Sullivan County Indiana History 1909
A History OF Sullivan County Indiana
CLOSING OF THE FIRST CENTURY'S HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, AND SHOWING THE GROWTH OF ITS PEOPLE, INSTI-
TUTIONS, INDUSTRIES AND WEALTH
THOMAS K WOLFE, EDITOR
VOLUME I , II, ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO
FOREWORD BY THE EDITOR
In assuming the position of editor of the present work we were aware of the difficulties in the way of producing such a history as that outlined in the prospectus. As the work progressed we found we had not overestimated the task, and but for the energy and perseverance of the chief historian, Mr. Hill, who has so loyally seconded all of our efforts we should certainly have come short of our own expectations.
Our readers can scarcely imagine the labor necessary to overcome the difficulties of such a work where there is so little authentic data. The original intention of giving a history of Sullivan County, for about one century, has been adhered to; but to prepare such a history where the public records have been destroyed and all those who really made the first twenty-five or fifty years of that history have ceased to speak, is a difficult task. In a country where annals are kept, and events of each year are recorded as they occur, it is an easy matter to select, group and condense those events into a general history. No such effort is attempted in this work. Events will not, therefore, be found in chronological order, but must be sought under the head of the subject matter under consideration. No attempt has been made to give prominence to every little neighborhood event. This would be the work of a daily newspaper, and if inserted here would make an encyclopedia instead of a history, and hence only those of general interest have been selected. Where facts have been recorded they have been consulted, where witnesses are living they have been examined and cross-questioned—ancient newspapers and private documents have been consulted, and even "tables of stone," "silent sentinels of the dead" have been visited and asked to give up their secrets of other years,
The chief value of a history is, not to the generation in which it is written but to their children and succeeding generations. The older readers may knox1 many of the facts related, the next generation may have heard of them from living ancestors, and thus history degenerates into tradition and in a short time becomes hazy mythology.
The editor and his associates have made special effort to avoid any partiality or favoritism. For such errors the sources of information are most to blame. It is so natural for persons to wish to appear a little better than they are and especially a little better than their neighbors. Very few have the courage of the old battle-scarred general who. sitting for his portrait, was asked by the artist if he should not cover up some of the scars, answered "no"—and in commanding tone said "paint me as I am."
It is to be observed, however, that there is a difference between partiality and drawing the veil of silence over the errors or mistakes of the absent or the dead—the one is justice, the other "charity, that covers a multitude of sins." There is no history, with the exception of the IJible, that has ever had the courage to rebuke the sins of an individual or nation in such unmeasured terms as were used in extolling their virtues.
These things are enumerated, not as an apology, but that the reader may have a clearer conception of the difficulties that the publishers have had to meet.
The editor has been in hearty sympathy in the effort to perpetuate as far as possible the fast departing land-marks of bygone generations that made us what we are—to pay, in some small degree, the debt we owe to them and to hand the same down to future generations. We are not vain enougji to imagine that our work is perfect. We are aware of many defects. Xor do we suppose that our efforts will be appreciated in the near future; but we do believe that it will live and will grow more valuable as our county grows older and will furnish a foundation for some future historian on which to build.
The management are indebted to the patrons who have generously aided their efforts and have made possible the success of the enterprise by furnishing much information, and have manifested such patience for which we have endeavored to reward them by improvements which required time to make. We commend the work to you as the best could be made under all of the circumstances. We trust our efforts will meet all just expectations, and realize that the nearest approach to immortality, in this world, is to be embalmed in printer's ink and be laid away in history.
It is manifestly impossible to make individual acknowledgments for all the sources of historical information which have supplied the contents of this work. But in one case such acknowledgment is due from the editor and publishers. The history of the county from the beginning of the Civil war to the present time is largely based on data obtained from the files of the Sullivan Democrat. These files were loaned for the purpose by Mr. Paul Poynter, proprietor of the Democrat. The task of reading each issue of this paper for a period of nearly fifty years, and of collecting and classifying the historical notes was performed with much care and fidelity by Miss Julia Mason, of the Sullivan Public Library. The voluminous notes thus obtained could not all be utilized in the preparation of this work, and they are in many respects a valuable historical collection containing a digest of all matters of interest in the county's life during the past fifty years. - SULLIVAN, July 5, 1909.
History Vol. I
CHAPTER I The Historic Background i
CHAPTER II The Old Forts And The First Settlements 7
CHAPTER III Organization - Of Sullivan County 22
CHAPTER IV The Pioneer Men And Women — Genesis Of The Early Settlers 33
CHAPTER V Military Annals 84
CHAPTER VI Sullivan County Education 118
CHAPTER VII Transportation And Communication—The River Trade By Flatboat And Steamboat—Days Of Stage Coach And Road Wagon 137
CHAPTER VIII The Era Of Railroads And Electricity 147
CHAPTER IX The Town Of Sullivan 163
CHAPTER X Merom 193
CHAPTER XI Carlisle 198
CHAPTER XII Shelburn, Farmersburg, Hymera, Paxton, New Lebanon, Graysville, Pleasantville, Cass, Bugger, Fairbanks 205
CHAPTER XIII County Institutions 217
CHAPTER XIV Bench And Bar 220
CHAPTER XV The Profession Of Medicine 232
CHAPTER XVI The Press 238
CHAPTER XVII Development Of The Mineral Wealth 245
CHAPTER XVIII Money And Banking 267
CHAPTER XIX The Principal Church Organizations 280
CHAPTER XX Temperance 295
CHAPTER XXI Fraternal 304
CHAPTER XXII Libraries 308
CHAPTER XXIII Drainage 313
CHAPTER XXIV Fairs—The Grange And Other Agricultural Organizations. 318
CHAPTER XXV Telephones 323
CHAPTER XXVI Rural Free Delivery 325
CHAPTER XXVII Civil Lists 328
CHAPTER XXVIII A Sketch Of Indiana Through The Territorial Period And Up To Organization As A State 335
History Vol.II
Biographies except one which appeared at end of Volume I.
Adams, Harry, 242.
Adams, James William, 138.
Adams, Richard, 270.
Adams, William, 242.
Akin, Charles T., 394.
Akin, Edgar W., Jr., 52.
Allen, John H., 80.
Alsman, Stonewall J., 408.
Alumbaugh, James Frank., 30.
Anderson, Edward, 319.
Anderson, Franklin M., 113.
Annis John C.., 102.
Badders, John Charles, 390.
Badders, Samuel F., 174.
Bailey, Richard Levi 18.
Bailey, William Phillips, 373.
Bailey, William Warren, 149.
Baldwin, James M., 393.
Banter, Cyrus, 217.
Banther, James H., 318.
Barnes, Joel C., 234.
Barnhart, Charles, 195.
Barnhart, Harrison 182.
Barcus, William W.., 176.
Batey, Charles Francis, 34.
Baughman, Lewis C., 208.
Bays Fred Fenton, II.
Bays, John S., 9.
Beasley, Clyde Lee , 372.
Bedwell, David M., 160.
Benfefield, William, 106.
Bittle, James E., 266.
Blann, Francis M, 316.
Boles, Eli C., 89.
Boles, William Henry Harrison, 365.
Bolinger, James S., 85.
Boone, Anna R., 136.
Boone, Nevel Blackmer , 135.
Boone, Salathiel, 117.
Botts, George F., 363.
Botts, Leander R., 44.
Bough, Columbus , 358.
Bowen, John William, 336.
Bradgon, Jotham J., 236.
Branson, Caroline (Mahan), 172.
Branson, John Mc Nabb, 45.
Brentlinger, Mary Louise (Collins), 126.
Brentlinger, Rush E., 127.
Brewer, Charles E., 98.
Brewer, John Emery, 203.
Brewer, Orlando C., 343.
Bridwell, William H., 281.
Brown, Francis M., 382.
Brown, Herbert A., 66.
Brown, James R. , 22.
Brown, James W., 181.
Brown, Julia C., 224.
Brown, Stephen R., 159.
Brown, William H., 223.
Bryan, Edward W., 297.
Bryan, Isaac A., 326.
Burton, Clarence F., 63.
Calvert, James W., 76.
Cartwright, Oliver J., 395.
Card, Dorcy C., 170
Carty, Samuel O., 152.
Case, Cora A., 91.
Case, William M., 177.
Chaney, Dirrelle, 5.
Chaney, Silver, 12.
Clayton, Eli, 164.
Coffman, Clarence E., 268.
Coffman, Stuart S., 269.
Cole, Samuel R., 189.
Collier, Otho T., 247.
Collins, Edward J., 298.
Conley, Andrew J., 400.
Conner, James H., 88.
Conner, Mahala, 369.
Cote, L. E., 404.
Cowel, William E., 54.
Cox, Abraham G., 61.
Crawford, Joseph A., 153.
Crawford, William T., 6.
Crowder, Benjamin Cox, 14.
Crowder, Edgar Stewart, 280.
Crowder, William H. Jr., 13.
Crowder, William H., Sr., 290.
Cummins, Vachel D., 271.
Cumson, Jacob, 170.
Curtis, Charles E., 347.
Cushman, Guy A., 232.
Cushman, Thomas K., 240
Cutler, Arthur Denny, 48.
Curtner, William J., 50.
Daugherty, Jesse S., 377.
De Baun, Alva, 341.
DeBaun, Arthur Elmer, 17.
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Deeble, Samuel, 64.
Denney, Elias G., 90.
Denton, Robert J., 171.
Deputy, Ernest M., 150.
Dickerson, Alexander W. C., 335.
Dickerson, Mary F., 336.
Dilley, Elijah H., 344.
Dilley, Rose D., 345.
Dix, Eli William Lemon, 295.
Dorothy, Francis M., 194.
Dorothy, Notolean P., 195.
Douglas, Richard B., 100.
Douthit, Mary A., 351.
Douthitt, Frank M., 21.
Douthitt, John F., 279.
Douthitt, William T., 286.
Drake, Manning E., 40.
Draper, William M., 276.
Driver, Anderson W., 396.
Driver, John E., 414.
Durham, John L., 251.
Durham, Joshua B., 256.
Edwards, Simpson, 201.
Ellis, Claude A., 57.
Ellis, Melvin, 260.
Engle, Charles L., 211.
Enochs, J. Wesley, 355.
Ersinger, John, 38.
Everhart, David E., 142.
Exline, George A., 156.
Fordyce, William A. 99.
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Frakes, William R., 334.
Funk, George W., 75.
Gambill, Gilbert W., 392.
Gambill, Levi, 166.
Gambill, Wiley, 320.
Gaskill, James B., 188.
Glidden, Ira Glidden, Ira, 22.
Gordon, George, 183.
Gordon, Nina B., 184.
Gray, Joseph, 249.
Gregg, Moses H., 144.
Haddon, Flora A., 263.
Haddon, Jesse, 263.
Halberstadt, Daniel H., 168.
Halberstadt, George M., 176.
Hale, George Washington, 147.
Hamilton, Mesha, 365.
Hamilton, Thomas W., 199.
Hancock, David H., 315.
Hardy, Charles W., 327.
Hardy, Margaret A., 327.
Harris, Martin, 419.
Harris, Nancy Drake, 418.
Harris, Orion Boyd, 3.
Harrison, John Fremont, 346.
Harper, Harriett M., 311.
Harper, Henry Francis, 310.
Hart, William C., 215.
Hash, William R., 361.
Hawkins, John B., 380.
Hayden, U. Ellery, 95.
Hays, John T & Will H. , 1
Hayworth, Perley M., 93.
Hazelrigg, Abraham Thomas, 274.
Hiatt, William F., 391.
Hinkle, George M., 411.
Hinkle, John L., 133.
Hoke, George H., 238.
Hoke, Jacob F., 405.
Hoke, John A., 125.
Hoke, Richard William, 132.
Hoke, William F.,
Holder, Aaron, 229.
Holdson, Sarah E., 306.
Holmes, Arthur A., 5.
Hoover, Philip L., 67.
Hopewell, George W., 309.
Houpt, Jacob F., 374.
Howard, Clarence T., 246.
Howard, James D., 71.
Howard, James M., 349.
Jackson, James W., 323.
Jackson, Jefferson Ganaway., 329.
Jackson, Robert G., 198.
Jennings, Elza W., 105.
Jennings, Walker Y., 348.
Jerauld, Hannah F. (Alsop), 73.
Johnson, Henry, 342.
Jones, Mary M., 207.
Jones, William H., Jr., 206.
Joseph, James R., 376.
Kahre, Chris, 311.
Kelly, James, 242.
Kelly, John, 234.
Keys, Irvin J, 53.
Kimberlin, Franklin, 314.
Knotts, Charles E., 140.
Lammey, John, 163.
Lane, ALbert M., 87.
Lautent, William L., 78.
Leach, Esom Ruben , 25.
Lester, Mark, 69.
Lindley, John William, 20.
Lisman, Ivin Sylvester, 129.
Lisman, John A., 146.
Lisman, John W., 403.
Lloyd, Philip T., 101.
Lockard, John, 383.
Love, George, 219.
Lovelace, David H., 417.
Lucas, William H.., 39.
Lyons, Grandville M., 384.
Mahan, James, 293.
Mann, Henrietta I., 245.
Mann, Thomas J., 243.
Manning, Elizabeth, 257.
Manning, William B., 256.
Markee, Mary A., 32.
Marshall, Leonard, 192.
Marshall, Singleton, 194.
Mathias, Aloysius, 322.
May, Peter B., 272.
McConnell, Bailey, 120.
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McConnell, James E., 407.
McKee, W. H., 406.
Merrill, Joseph Van Kirk, 340.
Milam, Henry R., 214.
Milam, Josephine W., 214.
Miller, James A., 224.
Miller, William, 301.
Minter, Russell E., 236.
Moore, James M., 253.
Minich, Adam Vincent, 23.
Minich, Pleasant A., 128.
Minich, William Franklin
Mullane, John B., 278.
Nash, Edgar E., 115.
Nash, William L., 259.
Nead, Francis M., 197.
Near, James H., 292.
Neff, James H., 294.
Nelson, William A., 96.
Nesbit, Ira Augustus., 273.
Nesbit, William R., 285.
Nicholas, Frank K., 36.
Nicholson, James N., 367.
Nowlin, George W., 254.
Ogle, Tilghman, 284.
O'Haver, Thomas B., 355.
Osburn, James T., 362.
Padgett, James H., 123.
Patten, Earl, 97.
Patten, Luther, 84.
Payne, William E., 77.
Pearson, Edward, 328.
Pearson, Melvina U., 329.
Pifer, Alonzo P., 213.
Pirtle, Charles L., 265.
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Pirtle, George W, 65.
Pirtle, James J., 296.
Pool, Ora, 350.
Pope, Martin M., 161.
Poston, Frank E., 226.
Poynter, S. Paul, 287.
Prose, Alexander D., 216.
Prose, Jacob A., 218.
Pound, James G., 337.
Purcell, John E., 109.
Railsback, Nancy Ann (Taylor), 173.
Reid, Paul Lyon, 26.
Ridgway, Frank B., 144.
Ridgway, Owen Jackson, 149.
Ridegway, John, John, 79.
Riggle, John T., 399.
Riggs, William G., 416.
Riggs, William, 303.
Risinger, Thomas S., 60.
Ritchie, Payton, 392.
Robbins, Frank L., 258.
Roberts, James Nelson, 56.
Rogers, Edley W., 49.
Rose, John Thomas, 331.
Russell, Elijah E., 283.
Ryan, Daniel, 261.
Self, Kenneth W., 200.
Schaffer, George D., 209.
Schlichter, Charles C., 190.
Scott, Walter Gibson, 28.
Shake, David Frederick, 58.
Shaw, James A., 312.
Shepherd, Benjamin F., 359.
Shepherd, Solomon G.. 220.
Shepherd, William B., 70.
Sherman, Amanda (DeBaun), 81
Shields, William A., 231.
Sills, Nathan J., 187.
Sims, Elisha C., 410.
Sinclair, James M., 29.
Sinclair, Andrew, 364.
Siner, James P., 103.
Sink, Lorenzo D., 179.
Sisson, John, 290.
Sloop, A. E. A., 397.
Smith, James D, 42.
Smith, Marshal B., 371.
Smith, William M., 378.
Smock, Samuel C., 82.
Sparks, Walter P., 202.
Spear, Lydia A., 196.
Spear, John A., 196.
Spencer, James F., 305.
Spencer, James, 304.
Spencer, Arman, 354.
Spencer, William T., Jr., 300.
Spencer, William Thomas, 324.
Standley, Josiah, 154.
Steele, Andrew J., 186.
Steele, James S.. 412.
Stewart, Lafayette A., 35.
Stivers, George Randall, 37.
Stoddard, Orren, 221.
Stuck, James H., 92.
Taylor, Richard, 228.
Tennis, Diana W., 185.
Tennis, John, 185.
Thomas, William H., 389.
Thomson, Thomas Andrew, 87.
Thompson, Caleb J., 367.
Thompson, Edmond W., 368.
Thompson, George B., 321.
Thornberry, William J., 230.
Thrasher, Augustus L., 317.
Thurber, Alonzo B., 388.
Timmerman. James, 352.
Trimble, William M., 387.
Tucker, William E., 139.
Turman, John E., 415.
Turman, Return J., 245.
Turnbull, Lewis O., 227.
Unger, George H., 131.
Unger, George W., 212.
Unger, John, 137.
Unger, Martin, 357.
Unger, Michael, 130.
Usery, William C., 332.
Vaughn, Daniel J., 210.
Wagner, William F., 43.
Wallace, Anna, 84.
Wallace, Francis R., 83.
Wallace, Katherine Grant, 169.
Walters, John W., 116.
Walters, Marion F., 386.
Walters, Sampson, 94.
Wambaugh, John, 172.
Ward, Thomas E., 16.
Ward, Walter R., 370.
Watson, George Washington, 121.
Welman, Charles William, 288.
Wence, Leander, 104.
Welsh, Charles M., 331.
Whalen, Joseph R.., 15.
Whipps, James, 124.
White, Robert P., 4.
White, Samuel A., 282.
Whitlock, John Marion, 114.
Whitmire, John Thomas., 112.
Wible, William W., 375.
Willard, Rufus O., 402.
Willis, Marion F., 404.
Willis, Richard T., 118.
Willis, William, 277.
Wilson, George Townsley, 108.
Wilson, James H., 141.
Wilson, James Kautzman, 134.
Wolfe, Tilman B., 147.
Wolfe, Thomas J., Vol. I pg. 366
Wolfe, Winfield Scott, 27.
Woner, John W., 239.
Wood, Walter F, 26.
Worth, Josiah, 180.
Wortman, David C., 145.
Wyman, Solomon, 184.
Yeager, John Fremont, 340.
Yeager, Nicholas, 338.
Youngman, George C., 307.
Zaayer, William, 157.
Zink, Albert J., 193.
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