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At least 36 of his 111 progeny enlisted and served honorably in the Union Army during the Civil War, according to records read at an 1880 Dean family picnic. [2] The elder Dean, who died January 24, 1843, at age 77, is buried alongside his wife, Jannet, in the Dean Family Cemetery in New Jasper Township. The cemetery and farm, privately owned ...
It includes 10 historic farms. Each farm being known for its own specific thing. Farms larger than 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) are: Claiborne; Xalapa; Highland, post-World War II; Stonerside, post-World War II; Norton Clay Farm; Homer Short Farm [2] Ones larger than 500 acres (200 ha) include: Auvergne, which has an antebellum main house and core of ...
Dean Family Farm: Dean Family Farm: May 29, 1975 : 5 mi (8.0 km) northwest of Jamestown off U.S. Route 35 on Ballard Rd.; also 199 S. Ballard Rd. New Jasper Township ...
Probably the oldest complex of farm buildings in Rock County, begun in 1840 by the first settler in Bradford township on land he bought from the government for $1.25 per acre. 33: Homer B. DeLong House: Homer B. DeLong House: August 1, 1985 : 500 Milwaukee Rd.
The first mill in Homer was constructed about 1837 by Leon Barney and was likely located near the location of the later Cortright- H. Van Patten Co. Mill. In the 1850s, Cornelius Cuykendall Cortright moved from New York state to Michigan, settling first in Hillsdale County, then Branch County before moving to a location near Homer. [3]
Elder and her husband, George, own Elderslie Farm in Kechi. In addition to running the dairy and goat farm, Elder said she started cooking there to showcase produce from a family member.
When Lu Ann Matejcak, of Homer Glen, was first approached to be on the Will County Farm Bureau Board, her first reaction was to laugh. “I’m like, I don’t think so,” Matejcak said. “I don ...
Instead, the film was entirely based around Green's relationship with the four real-life siblings: Atlas, Arlo, Ulysses, and Homer Janson—ages 8 through 13 (Arlo and Atlas are twins).