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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)
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BIOGRAPHIES OF RACCOON TOWNSHIP
NOTE: Biographies will be transcribed upon request
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ADAMS, James W. |
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ALLEN, Rusfus C. |
264 |
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BEAUCHAM, Eri |
234 |
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BELL, Addison W. |
266 |
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BELL, Daniel |
255 |
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BELT, George C. |
267 |
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BRUNOT, Charles |
259 |
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CAMPBELL, Richard H. |
257 |
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CLARK, Margaret B. |
262 |
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CLARK, Thomas C. |
270 |
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COLE, Joseph W. |
260 |
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COX, Reuben |
262 |
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CROOKS, Gideon |
235 |
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CROOKS, James, Dr. |
241 |
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CROOKS, John L. |
268 |
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DAVIS, James |
256 |
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DeMOTTE, John B., Rev. |
249 |
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DUNEE, Daniel |
247 |
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ELSON, W. H. |
272 |
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ELSON, William H. |
273 |
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GILKESON, John Calvin, Sq. |
233 |
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GORE, Mary C. |
255 |
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GUINN, William |
266 |
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HANSEL, George H. |
248 |
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HUMPHREY, Joseph S. |
269 |
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JACKS, Anderson M. |
260 |
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KALLEY, Daniel |
245 |
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KALLEY, Isaac N. |
252 |
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KERR, James H. |
258 |
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KNIGHT, James |
271 |
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MARKS, George |
246 |
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MARTIN, Lucius |
237 |
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MATER, Jacob MD |
263 |
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MILLER, Francis M. |
263 |
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MILLER, Jacob B. |
239 |
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MILLER, James M. |
259 |
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MILLER, John B. |
239 |
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MILLER, John R. |
238 |
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MILLER, Tobias |
235 |
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MILNER, Martin B. |
271 |
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MITCHELL, Abel |
256 |
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MITCHELL, Robert |
253 |
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ROSS, George W. |
254 |
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RUKES, Harrison J. |
257 |
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SAPP, George |
271 |
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SELLER, James W. P. |
261 |
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SEYBOLD |
250 |
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SEYBOLD, Dempsey |
239 |
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SEYBOLD, Dempsey C. |
251 |
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SEYBOLD, James H. |
252 |
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SEYBOLD, John N. |
251 |
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SMOCK, Nathaniel B. |
240 |
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SMOCK, Randolph |
264 |
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SPRAGUE, Ralph |
265 |
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TENNANT, Henry E. |
269 |
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TENNANT, Richard S. |
269 |
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TINSLEY, Benjamin A. |
258 |
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WIMMER, Henery C. |
261 |
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WOODS, Robert |
266 |
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| SQUIRE
JOHN CALVIN GILKESON. No man in Parke county is
better and more favorably known that Squire John Calvin
Gilkeson. Throughout his manhood's yeas he has
been active in the affairs of his township and vicinity.
He has been continually called on for counsel for more than
forty years. He was born in Mercer county, Kentucky,
May 27, 1809, and is the son of Thomas and Nancy
(Buchanan) Gilkeson, both born in Virginia. In the
fall of 1821, when John was a boy his parents came to
Parke county, settling on the W 1/2 of S. W. 1/4 of Sec. 5,
Raccoon township, on which they built a log cabin. All
seemed thrifty in the Gilkeson domain, but unluckily
the father of the family had affixed his name to the bond of
an unscrupulous treasurer and collector, and the little home
was sold by the sheriff. But the sheriff did not sell
their courage. As the family moved onward John
came into possession of a pair of steers, which he trained
into a yoke of oxen, which he drove in repairing the broken
dam of the old mill they had built years before. He
soon obtained another yoke and made some money in hauling
his lumber to Rockville, where lumber was then in demand.
He also rebuilt the mill in 1837, doing all the framing,
millwrighting and blacksmithing himself. From 1839 to
1846 he built several flat-boats, which he ran down to the
abash river, during the spring freshets, and sold. On
September 29, 1838, his mother died and was borne to her
rest, leaving her husband and family. August 24, 1842,
John C. was married to Mary Rea, daughter of
William Rea, and sister to the first clerk of the
Parke county court. They have no children. In
1846, August 7, his father, Thomas Gilkeson, died.
On August 5, 1874, Mary wife of J. C. Gilkeson,
also died, aged about seventy-one years. In 1844
Mr. Gilkeson was elected justice of the peace in
Raccoon township, which office he has filled ever since,
with the exception of two and a half years. He has
been engaged in probate court about fifty years. In
1853 he was elected as elder in the Rockville Presbyterian
church, of which he and his wife and parents were members.
His ancestry runs back to the old Scotch Presbyterian sect.
Squire Gilkeson has voted whig and republican straight
along, never having scratched his ticket or missed an
election. In his old age he is still useful to his
community, giving advice on points of law, and drawing up
writings which no lawyer can criticize. |
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