What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Miami County and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 Volume set published in 1914.

 

 

HISTORY

OF

MIAMI COUNTY,

INDIANA

 

A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests

 

Edited by

MR. ARTHUR L. BODURTHA

 

 

VOLUME I and VOLUME 2

 

ILLUSTRATED

THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK

1914

 

(800 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 imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

 

Volume 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Chapter I. Physical features, geology, etc.
Chapter II. Aboriginal inhabitants
Chapter III. Indian chiefs and treaties
Chapter IV. The story of Frances Slocum
Chapter V. The period of preparation
Chapter VI. Settlement and organization
Chapter VII. Township history
Chapter VIII. Township history - Continued
Chapter IX. The city of
Peru
Chapter X. Towns
and villages
Chapter XI. Military history
Chapter XII. Internal improvements
Chapter XIII. Finance and industry
Chapter XIV. Educational development
Chapter XV. The bench and the bar
Chapter XVI. The medical profession
Chapter XVII. Church history
Chapter XVIII. Charities and cemeteries
Chapter XIX. Miscellaneous history
Chapter XX. Societies and fraternities
Chapter XXI. Statistical review
History of
Miami County

 

Volume 2

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

 

 

Aaron, Alspach, Altman, Andrews, Armitage, Atkinson, Augur, Bailey, Bair, Baker, Baldwin, Balsbaugh, Bappert, Bargerhuff, Barnhisel, Barron, Bearss, Berger, Betzner, Binkerd, Black, Blackburn, Blair, Bodurtha, Bond, Boone, Booth, Bouslog, Bowland, Brower, Brownell, Bundy, Burke, Busby, Butler, Butt, Carl, Carter, Casper, Chamberlain, Charters, Clark, Cleland, Cole, Condo, Conn, Conner, Conradt, Cory, Costin, Coucher, Cox, Craig, Crouder, Crume, Cunningham, Davis, Demuth, DeWald, Dice, Dingman, Doan, Douglass, Dukes, Dunn, Eagle, Edwards, Effinger, Eikenberry, Ellis, Engel, Everts, Falk, Faust, Fidler, Fisher, Fite, Foote, Fulwiler, Gahs, Gallahan, Garritson, Germann, Gerhart, Ginney, Glassburn, Godfroy, Graft, Graham, Graves, Green, Grimes, Griswold, Guendling, Gustin, Gwinn, Gysin, Haag, Haas, Hackley, Hall, Harris, Harrison, Harter, Hattery, Helm, Henton, Hensler, Herrell, Hiner, Hite, Hockman, Hoffman, Holman, Hood, Hoover, Horan, Hostetler, Howes, Hughes, Hurst, Iddings, Irwin, Isler, Jackson, Jenkins, Kagy, Kalbfleisch, Kendall, Kepner, Kercher, Kessler, Keyes, King, Knauff, Knox, Kotterman, Kraus, Kreutzer, Kurtz, La Fontaine, Landrum, Larimer, Lavengood, Leedy, Lewis, Lockridge, Lockwood, Long, Loveland, Lucas, Lutz, Lynch, Macy, Malott, Malsbury, Maus, McCaffrey, McCarthy, McConnell, McDaniels, McElheny, McGregor, McKillip, Melcher, Mercer, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Mowbray, Mumaugh, Murden, Nash, Nelp, Nelson, Newell, Newman, Overman, Parkhurst, Passage, Patten, Peters, Phelps, Philapy, Phillebaum, Place, Plotner, Puterbaugh, Quinn, Raber, Ramsey, Rayburn, Ream, Reasoner, Resler, Reyburn, Reynolds, Rhein, Rhodes, Richardville, Richer, Ridenour, Roberts, Robins, Rose, Rutherford, Runyan, Sandifur, Schermerhorn, See, Seidner, Seitner, Senger, Shanks, Sharp, Shinn, Shirk, Shively, Shirk, Shrock, Simons, Sims, Slocum, Smith, Snowberger, Sollitt, Sommer, Spaulding, Speck, Spooner, Springer, Sproal, Starkey, Stevens, Stineman, Stitt, Stowman, Struble, Stutesman, Sullivan, Sutton, Swafford, Swigert, Swindler, Teter, Theobald, Tillett, Tombaugh, Tomey, Trippeer, Tudor, Unger, Volpert, Wagoner, Waisner, Waite, Wallace, Waltz, Ward, Waters, Way, Wayne, Welch, West, Wetherow, Wilkinson, Willson, Wilson, Wininger, Wolf, Yarian, Yoars, Younce, Zartman, Zehring, Zimmerman, Zook