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PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA
History & Genealogy

Parke County, Indiana
Centennial Memorial
Published under the auspices of
The Rockville Chautauqua Association.
1916

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PLEASE NOTE:  The copy of this volume is very hard to read.  I will do the best I can here and make corrections as I find them. ~ Sharon Wick.

OUTLINE MAP OF PARKE COUNTY  
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PARKE COUNTY 3
 - Picture of William Henry Harrison
 - Picture of Z. Taylor
 - The Ten O'clock Line - Tecumseh and the Prophet		  
 - Picture of Tecumseh
 - Picture of The Prophet
 THE TIPPECANOE CAMPAIGN and BATTLE		 4
 - Picture of Fort Harrison
 SECOND ARMY OF PARKE COUNTY		 5
BENJAMIN PARKE
 - Picture of Benjamin Parke		 6
THE PIONEER PERIOD
 - Picture of Chauncy Rose
 - First Settlers in Parke County		 7
ORGANIZATION OF PARKE COUNTY
 - County Boundaries, Township and Range Lines
 - Townships		 8
THE POLITICAL PERIOD
 - Clerk		 9
 - Picture of Jesse R?. McCoy
 - Sheriff
 - Picture of Dr. William R. Noel?
 - Recorder
 - Auditor
 - John H. Tate
 - Treasurer
 - Pictures of Moses T. Kelley
 - County Surveyor
 - County Commissioners
 - Picture of James A. Allen		 10
 - Parke County Courts
 - President Judges
 - Circuit Judges
 - Prosecuting Attorneys
EARLY CHURCHES OF PARKE COUNTY
 - Picture of Rev. Samuel _ M'Nutt		 11
 - THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
 - Picture of Rev. Wm. _ Allen
 - Picture of John Hawks
 - Picture of Memorial Presbyterian Church
 - Picture of Elder Jas. H. Humphreys
 - Picture of Elder Joseph C. Buchanan		 12
 - METHODIST CHURCH
 - Picture of Methodist Episcopal Church
 - Picture of Rev. W. P. Cummings
 - Andrew Linebarger		 13
 - THE BAPTIST CHURCH
 - Picture of Rev. A. H. Dooley
 - THE FRIENDS CHURCH		 14
 - Picture of Cornelius Morris
 - Picture of Friends' Grove, Bloomingdale
 - UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH
 - THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH		 15
 - CATHOLIC CHURCH
 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PARKE COUNTY		 16
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 17
 - Picture of Old Parke County Court House
 - Bridge Spanning Little Raccoon Creek, East of Rockville		 18
 - THE NEW COURT HOUSE
 - Picture of The New Court House		 19
 - Picture of George W._____
 - Picture of Jail and Sheriff's Residence
RIVER, CANAL and RAILROADS
 - The Canal
 - Railroads		 20
 - Picture of "Bony" Lyon
 - Picture of James Henry Strouse		 21
 - Picture of James W. Beadle, Esq.
BUSINESS BEGINNINGS
 - Picture of A Glimpse Linking Southeast From Roof of Harris Building in 1869?		 22
 - Picture of Robert M'Ewen
 - Picture of David W. Stark
 - Picture of Levi Bidwell		 23
 - Picture of Birdseye View from Roof of Harris B? ___ Looking, Northwest in 1867
 - Picture of J. M. Nichols
 - Picture of Samuel S_____
 - Picture of Jacob Sihouse?
 - Picture of E. L. M'Cune		 24
 - Picture of The National Bank Building, Destroyed by Fire November, 10, 1906?
 - Picture of F. S. Whipple		 25
 - Picture of D. W. Stark?
 - Picture of W. _. D___?
 - Picture of A. _ M'Murtry
 - Picture of William H. Harding 		26
 - Picture of John L. Noel
 - MONTEZUMA
 - Picture of An Up-To-Date Store in 1870 - East Side Square		 27
 - WABASH TOWNSHIP
 - FLORIDA TOWNSHIP
 - Rosedale's First Business Man
 - RADCOON TOWNSHIP
 - Picture of The Mansfield Mill		 28
 - UNION TOWNSHIP
 - GREENE TOWNSHIP
 - SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP
 - PENN TOWNSHIP
 - Picture of ____land Mill		 29
DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES 30
 - Picture of Reuben Kendall 31
 - Picture of Isaac M'Faddin
 - Picture of James S. ___ers		 32
 - ANNAPOLIS and its ART___IES
 - Picture of Solon Ferguson		 33
 - The Coffin Foundry 34
STEAM MILLS and STEAM SAW MILLS
 - Saw Mills
 - Picture of Johnson S. White		 35
 - Picture of Solon Ferguson & Sons' Mill from a Photograph taken Twenty Years ago."
 - Stone and Clay
 - Picture of Norval Hamilton
 - Our Greater Industries		 36
COAL MINES AND COAL MINERS
  - The Sand Creek Coal Field		 37
 - The Parke County Coal Company
 - Picture of Joseph Martin
 - The Roseville or Coxville Mines		 38
 - The Caseyville Field
 - The Lyford Field (Mentions Mrs. Aquila Laverty)		 39
COUNTY and TOWNSHIP NEWSPAPERS
 - Picture of John S. ___e		 40
 - Picture of "_ev_" S____
HIGHLY BRED STOCK and AGRICULTURAL FAIRS
    - by Shelby C. Puett
 - Picture of Wm. P. Swaim and Nancy _ Swaim, his wife
 - Agricultural Fairs and Race Tracks		 41
PARKE COUNTY in the WAR for the UNION
   - By David Strouse
 - Picture of Capt. Joshua _ Hayes
 - Picture of Lieut. John W. Oakes
 - 21st Regiment Heavy Artillery
 - 31st Regiment 		42
 - 43rd Regiment
 - 9th Battery, Light Artillery
 - 18th Indiana Regiment
 - 85th Regiment
 - Picture of General William _. H. Beadle		 43
 - Picture of Henry Clay Thompson
 - 71st Regiment, 6th Cavalry
 - 115th Regiment, Six Months
 - 126th Regiment, 11th Cavalry
 - 133d Regiment		 44
 - 137th Regiment
 - Picture of Col. Wm. D. Mull
 - 119th Regiment, Infantry
 - Picture of Edmund P. Beadle
 - 		45
THE DEAD of the PARKE BRIGADE
   - By Ared F. White		 46
SOLDIERS WHO DIED in the SERVICE
 - Eighteenth Indiana Regiment
 - Twenty-First Indiana
 - Thirty-First Indiana
 - Thirty-Fifth Indiana
 - Forty-Third Indiana
 - Fifty-Seventh Indiana
 - Seventy-First Indiana		 47
 - Eighty-Fifth Indiana 
 - One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana
 - Ninth Indiana Battery
 - Eleventh Indiana Cavalry
 - One Hundred and Thirty-Third
 - One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Indiana
 - One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Indiana
 - Eleventh Indiana Cavalry
 - Eight Indiana Battery
 - Forty-First Indiana
 - First Michigan Sharpshooters		 48
PARK COUNTY'S PUBLIC MEN
 - Tilghman A. Howard - w/portrait		 49
 - Joseph A. Wright - w/portrait 50
 - John G. Davis - w/portrait 51
 - Edward McGaughey
 - William P. Bryant - w/portrait
 - George Kirkpatrick Steele - w/portrait		 52
 - Austin M. Puett
 - Barnabas C. Hobbs - w/portrait
  - Portrait of Rebecca Hobbs, wife of Barnabas Hobbs		 53
 - Samuel F. Maxwell - w/portrait
 - David G. Maxwell - w/portrait
 - Harrison J. Rice - w/portrait		 54
 - Thomas N. Rice - w/portrait
 - James T. Johnston - w/portrait
 - Frank M. Howard - w/portrait		 55
 - John H. Beadle - w/portrait
 - John T. Campbell - w/portrait		 56
 - Samuel D. Puett - w/portrait
 - Samuel J. Catlin - w/portrait		 57
 - Ared F. White - w/portrait
 - Albert M. Adams
 - Rev. William P. Cummings
 - Samuel T. Ensey		 58
 - Henry Savens
 - John J. Meacham
 - Portrait of William P. Cummings		 59
WOMEN WHO WERE WELL KNOWN
  - Mrs. Mary Harlan
 - Portrait of Mary and Silas Harlan
 - Martha Maxwell Howard - w/portrait		 60
 - Mrs. Carolina Cannon - w/portrait
 - Picture of House Which Was Once the Home of Mrs. Cannon
 - Picture of Sugar Creek
 - Mrs. Elizabeth McCoy		 61
 - Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin - w/portrait
 - Portrait of Elizabeth M'Coy
 - Mattie Curl Dennis - w/portrait 		62
 - Sarah Catherine White - w/portrait 63
PARKE COUNTY MEDICAL PROFESSION
   By W. H. Gillum, M. D.
 - Portrait of J. A. Goldsberry		 64
 - Parke County Medical Society
 - Portrait of Dr. Horace Cannon
 - Portrait of Dr. George P. Ealy
 - Portrait of Dr. Marion Goss 		65
 - Parke County Writers 66
POLITICS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
 - Portrait of O. P. Davis		 67
 - Parade of October 3, 1896, Passing Along North Side of Square 69
 - OFFICERS OF PARKE COUNTY to 1916 75
THE COUNTY SEAT
 - Picture of North Side Square in 1914		 76
 - Rockville Becomes Incorporated
 - Picture of Part of West Side Square in 1896		 77
 - The Railroad Comes
 - Picture of Side Building, Northeast Corner of Square, in 1898
    - NOTE:  Photo is present day of same buildings (2016)		 78
 - Great Union M___ing
 - Picture of Parke State Bank Erected 1872.
      - Parke State Bank - Modern
 - During the War		 79
 - Picture of Rockville National Bank Erected in 1907
      - Old National Bank - Modern		 80
 - Picture of Methodist Episcopal Church
      - Methodist Episcopal Church - Modern Day
 - Building and G__ning		 81
 - Picture of Rockville High School
 - Picture of Residence of F. E. Strouse, Rockville
 - Slowly but Surely		 82
 - Portrait of Henry Hargraves
 - Picture of Residence of J. B. Burks, Rockville		 83
 - Picture of Rockville and Adams Township Public Library
 - Residence of E. H. C. Rohm, Rockville		 84
 - Residence of J. M. Johns, Rockville
 - Residence of H. H. Heller, Rockville		 85
 - Residence of Isaac R. Strouse, Rockville
 - Residence of F. R. Calvert, Rockville		 86
 - Residence of John W. Adams, Rockville
 - Residence of E. S. ____eck, Rockville
 - The Child's Inquiry		 87
 - "_____" - Residence of Rufus Dooley, Rockville
     (located next to back of a church as of 2016)
 - The First Rockville Opera House"
 - Picture of Rockville Opera House
 - The New Opera House		 88
 - Picture of Beechwood Park 89
TRUE STORY of the KILLING of "JOHNNY GREEN" 90
CAMP MEETINGS
MEMORABLE SOLDIERS' REUNION		 91
PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
BASE BALL		 92
 - Golf in Parke County 93
BANDS - OLD and NEW
 - Portrait of John Ohaver		 94
 
THE GREAT SLEIGH CARAVAN 95
TURKEY RUN
  - Picture of: A Scene in Rocky Hollow
 - Picture of: Present Cause Spanning Turkey Run
 - Naming of Turkey Run
     A Story for the Children		 96
TWO SOLDIERS:
 - Portrait of Captain George Harvey
 - Captain Tilghman A. Howard		 97
 - Paradise Lost
 INDIANA TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL		 98
 - Picture of: Residence of Dr. B. C. Peare, Bellmore
     Destroyed by Fire 1915
 - Picture of: Residence of James C. Buchanan, Rockville
 - Picture of Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital
     Administration Building
     Male Ward		 99
PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES
 - James Kerr - w/Portrait
 - Alexander Kirkpatrick
 - Cyrus Goss - w/Portrait		 100
 - James McCord - w/Portrait
 - Portrait of: Margaret Summers M'Cord		 101
 - Portrait of: David and Sarah Johnson
 - Mr. and Mrs. Starling Carver
 - Portrait of: Starling Carver
 - Portrait of: Mrs. Starling Carver
 - Silas A. and Sarah A. Dooley
 - Portrait of: Silas A. Dooley
 - Portrait of: Sarah A. Dooley 		102
 - Greenberry and Louvisa Ward - w/Portrait
 - Samuel Nixon and Catherine Baker - w/Portrait
 - John and Nancy Spencer - w/Portrait
 - Portrait of: Mary Katherine Spencer		 103
 - John C. Hirshrunner - w/Portrait
 - James H. Moore
- John Baker - w/Portrait
 - Perley Pearson - w/Portrait		 104
 - Joseph C. Smith - w/Portrait
 - William Hunt
 - Walter C. Donaldson - w/Portrait
 - Mrs. Mary Harris - w/Portrait
 - Levi D. Laney		 105
 - Portrat of: Levi D. Laney
 - Spotsard Collings - w/Portrait
 - Mary Crowell Justice - w/Portrait
 - Clarissa Minerva Loree - w/Portrait		 106
- Friend Carter Brown - w/Portraits of Friend & Clarissa Brown
 - Portrait of: Samuel H. Johnston
 - William and Milton Robson
 - Portrait of: Milton Robson
 - Alexander Elder		 107
 - James M. Elder
 - Portrait of: Alexander Elder
 - William W. and Susan Marcia Humphreys - w/portraits
 - F. W. Dinwiddie - w/Portrait		 108
 - Alexander Buchanan - w/Portrait
 - George T. Howell - w/ Portrait
 - Harvey Adams - w/ Portraits of Harvey & Eliza A. Adams		 109
 - James E. Morris - w/Portrait
 - O. P. Brown - w/Portraits of O. P. & Mrs. O. P. Brown
 - Mary (Hull) Goodin - w/Portrait
 - Geo. Howell Hansel - w/Portraits of Geo. Howell & Sophronia Martin Hansel
 - John Linebarger		 110
 - John Muir - w/Portrait
 - Zopher Coleman - w/Portrait of Zopher & Telitha Pruett Coleman
 - Samuel Finlely Mitchell - w/Portrait of Rhoda Payne & Samuel Finley Mitchell
 - Solomon B. Garigus - w/Portrait
 - Ezekiel B. White		 110
 - Portrait of Ezekiel B. White
 - Alfred and Rhoda Hadley
 - James Ward and Elizabeth Bright Beadle
EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT PEOPLE
 - ADAMS TOWNSHIP
 - - Johnson Puett
 - - James McEwen
 - - Robert McEwen
 - - Persius E. Harris
 - - David Woodrup Stark
 - - James Allen
 - - 		111
 - - Picture of Residence of John Neft, Adams Township
 - - Picture of Residence of Hugh Airman, Montezuma
 - - Picture of Residence of F. H. Nichols, Rockville
 - - Picture of Residence of James and John Ryan, Adams Township
 - - Picture of Residence of Voorhees Huxford, Florida Township		 112
 - - Picture of Residence of John T. Brown, Florida Township
 - - Picture of Residence of William N. Cox, Bloomingdale
 - - Picture of Residence of Mrs. Mamie Puett & S. F. Max Puett, Rockville
 - - Picture of Residence of George Holden, Rosedale
 - - Picture of Residence of Chrles Russell, Brigeton		 113
 - - Picture of Residence of J. S. McFaddin, Rockville
 - - Scott Noel
 - - Harrison Anderson
 - - Reuben Jacks
 - - Jacob Fisher
 - - Charles W. St_yker
 - - Residence of J. J. Daniels Rockville
 - - Tyler S. Baldwin
 - - Harrison Boyd
 - - Jacob Fisher
- WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP		 113
 - - Picture of Residence of Leoidas? E. Overpeck, Rosedale
 - - Picture of Residence of C. M. Aydelott, Rockville
 - - Picture of Residence of Asylum, Elbridge Boyo, Superintendent
 - - Picture of Residence of William H. Chapman, Penn Township
 - - Picture of Residence of Isaac N. Ott, Adams Township 		114
 - - Wm. Barnes
 - - Eli and America Clark
 - - John S. McMurphy
 - - John Overman
 - - Samuel A. McCampbell
 - - John D. Huey
 - - Picture of Residence of Wm. Rawlings, Marshall
 - - Joshua and Rachel Enole?
 - - George A. and Thomas M. Buchanan
 - SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP
 - - Felix Barker
 - - Daniel Heath
 - - John W. and Elizabeth Roach
 - - William and Margaret Rat___ek
 - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
 - - Rev. David Shirk
 - - John Richmond
 - - James Marks
 - - Isaac Hobson 		115
 - - Picture of Residence of H. H. Hunt, Rosedale
 - - Picture of Residence of Henry Allbright, Rosedale
 - - Picture of Residence of Samuel Coble, Rockville
 - - Picture of Residence of Russ Lee, Bellmore
 - - Picture of Residence of Dr. A. Martin, Bellmore		 116
 - RESERVE TOWNSHIP
 - - Colonel Erastus M. Benson
 - - Edward G. Wilson
 - - Dr. James C. Hill
 - - Rev. Thomas Griffith
 - - Joseph Burns
 - - Minor T. Davis
 - - Wickliffe and Septimus Vanlandingham
 - WABASH TOWNSHIP
 - - William Dixon
 - - Picture of Residence of Mrs. F. S. Di__s,  -   
 - MONTEZUMA
 - - Azariah D. Brown
 - - Aquila Puntenney
 - - Thomas J. Uselman
 - - James L. Brockway
 - - James Patterson
 - - Aquila Justus
 - - Aquila Laverty
 - FLORIDA TOWNSHIP
- - Judge Joseph Walker 
- - Seda H. Case
- - John Boatman
- - Benjamin Dailey		 117
 - - Picture of Residence of Edward H. Crooks, Adams Township
 - - Picture of "Longview," Home of L. Edgar Adams, Adams Township
 - - Picture of Residence of William Flock, Penn Township
 - - Picture of Residence of Charles Dailey, Flordia
 - - Picture of Residence of Jacob Gillian, Bloomingdale		 118
 - - Jesse R. Youmans
 - RACCOON TOWNSHIP
 - - John Calvin Gilkeson
 - - Tobias Miller
 - - John B. Miller
 - - Robert Mitchell
 - - Thomas K. Sevibold?
 - - Picture of Residence of J. _. Johns, Raccoon Township
 - - Gideon Crooks
 - - Rev. Ira Mater
 - - John John
 - JACKSON TOWNSHIP
 - - Picture of William Hatfield, Jackson Township
 - - Abagail Garrigus		 119
 - - Picture of Residence of Daniel M. Swaim, Union Township
 - - Picture of Residence of John Tolin, Rockville
 - - Picture of Residence of C. E. Lambert, Rockville
     (Modern day Photo - 2016)
 - - Picture of Residence of Benjamin F. Sellers, Raccoon Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of W. R. Pence, Catlin		 120
 - - Samuel Wolverton
 - - Jarvis Davis
 - - William Kemper
 - - Michael Pruett
 - UNION TOWNSHIP
 - - John Martin
 - - Thomas Wolevrton
 - - John Noble
 - - John Collings
 - GREENE TOWNSHIP
 - - James F. Payton
 - - James H. Jack
 - - Samuel R. Hamilton
 - - Martin L. Dooley
 - - Thomas Burnside
 - - Thomas J. Hanna
 - - William J. Collings
 - PENN TOWNSHIP
 - - Perley Mitchell
 - - Andrew Tenbrook
 - - Nathaniel Newlin
 - - Charles Overman
 - - Zachariah Morris
 - - Enoch Morrison
 - - Mahlon Reynolds
 - - Dr. James P. Tucker
 - - Hon. Robert Kelley 		121
 - PARK COUNTY HOMES 1916
 - - Picture of Residence of Levi Linebarger, Reserve Twp 
     (Portrait and obituary added by S. Wick)
 - - Picture of "The Pines", Home of A. Edgar M'Cord, Adams Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of Miss Mattie Brown, Reserve Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of Ellsworth Phillips, Greene Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of "Allendale," Home of W. B. Collings, Adams Twp.		 122
 - - Carter, John Newlin
 - - Glasson, Ira
 - HOWARD TOWNSHIP -
 - - Andrew J. Myers
 - - Urial C. Delp
 - - Howard Clore
 - - William Bilbo
 CLARK COUNTY PEOPLE
 - - William M. Akin
 - - Robert Kelly
 - - John E. Woodard
 - - George W. Hobson
 - - John Marshall
 - - Daniel Thomas
 - - John R. Miller
 - - Dr. Ira G. Gillum
 - - George E. Hanna
 - - William Knowles
 - - John H. Landley
 - - George B. Chapman
 - - Zimri D. Maris
 - PARKE'S PEOPLE WAY FROM HOME
 - - James Harlan
 - - George E. Howks
 - - James R. Hallowell
 - - Hiram E. Hadley
 - - Horace G. Hust?
 - - Joseph G. Cannon
 - - John E. Humphreys
 - - Harlow Lindley
 - - William H. Dodds
 - - Theron E. McCampbell
 - - John F. Meacham
 - - John F. Enole
 - - Robert L. Kelly
 - - Colfax and Edward Dinwiddie
 - - Washington T. Engle
 - - William H. Elson
 - - John C. Brush
 - - Edward Daniels		 123
 - PARK COUNTY HOMES - 1916
 - - Picture of Residence of William H. Craig, Rockville
 - - Picture of Residence of Jesse, A. U., and John Strong, Greene Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of Sena Case, Raccoon Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of C. J. Cassidy, Bellmore
 - - Picture of Residence of E. O. Ha_nes, Ner Jessup		 124
 - - Dick Miller
 - - William H. Slavens?
 - - Mordecai Brown
 - - Howard Sandison
 - - Alexander McCune
 - - Lin? H. Hadley
 - - John B. Dowd
 - - William G. Coffin
 - NATIVES OF PARKE CO., OVER 75 NOW LIVING
 - - Mrs. Mary Carmichael Stout
 - - John T. Brown
 - - Henry Jeffries
 - - Nancy Mann
 - - Mary E. Harlan Brown
 - - W. P. Stout
 - - Mrs. Eliza Busse Nevins
 - - Erastus Nevins
 - - Mrs. Amanda Woody
 - - Mrs. Martha E. McMillin
 - - Mrs. Nancy Webster
 - - Charles Daily
 - - Solomon _ Woodard
 - - Emily E. Swaim
 - - Martha H. Nichols
 - - Charles W. Sappenfield
 - - Elizabeth Pithond Nickell
 - - Jesse Strong
 - - George Hoots? Linbarger
 - - John McMurtry
 - - Martha Megill Connelly
 - - Mrs. Margaret J. Nye
 - - Mary Seybold
 - - Maria L. Chow
 - - William N. Barford
 - - Jesse B. Connelly
 - - Thomas H. Overpeck
 - - James H.? Baker
 - - Milton Robinson
 - - Abel Mitchell
 - - Dempsey Seybold
 - - Isaac N. Kalley
 - - Caroline Kelley
 - - James H. Kerr		 125
THE ROCKVILLE CHAUTAUQUA
     By Maurice Murphy
 - - Picture of Scene at the Rockville Chautauuuqua		 126
 - - Picture of From a Picture Printed in the New York Times
 - REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
 - - Picture of Residence of Ora A. Jeffries, Greene Twp.		 127
 - COVER PAGE
 - - Picture of Residence of Marvin _. Case, Florida Twp.
 - - Picture of Residence of E. P. Beadle, Rockville
 - CONCLUSION
 - - Picture of Residence of Dr. C. C.Morris, Rockville		 128
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