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Dearborn County Heavy Taxpayers – 1879

Heavy taxpayers for 1879 in Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:
Lawrenceburg Register – 27 Feb 1879 – Page 4, Column 3

THE SOLID MULDOONS.
The following named persons and corporations pay upwards of $100 in taxes on taxable property at the county Treasurer’s office:

HARRISON TOWNSHIP.

  • George A Briggs
  • Mary A. Cheatham
  • James Dair
  • William and Charles Dair
  • Dair Brothers
  • Rebecca Fox
  • George Kocher
  • George W. Keen & Co.
  • Solomon Longnecker
  • George W. Mettler
  • James W. Pattinger
  • White Water Valley Railroad Co.

MILLER TOWNSHIP.

  • James M. Blasdel
  • Harrison Dawson
  • Abiah Hayes
  • James Liddell
  • John Fred Meyer
  • Ferris J. Nowlin
  • Enoch B. Nowlin
  • Ambrose E. Nowlin
  • Jacob Z. Nowlin
  • George W. Robinson
  • John Shanks
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

LAWRENCEBURGH TOWNSHIP.

  • T. T. Annis
  • Joseph H. Burkam
  • Jacob B. Chase
  • B. & L. Daniels
  • Margaret Daily
  • Priscilla Garrison
  • David Guard’s heirs
  • Abiah Hayes
  • Joseph Hayes’ estate
  • Ezra G. Hayes
  • Anthony Halverstadt’s heirs
  • Joseph Hayes Sr.
  • Leah Hayes
  • John R. Hannah
  • Bulah Lowe
  • Brower Ludlow
  • Lee Ann B. Ludlow
  • Omer T. Ludlow
  • George T. Ludlow’s heirs
  • Anson Marshall’s heirs
  • Daniel S. Major’s heirs
  • Thomas Mason
  • Enoch H. Miller
  • Job Miller
  • Joseph H. Miller
  • David Nevitt
  • George Nevitt
  • William T. Pate
  • Rezin Reese
  • Amos Reese
  • Martha Reese
  • John Reese’s heirs
  • Eleanor Rowland
  • Rezin Reese (in trust)
  • Isabella Watts
  • Nancy West
  • O. & M. Railroad
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

TOWN OF GREENDALE.

  • E. B. Dobell
  • Garnier & Dobell
  • Ezra G. Hayes
  • Francis Lang
  • J. H. Marsh
  • William Probasco
  • W. P. and Geo. Squibb
  • N. J. Walsh
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP.

  • William H. Baker
  • Peter Bidner
  • John Bidner
  • Samuel W. Conger
  • Zeph Heustis
  • Joseph Hall
  • Elias Heustis
  • Joseph Johnston
  • Gen. S. Jaquith
  • Robert Mason
  • John Rumsey
  • Henry Shater
  • Charles Sutton
  • James Walser
  • Henry Wood
  • John D. Windhorst
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

YORK TOWNSHIP.

  • Cornelius Vanhorn
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

KELSO TOWNSHIP.

  • B. Hammerle

JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

  • Claudius Anderson
  • P. & C. Weis
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

CITY OF LAWRENCEBURGH.

  • John D. Abraham
  • Joseph H. Burkam
  • Joseph Brandt
  • James Burk
  • First National Bank
  • John Callahan
  • Maria Deuschle
  • Otho W. Dowden
  • E. B. Dobell
  • Harriett Dunn
  • D. W. C. Fitch
  • J. H. Gaff & Co.
  • Barbara Garnier
  • John B. Garnier
  • Leah Hayes
  • Isaac Hayes
  • William Huber
  • Walter Hayes’ heirs
  • Johann J. Hauck
  • John Hornberger
  • Nancy Hayes
  • W. P. James
  • Gustave Kestner
  • Lawrenceburgh Furniture Co.
  • Lawrenceburgh Gas Co.
  • Lawrenceburgh Mill Co.
  • Miami Valley Furniture Co.
  • Mary Miller
  • C. O’Brien’s heirs
  • Ohio valley Coffin Co.
  • Reese H. Parry
  • People’s Bank
  • Roots & Co.
  • S. Strasburger
  • Rudolph Walters
  • Squire Watts
  • I. C. & L. Railroad

CITY OF AURORA.

  • Aurora Gas Co.
  • Aurora Iron and Nail Co.
  • J J Backman’s estate
  • Wm. Brewington
  • First National Bank
  • John Cobb
  • Robert Criswell
  • Josiah Chambers
  • O. P. Cobb
  • Chambers, Stevens & Co.
  • Sarah Criswell
  • O. P. Cobb & Co.
  • Thomas Gaff
  • Wm. E. Gibson
  • Gaff & Co.
  • T. & J. W. Gaff & Co.
  • Abram Lozier
  • O. & M. Railroad
  • Stedman & Co.
  • W. T. Stevens
  • Alexina M. Smith
  • George W. Taylor
  • Richard T. Winkley
  • James Wymond

CENTRE TOWNSHIP.

  • John Billingsley
  • John Cobb
  • O. P. Cobb
  • Albert Carson
  • Melville Cannon
  • James Greer
  • James W. Gaff
  • A. D. Hopping
  • E. J. Hamilton
  • Ezra G. Hayes
  • Fred H. Lange
  • V. Lindsay and others
  • Perry Small
  • James Vail
  • Francis Worley
  • O. & M. Railroad

TOWN OF COCHRAN

  • Elizabeth Squibb
  • O. & M. Railroad

HOGAN TOWNSHIP.

  • Conaway Bainum
  • Henry C. Busse
  • Josiah Chambers
  • James C. Cordry
  • John Crozier
  • Cyrus Canfield
  • John Speidel
  • O. & M. Railroad

SPARTA TOWNSHIP

  • Sandford Mendel
  • Thomas Record

TOWN OF MOORE’S HILL

  • Hanson D. Moore
  • Indiana Moore

CLAY TOWNSHIP.

  • Joseph Beckett
  • Preston Conaway
  • Aaron Pursell

CESAR CREEK TOWNSHIP

  • Garrett Bosse
  • John F. Leucking

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP

  • Jesse H. Cooper
  • John W. Greer
  • Leander Lindsay
  • Enoch M. Lindsay
  • George Randell
  • D. W. C. Wilbur
  • Benjamin Wilson

There are no person in Logan township who pay $100 or upwards in taxes.

Dearborn County Heavy Taxpayers – 1878

A list of heavy taxpayers for 1878 in Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:
Lawrenceburg Register – 7 Feb 1878 – Page 3, Column 3

Heavy Tax-Payers in Dearborn County.
The following is a list of all persons and companies who pay over one hundred dollars taxes in this county—not including city taxes:

CITY OF LAWRENCEBURGH.

  • J H Burkam
  • James Burk
  • John Callahan
  • J P Chew
  • O W Dowden
  • E B Dobell
  • P J Emmert
  • Geo B Fitch
  • D W C Fitch
  • Jno H Gaff & Co.
  • Jno B Garnier
  • Barbara Garnier
  • Leah Hayes
  • Isaac Hayes
  • Wm Huber
  • Walter Hayes’ heirs
  • J J Hauck
  • Jno Hornberger
  • W P James
  • Gus A Kastner
  • Joseph Brandt
  • Elizabeth Kohlermann
  • Marsh & Ewbank
  • Mary Miller
  • C O’Brien’s heirs
  • R H Parry
  • Jacob Rief
  • O T Stockman
  • Anton Schneider
  • S Strasburger
  • C H W Werneke
  • R Walter
  • Squire Watts
  • Jas D Willis
  • Harriet Dunn
  • Isabel Watts

CITY OF AURORA.

  • Caroline Backman
  • Wm Brewington
  • John Cobb
  • John Cobb & Co.
  • O P Cobb & Co.
  • Robt Criswell
  • Josiah Chambers
  • O P Cobb
  • Chambers, Stevens & Co.
  • John A Conwell
  • E H Davis, trustee
  • Thomas Gaff
  • George Griffin
  • W E Gibson
  • Gaff & Co.
  • T & J W Gaff & Co.
  • W E Gibson & Co.
  • M Haring
  • Abram Lozier
  • John Langley’s estate
  • W W Lamar
  • Langtree and Haynes
  • Stedman & Co.
  • John Spidell
  • Will F Stevens
  • George Sutton
  • Alexina M Smith
  • Henry W Smith
  • Geo W Taylor
  • James Wymond
  • Samuel Wymond & Co.

CENTER TOWNSHIP.

  • John Billingsly
  • John Cobb
  • O P Cobb
  • Strawder Cheek
  • Albert Carson
  • Melville Cannon
  • Andrew Cutter
  • James W Gaff
  • A D Hopping
  • Emerine J Hamilton
  • Ezra G Hayes
  • Fred H Lange
  • Vachel Lindsay
  • G W Mitchell
  • Fred Probst
  • Perry Small
  • Joseph Trester
  • James Vail and others
  • Francis Worley

TOWN OF COCHRAN.

  • Eliza Squibb

HOGAN TOWNSHIP.

  • Con Bainum
  • Wm Brewington
  • H C Busse
  • Josiah Chambers
  • J C Cordry
  • James Clements
  • John Crozier
  • Cyrus Canfield
  • Wm H Small

SPARTA TOWNSHIP.

  • Jno Hawkswell
  • Sandford Mendel
  • Thomas Record
  • John Spidell
  • H D Moore

CLAY TOWNSHIP.

  • Joseph Beckett
  • Pres Conaway
  • James W Gaff
  • Jno S Matthews
  • Aaron Purcell

CESAR CREEK TOWNSHIP.

  • Garret Bosse
  • John F Sicking
  • H Olmansick

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

  • Elizabeth Cole
  • John R Cole
  • Elijah Greer
  • John M Greer
  • Geo F Gibbons
  • Elijah Herron
  • E M Lindsay
  • Leander Lindsay
  • Geo W Lane
  • John McConnell
  • George Randall
  • Geo F Randall
  • Martin Trester
  • D W C Wilbur
  • John P Walker
  • Benj Wilson
  • Jacob Zinn

HARRISON TOWNSHIP.

  • A Briggs Jr.
  • James Bradford
  • Mary A Cheatham
  • James Dair
  • William & Chas E Dair
  • George Kocher
  • George W Keen & Co.
  • Sol Longnecker
  • Geo W Metter
  • Armitage Morgan
  • William McManaman
  • Jas M Pattinger
  • Francis Swales
  • Barney Simonson
  • Timothy Thomas

LOGAN TOWNSHIP.

  • Chris Krite
  • W H Swales

MILLER TOWNSHIP.

  • Jas M Blasdel
  • Chas Boughton
  • H Dawson
  • Abiah Hayes
  • Wm Huddleston
  • Jos M Harper
  • Jos A Jackson
  • R C Jackson
  • James Liddle
  • Thomas Miller’s estate
  • John F Meyer
  • F J Nowlin
  • E B Nowlin
  • A E Nowlin
  • Silas Nowlin
  • Jacob Z Nowlin
  • Geo W Robinson
  • John Shanks’ estate

LAWRENCEBURGH TOWNSHIP.

  • T T Annis
  • John Peckenhold
  • Ruth Bell Buell
  • Henry Bookhorst
  • J H Burkam
  • Jacob E Chase
  • Wm A Daniels
  • Belinda and Sarah A Daniels
  • Margeret P Dailey
  • D W C Fitch
  • Priscilla Garrison
  • David Guard’s heirs
  • Rebecca Guard
  • Lucy Guard
  • George Hayes
  • Abiah Hayes
  • Walter Hayes’ estate
  • Henry Hillman
  • Joseph Hayes’ estate
  • Ezra G Hayes
  • Anthony Halberstatt’s heirs
  • John R Hanna
  • Joseph Hayes Jr.’s estate
  • Leah Hayes
  • Beulah Lowe
  • Brower Ludlow
  • Leah Ann B Ludlow
  • Omer T Ludlow
  • Ed S Ludlow
  • Geo T Ludlow
  • Anson Marshall
  • Robert Mason
  • Daniel S Major’s estate
  • Thomas Mason
  • James McKinney
  • Job Miller Jr.
  • Enoch H Miller
  • Joseph H Miller
  • David Nevitt
  • George Nevitt
  • Wm T Pate
  • Rezin Rees
  • Amos Rees
  • Martha Rees
  • John Rees’ heirs
  • Ernst Reinking
  • Eleanor Rowland
  • Sam B Sanks
  • Isabella Watts
  • Nancy West

TOWN OF GREENDALE.

  • E B Dobell
  • Harriet Dobell
  • Joseph Groff
  • Garnier & Dobell
  • Ezra G Hayes
  • Francis Lang
  • J H Marsh
  • Wm Probasco
  • Wm P & G W Squibb
  • N J Walsh

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP.

  • James Aiken
  • W H Baker
  • Fred Bellman
  • Peter Bidner
  • John Bidner
  • Sam’l W Conger
  • Gersham Dunn
  • Joseph Hall
  • Elias Heustis
  • Joseph Johnson
  • Gen S Jaquith
  • Geo M Lozier
  • Perry Orndorf
  • John Ramsey
  • Henry Shuter
  • Charles Sutton
  • James Walser
  • Henry R Wood
  • J D Windhorst

YORK TOWNSHIP.

  • C Van Horn

KELSO TOWNSHIP.

  • B Hammerle

JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

  • Claud Anderson
  • Michael Hoff
  • P & C Weis

York Township, Switzerland County Persons over 70 – 1887

The following article about York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Jun 1887 – Page 4, Column 2

Persons in York Township 70 Years of Age and Over.

The Assessor of York Township, Jackson Land, furnishes us the names of the following persons in York Township who are 70 years of age or over:

  • Mrs. Elizabeth Chase, 76
  • Mrs. Mary Carver, 70
  • Abraham Williamson, 80
  • Mrs. Caroline Schrumpf, 81
  • Charles Schmeid, 70
  • Stephen Jones, Sr., 88 (oldest)
  • George Land, 85
  • Mrs. Margaret See, 87
  • Mrs. Lucretia Keith, 70
  • John W. Howard, 74
  • Mrs. Aletha Howard, 75
  • David R. Lostutter, 75
  • Mrs. Lucinda Welch, 80
  • Wm. J. Keeney, 71
  • Mrs. Mary R. Keeney, 71
  • Joseph D. S. Low, 70
  • Wm. W. Huston, 82
  • Mrs. Lorena Israel, 77
  • John White, Sr., 77
  • Mrs. Mary White, 72
  • Mrs. Jane Brown, 80
  • Mrs. Polly McClellen, 80
  • Andrew Porter, 75
  • Mrs. Mildred Porter, 7
  • Eliakim Stoops, 74
  • Mrs. Mary Stoops, 74
  • James Phillips, 73
  • Rodis White, 75
  • Mrs. Louisa Packingham, 73
  • Charles Campbell, 74
  • Mrs. Rachel Scudder, Sr., 77
  • Mrs. Edah Edrington, 85
  • Mrs. Celia James, 83
  • Henry Wessel, 75
  • Thomas Armstrong, 70
  • Lewis Burton, 76

York Township School Report – Feb 1880

York Township [Switzerland County, Indiana] District No. 9 School report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Mar 1880 – Page 1, Column 6

Average grade of studies of scholars, of York Township, District No. 9, for month ending February 20, 1880:

100—perfect; 90—good; 80—fair; 65—passable.

1st Grade—Fannie Smead (79); Will Patterson (83); Ollie Patterson (85); Ira Patterson (90)

2d Grade—Luie Carver (80); Mollie Smead (81); Lulle Crutz (80); Lydia Patterson (80); Nannie Andrews (79); Nelson Dumer (86); Alvie Smead (71)

3d Grade—Charlie Smead (88); Lena Williamson (92); Omer Williamson (90); Tommie Patterson (89); Fannie Kelly (79)

4th Grade—Eddie Kelly (90); Willie Smead (94); Chrissie Smead (82); Luie Eichler (92); Charlie Eichler (80)

MAMIE MEDDOCK.

York Township School Roll of Honor – Feb 1879

The York Township [Switzerland County, Indiana] School roll of honor appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 6 Mar 1879 – Page 8, Column 1

Roll of Honor in School District No. 6, York Township, for month of February. The following are the names of scholars whose average at examination was not less than 85 percent:

First Grade—Johnnie Bennet and Viola Scudder

Second Grade—Luella Scudder, Jennie Boyd, Harriet Bennet, Norris Boyd, Bruce Wiley and Frank Scudder.

Third Grade—Mosie Cole, Joseph Boyd, Emerson Boyd, John Scudder, Aletha Miller, Eugene Scudder, Albin Scudder, Josie Wiley.

Fourth Grade—Sophia Scudder, Eva Miller, Crawford Miller.

Fifth Grade—Dennis Miller, Ella Ford, Mary Scudder, Harvey Ford, Eliza Dugan, Omer Wiley, William Dugan.

Also names of scholars who were neither tardy nor absent during the month: Jennie Boyd, Emerson Boyd, Sophia Scudder, Mary Scudder, Josie Wiley, Dennis Miller, Wm. Dugan, Mosie Cole.

J. M. TORRANCE, Teacher.

York Township, Switzerland County Democratic Meeting – April 1840

Details of the York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana Democratic meeting appeared in:
Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat – 11 April 1840 – Page 3, Column 2.
Consult newspaper for full details.

YORK TOWNSHIP
Democratic Meeting.

Pursuant to a call, a very large and respectable meeting of the Democratic citizens of York township convened in the town of New York, on Saturday, the 4th inst., for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent said township in the Switzerland County Convention, to be held in Vevay, on the 25th day of April, 1840, to nominate a candidate for Senator and Representative, to be supported by the Democratic party at the ensuing August election.

The meeting was organized by appointing JESSE V. DAILEY, President; WILLIAM SCUDDER and RICHARDSON WILES, Vice Presidents; and GEORGE LAND, Secretary.

[Various Resolutions passed]

Resolved, That thirty delegates be appointed to represent this township in the County Convention, and that the following gentlemen compose said delegation:

  • William R. Wiley
  • R. Wiles
  • James A Waugh
  • James Campbell
  • N. H. Keith
  • David Scudder
  • Elijah Rayles
  • John Ruggles
  • Robert Phillips
  • George Land
  • James H. Scott
  • Atwell David
  • Jesse Guard
  • Samuel Russell
  • James Phillips
  • John W Howard
  • Thomas Loney
  • Elisha Henry
  • William Nicholas
  • William Lostutter
  • James Johnson
  • Samuel Lampton
  • John Beaty
  • John Cline
  • William White
  • Harrison Henry
  • Robert Waugh
  • Josiah Woodruff
  • Jesse V Dailey
  • Thomas Rayles.

Dearborn County – 1849 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : E. Chamberlain, 1849.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

AURORA, a beautiful village on the Ohio river, at the mouth of Hogan creek, in Dearborn county, containing about 1,600 inhabitants. It was laid out in 1819, and having a fine country back of it, has for many years exported large quantities of produce. It is twenty-six miles below Cincinnati, and eighty-six south-east of Indianapolis. It has just suffered very severely from the ravages of the Cholera.

CENTRE, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 2,250.

CESAR CREEK, a south-western township in Dearborn county, has a population of 400.

CLAY, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 800.

DEARBORN COUNTY was organized in 1802, and named after the soldier and statesman, Gen. Henry Dearborn, at the time the Secretary of War. It lies in the south-east corner of the State, is bounded east by the Ohio river and the State of Ohio, south by Ohio county, west by Ripley and north by Franklin, and contains 307 square miles. In 1830 it had 14,573 inhabitants; in 1840, 19,327, and at this time only about the same number, as the county of Ohio has since been created from its limits. Dearborn county is divided into thirteen civil townships, Lawrenceburgh, Harrison, Logan, Miller, Centre, Laughery, Manchester, York, Kelso, Jackson, Sparta, Clay and Cesar’s Creek.

The bottoms on the Ohio, Miami and White Water, about 13,000 acres in all, and the west and north-west parts of the county, are level or slightly undulating; the rest broken and hilly. The land in the vicinity of the rivers and creeks, both in the bottoms and on the hills, is a rich, loamy soil, and is not surpassed in the amount of its produce; the interior is well adapted to hay, wheat, &c. The corn is sold to distillers or fed to hogs at home, and much of the wheat made into flour by the millers. It is estimated that three distilleries in the county make $200,000 worth of whiskey and fatten $50,000 worth of pork annually. Of the articles exported from the county in a year, it has been ascertained that they amounted, in 1847, to 131,318 bushels of wheat, 152,802 bushels of oats, 11,000 tons of hay, 500 cattle, 1,500 sheep and 25,000 hogs. To these add the barreled pork, flour, whisky, and other articles exported from the county, and the whole will amount to $1,500,000 a year, though some of the articles, perhaps one-fourth, are the products of the interior counties.

There are in the county sixty stores, forty groceries, forty ware-houses, eight grist mills, six saw mills, five distilleries, one oil mill, one woolen factory, 460 mechanics, fifteen lawyers, fifteen physicians, fifteen preachers of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Catholics. There is a flourishing County Seminary, established at Wilmington in 1835, with fifty students, a good High School in Lawrenceburgh, with about the same number, and common schools are established throughout the county.

There is no land belonging to the United States, or which is not taxable, in the county.

DILLSBOROUGH, a small town in Clay township, Dearborn county, fifteen miles south-west of Lawrenceburgh.

DOVER, a small town in Kelso township, Dearborn county.

HARRISON, a township in Dearborn county, population 760.

HARRISON, a small town partly in Dearborn county and partly in the State of Ohio, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.

HOGAN, a mill stream in Dearborn county, rising in the west part of the county and running east into the Ohio at Aurora.

JACKSON, a township in Dearborn county, population 1,155.

JOHNSON’S FORK, a mill stream in Franklin and Dearborn, running into White Water from the north-east, two miles above Harrison.

KELSO, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 1,350.

LAUGHERY, a township in Dearborn county, population 1,050.

LAWRENCEBURGH, the Seat of Justice of Dearborn county, is situated on the Ohio river, twenty-two miles below Cincinnati, two miles west of the east line of the State, and eighty-seven south-east of Indianapolis. It contains about 3,000 inhabitants. The large and fertile bottoms on the Ohio and Miami, in the vicinity, and the rich and well cultivated lands in the interior, and its being the outlet of the White Water Canal, furnish an immense amount of produce for exportation. See Dearborn county.

LOGAN, a township in Dearborn county, population 660.

MANCHESTER, an interior township in Dearborn county, population 2,700.

MANCHESTER, a beautiful country village in Dearborn county, nine miles north-west of Lawrenceburgh.

MILLER, a township in Dearborn, population 1,160.

MOORE’S HILL, a small town in Sparta township, Dearborn county, thirteen miles west north-west of Lawrenceburgh.

SPARTA, a township in Dearborn, population 1,800.

TANNERS’ CREEK rises in the north part of Dearborn and runs south-east into the Ohio river near Lawrenceburgh. By following the bed of this creek, an easy access for a railroad may be had to the table land in the interior of the State.

WILMINGTON, formerly the County Seat of Dearborn, is three miles west of Aurora and six south-west of Lawrenceburgh. It contains the County Seminary, established in 1835, with usually 50 students, and has a number of good private residences.

YORK, a township in Dearborn, population 750.