Dennis Wright and Frank Wright in Section 20; William B. Russell, Alice E. Hetter, and Myron H. Harper in Section 22; Jacob Cleveland, George Seckel, W. A. Barnes in Section 23; William Ackerman, Calvin L. Smith, and Fred Williams in Section 24; Antone Young, Detlof Borchers, in Section 25; Thomas O'Hare, George A. Schott, Conrad Werner, Sr., and the famous "Ponca" George St. Claire, the very first settler on Battle Creek in Section 26. The St. Claire homestead being the S1/2NE1/4 and E1/2SE1/4 of Section 26. John H. Flower, Section 28. J. S. Knesel (later the Fred W. Tegeler farm and now the Loren Unkel farm), the NE1/4 of Section 28; Patrick and Charles Gray and T. G. Cannon in Section 29; John W. Spaulding, Milton Cambell and Thomas B. England in Section 30; George Pratt, Margaret Owen, George Rauer, and William A. Miller in Section 34. Mr. Miller is the father of Hayes Miller of Battle Creek. John McCollough, Amos T. Riegle in Section 35. (Mr. Riegle platted forty acres of his land as "Central City" in the early 80's hoping that the county seat would be located here. This is the land where Norman Praeuner now lives). Section 36 was state school land and was bought mostly in the early day by Carl Praeuner. Henry Aldag acquired 120 acres of it and Henry Borchers acquired an 0 acre tract which was later bought by Fred Praeuner. Carl Praeuner sold his original homestead to his brother John and bought the larger tract of the school land in Section 36 and later acquired the Riegel farm in Section 35.

FAIRVIEW PRECINCT

The first settlers in Fairview Precinct who became more a part of Battle Creek including the following:

James B. Simons, Section 4-22-2; Amos T. Riegel in the SW1/4 of Section 5; (Mr. Riegel platted a townsite in Section 5 and had a post office known as "Clarion"). James D. Gibbs, John A. Moore, acquired the SE1/4 of Section 6 — across the road from where his father-in-law, Amos T. Riegel, had his store and Clarion post office. Mr. Moore also acquired the NW1/4 of Section 5 where his children were born. Later he sold the quarter to Henry Tietgen, father of Carl Tietgen, when he bought the Pat O'Neill farm north of town where the Paul Moore family now lives. Henry Hogrefe acquired the NW1/4 of Section 7. Mr. Hogrefe was a brother to Herman Hogrefe but his original homestead was in Section 3 of Highland Precinct where Waldo Wisch now lives.

VALLEY PRECINCT

In Valley Precinct north and east of town, we find C. L. Lowe in Section 4; William T. Williams, Mortimar Williams, and Martha A. Fowler in Section 6. Mr. Lowe was the grandfather of the Gronigers, Ray and Fred, and Mrs. Simon Steffen. Charles Fitch bought the railroad land in Section 7. About thirty years ago, 1930, Charles Fitch, Jr., a son, returned to Battle Creek and worked here a number of years as a barber. Franklin Deuel, David A. Ommerman, Charles E. Deuel, and Michael Halpin bought railroad land in Section 15. S. T. (Tom) Napper and L. M. Best bought state owned land in Section 16. James A. Buffington,

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