer ;    3  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ger- 
many 1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849. 

Fleming,  W.  F.;  farmer;  3)^  m  sw  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.      Dem.      Christian. 

FORRER,    J.    H.;    farmer;    31^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Christian. 

Field,   Hugh;    farmer;  P.  O.,  Noblesville;  2^  m  s  e  Deming. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Fox,  G.  W.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1836. 
Indpt.     Christian. 


George,  Wm.;    farmer;    2^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Lib.  Rep. 

Gascho,   C. ;    farmer;    ^  me  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa,  18 18; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Gascho,  J.  B.;  farmer;   ^  m  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Gascho,    E.;    farmer;    i   m  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850. 


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Gascho,  C.  B. ;  farmer ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1 843  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1854.     Dunkard. 

Glaser,  Peter  ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  Noblesville ;  P.  O.,  Cicero.  Born 
in  Hesse  Darmstadt  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.  Dem. 
Lutheran. 

Gosho,  S.  K.;  farmer;  3)^  miles  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.* 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Dunkard. 

GRANGER,  L.  N.;  farmer  and  stock  broker  ;  2  m  n  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  Ohio  1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1827.  Rep. 
Christian. 

Griffen,  Wm.;  farmer;  35^  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

GRAY,  JOSEPH  R.;  attorney;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1830.     Rep.     Protestant. 

GARVER,  WM.;  attorney  ;  firm  of  Carver  &  Losey ;  Nobles" 
ville.     Born  in  Ohio  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841. 

GRAHAM,  J.  K.;  attorney  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1843  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Liberal. 

GRAHAM,  WM.  B.;  physician  and  druggist;  firm  of  Graham 
&  Pontious ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1835  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1 86 1.     Rep.     Methodist. 

GIGER,  AARON  ;  manufacturer  of  sash,  doors  and  blinds ,' 
firm  of  Williams,  Giger  &  Durfee.  Born  in  Pa.  1832  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  about  1838. 

Goe,  R.  C;  cabinet  maker;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 

Lidpt. 

GIBBONS,  G.  W.;  broom  manufacturer  and  toll-gate  keeper; 
y^  va  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Qhio  1829  ;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1870.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Glenn,  A.  W. ;  resident  farmer ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863. 


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Geiger,  Daniel;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 

GERWIG,  HENRY;  carpenter  and  builder;  firm  of  Johnson 
ScGerwig;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Germany  1834;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1859.     Indpt.     Lutheran. 

Gray,  J.    M.;    physician,   surgeon  and  druggist;    Noblesville 
Born  in  Ind. 

Graham,   Robert;    attorney;    Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.    1847 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Galloway,  J.  J.;  physician;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

Guy,  A.;  saddler  and  harness  maker;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1845.     Indpt.     Protestant. 

Granger,  John  ;  sewing  machine  agent ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ohio  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Rep.     Methodist. 

GENTRY,  JAMES  T.;  livery  and  sale  stable;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1840. 

Geger,  G.  W. ;  farmer;  2  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Gunyon,  Absalom;  butcher;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Galloway,  J.;  brick  mason;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854. 

Gustin,  E.  B. ;  firm  of  Gustin  &  Ellis  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ohio  1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep. 

Green,  Benjamin  ;  farmer  ;  3  ^  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Dem.     Christian. 

George,  H.  C. ;  farmer;  3  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Protestant. 

GEORGE,  J.  L.;  farmer;  2J  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Orthodox. 


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Gascho,   K.   K.;  farmer;  2|-  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858. 

George,   James  ;    farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Va. 
181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Lib.  Rep.      Universalist. 

George,  Newton  ;  farmer ;  2  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.     Lib.  Rep. 

Gigger,  Jacob;  farmer;  3  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Christian. 


Hatfield,  E.;  brick  layer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 

Hogshire,  Sam.  H.;  merchant;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Dem.      Christian, 

Haines,  Dr.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ohio  1812;   settled  in  H.  C.   1837.     Indpt.     Freethinker. 

Holland,  O.  S.;  cooper;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1837;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Henderson,  Mrs. ;  dress  making ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846. 

Housholder,  F.  M. ;  attorney  and  town  clerk ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio,  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.  Dem.  U. 
Brethren. 

Hein,  Dan.  B. ;  blacksmith;  firm  of  Applegate  &  Hein ;  No- 
blesville.    Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 

Hass,  Jonathan;  laborer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1837;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1874. 

Huntzinger,  John  ;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1845. 
Rep.     Baptist, 

HALL,  E.  K.;  Auditor  of  county  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1833;  settled  in  H,  C.  1856.     Rep.     Protestant. 


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HATFIELD,  BENJAMIN  ;  brick  mason  ;  Noblesville.     Born 
in  Ind.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869. 

Hawkins,  George;  merchant ;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind.  1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Holfenbach,  George  L. ;  barber  ;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Bavaria 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854. 

Haynes,  Thomas ;  grocery  man ;   Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  Y. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Hare,  E.  M.;  wagon  maker;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1853, 

Hare,  J.   H.;  blacksmith;    Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.    1851. 
Republican. 

HARE,    W.    W.;    blacksmith;    Noblesville.     Born  in    H.    C. 
1855.     Republican. 

HAWKINS,   FRANK  A.;  farmer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Hunt,  Wm.;    carpenter;    3^  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem.     Free  Thinker. 

HUNT,   WALTER;    farmer;    31^  m  w  Noblesville.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1855. 

Hurlock,  J.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1837; 
Rep. 

Hunt,   Robert ;    farmer ;    2  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1847.      Rep.      Christian. 

Humbles,   J.;    farmer;    3^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1845.     Rep.     U.  Brethren. 

Herin,   F. ;    farmer;    4  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860. 

Hurlock,  Miss  Emma. 

Heiny,  Wm.;  farmer  ;  ^  m  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1851 


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Haverstick,  Christian  ;  farmer ;  2|-  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1795;  settled  in  H.  C.  186-.     Methodist. 

HARPER,  S.;  woolen  factory;  4J  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ohio  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Horney,  Charles  ;  farmer  ;  1 5^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Friend. 

Hill,  Joel ;  farmer  ;  4^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1850  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.    1863.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HOARD,  J.  M.;  farmer;  i  ^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.     Rep.     Baptist. 

Haynes,  F.  N.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HAINES,  L.  A.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  P.  O.  Carmel ;  /ms  w 
Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Hed,  James ;  farmer  ;  4)^  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 

1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1 86-.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist- 
Hawkins,  E.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 

Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Hawkins,  A.;  teacher;  4 m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Haverstick,  A.  G.;  farmer;  2|  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C  i860.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Hartley,  Amos ;  farmer  ;  4J  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
18 12  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Heley,  W.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858. 

Hubbard,  J.  T.;  farmer ;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1852  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Republican. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP.  169 

Hiatt,   Eli;    farmer    and   carpenter;    2^  m  n   w   Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Friend. 

Haworth,  Daniel;  farmer;  2ms  Darning;  P.  O.,  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  18 17;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Friend. 

HAWORTH,  J.  M.;  farmer ;  2  m  s  e  Deming  ;  P.  O.,  Nobles- 
ville.    Born  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Friend, 

Haworth,  G.  L.;  farmer;  2)^  m  s  e  Deming;  P.O.,  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     ^^P-     Friend. 

Hare,  Daniel ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1850, 
Rep.     Christian, 

Hinzman,  Christian  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  Noblesville,  Born  in  Ger- 
many 1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Hinzman,  John  ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Germany 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Hoover,  F.  M.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1854.     Christian. 

Haris,  Stephen ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va. 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Huxholt,  H.  W.;  farmer;  3^  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ger- 
many 1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870, 

Harman,  J,;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Noblesville,  Born  in  Mo. 
1840;  settled  in  H,  C.  1866.     Rep,     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Husted,  B,  F.;  farmer;  43^  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep,     Protestant, 

HARE,  W, ;  carriage  and  buggy  manufacturer  ;  firm  of  Hare  & 
Heylmann ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1825;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1836, 

Heylmann,  J.  George  ;  carriage  and  buggy  manufacturer  ;  firm 
of  Hare  &  Heylmann;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Prussia  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857. 


170  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


HARRIS,  JOHN  R.;  cooper;  Noblesville.  Bom  in  N.  C. 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Hare,  G.  W.;  chair  manufacturer,  carpenter  and  joiner;  No- 
blesville. Born  in  Ohio  1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1829. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Hare,  Harry  ;  scroll  sawyer  ;  Noblesville. 

Hall,  R.  J.;  stationer  and  book  seller;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1835.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HOLDCRAFT,  ROBERT;  plasterer;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
N.  J.  1 831;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Christian. 

Holland,  J.  W.;  cooper;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Md.  1827;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Henderson,  P.  C;  City  Marshall;  Noblesville.  Born  in  1821  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HARRIS,  STEPHEN  ;  2  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Dem.      Baptist. 

HALL,  G.  W.;  saw  miller;  2mseCicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1856; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Protestant. 

Horney,  A.  G. ;  farmer  ;  3J  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Friend. 

HI  ATT,  NATHAN  ;  carpenter  ;  3I  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born 
in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep-     Friend. 

Heiss,  Wm.;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  181 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Hiatt,  Lewis  ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.     Indpt.     Friend. 


Jones,  J.    C;    clerk  for  Swain;    Noblesville.      Born  in   H.  C. 
1853.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 


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Job,  J.  T.;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1835;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1. 

JOHNSON,  W.  F. ;  carpenter  and  builder ;  firm  of  Johnson  & 
Gerwig;  Noblesville.  Born  in  111.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1868.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

Jones,  Charles  ;  farmer;  2  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Methodist. 

John,  E.  W. ;  flour  packer  ;  4J  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  186-.     Rep.     Protestant. 

John,  Samuel;  miller;  4 J^  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  1825  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Justice,  M.  G.;  saddler  and  harness  maker  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  .     Rep.     Protestant. 

JACKSON,  J.  C;  Jackson  &  Bro.,  livery  and  sale  stable; 
Noblesville.  Born  in  Ala.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

JACKSON,   J.    B.;   Jackson    &    Bro.,   livery  and    sale    stable; 

Noblesville.     Born    in  Ind.    1835  ;  settled  in    H.  C.  . 

Rep.     Christian. 

Johnson  J.;  retired;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1867;  settled 
in  H.  C. .     Protestant. 

Jones,  W.  H.;  engineer;  33^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.     Evangelical. 

JOHNSON,  JOHN  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1853. 

JOHNSON,  WM.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1850. 

Johnson  M.;  farmer;  3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     ^.ep.     Friend. 


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Kelley,  W.  T.;  2  m  n  Noblesville.     Bom  in  N.  C.    1832;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Kepner,  J,  P.;  farmer;  4  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Kepner,  Jacob  ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1 800 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Kepner,  S.  A.;  farmer;  4  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1840  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Kepner,   H.   A.;  farmer;  4I  m  n  Noblesville.       Born    in    Pa. 
1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.     Lutheran, 

Kepner,  F,  F.;  farmer;  4  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  18361 
settled  in  H,  C.  1850.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Kergen,  Peter  ;  farmer;  25^  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ireland 
1818  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  1841.     Dem.     Baptist. 

Kelley,  A.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Kinsey,  George;   carpenter;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  185 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 

Kerr,   Robert;    student;    Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  185 1  ;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

KLINE,  JOHN  ;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Germany  1833  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1854.     Republican. 

KLEPFER,   MRS.   L.  M.;    milliner  and  dress  maker ;  Nobles- 
ville.     Born  in  Ind.  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 

Killen.  J.  E.;  painter;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1853;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1858. 

KINSEY,  HENRY;    farmer  ;  2^  m  s  vv  Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Protestant. 


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Krieg,  Michael;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  France  1841  j 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854. 

Kelley,  J.;  laborer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1828.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

KANE,  THOMAS  J.;  firm  of  Kane  &  Shirts,  atty's  ;  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  Pa.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

•  King,  J.  E.;  hardware  clerk;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1844. 

Killen,  G.  H.;  now  out  of  business;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

iKeesling,  C.  F. ;    clerk  for   Swain;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 

'  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869. 

'I 

'Kitehill,    J.   S. ;  homeopathic  physician;  Noblesville.     Born  in 
;  N.  J.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

KEISER,  ISAAC;  carpenter  and  builder;  firm  of  Keiser  & 
Wolfgang;  Noblesville ;  Born  in  Ind.  1845  5  settled  in  H.  C. 
1864.      Protestant. 

;  Kastelhun,  Peter;  boot  and  shoemaker;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Germany  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem.     Lutheran. 

.  Kiser,  John  ;  cooper;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  J.  1838;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Republican. 


Lowther,  Wm.;  Justice  of  Peace  and  boot  and  shoe  maker; 
Noblesville.  Born  in  Del.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1S57. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

LUTZ,  E.  C.;  carpenter  and  contractor;  firm  of  Lutz  &  Harris; 
Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Loehr,  Daniel  S. ;  resident  farmer ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Methodist. 


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Lowther,  W.E. ;  druggist;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Del.  1853. 

Lanham,  Lewis  B.;  carpenter;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1853  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.      Presbyterian. 

Luellen,    D.;    mechanic;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa,  1808;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1844. 

LEANING,  E.  M.;  painter;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.C.  1837. 
Rep. 

Lee,  J.  T.;  farmer;  4]/^  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

Lebo,  Jacob;    grocer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1828;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1866. 

Loer,  Jacob;    blacksmith;    Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1867. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Lahan,  Mrs.  E.  F.;  boarding  house ;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind, 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830. 

Lockwood,  J.;  farmer  and  saw  miller  ;  2^^  m  se  Cicero,     Born 
in  Ohio  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Lake,  E.  W.;    retired  farmer  ;    if  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  N.  J. 
1799;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Dem,     Lutheran. 

Lindsey,  Mrs,  Sarah ;  2  m  n  w  Noblesville. 

Lanham,   S.  T.;    farmer;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1847.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Lacy,   A.    H.;    farmer;    3 J  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 

1842.  Dem. 

Lamb,  J.   S.;    farmer;    4  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1843.  I'^^P-     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Levinson,  N.  D,;  clothing  house ;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Prussia 
1834;  settled  in  H,  C.  1857.     Rep.      Israelite, 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP,  1/5 

Longiey,  W.  E. ;  finisher  in  furniture  establishment ;  Nobles- 
ville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1854. 

LOCKE,  WM.;  banker;  firm  of  Locke  &  Bonebrake;  Nobles- 
ville.      Born  in  Ind.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871. 

LEBO,  WM.;  merchant  tailor  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1830  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1869. 

LUCAS,  R.  G. ;  firm  of  Hall  &  Lucas,  agricultural  implements 
and  seeds;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1838;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1866.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Loehr,  John;  wagonmakcr ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866. 

LEBLANC,  JULIUS;  wagonmaker;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
France  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862, 

Loehr,  E.  C;  physician;  Noblesville. 

Landig,  James  ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

LANDIG,  AARON  ;  farmer ;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.     Christian. 

Letterlough,  O.;  farmer;  2ms  Deming;  P.  O.,  Noblesville. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Meth. 

Lehr,  Henry;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Lutheran. 


Morris,  Benjamin  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Protestant. 

MIESSE,  ADAM;    physician;  firm  of  Miesse  &  Son  ;  Nobles- 
ville.     Born  in  Ohio  1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860, 

MIESSE,  DAVID  ;  physician  ;  firm  of  Miesse  &  Son  ;  Nobles- 
ville.    Born  in  Pa.  18 16;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860. 


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MOSS,  D. ;  attorney;  firm  of  Moss  &  Trissal ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847. 

McCOLE,  C.  J.;  dry  goods;  firm  of  Evans  &  McCole ;  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  Ind.  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

Meek,  D.  M.;  confectionery  clerk ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

McMAHAN,  JAMES  G.;  stock  dealer;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ky.  181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Montgomery,  S.  C;  Treasurer  and  Collector  of  H.  C.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1839.     R^P-     Protestant. 

MARTZ,  PETER  R.;  Deputy  Treasurer.  Born  in  H.  C.  185 1. 
Rep.     Christian. 

Messick,  W.  T.;  boot  and  shoe  business  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Metsker,  Hamilton ;  farmer ;  2  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1850. 

Mendenhall,  S.  W.;  farmer;  4 m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Friend. 

MORROW,  J.  H.;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1845.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Moore,  J.  B.;  farmer;  4)^  m  n  e^  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1 84 1.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Marshall,  James;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.     Rep.     Christian. 

Manley,  A.;  laborer;  3)^  m  n  e  Noblesville;  Born  in  Ireland 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Independent. 

MILLS,  J.  C;  off-bearer;  j4  m  \v  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1855.     Dem.     U.  Brethren. 


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McCarty,  J.  S.;  Sup't  poor  farm  ;    i  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in 
Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Dunkard. 

McGlone,  H.  G. ;  grocer;  3 1/^   m  n    Noblesville.      Born  in  Ire- 
land  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Myers,    Daniel;  farmer;   3^4^   m    w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Dem. 

Marer,  H.  P.;  farmer  ;   3  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  111.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1841.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Murray,  James ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  Y. 
1854;  settled  in  H.  C.   1863. 

Mott,  E.;  farmer;   3  m  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1855. 

Mott,  Samuel;  farmer;  3  m  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 

Maker,   S.   R.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Metsker,  L.  G.;  farmer;   i   m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1843.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Metsker,    Leonard ;  farmer ;  5    m    s   \v   Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1810;  settled  in  H.  C.  1826.      Independent. 

Metsker,  John;  farmer;   i  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1802;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Independent. 

McBURGESS,  H.;    carpenter  and  builder;  Noblesville.      Born 
in  Va.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870. 

Martz,    C.    W.;    minister;    Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.      Christian. 

Miesse,  Cornelius  ;    harness  maker  ;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Evangehcal. 

Mills,  E.;    farmer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  1827;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1849.     Rep. 

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MORROW,    C.    W.;    lumber  and  stave   dealer;    Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.      Meth. 

McClary,  S.  D. ;    carriage  maker  ;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Lower 
Canada  1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Indpt. 

Martin,   W.  J.;    wagon    maker;  Noblesville.     Born    in    N.    Y, 
1828;    settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Protestant. 

McClary,  S.  L. ;  carriage  maker  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1853  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Messick,  George;  constable;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  J.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Morse,  Joseph;  jeweler;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ct.  18 13;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Misse,  Dr.  D. ;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1 8 14;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Reformer.     Evang. 

Martin,  R.  T. ;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep. 

Misse,  J.  D.;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1837;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 86 1.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Martin,  Mrs.  R.  A.;  books  and  notions ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1827. 

McMAHAN,  GEORGE ;  pump  maker ;  firm  of  McMahan  & 
Craig;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H,  C. 
1866.     Rep. 

Misse,  T. ;  physician  and  surgeon;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Reformer. 

Myers,  Jo.;  farmer  ;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.C.  1838. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Marshall,  A.;  farmer  ;  4  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 

Maker,  D.  C. ;  farmer ;  4  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  Y. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Indpt. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP.  I  79 

Mayfield,  G.  S. ;  grist  and  saw  mill;  2|  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born 
in  Ky.  1811  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  1870.     Rep. 

MYERS,   W.  J.;  farmer;    i^    m    s   e    Noblesville.     Born    in 
Ohio  1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Morrow,  Jackson;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1848.     Rep.     Friend. 

Macy,  Benedict ;  farmer  and  blacksmith  ;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville. 
Born  in  N.C.  18 19;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Friend. 

Metsker,   J.   R. ;  farmer;   i   m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in   H.   C. 
1842.      Rep.     Christian. 

Metsker,   Henry ;    farmer ;  2  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1823. 


Negley,    M.    G. ;  lumber   inspector;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa. 
1812  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

Newbold,  Charles  ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1853.     Christian. 

Newbold,   J.;  farmer;  4  m  n   w   Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Neff,  Valentine;  farmer;  3  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Independent. 


OURSLER,  CHARLES ;  dealer  in  groceries,  queensware  and 
notions;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1837;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1864.     Rep.     Protestant. 

OSBORNE,  WM.;  cooper;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1827. 

Oursler,  C.  H.;  clerk;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1853  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 


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OWEN,  P.  H.;  farmer;  4^   m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Ogle,  David ;  farmer ;   i  J^    m    s   e    Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1823.     Rep.     Protestant. 

OSBON,  J.  R.;  farmer;   3^    m    w   Noblesville.     Born    in    Ind. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Overdorf,  John;  carpenter;  Noblesville.      Born    in    Pa.     18 18; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Dem.     Independent. 


PARKE,  JOHN  S.;  book-keeper  and  accountant;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Mich.  1844;    settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Prot. 

PONTIOUS,  HARRIE  ;  druggist  and  physician  ;  firm  of  Gray 
ham  &  Pontious  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

PONTIOUS,  G.  v.;  hardware  store;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.   1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845. 

Pfaff,  D.  L. ;  livery,  feed  and  sale  stables ;  firm  of  Cottingham 
&  Pfaff;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind.   1852  ;  settled  in  H.  C. 

1873. 

Pool,  G.  L. ;  marble  cutter  ;  firm  of  Yeaman  &  Pool ;  Nobles- 
ville.    Born  in  Ohio  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866. 

Parker,  J.  R.;  general  merchandise  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Perry,  Julius  G.;  carriage  smith;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1853- 

Pursell,  T.  W.;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  notions;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Potter,  J.  D.;  nurseryman;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860. 


NOBLESVILLE    TOWNSHIP.  151 

Pursel,  Lizzie;  milliner  and  dress  maker;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.   1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Presbyterian. 

POTTORFF,  ANDREW  ;  brick  mason  and  plasterer  ;  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  Pa.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.  Dem. 
Lutheran. 

Pawlsel,  Peter;  stockbroker;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Christian. 

POTTER,  W.  v.;    painter;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1840. 

Pearson,  Jonas  ;  mechanic ;  Noblesville. 

Park,  J.  R. ;  engineer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1834;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865.     Dem. 

Powel,  Emery;  tailor;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1822;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Pursel,  Samuel ;  trader,  farmer  and  auctioneer ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Prot. 

Passwater,  A.;  retired  grocer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Del.  18 18; 
settled  in  H.  C  1839.      ^ep.     Methodist. 

Patterson,  James ;  farmer ;  3  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  .     Rep.     Protestant. 

Pearce,  W.  S.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Rep-      Presbyterian. 

Pritchard,  T.;  farmer;  3  ms  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  18 14; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Liberal. 

Pritchard,  A.;  farmer;  3  m  se  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 

Pryor,  Wm.;  farmer;  3I  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Tenn. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Christian. 


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Roberts,  C.  A.;  barber;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1824;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Ridgeway,  A.  H.;  shoemaker;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .     Rep.     Protestant. 

Ritchie,  W.  H.;  retired  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854. 

Richwine,  Wm.;  laborer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1856;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  18— . 

Ritchie,  W.  T.;  clerk;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1854.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

RABER,  WM.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Roberts,  W.  H.;  farmer;  2^^  m  e  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1837. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Randall,  Walter;  farmer;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville;  P.  O.,  Carmel. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep.      Friend. 

Reveal,  Michael ;  blacksmith  ;  3  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1842. 

REYNOLDS,  THOMAS  E.;  furniture  dealer;  firm  of  Reynolds 
&  Son,  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1873. 

REYNOLDS,  J.  B.;  furniture  dealer  ;  firm  of  Reynolds  &  Son, 
Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Reynolds,  H.  C;  plasterer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Independent.      Protestant. 

Richwin,  John  ;  resident  farmer  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847. 

REPP,  G.  W.;  engineer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1857;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem.      Protestant. 


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ROBERTS,   BENJAMIN;  barber;   Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Russell,  Wm.;  wood  chopper;  3  m  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.    1872.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Randall,  E.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 

Ranribo,  George;  farmer;  35^  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1850.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Roudbursh,  J.  H.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853. 

RITCHHART,  ANDREW ;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.   Born 
in  Ohio   1818;    settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Ritchhart,  Jesse  ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in   H.  C. 
1848.     Rep. 

Ritchhart,  Chas. ;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville,     Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.     Rep. 

Ritchhart,  Wesley;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1842.     Rep. 

Rees,  John  ;  farmer  ;   5  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 

REES,  J  AS. ;  farmer  and  trader ;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born 
in  Ohio  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Friend. 

Roudebush,  J.  R.;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.     Christian. 

Ruley,  E.  B.;  farmer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1853  ;  settled 
in  H,  C.  1874. 

Reber,   Peter;  2  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1830;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1845.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Richwine,  A.;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Va.  181 8; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Protestant. 


184  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


REVEAL,  S.  W.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Dem.     Christian. 

Richardson,  J.  H.;  farmer;   i  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 


Sumner,  Samuel ;  farmer  ;  3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N. 
C.   1798;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.      Friend. 

Sumner,  James  ;    farmer  ;  3^  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 

C'  1839.    Rep- 

SH AUL,  ELWOOD  ;  farmer ;  2  ^  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1847.     Dem.     New  Light. 

Smeltzer,  Daniel ;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1850. 

Swartz,  E.;  hotel  keeper;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Methodist. 

STOOPS,   J.    T. ;    farmer;    2  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Shaefer,  David  ;    farmer  and  mechanic ;    i  ^  m  n  w  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Evangelical. 

Stone,  E. ;    farmer  and  attorney ;   J^^  m  w  Noblesville.      Born  in 
Pa.  1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 

Steffey,  B.   L.;    farmer;  Cicero.      Born  in  Va.  1835;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Swain,  C. ;  saddle  and  harness  maker ;  Noblesville.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Scott,   L.    P.;    shoemaker;    Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind.    1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Smith,  Jacob;  tailor;  Noblesville.     Born  in  W.  Va.  18 10;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Methodist. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP.    .  1 85 

Scott,  \Vm.;  blacksmith;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Stevenson,  A.  Y. ;  laborer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H,  C.  1829. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

SCOTT,  E.  R. ;  painter;  firm  of  Scott  &  Bro. ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Protestant. 

SCOTT,  J.  F. ;  carriage  painter  ;  firm  of  Scott  &  Bro.;  Nobles- 
ville.    Born  in  H.  C. 

SCOTT,  H.  B.;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 

STEPHENSON,  R.  R.;  att'y;  firm  of  Evans  &  Stephenson; 
Noblesville.     Born  in  H,  C.  1840. 

Shirts,  George  ;  att'y;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1853;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Christian. 

Stephenson,  Wm.;  boot  and  shoemaker;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1836.     Independent.     Protestant. 

STEWART,  J.  G.;  firm  of  Stewart  &  Brothers,  boots,  shoes, 
hats,  caps  and  gents'  furnishing  goods ;  Noblesville.  Born 
in  Ind.  1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847. 

STEWART,  E.  R.;  firm  of  Stewart  &  Brothers,  boots,  shoes, 
hats  and  caps;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852.  Rep, 
Protestant. 

STEWART,  DAVID  ;  farming  and  confectionery ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ky.  181 1;  settled  in  H.  C.  1829.      Rep.      Prot. 

Shell,  R.  R.;  stock-broker;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1843. 
Republican. 

SWAIN,  EZRA  ;  general  merchandise ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Tenn.   1822;  settled  in  H.  C  1865.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Spoor,  R.  H.;  carpenter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Methodist. 


1 86  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


SCOTT,  S.  p.;  painter;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1813  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 84 1. 

Snoder,  J,  M.;  butcher;  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 

STEVENSON,  JOHN  ;  lumber  and  stave  dealer ;  firm  of  Ste- 
venson &  Son  ;  office,  near  depot.  Born  in  Md.  1820  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Methodist. 

STEVENSON,  JOHN  E.;  lumber  and  stave  dealer ;  firm  of 
Stevenson  &  Son.     Born  in  111.  1855;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Salter,  V.  B. ;  engineer,  water  station ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

SMITH,  ROBERT;  farmer ;  3 >^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Baptist. 

Sharj^,  James ;  farmer ;  4  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Iowa 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Stafford,  N. ;  farmer  and  carpenter  ;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born 
in  Ind,  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep,     Friend. 

Shugert,  R. ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  li 


Sooper,  J,  W. ;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep.     Christian. 

Stups,  Mrs.;   i^  m  s  e  Noblesville. 

Smith,  J,  C;  carpenter;  23^  m  e  Noblesville,  Born  in  Ohio  1841; 
settled  in  H.  C,  1843,     Rep. 

Sumner,  Martin  ;  carpenter  ;  3  ^  m  n  w  Noblesville,  Born  in 
Ohio  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.      Protestant. 

STEPLENSON,  ELIJAH  ;  carpenter  and  contractor ;  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  Ohio  181 8;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830,  Indp't. 
Protestant. 

Swain,  T.  P. ;  dry  goods  merchant ;  now  out  of  business ;  Nobles- 
ville.    Born  in  Noblesville  1858.     Republican. 


HISTORY    OF    HAMILTON    COUNTY.  1 8/ 

STREETER,  MARTIN  M.;  machinist;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
N.  Y.    1811;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

SMITH,  JACKSON;  engineer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     ^^p.     Baptist. 

Smith,  George;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1866.     Rep.     Methodist. 

STAFFORD,  JOEL;  att'y;  firm  of  Stafford  &  Cottingham. 
Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1838;  Rep.      Methodist. 

SOUTHERS,  WM.;  blacksmith;  firm  of  Southers  &  Son, 
Noblesville.  Born  in  Mich.  185 1;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868. 
Republican. 

Stotler,  S.  J.;  farmer;  25^  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1822  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Neutral.     Methodist. 

Scovell,  M.  R.;  farmer;  31^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Smock,  R.  W.;  head  sawyer  ;  35^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Scovell,  W.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Scovell,  James;  farmer,  3)^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852;     Rep.     Protestant. 

Stanbrough,  L. ;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Christian. 

Shryock,  F.  B. ;  farmer;  3I  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.      Rep.      Christian. 

Shields,  L.;  farmer;  5  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  inN.  C.  185 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Stewart,  W. ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  186-.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Stern,  John;  farmer;  1%  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1851. 


1 88  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Truitt,  S.  R.;  attorney;  firm  of  Wilson  &  Truitt ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1837;    settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Indpt.      Prot. 

TAYLOR,  DAVIS  K. ;  firm  of  Bodenhamer  &  Taylor,  propri- 
etors and  editors  of  Noblesville  Ledger,     Born  in  Va. 

Thomson,  Elizabeth  ;  milliner ;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio, 

TAILOR,  WASHINGTON;  barber;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Va.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.     Protestant. 

TETER,  GEORGE ;  furniture  dealer — now  out  of  business  ; 
Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1845  \  settled  in  H.  C.  1846, 
Rep. 

Teter,  Newton;  miller;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1848. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Teter,  Thomas  E.;  resident  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1810;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     ^^^P- 

Thompson,  Jacob;  tinner;  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 

TIESTE,  A.;  bakery  and  confectioner;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Germany  1821.     settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

TOLL,  John  R.;  plasterer  ;  firm  of  Carlin  &  Toll.  Noblesville. 
Born  inKy.  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Dem.     Meth. 

Thomas,  W.  F. ;  teamster;  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Toler,  Henry;  wagonmakar ;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va.  1817; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18 17.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Tharp,  B. ;  farmer;  2|  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  Y.  1805; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1826.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Tharp,  W.  L.;  farmer  ;  4  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  18 — . 
Rep.      Protestant. 

TILLMAN,  Wm.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  w  Noblesville,  Born  in 
N.  C.  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     Protestant. 


NOBLESVILLE    TOWNSHIP.  I  89 

Urich,  David;  gunsmith;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Pa.   1831  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1867. 


VESTAL,  GEO.  W.;  druggist;  firm  of  Vestal  &  Baker;  No- 
blesville. Born  in  N.  C.  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860. 
Indpt.      Prot  s  ant. 

Vanarsdall,  Wm. ;  railroader.  Born  in  Ky.  1 840  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1874. 

Vestal,  A.  G.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C, 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1S61. 

Vestal,  Wm. ;  farmer ;  3  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Reji. 

Vert,  William;  farmer;  3  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1845,; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Vert,  M.  H.;  farmer;  3  m  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky.  1811  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Vert,  Jacob ;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1847;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1866,     Rep.      Methodist. 

Vert,  W.  M.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ky.  1814;, 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep..    Indpt. 


Wagner,  G.  W.;  farmer;  3  m    s    e    Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep. 

Wheatley,  N.;  farmer;  3ms  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Pa.  18 10; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      U.  Brethren. 

WHEELER,  J.  W.;  farmer  and  trader;  3   m  s   e  Noblesville. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1843.      Rep. 

WALL,  JEREMIAH  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1 84 1.     Rep.      Protestant. 


igO  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Wheeler,    John ;  farmer ;  2|    m    e    Noblesville.     Born  in    Ky. 
1807  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1826;     Rep.     Christian. 

Wraten,  N.  E.;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Williams,  M.;  farmer;  4I  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866,     Rep.     Friend. 

Williams,  A.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Md. 
1792;  settled  in  H.  C.  1821.     Rep.     Christian. 

Weaver,  Jacob;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1848. 

Weaver,  Michael;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C,  1844.     Christian. 

WEAVER,  IRA;  carpenter;  3^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 

Weaver,  Dan.;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 

Wrenn,  J.;  farmer;  5  m  sw  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1840. 

White,  Wm.;  farmer;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1793;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855. 

White,  S.  S. ;  farmer;  43^  m  s  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Protestant. 

WHITLOCK,  G.  L. ;  miller  and  carpenter;  2j4mse  Nobles- 
ville. Born  in  N.  C.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.  Rep. 
Independent. 

Wheeler,  G.  W.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.     Rep.     Christian. 

Weaver,  John  ;  carpenter  and  builder ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 

WOLFGANG,  LEWIS ;  carpenter  and  builder  ;  firm  of  Keiser 
&  Wolfgang;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1841  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Protestant. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP,  I9I 

Williams,    W.    W. ;    physician;    Noblesville.       Bom  in  H.    C. 
1852.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Ward,  Thos. ;  variety  store;  firm  of  Craycraft  &  Ward  ;  Nobles 
ville.     Born  in  Va.  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Weaver,  Joseph  ;  carpenter  ;  Noblesville.      Bord   in   Pa.   1833  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Indpt.     Christian, 

Williams,  M.  L.;  saddle  and  harness  maker ;  Noblesville.   Born 
in  Ind.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  ,     Rep,     Protestant. 

Wall,  Gerret;  retired  farmer;  Noblesville,     Born  in  Ky.  1795; 
settled  in  H,  C,  1828. 

Ward,  J.  H.;  cooper;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind,    1836;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1863. 

Wales,  James  ;  Pastor  of  Evangelical  Association  ;  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Williams,  John  C. ;  farmer ;  4J   m    n   w   Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1823  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  1852,     Rep. 

Wood,   Oliver;  farmer;  Noblesville,     Born  in  Ind,  1837;  set- 
tled in  H,  C,  1854.     Rep,     Protestant. 

Weaver,  Henry;    farmer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  1845;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1855. 

Weaver,  Henry;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1844. 

Wade,  Andrew  ;  farmer  ;  4I  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N,  C. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Wilson,  John  W, ;  Recorder  of  Hamilton  county;  Born  in  Ind, 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C,  1838.     Rep,     Methodist, 

WAINWRIGHT,  GEORGE  P.;  first-class  hotel ;  Noblesville, 
Born  in  Vt.  1820;  settled  in  H,  C,  1853, 

Wild,  Leonard  ;  merchant;  Noblesville      Born  in  Wurtemburg 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Lutheran. 


192  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


WILLIAMS,  R.  R.;  barber;  Noblesville.  Born  in  Tenn. 
1840;  settled  in  H,  C.   1868.      Rep.      Protestant. 

WILLIAMS,  ISAAC  ;  manufacturer  of  doors,  blinds,  sash,  &c.; 
firm  of  Williams,  Giger  &  Durfce  ;  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837. 

Wood,  A.  C;  farmer  and  teacher;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born 
in  N.  C.    1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Wood,  Owen;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va.  18 13; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.     Newlight. 

Worthington,  T. ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  Deming;  P.  O. ,  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.      Rep.     Friend. 

Warnaka,  William;  farmer;  3^  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Germany  1819  ;_  settled  in  H.  C.  1847. 

WiUits,  M.  C;  farmer;  i}^  m  s  Deming;  P.  O.,  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1851;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     ^^p.     Protest. 

Weaver,  Jackson ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Whitwoyer,  Levi ;  farmer ;  3  ^  m  n  \v  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1853  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867. 

Whitwoyer,  David;  farmer;  3)^  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Pa.  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867. 

Wainwright,  W.  A. ;  farmer  ;  ^4  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  N. 
H.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Whcatley.  Levi;  farmer;  3>^  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Lutheran. 

Weaver,  Wm.;  farmer;  3J  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1853; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

Wann,  Michael  ;  cooper  ;  4j4  m  n  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1830;    settled  in  H.  C.  1850.      Indpt. 

WHITE,  J.  R.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep,     Protestant. 


NOBLESVILLE   TOWNSHIP.  I93 

WHEELER,    p.    S.;    saw  mill    and    lumber   dealer;    firm    of 
"Wheeler   &   Fisher;    Noblesville.       Born   in   H.    C.    1829. 
Rep. 

Wheeler,  H.  P.;    saw  mill  and  lumber  dealer;  firm  of  Wheeler, 
Fisher  &  Co.;  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1847.      ^.^P- 

Yeaman,  S.    H.;    marble    business;  firm    of  Yeaman    &   Pool. 
Born  in  Ky.   1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869. 

Young,  Peter;  miller;  Noblesville.     Born  in  Md.  1813;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Reformer. 


Zimmer,  C.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  n  Noblesville.      Born  in  Pa.   1830  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1858. 

Zimmer,  Christian ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ger- 
many 1802;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 


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GOOD,  CHEAP  AND  SUBSTANTIAL. 

41    and    43    South    Meridian    Street^ 
INDIANAPOLIS,    IND. 

CALL  AND  SEE  US. 


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JACKSON  TOWNSHIP. 


Jackson  Township,  one  of  the  most  northern,  is  situated 
between  White  River  township  on  the  east  and  Adams  town- 
ship on  the  west.  Tipton  county  bounds  it  on  the  north  and 
Noblesville  township  on  the  south.  The  land  is  generally  roll- 
ing, making  it  easy  to  be  drained  wherever  necessary.  The 
general  slope  of  the  land  is  toward  the  south.  There  are  four 
streams — Big  Cicero,  Little  Cicero,  Taylor's  and  Winkle's  creek 
— flowing  through  the  township,  which  afford  an  ample  supply 
of  water  throughout  the  entire  year. 

The  township  comprises  an  area  of  56  square  miles,  contain- 
ing 35,840  acres  of  land,  capable  of  the  highest  degree  of  farm 
cultivation.  The  soil  is  rich,  and  well  adapted  to  the  raising  of 
all  kinds  of  grain  and  agricultural  products. 

Plenty  of  gravel  is  found  here,  which  the  enterprising  people 

are  using  to  make   good  roads.     This  increases   the   value    of 

land,  and  greatly  improves  the  traveling  facilities,  as  the  soil  is 

of  such  a  character    that    at    certain   seasons   of  the    year  the 

oads  are  rendered  almost  impassible. 

In  the  township  there  are  6  steam  flouring  merchant  mills,  8 
steam  saw  mills,  2  water-power  saw  mills,  2  stave  factories,  and 
2  buggy  and  wagon  manufactories. 

The  timber  growing  in  this  section  is,  or  has  been,  of  the 
finest  oak,  ash,  walnut,  and  poplar  ;  but  the  enterprising  people 
are  rapidly  telling  on  those  old  forest  heroes  which  have  stood 
the  winds  and  storms  of  many  centuries,  and  from  behind  which 


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many  a  red  man  has  shot  at  the  pale  face  while  making  his  way 
into  the  wilderness  to  find  a  home. 

This  township  contains  5  thriving  villages:  Buena  Vista,  or 
Shielville  P.  O.,  Millersburgh,  Arcadia,  Cicero  and  Demi'ng. 
All  but  the  latter  are  located  on  the  I.,  P.  &  C.  Railroad. 

Near  the  center  of  the  township  is  a  settlement  of  colored 
people,  numbering  perhaps  100.  They  are  very  industrious  and 
economical,  and  sustain  good  schools  and  a  church. 

Jackson  Township  has  a  total  population  of  about  4000  ; 
Cicero  corporation,  about  800. 

Vote  of  township  in  1872— Republican,  440  ;  Democrat,  323 

total,  jGi. 

CHURCHES. 

M.  E.  Church,  Cicero,  has  a  membership  of  103  ;  pastor  in 
charge,  T.  H.  C.  Beal ;  a  Sabbath  school  with  an  average  at- 
tendance of  122  scholars;  superintendent,  A.  R  Sanders; 
and  church  property  valued  at  ;^35oo. 

Lutheran  Church,  Cicero;  pastor  in  charge,  VV.  H.  Paris; 
number  of  members,  120;  a  Sabbath  school  with  83  scholars;' 
superintendent,  S.  T.  Dunham ;  value  of  church  and  school 
property,  ;^25oo. 

M.  E.  Church,  at  Buena  Vista;  Rev.  T.  H.  C.  Beal.  pastor, 
with  a  membership  of  35. 

Christian  Church,  B.  F.  Jane,  pastor  ;  number  of  members 
26. 

Mount  Pleasant  M.  E.  Church,  Rev.  T.  H.  C.  Beal,  pastor; 
number  of  members,  30. 

Roberts  African  Church  has  40  members. 

Salem  M.  E.  Church,  5  miles  southwest  of  Arcadia;  Rev. 
Beal,  pastor;  member.ship,  20 ;  value  of  property,  ^1500;  has 
an  interesting  Sabbath  school,  with  25  scholars,  under  the  super- 
vision of  D.  F.  Noble.  It  is  not  numbers  that  make  a  good 
Sabbath  school,  but  the  interest  displayed. 


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HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Christian  Church,  at  Arcadia,  Rev.  J.  Blont,  pastor ;  member- 
ship 75  with  a  flourishing  Sabbath  school  of  80  scholars,  under 
the  care  of  Superintendent  U.  B.  McKinsey  ;  vahie  of  property, 

dtoQOO 

Philhpi  Christian  Church,  3  nVAcs  northwest  of  Cicero  ;  pas- 
tor   Robert  White  ;  value  of  property,  $1000. 

St  John's  Church,  6  miles  northwest  of  Cicero  ;  number  of 
members,  100;    value  of  property,  $1000;    priest.  Rev.  Laude- 


mer. 


West  Grove  Friends'  Church  has  a  membership  of  130  ;  and 
a  Sabbath  school,  superintended  by  J.  C.  Griffm.  with  33  schol- 
ars ;  value  of  property,  ;^2000. 

Several  private  Sabbath  schools  are  in  operation  in  this  town- 
ship, speaking  well  for  the  Christian  zeal  of  its  people.  God 
speed  them  in  the  good  work ! 

LODGES. 

Cicero  Lodge,  No.  ,99,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  membership,  51  : 
value  of  Lodge  property,  $.000.     Offieers-Wm.  Eal.  W.  M.; 

J.  M.  Bradley,  S.  W.;  C.  Hershman,  J.  W.; Tidier,  Treas. ; 

G    W.  Sowerwine,  Sec. 

Winkles  Lodge.  No.  310.  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  Deming  ;  mem- 
bership, 39;  value  of  Lodge  property,  ^looc 

Olive  Branch  Chapter,  No.  24,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  ; 
Grace  Reeves,  W.  M.;  Amanda  Good,  Sec. 

Cicero  Lodge,  No.  252,  L  O.  O.  F.;  membership,  43  ;  value 
of  Lodge  property,  $600.     Officers-A.  H.  Welch,    N.  G.;  J- 

B.  Gamble,  Sec. 

Buena  Vista  Lodge,  No.  445>  1-  O-  O.  F.;  membership,  16. 

Cicero  Grange,  No.  540;  membership,  441  Master,  Peter 
Scott;  value  of  property,  $75- 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school  houses  in  the  township-frame,  20;  brick, 
I  ;  total,  21.  Estimated  value  of  school  houses,  grounds,  ap- 
paratus, globes,  maps,  etc.,  $16,615. 


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Special  school  tax  on  each  ^loo,  25  cents;  poll,  50  cents; 
total  estimated  special  school  tax,  ;$28oo. 

Number  of  volumes  in  township  library,  540.  Amount  paid 
trustee,  ^155. 

Number  of  private  schools  taught  in  the  township,  3  ;  number 
of  teachers  for  private  schools,  4 

Total  enumeration  of  children  in  the  township  between  the 
ages  of  six  and  twenty-one,  11 14;  total  number  of  children  ad- 
mitted into  the  schools,  1074.  Number  of  districts  in  which 
schools  were  taught,  21.  In  this  township  are  two  district 
graded  schools  and  one  township  graded  school. 

Average  length  of  school  in  days,  no;  number  of  teachers 
employed  in  primary  and  high  schools,  2"]  ;  average  daily  com- 
pensation of  teachers  in  primary  schools,  i^i.pS  ;  high  schools — 
males,  ;^2.25;   females,  $1.85. 

The  above  is  from  School  Examiner's  report  for  1872.  In 
addition  to  the  above,  we  learn  that  Cicero  has  a  seminary 
valued  at  $15,000,  and  Arcadia  a  seminary  valued  at  ;^8ooo. 

DIRECTORY  OF    JACKSON   TOWNSHIP. 

Almond,  E.;  merchant;  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.  1 840;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1869.     Rep.     Christian. 

AUis,  W.  D.;  carpenter;   i  m  n  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.   1851  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Dem.     Protestant. 

ALLIS,  THEO. ;  farmer;    i  m  n  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.    1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Armstrong,  M.  R. ;  Justice  of  Peace  ;  Deming.      Born  in  N.  Y. 
1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Appleget,  W.  H.;  farmer;   i^  m  n  w  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1832.      Dem.     Methodist. 

Achenblach,  Daniel;    farmer;    Arcadia.       Born  in   Ind.    1831; 
settled  in  H,  C.   1835.     Neutral.     G.  Baptist. 


198  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


ALBERTSON,   W.  R.;  farmer;   2^    m   s  w  Cicero.      Born  in 
Ind.  1831;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.      Friend. 

Albertson,  J.;  retired  farmer  ;   2)^  m  s   w  Cicero.      Born  in  N. 
C.  1790;  settled  in  H.  C.   1861.      Rep.      H.  Friend. 

ADAMS,   ROBERT  ;  wool  dealer  and  manufacturer  ;  Cicero. 
Born  in  Ind.   1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Protestant. 

ALBERTSON,  WM.;  farmer;  3I  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind. 
1822  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Appleget,  J.;  farmer;   3^  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ky.   1812  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Dem.      Baptist. 

Appleget,  A.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.   1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Dem.     Religion  not  given. 


BROWN,  MRS.  EMELINE ;  farmer;  i>^ms  Cicero.  Born 
in  Ind.   1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Lutheran. 

Buzan,  T.;  farmer;  2  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1829;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1869.     Dem.      Christian. 

Bennett,  A.;  retired  farmer;  2  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1837.      Dem.     Christian. 

BENNETT,  L.  N.;  farmer;  2  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1833.      Dem.      Christian. 

BOWMAN,  WM.;  farmer;  2 >^  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Va. 
1854;   settled  in  H.  C.    1857.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

BARTHOLOMEW,  W.  H.;  shoemaker;  Deming.  Born  in 
Ohio  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Buzan,  J.;  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1838;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1870.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Baker,  F.  M.;  retired  farmer  ;  5  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio 
1805;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.  Mr.  Baker  settled  here 
when  there  was  only  one  house  in  Cicero.  Dem.  New 
.School  Baptist. 


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BOGAN,  A.  L. ;  farmer;  2^^  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind. 
1854;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Protestant. 

BUCHANAN,  T.;  plasterer  and  carpenter  ;  Shielville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Rep. 

Buzan,  J.  M.;  farmer;  1%  nf^  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Granger.      Christian. 

Buzan,  Wm.  H.;  farmer  ;  1 1^  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.     Protestant. 

BOWMAN,  G.  F.;  2|  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Va.  1850;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1857.     Dcm.     Lutheran. 

Bradshaw,  A.  C;  farmer;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Buscher,  John  ;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  groceries ;  firm  of 
Buscher  &  Barret ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1838.  Dem. 
Catholic.^ 

BRENNER,  J.;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1822'; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1857.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Bryon,  P.;  farmer;  i^^  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Va.  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Christian. 

Boyer,  J.;  farmer;  i^^  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Brethren  Church. 

BEALS,  JESSE  ;  farmer  ;  i  m  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ohio  1804; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Friend. 

Baty,  James;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ky.  1806; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Dem.      Christian. 

BERGE,  SAMUEL;  clerk;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1863.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Boyer,  A.;  cooper:  Millersburg.  Born  in  Pa.  1830;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Christian. 

Barber,  H.;  Millersburg.  Born  in  Ind.  1851  ;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1862.     Rep.     Protestant. 


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Bryant,  R.;  carpenter;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1859.     Rep.      Protestant. 

BARTHOLOMEW,  VV.  O.;  carpenter;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1838.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Bardoner,  P.;    farmer;    Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.  1833;    settled  in 
H.  C.  1838.     Lib.     G.  Lutheran. 

BARTHOLOMEW,  JACOB;  retired  farmer;  Arcadia.     Born 
in  Pa.  1810;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Dem.     Protestant. 

BOWERS,  JOHN  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1829.      Rep.     German  Baptist. 

BLACKBURN,  T.  J.;  farmer;   2  m  s  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Blackburn,  Wm.;  farmer;  2ms  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Tenn. 
1 8 14;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Blackburn,  L.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.   1853; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Brenner,  John  ;  farmer  ;  3  j^  m  n  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  Pa.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Blackburn,  A.  J.;  farmer;  2   m  s  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   187 1.      Dem.      Christian. 

Burris,  T.  F.;  farmer;  5  m  s  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ky.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873,     Rep.     Christian. 

Barker,  W.;  farmer;  4^  m  n  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.C.  1807  ; 
settled  in  H.  C,  1836.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Berg,  B. ;  farmer  ;  2J  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.   18 19;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1855.      Neutral.     Mennonite  Church. 

BERG,  H.;  farmer;   2^/^  m  s   w   Cicero.      Born  in   Ind.    1845  J 
settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Berg,  A.;  farmer  ;  2^  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind.  1850;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1855.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Baker,  K.;  farmer;  i  %^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Pa.  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Rep.      Friend. 


JACKSON    TOWNSHIP.  20I 


Baker,  I.  P.;  farmer;  i  m  e  Baker's  Corner.     Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Boggs,  S.;  farmer;  Deming.     Born  in  N.   C.    1845;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1873.      Protestant. 

Buttler,   T. ;    miller;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ala.  1844;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1865.     Dem.     Christian. 

Buzan,  S.  L.;  retired  farmer;  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.   1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.      Granger.     Christian. 

Busher,  A.;    farmer;    i  m  e  Cicero.       Born  in  Germany  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1836.     Dem.     Catholic. 

Burkhard,  C;  farmer;    i  m  s  Cicero.     Born  in  Germany  1848  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     German  Reform. 

Baty,  James;    farmer;    2  m  s  w  Cicero.       Born  in  Ky.  1806; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Dem.      Christian. 

BOWMAN,  LOUIS  ;    farmer;    2  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Va. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Dem.     Lutheran. 

BOWMAN,  M  ;  farmer;  2  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Va.  1818  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Granger.     Lutheran. 

Bartholmew,  D.  W.;  carpenter;  Arcadia.     Born  in  H.  C.  185  i. 
Dem.     Lutheran. 

Bryan,  J.;  farmer;   i  ^^^  m  n  Arcadia.     Born  in  Va.   1844;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.     Christian. 

Bishop,  T.  J.;  farmer;   ij^  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C  1842. 
Patron  of  Husbandry.      Protestant. 

BEAM,  JAMES;  farmer;   i^  m  n  w  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.     Dem.     Protestant. 

BLESSING,  MICHAEL;  farmer  ;  4>^  m  s  w  Arcadia.    Born  in 
H.  C.  1846.      Dem.     Christian. 

Baker,  W.  C;  farmer;  2^/^  m  n  Deming.      Born  in  H.  C.    1838; 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Bowser,  G.   W.;  farmer;    i^    m    s   e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     German  Baptist. 


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Beck,  ].;  farmer;  2j4  m  n  e  Arcadia,     Born  in  Ind.  1850 ;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1872.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Bartholomew,  J.  F.;  carpenter;  Arcadia.     BorninH.C.   1842. 
Liberal. 

Booth,  S.  P. ;  physician  and  surgeon ;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.     R^p.     Christian. 

Bennett,  William;  farmer;  2  m  w  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1854. 
Dem.     Christian. 

Baker,  William;  farmer;  Deming.      Born  in  H.  C.   1852.     Rep. 
Friend. 

Bradley,  J.  M.;  miller;  Deming.      Born  in  Ohio   1856;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1 87 1.      Dem.     Lutheran. 

BARNETT,    W.    H.;    life    insurance;    Cicero.      Born   in  Ind. 
1841;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.     Neutral.     Christian. 

BARBER,  J.  M.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Arcadia.      Born  in 
Ontario  1841 ;  settled  in  H.  C    1866.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Boyd,   J.    H.;    carpenter  and   contractor;    Sheridan.      Born   in 
Ohio  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep.      Christian. 


CARSON,  JAMES  R.;  farmer  and  stock  trader  ;  Cicero.     Born 
in  Ohio  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      ^ep-     Protestant. 

Cruzan,   Wm.;    farmer;    Cicero.       Born  in  H.  C.  1845.      Dem. 
Protestant. 

Correll,  Jacob;  painter;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.  1845.     Dem. 
Christian. 

CORNELIUS,  GREENBERRY;    farmer;    2}^  m  n  e  Cicero. 
Born  in  Ind.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845.     R^p.     G.  Bap. 

CARSON.  J.    W.;    farmer;    3%  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Dem.      Christian. 

Carraway,   J.    C. ;    blacksmith;    i|  m  n  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ky. 
1823;  .settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Methodist. 

CoUingwood,   J.;    carpenter;    Shielville.      Born  in  N.  Y.   1819; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Church  of  God. 


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CORRELL  &  DICKOVER ;  dealers  in  drugs,  medicines,  per- 
fumeries, paints,  oils,  varnishes,  glass,  dye-stuffs,  patent 
medicines,  hardware  and  groceries  ;  Arcadia. 

Carter,  James;  farmer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ky.  18 16;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1849.     Rep.     Christian. 

CONNELL,  JOSEPH  ;  druggist;  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1845; 
Rep.     Protestant. 

CAYLOR,  JOSEPH;  farmer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.      G.  Baptist. 

Cline,  Jacob;  laborer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  18 16;  settled  in 
H.  C.    1844.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Cluckner,  Jasper;  carpenter;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1818;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1847.      Dem.      Protestant. 

CACA,  WM.;  farmer;  i  m  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  N.  Y.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.    18^0.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Clifford,  G.  M.;  bootmaker;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1835;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1838.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Cade,  T.  E.;  farmer;  2  m  e  Deming.  Born  in  Ind.  1849;  s^^" 
tied  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Cammack,  E. ;  farmer;  i^  m  s  e  Deming.  Born  in  Ind.  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Friend. 

CHEW,  A.;  clerk  in  stave  yard  ;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1856; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.      Rep.      Luthbran. 

CORNELIUS,  D.  L.;  log  and  stave  merchant;  Cicero.  Born 
in  Ind.  1844;  .settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Cook,  A.  W.;  house  and  sign  painter;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1850.     Rep.      Frotestant. 

Cochran,  A.;  clerk;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1855;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Protestant. 

COTTINGHAN,  OLIN  ;  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1848;  Rep.      Protestant. 

CLARK,  JOHN;  farmer;  i^  m  n  Deming.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.      Friend. 


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Carson,  Jacob;    farmer;     15^   m   w  Deming.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1803;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.      Friend. 

Carson,  Joshua;    teacher  and  farmer;    i}4  m  w  Deming.      Born 
in  H.  C.   1843.      Rep.      Friend, 

Carson,  J.  D. ;    farmer;   1  ^^  m  \v  Deming.     Born  in  Ind.   1845  > 
settled  in  H.  C.   1847.      Rep.      Friend. 

CAMPBELL,  JOHN  ;  farmer ;    i  m  e  Deming.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1 84-;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Carson,    Alison  ;    farmer  ;     i  ^   m  w  Deming.      Born  in  N.  C. 
182 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.      Rep.      Friend. 

Conner,  A.  Sr. ;  farmer;  2}4  m  e  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Ire- 
land  1822  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Granger.      Methodist. 

CONNER,  A.  Jr.;  farmer;   2^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in 
Pa.  1852;   settled  in  H.  C.   1866.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

CHANEY,  ELIZABETH  ;  farmer  ;    1  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in 
Ohio  1821  ;  settled  in  rl.  C.  1846.      United  Brethren. 

Correl,  J.;  house  and  sign  painter;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.   C. 
1847.      Dem.      Christian. 

Correl,  John;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Pa,   1800;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1842. 

Caylor,    M.;     lumber   dealer;    Arcadia.      Born  in   Ohio    1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.     German  Baptist. 

Cooper,  S.  B.;  laborer;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1840;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1845.     Dem.     Christian. 

Cruzan,    G.;    farmer;    2   m   n   w   Cicero.      Born   in   Ky.  1800; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Dem.     Seventh  Day  Adventist. 

Cammack,   C;  farmer;    i   m  n  Deming.      Born    in  Ind.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      ^^^p.      Friend. 

CHEW,  T.  N.;  fanner;   3J  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.   1853. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Chew,  T.;  retired  farmer;   3   m   \v  Cicero.      Born  in  Va.  1801  : 
settled  in  H.  C.   1840.      Rep.      Protestant. 


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Correll,  Joseph  ;  druggist ;  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1845.  Re- 
publican.     Protestant. 

Carson,  Amos;  farmer;  4  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1840. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Cummings,  H.  A.;  school-teacher;  Cicero.  Born  in  Maine 
1845';' settled  in  H.  C.    1865.     Rep.      Protestant. 

CLIFP^ORD,  L.  O.;  telegraph  operator;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind. 

1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Christian. 
Cook,    Jesse  W.;    farmer;    i  >^  m  n  Deming.       Born  in  N.  C. 

1823;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.     Rep.      Friend. 
CADE,  MRS.  JANE  ;  farmer;   i  m  n  Deming.      Born  in  Ohio 

1818;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.     Wesleyan. 
Chesney,  Wm.;    farmer  and  mechanic  ;    li  m  e  Arcadia.      Born 

in  Ohio  1848  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.    Rep.    Church  of  God. 

COLLINGS,  E.  VV.  Z.;  druggist;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind.  1849; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Rep.     Protestant. 
Creek,    West ;    farmer  ;    4  m  n  w  Cicero.       Born  in  Ohio  1817  ; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Dcm.     Christian. 
Coveret,  D.E.;  engineer  and  general  mechanic;  i>^  m  n  Arcadia. 

Born  in  Ind.  1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Bres. 
CREEK.   WM.;    miller;    3^  m   s  vv   Arcadia.      Born  in  Ohio 

1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Dem.     Christian. 
CREEK  &  SOWERS ;  flouring  and  saw  mill  ;  desire  the  pat- 
ronage  of  the  public,  and  guarantee  satisfaction  both  in 
grinding  and  sawing. 
Curran,  J.  M.;  teamster  ;  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1837  ;  settled 

inH.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Methodist. 
Cluckner,  Elwood  ;  carpenter  and  builder ;  Arcadia.     Born  in 

Ind.  1847;  settled  inH.  C.  1848.     Dem.     Christian.    * 
Caylor,  D.;  blacksmith;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  1847;  settled 

in  H.  C,  1850.     Rep.     Protestant. 
Case,  Peter  ;  farmer  ;  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.  J.  1810  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Methodist. 


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Cammack,   J.   C;  retired   farmer,    ^  m  n   Deming.      Born   in 
Ohio  1813  ;  .settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.      Friend. 


DOAN,  N.  W.;  phy.sician  and  surgeon;  firm  of  Driver  & 
Doan  ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio  1829;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1869.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Driver,  J.  C;  firm  of  Driver  &  Doan;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Driver,  J.;  farmer;  Shielville.  l^orn  in  Tenn.  1805;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1852.      Dem.      Presbyterian. 

DUNN,  A.  M.;  wagon  maker;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1852; 
.settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep. 

Devaney,  Thomas;  farmer;  5^  m  s  vv  Shielville.  Born  in  N. 
C.   1815;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Dougherty,  Z,;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Christian. 

DANIELS,  PETER  ;  boot  and  shoemaker  ;  Arcadia.  Born 
in^  Pa.  1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Lutheran. 

Daniels,  T. ;  boot  and  shoemaker;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind. 
185  I  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep. 

Dunn,  J.  G.;  saddle  and  harness  trade  ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.    i860.      Rep. 

Denny,  T. ;  brickmason  ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1 851;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.      Dem.      Universali.st. 

Davis, Thos.;  carpenter;  Deming.  Born  in  Ohio  1807  ;  settled 
in  H.  C,  1873.      Rep.      Friend. 

DRIV^ER,  J.  T.;  stock  trader,  raiser  and  farmer ;  Arcadia.  Born 
in  Ind.   1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Dem.      United  Pres. 

Dersterler,  J.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem.      Protestant. 

DUNHAM,  GP:0.;  teacher;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Rep.     Protestant. 


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Dunham,  S.  T.;  school  teacher;  Cicero.      Born  in   Ohio   1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Dale,  G,  H.;  merchant;  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.   185  i.      Dem. 
Methodist. 

Dale,   C. ;  retired  merchant;  Cicero.     Born  in   Ky.    18 16;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1826.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Davis,  O.  G.;  farmer  ;  2^  m  s  w  Cicero  ;  Born  in  H.  C.  1837. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

DICKOVER,  A.;    farmer;    2  m   n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in    Pa. 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Daniels,    J.;    grocery  and  hardware;    Shiclville.      Born   in    Pa. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Davis,  P.  H.;  carpenter;    ^  m  e  Deming.      Born  in  Ind.   1835  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857.      Rep.     Friend. 

DPLWEY,  N.  B. ;  school-teacher  and  farmer  ;    1  5^  m  s  w  Cicero. 
Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.      Prot. 

Dewey,   L.   A. ;    farmer  and  teacher  ;    i  ^  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born 
in  Ind.   1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Devany,  John  H.;    merchant;  Arcadia.     Born  in  N.  C.   1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Dickover,    Benj.    F. ;    farmer;  Arcadia.      Born    in  H.    C.    1853. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

DEVANEY,  SAM.;  farmer;  43^  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  N. 
C.   1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.      Methodist. 

DICKOVER,    B.   F.;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.   1853. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Devaney,  John  H.;  merchant;  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.  C.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.    1837.     l^^P-     Protestant. 

DICKOVER,  BENJ.;  Druggist;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.   1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Dugan,  Robert;  farmer;   Millersburg.      Born  in   Ireland    1815  ; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1844.     Dem.     ^Catholic. 


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Davis,  D.  D.;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ky.   1835  i  settled  in 
H.  C.  1869.     Dem.      Christian. 

DAVIS,  THOS.;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ky.  1832  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Dickover,    B. ;    toll-gate  keeper ;  Arcadia.     Born  in    Pa    1 800  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Dem.     Christian. 

Dickover,  S. ;  retired  farmer;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.  1795;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Evangelical  Association. 

DEAKYNPl,  WM.;  farmer;   ij    m    n    Cicero.     Born  in    Ohio 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Christian. 


Ellmore,  E.  A.;  merchant;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1847;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Friend. 

ESSIG,  MALEON;  picture  dealer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Dem.     Lutheran. 

EMRICK,  ISAAC ;  farmer;  i  ^  m  n  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Pa. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Lutheran. 

Ehman,  J.;  farmer;  2]/^  m  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa.  18 14; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Ehman,  J.;  engineer;  I5  m  n  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1843. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Evans,  A.;  farmer;  2}4  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Christian. 

Edson,  T. ;  cabinet  maker  and  undertaker  ;  Cicero.  Born  in 
Prince  Edward's  Dominion  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Essig,  Henry  ;  cabinet  maker  ;  ^  m  n  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ger- 
many 1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Dem.     German  Luth. 

Essig,  W.  Jun.;  carpenter  and  cabinet  maker;  Arcadia.  Born 
in  Pa.  1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Essig,  Fred.;  carpenter  ;  if  m  n\v  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1844  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Dem.      Protestant. 


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FALL,  D.  H.;  farmer;   5ms  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Frity,   J.;  carpenter;  Shielville.      Born  in  Pa.   1828;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1858.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Fleming,  S.  P.;  firm  of  Fleming  &  Maxell;  Shielville.       Born 
in  Va.   1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep. 

Foulke,    Jesse   M.;  farmer;    ih  m   n  w  Deming.      Born  in  Pa. 
1805;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.      Friend. 

FRAZEE,   S.  R. ;  farmer;   3   m   s   w   Arcadia.     Born    in    Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Granger.     Protestant. 

Frazee,    Kaleb  ;    retired    farmer ;    3  m  s  w  Arcadia.      Born  in 
Ohio  1812  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Dem.      Protestant. 

FOLAND,    WM.;  farmer;    li  m   s   w   Cicero.     Born   in  Ohio 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

FRANCP:,  J.    M.  W.;    farmer;   i ^r^:  m  e  Deming.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Fox,   J.  W.;    farmer  ;  31^  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.   1836  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   i860.     Dem. 

FOLAND,  GEO.;    farmer  ;    3 5^  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep.      Methodist. 

France,  S. ;  farmer  ;    i  ^  ms  e  Deming.      Born  in  N.  C.   1816  ; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1868.     Rep.     Protestant. 

FOSTER,    J.;    house  and  carriage  painter;    Cicero.      Born  in 
Ind.  1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Christian. 

Furry,    D.    M.;    boot  and  shoe  maker;    Cicero.       Born  in  Pa. 
1810;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Methodist. 

FARIS,    W.    H.;    Lutheran   minister;    Cicero.       Born  in  Ind. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Dem.      Gen.  Synod  Luth. 

FENNER,  YOST;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Germany  1850; 
.settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Methodist. 

FISHER,  E.  D.;  farmer;    i|  m  n   e   Cicero.     Born  in  N.  C, 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Flanagan,  G.  G.;  farmer;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  18 — ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

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FOUCH,  JASPER;  engineer;  Arcadia.     Born   in  Ind.  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Fundraw,   ;  carpenter;   Millersburg.      Born   in  Pa.    1829; 

settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Neutral.      Methodist. 

Fanner,  George  ;  peddler  ;    i  )^  m  s  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ger- 
many 1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Rep.      Methodist. 

FITZPATRICK,  JOHN  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Cicero.      Born  in 
H.  C.   1840.      Dem.      Chnstian. 

Foland,  J.;    farmer;    2  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.  1853;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1855.      Rep.     New  Light. 

Foland,  Henry;  farmer;   2  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in 1815  ; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.      New  Light. 

Foland,  John;  farmer;    i  )^  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Fisher,  E.;    farmer;    i  m  n  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1846;    settled 
in  H,  C.  1874.     Dem.     German  Reform. 

FIPPEN,  JAMES  H.  M.;    farmer;  5  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1852.     Dem.     Protestant, 

FIPPEN,  JAMES;  farmer;  3>^  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Fippen,   B. ;    farmer;   4^  m  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Del.   1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem. 

Glass,    Dr.  Wm.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Shielville.      Born  in 
Ind.  183 1  ;  settled  in  Tipton  Co.  1871.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Gasho,  A.;  blacksmith;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.  1849.      Rep. 
Protestant. 

Goodpastur,  C. ;  druggist;  firm  of  Goodpastur  &  Mehlig;  Shiel- 
ville.    Born  in  Ind.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem. 

Good,  Wm.  H.;  sawyer;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.  1841  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Griffin,  C.  W.;  attorney;  Darning.     Born  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep. 
Friend. 

Gough,  T.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio   1851; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.     Protestant. 


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GWINN,  S. ;  farmer  and  stock  trader  ;  3  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born 
in  Ind.    1845  i  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Dem.     Christian. 

GERALD,  THOS. ;  day  laborer;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1838  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Gerber,  Isaac  M. ;  farmer ;   1 5^   m   s  w  Cicero.     Born  in   Ind. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

GLIGER,  J.  W. ;  sewing  machine  agent;  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Gross,  Morris;  farmer;  3  ms  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  187 1.      Dem.      Protestant. 

GERBER,  R.  A.;  farmer;  2^   m  s  w  Cicero.     Born   in  Pa. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

GERBER,  J.;  farmer;    }4  m  e  Shielville.      Born  in  Pa.  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

GERBER,  VAL.;    farmer;    ^^  m  e  Shielville.       Born  in  Pa. 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem.      Methodist. 

GENTRY,  J.  H.;   clerk  in  dry  goods  store;  Arcadia.     Born  in 
Ind.   1851;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Methodist. 

GENTRY,    W.    B.;    dry  goods  merchant ;    Arcadia.       Born  in 
Ind.   1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Grisson,  Isaac;    farmer;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio  18 18;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1834.     Dem.      Christian. 

Goodykoonty,  H.  W.;  laborer;  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.   1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Christian. 

Good,  J.    R. ;    farmer;    3  m  w  Cicero,      Born  in  Pa.   1821  ;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.   i860.      Conservative.      Protestant. 

Good,   J.    L.;    farmer;    3  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.   1848;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.   i860.      Conservative.      Protestant. 

Green,  Jack;  cooper;   i  ^^  m  s  e  Shielville,     Born"  in  Pa.  18 10; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Dem.     German  Lutheran. 

GOOD,    H.;    farmer  and  school  director;    2^4  m  n  w  Arcadia. 
Born  in  Pa.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Neut.     Prot. 

Gasho,    Hen.;    farmer;    ^  m  w  Shielville,      Born  in  Pa.   1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853,     Rep.     Lutheran. 


212  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Good,  G.  A.;    farmer;    2  m  n  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.    1848;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1861.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Griffin,  J.;    farmer;    ^  m  n  Deming.     Born  in  Ind.  1826;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1849.      Rep.      Friend. 

Griffin,  R.    S. ;  teacher;    i^  m  w  Deming.      Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1849.      Rep.      Friend. 

GRIFFIN,   SAMUEL  ;  farmer  and  historian  ;  Deming.      Born 
in  H.  C.  1857.      Friend. 

Gillian,  J.;  farmer;    i|  m  w  Deming.     Born  in  N.  C.   1850;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

GEIGER,  G.  W. ;  sewing-machine  agent ;  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873. 

GRISSOM,    J.    C;    farmer;    2  m  n  Deming.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1839.      Rep-      Christian. 

GALL,    H.;    groceries  and  hardware  ;    Arcadia.      Born  in  Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1847,      Dem.      Christian. 


HERSHMAN,  CHARLES;  farmer,    3^  m  w  Cicero.     Born 
in  H.  C.  1837.      Granger.      Protestant. 

Harbaugh,  J.  R. ;  farmer  and  teacher  ;  2  3/^  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born 
in  H.  C.  1849.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

Hartzoc,  John ;    farmer ;     1 1^    m    n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Huston,  J.;   farmer;  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.  1826;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1 87 1.      Rep.      Methodist. 

HARTLEY,  G.;  laborer;  Shielville.      Born  in  Pa.   1844;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1849.      Rep.     Methodist. 

HILL,   HINTON  ;  farmer;    3   m  w   Arcadia.      Born  in   N.  C. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hall,  C.  E.;  farmer;    i^  m  n  w  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Hockett,  J.  M.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.      Protestant. 


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HUBER,  CHAS.  E. ;  farmer;  i  )^  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Neutral.      Protestant. 

Hamilton,  James  M.;  day  laborer;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Methodist. 

HARTZOG,  BEN.;  steam  thrasher  and  drag  saw;  3  m  n  w 
Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.  Dem. 
Protestant. 

Harbaugh,  P.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Dem.      Christian. 

HARRISON,  H.  H.;  retired  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1833.     Dem.     Christian. 

Hammack,  Wm.;  day  laborer;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Haymaker,  J.;  blacksmith;  Cicero.  Born  in  Va.  1834;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

HILGENBERGE,  PHIL.;  butcher;  25^  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born 
in  Europe,  1831;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Dem.     Prot. 

HARRISON,  J.  J.;  farmer  and  trader  ;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Hines,  Wm.;  farmer;  4  m  nw  Cicero.  Born  in  Va.  181 1  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Methodist. 

HINES,  JOHN  ;  farmer  and  stock  trader ;  4  m  n  w  Cicero. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HINES,  W.  H.;  farmer  and  teacher;  4  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born 
in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.      Protestant. 

HARBAUGH,  C. ;  farmer  and  teacher;  2^  m  n  w  Cicero. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1852.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

Havens,  J.  W.;  boot  and  shoemaker  ;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1834;   settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HOUSER,  A. ;  phrenologist  and  lecturer ;  Arcadia.  Born  in 
Ohio  1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HALLETT,  W.;  brick-maker  and  manufacturer  of  tile,  and 
pump  agent;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  185  i  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1 87 1.     Rep.     Protestant. 


214  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


HAMMACK,  J.   N.;    fanner;    i^  m  e  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1855.     Rep.      Protestant. 

HUNTER,  T.    H.;    farmer;    4  m  s  w  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Protestant. 

HOUSER,  F.  A.;  sawyer;  Deming.     Born  in  Ohio  1853;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 86 1.     Neutral. 

HAWORTH,  M.  C;  druggist;  Deming.     Born  in  H.  C.  185 1; 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Hall,  William  ;  farmer;  i^  m  n  w Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1821 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Hockenberry,  J.  H.;  farmer;    i^^m  n  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind. 
1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      German  Baptist. 

HI  ATT,  A.  L.;  farmer;  Baker's  Corner.     Born  in   Ind.   1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Hiatt,  E.  C;  farmer;  Deming.      Born  in  Ind.   1832;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1859.      Rep-     Friend. 

Hartman,  G.  F.;  farmer;  2  m   e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.   1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Granger.      Protestant. 

HOLLIDAY,  B.  P.;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  groceries;  Deming. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1821;  settled  in  H.  C.   185  i.      Rep.     Friend. 

HADLEY,   W.   C;  retired  merchant;  Deming.      Born  in  H. 
C.    1 84 1.      Rep.      Christian. 

HUNT,   DANIEL;  farmer;   1 54^  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Lib.     Christian. 

Hammack,  J.   N.;  clerk;  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep. 
Protestant. 

Houser,   S.   K.;  engineer;  Deming.     Born  in  Ohio   1853;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1874.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Houser,  G.;  miller;  Deming.      Born  in  Ohio   181 3;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1874.     Neutral.      Methodist. 

HERSHMAN,  J.  K. ;  farmer  and  stock  trader  ;  4  m  w  Cicero. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HURLOCK,  J.   T.;    farmer;    Arcadia.       Born   in   Del.    1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  183 1.     Rep.     Christian. 


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Hurlock,  E.;  telegraph  operator;  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.     Rep.      Christian. 

Havens,  David ;  teamster;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Protestant. 

ILLYES,  P.  P. ;  farmer,  stock  raiser  and  dealer ;  2  m  n  e  Ar- 
cadia.    Born  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Methodist. 

ILLYES,  PHILIP;  farmer;  4m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem,     Protestant. 

JOHNSON,  ELIJAH  ;  farmer  ;  ^^  m  e  Deming.  Born  in  N.C. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.      Friend. 

JOHNSON,  ELIAS  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.  Dem.  Protestant. 
One  of  the  first  settlers.      (See  history  of  White  River  Tp.) 

Jones,  J.  H.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1840. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

Jones,  J.;  farmer;  3^^  m  s  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Jroble,  I.;  farmer  ;  i  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Switzerland  1825  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1863.      Dem.     German  Lutheran. 

Jayne,  B.  F. ;  Christian  minister;  Shielville.  Born  in  Dundee, 
N.  Y.,  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.  Rep.  Prohibitionist. 
Christian. 

Jacobs,  Mrs.  C.  J.;  farmer;  i  ^^^  m  n  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.  Christian.  One  of  the  first 
settlers  in  this  section  of  country. 

Jacobs,  Isaac  ;  laborer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ohio  1836;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1846.     Dem.      Christian. 

Jacobs,  R.  W.;  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1823;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1 861.      Dem.      Christian. 

JOHNSON,  JESSE;  farmer;  >^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born 
in  N.  C.    1824;   settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Neutral.      Protest. 

JACKSON,  JAMES  H.;  sawyer  ;  5  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in 
H.  C.   1842.      Rep.      Protestant. 


"216  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Jackson,  A.  R.;  farmer  and  teamster  ;  5  m  s  w  Shielville.    Born 
in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Jackson,  J.  J.;  farmer;   ^  m  n  e  Deming.     Born  in  Ind.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Jackson,    Levi ;  farmer ;    >^   m  n  e   Deming.     Born  in  N.    C. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1866.     Reformer.     Methodist. 

Jacobs,  F.  M.;  farmer  and  plasterer;  2j^raw  Shielville.      Born 
in  Ohio   1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Dem.     Materialist. 

JAY,  SYLVANUS ;  physician   and  surgeon  ;  Deming.     Born 
in  Ind.   1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Friend. 

Jacobs,   A.    J.;    notary  public;    Cicero,     Born  in  Ohio    1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.      Dem.      Church  of  God. 

JENNINGS,  Mrs.  BETSY;  farmer;  2J  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born 
in  Ohio  1813  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Christian. 

Jennings,  Joshua ;  farmer ;  2^  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in  H.    C. 
1848.     Rep.     Protestant. 

JACOBS,  GEORGE;  cabinet  maker;  3  m  w  Cicero.     Born  in 
Ohio  1 831;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Dem.     Christian. 

Jennings,   Joseph ;    farmer ;    2   m   e  Deming.     Born  in   H.  C. 
1844.     Rep.      Friend. 

JOHNSON,  JOHN  B.;  farmer;   i ^^  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1849.     Dem.     Protestant. 

JESSUP,  ELWOOD;  farmer;  Deming.     Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Johnson,  J.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Deming.     Born  in  N.  C.  1806; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Friend. 

KITZMILLER,  WM.;  painter;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Rep.      Methodist. 

King,    Arthur   C;    miller;    Arcadia.       Born  in  England   1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Kinder,  J.;    farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850.     Granger. 
Protestant. 

Kinder,  Mrs.  Mary ;  2  m  s  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.     Meth. 


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KREAG,  JACOB;  cabinet  maker;  i  m  e  Arcadia.  Born  in 
H.  C.   1849.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Knause,  J.;  house  and  barn  mover;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Protestant. 

KAUFFMAN,  DAN.;  carpenter;  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem. 

KNAPP,  F.  J.;  farmer;  2ms  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1841  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Kiser,  J.  C;  farmer;  13^  m  s  Cicero.  Born  in  N.  Y.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

KEESLING,  H.  W. ;  farmer ;  i  m  s  e  Deming.  Born  in  Ohio 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     S.  Baptist. 

KLINE,  ANDREW;  sewing  machine  agent;  P.  O.  Nobles- 
ville.  Born  in  Germany  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 
Liberal.     Catholic. 

KINDER,  J.  N.;  merchant;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Liberal.     Protestant. 

KINDER,  H.;  merchant  and  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Christian. 

KREAG,  JOHN;  hotel  keeper;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1841. 
Dem.     Lutheran. 

KREAG,  GEO.;  Constable;  Cicero.  Born  in  France  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1840,     Dem.     Lutheran. 

KISTLER,  DAVID  ;  farmer ;  2  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Pa. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Keblam,  N.  H.;  farmer;  i  m  n  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1 8 14;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Friend. 

Knause,  J.;  farmer  and  carpenter ;  2  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born  in 
Pa.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

KRING,  WM.  C;  saw-miller  and  lumber  dealer;  Shielville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1848  ;  settled  in  H.  C.    1869.     Rep. 

Karr,  B.;  carpenter;  i^^  m  s  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  18 17; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Protestant. 


2l8  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Kauffman,  Chris.;  farmer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1800;  settled 
in  H.  C.    1838.     Mennonite. 

Kinder,  J.  A.;  farmer;  1 1^  msw  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Knight,  John  W.;  farmer  ;  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  N.  C.  1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.    1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

KIDWELL,  WM.;  plasterer;  Deming.  Born  in  Va.  181 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     R^p.     Protestant. 

KAUFFMAN,  J.;  farmer  and  improved  stock  raiser;  ^  m  n 
Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.  Not 
any.     Mennonite. 

Kiser,  Wm.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Christian. 

Kinder,  B.  F.;  farmer;  2^^  m  s  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Kauffman,  Abraham  ;  farmer  ;  ij4mw  Shielville.  Born  in 
Pa.  18 18;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem.     Protestant. 

KAUFFMAN,  J. ;  sup't  of  Walton  &  Whetstone's  stave  fac- 
tory; Shielville.  Born  in  Pa.  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848. 
Dem.     Lutheran. 

KIRBY,  J.  M.;  house,  sign,  and  ornamental  painter;  Cicero. 
Born  in  Ky.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Dem.     Luth. 

KEESLING,  M.;  farmer;  Deming.  Born  in  Ohio  1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1873. 

KINDER,  I.  A.;  farmer;  ij  m  s  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.      Methodist. 

LAWSON,  W.  C. ;  carriage  maker ;  wagon  and  carriage  shop 
at  Arcadia ;  all  work  warranted  first-class ;  desires  the  pat- 
ronage of  the  public.  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1873.     Dem.     Christian. 

LAUDIG,  A.;  cabinet  maker  and  undertaker;  i  m  e  Arcadia. 
Born  in  Pa.  1833;    settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Protest. 

LOSEY,  GEORGE  W.;  teamster;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.      Methodist. 


JACKSON    TOWNSHIP.  219- 


LESLIE,  J.  L.;  farmer;  3^  m  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Democrat. 

Leslie,  S.  P.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ohio  1840;. 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Linch,  J.  S.;  retired  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ky. 
1807;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Leonard,  J.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  e  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa.  1816^ 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Leonard,  A.;  farmer;  i^mse  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Little,  James  L;  farmer;  4  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

LONG,  G. ;  farmer  and  Sup't  of  Millersburg  S.  S.;  i^  m  n  e 
Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.  Re- 
former.     Methodist. 

Long,  W.  J.  farmer;  i^  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1853. 
Granger.     Protestant. 

Lee,  E. ;  grist  miller;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio  1833;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1872.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Lewis,  M.  farmer  ;  2J  m  w  Cicero.     Christian. 

LANGOLF,  ALBERT  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ger- 
many 1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Lively,  J.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Dem.     Protestant. 

LITTLE,  JOHN  H.;  school-teacher;  4^<(  m  s  w  Arcadia.  Born 
in  H.  C.   1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Lively,  George;  farmer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Europe  1804;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1859.     Methodist. 


McNew,  J.;  laborer;  Shielville.     settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep. 
Baptist, 

McNew,   James;  laborer;  Shielville.      Born  in  1846;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1874.      Rep.     Christian. 


-220  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


McCullouch,  J.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.      Protestant. 

McConnell,  L. ;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.     Protestant. 

MYERS,  E.  M.;  carpenter;  Arcadia,  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1859.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Maris,  Temple  S.;  farmer;  i|  m  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1 841;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Protestant. 

MALOTT,  ASA;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1838.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Mullin,  Phil;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Boxleytown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.     Dem.     Catholic. 

McGill,  A.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1820;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

McGill,  Wm.  F.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.     Christian. 

McGill,  A.  A.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

MILLER,  S.  P.;  farmer;  i  m  e  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Brethren  Church. 

Miller,  S.  W.;  farmer;  i  m  e  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio  1813  ; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1850.     Dem.     Brethren  Church. 

MAXWELL,  S.  J.;  manufacturer  of  Success  Washing  Machine; 
firm  of  Fleming  &  Maxwell;  Shielville,  Born  in  Pa.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.     Lutheran. 

Maris,  John  ;  retired  farmer  ;  1 1^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born 
in  N,  C,  1797;  settled  in  H,  C.  1870,     Rep,     Friend, 

MUNDELL,  JAMES  H,;  carpenter;  3  m  w  Arcadia.  Born 
in  Pa.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856,      Rep,     Protestant. 

MILLER,  S,;  carpenter;  Shielville,  Born  in  Germany  1819  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859,     Dem,     Catholic, 

Mehlig,  Chris. ;  druggist ;  firm  of  Goodpastur  &  Mehlig ;  Shiel- 
ville. Born  in  New  York  City  1848  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874; 
Rep.      Protestant. 


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McGuire,  A.;  farmer;  2}4  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1840;. 
settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Granger.      Methodist. 

Martz,  Gideon;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1823  ;. 
settled  in  H.  C.   1849.      Rep.      Regular  Baptist. 

McConnell,  N.  B.;  farmer;  3^/^  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio 
1806;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Rep.      Protestant. 

MALOTT,  WM.;  school  teacher  and  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Cicero. 
Born  in  H.  C.   1849.     Dcm.      Christian. 

Malott,  John  B. ;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  18 19; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1836.      Dcm.      Protestant. 

McConnell,  Jesse;  farmer;  33/^  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio 
185  I  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.      Christian. 

Morris,  E.  M.;  farmer;  i  m  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1833  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     German  Baptist. 

Mundel,  J.;  farmer;  3^  m  w  Shielville.  This  man  is  deaf.  He 
refused  to  give  his  name  and  said :  ' '  These  agents  are  ras- 
cals and  can't  have  my  name." 

McGUIRE,  D.;  farmer  and  wagon  maker;  3  m  w  Shielville, 
Born  in  Va.   1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.     Methodist. 

McDONAL,  J.;  tailor;  Cicero.  Born  in  Scotland  1836;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1874.      Presbyterian. 

Musrush,  M.;  blacksmith;  Cicero.  Born  in  France  1826;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1850.     Dem.      Protestant. 

McNeal,  J.  H.;  saw-miller;  Cicero.  Born  in  Pa.  1834;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Mangold,  C. ;  farmer;  i/<^  m  s  Cicero.  Born  in  Germany  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  .      Dem.     German  Lutheran. 

MITCHELL,  A.;  saddler  and  harness  maker;  Cicero.  Born  in 
N.  C.   181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.     Rep.      Protestant. 

MONTGOMERY,  PHINEAS;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born 
in  Ind.   1838;     settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Rep.      Protestant. 

MIESSEN,  A.;  livery,  feed  and  sale  stable,  also  silver  smith  pro- 
prietor ;  Cicero.  Born  in  Prussia  1845;  settled  in  H.  C, 
1868.      Liberal.      Protestant. 


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McMULLEN,   W.  G.;  farmer;  2\  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in 
Ind.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Dem.     Methodist. 

McMullen,    H.  A.;  farmer;   \\  m  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.      Dem.      Methodist. 

McKinsey,   M.  B.;  Christian  minister;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Miller,  Joseph  ;  farmer;   i^  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.  1847  ! 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Martz,  William  ;  farmer;   i  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in   Ind.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Rep.      Christian. 

Meehan,  M.;  farmer;  2)^  m  n  e  Boxleytown.     Born  in  Ireland 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Dem.     Catholic. 

Myers,  S.  J.;  merchant;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio   1841;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep-      Protestant. 

Marsh,   G.   W.;  miller;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio    18 15;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Martz,  N.  S.;  miller;  MiUersburg.     Born  in  H.  C.  1845.   Gran- 
ger.    Christian. 

MYERS,  MANNESSES  ;  farmer  ;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Martz,  James  M.;  minister;  Arcadia.     Bornin  H.  C.  1845.    Rep. 
Christian. 

MARTS,  M.;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ohio  1812;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Christian. 

Mann,  D.;  contractor  and  builder;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ky.  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Christian. 

MARTS,  ISAAC;  farmer;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio  18 12;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Christian. 

MOUNT,  G.;  farmer  and  stock  raiser  ;  5  m  w  Shielville.     Born 
in  Ohio  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Dem.      Christian. 

Malott,   J.   B.;    farmer;    5  m  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.    1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Dem.     Protestant. 

McCarty,  J.;    farmer;  2\  m  n  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  1817  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Not  any.     German  Baptist. 


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McMullan,  J.  A.;  farmer;  S.  S.  Sup't  and  Township  Trustee ; 
I  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Va.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Deni.     Methodist. 

McMunn,  W.  E.;  carpenter;  i^  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.      Presbyterian. 

MORRIS,  P.;  farmer;  \}4  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1828  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Dem.     Protestant. 

MORRIS,  WM.;  laborer;  i^^  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.     Dem.      German  Baptist. 

Miller,  S.;  farmer;  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Meth. 

McKinsey,  U.  B. ;  teacher;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1 87 1.      Rep.      Christian. 

Miller,  J.  M.;  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1847;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1849.      Dem.      Protestant. 


Nightenhelser,  Fred.;  farmer  and  carpenter  ;  i^/^  m  s  e  Shiel- 
ville. Born  in  Ind.  1847  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.  Dem. 
Lutheran. 

Niedhamer,  J.  F.;  Shielville.  Born  in  Germany  1805;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1 87 1.      Dem.      Catholic. 

NEAL,  JABEZ  ;  minister;  Deming.  Born  in  Va.  181 5;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.      Methodist. 

NIEDHAMER,  W.  A.;  flouring  mills ;  firm  of  Niedhamer  & 
Walton  ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Mich.  1838  ;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1856.      Dem.      Philanthropist. 

Niedhamer,  Lewis ;  farmer ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Germany 
1792;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     M.  Baptist. 

Newby,  J.  C;  medical  student;  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.      Christian. 

NAGLE,  GEORGE  ;  dealer  in  fine  horses  ;  Arcadia.  Born  in 
Pa.  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Protestant. 

NEWBY,  S. ;  farmer  and  stock  raiser;  i  m  e  Arcadia.  Born  in 
Ind.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Christian. 


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NIEDHAMER,  JOSEPH;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ala.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem.      M.  Baptist. 

Negley,  S.  B.;  carpenter;  Shielville,  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Christian. 

Noble,  W.  E.;  farmer;  3  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Noble,  J.  W.;  farmer;  3  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Niedhamer,  J.;  engineer;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1855;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Protestant. 

NICHOLDS,  J.  \V.;  barber,  hair  dresser  and  confcctioenry  ; 
Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

NELSON,  CHARLES  E.;  dealer  in  clothing,  dry  goods,  no- 
tions, &c.;  Cicero.  Born  in  N,  Y.  1837;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1868.     Rep. 

NEAL,  WILLIAM;  attorney  at  law  and  notary  public;  Cicero. 
Born  in  Ky.  1818  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     ^^P-    "  Protest. 

Neal,  T.  D.;  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep.     Protest. 

Noble,  D.  F.;  farmer;  4^  m  vv  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1835  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Noble,  J.  G. ;  4I  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1849;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1859.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Nichleson,  Wm.;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     United  Brethren. 

Nichleson,  A.;  farmer  and  stock  raiser  ;  3I  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born 
in  Ohio  1806;  settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Rep.     Baptist. 

ORR,  A.  P.;  contractor  and  builder;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1851.      Rep.      Christian. 

OWEN,  ALEXANDER  ;  farmer ;  i  ^^^  m  e  Deming.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.    Protestant. 

Overdrof,  G.;  farmer;  4%  m  nw  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Neutral.      Protestant. 


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Orth,   J.;  carpenter;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ohio   1837;  settled  in 
H.  C.    1839.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Owen,  Wm.  E. ;  farmer;   i  m  n  Deming.      Born  in  N.  C.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Overdorf,  D.  D.;  farmer;   i^  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Dem.     Protestant. 

OP,  GERALDS;  farmer;  3J  m  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Orear,  J.;  farmer;  4  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ky.  1829;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist, 

PIERSON,  L.   F.;  railroader;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Conn.  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Christian. 

Payton,  Wm.;  laborer;  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.  1852;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Perry,  J.;  brakeman ;  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.   1855  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1858.     Dem.     Christian. 

Picket,  M.;  teamster;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.  185 1;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1873. 

Purkey,  Wm.;  farmer;  2|  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Pierce,  W.  B.;  boot  and  shoemaker;  Shielville.      Born  in  N.  H. 
1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     German  Baptist. 

PHILLIPS,  A.;  broom  maker  ;   i|  m  n  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind. 
1841;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Phillips,  A.  J.;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Granger.     Protestant. 

PORTER,   S.  J.;    carpenter  and  contractor;    Cicero.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1845.     Rep.     Christian. 

PAGE,  N.   H.;    blacksmith;    ^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.     Born  in 
N.  C.  1832  ;    settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     U.  Brethren. 

Parker,  P.   A.;    farmer;    i  m  w  Deming.      Born  in  Ind.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Friend. 

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226  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Porter,  Wm.;  postmaster;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1841.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

PERRY,  WM.  A.;  blacksmith;  Doming.  Born  in  N.  C.  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.      Methodist. 

PETTIJOHN,  JOSEPH  ;  farmer  ;  2)^  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in 
Ohio  1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.  Rep.  Wesleyan  Min- 
ister. 

Porter,  T. ;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1835  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      R^p.      Protestant. 

Patton,  C.  L,;  engineer;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1840;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Universalist. 

Pierce,  Wm.  E.;  laborer;  ij  m  n  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Purkey,  Dan.;  farmer;  i  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Va.  1805; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.      Dem.      Christian. 

Ouear,  Joseph;  plasterer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1839;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1855.     Dem.      Lutheran. 

Ouear,  C;  wagon  and  carriage  maker  ;  Cicero. 

Quear,  J.;  plasterer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1836.  Dem. 
Lutheran. 

OUICKEL,  J.;  farmer;  i  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 

RICHWINE,  L;  saw-miller  and  farmer  ;  2  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born 
in  Va.  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Dem.     New  Light. 

REEVES,  E.;  stock  trader;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ireland  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Protestant. 

ROLLINGS,  W.  S.;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  groceries;  Cicero. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1847.     Dem.      Protestant. 

REES,  ELVIN  ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1847,     Rep.     Protestant. 

ROJER,  EMANUEL  ;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.     New  Light. 


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ROJER,  WM.    M.;  farmer;  3   m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in    Intl. 
1851;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.      Protestant. 

READER,   J.    P.;  farmer;   5   m  n  w    Cicero.      Born    in    Ohio 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Reams,  Wm.;  machinist;  Shielvillc.      Born  in  Va.  1828;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1852.      Dem.      Protestant. 

REVIS,  WESLEY  ;  farmer ;    i^  m  e  Deming.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1849;  .settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Friend. 

REVIS,  JOHN  W.;  farmer;   i  m  e  Deming.      Born  in   N.    C. 
185  I ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Friend. 

Ross,  M.  M.;  farmer;   5  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1828. 
Dem.     Christian. 

ROBERTS,  WM.  H.;  farmer  ;  6  m  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Rep.     Christian. 

Roberts,  E.;  farmer;  6  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.    C.    181 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1 841.     Rep.      Methodist. 

RICHARDS,  L.;  farmer;  4m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Roberts,  J.  A.;  farmer;  4J  mnw  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1841.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

ROBERTS,  F.  J.;  carpenter;  4  m  w  Arcadia.     Born  in   Ind. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Christian. 

Reasner,  J.   B.;    farmer;  2  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Granger.     Protestant. 

ROBERTS,  EATON  ;  farmer;   5  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.C. 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Roberts,  Mary;  farmer;   5  m  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  N.  C.  1821; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

ROBERTS,   ELI  ;  farmer ;   5  m  w  Arcadia.     Born  in   H.    C. 
1853.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

RUMMEL,    B.   F.;    plasterer;  Arcadia.     Born  in   Ind.    1851  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem,     Protestant. 

Robbins,   H.;  broom  maker;   i|  m  n  Arcadia.     Born  in   Ind. 
1839.     German  Baptist. 


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ROLLINGS,  E.  M.;  farmer;  3!  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H. 
C.   1850.      Neutral.     Protestant. 

Rollings,  Wm.  K.;  retired  farmer;  3I  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in 
Va.  1792;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.  Dem.  Protestant.  Mr. 
Rollings  settled  here  when  this  was  a  wilderness. 

REEVES,  R.  R.;  dry  goods  merchant;  firm  of  Reeves  &  San- 
ders; Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1851  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 
Rep.      Episcopalian. 

Reveal,  L.  C;  farmer;  i^  m  sw  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1843. 
Dem.     Christian. 

Roudebush,  E.  H.;  teacher;  i  m  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ohio 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.     Rep.     Christian. 

RAMSEY,  W.  H.;  dealer  in  drugs,  medicines,  groceries,  &c.; 
Deming.      Born  in  H.  C.   1840.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Rodgers,  John  F.;  mechanic;  Deming.  Born  in  Ind.  1850 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Protestant. 

ROBERTS,  P.;  farmer;  4^  m  n  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Roberts,  Theo.;    farmer;    43^  m  n  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C. 
.    1856.     Rep.     Protestant. 

ROBERTS,  W,;  farmer;  4^  m  n  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Roberts,  Wm.  P.;  farmer;  53^  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1843.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Rice,  N.;  farmer,  S.  S.  Sup't;  5  m  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ky. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

Russel,  Jas.  W.;  farmer;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ky.  1841 ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Rhoades,  Phil.;  farmer;  ^  m  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1849. 
Dem.      Methodist. 

Ross,  W.  J.;  wagon  and  carriage  maker;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Lutheran. 

Railings,  Isaac;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H,  C.  1843. 
Dem.     Protestant. 


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Ross,  P.  J.;  retired  farmer;  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.   1827;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865.     Dem.     Christian. 

Rodenbeck,    C;    wagon  maker;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Roberts,  Astin  ;  farmer;   2J  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in   H.  C.    1850. 
Protestant. 

ROBERTS,  D.;  boot  and  shoemaker  ;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind. 
1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep.      Methodist. 

ROBINSON,  C;    blacksmith;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio   1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1848.     Dem.     Christian. 

RABER,  WM.;  farmer;  3   m  s  e  Cicero;  P.  O.,  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.     Protest. 


Shaul,  Jacob  N.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1815  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1825.     Dem.     New  Light. 

Stanley,  Eli  ;  farmer ;   i  m  n  e  Baker's  Corner.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Sowers,  G.;  farmer;  2J  m  n  e   Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.   1841. 
Granger.     Lutheran. 

Shiel,  M.;  farmer;   Shielville.      Born  in  Ireland  1797;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1835.     One  of  the  first  settlers.     Dem.     Catholic. 

STAUTER,  HENRY  ;  mechanic;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.      Protestant. 

SWIGET,  MARY  A.;  farmer ;  2  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Del. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Methodist. 

Schneeberger,   John;    farmer;    2^   m  w  Shielville.      Born  in 
Switzerland  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Ger.  Methodist. 

Snyder,   J.;    carpenter;    3  m  n  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  Pa.   1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.     Dem.     Not  any. 

SWEAT,  J.;    farmer;    4^  m  w  Arcadia.       Born  in  Ind.   183 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.     Rep.     Protestant. 

.Sweat,  H.  F. ;   farmer;  4J  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.     Protestant. 


230  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


STOKES,  JACOB  ;    farmer  ;   ^  m  s  w  Shielville.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1842.      Dem.    Granger.      Protestant. 

Snyder,  D.  H.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Pa.  1848  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Neutral.      Evangelical  Association. 

STEPHENSON,    G.    R.;    shoemaker;    Cicero.       Born  in  Ind. 
185  I  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Stannard,  R.  G. ;  miller;  Arcadia.     Born  in  England  1845  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Friend. 

Starky,  J.  M.;   miller;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.   1852;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1874.     Dem.      Protestant. 

SHAFER,  W.  H.;  blacksmith;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.  1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1842.      Dem.      Protestant. 

SANDERS,    H.   B.;    farmer;    r  m  s  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ohio 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837.      ^.ep.      Methodist. 

STAUTER,  SAMUEL  N.;   cabinetmaker;  Arcadia.     Born  in 
Pa.   1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Stauter,   A.    N.;    school-teacher;    Born  in  Pa.    1846;   settled  in 
H.  C.   1874.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Stafford,  Isaac;    farmer;    Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.  1839;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Christian. 

Shafer,    John;    farmer;    Arcadia.       Born  in  Ohio  18 17;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1 84 1.     Dem.      Lutheran. 

Sims,  Wm.  F.;  farmer;  25^  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.  1848. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

SIMS,  JOHN  F.;  farmer ;  2^  mw  Cicero;     Born  in  Ind.   1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep.      Methodist. 

SUMNER,  E.  S.;  farmer;  2|  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1813; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Dem.      Protestant. 

SMITH,  T.  B. ;  farmer  and  stock  dealer;   ^  m  s  Cicero.     Born 
in  Ohio  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.     Universalist. 

Sowers,  H.    F.;  farmer;    1 54!   m   s  Cicero.      Born   in    Germany 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Dem.      Protestant. 

STURDIVANT,  HENRY  A.;  farmer;  i>^meDeming.    Born 
in  H.  C.   1 841.      Rep.      Protestant. 


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Smith,  J.  B.;  farmer;  5  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.     Christian. 

Shaul,  Alanson;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1838.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Six,  Geo.;  merchant;  Cicero.  Born  in  Va.  1800;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1865.     Dem.     Christian. 

Six,  Preston;  merchant;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1841  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865.     Christian. 

SMALL,  LEVI ;  mechanic  and  hotel  keeper  ;  Cicero.  Born  in 
Pa.  18 17;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845.     Rep-      Methodist. 

Simpson,  D.;  merchant;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  181 5;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1869.      Dem.     Methodist. 

Slack,  Albert ;  carpenter;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1845.  Dem. 
Protestant. 

SHEPHERD,  THADIUS  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  w  Cicero.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Studivant,  Ben. ;  farmer  ;  ^  m  e  Deming.  Born  in  Va.  1 8 1 5  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Smith,  D.;  farmer;  5)^  m  n  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  N.  C.  1820  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.  Rep.  Christian.  Mr.  Smith  is 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  this  part  of  the  country.  A  tree 
still  remains  on  his  farm  bearing  the  hatchet  marks  made 
by  the  Indians,  while  taking  the  bark  from  the  trunk  for 
their  wigwams. 

Smith,  M.;  farmer;  5^  m  n  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  N.  C.  1847  5 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep-     Protestant. 

STOUT,  H.  H.;  physician;  Deming.  Born  in  N.  C.  1840;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Protestant. 

SHANNON,  S.  D.;  Justice  of  Peace;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     R^P-     Methodist. 

Scott,  James;  farmer.  Born  in  Ohio  1830;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1859.     Dem.     Christian. 

Snoberger,  J.  J.;  carpenter;  2^  m  w  Shielville.  Born  in  H.C, 
1853.     Rep.     Methodist. 


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Stauter,  J.  N.;  brick  mason;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.  1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Stauter,  J.;  brick  mason  ;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Pa.  1829;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Schmidt,  H.;  boot  and  shoemaker  ;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Germany 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.     Dem.     Christian. 

Scherer,  L.  E. ;  farmer;   i|  m  s  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Scherer,  M.  E. ;  farmer;   i^  m  s  w  Arcadia.     Born  in  N.   C. 
1830;    settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.      Evangel.    Lutheran. 

SANDERS,  I.  M.;  farmer  and  stock  dealer;  near  Cicero.    Born 
in  Ind.  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Smith,  E.  H.;  broom  maker;   i^  m  n  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ky. 
1828  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  1857.     Rep,     Granger.     Methodist. 

Stokes,  John  ;  farmer;   i^  m  s  Shielville.     Born  in    Pa.  181 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Granger.      Mennonite. 

Smeltzer,  E.  G. ;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.  1852.    Neu- 
tral.     Protestant. 

Shaffer,  G.  W.;  farmer;  Arcadia.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852.     Dem. 
Lutheran. 

SANDERS,  JOHN  W.;  farmer  and  stock  raiser;  Cicero.     Born 
in  Ohio  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep-      Protestant. 

Scott,   A.;   bridge   carpenter;    Shielville.       Born  in  Ind.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Dem. 

Shiel,  James ;  farmer   and    notary  public  ;  Shielville.     Born  in 
Ireland  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Dem.     Catholic. 

Sterrelt,  J.;  teamster;  Shielville.      Born  in  Pa.   183 1  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1861.      Rep. 

Sims,   L.  H.;  farmer;  2J    m    w   Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.   1850. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Stawton  &  Clifford;  attorneys  and  councellors  at  law.      Collec- 
tions promptly  made. 

SHAFER,  S.;  farmer;  2^^  mn  c  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  iS";!.      Dem.     Protestant. 


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Shafer,  Theo.;  farmer;  2^  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Shope,  A.;  farmer;    i^    m    n    e    Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1850. 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866,     Dem.     Protestant. 

SHOPE,  JAMES  F.;  farmer  ;   i^  m  n  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Protestant 

Schlesselman,  H.;  Pastor  German  Lutheran  Church;   i^  m  s  e 
Arcadia.     Born  in  Germany  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

STARTZMAN,   S.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Arcadia.     Born  in 
Md.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

STEPHENSON,  Z.  T.;  boot  and  shoemaker ;  Cicero.     Born  in 
Ind.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.     Rep.     Methodist. 

STANTON,  J.  B.;  attorney;  Cicero.     Born  in  Md.  1826;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1855.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Shoaf,   Isaiah;    peddler;    Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1828;   settled  in 
H.  C.  1859.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Shaw,  Jefferson  ;    carpenter;    Born  in  Ind.  183 1  ;    settled  in  H. 
C.  1833.     Dem.     Protestant. 

SANDERS,  BENJ.  P.;  farmer;    i  m  s  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Smith,  Wm.  K.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Christian. 

Shaul,  Isaac;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1836; 
Rep.     Christian. 

SOWERWINE,    WILLIAM;    farmer;   li  m  w  Cicero.      Born 
in  Va.  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Granger.     Lutheran 

Sencer,  T. ;  painter;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1836;  settled  in  H. 
C.   1853.      Dem.     Protestant. 

SOWERWINE,  WM.  G.;  farmer;    i  mw  Cicero.     Born  in  H. 
C.  185 1.     Rep.     Lutheran. 

SUMNER,   G.    C;    blacksmith;    Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Dem.      Christian. 

Sanders,  A.  P.;    dealer    in    dry  goods    and    groceries;     Cicero. 
Born  in  Ind,  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.     Liberal. 


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Smith,   Wm.;    dealer  in  stoves  and  tin-ware;    Cicero.     Born  in 
Germany  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.     Dem.     Christian. 

Sharp,  J.  C;    carpenter  and  contractor;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Slack,  J.;    retired  farmer;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ohio  1818  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1835.      Dem.      Protestant. 

SOWERWINE,    JOHN;    retired   farmer;     i   m   n  w   Cicero. 
Born  in  Va.  1796;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Rep.      Luth. 

Sawers,    Henry;    miller;    3^^  m  s  w  Arcadia.     Born  in    Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.      Dem.      Protestant. 


Trietch,  J.;  farmer;  ^  m  n  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Germany 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Trout,  E.;  farmer;  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C.   1848.     Dem.     Prot. 

Turner,  R.  E.;  farmer;  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

TAYLOR,  S.;  carpenter;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ky.  1815  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1870.      Dem.      Christian. 

TUCKER,  A.  R.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Cicero.  Born  in 
Indianapohs  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.    Rep.     Christ. 

Tharp,  D. ;  printer;  Cicero.  Born  in  Ohio  1821  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.   1872.      Rep.     Lutheran. 

TAYLOR,  C.  C;  CARRIAGE  PAINTER  and  TRIMMER; 
Arcadia.  Born  in  Ohio  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862. 
Rep.      Christian. 

TEAL,  JOHN  C;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Sweden  1848;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1854.      Dem.      Materialist. 

TUCKER.  ELIAS  W.;  machinist;  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.     Dem.     Protestant. 

TUCKER.  ANDREW  ;  farmer  and  hotel  keeper  ;  Arcadia. 
Born  in  Ky.   18 12;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.     Dem.      Protest. 

Thompson,  W.  M.;  farmer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ky.  1798;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1837.     Lib.      Methodist. 


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Thompson,  S.  L. ;  farmer  ;  5  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in  H  C.  1841. 
Granger.     Protestant. 

Trimble,  Robert;  farmer  ;  i^^  m  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Ireland 
1832  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Thomas,  W.  R.;  farmer;   i  m  w  Cicero.     Born  in  N.  C.  1825  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.     Rep.     Friend. 

Taylor,  J.   W.;  merchant;  Cicero.     Born  in  Va.   1835;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1855.     Dem.      Lutheran. 

TURNER,    WILLIAM;    engineer;  Cicero.      Born    in   H.    C. 
1849.     Liberal.     Protestant. 

TIDLER,  W.  E.;  farmer  and  painter  ;  2  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born 
in  Va.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Neutral.    Protestant. 

Titus,   D.  A.;  farmer;   i|  m  s  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Protestant. 

TIMMON,  J.  L.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.  1854; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Dem.      Protestant. 


Unger,   G.  J.;  farmer;  Arcadia.      Born  in  Germany   1829;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1856.     Dem.     G.  Lutheran. 

UNTHANK,  N.;  carpenter;   ij  m  n  Deming.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.      Methodist. 

URBAN,  PHIL.;  carriage  and  wagon  maker;  Cicero.      Born  in 
France  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Urban,  G.  W. ;  carriage    and   wagon    maker  ;   Cicero.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1852.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Urban,  C. ;  blacksmith;  Cicero.     Born  in  France  1837;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1848.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Urban,  M.;  farmer;   i    m    s   w  Cicero.     Born  in  France  1808; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846.      Dem.     German  Lutheran. 


Vole,  Geo. ;  boot  and  shoemaker  ;   ij4mse  Arcadia.     Born  in 
Germany  1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     G.  Lutheran. 


236  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Wright,  J.  W.;  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.  1840.      Rep.     Prot. 

Whisler,  J.  W.;    farmer;    Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.  1812;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1842.     Granger.      Protestant. 

Whisler,  J.  S. ;  mechanic;  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.  1807;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1863.     Dem.      Protestant. 

WARFEL,   N.;    wagon  and  buggy  manufacturer;    Shielville. 
Born  in  Pa.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C  1865.     Dem. 

WARD,  ROBERT;  machinist;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ohio  1848: 
settled  in  H.  C.   1871.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Wheeler,  J.;    farmer;    ^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.      Friend. 

Watson,   D. ;    farmer;    35^  m  w  Cicero.      Born  in  N.  C.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Worley,    R.    A.;    farmer;    ^  m  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Va.  1819  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Dem.     Old  School  P.  Baptist. 

Waldon,  M.;  farmer;  3  m  e  Boxleytown.      Born  in  N.  C.  1808; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Winburn,    B.    B.;    farmer;    6  m   n  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1809;  settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Winburn,   H.;    farmer;    6  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  N.  C.  1806  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Winburn,  J.  B.;  farmer;  6  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.   1842; 
Rep.      Protestant. 

WIGGS,  J.   K. ;    toll-gate  keeper;    i  m  w  Cicero.     Born  in  N. 
C.   1801  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Dem.      R.  Baptist. 

WARREN,  DANIEL  ;    farmer  ;  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.   1836. 
Rep.      Christian. 

WHETSTONE,    DAN ;    receiving  clerk  ;   Shielville.     Born  in 
Ind.   1853;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Dem.     Protestant* 

WILLS,  N.;  sawyer;  Shielville.      Born  in  Ind.  1854;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1872.      Rep.     Protestant. 

WILLIAMS,    A.    B.;  farmer;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.    1857; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Dem.     Catholic. 


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WHISLER,  H.;  blacksmith;  Shielville.       Born  in  Ind.    1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.   185  i.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Walter,  George  ;  boot  and  shoemaker  ;  Cicero.     Born  in  France 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     G.  Lutheran. 

White,  A.  T. ,  farmer;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind.    1852;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1865.      R^T-      Protestant. 

Walter,    George ;    boot    and    shoemaker ;     Cicero.       Born     in 
France  1815  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855,     Dem.     Ger.  Reform. 

Winter,    Henry  ;  wagon  maker  ;   2^  m  s  w  Cicero.      Born  in 
Germany  1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Dem.    Ger.  Luth. 

WHISLER,  J.  C;  farmer  ;  2)^  m  s  w  Arcadia.      Born  in   Ind. 
1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Winburn,    Louis ;  farmer ;  5    m   w   Arcadia.       Born  in  N.    C. 
1800;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.     Rep.      Christian. 

WINBURN,    L.    H.;  farmer;  5   m   w  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind. 
1848  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Christian. 

Winburn,  G.  C;  farmer  ;   5  m  w  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.  1852  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   i860.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Wiles,  William  ;  farmer  ;  3  ^  m   n   w  Arcadia.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1 844.     Granger.     Christian. 

Waltz,  J.;  farmer;    i  J^  m   e  Arcadia.  ■  Born  in   Pa.   1813  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1837.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Wilhams,  M.;  laborer;  Shielville.     Born  in  Ind.    1852;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem. 

Williams,  Oliver ;  farmer ;   i  ^  m    s  e  Deming.      Born  in  Ind. 
1853;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.      Friend. 

Williams,   Solomon;  farmer;   ij  m  s  e  Deming.      Born  in  Pa. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Friend. 

WILSON,  THOS.   H.;  carpenter ;  Deming.     Born  in  Canada 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      For  the  right.     Pres. 

Williams,   A.;  farmer;    i<(    m  s  Deming.     Born  in  Ind.  185 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Friend. 

Wiles,  Elizabeth;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born  in  N.  C.  1831;  settled 
in  H.  C.  185 1,     Christian. 


238  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Wright,  M.  W.;  farmer;  2|  m  s  w  Arcadia.  Born  in  Va.  1810; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1841.     Granger.     Methodist. 

WILES,  A.  B.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  Pa.  1806; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Granger.     Christian. 

Winders,  T.  S.;  farmer;  3^  m  n  w  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1857.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

Waltz,  Henry;  farmer;  2^  m  nw  Arcadia.  Born  in  Ind.  18-5; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1825.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

WALTON,  A.  G.;  dealer  in  dry  goods,  groceries,  clothing,  &c., 
&c.;  firm  of  Walton  &  Whisler ;  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.    Rep.    Christian. 

Whisler,  J.  M.;  dealer  in  dry  goods,  gi-oceries,  clothing,  &c.,  &c.; 
firm  of  Walton  &  Whisler;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1845. 
Dem.     Protestant 

Wolff,  F.  M.;  clerk;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1855.  Democrat. 
Protestant. 

Wolff,  W.  H.;  merchant;  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1847;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1852.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Weer,  H.;  farmer;  i^  m  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.     Christian. 

Warman,  J.  W.;  dry  goods  clerk;  i^  m  n  Arcadia.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1 85 1.     Dem.     Protestant. 

WARMAN,  F.;  farmer  and  flouring  mills  ;  i^^  m  n  Arcadia. 
Born  in  Ind.  1824;    settled  in  H.  C.   185 1.     Dem.     Christ. 

Whetstone,  D.,  Sen.;  stave  factory  ;  firm  of  Walton  &  Whet- 
stone ;  i^  m  s  Shielville.  Born  in  Ohio  1815;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1863.     Dem.     German  Baptist. 

Whetstone,  J.;  farmer;  i|  m  s  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind.  1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Dem.     Not  any. 

Whisler,  L.;  carpenter;  i|  m  s  w  Shielville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Christian. 

Whisler,  J.  W.;  farmer;  i  m  s  Shielville.  Born  in  Pa.  18 13; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Dem.     Protestant. 


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WINSLOW,  J.  T. ;  livery,  feed  and  sale  stable;  Cicero.     Born 
in  Vt.  1849;   settled  in  H.  C. .     Rep.      Protestant. 

WILLIAMSON,  O.  D.;  farmer-  J  m  w  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Dem.      Protestant. 

WEBSTER,  N.  W,;  farmer;  2ms  vv  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.      Protestant. 

WHITE,  S.  G.;  farmer  ;  6  m  n  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.     Protestant. 

WHITE,  B.  C;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.  C, 
1849;   settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Warford,  F.  M.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Presbyterian. 

Wison,  H.  E.;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  N. 
C.  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Liberal.      Protestant. 

WHISLER  &  SON ;  dealers  in  dry  goods,  groceries,  notions, 
&c  ;   ij  m  n  Arcadia. 

WHISLER,  J.  E.;  firm  of  Whisler  &  Son;   ij  m  n  Arcadia. 
Born  in  Pa.  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.   Rep.    Methodist. 

WHISLER,  S.  N.;  firm  of  Whisler  &  Son;   ij  m  n    Arcadia. 
Born  in  Ind.  1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Prot. 

WINDERS,  O.  P.;  log  merchant;  Cicero.    Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 
Rep.      Protestant, 

Willits,    J.;  drayman;   Cicero.     Born  in  Ind.    1838;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

WELCH,  JOHN  T. ;  clerk  in  stave  yard;  Cicero;  Born  in  Ind. 
1855;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Lutheran. 

WILES,  JOHN   B.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1828.     Dem.     Christian. 

YENCEL,  J.   H.;    farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1852  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Yencel,  H.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1824;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Yencel,  A.;   farmer;    2  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1824;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     Lutheran. 


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WASHINGTON  TOWNSHIP. 


Washington  Township  is  situated  in  the  western  portion  of 
the  county,  and  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Adams  and  Jack- 
son, on  the  east  by  Noblesville,  on  the  south  by  Clay  and  Del- 
aware townships,  and  on  the  west  by  Boone  county,  and  con- 
tains an  area  of  56  square  miles.  It  is  watered  by  Eagle,  Cold, 
and  Finley  Creeks.  Westfield  is  its  largest  village,  and  contains 
a  population  of  600.  Eagletown  and  Joliet  are  also  thriving 
villages.  The  soil  of  the  township  is  excellent,  the  country 
slightly  undulating  and  finely  timbered. 

Among  the  first  settlers  we  note  the  names  of  Charles  Davis, 
Frank  Stultz,  Ephraim  Stout  and  Joel  Barker,  and  William 
Moon,  who  is  the  oldest  settler  in  the  township  now  living. 

Some  claim  this  as  the  banner  township  of  the  county. 
They  have  1 180  school  children,  and  20  school  houses  valued 
at  ^12,000. 

Calvin  Hunt,  Township  Trustee. 

Vote  1872:  Republican,  733;  Democrat,  104. 

CHURCHES. 

M.  E.  Church,  Westfield  ;  membership,  32  ;  Rev.  W.  Blake, 
pastor ;  Sunday  school  scholars,    100 ;  Charity  Williams,  sup't. 

Chester  Friends  Church;  membership,  100;  Sunday  school 
scholars,  50 ;  Luther  Tomlinson,  superintendent ;  property,  ^800. 

Green A^ood  Friends'  Church;  membership,  150;  Sunday 
school  scholars,  50;  Samuel  Wells,  sup't ;  property,  1^950. 

Wesleyan  Church,  Westfield  ;  membership,  48 ;  Rev.  H.  C. 
16 


242  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


West,  pastor;  Sunday  school  scholars,  40;  C.  R.  Hunt,  sup't ; 
value  of  church  property,  ;^I200. 

United  Brethren  Church  ;  membership,  40 ;  Rev. Peters, 

pastor  ;  Sunday  school  scholars,  30 ;  John  Taylor,  sup't. 

Pleasant  Grove  Friends'  Church ;  membership,  80 ;  Sunday 
school  scholars,  40 ;  Morris  Jessup,  Superintendent ;  value  of 
church  property,  ;^500. 

Sugar  Grove  M.  E.  Church ;  membership,  40 ;  Blake,  pastor ; 
Sunday  school  scholars,  40 ;  Jesse  Lane,  Superintendent ;  value 
of  church  property,  $7$'^- 

Eagle  Creek  Christian  Church  ;  membership,  75  ;  Aaron 
Walker,  pastor ;  Sunday  school  scholars,  40 ;  M.  Elston,  Su- 
perintendent ;  value  of  church  property,  ;^8oo. 

Hinkle's  Creek  Friends'  Church ;  membership,  221 ;  organized 
1833;  Sunday  school  scholars,  40;  Catherine  Haworth,  Super- 
intendent; value  of  church  property,   ^$2200. 

Westfield  Christian  Church;  membership,  45. 

Eagle  Creek  Friends'  Church;  membership,  120;  Sunday 
school  scholars,  40;  value  of  church  property,  ^1000. 

Westfield  Friends'  Church  ;  membership,  200  ;  Sunday  school 
scholars,  80 ;  Cyrus  A.  Baldwin,  Sup't ;  value  of  church  prop- 
erty, :$2000. 

Oak  Ridge  Friends'  Church;  membership,  80;  Sunday  school 
scholars,  30 ;  value  of  church  property,  ;!^450. 

Poplar  Ridge  Friends'  Church;  membership,  140;  Sunday 
school  scholars,  50;  Elwood  Henley,  Sup't;  value  of  church 
property,  ^1500. 

Poplar  Ridge  Weslcyan  Church  ;  membership,  80 ;  Sunday 
school  scholars,  40 ;  Wm.  Talbot,  Sup't ;  value  of  church  pro- 
perty, $600. 

Pleasant  Grove  M.  E.  Church  ;  membership,  50 ;  D.  D.  Pow- 
ell, pastor;  Sunday  school  scholars,  40;  H.  A,  Esken,  Sup't; 
value  of  church  property,  ;^700. 


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Carmel  M.  E.  Church ;  membership,  30 ;  value  of  church 
property,  $600. 

LODGES. 

Westfield  Chapter,  No.  74,  R.  A.  Masons. 

Westfield  Lodge,  No.  115,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  membership, 
57;  value  of  Lodge  property,  i^isoo;  organized  May  30,  185  i. 

Carmel  Lodge  No.  401,  I.  O.  O.  F.  ;  membership,  20;  value 
of  property,  $goo. 

Poplar  Ridge  Grange  ;  membership,  26  ;  organized  November 
26,  1873. 

Washington  Grange,  No.  139;  membership,  30;  organized 
May  10,  1873. 

Joliet  Grange,  No.  789 ;  membership,  38. 

Eagle  Creek  Grange,  No.  662  ;  membership,  40. 

Crescent  Grange,  No.  663;  membership,  23  ;  organized  1873. 

Pontious  Lodge  No.  160,  L  O.  O.  F.,  Westfield;  member- 
ship, 24;  value  of  property,  ^1,400. 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school  houses  in  township,  18  ;  total  estimated 
value  of  school  property,  ;^  14, 000;  special  school  tax  on  each 
;^  I  GO,  25  cents ;  poll,  50  cents;  total  estimated  special  school 
tax,  ;^3, 080,50;  number  of  volumes  in  township  library,  480; 
total  enumeration  of  children  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty- 
one,  1084;  number  of  pupils  admitted  into  the  schools,  11 20; 
number  of  districts  in  which  schools  were  taught,  18,  two  district 
graded  schools,  and  one  township  graded  school ;  average  length 
of  school  in  days,  100;  numberof  teachers  employed,  24;  average 
daily  compensation  of  teachers  employed :  primary,  males, 
;^2.i6;  females,  ;^i.87.  In  addition  to  the  above,  Westfield 
adds  nearly  ;^3,ooo  to  the  value  of  school  property  in  the  town- 
ship. 

DIRECTORY   OF  WASHINGTON  TOWNSHIP. 

Allen,  Thomas  C. ;  farmer  ;   i^  m  n  e  Eagletown,     Born  in  N. 
C.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 


244  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


ARMSTEAD,    JAMES;    farmer;    Westfield.     Born  in    Ohio 
1853;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Friend. 

Albertson,  W.  N.;  farmer;  3  m  s   e  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind, 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Rep.     Friend. 

ARNETT,    V.    M.;    blacksmith;   Westfield.     Born  in    N.    C. 
1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.      Friend. 

Allen,  Samuel  C;  farmer  ;   i  m  s  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.      Friend. 

Andrews,    Henry;  farmer;    Eagletown.      Born   in   Ohio    1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend. 

Anderson,  Thomas ;  farmer ;   ^  m  s  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Applegate,  A.  J.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Eagletown.     Born  in 
Ind.   1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Friend. 

Anderson,  Wm.  M. ;  blacksmith  ;  6  m  n  w  Noblesville.      Born 
in  Ind.  1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Friend. 


Beauchamp,  Jesse ;  farmer  ;  4I  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  S. 
C.  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Barker,  S.    P.;  farmer;    3  m  n  w   Eagletown.      Born  in    Ohio 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.     Rep. 

Barnes,  Z.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Joliet.     Born  in  Ohio   1836;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Beals,  John;  farmer;   i  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born  in  Ohio  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  John  ;  retired  farmer  ;  i  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  A.  H.;  farmer;  2j  m  s  w  Westfield.    Born  1848.    Rep. 
Friend. 

Barker,  Edwin;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1850.     Rep.     Friend. 

Baldwin,  Isaac;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.   1805;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Friend. 


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WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  245 

Barker,  W.  D.;  farmer;   ^  m  n  Lamong.      Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  John  ;  retired  farmer;  ^  m  n  Lamong.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1818;   settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Friend. 

Barker,  J.  D.;  farmer;   ^  m  n   Lamong.      Born  in   Ind.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.      Friend. 

Barker,  Enoch;  farmer  ;   i  m  n  e  Lamong.      Born  in  Ind.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.      Friend. 

Burress,  J.  P.;  farmer  and  local  preacher;  i  m  w  Lamong.     Born 
in  Ohio  1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Bowman  William  M.;  farmer  and  trader ;  Westfield.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1835.     Rep. 

Brittain,    Henry  ;  farmer ;  2  m  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  N.    C. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Democrat, 

Bowman,  C.  R. ;  retired  merchant;  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1815;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Friend. 

Baker,   G.  H,;    farmer;    Westfield.     Born  in  Pa.  1811  ;    settled 
in  H.  C.  1850.      Rep.      Hicksite  Friend. 

BARKER,    CALEB  ;    GARDENER  ;  Westfield.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend. 

Bush,  Henry;  farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio  1850;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep. 

Barker,   Elias ;    farmer;    Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.   1820;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  .     Rep.     Friend. 

Brittian,   Wm.;    farmer  ;    i|  m  n  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1839.     Dem.     Christian. 

Boyd,  O.  M.;  farmer;  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind.  1829;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  Levi ;  farmer;  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep. 
Friend. 

Barker,    Joseph  ;    farmer ;    2  m  n  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,   E.   D.;    farmer;    2  m  n  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1856.     Rep.     Friend. 


246  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Bradfield,    EHas  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  n  w  Westfield.  ■    Born  in  Ohio 
1806;  settled  in  H.  C.   1830.      Dem.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

Bradfield,  E.  H.;    farmer;    3  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Barker,    Zimri ;    farmer;     Eagletown.       Born   in    H.    C.    1847. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Beauchamp,  W.  H.;  4^  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C.   1840; 
Rep.     Friend. 

Beals,    Phebe   E.;    farmer;    3   m  n  Eagletown.       Born  in  Ind. 
1832  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.     Friend. 

Bever,  Elias  ;   farmer;  Lamong.      Born  in  Ind.   1832;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1854. 

Bever,    Elijah;    farmer;    Lamong.      Born  in  Ind.  1837;    settled 
in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Barker,  Eli;   farmer;  Eagletown.      Born  in  H.  C.   1841.     Rep. 
F'riend. 

Beaver,  George;  farmer;  3)^  n  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.   1854; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Briles,  N.  R. ;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Wesleyan. 

Barker,    Cyrus;  farmer;  3  m    n    w    Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  Joel ;  farmer  and  brickmason  ;   2  m  n  w  Westfield.    Born 
in  N.  C.  1820;  .settled  in  H.  C.   1830.     Rep.     Friend. 

Baldwin,  J.  C;  farmer ;  Westfield.    Born  in  N.  C.  1821  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1844,     Rep.     Friend. 

Baldwin,  David  ;  farmer  ;  i^  m  s  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.  18 1 1 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep.      Friend. 

Baldwin,    N.    D.;  farmer;   ^    m    s   Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.      Rep.      Friend. 

Brown,  O.  F.;  saddle  and  harness  maker;  Westfield.     Born  in 
Ohio  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.      Baptist. 

Brown,  R.    R.;  tinner;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.   1831;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.     Friend. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  24/ 

Benson,  J.  L.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  firm  of  Benson  &  Kane  ; 
Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1 8 18;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.   Rep. 

Ballard,  Ralph  ;  cabinet  maker  and  undertaker  ;  Westfield.  Born 
in  Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Branch,  Hanibal ;  hireling;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ala.  1839; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1864.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Barker,  A.  L.;  carriage  maker  and  painter;  Westfield.  Born 
in  H.  C  1838.     Rep. 

Brindel,  John  F.;  farmer;  5I  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1853  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874. 

Boon,  Paul ;  farmer  and  mechanic;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     l^cp.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

Boon,  John  ;  mechanic ;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1799;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.      Rep.     Friend. 

Brunson,  Alonzo;  prop'r  saw  mill,  B.  &G.;  i  m  s  e  Westfield. 
Born  in  Ohio  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.      Friend. 

BROWN,  Miss  H.  O.;  milliner  ;  firm  of  Lovell  &  Brown;  West- 
field.     Born  in  Ind.   1846.      Christian. 

Bussh,  Solomon ;  farmer  ;  2f  m  s  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ohio 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep. 

Ballard,  James;  farmer;  2|  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851. 

Bowman,  Thomas  C. ;  farmer ;  i  m  w  Eagletown.  Born  in 
Ind.  1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Rep.     Friend, 

Barker,  Allen  ;  farmer  ;   ^  m  e  Eagletown. 

BRAY,  HENRY;  farmer  and  Co.  Com.;  5  m  n  w  Noblesvillc. 
Born  in  Ky.  181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Protest. 

BRiVY,  WM.  C;  farmer  and  tile  manufacturer;  firm  of  Bray  & 
Sons;  5  m  n  w  Noblesvillc.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842.  Rep. 
Friend. 

Bradfield,  E.  B. ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  e  Westfield. 

Bray,  Aaron  M.;  farmer  and  tile  manufacturer;  firm  of  Bray  & 
Sons;  5mn  w  Noblesvillc.  Born  in  H.  C.  1851.  Rep, 
Friend. 


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BRAY,  J.  M.;  farmer  and  raiser  and  dealer  in  fine  stock;  ij 
m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ind.  1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Bray,  J.  D.;  farmer  ;  i|  m  w  of  s  Deming.  Born  in  Ind.  185 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep.     Friend. 

Bales,  Lemuel ;  farmer ;  1 1/^  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ohio 
1822  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.     Friend. 

Bales,  Thomas;  retired  farmer;  ij  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in 
Tenn.  1791  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.     Friend. 

Burris,  Pleasant;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ind. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  Ezra;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     Friend. 

Barker,  Isaac  ;  farmer  ;   j4  m  n  Westfield. 

BALLARD,  JESSE;  farmer;  22^  m  s  e  Eagletown.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1807;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Ballard,  Henry ;  farmer  ;  2^  m  s  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.     Republican. 

Bush,  W.  H.;  farmer;  li  m  n  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ohio 
1847;   settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Neal  ;  farmer  ;  i|^  m  s  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

BALLARD,  ABSALOM  ;  farmer  ;  ^  m  s  Eagletown.  Born 
inN.  C.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.     Anti-Secret.   Friend. 

Bowman,  George  W.;  retired  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C; 
P.  O.,  Joliet.      Born  in  S.  C.   1817  ;    settled  in  H.  C.  1834. 

Ballard,  Franklin;  carpenter;  7  m  n  c  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P.  O. , 
Joliet.     Born  in  Ohio  1838;   settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep. 

Barker,  J.  C;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
185 1.     Rep.      Friend. 

BROWN,  O.  H.;  Druggist;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1831  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Friend. 

BRUNSON,  JOHN;  Mechanic  and  Machinist;  3  m  n  w  Car- 
mel.      Born  in  Ohio  1841;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866. 


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BRAY,  J.  M.,  Jr.;  farmer  and  tile  manufacturer;  firm  of  Bray 

81  Sons  ;    6  m  n  w .      Born  in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep. 

Friend. 

Brittain,  W.  D. ;  farmer;   i  )^  m  n  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Bond,  Rufus ;  laborer;  3  m  n  w  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  C.  185 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Rep. 

Ballard,  Levi;  farmer;  2  J  m  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C.  1848. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Brown,  J.  G. ;  tailor;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born  in  Ky.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Christian. 

Brendel,  Edward ;  farmer ;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834. 

BRENDLE,  F.  P.;  farmer;   5  m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born  in  N.C. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Protestant. 

Brendle,  J.  W.;  farmer;  Zionsville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1858. 

Brendle,  R.  A. ;  farmer  ;  7    m  n   e   Zionsville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Bond,  Calvin ;  cabinet  maker  and  undertaker ;  2    m   n   Carmel. 
Born  in  Ind.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Rep.      Friend. 

Baldwin,  Cyrus  A.;  farmer  and  teacher ;   i  m  e  Westfield.    Born 
in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Friend. 

Beaver,  Wm.;  farmer;  3^  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1823  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Methodist. 


Copeland,  J.;  farmer;  2}4  m  s  e  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1846.     Rep. 

Cox,  Richard  F. ;  retired  farmer  ;  2 J  m  s  e  Westfield.     Born  in 
N.  C.  1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1831.     Rep.      Friend. 

Carey,   Richard;  farmer;    i^  m  s  e  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  .     Rep.     Friend. 

CLAMPITT,  JOELK.;  farmer;    i  m  s  e  Westfield.     Born  in 
Ind.  1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Friend. 


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Clark,  W.  C;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Clark,  Caleb  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  e  Westfield. 

CHANCE,  JOHN  ;  proprietor  steam  thrasher;  2|  m  n  e  West- 
field.  Born  in  Ohio  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.  Rep. 
Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Cloud.  Seth  ;  farmer;  1^  m  s  of  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Friend. 

Cain,  John  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1845  I 
settled  in  H.  C.   18—. 

Clark,  Alpheus  ;  farmer  ;  3I  m  s  vv  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1847  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.     Friend. 

Clark,  Edmon  ;  farmer;  31^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.     Rep.      Friend. 

Clark,  Milton  ;  farmer  ;  2^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep. 

Cloud,  Mordecai ;  farmer  ;  2 1^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep-      Friend. 

Clark,  Harmon  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N,  C. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Rep.      Friend. 

Corbin,  John  M.;  farmer  ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.C.;  P.O.,  Joliet. 
Born  in  Ky.   1808;  settled  in  H.  C.   1861.      Dem.     Christ. 

Carl,  Jesse ;  farmer ;  7I  m  n  e  Zionsville. 

Conrad,  Sam'l  N. ;  carpenter;  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C.   1850. 

Cox,  L.  L. ;  carpenter;  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind.   1850. 

Cain,  Nathan;  carpenter;  Eagletown.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Rep. 

Chance,  E.  N.;  farmer;  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind  1847.      Rep. 

Collier,  Joseph  B. ;  retired  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Va. 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Rep.     Friend. 

Chance,  Elias  N.;  farmer;  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind.   1848. 

Carey,  Cyrus;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1829;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1836.      Rep.     Friend. 


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Carey,  EH  ;  farmer  ;  2J  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1825  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cook,  Milton;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  183 1 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Protestant. 

CLOUD,  JOEL ;  farmer  and  BLACKSMITH  ;  2  m  s  e  Eagle- 
town.  Born  in  Tenn.  1800;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.  Rep. 
Friend. 

Cloud,  Joseph  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1842  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Friend. 

Carey,  J.;  farmer;  2|  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1831  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.      Friend. 

Clark,  H.  T. ;  farmer;  i  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  185 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cox,  Solomon  ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Cox,  Stephen;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1840;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 86 1.     Rep.     Friend. 

CLARK,  N.  H.;  FARMER;  1 1<  m  n  e  Eagletown.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Friend. 

Commons,  J.  M.;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend. 

Craver,  Andrew ;  blacksmith;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Friend. 

CONKLIN,  W.  H.;  DRUG,  GROCERY,  AND  NOTION 
STORE;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1836;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1849.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Carter,  Elwood ;  gardener;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cottrell,  J.  B.;  farmer;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1848;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.     Indpt. 

Cloud,  J.  B.;  saw-milling;  10  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.     Rep. 

Cox,  Nicholas;  farmer;  ^  m  n  e  Lamong.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     Friend. 


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Collins,  Wm.;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C.  18 14; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Clark,  Jesse;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 

Carey,  D.  M.;  farmer;  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849.  ^^P- 
Friend. 

Crockett,  S.;  farmer;  2^^  m  n  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Pa.  1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Democrat. 

Conred,  J.  L.;  farmer  ;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.  BorninN.C.  181 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1836.      Rep.     Christian. 

COX,  Mrs.  HANNAH  H.;  TAILORESS  AND  DRESS  MA- 
KER ;  all  work  done  to  order ;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Capple,  M.  L.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  185 1 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Corn,  Franklin  ;  farmer  ;  Deming. 

Collins,  William  ;  farmer ;  6  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Cloud,  Eli;  saw-milling;  10  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1834.     Rep.     Friend. 

Collins,  H.;  retired  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  R,  I.  1798; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.      Friend. 

Corridan,  J.;  laborer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1822;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Catholic. 

Cloud,  William  C. ;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1827; 
.settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.      Friend. 

Chappell,  John;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Va.  18 19;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1839.      Rep.     Friend. 

CHAPPELL,  BENJ.  C;  farmer;  J^  m  n  Westfield.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1846.     Rep. 

Cain,  Levi;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  H.  C.  1840.  Indpt. 
Protestant. 

Carpenter,  William  F. ;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Friend. 


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Commons,    Jacob;  farmer;    Westfield.      Born  in   N.    C.    1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Friend. 

Cambell,    Isaac ;    farmer  and   carpenter ;     i    m   s  w  Westfield. 
Born  in  Ohio  1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.     Rep.     Friend. 

CARTER,   ALBERT  ;    farmer  ;    1 14:  m  w  Westfield.     Born  in 
Tenn.   1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Wes.  Meth. 

Clark,  Lindley ;  farmer;   2J  m  s  w  Westfield. 

Cook,  Asa;    farmer;   ^  m  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C.  1840. 
Anti-Secret.      Friend. 

Cain,   Wiatt ;    farmer  ;    ^  m  s  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cutrell,  Lewis  ;  farmer;  i  m  s  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Rep.      Friend. 

Clinton,  James;  wagon  maker;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville ;  P.  O.,  Jol- 
iet.  Born  in  Ky.  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.  Rep. 
Methodist  Episcopal. 

Chance,  Joshua  ;  farmer  ;  2J  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837.     Rep. 

Chance,  Isaac;  farmer;  2|  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Cardwell,  P.;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Rep.     Friend. 

Carter,  Josephus  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep. 

Cook,  L.  H.;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Noblesville,  Born  in  Ind.  1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep. 

Common,  I.  N.;  farmer  ;  2J  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867. 

Conklin,  John  S. ;  retired  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep.     Methodist  Episcopal. 

CHAPPELL,  J.  F.;  proprietor  of  saw  mill,  Chappell  &  Bro.; 
Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1847.     I^<^P-      Protestant. 

Chappell,  Thomas ;  proprietor  of  saw  mill,  Chappell  &  Bro. 


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Collins,  Robert;  farmer;    ^^^  m  n  Westfield.    Born  in  Ind.   1852. 
Indep't.     Protestant. 

Cox,  Elnathan  ;  toll-gate  keeper;   ^  m  n  Westfield.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Friend. 

Coffin,  B.  F.;  physician;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ohio   18 17;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Clampitt,  H.;  proprietor  tile  factory;  Westfield.   Born  in  N.  C. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.      Friend. 

Clark,  Nathan  C;  farmer  and  stock  trader ;   i  ^  m  s  Westfield. 

Carey,  Zenas  ;  retired  farmer  ;  Westfield.      Born  in  Va.    1802; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      Rep.      Friend. 

Clark,  Nathan  C;  farmer  and  stock  trader;  li  m  s  Westfield. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.    Rep.    Friend. 

CLAYTON,  WILLIS  ;  farmer  ;  4J  m  s  w  Westfield.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1852.     Rep.      Friend. 

Clayton,  John  ;  farmer;  4I  m  s  w  Westfield.      Born  in    H.    C. 
1850.      Rep.      Friend. 


Davis,  J.;  wagon  maker  and  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Zionsville      Born 
in  N.  C.  18 14;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protest. 

Dye,  D.  C;  farmer  ;  2  m  w  of  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  Pa.  1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Christian. 

Davis,  Linley;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Dawson,  Wm. ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C. 

Duplan,    M.    L.;    blacksmith;    Westfield,     Born    in    Louisiana 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Presbyterian. 

Dye,    George  R.;    harness  maker ;  Eagletown.      Born   in  Ind. 
1836.     Christian. 

DILLON,  JOHN  B.;  farmer;  6m  n  w   Noblesville.     Born   in 
N.  C.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep. 

Davis,  John  ;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1794;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1 83 1.     Rep.     Friend. 


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Day,    Charles;  farmer;  Joliet.     Born  in  Ind.    1838;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1873.     Dem.      United  Brethren. 

Dunn,  J.;  farmer;   lo  m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born  in  K^.  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep. 

Davis,    William;    farmer;    Lamong.      Born    in    H.    C.     1853. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Davis,  Cyrus;  farmer;  Lamong.      Born  in  H.  C.  1855.     Friend. 

Davis,  Nathan;  farmer;  Lamong.     Born  in  N.    C.    1832;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Friend. 

DAVIS,  DANIEL  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  e  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep.      Friend. 

Davis,    N.    S.;  stone  mason;  Carmel.     Born   in   N.    C.    1817  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1832,      Rep,     Friend. 

Davis,  Amos  ;  farmer  and  minister  ;  Carmel.      Born  in   H.  C. 
1849.     Rep.     Friend. 

Davis,  Spencer;  farmer;  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.  1846.      Rep. 
Wesleyan. 

Davis,  Abner;  farmer;   2|  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  N.   C. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843      Rep.     Friend. 

Davis,  M.  L.;  farmer;    3  m  n  w  Westfield.       Born  in  H.   C. 
1845.     Rep.      Friend. 

Davis,  John  P.;  farmer;    4  m  n  Eagletown.       Born  in  N.   C. 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Friend. 

Davis,  Caleb  B. ;  farmer ;    3  m  n  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.     Rep.     Friend. 

Dwigans,  J,  W.;  blacksmith;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ohio   1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep. 

DAY,  SILAS;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1853; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Friend. 

Denny,  J.;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ohio   1824;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1874.     Republican. 

Denney,  Eli  ;  laborer ;  blind ;  Westfield. 

Davis,  Charles;   farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.   1795;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep. 


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Dwigans,  Wm.;  blacksmitli ;  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1847; 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Dwigans,  J.  R.;  teamster  and  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Davis,  J.  W.;  farmer;  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind.  1855;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep. 

Dalton,  Wyatt;  farmer;  Zionsville.  Born  in  Va.  1798;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1853.     Rep.     Christian. 

Davis,  Mahlon ;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Va.  1833;  set- 
tled in  H.  C  1852.      Dem.     Christian. 

Dove,  S.  C;  physician;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1862.     Rep.     Friend. 

DOAN,  ABEL ;  farmer ;  >^  m  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Friend. 

Dotson,  James;  painter;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ky.  1838;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.      Rep.      Protestant. 

ELLIS,  ALBERT  F.;  farmer ;  5  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1854;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.  Rep.  Methodist 
Episcopal. 

Estle,  Elihu  ;  farmer;  3I  m  s  w  Westfield.    Born  in  H.  C.  1854. 

Estle,  James  A. ;  farmer  ;  2  14^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Edwards,  R. ;  general  merchandising;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C; 
P.  O.,  Joliet.  Born  in  Ind.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 
Methodist  Episcopal. 

Earl,  James  H.;  farmer;  if  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ind. 
1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.      ist  Christian. 

Estes,  Prof.  Lewis  A.;  school-teacher;  Westfield.  Born  in 
Maine  181 5;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Friend. 

EDWARDS,  JOHN  D.;  farmer;  if  m  w  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ind.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Friend. 

Elliott,  I.  T.;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1827;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Friend. 


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Elder,  James  ;  farmer  ;   3^^  m  s  e  Westfield.    Born  in  N.  C.  1835  J 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     K.ep-      Friend. 

Elston,   Micajah ;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.       Born  in  Ky. 
1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Dem.      Christian. 

Elston,  J.  A.;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.   Born  in  H.  C.  1835. 
Dem.      Christian. 

Estle,  J.  L.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C.  1838. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Earl,  S.  R.;  farmer;   3  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.   1840;  .set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Elder,   Jonathan;    farmer;    2^  m  n  w  Eaf(letown.       Born  in 
N.  C.   1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      l^^T- 

Edwards,  James ;  farmer  ;  2  m  n   Eagletown.      Born   in   N.  C. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Edwards,  Joseph  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n   Eagletown,     Born  in  N.  C. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Elrod,  George;  farmer;  Lamong.      Born  in  Ind.   1842;  settled 
in  H,  C.   1873.      Rep.     United  Brethren. 

Estes,     Rowland  ;    school-teacher  ;    Westfield.       Born   in   Ind. 
185  I  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Embree,  E.;  carpenter;  Westfield.     Born   in   Ohio    1830;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Emry,  Wm.  H.;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  w   Westfield.     Born   in   Ohio 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Friend. 

Estle,  Job  ;  farmer  ;  4^  m  s  of  w  Westfield.        Born    in   N.  J. 
1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Friend. 

Frost,  I.saac ;  farmer;   3ms   Eagletown.      Born  in    1829;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Fodrea,  Levi   P.;    teacher  of  penmanship;   3^  m   n  Westfield. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.      P>icnd. 

Fouch,  J.  P.;  farmer;    i^  m  n    w   Joliet.      Born   in   Ky.   1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1832.      Rep.     United  Brethren. 

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258  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Fields,   A.  L. ;  hireling;  Westfield.     Born  in  N,   C.   1848;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Freeman,  William;  farmer;  2  m  s  Sheridan.     Born  in   H.    C. 
1844.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Fleming,  James;  farmer;  4^  m  s  w  Westfield.     Born  in  N.   C. 
1812  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1839.     ^^P-      Friend. 

Funderburgh,  A.  E.;  farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio  1833  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1857.      ^cp-     Protestant. 

Freemen,  Abraham;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Zionsvillc,  B.  C;  P.  O.. 
Johet. 

Fauslight,  Harman  ;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;   P.  O., 
Jolict. 

Fodrea,  David  ;  farmer;  3I  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in  N.C.  1819; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1841.      Rep.      Friend. 

Gause,  Stephen   A.;    farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in   Ohio    1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.     Rep.      Friend. 

Gilpin,  J.  R.;  farmer;  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ohio  1849;  settled 
in  H.  C.  185  I.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Gardner,  G.    N.;    farmer  ;    5   m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born   in  Ind. 
1852  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Rep.     Christian. 

Green,  T.  E.;  logman;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio  185  i  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.      Friend. 

GILBERT,    C.    R.;    blacksmith;    W^estfield.      Born  in   N.    Y. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Gause,  Joseph;  farmer;   i|  m   n  e  Eagletown.     Born  in  Ohio 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.      Rep.      Friend. 

(iordon,  B.  S.;  blacksmith  ;  2J  m  n  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1847;  settled  in  H.  C    1870.     Rep.     Protestant. 

GREATHOUSE,    JOHN;    carpenter;    4   m    s   w  Westfield. 
Born  in  111.   1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep. 

Gunn,  Wm.;  farmer;  2^  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C.  1854. 

GUNN,  JOHN  C.   F.;    farmer;   2|  m  n  e  Westfield.      Born  in 
H.  C.   1855.      Rep. 


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GILPIN,  THOMAS;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Pa.  1805; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      l^ep- 

Gunn,  Joseph  ;  farmer;    i  i^  m  w  Eagletown. 

Gilpin,  James  ;   farmer  ;   Eagletown. 

Gillin,  J.  M.;  farmer;  i^^  m  s  Deming.  Born  in  N.  C.  1845  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Wesleyan  Methodi.st. 

Green,  A.;  farmer;  3ms  I'^agletovvn.      Born  in  1828.     Friend. 

Gilpin,  Henry;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1840;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep.      Protestant. 

GLICK,  ELIAS  ;  dealer  in  fancy  goods  and  notions  ;  Westfield. 
Born  in  Hungary,  P^urope,  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 
Rep.      Lsraelite. 

GREEN,  DANIEL  C.;  proprietor  saw-mill ;  i  m  s  e  Westfield. 
Born  in  Ohio  1847;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.     Rep. 

Gurley,  C.  C.;  farmer;  i|-  m  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      ^^P-      Friend. 

GRAY,  MILTON;  farmer;  ^  m  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.C. 
1835;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep. 

Hollis,  Wm.;  shoemaker;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1848;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   18—.     Rep. 

Hinshaw,  A.  S. ;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  groceries;  firm  of 
Williams  &  Hinshaw;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Friend. 

HOLLIS,  R.  C;  boot  and  shoemaker ;  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ky.  1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.      Meth.  P^piscopal. 

HOLLIS,  F.  M.;  boot  and  shoemaker ;  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ohio  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.     Rep.     ist  Christian. 

HESS,  A.  P.;  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  boots  and  shoes;  firm 
of  Hess  &  Bro.;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1833  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1839.      Rep. 

HESS,  CALVIN  ;  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  boots  and  shoes; 
firm  of  Hess  &  Bro.;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1843  '-  •''^t- 
tlcd  in  H.  C.   18—.     Rep. 


260  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


HoUis,  G.  N.;  shoemaker;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1844.     Rep. 

HINSHAW,  JOHN;  farmer  and  tile  manufacturer;  3  m  n 
w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1824;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1 85 1.     Rep.      Friend. 

Horton,  G.  VV.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ky. 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Dem.     Christian. 

Hiatt,  Solomon  ;  retired  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in 
N.  C.   1791  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hiatt,  Mrs.  Jane  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Va. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.     Rep.     Friend. 

Horton,    H.   W.;    farmer;    4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C. 

1849.      ^SP-     Friend. 

HAINES,     HINCHMAN;     farmer;     31^     m  n    e    Carmel. 

Born  in  Ohio  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.  Rep.     Friend. 

Hubbard,  J.  R.;  farmer  and  teacher  ;  i|  m  s  Westfield.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1861.      Rep.      Friend. 

Hershey,  B.  F. ;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Hodson,  Cyrus  ;  farmer  ;  3^  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ohio 
1840;   settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Hodson,  Jesse;  farmer  and  mechanic;  3J  m  s  w  Deming.  Born 
inN.C.  1798;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.    Rep.    Mohammedan. 

Harvey,  Josiah  ;  farmer;  i|  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.      Friend. 

Hockett,  H.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.      Friend. 

Hiatt,  John  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Friend. 

Hiatt,  PElam  ;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1821; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.  Dem.  Friend.  The  only  Demo- 
cratic Quaker  in  Washington  township. 

Hines,  B.  H.;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.  BorninH.C.  1842. 
Rep.      Methodist. 


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Harvey,  Jas.;  farmer  and  minister;   3  m  n  w   Carmel.      Born  in 
1834.      Rep.     Friend.      Not  at  home. 

Hanes,  J.  M.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.   1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Hinshaw,  Daniel;  farmer;   2J  m  s   Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.     Reformer.    Meth.  Episcopal. 

Harness,   John ;    laborer ;    5    m    n   e   Zionsville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem. 

Hopkins,  James  ;  blacksmith  ;  4J  m  n  e  Zionsville. 

HODGIN,  HENRY  H.;  farmer;  3I  m   s  w  Westfield.      Born 
in  N.  C.   1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      ^^P-      Friend. 

Hinshaw,  S.;  farmer;   i  m  n  e  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.  1842  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1862.     Rep.      Friend. 

HINSHAW,  ALFRED  ;  carpenter  ;   ^  m  n  Lamong.     Born 
in  N.  C.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Rep. 

Hutchens,  C.  V.;  farmer;   ^  m  n  w  Lamong.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Harold,  John  ;  farmer  ;  4^  m   s   w  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind. 
1833.     Rep.     Friend. 

HARVEY,   SANFORD;    farmer;    i^  m  s  Eagletown.     Born 
in  Ind.  1849.      Indpt.      Christian. 

Hine,    J.  P.;  farmer;   i|   m   s  w    Eagletown.     Born  in   N.  C. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1832. 

Hine,    A.    L.;   farmer;    i|  m   s   w    Eagletown.      Born  in    1849. 
New  Light. 

Henderson,    L. ;  farmer;  4  m   s   w    Westfield.      Born    in    Ohio 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.     Rep. 

Harold,    S.;  farmer  ;   2   m  s   e  Westfield.      Born  in   Ind.   1832  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.      Friend. 

Hilderbrant,  A.;  proprietor  saw-mill;  i  m   s  e  Westfield.      Born 
in  Ohio  1849  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873. 

Hiatt,  Isaac;  engineer;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.  1841.      Rep. 

Hammer,  John  ;  farmer  ;   3   m  s   e    Westfield.      Born    in   Tenn. 
1832  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.      Friend. 


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Hanes,  Hinchman  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Carmel. 

Harman,  George ;  farmer  ;  2i  m  n  e  Wcstficld.  Born  in  Pa. 
1805  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.      Meth.  Episcopal. 

Hardesty,  Jonathan ;  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  boots  and 
shoes;  Westficld.  Born  in  Ind.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1855.      R«-'P- 

Hinshaw,  Thomas  M.;  student;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.      Friend. 

Hiatt,  Eliel ;  farmer;  i|  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Va.  18 10; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep.      Friend. 

Hiatt,  Larkin ;  farmer;  2|^  m  s  w  W'estfield.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.     Friend. 

Hill,  Henry  B.;  farmer  ;  2t  m  s  of  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.      Friend. 

Harness,  John;  harness  maker;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P. 
O.,  Joliet.  Born  in  Ohio  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867. 
Dem. 

Hobson,  Wm.;  farmer;  i|  m  w  l^agletown.  Born  in  Ind. 
1819  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

Heifer,  A.  Y.;  shoemaker;  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868. 

Hartley,  Mahlon  ;  harness  maker  ;  Eagletown. 

Hardey,  G.  M.;  farmer;  i^  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Rep.      Friend. 

HUTCHENS,  J.  F.;  farmer;  2  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Rep.      Wesleyan. 

HUNT,  CYRUS  A.;  farmer;  3  m  s  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.   185  i.      Rep.      Friend. 

Hodgin,  Elias  ;  farmer  ;  3ms  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1803;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.      Friend. 

Hodgin,  Era.stus  ;  farmer;  3  m  s  \v  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1828;  .settled  in  H.  C.   1851.     Rep.      Friend. 

HO.SKIN,  J.  W.;  carriage  apprentice;  Westfield.  Born  in 
Iowa  r8s5  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep. 


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Hiatt,  Rev.  J.  W.;    minister  of  Wesleyan  Church;    Westfield. 
Born  in  Ind.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Wesley. 

Hiatt,  Isaac  ;  carpenter  and   engineer  ;  Westfield.     Born  in   H. 
C.  1842.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Hill,  S.;  farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.   1848  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1866.      Rep.     Friend. 

Hiatt,  A.;  at  leisure  ;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1794;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1839.     RsP-     Friend. 

Hayworth,  J.;  farmer;   i  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  inN.C.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Hunt,  Calvin;  farmer  and  Tp.  Trustee;  i  m  n  Westfield.     Born 
in  Ind.  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Friend. 

Hunt,  Charles ;    literary    student ;  Westfield.     Born  in   H.    C. 
1854.      Rep.      Wesleyan. 

Howe,  A.  P. ;  salesman  in   dry  goods  store ;  Westfield.     Born 
in  Mass.   1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep. 

Hershey,  Benjamin  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born  in   Pa. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep. 

HAWORTH,  I.  E. ;  farmer  and  trader  ;  5  m   n  w  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1840.     Rep.     Friend. 

Haskett,   Daniel;  farmer;  2   m  s  w   Deming.      Born   in  N.  C. 
1 8 19.     Rep.     Friend. 

HARVEY,  O.  B.;  farmer;   ij  m  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  Ind. 

1847. 
HOSKINS,  M.  S.;  farmer;   ij  m  e  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C. 

1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Rep.     Friend. 

Inman,  C.  F.;  farmer;   5  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Va.  1847  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Inman,  W.  H.;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Va.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Inman,  W.  T.;  farmer  ;  6  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Va.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Protestant. 


264  HAMILTON    COUNT\. 


INMAN,  JONATHAN  ;  farmer  ;  2^  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in 
N.  C.  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Inman,  Thomas  E.;  engineer;  Eagletown.     Born  in  Ind.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18—.      Rep. 

Inman,  E.  T.;   proprietor  Eagletown  Mills  ;  Eagletown.     Born 
in  N.  C.  1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839. 

Inman,  Robert  C;    farmer  ;    2|  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born  in  Va. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 


Jessup,   Samuel;    farmer;    4  m   n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind. 
1 841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      R^p.     Friend. 

JESSUP,  WESLEY ;    farmer  ;    4   m    n    w    Westfield,      Born 
in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.      Friend. 

Johnson,  A.  F.;   farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.   1853  !  set 
tied  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.     Protestant. 

John,  Mary;    farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  Tenn.   1826;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1850.      Friend. 

Jessup,    Morris ;    farmer  and   blacksmith  ;     5   m  s  w  Westfield. 
Born  in  Ind.   1826;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Jones,  Thos.;  farmer-   5  m  n  e  Zionsville.     Born  in  Ohio  1852  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep. 

Jeffries,  Elam  ;  farmer;   2ms  Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Johnson,   Samuel ;    farmer  ;    2  m  s  e  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Jessup,  E.;   farmer;    i   m    n   e   Westfield.      Born   in   Ind.   1836; 
.settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.      Friend. 

JESSUP,  WESLEY  ;  farmer  and  butcher;  4  m  n  w  Westfield. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1846.      Rep. 

Jerrill,  J.  M.;  farmer;  2J  m  n  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  N.  C.   1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.      Wesleyan. 

Johnson,  Cyrus  ;  farmer  ;   3  J  m  s  w   Westfield.      Born   in   Ind. 
1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.      Friend. 


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Jolley,  J.  W. ;  carpenter;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1836;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.     Methodist  Episcopal. 

Johnson,  Nathan  ;  farmer  ;  i  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Johns,  J.  v.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Joliet.  Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Rep. 

Johns,  Henry;  farmer;  2  m  n  Joliet.  Born  in  Ky.  1809;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep.      Methodist. 

JONES,  D.  M.;  farmer;  >^  m  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.      Baptist. 

Jessup,  I.  J.;  butcher;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1835;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1849.      Rep.     Christian. 

Jolley,  Wm.;  painter;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1856;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep. 

Johnson,  Theo. ;  farmer;  10  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Johnson,  P.  W. ;  farmer;  10  miles  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in 
Ohio  1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.    Rep.    Meth. 

Johnson,  Wm.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Va. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.      Friend. 

JOLLEY,  GEORGE;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1855; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

JUDD,  WM.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Eagletown.  Born  in  N. 
C.   1828  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Christian. 

Jeffries,  A.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.  Bom  in  Ohio  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1838.     Rep.     Friend. 

Jester,  Jacob;  farmer;  i  m  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1802; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      ^ep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Jeffries,  John  H.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847  ;   settled  in  H.  C.  18—. 

Johns,  Daniel  S. ;  stock  trader  ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P.  O. 
Joliet.  Born  in  Ind.  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.  Rep. 
Methodist  P2piscopal. 


266  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Jones,    D.    F.;    farmer  and  Justice  of  the  Peace;    Eagletown. 
Born  in  N.  Y.  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.     Rep. 

Johnson,  A.  L.;    farmer;    5  m  n  w  Noblcsville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Friend. 

JOLLEY,  J.  W.;  carpenter;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Methodist  Fvpiscopal. 

Kenyon,  Charles;  carpenter;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  Y.   1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.   i860.     Rep.     Christian. 

Kenyon,  l^ariah  ;  farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  R.  I.  1794;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Friend. 

Kinkman,  J.  F. ;    farmer;    i^  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Knight,  Samuel;  farmer;  2|  m  n  vv  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.C. 
1815  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.      Friend. 

Knight,  S. ;  farmer  ;  2|  m  n  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.  18 12; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.      Rep. 

Kane,  Isaac;   farmer;    i  m  s  Eagletown.      Born  in  H.  C.   1851. 

Knotts,  Wilson  T. ;  farmer ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville. 

Kinder,  Samuel ;    carpenter  and  contractor  ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville, 

B.  C;    P.  O.,  Joliet.      Born  in  Ireland  1819;"  settled  in  H. 

C.  1873.      Rep.      Methodist  Episcopal. 

Keys,  John;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.   1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Rep.     Friend. 

Kendall,  Allen  ;  farmer  ;   2  m  n  w   Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Rep-      Friend. 

Kendall,  Levi;  farmer;   2    m    n   w    Westfield.      Born   in    H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.      Friend. 

Kane,  Dr.;  Westfield.      Born    in   Ohio    1833;  settled   in   H.  C. 
1853.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Kenyon,  H.  G.;   merchant;   Westfield.      Born  in   N.    Y.    1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Christian. 

Kenyon,  S.  G.;  salesman;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.   1851  ;   set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1852.      Rep.      Friend. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  26/ 

Kenyon,  O.  B.;  drug  clerk;  Westfield.     Born   in  H.    C.    i<S54. 

Rep.     PViend. 
KERR,     WM.    M.;     horse    trader;      Westfield.        Born    in 

N.  C.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

KIVETT,  ZIMRI ;  farmer  and  minister;  2  m  n  w  Westfield. 
Born  in  Ind.    1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Kreeger,  James  ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Lloyd,  John  ;  wagon  maker;  2%  vc\  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.     Friend. 

Lindley,  Thos. ;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1843.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

LOVELL,  MRS.  AMY;  Dressmaker  and  Milliner;  West- 
field.     Give  her  a  call. 

LOVELL,  DORA  ;  milliner.     Westfield. 

Lamb,  Alton  ;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1836;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1846.      Republican. 

Lore,  Jacob ;  farmer;  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C.  18 16;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Lane,  Jacob;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C.   185 1.      Rep. 

Friend. 
Lamb,  H.  A.;  farmer;  2ms  of  e  Westfield.    Born  in  Ind.  1848; 

settled  in  H.  C.  .      Christian. 

LOVELL,  MRS.  AMY;  milliner;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1 84 1.      Christian. 

LYNCH,  JEREMIAH  ;  carriage-smith ;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ire- 
land 1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.      Rep. 

Lane,  J.  W.;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  groceries;  firm  of  Parr  & 
Lane.  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  P.  O.  JoHet.  Born  in 
Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

LINDLEY,  ELIZABETH  B.;  4  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ohio  1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1841.      Friend. 

Lindley,  John  P.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1855.      Friend. 


268  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Moore,  R.  W.;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N,  C.  i.'^iS  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Friend. 

Millikan,  Milton ;  farmer;  6m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Union.     Friend. 

Moore,  S.;  farmer  ;  4^^  m  n  \v  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Moore,  Wm.  T.;  farmer;  3^  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Mendenhall,  James;  farmer;  Eagletown.  I^orn  in  N.  C.  1818  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.      Friend. 

MOON,  WILLIAM;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1831.  Oldest  settler  now  living  in 
the  township.      Rep. 

Moon,  A.  H.;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  H.  C.  1851.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

Moon,  H.  E.;  farmer;  Eagletown.  BorninH.  C.  1853.  Rep. 
Friend. 

Moore,  Joseph;  farmer;  2  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio 
1817  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.      Rep.      Friend. 

Moore,  J.  L.;  teacher;  4^  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1842  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep.      Friend. 

Moore,  Thomas  ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  S.  C. 
1815  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Rep.     Christian. 

Moore,  A.  J.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C.  1845. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

MOORE,  S.  W.;  flirmer ;  5  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  H..  C. 
1840.      Rep.     Christian. 

Mills,  Jabez  ;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1846;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      P'riend. 

Moore,  M.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1843. 
Rep.      P"riend. 

Miller,  Wm.;  plasterer;  3  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ireland 
1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Catholic. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  269 

Moore,  Edward  ;  farmer  ;  3^  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.      Rep.      Methodist. 

MILLS,  HUDSON;  farmer  and  teacher;  4  m  .s  vv  West- 
field.  Born  in  Ind.  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.  Rep. 
Friend. 

Mower,  Henry  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Moon,  Simon;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1824;  settled 
in  H.  C.   183 1.      Rep.      Friend. 

Moon,  Charles;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Morris,  Eli;  farmer;  2  m  n  c  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Moon,  Riley;  farm'er  ;  2  m  n  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1815  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1831.     Rep. 

Morris,  John  ;  farmer;  2  m  nc  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C  181 3; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Moon,  Clarkson  ;  farmer;  3  m  n  Westfield.  Bgrn  in  H.  C. 
1850.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Moon,  Elwood  ;  farmer;  3  m  n  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 
Protestant. 

Morris,  M.  C. ;  farmer;  i  m  w  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Mills,  Caleb;  clerk;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  18 16;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1861.      Rep.     Friend. 

Murphy,  Wm.;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1806;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1836.      Rep.      Friend. 

McCoy,  Wm.  F.;  blacksmith;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep.     Christian. 

McCoy,  Joseph  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1853  ; 
-settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Morgan,  Thomas ;  farmer ;  3!  m  s  w  Westfield.  Settled  in 
H.  C. . 


270  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Mills,   Hiram;  farmer;  35^    m    s  w    Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836. 

Mills,  Isaac;  farmer;    i^  m  s  e  Eagletown.     Born  in  Ind.   1847; 
settled  in  H.  C. .      Rep.      PViend. 

Mills,  Drura;   farmer;    i^    m  s    e    Eagletown.      Born  in  Ohio 
1808;  settled  in  H   C.  1835.      Rep.      Friend. 

MILLER,  LEWIS ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N. 
C.   1800;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834. 

McShane,  W.  F.;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H,  C.  .      Rep.      Protestant. 

Manlove,  W.  E.;  carpenter;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville.      P.  O.  Joliet ; 
Born  in  H.  C.   1845.      Methodist. 

Maston,  R.  J.;  farmer;  |m  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1870. 

Mabrey,  Willis  ;  farmer ;    }{    m   w  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.'' 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.   185 1.      Rep.     M.  Baptist. 

Martin,  James;  druggist;  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ohio  1820;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1872. 

McP'arling,  George  B.;  gunsmith  ;  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1817  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852. 

MiUis,    C.    W.;     carpenter;    Westfield.      Born   in   N.    C.    1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.      Rep.      Methodist. 

McShane,  Owen ;  farmer  ;   ^3  m  w  Joliet. 

McCain,  H.  B.;  minister;   I5  m  s  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  S.  C. 
1813;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Mercer,  A.  J.;  farmer;   i^-  m   Eagletown,      Born  in  Ind.   1835  ^ 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Christian. 

Mills,  Joseph  ;   pump  maker  ;   7  m  n  e  Zionsville ;  P.  O.  Joliet. 
Born  in  Ind.   1843;  settled  in  H.  C.   1851.      Christian. 

Mills,  Thomas    D.;  .sawyer  ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,      P.  O,   Joliet. 
Born  in  N.  C,  1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Democrat. 

McShane,  J.  P.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind. 
1847.     Rep,     Protestant. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  "  27 1 

Mower,  Henry ;  retired  farmer ;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  N.  C.   1802;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.       Methodist. 

Manlove,  Mrs.  Mary  J,;  6^  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Methodist. 

Ma"nlove,  George  P.;  farmer;  6^  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1850. 

Miller,  William  ;  plasterer  ;   3  m  s  e  Westfield. 

Morford,  W.  H.;  farmer;  3i  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ky. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     ^^T-      First  Christian. 

MENDENHALL,  E.  T. ;  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  boots 
and  shoes  ;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1 86 1.     Rep.      Christian. 

Newcomer,  H.  H.;  farmer;  5^  m  n  w  Joliet.  Born  in  Ind. 
1853;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Nance,  H.;  carpenter;  Lamong.  Born  in  N.  C.  1850;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1870.      Dem.      Friend. 

Newby,  Samuel;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Rep.     Friend. 

NEAL,  THOMAS  J.;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Tenn. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Newcomer,  Levi;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.      Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Newcomer,  Christian  ;  retired  farmer  ;  Lamong.  A  soldier  in 
the  war  of  18 12.  Born  in  Pa.  1792  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838. 
Rep. 

Northam,  C.  W. ;  engineer  grist  mill  and  woolen  factory ;  W'est- 
field.  Born  in  N.  C.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.  Rep. 
Wesleyan. 

Northam,  Milton  ;  salesman  in  grocery  store  ;  Westfield.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      ^^^p.     Wesleyan. 

Nichleson,  Abel ;  farmer ;  10  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.   1841.      Rep. 

Nichleson,  James;  farmer;  10  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  H. 
C.   1843.      Rep.      Protestant. 


272  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Owen,  Griffin;  farmer;    i    m    n    c    Westfield.      Born  in  N.    C. 
181 3  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871. 

Osborn,  E. ;  farmer;  4  m   n   w   Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.   1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1863.     Rep.      Friend. 

Outland,  Rodger  (colored);  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1797;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.      Friend. 

Outland,  S.  (colored);  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1870.     Rep. 

Osborn,  Charles;  farmer;  35^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 

Osborn,  H.  A.;  blacksmith.  Born  in  Ind.  1849;  settled  in  H. 
C.  . 

Pierce,  A.  M.;  laborer;  Lamong.  Born  in  N.  C.  1849;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.      Protestant. 

J'ettijohn,  S.;  farmer;  Lamong,  Born  in  H.  C.  1848.  Rep. 
Wesleyan. 

Parr,  J.  W.;  farmer;  Lamong.  Born  in  H.  C.  1835.  Dem. 
Methodist. 

Parr,  ^J.  H.;  farmer;  Lamong.  Born  in  H.  C.  1843.  Dem. 
Protestant. 

Pettijohn;  C.  S.  W. ;  farmer;  Lamong.  Born  in  Ohio  1835  '< 
settled  in  H.  C.   1847.     ^.cp.      Methodist. 

Parr,  David  ;  farmer ;  Lamong.  Born  in  Tenn.  1 804 ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1844.     Dem.     Protestant. 

PETTIJOHN,  J.  B. ;  physician  and  surgeon;  Westfield.  Born 
in  Ohio  1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep. 

Penning,  Levi;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  18 12;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1836.     Rep.      P>iend. 

Porter,  H.;  wood  sawyer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1845.      R^T- 

Pierce,  James  W.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  6  m  n  w  Westfield. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.  Rep.  Wes- 
leyan Methodist. 


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Parr,  James  R.;  farmer;   ^  m  w  Lamong.     Born  in  Tenn.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1840.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Pitts,    Isaac;    farmer;    2)^  m  n  w  Eagletown.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1810;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.      Friend. 

Pitts,    Milton;    farmer;    2)^  m   n  w  Eagletown.       Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      United  Brethren. 

Perisho,    J.    M.;    farmer;    3  m  n  w  Westfield.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.      Rep.     Friend. 

Pennington,   Isaac;    farmer;    }^  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  H. 
C.   185 1.     Rep.     Friend. 

Patterson,  E.;  merchant;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1828  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.      Friend. 

Perry,  Wyatt ;  farmer;  2|  m  n  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  18 13; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1 85 1.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Pfaff,  Thomas  ;  horseman.     Born  in  H.  C.   1849.     Rep.     Meth. 

Parker,  R.;  farmer;   5  m  n  e   Zionsville.      Born  in  Ind.   1849; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep- 
Pruett,   George  ;    farmer ;    3   m  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C. 

1843.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Pitts,   Isaac;  farmer;  2J  m  n  e    Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Friend. 

Patten, ;  farmer;   3I  m  n  e  Carmel.      Born  in   Ohio    1838  ; 

settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.      Rep,      Friend. 

Pfaff,  B.   F.;-  wagon  maker;  Westfield.      Born  in  N.   C.    1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Rep. 

PHELPS,  J.   C;    NURSERYMAN;  FIRM  OF  PHELPS  & 
LANDERS;  Westfield.     Born  in  H.C.1833.    Rep.    Friend. 

PRUITT,  Mrs.  SARAH  ;  3^  m  s  of  w  Westfield.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Pfaff,  Thomas;    livery  stable;  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.   1805  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Pfaff,   John    C;    blacksmith;  Westfield.      Born    in   Ind.     1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep. 

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274  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Pruitt,  James;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Westfield,  Born  in  Ohio  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.    Friend. 

Perkins,  Wm.;  farmer;  2f  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1806;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep. 

Pfaff,  W.  E. ;  harness  maker;  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  185  i. 
Rep. 

Patterson,  Wm.;  retired  farmer;  i  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in 
Tenn.   1797  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.      Friend. 

Pike,  Himelius  ;  farmer;  i^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Friend. 

Phillips,  Nathan  ;  farmer  ;  li  m  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  Canada 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Regular  Baptist. 

Perisho,  Nathan  T.;  farmer ;  i/(  m  s  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.     Rep.      Friend. 

Pritchard,  James  ;  farmer ;  6^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ky.  1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Christian. 

PHIPPS,  CHAS.  W.;  carpenter;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P. 
O.,  JoHet.  Born  in  Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

Parr,  J.  N.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  P. 
O.,  Joliet.  Born  in  Ind.  1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866. 
Dem.      Methodist. 

Phipps,  Mrs.;  milliner;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P.  O.  Joliet. 
Born  in  Ind.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Christian. 

Perkins,  E.;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ky. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Christian. 

Parr,  John  F.;  dealer  in  dry  goods  and  groceries  ;  7  m  n  e  Zions- 
ville, B.  C;  P.  O.  Johet.    Born  in  Tenn.  1823.     Methodist. 

Pike,  Nathan;  blacksmith;  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep. 

REYNOLDS,  ELI  T.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born 
in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.     Friend. 

Rayl,  Charles;  farmer;  3  m  s  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C.  1804; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Dem.     Christian. 


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Robbins,  A.;  sawyer;  3ms  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.  1848  • 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Rayl,  A.  P.;    farmer;    3ms  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Reynolds,  Samuel;  farmer;  2h  m  s  Eagletown.      From  home. 

Rich,  Peter;    retired  farmer  ;    Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.   1811  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Reformer.      Friend. 

Rees,  Z.;    farmer;    Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.   1800;    settled  in 
H.  C.   1834.     Rep.     Friend. 

Robbins,    Isaac  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  s  w  Westfield.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Robins,    F.    C;    farmer;    6  m  n  w  Westfield.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1 84 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Ramsey,  J.  W.;  farmer;  Sheridan;  Born  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep. 
Protestant. 

Roberts,   Isaac;    farmer;    5    m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Roberts,  Charles  ;    farmer  ;    5  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep. 

Rayl,   A.;    farmer;    3  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.  1833  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     Friend. 

Roberts,    Lewis ;    farmer ;    2   m   n  w  Westfield.       Born  in   Pa. 
181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.      Friend. 

Reeve,  John;    huckster;    Westfield.     Born  in  N.  J.  1826;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Richardson,  J.  J.;    farmer  ;    li  m  n  Joliet.     Born  in  Ind.  1847  '» 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep. 

Roberts,    Isaac;  farmer;  2   m   n   w  Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.      Rep.      Friend. 

Rayl,   C.    A.;  farmer;    i^    m    w    Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1849;   settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep.      Friend. 

Rayl,  James;  farmer;   2  m  n  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C  1815  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Friend. 


2/6  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Rains,  Joseph;  farmer;  2J   m    n    Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C, 
[831.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Roberts,  John;  farmer;   5  m  n  vv  Westfield.      Born  in  Pa.  1802; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Protestant. 

Roberts,  Albert ;  farmer;   5   m    n    w   Westfield.      Born  in  Ohio 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Protestant. 

Ramsey,  Sarah  E.;  farmer;  4  m  n  Eagletown.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.      Methodist. 

Richardson,  A.  K.;  farmer;    i|  m  n   w  Joliet.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1824.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Robbins,  A.  G. ;  laborer;  4  m  n   w  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1848.      Independent. 

Randall,  J.  M.;  farmer;  Lamong.      Born  in  H.  C.  1851.      Rep. 
Protestant. 

Randall,  John;  farmer;  Lamong.      Born  in  Ohio   1812;  settled, 
in  H.  C.  .     Protestant.     Gone  from  home. 

Randell,  A.  J.;  farmer;  Lamong.     Born  in  Ohio   1833;  settled 
in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.     Friend. 

Rodgers,  H.  P. ;  farmer;  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind.  1854.      Rep. 
Protestant. 

Robbins,  Isaac;  farmer;   22-  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.      Friend. 

Roberts,  J udah  ;  retired  farmer ;  Westfield.      Born  in  Pa.   1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Republican.      Friend. 

Randall,  Enos ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio  1833  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Friend. 

Ruby,   T.   M.;  retired  farmer;   Westfield.      Born   in   Pa.   1792  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1863.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Reynolds,  Daniel  P.;  farmer  ;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind. 
1841.      Rep.      Friend. 

REYNOLDS,   ROBERT  M.;    farmer;  2^   m    s   w    Westfield. 
Born  in  Ind.   1855.      P>icnd. 

Reynolds,  Emsley ;  farmer;  2^^  m  s  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N. 
C.  181 5  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.     P>iend. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  2/7 

Ruby,  J.  M.;  farmer;  2J  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.     Christian. 

Ruby,  Isaac  W.;  carpenter;  25^  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  111. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.      Methodist. 

ROBERTS,  ELLIS ;  farmer ;  ^  m  s  Eagletown.  Born  in 
Ind.  1 84 1.     Rep.     Friend. 

RAYL,  MILTON  ;  farmer ;  }4  m  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1811;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.  Anti-Secret.  Wesleyan 
Methodist. 

RAYL,  JESSE;  blacksmith  and  wagon  maker;  Eagletown. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 

Robbins,  Kelly;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep. 

Rogers,  James  A.;  farmer;  5|-  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in 
Ind.   1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      1st  Christian. 

Reynolds,  John  ;  farmer ;   ^  m  s  w  Westfield. 

ROBBINS,  DANIEL;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1855  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Randall,  Enos ;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.      Rep.      Friend. 

Robbins,  Isaac ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1 8 14;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Stout,  Ephraim  ;  retired  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1796; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep.     Friend. 

SLUTE,  HENRY;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1 851;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep. 

Swain,  Wm.;  teamster;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1833;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Friend. 

STANBROUGH,  I.  H.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  2|  m  n  e  West- 
field.      Born  in  H.  C.  1840.      Rep.     Friend. 

Stalker,  Ezra;  farmer;  2J  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1847.     Rep.     Friend. 


2/8  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Sluder,  J,  W.;  farmer;  Jolict.  Born  in  H,  C.  1847.  Dem. 
Protestant. 

Smith,  S.  S.;  farmer;  Lamong.  Born  in  England  181 1;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Stephens,  Thos.;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ohio  1832;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1836.      Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Stewart,  J.  H.;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind.  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Christian. 

Shy.  A,  A.;  laborer,  5  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1841. 
Republican. 

Stultz,  T.  A.;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Dem.     Christian. 

Stultz,  J.;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Dem.      Christian. 

Shy,  Wm.  P.;  farmer;  P.  O.  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ky.  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Dem. 

Stanbrough,  M.  D.;  carpenter;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1841. 
Rep.     Christian. 

Sheets,  N.  B. ;  wagon  and  carriage  maker ;  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ind.  1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Indp't.     Protestant. 

Seamens,  J.  L.;  mill  owner;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep. 

SEAMANS,  WM.  A.  &  Bro.;  manufacturers  of  flour  and 
stocking  yarn  ;  Westfield.  Born. in  Ind.  1840;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1848.     Rep.      Christian. 

Safford,  J.  H.;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1832;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Friend. 

STOUT,  ROB'T;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Scott,  James;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  181 5;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Stanbrough,  Levi;  laborer;  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 
Rep. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  2/9 


Stanbrough,    Silas;    farmer;    3  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1850.     Friend. 

Stanley,    Isaac;    farmer;    Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind.  1824;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1847.      Rep.      Friend. 

Sluder,  John  ;  farmer;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind.  1833  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Christian. 

Stultz,  John;    farmer;    Zionsville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep, 

SILVER,  JOHN ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep. 

Stultz,  Frank ;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Dem.     Christian. 

Stalker,  Aaron;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1842. 

Steuart,  Elias ;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stuart,  Alfred;  farmer;  2  3^  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  N,  C. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stuart,  Zimri ;  farmer;  2|  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep-     Friend, 

Stalker,  Jonathan  ;  farmer  ;  3  J  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1850;  settled  in  H,  C,  1854.     Rep.      Friend. 

Stalker,  B.  F. ;  farmer;  3J  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stalker,  Geo.;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stout,  Elias  ;  farmer  ;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1822  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Starn,  William;  farmer;  Carmel,  Born  in  H.  C.  1845.  Rep. 
Friend. 

SANDERS,  JAMES  ;  nurseryman  ;  firm  of  Phelps  &  Sanders  ; 
Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Scott,  A.  C;  pump  maker;  Westfield,     Born  in  H,  C.  1835. 


280  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Symons,    A.  L.;  farmer;   i|   m  n  e  Eagletown.      Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Friend. 

Seeright,  P.  J.;  farmer;   i|  m  n  Joliet.     Born  in  Ind.  1835  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Christian. 

Stanley,  John  T.;  farmer;  4  m  s  of  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stanley,  J.  P.;  farmer;  4  m  s  of  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.      Friend. 

Stultz,   William;    farmer;    i|  m  s  Eagletown.     Born  in  Ind. 

1843.  Dem. 

Stanley,  H.  D.;  farmer;   i  54^  m  s  w  Deming.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1 82 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stalker,  Albert;  farmer;  2^  m  n  Westfield. 

Stalker,  H.;  farmer;  2^  m  n  Westfield. 

Stalker,    David ;  farmer ;    3  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born    in    Ohio 
1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.      Rep.     Friend. 

STALKER,  ELI ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  e  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C. 

1844.  Rep.     Friend. 

Semans,  F.  E.;  engineer;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1856. 

Sherrick,  B.  C;  harness  maker;  Westfield. 

SHERRICK,    D.  S.;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born   in  Ind.   1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep. 

Scott,  W.  L.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  .     Rep. 

Stout,  Charles;  farmer;   i  m  e  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  18 17; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stanley,  Milton;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  18 19;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Friend. 

Shaw,  Urbian;  shoemaker;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1852  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep. 

Stout,  Jacob ;  manufacturer  of  agricultural  implements ;  West- 
field.     Born  in  N.  C.  18 14;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep. 

Stout,   W.   G.;  blacksmith;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.   C.    1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  28 1 

SEMONS,  W.  A.;  engineer;  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C. .      Rep. 

SMITH,  S.  M.;  farmer  and  trader;  3ms  w  Westfield.  Born 
in  S.  C.  1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     ^^^P- 

Symons,  Nathan  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  e  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.   1857.      Rep.      Friend. 

Shaw,  Alvah  B.;  mechanic;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  Y.  1815; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Friend. 

Starn,  B.  H.;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  Ohio  1841; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Friend. 

Sturdivant,  H.  W.;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Va. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     ^^P-     Friend. 

Sturdivant,  Calvin  ;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .     Rep.     Friend. 

Stanley,  Edmund  O.;  farmer;  i  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ind. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Smith,  Wm.;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P.  O.,  Joliet. 
Born  in  Ind.   1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .      Rep. 

Seeright,  James ;  retired  farmer  ;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. ; 
P.  O.,  Joliet.  Born  in  Ky.  1796;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 
Christian. 

Smith,  Enos;  everything;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. ;  P.  O.  Jol- 
iet.    Born  in  Va.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Smith,  Mrs.  S.  A.;  7J  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18—.      Methodist. 

Stanbrough,  Cyrus;  farmer;  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .     Rep.     Friend. 

Stout,  Luther  L. ;  farmer  ;  3^  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   18 — .      Rep. 

Stout,  Elias;  farmer;  3^  m  n  Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep. 

Tomlinson,  Robert;  2|  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1793; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837,     Rep.     Friend, 


HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Taylor,   J.  T. ;  farmer;   ^   m  n  w  Eagletown.     Born   in   Ohio 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.      United  Brethren. 

Townsend,  George  W. ;  mechanic  ;  2  ^  m  s  Eagletown.     Born 
in  Ky.  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Christian. 

Townsend,    J.   P.;    wagon  maker;    Eagletown.     Born    in    Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864,     Rep. 

Trulove,  Henry  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Westfield. 

Trueblood,  Thomas  ;  farmer  ;  i|  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Tomlinson,  Levi  B.;  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C.     Rep.     Friend. 

Teague,  Sam'l ;  farmer  and  carpenter;  6  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Friend. 

TOMLINSON,  NOAH;  farmer;  ij  m  n  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ind.  1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     ^^p.     Friend. 

Tomlinson,  Milton  ;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep-     Friend. 

TOMLINSON,  ALLEN ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  Westfield.  Born  in 
Ind.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Friend. 

Tomlinson,  Luther;  farmer;  Westfield.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Thistlethwaite,  H.  J.;  farmer;  4m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Indpt. 

Voss,  T.  J.;  farmer;  5^  m  n  e  Zionsville.  Born  in  Ind.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866.     Rep.     Christian. 

Virtue,  Henry;  farmer  and  sewing  machine  agent;  i^  m  n 
Eagletown.  Born  in  Ind.  185 1;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Vestal,  W.  D.;  carriage  and  wagon  maker;  Westfield.  Born 
in  N.  C.    1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.     Liberal.     Friend, 

Vestal  Marion;  farmer;  2|  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Vestal,  Alfred  ;  farmer  ;  2J  m  n  e  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP,  285 

Vance,  W.  C. ;  general  merchandise  ;  Eagletown.     Born  in  Ind. 
1842.     Rep. 

Wicker,  Albert;  farmer;  Eagletown.     Born  in  1846. 

Wells,  B.  F.;  farmer;  Eagletown,     Born  in  N.  C,  1825;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep.     Friend. 

Wicker,  Evandrue ;  farmer;  Eagletown,     Born  in  H.  C,  1849. 
Republican. 

Wade,  Bartlet;  farmer;  |- m  e  Eagletown.     Born  in  N,  C,  1839. 
Weslcyan  Methodist. 

Williams,  J,  A.;  dealer  in' dry  goods  and  groceries;  firm  of  Wil- 
liams &  Hinshaw ;  Westfield. 

Whitenger,  Jacob  ;  farmer;  3!  m  s  e  Sheridan,      Born  in  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Watson,  John;  farmer;  3  m  n  Westfield.      Born  in  N,  C,  1812; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Protestant, 

Ward,  Harrison;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Westfield.    Born  in  N.  C.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Wells,  Samuel;  farmer;  3    m   n   w    Westfield.     Born  in  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .     Rep.      Friend.     Not  at  home. 

Wade,  B. ;  farmer  and  fruit  agent ;  J  m  e  Eagletown.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1838;  settled  in  H,  C.  1851.     Rep.     Wcsleyan. 

White,  J,  F. ;  farmer;   i J  m  n  Eagletown,     Born  in  N.  C,  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Friend. 

Wells,  J.  C;  farmer;  J   m    s    Lamong.     Born  in  N.  C.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866.     Rep.     Friend. 

Wicker,  J.  E.;    farmer;  2  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861,     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Wicker,  M.  A.;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C,  185 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Wells,    I.    N.;    blacksmith ;    i  ^  m  s  Westfield,      Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H,  C.  1833,     Rep.     Friend, 

Wickersham,  Isom  ;    farmer;    ij  m  s  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind, 
1833;  settled  in  H,  C.  1870.      Mixed.     Protestant. 


■284  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


WASSON,  CHARLEY  ;  Farmer  ;  3  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in 
Ind.  1856;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Rep.     Friend. 

Wasson,  Nathan  ;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Friend. 

Walter,   Rufus;    farmer;    2j^  m  s  Eagletown.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.      Dem.      Christian. 

Ward,  Benj.;  farmer;  2J  m  s  Eagletown.      Born  in  N.  C.  1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Friend. 

Wagman,  S.  B,;    farmer  and  potter;    6  m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born 
in  N.  C.  iyg2;   settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Wilson,    S.   B.;    farmer;    7   m  ne  Zionsville.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Wilson,    E.   W.;    farmer;    7  m  n  e  Zionsville.      Born  in  N.  C. 

1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Wells,  Jesse;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Wells,  Isaac;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1798; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.     Friend. 

White,  D.  K.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Westfield.     Born  in  Del.  1822  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Rep.     Protestant. 

WHITE,    GEO.;    farmer;    2  m  s  e  Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1850.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Wicker,    Wm.;    farmer;     i    m   n  e   Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1799;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep-     Wesleyan. 

Whicker,  Nathan  ;  farmer  ;  2^  m  n  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N. 
C.  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Ward,  Harrison;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Westfield.     Born  in  N  C. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Methodist. 

Walker,  R.  H.;  farmer;   10   m  n  e  Zionsville.     Born   in   Ky. 

1822  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep.     Baptist. 

Wicker,  Stephen;  farmer;  2\  m  n  w  Eagletown.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Protestant. 


WASHINGTON    TOWNSHIP.  285 

Wells,  John  B. ;  farmer  and  blacksmith;  2  m  n  w  Eagletown.. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1828  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.  Rep.  United 
Brethren. 

Williams,  Isaac;  merchant;  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C.  1812; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Republican. 

White,  Alexander;  hireling  ;  ij  m  n  e  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Rep. 

Walker,  J.  E.;  farmer;  Lamong.  Born  in  Ky.  1850;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1872.      Dem.      M.  Baptist. 

Wells,  C;  blacksmith;  Lamong.  Born  in  N.  C.  1834;  settled' 
in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Friend. 

Williams,  J.  A.;  general  store  ;  firm  of  Hinshaw  &  Williams;. 
Westfield.      Born  in  H.  C.   1841.      Rep.      Friend. 

Wheeler,  Joseph  ;  farmer;  ij  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C 
1799;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Wesleyan. 

Weav^er,  James;  farmer;  ih  m  n  w  Westfield.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Indpt. 

Walker,  R.  A.;  farmer;  10  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in- 
Ky.  1831;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.      Baptist. 

Wert,  Samuel;  farmer  ;  ^/^  m  n  Joliet.  Born  in  Pa.  18 12  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1843.      Protestant. 

Wicker,  Ithamer ;  farmer  ;  i  m  s  Eagletown.  Born  in  N.  C 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.      Christian. 

Woodruff,  Henry;  farmer;  7m  ne  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P.  O., 
Joliet.  Born  in  Ohio  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.  Dem. 
Christian. 

Woodruff,  Andrew;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C;  P.  O., 
Joliet.      Born  in  Ind.   1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   18 — . 

Wicker,  Caleb;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Eagletown.  Born  in  Tcnn. 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Dem. 

Wade,  M.;  farmer;    i^-  m  w  Eagletown. 

White,  N.;  dealer  in  drugs,  groceries  and  hardware;  Eagletown. 
Born  in  Ohio  1819;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Indpt. 


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Way,  Alfred  A.;    carpenter  and  contractor ;  Eagletown.     Born 
in  N.  C.  1 841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep. 

White,  Wm.  F.;  farmer;  Westfield.     Born  in  N.  C.  1838;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Wells,  Z.  A.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Westfield.     Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Wade,    Isom ;    carpenter ;    2   m   s  w  Westfield.      Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Wheeler,  Wm.  V.;    farmer;   ij  m  e  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.      Protestant. 

Wilson,  G.;    retired  farmer;    2  m  e  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1798;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Friend. 

Wheeler,  Mrs.;  boarding-house;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.   183 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1845.      Methodist. 

Williams,  Philip  P.;  clerk;  Westfield.     Born  in  Ind.  1845  I  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   18 — .      Rep.      Friend. 

Yow,  James;  carpenter;  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C.  1828;  set- 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Protestant. 

YOW,  J.  F.;  carpenter  and  contractor  ;  Westfield.      Born  in  N. 
C.   1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     ^^P- 


R.   R.    ROUSE, 

No.  6 J  South  Illinois  Street,  INDIANAPOLIS,   IND. 

Manufacturer  and  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  all  kinds  of 

Well,  Cistern,  Lift  and  Force  Pumps, 

Tubing,  Filter  Points,  and  all  improved  Tools  for  Well  Drivers. 
Improved  Driven  Wells,  Niagara  Steam  Pumps  and  P^ngines. 

CALL  AND  SEE  THE  CHAMPION  PUMPS  OF  THE  WORLD. 


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ADAMS  TOWNSHIP. 


Adams  Township  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Tipton  county, 
on  the  east  by  Jackson  township,  on  the  south  by  Washington, 
and  on  the  west  by  Boone  and  CHnton  counties,  being  situated 
in  the  northwest  corner  of  the  county,  and  contains  48  square 
miles.  Among  many  it  is  supposed  to  be  the  third  township  in 
the  county.  The  surface  is  level,  the  soil  fertile,  and  its  princi- 
pal timber  is  burr  oak,  walnut,  poplar,  and  ash,  with  a  fair  sup- 
ply of  beech,  sugar,  and  elm.  It  has  several  clear  streams  run- 
ning through  it,  the  chief  of  which  is  Cicero,  with  numerous 
ditches,  which  are  filled  with  stock  water  throughout  most  of  the 
year.  There  are  three  post-offices  in  the  township,  and  two 
lively  villages — Boxley  and  Sheridan — both  of  which  are  voting 
precincts. 

The  first  settlement  of  the  township  was  on  the  spot  where 
Boxley  now  stands,  George  Boxley's  family  gave  name  to  the 
village,  and  Addison  Boxley  was  the  first  postmaster.  The 
first  Justices  of  the  Peace  were  Reuben  Tanzey  and  James 
Lackey.  Boxley  was  laid  out  in  1836.  The  old  residence  of 
George  Boxley  still  stands  a  relic  of  the  olden  years.  It  is 
beautifully  surrounded  with  a  domestic  forest  of  pine,  cedar  and 
fruit  trees,  evidences  of  both  taste  and  utility.  Boxley  is  incor- 
porated, and  contains  a  population  of  about  200. 

Sheridan  also  contains  about  200  inhabitants,  although  it  is 
only  of  recent  growth.  It  is  well  worthy  of  notice  for  the  en- 
ergy of  its  business  men,  and  for  its  village  enterprise. 

The  lumber  and  stave  business  of  the  place  is  very  considera- 


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ble.      There  are  perhaps  13  miles  of  gravel  road  in  the  township. 

T.  B.  Spencer  claims  to  have  split  the  first  rails,  built  the 
first  cabin,  and  to  have  made  the  first  clearing  in  the  township. 

Among  the  first  settlers  of  this  township  were  George  Box- 
ley,  Washington  McKenzie,  Samuel  McMustry,  Thomas  Jones, 
J.  A.  McLaughlin  and  John  McKinzie,  who  have  all  passed 
away.  Those  yet  living  are  Coleman  Burton,  Samuel  Burton, 
Eber  Teter,  and  John  Moore.  The  family  of  the  latter  make  one 
of  the  first  of  the  tovvnship  in  intelligence,  enterprise  and  good 
sound  constitutions. 

Vote  of  1872 — Republican,  340;  Democratic,  152;  total,  492. 

CHURCHES. 

Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  Boxley  ;  Rev.  John  L.  Fall, 
pastor;  membership,  50;  value  of  church  property,  ;^iooo. 

Christian  Church,  Boxley ;  Elder  Mordica  McKenzie,  pastor  ; 
membership,   no;  value  of  church  property,  ;$I500. 

M.  E.  Church,  Boxley;  Rev.  Eli  Rammel,  pastor;  member- 
ship, 86;  Sabbath  school  scholars,  50;  Abraham  Steffy,  sup"t ; 
value  of  church  property,  ;$2300. 

Pleasant  Ridge  M.  E.  Church  ;  3J  miles  north  of  Boxley  ; 
Rev.  Eli  Rammel,  pastor;  membership,  40;  Sabbath  school 
scholars,  25  ;  L.  L.  Ogle,  superintendent. 

Union  Christian  Church  ;  4  miles  northeast  of  Boxley  ;  Rev. 
J.  M.  Martz,  pastor;  membership,  100  ;  value  of  church  prop- 
erty, ^1500. 

Society  of  Friends  ;  2|  miles  northwest  of  Boxley;  mem.ber- 
ship,  12;  Sabbath  school  scholars,  40;  Amy  Harris,  superin- 
tendent; value  of  church  property,  $300. 

Liberty  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  ;  Rev.  Jno.  L.  Fall,  pos- 
tor ;  membership,  60 ;  Sabbath  school  scholars,  40 ;  Martha 
O'Rear,  superintendent;  value  of  church  property,  ^looo. 

Society  of  Friends;  2J  miles  south  of  Boxley;  membership, 
150;  Sunday  school  .scholars,  75  ;  S.  M.  Cook,  superintendent. 


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M.  E.  Church,  at  Sheridan ;  Rev.  EU  Rammel,  pastor ;  mem- 
bership, 60;  Sabbath  school  scholars,  50;  Mrs.  Julia  A.  Mace, 
superintendent ;  value  of  church  property,  ^2000. 

M.  E.  Church,  Carmel ;  3  miles  southeast  of  Sheridan  ;  Rev. 
Eli  Rammel,  pastor ;  membership,  70 ;  Sunday  school  scholars, 
40  ;  Sophia  Grindell,  superintendent ;  value  of  church  property, 
;^5oo. 

Union  Grove  Friends'  Society ;  2f  miles  southeast  of  Sheri- 
idan ;  membership,  175;  Sunday  school  scholars,  50;  Jacob 
Hinshaw,  superintendent;  value  of  church  property,  i^iooo. 

Local  Preachers — L.  C.  Hines,  W.  M.  Sims,  Joseph  Green, 
P.  G.  Pearson,  M.  E.  Church ;  Ambrose  Teter,  Wesleyan  Meth- 
odist ;  Coleman  Burton,  Christian  Church. 

LODGES. 

Fidelity  Lodge,  No.  309,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  organized  1862; 
membership,  34. 

Sheridan  Grange,  No.  662 ;  Jno.  S.  Kerchival,  Secretary ; 
membership,  30. 

Union  Grange,  No.  197;  2  miles  east  of  Boxley ;  member- 
ship, 53. 

Adams  Grange,  No.  414;  4J  miles  northwest  of  Boxley;  H. 
H.  Jackson,  Secretary;  membership,  45. 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school  houses  in  township,  16;  total  estitmated 
value  of  school  property,  including  houses,  grounds,  seats  and 
apparatus,  ;^6ooo. 

Special  school  tax  on  each  ^100,  20  cents;  on  each  poll,  25 
cents;  total  estimated  special  school  tax,  ^1400. 

Number  of  volumes  in  township  library,  359. 

Total  enumeration  of  children  between  the  ages  of  6  and  21 
years,  907;  number  of  pupils  admitted  into  the  schools,  754. 

Number  of  districts  in  which  schools  were  taught,  16 ;    aver- 

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290  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


age  length  of  school  in  days,  120;  number  of  teachers  em- 
ployed,  16. 

Average  daily  compensation  of  teachers — males,  ^1.85;  fe- 
males, $1.62. 

Spicewood  Graded  School,  2  J  miles  south  of  Boxley ;  value, 
;^2000. 

John  A.  Wallace,  township  trustee. 

DIRECTORY  OF    ADAMS   TOWNSHIP. 

Abbett,   John;   shoemaker;   ij  m    s    Boxley.     Born  in   Mass. 
1800;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Almond,    Hiram;  farmer;    t,}^   m  n   e    Boxley.     Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.     Christian. 

Albright,  Henry ;  farmer ;  4J    m    n   w    Boxley.      Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Burton,  G.  W. ;  farmer  ;  i|  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1856. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Bishop,  W.  H.;  farmer;  7  m  w  Shielville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1837; 
Rep.     Methodist. 

BENNETT,  PERRY;  farmer;  2^  m  e  Boxley.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1845.     Dem.      Christian. 

Bennett,  Henry;  2^  m  e  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.   1850.     Dem. 
Protestant. 

Bennett,  Edison;  farmer;   2|  m  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.   18 18; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1842.      Dem.      Christian. 

Baker,  Uri ;  farmer;   ^   m  n  e  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.  1843. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Baker,  Jesse;  farmer;    ^4    m    n    e    Boxley.      Born  in  Pa.  1805; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Boxley,  Addison;   farmer;   Boxley.      Born  in  Va.  1809;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1829.      Dem.      Christian. 

BURROWS,  MRS.  PHEBE;  farmer;  2  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in 
N.  C.   1796;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.      Rep.      Christian. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  2gl 


Boxley,  T.  P.;  dealer  in  drugs  and  groceries  ;   Boxley.     Born  in 
Va.  1807  !  settled  in  H.   C   1829.      Rep.      Swedenborgian. 

Burrows,  .Allen  ;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1841.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Burris  John;  farmer;   2  m  e  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio   1814;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1835.      Indpt.      PViend. 

Burris,  Henry;  miller;  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.   1836;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

BURROWS,  CYRUS  ;  physician  and  dentist ;  Boxley.      Born 
in  Ind.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1841.      Rep.      Christian. 

Beam,  G.  W.;  farmer;    i^  m  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio    1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Burton,  Samuel;  farmer;    ij  m  e  Boxley.      Born  in   Va.   1803; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1831.     Rep.      Christian. 

Burton,    J.    C;  tile  maker  ;    ij  m    e   Boxley.      Born   in   H.    C. 
1848.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Burris,  Lewis  ;  farmer;   2  me   Boxley.     Born   in    H.   C.    1850. 
Indpt.      Protestant. 

Burris,  Levi;    farmer;   2  m  e  Boxley.      Born  in   H.    C.    1840. 
Indpt.      Protestant. 

Baker,  J.  B.;    i  m  n  Baker's  Corner.      Born   in   Ind.   1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1852       Protestant. 

Boyles,  Wm. ;  farmer ;  4^  m  n  w  Boxley. 

BAILEY,  JAMES  ;   farmer;    }^  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  N.Y. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Biddle,    Wm.;    farmer;    4  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Ky.   1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Biddle,  G.  W.;    farmer;    4  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Dem.      Regular  Baptist. 

BURTON,  COLEMAN  ;    farmer  ;   2J  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in 
Va.   1811  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.      Christian. 

Burton,  John  E.;    farmer;    2|  m  n  w  Boxley.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.     Rep.      Protestant. 


292  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Bailey,  Daniel;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  Y.  18 13; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.     Protestant, 

Bailey,    Abraham ;    farmer ;    4  m   n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind. 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Bower,  W.    T.;    farmer  ;    3J  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.  1843  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Indpt.     Christian. 

Barker,  W.  C;    farmer;    3I  m  n  e  Boxley.     Born  in  Va.  1815  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem.     New  Light. 

BURTON,  JOSEPH  ;  farmer;  3J  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Dem.      Christian. 

Burton,  J.  M.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1840; 
Dem.      Protestant. 

BOWER,  E.  M.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

BOWER,  J.  A.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

BOWER.  H.  A.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.  1822. 
settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep-      Universalist. 

Boothj  J.  A.;  farmer;   i^  m  n  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio   1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.     Christian. 

BURTON,  JOHN  M.;  farmer;   ij  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Dem.     Christian. 

Beeson,  Amasa  ;  farmer  ;  |  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio  1818  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Friend. 

Beeson,   John;  farmer;  |  m  n   Boxley,     Born   in  Ind.    1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.     Friend. 

BEESON,   STEPHEN ;  farmer ;  2|  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in 
Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep,     Friend. 

Bradfield,  John  P.;  farmer;  2}^  m  se  Sheridan.     Born  in  H.C. 
1 844.     Rep.     Protestant, 

Barker,  Elihu  ;  farmer  ;  2|  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  N,  C.  1822 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Friend, 

Burns,  Milton;  farmer;   i  m  s  Sheridan.     Born  in  N.  C.  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     R^p.     Protestant. 


ADAMS   TOWNSHIP.  293 


Barron,  Naman  ;  farmer ;  if  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C.  1848 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.      Methodist. 

BAKER,  WM,  M.;  proprietor  Circular  Saw-mill ;  2|  m  s  Sheri- 
dan. Born  in  111.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.  Dem. 
Methodist. 

Baker,  J.  P.;  sawyer;  4  m  n  Joliet.  Born  in  111.  1853;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Beaver,  P.  L. ;  farmer;  4  m  n  Joliet.  Born  in  Ind.  1840;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Barnes,  G.  W.;  farmer;  2J  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C.  18 14; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Friend. 

Boatman,  John;  farmer;  ij  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.      Methodist. 

BAKER,  ANTHONY;  flouring  and  saw  mills;  firm  of  Pear- 
son &  Baker;  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C.  1843.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

BOXLEY,  CASWELL;  farmer;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Va. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1829.     Indpt.     Protestant. 

Boxley,  E.  H,;  farmer;  5^  m  n  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.     Dem.     Frotestant. 

Boardman,  E.  G. ;  carpenter;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind,  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Beard,  Josephus ;  cooper;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Boatman,  C.  R. ;  photographer;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Bragg,  A.  O. ;  stave  bumper;  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C.  1841. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Boatman,  M.  B. ;  farmer;  3  m  sw  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Beeson,  J.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.      Rep.      Friend. 

Boothe,  William;  farmer;  I7  m  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Va.  181 1 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 


294  HAMILTON    COUNT\ , 


Baker,  John  Y.;  farmer  ;   ^^  m  w  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Ind. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Spiritualist. 

Baker,  Thomas  D.;  farmer;   ^  m  w  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in 
Ind.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.     Spiritualist. 

Baker,    William    H.;    farmer;  Baker's   Corner.     Born  in    Ind. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep.     Spiritualist. 

Beals,  J.  C. ;  farmer;   i^  m  s  w  Deming.      Born  in  Ohio    1831  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Friend. 

BENSON,  J.  M.;  farmer;   i  m  s  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  N. 
C.  1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Rep.     Friend. 

Benson,  W.  P.;  farmer;   i^  m  s  Baker's  Corner.     Born   in  N. 
C.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Protestant. 

BLANTON,  JOHN;  farmer;  3J  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1846.     Indpt.     Methodist. 

Blanton,  Nathan ;  farmer ;  3^  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  Tenn. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Bradfield,  Samuel;  farmer;  4ms  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio  1803; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Methodist. 

BOYD,   J.    H.;    carpenter  and  contractor;    Sheridan.     Born  in 
Ohio  1845  5  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Bennett,    E.;    farmer;    2J  m  n  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.  1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Dem.     Christian. 

Baker,    Ira  H.;    mechanic;    Baker's  Corner.     Born  in   H.   C. 
1846.     Rep,     Wesleyan. 

Cox,  Robert;   farmer  and  grocer;  2J  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in 
N.  C.  1813;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.     Rep.     Friend. 

Carney,  D.  O.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  N.  C.  1831; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Cottingham,    S.   W.;    farmer  ;    3  m  w  Boxley.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Crumbaugh,   C.  W.    farmer;    5^  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Methodist. 


ADAMS   TOWNSHIP.  295 


Campbell,  W.  M.;  engineer;  4I  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Indpt.     Protestant. 

Condell,  Elim ;  farmer;  i-|  m  s  e  Pickard's  Mills,  liorn  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Dem.     Regular  Baptist. 

Coppock,  Henderson;  farmer;  4  m  n  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1835.     Rep.     Christian. 

Cotton,  G.  W.;  farmer;  yl  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1838  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep,     Protestant. 

CLAYTON,  W.  H.;  farmer  ;  2J  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.     Methodist. 

CONNELLY,  P.  T.;  boot  and  shoemaker ;  Boxley.  Born  in 
Md.   1810;   settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Cox,  Paris  ;  saw  mill  and  lumber  dealer  ;  firm  of  Mills  &  Cox  ; 
21/^  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1864.     Rep.      Friend. 

Cook,  S.  W.;  farmer;  2|  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cook,  Amos;  farmer;  2J  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cook,  John;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cutts,  Elizabeth  ;  farmer  ;  35  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Crapper,  Edward;  wagon-maker;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ky.  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Cox,  James  R.;  farmer  ;  ^  m  n  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Dem.     Protestant. 

COX,  ISAIAH  ;  farmer;  breeder  of  blooded  stock;  i^  m  s  e 
Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C.  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1848. 
Rep.     Christian, 

Cox,  W.  H.;  farmer;  if  m  se  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C.  185  i. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

DUNN,  M.  L.;  farmer  and  blacksmith  ;  2  m  e  Boxley.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Dem.     Protestant. 


296  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Drake,  Robert;  farmer:  2  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1817; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Dcm,     Protestant. 

DRAKE,  R.  C. ;  tile  maker;  2J  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1855.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Demcy,  Charles;  farmer;  2|  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.      Friend. 

DUNCAN,  W.  E.;  miller  in  Pearson  &  Baker's  flouring  mills  ; 
Sheridan.  Born  in  Ky.  1836;  settled  in  H,  C.  1868. 
Indpt.     Protestant. 

DUNCAN,  BAKER  &  CO.;  proprietors  Planing  Mills  ;  Sher- 
idan. 

DAVENPORT,  H.  E.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Sheridan. 
Born  in  Ind.  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.      Meth. 

DAVENPORT,  W.  A.;  blacksmith;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Dixon,  George;  wagon  maker;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C  1871.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Dean,  A.  J.;  carpenter  and  joiner;  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1838.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Davis,  N.  J.;  farmer;  ij  m  n  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1825.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Davis,  Enoch;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C.  1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Davis,  Wm.  A.;  farmer  and  tile  manufacturer  ;  ij  msSheridan. 
Born  in  Ind.  1821;  settled  in  H.  C.  1825.     Dem.     Protest. 

Davis,  Marion;  farmer;  i  ^^  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C.  1846* 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Deuny,  Richard;  carpenter;  ^  m  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Deuny,  Ira;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Westficld.  Born  in  Ind.  1853; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Methodist. 

DRAGOO,  C.  F.;  farmer;  3  m  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Methodist. 


ADAMS   TOWNSHIP.  29/ 


DAVIDS,  JAMES  A.;  farmer  and  dealer  in  lumber;  4I  m  n  w 
Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.  Rep, 
Methodist. 

Davids,  John  ;  farmer  ;  4^  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Dem.     United  Brethren. 

Davids,  Jacob ;  farmer ;  firm  of  Davids  &  Campbell,  saw  mill ; 
4  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.    Protestant. 

Dell,  Mrs.  Barbara ;  farmer  ;  i  J  m  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Germany 
1838  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Dem.     Roman  Catholic. 

Dailey,  Charles;  farmer;  2  m  n  w  Boxley  Born  in  Ind.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Dem.     Christian. 

Daffron,  James;  farmer;  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1833;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.      Protestant. 

DEVANEY,  HENRY  ;  farmer ;  6  m  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Christian. 

EDWARDS,  B.  F. ;  general  merchandise  ;  firm  of  Foster  & 
Edwards;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C. 
i860.      Rep.     Methodist. 

EUDALY,  PHCEBE;  farmer;  ij  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  111. 
1832  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Dem.      Methodist. 

EUDALY,  WM.  A.;  student  at  law;  i|  m  s  Sheridan.  Born 
in  Ind.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Emmons,  James  H.;  saw  mill;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1852  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Methodist 

EMMONS,  HAMILTON  ;  general  merchandising  ;  firm  of  Em- 
mons &  Foight;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Va.  1821  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Methodist. 

EMMONS,  MAGGIE;  milliner;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Va.  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Enos,  George  E.;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.     Rep.      M.  Baptist. 

Enright,  John ;  farmer ;  5  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ireland 
181 8  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.     Roman  Catholic. 


298  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


EDWARDS,  THOMAS  ;  farmer ;  3 J  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1801  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Farlow,  John  ;  farmer;  2  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Rep.     Friend. 

Fristae,  Jesse;  farmer;  3^  m  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ky.  181 5  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Ferguson,  Eliza;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Pa. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Presbyterian. 

Ferguson,  T.  C;  farmer;  2|-  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Fox,  Riley ;  farmer  ;  3  ^  m  n  e  Boxley. 

Foutch,  F.  J.;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1839;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1846.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Foutch,  M.  v.;  farmer;  i^  m  n  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Fisher,  Mrs.  Cilpha  ;  hotel  proprietress.  Born  in  N.  C.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Methodist. 

Fisher,  W.  L.;  farmer;  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1839;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1864.     Protestant. 

FOSTER,  D.  M.;  post  master  and  merchant;  firm  of  Foster  & 
Edwards;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1873.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Foulk,  John  B.;  farmer ;  J  m  s  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  Ohio 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Friend. 

Fodea,  A.  H.;  farmer;  i  m  s  w  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1842.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Flannegan,  J.  H.;  merchant;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  185 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Protestant. 

FOIGHT,  DAVID;  general  merchandising ;  firm  of  Emmons 
&  Foight ;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Wurtemburgh  1823 ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Fancher,  J.  W.;  medical  student;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.     Protestant. 


ADAMS   TOWNSHIP.  299 


Furnas,  Joseph  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1837  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Friend. 

Farrow,  W.  H.;  farmer  ;  3!  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1832  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Christian. 

Farrow,  Benjamin  ;  farmer ;  4  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  England 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Gossett,  J.  M.;  physician;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1822;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Greathouse,  Mary  J.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Pa. 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Methodist. 

GEORGE,  RACHEL  A.;  school-teacher;  ^/(  m  e  Baker's  Cor- 
ner. Born  in  Ohio  1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.  Rep. 
Friend. 

George,  Cyrus ;  farmer ;  J  m  n  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  Ohio 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

George,  Enos ;  farmer ;  J  m  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  Ohio 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.      Rep.      Friend. 

George,  J.  B.;  farmer;  ^  m  n  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  Va. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.     Friend. 

Green,  Joseph;  farmer;  i^  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1855;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Green,  Elias  D.;  farmer;  i|  m  s  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Green,  J.  Y.;  post  master  and  merchant ;  Baker's  Corner.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1841  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  1856.     Rep.     Methodist. 

George,  David  ;  farmer;  Sheridan;  Born  in  Ohio  1837;  settled 
in  H.  C.  185  I.      Rep.      Christian. 

Green,  N.  S.;  farmer  ;  i|^  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1848  • 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Gully,  J.  B.;  farmer  ;  i  m  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1829;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1870.      Independent.     Friend. 

Goodner,  James;  farmer;  j/q  m  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Dem.     Protestant. 


300  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


GOFF,  W.  J.;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Boxley.    Born  in  N.  C.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Greger,  J.  H.  H.;  carpenter;  3I  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Va, 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Methodist 

GLAZE,  J.  N.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

HORN,  D.  J.;  druggist  and  salesman ;  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HINES,  L.  C. ;  cabinet  maker  and  undertaker;  Boxley.     Born 
in  Ohio  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Methodist. 

HARBAUGH,    SAMUEL  ;  wagon  maker  ;  Boxley.      Born  in 
Ky.  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Haughey,  J.  M.;  farmer;   ^  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio  1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Horn,  P.   D.;  carpenter   and   pump  maker;    Boxley.     Born  in 
Ind.   1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837.      Dem.      Christian. 

Horney,  W.  D. ;  tile  maker;  2|   m  s  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind. 
1836;     settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Hackleman,  B.  M.;  teamster;   i^^  m  s  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C. 
185 1.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Haughey,  Able;  farmer;  2}^    m    n  e    Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871,      Rep.     Protestant. 

Haughey,  J.   N.;  farmer;  2  m  e  Boxley.     Born  in  Va.  18 10; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Havvorth,  Joel  R. ;  farmer;  2%    m   s   Boxley.     Born    in   Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H,  C.  1835.      Rep.      Friend. 

Hobson,  N.  T.;  engineer;  2J  m  s  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Hand,  Thomas;    farmer;    2ms  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ky.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Dem.     Christian, 

Hand,   R.    N.;    farmer;    2ms  Sheridan.       Born  in  Ind.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Dem.     Christian. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  30I 


Harris,  Washington  G.  B. ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1840.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Harris,  Patton  ;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  S.  C  1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Dem,     Methodist. 

Harris,  Miles;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Harris,  Henry  ;  saw-mill ;  firm  of  Harris  &  Stambrough  ;  4  m  n 
w  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 
Protestant. 

Harbaugh,  L.  C;  farmer;  i^  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Honchan,  John  ;  farmer  ;  i  ^  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Hinkle,  L.  D.;  farmer;  ^  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Va.  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     United  Brethren. 

Hodgson,  Uri  ;  farmer ;  ^  m  s  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  Ohio 
1811;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Friend. 

Hodgson,  John;  ^  m  s  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Holmes,  F.  S.;  saw  mill  and  lumber  dealer;  firm  of  Mundy  & 
Holmes;  2J  m  w  Deming.  Born  in  N.  C.  18 18;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1859.     Dem.     Methodist. 

HASKET,  C.  W.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Deming.  Born  in  Ind. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Holmes,  J.  T.;  farmer;  3J  m  s  Deming.  Born  in  N.  C.  1852  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Dem.     Methodist. 

Hiatt,  Enos  ;  blacksmith  ;  firm  of  Hiatt  &  McMinds;  Sheridan. 
Born  in  Ind.    1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Meth. 

Hetherington,  Hugh  E. ;  farmer  ;  i  m  n  e  Sheridan.  Born  in 
Va.  1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Harbaugh,  Wm.  P.;  farmer;  j^  m  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Dem.      Christian. 

Harbaugh,  Philip;  farmer;  4J  m  n  w  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.     Dem.     Christian. 


302  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Harbaugh,  T.  J.;  farmer;   i^  m   n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Dem.      Christian. 

Harbaugh,  G.  W.;  farmer;   4  m   n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1850.     Dem.      Christian. 

Hershman,  George ;  farmer ;  3I  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio 
1 8 17;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Hershman,  Samuel ;  farmer  ;   33/^  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Hershman,  Wm.  H.;  farmer;  3 J  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1850.     Independent.     Methodist. 

HERSHMAN,  W.  J.;  farmer;  3}^  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1848.     Rep.     Protestant. 

HERSHMAN,  CHAS.;  farmer;  3^^  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in 
Ohio  1 812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.      Rep.      Christian. 

Hockenberry,  Job  ;  farmer;   2  m  n  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.   1S22; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Dem.      Dunkard. 

Hockenberry,  P.  W. ;  farmer  ;   2  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Hines,  D.  S.;  farmer;   3^  m  n  e  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Hutchens,   A.    B.;    farmer;    ij  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Harrison,  Paris;    farmer;    2^4^  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1867.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Harrison,  William  ;  farmer  ;  2j  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  H.  C. 

1839.      R*^P-      Protestant. 
Henshaw,  Moses  P2.;    farmer;    2^^  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  N. 

C.   1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hinshaw,    Jacob  ;    farmer ;     i/(   m  n  Lamong.       Born  in    N.  C. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1863.      Rep.      Friend. 

HINSHAW,  ISAAC   N.;   farmer;   i  ^  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born 
in  N.  C.   1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Friend. 

Hiatt,  Isom  ;  farmer;   23^  m  se  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ohio  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1836.      Rep.      Friend. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  303 


HIATT,    ELI  W.;  farmer;    Sheridan.      Born  in   H.    C.    1846. 
Rep.      Friend. 

Harris,    T.    C;    farmer;    31^    m  n  \v  Boxley.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.      Rep.      Friend. 

Horn,    David   L.;    druggist;    Boxley.      Born  in   H.    C.    1852. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Jones,  Dilman  ;  farmer  and  mechanic ;  i  ^  m  n  Baker's  Corner. 
Born  in  Ohio  1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Dem.    Protest. 

Jones,  T.  J.;  farmer;  i  m  n  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Va.  1806; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Indpt.      Protestant. 

Jones,  A.  W.;  engineer;   Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Ohio  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Baptist. 

Johnson,    Manah  ;  toll-gate   keeper  ;   Baker's    Corner.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Friend. 

Jessup,  J.  P.;  farmer;   Baker's  Corner.      Born  in   H.    C.    1841. 
Rep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Jessup,  EHhu  ;  farmer  ;    i{(  m  n  w  Baker's  Corner,     Born  in  H. 
C.   1847.      Rep.     Friend. 

JONES,    HARRISON  ;  saw  mill  ;    ^  m  s  e  Baker's    Corner. 
Born  in  Ohio    1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Dem.     Prot. 

Jones,  Lewis  ;  saw  mill;  ij  m  n  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Ohio 
1847  ;  settled  in  rl.  C.    1850.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Jones,    Willis  ;  farmer ;    i  ]'^  m   n   e  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in 
Ohio  1843;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Dem.      Protestant. 

JOHNSON,  ZENO  ;  farmer;   2^  m  w  Deming.      Born  in   H. 
C.   1 841.      Rep.      Methodist. 

JOHNSON,   JOHN;    retired  farmer;    2J  m  w  Deming.      Born 
in  N.  C.   1806;   settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.      Friend. 

Jay,  Elijah  ;  farmer;   3  m  s  w  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio  1835  !  set- 
tled in  H.  C=   1867.      Rep.   -  Friend. 

Jessup,  Cyrus  ;    carpenter  and  contractor ;   Sheridan.      Born  in 
Ind.   1832;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      Rep.      Christian. 


304  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Jay,  Amos;  farmer;  i^  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Jones,  J.  O.;  house  and  sign  painter;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Johns,  J.  H.;  sawyer;  2|  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C,  1850. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

JOHNSTON,  JOB;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1845.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Jackson,  J.  M.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Pickard's  Mills.  Born  in  Ind. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Jackson,  H.  H.;  farmer;  2  mse  Pickard's  Mills.  Born  in  Ind. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Protestant. 

KERCHEVAL,  R.  G.;  farm.er;  i  m  s  Boxley,  Born  in  Ohio 
1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856,      Rep.    Granger.     Protestant. 

Kerns,  Henry;  farmer;  i  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Va.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Kinney,  Oliver;  farmer;  3  m  w  Deming.  Born  in  N.  C.  1841 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Kercheval,  R.  P.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Mo.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.     ^^^P-     Protestant. 

Kercheval,  John  E. ;  farmer ;  2|-  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Mo. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Rep.     Protestant. 

KERCHEVAL,  T.  W. ;  carpenter  and  foreman  stave  factory; 
Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1829  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.  Rep. 
Protestant. 

KERCHEVAL,  L.  S.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C  1859.     ^ep-     Protestant. 

Kirte,  Samuel;  farmer;  i^^  m  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Va,  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     Protestant. 

KERCHEVAL,  JOHN  S.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in 
Ohio  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Kinney,  William  ;  farmer  ;  3  i^  m  w  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio 
1828;    settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.     Methodist. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  305 


KERCHEVAL,    MRS.    MARY  A.;    farmer;    2  m  w  Boxley 
Born  in  Ohio  18 19;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Meth. 


Lindley,    David;    farmer;    2^    m   s   Boxley.       Born  in   N.  C. 
1827  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Rep.      Wesleyan. 

Lindley,    John  W.;    farmer;    3  m  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  H.  C. 
185 1.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Lindly,  William;    farmer;   3ms  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  C.  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1849.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Lindley,  O.  C;  farmer;  2^  m  s  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  C.  1831  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.      Rep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Linton,  Gary;    farmer;    31^  m  s  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Linton,    David ;    farmer ;     3^   m   n  e   Sheridan.      Born  in  Ohio 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Liggette,   Joseph  ;    farmer ;     ^^    m   w   Sheridan.      Born  in  Ind, 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Lovell,  George  ;  farmer  ;    i^^  m  w  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ind.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  G.  1856.     Dem.     Protestant. 

LANKFORD,  WM.  R.;  farmer;  3%  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in 
Ind.  1833;  settled  in  H.  G.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Lane,  D.  M.;    farmer;    5  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  G.  1835. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Locklay,  Nelson  ;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.   1849. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Lane,  F.  M.;    farmer;    6  m  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Ohio    1839; 
settled  in  H.  G.  1866.     Rep.     Ghristian. 


Mitchel,  T.  J.;  saddle  and  harness  maker;  Boxley,     Born  in 
.   Ind.  1837  ;  settled  in  H.  G.   1867.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Mitchell,  Mary  E.;  milliner  and  dress    maker;   Boxley.      Born 
in  H.  G.  1844.     Rep.     Swedenborgian. 

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306  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Mitchell,  L.  B.;  harness  maker ;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Myers,  M.  C;  farmer;  ij  m  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1855.     Indpt.      Presbyterian. 

Mills,  Daniel ;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C.  185  i. 
Rep.     Wesleyan. 

MANN,  A.  v.;  farmer;  3,;(  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  inH.C.  1848. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Mann,  J.  W. ;  farmer;  ^  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Protestant. 

Mann,  Mrs.  Sarah  ;  farmer  ;  3/^  m  s  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settledinH.  C.   1838.      Dem.      Christian. 

Mills,  Jesse ;  saw  mill  and  lumber  dealer ;  firm  of  Mills  & 
Cox  ;  21^  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  183 1  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1865.      Rep.      Friend. 

Macy,  William;  farmer;  2ms  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1821  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Rep.      Friend. 

MONTGOMERY,  D.  H.;  stone  dresser;  Sheridan.  Born  in 
N.  C.   1845;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Maun,  Hiram;  farmer;  ^  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1843.      Dem.      Christian. 

Maun,  William;  farmer;  ^  m  e  Boxley.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852; 
Dem.      Protestant. 

MYERS,  DAVID  ;  farmer ;  14:  m  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind. 
1835  ;  settled  in   H.    C.    1852.      Independent.      Protestant. 

Mendenhall,  Layton ;  farmer;  li  m  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Friend. 

Mundy,  Samuel;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  Sheridan.  Borh  in  Ky. 
1823;  settledinH.  C.  1842.      Rep.      Methodist. 

MILLIKAN,  CLARKE;  farmer;  2  m  se  Sheridan.  Born  in 
N.  C.   1824;  setded  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep.      Friend. 

MADISON,  J.  W ;  farmer ;  i  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Dem.     Protestant. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  307 


Miner,    Stephen;   farmer;    i|^    m    s   Sheridan.      Born    in    1828. 
Dem.      Methodist. 

Malott,  J.  W.;    i    m  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  H.  C.   1850.      Rep. 
Methodist. 

Moore,  Samuel ;  farmer  ;    ^  m  w  Sheridan. 

Mace,  James  ;  farmer  ;  Sheridan.      Born  in  N.  C.   1828  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1850.      Rep.      Methodist. 

MANAGE,  A.  H.;  farmer;   2I  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Dem.      M.  Baptist. 

Martin,    W.  A.;  farmer;    if  m   s  e   Packard's  Mills.      Born   in 
Ind.   1846;   settled  in  H.  C.   1871.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Martin,  F.  M.;  farmer;    i  }^   m   s   e  Packard's  Mills.      Born  in 
Ind.   1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.     Dem.      R.  Baptist. 

Miller,  Noah;    farmer;    i|  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.   1837. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Martin,    John    V.;    farmer;    2^  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Martin,    Mrs.    Sarah;    Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio  18 10,    settled  in 
H.  C.   1837.      Rep.      Christian. 

Mayn,  George;  farmer;  4^  mn  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1861.      Rep.      Presbyterian. 

Moore,  W.    H.;    farmer  ;    2  m  n  Boxley.       Born  in  Ohio  1837  ; 
settled  in  H.  C  1865.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Miller,   W.    A.;    farmer;    2}(  m  n  e  Boxley.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Indpt.     Protestant. 

Mathews,  W.  A.;  farmer;   3  m  n  e  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Mathews,    Samuel ;   engineer ;    2J  m  s  Boxley.      Born   in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.      Wesleyan. 

Mullens,  Azariah  ;  farmer;   3I  m  s   e   Boxley.      Born   in  Tenn. 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Myers,  William  ;  farmer  ;   3^  m  n  e   Baker's   Corner.      Born  in 
Ind.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C  1850.      Dem.      Protestant. 


508  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


MUNDY,  JAMES  M.;  farmer;  2|  m  w  Dcming.     Born  in  Ky. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Indpt.      Methodist. 

MOORE,  JASPER  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  H.C. 
1849.      Rep.      Protestant. 

MOORE,  JOHN  ;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  Tenn. 
1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.      Methodist. 

MOORE,  MARION ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  H. 
C.   1834.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Mills,  Thomas  ;  farmer;  3ms  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio   1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1831.     Rep.      Protestant. 

MOORE,  HENRY ;  physician   and  surgeon  ;  Sheridan.     Born 
in  H.  C.  1 84 1.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Mikels,  W.  H.;  farmer;   i}^.  m  s  e  Sheridan,      l^orn  in   N.  C. 
1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     ^^'^P-     Wesleyan  Meth. 

MOORE,  JOHN  E.;  farmer  and  Justice  of  Peace  ;  Sheridan. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1836.      Rep.      Methodist. 

McMurtry,   T.   J.;    physician.  ;    Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1841. 
Rep.     Christian. 

McMurtry,  Perry;    farmer;    Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio  1826;   set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.     Protestant. 

McLaughHn,   J.    H.;    farmer;    3  m  s  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Protestant. 

McLaughlin,  Franklin  ;    blacksmith  ;    Baker's  Corner.     Born  in 
Ohio  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

McMinds,  S.;  blacksmith;  firm  of  Hiatt  &  McMinds ;  Sheridan. 
Born  in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.     Prot. 

McKinzie,  F.  M.;  farmer;  3  m  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

McKinzie,  Mrs.  Susan  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  vv  Boxley.     Born  in  Va. 
1810;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Methodist. 

McKinzie,  T.  S. ;    farmer;    2  m  n  w  Sheridan       Born  in  H.  C. 
1838.     Rep.     Methodist. 

McKENZn^:,    WASHINGTON  ;    i  m  n  w  Sheridan.      Born  in 
Ind.  1854;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     Methodist. 


ADAMS   TOWNSHIP.  309 


McKinzie,  Hiram  ;   farmer  ;   ^  m  n  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ohio 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Methodist. 

McMURTRY,  DAVID  ;    farmer  ;  3i  m  n  w  Boxlcy.     Born  in 
Ohio  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.      Christian. 

McCarty,    Wilson  ;    farmer  ;     ^  m  e  Boxley.       Born  in  Ohio  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Dem.      Christian. 

McMURTRY,  ALBERT   A.;    farmer;  4  m  Boxley.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1852.      Rep,     Protestant. 

McKENZIE,  JOHN  R.;    farmer;   i  m  n  w  Sheridan.     Born  in 
Ohio  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Methodist 

McCowen,  Lafayette ;  3J  m  n  e  Boxley. 

Newby,  Thomas ;  druggist;    Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.    1848;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Nevvsom,  Jesse  ;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  N.  C.  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Rep.      Methodist. 

OGLE,  J.    R. ;    blacksmith;     Boxley.      Born  in   H.    C.    1839. 

Rep.      Protestant- 
Owens,   Lindsey  ;    tile  manufacturer  ;    2J  m  s  e  Boxley.     Born 

in  N.  C.  1854;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Owen,   D.   F.;    saw-mill;    firm  of  Perry  &  Co.;  2ms  Boxley. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Friend. 

Oldham,   Mrs.   Lois ;    farmer ;    3  m  s  e   Boxley.     Born  in  Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Olney,  Ransom;  farmer;  3  m  n  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ind.   1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Osborn,  J.  H.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio  1831  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1843.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Ogle,  Arthur;  farmer;  6m  nw  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.    1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Osborn,  John  ;   retired  farmer ;  4I  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Va. 
1800;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Protestant. 


,10  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Osborn,  H.  W.;  farmer;   2J  m  e  Hillsborough.      Born  in  Ohio 
1835;  settled  in  H.  C.   1843.      Indp't.     Protestant. 

Ogle,   D.  M.;   farmer;  3  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  H.  C.  1837. 
Rep.      Christian. 

Ogle,  Robert ;  retired  farmer  ;   3  J4^  m  n  \v  Boxley.      Born  in  Ky. 
1S09;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Christian. 

Ogle,  L.  L.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.   1830;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Methodist. 

OGLE,  R.  T. ;  farmer;  2)^  xn  n  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.    1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Pierce,  Alfred  ;  farmer  ;    if   m   s   Sheridan.      Born   in   England 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.     Dem.      Protestant. 

PHELPS,  E.  W.;  general  merchandising;  firm  of  Phelps  &  Son  ; 
Sheridan.      Born  in  H.  C.   1849.      Rep.      Friend. 

Paugh,  Jesse  ;  farmer;   ij  m  w  Sheridan.     Born  in   Ind.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Pearce,  Jolm  ;  farmer;  3|- m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  J.  1807  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     R^P-     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Pearce,  James  E. ;  farmer;   3I  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1838.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Partlow,  George  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  Packard's  Mills.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1848.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Pearce,  Jasper  A.;  farmer;  2|  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1845.     K.GP-     Protestant. 

Perry,  Lydia  ;  farmer;  7m  w  Shielville.     Born  in  Va.    1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Parsons,  M.  P>.;  farmer  ;  2|  m  n  Boxley,     Born  in  N.  C.  1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Parsons,  Milton  ;  farmer;    \^  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  N.C.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.     Wesleyan. 

Parsons,  G.  M.;  hunter;   ^  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  C.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Protestant. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  3II 


PARK,  A.  W.;  farmer  ;  3  J  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ky,  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Park,  Horace ;  farmer ;  3 J  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in  N, 
C.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Protestant. 

PHILLIPS,  A.  D.;  farmer  ;  3f  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Phillips,  T.  S.;  farmer;  2|  m  e  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Phillips,  E.  S.;  farmer  and  J.  P.;  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Methodist. 

PETTIJOHN,  A.  L, ;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  2J  m  w  Deming. 
Born  in  Ohio  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.  ^ep-  Wes- 
leyan  Methodist. 

PETTIJOHN,  OTTO  B.;  farmer;  2|  m  w  Deming.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1854.     Rep.      Protestant. 

PHELPS,  J.  M.;  postmaster  and  general  merchandising;  firm 
of  Phelps  &  Sons  ;  Sheridan.  Born  in  H.  C.  1841.  Rep. 
Friend. 

PEARSON,  J.  P.;  firm  of  Pearson  &  Baker,  flouring  and  saw 
mills  ;  also  of  the  firm  of  Duncan,  Baker  &  Co.;  planing 
mills;  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ohio  1815  ;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1 83 1.      Rep.      Christian. 

PEARSON,  J.  O.;  flouring  and  sawmills;  firm  of  Pearson  & 
Baker;    Sheridan.      Born  in  H.  C.   1839.       Rep.      Protest. 

PEARSON  &  BAKER  ;  Flouring  Mills  ;  Sheridan. 

Pearson,  P.  G. ;  saddler  and  harness  maker  ;  Sheridan.  Born  in 
Ohio  1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Pierce,  Isaac  ;  carpenter  and  joiner ;  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Pearson,  Heman ;  farmer ;  i  m  n  e  Sheridan.  Born  in  Vt. 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Dem.     Christian. 

Pearson,  T.  B. ;  farmer;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1830;  settled 
in  H.  C.   i860.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Palmer,  George;  wagon  maker;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.     Rep.     Methodist. 


312  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Palmer,  John  Y. ;  cabinetmaker;  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Picket,  W.  L.;    farmer;   3  m  s  e  Boxley.      Born  in  N.  C.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Rep.      Friend. 

Perry,    J.    L.;    saw-mill ;    firm  of  Perry  &  Co.;    2ms  Boxley. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1848;    settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Wes. 

Picket,    J.    H.;    farmer;    2  m  s  e  Boxley.       Born  in  Ind.   1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.      Christian. 

Phillips,  T.  D.;    farmer;    2  m  e  Boxley,       Born  in  Ind.   1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.   185  i.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Phillips,  Charles  C;  farmer  and  mechanic  ;  2  m  s  Boxley.     Born 
in  N.  C.   1832;    settled  in  H.  C.   1854.       Rep.     Methodist. 

Peskey,  H.  M.;    farmer;     i  m  s  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.   1850. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

PICKETT,    JOB  ;    farmer ;     ^^   m  s  Baker's  Corner.       Born  in 
Ind.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.    Wesleyan  Meth. 

PETTIJOHN,  ORLANDO  B.;  physician  and  surgeon;  2}4  m 
w  Deming.      Born  in  H.  C.  1849.      Rep-      Protestant. 

QUACKENBUSH,  JOHN  ;  farmer  and  grazier  ;  2  m  w  Boxley. 
Born  in  N.  J.  1831  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.      Meth. 

Quackenbush,    Lewis ;  farmer ;   2   m   w   Boxley.      Born  in  Ind. 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.      Protestant. 

RAMMEL,  REV.  ELI;  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  J.  1816;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Ritchie,  J.  R.;  clerk  and  salesman  ;   Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.  1854; 
settled  in   H.  C.   1865.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Richie,  John;  merchant;  Boxley.      Born  in  Ky.    1817;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Roads,  Wm.;  boot  and   shoe   manufacturer;   Boxley.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1862.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Roads,  Martin;  boot  and  shoe  manufacturer;  Boxley.      Born  in 
H.  C.   1850.     Dem.     Protestant. 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  313 


Ritchie,  J.  M.;  merchant;  firm  of  J.  C.  Ritchie,  Sen.;  Boxle)- 
Born  in  Ky.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protest. 

Ross,  P.  J. ;  farmer  and  tile  maker ;  1 3/(  m  e  Boxley.    Born  in  Ohio 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Dem.      Christian, 

Rushton,  John;   farmer;   2  m  e  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  C.  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Independent.      Christian. 

Reagan,  E.  H.;  farmer;    i^  m  s  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Ohio 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.     Friend. 

Reagan,  Jehu  ;  farmer ;    ^  m  s  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in  Ohio 
1853;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Friend. 

Reagan,  John;  farmer;    ^^  m  s  Baker's  Corner.     Born  in  Ohio 
18 18;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Rep.      Friend. 

Reagan,  W.  J.;  farmer  and  stock  trader  ;  i  m  e  Sheridan,      Born 
in  Ohio  1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.     Friend. 

Reveal,  T.   S. ;  farmer;  2^  mse  Sheridan.     Born   in   H.    C. 
1836.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Richards,  William  ;  3|-  m  n  Sheridan. 

Ross,  J.  H.;  farmer;    31^   m   n  Boxley.      Born   in   Ind.    1842,- 
settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Ridge,  Ransom  D. ;  farmer;   3^:(  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  N.    C. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep.      Christian. 

Ritchie,  Theodore;  farmer;   Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.  185 1;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Ross,  John;  farmer;     7  m  w  Shielville.       Born  in  H.  C.   185  i. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Roberts,  J.  H.;  farmer;  4m  n  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.   1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     Protestant, 

Rushton,  Wm.  L.;    farmer  ;     7  m  w  Shielville.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1 821;  settled  in  H.  C.   1842.     Dem.      Christian. 

Richards,  J.  W.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Boxley.      Born  in  N.C.  1805  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Methodist. 

SIMS,  WM.  W.;  farmer  and  pump  manufacturer;  Boxley.     Born 
in  S.   C.  1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.      Methodist. 


314  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Stiffey,  Aaron;  farmer;  Boxley.  Born  in  Ind.  1846;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.      Methodist. 

STIFFEY,  ABRAHAM;  blacksmith;  firm  of  Stiffey  &  Bro.; 
Boxley.  Born  in  Va.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

Stiffey,  Joseph;  blacksmith;  firm  of  Stiffey  &  Bro.;  Boxley. 
Born  in  Ind.  1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866, 

Starrett,  Daniel  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Starrett,  George  ;  huckster  and  toll-gate  keeper  ;  i|  m  s  Boxley. 
Born  in  Ohio    1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Meth. 

Symons,  George;  farmer;  2ms  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio  1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.      Friend. 

Simonds,  Joshua ;  farmer  ;  ^  m  w  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in 
Ind.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Sturdivant,  J.  B.;  farmer;  54^  m  w  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Simmonds,  Samuel  ;  farmer;  ^  m  e  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in 
Md.  181 5  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.      Friend. 

Smith,  John;  farmer;  3  m  w  Deming.  Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Sumner,  G.  C;  farmer;  3ms  Sheridan.  Born  in  Ind.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Stanley,  W.  F. ;  farmer;  35^  m  s  Sheridan.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Smith,  Daniel;  farmer;  3  m  s  Boxley.  Born  in  N.  C.  1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Spray,  Christopher  ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Rep.      Friend. 

SPRAY,  JAMES;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Boxley.  Born  in  Ohio 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.      Friend. 

Stanley,  John  ;  farmer ;  3  m  w  Baker's  Corner.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist 


ADAMS    TOWNSHIP.  315 


Spencer,    T.    S.;    farmer;     ^^  m  n  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Indpt.      Protestant. 

Stout,  P.  B.;    merchant;    Sheridan.      Born  in  N.  C.   1844;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stephenson,  Stephen  ;  farmer  ;   }^  m  n  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ohio 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Dem.     Protestant. 

STALKY,  J.    H.;  farmer;  3    m    n    Sheridan.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.      Christian. 

Staley,  W.  H.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Sheridan.     Born  in  N.  C.  1817; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Methodist. 

STALEY,  LUCIEN  ;  boot  and  shoemaker;  Sheridan.     Born  in 
N.  C.   1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Methodist. 

StanbroLigh,  Eli ;  farmer  ;  firm  of  Harris  &  Stanbrough,  saw-mill; 
4  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.  1847.      Rep.      Friend. 

Southard,  Benjamin  ;  farmer  ;    i  ^  m  e  Pickard's  Mills,      Born  in 
Lid.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Dem.     R.  Baptist. 

Sturdivant,   Wm.;  farmer;    i|  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

SUMMERS,    J.    A.;    farmer;  3    m    n    Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Dem.      Christian. 

Small,  George;  farmer;   334^  m  n  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Small,  John;  farmer;   3 J  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ky.  1842  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Stewart,  Franklin  ;  farmer ;  J  m  n  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ohio 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Dem,      New  Light. 

Smith,  James;  farmer;  6m  n  Eagletown,       Born  in  111.  1844; 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Sthal,  Aaron  ;  farmer  ;    1 14^  m  s  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ohio  1839  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1863.      Rep.      Protestant, 

Stout,  Oliver  R.;  farmer;    ^  m  s  Sheridan.      Born  in  N.C,  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.      Protestant, 

SPENCER,  T,  B. ;  farmer;  4  m  w  Boxley,      Born  in  Va,  1806; 
settled  in  H,  C,  1830,     Rep.     Methodist. 


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SPENCER,    J.    P.;    farmer;    4  m  w  Koxley.      Born  in  H,  C. 
1853.      Rep.      Methodist.    • 

Strode,  J.    F.;    farmer;    2^   m   w   Boxley.      Born  in  Ky.   1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Sturdivant,  S.  F. ;    farmer ;  2|  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born   in   N.    C. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Stanbrough,    Francis  H.;    farmer;    3mn  w  Boxley.      Born   in 
Ohio  1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Rep.'     Friend. 

Steele,  John  ;  farmer  ;  6  m  w  Buena  Vista.      Born  in  Ind.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Christian. 

Stickleford,  J.  W.;   farmer;   2  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.   1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Smith,    John;  farmer;   2J  m  n  Boxley.     Born  in  Ind.    1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Shepherd,  Moses  G. ;  farmer  ;   2f  m  n  e  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio 
1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Steele,  Evaline  ;  farmer;  6  m  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ky.  1823  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.     Christian. 

Scully,    Thomas ;  farmer ;    3   m   e   Boxley.      Born    in    Ireland. 
Dem.      Roman  Catholic. 

Smith,  Arza ;  farmer;   ^m   e   Boxley.      Born  in   H.  C.    1847. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Smith,  Frederick;  farmer;   ^  me  Boxley.     Born  in  Vt.   1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Stillins,  Henry  ;  farmer  ;   ^4^  m  n  e  Boxley. 

Tweedy,    Jonathan  ;     farmer;     i  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ind. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Friend. 

Thompson,  L.  D.;  farmer;   ^  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.      Protestant. 

TROXEL,  W.  H.;    farmer;    2/4  m  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Tenn- 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Troxel,    Samuel   J.;    farmer;    3)^  m  w  Boxley.       Born  in  Ind. 
1856;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.      Methodist. 


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TETER,  A.    H.;    farmer;    2}^  m  n  e  Boxley.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Rep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

TETER,  AMBROSE  ;  farmer  and  tile  manufacturer  ;  2^^  m  s  e 
Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.   1838.      Rep.      Wes.  Methodist. 

Teter,  Boyd  ;  farmer  and  grazier  ;    i  ^  m  s  e  Boxley.      Born  in 
Va.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.     Wes.  Meth. 

Teter,  Eben  ;  farmer;    i|  m  s  Boxley.      Born  in  Va.   1806;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Teter,  Sylvanus  ;  farmer;   Boxley.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep. 
Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Teter,  George;  farmer  and  stock  trader;    ij  m  s  Boxley.     Born 
in    H.  C.   1836.      Rep.      Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Trueblood,  Isaac  ;  farmer ;    3^   m   s  e  Baker's  Corner.      Born  in 
N.  C.   1836;   settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep.      Protestant. 

THISTLETHWAITE,  EDWIN  ;  farmer ;  3^  m  s  e  Sheridan. 
Born  in  Ind.  185  i;  settled  in   H.  C.   1858.    Dem.     Prot. 

THISTLETHWAITE,  CHARLES;  farmer;  3  m  s e Sheridan. 
Born  in  Ind.   1841;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem.      Prot. 

Thistlethwaite,  John  ;  farmer  ;   2  J  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  Del. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Thistlethwaite,  Henry;  farmer;  2  m  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ind. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Dem.      Friend. 

Underwood,  John  ;  farmer ;    i  m  n  e  Sheridan.      Born   in  Ohio 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Friend. 

UNDERWOOD,  LEWIS;  farmer;   ^  m  e  Sheridan.     Born  in 
Ohio  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Friend. 

Underwood,  Isaac  ;  farmer  ;    ^  m  s  e  Sheridan.     Born  in  Ohio 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Rep.      Friend. 

Vickery,  F.  B. ;  farmer;    i   m  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Ky.    1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1842.      Rep.      Methodist. 

■  Venable,    Augustave   N.;  farmer;    ij   m   s  Sheridan.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Friend. 


3l8  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


VICKERY,  JENKINS  ;  farmer  ;  2  m   n  w   Boxley.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Vernon,    William ;  farmer ;    2   m   w   Deming.      Born  in  N.    J. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Wilson,  W.  A.;  farmer;  2  m  se  Sheridan.     Born  in  N.  C.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Friend. 

White,  Wm.;  farmer;    i  ^/{  m  s  Sheridan.      Born  in  N.  C.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      PViend. 

Wilson,  Luther ;  farmer  ;   2  m  s  Sheridan. 

Wheeler,  Isaac  ;  farmer;   ^  m  w  Sheridan.      Born  in  Ind.  1819; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Ward,  Hadley  ;  farmer;   i|  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  N.C.  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866.     Dem.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Wiggs,    W.    A.;    farmer;    4^   m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  Tenn. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Dem.     Presbyterian. 

Winders,    Charles ;    farmer  ;    5  m  n  \v  Boxley.      Born  in  Ohio 
1821  ;  settled  in  H,  C.  1865.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Windows,  M.  T. ;  farmer;  4^  m  n  Boxley.      Born  in  Ind.  185  i  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1865.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Wiles,  H.  B.;    farmer;    5  m  n  w  Boxley.      Born  in  H,  C.  1836. 
Indpt.     Protestant. 

WINDERS,   WM.;    farmer;    3I  m  n  w  Boxley.     Born  in  Ohio 
1816;    settled  in  H.  C.  1836.      Dem.     Missionary  Baptist. 

Wilson,  Riley;  proprietor  flouring  mills  ;   Boxley.      Born  in  N. 
C.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Wilson,  J.  W.;  engineer;  Boxley.     Born  in  N.  C.  1845  !  settled 
in  H.  C.   1854.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Wilson,  Jesse  ;  farmer  and   teamster ;  Boxley.      Born   in   H.  C. 
1850.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Wiles,  Asa;  farmer;    3  m  e  Boxley.       Born  in  Ohio  1830;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1844.      Indp't.      Christian. 

Wells,  Cyrus;  teamster;   2h  m  s  Boxley.      Born  in  N.  C.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep.      P'riend. 


ADAMS   TOWNSHIP.  3I9 


Wilson,  T.  C;  carpenter  and  joiner;    i    m   n   Baker's  Corner. 
Born  in  Ind.   1852;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep.      Prot. 

Wilson,  James;  cabinetmaker;  Sheridan.     BorninN.C.  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.     Friend. 

Woodruff,  Henry;  farmer;  3mse  Sheridan.      Born   in   N.    C. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Wells,  William  ;  farmer ;   25  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born   in   N.    C. 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.      P'riend. 

Wells,  John  ;  farmer;  2^^  m  s  e  Sheridan.      Born  in  N.  C.  1809; 
settled  in  PL  C.   1873.      Rep.      Friend. 

WALLACE,  JOHN  H.;  farmer;  2f  m  n  w  Boxley.       Born  in 
Tenn.   1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep.      Presbyterian. 

Windburn,  W.  H.;   farmer;  3^  m  n  e  Boxley. 


Hawthorn,  Morris,  Gorrell  &  Jones, 

Importers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in 

China,  Glass  and  Queensware, 

No.   z^  SOUTH  MERIDIAN  STREET, 

INDIA^T^F^OLIS,  IISTDI AISTA. 

HOUSE  ESTABLISHED  IN  1850. 


AKRON    STONEWARE 

CONSTANTLY  ON    HAND. 


320  HAMILTON    COUNT\. 


WHITE  RIVER  TOWNSHIP. 


This  township  is  in  the  northeast  corner  of  the  county,  and 
is  bounded  as  follows  :  On  the  north  by  Tipton  county,  on  the 
east  by  Madison  county,  on  the  south  by  Wayne  and  Nobles- 
ville  townships,  and  on  the  west  by  Jackson  township,  and 
contains  an  area  of  56  square  miles. 

The  township  is  generally  level,  except  along  the  course  of 
White  River,  which  runs  across  its  southeast  corner,  where  the 
land  is  rolling  and  somewhat  hilly.  The  soil  is  rich,  and  where 
well  drained  is  very  productive.  The  bottom  land  yields  im- 
mense crops  of  corn,  and  the  more  heavy  soil  fine  crops  of 
wheat.  No  township  in  the  county,  perhaps,  is  so  abundantly 
supplied  with  stock  water  as  this  ;  White  River,  Duck  Creek, 
Bear  Creek,  and  Pipe  Creek  are  the  principal  streams.  This 
was  one  of  the  first  settled  townships  of  the  county,  and  we 
have  been  informed  that  it  lacked  but  one  vote  of  making  the 
village  of  Strawtown  in  this  township  the  capital  of  the  State. 
The  entire  township  is  well  supplied  with  timber.  The  school 
privileges  are  good,  and  the  cause  of  education  is  advancing. 

Among  the  first  settlers  of  the  township  may  be  mentioned 
Elias  Johnson,  who  came  here  in  1833  when  the  whole  country 
was  largely  a  wilderness  and  public  roads  were  a  thing  unknown. 
He  cut  and  carried  on  his  own  shoulders  the  poles  to  build  his 
cabin,  where  the  Indians  greatly  outnumbered  the  whites,  and 
wild  turkeys  and  pea  vines  were  as  plenty  as  corn  and  hogs  are 
at  the  present  day. 

Population  of  township  according  to  census  of  1870,  is  2,047. 


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Vote  of  the  township  in  1872  was  409.  Voting  precinct, 
Strawtown. 

Michael  Knapp  is  Township  Trustee. 

CHURCHES. 

M.  E.  Church  at  Strawtown  has  a  membership  of  42  ;  the 
pastor  in  charge  is  Rev.  J.  F.  Rhoades ;  it  has  a  Sunday  school 
with  an  average  attendance  of  35  scholars;  superintendent,  J. 
Coy;  value  of  church  property,  ^2200. 

Evangelical  Church,  situated  two  miles  east  of  Cicero,  has  a 
membership  of  12,  and  16  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church  that 
worship  with  them.  Jacob  Hartzler  is  their  class  leader  and 
Daniel  Timmens  Sunday  School  Superintendent.  Average 
attendance  of  Sabbath  school  scholars,  40.  Value  of  church 
property,  ;$  1,000. 

An  interesting  Sabbath  School  is  held  at  School  House  No.  10, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  50  scholars.  Also  at  Cary's 
School  house,  three  miles  northeast  of  Strawtown,  with  an  at- 
tendance of  45  scholars. 

Friend's  Meeting,  near  Aroma,  has  60  members,  and  value 
their  church  property  at  ^200. 

GRANGES. 

Duck  Creek  Grange,  No.  576,  with  27  members. 
Franklin  Grange,  No.  580,  with  26  members. 

SCHOOLS. 

Number  of  school  houses  in  township,  all  frame,  16  ;  total 
estimated  value  of  all  school  property  in  the  township,  ^11,700; 
special  school  tax  on  ^100,  10  cents  ;  poll,  25  cents;  total  esti- 
mated special  school  tax,  ^850;  number  of  volumes  in  township 
library,  560;  total  enumeration  of  children  between  the  ages  of 
six  and  twenty-one,  689 ;  number  of  pupils  admitted  into  the 
schools,  667  ;  number  of  districts  in  which  schools  were  taught, 
16  ;  average  length  of  school  in  days,  112;  number  of  teachers 
employed,  16;  average  daily  compensation  of  teachers  ;^  1.85. 
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322  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHITE  RIVER  TOWNSHIP. 

ALBERTSON,  J.  H.;  farmer;  2^  m  n  w  Strawtown.     Born  in 
1850.     Granger.     Protestant. 

ADAMS,  D.  T.;  laborer;  Strawtown. 

ANTHONY,  J.  R. ;    farmer;    i  m  n  e  Strawtown,     Born  in  H. 
C.   1832.      Granger.      Methodist. 

Anderson,  Henry  ;  farmer  ;  4^4,  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  N. 
J.   1789;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.      U.  Brethren. 

Anderson,  John;    farmer;    2^  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  N.  J. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

ANDERSON,   A.;    farmer  ;    4  m  s  e  Strawtown.     Born  in  Ind. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Apgar,    Peter;    farmer;    2  m  se  Strawtown.      Born  in  N.  J. 
1832;    settled  in  H.  C.  1869.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Blessing,  James;  engineer;  Omega.      Born  in  Ind.;    settled  in 
H.  C.   1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

BROOKS,  JOHN;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in  N.  C.  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.      Rep.     Granger.     Protestant. 

Billhymer,    H.;  farmer;     i   m  n  Omega.      Born  in  Ind.    1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Bryant,  J.  W.;  farmer;    i   m  n   Omega.     Born   in   Ind.    1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.      Christian. 

BRIGHT,  I.  B. ;  farmer;  4I  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.    C. 
1854.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Brunson,  James  ;  farmer ;    i  m  s  e  Kinderhook.      Born  in  Ohio 
181 8;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Liberal.      Protestant. 

Berg,   David;    farmer;   2^   m  e  Arcadia.      Born    in  Pa.    1830 ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Protestant. 

Barth,  Bearnhart  ;  farmer ;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.       Born  in  Germany 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Dem.    Lutheran. 

BARTH,    REINHART;    farmer;    2  m  se  Cicero.       Born  in 
Germany  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Dem.     Lutheran. 

BICKWELL,   CHAS.;    farmer;    Strawtown.       Born  in  N.   C. 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Rep.      Lutheran. 


WHITE    KJVER    TOWNSHIP.  323 

Buscher,    A.;    farmer;    33^2   m  nc  C'ccro.       Born  in  Germany 
1795  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.   Dcm.     R.  Catliolic. 

Buscher,  M.;  farmer;  4  m  n  c  Cicero.     Born  in  Germany  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1836.      Granger.      Catholic. 

Barker,    G.    A.;    farmer;    2  m  s  e  Cicero.       Born  in  Ind.   1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Baldwin,  A.  W.;  farmer;   I5  m  w  Aroma.      Born  in  N.C.  1812; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.      Friend. 

Bauchman,  Wm.;  farmer.      Born  in  Germany  1822;    settled  in 
H.  C.  185 1.     Dem.     German  Baptist. 

Barnett,    G.    T. ;    farmer;   3  m  n  e  Cicero.      Born   1837;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.     Universalist. 

Beard,  C;  farmer;   3^  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Germany  1S21; 
settled  in  H.  C  1840.      Rep.      German  Baptist. 

BOOTH,  J.  T.;  farmer;    ij  m  s  w  Clarksville.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Baldwin,  Eli;   farmer;    i^^^  m  w  Aroma.      Born  in  H.  C.   1838. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Beeson,  Lex;  farmer;  Aroma.      Born  in  Ind.    1826;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1 861.      Dem.      Universalist. 

BABBIT,   J.  W.;    blacksmith;     Aroma.      Born   in   Ind.    1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.   187 1.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Billhimer,  J.;  farmer;  Omega.      Born  in  Ohio  1835;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1 86 1.      Rep.      Christian. 

CORNELIUS,    S.    E. ;  farmer;     i|  m   n  w  Omega.      Born    in 
Ind.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.      G.  Baptist. 

Cline,  William  H.;  farmer  ;    ij  m   e  Arcadia.      Born  in   H.    C. 
1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Caylor,  Benjamin;  farmer;  1 1^  m  s  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Caylor,    Frank ;  farmer ;    i  ^   m    s    Strawtown.     Born  in   Ohio 
1851;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Dem.      Protestant. 


324  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Cook,    J.;  farmer;   ^    m    e   Strawtown.      Born    in    Pa.    1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Neutral.      Protestant. 

Caylor,   George ;  farmer  ;   i  5^  m  s  Strawtown.     Born  in  Ohio 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Dem.      Protestant. 

CLINE,    A.;  farmer;    i|  m  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ind.    1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.      Rep.     Lutheran. 

Curry,  Henry  L.;  farmer;  i  m  s  w  Omega.      Born  in  Ky.  1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Dem.     Christian. 

CLINE,  H.  J.;    farmer;    3  m  s  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  1835  ;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1848.     Rep.      Lutheran. 

Chesney,  Wm.;  plasterer  and  farmer.      Born  in  Ohio  1848;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1874.      Granger.     Church  of  God. 

Couden,  M.;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in  1848.     Rep.     Prot. 

Couden,  A.;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in  1852.     Rep.      Prot. 

Couden,  H.;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in  1850.     Rep.     Prot. 

Carpenter,   J.  M.;    mechanic;    i^  m  n  w  Aroma.      Born  in  PL 
C.  1852.      Rep.     New  Light. 

Carty,    Albert ;    farmer ;    3^  m  n  e  Strawtown.       Born  in  Ohio 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Caca,  August ;    farmer  ;    3^  m   n  e  Strawtown.       Born  in   Ohio 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1S30.     Dem.  Granger.     Methodist. 

Carson,  C.  W.;  farmer;   ^  m  n  Omega.     Born  in  Ohio   1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Carroll,   William  ;  retail  grocery ;    Omega.     Born  in  Ind. ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Cole,    Henry;  farmer;    2|  m   n  e  Strawtown.     Born  in   Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Carey,  J.  H.;  farmer  and  minister;  3I  m  n  e  Strawtown.    Born 
in  Md.  1810;  settled  in  H.  C.  1826.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Carey,  J.;  farmer;  4  m  n  c  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.   C.    1840. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

Caca,  P.;  farmer;  3^-  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Born   in  H.  C.   1850. 
Rep.     Methodist. 


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Cruzan,    W.    H.;    farmer;    Strawtown.      Born  in   H.   C.    1838. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

CURRY,  N.  B.;  farmer;    ^:(  m  w  Omega.      Born  in  Ky.   1854; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1863.      Dem.      Christian. 

COY,  J.;  farmer  and  Justice  of  Peace.      Born  1831;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1866.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Cooper,   J.;    boot  and   shoe   store;    Strawtown.     Born  in  Ohio 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Dem.      Protestant. 

CROOKS,  J  AS.    VV.;    millwright;    Strawtown.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Cooper,  T.;  Strawtown.     Born  in  Va.  1847;    settled  in  H.    C. 
1853.     Dem.     Protestant. 

COUDEN,  R.   A.;   farmer  and  trader.     Born  in   Ohio    1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep.     Universalist. 

Cornelius,  D.  C;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Strawtown.     Born  in   1847. 
Rep.      Dunkard. 

CORNELIUS,  GEORGE;  farmer;  4m  nw  Strawtown.     Born 
in  Ind.   1815;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep.      Dunkard. 

CASLON,  PHILIP  ;  carpenter  ;  2|  m  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ger- 
many 1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.     Rep.     Christian. 

DIENST,   F.    T.;    farmer;    2J  m  e  Arcadia.      Born   in    1853. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Dresher,  Wm.;  farmer.     Born  in  Germany  1835  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1 86 1.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

DICK,  T.  C;    farmer;    3i  m  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Liberal.     Methodist. 

DUBOIS,  W.  A.;  Assessor;  Strawtown.     Born  in  Ohio  1841; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Davis,  L.  M.;  farmer;   2  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Born  in  Ohio  1817; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1831.      Dem.     Methodist. 

DAVIS,  E.  E.;    farmer;   2|  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.     Dem.     Protestant. 


326  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Du  Bois,  Charles  M.;    teacher;    2  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  hi  H. 
C.  18—.      Rep.      Protestant. 

DETRICK,  FREDERICK  ;  farmer  ;  5  mn  e  Strawtown.     Born 
m  Pa.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Du  Bois,  C.  C;  farmer;   2  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ind.  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep.      Protestant. 

DYER,  MRS.  ELIZA  ;  farmer;   i^  m  w  Perkinsville.     Born  in 
Va.  1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1839.     Protestant. 

DICKOVER,  M.  A.;  farmer;  2^  m  e  Arcadia. 

Edson,  E.;  farmer;    i}^  m  e  Omega.      Born  in  Ind.    1830;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep,     Protestant, 

Edwards,    J.;  farmer;   i}(  m  w  Omega.     Born   in   Va.  1776; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Evans,  S.;  farmer;  2|  m  n  w  Omega.     Born   in  H.    C.    1842. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Edwards,  J.  J.;  farmer  ;  5I  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1836. 
Rep.     Christian. 

Eller,   J.;  farmer;  4  m  n   e   Arcadia.     Born   in  H.    C.    1847, 
Dem.     G.  Baptist. 

Eller,  A.;  farmer;  4m  n  e   Arcadia.     Born   in  Va.   1819;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1840.     Dem.      G.  Baptist. 

Eilar,  J.;  farmer;   i|  m  s  Omega,      Born  in   Ind.  1829;  settled 
in  H.  C  1852.     Rep.     G.  Baptist. 

Ennis,  G.   W.;  day  laborer;  2j  m  se  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio 
181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.     Protestant. 

FLANDERS,  J.  W.;  farmer  and  stock  raiser  ;  2  m  e  Strawtown. 
Born  in  Ohio  185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Dem.      Prot. 

FOLAND,  WM.;    grocery  store;   Strawtown.     Born  in    1841; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep,     Christian. 

FENLEY,  J.  W. ;  farmer  and  stock  trader ;  Strawtown.      Born 
in  Ky.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Dem.      Methodist. 

FIERCE,    J.    W.;    farmer;    Strawtown.      Born    1849.      Rep. 
Protestant. 


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Foust,  J.  A.;  farmer;  Aroma.      Born  in  Ind.   185 1;   settled  in 
H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Poland,   Thomas ;    farmer  ;    4  m  e  Strawtown.      Born   in  Ind, ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Poland,  G.  W.;  farmer;   i)^  m  s  Aroma.     Born  in  Ind.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Protestant. 

PENLEY,    J.    D.;    farmer;    Strawtown.     Born   in  Ky.    1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Poland,    Samuel ;    farmer ;    4  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ind. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.      Rep.      U.  Brethren. 

Pierce,  C.  J.;    farmer;     ij  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Pa.   1805  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Poland,  Nelson;    farmer;    5  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Poland,    Joseph  ;    farmer ;    4  m  n  e  Strawtown.       Born  in  Ind.; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     R^p.  Granger.     Methodist. 

Pry,   James ;    farmer ;    3I  m   n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1843.  Rep.     Methodist. 

Poland,   W.   P. ;    farmer ;    4  m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in   H. 
C.  1853.      Rep.      Granger.      Methodist. 

PENLEY,    BENJAMIN  ;    farmer ;    Strawtown.      Born  in  Ky. 
1848;     settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Dem.      Protestant. 

PISHER,    BARBARA  ;    farmer ;    Strawtown.      Born  in  Switz- 
erland 1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Lutheran. 

Gardener,  Adam;  farmer;   ij  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Germany 
1808  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      Lib.      Evangelical. 

GARDENER,  JOHN  ;  farmer;   ij  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in  H.C. 

1 844.  Rep.      Evangelical. 

Gibble,  Christian  ;  farmer;   2  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Dunkard. 

GROVES,  PETER  ;  farmer ;  2^  m  n  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  Va. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Dem.      G.  Baptist. 


328  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


GASHO,  ISRAEL;  farmer;  4m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in   i^a. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Rep.     Lutheran. 

Goin,  F.;  farmer;  Omega.      Born  in  Lid.   1837  ;  settled  in  H.C. 
1837.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Goin,  Eli;  farmer;  Strawtown.     Born  in  Va.  1815;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1834.      Rep.      Granger.      Protestant. 

Goin,  J.;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born   in   Ind.    1841  ;  settled   in 
H.  C.   1 841.      Rep.      Christian. 

Gonce,  G.  W.;  Aroma.      Born  in  Ind.    1846;  settled  in   H.  C. 
1867.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Gall,  Wm. ;  dealer  in  dry  goods  ;  firm  of  Gall  &  Bro. ;  Strawtown. 
Born  in  Ohio  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.    Dem.    Christ'n. 

GALL,  CHRIS.  C;  firm  of  Gall  &  Bro.;  Strawtown.      Born  in 
Ohio  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

GRUBBS,  B.  H.;  farmer;   i    m    n   Strawtown.      Born  in  1841. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

GOOD,  WM.;  farmer;   2|    m    n    e    Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1839.     Rep.     Granger.     Methodist. 

Graw,  Wm.  M.;  farmer;   i  m  n  e  Omega.     Born  in  Ind.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1871.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Gunn,  H.  N.;  farmer;   2j  m  n  w  Perkinsville.     Born  in  111.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.      Rep.      Methodist. 

GUINN,  L.;  farmer;  3^  m  n  wPerkinsville.      Born  in  Ind.  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Rep.      U.  Brethren. 

GROVES,  GEORGE  J.;  farmer;  im  s  Strawtown.     Born  in 
Ky.  1831;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Hilderbrand,  Henry ;  harness  maker ;   2J  m  e  Cicero.      Born  in 
Va.  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.       Dem.     Church  of  God. 

Haiser,  John;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  H.  C.   1841, 
Dem.     Lutheran. 

HEISSER,  ABRAHAM ;  farmer ;    3  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in 
Germany  18 10;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Dem.     Lutheran. 


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HOLDING,   CALEB  ;    farmer  ;    y.  m  e  Strawtown,     Born  in 
Ind.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hodkins,  Joshua;  farmer;    i  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio  1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1859.      Rep.      Protestant. 

HILL,  G.  W.;  farmer;   ^   m  w  Omega.      Born  in  Va.   1831  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Christian. 

HARTLEIN,  JOHN;   farmer;   3  m  n  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ger- 
many 1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.     Dem.      G.   Lutheran. 

Hill,  J.  M.;   retired  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Va.  1798; 
settled   in    H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hoffman,  I.;  farmer;    i  m  w  Aroma.     Born  in  Tenn.  1808  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1856.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Hase,    B.;    farmer;    2  m  w  Perkinsville.       Born  in  H.  C.  1833. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Holloway,    Josiah ;    farmer;    35^   mne  Strawtown.      Born  in 
Ohio  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830.    Dem.    Granger.    Meth. 

Hosier,  Thomas  D.;    farmer;    5  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hamilton,   John  W.;    farmer  ;    31^  m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in 
Ohio  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Hendron,  I.  N.;    farmer.     Born  in  Ind.   1850;    settled  in  H.  C. 
i860.      Rep.      Protestant. 

House,  Newton  ;    farmer  ;    5  m  n  e  Strawtown.       Born  in  Ind.; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1822.     Dem.      Granger.      Methodist. 

HAWORTH,    W.;    farmer;    i^^mnw  Aroma.      Born  in  111. 
1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Friend. 

Hutson,  J.;    farmer;    Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C.   1832.      Dem. 
Protestant. 

Hendren,  J.;  farmer  ;   2J  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  N.  C.   1828  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

HOWEL,  M.  C. ;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in    1849;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1 87 1.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Hill,    J.    H.;   farmer;    4  m  n  e   Cicero.      Born    in    Ind.     1849. 
Rep.      Dunkard. 


330  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


HILL,  W.  O.;  farmer.  Born  in  Va.  1826;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1837.      Rep.     Dunkard. 

HERTZLER,  J.  H.;  farmer.  Born  in  Pa.  1837;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1858.      Granger.      Methodist. 

HARVEY,  ].;  farmer;  Aroma.  Born  in  1810;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1835.     Rep.     Friend. 

HARVEY,  CHARLES;  farmer;  Aroma.  Born  in  H.  C.  1838. 
Granger.      Friend. 

Hoffman,  J.  T.;  farmer;  i  m  w  Aroma.  Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Protestant. 

HARTER,  E.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind.  1851  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Hollaway,  E.;  farmer;  4^  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Dem.      Protestant. 

House,  George ;  farmer  and  stock  trader ;  5  m  n  e  Strawtown. 
Born  in  Pa.  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.  Rep.  Granger. 
Protestant. 

Hobbs,  H.;  farmer;  22-  m  n  Strawtown.  Born  in  Ind.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Granger.     Protestant. 

House,  0.;  farmer;  5  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.      Granger.     Methodist. 

Hankley,  Frederick  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Omega.  Born  in  Switzer- 
land 1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

HARTMAN,  F.  G.;  farmer;  2|  m  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ind. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Granger.     Protestant. 

Hartley,  J.;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Omega.  Born  in  Pa.  1846;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1848.      Rep.      Protestant. 

HAISSjER,  J.;  farmer;  Arcadia.  Born  in  H.  C.  1845.  Dem. 
Lutheran. 


Jarrell,  William;  farmer;   i  m  n  Aroma.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Johnson,  W.  H.;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Dem.      Uni- 
versalist. 


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Justice,  J.;  farmer;   3I  m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  H.  C.  1855. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Justice,    Isaac;    farmer.      Born   in  Ohio    1822;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1844.      Rep.      United  Brethren. 

Jack,  Walter;  Omega.     Born  in  Pa.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867. 
Democrat.     Granger.      Protestant. 

Johnson,  J.;  farmer;  Omega.      Born  in  Ind.;  settled  in  H.    C. 
1873.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Jones,  Perry;   sawyer;    ij  m  w  Aroma.      Born   in  Ohio    1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Dem.     Protestant. 

KARR,  JOHN  ;  retired  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa, 
1796;  settled  in  H.  C.  1823.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

KELLEY,  WILLIAM ;  farmer ;  3    m    s  Strawtown.     Born  in 
H.  C.    1854.      Dem.      Protestant. 

KNAPP,  A.;  blacksmith.     Born  in  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 
Dem.     Methodist. 

KNAPP,   M.;  Township  Trustee.      Born  in  Ohio  1834;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1846.      Granger.      Lutheran. 

KECK,  V.  A.  Jr.;  farmer  ;  3^  m  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  Germany 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Dem.      Christian. 

Knapp,  Frederick ;  retired   farmer ;   2   m    e    Arcadia.     Born  in 
Germany  1792;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.    Dem.     Lutheran. 

Kinder,   I.;   farmer;  4J  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C.   1849. 
Rep.      Dunkard. 

King,  P.;  farmer;   2^  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Germany  1843  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Dem.      G.  Lutheran. 

Klotc,  George ;  farmer  ;   3   m   n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Germany 
1 821;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Dem,     Lutheran. 

Karr,   Alexander;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1835.     Dem.      Lutheran. 


LAMB,  DR.  E.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Strawtown.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Methodist. 


T.T,2  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Lytle,    J.  S. ;  farmer;  Strawtown.     Born   in   Ky.  1829;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1850.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Lutz,    M.  R.;  farmer.      Born   in  Ohio   1816;   settled  in    H.    C. 
1835.      Dem.     Eng.  Lutheran. 

Leonard,  H.;  farmer;  2  m  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Pa.    1815  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1840.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Leonard,  George;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  Arcadia.      Born  in   Ohio 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

Lock,  Peter;  carpenter;  Aroma.      Born  in  H.  C.  1830.      Rep. 
Universalist. 

Leeman,  C;  tile  factory;  2|  m  n  e  Omega.      Born  in  Ky.  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1838.      Rep.     Christian. 

LAUB,  L*  carpenter;  Aroma.     Born  in  Pa.    1816;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1865.      U.  Brethren. 

LEWIS,  WILLIAM  H.;  farmer;  2J  m   s  e  Cicero.      Born   in 
Md.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Lemon,  J.  W.;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  w  Aroma.     Born  in  Ohio  1839  > 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Lannert,  Henry;  farmer;  3^  mn  e  Arcadia.      Born   in  H.  C. 

1850.  Dem.      Lutheran. 

Leonard,  H.  V.;  farmer;  Kinderhook.      Born  in    H.    C.    1852. 
Lib.      Lutheran. 

LAUDIG,  J.;  farmer ;   5|  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

LEE,  ELIOTT;  farmer;   i|  m  w  Perkinsville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Likens,  J.;  farmer  and  stock  trader;  6  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Born 
in  Va.  1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Lawer,    C;  farmer;  Strawtown.     Born   in    1852;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1852,     Dem.      Protestant. 

Lewark,    T.   G. ;    farmer;  2   m  n    Perkinsville.     Born  in  H.  C. 

185 1.  Rep.      Protestant. 

Langston,  J.;   Agent  American  Peace  Society;  Aroma.      Born 
in  Ohio  1817  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1857.      Rep.      Friend. 


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LEEMAN,  J.  B.;  farmer;  2  m  e  Omega.     Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.      Christian. 

Leeman,  Wm.;  farmer  and  stock  raiser  ;    i|mw  Aroma.     Born 
in  Ky.   1818;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Rep.      Christian. 

LEEMAN,  J.;  farmer;    i^  m  w  Aroma.      Born  in  H.  C.   1850. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Leeman,    A.;  farmer;    i|    m  w   Aroma.     Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 
Rep.      Christian. 

Lower,  C.  A.;  farmer;   5    m   e    Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.   1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Dem.      Protestant. 

LEWARK,  W.  H.;  farmer;  2  m  w  Perkinsville.      Born  in  Va. 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.   1840.      Rep.      Universalist. 

Leeman,  J.;  farmer;  Aroma.     Born  in  H.  C.  1847.     Republican 
Christian. 

Lennis,  Fred. ;  farmer ;   2^  m  n   w   Perkinsville.      Born   in   Ger- 
many 1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Granger.     Protestant. 

Lee,   John;  farmer;   5    m   e  Strawtown.      Born   in   Ky.    181 7; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1822.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Lewark,  Albert ;  farmer  ;  4  m  s   e   Strawtown.      Born   in   Ind. ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Lee,  E.;  farmer  ;  3  m  e  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep. 
Protestant. 

Lee,  Madison  ;  farmer;  5  m  e  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.C.  185  i. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

Lee,  S.  B.;  farmer;  4m   e  Strawtown.     Born  in   H.  C.    1846. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

LEANING,  JOHN  ;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.      Rep.      Methodist. 

LAUDIG,  PETER;  retired  farmer ;  5  J  m  n  e  Cicero.     Born 
in  Pa.   1805  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1830.     Dem.     Lutheran. 


Mosbaugh,  M.;  farmer;  2  m  e   Cicero.      Born  in   H.    C.    1850. 
Dem.     Catholic. 


334  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


MOSBAUGH,  JACOB;  farmer  ;  2  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Ger- 
many 18 1 2.     Dem.     Catholic. 

MOORE,  ANTHONY;  farmer;    ij  m  s  e  Stravvtown.      Born 
in  H.  C.  1850.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Moore,  Cornelius;  farmer;   i-J  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1844.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Moore,  William  ;  farmer;    i|  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.      Dem.      Protestant. 

MERRITT,    BRAZILLA;    farmer;    Omega.     Born  in  H.   C. 
1844.     Rep.      Christian. 

MERITT.  NELSON ;  farmer ;   i  m   w  Omega.     Born  in   Ind. 
183 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1849.      Rep.     Christian. 

MYERS,  G.  W.;    farmer;    4  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855.      Rep.      Christian. 

Martin,  S.  A.;  farmer;  4m  n  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  Pa.    1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Neutral.      G.  Baptist. 

Morris,  Lewis;  farmer;  I5  m  s  wStrawtown.      Born  in  Pa.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Morris,  W.  W. ;  farmer;    i  ^^    m   s    Strawtown.      Born  in  1850. 
Dem.     Protestant. 

Morris,  George  ;  farmer ;   i^  m  s  w  Strawtown.       Born    in  H. 
C.   1854.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Mock,  W.  C. ;  farmer;    i  m  e  Kinderhook.     Born  in  H.  C.  1851. 
Granger.     Protestant. 

Mendenhall,  Jesse  ;  farmer;  2  m  e  Buena  Vista.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

MENDENHALL,  MATILDA  L.;  farmer;  2m  e  Buena  Vista. 
Born  in  Tenn.   1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1839.     Protestant. 

MYERS,  GIDEON  L. ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Miller,  I.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.  1807;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.     G.  Baptist. 

MORRIS,  J.;  stock  trader  ;  Strawtown.     Born   in   Ohio  1830; 
settled  in  PI.  C.  1838.      Rep.      Protestant. 


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Mosbaugh,  Frank;  farmer;    i  m  n  w  Strawtown.      Born    18^9. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Mosbaugh,  J.;  farmer;    i  m  n  Strawtown.      Born    1S44.      Dem. 

Catholic. 
Mosbaugh,    C;  farmer;  23^  m  e  Arcadia.     Born  1846.     Dem. 

Lutheran. 

MOORE,  W.  J.;  farmer  and  stock  raiser;  i  m  n  Aroma.     Born 
in  Va.   1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Granger.    Protestant. 

MOORE,  J.;   farmer;    i  m  n  Aroma.      Born  in  Va.   1825;   set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1853.      Granger.      New  Light. 

Meritt,  M.  W.;  farmer;   ^  m  n  e  Omega.     Born  in  H.C.  1840. 
Neutral.     Protestant. 

McKIMMEK,  J.  A.;  carpenter;  Aroma.      Born  in   1852;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 87 1.      Rep.      Friend. 

McCLINTICK,  W.  W.;  farmer;    ij  m  e  Strawtown.      Born  in 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Rep.     Methodist. 

McNeal,  A.;  book  agent;  4  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in  1847.      Dem. 

Protestant. 
McCLINTOCK,   JOHN;  farmer;  4m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born 

in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.     Protestant. 

McGraw,  Wm.;  farmer;  Omega.      Born  in  Ind.  1842;  settled  in 
.  H.  C.   1 87 1.      Rep.      Protestant. 

McMahan,    J.    W.;  farmer;  Strawtown.       Born  in  Ind.    1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

Newby,  F.;  farmer;   5  m  e  Arcadia.      Born   in   Ind.   1831  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1836.     Rep.      Christian. 

Newton,    J.    R.;  farmer;    3   m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born   in   Ind. 
1818  ;  settled  in  H.  C  1869.     Neutral.      Protestant. 

Neutzenhoelzer,   Catharine  ;  farmer ;   3   m   n  e  Arcadia.      Born 
in  Germany  1816;  settled  in  H.  C    1858.      Lutheran. 

NEUTZENHOELZER,  HENRY  ;  farmer  ;  Arcadia.      Born  in 
Ind.  1853;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Newby,  William  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  s  e  Arcadia.     Born  in  Ky.  1821; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1837.      Rep.      Christian. 


336  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Overlies,    C;  farmer;  4   m    n  w  Strawtown.      Born    in    1852. 
Dem.     Lutheran. 

ORBAUGH,  A.;  farmer;   i  m  s  Aroma.     Born  in  Va.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Overman,  C;  retired  farmer;  2    m    w    Omega.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1805;  settled  in  H.  C.  "I837.      Rep.     Friend. 

Overman,  J.  M.;  farmer;  2  mwOmega.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Orr,  Wm.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Va.  1819  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1852,      Rep.      Protestant. 

OVERDORF,    D.    D.;  farmer;   ij    m    e    Cicero.      Born  in  Pa. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Dem.     Protestant. 


Peck,  A.  W.;  farmer  ;  2 J  m  n  e  Strawtown.     Born  1839.     Rep. 
Methodist. 

Pebernat,    William  ;    boot  maker ;    Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Dem.     Protestant. 

PP2TRY,  WILLIAM;  carpenter;   i  m  e  Strawtown.     Born  in 
Ohio  1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Porter,  William  ;  farmer;  f  m  n  Omega.      Born  in   Ohio  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.    1839.      Granger.      Protestant. 

Porter,  Charles ;  farmer  ;  3  m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Rep,     Protestant. 

Petry,  John;  farmer;    i   m   e  Strawtown.      Born  in   Pa.    1815. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Peck,  George  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Va.  1803  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1827.      Dem.      Methodist. 

PECK,   J.    C;    farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in    Ind.;  settled   in 
H.  C.  1822.     Dem.      Granger.      Methodist. 

Peck,    Curtis;    farmer;   3   m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born   in   H.  C. 
1846.     Dem.     Granger.      Methodist. 

Parker,  W.  R.;   farmer;  4I  m  n  e  Strawtown.      Born  in    H.    C. 
1852.      Dem.      Methodist. 


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Pierce,  F.;  farmer;  2J  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio.  1852  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Pierce,  Phineas  ;  farmer  ;    i  ^^^  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  N.  Y. 
181 5;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Quear,  J.;  blacksmith  ;  4  m  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  Pa.   1833  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1854.      Granger.     Christian. 


Reynolds,  F.  M.;  farmer;  i  msw  Strawtown.  Born  1837. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

ROBERTS,  JEREMIAH  ;  farmer  and  constable.  Born  in  N. 
J.   1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Deist. 

RANDAL,  B.  F.;  teacher  and  off-hand  flourisher.  Born  in 
Me.  1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Remington,  J.  W.;  music  teacher  ;  2^  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born 
in  Ind.;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Rule,  John  ;  steam  saw  and  grist  mills  and  lumber  dealer  ;  firm 
of  Smock  &  Rule  ;  Omega.  Born  in  Va.  1833  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1864.     Rep.     Christian. 

Roberts,  A.;  farmer;  2J  m  e  Cicero.  Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Protestant. 

Rulow,  George  ;  farmer;  ^  m  w  Omega.  Born  in  N.J.  18 13; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.      Christian. 

Roguett,  Caroline ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Arcadia.  Born  in  Pa. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Lutheran.     • 

RAULS,  CHARLES;  cooper;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Ger- 
many 1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Rep.      Evangelical. 

SPERRY,  SAMUEL  ;  carder  and  spinner  ;  Strawtown.  Born 
in  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.     Protestant. 

SMITH,  DR.  T.  J.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Strawtown.  Born 
in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Rep.      Protestant. 

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338  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


SMITH,  J.;  farmer;  Aroma.  Born  in  Ohio  1834;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1839.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Srackangast,  T. ;  farmer;  3 J  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  Ohio 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Dem.      Methodist. 

SPERRY,  CHARLES  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in 
Ind.;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Sperry,  Jacob;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Srackengast,  D.;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.      Granger.      Methodist. 

SHEETS,  GEORGE ;  farmer  and  stock  raiser ;  4I  m  n  e 
Strawtown.      Born  in  Va.   18 19.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Sheets,  G.  D.;  farmer;  Omega.  Born  in  Ind.  1842;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Snowden,  C.;  farmer;  Omega.  Born  in  Ind.  1848;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1 87 1.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Schuyler,   W.;  farmer;  4  m  s   e  Strawtown.     Born  in   H.   C. 

1 85 1.  Rep.     Protestant. 

SCHUYLER,  GEO.;  farmer;  4!^  m  s  e  Strawtown.  Born  in 
Ohio  18 — ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Stephenson,  John  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.    1855.     Dem.     Protestant. 

SMOCK,  FINLEY  ;  steam  saw  and  grist  mills  and  lumber 
dealer;  firm  of  Smock  &  Rule;  Omega.  Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.    1857.      Rep.     Christian. 

Sheafifer,  W.  D.;  cabinet  maker  ;  3  m  s  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Pa. 
1808;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.     Protestant. 

STEVENS,  I.;  retired  farmer  ;  2ms  Strawtown.  Born  in 
Ohio  1811;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Dem.      Protestant. 

SHAFFER,  T. ;  farmer;  ih  m   s  e  Arcadia.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1852.  Dem.      Protestant. 

Stehman,  Jacob;  farmer;  2^  m  e  Cicero.  Born  in  Pa,  1813  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1840.     Rep.      Methodi.st. 


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Siler,  John;  farmer;    ij  m  s  Aroma.     Born   in  Ind.    183 1;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1854.      Dem.      United  Brethren. 

Shaw,  I.;  farmer;    i^  m  n  w  Aroma.      Born  in  Ind.  1826;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1850.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Shaw,  A.;  farmer;    ij^   m   n   w  Aroma.      Born   in    Ind.    1850. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Stahlheffer,  Peter ;  retired  farmer  ;   3  m  n  e  Arcadia.      Born  in 
Europe  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

STOOPS,  JAMES  I.;  2ms  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C.  1855. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Stevens,  C;  farmer;  Strawtown.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850.      Dem. 
Protestant. 

Shull,  C;  farmer;  2ms  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio    1819;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1831.     Dem.     Protestant. 

SHULL,  G.  A.;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Tomlinsor^,   C.    M.;  farmer ;   i   m  n  Strawtown.     Born  in  Ohio 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845.     Rep.      Universalist, 

Tomlinson,  F.  M.;  farmer;    i   m  n  Strawtown.     Born  in  1850. 
Rep.      Universalist. 

Timmons,  D.  J.;  3  m  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Md.  1840;  settled  in 
H.  C.  i860.     Rep.      Methodist. 

THAYER,   S.    A.;  farmer;   2^    m    s    Omega.      Born  in   Ind. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.     Friend. 

TRAVIS,  W.  E.  J.;  farmer;  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Tout,    Abram ;  farmer;   2^    m    n   e   Strawtown.      Born  in  Ind.; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Tomlinson,  J.;  farmer;  if  m  s  e  Buena  Vista.      Born  in  Ohio 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep-     Liberal. 

Tuder,  J.  F.;  farmer;  4  m   n  e   Arcadia.      Born  in  Ind.   1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Urban,    Christian  ;  farmer ;    i    me  Cicero.      Born  in  Germany 
1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Dem.      Lutheran. 


340  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Warnaka,   Chris.;  farmer  and  wagon  maker ;  Strawtown.     Born 
in  Germany  1815  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.      Dem.     Prot. 

Webb,  W.   T. ;  farmer ;  3    m    n    e    Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1845.     Rep.     Methodist. 

WHITE,   C.   C;  teacher;  Cicero.     Born  in  Ind.  1847;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1865.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Webb,  J.  C;  farmer;  3J  m  n  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ohio   1818; 
settled  in  H.  C.  184-.      Granger.      Methodist. 

WEBB,  WM.;  day  laborer;  Aroma.      Born  in  Ohio  1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1839.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Williams,    H.  E.  R.;  merchant;  Aroma.      Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Rep.      PViend. 

Woodyard,  J.;  farmer;   2^^  m  s  e  Omega.     Born  in  Ohio  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Granger.     U.  Brethren. 

Wolfe,  J.  H.;  farmer  and  wagon  maker;   2  m  w  Perkinsville. 
Born  in  Ind.  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874. 

Wise,  William  ;  farmer ;  2J  m  n  w   Perkinsville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1863.     Rep.      United  Brethren. 

Webb,    W.  T.;  farmer;  3  m  n  c    Strawtown.     Born    in   Ohio 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Whitehead,    G. ;    farmer ;   5  m   n   e  Strawtown.     Born   in  Va. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Wilberna,  M.  C. ;  farmer;   i|   m  n  e  Omega.     Born   in  N.  C. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Dem.      Protestant. 

WRIGHT,  S.  S.;  farmer;   li  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Ind.  183 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Dem.     Methodist. 

WISE,  MARTIN;  farmer;  2ms  Aroma.      Born  in  Ind.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Methodist. 

WALTZ,  D.;  farmer;    2  m  e   Arcadia.     Born    in    Pa.    1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1848.      Dem.      Protestant. 


YP2NCt^L,  J.  H.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.      Born  in  Pa.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Dem.      Protestant. 


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Yencel,  H.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.  1824;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1867.     Dem.     Lutheran, 

Yencel,  A.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Cicero.     Born  in  Pa.    1825;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1873.     Dem.     Lutheran. 


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CLAY  TOWNSHIP. 


Clay  Township  is  situated  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the 
county,  and  is  bounded  as  follows  :  On  the  north  by  Washing- 
ton township,  on  the  south  by  Marion  county,  on  the  east  by 
Delaware  township,  and  on  the  west  by  Boone  county.  Its 
area  is  30  square  miles,  and  though  the  smallest  in  the  county 
it  is  by  no  means  the  least  in  importance. 

Level  in  its  general  surface,  and  rich  in  its  soil,  this  fertile 
township  presents  a  fine  agricultural  appearance,  and  indicates 
in  its  beautiful  farm  homes,  wealth,  comfort,  and  prosperity.  Its 
citizens  are  intelligent  and  enterprising,  and  maybe  set  down  as 
being  substantial  as  well  as  industrious. 

The  land  was  well  timbered  with  oak  and  walnut,  but  the  lat- 
ter has  been  well  cut  away,  and  the  country,  as  it  is  now  cleared 
up,  shows  many  of  the  foot  tracks  of  the  newer  age. 

The  waters  of  the  township  are  William's  Creek  and  Long 
Branch,  both  small  streams  of  no  value  for  milling  purposes, 
yet  still  important  in  many  other  particulars. 

Carmel,  one  half  of  which  belongs  to  this  township,  is  a 
pleasant  village,  and  is  the  voting  precinct. 

The  Friends  make  up  a  considerable   portion   of  the   citizen- 
ship; hence,    the   general  society  is   quiet,  orderly,  and  well  in 
formed.     Temperance   and  sobriety  are   highly   regarded,    and 
the  state  of  society  is  fully  ecjual  to  any  portion   of  the  county. 

Poplar  Grove  Academy,  of  this  township,  is  a  flourishing  in- 
stitution, and  speaks  well  for  the  citizens  of  its  locality. 

The  original  organization   of  the  township  runs  back  to  the 


CLAY    TOWNSHIP.  343 


year  1827.  The  first  entry  of  land  was  made  by  Benjamin 
Mendenhall,  of  Delaware  township,  in  favor  of  an  old  Indian 
chief  by  the  name  of  "Ketchem."  His  rude  cabin  was  the 
first  built  in  the  township.  Being  the  first  settler,  the  old  chief 
for  a  long  while  had  all  things  his  own  way.  All  the  game  of 
the  woods  was  his,  and  the  winds  of  the  wild  forests  made  mu- 
sic only  for  his  ears.  The  old  fellow,  however,  did  not  know 
how  to  take  bees  from  their  tree-top  homes,  for  on  one  occasion 
he  tried  it,  when  the  insect  warriors  commenced  battle  upon 
him,  and  he  had  to  save  himself  by  jumping,  which  broke  a 
leg.  A  few  years  of  white  man's  civilization  filled  old  Ketchem 
with  disgust,  and  he  again  sought  the  more  congenial  society  of 
his  own  people.  To-day  his  rude  cabin  is  gone — no  trace  of  it 
remains.  The  land  on  which  it  stood  is  now  owned  by  S. 
Hawkins,  Esq.,  whose  tasteful  dwelling  is  a  prominent  one  in 
the  township. 

Stephen  Hiatt,  Eli  Johnson,  Nathan  Harold,  Barnaby  Newby, 
Daniel  Warren,  and  Isaac  Rich,  are  among  the  first  settlers  of 
this  township.  Two  or  three  of  them  are  yet  living,  and  in 
their  memories  are  to  be  found  the  only  true  knowledge  of  the 
early  years.  To  put  off  but  even  a  few  days  longer,  the  gather- 
ing of  early  incidents  in  this  township  would  have  necessitated 
the  detail  of  only  a  second  hand  history.  The  memories  of 
these  hardy  pioneers  should  never  be  suffered  to  perish. 

Vote  of  the  township  in  1872:  Republican,  223;  Democrat, 
90;  total,  313. 

Township  Trustee,  R.  E.  Frink. 

CHURCHES. 

Poplar  Ridge  Friends'  Church, .  situated  2^  miles  west  of 
Carmel ;  membership,  140 ;  Sabbath  School,  Elwood  Henley, 
superintendent;  scholars,  60;  valuation  of  property,  $1500. 

Poplar  Ridge  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  2^  miles  west  of 
Carmel;  Rev.  H.C.West,  pastor;  membership,  80;  Sabbath  School 


344  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


scholars,  40 ;  Wm.  Talbott,  superintendent ;  valuation  of  pro- 
perty, $600. 

Pleasant  Grove  M.  E.  Church,  three  miles  south-west  of  Car- 
mel ;  Rev.  D.  D.Powell,  pastor;  membership,  30;  Sabbath  School 
scholars,  40;  H.  H.  Askens,  superintendent;  valuation  of  pro- 
perty, ;^700. 

M.  E.  Church,  Carmel ;  Rev.  D.  D.  Powell,  pastor;  mem- 
bership, 30 ;  valuation  of  propert> , 


LODGES. 

Carmel  Lodge,  No.  401,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  membership,  20;  valua- 
tion of  property,  ^$900. 

Poplar  Ridge  Grange,  25^  miles  west  of  Carmel;  member- 
ship, 26;  D.  M.  Sprong,  Master;  organized  Nov.  26,  1873. 

Pleasant  Grove  Grange;  membership,  30;  Jno.  H.  Gray, 
Master. 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school  houses,  8,  (frame)  ;  total  estimated  value 
of  school  property,  ^8125  ;  special  school  tax  on  each  ;^ioo,  25 
cents;  poll,  25  cents;  total  estimated  special  school  tax,  1^1350; 
number  of  volumes  in  township  library,  425  ;  number  of  pri- 
vate schools  taught,  three ;  number  of  teachers  for  private 
schools,  three ;  total  enumeration  of  children  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  435  ;  number  of  pupils  admitted 
into  the  schools,  377  ;  number  of  districts  in  which  schools  were 
taught,  8  ;  average  length  of  school  in  days,  115;  number  of 
teachers  employed,  1 1  ;  average  daily  compensation  of  teachers, 
;^2.oo. 

DIRECTORY    OF    CLAY   TOWNSHIP. 

Asbery,  Joseph ;  farmer ;  3   m   n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ky.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861. 

Abrams,  Nelson  F. ;  farmer ;  2^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born 
in  H.  C.  1845. 

Atchison,  Wm.;  retired  farmer;   2  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.    Born 
in  Ky.  1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 


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Blanchard,  Wm.;  farmer;  2  m  nw  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  182 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.     Friend. 

Bradfield,  Samuel ;     proprietor    saw-mill ;   3  J    m    n    w    Carmel. 
Born  in  H.  C.   1843.      Independent.      Friend. 

Bradfield,  John  ;  farmer  ;  3^^  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1838. 
Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Brown,  L.  S. ;  farmer;   2   m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.   18 — ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18—. 

Brown,  Martin;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  C.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Dem.     Methodist. 

Buchanin,  Samuel ;  farmer  ;  2J  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.   1833. 

Berry,  William ;  farmer  ;  3  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

BARNES,  F.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Barnhill,  J.  C;  farmer  and  blacksmith  ;  5!^  m  s  w  Carmel. 

Bristo,  Thomas;    farmer;    4^^   m  s  w  Carmel.     Born   in  Ind. 

1843. 
Bolender,    Amos ;  farmer ;  3  m    s  w  Carmel.     Born    in    Ohio 

1849.     Republican. 

CAREY,  LEMUEL,  Jr.;    farmer;    2  m  n  w  Carmel.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1840.     Rep.     Friend. 

Carey,  Lemuel,  Sen.;  farmer ;  2|  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Friend. 

Collins,  John  R. ;  farmer  ;   2 J  m  n  of  w  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  Y. 
1831;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Rep.     Friend. 

Cambell,   Thomas  H.;    farmer;  4  m  n  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Cruse,    Solomon  ;    farmer  ;    6  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1840.     Dem. 

Culley,    Robert;    farmer;    6  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.       Born  in 
Ind.  1837;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Dem.      Protestant. 


346  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Conrad,    Martin  ;    farmer  ;    4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
N.  C.  18 19;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep,     Christian. 

Cook,  Clarkson  T.;  farmer  ;   i  J  m  n  wCarmel.    Born  in  Ind.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Friend. 

Chappell,    Benjamin  ;    farmer  ;     i  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Va. 
1806;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Rep.     Friend. 

CHAPPELL,  WILLIAM   W.;    school-teacher;    i  m  n  w  Car- 
mel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep.     Friend. 

Cook,  Calvin  W.;    school-teacher;   ij  m  n  w .      Born  in 

Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep,     Friend. 

Cooper,  F,  M.;  miller;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1836;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1838.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Cox,  I.  N.;    school-teacher;    Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.   1847;   set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend." 

Clark,  James  ;    retired  farmer  ;    4J  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born 
in  Ohio  1793;  settled  in  H.  C,  1851.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Clark,  Nathan  ;  farmer ;  4  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ohio 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1. 

Clampitt,    E.;    farmer;    3   m  n   e   Zionsville,    B.    C.       Born  in 
N.  C.  1801  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1832. 

ColHer,  Wm.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Eagletown.      Born  in  111.  1836; 
settled  in  H,  C.  1839.     Rep. 

Conrad,  Martin;  farmer;  P.  O,  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1844, 

Carey,   Isaac;  farmer;  2J  m  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio   1824  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.      Friend. 

Cox,  Samuel;  farmer;  2^   m   w   Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1867,     Rep.      Friend. 

Carey,  Benjamin;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.     Rep.      Friend. 

CATTERSON,  G.  W. ;  farmer  and  plasterer ;  2  m  w  Carmel. 
Born  in  Ky.  1831  ;   settled  in  H.  C.   1852.     Rep,     M.  Bap. 

Carey,   Martin  F.;  farmer;   i|   m    vv    Carmel.      Born  in  H,  C. 
1838. 


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Clark,  Wm.;  farmer;  4  m  e  Zionsville,   B.    C.     Born  in  Ohio 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Courtney,   Henry ;  farmer ;  3   m  e  Zionsville,   B.   C.     Born  in 
Ind.  185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Conover,  John  B.;  farmer;  2|  m  e  Zionsville,  B,  C.      Born  in 
N.  J,  1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Indp't.     Protestant. 

Chasteen,  Thomas ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Conover,  John  S.;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Conn,  John ;  farmer  and  mechanic  ;   2^  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 
Born  in  Ohio  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.    Rep.    Meth. 

Conn,  Wm. ;  farmer ;    4   m  e    Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ohio 
18 16;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Christian. 

Cruse,  Henry  ;  farmer  ;  5  ^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ohio 
18 12;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.     Regular  Baptist. 

Cline,  Wm.;  farmer ;  6J  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ind. 
18 19;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Regular  Baptist. 

Campbell,  Levi  S. ;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  Carmel.      Born  in 
Del.  1825;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem. 

Davis,  Simon ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  w  Carmel. 

Davis,  Allison  F.;    laborer  ;    3J  m  n  w  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

Dixon,   Enoch;    farmer;    ij  m  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1845 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.     Friend. 

DODSON,  W.   P.;    miller;  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1849;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1872.     Methodist. 

Day,  Mahlon  ;  farmer;  3 J  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.   1847  ! 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.     Friend. 

Day,  Joel;    farmer;    4  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.  1838;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Friend. 

Dye,  J.  L.;  farmer;  35^  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.   1851. 

DOANE,  ELI  ;  farmer;  3I  m  n  of  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.   1824;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.     Protestant. 


34^  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Debruler,  J.  H.  S.;    farmer;   1 1^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born 
in  Ohio  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Daubenspeck,   Jackson ;    farmer ;    4  m  s  e   Zionsville,    B.    C. 
Born  in  Ind.  1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837.     Rep.     Meth. 

Elliott,  A.;  farmer ;  3J   m    s   w    Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.   18 13; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Friend. 

Elliott,  Oliver  C;  farmer  ;  3J  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Friend. 

Eidson,  Charles  B. ;  farmer ;    3    m    w    Carmel.      Born  in  Ohio 
183 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Rep.     Friend. 

EVANS,  MRS.  MARTHA;  2^  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1807;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Friend. 

ElHs,  George;  farmer;  2J  m  s  w  Carmel. 

ElHs,  Mrs.  Avis;  4^)^  m  n  of  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1834. 
Essex,  T.  J.;  farmer;   i|  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1837.      Republican. 

Eacret,   W.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C      Born  in  Ind. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Rep. 

Esken,  A.  H.;  farmer  and   Justice  of  Peace;  3  m  s  w  Carmel. 
Born  in  Ind.  1821;  settled  in  H.  C.   185 1.    Rep.      Meth. 

Esken,  Howel  T.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Esken,  Frank;  farmer;   3  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.   185  I.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Esken,  James;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Fultz,  Wm.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Farlon,  A.;  farmer;   i  m  n  w  Carmel.      I^orn  in  N.    C.    1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Friend. 

FERTIG,  JONAH  ;    farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ohio 
1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.      Friend. 


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Farrington,  J.;  farmer;  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  N.  C.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1874. 

Fitch,   Alfred;    farmer;    35^   m  e  Zionsville,    B.    C.       Born  in 
Ind.   1843;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.      Dem.      Methodist. 

FRINK,   R.   E. ;    township  trustee;    3  mne  Zionsville,  B.  C. 
Born  in  Pa.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Christian. 


GILPIN,  JOHN  G.;  farmer,  and  proprietor  of  saw-mill ;  6  m  n 
e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ohio  1827;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1850.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Godby,  John  B. ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ky.  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Christian. 

Green,  Isaac  A.;  farmer;  i  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Green,  Seth  J.;  farmer;  i^  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1847.      Friend. 

GRAVES,  JOHN  ;  farmer;  31^  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N. 
Y.  1802;    settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Wesleyan  Meth. 

GRAVES,  EDMUND  ;  proprietor  Poplar  Ridge  saw-mill ;  firm 
Graves  &  Bradfield  ;  3^^  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  Y. 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.     Dem.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

Harold,  David  ;  farmer ;  i  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.     Rep.      Friend. 

HARVEY,  THOMAS;  merchant,  variety  store ;  firmof  Jessup 
&  Harvey  ;  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1810;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1832.     Rep. 

Harvey,  Henry  M.;  wagon  maker;  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870.      Rep.      Friend. 

Hawkins,  S. ;  farmer  and  stock  trader  ;  i^  m  n  Carmel.  Born 
in  Ind.   183 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837.      Rep.      Friend. 

Harold,  Benjamin  ;  shoemaker ;  ^  m  s  of  w  Carmel.  Born  in 
N.  C.   1805  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1840.      Rep.     Friend. 


350  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


HALL,  FRANK  ;  farmer;  3^  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1844.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Hamer,  James  ;  retired  farmer;  8  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ky.    i8io;  settled  in  H.  C.   1830.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Harvey,  Edwin;  farmer;  2|  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862. 

Hoffman,  James  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ohio 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Harren,  W.  T.;  farmer;  S/4  i"n  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ind.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870. 

Havens,  J.  W.;  farmer;  2  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ky. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Hertly,  Anthony ;  farmer  ;  4^  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Germany  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      R.  Catholic. 

HUSSEY,  WILLIAM  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.     Christian. 

HUSSEY,  JOSEPH  ;  farmer ;  4>^  m  s  of  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 
Born  in  N.  C.  181 5  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Christ. 

HENLEY,  ELWOOD ;  farmer ;  6  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 
Born  in  Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.     Friend. 

HENLEY,  HENRY  W.;  farmer  and  mechanic  ;  51^  m  n  e  Zi- 
onsville, B.  C.  Born  in  Ind.  1830 ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Harvey,  Nathan ;  farmer  ;  2^  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep. 

Haines,  J.  F. ;  farmer;  2  m  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Va.  1808;  set 
tied  in  H.  C.  1837.      Protestant. 

Harold,  Henry;  farmer;  i  m  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1836. 
Rep.     PViend. 

Hawkins,  W.  J.;  farmer;  %'  m  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Republican.     Friend. 

Harold,  Nathan  ;  farmer  ;  i  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1811;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Rep.     Friend. 


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Harold,  I.  W. ;  merchant;  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C.  1830;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Haines,  E.  J.;  farmer;  i  m  n  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1837. 
Rep.     Friend, 

Hiatt,  Solomon;  farmer;  ij  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
18 1 5;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Rep.     Friend. 

Hinshaw,  John  S. ;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Independent.      Friend. 

Hinshaw,  E.  H.;  farmer;  ^^  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1835.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Hoover,  A.  L. ;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864. 

Hoover,  John  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Tenn. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Imbler,  John;  farmer;  2^^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1848. 

IMBLER,  FRANKLIN;  retired  farmer;  i  m  s  e  Zionsville, 
B.  C.  Born  in  N.  C.  1818  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.  Rep. 
Christian. 

Imbler,  Mrs.  Margaret ;  li  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ohio  1819;  settled  in  H.  C.   1831.     Christian. 

Johnson,  Eli ;  farmer  ;  ij  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1809  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1832.     Rep.      Friend. 

Jefries,  John;  farmer;   2  m  n  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.   1846. 

JESSUP,  A.  T. ;  merchant,  variety  store;  firm  of  Jesssup  & 
Harvey;  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1822;  settled  in  H.  C. 
1834.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Jeffries,  Wm.;  farmer;   3  m  n  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.   1840. 

Johnson,  Wm,  S.;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Westfield.  Born  in  Ind. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853. 

Jones,  R.  B.;  farmer;  ij  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Va.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Indpt. 


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Jones,  James  F.;  farmer;   ij  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born   in  N.  C. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Indpt. 

JESSUP,  JOHN  C;  farmer;  4  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.  18 17;  settled  in  H,  C.  1834.      Rep. 

Johnson,  John  F.;  farmer;   2^-  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born 
in  Ind.  185  i  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

King,  F.  H.;  merchant;  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850.     Rep. 
Methodist. 

King,  E.;  merchant;  Carmel.     Born  in  Pa.  1808;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1846.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Kinzer,  D.  W.;  merchant;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1835. 

Kemp,  J.  F.;    farmer;    Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.  1846;   settled  in 
H.  C.  1869.     Rep.      Friend. 

Lenorad,  S.;  farmer;  2|-  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1821  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Rep.     Friend. 

Lowe,  W.  G.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  Ind. 
182 1;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845.      Rep. 

Lee,  Drurey ;  farmer  ;  3  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Lee,  Rinelder ;  carpenter ;  3  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.   1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Love,  M.  S. ;  farmer ;  2 J  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ky. 
1828;  settled  in  H,  C.  1869.     Dem,     Protestant. 

Megehee,  Robert;  farmer;  2^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850. 

Moulton,  J.  E.;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ind. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Indp't.      Methodist. 

Medsker,  George  L. ;  farmer;  3  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835. 

MEGEHEE,    DANIEL;    farmer;    3  m   s  e  Zionsville,    B.  C. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Dem. 


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Moulton,  James  V.;  farmer;  3J  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ind.  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep. 

MOULTON,  JASPER ;  farmer  and  proprietor  steam  thrasher  ; 
4  m  s  of  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ind.  1831;  settled  in 
H.  C.    1862.     Rep. 

Megehee,  A.  T. ;  farmer;  45^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Dem. 

McSbane,  J.  G.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in  Ky.  1819; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1825.     Rep.     Methodist. 

McCoy,  E. ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Moose,  Andrew  C;  farmer;  2^^  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Methodist. 

M ASTON,  W.;  farmer;  lyi  m  s  Carmel  Born  in  N.  C.  1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Michener,  Isaac  ;  toll-gate  keeper ;  1 1^  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in 
Pa.  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Rep. 

MINOR,  JEREMIAH  O.;  farmer;  6  m  n  of  w  Carmel.  Born 
in  Ky.  1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Christian. 

Murphy,  Merrit ;  farmer;  ij  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep.     Friend. 

MANLOVE,  JOHN  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ohio  1813  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1^44.     Rep. 

MENDENHALL,  IRA;  farmer;  i^;  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in 
Ohio  1817  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Rep.     Friend. 

MORROW,  WILLIAM  ;  farmer ;  i  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1838.     Rep. 

Montgomery,  W.  H.;  farmer  ;  3^4^  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1847  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868. 

Megehee,  John ;  farmer ;  4J  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
N.  C.  1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep. 

Megehee,  Doctor  J.;  farmer;  3J  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1 841  ;  settled  in  H.  C,  1862. 

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354  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Nevitt,  R.  R.;   farmer;   5  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.     Friend. 

Nevitt,  Joseph ;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.     Rep.     Friend. 

NICHOLS,  A.  B.;    laborer;   2^  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.   1842.      Rep. 

Nantz,    Pleasant;    Justice  of  the  Peace;    3^  m  n  w  Carmel. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.      Rep.     Christ. 

NOBLET,    ENOS  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

Newby,   Elwood ;    farmer;    i    m   n  w  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep.     Friend. 

Nutt,  James  W.;  cabinetmaker;  Carmel.    Born  in  H.  C.  1846; 
Rep.      Christian. 

Newby,  John  H.;    farmer;  4J  m  e  Zionsville,   B.  C.      Born  in 
N.  C.  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  185  i.     Rep.     Friend. 

Newby,  Micha;  farmer;  4^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.     Rep.     Friend. 

Newby,  C;  farmer;  3  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 

Nichols,    George;    retired  farmer;    i^^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 
Born  in  Ohio  1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839. 

Newby,  Wilson  ;  farmer ;  6  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ky. 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849. 

Newby,  E. ;  farmer ;  6  m  s  w  Carmel. 

Newby,  Jacob;  proprietor  tile  factoiy ;  Carmel.      Born  in  H.C. 
1832.     Rep.     Friend. 

Neal,  John;  farmer;  5^  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  Ind. 
1821;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Christian. 


Petree,  John  N.;  farmer  ;  4I  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Pealle,  Wm.;  proprietor  tile   factory;   Carmel.     Born   in  N.  C. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862.     Rep.     Friend. 


CLAY   TOWNSHIP.  355 


Perry,  Thomas ;  farmer ;  ^   m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  N.    C. 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Poor,  David;  farmer;   3  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born   in  N.  C.   1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Parsley,  J.  B.;  farmer  and  blacksmith;  2^  m  s  w  Carmel,     Born 
in  H.  C.  1833.     Granger.     Methodist. 

Powell,  Ira ;  farmer  ;  45  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C 

POWELL,  ISAAC  ;  farmer;  4  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1846.     Rep.      Christian. 

PLACE,  REUBEN  ;  farmer ;  4  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Ohio  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Indpt. 

Poor,  Jesse  ;  farmer ;  2  m  e  Zionsville,    B.  C.      Born  in  N.    C. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

Power,    Richard ;    farmer ;   5    m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in    H.  C. 
1840. 

Power,  William  D.;  farmer;  3!^  m  s  w  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1848. 

Power,  Joseph;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1837. 
Dem.     Methodist. 

Robbins,  M.  H.;    sawyer;  4I  m  s  w  Westfield.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868. 

RAYL,    I.   W. ;    farmer  ;    3  ^  m  s  w  Carmel.       Born  in  N.  C. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Friend. 

Roberts,   Isaac;    farmer;    i  m  w  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep.      Friend. 

Rayl,  J.  L.;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1854;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1871. 

Ritter,  George  ;  farmer  ;  4^^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem. 

Robey,  T.  L.;    farmer;    2  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.       Born  in  Ind. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Christian. 

Reveal,  George  R.;    farmer  ;    ij  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ind.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Dem.     Protestant. 


356  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Russell,  R.  S.;  farmer ;  3  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ohio 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep. 

Rayl,  John  ;  proprietor  saw-mill ;  3  m  s  vv  Carmel.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 

Rayl,  James  E.;  proprietor  saw-mill ;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born 
in  N.  C.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859. 

Stanley,  Jeremiah;  farmer;  3  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ind.  1841  ;  settled  in  H,  C,  1874.     Dem.     Lutheran. 

SMITH,  W.  R.;  farmer;  4  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1 83 1.      Indpt. 

Shaw,  J.  W.;  farmer  ;  3J  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  Ind. 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Rep. 

SPRONG,  D.  M.;  farmer;  2|-  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ind.  1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1867.      Rep.     Christian. 

SPAUGH,  J.  J.;  farmer,  proprietor  of  steam  thrasher;  2|^  m  n 
e  Zionsville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855. 
Christian. 

Sweeny,  S.  B. ;  blacksmith  ;  i  ^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep. 

Sullivan,  P.  H.;  retired  farmer  ;  if  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Va.  1794;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Smith,  G.  W.;  blacksmith;  3  m  n  of  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N.C. 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

Small,  James  G. ;  farmer;  2|  m  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep.     Friend. 

Symons,  N.  M.;  farmer;  4^^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ind.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.     Rep.     Friend. 

Stewart,  David;  blacksmith;  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Protestant. 

SMALL.  SAMUEL;  farmer;  5i  m  n  of e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Friend. 

Small,  James  G.;  farmer  ;  2i  m  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1828  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.      Rep.      Friend. 


CLAY   TOWNSHIP.  357 


Sellers,  George  W.;  farmer;  2}^  m  s  c  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864. 

STOOPS,  ANDERSON  ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in 
Ind.  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Methodist 

STOOPS,  JAMES  P.;  farmer ;  3  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind. 
1853  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Granger.     Methodist. 

Steed,  H.  C. ;  farmer;  ^  m  n  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C.  1845  5 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 

Slater,  R.  C;  farmer;  ij  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834,     Rep.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

STEVENSON,  WM.;  farmer;  li  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  N. 
C.  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Dem.     Wesleyan  Meth. 

STOOPS,  ANDERSON  ;  farmer ;  2^  m  s  of  w  Carmel.  Born 
in  Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Wcs.  Meth. 

Scott,  George  W.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  w  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.     Christian. 

Scott,  Owen  H.;  farmer;  4I  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ind.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem. 

Seright,  Charles  O. ;  farmer ;  4^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.  Rep.  Christian. 
Weight,  280  pounds. 

Seright,  George ;  farmer  ;  4I  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in 
Ky.  1793;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854.     Rep.     Christian. 

Small,  Mrs.  Keren  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Friend. 

Stanley,  Elam  ;  farmer  ;  i^  m  n  w  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Friend. 

STULTZ,  EDWARD;  farmer;  31^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 
Born  in  H.  C.   1837.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Stultz,  Joseph;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born  in  N. 
C.   1814;  settled  in  H.  C.   1840. 

Sutton,  Benjamin  ;  farmer  ;  4J  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.  Born 
in  Ind.  1832. 


358  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Sutton,  Jacob  ;    farmer  ;    4^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ind.  1835.     Christian. 

Symons,  C;    farmer;    4  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in  Ind. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

STANTON,  ISAAC  W. ;  farmer,  Ex-Treasurer ;  2  m  w  Carmel. 
Born  in  Md,  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846.     Rep.     Friend. 

Thomas,    John;    farmer;    i  m  n  Carmel.      Born  in  S.  C.  1796; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1840.      Rep.      Friend. 

Thomas,  James  N. ;  farmer;  4^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born 
in  Ind.   1832;  settled  in  ^.  C.   1873.     Christian. 

Todd,  Alfred;  farmer;  4  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 
Dem. 

Thomas,  W.  A.;    farmer;    ij4me  Zionsville,  B.  C.       Born  in 
Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Thornbrough,  George  ;  farmer  ;  23^  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born 
in  Ind.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Christian 

TALBERT,    WILLIAM;    farmer;  21^  m  n  Carmel.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1842.     Anti-Secret.     Wesleyan  Methodist. 

Taylor,  Bennett;  farmer;   i  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  Md. 
1810;  settled  in  H,  C.  1869.     Indpt.     Protestant. 

Wright,  Marion  ;  farmer  ;  4J  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Whitinger,  Wm.;  farmer;  5  m  s  e  Zionsville,    B.  C.     Born   in 
Ohio  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.      Christian. 

Wasson,  John;  farmer;  3J  m  s  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Pa.  1822  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Granger.     I'rotestant. 

West,  George  ;  farmer  ;   i  J  m  s  Carmel. 

Weer,  Hiram ;    farmer ;  2|  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.   C.      Born   in 
Ohio  1832  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Christian. 

Weaver,  Henry;  farmer;  2J  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in 
Pa.  1814;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Christian. 

Wolf,  Albert;  farmer;  2  m  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.     Born  in  H.  C. 

1847. 


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Wilson,  Thomas  ;  farmer  ;   3I  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ind.  1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Waller,  J.  R. ;  farmer;   2i-  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C     Born  in  Ohio^ 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Dem.     Christian. 

Whitinger,  Albert ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  e  Zionsville,  B.  C.      Born  in 
Ind.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Methodist. 

Wachtsteter,  C;  farmer;  5  m  se  Zionsville,  B.  C. 

Willey,  Robert  W.;  farmer;  2  m  n  of  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ky. 
1838  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Dem. 

WELLS,  R.  E. ;  engineer  ;  4  m  n  of  w  Carmel.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1852. 

Wells,  A.  P.;  farmer;  3J  m  n  w  Carmel.     Born  in  Ky.  1827  ; 
settled   in  H.  C.  1842.      Dem. 

Wilson,  John  C;  farmer;  3  m  w  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833. 

Wilkinson,  William ;  retired  farmer ;   3^  m  n  Carmel.     Born  in 
N.  C.  1804;  settled  in  H.  C.  1825.     Rep. 

Warren,  Daniel  ;    farmer ;    i  ^^  m  s   Carmel.     Born  in  H.    C. 
1837.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Williams,  John;  farmer;   t,j4   m   e   Zionsville,    B.  C.     Born  in 
Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Wolf,   James;  farmer;  23^  m  n  e  Zionsville,  B.   C.     Born  in 
Ind.  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 


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DELAWARE  TOWNSHIP. 


Delaware  Township  occupies  the  central  southern  portion 
of  the  county,  and  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  eastern  part 
of  Washington  and  Noblesville  townships ;  on  the  east  by  Fall 
Creek  township  ;  on  the  south  by  Marion  county  ;  on  the  west 
by  Clay  township.  It  comprises  an  area  of  30  square  miles. 
White  River  flows  diagonally  from  northeast  to  southwest  across 
the  township,  with  numerous  small  creeks  emptying  into  it, 
making  the  township  a  well  watered  portion  of  the  county.  The 
land  is  generally  level  and  well  timbered.  The  soil  is  rich,  pro- 
ductive, and  easy  of  cultivation,  producing  wheat,  corn,  and  all 
other  grains  in  abundance.  This  is  good  evidence  of  the  indus- 
try as  well  as  of  skillful  management  of  its  inhabitants. 

There  are  two  villages  within  its  bounds — New  Britton  and 
Carmel.  It  will  be  seen,  from  its  numerous  societies,  that  it  is 
not  behind  the  other  townships  of  the  county  in  moral  enter- 
prise or  in  fraternal  associations. 

William  Conner,  William  Wilkinson,  John  Conner,  and  Silas 
Moffet  were  the  first  settlers  of  the  township.  Conner's  Mill, 
at  Horse  Shoe  Bend,  was  built  in  1825,  the  first  grist-mill  north 
of  Indianapolis. 

Lewis  Kinger  is  Township  Trustee. 

Vote  of  1872 — Rep.  209;  Dem.  131;  total,  340. 

Total  population  of  the  township,  i434- 

CHURCHES. 

Richland  Friends'  Meeting  House ;  one-half  mile  north  of 
Carmel ;  membership,  260 ;  value  of  property  ;S2000. 


DELAWARE   TOWNSHIP.  3^1 


White  Chapel  M.  E.  Church  ;  2^  miles  south-east  of  Carmel; 
Rev.  D.  D.  Powell,  pastor ;  membership,  48 ;  Sabbath  School, 
James  Hartman,  superintendent;  scholars,  85  ;  value  of  property, 


New  Britton  M.  E.  Church;  Rev.  D.  D.  Powell,  pastor; 
membership,  16;  Sabbath  school,  S.  A.  Cropper,  superintend- 
ent; scholars,  35. 

New  Britton  United  Brethren  Church ;  membership,  40. 

LODGES. 

Lodge  No.  421,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  membership,  39;  E.  No- 
ble, W.  M.;  D.  W.  Patty,  S.  W.;  F.  Williamson,  J.  W.;  value 
of  property,  ;^iooo. 

Fisher's  Switch  Lodge,  No.  440,  L  O.  O.  F.;  membership, 
18;  W.  H.  Botton,  N.  G.;  F.  M.  Brandon,  V.  G. 

White  Chapel  Grange  ;  membership,  45  ;  John  Wise,  Master ; 
John  Rooker,  Secretary. 

New  Britton  Grange,  No.  774;  membership,  45. 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school-houses,  nine ;  total  estimated  value  of  all 
school  property,  ^5600;  special  school  tax  on  each  ^100,  15 
cents ;  poll,  25  cents ;  total  estimated  special  school  tax,  $goo ; 
number  of  volumes  in  township  library,  400 ;  number  of  private 
schools  taught,  one ;  teachers,  one ;  total  enumeration  of  chil- 
dren between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  542 ;  num- 
ber of  pupils  admitted  into  the  schools,  430 ;  number  of  districts 
in  which  schools  were  taught,  10;  graded  schools,  one  ;  average 
length  of  school  in  days,  1 34 ;  total  number  of  teachers  em- 
ployed, 1 1 ;  average  daily  compensation  of  teachers,  primary, 
^1.90;  high  school,  ;^3.75. 

DIRECTORY    OF    DELAWARE  TOWNSHIP. 

Arthur,  G.  W.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ky.  1832; 

settled  in  H.  C.  i860. 
Armentrout,  George;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel;  P.   O.,  Nora. 

Born  in  Ind.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  il 


362  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Allison,  D.  G. ;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ky.   1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Anderson,  John;  plasterer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Ind.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Ashbrook,  J.  B.;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  w  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind. 
1844  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Able,  J.  P.;  carpenter;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Pa   1841;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1872. 

Applegate,  D.  M.;  farmer  and  trader;  2m  e  Carmel.      Born  in 
Ohio  183 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855. 

Applegate,  Charles;  farmer;  3^^  m  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Beck,  J.  L. ;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Va.  1825;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1849. 

Beck,  F.  M.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch. 

Beaver,  J.  N.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 

Beaver,  W.  F.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ind.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Bales,  Samuel;  farmer;  Carmel.      Born  in  Ohio  18 17  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.    1837. 

Bond,   Isaac;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1833;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Friend. 

Bfodenhaver,    F. ;  farmer;    Carmel.     Born    in    Germany   1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Rep.     Protestant. 

BURLESON,    M.;  farmer;  Fisher's   Switch.     Born   in    Tenn. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Bone,  David  ;  farmer ;  2  m  s  w  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ohio 
1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Bradbury,  T.  F.;  farmer ;  6  m  s  e  Carmel ;  P.  O.  Nora.      Born 
in  Ind.  1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Bales,  J.  J.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep. 

BALES,  JOEL;  farmer;  2^^  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep. 


DELAWARE   TOWNSHIP.  363 

Ballard,  J.  G. ;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  N.  C.    1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185  I.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Bell,  S.  T.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Ind.  1855. 

Bolton,  William  ;  harness  maker ;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1844.     Rep, 

Binford,  J.;  carpenter;  Carmel.      Born  in  N.   C.    1813  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1867.     Friend. 

Britton,  A.  V.;  farmer;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in   H.  C. 
1851. 

Baker,  J.  J.,  M.  D.;  physician  and  surgeon;  Carmel.     Born  in 
Ind.  185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

Ballard,  J.  H.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  N.   C.    1826;  settled 
in  H.  C.  185 1.      Rep.     Friend. 

Bond,  Jesse  ;  farmer  ;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1835  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1837.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Brandom,  R.  F.,   M.  D.;  physician  and  surgeon;  New  Britton. 
Born  in  Ind.  1846;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.    Protest. 

Brown,  H.;  clerk;  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind.    1852;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.     Methodist. 

Black,    G.    H.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ind.    1842; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Beeson,  S.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind.  1828  ;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1862.     Rep.     Friend. 

BINFORD,  G.  ELI;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind. 
18154;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Indpt.     Friend. 

Cuffm,  J.  N.;  engineer;  Fisher's  Switch,     Born  in  N.  C.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853. 

Conner,  W.    H.;  physician;  Fisher's   Switch.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1829.     Rep. 

"Cain,  W.  R.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.   1849. 
Democrat. 

Casby,  H.;  Carpenter;  P.  O.   Nora,   Marion  County.     Born  in 
H.  C.    1839. 


364  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Gamble,  J.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Ind.  1850;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1874. 

Castetter,  J.  W.;  farmer;  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.  C.  185 1. 

Castetter,  B.  G.;  farmer;  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.  G.  1837. 
Democrat. 

Gonner,    G.    F.;    farmer;    4ms  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  G. 
1834.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Gonner,  H.  J.;    farmer;  2  m  n  w  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.  G. 
1847. 

Gapper,    Sidney;    farmer;    New  Britton.      Born  in  Ky.  1823; 
settled  in  H.  G.  1862.     Rep.     Methodist. 

GYRUS,  W.   H.;    physician  and  surgeon  ;  New  Britton.     Born 
in  111.  1837;  settled  in  H.  G.  1861.     Dem. 

Gary,  S. ;    farmer;    Garmel.     Born  in  Ohio  1833;   settled  in  H. 
G.  1834. 

Gomes,  E.;    saddler  and  harness  maker ;    Garmel.      Born  in  H. 
G.  1850.     Rep.     Christian. 

GAREY,    DANIEL ;    physician  and  surgeon  ;    Garmel.     Born 
in  Va.  1 8 10;  settled  in  H.  G.  1864.     Rep.     Friend. 

Carey,  M.  H.;  medical  student;  Garmel.     Born  in  H.  G.  1843. 
Rep.     Friend. 

Gain,  John  ;  farmer;  Garmel.     Born  in  N.  G.  1820;  settled  in 
H.  G.  1861. 

GAREY,  S.  L.;  saw-mill;  firm    of  Garey  &  Davis;  i^    m   n 
Garmel.     Born  in  Ohio  1848;  settled  in  H.  G.  1865. 

GOON,  AMOS;  engineer;  Garmel.     Born  in  Ohio   1838;  set- 
tled in  H.  G.  1850. 


Dawson,  John;  farmer;  3  m  e  Garmel.     Born  in  Ky.    1830 ; 
settled  in  H.  G.  1840. 

Dunn,  A. ;  retired  farmer  ;  New  Britton. 

Dixon,  W.  H.;  merchant ;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ind.  1833; 
settled  in  H.  G.  1874. 


DELAWARE   TOWNSHIP.  365 

Dixon,  R.;  farmer;  2j  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  N.   C.    1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Friend. 

Davis,  H.  S.;  carpenter;  2^^  ms  Carmel.      BorninH.C.  1851. 

Davis,  J.  H.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.    1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Dawson,   W.   T. ;    merchant;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Dunn,  J.;  farmer  and  carpenter ;  New  Britton.     Born   in  Ohio 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep.     Baptist. 

Dawson,   T.   L.;  farmer;  5    m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ky. 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.     Liberal.     Christian. 

Dawson,  T.   D. ;  farmer ;  5   m  s  w  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ky. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Dem. 

DAVIS,  J.  F.;  lumberman;  firm   of  Carey  &  Davis.     Born  in 
Ohio  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Dunning,  A.;  farmer  and  trader;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1831. 

Darraha,  F.  S. ;  blacksmith;  New  Britton.     Born  in  N.  C.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep. 

Demoret,  John  ;    retired   farmer ;  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ohio 
1803  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846. 

Deford,  W.  H.;  farmer;  3J  m  s  w  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in 
Ind.  1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

EUer,  P.  W.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 

EUer,  M.  A.;  farmer;  3>^  m  s  e  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

Emery,  I.  P.;  saddler  and  harness  maker ;  New  Britton.     Born 
in  Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem. 

Eason,  J.  T.;  farmer;  New  Britton. 

Eller,    F.    C. ;    farmer;    Fisher's  Switch.       BorninH.C.  1844. 
Rep.     Methodist. 

Eller,  G.;    farmer;    Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Ohio  1823  ;    set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1824.     Methodist. 


366  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Fisher,    Henry ;    merchant ;    Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Methodist. 

Fisher,  T.  A.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  N.  C.   1843  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Feasey,    T. ;    shoemaker ;    Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  England 
1837  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Fennell,   J.;    Fisher's   Switch.     Born  in  Ohio  18 17;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1871. 

Fisher,    F.    M.;    farmer;  2  m  s  Carmel.      Born   in  Ohio    1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 

Fisher,  J.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  Pa.  1839;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1840.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Frost,  Wm.;  dentist;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio  1813;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1837.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Farmer,  A.  B.;    farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Pa.    1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Flanagon,     W.    G. ;    Fisher's  Switch.       Born  in   H.    C.    1850. 
Methodist. 

Gant,   W.   H.;    farmer;    4ms  Carmel;    P.  O.  Nora.      Born  in 
Ohio  1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

GRAY,  A.  A.;  farmer;   i^  m  e  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1849; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Gray,  W.  P.;  farmer;   ij4me  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Green,  S.;  farmer;  Carmel.      Born  in  Ohio  1823;  settled  in  H. 
C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend. 

Green,  F.  M.;  farmer;  Carmel.      Born  in  Ohio  1852;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1873.     Rep.     Friend. 

Gasman,   M.;    farmer;    New   Britton.     Born  in  Ireland   1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem. 


Harrison,  John  ;  farmer  ;    i  ^^  m  s  e  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind. 
1831;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep.     Methodist. 


DELAWARE   TOWNSHIP.  367 


Hamilton,  J.;  engineer;  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in  Ind.  1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Hamilton,  G. ;  miller;  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in  Ohio  1838; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Christian. 

Heady,  J.  W.;  farmer;  ij  m  s  w  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Hiney,  George  ;  3^^  m  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1842;  settled  in 
H.  C.    1864. 

Heady,  C.  W.;  farmer  and  trader;  2^  m  s  w  New  Britton. 
Born  in  H.  C.   1832. 

Heady,  A.  T.;  farmer;  i  m  s  w  New  Britton.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1845. 

Heady,  J.;  farmer;  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 

Hess,  A.  W.;  farmer;  Nora,  Marion  Co.  Born  in  Ohio  1837  5 
settled  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep. 

HARROLD,  WM.;  farmer;  3 J  m  s  e  Carmel ;  P.  O.,  Nora, 
Marion  Co.  Born  in  Ind.  1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Rep. 

Hartman,  P.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in  Mo.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1841. 

HARTMAN,  J.  M.;  farmer;  i  m  w  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in 
Ind.   1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1841.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Harrold,  A.  F.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 

Harrold,  E.  M.;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  CarmeL  Born  in  H.  C.  1837. 
Rep. 

Harrold,  M.  M.;  unsettled.     Born  in  H.  C.  185 1. 

Honeycutt,  S.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Tenn.  1836; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep. 

Haines,  E.;  farmer;   i  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 

Haines,  S.  R.;  farmer;   i  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852. 

Hartman,  W.  M.;  farmer  and  trader ;  10  m  n  Indianapolis;  P. 
O.,  Castleton.     Born  in  Va.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1841. 

Harrold,  W.  M.;  blacksmith;  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 


368  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Hamble,  A.  W.;  farmer;  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.   C.   1852. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Haines,  J.  A.;  clerk;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep. 

Irwin,   B. ;  farrner;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ohio   1848;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  li 


Irwin,    V.  B.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in   Ohio  1846; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Irwin,  P.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Ohio   1850;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858. 

Johnson,  A.;  farmer;  2 J m  s  w  Fisher's  Switch;  P.  O.  Castleton. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1846.     Republican. 

Johnson,  P.  T.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Carmel ;  P.  O.  Nora.     Born  in 
Md.   1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870. 

Johnson,  H.  C;  farmer;   23^  m  s  e  Carmel.      Born   in  N.   C. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856. 

Justus,  Henry;  farmer;    ly^  msw  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in 
Ohio  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1. 

KINZER,  JACOB ;  farmer ;   li  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.      Rep.      Protestant. 

KINZER,   LEVI ;    farmer ;   Township  Trustee  ;    3  m  n  e  Car- 
mel.    Born  in  H.  C.  1839.     Rep. 

KINZER,  WM.;  farmer;   i  m  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1832. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Kimberlen,    J.    E.;    teacher;    Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Methodist. 

Kimberlen,   T.    P.;    farmer;    Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.     Rep. 

Kellam,  John;    farmer;    Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1803;   settled 
in  H.  C.  i860. 

King,    J.  W.;    farmer;    Carmel.      Born  in  Va.  1833;    settled  in 
H.  C.  1861. 


DELAWARE   TOWNSHIP.  369 

Klingsmith,  Wm. ;  farmer  ;  6  m  s  av  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1854. 

Klingensmith,  C;  4V2  ni  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Pa.   1816; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1830.      Dem.     Methodist. 

Korb,   David;  farmer;    Fisher's   Switch.      Born   in   Ind.   1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1874.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Lacy,  Jackson;  farmer;  4m  s  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 

Lloyd,  C;  farmer;  3   m  e  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  C.   1847;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1864. 

Lackey,  Wm.;  farmer;   2  m  n  e  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1833.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Laudig,  Wm. ;  farmer ;   i  ^^  m  n  e  New  Britton,     Born  in  Pa. 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep.     United  Brethren. 

LINDLE,  JAMES  ;  farmer;   i|  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  Del. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856. 

Lancaster,  Jesse;  farmer;  2  m  n  e  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 

LANCASTER.    R.;  farmer;  2    m  e    Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     R^p.     Friend. 

Lancaster,  Barclay ;  farmer;  Carmel.    Born  in  H.  C.  1852.   Rep. 
Friend. 

Lancaster,  John;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  185  i.     Rep. 
Friend. 

Long,  M.;  shoemaker;  Carmel.      Born  in  Ohio  1840;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1873. 

Lome,  J.  E. ;  blacksmith  ;  2^  m  s  w  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in 
Va.  1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843. 

Linderman,   V.;    4  m  s  e  Carmel;  P.   O.,  Nora,    Marion  Co. 
Born  in  Ind.   1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873. 

Lowery,  I.;  farmer;   i|  m  s  e  Fisher's  Switch.     Born   in  Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C,  1844. 

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370  HAMILTON    COUNT\  , 


Manship,  N.;  farmer;    i  m  e  Fisher's  Switch.     I^orn  in  H.  C. 

1847. 

Moon,  John  ;  farmer;  i  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C.  1812,  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1869.      M.  Baptist. 

MOFFITT.  S.  H.;  farmer;  5  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1838. 

Maple,  John;  engineer ;  2|  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866. 

Maple,  W.;  blacksmith;  2J  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1819; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866. 

Moon,  J.  H.;  farmer;  3I  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

MOFFITT,  J.  VV. ;  farmer  and  stock  trader;  2^  m  s  e 
Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.   1841. 

Medesker,  P.  S. ;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  H,  C.  185  i. 
Rep. 

MICHENER,  JOHN  ;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Carmel;  P.  O.,  Nora. 
Marion  Co.  Born  in  Pa.  1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

MILLER,  W.  A.;  Farmer;  i|  m  w  Fisher's  Switch.  Born 
in  Ky.   1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1857.      Rep. 

Michner,  H.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Pa.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1853. 

Much,  \V.  H.;  firm  of  Hamilton  &  Much;  Fisher's  Switch. 
Born  in  Ind.    1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.      Meth. 

Myers,  G.;  blacksmith;  P^isher's  Switch.  Born  in  Ohio  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1842.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Morthman,  Seth  ;  farmer;  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  Y.  1852;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1859. 

MUSTON,  H.  L. ;  farmer;  i|  m  n  e  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1843  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870. 

Mendenhall,  R.;  Carmel,     Born  in  H.  C.  1824. 

Murphy,  J.  L. ;  farmer;  i  m  n  w  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ohio 
1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Regular  Baptist. 


DELAWARE   TOWNSHIP.  3/1 

Medsker,   J.    B.;    farmer ;    5  m  s  vv  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1840. 

Mills,  N.;    farmer;    6  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  N.  C.  1851  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1872.     Rep. 

McGhehey,  A,;   2  m  s  w  Fisher's  SAvitch.      Born  in  Ohio  1832  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869, 

McGHEHEY,  J.  M.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch. 

Nevvby,  G. ;  sawyer;  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  C.  1830;   settled  in 
H.  C.  1832. 

Nance,  John;  farmer;    Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  N.  C.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857. 

Nance,  Wyatt;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  N.  C.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857. 

Ollred,  Wm.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1841;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1870.     Rep.      Protestant. 

OVERLY,  J.    P.;    farmer;    2^  m  s  w  Fi.sher's  Switch ;    P.O., 
Castleton.      Born  in  H.  C.  1847.      Rep. 

Overly,  W.  H.;  farmer;  Ca.stleton.      Born  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep. 

Pesley,  J.  D.;  farmer;  Castleton.      Born  in   Ind.   1844;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1 86-.     Rep. 

Pesley,  W.  T. ;  farmer;  Castleton.      Born  in  Ind.   1849;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep. 

Pickrell,  L. ;  farmer;    ij  m  s  w  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind.  1841. 

PAYNE,  JAMES;  farmer;   ij  m  s  w  New  Britton.     Born  in 
Ohio  1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1844.     Rep.      U.  Brethren. 

Powell,  Rev.  D.  D.;  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.      Methodi.st. 

Poppino,  J.;  miller;  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  Y.    1816;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1870. 

Phelps,  Martin;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio   1818  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep.      Methodist. 


372  HAMILTON     COUNTY. 


Patty,  I.;  carriage  maker;  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1836;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1853.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Passlow,  J.;  farmer;  i^  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ind.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Dem. 

PATTY,  D.  W. ;  carriage  maker  and  painter  ;  Carmel.  Born  in 
Ohio  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep. 

Patty,  L.  J.;  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.   185  i.     Rep. 

Richardson,  T. ;  farmer;  3  m  e  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep. 

Redwine,  J.  E. ;  farmer;  ^  m  s  w  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in 
H.  C.  1834. 

Richardson,  M.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Pa.  1813  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1849, 

REESE,  Z. ;  lumberman  ;  3  J  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847. 

Rooker,  W.  W. ;  farmer;  2|  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1836. 

Roberts,  T.;  farmer  ;  i|  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 
Rep. 

Roberts,  Henry;  farmer;  ij  m  se  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Rep.     Friend. 

Roberts,  J.;  farmer;  2i  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1850;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep. 

Roberts,  J.  S.;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in  K}\  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Richardson,  L. ;  farmer;  3^  m  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1857; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1 861. 

Rooker,  J.  R.;  farmer;  3  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  181 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Rep.     Protestant. 

REVEAL,  T.  M.;  farmer,  breeder  and  trader  in  fine  stock ;  a 
gentleman  of  fine  culture  and  extensive  travel ;  4  m  s  w 
Carmel.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.  Dem. 
Presbyterian. 


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Randal.  E.;  farmer  ;  6  m  s  w  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio  1830  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.     Rep.     Friend. 

Randal,    J.;    farmer;    32^  m  n  e  Carmel.       Born  in  S.  C.   1803  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.      Friend. 

Raynolds,  W.  C;    blacksmith;    3i-  m  n  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1843.     Rep-      Friend. 

RAYL,  WM.  P.;    sawyer;  Carmel.     Born  in  N.  C.  1847;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep. 

Rooker,  John;    farmer  ;   3  m  n  e  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.  1848. 

Roush,  R.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  Ohio  1823  ;  settled  in  H, 

C.  1873. 
Randall,  J.;    farmer;    3I  m  n  e  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.   1844. 

Rep.     Friend. 

Randall,    Albert;    farmer;    3  m  e  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.  1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Stanly,  I.  N.;  farmer;  6  m   s  w    Noblesville.     Born   in  N.    C. 
1845;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

SEYMOUR,    G.    W.;    farmer;    New   Britton.      Born    in    Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C  1856.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Sparmuth,  George ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  w  New  Britton.    Born  in  Pa. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1866.     Rep.      Lutheran. 

Small,  L.  J.;  druggist;  Carmel.      Born   in    H.  C.    1849.      Rep. 

Swain,  John ;  farmer;   ij  m  e  Carmel.      Born  in   N.    C.    1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1865.     Rep.      Methodist. 

STEPHENSON,  G.  W.;  farmer;   i  m  s  e  New  Britton.     Born 
in  Va.  1850;  .settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem,     Christian. 

Stephenson,    D.  B.;  farmer;    i   m  s   e   New  Britton.      Born  in 
Va.  1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Sanders,   F.    T. ;  farmer;    P.  O.,   Nora,    Marion  Co.     Born    in 
Ind.   1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Shaffer,  I.  H.;  shoemaker;  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Pa.  1850; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.  '  Rep.      M.  Baptist. 

Stephenson,  R.;  farmer;  New  Britton.      Born  in  Va.   1835;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1873. 


374  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Stephenson,  John;  farmer;  New  Britton.      Born  in  Va.    1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185  i. 

STEPHENSON,  WM.;   farmer;  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.   1851. 

Setton,  Wm.;  farmer;  3  m  e  Carmel,     Born  in  Ind.  182S;   set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1873. 

Smith,  Andrew;  farmer;  Carmel.      Born  in  N.  C.  1840;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865. 

Stern,  J.   W.;  farmer;    3J  m  s  e  Carmel ;    P.   O.   Nora,  M.   C. 
Born  in  Ohio  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1846. 

STERN,   W.   H.;    farmer;  3^  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1857. 

Sargent,    O.    D. ;    farmer ;    2  m  s  w  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in 
Ind,  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Scovell,  T.   E. ;    farmer ;    4ms  Carmel ;    P.  O. ,  Nora,  Marion 
Co.      Born  in  Ind.  1846;  settled  in  H.  C,  185 1.     Rep. 

Smith,  John  ;    farmer;  4  m  s  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.  1852  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1862. 

Stipp,    Amos;    farmer;    Fisher's  Switch.       Born  in  Ind.  1857; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1862.      Rep. 

STIPP,  J.  B.;  farmer;    i|  m  sw  Fisher's  Switch.     Born  in  Ind. 
1857;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862. 

Sanders,  J.  A.;  farmer;  Carmel.     Born  in  H.  C.  1853. 

STEPHENSON,    CYRUS;    farmer;    New   Britton.       Born   in 
Ohio  1852;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.      Rep. 

Tucker,  D.  W.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  6  m   s  w  Noblesville, 
Born  in  Ohio  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Rep. 

Trittipo,  S. ;  merchant;  New  Britton.     Born  in  Va.  1830;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1843.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Todd,  R.  W.;  farmer;  2ms  Carmel.      Born  in  Ind.  1833. 

Thompson,    J.;    farmer;    New    Britton.      Born  in  Ohio  1821  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1867.     Christian. 


DELAWARE    TOWNSHIP.  375 


Underwood,  C;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.      Born  in  Ohio  18 17  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   185 8.      Christian. 


Vert,   S.   B.;   farmer;  6ms  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ky.    1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868, 

Valandingham,    D.;    farmer;     i  m  n  \\^  New  Britton.     Born   in 
Ind.  1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep. 

Vanhart,  J.  M.;  farmer;  3  me  Carmel.     Born  in  Pa.  1824;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1865.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Vanhart,  Y.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Carmel.     Born  in  Pa.  1854;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1 861. 

VENERABLE,  GEO.;  farmer;  2ms  Fisher's  Switch.      Born 
m  Ky.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Rep. 


Whitsel,  S.  M.;  farmer;  Castleton.     Born  in  Ky.  1827;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1854. 

Whitsel,  C.  W.;    farmer;    Castleton.      Born  in  Ohio  1832;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep. 

Williamson,    G.;    farmer;    Nora,   Marion  Co.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep.     Methodist 

Williamson,  A.;  Nora,  Marion  Co.     Born  in  H.  C.  1842.     Rep. 
Wise,  J.  A.;    farmer;   Nora,  Marion  Co.     Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 

Wise,  J.  M.;    farmer;  Nora,  Marion  Co.     Born  in  H.  C.   1825. 
Rep. 

Wickersham,  John  ;  Fisher's  Switch. 

Wise,    Peter;    farmer;    3J  m  s  e  Carmel.      Born  in  Va.   1798  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Wise,    J.   W.;    farmer;    4  m  s  e  Carmel.       Born  in  Ohio  1822  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1861. 

Williams,  O.;  farmer ;  6   m   s  w   Noblesville.      Born  in   N.    C. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861. 

Weaver,  M.;  farmer;    i  m  n  New  Britton.      Born  in  Pa.  1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Dem. 


176  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Weaver,  Jesse  ;  farmer;  New  Britton.  Ik^rn  in  Pa.  1822;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1837. 

Weaver,  Peter ;  farmer ;  i  m  n  Ne'.v  Britton.  Born  in  Pa. 
1792;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837. 

Wilkison,  David;  farmer;  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C.  1807;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1825. 

Watkins,  B.  F.;  harness  maker;  Carmel.  Born  in  Ky.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869.     Rep.      Protestant. 

White,  J.;  farmer;  2i  m  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Del.  18 16;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1827.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Williams,  T.  N.;  farmer;  10  m  n  Indianapolis;  P.O.,  Castle- 
ton.      Born  in  Ky.  1817;  settled  in  H.  C.  1825. 

Wise,  Wm.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Carmel.  Born  in  Ohio  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1828.      Rep.      Protestant. 

West,  T. ;  farmer  and  teamster;  Carmel.  Born  in  H.  C.  1847. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Watts,  A.;  carpenter;  Carmel.      Born  in  H.  C.  1844. 

WARNER,  JOHN ;  farmer ;  i  >^  m  s  Carmel.  Born  in  Pa. 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Wise,  Baston ;  farmer;  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in  H.  C.  1824; 
Rep. 

WISE,  J.  B.;  farmer;  Nora,  M.  C.  Born  in  H.  C.  1839. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Yowt,  Wm.;  miller;  Fisher's  Switch.  Born  in  N.  C.  1853; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1869. 

Zina,  W.;  postmaster;  Carmel.  Born  in  N.  C.  1831  ;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1S32.     Rep.      Methodist. 

F.  GOEPPER  &  CO., 
Clothiers  and  Merchant  Tailors, 

No.  17  EAST  WASHINGTON  ST., 
One  door  east  of  Harrisons'  Bank.  INDIANAPOLIS.  IND. 

KEEP  CONSTANTLY  ON  HAND  A  WELL  ASSORTED  STOCK  OF 

Ready  Made  Clotliing  and  F-ai'iiisliinii-  Gootis, 

Which  thev  will  sell  at  the   Lowest  Prices. 


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WAYINE  TOWNSHIP. 


This  Township  contains  35  square  miles,  and  is  bounded  on 
the  cast  by  Madison  county,  north  by  White  River  township, 
west  by  Noblesville  township,  and  south  by  Fall  Creek  town- 
hip. 

The  southern  part  of  the  township  especially  is  of  fine  level 
surface,  affording  a  rich  soil,  capable  of  splendid  culture.  In- 
deed, the  soil  of  the  whole  township  may  be  counted  productive, 
for  there  is  but  little  land  in  it  that  may  not  be  tilled  to  advan- 
tage. It  is  watered  by  numerons  small  creeks,  which  empty 
into  Stony  and  Sand  Creeks.  The  timber  is  principally  beech 
and  oak,  with  some  portions  of  poplar,  walnut,  and  other  varie- 
ties, 

Hiram  Finch  and  H.  C.  Mallery  were  among  the  first  pioneer 
settlers  of  this  township,  having  come  to  White  River  as  early 
as  1820.  The  Indians  were  their  neighbors,  and  for  a  good 
while  the  wild  beasts  of  the  forests  furnished  the  only  meat  they 
tasted.  The  cabin,  humble  and  rude  though  it  was,  for  many 
years  was  their  home,  where  they  realized  as  much  of  life's  real 
joys  as  any  of  the  present  day. 

The  citizenship  of  to-day  class  well  with  the  rest  of  the  county 
in  intelligence,  wealth,  enterprise,  and  morality.  The  township 
is  well  supplied  with  churches,  schools,  lodges,  and  other  frater- 
nal organizations,  all  of  which  are  flourishing. 

C.  F.  Mallory,  Trustee. 

Vote,  1872 — Rep.  182;  Dem.  134;  total,  316. 

CHURCHES. 

M.  E.  Church — Union  Chapel ;  5  miles  south-east  of  Nobles- 


578  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


ville ;    pastor,    Rev.    J.    Harrison;    membership,   45;    value   of 
church  property,  ;$2  5oo. 

Prairie  Baptist  Church  ;  3  miles  south-west  of  Fishcrsburg ; 
Elder,  J.  E.  Ellison;  membership,  35. 

Bethel  M.  E.  Church;    4  miles  east  of  Noblesville ;  Rev.  W. 
H.  Harrison,  pastor;  membership,  50;    Sunday  school  superin- 
tendent, S.  R.  Jones  ;    Sunday  school  scholars,   100 ;    value  of 
church  property,  ;^I500. 

Christian  Church  ;  Clarksville  ;  Elder  W.  Vanwincal,  pastor  ; 
membership,  100  ;  Sunday  school  scholars,  63  ;  value  of  church 
property,  ;^3000. 

Stony  Creek  Dunkard  Church  ;  ij  miles  west  of  Clarksville; 
John  H.  Caylor,  Elder;  membership,  75  ;  value  of  church  prop- 
erty, ^1000. 

LODGES. 

Clarksville  Lodge,  No.  118,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  organized 
May  30,  1850;  membership,  40  ;  value  of  Lodge  property,  ;^6ob. 

Union  Grange,  No.  577;  Amos  Roudebush,  Master;  member- 
ship, 25. 

Clarksville  Grange,  No.  751;  Joseph  Nicholson,  Master; 
membership,  43.  This  Lodge  built  the  first  Grange  Hall  in  the 
county. 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school-houses,  1 1  ;  total  estimated  value  of  all 
school  property  of  the  township,  including  houses,  grounds, 
seats,  maps,  globes,  &c.,  &c. ,  ;^5,500  ;  special  school  tax  on 
each  Sioo,  15  cents;  poll,  50  cents;  total  estimated  special 
school  tax,  ^^850;  number  of  volumes  in  township  librar}',  546; 
number  of  private  schools,  2  ;  number  of  teachers  for  private 
schools,  2  ;  total  enumeration  of  children  between  the  ages  of 
six  and  twenty-one,  418  ;  total  number  of  pupils  admitted  into 
the  schools,  378;  number  of  districts  in  which  schools  were  taught, 
II;  total  number  of  teachers,  11  ;  average  daily  compensation  of 
teachers — males,  ;^2.oo;  females,  $1.83. 


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DIRECTORY  OF  WAYNE  TOWNSHIP. 

Anderson,  John;  farmer;  Fishersburg.     Born   in  N.    Y.  1803; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1836.     Dem.     United  Brethren. 

ALCORN,  WM.;  farmer;  5  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep. 

Aldred,  Thomas;    farmer;    Fishersburg.     Born  in  Del.    1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Aldred,    Marion;    farmer;    Fishersburg.     Born  in  Ohio   1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep. 

ALLEN,  SAMUEL ;    cooper  ;    4.  m  e  Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ind.  1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1S74.     Methodist. 

Barnhizer,  ;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1836.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Brattan,  Wayne;  farmer;  2   m  w  Fishersburg.     Born  in  Ind. 
1809.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Brandom,  Henry;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  Va.  1802  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1839.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Brattan,  William  ;  farmer;    i  m  s  e  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1835.     Dem.     Christian. 

Brattain,  E.  G.;  farmer;  i^  m  e  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ind.  18 17; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Balding,    W.   D. ;    farmer ;    i   m  e  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.     Dem.     Christian. 

Beckwith,   Josiah ;    farmer ;   i   m   e  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1849.     Rep.     Christian. 

Bucy,  Charles;  farmer;   i  m  w  Clarksville.     Born  in  N.  C.  1812; 
settled  in  H.  C.  184^. 

Bucy,  James;  farmer;   i  m  w  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.  C.  185 1. 
Independent. 

Brattain,   Orpheus ;  farmer ;  2J  m  s  e  Clarksville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1840. 

Barnhizer,  Wm.;  farmer;   i|  m  w  Fishersburg.     Born  in  Ind. 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Rep.     Protestant. 


380  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


BARNHIZER,  NOAH  ;  farmer;  Fishersburg.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Republican. 

Barnhizer.  G.  B.;  farmer;   i|  m  w  Fishersburg.     Born  in  Md. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Boyer,    Peter;  farmer;   2    m    s   w    Fishersburg.      Born  in  Md. 
1805;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.     Neutral.     Dunkard. 

Boughn,  E.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio  1845; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Neutral. 

BOONE,  J.   W.;    farmer;    ij  m  s  Fishersburg.     Born  in  Ind. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Rep.      Universahst. 

Brattain,    B.    F.;    farmer;   Clarksville.      Born  in   H.    C.    1834. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Bratton,  O.;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  Clarksville. 

Brattain,  Armstrong  ;  sawyer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.  C.  183 1. 
Rep. 

BOOTH,  J.  T. ;  farmer;   i|  m  s  w  Clarksville.     Born  in  N.  C. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Booth,  Geo.;  farmer;  5  m   n  w  Noblesville.      Born   in   N.    C. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Caylor,  H.  I.;  farmer;  2ms  Clarksville.      Born   in  Pa.    1831. 
Rep.     United  Brethren. 

Craig,    W.  E.;  book-keeper;  Clarksville.     Born   in   Ind.  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Rep. 

Coverdale,  Franklin;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ohio  1837; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Dem.     Protestant. 

CAYLOR,  ISAAC  ;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ohio  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Rep.     Dunkard. 

Caylor,  Abraham;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.   C.    185 1. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Castor,  John  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Pa.  18 10; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1833.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Castor,  J.  Albert ;  farmer  ;  6  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1841.     Dem.     Methodist. 


WAYNE   TOWNSHIP.  381 


Commons,  J.  A.;  farmer;  3  m  n  Fishersburg.      Born  in   H.  C. 
1847.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Caylor,    D.    D.;  carpenter;    Clarksville.      Born  in   Ohio    1831; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Cokayne,    M.  W.;  farmer;  Fishersburg.     Born    in   Ind.    1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep,     Friend. 

Collier,  J.  T. ;  farmer;   5  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1841. 

Rep.  Methodist. 
Castor,  W.  H.;  farmer;    4   m   e   Noblesville.      Born    in    H.    C. 

1835.  Methodist. 
Castor,   S.    B. ;    farmer;   5  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born   in    H.    C. 

1838.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Cutts,  A.  L.;  farmer;  4  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1846, 

Rep.  Protestant. 
Crull,  David;  farmer;   Clarksville.      Born  in  Ind.   1839. 

Carter,  John;  farmer;   Fishersburg.      Born  in  Pa.  181 1;  settled 

in  H.  C.  1836. 
Coverdale,  W.  H.;  farmer;   3  m  e  Noblesville.      Born   in   Ind. 

1845  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Crull,  H.  P.;  farmer;  Clarksville.      Born   in   Ind.  1820;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1839.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Crull,  J.  T.;  farmer;  Clarksville.      Born  in   H.  C.  1844.      Rep. 

Collins,  G.  H.;  farmer;  2^  m  e  Clarksville  ;  P.  O.,  Fishersburg. 
Born   in   Md.    1850;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Rep.      Meth. 

Coverdale,  Isaiah;  farmer  ;  ij  m  n  e  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.C. 
1852.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Coverdale,  William  ;  farmer  ;    i  J  m   n   e   Clarksville.      Born   in 
Ky.  1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1822. 

Coverdale,  Charles;  farmer;  Clarksville.      Born  in  Ohio  1840; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1854.      Dem.     Methodist. 

D ,  A.  M.;  farmer;  6  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  irt 

H.  C.   1844.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Dunnham,  Henry;  farmer ;  3ms  w  Fishersburg.    Born  in  Ohio- 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Protestant. 


382  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Essington,  J.  C;    farmer;    3  m  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1 84 1.      Rep. 

Essington,  J.  A.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1835.      Rop.     Independent. 

Edson,    C;    shoemaker;    Clarksville.       Born  in  Canada,  1854; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 

Ervin,  C.  A.;  farmer;  5  m  se  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1872. 

Fisher,  Adison  ;  farmer;  Clarksville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1843. 

Fisher;  J.    H.;  farmer;   2  m  s  Clarksville.     Born  in  Pa.    1835; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1841.     Dem.      Independent. 

Franklin,    Nelson;    farmer;    3^/^   m  se  Noblesville.      Born   in 
Ohio  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Rep. 

FRANKLIN,   SILAS ;  carpenter  ;  5  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born 
in  Ky.  1837  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872. 

Frinch,  Joshua;  farmer;  4^  me  Noblesville.     Born   in   Ohio 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 

Fisher,  H.  B. ;  farmer;  3  m  s  w  Fishersburg.     Born  in  H.    C. 
1846. 

FISHER,  WARREN;  farmer;  7  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in 
H.  C.  1851. 

Fisher,  John  H.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  2^  m  s  e  Clarksville. 
Born  in  Pa.  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839. 

Forrer,  Martin;  retired  farmer  ;  Clarksville.      Born  in  Pa.  1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857. 

Forrer,  Christian;  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 

Fleming,  David;    fiirmer ;  Strawtown.      Born  in  Va.  1821  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1850.     Dem.     Christian. 

Fisher,   Samuel;    farmer;    Fishersburg.       Born  in  H.  C.   1838. 
Dem. 

Ford,  James;    farmer;    Fishersburg.      Born  in  Ind.  18 17;    set 
tied  in  H.  C.   1831.     Indpt.      Methodist. 


WAYNE   TOWNSHIP.  383 


Ford,  Bcnj.;  farmer;  Fishersburg.     Born  in  Md.  i8 19;  settled 
in  H.  C.   183 1.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Ford,  Wm,;  farmer;  Fisliersburg.      Born  in  Md.   1813;  settled 
inH.  C.  1831.     Rej).      Methodist. 

Fry,  Alexander  ;    farmer  ;    i  m  w  Fishersburg.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.     Rep. 

Fryberger,  A.  J.;  farmer  and  J.  P.;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born 
in  H.  C.   1844.      Rep.      Methodist. 


Gee,  George;   firmer;  Fishersburg.      Born   in   England    1830; 
settled  in  H.  C.  i860.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Garris,  Wiley;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  N.  C.   1823;  set 
tied  in  H.  C.   1855. 

George,  Dempsey ;  farmer;  4  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1843.      Rep.     Universalist. 

Heiny,  Benjamin;  sawyer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.   C.    1832. 
Rep.     Granger. 

HUSTON,  JOHN  ;  farmer  ;   ij  m  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep. 

Huston,  Joshua;    farmer;    ij  m  e    Clarksville.     Born  in  Va. 
1815  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Indpt. 

Howard,  W.  M.;  farmer;   ij  m  s  Clarksville.     Born   in  H.  C. 
1847.     Rep.      Christian. 

Hays,  J.  R.;  farmer;  4  m   e   Noblesville.     Born   in  Ky.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1828.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Heiny,   David  ;  farmer ;  2   m  s  e  Clarksville.     Born   in   H.  C. 
1832.      Rep. 

Heiny,  Eli;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.  C.    1844.     Rep. 
Dunkard. 

Heiny,  George  ;  laborer  ;  Clarksville.      Born  1848.     Rep. 

Harger,  David  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  s  w  Fishersburg.     Born  in  H.  C. 
1843.     Rep. 


386  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Harvy;  Castor;  farmer;  2  m  w  Fishersburg.  Born  in  185 1. 
Dem. 

Haygood,  Robert ;  farmer  ;  i  m  s  w  Fishersburg.  Born  in  S. 
C.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1865.     Rep. 

Heiney,  Samuel ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  e  Clarksville. 

HEINY,  JACOB;  blacksmith;  all  work  done  in  a  workman-like 
manner  and  of  good  material ;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844. 

Heiny,  Samuel;  farmer;  3  m  n  Clarksville.  Born  in  Pa.  1805; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1840.      Dem.     Dunkard. 

Huffman,  A.  J.;  farmer;  3  m  e Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind.  1844; 
settled  in  H.  C.   187 1.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Heiny,  George  ;  grocer  and  hardware  dealer ;  Clarksville.  Born 
in  Ohio  1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853. 

Heiny,  Joel ;  engineer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind.  1837;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1844. 

Harger,  P'rederick  ;  farmer ;  i  m  w  Fishersburg.  Born  in  Pa. 
1804;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Rep.      Baptist. 

Hank,  J.  D. ;  farmer  and  blacksmith;  6  m  n  e  Noblesville. 
Born  in  Germany  1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865.    Methodist. 


Jones,  E.  M.;    farmer;    Fishersburg.      Born  in  Ind.   1834;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Jones,  Sherwin  P. ;  millwright;  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ohio  1824;. 
settled  in  H.  C.   1833.      Rep.     Methodist. 


KEFFER,    ELI;    farmer;    P'ishersburg.       Born  in  Ind.  182 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  183 1. 

KELLEY,  \VM.;    farmer;    4  m  n  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  H. 
C.   1854.     Dem.      Protestant. 

KEFFER,  JACOB;  farmer;   ij  m  s  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ind 
1 8 17;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Dem.     Protestant. 


WAYNE    TOWNSHIP.  385 


Leonard,    J.    P.;  sawyer;     Fishersburg.      Born  in   Ohio    1832; 

settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Dem. 
Lay  ton. 

LLOYD,  L.   W.;  farmer;   5    m    e   Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Lennen,  Thomas ;  farmer;   2  J  m  e  Clarksville.     Born   in   Ind. 
1819  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1831. 

Lennen,    Mary   A.;  2J   m   e  Clarksville,      Born   in    Md.   182 1  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1832. 

Lennen,  W.  C. ;  former;  2  m  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  Ind.   1831. 

Lennen,  Jasper ;    farmer ;    i   m  s  e  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1845.      Rep. 

Lennen,  Clifford  ;  farmer  ;   3  m  s  e  Clarksville.      Rep. 

Lennen,   Cassius ;    farmer;  Clarksville.      Born  in  H.    C.    1844. 
Rep.      Christian. 

Lennen,  Peter;  farmer;  Clarksville.      Born   in   Ind.   18 10;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.     Christian. 


MOORE,  J.  W.;    farmer;   2  m  s  w  Fishersburg.      Born  in  Ind. 
1853;  settled  in  rl.  C.   1854. 

Mallery,    H.    C;    farmer;    3  m  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  N.  Y. 
181 5;  settled  in  H.  C.   1820.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Mallery,  C.  H.;    farmer;    3  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.     Rep.     Methodist. 

MALLERY,   C.    F.;    farmer;    4  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H. 
C.   1838.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Montgomery,  E.  T.;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H. 
C.   1842.      Rep. 

Musselman,   John  ;    farmer  and   carpenter.       Born  in  Germany 
1828  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Neutral. 

Markle,    R.    R.;    sawyer;    Fishersburg.      Born  in  N.  Y.   1836; 
settled  in  H.  C    1863.     Dem. 

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386  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Miller,  P.  C;  farmer;  4^  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.   C. 
184 — .     Rep.      United  Brethren. 

Manford,  John  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  s  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind.  1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1828.      Rep.     United  Brethren. 

Meara,  Michael ;  farmer  ;  4J  m  n  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ireland 
1822;  settled  in  H.  C.  1845. 

Mushrush,   Abraham  ;    farmer  ;  2|  m  s  e  Clarksville.      Born  in 
France  1830;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.     Dunkard. 

McKenzi^,  A.  J.;    farmer;  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ky. ;    settled 
in  H.  C.   1837.     Granger. 

McDole,    Isaac;    farmer;    i   m  w   Fishersburg.      Born  in  Ind. 
1850;  settled  in  H.  C.   1870. 

McAnally,  J.  T. ;  farmer;    1  ^^  m  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  H.  C 
1853.      Rep.     Methodist. 

McCOOLE,  LAWSON  ;  engineer  ;  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ohio 
1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Rep.      Methodist. 

McDonald, ;    farmer ;    3  m  w  Fishersburg.      Born  in  Pa. 

1815;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Indpt.      Baptist. 

McKenzie,  J.  D.;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 

McGuire,  Mrs.  Elizabeth;  Clarksville.      Born  in  Va.  1829;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1 86 1. 

McNally,  Richard  ;  farmer ;   2  m  s  e  Clarksville.      Born  on  the 
ocean  1822  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Dem. 


Nicholson,    Joseph;  Justice   of  the   Peace   and   farmer;   Clarks- 
ville.     Born  in  H.  C.    1839.      Rep-      Protestant. 

Nicholson,   James;  farmer;   Clarksville.      Born   in   N.    C.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852. 

Neill,    W.    H.;  farmer;    3I   m   s   e    Clarksville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1840;  settled  in  H.  C.    1865.     Rep.      Methodist. 


Orr,  H.  L. ;  farmer;   2  m  n  e  Clarksville.      Born  in   Ohio    1824; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874. 


WAYNE   TOWNSHIP.  387 


Oldman,    A.    W. ;  farmer;   Fishersburg.      Born    in   Ohio  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Rep.     Friend. 

Owens,  John  ;  farmer;  Noblesville.     Born  in  N.    C.    18 14;  set. 
tied  in  H.  C.  1830.     Dem.     Protestant. 

OLVEY,  H.  J.;  farmer;    i|  m   s  Clarksville.      Born   in  N.    C. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Dem.     Protestant. 


Passwater,  Peter;    farmer;    5  m  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  H.  C, 
1844. 

Passwater,    E.    M.;    farmer;    4  m  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  Ind. 
1856. 

Passwater,  W.  F.;    farmer;    5  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Passwater,  P.  P.;  Clarksville.      Born  in  1833. 

Peulsel,    John;    farmer;    5!^   m   s  e   Noblesville.       Born  in  V"a. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep.      U.  Brethren. 

Passwater,  ;    toll-gate   keeper;    Clarksville.       Born  in  Del. 

1801  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1838.     Indpt.     Methodist. 

Pesser,  Henry;  farmer  and  Granger;    i|  m  e  Clarksville.     Born 
in  Ind.   1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Palmer,  J.  W.;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  Ind.  1849;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1870. 

PASSWATER,  CLEMENT  ;  farmer;  6  m  e  Noblesville.    Born 
in  H.  C.  1845.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Pierce,  R.  C;  farmer;   2  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio  185  i:. 
settled  in  H.  C.  t866.     Rep. 

Peed,  T.  J.;  farmer;  Strawtown.     Born  in  Ky.  1832;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1852.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Passwater,  M.  F.;  farmer;   Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1852. 

Passwater,    G.  W.;    farmer;  6  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Del. 
1810;   settled  in  H.  C.   1825.      Rep      Methodist. 

Passwater,  A.  M.;   .sawyer;  Clarksville.      Born  in   H.  C.   1848. 
Independent. 


388  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Ridgway,    James ;    farmer ;    5   m  e  Noblesville.      Born   in    Md. 
1805  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834. 

Ridgway,  Solomon  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1847.     Dem.     Independent. 

Rambo,  T.  A.;  farmer;   3J  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.   C. 
1837.     Independent. 

Roudebush,  John  ;  farmer;  4  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1826;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Rep.     Christian. 

Roudebush,  James;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1821  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1851.     Rep.     Christian. 

Roudebush,   F.    M.;  farmer,    4  m   n   e   Noblesville.     Born  in 
Ohio  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Rodes,  John;  farmer;  6   m  e  Noblesville.     Born  in   Pa.   1807; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      E.ep.      Protestant. 

Russell,  Mandervill  ;  carpenter  ;   2  m  n  e  Clark^ville.      Born  in 
Ky.  1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1861.     Dem. 

Richart,    S.    B.;    farmer;    Clarksville.      Born    in    H.    C.     1836. 
Dem.     Christian. 

Ridgway,  Thomas;  farmer;  2  m  s  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.   C. 
1827.      Christian. 

Redick,  G.  R.;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio  1827  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1830.     Rep. 

Stanford,  A.;  farmer;   3  m  s  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  Ind.   1823  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1861.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Stanford,    Wm.;    farmer;    3    m   se   Clarksville.       Born  in  Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1861.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Stanford,  Thomas  ;  farmer  ;   2|  m  s  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.   1863. 

Sylvester,  David  ;  farmer  ;   3I  m  s  e  Clarksville. 

Swigart,  Abraham  ;    farmer  ;    2  J  m  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  Md. 
1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.    1870. 

Shoemaker,  T.  J.;    farmer;    Clarksville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1835. 
Rep.     Christian. 


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Steffey,  George  ;  painter  and  cabinet  maker  ;  Clarksville.     Born 
in  Pa.   1 8 10;  settled  in  H.  C.   1849.      Indpt.     U.  Brethren. 

Schneider,   Jacob  ;  farmer ;  2  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ger- 
many 1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   18S3.      Dem.      Lutheran. 

Sylvester,    Benj.;    farmer;    2  m  s  e  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ind. 
1818;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Dem.     Baptist. 

Snyder,  David;  farmer;  2  m  s  Strawtown.      Born  in  Ohio  183 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1865.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Stephens,  Wm.;  farmer;    ij  m  n  e  Clarksville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Rep.     Protestant. 

SWARTZ,    WM.;    harness   maker;    Clarksville.      Born   in   Pa. 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1837.     ^ep.      Protestant. 

Smeltser,  Henry ;    wagon  maker ;    Clarksville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.     Dunkard. 

Sherman,   J.   C;    farmer;    5mse  Noblesville.     Born   in   Ind. 
1820;  settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Dem,     Protestant. 

SYLVESTER,  CHARLES  ;  farmer ;  Strawtown.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1847. 

Stephenson,    J.    C;    farmer  and  trader;    3  m   se  Strawtown. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1828.      Indpt. 

Simmermon,   John  ;    farmer ;    3   m  s  Strawtown.       Born  in  Pa. 
1810;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Stephens,  Wm.;    farmer;  Fishersburg.      Born  in  Pa.  1804;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1834.      Rep. 

STEVENSON,    SAMUEL;    farmer;    ij  m  s  w  Fishersburg. 
Born  in  N.  Y.  1819  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Meth. 

Stern,   W.    H.;    farmer;    5  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Scearce,  Fleming  ;    farmer  ;    4  m  n  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ky. 
1809;  settled  in  H.  C.   1836.     Dem.     Christian. 

Simmermon,  J.  S. ;  farmer;  2  m  s  w  Fishersburg.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1836.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Shoal,  Fred.;  farmer,  and  proprietor  of  merchant  mills;  Nobles- 
ville. 


390  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Stern,  E.  B.;  farmer;  4I  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ohio  1834; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1846. 

Stephens,  G.  L. ;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1836. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Shoemaker,  H.  F. ;  farmer;  4I  m  e  Noble.sville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1849.      Rep. 

Shoemaker,  Allen  ;  farmer  ;  Noblesville. 

Shoemaker,  A.;  farmer;  4m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1 84 1.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Stern,  Eli;  farmer;  /me  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 

Teeters,  G.  D.;  farmer;  2J  m  s  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1848.      Protestant. 

Tice,  John ;  farmer;  31^  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1852; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1871. 

Teeters,  Samuel ;  farmer ;  6  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
181 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1839.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Teeters,  Staunton  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  s  e  Strawtown.  Born  in  H.C. 
1844.     Dem. 

Vanbuskirk,  ;  farmer  ;  4  5^  ms  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 

1837  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871. 

"Vanwinkle,  W.;  physician;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ohio  1828  •' 
settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Rep.      Christian. 

Wade,  Harper;  farmer;  Noblesville.  Born  in  H.C.  1844. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Wiseman,  George;  farmer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind.  1813  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  185-. 

WATERMAN,  R.  J.,  M.  D.;  physician  and  surgeon  ;  2  m  n  e 
Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.  1865. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Wright,  J.  W.;  farmer;  7  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1851.      Rep.      Methodist. 


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Wiseman,  John  ;  farmer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Md.  1800;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1836.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Wyant,  Henry  ;  farmer  ;  3^  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1835  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1840.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Wolfgang,  Emanuel ;  farmer  ;  3J  m  s  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862. 

Werner,  Henry;  farmer;  ^^  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa. 
1842;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871. 

Wilson,  David;  farmer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind.  1821  ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1856.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Woods,  Jesse;  farmer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ind.  1836;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.   1849. 

Williams,  J.  S.;  farmer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  Ohio  183- ;  set- 
tled in  H.  C.  1856. 

Ware,  Jesse  ;  farmer;  Strawtown.     Born  in  H.  C.  185 1.     Dem. 

Wright,  Jacob;  farmer;  Fishersburg.  Born  in  N.  Y.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Rep.    . 

WADDELL,  J.  C;  farmer;  5  m  n  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  H. 
C.  1827.     Rep.      Methodist. 

WHITESELL,  P.  P.,  M.  D. ;  physician  and  surgeon;  Clarks- 
ville. Born  in  Ohio  1823;  settled  in  H.  C.  1850.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

White,  Wesley  ;  farmer ;  6  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873. 

Wiseman,  J.  E.;  farmer;  Clarksville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1841. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Wiseman,  H.  B. ;  farmer;  Clarksville.     Born  in  H.  C.   185 1. 


T.    3D  TT  K,  T' 

SHOE   PALACE. 

FINE 

BOOTS,  SHOES  AND  RUBBERS, 

3  East  Washington  St.,  INDIANAPOLIS,  IND. 


392  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


FALL  CKEEK  TOWNSHIP. 


This  Township  is  situated  in  the  south-east  corner  of  the 
county,  and  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Wayne  and  a  portion 
of  Noblesville  townships;  on  the  east  by  the  southern  part  of 
Madison  county ;  on  the  south  by  the  north-west  part  of  Han- 
cock and  north-east  part  of  Marion  counties ;  on  the  west  by 
Delaware  township.  Its  entire  area  is  35  square  miles.  The 
surface  is  level,  soil  rich  and  exceedingly  productive.  Some  of 
the  lands  in  the  north-west  and  north-east  portions  of  the  town- 
ship are  rather  wet,  but  they  are  being  rapidly  improved  by 
drainage.  There  is  no  waste  land  within  its  limits.  The  creeks 
flowing  through  the  township  are  Mud,  Sand,  and  Fall  Creeks. 
After  the  latter  the  township  was  named. 

Fall  Creek  is  noted  for  its  water-power,  and  its  bottom  lands 
are  not  surpassed  in  richness  by  any  on  White  River. 

Corn,  wheat,  and  all  other  farm  products  are  raised  in  abund- 
ance, and  with  only  ordinary  labor.  The  timber  consists,  chiefly, 
of  oak,  poplar,  and  walnut. 

The  first  settlement  on  Fall  Creek  was  made  as  early  as  1825, 
and  among  those  pioneers  we  hear  of  the  names  of  David  Red- 
wine,  Robert  Faucet,  S.  S.  Fauset,  Henderson  Brown,  and 
Michael  Souders.  Mr.  Souders,  who  is  still  living,  resides  on 
the  land  he  entered,  as,  also,  does  Abraham  Helms,  who  settled 
on  Fall  Creek  when  there  was  not  more  than  three  families  in 
the  township  and  not  over  300  people  in  the  county. 

Mr.  Helms  served  ten  years  as  County  Commissioner,  and 
although  now  eighty-four  years  of  age  he  is  still  able  to  work 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  393 

some  on  the  farm;  and  in  the  wood-chopping  line  he  would  not 
yet  take  off  his  hat  to  most  of  the  young  bucks  of  the  town- 
ship. 

Olio  is  the  only  village  in  this  township,  and  as  it  is  about  in 
the  center,  it  is  the  voting  precinct. 

In  schools  and  churches,  Fall  Creek  may  be  said  to  be  well 
supplied ;  however,  the  township  in  these  respects  may  not  be 
equal  to  some  of  the  others.  The  spirit  of  intelligent  enterprise, 
however,  is  commendable  in  the  township,  and  they  are  moving 
up  in  improvements  of  various  kinds,  such  as  gravel  roads, 
churches,  school-houses,  and  dwellings,  with  the  general  spirit 
of  the  country. 

Silas  Helm  is  Township  Trustee. 

Vote  of  1872 — Rep.  144;  Dem.  197;  total,  341. 

CHURCHES. 

Mount  Zion  U.  B.  Church  ;  3  miles  north-west  of  Fortville ; 
Rev.  M.  Gronendike,  pastor;  membership,  30;  value  of  church 
property,  ^800. 

Bethlehem  U.  B.  Church;  7  miles  south-east  of  Nobles- 
ville ;  Rev.  M.  Gronendike,  pastor ;  Sabbath  school  superin- 
tendent, J.  C.  Clark;  Sunday  school  scholars,  60;  value  of 
church  property  ;^iooo. 

Second  Fall  Creek  Baptist  Church ;  5  miles  north-west  of 
Fortville ;  Rev.  J.  H.  Ransdel,  pastor;  membership,  130; 
value  of  church  property,  ^900. 

Zion  Chapel  M.  E.  Church  ;  3  miles  south-east  of  New  Brit- 
ton  ;  Rev.  P.  W.  Powell,  pastor ;  Sabbath  school  superintend- 
ent, H.  Kimberlain ;  Sabbath  school  scholars,  30 ;  value  of 
church  property,  ^700. 

Ebenezer  M.  E.  Church  ;  3J  miles  north  of  McCordsville  ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Freeman,  pastor;  membership,  30;  value  of  church 
property,  ^600. 


394  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


GRANGES. 

Olio  Grange,  No.  750;  membership,  62;  organized  1873; 
Silas  Helms,  Master;  value  of  property,  j^ioo. 

Fall  Creek  Grange,  No.  752 ;  membership,  45  ;  organized 
1873;  O.  H.  P.  Brandon,  Master. 

Zion  Grange,  No.  iioo;  membership,  54;  John  Clawson, 
Master, 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 

Number  of  school  houses,  13;  average  attendance,  25;  value 
of  school  property,  ^7000. 

DIRECTORY    OF    FALL    CREEK   TOWNSHIP. 

Antrim,    James ;    farmer  ;    4I  m   n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Asbury,  Peter;    farmer;    3  m  n  Fortville.     Born  in  Ohio  1850. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Arnett,  John  ;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  H.  C.  185  i. 
Rep.      Methodist. 

Arnett,    Samuel ;    farmer ;    3   m  n  w  Fortville.       Born  in  Ohio 
1823;  settled  in  H.  C.   1830.      Rep. 

Alfrey,  A.  J.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ind.   1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Albert,    John  ;    farmer  ;     i   m  s  e  New  Britton.       Born  in  Ind. 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Alexander,  Wm.;    farmer  ;    2  m  s  w  Olio.      Born  in  Ind.   1828  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  18 — .      Dem.      Protestant. 

Alfrey,  Isaac  ;  farmer  and  carpenter  ;  4  m  n  Fortville.     Born  in 
Ind.  1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Alexander,  John;    farmer;   2^  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  1837. 
Rep. 

Ammerman,  John;    farmer;    i  m  n  w  Fall  Creek  P.  O.      Born 
in  H.   C.  18.33.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Beaver,  M.  L.;  former;  4  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in   H.    C. 
1848.      Dem. 


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Beaver,  W.  H.;  2|^  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in   H.   C.    1836. 
Dem. 

Beaver,   William ;  farmer ;    ^   m    Fall   Creek    P.    O.      Born    in 
H.  C.    1839.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Beaver,  Henry;  farmer;  i^  m  Fall  Creek  P.  O.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1841.      Dem. 

Beaver,  Joseph ;  farmer  ;   i  m  n  w  Fall  Creek  P.   O.     Born  in 
H.   C.  1844.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Beaver,  Jacob  ;  farmer ;   i   m  n   w   Fall    Creek   P.  O.     Born  in 
Ohio  1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1827.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Beaver,  Daniel  ;  farmer;    i^  m  n  w  Fall  Creek  P.  O.     Born  in 
Ohio  1827  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1830.      Dem. 

Brandon,  J.;  farmer;    i  m  w  Fall  Creek  P.  O.     Born  in  H.  C. 
(Age  not  known). 

Brown,  F.  C. ;  farmer ;  2|  m   n   w   Fall   Creek.  P.  O     Born  in 
Ind.   1844:  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem. 

Bell,  A.  R.;  farmer;   i|  m   e   Fisher's  Station.     Born   in   Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.     Dem. 

Brown,  H.;  farmer  ;   3  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born   in    H.  C.    1852. 
Rep. 

Brown,  Henderson  ;  farmer ;   3  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Tenn. 
1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1829.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Brown,  Isaac  ;  farmer ;   3  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ohio. 

Brooks,    M.;    farmer;    4    m   n    McCordsville.      Born   in  N.    C. 
1814;  settled  in  H.  C.   1832.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Bunker,  C.  A.;  farmer ;  2^  m  n   McCordsville.      Born  in    Ind. 
1834;  settled  in  H.  C.   18 — .      Rep.     Protestant. 

Beaver,  Phelix  ;  farmer  ;    3  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio 
1820 ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1828.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Beaver,  W.  R.;  farmer;   3  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  H.  C. 
185 1.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Beaver,  Joshua ;  farmer;   3  me   New   Britton.      Born   in    185 1. 
Dem.     Protestant. 


396  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Bennett,  M.  M.;  farmer;  5  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.     Rep.      Protestant. 

BRANDOM,  O.  H.  P.;  attorney;  6  m  n  w  F'ortville.  Born  in 
Ind.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Dem.     Baptist. 

Betly,  J.;  physician;  i  m  n  Olio.  Born  in  Va.  1815  ;  settled  in 
H.  C.  1843.      Dem.      Baptist. 

Beagle,  William  ;  farmer ;  2  J  m  n  e  Fortville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1836;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Dem. 

Bennett,  R.  W.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Dem.      Protestant. 

BELL,  R.  A.  J.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Md. 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1847.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Bickwell,  L  J.;  merchant;  Olio.  Born  in  Ind.  1845;  settled 
in  H.  C.  1865.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Brooks,  Melvin  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1854.     Rep.     Protestant. 

BRANDOM,  F.  M.;  farmer  and  trader;  2^  m  e  Fisher's  Sta- 
tion. Born  in  Ind.  1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.  Dem. 
Methodist. 

Brooks,  Thomas ;  farmer  ;  4J  m  n  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in 
H.  C.   1842.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Brooks,  G.  M.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in  Ind. 
1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Neutral. 

Brown,  Andrew;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
about  1842.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Blanton,  John  ;  saw-miller  ;  2  m  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1839.      K.ep.      Methodist. 

Baley,  Lemuel;  farmer;  2  m  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Va.  1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Rep.      Christian. 

Bargner,  Charles ;  farmer ;  2^  m  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Ger- 
many 1846;   settled  in  H.  C.  1874.     Neutral.     Protestant. 

BROWN,  JAMES  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1834.     Rep.      Protestant. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  39/ 

Champer,  Jonathan;  farmer;  4I  m  n  Fortville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1842  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Dem. 

Clark,  Hugh;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  N.  C.  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1846.      Rep.      Baptist. 

Clark,  McBright ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  N.    C. 
1823  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Rep.     Big  Church. 

Clark,    H.  C;  farmer  ;   2   m   n    Germantown.      Born   in   H.   C. 
1849.     Dem,      United  Brethren. 

Craig,  Newton  ;  farmer ;  3  m  e  New   Britton.      Born   in    H.    C. 
1846.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Castetter,  J.  M.;  farmer;    ij  m  e   New  Britton.      Born  in   Ind. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1848.      Dem.      Protestant. 

CRANE,  SILAS;  farmer;   3  m  n  McCordsville.      Born  in  Ind. 
185 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep.      Protestant. 

CLARK,  HENRY;  farmer;   2  mn  w   Fortville.      Born  in   N. 
C.  1841  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.     Dem. 

Clark,  John  ;  farmer  ;   2  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  N.  C.   183 1. 
settled  in  H.  C.   1847.      Dem. 

Clark,  Henry;  farmer;   2  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  N.  C.  18 14; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1837.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Clark,  Alpheus ;  farmer;   2^  m  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ind.  18 16; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Clark,  J.  H.;  farmer;   3  m  w  For'tville.      Born  in  H.  C.   1848. 

Clark,    R.;    farmer;    4  m  n  w  Fortville.       Born  in  H.  C.   1844. 
Indpt.      Protestant. 

Clifton,  M.;    farmer;    Fall  Creek  P.   O.      Born  in  Ohio   181 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Clawson,    A.;    farmer;    3  m  nw  Fall  Creek  P.    O.       Born  in 
H.  C.    1847.      Dem. 

Clawson,  John  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  n  w  Fall  Creek  P.   O.       Born  in 
1822;    settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Dem-.      Methodist. 

Craig,   T.    L. ;    farmer;    2J  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1840.      Dem.     Protestant. 


39^  HAMILTON    COUNT\. 


CHRISTIAN,  J.  R.;  farmer;  3  m  e  Noblesvilic.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  [870.      Rep. 

Clawson,  Thomas  ;  farmer  ;  3  m  e  Noblesvnlle.  Born  in  Ohio 
1833  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1858.      Dem. 

Castetter,  Daniel;  farmer;   3  m  n  e  New   Britton.      Born    1820. 

Dem.' 
Clawson,  Thomas  ;  farmer ;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Del. 

1830. 
Creekmore,  Thomas  ;   farmer  ;  6  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born    in  N. 

C.   1806;  settled  in  H.  C.   1844.      Dem.      Baptist. 

Clark,  J.  C. ;  farmer  and  carpenter  ;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born 
in   Ind.    1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Crook,  Joshua;  farmer;  4  m  n  \v  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1852.      Dem. 

Cannady,  C.  R. ;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1847  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1864.      Rep.      Christian. 

Cropper,  S. ;  farmer;  4  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ind.  1835  • 
settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Rep. 

Darrah,  David;  farmer;  4  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Rep. 

Darrah,  R.  L.;  farmer;  4  m  se  Noblesville.  Born  in  Pa.  1799: 
settled  in  H.  C.  1826. 

DeCAMP,  W.  H.;  farmer  and  carpenter;  5  m  n  w  Fortville. 
Born  in  N.  J.  1828;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.     Rep.     Meth. 

Davidson,  W.  E. ;  farmer  and  Justice  of  Peace;  2|  m  n  w  Fort- 
ville. Born  in  Pa.  1801;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.  Rep. 
Methodist. 

Dimick,  J.  B.;  farmer;  3  me  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ind.  1823; 
.settled  in  H.  C.   1870.     Rep.     Christian. 

Dishman,  Wesley;  laborer;  2  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1814;  settled  in  li.  C.   1874.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Dille,  Morris;  farmer;.  2  m  w  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in  Ohio 
1832;   settled  in  H.  C.    1871.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Dunlap,  John  ;  farmer ;  3  m  s  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  Pa. 
1824;   settled  in  H.  C.    1852.      Rep.      Protestant. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  ,  399 

EDWARDS,  LEANDER  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.  Born 
in  Ind.  1850;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep. 

Edwards,  C.  W.;  farmer  ;  ^2  rn  n  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in  Pa 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.      Rep.      Methodist. 

P'ausset,  John  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1848. 
Rep.     Protestant. 

Fausset,  James;  farmer;  i|^  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1 83 1.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Fauset,  Charles;  farmer;  4  m  n  McCordsville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1855.      Rep. 

Fauset,  J.  M.;  farmer;  4  m  n  McCordsville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1840;   settled  in  H.  C.   1842.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Frazee,  D.  R. ;  brick-mason  and  plasterer ;  2  m  e  Fisher's  Sta- 
tion. Born  in  Ohio  1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.  Indpt. 
Christian. 

Frazee,  A.;  laborer;  2  m  e  Fisher's  Station.  Born  in  Ind. 
1857;  settled  in  H.  C.  1857.     Indpt. 

Fauset,  Robert;  farmer;  4  m  n  McCordsville.  Born  in  1814; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1829.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Fisher,  Joshua ;  farmer ;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1845.     Dem.     Baptist. 

P'erguson,  Jacob  ;  farmer  ;  5  m  n  Fortville.  Born  in  Va.  1816  ;, 
settled  in  H.  C.  1853.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Fisher,  Caleb  ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.C.  1841. 
Rep. 

Flanagan,  J.  W.;  farmer  and  trader;  2  m  s  e  NeAv  Britton.. 
Born  in  H.  C.  1846.      Dem.      Methodist. 

P'auset,  Robert;  farmer;  2  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.     Rep. 

Fausset,  S.  S.;  Justice  of  Peace  ;  i|  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in 
Ohio  1812;   settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Fausset,  G.  L.;  farmer;    i|-  m  n  vv .      Born  in   H.  C. 

1855.      Dem.      Protestant. 


400  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Fausset,  R.  B.;  farmer;  i  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1842.      Dem.      Christian. 

Fausset,  T.  H.;  retired  farmer  and  notary  public  ;  2  m  n  w 
Fortville.  Born  in  Ohio  181 1;  settled  in  H.  C.  1829- 
Rep.      Christian. 

Guilkey,    E.    L.;    farmer;    4  m  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  H.  C. 

1836.  Rep. 

Goldsmith,  Gardner;  farmer;  i|  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  N. 
J.  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Hurfibles,  S.;  farmer;   ij  m  n  e  Fall  Creek  P.  O.     Born  inH.  C. 

1854. 

HARTER,  H.  N.;  farmer  and  mason  ;  i|  m  n  w  Fortville. 
Born  in  Ohio  1826;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.     Rep.      Christ. 

Heath,   S.    F.;    farmer;    3   m  n  McCordsville.       Born  in  H.  C. 

1837.  Rep.     Protestant. 

Heath,  W.  R. ;  farmer  ;  ^^  m  n  e  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1836.      Rep.     U.  Brethren. 

Heath,  H.;  farmer;  )^  m  n  e  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1828.     Rep.     U.  Brethren. 

Hoss,  Wm.;  laborer;  2  m  e  Fisher's  Station.  Born  in  Ind. 
about  1843. 

Helms,  Abraham  ;  retired  farmer  ;  2J  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born 
in  Tenn.  1792  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1825.  Dem.  R.  Baptist. 
(The  oldest  man  in  Fall  Creek  township.) 

Hartup.  Wm.;  firmer;  5  5^  m  e  Noblesville.  B  orn  in  Ind.1826; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1862.      Rep       U.  Brethren. 

Helms,  Taylor ;  farmer;  4m  n   w  Fortville.      Born   in   H.    C. 

1850.     Rep. 

Helms,  Wesley  ;  farmer;  6  m  e  Noblesville.  Born  in  Ind.  1825  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1847.      R.   Baptist. 

Helms,  C.  F.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  vv  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1832. 
Rep.      Christian. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  4OI 

HUFF,  J.  B.;  farmer;  2  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio  1833; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Hollenback,   Joseph  ;   farmer ;    3  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in 
Ind.   1848;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Hughs,  W.  T.;  farmer;  4I  m  s  e  New  Britton.        Born  in  N.  C. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Harrison,  Samuel ;   farmer ;    1 3^  m  n  e  Fall  Creek  P.  O.     Born 
in  Ohio  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1870.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Humbles,  Joseph;  farmer;  4  m  s   e  Noblesville.      Born  in   1830. 

Humbles,   Isaac;    farmer;    5I  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Neutral. 

Helms,  William  ;  farmer ;   3  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1826.      Rep. 

Harrison,  H.  Wm.;  farmer  and  carpenter;   3J  m  e  New  Britton. 
Born  in  Ohio    1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      Rep.      Meth. 

Harrison,  J.  M.;   farmer;   3I  m   e   New   Britton.     Born   in  Ind. 
1849;  settled  in  H.  C.   1856.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Haskell,  J.;  farmer;  6  m   n  w  Fortville.      Born  in   Ind.    1843; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Dem.      Baptist. 

HELMS,  SILAS;  farmer;   5^  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1824;  settled  in  H.  C.  1830.      Neutral.     Christian. 

Helms,  J.  L.;  farmer;   5  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1846. 
Neutral. 

Jones,    M.    D.;    farmer;    i^   m  n  Fall  Creek  P.   O.       Born  in 
N.  C.   1831;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Dem.      Methodist. 

Johnson,  Wm.;    farmer;    5  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  N.  C. 
1838;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Kincade,  Andrew  ;  farmer ;  3  m  n  e  Fall  Creek  P.  O.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1847.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Kinnaman,  Albert ;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  McCordsville.      Born  in   H. 
C.   1853.      Protestant. 

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402  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Keesecker,  George;  teacher;    i|^  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Pa. 
1813  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1872.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Kincade,  C;  farmer;   2  m  w   Fortville.      Born   in    H.    C.     1849 
Neutral. 

Kimberlin,  J.    W.;  farmer;   i  m  w  Fall  Creek  P.   O.      Born  in 
H.  C.   1839.     Dem.      Methodist. 

Kimberlin,  F.  G.;  farmer;  3I  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1844.     Dem.     Methodist. 

Kinnaman,  J.  C.;    retired  farmer;    4  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in 
N.  C.   1806;  settled  in  H.  C.   1832.      Dem.      Reformer. 

Kinnaman,  George  ;   farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  (^hio 
1832  ;  settled  in  H.  C.   1853.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Kinnaman,    H.;    farmer;    3^  m  n  w  P'^ortville.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1849. 

Kinnaman,  Henry  ;    farmer  ;    ^^  m  n  w .      Born  in  Ohio 

1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Dem      Protestant. 

Kepner,   Samuel;    blacksmith;    Ohio.       Born   in   H.    C.    1850. 
Dem. 

Kincaid,    James  ;    farmer  ;    3  m   n  w  Fortville.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1846.     Indpt. 

Krause,  Conrad;    farmer;    ij  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ger- 
many 1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.      Dem.    Christian. 

Kimberlin,  W.  H.;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1836. 

Klepfer,  Lewis;  farmer;   3   mne  New  Britton.      Born    in    Pa. 
1818;  .settled  in  H.  C.  1856. 

Klepfer,  N.  H.;  farmer;   3  m  n  e   New    Britton.      Born    in    Pa. 
1 83 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1859.      Dem. 

Kinaman,  A.  J.;  farmer;  4I  m  n  w   Fortville.      Born  in   H.  C. 
1846.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Kinaman,  G.  W.;  farmer;  4  ni  nw   Fortville.      Born    in    Ohio 
1832;  settled  in  H.  C.    1854.     Dem.      IVotestant. 

Kepner,  Wm.;  farmer;   5  m  n   P'^ortville.      Born   in    Ind.    1841  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.   i860.      Rep.      Protestant. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  4O3 

Kepner,  H.  F.;  farmer;  4^  m  n  Fortville.      Born  in  Pa.  183 1; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1840.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Kepner,  Wm.  I.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Pa.  1820; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1839.      Dem.      Protestant. 

KINNAMAN,  N.  J.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ohio 
1829;  settled  in  H.  C.   1832.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Lewis,  Marion;  farmer;   4  m   e    New  Britton.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1 849.      Dem. 

Lewis,  John  ;  farmer  ;   3  m  n  e  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1835.     Dem. 

Lewis,  Benjamin  ;    farmer  ;    3  m  n  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  N, 
C.   1822;  settled  in  H.  C.   1835.      Dem. 

Layton,   J.    W.;    farmer;    5  m  s  e  Noblesville.       Born  in  H.  C. 
1834.      Neutral. 

Low,  Wm.;    farmer;    6  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  Lid.   1839; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1864. 

LACKEY,   J.   WM.;    farmer;   5  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1853.      Dem. 

Lucos,  David;  farmer;  4J  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Lid.  1843;, 
settled  in  H.  C.    1872.      Rep. 

Lund,    Simon;    farmer;    2^^  m  n  vv  Fortville.       Born  in  N.  J. 
18 12;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Lacy,  T.  H.;    farmer;    Fisher's  Station.      Born  in  H.  C.   1842. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Lund,  James;  farmer  ;   3  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1836, 
Rep. 

Lutz,  Levi;  farmer;   2^  mn  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ohio  1823; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1840.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Lund,  Isaac  ;  farmer;   5  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  H.  C.  1834. 
Rep.      Protestant. 

Ledmoh,  William  ;  farmer;  4^  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  H.  C. 
1 84 1.      Rep.      Protestant. 


404  HAMILTON    COUNTY, 


Lowe,  John  ;  farmer;  4  in  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  H.  C.  1842. 
Dem.      Protestant. 

Lunsford,  Elias  ;  farmer;  2^  m  s  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  H. 
C.   1850.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Lutes,  L  B.;  miller;  43^  m  n  McCordsville.  Born  in  Ohio 
1837  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Lunsford,  J.  M.;  millwright,  inventor  and  model  builder;  2  m 
n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  N.  C.  1825  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835. 
Rep.     Christian. 

Layne,  W.  R.;  farmer  ;  i  m  n  Fall  Creek.  Born  in  Ind.  1843  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Dem.     Christian. 

Manship,  Lindsay  ;  farmer;  4  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1814;  settled  in  H.  C.   1838.      Dem.      Baptist. 

Mitchell,  J.  W.;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1870.     Dem. 

Mitchell,  T.  J.;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  F"ortville.  Born  in  Ind.  1832; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.     U.  Brethren. 

Mitchell,  W.  J.;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Ind.  1851; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1872.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Moon,  John;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C.  1849. 
Dem. 

Myers,  A.  J.;  farmer;  3  mn  Fortville.  Born  in  Ohio  1828; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1864.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Morgan,  Thomas  ;  farmer  and  painter ;  4)^    m  e  New    Britton. 
Born  in  N.  C.  1828;   settled  in  H.  C.   1833.     Dem.      Prot.      . 

Morgan,  James  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1 8 19;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Dem. 

Manship,  J.  W.;  farmer;  ij  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  N.  C. 
1808;  settled  in  H.  C.   1834.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Manship,  Wesley  ;  farmer  ;  2  m  s  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  H. 
C.   1 84 1.     Dem.      Christian, 

Morgan,  Edwin  ;  farmer  ;  i  ^  m  n  Fall  Creek  P.  O.  Born  in 
Ohio  1820;  settled  in  H.  C.   1832.      Dem.      Protestant. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  4O5 


Morgan,  E.  A. ;  carpenter ;    i  ^  m  n  Fall  Creek  P.  O.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1842.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Morgan,  Hincheon  ;  farmer  ;    i  )^  m  n  e  Fall  Creek  P.  O.     Born 
in  Ind.   1847.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Murray,  Thomson;  farmer;   3^  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Va. 
1820;   settled  in  H.  C.   1828.      Rep.      Methodist. 

McKinstray,  Peter;  farmer;  2  me  Fisher's  Station.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1849.     Dem.      Protestant. 

McKINSTRAY,  WM.;  farmer;  2  m  e  Fisher's  Station.      Born 
in  Ohio  1808;  settled  in  H.  C.  1832.      Dem.      Protestant. 

McKinstray,  John ;  farmer ;  2  m  e  Fisher's  Station.      Born   in 
H.C.I  83 1.     Dem.     Protestant. 

McVay,  Perry  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio 
1830;  settled  in  H.  C.   1871.      Rep.      Baptist. 

Maccarty,  Moses;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1 84 1.     Dem.     Methodist. 

McCord,  Richard  ;  farmer  and  teacher  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.    Born 
in   Ind.    1839;  settled   in  H.  C.  1862.      Dem.      Methodist. 

McNutt,  John  ;  farmer ;  2  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ind.  1822  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1822.      Dem.      Protestant. 

McKay,  Lewis;  farmer;  3  m  n    McCordsville.     Born  in  H.    C. 
1833.     Dem.      Protestant. 

McKay,  PI;  farmer;   3  m  n  McCordsville.      Born  in  Ind.   1809; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1832.      Dem.     Protestant. 

McCary,  J.  D.;  saw-mill  man  ;  2  m  e  Fisher's  Station.      Born  in 
Ind.   1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1874.      Dem. 

McKinstray,  J.  F.;  farmer;   2  m  e   Fisher's   Station.      Born   in 
H.  C.  1851.     Dem. 


Newfarmer,  Henry  ;  laborer  ;   5  m  n  Fortville.      Born  in  France 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Nichleson,  Young;  farmer;  4}^  m  n  w  Fortville.    Born  in  N.  C. 
[836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1855. 


406  HAMILTON    COUNTV. 


North,  James  ;  farmer;  4  m  n  Germantown.      Born  in  Ind.  1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1872.      Dcm.     Protestant. 

Neill,  David;  farmer;   2  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio  1829; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1869.     Rep.     Methodist. 

Olford,    Allison  ;  farmer :   3  m  e   New   Britton.      Born    in   Ohio 
1S54;  settled  in  H.  C.   1868.      Rep.      Prote.stant. 

Olford,  Winfield  ;  farmer ;   2  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio 
1851  :  settled  in  H.  C.   1867.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Olvey,  John  ;  farmer  ;   2  m  e  New  Britton.      Born  in  N.  C.  1815. 
Dem. 

Ogle,  John  ;  farmer  and  carpenter;  3  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1825.     Rep.     U.  Brethren. 

Olvey.  W.  H.;  farmer;    i|  m  n  w  Fall  Creek  P.  O.      Born  in 
H.  C.  1843.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Partlow,  John  ;  farmer  ;   3  m  n  e  New  Britton.     Rep. 

Patterson,    Levi  ;  farmer ;    2   m   n  w  Fortville.      Born   in  Ohio 
1833;  .settled  in  H.  C.  1855.      Rep.     Protestant. 

POOLE,  ROBERT;  f^irmer;    i  m   w  Fortville.      Born  in  Md. 
1805  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1862      Rep.     Methodist. 

Poole,  F.  R.;  farmer;    i  m  w   Fortville.      Born    in  Ohio    1848; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1866.      Rep.     Methodi.st. 

Pilkenton,  J.  ¥.;  farmer;  i  m  w  Fortville.      Born  in  N.  C.  1825; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1837.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Poole,    George ;    farmer  ;     3  m   n   McCordsville.      Born    in    Pa. 
1827;  settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.      Methodist. 

PALMER,  JOSEPH  ;  sheep-shearer;  3ms  Clarksville.      Born 
in  Pa.   1813;  settled  in  H.  C.  1847.      Rep.     Christian. 

J*attcrson,    Samuel;    farmer  and   trader.      Born   in  Ohio    1825; 
settled' in  H.  C.   1852.      Rep.     Methodist. 

Ringer,  D.  R.;  farmer;    i|  m  n  w  New  Britton.     Born  in  Ind. 
1847;  settled  in  H.  C.  i860.      Rep.      United  Brethren. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  4^7 


Redwine,  H.  C;  farmer;  3  m  e  New  Britton.     Born  in  H.   C. 

1 84 1 .     Dem .      Protestant. 
Redwine,  David  ;  farmer;   ij  m  e   New   Britton.     Born   in  Va. 

1808;  settled  in  H.  C.   1829.     Dem.      Christian. 

Richards,  M.  D.;  farmer;   i*  m  e  Fall  Geek  P.  O.      Born  in 
Ind.  1853;  settled  in  H.  C.   1873.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Richards,  J.  W.;  farmer;  2  m  n  Fall  Creek  P.  O.     Born  in  Va. 
1817;  settled  in  H.  C.   1874.      Dem.      Presbyterian. 

Rhodes,  P.-  farmer;  New  Britton.      Born  in  H.  C.  1847.    Rep. 
United  Brethren. 

Sherman.  A.  D.;  farmer  ;  2  m  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Mass.  1809; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1834.     Rep.      U.  Brethren. 
Sherman,  Josephus  :  farmer  ;   2  m  w  Fortville.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1842.     Rep. 
Snyder,  A.;  merchant;  Fall  Creek  P.  O.      Born  in  Pa.  1834; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Dem.     U.  Brethren. 
Socks,  J.  H.;  farmer  ;  4  m  s  e  New  Britton.     Born  in  Md.  1836; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1856.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Socks,  Daniel  ;  laborer ;  4  m  s  e   New   Britton.     Born   in   Md. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1866.     Dem.     Protestant. 

Stewart,  A.;  farmer;   3  m  n  w  Fortville.      Bo.in  in  Ind.    1837  5 
settled  in  H.  C.   1868.     Rep.     Protestant. 

Sperry,  George  ;  miller  ;   2|  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Germany 

183 1  ;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Methodist. 
Shafer,  George  ;  farmer  and  blacksmith  ;   2|  m  w  Fall  Creek  P. 

O.      Born  in  1824.     Dem. 
Scott,  J.  A.;  farmer;  6  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ohio  1826; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Dem.     R.  Baptist. 
Stover,  A.  S.;  farmer  ;  41^  m  n  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ind.  185  i; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Methodist. 
Sowders,  James;  farmer;   3    m    n   w  Fortville.      Born  in  H.  C. 

1846.      Rep.      Protestant. 


408  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Sowders,  Win.  H.;  farmer;   32  m  n  w  Fortvillc.      Born  in  H    C. 
1 844.      Rep.     Protestant. 

Sowders,  Michael ;  retired  farmer  ;  3I  m  n  vv  Fortville.     Born  in 
Pa.  18 1 2;  settled  in  H.  C.  1835.      Rep.     Christian. 

Stevens,  J.;  farmer;  Olio.      Born  in  H.  C.   1839.     Rcp*    fr^^t. 

Shaffer,  Peter;  farmer;    i    m   e   Fisher's   Station.      Born  in  Pa. 
1837;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem. 

Shafer,   Mathias ;  farmer;    i^    m  n   w    Fortville.     Born  in  Va. 
1800;  settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Seymour,  Moses;  farmer;  Fisher's  Station.     Born  in  Ohio  1841; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1857.      Rep.      Protestant. 

Thurber,  N.  C;  boot  and  shoemaker ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born 
in  Ind.  1836;  settled  in  H.  C.   1862.     Dem. 

Tritti,  James  ;  farmer ;    i  m  n  I-^all  Creek  P.  O.      Born  in  Ohio 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Dem. 

TOBIN,  PATRICK  ;  farmer  ;  |  m  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Ireland 
1846;  settled  in  H.  C.   1863.     Dem.     Catholic. 

Torrence,  Samuel ;  farmer  ;   i  5^  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in   H. 
C.  1837.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Varner,  D.  G.;  hired  man  ;  4?.  m  s  e  New  Britton.     Born  in  N. 
C.  1831;  settled  in  H.  C.   1869.      Dem.     Methodist. 

Vail,  John;  miller;  4^  m  n  McCordsville.     Born  in  Ohio  1847; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1865.     Rep.     U.  Brethren. 

VAIL,  JAMES ;  farmer  ;  2    m    n  Fall    Creek  P.  O.     Born  in 
Ohio  1806;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.      Methodist. 

Vanzant,  Frank ;  miller ;  2I   m   n    w   Fortville.      Born  in    Ind. 
1854;  settled  in  H.  C.  1871.     Rep.      Protestant. 

Virgin,  T. ;  farmer;   2^    m    w    Fortville.      Born  in  Iowa    1855  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858. 

Virgin,  Newton;  farmer;    i    ni   n   w    Fortville.      Born  in   H.  C. 
185 1.      Rep. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  4O9 

Vanzant,  Tillman  ;   farmer  ;    i    m  n  w  Fortville,      Born  in  H.  C. 
1843.     Dem. 

Vanmeter,  C. ;  farmer;   i  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Ind.   1856; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Weaver,  Jacob  ;  farmer ;  4^^  m   e  New  Britton.      Born  in  Va.- 
1799;  settled  in  H.  C.  1852.      Dem.     Protestant. 

Weaver,  G.  S.;  farmer;  4I  m  s  e  Britton.      Born  in  Ohio  1827; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Dem.      R.  Baptist. 

Wallace,  G.  W.;  bootmaker;   i  m  w  Fortville.      Born  in  Ind. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873. 

Wait,  J.   A.;  farmer;  2  m  w  Fall   Creek  P.  O.     Born  in  Ind. 
1844;  settled  in  H.  C.  1873.     Dem. 

WALL,  J.  K. ;  farmer  and  tailor ;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.      Born 
in  Ohio  1812;  settled  in  H.  C.  1824.     Rep.     Christian. 

Wall,  C.  C;  farmer;  4  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1850. 
Rep. 

Whelchel,  Abraham  ;  farmer;  6  m  s  e  Noblesville.     Born  in  H. 
C.  1836,      Baptist. 

Whelchel,  Abraham;  farmer;  5  m  e  Noblesville.      Born  in  H. 
C.  1839.     R^P-     Baptist. 

Whelchel,    T.  H.;  farmer;  6  m   e  Noblesville.      Born  in   Ind. 
1848;  settled  in  H.  C.  1868.     Dem.      Protestant. 

Whelchel,    Ezra ;    farmer ;    7  m  e   Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1819;  settled  in  H.  C.  1833.      Dem. 

Whelchel,   Isaiah  ;  farmer ;  6  m   e  Noblesville.     Born  in  Ind. 
1816;  settled  in  H.  C.  1834.      Dem.      Baptist. 

Whelchel,    William  M.;  farmer;  6  m   e  Noblesville.      Born    in 
H.  C.  1853.     Dem. 

Wright,  J.   M.;    blacksmith;  Olio.     Born  in  Va.  1844;  settled 
in  H.  C.   1865.     Rep.      Methodist. 

Waterman,    Abraham ;    farmer ;    5   m  n  w  F*ortville.      Born  in 
Ohio  1806;  settled  in  H.  C.   1824.      Rep.      R.  Baptist. 


410  HAMILTON    COUNTY. 


Waterman,  Wm.;  farmer;  4}^  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.C. 
1847.      Rep-      Protestant. 

W'helchel,  A.  J.;  farmer;  5  mnw  Fortville.  Born  in  Miss. 
1839;  settled  in  H.  C.   1850.     Rep.     U.  Brethren. 

Wood,  J.  P.;  farmer;  4  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  N.  C.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1843.      R.  Baptist. 

Weaver,  J.  F. ;  farmer;  4m  s  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  Ohio 
1838;  -settled  in  H.  C.  1852.     Dem.      R.  Baptist. 

Wiseman,  J.  W. ;  farmer;  2  m  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1837.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Weaver,  Peter ;  farmer ;  ^  m  s  e  New  Britton.  Born  in  Pa. 
1833;  settled  in  H.  C.  1837.      Dem.      Protestant. 

WYANT,  BENJAMIN  ;  farmer  and  carpenter  ;  7  m  s  e  Nobles- 
ville.  Born  in  Pa.  1835;  settled  in  H.  C.  1856.  Rep. 
United  Brethren. 

Whetsel,  E.  J.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Ind.  1837  ; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.      Dem.     Protestant, 

Wetsel,  Z.  D.;  farmer;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Pa.  18 10; 
settled  in  H.  C.  1858.     Rep.      Presbyterian. 

Wade,  Daniel  ;  carpenter ;  5  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Ind. 
1853;  settled  in  H.  C.  1864.      Rep.     Christian. 

Wetsel,  T.  H.;  farmer;  5mn  Fortville.  Born  in  Ind.  1822; 
settled  in  H.  C.   1851.      Dem.      Protestant. 

Whelchel,  WilHam  H.;  farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H. 
C.   1848.      Dem.      R.  Baptist. 

Whelchel,  W.  R. ;  farmer;  3  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1847.      Rep. 

Whelchel,  Davis ;  farmer ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  Tenn. 
1809;  settled  in  H.  C.  1843.     Scattering.     R.  Baptist. 

Young,  James;  farmer;  6  m  n  w  Fortville.  Born  in  H.  C. 
1853.     Dem. 

York,  W.  G.;  carpenter;  Olio.  Born  in  Ind.  1843;  settled  in 
H.  C.   1 85  I.     Rep.      U.  Brethren. 


FALL    CREEK    TOWNSHIP.  411 


Yaryen,  L.  R.;  farmer  ;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  H.C.  1852. 

Rep.     Protestant. 
Yaryen,  S.;  Farmer;  4  m  n  w  Fortville.     Born  in  Ind.    1856; 

settled  in  H.  C.  1863.     Rep.     Protestant. 
York,  N.;  farmer;   i  m  w  Fortville.     Born  in  H.  C.  1852.    Rep. 


FAUT  &  KROPF, 

(Commission  JvIeRCHAnts, 

AND  DEALERS  IN 

■GRAIN,  FLOUR,  FEED,  SEED,  AND  BALED  HAY. 

Also,  Carbonated  Soda  Ash  and  Sal-Soda. 

No.  29  South  Meridian  St.,  INDIANAPOLIS,   IND. 

NURSERYMAN  &  FLORIST, 

Comer  South  St.  and  Canal,  2  squares  west  of  Union  Depot. 

A  FULL   STOCK  OF 

Green   House  and   Bedding  Plants, 

Roses,  Cut  Flowers,  Vegetable  Plants,  Fruit  Trees,  Vines,  Etc. 
Rustic  Work  done  to  order.     Visit  his  Garden. 


CLINE  &  xMcHAFFIE, 

Publishers  and  proprietors  of  The  People^ s  Gmde,  can  give  em- 
ployment to  a  few  good,  responsible  agents.  They  will  also 
let  territory  on  reasonable  terms.     Address, 

CLINE  &  McHAFFIE, 

Clayton,  Hendricks  Co.,  Ind. 

DR.  C.  T.  LAWRENCE, 

Who  has  just  finished  this  work  for  Hamilton  county,  wishes  a 
few  good  agents  to  canvass  in  other  counties  of  the  State  of  In- 
diana, for  which  he  will  pay  a  liberal  commission. 
Address, 

DR.   C.  T.  LAWRENCE, 

Clayioji,  Ind. 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 
O 

Declaration  of  Independence 

Constitution  of  the  United  States 

Constitution  of  Indiana 

54 
Emancipation  Proclamation 

Political  Platforms 

85 
Baxter  Liquor  Law 

93 
Geoloeical  I tems 

^.  .,         .  104 

Piiilosophy 

Sketches  of  Astronomy 

Pay  of  Government  Officers 

„  ,.   .  115 

Rehaious 

.        •  117 

Population  of  States  and  Territories ^^' 

117 
Population  of  Principal  Cities 

118 
Male  Inhabitants 

1 1Q 
Vote  of  Each  vState 

1 90 
Population  of  Indiana  by  Counties 

191 
Population  of  Indiana  Towns ^-^ 

125 
Sal)bath  Schools 

..  127 
Recipes 

Hamilton  County  History 

1 48 
Noblesville  Township 

194 
Jacltson  Township 

941 
Washini;ton  Township " 

■'87 
Adams  Township 

390 
White  River  Township " 

342 
Clay  Township 

.p  ,  .  360 

Delaware   lownship 

377 
Wayne  Township 

392 
Fall  Cieek  Township 


do^ 


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