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FONDPI WILCOX. farmer and Pack- ? . reiser, Til lex Town : ib, was ! af in Geneva County, Ny York, Cur
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ing in that State until his death. When age of twentytwo year, to Miss Rachel Joseph Wilcox was eighteen years old!
Venango County, Pennsylvania, where he was employed a short time on a farm. He subsequently bought a farm in that Suite, on which he livel until 1866, when he moved to Lee County, Illinois, and lived on a farm near Dixon seven years, and in the spring of 1873 moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, and settled on section 22, Tingley Township. At that time the land was an uncultivated prairie, but now he has fine buildings, and the land all under cultivation and well stocked with horses and cattle. Mr. Wilcox has been twice married --- first in 1842, to Elizabeth Me- Curda, who died in Pennsylvania, leaving two children-Austin, died while in the service of his country during the war of the Rebellion, and Iluldah J. is the wife of Gilbert Lapher. In 1846 Mr. Wilcox mar- ried Mary Johnson, also a native of Pom- sylvania. They have five children; four
SAAC W. KELLER, one of the oldest members of the Ringgold County ban. was born in Noble County, Ohio. Sep- tember ag. 1822, a son of Levian l Eliza- both ( Shafen, Keller, the father a native of Obi,, and the mother of Virginia, the father being a former and blacksmith by occupation. They were the parents of teo children the sors and five daughters. . subject bein the fifth call. Isac passed his youth For his Willer's farm, poor's! his education in the district schools. Il remained whaty hte grund with nothing years began though school, which . pol.
Morris, of Noble County, Ohio. To Mr. he started out for himself, and went to and Mrs. Keder have been born seven chil- dren Paraly A. John J., deceased, Clara B., Curtis, Lonie, Florence J. and Edith O .. the three youngest living at home. Mr. Keller left Noble County in 1855, when he came to Ringgold County, lowa. locating in the north part of the county, near Eu- gene, where he improved a farm and fol- lowed agricultural pursuits for three years. Ile then moved to Mount Ayr, and soon after began reading law, and was admitted to the bar in I865, when he opened a law office and practiced his profession for two years, when, in 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-ninth lowa Diffontry, and was sent South on the Mississippi River. He was commissioned First Sergeant, and in June, 1864, was promoted to Second Lieu- tenant of his company, in which rank he served until May, 1865, when he was dis. charged on account of disability. He par- ticipated in a number of engagements. are living -- Willis W., Seth L., Nora T. and , including the battles at Helena, Little Mark D. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church.
: Rock, Arkansas, Prairie De Ann. Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas, and Mobile, Alabama. After receiving his di-charge he returned ' to Mt. Ayr, and was associated with W. T. Laughlin in his law practice for thenext five years, when the partnership was dis- solved by mutual consent. He then re- turned to his farm, where he remained three years, when he returned to Mit. Avr anl embirked in the lumber trade. which he followed until it . In ISSE I restenel the practice of ban. which he sti ] Allows will success. In HEY Mr. Kolb . was appointed teacher of Ringen !! County, to complete to neuspind term. In the fall of 195, he was elected court 1. the same ofice, which position he
july for stern fixy pers. In the ich
of 1857 he was nominated for county judge. and also for State Senator, but declined the former nomination, and was elects I to the Senate by a handsome majority. In 08;2 he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors, serving one term of three Years. In the fall of i879 he was again elected State Senator, and after retiring from the Senate he resumed his law prac- ticc. He has also filled several city offices such as city attorney and others, always serving with credit to himself and to the best interest of his constituents, and by his honorable dealings has gained the confi- dence of all who know him.
ETER GLEASON, a practical farm- er and breeder of fine short-horn cattle, residing on section 13, Poe Township, is a native of New York, born in Tioga County, in January, 1833. His , parents, Jesse and Didama (Ayres) Glas- son, were also natives of the State of New York. Both are now deceased. Peter Gleason was reared on the home farm in his native county where he received the benefits of a good common-school educa- tion. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Ohio, and soon married a lady (Mary . Jones) who died a year after her marriage, leaving one son. From Ohio he moved to the State of Wisconsin, where he remained some twelve years. He was marriel in Wisconsin to Miss Margaret McClyman, and to this union have been born six childres - me son and five daugh- ters, of whom are daughter is deemed. In the fall of 1868 Mr. Glean want to Idalo and Oregon where he remained about three years, when he came to Ringgol ! County. He reside in Ringgdy Count: until 1880, when he took a trip to Call fornia, and engaged in the mercantile bud. ness for four years, and then on his return
trip smpped a short time in Ohio. HI: then i. turne boto l's farm in Poe Town- ship where he has since be a engages in general farming and et ich-raising, in which enterprise he is meeting with success. 1: politics Mr. Gleason affiliates with the Re- publican party. He has never aspired for official position. devoting his entire tipre to the duties of his farm and business. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gleasen are worthy members of the Metho list Episcop !! church. He has been quite a pioneer. crossing the plains and mountains vigut times to the Pacific coast ; was in that country and on the plains during the great Indian war of 1864-'5, which caused him much trouble and anxiety. He lost a large lot of stock at one time by Indians, and their pursuit and punishment ended in the Modoc war.
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77OHN RYAN, farmer and stock-rais. .. section 27, Union Township, was born in Troy, New York, March 5. 18.46, a son of John and Mary (Purcell) Ryan, na- tives of Ireland. In 1856 his parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they lived for I years, and from there went to Flint, Michi- gan, where they both died, in r-65. When seventeen years of age our subject started out on his own account, and went ( L ). gansport. Indiana, an 1 thence to differ i points in the Soul and Oliveall fully. while at Davet a, caliste I in Cor pany 11. One Hundred at | Twenty-fasth Of la-
to the Twist-Ant Amay Corps, con- mandediny Come on, and i punti ti battle at Chissene ma, and :it wist ar. Furred to the Fostn Comp , and port pated in the Here's o Misein, Maire, Blad
twice, once at Clothte E .... . .
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Resaca, where he lost a middle finger. He served a little over three years, and after his discharge returned to St. Mary's, Ohio, where he married Miss Elien Christy, a native of Auglaize County, Ohio. He lived at St. Mary's until the fall of 1875. when he moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, and settled on the line of Decatur County, where he lived until 1884, when he moved to his present farm on section 27, where he owns 120 acres of improved land. He has accumulated his property by thrift an I en- terprise, as when he started in life for him- self he had no means and no one to assist him, but he has prosperel and now has a good home, and can look back with pleas- ure over a well-spent life, and forward to days of peace and plenty. He has had a family of thirteen children-William T., John H., Michael C., Edward A., Rachel M., Amos W., Mattie L., George F., Al-
marriage to Miss Sophia Pratt, who was born in Johnson County, Iowa. June 20, 1857. To this union have been born seven children-Stella, born November IS, 1871; Charlie, born January 5, 1875; Ber- tha, born July 17, 1877: Luretta and Lu- zetta, twins, born November 15, 1878, the former died February 12 and the latter February 24, 1879 : Chester, born March 21, 1883, died November 21, 1834, and Dwight, born April 26, 1885. In his political views Mr. Benson is a staunch Democrat. Both he and his wife are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.
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SI A. WYANT, residing on section 22, Lincoln Township, was born in Penn- sylvania, December 26, 1834, a son 1 fred L., Andrew H., Dennis Martin, died August 8, 1883; Gussie E., and Cora C., died July 15, 1886. of Jacob E. and Margaret Wyant, who were natives of the same State. Ile was reared to the avocations of farining and milling. and at the age of twenty-one years com- menced life on his own account. He went to Kansas in 1855, remaining there but a short time, when he located in Illinois, P. BENSON, dealer in books and stationery and postmaster at Goshen, is a native of lowa, born in Washington County, August 3, 1852, his parents, A. and Caroline Benson, being natives of the State of Oldio. Our sul ject was reared on the home fann, remaining with his parents till eighteen years of age, when he began farming for himsell. Hle cim to Ringgold County. September 17. isto, anl settled on a barn on which he resi led til April t, ISSt. He thenremoved to Gosher, where he has since made his home, the first four years of his residence where he taught school in the winter, and the following spring began farming. In 1856 he returned to Kansas, where he fol- lowed farming and school-teaching until the spring of 1875. He then came to Ring. gold County, Iowa, settling on the farin where he now residles, and has since been engaged in milling and stock-raising. Ile is now the proprietor of a gool mill, lo- cafel on Platte River. Ilis furio contains forty acres of land, which is well adapted I to stock-raising. He is quite extensively engage ] in raising an ! breeding stock. it's- ing a specialty of the roughlye & m'shire at this place being passed in working at the I and Poland-China hopes. Mr. Wyant was carpenter' trade, since which he has won engaged in his present bu iness. In 1996 he was appointed postmaster of Gehen. In the year 1822 Mr. Benson was anite ( in
united in marriage. Muy S. 1959, to Sarah A. Morrow, a matie of Pennsylvania, been December 1;, ist a dunglater of J and Mary Morrow. To thom lave losa
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born four children-Isabelle, born in No- vember, 1862; James, born in August, 1867, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Wyant served in the last war, being Orderly Ser- geant of Company A, Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was in Price's raid through Missouri. Although he organized the Greenback party in Ringgold County, in his political views he is independent. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
OUTZENHISER BROTHERS, farm- ers and stock-raisers. The members of this firm are O. J. and R. L. Loutz- enhiser, twin brothers, who were born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1850, sons of David and Eliza (Brown) Loutzen- hiser. Their parents died before the boys were one year old. O. J. was reared a farmer by his maternal grandparents, who lived to be quite old; his Grandiather Loutzenhiser lived to be eighty-seven and his grandmother to be eighty-three. His Grandfather Brown was ninety-four years old,and his Grandmother Browneighty-five. He received his education in the common schools. At the age of seventeen years he learned the mason's trade an Ifollowed that occupation eight years. In i879 he came to Ringgold County, and purchased an in- forest with his brother, R. L. He was married July 26, 1881, to Mis, Lizzie July. a lady of great intelligence an I Ane duca- tion, who was a successful teacher. She is a daughter of Judge Judy, where sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. an ! Mrs. O. J. Loutzeshiser have two children -Rovic O. an.l Harry O. R. L. Loutzen- hiser was rear d by his Vont Sallie Mc- Laughlin until he was seventeen, when she died. Then he was one phe an I another until he came to love. He reshl. I in Pennsylvania und'I rhys, they can & to Ber- You Township and settled up map ation of
their present farm, which was then in its primitive state. The farm now contains 530 acres of excellent land, well cultivated and well improved. They are extensively engaged in general farming an I stock-rais. ing. They have each a fine residence, situ- ated upon different parts of the farm, good out-buildings for stock, etc. R. L. wasmar- ried June 29, 1881. to Miss Carrie Miller, formerly a teacher, daughter of HI. T. Miller, one of Ringgold County's leading citizens, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. R. L. Loutzenhiser and wife have three children-Laura L., L. Blanche and Mary A. Loutzenhiser Brothers are genial in their manner and upright in their dealings, and no men in the township have more friends than the " twin brothers." They closely resemble each other in voice, manner and disposi- tion, as well as in personal appearance. Postoffice, Mormontown.
L. PATTERSON, farmer, section 19. Benton Township, was born in Rich-
2 land County, Ohio, July 25. 1849, $03 of William and Ann (Lawsom Patterson. He was the youngest of three children. He was reared on the farm, and his carly edu- cation was obtained in the common schools. Later he attended school at Oberlin. 11 . was married April 13, 1976, to Miss Row- ena Huffman, dingiver of Benjamin an l Mary Ann (Ferrel . Hoffermn. He resides in Rich'and County until i8 ;; , and th. . your was spel in Canta lo. In the spring of 1878 he came to Ringgold County. : 1: purchased a firm in Beaton Township .. Henry C. Young. The farm contains 12 peres of land. motiv rich bort in land. the west fork of Grand River. It is well cultivated ook wel Sproved. He ha comfortable house, good oldwildings in" stock and gratolag so lorchat with every.
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thing about the place shows theile andam terprise. He is located on and a half miles northwest of Delphos. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have two children - Floyd. born September 2. 1870, an 1 Zella, born October 10. 1881. Politically Mr. Patterson is a Republican. He has been a member of the Board Central Committeemea for Benton Township four years. He takes an active interest in any enterprise that will benefit the community, and is recognized as one of the leading men of the county. Post- office, Delphos.
TROBERT H. RILEY was one of the Ti first settlers of Athens Townships Ringgold County, locating on section 23, in the autumn of 1853. He laid a claim of 120 acres before the' land had been put in the market, and afterward entered it from the Government. When Athens Town- ship was divided the southern part was named Riley, in honor of the Riley family, they being carly settlers. He was born in Marion County, Ohio, a son of William and Love Riley. He was reared in his na. tive State, and was there married. Ile brought a family of children with him to Ringgold County, and made what is now Riley Township his home until March, 1873. when he moved to Decatur County, Kansas, where he still lives.
EL. PERKINS, farmer, section 'S. Momba Township, was born in Madison County, New York, July 5. 1 15. His parents were Stilleret el Dann Squin Perkins, the omega - Hvert Haon bire County. Massachusetts, anda, Hat of Rutint Count, Ver mat. They were merial in Colombia Via You'll about 1.0, and read this
ily af nime children Cordia. Evi Elisabeth F., Admit A., Irche D., Julia .1., Josiah L., Gertrude M. and Garduer 11. Mr. Perkins was educated at the Car- chovia Seminary, where many of our oni- nent men were educated. At the age of eighteen he commenced teachings. and fol- lowed that profession several years. In 1856 be removed to Rock Island Consty. Illinois. The first year he was engaged in teaching, and then clerked in a mercan- tile establishment at Port Byron nearly two years. March 11, 1858, he married Lucinda Williams, a native of White County, Ilinois. In 1865 he engaged in the milling business at Big Rock. Clinton County, Iowa, and in 1863, on account of failing health, caused by the dust of the mill, he sold out and returned to Rock Island County. The latter part of the same year he engaged in the mercantile business with William H. Devore, at Cor- dova. Mr. Devore is now a prominent banker at Port Byron, Hlinois. The con- finement of the store told severely on his already impaired health and caused him again to change his business, and in 1866 he closed out the store and the following year engaged in railroad contracting, mak- ing a specialty of bridge building. In 1874 he removed to Moline, Illinois, and en- gaged in the manufacturing business. In I878 he was elected sheriff of Rock Island. County, and served tro terms with credit to himself an I satisfaction to his party. In 1881 he was appointed & sistent general manager, under A. B. Stick ar of Jing apris, of the Carla Begge Railroad. of a miles of road cor ruction ont v gr. northwest o. Roberto It contains 250
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mg site, and furnished in a manner that there he followed farming and stock-raising until he was elected treasurer of Ringgold County. assuming the duties of that office Jargriry 1, 1876, and in 1877 was re-elected to the same office. On retiring from the treasurer's office he began dealing in stock and real estate. In 1879 he was elected secretary of Ringgold County Agricultural shows the refinement of the faith. Ile has a thing orchard of 100 tres, and na- tive chade trees, an i out-building - Fer stock. He is a member of the Masonicon ler, Bar- rett Chapter and Everett Commanderv. No. IS, Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins are the parents of four children -- William S. Arthur L., Mary D. and Herbert E. , Society, which office he has since filled with Politically Mr. Perkins is a Republican, and is considered one of the strong men in hi- party. Ile is one of the leading citi- zens of Ringgold County: Postoffice, Kel- lerton.
the exception of one year. In his political views Mr. Todd is a Republican. Ile has held several offices of his township with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. llc was justice of the peace of Mt. Ayr for three years, and is at present serving as treasurer of the city of Mt. Avr. His wife is a member of the United Presbyterian church. his former wife having been a member of the same
EORGE R. ANDERSON, a success- ful agriculturist of Jefferson Town . ship, residing on section 11, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, May 20. 1846, his parents. Edward and Lavinia (Ros- inson) Anderson, being natives of York County, Pennsylvania, and his grandfather, Nathaniel Anderson. also a native of ti.c same county. Edward Andersen is de- creed, but the mother of our subject is still living. now sixty-six years of age, ao 1 my kes her hoeve in Maresville. Urion Cou ... tv. Ohio. George R. Anderson, the suffer of this sketch, was reared a farmer, and have always followed agricultural pursuits. His education was nistained ingly . columns. -chan's of his neighborhood. He was : menroer of Company K. One Hundred ..
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FRENRY TODD, of Mt. Ayr, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1833. a son of Alexander and Sarah ( Stevens) Todd, the father a native of , church. Maryland, born in 1787, and the mother born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1792. The father was twice married, having four children by his first marriage. By his sec- ond marriage he had twelve children, our subject being the fifteenth child. Thirteen of his children lived to maturity, and at his death, which occurred in 1866, his descend- ants numbered cighty. Our subject lived on the farm where he was born until his father's death, and there he was reared to agricultural pursuits. He was married in IS5; to Miss Mary J. Elliott, a native of Besser County. Pean lenia, by whenthe Led eight children, of whom four are yet living. Mrs. Todi dilia 1831. and ja 1$32 Mr. Tolitharriet Miss D. A. Jarka na- time of Offrant ry th's union has been borgone dril. Mr. Todd followed fran- ing in his wvive e maty patil M r.l. 1955, when he remover ', Heure Comm's, Iowa. renthing there Will the Ball of jobs. He
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where he has since been a resident. He bas met with success in his agricultural pursuits, and is now the owner of 127 acres of choice land. He is now principally en- gaged in raising stock. Mr. Anderson was united in marriage, October 31, 1877, 10 Miss Adda Neidigh, a native of Davis County, Iowa, her father, Charles Neidigh, having been a pioneer of that county. Mr. Anderson has served his township accept- ably as assessor for five years. Ile is a member of the United Presbyterian church, and a respected citizen of Jefferson Town- ship.
&SHER LORIMOR, one of the oldest settlers and most respected citizens
.. .. 's of Liberty Township, is a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania, born May 3, 1821, a son of Benjamin and Eleanor (Sayres) Lorimor, the father born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the mother a native of New Jersey. Our subject was twelve years old when he ac- companied his parents to Ohio, and at the age of sixteen years settled in Guernsey County, where he lived with his parents for nine years. The parents then removed with their family to Washington County, Ohio, where they located on a farm. Asher Lorimor was married in Washington County, Ohio, May 6, 1847, to Miss Janet A. Breckenridge, and after his marriage settled on a farm in Washington County, Ohio, which he cleared and improved, liv- ing there till 1855, when he came to Iowa. He entered a quarter-section of land in Lib- erty Township, Ringgold County, hans ingleft his family in Madison County, lowa. where he had rented land. After entering his lindt he went to Madison County. Iiva, and son after met with an accident, break :- in a bone of his les in two places, which diablo him til. the following spring. when be renewed with his family to Krugol!
County, and settled in their new home in Liberty Township, where Mr. Lorimer built a small log house, 10 x 16 feet in size, where the family spent twelve years. Their humble dwelling was a favorite stop- ping place for travelers, it being frequently filled to its utmost capacity. Their only neighbor at the time of their coming to Liberty Township was Samuel Powers, who lived some two miles distant. The follow- ing year, 1857, Rufus Cavitt located about one and a half miles from Mr. Lorimor's home, and two years later came several others who settled in Jefferson Township. Mr. Lorimor lived on his farm ten years before his fence was joined by a neighbor. He followed stock-raising in connection with his general farming, the surrounding prairie being used by all for grazing pur- poses. Mr. Lorimor lost his wife in March, 18,8, who left at her death nine children- Jane, wife of John Richards; Benjamin; Nan- cy, wife of Irvin Brent; John ; Anna E., mar- ried Hampton Hargrove; Robert, Milton, Maria, and Sarah, wife of Henry Wheeler. Mr. Lorimor's second wife died about one year after her marriage, and in December, 1882, he was again married to Miss Ella Hamilton, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lorimor, by his industrious habits and ex- cellent management, has prospered in his agricultural pursuits, and after having di- vided some 200 acres of land among his older children he still has 367 acres lett, having reserved a competency for his oli age. Mr. Lorimor has been a member of the United Presbyterian church since twenty six years of age and for maler years has served as tru-te an ! eller. He attend's the church of his den min. tien .. Tingley. He diredate! the first petition for a school in His part of Ringer County, the first school there being tang hot by his sister, Elizon th, s Mo afterwor i be- came the wife of Dasbl Preston. Mr. Lorimor has been decha four times to the
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office of justice of the peace, but in each case has refused to qualify. He was elected township supervisor under the old law, and was re-elected for a second term' of one year when the law was changed. He then served as township trustee for some time, and is again holding the latter office with credit to himself and his con- stituents.
the farm have been made by Mr. Archbald. which, at the time He hirst settled, was raw prairie land. Since coming here he has become the principal cattle and hog-raiser in Tingley Township, his cattle being thorough-bred, and his hogs of the Poland- China grade. He also raises a few horses. He has a natural grove north of his house and barn, which affords the best of protec- tion for his stock in winter. In politics Mr. Archbald is a Republican, casting his first vote for John C. Fremont.
FTOHN ARCHBALD one of the pros- perous stock-raisers of Tingley Town- ship, and a practical farmer, was born in Rochester, New York, March 17, 1835, a son of James Archbald. When he was AT& S. WILEY, stock-dealer and agri- culturist, section 7, Lott's Creek Township, is a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, where he was born January 10, 1849, son of Abner and Jane Wiley. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Hendricks County, Indiana, where they resided until 1840, and then moved to what was then the "Far West," beyond the Mississippi, the Territory of Iowa, locating in Jefferson County. He was reared on a farm and re- ceived his education in the pioneer schools of that day. In the spring of 1855 he came to Ringgold County, and settled upon his present farm, entering 240 acres of Goverment land. His first dwelling was a log cabin, 12 x 14 feet. He has improved his farm as his means woald permit, until the Wiley farm is known as one of the best in the county. He now has (36 acres in a good state of cultivation and well im- proved. Hehas ane story-an la-lafrei- dence, surrounded with stade trees, an orchard of two aries, a large native gro;" of about ten acres, a large barn, 30 x 6. feet, with basement for stock, for I lot , Store sales, and all the convenience for hailing mail keeping stark, in which h i an infant he was taken by his parents to Will County, Illinois, there he grew to manhood, being reared to agricultural pur- suits, receiving his education in the com- mon schools of that county. On attaining his majority he commenced life on his own account, beginning without means, but hay- ing a stout heart and a determination to succeed. He was married in 1860 to Miss Anna Price, of Will County, Illinois, and they are the parents of ten children, five sous and five daughters-James, Lewis, George, Frank, Thomas, Mary, wife of William Olin ; Sarah, Nettie, Anna and Ella, the four youngest daughters living at home. After his marriage Mr. Archbald bought a farm, on which he lived till isto, when he removel with his family to Ring- gold County, Iowa, and the same fall locat- ed on the southeastern part of section 36, Tingley Township, where he has since made his home, his residence being a large. two-story frame building. Mr. Archbodd has by his own industry and good manage- ment acquire ! his pre ent fine property, which consists of 535 acres of land, all in one body, though beited in four town ships, and is one of the best farmsfor stock in the county, being well wat red be a branch of external empresa. Il wafflewith it Grand River. All the improvements pi
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