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Excerpt from "The History of LaPorte County, Indiana"

published by Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Chicago, 1880.

THOSE WHO MAKE THE LA PORTE COUNTY OLD SETTLERS' ROLL (Part 2).

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Mrs. D. A. Benedict, born in Erie Co., Penn., November 26, 1821; settled in 1836.
James Catterlin, born in Chesterfield Co., Va., March 9, 1805; a farmer, and settled March 15, 1835.
William H. Hunt, born in Wayne Co., Ind., March 11, 1827; a farmer, and settled in June, 1835.
Adam Keith, born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., November 15, 1795; a farmer, and settled July 6, 1829.
Anna Keith, born in Marion Co., Va., May 14, 1814; settled in March, 1830.
S. K. Potinger, born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, February 20, 1824; a farmer, and settled February 28, 1837.
S. A. Potinger, born in Wayne Co., Ind., October 31, 1830; settled in 1834.
C. P. Putermeister, born in West Indies, May 31, 1804; a farmer, and settled May 10, 1836.
Thomas L. Eaton, born in Giles Co., Va., December 15, 1819; a farmer, and settled October 30, 1834.
Judith Butterworth, born in Iredell Co., N. Carolina, October 20, 1799; settled January 15, l835.

Mary Crane, born in Morgan Co., Ohio, November 15, 1829; settled July 6, 1832.
Henry P. Crane, born in Campbell Co., Va., January 15, 1819; settled in October, 1832.
Rebecca Jack, born in Maryland, August 8, 1819; settled in March, 1835.
Martha Crowl, born in Shelby Co., Indiana; settled in October, 1837.
E. H. Kelley, born in La Porte Co., Ind., December 16, 1835; a life resident.
Elizabeth Stine, born in Lebanon Co., Penn., August 14, 1801; settled in May, 1834.
Martha Standiford, born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 13, 1825; settled June, 16, 1836.
William Reynolds, born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., September, 3, 1827; a farmer, and settled June 16, 1836.
Mary A. Fuller, born in Berrien Co., Mich., April 10, 1835; settled in 1836.
Jacob Peer, born in Canada, January, 1796; a farmer, settled November 26, 1836.

Amanda Peer, born in Washington Co., N.Y., January, 1795; settled November 26, 1836
L. Loomis, born in Washington Co., N. Y., December 18, 1797; a farmer, and settled February 1, 1838.
Elizabeth Loomis, born in Williamstown, N. Y., in 1820; settled February 1, 1838.
S. B. Webster, born in Union Co., Ind., Aug. 1, 1811; a farmer, and settled July 13, 1832.
Elizabeth March, born in Fayette Co., Ind., January 10, 1834; settled in April, 1834.
Mary Hagar, born in Lebanon Co., Penn., March 17, 1826; settled in April, 1834.
William Eaton, born in Giles Co., Va., January 12, 1822; a farmer, and settled in October, 1834.
C. G. Eaton, born in Giles Co., Va., January 2, 1827; a farmer, and settled in October, 1834.
Nancy A. Keith, born in Hyatt Co., Ohio, May 22, 1807; settled October 16, 1834.
Lewis Keith, born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., March 22, 1801; a farmer, and settled July 6, 1832.

John Glime, born in Lebanon Co., Penn., November 2, 1803; a farmer, and settled in May, 1833.
Willys Peck, born in Herkimer Co., N. Y. March 15, 1806; a lumber merchant, and settled September 1, 1835.
John Harding, born in Luzerne Co., Penn., July 11, 1806; a wagon-maker, and settled in June, 1834.
Enoch L. Preston, born in Union Co., Ind., February 13, 1827; a farmer, and settled in October, 1833.
Agnes Guenthier, born in Ireland, March 20, 1814; settled in October, 1836.
Simeon Francis, born in Wethersfield, Conn., April 22, 1827; a farmer, and settled in November, 1834.
Matthew Mayer, born in Mifflin Co., Penn., January 8, 1812; a farmer, and settled June 1, 1835.
Mary Hayes, born in Ohio, October 20, 1819; settled in September, 1837.
George Bosserman, born in Perry Co., Penn., November 10, 1815; a farmer, and settled December 1, 1836.
Minerva Bosserman, born in Pennsylvania, January 26, 1817; settled November 28, 1835.

Wheeler Bentley, born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, March 8, 1818; a farmer, and settled April 10, 1836.
Miranda Bentley, born in Clarke Co., Ohio, April 15, 1819; settled April 19, 1834.
T. I. S. Hixon, born in Boston, Mass., April 17, 1815; a farmer, and settled in April, 1835.
E. Hixon, born in Erie Co., Penn., November 16, 1825; settled May 5, 1834.
William D. Farnsworth, born in Dorset, Vermont, October 21, 1801; a carpenter, and settled June 5. 1837.
Almira Farnsworth, born in Fairfax, Vermont, May, 1803; settled June 5, 1837.
Sarah H. Mann, born in Essex, Vermont, December 2, 1827; settled June 5, 1837.
Isaiah Atkins, born in Worcester Co., Mass., January 23, 1809; a farmer, and settled in April, 1836.
Harriet B. Atkins, born in Washington Co., N.Y., April 4, 1813; settled October 30, 1837.
John Holliday, born in Sherburn, England, April 1, 1811; a druggist, and settled September 23, 1835.

Caroline A. Holliday, born in Andover, Mass., July 5, 1819; settled January 9, 1837.
Mrs. ----- Pratt, born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., December, 1807; settled in 1835.
D. Patton, born in Buncombe Co., N. Carolina, December 29, 1812; a builder, and settled May 5, 1837.
L. E. Taylor, born in Schoharie, N. Y., Mar. 2, 1832; settled in June, 1834.
Shepherd Crumpacker, born in Virginia; a farmer, and settled in April, 1834.
Mrs. E. F. Crumpacker, born in Maine in 1827; date of settlement not given.
J. H. Clyburn, born in La Porte Co., Ind., December 15, 1836; a farmer, and a life resident.
B. Ireland, born in New Haven Co., Conn., April 7, 1791; settled in November, 1836.
S. C. Morrison, born in Hardin Co., Ohio, February 11, 1824; settled in 1835.
Dwight Fraser, born in La Porte, Ind., December 19, 1836; has been postmaster, and a life resident.

J. H. Francis, born in Weathersfield, Conn., September 23, 1821; a farmer, and settled in November, 1834.
John Frame, born in Bourbon Co., Ky., January 1, 1804; a cooper, and settled October 4, 1835.
John Warnock, born in Clarke Co., Ind., December 15, 1803; a farmer, and settled October 16, 1833.
Helena Warnock, born in Athens Co., Ohio, March 10, 1810; settled October 16, 1834.
Fleming Reynolds, born in Wayne Co., Ind., May 28, 1817; a farmer, and settled October 18, 1833.
Elizabeth Reynolds, born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 12, 1824; settled in April, 1835.
Mrs. E. S. Gardner, born in La Porte Co., Ind., May 18, 1835; a life resident.
Angeline Pinney, born in Erie Co., Penn., February 4, 1827; settled in 1834.
Phineas Barnes, born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 8, 1804; a farmer, and settled in 1837.
Cynthia Pinney, born in Jackson Co., Va., September 20, 1822; settled in October, 1836.

J. R. Mann, born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., April 25, 1835; a machinist, and settled in 1837.
David Bush, born in Ulster Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1821; a farmer, and settled June 10, 1836.
Clinton West, born in Chenango Co., N. Y., September 26, 1802; a farmer, and settled in October, 1835.
Sylvester Griffin, born in Granby, Conn., Jan., 1788; a farmer, and settled in June, 1835.
J. Dinwiddie, born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 15, 1822; a farmer, and settled April 23, 1833.
Mrs. P. Rust, born in New Jersey, July 25, 1799; settled June 1, 1837.
Mrs. Rachel Rust, born in Chenango Co., N.Y., February 3, 1813; settled May 21, 1837.
Daniel Low, born in Essex Co., Mass., May 28, 1806; a farmer, and settled March 31, 1834.
Mary B. Low. born in Essex Co., Mass., July 14, 1806; settled in July, 1837.
Elam H. Reynolds, born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., September 13, 1834; an accountant, and settled June 16, 1836.

Martha E. Reynolds, born in Erie Co., Pa., May 22, 1832; settled in February, 1836.
John V. Rust, born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 15, 1817; a farmer, and settled June 1, 1837.
A. G. Standiford, born in Shelby Co., Ky., January 27, 1816; a physician, and settled September 2, 1836.
T. A. E. Campbell, born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., July 10, 1810; a farmer, and settled May 20, 1833.
Margaret Campbell, born in Cortland Co., N. Y., November 22, 1820; settled in June, 1838.
J. W. Coplin, born in Harrison Co., W. Va., February 14, 1824; a produce merchant, and settled April 4, 1837.
A. VanPelt, born in Shelby Co., Ind., Sept. 6, 1830; a farmer, and settled in March, 1834.
N. W. Fraser, born in Alexandria, Va., April 14, 1834; a farmer; settled in December, 1834.
Catharine P. Andrew. born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1824; settled in September, 1832.
W. W. Wilcox, born in Genesee Co., N. Y., July 1825; a farmer, and settled in February, 1837.

S. R. Stephens, born in Franlin Co., Ind., August 11, 1829; settled September, 1837.
T. D. Brown, born in Lynchburg, Va., July 25, 1825; an insurance agent, and settled in April, 1834.
Miranda Shead, born in Onondaga Co., N.Y., September 9, 1815; settled in May, 1836.
Sarah Aldrich, born in Connecticut, March 17, 1796; settled in May, 1832.
James Monahan, born in Clarke Co., Ohio, March 1, 1824; a farmer, and settled in February, 1835.
Martha A. Monahan, born in Shelby Co., Ind., September 15, 1827; settled in September, 1835.
Amenzo Mann, born in Broome Co., N.Y., October 25, 1830; a farmer, and settled in 1837.
Elizabeth Henton, born in Clarke County, Ind., July 30, 1831; settled in September, 1837.
Evan Henton, born in Fountain Co., Ind., November 3, 1828; a butcher, and settled April 1, 1833.
Lysander Meeker, born in Geauga Co., Ohio, January 3, 1833; a physician, and settled in September, 1835.

Charles T. Leaming, born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., July 30, 1823; a farmer, and settled in June, 1834.
Nancy Ann Bush, born in Monongahela Co., Va., April 19, 1826; settled November 27, 1835.
Rachel Hickman, born in Harrison Co., Va., January 14, 1803; settled in August, 1833.
Hannah Hunt, born in Grayson Co., Va., September 15, 1804; settled in April, 1835.
Jeannette Welto, born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., July 23, 1820; settled December 2, 1836.
Levi Jones, born in Washington Co., N.Y., April 4, 1805; a machinist, and settled May 9, 1835.
Julia Jones, born in Otsego Co., N.Y., March 21, 1819; settled in March, 1838.
B.F. Butterworth, born in Warren Co., Ohio, November 6, 1834; a merchant, and settled January 15, 1835.
Elisha Mayhew, born in Penobscot Co., Maine, December 7, 1802; a farmer, and settled in September, 1835.
Elizabeth Mayhew, born in Morgan Co., Ohio, April 8, 1822; settled July 6, 1829.

Elizabeth White, born in Chowan Co., N. Carolina, August 17, 1790; settled in September 8, 1833.
John A. White, born in La Porte Co., Indiana, May 17, 1836; a farmer and a life resident.
Mary L. Martin, born in Salem, N. Jersey, February 13, 1813; settled in March, 1833.
Mary A. Bowen, born in Richmond, Ind., June 18, 1832; settled in March, 1833.
W.N. Ball, born in Ontario, N.Y., January 30, 1811; an undertaker, and settled April 23, 1834.
Catharine Hatfield, born in Franklin Co., Va., July 26, 1826; settled in 1835.
William Hatfield, born in Nashville, Tenn., September 16, 1822; a farmer, and settled April 11, 1833.
Nancy Ball, born in West Virginia, June 15, 1815; settled April 23, 1834.
R.B. Hews, born in Lycoming Co., Penn., January 7, 1810; a trader, and settled April 1, 1834.
John F. Decker, born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., September 9, 1814; a merchant, and settled June 1, 1836.

S.M. Decker, born in Ulster Co., N.Y., December 19, 1819; settled June 1, 1836.
Thomas D. Lemon, born in Lexington, Ky, October 10, 1807; a physician, and settled December 19, 1835.
Oliver Porter, born in Langdon, New Hampshire, July 11, 1802; a cooper, and settled October 27, 1834.
O.V. Wilcox, born in Genesee Co., N.Y., August 7, 1831, a farmer, and settled February 20, 1837.
V.F. Smith, born in Brookfield, Ohio, December 5, 1827, a miller, and settled in October, 1835.
Ophelia Sanborn, born in Black River, Ohio, August 22, 1833; settled October 27, 1834.
Washington Wilson, born in Champaign Co., Ohio, July 6, 1829; a lumber merchant, and settled in April, 1832.
James Churchill, born in Dearborn Co., Ind., November 21, 1819; a wagon-maker, and settled June 15, 1836.
Amanda Ames, born in Shelby Co., Ind., June 17, 1829; settled in November, 1835.
Samuel D. Hall, born in Oneida Co., N.Y., December 8, 1811; a farmer, and settled in October, 1833.

Sarepta Hall, born in Essex Co. N. Y., in 1820; settled in May, 1831.
A.J. Redding, born in La Porte Co., Ind., June 7, 1836; a physician, and a life resident.
L.T. Harding, born in Richland Co., Ohio, January 29, 1834; a farmer, and settled June 1, 1834.
Mrs. O. Stillson, born in New Buffalo, Mich., January 14, 1837; settled in 1837.
Leonidas A. Cole, born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., November 17, 1834; a lawyer, and settled June 1, 1835.
E. Bush, born in Union Co., Ind., July 28, 1820; settled in August, 1830.
Elizabeth B. Wallace, born in West Fairley, Vermont, March 27, 1808; settled October 8, 1835.
A. B. Salisbury, born in Cortland Co., N.Y., April 30, 1825; a farmer, and settled October 3, 1835.
Ann Eliza Shopp, born in Dutchess Co., N.Y., January 8, 1820; settled June 4, 1837.
M.E. Salisbury, born in Harrison Co., Ind., March 20, 1829; settled June 4, 1835.

Elizabeth E. Boice, born in Rush Co., Ind., August 5, 1833; settled in September, 1833.
Almon Smith, born in Oneida Co., N.Y., January 8, 1833; a painter, and settled in 1834.
Alexander Bowen, born in La Porte Co., Ind., May 13, 1837; a farmer, and a life resident.
Moses Butterworth, born in Warren Co., Ohio, February 14, 1819; a farmer, and settled January 15, 1835.
Alvira Smith, born in Onondaga Co., N.Y.; the date of settlement is not given.
Samuel Harvey, born in Richmond, Indiana, August 30, 1820; a farmer, and settled in October, 1834.
M.E. Harvey, born in Union Co., Ind., August 16, 1829; settled in April, 1832.
Lucinda A. Whitehead, born in Homer, N.Y., March 17, 1817; settled June 15, 1836.
Sarah Jane Dermitt, born in Otsego Co., N.Y., February 15, 1827; settled May 11, 1834.
Edmund M. Westervelt, born in Dutchess Co., N.Y., December 27, 1821; a farmer, and settled in 1836.

Mary D. Grerhart, born in Perry, Penn., April 17, 1820; settled October 2, 1836.
Mary A. Nickell, born in Lewis Co., W. Va., March 6, 1822; settled in 1836.
William Demyer, born in Ulster Co., New York, April 22, 1812; a farmer, and settled in June, 1837.
Mary A. Whitehead, born in New York city. August 30, 1812; settled in December, 1836.
Peter Freese, born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., July 7, 1827; a farmer, and settled in June, 1834.
John A. Reeve, born in Herkimer Co., N.Y., Sept. 26, 1832; a farmer, and settled March 3, 1838.
William Sheridan, born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Dec. 14, 1811; a mechanic, and settled April 30, 1833.
E.A. Beckwith, born in Lyme, Conn., March 13, 1814; a mechanic, and settled in February, 1836.
Metgar Buck, born in Worthington, Mass., Nov. 3, 1803; a farmer, and settled Jan. 6, 1837.
Jefferson Zenor, born in Bourbon Co., Ky., Nov. 19, 1805; a farmer, and settled in November, 1834.

Susanna Zenor, born in Clark Co., Ind., April 14, 1815; settled November, 1834.
Sarah Fravel, born in New Jersey, April 13, 1817; settled in October, 1837.
George J. Bentley, born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1824; a physician, and settled in April, 1836.
George Ames, born in Plymouth Co., Mass., Jan. 31, 1804; a druggist, and settled in May, 1835.
Susan M. Low, born in Essex Co., Mass., Jan. 3, 1810; settled in May, 1835.
Elizabeth B. Ames, born in Essex Co., Mass., April 17, 1810; settled in September, 1849.
William H. Evans, born in Clarke Co., Ind., February 14, 1830; a farmer, and settled in October, 1835.
Wheeler Bentley, born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, March 8, 1818; a farmer, and settled March 10, 1836.
Ralph Loomis, born in Clarke Co., Ohio, March 27, 1827; a farmer, and settled in April, 1834.
J.M. Warnock, born in Clarke Co., Ind., October 29, 1825; a carpenter, and settled in November, 1834.

Arminta Warnock, born in Grant Co., Ind., in 1832; settled in 1834.
Thomas K. Armstrong, born in Baltimore, Md.; a farmer, and settled in May, 1833.
E.W. Griffin, born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., April 13, 1822; a real estate dealer, and settled June 2, 1834.
William J. Smith, born in North Carolina, July 21, 1831; a carpenter, and settled in October, 1835.
Laura A. Smith, born in Chautauqua Co., New York, June 28, 1838; settled in 1852.
Mrs. Lydia H. Marsh, born in Preble Co., Ohio, May 10, 1827; settled in October, 1832.
T.J. Lucas, born in La Porte Co., Ind., March 4, 1837; a carpenter, and a life resident.
Noah Miller, born in Washington Co., Penn., July 3, 1792; a farmer, and settled in October, 1834.
S.L. Palmer, born in Oneida Co., N.Y., April 22, 1810; a farmer, and settled in January, 1835.
W.H. White, born in North Carolina, November 19, 1822; a mechanic, and settled in November, 1832.

Mrs. Ruma Ann Earl, born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., Feb. 4, 1829; settled in 1835.
G.L. Wright, born in Vermillion Co., Ind., August 24, 1831; a farmer, and settled in 1832.
Eliza Cummings, born in Bucyrus, Ohio, May 13, 1828; date of settlement not given.
Uriah Lewis, born in Highland Co., O., November 19, 1828; a farmer, and settled in January, 1835.
Alfred Williams, born in Wayne Co., Ind., October 28, 1820; a lawyer, and settled March 7, 1838.
Mrs. M.M. Behan, born in Erie Co., Penn., July 7, 1826; settled in 1836.
William H. Goodhue, born in Lyndon, Vermont, November 10, 1810; a merchant, and settled in June, 1834.
W.B. Gustin, born in Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, May 3, 1813; a mechanic, and settled in June, 1837.
Nancy C. Macadoo, born in Putney, Vermont, in February 1816; settled in October, 1837.
Jacob R. Hall, born in West Virginia, June 19, 1807; a farmer, and settled in October, 1833.

George Blue, born in Geauga Co., Ohio, May 11, 1833; a farmer, and settled in 1835.
Mrs. C.J.S. Palmer, born in Oneida Co., N.Y., July 15, 1815; settled in January, 1835.
Mrs. Eliza Cole, born in Windham Co., Conn., October 4, 1814; settled in August, 1833.
Mrs. Mary Jane Winship, born in Wethersfield, Ohio, February 14, 1832; settled in 1834.
Alonzo R. Cutler, born in Upper Canada, February 26, 1812; a farmer, and settled in April, 1832.
Azariah Williams, born in Wayne Co., Ind., June 19, 1828; a merchant, and settled April 17, 1835.
Ichabod B. Gifford, born in Massachusetts, September 18, 1796; a farmer, and settled in August, 1833.
Mrs. Mary W. Wilson, born in Mifflin Co., Penn., March 3, 1799; settled April 23, 1833.
Alvin Buck, born in Worthington, Mass., December 5, 1797; a farmer, and settled in June, 1833.
Samuel Catron, born in Fountain Co., Ind., October 3, 1825; a farmer, and settled in November, 1832.

Lydia M. Buck, born in Berkshire Co., Mass., November 3, 1828; settled in June, 1838.
Nancy Ann Catron, born in Miami Co., Ohio, in August, 1826; settled in 1842.
Mary F. Howe, born in Crawfordsville, Ind., in December, 1831; settled in 1835.
G.M. Tuley, born in Grant Co., Ky., October 16, 1815; settled in September, 1834.
James Warnock, born in Woodford Co., Ky., March 27, 1794; settled in November, 1834.
Charles Kellogg, born in Wolcottville, Conn., June 22, 1812; settled in July, 1836.
Margaret Kellogg, born in England, April 12, 1814; settled in January, 1836.
John Charlesworth, born in England, November 5, 1802; date of settlement not given.
Abraham Burner, born in Shenandoah, Va., November 2, 1813; settled in October, 1835.
A.G. Standiford, born in Shelbyville, Ky., January 27, 1816; settled in September, 1836.

David Behan, born in Ireland, December 10, 1819; settled in August, 1837.
J.H. White, born in Cayuga Co., N.Y., in July, 1817; settled in December, 1836.
Abigail C. White, born in Ohio, January 9, 1820; settled in August, 1834.
William Maxwel1, born in La Porte Co., Ind., January 4, 1837; a life resident.
Eliza Maxwell, born in La Porte Co., Ind., January 20, 1843; a life resident.
David Carpenter, born in Tioga Co., Penn., May 5, 1809; a farmer, and settled March 5, 1837.
John D. Smith, born in Brookfield, Ohio, July 5, 1825; a farmer, and settled in September, 1835.
James Drummond, born in Clarke Co., Ind., August 9, 1810; a farmer, and settled in February, 1835.
Amy J. Drummond, born in Clarke Co., Ind., August 27, 1814; settled in February, 1835.
D.C. Decker, born in La Porte Co., Ind., July 24, 1837; a merchant, and a life resident.

Parker Freeman, born near Catlin Hill, N.Y., October 13, 1831; settled in 1836.
William B. Hammond, born in Lycoming Co., Penn., February 25, 1824; a farmer, and settled in 1833.
Seth W. Hunt, born in Luzerne Co., Penn., October 14, 1800; a farmer, and settled in 1837.
C.E. DeWolfe, born in Nova Scotia, March 6, 1814; a merchant and settled in 1836.
W.B. Wilson, born in Chautauqua Co. N.Y., August 3, 1828; a physician, and settled in 1837.
J.P. Birchim, born in La Porte Co., Ind., August 11, 1837; a farmer, and a life resident.
Allen Cummings, born in Genesee Co., N.Y., October 14, 1819; a carpenter, and settled in 1838.
Benjamin Fogle, born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, March 17, 1820; a farmer, and settled April 15, 1834.
Mautius Y. Brown, born in Charleston, Ky., November 12, 1819; a farmer, and settled in 1831.
John S. Fosdick, born in Campbell Co., Va., December 27, 1811; a dentist, and settled in 1835.

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