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WHITSON, O. J., firm of J. W. Dobbin & Co., bankers, State Centre ; born Sept. 24, 1847, in Uniontown, Penn. ; in 1853, came with his parents to Cedar Co., Iowa ; in 1867, removed to State Centre, Iowa. Married Julia A. Lay Dec. 16, 1868; she was born Jan. 13, 1847, in Illinois.
Wilkins, W. H., far., S. 24; P. O. State Centre.
Williams, J. L., painter, State Centre.
WINSLOW, CHARLES, carpen- ter, State Centre ; born Nov. 13, 1844, in Merrimack Co., N. H. ; in 1865, came to Marshalltown, Iowa ; in 1867, removed to State Centre. He owns house and three lots in the city, also one-half interest in the store occupied by Henshaw & Gulic. Married Lizzie Van Pelt Oct., 1869 ; she was born Oct, 3, 1853, in Indiana ; have one adopted boy-John Doyle. Woits, A .. laborer, State Centre.
WOOD, C. K., retired, State Centre ; born March 27, 1827, in Providence, R. I .; in 1847, came to Erie Co., Penn .; in 1851, came to Winneshiek Co., Iowa ; in 1868, removed to Marshall Co., Iowa ; owns 170 acres of land in Eden Tp., also his residence in State Centre. Mar- ried S. L. Howard. daughter of Dolpha Howard, Nov. 18, 1849 ; she was born Nov. 7, 1827, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; have six children-William W., born Oct. 6, 1850 ; Sarah A., Feb. 7, 1853; C. A., Oct. 23, 1854; F. A.,
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Dec. 24, 1858 ; C. E., Dec. 15, 1865, and Ida, July 9, 1866.
Woolston, F. A., restaurant, State Centre. Woolston, J. S., far., S. 33; P. O. State Centre.
Woodard, C. H., far., S. 19 ; P. O. State Centre.
Z IMMERMAN, CHARLES, saloon, State Centre. Zwilling, D., general merchandise, State Centre.
Zwilling, Henry, general merchandise, State Centre.
GREEN CASTLE TOWNSHIP.
A CKLEY, WILLIAM, far., S. 15; P. O. Gilman.
Adkins, Wm., far. ; P. O. Gilman.
Alden, C. E., far., S. 12 ; P. O. Gilman. ALEXANDER, HENRY, pro- prietor of Gilman House, Gilman ; born May 12, 1826, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; his father's name was Solomon, and died when he was about 4 years old. At the age of 15, he went on board a whaling vessel from Provincetown, near Boston, which was out nine months; then went on board a merchant vessel which run between New York and Liverpool, and was on merchant vessels till his last trip on the ocean, which was on a whaling voyage ; he returned to his native county in January, 1848, having been on the ocean five years. The following March 28, 1848, he was married to a Miss Julia Hubbard, of the same county, where she was born Jan. 29. 1830 ; soon after their marriage, he moved to Sack- ett's Harbor, on Lake Ontario, as Captain of a vessel, and continued on the lake till 1857, when he moved to Dodge Co., Wis. ; leaving his family in Dodge Co., he again went on the lake, most of the time as Captain of a vessel, till 1868; he then came to Marshall Co. and set- tled on a farm near where the town of Gilman now is ; after the town was laid out, in 1871, he came into town and built the first hotel, and built some other buildings ; he came into his present ho- tel in 1875, which is a fine building, and is considered one of the best run hotels on the Central Road. Have two chil- dren living-Alice and Effy ; lost one- Augusta ; Alice married Byron Ohl Aug. 11, 1874.
Altic, D., far., S. 17; P. O. Gilman.
Andrews, R., carp. and joiner, Gilman.
ARCHERD, R. H., dealer in real estate, and Mayor and Justice of the Peace, Gilman ; born April 30, 1822, in Clermont Co., Ohio, Ulysses S. Grant being born three days previous in the same township; came from there to Jef- ferson Tp., of this county, in the Spring of 1864, where he served as Justice of the Peace a little over ten years ; came to Gilman in 1876. Was elected Justice the following Fall, and Mayor of the town in March, 1878. Was married to Nancy R. Simmons Oct. 19, 1841, in Ohio ; she was born Oct. 3, 1823, in the same State, and died in this county Jan. 27, 1867 ; was again married, to Mary E. Merwin, March 25, 1869, of Black Hawk Co .; she was born Oct. 10, 1837, in Pennsylvania ; have nine children liv- ing-seven by first wife and two by sec- ond-John T., James B., Lavanda R., Leonard S., Russell H., Essie A., Elmer E. and Mabel, and Sidney H. Member of the M. E. Church ; Republican. Aslacksen, A., far. ; P. O. Gilman.
B ARKER, W. H., far., S. 36; P. O. Gilman.
BEALE, DENNIS, dealer in grain and live stock, etc., Gilman ; he was born Oct. 9, 1838, in Somerset Co., Penn., where he remained till the Spring of 1861, when he came to Dixon, Ill. At his country's call, in 1861, he joined Capt. Bowen's independent battalion, which was attached to the 10th Missouri Cavalry in 1863 ; was in the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., as also several skirmishes; was mustered out Oct. 26, 1864, at St. Louis, Mo. He then returned to Illinois for a short time ; then went to visit his native county in Pennsylvania, and while there, married Miss Catherine Walker, Jan. 5, 1865 ; she was born in the same
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county Oct. 1, 1842. Soon after his marriage he came to Montour, Tama Co., Iowa, where he engaged in the grain and stock business ; his wife died there Jan. 29, 1871. In July, 1875, he came to Gilman and engaged in his present business in company with his brother, L. G. Beale. He was again married, to Mrs. Lovina Wetmore, of Canfield, Ma- honing Co., Ohio, Aug. 22, 1877 ; her maiden name was Patterson; she was born Feb. 6, 1839, in Trumbull Co., Ohio ; she has one daughter by her first husband ; her name is Flora. Mr. Beale is a member of the Congregational Church ; Republican.
Beale, L. G., grain and stock dealer, Gil- man.
BENDER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Gilman ; owns 320 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born Nov. 12, 1831, in Germany ; eame from there to Marshall Co., Ill., in 1852, and from there to this county in 1859, and fol- lowed railroading till 1861, then came on to his present farm. Married Anna Zabel Oet. 28, 1854, in Illinois ; she was born July 12, 1826, in Germany ; have four children living-William, Ju- lia, Joseph and Henry ; lost four-John, Charles, Peter and Anna. Members of the Catholic Church ; Democrat.
Bennett, L. M., far., S. 33; P. O. Gilman. Bethel, C., far., S. 27; P. O. Gilman. Brown, Jas., far., S. 29 ; P. O. Gilman. Bryngelson, M., far., S. 12 ; P. O. Gilman. Bryngelson, Ole, Jr., far., S. 12; P. O. Gilman.
Bryngelson, Ole, Sr., far., S. 12; P. O. Gilman.
Burteh, B. W., far., S. 25 ; P. O. Gilman. Butten, Neils, far .; P. O. Gilman.
YABELL, A. L., farmer, See. 7 ; P. C- Gilman.
CARNEY, J., real estate dealer, No- tary Publie and insurance agent, Gil- man ; born Oet. 10, 1836, in Essex Co., Mass .; parents went to Lawrence when he was very small, and, in 1851, to Pitts- burgh, Penn. His father was a con- tractor on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. In the Fall of 1854, came to Poweshiek Co., Iowa; the ensuing Spring, he en- tered the Iowa College at Grinnell, where he remained till the Spring of 1861, when, at his country's call, he enlisted
in Co. E, of the 4th Iowa V. C .; soon after he was promoted to the office of Regimental Commissary Sergeant, which position he held until he was mustered out Aug. 25, 1865. He then returned home ; soon after engaged in the book and stationery business, which he con- tinued for four years ; then went into the hardware business, which he followed till 1875 ; he then came to Gilman, and commenced his present business. He was elected the first Mayor of the town, and was re-elected the second time. He married Miss Lizzy M. Bliss Aug. 26, 1868, in Poweshiek Co .; she was born in 1848 in Springfield, Mass., and died in Gilman Dec. 30, 1875. Member of the Congregational Church ; Republican. Clark, A., far., S. 10; P. O. Gilman.
COLEBURN, WILLIAM, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 32; P. O. Gil- man ; owns 323 aeres of land, valued at $35 per acre; he was born Feb. 18, 1827, in Derbyshire, England; eame from there to Blair Co., Penn., in May, 1853, and to Bureau Co., Ill., in the Spring of 1567, where he lived until the Spring of 1875; then came to this county, and settled on his present farm. He was married to Jane F. Scurr July 16, 1858, in Illinois; she was born Nov. 29, 1829, in Guernsey Co., Ohio ; have three children-Emma F., born July 11, 1861 ; Charles W., Jan 6, 1864; Susan A., July 22, 1866. Mem- ber of the M. E. Church ; Republican. COOPER, D. E., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Gilman ; owns eighty acres of land, valued at $40 per aere; he was born April 12, 1825, in Pulaski Co., Ky .; came with his parents to Owen Co., Ind., in 1830 ; remained there until the Summer of 1847, and then came to Jas- per Co., Iowa, and the following March came into Marshall Co., and made elaim> on Timber Creek (what is now known as Timber Creek Tp.) ; the country was then a wild waste ; there were only eight families, including his, in the county ; the first eleetion in the county was held in the Fall of 1848; J. M. Ferguson was elected Justice of the Peace, and Mr. D. E. Cooper, Constable, but for election purposes, they were attached to Jasper Co., Iowa ; the Fall of 1849 was the first election for county officers for
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Marshall Co .; Joshua Kemp was elected Probate Judge; J. M. Ferguson, Sheriff ; D. E. Cooper, Clerk, and Joseph Coop- er and William Ralls, Commissioners, and they appointed William Smith as their Clerk; D. E. Cooper issued the first marriage license in Marshall Co., to Almyron Geir and a Miss Ballard ; shortly after, he resigned, and William Smith was appointed County Clerk, and issued the second marriage license in the county to D. E. Cooper and Martha A. Smith, who were married June 16, 1850, by A. J. Smith, J. P. His wife was born April 21, 1833, in Ohio ; they have eight children living-Mary J., Louisa A., Sarah E., Martha E., Ida A., Net- tie E., Eva L. and Edward W .; lost two-Mahala A. and Clara A. Mr. Cooper came on his present farm in 1871. Members of the Christian Church ; Re- publican.
Cooper, I., far .; P. O. Gilman. Crosby, S. D., far., S. 13 ; P. O. Gilman. CUNNINGHAM, EPHRAIM,
dealer in dry goods and general merchan- dise, Gilman ; he was born March 6, 1852, in Juniata Co., Penn., where he resided until he came to this county in the Spring of 1875, and settled in Gil- man the following Fall ; engaged in the grocery and boot and shoe business with his present partner, Mr. Hartman, and in the Fall of 1877, added dry goods to their stock. Mr. Cunningham was mar- ried to Miss Jennie Horton, daughter of W. S. Horton, of Gilman, Dec. 27, 1877 ; she was born in 1860 in Massa- chusetts. Republican.
D AVIS, N. M., retired farmer ; P. O. Gilman.
Doolittle, S., merchant, Gilman.
Drew, S. B., harness maker, Gilman.
Dwight, F. E., far., S. 22 ; P. O. Gilman. Dwight, S., far., S. 4 ; P. O. Dillon.
E RICKSON, ERICK, far., S. 6; P. O. Dillon.
F ANTON, A. D., farmer, S. 30 ; P. O. Gilman.
Fanton, Clark, far., S. 30 ; P. O. Gilman.
Fanton, E. W., teamster, Gilman.
Fish, E. R., lumber dealer, Gilman.
FORBUSH, W. D., dealer in groceries, boots, shoes, queensware, etc., Gilman ; born July 27, 1836, in Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y .; followed the grocery
business at Sinclairville in his native county from 1864 to 1869; then came to this county and settled in Jefferson Township on a farm, which he still owns ; he followed the poultry and game busi- ness four winters of the time that he lived on his farm, and in 1876, he rented his farm, and came to Gilman and engaged in his present business. He served in Co. F of the 154th N. Y. V. I .; served nine months. Married Cornelia Young of same county Dee. 2, 1856; she was born July 12, 1840; have two children-Mary, born April 2, 1860 ; George W., born June 18, 1864. Republican.
Fuller, W. M., far. S. 5; P. O. Gilman.
OSHON, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 8; P. G O. Gilman.
GREGG, H. H., dealer in dry goods and general merchandise, Gilman ; born March 28, 1846, in Lou- don Co., Va. He espoused the cause of the Confederates, and served as courier for Gen. Robert E. Lee nearly three years ; then enlisted in Co. D, of the 35th Battalion Va. Vols .; served under Col. Mosby. After the war closed he followed clerking in the dry goods busi- ness five or six years; then came to Gilman, in 1872, where he continued the same business until he commenced business for himself in the present year. He was elected Recorder of the town, which office he has filled ever since. He was married to Miss Dora Ellis Sept. 17, 1874; she was born May 2, 1856, in Onondaga Co., N. Y .; they have one son-Harry S., born Aug. 16, 1877. Independent in polities.
Gressman, G. R., liveryman, Gilman.
H
ALL, M. D., far., Sec. 35; P. O. Gilman.
Hamilton, W. M., far., S. 35 ; P. O. Gilman. Harton, Jas., retired farmer, Gilman.
Hartman, James A., dry goods merchant, Gilman
Hartman, Peter, ret. far., Gilman.
HEAD, H. W., farmer, P. O. Dillon ; owns 160 aeres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; he was born March 6, 1833, in Madison Co., N. Y .; removed from there to Whiteside Co., Ill., in 1851 ; remained there till the Spring of 1869, then came to Marshall Co., Iowa ; stopped in Le Grand Township a
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year and a half; then came on to his present farm in Green Castle Township. Married Arminda Worley March 6, 1856, in Illinois ; she was born JJuly 21, 1836, in New York ; have four living chil- dren-Pardon, born in April, 1856; Wil- liam F., born in April, 1860; Henry W., born in January, 1863; Corey A., born in Dec. 1868. Independent in politics. HEGGEM, JOHN. farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Gilman; owns eighty acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in 1849 near Stavanger, Norway ; emi- grated from there to Iowa in 1859 ; stopped a couple of months in Henry Co .; then came to Le Grand Township in this county, and from there on his present farm in 1873. Married Regina Shelly July 19, 1873; she was born in Sept., 1859, in Norway; they have one daughter, an infant. Republican. Herring, A. D., far., S. 8 ; P. O. Gilman. Hicks, A. B., carp. and joiner, Gilman. Hill, Ole, far. ; P. O. Gilman.
HILSABECK, DAVID I., far., S. 20; P. O. Gilman ; owns a farm of eighty acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; was born Jan. 27, 1846, in Owen Co., Ind .; emigrated from there with his father, Wmn. Hilsabeck, to this county in the Fall of 1852, when they settled in Timber Creek Tp .; came to his present farm in 1871. Married Car- oline E. Williams July 25, 1871; she was born June 25, 1849, in Pennsylva- nia ; have three children-Alfred R., born July 5, 1872; Bertha M., born June 25, 1875, and an infant, born June 6, 1878. Member of Christian Church ; Democrat;
HILSABECK, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Gilman ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born Oct. 14, 1850, in Owen Co., Ind., and emigrated to Iowa with his father, Elias Hilsabeck, in the Fall of 1852; settled in the northwest part of this Tp. He married Mary J. Boyles Dec. 29, 1870, in this county ; she was born July 6. 1852, in Indiana ; have adopted son-Oliver T., who was born Dec. 6, 1876. Democrat.
HILSABECK, ELIAS, farmer ; P. O. Timber Creek ; owns 520 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born Feb. 23. 1815. in Stokes Co., N. C .; in the
Fall of 1835, emigrated to Owen Co., Ind., where he remained until the Spring of 1849 ; moved to Greene Co., where he remained until the Fall of 1852, when he came to Marshall Co. ; arrived on his present farm Nov. 27, 1852, the snow being two feet deep on the level ; his nearest trading point was Newton, Jasper Co., and Iowa City his nearest grist-mill, a distance of eighty miles. The following year, a man of the name of Rice started a store in Marshalltown. Mr. Hilsabeck, by close application to his business, economy and frugality, has accumulated a competence of this world's goods sufficient to procure for him the comforts of life in his declining years. besides giving those of his children who are away for themselves a good start in the world. He was married to Miss Saluda Rickabaugh June 27, 1841, in Indiana ; she was born March 10, 1821 ; have ten children living-Martha E. and Mary E. were born Oct. 31, 1843 ; Martin, born Aug. 21, 1845 ; Matilda C., Dec. 2, 1847 ; Susannah E., Feb. 24, 1849; David, Oct. 14, 1850 ; John, March 12, 1852; Sarah I., June 21, 1860; Lydia T., June 2, 1864, and Emma R., Dec. 9, 1865 ; lost five chil- dren-Francis, Rebecca A., Permelia A., Saluda E. and Eliza J. Mr. Hilsa- beck has served as County Supervisor two terms. Member of A., F. & A. M. Democrat.
HILSABECK, JOHN, farmer ; P. O. Gilman ; owns 160 acres of land. valued at $50 per acre ; born March 12, 1852, in Greene Co., Ind .; came with his father, Elias Hilsabeck, to Marshall Co. in the Fall of 1852, and settled in northwest part of this Tp .. where he still resides. Married Carrie Hoes Feb. 11, 1875 ; she was born June 7, 1856, in this county ; have had one child-Nellie A., born Oct. 26, 1876, and died Feb. 20, 1877. Came to his present farm in the Spring of 1875. Is a member of the Christian Church ; Democrat.
Hilsabeck, Martin, far., S. 7 ; P. O. Timber Creek.
HOES, E. H .. farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. O. Timber Creek ; owns 405 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre ; he was born Feb. 1, 1825, in Ontario Co., N. Y .;
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1830, where he remained till he came to this county in the Spring of 1854 ; lived at Marshalltown till the Spring of 1861, when he moved into Timber Creek Township, and remained till the Spring of 1864, when he came on to his present farm. Married Emily Brown July 30, 1855, in Yates Co., N. Y .; she ~was born Nov. 21, 1834, in New York ; have eight children - Carrie S., born June 7, 1856; Frank H., born Feb. 24, 1859; Lewis L., born Jan. S, 1862; William, born March 5, 1864; Freddie, born Sept. 17, 1861; Belle, born Feb. 2, 1870; Trudie, born Sept. 27, 1873; Dilla, born Sept. 23, 1875; Republican.
HORTON, W. S., retired farmer, P. O. Gilman ; born Aug. 16, 1829, in Amherst, Nova Scotia, where he lived till 1850, when he went to California, where he followed mining and stock dealing till 1864, then returned to New York City, where he remained only about three months; he came to Bureau Co., Ill .; remained there about ten years ; then came to Gilman of this county ; purchased a farm of 160 acres about two miles from town, also his residenee in town. Married Mary A. Cole, of New York City, Sept. 27, 1850 ; she was born Feb. 9, 1833, in New Brunswick ; have three children living -Jennie B., Hattie and Lilly ; lost one-Walter B. Members of the M. E. Church ; Republican.
HOSKYN, ED., editor and propri- etor of the Gilman Despatch, Gilman ; born Sept. 19, 1846, in Berkshire, Eng .; came with parents to Milwaukee, Wis., in the Fall of 1851, and the following Spring went to Waukesha Co., where he remained till the Fall of 1857, then went to Adams Co., and from there to Lodi, Columbia Co., in 1866, where his parents remained four years, the first year of which he attended the High School in Lodi, and the remaining three years the State University at Madison, Wis., at the close of which they all came to State Centre of this county, where his parents still reside. He taught school the following Winter and Summer, and in the Fall of 1871, entered the Upper Iowa Conference of the M. E. Church,
his parents moved into Yates Co. in 1 he having previously joined the Church in 1863. He was first stationed at Blairstown one year ; next at Rockwell ; at elose of second year was ordained Deacon; he was next stationed at Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co., where he remained two years; was then or- dained Elder ; his next appointment was in Gilman, in the Fall of 1865 ; he preached two years; in the Spring of 1877, he purchased the office of the Gilman Record of S. W. Grove, which he changed to the Gilman Despatch, which he is still running Was married to Miss Martha P. Price, of State Centre, Nov. 20, 1871; she was born Feb. 13, 1848, near Somonauk, Ill; have two children-Albert E. and Frederick B. TNGERSOLL, A. G., farmer, See. 27 ; P. O. Gilman.
Inman, B., far., S. 18; P. O. Gilman.
TACKSON, L., farmer ; P. O. Gilman. J
Johnson, A. W., far., S. 20 ; P. O. Gilman. Johnson, Engelbright, far., S. 11; P. O. Gilman.
Johnson, Isaac, far., S. 7 ; P. O. Gilman.
JOHNSON, J. C., photographer, Gilman ; he was born Nov. 15, 1854, in Urbana, Ill. ; parents moved from there to this county, when he was about 1 year old, and purchased a farm about two and a half miles west from where Gilman is now ; they rented the farm, and moved into Gilman in the Fall of 1871. His father died in June, 1876 ; his mother is still living here, with whom he makes his home. He com- menced learning the photograph busi- ness in 1874, and has spent one year in St. Louis and one year in Philadelphia at the same business. since when he has had the advantage of the best skilled instruction ; Republican.
JONES, H. H., farmer and breeder of thorough-bred stock, Sec. 9; P. (). Gilman ; owns 412 acres of land, valued at $35 per aere ; he was born January 29, 1826, in North Wales; emigrated from there to Oneida Co., N. Y., in June, 1841, where he remained until the Spring of 1854 ; then moved to Del- aware Co., Ohio, and in the Spring of 1855, came to Marshall Co., Iowa, and settled on his present farm. Married Eleanor Williams in 1854; she was
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born in Dec., 1835, in Wales ; they have seven children-Mary J., born Aug. 16, 1855 ; Hugh B., born Aug. 3, 1857; Margaret A., born March 19, 18 -; John B., born March 20, 18 -; Emma A., born March 24, 1865 ; Lauretta B., born July 25, 1870; Myrtie, born in June, 1875. Republican.
JONES, JOHN P., S. 12 ; P.O. Gil- man ; owns 320 acres, valued at $30 per acre; born April 19, 1824, in North Wales ; emigrated from there to Oneida Co., N. Y., in the Spring of 1850, and from there to Marshall Co., in the Spring ef 1855, and came on his present farm in 1858. Married Sarah Thomas March 22, 1850 ; she was born May 9, 1839, in New York ; they have six children living-John W., born April 20, 1857 ; Sarah J., born Dec. 27, 1858; Charles T., born Nov. 1, 1861 ; Joseph A., born April 27, 1863 ; Rosella M., born Sept. 15, 1867 ; George W., born March 22, 1869 ; lost three-Joshua T., Sherman U. and Prussia A. Republican.
JONES, WILLIAM H., propr. of wagon and blacksmith shop, Gilman ; he was born April 14, 1849, in Ogle Co., Ill .; his mother died in 1858, and his father, John Jones, still lives there ; he left Ogle Co. in 1875, and came to Dres- den, Poweshiek Co., and from there to Gilman in 1876, and commenced the business he is still following. Democrat. OHR, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. L o. Gilman.
LACEY, J. D., retired farmer ; P. O. Gilman ; born March 26, 1813, in Fairfield Co., Conn .; learned the black- smith's trade at Danbury, which busi- ness he followed until he came to Wil- ton, Muscatine Co., Iowa, in 1857, where he continued most of the time until he came to this county in Aug., 1866 ; he purchased a farm of 160 acres, southeast of town one mile, which he sold and moved into Gilman in 1876. He married Mary Barnes, Nov. 24, 1835, in Connecticut ; she was born May 13, 1816, in Connecticut ; have no children. Members of the M. E. Church ; Republican.
Ludlow, L. R., far., S. 15 ; P. O. Gilman. Lutes, J., far., S. 17 ; P. O. Gilman.
M cPHERSON, A., bridge builder, Gilman.
McDANIEL, BARKLEY, far., Sec. 28; P. O. Gilman ; he was born March 6, 1836, in Bedford Co., Penn .; came from there to Rock Island Co., Ill., in July, 1860 ; remained there un- til the Spring of 1866, and then came to Marshall Co., Iowa, and settled on his present farm of 120 acres, which is now valued at $40 per acre. Married Mary Sparks May 30, 1859, in Pennsylvania ; she was born Oct. 14, 1837 ; have one daughter-Amelia, born Aug. 29, 1861. in Illinois. Republican.
McDANIEL, DANIEL, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Gilman ; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; was born April 24, 1842, in Bedford Co., Penn. ; came to Mercer Co., Ill., in the Fall of 1860, and in the Winter of 1862, returned to Pennsylvania, and en- listed in his country's service in June, 1862, for nine months, in Company C, of the 133d Peun. V. I .; at the expi- ration of that time, he re-enlisted in Company K, of the 112th Penn. V. I. ; participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and many others near Washington and Richmond ; was capt- ured at the battle of Cold Harbor by Gen. Lee, and taken to Richmond, and from there was taken to Andersonville June 15, where he was kept until the 29th of September, 1864, where he suf- fered all the horrors of that loathsome and detestable pen, which are almost be- yond the power of speech to express ; he was then taken to Macon, Ga., and subsequently taken to Savannah ; thence to Blackshire Prison, and lastly, to Flor- ence, South Carolina, where he received still poorer fare than at Andersonville ; he was next taken to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and was there paroled and sent to Wilmington, Delaware; was mustered out of the United States serv- ice July 25, 1865 ; returned home and married Elizabeth Wineguard Feb. 7, 1867, in Illinois ; she was born in June. 1848 ; they then came to Marshall Co., Iowa, in 1867, and settled on his pres- ent farm ; have four children living- Susan M., Ida M., Laura A. and George R. ; lost two children-James W. and an infant. Republican.
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