Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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Center Township 1. BERKEY 6. HAZELTON 11 2. BRIGHTSIDE 7. INWOOD 12 3. BRUNDIGE 8. JORDAN 13 4. DENMAN 9. LEE 14 5. EWALD 10. LIGGETT 15 LYCURGUS H. MAPLE GROVE 16. SIMONS OAKDALE 17. STOCKMAN PLYMOUTH • 00 WALNUT GROVE ROBERTS 19. WILDERNESS KMS 1 y '6 w 6

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West Township A t N. 1. BECHTEL 2. BRICK 3. BUTTS 4. DONALDSON 5. FERTIG 6. SLIGO 7. SNYDER 8. STRING TOWN 9. STRINGER 10. THOMPSON 11. TWIN LAKES 12. WEST PHS 1876-1976 —7—

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Teachers' salaries in the county were: those licensed for 6 months — «30 00 and those licensed for 12 month — «30 00 per month. December 12,1867 Ceremony of laying the comer stone of the Plymouth school building took place on July 4, 1874. July 9,1874 (Plymouth Demo) Someofthe teachrrsm the common schools of the county are in the habit of turning out the hoys and girb at recess together. This » in violation of the rules and regulations of the County board of KAjcation and ts demoralizing in its effect on the children and dioiid be regarded as sufficient ground for revoking the teacher 's icense —November 13.1879«Plymouth Demo» Alumni Association formed in 1878 First banquet held June 30. 1818 First glee club organised in 1873 First brass Band organiied in IRS3 Plymouth Philharmonics organized in 1878 PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY From McDonald History I MM Prior to the organization of Marshall county It was a part of the Northwest Territory, which was ceded by Virginia to the United tales os provided in the ( dlnance of 1787 The government had surveyed into congressional townships, six miles square. ■ mtaming MO acres In the course of time these townships were ivided by the gov ernment surveyors into sections. half sections nd quarter sections The lands in northern Indiana were sur- eyed under the direction of Jerry Smith, sent out by the govern- lent to survey the land yet unsurveyed, and especially the lands sewed from the Indians by the various treaties All of Marshall aunty was survey ed by him and his assistants, as well as the ankakre reservations m I jPorte. Starke, Pulaski, Porter and ake counties The first meeting of the board of commissioners of Marshall aunty, after the organization of the county, was held at the house r Grove Pomeroy, on the second day of May, 18» Mr Pomeroy as then a resident of Plymouth and resided in a log house tuated on lot No 42, comer I .a Porte and Michigan streets, the ime now being occupied by the Corbin brick building Mr orneroy was a man of robust build, 5 feet 8 in height. 180 pounds etghl. was a man of good busineaa qualifications and strong in a convictions in regard to the Democrats, although he never k a very active part in local politica. At this meeting Robert Blair. Abraham Johnson and Charles usterhsute were the commissioner Mr Ousterhaute was •rhape the best known to the people at that time of any who irticipatrd in the preliminary organization of the county He aided on a farm on the west si dr of the Michigan road, about one id one half miles south of Plymouth He was a robust, athletic an. a Canadian by birth, and had seen a great deal of the world his time lie spoke fluently the language of the Pottawattomie id Miami tribes of Indians, also French and German He was igaged in the war of 1812, serving his country as a spy. He was •rt of dare-devil and was never saddled unless he was, so to “ ak. at the head of the procession He figured extensively in e politics of his time, and was partially successful He died early his career in this county, of a disease known as gangrene of the nt or Pott’s sore toe.” His leg was amputated twice, but his •stem had become so thoroughly inoculated with the disease that • lived but a short time after the last operation After appointing Jeremiah Muncy deck during the term, the »ard adjourned to meet at the house of Charles Ousterhsule at 1 duck the same day The first business transacted was: Ordered by the board. That the seal of said commissioners shall be a wafer with a paper placed on it in the shape of a HS 1876-1976 diamond, sealed with a seal in the shape of a heart The board then divided the county into three districts It was also ordered that District No I be known by the name of North township. District No 2 by the name of Center township, and District No 3 by the name of Green township The elections were ordered to be held as follows: In North township at the house of Adam Vinnedge In Center township at the house of Charles Ousterhaute. In Green township at the house of Sidney Williams It will be observed by reference to the county map that the territory embraced in North township was what is now German. North and Polk townships, Center township embraced what is now Bourbon, Center and West townships, and Green township embraced what is now Tippecanoe. Green. Walnut and Union. The residence of Adam Vinnedge. the place designated for holding elections in North township, was on the Michigan road abbut six miles north of Plymouth Mr Vinnedge was the father of Adam Vinnedge. many years a resident of Plymouth, some time since deceased He was a man of energy and ability, and took an active part in the preliminary organization of the county. The residence of Charles Ousterhaute. as previously stated, was an the west side of the Michigan road about a mile and a half south of Plymouth, it being more convenient for a majority of the voters of the township as then constituted to reach that place than Plymouth, it being composed then of only about three dwelling houses. The electron in Green township was held at the residence of Sidney Williams, which was at or near where Argos now stands Mr. Williams owned the land at that place, and laid out a village which he called Sidney, to perpetuate his own name, that being his given name. Mr Williams sold his farm not many years af- terwards and went overland to California during the gold ex- citement of ‘49 and the early ‘SOs. Not many years later additions were made to the embryo village, one of which was called Fremont, in honor of John C Fremont, who was about that time the first Republican candidate for President Through some political manipulation the past office was removed from Sidney to Fremont. Through the efforts of Congressman Schuyler Colfax it was. however, not long afterwards removed back to Sidney, and the name of the post office changed from Sidney to Argos. With the defeat of Fremont for President, the town of Fremont went out of existence, and in course of time the legal name of Sidney was discontinued and that of Argos substituted. Once after he went to California Mr Williams returned to Marshall county, but he had gone blind and was unable to behold the marvelous changes that had taken place during his absence of more than a third of a century. He died in Illinois several years ago. The first election after the organization of the county was held on the first day of August. 18». for the purpose af electing a senator, representative in the state legislature, sheriff, probate judge, county commissioners school commissioner, coroner and justices of the peace. In North township there were thirty seven votes cast John Johnson. James Palmer and Adam Snyder were judge of said election, and James Jones and Abraham Johnson clerks Thomas Packard and Robert Johnson were elected justices of the peace of North township. In Center township there were eighty -three votes cast Of these not one a living Samuel D. Taber was inspector of the election. John Ray and William Bishop judges. Harrison Metcalf and John Blair clerks In Green township there were nineteen votes cast. EweU Kendall was inspector. Fielding Bowles and Samuel B Patterson judges. Jeremiah Muncy and John A. Boots darks Act toOrgaaize Marshall County The act passed by the legislature for the organization of Mar shall county was approved February 4. 18» By whom it was introduced and the prdimmanet connected with its passage, nothing is known At that time Marshall county was designated as unorganized territory. and of course it had no members of the legislature to look after its interests in the general assembly St. Joseph and LaPorte counties had been organized tlx years previously, and it