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McBROOM, ??? (maybe John's)

Note: not sure who Mr. McBroom is:  please read Biography for John McBroom to compare.


Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 5 Sept 1874 p 1

The old settlers of Tippecanoe, Montgomery and Fountain counties assembled at Meharry’s grove, Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County on last Saturday to related incidents of the pleasures and hardships of pioneer life and to make merry generally.  
Although the crowd had become weary from long listening, Mr. McBroom kept them listening attentively.  He came to the Hoosier State in 1824 and landed on Coal Creek at Hillsboro.  He spoke of and compared the “hard times” of the young at the present and past.  He related incidents of the long and dreary winter” to those pioneers. Those people had to go to mill at Terre Haute.  
Perchance the mill goers were detained, a trough with a swinging iron wedge was the home mill to mash the corn for the family or perhaps hominy was the nourishment. These were times that tried men’s souls, truly.  To these ever remembered pioneers, we give due honor and reverence.  

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