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1 December –
1808 – Vincennes, IN. Legislation creating Harrison County and naming Corydon county seat goes into effect. (See 11 October 1808.) [EL, p. 370-3]
1817 – Corydon, IN. Monday. Second session of state legislature convenes. [Griffin 2, p. 13]
1912 – New Albany, IN. The Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad Company opens a double track bridge across the Ohio River. [Griffin 2, p. 35]
1925 – Indianapolis, IN. The General Assembly enacts a law requiring that each year the governor issue a proclamation that 11 December will be celebrated as Indiana Day, reminding school children of their state heritage. [Griffin 2 p.
1939 – Corydon, IN. Mrs. Helen Porter Griffin, daughter of Judge William A. Porter, celebrates her 96th birthday. She lives in the Porter-Griffin house [Governor Hendricks headquarters], where she was born. She was 20 years old when John Hunt Morgan came to town. [Griffin 2, p. 266-7]
2 December –
3 December –
4 December –
1822 – Corydon, IN. Governor Jonathan Jennings leaves office. (See 7 November 1816.) [Griffin; p. 30]
5 December –
1679 – present South Bend, IN. Robert Cavalier de La Salle traverses the portage from St. Joseph River to the Kankakee River. [Funk, p. 9-12]
1816 – Corydon, IN. William Hendricks takes office as Indiana’s third governor.
1849 – Indianapolis, IN. Joseph A. Wright takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
1933 – Washington, DC. Amendment 21 to the US Constitution is ratified. Prohibition is over. (See 18 December 1917; 16 January 1919; 20 February 1933.) [Griffin 2, p. 105]
6 December –
1813 – Corydon, IN. The first session of the Territorial Assembly to meet here begins. (See 1 May 1813; 3 March 1813; 25 May 1813; 6 January 1814.) [Griffin 2, p. 27]
1816 – Madison, IN. The publishers claim this is the first issue of the Indiana Republican. Mr. Griffin sites a clipping of Dr. Logan Esarey, without date or provenence, but the following paragraph is too good not to quote: The editor [of the Indiana Republican] …allowed most of his paper for a few months to be taken up by parties to a local feud then going on in Jefferson County between the citizens of the two rival towns, Madison and Lexington. Ponderous Phillipics by these partisans, bearing the names of Plutarch’s heroes, often covered the whole front half of his paper. [Griffin 2, p. 180-1]
1837 – Indianapolis, IN. David Wallace takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
1843 – Indianapolis, IN. James Whitcomb takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
7 December –
1831 – Indianapolis, IN. Noah Noble takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
1941 – Jefferson County, IN. “The greatest American doughboy,” Lt. Samuel Woodfill, now 58 years old, requests a return to active duty. The request is granted, but he returns to service as a major. (See 12 October 1918; 15 October 1955.) [Funk, p. 161-4]
8 December –
1808 – Corydon, IN. Governor William Henry Harrison appoints Spier Spencer, sheriff; Richard M. Heth, recorder; Samuel Black, coroner; and Patrick Shields, John George Pfrimmer, and Squire Boone, justices of the court of common pleas of Harrison County. [EL, p. 370-3]
1859 – Newton County, IN, established. County seat is Kentland. Carved from Jasper county, it is named in honor of Sergeant John Newton. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
9 December –
1840 – Indianapolis, IN. Samuel Bigger takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
1987 – Corydon, IN. The Corydon Democrat announces that the old Carnegie Library is now the Frederick Porter Griffin Center for Local History and Genealogical Research. [Griffin 2, p. 359]
10 December –
1960 – Vatican City. Joseph Ritter chosen to become cardinal, archdiocese of St. Louis, MO. The first mass in the vernacular in the United States will be under his direction in 1965. (See 20 July 1892; 30 May 1917; 28 March 1933; 10 June 1967.) EL, p. 763-4]
11 December –
1816 – Washington City. President James Madison signs Congressional resolution admitting the state of Indiana to the union. [Kramer, p. 74]
1817 – Lanesville, IN. Oath to original plat sworn to by Edward Pennington. The Penningtons had come in 1792, and there has been a settlement here for at least three years. [Griffin 2, p. 32]
1868 – Seymour, IN. A train leaves the J.M. & I. depot, arriving in Jeffersonville just after midnight. In Jeffersonville, several hundred scarlet hooded figures detrain and promptly seize another train for the few miles’ ride to New Albany. (See 6 October 1866; 22 May 1868; 9 July 1868; 20 July 1868; 25 July 1868; 30 July 1868; 12 December 1868.) [Funk, p. 102-7]
12 December –
1821 – Decatur County, IN, established. County seat is Greensburg. Carved from Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1823 – Allen County, IN established; county seat Fort Wayne. Carved from Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of Colonel John Allen, KY state senator. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1868 – New Albany, IN. Scarlett hooded men detrain at the Pearl Street station, for into columns of four and march to the jail at State and Spring Streets. Men have been dropped off at each intersection, and others continue on to strategic intersections, while the main party breaks into the combined jail and sheriff’s residence and demands that Floyd County Sheriff Thomas J. Fullenlove turn over the keys to them. When he refuses, they pistol-whip him and shoot him in the right arm. County commissioners C.H. Neal and Henry Perrette are spending the night and are also held hostage. Mrs. Fullenlove surrenders the jail keys. About 4:30 a.m., the mob rushes to the cells on the second floor of the building and drag the Reno brothers, Frank, William and Simeon, one by one to the top of the stairway and hang them. Last to go is gang member Charles Anderson, who reportedly dies with a prayer on his lips, but must be strung up twice as the rope breaks on the first attempt. Having scarcely uttered a word, the mob, still hooded, reconstitutes itself, marches back to the train station and departs for Seymour, arriving home before dawn. (See 6 October 1866; 22 May 1868; 9 July 1868; 20 July 1868; 25 July 1868; 30 July 1868; 11 December 1868.) [Funk, p. 102-7]
1946 – Corydon, IN. The people of Corydon are reminded to buy Christmas seals which funds research to find a cure and prevention for tuberculosis. This year’s seal features a lamplighter and many remember Corydon’s lamplighter James Brandenburg – who died of tuberculosis. The family is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Plat 4, Lot 233. (See 11 June 1896.) [Griffin 2, p. 15, p. 209]
13 December –
1933 – Corydon, IN. Miss Ethel Mae Truncil and Lester A. Whipple, both of Palmyra, IN, are married in the Old Capitol building. This is the first wedding in the building since it has been taken over by the state of Indiana. [Griffin 2, p. 33]
14 December –
15 December –
1873 – Corydon, IN. A renovation of the old state house is completed. Mortar and windows have been repaired, the front door rebuilt, and the old stone doorsill replaced. [Griffin 2, p. 33]
16 December –
17 December –
1778 – Vincennes, IN. Having been deserted by most of his French militia, Leonard Helm strikes his colors when Lt. Gov. Henry Hamilton arrives from Detroit.
18 December –
1828 – Cass County, IN, established. County seat is Logansport. Carved from non-county area, it is named in honor of General Lewis Cass, governor of Michigan Territory and US Secretary of State. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1899 – San Mateo, the Philippines. General Henry Ware Lawton is shot while directing the United States assault from the front lines. (See 17 March 1843; 21 August 1861; 17 May 1862; 3 August 1864; 10 February 1865; 4 May 1867; 31 July 1867; 18 February 1889; 19 December 1899.) [Funk, p. 136-7]
1917 – Washington, DC. Amendment 18 to US Constitution proposed. (See 16 January 1919; 20 February 1933; 5 December 1933.) [Griffin 2, p. 105]
19 December –
Deaths –
1899 – San Mateo, the Philippines. General Henry Ware Lawton dies. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (See 17 March 1843; 21 August 1861; 17 May 1862; 3 August 1864; 10 February 1865; 4 May 1867; 31 July 1867; 18 February 1889; 18 December 1899.) [Funk, p. 136-7]
20 December –
1817 – Dubois County, IN, established. County seat is Jasper. Carved from Perry and Pike counties, it is named in honor of Toussaint Debois. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1824 – Hendricks County, IN, established. County seat is Danville. Carved from Delaware county and Wabash New Purchase, it is named in honor of William Hendricks. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1825 – Fountain County, IN, established. County seat is Covington. Carved from Montgomery County and Wabash New Purchase, it is named in honor of Major James Fontaine. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
21 December –
1813 – Washington County, IN, organized. County seat is Salem. Carved from Clark, Harrison and Knox counties, it is named in honor of George Washington. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1816 – Pike County, IN, established. County seat is Petersburg. Carved from Gibson and Perry counties, it is named in honor of Zebulon Pike. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1818 – Owen County, IN, established. County seat is Spencer. Carved from Daviess and Sullivan counties, it is named in honor of Abraham Owen. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1822 – Montgomery County, IN, established. County seat is Crawfordsville. Carved from Wabash New Purchase, it is named in honor of General Richard Montgomery. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
22 December –
23 December –
24 December –
1947 – Corydon, IN. Street signs are installed at 48 street intersections. [Griffin 2, p. 22]
Deaths –
1914 – Los Angeles, CA. John Muir dies. (See 1 September 1867; Kentucky 2 September 1867.) [EL, p. 634]
25 December –
26 December –
1848 – Indianapolis, IN. Paris C. Dunning takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
27 December –
1816 – Jennings County, IN, established. County seat is Vernon. Carved from Jackson and Jefferson counties, it is named in honor of Jonathan Jennings. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1816 – Ripley County, IN, established. County seat is Versailles. Carved from Dearborn and Jefferson counties, it is named in honor of General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1923 – Corydon, IN. The Corydon Democrat reports the sale of the two toll houses, one at Corydon, one at Edwardsville, of the last toll road in Indiana. The sale closes the nearly three-quarters of a century history of the road which began as a plank road, and is now to be a turnpike. [Griffin 2, p. 162]
1991 – Mauckport, IN. Former resident Lloyd Duggins, who died in April, 1990, bequeathed $230,000 to the Crazy Horse Memorial, under construction near Custer, SD. He had never seen the sculpture. [Griffin 2, p. 7]
28 December –
1812 – Vincennes, IN. William Henry Harrison leaves office, first governor of the Indiana Territory. John Gibson appointed acting governor.
1820 – Corydon, IN. The Library of Congress has files of the Indiana Gazette printed at Corydon from 9 January 1819, to this date. (See 21 June 1817.) [Griffin 2, p. 180]
29 December –
30 December –
1816 – Sullivan County, IN, established. County seat is Sullivan. Carved from Knox county, it is named in honor of Daniel Sullivan, soldier. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1918 – French Lick, IN. Thomas Taggart turns away Al Capone and Mae Coughlin seeking to celebrate their marriage, which has taken place in a nearby private residence. [Bundy, French Lick…, p. 63; http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html
31 December –
1821 – Henry County, IN, established. County seat is New Castle. Carved from Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of Patrick Henry. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1821 – Marion County, N, established. County seat is Indianapolis. Carved from Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of General Francis Marion, “the Swamp Fox.” […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1821 – Rush County, IN, established. County seat is Rushville. Carved from Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1821 – Shelby County, IN, established. County seat is Shelbyville. Carved from the Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1822 – Morgan County, IN, established. County seat is Martinsville. Carved from Delaware and Wabash New Purchases, it is named in honor of General Daniel Morgan. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1822 – Putnam County, IN, established. County seat is Greencastle. Carved from Owen county and Wabash New Purchase, it is named in honor of General Israel Putnam. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1823 – Johnson County, IN, established. County seat is Franklin. Carved from Delaware New Purchase, it is named in honor of John Johnson, first Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
Deaths –
1859 – Washington City. Judge Isaac Blackford, lately of the Indiana supreme court, presently appointed to the United States Court of Claims, dies. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN. [Funk, p. 139-141]
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