Townships of Jefferson County Illinois

   This township lies south of Farrington. The surface is somewhat broken mostly timber. Puncheon creek, Four Mile, Bear creek and Five Mile creek traverse the township and these nearly all empty into the Skillet Fork and Wabash rivers on the east.
   Among the pioneers were Norton, Isaac Casey, Daniel Scott, Ward Webber, H. Wade, William Dale, Peter Bruce, Alex Moore, James Archie, William Green, the Hunts, Browns, Davises. Webber settled on the Fairfield road, but then located at Lynchburg. The first roads were the Mount Vernon and Fairfield, and Black Oak Ridge roads and then the East Long Prairie road. The first Supervisor was S. V. Bruce, followed by the Harlows, Marlows, Esmans, Moores, Newtons, etc.
   Schools and churches came along as fast as demanded and now the people are well supplied with these. The Southern Railroad (Air Line) passes through Webber township from east to west.
   There are two towns on the road Bluford and Marlow. Bluford has the lead and is becoming a town of importance, with much and increasing business. It is eight miles from Mount Vernon. Marlow being located between these points can never be much of a trading point; still considerable business is transacted there in the way of shipping fruit, stock, etc. This was the home of the Marlows, most of whom have passed, and Dr. Newton, the principal man of the town has retired and lives in Mount Vernon. Charles Stephenson, a young man, is now the postmaster and chief bugler of the town. Much of Webber township history is unwritten. Its oldest inhabitants died early in 1909.