This contract, for a piece of land in Graham County, Kansas, is between James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Simeon E. Mace of Franklin County, Kansas. It is for the Northwest quarter of Section 1 in Township 10 South of Range 24 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian. This is in Graham County, Kansas. The contract involves 1089.31 acres for a sum of $169.31 and includes a detail of payment made between March 1,2 1887, and cancelled for nonpayment June 1892. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Sioux County, Iowa, is between Close Brothers & Company for C.H. Everard and Simeon Morgan of Plymouth County, Iowa. It is for the northwest quarter of Section 15 in Township 94 North, of Range 47 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Washington Township, Sioux County, Iowa. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $3,120 and includes a detail of payment made between August 31, 1887, and paid in full November 14, 1892. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between S.H. Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and S. N. Reeves of Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It is for the north half of the southeast quarter of Section 19 in Township 107 North, or Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Rock Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $880.00 and includes a detail of payment between May 4, 1899, and assignment to Howard Winslow and Edwin Winslow May 18, 1899. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between S.H. Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and S.N. Reeves of Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It is for the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 31 in Township 107 North, of range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Rock Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $800 and includes detail of payment between April 24, 1899, and paid in full January 26, 1900. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between S. H. Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and S. N. Reeves. It is for the south half of the southeast quarter of Section 19 in Township 107 North, range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Rock Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $880.00 and includes detail of payment made between May 4, 1899, and paid in full January 15, 1900. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Solon Buxton of Pipestone County, Minnesota. It is for the north half of the southwest quarter (with the exception of two acres deeded to the Eden Cemetery) in Section 17 in Township 105 North, of Range 46 West of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Eden Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 78 acres for the sum of $702 and includes a detail of payment made between May 8, 1891, and November 20, 1895. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Stephen P. Barnes of Adams County, Illinois. It is for all of Section 9 of township 13 south, range 25 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 640 acres for the sum of $4,160 and includes a detail of payment made between March 2, 1887, and marked void. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman, of England, and Stinson M. Bamber of Stark County, Illinois. It is for the southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 13 South, of Range 24 West of the sixth principal meridian. This land is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes a detail of payment made between December 4, 1886, and paid in full, 1893. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Susan R. Berryman of Linn County, Iowa. It is for the southeast quarter (except one acre deeded to trustees of school district #41) in Section 7 of Township 107 North, of Range 44 west of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Rock Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 159 acres for the sum of $1,311.75 and includes a detail of payment made between June 12 1888, and cancellation for nonpayment in April, 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Swan E. Johnson of Henry County, Illinois. It is for the northwest quarter of Section 3 in Township 13 South, of Range 25 West of the sixth principal meridian. This land is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 162.10 acres for the sum of $1,053.65 and includes a detail of payment made between September 30, 1886, and September 30, 1894. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Robert Edward Bateman and Edward Ford North of England, and Theodore F. Crawford of Clay County Kansas. It is for the northeast quarter of Section 29 in Township 13 South, of Range 25 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes a detail of payment made between September 22, 1886 and 1889. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Nobles County, Minnesota, is between C. Geldard of Close Brothers & Company and Theodore Stenzel of Nobles County, Minnesota. It is for the southwest quarter of Section 1 in Township 191 North, of Range 42 West of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Little Rock Township, Nobles County, Minnesota. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,440 and includes a detail of payment made between September 3, 1889, and paid in full February 15, 1893. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Lyon County, Iowa, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for George H. Lea and Thole Isebrand of Grundy County, Iowa. It is for the northwest quarter of Section 9 in Township 98 North, of Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Wheeler Township, Lyon County, Iowa. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $2,000 and includes a detail of payment made between September 2, 1887, and September 2, 1897. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Rock County, Minnesota, is between John B. Close of Close Brothers & Company and Thomas Cummings of Rock County, Minnesota. It is for the northeast quarter of Section 22 in Township 101 North, of Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Kanaranzi Township, Rock County, Minnesota. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $2,960 and includes a detail of payment made between November 1, 1887, and cancelled in June 1889. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Robert Henry Benson and James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company and Thomas McKeever Sac County, Iowa. It is for the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 29 in township 107 North, Range 45 West of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Grange Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $900.00 and includes detail of payment between November 14, 1887, and cancellation for nonpayment. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Thomas Parkins of Champaign County, Illinois. It is for the northwest quarter of Section 19 in Township 13 South, of Range 24 West of the sixth principal meridian. This land is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 155.60 acres for the sum of $1,011.40. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Thomas Riegler of Pipestone County, Minnesota. It is for the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 3 in Township 105 North, of Range 46 West of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Eden Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $660 and includes detail of payments made between June 25, 1886 through December, 1889. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Graham County, Kansas, is between Samuel Houghton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Thomas Sinnock of Adams County, Illinois. It is for all of Section 1 Township 10 South, of Range 25 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian. This is in Graham County, Kansas. The contract involves 640 acres for the sum of $4400 and includes a detail of payment made between May 23, 1887, and paid in full August 17, 1888. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and Thomas W. Smiley of Warner County, Illinois. It is for the Southwest quarter of Section 15 in Township 13 South, of Range 24 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian. This is in Graham County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $620 and includes a detail of payment made between March 1, 1887, and paid in full February 24, 1892. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Nobles County, Minnesota, is between Ralph S. McKerrel of Close Brothers & Company and Timothy Sullivan of Nobles County, Minnesota. It is for the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 3 in Township 102 North of Range 42 West of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Olney Township, Nobles County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $780 and includes a detail of payment made between October 4, 1890, and paid in full October 15, 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Nobles County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company and Venanz Ramert of Murray County, Minnesota. It is for the northeast quarter of Section 18 in Township 104 North, of Range 39, west of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Graham Lakes Township, Nobles County, Minnesota. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,300 and includes detail of payment made between June 3, 1889, and November 1896. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Robert Edward Bateman and Edward Ford North of England, and Venzel Benes of Johnson County, Iowa. It is for the southeast quarter of Section 9 in Township 14 South, of Range 23 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes a detail of payments to be made between September 25, 1886 and 1894. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Walter P. Spark and Robert Allinson of Grant County, Wisconsin. It is for the southwest quarter of Section 7 in Township 107 North, of Range 45 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Grange Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 199.39 acres for the sum of $1,744.66 and includes a detail of payment made between September 28, 1886, and cancelled for nonpayment in May, 1888. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Robert Edward Bateman and Edward Ford North of England, and W.A. Morrison of Cass County, Iowa. It is for the northeast quarter of Section 17 in Township 13 South, of Range 25 West of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes a detail of payment made between October 21, 1886, and voluntary surrender and cancellation in July 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
This contract, for a piece of land in Lyon County, Iowa, is between Close Brothers & Company for John Rotherham and W.B. Park of Lyon County, Iowa. It is for the northeast quarter (except for the right-of-way of the Sioux City and Northern Railroad Co.) of Section 5 in Township 98 North, of Range 46 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Doon Township, Lyon County, Iowa. The contract involves 173.86 acres for the sum of $1,912.46 and includes a detail of payment made between October 15, 1889, and paid in full April 1890. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.