Delaware County, Indiana - Chapter 24: Military History of Delaware County, 1908 (part 1 of 3)

Chapter 24: Military History of Delaware County

-'The mystic chorda of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave [,, every living heart and hearthstone in all ibis broad land, will yet swell the chorus nf iho Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our

The War Of The Revolution'

The only tribute we can pay the memory of those venerable heroes of the past, who gave us a country and a flag, is to glean tiie fragments of their history from official or family archives, and present them in durable form for the information of the present and of coming generations. The data wc have is scant, but being mainly from official records, may be considered reliable.

History, that patient and persistent worker of the ages, has left upon record a pen sketch of some of the heroic men who marched from Pennsylvania, Virginia and the upper Carolinas to join the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington, at the city of Boston. "They '.'.ore determined men. stem of mien, and very striking in their appearance. They wore coarse, fringed hunting shirts, belted with deerskin bands, trousers of rough cloth, flax, wool or skin made by the industrious women in the cabins, raw-hide shoes of the roughest kind, woolen hats of cloth, also home made; some three-cornered with sprigs of green for cockades; some like 'Scotch bonnets;' man}' with brimlcss crowns; the}- carried their blankets folded and strapped over their shoulders by thongs of deer-skin ; pouches of the same held their day's supply of rock-a-hominv. (Indian corn parched and pounded coarsely between two stones), a handful was eaten, then a cup of water was swallowed to moisten ; litis, and what wild game their riiles brought down, had sustained them on the long march to Boston. Their arms consisted of their rifles, bits of lead, a powder-horn, home-made, someiiincs a cow's horn, sometimes a gourd, a hunting knife, and the Spartan soldier was ready for the fray."

tion, and his wife. Mary (McCoy) Blount, were natives of Tennessee. They removed to Kentucky, but three or four years later came to Indiana, and located in Wayne county, on Whitewater river, two miles below Richmond. They built a cabin but only remained there four or five years, when they moved to the western part of the county on Martindale's creek, that being as far as they could go on account of the Indians. They subsequently moved to Henry county, and in 1820 removed to a farm seven miles above Muncietown, remaining- in the vicinity of Muncietown till their death. They had a family of eleven children - Andrew, John, William, Joseph, Amos, Thomas, Aaron, Rachel, Hannah, Mary and Elizabeth, all now deceased." The above facts we have taken from a history of Henry county, Indiana, published in 1SS4. Our own records show that on December 9, 1S22, William Blunt, Sr. (it must be the same man), entered land in section twenty-eight in Liberty township. Some years later, by entry or purchase, he came to the possession of above one hundred acres of land just east of what was, at that time, the village of Muncietown. It was afterwards owned by the late Thomas Kirby, and the growth of Muncie in recent years, has spread far beyond the limits of the tract owned at one time by this venerable pioneer. When the board of directors of the Muncie Exploring Company made choice of the location upon which the first gas well in this vicinity should be drilled, one thought which prompted them was to pay a compliment to the memory of a broad-minded and benevolent gentleman, who did so much for the growth and benefit of Muncie. Little they suspected that by that act, they were also paying tribute to the memory of a venerable soldier who, we now believe, bore a part in the War of Independence. How long William Blount lived on these premises, and when he died, we are unable to tell ; but wc do know that he was buried in the cast part of what is now the city of Muncie, and in ground which lies between Main and Washington streets. The records of the Interior Department at Washington show that there were seven William Blounts in the War of the Revolution, and that quite a good part of the number were from the South. We hope to be able to cut this Gordian knot, and some day, upon the pages of a permanent record, purchased by the Grand Army Post in this city, to see recorded the document which will place beyond any doubt the record of military service of this veteran pioneer.

William Daughertv, Sr., who was supposed to have been a soldier of the War of the Revolution, was among the very early pioneers of Delaware county. He came here from Clinton county, Ohio, in the year 1S29, and in 183-, as shown by public records, he entered land in sections fourteen and fifteen, in Mount Pleasant township. From all we can learn of him we conclude he resided in Clinton County, Ohio, at, and possibly prior to, the year 1790. He was a very industrious man; cleared up a farm in the wilderness.

When 90 years of age he walked from his former home in Ohio to Delaware county. lie died about the year 1S45, being then 92 years of age. He was buried on the bank of White river below Yorktown, upon land now owned by David Campbell. He was of Irish ancestry, and may have been born in Ireland. The approximate age at date of death, would indicate he was about 23 wars of age when the War of Independence commenced.

Based upon an application for a pension, made September 28, 1S32, the records of the Bureau of Pensions at Washington disclose the fact that Scwcl 1 Then, whose remains lie in Beech Grove cemetery, was born December 9, 1 765. His residence at the time of his application was Springwatcr, Livingston county, New York, and his age was 67 years.

In 1780 he enlisted lor a term of nine months as a private soldier under command of Captain Jotham White, and was credited to the state of Vermont. In 17S1 he made a second enlistment for the same period, at Cavendish, Vermont, under Captain Green. Fifty years had passed since the close of his last term of service. His claim for a pension was allowed, though are unable to state the rate at which he was paid. In 1838 he had removed to the West and resided somewhere in Ohio, place not stated. Some time during the ensuing five years lie took up his residence in Muncietown. November S, 1S43, Mr. F. E. Putnam made the following entry in his diary: "Old Mr. Gilbert (Revolutionary pensioner), died; buried next day with martial honors." As shown by the records, he first enlisted in his sixteenth year, and he was 7S years old at the date of his death.

(From Delaware County Democrat, Nov. 11, 1843.) "Another old Revolutionary soldier dead. On the 7th inst., at the hour of 1 o'clock, at tiie residence of William Gilbert, died Suel Gilbert, aged S7 years, after a the army when but a youth of seventeen years, serving three years ; was at the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, Castle Town, Crown Point, Ticonderoga, Fort Anne, Fort Edwards, Fort Miller, Saratoga or Qucenstown Heights, at the capturing of Burgoyne ; also at Falmouth, Mass., which was burned by the British. "This day, the 9th inst., we paid the last respect due to our old veteran. He was buried in military style and to the great credit of the citizens of Muncietown be it told, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was no lack on their part of showing that feeling which still burns in the breast of every American citizen toward those who fought"' for their oppressed country. Although the day was unpleasant and cold, the ladies "came out en masse to show the respect due to one of the defenders of their country. After a very appropriate and elaborate discourse by the Rev. Robert Irvin, the procession moved on toward the graveyard under the solemn sound of martial music. The scene was affecting - twelve armed musketeers, commanded by Captain Liston, marched solemnly along to pay their last tribute at his grave. . . . As the old warrior lived, so he died; always in good faith with his neighbors, truly honest and a good citizen. May

John McConnell, a soldier of the war of the Revolution, was of Scotch- Irish ancestry. His wife Barbara (Bowman) McConnell was of German descent. He had seven children all of whom have passed away. The old home was in Scioto county, Ohio, from which the family, or at least part of them, emigrated to Indiana. In 1S32, one son, William McConnell, entered 80 acres of land in section 20, township 20, range 10, and the following year moved to what was then an unbroken wilderness. Presumably the parents came about the same time. Here at least these aged people resided for some years and here they died. John McConnell died January 6, 1S47, at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife died in December, 1S38, aged 63 years. Thcv were first buried in ground now known as Forest Park. When improvements crowded in that quarter their remains were removed to Beech Grove Cemetery. There is no record of the command and services in this case, but there is a well-defined tradition that he was for seven years a regular wagoner in the Continental Army. That at one time when the train, taken by surprise, was attacked by the British, he made such heroic efforts that he and his team alone escaped the enemy and reached the Colonial camp, and then only after he was shot and severely wounded in the thigh. And thus another resting place of the heroic men of the Revolution is known.

John Ouinn, a soldier of the war of the Revolution, was born in Scotland in the vear 1759. He was married to Sarah Tapper in that country after which he emigrated to America and enlisted in the Continental Army. He was a very earlv settler in Delaware county, having entered land in section 2 in Delaware township, on the 24th day of November, 1S32. He had three sons and four daughters. We arc unable to furnish any details of his service, or just at what date he took up his abode at Yorktown. But about his having performed some kind of service there is no question whatever. In a census taken bv the Government in the year 1S40, the year in which he died, his name appears as one of the three pensioners then living in the county of Delaware. The other two in that list were William Williams and William Whicker. In the cemetery at Yorktown, upon a slab of sandstone sunk deep into the ground, we were able with some difficulty to make out the following inscription: "In memory of John Quinn, who departed this life in the year 1S40, in the 81st year of his age."

Mrs. Cynthia A. Randal, of this city, with her gude Scotch face, hale and hearty at seventy-one years, is now the only surviving daughter of this venerable hero of the Ion- ago. This warrior from the land of Hums was

Benjamin Wallace, supposed to be a soldier of the war of the Revolution, ,iVns horn in Ireland, and emigrated to the state of Virginia. The name of j,ij wife (taken from a Bible published in 1S29). was Sally. Milly Rolcing, , laughter of Benjamin and Saliie Wallace, Ids wife,, was born the 17th day of May, 1772. This is not positive as to the last figure. Even under a strong glass it is hard to decipher, as the figure has been changed and badly blurred. This daughter of the Revolution was the grandmother of Comrade James H. Childs. late of Company "C," 140th Regiment Indiana Infantry, to whom we arc under very many obligations for the tradition about his great grandfather. The story shall be furnished in his own words: "Roland Childs, my grandfather, married Millie Rolcing Wallace, and my father, George Childs, deceased, was their son. My grandmother said the family went from Virginia to the state of Tennessee, then back to Virginia, and then to Indiana, and settled near Bethel. She told me that grandfather Wallace served seven years in the Revolutionary war. That at one time during his experience with the army, he did without a bite of food to eat for eight days, except a stalk of cabbage which, he was fortunate enough to find. Benjamin Wallace lived but one or two years after they came to Indiana. My father came in 1S37. and grandfather died some time between that and the year 1840, at the home of his daughter, named Xewhouse, on what was afterwards known as the Daniel Connor farm. He was a farmer during his lifetime. His burial took place at what is called the Miller graveyard in Harrison township. I think from what I can remember, that I could come within a very few feet of pointing out the spot where he lies. The tradition of the family has always been, as long as I can remember, that he served under General Washington for the full period of seven years. He had one son (James Wallace) and three daughters, one of whom became Millie Childs, my grandmother." Comrade Childs, who is now in poor health, as the result of exposure and arduous service during the Civil war, besides at the village of Cammack. He married Miss Nannie S. Lee, -aIio was born and raised in Mason county, West Virginia. She remembers her grandfather's name. George Lee, who was a cousin of Genera! Robert E. Lee, the distinguished commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. She very much resembles General Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee.

William Whicker, the subject of this sketch, was born August 27, 17(0, near Richmond in Hanover county, Virginia. His father was from England, his mother was French. Soon after his birth they moved from Hanover county to the southern part of Virginia where they received a large grant of land, recognized by both the English government and the state of Virginia. Soon after locating on this land there was hostility with the Indians. The country was sparsely settled and on account of this Indian outbreak, the entire colony moved further south expecting to return when peace was restored. He located in Granville county, North Carolina, and was living there at commencement of the Revolutionary war. When but a boy fourteen years of age. he entered the service without enlistment and remained with the Minute Men of Sumter and Marion until the fall of 1777, when lie and his brother James enlisted as privates and served two months under Captain Hester, in the command of General Taylor. In 177S he was still with the same company officer, and under command of General Richard Caswell. In 1779 he enlisted for three months in the company of Captain Pcarce and was transferred to the command of General Davidson. He was first sergeant of the company. On the morning of February 1, 17S1, at McCown's ford, on the Catawba river, the defeat and death of General Davidson scattered his three hundred men. Sergeant Whicker was detailed to carry the news of General Davidson's death and the defeat of the three hundred men to General Eutler. He rode all day in a steady, hard rain, catching his drinking water in the rim of his hat, and reaching General Eutler late in the evening. General Davidson's command was utterly ruined in this engagement and William Whicker, for meritorious service (he having again enlisted) was appointed a first sergeant in Captain William Gillam's company under General Eutler, then in command of the South Carolina Militia. Sergeant Whicker was in five battles, among which were McCown's Ford, Guilford Court House, Cowpens and Rugsley's Mills. In the last engagement he lost a thumb, for which he afterwards received a pension. Later in the war he again enlisted for three months, this, as shown by the records in the War Department at Washington, being his fifth enlistment. He was enrolled in Captain James Elackwell's company (in which he appears as second in command), in Colonel Mebane's regiment of cavalry. This regiment was made up of Colonial boys who furnished and fed their own horses, and were ready for sendee wherever sent. They were sometimes with Sumter and at other times with Marion. They were with General Greene on his march to the north after the battle of the Cowpens. They were also under the command of Generals Morgan and Gates. They were fearless Rangers, ready for hazardous service at any call. At the close of the war Sergeant Whicker married Sarah Eingaman, a daughter of a German, who lived near Guilford Court House, and whose acquaintance he made while stationed near that place with the command of General Butler. He settled in Guilford county where he ran a boarding house and operated a distillery until about 1S20. He had four sons and two daughters. The sons were Matthew, Asa, Luke and Berry. The daughters were Susan and Elizabeth. About 1820 he moved to Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, and purchased a distillery there and a distillery at Wayncsville, Ohio. His sons Asa and Luke located in Jefferson township, Fayette county, Ohio. His wife died about 1830. He then sold his interests in Warren county, Ohio, and went to live with his son in Fayette county. While there he secured his pension, applying October 4, 1S32. He was then seventv-one years of age, almost blind from a cataract and finally lost his sight entirely. His son Asa became blind from the same cause. He moved from Fayette county, Ohio, with his sons Asa and Lulcc, and his daughter, Susan Fisher, to Delaware county, Indiana, in 1S34, locating near Albany, where he died November 2, 1S51, aged ninety-one years, two months and five days. Mrs. Fisher died November 15, of the same year. His son Asa died April 30, 1S53, and his son Luke died June 9, 1853. &-W these are buried in the Strong Cemetery near Albany. His daughter Elizabeth settled in South Bend, Indiana, and his son Berry settled in Fountain county, near Attica, Indiana, in 1S54. William Whicker drove from Albany, Indiana, to Cincinnati, Ohio, once a year to get his pension. He was liberal in his religion but was not a member of any church. He was a member of the Masonic order but never moved his membership from Guilford county, North Carolina. He had a good education for his times, and in one political campaign he stumped the state of Ohio. It is not clear just what campaign this was, but it is supposed to have been the Jackson and Adams campaign of the year 1824. It is believed also that he knew General Jackson personally, having probably made his acquaintance subsequent to the war of the Revolution, and that by reason of his admiration for the old hero, and perchance at his own request, he made his campaign for the venerable comrade. This is all that is known about the politics of William Whicker. The above sketch is compiled from information furnished by the Wrar Department, Mr. J. Wesley Whicker, attorney at iaw, Attica, Indiana, great grandson, and the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution in this city.

William Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, is supposed to have been born in Virginia, and from that state to have entered the Continental Army. Among the early events that occurred in what is now Liberty township, was the holding of the first election for President. At that time Delaware county had no distinct civil existence, being still within the territorial area of Randolph county. The election was held at the cabin of William Williams. The year was 1824, and the candidates were John Adams and Andrew Jackson. March 3, 1S36. William Williams. Sr., entered land in section twenty-seven in Liberty township. He had but one son, William Williams, Jr., who was a teacher and Justice of the Peace. Mr. Michael Dunkin relates that in those early days there was a venerable Methodist preacher, who also did merchandising in the village of Smithfield. At one time this preacher, Rev. Benjamin Garrison, felt called upon to impart n serious warning and appeal to the old soldier, concerning his spiritual interests. The veteran listened patiently to the end, and then, after some time was taken to deliberate, he said: "Uncle Ben, d - d if I don't think the Methodists and the dog fennel will take the town." When the old man became feeble, the son built a round-log house for hiin and his wife, in which they ended (heir days. He died about the year 1842, and was buried only some 300 yards distant near the bank of White River, upon land now owned by a Mr. Eckcnbergcr. In 1840 he was drawing a pension from the Government, being then one of three survivors of the war of the Revolution, then living in Delaware county. Who would have believed that the ashes of eight of these old heroes reposed within our borders?

Second War With England

James Abbott was born where the city of Cincinnati now stands, February 27, 1794. He was a son of Aaron Abbott, of English extraction, who was born near Boston, Mass.. but reared in Warren county, Ohio. Shortly after the removal of the family to that county the colony was attacked with cholera, and Mr. Abbott was one of the few who survived the scourge. Soon after the birth of his son James, he died, and aii previous records of the family were lost. James Abbott was reared in Warren county, and there learned the trade of cabinet-maker. While yet a minor he enlisted in the war of 1S12, and in 1813 was in one of the vessels on Lake Erie during the battle between Commodore Perry of the Lawrence and the British fleet. His service did not extend over very many months, and after his return home he located at Lebanon, Ohio, where he worked at his trade, until his marriage June 19. 1S25. After this event he removed to Miami county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming for about twelve years, when he removed to Indiana, in 1847, and became one of the early pioneers of Delaware county. He purchased a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres near Granville, in Xiles township, and there remained until his death, which occurred October 14, 1874. His wife died April 16, 1S81, and both were buried in the Granville cemetery, where a modest stone marks their last resting place.

Mr. Abbott was a successful business man and became possessed of considerable property. Moth he and his wife were members for many /ears of the Free Will Baptist church. In his early days he was a Whig,

;,-.:; upon the birth of the Republican party lie joined that and supported its principles through life. He was the father of seven children: Aaron, john K.. Ellen, William, James D., George and Sarah E.

Fdmund Alldrcdge. a soldier of the war of 1S12. was the son of a Revolutionary soldier whose ancestors came from Wales. Mis services continued throughout the entire war. He took part in the battle of Bunker's 1 1 III. and brought with hi 1 as a souvenir, from its bloody field, a British powder-horn embellished by a brazen deer on one side. Edmund Alldrcdge was born April 2, 1784, near Wilkes Court Mouse, North Carolina. It v. as from this mountain home that his father went forth to fight his country's battles. Like all pioneers at that early day the opportunities for education were limited, but he succeeded in acquiring a fair knowledge of the three R's and was all his life a wide reader. Mearing of the fertile country in Indiana, he set out on horseback and rode the entire distance. After numerous hardships he reached the No Name country south of Muncietown, containing not over a half dozen houses.

Me entered a fine tract of land and secured a patent from the Government, lie had made the acquaintance of an estimable young lady near Cincinnati, Miss Jane Mulford. Their marriage took place October 4, 1S10, and the wedding trip was a journey on horseback from Iter father's Louse to the new home in the woods. The woods abounded in game, and ho largely supplied the table with wild meats from the forest. They had ten children: Francis 15., Elijah, Hiram, William, Isaac, Ke/.ia, Mary, [uhn, Elizabeth and Edmund Jr. When the second war for Independence was declared he joined the standard of General Harrison. The army suffered much, during the bitterly cold weather of the Michigan campaign, and he afterwards, in reminiscent mood, often said that no tongue could express the suffering of night picket duty along the great lakes facing the frigid gales that swept in from the north. Refusing promotion, he served in the ranks until peace was declared, when he returned to home and family. iiis oldest son did not recognize his father with his buckskin clothes, sol- (iier equipments, and, as a trophy, an Indian tomahawk. He again took up the pursuit of farming and stock-raising, and prospered until the year 1 S33 , when a terrible scourge of disease known as milksickness visited the family and neighborhood. Those who drank of the milk were attacked with a terrible malady, attended with sweating and nervous weakness that often proved fatal. In a little over one year he lost five of his family, including his faithful wife. The attack he suffered from was light, but he felt its presence in his system to the end of his life. With this bereavement ..;id affliction he did not despair. A faithful Christian, a member of the M. F. church., he was fully sustained by the bearer of burdens for the "weary and heavy laden." Five years after the death of hi.s first wife, he married Mrs. Fannie Ereecc, with whom he lived happily until her death, four or five years later. Two years later he married Mrs. Jane Armstrong, but the union proved an unhappy one, and resulted in his obtaining a divorce. Soon after he met, won and married Mrs. Jane Hundley, with whom he lived in great harmony until his death, March 30, 1S5S, at the age of seventy-four years. He was thrown from a load of hay, breaking the left leg above the ankle. Because . . his age, medical skill failed, and he died two days later, declaring his unswerving faith in God's love and mercy. His last words to his son John were, "I am going to rest, having no fear of death." He was a worthy, honest man, absolutely truthful, and trusted and respected by his neighbors. In politics he was an ardent Whig, despising slavery and doing all in his power against the great crime, abolished five years after he passed away. His remains rest in the Heath cemetery, near his old home. Of his kindred, but two remain, Edmund F. Alldredgc of Muncie and J. S. Alldredgc of Anderson, Indiana.

John Applegate, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born September 23, i/94. near Maysville, Mason county, Kentucky. His father, Henry Applegate, was a soldier in the war of Independence, probably from Virginia. John Applegate entered the service from Kentucky in the year 181 2. He served in the infantry, and was at the battle of Lundy's Lane . and other engagements. While home upon furlough, he was married to Elizabeth Trafford, of Irish descent, who was born in 1796. He was discharged in 1S15. He received land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land. This he sold. He had fourteen children, seven sons and five daughters, also two who died infants, unnamed. In the state of Kentucky his business was that of an overseer. He was an old Whig. He removed, first, to Rush county, Indiana, and then in the year 1S36 to Delaware county. He purchased 160 acres of land now known as the Franklin Fullhart farm, a large part of which he cleared, and upon which he resided until the year 1S42. He was the owner, also, of So acres on the north, and the same upon the cast of the home place. He removed to Iowa, remained four years, came back and purchased part of the land he formerly owned. Again sold out and returned to Iowa in 1S55, and lost his wife in 1S56. He then came back to Delaware county, where he resided until February 2, 1S62, the date of his death. He was buried at the Yorktown cemetery. He was a member of the United Brethren church.

Stepl-.en H. Baker, soldier of the war of 1S12, was born January 22, 1790. Died May 1, 1S75, aged S5 years, and was buried in Beech Grove cemetery.

John Barton, a soldier of the war of 1S12. So far as we can ascertain he was born in Tennessee, raised in the same state and from there entered the service. He probably served in the Southern Department, as he often related his experience with the Army while in the vicinity of Mobile, Alabama. He had ten children, six sons and four daughters. So far as v,c could learn, none of his descendants are now living in Delaware county, or other locality known to any one here. The old veteran died many years ago and was buried at ( iranvillc.

David Bell, a soldie;- of the war of 1S12, was born in 1792, in the state ,.,f Maryland. Later h -migrated to Greene county, Ohio, where he married Lydia Kyle, and afterwards removed to Jay county, Indiana. ' :e was the father of five sons and six daughters. He died February i, 185'.'. a^ed ;S years, and was buried at the Bethel cemetery near Albany. Wc have no particulars of his service. To us this is cause for genuine regret. But he was a soldier, no doubt about that, and our word for it he was a good one. After his death the Government issued a land warrant to his heirs which called for one hundred and sixty acres of land. From an old pupil who was under his tutelage during six terms of "deestrict school," we learn he was for a long time a teacher. A typical "Hoosier School Master." He was small, bald-headed, and very active. His pupils imagined he had eyes in the back part of his head, so certain was he to detect them in any kind 0: mischief. "Full well the busy whisper circling round, conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned." He was a disciplinarian of the strictest sort. Some suppose there was a clock-like system by which he was controlled, to be learned alone in the school of the soldier. He had an imaginary line separating the boys from the girls, and woe to the luckless wight who crossed the forbidden boundary. He had something more than rules, too. Back of his desk in full view of the school were two wooden hooks, which he kept filled with a variety of beech switches, exactly suited to the size of the pupil, and the grade of the offense.

"Xo lickin', no larnin', says I." Often there was a goose quill over each ear, and another in his fingers, which he deftly scraped and sharpened for use, as only an expert could. He was supplied with a stentorian voice and abundant lung power. When he called "books !" the dullest youngster within a mile couid hear the call. Verily the old soldier had an impressive way of teaching young ideas how to "shoot."

David Bell was a land surveyor, also, in the early days of this countv. I lis father had been a sea captain. No wonder the teacher had systematic methods of business. He was a faithful and devout member of the M. E. Church.

David M. Bell, a son of the aged veteran, was himself a valiant soidier, he having served in Company D, Second Indiana Cavalry, from September 22, 1S61, until October 4, 1S64.

Martin Bobo, a soldier supposed to have been in the war of 1S12, from the state of Ohio. Of his history, in or out of the army, we can learn nothing. Persons who knew him, while he lived in Delaware county, sav that he had lost one eye; that he had quite an appetite fur strong drink. Sometimes he had to hide his "supplies." This he always attempted to do with some care. At one time he had eyesight sufficient to hide his favorite jug- in a dense patch of "jimpson weed" to keep his watchful enemies from finding where he had stored it, but alas ! his vision was not good enough to enable him to find it. He was buried at Granville. Age and date of his death arc unknown. Xo hcadsti ne.

Stephen D. Berry, Sr., a soldier of the Indian wars, and of I::? war of 1S12, was born in the state of Virginia, in the year 1774. He early removed to the state of Ohio, from which he entered the army. He was married in Ross county, Ohio, to Jane Greenlee, who was born in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of ten sons and four daughters. He removed to Delaware county, Indiana, in the year 1S37. Our records show that on November 12, 1S36, a part of section nine, in Delaware township. wa.-> entered by one Stephen Berry. This was, perhaps, the old hero of two wars. Prior to his removal here he pursued the trade of a carpenter. In Indiana he became a farmer, and it is probably true of him, as of so many of those early pioneers, that he came where land was plentiful and cheap, and where he could found a home of his own.

The only facts about his service we have been able to gather, are that he received an honorable discharge and a warrant for land. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Baptist church. Church privileges were very crude in those days. Under the friendly roof of this "devout soldier" the services were conducted for years, until a schoolhouse was erected upon the corner of his farm, after which that was used as a place of worship. The venerable old man died in December, 1S55, and was buried in the Black cemetery.

Isaac Branson, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born in Virginia in 1794, and was married June 9, 1S18, to Martha Chipman in Kentucky, who was born February 15, 179S, in the same state. In the same year they settled in Highland county. Ohio, and in 1S19 removed to Randolph county, Indiana. In 1S2S they came to Delaware county and settled on Buck Creek within six miles of Muncietown. In 1S58 they removed to Muncietown, where Mr. Branson died three weeks later. He was a successful dealer in laud and owned many tracts, at various times, in this and adjoining counties, lie was a good man; respected by all who knew him. There were no children born to tins worthy couple, but to their credit be it said, the homeless orphan found no better friends. During their married life they furnished a home and supplied the wants of no less than fourteen diildren - some of them until they reached mature years. To the last, the venerable hero loved children. He was blind during the closing years of his life. He died Xo- vcinber 8, 1858. Perhaps no pioneer of the comity was held esteem or had more true friends than the quaint, old-time lad many people knew and called "Aunt Palsy Branson."

lie almost as that of a girl, aincd cheerful and sunny life, but thinking nf the warded with a pension at September 4, 1891, at the ible couple are buried in noble heart and was a true friend. She was well advanced in years, with a step light and Through the long years of her widowhood shin disposition, always recognizing the realitie brighter side. During her last years she was the rate of $12.00 per month. Aunt Patsy r" ripe old age of ninety-three years. This - Beech Grove cemetery.

Henry Brown, a soldier of the war of 1S1 2, was said to have seen service upon a war vessel, but this brief statement is all there is of what, if within our reach, might be an interesting bit of history. He was buried at the Jones cemetery.

Patrick Carmichael, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born December 11, 1 794, in the state of Kentucky. His ancestors were Irish. He probably entered the service when about 18 or 19 years of age, afterwards was married to Margaret Lee, on February 15, 1S15, very soon after he came from the army. So far as known his wife was also born in the state of Kentucky. They were the parents of eleven children, as follows: Catharine, John, William H., Andrew J., Patrick L., Lewis R., Mary A., Nancy J., Sarah E., James M. and Tcmpy A. About the record of this old veteran there can be no question. During the later years of his life he drew a pension, something which can be fully relied upon as the basis of a soldier's history. He emigrated to Indiana at an early date, for the public records show that he purchased land in section twelve in Union township, and settled upon it in 1836. Mere, in the unbroken forest, this hardy pioneer battled as courageously with his new enemies as when arrayed for the contest in the garb of the soldier. Here he ended his days, dying at a ripe old age. He was buried on the Eshcnfclder farm, some two miles northwest of Eaton.

Of John Carroll, whose name appears upon a list of soldiers of the war of 1S12, and whose grave is regularly decorated as such, we can onlv sav that he once lived in the old village of Granville; that he was buried in the cemetery at that village, and that his grave has no tombstone.

Francis Ciscus, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born in the year 1786. The place of birth we have been unable to locate. Tradition says he spent man}- years upon the ocean. In an early day - possibly in the early thirties - lie removed from some point in Pennsylvania to Delaware cotintv, Indiana, and purchased eight} acres of land of Peter l.radshaw. a part of section

36, in Union township. Here lie established his home and here lie died, February 1, 1S56. His wife, Catharine, died March 1, 1848. They had one daughter, who married Joseph Slonaker. This aged and scarred veteran of sea and shore often repeated to younger, but willing hearers, the thrilling story of his adventures and conflicts. He showed the evidence of severe wounds in the neck; his shoulder-blade was cut open by the blow of an Indian tomahawk, and there were marks of two bullet wounds in one of his lower limbs. At one time, while on military duty, he was taken prisoner by the Indians, bound, and closely guarded to revent his escape. When additional supplies of ammunition were needed he was untied, disrobed and required to assist in molding bullets. He closely watched his chance and made a dash for liberty, hiding himself when pursued in a dense mass of heavy thistles, which the Indian dogs could not penetrate. Without a bite of food he cheerfully took up the weary march to reach the encampment. At one stage of his journey he was so near starved that he cut a slice from the body of a dead pony. Later he came upon the corpse of a dead soldier and secured his musket, with which he was fortunate enough to shoot a bear. This bit of good luck supplied him with provisions enough to last until he reached the camp. To the end of his life his hatred of the Indian was intense. He and his wife lie in the Laird cemetery on a bank overlooking the Mississincwa river, and from his tombstone this writer copied the inscription: "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

The name of Henry Clouse comes to us as one who was a very old soldier. Some supposed he was in the war of the Revolution, but that theory is not sustained. He was probably in the war of lSl2, or the Indian wars. There are no further details except that he died long since, and was buried at Bethel or Granville.

The sketch of Robert Sanders shows that when he reached the trading station of David Connor, near Wheeling, he found an old comrade of the Indian campaigns. Mr. Connor removed from Delaware county at an early date, and we can hear no further word of him. We presume he was a soldier under General Anthony Wayne.

William H. Daugherty, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born at or near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, March 3, 1790. He was of Irish ancestry and his father, William Daugherty, Sr., was probably a soldier iii the Revolutionary army.* But of the service of the younger Daugherty there is a reliable and honorable record. He was enrolled at Lebanon, Ohio, in August, 1S12, for the period of six months, serving in Captain John Spencer's company of the regiment commanded by Colonel Shumait of the Ohio militia. He was located some time at Lower Sandusky, Ohio.

from that point lie was ordered to Detroit, Mich., and tlience to Sandwich, Canada. He then returned to Lower Sandusky and assisted in guarding prisoners of war to Chillicothc, Ohio. While upon tiiis duty he was taken tick and prevented from active duty for some months. He was discharged from service at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1813, and in 1814 lie married Miss Tauscr Thorn burg, in Clinton county, Ohio. He received from the government a warrant for eighty acres of land. About the year 1820 he emigrated to Indiana, and settled in Mount Plea. .111 township, near Yorktown.

His first wife having died, iie later married Mrs. DcI>orah (Combs) Koontz, mother of Hon. J. H. Koontz, and the late L. D. Koontz. She died August 17, 1S65. He also married the third wife, who outlived him. Mr. Daugherty was the father of four sons and seven daughters. He was ail his life a farmer. It is said that he was somewhat pugnacious and knew well how to defend his own interests in a conflict. Like the brave people by whom he was surrounded in those early days, and with whom he mingled he was made of good fibre, and bore well his part in the heavy duties of a frontier life. He died August 29, 1876, and his remains lie in the cemetery at Yorktown.

Samuel Darter, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born March 13, in the year 1795, in the State of Virginia, and married Letitia Parker, who was Lorn in the state of North Carolina. They moved to Indiana at an early day and settled in the county of Fayette, where Mr. Darter became possessed of valuable real estate, consisting of a farm of 160 acres. Here he remained for some years and then removed to Delaware county, where lie purchased land in Harrison and Mount Pleasant townships, in the latter of which he made his home until his death. Mrs. Darter died in 1S56, and subsequently Mr. Darter married Sarah Beach, who departed this life in the year 1SS7. He was a man of prominence in the community where he resided ; he was a member of the Methodist church and was active in the promotion of tiie cause of religion. He was intensely radical in his political views, having been one of the original abolitionists of Indiana. He died August 29. 1S72, aged ~jj years 5 months and 16 days. He was buried in the Jones cemetery. Martin Depoy, a soldier of the war of 18 12, was born in the year 1776. lie came at an early day from Greenbrier county, Virginia. March 26, -.$56, he bought land in section three in Delaware township. Of his service we have no data. He died September 29, 1S3S, and was buried at the Strong cemetery near Albany.

Jacob Dickover, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born August 26, 17S5, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Pie was the son of Henry Dickover, of Lancaster county, concerning whose history some very interesting papers have come to hand, and arc herewith published.

Henry Dickovcr enlisted as a private in Capt. John Wither's Company of Militia, of Col. John Feme's battalion of Associators in Lancaster county, destined for the Jerseys, mustered at Lancaster August 19, 1771-,. This command was in active service in the Jerseys in the summer of that year. The company was in service from August, 1776, until February, 1777. For reference sec Penna. Archives, Vol. 13. pages 333 and 305. Yours with respect,

Some of the descendants of Henry Dickovcr have the impression he was a Hessian, captured at the battle of Trenton, and sent to Carlisle, Pcnn., after which he enlisted in the Continental Army. He may have been a Hessian. But the records show he was mustered August 19, 1776, and the battle of Trenton was fought in December, 1776. If he were a Hessian prisoner, he was captured prior to August 19, 1776.

The records of the War Department in Washington show that, "his name appears on a muster roll, dated at Lancaster, August 19, 1776, which bears no special remarks relative to his service." Here, on the margin of this roll, would have been a very appropriate place for the fact of his having been a soldier among the Hessians. Jacob Dickovcr, one of the eleven sons of Henry Dickovcr, entered the service for the war of 1S12, from the state of Pennsylvania. His record of service we do not have, but we do have the fact that he received a land warrant, and that during the last years of his life he drew a pension. In 1835 he removed from Wayne county. Indiana, to the county of Delaware. He bought one hundred and twenty acres of iand one mile north of Selma, cleared up a farm, occupied it as a permanent home, and here he died March 23, 1S76, and was buried in the Bortsfield cemetery. His age was ninety years, six months and 2~ days.

He married Hannah Eaney, by whom he had one son and seven daughters. His wife died April 14, 1S77, aged 67 years one month and 28 day;, and lies by his side. They were members of the United Brethren church. In an interview with Mr. Michael Dunkin, the oldest man in his region, he related some experience when a boy of ten years. His father had erected a two-storv. hewed-log house. Mr. Jacob Dickovcr was the bricklayer who built the chimnev, and young Dunkin was his helper. At one stage of the work he mounted a steep ladder, bearing a hod of mortar, at some outlay of sweat and muscular power. But it proved to he too thick. So the hod was returned, the mortar was tempered, as directed, by the use of "more water." The voung man not only felt very anxious to get that hod of

.--:ortnr exactly right, hut another idea struck him with some force. He .:.,ccrcly believed the four first letters of the name of the gentleman for whom he was doing duty, was a misnomer, and that when properly addressed, the full name should be Mr. Richard Over. And when lie made ix second trip with his burden he very politely said: "How will that suit yon, Mr. Over.J" The brick mason promptly suspended proceedings long enough to retort, with sonic warmth, "Why don't you call me by my ri'dit name?" One of the descendants of this aged patriot, a professional gentleman, very anxious that every crumb of historic detail should be car iully preserved, has said, that at one time his grandfather, in the line oi his -cchanical pursuits, was frequently called upon to aid in the erection of distilleries, and that as he grew older his conscience became very much quickened; so he determined to abandon the "camp of the Hessians" bv carting a family altar, and here, daily, about this sacred spot, he sought supplies of grace to enable him to offset the evil influences of his earlier days. Samuel Dickover, son of Jacob, volunteered in Companv "K," 19th .Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, in October, 1S62, and served through until die end of the Civil war, taking part' in all of the engagements of his command after his enlistment. To him we are under obligations for the historical matter in this sketch.

William Dunkin, Sr., a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born and raised near Dayton, Ohio, and from there he entered the service, having enlisted fur two terms, of one year each. There are no records of his service now within reach. But of tradition there is an abundance.

lie was in the Dragoons. He rode the same horse during the whole of his service. The horse was afterwards brought to Indiana. He died on the home farm near Smithfield, when he was $j years old. He received great care at the last; no work was required of him for several years. He was handled like a baby in the winter season to prolong his life. The grim old warrior related many accounts of his military experience. Once while the command was located at Fort Harrison on the Wabash, the order came "mount," instantly, which was done, and the Dragoons rode rapidly all night long, with one halt of fifteen minutes to refresh the men and animals. L"pon their arrival at the destination, the horses were utterly exhausted. General Harrison had met and defeated the Indians, who were then in rapid retreat with the troops in pursuit. There are numerous stories of skirmishes with Indians, and of long and toilsome marches. William Dunkin drew ;:o pension but received a land warrant for So acres of land for each enlistment.

The wife's maiden name was Hannah Smith, born and raised near Trenton. Xew Jersey. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters, of whom but two sons, Michael and William, are now living. William

Dunkin, Sr., first entered land in Ohio, and later he removed to Union county, Indiana, and then, in 1S27, he came to the county of Delaware. Here he bought 160 acres of land upon which there was a log cabin, and a small clearing-. He cleared much of this land and at the time of his death more than halt of it was in a good state of cultivation. The village of Smithfield was laid out upon these premises. Mr. Dunkin was a member of the old Baptist ci.ufch. When he came to Indiana there was no organized society here, but he remained firm in his belief, and died in that :'. i;h. At hi death he :. his wife were buried in the woods near Smiihiield, but .,-' - ,.s since they were removed to the Mount Tabor graveyard. John L. Elliott, soldier of 1S12, came from Lancaster county, Penn., to Clinton county, Ohio, and thence to Indiana, some sixty years ago. In Ohio he owned a farm. He was tall, raw-boned, muscular and stout - a splendid physique. He had one son who died young; also seven daughters, none of whom are now living. He settled at Yorktown, where he was by turns farmer and teamster. His team was a yoke of heavy cattle. The date of his death we cannot give. He was buried at Yorktown and no slab marks his resting place.

Here is another case of military tradition. But there are some touches in the story that any old soldier would be able to recognize. To a grandson, Mr. Bcltv Dragoo, he related how, at. one time, the command to which he belonged stealthily crept upon a camp of the enemy in the night time and fired without any warning, killing several British soldiers. The volley had entered a group who were playing at cards, by the smoldering embers of a camp fire. One of the dead soldiers was found with fingers tightly clinched. When relaxed they showed a hand which read, "High, low, Jack and the "-ame." We wonder if any testament-reader in the civil war ever had his thoughts disturbed by the frequent and boisterous use of those words?

John Ethell, a soldier in the war of 1S12, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, in the year 177S. After the war he removed to Licking county, Ohio, where he lived until he moved to Muncietown, in the year 1S39, and resided there until the day of his death, in 1S62. For his services he received a land warrant the same as other soldiers in that war. His occupation was chairmaking, which he followed here until his health became too feeble for work. His wife's maiden name was Mary Cunard. She was born in Loudoun county, Virginia. They had eight children, but three of whom reached maturity, to-wit: William G., Sarah and Nathaniel F. Sarah was the wife of Armstead Klein. John Ethell was at one time postmaster in Muncietown, keeping the office in his residence at the southeast corner of Main and Franklin streets. He was 84 years old at the time of his death. He died at the home of Mr. William G. Ethell, in the building at the corner of Monroe and East Adams, now belonging to the Episcopal

J-.urch organization. He was buried in Beech Grove cemetery, and a sol- ;cr'i headstone, furnished by the Government, marks the place of his burial. Thomas Fires, a soldier of the war of iSi2, was an Irishman, a cooper trade, which occupation he followed in connection with farming-, upon the ;.. :r;e place, about four miles north of Seima. He had four sons and two , .--liters. Two of his sons enlisted in the Nineteenth Regiment, Indiana -;, :.;:;;cers. One of them was a fn'er in Company K, and died at Upton's jjiJi, in Virginia. lie was intensely patriotic during the Civil war. Lincoln and Loyalty, were his constant watchwords. We regret lack of lime to Invc-tigate, as he deserves, the history and service of this old soldier. Pcr- ..n- 'a ho knew him say that he possessed a rather striking facial appearance. i;c was lantern-jawed, and had a very long chin. From its point, bushy AJiiskcrs protruded somewhat after the maimer of an elongated shavingbrush- He was short on teeth; he worked ids jaws with great rapidity and ::;-jcii regularity. The surplus power he constantly used to grind tobacco. vhich he chewed as a cow would chew her cud. When in full operation it .-aid to have resembled an automatic pump-handle. The only reservation he made was time to take his meals, his rest, and the conversation i.ecessary to the common business affairs of life. All the rest he spent in grinding his favorite weed. He died about the year 1875, and was buried, probably, at the Spahr graveyard.

Silas Fleming was a soldier in the second war with England. He Lscended from a distinguished line of Scotch-Irish ancestors - some of emigrated to America in the seventeenth century and settled in Virginia and North Carolina. Sir Thomas Fleming, son of the Earl of Wigion, emigrated to Virginia in 1616. Many of the family followed him to the -r.:ue colony, one of whom was Colonel William Fleming, and another, the father of James Fleming, who was born near Staatsville, Iredell countv, N'.-irjh Carolina, in 1762. The records at Washington show that James i Lining served two terms of enlistment in the Revolutionary army. He carried Elizabeth Mitchell of Virginia and emigrated to New Paris, Preble county, Ohio, in 1807, where he died in 1832.

Silas Fleming, son of James, was born near Staatsville, Iredell county, Xurth Carolina, in 1789. He was a soldier of the war of 1S12, from tiie -late oi North Carolina, though we do not know the period of his enlistment, r the names of the officers under whom he served. If he came to Ohio in ie'07, at the time of his father's removal, he would then have been eighteen ''ears of age. He was married to Elizabeth Caughey, by whom he had '-'.cive children, five sons and seven daughters, ail of whom were born at Xew Paris, Ohio. Oi the above, rive daughters became residents of Muncie, four of them died in this city. The first wife oi Silas Fleming died .vIajiu the year 1837, after which he married Lavina Purviance, and about

1S56, removed In Hloomington, III. In 18/O, while upon a visit to his sisters in Muncic, Mr. Fleming was attacked with paralysis. Here he died, ami here he was buried, lie was by occupation a miller; a man of sterling character and integrity; firm and upright in his dealings with all men. In religious faith he was a Univcrsalist. Of his daughters who were longtime residents of this city, there was Mrs. Sarah Richcy, Mrs. Jane Ross, Mrs. Amy Ireland, Mrs. Xancy Greene and the Misses Cynthia and I 'icimla Fleming. No wonder these good ladies were always ready with 1 iskets filled to aid in sup-plying hungry soldiers passing to or from the front .luring the civil war. Their hearts were in such work.

Enoch Garner, a soldier ot" the war of 1812, was born June 10, 17S0. The place of his birth, his ancestry, the details of his service are all unknown to this writer. Our public records show that in the year 1837 he entered land in Harrison township. Tart of section thirteen, township twenty-one, ran"e eight. This land he cleared and improved, thus opening up a homestead in the dense forest, and here he continued to reside until January 4, 1S52, when he died, at the age of 71 years, 6 months and 13 days, lie was buried at the Jones cemetery, on the Jackson street Turnpike. About the record of this old soldier there is no question. His aged widow was still living in the year 1S75, and drawing a pension. The Government adopted some very harsh measures against these worthy old ladies, who chanced to be upon the pension rolls. It required them to appear before the Clerk of the Circuit Court, personally, and execute their vouchers. It could not be delegated to a deputy. Upon the tombstone of Mr. Garner is the following very interesting bit of history: "Being a member of the Christian Friends Church, for the last ten years of his life." A fire, which destroyed the dwelling of the late Vincent Garner, son of Enoch Garner, is said to account for the loss of all family records, which would have furnished the details so much desired about this old soldier.

William Gilbert, a soldier and officer in the war of 1812, was torn in Kutiedgc. Vermont, in 17S9. He was married to Anna De Lamater in Whitehall. New York, in 1S15. He enlisted in the state of New York, and so far as known was enrolled as a private, afterwards being promoted until he reached the rank of Major. His command and the officers under whom he served are unknown to his family. He removed to Delaware County, Indiana, in the year 1827. settling at Muncieiown. He died in April. 1857. and was buried in lleech drove cemetery. His wife died in 1S45. and lies by his side. When the war was declared between the United States ami Mexico, Mr. Gilbert, then a resident of the place (.Muncictown), had his military urn form and officer's outf.t, which consisted in part oi a red silk sash, a fur hat the shape of a half-moon, and two swords. One of these swords was a steel blade, with handle of ivory and bronze, adorned with an ages of eighteen ami forty-five years were required to enroll and muster for regular drill, subject to call for duty when their services should be required in the field.

Some companies were organized here, and this sash, hat and the two swords were loaned to the officers who were in command. What became of them it is now impossible to say. Certain it is they were never returned to the Gilbert family. Major Gilbert never drew a pension. His son, now an aged man living in Chicago, to whom we are indebted for these sketches of the life of his father, is of the opinion he neglected to make proper application. Major Gilbert was very nearly related to Suel Gilbert, the Revolutionary soldier, he being a nephew of that venerable man, and it was at the Major's home that the aged veteran passed away, in the year 1843.

William H. Green, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born April 12, 1779. lie was of English descent and a native of the state of New York. In an early day he removed from that state to Athens county, Ohio, and from Ohio to Delaware county, where he purchased a tract of land in Xiles township, and became one of the early pioneers of that section. The tradition of the family is, that he was drafted for service and after enrollment and muster-in he was sent to assist in guarding the Canadian border. His tirst wife was Miss Amy Ingram, by whom he had seven sons and one daughter. She died and was buried in Athens count)', Ohio. He afterwards married Anna Simonton. Upon her decease he married, for his third wife, Mrs. Nancy Duddleston, who bore him one daughter. Mr. Green received a land warrant for eighty acres of land. He was always quite reticent as to any experience he had in the army, and the traditions about him are very scant. A fire which destroyed the old home, and all its contents, many years since, burned up some records which might have ^iven some facts about his history. He departed this life September 12, 1S55, aged seventy-six years and six months. His wife survived until October 25, 1SS2. They were both buried in the cemetery near Granville. Mrs. Xancy Green drew a pension during the last years of her widowhood.

John Hall, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born June 19, 1793. in the State of Pennsylvania. When quite young, and at that time living in Yirginia, his parents both died, and at the age of thirteen years he went to live with relatives in Ohio. He afterwards became a resident of Kentucky, from which he is supposed to have entered the army. The discharge papers, preserved by his descendants until within the two years last past, bein°- now iost, we are unable to furnish details of his service. Family tradition shows him to have been sick at Norfolk, Virginia, and to have been discharged as the result of disability. He was a patriot and lover of his country. He was married to Elenora Butcy September 19, 1S3S, in the State of Ohio, and came to Indiana in the same year, where he resided until his death. He had two sons and three daughters, as follows: Daniel, John, Matilda, Eliza and Manorva, all of whom arc dead except Mrs. Manorva Taylor, who vet resides on the old homestead. After their decease Mr. Hall and his wife were buried in the Mount Pleasant cemetery in Perry township. We are unable to give the date of their death.

George M. Hartcr, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in the year 17S6, in the state of Virginia, and emigrated from there to the state of Kentucky. In 1819 he removed to Ohio, locating at or near Troy. He married Mary Brush, and was the father of eleven children. The only fact known about his service by the members of his family is, that he was in the army for a period of nine months. He removed to Indiana about the year 1844, and died here May 15, 1S65. His widow, Mary Harter, died May 20, 1875, aged eighty-nine years. They both rest in Beech Grove cemetery. Mr. Harter was a farmer and shoemaker.

Lawrence Heffner, a soldier supposed to have seen service in the war of 1S12, was born in 17S7 in the state of Maryland. We have no record of his service. He drew no pension nor received a land warrant. It is sup- . posed he was called out in some emergency for a brief time only, and may never have been mustered. His descendants say that whatever the nature of his service, he was left with feeble health - in fact, was always sick - to the end of his life. He died in Muncie, December 6, i860, aged seventy-three years. His wife, Charlotte Heffner, died September 20, 1858, aged sixtyone years, four months and nineteen days. They were buried in Beech Grove cemetery.

John Holmes, a soldier of the war of 181 2, was born in New Jersey, and from that state probably entered the service. Afterwards he came to Greene county, and later to Clinton county, Ohio. He married Patience Pugh, bv whom he had seven children, five sons and two daughters. He was a farmer, of Quaker parentage, though himself and his family were1 members of the M. E. church. Mr. Holmes died in July, 1S42, and was buried some two miles northeast of Eaton, Indiana. His widow survived until 1892, when she, too, died, and was buried at Eaton, for the reason that burials were no longer made upon the farm where the interment of Mr. Holmes was made. We have no details of the service nor the name of any officer under whom he served.

Clement Hurtt, a soldier of the war 1S12, was born in 1795. He enlisted as a private in Captain Cilery's company, in a regiment commanded by Colonel McCarty of the Second Division Ohio militia. The place of birth is not known. He' had children, but their place of residence is unknown. Neither can we tell when he came to Muncie. He died here March 3. 1875, aged eighty years, and was buried in Beech Grove cemetery. He drew a pension on certificate No. 4,93s. The number indicates lie drew this pension fe>r soino l'll,c- He is supposed to have been in the battle of Lake Erie, as he often recounted its details. Eliza ITurtt, widow of Clement Ilurtt, deceased, applied for a pension. Her claim was allowed and the certificate issued, but she died without receiving any money. We have no further details.

Sewell Htuchins, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born December 21, ijSjl, at Prince Frederick, C "icr! county, Maryland. His parents died when he was quite small. He ' ered the service from the state and p!ac : oi his birth. Pie was married the fourth time. The maiden name of the fourth wife was Eleanor Simmons. Two children were born after they came -0 Indiana, of whom J. L. Hutchins, a soldier of the Civil war, alone now remains. He was a farmer and a member of the M. E. church in Smithrick;. Indiana. He died at his home near that village, February 25, 1S65, and was buried at Mount Tabor cemetery. We have no record of his service, bat to his family, during his lifetime, he frequently related the account of hardships endured and battles fought during the war. His special reference to the broadsides delivered by some of the historic old war vessels under command of the brave Commodore Barney would lead one to suppose he might have been connected with that branch of the service.

Thomas Jackson, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born February 14, 1794, at Watcrford, Loudoun county, Virginia. He was a son of Robert Jackson, who performed service in Captain John Hay's company, Ninth Virginia Regiment of Foot, during the war of the Revolution. Thomas Jackson was married to Amelia Conrad in May, 1S22. He was a cabinetmaker by occupation. They had four sons and two daughters. Many years ago the family removed from Virginia to Ohio, thence to Greenup countv, Kentucky, and later, in 1S44, came to make their home at Muncietown. Mr. Jackson was one of the pioneers of this locality, where he spent the residue of a long and useful life. He died October 19, 1S63, and was buried in Beech Grove cemetery. An effort was made to get his military history from the archives in Washington. The following is an extract from a letter sent to Mrs. Mock, his granddaughter, who made the inquiry : "The records show that many persons named Thomas Jackson served as members oi organizations from the state of Virginia in the service of the United States during the war of 1S12, but it cannot be determined whether or not any one of them was identical with the name oi the man of that name referred to within." This is a good showing in patriotism for the name of Jackson but fails to furnish the details we ought to have about this verv worthy old veteran. William N. Jackson, son of Thomas, was a member of Company "E," Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and served during the entire period of its history in the field.

Gilbert Jones, soldier of the war of 1812, was born in 17SS; place of birth unknown. He was enrolled in Captain Lcdyard's company, Twelfth Regiment, Fourth Brigade, at Schenectady, New York, in June, 1S12, and was honorably discharged at Sackctt's Harbor, New York, in February, 1S13. He served as a private, and was stationed at Sackctt's Harbor during the period of his service. He died October 24, 1SS3, aged ninety-five years, four months and twcnl;. days, at Rochester, Indiana. His remains were brought to Muncic and buried in Beech Grove cemetery.

Samuel Kyle, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born in 1780. The place of his birth is unknown. He had three sons and six daughters. He was a farmer and a member of the Methodist church. He owned a good farm in Xiles township, where he died in the year 1852, and was buried at the Bethel cemetery.

Isaac Maitlcn, Sr., a soldier of the war of 1S12, whose place and date of birth we cannot give, came from the state of Virginia at an early day to Greene or Clark county, Ohio, and thence to Delaware county, Indiana, April 4, 1S36. He entered land in section twenty-four in Xiles township. He was the father of eighteen children. Eight sons and three daughters came to mature years, the other children dying in infancy. There is a touching story connected with his closing years. At one time he selected a beautiful knoll or piece of elevated land upon the home farm and remarked, "What a beautiful place for burial." Some time afterward he was caught by the limb of a falling tree which he and his father had felled in the forest and mortally injured. No doctor was nearer than Muncietown. Some kind neighbor killed a horse in the attempt to relieve him with surgical skill. But it was too late. He was unable to speak, but before he passed away he motioned for some small twigs. These he arranged in the shape of a coffin, and pointed to the spot he had selected. There he was buried. He died about the year 1S39. His widow drew a pension from the Government until her death, about 1S6S, when she, too, passed away at the age of ninety-two years.

Isaac Martin, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in 17S0. He married Elizabeth Wilson, and about 1S2S came from Miami county, Ohio, to Indiana, and entered or purchased land in Xiles township, about one mile from Granville. Here he established his home, cleared his farm, and spent the last twenty vcars of his honorable life. He had eleven children, five sons and six daughters. He and his wife were members of the Mississinewa Baptist church, one of the earliest religious societies of the township. The meeting for organization was held April 1. 1S36. at the house of Isaac Martin. There arc no records accessible at present showing the facts of his military service. His death occurred February 6, 1S47, when sixtyseven years of age. His widow survived until February 11, 1S5S. when she passed away at the age of seventy-one years. They were buried at the Granville cemetery, located upon the home farm now occupied by a grandson. Mr. Henry Williams.

James Mansfield, a soldier of the war of 1S12, came from Wayne county, Indiana, in the year 1826, and settled on the west side of Buckcreek. January 22, 1829, he entered land in section twenty-three, and in February. 1S36, he also entered land in section thirty-four. Like all early owners of real estate, he pro>- to clear and improve, keeping pace with the growth of the region abou; him until some time prior to the Civil war, when he sold his possessions in this state and removed to Missouri, where, some years later, he died. We have no account of his service nor any family data.

Elias Matthews, a soldier of 1812, was born in the year 1785, in the state of Maryland, and from that state he entered the service. After the close of the war he came from Baltimore to the state of Ohio, and settled on a farm near Dayton. He died October 4, 1S44, at his home in Montgomcry county, Ohio, aged fifty-nine years, one month and twenty-eight days. His death was caused by a fall. Afterwards his remains were brought to this city and buried in Beech Grove cemetery upon the family lot of his son, the late Thomas J. Matthews. We are unable to secure details of his service or the officers under whom he served.

Isaac McClanahan was a soldier of the war of 1S12, or of the Indian wars under General Harrison. We can get scant information about him. He was an Irishman, of robust build and had a defect in his speech. He was a pensioner, and would make the journey to Cincinnati, Ohio, to draw his money. He had an Irishman's taste for a "wee drop to wet the whistle," and often requested merchants to lend him a picayune, so he could go and draw his "tension." The small sum would not bear his expenses very far, but it would pay for the drink, and he probably walked to the place of settlement. As to date of his death and place of burial we know nothing. He was wounded at the battle of Tippecanoe.

William B. Pace, soldier of the war of 181 2, was born in Fiuvanna county, Virginia, in 1778. There he married Mary Thomas, after which, in 1S14. thev moved to Ross county, Ohio, and there engaged in farming. In 1828 they removed to Fayette county, Ohio, and remained there until 1S41, when thev came to Indiana and settled on a farm near the town of Albany. They reared a family of nine children, all of whom have passed away except Mrs. Julia Allegre, the youngest daughter, who survives, December 10, 1907, at the a"-c of eighty-six vears. Mr. Pace died in 1S45 and two years later Mrs. Pace also passed away. Their remains rest in the Strong cemetery at Albanv. Formerly the family were members of the Baptist church, but late in life Mr. Pace entered the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a kind lather, a good man, esteemed and respected by all. There are no records available to show the details of his service, but the very interesting story of his return home is still well remembered by Mrs. Allcgrc, as she often heard it from the lips of her mother. A long time elapsed without any word from the absent soldier, and there were no tidings of his return. But one morning his mother said, "We will put on the pot of sweet potatoes to-day and cook them just as William would like them, for he is coming home today." And he did.

Archibald Reasoner was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was born in Virginia, and probably entered the service fn ;i that state. Here again there are no records, but a current tradition, that he enlisted and went to the army, where, while upon duty in the trenches, he was so severely exposed that he contracted rheumatism, from which he suffered to the end of his days. The same tradition relates that his father, whose ideas of soldierly honor were high, refused to take his hand upon his return home until he first presented an honorable discharge from the service. Some years later he came to Coshocton county, Ohio, and about the early forties removed to Blackford county, Indiana, where his last years were passed, part of the time, however, with his brother, William P. Reasoner, who then resided in Wheeling. He never married. He was so crippled with the disease that for years he could only walk with the aid of crutches. A lost discharge prevented his drawing a pension. Such business is managed differently in these days. He was buried at Wheeling.

Archibald Parker, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born in North Carolina in 1794. In 1S11, at the age of seventeen years, he removed to Fayette county, Indiana. He was one of the early pioneers of Harrison and Mount Pleasant townships. While yet a resident of Fayette county, he married Elizabeth Patton. In 182S he settled near Yorktown on White river upon land which he rented. In 1S33 he entered a tract of land in section thirty-six, and here began the labor of clearing a farm which was afterwards owned by William Lee. He lived on this farm for several years, when he soid out, purchasing another farm in Madison county. Several years later he again sold out and removed to the state of Iowa. He died there in the year 1S7S. He was a man of strong character, and never behind his neighbors in the matter of improvements. It was he who presented the petition for the organization of Harrison township, and 'by him the name was conferred in honor of the "hero of Tippecanoe." We have no .details of his service nor the officers under whose command he served. If lie performed the duties of a military career as he did those of a sturdy pioneer, he must have been a good soldier.

n3CI nine children, seven sens and two daughters. The family moved from Kentucky at an early day. On August 17, 1S32, Jacob Peyton entered land |n section thirty in Liberty township. He cleared a large part of the old home place now owned by Mr. Gabriel Peyton, who came to this comity at the age of nine years. They settled first in Wayne or Union county, Indiana. The wife of Mr. Peyton died in 1S61, in Delaware county, Indiana. He afterwards moved to tiie state of Iowa or Illinois, where he died. We have no details of his service.

William Peyton, a sol ' :: of the war of 1S12, appears among the vcr early pioneers of Liberty township, he having entered land in section seventeen or. June 27, 1S33. He had two sons, David and William, and seven daughters. He was a model of physical manhood. 'He was low in stature but very well developed, and very stout. Some writers would say, "he was well set up." It is said of him that at one load he carried seven bushels of wheat up two flights of stairs. In his earlier life he was a farmer, and cleared up much land. What a soldier he must have been ! He was an oldtime Methodist local preacher. In disposition he was like a ray of sunshine, and was brimful of gcod humor and innocent mischief. He had quite a reputation for attending meetings - class meetings, quarterly meetings and camp meetings. He was strong in the pulpit and popular with the people - a good preacher and a good man. He "allured to brighter worlds and led the way." When age crept upon him and he ceased to carry the heavier burdens of life, he removed from Delaware county and took up his residence at Roanoke, Indiana. We have heard a specimen of the mischievous pranks perpetrated by him late in life. From some kind of soft wood he carved a pipe, with bowl large enough to hold nearly a pint. This he put in his overcoat pocket, and called upon his merchant to "please furnish him with a pipe of tobacco." When the pipe came to view the merchant was so much amused at the old man's humor, he presented him an entire package of smoking tobacco, of the best brand, and, quite probably, his known favorite. When the end came he "ceased at once to work and live," having dropped dead without an hour's illness. Pie was buried at Roanoke. Soon afterwards the body was exhumed and sold to the Medical college in Fort Wayne for the purpose of dissection. Here his remains were recognized bv an acquaintance, secured, and sent to Iowa for reinterment, where they rest in peace. "Aunt Polly" Brown, of Avondale, is the oldest living descendant of the old soldier, and one of the oldest persons now living in Delaware county. Mrs. Abncr Wolverton, of Albany, is also a daughter.

Alexander Price, a soldier of the war of 1S12. was born in the year 1707. He entered the army from Ohio, he at that time being a resident of Miami county. In the year 1S34 he moved to Delaware county, where he entered land upon which he afterwards lived to the close of his life. The maiden name of his wife was Hannah Studabaker. He had three children, all daughters, Mary, Catharine and Elizabeth. He never applied for a pension nor received a warrant for land. His home was in Xilcs township, near the village of Granville. He died January 4, 1S60, aged sixty-three years, eight months and twenty-eight days. His tombstone in the cemetery at Granville bears 1 his inscription:

Robert Sanders was born in Pennsylvania in 1765. From there he moved with his parents to Culpeper county, Virginia, thence to Ohio, where he married Sarah McCormick, sister of Judge McCormick, one of the earliest residents of Washington township. From there he moved with his family to Fayette county, Indiana, remaining until about the 1st of December, 1S26, when he came to Delaware county. Upon arrival at the trading station, established in 1823 by David Connor, who had entered the land now known as the McCormick farm, just west of the village of Wheeling, he found in the person of its owner an old comrade, who had been with him in the Indian campaign under General Anthony Wayne. He made a brief stop with his comrade and then rented his farm. Later he entered land joining it on the east, where he made his home for a number of years. He kept the first tavern in the township, which was located on the Government road; devoted much time to traffic with the Indians and clearing and cultivation of his land. October 21, 1S29, he entered land in section three, township twenty-two, in Grant county, Indiana (the original deed from the Government being vet in existence). Upon this land he laid out the town of New Cumberland, September 16, 1833. He was one of the earliest settlers in Delaware county. When he came the Indians were still here in large numbers. Game abounded in great variety. Eears, wolves, deer, wild turkeys and many other kinds. He was the father of eleven children, viz. : . John, Katharine, William, Mary, Nancy, Millie, James, Abner, Lavina, Coleman, and Joseph. Of these only Mrs. Lavina Rcasoner is now living, at the age of ninety-four years. This heroic soldier, frontiersman and pioneer served for three years under General Wayne in his arduous Indian campaigns, enduring the hardships, encountering the dangers of this important serv.ee. He bore a part in several engagements and scouting expeditions in the vicinity of Fort Wayne, along the Maumee, St. Mary's and St. Joseph rivers, and in the region about Detroit, Michigan. When he settled here the neighbors were far apart, the nearest settlement being at Muncietown, about fourteen miles distant. He lived an exemplary life; he was a useful and honored

George Saunders, son of Theodore Saunders, of German ancestry, was 1 soldier of the war of 1812, and was l>orn April 25, 1792, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He afterwards removed to the state of Ohio, where |jC enlisted about May 1, 1S13. at Troy, and soon after he was ordered to a Mocl.iior.se on Turtle creek, about ten miles from Piqua, for duty. The traction in his family is, that he made two enlistments. Of these we have the data of cue only. At one time he marched i: xa Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Sidney. Ohio, when the roads and swamps were in a fearful condition. He assisted in the care of stores and in furnishing- supplies to a body of fifteen hundred Indians of whom the Government had charge at Sidney. He was discharged at Troy, Ohio, in October or November, 1S13. Afterwards he was married to Elizabeth Sills. He had twelve children, four sons and eight daughters. Two sons and three daughters died in infancy. His wife died in 1S36. Soon after he moved to Delaware county and settled on land east of Muncie. He received warrants for two eighty-acre tracts of land. By occupation he was farmer, carpenter and pumpmaker. He cleared a farm which is now part of the estate of Mr. Thomas Wilson. Mr. Saunders died November 10, 187S, at the home of Elizabeth Barker, a daughter, in this city, aged about eighty-six years. His remains were interred at Black's cemetery in Niles township. This venerable soldier has quite a long line of descendants. This writer has a genealogical list made up ten years since, at the time of holding a Saunders-Wilson reunion in Delaware county, which then numbered two hundred and fifty-seven. Nowhere have we found a list so thoroughly and carefully compiled showing all branches of the family tree. Mrs. Mary Carpenter, the youngest and only living daughter, but two weeks since furnished many of the particulars of this sketch. She has since passed to the great beyond. In 1S71, he then being seventynine years of age, Mr. Saunders applied for and received a pension, which he continued to draw until his death, at the rate of twelve dollars per month. William Scott, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born in the state of Virginia in 1785. He removed to Fayette county, Indiana, in an early day, and later he came to Delaware count)-, settling in Delaware township, where lie continued to reside until his death, June 15, iSoo. He was buried at the Dethel cemetery, near Albany. We have no details of his service. He was a farmer. He had two sons and three daughters. He was a small and veryactive man : physically, tough as a pine knot.

Jacob Secrist, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was, so near as we can learn, horn near Sabina, Clinton county, Ohio. He came to Delaware count}- in the early thirties and entered land here. He cleared ten acres and erected a home. He returned to Ohio to secure funds with which to pay for his land, took sick, and was delayed so long that the time for payment expired. Some other man, knowing the date was past, made the entry under him and compelled the old soldier to surrender possession of the premises. lie then entered the land now owned by Mrs. Samuel Stout, near Reed's Station, and there cleared up a farm. There he lived until his death in 1S52. He was buried in the Jones cemetery. We have no details of his service. He had three sons, all of whom were soldiers in the Civil war. He also had five daughters.

Joseph Shannon, a soldier . : 1S12, was born near Baltimore, Maryland, in the year 1795. He was married to Elizabeth Artz, and in an early dav removed to the state of Ohio. Some time in the thirties he came to Delaware county. He was a farmer by occupation. He reared a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters, all now deceased. From what state he enlisted we cannot tell. His descendants have a combination knife, fork and spoon which he carried while in the service. The letters "M. L." are inscribed in a monogram upon the horn handle. It would be interesting to know what they stand for. Could they be the initials of some British soldier? Mr. Shannon was a good man and useful citizen, one of those who did such noble work here in the early days. He died July 5, 1850, aged fifty-five years. His wife Elizabeth died November 23, 1S59. They are both buried at the Leard cemetery in Union township.

Isaac Shellenbcrgcr, a soldier of 1S12, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1797, and came with his parents to Greene county, Ohio, when about ten years of age. He enlisted for six months and was enrolled in Capt. William Wri^htmycr's company, Ohio militia, in Fairfield county, Ohio, and was honorably discharged at Detroit, Michigan, in March or April, 1S15. He married Mary Jane Clark in Greene county, Ohio, and in October, 1S45, came to Indiana, settling in Liberty township. He received a warrant for eighty acres of land and this he sold for eighty dollars in gold. He was under age at the date of his enlistment and took "French leave." His application for pension, made April 4, 1S71, was approved, and to the end of his days he was paid eight dollars per month. He had fourteen sons and daughters, part of whom died in infancy. Mr. Shellenberger died at the home of Mr. Stewart Cecil, and was buried at Mount Tabor cemetery, in Liberty township.

Henry Shults, a soldier of the war of 1812, enlisted for the war at Newport, Kentucky, in Captain Flawkins' company, Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry, and was discharged at Chillicothe, Ohio, in June, 1815. Fie received bounty and land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of laud. He was a broommakcr by trade. He probably came from Ohio to Delaware county, but we have failed to learn when. He had six children, three sons and three daughters. He made his home at the Richwoods. April 21, 1S71, when seventy-four years of age, he applied for a pension under the Act of February 14, 1S71. Later he removed to the county of Huntington, where he died. Date of death and place of burial we do not know. His taste ran ;o the use of bright colors in dress. The flashy stripes of a vest he invariably wore gave to him the well-used name of "Jack of Diamonds."

Daniel Sinn.^ns, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in the state of Virginia, and probably entered the army from that state. He emigrated 1 > Ohio, where, in 1S16, he married Catharine Hoover, who was born in iy< " in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. Thence he removed to Delaware count.. Indiana, locating at Prairie Creek, where he remained until, in 1S31, when lie came to Muncietown. He was a miller by trade and worked at Goldsmith's mill. He was large, tall, stout and active; the true type of a pioneer. He had two sons and three daughters. William Simmons, a son, saw service in the Mexican war; he was a member of Company C, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Daniel Simmons died of erysipelas after four days' illness, in the year 1845. His widow, so well known among our people in her day as "Aunt Katy Simmons," hearty and sprightly, survived her husband many years. She never wore glasses, and her eyesight was good to the end. She was more than fifty years a member of the German Baptist church. Her education was meager, but she was intelligent and could relate many interesting reminiscences of her experience with the Indians, who surrounded her home in the early days. This venerable couple were buried in Beech Grove cemetery.

George M. Smith was a soldier in the war of 1812. He had eleven children, three sons and eight daughters. He died in the year 1845. No further details furnished.

James Stewart, a soldier of the war of 1S12, was born in the state of Virginia in the year 17S7. He married Sophia Chew, and lived for some years near Leesburg, Highland county, Ohio, when he came to Indiana and settled on land near Albany. He was one of the sturdy pioneers who came to this state when the forests were dense, the county new, and but sparsely settled, to carve a farm and a home out of the unfavorable surroundings. He was the father of three sons and sis daughters. Particulars of his service there are none. He was rugged and strong, and, under the law then in could not have drawn a pension. He was a member of the M. E. church for forty years. This devout and venerable man passed to the future life January 19, 1S72, aged eighty-five years, nine months and nineteen days. Sophia Stewart, widow of James Stewart, survived him until January 26, iSe'o, when she died, aged eighty-seven years, eight months and twenty-five days. She was a member of the M. E. church for fifty-five year.-. They lie side by side in Bethei cemetery, sleeping the years away.

the Indians of the Northwest under General Wayne, and received a letter from the captain of the company in which he served, showing his bravery and higli standing. It is in the following words: