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LONGTIME FAMILY FARMS
compiled by Bessie Haas

From Shelby: 100 Years in Shelby, Iowa 1870 1970

"Farms bought by some of our early settlers are still owned and some are occupied by their descendents. The following is a partial list. Dates may not be accuratge, but are as near as could be determined."

YEARNAMES
1869C. J., Will, and Willard, Ralph and Veta McLaughlin
1870A. M. Scott, Mary Scott Dye, and Joe Dye
1871John, Henry Sr., and Henry Carstens, Jr.
1872M. V., C. W., and Charles Best
1872William, Galen, and John Barrett
1872Andrew Marshall, and Mary Marshall Bothwell
1872J. C., H. C. Mansfield and Esther Mansfield Koch
1872L. C., J. A. Jensen, Mrs. L. C. Pingel, and Delbert Pingel
1873Jacob, Frank, and Les Linn
1873Joe, Joe, and Ada Frum Clapp
1873Franz, Gustav, and Sherman Haas
1873Franz, George, and Mrs. Franz Haas
1873Franz, George Haas and Lilly Haas Marshall, Gale Marshall
1874Chris Bruene, Minnie Hoeppner, and Chris Hoeppner
1878Hiram, George, and Ralph Watkins
1879Florian, Ben, Herbert and Delmar Von Eschen
1879Wilhelm, Chris Rohrs and Elma Rohrs Jensen
1881Tom and Gertrude Leigh
1881J. W. McEwen, Nellie Benedict, Mrs. Aura Briggs, Mrs. Margaret Kidd
1883John, Frank, John, and Roger Paul
1891Fritz Peterson, Frank Mattox and Merwin Mattox
1899Fred, Will Rohrs and Emma Rohrs Boehler


Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, October, 2021 from Shelby: 100 Years in Shelby, Iowa 1870 1970, pg. 205.