Maxwell, Indiana

This lodge has been called on to mourn the loss of twenty-one members, to-wit : Robert A. Barr, W. R. Barrett, Benjamin Deem, Henry R. Hanna, Jacob Drake, W. E. Hart, William Wilkins, John D. Barnett, John Osborn, Ezra Fountain, Willard Low, Jonathan Dunbar, B. W. Cooper, Joseph Conner, Nathan Crawford, Enoch Leachman, Henry A. Swope, John H. Bentley, Henry R. Clayton, Frederick Hammel, and John D. Barr.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Indiana, from Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882, published 1882.

The total number of members received into the communion of the Presb^'terian church of Greentield from the date of its organization, in 1855, to the present was about four hundred. Present membership, one hundred. The cljinxh worshiped in the Masonic hall for thirteen 3'ears, and has worshiped in the present building for fourteen years. Their building is a handsome, substantial brick, 44x76 feet, and a gallery capable of seating one hundred and twenty-live adults. The whole church will seat six hundred persons. It was dedicated on the 27th of December, 1868, by Rev. Robert Sloss, assisted b\' Dr. Monfort. of Cincinnati. Cost of building, $10,500. At the close of the services on the day of dedication, there were subscribed $3,097 to complete the building. The present pastor is Rev. J. II. Hawk, the last, but by no means the least, of the shepherds of the flock. Mr. Hawk is an

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Indiana, from Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882, published 1882.

Mr. D. engaged in the stock trade at the age of eighteen with George Roberts. Their first speculation was in sheep, purchased north of Greenfield, of Harlan Reeves and others in that neighborhood, at lifty cents per head for the choice of the flock. His next trade was with Hugh Wooster, of Greenfield, of whom he purchased fifteen large, choice steers, at $15 each. When they were turned out of the large woods pasture, on the farm now owned by John T. Lineback, to drive to town, thev bounded ofl' through the woods and brush and over the logs at such a rate that Mr. D. got completelv lost, and came on to Greenfield to await results. In the course of an hour Mr. Wooster put in an appearance with the cattle, telling Dickerson that he was not worth a "continental copper" to drive stock, or he could get through the brusli fast enough to keep up with an old man like him. Mr. D. has been in the stock trade in Hancock county for thirtv-three 3'ears, and has probably bought and sold more stock than an}' other man in the county ; and we mav add, has always enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his customers and the public generally. He also filled the office of trustee of Center township for two consecutive terms, during which he took great interest in the schools, and encouraged both pupil and teacher bv frequent \isits.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Indiana, from Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882, published 1882.

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