Early days in Gibson
County, IN, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales, factual
data, and the biographies of numerous early residents, in this booklet,
comprised of excerpts from the rare 1895 book: The Pictorial
Story of America by Elia W. Peattie, and other sources. The
spiral bound booklet is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" and is printed on 60#
paper. A vinyl sheet protects the front cover.
Note: Although the
booklet is new, the source book had some words underlined in ink.
Where these could not be removed without endangering the print,
they have been left intact, and will therefore be found on the reprints.
Past and present
communities in this southwest Indiana county include:
Barton Township, Buckskin, Center Township,
Columbia Township, Fort Branch, Francisco, Haubstadt, Hazleton,
Johnson Township, Mackey, Montgomery Township, Oakland City, Owensville,
Patoka, Princeton (County Seat), Somerville, Union Township, Wabash
Township, Washington Township, and White River Township. (Some
may not be mentioned in the booklet.)
Topics
covered in the first part of the booklet are:
John Severns Sr. and other early settlers, the organization of
Gibson County; Bench and Bar; Public Improvements and Finances;
Doctors in the county; Schools; Towns; Members of the Legislature;
Sheriffs and other county and township officers.
Most of
the booklet is devoted to biographies of prominent citizens. Surnames
include: Adams, Archer, Ballard,
Barnett, Beloat, Benton, Bird, Blessing, Bohnert, Boren, Boyle,
Brady, Broadwell, Bryant, Burton, Buskirk, Chambers, Chappell,
Chappelle, Cockrum, Coleman, Davis, DeLong, Downey, Drescher,
Drysdale, Duncan, Embree, Emerson, Ennes, Epperson, Ewing, Farmer,
Field, Fields, Fogas, Ford, French, Gamble, Gilmore, Gooch, Gorman,
Greek, Griffin, Gudgel, Gwaltney, Harmon, Harrison, Hart, Heimann,
Higgins, Hobgood, Hoffman, Holcomb, Hopkins, Howard, Hudelson,
Joyce, Karnes, Keneipp, Kenney, Key, Kightly, Kimball, Klenck,
Kolb, Kuhn, Lamb, Land, Leonard, Lewis, Luhring, Lynn, McClure,
McCormick, McCoy, McFetridge, McGary, McGowan, McRoberts, Makemson,
Mason, Matthews, Maxam, Mead, Mellinger, Milburn, Minnis, Mitchell,
Monroe, Moore, Morgan, Nickey, Niekamp, Noble, Orr, Oswald, Patten,
Polk, Pritchett, Potter, Reavis, Reed, Ricketts, Robinson, Rodemann,
Seitz, Selby, Sharp, Shopbell, Short, Shull, Sides, Sipp, Smith,
Spain, Spear, Speck, Spilman, Sprague, Sprowl, Steele, Steelman,
Sterne, Stewart, Stormont, Strickland, Stuenkel, Thomas, Thompson,
Tichenor, Toops, Trippett, Turpin, Twineham, Wallace, Walters,
Ward, Warnock, Welborn, West, Whiting, Williams, Woods, Yeager,
and Ziliak.
Wouldn't
this make a unique gift?
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