McMain - T.H.
Source: 1878 Montgomery County, Indiana Atlas p 54
McMAIN, T.H., was b. in Clinton Co, Ind Jan 24, 1839. HB &
Minerva McCain gave him as good an education as they were enabled
and the studious boy becomes a diligent, industrious young man
and soon a respected and leading citizen. When the war broke out,
he entered the 86th In Regt and rose fast from the rank of
private to that of 1st Lt. Participating in the battle of Stone
River, he was captured and sent to Libby Prison at Richmond; when
released a month after, he joined his regt again, fought in the
battle of Chickamauga; Mission Ridge and took part in the almost
daily fights of General Sherman, on his march to Atlanta and the
battle of Franklin & Nashville. The war closed; Mr. McCain
married May 7, 1867 to Miss Salome S. LONGLEY. April 16, 1868 he
removed to Crawfordsville, where he undertook the editorship and
published the Crawfordsville Journal, a paper of wide influence
and circulation and the origin of the Republican party of
Montgomery County. In 1874, Mr. McMain was appointed Postmaster at
Crawfordsville by Pres. Grant and reappoined Feb 1878. Two
children: Arthur A and Fred T. - typed by kbz