The following article Ohio County and Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Oct 1879 – Page 1, Column 5

The Old Folks.
Pioneers of Switzerland and Ohio Counties.

The following named persons were ticketed to the Switzerland and Ohio County Fair of 1879 as “Pioneers.”—We give their native State, age, and years resident in Indiana:

BORN IN SWITZERLAND COUNTY.

• Benjamin Pickett, 75
• Wm. Lock, 70
• Constant Golay, 72
• Louiza Golay, 71
• Lucy Detraz, 73
• John Lock, Sr., 73
• John F. Cotton, 76

BORN IN INDIANA.

• Nathan Walden, 79
• Polly Walden, 75
• Sarah M. Wescott, 70
• Ann Ritche, 73

STATE OF OHIO.

• Samuel Butler, 77, 69 years in Indiana
• Samuel Geffin, 71, 50 years
• Nancy Van Osdol, 71, 61 years
• David Shull, 70, 47 years
• Alfred Wade, 72, 66 years
• Alice Herrick, 77, 66 years
• Jane Beckwith, 82, 66 years
• Samuel Wade, 72, 66 years
• James Brown, 70, 61 years
• Carlisle Stout, 70, 60 years
• Sanford L. Armstrong, 70, 34 years
• John Larrison, 74, 54 years

STATE OF NEW YORK.

• Polly Gray, 73, 42 years in Indiana
• Francis Schoonover, 74, 62 years
• David Trowbridge, 79, 42 years
• Bela Herrick, 85, 61 years
• John Platt, 73, 34 years
• Betsey Phillips, 76, 45 years
• Pauline Hyde, 82, 61 years
• William Oak, Sr., 71, 60 years
• Deborah Brown, 74, 61 years
• Fanny Pocock, 71, 62 years
• Solomon Washer, 83, 60 years
• Samuel Fisk, 73, 65 years
• Daniel H. Mix, 78, 48 years
• David G. Weaver, 70, 55 years
• Mary A. French, 70, 55 years
• John Baker, Sr., 71, 66 years
• Sabra B. North, 70 years, 62 years
• J. R. Harris, 76, 63 years
• Gertrude Harris, 70, 63 years
• Mrs. Vandorin, 73, 61 years
• Lucippa Vandorin, 72, 60 years
• Wm. G. Madison, 75, 34 years
• Isaac Robbins, 76, 47 years
• James Fletcher, 72, 45 years
• Thomas Lotton, 79, 42 years
• Joseph C. Thomson, 73, 62 years
• George Palmer, 74, 55 years
• Wm. Thomson, 70, 52 years

DELAWARE.

• Wm. Newbold, 80, 61 years in Indiana

KENTUCKY.

• Perret Dufour, 72, 70 years in Indiana
• Wm. Northcott, 76, 47 years
• Stephen Jones, 80, 80 years
• Leah Platt, 72, 37 years
• Ebzan Jackson, 74, 40 years
• Elizabeth Cole, 72, 64 years
• Elizabeth Stout, 73, 50 years
• Preston H. Jack, 71, 51 years
• Sarah G. Jack, 70, 51 years
• Elisha Short, 81, 69 years
• Melinda Lock, 70, 55 years
• Margaret Wilson, 80, 43 years
• Jefferson Hizer, 71, 71 years
• Irene Aldrich, 70, 63 years
• Sarah Stewart, 71, 45 years
• William Stewart, 79, 45 years
• Moses Searcy, 84, 69 years
• Eunice Seymour, 71, 61 years
• Wm. Stewart, 70, 66 years
• Joseph Hutchison, 82, 79 years
• Josiah Hulbert, 71, 29 years
• Joseph C. Brown, 77, 65 years
• Eli S. Brown, 72, 49 years
• John E. Courtney, 73, 43 years

PENNSYLVANIA.

• Adam Cole, 84, 40 years in Indiana
• John F. Doan, 71, 49 years
• Elizabeth Marble, 74, 55 years
• James McHenry, 70, 61 years
• Harvey Littlefield, 72, 60 years
• Wm. McNutt, 82, 61 years
• Hugh McHenry, 74, 61 years
• Julia A. Jackson, 77, 57 years
• Elizabeth Gilbert, 74, 54 years
• Jacob Baker, 74, 40 years
• Martha Baker, 70, 40 years

NEW JERSEY.

• John Latham, 70, 38 years in Indiana
• Maria Melick, 78, 42 years
• David Allen, 79, 55 years
• Mrs. M. C. Godden, 75, 42 years
• Ann Gleason, 71, 50 years

VERMONT.

• Truman Gray, 84, 61 years in Indiana
• Stephen Hicks, 72, 55 years in Indiana
• Johnathan Cunningham, 74, 62 years
• Matilda Andrews, 76, 35 years

MARYLAND.

• John H. McIntosh, 79, 49 years in Indiana
• Salem Pocock, 71, 60 years
• Mary Hizer, 75, 31 years
• John W. Wright, 70, 63 years

MASSACHUSETTS.

• Lucy Livings, 80, 80 years in Indiana
• D. W. Aldrich, 73, 39 years

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

• Martin R. Green, 70, 56 years in Indiana
• Euridice Downey, 74, 64 years

VIRGINIA.

• Margaret Lewis, 87, 52 years in Indiana
• James Wilson, 80, 43 years
• Reuben Wilson, 73, 42 years
• Mrs. William McNutt, 78, 61 years
• Samuel Scott, 73
• Mrs. Samuel Scott, 60 years
• John G. Burgess, 72, 42 years

NORTH CAROLINA.

• Anna Seaver, 70, 54 years in Indiana

SOUTH CAROLINA.

• Margaret Mitchell, 73, 60 years in Indiana

TENNESSEE.

• Eli Nave, 73, 45 years in Indiana

MAINE.

• Oliver Allen, 78, 68 years in Indiana

IRELAND.

• Margaret Buck, 74, 61 years in Indiana
• Wm. T. Kincaid, 89, 35 years
• Rhoda McKim, 83, 40 years
• James Kincaid, 77, 42 years

SCOTLAND.

• George McCulloch, 71, 49 years in Indiana

GREAT BRITAIN.

• Emanuel Hitchen, 77, 30 years in Indiana

GERMANY.

• Fred Vinup, 83, 30 years in Indiana
• Elizabeth Vinup, 74, 30 years
• Gehart Blanke, 93, 50 years

SWITZERLAND, EUROPE.

• Fred L. Grisard, 71, 60 years in Indiana
• Zelle C. Grisard, 72, 56 years
• Mathias Medary, 79, 55 years
• George Claproot, 75, 50 years

STATE NOT GIVEN.

• Leonard Cole, 78, 62 years in Indiana
• Lemuel Bray, 61 years
• Jackson G. Douglass, 74, 60 years
• John Hannah
• Stephen Girard, 70 years
• Wm. Pearce, 70, 42 years
• Joanna Pearce, 42 years
• Joseph Pearce, 72, 52 years
• John Boyle, 70, 45 years
• Jean Boyle, 60 years
• C. M. Walker, 72, 35 years
• Colonel Dodd
• Solomon Hathaway, 80, 67 years

In the above list we find the names of 142 persons who have attained the age of 70 years and upwards, all residents of these two counties. We learn that during the past week three of this numer have been born to their last resting place. Their names are John Latham, of Rising Sun; Maria Melick, of East Enterprise; and Martin R. Green, of Patriot.