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 |
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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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CFR0187 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brown, John & Nancy (Richardson) | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Richardson, Dwane K.; Richardson, Sylvia | No | 1 Indian mound along the Long... | Cattle, sheep, grain, hay. | Sheep, hay, cattle. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 184 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0188 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stephens, Sidney S. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane |
3 miles West of Crow. |
Stephens, Clair A. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Dairy cattle, wild hay, grass. | Cattle, sheep, oats, hay. | No |
1000 acres in original farm. 285.40 acres in present farm |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0189 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Edwards, Isaac N. | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Edwards, Rupert B. | No | no | Wheat, corn, horses, pigs,... | Specialty seed crops, row... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 160 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0190 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robinson, L. Richard | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane |
580 Luckey Lane, Eugene |
Everson, Esther Jane; Scott, John G. | No | no | Grain, hay, sheep, hogs. | Livestock, hay, grain, walnut... | No |
822 acres in original farm. 268 acres in present farm |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great great Uncle | Mascouche, Canada | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0260 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Carns, William | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
8 miles East of Harrisburg |
Renter | No | Yes. Barn and part of house... | Grain; Hay; Oats; Wheat feed... | At time of application:... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 306 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0266 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shedd, Capt. Frank | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Renter | No | The house and barn built in... | hay, grains, fruit, horses,... | ryegrass, blue grass, barley... | No |
334 acres in original farm. 260.72 acres in present farm. Capt. Shedd operated a smithy and woodworking shop on the farm. The land for the town of Shedd was donated by Capt. Shedd. Capt. Shedd purchased the original DLC from Joseph Hite. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0267 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hardman, Samuel and Mary | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Linn | No | no | Wheat, oats, cattle, horses,... | Grass seed | No |
640.74 in original farm. 246 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0268 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Coon, Washington L. | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Coon, H. C. | No | no | Grain | Seed, grain. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 320 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kentucky | 2 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR0273 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fitzwater, James B. | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 12 T 12 R 1 W |
Linn | Savage, Cecyl M. | No | no | Cattle, oats, wheat. | Pasture, hay, sheep. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 30 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Missouri | 1 |