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History & Genealogy


Source:
 History of Miami County, Indiana
From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biological Sketches,
Notes, Etc., Together with an Extended
History of the Northwest, The Indiana Territory,
and the State of Indiana.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Publ. Chicago -  Brant & Fuller
1887

PART I. - HISTORY OF INDIANA


CHAPTER I.

PREHISTORIC RACES 17
 - Antiquities 19
 - Chinese, The 18
 - Discovery by Columbus 33
 - Explorations by the Whites 37
 - Indians, The 31
 - Imigration, The First 18
 - Immigration, The Second 20
 - Pyramids, etc., The 21
 - Relics of the Mound-Builders 23
 - Savage Customs 34
 - Tartars, The 23
 - Vincennes 39
 - Wabash River, The 39
 - White Men, The First 37


CHAPTER II.

NATIONAL POLICIES, ETC. 41
 - American Policy, The 46
 - Atrocity of the Savages 47
 - Burning of Hinton 48
 - British Policy, The 46
 - Clark's Expedition 52
 - French Scheme, The 41
 - Gilbault, Father 65
 - Government of the Northwest 67
 - Hamilton's Career 64
 - LIquor and Gaming Laws 74
 - Missionaries, The Catholic 42
 - Ordinance of 1787 70
 - Pontiac's War 46
 - Ruse Against the Indians 64
 - Vigo, Francis 6


CHAPTER III.

OPERATIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS 75
 - Battle at Peoria Lake 104
 - Campaign of Harrison 92
 - Cession Treaties 93
 - Defeat of St. Clair 79
 - Defensive Operations 76
 - Expedition of Harmer 75
 - Expedition of Wayne 79
 - Expedition of St. Clair 78
 - Expedition of Williamson 78
 - Fort Miami, Battle of 80
 - Harrison and the Indians 87
 - Hopkins' Campaign 105
 - Kickapoo Town, Burning of 78
 - Maumee, Battle of 75
 - Massacre at Pigeon Roosts 103
 - Mississinewa Town, Battle at 106
 - Oratory, Tecumseh's 114
 - Prophet Town, Destruction of 100
 - Peace with the Indians 106
 - Siege of Fort Wayne 101
 - Siege of Fort Harrison 103
 - Tecumseh 111
 - Tippecanoe, Battle of 98
 - War of 1812 101
 - War of 1812, Close of the 108


CHAPTER IV.

ORGANIZATION OF INDIANA TERRITORY 82
 - Bank, Establishment of 120
 - Courts, Formation of 120
 - County Offices, Appointment 119
 - Corydon, the Capital 117
 - Gov. Posey 117
 - Indiana in 1810 84
 - Population in 1815 118
 - Territorial Legislature, The First 84
 - Western Sun, The 84
 


CHAPTER V.

ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE, ETC. 121
 - Amendment, The Fifteenth 147
 - Black Hawk War 126
 - Constitution, Formation of the 121
 - Campaigns Against the Indiana 128
 - Defeat of Black hawk 130
 - Exodus of the Indians 131
 - General Assembly, The First 122
 - Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Treaty of 142
 - Harmony Community 134
 - Indian Titles 132
 - Immigration 125
 - Lafayette, Action at 127
 - Land Sales 133
 - Mexican War, The 136
 - Slavery 144


CHAPTER VI.

INDIANA IN THE REBELLION 148
 - Batteries of Light Infantry, 182
 - Battle Record of States 188
 - Call to Arms, The 149
 - Colored Troops of Indiana 182
 - Calls of 1864 177
 - Field, In the 152
 - Independent Cavalry Regiment 181
 - Morgan's Raid 170
 - Minute-Men 170
 - One Hundred Days' Men 176
 - Regiments, Formation of 151
 - Regiments, Sketch of 153
 - Six Months' Regiments 172


CHAPTER VII.

STATE AFFAIRS AFTER THE REBELLION 189
 - Agriculture 209
 - Coal 207
 - Divorce Laws 193
 - Finances 194
 - Geology 205
 - Internal IMprovements 199
 - Indiana Horticultural Society 212
 - Indiana Promological Society 213
 - Special Laws 190
 - State Bank 196
 - State Board of Agriculture 209
 - State Expositions 210
 - Wealth and Progress 197


CHAPTER VIII.

EDUCATION OF BENEVOLENCE 215
 - Blind Institute, The 232
 - City School System 218
 - Compensation of Teachers 220
 - Denominational and Private Institutions 230
 - Deaf and Dumb Institute 236
 - Education 265
 - Enumeration of Scholars 219
 - Family Worship 252
 - Free School System, The 215
 - Funds, Management of the 217
 - Female Prison and Reformatory 241
 - House of Refuge, The 243
 - Insane Hospital, The 238
 - Northern Indiana Normal School 229
 - Origin of School Funds 221
 - Purdue University 224
 - School Statistics 218
 - State University, The 222
 - State Normal School 228
 - State Prison, South 239
 - State Prison, North 240
 - Total School Funds 230


PART II. - HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY.


CHAPTER I.

GEOLOGY
 - General Features
 - Soil and Boundary
 - Lime
 - The Pillared Rocks
247


CHAPTER II.

INDIAN HISTORY
 - Early Tribes
 - The Miamis
 - Treaties
 - The Pottawattomies
 - Indian Villages
 - Miami Chiefs
 - Indian Murders
 - Frances Slocum
 - Battle of the Mississinewa
250


CHAPTER III.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION
 - Acts of the Legislature
 - Proceedings of the County Board
 - Creation of Townships
 - Public Buildings
 - County Finances
 - Wabash & Erie Canal
 - Railroads
 - Gravel Roads
 - Medical and Agricultural Societies
 - Elections
 - County Officers, etc.
272


CHAPTER III.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION
 - Acts of the Legislature
 - Proceedings of the County Board
 - Creation of Townships
 - Public Buildings
 - County Finances
 - Wabash & Erie Canal
 - Railroads
 - Gravel Roads
 - Medical and Agricultural Societies
 - Elections
 - County Officers, etc.
272


CHAPTER IV.

MILITARY HISTORY
 - Early Militia
 - Mexican War
 - Opening of the Rebellion
 - Call to Arms
 - First Troops for the Front
 - Miami County Regiments in Detail
 - Roll of Honor
 - Drafts
 - Bounty and Relief, etc.
299


CHAPTER V.

BENCH AND BAR
 - Early Courts
 - First Judges
 - Destruction of Records
 - Early Cases
 - Early Attorneys
 - Courts under the New Constitution
 - Official Seal
 - Criminal Trials
 - Later Judges and Attorneys
 - Probate and Common Pleas Courts
 - Roll of Attorneys
328


CHAPTER VI.

SCHOOLS
 - Early Educational Advantages
 - First Schools
 - Teachers and Their Methods
 - Schools of Peru
 - The Townships in Detail
 - County Seminary
 - The Township Funds
 - Normals and Institutes, etc.
348
 


CHAPTER VII.

PERU
 - The Original Owners
 - Laying out of the Town
 - Miamisport
 - Sale of Lots
 - Early Business
 - Navigation of the Wabash
 - The Canal
 - Early Families
 - Incorporation
 - Additions
 - Fire and Water Departments
 - Newspapers
 - Churches
 - Secret Societies
 - Literary Societies and Libraries
 - Banks
 - Manufacturing Enterprises
 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
362
ALLEN TOWNSHIP HISTORY 488
 - Allen Township BIOGRAPHIES 505
BUTLER TOWNSHIP HISTORY 535
 - Butler Township BIOGRAPHIES 543
CLAY TOWNSHIP HISTORY 559
 - Clay Township BIOGRAPHIES 563
DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP HISTORY 572
 - Deer Creek Township BIOGRAPHIES 579
ERIE TOWNSHIP HISTORY 591
 - Erie Township BIOGRAPHIES 596
HARRISON TOWNSHIP HISTORY 602
 - Harrison Township BIOGRAPHIES 612
JACKSON TOWNSHIP HISTORY 617
 - Jackson Township BIOGRAPHIES 637
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP HISTORY 659
 - Jefferson Township BIOGRAPHIES 682
PERRY TOWNSHIP HISTORY 712
 - Perry Township BIOGRAPHIES 726
PERU TOWNSHIP HISTORY 362?
 - Peru Township BIOGRAPHIES 392
PIPE CREEK TOWNSHIP HISTORY 733
 - Pipe Creek Township BIOGRAPHIES 753
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP HISTORY 762
 - Richland Township BIOGRAPHIES 772
UNION TOWNSHIP HISTORY 781
 - Union Township BIOGRAPHIES 792
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP HISTORY 802
 - Washington Township BIOGRAPHIES 807


ILLUSTRATIONS

Bloomfield, E. M. 405
Brown, James M. 351
Clendenning, E. B. 513
Coe, A. D. 657
Cox, J. T. 475
Crowell, Geo. A. 369
Dukes, A. N. 315
Farrar, John L. 549
Farrar, Josiah 423
Fisher, Joseph 603
Graft, Benjamin 675
Graham, John A. 279
Helm, John N. 297
Hollenshade, James 639
Larimer, Jos. H. 567
Lockwood, W. W. 441
McDowell, H. P. 621
Miller, W. B. 460
Runyan, R. B. 585
Shirk, E. H. 261
Shirk, H. J. 387
Waite, A. C. 531
Walker, Lyman 333
Wilson, J. S. 495


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