The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 41, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 February 1936 — Page 5

THURSDAY, FEB. «, 1934

| HISTORY OF SYRACUSE | SETTLED IN 1835 i,, — — ; -• The following to taken from the history of Syracuse and Lake Wawasee. compiled by George W. Miles, and printed in the Syracuse Journal weekly, in 1909; In the years just before the beginning of the last century, and when George Washinngton was president of the United States, Jeremiah Stillwell, grandfather of John F. Stillwell, one of the directors of the State Bank of Syracuse, and of Benjamin F. Stillwell, who lives north of town, being a resident of Pennsylvania, became a Soldier under General Anthony Wayne, and came with him into the great forests ofthe west to fight the hostils Indians here. For three years did he continue in this service, and he was present at the building of the fort at Fort Wayne. If I knew even a few of the details of the hardships that he with his comrades were compelled to endure ih those three years, I could tell you a story here much more interesting than any I have yet set down in this history. But you must know that in the trackless forest of northern Indiana there were no roads, and the country being mostly level and without drainage, it

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was impossible for supply trains of wagons to keep up with the army. And there being no sort of civllixa-' tion here, nor any Inhabitants but the Indiana there was no such thing as the army gaining any part of its subsistence by forage. It seems that there were no writers with the armies to tell us of the hardships and horrors of those early campaigns against the Indians. We are told a little about them in the history of the life of Andrew Jackson, but so far as I i know, no writer has set down for us any account of the personal trials : of the men who made up the armies of Generals Wayne and Harrison. Grandfather Stillwell used to recount them to his children and grandchildren, and I wish I had i heard his stories, so that 1 might I repeat them here for you. i After the ending of his three years ( of army service he returned to ; Pennsylvania, and later moved from there to Ohio, where he continued ( to reside until 1837 or 1848, when he : moved to Indiana, and settled in Elkhart county. A year or so later, in 1849, bis son Jeremiah, father of ■ the Stillwell family that we know, followed and settled on a farm in Jefferson town hip, in thrt county. From there, in 1854, with his family he moved to Benton township, having purchased the farm north of town that is still the property of his sons. There were six children in the family: John F., the oldest, a sister who is the wife of George Jpd ft y of near Benton; Jasper who lives near Bangor, Mich.; Benjamin and Emma, who reside on a part of the old farm and have never married; Louisa W., who died when she was a young lady. The wife of John was Mary A., daughter of Samuel Olt, senior. She died in 1883. ’ , Always ever since I can remember, have the StiiNvells been considered to be one of our very best and most reliable families. Just north and a little west of

Syracuse in Jackson township, Elkhart county, there is a section that was settled, it seems, later than was Benton township and the other lands hereabout. And who were the ones that first entered the lands there I cannot tell you. Whoever they were, they seem to have not settled on them, or to have held them not many years. To this section came Abraham L. Neff in 1854, then 24 years old, and lately married to Lydia Whitehead, ; who was born in Elkhart county in ! 1836, and was • daughter of Samuel Whitehead, a pioneer who had come 'to the county in 1832 or 1833. Mr. Neff was born in Franklin County, Va., in 1830. From there he came west to Montgomery county, 0., and in 1852 came to Indiana. He assisted in building the Lake Shore railroad in 1853. ® He built a log cabin in the woods |on the land he had acquired, to I which he brought his young wife. ‘ Often when felling ti ees to clear I away a field on which corn might be | raised he would call her from the cabin, uncer.ain if he could prevent the tiees falling on it. In the years that followed the little farm gradually grew into a large one. Retired from it now, at the age of 80, full of honors, Mr. Neff and his wife are most highly respected citizens of our town. His family are Lewis A., one of our most substantial citizens and now a member of the board of trustees of the town; John S., Henry M. and Daniel E., oil of whom stiU reside north of town near tie old home, where each of them owns a large farm, and Sara A., who is the widow of Peter Long, formerly of L gr. nge county, where she now resides. Like the Stillwells, the family of Neffs are of our best and most substantial citizens. Joseph Gilbert and his wife Julia Ann came from near Dayton, 0., in 1845 and procured a farm near that of Mr. Neff, where they reared a family of three sons end four daughters; the sons lieing George W., now deceased; William E-, who resides in Goshen; John who lives in Laporte county; and the daughters, Sophia who married Samson Harshman end moved to Kansas; another whose name I do not know who married a man named Dillon and also moved to Kansas; Martha, who died unmarried when a young woman; Katharine, now deceased who was first the wife of Henry Ddardorff and after his death married Rudolph Wilkinson. The farm of James, or, as he was always known, “Uncle Jimmy” Rentfrow, was near that of Mr. Neff and is now owned by Lewis A. Neff. I have told you before of ‘ Uncle Jimmy.” One of the earliest pioneers was he, having come in 1835 or 1836. And well was his good wife known as “Aunt Charity." His sons were Jacob, still a resident of Syracuse; Henry, who died when he was a young man; Moses, who is still living. He had but one daughter, Sarah, who became the wife of Frederick Ott and moved to Kansas. It was at the home of this daughter that “Uncle Jimmy” died at a ripe old age some 19 or 12 years ago. Jacob Rensbarger came about 1853 also and acquired a farm just south of that of Mr. Neff. His sons were Josiah, who died near Goshen; Jonas who was a blacksmith, and while employed at that trade by either Zezedee or John Widner in Syracuse died suddenly, probably of heart disease many years ago; and Lewis who lives somewhere south of Nappanee. I cannot tell you whether there were any daughters, or if there were, what became of them. John Adams came about 1860. George, who still lives north of town was his only son. He had three daughters, Jane, the wife of Marion Steele of Ligonier; Margaret, who never married and lives in Syracuse; and Mary A. who married Frederick Weyrkk, who in some unknown manner lost his life while driving a horse and cart on his way from Milford to Nappanee some 15 years ago. It will be remembered that he was found lying face downward, in a ditch near whore the highway crosses Turkey Creek west of Milford. John whose wife was Joanna Lindemann,' came to Elkhart county, to the Elkhart prairie about 1834. In 1860 he acquired a farm near that of Mr. Neff and moved on it, and there he raised a family of

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PLAN SURVEY OF FARM EXTENSION SERVICE Inspection Trip to Follow Formation I of Special Committee, Tugwell Announces. CHAMPAIGN, 111., Feb. 6—Formation of a special committee of agricultural extension service directors to work on rural progress plans with officials of the Resettlement Administration, was disclosed here today. I The committee was formed at the request of Rexford G. Tug well, resettlement administrator, with the hope of co-ordinating the work \Tf the twq groups. “I should like to have the extension directors go into the field and see what the Resettlement Administration is doing with its program,” Tugwell said. “We want them to be familiar with our problems and to offer any suggestions." Members of the committee, it was said, will make an inspection trip around the nation to observe Resettlement Administration projects tn the making. Among the mid-western men chosen were R. K. Bliss, of lowa, W. H. Brokaw, of Nebraska, and H. C. Ramsower, of Ohio, directors of their respective state agricultural extension services. five sons and five daughters. William and Jacob still reside near the paid homestead north of town; John iTVes southeast of Milford; Wesley lives southeast of New Paris; David died about a year ago; Elizabeth married Peter Troup; Christina married Solomon Rodibaugh; Ellen, now deceased was married to Willianf Ness, of Milford. § John Lindamann c:me about 1850. His son Jacob still lives on the old home place. John died about 25 years ago. There were four daughters of whom Maiy married Theodore Hamman; Sarah married a man named Riggle (she died more than 20 years ago) Christine was another daughter who married, I cannot tell you whom, and there was still another daughter whose name I cannot tell you. John Rodibaugh slso came in the early *so’s. He had but two children. His son, Solomon, still lives on the old home farm, and his daughter Elizabeth became the wife of Noah Rasor, who lives northwest of town, and the mother of Aaron Rasor, of the Bank of Syracuse. Willigjn Laveri ng came somewhat earlier, in the 40’s. His sons were Daniel, who was for many years a resident of Syracuse; Samuel who was a cripple, both of whom died; and William, who is still alive, resides at Oswego. His daughters were Christie, who married a nam named Cooper, and Elizabeth, who became the wife of Benjamin McCrary. Isaac Unrue also came in the early ’so’s. He had two sons, Jacob, who died here a few years ago, and Andrew, who lived and died in Goshen. I don’t believe that he had any daughters. But I have not space in this paper to tell you about all these settlers northwest of town, whose names should have place in this history, and will stop here and keep the rest of them till next week. SECRETARY OF'AGRICULTURE - TO ADDRESS MASS MEETING Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, will address the citizens of this state on Lincoln’s Birthday, Feb. 12, 1936, at 2. p. m., at the Manufacturer's Building at the State Fair Grounds in Indianapolis. Pending agricultural legislation to take the place of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, recently declared unconstitutional by a divided opinion of the Supreme Court, will be discussed by Secretary Wallace. The sudden death of an Act of Congress under which agriculture was rapidly moving toward parity income, carrying with it all other business, is a matter of utmost concern, not only to every farmer in the state, but also to every citizen. o A Greenwich, Conn., bridge instructor has married his one-time pupil. Evidently both of the “contracting parties” took their hand holding quite seriously.

AMAIL/& WEST END Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culler and daughter, Frances of Goshen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Weybright, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Weybright of Nappanee were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Niles Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Niles spent Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sheffield. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cooper spent Friday at the home of Ed Berkey. Mrs. Amanda Neff is ill. Marvin Flook is improving, after being ill for several days. J. W. Weybright is out again, after being ill for two weeks. Mrs. J. O. Weybright sustained a scalded leg when a kettle of hot water which she was carrying sphshed on her. She slipped and fell on the ice, while enroute to the chicken house. Elizabeth Pressler of Goshen spent Sunday at Orbs Weybright’s home. Mrs. Charles Lutes is spending the week end in Goshen, where her daughter, Mrs. Dorotha Widner is ill with influenza. Mr. and Mrs. H. Kendai of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Steinmetz, and family of New Paris were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lutes, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rowdabaugh and family spent Sunday near Silver Lake. Rev. J. O Wenger will be at the Bethany Church Sunday evening to conduct services. The North Mamchester male quartet will provide a program of appropriate music. ZION. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold LeCount spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith. Milo Miller called on Emory Guy, Saturday. Mrs. Emory Guy spent Friday afternoon in the Gideon LeCount home. DISMAL Mrs. Ray Knot of Elkhart is helping care for her father, George Dull, who is still confined to his bed with illness. Mrs. Wayne Avery of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Burley of Van Wert, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Snepp of Monroeville, Ind. spent part of last week with their father, Mr. Lon Burley. Mr. and Mrs .Edith Wolf of Ligonier is assisting with the work at the home of Mrs. Andrew Umbenhour. Mr. • and Mrs. Theodore Clingerman spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Carlson and daughter at Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Hire and family of Kendallville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Bobeck, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bobeck of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bobeck. in SOUTH SHORE Mr. and Mrs. James Traster and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles and son Burton of Syracuse were dinner guests at the home of Bert Searfoss, Sunday, and Mrs. Emma Cummins and Miss Louise Diddier of Elkhart spent the afternoon theie. Mrs. Gideon LeCount is confined to her home with two broken arms, sustained in a fall down the stairs. Mr. and Mrs. Edyrin Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donahue oi Chicago spent Sunday with her. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stiffler spent Thursday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Coy. Mrs. Bert Searfoss called on Mrs. Gideon LeCount, Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harold LeCount called at the Chancey Coy home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Searfoss spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Martha Jordon and Mrs. Forest Snepp. Mrs. Ira Landau and Mrs. Russel Kistler spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Gideon LeCount. CONCORD Mr. and Mrs. Warren Colwell spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Burton Howe. George Strieby, Marie LeCount and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Coy, were in Ligonier last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bucher celebrated their wedding anniversary Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dewart. Those present were the Bucher family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mathews, Mrs. Tobias Fike, Mrs. Fanny Bucher of New Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dewart and Mr. and Mrs. Emeral Jones of Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stiffler and family spent Thursday at the home of Chancey Coy. Mrs. Hattie Fisher and two grand children, Everett and Evelyn Tom, visited the home of Jacob Bucher Saturday. Robert Buhrt is ill with chicken I Corlyss LeCount and Wayne Coy ■ OsSISlx- lill

Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dewart were callers at the Jacob Bucher home, Wednesday. Mrs. Cora Wyland spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Maude Jones. SOUTHSIDE Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Betes and children of Chicago spent the weekend with Mrs. Elmer Cable. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lehman and children of Kimmel; Frances and Marjorie Laughlin and Elmo Burson were visitors at the home of Noble Ringler, Sunday. Enos Ringler visited Saturday evening with Noble Ringler. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warbel and son Daniel of near New Paris, spent Monday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Warbel. ‘ Frances Laughlin spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Warbel. Mrs. Daniel Warbel, who spent two weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rex at Avilla, returned home Saturday. While there she also visited her granddaughter, Mrs. Richard Snider at Fort Wayne. CLUB MEf The delayed meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Club was held last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Clare Holly with 17 present. The election of officers was completed. The president and vice-president were elected at the previous meeing. At last week’s meeting, Mrs. Arnold Pfingst was made chairman of the program committee; Mrs. Sol Miller, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Clare Holly, publicity chairman. % The club voted to donate $4 to the milk fund for school children. Two women were voted to membership: Mrs. Hilary Bachman and Mrs. H. W. Montgomery. Mrs. John Pettit described cities of Brazil which she had visited; Mrs. A. W. Emerson described Henry Ford’s Experiments in Brazil. ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE. Mrs. Isabel Grieger entertained the Syracuse Bridge Club, and a table of guests who played auction bridge, at her home, Wednesday last week. Prizes among the contract bridge players were won by Mrs. Walter Kegg and Mrs. Hallie Holloway. Auction players were: Mrs. Adda Martin, Mrs. Roy Darr, Mrs. Guy Stone and Mrs. Thigpin, and Mrs. Thigpin was winner.

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