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TYPOGRAPHY.
Riverton Township is quite varied in its typographical features, having hill, prairie, timber and quarry. It embraces a surface of forty-two square miles. The Cedar River takes a serpentine course from northwest to southeast, through sections 28, 34, of 95 N., 15 W., and sections 2, 1 and 12 of 34 N., 15 W. These sections are all quite heavily wooded with oak, maple and other trees common to these Iowa valleys. There are numerous other small creeks and runs, nearly every section being touched. The southeast and southern sections generally are prairie, and the soil throughout the township is fine for corn and oats.
FIRST SETTLERS.
Undoubtedly the first settlers of this territory, now Riverton Township, were the Parishes, Warburtons, Wilcoxes, Clarks, Dyases, Ripleys, Gibsons and Perrys; these we know of, but of others we have no means of ascertaining, many of them having been called to join the immortal throng "over the river," in the bright realms
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of eternal life. Many others moved from the county to find homes in other counties and other States. They came with only moder- ate means; they had to clear the forest, for timber was sought in preference to open, bleak prairie; they had to erect their cabins be- fore a thought could be given to the cultivation of the land so cleare 1, and even afterward, when the fertile soil began to yield bountiful fruits, many deemed it wise to sell their squatter's claim to other immigrants, and push still farther westward, ofcentime; repeating a settlement followed by a sale, until one family could boast of being the first colonists in many townships, and, perhaps, States. Such claims have we found in Riverton and Pleasant Grove. The date of the earliest settlers was 1852 and the spring of 1853, Joel Parish and the Warburtons coming in 1852, the former moving into the edge of the county, building him a bark shanty in which he lived the following winter. The Warburtons- two brothers-came the next spring, built a log house, in which, afterward, the first school was taught. They moved from the town- ship just prior to its organization, one of them at present being a citizen of Rock Grove, "Uncle " Samuel Clark buying the prop- erty. The Ripleys, who have figured in the history of this county, came formerly from Gallia County, Ohio. Col. David Ripley, Judge for Floyd County, Joseph Ripley, and their children, are too well known to make additional mention; their biographies ap- pear in their proper place. Sanford Ripley moved first to Nashua in 1853, moving within the county in 1854. Joseph Ripley moved Sanford and family from Ohio, and the next year moved West with his family onto the farm Mr. Rowen now lives on. The following year he moved into 94 N., 16 W., where he built the log house in the grove in which all early settlers were welcome to stay until they had their cabin or shanty finished. About this time the Wilcoxes, the Stevens, Dyases, Eatons, and many others came from Gallia County to Floyd. The early life of these men tended to thoroughly test the " true inwardness " of their natures, and among them sin- cere, warm, enduring friendships sprang up-friendships that were, and are yet, cemented by ties of inutual obligations unknown to the present generation; friendships that have grown stronger and brighter with the passing years.
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OFFICIAL AND ELECTIONAL.
The first record found in the town clerk's collection of old offi- cial books runs:
STATE OF IOWA, FLOYD COUNTY.
RIVERTON TOWNSHIP, April 5, 1858.
At the April election the following men were duly elected to office, to wit: Peter K. Spaulding, Justice of the Peace; Wm. W. Grant, Alfred F. Warden, Constables; James F. Hall, C. H. Young, G. W. Bean, Trustees; David J. Horton, Township Clerk.
FIRST ROAD DISTRICTS.
At a regular meeting of the trustees, the first Monday of Octo- ber, 1859, they ordered the township to be divided into four road districts, comprising territory as follows :
Road District No. 1 comprised sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, of 94 north, range 15 west, and sections 1, 2, 3, of 94 north, 15 west, aggregating eleven square miles of territory.
District No. 2 comprised sections 4, 5, east half of 6, east half of 7, sections 8, 9, 16, 17, east half of 18, of 94 north, 15 west, making seven and a half square miles.
District No. 3, the whole east half of congressional township 94 north, range 16 west, the west half of sections 6, 7 and 18, sections 19, 20, 21, 28 to 33 inclusive, of 94 north, range 15 west, making for one supervisor's charge a territory comprising no less than twenty-six and one-half square miles.
District No. 4 comprised sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36 of 94 north, 15 west, or fifteen square miles. If roads had been repaired Eastern style-ten shovelers to one yoke of oxen, and whisky between loads-it is doubtful if the cart would have moved from one end of the district to the other road-working week, unless, as in some Eastern corn-fields, a jug was at each end and one in the middle, for magnets. But the good people of Riverton have ever been a temperate community.
The fall election of 1859 was held at the house of Leonard Bell, Oct. 11. The following ticket was recorded elected: Trustees, Ed- ward Hall, John Lapcell, C. H. Young; Township Clerk, Peter K. Spaulding; Assessor, James M. Howard; Constables, N. F. War- den, Washington Young; Supervisors of Roads-District 1, G. H. Clark; District 2, S. M. Blood; District 3, D. McMurray; District 4, F. B. Dowd.
On road-work the following rates were allowed per day in 1860: Men, $1; team, $1; wagon, plow and scraper, fifty cents.
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CEMETERIES.
The first cemetery was set aside in 1861, by Mr. Samuel Clark, who was the first to be buried there. It is situated on the south boundary line of section 34, 95 north, range 15 west. The other cemetery is located in the extreme southwest corner of section 20, 94 north, range 15 west.
CHURCH MATTERS.
The Riverton Methodist Episcopal church was organized as a class by Wm. Gibson, under Dr. N. Holmes, then the presiding elder for this district. It was formed in the Thompson school-house July, 1866. The original membership of the class was about ten, four of whom are yet living, they being Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thompson, David Beck and wife. They still worship in the same school-house, having services every alternate Sunday, E. L. Thorpe being their present pastor (1882), with an average attendance of about thirty. There is a Sabbath-school connected with the church, of about the same attendance. We append a list of officers and teachers: James Hilliard, Superintendent; David Beck, Assistant Superintendent; Edgar Wilcox, Secretary ; Stephen Bucklin, Treas- urer; Teachers-James Hilliard, old folks' Bible class; Hannah Beck, girls' Bible class; Dora Beck, infant class; A. B. Scofield, boys' Bible class.
The Wesleyan Methodists also have meetings in No. 3, with a Sabbath-school, and an average attendance of about the same num- ber as the Methodist Episcopal church.
The first marriage was that of Aldice Grow and Candis Norton, step-daughter of Sanford Ripley, in December, 1859.
The first school was in the winter of 1857-'58, in the log house built by the Warburtons, and afterward owned by " Uncle Sam- uel " Clark. The teacher was Miss Julia Ripley, daughter of Col. David Ripley, County Judge of Floyd County. After the sub- district had been formed, many schools were kept in the cabins of the residents, until a school-house appropriation had been voted.
In 1865 the following persons were Sub-directors : Sanford Rip- ley, District 1; D. J. Horton, District 2; James M. Howard, Dis- trict 3; John Brown, District 4; Peter O'Donnell, District 5; David Dyas, District 6.
The first school-house was finished October, 1861, A. B. Scofield and Jacob Coler taking the contract. The first term taught within its walls was by Laura Warn. It originally stood on section 33,
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but has been moved east 160 rods, to the northwest corner section 34-95 N., 15. W.
To-day there are eleven districts, with as many houses, each dis- trict being independent of the other. Following is a list of the enrollment of last spring term, average daily attendance and name of teacher. Of course, this term is the smallest of the year.
DISTRICT NUMBER.
ENROLL- MENT.
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
TEACHER.
District Number
1.
. .
18
15
Hattie McCune.
District Number
2 ....
13
11.5
Emma M. Johnson.
District Number
3 ... .
14
12.3
Emmagine Porter.
District Number
4. .
.
19
10
Mattie G. Blake.
District Number
5 ....
15
12
Kittie Cameron.
District Number
6 ... . .
19
16 7
Nellie M. Hine.
District Number
7 ....
21
20.
Ida Weeks.
District Number 8. . .
18
16,5
J. P. Boyce.
District Number 9. . .
22
18
Besta D. Smith.
District Number 10. .
12
10.8
Sarah Feeney.
District Number 11 ..
20
15
Mary Gray.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A PETITION.
A petition, headed by A. W. Preston and signed by sixty-six others, praying the trustees of the township to call a special election to submit to the voters the question of raising a five per cent. tax to be levied on the taxable property, as assistance to the Milwaukee & Nashua Railroad, was the means of a special township meeting. A long notice, embodying the facts of the case, was issued, calling the special election, and headed as " A Railroad Tax." The funny part comes in that the vote stood : for the tax, none; against the tax, ninety-one. And so died the railroad with the vote.
Carr's Mills .- In the year 1867 Messrs. George Carr and James Hopkin erected a steam saw-mill on section 35 of this town- ship, which ran successfully for about eleven years, when it closed. The saw was a circular one, and the capacity of the mill was about 16,000 feet per twenty-four hours. One log, black walnut, turned ont 6,000 feet of lumber, which at that time was worth $60 a thousand feet. Walnut is worth much more than that at the present day. The timber sawed at this mill was altogether of the hard-wood kinds. The most remarkable thing we can say about the history of this mill is that, in connection with the build- ing and running of it, no one was ever killed or seriously hurt. For the last several years Mr. Carr, who had bought out his part- ner, ran the mill alone.
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Ripley's Steam Saw-mill .- This is located on section 34, town- ship 95, 15, and was built by Sanford Ripley in December, 1855. It is still running-a rarely long period for a mill of this character to be kept in working order.
Scofield's Sorgum Mill was built on its present site about four years ago-a " Skinner mill," probably the largest sorgum mill in the county, with a capacity of 125 gallons per day. It is a mill of four horse-power.
On section 15 is another mill, owned by W. H. Cheney, and run by his son. It is a mill of two horse-power. Considerable sorgum is raised in the township, and therefore the two mills, in their season, have enough to keep them busy, as the cider-mills of New England do in the fall.
CREAMERIES.
As the wheat crops failed, and settlers were looking about for a new departure whereby a dollar could be earned, it became appar- ent from its peculiar situation and its land, and the numerous water courses, creeks and springs, and its adaptation to grass, that it was to be a dairy region. And as such it takes high rank, holding a leading position among the butter-producing townships of the county, and a reputation in the great butter market of the East. There are two creameries within the township limits, Riv- erton and Crystal Spring.
Riverton Creamery is located on section 14; was established April 3, 1882, by a joint stock company of farmers, with a capital of $1,000, divided into 100 shares. The officers are: S. S. Water- bury, President; Fred C. Danforth, Vice-President; William Gib- son, Secretary; Wm. H. Perry and A. G. Buder, Directors. A dividend of eight per cent. is guaranteed. The capacity of the creamery is 1,000 pounds per day, is run by steam-power, and all other modern conveniences known to dairymen. In August, 1882, they made over four tons of the best butter. Operations beginning as late as last April, up to July 28 the company had paid $4,900 for cream alone. It is situated on land owned by the president, who donates the use of the windmill, well, brick building, and the grounds for ten years. Truly a man of public spirit.
Crystal Spring Creamery is located on the southwest quarter of section 27. The proprietors are French & Curtis. Was estab- lished in 1877, by the "pioneer" creamery man of Floyd County. He began in a small way, until now the creamery uses an Acme
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upright engine in churning, and makes from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds a week. The most of its butter is shipped direct to New York and Chicago markets.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Stephen Bucklin was born in Clinton County, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1828, where he lived till 1868, when he came to Floyd County, Ia., and settled on section 5, Riverton Township. He has 127 acres of good land. He was married Aug. 13, 1855, to Ellen Hill, a native of Vermont, born in September, 1837. They have six children-Hollis, born Sept. 21, 1856; Elva, March 20, 1862; Louis, Aug. 9, 1864; Libby, April 20, 1866; Lowell, Aug. 23, 1868; Jennie May, Aug. 2, 1873. Mr. Bucklin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, he is a Republican. He has held the office of Road Supervisor, and has been a School Director for ten years.
Deodat Butler, farmer and stock-raiser, section 16, Riverton Township, was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1821. He is a son of Amos Butler, who died when he was five years old, and he went to live with his grandfather, Deodat Jeffers. He went to Dodge County, Wis., in 1851, where he was engaged in farming till 1867, when he came to this county and settled on his present farm, where he owns 180 acres. He was married July 2, 1846, to Alvira Meade. They have seven children-Clarinda, Mary, Myron, Byron, William, James and Warren. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was County Super- visor two years, and Township Trustee several years.
L. A. Butler was born in Canada, March 6, 1823, where he lived till 1840, when he came to the United States, to New York, where he lived four years ; then went to Wisconsin where he lived twenty years, engaged in farming most of the time. In 1850 he went to California; crossed the plains, and remained there three years, when he returned to Wisconsin. In 1864 he came to Floyd County, Iowa, and settled on section 12, Riverton Township, where he has 197 acres of good well-improved land. He was married in 1848 to Rachel Roderick. They had three children-Adell, Alfred and Sherman. Mrs. Butler died in 1856, and in 1857 Mr. Butler married Matilda Carter, a native of Canada, born in 1833. They have four children-Sophronia, Leo, Ida and Berta. Mr. Butler is a Republican.
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George Carr, son of Joseph Carr, a native of France, was born in Franklin County, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1825. He went to Chicago in 1844, and in a few days to Wisconsin, where he remained till 1847, when he returned to Chicago. He was engaged in building and contracting there till 1855, when he came to Dubuque, Iowa, and the same fall went to Bremer County. He built the first steam saw-mill in Waverly, and followed lumbering there till 1866, when he came to this township. He built a steam saw mill on his land, and ran it eleven years. He sawed one walnut tree, cut on Cap- tain Foster's land, on section 27, which made over 6,000 feet of lum - ber. He did a large business in the saw mill. He was married Aug. 27, 1851, to Frances Stover. Of their eleven children but eight are living-Ida (Mrs. I. A. Weeks), Florence V. (Mrs. M. Stevens), Frank L., George C., Robert E., Mary (Mrs. J. Hopkins), and Cecil. He has been Supervisor several years ; was a member of the School Board several years. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, and has been W. M. for the past seven years.
W. B. Carter was born in Ohio, July, 1828. He left there March, 1853, and came via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, to Muscatine, thence across the country to Floyd County, arriving here May 4. He settled on section 3, range 15 west, Riverton Township. He has now 400 acres of good well-improved land. He is a Baptist, and in his political views a Republican. He was married in 1848 to Phœbe Ripley, who was born in Ohio in 1826. They have eight children-Marion, Alice, Augustus B., Julia, Olive, David, Lorenzo D., and William. David is at home with his father. He raises both grain and stock.
Nathaniel W. Cotton, born in Prince Edward Island, April 17, 1831, is a son of Joseph Cotton, a native of England, who moved to Summit County, Ohio, in 1838, and to Elkhart County, Ind., in 1843. In 1859 he came to this county, and settled on section 17 Riverton Township, where he still resides, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising ; he also gathers cream for the Nashua Cream- ery. He eulisted in the war for the Union, in Company G, Twen- ty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and served about three years. He was in the battles of Ft. Derissa, Pleasant Hill, Dead Oaks, etc. ; was disabled and laid in the hospital several months. He was married June 5, 1856, to Sarah B. Mitchell. They have four children- George W., Luella B., Anna L., and Isaac F. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Fred. C. Danforth, born in Prairie du Sac, Wis., Mar. 10, 1854, is a son of Calvin Danforth, a native of Vermont, and now a resi- dent of Charles City, Ia. When he was ten years old his parents moved to Beaver Dam, Wis .; to Elkhart, Wis., in 1867, and in the spring of 1869 to Charles City, Ia. He graduated in law at Iowa City in 1875, and took a literary course at Ames Agricultural Col- lege, of Iowa. He practiced law in Charles City and Spencer, Ia., till 1880, when he came to the farm on section 15, Riverton Town- ship, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1878 to Electa Waterbury, daughter of L. P. Waterbury, of this township. They have one child-James A.
Henry Dodge, born in Chenango County, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1837, is a son of Martin Dodge (deceased), a native of Ver- mont. He resided in Rochester, N. Y., till 1854, when he came to Iowa, settling in Chickasaw County, where he lived till 1870, when he came to this county and settled on sec- tion 14, Riverton Township. He owns 160 acres, and fifteen of timber land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He enlisted in the late war in Company H, Fourth Iowa Cavalry. Was in the battles of Old Town Creek, surrender of General Forrest, and several others. He was married in 1872 to Kate E. Poole. They are the parents of five children-Charles E., Herbert, Hor- ace, Loyal J., and Joseph (deceased).
David Dyas, born Jan. 14, 1823, is a son of Richard Dyas, a native of Ireland. He came to this county in 1855, where he now owns 337 acres of well-improved land. He resides on section 16, Riverton Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has been Assessor one term; Township Trustee one term; Postmaster and School Director several years. He married Eliza- beth Philips. They are the parents of six children, only five liv- ing-Susan C., Rachel, William R., Ella V. and Sylvester. One daughter died at the age of seventeen.
Spencer Faville, born in Herkimer County, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1817, is a son of James Faville, also a native of New York. He received his education in the common schools of his native State. He learned the tanner and currier's trade when a boy, and worked at it fourteen years in New York State. In 1845 he went to Jefferson County, Wis., where he was engaged in a flour-mill and the lumber business, and part of the time in farming. In 1863 he came to Nashua, Ia., and in 1867 to this county, where he is en- gaged in farming and stock-raising on section 24, Riverton Town-
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ship. He owns 160 acres and some timber land in Chickasaw County. He was married in 1839 to Laura Ostrom. They have two children. Ostrom married Mary Baker, and has two chil- dren-Baker and Spencer. Mary married George J. Clapp, who died Jan. 9, 1878, leaving three children-Olivia A., Rush F. and Laura M. Mr. Faville was County Supervisor of Chickasaw County and is now Township Trustee.
Hon. Alvin L. Flint, born in Orange County, Vt., May 12, 1822, is a son of Phineas Flint, and brother of Hon. W. L. Flint, of this township. He was educated in the common schools of his native State, and resided on a farm till 1843, when he went to Jack- son County, Mich. In 1845 he went to Racine County, Wis .; in 1850 to Green Lake County, Wis .; in 1860 came to Nashua, Ia., and to this county in 1874, where he owns 240 acres of land. He resides on section 13, Riverton Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, making the breeding of Devonshire cattle a specialty. He also owns 480 acres in Butler County. He was married June 10, 1847, to Sarah Vanvalin, a daughter of David Vanvalin, born in Greene County, N. Y., on the Hudson. Mr. Flint was a Repre- sentative in Wisconsin in 1861, and has been Mayor of Nashua two years.
Hon. Waldo S. Flint, born in Orange County, Vt., Feb. 23, 1820, is a son of Phineas, a native of Hampton, Conn., a son of Phineas, son of Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, son of Joseph, son of Thomas, the emigrant ancestor who came from Wales and set- tled at Salem, Mass. The old homestead is still in the hands of his descendants, the Flints, and has never been out of their pos- session. The deed was witnessed by Giles Corey, who afterward became a victim of the witchcraft delusion in 1692, and was pressed to death at the age of eighty years. Waldo S. Flint went to Batavia, N. Y., in 1836; to Jackson, Mich., in 1841; to Racine County, Wis., in 1843; to Green Lake County, Wis., in 1850, and came to this county in 1875. He held offices of trust in Wisconsin, being a member of both houses of the Legislature. He was elected a Representative for Floyd County in the fall of 1881. He owns 400 acres of well-improved land, and fifteen acres of timber, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married May 19, 1853, to Sarah J. Rosebrooks, of Onondaga County, N. Y. Ot their five children, only three are living-Edwin W., Charles M., and Carrie. Charles is married, and living in Nashua.
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Samuel D. French, born in Herkimer County, N. Y., May 30, 1842, is a son of Luther L. French, a native of Connecticut. He received his education in the common schools and at Whitestown Seminary, in Whitesboro, Oneida County, N. Y. He enlisted in the late war in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-first New York Volunteer Infantry. Was transferred by the War Depart- ment to the United States Signal Corps, attached to the Potomac Army, and was employed in both the Telegraph and Flag depart- ments of the corps. Was discharged in June, 1865. He came to Iowa in 1867, and in April, 1869, was married to Elvina Kinney, a daughter of Hon. Joseph Kinney, a native of Vermont, and one of the early settlers in the Territory of Wisconsin, and a Representative in the Legislature of that State two terms. Immediately after marriage Mr. French settled on his farm in Riverton, which he now occupies. On his farm is a rich bed of peat, covering several acres, and averaging six feet in depth. When dry it can be used for fuel without the use of wood. He also has a never-failing spring of pure water near his house, and in 1878, by utilizing the water therefrom, began the manufacture of creamery butter, and established what is known as Crystal Spring Creamery, which has since been in operation.
Rev. William Gibson, born in Essex County, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1826, is a son of John Gibson, a native of Ireland, who came to America when a young man. William Gibson received his educa- tion in the select school of Prof. Eli Maynard, in Clinton County, N. Y., and was licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal church July 19, 1860. He enlisted in the war for the Union in Company E, Second New York, Harris Light Cavalry; was in the battles of Cedar Creek, Waynesboro, Five Forks, Harper's Farm, Appomattox and others; was Quartermaster Sergeant at the last- named place. He was injured during the war, and is a pensioner. Was discharged June 5, 1865. In November, 1865, he came to this county and settled on his present farm on section 13, Riverton Township. He was an itinerant minister in Iowa seven years, under the direction of the presiding elder; was on Horton Cir- cuit one year; organized a class in Riverton Township in 1866; at Syracuse one year; Horton Circuit two years, and three years at Plainfield, where he built up a large church, it being one of the grandest and, strongest churches in this locality. He was ordained Deacon by D. W. Clark, at Independence, Sept. 26, 1869, and Elder Oct. 5, 1872, at Cedar Rapids, by Bishop Andrews. After
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