Homestead #10947 of Robert Campbell Ives

Homestead #10947
Description: SW4-23-6-17 (Woodston, Rooks, Kansas)
District: Kirwin, KS
No. of acres: 160
Date of Settlement: 23 May 1879
Date of Entry: 23 Mar 1882
Date of Residence: 24 May 1879
Date of Proof: 13 Jul 1888
Date Advertised: 13 Jul 1888
Date of Certificate: 13 Jul 1888
Officer taking proof: Register
Officer Advertised: R or R
No. of weeks advertised: 6
Improvements:

• frame house 16x26
• barn 14x20 frame
• 85 acres cultivated
• 40 acres fenced
• outhouses
• pens
• sheds

Value of: $945.00
Acres broken: 85
Acres in crop: 80
No. of seasons: 8
Kind of crops: corn, wheat, rye
Residence claimed: 7 years
No. of absenses: one; Total duration: one week; Cause: away at work
Native born
Claimant's family: wife & 5 children
Remarks: Family continuously on the land since May 1879. Actual residence 9 years, 7 months, 19 days.

Examined Sept. 1888