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Book Title: History Of Greene And Sullivan Counties, Indiana

CHAPTER XIII.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP—ORGANIZATION AND FIRST OFFICERS—PURCHASE OF LAND—COMING OF THE
PIONEERS—STORIES OF ADVENTURE—BEAR HUNTERS—MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST—THE
EARLY SCHOOLS-LATER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES—OWENSBURG—MERCHANTS—MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS—SECRET SOCIETIES—THE TOWN SCHOOLS— THE CHURCHES OF
OWENSBURG—NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISES.

WHEN the county was organized in 1821, Burlingame Township was created, and
comprised the present townships of. Beech Creek, Center and Jackson, and all
elections were ordered held at the house of Abel Burlingame. The earliest
settlers of Jackson Township went there to poll their votes. In the month of
May, 1829, Burlingame Township was divided by the line three miles north of the
present northern boundary of Jackson Township, into the two townships of Beech
Creek and Jackson, thus making the latter nine miles north and south, and eight
miles, as at present, east and west. John B. Ferrell was appointed Inspector of
Elections, which were ordered held at the house of Hiram Ferguson. Raleigh
Hopper and John Storms were appointed Overseers of the Poor; and Isaac Storms
and Nathaniel Goode, Fence Viewers; and Charles Lewis, Samuel Riddle, John
Wilson, Peter Harnstutler and Charles Shelton, Road Superintendents. Elections
were also ordered held at the house of Joseph Wilson.

PURCHASE OF LAND.

   The following early entries of land were made in what is now Jackson
Township: In Congressional Township 6 north, Range 3 west, John Johnson, on
Section 1, on December 13, 1816-5 John Rainbolt, on the same section in July,
1819; Mark Dugger, on Section 12, in February, 1817; Julius Dugger, on Section
12, in February, 1818; Benjamin Blackwell, on Section 24, in January, 1818;
Robert Beaty, on Section 24, in December, 1818; James Beaty, on Section 24, in
January, 1819. All these entries were along Indian Creek, and here it was—if
accounts are correct—that the first settlements were made. The above were the
first entries in the township.

COMING OF THE PIONEERS.

   It is said that either John Johnson or Mark Dugger was the first permanent
settler in the township, while some accounts show that the Beatys were the
first. James Beaty settled in the township in 1821, according to his son, John
Beaty, who was born on the old place in 1830. The county has had no better
family. Among the first settlers were the above and John Ferrell, John Stone and
Robert Kizzee; also, a little later William, Lank and David Hudson, Raleigh
Hopper, Isaac Copeland, old Isaac Bledsoe, Thomas Kizzee, Jacob, Willoughby and
Isaac Lewis, and Joseph and William Hatfield were in the township among the very
first. The Lewises were in as early as 1818. They settled on Plummer Creek.
Armstead Hatfield, Emanuel Hatfield, James Corbin, John Brown, father of Noah
Brown, and many others, came in later. By 1825, there were about twenty-five
families in the township. There were two principal settlements—one on Plummer
Creek, and one on Indian Creek.

STORIES OF ADVENTURE.

   At the time of the first settlement, Indians and the larger varieties of wild
animals were abundant. In the grottos and caves along the creeks could be found
bears, panthers and wolves. Hundreds of deer roamed the woods or cropped the
rich verdure of the glades. It was thought nothing to see a bear or kill a deer,
and the poorest hunters could do the latter. The Hatfields—several of them were
famous hunters. They were men of great strength—several of them being, as was
customary in that day, quasi-professional fighters. Terrific fights occurred
between men simply to settle which was the better man, after which neighborly
relations were resumed. A great fighter hearing of another would often go miles
to "try him." Several of the Hatfields and others were of this class—that is,
while they did not seek an encounter they would not avoid one, and were always
ready. Emanuel Hatfield was one of the most noted hunters of his day. He had
come from the wild, mountainous region of East Tennessee, and from infancy had
been familiar with the rifle, and had heard endless tales of adventure with wild
animals. He was a noted turkey hunter before he was twelve years old, and when
he was fourteen had an adventure which established his reputation for personal
courage. At that age, he went out early one morning to kill a wild turkey for
breakfast. He passed along the edge of a ravine where the stony cliff descended
almost perpendicularly to the bed of the small stream which lay below, and
uttered the turkey call several times, waiting to listen between each call. At
last he heard an answer, when he called again, and a large turkey flew down near
him, which he shot and hung in a tree to keep from any stray animal that might
happen along, while he continued on, thinking he had time to kill another. As he
passed along the edge of the almost perpendicular cliff, he suddenly noticed
that in one place all the small bushes had been broken off near the ground and
had disappeared, while on the edge of the cliff the stone had been scratched by
some sharp object. Though a boy, young Hatfield did not need to be told that
these marks were "bear signs." Upon going to the edge, he saw several strong
roots projecting about three feet below, at one side of which there seemed to be
a cavity extending back under him. He reached down and struck his rifle on the
roots, and a fierce growl was heard in the cave, which caused him to draw back
rather hastily. There was no mistake now; a bear was in the cave. The boy
deliberated a moment, and then resolved, if possible, to kill the animal. He
prepared his rifle so there would be no flash in the pan, and then used various
devices to bring the bear out far enough to get a shot at it. At last by
shouting and throwing objects down, he enraged it so that its head appeared and
it began to clamber out, growling wickedly and showing two rows of long white
teeth. The boy cocked his rifle and stepping to the edge waited until the bear's
head had come within easy reach, when he suddenly pushed the muzzle forward
against the side of its head and pulled the trigger. The gun barrel, closed at
both ends, recoiled so heavily that it felled young Hatfield to the ground, but
the bear fell back dead on the lower edge of the cave. After recovering himself,
the boy, to make sure of his shot, cautiously descended to the bear and with his
knife cut out its eyes. He then went home and secured assistance. The animal was
rolled over the cliff and dragged home with horses. It was one of the largest of
its species and weighed almost 600 pounds.

   On another occasion, the two boys, Emanuel and Armstead, when they were only
about fifteen or sixteen years old, were out hunting in the mountains of
Tennessee, when their dogs off some distance encountered an animal under or near
a cliff, which they treed. The boys hurried forward and saw a big "painter" in
the branches of a tree. Emanuel fired at the beast, which only received an ugly
wound, and it instantly scaled down the tree like a cat and bounded off, but was
seized by the two or three dogs and partly held. Emanuel had no time to load his
gun, and Armstead could not shoot for fear of killing the dogs. Emanuel drew his
knife and ran up to save his dogs, calling for Armstead to follow, but the
latter exclaimed "I'll be danged if I'll go any closer," and stood where he was,
but near. The panther and the dogs were fighting terribly, scattering the leaves
in every direction, and the latter were being mangled badly by the fangs and
claws of the former. Emanuel ran up and struck at it several times with his
knife, but the blade, owing to the slanting strokes and the activity of the
beast, was bent almost double and rendered worthless. He ran back and seized his
brother's gun and returning at full speed, quickly placed the muzzle to the
panther's head and blew out its brains, just as it was in the act of tearing the
life out of one of the dogs. The panther measured nearly twelve feet from tip to
tip.

BEAR STORIES.

   On two different occasions, after coming to the township, Emanuel Hatfield
killed or captured, or both, four bears. He had a well-trained dog and went out
one day to kill deer. After going some distance from his cabin, he noticed his
dog some distance ahead of him, stop, with its forefeet upon a log, and sniff
the air, and he knew that some animal was near. He walked on up to the dog,
keeping sharp watch and holding his rifle ready for a shot, and stepped on the
log, and for sometime stood motionless, looking around, but could see nothing,
although the dog still stood with its feet on the log, sniffing the air. At
length he looked at a large hollow tree, the opening of which was only partly
exposed to view, and, with surprise, saw protruding the partly concealed head of
a large bear. He drew up and shot the beast through the nose, and away it went
out of the tree followed by the dog, which had been told to "catch it," and by
the hunter who loaded his rifle as he ran. The dog caught and partly detained
it, and the hunter came up on the run, and before he could use his rifle he was
almost on the struggling 'animals. He drew his tomahawk and with one blow sent
it crashing down through the head of the wounded bear, which sank down, and,
after a few feeble kicks, was dead. He went back to the tree and found three
cubs about as large as cats, which growled and scratched when taken up, but they
were taken to the cabin. One was kept for some time by the family and the other
two were given to the neighbors.

   On another day, when out hunting in the township, and while passing along on
the crest of the ridge, he saw below him a mother bear and three cubs about
one-third grown. The animals had not seen him and were playing. They would
double up like a ball and roll down a short, steep hill, and then scale up a
small white oak at the bottom. After watching: their freaks for some time, Mr.
Hatfield took careful aim at the mother and fired, killing her instantly, and
the cubs in great fright ran up the oak. Mr. Hatfield ran down where they were,
loading his rifle, and in succession, as fast as he could load, shot the three
from the tree. Mr. Hatfield, with one gun which carried a ball "thirty-seven to
the pound," during the first twelve years of his residence in the township,
killed 978 deer. He often had a dozen in his yard at one time. The hides were
worth 50 cents each. He told the writer that one-half of the 978 deer was killed
within one mile of his log cabin. He killed 50 bears in Greene County. At a
little later date, he would be gone for weeks on the west side of the river on
hunting excursions with companions, and would return with wagon loads of deer.
He said that Samuel Simons, who lived in Washington Township, was one of the
best deer hunters he ever met—could circumvent and shoot a deer when others
could see no "signs." John Brown, of Jackson Township, was a successful deer
hunter. He, with Emanuel Hatfield, went to watch one night for deer at Pond
Lick, near Dresden. They soon killed one, and Mr. Brown in looking around for
materials out of which to make a fire, thrust his hand in a hollow tree, and
drew out a pine stick about two feet long, chopped off with an ax at the ends,
and about as thick as a man's wrist. As no pine grew in all that region, how did
the stick come there?

SUNDRY EVENTS.

   John Johnson entered the first tract of land on Section 1, in December, 1816.
Silbern Owens, established the first blacksmith shop, and before that smith work
was obtained at Springville. The first horse mill was on the old Chestnut place,
and William Chestnut was the first tavern keeper on the famous old Evansville &
Terre Haute road, about a mile and a half east of Owensburg. A water mill was
built quite early on Indian Creek, probably by James Sloan. It was a log mill
with an up-and-down saw mill attached. A dam was built across the creek, upon
one end of which stood the mills. Mr. Stone owned the mill for a time. as did
Mr. Scar, upon whose hands it is said to have run down. One of the first
weddings was Wesley Ferguson to Frances Stone, by Squire Hopper. Dr. Dowden
built the first brick house in Owensburg. Many of the early elections were held
at Screamersville. A child born to the Bledsoe family is said to have been the
first birth in the township. In the thirties, Emanuel Hatfield bought the
distillery of John Moser, which stood across the line in Lawrence County, and
moved it to his big spring near Owensburg, where, for about five years, he
manufactured considerable corn whisky from Christmas to the following spring. He
could make, and did, from sixteen to twenty gallons a day. Some of his neighbors
would stand around with cups, and spend the last shilling for a "drink" of the
liquor. Each probably thought

   "If I had a cow that would give such milk,
    I'd dress her in the finest silk;
    I'd feed her on good corn and hay;
    And milk her forty times a day."

   James Records started the first tobacco factory in the township. He came to
the county in 1840, and soon afterward, finding that on his place tobacco of the
finest quality could be grown, he soon built his shop and commenced the
business. His son, James M. Records, near Dresden, still raises large quantities
of the weed. He has on his place an apple orchard of 1,000 trees, and a peach
orchard of 2,000 trees. William Hert, father of James G. Hert, of Owensburg, was
an early resident of Owensburg. He worked for many years at the blacksmith
trade, and afterward began selling merchandise in that town. He was County
Commissioner, and served in various other capacities, always with the highest
credit to himself. For many years the Sexson Mills, in the northeast part of the
township, have been noted for their usefulness. Excellent flour is manfactured.
The tobacco interests of the township have been very extensive for many years.
The Records first started the business. Valentine Shryock thirty or forty years
ago, and for many years later, manufactured some years as high as 100,000 pounds
annually. Mr. Jamison did a business equally as large. He kept four or five
wagons on the road all the time, and during the war often had on hand over
100,000 pounds. The principal sales were to Louisville houses. Many men were
employed. John E. George also manufactured extensively, and several -others. The
coal, limestone and sandstone intrrests [sic] are of the greatest value to the
township. Some five or six or more coal mines are being worked, and stone of the
very best quality is to be found in abundance. The tunnel for the Narrow Gauge
Railroad, on Section 28, is over 1,300 feet long.

SCHOOLS.

   No doubt the first school in the township was taught on the Hitchcock farm,
near Owensburg, in about the year 1823, by a tall man named Samuel Short. His
legs, it is said, were so disproportionately long, and his head so
disproportionately large, that he seemed to have next to no body at all. His
face was an abuse of homeliness, but he was not to blame for that; it was a
birthday present. He taught an excellent school in a little round log cabin, one
entire end of which was a fire-place, which sent its smoke and sparks up a broad
stone chimney. Rude clapboard seats and desks and a long greased-paper window
completed the furnishing and architecture. He taught reading, writing,
arithmetic and spelling. The Hatfields, the Copelands, the Beatys, the Shorts
and others sent children to him. He had an enrollment of about twenty-five,
several coming from Martin County. Another early school was taught in the Beaty
neighborhood, by whom it is not remembered. The building had been used
previously as a dwelling. A man from Tennessee taught several terms, very early,
in the neighborhood of Owensburg. A school was taught in the northern part, in
the Hudson neighborhood, as early as 1825. It is said the house had been built
by the Hudsons. One of the early teachers here was a man named Thomas Hill.
There were four schools in the township in 1830, and six or seven in 1840.

OWENSBURG.

   On the first Monday in August, 1842, Silbern Owens commenced work on his
blacksmith shop in this town. At the same time, he got out timber for a dwelling
and a stable. As soon as the dwelling was finished, the family moved in, and
this was the beginning of Owensburg. Thirty or forty men from far and near, who
were wanting a blacksmith shop nearer than Springville, turned out and helped
put up the buildings— done all in one day. William Owen probably built the next
house at that point. The presence of the shop and the distillery of Mr. Hatfield
had the tendency to attract to the place a few families, though the distillery
could not have been operated much later as it was removed to Richland Township.
The families living very near the shop when it was built were those of Elias
Copeland, Emanuel Hatfield, David Miller, John Brown, half a mile east. Sidney
moved to the place in 1843, but as yet it was not regarded as a village—only a
country blacksmith shop. In 1843, John Gainey brought to the place about $200
worth of goods and opened a "store." Ed Strosnider was the next "merchant,"
coming in a few years later and continuing until his death. Gainey did not
remain longer than about two years. Mr. Paris came in with goods late in the
forties, and Samuel Evans did likewise not far from the same time. John George
also sold goods there early. By March, 1848, the place had so nearly the
appearance of a village, that Emanuel Hatfield, owner of the land, employed F.
B. Cressey, County Surveyor, and had laid out a number of lots on the east half
of the southwest quarter of Section 27, Township 6 north, Range 3 west, and in
honor of Silbern Owens named the place Owensburg. Some time before this, a post
office had been established there. It was designed at first to call it
Owensville, but when it was found that another office in the State was called
that, the name Owensburg was adopted. And thus the town was called Owensburg
instead of Owensville. About the time the town was laid out, Silbern Owens had
surveyed an addition of twenty-two lots.

MERCHANTS.

   Early in the fifties, W. S. Gainey started a store. In 1853, Gainey, Evans
and Strosnider were selling goods. The population at that time was about 100. At
this time or about this time, William Hert, Samuel Evans, Ed Strosnider, Frank
Hill, Lawrence Wharton, John George, Thomas Fisher, James Neal, William Thomas,
Elias Copeland, Hezekiah Owen, W. S. Gainey, John E. George, Frank George,
Wilson Graham, the Widow Walls and Noah W. Williams were residents of the town.
Mr Hert was the blacksmith, Mr. Wharton the shoe-maker, John George and T.
Fisher the tavern keepers, Neal the saloon keeper, Thomas the cabinet-maker, J.
E. George the tobacconist, Graham the blacksmith, and Owens the blacksmith. It
was quite a thriving little town.

   S. S. Odell opened a store in 1853. Aden Gainey did the same soon afterward.
William Hert started a general store in 1856, which he conducted until his
death. His son, James G. Hert, succeeded him and is yet in the business with a
large stock. Among the merchants after that have been O. T. Barker, William
Fields & Son, John Beaty, Noah Brown, Barker & Gainey, Barker & Hert, Odell &
Winters, Marion Hatfield, McKinzie & Brown, Martin Ashcraft, Elijah Edington,
Alexander & Alexander, Short & McKinzie, Short & Short, Daggey & Gainey, W. H.
Dowden, Francis & Son, J. W. Graham, Dowden & Mitchell and others. The present
business interests may be summed up as follows: Hert & Co., Noah Brown and J. W,
Graham, dry goods and general merchandise; W. H. Dowden and J. N. George, drugs;
Dobbins & Mitchell, hardware; McKinzie Sisters and Henon Sisters, millinery; Ed
Strosnider, harness; J. M. Boord, gristmill; John Allen, saw and planing mill;
E. H. Fields, sandstone dealer; James Henon, barber; W. M. Dobbins, livery; Noah
W. Williams, W. H. Dowden, Lafayette Bridwell and Henry Herold, physicians;
Miller & Roberts, blacksmiths; Isaac Inman, jeweler; Neal & Terrell, restaurant;
Dobbins House; Charles Graham, insurance agent.

MANUFACTORIES.

   The distillery of Col. Stough was built twelve or fifteen years ago by Mr.
Odell, and stood near the present grist mill. He had two stills and manufactured
about 125 gallons of apple and peach brandy and corn whisky per day. He employed
fifteen or twenty "hands" and did a big business for two or three years, when
his distillery was destroyed by fire. The Love Tannery was started before the
war, and was abandoned at the close. It did good business, with about twelve
vats. The grist mill was commenced in 1873, by Col. Stough, and finished by Dr.
Williams and J. M. Boord. It cost about $6,000, has a forty-horse-power engine,
two sets of buhrs, and does good work. Dr. Williams sold his interest not long
ago to Mr. Boord. John Allen started his fine saw mill not long ago. The spoke
factory of Begors, Bolenbacher & Co. was built in 1877 by James Martin, and
for'a time about 2,500 spokes were manufactured daily. The company removed it in
1880. It is probable that Gainey was the first Postmaster. Among the others have
been Samuel Evans, James Neal, William Hert, O. T. Barker, William Hert and the
present agent, James G. Hert. The Herts have held the office since the time of
Lincoln. The physicians have been A. W. McKinney, N. W. Williams, William Lyons,
A. W. McKinney, W. H. Dowden, L. Bridwell, Marshall Beaty, Henry Herold and J.
S. Blackburn. Dr. Williams has lived in the town since 1853.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

   The Masonic Lodge was organized about the year 1865. John Potter was W. M.;
Dr. N. W. Williams, S. W.; E. Edington, J. W.; William Hert, Secretary; and
Samuel Graham, Treasurer. They and the following were charter members: Ale
Hatfield, Mitchell Noel, Abe Shanklin, L. C. Price, Elijah Edington, Jacob
Miller and Reuben McCormick. The membership reached about sixty. A building was
erected, which burned down. Trouble arose, and the charter was surrendered and
the lodge went down in 1881.

   The Odd Fellows organized a lodge in April, 1879, with the following charter
members and officers: W. S. Dye, N. G.; John A. Pate, J. G. Hert, Secretary; J.
W. Graham; Charles Graham; W. H. Dowden, V. G.; J. C. Blalock, S. M. Hitchcock,
P. Lancaster, W. M. Dobbins, Jerry Hatfield, W. B. Mitchell and T. O. Daggy. The
present membership is about thirty. The lodge owns the upper story of the
Dobbins & Mitchell building. The present officers are Charles Graham, N. G.; Ed
Strosnider, Y. G.; Marion Graham, B. S.; F. M. McCurdy, P. S.; M. S. Hitchcock,
Treasurer; John Graham, Jerry Hatfield and William Dobbins, Trustees. The lodge
number is 545.

THE TOWN SCHOOLS.

   The children of the town went to the country schoolhouse east until about
1857, except when select schools were taught in town, which was often the case.
Among the early teachers were Ale Hatfield, who taught probably the first term
in town in the Giles Gainey house, not far from 1852; William Ellett; Aden
Gainey, who taught in the Baptist Church; Sarah Gainey; and Benoni Blackmore,
who, it is thought, taught the first term in the small frame schoolhouse. After
a number of years, this house was succeeded by another built in the east part;
and this, in about 1874, gave place to the two-storied frame in the northwestern
part. John Beaty, Trustee, built the house at a cost of about $2,000. The
Principals in this house have been Ziba Williams, E. H. Poindexter, Harvey
Letsinger, Charles Whitted, F. M. Parker, P. J. Leonard, E. H. Poindexter, John
W. Carr, E. H. Poindexter and W. B. McKee. The enumeration is about one hundred
and twenty-five, and three teachers are required.

THE TOWN CHURCHES.

   The Church of Christ was first organized near John Lamb's in March, 1843, and
met there and at the Copeland Schoolhouse alternately. The early members were
John Nantz and wife, A. Geddes and wife, William Magill and wife, M. Davis, A.
Cook and wife, John Cook, Joseph Fitzpatrick, Nancy Ferguson, Jane Sexson, Nancy
Fuller, Rebecca Hudson, Sarah Fuller, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah Brown, Sabra Floyd,
A. B. Ferguson and wife, James Beaty and wife, John Beaty, Sr., James Sloan and
wife, John W. Ferguson and wife and others. James Beaty, James Sloan, Sr., and
J. W. Ferguson were the first Elders. A. B. Ferguson and A Cook were the first
Deacons. After a number of years, the congregation was divided into two—the
Bethel and the White Oak. Of the last named, James Beaty, E. Short, L. Carr and
J. W. Ferguson were the Elders, and H. Lowder and A. Short, the Deacons. Among
the pastors have been John Nantz, J. W. Ferguson, J. M. Mathes, Joseph Saddler,
Morris Trimble, J. B. Hayward, Washington Short, Newton Short, Milton Short and
Joseph Wilson; and since 1864, Trimble, Hubbard, Blankenship, Butler, Mathes,
Evans, Chrisler, Treat, Franklin, Elmore, McKee, and Mr. Littell at present. The
removal to town was in 1864. The church was brought at that time from about a
mile east of town, where it had stood since the forties, and put up again where
it now stands.

   The Baptist Church was built in town not far from 1848. The class had been
organized before. Among the early members were Armstead, Polly, Washington and
Mordecai Hatfield, William Jackson and wife, Silbern Owens and wife, Kiah Owen,
C. D. Giles, Frank George, Josiah Records, Joseph Leonard and others. The church
was burned four years ago at the big fire, when about a dozen buildings went up
in smoke, at a loss of about $12,000.

   The Methodists at first met in the Baptist Church, but about five years ago
built a church which cost about $1,200. Among the members were Samuel Hitchcock,
Samuel Wollem, Israel Call, Mrs. Hill, Daniel Fultz and others.

NEWSPAPERS.

   The little town of Owensburg has not been without its newspaper enterprises.
In December, 1875, George M. Sleeth, a practical printer, issued, the first
number of the Owensburg Register, a six-column folio newspaper, of neutral or
independent political principles. It was newsy, and supplied a local want, and
while the novelty of having a paper there lasted was successful financially. It
was conducted six or seven months and then become defunct. But the citizens
still wanted a paper in the town to advertise the resources and advantages of
the place; and in 1877 Noah Brown, James G. Hert, W. M. Dobbins, John Graham,
Mr. Winter, James Boord and others formed a stock company, secured the necessary
funds with which sufficient office material was purchased, and turned the
equipments thus obtained over to W. J. Ward, who became the editor and publisher
of the Owensburg Gazette, the first number of which was issued on the 2d of
June, 1S77. The paper was independent in politics, or at least was designed to
be, was a six-column folio, subscription price $1.50 per year. In August of the
same year the editorship passed to J. M. Boord and Otho F. Herold, the ownership
still remaining with the stock company. Each of these editors in the absence of
the other managed to give to the paper a political tone favorable to his
individual views, regardless of the designed non-partisan character of the
sheet. Of course the paper was the pride of its friends and of the town. In
November, 1877, Mr. Herold was succeeded by George A. Scott, after which event,
the editing and publishing were conducted by Boord and Scott until the spring of
1878, when the office was sold to Harry Osborne and removed to Bedford, where it
is yet used in the publication of the Magnet.


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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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