Totten Prairie, Illinois Explained

Totten Prairie or Totten's Prairie was a small settlement in Cass Township, Fulton County, Illinois, just to the southeast of the present Smithfield, Illinois.[1] [2] It was named after William Totten, who was the first to settle there in 1823.[3] A small cemetery, called Totten Cemetery or Old Totten's Prairie Cemetery, still exists in that location.[4]

The 1879 History of Fulton County, Illinois contains the following entry for William Totten:

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Notes and References

  1. Book: History of Fulton County, Illinois. 1879. C.C. Chapman & Co. Peoria. 582–601. 19 September 2014. Cass Township.
  2. Map of Cass Township . Atlas Map of Fulton County . Andreas, Lyter, & Co. . 1871 . Davenport, Iowa.
  3. Book: Ross, Harvey Lee . http://www.illinoisancestors.org/fulton/1899_pioneers/pioneers_ch16.html . The Early Pioneers and Pioneer Events of the State of Illinois . Eastman Brothers . Chicago . 1899 . Chapter XVI . 63 .
  4. http://genealogytrails.com/ill/fulton/cemeteries-alphabetical.html Alphabetical Listing of Fulton County Cemeteries

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