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2008 Volume 19 #1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover Photo: Mildred Arlinne Barrett, Approximately 9 years of age, Gibson Township. B. Feb. 9, 1899 D. Oct. 16, 1986.
Nostalgia Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 03
Forest City as Pictured in an Early History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 05
Orphan's Court Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 07
A Genial Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 11
Marriages & Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 12
Classical and Normal School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 21
Rush Township 1840 Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 22
J.M. Jeffers' Steam Gristmill & Power Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 26
O.N. Wordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 29
Story of a Fugitive Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 42
Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 48