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INDIANA GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Welcome to
POSEY COUNTY,
INDIANA
HISTORY &
GENEALOGY |
History of Posey County, Indiana
by John C. Leffel, Editor
-Illustrated-
Publ. Standard Publishing Company
Chicago
1913
CONTENTS:
| CHAPTER I. - |
ABORIGINES |
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- The Mound Builders
- Indian Tribes
- Explorers
- Missionaries
- Indian Troubles
- Wars and Territories
- Battle of Tippecanoe and Other Battles
- Extinguishing Indian Titles
- Exodus of the Indian |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY |
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- Drainage
- Soil
- Strata
- Fossils
- Minerals
- Eminent Scientists
- Early Headquarters at New Harmony
- Geological Survey
- Archaeology
- Relics of Pre-historic Races
- Analysis of Water and Soil
- Natural Resources |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
EARLY SETTLEMENTS |
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- Customes and Hardships of the
Pioneer
- Early Day Defenses
- Incidents of Pioneer Life
- Settlement of Posey County
- First Land Entries
- Early Homesteaders
- First Mill
- Flatboating
- Runaway Slaves
- Primitive Justice |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY |
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- Location of County Seat
- Early Courts
- Elections
- County Officers
- Changing County Seat
- Selling Town Lots
- Location of Present County Seat
- Early County Government
- Changes Under New Constitution |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
ESTABLISHMENT OF TOWNSHIPS |
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- Appointment of Officers
- First Elections
- Early Settlements
- Land Entries
- Primitive Occupations
- First Grist Mills
- Distilleries
- Cotton Gins
- Tanneries
- Origin of "Hoop Pole Township" |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
FOUNDING OF CITIES AND TOWNS |
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- Early Settlements
- Pioneer Merchants
- Municipal Organizations
- Early Officers
- Libraries
- Parks
- Other Institutions and Improvements
- Original Plats
- Incorporation of Towns
- Fist Councils
- Rappites
- Cholera Epidemic |
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| CHAPTER VII. - |
PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
CHURCHES |
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| CHAPTER IX. - |
THE BENCH AND BAR |
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| CHAPTER X. - |
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION |
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| CHAPTER XI. - |
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE |
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| CHAPTER XII. - |
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - |
MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - |
BANKS AND BANKING |
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| CHAPTER XV. - |
NEWSPAPERS |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - |
MILITARY HISTORY |
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- Posey County in the Wars of the
Nation
- Indian Wars
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- War of 1812
- Mexican War
- Civil War
- Posey County Organizations and Officers
- Campaigns
- Spanish American War |
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ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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John C. Leffel |
Frontispiece |
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Court House |
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County Jail |
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County Infirmary |
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Sherburne Park |
86 |
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Alexandrian Library |
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Rappite Rooming House |
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Workingmen's Institute |
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Owen-Maclure-Corbin Home |
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Mt. Vernon High School |
122 |
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Public School, New Harmony |
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Rappite Church |
134 |
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City Hall, Mt. Vernon |
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Central School, Mt. Vernon |
188 |
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G. V. Menzies |
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Moeller, J. H. |
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L. J. Wilkinson |
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First Christian Church |
305 |
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John Corbin |
336 |
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Martin Golden |
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| Alcorn, David C. |
291 |
| Alldredge, Alonzo J. |
379 |
| Alldredge, John S. |
380 |
| Arburn, Charles |
351 |
| Barker, Daniel O. |
233 |
| Barker, Roscoe U. |
234 |
| Barter, Julius C. |
222 |
| Becker, Jacob |
356 |
| Bennett, william D. |
271 |
| Vender, Valentine |
205 |
| Benthal, S. |
397 |
| Bixler, Enoch B. |
278 |
| Boren, William O. |
308 |
| Brinkman, Henry |
315 |
| Brown, Henry |
302 |
| Cale, James |
292 |
| Cale, Oscar |
293 |
| Cale, Ellison |
298 |
| Calert, Henry T. |
288 |
| Carroll, Samuel |
325 |
| Carson, Walter G. |
393 |
| Cartwright, Vincent M. |
250 |
| Causey, Joseph M. |
248 |
| Cleveland, Arthy M. |
309 |
| Cleveland, Lewis W. |
309 |
| Corbin, Lewis |
336 |
| Cox, Clarence |
363 |
| Curtis, George William |
220 |
| Curtis, George William, Sr. |
219 |
| Dausman, Charles |
326 |
| De Fur, Kelly |
245 |
| Deig, John A. |
266 |
| Deig, Frank |
348 |
| Dieg, John W. |
335 |
| Dixon, John O. |
349 |
| Donner, Henry |
321 |
| Downen, Timothy S. |
320 |
| Edson, William P. |
242 |
| Ehrhardt, George J. |
333 |
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