Sheboygan Press April 29, 1927 LIMA - HINGHAM - GIBBSVILLE - WAKEFIELD - SIX CORNERS Part 3 RESIDENTS IN 1870 The following list contains the names of all the settlers, owners of land and their respective locations in the town of Lima in 1870: Section 1 - H. GIDDINGS; P. HAASE; Mr. HAHN; and J. KNOWLES. Section 2 - A. Y. MILLER; C. M. PRESTON; H. MALLMANN; D. KNOWLES; John TeSELLE; C. DeLONG; John EVANS; J. RICHARDSON. Section 3 - A. and Frank HUMPHREY; M. BENNINK; A. D. DeLAND (cheese factory); J. W. SWETT; W. R. NORTHRUP; F. E. HOPKINS; and J. NEALE. Section 4 - R. L. WHEELER; J. D. ROSE; Mrs. Caroline STRONG; C. LANGNER; P. KETTER; and J. A. BENTLEY. Section 5 - S. CROSBY; W. M. ROGERS; A. CROSBY; H. H. KAPPELMANN; R. L. WHEELER; E. C. TUPPER; J. D. PARRISH; and A. G. DYE. Section 6 - J. HUSON; M. and H. TUPPER; Mrs. BROWNE; O. H. BYRUM; Mr. WALTERS; W. I. HOWARD; J. OOSTERHUIS; and P. GREINER. Section 7 - B. HALTER; D. W. GILBERT; C. FISHER; J. HUSON; G. N. GILBERT; and T. LITTLEFIELD. Section 8 - J. D. PARRISH; A. G. DYE; William GALLAGHER; J. B. and F. CRAIG; and P. KETTER. Section 9 - S. WINTSEL; H. WALSH; P. KETTER; P. ALLMAN; J. PHALAM; W. E. CADY; Mrs. Caroline STRONG; W. C. WHEELER; and C. HUMPHREY. Section 10 - H. WALSH; Mrs. HUMPHREY; J. L. STEWART; Carl BORN; A. X. HYATT; and E. MELENDY. Section 11 - John MILEY; Mrs. MOORE; H. SMITH; C. REVOLT; H. J. BOLAND; G. KEMINK; A. MITTWEDE; E. SCHRAMM; and the J. NEAL estate. Section 12 - H. BENSEA; F. MIESERKOTHEN; H. and A. NYTES; G. TENZE; Mrs. M. L. ADAMS; H. KLINE; J. JUETTEN; P. VANDELOO; J. CRIPLEEN; and F. WILBERG. Section 13 - E. S. WIERMAN; H. KOENIG; J. STEINFELDT; G. J. NEERHOFF; B. BRUECKER; J. VAN TREECK; J. CRESSMAN; P. SANDER; M. BEUMLER; and G. VANDEVORT. Section 14 - M. GROENVELT; F. WICK; William HUYCK; Mrs. KENNEDY; J. STEINFELDT Sr.; J. H. WILTERDINK; Mrs. S. CHAPEL; C. DeLONG; A. AHRENS; R. and A. HUYCK. Section 15 - J. WALTER; Martin and P. MILEY; H. M. and J. GROENVILT; W. WASSINK; J. WISMER; William VAN HORN; Thomas BAS; and J. WOHLFINGER. Section 16 - F. LANGNER; P. WISMAN; J. KIMMET; J. G. HOLZSCHUH; I. ERNISSE; P. KLUG; P. J. ERNISSE; N. EBY; G. ZWICK; M. MERGET; P. WINTER; F. LANGNER; and Adam MERGET. Section 17 - A. HUMPHREY; F. PATZNICK; O. P. GRISWOLD; G. FRITS; J. B. CRAIG; F. CRAIG, Jr.; and F. BEYER. Section 18 - J. and A. ALLMANN; Pat LONG; P. MULVEY; P. HAUSLING; M. HAGERTY; A. PETERSON; Mrs. W. GALLAGHER; J. WOODSWORTH; M. STROUB; G. SCHNELL; F. SENGLAUG; and L. SCHNEIDER. Section 19 - W. WARNER; Mrs. C. NAGLE; F. ROGGENBUK: M. and Ellen HAGERTY; KAPPLER and ULRICH; P. NICHOLSON; J. MURPHY; and Nellie SULLIVAN. Section 20 - J. SERFLING; F. HOFFMANN; D. MURPHY; F. MULVEY; G. DENGLEIN; P. WELLER; L. SCHNEIDER; John DOHERTY; James MILEY; E. KENNEDY; and J. W. BENNINK. Section 21 - H. LORENZ; W. CORSEGE; C. HARSH; P. D. BORT; A. ERNISSE; W. WALSH; TeWINKLE estate; and H. J. WILTERDINK. Section 22 - W. VAN HORN; H. J. BOJINK; J. N. ROSS; H. CARPERS; H. HARMS; W. HOFTIEZER; L. BOCK; Al KAMPMAN; and A. KIEFER. Section 23 - W. VANDE LOO; M. TRIMBERGER; David COOK; Jacob LUDENS; G. J. BRUSSE; P. BALKEMA; J. HEIDEMAN; A. AHRENS; J. SPRANGER; M. C. VAN VORST; and J. SMITH. Section 24 - J. VANDE LOO; J. EHRENS; J. EMMERS; R. LAMMERS; J. MEYERS; G. KUEHNE; M. TRIMBERGER; S. BRUENIG; J. BRASSER; J. BUTZEN; A. J. WEAVERS; and W. REINTGAS. Section 25 - G. h. ARNSEN; J. KRUISCHENCK; L. SWISTER; T. and G. BUEHLER; J. HUIBREGTSE; W. BOCK; and W. BRASSER. Section 26 - Mrs. B. L. GIBBS; H. W. PIETENPOL; H. TIMMER; J. D. GIBBS; E. M. FYFE; G. N. DULMES; and Mrs. DUNNEWALD. Section 27 - J. RAUWERDINK; H. ROSS; J. DAANE; W. KUHLMAN; B. W. PIETENPOL; J. OBBINK; J. DULMES; B. W. KOLTS; D. OGLAN; and W. A. HESSELINK. Section 28 - A. J. GRUENINK; J. G. RUSELINK; H. RUSELINK; G. J. MENTINK; G. J. TEN DOLLE; H. J. HOOPMAN; and B. TEN PAS. Section 29 - J. MURPHY; J. W. JOHNSON; C. WALVOORD; C. TERMAAT; G. J. BENNINK; Thomas WALSH; J. B. TEN HAKEN; H. J. HUENINK; and James WALSH. Section 30 - Mrs. M. DALY; D. BARRY; L. TIBBETTS; M. O'CONNOR; D. DALY; E. NORTON; G. RUMSBY; R. N. TRIPP; T. O'CONNOR; John PIERCE; and P. DELL. Section 31 - H. C. DASCHIELT; H. TIBBETTS; P. COON; D. NORTON; Joel BEST; D. S. COBB; Mrs. SHAW; L. T. COTTEN; J. M. PLATT; A. S. LEASON; L. TIBBETTS; J. KESSLER; L. T. COLLIER (druggist at Hingham); and J. JOHNSON. Section 32 - J. STEMERDINK; Christian FLAIG; M. DAHARSH; J. LEASON; H. PIERCE; J. RENSINK; J. PIERCE; and O. BRUST. Section 33 - J. H. TEN PAS; G. MEERDINK; G. GOOSEN; J. STEMERDINK; G. J. RAUWERDINK; N. C. GLEASON; H. J. DULMES; A. LOOMIS; and R. H. TER MAAT. Section 34 - John WALVOORD; C. LANGNER; Mrs. YORK; J. OOSTERHUIS; A. HEINER; A. PRASCHER; G. J. SCHOLTEN; G. J. LAMMERS; and W. NEERHOFF. Section 35 - C. SNOEYENBOS; H. JENTINK; S. OOSTERHUIS; H. TIMMER; L. DE RYKE; J. PLOPPER; P. SANDEE; and A. P. GRUEPPINK. Section 36 - H. HUIBREGTSE; B. W. MENTINK; J. CORNELIUS; J. W. WORDES; J. HUIBREGTSE; J. B. MEERDINK; J. BALKINS; C. VAN ESS; and G. HUIBREGTSE. Two hamlets, which for a time, gave promise of becoming small villages, were located in the town of Lima. Gibbsville, in Section 26, at one time contained a general store, at which considerable business was transacted, while at Six Corners, located in Section 13, B. BRUECKER conducted a general merchandise business. A church, school house and a few dwelling houses completed the settlement. According to the last school census, the town of Lima had five district and three joint district schools, with an aggregate enrollment of 524 pupils.