Romine Township
The first land entries were made
in 1833. The township got its name from one of the earlier
settlers in the
territory, Abram Romine. The first settler was a man named
Adams.
Romine was made up of 36 sections. William Brewer came with his
family in 1827 and settled in Sec. 29.
William F. Byars settled here in 1827 also and had a settlement named
in honor of him. Donahoe Prairie.
There were many families to follow: Sept. 9,1833, Samuel Welter
1834, Ephraim Meador
1835, John Harvey
1836, William Brewer
1837, Spencer Blankenship
Joseph Stonecipher came from Tennessee in 1840 ad settled in Sec.
31. Soon after he settled in Donaho Prairie.
He gave a tract of land to be used for a cemetery. In 1843, his
infant son was the first person buried there ad it was
called the Stonecipher Cemetery, later to be changed to Donahoe
Cemetery.
In 1820, the first burial ground was locatedabout 1/2 mile south of the
Donahoe Cemetery, referred to as the Old
Donahoe Cemetery.
The first school was at Benjamin Litteral's and tought by Henry
Darnell. In 1830, Thomas Cohorn taught in a log
hut in Sec. 31. This was the first Donahoe Prairie School.
Mr Cohorn taught for $10 a month.
The first store was known as the Exchange and owned by Will
Tyler. There were several owners after him and other
store owners of course.
The telephone lines were owned by the farmers who wanted them.
And saw mills were becoming pretty busy aroud
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