Meharry - James - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Source: Bowen, A.W.

History of Montgomery County, Indiana.
Indianapolis, IN: Bowen, 1913, p. 449 (Coal Creek Twp)

James Meharry was also a settler in the township - one of the early ones to claim government land. Hugh Meharry, one of the most successful men in this county, entered his land in 1827, the same being the SE quarter of Sec 3, Rg 6W. In 1828 he brought his young wife to his slab and canvas house in which they lived one year. He owned his land, had $20 in money, one horse and one ox, yet through his untiring energy, with that of his good companion, he finally possessed 20,000 acres of valuable land. He had to go to Terre Haute to mill and during his absence of 5 days his wife had to remain alone in the tent-house and hear the howling wolves beside her rude home. In 1881, the original claim of Mr. Meharry was owned and occupied by his son, Alexander.