McHenry County IL Archives History .....Hebron Township History - 1877 
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HEBRON, TOWNSHIP 46, RANGE 8.

   This township was first settled in 1836-7, by J. H. Giddings, Geo. W.
Giddings, Eli W. Brigham, C. and John Adams and Mrs. Tryon, who was, for some
time, the only woman in the township, and, as a matter of course, her house
became a general resort for the bachelors thereabout who could sing, so Sunday
was generally spent at the Tryon house in one general musical entertainment, at
one of which the subject of naming the township was introduced, when, at the
suggestion of that lady, that as "Hebron" was a good tune, it being a favorite
of hers, it could not fail to be a good name for the town; the hint was taken,
and soon the christening took place, which was upon the occasion, when Charles
H. had bought a hog, made it passably fat, and the lard being tried out, Mrs.
Tryon, in the endeavor to treat her friends to one of the old home comforts,
undertook the task of frying cakes for the crowd. It is said, that she must have
made more than a bushel, as the company took them as they came from the spider.
That was the first and only fried cake christening in the county.

   J. H. Giddings built the first frame, and Eli W. Brigham the first log house
in the township; the former being still inhabited by its builder.

  The farmers of Hebron believe in cows, as their six cheese factories attest,
the heaviest operators in that line being W. H. k R. W. Stewart, whose factory
is located on Section 27, about two miles south of Hebron Station; the others
being on Sections 9, 10, 17, 23 and 30.

   One branch of the Nippersink rises in a point on Section 28, entering the
main stream in Greenwood, while the main part traverses the west portion of the
township in a southeast direction, crossing Sections 18, 19, 30 and 32, and a
third small stream rises on the farm of E. W. Brigham, Section 6, crosses 8, 5
and 4, entering Wisconsin from Section 3. This stream has its source about
one-fourth of a mile from the main stream of the Nippersink, which flows
southward and then westward. Goose Lake lies within its limits, being partly on
Sections 10 and 11.

   The Rockford & Kenosha Railroad traverses the township in a direction nearly
east and west, crossing Sections 12, 11, 10 and 9, running the remainder of the
distance on the line between Sections 8 and 17, 7 and 18, making about six and
one-half miles of track.

   The timber of this township is in the northwest, west and southeast, the rest
being prairie. The town is well adapted to any kind of produce that can be
cultivated in the county.

   There is but one church, that being located at the Station, and being owned
by the Presbyterians.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE TAX-PAYERS AND VOTERS
OF
McHENRY COUNTY;

CONTAINING ALSO

A Map of the County; a Condensed History of the State of Illinois; an Historical
Sketch of the County, its Towns and Villages; an Abstract of Every-day Laws of
the State; a Business Directory; Officers of Societies, Lodges and Public
Officers; a Department of General Information for Farmers, Dairymen, Etc., Etc.

CHICAGO: C. WALKER & CO.
1877.


Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by
C. WALKER & CO.,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO.,
PRINTERS, CHICAGO.


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