Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue
History & Genealogy

Culver, Marshall, Indiana

1908 Plat Map list of Cottagers & Property Owners South Shore

This is probably an incomplete listing probably of cottage lots and owners - but this is what was listed on the plat map of 1908 and what I am able to decipher of it. I hope to connect everything from the 1876 plat map forward but that will take time and much more research - in hopes of making an accurate history and genealogy of the lake and along the way gathering pictures, maps, stories, myths, legends, biographies, obitauries etc. to enhance it.

None of these listings are eteched in stone - it is probably just a pratial listing from sources during this time period - and based on known facts of 1908, on the plat map - everything may change if I can ever get the use of some of the abstracts or cottagers step forth with corrected data.

Much of the south shore, now home to some of the lake's finest residences, remained undeveloped until the post-World War II period.

I will try and carry this data forward to each of the plat maps if I can connect from this one to the next.

Hopefully from deeds, abstracts and future research we can list the complete property owners at this time.

The 1876 plat map shows no landowners for this area.

Reading from west to east
1837 - 30 June - James F. D. - Lanier Land Patent Sec 34 118 79/100A,198 79/100A
1876 - not stated
1880 - J. Farrar [Josiah Farrar]

From One Township Yesterday's: "There were 120 acres, known as the FARRAR lands now."

1908 - Josiah Farrar

2 & 6 in middle of this rest unplatted

1837 - 30 June - James F. D. - Lanier Land Patent Sec 34 118 79/100A,198 79/100A
1876 - not stated
1880 - Thos. Mc Donald [Thomas Mc Donald] 1908 - D. [Daniel] McDonald - Wigwam

This cottage is directly in line with S. Sycamore Rd.

1837 - 30 June - James F. D. - Lanier Land Patent Sec 34 118 79/100A,198 79/100A
1876 - not stated
1880 - B. Easterday Farm [Benjamin Easterday]

...Clara Almeda Easterday...

My mother..The daughter of Benjamin Easterday, 1840-1926, and Amanda Shupp Easterday, 1837-1909, she had one sister, Laura Medbourn, and four brothers: John, Lee, Harvey and Frank.

My grandfather, Benjamin Easterday, an early settler, (Corwin, "One Townhsip's Yesterdays") moved his family to Culver from Bucyrus, Ohio in 1878. His farm was on the south side of CUlver bordering Lake Maxinkuckee.

My grandfather gave the land for the old soutwest section of Culver's semetery. At the same time he deeded a plot to each of his childred. My mother and father, with my brother and his wife, are buried in her plot. Grandfather was a cahrte member of Emmanuel Church....
History of Marshall County Indiana Sesquicentenial 1836 - 1986 -, Taylor Publishing Co., 1986, Publication # 357 of 1422, Marshall County Historical Society
pg. 299 - Claude Mikesell Family - Opal Mikesell Benedict, daughter.

1898 - S. Overmyer 32.89A [Schuyler C. Overmyer]
1898 - S. Overmyer 35.90A [Schuyler C. Overmyer]
1908 - subdivided in this manner on lake front:

J. W. Crowley/Cromley
G. B. Headley
J.W.C.
__ Shire___
P. M. & F. M. Thayer
J. W. Crowley/Cromley

1908 - S. Overmyer, Farm Acreage in back [Schuyler C. Overmyer]

1837 - 30 June - James F. D. - Lanier Land Patent Sec 34 118 79/100A,198 79/100A
1876 - not stated
1880 - D. Easterday Farm [Daniel Easterday]
1908 - Daniel Easterday [farm land]

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