The Milltown Community
Thanks to Ron Fry for research
Named after Cooper's Mill
- Erected in 1846 by Amos Cooper and Nat. Hull
- Third mill in county (after Lowe's and Lowther's)
- Cost $6000 to erect ($162,000 today)
- Sec. 11, Monon Twp., on the Big Monon Creek
- Back in the day the Big Monon was a real creek
Succeeding owners
- 1853: Lewis Davisson and Alex. Sosbe
- 1871: John Jost
- Employed the Loughrys as millers
- 1871: John Gratner
- 1872-1885: Henry Crumbo
Cooper's Mill: Last days
- Dynamite #1: October 28, 1883
- Dynamite #2: November 8, 1883
- Crumbo agrees to dismantle: November 23, 1885
- Mill and dam were dismantled
- Hussey, Saylor and Reece
Uriah Hussey Farm
(Later Bert Morris purchased)
More about the Crumbos
- Prominent family in New Albany, In.
- Came to White Co. after Pulaski Co. woes
- Descendants: Hammels, Kellenbergers, Tyners
