IDA COUNTY PLAT BOOK 1885 DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP

Township 89 North, Range 41, West of 5^th Principal Meridian 

 

Section 1

NE Corner-Michael Sherman, 105 acres

NE Middle-R. Corbett, 39 acres

SE Corner-Henry Meyer, 160 acres

NW Corner-James Dargen, 78 acres

NW Middle-J.T. Fowler, 60 acres

SW Corner-Ellen M. Johns, 160 acres

 

Section 2

NE Corner-John Harvison, 158 acres

SE Corner-F.C. Gensicke, 60 acres

SE Corner-Location of School No. 3

SE Corner Center-C. Gensickle

NW Corner Center-C. Hittle, 80 acres

NW Corner-John Harvison, 79 acres

SW Corner-Iowa Co. 160 acres

 

Section 3

NE Corner-S.S. Geddis, 40 acres

NE Corner Center-A.D. Zepp, 39 acres

NE Corner Lower-C.C. Zupp, 130 acres

SE Corner Top-C.C. Zupp, 40 acres

SE Corner Lower-T.F. Gerhart, 40 acres

NW Corner- R. Vandiver, 158 acres

SW Corner-John Bunn, 190 acres

SW Corner Middle-Geo. W. Mattoon, 40 acres

 

Section 4

NE Corner-T.W. Kissinger, 157 acres

SE & SW Corner-Iowa County, 320 acres

NW Corner-Jos. Cook 158 acres

SW Corner-School No. 2

 

Section 5

NE Corner-J. M. Beasley, 157 acres

SE Corner Top-A. Bunn, 80 acres

SE Corner-T.S. Snell, 80 acres

NW Corner Top- D.R. True, 74 acres

NW Corner Middle & SW Corner Top-Geo. D. Moore, 160 acres

SW Corner-I.R.R.L. Co., 80 acres
 

Section 6

NE & SE Corner, Geo. Baldwin,

NW Middle-J.T. Brush, 36 acres

NW Corner Top-W.T. Chapman, 86 acres

SW Corner Middle-F.E. Dwight, 45 acres

SW Corner-Jacob Bunn, 45 acres

 

Section 7

NE Corner Top-Chas. Reed, 80 acres

NE Corner Middle-R.R. 40 acres

NE Corner Middle-M. Mason, 40 acres

SE Corner- Nash, 160 acres

NW Corner Middle-John Harvison, 85 acres

NW Corner-Not listed

SW Middle Corner-Johnn Harvison, 85 acres

SW Corner-Aleny Moon, 85 acres

 

Section 8

NE & NW Corner-J.S. Cramer, 400 acres

SE Corner-Irvin S. Dodds, 160 acres

SW Bottom Corner-W. Throssel, 80 acres

 

Section 9

NE Corner-J.T. Chambers, 160 acres

SE Corner-B. Shimer, 160 acres

NW Corner-I.R.R.L. Co., 160 acres

SE Middle Corner-Geo. B. Hutchcroft, 80 acres

SE Corner-H.I. Prusia, 80 acres

 

Section 10

NE Corner-H.H. Mattoon, 80 acres

NE Corner Right-Geo. W. Mattoon, 80 acres

SE & SW Corner-John Stuart, 320 acres

NW Corner-J.E. Mattoon, 160 acres

 

Section 11

NE Corner-Peter Smith, 160 acres

SE Corner-I. Gleason, 160 acres

NW Corner-Julius Ghent, 160 acres

SW Corner-J.T. Church, 160 acres

 

Section 12

NE Corner-G.E. Burns, 160 acres

SE Corner-Henry Lemkuhl, 160 acres

NW & SW  Right-Geo. H. Thresher, 160 acres

NW & SW Left-H. Ashton, 160 acres

 

Section 13

Byron W. Sherman owns this section, 640 acres

 

Section 14

NE Corner-W. McCrarry, 160 acres

SE Corner-A. Siberill, 160 acres

SE Corner-School No. 5

NW Corner-O.O. Strickling, 160 acres

SW Corner-James D. Fowler, 160 acres

 

Section 15

NE Corner-Geo. W. Smith, 160 acres

SE Corner-A. Hallam, 160 acres

NW & SW Corner-John Peasley, 320 acres

 

Section 16

NE & SE Corner-Geo. W. Smith, 320 acres

NW Corner-F. R. Moorehead, 160 acres

SW Corner-H.A. Moorehead, 160 acres

 

Section 17

NE Corner- H.E. Boardman, 160 acres

SE & SW Corner-S.L. Rhodes, 320 acres

NW Corner-T.L. Mitchell, 160 acres

 

Section 18

NE Corner-Rebecca Osborne, 160 acres

NE Corner-Garfield School No. 1

SE Corner-S. Miller, 40 acres

NW Corner Top-Lee Cobb, 85 acres

NW Corner Bottom-F. Grimes,

SW Corner Top-F. Shumway, 124 acres

SW Corner Bottom-J.W. Smith, 124 acres

 

Section 19

NE Corner-Jacob A. James, 160 acres

SE Corner-James Bertilson, 160 acres

NW Corner-John S. Ackley, 170 acres

SW Corner-R.D. Ackley, 171 acres

 

Section 20

NE Corner-James Law, 160 acres

SE Corner-H.A. Bullock, 160 acres

NW Corner-L.R. Sears, 160 acres

SW Corner-J.L. Rogers, 160 acres

 

Section 21

NE Corner-B.S. Buell, 160

SW, NW & SE-J. M. Skinner, 480 acres

 

Section 22

NE Corner-Not listed

SE & SW Corner-John Von Dohren, 320 acres

NW Corner-J.K. Smith Est., 160 acres

 

Section 23

NE & NW Corner-R.H. McCutchen, 480 acres

NW Corner-J.K. Smith Est., 80 acres

SW Corner-J. Steffenson, 80 acres

 

Section 24

NE Corner-G.W. Buck, 160 acres

SE Corner-E. Snyder, 160 acres

NW Corner- O. Griffin, 160 acres

SW Corner-L.W. Brooks, 160 acres

 

Section 25

NE Top-W.H. Cummings, 120 acres

NE Middle-G.W. Cummings, 160 acres

SE Top-B. Jacobson, 80 acres

SE Bottom-Sol. Salmonson, 80 acres

NW Top-Burdick, 40 acres

SW Top-T.S. Aarvig, 80 acres

SW Bottom-Ole T. Bondhaus, 80 acres

 

Section 26

NE Top-G.R. Lake, 80 acres

NE Bottom-D.P. Bullock, 80 acres

SE Top-H. Schluter, 80 acres

SE Bottom-T.D. Lake, 40 acres

NW Top Right-T.J. Skinner, 80 acrees

NW Top Left-J. Skinner, 80 acres

SW Top-Geo. Baxter, 80 acres

SW Bottom-J. H. Lukens, 120 acres

 

Section 27

NE Corner-Stephen Salmonson, 160 acres

SE Corner Right-C.A. Low, 80 acres

SE Corner Left-T. Tolberson, 80 acres

NW Corner-C. Peterson, 160 acres

SW Corner-F. Simonson, 160 acres

 

Section 28

NE Top Corner-Geo. W. Aduddell, 80 acres

NE Center & SE Top-J. Bennett, 160 acres

NW & Top SW Corner-David Anderson, 160 acres

SE & SW Bottom-J. B. Legnard, 160 acres

 

Section  29

NE & SE Corner-C.W. Sawyer, 320 acres

NW Corner-S.C. Allison, 40 acres

NW & SW Corner-I.R.R.L. Co., 280 acres

 

Section 30

NE Top Right-S.C. Allison, 40 acres

NE Top Left-James Bertilson, 40 acres

SE Corner Bottom Right-Wm. Birtll, 40 acres

SE Corner-Chas. Dodd, 200 acres

NW Top Right-Elizabeth Hepburn, 40 acres

NW & SW Portion-I.R.R.L. Co., 179 acres

SW Corner-John Bower, 126 acres

 

Section 31

NE Corner-I.R.R.L. Co., 40 acres

NE & SE Corner-Wm. Birtll, 240 acres

NW Corner-W.C. Pratt, 126 acres

SE Corner-G.W. Carr, 253 acres

 

Section 32

NE & NW Corner-I.R.R.L. Co., 240 acres

SE Corner-H. Goodwin, 160 acres

SW Corner-James Hart, 240 acres

 

Section 33

All Sections owned by J. B. Legnard, 640 acres

 

Section 34

NE Corner-C.W. Ostrander, 160 acres

SE Corner-Michael Cooper, 160 acres

NW Corner-Niels Bartleson, 160 acres

SW Corner-Hans Bartleson, 160 acres

 

Section 35

NE & N W Corner-G.W. Sawyer, 320 acres

NE Corner-School No. 4

SE Corner-Chas. Cooper, 160 acres

SW Corner-Michael Cooper, 160 acres

 

Section 36

NE Top Corner-Ole Hanson, 80 acres

NE Bottom Corner-C. Stahl, 80 acres

SE Corner-H A. & C. Rothert, 160 acres

NW & SW Corner-L.C. Sawyer, 320 acres
 

 

Douglas Township is one of the earliest settled parts in Ida County. Before 1868 a settlement began in the northwest corner.
The first dwelling was built in 1869 by John Kingen in Section 2.  In 1868 the first school was built in Section 18.
  In 1892  $70 was paid for 2 acres of land in Section 14 to be used as a cemetery. The first burial was January 1893.   This cemetery was called Fairview Cemetery and today only three stones remain and the land is mostly prairie grass.