Agenda - Public Works Committee - 03/20/2018

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John Shumway and his family came from the east by covered wagon and settled. on land near the railroad tracks now owned by the Anoka Vocational -Tech School. Cornelius Pitman and Daniel Harthorn also came with the Shumways and married two of the Shumway girls. Following is a copy of a land certificate issued to John Shumway. "Whereas, John Shumway of Benton County and Minnesota Territory has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Stillwater hereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John Shumway according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of public lands for Lot numbered four, Section thrity-four in Township thirty-two of Range Twenty-five in the District of Lands subject to sale at Stillwater, Minnesota Territory, containing Forty-eight acres and fifty hundredths of an acre Signed by Franklin Pierce, Pres. of the United States of America Aug. 1, 1853 Recorded Vol. 1, page 281 E Alfred Foster and wife (Mary Allen), son George Alfred and daughter, Lucretia, came to Ramsey Township from Fairfield, Maine in about 1854. They could not get their furniture up the river from St. Paul until the next spring. Nov. 1855 Alfred Foster acquired land from Mark T. Berry (NW'% of NW1/4 Sec. 34 and SW' of SW1% of Sec. 27, TWP. 32 North of R. 25) Benton County, Terr. of Minnesota. Dec. 20, 1855 Alfred Foster acquired land from Amasa H. Weeks (NE% of NW'/4 Sec. 34-32—North of R. 25 West containing 40 acres, Benton Co. Barnabas and Hannah Allen were relatives of Alfred Foster's wife, Mary Allen. They owned the land formerly held by Myrtle Wilson and later by Dick Jude. Therefore the Fosters and Allens owned a continuous strip on one side of the road. 60