| RAILROAD PETITIONS | ||
| There were a number of railroads through Marshall County that appear in the records on paper only. The following represents three of those lines that were petitioned but never built. | ||
| CHICAGO CONTINENTAL & BALTIMORE RAILROAD | ||
| Petition from Union Township signed and dated 17 May 1872 by: | ||
| L. D. Wiseman | John Heminger (his mark) | Joseph Miller |
| Michael Benner (his mark) | Henry Burkardt (his mark) | George York |
| Moses Working | James Duddleson | Thomas Medbourn |
| Edward Medbourn Sr.(his mark) | Thomas Houghton | Edmund Morris |
| Wm. Jones | Wm. D. Scates | Christopher Myers |
| James H. Hill | Thomas Bedden | G. F. Zackman |
| James Green | Alfred Byrd | Daniel Easterday |
| Wm. Shaw | Jeremiah Mosher | E. Parker |
| H. Atkinson | J. L. Atkinson | Zechiel |
| Peter Keller | Joel Menser | Joel Menser |
| John H. Zechiel | John Zechiel | Joel Cromly |
| Johannes (VanSchoiack?) | L. T. Vanschoiack | |
| DETROIT, INDIANA & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD | ||
| Petition from North Township signed on the 20th July 1870: | ||
| R. H. McChesney | John Eckert | Joseph Stough |
| John Stough | Simon Stough | Albert Shank |
| A. M. Carpenter | John N. Winrott | John W. Carpenter |
| Simon Neff | Hiram Baker | A. C. Ames |
| Wm. McGowen | Charles Weeks | Robert Schroeder |
| Liberty Cross | John P. Grover | P. A. White |
| Jacob Davenport | Willian Seltenright | John Campbell |
| John Hilliard | R. F. Martin | Philo Young |
| Joseph Weeks | Jacob Steel | John Seltenright |
| Joseph Penrod | Isaiah Bower | Daniel Burger |
| James A. Gordon | Wm. Scofield | Noah Wiltfong |
| Daniel Seltright | Franklin Pirce | Abraham Baker |
| Petition from German Township signed on the 20th July 1870: | ||
| August Menzel | John F. Biehl | Carl ___________ |
| John Dietrich | Jacob Schilt | Joseph Biehl |
| Philip Kaneger | Daniel Ringle | Peter Gruber |
| C. Schilt | John Bauer, Jr. | Jacob Walter |
| Chas. Lehr | Daniel D. Mast | John C. King |
| John Heckaman | M. M. Foltz | Wm. Ringle |
| Lewis Theobald | Christian Seiler, Jr. | David Geyer |
| Adam Koontz | Benton Knoblock | C. Seiler, Sr. |
| Jacob Yockey | Christ. Wanner | W. J. Huff |
| F. Hostetler | Philip Huff | John Link |
| Adam Holderbaum | John B. Kitch | Romke Hygema |
| Jonas Miller | ||
| Petition from German Township signed 12 May 1869 and filed 5 Dec. 1870: | ||
| Peter Gruber | Daniel Vollnagle | Daniel Martin |
| H. J. Knoblock | ________Funk | J. G. Anders |
| Moses Kinzy | Adam Fisher | Adam Bauer |
| Benton Knoblock | N. F. Row | M. M. Folz |
| John Dietrich | Chas. Lehr | Jacob Stine |
| Volentin Fisher | Christ Schilt | Jonas Miller |
| Adam Kuntz | John Soice | Wm. Strang |
| Christian Seiler, Jr. | Christian Seiler | Jacob Matteo |
| Daniel Ringle | George Zimmer | Christopher Wannes |
| Jeptha Bondurant | John C. King | John F. Biehl |
| Christian Henry | Geo. Wynaugh | John S. Ringle |
| Jacob Schilt | Lewis Theobald | John Heckaman |
| W. B. Younkman | ||
| (Editors Note: The names above were transcribed from hand written signatures. Some of the blanks resulted from the names being written in old German script and were not readable to one unschooled in that form of writing. Likewise, some of the penmanship may have resulted in misspelled names.) | ||
| INDIANAPOLIS, LOGANSPORT & SOUTH BEND TRACTION RAILROAD | ||
| An election was held in German Twp. on 8 April 1905. On April 10th the results were reported | ||
| by the Board of Canvassers: Harmon Knoblock Wm. C. Foltz | ||
| I. Frank Wine Henry Schlosser | ||
| Five hundred twenty-two (522) for the railroad; one hundred sixty (160) against. | ||
| An election was to be held in Walnut Twp. on 1 April 1905. Results of that election are not in the | ||
| file. | ||