Jackson Township

Jackson Township

Jackson township was formed in Februar}', 1817, by the first board of county commissioners under the first state constitution. It then probably contained about one-sixth of the area of the county, or upward of 60 square miles. By the several alterations of its bounds, in the formation of new townships and of adjoining counties, it has been reduced to about 28J square miles, and to a shape not easily described. It is 6 miles wide on its west line, and 3 miles of its east end is but 1| miles wide - its entire length 8 miles. The National road and the Indiana Central Railroad run on nearly parallel lines, about GO rods apart, east and west, nearly through the whole length of the township.

Tlie earliest settlement in the township appears to have been made in the eastern part. In 1809, or soon after, John Shortridge, from Ky., settled near and south of East Germautown. lie was the father of John Shortridge who w^as shot by an Indian, as elsewhere related. Wm. G. Reynolds, from Ohio, with his brother-in-law, Isaiah Drury, came in 1811. Reynolds served in the Indian war under Col. Taylor, afterward general and president of the United States. Reynolds and Drury moved in 1855 to Illinois, and died there. George Shortridge, a son of John, Sen., settled where Joseph Vinton lives, near the depot. He afterward laid out the town, mostly on his own land, and called it Georgetown. The name not being general!}^ acceptable to the inhabitants, it was changed to Germantown.

and Henry Whisler. Jacob Waltz, of Pa., in 1823, on land previously owned by Jesse Frazier, who was a Christian preacher. Joseph Boyd, from Ky., about 1814, in the east part of the township, near the National road. Richard

"Wharton, from Ky., in 1814, settled where Joseph Rothemal and Henry H. Bruce reside. Wm. G. Reynolds, on land now owned by Cyrenus Wysong and Wm. Long. Aaron Mannon, from Ky,, on the turnpike ; land now owned by John Jacobs. Peter Lacy, about 1812, where Andrew Eliason lives. Patrick Beard, from IST. C, about 1811, settled near the east line of the township. Pie was a member of the constitutional convention of 1816, and was since elected twice to the senate.

At a later period, Pennsylvania Germans began to settle in this part of the township; and the immigration continued many years. John Huntsinger, Frederick Waltz, Henry Leonard, and others, natives of Pa., came from Ohio, about the year 1820. Huntsinger settled a mile north-west of Germantown, and the others near the town. Joseph Schock, from Pa., about 1823, settled near the south-west corner of the town, and still resides on the farm, a bachelor, at the age of 73 years. He bought of the Shortridges. George Shaffer settled south of the town, and died about twelve years ago. Charles Morris, lives. Morris now resides in town. About the years 1837 and 1838, came Jacob, Michael, and Wm. Gipe, and Jacob Sowers, Jacob Heist, and still later, Mahlon Boughner. Peter Jamison, in 1838, settled 2 miles east of town ; was a school teacher, moved to town, and taught the first school in town. He died in Dayton, Ohio, in 1850.

Jacob Vaubuskirk, from Ky., settled about 2 miles east of Germantown, and was a blacksmith, probably the first in the east part of the township. Henry H. Bruce, a blacksmith, settled near town ifi 1824; married Polly Wharton in 1825, and removed to where he now resides, 2 miles southeast of town.

The town was laid out by George Shortridge, proprietor; John Beard, surveyor. It was named Georgetown, and the plat was recorded Aug. 1, 1827. The name was afterward changed to Germantown, and recorded under that name Sept.

14, 1832. The name of its post-office is East Germantown, to distinguish it from an earlier one named Germantown in this state ; and the town also seems to have taken the name of East Germantown. Several additions have heen made to the town : by Frederick Johnsonbangh, Oct. 11, 1837, recorded in 1839 ; by Jacob Rieman, Oct. 11, 1837, recorded Jan. 23, 1841 ; by Jacob and John Baker, Jan. 1846 ; by Charles Morris, March 7, 1853.

Dr. Trout, from Ohio about 1834, was tbe first Physician in town. lie remained but a few years. The second is supposed to have been Dr. E. Licket; the third, Dr. Hittel, from Ohio. Present physicians are Joseph Weeks and Daniel Carpenter.

George Negly is said to have kept the first Tavern, about 1836, then in the west part of the town. The next was kept by Jacob Waltz, who built a house in 1836 or 1837, and opened it in 1838. It was afterward kept by John Berry and others, and later by Jacob Gipe, who sold it some six or seven years ago to Charles Morris, who sold it to Wm. Goldman.

Wm. Anderson was the first Merchant in Germantown, about 1834 ; the second, it is said, was John Binkley. In 1840, Wm. Lawrence and Lackey & Johnsonbangh had stores here; in 1841 and 1842, F. & M. Johnsonbangh; in 1843-4, and perhaps later, John S. Wolf. In 1844, Jacob Gipe opened a store where H. T. Jamison now trades. Mr. Gipe has since been in trade at different times with T. J. Riley, H. T. Jamison and Goldman, retiring finally in 1857. Business is with T. J. Riley, has since, as partner in the firms of Schofi" & Sowers, Sowers & Brother, and Sowers & Riesor, been in the business, with the exception of one short interval, until May, 1871, when the store was purchased by its present proprietors, Riesor & Rhnle.

The first Blacksmith in the town probably was Jacob Stevens, from Pa., about 1834. John Condo, from Pa., early bought of John Crum, on the state road near Germantown, forty acres of land with a blacksmith shop. After two years it was destroyed by tire ; and Condo built a shop in town. A year or two after, it passed into the hands of Adam Condo ; and the business was carried on by Adam and Peter Condo, near where

The manufacture of Cast Steel Plows was commenced many years ago, by Adam Condo, an early resident of Gerraantown. The business was afterward carried on by A. Condo & Son [Daniel Condo]. 'New buildings of brick were erected in 1870; and since last winter the business has been conducted by A. Condo and Jacob Spence, his son-in-law [A. Condo & Co.] The establishment has 10 forges, employs about 15 men, and is capable of making about 2,000 plows a year.

The Lutheran Church and congregation at East Germantown, composed mainly of Germans from Pennsylvania, was formed about the year 1824. Among their early members were the Waltzes, Condos, Keplers, and others. Meetings were for several years held in the log school-house. Their minister, Rev. Gruber, lived in Ohio, but came over at stated times to preach and perform other pastoral services. Two acres of ground, a short distance north of town, were purchased at $11 an acre, comprising the sites of the present house of worehip, parsonage, and cemetery. The meeting-house was built in 1833. There being among these Pennsylvania immigrants members of the German Peformed Church, they joined with the Lutherans in building the house, and called a pastor of their own, S. Zumpey. The ministers preached alternately to the united congregation. This union continued but a few years, since which time the congregation has been solely under a Lutheran pastorate. After Mr. Gruber, they were served for a time by missionaries, Henkel, Heinaka, and perhaps others; and since by regular pastors, beginning with Schultz, who was succeeded by Eisency. They preached only in the German language. Next, Julius Stirewalt and Isaac Hursh, who preached in German and English alternately. M. J. Stirewalt, the present minister, preaches exclusively in English. About ten years ago, the church edifice was thoroughly repaired, and a gallery at one end, a steeple, and bell were added.

Another church, called Evangelical, and distinguished more particularly by the name of Albright, was organized about the year 1835, and built a meeting-house about 1842. Among its early members were Adam Condo, Charles Kneclit and wdfe, Barbara, wdfe of Jacob Gipe, John Dill and wife, Samuel Cochran, Jacob Kieman, William Clingenhagen and w^ife, Henry Erkart and wife. Early ministers, Absalom B. Shafer, Angenstein. Present minister [1870], James Wales.

The lands at and in the vicinity of the site of Cambridge City were settled early. John Hawkins, from Kentucky, a native of South Carolina, entered, in 1813, the north-east quarter of section 27, which included the site of the old town of Vandalia; but he did not live to occupy it. The laud descended to his son, William Hawkins, who took up the fractional quarter west of it ; the two quarters embracing nearl}' all of the site of Cambridge. Simon Powell, from Kentucky, also a native of South Carolina, entered the quarter north of the present farm of General Meredith, extending to the old State road. He, too, died without settling on his purchase. His family settled on it in 1813 or 1814, the eldest son having nearly attained to manhood. Their cabin stood on the east bank of the river, south of East Cambridge. Jesse Symonds, iS'orth Carolina, bought north side of the State road, adjoining Hawkins's, but, without settling on it, sold to Josiah Draper. JSTathan Symonds, from jN". C, settled north of and adjoining Jesse's, and afterward sold to Wm. Conw^ell. These lands are now owned by John Callaway. Henry Crull settled early on the north part, and George Ish on the south part of the present farm of Gen. Solomon Meredith. They sold to Ira Lackey, who, in or about the year 1836, built the house (since enlarged) wliere Meredith now" resides. Wm. Hawkins bought, besides the lands already mentioned, the land w^here his son I^athan S. resides, near and north-west of the town. Samuel Charles, from N". C, on land east side of Hawkins's, forming a part of the tract north side of town, owned by John Callaway. A'anbuskirk, on the land now owned by Alfred B. Williams, and perhaps the lands of Henry and John Ingerman and otliers. Henry Palen, from IS". C., on land now^ owned by John

Josiah Draper, about the year 1820, built, north side of the State road, a Grist-mill and a Saio-mill, which were sold to Benj. Kirk, who built the grist-mill below, which he sold to Wm. Conwell, who added a saw-mill. The grist-mill was sold to John Cockerfair, who put into it a Carding Machine and other machinery, and who still owns the grist-mill.

The Town of Vandalia was laid out by Wm. Hawkins, survey recorded June 1, 1824. Wm. Conwell opened a Store there in April, 1828, and Hudson Cannon about 1830, who two or three years after removed to Milton, where he died. Benj. Conklin, who had been from the beginning a clerk of Conwell, bought the store, and continued business there until 1838. After the construction of the National road, business was attracted to the line of that road. Ira Lackey opened the first Store in East Cambridge as early as 1835; some say 1833 or 1834. Others soon followed him, among whom were Elliott, Hannah & Meredith, and J. & I. Pennington ; and in 1838 Benj. Conklin removed his store from Vandalia to the large two-story building he had erected for a store and dwelling, on the south side of the road, a short distance east of the bridge. But the business career of East Cambridge, though commenced with flattering prospects, was of short duration.

This town was laid out in 1836 ; Ira Lackey, Sandford Lackey, George Graham, Thomas Tyner, AVilliams Petty, Wm. Hawkins, proprietors. The plat was recorded Oct. 26, 1836. Several additions have since been made by Wm. Conwell, Wm. Hawkins, Thomas Newby, Jonathan Hawkins, and in 1867 by Charles H. Moore and Benjamin Fulghum.

After the incorporation of the town, business tended rapidly to the west side of the river. Sanford Lackey opened t\\Q first store in the new town, on the east corner of the block east of the canal, south side of the street, in the present brick building erected by him for a store. He afterward

Benj. Conklin, the last merchant who left East Cambridge, removed to the building then owned by Wm. Hawkins, now occupied by Felix Conklin as a hardware store. About the year 1845, Post & Enyeart built the "Mammoth Store," and for two years carried on an extensive wholesale grocery trade. The Whitewater Yalley Canal, which was completed in 1846, contributed vastly to the trade of Cambridge City. This soon became the central point of trade of an extensive territory. It was the grand depot for the produce of the country, brought here for shipment, and for the delivery of merchandise. The merchants of Indianapolis received for a time their goods at this place. Large quantities of wheat were floured here. The present brick ilouring-mill, then newly built by Benj. Conklin, had in it, at one time, 90,000 bushels of wheat, or 5,400,000 pounds.

That this extraordinary prosperity, the result, in great part, of a peculiar juncture of circumstances, should be enduring, was hardly to be expected. The completion of the canal to Hagerstown, and the construction of railroads, have virtually established a mart of trade in every town, and measurably ri arrowed the sphere of the trade of Cambridge; yet this being the converging point of so many railroads, and being surrounded by a fertile country and a wealthy population, it can hardly fail, with an enterprising population, to maintain a large and prosperous trade.

Among the earlier Merchants, besides those already mentioned, were Harvey & Newby, Andrew and Frederick Johnsonbaugh, "Williams Petty, John Hosea, Casper Markle, Edgerton & Taylor, Simon Clackner, Bloomfield & Petty.

Ill 1855, Edward, brother of Charles, became a partner - firm, C. H. & E. Eaymond ; afterward, E. Raymond & Co. until 1867 ; then, C U. Eaymond & Co. ; present proprietors, Charles U. and John U., sons of Charles H. Eaymond. A second hardware store was established by Henry M. Conklin in 1853 or 1854, from whom the establishment passed, in 1859, to Felix Conklin, its present proprietor.

The tirst Drug Store, it is said, was established in West Cambridge, by Thomas D. Whelan, in or about the year 1840. It is also said that, a year or two afterward, Dr. Samuel T. Sharp started a drug store east of the river, which "was really the first regular drug store." After his death, his store was sold to J. Milton Sanders, which was kept but a few weeks. The next druggist was Leander Hurd, from Cincinnati. He and his wife both died in 1847 ; and the stock was purchased by C. H. Hood, who kept the store a year or more. Before Kurd's death, Dr. J. N. Cowden opened a drug store on the west side of the river, which, after his death in 1849, passed into the hands of E"athan Raymond, who kept it until 1871, when it was purchased by George "W. Shults, Jun. Present Druggists - L. S. Tibbals, S. P. Hoshour, James McCaffrey, Will H. Conover, George W. Shults, Jun.

Among the early Physicians in Cambridge City were Samuel T. Sharp, who came in 1837 or 1838, and died there in February, 1846 ; and Dr. Nathan Johnson, who came in February, 1839, still living there, but too infirm to practice. Dr. Joel Pennington, who had settled in Milton, in 1825, came to Cambridge a few years after Dr. Johnson, and remained about two years, and returned to Milton. Dr. James V. Wayman came in Oct. 1842 ; John H. Wayman in 1846, and went to California in 1851. Dr. John Sim came, it is supposed, in 1847; he resides there now, and is county treasurer. He was a major in the 36th Indiana regiment in the late war, and was wounded at Chickamaiiga. The present physicians are James V. Wayman, Lemuel R. Johnson, who began practice here in 1855, John Wall, William Kissell, AYE. Carnahan, homoeopathist.

Early Lawyers were David Macy, in 1839 or 1840 ; Ximrod H.Johnson, 1842, for several years; George W. Whitman, since State Controller of California; and David W. Reed. Present lawyers, Wm. S. Ballenger, George A. Johnson, Lafayette Develin, James H. Stewart, David IST. Berg, Robert Fletcher.

Cambridge City Bank was established in the spring of 1853, under the Free Banking Law, with a capital of §100,000. John Hunt was its first President, but was succeeded, after about three months, by Williams Petty ; and he, a few months after, by John jMarsh, who held the ofiice until its close. John W. Burson was Cashier from its commencement until 1856. It then passed into the hands of Isaac Myers, J. D. Skean, and others : Isaac Myers, President; Thomas JSTewby, Cashier. In 1862, John Callaway became President. In December, 1863, it was organized under the National Banking Law, as the First !N"ational Bank of Cambridge City, with a capital of $50,000, which has since been increased to $100,000. Its present proprietors are John Callaway (Pres.), Thomas Newby (Cash.), AYm. Lemberger, Jacob Vore, and Milton Thornburg.

The Public Hall is a splendid one, surpassed probably by few in the state outside of Indianapolis. It is to the citizens of Cambridge a thing of great convenience and utility, and highly creditable to its proprietor, Mr. Joseph Morrey. It will seat 600 people ; is lighted with gas, has dressing-rooms, drop curtains, and scenery, all complete. The hall is 40 feet wide and 90 feet long, ceiling 26 feet above the floor, and the stage 25 feet deep ; and the whole is beautifully frescoed. The hall is in the large brick block, completed by Mr. Morrey in 1868, for store-rooms and ofiices. The cost of the buildings is about $20,000.

Cambridge City Car Company, for the building of railroad cars, was organized in 1868, and chartered under a general law of the state legislature, with a capital of §100,000. Its officers were, Wm. Mercer, president, and Wm. Dunham, secretary and treasurer ; George L. Thomas, car huihler. They manufacture freight cars only. The number built yearly is about 500, of the average value of about $700. Connected with the establishment is a foundnj, in which the necessary castings are made. The president died early in 1871. [The establishment at present is not in operation.]

The Cambridge City Manufacturing Comjmny had its origin in the manufacture of Adams' Queen Washer, by Caleb M. and James Peelle, in August, 1867. In 1869 they were joined by Albert W. Fletcher and Edward Peelle [tirm, C. M. Peelle & Co.]; and to their business was added the manufacture of sash, doors, and blinds, and of building materials generally. In October, 1869, they obtained a charter as a joint stock company, styled the Cambridge City Manufacturing Company, with a capital of $35,000.

The Flax Mill of Joseph Morrey is an important manufacturing establishment in Cambridge City. It converts annually about 500 tons of flax-straw into tow for the manufacture of bagging ; and the article is shipped quite extensively to Louisville, Ky., and St, Louis, Mo. This establishment affords steady employment to about 20 hands.

The Marble Works in Cambridge were established in 1857, by James W. Carpenter, with a stock of $200 worth of unwrought marble, bought at Indianapolis wholly on credit. In 1863, he took into partnership Thomas C. Vickrey, now of Richmond, who retired from the concern after two years; since which time Mr. Carpenter has continued the business alone. About two years ago he began to import the Scotch granite. This business has been constantly increasing, and now extends to several of the "Western states, and forms the most important part of his trade. The monuments are all manufactured in Scotland to order; and as Mr. C. is himself a partner in the manufacture in that country, where he has recently been to efi'ect the arrangement, he is enabled to supply orders at lower prices than are charged at other establishments in the West. His sales, during the first year, amounted to about $500 ; the last year, $100,000. Several of the imported monuments were sold for $2,500 each.

The Flower and Plant Nursery iu the west part of the town has been established aud matured by Joseph W. Vestal, who, in 1855, commenced vegetable and truck farming. In 1860, he commenced the green-house cultivation of flowers, and made about 300 square feet of glass covering, to which he has annually made additions, until he now covers nearly 10,000 feet with glass, and cultivates about 3,000 varieties. His plants are sold into nearly every state in the Union east of the Rocky Mountains. His business during most of the year is the supplying of nurserymen, florists, and dealers with stock for retailing, or with new phmts from which to propagate stock. He also deals in sweet potato and other early plants. Plants and flowers are sold by retail to customers from several townships of the county. Sales amount annually to about §8,000 to $10,000.

Schools. - An Academical School was established in Cambridge by Prof. Samuel K. Hoshour, who came to this place in 1839, from Centerville, where he had acquired a high reputation as teacher and principal of the Wayne County Seminary. The Academy building was on the east side of the river. Prof. Iloshour continued his school for about seven years, when the building was destroyed by fire and the school discontinued.

The new Public School House, which stands in the east part of AYest Cambridge, is a fine building, equaled in size and the style of its architecture by few in the county. The town is consolidated into a single district; and the course of instruction embraces all the branches of study, from primary to academical.

Religious Societies. - The Presbyterian Church of 31iUon and Cambridge was formed at Milton, August 1-4, 1837, by Rev. Messrs. Graham and John A. Meeks, appointed by Oxford Presbytery. Its first members were, Samuel, Margaret, and Alex. Brand, Julia Ann Walker, John Lincoln, George W., Catliarine, and Susannah Snyder, Henry Shull, David T. and Isabella Ilileman, and Alenor Allen. Henry Shull, David T. Ilileman, Samuel Brand, and George W. Snyder were chosen elders. Meetings were held for two years at !Milton, after which the place of meeting was changed to Cambridge, where, for many years, only occasional preaching was hiicl; and meetings were held in the churches of other societies and in school-houses. In 1853 the name of the Presbytery was changed to Whitewater; and the same year the name of the church was changed to Presbyterian Church of Cambridge City. The present house of worship was built in 1858, on the corner of Railroad and Green streets, on a lot given to the society by Charles H. and I^athan Raymond. Since the first election of elders, Nathan H. Raymond was chosen to that ofiice, June 21, 1846; Henry B. Dinwiddle, January, 1847; Edward Raymond, 1852. Nam.es of ministers who have supplied the labors in 1847, and served two years ; J. J. Scott, 1852, one year ; Isaac W. Monfort, 1854, three years, one-fourtli of the time ; 1857, A. McFarland, one-half of the time ; H. M. Shockley, pastor, 1859 to 1861. Rev. Mr. Patton, late minister. The present one not ascertained.

The Congregation of the Christian Church in Cambridge City was organized E'ovember 12, 1839, (?) byvProf. Samuel K. Hoshour. Joel Collins and Mr. Hoshour were chosen elders ; John Crum^ and Ebenezer Finney, deacons. The number of members was about thirty, among whom were the following : Corbin Jackson, Samuel K. Hoshour, Moses Powell, Benj. Berry, Evan Young, Levi Lakey, David Crull, and Joel Collins, with their wives, John Crum^, and Ebenezer W. Finney. Also, Jacob H. Jessup and Joel Pennington and their wives, were early members. June 9, 1858, Ebenezer W. Finney, Thomas Newby, and David Crull were chosen trustees of the society. Their first preacher was Rev. Samuel K. Hoshour, who served the church for many years. John Kinney came in 1864. Preachers since, D. R. Van Buskirk, John Marshall, Frank W. Parker, Wm. Griggsby, and Thompson, the present pastor. Meetings were held several j^ears in the Seminary building, Avhich was afterward destroyed by fire. The society has since built a house of worship.

A Baptist Church was formed about the year 1835, of whose history little has been learned. It, however, maintained a rather feeble existence until 1859, when it was superseded by a new organization, as stated below :

At an adjourned meeting lield in tlie Metliodist meetinghouse in Cambridge, February 2, 1859, a new Baptist organization was completed. Ministers present on the occasion, M. G. Clark, of Indianapolis, M. Hazen, of Posey, and J. B. Simmons. Among the members at the time of the organization were Samuel Hervey, Ilarvey Clark, Wilson Jackson, Avery Gates, John Marson, John Christian, Edward "Webb, and their wives, Mary Hervey, Sarah Scott, Sarah Heritage, Minerva Williams. Avery Gates and John Marson were chosen deacons; Edward Webb, clerk; Wilson Jackson, treasurer. The first pastor commenced his labors in December, 1859 ; Caleb Blood, December, 1860 ; and after an occasional supply of the pulpit by Samuel Hervey, A. S. Ames came in May, 1866, and served two years; J. B. Sharp, June, 1868; Henr}' B. Rupe, 1869, one year; Joseph H. Sedgwick, March, 1870, was called and declined.

The Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge is supposed to have been organized soon after the town west of the river was laid out, or about the year 1837. But as no records of a date anterior to 1847, or about that year, have been found, its early history can not be given trom a church record. Xor, after much inquiry, has an early settler been found, who could give any reliable information respecting the formation of the society.

Lodges. - Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered May 28, 1844. Charter members: A. Goodenough, W. M. ; J. Fisher, S. W. ; Thomas Hutton, Sen. Ofhcers elect the present year : IST. R. Bennett, W. Isi. ; Kos Whelan, S. AY.; F. Swiggett, J. W. dumber of members, about 150.

ConnersviUe Commandery of Knights Templars, No. 6, was chartered December 27, 1855. Charter members: Wm. Peelan, Eminent Commander; Martin Fryberger, Generalissimo; Joshua Leach, Captain General. The Commandery was removed to Cambridge City, April, 1868, and the name changed to

Cambridge Coynmandery , at a meeting of the Grand Commandery, in April, 1868. Officers for 1871 : Levin Swiggett, Eminent Commander ; R. A. Patterson, Generalissimo ; O. H. P. Little, Captain General.

Cambridge Council of F. and A. Masons. - Officers: N. R. Bennett, Thrice 111. Gr. Master ; Frank Swiggett, Dep. Thrice 111. Gr, Master ; Silas Cantield, Prin. Conductor of the Work.

[The following historical sketch of the newspapers of Cambridge City was prepared too late for insertion in the history of the newspaper press of the county in preceding pages.]

In the summer of 1845, James H. Hunt, who had published a paper at Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind., removed his office to Cambridge and started the Cambridge City BereiUc, which he continued until 1850; after which, it was published about a year by Robert O. Dormer. After a short suspension, it was revived by Mr. Hunt and his brother Jonathan II. Hunt, and after a few months removed to Portland, Jay Co. The editor [Hunt] having, on his death bed, directed it to be removed to a warehouse, the person employed dumped the types promiscuously into a dry goods box. The Reveille was Whig in politics.

press and types from Connersville to Cambridge City, and published the Cambridge City News, a Democratic paper, during the years 1850 and 1851. During the two succeeding years, it was published by Lafayette Develin; in which time the earlier poems of Louisa Chitwood, then, and until her death, a poet of rare promise, made their lirst appearance in its columns.

In 1852, Whelan & Pritchard, having purchased the office of the Western Reformer at Milton, removed it to Cambridge, and used it for some time as a job office. Wheeler & Ryder then started the Cambridge City Item, edited by Samuel K. Hoshour, whose name appeared at the head of the paper as "Conductor," along with that of Kos Whelan as "Engineer," and that of N. W. Carey as "Pugilist."

After a few months, by arrangement with Develin, the two papers were united, under the name of Cambridge City News and City Item, neutral in politics. After it had been published nearly a year, Whelan, Buckingham, and "Waltz, in 1855, published the Daily Item, a small sheet, foolscap size, devoted to news, fun, and gossip, which survived only a few months. The office was then sold to R. J. Strickland, who removed it to Centerville. A part of the material is said to be still used in the office of the Radical in Richmond.

In the autumn of 1856, George B. Seig established the Cambridge City Bulletin, a weekly Republican paper, and published it for two years. It was then published for one year by Kosciusko Whelan. In 1860, the establishment was purchased by Whelan, Kellar, and Leib, who started a new Republican paper, named " The Flag of the Free." On the breaking out of the war, nearly all the employes went into the army, and the paper stopped. The office was sold, and, after passing through several hands, the press and types were taken to Little Rock, Arkansas.

In 1864, R. J. Strickland removed the establishment of the Wayne County Chronicle to Cambridge City, and issued the Cambridge City Journal, a Republican paper, for a year or longer. The office was then sold to John C. Lutz and Lafayette Develin j who issued, Jan. 8, 1866, the lirst number of a Democratic paper, named Western Mirror. This had a larger circulation than any paper previously published here. Mr. Lutz died March 15, 1868, and the paper was conducted by Mr. Develin until May 13, 1869, when the office was purchased by Henry C. Meredith, who that day commenced the Combriclge City Tribune, a Republican paper, which is still published there. From June to August, 1870, W. D. Haley was associated with Mr. Meredith; and since Dec. 22, 1870, ^Y. P. Harding has been associate editor and proprietor. The paper has a large circulation.

Soon after the sale of the Mirror to Meredith, L. L. Dale, of Newcastle, removed his paper, the Democratic Times, to Cambridge City, where it was issued some eight or nine months, when he returned to is'ewcastle.

After Mr. Dale's departure, T. G. McCaulay, of West Salem, Ohio, published the Cambridge City Chieftain, a Democratic paper, which, however, after a few weeks, was discontinued.

In the south-west ixirt of Jackson township were the following named earlj- settlers - though not all of them the first - on the lands on wliich they respectively settled: Aaron Morris, in 1822, settled \^ miles south-east of Dublin, on land now owned by Eli Henby. John Morris, his son, on land adjoining, west, now owned by his sons Eli and Thomas B. Morris. In 1829, Samuel Morris, also a son of Aaron, northwest of his father's, where he still resides. Gideon Myers, where Michael Myers lives. Levi Hopper, perhaps the first, on land now owned by Joseph Gray, Jun. AVm. Kersey, on land lately owned by J. W. Wilson, now by Michael flyers, ^ mile west of where the latter resides. Francis Hestor, where Wm. Adair lives. John Cook, afterward Richard Gordon, where Robert Parker lives. Joseph IS'ewton, on the present farm of Joseph M. Cox. Daniel Mills, later John Hiatt, on the farm now and for many years owned by Joseph Cox, at the extraordinary age of 93. Benj. Reynolds, southwest corner of the township; land now owned by Josiah T. White, lately by Thomas Gronendyke, now by Nathan Morris. Wm. Butler, from Va., settled south-west of Dublin, on land now owned by Joseph Thoms, who resides Avest of the county line. James Griflin, where Robert S. Pre flow lives, near town. Benj. Griflin, where Samuel Sivey lives ;, la^nd adjoining town. Joseph Newby, from E". C, where Jacob Vore resides, west side of the town. Josiah Bell, from N. C, came with his father, John Bell, who settled a mile south from Cambridge. Josiah afterward settled near Dublin, where he still resides. Thomas and Alexander McGreer were the first owners of the land where Dublin stands; Thomas, of the north part, and Alexander of the south part, including the farm lately owned by Bennet Cox, now by Daniel Stanton. Hugh McGreer, a brother of Thomas and Alexander, bought north of and adjoining the town. Paul Custar settled early near the east end of Dublin, and kept a tavern about the j^ear 1823, in a hewed log house, sign of the " Black Horse."

In the west part of the township, north of the old State road, most of the early settlers were the following : John Hough, where John Bond lives. Hugh Allen where Charles Hood now owns. John Elliott, from IS". C, on the lands now owned by Henry Binkley, and others. Isaac Miller, on land now owned by Moses Myers. Jehu Burkett, where now Charles T. Gough lives. Jacob Elliott, from N. C, where Exum Elliott and Harrison Cook live. Benj. Beecham, from 'N. C, on land now owned by Thomas Hammond. David Sh idler, where he still resides. !N^athan Jessup, on land now owned by Harrison Cook.

David Caylor was probably the first settler where Kudolf Ellenberger lives, on the township north line. John Dill on laud now owned by J. S. Dill's heirs. John M. Lawson, part of section 16, probably bought of the township. David Burkett, from N". C, where he still resides, at the age of 88 years. Thomas Bennett, probably the first, where he now lives. Amos Humberd, from N. C, on land of which Wm. Mason owns a part ; also, John Bitter and Solomon Bowman, heirs of Humberd. Henry Bitter, on land now owned by Jacob Bitter. David Johnsonbaugh was an early settler where Isaiah Howard owns. Jacob Moore, where l!^athan Stonecipher afterward owned. Stonecipher settled where John Bitter lives. Adam Shaffer has lived for 30 years where he now is. David Berg, from Pa. in 1829, settled where Israel Hardman lives. Samuel Heiny, from Pa., set-

Keller lives. Jacob , on land now owned by T. Iveplinger. Gabriel Newby, lands now owned by George Raresheid and one or two others. John Xewby, from IT. C, where his widow lives. Caleb Morris, on the land now owned in part by Caleb J. Morris, and a part lately owned by Henry E. Peelle. Abraham Miller, where A. D. Bond's heirs live. Jonathan Morris, on land now owned by his son Elias Morris, who resides in Cambridge. Samnel Hepley, where Abraliam Copeland owns. Manasseh Myers, west side of the river, on land taken up by Amos Humberd, now owned by George White. Martin Myers, east side, settled early where he now lives. Moses Myers settled where Adam Bertsh owns. Jacob Heiny, where he now lives. Iliel Erwin, a part of section 2, on which Heil and L. Erwin live.

Along the N^ational and old State roads, Avere the following: Hugh Allen settled early on township west line, on land lately owned by L. L. Lawrence, now b}^ Charles Hood. John Hongh, where John Bond lives. Samuel Cripe, on the quarter now owned by John and Lindlc}- Miles and AYm. Shatter. John and Wm. Addison, on land now owned chiefly by Charles T. Hough and Jacob White. John Burkett, of Ohio, south of the State road, where Rudolf Burkett lives. David Cochran (perhaps not first) where John Huddleston resides.

A church, knoAvn as the Albright Church, somewhat similar in faith and polity to the United Brethren and the .Methodists, was formed in or about the year 1832, 2 miles north of Dublin. Daniel Hart, John M. Lawson, John Dill, Jacob and Samuel Dickover, John Richwine, James Iliff, and tlieir wives, were early members. Tlieir first preaclier was Burnett Fryar, who formed the class.

The Friends [Orthodox] formed the Bethel Ifeeting, about the year 1823, a mile south of Dublin. Another Bethel Meeting was formed by the other branch ot the Friends [Hicksites], whose meeting-house is near and on the south side of the town.

The town of Dublin was laid out by Harmon Davis. The original plat, made out ami signed by him as proprietor, was recorded Jan. 29, 1830. Additions have since been made as follows: First, by Robert Murphy and Eli Brown, trustees for Dempsey Boswell & Sons ; in 1846, by Albertsoii Chappell, Abraham Symonds, Jacob Custer, Beiij. Griffin, John Whippo, J. P. Creager, Caleb W. Witt, Win. McKimmey ; in 1837, by C. AV. Wht; in 1838, by Samuel Schoolfield; in 1868 by Samuel Pierce and Mark H. Perkins. When the town was first laid out, there was not a building on the ground. The first house was a log house built by Isaac King, on what is known as Cook's corner.

Of the early Merchants, the first three came the same year [1831]. The first, it is believed, was Samuel Nixon, who had bought the goods of Dempsey Boswell, who, as has been stated, had a store near town on the State road. The next was Thomas Owens, from Richmond, who had been in trade there, and who bought the little store building of Boswell, and moved it into town, on the lot now occupied by J. Bradway as a stove store. He was compelled, from ill health, to quit in a few months ; returned to Richmond, and died soon after. In December, Jacob Vore commenced his long mercantile career in Dublin. Nixon soon sold out to Boswell & Sons, who traded but a short time. Among the later merchants were James Yanuxem & Son, Benj. and Josiali Reynolds, E. H. Vanuxem, J. & B. Kirk, John Lebrick. Present merchants : Dry Goods - Dillon & Hill, Jesse Hiatt & Son,

Tlie Q.rst Physician in the town was John Beatty, in 1831 or 1832, afterward [1834] Caleb W. Witt, and about the same time, Lazarus E. Jones, and later, James Elder, Dr. Farnswortli, John M. Bell, John W. Smith, and others. Present physicians: John M. Bell, Samuel S. Boyd, Aurelius P. Taylor, Livingston B. Taylor, John W. Smith, and, it is believed, another, whose name is not furnished.

A Female Seminary was established in 1835, by Caleb AV. Witt, John Whippo, and Jonathan P. Creager ; and Sarah Dickinson was employed as principal teacher for several years.

The Dublin Academy was established in 1837, by a joint stock companj". The building was afterward occupied as a public school-house. In 1867 it was taken down, and the present house built, which was dedicated January 1, 1868. Its cost was about §15,000. Scholars enrolled, about 450.

Among the eavly Mechanics of Dublin were, John Crill, the first blacksmith, in 1831. Early carpenters, Pobert Way, Charles Morgan, Albertson Chappel, Axum Elliott. Ansclni Butler came in 1834, a wagon-maker ; is now a pump-maker. The present carriage-maker is Samuel P. Ilerrington. Harness-maker, Oliver Gilbert. The first cabinet-makers in Dublin are said to have been Peck & Matthews, as early as 1829, who sold to Eli Pittman. Thomas Allen commenced business in 1832. Jesse Pike, who came that year, worked for him, and afterward started for himself, and still continues the business, l^ike married a daughter of Samuel Sehoolfield.

present time, excepting an absence of four jeavs, at Cambridge, and one or two years at Centerville. He is a justice of tbe peace. Two sons, Joseph S. and Alonzo AY., served in the late war.

The first Tannery in Dublin was established by Reese Ridgeway in 1832, who sold to Benj. Griflin in 1833, and he to Axum S. Elliott. The present tannery was established by Benj. Kirk, about the year 1844, and is now owned by Hammond, Brown & Co.

A steam Flouring-mill was built in 1866, by Jacob Vore, Jesse Hiatt, and Paul Barnard. January 1, 1867, Hiatt sold out to Wm. B. Mitchell; April 1, 1867, Vore sold to his son, Wm. H. ; July 14, Barnard to Wm. H. Vore and Mitchell.

The principal Mamifaduring Establishment in Dublin is the Wayne Agricultural Works, which may be said to have originated in 1837, in a foundry established by John Whippo and Caleb W. and James Witt, near the site of the present tannery of Hammond, Brown & Co. In 1839 Caswell and Pleasant Witt bought out AYhippo ; and in 1840 the four Witt Brothers built the present foundry and machine shop on the National road [Cumberland street.] In 1845 they sold to James W. and Lovell L. Lawrence, who, a few years after, sold to Caleb W. Witt, Norton Davis, and Wm. Hollingsworth. After two or three years, the concern passed to Samuel Binkley, L. L. Lawrence, and N. Davis. Binkley sold his interest to AVilson Jones. Since then the firm of Davis, Lawrence & Co. has remained to the present time unchanged. They manufacture reapers and mowers, w^heat drills, scales, hay rakes, etc. On the 1st of January, 1871, the concern was changed to a stock comimny. Its oflicers are, Norton Davis, president; L. L. Lawrence, vice-president; Wilson Jones, actuary; A. L. Davis, secretary; E. Lawrence, treasurer. The number of hands employed is from 60 to 75. Amount of sales, about $150,000 annually.

Tlie first Justice of the Peace was Nathaniel Malin; 2d, Levi Eastridge ; 3d, Jacob Chappell, a slioemaker. Wm. B. Reed, a blacksmith, is the present justice.

The cause of Tem'pera'nce here found an early and powerful support. Its friends, by united and persevering ettbrt, succeeded in putting an end to the liquor traffic. Drunkards are not made in Dublin. There is not a drinking saloon in it. To this, mainly, is to be attributed the general morality of its inhabitants.

Religious Societies. - The Methodist Episcojxd Church in Dublin was formed in 1834. Among the first members were Alfred Pierce and his wife, Mary Grove, Margaret Faulkner, Abigail Misner, James Bradshaw. Their first preacher is said to have been Robert Burns, followed by Kimball, Freeman Farnsworth, and others. Their meetings were first held at the house of Wm. Faulkner, a local preacher. They built a frame meeting-house in 1837 or '38; their present brick house, on Dublin street, in 1853-54.

The United Brethren formed a church in 1837. Among the members of the class were Caleb W., Caswell, James, and Wm. Witt, John Whittington, and the wives of some or all of thetu. Their meetings were held for several years in a room fitted up in the Dublin Foundry. They built a brick house in 1846, which was destroyed by fire in 1856 ; and in 1857, their present house was built.

Tiie Christian Church of Dublin was organized January 11, 1866. Amos Tredway, Jacob Knipe, Lewis C. Wilson, Enoch Nation, and their wives, Landell Bowen, Susan Boyd, Ruth Boyd, Sarah Scott, were among the first members. Their first preacher was Daniel R. Vanbuskirk ; 2d, John B. Marshall; 3d, F. W. Parker; 4th, Wm. Grigsby, the present incumbent. Meetings were first held in other churches and the town hall. In 1869 they built their neat frame house on Dublin street. Their first elders were Enoch Nation, Lewis C. Wilson, Daniel R. Vanbuskirk.

John Whippo, Paul Custer, Jacob Custer, Gideon Myers, Edmund Lawrence, and others. Their meetings were first held in the Academy building. Their first preacher was John C. McCune, who ofiiciated at the organization. His successors have been Wm. W. Curry, Benj. Foster, their present preacher. Their house, which is on Milton street, was built about 1848.

Samuel Scott Boyd, son of John Boyd, was born March 31, 1820, in Jackson, now Harrison township. Laboring on the farm nine months of each year until he was twenty-two years of age, his education was limited to the branches usually taught in those times during three winter months. At the age of nineteen, he was promoted to teacher in the school-house in which he had finished his education, under the instruction of George W. Julian, of Centerville. In 1843, he and a brotherin-law bought and rebuilt the McLucas mills on Green's Fork, two miles east of Jacksonburgh. He was married October 14, 1844, to Monimia, daughter of Dr. William Bunnell, of the town of Washington. His health failing, he commenced, in 1846, the study of medicine with his father-in-law. In March, 1849, he graduated in the Ohio Medical College, and in April located in Jacksonburgh, where he continued practice until the death of his wife, an excellent woman, and the mother of four children, of which three are living. Immediately after this event, which occurred January 7, 1862, he removed to Centerville. In September following, he was commissioned surgeon of the 84th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the army until the close of the war, sharing the many trials and triumphs of that regiment. In 1865, the doctor located in Dublin, where he is still engaged in the practice of his profession. On the 5th of September of that year, he was married to Louisa E. Vickroy, of Pennsylvania. He has been a contributor to various papers and periodicals from early manhood, and has taken an active part in promoting the causes of

William Hawkins, son of John Hawkins, a native of South Carolina, was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge City, and original owner of most of the land on which the town has been built. It had been entered in 1813, by his father, who did not live to occupy it. ISTor did William, his son, to whom the land descended, make any material improvement on it until peace had, been made with the Indians, in 1814. In 1817, he married Isabel Powell, by whom he had ten children: 1. Jane, who married Allen Williams, and died here. He resides at Xenia, 0. 2. John S. N., a physician at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. 3. 3Iar}/, wife of Pyrrhus Woodward, of N"ewcastle. 4. Simon P., who died at 7. 5. Nathan S., who married Huldah C. Marsh, of Vt., and resides near Cambridge. 6. Tamar J.., wife of David Binford ; they live at Thornton. 7. William, who married Amelia Marshall, and lives at Leavenworth, Kansas. 8, 9. Amos, who died at 11 ; and Isabel, in infancy. 10. Lemuel, who married Caroline Brown.

Samuel K. Hoshour was born in York Co., Pa., Dec. 9, 1803. His early education was in German. At the age of 16, he was employed by a miller as a book-keeper, and during the ensuing winter taught a school. He soon after entered for the first time an English school, and the next winter taught a second term. He then entered an English classical school, though his highest aspiration was to become a German preacher in the Lutheran Church. He, however, pursued his studies through a collegiate course. He studied theology at the Theological Institute at New Market, Va., under Prof. Schmucker. The latter having been called to the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., and Mr. Hoshour being able to preach in both English and German, he wks chosen as the successor to Mr. Schmucker. He was married the same j'ear [1826] to Lucinda Savage, of New Market, Va. He afterward accepted calls successively from congregations in Washington Co., Md., in 1828, and Ilagerstown, in 1831. A few years after he embraced the theological views of Alexander Campbell." In 1835, being considered by the Lutheran Synod as having " separated himself from the Lutheran Church, and no longer a member," that body expunged his name from the list of its ministers. He immediately set out for the West, intending to settle on a small farm, and in the same month, Oct., 1835, arrived at Centerville. After a short trial at farm labor, he found that his literary pursuits and his sedentary habits had greatly disqualified him for farming, and he engaged as teacher of a district school near Centerville. His success soon procured for him the principalship of the Wayne County Seminary in that town. In 1836, he was appointed by the legislature of Indiana a member of the board of trustees of the State University at Bloomington, which office he held three years. In 1839, he removed to Cambridge City, where he was for seven years the principal of a seminary. Declining health compelled him to quit the school-rooms, and for several years he taught the German language in various institutions and large towns of the state. In 1852, he purchased a small farm near Cambridge City, with a view to a settlement on it for life. Having been persuaded to invest largely in the Richmond and Indianapolis Railroad, he became deeply involved, and lost his rural home. In June, 1858, he was elected president of the North-western University at Indianapolis. At the expiration of three years he became, from choice. Professor of Modern Languages, which office he still holds. In addition to his literary labors, he has diligently and almost gratuitously performed the duties of a minister on the Sabbath.

Dr. l^ATHAN Johnson was born in Loudon Co., Ya., Dec. 14, 1794, and removed with his father, in 1805, to Belmont Co., O. ; thence, in 1839, to Cambridge City. In early life he taught school; studied medicine; and was liceuFed by the Board of Censors of the 17th Medical District, at >Canton, 0., in 1827 ; attended lectures in Pennsylvania University, at Philadelphia, in 1834-35. In February, 1839, he removed with his family to Cambridge City, where he has practiced medicine until within the last two or three years, and where he still resides. He was a member of the first antislavery societies formed by the late Benjamin Lundy, and an earnest advocate of abolition during the whole period of the antislavery contest; and has lived to witness the accomphshment of a long-cher- ished object. He was married in Belmont Co., O., to Sarah Iloge, Sept. 23, 1819. Their children were: 1. Nunrod 11. [Sk.] 2. liiith H., who married Alfred B. Williams, and resides in Cincinnati. 3. Lemuel, I{., who graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, O., in 1850 ; practiced, successively, at Cincinnati, O., in West Virginia, and from 1855 to the present time in Cambridge City. He was in March, 1869, appointed postmaster, which ofhce he now holds. 4. Elizabeth H., who married Paul H. Berkau, a native of Poland, now in the Pension Office at W^ashington.

NiMROD H. Johnson, son of i)r. iSTathan Johnson, was born at Plainfield, Belmont Co., Ohio, September 16, 1820, and removed with his father's family to Cambridge City in February, 1839. He was admitted to the practice of law. May 11, 1843; commissioned as prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, Aug. 27, 1848; elected judge of Wayne comtnon pleas court, October, 1852; and commissioned as judge of the 21st judicial circuit [Wayne criminal court], Oct. 23, 1867. He was married, Feb. 22, 1844, to Clarissa M. Ireland, of New Paris, Ohio, and had by her a daughter, Clarissa L. He was married to a second wife, Catharine C. Underwood, of Washington City, D. C, May 8, 1850, by whom he had two children, Henry N", and Robert U. Johnson. His children are all living. His useful life was suddenly terminated April 28, 1869, by taking, through mistake, tincture of aconite, instead of the tincture of gentian. He survived the taking of the fatal dose only about an hour. A correspondent of the Indianapolis Journal, communicating the sad intelligence, wrote : " The judge for many years lived here, and at one time practiced law here. He had attained the first order in his profession, and was recognized as one of the ablest and most brilliant lawyers in Eastern Indiana. His literary acquirements were surpassed by those of but few men. His reading extended through the whole domain of English literature, and could quote more extensively from his readings than any other man I ever met. As an advocate, ho stood very high; before a jury, few men surpassed him." He had been for two years, and was at the time of his death, judge of the Wayne criminal circuit court. It may be added, that, though not a member of anv church, he was the teacher of a

Solomon Meredith was born in Guilford Co., N. C, May 29, 1810. He came to this county in 1829, and for several years lived in and near Richmond and SaUsbury, and worked at farming by the month. In 1834, he was elected sherifl" of Wayne county, and re-elected in 1836. In 1838, he commenced the mercantile business in Milton, and continued it in Cambridge from 1839 to 1843. In 1840, he was a delegate to the Whig national nominating convention, and again in 1848, and to the Republican convention of 1856. He has been a trustee of Cambridge Seminary ; president of the board of trustees of Cambridge City; and a member of the board of directors of the Whitewater Canal. In 1846-7-8, he was elected to the legislature. In April, 1849, he was appointed by President Taylor, United States Marshal for the District of Indiana, and removed by President Pierce in April, 1853. In 1854, he was again elected to the legislature, and was chairman of the committee of ways and means. He was, in connection with John S. I»[ewman, a financial agent for the completion of the Indiana Central Railroad, and was subsequently president of the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company. In 1859, he was elected clerk of the courts of the county. In 1861, he entered the military service as Colonel of the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of the war. He was appointed Brigadier-General in 1862, and in 1864 brevetted Major-General. In 1866, he was appointed assessor of internal revenue for this congressional district; and, in 1867, surveyorgeneral of Montana territory, which office he held until July, 1869.

Solomon Meredith was married March 17, 1835, to Anna Hannah, who was born in Brownsville, Pa., April 12, 1812. They had four children, three sons and a daughter, Mary, who died in infancy. 1. Samuel H., entered the army in 1861 as a private, and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 19th regiment; was also aid-de-camp on the staff of his father. He was severely wounded in the battle of Gainesville in 1862, and at Gettysburg, in 1863. He never recovered fully from the effects of the first wound. He was furloughed home in January, 18G4, and died on the 22d, at his father's house in Cambridge City, aged 25. 2. David 31., Lieutenant in the 15th U. S. Inf., regular army, in which he served in the war; was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga; and was promoted to captain and to major in the 15th Infantry. lie died at Mobile, April 4, 1867. 3. Henry C, who is a graduate of the state University; enhsted as a minuteman in 1863; was married to Virginia Claypool, of Connersville, and is editor of the Cambridge City Tribune.

Noah W. Miner, a native of jSTorth Ca-rolina, came to what is now Union Co., when young, in 1807. In 1834, he removed to Henry Co., and, in 1840, settled in Dublin. He is by profession a lawyer, and was admitted to practice in 1852. He was the second postmaster in Dublin, being the successor of Samuel Schooltield, and appointed in 1846. He had four sons, three of whom served in the late war. 1. Milton L., who was married to Margaret Hood. (?) He was Captain of the 17th Indiana Battery, and died of sickness in the army. 2. Oliver H., who married Mary Morris, and is not living. 8. WiUiam H., who married Fanny Chambers, of Harpers Ferry, while in the war. 4. John B., married, and resides in Kewanee ; was also in the war.

Aaron Morris settled, in the spring of 1815, 1^ miles southwest from Jacksonburg, on Martindale's creek ; and in December, 1816, moved to a cabin where now Milton is, and cleared twenty acres of Jonathan Justice's land, which was first owned by Jacob Williams. In the fall of 1822, he bought a quarter section on the line of the Twelve xMile Purchase, 1 mile southwest from Cambridge, the principal part of the farm on the new Purchase, where he resided until the death of his wife in 1839. It passed to Josiah Bell and Eli Henby, and is occupied by the latter. Aaron Morris died many years ago. His children were: 1. John, who married Sarah, daughter of John Bell. Himself, his wife, and two daughters, died within the space of one month, in October and iS'ovember, 1854. 2. Samuel, who married Sarali, daughter of Abraham Symons in 1827, and settled where he now resides, 1 mile south-west from Cambridge. His children were, Cyrus, who died at 14; Jasou, who married liuth Mills, and resides near Greensboro' ; Lydia, who died in infancy; Mary, residing at home; Jason, in Henry Co. ; Charles, who married Mary Jane Diven, of Cambridge City, and resides on the farm with his father. . The wife of Samuel Morris died in the summer of 1871. 3, 4. Thomas and JEli, younger sons of Aaron JNIorris, reside on the farm of their

Ferris, who settled 1 mile west from Milton, and died in 1866. Their children are, "William, who is married, and lives at Dory, Wabash Co.; Joseph, who married Deborah Atwell, and lives in Milton ; Edith, who married Jordan, son of Silas Hiatt, and lives in Fayette Co., a few miles west from Milton.

Dr. John W. Smith, son of Benjamin Smith, was born in Wayne township, and removed with his father, in 1824, to Jackson, ^ mile north of Dublin. He commenced practice as a physician, at Dalton, in 1836; practiced at Dublin from 1849 till 1855 ; since in Wabash county, and in Peru, Miami Co. ; and returned in 1868 to Dublin. He was married to Abigail Misner, by whom he had three sons; all of whom. and himself served in the late war. Dr. Smith was a surgeon of the 155th liegiment. Amos C, his eldest son, served 4 years and 4 months; James D., to the end of the war; both wounded. Oliver C, the youngest, served 4 months.

John Boyd, son of Samuel Boyd, Sen., settled, in 1812, on Green's Fork, two miles east of the p)resent town of Jacksonburg. He married, in 1819, Susan Scott, daughter of Alexander Scott, and is the father of thirteen children : Samuel S., Sarah A., Xelson, Cynthia, who died in infancy ; AVilliam A., who, as Major of the 84th Indiana volunteers, was killed in the late war, at Tunnel Hill, Georgia ; Eliza J., John F., James W., Joseph L., a private soldier in tlie 57th Indiana volunteers, wdio died soon after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, from exposure in the lield ; Oliver C, Mary, Martha, and Susan ; all of whom were married, exce[)t Oliver C, who still resides with his parents. In 1857, John Boyd sold his farm and removed to Dublin, where he and his wife now reside, aged, respectively, 82 and 71 years. Four of his sons and two sons-in-law enlisted in the Union army during the late war ; and three of the number, two sons and one son-in-law, laid down their lives in defense of their country.

William B. Enyeart was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1820, and came to Cambridge City in 1847, about the time of the completion of the Whitewater Valley Canal. He was one of the firm of Port & Enyeart elsewhere mentioned as having established the wholesale ^grocery trade. [Page 249.] He has until recently resided at that place, where he was for many years actively engaged in several kinds of business, mercantile and manufacturing. He served with credit as a soldier in the war with Mexico. He was married, in 1850, to Elvina, a daughter of Wm. Port. Mrs. E. and an infant son both died in 1851 ; and in 1853, he married Mary Jane, also a daughter of Wm. Port. This wife died March 25, 1869, leaving three children, William, Thomas, and Sarah F. Mr. Enyeart married, January 22, 1871, for his third' wife, Mrs. Martha Webbert, a daughter of Emsley Hoover, and relict of John Webbert, of Jacksonburg, where E. now resides, and is engaged in farming, stock raising, and the real estate business. He occupies a prominent position in the Masonic order, and has taken an active part in getting up the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association.

Isaac Vohe, from Harford county, Md., settled in the woods 3| miles north-east from Richmond, on Middle Fork, on the farm now owned by Clarkson Strawbridge. In 1830, he removed to Richmond; and in 1846 to Dublin, wdiere he died in 1862, aged about 79 years. He had eight children, four born in Maryland, and four in Wayne county. The four younger ones died of putrid sore throat in the fall of 1830 A daughter died some years later. There are now living one son, Jacob, for many years a merchant and farmer at Dublin ; Ruth, wife of Solomon Horney, of Richmond ; and Eliza, wife of Solomon Gause, in Waynesville, Warren county, Ohio.

Source changes here: from Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond Indiana, by Hon. Henry Clay Fox, published 1912; 135 words in this source stream.

Jackson Township

Jackson township was one of the original townships which was organized after Indiana became a State and was formed in February, 1817. The township lies on the west side of the county, and within its limits are located Cambridge City, Dublin, and

Germantown. The earliest settlement within the limits of the township was made, probably about 1809, by John Shortridge, from Kentucky. William G. Reynolds, from Ohio, and Isaiah Drury came in 1811. In the west part of the township many of the settlers came from North Carolina. Germantown was originally platted in 1827 and was then named Georgetown. Vandalia, a town not now in existence, was laid out in 1824. Dublin was laid out by Harmon Davis in 1830. A female seminary was started in 1835 and the Dublin Academy was established in 1837.