History of Hardin county, Iowa, together with sketches of its towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 85

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Susan Green of Whiteside county, Illinois. J. A. Harp, a large and prominent far- mer of Hardin townsbip, came to this county and located on section 27, where he now resides, in 1865; he now owns 400 acres of land. He was born in Clairmont county, Ohio, in 1831, his parents, Samuel and Jane (Butler) Harp, having settled there in 1808. In 1838 the family removed to Miama county, Ind., where the father still resides, having reached the advanced age of four score years. The mother died in 1880. Mr. Harp was bred to farm life, and in 1855 married Miss Mary Personett, a daughter of Israel Personett, who was an early settler of Wayne county, Ind. He then removed to Illinois, and from there to Hardin county. Of the twelve children, ten are now living-Ida, Eva, Oliver, Lot- tie, Keziah, Jane, Hannah, Sibyl, Mabel and James.

E. M. Bird settled on secton 13, where he now resides, in 1865, and is now a large and prominent. farmer, cultivating 320 acres of land. Mr. Bird was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., October 24, 1821, and resided in his native State until six- teen years of age. He then went to Michi- gan, and in 1839 to Davenport, Iowa; but in June, 1840, returned to Michigan, and resided there most of the time until he came to Hardin county. In 1846 Mr. Bird married Miss Eliza Bamey, a native of Ohio. They have had seven children, four of whom are now living-Ella, now Mrs. James B. Hathaway; Cynthia, now Mrs. Frank Strahorn; Chas, H. and Alice L.

Henry Moseley came to Hardin county in November 1865, and settled on section 16, Hardin township, where he now re- sides and owns 320 acres of land. He is

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a native of Monroe county, N. Y., born March 10, 1818. He was bred to farm life, and resided in his native State until 1846, then emigrated to Dodge county, Wis., where he purchased a farm, and, in 1847, married Miss Sarah A. Spafford, then of Erie county, but a native of Genessee county, N. Y., and continued to reside in the Badger State until he came to Hardin county. His wife died in 1875. She had given birth to eight children, one of whom died in infancy, one at the age of two years, and one daughter, Sarah A., reached the age of twenty. The five living chil- dren are: George S., Nora K., now a matron in the Institution for the Blind, of Nebraska. where her husband, John B. Parmelee, is the Superintendent; Etta D., David A. and Hattie G.

E. R. Calkins is the son of P. N. Cal- kins, who was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., December 10, 1816. P. N. Calkins went to Wisconsin when about twenty-five years of age, but returned to the State of New York. He came West permanently in 1856. He came to Hardin county in the spring of 1866. He and his son, E. R., bought the farm which the latter now owns, of Buttolph and Wisner. The farm, at the time of its purchase, was wholly unimproved. Mr. P. N. Calkins removed to Virginia in September, 1877. He had three children-Jane Ann., now Mrs. Alvin Clarke; E. R., and Hiram, who is in Virginia with his parents. Mr. E. R. Calkins was born in Wisconsin in 1842. He married Sabra Thompson, who was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Calkins have eight children- Frances, Romaine, Clarence, Clara, Charles, Mark,! Hairy and Ernest. Mr. Calkins'

farm is on section 15, and contains 181 acres.

George W. Miller was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., July 24, 1835. In 1854, with his parents, David and Alvina Miller, he removed to Green county, Wis., where, in 1858, he married Miss Melvina Bump. He then continued farming until 1865, when he enlisted in Company G. of the 49th Wisconsin Infantry, and served one year. Mr. Miller, after being mustered out of the United States service, returned to Wisconsin, and in 1866 came to Iowa, and has since been a resident of Hardin county, with the exception of two years, which he spent in Wisconsin. In May, 1877-his first wife having died-he mar- ried Mrs. Mary Collins nee Tyler, and they now have one daughter-Ethel M.

A. Ives is a native of New York, born August 24, 1833. His father, Josiah Ives, was also a native of the Empire State, and his mother, Margaret Ives, of the State of New Jersey. The parents came to Har- din county in 1867. The mother died in 1873, and the father now lives with the subject of this sketch, who came to Har- din county in 1868, and first settled in Etna township, and followed farming abont three years. He then acted as traveling salesman for about five years, after which he removed to Franklin county, and again resumed farming. In 1880 he returned to Hardin county. Mr. Ives in 1872 married Miss Retta Grant, daughter of Oliver Grant. They have had three children, all of whom are deceased.

Oliver M. Cross was born in Onondaga county, in 1805. He lost his father when he was small. He was then taken to Mas- sachusetts, where he lived until he was

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twenty-four years of age. He then re- turned to the town of Fabins, N. Y., and afterward settled it Cattaraugus county, where he lived three years. He then re- moved to the town of Dover, Cuyhoga county, Ohio, where he lived thirteen years, and he then moved to Dane county, Wis., where he lived till the fall of 1868, when he came to Hardin county, and then bought his farm of Seneca Wildman. His first wife was a native of Franklin county, Mass. She died here. His pres- ent wife was Miss Harriet Bond. Mr. Cross has five children-four sons and one daughter. Mr. Cross is one of the largest farmers of the town of Hardin. The farm where he resides contains 340 acres. He also owns another farm of 231 acres.

H. J. Brown resides on section 10, where he located in 1869, and he now owns 80 acres. He is a native of Canada, born November 8, 1839, and resided in his na- tive country until 1868, when he came to Hardin county. In the fall of 1868 he re- turned to Canada, and, in December, was married to Miss Eliza E. Dancy. They have four children-Harry F., Willfred, Ettie M. and Ellen Grace.

George E. Luttje resides on section 21. He is the son of Evart Luttje, who settled in Hardin county in 1869, where he died two or three years later. George E. was born in Germany, and came to this country with his parents in 1869, and has lived in this county since that time. He married Ella Rickord, a daughter of Adam L. Rick- ord. Mrs. Luttje was born in Tama county, in this State, in 1860. Her parents reside in Hardin City. The mother of Mr. Luttje, Mrs. Geeske Luttje, also lives in Hardin City. Mrs. Luttje's father enlisted, in 1862,

in. tlie 32d Iowa. Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war.

D. B. Walthall resides on section 31, where he settled in the spring of 1869, and bought his farm of Peter S. Gray. He was born in Dinwiddie county, Va., in 1823, where he lived until seven years, of age, when he went to Ohio with his pa- rents, William B. and Martha Walthall. 'They settled in Clinton county, in that State, where his parents resided till their death. Daniel B. was married in Ohio, to Elizabeth Fawcett, who was born in Bel- mont county, Ohio, in 1831. After mar- riage they removed to Howard county, Ind., where they lived eight years; returned to Green county, Ohio, and came to Iowa in April, 1869. Mrs. Walthall's parents were Robert and Mary Fawcett, natives of Vir- ginia; afterward settled in Greene county, Ohio, where they resided till their death. Mr. and Mrs. Walthall have eight children, six sons and two daughters-William, Levi, Sarab, Mary, Robert, Elijah, John and Samuel. They are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Walthall's farm, which he bought in 1866, contains 120 acres.

William Whitesell is a native of Can- ada, born March 17, 1849. In 1850 the family emigrated to the United States, and first settled in Illinois. In 1854 they came to Iowa, lived one winter at Ft. Atkinson, then in Cerro Gordo county, and in 1861 removed to Franklin county, from which place the subject of this sketch, in 1872, came to Hardin county. Mr. Whitesell owns 120 acres of land, and has improved the same by erecting good buildings. In 1872 he married Miss Sarah Arlidge. They have seven children-Mary E., Ettie M.,

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Effie Luella and Eva Evaline (twins), Lydia C., John L. and Julia.

William H. Sherwood came to Iowa in 1870, and in 1873 to Hardin. county. . He located on section 3, where he now resides, in 1879. Mr. Sherwood was born in Or- leans county, N. Y., June 30, 1842. In 1862 he responded to the call of his country by enlisting in Company A, of the 8th New York Heavy Artillery, and served until the spring of 1865. During this time, August 25, 1864, he was taken prisoner at Ream Station, and kept as such six months. After service, he spent four years in Penn- sylvania, then one summer in New York, then returned to Pennsylvania, and soon came to Iowa. December 25, 1867, in Pennsylvania, Miss Anna L. Trussler be- came his wife, and they now have three children-George A., W. Leon and Mary J.

F. C. Texido was born in Sullivan county, New York, December 27, 1850. His father, Emanuel Texido, was a merchant, and his grandfather, Captain Emanuel Texido, was a Spaniard, and the owner of a line of vessels which sailed on the Atlantic Ocean. Captain Texido was given thirty thousand dollars by his employers, ordered to buy a vessel with the same, and return the money whenever convenient, and thus he got his start in life. The subject of this sketch resided in his native State until 1876, he came to Iowa, and has since been a resi- dent of Hardin county. In 1877 lie married Miss Laura Miller, daughter of John T., and Dorcus Miller, and they now have two children-Harry and Mary.

Levi Allison is a new comer in Hardin county, becoming a resident of the same in August, 1879. He now owns 114 acres of land. Mr. Allison was born in Jo-

Daviess county, Illinois, March 28, 1849, and his parents were John and Elizabeth (Todd) Allison. In June, 1873 he married Miss Eliza Burchell, then of JoDavies; county, but a native of Vermont; they now have four children-Mabel, LeRoy, Abbie and Levi William.

L. F. Shaw is an enterprising young farmer, who came to Hardin county in March, 1881, and settled on section 5 of Hardin township, where we now find him the owner of 160 acres of land. Mr. Shaw is a native of JoDaviess county, Ill., where he was born July 31, 1857. His father, Joseph P. Shaw, was a native of New York, who settled in JoDaviess county in 1837, he there married Miss Nancy A. Clay, a native of Ohio, and continued farm- ing with marked success until his death, which took place June 5, 1879. The subject of this sketch is the second of five children, he received a common school education, and resided in his native county until he came to Iowa. February 4, 1880, he married Miss Serena R. Williams, daughter of Benj. and Elizabeth Williams, of JoDaviess county. They now have one son-Eddie.

IOWA FALLS.

Without doubt, one of the prettiest towns in northwestern Iowa, is Iowa Falls. With a location unsurpassed, with natural scenery that would attract the most casual observer, it is admired by all. The greater part of the land on which is lo- cated the town, was purchased from the Government, in 1851, by Benjamin I. Tal- bott, already spoken of as the first settler of Hardin township. That the location was one adapted in every way for the

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building up of a large town, was early seen by Mr. Talbott; and early in the year 1854, in company with Captain White, he laid out a town comprising what is now the business centre of Iowa Falls, to which he gave the name of Rocksylvania. This name was distasteful to the few settlers who had located here at this time, and they protested against it. Mr. Talbott was unyielding. Rocksylvania it was, and Rocksylvania it should be, if he had any- thing to do with the town. The conten- tion was so great that Mr. Talbott, being a man of peace, sold out his claim to Captain White, and moved up the river, where he laid out a town, to which he gave his favorite name.

In 1855, Mr. Wilder, James L. Estes and Hosmer Stevens came to the place and purchased the interests of Captain White, and in April, 1856, George P. Griffith, County Surveyor, laid out and platted the original town of Iowa Falls, described as situated upon the east half of section 13, township 89, range 21. The plat was filed for record June 28, 1856. Since that time, Greenman & Hawes' south addition, Hulbert Haitt's railroad, Buttolph's first, Buttolph's second and Talbott's additions have been added, considerably enlarging the original plat of the town.

No name is more prominently connected with the history of Iowa Falls than that of Jason L. Estes.

Mr. Estes, was born in South Adams, Mass., October, 1, 1817. When fifteen years of age he removed with his parents, John and Sarah Estes, to the town of Manlius, Onondaga county, N. Y., and two years later to Genesee county, in that State. He resided on a farm till twenty-

one years of age. He engaged for a time in teaching; studied civil engineering at Rochester, N. Y .; went to Du Page county, Ill., in 1838, and engaged in farming, which he followed for ten years, when he engaged in surveying and civil engineer- ing on the first railroad of Illinois. In 1851 he went to California, but, on account of failing health, he remained there but seven months. He came to Iowa Falls in 1855. He was one of the three original proprietors of the town plat, and one of the builders of the flouring mill in 1857. Much of his time, for many years, was given to surveying. He was County Sur- veyor for considerable time. Mr. Estes was a practical business man, of excellent judgment, and was uniformly successful in his business enterprises, accumulating a fine property. He was always pro minent in any enterprise whose object was to pro- mote the best interests of the community with which he was identified. He was married in Illinois, in May, 1843, to Miss Sarah M. Sargent, who was born at Coles- ville, Genesee county, N: Y. Mr. and Mrs. Estes had two daughters; the elder, Abbie J., is the wife of Dr. J. H. Foster, married June 23, 1864. Their youngest daughter, Mary A., died July 16, 1864, at the age of eighteen years. Mr. Estes died October 12, 1876. The success to which Mr. Estes attained was, in a measure, due to the valuable assistance of his wife, who is a woman of culture and refinement, as well as of practical business attainments.

Before the laying out of the town, quite a settlement had been made here. The first enterprise around which all the others centered, was the location here of a saw and grist mill. Benjamin I. Talbott, in

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1853, constructed a dam, and erected a saw mill. Captain White, arriving soon after, became joint proprietor with Mr. Talbott, and on the latter's desiring to leave, purchased his entire interest, enlarged the mill, placed in it a run of burrs, and White's mill was numbered among the institutions of Hardin county.

About the time the mill was being enlarged, Samuel Parkinson opened a small store, it being the first in Hardin town- ship. Samuel Parkinson and Almira Stevens were subsequently united in mar- riage by Esquire Caldwell, and were the first couple married in the township. A daughter being born unto them, in due course of time, became the first born in the village. This birth is supposed by many to be the first in the township, but, as has been seen, Oliver Townsend was born in the fall of 1852, some three years previous.

POSTOFFICE.

In the spring of 1855 an attempt was made to have a postoffice established at White's Mill, resulting in failure, the office being given to Mr. Talbott for his new town of Rocksylvania, the town of Iowa Falls being then unknown. But the effort was not to be abandoned. In 1856 the Government decided to establish a mail route between Cedar Falls and Fort Dodge. Now was the time to revive their efforts. Says Nettie Sanford, in writing upon this point in a historical sketch of Iowa Falls: "It was deemed necessary that the postal highway about to be established between Cedar Falls and Fort Dodge, should take in Iowa Falls on its course. T. I. McChesney, now living in Ellis town-

ship, the Stage Company's Agent, was interviewed. He sat on a log not far from the anxious lot holders, who stood around him, he whittling a stick, as they laid the project in a persuasive manner before him, urging their claims above those of Hardin City. Mr. McChesney finally made a con- tract that the stages should run through the village, the citizens binding themselves to make a road, and give the passengers a good stopping place. Of course the enter- prising citizens were not to be abashed by this last proposition, though Mr. Estes said in an aside-'By George ! I don't know where we can put strangers in our cabins.' The road was built after this wise: A team started out with a heavy tree fastened to the whiffletree, and by the compass a line was surveyed to Down's Grove, now called Ackley. The sloughs were fixed a little by poles and grass, though no permanent bridges were built. The streams were forded, and in muddy times the passengers were obliged to alight and each carry a rail to pry the old red coach out of the water and mud. Very few ladies traveled in the coaches at this early day, and of course this statement of the rail lifting does not apply to the gentler sex. The grass was very high before the cattle cropped it down, its feathery tassels coming up to the backs of the horses and oxen in many places, even upon the up- lands."

A mail route through the place would be of little use, unless they should secure a postoffice, and the Department at Wash- ington was importuned to establish one at this point. The prayer of the petitioners. was granted, orders given for the discon- tinuance of the office at Rocksylvania, and

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its removal here. James R. Larkin, one of the original proprietors of the town, received the appointment of Postmaster. Mr. Larkin held the office something over two years, and then resigned, James S. Smith being then appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Smith held the office during the remainder of Buchanan's administra- -tion, and gave way to A. E. Arnold early in the administration of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Arnold served till the fall of 1867, when he was removed by Andrew Johnson, who at that time was making wholesale remov- als of public officers throughout the Union. George W. Chapman succeeded Mr. Arnold, and in turn was succeeded by W. A. Plantz, who served until General Grant was installed as President, when he gave way to M. C. Woodruff, at that time editor and proprietor of the Iowa Falls Sentinel, who served until the appointment of the incumbent, William H. Weldon. A money order department has been attached to this office. The business of the office is rapidly increasing. For the year ending June 30, 1882, there was re- ceived for box rents, $216; for stamps, postal cards, stamped envelopes and news- paper wrappers, $3,358.09; for fees on money orders issued, $225.70; a total of $3,799.79. During the same time there were 1,964 money orders issued, amount- ing to $20,749.42. There were paid during the same time orders amounting to $12,- 103.85.

INCORPORATION.

Iowa Falls was incorporated as a town and its first election held July 24, 1869, re- sulting in the choice of the following named officers: Mayor, O. W. Garrison;

Recorder, S. M. Weaver; Trustees, Joel W. Hiatt, Isaac B. Thomas, Robert Wright, Hosmer Stevens, A. E. Arnold; Treasurer, S. G. Gibbs. Mr. Wright, declining to serve as Trustee, S. Arnold was elected in his place.

The following named comprise the offi- cers from 1870 to 1882, inclusive:

1870-Mayor, J. S. Smith; Recorder, J. H. Carleton; Trustees, J. W. Hiatt, J. B. Thomas, S. F. Woodworth, Moses Hatch, A. Woods; Treasurer, S. G. Gibbs; Mar- shal, N. Follett.

1871-Mayor, G. W.Chapman; Recorder, O. W. Garrison; Trustees, J. W. Hiatt, T. B. Knapp, M. C. Woodruff, A. A. Wells, L. Welden; Treasurer, S. G. Gibbs; Mar- shal, R. A. Carleton.

1872-Mayor, J. C. Waldron; Recorder, - O. W. Garrison; Trustees, L. F. Wisner, C. Cowan, J. S. Smith, W. A. Plantz, Wil- liam Wilde; Assessor, P. J. Cowan; Treas- urer, L. F. Wisner; Marshal, J. T. Lane.

1873-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, O. W. Garrison; Trustees, W. M. Jones, C. Cowan, L. F. Wisner, J. S. Smith, H. Cady ; Treasurer, L. F. Wisner; Assessor, P. J. Cowan; Marshal, W. W. Bunce.

1874-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, P. J. Cowan; Trustees, Z. K. Hoag, Wil- liam E. Nichols, J. T. Buttolph, William Wilde, R. J. O. McGowen; Treasurer,, D. P. Griffith; Assessor, George M. Lowe; Marshal, W. W. Bunce.

1875-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, F. W. Thaxter; Trustees, M. Nutter, J. S. Smith, J. P. Perce, W. E. Nichols, Z. K. Hoag; Treasurer, J. T. Buttolph; Assessor, E. S. Ellsworth ; Marshal, L. Welden.

1876-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, H. C. Miller; Trustees, M. Nutter, T. B.

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Knapp, R. Cooper, R. J. O. McGowen, E. S. Ellsworth; Treasurer, J. T. Buttolph; Assessor, R. A. Carleton; Marshal, R. D. Vaughn.

1877-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, P. J. Cowan; Trustees, W. Wilde, H. Cady, R. A. Carleton, E. S. Ellsworth, Z. K. Hoag; Treasurer, W. H. Woods; Assessor, E. Peabody; Marshal, L. H. Phinney.

1878-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, P. J. Cowan; Trustees, J. R. Haworth, C. Cowan, William Welden, R. A. Carleton, E. S. Ellsworth; Treasurer, W. H. Woods; Assessor, Z. K. Hoag; Marshal, L. H. Phinney.

1879-Mayor, S. M. Weaver; Recorder, P. J. Cowan; Trustees, O. W. Garrison, C. Cowan, William Welden, R. A. Carleton, R. D. Vaughn; Treasurer, W. H. Woods; Assessor, E. E. Dowdell; Marshal, L. H. Phinney.

1880-Mayor, O. W: Garrison; Recorder, Thomas H. Milner; Trustees, E. S. Ells- worth, S. P. Smith, Z. K. Hoag, J. S. Smith, G. A. Ivins; Treasurer, W. H. Woods; Assessor, E. E. Dowdell; Marshal, Levi Welden.

1881-Mayor, J. S. Smith; Recorder, S. M. Weaver; Trustees, E. S. Ellsworth, S. P. Smith, C. Cowan, W. A. Nichols, R. D. Vaughn, Z. K. Hoag; Treasurer, W. H. Woods; Assessor, T. B. Knapp; Marshal, A. J. Bowman.

1882-Mayor, C. Cowan; Recorder, L. E. Jones; Trustees, J. H. Foster, J. T. But- tolph, E. S. Ellsworth, S. P. Smith, Z. K. Hoag, W. E. Nichols; Treasurer, W. H. Woods; Assessor, E. E. Dowdell; Marshal, L. H. Phinney.

PROMINENT CITIZENS.

Thomas Bracy Knapp is not only one of the earliest settlers of Iowa Falls, but also one of the first residents of this portion of the State of Iowa. He located in the val- ley of the Iowa river, five miles southeast of the present city of Iowa Falls, in 1854. His parents were Thomas Bracy Knapp, Sr., and Mercy (Seger) Knapp, who was born in Danbury, Conn., on the 9th of July, 1822. The family were originally from England, and were early settlers of the Province of Connecticut. The grand- father of Mr. Knapp was a paymaster in the Revolutionary army, and lost his house when Danbury was burned by the British. His maternal grandfather was also a sol- dier in the Revolutionary war. The Se- gers were of Welsh origin. When Mr. Knapp was twelve or thirteen years of age, the family moved to Sheldon, Wyoming county, N. Y., and three years later to Clarksville, Huron county, Ohio, where Mr. Knapp was for some time a student of the Norwalk Institute in that county. In 1840 he went to Alabama, and clerked in a store for several years in Montgomery; and in 1846 he was elected Lieutenant of a company, which offered its services for the Mexican war, but was not called out. He engaged in business for himself about that time, which he followed till the "gold fever" began to rage all over the country, and early in 1849 he went to Cal- ifornia. There he mined and traded for between three and four years, arriving in New York City, on his return, in Decem- ber, 1853. Proceeding to Alabama, he spent the winter there, and in April, 1854, he came to Hardin county, and purchased a farm, which lay on both sides of the

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Iowa river. That season he looked over the ground where Iowa Falls now stands, and was very favorably impressed with the beauty of the location. Mr. B. I. Talbott and Capt. Samuel White had then erected a, mill here, and were the only residents on the present site of the town. Mr. Knapp continued to improve his farm until after the commencement of the civil war. In 1862 he was elected Sutler of the 32d Iowa Infantry, serving in that capacity till the winter of 1864, when he resigned. Soon after, he sold his farm and settled in Iowa Falls. He was in the general merchandise business until 1870, when he closed this branch of trade, and in 1873 he opened a hardware store, in which business he con- tinued for a number of years. Mr. Knapp was a member of the General Assembly in 1866 and in 1868, taking an active part in both sessions. During one of them he was Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings; during the other, of the Com- mittee on Public Lands; also served on several other committees. In 1868 he was one of the committee appointed to visit the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Cedar Falls. He has been in the local Council or on the School Board for many years. Mr. Knapp aided in organizing the Republican party in Hardin county; was a Delegate to the first Republican State Convention, and is still one of the local leaders of the party. Religiously, he has long been prominently connected with the Baptist Church. His wife was Mrs. Louisa Hoover, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, a graduate of Cornell Col- lege, located at that place. Her maiden name was Lamb, born in Wayne county, Ind., in 1839. She married Henry Hoover in 1856, moved to Mount Vernon, Iowa,

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History of Hardin county, Iowa, together with sketches of its towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 85

Author: Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Springfield IL : Union Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1002

Author:
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Springfield IL : Union Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1002