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LAKE MARSHALL.
Although other parts of the county were settled earlier, there had been rapid settlement in Lake Marshall town- ship in 1870 and 1871, and that was the first political division to be granted township government. The Board of County Commissioners passed the neces- sary resolution on January 2, 1872, and on March & the organization was per- fected. The first town meeting was held at the home of C. H. Whitney on the southeast quarter of section 4, where later was built the city of Marshall.
The first officers of the precinct, chosen at the time of the first town
meeting, were as follows: Oren Drake, chairman; C. T. Bellingham and Noble Cuyle, supervisor3; C. H. Whitney, clerk; O. A. Drake, treasurer; S. M. Taylor, assessor; W. H. Langdon and C. H. Whitney, justices of the peace; C. H. Upton and O. A. Drake, con- stables.
Lake Marshall township was named after the lake of the same name, and the lake was named in honor of Governor William R. Marshall. 8
Following is a list of those who re- ceived title to government lands in Lake Marshall township, under the homestead and timber culture acts, and the number of the section (in parentheses) on which the claim was located :9
James Armstrong (6), John M. Burke (36), Andrew J. Ham (22), Joanna Ham (22), William G. Hunter (12), Lorenzo D. Lewis (28), Marietta Martin (14), Milo B. Morse (4-6), Alex S. Nobles (32), C. H. Richardson (28), Ursula S. Stone (4), J. B. Smith (18), Joseph Sanders (S), M. F. Templeton (24), John F. Wyman (10), George B. Wilmarth (32), Charles M. Wilcox (26), George B. Watkins (34), Alfred Loveless (20), Joseph K. Johnson (2), Aaron F. Templeton (24), Josiah Clark (32), Charles L. S. Bellingham (20), Salmon Webster (10), Charles M. Temple- ton (24), Henry F. Hoyt (2), Heirs M. R. Templeton (24), George R. Welch (10), George G. Orr (30), Andrew Eriekson (14), Samuel Benjamin (30), Asahel A. Hunter (14), James Andrew (6), Moses D. Skillings (24), William M. Pieree (2), Charles H. Upton (4), Frank Y. Hoffstott (10), Samuel W. Orr (30), Orson A. Drake (30), Oren Drake (30), Jabez W. Pike (2), Frank A. Lamphere (22), Daniel Minnick (18), William C. French (18), Peter Van Zant (20), Robert Minniek (32), Allen O. Underhill (28), Steward Groesbeck (28), Seth W. Taylor (28), Christian Wunderlich (20), Peter F. Wise (34), Edward Jones (34), Charles II. White (22), Milton C. Niles (28), Charles M. Baetion (28),
SThe first birth in Lake Marshall township was that of Mary Langdon, daughter of Henry and Zilpha Langdon, who was born in June, 1870; the second birth was that of Fannie Whitney, daughter of C. H. and Mary Whitney, and occurred November 24, 1870. The first marriage was that of Oren Drake and Mrs. U. S. Stone and was performed September 4, 1872, by Rev. Ransom Wait. The first death was that of a daughter of James Armstrong; she died of scarlet fever October 5, 1871.
9As taken from the records in the office of the register of deeds. The names in this list and those of the other townships include only those who had home- stead and timber elaims, and only the names of those appear who received title to the lands.
missioners prior to the removal to Marshall, as recorded in the commissioners' journal, were as follows: August 12, 1870-House of L. Ticknor.
October 8, 1870-Lynd.
October 14, 1870- Wright school house. January 3, 1871-Ilouse of E. Lamb.
March 15 and April 7, 1871-Store of G. W. Whitney. May 16, 1871-Store of G. W. Whitney, adjourned to the church. September 19, 1871-Lynd.
January 2, 1872-Log school house near Lynd post- office.
March 29 and April 30, 1872-1Iall of Smith & Ellis at Lynd. June 1, 1872, to May 9, 1873-Kiel & Morgan's hall. June 17, 1873-Kiel's hotel.
September 24, 1873-Lynd.
January 20, 1874-Office of J. W. Blake, Marshall.
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William Cashman (18), William R. Loveless (20), Eugene B. Langdon (S).10
LYND.
Lynd township, named in honor of James W. Lynd, the trader who in an early day had a post within the town- ship, was declared an organized town- ship by the Board of County Commis- sioners on September 4, 1872. Officers were not selected at that time, however, and the organization was not perfected until a year later. The first officers of the precinct were appointed by the County Board on January 9, 1873, and were as follows: Jacob Rouse, chair- man; A. R. Cummins and John E. Starks, supervisors; N. Davis, clerk ; George E. Cummins, treasurer. 11
Titles to government land were grant- ed in Lynd township as follows:
George M. Boston (19), E. W. Barton (S), Lewis E. Bates (4), M. V. Davidson (33), O. C. Gregg (30), Cornelius Hall (33), Oscar A. Hawes (12), Clark S. Johnson (10), Levi S. Kiel (28), Edgar Langdon (32), George W. Marcyes (27), Hiram A. Marcyes (14), Hiram R. Marcyes (23), George Pierce (34), Arthur Ransom (34), David Steifel (28), John E. Starks (4), A. C. Tucker (18), Melville A. Tucker (18), Daniel M. Taylor (34), Hiram G. Ward (30), Horace M. Workman (4), J W. Williams (8), George W. Herrick (IS), Robert M. Addison (24), Vernon M. Smith (32), Eleazer Farnham (2), Philemon C. Farnham (2),
10Farmers who resided in Lake Marshall township in 1884, according to C. F. Case's History of Lyon County, were as follows: J. W. Pike, Henry F. Hoyt, J. K. Johnson, George Cook, J. B. Drew, W. Hyde, R. Spates, R. F. Webster, James Andrew, George Link, B. Link, J. Ward, Henry Freese, J. Anderson, Noble Cuyle, T. King, J. Seott, J. W. Blake, J. S. Dewey, S. Webster, T. Walker, W. Wirt, W. G. Hunter, C. H. Richardson, O. M. Fuller, A. Eriekson, P. Quigley, John Berry, Daniel Minniek, W. Cashman, J. Smith, B. J. Heagle, M. Pettibone, C. T. Bellingham, Charles Bellingham, Andrew Ham, C. Skillings, C. M. Templeton, A. F. Templeton, J. M. Burke, C. H. White, L. D. Lewis, M. C. Niles, George Orr, J. Clark, F. S. Wetherbee, E. Brotherton, John Middleton and G. R. Watkins.
11The first child born in Lynd township was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ransom, born in November, 1868; the second ehild was llarry Lynd Cummins, son of George E. Cummins, born in 1869. The first death was that of Mrs. Bowers, which occurred April 20, 1868. The first marriage, that of W. Il. Langdon to Zilpha Cummins, was performed in 1868 by Rev. C. F. Wright; the second was that of A. W. McGandy to Charlotte Buell in 1871. The first school, supported by subseription, was taught in Lynd's trading post building in the spring of 1869 by Lydia Cummins. The first church services were held in September, 1867, and the first ehureh was organized in 1868.
Peter W. Mullany (14), Leslie A. Gregg (30), A. L. Randall (24), James E. Leonard (10), Charles M. Shilliam (32), Charles G. Pearson (10), John N. Johnson (10), Lydia J. Pierce (34), Hiram Fellows (20), Christian Nelson (14), Warren S. Eastman (12), Josephus Myers (4), Harriet Perrin (26), Mary Jane Lasure (6), Edward Fezler (28), Orla B. Nash (14), Mark Christensen (14), Dewitt C. Pierce (28), James Cummins (22), George E. Cummins (22), George A. Wunderlich (20), Hugh Smith (26), James M. Lockey (S), Jennie M. Rathmell (18), Jon Anderson (10), Colon Acheson (14), Heirs Oren Gregg (30), Allen D. Morgan (22), Charles Meloin (24), Letta Hute (24), Otto Weking (6), Horace N. Smith (26), Stephen B. Green (20), James A. Harris (S), Alva P. Wells (8). 12
LYONS.
The next town created was Lyons, 13 which doubtless derived its name from the same source as that of the county, namely, General Nathaniel Lyon. It was officially declared an organized township on March 18, 1873, and given the name it still bears. At the first town election, held April 1, 1873, the following first officers were chosen: Gordon Watson, chairman; C. L. Van Fleet and J. C. Buell. supervisors; Henry Mussler, clerk; C. A. Wright, treasurer; Charles Hildreth, assessor; J. W. Hoagland and Edmund Lamb, justices of the peace; Charles E. Goodell and Amasa Crosby, constables.14 Land
12The following named farmers resided in Lynd township in 1884: J. Goodwin, P. B. Fezler, C. Farnham, P. C. Farnham, J. Peterson, Josephus Myers, R. Spates, F. Peterson, W. Williams, James Loekey, A. P. Wells, C. S. Foster, A. Mellenthin, F. Mellenthin, C. Morton, Jon Anderson, Larribee & Sons, William Acheson, Otto Anderson, Charles Pearson, O. A. Ilawes, W. S. Eastman, I. V. Eastman, Andrew Nelson, Colon Acheson, Christian Nelson, Orla Nash, W. Wunderlich, Peter Mullany, H. Rolph, Philip Snyder, A. C. Tucker, H. Rathmell, HI. Tueker, George A. Wunderlich, L. E. Fellows, Alex Burr, W. Sykes, B. Sykes, James ('um- mins, ,L. Mareyes, George Link, B. F. Link, A. L. Randall, B. Heath, C. E. Rice, L. Gilman, Z. O. Titus, H. Smith, W. L. Watson, C. E. Riee, Levi S. Kiel, S. Van Alstine, A. R. Cummins, D. C. Pierec, J. Dryden, C. M. Damuth, O. Gregg, O. C. Gregg, II. G. Ward, L. A. Gregg, Charles Shilliam, W. H. Langdon, V. M. Smith, Jacob Rouse and Mrs. Pierce.
13On October 22, 1872, Lake Benton township, comprising a traet of territory in the southeast part of the present Lincoln county, was created by the County Board.
14The first child born in Lyons township was Fred Adams, born in 1870. The first school was taught by Florence Downie in 1873. Religious serviees were first held in the township by Rev. Ransom Wait on November 6, 1870, and the first church society was formed in September, 1873.
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titles were granted to the following in Lyons township:
W. C. Adams (5), James Burnes (26), Moses G. Fifield (10), Joseph Fifield (10), A. A. Fifield (10), Edward P. Gage (22), James T. Moon (34), Hugh William Neil (26), John D. Soper (22), George H. Thurston (24), C. L. Van Fleet (32), Roland Weeks (28), Charles A. Wright (12), William Whitson (22), Mahlon S. Faucett (24), Ransom Wait (14), Thomas S. Downie (12), Charles W. Hicks (2), John L. Jones (28), Evan L. Jones (34), Albert C. Dresser (28), James F. Hoagland (22), Richard R. Roberts (20), Fred C. Hicks (12), William M. Riddell (26), Elisha Foster (30), Walter Carlaw (32), Leander P. Knapp (30), Mary L. Gould (14), Isaac Harvey (20), Richard Tuper (24), Dennis Leary (6). Charles S. Riley (14), Sophia Hicks (2), John J. Hicks (2), Gordon Watson (2), Jeremiah Van Schaick (30), James M. Millard (26), Ludwig Mitzner (34), Dennis N. Fellon (18), Lois E. Coleman (10), Almond C. Dann (20), Charles E. Goodell (14), Reuben Beazley (6), Louis Crane (4), Martha M. Day (6), Samuel W. Galbraith (28), William Nelson Jones (18), Henry Mussler (20), Thomas A. Graham (34), August Rienke (18), Manley M. Curtis (12), Evan C. Jones (S), Ephraim Skyhawk (18), Warren Erwin Austin (24), Charles V. Hicks (2), Heirs Edward C. Bot (6), Elisha B. Downie (12), Henry L. Pierce (4), Henry Schaeffer (34), Anthony Megandy (4), Edmund Lamb (4), Orla B. Nash (22), Owen M. Owens (S), Martin V. Davidson (4), Luman Ticknor (S), Lars P. Bergman (18). 15
FAIRVIEW.
Fairview and Lyons townships may be classed as twins, for they were granted the rights of township govern- ment on the same day and perfected their organizations on the same day. The beautiful prairie township of Fair- view was appropriately named. In the early days, with naught to interrupt the view, it was a fair sight to look upon. There was spread out a landscape of loveliness, and any other name for the
15The following farmers lived in Lyons township in 1884: B. F. Bates, C. V. Hieks, J. J. Hicks, Gordon Watson, W. C. Adams, H. L. Pierce, C. E. Rice, Mrs. Day, Dennis Leary, Reuben Beasley, Joseph Fifield, M. G. Fifield, F. R. Lindsey, E. B. Downie, F. C. Hicks, T. S. Downie, M. M. Curtis, Charles E. Goodell, J. MI. Millard, Ransom Wait, C. S. Riley, D. N. Fellon, R. Roberts, A. C. Dann, I. N. Harvey, R. D. Soper, D. Soper, J. W. Hoagland, J. F. Hoagland, Jaines Murison, J. Ingram, G. H. Thurston, James Burns, W. N. Riddell, Robert Riddell, S. W. Galbraith, L. Jones, C. E. Dresser, C. C. Wagner, D. T. Fellon, Jeremiah Van Schaiek, L. P. Knapp, Walter Carlaw, C. L. Van Fleet, T. A. Graham, Ludwig Mitzner, E. L. Jones, E. Schmitz, J. Mitzner and Ar. Teufel.
16The first child born in Fairview was Walter Reynolds, son of William and Maria Reynolds, who
township would have been a misnomer.
Fairview township was created March 18, 1873, and the first town meeting was held at the home of John W. Elliott, on section 34, on the first day of April of the same year. At that time the follow- ing officers were chosen: Harmon Love- lace, chairman; John W. Elliott and C. M. Johnson, supervisors; John Bu- chanan, clerk; Owen Marron, treasurer: B. C. Emery, assessor; Harmon Love- lace and John Buchanan, justices of the peace; W. S. Reynolds and A. Williams, constables. 16
The government issued patents to land in Fairview township to the follow- ing:
Miner Atherton (32), Romain C. Beech (6), Charles A. Edwards (26), B. C. Emery (14), I. P. Farrington (26), John L. Gee (6), Daniel P. Hance (24), Reuben Henshaw (22), Anne Hanlon (10), Besnasel Hanlon (10), John Hanlon (18), Harmon Lovelace (20), David H. Neely (4), William S. Reynolds (34), George Spaulding (28), John Shull (4), Luman Tieknor (30), Daniel F. Weymouth (2), Alvin Fort (12), William D. Lovelace (24), Thomas Lindsay (12), Polk Williams (8), Frank Constant (22), Jasper W. Dickey (20), Seth Johnson (30), Edward C. Pierce (28), John A. Brown (22), Cornelius Meehan (10), Daniel Thomas (30), David D. Forbes (14), Martha Meacham (S), E. Alfred Edwards (4), George L. D. Weymouth (2), William C. Robinson (10), Harvey G. Howard (20), George M. Robinson (10), Richard Blake (18), John Cummings (26), Richard Yates (28), Margaret Hanlon (IS), Walter Wakeman (20), Maudavill Potter (28), Marcellus F. Murphy (4), Martin V. Davidson (24), John H. Buchanan (32), Daniel M. Taylor (30), Allen Smith (6), Eben B. Jewett (32), Hamilton Smith (18), John W. Elliott (34), Zenas Rank (24), Isaac Lindsey (14), Lewis Lavake (14), Delia M. Wasson (22), Frank D. Wasson (22), Eliza Wasson (22), Heirs Charles Weymouth (2), Homer Robinson (26), George F. LeBeau (6).17
was born April 2, 1871. Walter Woodruff and Julia Lovelace were the first in the township to marry. The first death was that of Mary Gibbs, mother of Henry Gibbs; she died in December, 1871, at the age of ninety years. School was first taught in the township by Ada Kennedy in 1874; the first school room was a granary belonging to Thomas Lindsay. The first religious services were conducted by Rev. George Spaulding at his home in 1873.
17The following were heads of families residing in Fairview in ISS4: D. Alexander, D. F. Weymouth, MI. P. Jewett, Cox Brothers, H. Edwards, R. C. Beech, J. L. Gee, C. L. Wiley, Philip Rue, A. Paul, Neill, Oren Marron, Martha Meacham, A. Hanlon, Besnasel Hanlon, G. M. Robinson, W. C. Robinson, Rev. Graves, O. F. Walter, Isaac Lindsey, Alex Forbes, D. D. Forbes, Whitney & Keith, F. J. Parker, John
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HISTORY OF LYON COUNTY.
NORDLAND.
Almost without exception. the town- ship of Nordland was settled by Nor- wegians and they bestowed upon it the name of a province in their native land. Nordland township was created by the Board of County Commissioners May 9, 1873, and soon thereafter the first town meeting was held at the home of T. H. Flom on section 14.
The initial officers of Nordland were as
follows: Ole O. Groff, chairman; Ole O. Rear and Nils Anderson, super- visors; Frederick Holritz, clerk; A. O. Strand, treasurer; T. O. Loftsgaarden. assessor; J. O. Fangen and Frederick Holritz, justices of the peace; Thrond Helverson and W. K. Hovden, con- stables.
The following became owners of land in Nordland by virtue of the homestead and timber culture acts:
Charles Anderson (18), Fred Holritz (10), Andrew Halversen (28), Christopher K. Iverson (20), Tobias Iverson (30), Lars J. Jerpbak (18), Erick Knudson (22), Nels B. Nelson (8), Gunder Olson (8), Robert Quiggle (2), Mary Tollef (26), Halvor A. Verse (12), William K. Hovden (2), Niels Gregersen (30), Arent Larsen (12), Niels N. Myre (14), Ole Olsen (12), Samuel Hansen (20), John Larsen (34), Theodore Halverson (28), Halvor Olsen Skogen (26), Ole O. Barisnens (24), Ole Sieverson (14), Osten Anderson Rye (34), Gregar Amundsen (22), Simon Sivertson (4), John Johnson Hoff (4), Lewis B. Leland (28), Christian Johnsen (8), Ole Shelrud (24), Ole O. Nordby (22), Seaver G. Dalen (6), Ole O. Skaar (18), Sever L. Teigland (10), Nels Hal- verson (28), Tobias Iverson (30), Syvert A. Hazleberg (30), Sturlaugur Gilbertson (8), Ole O. Rear (12), John Josephson (4), Martin Bradison (32), Ole A. Lien (28), John O'Brien (4), Josef Jonssen (30), Thor Rye (S), Ole Ledel
Hanlon, M. Hanlon, Hamilton Smith, J. A. Hunter, Richard Blake, J. W. Dickey, H. G. Howard, Kinney, W. P. Thayer, L. K. Thayer, J. A. Brown, Reuben Henshaw, F. D. Wasson, W. D. Lovelace, D. T. Ilance, John Cummings, James Lawrence, E. C. Pieree, M. Potter, Rev. George Spaulding, A. C. Forbes, A. Baldwin, Seth Johnson, Daniel Thomas, Luman Tieknor, E. B. Jewett, E. A. Edwards, Mrs. Coleman, J. W. Elliott, W. S. Reynolds and E. O. Barnard.
18During the next ten years after its organization the growth of Nordland was slow and in 1884 the only heads of families living in the precinct were Halver Olson, J. B. Johnson, Thomas Olson, W. K. Hovden, Robert Culshaw, John Ohnn, Sven Jeremiasen, John J. Hoff, S. Severtson, John Josephson, E. C. Gatzke, S. G. Dalen, Sturlauger Gilbertson, Nels Nelson, Chris Johnson, Teeta Tolff, A. Strand, Sever Tergland, HI.
(24), Paul B. Gatzke (6), Thideman Jensen (24), Leif Stenerson (30), John B. Johnson (32), Torjus H. Flom (14), Frank Ramberg (24), Halvor H. Bakken (26), Peter Larson (26), Gilbert T. Larsen (24), Heirs Benjamin Johnsen (32), John McClusky (20), Peter Johan Jennen (14), Robert Hanson (10), Benjamin Johnson (32), Gregar Stenerson (24), John Gillund (22), Frank Dobrinski (6), Thomas Olson (2), Andreas J. Olsen (10), Brede Bredeson (32), Sven H. Jeremiasen (4), Thomas MeClusky (10), Tollef Olson Festad (10).18
GRANDVIEW.
The topographical features supplied the name for Grandview, the name being selected when the township was created July 21, 1873. On September 23 of the same year the County Board authorized a change in name to Warrington, but the change was not made.
The township was organized in Au- gust, 1873, when the first town meeting was held at the home of Jacob Thomas. The first officers, selected at that time, were as follows: T. J. Barber, chair- man; S. B. Green and J. M. Collins, supervisors; A. L. Baldwin, clerk; J. M. English, treasurer; George Chamberlain, assessor; Orlando McQuestion and H. B. Loomis, justices of the peace; G. A. Wirt and C. P. Cotterell, constables. 19
Government land patents were grant- ed to the following in Grandview:
Henry W. Burlingame (4), Frank D. Baldwin (26), Edward Goodman (10), Charles E. Goodell (34), James P. Greenslitt (4), Stephen B. Green (22), J. A. Goodrich (12), Alexander Graham (14), Harrison A. Irish (14), Charles J. Morse (24), Martin M. Marshall (28), William Markell (10), John S. Pears (24), Janet Robertson (24), Wells I. Smith (20), J. M. Vaughn (8), George A. Wirt (22), Generius Johnson (6), Christian Lee
Verpe, Ole Rear, Ole Groff, Arne Larson, Ole Bjerska, N. T. Dahl, T. H. Flom, A. Larson, Nels Myre, Ole Severson, Charles Anderson, Lars Jerpbak, Aslag Ilaug, Ole Stear, Samuel llanson, Frederick IIolritz, Ole Myriek, K. Melby, Ole Nordby, J. G. Gillund, Gregar Amundsen, Thideman Jensen, G. Stenerson, Ole Ladel, F. Rumberg, Ole S. Kgelud, Nels Halverson, Andrew Halverson, Albert Halverson, Louis Leland, S. Ander- son, T. Tobias, M. Bredeson, B. Johnson, Ole Borsnes, L. Est and John Larson.
19 Lilly MeQuestion, the first child born in Grand- view, was born December 16, 1871, the daughter of Orlando McQuestion. The first death was a child of Joseph Chamberlain. The first school was taught by Sarah Constant in 1876. The first religious services were conducted by Rev. W. S. Williams.
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(18), Alberto L. Baldwin (22), Selden Coleman (26), William T. Maxson (20-28), Charles P. Cotterell (22), Bergit S. Jacobson (6), Ransom F. Lathe (28), John G. Cook (34), William L. Goodrich (12), Ambrose Amundson (8), Jacob Thomas (22), Anthon J. Ledel (30), Orlando McQuestion (34), John O. Ranum (30), Rufus F. Southworth (2), Hugh Chalmers (2), Lewis Story (32), Johan Christ Nielson (30), Thomas J. Barber (22), Amasa A. Farmer (20), Georgi- anna M. Collins (14), John R. Phelps (32), John Shelrud (30), Harrison B. Loomis (4), Fannie 31. Collins (10), Floyd H. Deland (2), Leo DeCock (S), Miles W. Fuller (32), Martin Ellefson (6), Lewis E. Bates (28), Charles DeVos (4). Edward A. Deland (12), Edward Fezler (28), Camille Claeys (S), Sigfred Ledel (18), Franklin H. Goodrich (12), James S. Rauger (30), Ole Ingebretson Rotam (6), William Bot (14), Anders H. Opdahl (6), Chester Andrews (26), James M. English (26), William J. Brull (34), Edwin M. English (24), George W. Carpenter (24).20
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LUCAS.
The northeast corner township was officially designated an organized town- ship July 21, 1873. under the name of Canton, and it was more than a year later when the name Lucas was bestowed upon it.21 The organization was per- fected August 5, 1873.
The first officers of the township were as follows: James Wardrop, chairman; O. H. Dahl and John Moe, supervisors; R. H. Price, clerk; N. T. Dahl, treasurer and assessor; T. S. Norgaard and P. H. Dahl, justices of the peace: R. J. Ben-
20There were living in Grandview the following in 1884: Victor LeBeau, Hugh Chalmers, F. H. Deland. J. Cavanaugh, H. B. Loomis, Theodore Carron, C. Foulon, G. Verghote, John Ford, Martin Ellefson, G. A. Aal, B. Jacobson, Ole Rotam, Ambrose Amund- son, J. M. Vaughn, R. L. Greenslitt, H. Maartens, Leo DeCoek, David VanHee, H. Princen, B. F. Jellison, F. H. Goodrich, E. A. Deland, A. Paradis, W. S. Goodrich, Alexander Graham, Georgianna Collins, C. Messine, A. VanHee, S. VanHee, Christian Lee, Sigfred Ledel, J. Regnier, J. Lambert, A. A. Farmer, W. T. Maxson, L. E. Bates, Isaac Regnier, Charles Cotterell, N. B. Green, T. I. Barber, Jacob Thomas, A. L. Baldwin, J. M. English, G. W. Carpenter, E. Lord, Frank Baldwin, S. Coleman, J. Butson, Peter Schmitz, (. Schmitz, F. Laythe, John Shelrud, John Nielson, A. J. Ladle, J. O. Ranum, J. Lambert, M. W. Fuller, Lewis Story, A. Pennston, William Goodell. J. G. Cook and Orlando MeQuestion.
21 Rulings of state auditors forbade two townships in the state to have the same name, and as a conse- quenee the people of a new township frequently had to change the name. The people of Lueas were especially unfortunate in choosing a name that had not before been selected. The name Lisbon was selected in place of Canton on March 17, 1874, and that in turn was changed to Moe on May 21, 1874. Lucas was
jamin and George Anderson, consta- bles. 22
The following were settlers of Luca .: who received their land from the govern- ment :
George Anderson (S), Otto Anderson (2), Squire J. Carr (24), Robert Cummings (32), Peter H. Dahl (4), P. A. Eitland (18), James Galbraith (30), Ann Lines (24), Lewis B. Nichols (20), George Russell (34), William H. Slater (4), Robert Chalmers (30), John MeLen- nan (32), Thomas Bell (12), Joseph Gray (28), Peder Eliason (10), Christopher Peterson (22), John Boniman (30), John H. Mielke (22), James Wardrop (12), Christ H. Dahl (8), Josiah Durham (2), Rufus H. Price (2), Gabriel Ander- son (6), Torjus S. Norgaard (4), Edward T. Tonnessen Hamre (10-8), Hans P. Dahl (6), Allend Christianson (10), Endre Endreson (8), Clinton J. Price (14), Carl Kartowietz (26), James C. Townsend (30), Frederick Strohschaen (12), John Krog (22), Ole H. Ilatlestad (18), Daniel R. Burdett (20), Charles S. Lovelace (20), Tollef (). Legvold (10), William Stewart (32), James Cruickshank (34), John Johnsen Nesdal (14), Wilhelm Weinkauf (24), Iver Nelson (2), Mikkle Nelson (6), Thomas Chalmers (32), Neils Neilson (6), Sivert O. Barsted (20), Christian Rust (34) .23
EIDSVOLD.
Nineteen residents of the northwest corner township petitioned for township government and the County Board took the requested action September 2, 1873. The township was created and organ- ized with the name Upper Yellow Medi- cine, but the name was later changed to Eidsvoll.
ehosen October 11, 1874, and as no other township had a prior right the name was permanently established.
22The first child born in Lueas was Albert Erwin, born February 27, 1872. The first death was a son of John Krog, who died in the winter of 1873. The first marriage was that of D. R. Burdette to Alice M. Price and occurred July 16, 1873. The first school was taught by Ella Williams in 1873 in a small building erected by R. H. Priee on section 2. The first religious services were conducted by Rev. Joseph Williams, of the United Brethren Society.
23In 1884 the residents of Lueas township were as follows: R. H. Price, Iver Nelson, M. Nelson, E. S. Reishus, Aarrestad Brothers, L. P. Aaberg, Gabriel Anderson, J. A. H. Dahl, N. Rosvold, M. Rosvold, J. H. Anderson, C. H. Dahl, A. Barstad, A. Anderson, Mr. Conrad, Peder Eliason, E. T. Hamre, Allend Christianson, Frederick Strohsehaen, James Wardrop, Thomas Bell, J. Johnson, A. Miro, A. Slette, J. Medboe, (. O. Reinholt, O. H. Hattlestad, M. T. Ness, H. J. Meilke, John Krog. J. A. Smith, Christopher Peterson, J. C. Lines, J. J. Hunziker, C. Kartowitz, F. G. Stroh- sehaen, Jr., J. MeDonald, J. C. Gray, James Galbraith, John Boniman, Robert Chalmers, J. (. Townsend, John D. Smith, Robert Cummings, William Stewart, John Me Lellan, Thomas Chalmers, James Cruickshank, James Robertson, George Russell and P. Schlemmer.
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