Indian Massacre at Fairbanks Township Scene and History
Leslie Lynn Johnson recounts the 1813 Fairbanks massacre near Fairbanks Township during the Fort Harrison relief march. He details location debates, attack events, survivors Purdue and Black, the sword find, and later Sullivan County related killings. The piece laments government neglect and urges memorials for Lt. Fairbanks Morrison and their troops.
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Leslie Lynn Johnson
Fairbanks
Alps
Lakes
Killarney
Niagara
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Gettysburg
Waterloo
Airbanks
Fy Vais
Donlit
England
United States
France
Indiana
Tecunbeer Tecunseh
Tikswatawi
Willian Henry Farrison
Vincennes
Tecumseh
Harrison
Norton
Tippecinoe
Tippecanoe
Captain Taylor
General Taylor
Buena Vista
Ft. Harrison
Terre Isante
Tie
Black
Purdue
Bleck
Ft. Knox
Indianapolis
Debtann
DeBaun
Mr. WaBaun
Abraham DeBaun
Fairban S Township
Joe Thompson
Thompson
Mgr. Frakes
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Shelburn
Morrison
Knox
Little Eyes
Sam Moore leaves Farmersburg for Clinton hardware job
Farmersburg reports Sam Moore and family moved to Clinton where he takes a position in a hardware store after 18 years with George Heap. The community notes many local visits, births, and weekend activities across Farmersburg and nearby towns.
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Farmersburg
Sam Moore
Clinton
Moore
Alr
George Heap
Frank Barnhart
Baldridge
Frank Turner
Terre Haute
Frank McClanahan
Ellis Gooden
Gillespie
Bailey
Prairie Creek
Sullivan
Nina French
R. M. Clark
Dollie Heck
Doctor McBride to resign as assistant surgeon in Marion home
Floyd McBride who has served as assistant surgeon in the Marion branch of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers for two years will resign on July 1. He plans to practice medicine in this city and will join Dr. H L Stratton dentistry practice in the Davis hotel block.
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Floyd McBride
Marion
National Home For
H. L. Stratton
Davis Hotel
For Sale Machinery and Accessories by George C Youngman
For sale one 116 horsepower traction engine one 36 by 54 separator with feeder and weigher one clover huller and one fodder shredder. The machinery is in good condition two to three seasons from factory except huller. Price far below real value. Located R R 10 Sullivan Indiana. Cadwell piano tuning and music store orders taken. Davis hotel G 10tt.
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George C. Youngman
R. R
Sullivan
Ind
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Estel Drake
Oon
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Troutman
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William Russell
Black Toler
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Defeat Branch
Illinois
Fairpants
John Black
Ingram
Albright
Flo
Mr. Purdue
Long Pond
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Utah
Geneva Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
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Wyoming Valley
Ft. Mims
Ala
Custer
Congress
Old World
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Thermopyla
Greece
Euonidae
Persia
Vic- Son
Lieutenant Fairbanks
Mayme Irwin
Dolpha ‘DeBatn
Miss. Bessie
Misa Lee ‘Bopnett
Terre Haue
Mattie Fortner
Dorothy
Flossie Jones
Bertha and
Della Shepherd
Lela Apple
David Apple
Oakland
Iij
Hester Haag
Maude Halberstadt
Mayme Johnson
Flossie Denney
Alice Johnson
Leslie Crawford
Willfred
Elsie Truitt
John Buttorff
Graysvile
Mr. Buttorff
William Buttorff
Sam Bradbury
Cora Smock
Bruce Fox
Mr. Fox
TY. Fox
Dana
Lathey Rice
Fern James
Rice
Fannie Kenall
Vand
Ra Bedwell
Palestine
John. F. Burton
Iden
Odon Ind
A. E. O’dell
James Crawford
Marjorie
George Anderson
Joe Lambert
Our Town
Claude Lloyd
Cory
William Slayton
Fred Hammack
Cadwell
Music
Davis “Fiotel
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