The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 107

Author: Western Historical Co , Western Historical Company
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 807

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THOMAS W. MILLER, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Grand Mound ; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; son of Phillip S. and Chloe Miller ; born May 8, 1830, in Livingston Co., N. Y .; emigrated to Kent Co., Mich., in the spring of 1856, and, in the spring of 1859, came to Iowa; engaged in the employ of the C. & N .- W. R. R. Co.'s car-shops at Clinton and assisted in building the first new pas- senger coach that ran west from Clinton. In September, 1862, enlisted in Co. C, 26th I. V. I .; participated in battles of Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post, after which, he was employed as a mechanic on detached service principally ; mustered out at Davenport in August, 1865, and then engaged in house-building in and about Clinton and Lyons; in May, 1871, came on to his present farm. Married Mary Perin, · daughter of Noble and Sarah G. Perin, January 1, 1861 ; she was born in this county in September, 1837 ; her parents were among the very first settlers of Clinton ; have six children-Sarah L., Charles P., Mary C., Harvey R., Hattie R. and Thomas W .;

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lost three, Effie M., Ada and infant. Is a member of De Witt Lodge, No. 33, A., F. & A. M. Wife a member of the M. E. Church. Republican.

JUNIA S. MOWRY, farmer and minister, Sec. 19; P. O. Calamus. Owns 200 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Son of Reuben and Phoebe (nee Smith ) Mowry : seventh generation back on father's side were English, and fifth on mother's side. He was born July 18, 1805, in Providence, R. I .; followed teaching several years. Married Salome Lincoln Dec. 2, 1835 ; she was born Sept. 13, 1807, in Massa- chusetts ; she died July 21, 1841. He again married. Nancy Manchester, of Tiverton, R. I., Dec. 2, 1841 ; she was born May 2, 1812. In the spring of 1851, came to Lyons, of this county, returned and brought his family in the fall of 1852. In the spring of 1854, came on his present. farm. His second wife died Feb. 24, 1868. He again married Mildred M. A. Holmes July 15, 1869, her maiden name was Du Bois ; she was born June 1, 1811, in Michigan ; she died March 11, 1879. He again mar- ried Susan Moth, of De Witt, June 8, 1879; she was bora Nov. 9, 1821, in Champaign Co., Ohio ; has one daughter living by first wife-Amy M., and lost one-Elizabeth ; by second wife five children-Phoebe, Martha, Deborah, Esther and John R. ; lost three-Salome, Daniel and Reuben. Mr. M. was ordained as an Elder in the Free- Will Baptist Church Aug. 23, 1832, in Tiverton, R. I. ; united with the Disciples' Church here, and has filled the same position. Has also served as President of School Board. Republican.

OLIVER T. NELSON, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. O. Grand Mound. Owns 160 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Son of Thor and Engebor ( nee Halverson ) Nelson ; born Oct. 18, 1835, in Norway, emigrated to this county in July. 1857. Mar- ried Miss Martha Lawson Sept. 29, 1860; she was born in Norway June 28, 1839 ; have six children living-Maggie H., Thor H., Cornelius, John H., Elizabeth A. and Bertha M. Mr. N.'s father died here in October, 1869. Member Lutheran Church ; Republican.

JOHN O'BRIEN, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Calamus; owns 280 acres of land in this county, valued at $8,000, and 120 acres of land in Boone Co., worth $20 per acre. Son of James and Elizabeth O'Brien; born April 8, 1837, in Peterboro, C. W. In fall of 1853, emigrated with parents to this county ; his father died Feb. 14, 1877. at the advanced age of 98 years. Married Elizabeth Smith, of Peterboro, C. W., in April, 1861 ; she was born in Ireland in 1842 ; have four children living-Mary C., James, John P. and Margaret E. Has served as Justice of the Peace two terms, and President of School Board seven years, and is present Assessor of township. Member Catholic Church ; Greenbacker.

JOHN OLSEN, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Calamus; owns 180 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born June 4, 1827, in Norway; in the spring of 1856, came to the United States, stopping in Kendall Co., Ill., till the summer of 1858; came to this county, located on his present farm in 1862. Married Engel Nelson Sept. 20, 1860; she was born Dec. 26, 1837, in Norway ; have one son-N. O. Olsen, born Jan. 13, 1861. Member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. O. has served as School Director of his district ; Republican.

KARL PORT, farmer ; P. O. Buena Vista; owns 400 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; son of Joseph and Catharine Port; born April 22, 1830, in Prussia; in the spring of 1854, emigrated to the United States, stopping in Muscatine Co .; in 1855, went to Hampton, Ill., and engaged in wine-making; in the fall of 1859, came to this county, and, in 1866, came on to his present farm. Married Bernatina Passeck in October, 1865; she was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1828, and died Dec. 25, 1863. He again married Theresa Schmitz, whose maiden name was Bomen, March 22, 1865 ; she was born in Erie Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1832; has four children by first marriage-Otto, John, Joseph and Catharine; and five by second marriage-Minnie, Charles, Henry, Junzlof, Francesca; and lost one-Elizabeth ; Mrs. Post has four children by former husband-Mattie, Catharine, May and Hiram. Member Catholic Church ; Independent.

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F. E. ROTHSTEIN, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Buena Vista; owns 644 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; son of Jonathan and Charlotte Rothstein ; born Aug. 22, 1822, near Stockholm, Sweden; in the spring of 1843, emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business; in 1849, went by overland route to California, and engaged in mining and trading there; in the spring of 1857, came to Scott Co., Iowa, and, in 1861, to where he now lives, and built a grist-mill, which he sold in 1876. Married Elizabeth Powell, of El Dorado Co., Cal., in March, 1852; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, and died December, 1876. He again married Sarah J. Witman, in September, 1877; she was born in Scott Co. in August, 1843; have one daughter-Ellen E., now the wife of John Langseth, who is engaged in mercantile business at Buena Vista. Member Christian Church ; Republican.

WILLIAM SCOTT, dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., Calamus; son of Nathan B. and Lucy (nee Spaulding) Scott ; born May 27, 1819, in Allegany Co., N. Y .; in the spring of 1837, he went to Potter Co., Penn. Married there Miss Harriet M. Pearsall Sept. 13, 1840; she was born in Indiana, May 18, 1819; in the spring of 1843, he built a raft of lumber, and, with his wife and two children, wife's parents, her brother and sister, came on the raft down the Alleghany River to Pitts- burgh, where he sold his lumber for $4 per 1,000 feet, shipped on board a boat and came, via Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, to Copperas Creek, Fulton Co., Ill., stopping at his father's, he with a son and daughter having preceded them two years. About two weeks after their arrival, his wife's mother died, and, in July following, her father came to this township stopping with his brother, William Pearsall. In September, Mr. S. and family, his father, brother and wife's brother and sister came to this town- ship ; on his arrival here found himself the possessor of 12} cents, a yoke of three-year-old steers and one cow; one of the steers was drowned the following winter ; he cut cord wood the same winter at 25 cents per cord, and boarded himself; in 1847, he purchased forty acres of land, subsequently adding thereto till he now has about 200 acres, valued at $30 per acre. In the spring of 1850, he made a trip to California, by overland route. In the fall of 1851, he returned home via Panama, New York, Washington, by stage to Wheeling and by water to Davenport, since which time he has lived on his farm (with the exception of eight months that he managed the Buena Vista Ferry) till the spring of 1873, he rented his farm and came into Calamus and commenced mercantile business, which he continued till he commenced his present business, in 1877. Mr. Scott is the only member of his father's family living; there were nine children, he the fifth. Has served as a member of the Board of County Supervisors, also Justice of the Peace, etc. Has six children living-Sardinia M., Sidney S., Fatima, William W., Hattie D. and Alice O .; lost one-Phileta Q. His son, William W., who is in company with him, was born March 24, 1853; married Emma B. Hooper, Nov. 30, 1877; she was born Dec. 20, 1858 ; they have one son-Clyde L. His eldest son, Sidney S., is engaged in the dry goods and general merchandise business in this town; he was born July 24, 1849, and married Rosena Kenyon Jan. 27, 1876; she was born May 3, 1857, in Ogle Co., Ill .; they have one son-Harry L.

S. B. WALKER, Postmaster and dealer in drugs, stationery, school-books, furniture and agricultural implements, etc., Calamus ; son of William and Nancy (Bel- lamy) Walker; born Oct. 28, 1848, in Vermont; in 1851, went to Brockville, (. W., and in 1863, to Albany, N. Y., remaining but a short time; in 1865, went to Titusville, Penn .; remained about a year, returned to Canada and taught school nine months ; in 1868, came to Clarence, Iowa, where he clerked in a furniture store a few months, after which, he went on a tour through Minnesota and Wisconsin; in the fall of 1869, came to Clinton Co. and taught school the following winter, and, in the spring of 1870, engaged in the grocery business in Calamus, with Mr. J. W. Liebler; con- tinued but a short time, after which, he rented the Randall House, of Lyons, in com- pany with Mr. Carr; in February, 1873, returned to Calamus and engaged with Mr. Du Bois, and, upon the death of his partner, in 1875, purchased the full interest in the business ; in June, 1876, sold his stock (except drugs) to Damon Brothers, since which time, has been in his present business ; was appointed Postmaster in May, 1876, and

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Express Agent in April, 1877 ; is at present Secretary of the School Board; has also served as Township Clerk two terms. Republican.

GEORGE E. WHITE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Calamus; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre ; son of Jacob and Cynthia (nee Peck) White; born Aug. 3, 1848, in Bristol Co., Mass .; emigrated, with parents, to this county in the spring of 1855, locating upon the farm upon which he is now living. His father died Feb. 28, 1858 ; his mother again married a Mr. Orin Steenberg. In March, 1867, he went to Marion, Linn Co. ; worked with a brother, L. E. White, at carpenter and join- er's trade, and married there Miss Serena Todd, April 4, 1869 ; she was born Feb. 14, 1851, in Hancock Co., Ohio. In 1874, he returned to the old homestead, which he now owns ; have three children living-Sarah E., born Jan 4, 1870; Cynthia L., Aug. 20, 1871; Earl G., Aug. 26, 1872. Is a member of Methodist Episcopal Church ; Republican.

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JOHN BLESSINGTON, Superintendent of Clinton County Poor Farm ; P. O. Charlotte; born in County Longford, Ireland, in October, 1825. His parents, John and Margaret Blessington, emigrated to Vermont in June, 1839; they removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1847; in the fall of that year, he went to Lowell, Mass., where he worked in a woolen factory for eight years; he came to Clinton Co. in 1855, and located in what was then Lyons Township, now Hampshire Township, where he lived till 1863; he then removed to Welton Township and engaged in farming; in 1866, he went to Lyons and engaged in the mercantile business. He was City Marshal of that town for two years; was appointed to present position in February, 1876, succeed- ing Mr. William Cotton, now deceased. His parents, now dead, came to Clinton Co. in 1851. Mr. Blessington married Mary A. Howley, of Massachusetts, native of Ire- land; they have six children-Mary Ann, now Mrs. Robert Stuart, John, Margaret L., Edward J., William H. and Herbert L .; have lost four sons-Charles F., died in May, 1878, aged 22 years; the others died in infancy.

WILLIAM M. BURKE, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. De Witt; born in County Longford, Ireland, in May, 1816. He came to New York about 1839; went to Danville, Penn. ; in 1846, he went to Louisiana ; stayed about one year; then fol- lowed steamboating on the Mississippi till 1850. He entered his present farm in 1851; he then returned to St. Louis, where he lived about three years; then returned to his farm, which he has since occupied. He married Bridget Casey, native of Ireland, then of St. Louis; they have ten children-James, Mary, William, Peter, Margaret, Kate, Francis P., John J., Agnes and Michael A. ; lost two children in infancy. Mr. Burke has 160 acres of land.

GEORGE BENTON, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. De Witt; born in England, July, 1811 ; he came to New York in 1836, where he lived two years ; then removed to Davenport, Iowa. He married Mary Folk, a native of Illinois ; came to Clinton Co. in 1845, and settled in Deep Creek Township; he removed to Washington Town- ship in 1848, and entered a farm in Section 24; he settled where he now lives in 1852. Has had nine children, seven are living-George A., Richard E., William E., John Dillman, Mary E. and Susan ; lost first child, Sarah A., and third, Casper C. Mr. Benton owns over 400 acres of land.

TIMOTHY CRANNEY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. De Witt; born in Queen's County, Ireland, in 1826; he came to America in the fall of 1852; lived in Kentucky one and a half years; came to Clinton Co. in 1854; bought the farm he now owns in 1860; his wife was Mrs. Mary Reed, formerly Mary Flannery ; has three children-James, John and Charles; Mrs. Cranney has three children by former mar- riage-Catharine, Thomas and William. Mr. Cranney's farm contains 160 acres.

JAMES CUMMINGS, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. De Witt; born in County Kildare, Ireland, near Dublin, about 1827; he came to America with his parents

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in 1850; he went to Baltimore, Md .; remained about six months; then went to Pittsburgh ; remained one year ; then came to Clinton Co., and purchased his present farm ; returned to Pittsburgh ; settled on his farm the next spring. He married Ellen Dunn ; they have one child-Margaret ; has eighty acres of land.

JOSEPH CASSIDY, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. De Witt; born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1835; his parents, Michael and Catherine Cassidy, came to America in 1848; they lived one year in St. Louis, then went to Dubuque and lived one year ; thence to Scott Co. for one year; thence to Clinton Co. His father died in 1876 ; his mother resides with her son Joseph. The farm now owned by Joseph is a part of two farms, entered by his father and his brother James, in 1854. James died in January, 1872. Mr. Cassidy married Betsy Callan, also a native of County Mona- ghan. They have four children-Margaret, Ann, Betsy and James. Mr. Cassidy has about 500 acres of land; he located on 240 acres of present farm in the fall of 1865.

JOHN DOLAN, farmer and stock-raiser; resides in Sec. 12; P. O. Char- lotte ; born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1816. He married Catharine Murphy, native of same county ; he came to the United States in 1848; he lived one and a half years in Rutland Co., Vt; then removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he lived about three years ; he then went to Illinois; remained one year, and came to Clinton Co. in 1854 ; purchased part of his present farm in 1855; has eleven children-Martin, Thomas, Kate, Mary F., Ann I., Sarah E. Michael, Eliza, Theresa, James and Eva Alicelis; has lost three sons and two daughters. Mr. Dolan owns about seven hundred acres of land ; he is one of the most successful farmers of Clinton Co .; he came to the county twenty- five years ago, a poor man ; has now several fine farms, well stocked and improved.

GEORGE FARRELL, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Charlotte; born in the city of Dublin in 1828; he came to the United States about 1849; purchased his present farm in 1853. His first wife was Jane Collin, a native of Ireland. His pres- ent wife was Catherine Lawler ; Mr. Farrell has five children by his first marriage and seven by second. He has 160 acres of land.

BERNARD FLANNERY, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. De Witt; born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about 1820; he came to America, December, 1848; Mr. Flannery visited various parts of the country before he settled down ; he landed in New York, then visited Connecticut ; returned to New York ; went to New Orleans, then to Memphis and other parts of Tennessee, and came to Clinton Co., December, 1850, and entered his present farm. He married Margaret Trimbull, daughter of Michael Trimbull; they have nine children-Michael, Mary, John, Peter, William, Sarah, Bernard. James J. and Lawrence. Mr. Flannery's home farm contains 220 acres ; he also has another farm of 200 acres.

REV. JOHN B. GAFFNEY, Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Wash- ington Township, and of St. Mary's Church, Hampshire Township; P. O. Charlotte; Father Gaffney was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1843; his parents, John and Margaret Gaffney, emigrated to the United States in 1848; they first settled in Pennsylvania ; removed to Dubuque in 1851. Father Gaffney received his literary education at St. Francis' College, Cambria Co., Penn .; pursued his theological studies at Pittsburgh Seminary, completing the course in 1865; he was ordained in the fall of 1865, by Bishop Henni, of Milwaukee; his first charge was the pastorate of St. Paul's Church at Burlington ; was transferred in 1866, to Otter Creek, Jackson Co., where he remained till 1878, when he assumed his present charge, succeeding the Rev. Father Brady; Father Gaffney is an earnest laborer in the cause of temperance, and has estab- lished a temperance society in connection with his church in Hampshire Township ; one already existed in Washington Township when he assumed his present duties.

ANTON HANSMAN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. De Witt; Mr. Hansman was born in. Baden, Germany, in 1835; he came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1855; he removed to Illinois in the fall of 1856; he bought part of his present farm in the fall of 1859, and settled thereon in 1862. He married Margaret Sophy, a native of Can- ada ; have five children-Mary, John, Charles, Albert and Caroline. Owns 400 acres.

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FRANCIS HOGARTY, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. De Witt; born in Ohio in 1833; his parents, John and Lucy Hogarty, removed to Davenport in 1844; his father died in February, 1864; his mother resides in Davenport. He married, in 1855, Margaret McGarry, daughter of Enos McGarry. Mr. Hogarty lived in Scott Co. one year after his marriage, and came to Clinton Co. in 1857; he purchased a farm in Sec. 34, Washington Township, which he sold in 1866, and settled in Center Town- ship, where he lived six years; he purchased his present farm in 1865, which is the farm formerly owned by his father-in-law, Mr. Enos McGarry. He has six children- Elizabeth, Francis, Minnie, James, Annie and Jarvis R. Mr. Hogarty has 200 acres of land.

PATRICK LAWLER, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Charlotte; born in Queen's County, Ireland, March 16, 1808; he emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1846; came to Clinton Co. in 1849; he lived in De Witt Township two years, then purchased present farm. He married Elizabeth Reed, a native of Ireland; she died in June, 1862 ; they had ten children-Ann, Catherine, Fanton, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, Theresa, Simon P., William and Edward; Mr. Lawler's present wife was Miss Margaret Lawler, a native of Ireland. He has nearly 300 acres of land ; is engaged in general farming and stock raising.

JOHN J. McDONNELL, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. De Witt; Mr. Mc- Donnell was born in New York July 4, 1816. His parents moved to West Virginia, thence to Pennsylvania, then to Ohio, and to Iowa in 1854, and settled in Davenport. His father died in Davenport about 1856. Mr. McDonnell came to Clinton Co. in 1858, and settled on Sec. 23, Washington Township. He purchased his present farm in the fall of 1866. He married Catharine McGarry, a native of Ireland ; have four children-Patrick, William, James and Hugh. John, the oldest son, enlisted, in 1861, in the 26th I. V. ; was mortally wounded at the battle of Arkansas Post. Mr. McDon- nell has 160 acres of land; his son Patrick owns 200 acres of land in Sec. 26; James has 160 acres in Sec. 23.

JOHN McELHATTON, farmer, Sec. 2; . P. O. Charlotte. Mr. Mc- Elhatton was born in Ireland in 1834; his parents, John and Margaret McElhatton, emigrated to Ohio when he was an infant. They came to Clinton Co. about 1859; his father had charge of the Clinton Co. Poor Farm for three years ; his parents after- ward settled in De Witt Township; they are now deceased. Mr. McElhatton married Margaret Clarey, a native of Ireland; they have one child-Elizabeth F .; also an adopted son. Mr. M. has 86 acres of land; settled on his present farm in 1861.

JOHN J. McGARRY, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. De Witt; born in Clark Co., Ohio, in 1837; his parents, Enos and Elizabeth McGarry, came to Scott Co., in 1854, to Clinton Co. in 1856; his father purchased and improved the farm now owned by his son J. J., where the family all resided till 1863; he purchased the farm of his father in 1866; his father died in 1875, aged 75 years; his mother resides with her son James, in Iowa Co. Mr. J. J. McGarry married Mary G. Lawler, daughter of Patrick Lawler, of Washington Township; has five children-William A., Elizabeth, Mary M., Francis and John J. Mr. McGarry has 300 acres, in a fine state of culti- vation. He has held various township offices ; his father was Justice of the Peace of Washington Township for several years.

CHRISTOPHER McGINN, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Charlotte; Mr. McGinn was born in Canada, in 1829. He married Ellen Hanrahan, a native of Can- ada. He came to Clinton Co. in the spring of 1853, and entered 80 acres of his present farm; has seven children-Mary A., William, Ellen, Christopher, James, Margaret and Jane. Mr. McGinn's parents settled in Washington Township two years later than he did; they are now deceased; they had eight children when they came to Clinton Co., seven still living. Mr. McGinn has 220 acres of land; is engaged principally in stock-raising.

THOMAS O'TOOLE, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Charlotte; was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1829; his parents, Lawrence and Catherine O'Toole, emi- at ed to Canada in 1830. He married Sarah McAllister, a native of Ireland; they

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have had seven children, six of whom are living-Margaret, Mary, Lawrence, Thomas, John and James; the other died in infancy. Mr. O'Toole came to Clinton Co. and set- tled on his present farm in Washington Township, in 1851. His homestead farm con- tains 280 acres; he also owns a farm of 140 acres in Waterford Township ; he is one of the successful farmers of Washington Township; is engaged extensively in stock- raising ; makes a specialty of short-horns ; has a fine herd of twenty of that excellent breed of cattle.

MRS. ELLEN ROSSITER, formerly Miss Ellen Bryant, resides on Sec. 3; P. O. Charlotte ; Mrs. Rossiter was born in Bath, England, in 1825. Married in 1848, James Rossiter, who was born in England, in 1812. They emigrated to New York in 1849; thence to Scranton, Penn. ; they came to Clinton Co. in May, 1854, and settled on the farm now owned by. Mrs. Rossiter. Her husband died Oct. 22, 1872. Mrs. Rossiter has had eight children, six are living-Charlotte M., wife of John Spur- rell, resides in Sac Co., Iowa ; Martha E., John R., Simon C., William J. and Ben- jamin-F .; has lost two children-Lydia A. and an infant. Mrs. Rossiter and two of her children are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Rossiter was a member of this church for forty years.

JOSEPH WIESE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Charlotte ; born in, Holstein, Germany, in 1830; he came to America in 1856; he resided in Davenport one year ; then purchased and settled on present farm. He married Lena Wiese, also a native of Holstein. They have eight children-Dora, Emma, Mena, William, Caroline, Joseph H., Theresa and Clara. Mr. Weise has 280 acres of land; is engaged in general farm- ing.

HIRAM M. WHITE, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. De Witt; born in Martins- burg, Berkeley Co., Va., in 1797. His parents removed to Champaign Co., Ohio, in 1806. Mr. White was a soldier in the second war with England, enlisting at the breaking out of the war in 1812, when he was but 15 years of age; he was a member of the 4th U. S. Volunteers. He was in Gen. Hull's army when that officer surren- dered his army and the territory of Michigan to the British; participated in several battles of that war; was wounded at Black Rock ; was taken prisoner three times dur- ing the war; he returned to Ohio in 1818. He cast his first vote for President Mon- roe. Was a Postmaster during the administration of J. Q. Adams, and also during that of President Polk. He married, in 1819, Elizabeth Williams, of Ohio; had nine children. He married, in 1850, Miss Mary A. Redford, a native of Ohio; they also had nine children ; seven are living. He came to Clinton Co., and settled in De Witt in 1850, where he was engaged in the mercantile business for five years. He was Post- master at De Witt during the last part of Filmore's administration. He located in Washington on his present farm in 1855.

ERRATA.

On page 378, the following mistakes were made in compiling the list of county officials : Under the head "County Officers," the County Superintend- ent should read : Samuel S. Burdette was appointed to fill vacancy ; resigned, and entered the army. Isaac Baldwin was elected to the office in 1860 and 1861. Richard J. Crouch was elected for the terms 1862-69.

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The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 107

Author: Western Historical Co , Western Historical Company Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 807

Author: Western Historical Co , Western Historical Company
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 807