Jane - What a terrific day this was, for my Clem family appeared right out
of the
clouds to say "hi". Thanks for sharing and helping us put more information
into our
research finds.
CLEM MARTIN VAN HORN - some of my family surnames I'm researching.
Rusty Martin-Ellis
(Delores is my real name)
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From: Jane Hodgson <hodgson(a)azstarnet.com>
To: INALLEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Madison & Monroe Twp Transcriptions Book
Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 11:00 AM
THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA VOLUME I
by B.J. Griswold Chicago: Robert O. Law Company 1917 -
Page 630
Monroe Township
Monroe township, occupying the extreme southeast part of
Allen county, shares with the contiguous territory in Madison and
the lower half of Jackson, the general characteristics of soil and
original forest conditions. Like Madison, its first settlers were
Carroll county (Ohio) families, who came in the fall of 1839 and
established themselves on section thirty-two, near the site of East
Liberty. Three men, William and James Black and Joseph Rabbit,
were joined in the same year by Lawrence Umbaugh and his son-in-
law, Jacob Drake, on the same section. Peter Schlemmer, from
Germany, settled on section twenty-one about the same time, and
Noah Clem, a native of Virginia, but temporary resident of
Champaign county, Ohio, purchased land in the southeastern
quarter of section thirty-three, where, with the assistance of his
neighbors, he built a cabin ready for the reception of his family
in the spring of 1840. The year 1840 brought Moses Ratledge and
his two sons, William and Moses, Elijah Reddinghouse and John
Friedline. Elijah Reddinghouse removed to the far west after im-
proving his land. Hugh Anderson and Samuel Clem came in
January and February of 1841, and the same section John Stephen-
son settled in section four, while James Savage and Peter Barnhart
located near the site of Monroeville. Mr. Savage went to Fort
Wayne, after a few years.
Page 633
Monroeville was platted in 1851 by Jacob and John Barnhart,
sons of Peter Barnhart. Merely a mail station on the Pittsburgh
railroad for ten years, the trade and manufacturing activity
aroused by the civil war brought Monroeville to its feet, and since
then there has been a steady and substantial growth in the town.
...
Hope this helps.
Jane
Jane Hunter Hodgson
Tucson, Arizona
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