. History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships. t in a corn-crackerabout 1840. and built a new and more extensive mill, putting in wheat buhrs about 1842. He had three run of buhrs—and a boltcarried by machinery. It was a good mill for awhile, and is still inoperation. Mr. McKinney sold the mill to Samuel Zaner. Heowned it about a year and sold to Abner Wolverton, about 1864,who owns it yet. There are now two runs, one for corn and onefor wheat. Steam was put in i
. History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships. t in a corn-crackerabout 1840. and built a new and more extensive mill, putting in wheat buhrs about 1842. He had three run of buhrs—and a boltcarried by machinery. It was a good mill for awhile, and is still inoperation. Mr. McKinney sold the mill to Samuel Zaner. Heowned it about a year and sold to Abner Wolverton, about 1864,who owns it yet. There are now two runs, one for corn and onefor wheat. Steam was put in in 1875, and now water and steamare both employed. Mr. Ward had a saw-mill on Mississinewa, below Ridgeville,some twenty years ago, which ran for several years. John Foust had a saw-mill and corn-cracker in about 1856, inFranklin Township, just at the township line, on Mississinewa,wiiich stood five or six years. Cyrus A. Reed had a saw-faill one mile above Fairview. Itwas built about 1850, and stood perhaps ten years. There is a saw-mill at Shedville, running by steam. It hasbeen in operation but a short time. Before 1825, Lemuel Vestal undertook to erect a mill on Stony. HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY. Creek, near Windsor. Before completing it, he sold out to JohnThornburg, who finished the grist-mill and also built a saw-mill.[See record of John Thornburg]. After four years, ho sold toAndrew G. Dje, and he to Moses Neely, and still again the millswere transferred to Thomas W. Reece, who built them owners since have been Neely, Marie Pattis, Johnson &Dye, William A. Thornburg, Keece & Sons, Mahlon Clevengor,John Thornburg, and now, Robert Cowgill. Doubtless other mills may exist, or have done so in yearspast, of which no account has been obtained. OTHER MACHINERY. Peter Cable had a carding machine, etc., in the west part ofthe county. At first Mr. Cable had a little carding machine inthe garret of John H. Bonds grist-mill. He was very poor, andgot the use of Bonds pow
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