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HISTORY OF PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA
(Source:  History of Vigo & Parke County, Indiana - Chicago: H. H. Hill & N. Iddings, 1880, 1310 pgs.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

BIOGRAPHIES OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
NOTE:  Biographies will be transcribed upon request

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BARNES, Edward 410
BUCHANAN, Alexander (Photo included) 405
BURFORD, Henry 409
BURFORD, E. N. 409
BURFORD, W. D. 406
CHAPMAN, George 416
CLARK, Robert 410
COLLINGS, J. D. 414
CUMMINGS, J. L. 415
ELDER, James M. 406
ENGLE, B. F. 413
HOBSON, Alfred 410
HUEY, J. D. 413
KERSEY, Thomas 414
McCAMPBELL, James N. 415
McCAMPBELL, S. A. 412
McCORD, James A. 413
McMURTRY, John S. 411
McWILLIAMS, Dudley 417
McWILLIAMS, R. C. 416
MENDENHALL, Ira 417
NEWLIN, Mahlon 406
OVERMAN, John 412
RUSSELL, E. C. 416
RUSSELL, James A. 417
SWAM, Jonathan 415
TEAGUE, Henry 411
   

EDWARD BARNES
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN
HENRY BURFORD

E. N. BURFORD, farmer, Marshall, was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, Apr. 22, 1824, and came with his parents to Parke county in 1828.  His father and mother now reside on the farm where they first settled when they came to the county.  They first lived in a log cabin 16x18 feet for a number of years, but as the country improved they also made improvements, and for many years have been living in a house of more modern style.  E. N. Burford, the subject of this sketch, lied with his parents until twenty-one years of age, helping to clear up their farm in the woods.  In 1845 Mr. Burford married Miss A. Noel, the third daughter of Samuel Noel, who was a native of Kentucky, and came to Parke county in 1832.  Mr. Burford has one child by his former wife, David H., now a resident of Kansas, and by his present wife two  children: Phoebe, wife of J. A. Russell, and William T.   Mr. Burford has served as assessor of his township for thirty-two years, and one term as county land appraiser.  He has been a hard working man, honest in all his dealings, and by his industry he is now the owner of as fine a farm as Parke county affords.  Farming had been his business until 1878, since which he has been engaged in the grain business at Marshall, doing quite an extensive business.  HE has been for many years a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and is a staunch republican.

W. D. BURFORD
GEORGE CHAPMAN
ROBERT CLARK
J. D. COLLINGS
J. L. CUMMINGS
JAMES M. ELDER
B. F. ENGLE
ALFRED HOBSON
J. D. HUEY
THOMAS KERSEY
JOHN S. McMURTRY
DUDLEY McWILLIAMS, farmer, Rockville, was born in Madison county, Kentucky, Dec. 15, 1836.  In 1855 he went to Missouri, where he engaged in farming and stock raising.  In 1869 he came to Parke county, where he has since followed the same business.  He is now the owner of the old Charles Overman farm, on which he has made a great many improvements.  In 1867 he was married to Amanda Elder, daughter of James Elder, one of the prominent early settlers of Parke county, and by this union they have three children: William E., Nannie, and John C.  Mr. McWilliams  is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and its politics is a democrat.
R. C. McWILLIAMS, R. C.
IRA MENDENHALL
MAHLON NEWLIN
JOHN OVERMAN
E. C. RUSSELL
JAMES A. RUSSELL, Farmer, Marshall, was born in Parke county, Indiana, in 1852, and is the son of William P. and Elizabeth Russell.  His father came to Parke county in about 1845, and settled on the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch; here he died in 1872.  Mr. Russell's mother now lives at the homestead with Mr. Russell.  In 1873 Mr. Russell  was joined in marriage to Miss P. E. Burford, daughter of E. N. Burford, of Parke county.  Mr. Russell  is an energetic and hard working young man, and is in a fair way to become one of the leading farmers of Parke county.
JONATHAN SWAM
HENRY TEAGUE
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