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