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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CFR0570 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Capon, John Urban | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Capon, J. Donald | No | Hay; Rye grain; Vegetables;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Family history; Diary excerpts; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | England | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0700 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cowan, Robert | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Kingery, Dare (grandson of applicant) | No | Draft horses. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0116 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Henry | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
CFR0538 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Frank Eugene | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
3 miles E of Mayville on Ramsey Canyon Rd. |
Smith, Roger E.; Smith, Lloyd; Smith, Gordon; Pihas, Janet Smith | No | Cow barn. | unknown. | Wheat, barley, cattle. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Sheboygan County, Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0797 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gerig, Peter | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
6 miles E of Salem |
Gerig, Raymond | No | House | Potatoes, hay, grain, horses... | Hay, grain, fruit, cattle. | No |
20 acres in the property purchased in 1892. |
Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Handwritten note; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0926 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchase from J. F. Shorb |
Washington | Shearer, Robert P. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Cattle, Hay, Grain | Christmas Trees | No |
Property has been divided four times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Deed; Shearer family history; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0365 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McCormick, Matthew | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
Farm located at Route 1, Box 506, Woodburn |
McCormick, Patrick C. | No | no | Part was an orchard. One... | Row crops and U-pick... | No |
154 acres in original farm. 48 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Ireland | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0635 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Boyer, Thomas | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker | Nelson, Robert C.; Nelson, Kent | No | Grain; Hay; Cattle. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0894 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayes, John W. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Hayes, Kirk D.; Kooch, Reid | No | House, Shop (originally the... | grains, hay | wheat, barley, hay | No |
The original farm has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letters; Photograph; Obituary; Family history; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Indiana | 1 |