Sedalia, Indiana

The first white men to seek a home in the forests of Owen were Samuel Gray, John Temple and John Miller. The first two settled on section 33, but the exact location of the latter is unknown. These men settled here prior to 1S30. In 1830 came Lewis Shepard and his son Abraham, who settled on section 35, and Philip Kramer and family, on section 4. Those of 1831 were: Lewis Chaney, who settled on section 2; W. H. Addison, on section 34, and Abel Leach, on section 36. George Salmon settled on section 10 in 1832, and others of that year were Noah Bunnell, on section 34; Thomas Kennard, on section 24; Thomas Kitley, on section 34, and Major W. H. Reed, on section 33. In 1833 John Coapstick settled on section 23; John Smith, on section 24; "William Smith, (769) on section 25; John Oastalor, on section 4; and Andrew Connaron, on section 9. Among those of 1834-'5-'6 were John Starrett, Thomas Leach, David Long, David Sample, John Fitzgerald, Jacob Bresler, Reuben White, William Mabbitt, James Smith, David Shroyer, John Humer, Arthur Orumpton, James Campbell, Jacob Miller, Levi Herr, Amos Purner, John Boyles, William Alexander, John S. Hayes, Alvin Vice, Asbury Vice, William Reed, Abel and Henry Chaney, William Campbell and William Bosworth.

Passage source: History of Clinton County, Indiana. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

John Puenee, farmer, section 33, Owen Township, Clinton County, is a son of Amos and Rachel (Herr) Purner. Of the eight children born to his parents he is the only one that survives. He was reared on a farm, and has followed that occupation most of his life. He was a soldier in the war of the Eebellion, enlisting in August, 1862, in the Seventy-second Indiana Infantry, receiv- ing his discharge in 1865. During his term of service he participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Atlanta, Selma and other engagements of minor importance. March 1, 1867, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Wiedy, a daughter of Nathan and Catharine Wiedj, who came from Pennsj'lvania to Clinton County, Indiana, where they still reside. To Mr. and Mrs. Purner have been born nine children - Clyde, Frank M. E., Charles E., Thomas W., Levi G., Willis M., Sherman W". and two who died in infancy. In politics Mr. Purner affiliates with the Republican party. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal churcli. His father, Amos Purner, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1803. In 1836 he went to Ohio with his mother, and in 1810 came to Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana, where he yet lives, being now in his eighty-fourth year. He was married in 1826 to Rachel Herr, who has been his companion through all these years. She is still living, but is aiflicted with the loss of her eye-sight. They are both earnest and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The father cast his tirst presidential vote for John Quincy Adams, and has always held to the principles of the Republican party except in 1856, vthen he voted for Buchanan, which he has ever regretted.

Passage source: History of Clinton County, Indiana. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Owen Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.