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Vermillion County Genealogy

Biographical and Historical Record of
Vermillion County, Indiana

Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying Biographies of each; A Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of some of the Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and its Cities and Villages.

Copy obtained from the Internet Archive, digitized in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. This transcription begins with the Introductory Chapter for Vermillion County. ~~Pat Asher, Nov, 2012-Jan, 2013.

Contents

General History

Introductory
Aboriginal
Governmental
The Civil War
Miscellaneous
Clinton Township
Helt Township
Vermillion Township
Eugene Township
Highland Township
Perrysville
Pioneers

Biographical Sketches

- A -

Anderson, N. C.
Anderson, P. Z.
Andrews, John
Asbury, James
Aye, H. H.
Aye, Henry

- B -

Bales, Caleb
Bales, Caleb
Bales, Robert
Bales, W. F.
Bales, William
Beauchamp, J. W.
Beck, A. J.
Beckman, L. H.
Bell, D. W.
Bell, T. W.
Bell, W. M.
Benefiel, W. H.
Bertolet, J. R.
Betson, A. J.
Betson, Hamilton
Bilsland, J. E.
Bilsland, John
Bishop, F. M.
Bishop, L. O.
Blair, James
Bogart, J. H.
Bogart, W. C.
Bowman, Moses
Bremer, W. P.
Brindley, Eli
Brindley, John
Burns, Joseph
Burnside, J. H.

- C -

Cade, Henry
Cady, H. S.
Campbell, J. G.
Carmack, J. F.
Carmack, W. P.
Carter, M. B.
Carithers, Jonathan
Casebeer, Hezekiah
Casebeer, J. W.
Cates, W. H.
Clark, John
Clover, J. A.
Coffin, S. W.
Coil, Lewis
Collett, John
Collett, John Sr.
Collett, Josephus Sr.
Collett, Josephus
Collett, S[tephen]. S.
Collett, S. S.
Conley, H. H.
Conley, Jeremiah
Combes, F. C.
Cook, W. C.
Crabb, G. A.
Craig, R. A.
Curtis, Philo
Cushman, Thomas

- D -

Dallas, Hugh
Davis, C. S.
Davis, F. M.
Davis, Robert
Davis, Samuel Benton
Downing, Decatur
Dungan, B. F.
Dunlap, J. R.
Duzan, James

- E -

Eaton, H. C.
Edwards, G. W.
Eggleston, J. L.
Elder, J. A.
Ellis, J. E.

- F -

Finney, D. W.
Flaugher, E. A.
Fleshman, Amos
Foland, J. A.
Foncanon, Tilghman
Ford, John
Forman, Amos
Fortner, W. P.
Fox, J. L.

- G -

Gessie, R. J.
Gibson, O. B.
Goff, Philander
Goodwin, L. L.
Goodwin, W. A.
Gouty, David
Grimes, H. L.
Grimes, John
Groves, W. C.

- H -

Hall, S. J.
Hall, W. I.
Hamilton, W. M.
Harkness, Philo
Harlan, Eldridge
Harlin, John
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, C. B.
Harrison, Robert
Harrison, T. H.
Haworth, G. F.
Haworth, J. P.
Hedges, C. C.
Hedges, Noah
Helt, Daniel
Helt, Hiram
Helt, Michael
Henderson, John
Henderson, Josiah
Hendricks, W. J.
Herbert, W. J.
Highfill, John
Hill, Judge A.
Hollingsworth, Simeon
Hoobler, John
Hood, T. S.
Hood, W. B.
Hood, W. H.
Hopkins, A. R.
Hopkins, G. R.
Hosford, M. G.
Hosford, Philo
Hosford, W. N.
Houchin, Jesse
Houchin, J. S.
Hughes, Ehud
Hughes, William
Hunt, Harvey

I - J

Iles, Jacob
Iles, J. B.
Jackson, G. W.
Jackson, J. C.
Jacobs, Nathan
James, Edmund
James, H. B.
James, H. H.
James, S. R.
James, W. A.
James, Z. D.
Jarvis, J. W.
Jenkins, J. M.
Jones, Wiley
Jones, William

- K -

Kearns, J. S.
Kerns, A. H.
Kerns, W. F.
Keyes, C. F.
Keyes, O. M.
Kibby, Thomas
Kinderman, Alexander
Knowles, C. B.
Knowles, J. E.

- L -

Lacey, E. A.
Lamb, Elias
Lamb, I. R.
Langston, J. F.
Lindsey, John
Leiton, N. T.
Lewis, Joshua
Lewis, J. C.
Lewis, J. J.
Linn, J. H.
Little, R. P.
Lusadder, Homer
Lynn, J. C.

- M -

Mack, A. L.
Mack, Erastus
Malone, Mrs. Sarah
Malone, S. W.
Martin, Aaron
Matthews, Claude
McBeth, David
McFall, W. D.
McKnight, L. A.
McNeill, G. H.
McNeill, J. R.
McNeill, John
Merriman, P. M.
Metzger, Rezin
Miller, Jacob
Mitchell, T. J.
Mitchell, T. J.
Mock, G. L.
Moffatt, R. D.
Moore, Joseph
Morehead, J. A.
Morey, W. L.
Morgan, B. H.
Myers, T. B.

N - O

Nebeker, Henry
Nebeker, Seymour
Newlin, A. R.
Nichols, J. M.
Nichols, T. J.
Nichols, T. J.
Nichols, William
Nixon, R. H.
Nolan, Madison
Norris, John Osborn, James
Osmon, J. B.

- P -

Parrett, J. W.
Pearman, Adam
Peer, John
Peer, J. L.
Peer, Robert
Peters, J. C.
Peters, J. L.
Pinson, A. J.
Pinson, T. P.
Ponton, J. T.
Ponton, O. P. M.
Porter, W. L.
Porter, W. W.
Potts, C. P.
Pritchard, Elias

- R -

Ranger, D. A.
Redman, J. W.
Reed, D. A.
Reed, L. H.
Reeder, J. W.
Reynolds, G. H.
Rheuby, William
Rhoads, M. G.
Rice, Isaac
Rice, W. Y.
Richardson, John
Richardson, J. B.
Riley, F. M.
Roberts, James
Rodgers, Elisha
Rogers, J. O.
Rogers, J. S.
Rucker, R. M.
Runyan, Daniel
Rush, Fred
Rush, James
Russell, William

- S -

Samuels, S. H.
Sanders, H. E.
Sanders, J. A.
Sawyer, J. C.
Saxton, G. W.
Scott, L. S.
Scott, M. W.
Sears, Daniel
Sears, R. B.
Sexton, Abel
Shelato, W. A.
Shepard, Lewis
Shew, Eli
Shew, Henry
Shew, Leonard
Shute, Daniel
Shute, Ephraim
Skidmore, G. F.
Skidmore, John
Skidmore, Josiah
Skidmore, T. J.
Skidmore, William
Skidmore, W. H.
Slater, William
Smith, David
Smith, James
Smith, J. M.
Smith, J. L.
Sparks, E. G.
Sparks, G. B.
Spotswood, E. T.
Sprouls, Andrew
Staats, J. H.
Stahl, J. R.
Stokes, R. B.
Strain, D. E.
Stultz, G. W.
Sturn, Henry
Stutler, J. C.
Swinehart, R. H.
Switzer, Wesley

- T -

Thomas, J. L.
Thompson, Thomas
Tillotson, D. G.
Tillotson, G. B.
Tipton, Captain
Todd, S. N.

U - V

Underwood, Jacob
Van Sickle, Edgar

- W -

Wade, A. H.
Walker, C. P.
Walter, Frederick
Walthall, T. E.
Walthall, W. B.
Ward, C. W.
Washburn, J. Q.
Watkins, H. T.
Watson, G. L.
Watson, G. W.
Weatherwax, Solomon
Wells, George
Wells, Horace
Whipple, L. R.
Whitcomb, A. L.
Whitcomb, John
White, J. A.
White, R. M.
Whited, J. W.
Whitted, Enoch
Wilson, J. H.
Wood, William
Wright, F. M.
Wright, L. H.
Wright, John
Wright, Milton
Wright, William

- Z -

Zerner, Adam