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Shook, D. P., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Ioka.
Shye, Henry, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Richland.
Sisson, Z. L., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Ioka.
Smith, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Walden.
Smithart, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Manhattan.
Snyder, Polly, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Ioka.
Souner, L. M., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Ioka.
SPEIRS, GEO. R., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. loka; born April 5, 1843, in Franklin connty, Indiana; came to this county with his parents in 1864, and located in Twin Grove; located on his present farm in 1869: owns 278 acres of well improved land upon which he has fine buildings, where he can live at home and enjoy life as it passes; was married February 9, 1869, to Miss Nancy Lee, a na- tive of Indiana; they have a fam- ily of four boys: Chas. B., Ber- tram, Omer and Rosco, all liv- ing.
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Speirs, Charles, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Ioka.
SPEIRS, JAMES R., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Ioka; born September 20, 1828, in Butler county, Ohio; when he was five years old his parents moved to Franklin coun- ty Indiana; there he grew to man- hood and married Miss Catharine Stinger, a native of Ohio, Octo- ber 9th, 1852, who died April 21, 1858, leaving three children: Mary E. and Anna M., living, and Sarah C., deceased; he mar- ried again January 26, 1860, Miss Phillis Flint, a native of In- diana; they have no children; he came to this county in 1854, and has resided here since; he is one of the oldest settlers of the township; he enlisted August 8, 1862, in company F, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry. as sergeant, and served to the close of the war, being discharged August 11, 1865; he was in the battles of Helena, Yazoo Pass, Saline River and Mobile, and many skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged ; was wounded in the left arm at Helena.
Starm, D. M., Ioka.
Stevenson, Nelson, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Manhattan.
Story, Isaac B., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Walden.
T ALLEY, W. G. R., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20;P. O. Ioka; born January 28, 1830, in Wayne county, Tennessee; here he lived till 1848, when he moved to Iowa, and has lived in Jackson town- ship ever since; his mother is still living on the same farm they entered from the government when they came here in 1848; he has been twice married, first No- vember 22, 1855, to Miss Harriet Bowman, a native of Virginia; she died March 29, 1867, leaving a family of five children: J. W., A. V., and Martha J. R. living,
and Mary E., and Wm. H., de- ceased; he married again Decem- ber 17, 1868, Miss Polly C. Bow- man, a Hawkeye; born in Jef- ferson county, Iowa, November 17, 1842; they have four chil- dren: John A., Thomas P., and Zna E., living, and Samuel H., deceased; he owns a splendid farm of 300 acres of well im- proved land, and is surrounded by the comforts of life.
Talley, Nancy S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Ioka.
Teller, H. S., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Manhattan.
Terrell, J. J., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
TERESO, P. SANCHEZ, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 25; P. O. Richland; born in Kaisers-lantern, Bavaria; here he lived till he was twenty-one years old, when he went into the war of the rebel- lion in 1848, and at its close was compelled, with others, to flee to the United States in 1849; he landed in New York, and from there he went to Philadelphia, where he stayed but a short time, and went to Scranton, where he remained about one year making harness for the Scrantonian's for their various works; he is a har- ness-inaker by trade; he came to this county in 1861, and settled on the farm where he now lives; entered the land from the gov- ernment; he owns a nice stock farm of 160 acres upon which he has a fine house and barn; was married December 23, 1860, to Miss Sarah L. Franklin, a native of Illinois; they have ten chil- dren: Doratha, Philip, Margaret, Nicholas, Laura, Peter, Lillie May, Fred., Alfonzo and Louisa, all living.
Terrell, Samuel C., Sr., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
Todd, L. D., Waldon.
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Turner, Jas. T., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Manhattan.
T TLIN, BENJAMIN, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Manhattan.
W AGNER, A., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Manhattan.
Welch, William, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Manhattan.
White, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Ioka.
Whitson, W. H., farmer, Sec. 34; P. (). Ioka.
Whitson, Pertiller, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Ioka.
Williams, John, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Manhattan.
Williams, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Manhattan.
Williams, G. B., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Ioka.
Wimer, Oliver, Ioka.
Woods, W. R., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Ioka.
Wonderlich, F. A., farmer, Sec. 13; P. (). Richland.
WORLEY, W. B., farmer. carpen- ter and builder, Ioka; born Octo- ber 1, 1827, in Sommerset county,
Pennsylvania; parents moved to Stark county, Ohio, in 1829, and to Richland county, Ohio, in 1838; he came to Iowa and located in Washington county, in 1856, and to this county in 1860; he is a car- penter by trade and has built many of the best houses and barns in this part of the county; he en- listed in October, 1861, in com- pany I, Fortieth Iowa Infantry, : and served three years, being dis- · charged in October, 1864; was in all the battles in which the regi- ment was engaged during his term of service; he was married in Oc- tober, 1854, to Miss Jane Crowner, a native of Ohio; they have a fam- ily of nine children: Sabina (now Mrs. Samuel Gabby), John,Orlana, Martha G. (now Mrs. W. Cogle.), William, Ada, Olive, George and Frank.
Y TOUNG, F. J., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Ioka.
EPP, J. J., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Ioka.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.
A LBERTSON, G. J., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Richland.
Allen, W. W., Richland.
Arehart, G. W., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Richland.
B AILY, STEPHEN, Richland.
Baily & Trigg, Richland.
BALES, WM., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Richland; born in Tennessee in December, 1811, and lived there until 1849, when he came to Iowa and settled where he now lives; he owns a farm of 109 acres of improved land; he married Miss Huldah Morgan in Septem- ber, 1835; she is a native of Ten- nessee; they have four children: Jessie, Mary J., Hannah and Rho- da; lost one son, Levi M.
Bales, Z., Richland. Bales, John, Richland.
Bales, W. W., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Richland.
BANNING, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Richland; born in Marshall county, Virginia, June 19, 1829; in 1851 he moved to Iowa and settled in Henry county, but be- ing dissatisfied with his location he visited Kansas and other places with a view to changing his place of residence, but finally selected the place where he now lives, and owns a farm of 150 acres; he mar- ried Miss Eliza Bowman, October 6, 1851; she was born in Wayne county, Ohio, December 24, 1830; they have one daughter, Laura F., (now Mrs. A. W. Reynolds); they
yours Truly Havar Therbondy
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also have two adopted children, William H. Cox and Maggie Mc- Grew; the parents of Mrs. Ban- ning found a pleasant home with the subject of this sketch.
BASSETT, LESLIE CAPT., post-
master at Richland; born July 12, 1835, in Ohio; he was educa- ted at Woodward and Oberlin College; there he lived till 1859, when he came to Washington county, Iowa; he enlisted in 1861 as a private in Company K, Thir- teenthi Iowa Infantry; was pro- moted to quartermaster-sergeant, after eight months' service, and to first lieutenant of his company September 17, 1862, and to cap- tain February 1, 1863; served un- til the close of the war and was honorably discharged November 1, 1864; he was appointed acting assistant inspector general July 10, 1864, by order of Major General F. P. Blair; at close of the war he came to Washington county, Iowa; was married March 8,1865, to Miss Mary Israel, a native of Ohio; she died July 3, 1871, leaving a family of two children living: Nellie A. and Bessie A., and one infant, deceased; was married again March 18, 1874, to Miss Lizzie Armentrout, a native of Ohio; she died October 12, 1878; since 1868 he has been in the drug business in Richland; he is now postmaster of Richland and a can- didate for county auditor on the Republican ticket; is an honored member of I. O. O. F.
BENNETT. FREEDOM, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Richland; born in Pennsylvania April 10, 1817, and was taken from his native place by his parents to Ohio, where he lived until 1847, and then remov- ed to Iowa and settled in Musca- tine county, and remained there two years; thence to Iowa county, two years, and came to this county
in 1851; in 1864 he located where he now lives, and owns a farm of 100 acres; he has been twice mar- ried: first, to Miss C. Smith, in January, 1840; she was born in Franklin county, Ohio; by this marriage they had fourteen chil- dren, three of them still living: Iowa, Wallace and Olive; he mar- ried for his second wife Mrs. Mary Ann Kerby, in 1872; she is a native of Knox county, Tennes- see, and was born in 1839; by this union they have six children: William, Flora, Charles, Dora, Elmer and Clara.
Bond, H. C., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Richland.
Bond, Wm., Jr., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Richland.
Bond, Amon, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Richland.
Bond, J. H., farmer, Secs. 2 and 12; P. O. Richland.
BRISTOW, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Richland; among the early settlers who have passed the ordeal of pioneer life in the West, no one is more deserving of special notice than the subject of this sketch; he was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, Sep- tember 8, 1806; he removed with his parents to Ohio in 1807, and lived there until 1837, and then removed to Fountain county, In- diana; at this place he lost both of his parents, two brothers and three sisters from the effects of milk sickness; he then went to Warren county, Indiana, and while living there married Miss Celia Frame, on the 29th day of Sep- tember, 1829; she died in 1832; he married for his second wife Miss Phebe Marshall, February 15, 1833; they have two children living: John H. and Martin L .; they have lost five; he came to Iowa Territory March 15, 1839, and settled on the farm where he
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now resides; at that time he came over the Indian reservation lines, and on what was afterward known as the Second Purchase, and is the oldest permanent white set- tler in Keokuk county; he is a man of remarkable constitution, and for forty years there has not been a day but what he could at- tend to his daily avocations; he owns a fine farm of 400 acres of improved land, and has held var- ious township offices; he is an ac- tive member of the Christian Church.
Bowman, Samuel, Richland.
Bralliar, Lafayette, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Richland.
BRALLIAR, W. G., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Richland; born No- vember 12, 1831, in Knox county, Ohio; came with his parents to Iowa Territory in 1844, and set- tled near Richland, where he liv- ed till 1865, when he moved upon his present farm, and owns a well improved farm of 80 acres; he is a miller by trade, and has worked at it some ten years since he came to this county; he was married December, 1853, to Miss Martha Hornback, a native of East Ten- nessee; they have a family of seven children: Alice, Emilett J., Maggie T., Christiana, John, Sal- lie A., and Floyd B., now living, and one deceased: William; he has held various offices in the township, and is now assessor of his township; he is a consistent member of the Advent Church. Brifogle, Daniel, Richland.
Bristow, M. L., farmer, Sec. 25; P.
O. Richland.
Bristow, J. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Richland.
Byers, Enos, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Richland.
Byers, Prudence, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Richland.
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ARPENTER, CATHARINE, Richland.
Carrell, E. H., Richland. Carmichael, John, Richland.
CHARLTON, SAMUEL, hard-
ware merchant, Richland; born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1820, and lived there until 1846; he learned the trade of wagon-making; in 1846 he came to Iowa and settled in Jef- ferson county, and remained there until 1849 and then came to this
county and followed his chosen avocation, and has worked at it more or less up to the present time; he is associated with his son in business, and they aro do- ing a successful and profitable trade; he married Miss Lilly Flora in April, 1843; she is a na- tive of Pennsylvania and was born May 26, 1819; they have a son: August C., associated with his father in business; one son: Geo. M. D., was killed at the bat- tle of Shiloh, Tennessee, and fell a sacrifice to his country; he ren- dered himself of value not only as a citizen, but as a soldier, at · a time when men's souls were tried and their true worth was based upon their bravery and love of their country; Mr. and Mrs. Charleton have long been active members of the M. E. Church.
Chacy, Abner, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Richland.
Charleton, A. C., hardware mer- chant, Richland.
Coble, Riley, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Richland.
Coleman, J. C., Richland.
Collett William, farmer, Sec. 4; P. (). Richland.
Cook, S. T., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Richland.
Cook, W. S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Richland,
Cowguill, William, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Richland.
COX, JAMES H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Richland; born May 10, 1840, in Blunt county, Tennessee;
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he came with his parents to Iowa territory in 1844; has been in Keokuk county since its organi- zation; has sixty acres of land where he now lives, which is well improved; was married to Miss Lizzie Yates, April 8, 1870; she is a native of Indiana and was born in 1850; they have four children living: Flora, David, Milo and Effie; Mr. Cox enlisted in company M, Seventh Iowa Cav- alry, February 22, 1864; was mustered out June 22, 1867; was with the regiment in all the marches and battles during their term of service and came out with his share of the honors.
Cox, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Richland.
COX, URIAH, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Richland; born in Randolph county. North Carolina, Decem- ber 12, 1822; when seven years of age he moved to Indiana, and in 1845 came to Iowa; he located where he now lives in 1850; owns seventy-five acres of well improved land; he married Ger- trude Hiatt, a native of Indiana; she was born in 1819; they have six children: William B., Joshua, John D., Hannahı (wife of J. C. Jessup), E., and Rachel J .; he has held various offices in his township and is a member of the Friends' Society.
Cox, John, Richland. Cox, William B., Richland. D AVIS, JOSEPHUS, land. Davis, W. H., Richland.
Rich-
Davis, James, Richland.
Davis, John, Richland.
Davis, Isaac, Richland.
Davis, D. M., Ricliland.
Davis, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Richland.
Dean, Wm., Richland.
DIVELBISS, L. W., Richland, carpenter and builder; born Au- gust 21, 1843, in Franklin county,
Pennsylvania; lived there till the breaking out of the war. when he enlisted October 19, 1863, in company D, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infan- try, and severed until the close of the war, and was discharged July 8, 1865; was wounded in the bat- tle of Spottsylvania, Virginia, by having his chin and part of his teeth shot away; at the close of the war he came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he followed his trade till March, 1877, when he came to this county; is unmarried.
Dobenspike, Philip, Richland.
Downing, Reason, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Richland. Drummond, W. T., Richland.
E VANS, S. A., Richland, at- torney at law; born in Straw- bery Plains, Jefferson county, Tennessee, August 29, 1811, and resided here until 1841; his fath- er was a blacksmith, and the son learned the trade of his father, and followed it as an occupation until 1857; left Tennessee in 1841 and came to Iowa and set- tled in Van Buren county, now Davis county, and was the first postmaster appointed in the coun- ty, and was the first school direc- tor in the county, and carried the first mail taken into Bloomfield, the county-seat of Davis county; came to Richland in 1847, and was soon after elected justice of the peace, and was re-elected sev- eral terms; in 1851 he removed to Lancaster, the county-seat of Keokuk county, and remained there until the county-seat was re- moved to Sigourney, and then re- turned to Richland; he formed some taste for the practice of law and after preparing himself was admitted to the bar in Sigourney in 1857; cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for President, and has always affiliated with that school in political matters, and
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while he has always been a parti- san he has steadfastly refused nominations for political offices, save justice of the peace; was married to Miss Sarah Mitchell, in 1836; she died in 1865, leaving four children : S. B. Evans, editor and proprietor of the "Ot. tumwa Democrat," G. L. Evans, Maggie E., and Nan. M .; Mr. Evans has a cozy home, pre- sined over by his daughter, Mag- gie, in which he found more hap- piness and contentment than falls to the ordinary lot of man- kind.
F ARMER, B. H., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Richland; born in November, 1848, in Des Moines county, Iowa, and moved with his parents to Keokuk coun- ty, this State, in 1851; had the advantage of a common school education, and was taught the science of farming by his parents, which he has practiced since; was married to Miss Mary C. Mitchell, September 28, 1871; she is a native of Jefferson coun- ty, Iowa; by this union they have three children living: William C., Isabelle, and Cora; he has 87} acres of land where he now lives; he settled on the place February 1878; it is well improved and is in a high state of cultivation.
Fearis, W. G., Richland.
Foregrave, J. H., Richland. Foregrave, John, Richland.
FREE, ISAIAH, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Richland; born May 20, 1819, in Randolph county, North Caro- lina, and lived there until 1835, and moved with his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana; he received a common school educa- tion; in 1841 he came to this State (then a Territory) and set- tled where he now lives and im- proved his farm of 307} acres; Mr. F. is one of the pioneers of the county and has suffered all
the hardships incident to the life of an early settler; he is an active and energetic, as well as a thor- ough, farmer; he married Miss Lucinda Wilson January' 9, 1845; she was born in Virginia in 1821 and died in 1863; he married for his second wife Miss Emily J. Hill, in January, 1864; she was born in Indiana; their family consists of seven children : Sarah E., John B., Amanda J., Mary A., and Nancy M. by first marriage, and Ema- line H. and Lilly E. by second marriage; has lost four by first marriage and one by second mar- riage.
Fritz, John, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Richland.
Funk, D. B., Richland.
ARRETSON, I. H., Richland. G
GRAHAM, A. A, M.D., physician and surgeon, Richland; born in Union county, Indiana August 7, 1828; when young he moved with his parents to Kentucky, and after remaining there for a time re- turned to Indiana, and in 1855 came to Iowa; at an early age he became quite proficient as a ven- triloquist and magician, and he traveled through this State and others for ten years; he afterward made choice of medicine as a pro- fession, and studied with Dr. Sam- uel Graham as preceptor; after preparing himself he commenced the practice of his profession in 1860; he settled where he now lives in 1864 and has built up an extensive practice; he owns forty acres of improved land; during the rebellion in 1861 he was com- missioned captain of Brush Bend Zouaves; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity; March 11, 1852, he married Miss Laura Dex- ter, a native of Vermont; she was born October 2, 1835; they had by this union three children, one of whom, Bruce, is now liv-
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ing; he was born March 1, 1854; he was again married in May, 1868, to Miss Mattie Tracey, a native of Ohio, and born in Au- gust, 1847; they have two child- ren : Hope and Jessie. Grafton, P. B., Richland. Grammar, J. M., Richland.
GRAHAM, DR. SAMUEL, phy- sician and surgeon, Sec. 18; P. O. Richland; born May 6, 1820, in Preble county, Ohio, and made choice of the medical profession as an avocation, and commenced preparing himself, but before fin- ishing his course, removed to Lo- gansport, Indiana, and entered the office of Dr. J. T. Taylor, of the City Infirmary, who became his preceptor; came to Keokuk coun- ty in 1855, and has built up a suc- cessful practice; he also has a taste for agricultural pursuits, and owns a farm of sixty-five acres; was married to Miss Phebe A. Connes, November 6, 1848: she was a native of Indiana, and was born in 1832; she died in 1858; by this marriage they had two children: Casper N. and Dora S .; he married for his second wife Miss E. S. Pencie, May 3, 1860; she is a native of Ohio; by this marriage they have eight children : living: Clarence P., Arnold A., John D, Victor B., Benton A., Zepha D., Charley P. and Samuel J; lost three.
Graham, Arnold, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Richland.
Greenlee, James, Richland.
GREESON, DAYTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Richland; born in Morton county, Indiana, September 25, 1845; he came with his parents to this county in 1848, and has been raised and educated in Keokuk county; settled on his present farm in 1875; owns five hundred acres of well improved land which he devotes largely to stock-rais-
ing; he gives his attention to thoroughbred and graded stock; was married March -, 1868, to Miss Eliza Ann Greenlee, a na- tive of this county; they have four children: Etta G., John L., Martin L. and William Hayes.
Gregory, Joel, farmer, Sec 7; P. O. Richland.
GREESON, OSWALD, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Richland; born in Keokuk county, Iowa, December 29, 1851; owns a finely im- proved farm of one hundred and seventy acres, well stocked; March 6, 1873, he married Miss Annis Crakell; they have one child: Orvil J.
Greeson, Levy, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Richland.
Gregory, S., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Richland.
Gregory, Numidia, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Richland.
Gregory, Elisha, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Richland.
Grisham, David, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Richland.
H ADLEY, JOSHUA, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Richland; born in North Carolina, Novem- ber 27, 1815; in 1842 he came to Iowa, while it was yet a Territory, and settled where he now resides; owns a finely improved farm of 486 acres; has been twice mar- ried; first in 1842, to Lydia Hob- son; they had eight children: Mary, Zenrah, Julia, M. R., Jes- sie N., George A., Alfred and Milton; married again to Sarah A. Parchall; by this union they have one child, living: Addison; she has one: Julia by former mar- riage; he is operating a large coal mine, which is situated on his land; is a member of the Society of Friends.
Hadley, Jonathan, Richland.
Hadley, Elinwood, Richland.
Hadley, Josephus, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Richland.
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Hadley, Franklin, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Richland.
HALFERTY, DAVID, farmer,
Sec. 30; P. O. Richland; born in
Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania, November 9, 1817; when young his parents removed to Richland county, Ohio, where he was raised a farmer; came to Iowa in 1845, while it was a Ter- ritory, and settled on the land on on which he now resides; he owns a farm of 330 acres, well improv- ed; he can well be called one of the pioneer settlers of the county and with his wife, has endured all the hardships incident to the early settlement of the county; an in- cident of his life, we feel, is here worth recording; on the day that Fort Sumpter fell he planted two evergreens to commemorate the event, and the growth they have attained since then seems almost prophetical of the growth and greatness of the country ; he mar- ried Miss Mary Brailliar, in 1843; she was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1824; their fam- ily consists of seven children: Jordan A., Eleanor (now Mrs. Roop), Columbus C., Zepharialı, Leonidas, Van and Dora; they have lost one.
Halferty, J. N., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Richland.
Hammond, J. H. farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Richland.
Harlan, Stephen, Richland.
Hardin, Henry, Richland.
Harris, J. N. L., farmer, Sec. 29, P. O. Richland.
Harris, C. M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Richland.
Harmon, George, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Richland.
HAYWORTH, LYDIA, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Richland; born in Highland county, Ohio, in July, 1811, and lived there until her mar- riage to Eli Hayworth, January 31, 1828; he was born in High-
land county, Ohio, August 27, 1806, and moved to Hendricks county, Indiana, in 1829; thence to Vermillion county, Illinois, in 1830; they came to Iowa in 1840, when it was a Territory, and the following year settled where she now resides; owns 120 acres of land, well improved; when they first settled in this county their nearest neighbor was the Indians; they saw all the hardships inci- dent to a pioneer life in prepar- ing a home for themselves and family; they were active members of the Friends' Society, organized at an early day at Pleasant Plains. he died October 11, 1854, leaving the subject of this sketch and four children surviving: Sarah, James D., Annie and Rutlı.
Hayworth, Rees, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Richland.
Haycock, G. A., Richland.
HAYCOCK, B. A., miller, Rich- land; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in April, 1821, and lived there until 1833, when, with his parents, he removed to Carroll county, Ohio; here he served as apprentice to the milling busi- ness with Benjamin Haycock; af- ter serving three years at the bus- iness he attended Mt. Pleasant seminary for two years; in 1856 he came to Keokuk county, Iowa, and engaged in the milling busi- ness, and has built several mills in this county, and owns a large flour- ing mill in Richland, which he is running to its full capacity; has held various township offices; Mr. H. is one of the prominent busi- ness men of the county; as an in- dustrious and energetic citizen he has few equals, always planning some public or private improve- ment, and never resting or halting until he sees it completed; he rep- resented the county in the State legislature in 1868, and served with credit to his constituents and
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