History
Fair Haven township was formed 8 February 1859 and consisted of T122R28, part of T121R28 and part of T121R29. Its area was reduced in 1861 by the fractional T121R29 and portions of T122R28 (todays panhandle) to Maine Prairie. Early settlers were Thomas C. Partridge, Lovinus Abell, Sylvester Wolcutt, George W. Root, Henry Root, H. Hill, John G. Smith, John L. Dean, all of Mecca, Ohio. Later in the year E. O. Haven, Aaron Scribner, William H. Day, Alanson Smith, E. G. Parsons, Joshua Kent, Stephen C. Kent, V. W. Olds and Henry Block. The spring of 1857 brought the arrival of J. W. Coats, A. J. Brockett, Miner Sperry, Newton Scoville, Charles Abell, Lucius Belden, Alfred Dean and George W. Dean, A. Montgomery, and John K Noyes. Summer brought J. C. Winslow, D. A. Perkins, Josiah Noyes, A. J. Whitney, Joseph H. Lock, James Tucker and Elijah Townsend. Some of these came initially with their families and some without their families though the families usually arrived within a year. 1858 brought Stinson Lovejoy, Frank Crane, John Metcalf, B. H. Winslow, Michael Patten, Mrs. George R. Whitney, J. C. Boober, James Elmer, James Jenks, and O. D. Webb.
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