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northeastern part of the township; William J. Keever, who purchased part of the Marquis land, and
John Clifton, about three miles north of Gilead. During the interval from 1837 to 1839, the
following settlers, with others, sought homes within the present limits of the township: John
Grogg, where he is still living; George and Joseph Grogg, the former in the northern part of the
township and the latter where his sons are still living; Hiram Butler, an early Trustee and County
Commissioner, near the southern border; John D. Haken, father-in-law of Jacob Kessling, in
Section 16, eastern part of the township; John Tombaugh, on land now owned by Noah Miller;
John Bowers, where Michael Thomas lives; John Meyers, eastern part of the township, Section
sixteen; Larkin Norman, southeast corner; John Chambers and sons, Pleasant and Elijah, in same
locality; William Hester, first Justice of the Peace, near the center part of the township; Zera
Sutherland, near Gilead; Henry and John Daggy, on land owned at this time by Andrew Yarian;
Jesse Butler, on the road leading from Gilead to Peru; Robert Meek and John Tracy, in southern
part of the township; Peter Shrig, a transient settler who lived in various places; Alexander
Jameson, where Daniel Carns now lives; Allen Jameson, on same place; John Olds, Prior Wright,
and Joshua Murphy, in southern part; Amos Ellison, central part; Caleb B. Ash, one of the first
school teachers, ten miles north of Gilead, and James Chapen, northeastern part. Among others
who came in from time to time, were the following: Charles S. Low, Thomas Carpenter, Daniel
Keim, George Keim, Benjamin Keim, Calvin Tracy, Hezekiah Tracy, John Gilliland, Joseph
Oldfather, Samuel Thompson, Vinal Thurston, Samuel Rank, Reeder Drake, William A. Sower,
Barnes Dowd, James S. Love, Hiram Daines, Peter Mowry, Adam Daines, Jacob Barnheisel, John
Gaerte, Jacob Myers, John Myers, Dennis Garber, Jacob Miller, Joseph Miller, John Fiers,
Thomas Goudy, Henry Bidding, James Goudy, John Goudy, Henry Koffle and John Slagle, the
majority of whom became residents as early as 1840. The folowing are the names of a few who
came in after that date: Hugh Miller, James Tracy, Michael Smith, Philip Smith, William Garber,
George King, Jacob Seidner, Samuel Seidner, Jacob Harmon, Robert Love, John Cregg, David
Love, T. L. Hurlburt, Isaac Hester, Cyrus Kreig, William Smith and Fleming Smith.
Early Land Entries
Quite a number of the settlers enumerated purchased their lands directly from the
Government, and obtained patents for the same within a short time after coming to the county.
The following is a list of those who entered land during the year 1835, several of whom became
residents of the township: Nathan Seavay and Andrw Onstatt, Section 13, Township 29, North,
Range 4, East; Jos. Cox, John McCrea and Chas. S. Lowe, Section 22; Nathan Seavay, Section
24; John R. Wright, Section 27; Jerome Hoover, Section 3, Township 29, Range 5, East; Samuel
Wallace, Section 4; Noah Webb, John Wiseman and Adam Weaver, Section 6; Ira Mitchell and
W. H. Dubois, Section 7; James Adams and A. E. Rhodes, Section 9; William Akright, Philip M.
Tabb, James Waddell and John Mowry, Section 15; Orion Taylor and Ann Huff, Section 17; John
Rhodes, Section 18; Jonathan Science, Section 19; John Close, Jacob Flora and John Bailey,
Section 21; Nathan Moyer, William M. Duff and Peter Onstatt, Section 22; Daniel Hawkins,
Section 27; William Butler, Elihu Plummer and Thomas Plummer, Section 28; David Hiatt,
Section 29; Hiram Butler and William Butler, Section 30; James Malcolm, William Clark and
Samuel Essick, Section 33.
The following is a full list of those who purchased lands from the government in 1836, in
Township 29, North, Range 4, East: Noah Noble, James Biggs and Chas. Cleland, Section 1;
Daniel Gilchrist and Chas. Smith, Section 2; Samuel A. Manon and Samuel Hoover, Section 3;
William Bake and Miles Craig, Section 10; E. Dowd, Section 11; W. H. DuBois, A. Dowd and W.
H. Stubblefield, Section 12; Wm. Robbins, Section 13; W. Hill and A. Weaver. Section 14: Jos.
Wildman, Sullivan Wait and Enos Wildman, section 15; Luther Wait, Section 16; Cyrus Taylor,
Wm. Bain, and P. Smith, Section 23; L. W. Sale and Jos. Tarkington, Section 24; David W.
Murray, Section 25; Township 29, Range 5, East; Isaac Smalley, Section 3; James Adams, Section
4; John Webb, Townsend Hoover, T. Summerton, A. E. Rhodes and T. Evans, Section 5; Daniel
Stimel, D. Cambell and Chas. W. Catheast, Section 8; Henry Worst and John Mowry, Section 9;
Jacob Flora, R. M. Buck, Moses Bunton, L. Newton and S. Newton, Section 20; John Webb and
John Bailey, Section 22; D. Clark, Section 27; Wm. Hester, H. Daggy, James Fiers, B. F. Town