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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Source:
History of Lawrence, Orange
and Washington Counties, Indiana;
From the Earliest Time to the Present;
Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches,
Reminiscences, Notes, Etc.
Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers
1884
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CONTENTS:
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PART I.
HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. |
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Page |
| CHAPTER I. |
11 |
| - Blind Fishes |
23 |
| - Blue Spring Care |
21 |
| - Chester Formation, The |
13 |
| - Connelly Cave |
21 |
| - Coal-Measures, The |
13 |
| - Connelly Hill |
21 |
| - Donnelson Cave |
23 |
| - Details around Bono |
23 |
| - Dry Cave |
19 |
| - Dunihue Cave |
16 |
| - Details at Springville |
17 |
| - Economic Considerations |
26 |
| - Fossils, The |
14 |
| - Features at Fayetteville |
19 |
| - Formations Around Mitchell |
21 |
| - Geological Section, The |
12 |
| - Grinstaff Cave |
18 |
| - Hamer Cave |
22 |
| - Hematite Deposits, The |
25 |
| - Kolin Mines, The |
24 |
| - Keokuk Beds, The |
14 |
| - Knobstone Shales, The. |
15 |
| - Lime Interests, The |
22 |
| - Mineral Springs |
26 |
| - Measurements at Leesville |
24 |
| - Millstone Grit, The |
13 |
| - Perpendicular Sections |
17 |
| - Strata near Huron |
20 |
| - Surface Features |
11 |
| - St. Louis Limestone, The |
13 |
| - St. Louis Chart Beds, The |
15 |
| - Shiloh Cave |
18 |
| - Spurgeon Hill Fossils, The |
17 |
| - Section of Fort Ritner |
24 |
| - White River Hills, The |
20 |
| CHAPTER II. |
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| INDIANS AND MOUND BUILDERS |
27 |
| - Aboriginal Names |
29 |
| - Battle of Tippecanoe, The |
27 |
| - Cession Treaties, The |
27 |
| - Capture of Guthrie, The |
31 |
| - Connelly Mounds, The |
32 |
| - Contents of the Mounds |
32 |
| - English Land Companies, The |
28 |
| -Flinn Tragedy, The |
31 |
| - Fisherman, The |
33 |
| - Indian Boundary Lines |
28 |
| - Indian Tribes |
28 |
| - Lawrence County Tribes, The |
29 |
| - Mounds, The |
32 |
| - Plankeshaws, The |
29 |
| - Pierre, The Death of |
30 |
| - Prehistoric People |
31 |
| - Palestine Mounds, The |
32 |
| - Rawlinses, The |
30 |
| PART III. |
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| SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY |
34 |
| - Anecdotes |
48 |
| - Avoca |
45 |
| - Blue-Grass Crop, The First |
50 |
| -
BONO TOWNSHIP |
41 |
| - Catalogue of Pioneers |
35 |
| - Counterfeiters |
57 |
| - Carding Mills, etc. |
47 |
| -
DIXONVILLE |
64 |
| - Distilleries |
37 |
| - Elections, Industries, Etc. |
54 |
| - Ferries, The |
61 |
| -
Guthrie-Flinn Settlement, The |
35 |
| - Hamer's Mill |
39 |
| - Hunting Exploits |
40 |
| - Immigration, The Early |
34 |
| - Industrie, etc. |
43 |
| -
INDIAN CREEK TOWNSHIP |
48 |
| - Leesville Settlement, The |
34 |
| - Land Entries, The Early |
41 |
| - Manufactures |
51 |
| -
MARION TOWNSHIP |
37 |
| -
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP |
43 |
| - Merchants |
44 |
| - Names of Settlers |
44 |
| - Other Industries |
40 |
| - Origin of Name |
59 |
| - Officers, Mills, etc. |
59 |
| -
PERRY TOWNSHIP |
46 |
| -
PLEASANT RUN TOWNSHIP |
55 |
| - Patents of Land |
42 |
| - Salt Wells |
52 |
| -
SHAWSWICK TOWNSHIP |
58 |
| - Second Settlement, The |
42 |
| -
SPICE VALLEY TOWNSHIP |
53 |
| - Taverns, Stores, Etc. |
52 |
| - Township Officers |
50 |
| PART IV. |
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| ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY |
64 |
| - Agricultural Socieites, The |
88 |
| - Act of Creation, The |
64 |
| - Auditors |
87 |
| - Asylums, The Poor |
82 |
| - Associate Judges |
87 |
| - Boundary Alterations |
65 |
| - Bedford Court House, The First |
78 |
| - Bedford & Bloomfield Railway |
96 |
| - County Before its Formation, The |
66 |
| - County Board, The |
67 |
| - County Agent, The |
74 |
| - Court House, The Present |
80 |
| - County Commissioners, The |
85 |
| - Clerks |
87 |
| - County Politics |
99 |
| - County Bridges |
97 |
| - County Finances |
93 |
| - Coroners |
88 |
| - Fair, The First |
90 |
| - Finances of the Societies |
91 |
| - Important Proceedings |
69 |
| - Incidents of the Re-location |
73 |
| - Items of Interest |
74 |
| - Jail of 1829, The |
79 |
| - Jail of 1858, The |
79 |
| - Justices of the Peace |
84 |
| - Libraries, The |
81 |
| - Medical Societies, The |
98 |
| - Palestine |
68 |
| - Palestine Court House, The
|
77 |
| - Palestine Jail, The |
78 |
| - Probate Judges |
87 |
| - Population of the County |
96 |
| - Report of the Locating Commissioners |
67 |
| - Report of the County Agent |
69 |
| - Re-location of the County Seat |
70 |
| - Report of the Re-location |
72 |
| - Representatives |
86 |
| - Reorganization of the Society, The |
90 |
| - Recorders |
87 |
| - Railroad Projects |
96 |
| - School Funds, Origin of the
|
83 |
| - Senators |
86 |
| - School Examiners |
86 |
| - Sheriffs |
87 |
| - Surveyors |
88 |
| - Treasurers |
87 |
| CHAPTER V. |
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| BENCH AND BAR |
103 |
| - Attorney, The First Resident |
108 |
| - Attorneys, Professional Character of
|
112 |
| - Arson, The First Case of |
113 |
| - Admission of Practitioners |
116 |
| - Blackwell vs. The Board of Justices |
116 |
| - Circuit Court, The First |
104 |
| - Court at Palestine, The First |
107 |
| - Court Terms, Meaning of |
107 |
| - Care of the Records |
111 |
| - Court Officers |
114 |
| - Character of
Mr. Dunn |
118 |
| - Courts Under the New Constitution |
122 |
| - Court House, Dedication of the
|
124 |
| - Common Pleas Court |
127 |
| - Divorcee Cases |
124 |
| - Eminent Men |
117 |
| - Judges, The First |
103 |
| - Judge
Johnson |
106 |
| - Judge
Wick |
110 |
| - Judge
Ross |
113 |
| - Juries; "Unable to Agree" |
115 |
| - Kress vs.
Fellows |
120 |
| - Lost Records |
106 |
| - Lash, The Sentence of the
|
108 |
| - Larceny Case, The First |
109 |
| - Murder, First Indictment for |
121 |
| - Moody vs. Jones |
124 |
| - Murder of
Carney |
125 |
| - Morrow - Christopher Case, The |
125 |
| - Narrow Gauge Railroad Cases |
126 |
| - Offences, Character of |
105 |
| - Observations |
127 |
| - Phillis, The Slave |
105 |
| - Practitioners, The Court |
121 |
| - Slander Suits |
110 |
| - State vs. Hitchcock, Murder |
123 |
| - State vs. Brannan, Murder |
123 |
| - State vs. Saunders, Murder |
123 |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
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| TOWNS OF THE COUNTY |
128 |
| - Additions to Bedford |
144 |
| - Additions to Mitchell |
156 |
| - Asheries at Bedford |
135 |
| -
BEDFORD, Town of |
131 |
| - Banking Establishments |
141 |
| - Bedford School Bonds |
150 |
| -
BRYANTSVILLE |
169 |
| - Bedford Stone Works |
155 |
| - Bedford During the Thirties |
134 |
| - Bedford, Early Merchants of |
133 |
| - Bedford, First Residentsof
|
132 |
| - Cotton Factory at Bedford |
135 |
| - Decay of Palestine |
131 |
| - Distilleries of Bedford |
134 |
| - Exchange of Lots |
132 |
| -
FAYETTEVILLE |
173 |
| - Finances of Bedford |
146 |
| -
Fort Ritner |
168 |
| - Growth of Palestine |
129 |
| -
HELTONVILLE |
171 |
| - Incorporation of Bedford |
144 |
| - Incorporation of Mitchell |
156 |
| - Incorporation of Palestine |
130 |
| -
LAWRENCEPORT |
165 |
| - Limekilus near Mitchell |
159 |
| -
LEESVILLE |
172 |
| - Lots in Palestine |
130 |
| - Liquor Sales in Bedford |
133 |
| -
MITCHELL |
155 |
| - Merchants of Palestine |
129 |
| - Manufacturers of Bedford, Early |
134 |
| - Merchants of the Forties |
137 |
| - Manufacturers of Palestine |
130 |
| - Merchants of the Fifties |
138 |
| - Manufactures, The Later |
140 |
| - Officers of Bedford |
147 |
| - Press of Bedford, The |
153 |
| - Press of Mitchell, The |
157 |
| - Present Business of Bedford |
139 |
| -
PALESTINE, Town of |
128 |
| - Pork Packing at Bedford |
136 |
| - Petition vs. the Sale of Liquor |
137 |
| - Secret Societies of Bedford |
142 |
| - Secret Societies of Mitchell |
159 |
| - Sale of Lots in Bedford |
132 |
| - Selection of Bedford Site |
131 |
| -
SPRINGVILLE |
169 |
| -
SILVERVILLE |
174 |
| -
Town of BONO |
164 |
| -
Town of HURON |
168 |
| -
TUNNELTON |
167 |
| -
Town of GUTHRIE |
171 |
| -
Town of LIBERTY |
174 |
| - Tanneries at Bedford |
135 |
| - Villages, Several Small |
174 |
| - Woolen Factory |
135 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
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| MILITARY HISTORY |
175 |
| - Barbecues, The Welcoming |
178 |
| - Buena Vista, Battle of |
177 |
| - Bounty and Relief |
195 |
| - Catalogue of Mexican Soldiers |
179 |
| - Draft of October, 1862, The |
189 |
| - Drafts of 1864 and 1865, The |
193 |
| - Eighteenth Regiment, The |
183 |
| - Fort Sumter, Surrender of |
181 |
| - Fifteenth Regiment, The |
182 |
| - Fiftieth Regiment, The |
186 |
| - Fourth Cavalry, The |
187 |
| - Last Call, The |
192 |
| - Lawrence County Legion |
192 |
| - Militia, The |
175 |
| - Mexican War, The |
176 |
| - Miscellaneous Enlistments |
186 |
| - Minute Men, The |
189 |
| - Military Credits, Official |
194 |
| - Men Furnished, Summary of
|
194 |
| - Other Companies |
188 |
| - One Hundred Days' Men, The
|
191 |
| - Public Feeling in 1861 |
181 |
| - Personalia |
195 |
| - Springville Company, The First |
185 |
| - Sixty-seventh Regiment, The |
186 |
| - Six Months' Men, The |
190 |
| - Twenty-first Regiment, The |
183 |
| - Twenty-fourth Regiment, The |
183 |
| - Twenty-seventh Regiment, The |
184 |
| - Thirteenth Cavalry, The |
191 |
| - Utah War, The |
180 |
| - Volunteers, The First |
182 |
| - Volunteers of 1864 |
190 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
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| RELIGIOUS HISTORY |
200 |
| - Bedford Church Buildings |
200 |
| - Baptist Society, Bedford |
205 |
| - Bethlehem Presbyterian Church |
208 |
| - Baptist Church, Mitchell |
211 |
| - Baptist Society, Leesville |
214 |
| - Baptist Church, Springville |
217 |
| - Bono Presbyterian Church |
218 |
| - Christian Society, Bedford |
203 |
| - Christian Ministers, Bedford |
204 |
| - Christian Churches in the County |
205 |
| - German Methodists, Bedford |
206 |
| - Gullett's Creek Church |
214 |
| - Guthrie Creek Baptists |
219 |
| - Guthrie Township Churches |
215 |
| - Heltonville Baptists |
216 |
| - Indian Creek Township Churches |
221 |
| - Leatherwood Christian Church |
209 |
| - Methodists at Bedford, The |
201 |
| - Methodist Church, Mitchell |
210 |
| - Methodists at Lawrenceport |
217 |
| - Mt. Olive Christians |
219 |
| - New Union Christian Church |
219 |
| - Presbyterians at Bedford |
200 |
| - Pleasant Grove Baptists |
220 |
| - Presbyterian Ministers, Bedford |
201 |
| - Pleasant Run Township Churches |
215 |
| - Presbyterian Church, Mitchell |
211 |
| - Pleasant Hill Methodists |
222 |
| - Quaker Churches, The |
217 |
| - St. Vincent Catholics, Bedford |
207 |
| - Salt Creek Baptists |
208 |
| - Spice Valley Baptists |
212 |
| - Shiloh Methodist Church |
221 |
| - Spring Creek Baptists |
214 |
| - Springville Methodist Church |
216 |
| - Sugar Creek Church |
218 |
| - Springville Christians |
217 |
| - White River Union Church |
222 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
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| EDUCATIONAL HISTORY |
223 |
| - Bedford Schools |
231 |
| - County Seminary, The |
231 |
| - Enrollment at Bedford |
236 |
| - Educational Statistics |
225 |
| - Enumeration at Bedford |
237 |
| - Education n Flinn Township |
226 |
| - Graded Schools, Mitchell |
228 |
| - Geological Cabinet, The |
237 |
| - High School, Bedford |
233 |
| - Institutes |
237 |
| - Langdon, the Monk |
223 |
| - Marion Township Schools- |
225 |
| - Mitchell Schools, The |
227 |
| - Mitchell Seminary, The |
227 |
| - Pioneer Schoolhouse, A. |
24 |
| - School, The First |
223 |
| - School, The Second |
223 |
| - School, The Third |
224 |
| - Shawswick Township Schools |
226 |
| - Southern Indiana Normal School |
229 |
| - Select Schools at Bedford |
233 |
| - Teachers of Indian Creek |
224 |
| - Teaching in Pleasant Run |
226 |
| - Trustees of Schools |
234 |
| - Teachers of Bedford |
235 |
| - Zoological Cabinet, The |
237 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES. |
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| BONO TOWNSHIP |
339 |
| FLINN TOWNSHP |
343 |
| GUTHRIE TOWNSHIP |
347 |
| INDIAN CREEK TOWNSHIP |
306 |
| MARSHALL TOWNSHIP |
350 |
| MARION TOWNSHP |
277 |
| PERRY TOWNSHIP |
315 |
| PLEASANT RUN TOWNSHIP |
324 |
| SHAWSWICK TOWNSHIP |
241 |
| SPICE VALLEY TOWNSHIP |
331 |
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