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It was not until April, 1853, that the present village was laid out and platted on section 15, at the southwestern end of Lake George. This was done by Simeon Gilbert and Joseph Hutchinson. The village was first named Eagleville, but this was afterward changed to Jamestown. The postoflSce, however, was named Crooked Creek, on account of there being already a Jamestown in the State (in Boone County). In that year (1853) there was a bank in Jamestown, John Dutton being the Cashier. "Lant" Carpenter, now of Angola, kept a store. Dr. Waterhouse, now of "Washington Territory, commenced practice here in 1854, he being the first regular physician, though John Wilkinson, a root and herb doctor, had been here for some time previous to the arrival of Dr. Waterhouse. Mr. Wilkinson was also a preacher. George R. Hershey opened a hotel in the spring of that year, it being the first in the place. In the same year, also, a stage line was established from Coldwater to Fort Wayne, Seeley & Fox being the contractors. It was first run to Auburn, and then it was extended to Fort Wayne.

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

Thomas Mugg (deceased) was born in Baltimore, Md., Nov, 26, 1797, and while young moved with his parents to Yates County, N. "5^., where he grew to manhood and married Miss Eliza Ireland, with whom he removed to Ohio, returning thence to JSTew York some two years later. In 1837 he again came "West, this time to Steuben County, settling upon the farm since owned by his son, just west of Angola. In that early day Steuben Countj^ was a wilderness. Hundreds of native Indians occupied a portion of the farm as a camping ground, and the wolves made night hideous with their howls in the vicinity of the pioneer's log cabin; everything, in fact, presented a striking contrast to the marks of civilization and advancement now visible on every hand. Great as is the change which has wrought the wonderful tranformation, we can but reflect that it is due to the enterprise, industry and energy ot the pioneers, among whom the subject of this sketch and his worthy consort bore a conspicuous part. Mr, Mugg died April 16, 1879, in his eighty-second year. He was the father of ten children, only four of whom, three daughters and a son, survived his death. His first wife died in 1856. A year or two later he married a widow named Groves, who was his companion during the latter years of his life. Deacon Mugg, as he was universally called, had been a consistent member of the Free- "Will Baptist church for a number of years, and as a kind neighbor and upright citizen had won the confidence and esteem of th ose who knew him. He had served the public as County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace, and in other offices of honor and trust,

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

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