Follow-up to Tornado Post

After I posted the last blog about the tornado that struck near Stratford in 1918, I wondered where, exactly, Edwin Barquist, his wife Annie, and their 4 children lived. I was able to find a 1918 Plat Map for Hamilton County, showing Marion Township where they lived.

Just northeast of Stratford in section 5, you can see E. H. Barquist, 80 acres. His farm is next to the J. O. Westrum and P. O. Westrum farms that were also hit hard by the tornado. You might also recognize a few other names on the map, F. A. Barquist with 160 acres in section 2, and Andrew G. Barquist, 120 acres, in section 12.

If we look at Stratford from the Webster County side, you can see that the Andrew Linn and Olivia Olofson farms would have likely been in the path of this tornado as well. A. F. Linn's 120 acres is in Section 22, at the bottom of the screen, and Olivia Olofson's 80 acres is in section 13, just below Stratford.

I've not found mentions in local news articles about their losses, but I can't imagine that they, or their neighbors would have been spared from this devastating tornado.