Early days in Hancock
County, IN, are recalled through the biographies of numerous early
residents in this booklet, comprised of excerpts from the rare 1895
book: The Pioneer compiled by Samuel Harden, and Indiana,
a Guide to the Hoosier State, a 1941 WPA publication. 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.
Past and present
communities in this southwest Indiana county include:
Blue River Township
Brandywine Township Brown Township Buck Creek Township Center Township
Charlottesville Cumberland (part) Finly Fortville Green Township
Greenfield (County Seat) Jackson Township Maxwell McCordsville New
Palestine Shirley (part) Spring Lake Sugar Creek Township Vernon
Township Wilkinson Willow Branch. (Some may
not be mentioned in the booklet.)
This
booklet is a goldmine of information for genealogy seekers, as
it is filled with biographies of persons who lived in the county
in 1890s, usually giving the names of parents, spouse, in-laws,
children, siblings, etc., as well as military service, politics,
residence and occupation. The bios
include Wesley Williams
Sr., Joseph Wright, Henry Wilson, John Forgey, John Service, Ila
Steele, Obediah Harvey, Abner Smith, John Crist, John Addison,
Edward Barrett, Juda Babcock, George Parker, James Braddock, David
Caudell, Matthew Johns, Andrew Fink, Benjamin Elliott, John White,
John Q. White, Wm. Milburn, Edward Scott, Alfred Potts, Benjamin
Wilson, Casper Herr, Ira Collins, Joseph Leakey, Oliver Collins,
William Collins, Benton Barrett, Aquilla Grist, Wesley Catt, Wm.
Collins Sr., Andrew Yetter, Wm. Hayes, John Murphy, Joel Manning,
Elias McCord, John White, John Jackson Sr., Jesse Collins, Robert
Collins, F. M. Johnson, Wm. Garriott, Wellington Collyer, Henry
Gipe, Dr. Wm. Justice, John Justice, Joel Cook Family, Benjamin
Cook, Stephen Jackson, John Heim, Wm. Scotton, Wm. Caldwell, Wm.
Dunn, Joseph Clayton, H.C. Johnson, the Braddock family, Wm. Potts,
the Meek family, James Thomas, David Thomas, John Green, Wm. Watts,
Joshua Lynam, John Collins, Thomas Williams, Daniel Lee, John
Cummins, David Huston, Peter Blake, Milton Masters, Elijah Cooper,
Seth Walker, John Culp, Adam Brown, John Quinlin, S.A. Troy, Jordan
Lacey, B.W. Cooper, the Mingle family, the Mints brothers, S.
B. McCrillus, Al Brandenburg, Charles Pratt, E.M. Riggs, John
Barner, R. D. Hanna, Charles Titus, Miles Walker, the Seward family,
J. Parks McCord, J. Crouch Kennedy, Washington Sparks, George
Scott, John Wales, Charles Offutt, Francis Sanford, Josephus Bills,
Joshua Shelby, Wm. Mitchell, Robert Barnard, James Larrimore,
Milton Addison, Wm. Pauley, Franklin Bridges, J. K. Henby, Nelson
Bradley, Morgan Chandler, the Curry family, John Binford, T. H.
Kuhn, Tremillius Jackson, W. R. Jones, Charles Downing, and David
Gooding.
There are three other sections
of names: a long list of past residents the author recalls, just
about anyone connected with the pre-1895 "History of Hancock
Lodge #101 F. and A.M.", and finally early residents who
are "Gone but Not Forgotten."
The history of the county is found
in bits and pieces within the biographies, and in the WPA section
the county's early claims to fame are noted: Greenfield is the
birthplace of the poet James Whitcomb Riley and Joseph Chapman,
a Greenfield politician, was influential in the presidential campaign
of 1840.
Wouldn't this make a unique
gift?
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