York, Indiana

York Township is situated in the eastern tier, on the Ohio line, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Fremont and Clear Lake townships; on the east by Williams County, Ohio; on the south by Richland and Otsego townships, and on the west by Scott. When first erected by the Board of Commissioners in November, 1837, the civil township was made to include congressional township 37 north, ranges 14 and 15 east. The following year two tiers of sections were taken from the west side and attached to Pleasant Township. In March, 1849, the township was divided, fractional township 37, range 15 retaining the original name. In March, 1850, a strip one mile in width was taken from Scott Township and added to York, making the township six miles in length by nearly three and three-fourths in width. The area is therefore about twenty -two square miles, or 14,500 acres.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

The first entry of land was made by Kichard Peters, May 12, 1836, being all of fractional section 4. During the same month Koyal B. Hix, George W. Johnson, Martin Eldridge and several other persons located lands in the township. The first white settler was Fayette Barron, who built his cabin on the site of the present village of Metz, in the summer of 1836. In 1837 Clark and Calvin Powers, who had visited the county the previous vear and located land, arrived, also Stephen A. and Winn Powers, Augustus Wood worth and Jackson Cory. From that time to 1840 there came Jeremiah Dillingham and his sons, John Larue, Adam Dygert, Cowee Barns, Griswold and Alvah Phelps, Charles F. Hodges, George Jenks, who was a half brother of the Powers, Royal Hix, George W. Johnson, David K. Jones, John Croy and others. These pioneers and a large portion of those who followed in after years were from the State of New York.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

Thomas Parsons (deceased), was born near Harrisburg, Pa. in April, 1823. In early life he emigrated with his parents to Crawford County, Ohio, and settled near Leesville, where he was married Sept. 16, 1845, to Xancy M. Mc Claskey, who died Aug. 7, 1876. In October, 1845, he emigrated to Lagrange, Ind., where he resided about two years. He then removed to York Township Steuben County, which was his home the remainder of his life. He died at Angola, July 9, 1880, aged fifty-seven years and three months. During the latter part of his life he sufiered much from a nervous affiiction which many times caused mental aberration, and WHS the cause of much anxiety to his friends and neighbors.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

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