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Source:
Biographical and Historical Record of
Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United
States from Washington to Cleveland,
with accompanying Biographies of each;
A Condensed History of The State of Indiana;
Portraits and Biographies of some of the Prominent Men of
the State;
Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Adams and Wells
Counties,
with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and
a Concise
History of the Counties and Their Cities and Villages.
Part 1
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company
113 Adams Street , Chicago
1887 -Pt. 1
CONTENTS:
| PRESIDENTS OF
THE UNITED STATES |
|
| George Washington |
9 |
| John Adams |
14 |
| Thomas Jefferson |
20 |
| James Madison |
26 |
| James Monroe |
32 |
| John Quincy Adams |
38 |
| Andrew Jackson |
47 |
| Martin Van Buren |
52 |
| William Henry
Harrison |
56 |
| John Tyler |
60 |
| James K. Polk |
61 |
| Zachary Taylor |
68 |
| Millard Fillmore |
72 |
| Franklin Pierce |
76 |
| James Buchanan |
80 |
| Abraham Lincoln |
84 |
| Andrew Johnson |
93 |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
96 |
| Rutherford B. Hayes |
102 |
| James A. Garfield |
169 |
| Chester A. Arthur |
113 |
| Grover Cleveland |
117 |
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| HISTORY OF
INDIANA. |
|
| Former Occupants |
123 |
| Pre-Historic Races |
123 |
| Explorations by the
Whites |
125 |
| National Policies |
126 |
| Expeditions of
Colonel George R. Clark |
127 |
| Expeditions of St.
Clair and Wayne |
132 |
| Organization of
Indiana Territory |
133 |
| Governor Harrison
and the Indians |
134 |
| Civil Matters |
136 |
| General Review |
136 |
| Organization of the
State |
137 |
| Indiana in the
Mexican War |
138 |
| Indiana in the War
for the Union |
138 |
| Financial |
148 |
| Internal
Improvements |
149 |
| Geology |
150 |
| Agricultural |
151 |
| Educational |
151 |
| Benevolent and
Penal Institutions |
154 |
| PROMINENT MEN OF
INDIANA |
|
| Oliver P. Morton |
161 |
| Thomas A. Hendricks |
165 |
| Schuyler Colfax |
169 |
| James D. Williams |
173 |
| Robert Dale Owen |
177 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX for ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA |
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GENERAL HISTORY. |
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| GENERAL HISTORY |
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| Introductory |
183 |
| Early and Civil
History |
188 |
| Pioneer Life |
201 |
| Political and
Officials |
228 |
| The Civil War |
232 |
| The Press |
242 |
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| GENERAL HISTORY
- Continued - |
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| The Press |
242 |
| Professional |
245 |
| Educational |
247 |
| Miscellaneous |
255 |
| Decatur |
259 |
| Villages |
268 |
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