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Excerpt from History of Cass County, Indiana, Vol. 1: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time; With Biographical Sketches and Reference to Biographies Previously Compiled Since the organization of the Cass County Historical Society in 1907, we have been endeavoring to collect and secure historical data of Logans port and Cass County, along all lines of local history, but find it impossible to obtain, at this late date, complete and accurate details of local events of the first two decades of the county's history. The golden Opportunity has passed. No one living can remember the events of eighty years ago. There has been no attempt to even record current history and within the memory of the living it is dificult to obtain accurate data, as persons will differ as to facts and dates where no records are kept. The writer has had to rely largely upon the statements of others, and where their statements conflict, has had to reconcile the differences according to the preponderance of evidence, and in some cases we may be in error; if so, we ask the indulgence of our readers, for we know that there will be some inaccuracies and also some omissions that we were unable to fill, because records were not at hand or no one was living who could supply the miss ing links. If the Historical Society had begun its work twenty-five years ago, the task would not have been so difficult and more complete data could have been secured. We have, however, endeavored to make as accurate and complete record of the past as was obtainable at this late day, and present it in plain, simple language free from rhetorical flourishes or embellishments. With one or two exceptions, the township records are lost and'could not be consulted, and the county records of early times are not complete, are unindexed or not obtainable. We are indebted to all the present county officials and the township trustees, a list of whom appears in the proper place, for valuable assistance, also to a host of old pioneers and others, of whom special mention should be made of the following persons in the city: E. S. Rice, Wm. Richardson and Wm. Douglass, now deceased, and Robert Reed; in Adams township, Thomas H. Skinner, Dr. L. C. Miller and David Young; Bethlehem township, B. F. Yantis, Isaiah Kreider, John Redd and Lemuel Powell; Boone township, George W. Cand, Charles Berkshire and George Beckley; Clay township, John J. Julian and Israel J. Berry; Clinton township, Robert Reed, H. M. Landry and Wm. Justice; Deer Creek township, John W. Cost, Horace Manson, James Johnson and James Delaplane; Harrison township, Dr. J. J. Burton, Wm. Winn and Wm. Morrison; Jackson township, Freeman Daggett, now deceased, Mrs. F. H. Thomas, A. P. Watkins and Eugene Masters; Jefferson township, Wm. M. Gordon, Horace Pryor and Amos Chilcott; Miami township, 1. J. Berry, Dr. L. L. Quick and C. P. Forgy; Noble township history was compiled largely by O. A. Brandt; Tipton township, Mrs. George W. Bishop, Mrs. Nancy Plummer, Edgar E. Philips and Dr. E. D. Snyder; Washington township, W. H. H. Tucker, John P. Martin and J. M. Gently. We are also especially indebted to Elmer E. Worstell and Dr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.