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Briggs, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
Bruce, E. K., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Thornburg.
C' ARL, ABRAHAM, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. What Cheer.
Chandler, A., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Coal Creek.
CLENDENON, STEPHEN, mer-
chant, Coal Creek; born in May, 1833, in Belmont county, Ohio, and was raised a farmer, and fol- lowed it in connection with run- ning a saw-mill; he came to Keo- kuk county in 1864 and purchased a farm, but after a time disposed of his farm and engaged in mer- cantile pursuits; he has recently been appointed postmaster at Coal Creek; he carries in stock a line of general merchandise and has built up a good trade; he has been twice married; first to Ma- tilda Dawson, February 1, 1854; she was born in Belmont county, Ohio, and died June 5, 1857,
leaving one daughter: Sarah J., the wife of R. Wood; he married for his second wife Elizabeth F. Branson, March 25, 1859; she was a native of Belmont county, Ohio; they have by this union seven children: Matilda J., Isaac W., Mary Lincoln, E. T. Smith, Hannah E., Amy and Lydia.
COOPER, EVAN, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Coal Creek; born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1801,and when young was taken by his parents to Columbi- ana county, Ohio, where he was raised a farmer, and has since fol- lowed it for an avocation; he came to this county in 1855, and is one of the four early settlers of the township, and he has resided on the same place since that time; he owns at the present time fifty- five acres of well improved land, after dividing with his children; he has not only been a pioneer in Ohio, but in Keokuk county, Iowa; he was married August 27, 1823, to Mary Middleton, a native of Columbiana county, Ohio; she was born October 13, 1804; their family consists of four children living: Martha, born in 1827; Hinchman, born in 1834; Albert, born in 1839; Ann, born in 1841; they have lost five: William, Chalkley, Sarah, Mark and one in infancy.
Cooper, Albert, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Coal Creek.
CORY, P. S., retired farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. What Cheer; born in Miami county, Ohio, March 14, 1808, and was raised a farmer, and remained in his native State until 1832, when he moved to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and lived there ten years; in 1842 he came to Iowa Territory and set- tled in Cedar county, and thence to Wilton Junction, Muscatine county, in 1856, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and the
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buying and shipping of stock; he came to this county in 1871; he was married January 19, 1831, to Rhoda Hain; she was a native of Ohio, and was born August 16, 1816; by this marriage they have two children living: L. S., and P. S. Cory, Jr .; they have lost six: Thomas J., Margaret, Mar- tha, Harrison and two infants un- named; Thomas J. enlisted in company D, Eleventh Iowa Vol- unteer Infantry, and was killed at at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Mr. Cory, although but a sınall boy, can well remember when the war of 1812 closed, and the hardships endured at that period are fixed indelibly in his memory; his son, L. S. Cory, was born August 5, 1839, in Tippe- canoe county, Indiana, and came with his parents to Iowa in 1842; he was raised on a farm and re- ceived the benefits afforded by the common schools, supplemented by attendance at the Iowa College at Davenport one year; he enlist- ed in August 1862, in the Thirty- fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Daven- port in 1865; he was with his regiment in all the engagements in which it participated; after he was mustered out of the United States service he returned to his home in Muscatine county, and on September 27, 1866, was mar- ried to Miss Mary A. Sterrett, a native of Iowa, and born in Ce- dar county, January 6, 1841; by this union they have four chil- dren: Philo S., born in 1867; Clara A., born in 1868; Maggie M., born in 1872; Frank S., born in 1876; they moved to this coun- ty in 1868, and settled where they now live; his farm contains 320 acres of improved land, devoted
largely to stock-raising, in which he has been very successful.
Cotes, E. J., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Thornburg.
COUPLIN, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Thornburg; born March 6, 1822, in Monroe county, Ohio; there he was raised on a farm; he learned the trade of tailor, and continued in that bus- iness for some nine years; he then engaged in engineering and followed that occupation for near- ly seven years; in 1850 he moved from Monroe county, Ohio, to Wheeling, West Virginia, re- maining there for two and a half years; he then returned to Ohio, settling in Jefferson county; after remaining there for seven years; he moved to Harrison county, and resided in that county for five years; he then came to Iowa and located where he now lives; owns 160 acres of good land; in June, 1847, he married Miss Ly- dia Lupton; she was born August 6, 1862, in Jefferson couty, Ohio; they have seven children: David F., Leander, Mary, Ann E. (now Mrs. I. D. Davis), Margaret J. (now Mrs. A. Grooms), Levi S. and Lewis; Mr. Couplin has held various offices in the township.
Coulson, Chas., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
Coulson, Benj, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
D AVIS, J. D., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Coal Creek.
Dolcater, W. F., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Thornburg.
Draegert, Ludolph, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Thornburg.
CROYDE, SARAH, farmer,
E Sec 27; P. O. Thornburg.
EDGERTON, JOSEPH, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20; P. O. Coal Creek; born in Belmont county, Ohio, November 18, 1830;
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he was raised a farmer and has followed it for an occupation since that time; he emigrated to Iowa in 1857 and settled in Linn county and lived there two years and then re- moved to Taylor county, and after a residence there of five years he came to Keokuk county, where he still resides; his home farm con- sists of 160 acres of land, well improved; he is devoting his at- tention to stock and improving his grades and it is his intention to make still greater improve- ments and raise the standard in both cattle and sheep; he married Lydia Mitchell, April 27, 1853; she was a native of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and was born Oc- tober 4, 1831; their family con- sists of seven children: William, Mary E., Edward, Sarah E., Na- than H., Joseph J. and Frederick M.
Edmondson, J., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Thornburg.
Ellis, David, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Coal Creek.
Emmons, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Coal Creek.
Eyler, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Thornburg.
F RANCE, HANNAH, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Coal Creek.
French, H. farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Thornburg.
Gaddis, W. H., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Coal Creek.
Garwood, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Coal Creek.
GIBBONS, HOMER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 16: P. O. Coal Creek; born in Belmont county, Ohio, December 29, 1833, and lived there until he removed to this county and engaged in agri- cultural pursuits; he came to Towa in 1863 and settled where he now resides; his farm contains 138 acres of improved land; he married Ann Garretson, April 2, 1854; she was born January 24,
1832, in Belmont county, Ohio; their family consists of four chil- dren : Oliver H., born August 11, 1857, John F., born January 6, 1859, Elvira, born November 14, 1862, and Ruth Anna, born April 16, 1872; they are members of the Friends' Society.
Glover, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Thornburg.
Goodner, Benj., farmer Sec. 29; P. O. Coal Creek.
Graves, D. D., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Thornburgh.
HA ALDEMAN, JACOB, far- mer, Sec. 34. P. O. Coal Creek; born August 9, 1813, in Columbiana county, Ohio; he was raised a farmer until eighteen years of age, and then learned the clothier's trade, and followed this business as an avocation until 1843, when he engaged in agri- cultural pursuits; he came to Iowa in 1857 and settled in Cedar county, and thence to this county in 1858, and settled where he now lives; he owns a well improved farm af 160 acres; he has held various township offices and com- mands the respect and esteem of his friends and acquaintances; he was married to M. McBride, March 31, 1842; she was born November 18, 1815 in Colum- biana county, Ohio; their family consists of ten children : Elizabeth A., Mary E., Milton, Newton, David E., Adaline, Jared, Ann J., Joseph and Susan C .; they are members of the Friends' Society. Hall, John, farmer Sec. 35; P. O. Thornburg.
Halderman, Milton, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Thornburg.
Halderman, D. E. farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Coal Creek.
Hamilton, W. L. farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Coal Creek.
Hamilton, Francis, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Thornburg.
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Hampton, J. P., farmer, Sec. 21; l'.
O. Thorn burg.
Harris, B., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Thornburg.
Hazen, P., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. What Cheer.
Heald, E., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Coal Creek.
Hibbs, J., farmer Sec. 30; P. O. Coal Creek.
Hoge, John, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Coal Creek.
Holloway, David, Coal Creek.
Holland, D. O., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Thornburg.
Holland, Gabriel, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Thornburg.
Horass, Casper, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Thornburg.
Hutchinson, Irwin, farmer, Sec 35; P. O. Thornburg.
TAMES, ISRAEL, farmer, Sec. J 15; P. O. Thornburgh.
JOHNSON, J. W., whose portrait appears in this work, was born June 23, 1841, in Stark county, Ohio; when three years of age his parents removed to Columbi- ana county, Ohio, where he lived until he was fourteen years of age; he returned to Mount Union; he enlisted in company K, One Hun- dred .and Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and served until the close of the war; during the war he was taken pris- oner, March 28, 1863, but soon after paroled and returned to his command July 12, 1863; he par- ticipated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, commencing at the battle of Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, with Burn- side on his expedition, at Cum- berland Gap, at the seige of Knox- ville, and with Sherman when moving on Atlanta; he was also with General Thomas in the en- gagement with General Hood, and numerous other battles; he wit- nessed the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnson, at Greens-
borough, N. C .; he was mustered out of the service June 21, 1865; after the war he was engaged in mercantile business at Mount Union, Ohio, until 1867, and then came to Keokuk county and pur- chased a farm in Prairie township, in section 23, and engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits; he has been prominently identified in the in- terest of his township, and was one of the active workers in secur- ing the railroad, and is one of the proprietors of the town of Thorn- burg, located on his land, and its geographical location will make it one of the best towns on the line of the road; he married March 28, 1867, to Miss Esther Tutors, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, May, 31, 1849; she died April 12, 1874; he married for his, second wife, Miss Mary E. Taylor, Octo- ber 29, 1865; she was a native of Massilon, Ohio; born August 12, 1849; they have two children: Frank C. and Dessie E .; they lost one son: Lewis.
JOHNSON, JOHN R., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Coal Creek; born in Ireland in March, 1827; he was raised there on a farm; in 1846 he emigrated to the United States and landed at New Orleans; from this place he removed to Rock Is- land and lived there until 1876, when he came to this county and purchased the farm on which he now resides, containing 145 acres of improved land; he married Miss Mary Manes, December 24, 1854; she was born in Ireland in 1838; they have a family of eight children: Elizabeth, John, Mar- tha, Robert H., Mary, Abigail, Maria and Margaret; lost two.
Johnson, Margaret, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Thornburg.
Jones, David, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Coal Creek.
ITZMANN, AUGUST,farmer,
K Sec. 28; P. O. Coal Creek.
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L EE, A. T., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Thornburg.
LUCAS, D. W., farmer, stock-raiser and stock-dealer, Sec. 3; P. O. Thornburg; among the prominent farmers of this township is the subject of this sketch; born in Louisville, Kentucky, June 23, 1840, and when young his parents removed to La Salle county, Illi- nois, where he lived until eighteen years of age, and then removed to Mason county, Illinois; he receiv- ed a good common school educa- tion; he was raised on a farm and had considerable experience in handling stock; he came to Iowa in 1868 and settled in Prairie township, where he owns 700 acres of land; his homestead contains 280 acres, and his location is one of the conspicuous ones of the township; he has taken pains to make the surroundings of his home pleasing and attractive; he married Miss J. E. Daniels, Feb- ruary 23, 1864; she was born in Cass county, Illinois, but raised in Mason county, that State; Mr. L. has held various township offi- ces and is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity.
M CADAMS, THOMAS, Coal Creek.
McCaley, W. J., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Thornburg.
McCoy, Mark, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Rose Hill.
McCracken, James, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Thornburg.
McCracken, John, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Thornburg.
McGimpsey, Henry, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Thornburg.
Maines, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Thornburg.
Maines, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Thornburg.
Marshall, Wm., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Coal Creek.
MARSHALL, GEO. M., farmer, stock-raiser and stock-dealer, Sec.
7; P. O. Coal Creek; born in Brooklyn, New York, on the 30th day of November, 1840; he re- ceived excellent educational ad- vantages in youth, in his native place; in 1856 he went to Ger- many and attended a high school at Biebrich, on the Rhine, and remained there two years, and then entered Heidleberg Univer- sity; after his return to his native country his time was occupied in an office and attending a course of lectures in Columbia College, New York city; he came to Iowa in 1874, and settled in Prairie township, where he owns 520 acres of improved land, with the finest farm buildings in the coun- ty; his house was built at an ex- pense of $11,000, and his barn cost $3,000, and other buildings to correspond; his farm is well stocked with good graded cattle; is an enterprising, thorough- going farmer; he married Miss Lillie Holcomb, February 24, 1875; she was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1854; they have two children: William C., born December 25, 1875, and George M., born July 4, 1878.
Miller, Adaline, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Thornburg.
MILLER, J. N., farmer and stock- raiser, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek; born in Merrimack county, New Hampshire, on the 9th day of January, 1818; he was raised a farmer, and in youth had the ad- vantages of the common schools; in 1830 he became a pupil in the Friends' Boarding School; at Providence, Rhode Island, and remained there at intervals until 1837; he was engaged for some years in buying and shipping stock, mostly horses; lie afterwards turned his attention to cattle and sheep; in 1853 he camne to Iowa, and settled in Mahaska county, near Oskaloosa, and engaged in
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farming and handling stock, and continued in this business about twelve years, and in consequence of impaired health deemed it ex- pedient to quit business; in 1874 he moved to Keokuk county, and settled where he now resides; he owns 330 acres of land, and his homestead contains eighty acres of well improved land, this with good buildings; his grounds are adorned with handsome ever- green and shade trees, and few men have exhibited the taste or expended the time that the sub- ject of this sketch has in making home attractive; he has held var- ious township offices, and has proven himself a good neighbor, and a valuable citizen; he has been twice married: first to Mary V. Johnson, a native of New Hampshire, in February, 1842; in October, 1851, he married Mary M. Meader; she was born in Ver- mont, and died February 4, 1879, leaving an adopted daughter, (now the wife of Wmn. Edgerton.)
Miller, B., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
Miller, W. P., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Thornburg.
Miller, Robert, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Thornburg.
Minor, D. W., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Thornburg.
MOLYNEUX, THOMAS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 10; P. O. Thornburg; born June 21, 1831, in Lancashire, England, and was raised there; he received the ad- vantage of a common school education, and until twenty years of age was engaged in the coal . business; in 1851 he emigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in New York, and thence to Morgan county, Ohio, where he engaged in farm- ing; in 1862 he came to Iowa in company with his brother John; owns an improved farm of 320
acres, and they are in all respects good farmers; he married Miss Lida A. James, December 3, 1869; she was born in Ohio, of English and Welsh parentage; their family consists of four children: John J., born in 1870, Thomas E., born in 1872, Margaret A., born in 1876 and Stephen A., born in 1878; lost one son, Robert E.
Moore, John, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Thornburg.
Moore, James, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Thornburg.
Moore, T. J., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Thornburg.
Moore, Alexander, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Thornburg.
Morrison, Michael, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Thornburg.
Mott, Geo., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Coal Creek.
ARMORE, LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Thornburg.
GDEN, T. J., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. What Cheer.
P ALMER, E. B., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Thornburg.
Penrose, Osman, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Coal Creek.
Phelps, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Thornburg.
Pim, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Coal Creek.
Powell, C. B., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Thornburg.
R ANDOLPH, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Thornburg.
Reasoner, B., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Thorn burg.
Reasoner, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 18 .; P. O. Coal Creek.
Rugg, C. F., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Thornburg.
Rust, E., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Thornburg.
S ANTEE, I. P., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Coal Creek.
Santee, David, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
Sears, David, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Thornburg.
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Shaw, F., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Coal Creek.
SHEPHERD, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Thornburg; born in Landshire, England, March 19, 1827; there he was raised as a dairyman and farmer; he lived there until 1848, when he emi- grated to the United States, land- ing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; at this time he had but very little money, but he went to work en- gaging in coal mining; not being suited with that business, he served as fireman on a vessel; after remaining there for a short time he went to Johnston, Penn- sylvania; there he paid his last dollar for subsistence over Sun- day; he then undertook the jour- ney on foot to Crawford county, Ohio; after traveling for three weeks, having relied on the mer- cies of the people for his living, he landed at Galion, Crawford county, Ohio, and from there went to Richland county and there engaged in building cisterns for three years; during this time he also made some money dealing in sheep and poultry, at which he continued until 1853; he then had enough money to enter the 160 acres of land where he now resides; he came to this county in 1853 and settled on his present homeatead of 447₺ acres; his farm is well improved and has upon it a nice barn and fine house; Oc- tober 17, 1860, he married Miss Rebecca A. Coughlin, a native of Hancock county, Ohio; she was born November 11, 1829; by this union they have seven children living: Alexander R., Adnia E., Henry I., Kent J., Laura J., Lin- nia M. and Ida Z .; Mr. Shepherd has held various offices in his township, and has been school director for five years; in 1877 he returned to his native land to visit; on landing again on this
shore he was in very different cir- cumstances than when he arrived on this continent in 1853.
Smith, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Thornburg.
Smith, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Thornburg.
Smith, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Thornburg.
Smitlı, Evan, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Coal Creek.
Spencer, John, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
Stanley, Ezra, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Coal Creek.
Stratton, William, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Thornburg.
Strouife, James, farmer, Sec. 26; P. (). Sigourney.
Strassar, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Thornburg.
Strawser, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Thornburg.
Straten, John, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Coal Creek.
TERNON MANOAK, farmer,
V Sec. 8; P. O. Coal Creek.
Vail, Robert, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Thornburg.
Vail, John, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Coal Creek.
W AINWRIGHT, STEPHEN,
farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Thornburg.
Warrington, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Coal Creek.
Wardrip, John, fariner, Sec. 7; P. O. Coal Creek.
Way, Marrin, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Thornburg.
Weersham, Thos., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Coal Creek.
Williamson, J. F., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Thornburg.
Wilson, W., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Thornburg.
Winegarden, Wm., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Coal Creek.
Winder, David, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Coal Creek.
Wood, A., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Thornburg.
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