History
Maine Prairie township was formed 3 August 1858 with the area T122R29 and T123R29 and a fractional part of T121R29 (this fractional area was part of Fair Haven at the time of the 1860 census) Earlier the name had been Marysville. Between 1860 and 1870 its boundaries were increased and decreased in various directions. T123R29 was taken in 1861 to form Rockville. Maine Prairie got a fractional part of T121R29 from Fair Haven. Maine Prairie got its “panhandle” from Fair Haven on 13 March 1867. Early settlers were A. B. Greely, A. S. Greely, Rev. Alvin Messer, Ansel Crommett, Dudley S. French, J. H. French, D. W. Fowler, Joseph Dam, Joseph E. Young, Samuel Young, William Heywood, William L. Heywood, Albert Staples, A. T. Crommett, William Milligan, Horace Greely, Martin Greely, Hiram Millett, Moses Ireland, John Farwell, Orlen Farwell, Frey Kimball, R. F. Adley, James Taylor, George Clark, Daniel Spauling, Ruel Furlong, John P. Guptill, Marilla French, Almira French, James Simmons, D. Sutherland, D. A. Hoyt, S. Leavett, Aaron Scrbiner, Andrew F. Perkins, Daniel Perkins, William Stewart, Henry Huchinson, “Doc” Mayo, James Kimball, John Dolan, Edwin Kidder, Thomas Straw, and A. Wade.
Cemeteries
Holy Cross
Kimball (Find A Grave)
Maine Prairie (Find A Grave)
Old St. Anne’s
St. Anne’s (Find A Grave)
Census
1870 (notes)
1870 (page 050b) (notes and added info)
1870 (page 055b) (notes and added info)
Towns
Kimball (Wikipedia)
Maine Prairie
Marty (Pearl Lake)
Education
Media
Miscellaneous