wllili
'
mm k

0?C^Kfc&*.> ■) <


Cjirr'CsotL*
Afin-efr;
ZL-tam
M Iht rt hi a -x i
GW hi isle ■
•fi. Murrisoh-
tyilsoiuMODaiiicl
1 obi ins
,5 Mr?,
naUv/a
Township 5. N
«iaa« T^sHip
Range I E of 4Ih P M.
■« lift ^ ‘58* ft -3<s ted- k			» /W' SSI Us mr -i		
,= v. 1	<S«*SS	-		p||$	kov	BK
	^hompxon]’ 5®||P\>» ,3		JTT |		®J?. lllll'
jy$.BieetLy
	rtV4
m-	iii
|r^> s	
	
	y||
f t §1*1? ¥• <& 5 94 |Jj8|			f.	wk	H	E.Chenbn&kk	ii	tm		-ft H vc ■
jfllf		S’	vJs	I I 'Ajsc. ISp- ■ pA.	|||f	mmm		pp§ III?		%pA>\ *V-
•\VV V	PI y y* •	■ -V ■.» jp 1—r W s>- ft	% Is
• $ <,,<v	sc 1 i	m ...y6 \ :	Sjb
yaffil 1		toir y /$M&&	
f-Hi* 1 %is’	Ifli	j?{iS	
		>■'4-	
		“v^rfi	
	
felfl	
	81
^t;	filfol g®f!
	
IMfi	
5^.?, ^			
	•.	
,»v I ( m		5—-H
yi |-^Af		S2\V'i as jM
	"	
John Barker, the firet settler, came in. 1829. The first church was of the Baptist denomination, and was organized June 9 1835	«a , u '	■ ,
John Clajbpugh was the teacher. The benches were made of split logs, and the floor of puncheons. The fire-place occupied one side of the ho ,	' 01!8e waa bui,t (a 8111911 log cabin) in 1833, and
one side. Farmers Township is a beautiful township, of laud, well watered and timbered. It has a splendid soil, and its improvements are of the W ^Th r°	« °°n8isted of a loS being removed from
built across one corner of it within the last two years, and the town of Laurel Hill is becoming a good place for business.	Ahe Kockford- Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad has been
|