SOUTH MOLINE TOWNSHIP

Was organized as a town March 14, 1879. It comprises all the territory originally in Moline Township, lying south and east of the corporate limits of the City of Moline. The history of the township, with the exception of its extreme eastern portion is so strongly interwoven with Moline, it is hard to draw a historical line. Among its earliest settlers were David Sears, Charles Atkinson, Joseph Danforth, Joel Wells and Huntington Wells.

SUPERVISORS

The supervisors who have represented South Moline township on the county board from 1879 to 1913, inclusive, were: Daniel Gordon, 1879; Samuel M. Ziegler, 1880; Daniel Gordon, 1881-3; C. P. Ryder, 1884-5; Jeremiah Chamberlain, 1886; Daniel Gordon, 1887; Daniel Gordon, 1888; James Hasson 1890-95; John H. Thornton, 1896-7; L. H. Jahns, 1S98-1903; August Karstens, 1904-05; John Weckel, 1906-09; Zach Einfeldt, 1910-13.

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