This from a book about Mason County History and covers circa 1834-1880. next week- Manito Township HISTORY of QUIVER TOWNSHIP Part 1 Fifty years ago half a century ! A period of time that measures off the birth, growth and decay of almost two successive generations of mankind ! Fifty years ago !…
FOREST CITY TOWNSHIP BIOS W. F. BRUNING, farmer; P. 0. Forest City; was born near Bremen, Germany, Feb. 5, 1822; when about 18 years of age, he shipped on board the German whaleship Izaria, bound for Greenland, where the crew engaged in catching whales and seals ; the Izaria sailed within a very…
VILLAGE OF FOREST CITY 1859- c. 1880 The village of Forest City was surveyed, in 1859, by J. F. Coppel and Alexander Cross, for Walker, Kemp, Wright and Waggenseller. The original plat contained forty-seven acres. An addition of forty acres lying east of the original town was made in 1865 by D. S. Broderic….
SOME OF THE EARLY INCONVENIENCES. Much the same surroundings and inconveniences greeted the early settlers of this township as did those of Manito and other adjacent portions of the county. Their marketing had to be done a long way from home, and the time required for getting their crops to market was almost equal…
Forest City Township Part 1 of 4 This township is known as Town 22 north, Ranges 6 and 7 west of the Third Principal Meridian. It is bounded north and east by Manito Township, south by Pennsylvania and Sherman Townships, and west by Quiver Township. It is the smallest of the thirteen civil…
next week: Forest City Township SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP WILLIAM F. AUXIER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Floyd Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1834 ; from the age of 14 to 18 years, he followed boating on the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers ; all the schooling he received, he got…
Upcoming Schedule March 2-6- Salt Creek Township March 9-13- Forest City Township March 16- 20- Quiver Township March 23-27- Manito Township March 30-April 3- Lynchburg Township April 6-10- Bath Township April 13-17- Kilbourne Township April 20-30 Mason City Township May 4-8- Allen’s Grove May 11-22- Havana Township As a pioneer of the prairie, John…
The same year, 1837, George T. Virgin settled a quarter of a mile further west on the place now owned and occupied by Kinzey M. Virgin, son of Abram Virgin. George was more of a domestic nature, and employed his time and energies in making home pleasant, not caring so much for stock…
This information comes from a book about the History of Menard and Mason County. The author is listed unknown and is about the time period from about 1834-1880. Upcoming Schedule March 2-6- Salt Creek Township March 9-13- Forest City Township March 16- 20- Quiver Township March 23-27- Manito Township March 30-April 3- Lynchburg Township…
Upcoming Schedule March 2-6- Salt Creek Township March 9-13- Forest City Township March 16- 20- Quiver Township March 23-27- Manito Township March 30-April 3- Lynchburg Township April 6-10- Bath Township April 13-17- Kilbourne Township April 20-30 Mason City Township May 4-8- Allen’s Grove May 11-22- Havana Township BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES- PENNSYLVANIA TOWNSHIP DAVID…