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 .. . irst-class. This firm deserves great praise for their energyand employment of so many laborers, which has been an aid tomany families. In the mercantile department are J. H. Camp-lin & Son, John H. Cline, W. T. Free, C. K. Slonnegar,W. H. Orear & Co., Thomas B. Williamson, J. H. Steele,Thomas Porter, J. T. Burhop, S. B. Summerville and McKeeha
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 .. . irst-class. This firm deserves great praise for their energyand employment of so many laborers, which has been an aid tomany families. In the mercantile department are J. H. Camp-lin & Son, John H. Cline, W. T. Free, C. K. Slonnegar,W. H. Orear & Co., Thomas B. Williamson, J. H. Steele,Thomas Porter, J. T. Burhop, S. B. Summerville and McKeehan. The Eel River Mills are running nightand day in order to keep up with orders for flour andfeed. This mill is managed by Wesley Martin & Sons,Mr. Martin, Senior, was our miller in an early day, re-moving from this county to Minnesota, and returniug only ashort time since. Grose & Hendricks are our liverymen. JohnHuber has been running a restaurant here for the last twentyyears. Peter Smith operates a tile factory. Besides supply-ing the home market with his products he has shipped severalcar loads to Illinois during the past summer. Our wagonfactory is conducted by Richard Miller, who also does carriagepainting and SAMUEL RODEFER. BOO^E COUjSTY, INDIANA. 49 ZIONSVILLE. This is comparatively a new place, dating back only to1852, on the completion of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati &Lafayette Railroad. It was laid out on the land of the lateElijah Cross, just below and west of where Big and LittleEagle Creeks unite. It was named after the late WilliamZion, of Lebanon. It is fourteen miles from Indiana])oIisand about the same distance from Lebanon, and one mile fromthe south line of Boone County, on the Indianapolis, Cincin-nati & Lafayette Railroad. Among the first merchants wereJohn Vaughn, John Smith, Daugherty & Nichols, B. M,Gregory; followed soon after by William Yoh, Smith &White, W. H. Neuhouse, B. F. Coldwolader, B. W. Harden,shoe dealer; J. M. Bradly, drugs; C.
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