One of them was taught by Miss Mary Twitchell, in a log building on the Gifford place. These schools commenced almost simultaneously. The first schools were taught in the Summer of 1837, and were subscription schools.
This is the only post office in the township. That post office was discontinued some years since, and was succeeded by the post office at Dunlap, Miss Frances Dunlap, postmistress. The first post office was known as Orange Prairie, and was located at the residence of Enoch Huggins, who was the postmaster, on section 36. The first death was that of Henry Martin the same year. The first birth was in the family of Henry Martin, on the southeast quarter of section 35, in 1836. The first couple married was George McMillan and Miss Phoebe Hill. Richard Scholes is reported as the first justice of the peace. The first precinct election was held at the house of Alva Dunlap, on the northwest quarter of section 14. Harlan, the Dunlaps, Calvin Blake, Griffith Dickison, Daniel Corbet, Elihu Pratt, Daniel Robinson, Robert Cline, Jedediah Hitchcock, Moses Harlan, William Gifford, and Harvy Stillman, came in 1837. Wakefield moved over from Kickapoo township about 1835-6, and located on section 18, his present home.
The Miller cabin was probably built about the latter part of 1832, or early part of 1833 and until 1835, if he remained here that long, he was "monarch of all he surveyed." In 1835, a number of persons came and founded homes.Įrastus Peat, Griffith Dickison, and some other members of the Dickison family, were the next settlers after Miller, but the date of their settlement is not easily accessible. To a man named Miller is ascribed the honor of building and occupying the first cabin in this township. Under the law providing for township organization, the name Radnor was proposed for this municipality by Evan Evans, the first supervisor, after Radnor, Pennsylvania, and Radnorshire, Wales, the home of his ancestors, and the name was adopted. In early times the territory included in this township was attached to Kickapoo precinct for election and other purposes. Towns/Villages: (Orange Prairie 1875)Radnor, Dunlap was Inc. Name changed from Benton to Fremont and then to Radnor (dates unknown, probably 1850).