Henry County IL Archives History - Books .....Morristown, Dayton And Opheim 1877
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Book Title: History Of Henry County, The

MORRISTOWN.

    In the Summer of 1852, Henry Selby built a store and laid out a town upon
Sec. 6, in the northwest corner of the township, which was called Morristown.
This formed a nucleus of a thriving settlement, having a post-office, blacksmith
shops, two stores, a church, school-house, harness shops, etc., but the
subsequent building of the railroad, and the location of the station at Osco,
has taken much of the business away to Osco and other points. The village now
contains twelve dwelling houses, two stores, one shoemaker shop, a meeting-house
and a school-house.

DAYTON.

    But five or six families reside on the original plat of Dayton. Among them
is George Brandenburg, one of the earliest settlers, and whose hospitable
mansion was once the only tavern in the county. It is one of the oldest towns,
and was laid out October 31, 1836, by Mark M. Aiken. It was at one time the
stopping place on the Chicago, Dixon and Rock Island stage route, and but for
the rapid development of towns near it, and the railroads passing it by, might
have been one of the largest towns within the county.

OPHEIM (formerly Edwardsville).

Is a small village a few miles north of Alpha, on the Chicago, Rock Island and
St. Louis Railroad, containing about one hundred inhabitants. It has an
excellent trade in grain and farm products. One good store, a few shops, an
elevator and a lumber yard comprise the business interests.

CHURCHES.

    The Swedish Methodists maintain a good church here. It has been organized but 
a few years, and does not yet support a regular minister.

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THE HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ITS TAX-PAYERS AND VOTERS;
CONTAINING, ALSO, A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY; A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE STATE;
MAP OF THE COUNTY: A BUSINESS DIRECTORY: AN ABSTRACT OF EVERY-DAY LAWS; WAR
RECORD OF HENRY COUNTY; OFFICERS OF SOCIETIES, LODGES, ETC., ETC.

CHICAGO: H. F. KETT. & CO., 15 LAKESIDE BUILDING.

1877.


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