James Conwell

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Mrs. Thayer was the last of a family of 13 daughters of the Rev. and Mrs. James Conwell. She was a descendant of Betsy Ross. Mrs. Thayer's father, James Conwell, was a pioneer Methodist minister in Indiana. He came west in 1819, and at first lived in Cincinnati, where he owned the land on which the courthouse now stands. One of his purchases was the old Garrison farm near Laurel. On this farm was a distillery which he fitted up for a church and schoolhouse, the first church or school between Brookville and Connersville. Later he built a brick church there which was called the 'Old Bochim'. Mr. Conwell was also a member of the first general assembly held in Indianapolis. He was an author of a bill appropriating money for the construction of the old Whitewater canal, which, before railways were built, was the chief transportation route between Connersville and Cincinnati.