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Territory and Boundary - Water Courses -
Lee township originally included
in its present territory all of Weston and substantially all
of Fair. It is bounded on the north by Fair township,
on the east by Carroll and Pettis townships, from which it
is separated by the Platte river, on the south by Waldron
township and the Missouri river, and on the west by the
Missouri river. Owing to the strong Democratic
proclivities of its inhabitants, it was named after Gen.
Robert E. Lee.
This township, like the greater part of many
townships of the county, was at one time covered with
timber, a large portion of which has been cleared and put in
cultivation. Most of the cultivated land of the
township can not be surpassed in fertility. The
Missouri river washes the entire western and most of the
southern boundary, and the Platte the entire eastern
boundary of the township.
Pioneers in the Township -
Among those who settled in this
township at an early day were Joseph Farley, Levi
Staggers, D. M. Sutton, Elisha Green, Lewis Burnes, J. W.
Todd, Andrew Trimble, S. W. Tudor, James Wallace, Davis
Lanter, R. F. Mason, B. McComas, Elijah Harrington, Mrs.
Simon Yocum and others.
A large number of Germans have intermixed with the
original worthy and industrious population, and are making
the country very productive, and are contributing largely to
sustain the reputation of this section of the county as one
of the most productive in the State.
Farley - Population, Etc. -
In 1838 Joseph Farley
pre-empted the land which includes the present site of
Farley, and afterwards laid out the town, and although it
never assumed a town of large proportions, the census of
1880 gives the number of inhabitants 120. The town is
situated on sections 28 and 29, township 52, range 39.
The surrounding country is good, and one of the best
general stock of goods in the county is at this place.
The school building is far above the average, and a good
school is sustained. For history of churches and
lodges see another part of this work.
East
Leavenworth, also called City Point -
East Leavenworth, or City Point,
is on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs
Railroad, twenty-four miles northwest of Kansas City.
C. L. Banning is the principal business man of the
town, and also the postmaster.
BIOGRAPHICAL
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Albright, George |
979 |
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Banning, Cole L. |
979 |
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Cecil, Kinsey B. |
980 |
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Fankhanel, Herman C. |
981 |
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Humphrey, Orlando |
982 |
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Lanter, Davis, Capt. |
982 |
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Meyer, Herman G. S. |
984 |
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Moss, Henry H. |
985 |
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Nieman, Ernst F. |
985 |
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Oberdick, Frederick |
986 |
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Renz, Zacheus |
987 |
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Wallace, James |
988 |
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Wiehe, William |
987 |
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