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CANAAN TOWNSHIP 1870

 
72 North Range 5 West

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

 

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

 

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

1870 http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/atlases/id/9695 

Transcribed & formatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, July 2014

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