Warrick and Its Prominent People *
PREFACE
No history extant is free from errors. They are generally the result either of indifference on the part of those acquainted with the facts or the lack of information of the historian. This volume is doubtless one with many faults; but it is offered to the patrons as the best that could be produced under the numerous disadvantages besetting its prosecution, and without entailing an unjustifiable expense upon the publisher. Care has been taken to make the historical part of the work correct, and, although it is doubtless incomplete, it is of extraordinary length and detail for a work of its character.
The biographical part is chiefly a record of living men. These are
represented from all classes, professional, business and agricultural.
To write the biography of a living person is a work of appalling delicacy.
Speak well of him and his enemies call it servile flattery.
Speak ill of him and his friends call it the grossest injustice.
Thus, it is impossible for the biographer to escape censure from one of
the two sources. The different biographical subjects of this work are
not unlike all mankind. They all have faults, but it is not our province
to hold those faults up to the public gaze for the gratification of a
certain class that delight in the depreciation of their fellow-men. The
sole endeavor has been to do the subjects justice as near as possible in
the short space allotted. If the biographical part is incomplete, the
fault can not be justly attributed to the editor. Trusting that
the work will be given a just consideration and that it may be of some
value or interest to the posterity of the prominent people of Warrick
county of the present it is submitted to the public.
WILL FORTUNE.
Boonville, Indiana, 1881
The following are extracts from this publication. Where possible, I have taken the liberty of correcting most of the erroneous text that was the result of pasting from the "view plain text" version of the digitized copy. For the most part, I have left the spelling of names unchanged, even if they were obviously in error. For those few occasions where I did make a change in spelling, I have indicated this in italicized brackets [ ], and if in doubt, you should consult the original copy.
- Warrick County in the Civil War
- Biographical
- Organization and Settlement of Warrick County
- ORGANIZATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWNSHIPS
* Source: Google Books, citing "Warrick and Its Prominent People: A History of Warrick County, Indiana from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present", By William Fortune Published by Courier Co., 1881, Original from the New York Public Library, Digitized Feb 8, 2008, 172 pages; [accessed 16 Nov. 2008]
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