Land Maps

Atlas of Vermilion County, Illinois (1875) "Township 23 North Ranges 10 & 11 West of 2nd Principal Meridian" Points of Interest: #1 - Edward Layden III lives here today #2 - Thompson Farm 1871 (later Tade Layden Homestead) #3 - Cheneyville (today), shaded green Jim Thompson bought this land (shaded blue) in 1871 for $1000. In 1889 he sold it to Tade Layden (married Martha Thompson 1883) for $2600.