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HISTORY OF LYON COUNTY.
The first town meeting was held Sop- tember 20, 1873, and the following were chosen the first officers: H. T. Oakland, chairman : Nels Torger: on and A. Amundson, supervisor. ; John Coleman, clerk; Swend Peterson, treasurer; O. B. Ringham, assessor; HI. D. Frink, justice of the peace; O. H. Esping and G. Amundson, constable : 21
The following homesteaders and tree claim claimants received title to real estate in Eidsvoll:
Ambrose Amundsen (34), Lewis Anderson (28), William Broekway (20), John A. Coleman (28), W. M. Coleman (26), Swend Peterson (26), Ole Pederson (24), Ole B. Ringham (26), Jakob Steinmetz (22-12-18), William P. Tenney (18), Harvey D. Frink (26), John M. Hall (S), Knud Olson (10), Kmid O. Dovre (34), Freeborn N. Welch (IS), William Mohr (30), Franeis R. Adams (4), Aaron Conger (6), Knut A. Rye (22), Knud Helgeson (2), Amend Amendson (24), Knud K. Gigstad (34), George H. Welch (18), Hugh Bowden (12), Edwin E. Ramberg (34), Neils Torgeson (34), Charles Overland (14), John Olson Kaas (22), Knut S. Kraubek (14), Barnet Vosberg (6), Elling Kmidson Haugen (12), Walter P. Ruggles (4), Knud Knudtson (10), Ole A. Swennes (2), Parmer Crampton (8), Norman Webster (S), Bergven J. Hoff (32), Lewis P. Johnson (10), Isaac Olson (24), Thor- vald Rye (12), Ignacy Gawareski (30), Ole H. Esping (12), Patrick Malone (14), John MeCor- mick (20), Betsey J. Wallin (22), Knud Kjorness (24), Lawrence MeDonald (28), Jens Aliekson (32), Joseph Aliekson (32), Kazimien Surdzinski (30), Hugh MeNamara (4), Nels Anderson (10), Ellen Salmon (28), Maria Olson (32), Carrie E. Fodness (2), Engebret K. Kjorness (24), James W. Williams (20), Syvert Hanson (22), Heirs Frank Hinkley (S), Andrew Budniakowski (30), John S. Kosmalski (20), Gottlieb Kerlein (30), Reuben H. Clark (4).25
24Twin girls, born to Mr. and Mrs. Swend Peterson in 1871, were the first births in Eidsvold. A daughter of Ole Pederson, who died in 1872, was the first to die in the precinet. The first marriage was that of J. J. Wallin to Annie Olson and occurred October 24, 1874. The first publie sehool was taught by O. H. Dahl in the railroad section house. Rev. J. Berg conducted the first religious serviees in the same building.
25The following were engaged in farming in Eidsvold township in 1884: O. A. Swennes, Knud Helgeson, K. Rodness, F. MeMahon, W. P. Ruggles, F. R. Adams, Aaron Conger, Barnet Vosburg, J. Ahern, E. Hinkley, . L. P. Johnson, K. Knudson, K. O. Bakken, Torger Stene, Thor Rye, Hugh Bowden, E. Knutson, Ole H. Esping, E. Severson, H. T. Oakland, K. Tvambeek, Patrick Malone, F. N. Welch, B. Agners, John McCor- miek, J. E. Kaas, J. Pennington, C. Hanson, Knut Rye, H. Rye, B. Wallin, K. E. Kjorness, E. K. Kjorness, Amend Amendson, Isaac Olson, G. Thompson, O. B. Ringham, H. H. Boe, J. Wilhelins, W. Salmon, Lewis Anderson, Lawrence MeDonald, Henry Carstens, A. Ratke, William Mohr, E. O'Brien, Nels Torgerson, K. O. Dovre and Ole Feste.
MONROE.
The county law-making body set apart the southeast corner township for or- ganization on January 5, 1874, and named it Monroe.26 Some time later the first town meeting was held at the store of H. N. Joy in Tracy, officers were selected, and Monroe township was fully organized.27
Land patents were granted by the government to the following named persons in Monroe township:
Reese Davis (S), Smith S. Fuller (S), Edward Glynn (6), Alden C. Levitt (12), William H. Morgan (20), A. Peterson (20), Philip Peregrine (6), Rees Priee (18), Ole Rialson (22), E. L. Starr (24), Henry H. Welch (26), David Bumford (30), Charles S. Grover (6), William V. Taylor (6), John M. Chapin (24), Andrew Christensen (28), Edwin W. Healy (26), Ole Olson Sune (20), Wyatt Moulton (18), Anne Amandsen (32), Ole Helgeson Brevig (28), Elias Jones (10), Ole Johnson (26), Hugh R. Hughes (18), James R. Mullins (12), Elias Rialson (22), Gunerins Olson (30), Evan D. Evans (30), Charles Vau Dusen (4), Walter A. Sutherland (2), Hans T. Larson (10), Ingeborg Trulson (32), John Schultz (24), William Shand (14), Kittel C. Haugen (28), Charles W. Northrup (4), William F. Randall (4), Amand Erlandson (22), Thomas Devine (12), Amasa A. Farmer (12), Frederick Johnson (12), Emerson W. Ladd (2), Ole Amundson (20), Heirs Ehas Olson (34), Ellef Anderson (34), Jacob F. Durst (8), Mary E. Bass (6), Adolph Gilbertson (14), Rasmus H. Lawrence (10), Hans Amendsen (32), Levi Montgomery (26), Benjamin R. Bass (6), William S. Moses (24), Truls Knudsen (32), John F. Knowles (34), John L. Craig (14), Solomon Evans (30), George White (18), Wilbur F. Nelson (2), Levi Bailey (4), Martin Larson (10), Guilbert
26The name was suggested by Louis and Ole Rialson, early settlers of the township who eame from Green county, Wiseonsin, the county scat of which was Monroe. The residents of the new township selected that name by ballot over Chelsea, another name that had been proposed. The Board of County Com- missioners on January 6, 1874, directed the county auditor to send to the state authorities the name Starr, in case the name Monroe was rejected.
27The first birth in Monroe township was that of a daughter of Rees Price; the second was that of George White, a son of Mr. and Mrs. George White, born June 17, 1872; the child died September 10 of the same year, his death being the first in the precinct. Stella Cleveland taught the first school in the township in 1875. Religious services were first conducted in 1873 by Rev. Ransom Wait at the home of E. L. Starr. The first religious organization, a Congregational Sunday School, was formed in June, 1874, at the home of J. M. Wardell. The first church organization was that of the Presbyterian, formed in the fall of 1874; its church building, the first in the township, was ereeted in the spring of 1875.
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HISTORY OF LYON COUNTY.
Larson (10), Segrid Amundson (20), Ole Ander- son (28).28
AMIRET.
The township which is now designated Amiret dates its existence from March 17. 1874, when the County Board, upon the petition of Horace N. Randall and others, authorized its citizens to organ- ize. For several years the precinct bore the name Madison, but in 1879, by legislative act, its name was changed to Amiret, to correspond with the name of the village within its boundaries. 29 The first town meeting was held at the store of William Coburn April 7, 1874. S. S. Truax, J. H. Williams and H. N. Randall were judges of the election then held and William Coburn was clerk.
The first officers choseu were as fol- lows: James Mitchell, Jr., chairman; Lafayette Grover and David Hawks, supervisors: William Coburn, clerk; S. S. Truax, treasurer; J. H. Williams, assess- or; John Taylor, justice of the peace; Luther Mason, constable. 30
To the following early settlers of Amiret township government land titles were granted :
Henry Borchert (30), William Doxie (6), Charles Donaldson (22), George W. Donaldson (22), Simeon S. Goodrich (12), Philo Hall (14), Isaiah D. Hetric (24), David Hawks (14), William Harrison (32), James Hopkins (30), Beers Johnson (30), Eliza A. Kennedy (3), Jacob Kline (28), N. Leavitt (26), Jane Mitchell
(30), Luther Mason (20), Saira H. Preston (26), J. C. Plumseth (28), Charles P. Silloway (22), O. W. Walsh (34), Hamilton Drake (28), Merritt Shaw (18), James Mitchell (30), Peter McKeever (30), Frederick A. Woodruff (2), Joseph Connelly (30), Valentine O. Covey (10), James W. Drew (4), Jasper L. Havens (24), Don D. Harding (28), Calvin Maydole (1S), Franklin G. Cahow (12), Luvina Devens (10), Ariel H. Wellman (26), William Coburn (10), Oliver P. Ball (4), Joseph Fredenburg (2), Alfred Nichols (20), George Beck (18), Daniel Warn (24), Nelson Johnson (18), John W. Taylor (14), Joseph B. Shepard (4), George W. Smith (S), James Struthers (S), Joseph Shake (6), Horace N. Randall (14-2), Henry C. May- dole (6), Isaac C. Seeley (S), Benjamin R. Bass (6), James D. Bevier (24), Sidney N. Lund (24), John B. Martin (24), Ambrose N. Smith (18), Jacob Devens (4), James Mitchell, Jr. (4), Ephraim Skyhawk (2), Abraham V. Brown (10), John Sherman (12), Eugene E. Harding (20), Homer C. Swift (S), Emery J. York (26), Lewis F. Rowell (10), Thomas Johnson (24), Charles Mason (20), Burton A. Drake (6), Perry D. Gross (20), Charles F. Whipple (28), Andrew Purves (18), John D. Owens (32), Alexander Kennedy (12), Joel H. Harris (32), Louis Michel (6), Gardner F. Harding (34). 31
WESTERHEIM.
Nearly all the early day settlers of Westerheim township were Norwegians and when the time came to organize the township they gave it a Norwegian name-Westerheim, meaning western home. The petition for the creation of the township was presented to the county authorities February 24, 1876. and was signed by J. R. Blanchard, A. A. Lee and others. Action on the petition was deferred. but on April 19,
2SThe farming population of Monroe township in 1×84 was composed of the following: C. Reggle, E. W. Ladd, J. Jones, Jessup & Walsh, C. W. Van Dusen, W. Northrup, James Thomson, J. W. Tyson, Philip Peregrine, B. R. Bass, E. W. Glynn, I. Grover, J. Glynn, J. F. Durst, J. P. Davis, Rees Davis, R. H. Lawrence, Martin Larsen, Gulbrand Larsen, Elias Jones, T. Larson, Nevius Brothers, J. R. Mullen, J. B. Mullen, J. B. Deal, J. L. Craig, J. C. Tweet, R. Cava- naugh, N. H. Starr, C. Muediking, Wyatt Moulton, 11. R. Ilughes, Rees Price, W. H. Morgan, Ole Amund- son, Ole Olsen, Charles C. Warren, A. Erlandson, Louis Rialson, S. D. Peterson, T. Lewis, Ole Rialson, W. S. Moses, W. Henning, J. Moline, J. S. Wilmarth, H. H. Titus, Levi Montgomery, Ole Johnson, J. J. Randall, C. Christianson, Ole Anderson, Ole Helgeson, Andrew Christensen, Mrs. R. Sessions, E. D. Evans, G. O. Miller, A. Amendsen, H. Amundson, J. Jacobson, H. Moline, Ellef Anderson, J. Retz, Schmitz.
29The village was named in honor of Amiretta Sykes, wife of M. 1. Sykes, vice president of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company and also of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company.
30The first birth in Amiret township was a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. William Coburn in 1873. The first death occurred in 1872 and was a daughter of Luther Mason. The first marriage was that of J. A. Hunter and Miss C. A. Mitchell and was performed June 3, 1875. The first school was taught in 1873 by MIrs. Warnick in a board shanty on seetion 31. The first religious services were conducted in 1872 by Rev. J. Reese, and the first church, Congregational, was built in 1873.
31The settlers of Amiret township in 1SS4 were F. S. Woodruff, Joseph Fredenburg, Ephraim Skyhawk, Jacob Devens, O. P. Ball, J. W. Drew, H. C. Maydole, Joseph Shake, C. H. Dudrey, James Struthers, H. C. Swift, John Curray, A. Nichols, V. O. Covey, W. Blaekman, P. Devens, John Sherman, J. MI. Taylor, J. Frost, H. N. Randall, S. F. Rowell, H. Curray, C. R. Maydole, D. Tucker, J. W. Nichols, B. Nichols, James T. Hernan, H. D. Shepherd, T. R. Mathews, J. M. Mitchell, J. York, A. D. Lord, G. Harding, Hamilton Drake, James Mitchell, P. Ford, C. S. Grover, L. D. Grover, William Harrison, G. F. Harding and O. W. Walsh.
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HISTORY OF LYON COUNTY.
1876, the necessary action was taken and the township named.
The town meeting to effect an organi- zation was held at the home of Peter Johnson May 9, 1876, when the follow- ing were chosen first officers: Halvor Nyland, chairman; O. J. Moe and Hans Samuelson, supervisors; O. L. Orsen, clerk; Andrew Lee, treasurer; Thorbjon Huso, assessor; John Ilstad and H. P. Johnson, justices of the peace; Rasmus Hanson and T. H. Opdahl, constables. 32
Titles to lands in Westerheim were granted by the government to the following:
Halvor Aadson (30), Thorbjon Aadson (30), R. W. Cavenaugh (22), Mary M. Oliver (8), George L. Richardson (34), Johan Olsen Stensrud (14), Osear Thompson (20), S. Hognason (4), Jonathan Peterson (4), William Marshall (26), Rasmus Hanson (32), Knut Knutson (30), Knud T. Thompson (2), Ole Thompson (2), Sigbjorn Sigurdson (2), Gudmunder Jonsson (14), Elling J. Oxaas (4), Hans Samuelson (12), Gunnlaugur Petursson (14), Sander Knudson (28), Oluf S. Orson (S), Christopher Christianson (24), Ostander Warren (26), Alexander D. Hill (26), John Ilstad (30), Hans P. Johnson (20), Knud J. Hall (2), Ole L. Orsen (18), Thronel H. Opdahl (6), Thorlak Peterson (10), Andrew Hellikson (10), Josef Josefsson (8), Knud A. Broughton (12), Byrneld L. Leland (20), Andus H. Opdahl (34), Ole J. Leland (20), Henrik Samuelson (12), John C. Rogde (28), Knud Knudson Floe (18), Oliver J. Moe (18), Sigmundi Jonathason (10), Vincentius Engels (26), Joseph Kenna (22), Magnus M. Strom (6), John Kiley (30), Patrick McGinn (28), Francis Buysse (34), Bjorn Gislason (10), Elbert F. Claflin (28), Carolina Van de Wolstyne (34), Henry Van Altvorst (4), Ole Jacobson Moe (18), Edward Cassidy (22), Knudt E., Fodness (6), Magnild Orson (18). 33
VALLERS.
Vallers township received settlers in an early day, and so early as 1873
32Westerheim's first birth was a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. John Ilstad in 1874. In June, 1874, the first marriage, a double one, was celebrated-H. A. Nyland to Inger Olson and T. A. Huso to Carrie Olson. The bride of H. A. Nyland died in September of the same year, the death being the first one in the precinet. The first sehool was taught by Knud Fodness in 1877.
33The residents of Westerheim in 1884 were K. J. Ilall, S. Sigurdson, Ole Thompson, K. T. Thompson, (. Johnson, E. J. Oxaas, John Peterson, S. Hognason, Mary Oliver, Oluf Orson, Josef Josefsson, Andrew Hellikson, S. Jonathason, Bjorn Gislason, K. A. Broughton, Hans Samuelson, Henry Samuelson, John Stensrud, E. Fjeldstad, G. Jonsson, G. Petursson, E. Bjornson, Walter Walsh, Lars Orson, Ole L. Orsen,
attempts to bring about local govern- ment were made. One or two elections were held to that end, but for some reason the government was not per- fected. The County Board passed the necessary enabling act September 21, 1876, and named the precinct Vallers. 34
The township began local government October 7, 1876, when the first town meeting was held at the home of Ole O. Brenna. The officers elected at that time were as follows: S. W. Laythe, chairman; John Anderson and M. K. Snortum, supervisors; Ole O. Brenna, Jr., clerk; Ole O. Brenna, Sr., assessor; Ole O. Brenna, Jr., justice of the peace. 35
There was considerable University land in Vallers and as a result the list of those who obtained land titles from the government is not so large as in most of the other towns. The list is as follows:
Johannes Anderson (6), Norman L. Jones (32), Michel Knudson (4), Johan Olsen (4), Ole O. Prestegaren (2), Ole Olsen Brenna (4), Nathan B. Langdon (34), Ole Anderson (6), Andrew O. Anderson (6), Horace C. Bemis (34), Knudt Swenson (22), Christian O. Hovde (20), Harvey W. Throop (26), J. L. Robinson (26), Casper Holter (18), William H. H. Hayward (30), Alexander McNaughton (26), Ole J. Ulland (S), Ole Lende (22), Jacob Harpster (32), Olaus Hanson (20), Gulik Olsen (2), Louise MeMasters (34), Lena A. Cliffgard (18), Mary Orson (28), Hans A. Solberg (26), August Dieken (32), Ole O. Brenna, Jr. (S), Charles A. Butler (28), John Discher (28), Severt H. Thorness (28), Michael Norton (22), Ole Anderson (6), Ole E. Borthus (30), Rasmus J. J. Haaskjold (20), Edward E. Ackerman (28), Sven Knudsen Thon (20), Martin J. Osnes (18), Einar L. Oftedal (26), Ferdinand Wambeke (30), John S. Thon (22), Carl G. Anderson (18), Daniel P. Shoe-
O. J. Moe, B. L. Leland, I. P. Johnson, O. I. Leland, E. Cassidy, W. Sanden, Alex DeWitt, Chris Johnson, William Marshall, J. C. Rogde, F. DeReu, II. A. Nyland, Rasmus Hanson, Ole O. Skogen, John Ilstad, A. DeZutter, Andrew Lee, D Van de Norstyne, Andrew Opdahl and Van Halsbeck.
34It is said that Ole O. Brenna, an early settler, was responsible for naming the town. His desire was to name it Valla, a Norwegian word meaning valley, but because of incorrect spelling in the petition or illegi- bility the county commissioners made the name read Vallers.
35John Anderson, born in 1872, was the first child born in Vallers. The first death was that of Ole J.
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IHISTORY OF LYON COUNTY.
maker (34), Andreas S. Malde (2), Thorstein Thorseinson (8).36
CUSTER.
Although one of the first settlements of Lyon county was located in Custer. the township was not granted local government until 1876. The County Board declared the township organized September 21, 1876, and named it Custer.37 The first town meeting was held October 14 and the following were elected first officers: L. D. Lewis, chairman; W. H. Hughes and William Shand, supervisors: B. F. Thomas, clerk and treasurer. 38
The greater part of the early settlers of Custer township were Welsh. The government granted land titles to the following:
John Avery (10), Milton Cairn (2), Edward H. Cutts (26), Jeremiah Evans (14), David E. Evans (2), Knute Johnson (1), Ogen Johnson (1), Richard Morgan (2), Joseph Wagner (2), William W. Harrison (10), Benjamin F. Thomas (4), Simon Delong (2), Lafayette Alden (4), David E. Griffith (12), George F. Glotfelter (18), Andrew Johnson (28), Hugh H. Williams (24), Nekolai Nilson (28), Edward R. Jones (6), Benjamin T. Kirby (6), John T. Bickell (6), Andrew A. Nilson (6), William J. Crawford (20), John L. Harris (24), Carl Whittmutz, Sr. (20), Carl Whittmutz, Jr. (20), Abner G. Bumford (22), Richard H. Hughes (12), William Parker (30), J. Helleson (28), Peter Fedde (18), Joseph Rees (12), Hendrick Peterson (31), Hans M. Anderson (S), Solomon Evans (24), James Morgan (12), Hugh R. Hughes (14), John E. Hughes (14), Tolloff Nelson (34), John P. Jones (28), William H. Davy (6), Robert R. Owens (26), Thomas L. Harris (24), Andrew Booth (4), John S. Owens (26), Frank L. Whiting (32),
Engen, who died in August, 1877. The first marriage ceremony was performed December 23, 1877, and united Ole O. Brenna, Jr., to Anna Olson. The first sehool, a private one, was taught by J. L. Robinson in 1879; the first public school was conducted by Lavina Day in 1880 and a school house was built that year. Rev. Knud Thorstenson, a Lutheran minister, preached the first services in 1877 at the home of Ole O. Brenna.
36According to a list prepared by C. F. Case for his History of Lyon County, the following were the only heads of families living in Vallers in 1884: G. O. Aamat, HI. Olson, A. S. Malde. E. Varpnes, Michel Knudson, Ole O. Brenna, Sr., Andrew O. Anderson, John Anderson, Ole Anderson, O. A. Anderson, T. Thorsteinson, O. J. Ulland, Ole. O. Brenna, Jr., E. S. Roti, J. Roti, 1. Olsen, M. J. Osnes, O. II. Miller, C. O. Hovde, S. K. Thon, R. J. J. Haaskjold, Knudt Swenson, Ole Lende, H. A. Solberg, H. W. Throop, A. Baldwin, J. L. Robinson, S. H. Thorsness, Ole E. Borthus, Mike O'Toole, N. L. Jones, N. M. Fisk and Cox Brothers.
Lewis P. Jones (2), Landy Soward (32), Hans Jacobson (34), Clemet Helleson (34), Daniel Willford (22), Knud K. Olsen (22), Andrew Green (24), Charles W. Candee (30), Joel A. Tucker (30), Lars Nilson (32), James Elliott (18), Willard Gifford (18), Heirs David D. Jones (18), Benjamin Thomas, Sr. (4), Henry C. Masters (10), Torger P. Lien (32), John Whittmus (20), Lewis Soward (22), John H. Jones (S), James Steele (22), David Morgan (2), Owen R. Owens (26), Bengt Swenson (6), Margaret Jones (10), Charles A. Anderson (8), Annie S. Cutts (20), Sarah M. Randall (11), William Jackson (30).39
CLIFTON.
The next township we have to con- sider in the order of their creation is Clifton, which first was entitled to a place on the map September 21. 1876. At that time the County Board desig- nated the new division Edenview, but a short time later the name was changed to Clifton. Christopher Dillman, a pio- neer of the precinct, suggested the name.
The first election to choose officers was held at the school house of district No. 28 on October 7. 1876, when the following were chosen: A. J. Waite, chairman; G. P. Ladenburg and Christo- pher Dillman, supervisors; R. D. Barnes, clerk; C. A. Cook, treasurer; J. A. Dillman, assessor; G. W. Mossman and John M. Linn, justices of the peace; H. J. Newhouse and W. B. Franklin, constables. 40
The following named persons were early settlers of the township and
37 When plans were first laid for the organization of the precinct, in the early summer of 1876, the residents proposed to naine it Reno, in honor of the general then taking a prominent part in the Indian campaign. Before the organization was made, however, General Custer and his forces had been massacred on the Little Big Horn and some blame for that disastrous event was attached to General Reno. When the petition was presented it asked for the name Custer, in honor of the massacred leader of the white forces.
38The first school in Custer township was taught by Jane Mitchell in 1870 in a log sehool house on seetion 2. Rev. Riley, a Methodist minister, conducted the first religious services in 1870. The first church society, Presbyterian, was organized in 1871 by Rev. Joseph Rees and the first church was erected in 1873.
39Permanent residents of Custer in 1884 were G. S. Robinson, C. M. Goodrich, David Morgan, E. H. Cutts, Simon Delong, B. F. Thomas, B. B. Thomas, Lafayette Alden, Andrew Booth, C. A. Anderson, John Avery,
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secured lands through the homestead and timber culture acts:
Moses Barnes (6), Joseph C. Brown (34-24), Charles A. Cook (6), John F. Constant (18), Aaron M. Dudley (32), Walter Dunn (12), William B. Franklin (34), John Haghes (30), Henry G. Mead (S), Tenbroeck Stout (26), Mathew Wilson (4), Charles Marks (2), George W. Selover (24), D. A. Keyes (22), Seymour S. Sloan (10-4-30), Oliver B. Brown (34), Silas B. Wheeler (6), Herman J. Newhouse (S), Newton C. Truax (4), Fred Hawkins (28), John M. Linn (18), W. S. Rader (34), Botlolf Knudson (6), Alfred Mead (10), Winfield W. Mossman (12), Louis Stein (30), George Metselder (4), Mareus (. Humphrey (14), George W. Mossman (12), Jacob Dillman (20), William H. Dilley (24), August Adler (10-6), Charles Gary (10), Mary Truax (18), Frederick Shake (32-28), Christo- pher Dillman (20), James B. Brown (30), Benaiah A. Grubb (6), Joseph Pierard (22), George Ladenburg (IS), Abbott J. Waite (18), Edward C. Kieffe (32), August Minneseng (26), George W. W. Shaw (22), Dewitt C. Ackerman (10), John W. Blake (30), George C. Dillman (20), Julius Freiheit (26), John B. Fairbank (14), Edwin S. Reishus (28), James Strange (4), William A. Titus (14), William Castle (26), John P. Louis (2), Peter A. Norton (2), Robert M. Hassinger (12), George M. Cauffman (34), Daniel Kennedy (20).41
STANLEY.
Stanley township has the distinction of having been the first in Lyon county to boast a permanent white settler, T. W. Castor and family having located there in 1867. It was settled in the early days largely by Scotchmen. A petition was presented for the organi- zation of the precinct in July, 1873, but the Board of County Commissioners de-
Margaret Jones, W. W. Harrison, James Morgan, Joseph Rees, R. H. Hughes, D. C. Griffiths, J. H. Cutler, W. HI. Hughes, William Shand, J. H. Hughes, Peter Fedde, W. W. Gifford, D. D. Jones, James Elliott, George I. Glotfelter, Carl Whittmutz, Sr., Carl Whittmutz, Jr., J. W. Whittmutz, James Steele, Daniel Willford, K. K. Olson, Lewis Soward, A. G. Bumford, T. L. Harris, J. L. Harris, H. H. Williams, S. Evans, L. B. Woolfolk, R. R. Owens, O. R. Owens, J. S. Owens, E. H. Cutts, J. P. Jones, MI. Nelson, John Swenson, William Parker, C. W. Candee, Landy Soward, Hendrick Peterson, Hans Jacobson, Clemet Helleson and Tolloff Nelson.
40The first birth in Clifton was that of Laura M. Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cook, born October 24, 1872. The first death was that of a child of W. B. Franklin, in December, 1878. The first school was taught by Ida Mead in 1876. The first sermon was preached by Rev. II. C. Simmons, Congre- gationalist, in 1875, and the first church was organized in 1880.
41The settlers of Clifton in ISS4 were Charles Marks, C. J. Spong, William Marks, H. C. Meehl, George
ferred action, and it was several years later when the desired action was taken.
Stanley was one of four townships created on September 21, 1876. At that time it was named Delaven, but the name was rejected by the state auditor, and Stanley was conferred upon it December 23, 1876. It was ordered that the first town meeting be held on October 14, 1876, but the result of the election-if one was held-is not known. At the election in March, 1877, the following officers were chosen: F. B. Patterson, chairman; Colin McNiven and James Garry, supervisors; D. T. . Ludwig, clerk; Oliver Patterson, treas- urer: Charles Kennedy, assessor; Duncan McKinlay and Edward Wilson. justices of the peace; Lester Garry and Mr. King, constables. 42
Homesteadss and tree claims were secured by the following in Stanley township:
Albert Caufman (20), William A. Crooker (28), Daniel Monroe (12), William Monroe (2), Ole O. Myrviek (20), Duncan Mckinlay (4), Thomas MeKinlay (4), Frank B. Patterson (28), James White (2), Peter Brooks (22), James W. Young (14), Oliver Patterson (28), David N. Mason (34), Charles Kennedy (30), John Russell (10), Charles H. Currie (14), Charles E. Higby (32), Newton D. Wasson (20), Elizabeth Bosler (14), William F. Neill (8), James Garry (10), Mary J. Sprague (32), Henry Sprague (32), James F. Gibb (8-6), Colin MeNiven (12), Robert Monroe (6), James Diek (8), James McKinlay (4), Julia N. Knox (18), Hannah C. Knox (18), Fred Beltz (22), George A. Camp (22), George Bissett (26), George Hussack (10), Samuel C.
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