Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . ^^ j^^ MARION TOWNSHIP. 741 by Davis, ueither of whom ever became residents of the township. Priorto the dates mentioned, the country had been visited at intervals by hunt-ers and trappers, several of whom located temporarily in the vicinity ofthe different water-courses for the purpose of hunting game, which wasabundant, and which afforded them their chief means of subsistence. Among the earliest permanent settlers was Solomon Landreth, a NorthCarolinian, who settled near Marion Mills about the year 1832. Wen-dell Grous
Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . ^^ j^^ MARION TOWNSHIP. 741 by Davis, ueither of whom ever became residents of the township. Priorto the dates mentioned, the country had been visited at intervals by hunt-ers and trappers, several of whom located temporarily in the vicinity ofthe different water-courses for the purpose of hunting game, which wasabundant, and which afforded them their chief means of subsistence. Among the earliest permanent settlers was Solomon Landreth, a NorthCarolinian, who settled near Marion Mills about the year 1832. Wen-dell Grouse came about the same time, and made an improvement not farfrom the formers claim, on the place owned at the present time by Abra-ham Funk. A little later came Gillum and Willis Reynolds, who settledin the eastern .part of the township, near the site of Lancaster. Theywere natives of the South, and enjoyed the reputation of being good citi-zens. William was a minister of the United Brethren Church, and oneof the pioneer preachers of the township. As early as 1836 th
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