Adams Earl 1819- 1898 This article first appeared in the TCHA newsletter Weatenotes, Vol. XI, No. 1, January-February 1982 Adams Earl, next to youngest in an old-fashioned household of 15 children, was a strapping youth of 17 when the family migrated from Fairfield County, Ohio to Tippecanoe County, Indiana in the winter of 1836-37. On […]
A Privileged Education in Post Civil War Lafayette, Indiana: The Schooling of Alice J. Earl By guest blogger Mary E. Anthrop A frequent entry in Alice J. Earl’s 1867 diary was the simple notation – “went to school.”(1) In the pocket size leather covered diary, cared for by the Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Alice J. […]
James F. Alexander by Quentin Robinson I recently received a letter from a historic preservation consultant working on a history and assessment of two houses in Moline, Illinois, which were owned by members of the John Deere family. She was hoping I might be able to help her track down some information. She wrote: “We […]
Daniel Brown (1796-1881) “…we shall still remember him as a Christian believer who was always full of sweetness and light.” Rev. Robert McDaniel, March 24, 1881 in the Christian Recorder In Joseph Yundt’s Account Book (1836-1838) in the Tippecanoe County Historical Association Archives, Yundt noted purchases of candles, shoes, starch, and sugar by the sexton […]