Millgrove Township



Towns, Past and Present

Inverness (pt.), Orland, Panama, Vermont Settlement



Settlers Before 1840
1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana  page 496-499


Settler
Who Came Along
Year Settled
Prior Residence
Other Info
Consider AMES . before 1840 .
John ANDERSON . . .
J. F. BALDWIN . before 1840 .
Lewis BARNARD wife, 4 kids 1836 .
Capt. Samuel BARRY . Winter 1836 . brought in first store
Abel BLANCHARD 5 kids 1834 Windham Co. Vt one son--Elder Blanchard of Wolcottville
Caleb H. BLANCHARD . before 1840 .
Emory BROWN . before 1840 .
Charles CARLTON . before 1840 .
Peter C. CARLTON . before 1840 .
Alexander CHAPIN wife, 3 kids 1836 Vermont
Josiah CHAPIN wife 1836 Vermont father of Alexander
Cyrus CHOATE wife, 4 kids 1836 .
Polly CHOATE . 1836 Vermont
Sullivan U. CLARK . 1836 .
Miles COE wife, 3 kids 1835 Vermont
J.C. CUTLER . . New York City
John CUTLER wife, 5 kids 1836 Massachusetts
Samuel CUTLER wife 1836 Massachusetts
Henry DEPUE wife, 9 kids 1835 Ohio
Levi DEPUE . . .
Stephen DUDLEY . before 1840 .
Eliza EATON . 1835 Massachusetts
Cleon ELMORE . before 1840 .
Orrin GOODRICH . before 1840 .
Abraham GRAY wife, 5  kids 1836 Ohio
Cyrus GRAY . 1836 Ohio
George GRAY wife, 3 kids 1836 Ohio
Milo L. HUDSON . before 1840 .
Alanson KIDDER . before 1840 .
Timothy KIMBALL wife, 7 kids 1836 Michigan
Walter LUCE wife, 6 kids 1836 Ohio
Andrew LUNDSTRUM . before 1840 .
Dr. George W. McCONNELL . before 1840 .
Dr. James McCONNELL . before 1837 .
James McDUFFIE . before 1840 .
H. MILLER . before 1840 .
Nelson NEWTON wife, 2 kids 1835 Vermont
Elijah OWEN . before 1840 .
George D. PALMENTER wife, 1 kid 1834 Windham Co. Vt
S.A. PALMENTER . 1834 Windham Co. Vt
Benjamin PIERCE wife 1834 Windham Co. Vt
Elisha SABIN wife, 1 kid  1835 Vermont
Stephen C. SABIN . 1835 Vermont Stephen moved to OR
Elijah SALISBURY . before 1840 .
Francis SCRIPTURE . before 1840 .
Charles SQUIRES . before 1840 .
Whiting SQUIRES . before 1840 .
Chester STOCKER wife, 2 kids 1835 Vermont
George STOCKER . before 1840 .
Leland H. STOCKER . before 1840 .
John STOCKER wife, 4 kids 1834 Windham Co. Vt father of L.H. Stocker
Rev Stephen THOMPSON . before 1840 .
Jonas TWICHELL family 1836 New York
Alexander WARD wife, 3 kids 1835 Vermont
Eliphalet WARNER wife, 2 kids 1836 Ohio
Orlando WILDER . before 1840 .
William WILDER wife, 6 kids  1836 New York

* No 1834 Head of Households are alive in 1885
* 1835 Settlers -- only Nelson Newton and Stephen Sabin alive in 1885



Township History
Abstracted from the 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana  pages 495-518

                Polly, wife of Abel BLANCHARD died Aug 2, 1835  aged 39
                Abel BLANCHARD died April 7, 1852  aged 59
                Benjamin PIERCE died 1842  aged 40
                John STOCKER died October 1849
                Betsy STOCKER died May 1849
                Elihu SABIN died 1842
                Lucy, wife of Elihu SABIN died May 1845
                Eliza, wife of Augustus KIMBALL died March 1873  aged 65
                Chester STOCKER died January 1853
                Wife of Chester STOCKER died April 1852
                Wife of Nelson NEWTON died January 1842  aged 31
                John B. BARNARD died July 9, 1873
                Henry DEPUE died 1842  aged 61
                Sarah DEPUE died March 1851
                Levi DEPUE died April 1852 aged 41
                Wife of Levi DEPUE died 1876
                S.C. CUTLER died 1845
                Samuel CUTLER died 1847  aged 69
                S. G. CUTLER died 1860
                Alexander WARD died Sept 1841
                Mrs. William WILDER died March 1852  aged 57
                William WILDER died November 1862  aged 76
                Luman HUMPHREY died 1841 aged 54
                Philena HUMPHREY died Sept 1856  aged 67
                Charles CARLETON died 1859
                Walter LUCE died 1872  aged 78
                Abraham GRAY died 1839  aged 43
                Wife of Abraham GRAY died 1871  aged 76
                Cyrus GRAY died 1846  aged 80
                Mrs. Lewis BARNARD died 1863
                Miles COE died 1868
                Timothy KIMBALL died May 1851 aged 70
                Mrs. Timothy KIMBALL died 1849  aged 64
                Alexander CHAPIN died March 1849  aged 44
                Josiah CHAPIN, father of Alexander, died May 1864  aged 84
                Wife of Josiah CHAPIN died 1860 aged 80
                Cyrus CHOATE died 1843  aged 42
                Polly CHOATE died 1852  aged 77
                Eliphalet WARNER died 1865
                Mrs. Eliphalet WARNER died 1870  aged 60
                Mrs. KIDDER died 1851
                Samuel BARRY died 1855 in Illinois  aged 67
                Mrs. Samuel BARRY died 1855  aged 71
                  J.G. PARKER -- general store
                Fox and Vanetta -- drug store
                D.H. ROBERTS -- dry goods
                Taylor, Wilder, and Co. -- hardware
                Canst & Bro. -- grocery and meat market
                Oscar UNDERHILL -- shoe shop, grocery, billiard hall
                Fred SCHNEIDER -- grocery
                Miles KIMBALL -- hardware
                Helme -- shoe shop
                David SCHNEIDER -- shoe shop
                Frank BURNHAM -- Burnham Hotel
                Henry CARVER -- boarding house
                J.W. HELME -- wagon shop
                James LYTE -- blacksmith shop
                Joseph REEVES -- blacksmith shop
                W.W. THOMPSON -- furniture
                Stephen SABIN -- furniture
                John ROBERTS -- flour and meat market
              Congregational -- Rev. Mr. Preston
            Methodist Episcopal -- Rev. Mr. Marble
            Baptist -- Rev. Mr. Shepherd             organized July 31, 1857
            original officers: L.C. MARSH, J.F. CHAPIN, E.M. ROBERTS, M. H. HASKINS
              organized Dec 22, 1877
            first officers:  Dr. George KEESLER, James CLIFTON, V. DARROW, James ROGERS

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