124 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.

February 22, 1872. George W. Lawrence & Jennie C. Lawrence to John Whisler. Warranty Deed. Consideration $400.00. Recorded March 9, 1872. Deed Record #13, Page 471. Conveys: The undivided half of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, described as follows: Commencing 7 feet west of the south east corner of said lot; thence north by a line parallel with the east line of said line of said lot to the north end; thence west 23 feet; thence south to the south end of said lot; thence east 23 feet to the place of beginning, in Wabash County, Indiana.

March 29, 1886. John Whisler & Catharine Whisler, his wife, to George W. Lawrence. Warranty Deed. Consideration $3000.00. Recorded April 13, 1886. Deed Record #14, Page 409. Conveys: The undivided one half of that part of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester (now North Manchester), described as follows: Commencing 7 feet west of the southeast corner of said lot; thence north parallel with the east line of said lot to the north line of same; thence west 23 feet; thence south to the south line of said lot; thence east 23 feet to the place of beginning. Also, the undivided half of the east half of the west wall of the brick building situated on the above described real estate in said Lot #23, and being more particularly described in a deed made by Christian Shively and wife to Lawrence and Whisler, and being recorded in Deed Record No. 11, Page 592, Wabash County, Indiana.

January 27, 1886. George W. Lawrence & Jennie C. Lawrence, his wife, to Aug. C. Mills. Warranty Deed. Consideration $350.00. Recorded February 4, 1886. Deed Record #42, Page 151. Conveys: The undivided one half of the east part of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, now North Manchester, described as follows: Commencing at the south east corner of said Lot #23; thence north to the north east of said lot; thence west 8 1/2 feet; thence south to south line of said lot; thence east 7 feet to the place of beginning, in Wabash County, Indiana.

January 10, 1888. Geo. W. Lawrence & Jennie C. Lawrence, his wife; Aug. C. Mills & Elizabeth H. Mills, his wife, to Lawrence National Bank of North Manchester, Indiana. Warranty Deed. Consideration $8000.00. Recorded February 11, 1888. Deed Record #45, Page 435. Conveys: The east part of Lot #23 in the Original Plat of the Town of Manchester, now North Manchester, described as follows: Commencing at the south east corner of said Lot #23; thence north to the north east corner of said lot; thence west 8 1/2 feet; thence south to the south line of said lot; thence east 7 1/2 feet to the place of beginning, in Wabash County, Indiana. Note: George W. Lawrence died intestate December 9, 1894, and no letters of administration were issued on his estate. George W. Lawrence died leaving as his sole and only heirs his wife, Jennie C. Lawrence and his daughter, Elizabeth Mills and none others. Affidavit, John W. Domer, October 22, 1921. Miscellaneous Record "Z", Page 153.

February 6, 1900. Jennie C. Lawrence died intestate.

April 30, 1904. Administrator's Sale. John W. Domer, Administrator of the estate of Jennie C. Lawrence, deceased.

May 5, 1904. John W. Domer, Administrator of the estate of Jennie C. Lawrence, by order of the Wabash Circuit Court, of Wabash County, Indiana, entered in Order Book #24, of said Court, on Page 477, to Harmon Naber. Administrator's Deed. Consideration $3125.00. Recorded May 12, 1904. Deed Record #84, Page 493. Conveys: the undivided one half of part of In Lot #23 in the Original Plat to the Town of North Manchester, bounded and described as follows: commencing 7 feet west of the south east corner of said lot, at the center of the brick wall of a building now situate on said part of said lot; thence north parallel with the east line of said lot along the center of said brick wall to the north line of said lot; thence west 23 feet to the center of the west wall of the brick building thereon; thence south along the center of said west wall to the south line of said lot; thence east along the south line of said lot 23 feet to the place of beginning. Intending to include herein the west half of the east wall and the east half of the west wall of the brick building situate on the above described real estate; in Wabash County, Indiana.

May 2, 1905. Sanford C. Martin, Sheriff of Wabash County, Indiana, to Harmon Naber. Sheriff's Deed. Consideration $2975.00. Recorded May 2, 1905. Deed Record #86, Page 514. Conveys: Part of In Lot #23, in the Original Plat of the Town of North Manchester, bounded and described as follows: Commencing 7 feet west of the south east corner of said lot, at the center of the brick wall of a building now situate on said part of said lot; thence north parallel with the east line of said lot along the center of said brick wall to the north line of said lot; thence west 23 feet to the center of the west wall of the brick building thereon; thence south along the center of said west wall to the south line of said lot; thence east along the south line of said lot 23 feet to the place of beginning. Intending to include herein the west half of the east wall and the east half of the west wall of the brick building situate on the above described real estate; in Wabash County, Indiana.

September 30, 1921. Harmon Naber & Orpha O. Naber, his wife, to Ben Oppenheim. Warranty Deed. Consideration $7500.00. Recorded October 11, 1921. Deed Record #118, Page 143. Conveys: Part of In Lot #23, in the Original Plat of the Town of North Manchester, bounded and described as follows: Commencing 7 feet west of the south east corner of said lot, at the center of the brick wall of a building now situate on said part of said lot; thence north parallel with the east line of said lot along the center of said brick wall to the north line of said lot; thence west 23 feet to the center of the west wall of the brick building thereon; thence south along the center of said west wall to the south line of said lot; thence east along the south line of said lot 23 feet to the place of beginning. Intending to include herein the west half of the east wall and the east half of the west wall of the brick building situate on the above described real estate; in Wabash County, Indiana.