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SOLOMON DILLARD, farmer, P. O. Griswold, was born in North Carolina No- vember 21, 1851, son of James and Polly (Spurling) Dillard; he was born in North Carolina about 1810. The parents had ten children, four of whom are dead. Mr. Dil- lard attended common school, and began the business of life as a farmer. In 1869, he moved from North Carolina to Hardin Coun- ty. Iowa, and rented land till 1875, when he and his father bought 160 acres at $4 an acre. He now has eighty acres, valued at about $37 an acre. He has an acre of or- chard, and the same amount of grove. His farm is well stocked. Mr. Dillard was mar- ried, in Iowa, December 21, 1876, to Miss Ella Stidham, born in Iowa, daughter of D. G. and Susan L. (Winegar) Stidham. Mr. Dillard and wife are members of the Chris- tian Church.
CLARKSON GODFREY, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass County, was born in Tippe- canoe County, Ind., July 17, 1835. His father, Elijah Godfrey, was born in Mary- land in 1796, and, when about ten years old, emigrated to Ohio, settled in Ross C unty (1806), where he married; thence to Indiana, where he remained till emigrating to Illinois in 1855, when he settled in War- ren County, and there remained till his death, which occurred in October. 1877; he was a farmer by occupation. Subject's mother, Eleanor Davis, was born in Ohio about 1805;
was the mother of nine children, of whom three are in Illinois, one in Missouri, two in Kansas, and the subject in Waveland Town- ship, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. His mother died May 22, 1849. He began life in Illi- nois by renting land of his father; contin- ned this about five years, then he bought forty acres in Warren County, Ill., farmed it for about three years, then went to the army, enlisting in the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, Company H, in which he served one year, or till the close of the war. After returning from the army, he bought eighty acres and went to farming in Illinois, con- tinued this till 1873, when he sold out and came to where he now lives, in Waveland Township, Pottawattamie County, thirty- five miles east of Council Bluffs. Here he bought 160 acres, to which he has added 2S5. making 445; this was wild land, but is all improved now. Mr. Godfrey married Miss Ellen Dehart. in Illinois, March 14, 1868. She was born in Indiana March 23, 1844: her father, Larkin Dehart, born in North Caro- lina March 19, 1804, died August 6, 1875; her mother. Sarah (Collett) Dehart, was born in Kentucky June 20, 1812, and lives in Potta- wattamie County. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. God- frey have had seven children, five of whom are living-Mary Maud, Irene I., Charlotte I., Elijah F. and Albert H. Mr. Godfrey is a man who votes for principle and not for party. He is not a professor of religion, but does his utmost to help every good cause.
E. T. GRAHAM, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa, was born in Coles County, Ill., in 1830; his father was born in Ken- tucky in 1816, and died in Illinois in 1863: his mother, Laurana L. (Sawyer) Graham, was born in Kentucky, and is still living: the parents followed farming, and had twelve children, eight of whom are still living. Mr. Graham received a common-school education,
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and, at the age of eighteen, began life for himself as a farmer on rented land in Illi- nois. He afterward pre-empted 160 acres of land in Coles County, Ill. In 1852, he went to California, prospecting, and returned to Illinois two years later. In 1853, he built a saw-inill in Coles County, Ill. Four years later, he sold his mill, and built another, which he ran two years, then traded it for eighty acres of land in Illinois. He after- ward sold this land, and, in 1862, engaged in a woolen manufactory in Mattoon, Ill., the firm name being Linder & Graham, which firm did a flourishing business. In 1872, he moved to Pottawattamie Connty, Iowa, and rented a farm, on which he re- mained nine years. In 1SS1. he bought a beautiful farm of 240 acres at $25 per acre, which is to-day worth at least $40 per acre. He was married to Miss Maranda Dickey in 1849. She was born in Ohio, and died in Illinois in 1859. Her parents were born in Ohio, where her father died. Her mother died in Kansas about 1878. Mr. Graham married his second wife, Miss Emily J. Rog- ers, in 1861. She was born in Kentucky in 1842. Her parents were born in Kentucky. and are still living. Mr. Graham has had eleven children --- four by his first wife and seven by his second wife. Eight of the chil- dren are living. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were formerly members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Graham has eighty head of very fine cattle, fifty head of hogs and eleven head of first-class horses.
DR. J. W. HEMSTED, physician, Gris, wold, Cass County, was born in Johnson Co., Iowa, in May, 1849; his father, F. W. Hemsted, was born in York Co., Penn., in 1818, emigrat- ed to Ohio in 1840, stopped at Columbus till 1846, when he came to Iowa, landing at Iowa City, where he worked at his trade; has retired to private life. Subject's mother, Elizabeth
(Akers) Hemstead, was born in Wayne Coun- ty, Penn., in 1816; she is the mother of seven children. Dr. Hemsted first attended the district schools of Iowa; then he spent three years in the State University of Iowa, after which he took, a course in medicine in the same institution, graduating in 1873; he first practiced one year at Tiffin, Johnson Co., Iowa, then moved to Pottawattamie County and located where he now lives, on a farm of 320 acres, situated thirty-eight miles east of Council Bluffs, in the Walnut Creek Valley. After Dr. Hemsted came to Pottawattamie County, he engaged in practice for several years, during which time he established a wide reputation by the many skillful opera- tions he performed in this section; he is doubtless as well equipped for surgical opera- tions as any physician in the West. Dr. Hemsted married Miss Eva L. Thorn. of Johnson County, Iowa, in 1876, who was born November 24, 1854; her father, Graham Thorn, born in New York in 1824, emigrated to Illinois in 1853, settling in Du Page County; in 1864, he came to Johnson County, Iowa, where he still lives. Mrs. Hemsted's mother, Laura (Bailey) Thorn, was born in New York in November, 1831, and died in 1878. Dr. Hemsted and wife have three children-Ellen M., Bessie May and Samuel B. The Doctor is a Democrat, and was a candidate, in the fall of 1881, for Represen- tative on the Democratic ticket, but was de- feated.
JAMES HORNBY, farmer, P. O. Elliott, Montgomery Co., Iowa, was born in England August 9, 1825: his father was born in Eng- land in 1774, and was a farmer; he died in 1865. Subject's mother, Elizabeth (Bramble) Hornby, was born in England in 1769, and died in 1844: the parents had twenty children, two of whom are living. Mr. Hornby received a common-school education, and began life as
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a farmer, which he has since continued. He has never become naturalized, but is of the Republican persuasion. He has been twice married-first, in 1845, to Miss Minerva Gal- tress, whose parents were natives of England. Mr. Hornby was married to his second wife, Miss Jane Spence, in 1854; her parents were English. Mr. Hornby is the father of the following children: Robert, born January 25, 1846; Faithful, Angust 19, 1849; Faith, Jan- mary 31, 1850; Minerva, June 4, 1852; Thomas, February 13, 1857: Hope. Febru- ary 5, 1859; Jane, July 14, 1862: George, December 25, 1863; Elizabeth, January 14, 1865; William, March 7, 1867: Harry, May 24, 1868; Eddie, July 24. 1870: Mary, Sep- tember, 1872; Elsie, July 7, 1873, and James, July 1, 1876. Mr. Hornby is a Presbyterian. He emigrated to Canada in 1548, and ten years later, he moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he now resides.
J. W. JOHNSON, farmer. P. O. Griswold. was born January 31, 1545, in Warren County, Ill., son of Evander and Edith (Reed) Johnson, natives of Kentucky. The parents had seven children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Johnson began working by the month on a farm in Illinois; he moved from that State to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. in 1869, and bought sixty acres at $10 per acre; he now has 160 acres, valued at $40 per acre and a fine residence. He has an orchard of ROBERT LARINGTON, farmer, P. O. Griswold, was born in England March 18. 1830. son of Robert and Ann (Smith) Laring- ton, natives of England; he died in England about 1838; she died in Minnesota in 1879. and was the mother of nine children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Larington began life as a sailor, at the age of thirteen; he came from England to Chicago, Ill., in 1849, worked in a car foundry one year, and then went to Minnesota, thence to Clayton Coun- 100 trees, besides other fruits; also one acre of artificial grove. Mr. Johnson was married, in Illinois, in IS69, to Delpha Dehart, born in Illinois in 1852, daughter of Larkin and Sarah Dehart. Mr. Johnson lost his first wife in 1871, and March 31, 1872, in Iowa, he married Caroline Stidham, born in Iowa May 21, 1853. daughter of David G. and Su- san Ann (Winegar) Stidham. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had four children-Rosetta, 1 Edith L .. John D., who died November 22, ty, Iowa, and engaged in farm work. About
1SS1. and Franklin E., the latter born in .Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the others born in Montgomery County. Mrs. Johnson be- longs to the Christian Church.
J. S. JACKSON, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass County, was born in Sweden in October. 1843: he came to America in 186S: landed at Galesburg, Ill., where he remained. employed as a day laborer. for about six years; then he rented a farm in Illinois one year; then sold out and came to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with his brother, N. Jackson. They bought 160 acres in 1874; since then they have add- ed 160 acres, all of which they have placed in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Jack- son's sister Celia came to America in 1873, and keeps house for the brothers. Mr. Jack- son turns his attention largely to raising and feeding stock. Mr. Jackson's father, Swan Jackson, born in Sweden about 1813, died in 1858. His mother. Ellen Peterson, born in Sweden about 1822, died in 1860. The par- ents' children are J. S., Peter, Nelson, An- drew and Celia. In politics, Mr. Jackson is a Democrat; religiously, he is a Lutheran. These two brothers and their sister are de- serving of great credit for their industry, en- terprise and improvements. Their parents died when the children were small, and left them to care for themselves, which they have nobly done.
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1870, he moved to Pottawattamie County and bought 120 acres of land. This he has im- proved and added to till he now has 226 acres, worth about $32 an acre. He has a beautiful grove of maples of about three and a half acres, and some fruit He has sixty- three head of cattle, ten horses and 135 hogs. Mr. Larington was teamster for the Govern- ment during the greater part of the rebellion. He was married, in Chicago, Ill., in 1855, to Mary Ann Archer, born in Canada in 1833. They have four children living-Wilbert, Anna, Mary Jane and Eugene -- one of whom is an adopted child. They lost two children in infancy. Mr. Larington is a Republican.
W. Z. LLOYD, farmer, P. O. Elliott, Montgomery Co., Iowa, was born in Ohio June 26, 1840. His father. David Lloyd, was born in England, and was a farmer; he died in Iowa in 1863. Subject's mother, Anna (Williams) Lloyd, was born in -Eng- land, and died in Kansas in 1872. His par- ents had ten children, all of whom are living. Mr. Lloyd has a common-school education. He began life for himself as a renter in 1865. He has served his township in the capacity of Postmaster, Justice of the Peace, Treas- urer, Collector. etc. He enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, Third Brigade, Fourth Division and Seventeenth Army Corps. He served three years, and was mus- tered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. On September 2, 1868, he was married to Miss Hannah Hughes, born in Burlington, Iowa, November 6, 1847; her father, John Hughes, was born in England, and died in Iowa in 1848; her mother, Winifred (Owens) Hughes, was born in England, and is living in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have five chil- dren-Gracie, born January 20, 1871; Win- ifred, February 11, 1873; Ernest, March 7, 1875; Mary Ida, March 17, 1877; and David Garfield, September 27, 1880. Mr. Lloyd
located in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, in 1871, buying eighty acres at $12 per acre, and he now has 320 acres, worth about $40 per acre. His residence is beautifully orna- mented on the west by a grove of about two and a half acres. He has on his farm seventy head of fine cattle and about one hundred and fifty head of hogs. He is a Republican.
LEVI A. PERSONS, farmer, P. O. El. liott, Montgomery Co., Iowa, was born in Vermont October 10, 1822. His father was born in Vermont in 1790; was a farmer, and served a short time in the war of 1812. Sub- jeet's mother was born in Vermont in 1793, and died in 1860. His parents had five chil- dren, four of whom are living. Mr. Persons has a common-school education. He was in Company H, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry. during the rebellion. He was married to Miss Betsey Moore in 1850. She was born in Vermont, of which State her parents were also natives. Mr. and Mrs. Persons have had five children-Zedora L., born January 23. 1851; Susan E., August 27, 1852; Hattie A., June 3, 1855; Herbert H., February 27. 1857; and George A., born April 13, 1859. died June 3, 1864. Mr. Persons emigrated from Vermont to Wisconsin, thence to Potta- wattamie County, Iowa, in 1870, where he bought ten acres of land at $10 per acre. He now has fifty acres, worth at least $40 per acre.
H. C. POTTER, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass County, was born in Genesee County, N. Y., July 17, 1816; his father, William Potter, born in Boston, Mass., in 1780, set- tled in Western New York on a farm, where he died in 1364; he served a short time in the war of 1312. Subject's mother, Charity (Skinner) Potter, born in Kings County, N. Y., in 1790, was the mother of thirteen chil- dren, of whom but five are living: she died in 1846. Mr. Potter began life on his own
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responsibility in Erie County, N. Y., farming the old homestead, which he had purchased of the heirs. This he sold, and came to Iowa in 1852, settling in Jackson County, near Andrew. He remained on this farm for four years, then moved to Minnesota; re- mained eleven years; returned to Lucas County, Iowa; farmed a rented farm three years, then came to where he now lives; bought the land, but lived on a rented farm for three years, while improving the present homestead, which consists of 255 acres, val- ued at about $30 per acre. Mr. Potter mar- ried Miss Caroline Parmely, of Erie County. N. Y., in October, 1841. She was born in
Erie County, N. Y., in January, 1823; her father, Lemuel Parmely, born in 1779, in Maine, died in 1868; her mother, Sally (Brown) Parmely, born in Vermont about 1789. died in 1827. Mr. and Mrs. Potter have had seven children, of whom five are living-Ray S., Clark, Sally M., Ellen B. and William. Mr. Potter has served his town- ship as Justice of the Peace; has been Town- ship Assessor for six years, and Township Trustee for several years, thus being a very active and useful citizen. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and always votes the straight Republican ticket.
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S. H. ALBRIGHT, farmer, P. O. Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa, was born in Crawford Coun- ty, Ohio, November 12, 1845. He is the son of Joseph and Catharine (Darger) Albright. His father was born in Dauphin County, Penn., December 7, 1817, and is still living in Crawford County, Ohio. He is also a farmer. The mother of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, born October 29, 1815, and died in 1862. Our subject re- ceived a common-school education, and began working out at the age of eleven. He worked in Ohio for about seven years, when, in 1864, he came to this State, and worked in Cedar County for over eight years. He then came to Mills County, where he farmed rented land for two years. He then pur- chased his present farm, which consists of 180 acres of land, situated in Section 5, Township 75, Range 38, where he moved in the fall of 1875. With the exception of his house, he has made all the improvements himself. He was married, at Malvern, Mills
County, December 31, 1874, to Mary E. Snodgrass, born in York County, Penn., Oc- tober 2, 1843. She is the daughter of Will- iam and Jane Ellen (Johnson) Snodgrass, both natives of Pennsylvania. Her father died in his native State, and her mother died near Burlington, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Albright have had two children - Alva and Alma, twins, born July 2, 1876. Alva died July 29. 1877. Our subject is an Odd Fellow, and in politics is a Republican.
M. P. BLACK, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass County, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, December 29, 1820, son of John and Margaret (Petrie) Black, he a native of Vir- ginia, and she of German descent. His fa- ther died in Union County, Ind., about 1862. The mother of our subject is now over eighty- three years of age, and resides in Indiana. She sent her son a quilt, which she pieced after she was eighty-two years old. Our . subject received his education in a log school - house. In 1842, he began farming for him-
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self, on a little piece of rented land. He, left Indiana and came to this State; winter- ed in Warren County, and then came to this county, locating in Waveland Township in 1853. He made improvements on Section 11, Township 74, Range 38, pre-empted the same, and entered it the following year. Here he lived until the spring of. 1857, when he went to Buchanan County, Mo .. raised a crop, and returned to Warren County, this In State, in the fall of the same year.
1861, he enlisted as First Sergeant, Company B. Tenth Iowa Infantry. He was in the en- | gagements attending the expedition to open the Mississippi. under Rosecrans; was also with Sherman through Alabama and Georgia, and also in the siege of Vicksburg. His time having expired, he was mustered out at Kingston, Ga., in the fall of 1864. He re- turned home, sold his place and moved to Harrison County, this State, where he lived for three years, when he returned to this county, in October, 1869, and, after renting for three years, he purchased his present homestead. He was the first Justice of the Peace in Walnut. He was married to Eliza- beth Moore, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he had three children-Climpson B., Margaret Jane and Mary Ann. The mother died in 1848. His second marriage was with
1 Mary Highner, a native of Indiana; she died in 1853. By her he had two children-Ros- alinda and John R. Our subject was mar- ried a third time, to Mrs. Tabitha Lipp, née Pierson. a native of Kentucky. By her he had seven children-William, Leonard. Elizabeth, Rosa B., Cora. Susan and Frank. All of the twelve children are now living, out of a family of fourteen. In politics, our sub- ject is a Democrat.
L. A. BURNHAM, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa, born in Oswego County, N. Y., September 23, 1834, son of Philo and
Sarah (Rice) Burnham, he born in Greene County, N. Y .. September 16, 1793; she a native of Connecticut, and died December 15, 1862, at the age of sixty-eight years. The father was a farmer, and followed that voca- tion until he was nineteen years of age. when he entered the service of the Government in the war of 1812. In 1818, he experienced religion, and, up to his death, was a devoted follower of Christ. He was married to his first wife March 4, 1818. They had six chil- dren-Alma, born July 9, 1820: Sarah M., born June 23, 1825; John R., born June 24, 1827: Philo H., born January 1, 1832: Lorin A., our subject; and Charles H., born De- cember 9, 1840. The three latter are living -Philo H. and Charles H. are living in Scriba, Oswego Co., N. Y. March 18. 1864, our subject's father united in marriage to his second wife, Lydia Miner, born in Berkshire County, Mass .. November 22. 1800. He had four memberships in the American Bible So- ciety, and bequeathed to them $250, and also a like amount to the Home Missionary So- ciety. For sixty years he had been a mem- ber of the Presbyterian or Congregational Church, and died in the faith February 7, 1878. Our subject received a common-school education and worked on his father's farm till the age of twenty-one. He came to this county in 1857, and, during the summer of that year, worked in Lewis, Cass County. In the fall he purchased 100 acres in Section 35, Township 75, Range 38. He added sixty acres the following year. He was among the first settlers of Wright Township. He was married, in Council Bluffs, in July, 1S60, to Mrs. Caroline Burnham. née Miner, born in Delaware County, N. Y., March 15, 1832. She is the daughter of Isaac and Ann M. (Halleck) Miner, both natives of New York. Her mother was a niece of Gen. Halleck, and died in December, 1880. The father is still
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living in Greene County, N. Y .; is a miller, as are also his three sons. Our subject now owns 240 acres of land in Sections 34 and 35, Wright Township. He is a farmer of the first order; has good buildings on his place, and feeds most of the grain which he raises. He has been Town Trustee for sev- eral years. Has three children-Adelbert L., born December 9, 1861; Fred A., born December 29, 1863; and Carrie E., born July 23, 1876. Subject and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of Griswold, Cass County, of which he is an Elder. In poli- tics, he is a Republican.
JOHN BLAKELY, farmer, P. O. Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa, was born in Perry County, Ohio, in 1843. He is the son of Andrew and Catharine (Gilchrist) Blakely. His father died in Pennsylvania when our subject was about ten years old. His mother is a native of Pennsylvania, and is now living in Pitts- burgh of that State. Our subject lived with an uncle from the time he was six till he was " twenty years of age. He then learned the carpenter's trade in Alliance, Stark Co., Ohio, and worked at that trade for about eight years, part of the time in Ohio and the bal- ance in Pennsylvania. He then went to Mis- souri and worked at his trade in that State for several years. In the spring of 1872, he settted down in Cass County, this State, where he purchased eighty acres of land. Here he lived until the spring of 1876, when he bought his present place of eighty acres, situated in Section 5, Township 75, Range 38. He was married, in Cass County, February 4, 1874, to Lucina Ingram, born in Hamilton County, N. Y., March 2, 1855. She is the daughter of Clark and Lucina (Grinnell) In- gram. Her father was born in Massachusetts about 1821. When a young man. he moved to New York, where he was married. Her mother was a native of Vermont, born March
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2, 1825, and died in New York State Jan- uary 19, 1862. Mrs. Blakely's father moved to Henderson County, Ill., in the spring of 1862. He came to Cass County, this State, February 25, 1870, and is still living about five miles from Griswold. Our subject has three children-Ettie Belle, born May 20, 1875; Lenora, born February 14, 1877; and Elizabeth Jane, born January 4, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Blakely are members of the Pres- byterian Church of Griswold. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., and in politics a R -- publican.
JAMES BOILER, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa, was born in Pike County, Ohio, March 26, 1848. He is the son of William and Caroline (Umphreys) Boiler, both natives of Ohio, he born April 3, 1808, and she (his second wife) May 20, 1822. They moved from their native State to Iowa in 1850, locating in Muscatine County, where they lived till 1865, in that year removing to Marshall County, living there for four years. They returned to Muscatine County, where they remained until 1871, at which time they came to this county, locating on the place our subject now owns. It consists of 320 acres, the south half of Section 20, Township 75, Range 38. The parents are living, and reside at Walnut Station. Our subject received a common-school education, and lived with his father till he was twenty- one years of age. He began life for himself by working at carpentering in Marshall County, this State. He afterward went to Muscatine County, and there worked at farming with his brother for two years, after which he came to this county with his father, and worked the farm with him until the lat- ter moved to Walnut, since which time he has'run it himself. He was married, in Mns- catine County, Iowa, January 25, 1876, to Sarah Jane Nolty, born in Jefferson County,
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Ind., September 17, 1849. She is the daughter of Harmon H. and Sarah Maria (Padgitt) Nolty. Her father was born in Ger- many January 13, 1822. He came to the United States at the age of twenty, and, after stopping awhile in Pennsylvania, came to In- diana, where he was afterward married to Miss Padgitt, born near Cincinnati, Ohio, March 25, 1831. They came to Muscatine County in 1865, where they still reside. They have twelve children-seven sons and five daughters, all living. Our subject's par- ents have five children living, all sons. Mr. Boiler's children are two in number -- Orphe L., born November 1, 1876; and Glen Ira. born May 22, 1878. Our subject is a mem- ber of the A. H. T. A., and in politics is a Democrat.
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