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Page 93 | February 28, 1856

Petition

Town Records of DeKalb Ill

DeKalb Feb 28th 1856

To the commissioners of Highways for the town of DeKalb in the county of DeKalb State of Illinois, We the undersigned legal voters in said county & residing within three miles of the following described route, represent to your honorable body that it is proper that a road should be laid our upon the following described route.

Beginning at the depot ground of the Dixon Air line railroad & running a north easterly direction on the street leading by the steam mill owned by G. Brooks & between D. L. Kings dwelling house & that of O. F. Davy or at the north end of the aforesaid street thence running a northwest direction or the said direction of the aforesaid street to intersect the line running between lands owned by Lewis Huntley and Needham, Gibson & others thence running on the line through lands owned by Lewis Huntley & C. E. Needham Gibson & R. Hopkins to the angle in the line between R. Hopkins & O. Needham C. E. Needham, Gibson & thence running the same direction till it intersects the road running from Sycamore to DeKalb & you are hereby requested to cause said route to be surveyed & such proceedings to be made as is in law in such case provided.

Names                                                              Names

John M. Wadsworth                                      Zachariah Townsend

N. N. Burpee                                                    D. L. King

O. F. Hamilton                                                 S. Taylor

Silas Tappan                                                    T. Brooks

George N. Wadsworth                                  D. C. Seribner

Henry Townsend                                            Wm. Davenport

Wm. A. Townsend                                          Calvin Hubbard

John Cristman

Lyman C. Linsay

John Stephenson