History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volumen2

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Inter-State Publishing Company, 1884
 

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IV
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123
VII
152
VIII
252
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265
XIV
425
XVI
453
XVII
487
XVIII
510
XIX
601
XXI
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XXII
669
XXIII
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XII
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XIII
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XXIV
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Página 36 - It may be of interest in this connection to state that the latter gentleman was the first person to introduce coal oil into this city for the purpose of illumination.
Página 493 - ... John Scott, from Ky., in 1811, settled 1J miles north from town, where he died. His sons Harrison and John reside in the township ; John on the homestead ; Harrison, on a farm adjoining. Another son, Elias, died in the township. Thomas J. Warman settled, first, south of town, afterward permanently 2 miles south-west from town, where he resided until his death. He was a member of the first board of county commissioners elected under the constitution of 1816, and was associated with James Odell...
Página 15 - ... countenance, or assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance, breach of the peace, or diversion tending to a breach of the peace, within the limits of the city...
Página 336 - ... active assistants of the late Colonel Ellsworth in organizing the company which afterwards became so famous under the title of the " Chicago Zouave Cadets," of which he was elected second officer, and afterwards captain, vice Ellsworth, resigned, which position he held until the fall of Fort Sumter, when he was one of the first to respond to the call of his country, and raised the first company of volunteers for the war from Chicago, the date of its organization being April 16, 1861, and that...
Página 548 - Hagerstown in 1870, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
Página 24 - He was a member of the first board of trustees of the Wilkes-Barre academy, which was incorporated March 19, 1807, and filled that position until his death in 1832.
Página 253 - Infantry, with which he remained until the close of the war. At the time of his enlistment he was the youngest private of his company.
Página 646 - In 1882 an amendment to the State Constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors was adopted by a large popular majority, but was declared void because of informalities in its passage.
Página 342 - Springfield, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was one of the first associate judges of the court of common pleas, which office he held many years. Enfeebled by age, he lost his hearing, and on the...

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