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products.admiration of his “horse sense.“Revolutionary War soldiersThe ladies of the Gibson county chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution annually decorate the graves of the known Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Gibson county.There are 43 known gravesites of Revolutionary War soldiers in the county. The men who fought for the freedom of the United States were Thomas Montgomery, Robert Archer, Ben Sharp, James Wheeler, James Smith, Thomas Long and John Pritchett.Others were George Holbrook, Sr., Samuel Montgomery', John Severns, Joshua Kitchen, Joseph Neely, Jess Kimball, John Kimball and Joseph Woods.More soldiers include Dr. Gorton Jerauld, Thomas Bell, William Reavis, Jesse Wyatt,ienson, Nicholas Boren, Robert Casbot, David Bucklin and Charles Cross.Also James Evans, Moses Grigsby, Francis Lucas, William McEntire, Hugh McGary, Robert McCleary, I^andon Key and Daniel Putman.Additional patriots are IshamReavis, Sr., Aaron Redman, John Reel, Thomas Sample, James Winders, John Witherspoon, Christophercounty building was erected. These men were Sylvester Benson, John S. Meade andJosiah Kightly.Kightly came to the United States from England at the age of 21. The trip, via sailing ship to New Orleans, took thirty days, contrasted to the recent journey of the Concord which took fourhours.When the epidemic of yellow fever began raging New Orleans, Kightly escaped by traveling up the rivers to Evansville.Kightly worked for wholesale firms in Evansville for 15 years and came to Hazelton to open a general merchandising store during the Civil War. In following years he became aVanarsdall, David Stilwell and Jacob Skelton, Two men whose first names are not known wereseveral properties.Josiah Kightly was a leader in his community. He was the first president of the Hazleton Bank lt;Now the Gibson County Bank i. He was instrumental in establishing the Methodist Church in Hazelton and gave the land and a sizeable sum for the first building.It is said that because of his close supervision of the building of the court house, the contractor went bankrupt. Kightly was a man of integrity, ashrewd businessman and had notime for shoddy work.Mrs. Velma King is the great grandaughter of Josiah Kightly and she and her husband. Rollie King live in the home Kightly built in 1893 in Hazelton and have named it Kightly Hill in his honor.a Brokaw and a Simpson.Gibson courthouse owesmuch to Josiah KightlyThe corner stone of the large land owner and owner ofGibson county courthousereveals the names of the county commissioners at the time the
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Princeton Daily Clarion
Princeton, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 22, 1976
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