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. 1812 Dec 30 - An address presented to the Presbytery of Onondaga at Homer, by Joshua Leonard, Subject Baptism & Presbyterian Church membership. Printed in the Cortland Repository, Homer Village NY, by John W Osborn, 1812. p12.
Note1: This indicates JW Osborn was upon leaving York he was immediate involved in publishing. - PJA

. 1814 Nov 16, Buffalo NY, LOST, on the 6th inst. in the village of Buffalo, an old black leather Pocket Book containing a promissory note, made by Celeb Rogers, payable to the subscriber or order, for $850, in four see-annual installments, on the first days of May & Oct. with an endorsement thereon of $218.375 cents - also between $8 & $9 in bank notes together with sundry other papers of no consequence except to the owner.
Whoever will return said pocket book & the papers to the subscriber, near Williamsville, may retain the money it contained & will be entitled to the thanks of the subscriber & no questions asked. Dated Wmsville, Nov 23, 1814, Signed, John Osborn.
Ref: Buffalo Gazette, NY.

* 1815 Jul 26 - Information Requested. The Subscriber having been informed that his Step-father, Mr. John Vanzantte, has moved from York, Upper Canada, into the United States, feels anxious to ascertain the place of his residence. Any person having information of the same, will do an act of kindness by communicating it by letter to:
John W. Osborn, Printer, Homer Village, Cortland County, N.Y.
*** Printers in this state are respectfully solicited to give above an intention in their respective papers.
Ref: Geneva Gazette, New York Jul 26 & * Patrol, Utica, NY, pub. Wed. Jul 31, 1815.

. 1815 Oct 1 - Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Buffalo, John W Osborn. - Letters called for by the first day of January next, will be sent to the General Post Office.
Ref: Niagara Journal, Buffalo, New York, published 1815 Oct 17.

. 1840 Census Warren, Putnam co., Indiana, John Osborn
persons Employed in Manufacture & Trade: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:3
Total Free White Persons: 9
. 1862 Oct 29, Tax Annual Lists, district 7, Indiana, Hamilton Co., Retail dealer, Tax due $10.00.

. 1840 Oct 30, Fri. - West half of NW quarter of Section 18, 17 Twp., N of range 5 east, containing 80 A in Marion Co. Also Lot 6 in out block 39. Also lots 3, 4 & 5 in out block number 2 in John Wood's adjoining to the town of Indianapolis, mortgaged by John W. Osborn. Debt damages & costs $516.05
Ref: Indiana Democrat, Indianapolis & also published 12.19.1840 & 1.9.1841.

. 1840 Dec 12 - Mr. Switger of Marion offered for adoption the following & resolution: Whereas by virtue of a joint resolution of the General Assembly, approved 4 Feb, 1837 John W Osborn & Elijah Chamberlain were on 6 Jan 1838 duly elected public printers of this house for the tern of 3 years. Whereas Osborn & Chambers executed their bond for the due performance of the public printing, they were ejected 14 Dec 1839 form being public printers to this House, in violation of the rights & contract of said of said Osborn & Chamberlain, John Livingston was elected in their stead. Therefore resolved that a John W Osborn & Elijah Chamberlain are the rightful public printers to this house until 1 August next.
Ref: Indiana Democrat, Indianapolis.

. 1866 May 2 - The Greencastle Banner says:
John W Osborn, the old pioneer printer & publisher of Indiana, is now a resident of Greencastle. His 'sands of life,' however, have nearly run out. Quite feeble in body & mind, perhaps before another issue of this sheet, he will be transferred hence. As a public journalist, he occupied no inferior position among the leading editors of 25 or 30 years age. He was at one time State printer in connection with Mr. Willetts, a Quaker, still residing at Indianapolis. He was also editor & publisher of one or two papers at this point - one called the Plow Boy, & the other, if we mistake not, dominated the Tenpence Advocate. He is known to some of our older citizens of the county as a zealous advocate of whatever cause he espoused. We feel kindly towards our older brother in the craft, & trust that when is called hence it will be to enjoy the reward of a life well spend. He is residing now with his son-in-law, Judge Claypool, who has recently become a citizen of this place, & is we believe, in the 73 year of his age.
Ref: Worthington Gazette, Indiana.

. Obituary - 1866 Nov 15, Thurs. -
Death of an Old Printer. John Willson Osborn, Esq., since 1820 connected with the press of this State at Vincennes, Terre Haute, Indianapolis & in this town, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Judge Sol. Claypool, at Greencastle, on Monday morning last. Mr. Osborn was born in Nova Scotia, of Irish parents, about the year 1793 & was about 73 years of age at the time of his death. He moved with his parents to the vicinity of Toronto, Canada, where he continued to reside until he attained to the age of manhood. He learned the printing business in the town of Niagara, Canada, & soon after moved to the state of New York. From the State, he came with Lucien R Scott, formerly of Terre Haute, to Indiana & was connected with the press at Vincennes until 1823 when he moved to Terre Haute, where, opposite Grover's Foundry on Fifth street, he established the first paper ever published in that now important city. He continued to publish his paper for 9 years, under the difficulties incident to such business in a small village, a new country, & a sparse population. In 1832 he sold his establishment to Thos. Dowling, Esq.
Mr. Osborn was a man of intelligence & respectable talents & distinguished for the warmth of his feelings & the impulsive of his character. Judge Gookins, his son-in-law, learned the art of printing in his office as did his brother Chas. W Cutter, Esq., now of Iowa.
Ref: Sullivan Democrat Newspaper, Indiana.

Biogragphy1: John W Osborne.
Indiana was stiffening up on the slavery question. Even Vincennes was invaded by the anti-slavery element. In 1817 a number of Canadians who had served in the American army came to the state to claim the bounty lands which Congress had appropriated for them in Indiana. Among them was Major Markle, who located near Terre Haute, & built a celebrated old mill, & John Willson Osborn, who went to Vincennes. Osborn was a grandson of Col. John Willson, a British officer, stationed in New York, who went to Canada at the outbreak of the Revolution.
His father was Capt. Samuel Osborne of the British Navy. Although his people were wealthy, young Osborn learned the printing trade in the office of the Upper Canadian Guardian a Freeman's Journal, [1807-14, considered an opposing newspaper,] which was conducted by Joseph Willcocks, Member of Parliament from the Niagara district, who was decidedly pro-American in his views, & who was killed in the American service, near Fort Erie. In this employment Osborn took on American ideas, & at the beginning of the War of 1812, went across Lake Erie & joined Capt. Mahar's company of Irish Greens, * for which he was disinherited by his grandfather. [under Lt. Col. Francis/ Geo.? McClure, NY Militia]

This did not worry Osborn, who, when he got through soldiering, went into the newspaper business at Homer, N. Y., for a time, & then started the Cortland Republican newspaper at Cortlandville. While here he married Ruby Bishop. He arrived in Vincennes in June 1817, & at once found employment in the office of the Western Sun, & a few weeks later became a partner, & editor of the paper. This lasted him a few months as Osborne had very pronounced anti-slavery views, which did not hinge with those of Elisha Stout, the proprietor of the paper; & so they "dissolved" & Osborn went to farming.

In 1819 Osborn was joined at Vincennes by his brother-in-law, Amory Kinney, a native of Vermont, who had read law at Cortlandville, in the office of Samuel Nelson, later a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Both Osborn & Kinney were satisfied that the slavery existing in Indiana was illegal, & they united to make a test case with two lawyers. Col. George McDonald, of New Jersey, the preceptor & father-in-law of Judge Isaac Blackford, who entered the practice at Vincennes in 1819; & Moses Tabbs, a son-in-law of Charles Carroll of Carrolton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, who was admitted to the bar at Vincennes in 1818. The test was made by an action of habeas corpus on behalf of a mulatto woman named Polly, held as a slave by Col. Hyacinthe Lasselle, the principal tavern keeper of Vincennes. Lasselle was one of the old families of the French in Indiana. ... The case presented the question of the old French slavery, Polly being the daughter of a negro woman who had been captured by the Indians in the Revolutionary period. The Circuit Court held her to be a slave, but the Supreme Court held that the people of Indiana had the power to abolish slavery, without regard to the Virginia Deed of Cession, & that "the framers of our constitution intended a total & entire prohibition of slavery in this state." This decision was made in July, 1820, & it created some resentment among the slave-holders, who threatened vengeance on Osborn & Kinney, but those gentlemen manifested a readiness to meet any one hunting for trouble, & no casualties resulted.
Ref: Indiana and Indianans, A History of Aboriginal & Territorial Indiana & the Century of Statehood, by Jacob Piatt Dunn. Chicago 1919.

Note2: * Among Catholic residents of Albany who had reached a degree of prosperity & prominence was a wholesale grocer, James Maher. Maher organized the Republican Rifle Company, or Irish Greens [Republican Green Rifles]. He was captain & fellow parishioner John Cassidy was lieutenant. In 1813, Maher's company took part in the Battle of Sackets Harbor & led his troops in the capture of Little York, (now Toronto) Canada, Ontario. Feb. 5 1813 the Maher Company had a Camp in Buffalo, otherwise regular station was in Albany. The flag taken at Fort George Upper Canada, May 27, 1813 was taken by a summer, Daniel Campbell, in Captain Maher's Albany volunteers.
Ref: Albany Argus Newspaper, published 1813 Jul 2, Friday.

. 1813 Jan 5, Albany - Captain Maher's company of Albany, now at Buffalo as - part of Col. McClure’s Regiment, are volunteers for one year. They received from me 2 months pay & $16 each on account of clothing in September when they entered service. Capt. Maher, who is now here, requests that they may receive the bal­ance of the allowance for clothing immediately. …They must be equipped with uniform & a blanket at all events. A Musket and knapsack can be supplied with those also. 1812 Sep 29, Albany Greens, which are to are to follow the NY Greens to Onondaga, in a few days., Gen’l Dearborn.
Ref: Public Papers of Daniel D Tompkins, Governor of NY, 1807-1817. - . -

PAGE TWO: Biography2
. JOHN W. OSBORN,
Editor, printer and proprietor of the "Western Register and Terre Haute General Advertiser," was a man who, in my estimation, carried in his head all the knowledge of the world. He was quiet in manner & kind in speech, never passing any one in the street without a pleasant word. He was particularly opposed to horse-racing (then a custom universally indulged in) from a moral point of view, & was very sensitive in regard to razor strops, but I never understood why. To me there were two points of interest in the "Western Register"; one was that the news was always "two weeks later from Europe."

. JOHN W. OSBORN (Picture of a middle age gentleman, dark, short hair). A biographical sketch written by the late S.B. GOOKINS of the pioneer editor of the Wabash Valley. The editor & proprietor of the first newspaper published in the town of Terre Haute, Indiana, was born at St. Johns, New Brunswick, February 7, 1794.
He was the second son of Capt. Samuel OSBORN, a gallant & accomplished officer in the British navy. His grandfather & eldest brother, Capt. William OSBORN, were also both officers in the service of his majesty the King of England.

* Also his maternal grandfather, for whom he was named, held a captain's commission & was an intimate friend of Gen. BROCK, acted as commissary general, etc., & filled many places of trust. *See Note 1.
William OSBORN, the eldest son of Capt. Samuel OSBORN Jr., was promoted to a captaincy very young for bravery during several sharp engagements at sea. Thus by the divine right of inheritance & early associations Mr. John W. OSBORN was fitted for the struggles & difficulties of pioneer life which need a brave heart, untiring devotion, progressive & aggressive, to the principles of right.

* Mr. OSBORN's mother was Alice WILSON, the daughter of John WILSON & Rebecca THIXTON, his wife. She was born on Staten Island. She was educated in New York, where the family lived always a part of each year, her father being an officer in the British army, loyal to his king. They left the United States & made a new home in Canada, living sometimes at Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Canancoqua [ now Kingston], & finally settling down at Toronto, buying land & laying, as they supposed, a permanent foundation for a home. * See Note2.

. 1807 Oct 10, Sat. - York Gazette, Wanted: An apprentice to the printing business. His connection must be respectable & his morals uncorrupted. Application to be made to the printers of the York Gazette.
Note5: The reference here is to the qualifications needed to be involved in the newspaper business. - PJ Ahlberg 2013.

Col. WILSON sent to Scotland & brought out a hundred families & settled them upon his lands in Canada, & believing in the magic power of the press to enlighten & civilize, he sent to England & had a printing press, type & men to do the work sent out to the almost wilderness. Col. Joseph WILLCOX, who was a member of the provincial parliament, an ardent politician, an educated Irish gentleman and a republican, was associated with Mr. OSBORN in publishing the "Upper Canada Guardian & Freeman's Journal." Mr. OSBORN late in life spoke of Col. Willcox as one whose name he loved, & referring to his association with him, said: "I then & there drank in the principles of free government which have remained with me until this hour & which changed the whole course of my life."

Mr. OSBORN's devotion to republican institutions & his belief in the justness of the American cause led him, on the breaking out of the war of 1812, to espouse, with all the fire & energy of his nature, the side of free government. On August 14, 1812 he left the country, home, kindred & friends, & crossed Lake Ontario from Toronto to the United States, when he joined the American army, at which action of his he alienated & grieved his relatives, especially his grandfather, who disowned & disinherited him.
* * Notes4: 1818 Aug 21st, at Ft. George, Niagara-on-the-Lake, where John W Osborn was on duty at this time, it was announced the Maj Gen. Sheaffer has a very great satisfaction in announcing to the troops, the surrender of Fort Detroit Gen. Isaac Brock at the head of 700 soldier, volunteer Militia with 600 Indians captured the Fort. Ref: Issac Brock papers, p132.

. 1812 Sept 29, Tues. On Sunday last, arrived from NY, on board the sloop Euphemia, part of a Volunteer detachment from the Republican Greens of that City, under the command of Lieut. Col. McClaurte. Yesterday they disembarked & marched up to the barracks in Lion Street, escorted by The REPUBLICAN GREENS, of this place, commanded by Captain Maher.
Ref: Albany Register Newspaper, NY.

Mr. OSBORN did not anticipate giving up his love & interest in Canada, but was sanguine in his belief that Canada would become a part of the United States, would be annexed, when he intended to return there. He was induced, through the representation of Mr. Denny, a book publisher, of Albany, to go to Homer, Cortland county, New York, where he took charge of & edited the Cortland "Republican," a paper still published there. He, however, soon removed his office to Cortlandville, the county seat, for a time. His paper was ardently devoted to the United States government. He continued the publication until 1816.

In that year Indiana was admitted to the Union as a sovereign state, & the spirit of adventure, at that time rife in the land, led him, with many others, to the inviting fields of the then Far West. In 1817 he came to Vincennes, & soon afterward secured the office of the "Western Sun," the first newspaper published in Indiana. At that time the slavery question was much discussed. The ordinance of 1787, excluding slavery from the territory northwest of the Ohio river, was almost universally disregarded. Slaves were held in Vincennes & other places, & were bought & sold. Indiana had just been admitted to the Union, & having by a clause in her constitution prohibited slavery, the holders of slaves became uneasy, & as a consequence as scheme was adopted for making what profit they could out of the stock on hand, which was to be carried out by running the negroes off to the slave states & selling them. Adventurers were found who were willing to go into the business of kidnapping for a profit. This was winked at by many of the most popular & influential men, & for anyone to espouse the cause of the slave was to subject himself to the odium, not to say contemptuous persecution, of a majority of the people in that region. But the proscribed race were not without friends, & one of the most active of these was Mr. OSBORN. Having suffered immeasurably from separation from home, kindred & friends on account of his devotion to the principles of freedom, he did not propose to accept a mere sham & pretense for the precious boon he sought at so great a sacrifice. He not only protested, but defended, the negro, & pursued the kidnapper & rescued his victims. He, cooperating with others like minded, carried the question to the supreme court & obtained a decision which set at rest forever the question of slavery in Indiana.

In 1828 Mr. OSBORN came to Terre Haute & established the "Western Register." The first number was printed July 21, & created quite a sensation. A newspaper really & truly printed in the wilderness! Men, women & children came from all the country around to see the great wonder, especially on publication days. The "Western Register's" motto was "No dupe to party tool of power, nor slave to minions of an hour." The paper was conducted upon all questions of home & foreign government & the development of our rich & lovely valley of the Wabash. Mr. OSBORN was contemporary with Robert Owen, Rapp, Flower & many others of less note, would-be reformers, but all his teachings had the true ring of patriotism & Christianity. During the summer of 1828 Mr. OSBORN made one of his characteristic exploring trips on horseback up the Wabash river, intending to visit Fort Dearborn, now Chicago. Early one lovely morning he arrived at the Tippecanoe battle-ground, where he discovered that after the soldiers had left the field the Indians had returned & dug up the remains of the brave heroes & stripped, scalped & tomahawked them & left them to be devoured by wild beasts, & the bones had lain bleaching in the sun & storms for 12 years. When Mr. OSBORN returned to Terre Haute he had an interview with Capt. Nathaniel Huntington, & induced him to proceed with his company of cavalry, the Wabash Greens, to Tippecanoe. The remains of the brave men were carefully collected by them & reinterred with military honors. Mr. OSBORN was ever ready to render honor to the generous, noble & brave, & quick scorn & flashing indignation for the mercenary & selfish.

One summer day in the year 1828 he was passing by the court-house square, & laying partly concealed by some hazel bushes, he saw a man senseless, apparently dead. The man was only drunk! Mr. OSBORN had known him in Toronto a prominent merchant, an honored man. He covered the poor wretch's face to protect it from sun, insects & the derision of passers-by. From that hour he was an uncompromising temperance man. His heart swelled with indignation toward the man who for a few cents would see a fellow man degraded & wallowing in the dust, & from this incident probably the first temperance movement in the country originated. Education, free education, was another subject of intense interest to him. During the year 1829 his health gave way, caused by his untiring exertions, & he retired from the editorial chair & went upon his farm, five miles south of the city, from which he received great benefit.
In 1834 his old feeling in regard to the power & importance of the "press" returned & feeling that there was great value in the knowledge & talents that he possessed, he looked about him for a field of action & decided up Greencastle, Putnam county, considering it a healthy, desirable region of country. He purchased a printing office & sent out his paper, the "Ploughboy," broadcast, & inclosed (sic) in it a small temperance paper which he published in pamphlet form, of eight pages, & sent to his subscribers gratuitously, called the "Temperance Advocate," the first temperance paper ever published in the west. Temperance in those days was as unpopular as warning against slavery, & required unbounded moral courage & a trace of "fighting blood," both of which he inherited in good measure from a brave & chivalrous ancestry. This paper was devoted to the interests of agriculture, education & temperance, in the promotion of all which he was a zealous & efficient laborer. In Greencastle he was surrounded by congenial associates, Dr. Alex Stephenson, Dr. Taravin & Judge Cowhill, Rees, Hardesty & others. To Mr. Osborn's exertions were due in a great measure the establishment at Greencastle of the Indiana Asbury University, the leading educational institution of the state of the Methodist denomination, of which he was a conscientious, active member. He was one of the first trustees of Asbury University. In 1838 he removed his establishment to Indianapolis, changed the name to "Indiana Farmer and Stock Register," was elected state printer, also continued the publication of his temperance paper. At the close of his term of office he retired from the press on account of ill health, but was a contributor to various local journals during most of his life. When the war of the rebellion broke out, too old to take the field & too zealous a supporter of the government to permit of his remaining idle, he went to Sullivan county, & published a war campaign paper under the title of the "Stars and Stripes," where he rendered invaluable service to the Union cause. This was his last venture in journalism. (Which he conducted at Sullivan during the war, was pronounced in its Union sentiment & strong in its support).
His health continued to decline until his death, which occurred in Greencastle on November 12, 1866. His latest hours were marked by painful disease, patient resignation & Christian faith.
Ref: HISTORY OF VIGO AND PARKE COUNTIES Together With Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley, by H.W. Beckwith - 1880, Terre Haute - pp. 169-175.

Note3: Maternal grandfather is John Willson, Sr., born NJ. The war referred is slightly confused. During the Revolutionary War, Capt. John Willson was in the Quartermaster Commissary General's Office for the NJ Volunteers & he was a friend of Lieut. Gov., John Graves Simcoe, of Upper Canada, that is, Toronto, Ontario. John Willson brought a 100 people with him from New Brunswick in the journey known as 'MAY FLEETs' arrival at York' - In a twist of fate, this time during the War of 1812, Capt. J Willson of the York Militia, was captured & later released when American forces captured Ft. York (Toronto.)

Note4: Canacoqua is the original native name for Kingston, Ontario. Canacoqua or Kateracoui. Cataraqui is the French pronunciation. It was also named Fort Frontenac. It is very interesting that this story taken in 1880 from verbal family history, is bares out in proven facts. Reference to John Willson, U.E. and 'May Fleet to York, Upper Canada. 1793' - P J Ahlberg, 2011.

. In 1823 he went to Terre Haute & began publication of the Western Register and Terre Haute Advertiser. This he sold in 1832 to become a candidate for sheriff but was defeated. In 1833-34 he was publisher of The Plowboy in Greencastle, Indiana.

. In 1823, Mr. Osborn loaded his press into a wagon, & set out for Terre Haute. The dangers of the journey from high water were not insurmountable, but when an ignorant driver lost his way, the case was different. And so in attempting to cross a stream in a wrong place, the wagon was overturned, & its precious burden landed in the water.
About 1830-2 Osborn after spending some time on his farm, again undertook the role of a publisher, by establishing the Ploughboy at Greencastle. In 1838 he removed with his paper to Indianapolis, changing the name to the Indiana Farmer and Stock Register. While there he was elected to the position of State printer. When the war of the rebellion broke out he moved to the town of Sullivan,
& established a paper which he named The Stars and Stripes.
Ref: The history of early Terre Haute from 1816 to 1840. - . -

. Biography3 - Newspapers & John Willson Osborn:
Upper Canadian Guardian and Freeman's Journal,
1817 Jun - Western Sun, Vincennes
1822 Dec 14 - Farmers & Mechanics Journal, published by J W Osborn
1825 May 7 - The Advertiser
1826 Mar 7 - Indianapolis Gazette, Vol. III
1834 - Temperance Advocate, Greencastle
1834 - Western Plough Boy, Greencastle Visitor.

. 1819 June 25, Vincennes - Dissolution. The Copartnership heretofore existing between William A Crowell & John W Osborn was dissolved by mutual consent on the 20th instant. Wm. A Crowell, J W Osborn.
- N.B. All those who are indebted to the said firm are requested to make immediate payment, & those who have demands against it will please present them for settlement. WAC, JWO., VINCENNES, JUNE 25, 1918.
Ref: Indiana Sentinel Newspaper, published 1818 Jul 3 .

. Greencastle acquired a reputation for temperance.

. Early Settlement & History:
The "Western Register and Terre Haute Advertiser" was the first paper printed in Terre Haute. The paper was "printed & published every Saturday, in Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, by JOHN W. OSBORN, at $2. per annum." The terms of advertising are given, & then follows this statement: "Letters on business addressed to the editor must be post-paid." It must be borne in mind that letter postage in that day was no trifle - ranging as high as 25¢ a single letter, one-eighth of the annual subscription of the paper.
The first number was issued July 21, 1823, & was a four-column paper, about 12 by 14 inches in size. After the first ten numbers had been issued a larger size paper was obtained, making the sheet about four inches longer. The first edition consisted of about two hundred copies; many were sent to parties who never paid. Mr. Osborn felt that the education of the masses was of vital moment & fully believed in the civilizing & enlightening influence of the newspaper, & the fact that a subscriber could not pay did not prevent his receiving the paper. For this reason the paper did not prove, in any eminent degree, a pecuniary success. Great difficulty was experienced in obtaining suitable printing paper. The supply must usually be obtained from Louisville, & the quantity ordered sometimes did not make its appearance for weeks together; bad roads & low water were the obstacles to be overcome in transportation. At such times various expedients were resorted to in order to continue the regular issue; sometimes a half sheet was sent out. Then again the stores & shops were ransacked for ordinary wrapping paper, & sometimes no paper could be issued at all. The difficulties attending the obtaining, transporting & setting up the press were such as would have discouraged a less determined man than Mr. Osborn & have effectually defeated the enterprise. The wagon in which the "office" & paper for first issue were transported from Vincennes to Terre Haute was overturned in attempting to ford one of the many streams to be crossed, & the entire establishment buried under the waters. These streams were very much swollen at the time by the abundant rain-fall, & in attempting to cross the driver had mistaken his way. The material was finally recovered after great effort. These were the "circumstances beyond the control of the editor" that delayed the first issue, as explained in the editorial of that number.
The first number contained an account of the celebration held on the Fourth of July of that year. The oration was delivered by Thos. H. Blake. Among the communications, we notice that "Mr. Reed, a Presbyterian minister, will preach at the court-house on the 24th inst." Its foreign news summary contains the declaration of war between France & Spain; also certain military movements of French & Spanish troops, and captures of Spanish vessels. Sheriff Clark advertises sales of land, & James LOVE advertises "a regular line of keel-boats, to ply between Terre Haute & Shawneetown; freight taken on the most accommodating terms." John M. COLMAN advertises a list of letters, -perhaps a half dozen- remaining in the post-office at Terre Haute, Ezekiel BENJAMIN in charge. Dr. Modesitt's ferry is "ready to accommodate all who may favor him with their patronage."
We find that Nathaniel Huntington "is a candidate to represent the counties of Vigo & Parke in the next general assembly."

The political questions of the day are discussed, & party feeling runs very bitter. The question whether slaves should be held in Indiana was agitating the minds of men. Mr. OSBORN was of course on the negative side, & many of the early difficulties he encountered in getting out his paper were believed to grow out of this fact; the upsetting of his material before mentioned was thought to be done designedly as an expedient to defeat his plans. At the celebration on the Fourth spoken of, the following toast was offered by a volunteer: "The unlawful wheels of the machinery of our last legislature for a new convention, to bring slavery into our state; may every band & spoke be broken at our next election."
In the second number appears a new advertisement of John F. Cruft. The number of the "ads." was seventeen, including four legal ones by Sheriff Clark. In the eleventh number appears this motto, which becomes henceforth the motto of the paper:

No "dupe to party, tool of power," Nor "slave to minions of an hour."
Under the date of October 22, 1823, we find this notice; "The Wabash Greens will meet at the house of Capt. N. HUNTINGTON, November 1, thence to proceed in martial order to the battle-ground of Tippecanoe, & collect the bones of the American heroes who fell in that engagement, in as decent a manner as possible inter them, & erect some temporary preservation around their grave.
Signed, Elisha M. Huntington- Company Judge Advocate."

. On August 14 he left Upper Canada & crossed Lake Ontario & dined there American army, at which action of his he alienated & grieved his relatives, especially his grandfather, who disowned & disinherited him. Mr. Osborn did not anticipate giving up his love & interest in Canada, but was sanguine in his belief that Canada would become a part of the US, would be annexed, when he intended to return there. He was induced, through the representations of Mr. Denny, an Albany book publisher, to go to Homer, Courtland Co., where he took charge of & edited the Cortland Republican. He soon removed his office to Cortlandville, the county seat for a time. until 1816. In 1817 he came to Vincenne.

The paper was ably conducted by Mr. Osborn, & its issues were filled with interesting matter, much attention being given to foreign news. The "Niles Register" was largely quoted from. In politics Mr. Osborn was a whig, & while he was not an abolitionist, was anti-slavery in his sentiments. He was also a strong advocate of temperance. On these subjects he was an able & original thinker. His kindness of heart was proverbial; he could not bear to wound another's feelings, nor would he allow his paper to become a vehicle for gossip. He was also a man of great personal courage, & while he always sought "the things that made for peace," he never permitted his desire to avoid strife to stand in the way of a bold a free avowal of his sentiments, or to prevent his always standing by his actions. Judge Kinney, a strong personal friend of Mr. Osborn's, at one time, while living in Vincennes, instituted several suits against certain parties for kidnapping blacks. In consequence of this, he (Kinney,) was assaulted & badly wounded. The threat was also freely made that Osborn would be served in the same way. This was reported to Osborn, who at that time lived on a farm a short distance from Vincennes. He at once rode into town, arriving at near the dinner hour, & stopping at the g, threw his bridle rein to a hostler & ascended the steps of the portico where several persons were sitting, among them some of those who had threatened him. He remained until about 4 o'clock, when he mounted his horse & rode home. Mr. Osborn was well armed. His cool, firm bearing caused those who hated him for his principles, & had proposed to attack him, to desist from their purpose. His great kindness to others was made manifest in many ways. On one occasion, some persons who had come on horseback to get their papers were too drunk to return safely home. Mr. OSBORN cared for them during the night, & after having given them a good breakfast, sent them home sober. His influence over others has often been testified to by those who have experienced it.
Mr. Osborn, was very much interested in everything pertaining to the advancement of educational interests, & spent both time & money in labors of that kind. He was undoubtedly the prime mover in the efforts made that finally resulted in the establishment of Asbury University, at Greencastle.
Among other advertisements is one for the sale of an ox mill, i.e. a pair of stones for grinding, run by ox power.
The last number, issued in 1823, contains the message of President Monroe to the eighteenth congress. Let those who are disposed to grumble at a delay of one or two hours at the present day read this, under date of January 24, 1824. After speaking of the non-arrival of the mail (once in 2 weeks), the editor says: "Another disappointment, still more unpleasant, has occurred, which is also to be attributed to the present freshet; it precludes the possibility of our receiving the expected supply of paper from Louisville, & it renders it out of our power to issue more than a half sheet weekly until the roads become passable for wagons & our supply arrives."
From March 25 to May 19, 1824, the paper was printed on a quarter sheet, about 10 by 14 inches in size.
Ref: History of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN. 1880. - - -

Birth:
By all means, incorrect, his parents arrive in 1793 in Upper Canada.

Died:
Died at daughter Hannah Willson Claypool's residence.

Buried:
Greencastle, IN.

John married Ruby Webb BISHOP on 31 Mar 1814 in Homer, Cortland Co., New York. Ruby was born on 8 Apr 1796 in Homer, Cortland Co., New York; died on 15 Apr 1880 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary C Is the daughter of John Willson Osborn.

. Samuel Barnes Gookins married Mary Caroline Osburn, b Nov 2, 1815 at Homer, N.Y., d Aug 26, 1889 at Columbus, Ga, daughter of John Willson & Ruby (Bishop) Osburn. The marriage was recorded by J R Wheelockin Vigo Co. Court House, Feb 22, 1834; the marriage date was Jan 23, 1834.
Ref: Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959.

. Issue:
i. Charles, d Aug 18, 1836
ii. Frank Barnes, b Dec 1836 at Terre Haute, d Feb 5, xxx (21)
iii. Lucy Lee Kinney, (1838-1925) (22)
iv. James Farrington b. ? Charles, b T.H. Nov 1 1854 (Rec. of Shirlaw D. Gookins, 1923. )
Ref: The History of Early Terre Haute from 1816 to 1840, by Blackford Condit New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1900 - - -

Buried:
Terre Haute, IN.

Mary married Judge Samuel Barnes GOOKINS on 23 Feb 1834 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana. Samuel (son of William GOOKINS) was born on 30 May 1809 in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont; died on 14 Apr 1880 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana; was buried on 17 Jun 1880 in Woodlawn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1891 Apr 13 - Bishop Osborn, a soldier of the Eleventh Indiana Regiment, whose death occurred at Indianapolis, was buried at Greencastle, Saturday, with military honors.
Ref: Indianapolis Journal Neewpaper. - - -

Birth:
Bishop is his mother Ruby's surname.

Died:
Aged 69y.

Bishop married Marie E MARY PERRIN on 24 Feb 1860 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana. Marie was born in 1839 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary:
Daughter of John Willson Osborn & Ruby Bishop Osborn.
Sister of Mary Caroline, who became the wife of Judge Samuel B. Gookins, of Terre Haute, died in Columbus, Georgia, August 26, 1889 & is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute;
Bishop Webb, born in Terre Haute, died in Indianapolis on April 9, 1891, & is buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Greencastle;

Hannah M. became the wife of Solomon Claypool & resided in Indianapolis. - - -

Buried:
Sec 14, Lot 13. Indianapolis, IN.

Hannah married Solomon CLAYPOOL on 18 Sep 1855 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana. Solomon was born on 17 Aug 1829 in Connersville, Fayette Co., Indiana; died on 19 Mar 1898 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Jul 20, - J W Osborn to L P Chapin, Lucius Chapin Papers, folder 1, Box 1:
Proving for the family a became an area of contention between spouses. When men deport for [Civil] War, women were left without a breadwinner. Alice borrowed money to buy groceries & spent the dollar her father had sent her on medicine & coal oil. John Willson Osborn had sent Lucius's mother another dollar, which went toward buying shoes.

By detailing the money she & her mother-in-law received from Osborn, Alice emphasized Lucius's failure to provide for his female depends. In the summer of 1863, the Chapins were particularly hard pressed for money.
Ref: Union Heartland, The Midswestern Home front During The Civil War, by G Aley & J L Anderson, 2013.

Obituary
. 1907 Nov 7 - Mrs. Lucius P Chapin Dead
Greencasle Woman Stricken While Attending MissionaryMeeting.
Mrs. Lucus Phapin, of, sister of Mrs. Solomon Claypool, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. She came here 3 weeks ago tao attend the Society, then in session. She was stricken on the evening of her arrival.
Mrs. Chapin, who was Alice Osborn, was born in this city February 5,1838, but left ere in her infancy. she was the daughter of the late John Willson Osborn, who was one of the most notable of the pioneer editors of the State. Mr. Osborn was one of the original incorporations & first trustees of Ashburn, now Depew University.
Mrs. Chapin was a woman of rare spiritual sweetness & great strength of mind; was was alive in church & club work & at one time was president of the Woman's Relief Corps. Her husband & 3 children survive her. The funeral & burial will take place in Greencastle to=morrow afternoon.
Ref: Indianapolis News. - - -

Buried:
Greencastle, IN.

Ruby married Hon. Lucius Philander CHAPIN on 2 Aug 1859 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana. Lucius was born in Dec 1831 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana; died on 7 Mar 1915 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1889 Sep 6 - Colonel & Mrs George Dup & son chasers, who are guest of Mrs Solomon clay pool, will return their home in Columbus, to-morrow.

. 1904 - Miss Seele, who spend several months with Mrs George Day & Mrs Solomon clay pool, let yesterday for her home in Florida.
. 1906 Dec 25 - Mrs Geo Day of Bluefield, Va. who has been spending 3 months with Mrs. Solomon Claypool, has returned.
Ref. Indianapolis Journal Newspaper.

. Among Julia Jones 's distinguished guests were her 3 cousins, daughters of her Uncle John Osborn, & their families. … The wife of Judge Googins of Terre Haute & mother of Lucy Goggins Dewey, wife of Judge Dewey, as we children were taught to call her, visited us often at when we lived in the brick house near Greencastle. Her presence never failed to stimulate us. Among other accomplishments, she was an excellent musician. Once, when from another room she heard me playing a little classic on the piano which I had picked out myself, she came in & played it for me, showing me the correct phrasing & accent. I liked the piece much better afterward & tried to improve my technique.
Ref: Jones Family Tree, by Ruby Alice Jones, 1957. - - -

Birth:
Resided at Strawberry Hill.

Buried:
Buried Bluefield & also listed at Woodlawn, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Lucy married Colonel George Christian DUY (DEWEY) in 1856. George was born on 30 Aug 1830 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Feb 1908 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Son of Judge Samuel Barnes Gookins & Mary Caroline Osborn Gookins.
Husband of Cora Donnelly Gookins.
Father of Shirlaw & Marguerite. Artist.
Samuel apprenticed himself to John W. Osborn, editor & publisher of the Western Presbyterian, the first newspaper published in Terre Haute. Samuel intended to pursue a career as a journalist & became engaged to John Osborn’s daughter, Mary, but was persuaded by Amos Kinney, a Judge of the Circuit Court, to pursue the legal profession & he entered Judge Kinney’s office.[5] Samuel served as postmaster of Ripley County in Delaware in 1851 before his election to the Indiana Legislature in 1852 & his appointment in1854 to the Superior Court of Indiana, where he served for three years.
Ref: Illinois Historial Art Project.

. 1875 Jun 25 - Wabash College of New Haven, The reunions of the literary societies followed. President of the Lyceum & Hon Newton Morgan, of the Calliopean. xx that the life-size portrait of Prof. John S Campbell to be painted by James F Gookins, of Chicago, be secured & hunt in the society hall. Campbell & Gooks are alumni both of the college & the society. The portrait will cost $1,400.
Ref: Cincinnati Daily Gazette.

. Muster: Fifer, Co. I, 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (3 Months Service). Remains interred in grave. 

. James Farrington Gookins, b in Terre Haute, Ind., Dec 30, 1840, d at Hotel Navarre, New York city, May 23, 1904. He was educated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., & received MA degree, 1877. He enlisted, Apr 1861, in Col Lew Wallace's 11th Indiana Regt., & was assigned staff duty in General Wallace's Hq, Apr 1862. He was artist correspondent for Harper's Weekly at various times from 1861 to 1874 in this country & abroad. James F. studied art at the Royal Academy, Munich, Bavaria as a pupil of Rab Wagner & Carl von Piloty, 1870-74, & also in Paris; London & Vienna. He was asst. commissioner of the Vienna Exposition in 1873. A charter member of the Chicago Academy of Design, he was Director 1875-78 & again 1881-83. He was founder of the Indiana School of Art in Indianapolis & director of it, 1877-80. He authored the Lakefront plan for the World's Fair in Chicago & promoted legislation therefor from 1882 to 1892. He acted as secretary of the Indiana State Soldier's & Sailor's Monument commission at Indianapolis from 1887 to 1889. From time to time he contributed articles on art & kindred subjects to many American & European newspapers & periodicals.
From 1893 to his death in 1904 his time was largely spent in preliminary work in the formulation & financing of the enterprises of the Chicago Subway Arcade & Traction Co. of which he was general manager. The claim has been made that the 53 miles of subway in place in 1926 was the result of a theft of his original plans for a freight subway in Chicago.
He has been said by critics of art to have been one of the world's greatest painters of flowers, though trained as a figure & portrait painter. He took great delight in painting flora & the illustration of legends of fair mythology. With Walter Shirlaw, he made 2 trips from Chicago to the Rocky mountains after the Civil War, for the purposes of study. He was the first to paint a picture of the mountain of the Holy Cross, & was noted for his landscapes of the Rockies, & of the Swiss & Italian Alps. Among civic interests he was instrumental in securing adoption of legislation to build the Indiana State House; induced Stuyesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central RR, to build a sea wall which made possible the creation of Chicago's lake front park; & he gave Marshall Field the idea of the great Field Museum on the Lake-front. From 1861 to his death he was afflicted with a partial lack of hearing & chronic neuralgia arising from Civil War injuries.

. 1870 June 14 at the First Congregational Church at Terre Haute, he m. Cora Donnelly, dau. of Peter Metz & Matilda Donnolly. She had the reputation of being a great beauty & was painted several times by her husband as well as several of the great Munich painters, among them Piloty.
Three of his portraits of her are now in the Sheldon Swepe Art Gallery in Terre Haute.
Cora was b July 18, 1847 & died in Chicago, Aug 1, 1917. Issue: i. Shirlaw Donnelly, b Munich, Bavaria, Sept 16, 1873, m in Chicago, Sept 22, 1917, Alto Close Chamberlin, dau of George Boyd & Mary Virginia Chamberlin of La Fayette, Ind. & Chicago.
ii. Marguerite Ethel, b Chicago, Jan 9, 1877, d in Chicago, Mar 22, 1914. M in Chicago, 1913, Benjamin J. Jorris.
iii. Samuel Barnes, b Chicago, 1880, d about July 1881.

. (Data from a MS by Shirlaw D. Gookins, dated Apr 2, 1926 - this MS is in the Terre Haute, Ind. Public Library. See also: Burnet, Art & Artists of Indiana, p 84, 115-121. 173, 371).
Ref: An historical & genealogical sketch of the Gookin family of England, Ireland, & America. Gookins, Richard N. (Richard Newton, 1921-(Main Author) 1697853 Item 11 pg. 65 22. - - -

Died:
D. at Hotel Naverre, NYC.

James married Cora DONNELLY on 14 Jun 1870 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana. Cora was born on 18 Jul 1854 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana; died on 1 Aug 1917 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; was buried on 4 Aug 1917 in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ruby is the daughter of Marie Perrin & Bishop Osborn.

Birth:
verify

Ruby married Robert D ROBINSON on 29 Apr 1885 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Robert was born in 1860 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1919 Indianapolis Directory
Claypool John W, 824 Hume-Mansur bldg.

Ref: Indianapolis Star Newspaper:
1912 Jan 7 - Postal Telegraph Building Must Give Way to New Merchants Bank Structure, erected about year 1850, Old Meridian Washington St. Block House Recruiting Office During War. Within a few weeks another one of the familiar old landmarks in the downtown business section will be wiped out of existence, the Blackford or Postal Telegraph building was used as recruiting station. It is related that during the Civil War a room on the 2nd floor of the Blackford building was used as a recruiting office. Attorney John Claypool, who has just removed from the building after an occupancy of 21 years, says that when he first entered the building the walls are covered with names of soldiers. investigation disclosed that the roster of several companies had been written upon the wall.

1919 Dec 24, Realtor buys Moore Farm, Lauke W Duffey, Indianapolis real estate dealer, ester complex a deal whereby he acquired the Wm. Moor farm of 160 a. Lawrence Twp., Marion co., 8 m. NE. of this city. Mr Duffy will combine this tract & his adjoining from of 200 a. with a 230 a. tract owned by John W clay pool. The entire section will be opened as a building addition in the spring. It is the intention of Mr. Duffy & Mr. Claypool to dispose of small lots from 5 to 10 a. to homebuilders & to provide a suburban building addition. A long chain of hills runs through the section is a a new gravel road which is part of the Dandy Trail. The trail is also a part of the Fall Creek road, one of the best travel highways in the county. The scenery, which is of the rugged picturesque type is heavily wooded & the bluffs are all fringed with virgin trees. Registered yesterday as The Mountain chair Hills District Farms. Plans have been completed of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board banquet to be held in the Riley room of the Claypool Hotel, Tues, evening, Dec. 10.

Obituary
1924 Dec 8 - John W Claypool. Many men go throughout life attending quietly & faithfully to business doing useful work in the community & known favorably to a large number of citizens, yet seldom coming before the public in a conspicuous way.
John W Claypool was one of these men belong to the well-known clay pool family of Indiana, of whom his father, the late Solomon Claypool, was a distinguished member, he inherited many of their sturdy traits, together with an inclination to the law.
He was engaged in the practice of this profession in Indianapolis many years & stood high in the estimation of his legal brethren's & those whom he professionally served as able, dependable & trustworthy both as citizen & lawyer. He became best known to the public, perhaps as attorney for Geo. Rhodius, who will remembered by older citizens as the owner of valuable property on Monument circle, against which various false claims were made. Mr. Calypool's wise handling of the estate met with much approval at the time & he mad credited with the suggestion that led to Rhodius' gift in the city of $250,000 & several bequests to charity. Mr. Claypool was a good citizen - a term that covers many virtues. - - -

Buried:
Plot sec. 14, Lot 13. Small cement monument, raised lettering.

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Hannah Osborn & Solomon Claypool.

Buried:
Indianapolis. Plot Sec 14, Lot 13.

Hannah married Thomas Hutchinson WATSON on 19 Apr 1887 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. Thomas was born on 20 Jun 1846 in Montreal, Quebec; died on 30 Sep 1934 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna C is the daughter of Judge Solomon Claypool & Hannah M. Osborn Claypool.
Married George Washington Faris 28 May, 1878 in Marion Co., IN.
Mother of George Mortimer Faris and Ruby Claypool Faris.
Anna Claypool Faris died of appendicitis on Aug. 30, 1909.

MRS. ANNA CLAYPOOL FARIS.
Born in Terre Haute, Ind.
Wife of George W. Faris.
Descendant of Richard Bishop.
Daughter of Solomon Claypool (1829-98) & Hannah Osborn (b. 1833), his wife, m. 1855.
> Granddaughter of John Willson Osborn (1794-1866) & Ruby Bishop (1796-1880), his wife, m. 1814.
Gr-granddaughter of Thomas Lee Bishop (1769-1837) and Ruby Webb (1774-1834),his wife, m. 1793.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Richard Bishop and Rachel Lee (1738-69), his 2nd wife.
Richard Bishop (1732-1806) was a private in Capt. Reuben Munn's company, which turned out at the Lexington Alarm. He was born & died in Brimfield, Mass.
Ref: Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage book of the charter members, 1908. - - -

Died:
Died of appendicitis.

Buried:
Terre Haute, Indiana, Plot Sec. 2.

Anna married George Washington FARIS on 28 May 1878. George was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Rensselaer, Jasper Co., New York; died on 17 Apr 1914 in Washington, DC; was buried in Highland Lawn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Plot: Sec: 14, Lot: 13.

Ruby married Chester BRADFORD on 29 Dec 1891 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. Chester was born on 3 May 1852 in Saint Albans, Somerset Co., Maine; died in 1911 in Indiana; was buried on 8 Apr 1911 in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary A is the daughter of Hannah Osborn & Solomon Claypool.

Died Feb 17, 1950, Louisville, 2141 Alta Ave., Kentucky,
widow of Mr. Hilleary. - - -

Died:
Artinia sclerosis? kidney problem.

Buried:
Indianapolis.

Family/Spouse: Ridgely Brown HILLEARY. Ridgely was born on 2 Apr 1867 in Petersville, Frederick Co., Maryland; died on 25 Oct 1944 in Jefferson County, Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alt. Loc: Greencastle.

Buried:
Indianapolis.

Elizabeth married William LINDER on 27 Apr 1892 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. William was born in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Aged 19y.

Buried:
Plot sec 14, Lot 13.

Notes:

Mary Alice is the daughter of Ruby Alice Osborn & Lucius P. Chapin.

Died:
Aged 72y 9m 17d. Coronary thrombosis.

Buried:
Ref: Ohio Death Cert. Listed? Forest Hill Cem., Greencastle, Indiana

Mary married Edwin Wilson KEMPER on 13 Feb 1883. Edwin was born on 19 Oct 1857 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., Ohio; died in in Cincinnati, Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Record for further research:
Ruth Ellen Chapin, 1848 16 Jul - 1924 Apr 5. Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle.

Lucius married Jennette F CRANE on 7 Jan 1891 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana. Jennette was born est 1869 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah M Chapin married Thomas H. Watson.

Birth:
Alt Name Hanna Lee Chapin (Mrs. Chalres McNaull)?

Buried:
Greencastle.

Notes:

Anna C married George W. Faris.

George married Ella C SPAFFARD in 1881. Ella was born in Jan 1860 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George is the son of George Christian Duy & Lucy Lee Gookins. 

Died:
Aged 77y 5m 3d., married..

Buried:
Bluefield, WV. Copper plaque, leaves & Masonic insignia.

Charles married Amanda KYLE BALDWIN on 23 Oct 1903 in Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia. Amanda was born on 21 Jan 1873 in Jeffersonville, Tazewell Co., Virginia; died on 22 Jan 1956 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia; was buried in Maple Park Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shirlaw is the son of Cora Donnell & James Gookins, both born in Indiana. He is named after his father's friend Walter Shirlaw.

Birth:
(Parents in residing in Germany at time.)

Shirlaw married Alta Close CHAMBERLAIN on 22 Sep 1917 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Alta was born in 1881 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; died on 16 Apr 1945 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married Benjamin J MORRIS in 1913 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Benjamin was born est 1877 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SAMUEL BARNES GOOKINS was born in Rupert, Bennington county, Vermont, May 30, 1809. He was the youngest of ten children of William & Rhoda Gookins. In 1812, the family, excepting the two oldest children, daughters, who had married & settled in Vermont, emigrated to New York & took up their abode in the town of Rodman, Jefferson county. The father died two years after, leaving the mother & her eight children dependent solely upon a good & merciful Providence & their own exertions to make their way in the world. May 5, 1823, the mother, an older brother of 23 & Samuel B. set out for the west. Prior to that time the route of westward emigration had been by wagon across New York & Pennsylvania to the tributaries of the Ohio, thence by boat down the river & sometimes up the Wabash. By the treaty of 1821 between the United States & the Maumees, Kickapoos & Pottawatomies occupying the northern portion of Indiana, the Indian title to most of that territory was ceded to the general government. Immediately after this session attention was directed to what has been called the northern route. This course was taken by the party in question. They took passage at Sacket's Harbor on the Ontario & landed at Lewiston, thence around Niagara Falls by wagon, thence to Buffalo by open boat, to Detroit by schooner, to Fort Meigs at the head of Maumee bay by another schooner, to Fort Wayne by canoe, across the portage drawing their canoes by oxen to Little river, down that to the Wabash & down the Wabash to Fort Harrison & Terre Haute, making the trip in the remarkably short space, for those times, of 6 weeks & 2 days, a great improvement upon the old route by way of the Ohio, over which if the emigrant made his way within three months he was fortunate. Northern Indiana was then still occupied by the Indians, but they were more friendly & gave the emigrants no trouble, visiting their camp at every opportunity to exchange their wild game for bread or anything the emigrants had to spare.
The emigrants located on Fort Harrison prairie, about 2 miles from Terre Haute, wither other members of the family had 3 years before preceded them. In January, 1825, the mother died & the family was broken up. S.B. lived for a time in the family of Captain Daniel Stringham, father of the late Commodore Horton Stringham of the US navy; afterward, in the families of a married sister & older brother. In July, 1826, he apprenticed himself to the late John W. OSBORN, editor & publisher of the "Western Register," the first newspaper that was published at Terre Haute. At the end of 4 years, having finished his apprenticeship, he went to Vincennes, &, assisted by the late John B. DILLION, brought out the "Vincennes Gazette," under the proprietorship of Samuel HILL. One year later he returned to Terre Haute, took the position of editor of the "Western Register" & continued in that position until June 1832, when the "Register" office was purchased by Thomas DOWLING, who established the "Wabash Courier" as its successor.
Having in view the profession of journalist, Mr. Gookins made arrangements for pursuing his advocation in Washington city & had gone so far as to pack his trunk & was ready to depart for his new field of labor. He had for several years been on very intimate terms with Hon. Amory Kinney, a lawyer of high standing, then judge of the circuit court. He had often endeavored to convince the young printer & journalist that he was fitted for the legal profession, but hitherto without success. Returning home from a circuit on a Saturday evening, & learning of the preparations made for the departure for Washington on the following Monday & aware also of another fact, that a matrimonial engagement existed between him & his present wife, daughter of John W. OSBORN, another, & this time a successful, effort was made to convince the young man that he was predestined to be a lawyer, the consequence of which was that on the next Monday, instead of departing for Washington, he entered the office of Judge Kinney & sat down to the study of Blackstone's Commentaries. Regretting the lack of a classical education which he had had neither the means nor the opportunity of acquiring, he consoled himself with the fact, which he learned from his instructor, that a Cady had from the shoemaker's bench attained eminence in the legal profession, with other similar examples, to which, had they sooner occurred, might have been added those of LINCOLN from the farm & Johnson from the tailor's bench. He remembered, too, the opinion of the model of his life in his former occupation, Dr. Franklin, upon the inexpediency of wasting so large a portion of one's life in the acquisition of a multiplicity of languages, when one, he thought, would serve for all practical purposes; &, upon these considerations, in which the engagement already mentioned cut no small figure, he decided to make the venture upon the capital invested in an English education, considerably above the average, acquired in the country schools, which had been very materially improved & developed by his work at the printer's case & the editor's table, than which, if rightly improved, there is no better school. But, young man, do not take this as an example. If you have the opportunity for a collegiate course, avail yourself of it by all means. Admitted to the bar of the Vigo circuit court in 1834, & to that of the supreme court in 1836, when he gained his first case in that court (4 Blackford, 160), he pursued his chosen advocation until 1850. Residing in Terre Haute, his practice included a large circuit of courts of Indiana & Illinois. In 1850 the Hon. John LAW, then judge of the circuit including Vincennes & Terre Haute, retired from the bench & Mr. Gookins was appointed by Gov. Joseph A. WRIGHT, of opposite politics, to fill the vacancy. The legislature, at their next session, did not approve of the course of Gov. Wright & chose one of their own political sentiments instead. In 1851 a new constitution having been adopted, making very radical changes in our judicial system & requiring the enacting of a civil code, Mr. Gookins was induced to represent Vigo county in the legislature, the chief object of which was to aid in that work. It was the "long session," extending from December, 1851 (with a 40 days' recess for committee work), to June, 1852, during which time a code was enacted which has formed the basis of our judicial system from that time to the present. Mr. Gookins served on several committees, the most important of which was that for the organization of courts. The new constitution made the judiciary elective by the people. Mr. Gookins, cooperating with prominent members of the legal profession belonging to the 2 leading political parties of that time, made a vigorous effort to keep the choice of judges, especially those of the supreme court, out of the field of politics. In this they were unsuccessful. The politicians took the matter in hand, & the democrats first, then the whigs, in state convention, nominated each a full ticket for judges of the supreme court, instead of two from each party, as had been proposed. On the whig ticket the nominees were Charles Dwewy, David McDonald, John B. Howe & Samuel B. Gookins. They were beaten by a majority of over 15,000. Two years later, a vacancy having occurred, consequent upon the repeal of the Missouri compromise, Mr. Gookins was again nominated, & was elected by a majority as large as that of his opponent two years before. In the securing of neither of these nominations did he take any part, believing that the judiciary should be kept free from party power & influence, a principle excellent in theory, but unavailing in practice under the workings of the present system.
Mr. Gookins held the position of judge of the supreme court for 3 years & then resigned. Two causes led to this: First, the insufficiency of the salary to support a family & pay current expenses, the legislature having fixed it at $1,200 per annum. Second, the imperative necessity of a change of climate, consequent upon a serious impairment of his physical constitution, resulting from a violent attack of pneumonia while in the legislature, from which he had never been able to rally. He went to Chicago, where he practiced his profession from 1858 to 1875. Mr. Gookins retained to the last his interest in literary affairs acquired in earlier days. He has been a not infrequent contributor to the press, & an occasional one to the magazines, among which were the Knickerbocker & the Continental, both popular in their day. In the latter will be found a political satire entitled Tom Johnson's Bear, written & sent to that magazine in June, 1862. It was addressed to Mr. Lincoln & its object was to show the absurdity of holding the negroes in slavery while their masters were seeking to destroy the government. It had been read at a public meeting in Chicago. After it was sent to the "Continental," & before its publication, the emancipation proclamation was issued. It then seemed to its author inappropriate, & he endeavored to recall it, but the editor would not consent, & it came out in October of that year. This was supplemented by another, following the proclamation of emancipation, entitled "How Mr. Lincoln Became an Abolitionist," published in the same magazine, June, 1863, to which any persons interested can refer. Two other productions of his pen have been given to the public, one entitled "Tippletonia," & the other "The White House, a Natural Drama," in which the presidents wife & the secretary of state are the dramatis personce. They are designed to exhibit some of the features of social life in their true colors. Some have said that literature, especially the poetic, is incompatible with law. This is a mistake. Moses, David & Solomon were legislators, judges & poets. John Quincy Adams & Daniel Webster wrote poetry, & none stood higher in the legal fraternity than the latter. But if the assumption were true, there was not probably in the case under consideration enough of the literary or poetic inspiration to seriously interfere with the labors of a lifetime at the bar & on the bench.
Judge Gookins died as he lived, an honorable, upright christian gentleman, at his home in Terre Haute, June 14, 1880. He had been for months engaged upon the work of preparing a history of Vigo county & only a few days before his death announced that this, his last literary work, was complete.
The following resolution was passed by the Terre Haute bar:
     Again we meet to mourn the loss of a member of the Terre Haute bar. Judge Samuel B. Gookins, the oldest member of this bar, died suddenly at his residence in this city Monday evening. Judge Gookins was born in the State of Vermont on May 30, 1809. He emigrated with his widowed mother to Vigo county, Indiana, in 1823, & from that time had resided here the greater part of the time until his death. As a journalist, lawyer, legislator, judge of the circuit court, judge of the supreme court, as a neighbor, a friend & a christian, in all the walks & all the relations of life, Judge Gookins stood without fear & without reproach among the foremost & most honored of the citizens of Indiana. It will be the duty of the biographer & historian to do full justice to the memory of our departed brother, & when that is done, high on the roll of honor & merit & among the most worthy & illustrious men of Indiana, will appear the name of Samuel B. Gookins, clarum et venerabile nomen.
As evidence of our regard, be it
 Resolved, That the bar of this court attend the funeral of the deceased in a body.
Resolved, That copies of this memorial & resolution be presented to the court of this county with the request that the same be spread upon the records thereof; that proper copies be delivered to the family of the deceased accompanied by the assurance of our sympathy in their affliction, & that the press of the city be requested to publish the same.
The Chicago bar, at a meeting held a few days subsequently, passed similar resolutions of respect & regret.
Ref: HISTORY OF VIGO & PARKE COUNTIES Together With Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley, by H.W. Beckwith - 1880, Terre Haute - pp. 159-164.

Birth:
37 E Adams St. - ink spot partial obscures address.

Died:
Aged 6 m. d. 4: am of Choliara infantine.

Notes:

Lucy C. is the daughter of Margaret Peacock, b. Paisley, Scotland & Thos. Watson, b. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Notes:

Buried:
Indianapolis.

Notes:

Birth:
Ref: Census 1900 - 1910l

Died:
Erie Proving Ground, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio.

Buried:
Indianapolis, Indiana Plot Sec 14 Lot 13.

Notes:

Ruby is the daughter of George Washington Faris & Anna C. Claypool Faris.

. Married Lt. Col. Maurice Emerson Tennant, 1883 Jun 15 Terre Haute - 1951 Sep 29 Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mother of Richard Tennant & Anne Tennant Olson. - - -

Buried:
Indianapolis, Sec 78, Plot 144.

Ruby married Lt. Col. Maurice Emerson TENNANT in 1907. Maurice was born on 15 Jun 1883 in Terre Haute, Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana; died on 29 Sep 1951 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roscoe Cameron JOHNSTON. Roscoe was born on 14 Sep 1891 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died in Jun 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Plot Sec 14, Lot 13.

Family/Spouse: George ROSE. George was born in 1901 in Washington, DC; died on 2 Apr 1991 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vesta is the daughter of Mary Alice Chapin & Edwin W Kemper.

Vesta married Edward Ramsay CANDOR on 16 Feb 1910 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., Ohio. Edward was born on 29 Nov 1884 in Bogota, Colombia; died in Nov 1967 in Caldwell, Essex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Mary Alice Chapin & Edwin W. Kemper.

Birth:
Alt Name: Mary A Kemper.

Notes:

Buried:
Greencastle.

Family/Spouse: Amos C BROWN. Amos was born in 1887 in Indiana; died in 1950 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]