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DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA
HISTORY & GENEALOGY

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Source:
HISTORY
of
DEARBORN AND OHIO COUNTIES,
INDIANA
From their Earliest Settlement
Containing
The History of the Counties; Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages,
Schools, and Churches; Reminiscences, Extracts, Etc.' Loal
Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent
Men; Biographies, Preliminary Chapters on the
History of the North-West Territory, the
State of Indiana, and the Indians..
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Published
Chicago:
F. E. Weakley & Co., Publishers.
1885.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS.
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CHAPTER I. The Northwest Territory 19
 - Indiana a Part of the Northwest Territory - 19
 - Title of Virginia to the Region Northwest of the Ohio - 19
 - The French in Indiana - 20
 - Gen. Clark's Conquest of the British Posts - 20
 - Clark's March from Kaskaskia to Vincennes - 22
 - Organization of the Northwest Territory - 22
 - Gen. St. Clair, its First Governor - 23
 - Knox County Organized at Vincennes - 23
 - Gen. G. R. Clark's Expedition against Wabash Indiana - 24
 - Gen. Charles Scott's Expedition - 25
 - Col. James Wilkinson's Expedition - 26
 - Gen. Josiah Harmar's Expedition - 27
 - St. Clair's Defeat - 28
 - Wayne's Victory - 29		  
CHAPTER II. - Indiana Territory. 29
 - Northwest Territory Divided - 29
 - First Boundary of Indiana on the East - 30
 - Indiana Territory - Its Condition in 1800 - 30
 - Clark's Grant - 30
 - Early Land Offices - 31
 - William Henry Harrison, First Governor of Indiana Territory - 31
 - Harrison Negotiates Thirteen Treaties with the Indians - 32
 - Harrison's Compensation as Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 33
 - Tecumseh and the Prophet - 33
 - Apprehension of Indian Hostilities - 34
 - Tecumseh's League of Indian Tribes - 37
 - The Prophet Visits the Governor - 37
 - Harrison Receives Re-enforcements - 37
 - The Battle of Tippecanoe - 38
 - Tecumseh Joins - 39
 - Slavery Question in Indiana Territory - 39
 - Congress Prevents Introduction of Slavery - 40
 - The War of 1812 - 41
 - Forts Wayne and Harrison - 42
 - Gen. Hopkins' Expedition against Wabash Indiana - 42		  
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 - Indiana Admitted into the Union - 43  
 - Progress of the New State - 44  
CHAPTER III - The Indians 45
 - The Indian Tribes of Indiana - 45
 - The Miami Indians - 45
 - Little Turtle Quoted - 46
 - Location of Indian Villages - 46
 - Indian Agriculture - Extensive Cornfields - 47
 - Intellectual and Moral character of the Indians - 48
 - Antoine Gamelin's Journey - 49
 - The Indians Demand the Ohio for their Boundary - 50		  
CHAPTER IV. - Pre-Historic Remains. 52
 - Archaeological works in Southeast Indiana - 52
 - Age of the Mounds - 52
 - Gen. Harrison on the Ancient Work at the  Mouth of the Great Miami - 53
 - Open-air Workshops - 54
 - Ancient Fire-places - 55
 - Archaeological Utensils - 55
 - Pre-historic Trade or Traffic - 56		  
CHAPTER V. - Physical Features 57
 - Similarity of Surface Features of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties - 57
 - Topography - 58
 - Land-making on the Ohio - 58
 - Table of Elevations - 59
 - Stratified Rocks - 59
 - Limestone - 60
 - Lime, Gravel, Salt, Iron - 61
 - Drift - 61
 - Gold-bearing Drift - 62
 - Land-slips and Sink-holes - 63
 - Soils - 63
 - Upland Flats - 63
 - Broken Land and Hillsides - 64
 - Terrace Soils - 64		  


HISTORY OF DEARBORN AND OHIO COUNTIES.
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CHAPTER I. - Lochry's Disastrous Defeat. 65
 - The First Conflict in Indiana Between the White and the Red men - 65
 - Origin and purpose of Col. Lochry's Expedition - 66
 - Lochry's March to Fort at Wheeling - 66
 - Misfortunes of Lochry and his Men - 66
 - Want of Ammunition, Provisions and Forage - 66
 - Slow Sailing down the Ohio - 67
 - Landing on the Indiana Shore - 67
 - Surprise - Defeat - Massacre - 67
 - Lieut. Isaac Anderson's Journal - 68
 - Fate of the Prisoners - 72
 - Proper Orthography of the Name of the Commander - 73
 - List of the Killed and Prisoners - 73		  
CHAPTER II. - Fort Finney 75
 - Fort Finney Erected in 1745 - Its Purpose - 75
 - Congress Proposes a Treaty with the Wabash Indians - 75
 - Building the Fort - 76
 - Isaac Zane - 76
 - Hunting Buffalo - 76
 - Indians Slowly Assemble - 77
 - Thrilling Scene at the Council-house - 77
 - Treaty Signed Jan. 31, 1796 - 78
 - The Treaty Fails in Securing Peace - 78		  
CHAPTER III. - The Miami Purchase 79
 - First Exploration of the Miami Country - 79
 - Christopher Gist - 79
 - Maj. Benjamin Stites - 79
 - First Settlements Between the Miamis - 80
 - Columbia - Cincinnati - North Bend - 80
 - Symmes City, at the Mouth of the Great Miami - 80
 - United States Troops at North Bend - 81
 - United States Troops at North Bend - 81
 - Flat-bottomed Water Craft - 81
 - Judge John Cleves Symmes - 82
 - Failure to Maintain Peace - 83
 - Commencement of the Long Indian War - 84
 - Stations for Defense - 84		  
CHAPTER IV. - Indian Depredations 86
 - Hostility of the Indians Against Kentucky Settlements - 86
 - Attacks on Tanner's Station - 86
 - John Filson - 87
 - Abner Hunt - 87
 - Attack on Dunlap's Station - 87
 - Capture of Young Fuller - 88
 - Murder of De Moss - 88
 - Murder of Benjamin Cox and Thomas Walter - 89
 - True date of this airocity - 91
 - Premiums for Indian Scalps - 91
 - Indian Depredations Checked by Wayne's Victory - 92
 - Indians Continue to Steal Horses - 92		  
CHAPTER V. - Pioneer History 93
 - The Earliest Settlements Attempted Northwest the Ohio - 93
 - Obscure History of Early Settlements - 94
 - Important Dates - 95
 - History of Tanner's Station - 95
 - Major Byrd's Stockade on the Great Miami - 96
 - Settlements of the Hayes and Guard Families - 97
 - Origin of the Name of Negro Island - 98
 - The Story of Benjamin Walker - 98
 - Progress of the Early Settlements - 100
 - Indians at the White Settlements - 101
 - First Sales of Government Lands - 102
 - Early Commercial Intercourse and Prices - 102
 - Pioneer Life - 105
 - Manner of Clearing Land - 105
 - First Dwellings - 106
 - Furniture - 106
 - Lighting the Cabins - 106
 - The Cabin-raising and the Log-rolling - 107
 - Wearing Apparel - 108
 - Horseback Travel and Horse Thieves - 108
 - The Little Copper Distilleries - 108
 - The Primitive Forests - 109
 - Wild Animals - 100
 - Character of the Pioneers - 110
 - The Backwoods Age not a Golden Age - 110 		 
CHAPTER VI - CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS 111
 - Dearborn County Organized - 111
 - Older Counties which included Dearborn - 111
 - Illinois and Botetourt Counties - 112
 - Changes in the Boundaries of Dearborn County - 112
 - First Officers - 113
 - First Courts - 113
 - Character of the Early Courts - 114
 - Division of Dearborn County - 116
 - Wilmington, the County Seat - 116
 - County Seat Relocated and Ohio County Formed - 117
 - Original Boundaries of Ohio County - 117
 - First Officers of Ohio County - 118
 - First Courts of Old Ohio County - 119
 - Dearborn County Buildings - 119
 - First Jail - 119
 - First Court House - 119
 - Second Court House - 119
 - Second Jail - 119
 - Third Court House - 120
 - Third Jail - 120
 - Fourth Jail - 120
 - Fifth Jail - 120
 - Sixth Jail - 120
 - Fourth Court House - 120
 - Laying the Corner-stone of Present Court House - 121
 - Asylum for the Poor - 122
 - Ohio County Buildings - 123
 - Court House - 123
 - First Jail - 234
 - Second Jail - 123
 - Third Jail and Sheriff's Residence - 124
 - Asylum for the Poor - 124		 12
CHAPTER VII. - Internal Improvements 125
 - First Roads - 125
 - Survey of a Road from Vincennes to Cincinnati - 125
 - Route from Cincinnati to Vincennes in 1820 - 125
 - State Roads - 125
 - Stage Coaches - 126
 - Turnpikes - 126
 - Whitewater Valley Canal - 128
 - Railroads - 129
 - Ohio River Navigation - 130
 - Keel-boats - 131
 - Barges Moved by Sails - 131
 - Flat-boat Building 132
 - First Steam-boat Down the Ohio - 132		  
CHAPTER VIII. - Agriculture 133
 - Pioneer Farming - 133
 - Early Farming Implements - 134
 - Harvesting with the Sickle - 135
 - Horses - 136
 - Cattle - 139
 - Swine - 139
 - Principal Crops - 140
 - The Fleeting Barn - 140
 - Jesse Hunt - 140
 - The First Hay Boat on the Ohio - 141
 - The Ohio and Switzerland County Agricultural Society - 143
 - The Dearborn County Agricultural Society - 143
 - The Southeastern Indiana Agricultural Association - 143
 - The Lawrenceburgh Agricultural Association - 144		  
CHAPTER IX. - The Legal Profession 145
 - The Legal Business of the Pioneers - 145
 - The Practice of Law in the Territorial Courts - 146
 - Senator Smith on the Early Lawyers - 146
 - The Early Members of the Dearborn Bar - 147
 - The Dearborn County Bar in 1875 - 148
 - The Ohio County Bar - 148
 - Sketches of Deceased Members of the Profession - 148
 - Gen. James Dill - 441148
 - Jesse R. Thomas - 149
 - Judge Elijah Sparks - 149
 - Horace Bassett - 149
 - Amos Lane - 150
 - Judge Jesse L. Holman - 152
 - James T. Brown - 153
 - George H. Dunn - 153
 - Daniel S. Major - 154
 - Ebenezer Dumont - 155
 - Gen. Benjamin J. Spooner - 156
 - John Schwartz - 157		  
CHAPTER X - The Medical Profession 157
 - Practice of Medicine in Pioneer Times - 157
 - Dr. Daniel Drake Quoted - 158
 - Meteria Medica of the Early Doctors - 158
 - Early Charges for Medical Services - 159
 - District Medical Societies - 160
 - Dr. George Sutton's Review of Epidemics - 161
 - The Cholera of 1833 - 161
 - Malarial Fever of 1838 - 161
 - Epidemic Erysipelas, 1842-43 - 162
 - Epidemic Scarlet Fever, 148 - 162
 - The Cholera in 1849 - 163
 - The Milk Sickness - 164
 - Sketches of Some Deceased Physicians - 165
 - Dr. Jabez Percival - 165
 - Dr. Ezra Ferris - 168
 - Dr. Jeremiah H. rower - 167
 - Dr. David Fisher - 169
 - Dr. Mathias Haines - 170
 - Dr. Henry J. Bowers - 173
 - Dr. Nelson Horatio Torbet - 173
 - Dr. Bazil James - 173
 - Dr. Robert Gillespie - 174
 - Dr. Hugh T. Williams - 174
 - Dr. Myron H. Harding - 174		  
CHAPTER XI. - Journalism 176
 - The Dearborn Gazette - 176
 - The Indiana Oracle - 176
 - The Indiana Palladium - 177
 - The Western Statesman - 177
 - The Political Beacon - 179
 - The Indiana Whig - 180
 - The Democratic Register - 181
 - The Independent Press - 181
 - The Lawrenceburgh Press - 182
 - The Indiana Signal - 182
 - The Dearborn Democrat - 182
 - The Western Republican - 182
 - The Western Commercial - 182
 - The Aurora Standard - 183
 - The Independent Banner - 183
 - The Aurora Commercial - 183
 - The People's Advocate - 183
 - The Dearborn Independent - 183
 - The Aurora Spectator - 183
 - The Rising Sun - 184
 - The Rising Sun Times and Farmer's Journal - 184
 - The Rising Sun Journal - 184
 - The Indiana Patriot - 185
 - The Indiana Blade - 185
 - The Indiana Whig - 186
 - The Rising Sun Herald - 187
 - The Rising Sun Mirror - 187
 - The Hoosier Patriot - 187
 - The Indiana Republican - 187
 - The Neutral Penant - 187
 - The Indiana Weekly Visitor - 187
 - The Hoosier Paper - 188
 - The Observer and Recorder - 189
 - The Ohio County Recorder - 190
 - The Saturday News - 190
 - The Rising Sun Local - 190		  
CHAPTER XII - Ohio River Floods 191
 - Climate of the Ohio Valley - 191
 - Effect of the Removal of Forests on Floods - 191
 - The Flood of 1788-89 - 192
 - An old Memorandum - 192
 - The Flood of 1832 - 192
 - The Flood of 1847 - 194
 - The Flood of 1882 - 194
 - The Flood of 1883 - 196
 - The Flood of 1884 - 197
 - Relief of Sufferers at Lawrenceburgh - 198
 - Table of High Water Marks - 198		  
CHAPTER XIII. - Military History 199
 - Revolutionary Soldiers in Dearborn and Ohio counties - 199
 - Dearborn County in the War of 1812 - 200
 - Names of Soldiers of the War of 1812 - 201
 - The Mexican War - 202
 - The Civil War - 203
 - Dearborn County in the Civil War - 203
 - Company I, Seventy-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry (three months' service ) - 208
 - The Seventy-seventh Regiment (three months' service) - 208
 - Company C, Seventh Regiment (three years' service) - 209
 - The Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry - 210
 - Company C, Eight-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry - 211
 - The Eighty-third Regiment Infantry - 212
 - The Second Battery Light Artillery - 214
 - Company B, fourth Cavalry - 216
 - The Seventy-seventh Regiment - 216
 - The Morgan Raid - 219
 - Unfortunate Occurrence During the Raid - 222
 - Drafts and Bounties - 223
 - Tabular Account of County Expenditures - 224
 - Aid Societies - 224
 - Closing Scenes of the War - 225  		 
CHAPTER XIV - List of Officers 226
 - Territorial Judges of Dearborn County - 226
 - Circuit Judges - 226
 - Common Pleas Judges - 227
 - Associate Judges - 227
 - Probate Judges - 227
 - Members of Territorial Legislature - 227
 - Members of Constitutional Conventions - 228
 - Members of State Legislature - 228
 - Board of Magistrates and County Commissioners - 230
 - Treasurers - 231
 - Clerks - 232
 - Recorders - 232
 - Sheriffs - 233
 - Auditors - 233		  
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 - United States Officers - 233
 - State Officers - 234
 - Ohio County Officers - 234
 - Circuit Judges - 234
 - Common Pleas Judges - 234
 - Associate Judges - 235
 - Probate Judges - 235
 - Sheriffs - 235
 - Recorders - 235
 - Clerks - 236
 - Auditors - 236
 - Treasurers - 236
 - County Commissioners - 236
 - Members of the State Legislature - 237		  
CHAPTER XV. - City of Lawrenceburgh 241
 - Lawrenceburgh Laid out - 241
 - Origin of its Name - 242
 - Capt. Samuel C. Vance - 242
 - Newtown Laid out - 242
 - Edenborough - 243
 - Early History and Progress of Lawrenceburgh - 244
 - Principal Citizens in 1813 - 245
 - The Town Described in 1815 - 245
 - Horse-thief Hanged near Tanner's Creek - 246
 - The Anderson House - 247
 - Lawrenceburgh Sunday-school Society - 247
 - Daniel Brown - 248
 - Celebration of the Fourth of July in 1825 - 249
 - Business Interests in 1826 - 250
 - Lawrenceburgh in 1828 Described - 251
 - The Murder of Palmer Warren - 252
 - Trial, Conviction and Exertion of Amasa Fuller - 254
 - Progress of the City from 1830 to 1840 - 255
 - Independence Day, 1831 - 257
 - Lawrenceburgh a City - 257
 - Growth and Press - 258
 - Odd Fellows' Building - 259
 - Business of the City - 1858-59 - 259
 - Banks - 262
 - Great Fire, July 4 1866 - 264
 - Churches - 265
 - Methodist Episcopal Church - 265
 - Baptist Church - 271
 - First Presbyterian Church - 272
 - Henry Ward Beecher in Lawrenceburgh - 273
 - Catholic Church - 274
 - German Evangelical Zion Church - 274
 - Lutheran St. John's Church - 275
 - German Methodist Episcopal Church - 276
 - Christian Church - 276
 - Trinity Episcopal Church - 277
 - Early Schools - 277
 - Graded Schools - 279
 - High School - 281
 - Leading Manufacturing Interests - 283
 - Gas Works - 297
 - Fire Department - 297
 - Societies - 299
 - Old Landmarks - 301
 - Centennial Fourth of July - 302		  
CHAPTER XVI - City of Aurora - 303
 - Aurora Laid Out - 303
 - Aurora Association for Internal Improvements - 304
 - First Sale of Lots - 305
 - Early History of the Village - 306
 - Reminiscences - 309
 - First Magistrate of Aurora - 811
 - Mayors of the City - 314
 - Telegraph and Telephone - 315
 - Business Exhibit in 1858-59
 - Growth and Progress - 317
 - Great Fire of 1882 - 320
 - Floods - 321
 - Schools - 324
 - Fire Department - 327
 - Churches - 328
 - Baptist Church - 328
 - Methodist Episcopal Church - 331
 - Presbyterian Church - 332
 - St. John's Lutheran Church
 - Catholic Church - 334
 - German reformed Church - 335
 - St. Mark's Episcopal Church - 335
 - Christian Church - 336
 - Leading Manufacturing Interests - 338
 - Grand Opera House - 352
 - Postmasters - 353
 - Societies - 353 		 
CHAPTER XVII - City of Rising Sun 355
 - Location - 355
 - Origin - 356
 - Founders of Rising Sun - 357
 - The Early Village - 358
 - First Merchant - 359
 - Incorporation - 360
 - Independence Day 1834 - 360
 - The Town in 1835 - 36 - 361
 - Main and Front Streets in 1833 - 363
 - Pen Picture of the Town in 1845 - 369
 - Steam-boat Building and Boating - 374
 - Early Postmasters - 376
 - Telegraph - 377
 - Leading Manufacturing Interests - 377
 - National Bank - 382
 - Churches - 382
 - Methodist Episcopal Church - 382
 - Presbyterian Church - 384
 - Christian Church - 385
 - Universalist Church - 386
 - Baptist Church - 386
 - German Reformed Church - 386
 - Shiloh Baptist Church - 387
 - Schools - 387
 - Rising Sun Seminary - 389
 - Graded Schools - 396
 - Great Fire of 1866 - 397
 - Fire of 1885 - 398
 - Cemeteries - 399
 - Societies - 400
 - Rising Sun Insurance Company - 402
 - Flat-boat Insurance - 405
 - Centennial Fourth of July - 407  		 
CHAPTER XVIII - Lawrenceburgh Township 400
 - Boundaries and Organization - 409
 - First Land Sales - 410
 - Pioneers and Pioneer Settlements - 411
 - Incidents of Pioneer Times - 418
 - Antiquities - 420
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 421
 - Mills and Distilleries - 423
 - Hardinsburgh - 424
 - Greendale - 424		  
CHAPTER XIX - Center Township 425
 - Organization and Boundaries - 425
 - First Land Sales - 426
 - Early Settlement - 427
Pioneer Reminiscences - 428
 - "Saw-mill," the Indian - 432
 - Early Religious and Educational Notes - 434
 - Cochran - 434
 - River View Cemetery - 436		  
CHAPTER XX. - Randolph Township 437
 - Boundaries and Organization - 437
 - Land Entries - 437
 - Pioneers and Pioneer Settlements - 439
 - The Fulton's - 440
 - The Brown Family - 445
 - North's Landing - 452
 - Millersburgh - 452
 - Mills and Distilleries - 453
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 454		  
CHAPTER XXI. - Miller Township 456
 - Boundaries and Organization - 456
 - Government Land Sales - 457
 - Pioneer Settlements - 458
 - Notes on the Early Settlers - 461
 - Mills - 463
 - Schools, Churches, Graveyards - 464		  
CHAPTER XXII. - Union Township 467
 - Boundaries and Organizations - 467
 - Original Land Purchases - 467
 - Early Settlements - 468
 - An Indian Story - 470
 - Mills and Distilleries - 471
 - First Schools - 471
 - Churches and Graveyards - 472
 - Mounds - 473
 - Milton - 474
 - Hartford - 476
 - Miscellaneous - 477		  
CHAPTER XXIII - Hogan Township 478
 - Boundaries and Organization - 478
 - Original  Land Sales - 478
 - Early Settlements - 479
 - Notes on the Early Settlers - 482
 - Early Schools and Industries - 484
 - Churches and Graveyards - 485
 - Wilmington - 486 		 
CHAPTER XXIV - Washington Township 489
 - Boundaries and Organization - 489
 - Land Entries - 489
 - Early Settlements - 490
 - Notes on Early Settlers - 491
 - Early Schools - 493
 - Churches and Graveyards - 494		  
CHAPTER XXV. - Clay Township 495
 - Organization and Boundaries - 495
 - First Land Sales - 496
 - Early Settlement - 498
 - Reminiscences of Laughery - 500
 - Mills - 503
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 503
 - Dillsborough - 505		  
CHAPTER XXVI - Cesar Creek Township 507
 - Boundaries and Organization - 507
 - Original Land Sales - 507
 - Pioneer Settlements - 508
 - Notes on First Settlers - 510
 - First Schools - 511
 - Early Mills - 512
 - Churches and Graveyards - 512
 - Farmers' Retreat - 514		  
CHAPTER XXVII. - Pike Township 514
 - Boundaries and Organization - 514
 - First Land Sales - 515
 - Early Settlements - 516
 - Early Industries - 518
 - Churches, Schools and Graveyards - 519
 - Freedom, or Cole's Corners - 521		  
CHAPTER XXVIII. - Harrison Township 522
 - Organization and Boundaries - 522
 - First Land Sales - 522
 - Early Settlements - 523
 - Mills and Distilleries - 523
 - Mills and Distilleries - 527
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 528
 - Harrison - 533
 - Ancient Remains at Harrison - 534		  
CHAPTER XXIX. - Manchester Township 537
 - Boundaries and Organization - 537
 - First Land Sales - 537
 - Early Settlements and Pioneers Merchants - 541
 - Churches, Schools and Graveyards - 549
 - Mills and Other Industries - 552
 - Hamlets - 554		  
CHAPTER XXX. - Sparta Township 556
 - Boundaries and Organization - 556
 - Original Land Sales - 556
 - Early Settlements and Events - 559
 - Industries - 561
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 561
 - Moore's Hill - 564
 - Moore's Hill College - 567		  
CHAPTER XXXI. - York Township 569
 - Boundaries and Organization - 569
 - Government Land Sales - 569
 - Early Settlements - 571
 - Mills - 573
 - Schools Churches and Graveyards - 573
 - Yorkville - 576		  
CHAPTER XXXII. - Kelso Townshp 577
 - Boundaries and Organization - 577
 - Government Land Sales - 577
 - Early Settlement - 579
 - Dover - 579
 - New Alsace - 581
 - St. Leon - 582		  
CHAPTER XXXIII. - Cass Township 584
 - Boundaries and Organization - 584
 - Government Land Sales - 584
 - Pioneer Settlements, Incidents and Traditions - 585
 - Industries - 589
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 589
 - Aberdeen - 591 		 
CHAPTER XXXIV. - Jackson Township 592
 - Boundaries and Organization - 592
 - Early Settlements - 595
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 597
 - Industries - 598
 - Hamlets - 599		  
CHAPTER XXXV. - Logan Township 600
 - Boundaries and Organization - 600
 - Government Land Sales - 600
 - Early Settlers - 602
 - Mills - 602
 - Schools, Churches and Graveyards - 603
 - Logan Cross Roads - 604		  


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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Biographies of Dearborn and Ohio Counties
  Alphabetically Arranged		 606-987
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Biographies out of place:
 - Vincenes Frank - 959
 - John Smith - 986		  


PORTRAITS
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William S. Holman 35
James H. Lane 69
William D. H. Hunter 103
George Sutton 137
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Myron H. Harding 171
John Hornberger facing 296
Shadrach Hathaway facing 355
   


VIEWS
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Lawrenceburgh in the Flood facing 191
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Dearborn County Court House 240

     * In the various Township Histories under the head of Early Settlers, Pioneers or a similar heading appear references to, and short sketches of many of the early residents of the Counties of Dearborn and Ohio not given in this department of the volume.

 


 
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