(This is the 1875 Nebraska Twp. Plat) [REF:#2] This subdivisonn of Page Co., Iowa is situated in the eastern tier of townships and is congressional township No. 69, and is part of range 36, being the smallest township of the county. It was among the first townships organized into a civil government. It presents an excellent diverse surface, due to the Nodaway streams, one of which flows southwest throughout the entire extent of the township. It is a rich, highly cultivated and thickly populated township and contains the oldest village in Page county - Hawleyville. 1. EARLY SETTLEMENT. [REF:#1] The honor of making the first settlement in this township belongs to Joseph Buckingham, who together with John Buckingham, John Daily and Aaron Wise, came in about 1845. Joseph Buckingham died in the vicinity of Hawleyville in 1872. (their were 3 brothers Joseph, John & Joshus Buckingham ..prs) In 1849 Elisha Thomas, a52y b. 1795 SC. a "Carpenter" built the first mill at the present site of the Hawleyville mills. It was here where Sylvester Thomas, the first county treasurer and recorder, lived. In 1848 Aaron B. Quimby, a "Millwright" b. 1824 PA., settled on the farm later owned by Charles Hakes. This was the most northern settlement in Page county at this time. In 1847-48 John Rose and John Ross both came ito Hawleyville. Men in 1849 named Gregg and Henry Martin settled in the north part of the township. In 1850 George Baker purchased the claim afterward constituting the farm of John McDowell, on section 3. Edward Hollis made a settlement at the same time in Valley township. In 1850 A. B. Quimby and James Foster went to St. Joe, Missouri, to mill, the high water having washed out the mill in Page county. In 1851 Henry McAlpin came and settled near Hawleyville, also Claiborne McBee and William Robbins. The last-named was the second sheriff of Page county. In 1849, McCagy Thomas, son of Elisha Thomas, committed the first suicide in Page county. He shot himself with a gun in the mouth, out in a secluded brush patch. Rev. Carl Mean, afterward a member of the Iowa legislature, lived on the road to Clarinda and kept a few articles of merchandise for sale at his residence. These were truly the first goods sold in Nebraska township. See: 1850 Census, Nebraska Twp. From 1850 to 1860 a majority of the following made settlement in Nebraska township. All named came prior to 1860 and a few perhaps even prior to 1850:  A. H. East, Dr.    and his brother,  T. H. East,    were connected with the milling interests of Hawleyville. They are now both deceased.  E. M. Gilchrist,      James M. Hawley,  1853  from whom Hawleyville was named, came from Missouri, and opened the first regular store in Page county.  C. G. Hinman  1855  started a wagon and blacksmith shop.  Warren Hulbert    , later of Clarinda, was among the early comers.  D. Q. Kent     located a short distance up the Nodaway from Hawleyville. He is now deceased.  Daniel McAlpin  1854   settled at Hawleyville.  Robert McAlpin  1854   settled at Hawdeyville  Stephen E. McAlpin,      Thomas McAlpin  1854   settled a half mile south of Hawleyville  J. M. McFarland.      David Morgan      Luke Rawlings,    and  Washington Rawlings      Thomas Schooley    came during the above named period  Nat Shurtliff    operated a steam sawmill during that decade.  B. R. Tanner,      D. A. Thompson.      John Whitcomb  1854  settled at Hawleyville and opened the pioneer hotel, and his brother, or 1855  Joel Whitcomb,  1854  was among the early blacksmiths there, or 1855 2. Patrons of Page Co., Andreas Plat Book - 1875 [REF:#2]  LName ,  FName P.O. Sec. Acres  Occupation Came to IA.  From Sta.  BRUMBAUGH ,  G.H. [Dr.]  HAWLEYVILLE 13 N/A  PHYS. & SURGEON 1859  PERRY CO. IN  COLLIER ,  A.M.  HAWLEYVILLE 13 445.00  FARMER & TRADER 1851  LEE CO. VA  COOPER ,  A.M.  CLARINDA 22 283.00  FARMER 1857  CHITTENDEN CO. VT  DAMEWOOD ,  Isaac  CLARINDA 24 90.00  FARMER & SHERIF 1857  CHITTENDEN CO. VT  GILEHRIST ,  K.M.  HAWLEYVILLE 24 320.00  FARMER 1858  VIGO CO. IN  LIGGETT ,  J.H.  HAWLEYVILLE 25 440.00  FARMER & 2 RES. 1855  MUSKINGUM CO. OH  McDOWELL ,  S.  HAWLEYVILLE 3 520.00  FARMER 1875  N/A N/A  MORGAN ,  David  HAWLEYVILLE 13 N/A  MAKER, WAGON 1854  DUBOIS CO. IN 3. TOWNS AND VILLAGES VILLAGE OF HAWLEYVILLE. (1902) This is the oldest village in Page county. It is situated on the northwest quarter of section 13, township 69, range 36 west of the 5th principal meridian, and is in the civil township known as Nebraska. It is a quaint, old-fashioned place, with the waters of the East Nodaway river flowing upon its western limits. It is upon ground sufficiently elevated to prevent overflow from high waters. It is seven miles to the northeast of Clarinda, the county seat. The first attempt at business at this point was in 1853 and during the month of January, when James M. Hawley, who'had been in trade in Andrews county, Missouri, and sold out on account of a two years' siege of fever and ague, came to this section with a few hundred dollars' worth of goods, loaded upon a wagon and drawn by a fine team. He came into the county for the purpose of trading his goods for venison, furs, game, etc., with which the country then abounded. But upon arriving where Hawleyville now stands he concluded it a good point at which to open a general store, which he did. His first goods were sold from an improvised counter, made by placing a slab or plank across the heads of two barrels. For some time Mr. Hawley was the only dealer in general merchandise in four counties, namely: Adams, Taylor, Montgomery and Page. He did a large and paying business, laying the foundation for the goodly fortune he afterward possessed. He had his goods, which consisted of everything from a cambric needle to a cook stove, cradle or bedstead, freighted by team from St. Louis, St. Joseph, Missouri, or Ottumwa, Iowa. He frequently paid five dollars a barrel to have salt brought from one of these three points. He sold the same salt at nine dollars a barrel. His stock consisted of enough fabrics of one sort and another to keep his few customers clothed, and he also made out to supply them with sugar, tea, coffee, "lasses" and tobacco, with a small supply of patent medicines, of the Jaynes and Ayers variety. The above formed the beginning of a village, which was platted in 1853 by Henry McAlpin, and named in honor of Mr. Hawley, the pioneer merchant of the county, who still is one of its honored residents, living at Clarinda. No record appears of a platting until May 17, 1855, when James M. Hawley and Mr. McAplin owned the plat. Hawley's store was about all there was to give the spot a village-like look for a few years. In 1856 John Whitcomb bought a log house, which Elisha Thomas built in 1848, and converted it into a hotel, in which he cared for the weary travelers who chanced that way. HAWLEYVILLE IN 1909. Owing to the fact that other towns have sprung up all around Hawlevville and it has been missed by all the lines of railroad so far, the place has gone back to a great extent, and what was Page county's brisk pioneer trading point has now come to be a small hamlet, which is made up of a few hundred people. POSTOFFICE. A postoffice was established at this point in 1854 or 1855, and James M. Hawley was appointed postmaster. The mail was at first brought from Quincy, Adams county, Iowa, by a carrier who walked and carried the mail in a hand satchel. THE HAWLEVILLE MILL. The first mill in this part of Page county was a sawmill, erected about 1849 by Elisha Thomas, on the north bank of the East Nodaway river, which at this point gives a head of nine feet. In 1851 Henry McAlpin and A. M. Collier purchased the site and added rude grinding machinery, including a run of buhrs and a home-made bolt, which was run by hand. In 1854 the mill was sold to Dr. A. H. Thomas and Thomas H. East, and from their hands went after several changes to Truman Curtis and Thomas East, who in 1859 erected a new flouring mill, from which they took flour by wagons to St. Joseph, Missouri, and sold it there at a dollar and a half per hundred. In 1866 A. M. Collier purchased the mill. In 1889 he added steam power and put in the "roller system," with a daily capacity of fifty barrels. The engine was a thirty horse power, which, with the Leffell turbine water wheel, affords sufficient power to run at all times of the year. Original Hawleyville Mill. First water power, changed to steam. In picture taken in early 1900's. Standing from left to right. [Source: Pages of Memories, 1983, Pg 15]      A.M. Collier, Proprietor      E.G., Strong,      A.E. Minard, Miller      Jake Givens,      Art Gay, Engineer      Dr. J.D. Elliott,      Andy B. Harris,      Daniel B. Goodman,      Price Gorman. 4. FIRST EVENTS. [REF:#1] The first merchant at Hawleyville was James M. Hawley in 1853. The first blacksmith was Thomas Goodman, who came in 1853. He removed to California years later and there died. The pioneer wagon maker was C. G. Hinman, who came into Hawleyville in 1854. The second school building was erected in 1861 by Thomas Goodman. It was a two-story brick building and was replaced by a new one in 1890. 5. SCHOOLS. The pioneer school of Nebraska township was taught in a log building erected for school and church purposes at Hawleyville [Sec.13] in 1854. The contrast between that day and this in educational matters has been great. [REF:#1]  Name of school  S.D.#  Sec.#  Includes Sections  Part of:  Owns Land  More:  I.S.D.  01   13  1,12,13,24  NW 1/4,SE 1/4  HAWLEYVILLE, Ind. S.   See:  CARMICHAEL  01.2   36  36  NE 1/4,NE 1/4  Wm. CARMICHAEL   See:  BENTLY  02   11  2,3,10,11,14,15  NW 1/4,NW 1/4  J.S. BENTLY   See:  Sch Dist  02.2   14  14  NE 1/4,SW 1/4  Can't Find   See:  COOPER  03   22  14,15,22,23,26  NW 1/4,SE 1/4  C. COOPER   See:  HICKS  04   26  24,25,26,34,35,36  SE 1/4,SE 1/4  ELIZA HICKS   See: 6. CHURCHES The first preacher to proclaim gospel truth in these parts was Rev. Samuel Farlow. Some claim Carl Means. Rev. Farlow was a Methodist and succeeded in forming a class at a very early date. Rev James ("Uncle Jimmy") Stockton, a Cumberland Presbyterian clergyman, living in Taylor county, also preached to the people at Hawleyville. There was one laughable scene at the old log church away back in the '50's. After forenoon services all ate dinner and within the pioneer assembly might have been found a dozen rollicking girls, of marriageable age, who planted their robust forms outside the log "meeting-house," and all provided with clay pipes took their usual after meal smoke. The Methodist people held meetings in the log school house until 1870 when a frame chapel was erected, in which services are still conducted. The Seventh Day Day Adventists organized at Clarinda and here in the fall of 1889 the meeting commenced in tents, conducted by Elder Washburn and C. B. Gardner, and from these meetings the two societies were formed. [REF:#1] 7. Cemeteries  Name of Cemetery  Town  Built  Active  Located  More  HAWLEYVILLE CEMETERY  Haweylville  1845    Sec. 13, 3.57a, NE 1/4,SW 1/4   See:  VICE CEMETERY  Rual  1856  Non-Active  Sec. 36, ARCHIE WEBB, 1976   See: 8. Patrons of Page Co., Northwest Plat Book - 1902 [REF:#7]  LName  FName  Sec.#  Occupation  Liv. P.O.  BENTLEY ,  J.H.  2  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  HAWLEYVILLE  COLLIER ,  C.M.  14  HAWLEY ROLLER MILLS, Mgr  HAWLEYVILLE  CROW ,  A.T.  22  VEGETABLE GROWER  CLARINDA  EDMONDS ,  J.B.  15  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  CLARINDA  GILLETT ,  L.E.  23  EVERGREEN GROVE FARM - OWNER  HAWLEYVILLE  GOODMAN ,  D.B.  13  PLEASANT VALLEY STOCK FARM - OWNER  HAWLEYVILLE  HAKES ,  Ed  24  FARMER & BREEDER  HAWLEYVILLE  HUNTER ,  J.C.  3  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  HAWLEYVILLE  KNOWLES ,  S.T.  15  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  HAWLEYVILLE  McCOWEN ,  JOY  35  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  CLARINDA  MOORE ,  JOHN  35  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  NEW MARKET  SCHENCH ,  W.F.  11  CENTER VIEW SHEEP FARM - OWNER  HAWLEYVILLE  STODDARD ,  V.C.  15  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  CLARINDA  STRONG ,  E.G.  25  FARMER & STOCK RAISER  HAWLEYVILLE  VINSANT ,  MILTON  22  BREEDER OF POLAND CHINA HOGS  CLARINDA HARLAN TWP. - SOURCE NOTES & REFERENCE  [1.  BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PAGE COUNTY, IOWA - 1890, by W. L. Kershaw, 1st. Published in 1890, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 854 pages.  [2.]   ANDREAS'S ATLAS and BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES - 1875, Published by Mr. Andreas in 1875.  [3.]   EARLY LAND ABSTRACTS - Council Bluffs Early land records from 1853 to 1858.  [4.]   IOWA - PUBLIC LAND DISPOSAL, by Roscoe L. Lokken; Published in 1942 by The State Historical Society of Iowa.  [5.]   THE UNITED STATES AT LARGE, Vol. 10, pp. 26, 714, 715. The western boundary of the Chariton District was moved two ranges west in 1855 ...prs  [6.]  PAGES FROM THE PAST Page Co., Quarterly, Published from 1976 to 1982.  [7.]   Plat Book of Page Co., IA. 1902 Published by Northwest Publishing Company, 1902. Engraved by Ballet & Volk, 27 S. 6th Street, Phila., PA. These records are part of the "Genealogy Computer Package" *** PC-PROFILE *** Volume - II. DUNCAN & Related Families© Compiled and self Published in Oct. 14, 1993 by Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. with the assistance of my late mother Mrs. M. Lucille (WILSON) SARRETT. 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