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1885 Township 86 North, Range 40, West of 5th Principal Meridian Section 1 NE & NW Corner-William R. Gorgas, 318 acres SE Corner-Henry Emert, 160 acres SW Corner-Rebecca T. Moore, 160 acres Section 2 NE & NW Corner-William Parker, 398 acres SE Corner-J.W. Schlosser SW Corner-H.M. Stewart Section 3 NE & SE Corner-Luke Walsh, 399 acres NW Center-Samuel Wise, 80 acres NW Corner-W. Cassie, 80 acres SW Corner-Thos. Storer, 80 acres Section 4 NE Corner-Bell, 160 acres SE Corner-Geo. Phillips, 160 acres NW Corner-Geo. Johnson, 230 acres SW Corner-Chas. Winnings, 80 acres Section 5 NE Corner-P. O’Connell, 160 acres SE Corner-P.A. Thoman, 160 acres NW Corner-H.M. Stewart, 160 acres SW Corner-Ross, 80 acres Section 6 NE, SE & NW Corner-Iowa R.R. Land Co., 670 acres SW Corner-E.G. Phitbrick & Frank Hill, 134 acres Section 7 NE & SE Corner-Iowa R.R. Land Co., 320 acres NW Corner, E.G. Phitbrick & Frank Hill, 134 acres SW Corner-W.Warner, 135 acres Section 8 NE & SE Corner-Geo. Ewart, 320 acres NW & SW Corner-Iowa R.R. Land Co., 320 acres Section 9 All is owned by Geo. Ewart 640 acres Section 10 NE Corner-Mary A. Mateer, 80 acres NE Center-H.C. Patrick, 80 acres SE & SW Corner-M.S. Newcomer, 320 acres NW Corner-T.A. Collett, 160 acres NW Corner-School No. 2 Section 11 NE Corner-J.W. Schlosser, 160 acres SE Corner-J.L. Lindsay NW & SW Corner-S.M Breneman, 320 acres Section 12 All owned by J. Kennedy, 640 acres Section 13 NE & NW Corner-J.Kennedy, 320 acres SE Corner-Ross Bros., 160 acres SW Corner-R.A. Bar, 160 acres Section 14 NE Corner-Ulrich, 160 acres SE Corner-Geo. Biester, 160 acres SE Corner-School NO. 4 NW & SW Corner-W.O. Bishop, 320 acres Section 15 NE Corner-Duncan McCallum, 160 acres SE Corner-Willson, 160 acres NW Corner-J.M. Moore, 160 acres SW Corner-R.D. Robinson, 80 acres SW Corner Bottom-No name Section 16 NE Corner-A.A. Rauch, 160 acres SE Corner-W. Cassie, 160 acres SE Corner-School No. 5 NW & SW Corner-A. Spotts, 320 acres Section 17 NE Top Corner-S.B. Adams, 80 acres NE Corner Middle-A. Spotts, ? acres S.E. Corner-No name Section 17 cont. NW Corner-No name, 320 acres SW Corner-D.T. Spotts, 160 acres Section 18 NE Corner-James P. & Frank Hitchins, 160 acres SE Corner-R.H. Ellison, 160 acres NW Corner-James B. Clark, 138 acres SW Corner-D.T. Spotts, 138 acres Section 19 NE Corner-H.W. Sheeney, 160 acres SE Corner-J.F. Spotts, 160 acres NW & SW Corner-J.H. Macomber, 280 acres Section 20 NE Corner-A. Spotts, 160 acres SE Corner-B. F. Aiken, 80 acres SE Center Bottom-C.M. Winkler, 80 acres NW Corner-W.H. Spotts, 200 acres NW Center-J.F. Spotts, 40 acres SW Corner-E.J. Dochman, 80 acres Section 21 NE Corner-J.V. Millard, 160 acres SE Corner-R. Williams, 160 acres NW Corner-A. Spotts, 160 acres SW Corner-B.F. Aiken, 160 acres Section 22 NE & NW Corner-J.I. Hess, 160 acres SE Corner-F.L. Hadlock, 200 acres NW Center-Geo Fannatt, 80 acres SW Center-R. Williams, 80 acres SW Corner-Nixon Hrs., 120 acres Section 23 NE Corner-E. Schultz, 80 acres NE Center Top-E. Weltry, 80 acres SE Corner-J.K.Kulihur, 160 acres NW Corner-J.A. Schauler, 160 acres SW Corner-F.L. Hadlock, 160 acres Section 24 NE Corner-W.H. Shirk, 160 acres SE Corner-I.G. Lash Est., 160 acres NW Corner-Michael Kennedy, 160 acres SW Center-R. Owens, 40 acres SW Corner-David Owens, 120 acres Section 25 NE Corner-Jacob Klos, 80 acres SE Corner-Theo Abbe, 160 acres SE & SW Bottom-John Abbe, 160 acres SW Corner-School No. 1 NW Corner Center-Caroline Meyer, 80 acres SW Middle-Henry Rehse, 80 acres Section 26 NE Corner-Henry Reinking, 160 acres SE Corner-Henry Rehse, 80 acres SE Bottom Corner-John Abbe, 80 acres NW Corner, B. Shoman, 160 acres SW Corner-W. Winkler, 160 acres Section 27 NE Corner-Jacob Beilenberg, 40 acres NE Corner-SALOON NE Middle-Christ Jensen, 160 acres SE Corner-C. Bethon, 80 acres SE Bottom Corner-Schultz, 80 acres NW Corner-Jacob Beilenberg, 40 acres NW Middle-Iowa RR. Land Co., 80 acres SW Corner-W.S. Chenowith, 160 acres Section 28 NE Corner-John Dornbush, 80 acres NE Middle-W.L. Culbertsen, 80 acres SE Middle-S.H. Hempsted, 80 acres SE Corner-Christ Newbauer, 80 acres SE Corner-School No. 6 NW Corner-J.O. Miller, 160 acres SW Middle Bottom-Henry Cole, 80 acres SW Corner-Frederick Cole, 80 acres. Section 29 NE Corner-Perkins, 80 acres NE Middle-N. Andrews, 80 acres SE Corner-John Schutt, 80 acres SE Middle-P. Mehrens, 80 acres NW Corner-W.P. Armington, 160 acres SW Corner-Iowa R. R. Land Co. 160 acres Section 30 NE Corner-E.J. Dochman, 80 acres NE Corner-M.E. Irish, 80 acres SE Corner-R.A. Agur, 160 acres NW Corner-G.S. Usher, 216 acres SW Corner-F.Nixon, 80 acres Section 31 NE Corner-John Scott, 160 acres SE Corner-G. Else, 160 acres NW Corner-A.J. Countryman, 40 acres NW Corner-School No. 3 SW Corner-D. Countryman, 160 + SW Middle Corner-H. Else, 80 acres Section 32 NE & SE Corner-S.M. Tenney, 320 acres NW Corner-N. Colver, 160 acres SW Corner-J. Stoutenmier, 160 acres Section 33 NE Corner-J. Koch, 160 acres SE Corner-Iowa R.R. Land Co., 160 acres NW Corner-A. Hine, 160 acres SW Corner-Geo. Heyt, 160 acres Section 34 NE Corner-J. Mahrt, 160 acres SE Corner-Carl Seidler, 160 acres NW Center-W.H. Adze, 40 acres NW Corner- J.A. Hauft, 120 acres SW Corner-Iowa Land Co., 80 acres SW Middle-C.Winkler, 880 acres Section 35 NE Corner-J.H. Burmeister, 80 acres NE Middle-C. Labott, 160 acres SE Corner-R. Fuester, 80 acres NW Corner-O. Jansen, 160 acres SW Middle-Geo. Stoutenmier, 80 acres SW Bottom-J. Stoutenmier, 80 acres Section 36 NE Corner-C. Rudloff, 80 acres NE Middle-Ferd. Rudloff, 80 acres SE Corner-Henry Hine, 160 acres NW Corner-F. P. Rehse, 160 acres SW Corner-W. Rehse In the Spring of 1882 Two schoolhouses were built in 1882
and by 1906 there were a total of 9 in the township. A Church, Trinity Lutheran was
organized in 1870 and a church built in 1889, this being on the NW corner of Section 36,
this was a faithful church until 1969 when a tornado came through and did so much damage
that the church closed. The church cemetery is
still maintained and burials still take place in this peaceful cemetery. One of the schoolhouses which was
built in 1884 was moved to |