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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CFR0021 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Locke, A. N. | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #41 | No | No |
T 11S R5W |
Benton | Locke, Nelson | No | No |
At the time of the application, the applicant was farming the original 273 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0154 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benson, Sarah S. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 42 | No | No |
Sec 17 T 17 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane | Cox, Lillian Ayres | No | No |
40 acres of original DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: Sarah S. Benson 1851-1899; Mary E. Ayres to 1927; Lillian Ayres Cox to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0961 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gutbrod, George | Waldersee | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
1 1/2 miles W of Sheridan on Mill Creek Road |
Molloy, James; Molloy, Emilie I. | No | no | Small grains (wheat, oats),... | Wheat, sugar beet seed, grass... | No |
See CFR0960 for more information. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandddaughter | Germany via Iowa | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0119 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Putnam, Joseph | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0269 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parrish, Gamaliel | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
Farm at Route 1, Box 268, Brownsville |
Renter | No | no | Grasses, oats, wheat, orchard. | Ryegrass. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 201.14 acres in present farm |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson's widow | Nobel Co., Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0402 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Absalom and Hylah Smith | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 11, 12, 13, 14 T 7 S R 5 W |
Polk |
7 1/2 miles NE of Dallas in the Smithfield community |
Smith, Hardin | No | Grain, cattle. | Grain; Cattle. | No |
Founder of Smithfield. 641.75 acres of original farm still in the family. Chain of ownership: Absalom & Hylah Smith; to Samuel Thurston Smith (son); to Hardin Smith (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0540 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Doherty, James G. | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1 S R 26 E |
Morrow |
Blackhorse Canyon |
Doherty, Anthony J. | No | no | Cattle, horses, possibly... | Wheat, cattle. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ireland | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0670 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schuttel, John and Rosa | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
1 mile south of Barton Bridge |
Strahm, Stanley A. | No | No - but barn is built from... | Grain, dairy cows. | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Photocopies of photograph; Newspaper article; Birth certificate. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Missouri | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0799 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schifferer, John Philipp | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Marion | Schifferer, Jim C. | No | Barn, root cellar. | Hay, grain, fruit trees,... | Cherries, prunes, hay,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany via Elgin, Illinois | German | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0087 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Marrs, Lafayette | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Clackamas | Shibley, Everett A. | No | no | Sheep, cattle, horses, grain... | Grass seed, beef cattle,... | No |
114.9 acres in original farm. 740 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Arkansas | 3 |