Biographical Sketch of Lester Tucker Gillett
The sketch details L T Gillett a Knox county Illinois native who moved to Jefferson county Iowa in 1843 with his wife Elzan Riley. They farmed and raised stock on the old Gillett tract near Packwood while eleven children were born to them. The record recounts pauper sale in 1845 Crosby Young auctioned to Gillett and work tasks including shingling and hunting. It also notes Indian presence after white settlement and early crop varieties Campbell corn Smith corn and Gillett rat tail spring wheat. Wages ranged from twenty five to fifty cents daily with monthly wages eight to twelve dollars. girls hired at fifty cents to one dollar per week. The article lists descendants and marriage connections to Stockton McCoy Moore Wells Polock Mowery Rowe Ulery Wells and others. It ends with a travel advertisement detailing Burlington summer service to California Yellowstone and Black Hills with various round-trip prices and contact P E Heflin agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby Young
L. T. Gillett
Isaac Campbel
Ohio
David Smith
Indiana
Smith
Gillett
Hartford County
Connecticut
Elzan Riley
Knox County
Illinois
Jefferson County
Iowa
Polk Township
James T
Ellen
E. M. Stockton
Penelope
James B. McCoy
Orlin H
Elizabeth S. Moore
Packwood
Gillett Farm
Eliza J
J. M. Pollock
Lachary T
Mary E. Mowery
Sterling
Colorado
Jeannette
Wm. Wells
W. Riley
Eunice Alrey
Fostoria
John R
Emma Wells
Jamesport
Missouri
Edward M
Annie Rowe
Sterling, Colorado
Lester T
Mary Ulery
Claremont
California
Early History of Polk[e] Township Settlement and Life
The narrative describes Polk[e] Township's early geography with timbered edges and prairie flats, listing first settlers led byiel Morris and a procession of families settling from 1843. It covers homestead sites, the first cabins, a log schoolhouse, a Christian church, mills, roads, livestock, farming tools, crops, and social customs amid floods, epidemics, and frontier challenges.
Buy It Now Chamberlain's Colic Remedy for Emergencies
A promotional notice urges readers to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Frank S. Shriner. It emphasizes timely use and potential life saving when the need arises, dated July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Frank S. Shriner
Unusually Low Round Trip Rates West and Northwest
The Burlington Route advertises low round trip fares to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo from June 1 to Sept 30 1905 with half fare options and specified return windows. Special summer rates include 19.80 for July 1 to July 14 with a return extension, 14.15 for late August, and broad side trips west of Weaver with Utah options and proportional Northwest fares to Portland Seattle Tacoma and Vancouver with routes via Billings Denver and Scenic Rockies or via St Paul or California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oas
Portland
California
Northwest
Yellowstone Park
Park
Gardiner
Monida
Scenic Colorado
Cody
Big Horn Basin
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood
Hot Springs
Lead
Custer
S. D
Sheridan
Wyo
Burlington
P. E. Heflin
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Weaver
Utah
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Billings
Scenic Rockies
St. Paul
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graham Crackers
National Biscuit Company Bakeries
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda Biscuit
Lester Tucker Gillett
Polke Township
Depres
Ught
Iel Morris
Isaac Campbell
Joseph Benjamin Robinson
Mary Mc. P. Benn
Mathew Spu
Clawson Ell
James Harris
Downey
Archibald Downey
Peters
David
Jorge Kness
Christopher Peter
W. F. Latta
Henry Ramey
Ramey
Hugh Harrison
Simott
Christopher Poffinbarger
Benjamin Robinson
Fred O’donnell
Wm. T. Smith
Oskaloosa
Abingdon
John Gobble
George Gobble
Spring Branch
Myers
Gabriel Snyder
Col
Thomas McCulloch
McCulloch
Virginia
Hurley
Pic
Locust Grove
Coon Creek
Locust Grove Township
Link
Kentucky
T. B. Allender
A. S. McPherson
Res
Allender & McPherson
Fairfield
Hunt & Howard Building
North Side Square
Canada Land
Shallenberger
Chicago
Leggett
Shalienberger
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago, T
Drexel State Bank
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