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Book Title: History Of Carroll County Indiana

CHAPTER XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS—NOTES AND INCIDENTS.

THE LOG SCHOOL HOUSE.

   The primitive school house was made of round logs. One door at the side, two
windows and a large fire-place at one end of the building, and the chimney was
constructed out of slats, laid one upon the other and between, them mud mortar
was placed. The floor was made of puncheons which were cut out of soft timber
with a broadax. The roof was made out of clapboards, riven out of red oak
timber. The boards were fastened on collateral poles, with wooden pins. The
seats were plain benches without backs. Slates were used.

   Blackboards were then unknown. The books were arithmetic, grammar, reading,
writing and spelling. The teacher was paid by money raised from subscription.
Term of school from sixty to ninety days. The children of the early settlers
wrere, as a rule, good spellers. Within a few years better houses were erected
and better accommodations were enjoyed. It may be said that the young men and
women were self-made in educational matters.

LOST AND FOUND.

   There is nothing quite so discouraging as the feeling of being lost. AH the
faculties of the mind seem to be in a disorganized condition. All sense of
direction is completely gone. Objects appear strange and the surroundings
unnatural. And if darkness is near, being lost is the most disagreeable plight
for any human being. Fright increases the feeling and the thought of perishing
by intense cold or being devoured by wild beast cannot be described, even by one
who has experienced such thoughts.

   Lost people as a rule travel in a circle, and how great the surprise when
they return to the very point they had started from. The maxim, "stop, look and
listen," is a good motto for the lost in the jungles, as it is for the person
approaching a railroad crossing in an automobile.

   In the early settlement of this county men frequently became lost, and, on
several occasions children were lost who had gone out in search of ginseng, and
were out in the deep forest all night. Everybody in the neighborhood turned out
next morning and aided in finding them.

A RAILWAY CELEBRATION.

   The Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railway Company having completed a
narrow-gauge road from Delphi to Rensselaer, the event was celebrated at Delphi
on September 4, 1879. Banker McCoy, of Rensselaer, donated a fat steer for an
old-fashioned barbecue and the animal, adorned as gaily as a bride, with ribbons
and flowers, was shipped to Delphi and was assigned a prominent place in the
parade which preceded the barbecue. A salute of welcome was fired as the train
came in with "the fatted calf" and thousands of throats made the welkin ring. W.
H. Haughey was the marshal of the day and Lathrope's cornet band led the march
through the streets.

   The program of the day provided not only for a feast of roast beef, roast
mutton and hundreds of baskets of good things brought in by the people, but
further provided for "a feast of reason and a flow of soul," eminent speakers
having been secured for the occasion. Responses to toasts announced by the
chairman, E. W. Hubbard, were made by the following persons: Col. S. N. Yeoman,
Dr. J. T. Richardson, Doctor Moon, Mayor Walker, B. F. Schermerhorn, L. B. Sims,
Dr. E. W. H. Beck, B. B. Daily, E. Cox, A. B. Crampton, C. R~ Pollard, J. A.
Sims, T. J. Steele, Isaac Jackson, Joseph Gwinn, L. E. McReynolds and John Sims.
The master of ceremonies was Judson Applegate.

   Thirty-six years have passed since that memorable occasion and the railway
company which promoted the original road has long since vanished as a corporate
entity. The partly finished narrow-gauge road long ago was changed to a standard
gauge, the road completed from Indianapolis to Chicago and for years has been
known as the "Monon." The speakers on the occasion above referred to have all
passed away save three, A. B. Crampton, Charles R. Pollard and John Sims.

HURRICANES AND TORNADOES.

   There have been very few genuine hurricanes or tornadoes in this county. The
difference between a hurricane ond [sic] a tornado is chiefly the difference in
the territory covered. The hurricane usually is a very high wind of great
velocity, covering a considerable territory in breadth. The tornado generally
runs in a narrow strip with a twisting and lifting wind, of great force and
velocity. About forty-three years ago a tornado visited this region, destroying
much valuable timber and destroying the Carrollton bridge.

   Probably hundreds of years before any white man saw this country a hurricane
passed through the southern part of this county and the territory affected
became a swamp and a home for beavers. There were other marshes in this county,
found in the timber, which were no doubt made in the same manner. These marshes
are the finest land in the county.

FOX CHASES.

   During the first twenty-live years of the early settlement of this country
fox chases were frequent and greatly enjoyed by the pioneers. Reynard, was a
cunning and sly foe of the people those days and was in the habit of stealing
young pigs and lambs; and he was called upon many times to show his mettle when
pursued by a pack of hounds. Word was passed around among the settlers to meet
at a certain point, at a certain time, with guns and dogs and the best trailers
were sent out, holding back a portion of the hounds to be let loose later in the
chase. It was not long before the woods resounded with the mellow and
reverberating sounds of the dogs, and the hunters, anxious and excited, put
spurs to their horses, and over fences, through fields and woods they went, to
cut off the fleeing animal at some crossing. The relay of dogs was unleashed and
the battle royal was on in earnest. About the time for the sun to set the report
of the guns and "hollering" of the pursuers signalized that the quarry had been
caught. The hunters returned to their homes about "all in," but delighted with
their experience.

TAXABLE PROPERTY.

   The taxable property of Carroll county, as listed by the various township
assessors, board of review, and the state board of tax commissioners, in 1914,
upon which taxes are payable in 1915, is as follows: Real estate and
improvements, $9,351,910; personal and corporation property, $3,418,855;
railroads, $1,626,625; banks and trust companies, $270,170; telegraph and
telephone companies, $69,630; express companies', $7,780. Total, $14,744,970.
This is a gain of taxable property over the year 1913 of $255,430.

AN EARLY SOURCE OF INCOME.

   Ginseng is the name of a root which in the language of the Iroquois is called
Garentoquen, which signifies "legs and thighs separated." Ginseng is highly
valued as a medicine by the Chinese. It is found in northern Asia and America.
It is exported from America to China. Ginseng was very plentiful in Carroll
county in the first years of settlement, and especially so along Deer creek. The
first settlers dug the root for market and after it was dried it brought
twenty-five cents per pound. In 1827 a factory for drying the root was built by
James Blake, of Indianapolis, on the farm of Gen. Samuel Milroy, at a point on
the hill near the crossing of the Monon railroad and the gravel road. Mr. Blake
operated the factory for three years, when the supply became exhausted and he
moved elsewhere. At that time there were but two or three cabins on the ground
now occupied by the county seat, and the dense forest in this locality resembled
a mass of jungle.

   During the operation of the factory it is said one of the hands became sick
and was in need of whisky. Most of the old pioneers kept a little of the
antidote for snake bites. The hand was directed to go to a neighbor living on
the creek just below the settlement (now Delphi), to get a jug of whisky. Being
very much indisposed he rode a horse and got his whisky; and on his return trip
through the woods he ran upon a big black bear, which scared his horse and it
ran off with the rider. He reached the factory in safety, holding on to his jug
of whisky like grim death. The inoffensive bruin was no doubt as badly scared as
the horse and ambled off into the jungle unmolested.

OLD-TIME POLITICAL PARADE.

   Between 1850 and i860 large political meetings were held by the two political
parties. In those days they had a habit of organizing large processions, big
wagons drawn by from six to sixteen span of horses, sometimes with a traction
engine; large horse companies and young ladies uniformed, dressed in white and
blue, riding horses, each rider representing a state, with bands, and large
flags unfurled to the breeze, made a wonderful spectacle to the cheering and
enthusiastic people assembled. After marching through the principal streets of
the town and after their lungs had been exhausted cheering the pageant, they
dispersed to put away the big chicken dinner brought with them. This truthful
story has the tinge of romance, but nevertheless it belongs to the things of the
past.

A FALSE ALARM.

   In the year 1832 the country west of the Tippecanoe river was very sparsely
settled. All that part of the country was known as the Grand Prairie. About that
year Black Hawk Indians were farther west waging war with settlers in portions
of Illinois, and United States soldiers were pursuing them. It was thought that
the Indians were making towards the east, and. the word got out that they were
in the vicinity of the country west of the Tippecanoe river. At once horse
companies were organized at Delphi and men from Monroe and nearby townships came
and enlisted under Capt. Andrew Wood and bidding good-by to the weeping wives
and children, started off for the supposed seat of war. After reaching the mouth
of the Monon they discovered that there were no Indians looking for trouble and
they returned, having done their duty as fully as the conditions required.

FLOOD OF 1913,

   The flood that came upon the middle western states in the last week of March,
1913, was one of the greatest disasters ever known in this section. Ohio and
Indiana suffered most, losing many lives and many million dollars worth of
property. There were no lives lost in Carroll county. Many bridges were carried
away and highways were badly torn up. The Wabash river spread all over the
bottoms, and all over Deer creek prairie. Small houses and fencing were carried
down the stream. A section of the Monon railroad near the city was washed out,
stopping traffic for a week. The water flooded the north part and the west side
of the town many feet in depth. Many families were driven out of their homes,
and lost all their household goods. Relief committees were appointed by the
mayor and money was raised and clothing furnished to supply the people in
distress. The people of Carroll county fared well as compared with the people in
Logansport and Peru. An epidemic was much feared, but by enforcement of sanitary
rules, did not occur.

A FINE APPLE AND PEACH ORCHARD.

   There were many good apple and peach orchards in Carroll county in 1850 and
subsequent years. At the county fairs fine varieties of apples were on
exhibition. They grew luxuriantly and were free from the foes that have of late
years destroyed the trees and injured the fruit. So much so that the orchards
have been allowed to go into decay. In late years apples have been sold at very
high prices and train loads of apples have been shipped into this state from the
western states. The question arose, "What is the matter with Indiana soil, that
fruit cannot be raised successfully?" Horticulturists got busy and the results
of their investigations show that Indiana is as good a fruit state as any of the
western states. Farmers have given more attention to fruit culture of recent
years and the displays made at the state and county fairs prove conclusively
that the fault lay with the people and not the soil.

   John R. Harness, of Burlington township, is an example worthy of special
notice, as a progressive fruit grower of Carroll county. He has an apple orchard
of twenty-seven acres and a peach orchard of twenty acres. His apple orchard
contains the following varieties: Grimes Golden, Improved Vandevers, Mann Red
Baldwin, Seek-no-further, Black Arkansas, Wagoner, Canada Red, Northern Spy,
Winter Banana,. Northern Greening, Winter Wine Sap, Stayman Wine Sap, Improved
Ben Davis, Indiana Winter Pearmain and Jonathan. The peach varieties are:
Crawford, Late & Early, Golddrop, Elberta, Banner, Early Bornerd, Crosby,
Champion, Kalamazoo, Foster, New Prolific, Stump-the-World, Superior and Wonderful.

   Mr. Harness will set out, in 1916, ten acres to apples and peaches. His crop
on ten acres of his apple orchard will yield this year (1915) two thousand five
hundred bushels, which are already sold to the Castro Fruit Company.

   This is no experiment, but shows what can be done when an effort is made
along scientific principles. The orchard is an object lesson to the farmers and
horticulturists of Carroll county, who might with profit visit the beautiful
grove of Mr. Harness.

FALLING OF THE STARS.

   It will be remembered by the students of history that back in the thirties
there was a sect denominated "Millerites." Miller was an assumed prophet and had
quite a following. Among: his prognostications, he predicted the world would
come to an end in the year 1832. A wonderful phenomenon occurred in that year,
which was not noted in the "Hagerstown Almanac," and consequently the people
were not advised of what was in store for them. They had heard of Miller's
predictions but had very little confidence in them.

   The phenomenon that occurred that year was called "the falling of the stars."
The supposed stars fell all over the land. It was a beautiful and sublime sight
The people who witnessed it were greatly frightened and some of them recalled
that Miller had predicted the end of the world would take place in that year,
and the sublime evidence before them indicated the end had arrived. The people
shouted their prayers for deliverance, while negroes in the South were praying
for their masters, as commanded.

   The followers of Miller donned their white robes and expected to be taken
bodily up to Heaven. The natural phenomenon passed away and the disappointed
Millerites renounced their faith in him. Miller went into the quiet retreat of
faddists and grafters. The early settlers of this county took delight in telling
of the "falling of the stars," and of their fears and feelings at the time of
the occurrence.

EARLY FIRES.

   A destructive fire occurred in 1839 on the corner of Washington and Main
streets in Delphi, burning the block to the alley. Estimated loss, $23,300;
insurance, $8,560. An important fire occurred in November, 1844, loss not
reported. A fire, in 1850, occurred on the east side of the public square and
destroyed property of the value of $15,760, with, small insurance. The last fire
of any magnitude occurred about * twelve years ago, when the Kirlin elevator was
destroyed, at a loss of about $20,000, with about $10,000 insurance.

AN ECHO OF THE RILEY BANQUET.

   A very high compliment was paid to the native Hoosiers by Henry Watterson on
the occasion of the celebration of poet Riley's birthday, October 7, 1915, at
Indianapolis. Mr. Watterson said: "The Hoosiers are a fine, noble, aspiring
people, who gridironed their state with railroads and filled it with schools
before they had cleared it of timber and underbrush, so that today, Indiana, no
less than Boston, can claim to be a literary center." Carroll county, being a
part of the state of Indiana, and full of Hoosiers, will take its part of this
beautiful eulogy unto itself.

CHANGE IN THE RIVER BANKS.

   The clearing and fencing up the land along the borders of the principal
streams in the county has developed a growth of weeds and shrubbery so dense
that it is impossible to get to the waters except at used crossings.

   A verse from the celebrated poem entitled "Twenty Years Ago," whose
authorship is in doubt, will apply to the above conditions:

   "The river is running just as still; the willows on its side
   Are larger than they were, dear Tom, the streams appear less wide;
   The grape vine swing is ruin'd now, where once we play'd the beau,
   And swung our sweethearts—pretty girls—just twenty years ago."

NOTES.

   The cost of taking the enumeration in 1831 was six dollars.

   Under the first constitution, each township had an overseer of the poor and
two fence viewers.

   At the November term of the circuit court in 1828, there were two debt cases
disposed of, the grand jury discharged and the term closed the same day.

   In 1836 the people joined in a petition to William Hendricks, one of the
United States senators, to have a port of entry established here as the head of
steamboat navigation. At that time the "Wabash improvement bill" was pending and
had passed the Senate. That was the last heard of the petition.

   The Wabash and Erie canal was four hundred and fifty-nine miles in length.
Eighty-four miles in Ohio, and three hundred and seventy-five miles in Indiana.
When the canal was in its prime its receipts were one hundred thousand dollars a
year. Its annual operating expenses were thirty-five thousand dollars.

   During the years of the first settlement there were no rabbits, partridges,
larks or other birds that follow civilization; but frogs, snakes and fish were
abundant.

   The keel boat that carried Daniel Baum and family up the Wabash and Deer
creek, lies imbedded in the gravel at the point on the north bank where the
bridge of the Wabash railroad crosses the creek.

   John Grantham, father of Joseph Grantham, was probate judge from 1836 until
1850; Thomas Gillam from 1850 to 1852; R. P. Davidson, September term, 1856; J.
C. Applegate from 1856 to i860.

   The earliest physicians were Drs. John M. Ewing, J. R. Blanchard and Robert
Webber. Doctor Ewing came to Delphi in 1827, Doctor Blanchard in 1833 and Doctor
Webber in 1835.

   Henry Robinson was the first justice of the peace and was commissioned by
Governor Ray, July 14, 1828. He was also the first postmaster and raised the
first apples in this section.

   The first paper-mill was built on the canal west of Delphi by George
Robertson in the year 1846.

   Manary's addition to Delphi was a prairie and produced one hundred and ten
bushels of corn to the acre.

   The first frame house in Delphi stood on the lot now occupied by Delphi Lodge
No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

   The first school was taught on the hill (South Delphi) by Miss Sarah
Robinson. Many of her pupils were the old settlers' children, among Whom was
Major Milroy. The major was whipped by his teacher with a goose quill. The early
schools were taught by Messrs. Crawford, Dewey, Simon, Sage, Sanderson and James
Odell.

   Under no circumstances should the descendants of the early settlers
undervalue the kindness, the filial love and constant good wishes of the fathers
and mothers, who labored and made sacrifices for their children. Monumental
shafts may adorn their graves, but the best monument their children can erect is
the devotion that memory only can build in honorable lives of emulation.

   The county treasurer received from all sources for the year 1914, the sum of
$670,828.64; and disbursed for the same period the sum of $546,902.05, showing a
balance in the treasury, January 1, 1915, of the sum of $123,926.59.

   The Wabash valley contains about twelve thousand square miles, the largest
valley in the state.

   The wooden mould-board plow used by the pioneers was an invention of the
Greeks, one thousand years before the Christian era.

   Over one million dollars have been invested in automobiles in this county.

   The early pioneers enjoyed many luxuries that are denied to the present
generation. In the line of wild game they feasted on venison, wild turkey, and
other game now extinct. The woods were full of squirrels, wild berries and
plums. It is said that fish were so plentiful in the streams that they were
thrown out by the people with pitchforks. This may be a fish story, but how can
it be disproved?

   A yellow poplar tree stood sixty years ago on land then owned by John Baum,
three miles east of Delphi, which was cut down by bee-hunters one night, and
when it fell it awakened the people in the neighborhood, who believed that it
was an earthquake. The tree measured six feet in diameter, and was hauled on a
sled to Mr. Garrett's mill at Delphi with four yoke of oxen.

   One of the oldest citizens of this county, John S. Armitage, who came to
Delphi in 1836, is still among the living and is in his eighty-ninth year.

   Samuel Lenon is the oldest pioneer settler in Carroll county and lives in
Jackson township. He came to this county in the fall of 1829. He is in his
eighty-seventh year.

   Carroll county was named after Charles Carroll, the last living signer of the
Declaration of Independence.

   The general government gave to the state of Indiana 1,750,000 acres of land
to aid in the construction of the Wabash and Erie canal.

   Gen. John Tipton, under the direction of the general government, escorted the
various tribes of Indians remaining in the eastern part of the state, to their
western possessions in the year 1838. The Indians, with their personal effects,
made a long procession, and passed through Logansport along the west side of the
Wabash river, through White county, and on to the state line, thence to the far
West. Many of the early settlers of this county saw the former foes of the white
people leaving the country—once their happy hunting grounds—forever. General
Tipton lived but a few years in Logansport after this occurrence.

   John Sidenbender, an octogenarian living in Delphi, is a son of John
Sidenbender, who was a first settler in the Bondee neighborhood. Mr. Sidenbender
served as county coroner in the following years: 1856, 1857, 1859, i860, 1861,
1862, 1863, 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873.

   Nearly all the early settlers made their own woodenware, such as bowls,
rolling-pins, tubs, barrels, pitchforks, shovels and crude farming: implements.
They half-soled their shoes. There was no such thing as "betting your boots"
those days.

   Editorial associations were in vogue in this state as early as 1840. The
editors of the newspapers met at the capital of the state, passed resolutions
and defined policies, very much as the editorial associations of the present day.

   La Salle, the French explorer, passed from the St. Joseph river, by way of
the Wabash river to the "Father of Waters," in the year 1679.

   A jaw bone of a mammoth mastodon was found in the digging of the Wabash and
Erie canal, between Delphi and Logansport., It is in the possession of O. M.
Wilson, Kansas City, Missouri.

   Speaking of enterprise, overcoming obstacles, that "necessity is the mother
of inventions,"—Delphi had many years ago a citizen nearly seven feet high, lank
and bony, who was exceedingly fond of circus shows. When a big circus show was
coming to town he set about to devise ways and means to raise the price of
admission, being a very poor man. As a last resort he went to a grocery store
and bought a pound of coffee, went out and sold it for fifty cents; went to the
show and enjoyed it hugely. The grocery-man, afterward, enjoyed the privilege of
having contributed to the poor man's happiness.

   In 1834 Samuel G. Greenup was offered one hundred and sixty acres of land,
lying outside of the limits of the town of Chicago for thirteen hundred dollars.
The same land is now in the very center of the city, containing thousands of
people. The foresight is never as good as the hindsight.

   The treasurer of Carroll county received notice in August, 1915, that the
distribution of the automobile tax, collected by the state officers, due Carroll
county for the first half of the year, was the sum of $5,828.78.

   There are now built and in service three hundred and eighty-seven miles of
gravel roads in Carroll county.

   The Act of March 6, 1873, provided that Carroll, White and Pulaski counties
constitute the thirty-ninth judicial circuit. The Act of 1877 placed Carroll
with White county as the thirty-ninth judicial circuit. It has so remained ever
since.

   Carroll and Clinton counties constitute the senatorial district Carroll,
Howard and Miami counties compose the representative district.

   Miss Effie Guickin, of Washington township, furnished much of the local
history set forth in the history of that township found in Chapter III.

   Many years ago a large silver cross was plowed up in Carrollton township.
Evidently missionaries traveled through this part of the country long before the
first settlers, or the cross had been purloined and lost by the Indians.

   Probably not another county in this state has had as few negroes as
residents, as this county. At no time has the number exceeded a dozen in this
county. The Beetles, a colored family, living north of this city, were pioneers
and highly respected.

   The noted wet seasons were the years of 1828, 1844, 1875, 1884, 1913 and
1915; during the last ninety years.

   The Michigan road, running through the eastern part of this county, was
located by state commissioners who came to Delphi expecting the people would be
anxious to have it pass through here, but were advised to go to Cass county,
where there were men who would take an interest in the enterprise, the people
here not realizing its importance.

   In 1827 two stores were opened, one at Mr. Baum's by ,T. D. Vandeventer, the
location being at a point west of the present location of the Wabash railway, on
the land now owned by Thomas Smith; the other was owned by Isaac Griffith, Sr.,
and was located three and one-half miles southeast of Delphi.

   The first marriage license issued by the county clerk was on the date of June
10, 1828, to John Bozarth and Lathey Mitchell. The second license was issued on
July 4, 1828, to John Morrow and Isabelle Hamilton. The third license was issued
on December 1, 1828, to John Swalls and Polly Marsh. The fifth license was
issued on December 25, 1828, to John W. Johnson and Ruth Smith. There were nine
licenses issued in 1829, fourteen in 1830, and three in 1831.

   At the west end of Front street in Delphi, near the corner of section 29, two
persons were buried in the fall of 1826, namely: Robert Mitchell and William
Sims. The exact spot will never be known.

   The first and only deaths occurring in 1825 were James Galbreth, September 8,
1825; and Benjamin D. Angell, September 16, 1825.

   Sixty-five rattle-snakes were killed in one day at a point on Deer creek,
known as Wilson's cave. The cave has never been explored thoroughly. It is a
great pile of Kme rock, with several entrances near the surface of the water.

   The enumeration of children of Carroll county between the ages of six and
twenty-one years, May 1, 1915, is four thousand five hundred and eleven.

   Mrs. Frances Griffith, daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary Brough, was born in
Delphi, April 1, 1833. Mrs. Griffith is the oldest person born in Carroll
county, now living.

   A carding-mill was built on Knight's branch, a short distance above its
entrance into Deer creek, by James Carney in 1830, and operated by him for
several years.   The remains of the mill were visible forty years ago.

   The people of Carroll county had the pleasure of witnessing the flight of an
aviator in Delphi, September 14, 1915. It was on the occasion of the meeting of
the Odd Fellows of Carroll county, which was addressed by the grand master of
the state, and a torchlight procession was given in the evening. The "bird man,"
at a great height, circled over the city five times, to the great delight and
astonishment of a great multitude of people assembled.

   "Curfew must not ring tonight," cried a maiden lover of a man incarcerated in
the great tower, doomed to die at the ringing of the "curfew," to the sexton,
who replied, "Bessie, curfew, it must ring tonight." The maiden replied, "I've a
lover in that prison. Curfew must not ring tonight. Cromwell wiil not come till
sunset; curfew must not ring tonight."

   The custom of ringing the evening curfew bell dates back to the eleventh
century when it was required to be rung at eight p. m. and all fires had to be
extinguished, as a protection against fires. This custom prevailed in Rome,
France, Germany and England. The custom was introduced into England by William
the Conqueror, as a police measure, hence the story that prisoners should be put
to death at the ringing of the "curfew."

   In modern times, cities have ordered the evening bell rung at eight p. m., at
which time all children on the streets under a certain age, unattended by
parents or guardian, would be liable to detention. The city of Delphi once had
the bell in the city hall tower rung in the evening at eight o'clock warning all
children to proceed homeward, unless accompanied by parents or properly
chaperoned. Alas, this ancient custom has been repealed since the "movies" came.



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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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