Zimmerman owned and occupied the farm for some twenty years. Gottfried Walski bought the NE1/4 and Fielden J. Hale bought the S1/2 which was later owned by George Zimmerman. It was the tract of land which Tim Preece sold to William Prauner at auction -- "sold and sold forever." It is still owned by members of the William Prauner family.

This is taken from the U. S. Treasury Department income tax forms for farmer returns in 1967. These tools and the cart would have been a luxury when many of the first settlers walked out from West Point or by 1869 from Columbus.

In Section 18, we find the homesteads of George H. Connelly, Thomas Wade and Elmore J. Brink. A story by Mrs. Chas. Martin, who was born Gertrude Wade, is told elsewhere. Mr. Wade, was a brother of Mrs. T. D. Preece. (When Mr. and Mrs. Preece were married in 1891, their first home was the homestead of Mr. Preece's grandfather, Timothy Carrabine, southwest of Norfolk. Thereafter it was the NW1/4 of Section 7, known then as the Michael Connelly farm, thereafter the Dennis Connelly farm.

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