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LAWRENCE COUNTY,
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HISTORY & GENEALOGY

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:

PART I.
HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.

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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.  
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.  
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.  
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.  
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
   
 
CHAPTER VI.  
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.  
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.  
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.  
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
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.  
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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