Salem Township - see next page
Sanders, Nancy - see William Heal

Selma, Indiana - Selma, the chief village of Liberty township, about five miles due east of Muncie, is a product of the coming of the first railroad through this part of the state, the old Indianapolis & Bellefontaine road, now familiarly known as the "Big Four," a part of the New York Central lines. Upon the completion of the survey of the railroad this townsite was laid out on the line of the proposed railroad at about the central point in the township and when the railroad came along it became a good shipping point and neighborhood trading center, diverting the trade from the older neighboring village of Smithfield, as has been set out above. The Selma townsite was laid out on a part of the north half of the northwest quarter of section 15 of township 20, range 11 (Liberty), on February 9, 1852, following the survey of the railroad through that section, the east half of the platted tract having been in the land of Joseph Greenwalt and the west half in that of Francis M. Dowlet, who thus became joint proprietors. The original plat shows a tract of four blocks comprising thirty-two lots, and six out lots, the latter of varying dimensions, including a tract of two acres designated as a steam mill site, south of the railroad. Railroad street, eighty feet wide, with the line of the I. & B. railway, split the tract ill the center east and west, the north east-and-west street being Muncie street. The north and south streets were East, Green, Albany, Union and South, with the county road as the west line of the plat.
(Source: History of Delaware County, Indiana - Frank D. Haimbaugh, Vol 1, page 405)

Shaw, Lee - the principal facts of whose career are herewith set forth, is the efficient secretary of the Muncie Natural Gas company, and one of the city's well known and popular business men. His father, Isaac M. Shaw, a native of Ohio, moved to Wayne county, Ind., in 1847, and for some years thereafter carried on a successful fanning mill manufactory at Centreville. Subsequently, he embarked in the mercantile trade at Winchester, Ind., with but very little knowledge of the business' his venture proved a financial failure, entailing an almost complete loss of the savings of many years of industry. After the loss of his wealth, which at the time of commencing merchandising was considerable, he followed various enterprises until his death, which occurred in the year 1872, at Winchester. Isaac M. Shaw was married about the year 1840 to Margaret Ashwell, of Morrow county, Ohio, who departed this life in 1886, at the age of seventy-four years. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Shaw four are living at this time, viz.: Lee, Benjamin F., Elmer and Melcena, wife of W. W. Wilson, of Farmland. Lee Shaw was born April 6, 1845, in Morrow county, Ohio, and was brought to Indiana by his parents when two years of age. In the schools of Centreville and Winchester, which he attended at intervals until his sixteenth year, he obtained the rudiments of an English education, and at the early age of twelve, by reason of his father's business failure, he was thrown upon his own resources, from which time until sixteen he was variously employed. About the year 1861 he went into the office of the Big 4 railroad at Winchester (then the Bee Line) as errand boy and general helper, etc., in which capacity he continued for two years, and then began learning telegraphy, soon becoming quite proficient as a manipulator of the key. His first and only position as an operator was at Anderson, where he remained a short time, then entered the employ of the United States Express company as messenger, and later acted as agent for the same at different points for a period of thirteen years. For four years he had exclusive charge of the money department of the company at Indianapolis, but owing to failing health, superinduced by too close attention to the duties of the position, he was compelled to resign, after which for one year he had charge of the office at Muncie. Severing his connection with the express company, Mr. Shaw next entered the railway service of the Bee Line (now Big 4) road, and for some years was local agent at Anderson, Union City and Muncie, in the order named. In January, 1887, he retired from the road and became secretary, of the Muncie Natural Gas company, organized that year, and has since held that position, discharging the duties incident there to with credit to himself and satisfaction to the corporation. Mr. Shaw is an accomplished business man, fully alive to the interests of the company with which he has so long been identified, and is thoroughly familiar with all details pertaining to the natural gas business. Since taking charge of the books of the corporation, he has instituted a number of new and greatly improved methods relative to consumers and their accounts, his services in this regard alone being highly valuable to the company in economizing both time and expense, besides being duly appreciated by the public. Politically Mr. Shaw's allegiance is with the republican party; fraternally he is a Mason of high standing, having taken a number of degrees in the order, including that of Sir Knight. In the year 1874 he was united in marriage to Miss Rose Ross, daughter of John H. and Rebecca (Fleming) Ross; two children, Lottie and Amie, are the result of the union.
(Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware and Randolph Counties, A. W. Bowen, publisher, 1894, pages 482/3.)

Shideler, Indiana - Shideler, a bit more than two miles south of Eaton, on the line between Union and Hamilton townships, is a shipping point that also got its start with the coming of the old Ft. Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati railroad. It was platted by Isaac Shideler on December 15, 1871, and the original plat shows a tract covering seven blocks, the line of the railway bisecting the plat, with Block 4 to the west of the track. Union, Main and Hamilton are the east and west streets and Chestnut, Market, Railroad and Shideler are the north and south streets.
(Source: History of Delaware County, Indiana, Frank D. Haimbaugh, 1924, Vol 1, page 407)

Shideler, David - see Granville
Shideler, Isaac - see Shideler
Smith, Oliver H. - see Yorktown

Smithfield, Indiana -- Smithfield, which still holds its place on the map, but whose dream of commercial importance long ago passed, was one of the very earliest contenders for commercial honors in the county, its projectors considering its position on White river as most advantageously designed for a trading point, and it did enjoy considerable distinction along this line until the coming of the railroad in the early '50s diverted its trade to the new railroad town of Selma which was established about a mile north. Smithfield was laid out by David Stout and William Duncan, joint proprietors, March 12, 1830, and the original plat covered four blocks, split north and south by Liberty street and east and west by Main street.
(Source: History of Delaware County, Indiana, Frank Haimbaugh, 1924, Vol 1, pages 400/1)

Snagtown, Indiana - Elizabethtown
Stewart, Henry - see William T. Clark
Stripp, J. R. - see John D. Bartling
Stout, David - see Smithfield