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

located in the northwestern corner of Steuben County
six miles east to west, 4 miles north to south (15,000 acres)
Lake Gage, Lake Pleasant, Belle Lake, Tamarack Lake

first settled in 1834, known as the "Vermont Settlement"
Spring 1834, John STOCKER, father of L.H. STOCKER, prospected to Orland from Windham Co. Vermont
chose Orland for name of town by having first postmaster, Colonel Alexander CHAPIN opening hymn book

first white child born was Sarah L. PIERCE daughter of Benjamin PIERCE b. Nov. 10, 1834 she later married Alsinus TOWNSEND

Settler Deaths:

                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

first marriage was Augustus KIMBALL and Eliza EATON October 12, 1836

first gristmill built by Deacon Timothy KIMBALL
first frame house in Orland built by Mr. CHAPIN, now where stately mansion of Jonas TWICHELL is
at the same time John ANDERSON built small home now included in house of William VanHUSAN on West Street -- Mr. ANDERSON died shortly afterwards by drowning in Lake Jimmerson while hunting with Clayton MALLORY
first store opened by Captain Samuel BARRY in 1836
first general store opened Feb 1837 by Dr. James McCONNELL and G.D. PALMENTER
first house in township built by G.D. PALMENTER in 1834
first frame house in township built by S.A. PALMENTER from timber hewn by Leland STOCKER, master builder S.C. SABIN in 1836
first school erected in 1837 in Orland
first teacher was Miss Eliza Eaton who is the sister of Elihu SABIN's wife
first church in Orland was Baptist; began Aug 7, 1835 by Rev. H.T. HALLl
Presbyterian church organized in 1836
Methodist church began in 1837
first tavern or hotel built by S.U. CLARK where Burnham House is now located
first physicians: Dr. James McCONNELL, P.C. CARLETON, Dr. Madison MARSH, Dr. S.D. RICHARDSON
first blacksmith shop by Andrew LUNDSTRUM, a young Swedish mechanic
first tailor: S.U. CLARK
first furniture establishment by Roswell FARWELL, a deaf mute
Nelson NEWTON and Chester STOCKER made well pumps

Orland Business in 1885

                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

Churches 1885

            Congregational -- Rev. Mr. Preston
            Methodist Episcopal -- Rev. Mr. Marble
            Baptist -- Rev. Mr. Shepherd

Star Lodge No. 225, F. & A.M.

organized July 31, 1857
original officers: L.C. MARSH, J.F. CHAPIN, E.M. ROBERTS, M. H. HASKINS

Orland Lodge No. 541 IOOF

organized Dec 22, 1877
first officers: Dr. George KEESLER, James CLIFTON, V. DARROW, James ROGERS

politically Whig until 1856, then Republican

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