This article was one
of a series of articles
published during the year
The Lake
County Star called “Progress In
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Date Published:
Volume: VII Number: II Page: 1
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Progress in
[Under this title we give a
series of short sketches, descriptive of the time of immigration of each settler
in the county, with amount of improvement, present and future prospects; crops raised in 1878; grain sown last
Fall, &c. Also, sketches of
manufacturing and business interests.
Correspondence is solicited from all interested in the growth and prosperity
of our county.
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Luther J. Jenks—Settled
on the east half of southwest and west half of southeast quarter section 34,
Pleasant Plains township, in the Fall of 1871. Soil, sand plains;
water from a well
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Geo. W. Caster—Settled
on the southwest quarter section 8, Webber township, in the Summer of
1872. The soil is sand, plains and
pine. Has a frame house, and is
building a new log house. Has 150
apple and cherry trees, with small fruits, and left original oaks for
shade. In 1878, had
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Milton Ruttey—Settled on the
northeast quarter section 18, Webber township, in the
Fall of 1878. Soil,
sand plains. Cleared
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Enos McMasters—Settled on the south half of the northeast and south half of
the northwest quarter section 4, Webber township, in the Spring of 1875. The soil is sand, plains; water from a
well,
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John Woolford—Settled on the southeast quarter section 4, Webber township,
in the Fall of 1871. The soil is
sand, plains; water from a well,
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John Mathias—Settled
on the northwest quarter section 8, Webber township, in the Fall of 1873. Soil, sand plains;
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Abel M. Gibbs—Settled
on the west half of the southwest quarter section 2, Chase township, in the
Fall of 1869. Soil,
sandy loam and clay; water from a well,
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Seymour Fowler—Settled
on the south half of the southeast quarter section 32, Chase township, in the
Spring of 1872. The soil is
gravelly; about
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John C. Deming—Settled
on the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter section 9, Chase township, in
the Fall of 1876. The soil is sandy
loam; fine spring water. Log house and barn.
Has started a few apple trees. Some original maples were left for
shade. Had 225
bushels potatoes from an acre of ground, last year. About
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Nicholas Hoskin—Settled
on the southeast quarter of the northwest and the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter section 20, Chase township, in the Fall of 1871. The soil is sandy (pine land). About
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Wm. Cooper—Settled
on the northwest quarter of northwest quarter section 15, Chase township, in
the Fall of 1877. Soil, sandy loam and clay; with abundance of water from springs and
stream. Has about
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Benj. Ringler—Settled on the southeast quarter of section 9, Chase
township, in Fall of 1874. The soil
is sandy loam and clay; water from spring.
About
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James R. Davis—Settled
on the south half of the northwest quarter section 10, Chase township, in the
Fall of 1869. The soil is sandy
loam and clay; water from spring and creek. About
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W. C. Wheaton—Settled
on the south half of the southeast quarter section 8, Chase township, in the
Spring of 1868. Soil, sand and clay
loam. Log house,
frame granary. Abundance of fine spring water; also, creek. Has about 90
apple trees, some of them bearing, with cherry, plum and small fruits. Keeps 2 oxen, 2 cows,
4 young cattle, 6 hogs and poultry.
In 1878, he had
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W. M. Parker—Settled
on the east half of the northwest quarter section 18, Pinora
township, in the Winter of 1873. Soil,
gravel; about
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[Note—Should any of our readers find an error in any of the
above sketches, they would confer a favor by sending us the proper correction].
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