BlockStanton Township
The complete chapter on this township from Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County : Illustrated by One Hundred and Fifteen Superb Engravings by Melville : Containing Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers, the Early History of the County Obtained from the Most Reliable Sources and Many Graphic Scenes and Incidents from the Bright and Shady Sides of Pioneer Life, published 1891. 254 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sellers | - | 4 | - | - |
Settlements in this township
1 placeEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. It is not named in the chapter: it was founded later or was never more than a post office.
The chapter
254 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County : Illustrated by One Hundred and Fifteen Superb Engravings by Melville : Containing Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers, the Early History of the County Obtained from the Most Reliable Sources and Many Graphic Scenes and Incidents from the Bright and Shady Sides of Pioneer Life, published 1891. 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.
Stanton Township
Stanton township at one time formed a part of St. Joseph, but was cut off in 1S69 and in 187S it was reduced to its present limits by the incorporation of part of it into Ogden township. The first settler of whom we can learn was John Trimble, who entereil SO acres of land on the east side of the Spoon river, near the Vanfleet farm. But chief among the early settles was Levi Crayne. who settled on Salt Fork when the whole township was a vast prairie. He came from Ohio and lived longer in Stanton than anv other man. Frederick O. Frankenberg was the first man to settle in the west part of the township. The Whitzell brothers came soon after and Jonathan Hunt, who made a settlement there in IS-SS was one of the first justices of the peace. The Hayworths moved on the farm they now occupy in l^^il and are well known and respected citizens. E. W. Swisher has long held the oflSce of justice of the peace in the township, and Erastns J. Clark figured largely in political circles. Atthough Stanton township contains no village, the residents find excellent marketing facilities at St. Joseph, and to the industrious farmers of Stanton is the wonderful growth of that village largely due.
The first supervisor of Stanton was L. C. Melette. who was followed by Isaac Weaver. J. D. WhitzeU. E. T Johnson. L. H. White. E. M. RusseL Isaac L. Lefever, Jesse Mellette and David Maddocfc. the present supervisor.
Provenance
Text from Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County : Illustrated by One Hundred and Fifteen Superb Engravings by Melville : Containing Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers, the Early History of the County Obtained from the Most Reliable Sources and Many Graphic Scenes and Incidents from the Bright and Shady Sides of Pioneer Life, published 1891, 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.