Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana, giving an account of the early settlement of each locality, church histories, county and township officers from the first down to 1886 ..Biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and women .. . , 1814 She came with her parents in 1826 tonear Shannondale, Montgomery County. I think that GeorgeHarness was the first settler in Thorntown; that was in thespring of 1828. Archibald Scott came next, later in the sameseason. Jesse Scott came late in the fall, did not stay long,moved to Montgomery County, Joshua Burnham came next;this was in April,
Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana, giving an account of the early settlement of each locality, church histories, county and township officers from the first down to 1886 ..Biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and women .. . , 1814 She came with her parents in 1826 tonear Shannondale, Montgomery County. I think that GeorgeHarness was the first settler in Thorntown; that was in thespring of 1828. Archibald Scott came next, later in the sameseason. Jesse Scott came late in the fall, did not stay long,moved to Montgomery County, Joshua Burnham came next;this was in April, 1829. James VanEaton was the next pio-neer to come. Merrett McKinsey came about the same Wilkey and Joshua Allen settled in upper Thorntown inthe spring of 1829, The first child to see the light of day in or about Thorn-town was born to Mr. and Mrs, George Harness. This eventoccurred October 13, 1828, The dark angel of death spread its wings over our newsettlement for the first time when Jemima Harness died,October 19, 1829. She was buried on the farm now ownedby James Hague. There is nothing to mark her resting placebut a bunch of brush. The first sermon preached in this lo-cality was by a Presbyterian from Montgomery County; his. WILLIAM COBB BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 289 name was Rev. Tliompson, and he preached at James Scottshouse. As deaths and births naturally come, marriages mustalso ha})pen, so the first two hearts that beat as one in this neck o woods were Ira Burnham and ?vlariah ^- joyful event took place in 1831. And as marriages dohappen in the course of human events, children come also, andthey must necessarily go to school; and the schoolmaster came(he always comes). This time it was Daniel T. Ellis; thiswas in 1831. The year 1831 was a good year (the writer wasborn that same year). Oh, yes, Mr. Ellis taught school in alog cabin. The floor was dirt, the window glass was greasedpaper; yes, and it had a small fireplace eight feet wide. Itwas a da
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