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Taylor, Miss Sarah Ashby, Miss Lina Barkley, Rev. Barnett. W. Payne, Mr. Whitmer, Mr. Motsinger, Rev. Woodard, Samuel Moore, David Brad- ley, Amos Horn, John M. Christy, Mr. Shields, James Crutchfield, E. H. Miller, Miss Maggie Humphrey, Miss Mollie Hendricson, Will McElvaine, Miss Ella Redford, Miss Sallie Cook, John A. Moore, A. Van- Ausdol, Dean Redford, Jason M. MeElvain, Josie Smith and T. E. Williams.
Early Postoffice .- The first postoffice established in Hazel Hill town- ship was at the residence of James Borthick, who was the first postmaster. This was long before the town of Fayetteville was known and the name of the postoffice was Air. Later, when the new village of Fayetteville sprang up, the post office was given the name of Fayetteville, although the village was also known as Hazel Hill. The first postmaster in the town was Ben E. Lemmon, who held the office until the Civil War broke out. He received his commission from President Franklin Pierce. Later postmasters of Fayetteville were A. B. Harrison, William Gouch, John Hand, M. Seamonds, A. J. Morgan, John Matthews and Wesley Otis.
Fayetteville, the principal village in Hazel Hill township, is located about a mile east of the center of the township. The village took its name from Lafayette Collins, who was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness here in the early days. He went to Texas about the time of the Civil War, where he died in 1877. The land upon which the village of Fayetteville stands was entered from the government September 27. 1845, by John Huntsman. Ben E. Lemmon kept the first store here. Others who were engaged in the mercantile business here at different times in the early days were Lafayette Collins, A. B. Harrison, John Huntsman, William Goueh, George T. Herndon and A. J. Redford.
Justices of the Peace of Hazel Hill township, as far baek as the records go with the dates of their election, are: 1856, James P. Martin, Benjamin F. McCluny, William H. Narron, William L. Hornbuckle : 1860, John Newton, Atkins Powell. W. L. Hornbuckle, William H. Harris: 1862, Calvin S. Sullivan: 1870. G. W. Winston. John L. Trepp: 1878. William P. Greenlee, W. P. Glover: 1882. W. P. Greenlee. Theo- dore Hyatt : 1886, William P. Greenlee, William McMahan: 1888. Theo- dore Hyatt ; 1890, C. A. Harrison, W. P. Greenlee ; 1892. R. J. Matthews ; 1894, J. H. Collins, H. P. McGraw; 1896. J. D. Dyer, L. C. Gore : 1900. C. A. Harrison : 1902, J. D. Dyer. George Young: 1904. J. N. Allworth :
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1906, Frank N. Ames, A. J. Barkhurst: 1908, William Hobbs; 1910, Frank N. Ames: 1914, George Youngs.
County Officers .- The following are the county officers who have been elected from the township since 1882, with the dates of their election :
1898-E. D. Frost ( Democrat), recorder.
1902-08-C. A. Harris ( Democrat ), probate judge.
1908-R. L. Falconer ( Democrat ), sheriff.
1910-14-E. F. Tracy (Democrat), presiding county judge.
Personal Property and Products .- Agricultural and personal prop- erty statistics for Hazel Hill township as given by the Missouri state reports for 1877 and Johnson county assessors' lists for 1896 and 1916, are :
1877
1877
1896
1916
Wheat, bushels
50.202
Horses
632
628
738
Corn, bushels
240,101
Mules
271
334
432
Oats, bushels
10.297
Cattle
1,470
1,161
2.026
Rye bushels
731
Sheep
561
159
574
Tobacco, pounds
28,160
Hogs
3,424
2,5.59
3,105
Wool, pounds
1,019
Asses
nonle
15
1
Hay, pounds
503
Molasses, gallons
2,927
1896
1916
Money and notes
$ 8,305
$ 44,830
Other personalty
18.284
18,360
All personalty
77,210
151,855
County Road Improvements made by the township, since this sys- tem was established in 1911. were up to January 1. 1918, twenty-three in number and aggregated $1,234.50, furnished by the citizens of the township, and $1,220 by the county. In the amount of this work Hazel Hill ranks sixth among the townships of the county.
Population of Hazel Hill township, by United States Census was:
-1860-
-1870-
White. Colored. Total. White. Colored.
Total.
1,629
311 1,940
1,798 106
1,904
1880
1890
1900
1910
1,263
1,240
1,154
1.050
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Organizations .- The following is a complete list of all organizations of every kind in Hazel Hill township. Full details of each organiza- tion are in separate chapters on the different organizations.
Churches-Baptist, Liberty; Christian, Fayetteville; Cumberland Presbyterian, Mt. Moriah; Cumberland Presbyterian, Salem.
Fraternal Organizations-Modern Woodmen, Fayetteville; Modern Woodmen, Hoffman; Modern Brotherhood of America.
1917 War Organizations-Red Cross, Fayetteville Branch.
Miscellaneous-Homemakers Club; Fayetteville ; Homemakers Club, Salem ; Farmers Community Club ; Women's Christian Temperance Un- ion, Fayetteville ; Women's Christian Temperance Union, Walker ; Young Ladies Busy Bee Club.
Total number of organizations in township, fourteen.
There is one village in the township, Fayetteville, and also stores at Robbins and Hoffman, former postoffices.
See chapters on Organizations and Families for much township history.
CHAPTER XXI .- CHILHOWEE TOWNSHIP.
LOCATION, ORGANIZATION, NAMING - GEOGRAPHY - SOILS - INDIAN MOUNDS -- EARLY SETTLEMENTS - EARLY PHYSICIANS -- EARLY CHURCHES - CEME- TERIES - EARLY SCHOOLS -OFFICIAL RECORDS, STATISTICS - JUSTICES - COUNTY OFFICERS-POPULATION-PERSONAL PROPERTY, EARLY PRODUCTS - ROAD IMPROVEMENTS - ORGANIZATIONS - CHILHOWEE VILLAGE - CHIL- HOWEE TOWN-MAGNOLIA-DENTON.
Chilhowee township, one of the southern border townships of the county, was organized May 25. 1868.
This township is said to have been so named by Muron Perry, a noted surveyor from Tennessee who did considerable surveying here in an early day. Possibly the name was suggested by a range of moun- tains in Tennessee which bears this appellation.
Geography .- Area, 73 square miles, or 46,720 acres. Geographically, Chilhowee township is one of the southern border townships of the east, between the tributaries of Post Oak on the northeast and Bear creek and Big creek on the southwest. The Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad occupies the ridge of this watershed.
Soils .- According to the United States Department of Agriculture's soil survey of 1914. the west two-thirds of the township is chiefly Sum- mit silt loam ("black limestone" soil). divided by strips of Bates silt loam, chiefly along the streams. The east one-third is Boone silt loam ("sandy" soil), irregular strips of Osage silt loam (bottom land) along the creeks and Bates silt loam ( dark gray-brown. porous soil). Over the whole township are patches of a square mile and less of Crawford silt loam ("red limestone" soil), Pettis silt loam ("mulatto" soil) and Os- wego silt loam ("gray" soil).
These soils. in detail. are found as follow :
Summit silt loam. upland. 50 per cent. of township: lies chiefly in west two-thirds of township.
Boone silt loam, upland. 20 per cent .: lies in east third. imme- diately adjoining Post Oak bottom in an area three-quarters to two miles wide.
Bates silt loam, upland, 15 per cent. : in strips and patches over the
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whole township, chiefly at the headwaters of West Fork of Post Oak and Big creek tributaries.
Crawford silt loam, upland, 5 per cent .; about one square mile in southwest corner, and two somewhat smaller patches, one two miles north of Chilhowee town and one one mile east of town.
Oswego silt loam, upland, 2 per cent .; composes the town of Chil- howee and runs about one mile southeast, and forms a patch of about one square mile on M., K. & T. railroad about one mile south and three-quarters mile east of the northwest corner of the township.
Osage silt loam, ordinary bottom soil, 5 per cent .; chiefly along Post Oak creek.
Miscellaneous soils, 3 per cent. ; patches of Pettis silt loam, Boone fine sandy loam, Boone gravelly loam, Chariton silt loam, Summit silty clay loam.
Of the foregoing. Summit silt loam and Crawford silt loam are ranked in the best three common upland soils of the county, with Bates silt loam next; the Oswego silt loam is thinner and less porous ; the Boone silt loam comprises the common soils of sandstone origin; the Osage- silt loam is the best bottom soil.
For further details of soils, refer to the chapters on Agriculture and Soils.
Indian Mounds .- The ancient mound builders left evidence of their prehistoric industry in this section of the county. On section 28, town- ship 44, and range 27 on a hillside are some ancient earthworks and near this place have been found numerous arrow heads and a few stone axes.
Early Settlements .- The first settlement that was made in what is now Chilhowee township was probably in 1829. It appears that James Hogard and William Norris came that year and other settlers located here as follow: James Arnold, in 1830: Finis and John Foster, from Kentucky, came in 1832: George D. and Howard A. Wright, from Howard county, Missouri, came in 1832. Anderson Masters, from Ten- nessee ; Thomas Cull and sons, James and Thomas J., from Kentucky ; John Pelle, from Kentucky; James Conaway, from: Tennessee, and George N. and Samuel H. Douglas, from Howard county, Missouri, all settled here in 1832.
William Norris settled here near the Walnut Grove cemetery or Car- penter graveyard, on what was later known as Norris Fork, in 1829.
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This was before the land was surveyed by the government. He had two daughters. There were Indians here when the Norris family came and one of the few Indian depradations committed here was directed against the Norris family. One day while Mr. Norris and his two girls were absent from their cabin and Mrs. Norris was there alone she was captured by the Indians and tied on a pony and hurried out of the neighborhood. A company of white men immediately gathered and pursued the Indians. About the time the rescuing party were approach- ing the Indians who held Mrs. Norris captive, she succeeded in escap- ing, as did the Indians also.
William Norris built the first grist mill, which is said to have been the first one in the county and pioneers came from over forty miles to have their grain ground here. They would frequently bring their guns and hunt and fish for a few days while the tedious process of grinding went on. After operating the mill for a time Mr. Norris sold it to Marshall and Adam Clark. It was a horse-power mill and they received six hundred dollars for it. In 1837 Wilson D. Carpenter became the owner of this mill.
George Ware came from Alabama in 1836, and James Douglas, of Tennessee, a Missouri pioneer who settled in this state in 1816, came from Howard county in 1834. Thompson Chamberlain, from Tennessee, came here in 1835. William Johnson, a native of Bedford county, Tennessee, settled in this locality in 1840. Samuel Brown, a native of Tennessee, was also an early settler in this vicinity. Wilson D. Carpenter, who was prominent among the pioneers here, was a Virginian and came here in 1837. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and was a pioneer schoolmaster in Kentucky.
T. N. Carpenter was quite a noted hunter and trapper in the early days. although that was not his profession, and for a number of years he had in his possession an old wolf trap which was an inter- esting relic of pioneer days. Jester Cocke is said to have been the greatest hunter of the pioneer days in this section.
The first marriage in the township was performed in 1831 when a Mr. Fletcher and Miss Hogard were united in marriage at the home of her father, James Hogard. Rev. Robert D. King performed the ceremony, the witnesses were William D. King and Elizabeth Gillum.
Samuel B. Brown was the first white child born in the township.
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Early Physicians .- An early physician to settle in this section of the county was Dr. R. Z. R. Wall. He was born in Rockingham county, North Carolina, March 29, 1810. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1829 and received his degree from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1834. His practice covered a large scope of country throughout southern Johnson county and northern Henry county in the early days. He reared a large family and spent the latter part of his life in retirement.
Dr. Joseph Cusick was the first physician and also the first school teacher in the township. Dr. Thomas Jones practiced here as early as 1840 and later went to Texas, where he died. Other physicians who practiced here in the early days were Doctors J. B. Young. J. R. Howerton, J. G. Turk, L. M. Horn, W. J. Workman, T. J. Wright, R. Mann and Doctors Duncan and Morris.
Early Churches .- The first religious meeting known to be held in this township was at the residence of Thomas Cull by a Methodist minister in 1836. The first church built in the township was by the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination in 1858 and known as Pisgah church. Camp meetings were held in this township as early as 1841. Great preparations were made for these annual affairs. Sheds were built that were capable of affording shelter to thousands of people who came from great distances. The Reverends J. B. and Robert R. Mor- row and Calib Davis were prominent revivalists in early days who conducted these camp meetings for a number of years. For a number of years the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, Cumberland Presby- terians and Methodists owned what was known as the Chilhowee Union Chapel.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was organized here in 1844. The following are some of the early members of this denomina- tion: John I. Culley. John Wright, Thomas Cull, Douglas Wright. George Hackley. William. B. Carpenter, John Wilson and their fami- lies.
Among the early-day circuit riders who preached here were T. M. Cobb. W. L. King. T. P. Cobb. J. B. H. Wooldridge. W. M. Pitts. Thomas Wallace, J. W. Bond, B. Margeson, J. D. Wood and W. S. Woodard and Rev. Hadley. Other Methodist Episcopal ministers who have preached here were J. Jones, J. H. Gillespie, J. S. Porter, G. W. Houts, A. Anderson and B. F. January.
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The Protestant Methodist organization was organized hete prior to the Civil War.
Second Liberty Baptist church was organized by William Owsley in 1849 and some of the early preachers of this denomination here were William Owsley, F. M. West, Israel Tompkins, A. M. Cockrell, L. M. Horn and Henry Barton. The Pisgah Cumberland Presbyterian church was also an early-day organization in this township and was located on section 36.
Cemeteries .- Walnut Grove or Carpenter's cemetery, located in sec- tion 27. is probably the oldest cemetery in the township. Isaac M. Carpenter was the first to be buried here. Chilhowee cemetery is located in section 24 just south of old Chilhowee. Hosea Young donated this ground for free burial purposes in his will. The first to be buried here was Mrs. Sallie J. Young, March 5, 1868. There are some other cemeteries in the township, of which little or nothing is known of their history.
Early Schools .- Chilhowee township had its pioneer schools shortly after the first permanent settlement was made. Joseph Cusick, Richard Anderson, Abraham Stout, James Blackburn, Mr. Graham and Mr. White were among the pioneer teachers.
Official Records, Statistics .- The justices of the peace of Chilhowee township, as far back as the records go, with the dates of their election are :
Justices-1870. James A. Bridges. Francis A. Shoemaker: 1878. James A. Bridges, J. B. Morrow: 1882. J. B. Rosecrans, C. A. Crum- baugh: 1886. J. B. Rosecrans, William Spohr; 1890. J. W. Culley. G. R. Hindman: 1892. J. W. Culley, C. C. McCown: 1894. J. W. Culley ; 1898. Charles Kraus, W. R. Friday: 1900, C. C. MeCown: 1902. C. A. Crumbaugh, J. A. Adcock : 1906. J. C. Murphy : 1908. F. M. Ross: 1910. R. D. Hussey. George G. Valentine : 1914, R. D. Hussey.
County Officers-The following are all the county officers who have been elected from the township, since 1882, with the dates of their election :
1882-1884. David M. Raker ( Democrat ), sheriff.
1894. George R. Hindman (Democrat), county judge.
1900-1902. Dr. R. L. Bills ( Democrat ), coroner.
1912. Daniel L. Day (Democrat ), county judge.
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Population .- Population of Chilhowee township, by United States Census, was :
White. Colored. Total 1880
1890
1900
1910
Population __ 1,340 22 1.362
1,715
1.641
1,846
1,964
Personal Property, Early Products .- Agricultural and personal prop- erty statistics, for Chilhowee township, as given by Missouri state reports for 1877, and Johnson county assessors' lists for 1896 and 1916 are :
1877
1877
1896
1916
Wheat, bushels
17,917
Horses
963
1,139
1,298
. Corn, bushels
370,620
Mules
209
296
640
Oats, bushels
6,890
Cattle
2,613
1,527
3,014
Rye
none
Sheep
1,286
278
525
Barley
none
Hogs
4,043
3,817
4,988
Tobacco, pounds 1
21.585
Asses
none
1
12
Wool, pounds
3.872
Hay, tons
863
Molasses, gallons
3,134
Wine, gallons
3
1881
1896
1916
Notes and money
$ 51.858
$ 46.005
$102,905
Bank stock
23.056
Other personalty
65.619
32,729
51,995
All personalty
202,502
149,160
241,696
Road Improvements .- County road improvements made by the township, since this system was established in 1911. were up to January 1, 1918, twenty-two in number and aggregated $1.271. furnished by citizens of the township and $1,175 by the county. In the amount of this work, Chilhowee ranks fourth among the townships of the county.
Organizations .- The following is a complete list of all organiza- tions of every kind in Chilhowee township. Full details of each organi- zation are in this book in separate chapters on the different organiza- tions :
Churches-(In Chilhowee town)-Baptist, Christian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist, Methodist South, Protestant Methodist.
Churches-( In country )-Baptist ("Pleasant Valley"), Cumber- land Presbyterian ("Pisgah"), Presbyterian (New Liberty ).
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Churches-( In Magnolia )-Baptist, Methodist.
1917 War Organizations-Red Cross, Chilhowee Branch, Denton Branch. Magnolia Branch.
Fraternal Organizations-Masons ( Blue Lodge), Eastern Star. Modern Woodmen, Royal Neighbors.
Business-Bank of Chilhowee. Farmers Bank of Chilhowee. Bank of Magnolia, Chilhowee Mutual Telephone Company.
Miscellaneous-Women's Christian Temperance Union, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Homemakers Club, Locust Grove.
Total number of organizations in township is twenty-five. The township contains a good town. Chilhowee, and two villages. Magnolia and Denton.
Organizations, Families .- Much township history is that of organi- zations and families, and is found in this book under those headings. Organizations and families are fully indexed by names and townships.
CHILHOWEE.
Chilhowee Village. ( By William Sweeney. ) The village of Chil- howee was an accident. A man named James Simpson had bought a small frame house from a William Johnson and undertook to move it to a claim that he intended to "enter." It was placed upon ox wagons and was moved to the spot where the old town now is when something broke down and the house was then unloaded and Mr. Simpson put in a small stock of goods, and it was then called Simpson's store. This was about 1855 or 1856.
Mr. Simpson's brother-in-law, Samuel McFarland, joined him soon and each built residences. They were succeeded by "Uncle Jim" Mor- row, about 1858.
About that time the place was surveyed by the county surveyor. A. M. Perry, and he being from Tennessee named it Chilhowec, a Cher- okee name for the Tennessee, or "Smoky Mountains." After the war several different men "kept store": J. W. Wright, J. M. Fulton. Bennie Moore, J. W. Culley. J. R. Johnson and more notable perhaps. J. A. Young.
When the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad was built about one and one-half miles south, several of the houses were moved to the new town site and the old town became a relic only.
Chilhowee Town .- The present new town of Chilhowee is one of the
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thriving towns of the county on the Rock Island & Pacific railroad, and on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. It was founded in 1895, when the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad was built through this section and the town plat was recorded November 4, 1895, and is described as land owned by Enoch Barnum in section 24, township 4+, range 27.
Chilhowee has had a substantial growth since it started. There are now two banks, electric light plant with twenty-four hours' service, newspaper, and four churches, one being a union church of two denomi- nations, a high school and all branches of mercantile industries are well represented. The population by the 1910 census was four hundred twenty-five.
It was incorporated February 9, 1907.
The following is a list of the town officers:
Chairmen .- 1907, R. F. Salmon, J .E. Cahill : 1908-09. W. L. Martin ; 1910. William P. Hunt : 1911, J. M. Books: 1912-14, David Arnott; 1915, William English : 1916. S. Ray Sweeney: 1917. L. N. Russell.
Trustees .- 1907. G. A. Estes, S. B. Anderson, C. H. Gaines, J. E. Cahill: 1907, G. A. Estes, S. B. Anderson. C. H. Gaines, R. F. Salmon ; 1908, W. E. Jerome, Dennis Day, R. J. Cowden. W. H. Hogemeyer ; 1909, A. P. Franse, Dennis Day, J. L. Wright, D. N. Yount ; 1910. Harry Gilbert, William Dunn, Ora Moore, J. C. Culley : 1911. George F. Tay- lor, E. C. Brown, S. Ray Sweeney, D. E. Snodgrass; 1912, J. M. Brooks, S. S. Shoemaker, S. Ray Sweeney, M. J. Ream; 1913, J. M. Moore, S. S. Shoemaker. S. R. Sweeney. C. R. Stephens; 1914, P. W. Howard, William English, S. Ray Sweeney, C. R. Stephens : 1915, P. W. Howard, A. E. Conwell S. Ray Sweeney. C. R. Stephens: 1916. L. Davis A. E. Conwell, C. H. Gaines, O. L. Dunham: 1917, L. Davis, W. W. Garvey, J. S. Strawsburg. A. M. Bills; 1918, O. L. Dunham, W. W. Garvey; J. S. Strawsburg. I. S. Dobson.
Clerk and Collector .- 1907-17. M. J. Ream.
Treasurers .- 1907-15, R. E. Sweeney: 1916-17, William English.
Marshals .- 1907, D. E. Snodgrass. E. C. Brown: 1908, E. C. Brown; 1910-11, Jim Shelton : 1912, Bob Loveall: 1916. A. M. Bills, 1917, Fred Landis.
Street Commissioners .- 1907. D. E. Snodgrass, E. C. Brown: 1908,
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E. C. Brown; 1910. J. C. Culley: 1911-12, D. E. Snodgrass; 1916-17, A. M. Bills.
Assessor .- 1907, William Valentine.
Attorney .- 1907, C. A. Crumbaugh.
MAGNOLIA AND DENTON.
Magnolia .- Magnolia is on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad, ten miles southeast of Holden. It was laid out May 9, 1896, about the time that the railroad was being constructed. W. H. Hogemeyer was the owner of the land upon which the town was platted. It has a bank, lumber yard, two churches, high school, physician and general stores.
Denton, a station on the Rock Island, is also located in Chilhowee township. It was platted June 27. 1905, by Henry Phillips, when the railroad was constructed through there. It is located in the western part of the township in section 7. It has church, good stores, etc., and several residences.
CHAPTER XXII .- GROVER TOWNSHIP.
LOCATION, ORGANIZATION, DESCRIPTION-ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESENT BOUND- ARIES - NAMING - GEOGRAPHY -SOILS - EARLY SETTLEMENTS - EARLY PHYSICIANS-POSTOFFICE AND POSTMASTERS-EARLY CHURCHES-EARLY CEMETERIES-EARLY SCHOOLS-TEACHERS-OFFICIAL RECORDS-STATIS- TICS, JUSTICES-PERSONAL PROPERTY, PRODUCTS-ROAD IMPROVEMENTS -POPULATION-ORGANIZATIONS.
Grover township, which occupies the northeastern corner of the county, was originally a part of Washington township, and at its organi- zation, February 9, 1869, included the territory which is now Simpson township and the northern point of what later became Montserrat township. The present boundaries were established January 23, 1875. It was named for Col. Ben. W. Grover, a prominent and able citizen of the county of the period before the Civil War.
Geography .- Area, 48 square miles, or 30,720 acres. Geographically, Grover township is divided by two streams which make a "T." Black- water running east and west at the top and Walnut creek running north from the south part of the township into Blackwater.
Soils .- According to the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Survey of 1914, the township is chiefly made up as follows: The bottom lands along the creeks are joined by a one-eighth to a mile wide strip of Boone silt loam ("sandy" soil) on each side and next to that is the Summit silt loam ("black limestone" soil), constituting most of the upland, while in the northeast corner of the township is a body of three or four square miles of Chariton silt loam, or second bottom soil.
These soils in detail are as follow :
Summit silt loam, upland. This lies all over the township and next to the lighter . soil adjoining the bottom; about 30 per cent. of the township.
Boone silt loam, upland, about 20 per cent. This lies next to the bottom land, also occupies an area of about four square miles in the northwest part of the township, and also another of about three square miles, beginning about one mile west of Dunksburg and running south about three miles with a width of about one mile.
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