Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1895 — THE “AULD LANG SYNE.” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE “AULD LANG SYNE.”

An Historical House at Charlestown.' Ind. Jeffersonville Special to Indianapolis News, March 28. In the town of Charlestown stands an old house which ought to be of much interest to every Hoosier, for not only did manj' forefathers of the commonwealth stop thereover night on their way to other sections of the State, while it was still the Green Tree Tavern, but there also Indiana’s first Governor. Jonathan Jen«

ning%, held his wedding feast on the occasion of his second marriage. None of the old residents can give the exact date of this event, but it occurred in the year 1830. The bride was Miss Theresa Barbee, of Kentucky, who taught music in Charlestown and brought the first piano to Indiana. The bridal pair walked together from the tavern to the residence of Razon Hammond, a pioneer Methodist divine, several miles in the country, and were quietly married, after which they walked back and entertained the notables of the town at the tavern. The old house was built in 1815 by Absalom Carr, brother of the noted General John Carr. Tt is still in good repair, and ought to ba preserved as one of Indiana’s historical houses. Mrs. Jennings, after the death of the Governor, found herself poor, and returned to teaching music, and she finally settled at Paducah, Ky., where she bought a lot of swamp land which became very valuable and made her rich.

THE OLD GRERN TREE TAVERN.