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Standard History of
Adams and Wells Counties,
Indiana
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country
VOLUMES 1 & 2
Under the Editorial Supervision of
JOHN W. TYNDALL, Decatur
For Adams County
And
O.E. LESH, Bluffton
For Wells County
ILLUSTRATED
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1918
985 pages on 1 CD
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - MIXED RED AND WHITE HISTORY
CHAPTER II - PHYSICAL FEATURES AND PRIMAL INDUSTRIES
CHAPTER III - GENERAL POLITICAL HISTORY
CHAPTER IV - REAL PERIOD OF PIONEERING
CHAPTER V - COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER VI - GENERAL COUNTY MATTERS
CHAPTER VII - THE TIMES OF LONG AGO
CHAPTER VIII - LEGAL AND MEDICAL
CHAPTER IX - EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADAMS COUNTY
CHAPTER X - MILITARY AND WAR MATTERS
CHAPTER XI - CITY OF DECATUR
CHAPTER XII - TOWN OF BERNE
CHAPTER XIII - GENEVA AND MONROE
CHAPTER XIV - OTHER ADAMS COUNTY TOWNS
CHAPTER XV - WELLS COUNTY MATERIAL WEALTH AND PROGRESS
CHAPTER XVI - UNORGANIZED PIONEER PERIOD
CHAPTER XVII - THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER XVIII - ALL KINDS OF ROADS
CHAPTER XIX - LEGAL AND MEDICAL MATTERS
CHAPTER XX - WAR PREPARATION
CHAPTER XXI - CITY OF BLUFFTON
CHAPTER XXII - VILLAGE OF OSSIAN
CHAPTER XXIII - LIBERTY CENTER
CHAPTER XXIV - OTHER VILLAGES AND STATIONS
SURNAMES IN INDEX
Adams, Addington, Adler, Alberson, Allen, Archbold, Arnold, Babcock, Baker, Banter, Barkley, Barr, Barlett, Barton, Baumgartner, Bay, Bell, Bennett, Berling, Biberstine, Bienz, Blackman, Blakey, Bleeke, Blue, Bobo, Borden, Bosse, Bowman, Boxell, Brandyberry, Braun, Breiner, Bremcrkamp, Brentlinger, Brickley,Brite, Brotherton, Brown, Bryan, Buckmaster, Buckner, Bugh, Bulger, Bultemeier, Busche, Bushee, Butler, Carroll, Carter, Case, Casebeer, Cassell, Chalfant, Christen, Christianer, Christman, Clark, Clingenpeel, Clowser, Cohoe, Colchin, Colerick, Collins, Colter, Conrad, Cook, Cottrell, Coverdale, Covert, Crabbs, Craig, Crawford, Crownover, Crum, Cullins, Curran, Cutler, Dailey, Dane, Daniel, Daugherty, Dawley, Dawson, Deam, Decker, Deneubaugh, Dent, De Yore, Ditzler, Doctors, Dougherty, Douglas, Dugau, Drum, Drummond, Dubach, Dunbar, Dunn, Durbin, Durkin, Dyar, Eckhart, Edris, Ehinger, Ehle, Ehrmann, Eicher, Eiting, Eley, Elzey, Erhart, Evans, Everett, Eversole, Ewing, Farlow, Feasel, Fellows, Fisher, Flanders, Fluckiger, Fordyce, Foreman, France, Frantz, Frauhiger, Frazier, French, Frisinger, Fritzinger, Fruechte, Fruehte, Fuelling, Fulk, Fulton, Gallmeier, Gallmeyer, Garrett, Gartou, Gaunt, Gavin, Gehrett, Gephart, Gerber, Gilbert, Gillig, Glass, Glendening, Goodin, Goodspeed, Gordon, Gottsehalk, Graber, Gray, Green, Greer, Gregg, Griffith, Grove, Guldin, Habegger, Hadley, Haitiey, Hale, Hammell, Hamtramek, Hardison, Hardman Harkless, Harmar, Harris, Hartle, Harvey, Hatfield, Haurk, Hank, Heath, Heller, Hendricks, Henry, Hesher, Heuer, High, Hilgemann, Hill, Hitchcock, Hite, Hoffacker, Hoffman, Hofstetter, Holthouse, Hooper, Houck, Houk, Hower, Huff, Huffman, Hunnicutt, Hunsieker, Hunt, Huyette, Isch, Ivins, Jackson, Jacobs, Jaebker, Jellison, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Juday, Kain, Kalver, Kaltwasser, Kasler, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kennedy, Kiger, Kilgore, King, Kinsey, Kintz, Kinzle, Kipfer, Kirchner, Kirkwood, Kirchner, Kirsch, Klingel, Knox, Kohler, Kohne, Kolter, Koons, Koontz, Kraner, Kreigh, Kremers, Kribbs, Krick, Kunkel, Lammert, Lancaster, Laughlin, Lee, Lehman, Lehmann, Leimgrubev, Lenhart, Leonard, Lesh, Liechty, Liniger, Linnemeier, Linn, Lipkey, Little, Lockwood, Lodges, Long, Lord, Lowdermilk, Lowe, Lower, Lucky, Ludwig, Luginbill, Lutz, MacMin, Maddox, Mangold, Mann, Marbaugh, Markley, Marquart, Marshall, Martin, Mattox, Mazelin, McBride, McClain, McCleery, McClellan, McCray, McCullough, McDaniei, McDowell, McFarren, McGeath, McGriff McIntire, McKean, McKnight, Mead, Merriman, Merryman, Mickle, Miller, Mills, Monroe, Moore, Moran, Morris, Morrison, Moser, Moses, Mosure, Mounsey, Musselman, Mutschler, Myers, Mylott, Neff, Nelson, Neptune, Neuenschwander, Newhard, Niblick, Nidlinger, Noreross, Nutman, Ogle, Oliver, Omlor, Opliger, Owens, Palmer, Parrish, Pease, Peoples, Peppard, Peterson, Pierce, Plummer, Poling, Pontius, Prillaman, Pyle, Quinn, Raber, Rainier, Randall, Rawley, Ray, Redding, Reiff, Reppert, Reynolds, Rhea, Rice, Rich, Rinear, Robinson, Robison, Rockford, Roe, Rogers, Rook, Roop, Rumple, Rumschlae, Runkle, Runyon, Runert, Sawyer, Sehaefer, Schafer, Sehenck, Seherry, Scheumamr, Sehieferstein, Schroeder, Schueler, Schug, Schulte, Schwartz, Scott, Seimetz, Sellemeyer, Settle, Severin, Shadle, Shafer, Shalley, Shanks, Shell, Shepherd, Shoaf, Shoemaker, Shrock, Simison, Slack, Smeltzer, Smith, Snider, Snow, Snyder, Somers, Spencer, Sprunger, Stafford, Steele, Steiner, Stepler, Stoutenbery, Strahm, Stucky, Studabaker, Studler, Suman, Sutton, Swaim, Swisher, Taber, Tangeman, Tate, Teeple, Templin, Tester, Thoma, Thomas, Thompson, Thornhill, Tieman, Todd, Tonner, Townsend, Truesdale, Trout, Twibeli, Tyndall, Vail, Vance, Vitz, Waggoner, Wagoner, Wait, Walmer, Walser, Walters, Wandel, Wandle, Warden, Waring, Warner, Warner, Wasson, Watson, Wechter, Weimer, Weinland, Weldy, Wells, Wemhoff, White, Wiley, Wilkins, Williams, Wilson, Winnes, Winters, Wisner, Wolfe, Wolpert, Woods, Woodward, Worden, Worthington, Worthman, Yaney, Zimmerman,
