From a Lafayette newspaper article, Thursday, October 2, 1879:

OUR OLD LANDMARKS

The subjoined list embraces the old landmarks, the frontier settlers of Tippecanoe County, who first pitched their tents hereabout generations ago, and made the wild forest and prairie to yield harvests, and bloom and blossom like the rose.  They are now at Indianapolis, attending the Indiana Pioneers' Association, and shaking hands with Mr. and Mrs. President Hayes:
Name
Age
Years of Residence
in Indiana
Daniel Brawley 
71
41
David Meharry 
70
42
John Hiett 
70
44
William Rodgers 
78
44
John Stiles 
75
41
Jordan Knight 
70
41
Henry Quigley 
74
42
Eli Huntsinger 
76
52
Jacob Funk 
73
45
Juxton Head 
76
40
Prestly Dunlap 
76
44
Leander Jacobs 
72
55
Jesse Meharry 
73
45
John K. McMillin 
71
49
Thomas S. Reynolds 
71
49
William Oiler 
75
40
Pat'k Henry Weaver 
75
56
Martin L. Pierce 
73
51
George Deal 
74
48
Wilson Buck 
70
51
A. T. Claspill 
76
51
Elisha Foresman 
77
43
Abraham Koentz 
71
45
Robert Foresman 
74
43
Isaac Newton Parker 
73
47
William Kendall 
80
51
Jesse Andrew 
73
51
Lewis H. Ross 
71
49
John Ewry 
74
50
John Meek 
74
62
Richard Cole
73
73
Mrs. M. H. Stockwell 
71
48
Payton Ash 
72
43
Thomas B. Crossley 
72
43
Anthony Stingley 
80
51
Peter O. Brown 
72
51
Mrs. S. W. Andrews 
70
50
Mrs. E. M. Holloway 
72
60
George Westfall 
72
43
Henry Dryer 
73
41
Mrs. Hannah Allen 
72
65
John E. Bate 
70
43

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