120 E. Main St., North Manchester--Chain of Title & Property Owners, Timeline
Researched and prepared by John Knarr, July 2011.

October 12, 1835. Land Entry. United States to Peter Ogan. Recorded, Tract Book, Page 182. Original Entry or purchase of: The Fr'l N.E.1/4 of Section #5, in Township #29 North, of Range #7 East, 59.75 acres, in Wabash County, Indiana.

March 30, 1837. United States, by Martin Van Buren, President, to Peter Ogan. Patent. Consideration--Full Payment. Recorded September 1, 1891. Deed Record #53, Page 227. Conveys: Lot or Fraction of the N.E. 1/4 of Section #5 (North of Eel River), in Township #29 North, of Range #7 East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Fort Wayne, Indiana, containing 59.75 acres, which said tracts have been purchased by the said Peter Ogan. "To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities and appurtenances of whatsoever nature thereunto belonging, unto the said Peter Ogan and to his heirs and assigns forever."

September 14, 1837. Peter Ogan & Mary Ann Ogan, his wife, to Clark Williams. Warranty Deed. Consideration $51.00. Recorded May 8, 1838. Deed Record "B", Page 230. Conveys: In Lot #23 on the recorded plat of the Town of Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

December 22, 1840. Clark Williams to Thomas Thorn. Warranty Deed. Consideration $50.00. Recorded June 4, 1880. Deed Record "E", Page 130. Re-Recorded June 12, 1880. Deed Record #30, Page 54. Conveys: Lot #23 on the recorded town plat of North Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

1847. Thomas Thorn died.

May 4, 1849. William Thorn, John Thorn, Isaac Thorn, Hannah Jesah [Jesson/Jessup], Sarah Thorn, Elizabeth Thorn to Nancy W. Thorn. Quitclaim Deed. Consideration $250.00. Conveys: In-Lot #23 in the Town of Manchester, in Wabash county, Indiana. Note: Thomas Thorn, deceased. No records found of proceedings in settlement of his estate. Affidavit, Mrs. Geneva Emery, November 18, 1921 [Wabash County Miscellaneous Record "Z", Page 152]--"Geneva Emery being duly sworn on oath says that she is 64 years of age and a resident of the County of Wabash and State of Indiana, and that she is the daughter of Isaac Thorn, now deceased, who was the son of Thomas Thorn, who died in 1847, the owner in fee simple of lot twenty three in the Original Plat of the town of Manchester, now called North Manchester in Wabash County, State of Indiana. That said Thomas Thorn left surviving him as his sole and only heirs at law, his widow, Nancy W. Thorn, and his children, William Thorn, John Thorn, Isaac Thorn, Hannah Jesah, Sara Thorn, and Elizabeth Thorn, and none others. That William Thorn, John Thorn, Isaac Thorn, Hannah Jesah, Sarah Thorn and Elizabeth Thorn, the children of said Thomas Thorn, deceased, on May 4, 1849, deed record K, page 209, Wabash County, Indiana, conveyed said lot to Nancy W. Thorn, the widow of Thomas Thorn, and said grantors were on said May 4, 1849, all over the age of twenty one years, and were on said date all unmarried. That Nancy W. Thorn, grantor in a deed to Joseph C. Marshall and Daniel M. Marshall, February 3, 1854, deed record P, page 173, to said lot, was the widow of said Thomas Thorn and was on said February 3, 1854, unmarried. And that Hanna Jesah in the granting clause in said deed, and Hanah Jesson, who signed, and Hannah Jesah, who acknowledged the execution of said deed was one and the same person, and that her true name was Hannah Jessup, and she was on said May 4, 1849, unmarried."

February 3, 1854. Nancy W. Thorn to Joseph C. Marshall & Daniel M. Marshall. Warranty Deed. Consideration $360.00. Recorded April 17, 1854. Deed Record "P", Page 173. Conveys: In Lot #23 in the Town of North Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

February 7, 1856. Daniel M. Marshall & Martha A. Marshall to Joseph C. Marshall. Warranty Deed. Consideration $2000.00. Recorded March 4, 1856. Deed Record "R", Page 240. Conveys: The undivided half of Lot #23 in the Town of North Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

March 28, 1863. Joseph C. Marshall & Phebe Marshall to Milborne S. Marshall. Warranty Deed. Consideration $1800.00. Recorded January 19, 1864. Deed Record "Z", Page 338. Conveys: Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

April 7, 1865. Melbourn S. Marshall & Catharine E. Marshall to Dr. Andrew J. Sprague. Warranty Deed. Consideration $2500.00. Recorded June 19, 1865. Deed Record #3, Page 406. Conveys: Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

April 7, 1865. Mortgage of $1660 from Milborn S. Marshall to Andrew J. and Frances A. Sprague, non-residents of state of Indiana. Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the town of Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana, to secure the payment of four notes of even date herewith, one for $160.00 due November 1, 1865, and three from $500.00 each, due one, two and three years after date. Mortgage recorded June 20, 1865. Mortgage Record "G", Page 169.

April 24, 1865. Milborn Marshall assigned above mortgage to Joseph C. Singer.

April 30, 1866. Joseph C. Singer filed complaint to foreclose on mortgage to the Spragues.

January 26, 1867. Sheriff's sale. Joseph C. Singer bid $700 and no person bid more.

August 29, 1868. John M. McKahan, Sheriff of Wabash County, Indiana, to Joseph C. Singer. Sheriff's Deed. Consideration $700.00. Recorded September 2, 1868. Deed Record #9, Page 178. Conveys: All of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of North Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana. Except 22 feet front and 110 feet off the south west corner of said lot.

April 21, 1869. Joseph C. Singer & Elizabeth Singer, his wife, to Milbourn S. Marshall. Warranty Deed. Consideration $500.00 Recorded January 29, 1870. Deed Record #11, Page 23. Conveys: Thirty (30) feet front and entire depth off the east side of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

May 28, 1869. Milbourne S. Marshall & Catharine E. Marshall to George W. Lawrence. Warranty Deed. Consideration $500.00. Recorded January 29, 1870. Deed Record #11, Page 24. Conveys: Thirty (30) feet front and entire depth off the east side of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana. Note: Affidavit of Samuel Hamilton, October 25, 1921 [Miscellaneous Record "Z", Page 152, Wabash County, Indiana]: "This affiant says that he knew Daniel M. Marshall and his wife, Martha, who appear as grantors in a deed to Joseph C. Marshall, February 7, 1856, in deed record R, page 240. That said grantors were husband and wife. and that Martha Marshall in the granting clause, and Martha A., who signed, and Martha, who acknowledged the execution of the same was one and the same person. That he also knew Joseph C. Marshall and Phebe, his wife, the grantors in a deed to Milborne S. Marshall, march 28, 1863, deed record Z, page 338, to lot 23 in the Original Plat of the town of North Manchester. And that said grantors in said deed were husband and wife on said date. This affiant further says that he knew Milborne S. Marshall, the grantee in a deed from Joseph C. and Phebe Marshall, March 28, 1863, deed record Z, page 338, to said lot 23; and the grantor Milbourn S. Marshall in a deed by him and Catherine, to Dr. Andrew J. Sprague, April 7, 1865, deed record 3, page 406, was one and the same person. And that Milbourn S. Marshall in the granting clause in said deed to Sprague, and M.S. Marshall, who signed, and Melbourne S. Marshall, who acknowledged the execution of the same was one and the same person. And that Catherine Marshall in the granting clause in said deed to Sprague, and C.E. Marshall, who signed, and Catherine Marshall, who acknowledged the execution of the same was one and the same person. And that Milbourn S. Marshall and Catherine Marshall in said deed to Sprague were husband and wife on said date. That said Milbourn S. Marshall was commonly known as M.S. or Samuel Marshall. This affiant says that Milbourne S. Marshall and Catherine E. Marshall, grantors in a deed by them to George W. Lawrence, March 28, 1869, deed record 11, page 24, to part of lot 23 in the Original Plat were on said date husband and wife. And that Milbourne S. Marshall in the granting clause and M.S. Marshall, who signed, and Milbourn S. Marshall, who acknowledged the execution of the same was one and the same person. And that Catherine E. Marshall in the granting clause in said deed and C.E. Marshall, who signed, and Catherine E. Marshall, who acknowledged the execution of the same was one and the same person."

May 10, 1870. Joseph C. Singer & Elizabeth Singer, his wife, to Christian Shively, George A. Rhodes & John H. Shively (one undivided one third to each). Warranty Deed. Consideration $575.00. Recorded June 8, 1870. Deed Record #11, Page 200. Conveys: Part of Lot 23 in the Original Plat of the Town of N. Manchester, described as follows: 25 feet front, commencing 30 feet west from the southeast corner of said lot; thence west said 25 feet and the entire depth north of said lot, the lines running parallel with lines of said lot. Also, the undivided half of the perpetual use of a stairway from the street on the west side of said 25 feet; in Wabash County, Indiana.

May 25, 1871. Joseph C. Singer to Christian Shively, George A. Rhodes, and John H. Shively. Warranty Deed. Consideration $500.00. Recorded January 14, 1876. Deed Record #21, Page 500. Conveys: The west part of Lot #23, in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, being 24 feet in front from the south west corner, and the entire depth of said lot; in Wabash County, Indiana.

June 11, 1872. George A. Rhodes & Ellie E. Rhodes, his wife, to David Gripe. Warranty Deed. Consideration $3300.00. Recorded July 26, 1872. Deed Record #15, Page 121. Conveys: The undivided 1/3 part of a part of Lot #23, in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, as follows: Commencing 30 feet west from the south east corner of said lot; thence north by a parallel line with the east line to the north line of said lot; thence west to the north west corner; thence south to the south west corner of said lot; thence east to the place of beginning. Embracing the undivided half of the wall, on the east line of said premises, in Wabash County, Indiana.

February 26, 1873. Christian Shively, Barbara Shively, his wife, and John H. Shively to David Gripe. Quitclaim Deed. Consideration $3500.00. Recorded July 2, 1873. Deed Record #16, Page 371. Conveys: 20 1/2 feet in width, off the west side of Lot #23, in the Original Plat, of the Town of Manchester, being 20 1/2 feet front, and the entire length of said lot. Also--the perpetual right to maintain and use the stairway from the street east of, and adjoining the south east corner of said premises in common with said Christian and John H. Shively, in Wabash County, Indiana.

March 10, 1879. David Gripe to Daniel Sala. Warranty Deed. Consideration $1800.00. Recorded March 10, 1879. Deed Record #27, Page 237. Conveys: 20 1/2 feet in width off the west side of Lot #23, in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, now called North Manchester, being 20 1/2 feet front, and the entire length of said lot. And conveys, quit claims, and releases the perpetual right to maintain, and use the stairway from the street east of, and adjoining the south east corner of said premises, in common with Christian Shively, and their grantees; in Wabash County, Indiana.

March 10, 1882. Daniel Sala & Ruanna Sala, his wife, to Levi J. Noftzger. Warranty Deed. Consideration $3,000.00. Recorded March 22, 1882. Deed Record #34, Page 27. Conveys: Same real estate as described in deed immediately above.

May 4, 1887. Lawrence National Bank, of North Manchester [Geo. W. Lawrence, President; D.C. Harter, Cashier] to Levi J. Noftzger. Warranty Deed. Consideration $650.00. Recorded July 6, 1887. Deed Record #44, Page 454. Conveys, to-wit: That said Levi J. Noftzger, his heirs and assigns shall erect and maintain good, and sufficient stairs starting at the sidewalk at the south west corner of the lot herein mentioned and leading thence up to the second story of the west building on said lot, where from its landing an entrance shall be made to a Hall not less than 5 feet wide, leading to the door in the second story, of said grantors' building, the same to be so made and maintained for the convenient and perpetual use of said grantors and their assigns in common, with said grantee, and his assigns the following real estate, in Wabash County, Indiana, to-wit: Part of the Lot#23, in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester bounded as follows--Commencing on the south line, and 55 feet west from the south east corner of said lot, and at the center of the west wall of the brick building now thereon; thence north with the center of said wall to the north line of said lot; thence west to the east line of L.J. Noftzger's part of said lot; thence south along the said east line to the south line of same; thence east about 3 1/6 feet to the place of beginning.

December 20, 1893. Levi J. Noftzger & Mary C. Noftzger, his wife, to Charles F. Noftzger. Warranty Deed. Consideration $10,000.00. Recorded February 19, 1894. Deed Record #59, Page 355. Conveys: 23 feet and 8 inches off of the west side of Lot #23, in Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, now North Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana.

May 20, 1905. Sheriff's Sale.

May 25, 1906. Sanford C. Martin, Sheriff of Wabash County, Indiana, to May E. Curtner. Sheriff's Deed. Consideration $7500.00. Recorded June 7, 1906. Deed Record #89, Page 62.

April 30, 1910. May Eagle Curtner died. Surviving husband was John M. Curtner.

December 30, 1929. The Estate of John M. Curtner to The Northern Indiana Power Company. Lease. Recorded June 30, 1930. Miscellaneous Record #1, Page 8. Leases--the two story brick building known as the Noftzger Hardware Building, situated on the northside of Main street at the corner of a certain alley in North Manchester, Indiana. For the period of 10 years from the 1st day of October, 1930, at a rental of $1100. per annum, payable in monthly installments of $91.66 due and payable in advance on the 10th day of each month. Said first party shall maintain said building in good, habitable condition, construct a suitable door opening in the rear of such building, at a cost not exceeding $200 and provide satisfactory heating capacity to render such building comfortable. The privilege of sub-leasing any part of such building is hereby granted said second party within the term of 10 years, provided such sub-lease receives the approval of said party of the first part, etc.

April 25, 1936. Administrator's Deed (Administrator of estate of John M. Curtner) to Lewis P. Urschel and L. Harold Urschel. Consideration $1.00. Recorded June 4, 1936. Deed Record #137, Page 27. Conveys: The west 23 feet and 8 inches of Lot No. 23 in the Original Plat of the town of North Manchester, Indiana, in Wabash County, Indiana. Subject to the tenants rights, and subject to easement rights for the use of stairway as described in deed of Shively to Arnold dated October 9th, 1880, recorded November 1st 1881 in Deed Record #32, Page 478, Wabash County, Indiana.

May 24, 1956. Lewis P. Uschel, a widower, to L. Harold Urschel. Warranty Deed. Consideration $1.00. Recorded May 26, 1956. Deed Record #180, Page 512. Conveys: My undivided one half (1/2) interest in and to the West twenty three (23) feet and eight (8) inches of Lot number twenty three (23) in the Original Plat of the town of North Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana. Subject to easement rights for the use of stairway as described in deed of Shively to Arnold dated October 9th, 1880, recorded November 1st, 1881 in Deed Record #32, Page 478 in records of Wabash County, Indiana.

March 24, 1960. L. Harold Urschel "Lessor" and Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc., a corporation, "Lessee". Five-year lease. Consideration $10,500.00. Recorded April 26, 1960. Miscellaneous Record #17, Pages 243-247, Wabash County. "For use as an office, salesroom, storeroom and garage in the conduct of the public utility business of said Lessee or its successors or assigns".