Application:
yes
Application Location:
OHS Field Services Files
Year Acquired:
1880
Crops and Livestock Historic:
hay, cattle, garden, pigs
Legal Description:
T 36 R2E Section 8
0
Original Buildings:
No
Acreage Farmed:
0
Acreage Current:
0
Donation Land Claim:
no
Homestead Explanation:
Purchased from Rosie Messal
Homestead:
no
National Register:
no
Generations Living on Property:
1
Original Owner Origin:
Germany [Schwaben - Colonic - Prenfsen] [Bayern Province]
Crops and Livestock Current:
Cattle, Sheep, Pasture
County:
Jackson
Applicant Filer Relationship:
great niece by marriage
Original Owner Ethnicity:
Germany
Original Owner:
Messal Sr., William
Other Buildings:
Original barn is still standing, and has been added to.
Notes Property:
Over the generations the ranch has been added to. It began as 160 acres, and is now 880 acres. There are 3 generations here now -- yet only Maxine lives on the original 160.
Homestead Other:
Yes