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Old Houses in Pellville
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Retyped as it appeared in the Clarion, by
Mary L. Gibbs, George Lee Gibbs, Jr., for non-profit use
The home of Joe Bell (?) is the old Tobe
Miller place. It is well over 100 years old, but Uncle Tobe
wouldn’t know it now. It has been transformed into a modern
home.
Long-time residents Mr. and Mrs. Avie
Morris occupied the residence of the Marvin Roberts family until
a few years ago. A portion of the house was once the Willis Early
home. That part of the house is very old.
The house at Weber is another of the
older houses in the Pellville vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Payne.
It was built be George and Catherine Brown, grandparents of Mr.
Virgil Brown and Mrs. Blanche Glover.
One of the older houses that were
dismantled was well over a hundred years old. It was supposed to
have been re-created in another locality. A resident of Daviess
County, who numbered the logs, purchased it as it was dismantled
so it could be reconstructed in its original state. The house was
the old home of Mrs. Sue Long. She was the daughter of Green
Early and was an aunt of Mr. Shelby McBrayer.
These people lived here many years ago:
Thomas Jett, father of R.C. Jett and Bryce Jett, former County
Judge; Uncle Billie Clark, gunsmith, Tandy Morrison, grandfather
of Manford Morrison and Gona Banks; Solomon Obenchain and brother
Brock Obenchain; Dave Harrison, Mexican and Civil War veteran;
Mort Moseley, father of Dr. Clay and Pratt Moseley and
grandfather of Dr. Mort Hite Moseley; B. Spencer, miller; Rev. R.T.
Bruner, helped found Pellville Baptist Church; Lafe Bruner,
carpenter, many descendants here; Bill Ashworth long time
resident; Mike Stephens, Sheriff, Hancock County, 1889; John
Brown, farmer, good citizen; Pat Stephens, merchant, large
family; Sam Bruner, merchant; John Burdette, grandfather of
Captain Jimmy Innman, U.S. Air Force; John Newman, blacksmith,
moved to Pellville in 1888; Tommy Jackson, well known farmer;
Ollie Jackson, well known family, John Sinclair, blacksmith,
expert horse shoer; Noah Temple, hotel and livery barn; Theodore
Helm, hotel; James Temple, farmer and trader.
Doctors, who served the Pellville
community, were Dr. John B. Huff, Dr. Marshall Lancaster, Dr.
Clay Moseley, Dr. Pratt Moseley, Drs. Blincoe, Hodges, Knox, Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Morris are the parents of
Dr. Estil Morris, dental surgeon in Indianapolis.