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returned home; December 24, 1857, he was married to Miss Ma- tilda J. Britton, a native of Henry county, Iowa; they have seven children: Milton F., Helen (now Mrs. Handleman), Nancy A., Sheridan P., Viola, Theadore, and Oscar G .; Mr. T., after having un- dergone the vicissitudes of two wars and adventures in a strange land, is now comfortably located and enjoys the respect and confi- dence of all who know him; none are more active in all public en- terprises, and all schemes for the development of his adopted county ineet his cordial support.
V ANWINKLE, MILES, far- mer, Sec. 19; P. O. Butler; Vanwinkle, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Butler. Vaughn, Charles, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Slagle.
W ALL, DANIEL, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Butler. Watts, W. A., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Butler.
WATTS, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Butler; born in Harri- son county, Ohio, August 29, 1821; he was raised there on a farm; in September, 1849, he moved to Indiana and remained there for some five years, but the location not being desirable he came to Keokuk county and loca- ted on the place upon which he now resides; he has 429 acres of finely cultivated land on which he is building a commodious dwell- ing; he has held various offices in his township; March 16, 1843, he was married to Miss Mary A. Woods, a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania; she was born March 5, 1825; by this union they have nine children: Wm. A., George W., Henry D., Ra- chel A. (now Mrs. Burgman), Hulda, John C., Andrew H., Jo- seph M., Emma R .; have lost one son: Thomas, who was a member
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of Company B, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry ; enlisted at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1862, served until May 23, 1863; he died at home of dis- ease contracted in the army, his father having brought him home from Helena where he had been left; he expired surrounded by loving friends.
WAUGH, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Martinsburgh; born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1800; with his parents he moved to Warren county, Ohio, remaining there until 1816; in the same year he emigrated to Wilkes- borough, Wilkes county, North Carolina, where he engaged in the mercantile business being em- ployed as a clerk; in 1827 he re- moved to Petersburg, Virginia, and in 1839 to Fairfield, Jefferson county, this State; from there he went to a point near the Des Moines river, not far from where Oskaloosa now stands, but the location was not desirable and he again removed coming to this county and locating where he now lives in 1845; owns 360 acres of good land; he is an influential citizen and has held the office of justice of the peace for a number of years; in 1829 he married Miss Elizabeth Freeman; have five children: Cordelia M. (now Mrs. Baker), Sarah M. (now Mrs. J. Lynn), Susan E. (now Mrs. H. B. Sturgess), Mary J. (now Mrs. Wil- liam Gray), and James; lost two: William A., and F .; the latter was second sergeant in the Thirty- fifth Iowa Infantry; he died at St. Louis, January 19, 1863, of small-pox; Mr. Waugh belongs to the Masonic fraternity and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Wells, Obed, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Butler.
White, Wm., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Butler.
White, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Slagle.
Williams, P., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Slagle.
Wilcox, Wm., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Slagle.
Wilcox, A. G., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Slagle.
WILCOX, B. G., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Slagle; born in Athens county, Ohio, in February, 1842; in 1854 he came with his parents to Van Buren county, Iowa; he came to this county in 1862 and located where he now lives; he owns a farm of 110 acres of well improved land; he has been twice married : first to Miss Susan Helm, September 28. 1861; she was a native of Iowa; she died September 3, 1874, leaving two children living: Emma J. and Da- vid P., and Ollie and Rosa de- ceased; he married again to Miss Parmelia Waltman, in 1876; she is a native of Ohio; by this union they have one child: Oliver.
Williams, Jefferson, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Slagle.
Wilcox, Riley, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Butler.
Wood, J. H., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Butler.
Wyckoff, S. D., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Butler.
YOUNG, WILLIAM H., farm-
Y er, Sec. 36; P. O. Martins- burgh; born in Clarke county, Indiana, April 11, 1842; when twelve years of age he with his parents moved to this county and settled in Benton township, near Marrtinsburgh; his early training was on a farm and he continued at this occupation until Septem- ber, 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, 13th Iowa Infantry; in 1864 here-enlisted as a veteran, and in the same year was taken prisoner and conveyed to Ander- sonville, Charleston, Florence and Richmond; after undergoing the
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vicissitudes of imprisonment at each of these places, he was finally paroled, in February, 1865; he then returned to his regiment, with which he was engaged in active service until the close of the war; on being mustered out of the service he again came to Keokuk county and engaged in the mercantile business at Mar- tinsburgh, in which he continued until quite recently, when he dis- posed of his stock and moved on the farm upon which he now re- resides; his farm consists of 400
acres of fine land under the best cultivation; he was married to E. M. Hursey, daughter of William Hursey, October 13, 1869; they have one child: Hattie E .; have lost an infant, not named; Mr. Young is a member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellow's frater- nities ; he is a member of the Pres- byterian Church, and is now in the full vigor of manhood, and is regarded as one of the most ac- tive, energetic and influential cit- izens of that part of the county.
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A LEXANDER, J. C., farmer, Sec. 25; J. O. Martinsburgh. -4-
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ERRIDGE, W. B. C. Sr., farm- er, Sec. 33; P. O. Martins- burgh.
BERRIDGE, WM. H .. farmer, P. O. Martinsburgh; born February 26, 1847, in Madi- son county, Ohio; he was educa- ted and lived there till 1854, when he came with his parents to Iowa, and located where he now lives; he was married October 10th, 1868, to Miss Celinda J. Smith, a native Hawkeye.
Berridge, W. B., Jr., Martinsburgh. BERRIDGE, WM., farmer; Sec 33; P. O. Martinsburgh; owns a farm of 187 acres; born April 7th, 1811, in Lincolnshire, England; he lived there till 1832, when he came to the United States, landing in New York, and coming immediately to Ohio, where he lived till 1854, when he came to Iowa and located where he now lives; he is one of the old settlers of the township; he was married January 15th, 1839, to Miss Mary Swazey, a native of Ohio; they have had four chil- dren: Lovenia, Loretta J., Wm. H. B., living, and Mary de- ceased.
BOTKIN, Z. T., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Martinsburgh; born December 4, 1817, in Clark county, Ohio; there he grew to manhood, was educated and lived till 1845, when he came to Iowa and stopped in Henry county till the next February, when he came to this county and located where he now lives; he entered his land from the government, but first had to buy a claim under what was known as the club law at that time; he is one of the oldest set- tlers now living in the township; he was married September 22, 1842, to Miss Cynthia A. Smith, a native of Ohio; they have a' family of eight children: Jemi- ma (now Mrs. Elijah Arganbright of Neb)., Samuel E., Sarah H. (now Mrs. Joseph Pollock of this township), Mary, (now Mrs. New- ton Ogden of this township), James, Wm., now living, and Eliza and Jasper, deceased; he owns a splendid farm which he has well improved with every- thing to make home pleasant, all the work of his own hands.
Bottorff Mrs. Eliza, Martinsburgh. BOTTORFF, ISAAC W., iner- chant, Martinsburgh; born June 26th, 1833, in Clarke county, In-
Wlr Newsome C.D
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diana; his parents moved to Iowa and located in this township; he is one of the oldest settlers in the township; he enlisted October 21st, 1861, in company D, Thir- teenth Iowa Infantry, and served to November 18th, 1862, when he was discharged by reason of wounds received at the battle of Shiloh; he was postmaster at Martinsburgh for about one year in 1864 -- 5; he began the mercan- tile business in the fall of 1862, in this place, and has followed it since; he keeps a large stock of goods generally kept in a country store, and also a stock of drugs and medicines; he enjoys a good trade, and the confidence of his customers as to fair dealing and integrity; he was married Febru- ary 16th, 1845, to Miss M. H. Smith, a native of Illinois; they have a family of eight children: Sarah O., Nancy J., Jacob G., Anna R., and Ernest, and Harvey, Aminda and Omer, de- ceased.
BOTTORFF, E. W., farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Martinsburgh; born December 25, 1835, in Clarke county, Indiana; he was rais- ed, educated and lived there till 1852, when he came with his parents to this county, and located on Sec. 20 of this township; he caine on his present farm in 1856 and has made all of its im- provements himself; he has a splendid, commodious dwelling, and good barns that any man might well be proud to own, es- pecially if he had earned it all himself, as he has done; his son, James W., has displayed a good deal of genius in the manufacture of a wind mill, which is so arrang- ed as to drive, when in motion, a circle of figures which are con- stantly changing position to the passer-by, and we think is worthy
of notice in this volume; he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Martinsburgh invincibles (State Militia) March 9, 1863, which he held during the Skunk river unpleasantness, and to the close of the war; he has always been a strong partisan and a strong Union man; he has held the office of town trustee and several minor offices; he was married January 25, 1856. to Nancy A. Heninger, a native of Missouri; she was born November 14, 1839; they have a family of four children : Henrietta R., James W., Sarah E. and Mary E .. all living; he owns a farm of 139 acres of fine land.
BRITTAIN, WM. P., farmer; Sec.
19; P. O. Martinsburgh; born De- cember 14, 1845, in Henry coun- ty, Iowa; his parents came to this county in 1847; he enlisted Octo- ber 10, 1863, in the Ninth Iowa Cavalry, and served till the close of the war, and was discharged February 10, 1866; he was taken prisoner September 6, 1864, while bearing dispatches to headquar- ters, at Gum Springs, Arkansas, and taken to Batesville, where he was paroled September 9, after having been stripped even to his boots, and given an old butternut suit, and left barefoot; he was fed on parched corn and paw-paws, and told to go north; he went to Memphis, that being the nearest point where he could reach our troops; on arriving there he was sent to St. Louis to the parol camp; soon after arriving there he was taken sick and got a fur- longh and came home, where he remained till December 11, 1864, when he was exchanged; he then went to his company at Browns- ville, Arkansas, where he remain- ed till discharged; he was married September 27, 1866, to Miss Lydia O. Redbearn, a native of Ohio;
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they have six children: Isaac M. M., Mary E., William O., Fred F., Pearl A., and Almeda M., all liv- ing.
Burns, Mrs. Susan, Martinsburgh. Burns, S. C., farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Martinsburgh.
C AMPBELL, JOHN, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Martinsburgh. CHACEY, ITHAMAR, farmer and teacher, Sec. 24; P. O. Martins- burgh; was born April 14, 1830, in Wayne county, Ohio, and lived there until 1856; he received a good common school education and commenced teaching at the age of nineteen, and has divided his time between farming and teaching since that time; he came to this State in 1856, and owns a nice farm of 150 acres; he has held school offices but has stead- fastly refused others; he married Miss Mary E. Wettmer, October 9, 1851; she was born in Pennsyl- vania; they have five children liv- ing: Ithamar J., Ida R., Ulysses S .. Elmer W., Samuel C .; lost three: William S. B., Almina E., and Mary E. A.
Clary, W. H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Colston, Mrs. Eliza, Martinsburgh. COOK, WM., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Martinsburgh; born January 27, 1852, in Fayette county, Indi- ana; moved to Iowa in 1873 and located where he now lives; he has followed farming all his life; he was married, November 7, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Fritzler, a native Hawkeye, as she was born in this county; they have one child: Dottie Estelle, now living. Cook, W. A., Martinsburgh.
Cook, John A., Martinsburgh.
CROCKER, B F., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 35; P. O. Mar- tinsburgh; born October 2, 1821, in Franklin county, Indiana; he was educated and lived there till
1854, when he came to Iowa and located in Henry county, where he remained only about six months, when he came to this county and located where he now lives; he owns a fine farm of 360 acres of land; he is a blacksmith by trade, and worked at it about twenty- five years; since his return from the army he has done but little at it; he is an auctioneer, and cries most of the public sales in the country near him; he enlisted June 13, 1861, in company I, First Iowa Cavalry, and was pro- moted to sergeant at the organi- zation of the company; he serv- ed to October 10, 1864, when he was discharged by reason of ex- piration of term of service; was in all the battles in which the reg- iment was engaged while he was in the service; he has been mar- ried twice: first, February 4, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Cassaday, a na- tive of New York; she died May 10, 1872, leaving nine children: Emily J., Thomas H., Perry, Sumner, Mary P. and Curtis, liv- ing. and Luther, Hannah E. and Melville, deceased; again January 14, 1875, to Mrs. Bar- bara Fritzler, a native of Ger- many; they have one child: B. F., living; she had three children by her former husband.
D ARDEN, D. B., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Darden, H. J., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Darden, S. N., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Darden, W. C., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Martinsburgh.
DAVIS, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Martinsburgh; born May 1, 1819, in Washington county, Virginia; parents moved to In- diana in 1828; there lie was edu- cated in the log school-house; he lived there till 1853, when he
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came to Iowa and settled in Jef- ferson county, where he raised one crop; in the same year (1853) he moved over into Jackson town- ship in this county, where he lived till March, 1866, when he came to this township, and in the spring of 1867 moved to the farm, where he now lives; he owns 180 acres of land; he was married October 30, 1845, to Miss Lillie Smith, a native of Indiana; they have a family of ten child- ren : Theophilus, Louisa (now Mrs. F. P. Richardson), John Q., J. M., Joriel, George R., Wm. H. and Elmer E. living, and Mary I. and Robert E., deceased.
Dawson, John M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Dawson, J. K., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Martinsburgh.
DAY, PHILIP S., farmer, Sec. 19, P. O. Martinsburgh; owns a farm of 185 acres of wellimproved land; born February 25, 1824, in Madison county, Illinois; he lived there till 1848, when he came to this county and located where he now lives, locating a land warrant for 160 acres, which he still owns, and which he received for his services in the Mexican war; he enlisted in May, 1846, and served one year, when he was honorably discharged; he was in the battles of VeraCruz, and Cerro Gordo where he received a wound in left leg by which he has been partially disabled ever since; has never drawn a pension, although he is rightfully entitled to one; he was married in November, 1847, to Miss Gracie Taylor, a native of Kentucky; they have a family of ten children : Solomon, Clarrissa, William, Robert, Frank- lin, James, Philip S. and George, living, and Rebecca an infant, de- ceased; he is the only Mexican soldier now living in the town- ship.
DEMARCE, A. L., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Martinsburgh; born August 1, 1835, in Canada West; there he was raised; he came to the United States when he was nine- teen years of age, and could not read or write; he started to school at once, attending the common and high schools at Fairfield, which he continued till he gained a fair education; in the fall of 1854 he located in Washington county, where he remained till 1867, at which time he came to this county and located on Ger- man Creek, where he bought a saw- mill; located where he now lives in 1869, and owns a farm of 135 acres and also a steam saw- mill on Sugar Creek, which he runs during the winter season; he enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company A, Twenty-fifth Iowa Infantry, served till the close of the war, and was discharged May 22, 1865; he was in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged during his term of service; he was married July 16, 1871, to Miss Mary Snakenberg, a native Hawkeye, born in this county, six miles east of Sigourney; they have a family of four children: Jno. D., Nelson H., Crinhilda F., Maggie G. Meyer, all living.
Densmore, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Martinsburgh.
DINSMORE, SAMUEL., carriage and wagon-maker, Martinsburgh; born May 30, 1816, in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania; his pa- rents moved to Ohio in 1817; here he was educated in the com- inon schools and. lived till 1857, when he came to Iowa and located where he now lives; he holds the confidence of his neighbors where he lives, as he has been elected justice of the peace for three terms, which office he now holds; he owns a nice comfortable home, where he lives, upon which he has
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quite an extensive vineyard, which is a source of revenue to him; also a shop where he works at his trade most of his time, always finding plenty to do at his door; he was left an orphan at the age seventeen, and being the eldest of the family, had the care of his younger brothers, two of them learning the trade with him; he was married February 13, 1840, to Miss Sarah A. Sheppard, a na- tive of Ohio; they have no child- ren.
Donnell, James B., farmer Sec. 13; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Donnell, S. H., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Dunn, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Martinsburgh.
E CKLEY, PETER, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Edwards, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Martinsburgh.
ENGLE, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Walden; born December 24, 1838, and is a native of Ohio; his parents came to Iowa and located in Washington county, in 1853, where he lived till March, 1862, when he came to this county and located where he now lives; he owns a good farm of 180 acres of land; he was married February 6, 1862, to Miss Jennie Griffith, who is also a native of Ohio; they have a family of two sons : Frank C. and Richard D., both living.
Eyestone Bros., merchants, Martins- burgh.
Eyestone, Albert, Martinsburgh.
F OGLE, PETER, farmer, Sec. 18;
P. O. Martinsburgh.
Fuller, H. K., Martinsburgh.
G LASS, A. W., Matinsburgh.
Glap, James, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Martinsburgh.
GODFREY, ELIJAH, shoe-mak- er, Martinsburgh; born March 14, 1811, in Ross county, Ohio, his parents moved to Virginia in
1856, when he came to Indiana, where he remained till 1856, when he came to Iowa and located in Wapello county, where he remained till 1864, when he came to this county and located where he now lives and started a boot and shoe shop, which busi- ness he has continued to the pres- ent time; he enlisted in October, 1862, in company E, Thirty-sev- enthì Iowa volunteers, and served to May 18, 1863, when he was discharged by reason of a rupture received while in the line of duty, guarding prisoners of war; he was married October 1, 1831, to Miss Jane Jones, a native of Virginia; they have ten children: Elijah H., David, Marion, Almira, Leander, Hannah M., Ira J., living, and Elizabeth, Louis and Mahala J., deceased.
Goepel, August, Martinsburgh.
Goepel, Gustavus, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Golliher, Mrs. M. J., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Goodwin, A. C., Martinsburgh.
GOW, DR, A. N., physician and surgeon, Martinsburgh; bornJuly 3, 1834, in Ashtabula county, Ohio; he was educated at the high school at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; he came to Iowa and located in English River township in Feb- ruary, 1863; he returned to Ohio on account of the death of his father, Rev. Daniel Gow, a noted Baptist minister; he lived there till' September 13, 1864, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio volunteers and was made hospital steward of the regiment; he served to the close of the war and was discharged August 25, 1865, when he return- ed to his old home in Ohio; he studied medicine, off and on, from the time he entered school at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, till he entered the army; he attended lectures at the
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Eclectic. Medical Institute of Cin- cinnati during the winters of 1872 and 1873, graduating in June, 1873, in which year he returned to Iowa, and locating in this place, began the practice of his profes- sion, which he has followed since; he enjoys a good practice and the confidence of his patrons; he in- vented and patented a corn-planter and cultivator combined, known as the "Farmer's Friend," some of which were used in this county; he was married January 2, 1878, to Miss Elizabeth Hogue, a native Hawkeye, having been born in Martinsburgh, Iowa, April 10, 1858.
Graves, Johnson; Martinsburgh.
F TAGAN, WILLIAM H., farm- er, Sec. 31; P. O. Martins- burgh; born June 29, 1820, in Guernsey county, Ohio; his pa- rents moved to Tuscarawas coun- ty in 1826; he lived there until 1848, when he came to Iowa and located where he now lives; in 1850 he was burned out, losing a good two-story house and all its contents except a few bed-clothes, which his wife saved; the next spring he rebuilt the house he now lives in; he owns a fine farm of 400 acres upon which he has fine improvements; he was married June 25, 1848, to Miss Mary An- derson, a native of Ohio; they have a family of eleven children: Margaret, Sarah, Charles J., Win. W., Alfred and Alice (twins), James, Horace L. and Lillie M., living, and Daniel and Otis de- ceased.
Hagan, C. J., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Hampton, James, Martinsburgh.
Hampson, L. G., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Martinsburgh.
HAWK. DAVID, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Martinsburgh; born April 18, 1811, in Greenbriar county, Virginia; his parents moved to
Athens county, Ohio, in 1815; there he grew to manhood and was educated; he came to this county in 1853 and located on sec- tion 22 in this township, having entered the land in 1847, being the second entry inade in this township; he was in Burlington in 1839, when there was but one two-story house in the place; he has been town trustee and asses- sor; he has followed farming all his life, in which he has made a competency for his old age; he has always been a hard-working, straight-forward, honest man, re- spected by all who knew him; he was married November 21, 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Loving, a na- tive of Virginia; they have had nine children: Christopher Ezra, Andrew, Elijah, Sarah E., Hilda, (now Mrs. C. J. Hagan), and Allen,' living, and Stephen and Keziah, deceased; he owns 610 acres of land.
Hawk. Christopher, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Martinsburgh.
HAWK, ELIJAH, farmer, Sec 14; P. O. Martinsburgh; he has a farm of 130 acres of land that is well improved; he was born May 25, 1845, in Vinton county Ohio; his parents came to Iowa and located where he now lives in 1853; here he grew up and was educated; he is one of the old settlers of the township; he was married March 23, 1870, to Miss Rhoda E., daugh- ter of Rev. Benjamin Hollings- worth, of this county; they have a family of four children : Charles E., Edward I., and Carl, living, and Howard L., deceased.
Hawk, John F., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Martinsburgh.
HAWK, EZRA, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Martinsburgh; he owns 546 acres of highly cultivated land, with a splendid house and barn and all the appurtenances of a first-class farm; he was born
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March 22, 1842, in Vinton county, Ohio; his parents came to this county in the fall of 1853 and lo- cated where lie now lives; he en- listed June 13, 1861, in company I, first Iowa Cavalry, and served to September 9, 1864, when he was honorably discharged; he was in all the battles in which the regi- ment was engaged; he was mar- ried March 3, 1869, to Miss Eliza A., daughter of Henry McGee, of this township; they have a family of three children: Ida E., living, and William H. and Frankie, de- ceased.
Hawk, J. S., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Hawk, J. N., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Hay, G. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Martinsburgh.
HENRY, J. D., M. D., physician and surgeon ; Martinsburgh; born January 15, 1846, in Adams connty, Illinois; he was educated at Payson seminary, Payson, Illi- nois; he came to Iowa in 1867 and located in Wapello county, where he began the study of med- icine with his uncle, Dr. S. Henry ; he studied with him three years, during which time he attended medical lectures at Rush Medical College, of Chicago, and Belle- view Medical College, of New York, where he graduated in 1871; he then settled in this place and began the practice of his profes- sion, which he has continued since with success; he has built up a good practice and is very success- ful as a physician; he was mar- ried October 2, 1873, to Miss Maggie Dunn, a native of Ohio; they have two children: Rex V., and an infant danghter not named.
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