Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — OLD HOMESTEAD BRINGS $39,000 [ARTICLE]

OLD HOMESTEAD BRINGS $39,000

MRS. STELLA KETCHUM SELLS FARM TO AMOS DAVISSON FOR $39,027.50. The farm known as the “Old Parkison Homestead,” on Wall Street, northeast of Rensselaer, on the Francesville road, owned by Mrs. Stella Ketchum, of this city, was sold Saturday evening to Amos Davisson, of near Payr, by Mrs. Ketchum through her agent, Harry Swartzell. The farm consists of 233 acres and the price paid by Mr. Davisson for this splendid piece of land was $39,027.50, or $167.50 per acre. The farm is now tenanted by John Maxwell. By the purchase of this farm, Mr. Davisson obtains what is recognized as one of the very best farms in the richest section of Jasper county. The homestead adjoins the C. P. Moody farm. It is modernly improved in every respect and is a most productive piece of land. This farm has been in possession of members of the Parkison family for a great many years. Mrs. Ketchum’s reason for selling was that she had other work which took up much of her time and prevented her from giving the attention to it that she desired. The crops on the place this year are said to be very large. The new owner, Mr. Davisson, has I about 900 acres of very fertile land near Parr and his acquisition of the Parkison farm will make him one of the very largest possessors of the best land in the county. Whether Mr. Maxwell, the present tenant of the farm, will remain on it again next year is not known.