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Fowl, Lewis, cooper, Talleyrand.
Freris, Peter, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Talleyrand.
Frederick, John, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Talleyrand.
Fughes, Michael, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Harper.
G ARETT, NATHAN, farmer and blacksmith, Talleyrand.
Geoves, Benoral, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Talleyrand.
Glance, C., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Talleyrand.
Goldner, A., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Harper.
Goldner, John B., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Harper.
Goldner, Ben., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Harper.
Goldner, J. F., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Harper.
Goldner, J. A., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Harper.
Goldner, J. W., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Harper.
Gray, George, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Talleyrand.
GRAY, DR. J. D., physician and surgeon, Sec. 13; P. O. Talley- rand; born November 15, 1821, in Belmont county, Ohio, and is the third son of Daniel Gray and De- borah, nee Dudley ; he traces his mother's ancestry to England, and has a complete genealogical record from the original ancestry during the fourteenth century to the pres-
ent time, and on his father's side has it complete from 1742; in his youth he learned the printer's trade, and followed it as an avo- cation, and at the same prepared himself for the practice of medi- cine; in 1843 he entered the office of Dr. Affleck, in Summer- ton, Belmont county, Ohio, and remained with his preceptor until 1847; in 1850 he came to Iowa, and in 1857 settled in Keokuk county; he graduated from the medical department of the Iowa University at Keokuk in 1854; in 1862 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the Third Iowa Caval- ry, and in September of the same year was appointed assistant sur- geon of the Twenty-fifth Iowa Infantry, and served until Septem- ber, 1863, and resigned; in con- nection with his duties as a phy- sician, he studied law, and in 1866 was admitted to the bar, but has not abandoned his medical profes- sion, in which he has built up a large practice; he married Miss Juliet Stevens, of Lancaster, Keo- kuk county, in October, 1855; he settled where he now lives in 1870, and owns an improved farm of 80 acres; he has a family of seven children: Charles A., Elam H., Ada, Arthur, Clara, Merrill and Flora; lost two.
Griner, Peter, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Talleyrand.
Griner, Mary, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Talleyrand.
Griner, Fred, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Talleyrand.
Griner, Peter, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Keota.
Griner, George, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Keota.
Gross, Michael, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O Harper.
AHN MATTHIAS, farmer, Sec.
H 22; P. O. Talleyrand.
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Hahn, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Talleyrand.
Harris, Moses, retired farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Talleyrand.
Harmon, Landilin, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Harper.
Harmon, Casmer, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Harper.
HENDERSON. D. N., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Talleyrand; born April 5, 1819, near Millswood, Guern- sey county, Ohio, and is the son of Thomas and Jane Jackson Hen- derson; his father was born in Pennsylvania in 1776, near the place, and on the same day, the battle of Brandywine was fought, and emigrated to Ohio in an early day, and was prominently identi- fied with the interests of his adopt- ed State; he served as associate judge of the court of Guernsey county and was elected to repre- sent the county in the State Leg- islature three terms; afterward moved to Illinois, and thence to Keokuk county, Iowa, where he died in September, 1860; the sub- ject of this sketch was raised a farmer and came with his parents to this county in the fall of 1839, and took a claim where lie now resides ; he has passed the ordeal and experenced the priva- tions of pioneer life, and has held various township offices and was elected justice of the peace when the county was organized, and has held the office almost un- interruptedly since that time; he married Miss Lavina Jeffrey in 1845; she died in 1851; after- ward married Miss Rose A. Nog- gle; they have two adopted chil- dren: Roscoe and Mary L .; polit- ically Mr. Henderson is a Demo- crat; he favored the prosecution of the war for the suppression of the rebellion; his religious views are liberal, and he lias devoted a great deal of time in investiga- ting modern spiritualism, and the
evidence to his mind is without a doubt, and to use his own lan- guage he says two years after his first investigation he developed as a medium, which ultimated in the gift of healing; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also a member of the Odd Fellows; is a self-made man; commencing life with but little means, he has by industry and perseverance made for himself a competency, and enjoys the confidence and re- spect of his fellow-citizens.
Hammes, Nick, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Harper.
Hammes, Peter, farmer, Sec. 8; P. Harper.
Hanlon, Win., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Talleyrand.
Heisdoffer, Mike, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Talleyrand.
Heisdoffer, Peter, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Talleyrand.
Herrick, H. A., blacksmith, Tal- leyrand.
Hilt, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 8: P. O. Harper.
Hisel, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Talleyrand.
Hisel, Eva, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Talleyrand.
Holmes, L. B., retired farmer, Tal- leyrand.
Hoffman, J. P., saloon, Talley- rand.
Horning, Anthony, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Talleyrand.
Horning, Martin, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Talleyrand.
Horning, Chris., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Talleyrand.
Horace, Wendall, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Harper.
AMS, RICHLAND, hotel and saloon, Talleyrand.
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JOHNSON, S. E., of the firm of Johnson & Schreckengast, dealers in general merchandise, Ketoa, P. O. Talleyrand; born in Ashland county, Ohio, March 28, 1835; when about three years of
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age he with his parents moved to DeKalb county, Indiana, where he continued to live till the fall of 1855, when he came to Iowa and located at Talleyrand, re- maining there but one year, and then returned to his native State, where he continued to reside until 1859, and then removed to De- Kalb county, Missouri; while there he was engaged in teaching and surveying until the inaugural of Lincoln in 1861, when, owing to sectional strife, he thought discre- tion the better part of valor and again returned to Talleyrand, where he enlisted in company D, Thirteenth Iowa, as a private un- der Captain Price in October, 1861, and continued in that com- pany for two years, and was then transferred to the Sixty-sixth United States Colored Infantry, and was promoted first lieuten- ant, and afterward third adjutant of the regiment, which commis- sion he held until he was mus- tered out of the service, May 31, 1866, and returned to his home at Talleyrand; Mr. Johnson's war experience lasted from the begin- ning to the close of the rebellion, and was filled with hard service, and gave him a thorough under- standing of what is meant by the horrors of war; on his return from the army he started a general store at Talleyrand, and the year following (1877) he traded his store and stock to R. J. Hender- son for the homestead where he now lives, consisting of 200 acres, and September 9, 1869, he was married to Miss Alice, daughter of Robert McCampbell, and by this union they have three daugh- ters and one son: Loie Estelle, Florence, Dora Alice and Albert S .; Mr. J. is a genial gentleman, quick observer and prompt in bu- siness, as he is generous in his
social relations, and thoroughly merits the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens.
JEFFRIES, JOHN, farmer, Sec. -; P. O. Talleyrand; born in Penn- sylvania in 1825, and when three years old his parents emigrated to Ohio, where he lived till the spring of 1844, when he came to Washington county, this State, and from there to this county, in the fall of 1845, and located on his present homestead of eighty acres; he was married first to Miss R. H. Kinkade, of Ohio, in 1848, who died in 1851; he was married a second time in this county, in 1852, to Nancy A. Henderson, who died in 1872 and left two children : R. A. and I. V .; he was married to his present wife in 1874; her maiden name was Maggie Shaw; he has held the office of county supervisor for two terms and was elected to the third term, but resigned; he was raised on a farm and has always followed farming as an occupa- tion.
K AUFFMAN, JOHN A., far- mer, Sec. 8; P. O. Harper.
Klett, Godfrey, farmer, Sec. 6; P.
O. Harper.
Klett, August, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Harper.
Kleckner, Balyar, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Talleyrand.
Keiffer, Michael, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Talleyrand.
Keibarger, Vince, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Harper.
Kerchner, George, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Talleyrand.
Kreger, Wm., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Keota.
L EINENCAMP, JOHN, far- mer, Sec. 6; P. O. Harper.
Leike, Margaret, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Harper.
Leinen, Matthias, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Harper.
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Limebach, K., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Talleyrand.
Lutz, F. A., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Harper.
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cCAMPBELL, ANDY, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Talleyrand.
Marquis, Richard, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Talleyrand.
Marquis, David, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Talleyrand.
Marsh, Peter, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Harper.
Mertz, Peter, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. O. Richland.
Mertz, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Talleyrand.
Miller, George, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Talleyrand.
Miner, Gratus, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Talleyrand.
Moraine, Matt, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Talleyrand.
N EILL, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Talleyrand. Newman, Chas., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Keota.
Newman, Wm., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Keota.
Nutz, Peter, blacksmith, Talley- rand.
C LIVER, J. C., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Keota.
Olinger, Peter, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Talleyrand.
Olinger, P. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Talleyrand.
Oswiler, Michael, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Harper.
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EIFFER, MICHAEL, farmer, Sec. 28 .; P. O. Talleyrand.
Pemmey, Albert, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Keota.
Phiffer, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Talleyrand.
Phiffer, Paul, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Harper.
Pitzer, Mary A., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Talleyrand.
Porter, J. M., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Talleyrand.
Ralston, W. S., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Talleyrand.
R AMSEY, CONRAD, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Talleyrand; born in Washington county, this State, in 1847, and was raised there and came to this county in 1876; he was raised on a farm, and has al- ways followed farming as an occu- pation; October 22, 1878, he was married to Miss Mary Ada Sing- master; they have no family.
Rand, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Keota.
Rock, George, merchant, Talleyrand. Rudolph, Peter, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Harper.
Rung, Michael, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Talleyrand.
S ANDERS, MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Talleyrand.
Schram, Peter, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Talleyrand.
Seiren & Bisser, Talleyrand.
Sheatz, Adam, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Talleyrand.
Shockley, John, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Talleyrand.
Shuman, John, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Talleyrand.
SINGMASTER, SAMUEL, farm- er and importer of thoroughbred Clydesdale and Norman horses, Sec. 36; P. O. Talleyrand; among the pioneers of this county is the subject of this sketch, whose por- trait appears on another page; his nativity is Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, where he was born September 11, 1807, and here he was raised and made his home till in the year 1836, when he came to this State on a prospecting tour, and visited this county and pur- chased land to the amount of 320 acres, the same now comprising a part of his present homestead; he remained but a short time and returned to his native home in Pennsylvania, and two years later, in 1839, he came back and perma-
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nently located on the land which he had formerly purchased, and engaged in farming as an occu- pation, which he has followed since; his means at that time were limited, and he shared all the hardships that are incident to pio- meer life, at times meeting with the success that attends untiring energy and perseverance, and, on the other hand, suffering the dis- appointments that seem unavoid- able in preparing a home in a new country; a few years after he set- tled in this county his house was taken away by a hurricane, and in 1860 his barn and all of his ma- chinery was totally destroyed by fire; yet all this did not discourage him, but prompted him to a more decided effort to replace these losses by honest labor and econ- omy, and to-day he not only en- joys a reasonable competency but has been fortunate in securing a large share of this world's goods; he now owns over 2,000 acres of land, most of which are well im- proved; of late years he has made a specialty of importing Clydes- dale and Norman horses, and he manages this class of stock very successfully; as a citizen he is highly respected, and as a neigh- bor, those who have known him longest speak of him as deserving their confidence; he was married in 18- to Mary Seischolts, of Berks county, Pennsylvania; they have by this union a family of three sons and two daughters: Charles, Thomas, James, Sarah (wife of David Kiser), and Mary Ada (wife of Conrad Ramsey).
Smith, Frank, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Talleyrand.
Snodgrass, Mrs. James, Talleyrand. Snider, John, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Talleyrand.
Spanier, Jolın, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Talleyrand.
STARR, GEORGE, farmer, Sec.
20; P. O. Talleyrand; born in Germany in 1820, and came to the United States in 1844, and first settled in Ohio, where he lived up to the time he came to this county in the spring of 1867; he owns a farm of 651 acres; was married in Germany in 1844 to Miss Mar- garet Nicol; they have a family of ten children: Michael, John, George, Margaret, Frederick, Mary, Martin, Christian, Annie M. and Lizzie; they have two de- ceased; he has held various town- ship offices and is at present jus- tice of the peace.
Stein, Jolın, farmer Sec. 17; P. O. Harper.
Steine, Henry, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Harper.
Steine, Henry, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Talleyrand.
Strickland, L., wagon-maker, Sec. 13; P. O. Talleyrand.
Sundag, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Harper.
T INNIS, NICHOLAS, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Talleyrand.
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ASTINE, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Talleyrand.
Vogle, George, farmer, Sec. 26; P. Ò. Talleyrand.
Vogle, Jolın, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Talleyrand.
W ALERICH, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Talleyrand.
Walerich, Mike, farmner, Sec. 30; P. O. Talleyrand.
Wehr, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Talleyrand.
Wehr, Matthias, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Harper.
Weibly, Louisa, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Talleyrand.
Wheeler, Maria, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Talleyrand.
Wise, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Keota.
Wolfe, Michael, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Talleyrand.
EOMAN, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Talleyrand.
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LANCASTER TTOWNSHIP.
A PPLEGATE, BEN., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Hayesville.
Ash, Wm., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lancaster.
Atwood, Miles, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Lancaster.
B AKER, NICHOLAS, black- smith, Lancaster.
Barr, Herman, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Lancaster.
Barlow, James, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Hayesville.
Basey, Wm., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Lancaster.
BEALL, THEODORE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lancaster; born October 17, 1840, in Holmes county, Ohio; at the age of sev- enteen years he came to Iowa and located in Poweshiek county, where he remained until August 1, 1861; he then enlisted as pri- vate in company F, Tenth Iowa Infantry; was promoted to cor- poral and served until March, 1863, when he was discharged to enable him to enlist in the Missis- sippi Marine Brigade, which he did March 1, 1863, and served on the Mississippi river until his dis- charge on the 20th of January, 1865; he then returned to Brook- lyn, Iowa, and remained there un- til December of the same year; he then came to this county and lo- cated where he now lives; owns 123 acres of land; October 17, 1866, he was married to Miss Sa- rah E. Utterback, a native of In- diana; they have five children: Ada E., Virgil S., Corwin M., Lillian E. and Mildred May.
BEALL, HORATIO L., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Lancaster; born in Holmes county, Ohio, September 22, 1842; at the age of nineteen years he came to Iowa and located in Poweshiek county, where he re- remained until August 2, 1862,
when he enlisted in company H, Twentieth Iowa Infantry and served to the close of the war; was discharged at Davenport, Iowa, August 14, 1865; he was at the battles of Sabine Cross Roads, Cane River, Middle Bayou, Man- sura Bayou, Yellow Bayou, Fish- er's Hill, Cedar Creek and others; after his discharge he came to this county and located where he now lives, owning 106 acres of land; November 5, 1873, he married Miss Olive A. Goss, a native of this county, having been born in Clear Creek township; have one child: C. L .; lost one: Mary E.
Beasley, T. J., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Hayesville.
Beckman, Michael, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Sigourney.
Blatner, John, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Manhattan.
Bott, Job, farmer, Lancaster.
Bott, J. H., farmer, Lancaster.
BOWMAN, WM., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29; P. O. Lancaster; among the many citizens who have given tone and character to Keokuk county, none are deserv- ing of a more prominent place than the subject of this sketch; born in Greene county, Pennsylva- nia, October 13, 1826, and when three years of age was taken by his parents to Ashland county, Ohio, where he lived until he came to Iowa, in 1845, and settled in Henry county, near Mount Pleasant; in 1847 he returned to Ohio and went to Cincinnati and learned the tin, copper and sheet- iron-smith's trade, and from this place went to Virginia; he return- ed to Iowa in 1850 and engaged in the tin and hardware business in New London; he continued in this business until 1856, and then changed his place of residence to
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Richland township, Keokuk coun- ty; in 1858 he moved to Lancas- ter and engaged in mercantile pur- suits, and remained in business until 1860, when he returned to his farm in Richland township; he settled where he now resides in 1866, and own 761 acres of land; he married Miss Phebe Clark May 14, 1850; she was a native of Vir- ginia; their family consists of three children: Wiley C., Elmer D. and Jesse B .; he is a man of independent thought, but of a kind and obliging nature, a inan of the people and one true to the highest principles of honor and morality and strict interity; as a citizen, quiet and unostentatious, cordially supporting any measure of real public benefit; socially, he is a gentleman whom to know is only to wish for a more extended acquaintance.
Boyce, C. J., and wife, Lancaster. BRATER, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Manhattan; born in Germany September 11, 1835; in 1838 he, with his parents, im- migrated to the United States, landing at New York; located in Jamesburg, Pennsylvania, and after remaining there for one year moved to Westmoreland county; there he was raised and educated in the common school of that place; he came to Iowa in 1856, and located in German township, this county; he lived there until 1865, when he moved upon his present farm; he owns 480 acres of as fine farm land as can be found in the township, which he has made by hard, honest toil and good management; October 30, 1868, he was married to Miss Katie Sheatz, a native of Germany; they have five children : J. Henry, Caroline, Katie, Martha and Min- nie (twins); have lost one daugh- ter: Louisa; Mrs. Brater died May 26, 1877; she was supposed to
have been killed by a man named Hazeltine, who was tried and ac- quitted.
Bradley, W. P., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Manhattan.
BROLLIAR, C., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Manhattan; born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1819; when eight years of age his parents moved to Knox county, Ohio, where he remained uutil 1843; he then moved to Iroquois county, Illinois, where he resided until 1845, then coming to this county; he located in Richland township, and after remaining there for one winter moved to Jackson township; he moved upon his present homestead of 600 acres in 1855, and has since re- sided there; he has been county supervisor for three years, and for four years was postmaster at Man- hattan; he is a mill-wright by trade, but has done little at it for the past 16 years; December 19, 1844, he was married to Miss Mary Jane Courtright, a native of Ohio; she died September 9, 1879, leaving ten children: Isaac C., Elijah, G. W. M., Mary, Samuel, Albert L., Ross, Jacob, Charles and Emma A .; Willie is deceased; Mr. B. is an old settler of the county, and is a thorough farmer; he has never missed a crop since he has been in the State.
Brolliar, Elijah, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Manhattan.
Brown, J. C., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Hayesville.
BRUNT, W. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Lancaster; born in North Carolina March 22, 1810; when 19 years of age he, with his pa- rents, moved to Rush county, In- diana, where he remained until 1835, then removing to Madison county, Indiana; he remained there until the spring of 1848, when he came to Iowa, and in May of the same year located on his
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present homestead of 140 acres; Mr. Brunt received his education in the common schools of North Carolina, and while in Indiana en- gaged in teaching, which he fol- lowed for several years; in 1839 he was ordained as an elder in the Christian church in Madison coun- ty, Indiana, and has pursued his chosen calling with untiring zeal and energy; he has been connected with the Lancaster church since September, 1848, and has always manifested a deep interest in its temporal and spiritual welfare; February 21, 1832, he married Miss Nancy Williams, a native of Maryland; she died October 25, 1874, leaving a family of five children, four of whom are now living: Sarah A., John M., Sam- uel W. and Elizabeth; one: James M., is deceased; he is one of the old settlers, and prominent among those who have endured the hard- ships and trials of pioneer life; he has given homes to each of his children, having earned his first money by teaching; he was elected school-fund commissioner of the county in 1852, and held that office until it was abolished in Septem- ber, 1858; in 1859 he was elected county treasurer, and served for two years with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the county. Brunt, Lu, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Hayesville.
Bryant, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hayesville.
Bucher, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Hayesville.
Burr, Celia, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Sigourney.
ARSON, J. R., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Lancaster.
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Carson, G. M., Lancaster.
CHASTAIN, MRS. ELIZA- BETH., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hayesville; born in Tennessee Ap- pril 21, 1815; when two years of age her parents moved Lafayette
county, Missouri; there she was raised and educated; never in her life did she go to school where there was a window in the build- ing; March 9, 1831, she married Mr. Benjamin Chastain, a native of Virginia; in 1833 they moved to Morgan county, Illinois, where they resided for two years, then go- ing to Macoupin county, Illinois, where they lived for about four years; in 1838 they came to Iowa and located in Jefferson county; lived there until 1845 and then came to this county, and moved on the farm where she now re- sides in 1847; owns 180 acres of land; they entered their land from the government; June 7, 1853, her husband was killed while handling a span of colts; left four children: Joel H. (now in Washington Territory), and Martha J. (now Mrs. Aaron Bu- her), living, and Christopher C., John B. and Samara A. (who married Mr. Wm. Hubbird), de- ceased.
Clark, H. S., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Sigourney.
CLINGAN, G. S., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Manhattan; born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1818; when fifteen years of age he, with his parents, moved to Trumbull county, Ohio; in 1844 he came to Iowa, locating in Lee county, near Keokuk, and in 1846 moved to Mahaska county, where he remained until August, 1843; he then came to this county and settled where he now lives; owns 101 acres of land; he is a carpen- ter by trade, and was educated in the common schools; March 19, 1845, he married Margaret Ar- cher, a native of Stark county, Ohio; they have six children: Gustavus A., Alvin M., Sarah J., Mary, Henrietta M. and Joseph; have lost four: George A., Olive, Rosella and Rose Anna (twins);
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he is a member of the Christian Church and in 1855 was ordained as an elder of the church, and has preached more or less ever since; he is one of the old settlers of the county ; is a man of generous im- pulses, and ever ready to assist those in need.
Clingan, A. M., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Manhattan.
Cockran, A. J., Lancaster.
Cole, H. H., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Lancaster.
Conner, Win., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Lancaster.
Conner, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Sigourney.
Conner, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Sigourney.
CRAIG, JAMES, retired farmer, Lancaster; born in Green coun- ty, Kentucky, October 10, 1811, and lived there until sixteen years of age, and then removed to John- son county, Indiana, and lived there until he came to this county in 1847; he has held various township offices; he married Miss Juliet Jacobs in 1834; she was born in Shelby county, Kentucky; they have no children of their own, but have raised three.
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