The manuscript presently being added is volume 2 of John Forkner's "History of Madison County, Indiana." This volume contains the biographies submitted by "subscribers" to the manuscript prior to its publication. Generally, most county biographical volumes of history provide a rich view of the life of inhabitants in said county.
- Alexander, Lot Edward, Dr.
- Anderson, Archie C.
- Armington, Charles L.. M. D.
- Beall, Curran "Jack"
- Benefiel, Joel B.
- Bevilhimer, Spencer Gorland
- Bickford, George W.
- Biddle, Charles W., Hon.
- Boland, Daniel L.
- Bradley, Patrick S.
- Brady, Arthur Wolfe
- Bronnenberg, Weems
- Bronnenberg, William Butler
- Brown, Henry Clay
- Busby, Jonathan A.
- Byrum, Enoch E.
- Campbell, Bartlett H.
- Campbell, Wallace B.
- Carlton, David R.
- Chambers, Seneca
- Conrad, Ernest M., M. D.
- Cook, A. W.
- Cook, Benjamin H., M. D.
- Cotterman, Clinton M.
- Cragen, John B.
- Cromer, Martin L.
- Custer, 0. B.
- Davis, Arthur
- Davis, John E.
- Day, Thomas E.
- Doty, Thomas Jenkins
- Douglas, Otho W.
- Drach, Henry
- Dunlap, Ivan C.
- Dye, Augustus T.
- Elliott, Joseph H.
- Ellis, Andrew
- Eshelman, David
- Evans, Will G.
- Forkner, John Larue, Hon.
- Fornshell, Elmer Ellsworth
- Fornshell, Fred B.
- Foster, Frank P., Hon.
- Givens, John L.
- Goodykoontz, Martin Luther
- Greathouse, Frank M.
- Griffin, James W.
- Guy, Elmer A.
- Hancock, Garland
- Handy, Edward C.
- Hardie, Henry P.
- Hardy, Thomas Morris
- Heffner, Lewis
- Henderson, Charles A.
- Hennings, Joseph E.
- Herring, Charles H.
- Hill, Forrest J.
- Hinshaw, Orlando D.
- Hooven, Clement Warren
- Huffman, Owen
- Hunt, Mason V., M. D.
- Isanogel, Walter
- Johnson, Lewis
- Jones, Horace E., M. D.
- Jones, John Willits
- Keltner, Sanford M.
- Kinnard, Lewis D.
- Kinnard, William R.
- Kittinger, William A., Hon.
- Koons, George W.
- Lail, John H., M. D.
- Lambert, John W.
- Larmore, James H.
- Lewark, John W.
- Luse, Emereth E.
- Lyst, Edward E.
- Manger, Emerson
- Manning, George Grant
- Markle, Samuel Quincy
- Maul, Walter
- Mauzy, Silas R.
- May, Isaac E.
- McClintock, Oliver E.
- McCullough, Carroll K.
- McCullough, Neel M.
- Meckel, John
- Meyer, William P.
- Mingle, Oscar F., D. V. S.
- Montgomery, Samuel Douglas
- Moon, John A.
- Morris, Thomas
- Morris, William A.
- Mosiman, Frederick
- Netterville, James J.
- Nichol, George, Hon.
- Norris, Alonzo D.
- Oldham, Charles L.
- Overman, George M.
- Pence, Frank D.
- Pendleton, C. B., M. D.
- Pettigrew, George W.
- Pettigrew, William C.
- Phipps, George A.
- Poindexter, Charles
- Pritchard, John B.
- Raymer, C. S.
- Raymer, John H.
- Reynolds, Miron G.
- Rodger, J. C., V. S.
- Rozelle, Charles J.
- Sailing, Neils P.
- Scott, Bushrod W.
- Scott, Chester F.
- Scott, W. C.
- Shepherd, Robert C.
- Smethers, John A.
- Sneed, Bertan E.
- Stanley, Verling
- Starr, John T.
- Stewart, Jonas, M. D.
- Striker, Michael
- Swain, Samuel
- Trueblood, Wilson T.
- Underwood, Amos
- Van Osdol, James A.
- Webb, Herbert D.
- Webb, Herbert D.
- White, Wesley, Jr.
- Williams, Emmor
- Williams, Ira
- Winings, Mark E.
- Wright, Fred D.
- Zerface, William G., Hon.