Bourbon Commercial Historic District

HIS township was organized January 6, 1$40), Prior to that time, it was a part of Center Township. In addition tothe territory now embraced within its boundaries, it contained what is now Tippecanoe Township. Its dimensions at that time were seven miles wide by fourteen in length. March 9, 1842, it was divided in the center east and west,and the southern half took the name of Tippecanoe Township. Bourbon Township is now seven miles sqnare, and contains about 31,460 aeres of land, of whieh probably 20,000 acres are under cultivation. The petitioners for the organization of Bourbon 'Township were James O. Parks, Grayson

Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.

N. Y. He was reared on a farm, and until seventeen years of age was engaged in the usual routine of farm labor, attending school in the winter. At the age of seventeen, he left home and accepted employment on the Albany & Boston Railroad, finally attaining the position of Superintendent of a section. The financial crisis of 1857 caused a general reduction of wages, to which he refused to submit, and this action was the first step in a course which finally made him a citizen or Marshall County. Having relinquished his position on the railroad, he decided to visit the West in quest of a satisfactory location, believing that he could earn better wages. He went first to Iowa, thence to Illinois, and afterward located at Fort Wayne, Ind. In May, 1858, he removed to Bourbon, in Marshall County, and was employed on the railroad until October of that year. Associated with F. P. Morgan, he then engaged in the lumber trade, operating a saw-mill at Bourbon, and has ever since continued in this line of business. In the fall of 1866, associated with Jacob Slough, he erected the saw-mill of which he is now the proprietor, having purchased the interest of his partner, after the death of the latter, in 1878. In June, 1879, he purchased the hardware establishment of Arnold & Tescher, at Bourbon, and associated his son with him as the junior member of the firm, still continuing his

Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.

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