Brownsburg History Club receives the

Society’s John H. Holliday Award

hands-on understanding of local and Indiana history.

They accomplished this by doing a number of small fund-

raisers to provide funds to

allow Club members to attend the Presidential Inauguration

in Washington in January. Over 40 students were able to

attend, and local field trips also were held to historic sites.

The Club also played a key

role in supporting other history projects for Club members,

such as a mural painted on the B&O trail and the Wounded

Warrior Project. By the end of its first year, the Club had over

120 members!

This year’s ceremony was

The Society of Indiana Pio-neers John H. Holliday Award

was established in 1970 by the Society to honor Mr. Holliday,

its founding president. The

cash award of $300 is given annually to an Indiana Junior

Historical Society club. To be considered for the Holliday

Award, clubs must participate in a project, program or activi-

ty related to early Indiana his-

tory in the current school year. The competition is adminis-

tered by the Indiana Historical Society.

This year’s winner was the Brownsburg History Club at

Brownsburg High School. The Club, in its first year, created a

project to give students a

President’s Message: Michael Miller

As the State of Indiana approaches its 200th year of

statehood, its people and or-ganizations are beginning the

motions and formulating plans

to take part in a meaningful way. Many organizations

might not clearly be perceived as having had a part in the

development or growth of our state, but should you reflect on

each enterprise and their con-

tribution to today’s society, you might be surprised.

Every Pioneer that made

his/her way to Indiana was

blessed with certain skills that allowed them to survive and

thrive. By the end of the “Pioneer Period,” not every-

one in Indiana was engaged solely in agricultural pursuits.

The many settlers that made

Indiana their home needed

clergy, blacksmiths, grain mil-lers, general merchants, bank-

ers, artists, writers, musicians etc. in order to build the com-

munities and settle the territo-

ry. While it may be noted there are few if any of those

original businesses still in exist-ence, their trades still endure.

So, as we begin to formulate and plan our 200th birthday –

remember the importance of

the work done by these people. If nothing else, consider under-

standing the contribution your Indiana pioneer family mem-

bers provided to the communi-ty as a whole. Sure times were

tough, but imagine not having

the resource of a skilled crafts-man, perhaps a neighbor, to

assist on a job you were not equipped to handle. It was the

people and their willingness to

THE SOCIETY

OF

INDIANA

PIONEERS

Newsletter Date: Summer 2013 Volume 1 Issue 8

Pioneer

Times TO HONOR THE MEMORY AND THE WORK OF THE PIONEERS OF INDIANA

ORGANIZED 1916 INCORPORATED 1922

Office: 140 North Senate Ave.

Indianapolis, IN 46204-2207

www.indianapioneers.com societyofindianapioneers

@yahoo.com

317-233-6588

Inside this issue:

Marketing &

Advertising 2

Speakers Bureau 2

2013 Fall Pilgrim-

ages 2

John Hampden

Holliday Prize 3

New Members 3

Photos from the

Spring Pilgrimage 3

Pioneer Founders 4

The Joseph Frick-

er Story 4

1816 and 1850

Convention Dele-

gates

6

held on Friday, May 24, at the

Indiana Historical Society's head-

quarters building

Ancestors: 8,501

Total Members: 933

This includes: Life Members: 124 Junior Members: 21

Associate Members: 26

work together that made the Indi-ana experience (experiment) a

reality.

In the weeks and months

ahead, please consider reaching out to a small or flourishing his-

torical society. Ask how you might help them. Remember

your talents and help them be-

come aware of them. Consider giving of your time and talent to

their cause. Further, if there are any younger generations of Hoos-

iers looking for something new to immerse themselves into, bring

them along.

The State has already begun

gearing up for our 2016 Bicenten-nial. Every town and city has a

story to tell related to the growth

and development of our state. The time is now to get energized

as the time to tell your communi-ty’s story as part of the statewide

celebration will pass quickly.

Pioneers Board member William

Rhodehamel, great-grandson of

the Award’s namesake, makes the

presentation to Benjamin Fouch,

President of the winning club.

first press release to all news-papers in Indiana.

On June 15, the Board of Governors voted to allocate

money for ordering more of the new Society DVDs for

distribution statewide to or-ganizations such as genealogy

-historical clubs and perhaps

to the Daughters of the Amer-ican Revolution and to the

Sons of the American Revolu-

Marketing and Advertising

tion Chapters.

If you belong to an organi-

zation that needs or would

like a 13 minute program on

DVD, please contact the Soci-

ety office.

The Society has successfully completed the newspaper ads for

2013 and has sent a second press release to the newspapers of the

18 counties featured in this year's

Pioneer Founders of Indiana program. The content of the

press release was to remind read-ers of the opportunity to partici-

pate in the honoring of their Indiana ancestor. A special

thanks to the anonymous donor

of $125.00 for sponsoring the

Friday, September 6, 2013

Limberlost, Amish and Berne

Geneva and Berne, Indiana

Following the popular Spring Pilgrimage last year to the

Rome City/Wildflower Woods

(second) cabin of acclaimed naturalist Gene Stratton-

Porter, this tour will visit her cherished home, the original

Limberlost cabin in Geneva.

During her 25 years

in Geneva, she burst to fame and wrote thirteen books about

the Hoosier region that in-spired her, including the inter-

national bestseller “A Girl of

the Limberlost” (1909).

Other highlights of the trip to northeastern Indiana will in-

clude visits to an Amish school

& home; a local expert will share insights about the faith

community & their distinctive

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Speakers Bureau

Two presentations were given in Flora Indiana by

Carolyn Rose and Stanley Evans.

1. The Flora Rotary Club May 2nd to 10 members

2. The Carroll County/White County joint meeting

May 20th of the DAR with 18 members present.

David Cook spoke to a Marion County PEO group

on July 17.

Please call the office if you

are in need of a speaker for an organization.

way of life.

Also included is the historic town of Berne, which was

founded by Mennonites in the 1850s & designed to resemble a

Swiss village. The town has a new, 160-foot glockenspiel, the

Muensterberg Clock Tower.

The contractor who built it will greet and address the tour.

For additional information

and/or reservations, please go to

the EVENTS tab on the home page of the website.

Offered by: Sue Thomson Travel Price: $119 per person

Flora Rotary Club presentation: Jane and Dick Bishop , Carolyn

Rose and Stanley Evans.

2013 Fall Pilgrimage:

The Society of Indiana Pio-neers would like to welcome the

following new members who

have joined since March 15, 2012:

Regular:

Boyd, Susan Jean Mayer Gay

McComb, MS

Carpenter, John Christopher Iowa City, IA

Carpenter, Rachel Woodrow Modoc, IN

Carpenter, Sam Clark Indianapolis, IN

Carpenter, Wendy

Modoc, IN

Welcome New Members: Clark, Amanda Kaye Ford

New Castle, IN

Drexler, Louis Paul Greenwood, IN

Haywood, Helen Thom

Indianapolis, IN

Hutchinson, Mary Foster

Northglenn, CO

Larsen, Carmen Patricia

Los Angeles, CA

Maddix, Linda Wagner Sedalia, MO

McCammon, Mobie L Bloomington, IN

Riddle, Martha Kilgore Fairborn, OH

2013 Spring Pilgrimage—Great Fun!

John

Hampden

Holliday

Prize

$5,000

Page 3 John Hampden Holliday Prize

Prize will be awarded to up to

three individuals who make the most significant contribution to

the field of Indiana pioneer his-tory in works published in the

years 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016. The top prize will be the sum

of five thousand dollars ($5,000),

with second and third prizes being awarded in lesser

amounts.

The prize will be awarded at

a Centennial-Bicentennial Ban-quet in December of 2016,

along with appropriate trophies. Nominations must be submitted

on or before February 1, 2016.

For additional information,

please go to the 2016

CENTENNIAL tab on the

home page of the website.

In anticipated celebration of the

Society's centennial and the upcom-ing bicentennial of the State of Indi-

ana in December of 2016, the Socie-ty of Indiana Pioneers has launched

an award for the promotion of the highest quality of scholarship, re-

search and writing about Indiana

Pioneer History from pre-history to and including the year 1851.

The John Hampden Holliday

Schweitzer, Stephanie Myers

McCordsville, IN

Sons, Jeaneen Terry Bedford, IN

Storm, Arlen Ray Puyallup, WA

Troyer, David Lloyd Odessa, FL

Troyer, John Jacob II

Clearwater, FL

Wagner, Linda Thatcher

Sun City, AZ

Another successful and fun pil-

grimage was had this past May. Pictured are: a view of the Irwin

House and Gardens from the Tea House; the North Christian

Church, designed in 1960 by

Eero Saarinen; and Zahara-kos, an ice cream parlor and

museum .

Attention All Pioneers!!

sent via mail or email to the Society's office.

If you have any ques-tions, please call Sally on

Monday or Wednesday from 9 o'clock until 2 o'clock or

leave a message on our phone.

Remember---all nomina-

tions for this year are due by

September 15, 2013. Let's all

make an effort to tell our fam-

ily story and remember the

memory of those men and

women who built the founda-

tion of this great State of Indi-

ana.

See sample nomination story be-

low.

Sample from this Year’s Pioneer Founders Booklet

“I wou1d 1ike to

nominate this

Indiana pioneer

because, in spite of

the fact that he did

not lead an

important life, he

did lead a very active

and somewhat

interesting life.”

Douglas Fraker

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The Pioneer Founders of

Indiana program is moving rapidly along. Remember we

have just one more year and then all 92 counties will have

been covered. So let's get those nominations written for this

year. Don't forget that if the

county of your ancestor has been covered in 2010, 2011, or

2012 it is still possible to nomi-nate an ancestor for we will

print them in our 2013 book.

All nominations should be

Below is a sample of a

Pioneer Founders of Indiana story that will appear in this

year’s booklet. The booklet will be available on the Socie-

ty’s website sometime in No-vember, 2013.

Joseph Fricker

Joseph Fricker1 (22 Au-gust 17952 - 4 July 1874) was

born at the village of Unteral-phen in the Grand Duchy of

Baden in southwest Germany. He was the son of, another

Joseph Fricker (1740-1812)

and Anna Dellerin3 (1760- ). The older Joseph, a native of

the village of Oberhof in the Aargau of Switzerland, was

working in Oberalphen as a

"Herrschaftlicher Mayer", a term that I have not been able to trans-

late adequately. I assume that he held some sort of administrative

position. The older Joseph retired some time before 1803 and moved

his family to his traditional home

in Oberhof. While living there he and his wife had another son.

Fidel (also known as Felix) was born on the 3th of April, 1803.

Papa Joseph then died on 1 Janu-ary 1812 leaving his widow and

children to live off the municipal

dole until they left Oberhof for America in May of 1817.

The Fricker family joined an emi-gration party led by Marx Rey-

mann of Wӧlfhnswil (a village

very near Oberhof) with the in-

tention to travel down the Rhine to Amsterdam and thence to

Philadelphia. The move was caused by events half way around

the world in the Dutch East In-dies. On April 10th and 11th,

1815, the volcano Tambora4

erupted, killing 88,000 people living in the area. The result of

the explosion for the rest of the world was two years of disrupted

weather patterns and, in Europe, reduced agricultural production

resulting in famine. The result for

the Fricker family was that, after the 1816 famine in Switzerland,

they were on the move to Ameri-ca the next spring.

Upon arriving at Amsterdam they boarded the soon to be noto-

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Harrison Floyd LaPorte Dubois

Jefferson Fulton Lake Fayette

Johnson Hamilton Miami Franklin

Knox Hendricks Noble Gibson

Marshall Henry Parke Greene

Montgomery Lawrence Posey Jackson

Putnam Monroe Rush Kosciusko

Scott Morgan Sullivan Madison

Shelby Ohio Tipton Newton

Starke Orange Union Porter

Switzerland Perry Warren Randolph

Vigo Pike Wells Vanderburgh

Wayne St. Joseph Whitley White

Tippecanoe

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rious Dutch ship April under

the command of Captain

DeGroot.5 The ship left Am-sterdam with 233 passengers

on board, but the owners of the April ordered the captain

to take on emigrants from three other ships bringing the

total to 1,200. Before the ship could leave the Nether-

lands, it was placed in quar-antine at Texel because of

typhus. On leaving port at

Texel, the April had 720 pas-

sengers, of which 125 died during the passage to Ameri-

ca. They arrived in America, at the port of Newcastle,

Delaware,6 on 1 January 1818, after making a harrow-

ing seven and half month trip

from Switzerland to Ameri-ca, surrounded most of the

time by the deaths of their fellow travelers.

The Frickers traveled as "Redemptioners", that is to

say, people who would be sold at indenture to recoup

the cost of their passage for the owners of the ship. Thus

they started their lives in

America in a milder form of slavery.

In the 1820 Federal Cen-

sus, Joseph appears living in

Wilmington, Delaware. By 5 May 1822, Joseph's condition

had improved to the extent that he could take a wife. He

and Francina Corso7 were married in the Cathedral of

St. Peter (RC) at Wilming-

ton, Delaware, by the Rev. Patrick Kenny. Their chil-

dren were all born in Wil-mington and baptized in the

same church. Francina died in October of 1837 and Jo-

seph was, apparently, pre-

pared to leave Delaware after living there for sixteen years.

It is rumored that the

widower and his children

lived for a short time in or near Cincinnati, Ohio, but I

have no documentation to prove or disprove that asser-

tion. In any event Joseph and his children, Anna Ma-

rie, Joseph, Mary Jane, and

Ambrose arrived in Ham-blen Township, Brown

County, Indiana, by 3 Febru-ary 1840 and he had pur-

chased forty acres in Section 2 of Township 10 Range 38 •

This small farm was on Salt

Creek just north of Gold Point on what is now called "Green

Road." Apparently Joseph's second oldest surviving son,

William Carrel (1831-1889), was living with Joseph's sister Rosa

and her husband in Kentucky at

the time. William C. came to Indiana at a later, unspecified,

date.

During his time in Indiana

Joseph supported his family by farming. Sometime before 1860

Joseph married, for the second time, a lady, perhaps a widow,

named Sara Miller. She was born in 1795 in the same area of

Switzerland as Joseph.

Our pioneer had two more

moves left in him. In 1860 he and Sara were living in Wash-

ington Township, Morgan

County, in the household of one Peter Miller (perhaps Sara's

son?). By the 1870 Federal Cen-sus, they were living back in

Hamblen Township, Brown County, Indiana.

Joseph died on 4 July 1874, probably in Brown or Morgan

County. He is buried in Little Ireland (RC) Cemetery in Mor-

gan County near Martinsville.

Even though his children changed the spelling of the fami-

ly name, he continued to use "Fricker" throughout his life and

that spelling was used on his tombstone.

The four children that ac-companied Joseph to Brown

County, Indiana, are also quali-fied to be called Indiana Pio-

neers.

Joseph's oldest child was

Anna Marie who was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on 23

July 1825. She lived her entire life in Hamblen Township,

Brown County, and Hensley

Township, Johnson County. On 28 January 1848, she mar-

ried, in Brown County, John Wilson Paskins (1823-1872), a

Johnson County blacksmith and

farmer, who had just returned from the Mexican War. The

union was blessed with eight children. In late 1871, John

Paskins went to England to col-lect an inheritance and, while

there, was murdered in early

1872. But that is a story for another day. Anna Marie then

entered a forty-four year widow-

hood, dying in Trafalgar, Indiana,

on 25 July 1917.

The second pioneer child was Joseph. He was born in Wilming-

ton, Delaware, 1 February 1830. He

lived in Hamblen Township, Brown County, and was a blacksmith. He

married twice. His first wife was Mary Anne Gillaspy (1832- 1854),

and they were married on 9 Septem-ber 1852 in Brown County. They

had one son. Mary Anne and the

child both died within about a week of the child's birth. The second

spouse was Minerva Duncan (1836-1926). She married Joseph on 21

February 1855. They had two sons and two daughters. Joseph served

and died in the Civil War. He start-

ed his military career in October 1862 as a sergeant in Company H of

the Eighty-Second Indiana Infantry Regiment. On 1 September 1864,

he was discharged and mustered into the same company as a First

Lieutenant. He died in camp at

White Hall, Georgia, on 30 Septem-ber 1864. He was later posthu-

mously promoted to the rank of Captain.

The third pioneer child was Mary Jane. She was born in Wil-

mington, Delaware, on 4 March 1833. She married Peter H. Dine

(1833-1906) on 9 February 1853. They had one daughter and three

sons. She died on 30 October 1902.

The last pioneer child was the

author's ancestor, Ambrose Fraker. Ambrose was born in Wilmington,

Delaware, on 23 March 1836, thus

he moved to Indiana when he was three years old. Most of his life he

was a farmer and on 5 February 1853, at the relatively young age of

16, he was married to fifteen year old Margaret Ann Dine (1837-

1912). They had nine children.

During the Civil War, Ambrose was drafted and served as a private from

September 1864 until June 1865. He was a member of the Grand

Army of the Republic for the rest of his life. In 1883 he was appointed

Superintendent of the Brown Coun-

ty Asylum9 (a.k.a. "The Poor

Farm"). By 1912 Ambrose and his wife were living in Samaria in John-

son County. That is where Marga-ret Ann was struck by a train

(locally known as "Old Jerk") and

killed. Ambrose then moved to the home of his son John in Franklin

where he died on 28 January 1915.

Thus the Fraker family's

Pioneer Experience covered nearly one hundred years from 1817 to

legitimacy of their children born in Un-teralphen, Joseph, Rosa, and Anton.

3 Sometimes spelled Deller, or Teller or,

Tellerin. 4 Dr. Richard B. Simons, "German and Swiss

Redemptioners, State Laws and the U.S. Passenger Act of 1819." The Palatine

Immigrant, p. 4, December 1999. 5 Ibid. p. 20. 6 The intended destination was Philadelphia

but the Delaware River was frozen so solidly that the ship had to stop at New-

castle. 7 Francina is recorded on her Marriage

Certificate as "Corso" but her real name

was "Gass r." She was born in 1797 in

Switzerland and died in October 1837 in Wilmington.

8. John w. Hamblen, Ph.D. and Sandy Seitz, Federal Land Entries for Brown County,

Indiana p. 31. 9 Charles Blanchard, Editor, Counties of Morgan,

Monroe, & Brown, Indiana: Historical and

Biographical, p. 691.

Contributor:--Douglas C. Fraker

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1915 and almost seventy-five years of that century were spent

in Indiana. I guess we'll stay. 9

________________________ 1 When the family came from Europe the name

was spelled "Fricker." The spelling of the

name was changed to "Fraker" during the decade 1850-1860. Joseph used the

"Fricker" spelling all of his life but his

children, having been born "Frickers", died

"Frakers." 2 Date of Joseph's birth is proven by a Geburts

Schein consisting of a letter from Franz

Xaver Bornhauser of the Unteralphen,

Baden, (RC) parish attesting to the marriage

of Joseph Fricker to Anna Dellerin and the

1850-51 DELEGATES:

ADAMS/WELLS

E.K.Bascom

ALLEN

James W. Borden

Allen Hamilton

BARTHOLOMEW

Smith Jones

Z.Tannehill

BARTHOLOMEW

Smith Jones

Z. Tannehill

BENTON/PULASKI/

JASPER/WHITE

Jonathan Harbolt

Robert C. Kendall

BOONE Mark A. Duzan

William McClean

BLACKFORD Dixon Milligan

BROWN

Shadrach Chandler

BROWN

Shadrach Chandler

CARROLL Hiram Allen

The Society of Indiana Pioneers

is looking for today's descend-ants of the delegates of the 1816

and 1850 State Constitutional Conventions. It looks to honor

the delegates through their de-scendants as part of Indiana's

Bicentennial in 2016. If you are

or know of any descendants of the delegates listed below, please

contact our office in Indianapo-lis. The Society will provide

more information about our planning process in a forthcom-

ing issue of the newsletter. In

the meantime, spread the word to your local genealogy or his-

torical society. What a great way to commemorate Indiana's

200th birthday!

1816 DELEGATES:

From the county of Clark:

Jonathan Jennings

James Scott

Thomas Carr

John K. Graham

James Lemon.

From the county of Dearborn:

Ezra Ferris

James Dill

Solomon Manwaring

From the county of Franklin:

Robert Hanna,

James Noble

James Brownlee

William H. Eads

Enoch McCartey

From the county of Gibson:

David Robb

James Smith

Alexander Devin

Frederick Rapp

From the county of Harrison

Dennis Pennington

Davis Floyd

Daniel C. Lane

Patrick Shields

From the county of Jefferson:

David H. Maxwell

Nathaniel Hunt

Samuel Smock

From the county of Knox:

John Johnson

John Badollet

William Polke

John Bennefield

From the county of Perry:

Charles Poke

From the county of Posey:

Dan Lynn

From the county of Switzerland:

William Cotton

From the county of Warrick:

Daniel Grass

From the county of Washington:

John De Pauw

William Lowe

Samuel Millroy,

Robert McIntire

William Graham

From the county of Wayne:

Joseph Holman,

Jeremiah Co

Patrick Baird

Hugh Cull

Robert H. Milroy

CASS/HOWARD

Horace P. Biddle

George Gordon

CLAY

Francis B.Yocum

CLARK

Jacob Fisher

Thomas W. Gibson

James G. Read

CLINTON Cornelius J. Miller

Stephen Sims

1816 and 1850 Convention Delegates -

1816-2016

Searching for

Descendants

JENNINGS

Hiram Prather

John Spann

JOHNSON

Franklin Hardin

James Ritchey

KNOX

James Dick

Willis W. Hitt

KOSCIUSKO James Garvin

LAGRANGE

John B.Howe

Joseph H. Mather

Henry T. Snook

LAKE/PORTER Samuel P. Anthony

Daniel Crumbacker

LA PORTE John B. Niles

Edmund D. Taylor

LAWRENCE

George W. Carr

Melchart Helmer

MADISON

John Davis

MARION Jacob P. Chapman

Douglas Maguire

Alexander F. Morrison

MARTIN

Thomas Gootee

MIAMI/WABASH

John A. Graham

Harrison Kendall

William Steele

MONROE

William C. Foster

Daniel Read

MONTGOMERY Horace E. Carter

David A. Shannon

Henry T. Snook

MORGAN

Alexander B. Conduit

James Crawford

NOBLE

Thompson D. Bicknell

OHIO Abel C. Pepper

ORANGE William Johnson

William Halliday

William F. Sherrod

OWEN

David M.Dobson

George Moore

PARKE

Samuel Davis

William F. Nofsinger

PERRY

John P. Dunn

Samuel Frisbie

PIKE

Charles Alexander

POSEY

CRAWFORD Samuel Pepper

DAVIESS Elias.S.Terry

DEARBORN

John D.Johnson

Johnson Watts

DECATUR James B. Foley

Joseph Robinson

DEKALB Robert Work

DELAWARE

David Kilgore

Walter March

DUBOIS Benjamin R. Edmundston

Smith Miller

ELKHART Walter E. Beach

FAYETTE

Ross Smiley

William W. Thomas

FLOYD Phineas M. Kent

Henry P. Thornton

FOUNTAIN Joseph Coats

Joseph Ristine

FRANKLIN George Berry

George G. Shoup

Spencer Wiley

FULTON/MARSHALL

Hugh Miller

Amzi L. Wheeler

GIBSON

Samuel Hall

GRANT

Benoni C. Hogin

GREENE

Thomas Butler

HAMILTON Haymond W. Clark

Albert B. Cole

HANCOCK George Tague

Thomas Walpole

HARRISON

John Mathes

John Zenor

HENDRICKS

Christian C. Nave

Henry G.Todd

HENRY

George H. Ballingall

Isaac Kinley

Daniel Mowrer

JACKSON John F. Carr

Samuel P. Mooney

JAY Nathan B. Hawkins

JEFFERSON

Michael. G. Bright

William M. Dunn

Milton Gregg

Page 7 Alvin P. Hovey

Robert Dale Owen

PUTNAM

Oliver P. Badger

Alexander S. Farrow

Alexander C. Stevenson

RANDOLPH

Beattie McClelland

Alexander C. Stevenson

RIPLEY Henry J. Bowers

Thomas Smith

RUSH William Bracken

Jefferson Helm

Jesse Morgan

SCOTT

Hezekiah S. Smith

SHELBY James Elliott

Thomas A. Hendricks

J. Van Bethusen

STEUBEN

Edward R. May

ST.JOSEPH

Schuyler Colfax

SULLIVAN William R. Haddon

Benjamin Wolfe

SWITZERLAND

Daniel Kelso

TIPPECANOE Othniel L. Clark

Joel B. McFarland

John Pettit

UNION

Benjamin F. Brookbank

Daniel Trembly

VANDERBURGH

James E. Blythe

James Lockhart

VERMILLION

Thomas Chenowith

Oliver P. Davis

VIGO

Cromwell W. Barbourk

Thomas J. Bourne

Grafton F. Cookerly

WARRICK Christopher C. Graham

WARREN James R.M. Bryant

WASHINGTON

Ezekiel D. Logan

John I. Morrison

Rodolphus Schoonover

WAYNE John Beard

Othniel Beeson

John S. Newman

James Rariden

WHITLEY/HUNTINGTON

Elias Murray

Jacob Wunderlich

THE

SOCIETY

OF

INDIANA

PIONEERS

Society Officers & Staff

President

Michael H. Miller, Noblesville

Vice President/President-Elect

James P. Fadely, Indianapolis

Secretary

Robert H. Everitt, Indianapolis

Treasurer

Bruce W. Oakley, Indianapolis

Registrar

Marcia A. Krieg , Indianapolis

Yearbook Editor

Joan R. Everitt, Indianapolis

Immediate Past Co-Presidents

Carolyn Rose, Lafayette

Stanley Evans, Lafayette

Genealogist

Michele Kerr, Carmel

Office Manager

Sally Fadely, Indianapolis

Board of Governors

Hometown and year of term expiration follows

each name.

Jeffrey K. Baldwin, Danville 2013

Martha Sue Batt, Indianapolis 2014

Jinsie Scott Bingham, Greencastle 2015

Charles F. Bragg, Fishers 2015

Maxine Fosta Brown, Corydon 2014

J. David Cook, Indianapolis 2015

Louise DeMore, Indianapolis, 2013

Helen M. Dickinson, Indianapolis 2013

Jan Aikman Dickson, Indianapolis 2014

Robert W. Dora, Noblesville 2014

Terri L. Gorney, Fort Wayne 2013

Roberta R. Graham, Brownsburg 2014

Marilyn L. Hoffman, Indianapolis 2013

Edward L. Hultgren, Jr., Carmel 2013

T. Daniel McCain, Delphi 2015

A. Andrew Olson, III, Marco Island, FL 2015

J. Nelson Price, Indianapolis 2015

Robert D. Rati, Carmel 2014

Evaline H. Rhodehamel, Indianapolis 2013

William A. Rhodehamel, Brownsburg 2015

Karen S. Ward, Monticello 2014

Recognition of Newsletter Contributors

Office: 140 North Senate Ave.

Indianapolis, IN 46204-2207

www.indianapioneers.com

societyofindianapioneers@yahoo.com

317-233-6588

Newsletter Editor: Sally Fadely

John H. Holliday Award __________________________________ William Rhodehamel

President’s Message ______________________________________ Michael Miller

2013 Pilgrimages _________________________________________ Nelson Price

New Members ___________________________________________ Joan Everitt

1816 & 1850 State Convention Delegates _____________________ Andy Olson

John Hampden Holliday Prize _____________________________ Jeffrey Baldwin

Marketing & Advertising __________________________________ Carolyn Rose / Stanley Evans

Pioneer Founders ________________________________________ Carolyn Rose

Speakers Bureau _________________________________________ Carolyn Rose / Stanley Evans