Are there any Meadows, Meaders, Meders on the old settlers list?
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Date: Monday, November 27, 2000 7:21 PM
Subject: [INOWEN] COMPLETE OLD SETTLERS LISTING & ARTICLE
Old Setters List, 8 August 1879
Spencer, Owen County, Indiana
(As printed in the "Owen County Journal" newspaper, 4 Sep. 1879. Listed are
the old settlers' names, place and date of birth and the year of removal to
Indiana. Individuals with just IN and a year were born in Indiana in that
year.)
Thursday, Aug. 28, 1879, the day appointed for the meeting of old settlers
at
Spencer, was propitious in all respected, and the good people, old and
young,
to the number of several thousand, responded to the call and came out
to
enjoy the proceedings appointed for that day. The arrangements previously
made were ample for the comfort of the crowd and the programme of exercises
gave general satisfaction. The speaking was above the average on similar
occasions, and the music by the Chapel and Spencer Bands was good enough
for
any sort of gathering.
The crowd assembled about the stand in the court house yard about 9 o'clock
A.M. and the exercises were opened with prayer by J.F. Allison. Then
followed short speeches by A. Henry, A.R. Mills, Wm Williams, J.F. Allison,
Jesse Vaughan and T. C. Franklin, which took up the time in the forenoon.
The
speeches ere all interesting and related to early days, the hardships
endure,
the difficulties encountered and overcome, the danger that were ever
present
in the forms of wild beasts and wilder men, and also the sunny side of
the
picture with its primitive pleasures and cordial enjoyments.
In the afternoon Gov. J. D. Williams was the first speaker introduced.
Being
an old settler himself he confirmed many of the tales told of pioneer
life
by
the speakers of the forenoon and gave a number of interesting early
incidents
within his own experience and observation. The short speech of the
governor
commanded close attention and it was well fitted to the occasion.
J.W. Archer was next introduced and proceeded to read a lengthy and
carefully
prepared paper on the early history of this country and its first
settler.
The paper is valuable and contains historical and biographical facts that
are
invaluable. During the reading the author was complimented with the
undivided
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[For my own purposes I alphabetized the listing, and added comments. Pwink,
11/2000]
CAME TO
NAME BORN DATE INDIANA COMMENTS
Adams, Lawrence Ire. 1801 1821
Alverson, Wesley KY 1810 1829
Anderson, W.G. NJ 1797 1835
Archer, Margaret K. KY 1811 1817
Arnett, Soloman NC 1806 1829
Bain, William KY 1803 1822
Barnes, Isaac OH 1801 1827
Beem, Levi KY 1803 1810
Beem, Sarah OH 1867[???] 1816 Mrs. Levi Beem, ne: Johnson
Blair, Martha OH 1802 1824
Bolling, William NC 1817 1836
Cassaday, Isaac KY 1815 1829
Chaney, Mary VA 1800 1844 Possibly Mrs. W.M.
Chaney, W.M. NC 1818 1844
Coffey, Hiram NC 1802 1822 m. Charlotte Stansburry, 4/19/1827
Coffman, William KY 1811 1823
Coley, Margaret SC 1805 1835
Cressfield, William VA 1801 1831
Devender, Daniel KY 1796 1846 (Elsewhere this name is
VanDevender)
Devore, Henry KY 1814 1821
Dickinson, Buckner KY 1806 1830
Dunn S.W. KY 1804 1814
Edwards, Isaac VA 1809 1839
Evans, Mary IN 1814
Franklin, Eliza IN 1825
Franklin, Moses NC 1810 1825 m. Mary Johnson, 3/6/1831
Franklin, Thomas C. NC 1801 1819
Goss, James IN 1831
Hedrick, Conrad NC 1792 1822
Henry, Abraham VA 1814 1832
Henry, Cynthia NC 1810 1814 Possibly Mrs. Abraham
Jackson, Martha IN 1811
Jarvis, John MD 1810 1863
Johnson, F.B. KY 1802 1807 m. Rebecca Beem, 8/5/1824
Johnson, Lewis KY 1809 1822 m. Anna Ooley, 9/6/1829; m.
Elizabeth
Wise, lic. 2/27/1834
Kiplinger, Rachel KY 1820 1830
Light, Hugh M. SC 1801 1808
Maners, James E.TN 1812 1828
McGuire, Thompson KY 1806 1819 m. Elizabeth Dyre [Dyer], 4/6/1831
McIndoo, John KY 1807 1810
Milam, George KY 1805 1818
Mills, A.B. VA 1805 1825
Mills, Diana VA 1795 1820 Possibly Mrs. A.B.
Moore, Margaret P. VA 1798 1821 Possibly Mrs. W.A.
Moore, W.A. IN 1822
Neumeyer, ElizabethPA 1799 1847
Parks, Elizabeth NC 1800 1820 Possibly Mrs. James R.
Parks, James R. NC 1801 1820
Parrish, Zebedee NC 1816 1827
Patterson, Nancy KY 1808 1853
Potter, Gideon NC 1798 1830
Powell, Elijah MD 1800 1835
Price, Aaron VA 1805 1852
Price, Daniel VA 1816 1840
Price, T.G. DE 1811 1837
Rader, Isaac E.TN 1819 1823
Rone, John NC 1810 1834
Rumple, James NC 1813 1832 m. Sarah Brock, 8/11/1833
Rumple, Sally IN 1811 Possibly Mrs. James
Scott, Robert PA 1806 1838
Sheppard, Harris NJ 1814 1838
Sheppard, Susan VA 1797 1839 Possibly Mrs. Harris
Snodgrass, William WV 1806 1830
Spear, J.S. OH 1828 1854
Speas, H.I. IN 1822 [Possibly Spears ??)]
Stogsdill, Williamson KY 1810 1830
Vaughan, Frances VA 1819 1822 Possibly Mrs. Jesse
Vaughan, Jesse NC 1807 1829
Ward, Luke NC 1793 1820
Westfall, Myranda IN 1806
Williams, J.D., Gov. OH 1808 1818
Williams, William F. IN 1803 b. Ft. Knox, IN, first white child
born in IN
Wilson, Thomas O. KY 1800 1823
Wood, W.W. KY 1819 1829
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