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B. CLARK, farmer ; P. O. Elwood ; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., 1799. Married, in the same county, Miss S. Hitchcock ; they removed to Rhode Island in 1832; thence to Ohio, where they remained until the year 1852, when they emigrated to Clinton Co. and settled in Brookfield Township; she died May 6, 1877 ; they had five children-Samuel H. ( hardware merchant at Elwood), F. H. Clark (who served in the 46th I. V. I. ), Lorinda R. (now Mrs. William A. Stanzel), Mary J. (now Mrs. O. 1. Dunkin ), S. C. ( now the wife of G. H. Wade, Brookfield Township).
GEORGE R. CLARK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Elwood; a native of Mercer Co., Penn ; born in 1819. Married Miss Gertie Elwood in 1844; she was also a native of Mercer Co .; born in 1824. They emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1851, and entered land in Fairfield Township; remained until 1867, when they moved to this township; they have five children-Thomas J. (married Lydia Burgin), John A. (married Eliza L. Johnsou ), Ettie G. (married R. 'W. Crane, of Jackson Co., Iowa), George W. and Ruth. Mr. Clark has been a member of the Republican party ever since attaining his majority ; has held various local offices. Owns sixty-eight acres of land. a portion of which is underlaid with building-stone of an excellent quality ; has twenty acres of fine timber, containing a spring of living water, making it one of the most desirable farms in Clinton Co.
S. H. CLARK, proprietor of hardware store, Elwood: was born in Massachu- setts, A. D. 1827 ; while a child, his parents moved to New York ; thence to Delaware Co., in 1832, where he married Miss Mary Jacobs; in 1852, they came to Iowa and settled in this county. Mr. Clark keeps a first-class store, and is noted for the substan- tial work he turns out from the tinware department; his business has always been marked by a spirit of fair-dealing and a liberal policy throughout.
F. H. CLARK, farmer ; P. O. Elwood; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio Nov. 1, 1843; in 1853, removed with his parents (B. Clark and Mrs. S. Clark, nee Hitchcock), to Iowa and settled in Brookfield Township, this county. He has been twice married ; first wife was Miss Mary Newkirk, who was born near Cincinnati, Ohio ; she died Dec. 23, 1873; he married present wife (Miss Lettie A. Thornton) in Cedar Co., Iowa ; she was born in Pennsylvania; there were three children by first marriage ; two are living-Ida and George B .; one child by second marriage-Abigail. Mr. Clark was Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk and Trustee several years ; he has also held various school offices : members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark has always acted with the Republican party ; in the summer of 1864, he enlisted in Co. K, 46th Iowa V. I .; was honorably discharged with his regiment. Owns a finely- improved farm of eighty acres.
W. A. CLARK, of the firm of Beard & Clark, proprietors of creamery and grain and stock dealers, Elwood; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1853; in 1867, he went to Stephenson Co., Ill., where he attended school until 1872, when he came to Clinton Co. Oct. 28, 1874, he married, in this county, Miss Emma J. Beard ; they have two children-Elizabeth J. and Mary Irene. Mr. Clark and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he acts with the Republican party.
EDMUND L. COOK, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 8; P. O. Elwood. Mr. C. is a native of Welland Co., Canada ; was born in 1830; he accompanied his parents to this county in 1848; in 1854, he visited California, where he followed mining along the Yuba River until 1856, when he returned to this county. He has been twice
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married-first, in 1861, Miss Emma Wilberger, a native of Indiana ; she died in 1867; his present wife was Miss Adeline Sparks, of New York ; they have four children- Edmund L., Ruby A., Alfred L. and Deloyd K. Mr. Cook owns 260 aeres of land.
O. P. CORNISH, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Elwood ; Mr. C. was born at Lee Center, Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1846; emigrated in 1857 with his parents to Du Page Co., Ill .; in 1860, he moved to Clinton Co. He served in Co. F, 44th I. V. I. Feb. 23, 1871, he married Miss C. C. Dobler, a native of Penn- sylvania : they have five children-Henry, Willie, George, Albert and Lawrence. Mr. C. and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; Republican. In the fall of 1877, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he still holds.
JOHN COVERDALE, farmer, See. 25; P. O. Elwood; is a native of England; was born near Stockdale, Yorkshire, in 1822, where he married in 1849, Miss Elizabeth Wilson, a native of the same place ; she was born in 1829. In 1850, they emigrated to Illinois, and located near Aurora, where they remained until 1853, in which year they removed to this county, and settled where they now reside; they have four children-Elijah A., Franklin B., Ada P. and Harvey F. Mr. Coverdale and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican. Owns 240 acres of finely improved land, and is engaged in stock-raising.
DAVID CRAWFORD, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Lost Nation; is a resi- dent of Brookfield Township, Clinton Co., Iowa, for over twenty-four years; is a native of Washington Co., Md. ; born Dec. 25, 1831. In 1841, he went to Portage Co., Ohio, where he married, on Sept. 12, 1854, Miss Sarah Rose, who was born at Clymer, Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1833. They came West in 1855, and settled in this township, where they have since resided ; they have two children-Albert M. Warren and Hattie Jane. Mr. Crawford and wife are members of the German Baptist Church. They own a well-improved farm of 125 aeres.
WILLIAM CREGER, farmer, See. 8; P. O. Elwood; is a native of Prussia ; born in 1832. In 1845, he emigrated to Welland Co., Canada, where he married in January, 1859, Miss Elizabeth Shirk, a native of that county. In 1860, they came to Clinton Co., and settled on their present farm; they have seven children living-Ellery J., Charlotte, John H., Albert, William, Fred and Rebecca E .. Mr. Creger owns 220 acres of land, and is one of the prosperous farmers of Clinton Co .; his farm is well located, and possesses many advantages for an agricultural and stoek farm. In politics, he is Liberal, but generally votes with the Democratic party.
C. L. DAVENPORT, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Elwood; is an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, and the proprietor of nearly eleven hundred acres of land ; was born in Sandusky Co., Ohio, in 1830; in 1839, he emigrated with his parents to Pulaski Co., Ind., where he married in 1854, Miss Mary Parnell, who was born in Ask- ham, Westmoreland Co., England, in 1832; she emigrated with her parents, John D. and Agnes Parnell, to Stark Co., Ohio, in 1834; thence to Pulaski Co., Ind., in 1844; in 1857, Mr. Davenport moved to Clinton Co., bringing his family with him; settled on and improved the farm where they now reside ; they have four children-Laura Isabel, John Albert, Horace Lincoln and Jesse Cooper. Mr. Davenport and wife are members of the M. E. Church ; he has always taken a lively interest in church and educational interests ; is a Republican.
JOHN H. DEVIER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Elwood ; is a native of Rockingham Co., Va .; was born in 1840. Married in 1863, Miss Margaret J. Phillips, also of Rockingham Co .; she was born in 1844; they came to Clinton Co. in 1868; they have five children-Emma, Hannah Virginia, William Hugh, Angela Maria and John DeWitt. Mr. Devier and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Demoerat ; was elected a member of the Township Board of Trust- ees in 1878, and, the same autumn, was elected Justice of the Peace; is also School Treasurer. Owns a finely-improved farm of 180 acres.
JOHN W. DUNLAP (deceased) ; was a native of Rockingham Co., Va .; born in 1814; in early life, he studied medicine, and was engaged in the practice
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thereof several years in Virginia. He was Colonel of a regiment of Virginia militia a number of years. He married in Augusta Co., Va., Miss Agnes Phillips, who was born in 1816. They emigrated to [owa, and settled in this county in 1859, where he resided until his death, Nov. 5, 1869. In this county, he was elected to various official posi- tions, in all of which he discharged the duties with entire satisfaction to the citizens. The children of John W. and Agnes Dunlap are William P. (married Miss Adelia Bently ), Mary E. (now Mrs. G. H. Anderson), Euseba J. (married J. R. Twiss, Jr.), James H. (deceased), Asbury (married Belle Gillett ), John and Robert E. (deceased).
J. W. DUNLAP, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Maquoketa ; was born in Rocking- ham Co., Va., Feb. 11, 1851, came to this county with his parents, John W. and Agnes Dunlap, nee Phillips, in 1859. In 1878, he was appointed a member of the Clinton County Agricultural Society. He has also held various local offices. Mr. Dun- lap acts with the Democratic party. Generous by nature and practice, he always encourages and aids every public scheme of merit.
AUGUSTUS L. DYER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Maquo- keta. Mr. Dyer was born in Pendleton Co., Va., Nov. 7, 1824, where he remained until 1854, when he came to this county and settled in Brookfield Township. Mr. Dyer has been twice married ; his first wife was Elizabeth Anderson; present wife was Miss Mary W. Phillips. Mr. D. owns a finely-improved farm of 277 acres, and is exten- sively engaged in raising and dealing in stock. Democrat.
LEVI A. ECKMAN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Elwood; born in Liberty, Frederick Co., Md., May 24, 1824; he was educated in Carroll Co., Md., and in early life learned milling ; in 1849, he went to Darke Co., Ohio, and worked at his trade in Greenville ; in the spring of 1851, he came to Lyons, Clinton Co .; thence to Bellevue, Jackson Co., in the same year, where he remained until the spring of 1854; from this time until 1855, he was employed in putting up flour-mills in various places in this portion of Iowa ; in 1855, he engaged in milling in Maquoketa, and continued in that business until 1860, when he returned to Clinton Co. and commenced farming in Brook- field Township. Mr. E. has held the office of Justice of the Peace four terms. He was the first President of the Jackson and Clinton County Mutual Insurance Co., and is the agent of the company in that part of the county where he resides. Mr. Eck- man's first wife was Mary, daughter of Capt. J. L. Kirkpatrick, who served during the Black Hawk war; was born in 1822, at Springfield, Ill .; she died in December, 1856; had two children, one now living-Frank. Present wife was Miss Minerva Twiss, a native of Washington Co., N. Y .; born Nov. 6, 1835; have two children-Alice and Addie A. Mr. Eckman is a Republican. He owns a well-improved farm. This very brief sketch of Mr. Eckman's life is all that our space will allow. The Eckman family have rendered, in all times of trial, good service to their country ; Jacob Eck- man, uncle of Levi A., served with distinction as Captain during the war of 1812, and was in Washington with his company when that city was destroyed by the British. John Lowe, maternal unele of Levi A., was also a Captain during the war of 1812, and a brave soldier. Levi A. Eckman's grandmother, Maria L. Eckman, hec Schley, was the sister of Capt. Schley, who was, at one time, the owner of the largest number of vessels owned by any one individual ; he died in Germany, leaving property to the amount of $3,000,000.
M. E. FENTON. farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 11; P. O. Maquoketa; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., in 1933; when he was 10 years of age, he removed with his parents to Oakland Co., Mich .; thence to this county in 1847. He served in Co. F, 31st Regt. I. V. I .; he was enrolled in August, 1862, and mustered into service with the regiment at Davenport Oct. 13, 1862; participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Raymond, Jackson, Black River, Vicksburg, Cherokee, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Taylor's Hills, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Jonesboro; was in Sherman's campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas, and was mustered out with the regiment at Louisville, Ky., June 27, 1865. Aug. 20, 1865, he married Almeda L., daughter of H. and Eliza Potter, nee Wheaton, pioneer settlers of Jackson Co., Iowa,
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and now residents of Vermillion, Minn. Mr. Fenton's children are Bertram J. and Erma S. He owns 200 acres of well-improved land in this county, 17 acres of timber in Jackson, 200 acres of land in Woodbury Co .; is extensively engaged in stock raising and dealing. Republican.
G. W. HENTON, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Elwood ; is a native of Rocking- ham Co., Va .; born in 1836; in 1846, he removed with his parents, Silas and Hannah Henton, both natives of Virginia, to Jackson Co., Iowa, where they settled, thus becom- ing pioneers of that county. Mr. Henton's first wife was Margaret J. Major, a native of Ohio ; present wife was Mrs. Frances M. Whitmore, nee Blaine; she was born in Rockingham Co., Va. Mr. H. is a Democrat. His farm is well located and nicely improved.
DAVID HICKS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Elwood ; was born in Cornwall, England, June 24, 1846 ; emigrated to this country and to Clinton Co. in 1865. Feb. 24, 1874, he married Miss Hannah S. Hiner, a native of Virginia. Mr. Hicks and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He owns a pleasantly-located farm of 120 acres, which is well improved. He is a Republican.
J. A. HINER, member of the enterprising firm of Leinbaugh & Hiner, dealers in dry goods, groceries, etc., Elwood, Iowa; was born in Pendleton Co., Va., in 1851 ; his parents started for the West, but, upon the route, his father was taken ill and died. After his death, his mother continued her journey, arriving in Clinton Co., where she remained, and is now the wife of J. D. Parnell. Mr. Hiner was educated at Mt. Vernon, Iowa ; after finishing his education, he taught school several terms; in June of the present year (1879), he and Mr. Leinhaugh engaged in the mercantile business at Elwood ; they have a large store, and their goods are unexcelled in quality ; their assortment is complete in all lines of goods kept by them, and they are having a large trade.
T. T. IRWIN, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Elwood; was born in Union Co., Penn., in 1825 ; early in life he adopted the principles of the Whig party, and was dis- tinguished as a fearless advocate of freedom and for his opposition to human slavery ; in 1853 and 1854, he was proprietor and editor of the Mercer County Whig, in which he strongly advocated the abolishment of slavery ; in the latter part of 1854, he disposed of his interest in the paper until 1862, when he again became its proprietor and editor. changed the name to Whig and Dispatch, and published it in the interests of the Republican party, of which he is a firm supporter. Mr. Irwin was auditor of Mercer Co., a position which he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the citizens ; was also Justice of the Peace several years in Mercer Co. . He has been twice married ; first wife was Miss Elizabeth Alexander ; she died in Pennsylvania; married present wife, Matilda Hood, in Erie Co., Penn. ; they came to this county in 1870 ; have two chil- dren-Clarence and Lewis Mr. I. has held various local offices in this township. Owns 160 acres of land.
WILLIAM H. IRWIN, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Elwood; was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., June 5, 1830; he removed with his parents to Mercer Co., Penn., where he married Miss Mary Waugh ; they came to this county in 1866, and purchased the farm they now reside on. Mr. Irwin and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is a Republican ; has been a member of the Township Board of Trustees two terms; was elected Assessor in the fall of 1878. He owns a well-located, finely-improved farm of 248 acres.
A. H. JENKINS, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Maquoketa ; a pioneer settler' of Clinton Co .; was born in Queensbury, Warren Co., N. Y., Nov. 28, 1809. Married Mrs. Sarah Fenton, nee Goodenow, Nov. 28, 1841 : she was a native of Rockingham, Vt. ; born Dec. 21, 1810; in 1843, they removed to Groveland, Mich., where they remained until the autumn of 1847, when they emigrated to Iowa and located in Brook- field Township, then an unpromising wilderness, with scarcely an inhabitant ; they have four children-Alexander P., born in Michigan Oct. 2, 1844, married Miss Ellen Atherton Sept. 8, 1872 ; J. L. Jenkins, born in Clinton Co. in 1850, married Miss
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Alice Simpson May 19, 1870; Maria L., married Mr. M. P. Baker ; the youngest daughter married J. S. Diee Mrs. Jenkins has two sons-Marvin and Marshall-by her former husband, J. Fenton ; both are residents of this county. Mr. Jenkins is a Republican.
H. J. JEPSEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23; P. O. Elwood ; was born in the duchy of Schleswig, Germany, Sept. 28, 1823; in early life, he followed the vocation of a sailor, and served in the United States Navy from 1853 until 1856; in the latter year, he came to Clinton Co. In 1857, he married Miss Gertrude Teskey ; they have nine children-Maggie C., J. Fred., Sarah J., Anna C., Gertrude, George H., Charles C., Ellen E. and Bertha. Mr. J. owns 280 acres of land ; his farm is well located and finely improved.
JOHN H. KREIGEBEIN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Elwood ; Mr. Kreige- bein is a native of Germany ; was born JJune 26, 1815; served in the German army two years ; was honorably discharged. He married, in Germany, Miss Sophia Sehrae- der ; they emigrated to this country in 1867, and settled in Jackson Co .; in 1869, they removed to where they now reside ; they have three children living-Henry C., Frede- rica S. and Birdie E. Mr. Kreigebein and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; he is a Democrat ; is a school officer in District No. 5; owns 200 acres of land, and is an active and enterprising citizen.
HENRY KINGSLEY, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Maquoketa ; is a native of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. ; was born Dec. 4, 1835. In 1860, he married, in that county, Miss Diana Orton, who was born in Vermont; they removed to this county in 1869; they have four children living-Edward M., born in New York in 1863; Gordon H., born in October, 1865 ; Carrie Eveline, born in this county, January, 1870 ; James, born April 1873. Mr. Kingsley owns 200 acres of land, and is an energetic, enterpris- ing citizen.
D. D. KLISE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Elwood ; born Oet. 5, 1839, in Carro'l Co., Ohio ; he commenced learning the carpenter trade in Bethlehem, Stark Co., Ohio; finished it at Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa, in which county, in 1860, he married Miss Mary Burns; she was born in 1835; they came to Clinton Co. in 1862, where he engaged in contracting and building in various parts of the county until 1875, when he moved on the farm where he now resides, which he had purchased some years previous ; this farm is finely improved, and contains 220 acres. Mr. Klise and wife are members of the Catholic Church ; they have four children-Charles Louis and Ann Elizabeth, twins, born Sept. 1, 1861; Rosa, born March 5, 1869; Mary M., born Dec. 1, 1873. Democrat.
ADAM LEINBAUGH, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Elwood; born Nov. 29, 1826, in Berks Co,, Penn., where, in 1850, he married Miss Elizabeth Fisher, a native of the same county ; they came to Iowa about 1855, and have been residents of Clinton Co. most of the time since. Mr. Leinbaugh and wife are members of the Reformed Church ; their children are Rosa (now the wife of Perry Strawn), Helah (now Mrs. John Gabriel), Benton (married Miss Ella Wade-they live at Elwood, where he is engaged in the grocery trade), Adam A., James, John D., Franklin, William and Fred. Mr. Leinbaugh owns 200 acres of well-improved land, and is a man of much energy and enterprise ; he acts with the Democratic party ; he has held various local offices in all of which he gave general satisfaction.
T. B. LEINBAUGH, of the firm of Leinbaugh & Hiner, merchants Elwood ; was born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1853; in 1856, his parents emigrated to Iowa. July 23, 1874, he married Miss Ella Wade ; they have two children. In June, 1879, Mr. Leinbaugh, in company with A. J. Hiner, engaged in the mercantile trade at Elwood, where they are doing a thriving business, and are fast increasing their stock to meet the growing demands of the public.
BENJAMIN F. MAXWELL, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Elwood; Mr. Maxwell was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, Feb. 3, 1842; in 1844, with his parents, moved to Hawkins Co., thence, in 1852, to Owen Co., Ind., where he remained until
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he enlisted, Sept. 18, 1861, in Co. A., 43d Ind. V. I. ; he served with distinction, par- ticipating in every battle and skirmish his regiment was engaged in, until discharged, at Indianapolis, Ind., in March, 1864. Mr. Maxwell was wounded while in the army, at Marks Mill. On Oct. 19, 1868, he married Miss Margaret Griffith, in Green Co., Ind .; in 1870, they came to this county and settled in Berlin Township, in which place he was elected a member of the Township Board of Trustees for the term of two years ; they removed to where they now reside, in 1877; their children are Clarence Arthur, Minnie Alice, William Fletcher, Benjamin F., John S. and Maggie Florence. Mr. M. is Republican ; owns 120 acres finely-improved land.
HON. JOHN S. MAXWELL, Sec. 33; P. O. Elwood ; a native of Mor- gan Co., Ohio; was born Aug. 22, 1825; his life exhibits a career of struggle, energy and self-reliance such as characterize few men ; after pursuing a course of study at the common schools, he completed his education at the State University, Athens, Ohio ; in 1850, he went to Calaveras Co., Cal., and engaged in mining ; at the end of a year, he had accumulated quite an amount of money, with which he entered the mercantile busi- ness at Mokelumne Hill, a mining town on the Mokelumne River; in 1852, he left his business in California in care of a partner and went to Australia with the intention of establishing an exporting house; after his arrival there, however, he learned that his partner had squandered the property left in his charge, which amounted to several thousand dollars ; he then again engaged in mining, and, at the end of nine months, established a store at Melbourne, Victoria Colony ; meeting with fair success, he remained until burned out, when he went to Ballarat, then one of the most noted min- ing districts in the world, containing a population of over thirty thousand miners ; here he started a large store ; he continued in the mercantile business until the spring of 1856, when he disposed of his stock and went to Valparaiso, South America, where he remained but a short time before proceeding to Panama; thence to New York City ; there he remained until fully recovered from an attack of yellow fever, contracted while upon shipboard ; from New York he went to Washington, D. C. ; thence to Owen Co., Ind., where his parents then resided; in the latter part of 1856, he purchased land where he now resides; Mr. Maxwell has become very popular with all classes ; has served as Notary Public over fifteen years ; was Supervisor ; was also elected a member of the Ninth General Assembly, a position he filled to the honor and credit of his con- stituents ; he is a man of unimpeachable integrity, cool and sound executive ability, as well as benevolent, kindly and social in heart ; he is Treasurer of the Pleasant Valley Dairy Association, which was incorporated Feb. 19, 1879. In education and religion, Mr. M. has always taken a deep interest, aiding both in many respects ; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a lay minister over ten years. Mr. Maxwell was first married in Hawkins Co., Ohio, to Miss Rebecca Guyre; present wife was Miss Julia M., daughter of John R. and Ann Twiss, of this township; they have eleven children-Jennie (now Mrs. John Whitsel), Douglas L., John S., Jr., B. McClellan, Annie J., Morgan R., Richard F., Charles R., Eddie M., Mary and Emma. He owns 420 acres of well-improved land. Republican.
A. MARSHALL, boot and shoe manufacturer, Elwood; is a native of Don- egal, Ireland ; was born in 1829; emigrated to New York in 1856; in 1859, went to Brooklyn, N. Y., in which place he married Miss Alice McGrath ; they moved to Lyons in 1862; thence to Elwood in 1877. Mr. Marshall and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; Republican. Owns city property in Lyons, situated on Fifth and Pearl streets.
B. F. NEWCOMER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Maquoketa; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Jan. 21, 1853; came to Clinton Co. in 1877. In October, 1878, married Mrs. E. A. Phillips, nee Ward; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio; moved to Clinton Co. with her parents, Benjamin and Hannah Ward, who settled in this county about 1854. Mr. Newcomer is engaged in farming ; his farm is well improved, and contains 176 acres.
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