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.