Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . Harvey marriedMiss Kate M. Parrott. Her father, HoraceParrott, was for many years an Indian-apolis merchant. ]Mis. Harvey was bomand reared in Indianapolis. Their childrenare Thomas P., Horace F. and Jeanette P. Henry Dodge who was born in Vin-cennes. Indiana, October 12, 1782, and diedat Burlington, Iowa, in 1867, attained fameas a soldier. He became the first colonelof the First Dragoons on the 4th of :\Iarch,1833, and in the following year was suc-cessful in making peace with the frontierI
Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . Harvey marriedMiss Kate M. Parrott. Her father, HoraceParrott, was for many years an Indian-apolis merchant. ]Mis. Harvey was bomand reared in Indianapolis. Their childrenare Thomas P., Horace F. and Jeanette P. Henry Dodge who was born in Vin-cennes. Indiana, October 12, 1782, and diedat Burlington, Iowa, in 1867, attained fameas a soldier. He became the first colonelof the First Dragoons on the 4th of :\Iarch,1833, and in the following year was suc-cessful in making peace with the frontierIndians. General Dodge was unsurpassedas an Indian fighter, and a sword was votedhim by Congress. He resigned from thearmy to accept the appointment as gover-nor of Wisconsin territory and superin-tendent of Indian afl:aii-s, later serving twoterms as a democratic congressman. Gen-eral Dodge was again made governor ofWisconsin, and after the admission of thestate to the Inion was one of its firstUnited States senators. Benjamin B. Minor, of Indianapolis, isa veteran grain merchant, undoubtedly one. J^^ ?lf( Jfci/i^r^ IXDIANA AND INDIAXAXS 155!) of the oldest iu the business and for twentyyears has been one of the governors of theBoard of Trade of Indianapolis. It isdoubtful if any grain man or any othercitizen of Indiana could tell offhand andfrom personal recollection and experiencemore of the pertinent facts regarding thehistory of the grain business in the CentralWest than Mr. Minor. He did his firstwork around the grain elevator and localmarket during Civil war times. He istherefore personally familiar with two erasof war time prices and conditions iu this•country. Mr. Minor was born on a farm at Lodi,Seneca Comity, New York, October 20,1840. His parents were Stephen Voorheesand Eliza Anne (Mundy) Minor, the for-mer a native of New Jersey. His fatherwas taken when a small boy to New YorkState in 1812, grew up on a farm, learnedthe trade of blacksmith, and followed farm-
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