Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . ; and without any idea of the time and labor required, in anevil hour the writer undertook this work. It is presented without apol-ogy, and if, dear reader, it may not meet with your approval, there is nocopyright on the history of Spencer, and nothing to prevent you from writ-ing it in accordance with your own %:., < C WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. 687 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. BY WILLIAM RICHARDS. THE history of Washington Township is. to a considerable extent, em-braced in that of the town of Spencer. It is, of course, name
Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . ; and without any idea of the time and labor required, in anevil hour the writer undertook this work. It is presented without apol-ogy, and if, dear reader, it may not meet with your approval, there is nocopyright on the history of Spencer, and nothing to prevent you from writ-ing it in accordance with your own %:., < C WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. 687 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. BY WILLIAM RICHARDS. THE history of Washington Township is. to a considerable extent, em-braced in that of the town of Spencer. It is, of course, named inhonor of George Washington. The only town in the township is Spencer,and from the first nearly all the industries have been located there. Thetownship and town were settled about the same time, and all the events ofany importance were in some way concerned with the latter. The inhabit-ants of the township, outside of Spencer, are farmers, and its historj, there-fore, consists largely of the early settlemeutand clearing up of the country,and the growth and development of the farming interests. ORGANIZATION. Washington Township was organized and its boundaries established onthe 4th day of March, 1819. The Count} Commissioners met for the pur-pose of establishing the boundaries of the township, at the house of JohnDunn. The township then included the present townships of Washingt
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