PROMINENT 19th CENTURY PEOPLE FROM FORT WAYNE |
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AFTER WHOM MANY
STREETS WERE NAMED |
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JEAN BAPTISTE RICHARDVILLE |
MIAMI INDIAN CHIEF |
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CHIEF PONTIAC |
OTTAWA INDIAN CHIEF |
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GENERAL MAD ANTHONY WAYNE |
U.S. ARMY |
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GENERAL MAD ANTHONY WAYNE |
U.S. ARMY |
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM WELLS |
CAPTAIN OF MOUNTED SPIES FOR GEN. WAYNE |
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BEVERLY RANDOLPH |
G. WASHINGTON COMMISIONER TO NEW TERRITORY |
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RUFUS PUTNAM |
CONCLUDED A TREATY AT VINCENNES IN 1792 |
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GENERAL JOSIAH HARMAR |
ARMY AMBUSHED BY CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE |
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JOHN T. BARR & |
MADE FIRST PLAT OF GROUND OUTSIDE OF FORT IN 1823 WHICH |
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JOHN McCORKEL |
CONTAINED 118 LOTS WITHIN 8 BLOCKS { 5 STREETS BY 3
STREETS} |
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BENJAMIN BERRY KERCHEVEL |
INDIAN AGENT & FUR TRADER |
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GEORGE W. WOOD |
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER AND FIRST MAYOR |
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CAPTAIN
SAMUEL VANCE |
RECEIVER OF PUBLIC MONIES IN 1823. REGISTRAR OF LAND OFFICE |
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DEWITT CLINTON |
PIONEER IN CONSTRUCTION OF WABASH - ERIE CANAL |
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JOHN WILT |
SURVEYER FOR LAND SOLD FOR THE CANAL |
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ANTHONY DAVIS |
FIRST CLERK OF THE COURT 1824 |
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CAPTAIN ROBERT BRACKENRIDGE |
FAMILY SETTLED HERE IN 1830'S |
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SAMUEL HANNA |
PIONEERED CANAL AND RAILROAD, LEGISLATOR, JUDGE, &
STARTED BARR ST. MARKET |
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COL. WILLIAM SUTTENFIELD |
FIRST TO BUILD LOG HOUSE IN 1811. RELATED TO SAM HANNA |
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WILLIAM TAYLOR |
MISSIONARY BISHOP OF METHODIST CHURCH |
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ELIZA HANNA HAYDEN |
DAUGHTER OF SAM HANNA |
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PETER OLIVER |
RELATED TO SAM HANNA |
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ALLEN HAMILTON |
PRESIDENT OF BANK OF INDIANA. FIRST SHERIFF. POSTMAN. |
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JESSE WILLIAMS |
CHIEF ENGINEER OF WABASH ERIE CANAL |
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SUSAN CREIGHTON |
WIFE OF JESSE WILLIAMS |
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AZA FAIRFIELD |
FIRST TO BUILD CANAL BOAT & FRAME HOUSE. OWNED 240
ACERS IN SOUTH WAYNE |
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DANA COLUMBIA |
HOTEL & CANAL BOAT OPERATOR |
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FRANK ILLSLEY BROWN |
MARRIED INTO THE CHARLES E. BOND FAMILY WHO OWNED LAND IN
SOUTH WAYNE |
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SION S. BASS |
OWNED FIRST
FOUNDRY |
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WLLIAM ROCKHILL |
OWNED 2 SAWMILLS. PLATTED LAND WET OF DOWNTOWN
BROADWAY. |
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SAMUEL EDSALL |
BUILDER OF FIRST COURTHOUSE |
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DAVID COLERICK |
LAWYER. OWNED FIRST THEATER "COLERICK'S OPERA HOUSE |
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DR. LOUIS THOMPSON |
FIRST PRACTICING PHYSICIAN |
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MOSES SCOTT |
LOUIS THOMPSON'S FATHER-IN-LAW |
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COL. ALEXANDER EWING |
TAVERN OWNER WHERE ALLEN COUNTY WAS LAID OUT |
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ISSAC DeGROFF NELSON |
OWNED THE SENTINEL, STATE REP., ORGANIZED R.R. |
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BYRON MINER |
HELPED BRING RAILROAD TO FORT WAYNE |
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HUGH McCULLOCH |
FATHER OF NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM |
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HUGH McCULLOCH |
SECRETARY OF TREASURY UNDER LINCOLN, JOHNSON, &
ARTHUR |
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COL. THOMAS SWINNEY |
OWNED FARM WHICH IS NOW SWINNEY PARK |
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MAJOR SAMUEL LEWIS |
LAND COMMISSIONER APPOINTED BY J. Q. ADAMS |
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JOSEPH DWENGER |
SECOND CATHOLIC BISHOP OF FORTWAYNE FOLLOWING JOHN HENRY
LUERS |
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MAJOR FRANKLIN RANDALL |
CIVAL WAR MAYOR. AUTHOR OF CITY CHARTER 1840. LAWYER |
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MAJOR JOHN WALLACE |
MAYOR IN 1845 |
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AUGUSTUS CAESAR BEAVER |
LUMBER BUSINESS IN SOUTH FORT WAYNE |
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J. D. NUTTMAN |
PROMINEBT BANKER
FIRST NATIONAL BANK |
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PAUL TABER |
LANDOWNER IN EAST FORT WAYNE. DAUGHTER MARRIED THOMAS
SWINNEY. SECOND SHERIFF |
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LT. COL. ORRIN D. HURD |
CIVAL WAR SOLDIER |
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COLONEL MAX BUELL |
CIVAL WAR SOLDIER |
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HENRY RUDISILL |
CAME FROM LANCASTER, OH AND FOUNDED THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN FORT WAYNE |
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WILLIAM COOMBS |
OWNED FIRST SAWMILL & DISTILLARY. FORT WAYNE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY 1842 |
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JOHN COCHRANE |
PRESIDENT OF CALEDONIAN SOCIETY |
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SAMUEL LILLIE |
TAVERN OWNER |
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JAMES HUMPHRIES |
DREW UP PLANS FOR MARKET HOUSE AND TOWN HALL |
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PLINEY T. HOAGLAND |
HELPED BUILD FIRST R. R. & MEMBER OF STATE HOUSE OF
REP. & SENATE |
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ISAAC TERRELL PACKARD |
OWNER OF PACKARD ORGAN & PIANO COMPANY |
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CHARLES FRENCH |
CITY COMMISSIONER |
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ALFRED EDGERTON |
GENERAL MANAGER OF WABASH - ERIE CANAL |
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JOHN HENRY BASS |
FORT WAYNE MACHINE WORKS FOUNDER |
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SCHUYLER WHEELER |
STATE REPRESENTATIVE |
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COLONAL HUGH B. REED |
COMMANDER OF FORT ALLEN |
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CHARLES BUTLER |
TRUSTEE OF WABASH - ERIE CANAL |
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KERR MURRAY |
MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
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HENRY BAKER |
MILL OWNER |
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WILLIAM FLEMING |
SHERIFF 1856. STATE TREASURER. OWNED THE SENTINEL
NEWSPAPER |
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CAPRAIN WILLIAM McKINNIE |
LANDLORD OF WAYNE HOTEL |
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JOHN DeBOIS |
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE |
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H. J. DOSWELL |
LANDSCAPED LINDENWOOD CEMETARY |
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ALEXANDER KINNARD |
OWNED 600 ACERS IN SOUTH WAYNE |
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ALBERT A. ABBOTT |
SHERIFF OF ALLEN COUNTY |
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FRED ECKHART |
MEAT PACKING COMPANY |
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MANUEL WEISSER |
TANNING BUSINESS |
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ROBERT L. DOUGLAS |
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
IN 1844 |
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COL. HUGH B. REED |
DRUGGEST. COMMANDANT OF CAMP ALLEN |
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WILLIAM SMITH |
MADE HORSESHOES |
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ERNEST BRANNING |
LAND OWNER IN SOUTH WAYNE |
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THEODORE THIEME |
WAYNE KNITTING MILLS |
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SYLVANUS BOWSER |
MANUFACTURED GASOLINE PUMPS STARTING IN 1885 |
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BERT GRISWALD |
WROTE BOOK
"HISTORY OF FORT WAYE" IN 1917 |
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SAMUEL S. FOSTER |
DRY GOODS BUSINESS |
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OSCAR A. FOX |
OWNER KUNKEL VALVE. LIVED ON STREET NAMED AFTER HIM |
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MOUNTGOMERY HAMILTON |
WHOLESALE GREEN GROCERY.
SON OF ALLEN HAMILTON |
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OLIVER HUESTIS |
GROCERY CIRCUS, & CANDY SHOP |
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JOSEPH GETZ |
SHERIFF IN 1907 |
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GEORGE ENGLE |
FIRST PERSON TO LIVE ON THAT ROAD |
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NOT FROM FORTWAYNE |
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GEORGE WASHINGTON |
FIRST PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JOHN ADAMS |
SECOND PRESIDENT OF USA |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON |
THIRD PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JAMES MADISON |
FOURTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JAMES MONROE |
FIFTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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ANDREW
JACKSON |
SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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MARTIN VAN BUREN |
EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
NINTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JOHN TYLER |
TENTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JAMES K. POLK |
ELEVENTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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ZACHARY TAYLOR |
TWELFTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JAMES BUCHANAN |
FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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ULYSESS S. GRANT |
EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT OF USA |
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JOHN CALHOUN |
US REPRESENTATIVE, SENATOR, VICE-PRESIDENT |
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ROBERT FULTON |
INVENTOR OF STEAM ENGINE |
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HENRY CLAY |
US REPRESENTATIVE, SENATOR, SEC. OF STATE |
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GENERAL LEW WALLACE |
CIVAL WAR GENERAL. WROTE BEN HUR |
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GEORGE WASHINGTON CASS |
PRESIDENT OF WHAT BECAME PENN. R.R. |
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OTHER STREETS |
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SUPERIOR |
LAKE SUPERIOR |
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MICHIGAN |
LAKE MICHIGAN |
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HURON |
LAKE HURON |
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ONTARIO |
LAKE ONTARIO |
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ERIE |
LAKE ERIE {USED TO
GO FROM HANNA TO ANTHONY - NOW PART OF BERRY} |
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EUCLID |
MATHEMATICIAN |
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