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The first saw mill erected in the township was located by the Mount Gilead town company, on the townsite, in the fall of 1857. The Greeley town company erected a saw and grist mill on their town-
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site in the spring of 1858, which did a good business for six or eight years, and then gave place to a bet- ter and larger one. John Robinson and - Mc- Laughlin in 1867 built a mill in Greeley that is still in successful operation. In the spring of 1874 Chris. Bouck, of Newel, Iowa, a practical miller and mill-wright, who had been engaged in that business in Iowa for several years, being desirous of locating in a better wheat country, came to Greeley, where the leading business men gave him some induce- ments, which he accepted, and immediately com- menced the construction of a first-class merchant mill ; but meeting unexpected reverses in financial matters, was delayed in the completion of the same until in the fall of 1875, when he enlisted J. K. Gardner and John Weaver, of Albany, N. Y., men of capi- tal, to assist him in the enterprise, as partners, and Greeley can now boast of a fine merchant mill in full operation.
The first school taught in the township was by T. Wadsworth, in a cabin on the claim of M. E. Mitch- ell, for three months, commencing November, 1856. His wages were $30 per month, and board among the pupils, twelve in number, some of them living a distance of five miles from the school house. This was the first school in the county. The next fall and winter Allen Jaqua taught a term of four months in the same cabin, with an average attendance of twenty pupils.
In the spring of 1857 a Methodist Sabbath school
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was organized by W. C. McDow, near his claim, where' he acted as superintendent of the school, which was well attended. This was the first Sab- bath school in the county.
In the summer of the same year another Sabbath school was organized, with Richard Robinson as superintendent, in Sutton valley.
In 1859 W. H. McClure, Bishop D. Edwards, Henry Hamler and others commenced solici- tations for means to build a house of worship at Greeley, for the United Brethren in Christ. The building was commenced and inclosed during the summer of 1860, but was not finished for several years. This was the first church building in the county. A union Sabbath school was organized at the same place during the same spring, with W. H. McClure as superintendent. The number of pupils in this school was about thirty ; and the school thus organized, with some degree of success, was kept up for fourteen years, when a denominational school took its place, under the auspices of the United Brethren in Christ, with L. Champe as its superin- tendent.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
At the March election, 1853, for supervisors, JJ. E. White was elected chairman, and Wesley Spindler and C. W. Cul- ten, members of the board ; John T. Lanter, clerk, and J. F. Wadsworth, treasurer.
In March, 1859, J. F. Wadsworth was elected chairman. and C. W. Culten and Isco Sutton, members of the board.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
In March, 1859, the justices of the peace elected were
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Sammel Mack. W. C. McDow. James Sutton and James D. Ridgeway.
At the election in December, 1859, under the Wyandotte constitution, Jacob Benjamin and James Sutton were elec- ted justices of the peace : and their term of office com- menced in 1861. 1863. D. W. Smith and John Macklin were elected : 1865. W. H. H. Lowry and James Sutton were elected. Lowry resigned in June, 1866, and A. R. Mumaw was appointed to fill the vacancy. 1867, A. R. Mumaw and John Wilson elected : 1869. JJ. W. Lyon and Henry Wilson elected ; 1871. J. W. Lyon and Henry Wil- son elected. Lyon left the county in 1872, and D. W. Smith was appointed to fill the vacancy: 1873. William full and JJ. T. Weeden elected: 1875. D. W. Smith and Henry Wilson elected.
, TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
1860-1-2. Isco Sutton : 1863, William Beeler : 1864, Web- ster Brown : 1865-6. Isco Sutton ; 1867-8. Jesse N. Sutton : 1869. John Fox : 1870-1-2. D. W. Smith : 1873, S. A. Spring- ston : 1874. J. W. Vaughn : 1875, John Poplin.
TOWNSHIP TREASURERS.
1868-9-70. M. A. Mitchell: 1871-2-3. W. F. Priest : 1874. W. H. McClure : 1875. John Fox.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1868-9-70-1. M. W. Latham: 1872. J. J. Montgomery ; 1873. J. W. Lyon : 1874. E. W. White : 1875. J. W. Vaughn.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Organization of Monroe Township-Settlements -Towns-Elections-Successive Officers.
MONROE TOWNSHIP is situated in the central and northern portions of the county. Its boundaries were first established in October, 1857. containing an area of forty-five square miles, and the first town- ship officers were elected in the spring of 1858. The North and South Pottowatomie creeks run across the township, supplying it with plenty of water and timber. The territory north of North Pottowatomie was cut off and included in Putnam township, which greatly reduces the limits of Monroe. It contains some of the finest valley lands in the county, and has some of the first settled farms in the county.
The first white settler in the township was Patrick Tyler, in the spring of 1855, on the farm now occu- pied by Judge William Spriggs.
A number of persons settled in the township in the year 1855, among whom were C. E. Dewey. H. H. Williams, Darius Frankenberger, W. L. Frank- enberger, M. M. Minkler, Frank Winkley, John H. Rockers, Frederick Rockers, James McGue, Eli P. Bawgus. Samuel Anderson, Wilson Anderson, John Anderson, John McDaniel. John Rogers. Henry Al- derman and Henry Feuerborn.
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This township was celebrated for its townsites. In the early part of 1856 Garnett was laid out. The history of its location and progress has been given in another chapter in this volume, and will only re- ceive a partial notice here. The town of Canton was located and laid out in 1857, by B. Tyler, on section 23, township 20, range 20. It was laid out as a rival to Garnett. Some improvements were made on its site in 1858-9; but, when the question of the county seat was settled in favor of Garnett, Canton was soon abandoned and left to the roaming herds, but has since been reduced to fine farms by . the husbandman. Such was the fate of the once noted rendezvous of intemperance and wickedness.
The town of Shannon was laid out in 1857, by Dr. Preston Bowen. It was named in honor of Wilson Shannon, second Governor of Kansas Ter- ritory. Some improvements were made on the town- site in 1857-8; but when the county seat was re- moved from Shannon to Garnett, in 1859, it went the way of all sublunary things ; and the public parks and squares are now part of the fine farm owned by Dr. Bowen.
Another town of some historical notoriety was laid out in 1858, by Dr. G. W. Cooper, adjoining the townsite of Garnett on the south, named Man- dovi, and covered as much paper as any town in Kansas, and it took as much paper to make a deed for one of its lots. While this town had no im- provements as a town, it had the finest lithographed
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map of any in Kansas, which was equivalent to one hundred thousand dollars of buildings for selling purposes. In those days all that was necessary to sell town lots was to stake out the townsite, get a fine lithographic map, and go into the Eastern States with a fine historical sketch of the excellent advan- tages of the future city, its proximity to large streams and bodies of timber ; beautiful valleys of rich soil surrounding it; and great abundance of building stone, for a town of one hundred thousand inhabitants, with positive assurance of a railroad, within a few months, through its limits. These pa- per towns have failed to bring forth the future profit so beautifully set forth by the oily tongues of the speculators in this species of property.
In 1856 a number of settlers came into Monroe township. Among the more prominent of these are Alanson Simons, B. F. Simons, George Simons, Charles Simons, Samuel McDaniel, Wm. J. Bayles, Thos. Bayles, Marion Fraker, James Y. Campbell, Jacob Troy, W. A. Tipsword, Leon Phillips, F. L. Majors, W. Beddoes, B. Tyler, John H. Pattie, Wm. Tull, G. W. Yandall and Wm. Puett.
The following are the more prominent among the settlers of 1857 : C. W. Fraker, Isaac Hiner, D. D. Judy, W. L. Webster, J. L. Bockover, William Spriggs, Geo. S. King, Wm. Smith, W. S. Smith, G. A. Cook, Jonathan Masterson, Thomas Lind- say, C. B. Smith, J. N. Chambers, Nathaniel Cot- 33
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tle, D. D. Lampman, Harvey Springer and J. M. Johnson.
Of the settlers of 1858 the following are the more prominent : D. W. Houston, Charles Norris, Elias Norris, Wm. Mclaughlin, John R. Slentz, E. E. Moore, John Parker, Christian Bowman, Norman A. Porter, J. G. Smith, H. Tefft, John S. Stowe, William Tefft and John Johnston.
The prominent settlers of 1859 were James Mc- Laughlin, Robert Mclaughlin, C. P. Alvey, S. J. Crawford, Hugh Quinn, J. Graham, Samuel Boyd, G. W. Iler and Wm. Lampman.
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS.
1858, John McDaniel, chairman; Charles Hidden and William Puett ; 1859, C. W. Fraker, chairman ; John H. Pattie and Wm. Smith.
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
1860-1, Clark B. Smith ; 1863, G. W. Arrell. [There was a tie vote between C. B. Smith and G. W. Arrell, which . was decided by the board in favor of Arrell.] 1864-5, C. B. Smith; 1866, J. T. Lanter; 1867, J. L. Kercheval ; 1868, John Ricketts; 1869-70-1-2, L. M. Earnest ; 1873-4-5-6, R. W. Gailey.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1858-9, C. E. Dewey ; 1869-70-1-2-3, G. M. Everline ; 1874, J. M. Craig ; 1875-6, George Patton.
TOWNSHIP TREASURERS.
1858, Enoch Barker; 1859, Thomas Lindsay ; 1868, M. B. Taylor ; 1869-70-1-2-3-4-5-6, Jolin Ricketts.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1858, Henry Feuerborn, M. G. Carr, D. D. Judy and Wm. J. Bayles ; 1859, Wm. J. Bayles, Charles Hidden, D.
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D. Judy and M. G. Carr ; 1860-1, Isaac Hiner and Harvey Springer ; 1863, G. W. Iler and G. A. Cook ; 1864, Joseph Williams, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Iler ; 1865, G. A. Cook and James McLaughlin ; 1867, G. A. Cook and Harvey Springer ; 1869, G. A. Cook and J. W. Rice, both of whom resigned in the fall of the same year. 1870, Milton Mills and James Reber were elected to fill va- cancies ; 1871, Milton Mills and A. M. Thorne ; 1873, G. A. Cook and A. M. Thorne : 1875. G. A. Cook and L. H. Gor- don.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Jackson Township-Its Boundarics-Organiza- tion-Streams-Soil-Timber-Prominent £ Set- tlers from 1855 to 1860-First School-First Mar- riage-First Death-Successive Township Officers.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP was established in October, 1857, with the following boundaries : Commencing at the northwest corner of section 19, township 20, range 20 ; running thence west six miles ; thence north nine miles ; thence east six miles ; thence south nine miles ; containing fifty-four square miles, consisting of high, undulating prairie, bottom and
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woodland, the latter bordering on Cedar and North Pottowatomie creeks, and their tributaries. The streams furnish an abundant supply of water to every portion of the township. Plenty of good tim- ber, and sand and limestone of superior quality are found skirting the streams. The soil is not sur- passed in fertility in the State. The assessor's re- turns show that it surpasses any other portion of the county in its productiveness.
The board of county commissioners, on the 7th day of April, 1870, formed the township of Putnam, and made the North Pottowatomie the north line of Jackson township, which reduced the township about one-third in area.
The first settlement made in the territory now in the township was on the North Pottowatomie, in 1855. The following are some of the more noted settlers of that year : Granville Fagg, B. L. Ading- ton, Christian Feuerborn, Rezin Porter, Thomas Maloy, James Maloy, John Kirkland, Richard Sand- lin, Henry Harmon, Daniel Harmon, Wm. Bundy, Geo. Thompson and John Falls.
In 1856-7, Riley Watkins, John Ramsey, Anson Rudd, James Black, Jackson Black, James A. Dor- sey, C. W. Ballard, John Tefft, Benjamin Lawel- lin, A. Lawellin, Henry Duncan, Wm. Dennis, John Hegetschweler, W. R. Vancoyoc, H. Cavender, J. H. Best, Tillman Dennis and Leander Putnam.
The following are the first officers elected in the township : Rezin Porter, chairman of board of
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supervisors ; John R. Kirkland and W. E. Beddoes, supervisors ; J. H. Best, assessor ; J. W. Lawellin, clerk ; Henderson Cavender, treasurer; William Dennis, Hiram Tefft, John L. Adington, justices of the peace; W. Tefft and Tillman Dennis, con- stables.
The first school taught in Jackson township was in a cabin on the claim of Benjamin Lawellin, in the fall of 1858, by Miss Josephine Ramsey.
The first religious services were held in the town- ship at the house of Benjamin Lawellin, in 1857 ; and the first Sabbath school was organized at the same place in 1858.
The first white child born in the township was a son of Richard and Sarah Sandlin, in the year 1856. The first two marriages in the township were solemn- ized on the same day. The persons married were Giles Sandlin and Eliza Harmon, and Daniel Har- mon and Mary Sandlin. There was considerable talk as to the legality of the marriages, in the neigh- borhood, on the ground that the justice of the peace who solemnized them had not received a commission from the Governor. Legal gentlemen were consulted, who pronounced the marriages le- gal under the laws of Kansas.
The first death in the township was more than ordinarily sad. It was the accidental killing of Tipsword, an account of which has been given in the foregoing pages.
From 1857 to 1860 a number of prominent men
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settled in the township, among whom were G. W. Flint, Thomas Flint, A. D. Jones, James W. Jun- kins, Thomas G. Headley, Morgan Heflin, B. F. King, B. M. Lingo, B. P. Brown, Dr. Wm. Smith. Wm. Hopkins, Robert Mclaughlin, Wm. Severns and John Hurd.
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS.
1858, Rezin Porter, chairman of the board ; John Kirk- land and W. E. Beddoes ; 1859. John L. Adington, chair- man : T. G. Headley and Rezin Porter.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1858, William Dennis, Hiram Tefft. John L. Adington and Leander Putnam : 1860-1. William Dennis and Leander Putnam : 1863, JJohn R. Kirkland and G. W. Flint ; 1864. William Dennis, to till vacancy cansed by the removal of John R. Kirkland from the township ; 1865, William Den- nis and G. W. Flint : 1867, William Dennis and G. A. Marshall ; 1868, William Horton, to fill vacancy : 1869, J. T. B. Routh and William Ilorton : 1871, William Dennis and William Horton : 1873, William Dennis and William Hester: 1875, G. A. Marshall and Thomas Gowdy.
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
1860, J. T. B. Routh : 1861. J. W. Junkins : 1862, William Smith : 1863. T. G. Flint ; 1864. W. R. Vanscoyoc : 1865. B. M. Lingo : 1866, William Dennis ; 1867, Samuel Crum : 1868-9-70-1, William Dennis ; 1872, J. F. Hunt : 1873. L. D. Barnett : 1874. S. A. Herriman : 1875. J. W. Lawellin.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1858-9. J. W. Lawellin; 1868, J. J. Osborn : 1869, Wil- liam Horton : 1870, J. W. Lawellin : 1871-2, J. M. Axtell : 1873, D. W. Hodgin : 1874-5. J. F. Hunt.
TOWNSHIP TREASURERS.
1858. Henderson Cavender : 1868, William Severns : 1869.
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Thomas Severns : 1870-1. O. B. Brown : 1872. JJohn Shelley : 1873. J. M. Herriman : 1874. J. F. Douglass : 1875. (. Mar- shall.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Recder Township-Its Early Settlement-Boun- daries-Organization-Township Officers, etc. 1
AT an adjourned meeting of the board of county commissioners of Anderson county on the 7th day of October, 1857, the county was divided into mu- nicipal townships, and that portion of the county commencing at the northeast corner of section 24, township 19, range 18; running thence west on the county line eight miles to the northwest corner of the county ; thence south on the county line sixteen miles ; thence east eight miles ; thence north on the range line between ranges 18 and 19, sixteen miles, to the place of beginning, constituted the townships of Reeder and Geary, being each eight miles square, and at a meeting of the board of county commis- sioners in March, 1858, the township of Geary was added to that of Reeder. Reeder township was
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named in honor of Andrew H. Reeder, the first Governor of the Territory ; contains an area of 128 square miles, and is watered by North Pottowatomie creek and its numerous branches, the largest of which are Sac, Ianthe, Pomona, Elm, Cherry and Thomas creeks.
The first white settlers in Reeder township were John H. Wolken and family, who came to the county in July, 1855, and settled on a claim near where Central City was afterwards located. He built a cabin and made some other improvements, but there being no settlement nearer than ten miles, and the Indians passing, and frequently stopping at their cabin, his family became alarmed, and in Sep- tember following he removed with his family some twelve miles farther down the creek, and took a claim where he still resides.
About the first of April, 1856, James Carl, Wil- liam Dukes and George Hamilton located in the township, on one of the central branches of Pottowato- mie creek, and soon thereafter were followed by Allen Dukes, Casey Dukes, John Bobier and Otis Dagget and their families. Mr. Carl and family were for- merly from the State of New York. They settled and improved the farm now owned by Samuel Earn- est. They sold their claim in the spring of 1857 to James R. Means, and moved to Middle creek, in Franklin county, where they still reside. The Dukes and Hamilton came from Missouri, and were Pro- Slavery men in sentiment. Mr. Bobier and his son-
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in-law, Mr. Dagget, came from Canada ; were first- class citizens, and possessed of considerable prop- erty and means. Mr. Bobier settled and improved the farm since owned by Jackson Means, while Mr. Dagget made some improvements on the farm af- terwards owned by Robert S. Perry. About this time Thomas J. Owens, with his family, took possession of the cabin built and abandoned the pre- vious summer by John H. Wolken, where he resided until the spring of 1857, when he sold his claim for $800 to Messrs. Marsh and Hoskins, and took a claim near where Garnett is now located.
On the last day of April, 1856, a few days after Col. Buford landed at Kansas City, Missouri, with 300 men, to make Kansas a slave State, Solo- mon Kauffman and Joseph J. Ingliss, formerly of Pennsylvania, landed at the same place, and on the day following passed through Buford's camp at Westport, Missouri, and on the 3d day of May ar- rived at Lawrence, Kansas. After spending two weeks in looking over the Territory, they arrived at Mineral Point, on the 17th day of May, where they had a fair view of the western half of the county. Here they determined to stop, and, after visiting some of the settlers, they on the 19th of the same month selected their claims and commenced im- proving them, under very unfavorable circumstances, having nothing but their axes and hoes to work with. After getting the logs ready for their cabins, Kauff- man drove Allen Dukes' breaking team during the
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working days of the week, for the use of his team to draw the logs to the place for his cabin on Sun- day, that being the only day that he could get the use of the team.
This little settlement was isolated on the Pottowat- omie, being fifteen miles from it to the nearest house, and the nearest postoffice or store was at the Sac and Fox Indian agency, a distance of eighteen miles, where either Kauffman or Ingliss would make an oc- casional trip for their mail, and to learn what was going on in the outside world. The news of the sacking of Lawrence, on the 21st of May, 1856, was not received in this settlement until the week follow- ing. It was brought by a Pro-Slavery man named Ivey, and was very much exaggerated. He stated that all of the houses in Lawrence except three were in ashes, when in fact but three houses were burned. The killing of Sherman, Doyle and sons at Dutch Henry crossing of the Pottowatomie was not known for many days, and as soon as received the Dukes and their connections, all being Pro-Sla- very, sold their claims and left for Missouri. ,
In August following Otis Dagget and family left the Territory, and Kauffman and Ingliss went to Lawrence and enlisted in the Free State cause, leaving but two families, Bobier's and Carl's, in the neighborhood, with Thomas J. Owens and family residing some eight miles to the southeast, on the main Pottowatomie creek, isolated and alone, ex- cept when visited by the Indians, with whom he
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trafficked, exchanging "firewater" for ponies and pelts.
About the 15th of December, 1856, Kauffman re- turned to his claim, and with him came John S. Robinson, Charles W. Peckham and William G. Hill, who took claims in the same neighborhood, and were followed soon after by Robert D. Chase, - Caveness and their families.
In the spring of 1857 there was a large immigra- tion into this neighborhood, prominent among which were David Buffon, Cyrus H. James, James R. Means, Jackson Means, William C. Howard, David L. Duff, Rev. Isaac Eaton, John Eaton, Dr. Jacob Messic, Dr. D. B. Swallow, S. S. Tipton, James Donaldson and their families.
On the Fourth of July, 1857, the people in the western part of the township celebrated the nation's birth at Mineral Point, which was the first celebra- tion in the township, and on that day those present gave the name "Mineral Point" to the mound where S. S. Tipton had located.
A military company was organized for mutual protection, the same day. The following is a com- plete roll of the company :
Captain, J. Aliff ; first lieutenant, Levi L. Hayden ; sec- ond lieutenant, James H. Hadley ; first sergeant, S. S. Patton ; second sergeant, David P. Bethurem; first cor- poral, Edward Drum ; second corporal, W. W. Whitaker ; commissary, Q. A. Jordon ; quartermaster, S. S. Tipton ; privates, Nelson F. Tipton, George Hinde, Isaac Bethu- rem, David Sheener, James Caffrey, John Hayes, E. F.
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Boughton, Ezekiel Bull, Benj. Folk, John Folk, Isaac Van Camp, John Owen, HI. HI. Stone, George Linken, Francis Keeny, David F. Tabler, Chas. Boggus, E. W. Parmley, Thomas Runyan, John Groves, Peter Catner, James Hood.
Among the prominent settlers of this year, south and west of Mineral Point, were Levi L. Hayden, David P. Bethurem, D. F. Tabler, A. V. Poindex- ter, Daniel Lankard, Tobias Lankard, James H. Hadley, Samuel S. Patton, Samuel W. Arrant, T. W. Painter, Christopher Fox, Christian Bowman, Ezekiel Bull, John Groves, John T. Martin, Asa J. Yoder, John C. Kelso and Thomas McElroy.
In the summer the settlement was thrown into great excitement over the disappearance of a noted Ox. After considerable search the head and hide were found in a hollow in the neighborhood, and the flesh in a well. The settlers met and organized a people's court-A .. V. Poindexter, judge ; Asa J. Yoder, clerk ; and John Eaton, prosecuting attorney ; and the parties suspicioned were placed on trial for stealing the ox. The farce of a trial was continued several days, nearly all the settlers in the immediate neighborhood being present. The court decided that the accused should pay for the ox and leave the Territory. The finding of the court was followed by forcibly compelling the accused and their fam- ilies to leave the neighborhood, leaving good tim- bered claims. The parties who were clamorous for them to leave soon commenced cutting and hauling away the timber, to improve their own claims.
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In after years the accused returned and commenced suits against the trespassers ; also a number of crim- inal prosecutions, which kept the settlement in con- fusion for several years, until many of the partici- pants left the township, and their places were filled with industrious farmers.
The first death that occurred in the township was the wife of John Bobier, who died of consumption, contracted before she came to the Territory. She was buried July 19, 1857, south of the creek, on the farm afterwards owned by Robt. S. Perry.
The first marriage in the township was that of S. S. Patton and Rebecca Tipton, in the winter of 1857. They still reside in the township.
The first child born in the township was George Means, son of Jackson Means, in 1858.
In the spring of 1857 James B. Lowry, D. H. Shields, James S. Duncan and their families located in the eastern part of the township. Lowry was a lawyer, had been practicing his profession prior to leaving Ohio, and continued to practice in this State for three or four years. He was a man of sound judgment, a fine lawyer, and was elected to the House of Representatives of the State in 1861.
In June, Stephen Marsh, Mrs. Hoskins, C. C. Hos- kins, Simpson Lake and others from Iowa settled near Central City, in this township. In the follow- ing winter John B. Lambdin and his sons put up a good saw mill near Central City, and about the same time the Cresco town company set up a steam saw
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