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DELANDER, ERIC, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Swede Point; was born in Sweden, November 25, 181+,
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and was raised there up to the time he came to America, and settled in this county in September, 1846; he first engaged in the milling business, which he followed for abont ten years; and has followed farming since; he came to his present farm of 280 acres in 1866; he was married in this country, first in 1849, to Chris- tine Nelson, a native of Sweden, who died in 1851 and left one son: John J .; he was married again in 1852 to Eva E. Swanson, born in Sweden; they have by this union nine children: Anna M., Clara, Caroline, Eric P., Albert, Charles A., Zachariah W., Minnie M. and one deceased: Clara ..
G WYNN, R. S. C., physician and surgeon, Swede Point; was born in Noble county, Ohio, October 29, 1848, and was raised here till about eighteen years of age and also received his early education in the schools of that county; in 1866 he came with his parents to Missouri, and engaged in teaching; he went to Illinois, where he re- mained for about eighteen months, attending school all the time except about two and a half months that he taught; he then returned to Mis- souri and followed teaching till 1873, when he entered the Louisville Medi- cal College in the fall of that year, and graduated M. D. at the Ken- tucky School of Medicine in June, 1875; he then came to Boone, in this county, and entered a copartner- ship with Dr. P. S. Mosher, of that place, which continued up to the time he came to his present location, in January of 1876; he was mar- ried in Dallas county, to Miss Anna R. Hardy, April 25, 1877.
K EIGLEY, W. J., farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Swede Point; the subject of the following sketch is one of the pioneers of this town- ship, and owes his nativity to Greene county, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 12, 1824; he was raised
there at farming, as an occupation, and also received his education in the schools of his native State; in April, 1854, he came to this county and located on his present home- stead, which at present consists of 196 acres; at that time it bore marks suggesting the fact that he came West to grow up with the conntry, and with untiring energy and per- severance he has made a pleasant home; although Mr. Keigley has followed agricultural pursuits princi- pally since he has lived in the county, he has always borne in mind that this is an age of progress; he is a close reader and well posted on all the topics of the day; on the 29th of February, 1848, he found a wife in the person of Miss Elizabeth Throckmartin, a native of Pennsyl- vania, a lady not only efficient in the management of her household affairs, but her husband's best coun- selor; their family consists of seven children living: John W., Clayton C., Theodore H., Lionel F., Robert M., Emerah E. and Wilber H .; one deceased: William J .; his father was born in this conntry but of German descent, and his mother was of English origin.
L UTHER, JNO., farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Swede Point; was born in North Carolina Angust 12, 1829, and when he was only a child his parents removed to Indiana and here was where he was raised at farming as an occupation, and came to this county as early as 1854, and re- mained about two years and then returned to Indiana and came out and permanently located in 1866; he owns an improved farm of 255 acres; he was married in Indiana in 1848 to Miss Sallie Reed, of Indi- ana, whose ancestors were natives of North Carolina and East Tennes- see; they have four children: New- ton A., Benjamin C., Matilda A. and Martha J., and three deceased : Levi T., John and Charles E .; Mr.
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L.'s ancestry were natives of North Carolina.
M ASON, H. N., physician and surgeon, Swede Point; the subject of this sketch is a native of Grafton county, New Hampshire; born July 6, 1810, and was raised there till ten years of age, when he went to Northern New York and was raised in Franklin county of that State; he received his early educa- tion partly in his native State and partly in this county; he began the study of his profession at twenty years' of age, and attended lectures at the Vermont Medical School and graduated M. D. from that institu- tion in 1835; he then located in the practice of medicine in his native county, where he remained for seven years, and from there he went to Merrimac county of that State and then to Lewis county, New York, and came from there to his present location in the year 1872; he was married in New Hampshire in 1835 to Miss Mary Davis of that State, who died in 1865 and left two chil- dren: Henry K. and Etta S .; he was married a second time in 1874 to Lizzie E. Evertson, of New York; Mr. M.'s ancestry were all of the old Puritan stock, who came from England to Massachusetts at an early day.
R ISSLER, LEWIS, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Swede Point; born in Putnam county, Indiana, September 3, 1834; he was raised there and re- ceived his education in the schools of that county and made it his home up to the time he came to his pres- ent location in the fall of 1854; he settled on his present homestead in the spring of 1865, which now con- sist of ninety-three acres of im- proved land; he was married in this county December 7, 1856, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Ben. Wil- liams; she was born in Putnam
county, Indiana; they have by this union a family of nine children liv- ing: Susan J., John W., Elsie A., Henry H., Harriet E., Benjamin L., George E., Mary M. and Sarah C.
RULE, N., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 12; P. O. Swede Point; the subject of this sketch is a native of East Tennessee; born in the year 1829, and when he was only about one year of age his parents emigrated to Indiana, where he was raised, till he came to this county in the fall of 1853 and located on his present homestead, which consists at present of 612 acres; he was married in this county in 1854 to Miss Nancy Luther, a native of Indiana; they have by this union a family of ten children living: Warren, Samuel, Newton and Jasper (twins), Law- rence, Dovey, Flora, Rosa, Margaret and Scott, and one deceased: Wylie; Mr. Rule's ancestors were natives of Tennessee, who came to that State at an early day; he is a man of good business qualifications, which may be inferred from the success that has attended his career; his social quali- fications are good, and as a neighbor and citizen he is highly respected by all those who know him.
S UNDBERG, REV. A., was born in Elsboy's Lane, Gren- stod, Sweden, September 13, 1843, and was raised in that country up to the time he came to America, July 4, 1870, and first located at Chica- go; in 1873 he began his ministerial education at the Swedish Seminary at Paxton, Illinois, and completed his course at the Rock Island Sein- inary in 1878, and was ordained June 22d of that same year; he came to this place July 5, 1878; he found a wife in the person of Miss Catharine Swanson, whom he mar- ried at Chicago, June 27, 1878; she was born in Sweden.
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JAVIS, C. B., farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Xenia; was born in Dutchess county, New York, June 27, 1810, and was educated there; in 1845 he moved to Wisconsin and lived there for five years and then came to this State, locating in De Witt county; after a residence there of five years he went to Webster county, twelve miles from Fort Dodge; in April, 1870, he came to this county and located where he now lives; owns forty two acres of land; married May 12, 1834, to Miss Maria, daughter of Asa Rodman, of Summit, New York; they have a family of five children: Mary (wife of Jas. Butler), Jane (wife of Robt. G. Smith of Indiana), Joseph A., Julia and Ruth living, and two deceased.
E VERSOLL, MOSES, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 21; P. O. Prairie Hill; was born in Dela- ware county, Ohio, October 24, 1827, and in 1845 his parents moved to Shelby county, Illinois, where he lived until 1853; he then came to Iowa and located where he now lives and has lived on the same farm since; he now owns 380 acres, of which about two hundred acres are under cultivation; he raises, princi- pally, corn, and feeds it all to his stock; he has held the office of jus- tice of the peace for more than twenty years and is undoubtedly the oldest one in the county and has been secretary of the school board most of the time since the law cre- ating that office was established; has been twice married; first, Feb- ruary 28, 1849, to Miss Letitia Pike, a native of Ohio; she died Febru- ary 15, 1860, leaving five children: Sarah (wife of Hiram Roads of Ben- ton county, Arkansas), Moses, Wil- liam and Martin H. living, and one deceased; was again married Janu-
ary 9, 1866, to Mrs. Melissa Pike, a native of Michigan; they have two children: Samuel L. and Minnie; we mention an incident in Mr Ev- ersoll's early life which came near proving fatal; he had wounded a deer, but supposed he had killed it and went up to it and found it only stunned; Mr. E. grappled with it, however, and succeeded in cutting its throat, but would have been glad at any time to have given up if there had been any assurance of safety; it is a matter of fact, con- nected with Mr. E.'s official record, that during the time that he has held the office of justice of the peace there have been a great many appeals taken from his decision and but one judgment reversed and that the case of A. Rusherford v. L. L. Wheeler, tried before him on change of venne; he has held the office of assessor several terms and was en- rolling officer during the war and also commissioned lieutenant in the State service.
H URST, L. J., farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Moingona; was born May 20, 1839, in Illinois; in the fall of 1839 his parents moved to Mis- souri, living there until 1847; he then returned to Illinois and again resided there, this time for three years; in 1850 he came here and lo- cated on Sec. 8, and five years later moved to Sec. 16, and the same year moved where he now resides; owns forty acres of land; married Decem- ber 31, 1862, Miss Rebecca Stumbo, a native of Ohio; their family con- sists of six children living: Roxie R., John H., James, Elizabeth, Su- sanna and Jacob D .; lost one.
L EMASTER,A., farmer; Sec. 18; .P. O. Prairie Hill; was born October 13, 1818, in Kentucky, and in 1823 his parents moved to Ma- rion county, Indiana; there he was
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raised and educated and in 1857 came to Iowa and located where he now resides, owning 250 acres, and has made all of its improvements himself; he has held several minor offices in the township; was married March 4, 1844, to Miss Ann Smock, a native of Kentucky; they have seven children: Ellen (wife of A. C. Haney of Peoples township), William, Simon, George, Emma, Frank and Adda living; and two deceased.
M ORSE, E. L., farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Xenia; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, June 1st, 1830, and was there raised; he re- ceived a common school education, and when eighteen years of age he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade with Mr. Geo. Bonecutter of that county; he came to this State and located in Xenia, Dallas county, in 1848; he remained there about eighteen months and then moved to Spring Valley township, on the present site of Perry; in 1853 he came to this county and in 1873 lo- cated on his present farm, owning forty acres of land; has followed his trade most of the time since his res- idence in the State; has been twice married; first, March 27, 1852, to Miss Clarinda Dentiel, a native of Jackson county, this State; they had one child: Andrew J., deceas- ed; he was married again May 6, 1858, to Miss Adaline Page, a native of Indiana; born May 19, 1830; they have no family.
N ANCE, L M., farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Moingona; was born in Greene county, Kentucky, May 18, 1827; he, with his parents, mov- ed to Illinois and located in Sanga- mnon county in 1831; there he grew to manhood, received his education from the common schools, and in 1855 came to this State, locating near where he now lives; owns 133 acres of land; has been town trus- tee and town clerk for several terms,
school treasurer, and has held vari- ous minor offices; was drafted dur- ing the war but furnished a substi- tute; March 8, 1837 he married Miss Harriet M. Hornbuckle, a native of Illinois; they have four children: Minerva E. (wife of Nelson Heird- man of this township),, Thomas F., Eldora and Louisa A .; have lost one.
NANCE, JAMES, farmer ; Sec. 21; P. O. Xenia; was born in Greene county, Kentucky, Angust 13, 1822, and in the fall of 1830, his parents moved to Sangamon county, Illinois; in 1842 his father died, and with his mother, he moved to Men- ard county, Illinois, where they bought a farm and settled down, and remained there until the fall of 1858; in March, 1852, he took the gold fever, and crossed the plains to California, with cattle; the trip took 149 days, and he returned to Illinois in October, 1854, having been quite successful; he returned from Cali- fornia by vessel, and when twenty- three hours ont from San Francisco, was shipwrecked, and remained upon the coast from four o'clock, Sunday evening, until three P. M., the next Saturday; in 1858 he came to Iowa, and located where he now lives, own- ing 120 acres of land; has held the office of town trustee for several years, and holds that position at . present; is also town clerk, and was elected justice of the peace, but re- fused to qualify; April 11, 1850, he married Miss Mary A. Winstead, a native of Kentucky; they have two children : Hephzibah H. (wife of C. W. Russel of this township), and Franklin J .; both living.
O VIATT, ANDREW, farmer;
Sec. 5; P. O. Moingona: was born in Massachusetts, January 22, 1818, and moved with his parents to northern Ohio in 1826; was raised and educated there, and learned the blacksmith trade, following it until the breaking out of the rebellion; in the fall of 1855, he came to this
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State, and located where he now lives, and owns 303 acres of land; two of his brothers came with him and settled here at the same time, and made the first wagon in Boone county; he raises considerable stock, sufficient to consume all he raises on his farm; October 15, 1845. he mar- ried Miss Eunice F. Williams, a native of Lake county, Ohio; they have six children living : Horace, Henrietta, Eva, Arch., Hugh and Caroline; have lost three.
P RESTON, VICKERS, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 32; P. O. Xenia; was born September 29, 1815, in Campbell county, Virginia, and in 1833 his parents moved to La Porte, Indiana, and there he was educated; in May, 1842, he came to Jefferson county, this State, and re- mained about eighteen months, and then moved to Wapello county, near Eddyville; in 1848, he came to this county and has lived on the same place since coming; owns 245 acres of land; he is the oldest settler now living in the township, and has ex- perienced trials such as are known only to pioneers; he put out the first orchard here in the spring of 1850, and raised the first apples from these trees; these trees he obtained in Indiana, and planted fifty of them, which are said to be the largest in the county, measuring now from forty-eight to fifty-one inches in cir- cumference; has been twice married; first, March 14, 1841, to Charlotte Foutsa, native of Indiana; she died December 3, 1844, leaving two chil- dren: Mary E., (wife of James K. Todd, Xenia, Iowa), and Orlonzo C .; married again March 1st., 1849, to Miss Rachel, daughter of David Fisher of New Columbia, Penn .; she was born July 29, 1825; they have seven children living : Sarah V. (wife of Dr. Wm. Leurs of Saylor- ville, Polk county, Iowa), Maggie A., (wife of Wm. Zediker, of Dallas county), Zenas D., Rachel F., Elam
F., Katie B., and Enoch; four died in infancy; Orlonzo C. was a mem- ber of company D, Second Iowa cav- ry, enlisting January 4, 1864, and serving to the close of the war; Mr. Preston is a man of great persever- ance, and has made all his large es- tate himself; his children have had all the advantages possible.
S COTT, PERRY, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 19; P. O. Prairie Hill; was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, January 22, 1819, and there grew to manhood a farmer, re- ceiving his education in the common schools; in 1837 he moved with his parents to Shelby county, Indiana, and lived there about eighteen months then moved to Lawrence county same State and there learned the carpenter's trade with his uncle, Capt. William Templeton, of Bed- ford, and remained with him for two years and then went to Cincinnati, Ohio; attended school at Carey's Academy, and worked at his trade for about one year; then removed to St. Louis, Missouri, continued his business for three years, and then went to Arkansas; he soon returned to La Fayette, Indiana, remained there for three years, then to Rains- ville, same State, and engaged in farming; in the spring of 1853 he moved to Livingstone county, Illi- nois, and bought a farm, but there being so much sickness he sold out, and in October, 1853, came to this State; located where he now lives, and has since resided here; has a good stock farm of 400 acres, well improved, and he is well fixed to live the rest of his life; he has held nearly all the township offices from justice of the peace down; on April 23, 1850, he was married to Miss Rachael A. Moorey, of Ohio; they have thirteen children living: Warren M., Oscar F., Carpenter, William A., Mary A., Walter, George, Frank, Charles, Amy, Sew- ell, Lloyd and Mabel.
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B ROOKS, CAPTAIN MA- RION, fariner; Sec. 16; P. O. Prairie Hill; was born in White- side county, Illinois, February 8. 1843, and was raised there; edn- cated in the common schools and came to Iowa in the spring of 1867, locating where he now lives and owns 180 acres of land; has been justice of the peace, township clerk (which office he now holds) and has been secretary of the school board for four years; in September, 1861, he enlisted in company A, Eighth Kansas infantry, and served until January 1, 1864, when he veteranized and continued in the same regiment until the close of the war and was discharged in February, 1866; he enlisted as private and was promoted to first lieutenant January 30, 1862, and to captain of his company July 8, 1864, and participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged; March 23, 1864, he 'mar- ried Miss Louisa Matson, of Illinois; they have six children: Fannie L., Myrtle E., Clarence W. and Brad- ford M., living, and two deceased.
G RANT, DUNCAN, farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Prairie Hill; was born in Scotland, November 30, 1846, and when an infant was brought by his parents to the United States, locating in Pennsylvania; he moved to Wisconsin in 1854, and was there raised and educated in the common schools; in the fall of 1868 he came to Iowa and located near where he now resides, and in January, 1880, came upon his pres- ent farm of eighty acres; in 1879 he took a trip through the Territories with a view of settling, but found no better State than Iowa; October 28, 1868, he married Miss Margaret Sampson, a native of Scotland; they have two children: Elizabeth and James R .; both living.
L ARAWAY, ISAAC, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Xenia ; was born in New York, December 13, 1822, and recoived his education in com- mon schools and Jefferson Acade- my, Schoharie county, New York; when twenty years of age he went to learn the carpenter's trade with Orson Phelps in that county; this he followed abont twenty-nine years, and in 1852 he came to Jack- son county, Indiana, where he re- mained until 1869, during which time he worked at his trade, taught school and clerked in a store; in 1858 he went to selling goods on his own account in Redington, and the he followed about four years; in 1869 he moved to Western Missouri, where he bought a farm and worked at his trade; in 1875 he came to this county and located in Union township, and in October, 1878, came upon his present farm, own- ing 160 acres of land; has been twice married: first, June 5, 1859, to Miss Hannah Robertson, who died December 10, 1862, leaving two children: William, living, and Charles A., deceased; again, August 4, 1867, to Mrs. Cascilda Spear, a native of Jackson county, Indiana; they have two children living: Har. riet and Charles R .; lost an infant; Mrs. L. had one son by her former husband: J. L. Spears.
M ILLS, D. O., farmer and stock- raiser; Sec. 6; P. O. Ogden ; was born in New York, June 8, 1824, and there grew to, manhood; was educated in the common schools, and when fifteen years of age went to learn the tinsmiths' trade with . Chester Phelps, of Johnstown, New York; there he served for five years, at the end of which time he went to Troy Conference Academy, in Ver- mont, and there attended school for two terms only, as his finances were
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low and he was obliged to go to work; when twenty-one years old he was admitted to the M. E. Conference of Bay Quinta, Canada, in which he remained about two years being obliged to leave on account of ill health; there engaged in the tin and hardware business and was burned out and lost everything in the fire; in January, 1849. he return- ed to Jefferson county, New York, and engaged in the same business as before, and remained there about three years; in the fall of 1852 he moved to Ohio and one year later came to Iowa, locating in Oskaloosa; he entered 160 acres of land in White Oak township, and in 1857 came to this county and settled at Swede Point; in 1864 he moved on his present farm of 335 acres and has resided here since; was married, January 17, 1849, to Miss Sarah J. Broatt, a native of Lewis county, New York; they have three child- ren living: Lillie E., Frank W. and Fred; lost three.
TEEDHAM, G. B., farmer; Sec.
N 24; P. O. Prairie Hill; was born in Hartford, Connecticut, April 5, 1818, and the same year his parents moved to Cayuga county, New York, and he was there raised; had but limited educational advant- ages, and in 1837 came to Iowa and located on Turkey river; only re- mained there a short time and then went to Michigan; in 1851 he moved to Illinois and located in Fulton county, and in 1854 came to this county and located on section 18, Cass township; he resided in that township until the spring of 1858, then went to Marcy township, and in 1861 located where he now lives; he owns 160 acres of land and is one of the oldest settlers in the town- ship; Mr. Needham has been mar- ried three times: first, July 6, 1841, to Miss Cordelia A. Foster, who died April 24, 1850, leaving one child: Chester Y., living, and three de-
ceased: James M. and Oliver P., who died in the army: again, Sep- tember 15, 1850, to Miss Irena M. Eldred, who died April 5, 1871, leaving nine children living: Ada M. (wife of Jesse Collum of Minnesota), John D., Ida I. (wife of Lewis Pnr- ington of Cass township), Millard F., Kit Carson, Abram L., Aleva A. (wife of Alonzo Congdon of Cass township), Rubie A. and William S ; lost three; he married for his third wife Mrs. M. A. Hutchings, March 10, 1872; they have three children living: Minnie M., Identa M. and Ella M .; one is deceased; Mr. Needham helped build the first house in the township.
S TRICKLING, M. N., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Prairie Hill; was born in Seneca county, Ohio, September 6, 1836, and was there raised on a farm, receiving his edu- cation from the common schools and Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio; in 1857 he moved to La Salle county, Illinois, and after two years returned to Ohio, and in 1859 came to Benton county this State and remained about two years; in September, 1861, he enlisted in company A, Thirty- eighth Ohio infantry, and served until April, 1862, when he was dis- charged on account of disability; in September, 1863, he re-enlisted in company I, Ninth Ohio cavalry, and served until the close of the war and was honorably discharge in July, 1865; he was married May 5, 1869, to Miss Rowena May, of Jo Daviess county, Illinois; their family con- sists of three children: Charles W., Freddie F. and Florence M .; he owns 135 acres of land.
SWAIN, JAMES R., farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Ogden; was born in Chau- tanqua county, New York, May 25, 1843, and in 1846 accompanied his parents to Wisconsin, and there grew to manhood; he was educated in the common schools, and in 1867 came to this county, locating where
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lie now lives; he has followed farm- ing nearly all his life, but has taught school for seven winters; owns eighty acres of land; he was elected the first clerk of Peoples township in 1871, which office he held for five years; is now justice of the peace; March 12, 1864, he enlisted in com- pany D, Fortieth Wisconsin infantry and served until Angust, 1864, when he was discharged; May 18, 1867, he was married to Miss M. A. Lewis, a native of Vermont; they have four children: Ralph D., J. Harry, Norman R. and Una L.
W ADE, W. W., farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Prairie Hill; is a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and was born April 17, 1818; in 1830 he with his parents removed to Medina county, where he was raised, educa- ted in the common schools, supple- mented by a two year's course in Wadsworth Academy; in 1843 he removed to Indiana, where he en- gaged in teaching and improving a small farm; in 1853 he removed to Will county, Illinois, where he re- mained one year and then came to this State, locating where he now lives; he owns 223 acres of land, with fine buildings, etc .; he is the oldest settler now living in the township, and has resided on the same farm during his entire residence here; was the first justice of the peace in the township, and has held the office of town trustee; May 25, 1846, he was married to Miss Lucy G. Bass, a native of Wayne county, Pennsyl- vania; they have a family of nine children living: Jason B., Alice J. (wife of Henry Calonkey, of this township), Virginia J. (wife of F. M. Bettys of Boone), Alfred B., Lu- ella M., Hattie F., William M., Min- nie E. and Albertice H .; two are deceased; Mr. Wade put out the first orchard in the township, and had the first bearing trees; his son, ALFRED B. WADE, was born Jan-
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