BlockLynnville Township
The complete chapter on this township from Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886. 424 words, covering 1 settlement. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
1 settlementWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenwood | 1 | 11 | 4 | - |
Settlements in this township
1 placeEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. It is named in the chapter.
The chapter
424 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Lynnville Township
settled at an early day, and was one of the first organized. The eastern part of the township, save perhaps the tier of sections adjoining DeKalb County, is rather flat, though the greater part is tillable. As illustrating the material wealth of the township at the present time, the following items are taken as reported by the Assessor in the spring of 885: Improved land, 16,957 acres; unimproved Town lots, 118, valued at $2,447. Of personal property there were: Horses, 710; cattle, 2,573; mules and asses, 9; sheep, 64; hogs, 2,403; carriages and wagons, 241; watches and clocks, 196; sewing and knitting machines, 104; pianos, 10; melodeons and organs, 24. Total value of personal property, $84,898.
Among the early settlers were Dr. Andrews, Lewis Piper, David Edrington, Calvin R. Hoadley, John Jenks, Calvin Hamlin and Elijah Dresser, Daniel Champion, Chas. Burroughs, Wm. Stocking, Mr. Phelps, David Fletcher, John C. Roberts and Mr. Campbell. The date of the first settlement was unknown by the persons interviewed for history, but was prior to 1840, and at the grove near the present post office of Lindenwood Dr. Andrews and Mr. Piper were quite prominent at an early day. Wm. Stocking is one of the most prominent men in Rochelle, the senior member of the banking house of Wm. Stocking & Co. Foranumber of years he was president of the Agricultural Society at Rochelle.
The first school was held at the house of Dr. Andrews, Mrs. Andrews being the teacher. The first school house was erected at the edge of the grove, east of the church at Lynnville. It was erected in 1846. The township is now well supplied with good school houses.
From the report of the County Superintendent of Public Schools, for the year ending June 30, 1885, the following interesting items are gleaned: There were in the township 364 persons under 21 years of age, of whom 258 were of school age. Of this number 184 were enrolled in the public schools. The township was divided into seven school districts, the schools of which were all ungraded. Seven teachers" were employed during the year, receiving salaries ranging from $25 to $40 per month. There were
Lyunville is a small settlement in the northwestern part of the township, at the edge of the Grove, its post office being Lindenwood. A store was started here about 1848, by Mr. Porter, who was subsequently burned out. At present there is a store kept by George Jones, a blacksmith shop, school house, church and about 20 dwelling houses. -
Provenance
Text from Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.