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1. www.mycitymag.com › the-history-of-genesee-countyThe History of Genesee County Cities - My City Magazine

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   Nov 2, 2020 · A small village grew up in and around Davison Station as it came to be called, with Misters Dunn & Darling establishing the first sawmill in its boundary. With the mill came the town’s first doctor, D. W. L. Hanson, first merchant, Damon Stewart, and E. W. Rising, the first tavern keeper.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Richfield,_IllinoisRichfield, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Richfield is an unincorporated community in Richfield Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States. Richfield is east of Payson. Demographics

3. adams-ilgw.genealogyvillage.com › places › twpRichfield Township, Adams County, Illinois

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   Oct 14, 2016 · Three years after the organization of Adams county the first settlement of this township was made, having been first settled by Jacob Franks and A. N. Penrod, in the fall of 1828. On Dec. 6, 1831, David Locke and Joseph Linthieum came; Dixon Tungate and N. D. Harris came in 1832; Aberdeen Mallet came in 1833.

4. www.richfieldohiohistoricalsociety.org › richfield-historyRichfield History

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   Early Richfield History. All of the territory in this part of Summit County had once been occupied by Native American tribes including the Miami, the Pottawatomie, the Delaware, the Shawnese, the Ottawa, the Seneca and a Mingo settlement on the Cuyahoga River in Boston Township.

5. www.richfieldhistoricalsociety.org › history_of_rhsHistory of the Richfield Historical Society

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   Richfield Township experienced a great expression of historical interest in August of 1996 as it celebrated its sesquicentennial year. The township supported a private group of individuals in publishing a 500-page book, Richfield Remembers the Past, about the community’s 19th century heritage.

6. www.wsiu.org › history › 2019/12/27A Conversation On Doctors in Rural Illinois In the 1940s

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   Dec 27, 2019 · We grew up in a small town of Sparta, Illinois, there were only about 3,200 people that live there. So we had three doctors for about a population and maybe the sign outside Sparta used to say 3,200 people of course, that was 1939, 1940. And so that was my experience with a doctor.

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   Who was the first physician in Richfield?

   • The first physician mentioned in Richfield's history was Dr. Secretary Rawson in 1824. Although he practiced here for 40 years, he is best remembered for his wide spread temperance work, for his years of teaching at the Richfield Academy, his ability as a lecturer, and for the establishment of the town's first library in 1825.

   Richfield History

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   When was Richfield Township founded?

   • Richfield Township was established by the state legislature toward the end of 1837. The first post office was located in the house of Phineas Tucker in the small community of Richfield Center (located at M-15 and Coldwater Rd.). The first school was built in 1838 by Phineas, Isaac Tucker and Orsimus Cooley.

   The History of Genesee County Cities Part Nine: Davison and Richfield

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   What happened to Davison and Richfield Townships?

   • At the turn of the century, Davison and Richfield Townships experienced growth. In 1904, Davison was a popular entertainment spot with county fairs held on the grounds that later became the Rosemore Park subdivision. Horse races took place down Main Street until some years later, when a fire destroyed the stables.

   The History of Genesee County Cities Part Nine: Davison and Richfield

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   Who bought Richfield Township?

   • Richfield Township was then sold to six individual men: Col. Benjamin Tallmadge, Capt. John Smith, John Wilcox, Uriel Holmes, Edwards and Green. Later Heman Oviatt of Hudson bought a quarter of the township from Col. Tallmadge for $1.25 an acre and his brother, Nathaniel Oviatt, was also a very early settler here.

   Richfield History

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   Who settled Richfield Ohio in 1809?

   • This was some years before Akron was settled and Cleveland was a village of only a few homes. The first white settler of Richfield arrived in 1809: a man called Lancelot Mays. He came with his family seeking to get away from civilization.

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   Who were the Indians buried in Richfield?

   • The Indians who were found in Richfield were mostly Wyandotte and Ottawa however. Before any white settler had come here, an Indian named Nicksaw was killed as he was pursued by a party from Deerfield in Portage County, Ohio. He was buried in the northwestern part of Richfield Township.

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8. www.richfieldwi.gov › 335History of the Village | Richfield, WI - Official Website

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   The Village of Richfield, originally the home of the Menomonee and Potawatomi people, is located in the south-central Washington County. These areas were ceded by treaties ratified in 1831, by the Menomonee and 1833, by the Potawatomi to the United States.