Historic Travel Guide to Ripley County


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Discover the historic nooks and crannies in Ripley County, Indiana. The Historic Travel Guide to Ripley County reveals the many places history has touched in the county. The author’s included Ripley County History Auto Tour takes the traveler through the many historic places in the county. The book covers many Ripley County towns including Batesville, Versailles, Osgood, Napoleon Sunman and Milan. osgood, batesville, versailles, milan, sunman, napoleon







Kinfolk of Adin W. Knapp and Sarah P. Cady of Ripley County, Indiana : a Family History : Knapp Ancestors from 1630, Descendants Through 1998


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Adin Williams Knapp, son of Charles Knapp and Susan Williams, was born in 1824 in southwestern Ohio. He married Sarah Permelia Cady, daughter of Samuel Cady and Sarah Thomas, on 8 Aug 1844 in Ripley County, Indiana. They had 10 children. Sarah died on 19 Nov 1903 and Adin died on 15 Feb 1909, both in Ripley County, Indiana. Their ancestors lived in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and England. Their descendants have lived in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and other areas in the United States.













Garard/Garrard/Gerard/Gerrard/Girard


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John (ca. 1720-1787), Elias (ca. 1730-1797), and William (b. 1735/7-1801) Garard were brothers. John was married twice, in ca. 1740 to Mehetable (d. 1779/780) and after 1779 in Berrkley County, Virginia to Mary Gray/Snodgrass? (ca. 1862-after 1841). John had 14 children (11 from Mehetable and 3 from Mary). John's brother, Elias, may have been born on Long Island in New York, married Rachel and died in Columbia, Hamilton County, Ohio Territory. Elias and Rachel had seven children; all were born in either Fort Cumberland, Maryland or Frederick County, Virginia. William, the last of the three known brothers, married Joanna (Hannah) in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. William and Hannah had three children.







A History of Napoleon, Indiana


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Named for Napoleon Bonaparte, the town of Napoleon was platted in 1820, the second town in Ripley County, Indiana. Early in its history, Napoleon was a center of transportation and an important hub in the Underground Railroad. Berry's Trace, the Michigan Road and the Brookville/Napoleon Road connected the village to distant towns in Indiana as well as with the new state capitol in Indianapolis. Other Books in the: Ripley County History Series Historic Travel Guide to Ripley County A History of Indiana Libraries - Ripley County Edition A History of Napoleon, Indiana Indiana Fire Departments - Ripley County Edition ripley, county, jackson, township, underground, railroad, local