Canaan Twp Landowners 1870

Historical and Statistical.

Canaan Township - This being one of the prairie Townships, it was not settled until the Spring of 1848, at which Mr. James Lawrence, settled on section 33, where he still resides, and owners the south one half of said section, (320 acres), Robert McCabe, Ambrose Yancy, Thomas Corkhill, Wm. Corkhill, Jacob Hare, and A. Baxter, were amongst the next who came into this Township.

In 1851 there was not a tree except in the south-west corner, where there was a few trees on the creek. Now the many orchards and fine groves that surround nearly every farm house, show by what class of people the Township has been settled. It has more acres of tillable land than any Township in the County.

Section 6	Section 5	Section 4	Section 3	Section 2	Section 1
A Seberg	L Johnson	Village of Cotton Grove	TC Albertson	JS Elliott	Wm Fitzwilliams
H Tattle	Jas Henderson	Jno Rockefellow	Thos Kenyon	GW Chambeham	S Lyon
Danl Lovet	WR Barclay	JB Hart	Alvin Launden	Wm Fitzwilliams	Kenndy & Allen
M Anderson	Thos Patterson Sen	Ed Kenyon	Jno Kenyon	Wm Kneen	Alonzo Patterson
B Keegan	MT & M Patterson	HF Betts	Sarah Hodson	Jno Scales
Jno W Martin	HF Betts	S Ehrst	Jno A Grear
JN Neel	L Nelson	T Houck	M Bustard
	F McKenzie	Wm Kneen	FF Mathews
	N Crawford Est		L Hillyard

Section 7	Section 8	Section 9	Section 10	Section 11	Section 12
JN Neel	Alice J Weaver	William Kneen	WR Blass	J Yancey	Jno Kneen
Joshua Martin	TE Corkhill	SG Hunt	L Hillyard	M Coary	JW Beard
Jno A Knapp	LM Wells	EA Staff	SC Davis	Wm Kneen	W Rogers
Wesley Crael	John Kneen	Henry Avery	RE Jelley	Ambrose Yancey	JW Hill
R Brewster			M Stahl	Jno Wick	Henry Shopbell
Samuel Hathaway			Henry Avery	Wm P Smith	Jas Cochrane
LM Wells			OL Palmer	JM Baxter
F Skipton

Section 18	Section 17	Section 16	Section 15	Section 14	Section 13
H Lewis and Geo Maus	H Lewis and Geo Maus	M Swearingen	Griggs Est	NB Middough	HH Antles
F Skipton		J McNear	CW Winn	FF Dailey	C Johnson
Jno Winters		LD McCormick	OL Palm	Harriet Avery	Jas Harlin
JN Downs		William H Corkhill	NB Middough	M Mulligan	C Gammage
M McCormick		TB Gavin	GK & WHH	P O'Connell	H Avery
		J Sulivan	D Gavin	C Mathews	S Goodall
		A Sulivan	EB Johnson		WW & WHB
			W Johnson		P
					HC Saunders

Section 19	Section 20	Section 21	Section 22	Section 23	Section 24
S McFarland	Allen Courtney	William H Corkhill	A Morrison	Jas Cunningham	JF Denney
J Courtney	Jno Lynch	MC Bayles	Jno Kenyon	Hosea Williams	WE Hamilton
Jno Clutter	William H Corkhill	John Gavin	Mary M Eidson	IJ Jennings	Jas Buxter
GM Holland		Jesse Mathews	MW Rasmus	Jno King	Robt Baxter
Jacob Hare			H Mathews	Jesse T Peck	A Baxter
			Phil S Dewey

Section 30	Section 29	Section 28	Section 27	Section 26	Section 25
Saml Beeler	John Gavin	TC Corkhill, Sen	Wm Hall	Village of Lincoln	JD Hale
J Hall	TC Corkhill, Jr	IW Martin	DF McCoy	Jno Cable	A Snyder
Ambrose Yancey	James Robinson	Henry Avery	L Davey	JD Hale	J Snyder
	NC Wright	EH Nixon	E Nixon	J Davey	RE Hale
		E Nixon	L Sattady	JW Young	Sarah Hale
			JW Garrison	J King	GW Leas
			AW Holland	Jno Lacock

Section 31	Section 32	Section 33	Section 34	Section 35	Section 36
DC Morgan	JQ Robinson	Jno & Thos Lee	F Boyer	TL Dalashmutt	Thos Code
Ambrose Yancey	S McFarland	Aaron Lutes	JG Hankins	U Herrel	Sarah Hale
DW Cauffman	E Harrington	Saml Crisinger	HH Cartwright	JH Pennebaker	J Hanks
S McFarland	Jno & Thos Lee	James Lawrence	R Champion	JW Leas	JH Pennebaker
Farlow Davis	JW Leas		MA Bowman	Jno Eans	Peter Stuck
Cottage Home	JB Noble		J Hileary		J Redfern

Source: Combination Atlas Map of Henry County, Iowa; Publisher, Thompson & Everts,

Principal Products & How Stocked		Representative Views
Bushels Wheat	23,669		No. Acres
Bushels Corn	130,965	Cottage Home, Residence of Farlow Davis	230
Bushels Oats	14,350
Tons Hay	1,422
No. Horned Cattle	1,081
No. Horses	441
No. Sheep	1,945
No. Hogs	1,155
No. Dogs	133
No. Acres in Cultivation	8,240
Value of Produce Raised in 1868	$77,746.78
Total Population	642