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SALEM TOWNSHIP 1870
70 North, Range 7, West
Historical and Statistical.
Salem Township has amongst its first settlers J. Pidgeon, Aaron Street, W. H. Johnson, Enoch Beard, F. H. Frazier, James Frazier, A Stanley, Wm. Ranson, Nathan Cook and many others. Aaron Street laid out the original plat of Salem, and used a "grape vine" to make the masurements with. A Street and P Bowyon build the first building in the Township.
It has large quantities of coal, plenty of good timber, and, like the Township each of it (Jackson,) no Country is better adapted to raising fruit than this strip , south of the Skunk River. the "Salem Free School Seminary" gives to Salem and the surrounding country, School advantages enjoyed but by a few of the other Towns in the County.
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Section 6 | Section 5 | Section 4 | Section 3 | Section 2 | Section 1 |
J Cobuourn | Nathan Beals | J Cook | Payton Wilson Est | Jno R Brown | W Holliday |
JM Frame | J Beals | JVS | WB Marshall | I Mendenhall | DT |
WH Hammond | WH | J Cooper | W Hodson | B Williams | JM Hockett |
J Howell | WD | GH | J Hodson | O Gregory | NH Hockett |
L Far | WES | R Wilson | FH Frazier | J Hodson | E Beard |
HS | J Brown | MAP | Geo Hodson | ZL Hodson | Jesse Hockett |
TL Watson | J Wing | WH | WW | Jno Cooper | Isaac Brown |
B Wilcoxen | E Beals | J Hodson | Geo Hodson | CA Fisher | |
JGV | J Rhodes | B Williams | JG Street | A Trueblood | |
HF | JH Werden | J Mendenhall | Jno Bicksler | W Deacon | |
N Boley | MT | HD | JH Arnold | ||
JG | ZLH | G | |||
ATS | T Brown | B | |||
M Dobbins | JT | HD | |||
S Maddock | DB | JH | |||
AM | E Crawford | JC | |||
Farr & Ball | YF | ||||
ES | LF | ||||
JS | WSH | ||||
LF | WKE | ||||
ML & SI Crew | GB | ||||
EBD | I Brown | ||||
WW | JT | ||||
JD | JB | ||||
DH | CF | ||||
H Derbyshire | J | ||||
Jno Cook | Cook | ||||
C Beals | |||||
Section 7 | Section 8 | Section 9 | Section 10 | Section 11 | Section 12 |
PR | Jno Cook | JF Allen | Wm Savage | FM Mitchell | Jas Brown |
FR | RJJ | WM Savage | JF Allen | Jno Bicksler | JA Arnold |
J Doan | HW Johnson | JB | Wyke Elliott | LN Hodson | J Cook |
JB | SPR | RJJ | Sarah Crew Est | M Trueblood | WW |
FCH | Farr & Ball | L Farr | E Simkins | JE Mitchell | S Thatcher |
WM | WM | J Savage | ML & ST Crew | M Doan | H Derbyshire |
HS | AM | W Elliott | WH Hodson | Wm Cox | |
HH | H Lamm | J Vannetton | MA Fenn | JW | |
JD | JM | JW Tribby | J Barton | A Fenn | |
EAS | AM | S Crew Est | L Hockett | T Schriner | |
NC | CG | WD | AG Hiatt | P Almond | |
RC | G | JH | JW Tribby | ||
WKP | EG | MB | J Hockett | ||
large area unidentified as to ownership | WD | Chas Poulter | T Jones | ||
JS | P Wilson | ||||
N Cook | |||||
LC | |||||
JS | |||||
Section 18 | Section 17 | Section 16 | Section 15 | Section 14 | Section 13 |
PA | WM | JC | A Stanley | S Hockett | H Derbyshire |
DH | JH | SF | J Osborn | J Hockett | Rebecca Wilson |
J Lazenby | N Cook | C | Joel Jones | WS Hockett | P Almond |
BJ | H Lamin | SC | M Tomlinson | Jacob Brown | R Stockdale |
AC | JBC | B | LR Mathews | Miles Dobbins | TJ Rook |
FR JW Fisher | SH | Jno Spray | SF Mathews | P Hobson | JH Werden |
W Ranson | LH | A Stanley | Isaac Child | S Russell | ME |
JW | EC | WR Crew | J Winslow | ||
B Newbold | NB | WK Pidgeon | JW Fisher | ||
JG Newbold | SR | Jonas Spray | HW Johnson | ||
JN | JW | H Maycock | |||
Geo Pilkington | A Stanley | Hannah Ingrim | |||
PH | WR Crew | ||||
RS | Jno Moxley | ||||
H Sneath | JGG | ||||
T Rice | DB | ||||
A Graves | JT | ||||
AB | WHS | ||||
PS | I | ||||
JB | N Barnes | ||||
JA Pope | JBC | ||||
HP | SH | ||||
Jno Moxley | AL | ||||
JH | |||||
HW | |||||
LH | |||||
Section 19 | Section 20 | Section 21 | Section 22 | Section 23 | Section 24 |
Went | EJT | EK | Jas Taylor | P Hobson | City of Salem |
TR | W Ranson | ES | David Parkins | Sam Maddock | DL |
E | J Jones | HM | I Mitchell | J Reeder | M |
M Bike | WH Wells | Geo Bailey | JEM | I Bixler | WM |
HKH | S Williams | TCH | FM | J Comer | AGH |
E Drake | AC Reed | F Bunker | JW Davis | J McG Grist Mill | John Eighme |
C Sanderson | AF | J Holmes | Ira Mitchell Sr | MJC | RJ Johnson |
C Carmean | HI | WH Spurrier | Z Frame | AG Hiatt | |
D Rubicam | DH | David Burden | DWH | T Siviter | |
W Ranson | MT | HH | E Kimberly | N Cammack | |
S Pope | TCF | LH | JM Hayse | L Cammack | |
GL | Ann Steadman | SC | S Copeland | ||
H Harland | R Odell | E Frazier | TL & CL Garretson | ||
Ann Steadman | AT | A Hiatt | T Siviter | ||
Jacob Teters | MTC | Geo Bailey | |||
J Wickelwait | JWB | H Weeks | |||
FO | SF | ||||
B Bailey | TR | ||||
JL | SFM | ||||
A Bryant | IR | ||||
H Sneath | JJW | ||||
JA Brown | |||||
A Hiatt | |||||
W Ranson | |||||
Section 30 | Section 29 | Section 28 | Section 27 | Section 26 | Section 25 |
Town of Hillsburough | J Phifer | W Davis | Jas Taylor | EK | EA Stonehocker |
G Cox | IW Davis Est | WH | JH | J Davis | L Cammack |
JG Newbold | RR | JM | E Hampton | H Hawkins | M McVay |
J Mickelwait | WM | FC | M Hampton | A Jay | Jno Cammack |
RJ | CJ | N Connor | Jno Eighme | DW Henderson | Isaac Pidgeon |
JAB | FVP | W Masden | J Childs | JG & HTH | JM Pidgeon |
N Pope | EH | JR | JWH | IMP | Wm Pidgeon |
Robt Carter | RM Harper | JF | W Marshall | L Cammack | W Masden |
Noah Barnes | D Rogers | GW | WKP | W Davis | |
A Tecter | Thos Silia | Isaac Pidgeon | |||
AV | CD Byers | IP | |||
JW | AC | N Cook | |||
Wm Moyle Jr | WM | ||||
Wm Moyle Sr | JAB | ||||
A Vanwinkle | Jno Grim | ||||
IJ Wilmuth | Jno J Grimm | ||||
DW Henderson | |||||
L Cammack | |||||
Section 31 | Section 32 | Section 33 | Section 34 | Section 35 | Section 36 |
J Billingsly | W Ranwsom | Robert Cox | J Welpton | J Mendenhall | R Suppier |
Robt Carter | Noah Barnes | W Ransom | J Vanhorn | Jno Riggs | Nathan Cook |
Jno Mickelwait | M Hayle Jr | Griffith John | Danl Middaugh | WR | H Lamm |
Jno A Pope | RE Udyton | JA Miller | NH | JM Stonehocker | |
S Iceman | MB Welpton | FO | R Lamm | ||
JWH | JC | W Russell | BH Frazier | ||
JW Hammond | JH | JR Williams | W Russell | ||
Wm Marshall | H Lamm | W Hartly | |||
RD | JMS | Jos Frazier | |||
JAB | Jno Davis | ||||
HHV | BHF | ||||
JS | BH Frazier | ||||
W Clark | HH | ||||
Griffith John | C Hampton | ||||
Jno Riggs | Levi Clark |
Principal Products & How Stocked | Representative Views | ||||
Bushels Wheat | 15,214 | No. Acres | |||
Bushels Corn | 117,995 | Residence and Business House of | D. W. Henderson, Salem | ||
Bushels Oats | 22,148 | Residence of | H. W. Johnson | 80 | |
Tons Hay | 2,107� | Residence of | A. D. Woodworth, Salem | ||
No. Horned Cattle | 1,559 | Residence of | H. L. Lamm | 80 | |
No. Horses | 811 | Whittier College, Salem | |||
No. Sheep | 5,315 | ||||
No. Hogs | 2,331 | ||||
No. Dogs | 217 | ||||
No. Acres in Cultivation | 10,731 | ||||
Total Population | 1,938 |
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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