Webber Township

Webber Township

mother of our subject, who also is still livinc;, was born January 14, 1811, in Ohio, a daughter of Joseph Daniel, a native of Virginia, who settled in Brown County, Ohio, when reaching manhood. To Mr. and Mrs. Warren White six children were born, five of whom still siu'vive, viz., our subject, William, Sarah (widow of Charles H. Maxey), Eobert and James. Our subject remained on the farm till about 1849, when he began working at the carpenter's trade, and has followed the same for many years since. In 1854, he was married to Miss Eliza H. Maxey, who was born in Jefferson County in 1837, and is the mother of two children -

Warner N. and Lora E. In JaTuiary, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Fii-st Illinois Cavalry, under command of Capt. Noleman, of Centralia. In July of the same year, he was mustered out. In August, 1862, be again enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served in that till in the spring of 1863, when he was mustered out. While in the service, he received a wound in the ankle while making a charge, from the effects of which he still suffer.s. After returning from the service, he anjain engaged at his trade, but in 1876 began farming, at which occupation he is now engaged. In politics, he is a Republican.

WILLIA.^I T. ADAMS, farmer, P. 0. Bluford. This gentleman is one of those selfmade, energetic men who have worked their way up in the world by hard work and perseverance. He was born June 22, 1826, in this county. His father, Willoughby W. Adams, was a native of North Carolina and reared in Alabama, who died in Jefferson Countj', 111., where he was classed among the most liighly respected citizens. The mother of our subject was Jane (Tunstel) Adams, a native of Kentucky, who died in this county. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Jefferson Count}-, and there married Harriet A. Wright, born April 1.5, 1832, in Kentucky, daughter of Kobert S. Wright, a native of that State. Her mother, Rachel Davis, was also a native of Kentucky. This union was blessed with twelve children, of whom eight are now living - Robert W., born July 12, 1852 ; George W. born November 1, 1854; Lydia F., born November 4, 1856 (wife of William Nation, and the mother of four children - Oliver R., Lula L., Julia A., Lizzie B., deceased, Thomas J., born May 24, 1859 ; Charles H., born May 7, 186.3; John Q.. born July 31, 1865; Nancy M., born January 7, 1868 ; Jacob D., born November 31, 1873. Mrs. Adams is a member of the Christian Church, and has one little girl adopted, Minna M., born May 17, 1878. Mr. Adams has a farm of 320 acres. In politics, he is a Democrat.

CHRISTOPHER BROOKMAN, farmer, P. 0. Pigeon, was Ijorn in Pulaski County, Va. The records were burned when he was quite small, and the date of his birth is not certainly known. He was brought by his parents to Clinton Count}-, 111., in infanoj', and to this county when about twelve years old, where he has since lived. Married, in 1858, Rosetta Sledge, by whom he had six children, five living - John F., David, William L., Minnie and Lillie. He owns 166 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He

Biographical

LEOXARD W. BRUCE, farmer, P. 0. Marlow, the pioneer of Webber Township, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., March 13, 1819, and is a son of Azariah Bruce (deceased), a native of Virginia, who brought his family to this county in 1826. Our subject attended school in a log cabin, sat on a split, and wrote on a slab, supported on pins in the wall. The cabin had no floor except " mother earth,"' and the window was the aperture made by removing a log. In 1850, he married Caroline, daughter of James Bridges. They had nine children, eight living - Mary, Rebecca, Adda, Roland, Hardy, Nannie, Ellen and Peter. Mr. Bruce owns 200 acres of valuable land. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

JESSE J. CLARK, farmer, P. 0. Pigeon, was born born in Robertson County, Tenn., May 28, 1828, and is a son of Jesse Clark (deceased), a native of Virginia. Our subject was brought up on the farm, and has always been a farmer. Came to this county in 1856. Married, December 27, 1855, to Fannie Winters, by whom he has had eight children, six living - MoUie, Fredonia, Wade, Nannie, Delia and Mertie. Mr. Clark owns uinetj'-eight acres of land. Is a member of the Baptist Church.

JOSEPH F. CLARK, farmer, P. 0. Pigeon, was born in Robertson County, Tenn., September 8, 1831, and is a son of Jesse Clark (deceased). Came to this county in 1856. Was married, February 26, 1857, to Sarah Smith, by whom he had nine children, seven living - Florence, Ardelia C, Edith, Cora, Lillie, George and Thomas. Is a member of the Baptist Church. Owns se\'entj-seven and a half acres of land on Section 32.

ANDREW J. COOK, stock-raiser, P. 0. Pigeon, was born in Germany Febniary 28, 1851. His father, Henry Cook, brought his family to America in 1858, and located in St. Louis.

Mr. Cook came to this county in 1860. He married Alice Stoneraotz in December, 1873. They had three children - Ola (deceased), Dena (deceased), and Nellie ; the latter is six years old. Mr. Cook is extensively engaged in breeding short-horn cattle, and has one of the finest, if not the finest, herd of cattle in Southern Illinois. His bull weighs 2,000 pounds, and is four years old. He owns 180 acres of fine, well-improved land. He began life fifteen 3'ears ago without a dollar. His fine cattle and extensive improvements show that he has been eminently successful. He is a hard worker and very industrious.

WILLIAM P. DAVIS, farmer, P. 0. Tilford, is a native of Surr}- County, N. C, and was born May 11, 1827. His father, Reece Davis, deceased, was also a native of Surry County, aad brought his family to this county in 1849, where he died in 1854. Our subject attended a subscription school in a log cabin with a dirt floor, and sat upon a split-pole bench. His mother's maiden name was Patsy Harris. She still resides in this township, and is eighty-five years old. Mr. Davis was married, Februar}' 14, 1864, to Margaret Dagg, daughter of James Dagg, deceased, a native of Ireland. The}' had seven children, five living - Mary F., Martha J., Theodosia, Lucinda and William R. Mr. Davis owns 157 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. The family are Baptists.

WILLIAM B. DULANY, farmer and teacher, P. 0. Tilford, is a native of Van Buren County, Tenn., and was born November 28, 1849. His father, John P. Dulany, resides at Black Oak Ridge, this county. The famil}' came to this county in 1867. Our subject was educated at Ewing College, Franklin Co., 111., and has taught school for the past eleven winters, and farmed during the summers. He married jMartha A. Bruce September 25, 1873. She is a daughter of S. V. Bruce, of Mount Vernon Township. They have had four chil- tlren. three living - Eilitli B., Silas F. and Ina. Mr. Dulanj- owns 100 acres of land, and makes the raising of fine liorses a specialty' - the Norman stock. He held the office of Assessor two terms. Is a member of the JIasonic fraternity.

BRITTEN D. ESMAN, merchant and larmer, P. 0. Tilford, was born in Jlonroe Count}', Tenn., July 20, 1847, and is a son of William Esman, deceased, who brought his family to this county in 1858. Our subject preached regularly in the Baptist Church for ten years in this county. In June, 1883, he engaged in the mercantile business at Bluford, and has built up a good trade in general merchandising. He also carries on the farm. He married Cj'uthia Patterson February 28, 1869. Five children were the fruit of this union, four of whom are living - Rosa E., Mary J., Ida F. and Anne.

SAMUEL H. HILLIARD, physician. Pigeon, was born in Tensas Parish, La., January 10, 1851. His father, John D. Hilliard, is a native of New Hampshire, and resides in Carlyle, 111. Our subject was educated in Washington Seminar)', at Richview, 111. He graduated from the Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in March, 1877. He came to this county in 1877, soon after graduation, and has built up a large and remunerative practice. Was married in 1879 to Miss Florence, daughter of Joseph F. Clark, of Farrington Township, this county. The Doctor owns 40 acres of land and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

LANSON K. LAIRD, former, P. 0. Tilford, was born in Athens County, Ohio, September 28, 1844, and is a son of John Laird (deceased), a native of Greene County, Penn. Mr. Laird was a soldier for Uncle Sam in the late war, in Company G, Ninety-second Ohio A'olunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Chickamauga. Mission Ridge, Hoover's Gap, Wilderness, Ft. Sumter and others. He came to Effingham Count}-, 111., in 186(5, and to Texas in 1869, traveling through Texas, Indian Territory and Kansas until 1874, when he came to Douglas County, 111., and in 1881 he came to this county. He was married, September 4, 1868, to Miss Hettie Wintering, who died about eight months later. On the 30th of July, 1879, he married Mrs. Mary Evinger, a daughter of John Woods. She had three children liy her first husband, viz.: Emma, Rosa and Eura F. Evinger. Mr. L. owns 120 acres of land. Is a Mason.

LORENZO M. LIVESAY, deceased, was born in Tennessee October 9, 1825. He came to this county in the fall of 1856, where he died June 6, 187G. He was twice married - the first time to Margaret J. Thompson, October 22, 1845. By her he had twelve children, but four of whom are living - Mary C, Ephraim J., Elizabeth P. and Lafayette S. Mrs. L. died October 28, 1868, and on the 16th of May, 1869, he married Sarah S. Lane, daughter of Henry Lane (deceased). She was born in Caldwell County, Ky., and came with her parents to Clinton County, 111., in 1840. Mr. Livesay was a faithful Methodist, and a useful, honest man.

ABRAM MARLOW, farmer, P. 0. Marlow, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., September 8, 1822, and is a son of James Marlow (deceased), a native of "S'irginia, who brought his family to this county in 1828, and settled on Bullock's Prairie, four miles west of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Slarlow attended a subscription school in a log cabin, with stick chimney, and sat on a split pole, with pins in for legs. When the 3Iarlows settled here, there were many deer, turkeys, wolves, wild cats, and a few bears and panthers here. Our subject was married, in 1842, to Elvira, daughter of Burrel Warren (deceased). They had eleven children, seven living - Winfleld S., Millard F., Sarah A., A. Lincoln, Lucretia J., Hiram P. and Cora. Mr. Marlow was Justice of the Peace fifteen years, Supervisor three years. Postmaster at Marlow

SAMUEL a. MARTIN, farmer. P. 0. Tilford, is a native of Bedford County, Tenu., born November 24, 1838, and is a son of Asa Martin (deceased), a native of North Carolina. Mr. Martin came to this county in 1854. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company B, One Hundred and Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, United States Army, nearly three j"ear.«, participating in the battles of Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, all through the Atlanta campaign, with Sherman to the sea, and back through the Carolinas, and lastly participated in the battle of Bentonville, N. C. He was married, January 16, 1862, to ^lary Sehanck, by whom be had seven children, four living - Alcora I., Ina L., Willard W. and Otto C. Mrs. Martin died December 3, 1876. and he again married, April 11. 1879, to Mrs. Hester A. Gibson (maiden name Buroughs). By her he has two children - Marcus and Ruby (twins). She had five children by her first husband - Adda J. (deceased), Mary, Laura M., 3Iargaret and Ettie. Mr. Martin owns 120 acres of land.

JAMES C. MAXEY, farmer and stockraiser, P. 0. Pigeon, was born in Shiloh Township, this county, June 14, 1827. He was brought up on the farm, and received his education in a subscription school in a log cabin. He married Nancy J. Moss October 31, 1850. Her father. Ransom Moss (deceased) is of the large tribe of Mosses (or as some spell it, Morse), whose ancestral lineage can be traced back several hundred years. Ransom Moss came from Virginia to this county about the year 1818, and settled among the Indi.ans and wild animals. Mrs. Moss still resides in this countj', and is eighty-five years old, the oldest lady member of the Pioneer Societj' of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Maxey have had eight children, seven living - John R., Walter S., Oscar S., Albion P., Henry B., Lillie B. and Ransom M. One son, Oliver W., died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Maxey owns 120 acres of valuable jland. and resides on Section 2. His father, Henry B. Maxey (deceased), was a native of Wilson County, Tenn., and a pioneer of this county, having settled here in 1818. He was a mason by trade, and when away building chimneys his wife often had to throw venison to the wolves and bears to prevent their breaking into the cabin. She was a brave woman. On returning late one night he feigned to frighten her by disguising his voice, but she was equal to the emergenc}-, and took the gun down and made ready to shoot as she opened the door at his command, whereupon he ran around the house, holloaing, " Don't shoot, Pegg} , it's me."

HARVEY M. MAXEY, farmer and merchant, P. 0. Pigeon, was born in this countj- March 26, 1840, and is a brother of James C. Maxey, of this township (see his biography). Mr. Mase}' received a common school education. He taught school about four j-ears, and clerked in different stores in Mt. Vernon several years, but has also carried on his farm. For the past j'ear, he has been selling goods at Keen Station. His oldest son, Albion T., superintends the farm, of which there are over 200 acres (but in different tracts). Mr. M. married, October 24, 1864, Elizabeth Rook, by whom he had sevon children, six living - Albion T., Frederick X., Harry R., Edward B.. Orvil and Clarence.

THOMAS F. MOORE, stock-dealer, P. 0. Tilford, was born in McMinn County, Tenn., April 10, 1839, and is a son of Alexander Moore, of Pendleton Township, who brought his family to Jefferson County in 1840. Our subject spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, and received a limited education. As a business man Jlr. Moore has been eminently successful, although at first everything seemed dark. At the age of nineteen years, he engaged in the mercantile business at Lynchburg, in this count\% but soou afterward tailed ; and when he was married he '- was not wortli anything." He then began to raise stock, which suited his disposition. He has since been prospered be- }-ond his most sanguine expectations, until at present he owns about 2,500 acres of land, besides a large general store at BUiford. He also deals very extensively in poultrj- and produce as well as in stock. Mr. Moore owns also a first-class flouring mill at Opdyke, in this count}'. But few men in Southern Illinois handle as much money as does Mr. Moore. He was married, February 7, 18(53, to Catherine, daughter of William Scrivner. Thej- have had ten children, eight living - William N., MoUic, Margaret, Thomas F., Lydia, Alexander, Oliver K. and Cora. Mr. Moore held the office of Collector two terms, and is the present Supervisor of Webber Township. He is a stockholder in the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Baptist Church.

ALEXANDER MOORE, Jr., farmer, P. 0. Tilford, was born in this county, September 14, 1843, and is a sou of Thomas Moore (deceased), a native of Tennessee. Mr. Moore was brought up on the farm, and has always been a farmer. In January, 1865, he married Nancy Davis, by whom he has seven children - William T., Martha, Annie, Mary, Ford, ^Freddie and Riley. Mr. Moore owns 120 acres of land, and is engaged in raising and dealing in stock as well as farming.

WILLIAM A. NATION, teacher and Justice of the Peace, Tilford, is a native of Hamilton County, 111., born November 30, 1852, and is a son of John H. Nation, of Hamilton County. Mr. Nation received a common school education, but is a self-made man. For the past eleven years he has been engaged in teaching. He owns forty acres of land where he resides on Section 34. Is the present Justice of the Peace for Webber Township. He was married, August 15, 1S75, to Lydia F., daughter of

JOSEPH H. NEWTON, physician, Marlow, was born in Robertson County, Tenn., September 9, 1837, and is a son of Anderson Newton (deceased), a native of Orange County, N. C, who emigrated vvitli his parents to Tennessee in 1818, and brought his family to this county in 1852, where he died in 18fi2. Our subject was brought up on the farm, and received a common school education; but most of his education was obtained at home in a chimney corner. He began the practice of medicine in 1864, in Hamilton County, III, and came to this county in 1866, and has built up a large practice. He was married in 1864, to Lovina, daughter of George Starner. They have had nine children, six living - Eva C, Alluna, Ann, Walter H., Kate and Leda. The Doctor is an Odd Fellow.

OSCAR J. PULLIAM, farmer, P. 0. Tilford, was born in St. Clair County, III, September 28, 1854, and is a son of Richard C. PuUiam (deceased), a native of the same county. Mr. PuUiam was brought up and educated in Belleville, in his native county. He followed railroading for eight years, and for the past five j'ears has been farming in this count}', where he came in 1878. He married Miss Adda J. Gibson September 25, 1880, but she died the following November. Our subject's mother, his two sisters and a Ijrother reside with him 'on the homestead, of which there are eighty acres. Mr. P. is a Baptist, as also are his mother and elder sister. The father died December 12, 1872. He was also a consistent Baptist.

WILLIAM STONE, farmer, P. 0. Opdyke, was born in Dearborn Count}', Ind., January 22, 1843, son of Orman Stone (deceased). Came to White County, 111., in 1868, and to tills county in 1875. Married Melvina Jacobs, by whom he had two children, one living -

Frank. Mrs. Stone died in 1863, and he married, February 13, 1865, Mary M. Dosher, by wliom he had three children, two living - Warren H. and Bertha L. Mr. Stone owns 210 acres of land; is a member of the Christian Church.

THOMAS S. VOYLES. farmer, P. 0. Pigeon, was born in Hall County, Ga., February 20, 1832, and is a son of David Voyles, who emigrated to Greene County, 111., several years ago. He now resides with his son, and is ninety-six years old. Our subject was married, July 5, 1860, to Minerva A., daughter of George W. Hunter (deceased). They have had ten children; nine of these are living - Thomas A., James M., Calloway H., Harriet E., Mary A., Sarah E., Lillie M., Amanda J. and John H. Mr. V. brought his family to this county in 1878. He owns 160 acres of laud; is a member of the United Brethren Church.

LEWIS C. WORK, farmer, P. 0. Tilford, was born in Brown County, Ohio, February 11, 1826, and is a .son of William Work, of Ohio, and a native of the same county. Mr. Work was brought up on a farm, but learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked ' nine years in Jliddletown, Ohio. He came to this count}' in 1875. Married Caroline Lysher, by whom he had seven children - Marnelvia (deceased), Annie, Francis M., Mary, William L., Benjamin L. and Joseph H. Mr. Work owns 160 acres here and 40 acres in Richland County, 111.

ROBERT S. YOUNG, farmer, P. O, Pigeon, is a native of this township, and was born November 14, 1858. His father, Robert S. Young (deceased), was an earl}' settler of this county. There were ten children in the father's familj', of whom the following are living : William L., Mary, Lucy, James B., Robert S. and Nannie H. Their mother's maiden name was Rachel Brown. Our subject owns an undivided third of the homestead, which consists of 240 acres. He is pa3ing some attention to the raising of fine stock. He has been Assessor two terms. Is a member of the United Brethren Church.

R. B. BALTZELL, farmer, P. 0. Dix, was born in Jefferson County, 111., February 4, 1845, to G. J. and Nancy A. (Bryan) Baltzell. He was born in Ohio, she in Virginia. They' were married in Missouri, and moved to Mount Vernon, 111., about 1842, where he probably manufactured the first hat manufactured in the county. Thej- afterward moved near to Walnut Hill, where our subject was born, and where his mother died of the cholera, in August, 1853. He afterward moved to Central ia, where he still resides. Our subject then was mostly reared and educated in Centralia, and engaged in different business ventures till March, 1874, when he came to his pre.sent farm. He bad been engaged in the dr}' goods business, photographing, farming, etc. He bought his farm of ninety acres from M. C. Kell, and is the one first settled by Thomas Kell, and the old store building still stands in which were sold the first goods from this part of Jefferson County. May 20, 1864, our subject entered the service of his country, in Compan}' E, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did station duty at Columbus, Ky., and St. Louis, Mo., until mustered out, October 22, 1864. December 24, 1867, he was married, in Centralia, to Miss Mary J. Croe. She was

Source changes here: from Wall's History of Jefferson County, Illinois, by Wall, John A, published 1909; 982 words in this source stream.

Webber Township

This township lies south of Farrington. The surface is somewhat broken - mostly timber. Puncheon creek. Four Mile, Bear creek and Five Mile creek traverse the township and these nearly all empty into the Skillet Fork and Wabash rivers on the east.

Among the pioneers were Norton, Isaac Casey, Daniel Scott, Ward Webber, H. Wade, William Dale, Peter Bruce, Alex Moore, James Archie, William Green, the Hunts, Browns, Davises. Webber settled on the Fairfield road, but finally located at Lynchburg. The first roads were the Mount Vernon and Fairfield, and Black Oak Ridge roads and then the East Long Prairie road. The first Supervisor was S. V. Bruce, followed by the Harlows, Marlows, Esmans, Moores, Newtons, etc. Schools and churches came along as fast as demanded and now the people are well supplied with these. The Southern Railroad (Air Line) passes through Webber township from east to west. There are two towns on the road - Bluford and Marlow. Bluford has the lead and is becoming a town of importance, with much and increasing business. It is eight miles from Mount Vernon. Marlow being located between these points can never be much of a trading point ; still considerable business is transacted there in the way of shipping fruit, stock, etc. This was the home of the Marlows, most of whom have passed, and Dr. Newton, the principal man of the town has retired and lives in Mount Vernon. Charles Stephenson, a young man, is now the postmaster and chief bugler of the town. Much of Webber township history is unwritten. Its oldest inhabitant died early in 1909.

next south of Webber, is one of the best townships in Jefferson county. It largely lies in Moore's Prairie, which has always been considered the cream land of the county ; besides this was the very first settled part of the county. School and churches came early and have been in business all of these years with increasing zeal and usefulness, and if every family is not benefited by them, it is their own fault. The first town laid out was Lynchburg and it had much business until the Louisville & Nashville Railroad came along and the towns of Opdyke and Belle Rive were started. Colonel Hicks, Dick Lyon, Doctor Gray and other old citizens did business in Lynchburg. Jonathan Beliew was one of the first citizens, but he stole a horse, sold it in Fairfield, was captured and put in the old log jail east of the court-house; escaped; recaptured; escaped again and remained escaped. When the railroad came, the business men of Lynchburg went to Belle Rive and Opdyke. Belle Rive was laid out in 1871 and had for its first citizens, Jesse Laird, the owner of the land, Hughey Eaton, Howard Bondinot Chaney, Grimes, Guthrie, Seeley, Hunter, Davenport, Yeakley, Miller, Buchanan, Ross, Waters and a host of others. But Belle Rive allowed Dahlgren, across the line in Hamilton county, to get ahead of it in business - still Belle Rive is a desirable place to live. It has churches, schools, lodges and good society. Opdyke was also laid off in 1871 and has not been idle in the way of building up and improving. Its first people were Doctors Stonemetz and Montgomery, the Jones, Estes, Phillips, Keller, Alexander, Adams, Allen, etc. Among the first things came school-houses and churches and no part of the county is better equipped with these than is Opdyke and Pendleton township. Opdyke has all the modern improvements and is considered a pleasant suburb to Mount Vernon - the King City of Southern Illinois. The interests and population of Pendleton have grown so fast that there are two voting places now - one at Opdyke and one at Belle Rive. The township generally gives a Republican majority. W. A. Jones was Pendleton's first Supervisor.

In the early history of Moore's Prairie, the history of the whole was so interwoven that it is difficult to distinguish between what is now Pendleton and Moore's Prairie townships, but for the geo- graphical lines dividing them. Moore's Prairie was settled first of all, but Mount Vernon soon drew many of her settlers to that place and the real occupancy came later. A man by the name of Moore was the first settler. He went to the nearest mill, thirty miles off, for meal and was never heard of afterwards, and there seemed to be no doubt that he was murdered by the Indians who then infested the country around there. Among the first settlers of the Prairie were the well known people: Wilkeys, Atchisons. Crenshaws, Irvins, Cooks, Q. A. Wilbanks, C. H. Judd, the Kniffins, Smiths, Birkheads, Cofields, McPhersons, Hicks, Aliens, Zahns, Karns, and so on down. Q. A. Wilbanks was the first Supervisor. He was also Moore's Prairies' leading merchant. Everybody remembers the old Wilbanks stand, where all the political meetings used to be held. After the railroad came, he moved his store to Belle Rive. Schools and churches have flourished in Moore's Prairie ever since civilization reached it. Moore's Prairie also had the first good roads in the county and it has always been noted for its good farms and intelligent farmers. Like the other townships, it was at first Democratic, but of late years, goes Republican. Moore's Prairie will hold its own against all comers.

So much for the townships. It would have been a pleasure to have enlarged on these and given even more history, but each township and its interests have spread out so that it is impossible to tell the whole tale in one book. But these are the main facts to be treasured up and remembered. Township control has no doubt helped in the development and improvement of Jefferson county and so long as the people select good, trustworthy township officers the interests of the whole county as well as the townships are subserved.