Settlers Before 1840
1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana page 632

Township History
Abstracted from the 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana pages 632-634

John Van Horn    April 27, 1836    Sec 3,4,9,10
David Phenicie    May 17, 1836 Sec 18

First house built by Daniel Hill
First marriage: Roswell Sutton to Nancy McMinn 1842
First white child: son of Silas Headley
First teacher was Mrs. Mahala Lobdell
First schoolhouse (District No. 4) built in 1844; the teacher was Mrs. Loranie Pierce
First frame house built in 1850 by Wellington Cook
First blacksmith: Peter Wolf
For a very long time Scott Twp. had the oldest person in the county and state -- Mr. Willard Dewitt who was almost 105 years old and died in January 1881
Strongly Republican township

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