Coffee Creek Baptist Church
Coffee Creek Baptist Church Records
Paris Crossing, Jennings County,
Indiana
1822 Organization
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"Jennings History Documented"
Aug. 26, 2003
By: Bryce Mayer
Plain Dealer & Sun Newspaper
Some historical facts from Merideth Ertel's guide:
At least four Indian tribes were in Jennings County: Miami (Wea, Piankeshaw and Detroit bands), Potawatomi, Shawnee and Delaware.
Col. John Vawter not only founded the town of Vernon, he also was the founder of Morgantown and at one time served sheriff of Jefferson and Clark counties.
Besides Jessamyn West, Jennings County was home to at least one other famous woman writer � Sarah Tittle Barrett Bolton. She was a poet and song writer who served as Indiana's pioneer poet laureate during Indiana's centennial celebration in 1916.
The Hayden area produced five professional baseball players in the early 20th century � Rolla Daringer, Cliff Daringer, Forrest More, Mike Simon and Howard Daringer.
Jim Hemmings of North Vernon, who died in a 1962 midget car race accident in Marion, Ohio, got his first career win at 17 at a dirt track in Osgood in 1951.
Work on the railroad from Madison to Vernon began in 1835 and was completed in 1841 at the cost of $1.9 million.
During the early 1800s, Paris was one of the largest towns in Indiana. At its peak, Paris had six stores, 13 taverns, a stone quarry, grist mill, saw mill and woolen mill.
Lincoln Dixon (1860-1932) of Jennings County served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1905 to 1919, and is buried in the Vernon Cemetery. Another former Congressman buried at Vernon is Jeptha Dudley New (1830-1982) who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877 and 1879 to 1881.
SILAS STRIBLING, son of Thomas and Sarah (Vawter) STRIBLING, was born
September 7, 1823; married Sarah A. Keith, December 28, 1845, in
Paris Crossing, Indiana. He learned the tanning business, then for
twenty years repaired watches and clocks, and for a while took
pictures, keeping the farm going all the time. He wrote much poetry
which was greatly appreciated by his friends and neighbors. His wife,
Sarah Keith, was the daughter of James and Lucy KEITH. The Keiths
originally came from Carolina to Kentucky, and then James came to
Indiana. Although they had no children of their own, Silas Stribling and his wife
reared Lydia CONGDON, Silas CONGDON, Lottie YAUGER, who married G.
W. DODD, and Floyd HILLERMAN, and they kept for several years, Roy
SMITH and James KEITH.
The Vawter family in America, p. 233
URIAH STRIBLING, son of Thomas and Sarah (Vawter) Stribling, was born April 19,
1825; married Hester Ann Cobb October 15, 1845; died April, 1901.
No children. Uriah and Hester Stribling reared two nieces, Hetty and
Mattie Edwards.
The Vawter family in America, p. 233
MONCRIEF WILSON
appears on the Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, 1829 Tax List.
The
"Rev. Jesse Vawter and family, . . . mainly from Woodford Co., Ky., moved to Indiana in the fall of 1806, apparently settling near modern
Fairmount Cemetery, where they founded the Crooked Creek Baptist Church in 1807."
Biography of Everett B. VAWTER, b. 23 August 1859 in Jennings County, Indiana