Totten Prairie, Illinois

Totten Prairie or Totten's Prairie was a small settlement in [Cass Township, Fulton County, Illinois|Fulton County, Illinois|Cass Township], Fulton County, Illinois, just to the southeast of the present Smithfield, Illinois. It was named after William Totten, who was the first to settle there in 1823. A small cemetery, called Totten Cemetery or Old Totten's Prairie Cemetery, still exists in that location.
The 1879 History of Fulton County, Illinois contains the following entry for William Totten: