Excerpt from History of Cass County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present HE History of Cass County, as it is now issued, has been nu der preparation for several months, and no legitimate sources of information have been knowingly neglected by those engaged in the work. All but two chapters of the county and township history have been prepared, ready for the press, by actual residents of the county. We believe their knowledge of and familiarity with the subjects they have treated have enabled them to produce a work that will withstand the test of unbiased criticism. The difficulties to be surmounted ln the compilation of matter of this kind are many, and sometimes almost disheartening. It 15 seldom that two persons who are conversant with facts that go to make up a history, agree in regard to them; and from the various conflicting statements the compiler is called upon to decide which are most deserving of cred ibility. Yet we believe this volume is more than up to the standard of our promises. At the outset we placed the work under the ed itorial control of that venerable and scholarly resident of Logans port, Mr. Thomas B. Helm, and it is useless for us to add that he has pursued it with all the faithfulness and energy that his waning years would permit. This fact alone is almost sufficient guaranty of the excellence of the book's contents. The spelling of proper names is so arbitrary a matter that great difficulty is always experi sneed in the Biographical department. Instances are frequent where brothers differ in the spelling of their name, and in all cases our only guide was the individual desire, if that could be ascertained. Yet we do not claim perfection for the book, as it doubtless contains some errors. We believe, however, that we have produced as much as could be reasonably expected. The volume, in its make-up and mechanical execution, is, perhaps, superior to any of its kind that has been issued in the State, and we believe that it will be favor ably received and highly appreciated by those for whom it was pre pared. Our thanks are due to those who have rendered us assist ance and to our patrons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.