What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana and their people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 volume set published in 1916.
A Standard History
of
Jasper and Newton Counties,
Indiana
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and County
Under the Editorial Supervision of
LOUIS H. HAMILTON, Rensselaer
For Jasper County
and
WILLIAM DARROCH, Kentland
For Newton County
Volumes 1 & 2
ILLUSTRATED
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1916
780 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are lighter in contrast due to the age of the text.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - CO-OPERATION OF NATURE AND MAN
CHAPTER II - CONFLICTS OF WHITES AND REDS
CHAPTER III - PREPARATIONS FOR WHITE IMMIGRATION
CHAPTER IV - COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER V - COURTS, JUDGES AND LAWYERS
CHAPTER VI - LAND HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER VII - GENERAL AND STATISTICAL
CHAPTER VIII- GROUNDWORK OF AMERICAN GROWTH
CHAPTER IX - SPECIAL PIONEER PICTURES
CHAPTER X - JASPER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XI - RENSSELAER AND ITS INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XII – REMINGTON
CHAPTER XIII - MINOR CENTERS OF POPULATION
CHAPTER XIV - NEWTON COUNTY BEFORE IT WAS A POLITICAL BODY
CHAPTER XV - MATTERS VITAL TO THE COUNTY
CHAPTER XVI - COURTS, JUDGES AND LAWYERS
CHAPTER XVII -COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER XVIII - NATURE AND HER CULTIVATION
CHAPTER XIX - NEWTON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
(1861-1865)
CHAPTER XX - KENTLAND, THE COUNTY SEAT
CHAPTER XXI - GOODLAND
CHAPTER XXII - THE TOWN OF BROOK
CHAPTER XXIII - MOROCCO AND OTHER TOWNS
Surnames in Index
Abbott, Adams, Ade, Agate, Aldrich, Alexander, Allen, Allman, Alter, Amsler, Anderson, Andrews, Anheir, Annabel, Antrim, Archibald, Armitage, Arnold, Arnout, Ash, Askew, Atkinson, Austin, Babb, Babeock, Baker, Ballard, Bard, Barker, Barkley, Barnes, Barnett, Barr, Bartholomew, Bartoo, Bassett, Beagley, Beard, Bebout, Beck, Bekelheimer, Bell, Bellows, Benjamin, Bennett, Benson, Benton Bernhardt, Berry, Besser, Beyea, Bieknell, Biddle, Bishop, Bishopp, Bissell, Bitters, Blake, Blessing, Bloomer, Blue, Boicourt, Bole, Bond, Boothroyd, Boroughs, Bostwick, Bowden, Bowman, Boyle, Bramble, Brandon, Branson, Brecount, Brees, Brenton, Brewer, Bridgeman, Brigham, Bright, Bringle, Brook, Brown, Bruce, Bruek, Bruner, Bryant, Builta, Bull, Burgess, Burns, Burton, Bush, Bussell, Butler, Calkins, Callahan, Callow, Carr, Carson, Cashaw, Cass, Catt, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chancellor, Chapman, Chilcote, Chizum, Church, Cissel, Clark, Clary, Claussen, Claypool, Clifton, Cochrane, Coekrill, Coen, Coffelt, Coffert, Coffman, Cole, Collier, Collins, Comer, Comparet, Cone, Conn, Conrad, Cook, Cooke, Coombs, Cooper, Coover, Coovert, Coppock, Corbin, Cotton, Coughlin, Cowen, Cox, Craig, Crank, Creek, Crockett, Crowder, Crowe, Crozier, Crumpaeker, Culp, George, Cummings, Cunningham, Curnick, Currens, Daniel, Daniels, Darroch, Daugherty, Daveer, Davidson, Davies, Daviess, Davis, Davisson, Day, Dean, Deardurff, Deaver, DeForest, DeHart, Deitch, Denham, Deuel, Dewees, Deweese, Dick, Dickinson, Dickson, Didlake, Dluzak, Dodson, Donahue, Donaldson, Doty, Dowling, Downing, Drake, Drees, Dunham, Dunlap, Dunn, Duvall, Dwiggins, Earl, Eddy, Edwards, Eger, Eib, Elijah, Ellis, Elliott, Emerich, Enfield, English, Erwin, Esson, Everett, Ewan, Faris, Farris, Faulk, Fell, Fenwick, Ferguson, Finn, Fisher, Fleming, Folger, Foltz, Frank, Fordiee, Foreman, Foresman, Frankenberger, Franklin, Frazer, Freeland, French, Friedline, Fry, Frye, Foster, Fox, Garrett, Garrison, Gates, Gehres, Geizelman, Gilbert, Gillam, Gillett, Gilman, Girard, Givin, Gleason, Glick, Gobin, Goddard, Godfrey, Goff, Goodacre, Goodnow, Gragg, Graham, Grant, Graves, Greathouse, Green, Greenway, Grevenstuk, Gridley, Griffes, Griffin, Griggs, Grindle, Grinm, Guthridge, Guy, Hall, Halleek, Halstead, Ham, Hamerton, Harney, Hamilton, Hammerton, Hammond, Hand, Hankie, Hanley, Hansson, Hardy, Hargrave, Harmon, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Hartman, Harwood, Hathaway, Hatch, Hawkins, Haymond, Haynes, Hazelton, Healey, Hemphill, Henderson, Henkle, Henneberger, Hensler, Herriman, Hershman, Hervey, Hess, Hicks, Higgins, Hillis, Hinkle, Hobbs, Hoerstman, Hogau, Holly, Hollingsworth, Holmes, Hooker, Hoover, Hope, Hopkins, Hosier, Hudson, Hughes, Hull, Humston, Hunt, Huntington, Hurley, Hurst, Hurt, Hutton, Hiff, Iliff, Ingram, Irvin, Irwin, Jackson, Jakway, James, Jenkins, Jennings, Jensen, Jessie, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Jouvenat, Julian, Kanual, Kay, Kendall, Keefe, Keene, Keiser, Keith, Kelley, Kennedy, Kenoyer, Kent, Kenton, Kern, Kesltr, Kessler, Kight, Kilgore, Killenberger, Kimberlin, Kindig, King, Kinneman, Kirkpatrick, Kitt, Knight, Knox, Kolhoff, Kolliofe, Kolhoff, Kummer, Kurrie, Lacy, Lamb, Landon, Langdon, Lansing, Law, Lawler, Lawrence, Lawton, Learning, Lear, Leatherman, Lee, Lefler, Legras, Le Masters, Leopold, Lewis, Light, Lilley, Little, Littlejohn, Lockwood, Logan, Long, LongVell, Lough, Loughridge, Lowe, Lucas, Luers, Lund, Lynch, Lyons, MacDonald, Major,
Majors, Makeever, Makeover, Mallatt, Malone, Marble, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Martindale, Maxwell, May, Mayhew, McCain, McCarty, McColly, McCoy, McCray, McCullough, McCurry, McDaniel, McDermott, McEwin, McGowan, McHolland, Mcintosh, McJimsey, McKee, McMillen, McMullen, McNary, McReynolds, Meadal, Means, Merchant, Meredith, Merkle, Messmann, Meyer, Miller, Milligan, Mills, Milroy, Mitchell, Mitten, Montgomery, Moody, Moore, Mooreman, Morgan, Morlan, Morrison, Murphey, Murphy, Murray, Myers, Naylor, Neisz, Nelson, Newell, Nichols, Noble, Noland, Nork, Norris, Nowels, O'Brien, O 'Connor, Odell, O 'Meara, Oosley, O'Riley, Ormiston, Osborne, Oswald, Overacker, Overton, Overton, Owen, Palmer, Parcels, Parke, Parker, Parkinson, Parkison, Parsons, Patrick, Patterson, Patton, Paul, Paulus, Peacock, Peek, Peck, Peek, Pence, Pepper, Perkins, Perry, Persail, Peters, Pettit, Pfrimmer, Phegley, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pierson, Piatt, Plummer, Pokagon, Polke, Ponsler, Poole, Porter, Postill, Post, Potts, Powell, Powers, Pratt, Presher, Price, Profit, Protsman, Puett, Pulver, Puxdy, Purkey, Rail, Ramsay, Randle, Rankin, Ransford, Ravenscroft, Recher, Redding, Reed, Reld, Retterath, Reynolds, Rhoades, Rice, Rich, Rider, Riley, Risser, Roadruck, Roberts, Robinson, Rockwell, Rogers, Root, Rose, Ross, Roush, Roush, Rowen, Russell, Ryan, Sage, Sager, Sailor, St. Ange, St. Clair, Salrin, Saltillo, Sammons, Sands, Sarver, Saunderson, Sawyer, Sayers, Sayler, Schanlaub, Schmitz, Schraack, Schuette, Schuh, Schuster, Scoonover, Scott, Sears, Sego, Seifert, Sell, Sellers, Service, Shaeffer, Shafer, Shagley, Shappley, Sharp, Shaw, Shearer, Shepard, Shideler, Shirer, Shoekey, Shortridge, Shriver, Shunk, Sickafoose, Sigler, Sigo, Silver, Simpson, Sims, Sink, Sizelove, Skinner, Smith, Snell, Snip, Snyder, Sparkling, Sparling, Spencer, Spinney, Spitler, Spottswood, Staekhbuse, Stanforth, Stanley, Starr, Staton, Stearman, Steinbaeh, Stembel, Stephan, Stephens, Sterrett, Steward, Stewart, Stockton, Stoner, Strawn, Streeh, Streight, Strohm, Strole, Stryker, Stump, Sullivan, Swigget, Syraes, Talcott, Tatman, Taylor, Terwilliger, Test, Thayer, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Thrawls, Tiffany, Tilton, Timmons, Tineher, Tipton, Todd, Torbet, Townsend, Treadway, Triplett, Triplett, Troxell, Truman, Tuggle, Turfler, Tucker, Turpie, Turner, Tyler, Ulrey, Urmston, Vail, Vance, Vanderburgh, Vander Voort, Van Eensselaer, Varnum, Veatch, Vincennes, Vinton, Vondersmith, Wainscott, Walker, Wallace, Ward, Warner, Warriner, Washburn, Wasson, Watson, Waymire, Weas, Weatherhogg, Weaver, Weil, Weiss, Welsh, Wenrick, West, Weston, Whaley, Wharton, Wheaton, White, Whitney, Wickwire, Wigmore, Wildasin, Wiley, Willard, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Willits, Wilson, Wimsett, Wishard, Wonder, Wood, Woodson, Wright, Wyatt, Yeoman, Zaring, Zick, Zoborosky, Zook,
