Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

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   1904 - The Fort Wayne Sentinel 1833-1904 - Industrial Souvenir Edition

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, Fort wayne, Sentinel 1833-1904, Souvenir

   1904 - The Fort Wayne Sentinel 1833-1904 - Industrial Souvenir Edition The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 1.

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   1904 - Progress of Fort Wayne

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1914, Progress of fort wayne

   1904 - Progress of Fort Wayne The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 2

   It's not clear where The City's Growth--Later Development continued on Fourth Page, This Part discussing the The Great Canal goes. It doesn't seem to be this section? 1904, Progress of Fort Wayne (continued) The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 4.

   The City's Growth (Continued from Second Page, This Part) is also on page 4.

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   1904 - The Sentinel Grew Up With the City - Sentinel Staff

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, Sentinel staff

   1904 - The Sentinel Grew Up With the City - Sentinel Staff The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 3.

   Photos and names in selected text: J. M. JACKSON, JOHN L. ROGIERS, Assistant Manager. Cashier and Bookkeeper. H. L. ASKEW. City Editor. S. D. MELSHIEMER, Railroad Editor. ROGIERS, Bookkeeper. Asst. Foreman News Room. Compositor Forewoman Bindery, EMIL L. MEYERS, SAMUEL E. RICE, Ad. Compositor: Linotype Operator, News Room and Job Department Forces Top row. reading from left to right. JOHN F. WINBAUGH, HERMAN J. MEYERS, LEWIS MELSHEIMER, Linotype Operator Foreman News Room. GEORGE Linotype Machinist- OVERDEAR, Operator. N. CONOVER, F. S. MULLAHY, Foreman Job Room. Linotype Operator. Apprentice. Bottom row, reading from left to right. JOSEPH S. WEST. W. E. PRESSLER, MISS GRACE LONERGAN, A. J. GRUBER, Manager of Circulation. HARRY C. DART. Artist and Reporter. publishers were Thomas Tigar and S. V. B. Noel, [ Continued on page 7 ]

   in 1837 it was sold to Hon. George W. Wood. The new proprietor was a whig and the polltics of the paper were at once changed, and it continued to be antidemocratic during his ownership, but has since his retirement been a Arm and steadfast supporter of the democratic party. Mr. Wood conducted The Sentinel for three years and in 1840 sold it to Hon. I. D. G. Nelson, who restored the paper to the democratic party, and continued the publication until January, 1841, when he sold to Thomas Tigar, one of the founders, who continued to be its active head for nearly twenty five years. The next owners were Hon. W. H. Dills and I. W. Campbell, who shortly before purchased from Hon. John W. Dawson the Fort Wayne Times democratic, and the two papers were merged under the name of TimesSentinel. In January, 1866, there' was another change, E. Zimmerman, proprietor of the Valparaiso Messenger, and Eli Brown, afterwards A | prominent Whitley county politician, becoming owners. The name of the paper was then changed to Democrat.

   Judge. Robert Lowry, who purchased Mr. Brown's interest in 1868; Robert D. Dumm and L. A. Pruner, a firm known as Burt & Tucker, John W. Henderson and Frank Furste. In the fall of 1870 Mr. Bruner sold his interest to Hon. William Fleming, who also purchased Judge Lowry's interest. R. D. Dumm & Co. issued the Democrat FRANK WILLIAMS, Collector. E. A. K. HACKETT, Editor and Proprietor. of The Fort. Wayne Editorial Staff and Attaches of HARRY M. WILLIAMS, Managing Editor. WILLIAM H. COVEY, Proofreader. JAMES BECK, Messenger. E. H. BOOKWALTER, Manager Subscription Department, Weekly Sentinel. Sentinel. The Sentinel. C. H. SPALDING, Municipal and Sporting Editor. PATSY GRIFFIN. Copy Holder. HOMER T. SMITH, Associated Press Operator. Pressroom and Stereotyping Department Forces DANIEL G. STAGER, RAY ROBINSON, HERBERT GRIFFIN, Pressman. Press Feeder. Stereotyper. JOHN W. PERRIN. JOSEPH J. METKER, Foreman Press Room, Foreman Stereotype Dept.

   (Continued on Page Seven. This Part.).

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   1904 - Progress of Fort Wayne - Facts of Today

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, Progress of fort wayne

   1904 - Progress of Fort Wayne - Facts of Today The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 4.

   Some Facts About the Fort Wayne of Today - - Growth of Fort Wayne As Shown in the Census - The City's Growth (Continued from Second Page, This Part) - City Government - Educational - Hospitals and Asyums - Parks and Cemeteries - Financial Interest - Manufacturing and Trade - Early Enterprises - The Era of Railways

5. Page 5 - this is probably the regular newspaper while Progress of Fort Wayne was a souvenir edition

   1904 - Wolf & Dessauer advertisement

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, Wolf & dessauer

   1904 - Wolf & Dessauer advertisement The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 5.

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   1904 - Fort Wayne a City of Churches

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, Fort wayne, City of churches

   1904 - Fort Wayne a City of Churches The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 5.

   Photos of: St. Mary' Catholic Church--Rev. J. H. Oechterins, Pastor. Salem Refored--Rev. Phipip Ruhl, Pastor. Third Presbyterian--Rev. J. A. P. M'Gaw, Pastor. First Baptist--Rev. J. N. Field, Pastor. West Jefferson Street Church of Christ-Rev. E. W. Allen, Pastor. St. Paul's Catholic Church--Rev. H. F. J. Kroll, Pastor. Plymouth Congregational--Rev. J. Webster Bailey, Pastor. Emmaus Lutheran--Rev. Philip Wambscanss, Pastor.

   There are forty-seven religious congregations in Fort Wayne, distributed denominationally as follows: Baptist, 2; Christian, 3; Congregatonal, 2; Episcopal, 2; Evangelical Association, 1; Hebrew, 1; Evangelical Lutheran (English), 3; Evangelical Lutheran (German), 4; German Lutheran, 3; Methodist Episcopal, 6; African Methodist Episcopal, 1; Presbyterian, 4; United Presbyterian, 1; Reformed (German), 2; Reformed English, 1; Roman Catholic, 7; United Brethren, 1; Baptist Brethren, 1; Christian Science, 2. Fort Wayne is the see of the Fort Wayne Roman Catholic diocese.

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   1904 - City of Churches (continued)

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, City of churches

   1904 - City of Churches (continued) The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 6.

   Photos of: Concordia Lutheran--Rev. August Lange, Pastor. First Presbyterian--Rev. D. W. Moffat, Pastor. St. Paul's Lutheran--Rev. Jacob Miller, Pastor. Catholic Orphan' Home. Emmanuel Lutheran Church--Rev. William Moll, Pastor. Westminster Presbyterian--Rev. J. B. Fleming, Pastor. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception--Rev. P. F. Roche, Rector. Espiscopal Residence Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne. Precious Blood Catholic Church--Rev. Chrysostom Hummer, Pastor. Redeemer English Lutheran--Rev. Theodore Hahn, Pastor.

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   1904 - City of Churches - Founder Owners of the Sentinel

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, City of churches, Founder owners sentinel

   1904 - City of Churches - Founder Owners of the Sentinel The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 7.

   Photos or drawings of: St. Paul's Lutheran School. Grace Reformed--Reve. A. K. Zartman, Pastor. St. John's Reformed--Rev. J. H. Bosch, Pastor. United Brethren--Rev. G. F. Byrer, Pastor. Bethel Evangelical Church--Rev. D. E. Zechiel, Pastor. Wayne Street M. E.--Rev. A. S. Preston, Pastor. First M. E.--Rev. J. K. Walts, Pastor. Bethany Presbyterian--Rev. Dubois H. Loux, Pastor. St. Patrick's Catholic--Rev. J. F. Delaney, Pastor.

   Allen County Begins

   On the 17th of December, 1823, the legislature of Indiana passed "An act for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Randolph and Delaware, to be included in the following limits: Beginning at a point on the line dividing the state and the state of Ohio, where the township line dividing townships twenty-eight and twenty-nine, north, intersects the same; thence north with said state line twenty-four miles; thence west to the line dividing ten and eleven, east; thence south to the line dividing twenty-eight and twentynine, north; thence east to the place of beginning.' Which new county, at the suggestion of Gen. John Tipton, the leading spirit in the movement toward organization, was from and after the 1st day of April, 1824, to be known and designated by the name of Allen, in memory of Col. John Allen, of Kentucky, who was killed at the battle of River Raisin on the 22d of January, 1813.

   By the third section of that act Lot Bloomfield and Caleb Lewis, of Wayne county; Abiathar Hathaway, of Fayette county; William Conner, of Hamilton county, and James M. Ray, of Marion county, were appointed commissioners to determine and locate the seat of justice for the new county. The section referred to further provided that these commissioners should convene at the house of Alexander Ewing, therein, on the fourth Monday in May, thereafter, and proceed immediately to discharge the duty assigned.

   Pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the act "for carrying the laws into effect in new counties, William Hendricks, then governor of the state of Indiana, by commission dated April 2, 1824, appointed Allen Hamilton sheriff of Allen county; until the next general election, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified should he so long behave well." Under that appointment and in compliance with a further provision of the said section, Mr. Hamilton, as such sheriff, gave notice to the qualified voters of Allen county, authorizing and directing them to hold an election on the 22d day of May, 1824, "for the purpose of electing two associate judges of the circuit court, one clerk of the circuit court, one recorder and three commissioners of the county." Accordingly that election was held. The electorate of the community appear to have been moved by the single purpose of procuring to fill the offices of the county the best and sturdiest of their citizenship, as witness the men who were chosen to fill for the first time the offices of Allen county: Associate Judges--Samuel Hanna and Benjamin Cushman. Clerk and Recorder--Anthony L. Davis. Commissioners--William Rockhill, to serve for three years; James Wyman, to serve for two years, and Francis Comparet, to serve for one year.

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   1904 - Founder and Subsequent Owners of the Sentinel

   Article from Oct 15, 1904 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1904, Fort wayne sentinel

   1904 - Founder and Subsequent Owners of the Sentinel The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1904, Page 7.

   The Sentinel's Growth (Continued from Page Three, This Page).

   Photos: WILLIAM H. FLEMING, One Time Owner of The Sentinel--Now Deceased. THOMAS TIGAR, Founder and for Many Years Editor of The Fort Wayne Sentinel Died In 1875. SAMUEL E. MORSS, Many Years Editor and Part Owner of The Sentinel Died 1903. WILLIAM R. NELSON, One Time Owner of The Sentinel, Now Proprietor of the Kansas City Star and Times.

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