The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-10
EARLY COUNTY HISTORY.
BY One of the Old Settlers of the
County.

the axe to the forests and were con-
nected with the early incidents with
in FIVE miles of Bourbon. John c.
Hedrick settled on the land now
owned by Austin Downing. John A.
Shirley and Thomas Pittenger set
tied on land now owned blythe Err
win brothers. John Greer bought
land of the government on three cor
ners of Bourbon He sold the north
east corner to Robert Blakely, the
northwest corner to VIM. G.. Carter,
father of the late Elder Carter, of
Plymouth, the southwest corner to
Moses Greer. He retained a quarter
section, improved it, then gave it to
his children, now owned by ]. M.
Greer, Enos Metheny and Mrs. En-
ma and Miss Nellie Greer. Emery
Hullet settled on the north side of
the road on the creek, lived there
some years, sold his land to James 0.
Parks and left. George Baylor, faith
er of Mrs. Sophia Senour, settled on
the land where Omar Slough now
lives He improved his land, done
blacksmithing and kept tavern He
erected large sign at the roadside
and adorned each upper corner of the
frame with full attire of buck horns.
1t was known as the Buck Horn
Tavern" For hospitality it was not
excelled. Henry Huffman settled on
the land known as the Moffit farm.
He cleared the land and built the
house that stands on the farm. He
was thought to be the best chopper
in Bourbon township. He was a very
strong man. In his prime he used
seven pound axe. At log rolling it
was very common for him to lift
against two men, F. n. Thompson
settled on the land now owned by
Samuel Keller He cleared quite a
farm ard kept tavern in opposition to
the Buck Horn" He lived there
number of years, then sold his farm
and moved to Illinois. After he had
been gone about forty-seven years he
came back to see some OF the old
neighbors he had left and the farm
he had made. His neighbors were
mostly, oil gone s ID Parks took
him out to see the land he had once
lived on. He said he didn't want any
body to tell him when they came to
the farm, he said he would know it
as soon as he saw it. After they had
drove one mile past the farm, he was
told they had passed it He was TAX
en- back and shown where he lived.
He couldn't see any trace of anything
to show that he had ever lived there.
The cd man wept- Robson Ochel-
tree settled on the land where Oliver
Armantrout now lives. He cleared
quite farm, lived there several years
sold out, and moved to Illinois. Clark
son Martin settled on the land now
owned by Cyrus Jones, he sold out to
Willis Jones in 1859. On the south
side of the road Frank Williams lived
a number of years, then went west.
August Weissert now owns the land.
Wilarld Sampson settled on the land
now owned by A. J. Payne. He clear
ed the land. built the barn that stands
close to the road, served as squire
for several years, sold out and went
to Illinois. Anderson Lynch, father
of Mrs. Anna Minard, of Bourbon,
settled on the west part of the A J.
Payne farm. He cleared the land and
built the log house that stands on the
land today. He died there. Isaac
Updike settled on the land on the
south side of the road and built the
log house that stands there today.
He lived there a few years and died
with typhoid fever. Benjamin CRU
zon settled on the land where Morris
Banks now lives. He cleared good
farm, Set out an orchard very early.
He was the first man to sell apples.
He died there at good old age. Joel
Parker settled on the sarni now o,. 4
ed by John Hite. He erected build
ings, cleared the land and lived on it
a good many years. He was great
fancier of fine horses. He was gener-
Gus, sociable, kindhearted, and had
great affection for his children. Rem
jamin Reed settled on the land now
owned by Alvin Reed. He lived there
a long time and cleared good farm.
When he got old he sold the farm to
his son Martin, and moved to Bour-
bon. He lived there some years, and
died at the home of his son, William
Reed, IN Kansas. Charley St. John
settled on the land now owned by
Mary ]. Young. He lived there a
number of years. He went to the
woods one day to hunt killed a deer,
hung it up, and was taking out the
entrails preparatory to taking his
prize home when some other hunters
who were in the same woods, espied
him and his deer Ore of them leveled
his gun and fired. He shot St. John
through the feshy part of his hip
making four holes with one bullet. /
saw Charley going to Plymouth few
days after he was shot. He was