Franz Homestead Quarter (SE ¼ Section 28)

This quarter was homestead by Charles Franz (from Germany) in 1892. He and his wife Vinie (from Iowa) had two children Fannie (born in Iowa) and George (born in Washington Territory, probably on this place). The sheriff took possession of the property (perhaps for back taxes) and sold the land to the American Mortgage Company in 1895. Eventually William Sherman owned the land and sold it to William Sumerlin on May 4, 1899, who with his wife, Lucretia, turned around and sold it a year later to Albert Plaster on January 8, 1900.

Little more is known about the Franz family or the location of their homestead buildings.