Wabash County Early Settlers
September 11, 1879 a constitution developed by a committee of old settlers held a meeting to have all old settlers sign this constitution. Below is a list of all signers. It lists settler name, date of birth, birthplace and date of settlement in Wabash county. Note the list has been altered to alphabetize it.


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Eliza Ann Abbott, born March 5, 1821, in Indiana; date of settlement, October, 1834.
Samuel Abbott, born February 21, 1819, in Indiana; date of settlement October, 1834.
MarEin Alger, born in 1819, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1848.
Robert Amber, born April 26, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, October -, 1837.
Philip M. Amiss, born October 6, 1814, in Virginia; date of settlement, September 1, 1849.

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Mary Badger, born April 9, 1819, in Ohio; date of settlement, September -, 1839.
Garrison Baer, born in 1837, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1840.
John L. Baer, born in 1835, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1842.
Joseph Baker, born in 1818, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1840.
Jehu Banister, born April 9, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, September 23, 1847.
Mary R. Banister, born January 31, 1825, in Indiana; date of settlement, September -, 1847.
Olive P. Beck, born September 27, 1821, in Indiana; date of settlement, April 10, 1844.
Tobias Beck, born December 2, 1815, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, April 10, 1844.
Henry C. Beroth, born January 28, 1829, in Indiana; date of settlement, June 15, 1855.
Jacob H. Boblett, born in 1822, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1844.
Joel Brewer, born October 8, 1810, in Ohio; date of settlement, February, 1849.
Mary B. Brewer, born February 7, 1815, in Indiana; date of settlement, February, 1849.
Dexter Brooks, born September 26, 1812, in New York; date of settlement, June, 1835.
Mary I. Brooks, born in 1832, in Indiana; born in the county.
Timothy Brown, born in 1812, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1851.
David Bruner, born December 18, 1804, in Virginia; date of settlement, February, 1839.
Erastus G. Burgett, born January 13, 1841, in Indiana; born in the county.
Edward D. Busick, born March, 1817, in Kentucky; date of settlement, 1836.
Samuel Bussard, born February 22, 1812, in Maryland; date of settlement, 1838.

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Francis M. Calfee, born October 18, 1838. in Indiana; date of settlement, April 6, 1839.
Henry Calfee, born October 19, 1812, in Virginia; date of settlement, November 4, 1847.
William Carr, born in 1821, in Kentucky; date of settlement, 1848.
Lucy Carver, born April 1, 1828, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1840.
Thomas E. Charles, born July 11, 1829, in Indiana; date of settlement, March, 1853.
Nathaniel Chiles, born January, 1817, in Delaware; date of settlement, 1832.
Toliver B. Clark, born in 1839, in Indiana: date of settlement, 1846.
William T. Clow, born May 6, 1827, in Kentucky; date of settlement, March 1, 1843.
Jesse Colbert, born February 5, 1836, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1845.
William R. Collins, born December 25, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, April 11, 1843.
William R. Collins, born June 11, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1843.
James D. Conner, born July 11, 1819, in Indiana; date of settlement, October, 1840.
Julia Conner, born in 1825, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1835.
Mahlon C. Cory, born February 17, 1816, in New Jersey; date of settlement, October 21, 1845.
Nancy Cory, born August 6, 1815, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 21, 1855.
John L. Cowgill, born in 1826, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1844.
Eva Crabill, born in 1827, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1847.
Dr. Michael R. Crabill, born in 1817, in Virginia; date of settlement, 1847.
Sarah B. Craft, born July 3, 1813, in Indiana; date of settlement, April 25, 1846.
Timothy Craft, Sr., born January 10, 1818, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1847.
James W. Curry, born October, 20, 1808, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October -, 1832.
Mrs. Mary Cutler, born February 12, 1799, in Virginia; date of settlement, June 10, 1845.

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Bennet E. Davis, born November 14, 1811, in Kentucky; date of settlement, September 19, 1840.
Lewis B. Davis, born October 26, 1830, in New York; date of settlement, April 1, 1852.
Mary Baily Davis, born October 20, 1835, in Ohio.
Dr. John H. DePuy, born August 30, 1820, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, July 20, 1846.
William Ditton, born January -, 1821, in England; date of settlement, May -, 1836.
Didama Drake, born February -, 1818, in Ohio; date of settlement, March -, 1846.
James W. Drake, born December -, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, March -, 1846.

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Noah Eckman, born September 7, 1817, in Maryland; date of settlement, 1847.
William A. Elward, born September 8, 1838, in Indiana; born in the county.
Charles C. Evans, born July 17, 1825, in Ohio; date of settlement, February -, 1847.

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John Fall, born January 13, 1813, in Ohio; date of settlement, winter, 1837 and 8.
Mary Fall, born in 1809, in North Carolina; date of settlement, 1843.
Jesse Fannin, born November 9, 1820, in Indiana; date of settlement, October, 1838.
Joshua Farley, born December 3, 1814, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, November, 1839.
Minus Farlow, born March 28, 1814, in Maryland; date of settlement, 1842.
Alanson P. Ferry, born April 13, 1820, in Ohio; date of settlement, April 20, 1849.
America Ford, born 1819, in Kentucky; date of settlement, February 4, 1841.
Elizabeth A. Ford, born in 1842, in Indiana; born in the county.
Dr. James Ford, born January 19, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, February 4, 1841.
Mary Ford, born September, 1819, in New York; date of settlement, March, 1840.
William J. Ford, born April 30, 1805, in Ohio; date of settlement, March, 1840.
William W. Ford, born February 28, 1839, in Ohio; date of settlement, April 1, 1840.
Daniel R. Fowler, born January 22, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, September -, 1834.
Newton Fowler, born August 7, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, October -, 1834.

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Samuel L. Gamble, born July 11, 1821, in Virginia; date of settlement, June, 1836.
Henry Garner, born April 15, 1815, in Tennessee; date of settlement, February -, 1835.
J. W. Garrison, born May 28, 1836, in Indiana; born in the county.
Nathan Garrison, born January 6, 1831, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1835.
Dr. Henry H. Gillen, born June, 1818, in Kentucky; date of settlement, November, 1853.
Francis D. Gilson, born June 9, 1804, in Virginia; date of settlement, October, 1836.
Adam Graves, born January 1, 1820, in Tennessee; date of settlement, February, 1835.
Elizabeth Graves, born April 14, 1823, in Delaware; date of settlement, ---, 1834.
John Graves, born May 15, 1825, in Tennessee; date of settlement, April -, 1835.

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Elijah Hackleman, born October 18, 1817, in Indiana; date of settlement, June 25, 1849.
Margaret Hackleman, born September 22, 1821, in New Jersey; date of settlement: June 25, 1849.
John Q. Hale, born November 4, 1810, in Kentucky; date of settlement, May 20, 1843.
Hugh W. Hanna, born October 1, 1834, in Indiana; date of settlement, May, 1835.
J. Warren Hanna, born June 2, 1838, in Indiana; born in the county.
Edward H. Harris, born March 13, 1820, in Indiana; date of settlement, August, 1835.
Ezra Hawkins, born in 1818, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1842.
Adelia Henley, born in 1840, in Indiana; born in the county.
Capt. Alexander Hess, born September 10, 1839, in Ohio; date of settlement, November 26, 1849.
Laura M. Hess, born February 15, 1849, in Pennsylvania.
John Hoover, born April 1, 1815, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October, 1849.
Alfred Hornaday, born December 13, 1812, in North Carolina; date of settlement, September 12, 1841.
Julia M. Hymen, born in 1819, in Germany; date of settlement, 1868.
C. H. Hyronamous, born April 1, 1819, in Virginia; date of settlement, October -, 1847.

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Ephraim F. Keller, born in 1814, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1828.
Jane King, born in 1836, in Indiana; born in the county.
David Kunse, born October 29, 1813, in Virginia; date of settlement, November 24, 1848.
Lois R. Kunse, born February 6, 1832, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 11, 1838.

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Eva Lacy, born August 10, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1845.
John Lewark, born December 20, 1805, in Virginia; date of settlement, January 3, 1844.
Lewis J. Long, born February 11, 1818, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, May -,1837.
Marga Long, born in 1838, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1842.
Samuel Long, born in 1829, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1844.
Benedict W. Lowry, born June 22, 1812, in Maryland; date of settlement, August, 1834.
Mathias Lukens, born November 8, 1817, in Ohio; date of settlement, August -, 1835.
Elemander F. Luse, born April 9, 1828, in Indiana; date of settlement, August 14, 1849.

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Philip Martin, born January 11, 1813, in Ohio; date of settlement, September 11, 1834.
John F. Maurer, born March 21, 1840, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1845.
Joseph McClintock, born January 5, 1822, in Ohio; date of settlement, October, 1841.
Benjamin McClure, born April, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1844.
Rhesa McClure, born January 28, 1818, in North Carolina; date of settlement, April 15, 1836.
Sarah McClure, born December 22, 1811, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1844.
Theodore W. McClure, born August 30, 1835, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1844.
James McGuire, born September 18, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1838.
John A. McHenry, born July 31, 1825, in Virginia; date of settlement, September 30, 1843.
Phebe McKibben, born in 1833, in Indiana; born in county.
Eliza C. Miles, born July, 1836, in Ohio; date of settlement, November, 1851.
Henry C. Miles, born May, 1827, in Ohio; date of settlement, June, 1851.
Jesse Miller, born December 3, 1821, in Ohio; date of settlement, August 7, 1841.
James Moore, born July 7, 1805, in Virginia; date of settlement, January 4, 1848.
Miles H. C. Morgan, born in 1815, in Kentucky; date of settlement, October 5, 1849.
J. P. Myers, born November 4, 1802, in Tennessee; date of settlement, December - 1838.
Jesse Myers, born November 4, 1802, in Tennessee; date of settlement, December, 1838.
Nicholas D. Myers, born April 12, 1814, in Ohio; date of settlement, March, 1849.
S. A. Myers, born 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1849.

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Henry Nusbaum, born November 5, 1776, in Maryland; date of settlement, September 5, 1845.
HENRY NUSBAUM, 105 YEARS OLD
The oldest person to sign the constitution was Henry Nusbaum, who was born in Maryland, November 5, 1776, and died at Wabash, Indiana. October 28, 1882, aged 105 years, 11 months and 23 days.

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Edward F. Owen, born September 19, 1819, in Indiana; date of settlement, February 26, 1842.
Martha A. Owen, born November 27, 1819, in North Carolina; date of settlement, February 26, 1842.

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Ann Park, born in 1816; in New Jersey; date of settlement, 1846.
William H. Parke, born July 8, 1808, in New Jersey; date of settlement, July 5, 1846.
J. H. Parker, born August 8, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, April 20, 1855.
Curtis H. Pauling, born May 18, 1818, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October -, 1837.
Thomas F. Payne, born August 22, 1826, in Virginia; date of settlement, August 22, 1849.
Permelia Peabody, born in 1811, in New York; date of settlement, 1833.
John Pearson, born May 17, 1799, in North Carolina; date of settlement, May 31, 1848.
William Pearson, born in 1826, in Tennessee; date of settlement, 1834.
John E. Peebles, born in 1801, in Virginia; date of settlement, 1851.
Dr. Eden P. Peters, born in 1822, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1846.
John U. Pettit, born September 11, 1820, in New York; date of settlement, April 24, 1841.
Hiram Pickering, born October 8, 1814, in Ohio; date of settlement, June -, 1845.
John S. Pike, born in 1813, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1842.
Sarah E. Pratt, born in 1819, in New York; date of settlement, 1843.
Benjamin Prince, born in 1824, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1842.

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Druzilla Quick, born in 1817, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1851.
Lewis D. Quick, born in 1820, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1851.
Nelson M. Quick, born February 28, 1845, in Indiana; date of settlement, January, 1851.

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James Ramsy, born May 24, 1811, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, September 15, 1843.
Joseph H. Ray, born May 22, 1809, in Ohio; date of settlement, September 28, 183-.
John Reed, born August 30, 1814, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 31, 1843.
John V. Reed, born September 10, 1828, in Indiana; date of settlement, March -, 1835.
Reuben Reed, born August 31, 1816, in Indiana; date of settlement, February -, 1843.
Malotha Reese, born March 7, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, August 15, 1841.
Eliza Reeves, born in 1810, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1851.
John Reeves, born in 1811, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1851.
Eunice Richards, born in 1822, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1842.
Frederick Rickert, born October 2, 1825, in Germany; date of settlement, August 10, 1854.
Joseph W. Ridgway, born September 9, 1805, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, September 17, 1860.
John Ring, Sr., born April 3, 1812, in Indiana; date of settlement, February, 1847.
John Ring, Jr., born September 15, 1837, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1846.
Melissa Ring, born November, 1825, in Ohio; date of settlement, February 1, 1847.
Lodema Robinson, born July 4, 1795, in Vermont; date of settlement, March -, 1834.
Edward S. Ross, born November 17, 1827, in Indiana; date of settlement, August 15, 1848.
Julia Ross, born October 23, 1817, in Tennessee; date of settlement, August, 1838.
Mary Jane Ross, born January 1, 1818, in Indiana; date of settlement, January 17, 1838.
Moses W. Ross, born July 11, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 9, 1839.
William T. Ross, born January 25, 1808, in Kentucky; date of settlement, October 10, 1835.
John Russell, born October 29, 1811, in Indian Territory; date of settlement, April 24, 1834.
Robert Russell, born September 27, 1818, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 7, 1837.
William L. Russell, born January 8, 1821, in England; date of settleme-nt, October, 1845.

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Catharine Sailors, born January 30, 1811, in Kentucky; date of settlement, March 28, 1841.
Charles Sailors, born October 15, 1811, in Indiana; date of settlement, September 23, 1847.
Jacob L. Sailors, born August 23, 1813, in Indiana; date of settlement, March 29, 1841.
Benjamin Sayre, born March 6, 1793, in New Jersey; date of settlement, October -, 1846.
Daniel Sayre, born June, 1815, in New York: date of settlement, March, 1832.
Henry C. Sayre, born November 28, 1834, in Indiana; date of settlement, November 10, 1846.
Daniel Schuler, born November 20, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October 17, 1837.
Philip Schuler, born April 12, 1819, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, October -, 1837.
Jonathan Scott, born January 26, 1816, in Indiana; date of settlement, January 4, 1835.
Samuel Shellhamer, born April 8, 1807, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1846.
John C. Sivey, born January 3,1818, in Virginia; date of settlement, November 17, 1840.
Lucinda H. Sivey, born in 1823, in Kentucky; date of settlement, 1839.
Samuel G. Smiley, born July 17, 1825, in Indiana; date of settlement, October 11, 1851.
Allen W. Smith, born May 12, 1817, in Indiana; date of settlement, April 23, 1834.
Edward Smith, born February 23, 1823, in Ohio; date of settlement April, 1841.
Philip Smith, born August 15, 1810, in Germany; date of settlement, November 20, 1839.
Peter T. Spence, born February 18, 1817, in Delaware; date of settlement, January 21, 1848.
David Squires, born June 19, 1809, in Ohio, date of settlement, September -, 1841.
Andrew R. Starbuck, born in 1807; in North Carolina; date of settlement, 1847.
George J. Stephenson, born in 1831, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1851.
George W. Stewart, born December 13, 1802, in Ohio; date of settlement, March 13, 1844.
Harriet Stewart, born July 6, 1819, in New York; date of settlement, 1830.
James Stewart, born in 1814, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1846.
Nancy K. Stewart, born September 13, 1824, in Virginia; date of settlement, 1842.
William W. Stewart, born February 8, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, March, 1845.
Catharine Stitt, born March 23, 1811, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, May 29, 1834.
John L. Stone, born November 16, 1815, in Kentucky; date of settlement, July 22, 1839.
Margaret Stone, born April 21, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, November -, 1835.
Mary S. Stone, born December 10, 1835, in Ohio; date of settlement, November - 1839.
William T. Stone, born in 1824, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1850.
Alfred H. Stoops, born in 1831, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1852.
Anna Stoops, born in 1836, in Indiana; born in county.
David Stoops, born in 1818, in Alabama; date of settlement, 1853.
Richard Stoops, born August 7, 1811, in Indiana; date of settlement, September, 1850.
Lawson Story, born August 9, 1822, in Indiana; date of settlement, September 1, 1848.
Mark Stratton, born September 27, 1812, in New Jersey; date of settlement, June, 1838.
Henry Strickler, born March 20, 1804, in Tennessee; date of settlement, February 28, 1836.
John Strickler, born August 20, 1826, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, February 28, 1836.
William Strickler, born August 12, 1833, in Ohio; date of settlement, February 28, 1836.
Robert B. Sweetser, born in 1842, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1847.
William Sweetser, born in 1806, in Vermont; date of settlement, 1847.

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Elizabeth C. Thomas, born May 30, 1827, in Indiana; date of settlement, October, 1838.
Enos F. Thomas, born May 30, 1827, in Ohio; date of settlement, February, 1835.
Ida Thomas, born August 14, 1855, in Indiana; born in the county.
Levi S. Thomas, born November 1, 1809, in Ohio; date of settlement, December 20, 1839.
Mason I. Thomas, born February 15, 1826, in Indiana; date of settlement, February 17, 1835.
Capt. Joseph M. Thompson, born May 28, 1828, in Indiana; date of settlement, June 15, 1842.
Dr. Samuel G. Thompson, born January -, 1824, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, May -, 1849.
Moses Thrush, born in 1827, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1842.
Alexander L. Tyer, born January 5, 1833, in Indiana; date of settlement, February, 1843.
Isophena Tyer.
John B. Tyer, born March 13, 1828, in Delaware; date of settlement, February -, 1843.
Sarah Tyer, born August 4, 1786, in Delaware; date of settlement, February -, 1843.
Richard Tyner, born August 17, 1823, in Indiana; date of settlement, October, 1849.
Sarah J. Tyner, born March 2, 1829, in Indiana; date of settlement, October, 1849.

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Jacob Unger, born May, 1828, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, 1840.

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Charles Votaw, born September 8, 1819, in Ohio; date of settlement, March, 1845.
Sarah A. Votaw, born October 5, 1821, in Indiana; date of settlement, February, 1844.

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Mary Wampler, born September 4, 1839, in Indiana; born in the county.
Jesse Way, born in 1829, in Ohio; date of settlement, 1840.
Daniel Weaver, born July 4, 1817, in Pennsylvania; date of settlement, February -, 1841.
Hannah Webb, born in 1829, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1847.
Thomas Webb, born October 11, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, September -, 1835.
Thomas Webb, born October 11, 1812, in Ohio; date of settlement, September, 1839.
Tilman A. Webb, born March, 1822, in North Carolina; date of settlement, 1847.
Anna E. Weesner, born December 31, 1846, in Henry County, Indiana: date of settlement, 1856.
Clarkson W. Weesner, born August 12, 1841, in Henry County, Indiana; date of settlement, 1844.
Elihu Weesner, born November 4, 1815, in Indiana; date of settlement, November 1, 1844.
Martha Weesner, born in 1824, in North Carolina; date of settlement, 1846.
F. W. White, born 1812; --- date of settlement, --1839.
F. W. White, born May 22, 1812, in New York; date of settlement, October, 1839.
Allena F. Williams, born in 1843, in Indiana; born in the county.
Capt. Benjamin F. Williams, born September 29, 1830, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1836.
Henry L. Williams, born August 12, 1837, in Indiana; date of settlement, 1840.
Wiley Williams, born September 17, 1812, in Kentucky; date of settlement, October -, 1840.
Andrew Wilson, born in 1812, in Virginia; date of settlement, September 19, 1840.
John Wohlgamuth, born August 15, 1823, in Virginia; date of settlement, January -, 1846.
Nancy Wohlgamuth, born January 20, 1828, in Ohio; date of settlement, April, 1845.

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