Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — ANOTHER FIRE AT KNOX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANOTHER FIRE AT KNOX.

The town of Knox, Starke county, suffered quite a disastrous fire on Thursday night of last week, six frame business buildings being wiped out. The buildings burned were Shrock & Totten, grocery and meat market; 8. Klopot, picture gallery;Seagroves & Golding, blacksmith shop; W. A. Truax, shoe repair shop; fetore room for wagon shop; John Osborne, feed store and cottage occupied by George Dusch. All the buildings burned were owned by Mrs. A. J. Stevens, who had $2,000 insurance. Most of the contents were saved.

Group of the Early Settlers of Rensselaer, from Photo taken in 1898, at home of W. W. Wishard. Mrs. Wishard stands on porch to the right. Names - -Top row, *Jared Benjamin, Rev. D. T. Halstead, David Nowels, *Wesley Hinkle, John Makeever, Clinton Hopkins, ’’’Henry Bruce, *Heary Babb, *William Wishard, *Henry Smith, Simon Phillips. *Sylvester O’Meara, John Coen, *Henry Fisher, James Leatherman, *Reece Goddard. Bottom row, 'Samuel Parker, *William Robinson, *lsaac Sayler, *Joseph Callow, *Micah Sayler, *Sidnial King, ’William Cotton. *Since deceased.