Morgan Township History
Grand River washes the border of this township for a considerable distance on the north and east, while Grindstone Creek, Little and Big Muddy, 'Cottonwood, Big Run, and other streams flow through the township in a northerly direction, all emptying into Grand River. The territory now embraced in Marion was originally included in Grindstone township, .one of the original townships, which took its name from the stream of that ,name, on which were made some of the first settlements in the county.
The township is about equally divided between timber
and prairie, the timber skirting its entire eastern and northern
border along the Grand River, There are also two other belts of
timber extending north and south near the center of the township.
In area, the township is the largest in Daviess county, and in
character one of the - best. The population of the township in 1870,
when it comprised far more territory than now, was 1,321; in 1880 it
was 1,520.
In November, 1869, David Groomer, Sr., found in the
bed of Grand River, near his mill, a mastodon tooth, which measured
six inches in length and three or four inches in diameter at the
base. The crown of the tooth was much worn. Other pre-historic
relics of interest have been found in the township at different
times.
The first settlers in Marion township were David James and James
Brown, who came in 1832. It is claimed that James Brown was the
first actual settler in the township, coining in the fall of the
year 1832. Thomas Pennington, Ebenezer Fields and a few others
settled here in the spring of 1833: Asa Ross and Henry Vanover, both
from Kentucky, came in 1838. Prior to the last named year there had
settled in the township Rebecca Clevinger, David Groomer, Taylor
McCulley, William Roper, and Elijah Frost. The majority of these
settlers had come from Kentucky.
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