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General Histories:
History of Vigo and Parke Counties together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources / by H. W. Beckwith . Chicago; New York: H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers, 1880.
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Section 1: The Wabash Valley |
Section 2: History of Vigo County |
Section 3: History of Parke County |
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History of Parke County Page 1 of 3
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Page 1 (i, 1-250) Page 3 (376-504) |
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| Part 175 | J. H. Beadle (portrait of author of this section) | i |
| History of Parke County | 1-5 | |
| Part 176 | History of Parke County | 6-10 |
| The Period of Conquest | 10 | |
| Part 177 | Conquest (continued) | 11-15 |
| Part 178 | Conquest (continued) | 16-19 |
| Map of Parke County | 16a | |
| Conquest (continued) | 17-19 | |
| Part 179 | The Pioneer Period | 20-24 |
| Part 180 | Pioneers (continued) | 25-29 |
| Part 181 | Pioneeers (continued) | 30 |
| Rockville, County Seat of Parke | 30-32 | |
| Period of Political Development | 32-34 | |
| Part 182 | Political (continued) | 35-39 |
| Part 183 | Political (continued) | 40-44 |
| Part 184 | Political (continued) | 45 |
| Society, Morals and Education | 46-49 | |
| Part 185 | Society (continued) | 50-54 |
| Part 186 | Society (continued) | 55-59 |
| Part 187 | Society (continued) | 60-62 |
| ADAMS TOWNSHIP | 63-64 | |
| Part 188 | Adams Township (continued) | 65-69 |
| Part 189 | Adams Township (continued) | 70-74 |
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| Part 190 | Adams Township (continued) | 75 |
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| Rockville Cemetery | 75-76 | |
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| Organizations | 76-79 | |
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| Part 191 | Organizations (continued) | 80-82 |
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| Schools | 83-84 | |
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| Part 192 | Schools (continued) | 85--86 |
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| Churches | 87-89 | |
| Part 193 | Churches (continued) | 90-94 |
| Part 194 | Churches (continued) | 95--96 |
| Harvy Adams (portrait) | 96a | |
| Churches (continued) | 97-98 | |
| Part 195 | Churches (continued) | 99-100 |
| Fires | 100 | |
| "Sukey" Gray | 100-101 | |
| Population, Colored People, etc. | 101 | |
| Biographical | 101 | |
| Tilghman Ashurst Howard | 101-103 | |
| Part 196 | Tilghman Howard (continued) | 104-105 |
| Governor Wright | 105-106 | |
| William Perkins Bryant | 106-107 | |
| Henry Slavens | 107 | |
| Cephas Morris | 107 | |
| Ned McGaughey | 107-108 | |
| Addison L. Roach | 108 | |
| Part 197 | Alexander McCune | 109-110 |
| George K. Steele | 110-112 | |
| Benjamin F. Lambert | 112 | |
| Alexander Puett | 112-113 | |
| Greenberry Ward | 113 | |
| James McEwen | 113 | |
| Part 198 | James McEwen (continued) | 114 |
| Robert B. McEwen | 114-115 | |
| Daniel D. Fisher | 115-116 | |
| David W. Stark | 116 | |
| John J. Meacham | 116-117 | |
| Harrison Boyd | 117-118 | |
| James A. Allen | 118 | |
| Part 199 | William McMillen | 119 |
| Harvey Adams | 119-120 | |
| William Tenbrook | 120 | |
| William P. Cummings | 120-121 | |
| Jesse B. Connelly | 121-122 | |
| Soloman B. Woodard | 122-123 | |
| Wallace W. McCune | 123 | |
| Mahlon V. Marshall | 123 | |
| Part 200 | Mahlon V. Marshall (continued) | 124 |
| Samuel T. Davis | 124-125 | |
| G. C. Price | 125-126 | |
| William D. Mull | 126-127 | |
| John Hanson Beadle | 127-128 | |
| Part 201 | John Hanson Beadle (continued) | 129-130 |
| Ared F. White | 130-131 | |
| Elwood Hunt | 131-132 | |
| James W. Beadle | 132-133 | |
| Samuel Duncan Puett | 133 | |
| Part 202 | Samuel Duncan Puett (continued) | 134 |
| David Strouse | 134-135 | |
| John Fulwider | 135 | |
| John G. Crain (portrait on p. 137) | 135-139 | |
| Joseph H. Jerdon | 139 | |
| William J. White | 139 | |
| Part 203 | Edward Bradfield | 140 |
| Lewis Boyd | 140 | |
| Thomas N. Rice | 140-141 | |
| John B. Cox | 141-142 | |
| Lewis W. Fisher | 142 | |
| Martin Ryan | 142-143 | |
| Emmet Filmore Marshall | 143 | |
| John F. D. Hunt | 144 | |
| Wilburn P. Harrison | 144 | |
| Part 204 | Wilburn P. Harrison (continued) | 145 |
| Frank Welch | 145-146 | |
| Thomas Boardman | 146 | |
| John B. Dowd | 147 | |
| Thomas Boardman (continued) | 149 | |
| Oscar A. Cole | 149-150 | |
| Samuel W. Smith | 150 | |
| Part 205 | Samuel W. Smith (continued) | 151 |
| John B. Dowd | 151-152 | |
| George P. Smith | 152-153 | |
| James T. Johnston | 153-155 | |
| Clinton Murphy | 155 | |
| Patrick Thomas (African-American) | 155 | |
| Part 206 | Patrick Thomas (continued) | 156 |
| Eli Bogue | 156-157 | |
| James L. Bantley | 157 | |
| James H. Cochran | 157-158 | |
| William H. Hargrave | 158-159 | |
| Samuel J. Skelton | 159 | |
| Samuel Kirkman (African-American) | 159-160 | |
| William H. Craig | 160 | |
| Part 207 | William H. Craig (continued) | 161 |
| D. W. Moody | 161 | |
| Jacob S. Hunnell | 161-162 | |
| Stephen K. Fuson | 162-164 | |
| James Greene Burroughs | 164-165 | |
| John Wilson, Jr. (African-American) | 165 | |
| Part 208 | John Wilson, Jr. (continued) | 166 |
| Cornelius Quinlan | 166 | |
| Thomas Meredith | 166-167 | |
| D. S. Howard | 167-168 | |
| RESERVE TOWNSHIP | 168-170 | |
| Part 209 | Reserve Township (continued) | 171-172 |
| Montezuma | 172 | |
| Andrew Linebarger (portrait) | 173 | |
| Montezuma (continued) | 175 | |
| Part 210 | Montezuma (continued) | 176-177 |
| Coloma | 177 | |
| Biographical--Reserve Township | 177 | |
| Andrew Linebarger | 178-179 | |
| O. P. Brown | 179 | |
| E. M. Benson | 179-180 | |
| F. M. Allee | 180 | |
| Thomas Morris | 180 | |
| Part 211 | Solomon Allen | 181 |
| E. T. Cox | 181 | |
| Zachariah Woodard | 181-182 | |
| James Warner | 182 | |
| John Warner | 182 | |
| J. T. Outland | 182 | |
| Zachariah Morris | 182 | |
| O. P. Brown (portrait) | 183 | |
| Zachariah Morris (continued) | 185 | |
| Joseph Allen | 185 | |
| Walter Danaldson | 185 | |
| Part 212 | Walter Danaldson (continued) | 186 |
| George H. Linebarger | 186 | |
| William Phillips | 186 | |
| J. E. Outland | 186 | |
| E. G. Wilson | 186-187 | |
| J. M. Hill | 187 | |
| W. S. Linebarger | 187 | |
| J. P. Bryant | 187 | |
| R. O. Jones | 187-188 | |
| J. X. Ireland | 188 | |
| L. R. Young | 188-189 | |
| J. F. Stacy | 189 | |
| B. F. Hudson | 189-190 | |
| W. H. Sylvester | 190 | |
| UNION TOWNSHIP | 190 | |
| Part 213 | Union Township (continued) | 191-192 |
| E. M. Benson (portrait) | 193 | |
| Union Township (continued) | 195 | |
| Part 214 | Union Township (continued) | 196-200 |
| Part 215 | Union Township (continued) | 201-205 |
| Biographical information | 205 | |
| Robert L. Martin | 205 | |
| William B. Martin | 205 | |
| Part 216 | William B. Martin (continued) | 206 |
| George Mater | 206 | |
| Daniel S. Kalley | 206-207 | |
| James Noble | 207 | |
| Daniel Thomas | 207-208 | |
| William Carmichael | 208-209 | |
| William Collings | 209-210 | |
| John Bulion | 210 | |
| James Mershon | 210 | |
| William P. Blake | 210 | |
| Part 217 | William P. Blake (continued) | 211 |
| Cyrus Goss | 211-212 | |
| William P. Swaim | 212 | |
| Samuel Garrigus | 212-213 | |
| Oliver Bulion | 213-214 | |
| Jeremiah Wright | 214 | |
| Thomas Woolverton | 214-215 | |
| John W. Partlow | 215 | |
| Sarah E. Paxton | 215 | |
| Part 218 | Sarah E. Paxton (continued) | 216 |
| Norval Hamilton | 216 | |
| Marion Goss | 216-217 | |
| Z. H. Alexander | 217-218 | |
| Alonzo Martin | 218 | |
| Albert L. Thomas | 218-219 | |
| John S. Coleman | 219 | |
| William P. Darroch | 219-220 | |
| Perry L. Reid | 220 | |
| James S. Shelburne | 220 | |
| Part 219 | James S. Shelburne (continued) | 221 |
| Jacob T. Palmer | 221 | |
| Anderson R. Angell | 221-222 | |
| Hazael Langston | 222-223 | |
| William H. Cutbirth | 223 | |
| A. M. Snyder | 223-224 | |
| Thomas C. Webster | 224-225 | |
| RACCOON TOWNSHIP | 225 | |
| Part 220 | Raccoon Township (continued) | 226-230 |
| Part 221 | Raccoon Township (continued) | 231-233 |
| Biographical information | 233 | |
| John Calvin Gilkeson | 233-234 | |
| Eri Beaucham | 234-235 | |
| Gideon Crooks | 235 | |
| Tobias Miller | 235 | |
| Part 222 | Tobias Miller (continued) | 236-237 |
| James A. Rea | 237 | |
| Lucius Martin | 237-238 | |
| John R. Miller | 238-239 | |
| Jacob B. Miller | 239 | |
| John B. Miller | 239 | |
| Dempsey Seybold | 239-240 | |
| Nathaniel B. Smock | 240 | |
| Part 223 | Nathaniel B. Smock (continued) | 241 |
| James Crooks (portrait on p. 243) | 241-242, 245 | |
| Daniel Kalley | 245 | |
| Part 224 | Daniel Kalley (continued) | 246 |
| George Marks | 246-247 | |
| Daniel Dunee | 247-248 | |
| George H. Hansel | 248 | |
| John B. DeMotte | 248-250 | |
| Seybold Family | 250 | |
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