, 1870-07-26
0NE OF INDIANA'S OLD PIC
NEERS.
tn 7ntcr">ttnE History nf thr Life
Of IT Nssssls lsssrNt1Fi:sM.

Ft.," Hr lss'-f. ms.'uri i{.'i.h:) ir.s,.
.lu':ct 1raac 1'unn. ol.e Of tie earliest ri,,-
l'tag~ II tlir country, md one of the earliest
-Ecre--.Ei merttsau1- nf 1-anreilreb!r.;. del
burg. At lalf-ra%r II O'Clock. Julv II. 1871.
aEFd - years, lie w2s t,urlI Ill Newark, y. j.,
a,!tl ennEratcd Wcs, with his parents. CAPTAIN
liuss, I',,,, aud wife. three i,roiI,.r~ and one
sistcr, Who subsequently married Isaac Mills.
ihcir family boat. after tein. tired into by tho
Indian. and wrecked in storm, landed at CO.
iuns';a tnow Hamilton County, December Is.
l1SS. jliei twr..tr r.sescu 4lays after tie fret
r..tlt 1' lit hat! teeM male l,y Benjamin Sites,
Elijah Stite-, treenbrielt Bailey. .all,-rt Cook,
aptl Jacob Nili-. with their families. and snIe
tMeniy-tivc oiln r adsei.turer=a and The addition
1t the Dunn family AMI o,,c other: tue 1a:u-
her Of Hell. wnlltt and children was fifty sir
PERSONS. There we're all III, white ,eulla
wett Of Marietta. In1ians and ferocious wild
fcart= were i.Iiiumeratle.
This child IF tie wilderness. realm saw sou1e
II his rlay1nates killed and ts:1lpeI hr the In-
slians. and Oliver u Sienrcr. an ,tl.er Of A.s
1'ay!Eates. carried oil Into savage cap:iyity:
though n0w but Elk years Of age. he saw the
ar7,lie> Gt Generals Josiah flarrnar and Artl4;r
81 flair Ecttasesl and driven ba"k t.y the In
t!iau- under their chief. Little Tn,tic Il, the
sn:n'nn at lis" tho fart at Columbia Wa in-
creased l,y tie arriva! of Maj,E tivlorth. 1o.u
: t'aso. lsaar Ferris. john Ferris. Lsth,-
Eitrhel. 1'a:iit} Bates and JohE Esy,lslI- w;,!l
tllrir resi- crtive families. Or the period We
ate rNtakiuF, the ltdla1:n were the ns>ees .or~
ri tic Whole country. AMI trnfctsesl fr an-',i,
:nnarl the hand Of tifte-six pioneers, l.t,f III,
moment they discovered that the United 4 .tes
we're ~ "'!t to organize the T,r7:onal ,ievt:n-
tntnt II Northwest their friendly int rcoJr~
nas rnkcs oG a1sl Il. pred atoms committed.
aft.r = stjilEr If :ire vearsa: Columbia lin
March. l!a', t'"r1n: the fine Of the great
trsss,tt that SHej't away tln il ,,hi., and smoke
hnuse. thcir household sonl- we7r nut on hoard
of two canoes. 1aslei to:e:llr: + # that rur-
11're--cartain Dunn AMI family then re-
moved Gown to the month ct the Great
Miami where .hcr fonn1 station.
i.-rnrl r. captain 1cs. Hayes, his sons
ir,-lA~. Thomas Miller and James Nrnncts.
.tlcxa1:t'cr Guari and Family. William t;erarl
aud family Isaac rulkc. t;arret Var N.'ss and
r:hrre. hvis.- in block hcu-c~. we'll fnyt11ie*l
CAPTAIN 1'nna AMI family. and associates.
heated their rtatinI, and t'lock hou4r on the
northwest size cf The hill. Just 1.nr.h Of III.
nic,::h Of tlsf t;-eat Miami If t'artaii Nuu.,'-
station. lsr,c H. ov,, family. til. tc.o,s now
rc..,llcct.el were J.:se3 ki.r!,r' J,ar,!, l.ls,-
Il! frl,. I-aar Mills. Frederick Nut.s l.,ci1:li:,
tr<. and Thera- Walters In the fsll Of
I'm company was trv.net! Of the two :. cations
Ll1s!ss ,,,;;,' aud , nnnn-:n, the r"rrcsr q, Of
,'% "as:"s ,,sn ss ,,anu.s "s seA The :on ''c sn@
r"n>is;cd Of 1css,h Randolph. Jo.cph
kl:cl.rEl. 1T,omA. Walters. lksiian1i,I r1A,
!>sat Mills. Jarrett Van Ness, a;ltl Isaac DUN,
fl,tn l. years OLD. After hunting tn, day With
OH ssccesr. tic Company held a coanci to =.e-
tr'uine whether they -honll rc,sarn to the
staten el,ea.nr for the night on the hank of
IL ,i.Islek Eur. where they w.'re. Tso OF
thr company re::lai'ic'fanl camrcri ont Cox
ar'l Walter. TIE cthc-s returned hnne, On
:lsat fat'>l night the rr,orts nf s1ua were
head il, the direction Of the enc aurmcnt. In
the morning company of men repaired totho
fffs tr,f 1rr@iyt
Cox and Thomas Walters rcvcalc,l thei: ral
fate--teing shot. ton,ahawketl. and scalrel.
Al this time there was battalion Of
men nnder the command OF Major l:r.l.
stationed, at the '.Roway Camp" ION
Tawrt rcthuFE-s At this station Captain Dunn
ard family tclnained toiling A. te.t they conld
tutIerine ali the rrivations Of frontier life, ,nn
Ill the victorlons legiuns OF General Authnns
Wayne conquered rescc. After the tiEeei-
dians. on The ID day Of August. l7a5. anil rati-
fifl l,y the Uni; ell States Senste. December r.
1795. il was safe 10 occupy the country west OF
the TREAT Mimi. fu the spring OF l7:o zap
tain hmm aud is.nlly removed over west Of tie
Miami River. and settled aear where E'iza'w.h.
town wss afterw,r,l t'rit. lie had been \ I:ev-
| olutinnary officer. suffered many har,3shir-,
lest everything !it in,-sessetl by the .:prcsia'
| tim cf Continental money, rave 4 fire. a.il in.
taeirnient tonsssry 10 live in H. ,!i-d in lStH
aid hs ro1npas,i",, in ls1n, loyrL aud houurcl
| By all who htew them.
| Judge lEase Hmm wss truly self-naile
man. lie had no opportunities Of = scholastic
education, there being but few schools. and
| fewer books, neither grammar, geography o.
dictionary in tho country. lie was very fail
| scholar. good -crih+. aud ready reader, He
! read much and sfulie.s much. He WAS con.
e,dcrably above mediec7ity IN ahi'i:ic+. =:
slow, in after life. He was assistant Col
;ectcr u1nlcr John X. Mills iu hls oO:l vesr
and VIA married. in the year 1Sai ~ Mis-.
Frances hatt. daughterof Csrtsin Jacob ra,t
ri lonne County, ky.
This marriage rrered very happy union Of
,an rersons-vcry nucl, attached for the tern
| 0f thirtv--i1 years-tnt broken by the llan.e o.
death. This rous and devoted wife died ii
iA0 He commenced the mercantile business
in I.awrencciur6 i'll the year 1896, in conpan,
with John r. neasy and sterhen Ludlow AZ
ter courle Of vca1s John Il. Beaty renovct
to Brook4ille with his share OF the gooas
Duhn and Ludlow continuing the business
until 1879. when their partnership bu=iacs
wa- mutually and amicahly dissolved.
March Il, ISL. l-aac Dunn was snpninse'
ard commissioned ''y the GorcrnoI as JudS
VI the Court of Common Pleas: and .'an=aE
IT, lsii, reapIont.sl aud commissioned Judc
a~tSon'l time, the system being changed frer
asour1 OF Common Pleas to E,.ruit Court.
re continued \ Judge mp to Fe1ruz1y -
ts!'-sctz1ne as Judge undcr the TeTitors
uestH.asnt fonr ycsIs. ten months and twer
: '4.scSeh 'saSs- lie Wa elected a member =
sist Hens.' of Representatives Of the Fotut
III neral Assenhlr of Indiana Territory. III
frst g sslon 81 which vi. hctd at v1ncerae.
it2;aafs ~ lsia and took an active part i
the business Of the a".>i2:. John Git,sou Wa
acting Governor durin; tho session. 4, th
i retied the var with The various trit,s Of It'd
! att Made II advisable 10 move tic seat
government to Gordon. where tLe tecuu
..reion Of the Fourth General Assembly v.
{ ,'ehl. l'eceEneer II. 1878. Al this session /
: took al active part IN securing TIC election I
: Isaac N1ackfo1d Clerk OF the uouss OF Tenrl
. senta,ivee.
James Noble uaa Speaker OF the House {
Representatives in tie first pant u the sessio,
Int resigned. Then Isaac Dunn WA electe
/ Spcskcr Of The House Of Representatives fro
: January l, 1914, to the close Of the scs.io
I September 10, 1s14. he was commissioned
T the Governor to administer osths OF office
Jesse L. Holman aud Elltsh Sparks. Judges
, the Second ard Third Judicial Circuits OF Iut
; ana Tc1litory-a!so James Lii. Clerk Of Il