They “…fought as only men who have justice on their side can fight…. and did their duty to their country…. Brave men. Posterity will yet do them justice.” Rev. J. M. Williams, April 22, 1870 in the Tippecanoe Journal Thomas Brown (c.1825 – 1872) In 1888 Clara Brown and her sister Eliza Brown Sweeney of […]
“Knowledge goes hand in hand with study” Jefferson High School Nautilus Yearbook – 1925 Delia Silance (c. 1908 – 1984) Delia Silance’s belief in the power of education led her beyond the limitations of early twentieth century expectations for women. Silance’s success as a black woman educator and civic leader likely began with the encouragement […]
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 […]
Richard Benbridge Wetherill 1859- 1940 by Russell Cosper The following article is a reprint from the TCHA member newsletter of December, 1981. It is printed here in honor of the 90th anniversary of the incorporation of the Tippecanoe County Historical Association on December 4, 1928. Although the expression has become a cliché, the Tippecanoe County […]