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Fairbanks Township Centennial Marking Massacre History
Article recalls the 1812 Fairbanks massacre and suggests a monument on land once entered by Joseph Thomas. It lists early settlers, notes the 1824 Baptist church, 1823 schoolhouse, and the 1840 Fairbanks village layout. It discusses locating the massacre site and urges government recognition for fallen soldiers.
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Fairbanks Township
Thomas Place
James Johnson
Lieutenant Fairbanks
Joseph Thomas
Fairbanks
Sullivan
Haddon Township
James Pogue
Drake
Ohio
James Drake
Enoch Thompson
Joseph Liston
Ludwick Ernest
Joseph Ransford
Hezekiah Riggs
Barnett Rmerson
Elias Moore
Archibald Parker
Toplar Coleman
Jacob Mattox
Benjamin Ernest
Jesse Davis
Abram Jdebaun
John Harris
Joseph Dilley
Daniel Frakes
Elijah Pound
Jerry Thompson
Daniel Johnson
Thos. Riggs
Joel Harris
Turman Township
Hezough Riggs
Turmans Creek
Josef Jacobs
Samuel Myers
Leslie Lynn Johnson Soveral
Fairbanks Landing
Chauncey Frakes
Geo. Kersey
Estel Drake
George Kersey
Defeat
Chauncey Frakes’ House
Black
Ft. Knox
Leutenant
Indianapolis
A. E. DeBaun
DeBaun
Abraham de Bain
Joe Thompson
Purdue
Frakes
Mountain Meadow
Utah
General Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
Cherry Valley
N. Y
Wyoming Valley
Tippecanie
Custer
Morrison
Congress
Old World
Mt. Parnassus
Thermopylae
Greece
Leonidas
Persia