The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 August 1935 — Page 9

HISTORY OF SYRACUSE SETTLED IN lUS The following is taken from the history of Syracuse and Lake Wawaaee. compiled by George W. Miles, and printed in the Syracuse Journal weekly, in 1909: Michael Ott, who was always known as Park Ott, for what reason I cannot tell you, was another of the earliest settlers. His homestead was north of town. His children were Daniel F., Thomas, Jemima and Mahala. Jemima married Moses Rentfrow Junior, and Mahala marriied Henry Butts. The old homestead of Joseph Prickett is now the home of Mahlon King, near the dam of the Syracuse Power, Light and Mfg. Co., on the Elkhart and o he settled there about 1836 or 36. His sons were Nimrod, Thomas and Jacob, and his daughters were Jane, Mahala and Sarah. Jane became the wife of Daniel F. Ott, Sarah of the late Samuel Stettler, and Mahala of Henry Dorsey. A brother of this Joseph, who settled north of him across the river and whose name 1 do not know, was the father of Fielding, who was a noted lawyer of Albion and the frther of the wife of Judge Luke H. Wrigley of that place. Another son was Shelley; who was also a lawyer and amost promising one, but who, 'while yet a young man, dropped over dead on a street in Benton. A third son was Elmer, of whom I have no record. Daniel Witters settled in an early day on the place just north of the dairy farm of the late Matthew J. Rippey. He was a devout Christian and an, enthusiastic church worker. I remember him well as superintendent of the Sunday school in the old Baptist church in town when I was a very littlte boy and attended it barefooted. And I remember too that Isaac Ritson led the singing at this Sunday school. Mr. Winters had three daughters, one of whom whose name I do not know died single at the age of about twentytwo years. Sarah married John Kitson, and Elisabeth became the first wife of David Grubb and the mother of Elmer Grubb, now* a minister. John Sloan acquired by purchase the farm that had been first entered by Jeremiah Cory, was afterward owned by John F. Kitson and is now owned by George Myers, just north and east of town. His sons were Jonathan and James, the latter of whom died when he was a boy, and his daughters were Melinda. who married Zechariah Hendrickson, Tillie, who first married George Tully and after his death became the wife of John Miles, Mary, who married Jacob Green, Etta who married James Young, Anna, who married Solomon Conner, Elisabeth . who married Albert Miller and Della, who married Isaac Hosteter and lives in Kansas. William Strieby came in 1836, ahd his was a large part in the development of the new country. His homestead was on the hill a half mile south and a half mile west of the Guy school house, and there he raised a large and Interesting family. Henry was about six years old whan his father came, and is thus himself one of the oldest settlers. I believe him to be the oldest first settler now living here. I here make acknowledgement again of my great obligations to him and his splendid memory for the many facts he has furnished me that are set down for you in this history. He is the father of A. W.. our successful, merchant, and of severd daughters. Next to him of the sons is Andrew, a moot worthy and re spected member of the community, formerly justice of the peace and township trustee, the father of Elmer £. our hardware merchant, and »lso of several daughters. After Andrew, In the order of their ages came William, Joel, John 8., Conrad and Alfred. The daughters were Anna, Elisabeth, Sarah. Minerva and Barbara. Anna married John Kiser, Elisabeth married Jacob Himes, Sarah married George Gonderman, Minerva first married Alfred Sterner, and is now the wife of Jacob Altland, and Barbara is the wife of Frank Sterner, who lives in Fostoria, O. Many of the grandchildren and great grandchildren still live in this community, and they will have much to do with its future growth and progress. Michael Strieby was a brother of William, and he settled near Dewart come to be known as the Lecount Lake on what of late years has farm, in 1836. His sons were John, Daniel and David, and his daughters Margaret, or “Paggy." who became the wife of Daniel Wyland, Nina, who died single in 1862, Sarah who married Andrew Phebus, and Lydia,-who married William Goble. Samuel Strieby, a third brother, camo later—during the war.. He was a soldier, and he died within about a year after his4eturn home, from disease he contracted during his service. His home was a little south of the Guy school, along the North Webster road. He had four children —Thomas, who died in Colorado, William, who now lives south of town, Araminta, deceased, who wu the wife of George Kroger, and Mary, who to the wife of Jasper James. Andrew Guy came when he was 1 a man past middle ago, io 1839 or

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1840. His homestead was just west of the Guy school house. His children were all born in Ohio, I believe They were Nelson, who died a young man, Samuel, William, Andrew, and James H. (Harvey). He had but one daughter, Sarah, or '*SaHy.” who first married, in Ohio, Thomas Kincaide. After living here for a lime they returned to Ohio, where Mr. Kincaide died. With her son, Harvey Kincaide. she then returned to this community and married Joel Spangle. She also had a daughter, Ffancis Kincaide, who became the first wife of Daniel Strieby. Samuel Guy was the father of six daughters, via: Mary, wife of Andrew Strieby, Elsie, wife of Lewis Noel, Sarah, wife of Henry Tyler, Millicent, wife of William Miller, Martha, wife of Dennis Kelley and Anna, the wife of Adam Miller. Andrew was the father of Richard Guy. lately township trustee, and of three daughters; Emetine, who married David Bushong and after his death became the wife of Jacob Whitehead, Anna, who married Howard Strieby, and Geniza, who died some two years ago unmarried. James Harvey, the youngest of the original Guy family, married Anna sister of George and David Angel, who bore him but one child that lived to maturity;, a son; named Perry, who married Martha Blanchard, a popular schoolmistress, who had taught numerous terms at the Guy school house and at least one successful term in the town school. He died in 1870 at the age of 22, and with his death that branch of the family became extinct. Daniel Bower (Bowers he always pronounced his name) came about 1836 and died in the early forties. His children were John, Mary, who became the wife of Samuel Guy? Elizabeth, who became the wife of Frederick Funk, and Sarah, who was the first wife of Andrew Guy and the mother of Emetine BushongWhitehead aforesaid. Timothy Mote came in 1836. His homestead was a half mile this side of the Guy school house. His family was unfortunate. He had two sons, Daniel and Elam. I do not know what became of Daniel, but Elam died in 1853, the flux year. His daughters were Rachel, Mary and Margaret. Rachel married Abraham Felty, who mysteriously disappeared one night not long after their marriage and was never heard of again. Just east of the home of Mr. Mote, on the farm whereon now lives Mr. Jesse Grady, lived Henry and William Madden, brothers, of evil reputation. Frederick Funk afterward purchased this farm from them, and in making excavations preparatory to building a house on it he dug up a skeleton that to this day is believed to have ' been that of Mr. Felty, though there never occurred anything to prove the correctness o f the suspicion. These Maddens afterward lived rather , miserably on a farm just east and south of the one now ' owned by Joseph K. Mock. Henry only was married. William was single and existed mostly in a little ■ shanty by himself. Mary Mote ' married Daniel Blocher and Margaret, her sister, married Aaron Inman. And Blocher and Inman, partners in many crimes and offenses against the state of Indiana and the United States of America, had many difficulties with the authorities. They were arrested for counterfeiting and for numerous other offenses and spent much of their tune in jails and penitentiaries. One of them, Inman I believe,- once upon a time stole a horse from Thos. Warner, of North Webster. But he escaped the legal penalty for this crime by breaking out of the jail and running away to California. He had some success in the gold mines there (Fate is such a fickle goddess!) and afterward tried to bribe Mr. Warner to permit him to come back, but he failed in that, and the community continued to be rid of him. Oh, sad, indeed, must have been the lives of the daughters of Timothy Mote. Goergs Phebus came in 1835 and

settled on what is still known as the George Angel farm, a mile south of town. He had one son, William, and three daughters. One of these daughters, whose name I cannot tell you, married George Angel, anoth- [ er, named Martha, married his brother, David Angel, and the oldest |of the three, whose name also has escaped me, married Isaic Jockson, who lived east of Wawasee Lake. Robert Sulsar settled near the , township line south of town, where I I his sbn Perry died recently. He had three sons, Layton, Morgan and Perry, and three daughters, one of whom married Stephen Cary, and t the other two of whom, Eliza and I Nancy, married Henry Shelmadine and William Robinson. The homestead of Jorn (“Old Johnnie”) Baird, just south of town was long the home of his son, Geo. K., and is now owned by Mr. Chas. Hammond. He came a Little later than those of whom I have just been telling you—in the early forties. His sons were Wallace W., John, Geo. K., James and Thomas, and his daughters were Margaret, who married Arthur Mackley, Dorothea., who married Joseph L. Hendrickson, Sarah, who married Christopher Gordy, and Mary, who married Alfred Kitson. John Angel came before the land was open for entry—possibly as ( early as 1832. He did not acquire • any land but lived on the lands now owned by Jacob Whitehead, which were known as the Beach lands because they were owned by a non resident of that name. He had three sons and three daughters. | The sons were George, David and Samuel, the latter of whom died when he was a boy of about twelve years. I do not know the name of the oldest daughter, but she married Robert Stuard and became the mother of the second wife of Andrew Guy, and John Stuard, father of John Perry and Sherman, and of David Stuard. The other two daU- ; ghters were Eva, who was the wife I of Frederick Huff and the mother of I Mrs. William McClintic, now. of this ; place, and Anna who married HarI vey Guy, as I have told you. I William Jones came about 1845 ' and settled" on Jones* hill, near DewI art Lake, said to be one of the very i highest points in the state. His isons were Marion, Thomas, John, George W., and William, and his t daughters were Catharine, who married Sam Stiffler Sr., and Sarah, )who married one of the sons of old David Gross. Thomas died in the state of Washington, Marion in Kan- | sas, John died here a year or so ago j and Geo. W., and William now live • in Syracuse, the latter being janitor I of the school building. I George Mock came in 1836 and I purchased the claim of John Miller, long afterward a resident of near • New Paris and commonly known as •“Sandy.” Shortly after arriving a 1 young son of Mr. Mock was bitten ’ •by a rattlesnake and died, and a I cemetery was started that is known !as the Mock grave yard. There were 1 ’two other sons—Michael and John, * , the latter of whom died in 1853, the ’ dreadful flux year. His daughters were Catharine, who married Michael Fetters, Susan, who married Abraham Fetters, brother of ' Michael, Margaret (“Peggy") who 1 married Cornelius Cable, and Sarah 1 who never married. Now, if you are one of my young- ' er readers, or a recent comer here, 1 and have no personal knowledge of ’ the families of whom I write nor their descendants, I suspect you are 1 pretty tired of all thia I imagine I ] can hear you say “Abraham begat ’ Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob 1 begat Judas and his brethren—Oh, 1 I wish he would cut it out and tell 1 us a story!” Hold your patience! I am not trying to improve on the ( first chapter of Mathew. Neither am I writing this altogether for you, , and I warrant you your elders, who 1 have knowledge, however slight, of even a part of these families, are deeply interested in it all. And I 1 have some interesting things that I • ’ will 1.11 ,ou later. I. 1

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS • The Journal is furnished with the following transfeis of real estate by Houton C. Frazer, abstractor, War •aw, Ind. Karl E. Franks, admr., to James C. and Edith Pearl Williams, south part lot 6 Natti Crow Beach, Wawasee Lake, $1,500. rtia M. Myers to Beatrice N. ‘ Hover, et al, 86 acres section 4 1 Van Buren township, sl. Cora D. Smith to Charles Spencer and Josephine Anderson, lot 20 ’ Hapner's addition. Pleasant View, | SI,OOO. • John F. Slife to Chas. S. Rickel, lots 80 and 81 Burket, sl. Anna C. Snook et al to Emma Ellison, lot 10 Kuhn’s Plat, Barbee Lakes, sl. John H. Abbott to Victoria B. Abbott. 5 lots Pickwick Park, Wawasee Lake, sl. Garland F. Robinson to Robert N. Redinger, lot 7 Rader's addition. River Bend Park, Tippecanoe River, $oO. George A. Osborn to Arthur E. Osborn et al, lots in Wrights Place, Wawasee, sl. Daisy Kluckhuhn et al to Albert W. Emerson, part out lot 3 W. and M. addition, South Park, sl. Ross A. Scott to Western Indiana Gravel Co., 3 lots 7th addition, Winona, S2OO. Victor Mock, receiver, to Claypool Lumber Co., lot 100 Courtland Park, SIOO. Henry C. Kelly to J. Thomas and ! Pearl C. Bean, south part lot 153 Williams addition, Warsaw, sl. Kothe Wells & Bauer Co., to O. R. and Barbara Foust, lot 7 block 2 Myrtle Glenn Park, $475.* Robert C. Douglas to Mary A. Douglas, lot 4 L. & M. addition, Warsaw, $250. Royse E. Tucker to Ralph W. and Bessie Blue, lots 342 and 343 Mentone, sl. John Elder te John J. Boyle, south one-half lots 22 and 23 Funk's Market street addition, Warsaw, S7OO Albert L. Summe to W. R. Tucker, 0.37 acre in section 10 Seward township, sl. Harry Saxon to Mabel G. Summe, lot 33 Courtland Park, Silver Lake, sl. —o ELKHART COUNTY FAIR WILL OPEN NEXT TUESDAY The 62nd annual Elkhart County Fair will open next Tuesday night. August 27th at Goshen and continue for five nights and four days through Saturday, August 31st. With the interest that has been manifested this year, it is expected that the season tickets supply will be exhausted before the opening day. Exhibits of all kinds will be on display, livestock, agriculture, women's handiwork, flowers and that of the 4-H club boys and girty Horse racing will be a feature on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon with a fast field of pacers and trotters entered. Seven novel acts will be shown in front of the grandstand both afternoon and night with fireworks, the big headliner at night. “The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac" will be shown in color along with setpieces and sky shells. The midway will be occupied by the J. C. Weer, exposition of 14 shows and seven rides, all merited entertainment. On Tuesday night, a special surprise show will be given on the platform opposite the grandstand while on Saturday afternoon, a horse pulling contest r and farmers' sulky race will be part of the matinee program. -a ——- The old fashioned girl who married in haste and repented at leisure now has a grown daughter who marries at the end of a cocktail party and then goes to Reno. —Q - , It is said there are thunderstorms in Java 225 days out of each 366. That ought to be a good place to send radio announcers.

■ j 1 IN OUR CHURCHES IsSMW*<MSMMmiISSSSMHeaNn£ -Wdi METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Travis Purdy, Minister. W. G. Connolly, S. S. Supt. Church School, 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship, 11:00. CHURCH OF GOD I Rev. Victor Yeager, pastor. Clee Hibschman, S. S. Supt. j Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. Morning Worship, 11:00. Evening service, 7:30. Prayer Service Thursday, 7:30 pm | ZION CHAPEL. Emerson M. Frederick. Pastor. ; ' She-man Deaton. Supt. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Evening service 7:30 p. m. I CHURCH Ol» THE BRETHREN. ' C. S. T. ° { Evangelist J. Edwin Jarboe. pastor , Guy Symensma, S. S. Supt. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Preaching. 10:30 a. m., 7:30 p.m. GR/.GE LUTHERAN CHURCH j —: j Rev. John A .Pettit. Pastor. 1 C. J. Kline, Supt. ’ . | Sunday School. 9:45 a. m. Evening Service, 7:30. Sermon: “Jacob, Who Conquered Himself.” EVANGELICAL CHURCH Rev. Samuel Pritchard, Pastor. P. W. Soltau, S. S. Supt. Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship. 10:45 a. m. I Co-operative service at 7:30 p. m. ! LAKESIDE U. B. CHURCH Rev. E. C. Keidenbach, Pastor. Syracuse. Sunday School. 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship, 10:45 a. m. | Prayer Service, Thursday 7:30 p.m i Indian Village. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Evening Service, 7:30 p. m. Concord. : Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. —: p TO ADVERTISE NEW DEAL WASHINGTON,’ D. C.—A New Deal Dollar Bill, subtly advertising the Roosevelt administration, is in the making. Even now the presses are grinding out 600,000,000 copies of the bills each with this Rooseveltian motto in Latin prominently displayed: “Novus Ordo Seclorum. ” Translated, that means “A new order of the ages." It appears on the reverse of the great seal of the United States, but never was used on the nation's currency until a New Dealer spotted it. \ A. W. Hall,, director of the bureau of engraving, said that Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., suggested use of both sidis of the great seal on the back of the bill. The reverse side depicts an eye and a triangular glory, sym- ■ bolizing an all-seeing deity, and an unfinished pyramid. The latter indicates strength and the belief of the designers that there is work still to be done. In addition to “Novus Ordo Seclorum, “Annuit Coeptis” meaning “He (God) has favored our undertakings.”

' ' ! . ' ' ■ I. ’ . ■ - -■->.. i . . An Appeal to the People of this Community WILL YOU HELP in promoting a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the coming of the first settlers to this vicinity by giving something to a Food Sale to be held Saturday morning, Aug. 31st, in the Stiefel Room on Main St.? The following is a Partial List of Things Saleable: Eggs Fresh Fruit Baked Beans Baked Goods Potato Salad Fresh Vegetables ; Cottage Cheese » Young Dressed Chickens Also . WE MUST HAVE CUSTOMERS! Can we count on liberal- patronage of this en terprise? We believe we will not be disappointed. Contributors please send donations in as soon after 8:30 as possible, Saturday morning, August 31. . Sale Wlil Continue All Day, or until food is exhausted. Any surplus will be sold at auction in the evening. MRS. WILMA HIRE MRS. WARREN COLWELL Chairmen of the Committee of Women in Charge

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THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1935