Union Township - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Union Twp. is located exactly in the center of Montgomery County; it is large, and contains more than 100 square miles. Union Twp. either corners with or borders on every other township in the County. The surface is from level to a hilly. The soil is generally good. The Twp. is watered by Big Sugar Creek and its numerous branches. The public improvements are generally good. Crawfordsville is the principal (sic) town in the township, and as it is the County seat, is noticed in the historical sketch of the County given in this book. The other towns are small and only of local importance; Whitesville, on the LN A & C RR is a very pleasant little village. The people of Union Twp. are generally in good circumstances, moral and affable. The city of Crawfordsville contains a population of over 4,000 inhabitants and is incorporated. There are two school houses belonging to the city, valued at $75,000. The vote of the township is about 2,200, the Republicans having a majority.

Montgomery Lodge, No. 50 F & AM, Crawfordsville; hall on Main St; membership, 164; value of property not known; LA Foote, WM; WN Babcock, SW; WH Ryker, JW.

Montgomery Chapter, Crawfordsville; membership, 70.

Montgomery Council; Crawfordsville; membership, 22.

Montgomery Lodge, No. 38, IOOF; hall on Green St; IN Runyan, NG; TN Myers, Sec.

Bethesda Encampment, No. 15, IOOF; hall on Green St.

Crawfordsville Lodge, No. 223, IOOF, hall on Green St, membership 125; value of Lodge property, $4,000; HL Boroughs, NG; James Owens, Sec'y.

Tahoe Lodge, No. 384, IOGT, meets in Graham's Building, Crawfordsville.

DeBayard Lodge, No. 39, Knights of Pythias, Crawfordsville, meets at Odd Fellows Hall on Green St; Eli Kahn, PC; WP Herron, K or R and S.

Shady Nook Lodge, IOGT, 4 M. SE of Crawfordsville, membership, 150.

North Union Lodge, IOGT; memberhsip, 30.

Girard Lodge, IOGT, 3 1/2 Mi. S. of Crawfordsville, membership, 40.

Union Grange, No. 601, 3 1/2 Mi. SE of Crawfordsville, membership 60.

Smartsburg Grange, No. 711; organized 1873; VW Clark, Master; AP Enoch, Sec'y.

First Missionary Baptist Church; Crawfordsville; membership, 70, Rev. CJ Bowles, pastor; L. Williams, Sabbath school superintendent; ave. attendance 75; value of Church property $2,000.

M.E. Church ; corner of Wabash Ave and Water St, Crawfordsville; Rev S. Peck, pastor; membership 325; Alfred Dickey, Sabbath school superintendent; ave. attendance 170; value of Church property, $20,000.

Roman Catholic (St. Bernard's) Church; corner of N. and Walnut Sts, Crawfordsville; Rev. Father Walters, Pastor; membership 600; value of Church property, $20,000; Church organized about the year 1850 by Rev. Wm. Doyl; the first priest in charge was Rev. M. Clark; Church building erected 1854; the first Catholic priest who visited Crawfordsville was Rev. Stephen Badin; member of Sabbath school teachers, 5.

A.M.E. Church; Crawfordsville; Rev. McSmith, pastor; membership 60; John a. Jordan, Sabbath school superintendent; number of scholars, 40; value of Church property, $2,000

Center Presbyterian Church, corner of Washington and Pike Sts, Crawfordsville; Rev. John Stafford, pastor; membership 220; D. Harter, superintendent of Sabbath school; number of teachers, 16; attendance at school 140; number of volumes in library, 250; value of Church property, $10,000.

Christan Church, corner of Walnut St. and Wabash ave, Crawfordsville; membership about 185; Rev. WR Jewell, pastor; JA Booe, superintendent of Sabbath School; number of teachers, 12; number of scholars, 125; value of Church property, $8,000.

First Presbyterian Church corner of Pike & Water Sts, Crawfordsville; membership, 168; Rev. RE Caldwell, pastor; EH Hills, superintendent Sabbath school; number of teachers 15; average attendance, 185; value of Church property, $10,000.

Young Men's Christian Association; meets in First Presbyterian Church; A. Lukenbauch, Pres.; IL Wilson, sec; CA Miller, Treas.

Union Chapel Church (New Light); 1 1/2 miles SW of Mace; membership, 80; value of Church property, $300.

Finley Chapel ME Church; 5 mi. S. of Crawfordsville; number of Sabbath school scholars, 59; value of Church property $300.

Shiloh Church (United Brethren); 4 mi E. Crawfordsville; membership 15; Rev. L_____, pastor.

Mount Tabor ME Church; 2 1/2 mi. SE of Crawfordsville; Rev J Wright, pastor; membership, 15; value of Church property $400.

Christian Church; Whitesville; Rev OB Wilson, pastor; membership 83.

Alexander, William

Andrews, Jas. M.

Appleget, James H.

Armentrout, Fredrick

Barnes, David

Beard, John

Bell, Henry

Bell, William

Birch, Jonathan

Blevins, James

Bloomfield, Abigial

Blue, John

Bond, Merriken

Boyland, Nicholas

Brenton, Jane

Brenton, Samuel

Brenton, Thomas

Britton, Nathan

Brockman, Andrew

Brockman, John

Brook, Josiah

Brook, Thomas

Brooks, Thomas

Brown, Asa

Brown, Benjamin

Brown, Henry

Burbridge, William

Burch, James K.

Burk, Paul

Busenbark, James

Busenbark, Redding

Caldwell, John

Campbell, John

Canine, Cornelius

Canine, Richard

Carr, John

Carsheddon, James

Catterlin, Ephramin

Charters, Sarah

Chesterson, James

Christman, Jacob

Claypool, Peggy

Claypool, William

Coch, Tunis

Coleman, Jacob

Combs, Michael

Coon Jr., John

Coons, Jesse

Cowan, John

Crabb, Jeremiah

Craig, Robert

Craig, Robert H.

Crane, Elihu

Crane, Ira

Crawford, Thomas B.

Crawford, William

Crosley, Jesse

Davidson, Wm. F.

Davis, Randolph

Davison, Samuel James

Debeanport, Russell

Dunn, Nathaniel A.

Eden, Benj.

Edwards, Jonathan

Elliott, Alex M.

Elliott, John

Elliott, Thomas

Everson, Geo. W.

Everson, Jacob

Farley, John

Faust, George

Fender, Henry

Fender, John

Ferguson, John

Field, Foster

Fields, Stephen

Fink, John

Fisher, Jno. M.

Fisher, John Brackett

Fitspatrick, William

Flathers, Benj.

Flathers, Edward

Foster, Robert

Foulke, Mary

Fox, David

French, Adam M.

Galey, Samuel S.

Galey, Wm. S.

Garrirus, Solomon B.

Gaston, Jos.

Gilkey, James

Gilkey, Robert

Graham, James

Gregg, Alpheus

Gregory, William

Guntle, Geo.

Hahn, Joseph

Hall, Benj.

Hall, Thos. N. A.

Halloway, Washington

Ham, Michelberg

Hamilton, Robert

Harlan, George

Harlow, Lewis

Harris, David

Hays, Samuel

Hays, William

Helphenstine, James

Hocum, William

Hollar, John

Hopkins, Daniel

Howard, Fredrick

Hueston, Matthew

Hughes, Willis

Hunt, Wilson

Hunter, Thomas

Husley, Matthew

James, May

Johnson, David

Johnson, Richard

Johnston, Charles

Jones, Heo. W.

Joyce, James

Kearns, Joseph

Kellay, Moses

Keller, Daniel

Kelsey, Amos

Kelsey, Edward

Kendall, George

Kester, John

Kimler, Israel

Krim, Adam

Krout, Jacob

Krout, Simeon

Lamson, Thos. W.

Larsh, Tolliver

Layne, Elisha

Layne, Tarleton J.

Layne, Wm. M.

Leak, Elisha

Leak, Larkin

Leatheridge, Lewis

Leigh, Daniel

Leigh, Foster W.

Linn, Hugh

Martin, Abia B.

Martin, Archibald

Maxwell, Samuel D.

Maxwell, Samuel D.

Maxwell, William

McAllen, Robert

McCabe, David

McCain, John

McClung, Samuel

McConnell, Ezekiel

McCord, William

McCullough, James B.

McDade, James

McGilliard, Jas.P.

McLaughlin, Jno.

McLaughlin, Nathan

McMacker, Robert N.

McMahan, Willam G.

Michael, Cornelius

Miller, Abraham

Miller, Elizabeth

Miller, George

Miller, Isaac

Miller, Jacob

Miller, William

Miller, William Wilhite

Mills, Isaac

Milroy, Henry B.

Mitchell, Wm. P.

Mocum, William

Moore, Fredrick

Moore, Phillip

Mount, William

Mullen, Samuel

Noel, Aaron

Noel, Hiram

Noel, John

Noggle, David

Nutt, Edmund

Oliver, Elias

Oliver, Washington

Olliver, Elias

Ott, John

Perrie, Robert

Peters, Isaac

Powers, David

Powers, Jonathan V.

Ramey, Wm. P.

Ramsey, John

Rees, William

Richardson, Eliza

Riddle, David

Riddle, William

Ringer, John

Rodgers, Tilman

Rose, Stiles

Runyan, John

Rush Jr., Isaac

Rush, Jeptha

Rush, Jesse

Rush, Leonard

Scott, James

Scott, James

Scoyoc, John

Shaeffer, Jacob

Shaeffer, Peter

Shelley, David

Slayback, Levi

Slayback, Solomon

Smith, John

Smith, Peter

South, John

Stewart, Mary

Stillwell, Jeremiah

Stotts, James

Stump, George

Sullinger, James

Sullivan, James

Swan, Robert

Swearingen, Charles

Swindler, Clayton

Thompson, Aaron

Thompson, Enoch

Thompson, Moses

Tichenon, William

Turner, Wesley S.

VanCleave, John

VanCleave, Samuel

Vaneaton, James

Walden, Ebenzer

Walden, Elisha

Warbington, Jas.

Warren, James

Warren, John

Warren, John B.

Watkins, Daniel

Watkins, Isaac

Weir, Elizabeth

Weir, Mary

Welliever, William

Wheeler, Joseph

White, William

Whitlock, Ambrose

Whittaker, John

Wilhite, Elliott

Wilhite, Simeon

Wilhite, William

Wilkinson, James

Williams, Stephen

Williams, Stephen

Williamson, John

Wilson, John

Wilson, Robert

Wimmer, William

Winton, Robert

Witteman, John

Workman, Benj.

Wray, David

Wray, Samuel

Wright, Isaac

Wylie, James

Zerfaz, Abraham

Anderson, John

Baldwin, Jackomyer

Barclay, Edward

Barclay, Gabriel Mcneil

Barkley, Gabriel M.

Barton, John

Baxter, Joshua

Baxter, Joshua

Beeler, Isaac

Beeler, Jacob

Binford, James

Binford, John

Binford, Peter

Black, John

Blalock, Bruce

Blevins, William

Bloomfield, Isaac

Bohon, Daniel

Breaks, Richard

Brown, Jacob

Brown, Samuel

Brown, Thomas

Burch, James K.

Burley, John

Burns, Isaac

Busenburgh, James

Cadwallader, Isaac

Cassity, Isaac

Catterlin, Ephraim

Chapman, John B.

Clark, Jonathan

Clarke, Hiram H.

Conrad, James

Conrad, Jonathan

Conrad, Joseph

Cooley, Matthew

Cooper, Joseph

Cooper, Joseph

Cooper, Lewis L.

Cope, Samuel

Cox, Abner

Cox, Elijah

Cox, Hannah

Cox, Isaac

Cox, Joseph

Cox, Mary

Cox, Priscilla

Cox, Rachel

Cox, William

Crawford, John

Crawford, William

Crouch Sr., Andrew

Crouch, Andrew

Croy, Alex

Croy, Alexander

Croy, Joseph

Davison, Samuel

Dawson, Isaac

Dawson, Mary

Day, Ambrose

Dewey, John

Donahue, William

Dox, Philip

Dungan, James

Eaken, Andrew

Elmore, John

Ennis, Samuel

Epperson, Charles

Farlow, John

Fender, Henry

Fender, John

Flanigan, John

Fowler, John

Gaines, John

Garrigus, Jeptha

Gist, Robert C.

Goble, David

Gradner, Laban

Graham, Ansley

Graham, George

Graham, John

Graham, John

Graham, William

Gray, Joseph

Gray, William

Griest, Robert C.

Griffin, Elizabeth

Grist, John

Groendyke, Peter

Harper, Middleton

Harshbarger, Christian

Hart, Richard

Hendricks, William

Henry, James

Henry, John

Hiatt, John

Hollingworth, Fredrick

Horner, Abraham

Howard, Fredrick

Hueston, Matthew

Jackson, Ebinezer

Johnson, James B.

Johnson, Timothy D.

Jones, Caleb

Jones, James

Jones, Jonathan

Keesling, Jacob

Kellison, John

Kemble, Manley

Kenworthy, Elisha

Kenworthy, Joshua

Kenworthy, Silas

Kenworthy, Thomas

Kerr, John

Ketcham, Abraham

Key, George

Key, John

Kite, Michael

Lee, Edmund

Lee, Henry

Lee, Henry

Lee, John

Lindsay, James

Lockridge, Eljah H.

Long, David

Lucas, Isreal

Mann, John

Mann, Jonas

Marlow, George

Marquis, George

Martin, Abia B.

Mason, William

Masterson, Charless

Masterson, Mary

Mats, Charles

McCafferty, Richard

McClaskey, John

McCullough, James

McCullough, John

McCullough, John

McDaniel, Henderson

McIntire, Jacob

McMillen, Samson

Meadows, Isham

Middleton, Hudson

Middleton, Levi

Miller Jr., Daniel

Miller, Abraham

Miller, Isaac

Miller, Jacob

Miller, James

Miller, John

Miller, Solomon

Mitchel, Perley

Moberly, Drury

Moholland, Samuel

Monroe, Jesse

Morehouse, Wm.

Mote, William

Munger, Edmund

Munger, Henry K.

Musgrave, Henry

Newhard, Abraham

Nicholson, Henry

Nicholson, William

Park, George

Paullin, Daniel

Paullin, Jermiah

Perkins, Thomas

Peyton, Geo. W.

Pickerell, John

Pickering, William

Pierce, Nathaniel L.

Pless, James

Pottenger, Samuel

Potts, David

Potts, John

Powers, Jonathan W.

Pullen, F.M.

Pullen, Y. B.

Quick, Edwin

Quillen, Elijah

Ramey, John

Ramey, William P.

Ramey, William Page

Ramey, Wm. P.

Rankin, James

Rayburn, Henry

Redenbaugh, Fredrick

Reed, Richard

Ristine, Henry

Ristine, John

Ritter, Simon

Rogers, Tillman

Ross, Samuel

Scott, James

Scott, Prior

Shanklin, Andrew

Shidmore, William

Ship, Elijah

Shoemaker, John

Shotts, Lavina

Simms, Lany

Simpson, Allen

Smith, Charity

Smith, John

Snyder, David

Staats, Abraham

Staats, Rebecca

Staley, Matthias

Stevens, Abednego

Stites, James

Stitt, John

Stone, Riley

Stover, Samuel

Struble, James

Struble, James

Swank, Joseph

Swearingen, Charles

Taylor, Barsilla

Taylor, Plesant

Teeter, Robert

Thompson, Samuel

Vanarsdall, Wm. A.

Vaneaton, James

Ventioner, James

Walter, Henry

Walton, John T.

Wheeler, Joseph

Wheeler, Ralph

White, Daniel

Whitlock, Ambrose

Williams, James

Williver, William

Wilson, John

Wilson, John

Wilson, John

Wilson, John D.

Woods, Abraham

Woods, Andrew

Worley, Robert