Histroy of Clay County Indiana IN William Travis 1909

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A History of Clay County Indiana by William Travis (1909)Volumes I and II Full title: A History of Clay County, Indiana, closing of the first century’s history of the county, and showing the growth of its people, institutions, industries and wealth Author: Travis, William, b. 1838 Publisher Info: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company, 1909. About the Condition: Includes both Volumes I and II. Binding on both is original but quite worn. Both volumes are complete but Volume II has some loose pages. Wear on page edges but pages are still in good condition and legible. These books are good candidates for re-binding. Contents: Location, Organization, Subdivisions of the County, Indian Occupation, Relics, Early Settlements and Pioneer Notes, County Seats (Bowling Green, Brazil), Pioneer Industries, the National Road, Canals, Railroads, the Eel River, Education, Newspapers, Literature, Inventions, Agricultural societies, Fairs, Mail service, the community of Brazil and other towns, Settlement of Bee Ridge, Institution of the Pioneer Church, Theological Discussions, Passing of the Saloon Traffic, Civil Lists of the County and Townships, Women of the county, Clay Countians Abroad, Memroirs of Leading and Familiar Home People, Necrology (names of some 2000 residents with their birth and death dates), Military (with names of soldiers from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War), Disastrous Powder and Boiler Explosions, Hurricanes, Cyclones, Oil Field on the Border Line, Rural Churches. Volume One includes many hundreds of names of early Clay County residents, many of which include bios and tales of early days. Some of these are: Mrs. Millie Cromwell, Mrs. Sarah Barber, Miss Sarah Prather, Miss Alice Hoskins, Mrs. Sarah Jeffers, Miss Mollie Conder, Mrs. Lovina Duncan, Mrs. Eliza Pell, Mrs. Lena Wilson, Mrs. Mary Ferguson, Mrs. Polly Lankford, Miss Elizabeth Eaglesfield, James M. Townsend, Enos Miles, Joel H. Buckallew, Montgomery Oliver, Katherine Oliver, Elisha B. Peyton, John C. Major, Marvin B. Crist, Isreal Krytser, Jefferson McAnelly, Amos J. Fires, Cornelius W. Crouse, William M. Ridpath, George W. Ellenberger, J. Orlev Ellenberger, Lucius Teter, John W. Stewart, Robert C. Miles, Allen R. Julian, Nathan A. Thomas, James M. Russell, Fred M. Elkin, Joseph Cary Crist, Otto T. Cailor, William S. Tipton, Josiah and Robert Tipton, Oliver P. Grimes, Thomas A. Morgan, Steve Travis, Mark R. Brighton, James H. Seaton, Adam C. Veach, Isaac M. Compton, O.H.P. Ash, Elias C. Kilmer, Elias Cooprider, James McLean Hanna, John B. Nees, Thomas Dillon, John Travis, Charles W. Bailey, James M. Lucas, Charles G. Ferguson, Thomas Hyland, Martin Bowles, John T. Smith, Lewis Row, Francis B. Yocum, William F. Bright, John G. Ackelmire, Alpheus S. Fair, William Muir, John Hendrix Sr., Robert C. Barr, Abner Bohannon, William F. Yocum, Andrew J. Clark, James S. Gray, William H. Long, Abraham Willen, Silas Kauble, Adam B. Moon, Mathew L. Jett, George Stearley, Henry Bolick, William Y. Stewart, Charles E. Hyland, Larkin Lankford, A.J. Baber, Hezehiah Wheeler, James B. Arnett, Daniel Zenor, Walter C. Elkin, Absalon B. Wheeler, John C. McGregor, Wilkins B. Brown, Ernst Muehler, Owen T. Stark, John Burns, David Moore, Clinton M. Thompson, Chrales W. Moss, John W. Ecret, John Osborn, Esau Presnell, Morgan B. Ringo, Amos W. Hedge, Nathan A. Gibbons, Commodore Perry Eppert, Thomas B. Robertson, John E. Stack, James M. Hoskins, Dillon W. Bridges, Peter T. Luther, Thomas Phillips, John Strauch, Samuel anderson, Dennis C. Gilfillan, John Z. Macdonald, Preston Morgan, George J. Kayser, John Picard, William L. Buckallew, Jasper O. Wagstaff, Robert Smith, Isaiah Murphy, George D. Teter, Henry W. Crist, James Ferguson, John A. Trout, Sherman H. Kelsey, Henry Bemis, Gilbert Liston, Joseph T. Liston, Joseph Liston Sr., Robert A. McBeth, Salem H. Lybyer, George E. Hubbard, John D. Walker, Ananias W. Lowdermilk, George Ringo, George Worth Bence, John Andrew, Charles E. Matson, George A. Byrd, Michael Combs, Delana R. Eckels... read more

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