Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 525
Xolomon WiZk:i~,so~z, born in North Ca~olina in 1S01, inovecl to Ohio
in ISOG, m,zrried Miss Ray in 1S2S, moved to Essex to\\-nship in 1849,
where he died April 2, 1885. His grandfather was a native of Ireland.
Tlto/us Ilj'1~72, born in Virginia in 1801, married in IS%, and the
stnne year settled at Peoria, came to Stark county in 1834, ailcl clied at
his son's home (Perry Winn), October 12, 1879.
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EIoR to t lie org~nih,t1ion of Stark conn ty, to\r~nsllip 13
nort1ll, wnge 5 c;~st, mas a part of Lynn tu~~~nsilip, linos
county, anti up to IS53 as lino\~-n as districtt No. 4, of
St;lrl< county, or i,afavetltc p~ecinct. to clistingt~isll it f~om
&I:~ssilon preci net, or' West Jersey. IJnl~ke the greater
!)art of the mi1it;~ry tract, it was not estel~sirely entered
by soldiers ; so that \rl~en the ;rctual settler arrived lle was
not snrroun(led IN the unceltainties of title attacllecl to
other to\\~nsllips. &en in this county. With the esception
of the eastern sections, broken by Indian wee!;, the surface
is just sofiicjently ~*olling to meet the deslres of the
;~gricalturalist.. Coal of superior tloality underlies the
tlo\vnsl~ip, hut the industry has not been ~lerelopecl to any
extent. Tllere are n few prairie tracts, and in the neighborlioocl
of Walnut creek, a fertile v;~llejr. The streams
lino\~~n as Indian creelr uncl W;~ln~it creelr, with numerous
rivulets, course throug11 the to\\.nsliip ; the Rock Islancl L!
Paci fic r;~ilroatl runs allnost enst antl \vest througll its center
; the farms and Earn)-l~ousesl)eal< of taste ancl thrift, and altogether
the 11ul)py name of Goshen is traly aplrlicable. Lafayette, the only
village in the to~r~nship, is a thri~ing business place, with a pol~ulntion
1,oi~tlering on 350. In 1880 its population was 265, and that of the
to\lrnsll ill, including the village, 1.198. Tile school, the cll~wcll and
tein perance liave for gears clanned inuch at tention froin this people,
and the result manifests itself in :I thoustbud conciliatory evidences of
intelligence an i prosperity.
Tlle original entries of Goshen, or to~msl~ip 13 north, range 5 east,
with the names of present lancl-o~vners, are given as follo~vs :
E. B. Ware, n. e. clr. sec. 1; XIarch 9, 1518. Abel :\rnlstmng, c. 40, 3. IIi~rtin, 130.
.J:tmes W:m, n. w. qr. sec. 1; 3I:~rch 9, 1518. Jolln Jlitrtin, n. m. qr.
.Jacob Annstrony, e. hf. s. w. qr. sec. 1; Sept . 20, lri.52. Jollil A. JInsfield, 11.
Ilf. s. w. tyr.
Sidney T. ~lnmick, n. w. Ilf. s. w. qr. sec. 1; Marc11 2'7, 1851. D. K. Fell, S.
hf. s. w. clr.
Jacob Armstrong, s. w. hf. s. w. yr. scc. 1; Scpt. 20, 1832.
Daniel Shattuck, s. e. qr. sec. 1; April 7,1818. Abel Ar~nstrong, s. e. qr.