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CHAPTER XXXI
FRANKVILLE TOWNSHIP (By Geo. M. Anderson [Linnevold] in "Anderson & Goodwin's Atlas," 1905.) Frankville is the eastern township of next to the southern tier. Of the early settlers of this township, there is now living one who came to the county as a soldier in 1846, and was stationed at Fort Atkinson until his discharge. He settled in Frankville township in 1851 on section 31, where he has resided ever since. I refer to James Daniels. * His family consists of eight children--six boys and two girls--all born in this township, the oldest boy, George W., born December 5, 1851, was probably the first white child born in the township. The first house built in the township was built by Wm. Day near where the McKay schoolhouse now stands. This was before the land was surveyed, so when the surveyor ran their lines he found himself in a school section, so he then moved to Decorah. A. P. Rosa was one of the earliest comers into the township. He came to Iowa in 1847, and farmed it in Clayton county for three seasons. In March, 1850, he selected lands in section 31, hewed timber for a log house, which he built and moved into that year. He acquired a farm of 1,000 acres, which after his death was divided among his seven sons and one daughter. The first reapers and threshing machines were bought by him and used on this farm. At one time it was a notable sight to see his three reapers and a company of harvest hands following them in his wheat fields of over a section in one body. Wm. Birdsell came to the township in 1851 and settled on the southwest quarter of section 28. He raised a family of nine boys. Four of the boys saw service in the War of the Rebellion. Wm. Beard located on section 14 in July, 1851, moved his family by team from LaPorte county, Indiana, in November, 1852, and spent the first winter in a cabin on section 23, in which Hammond, his third son, was born. In February of that year Beard rode on horseback, following an old Indian trail to Dubuque, to perfect his title to his *Since died.
PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 266 eighty-acre farm. In May, 1853, the family moved into their new house on section 14, which became the family homestead for the next fourteen years. In 1878 Mr. Beard rented his farm and moved to Decorah and in 1879 he and his son started the, first creamery in the county, which in the next ten years helped the farmers to payoff more mortgages than all previous wheat crops had done for them by raising the grade of their home-made butter worth 5 cents per pound to the best creamery worth 16 to 20 cents per pound. He was of a practical turn of mind, he invented and put into effective use a corn plow, corn planter and a grain harvester. He was a model farmer, a stanch republican, a Christian and a model father. The first Norwegian to settle in the southwest part of the township was Knudt Tollefson. He settled on section 30 in 1850 and lived there until 1854, when he sold out to Isaac Allen. Knudt Godmundson settled in the same neighborhood. He built a mill and ground corn for his neighbors free of toll; previous to the Godmundson mill, the people a great many times had to depend on the women for their grinding, which they did with what they named "the Armstrong mill," said mill consisting of a piece of. tin punched full of holes and nailed to a board, on which they grated the corn. J. B. Schenck settled on section 5 in 1851. He raised a family of six boys and one girl, all born in Frankville township. The north part of the township was mostly settled by Norwegians who came there in 1850, 1851 and 1852. Some settled across the township line in Glenwood. Most of them came from Wisconsin. This township has one village, Frankville. It was founded by Frank Teabout in 1851-2. It is located in the southeast part of the township on what is known as the state road. As it is, Frankville is a pleasant village which at one time figured conspicuously in the history of the county. FRANKVILLE VILLAGE This village once promised to be one of the good towns of the county, and had it been fortunate in securing a railroad it would have been the metropolis of the east side residents. One may judge of its activity from the sketch appended hereto, taken from Sparks' History: "In 1851-2-3 the county was deluged with a healthy immigration.
They were men noted for their integrity, perseverance, and a determination
to succeed. They came in their covered carts drawn by oxen, with
the family support hitched on behind in the possession of a good
milch cow. A great many of these men found their homes on Washington
prairie. The earliest pioneers were the Hawkes, Moses Hostetter,
J. Callendar, Christopher Anderson Estrem, Wm. Padden, the Rose
family, Jacob Duff, Walter Rathbun, and others. These came in
1850 or early in 1851. Among the number who drifted into the county
in the years 1851-2 were J. T. Atkins, the Beards and Cutlers,
John and James D. McKay, Joel Pagin, Wm. Birdsell, Philip Husted,
Isaac Birdsell, Erick Olson Bakke, James B. Schenck, and others
too numerous to mention. This immigration had the effect to change
the wild prairie of a year or two previous into the garden of
Winneshiek county. The construction of houses was carried on until
they dotted the prairie from every conceivable point of the PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 267 compass. Deer were numerous, prairie chickens plenty, the small streams abounded with speckled trout, while larger fish were to be obtained from the Iowa river. With these, and what they were able to raise, it would seem these hardy pioneers fared sumptuously. "Along with the tide that rolled over the country in 1851 was a man noted for his wealth, energy and perseverance. He came to stay, bringing with him a herd of cattle. Among others who preceded him was one Timothy Fuller, whose claim he purchased and settled on. This man is known all over the country as Frank Teabout, the founder of Frankville. "In 1852, Frankville was little more than a trading point, at which lived the only inhabitant and proprietor, Mr. Frank Teabout; but about this time an event transpired which gave to it life and brighter prospects for the future. A commission had been appointed to locate the state road for the benefit of immigrants seeking homes in Northwestern Iowa and Southern Minnesota. Frankville secured the road. "The location of the road is the greatest event in the history of Frankville, for without it, in all likelihood, the place would never have been anything more than the residence of Mr. Frank Teabout. As it is, Frankville is a pleasant village, and at one time figured conspicuously in the history of the county. "It was near night when the commission arrived at Mr. Teabout's
residence, and they of course accepted his hospitality until the
next morning. On the next day Mr. Teabout lead the commissioners
to Decorah, they declaring their line of march to be the location
of the new road. There were other parties besides Mr. Teabout
who studied self-interest in the location of the state road. Among
the number was John McKay. He secured the passage of this desired
highway through his farm. Mr. McKay had the same ambition for
a town that actuated his neighbor. His first work in that direction
was the establishment of a postoffice, which was effected on the
discontinuance of the Jamestown office. He also secured the location
of a store at this place. This town bore the name of Trout River,
and at one time was a strong competitor of Frankville. The postoffice
was continued at this place for nearly two years, whence it was
moved to Frankville. It is claimed that this move was effected
through a compromise entered into between the respective founders
of the two towns. "Immediately on the location of the road, as if by magic, a "town grew up about the nucleus that had previously been built, and was given the name of Frankville. Frankville very soon became the great center of attraction. Moneek became discouraged, and moved the greater part of its worldly effect up to the new town. "The Lathrop House, an impressive three-story frame building,
was built by Philip Lathrop in the year 1854. This hotel was well
provided for, and did a good business. The building was destroyed
by fire in the winter of 1857-8. Mr. Lathrop was absent at the
time of the burning of his house, at Des Moines, lobbying through
a bill asking the location of the deaf and dumb asylum at Frankville,
the people of that place pledging land and material in aid of
its construction. Mr. Teabout replaced the building destroyed,
by another, which long afforded hospitality to the traveler. PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 268 "Much of the early success and prosperity of Frankville is justly accredited to its founder, Mr. Frank Teabout. He possessed wealth, and lavished it on the various enterprises that benefited his town. In 1852 he built the Presbyterian church, and gave it to that denomination--the first house of worship built in the village. This church edifice was early occupied by Rev. D. W. Lyon, a preacher who divided his time between McGregor, Monona, Frankville and other points. "In 1854 Mr. Teabout built a sawmill at a cost of $1,500. This mill did a good business, its owner finding a ready sale for all the timber it could saw. The mill was sold to Mr. Cutler. No trace of it remains today. In 1856 Mr. Teabout built a large steam grist mill, of two run of stone, at a cost of $10,000. The mill, during the first few years of its existence, was a financial success. It was finally sold by the proprietors to Messrs. Beard and Cutler, who transferred the machinery to the Springwater Mill, on the Canoe. Parties used to come from Southern Minnesota to get their grist ground at this mill. "The Methodist church was built in 1873. This denomination had held services previously in other buildings. To the Reverend ,Mr. Webb is said to belong the honor of being the first minister of this denomination to officiate in the place. Frankville continued to prosper until the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad cut it off; then came its decline." Frankville today is what it always has been, a pleasant little village. Its residents are among the best people of the county, industrious and progressive. Some day a railroad may find its way across the prairie and, tarrying at its door, invite it to keep its promise of pioneer days. Frankville township is credited with 874 people in 1910. _______________ LINCOLN TOWNSHIP The best historical sketch of Lincoln township that is available at the present time, so far as it covers the early days, is found in Sparks' History. It consists of notes taken from the writings of S. Pike, a Ridgeway pioneer, and is as follows: "The first settlement was made in Lincoln township in the spring of r852; Knud Alfson built a small house and broke up a few acres on section 27, while Lars Thompson commenced about the same time on section 34. In the fall of the same year, Jacob Knudson and Kittle Sanderson established themselves on section 22. The next year Gunder Kittleson, Albert Kittleson, Gullick Thompson, Tove Thompson and Thomas Thompson settled in the immediate neighborhood, while John Seleir, Michael Farrel, Charles Straun, John Holehan, Nels Olson, Charles Junek, H. W. Klemme, Andrew Michael, Philip Kratz and Wm. Blackburn came in during the two or three years following. The township of Lincoln was formerly reckoned as an integral part of Decorah, an arrangement that did not last very long, as a reconstruction of the map was soon effected, by which the present township was apportioned to Sumner, and upon the authorized survey and platting of townships, was given its present name." Of Ridgeway, the trading center of the township, Mr. Pike made this record: "In 1866 Ridgeway existed only in name. About this time, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway having reached there, the railroad company built a house for their accommodation, and Mr. S. Pike soon after took charge of it. The building was 16x32 feet base, one and a half stories high, divided into several compartments, and ceiled throughout with good matched flooring. Mr. Pike with his wife moved into the house December 4, 1866, a day ever to be remembered in their experiences of housekeeping. Though the ground had been frozen for some time previous, the heavy rains that had fallen the preceding week had thawed the earth again, and the different gangs who were grading the prospective grounds, and also a gang of track layers who were putting in a switch and laying a spur of track for present accommodation, had made the house a place of resort for shelter during the heaviest of the rains, and when they reached there about dark of that rainy December night, the prospect was dreary enough. Fred 269 PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 270 Gashorn and James Kinney antedate Mr. Pike's claim to the title, 'oldest inhabitant,' by about two or three weeks. They did not live within the limits of the present village, however, but were about a hundred rods below. The winter was unusually severe and protracted, the last passage of the snow plow being on March 28, 1876, and that after a three days' effort from McGregor." Alexander's History says: "No effort was made in the way
of improvements until about a year after the road was completed
to Cresco. In July, 1867, J. L. Flowers built a grain warehouse,
and Gilchrist & Co. another soon afterward. A drug store by
A. M. Blakelhan, and a general merchandise store were built the
same year, and a postoffice established. A small depot building
was also erected in 1867. The next year there were many other
improvements, and business greatly increased." Continuing Mr. Pike's narrative, he says: "In the spring of 1874 (May 9), Ridgeway was swept by a fire that threatened to wipe out the entire village. The fire started in a small untenanted wooden structure. A continuous blast from the south swept across the square, taking everything in the line of the wind. The weather had been very dry for some time previous, and the densely packed wooden row fronting the railroad was simply a line of tinder boxes through which the fire swept without let or hinderance, and one hour from the time the alarm was given, four-fifths of the business interest of the town were in ashes. The fire originated with two little boys, four years old, lighting a cigar." The record shows that Ridgeway at that time contained eighty-nine buildings and thirty-four of them were burned. The loss was stated at $48,730, insurance $11,850. The Independent School District of Ridgeway was organized in 1875. The town was incorporated in the early '90's and its limits extended in 1900. It is surrounded by a rich territory and enjoys a good trade. The Methodists some years ago built a very comfortable, cosy little church, which is also used for such entertainments as would be permitted in a church. All lines of business are well represented by the following: General merchandise-Baker-Johnson Company, the leading store, Rollin G. Baker, G. R. Baker and S. G. Johnson, owners; Hopperstad & Brekke; L. H. G. Larson; Mrs. E. A. Bakken & Co. Restaurants-E. H. Albertson; H. H. Fjelstul. Hotel-S. C. Helms,
proprietor.
PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 271 Livery barn-Chas. Beucher. ___________________ FREMONT TOWNSHIP At the June session of the county court in 1856 a petition was presented by a large number of the voters of town 100, north of range 10, praying for the establishment of an electoral township to be known as Fremont township. The name is said to have been suggested by Elijah Middlebrook in honor of John C. Fremont, who was a presidential candidate at that time, says Ellison F. Chase in his sketch of Fremont township in the" Atlas of Winneshiek County" (1905). The court ordered that an election be held at the house of Richard Barnes in said township on the first Monday in August, 1856, for the purpose of electing three township trustees, one township clerk, two justices of the peace, and two constables, and also to vote for the county and state officers to be elected at that time. Thus was the township organized This election came off as ordered. Mr. Barnes' house in which this first election was held was a log cabin with one principal room fourteen feet square with an annex twelve feet square at the back, into which Mrs. Barnes and their three-months old baby, E. M. Barnes, who is now the present owner of the old homestead, were hustled to make room for the voters, who numbered forty-nine. Joseph H. Eddy, Datus E. Shelmidine and J. P. Johnson were appointed judges of the election, and Joseph F. White and Richard Barnes, clerks. The following were elected to fill the township offices: DeWitt Brady, D. E. Shelmidine and J. P. Johnson for trustees; W. F. Daskam for town clerk; Joseph H. Eddy and Wm. Fifield for justices of the peace; C. Parmalee and Wm. Gager for constables. There were six elections held at this same house during years of 1856 and r857. Some of these, however, were special elections. Afterwards there were four elections held at the house of Elijah Clark, one at Plymouth Rock, and sixteen at the red schoolhouse, district No.6, after which they were held at the Grange hall in Kendallville. Mr. Richard Barnes is the sole survivor from among the eleven officers who conducted the first election in the township. 273 PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 274 When the Civil war broke out Fremont township responded to the call for volunteers to offer their services in defense of the flag with her full quota of brave men. Leaving their families and friends, perhaps never again to see their faces, these resolute flag defenders took their places at the front. One man left his wheat stacks standing unthreshed on his claim. The business upon which the early settlers of Fremont township depended for a livelihood was raising wheat for the market. They sowed the seed, harvested the crop and threshed it, then plowed the ground for another year's crop or as much of it as possible before the ground froze. Then the business of the day was to take their crop to market, which for a long time was at McGregor, Iowa, a long, tedious trip in cold, stormy weather, with neither overcoat nor overshoes. But these sturdy pioneers prospered and thrived upon what would make the present generation look like a pumpkin vine the next day after a good hard frost had struck it for the first time. The boys as well as the girls' were taught all kinds of housework, including sewing and knitting. A man who at the present time is a very prominent citizen of Chicago and a most skillful physician, as a boy living on a farm in Fremont township for many years made all his own clothing as well as helping his mother make garments for other members of the family. Fremont township is situated in the northwest corner of Winneshiek county. It occupies the congressional township No. 100 north, range 10, west of the 5th principal meridian, with the exception of the northern tier of sections, which is within the boundary line of Minnesota. The surface is undulating and in central part, bluffy. The Upper Iowa river runs southeasterly through the township, entering near the northwest corner 0f section 7, and pursuing a winding course t6 the southeast, leaving the township on the south line of section 35 and returning at near the southeast corner of section 36; The river is clear, rapid, and in its winding descent affords numerous favorable mill sites. The banks are skirted by forests of a great variety of deciduous trees, except here and there where the land has been cleared for farming purposes. Here and there upon the bluffs of the eastern and northern side of the stream are clusters and large groves of pine, spruce and cedar, some of it having been utilized it) the early days of settlement for building purposes. The siding for the old Winneshiek House in Decorah was sawed from pine logs, which grew in Fremont township and was sawed at the Carter sawmill at Plymouth Rock in 1853-54. It is difficult to discriminate exactly as to whom belongs the
honor of being the first permanent white settler in Fremont township.
It probably belongs to Wm. Fifield and wife, who settled upon
section 23 in 1854 and put up a "shanty" and began a
struggle for a home in what was then a lonely wilderness. The
farm has remained in the family name to the present time, and
is now owned by their son, W. C. Fifield. Mr. and Mrs. Fifield,
in common with others living out on the frontier, endured many
hardships and great privations. At one time, for a space of two
weeks, they saw nothing in the way of food except white beans.
Others had been reduced to middlings and salt as the only means
of sustenance for their families. Being located a long distance
from market or mill it was often the case that winter's snows
shut them out from the rest of the world for weeks at a time.
The life of the early settler was not all hardship and privation.
The spelling schools and singing schools afforded much pleasure
and en- PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 275 joyment for all, as these gatherings were attended and participated in by old and young. The first postoffice in the township was at the house of Billings, on section 23. It was called Willamantic, and was supplied from Decorah once a week. This office was discontinued after about one year, and one established at Twin Springs, which was afterwards changed to Kendallville. Twin Springs postoffice was kept by Miss Caroline Ladd, who came to be known in the community as "Nasby." At one time Twin Springs postoffice was supplied by a stage line running from Decorah, Iowa, to Austin, Minnesota, which made the round trip once per week. The last proprietor of this stage line was A. M. Perry, and when the route was discontinued Plymouth Rock and Kendallville offices were supplied from Decorah, the mail being carried to Burr Oak and then brought across by a boy on horseback. Plymouth Rock, situated in the southeast corner of the township, had its beginning probably as early as in 1852, when it is said a dam was built across the river at that place, and the following year Selden Carter built a sawmill on the site. The land had not yet been surveyed. Later the sawmill was discontinued and a flouring mill built by Mattock & Kelly and others. Mattock & Kelly sold their interests in the property afterwards to Bean Bros. F or a time this mill made money for its owners, but when wheat failed the milling business failed too. The property subsequently came into Mr. G. V. Puntney's hands, who later sold. to Geo. Sears. In 1902 floods so damaged the dam that it was not considered worth while repairing. Mr. Sears moved the machinery and lumber of which the building was constructed to Ridgeway, Iowa. S. G. Kendall came to this county in 1860 from Mississippi. He
had some: capital invested in Plymouth Rock mills with Bean Bros.
He afterwards built the mill at Kendallville which was known as
Twin Springs. He had his mill in operation in 1862. From that
time on the place was called Kendallville, and the name of the
postoffice was changed from that of Twin Springs to Kendallville. At the present time Kendallville has two stores, a blacksmith
shop and a creamery. Betsy Peterson keeps a general stock and
is postmistress; J. c. Young carries a stock of cigars, candies,
etc., and does a restaurant business; Peter Ellingson is the village
smith, and A. J. Hoiness is the creamery man. * Charles Smith now runs the mill, renting from
Mr. Reuter. ____________________ BURR OAK TOWNSHIP W. H. Reed in "Anderson & Goodwin's Atlas," 1905
This hotel, located just north of the present Central Hotel, was purchased by E. Blackmarr and H. O. Benedict in March, 1856, during which year they built on the south side what is now the office to the Central Hotel, Benjamin Ward and Warner Matteson doing the carpenter work. John Wagoner again came into possession in 1857 and continued the hotel business for a number of years. Hiram Manning, Sr., built the log house north of the village, later known as the Relihan House, in 1853. Hiram WiIlsie and his nephew, John Bigelow, opened the first store, across the street from this hotel, in 1851. Mr. Tinkham soon after opened another, and William Henry Willsie later bought out Willsie & Bigelow and built the store just south of the Burr Oak Hotel. The postoffice was established September 6, 1853, with Marshal B. Sherwin postmaster, and Cal. Ferguson the first mail carrier. In this year we find the names of the families John Stead, George Walker, William Crissie, Clark Wicks, Robert Thompson, Charles Barker, James Fosberg, James Sharp and probably others added to our settlers' list. It became necessary during this year to select that place in our young village which has become a sacred spot to so many of us, and this site for our beautiful cemetery was furnished by William H. Willsie. Here was first placed at rest the wife of Warren Hardin, who died October 25, 1853, followed a few days later by Suzana Jane, daughter of John and Mary Stead. In June, 1852, John Cassel, J. Allan Dufleld and Harrison Turner came with their families. G. V. Puntney, now living in Cresco at the age of eighty-five, came to this county in 1851. He built the sawmill for Cutler & Beard on the Canoe four miles north of Decorah in what is now Canoe township, completing same in July, 1852. In April of this year he made a claim on what proved to be sections 279 PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 280 31 and 32 in Burr Oak township, when it was surveyed. The state line between Iowa and Minnesota was surveyed and the township run off into sections during this year and the land came into market in 1853. In 1854 Mr. Puntney built his sawmill on the southeast quarter of 31, securing water power by damming Coldwater creek, which gushes from beneath a high cliff a half mile above the mill, the largest and most picturesque spring in the county. The first schoolhouse in the western half of the township was built in 1856 (Mike Gaul now lives in the building), and although better known as the Coldwater school, was District No. 53 under the old Iowa school laws. Looking backward we often wonder why these early settlers first chose this rough land while the more level prairie was taken later. The reason is that locations near water were very desirable before well drilling machinery and windmills were introduced, and an acre of timber land was then considered worth at least five acres of prairie land, for all buildings were then hewed or sawed from local timber, and each field as prepared for crop must be protected with a "stake and rider" fence of rails gotten out in winter a la Lincoln. Even the shingles were of oak, rived out and shaved to shape, and many a young person today would take down the dictionary on hearing the words "froe" or "slathers." In the spring of 1854 Joseph Metcalf located on the southwest quarter of 18, being the first settler in the northwest quarter of the township. In September of this year he was followed by three more families, viz., E. Webster on the northeast quarter of 19, where his son C. A. Webster still resides, Charles Hitchcock, wife and three sons (all of whom have crossed the silent river), located on the northwest quarter of 18, and John H. Pierce on the northeast quarter of 18. The early blacksmiths in the village were Neri Taylor, John Miller and J. II. Hardin, with John Heckle and Joe Lavalley to take their places. Ira Johnson was our first wagonmaker and John Feyler our first shoemaker. In 1854 came Charles Ward and family, whose sons, Benjamin and John, have built more than their share of the buildings in this and adjoining townships. Other prominent settlers of the early' 50S were David Jewel, James Ervin, Richard Smith, Albert Sage, William Peacock, Levi Moore, Jared Ferguson, and John Ackerson, followed by Thomas Willsie in 1854, Alpha Manning in 1B57, and Asa Wingate in 18S8, while Nicholas Snyder, who settled on the southeast quarter of 18 in 1855 was the pioneer of the numerous Snyder and Gossman families who followed him from Ohio a few years later. And we can read many interesting things between the lines in the story told of how Joseph Metcalf went on foot all the way to Dubuque to file on this piece of land, to find on reaching the land office that Snyder had made entry for the land a day or two before. The American Hotel was built during the summer of 1856 and the old stone schoolhouse in the burr oak grove in the north part of the village, long known as the Relihan grove, and for which the village was named, was also erected that summer and the first school in the village was taught that winter by Moses Brace. There had been a term or two taught in a log building down the creek southwest of town, previous to this time. During the summer of 1856 William Beard and Lewis Ferguson ran
a steam sawmill near the creek, where Hanson Bridge later manufactured
brick. PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY 281 During 1853 and 1854 the township filled up rapidly and many others soon became residents whose names I have missed or have no accurate account of. Burr Oak today is a prosperous village. It is one of the smallest towns in Iowa possessing a bank. Einar Kippe is its cashier. It has two general stores -The Burr Oak Mercantile Company and Thompson & Kippe's. E. M. Reed sells farm implements; C. A. Reed conducts a general repair shop; Dr. W. H. Emmons handles drugs in connection with his medical practice; John Bergsrud runs the butcher shop and feed mill; Ward & Son conduct a novelty store; Herbert Ward is the village barber and postmaster; Fred Koenig and Fred Pahl are the blacksmiths; Madding's Hotel cares for the travelers; Johnson's pool hall furnishes amusement for those who enjoy table games, and Silver Creek Creamery makes butter that sells at good prices on the eastern market. |
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