1874 LEE COUNTY ATLAS
Des Moines Township
Names are Rural Landowners
List is of the Rural Areas. Village of Vincennes is not included
Maps are hard to read and there may be errors and omissions
The early settlement of this township was made by John Phillips, Johnson Meeks, James and William Allen and William and Robert Mix. At this time Vincennes was a thriving little village.
The 1872 Township Census showed 188 dwellings and 188 families. There was 13,368 acres of improved land.
DES MOINES TOWNSHIP
| Ache, C. |
Allen, W.S. est |
Alvis, H.J. |
| Avery, A. |
Bailey, William, Sr. |
Baker, J.H. |
| Baldwin, O. |
Barker, Mary C. |
Barney, H. |
| Barney, J. |
Beckley, A.and S. |
Best, Mary A. |
| Bertram, J. |
Birge, C.P. |
Bond, S.B. |
| Brown, C. |
Brown, O. |
Brown, William |
| Buechler, M.C. |
Carlson, Lars |
Carr, I.W. |
| Carr, J.T. |
Carroll, James |
Cheney, N. |
| Church, C.W. |
Cochran, W.J. |
Code, J. |
| Code, T. |
Coffman, J.A. |
Corbin, A. |
| Cross, D. |
Cruze, J.B. |
Davidson, B. |
| Davis, L.A. |
DeLaisy |
DeVall, B.and J. |
| Erskine, G. |
Fowler, C. |
Freeman, O. |
| French, A.S. |
Griffith, R. |
Gunniss, M. |
| Hakb, H. |
Hamilton, R. |
Hampton, J. |
| Hancock, D.A.G. |
Hanson, H. |
Haskell, A. |
| Hilbert, F. |
Jacobson, A. |
Johnson, P. |
| Jorden |
Keller, P.H. |
Kilbourne, G.E. |
| Kliess, C. |
Lambert, R. |
Larson, Charles J. |
| Laumann, G.S. |
Laumann, T.B. |
Layton, George |
| Leonard |
Lightner, D. |
Lightner, J.and H. |
| Lind, S. |
Mallby, L.B. |
Marlett, J.G. |
| Mason, C. |
McCarty, P. |
McGlashen, M. |
| McKell |
McKell and Co. |
Meeks, Johnson |
| Meltz, S. |
Miles, Heirs |
Miller, S.F. |
| Moore, T and D.M. |
Nelson, C. |
Newberry, A.B. |
| Newberry, J.W. |
Newell, L. |
O'Conner, M. |
| Olson and Peterson |
Overall, Heirs |
Parrish, I. |
| Parsons, C. |
Pearson, C.A. |
Peterson, Andrew G. |
| Peterson, Carl |
Peterson, John |
Porter, William |
| Rambo, H. |
Rankin, Mrs. |
Ross, T. |
| Ruddick, Anna E. |
Ruddick, Elzia J. |
Rumbough, A. |
| Sample, H.W. |
Sample, W.S. |
Sargent, N. |
| Scalan, B. |
Shefield and Vekell |
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| Shelly, J.W. |
Smith, M.J. |
Stanwood, G. |
| Starkweather |
Steiner, J.B. |
Stevenson, G. |
| Sturgis, Helen C. |
Swansonn, J. |
Tellford, Ann M. |
| Testman, P. |
Testman, S. |
Tillus, J.B. |
| Van Fleet, W.B. |
Vidal, P. |
Von Phul, Waters |
| Walsh, Heirs |
Washburn, S.S. Heirs |
Washburn, E.H. |
| Washburn, F.S. |
Washburn, H. |
Wellquist, J. |
| Whetstone, J.N. |
Wickersham, E.J. |
Wilkenson, H. |
| Williams, P. |
Wilson, F. |
Wylie, J. |
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