Sheboygan Press April 29, 1927 LIMA - HINGHAM - GIBBSVILLE - WAKEFIELD - SIX CORNERS Part 2 LIST OF FIRST PIONEERS Among the first pioneer settlers in the town were the following: 1844 Zebediah LITTLEFIELD, wife and son Timothy on Section 7; J. D. PARRISH on Section 5; John SHAVER and Richmond WHEELER. 1845 - Henry PIERCE on Section 32; Hiram HUMPHREY, wife and son Amherst (Hiram HUMPHREY named the town of Lima in honor of his old home in New York. He built a log house on 400 acres of land); Dr. Cephas WHIPPLE who built the first frame house in the town and planted the first orchard of any importance in the county. 1846 - S. CROSBY on Section 5; J. W. SWETT on Section 3; James WALSH on Section 29; Martin DAHARSH on Section 32; Thomas WALSH on Section 29; D. W. GILBERT (one of the first supervisors); and Benjamin TIBBETTS, wife and nine children (he built the first dam in the town of Hingham for Mr. GIDDINGS) 1847 - John PLOPPER on Section 35; David COOK on Section 23; John EVANS on Section 2; F. CRAIG, Jr. on Section 17; R. H. TRIPP on Section 30; A. L. TIBBETTS on Section 31; Joseph KESLER on Section 31; Henry WALSH on Section 9; C. SNOEYENBOR (later merchant) on Section 26; Abraham ERNISSE on Section 21; and Martin MILEY and wife from Ireland. 1848 - Ben HALTER, with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob HALTER on Section 7; John GROENVELT on Section 15; A. S. LEASON on Section 31; H. R. HOBART (sawmill) on Section 32; and H. W. PIETENPOL on Section 27. 1850 - Joel L. STEWART on Section 10; August MERGET on Section 16; Michael O'CONNER on Section 30; and William HUYCK on Section 14. 1851 - J. H. WILTERDINK on Section 14; E. MELENDY on Section 10; and C. KESLER on Section 31. 1852 - Daniel DALEY on Section 30 1853 - W. C. WHEELER on Section 9; and A. X. HYATT on Section 10. 1854 - Robert HUYCK on Section 14; William BRASSER on Section 26; B. BRUECKER (hotel and store at Six Corners) on Section 13; and J. HUIBREGTSE on Section 25. 1855 - G. FISHER on Section 7; M. STOUB on Section 18; John PIERCE on Section 30; D. H. NORTON on Section 30; James PIERCE on Section 32; Joel BEST on Section 32; and Henry TIMMER on Section 35. 1857 - Conrad DE LONG on Section 14. 1858 - F. E. HOPKINS on Section 2; and F. A. BALCH (merchant) on Section 31. 1861 - F. M. NEAL on Section 3. 1862 - Peter BALKEMA on Section 23. 1863 - O. P. GRISWOLD on Section 17; and P. H. DELAVAN (grist-mill) on Section 31. 1865 - James SLYFIELD (cheese factory) on Section 31.