Barton County KS Archives History - Books .....Settlements - Union And Wheatland Townships 1912
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Book Title: Biographical History Of Barton County

Union and Wheatland  Townships

   The first, settlements in the townships of Union and Wheatland were made in
1877. In that year Union had three resident families, but within a little more
than a year there were fifty-seven voters within its borders. Wheatland enjoyed
about the same kind of a growth. The first settlers in Union township were:
Joseph Weatherby, Daniel R. Wyatt and John Dundas, who came in 1876. They were
followed by Jacob, Michael and Martin J. Sessler, James H. Butler, Anna S.
Verbeck, Benj. and Oliver P. Dunning, Benj. H. and Wright F. Downing, Geo. M.
Gillet, Stanley F. Prindle, Jerome B. Huntley, P. B. Leigh, James Welty, J.
Wonsetler and Richard Wehr who came in 1877.

   Among the first to arrive in Wheatland township were: Washington Spencer,
James Galbraith and Wm. B. Mitchell, who come in 1875. During the following year
the following located in Wheatland: George W. Watson, Francis Millard, Dr.
Norman Baker, Howard N. Fordham, Rial R., Henry J., and John Whipple, Geo. C.
Gray, Silas S. Wilkerson, Israel D. Spencer, James E. Savage, George Keil,
Richard Kittle, John W. Beaman and Charles Hall. The township of Wheatland now
has a population of 443 while Union has 347.


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