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Heninger, P. W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Martinsburgh.
HENINGER, HENRY S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Martinsburgh;
owns 125 acres of well improved land; born November 15, 1837, in Missouri; he came with his parents to this county in 1846 and has been a resident of this township ever since; he came on to his present farm in the fall of 1871; he enlisted in Aug., 1862, in company F, Thirty-third Iowa vol- unteers, and served to March, 1863, when he was discharged for gen- eral disability brought on while in the service; he has followed farm- ing all his life, at which he has made a fine home; he was married March 11, 1867, to Miss Sarah Davis, a native of Illinois; they have a family of three children : Eddie and Ida (twins), living, and William H., deceased.
Henson, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Heninger, Mrs. Sarah K., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Heninger, John W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Heninger, S. E., farmer, Sec 21; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Herman, John, Sr., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Haysville.
HERMAN, JOHN U., of Wimer
& Herman, proprietors of Wood- bury Mills, Walden; born March 3, 1820, in Pennsylvania; there he was raised, educated and lived till 1859, when he came to Iowa and located in Ioka, where he remained two years; then moved to Jefferson county, where he remained till 1870, when he returned to this county and bought the Manhattan Mills, which he ran for three years, when he sold out and bought a half interest in Woodbury Mills, which he now owns; they have a good custom trade and make a good quality of flour; he was married April 6, 1845, to Miss Sarah Aultman, a native of Penn- sylvania ; they have ten children : Andrew, Michael, Elizabeth, Mary
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A., John, Samuel and William, living, and Sarah, and two infants not named, deceased.
HOGNE, S. R., farmer and carpen- ter, Sec. 33; P. O. Martinsburgh; born December 2, 1827, in Vir- ginia; he came to Ohio in 1844 and lived there till 1849, when he came to Indiana, where he lived till 1856, when he came to Iowa and located where he now lives; he enlisted June 13, 1861, in com- pany I, First Iowa Cavalry, and served to September 9, 1864; he was in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged; he was promoted to sergeant at the or- ganization of the company; he owns a nice farm of 80 acres; he is a carpenter by trade, and works at it a good deal of his time; he was married, June 18, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Stewart, a native of Indiana; they have a family of five children : Anna S., Rachel E., Willie, Jennie A., living, and Mary F., deceased.
Horton, Tyrus, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Martinsburglı.
HURSEY, WILLIAM., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 27; P. O. Martinsburgh; born June 3, 1827, in Ohio; there he was raised and educated; he lived there till 1858, when he came to Iowa and locat- ed where he now lives; he owns one of the finest farms in the county, containing 420 acres in all, which he has under a high state of' cultivation. with splendid house and barns; he has taught school sixteen terms during his life; he is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and has been W. M. of his lodge some twelve years; is also a member of the chapter, and assisted in the organization of the chapter at Sigourney; he was married April 20, 1848, to Miss Margaret A. Honnold, a native of Ohio; they
have had twelve children: Eliza- beth M., John E., Lucinda J., S. Alice, H. Eliza, Wm. Sherman, Belle, Maud and George W., liv- ing, and Doratha, Robert N. and Wilmina, deceased.
Hutton, D. S., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Martinsburgh.
I NGLE, JACOB, farmer Sec. 13; P. O. Walden.
JOHNSON, A. J., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Martinsburgh.
, Jones, Alexander, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Martinsburgh.
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AMB, J. M., farmer. Sec. 11; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Larrimore, J. F., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Lawson, Wm., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Leliman, A., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Lister, Abram, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Loenberg, Sohn, Sr., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Lotspeich, J. H .. farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Lotspeich, W. C., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Lynn, H. C., Martinsburgh.
Lynch, P. A., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Martinsburgh.
M cCONNELL, A. J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Martinsburgh; born December 18, 1841; he is a native Hawkeye, having been born on Brushy Bend, Richland town- ship, in this county, his father having come to the county in 1839; he located on his present farın in 1870; he owns a farm of 120 acres of well improved land; is unmarried, a son of honest toil, and still clinging on to the rag- ged edge of single blessedness; is a candidate for matrimony whom any young lady would do well to catch.
McCONNELL, W. J., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Martinsburgh; born De-
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cember 27, 1838, in Delaware county, Indiana; his parents came to Iowa in the fall of 1839, and located in Richland township; he has resided in this county since; he has followed farming all his life; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in company F, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteers and served till the close of the war, and was honora- bly discharged July 17, 1865; he is one of the oldest settlers of the county and township, his father being the oldest permanent settler of the township now living in it; he was married January 6, 1868, to Miss Mary J. Miller, a native of Olio; they have three chil- dren: George A., William F. and Elias O., all living; he owns a farm of 125 acres, which he has made by his own efforts.
McCONNELL, M. E., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Martinsburgh; born February 19, 1817, in Ohio; there he grew to manhood and lived till 1837, when he came to Indiana, where he remained about two years; in September, 1839, he came to Iowa, and located on Brushy Bend, in Richland town- ship, where he lived till the sec- ond purchase was opened to settle- ment; he then came and located where he now lives with his fam- ily; so he is undoubtedly the old- est permanent settler now living in the township, and one of the oldest in the county; he was mar- ried February 1, 1838, to Ruth S. Hulton, a native of Ohio; they have a family of nine children: William J., A. J., Ruth A., Nan- cy E., Lydia J. and Emily A. liv- ing, and Barbara, Mary A. and Francis M. deceased, the latter dying in the army at Little Rock, Ark., December 16, 1863; he owns a farm of sixty acres.
Martin, Daniel, Martinsburgh.
McCreery, Horatio, fariner, Sec. 28; P. O. Martinsburgh.
McElroy, James, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Martinsburgh.
MCGHEE, HENRY., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Martinsburgh; born Feb- ruary 20; 1826, in Lawrence coun- ty, Indiana; parents moved to Orange county in 1827; he was raised and educated there; he came to Iowa in 1856, and located where he now lives; he owns a well improved farm of 195 acres; has followed farming all his life, and has been very successful in making for himself and family a pleasant home in his old age; he was married December 3, 1846, to Miss Mary E. Ham, a native of Kentucky; they have had two children: Eliza A. (now Mrs. Ez- ra Hawk), living, and John W., deceased.
McNutt, Alexander, farmer, Sec. 36. Mallonee, W. D., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Martinsburgh.
MALLONEE, W. D., M. D., phys- ician and surgeon, Martinsburgh ; born August 23, 1821, in Madison county, Kentucky; parents moved to Orange county, Indiana, in 1822; here he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools; he came to Iowa in June, 1847, and remained till October, 1848, when he returned to In- diana, and remained till 1849, during which time he worked at the carpenter trade about nine years; the other two years he combined the study of medicine with his work; he studied with Dr. A. J. Ritter, of Orangeville, Indiana; he came to this county in the fall of 1869, and began the practice of his chosen profession January 1, 1860, in this place, which he has continued to the present time; he has, however, partly retired from his profession, as he refuses to ride nights, or practice except in the families of particular friends; he enlisted June 22, 1861, in company I, First
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Iowa Cavalry, and served to Sep- tember 13, 1864; he was on de- tached duty in the medical de- partment from August, 1861, to March, 1862, and again as hospital steward from February, 1864, till his discharge from the service; he married July 25, 1861, Mrs. Har- riet M. McCoy, a native of Ohio; they have no children; she had one child by her first husband: Agatha (now Mrs. W. E. Street, of this place).
Martin, R. S., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Martin, Geo. B., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Mathys, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Messerschmitt, Jacob Sr., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Monohon, Owen, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Monohon, J. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Monohon, Columbus, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Moore, Calvin, farmer, Sec 34; P. O. Martinsburgh.
MORGAN, WM. F., farmer, Sec. 23, P. O. Martinsburgh; born July 31, 1804, in Pulaski county, Ken- tucky; his parents moved to In- diana in 1818; here he grew up and was educated in the old log school-house with its big fire-place; in 1849 he came to Iowa and set- tled where he now lives, entering his land from the government; in 1854 he was elected a member of thie Iowa Legislature, beating Col. Crocker, a noted lawyer of Des Moines; he served one term and refused a second nomination; he was the first Whig to carry the district; he has been twice elect- ed to the board of supervisors and been justice of the peace about half the time since he has been in the State; he voted to move the capitol of the State from Iowa City to Des Moines;
he was never beaten but once in his life when running for office, and that was by J. M. Chancey
· for county judge, and was only beaten then by thirty votes, which shows the high position he occu- pied in the confidence of the peo- ple; he has followed farming all his life; he owns a farm of 120 acres where he is enjoying his de- clining years; he has been twice married; first March 1, 1827, to Miss Elizabeth Boggs, a native of Kentucky; she died October 7, 1862, leaving seven children : Lydia J. and Harriet C. living, and Alfred W., and John B., who died in the army at Little Rock, Arkansas, Joseph C., Mary E. and W. H., deceased; he was married again July 16, 1863, to Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, a native of Ohio; they have no children; she had six children by her former husband.
Morgan, Mrs. Sarah J., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Mowrey, Mrs. Eliza, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Abingdon.
N TUGENT, C. J., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Martinsburgh.
O AKS, E. A., farmer, section 7; P. O. Martinsburgh; moved to Illinois.
OGDEN, NERI, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Martinsburgh; he owns a good farm of 140 acres; he was born August 20, 1849, in Indiana; his parents came to Iowa in the spring of 1864, and located near Martinsburgh; he was educated in common schools and Birmingham Academy, in Van Buren county, Iowa; he came on his present farm in the spring of 1875; he was married December 16, 1874, to Miss Mattie J. Gaston, a native Hawkeye, having been born in this township; they have one child: Zane, living.
Ogden, Daniel, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Martinsburgh.
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P ARRISH, BEN., farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Martinsburgh; he has 305 acres of land which he has got under a high state of cul- tivation, with good house and barns, where he can enjoy his old age in peace and plenty; he was born May 12, 1811, in Belmont county, Ohio; there he was raised and educated in the old log cabin, with fire-place in one corner; he lived there till 1839, when he mov- ed to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he lived till 1851, when he came to Iowa and settled where he now lives; he has been elected county supervisor, town trustee, and has held the office of justice of the peace about half the time since he has been in the State; he has been twice married; first, Feb- ruary 26, 1833, to Miss R. Thomp- kins, a native of Ohio, who died December 28, 1840, leaving three children : Edward F., William and Malissa, all deceased; again Janu- ary 6, 1842, to Mary J. Motmiller, a native of Pennsylvania, who died July 9, 1864, leaving a fam- ily of eleven children: Alonzo, Celina J., Anna M., Montraville, George M., Sarah E., J. C. Fre- mont, Millard F. and Thomas C. living, and Eliza, who died in the army in July, 1864, and Deborah, deceased.
Pollock, George, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Pollock, Samuel, Martinsburgh.
Porter, Silas, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Martinsburg.
Porter, Theodore, Sr., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Martinsburgh.
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AYBURN, N. B., Martins- burgh.
Redfern, Mrs. Susan, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Martinsburgh.
RICHARDSON, FRANCIS P.,
farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Martins- burgh; born April 25, 1834, in Mc- Donough county, Illinois; parents came to Iowa in fall of 1845 and
located where he now lives; since his father's death he has bought the home place of the heirs, his mother living with him; he owns a fine, well improved farm of 140 acres, which his father entered under the "club" law of early days; the logs of the old house are still doing service on the farm, as a stable, and are as sound as they were the day they were cut; he crossed the plains to Nevada in 1864, where he remained till 1866, when he returned well sat- isfied that Iowa was a good enough State for him to live in; he was married November 8, 1868, to Miss Louisa C. Davis, a native of Indiana; they have had four child- ren: Nora B., Arthur and George, living, and an infant deceased.
Ruder, John, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Martinsburgh.
SAA AAR, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Shaufelt, Wesley, Martinsburgh. Sheeler. Isaiah, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Shultz, Wm., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Martinsburgh.
SMITH, A. J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O.
Martinsburgh; owns a farm of sev- enty acres of land; he is a native Hawkeye, having been born in Des Moines county, Iowa, June 1, 1856; he was raised there and educated in common schools and the Denmark academy; he came to this county in the spring of 1879, and located where he now lives; he was married April 3, 1879, to Miss Mary L. Miller, who is also a native Hawkeye, having been born in Des Moines county, Iowa.
Smith, Rev. Geo. B., Martinsburgh. Smith, A. D., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O., Martinsburgh.
SMITH, HIRAM, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Walden; born February 28, 1805, in Washington county, Vir- ginia; his parents moved to Indi-
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ana, in 1821; he was raised and lived there till 1853, when he came to Iowa and located upon the place where he now lives; he was sheriff of Rush county, Indi- ana, for four years, and has filled several minor offices; he was mar- ried September 26, 1849, to Miram Davis, a native of Virginia; they have two children : Daniel and Mo- ses, both living in this county. Smith, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Spears, Robert, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Ioka.
Spencer, Chas. L., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Stewart, W. W., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Martinsburgh.
STREET, MRS. AGNES, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Martinsburgh; owns a farm of one hundred and forty acres of land; born Novem- ber 29, 1821, in Jackson county, Ohio; she came with her husband to this county in 1860, and settled where she now lives; she was mar- ried January 28, 1847, to Jacob Street, who was born October 27, 1818, in Derbyshire, England; he died April 25, 1872, leaving her with a family of eleven children, two of whom (Samuel F. and Re- becca E.,) were by his first wife, both living, and Sarah J., William, Leah G., Jacob A., John W. and Robert A., living, and George W., David and Joseph S., deceased; she has kept her family all togeth- er since her husband's death, and carried on the farm the same as before, for which she is certainly entitled to much praise.
Street, Mrs. Aminda, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Sutton, Henry, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Martinsburgh.
Swickard, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Martinsburgh.
TAYLOR, G.W., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Martinsburg; born Sep- tember 22, 1824, in Bath county,
Kentucky; parents moved to Me- · nard county, Ilinois, in 1829; there he was raised and educated; the first surveyor he ever saw was Old Abe Lincoln, when a boy; he lived there until 1867, when he came to Iowa and settled where he now lives, having bought his land in 1855; he enlisted October 1, 1864, Company B, Eighth Illinois Infantry, and served to the close of the war, being discharged Sep- tember 26, 1865; he was in the seige of Mobile and charge on Fort Blakely; he has been twice married; first, February 28, 1851, to Miss Doratha Day, a native of Illinois, who died July 15, 1863, leaving five children: Mary M., Sarah A., James Z., living, and Louisa and Dollie A., deceased ; second, May 8, 1867, to Mrs. Mary A. Miner; they have two children : Robert S., living, and Anna, de- ceased; she had one child by first husband; he own 104 acres of land.
Terrell, John, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Martinsburgh.
W ALL, JAMES, Martins- burgh, proprietor of the Iowa House; born December 18th, 1832, in Galway county, Ireland; he lived there till the spring of 1854, when he camne to the United States, landing in New York and going immediate- ly to Pittsburgh, where he re- mained something over two years, at work in a wholesale grocery house; his health failing him he moved out to Westmoreland coun- ty, Pa., where he went into the iron and farming business, which he continued for several years, when the oil excitement broke out he went to Oil City and vicinity, where he spent about two years; but not having amassed the for- tune he had anticipated he con- cluded he would take Greeley's advice and go West, which he did
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landing in Ottumwa, Iowa, July 4th, 1867; he stayed there, how- ever, but a few days, and after looking around for a location to go into business, he finally bought the hotel property where he now lives; he keeps a good house, where the hungry can get a square meal, and the weary find rest; he also owns a neat little farm of eighty acres in section 29 of this township.
Welch, Mrs. P., Martinsburgh.
WHEELOCK, A. H., Martins- burgh, proprietor of Wheelock Mills; born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, September 21st, 1846, and lived there till sixteen years of age, when he came to Washington county, and came to this county and located where he now lives in 1865; he and his father bought the mills of A. J. Ulin; his fath- er died in October, 1868, when he took charge of the mill and run it since; he was a member of the Home Guards during the Skunk river war, and came out without a scratch; was married March 28th, 1868, to Miss Louisa Moore, a native of this State, born in Washington county, Iowa; they have a family of three children, Adam N., Bertha K., and Max., all living; Mr. Wheelock was educated at the Iowa State Uni- versity.
WIMER, E. M., of Wimer & Herman, proprietors of Wood- bury Mills, Walden; he is a miller by trade; born February 18th, 1835, in Delaware county, Ohio; his parents came to Iowa
and located in Lancaster town- ship in the fall of 1844; followed farming until ten years ago, when he bought a half interest in this mill, which is the oldest in the county; they now have two run of burs, and are doing a good bu- siness, as they make as good flour as can be made anywhere; he is one of the oldest settlers of the county; was married October 9, 1856, to Miss Amy Moor, a na- tive of Ohio; they have a family of seven children: Francis E., Mary C., Oliver A., Ada E., Mar- cellus C, and Elgie; Rosella, de- ceased.
WILSON, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Martinsburgh; born April 12, 1848, County Derry, Ireland; came with his paronts to the United States in September, 1860, landing first at Quebec first and then coming and locating near Quincy, Illinois; lived there about five years, when he came to Iowa in September, 1865, and lo- cated in Jefferson county, where he lived till October, 1875, when he came to his present farm; was married October 5th, 1875, to Miss Ida E. Ogden, a native of Indiana; they have two children : Raleigh and Rhoda, A, both liv- ing; owns a farm of 108 acres; was educated at the Axline Seminary of Fairfield, Iowa, an institution that is now extinct.
Woods, C. D., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Martinsburgh.
YOUNG, JAMES B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Martinsburgh. Young, W. H., Martinsburgh.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
A BEL, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan. Abel, Rufus, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Manhattan.
Adams, Wm., Manhattan.
Adams, Mary, farmer, Sec 5; P. O. Manhattan.
Adams, Thomas T., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Manhattan.
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Allen, G. W., farmer, Sec 15; P. O. Manhattan.
ALTMAN, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Ioka; born April 21, 1827, in Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania; there
he was raised and educated; he came to this county in 1855, and settled where he now lives; he owns a farm of 160 acres of land; he was married March 28, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Welch, a native of Virginia; they have a family of three children; Franey, Cordelia and Walter M .; all living. Altman, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Ioka.
Andrews, Solomon, farmer, Se3. 22; P. O. Ioka.
B AKER, CAPT. D. C., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8; P. O. Ioka; born July 22, 1833, in Jefferson county, East Tennessee; here he grew to manhood; he was educated in the common schools and Holston Col- lege, at New Market, Tennessee; he came to this county, and settled in Richland township, in 1853; he located on his present farm, where he now lives, in 1876; he has a beautiful home of 270 acres, where he can pass the remainder of his life, and enjoy the good things the world affords; he has been honored by his friends and neighbors by being elected town trustee and constable, and he is now a member of the board of county supervisors, an office which he is eminently well qualified to fill; he enlisted in October, 1861, in Company E, Third Missouri Militia, to serve six months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged; he enlisted again August 15, 1862, in Company I, Fortieth Iowa Infantry, as a pri- vate; at the organization of the company he was promoted to first lieutenant, and on the 20th of March, 1864, he was promoted
to captain of his company; he served to January 1, 1864, when lie was compelled, on account of his health, to resign and return home; on regaining his health he resumed farming, which avocation he has followed since; he was in the battles of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas; Little Rock, siege of Vicksburg; on Bank's Red River expedition, and all the fights and skirmishes his regiment was engaged in while he was in the service; he was married Decem- ber 28, 1854, to Miss Virtue A., a daughter of Rev. M. L. Milton; they have a family of ten chil- dren: Martha W., Joseph E., Mary E., John, Nora, Charles and Willie, living, and Margaret A.,
Virtue T. and Minnie J., deceased. Ballard, Susan, Walden.
Ballard, Milton, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Manhattan.
Bailey, S. W., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Manhattan.
Bean, A. F., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Ioka.
Bell, John B., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Ioka.
Belveal, Seth, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Manhattnn.
BENDER, C., shoe-maker, Ioka; born November 25, 1836, in Hohenzollern, Hackengen, Ger- many; his parents died when he was about four years old, leaving him an orphan and alone in the world; he came to the United States in 1849, and landed in New York, where he stopped a short time, and then went to Indiana, where he began to learn his trade, but did not stay long till he went to Harrison, Ohio, where he fin- ished liis trade; in the spring of 1853 he came to this county, and located in Lancaster, and went to work at his trade; he came to this town in the fall of 1858, and has lived and worked at his trade here ever since; he was married
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February 2, 1857, to Miss Louisa Hahan, a native of Pennsylvania; they have had ten children: Ju- lius A., ' George W., Mary A., Winnie C., Anna E., Laura and Emma, living, and Geo. H., Louie and John, de- ceased; he has been town trus- tee three terms, and school di- rector several times.
Bergman, Julius, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
Bottger, J. J., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
Bottger, J. C., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
Bottger, Otimer, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Manhattan.
Bottger, J. C. Sr., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
BOWMAN, SAMUEL, retired far-
mer and merchant; he resides in Ioka; born Aug 16, 1804, in West Virginia; here he grew to man- hood and was educated; he came to Iowa Territory in the spring of 1839, and to this county in 1845, before it was yet a State, and lo- cated where he now lives; he fol- lowed farming till 1860, when he went to merchandising in Ioka, which he followed till 1869, when · he retired to a quieter life, having laid up a competency for his old age; he was a son of poor pa- rents, and has always had to look out for himself; how well he has done it his neighbors can judge; his motto was "Excelsior," and his guide honesty and integrity; he is one of the oldest settlers now living in the county, and has always taken an active part in all public matters pertaining to the advancement of the interests of his town and neighbors; he has been twice married; first, June 7, 1827, to Elizabeth Bowman, a na- tive of West Virginia; she died April 1, 1865, leaving a family of ten children: Susannah, Solomon, Washington, Harriet R., Martha
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