Montgomery County History Surges Through Milestones
The history outlines violent deeds, court house development, and a growth arc from early courts to the 19th century. It notes a wife killing a threatening husband, a 1831 courthouse contract, the first horse thief detective company, trials of John Coffee, Wabash College’s rise, and county railroads and agriculture shaping Crawfordsville and Montgomery County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Montgomery County
Coal Creek Township
James Gregory
William Casseboom
Absalom Kirkpatrick
James Meharry
Jesse Meharry
Christian Coon
Elias Moody
John M. Thomas
Edward McBroom
John S. Gray
Wayne Township
Grand Council
John Coffee
James McMullen
Coffee
James Dennis
Charles Beatty
Gentleman
Samuel D. Maxwell
Sarah Cowan
Baptist Church
Sugar Creek
Crawfordsville
Josiah Holbrook
Caleb Mills
Wabash Manual Labor and Teachers’ Seminary
Wabash College
McCormack & Sweeney
Columbus
Indiana
Berea
Texas
Indianapolis
Rio ‘Grande
Lewis ‘Wallace
Mahlon D. Manson
Ladoga
Lafayette
Crawfordsville and
Wabash
Newcastle
Henry County
Danville
Ill
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Chicago
Louisville
Terre Haute
Logansport
Midland
Lebanon
Ben-Hur
Adverbs and identity marks in life insurance reports
Essay on adverbs noting they weaken expression and a joke about an anti adverb society. Then a note on corpse identification from life insurance exams describing an examiner writing "He has a strong Cornish accent" in the identification blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Hendrick
Atlantic
Life
Lippincott’s
Local residents and visitors noted in Mellott and nearby towns
A long list of residents and visitors from Mellott Waynetown Crawfordsville and surrounding areas are documented visiting for the week. Names include Charles Drake Jewel Tinsley William Buckley Amanda Wright Elton McClure Ruth Furr and many others with multiple trips to Indianapolis Covington and Cincinnati noted. A memorial service was held at Rose Hill cemetery by the Christian church Bible Class for four deceased members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Drake
Mellott
Jewel Tinsley
Indianapolis
William Buckley
Waynetown
William A. Wright
Ed Marvin
Veedersburg
Ben Martin
Fern Dodge
Newtown
Myrtle Clark
W. K. Ingalls
Rynear Rynearson
Shirley
John Davidson
Roy Henricks
Crawfordsville
Elton McClure
Covington
Ruby Butts
Pauline Davis
Byron Frazier
Indianola
Ruth Furr
Ethel Frazier
Nelle Davidson
Lois Bybee
Charles Rynearson
Nellie
Haley Keeling
Austin Keeling
Sam Perlman
Lafayette
Stephen Davis
Deibert Davidson
Elmer Davidson
Near
Mellett
Tom Taylor
Joe Hayes
Ida Palmore
Danville
Susie Taylor
Chinnati O
Kentucky
Sam Gilkey
William Gilkey
Thed McKnight
Near Mellett
W. H. Wright
Clint Ellis
Manford Cranmore
Florence
John Ireland
Edna
Berniece
Opal
Fay Hershbarger
Paris
Ill
George Bennett
Velma Chester
Elwood Davids
Milt Youngblood
George Booe
Dan Youngblood
Ralph Hesler
Herbert Harris
Willie Cooper
Russell Davis
Clifford Parker
Suzy Pursley
de Pauw University
Elmer Lambdin
Champaign
Tno
Ruby
Mary Fuller
Lena Bruner
Mable Wilkinson
Florence Wood
Wes Reichard
Urbana
Charles Lough
E. A. Huff
Kiethsburg
Frank Huff
Purdue University
S. M. Davis
Rose Hill
Fraternity Bible Class
Christian Church Sunday School
H. A. Davis
James Tinsley
William Donaldson
Faulkner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waynetown History
Hillsboro
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Boy’s Norfolk Knickerbocker
Warner & Peck
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Imperial
Manhattan
Regal
D. W. Barnett
Fit of the Christian Union Church
Prof. Jackson