Prairie Farmer's Directory - Farmers
Abbreviations Used in this Directory
a — Acres; Ch — Children; O — Owner; T — Tenant or Renter; R — Rural
Route; Sec — Section; Maiden name of wife follows directory name in
parentheses ( ); figures at end of information — year became resident of
county. Name of farm follows names of children in quotation marks. In case
of a tenant, the farm owner's name follows the figures giving size of farm.
Where there are two or more sections of the same number in a township, the
range number follows the section number, as "Sec26R14W." The section can be
located by referring to the range numbers on the margin of the map. In some
cases the location of the section is given instead of the range number, as
“Sec24SW." This means that the Sec24 referred to is in the Southwestern part
of the township.
EXAMPLE
Ackerman, William O. (Mary Molck) Ch Harold, Albert, Marion, Flor-
ence; Sibley R2 Sullivant Secl2R7 T160a Hiram Sibley Est. Sibley
Tel. Co. Sibley (1897)
Means
Ackerman, William O. — Name.
(Mary Molck) — Wife's maiden name.
Ch Harold, Albert, Marion, Florence — Children named Harold, Albert, Marion,
Florence.
Sibley R2-Sibley R. F. D. 2.
Sullivant Secl2R7 — Sullivant Township, Section 12, Range 7.
T160a — Tenant on 160 acres.
Herman Sibley Est. — Owner's name.
(1897) — Lived in county since 1897.
Extracted 22 Dec 2016 by Norma Hass from Prairie Farmer's Directory of Ford County, Illinois, published in 1917, page 33.
