Are they still standing?



In the first article Bela Foster wrote about the early settlers of Lyman Township, he discusses the first homes erected in Lyman Township. He notes all the houses are gone now except the one north of the L. G. Chambers farm and one known as the Iler home. Are they still standing? I doubt it, but I better go check it out.

Looks like the "one north of the L. G. Chambers farm" may be in Section 4.  On the 1916 plat (below) a small square (house location) is seen just in the corner of the L. G. Chambers property.  This property is located on 115, just a short way (1 to 1 1/2 mile?) south of the Thawville blacktop on the east side of the road.

The other home known as the "Iler" home is located in Section 10.  This is close to Rt. 54, not far from Beset Grove.  The 2016 Lyman plat show 2 homes in Section 10, across the highway from the new Wasmer home near Beset Grove.  I don't think either one is the Iler home.  Looks like the one to the north was occupied by a ? (possibly John, but I can't read the small print) Fuoss on the 1916 plat. And possibly Roger Thompson currently (2016 plat) lives near the Iler property although I believe Roger may be in the M. Havener home. 

 



 

 --Roberts Herald.  13 March 1935.  Bela Foster.