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Randolph County, Indiana
History & Genealogy

Source:
History of
Randolph County, Indiana
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers,
To Which are Appended Maps of its Several Townships.
By E. Tucker
Chicago:
A. L. Kingman,
Lakeside Building
1882

(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
 

PREHISTORIC:  
Chapter I. -
 - General
 - Spanish Explorations
 - Belles" - Antiquities		 11-16
INDIAN HISTORY  
Chapter II. -
 - General
 - Indian Tribes
 - Races
 - Chiefs
 - Miscellaneous
 - Reminiscences
 - Troubles
 - Wars
 - Treaties
 - Reserves
 - Towns
 - Burying Grounds
 - Retrospect
 - Destiny
 - White and Chief
 - Peace Coming
 - Tecumseh's War
 - The End		 16-28
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY  
Chapter III.
 - Location
 - Boundaries
 - Indian Boundaries
 - Counties
 - Second Boundary
 - Kekionga
 - Miscellany
 - Public Lands
 - Meridians and Base Lines
 - Surface
 - Vegetation
 - Animals
 - Drainage
 - Minerals
 - Inland Waters
 - Mississinewa
 - White River
 - Miami
 - Divides
 - Uses of Streams		 28-35
EARLY HISTORY  
Chapter IV. -
 - General
 - Settlement
 - First Things
 - Manner of Life
 - Building
 - Clearing
 - Lands
 - Furniture
 - Food
 - Cooking
 - Work
 - Clothing
 - Money
 - Amusements
 - Religion, etc.		 35-51
ORGANIZATION.  
Chapter V -
 - Counties
 - Preliminary
 - County Seat
 - Official History
 - Public Buildings
 - Townships
 - Roads, etc.		 51-69
RECORDS:  
Chapter VI. -
 - Deeds
 - Apprenticeship
 - Free Papers
 - Abstract of Titles
 - Marriages
 - Circuit Court
 - Commissioner's Board
 - Probate Court		 69-70
REMINISCENCES.  
Chapter VII. -
 - Jesse Parker
 - Celia Arnold
 - Squire Bowen
 - James C. Bowen
 - Silas Johnson
 - Cholera 1849
 - Ira Swain
 - Anna Retz
 - W. M. Botkin
 - John Fisher
 - Jane Fisher
 - Temple and Priscilla Smith
 - E. Cammack
 - William Biggs, Jr.
 - Fanny (Diggs_ Hill
 - F. Frazier
 - Bear Story
 - Bell Making
 - Jere. Smith
 - Clothing
 - Clearing Land
 - Birds and "Varminia"
 - Pigeon Roost
 - Fall Timber, etc.		 79-116
OLD SETTLERS.  
Chapter VIII -
 - Meetings
 - Pioneers
 - Aged People 		116-199
CEMETERIES.  
Chapter IX. - 121-133
COLORED PEOPLE.  
Chapter X. -
 - Settlements
 - Temperance
 - Churches
 - Biography		 133-141
RELIGION:  
 - Baptists
 - Catholics
 - Christians
 - Congregationalists
 - Disciples
 - Friends
 - German Churches
 - Methodists
 - Presbyterians
 - Protestant Methodists
 - Universalists
 - United Brethren
 - Wesleyans
 - Clergymen
 - Spiritualists
 - Holiness Band
 - Y. M. C. A.
 - Biography		 141-175
EDUCATION:  
Chapter XII. -
 - General Association
 - Seminary
 - Union Literary Institute
 - Normal Schools
 - Institutes
 - Teachers' Association
 - Funds
 - Schools
 - Statistics
 - Private Schools
 - Trustees
 - Music
 - Lectures
 - Sunday Schools
 - Libraries
 		 175-189
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES:  
Franklin 465
Green 496
Greensfork 359
Jackson 482
Monroe 504
Nettle Creek 474
Stony Creek 465
Union City 436
Wahl 414
Washington 375
Wayne 421
West River 390
White River 329
Winchester (County Seat) 297

BIOGRAPHICAL
 
Winchester 306-329
White River 333-359
Greensfork 363-374
Washington 378-389
West River 393-405
Franklin 408-414
Ward 417-423
Wayne 427-436
Union City 453-465
Stony Creek 468-474
Nettle Creek 46-482
Jackson 485-495
Green 499-504
Monroe 507-512

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES		  
LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS.  
 - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
 - - Butterworth, Joseph, Residence - facing 410
 - - Coons, J. N., Residence - facing 405		  
 - GREEN TOWNSHIP
 - - Read, Sarah H. C., Residence - facing 497		  
 - GREENSFORK TOWNSHIP
 - - Hill, Levi, Residence - facing 359
 - - Jennings, S. J., Residence - facing 371		  
 - JACKSON TOWNSHIP
 - - Byrum, Lucinda, Residence - facing 173
 - - Clough, E. C., Residence - facing 483
 - - Rickert, George, Residence - facing 173
 - - Shrer, Emily, Residence - facing 494
 - - Trine, Charles, Residence - facing 495		  
 - MONROE TOWNSHIP.
 - - Davis, J. S., Residence - facing 509
 - - Macy, William P., Residence - facing 505
 - - Shaw, R. C., Residence - facing 511		  
 - NETTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP.
 --- Canady, M. L., Residence - facing 479
 --- Franks, H. P., Residence - facing 480
 --- Routh, Isaac, Residence - facing 478
 --- Wood, Isaac, Residence - facing 475		  
 - STONY CREEK TOWNSHIP.
 --- Amburn, Samuel, Residence - facing 467
 --- Merryweather, William, Residence - facing 323
 --- Thornbug, J. J., Residence - facing 473
 --- Wallace, Frances, Residence - facing 472		  
 - WARD TOWNSHIP.
 --- Vorhis, Alexander, Residence - facing 415		  
 - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
 --- Bales, I. N., Residence - facing 386
 --- Hinshaw, Uriah A., Residence - facing 387
 --- Lasley, Jacob, Residence - facing 375
 --- Sheeley, Abraham, Residence - facing 387		  
 - WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
 --- Bowen, E. H., Residence - facing 454
 --- Chenoweth, Celia H., Residence - facing 425
 --- Morris, D. T., Residence - facing 432		  
 - WEST RIVER TOWNSHIP.
 --- Barr, E. M., Residence - facing 454
 --- Botkin, W. M., Residence - facing 402
 --- Haynes, J. G., Residence - facing 400
 --- Jenkins, John, Residence - facing 401
 --- Sheppard, J. J., Residence - facing 403
 --- Stevenson, Charles M., Residence - facing 391
 		  
 - WHITE RIVER TOWNSHIP.
 --- Almonrode, Alex, Residence - facing 307
 --- Bolander, Lewis, Residence - facing 330
 --- Butts, Nathan T., Residence - facing 352
 --- Cox, George, Residence - facing 307
 --- Dremory, W. H., Residence - facing 296
 --- Monks, William, Residence - facing 353
 --- Smith, A. J., Residence - facing 366
 --- Van Pelt, John, Residence - facing 330
 --- Wright, Edward, Mrs. Edward, Residence - facing 331		  
 - WINCHESTER.
 --- Beeson, A. C., Residence - facing 354
 --- Christian Church - facing 146
 --- County Infirmary - between 296-7
 --- County Jail - 297
 --- Court House - 297
 --- Fountain Park Cemetery (double page), view,
                            between 307-7
 --- Fountain Park Cemetery (double page), plat,
                            between 328-9
 --- Guthell, Charles, Residence & Tannery - facing 174
 --- Hirsch, Adam, Block - facing 299
 --- Jaqua, Charles, Dr., Residence - facing 174
 --- Lewis, C. L., Residence - facing 298
 --- Public Schools - facing 175
 --- Randolph County Bank - facing 146
 --- Richardson, John, Residence - facing 298
 --- Stone, Gen. A., Residence (double page)
                        between 298-9
 --- Stakbake, Andrew J., Residence - 305
 --- Winchester Wagon Works - facing 314		  
 - UNION CITY.
 --- Cadwallader, Nathan, Residence - facing 454
 --- Commons, William - 464
 --- Fisher, R. S. - betw 462-3
 --- Knapp, Alex A. - betw 462-3
 --- Masslich, Bentley - facing 465
 --- Reeves, J. L. - facing 463
 --- Patchell, G. W. - 462
 --- Smith, W. K.  - 461
 --- Stone, W. D. - 455
 --- Worthington, W. T. - 464		  

MAPS:		  
 - Franklin Township - facing 404?
 - Jackson Township - facing 482
 - Green Township - facing 496
 - Greensfork Townshp - facing 358
 - Monroe Township - facing 504
 - Nettle Creek Township - facing 474
 - Randolph County (outline map) - Page 9
 - Stony Creek Township - facing 466
 - Ward Township - facing 414
 - Washington Township - facing 374
 - Wayne Township - facing 421
 - West River - facing 399
 - White River Township - betw. 330-31
 - Winchester -
 - Union City (Ind) - facing 433		  

 


PORTRAITS
Aker, Andrew, Hon. facing 355
Aker, Andrew, Mrs. facing 355
Bales, I. N. and Wife facing 386
Barr, E. M. and wife facing 396
Beeson, A. C. facing 354
Berry, J. S., M. D. facing 370
Blair, James S. facing 369
Boltz, B. F. betw. 214-15
Bonsman, C. and wife facing 369
Bowen, E. L. facing 368
Bowen, Squire facing 368
Branham, S. and wife facing 437
Bransom, Joseph B. facing 510
Browne, Thomas M., Gen. facing 58
Butler, E. H. facing 215
Carter, Samuel L. and wife facing 460
Cheney, John J. facing 218
Chenoweth, J. T., M. D. facing 308
Chenoweth, A. J. and wife facing 425
Clough, E. C. and wife facing 483
Colgrovve, Silas, Gen. facing 238
Commons, John and wife facing 219
Converse, J. N. facing 74
Cotton, James facing 67
Daly, W. A. W. facing 250
Demory, W. H. and wife facing 296
Diggs, Mark betw. 480-81
Diggs, Susannah betw. 280-81
Diggs, John W. facing 328
Edger, Edward facing 328
Edger, George M. betw. 214-15
Engle, J. S. facing 218
Engle, William and wife facing 369
Fisher, Robert S. betw. 162-63
Gaddis, Elisha P. and wife facing 397
Garrett, nathan facing 481
Garrett, Malinda facing 481
Goodrich, John B. betw. 214-15
Hall, Amos facing 251
Hamilton, Robert W. facing 251
Haynes, J. G. and wife facing 400
Haynes, Stephen facing 397
Heaston, David facing 331
Hill, John W. facing 251
Hirsch, Adam facing 299
Hodson, J. M. facing 214
Hunt, H. C. and wife facing 397
Irvin, George W. and wife facing 329
Jenkins, John and wife facing 401
Knapp, Alex A. betw. 162-63
Kizer, W. D. betw. 214-15
Kizer, T. W. facing 328
Lasley, Peter and wife facing 329
Lasley, David facing 338?
Leavell, R. A. facing 259
Lenox, A. facing 369
Luellen, Oliver F. betw. 214-15
McKew, Arthur facing _42
Macy, J. W. betw. 214-15
Macy, W. W. and wife facing 239
Markle, J. E., Dr. facing 309
Marsh, A. O. facing 250
Masslich, Bentley and wife facing 465
Miller, P. S., Judge 510
Miller, M. B. facing 218
Miller, D. H. facing 355
Miller, Nancy A., Mrs. facing 355
Monks, G. W. betw. 214-15
Monks, William (deceased) facing 353
Monks, Catharine A., Mrs. facing 353
Monks, Mary A., Miss facing 353
Monks, L. J. facing 216
Moorman, John A. facing 510
Moorman, James facing 35
Murray, W. E. betw. 214-15
Murray, R. V. facing 250
Neff, H. H. 322
Neff, J. L. 322
Patchell, George W. 462
Pomeroy, Phinehas facing 355
Puckett, Tyre T. and wife facing 329
Reed, Nathan facing 328
Reeder, Martin A. facing 328
Reeve, J. L., Dr. and wife facing 463
Semans, H. T. betw. 214-15
Sheppard, J. J. and wife facing 403
Shreev, Joseph facing 491
Shreev, Emily, Mrs. facing 491
Smith, Jere facing 436
Stakebake, A. J. facing 315
Stevenson, C. M. and wife facing 301
Stone, A., Gen. and wife betw. 82-83
Stone, W. D. and wife facing 455
Study, L. W. facing 218
Thompson, W. A. facing 311
Thornburg, J. J. and wife facing 473
Thornburg, Job 510
Trine, Charles and wife facign 195
Tucker, E. facing 172
Vorhis, Alex and wife facing 415
Wallace, Francis, Mrs. facing 472
Ward, Thomas facing 51
Way, Moorman facing 217
Watts, Isaiah P. betw. 414-15
Watson, E. L. facing 218
Wood, Isaac and wife facing 475
Worth, Daniel facing 368
Worthington, W. T. and wife facing 161
Wright, Edward facing 331
Wright, Edward, Mrs. facing 331
NOTES:

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