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Burlington Homes & Farms

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S 02-16-1878 Antony Meinhardt bought lots 2 and 3, block 15, Perkins Addition, from sheriff.
S 02-16-1878 Fred Wells bought 6 acres in section 12 from S. Wildgrube.
S 02-16-1878 John Storray / Storey bought lots 1 and 2, block 6 (north side of White river), from Joseph Storray.
S 02-16-1878 Wendel Storray / Storey bought lots 7 and 8, block 6 (north side of White river), from Joseph Storray.
S 03-02-1878 William Breuckman bought house and land near Railroad Station from August German / Germann.
S 03-09-1878 To rent: Frame house owned by Mrs. Fay, 2 blocks south of Plymouth church.
S 03-16-1878 Vacant house on southern end of Kane st.
S 04-06-1878 Henry Miller bought part of section 4 from Carl Schultz. (Between Hwy. 142 and Fox River)
S 04-06-1878 August German / Germann bought lot 63, Gardner's addition, from Wilhelmina Macklisch / Micklish.
S 04-06-1878 Brick house and lot, known as Kumpf estate, adjoining north corner of Teutonia Hall offered for sale.
S 04-13-1878 George Muth to sell house and 4 lots on east side of Fox river at auction on April 18.
S 04-20-1878 Mrs. Tomlinson, nee Mather, bought Voorhees estate on Kane st. and will move there.
S 04-27-1878 George Rosenhauer having house built by Hermann Zannake / Zarneke.
S 05-04-1878 August German / Germann putting up a new house on depot road north of Mr. Hubbard's. German has sold former residence to W. H. Breuckman.
S 05-04-1878 Fire in house occupied by William B. Rhodes and J. J. Foltz on April 29. S 5/11/1878 - Engine saved building.
S 05-18-1878 Frank McCumber to move family from Burlington to Nebraska.
S 06-22-1878 William H. Peck offers 16 acres for sale located a half mile from Burlington, or 10 acres without buildings - S 8/23/1879.
S 07-06-1878 Nicholas May offers home on Geneva st. for sale.
S 07-20-1878 Foreclosure sale: Francis W. Blake vs. Margaret Scott, James Scott, and William C. Sheldon - 1st lot - section 4, town 2, southwest side of Fox River; 2nd lot - west bank of Fox River, section 33, township 3; 3rd lot - east bank of Fox River in sec. 33 and dam across Fox River and water power. (Scott's Mill property near Western Union (CM&St. P) railroad crossing.
S 07-27-1878 Fence with turned posts being put up at Peck estate, occupied by Charley Ball, opposite Mr. Nims residence. (Pine st.)
S 08-17-1878 Barn burned on Frank Kline farm, which is worked by William Luedke.
S 08-31-1878 William H. Newbury is building Val Smith's house (on Jefferson st.) on premises Smith recently bought from John Adams near the Fox river.
S 08-31-1878 Sheriff Lewis Konst and wife bought residence of Adam Kleinkopf.
S 09-21-1878 H. F. Smith moved his house from Barnes / Barns estate to lots on corner of Washington & Pine(?) sts. opposite the German Methodist church. S 9/28/1878 - house rolled up Washington st. to lot east of Andrew Sawyer's house. (House relocation)
S 09-28-1878 Mrs. Margrat Wagner, milliner, took apartment in house opposite the Western Union Hotel, recently vacated by Leonard Smith and family.

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