The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-08-20
county PIONEERS
met IN HISTORIC
TOWN on SATURDAY
Several Thousand People At
tend Fifty Second Annual
Picnic at Centerville -
Many from a Distance.

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The farmers daughter is now sent to
colleges Of music for the purpose OF
training her voice and she sings like
"a bird. don't know whether there
IL any more spirituality now but do
know that more went to church at
that time.
' do you remember the country
store?" he asked, continuing. you
could go into the general store and
purchase anything from Orleans mo-
,lasses to rags and feathers. Every
thing was sold. with possibly one ex-
lception, and that was scrap iron.
II remember very well the first
train I ever rode on. 1t was in 1862
and got on the train at the Center
Vile station. The line was finished
in 1853. the name of the road being
the Indiana Central, and the charter
was granted In 1S47.
"The whole business OF the country
has changed along with the improve.
ments In transportation. We could go
into any country town and find all
kinds Of tradesmen. Each town had
iits farming implement maker, the
shoe maker. hat maker, etc. Now ev-
esything 10 shipped into the small
towns and we are able to get things
'cheaper than we could then.
Newspapers Changed.
Another thing which is noticeable
10 the change in the press of the coun-
TRY. OF course in the early days we
had the weekly newspaper, but what
was It? We did not secure the news
which we obtain now. Prior to 1861
the year OF the breaking out of the
great civil war, very little was known
= OF the daily newspaper. Now with the
mail boxes at the farmers door and
with the advancement In the method
OF handling news and better equip
ment of the newspaper establishments
!, We are able to read at our breakfast
tables what has happened in London
the day before. The farmer of the
present day IL in touch with the pro-
I gress Of the world. He knows what 10
going on by his newspaper. There
has nothing transpired In the progress
OF this country which has been OF
more benefit to the people than the
dissemination Of the news Of the
world.
I AT this point is might be well to
recall the leading men OF the county
whom knew or heard of in my early
life. l wish to call your attention to
the character Of these pioneers who
laid the foundation OF Wayne, county.
There never has been time when
Wayne county has not been looked
upon as = banner county and 1t was
due mainly to the type of the pioneer.
Some OF these men whom l recall
were:
Abingdon township-Charles Hunt,
jacob Fender. James M. and Jonathan
Jarrett. DR.. Mitchell, d. John @. A.
Robbins. -
Boston township-John and Smith
Druly, Moore Estab, Jacob Smelser,
Zack Stanley.
Centre township-David Commons,
George and Jacob Julian, MIN. John
son. Solomon Brumfield. Joseph and
Caleb B. jackson. Michael and Thorn
as Wilson. John F. Kibbey, John
Townsend. Walter Stevens, Adam
Trumbull. DR.. John Pritchett. DR.. VIM.
If. King, John s. Newman, Charles N.
Elmer, VIM. 8. T. Morton, James Fork
sner, Joseph Holman, Joshua, William
and Levi Eliason. James Dunbar,
James w. d. King. Norris. Oliver and
Lewis Jones. VIM. McCord. DR.. c. J.
Woods. David and Thomas Gentry,
John Peele.
"Clay Township-James T. Nichol-
SON, Jesse, Robert and william Bond,
Dranson l.. Harris, John Brooks, Dan
iel Bradbury, Jonas and Moses Hat
field.
Dalton towAship-Absolom, Nath-
m and Lindsay Dennis, Charles Bor-
roughs. Dempsey Thornburgh, Esq.
VIM. Chamness, Sol. Bilheimer, David
Cheeseman.
"Franklin township-Wm. s. Addle-
man, Chan Graves, Nathan Harlan,
Cornelius Wiley, John Pyle.
Green township-Jesse Gates, .Grif-
lin Davis. Exekial johnson. Brazilla
Reynolds. DIR. Taylor, Thomas Judd,
John Study. John Green. Thompson
=
ris. MIR. Pierce. the merchant.
Harrison township-Harrison and
John Scott, Henry Hoover, John C.
Burroughs. Abiram Boyd. John Keep
ler. Milton Worl.
jackson township-John Galloway,
Thomas Newly, John Waltz, Solomon
Meredith, BENJAMIN Conklin, Wilson
Jones, Edmund Lawrence. Norton Da.
Wis.
jefferson township-Wm. Stude-
braker. Bennoville Beck, George Gel
leopie. Robert and franklin G. New
com. Morrison Baldridge, George Hind
man. VIM. Conway, DIR. Samuel Ford,
Dr. West, Address s. Virgins.
New Garden township Mr.. Coffin.
paniel Hun. Joel Parker, John Wright
johnson. Harmon Pitts, Lewis JEFF
fries.
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