Huntington County, Indiana Genealogy: Difference between revisions

'''Society of Friends (Quakers)''' - One of the earliest "settlements" in the county was a short-lived agricultural school called Dennis' Station on the Wabash River near the county line with Wabash County. It existed for only a year or two beginning in 1804 and was approved by Chief Little Turtle.<ref>Wikepedia contributors, "Quaker Agriculture missions to the Miami," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Agriculture_missions_to_the_Miami, accessed 2 Dec 2021</ref> An 1853 map shows a Friends church as close as Wabash County.<ref>Mote, Marcus. 1853. ''A Map of the Locations of the Meetings, Constituting Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends'', from the Map Collection, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library at https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15078coll8/id/5974, accessed 2 Dec 2021</ref> But, several county histories say that a wood church was constructed in Dallas Township in 1841 (or 1844/1853, depending on the source) and donated to the Society by John Moore.<ref>Kingman Brothers. 1879. ''Combination atlas map of Huntington County, Indiana''. [Chicago?]: Kingman Bros. From the Map Collection, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library at https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15078coll8/id/2297, accessed 2 Dec 2021. Page 24 center column. "Early Religious Organizations."</ref> This church came to be known as the Maple Grove Church and is shown in the same 1879 map on page 66 at the intersection of sections 2 and 11 next to a school on the land of J. Plummer. It disbanded sometime in the 1930s, possibly consolidating with the Lincolnville Meeting (Wabash County) with which it alternated meeting locations<ref>Bash, Frank Sumner. 10 Oct 1925. “First Quaker Meetings of County Held in School In ‘Maple Grove’ Settlement. ''Huntington Herald'' (Huntington, Indiana), page 1.</ref>, or perhaps the New Holland Meeting which was a little closer in Wabash County and operated from 1894 until 1964. Later two meeting house were established in Jefferson Township: one at Pleasant Plain (1873-1904)<ref>Bash, Frank Sumner. 1914. History of Huntington County, Indiana: a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. https://archive.org/details/historyofhunting01bash/page/332/mode/1up, page 332, accessed 2 Dec 2021.</ref> and one at Milo (1889-1917). Records for the Jefferson Township Meetings for the period of 1899-1915 are at the Indiana Historical Society.<ref>''Society of Friends Records, 1803 - 1962.'' Archival Finding Aid. 2004 revision. Manuscript and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society. https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/society-of-friends-records-1803-1962.pdf, accessed 2 Dec 2021.</ref> Records for the Maple Grove Meeting have not been located.