1889 LaGrange Standard

LaGrange County Records of

Old Settler's Meetings

From the LaGrange Standard

June 1889

These records of the Old Settlers' Meetings come from the local newspaper of the time, theLaGrange Standard, and submitted by Lori Kime .

OLD SETTLERS' MEETING

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In the LaGrange Standard Paper, June 20, 1889.

The following persons who had been residents of the county for 50 years or longer were registered on the STANDARD list as present at this annual meeting:

Names: Residence Began: Years Resident Now:

Lorin Atwater July 1835 53 years

E. Anderson 1830 59 years

C. H. Blanehard 1834 55 years

John Butts July 1836 53 years

Peter Beisel Aug. 1837 52 years

O. R. Barnes 1835 54 years

Mrs. R. C. Browning 1836 53 years

Elias Butts July 1836 53 years

Chas. Cochran May 1836 53 years

James R. Carp Oct. 1832 57 years

J. W. Connelly 1835 51 years

Edwin Dyer Oct. 1836 53 years

Mrs. H. Davis Nov. 1833 56 years

Mrs. Dickinson 1836 53 years

A. Fleming June 1837 52 years

Mrs. A. Fleming June 1837 52 years

A. Fillmore 1837 52 years

Cyrus Fillmore 1837 52 years

Mrs. Wm. Fleming June 1836 53 years

Wm. Fleming 1838 51 years

R. P. Herbert June 1837 52 years

Mrs. R. P. Herbert 1838 51 years

Jacob Hoagland May 1836 53 years

Mrs. J. Hoagland May 1836 53 years

Hiram Jacobs 1836 53 years

Wm. Jacobs 1836 53 years

Mrs. Wm. Jacobs 1839 50 years

Mrs. Hiram Jacobs 1836 53 years

Milo Jones 1835 54 years

J. M. Keith 1835 54 years

Calvin Kinney 1833 56 years

Mrs. C. Kinney 1833 56 years

A. S. Kilbury 1836 53 years

Mrs. A. Lampman 1836 53 years

Mrs. W. E. Miller 1835 54 years

Mrs. Menelaus 1838 51 years

Mrs. J. C. Maxwell 1836 53 years

Mrs. Mariah Miller 1833 56 years

Wm. S. Olney 1834 55 years

A. B. Parham July 1836 53 years

Hawley Peek 1836 53 years

Paul Pierce 1836 53 years

Wm. Preutiss 1835 54 years

J. S. Ramsby Oct. 1834 55 years

Mrs. M. Sidener June 1837 52 years

John Smith Oct. 1833 56 years

Mrs. John Smith March 1836 53 years

H. Smith 1834 55 years

Mrs. N. M. Starr 1832 57 years

Mrs. L. VanKirk 1833 56 years

S. P. Williams March 1837 52 years

Wm. Walker 1832 57 years

Mrs. Wm. Walker 1832 57 years

Wm. Woodard June 1837 52 years

Mrs. Angeline Wier 1836 54 years

DEATH ROLL

From the LaGrange Standard Newspaper, Thursday, June 20, 1889.

Reports from the Township Vice-Presidents were called for and the following deaths of Old Settlers were reported since the last annual meeting (June, 1888).

Milford Township.

Adam Getting aged 64 years, Elizabeth Forst aged 65 years, July Dunbar aged 80 years, John A. Bartlett aged 74 years, John Martin aged 85 years, Jacob Sigler aged 75 years.

Johnson Township.

D. Livergood, Mrs. Livergood, Mrs. Eshelman, Mrs. Sally Dorsey, Charles H. Mills, Mrs. Martha Field.

Lima Township.

Chas. Doolittle, Mrs. Doolittle, Miss Mercy Sanger, Samuel Burnell, Mrs. Morse, Adam Parker, Mrs. Lemuel Fobes, Mrs. T. J. Spaulding, Mrs. Samuel A. Bartlett. The golden wedding of H. W. Wood and wife, at Lima, was also reported.

Eden Township.

John Trittipo aged 64 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Low aged 42 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor aged 66 years, Mrs. Sophia Nelson aged 86 years.

Clay Township.

Isaac Slack aged 65 years.

Clearspring Township.

Mrs. John Gibson aged 70 years.

Bloomfield Township.

Valentine Brown aged 66 years, John Preston aged 81 years, Jonas P. Niman aged 60 years, Mrs.

Fobes aged 81 years, Mrs. James Chandler, James Howey aged 78 years, Mrs. F. P. Griffith aged 63 years, Mrs. Spaulding aged 89 years, John Tidrick aged 49 years, Wm. Fish aged 80 years, Mrs. Daniel Westbrook aged 76 years, Lazarus Rose aged 58 years, Mrs. Jenks aged 82 years, Mrs. Chas. Allen aged 51 years, Mrs. Johnson aged 65 years, Mrs. Orrin Craft.