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Havilah Beardsley, who lived from 1795 to 1856, was the first physician of this township. He purchased Section five from the Indians in 1829 and in 1832 laid out the original plat of Elkhart. He built the first saw mill in 1831, the first flour mill in 1832, the first carding mill in 1835, the second flour mill in 1845, and the first paper mill in 1847.
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Elkhart, Indiana · United States
