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Proviso Township Through The Years -- Early Settlers

1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1845, 1848, 1849, 1853, 1858, 1868, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1892, 1893, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1914, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1947, 1949

In 1840:

-Samuel Giles on Section 8

- Nathan Dodson and S. Y. Bruce on Section 31

-Mr. Noyes, E. W. Thomas and Peter Miner on Section 11

-Henry Mesenbrink on Section 19

-P. Granger on Section 28

Reference points:

• The north (top) edge of the township corresponds to North Avenue.
• The east (right) edge of the township corresponds to Harlem Avenue.
• The upper left corner of the box in  bottom left side is the intersection of Wolf and 31st Street. Roosevelt Road runs from left to right through center of the township. 

For more see Land Ownership in 1863.

Last Modified:  09/19/2005