Greene County, Indiana - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 29 of those read), 1875

Celebration

<3^^ Y WAY of conclusion, we give ^j the following account of the C3^ Old Settlers' meeting and basket pic-nic, as taken from the Worihwgton Times of July 8th, 1875:

The Old Pioneer Settlers' Meeting and Basket Pic-nic, on Saturday, .July 4th, 1875, in honor of the 99th Anniversary of American Independence, was a splendid success. Early in the morning the people took up their line of march, and began to gather at the pic-nic grounds, just Avest of town, by hundreds; and at ten 'o'clock the " Stalcup Martial Band " arrived and began to play. Old Jimmy Newsom was the oldest man present, and was the first to take a seat in the stand. He was in feeble health, and said he would never be at another celebration. By request of Uncle J-ack Baber, the exercises were opened with praj^er by "Rev. John Laverty, following which was a very nice little speech, of fifteen minutes" length, by the same gentleman, in which he explained to the young people the reasons why the fourth day of July was made a national holiday. The Declaration of Independence was read by Benjamin Stalcup, after which Rev. Robert Blount came to the front and occupied about ten minutes in the delivery of a very interesting oration. Captain E. E. Ruse excused himself very agreeably to all, by making a five minutes' speech, and then announcing to the people that it was dinner time, and the old folks could talk and be social, while the young folks might court nr.ii enjoy themselves for a couple of hours.

The old people and young folks fully enjoyed the pleasures during recess, and at two o'clock the audi - ence reassembled at the stand, and while the band played "Jay-Bird," the following-named old pioneers took their seats : Elias Davhoff, Gem-ge R. Taylor, William Griffith, William J. Mcintosh, William Huey, William Dyer, Cyrus Conant, Ira Danely, James Harrah, Rice Elgan, David Ilea ton, Alfred Kutch, J. F. Allison, A'^irgil Crance and others. We could not determine just who was managing the pic-nic besides the old settlers, as we noticed Captain E. E. Rose, Mahlon Neal, James Beach, Dr. ^Villiam L. Green, Dr. J. S. R. Bcnefield, Reverend James Hughes and others on the stand. During the afternoon, short speeches were made by Elias Dayhofi', William J. Mcintosh and Colonel E. H. C. Cavins, and at three o'clock the ])eople were dismissed by Uncle Jack Baber, who promised them a big centennial and old-fashioned bai'bccue, July 4th, 1876, just west of Worthington. The crowd numbered about two thousand, and be it said to the credit of all present, that no man was seen drunk on the grounds.

Our book, originally, was to contain over a hundred pages, but owing to scarcity of time and failure on the part of numerous correspondents on whom we depended for information, to comply with our wishes on tin)e, we are compelled to close right where we are. We will, however, endeavor to revise this edition, at no distant day, and issue a larger and more complete book in every respect.

r^ ^-St - Promment ''persons V living in Greene County in 14879 and Beech Creek Town- Ship: G. R. AXTELI^ farmer, b. Washington County, Pa., settled here 1855; Dr. D. F. BUTCHER, physician, b;, Greene, douiity, 1852; .William- B. CRAWFORD, farmer, b. Stark County, 0.,,settled 1860; -Samuel. .JUNKir^ miller, b. Chester, S.C, settled 1862; Edward THOMPSON, millei;, b. Ireland, settled 1862; Na- [ than PRYOR, farmer, b. 'Belmont, O., here 1866; J. W.

Cass Township: Samuel ASDEL, farmer, b. Columbiana County, Ohio, settlement date 1853; A. J. COX, stock , dealer, b. Monroe County, here 1869; Uriah CHRISTENBERRY, farmer, b. Greene County 1833; Dr. C. R. DURMENT, physician, b. Clark i County, here 1876; Susannah j S. HENSHAW, farmer, b. ' Greene County 1827; W. L. ' HASTINGS, Justice of Peace, b. Lawrence County, settled I 1859; R. C. HILBURN, teach- .' er, b. South Carolina, here 1835; John LILES, farmer, and trustee, b. Greene County 1839; Mark Liles, farmer, b. Greene County 1854.

Daniel MILLER, merchant, b. Holmes County, Ohio, settlement date of 1866; John D. MOORE, farmer, b. Daviess County, here 1872; H. D. NUGENT, Jtfl^mer. b. Greene County, 4858; Alexander NEFF, miller, b. Ger- i Hannah SLOMP, farmer, b. Columbiana County, Ohio, here 1854; S. A. SLINKARD, farmer, b. Greene County 1838; C. C. THAYER, farmer, b. Bartholomew County, here 1866; Mrs. E. J. WADSWORTH, landlady, b. Greene County.

Fairplay Township: Henry BOVENSHEN, farmer, b. Europe, settlement date 1848; Henry ' BAKER, Justice of Peace, b. Niagara County, New York, here 1839; J. H. BALLERMAN, farmed b. Germany, here 1849; Marion BENNETT, farmer, b. Greene County 1844; Harmon BULLERMAN, farmer, b. Germany, here 1849; Henry DAUBENSPECK, farmer,-b. Germary, here 1849; I. W. INGERSOLL, farmer, b. Greene County 1847.

John NEWSOM, farmer, b. Greene County 1827; W. R. NEWMAN,' physician and surgeon, b. North Carolina, settlement date 1873; C. H. ROBERT, farmer, b. New York, here 1859; J. J. RUSH, farmer, b. Vermillion County, here 1874; D. F. SHRYER, farmer, b. Monroe County, here 1855; Nelson SINCLAIR, farmer, b. Wayne County, Kentucky, here 1833; Eli STARNES, farmer, b. Monroe County, here 1866.

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