History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . tectural design is for a building uf a durable andbuljstantial character rather lliiin une which the ornamental and artisticfeatures are most prominent. John H. (JXeal, acting fi>r himself, and in CDUijiliance with the wishescif his father-in-law, the late Dr. (i. G. dcli\erc(l tci tlie library Imardover one thousand volumes. Some of these \vere books behjuging to , and some that were


History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . tectural design is for a building uf a durable andbuljstantial character rather lliiin une which the ornamental and artisticfeatures are most prominent. John H. (JXeal, acting fi>r himself, and in CDUijiliance with the wishescif his father-in-law, the late Dr. (i. G. dcli\erc(l tci tlie library Imardover one thousand volumes. Some of these \vere books behjuging to , and some that were left in his custody, years ago, b\ Dcictor Barton,.for library purposes. There are ncnv about ten thousand volumes in thelibrary, of which lifty are the projierty i>f U. S. Grant No. 72. (irandArmy of the Republic, which ba\e been plactwJ in the library fur use andfor safekeeping. 1 The tirsl librarian was Mrs. .nie 11. Gibson, whi> was appuiiUed in1902, and began her work on January 7, VA).\ Those who ha\e servedas librarians since the establishment of the Carnegie library are the follnw-insr: .Mrs. .nie Gibson. 1903 to IMd; Miss [.ucia , IilO to 1911; .^^. •AliNlCiwi-; 1,1 i:i; Ai;!, \\ ahi 11 M ;ii iX-


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