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township line; and yet the voters who assembled at the first township meeting held at the house of Bryan Dennis, numbered not more than twenty. Here are two papers yellow with age out of a bundle of like sort preserved by B. Dennis. One is of interest as supposed to be the last "precinct" election notice; the other, the election notice on the license question, which then, as now created no little excitement and ill-feeling.
TERRITORY OF IOWA, Board of Commissioners' Office,
JOHNSON COUNTY. July Session, 1844.
Ordered, that John Conn, John Keeler and Bryan Dennis, be and hereby are appointed judges of elections for Clear Creek precinct for the ensuing year. A true copy. Attest: STEPHEN B. GARDENER, Clerk B. C.
APRIL ELECTION .- Notice is hereby given that on the first Monday, the 3d day of April next, an election will be held at the house of Bryan Dennis, Clear Creek township, Johnson county, State of Iowa, for the purpose of electing one Superintendent of Public Instruction, for said state, one School Fund Commissioner, for said county: A vote will also be taken for and against Grocery License-which election will be opened at nine o'clock A. M., and continue open until six o'clock P. M. of the same day. Iowa City, February 13, 1848.
STEPHEN GARDENER, Clerk B. C. C. J. C.
Its first board of trustees were, Archibald Gilliland, Ebenezer Doug- lass and H. H. Winchester; first clerk, Bryan Dennis; first assessor, Almon H. Humphry. The official meetings of the board were held at Bryan Dennis' residence. So also were public meetings of all sorts; like- wise public elections or discussions.
CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP'S NEW BOUNDARY.
On the petition of citizens of Clear Creek township, filed July 6, 1857, it is-
Ordered by the county court, that the boundaries of Clear Creek town- ship be as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of section 1, township 79 north, range 7 west, thence north on the range line to the northeast corner of section 25, township 80, range 7, thence west one mile to the northwest corner of section 25, thence north one mile to the section line, thence west on the section line to the northwest corner of section 19, township 80, range 7, thence south along the range line to the southwest corner of section 6, township 79 north, range 7, thence east along the section line to the place of beginning.
SCHOOLS, VALUATIONS, ROADS, ETC.
There is but one district township in this township and six sub-districts.
The school tax last year for all purposes, teachers' fund, contingent, and school house, was $1,923.
The school-house of sub-district No. 3 was burned in 1882. Supposed origin of fire was the stove falling apart. It was an old stove, used since the house was first built, and long since condemned as unsafe. The school house has been rebuilt the present summer (1882), but is not nearly as large or good a building as its predecessor. A mistaken idea of economy
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in the school board has caused the house to be built on reduced scale, but it can probably be got along with for several years. The burned build- ing was built many years ago on land near Mr. A. J. Bond's residence, but as it was somewhat to one side of the sub-district was a cause of some sharp discussions until it was removed to the site where it was burned, thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and was considered the best school- house in the township.
The equalized value of the real estate in the township was, last year, [1881], $148,951. The personalty, $40,101.
The township is divided into nine road districts, which, like all others in Iowa, are indifferently worked under the present utterly inefficient road laws. The levied rate of road tax was four mills to the dollar; insufficient for a township so cut up with creeks as to require double the road work of a township otherwise irrigated. The total amount of road tax is $756.20.
The whole amount of township tax for all purposes $2,679.20.
The present officers of the township are Jno. D. Colany, clerk; S. J. Pleymesser, assessor; J. C. Hamilton, Chas. Slaght, G. W. Watson trustees.
THE TOWN OF TIFFIN.
The C., R. I. & P. R. R., was completed in 1860, but was of little prac- tical benefit to the township, although passengers were let on and off trains at Copi, the township post-office, until Tiffin was laid out as a town.
The land on which the town is situated was a part of the farm belong- ing to Rolla Johnson, Esq., who named the town Tiffin, after Tiffin, O., the city from which Mr. J. originally hailed. Mr. Johnson about this time sold his farm, and Tiffin interests passed into other hands.
By Tiffin, the country for five miles radiating in any given direction is supposed to be meant, as the farmers included in this circle deal largely here; attend one of the two churches, and form a community which for social good qualities, superior culture, and general intelligence, is seldom surpassed in country neighborhoods. Tiffin proper contains about 50 souls for its entire population. Has one dry goods and grocery store, R. Morse proprietor.
Tiffin contains hotel accommodations at the Beam House. Messrs. Chas. Hubner and Antoine Colby are the village blacksmiths. Dr. Steele has here his office, and dispenses drugs and medicines.
Mr. J. K. Snyder, carpenter, is also engaged in bee keeping. He commenced this year (1882), with forty swarms; has doubled their num- ber, and secured thus far over 3,000 pounds of strained honey, besides large quantities of honey in boxes. During the wet weather of the past spring, he purchased buckwheat and gave to farmers to plant on ground that had been inundated till the corn was killed, and is now (September) reaping his harvest of buckwheat honey.
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Mr. Rolla Johnson, near Tiffin, is also a large bee keeper, with consid- erable success. Also, Mr. S. J. Plymesser, Ed. Craig, J. R. Willis and others have kept a large number of swarms for family use, and generally have more than they can use. Mr. Craig has taken several premiums at county fairs on honey.
The largest business done in Tiffin is the lumber and grain business of Plymesser & Douglass, and the stock business of Wm. Wolfe.
Tiffin is the only post-office in Clear creek township, and Bryan Dennis is the postmaster.
The Christian Chapel is located in a beautiful grove in Tiffin. The Grace Methodist Episcopal Church is on the state road, a few rods north of the town.
FREMONT TOWNSHIP.
In all the county records from 1838 till 1882 we could not find anything to show when Fremont township was organized, or received its name and boundaries, and first order for a township election. The present town- ship clerk of Fremont reported it organized in 1857, but we could find no record to vouch for it. However, like Pinkerton's detectives, the very name "Fremont," gave us a clue, and we followed it. In 1856 Gen. John C. Fremont was the first republican candidate for president. On hunting up the presidential vote of that year we found that Pleasant Valley town- ship (which then included the territory now called Fremont) gave the following vote: For Fremont, (republican) 84; for Buchanan, (democrat) 60; for Fillmore, (whig) 4. This was in November, 1856, and the returns from Johnson county did not show any township or precinct named Fre- mont-but by its remarkable majority for Fremont in that historic elec- tion the township had named itself; for we found at the next election, held April 6, 1857, that "Fremont" was in the list of townships for the first time, and it cast 47 votes in favor and 6 against Johnson county subscrib- ing $175,000 to the capital stock of the "Iowa Union Railroad Company." This shows that the township clerk, Mr. G. W. Hensley, is probably correct, notwithstanding the deficiency of the county record. And com- bining his report with the facts presented by the election statistics of 1856 and 1857, it is safe to say that Fremont township was organized, or held its first election, April 6, 1857. Pleasant Valley was organized as an election precinct July 8, 1845, and as a civil township February 10, 1846; and it included the territory now called Fremont township.
June 8th, 10th and 11th, 1870, Lincoln township was organized out of what was then Pleasant Valley township, and the boundaries given show that Fremont was not then included in Pleasant Valley. So the only thing that can be proved by the county records is, that in 1856 Pleasant Valley township did include what is now Fremont, and in 1870, it did not.
The following order was made April 8, 1843, for what was called Road .
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District No. 1, but in April, 1844, the road districts were revised, and this same described territory was called No. 15. It comprised all of what is now Fremont, Lincoln, and Pleasant Valley townships, and the two south tiers of sections in Scott and Lucas (east precinct) townships:
Ordered, That all that part of Johnson county lying east of the Iowa river and south of the line dividing sections 22 and 27, 23 and 26, 24 and 25, in township 79 north, range 6 west, of the 5th P. M., shall hereafter constitute and form Road District No. 15, in said county, and that Robert Walker be appointed supervisor until April, 1845.
[John I. Burge was supervisor the previous year.]
JOHNSON COUNTY'S THUMB.
The State of Iowa has a "teat " where her milk runs out at the mouth of the Des Moines river. In like manner Johnson county has a thumb, where Fremont township projects six miles south of the remainder of the county line. Ranges 5, 6, 7, and 8 of township 77 originally belonged to Johnson county, and Slaughter county lay next south, but on January 25, 1839, the name of Slaughter county was changed to Washington, and three entire congressional townships, toªwit: Ranges 6, 7, and 8, of township 77, were taken from Johnson county and joined to Washington county. This left a little strip of land about a mile wide on the east side the Iowa river as belonging to Washington county. But in 1845 this frac- tional strip of range 6, township 77, was rejoined to Johnson county, and became a part of Fremont township. And that is the way Johnson county came to have her thumb.
TOWNSHIP CLERK'S REPORT-1882.
G. W. Hensley, Esq., clerk of Fremont township, reports the following items, mostly furnished him by Richard Huskins:
The township was organized in 1857. The first board of trustees were Geo. Walker, James Magruder, and John McDonald. Col. James B. Conway was the first clerk, and Charles Calvert first assessor. The first school-house was built at Palestine by John Porter, C. M. Holland, and other citizens, and was known as Palestine School-house.
The township constitutes one school district, with ten sub-districts. The school-tax in 1881 for all purposes, teachers' fund, contingent, and school-house, was, teachers' fund, $2,800; contingent, $700; school-house, $800. The equalized value of real estate in 1881 was, $234,909; the per- sonal property, $60,624. The township is divided into nine road districts. The levied rate of road-tax in 1881 was 4 mills on the dollar. The total amount of road tax was $1,558.48. The present trustees are Wm. Sweet, Dennis Carey, and F. T. Carl.
Fremont township has three post-offices now (1882), as follows:
Lone Tree-A. W. Leonard, postmaster.
River Junction-J. D. Musser, postmaster.
Shoo Fly-John Henry, postmaster.
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THE TOWN OF LONE TREE,
was laid out in the fall of 1872, by John W. Jayne. Wm. H. Jayne, then of New York, owning the land; but before any deeds were made out, John W. Jayne bought the land adjoining and including the town plat. The lots were then sold with the express understanding in the deed that no intoxicating liquors should be sold on the premises forever. The fol- lowing extract from the original bond for a deed shows the nature of the provisions:
Said first party hereby undertakes and agrees to give to said second party, or his assigns, a deed of general warranty, subject only to the reservation as to taxes accruing after this date and the special conditions and reservations following, viz: The traffic in intoxicating drinks on the said premises is to be and is hereby entirely forbidden and prohibited for- ever, and should the said second party, his heirs and assigns at any time use, or knowingly permit the use of said premises for the establishment or maintenance thereon of any drinking saloon, tippling house, or other place or establishment where intoxicating drinks shall be sold or given away, to be used either on said premises or elsewhere, (and it is expressly understood that the term intoxicating drinks, as herein used, includes spirituous and malt liquors, wine and cider, as well as any and every other kind of liquor whereby intoxication may be produced,) then, and in that case, the said premises shall revert to said first parties, their heirs and. assigns; and they may bring an action and recover possession of the same."
And it is expressly understood that possession under this agreement shall be subject to the before mentioned conditions, reservations and restric- tions to the same extent as though the said second party were holding under a deed executed as above.
This has been. strictly carried out in the original plat, but east of the section line there has been land sold without these restrictions. But now the same doctrine of liquor prohibition is incorporated in the constitution, for the whole State, and so Jayne's soul is marching on. The town has 270 inhabitants, and is a very pleasant village, nicely situated on the B., C. R. & N. R. R. In 1880 there were shipped from this point 430 car loads of corn, 27 of potatoes, 75 of oats, 15 of rye, 6 of barley, 61 of hogs, 3 of cattle, 4 of wheat, and 1 of onions; total, 622.
In 1881 the shipments were as follows: Corn 284 car loads, oats 82, rye 14, wheat 1, barley 8, hogs 58, cattle 8, horses 1, potatoes 2; total, 458. There is a good elevator owned by Lane Bro's.
The town has a fine school building, which was erected during the sum- mer of 1877, at a cost of about $1,800, besides the seating. The upper room is used for township purposes. Lone Tree has four churches, Methodist, Baptist, Reform, and Catholic.
LONE TREE CEMETERY,
on section 10 was first used by George Amlong as a family burying ground. In 1875 Messrs. J. W. and H. D. Jayne bought one acre, and in May, 1876, completed a cemetery organization by a stock company to pay
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for land and improvements, and the sale of lots to be devoted to the improvement and ornamenting of the same.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF LONE TREE.
M. Baker, dry goods, groceries and drugs.
M. R. Hill & Son, dry goods and groceries.
J. M. Lee, dry goods and groceries.
Leonard & Owens, groceries.
J. C. Weiser, hardware.
Richard Haskins, groceries.
Wm. H. Nell, hotel.
Lane Bro's., grain and stock buyers.
A. H. Brown, lumber.
Cott & Pullen, livery stable.
C. M. Cott, restaurant.
Anton Fisher, harness maker.
M. C. Oglevie, shoe shop.
H. Constant, shoe shop.
G. W. Hensley, furniture.
Joseph Yakish, blacksmith.
James Meuser, blacksmith.
John Vandraska, wagon maker.
J. Oglevie, physician.
J. A. Lee, physician.
H. Lindner, physician.
Miss Kate McCarthy, dress-maker.
Miss Hannah O'Hair, milliner.
THE LONE TREE.
In the southwest part of section ten there stands the "Lone Tree," so well known by the first settlers of this section of country. It is a large white elm, and was the only tree on the prairie, and could be seen for many miles. There were no other trees for miles around, excepting within some four miles toward the river. It stands on the highest portion of the prairie in that part of the country. When and how it came there is a mystery. The town of Lone Tree took its name from this old natural curiosity and pioneer landmark.
RIVER JUNCTION
Is three and one-half miles west of Lone Tree on the B., C. R. & N. R. R. This place has two stores and a post-office and depot.
' The post-office was first called " 77;" this was in about 1850, and John Porter was the first postmaster, and served until 1854, when H. Walker was appointed, who served for eight years following. The present post- master is J. D. Musser.
In 1880 there were shipped from this point fifty-four car loads of corn, thirteen of oats, nineteen of hogs and ten of cattle; total, ninety-six. In 1881, nine car-loads of corn, nine of oats, fourteen of hogs, nine of cattle; total, forty-one car-loads.
There is a ferry across the Iowa river at River Junction, which has
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been in operation some twenty-five years. It was formerly known as the Odell ferry, but is now owned by Mrs. Porter, and is in charge of John Douglass.
CHURCHES.
The Church of God was organized in October, 1854, by M. F. Snavely, who, about one month afterward was killed by a railroad accident, forty miles west of Joliet, Ill. The original members were Daniel S. Ball and wife, Joseph Hamilton and wife, R. V. Smith and wife, William Hill, Delates Graves and wife, Mrs. David Drosbauch, C. M. Holland, John Holland, Joseph Holland and wife and others. Its pastors have been Philip Jacob Shaw, Lininger, Henry Murry, Abram Holland, J. M. West, L. F. Chamberlain, W. J. Howard, J. J. Richardson, J. S. Miller, H. Murray, Wm. Vance and Jacob Erb. There are now about twenty members, and they hold their meetings in the school-house near Mr. J. Steel's
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Fremont township, was first organized in 1858, by Rev. A. W. Stryker. The original members were, Robert Anderson and wife, Sidney Potter, A. W. Leonard, George San- ders, Clement Wood, Richard Huskins and wife. They held meetings for a number of years in a school-house known as King's school-house. In 1868 they built a frame church about two miles south of Lone Tree at a cost of $1,200. It was dedicated by Rev. F. W. Evans of the Iowa Con- ference. In 1874 this church was moved to Lone Tree, and rebuilt at a cost of $1,900, and was re-opened by Rev. A. B. Kendig. Its pastors have been A. W. Stryker, O. McCutchen, E. Miller, C. P. Reynolds, H. Tall- man, Rev. Ward, W. Posten, J. M. Coats, S. H. Thomas, Wm. Honn, G. W. Bamford, W. K. Hillhouse, J. B. Wiles, Rev. Dailey, E. W. Twin- ing, Rev. Stigers, Rev. Watson, L. O. Housel, C.S. Jennis, S. H. Thomas and J. M. Mann, present pastor. There are now sixty-seven members. There is a good Sunday school connected with this church at present, superintended by Mr. J. Ritter.
The Reformed Church, of Fremont township, was organized in 1864- The original members were A. P. King, Ellen King, Mary King, Mr. McNeal and wife, Lottie McNeal, Adam Keishner and wife, Charles Fernstrom, James Lutz and wife, James Allison, etc. The present church building is situated on section 10, and was erected in 1877, at a cost of $2,200. It was dedicated by Rev. Albright and J. H. Buser, the latter being the present and only pastor the church has had since its organiza- tion. The membership is forty. The Sunday school, J. H. Lutz, super- intendent, reported in prosperous condition.
The Baptist Church, of Lone Tree, was first organized November 13, 1873. Its original members were Rev. Charles Brooks and wife, W. E. Aylworth and wife, Charles H. Aylworth and wife, O. N. Aylworth, Mar- tha J. Aylworth, John W. Jayne and Annie B. Jayne. Their church build- ing, a frame, was built in the fall of 1874, at a cost of $843. It was dedi-
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cated by L. A. Dunn, D. D., of Pella. Its pastors have been, Rev. Chas. Brooks, A. C. Kelley, J. W. Conley, Jacob Schultz and Rev. James Jef- fery, present pastor. The church has not been two weeks without a pas- tor since its organization. The present membership is thirty-six. They have a continuous Sunday school, winter and summer.
BURYING GROUNDS.
The first burying ground in the township was on section 12, near River Junction. The first person buried there was William O. Dell; the second was Mrs. Kane. There is now about one acre inclosed.
The cemetery on section 32 was laid out by John Henry, and contains one and one-half acres of land. The first person buried there was a child of Levi Kizer's; the second was James Boyle, who was drowned while seining in the Iowa river.
There is also a burying ground on section 18, on the farm owned by James Evans. The first one buried there was George R. Evans. The ground contains one acre of land, which was deeded by James Evans.
LODGES.
The United Order of Honor, Lodge No. 2, was instituted by J. A. L. Tice. Date of charter February 23, 1882. The charter members and first officers were as follows: H. Constant, P. P .; G. W. Runnels, P .; M. R. Hill, secretary; John Weiser, financial secretary; F. T. Carl, treasurer ; M. V. Blood, Inst .; J. R. Allen, V. P .; L. S. Ridner, A. Hines, F. Demick, G. W. Windus, D. Johiston, C. Cott, John Krall, J. A. Lee, A. F. Steel, J. Cook, C. Arp, W. V. Few.
The present officers are: H. Constant, P. P .; M. R. Hill, P .; Wm. Rose, V. P .; F. T. Carl, secretary; J. Weiser, financial secretary; Fred T. Carl, treasurer. This lodge was organized of good men of good stand- ing, and they are all well satisfied with the construction of the mutual aid and other beneficiaries on which basis the lodge is founded. The meet- ings are held in a rented room.
FIRST TOWN.
The first town site ever laid out in Johnson county was on section 12 of range 6 in Fremont township, opposite the mouth of English river. It was platted, surveyed and staked off by Jonas M. Higley, who was employed by John Gilbert, the trading house man. [See article on " The Old Trading House," chapter IV, Part 2.] This was in the spring of 1837; the town was named See-pee-nah-mo; but it came to naught. The next year Gilbert was one of the projectors of the town site of " Napoleon;" but that also came to naught. [See chapter on " County and County Seat Origin."] The present town of River Junction, on Henry Walker's farm, lies very nearly on the same spot as that first town site ever surveyed in Johnson county.
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FIRST BABY BORN.
The first white child ever born in Johnson county, was in Fremont township, on what is now Charles Fernstrom's farm. In 1836-'37 the Indian chief Totokonock had his village here; early in June, 1837, George Hawkins settled here temporarily; and in the latter part of August his daughter Lucinda was born here-the first white baby born in the county. [See article on " First White Child," etc., in Chapter IV, Part 2, of the county history.]
FIRST INCIDENTS.
From early history items furnished by James Magruder, Henry Walker and James Sweet we compile the following "first " incidents of Fremont township settlement: In the spring of 1838, John Cain and David Odell settled on section 12 of range 6; James Magruder on section 1; David Sweet and Wm. Kelso on section 6 of range 5,-all from Indiana. Capt. Lewis came later.
The first death in this settlement was a young man named Green, from Ohio; it occurred in 1839 or '40. There was no sawed lumber to be had, and Kelso, Sweet and Magruder split out flat pieces of timber to make a coffin.
The first doctor here was old Dr. Teeple. [Drs. Muray, Morrow and Bliss were all later, though each has been reported as " first " by some.]
The first minister here was Rev. Kirkpatrick, a Methodist, who preached at David Sweet's house. [No date given.]
The first school was kept by Jerry Stover in 1842, on the farm now owned by John Crane. He had thirteen pupils; they paid $1.50 each and furnished fuel, for a three months' term. The school house stood just over the line into Pleasant Valley township. It was a log house, 16x16, six and a half feet high; split logs for flooring; roof and door made of clapboards; no windows; big open fireplace, with chimney built of mud and sticks; light came down the chimney and in through cracks or holes between logs; for seats the flat side of split logs supported on pins in the wall, or on pin legs. The first schoolhouse was built by the joint labor of the neighbors.
The first weaving done in the settlement was by Mrs. Elizabeth Walker -familiarly known as " Aunt Betsy."
The people went to store and post-office at Muscatine-then called Bloomington, and had only two stores.
FINE STOCK.
Charles Fernstrom, sections 29 and 30, has some thoroughbred Short- horns. He owns the bull " Brougham," that was owned by Col. Lucas, and took the first premium at the Iowa City fair. Mr. Fernstrom has about 100 head of fine graded cattle. He also raises hogs of the Poland China and Berkshire breeds, and Cotswold sheep. He has a fine stock farm on the Iowa river bottoms.
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John W. Jayne & Sons, of Lone Tree, commenced breeding short-horns in the spring of 1876, when they purchased a cow, " Della the 3d," by Duke of Marlborough, No. 3,866, American Herd Book; from her they have bred twenty-three, up to August, 1882. They have purchased several other heifers, and now have a herd of fifty, mostly of their own breeding, headed by the pure Bates bull, "2d Duke of Oak Hill," No. 32,353, A. H. B., believed by his owner to be the only pure bred Bates bull without an out- cross in the State. Mr. Jayne purchased him from the herd of C. H. Andrews, Youngstown, Ohio, at a cost of $600.
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