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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 One web page |
Section 2: History of Vigo County Four web pages |
Section 3: History of Parke County Three web pages |
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Page 4 (pp. 399-525) |
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| Part 149 | Elza Jones | 399 |
| H. C. Dickerson | 399 | |
| Joseph Ripley | 399 | |
| J. W. Moore | 399-400 | |
| Nelson Palmer | 400 | |
| Swalls Family | 400 | |
| William Roberts | 400-401 | |
| Alexander McPherson | 401 | |
| William H. Alvis | 401 | |
| J. G. Hamilton | 401 | |
| F. W. Felling | 401 | |
| Alexander Thomas | 401-402 | |
| C. H. Dannels | 402 | |
| Isaac Myers | 402 | |
| Joseph Thompson | 402-403 | |
| RILEY TOWNSHIP | 403 | |
| Part 150 | Early Settlers | 404 |
| Education | 405 | |
| Churches | 406-408 | |
| LOCKPORT | 408 | |
| Part 151 | Lockport (continued) | 409-410 |
| Joseph Wilson | 410 | |
| John Ray | 410-411 | |
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| Mary Harkness | 411 | |
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| W. H. Rector | 411-412 | |
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| George Rector | 412 | |
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| J. W. Smith | 412-413 | |
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| Linus Moyer | 413 | |
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| W. S. Curry | 413 | |
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| David S. Pickens | 413 | |
| Part 152 | David S. Pickens (continued) | 414 |
| William Collister | 414 | |
| David A. Joslin | 414-415 | |
| Thomas Thompson | 415 | |
| Robert Jackson | 415 | |
| William Grose | 415-416 | |
| George W. Ferrel | 416 | |
| Nathaniel Lee | 416 | |
| Benjamin Mewhinney | 416 | |
| William Thompson | 416-417 | |
| W. R. Ray | 417 | |
| John Reece | 417 | |
| J. R. Tryon | 417-418 | |
| J. M. Pickens | 418 | |
| E. R. Wyethe | 418 | |
| D. W. Crosley | 418 | |
| Part 153 | D. W. Crosley (continued) | 419 |
| Charles G. Rector | 419 | |
| C. A. Ray | 419 | |
| Jeremiah Mewhinney | 419-420 | |
| Thomas Green | 420 | |
| C. Jackson | 420 | |
| Megginson Hall | 420 | |
| John Hess | 420-421 | |
| I. N. Rumbley | 421 | |
| G. W. Hickson | 421-422 | |
| Louis Nattkamper | 422 | |
| John Fox | 422 | |
| W. A. Connely | 422 | |
| Charles W. Russell | 423 | |
| Part 154 | Charles W. Russell (continued) | 424 |
| William M. Hassinger | 424 | |
| J. P. Fowler | 424 | |
| G. R. Schultz | 424 | |
| J. W. Dicks | 424-425 | |
| PIERSON TOWNSHIP | 425-428 | |
| Part 155 | Pierson Township (continued) | 429-430 |
| J. C. Stout | 430 | |
| Isaiah Donham | 430 | |
| A. Kinney (portrait) | 430a | |
| Isauah Donham (continued) | 431 | |
| Aaron Moon | 431 | |
| W. B. Cochran | 431 | |
| Richard Cochran | 431 | |
| C. L. Cochran | 431 | |
| T. H. Cochran | 431 | |
| Peter Y. Buskirk | 431-432 | |
| Thomas J. Scott | 432 | |
| Abraham Larew | 432 | |
| William Jordon | 432 | |
| Part 156 | William Jordon (continued) | 433 |
| George W. Bowne | 433 | |
| John Harris | 433 | |
| Jesse S. Harrold | 433-434 | |
| Francis M. Pickins | 434 | |
| Robert J. Payne | 434-435 | |
| LINTON TOWNSHIP | 435-437 | |
| Part 157 | John C. Foxworthy | 438 |
| A. H. Weeks | 438 | |
| Culbertson Boyll | 439 | |
| David M. Boyll | 439 | |
| John Underwood | 439 | |
| Bluford Steele | 439-440 | |
| Joseph Thompson | 440 | |
| Hiram Frakes | 440 | |
| N. B. Kennett | 440-441 | |
| W. C. Moore | 441 | |
| W. R. Hampton | 441 | |
| James P. Leinberger | 441-442 | |
| Theodore Halberstadt | 442 | |
| FAYETTE TOWNSHIP | 442 | |
| Part 158 | Fayette Township (continued) | 443-447 |
| James M. Duck | 447 | |
| Part 159 | James M. Duck (continued) | 448 |
| William G. Pennington | 448 | |
| John B. Vermillion | 448-449 | |
| Jacob A. Hay | 449 | |
| Burgoine G. Tritt | 449 | |
| Thomas Beauchamp | 449-450 | |
| Jacob H. Shank | 450 | |
| Lemuel Longhead | 450 | |
| William H. Robison | 450-451 | |
| John H. Rippetoe | 451 | |
| W. T. Pittenger | 451-452 | |
| Mary Armstrong | 452 | |
| Lewis H. Rhyan | 452 | |
| Mrs. Lou M. Smith | 452 | |
| Part 160 | Mrs. Lou M. Smith (continued) | 453 |
| J. V. Pinson | 453 | |
| James M. Hick | 453-454 | |
| James W. Watts | 454 | |
| Jacob L. Shew | 454 | |
| John W. Minnik | 454-455 | |
| John S. Koonce | 455 | |
| Ottmar Dreher | 455 | |
| James M. Bolton | 455-456 | |
| G. B. Owen | 456 | |
| W. W. Pugh | 456 | |
| John W. Pugh | 456 | |
| William M. Bird | 456-457 | |
| D. D. Stilwell | 457 | |
| Calvin W. Fulmer | 457 | |
| Part 161 | Calvin W. Fulmer (continued) | 458 |
| PRAIRIETON TOWNSHIP | 458-462 | |
| Part 162 | Prairieton Township (continued) | 463 |
| Enoch Harlan | 463-464 | |
| Joseph Liston | 464 | |
| William C. Risley | 464 | |
| Alford Hale | 464-465 | |
| Samuel Haworth | 465-466 | |
| Alfred Kruzan | 466 | |
| Lawrence S. Ball | 466-467 | |
| Abel Hardin Isbell | 467 | |
| Lydia Isbell | 467 | |
| Charles Dudley Benight | 467 | |
| Part 163 | Cary McPherson | 468 |
| James Harlan | 468 | |
| John Copeland, Jr. | 468-469 | |
| F. W. Romine | 469 | |
| Livingston Isbell | 469-470 | |
| Jacob Ogle, Sr. | 470 | |
| Hamilton J. Benight | 470-471 | |
| Robert G. Reynolds | 471 | |
| John DeBaun | 471 | |
| Harvey E. Bentley | 471-472 | |
| James G. Norman | 472 | |
| Part 164 | James G. Norman (continued) | 473 |
| Benjamin N. Rowe | 473 | |
| Thomas McPheron | 473-474 | |
| Thomas Robertson | 474-475 | |
| Issac Bryant | 475 | |
| Isaac B. Haworth | 475-476 | |
| Thomas G. Drake | 476-477 | |
| Lewis Evans Carson | 477 | |
| Part 165 | Lewis Evans Carson (continued) | 478 |
| William Kelley Flesher | 478 | |
| Jacob Hornor | 479 | |
| James Albert Ridge | 479 | |
| HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP | 479-482 | |
| Part 166 | Honey Creek Township (continued) | 483 |
| George Jordan | 483 | |
| Gertrude Blocksom | 483-484 | |
| John B. McCoskey | 484 | |
| O. M. Curry | 484 | |
| John Weir | 484-485 | |
| Daniel D. Walker | 485-486 | |
| Caroline C. Stevenson | 486 | |
| Levi Bogard | 486-487 | |
| Reuben Halstead | 487 | |
| Allison Pugh | 487 | |
| Part 167 | Allison Pugh (continued) | 488 |
| Nelson St. Clair | 488 | |
| Thomas I. Kinnett | 488-489 | |
| E. A. Roberts | 489 | |
| Byron Deming | 489-490 | |
| PRAIRIE CREEK TOWNSHIP | 490-492 | |
| Part 168 | Prairie Creek Township (continued) | 493-496 |
| Henry Shoemaker | 496 | |
| Anguston Elliott | 496 | |
| J. D. E. Kester | 496-497 | |
| Richard Watson | 497 | |
| John Rynerson | 497 | |
| Part 169 | John Rynerson (continued) | 498 |
| S. E. K. Fisk | 498 | |
| C. H. Morgan | 498 | |
| Seth Clark | 498-499 | |
| OTTER CREEK TOWNSHIP | 499-501 | |
| Harvey Evans | 501-502 | |
| Mahlon Stevenson | 502 | |
| Harrison Denny | 502 | |
| Part 170 | Harrison Denny (continued) | 503 |
| R. W. Brotherton | 503 | |
| G. D. Wood | 503 | |
| W. H. Stewart | 503-504 | |
| George A. Paine | 504 | |
| H. S. Creal | 504 | |
| W. D. Johnson | 504-505 | |
| J. H. Johnson | 505 | |
| Samuel Evans | 505 | |
| Joseph Doty | 505 | |
| Aaron Pence | 506 | |
| William A. Jones | 506-507 | |
| Part 171 | William A. Jones (continued) | 508 |
| W. H. Worthington | 508 | |
| David Cloyd | 508 | |
| M. Quinlan | 508-509 | |
| NEVINS TOWNSHIP | 509-512 | |
| Railroads | 512 | |
| Part 172 | Railroads (continued) | 513-517 |
| Part 173 | Railroads (continued) | 518-519 |
| War Record of Vigo County | 519-522 | |
| Part 174 | War Record (continued) | 523-525 |
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