History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time: With Numerous Biographical and Family SketchesR. Clarke & Company, Print, 1872 - 459 pages |
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History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present ... Andrew White Young No preview available - 2015 |
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Abraham afterward Andrew April Beeson Benj born Boston township bought Boyd built Cambridge City Centerville Charles church commenced corner Dalton Daniel daughter David David Commons died Druley early settler elected Elizabeth Elliott farm father Franklin Franklin township George Green Green township Green's Fork grist-mill Hagerstown Hannah heirs Henry Henry county Holman Hoover Hunt Indianapolis Indians Iowa Isaac Isaac Julian Jacob James Jeremiah Jesse John Jonathan Jones Joseph Joshua Julian Kentucky legislature Levi Lewis lives March Martha meeting-house merchant Methodist mile west miles east miles north miles north-east miles south mill Milton Nathan native North Carolina north-west Ohio organized preacher present Randolph county removed resides Richard Richmond Robert Samuel Samuel K Sarah saw-mill settled on land Smith society sold Solomon Meredith sons south-east south-west street Thomas tled town Virginia Washington Wayne county Wayne township Whitewater widow wife William
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Page 26 - Wabash river ; and thence by a due north line until the same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan...
Page 28 - Thus time passed on until the spring of 1806, when myself and four others, rather accidentally, took a section line some eight or ten miles north of Dayton, and traced it a distance of more than thirty miles, through an unbroken forest, to where I am now writing.
Page 26 - Indiana is bounded on the East by the meridian line which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio ; on the South by the Ohio river, from the mouth of the Great Miami river to the mouth of the Wabash river...
Page 18 - First, It will be a service unto the Church of great consequence, to carry the Gospel into those parts of the world...
Page 26 - Vincennes would last touch the north-western shore •of the said river; and from thence by a due north line, until the' same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme...
Page 76 - ... of David F. Sackett, who handed them hot bricks through the grates, they must have suffered severely. Suits were subsequently brought against the officers for false imprisonment. The trials were had at Brookville, in Franklin county. They all recovered damages, but I have every reason to believe that the whole of the damages and costs was paid out of the moneys extorted from others of the Friends.
Page 56 - big wheel" was used for spinning yarn and the "little wheel" for spinning flax. These stringed instruments furnished the principal music of the family and were operated by our mothers and grandmothers with great skill, attained without pecuniary expense and with far less practice than is necessary for the girls of our period to acquire a skillful use of their costly and elegant instruments. But those wheels, indispensable...
Page 67 - We did not take very particular pains to keep our hands white; we knew they were made to use to our advantage ; therefore we never thought of having hands just to look at. Each settler had to go and assist his neighbors ten or fifteen days, or thereabouts, in order to get help again in log-rolling time — this was the only way to get assistance.
Page 58 - ... all thrifty houses, as the Bible or the back-log. It was covered with a board, and formed a cosy seat in the wide-mouthed fireplace, especially of a chill evening. When the night had waned, and the family had retired, it frequently became the anxious seat of the lover, who was permitted to carry on his courtship, the object of his addresses sitting demurely in the opposite corner.
Page 67 - We were nearly all new beginners at that time, and although we had to work almost day and night, we were not discouraged. . . There were many serious trials in the beginning of this country with those who settled amid the heavy timber, having nothing to depend on for a living but their own industry... However, we were blessed with health and strength, and were able to accomplish all that was necessary to be done... We...