KNOX TWP. RESIDENTS

1890

During the legal battle to keep the Leslie railroad station open, a list of witnesses giving depositions was given to the court. It was filed in Polk County, Iowa, on December 11, 1890. All these people were residents of Knox township living near Leslie. This information is especially pertinent due to the destruction of the 1890 federal census records.

NAME

AGE

ACRES

RESIDENCE

Benjamin Arnold  55 160 2 miles from Leslie
Allen Tompkins 24 140 5 .5 miles from Leslie
Charles Johnson 63 140 Living 1 mile from Leslie
Daniel Hedge 55 90 Living 1 miles and 3/4 from Leslie
C.R. Yates 36 500 Living a quarter of a mile from Leslie
Jefferson Elliott 42 40 Two miles from Leslie
William Corr 63   Two miles from Leslie
J.J. Arnold 67 160 One mile and a quarter from Leslie
W.G. Otis 62 55 5 miles nw of Leslie

Oscar Yates  41 40 one-fourth miles from Leslie
J.W. Thurlow 58 214 3.5 miles from Leslie
Press Mitchell  35 120 three-quarter mile from Leslie
J.L. Reish 30 125 2 miles from Leslie
J.M. Duncan 36 120 3.5 miles from Leslie
J.H. Yates 43 80 2.5 miles from Leslie
Samuel Reish 64 260 1.5 miles from Leslie
T.J. Lewis 61 120 3.5 miles from Leslie
J.W. Tabler 56 100 2 and a quarter miles from Leslie
William Ford 66 360 4 miles from Leslie

 NAME

AGE

ACRES

RESIDENCE

G.K. Binkard 41   3 and a quarter miles from Leslie
S.M. Thurlow 32 90 2 .5 miles from Leslie
Aaron Lewis 58 80 2 and a quarter miles from Leslie
Jonas Hunt 53 100 5 miles from Leslie
L.B. Freeman 72 90 2 .5 miles from Leslie
W.S. Luce 49 270 1 mile from Leslie
Robert Pitt 62 120 1.5 miles from Leslie
S.J. Linder 26 120 3.5 miles from Leslie
James A. Wade 45 330 3 miles from Leslie
J.A. Tabler  58 140 2 miles from Leslie
E. Tompkins 68 138 5 miles from Leslie
G. Coffey 58 80 one-half mile from Leslie
C.M. Roberts 20 80 3 miles from Leslie
S.L. Crew 26   1 and three-quarters miles from Leslie
Jacob Miller 61 85 4 and a quarter miles from Leslie
Charles L. Johnson 29 87 1.5 miles from Leslie
G.W. Crew 32   1.5 miles from Leslie
Jasper Beeman 37   1 and three-quarters miles from Leslie
E.M. Lane 28   1 and a quarter miles from Leslie
Leonard Yates 40 40 three quarter miles from Leslie
I.I. Chamberlain 50 153 3 miles from Leslie

Source: "The Four Trails And A Tale Or Two" by Margaret Reeves, p. 11.

Knox Township