The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 96

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

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ABRAHAM PRUYN, farmer ; P. O. De Witt; born in Montgomery Cn .. N. Y., in 1807; his parents removed to Herkimer Co. when he was a child. Mr. Pruyn's first wife was Sophia Minott; they had six children ; three are living-Minott A., who lives in New York ; Francis J., lives in Tipton, Iowa; Mrs. Harriet MeErlain. lives in Dyersville, Iowa. His present wife was Arvilla Miles, native of New York ; they have two children-William E. and Lillian F. Mr. Pruyn came to Clinton Co. in 1861 ; he lived one year in De Witt, then located on his present farm.

DAVID J. PRUYN, farmer ; Sec. 24; P. O. De Witt; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1831 ; his parents, Henry D. and Mary A. Pruyn, removed to Oswego Co. about 1834, and to Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., in 1845; he went to New York City in 1858. He served in the army as Assistant Quartermaster and Quartermaster during the war. He resided in Raleigh, N. C., from the close of the rebellion till 1870, when he returned to New York City ; he came to Clinton Co. in 1872, and located on his farm, which he had purchased in 1867. His father, born in 1800, and his mother, born in 1804, reside with him.

ACHILLES ROBB, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. De Witt. Mr. Robb was born in Knox, now Gibson Co., Ind., in 1801 ; in the fall of 1827, he removed to St. Louis Co., Mo., where he lived eight years ; thence to Greene Co., Ill., where he resided three years; thence to Lewistown, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile business for eight years ; thence to Albany, Ill., and came to De Witt in 1846; here he entered the mercantile business, but his health failing, he concluded to resort to farming, and entered the farm where he now lives. He married, in 1822, Mary Youngman, of Indiana ; she died in 1854; his second wife was Miss Sarah A. Burrowes, of Lancaster, Penn., a native of Ireland ; she died in December, 1863; his present wife was Miss Chloe M. Merrill. of Lewis Co., N. Y. Mr. Robb has resided on his farm for twenty-seven years; has 200 acres.

J. B. ROSE, proprietor of cheese factory and produce dealer, De Witt ; Mr. Rose was born in Canada in 1844; his parents removed to Ohio in 1855; he went to Illinois in 1864. Married, in 1865, Mary C. Lovejoy, of Wellington, Ohio. Mr. Rose went to Davenport in 1874, and engaged in the butter and egg business; he came to De Witt in 1875; built his cheese factory at this place in 1878; this is the pioneer cheese factory in the county, being the first one built in the county; it is one of the finest in the State; has the capacity for the milk of 1,000 cows. Mr. Rose is Manager of the Pleasant Valley Dairy Association, at Berlin, Iowa ; his intention is to make Clinton Co., second to none in dairy interests. In 1878, his cheese took the first premium at the State Fair, at Cedar Rapids; also, over thirty competitors in St. Louis, in October, 1878; and again at the International Fair, in New York City, in December of the same year. He is manager of the Dairy Department of the De Witt Observer. Has two children-Ida and Ira.

SAMUEL SADDORIS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. De Witt; born in Tasca- rawas Co., Ohio, 1816 ; he removed to Holmes Co., Ohio, where he resided till 1845, when he came to Davenport, lowa; he purchased and improved a farm near Davenport, and lived there seven years ; resided in Davenport for twelve years, engaged in real estate business ; he then exchanged his home in Davenport for forty acres of the farm

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which he now owns of 540 acres in Clinton Co., the most of which is under a fine state of cultivation ; has also 240 acres in Boone Co. Mr. Saddoris and Mr. Harrison Dwire were the organizers of the Grange movement .in Clinton Co .; he was instrumental in organizing the Farmers' Store in De Witt, in 1874; he is Secretary of the Farmers' Insurance Company, of Clinton, Jackson and Scott Cos. He married Miss Eliza Werum, a native of Germany, then of Ohio; have eight children-Harriet Mummey, Charles, an extensive farmer of Orange Township; Thomas, an extensive farmer of Boone Co., Iowa; Nancy E., Mary C., William H., Clifford E. and Samuel, Jr .; the last five reside at home.

JOSEPH SHEARER, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. O. De Witt. Mr. Shearer was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., July 4, 1814 ; he came to Camanche, Clinton Co., in 1854, and located where he now lives the same year. He married, in 1835, Mary A. Milligan, a native of Pennsylvania; have had twelve children, four are living-Mrs. Deborah Kellogg, James M., Robert T. and John M ; have lost two sons and six daughters. James M. enlisted August, 1861, in the 8th Iowa V. I .; was taken pris- oner at the battle of Pittsburg Landing; was a prisoner eight months; served till close of war; he now resides in Webster Co., Iowa. Robert T. is a lawyer by profes- sion ; resides at Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa.

SAMUEL H. SHOEMAKER, editor of De Witt Observer ; born in Chemung Co., N. Y., in 1840; he came to De Witt in 1853; learned the printing bus- iness in the office of the De Witt Clintonian, published by O. C. Bates; has been engaged in the business since that time, except seven months, which he served in the army ; he enlisted in June, 1862, in Co. A, 18th Iowa V. I .; discharged on account of disability ; established the De Witt Observer in 1864. Married, in 1866, Miss Rette Ferree, a native of Iowa; have two children-Jessie and Frank H. Mr. Shoemaker was appointed Postmaster of De Witt in 1871, which office he beld for seven years.

JOHN A. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. De Witt; born in Morgan Co., Ohio, in 1835. Married Ursula Mummey, a native of Ohio; they came to Clinton Cor from Ohio in 1863. Mr. Smith purchased a part of his present farm in 1867, a part in 1868 and the rest in 1874; he has 160 acres, under a fine state of cultivation; have two children-Lucetta C. and George M ..

ROBT. L. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. De Witt; born in Butler Co., Penn., in 1810. He married, in 1833, Molly Graham, also of Butler Co., Penn. Mrs. Smith died April 17, 1879, leaving five sons and three daughters-Alfred B., Ezra J., Orange S., William L., Samuel S., Margarette A., Nancy E. J. and Candace C. Mr. Smith came to De Witt in the fall of 1848; he engaged in the blacksmith business during the following winter ; during the season of 1849, he worked a farm, which included that part of the present site of De Witt, lying west of Jefferson and south of Clinton streets; made his present location in the autumn of 1849, where he has since resided.

ROBT. M. SMITH ; P. O. De Wttt; was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, April 14, 1850; he came with his parents to Clinton Co. October, 1863. He married, in September, 1873, Elizabeth C. Neville; they have one child-Ellsworth L., born October, 1876.

S. SMITH, artist, De Witt. Mr. Smith was born at St. Thomas, Ontario, in 1840 ; he removed to the State of Indiana in 1865; came to De Witt in 1867. He married, in 1868, Mary E. Niclaus, a native of Indiana; have one child-Harry M.

WILLIAM SMITH, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. De Witt; owns 200 acres; was born in March, 1813, in Belmont Co., Ohio : his father died in Morgan Co., Ohio, where his mother still lives. He married, in 1834, Sarah Beal ; she died in 1848; he again married Mary Hill in 1849; has five children by first marriage, and the same number by second marriage; has lost three children. Mr. Smith came to Clinton Co. in 1863 ; his brother, John N., who came with him, died in 1870. Mr. Smith located on his present farm in 1870:

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E. B. TOWNSEND, retired farmer ; P. O. De Witt ; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1821. Married, in March, 1848, Miss J. C. Vanderbilt, a native of New York ; came to Clinton Co. in 1857, and. purchased a farm in Eden Township, which he still owns; this farm contains 220 acres, and ranks with the best farms in Clinton Co .; in 1875, Mr. Townsend purchased a home in De Witt, where he has since resided. His mother, Mrs. Hannah Townsend, formerly Miss Van Vorhees, lives with him; she is 83 years of age, and is a descendant of one of the early Dutch families of New York. Mr. Townsend has four sons and one daughter-James E., John R., Fred, Geo. W. and Julia.

JAMES E. TOWNSEND, proprietor of flour and custom mill. De Witt ; is a son of Mr. E. R. Townsend; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1849. His mill, which is driven by steam power, he built in 1875, at a cost of $15,000. It has three runs of buhrs for grinding about four hundred and fifty bushels in eleven hours. He married, in 1873, Lydia Harrison, a native of Bridgeport, Ohio ; they have one child-Edwin-born in August, 1875.

PETER TRAVER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. De Witt; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1814. He married, Dec. 27, 1832, Catharine Hanson, also born in Montgomery Co. in 1815; accompanied by his parents, removed to Medina Co., Ohio, in 1834; his father died July 25, 1835. Mr. Traver came to De Witt Township in 1854; purchased his present farm in the summer of 1856, where he located in 1857; have five children-Nicholas P., George P., Nancy A. Hatfield, Mary A. Wallace and James P .; they lost their first and third children-Elizabeth Stanley and Margaret H. Crawford. James P. Traver married, on Jan. 8, 1873, Anna E. Volmer, daughter of Allen A. Volmer. Mr. Traver's father, George E. Traver, was born 1787; died in 1835; his mother, Elizabeth Plants Traver. was born 1797 ; died at Wheaton, Ill.

MRS. HARRIET TURNER TRITES; P. O. De Witt ; widow of Mr. Job Trites; resides in Sec. 14. Mr. Trites was born in New Brunswick in 1823; his parents removed to Harrison Co., Ohio, when he was a child; he came to De Witt Township about 1841. He married his present widow, Harriet Turner Trites, daughter of George William H. Turner, in 1842, and located on the farm where Mrs. Trites now lives in 1845 ; he enlisted in the 26th Iowa V. I. ; was wounded at the battle of Arkansas Post, and died from the effects of his wounds at Memphis Feb. 14, 1863. Mrs. Trites has three children-Mrs. Nancy M. Bird, Lewis Cass and Edwin R.

ALBERT VOLLMER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. De Witt; owns 200 acres. Mr. Volner was born in Baden, Germany, about 1820; his parents, Michael and Mary Volner, came to this country in 1830; they resided in Baltimore, Md., one year; then removed to Seneca Co., Ohio. Mr. Albert Volner came to De Witt in 1845 and engaged in the tailoring business ; he located on his farm about 1850. His wife was Miss Eleanor West, native of Pennsylvania ; have six children-Sarah, Ann, Clara. Stella, Willis and Emma.

ALEXANDER M. WALLACE, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. De Witt; born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, in 1840 ; he removed to Illinois in 1862; came to De Witt Township and bought his present farm of 190 acres in the fall of 1865; his parents, Thomas and Jane R. Wallace, came to De Witt Township from Illinois in the spring of 1866 ; his father, Thomas Wallace, died Oct. 31, 1872, aged 60 years; bis mother, Jane R. Wallace, died Jan. 1, 1868, aged 58 years 2 months and 20 days He married, March, 1869, Mary A. Traver, of De Witt Township; have five children- Martha J., Harland M., Herman B., Elmer P. and Nannie M. Mr. Wallace enlisted in the 1st Ohio V. Cav. in 1861; served one year ; discharged for disability.

G. W. WALLACE, merchant, of the firm of Wallace Bros., De Witt; was the son of Mr. John G. Wallace, who came from Pennsylvania to Clinton Co. in 1843. Mr. John G. Wallace purchased a farm in De Witt Township, where his family resided till 1860 ; they were among the sufferers by the tornado of June 3, of that year ; he then removed his family to De Witt, where he had established a store in 1856; he continued in business till his death, on Sept. 17, 1863; his widow, Mrs. Mackey

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Wallace, is still a resident of De Witt; she has five children, all residents of De Witt, except a daughter, Mrs. T. H. Ellis, who resides in Clinton. G. W. Wallace was born Dec. 26, 1847. He married, in 1874, Miss L. E. Beach, of Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa. A. J. Wallace, brother of G. W., and engaged in business with him, was born Oct. 24, 1854. He married, Oct. 1, 1875, Miss Estelle Beach, of De Witt.

MONROE WARREN, blacksmith, of the firm of Warren & Son, De Witt ; was born in Ohio in 1823 ; his father. Bennett Warren, came to Clinton Co. in 1841, and engaged in farming ; he died in 1857. Mr. Monroe Warren came to De Witt in the fall of 1844; he is the pioneer blacksmith of De Witt; has followed that business here for thirty-five years. He married, in 1845, Betsey A. Soliss; has three sons- John N., James W. and Thomas M .; the latter is engaged with his father in business.

M. R. WAGGONER, M. D., De Witt; born in. Ontario, Canada, in 1837; his parents, George and Mary Waggoner, removed to Jones County, Iowa, in 1854; the Doctor attended the Medical Department of the University of Michigan in the winter of 1861-62; he began practice in De Witt in 1863. In 1870, he attended the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, Ill., graduating February, 1871 ; returned to De Witt, where he has since practiced his profession. He married, in 1862, Lucelia E. Sozier, a native of New York ; they have three children-Mortimer C., Lucelia E. and M. R., Jr. The Doctor is a member of the Hahnemann Medical Association of Iowa; also of the Homeopathic Medical Department of the University of Iowa.

JOHN T. WATERS, De Witt; born in September, 1832, in England ; his father settled in Ohio in 1842. In 1849, Mr. Waters, then a young man of 17, passed four years along the Mississippi River, returning to Ohio in the fall of 1853 ; he came to Clinton County in the fall of 1855. Married, in December, 1855, Rosina Dinsmore, a native of New York. He entered the army in 1863; was 2d Lieutenant in the 9th I. V. C .; served till February, 1865. Have two children-Maggie I. and Carroll W .; he went to California in 1875 ; his wife, who accompanied him, died Aug. 26, 1877 : he returned in March, 1878. Mr. Waters was Clerk of the office of County Judge from 1858 to 1860; was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1860. under Charles H. Toll, Sheriff; was re-appointed under George Griswold; engaged in farming during 1865-66; from the spring of 1867 till 1877, was, with Thomas F. Butterfield, in the grain, lumber and agricultural implement business; during that time, held most of the township offices ; was Township Collector four years ; holds that office at present ; has been Assessor for township and city, member of School Board, etc.

JAMES WELCH, farmer ; P. O. De Witt. Mr. Welch was born in County Wexford, Ireland ; he came to the United States in 1854; lived in Dutchess Co., N. Y., for five years ; came to Clinton Co. in 1859, and settled on the farm he now owns in 1861; he has 212 acres of land. His wife was Catherine Hall, a native of Ireland; they have seven children-James, Helena, Catharine, Mary, Ellen, Ann and John.

EDWARD WEST, farmer, Sec. 23, P. O. De Witt; born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1803. He married Miss Sarah Phillips in 1828; they came to Clinton Co. in 1843; in 1852, Mr. West bought a quarter-section of school land, south of De Witt, which he sold the next year, and entered the farm where he now lives. He has five children-Mrs. Ellen Vollmer, Mrs. Sarah Barre, William H. H., Daniel and Mrs. Rachel McCulloch.

HENRY WESTON, farmer; P. O. De Witt; Mr. Weston was born in England in 1813; he came .to the United States in 1835; he was one of the early settlers of MoHenry Co., Ill, where he located in 1837. He came to De Witt in 1051 ; he resides just without the limits of the city, where he has a farm of 100 acres; he also owns another farm of 146 acres in De Witt Township. His first wife was Miss Sarah Baldwin, a native of England ; she died April 3, 1840. His second wife was Elizabeth Watson, of English parentage; she died Dec. 9, 1870; he has two children by first marriage-John H., born in 1836, and Thomas, born in 1838; has 9 children by sec- ond marriage, seven of whom are living-Mary J., George E., James, Daniel, Ann,

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Amelia and William M. K. Three nieces of Mr. Weston-Ann, Mary Jane and Mar- garet Walker-reside with him ; they came from England in '1868.

MRS. SARAH A. WESTBROOK, nee Burton, De Witt; her parents, S. P. and Eliza Burton, came to Clinton Co. in March, 1840; her . father entered the farm now owned and occupied by Mr. Henry Weston ; her parents had seven daughters, two now living. Mrs. Westbrook was born in April, 1828; her sister, Mrs. W. H. McCracken, born in 1827, resides in Kansas. Her father, now 75 years of age, is a resident of De Witt. Mrs. Westbrook married, in 1848, Mr. R. L. Westbrook; Has had two sons, both deceased; her eldest son, James A , was born May 13, 1849; he entered the army as drummer-boy in August, 1862; his health failing, he was dis- charged Feb. 19, 1863, learned the printing-business, and gave bright promise for the future, but the disease he contracted in the army resulted in consumption. He went to California for the benefit of his health, in July, 1871, and died at San Jose, in Decem- ber of that year ; her younger son, Leonard, died at the age of 2} years.

LORING WHEELER, retired farmer; P. O. De Witt; was born at Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1799; in 1821, he went to Alton, Ill., thence to Greene Co., Ill., where he remained two years; then to Morgan Co., Ill., where he remained three years. Mr. Wheeler served in the Black Hawk war; was a member of Gen. Dodge's regiment. He was for some time employed in mining at Galena, Ill .; in 1834, went to Dubuque, where he engaged in mining and in the mercantile business till the spring of 1841. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature of Wisconsin for two years; the first session was held at Belmont, Grant Co., Wis .; the second at Burlington, which was then included in the Territory of Wisconsin ; in the spring of 1841, he settled on the farm which he still owns, near De Witt, and in the autumn of that year was appointed Clerk of the Court for the county of Clinton, and held that office during the Territorial history of Iowa; in 1846, he was elected to the State Sen- ate for the term of four years. In 1849, Mr. Wheeler went to California by way of the overland route, and returned via the Isthmus in 1853. In 1854, was elected Clerk of Clinton Co .; continued in that office till 1862: since has been a member of the County Board of Supervisors four years; was Chairman of that body for three years of that time; is a stockholder in the Clinton National Bank, and has been one of its directors ; several years since he lost the use of his right eye from inflammation ; he retired from active life in 1873. Mr. Wheeler married in 1837, Susan, R. Harrison, sister of Jesse M. Harrison, of Dubuque, and of Alvin G. Harrison, of De Witt; has · had nine children, four of whom are living-George L., Thomas W. and Lloyd B., residents of Clinton Co .; his daughter Martha Frances, married Mr. Frank Cottrell, formerly of Dubuque, now a farmer of Harrison Co., Iowa.

DENNIS WHITNEY, attorney and real estate, De Witt; born in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1828 ; his parents, Dennis and Elizabeth Whitney, removed to Niagara, N. Y., in 1839; Mr. Whitney came to Clinton Co., in 1856, to De Witt in 1861. Was Deputy Treasurer of Clinton Co. till 1864; was Recorder from 1864 till 1866. Since that time has been engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in 1854, to Helen Butrick, of Lockport, N. Y.

V. YEGGE, brewer, De Witt; was born in Switzerland, in 1831 ; he came to America in 1852 ; he resided in Hillsdale, Mich., from 1853 to 1859, when he came to De Witt; he established his brewery in De Witt in the fall of 1859. He married in 1856, Mary F. Holly, a native of Germany. He has seven children, five sons and two daughters.

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JOHN CRAPSER, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Lyons ; was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1837. In 1850, he removed thence with his parents to Cleveland, Ohio, and remained there till 1860, when he removed to Iowa, locating in Clinton Co., where he has since resided. He married, in 1857, Miss Kate Tyler, in Cleveland, Ohio. They have six children -- Anna, Edward, Samuel, Charles, Bertha and Earl. Mr. C. has held the office of Justice of the Peace for a number of years. His family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. C. was engaged in the lumber business at Cleveland prior to coming West ; is a stanch Republican.

DANIEL EARHART, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Clinton; was born in Indiana Co., Penn., in 1822. In 1851, he removed thence to Clinton Co., Iowa, where he has since resided. He improved the fine farm on which he now resides, consisting of 125 acres. He married at Freeport, Penn., in 1849, Miss Mary H. Bowman, a native of Crawford Co .; they have had two children-Mazilpha J. (now Mrs. L. C. Granpher), and Elfleda V. (now Mrs. Frank Crapser). Mr. E. has held the office of Magistrate for many years. Members of the M. K. Church; he has for many years been a very influential member of that Church; has held the offices of Steward, Class Leader and Trustee ; has devoted the greater part of his life to the Church and the upbuilding of Christianity. He is a stanch Republican, and was ever an uncompromising foe to human slavery.

GEORGE HOUKE, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Clinton ; was born in Lycom- ing Co., Penn., in 1818, where he resided till 1851; then he removed West, settling in Clinton Co., Iowa, on the farm on which he has since resided and improved, containing of 180 acres. In 1844, married Miss Margaret Polhamus; she was also a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children-Samuel W., William H., Margaret A. (now Mrs. McComb), Martha L., George E., Mary Ida and Thomas J. Mr. H.'s family are members of the M. E. Church; his parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and resided there till their death some years since. Mr. H. has ever been a stanch Repub- lican.

JAMES KING, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Clinton; was born in Roscommon Co., Ireland, in 1830. In 1849, he took ship on the 17th of December, and on the 15th of January, 1850, landed in the city of New York, remaining there till the. summer of 1852, removing thence to Chicago, Ill. In 1858, he came to Iowa, locating in Clinton Co., on the farm on which he now resides, consisting of 328 acres. On the 21st of August, 1853, Mr. K. married Miss Anna Winn, from the same county. as himself. They have had ten children, six of whom are now living-Patrick, Ellinor, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherina and Thomas. Mr. K. and family are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. K. is a Democrat.

MRS. MARTHA S. McDANIEL, nee Beck ; Sec. 5; P. O. Clinton ; daughter of John and Nancy (Patten) Beck, was born in Jefferson Co., Penn., in 1833. When she was about 3 years old her parents removed to Pittsburgh, where she remained till her marriage. While attending the female seminary at Cannons- burg, in Washington Co., Penn., she met Mr. McDaniel, a native and resident of Cannonsburg, at that time attending Jefferson College there. They were married at Pittsburgh, in 1837, and the same year came to Iowa, locating at Clinton, where he engaged in the dry goods business, starting the second store in the city of Clinton, which he carried on very successfully for eleven years, during and after which time he was engaged in various speculations. He was for some years prior to his death engaged in the live-stock business quite extensively. He died in 1878, in the 45th year of his age. Mrs. McD. has reared a family of five children-John, Mary, Rudolph, Dorsa and Nannie. The parents of our subject are still living in the city of Pittsburgh. Mrs. McD. is a consistent member of the Baptist Church. Mr. McD., while living, was a stanch Republican.

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S. T. PERIN, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Clinton; is a native of Indiana; born in 1833, near the city of Indianapolis; came to Iowa with his parents in 1836; he made the principal improvements on the farm on which he now resides, consisting of 168 acres ; he has improved several farms since he came to the State; Mr. P. was engaged in freighting on the plains of the West for several years. Married, in 1856, at Clinton, Miss Malvina Star, a native of Ohio; they had four children-Lulu, Marion, Noble and Annie; Mrs. P. died in 1866; Mr. P. again married, in 1868, Miss Nellie Burton, of this county; they have three children-Earl S., Samuel and Bruce. Mr. P. has for some years been quite extensively engaged in the cattle business in this State and the West. Enlisted in the 20th I. V. I., Co. C, and served through the war. Is a stanch Republican in his political views. His parents, Noble and Sarah G. (Nixon) Perio were natives of New Jersey, and came West in a very early day, settling near Indianapolis, Ind .; resided there till 1836, when they removed to Iowa; his father was killed by the explosion of the steamboat Potosi, on the Mississippi River, at Quincy, Ill., in 1844 ; he was a blacksmith by trade, and had been carrying on a shop at Clin- ton for some three years, and, at the time of the explosion, was returning from St. Louis, where he had been to purchase stock. His mother is still living.

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The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its., Part 96

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