MORRISTOWN.

In the Summer of 1852, Henry Selby built a store and laid out a town upon Sec. 6, in the northwest corner of the township, which was called Morristown. This formed a nucleus of a thriving settlement, having a post office, blacksmith shops, two stores, a church, school-house, harness shops, etc., but the subsequent building of the railroad, and the location of the station at Osco, has taken much of the business away to Osco and other points. The village now contains twelve dwelling houses, two stores, one shoemaker shop, a meeting house and a school house.

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