William F. Mabe, a pioneer citizen of Van Buren Township, died at his home near
Pikes Pike after a lingering illness of diseases incident to old age. He was
born in Stokes county, North Carolina, in 1825. In 1833 the family sold their
lease to Lawrence county and settled in the southwestern part of Bartholomew
County, one mile west of Pikes Peak, and within a half mile of Stone Head. This
was before Brown County was organized and the spot where they settled was then
part of Bartholomew county but in 1911* a part of Brown county. Mr. Mabe often
spoke of seeing two bears in Brown County and that his father killed the first
one in 1844, that it was a yearling and weighed 150 pounds net. They discovered
its tracks in the snow and followed it a short distance from their home and shot
and killed it. A few days later Mabe and his father were hunting deer and
discovered another bear. They both shot at it but it ran over a hill where they
soon found it, wounded. The men and some dogs came upon it and it arose and ran.
It was shot at again and was attacked by the dogs but it whipped the dogs and
made its escape.
Mr. Mabe well remembered the night the stars fell. He was attending school at
New Bellsville and the teacher, Frank Eslick, was boarding at their home. He
said the stars began falling shortly before daylight, fell thick and fast and
that this continued until obliterated by the coming of board daylight. This was
in 1833.
*(Brown Co. was formed in 1836, 1911 is the year of Mabe’s death)
Pikes Pike after a lingering illness of diseases incident to old age. He was
born in Stokes county, North Carolina, in 1825. In 1833 the family sold their
lease to Lawrence county and settled in the southwestern part of Bartholomew
County, one mile west of Pikes Peak, and within a half mile of Stone Head. This
was before Brown County was organized and the spot where they settled was then
part of Bartholomew county but in 1911* a part of Brown county. Mr. Mabe often
spoke of seeing two bears in Brown County and that his father killed the first
one in 1844, that it was a yearling and weighed 150 pounds net. They discovered
its tracks in the snow and followed it a short distance from their home and shot
and killed it. A few days later Mabe and his father were hunting deer and
discovered another bear. They both shot at it but it ran over a hill where they
soon found it, wounded. The men and some dogs came upon it and it arose and ran.
It was shot at again and was attacked by the dogs but it whipped the dogs and
made its escape.
Mr. Mabe well remembered the night the stars fell. He was attending school at
New Bellsville and the teacher, Frank Eslick, was boarding at their home. He
said the stars began falling shortly before daylight, fell thick and fast and
that this continued until obliterated by the coming of board daylight. This was
in 1833.
*(Brown Co. was formed in 1836, 1911 is the year of Mabe’s death)
William F. Mabe, a pioneer citizen of Van Buren Township, died at his home near
Pikes Pike after a lingering illness of diseases incident to old age. He was
born in Stokes county, North Carolina, in 1825. In 1833 the family sold their
lease to Lawrence county and settled in the southwestern part of Bartholomew
County, one mile west of Pikes Peak, and within a half mile of Stone Head. This
was before Brown County was organized and the spot where they settled was then
part of Bartholomew county but in 1911* a part of Brown county. Mr. Mabe often
spoke of seeing two bears in Brown County and that his father killed the first
one in 1844, that it was a yearling and weighed 150 pounds net. They discovered
its tracks in the snow and followed it a short distance from their home and shot
and killed it. A few days later Mabe and his father were hunting deer and
discovered another bear. They both shot at it but it ran over a hill where they
soon found it, wounded. The men and some dogs came upon it and it arose and ran.
It was shot at again and was attacked by the dogs but it whipped the dogs and
made its escape.
Mr. Mabe well remembered the night the stars fell. He was attending school at
New Bellsville and the teacher, Frank Eslick, was boarding at their home. He
said the stars began falling shortly before daylight, fell thick and fast and
that this continued until obliterated by the coming of board daylight. This was
in 1833.
*(Brown Co. was formed in 1836, 1911 is the year of Mabe’s death)
Pikes Pike after a lingering illness of diseases incident to old age. He was
born in Stokes county, North Carolina, in 1825. In 1833 the family sold their
lease to Lawrence county and settled in the southwestern part of Bartholomew
County, one mile west of Pikes Peak, and within a half mile of Stone Head. This
was before Brown County was organized and the spot where they settled was then
part of Bartholomew county but in 1911* a part of Brown county. Mr. Mabe often
spoke of seeing two bears in Brown County and that his father killed the first
one in 1844, that it was a yearling and weighed 150 pounds net. They discovered
its tracks in the snow and followed it a short distance from their home and shot
and killed it. A few days later Mabe and his father were hunting deer and
discovered another bear. They both shot at it but it ran over a hill where they
soon found it, wounded. The men and some dogs came upon it and it arose and ran.
It was shot at again and was attacked by the dogs but it whipped the dogs and
made its escape.
Mr. Mabe well remembered the night the stars fell. He was attending school at
New Bellsville and the teacher, Frank Eslick, was boarding at their home. He
said the stars began falling shortly before daylight, fell thick and fast and
that this continued until obliterated by the coming of board daylight. This was
in 1833.
*(Brown Co. was formed in 1836, 1911 is the year of Mabe’s death)
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