| Title | View Application | Award Type | Original Owner | Name of farm or ranch | Year of Property Acquisition | Original Acreage | Current Acreage | Acreage farmed or ranched today | Donation land claim | Dlc num and registration location | Homestead | Homestead Information | Other | Please explain | Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters | County |
Address physical location |
GPS location | Distance from nearest town | Nearest town name | Who farms or ranches today | Original buildings still in use | Building structures on property with date of construction | Crops or livestock historically raised on property | Crops or livestock currently raised on property | National register property | National register name | Notes and comments property | Date of application | Date of award | Please describe attachments | Genealogical information included | Application on file | Application location | Applicants relationship to original owners | Origin of original owners | Ethnic origin of original owners | How many generations still live on the farm or ranch |
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| CFR0224 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ketchum, Walter M. & Laura | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 of T 11 S R 2 W, containing 639.91 acres. |
Linn | Mullen, Harold K.; Mullen, Lydia | No | No |
On the death of Walter and Laura Ketchum the land went to C. S. Mullen, husband of Emma Ketchum. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0227 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rice, James Norval | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 23 of T 14 S R 1 W containing 2 parcels, to wit: 74.41 acres and 86.14 acres |
Linn | Rice, Jennie M. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten and handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0230 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Russell, Newton & Susan L. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No. 41 in Sec 33 & 34 T 13 S R 1 E and Sec 3 & 4 T 14 S R 1 E, W.M., containing 322 acres. | No | No | Linn | Russell, Edgar S. | No | No |
Oliver H. Russell, Newton Russell's son, was deed 119 acres; this was eventually purchased by his son, Edgar Russell. 19 acres of the original farm are still operated by the family. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0235 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Slate, John T.; Slate, Frances | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification 2002 claim No.59 | No | No |
township 12 south, R 4 W |
Linn | No | No |
John and Frances Slate heired property to Porter Slate, who then passed it to M. C. Slate (father of applicant) and then to applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0238 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tindall, Charles and Ruth Marion | 1953 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
section 10 of T 10 S R 2 W |
Linn | Sims, Hazel; Standley, Venus; Bowman, Mabel; Rice; Pearl. | No | No |
Charles and Ruth Tindall passed land to children A.C. Tindall, Lloyd Tindall, and Marion Tindall (father of applicant). At the death of Marion Tindall in 1956, he heired 80 acres to four daughters: Hazel Sims, Venus Standley, Mable Bowman, and Pearl Rice. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0240 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Swank, Phillip | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased |
Original farm was 102.89 acres located in T 11 section 36 S R 3W |
Linn | Swank, J. P. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0241 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morgan, Miller and Elizabeth | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Current property located in T 13 Section 4 S R 4 W of the original donation land claim -- total of 31 acres. |
Linn | Thompson, Pearl M. | No | No |
Upon the death of Miller Morgan, property passed to Clara Cordelia Morgan Thompson (daugther of Miller Morgan and mother of applicant). Applicant received the above property when Clara Thompson passed away 4 Dec 1923. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0242 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cheadle, Richmond | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Sam Hyde |
S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the N 1/2 of SW 1/4 and N 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 19 T 12S R 2W -- 320 acres |
Linn | Wheeler, Dean; Wheeler, Charles; Wheeler, Scott; Wheeler, Robert; Wheeler, Alfred | No | No |
Property passed to Mariette Wheeler, who then passed 320 acres to Dean Wheeler (father of applicants) and to George Wheeler (uncle of applicants). The property is now owned by all five brothers (applicants). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0247 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bland, Martha & Moses | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0248 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Barr, Jessie & Anne | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 4 |
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