This article was in The Osceola Sentinel Centennial Edition, Thursday, August 1, 1951.
In early 1906 an effort was made to compile a complete list of pioneer residents of Clarke County, still living here then, who had 50 or more years of residence in the county. The list grew to 80 names and was said to be practically complete.
| NAME | RESIDENCE | FROM | YEAR |
| Adams, R.M. | Osceola | IN | 1850 |
| Barnard,Mrs. Lurania | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Barnhill, Mrs. Lizzie | Osceola | IL | 1855 |
| Barrows, Mrs. P.C. | Osceola | IN | 1855 |
| Blake, Ira W. | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Bonar, Mrs. Lucinda | Osceola | OH | 1852 |
| Bumgardner, Mrs. H.E. | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Campbell, John | Osceola | IN | 1855 |
| Carder, George | Washington twp. | IN | 1853 |
| Carder, Mrs. George | Washington twp. | IN | 1853 |
| Coon, A.C. | Doyle twp. | IN | 1854 |
| Coon, Mrs. A.C. | Doyle twp. | IN | 1855 |
| Coon, Mrs. William | Doyle twp. | IN | 1853 |
| Coon, William | Doyle twp. | IN | 1853 |
| Davenport, W.H. | Franklin twp. | IA | 1854 |
| Day, T.W. | Troy twp. | IN | 1853 |
| Delk, Mrs. S.B. | Osceola | IN | 1853 |
| Eggleston, C.B. | Jackson twp. | IA | 1855 |
NAME |
RESIDENCE |
FROM |
YEAR |
| Ford, Mrs. Sarah | Knox twp. | WVA | 1855 |
| Foster, Mrs. William | Osceola | IN | 1851 |
| Fowler, P.L. | Osceola | OH | 1854 |
| Glenn, Mrs. S.E. | Osceola | IN | 1855 |
| Goetchius, Geo. | Osceola | OH | 1853 |
| Graves, J.N. | Ward twp. | IL | 1854 |
| Hamilton, W.J. | Osceola | IL | 1852 |
| Harlan, V. | Fremont twp. | OH | 1853 |
| Hart, E. | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Hendrick, E.M. | Ward twp | IL | 1855 |
| Horton, Mrs. Sarah J. | Osceola | IA | 1854 |
| Hunt, Emeline E. | Knox twp. | OH | 1852 |
| Huston, Mrs. J. | Troy twp. | IN | 1853 |
| Jamison, Robt. | Doyle twp. | IN | 1850 |
| Jones, John | Osceola twp. | IN | 1851 |
| Johnson, T.A. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Johnson, F.W. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Johnson, W.E. | Madison twp. | OH | 1854 |
| NAME | RESIDENCE | FROM | YEAR |
| Keeran T.M. | Knox twp. | OH | 1853 |
| Kyte, F.M. | Osceola | IN | 1852 |
| Kyte, Mrs. F.M. | Osceola | IN | 1853 |
| Lamson, Mrs. H.N. | Osceola | WVA | 1853 |
| Lewis, A. | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Lewis, Parthenia | Osceola | IN | 1851 |
| Lyons, A. | Madison twp. | IN | 1854 |
| McGuire, Mrs. C.E. | Osceola | IL | 1856 |
| Morrow, Daniel | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Norton, Daniel | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Parrish, J.C. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Paul, G.M. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Paul, Mrs. G.M. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Paul, W.W. | Osceola | b. here | 1855 |
| NAME | RESIDENCE | FROM | YEAR |
| Reynolds, John | Osceola | OH | 1856 |
| Rhodes, Hugh | Liberty twp. | VA | 1852 |
| Robinson, B.G. | Osceola | b. here | 1854 |
| Robinson, Mrs. B.G. | Osceola | b. here | 1855 |
| Robinson, Mrs. Geo. | Ward twp. | IN | 1855 |
| Shearer, F.M. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Shepherd, J.M. | Knox twp. | IN | 1851 |
| Sherrow, Mrs. N.A. | Knox twp. | IN | 1850 |
| Shields, J.H. | Knox twp. | IN | 1855 |
| Shields, Mrs. J.H. | Knox twp. | IN | 1855 |
| Shields, J.H.C. | Doyle twp. | IN | 1850 |
| Smith, Mrs. David | Osceola | IN | 1850 |
| NAME | RESIDENCE | FROM | YEAR |
| Tedrow, Mrs. Henry | Jackson twp. | OH | 1855 |
| Thompson, J.B. | Osceola | OH | 1855 |
| Thompson, Mrs.E.L. | Osceola | IL | 1853 |
| Trent, T.A. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Trent, M.E. | Osceola | IN | 1854 |
| Tullis, J.W. | Osceola | IN | 1852 |
| Twombley, James | Osceola | OH | 1852 |
| Twombley, I.A. | Osceola | b. here | 1854 |
| Twombley, J.H. | Knox twp. | OH | 1852 |
| Twombley, Mrs. Lydia | Knox twp. | OH | 1852 |
| Twombley, H.H. | Knox twp. | OH | 1852 |
| Welch, Andrew Sr. | Liberty twp. | IN | 1851 |
| Wells, J.B. | Osceola | OH | 1854 |
| Williams, Ed. | Knox twp. | IN | 1855 |
| Williamson, Rich.Sr. | Liberty twp. | VA | 1852 |
| Williamson, Thos. | Liberty twp. | VA | 1852 |
| Williamson, Rich. Jr. | Liberty twp. | b. here | 1854 |
| Woodard, Ed | Osceola | OH | 1854 |