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CHAPTER VI.
VERONA TOWNSHIP.
This town is "land-survey" township one hundred and three (103) north, of range twenty-eight (28) west. It is bounded on the north by Winnebago City township. On the east by Prescott town- ship. On the south by Jo Daviess township, and on the west by the town of Center Creek, in Martin county.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
The surface of this town is quite undulating, and is cut by the main stream of the Blue Earth river, which runs by a very tortuous course, northwestwardly through the east half of the town, coming into the town at the southeast corner, and going out near the north- west corner of section three. There are also three other streams, South creek, Middle creek and Elm creek, all considerable brooks, nearly two miles apart, running from the west in an easterly direc- tion, and emptying into the Blue Earth river.
The soil is deep and fertile. The Blue Earth river bottom-lands and bluffs are well timbered clear through the town, but the re- mainder of the town is rolling prairie, dotted over with fine groves, grown by the settlers.
Few, if any, towns in the county present greater natural advan- tages than this one, and the rural scenery here, in the summer months, especially, is unsurpassed anywhere in this region. Belts of natural timber, artificial groves, substantial farm houses and barns, and wide, cultivated fields present their attractions on every hand.
The average elevation of the town above the level of the sea, is eleven hundred feet. The depth of the drift above bed.rock, has not been determined in this town, but is doubtless considerably over one hundred feet. The valley of the Blue Earth river is from fifty to eighty feet in depth below the general level of the country.
"Indications of the existence of cretaceous beds containing lig- nite are reported to have been found in the southwest quarter of section 11." (Geol. Rep't., p. 460). Hopes were entertained at one time, of the existence of stove coal in this town, but such hopes are doubtless delusive.
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NAME.
It appears that at a very early day in the history of the county, it was designed to establish a mail route from Owatonna, in Steele county, in this State, to Mr. Stoddard's residence, in this town, and Mr. A. B. Cornell, of Owatonna, who it is said got the route estab- lished, gave the name of Verona to this terminus of the route.
Subsequently, when in 1858, the special commissioners were naming the towns, this name was given by them to this town. And Verona is the name of an important province in Italy, the capital city of which is named Verona, and is one of the finest and most ancient of the cities of Europe, dating back to the days of the Roman Empire. The people of this province and city are known by the name of Veronese, a name which would be just as appro- priate for the good people who reside in our small province of Verona. This name seems to be quite a favorite one, as there are a dozen post-offices in the United States named Verona. And we need not forget Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona."
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
The first settler of this town was Henry T. Stoddard. He lo- cated in the town on the southeast quarter of section eleven (11), on the fourteenth day of June, 1855. This was the first tract of land claimed in the town, and the first one "proved up" upon in the county. He was accompanied by Newel Dewey. Rev. James G. Whitford took a claim in the town in June, 1855, since known as the Bassett farm. Mr. Whitford left the county, but returned in the spring of 1856, and settled here.
Mr. Furness took a claim, since known as the Nelson farm, in the summer of 1855, and moved upon it in the spring of 1856.
Henry T. Stoddard was born in Alford, Berkshire county, Mass., in 1822. In the spring of 1844 he emigrated with his parents to Wisconsin. After sev- eral years, they settled at Oakfield, Fon du Lac county, where Henry continued to reside, until he located in Minnesota. He was married in 1852 to Miss Sarah E. Dewey. The fruits of this marriage were eight children, four of whom pre- ceded their father to the other shore
Mr. Stoddard, in company with his father-in-law, Newel Dewey, visited Minnesota in June, 1855, as above stated, and selected lands or "claims" in this township, soon after which they returned to Wisconsin. In November of that year (1855), he brought his family to Minnesota and located upon the lands be- fore selected. He was accompanied at this time by his father and Henry R. Walker, and Newel Dewey above named. He was the first actual settler of Verona township. Here he continued to reside for twenty-nine years, when he sold out and purchased a farm near Blue Earth City, where he resided at the time of his death. Mr. Stoddard was always a farmer by occupation. He took much interest in the early settlement of the county. He was a member of the first board of county commissioners, and one of the first three assessors of the county, and held various town and school offices during his life. He was, also, for many years, one of the vice presidents of the Old Settlers' Society. He died
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April 27th, 1891, In the seventleth year of bis age. His wife and four children survive hlm.
The following list, copied from the census rolls taken in June 1860. gives the names of all the residents, old and young, of the town at that time. and embraces all those who may be justly deemed the first settlers of this town. It should, however, be noted here that some of the persons named in this list very soon after it was taken, be- came residents of the town of Prescott, adjoining.
Allen-Patrick Il., Mrs. Maria. Brown-Lorenzo W., Mrs. Catharine, Asaph, Nettie, Matilda Burtlett-Anson, Mrs. Elizabeth, Lizzie, Amelia, Anson, Jr. Bartlett - Leonidas. Bigelow-Hartwell H., Mrs. Jane S., Jane, Frances, John. Brassau-Mitchel, Mrs. Margaret. Bailey-John. Coolidge-Orlando, Mr -. Mary. Cooper-Martin, Mrs. Chloe, Sylvester, Byron, Melissa, William, Joseph, Maria, Burton, Barney, Angeline. Clark-William. Darlin-Henry J. Darlin- Edward. Dunham-Jesse HI., Mrs. Frances, Curtis, Lucy. Drake-Bradner E., Mrs. Sarah, Amanda. DuCute-Moses, Mrs. Margaret, Moses, Jr., Mitchel, Mary, Paulina, Sopha. Eherline-Ferdinand. Eberlinc-Edward. Franklin- Nathan, Mrs. Sophronia, Harrison, Sarah, Hannah, Philip. Franklin-Perry, Mrs. Sarah, William. Foss-Nathaniel, Mrs. Fanny, Jay. Forbes-Benj. F.,
Mrs. Julia, Mary, Theodore, Emma. Forbes -Charles H, Araistine. Forbes- Benj. F., Jr., Sophronia. Forbes-Dudley. Forbes-Charles. Fisk-David, Mrs. Sarah. Fuller-Isaac, Mrs. Melissia, Albert, Sarah, Frank. Gardinier-Joseph. Geiser-Fred. Garrison-David, Mrs. Violet, Julia, George. Grigy -Benjamin. Greenman-William, Mrs. Charlotte. Goldsmith-Leonard. Hill-David, Mrs. Cynthia, Orpha, Earnest. Harereroft-Jane. Iloyt-Herman. Jr., Mrs. Sarah, Maria, Jannette. Harlow-Freeland F. Huntington-Engene, Mrs. Evaline, Joseph, Flora, Ada, Henry, James, Innman-Ann, George, William. Johnson -Erastus, Mrs. Mary, Mary. Johnson-Rial B., Mrs. Ellen, Minnie, Don C. Ladil-Win. Lyons-Win. Maiers-James, Mrs. Charlotte, Elvia. Maxson- Thomas J., Mrs. Sally, William, Charles, Henry, Edgar, Cornelia. Mason -Allen
D) . Mrs. Mary, Elliot. Moore - John M., Mrs. Mary. Morse-David II., Mrs. Emma. Marston-Samuel, Mrs. Sarah, Lusette, Lavinia, Curtis, Pervin, Se- lina, Mary. Nelson-George R., Mrs. Sarah. Albert, Alexander. Sarah, James, Harvey, Mary, Georgiana. Nelson-George E., Alsaida, Anna, Henry. Pollock -Frederick. Powell-John W., Rev., Mrs. Rhoda, Sarah, Erasmus, Mary, Eiu- ma, Alice. Pool-Sam'l A., Mrs. Elizabeth, Cornwall. Robertson- William J. C., Mrs. Martha. James, Margaret, Helen Alice. Robertson-Charles D., Mrs. Caroline. Robinson-Obed, Mrs. Amyrilla, Edna, Merritt. Franklin, Fanny,
Julia. Rhouds -Elisha, Mrs. Jernsha, Emma, Jane, Mary, Emmet. Ring- David, Mrs. Elizabeth, Julia, Antoinette, Jesse. Reynolds-Pulaski. Sweet- Alvin R., Mrs. Harriet, Welthy, Worth, Leland. Alice, Alvin, Charles, Shepard -Frank, Mrs. Mary, Frederick. Stor-Isaac, Mrs. Salvina, Lewis, Mary, Sarah Theodore, Isidore, Isabel, Alice. Story- William, Mrs. Sarah. Smith-Carlos, Mrs. Laura, Leslie. Smith-Ira, Maria, Ira. Charles. Smith-John D. Sum-
ner-Edward, Mrs. Charlotte, Armenia, Herman. Stoddard-Henry T., Mrs. Sarah, Fayette, Morton, Clarancy. Thorn-Harrison. Thorn-Gilbert. Town- drow-Wm. N., Mrs. Harriet. George. Torhone-Thomas. Wirt-George. White - Charles L., Mrs. Mary, Charles, Lousia. Welch-John H., Mrs. Martha, Nathan. Walker-Henry R., Mrs. Delia, Learaler, Ada. Wilson Mrs. Eliza, Mark, Georgianan, Alberta, George. Young-Lewis.
The "material resources" of the town, in June. 1-60, are set forth in the following table, taken from the census rolls of that year:
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Acres of improved land, 1,082; value of farms, $34,500; value of farm imple- ments and machinery, $2,013; number of horses, 30; milch cows, 81; working oxen, 30; other cattle, 88; sheep, 23; swine, 100; value of live stock, $7,015.
ORGANIZATION.
The town was organized, for civil purposes, in October, 1858. The organization has continued to this day.
The township of Prescott was, at the time, included with Ver- ona, as it had been attached to the latter town for civil purposes, by the special commissioners. Prescott remained attached until Sep- tember 3d, 1861, when it was detached, or set off, by the board of county commissioners.
The board of town officers, for the last year of this historical sketch, 1879, was composed of the following named persons: Su- pervisors, W. P. Spaulding, chairman, T. J. Williams and M. H. Linsley; town clerk, M. H. Oliver; assessor, H. M. Temple; treas- urer, C. B. Minor; justices of the peace, A. E. Seger, L. Dwight; constable, J. F. Bassett.
VILLAGES.
In 1856 certain persons designed to lay off a village site, either on the southeast of section eleven, or on the southwest of section twelve, but no decision was arrived at, and nothing further was ever done about it, yet, on the old territorial maps a village is indicated at, or near, the above locality, and which, on some of the maps, is named "Dewy," on others "Verona." A portion of the village of Winnebago City was built into this town, on section two, but the ter- ritory thus used was never platted into town lots, and does not form a regular addition to the village plat, but the lands are described by metes and bounds, as fractional parts of the quarter section.
HUNTLEY.
The village of Huntley, on the western boundary of the town' on section seven-a station on the C., M. & St. P. Railroad, was founded in August, 1879. It was at first designed to name the place Huntington, but, ou inquiry, it was found that there were other places and post-offices of that name in the state, and so it was de- cided to cut the name short and call it Huntley. There are, how- ever, several localities and post-offices in, the United States of that name, but only this office in this state.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
At the time of the Ink-pe-du-ta massacre, in the spring of 1857, and again at the time of the Sioux massacre, in August, 1862, this town was almost completely depopulated, for a short time, and, al- though no attack was made on the people of the town, at either time, yet prudence dictated the abandonment of the town for the time be-
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ing, at least. The writer well remembers passing, with a small scouting party, twice through the town, west of the river, in August of that terrible year, 1862, and observing the fine fields, the many stacks of grain and fields of corn, but the dwellings were deserted. and no human being was seen, and no stock, except one poor, lone calf, in a fence corner, quietly chewing his cud, Indians or no In- dians.
The first marriage in the town was that of Chas. H. Slocum to Miss Mary E. Robertson, which occurred January 7, 1858, the Rev. J. W. Powell officiating at the tieing of this knot. It was a little re- markable that, at this wedding, which was a high-toned affair at that day, six of the company present were left-handed, but the host de. clared that he did not see but that the company had as great facility for disposing of provisions, when they came to the table, as any equal number of people he had ever seen. The first death which occurred in the town was that of a Miss Badger, and the first child born in the town was Elliot Mason, son of Allen D. Mason.
We find the following reports in an old newspaper. It may be of some interest at this day:
In 1860 there was raised in the towns of Verona and Prescott, then united, of wheat, 507 acres; oats, 198 acres; corn, 294 acres. In 1861 there was raised in the same towns, of wheat, 1,100 acres; of oats, 304 acres: of corn, 261 acres. The largest number of acres of wheat raised in said towns by any one person, in 1860, was 33. In 1861, Chas. L. White had 57 acres wheat; James M. Robertson, 54 acres: P. Il. Allen had 53 acres and Chas. D. Robertson had 50 acres.
There was, for some years, a post-office in the town, on the road from Win- nebago City to Blue Earth City It was known as the Verona post-office. For a long time it was kept at the house of H. T. Stoddard, and afterwards at T. J. Maxon's. It was discontinued some years ago, The post-office at Winne- bago City has always been convenient for the people of a large portion of the town.
The people of this township suffered greatly by the grasshopper devasta- tions in 1873 and 1874, and quite a number of the inhabitants were compelled to leave the town to procure a living. In January, 1875, the town was can- vassed In order to ascertain the amount of loss by grasshoppers in 1874. We cannot give the estimates in figures, and it is sufficient to say that the destruc- tion was almost total. It was a grievous calamity.
There are a number of valuable water-powers on the Blue Earth river in this town, two of which have been for some years improved, one furnishing the power for Verona Star Mills, on the west line of section twenty-four, the other for Rising Sun Mills, on the southwest quarter of section eleven. Both are good grist inills doing custom work. A kiln of 130,000 red bricks was make on section eleven of this town in 1879.
The C. M. & St. Paul railroad was built in 1878, through this town from Winnebago City, in a southwesterly direction, giving the town a good market at Huntley. The C. M. St. P. & O. railroad was built in 1879, and passed through the northeast portion of the town. Another good railroad market is found at Winnebago City, where the latter road crosses the former.
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This town, like most others in the county, voted liberal boun- ties to encourage enlistments in the military service, during the war of the rebellion, and paid the same in due time afterwards.
To encourage the building of the Southern Minnesota Railroad, now the C. M. & St. Paul, the town voted to grant to the company $15,000 in interest bearing bonds, but on application of some of the citizens, an injunction was subsequently issued, enjoining the of- ficers of the town from issuing the bonds, and they were never issued.
EDUCATIONAL.
The first school house in Verona was a small frame building, about 12x16 feet in size, and one story high. It was known as the "Forbes School House" and was built by contributions. It was erected in 1861, and was situated on section nine (9). There are now seven good school houses in the town and the people have always taken a large interest in educational affairs.
RELIGIOUS.
Religious societies were formed at a very early day in this town, the dates of which cannot now be given. There were several ministers of the gospel who resided in the town, at its first settle- ment, one of whom, the Rev. J. W. Powell, of the Methodist church, was always engaged in his master's work.
HON. H. M. HUNTINGTON.
llenry M. Huntington one of the early settlers and large land owners of the county, was born in Yates county, New York, in 1835. Henry grew to manhood on his father's farm. He attended the common schools and Starkey seminary in his youth. Soon after becoming of full age, he came west and in 1856 visited Iowa. In 1857 he came to Faribault county. Here he pre-empted 160 acres of land in Verona township, and proceeded to improve the same, and continued farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, 6th Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served until September 1865, when he was mustered out.
Mr. Huntington added much to his landed property during various years. After his military services he resumed his farming operations until 1879, when he returned to his old home in New York, and remained there until 1892, when he returned to this county, residing at WinnebagoCity. Mr. Huntington was formerly a republican in politics, but subsequently supported the democratic party. He has at various times filled local offices, and takes much interest in local affairs. In 1871 he was elected to the lower House of our State Legislature, and attended the ensuing session of 1892.
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SOME STATISTICS.
The population of the town in 1860 was 268; in 1965, 337; in 1870, 607: in 1$75, 547; and in 1880, 562.
The residents of this town are almost all Americans.
Stock, etc., in 1879: Horses, 274: eows, 353; other cattle, 603: mules, 4: sheep, 568; hogs, 499; wagons and carriages, 104; sewing machines, 32; organs, 6.
Assessed value of real estate for same year. $193,458 Assessed value of personal estate for same year. 30,701 ..
Total
$234,159
Total tax assessed on said property, 84, 648.81.
The agricultural products for the year 1579, as nearly as they can be esti- mated from the returns were: Wheat, 52,000 bushels; oats, 39,000 bushels; corn. 50,000 bushels; barley, 960 bushels: potatoes, 2,500 bushels: flax seed, 456 bushels: syrup, 2,600 gallons: apple trees growing, 5,600. The returns were very meagre, and far from being reliable, as such returns very often are.
The following list embraces the names of many persons, not already men- tioned in these pages, who were residents of the town prior to the close of 1879: J. A. Armstrong, W. W. Anderson, L. Benson, A. H. Bullis, M. Barth, J. M. Brown, W. Bursau, F. Bassett, S. Boyer, J. L. Bassett, C. Bursan, C. Brabender, J. W. Cady, A. P. Collins, John Campbell, John Carpenter, T. J. Carpenter, MI. Carpenter, A. HI. Chase, W. C. Campbell, D. Christensen, G. W. Dibble, J. C. Daniels, L. Dwight, G. W. Doeg, C. Dimmick, J. J. Eygabroad, C. H. Foster, O. P. Foss, R. N. Fiero, W. Fletcher, J. H. Gleason, C. Garlick, C. Goutermont, F. Hill, S. Hawes, S. H. Hall, J. G. Humphrey, G. Huntington, R. V. Hesselgrave, .1. 1 .. IIill, T. HIeld, T. J. Jones, C. Jones, R. Johnson, W. L. Johnson, P. La Duke, M. II. Linsley, W. Larou, C. S. Linsley, F. F. Moore, A. P. Mckinstry, J. P. Miner, C. B. Miner, L. Moore, II. B. Mayson, F. Miner, M. W. Nelson, A. Oathoudt, M. H. Oliver, M. F. Oliver, W. H. Oliver, C. Oliver, W. W. Potter, C. Parks, J. H. Paschke, J. G. Pace, C. Ring, C. B. Rand, A. P. Sherman, W. P. Spaulding, A. E. Seger, M. Schooleraft, J. H. Smith, H. J. Schoolcraft, J. Spencer, HI. Sumner, N. T. Smith, II. M. Temple, A. A. Williams, Henry Wise, E. Wise, D. N. Wave, T. J. Williams.
POLITICAL.
The town of Verona was among the first of the towns to be set- tled, and for many years was the third in population and wealth. and for many of the earlier years, it exercised an important influence in the politics of the county. Prior to the close of 1979, the town had furnished quite a number of members of the board of county com. missioners-Stoddard, Robertson. Dunham, Potter: a sheriff, Rob- ertson; a county auditor, Cady; a judge of probate, Robertson; three county surveyors. Welch, Patten, Seely; and a member of the legis- lature, 11. M. Huntington.
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CHAPTER VII.
PRESCOTT TOWNSHIP.
The town of Prescott is congressional township one hundred and three (103) north, of range twenty-seven (27) west. As the surround- ings of a locality are a matter of much importance, it is well to observe that Prescott is bounded by the following townships: Dela- van on the north, Barber on the east, Blue Earth City township on the south, and Verona on the west.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
This township is almost entirely prairie. The surface of the country is slightly undulating, and easily drained. The elevation of Prescott above the level of the sea, is about eleven hundred feet. The drift here, to bed-rock, is between one hundred and two hun- dred feet, but no wells have been sunk in the town to bed-rock, by which the depth of the drift may be determined to this date. The main stream of the Blue Earth river crosses a small portion of the southwest corner of the township. There are no other water courses in the town of importance, and no lakes. The only native timber in the town is confined to the line of the river, but the western line of the town, lying so near the river, which is well timbered, fuel has always been conven- iently obtained. Many of the older settlers of the town have owned small tracts of timber along the river, and the timber on the river has been almost as much benefit to a large portion of the people of this town, as though it had been located within its borders. There are many fine groves of forest trees in the town, containing from one to five, and some of ten acres, which have been grown by the resi- dents. In fact Prescott was one of the first towns in the county to be beautitied and benefitted by artificial groves.
THE NAME
The town received its name from the special commissioners, when they procceded to name the towns of the county, in 1858. The name is a familiar one. There is both a county and a village named Prescott, in Ontario, Canada, and there have been several noted men of this name. Oliver and William Prescott were distin- guished patriots and soldiers of the revolution; a William Prescott
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was a famous lawyer of Boston, Mass. But the most noted of the name was William H. Prescott, the historian, a man known and hon- ored everywhere. There are, also, ten post-offices of this name in the United States. But it is not in honor of any of these distin- guished men, or places, so far as the writer has been able to learn, that this town was named. The writer has been informed, by one of the special commissioners who named the town, that it was so named after a Mr. Prescott who resided in the town at the time it was named, but soon after left it. All that has been ascertained of him is, that he was a carpenter by trade, and that he was known by the name of "Old Honesty." But who he was, from whence he came. whither he has gone, or how he fares, no one seems to know.
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
The first actual settler of Prescott, was Benjamin Gray, who took a "claim" on section thirty-one, in the fall of 1855. He settled in this town on the twenty-fifth day of September, of that year. Mr. Gray. and family. came from Warren county, Penn. He was a car penter by trade. Some years ago, he removed to Yankton, S. D., where has since died. There were several claims taken prior to that of Mr. Gray's, but the parties did not permanently settle on them, until the next year. There were in this town quite a number of early settlers who resided here but a short time-only long enough to enter up their lands, some going away and never return- ing, others returning, after some time, and becoming permanent residents. The names of many of them do not appear on the census rolls of 1860. Among the earliest of such settlers, who proved up on lands in this town, prior to June, 1860, were: George Wirt, Al- bert Billings, Grover C. Burt. J. Ritchet. T. Hynes, D. Hynes, J. DeW. Smith. G. E. Gibbs. S. F. Morrison, G. K. Cleveland, H. J. Davlin. C. G. Wickershan. M. D. Madden, J. Marriner, Jr., D. W. Kingery, C. E. Trowbridge. E. Babcock, E. Bennett, J. Furness, P. Campbell. DeW. Paddock. J. Roberts, O. Dart. Jr., G. P. Wodell. G. S. Millard, P. G. Shinkle. J. Taylor. P. Wood. H. C. Hemanway, L. A. Crumb, G. Campbell, U. S. Karmany. W. M. Scott, J. T. Rod- gers. J. Koonze, B. Davis, G. Haller, J. A. Kincaid, L. Haller.
The following list embraces the names of all persons found in the town in June, 1860, as appears from the census rolls, and the following table exhibits the possessions of the people and the im- provements at that time.
Gray- - Benjamin, Mrs. Julia, Josiah, Benjamin, Asenath, Julia, William. Miles-George S., Mrs. Jane, Gertrude, Ella. Squires-Freeman A., Mrs. Cor- nelia, John.
At this time when the census was taken, a number of persons who were holding claims in Prescott, were residing temporarily in Verona. and at Winnebago City
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Acres of land improved, 42; cash value of farms, 3900; value of farming im- plements and machinery, $90; number of horses, 1; number of milch cows, 2; number of working oxen, 4: number of other cattle, 3; number of swine,3; value of live stock, $325.
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