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Jesse Adams, William Caswell, Eliphalet Edmunds, Charles Weeks, Sr., | Charles Weeks, Jr., Martin Weeks, Israel Taylor, Philip Fall, and Capt. Hurst, all settled here in 1823. Mr. Adams came from Rochester, N. Y., and for many years was prominently identified with the history of this township. It was he who gave it its name, not, however, to perpetuate his own, but, according to his own statement, in honor of John Quincy Adams, of whom he was a great admirer. Later in life, Mr. Adams removed to Jefferson Township, where he died in 1S55. William Caswell and Charles Weeks, Sr., removed to the northern part of the county, in 1830, and settled in Perry Township. Henry Cooper came in 1824, and was equally prominent with his associates P the organization and early history of the township. Judge Wolcott also settled, late in 1824. John Rogers came from Preble County, Ohio, in December, 1825. He was then forty years of age, j and brought with him a large family, for whose sake he had sought a home in the Western wilds. They were all dependent upon him for their maintenance, and this fact stimulated him to the most tireless efforts in the preparation of his forest land for cultivation ; and the same is true of all who were associated with him in l -those days. The necessities of their loved ones was the talisman which brought about such glorious results in the redemption of the wilderness, and its transform¬ ation into a rich farming district. Mr. Rogers cleared a farm, upon which he I resided for a period of twenty-five years; then, in 1850, removed to New Haven, i where a home had been made for him by his children. Here, and at Fort Wayne, he passed the remainder of his days. He died September 15,1877. Only five of his children now survive, viz.: Dorcas, the wife of John Brown, of Kendallville, Ind.; Leonard M., now a resident of New Haven; Alanson A., residing at Fort Wayne; Orrin D., editor of the New Haven Palladium , and Helen M., widow of Amasa Bowers. Mr. Rogers filled various local offices during- his life, ^ notably those of Justice of the Peace, Towuship Treasurer, Assessor, and County : Commissioner. Jabez Rogers came with the family of his brother John, in 1825. i He was then an unmarried man, but married Miss Margaret Brown in 1835, and purchased and cleared a farm, upon which he resided until his decease, in 1845. Early in 1S26 came Samuel Brown and John McIntosh, from Montgomery County, Ohio. Both cleared and improved large farms, upon which they resided until death. In 1827, John Blakely, from Shelby County, Ohio, rented the land of Absalom Holcomb, a portion of which he cleared and improved. Several years later, he purchased and moved to a tract of land in the adjoining township of Jef¬ ferson, and finally removed to Noble County, Ind., where he died. He, with Jabez Rogers and Benjamin H. Rogers, was associated with the surveying party who ran the experimental line for the Wabash & Erie Canal, from Fort Wayne. John K. Senseny, Joseph Townsend, David W. and Abraham Miller, Thomas Daniels, John Troutner and Judge Nathan Coleman came to the township in 1827. Thomas Daniels was a bachelor, and a prominent man in the township. He filled the office of Justice of the Peace, as weil as other local offices. Judge Coleman .was also a prominent man, and served as Associate Judge and County | Commissioner. He also filled local offices in the township. In 1837, he removed to Marion Township, where he continued to reside until his decease. Henry Tilbury and Jeremiah Bateman came in 1828. Tilbury came from near Sidney, l

Passage source: History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880.

In 1827, Chauncy Charter, of Logansport, Ind., surveye'd the first road through the township. It was surveyed from Fort Wayne to a point just east of New Haven, and was known as the river road. It became a popular thor¬ oughfare, and was subsequently continued as far as Defiance, Ohio.

Passage source: History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880.

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