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MARSH, MULFORD, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Fort Madison ; son of James Marsh, who was born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1802. There married Annie MeDaniel, who was born in Kentucky, in 1808; they first settled in South Carolina, returned to Ohio, and, in 1840, to this county, where they lived for thirty years, and, in 1870, removed to Anderson Co., Kan., where he died in 1873, his wife having died in 1872, they raised a family of six children -- Mary A., born in Preble Co., married A. H. Morton, of Lec Co., and died in this township in May, 1870, at 47 years of age ; Martha, who became the third wife of A. H. Morton, died Jannary, 187-4, aged 42 years ; the third Mulford, born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1833, was 2 years of age when brought to this county by his parents, who settled on the farm where he now resides, consist- ing of 80 acres, which he values at $45 per aere. Nov. 18, 1857, he married Miss Melinda Marsh, daughter of Sam- nel H. Marsh, also from Preble Co., a resident of California since 1853; she was born in Lee Co., in 1841; they have one child-Belle, born April 12, 1859; Mr. M.'s sister, Incinda, mar- ried David Adams, of Harrison Co., Ohio, and died January, 1865; his brother Stephen married Maria Kerny, and died in Anderson Co., Kan., Sep- tember, 1874; his wife in . August of the same year ; Harrison, the youngest brother, married Emily Inther; died in same county, Kansas, September, 1868. Mason, Robert, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Ft. Madison.
MASON, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Ft. Madison; son of Alex- ander Mason, who was born East of tho Alleghany Mountains, in Pennsylvania, where he married Elizabeth Simonton,
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also born in that vicinity ; had ten chil- dren-three sons and seven daughters ; William, the eldest son, was born East of the Alleghanies, in 1802; when 1 year of age his parents removed to Washington Co., Penn., where, June 30, 1831, he married Miss Margaret McComb, daughter of Robert McComb, whose biography appears elsewhere; she was born in Washington Co., Penn., 1806; in 1837, they removed to Jeffer- son Co., Ohio, and in 1842, to their present place of residence. Elis farm contains 68 acres of land, valued at $70 per acre. They have had eleven chil- dren, eight sons and one daughter still Jiving-Alexander, born in Pennsylva- nia, May 23, 1832, a resident of Min- neapolis, Minn., but formerly a success- ful merchant in St. Louis; Robert M., born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 6, 1833; is the only son at home; Elizabeth, the only living daughter, was born in Penn- sylvania March 10, 1836, remains at home with her parents; John K., born in Ohio, March 11, 1838, a carpenter by trade, resident of Oregon ; William C., born in Ohio, Dec. 21, 1839, a phy- sician at Walnut Bureau Co., Ill .; he is a graduate of the Keokuk Medical Col- lege, and served through the late war, in which he was wounded, after which he served as Hospital Steward ; Samuel J., born in Ohio, April 1, 1841 ; he also served in the, late war; was badly wounded and discharged; is now a money broker in St. Louis; David H., born in Iowa, Feb. 15, 1843; resides at Alexandria, Mo., and is engaged in the American Sabbath School work ; James S., born in Iowa, Nov. 25, 1844, and died November, 1875 ; Thomas H., was born Dec. 26, 1846, a farmer in Kansas; Walter L., born Dec. 5, 1848, also farm- ing in Kansas; Isabel, born Feb. 26, 1852, and died Aug. 9, 1852. Mr. Ma- son is a Republican ; the entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Mason is an Elder, the father and mother uniting in Pennsyl- vania when they were quite young.
Manshein, Clemens, far., Sec. 31; P. O. Fort Madison.
Manshein, John, far., S. 31; P. O. Fort Madison.
Mills, Ezra, far., S. 5; P. O. Denmark.
Meyers, F. W., far., Sec. 33; P. O. Fort Madison.
MITCHELL, JOHN, Jr., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fort Madison ; his father. John M., Sr., was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1794. In 1816, mar- ried Miss Mattie Burr, born in the same county in 1795; they had six children, four of whom came to this country ; the eldest, Margaret, born in 1818, married Nathaniel Humphreys, came to America in 1841, settled in Philadelphia, where she died in April, 1874; Hannah, born October, 1820, came over to Philadel- phia in 1848, where she married Francis Snowden and still resides; John was born in May, 1823, learned the trade of linen-weaver of his father; in 1844, came to America, remained thirteen months in New York City, weaving carpets ; went to Philadelphia, where he married Jane Brewster July 3, 1849 ; she was also a native of County Derry, Ireland ; lost her parents when young, and, with a brother and two sisters, came to America in 1846; in 1851, they came to Van Buren Co., Iowa ; a year after, Mr. Mitchell left his family with a brother-in-law, and went over- land to California, with a company of twenty-six men, four women and six children, with thirteen wagons ; they organized under the leadership of Capt. Stone, of Illinois, and left Council Bluffs May 17, 1852. The cholera prevailed to an alarming extent all along their road until they passed the mountains, but owing to the good care of Dr. Murdock, of Fort Des Moines, they passed through safely ; reached their destination Sept. 13; Mr. M. remained four years en- gaged in mining with moderate success ; returned via Panama, N. Y., and Phila- delphia ; reached home in May, 1856, and, a year after, settled at their present residence, the farm first settled by Cy. Ross, who brought the first rat to this township in a box of fruit-trees from Ken- tucky; the farm now consists of 150 acres, valued at $60 per acre, 'with brick residence which cost $3,500, and is well improved ; they have five chil- dren-John, Jr., born July 3, 1851 ; Mattie J., March 25, 1857; Charles B., Aug. 4, 1859; Mary A., Dec. 16, 1865 ; Maggie H., June 13, 1870 ; Mr.
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M.'s youngest brother. Benjamin, was born in County Derry in 1825 ; eame to America with his sister Hannah, and settled in Philadelphia : worked as a laborer, then as a carpet-weaver; in 1854, went to California in 1865, and turned to Philadelphia : in 1866, mar- ried Jane Houston, and died in Novem- ber. 1870. Their mother died in 1828 ; father in 1845.
Morrison. JJoseph. far., Sec. 21: P. O. Ft. Madison.
MORRISON. MIRIAM, far., Sec. 21 ; P. O. Fort Madison ; daughter of John and Mary Baugh ; the former a native of North Carolina ; the latter. of Virginia, afterward settled in Ken- mueky; before the war of 1812, moved to Jefferson Co., Ill., but during the trouble then existing with the Indians, returned to Kentucky, where they re- mained until peace was restored, and again came to Illinois, where they died, leaving a family of seven children ; Mrs. Morrison was the eldest daughter ; she was born in Madison Co .. Ill., near Edwardsville, May 11, 1810; at the age of 17, married William Kelly, who was born in Pennsylvania Oet. 10, 1807; raised by a family named Dixon, and brought to Illinois when a child ; he died in 1829, leaving two children -- George D., born in 1827, now of Texas, and Emily, born in 1829, who married Dennis Montgomery. both now de- ceased. In 1833, she married Joseph Morrison, who was born in Washington Co., Tenn .. on the same year, month and day as her first husband ; with him she came to Lee Co. in 1836; first bought and improved a place at Fort Madison, and remained for two years ; removed to her present place of res- idence, where she owns 234 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre ; she has ten children-William F., born in Illi- nois Aug. 26. 1834, now of Nebraska ; John H., born in Lee Co. in 1836, now of Palestine, Tex. ; Margaret A., born in December, 1839. the wife of A. Skiles, of Nebraska; Mary E., born Jan. 9, 1842, wife of Richard Mick- elwaite, of Glenwood, Iowa : Martha J., born Feb. 25, 18-4-4, of Mills Co., Iowa ; Lonisa A., boru March 14, 1846. wife of Henry Ware, of Montgomery Co ..
Ill .; Joseph G., born Feb. 2, 1848, at home ; James E., born Aug. 17, 1849, attorney at law, at Plattsmouth, Neb. ; Roseann C .. born Jan. 8, 1851, wife of A. Vanhyning, of Lee Co. ; Sarah M., born Dee. 3, 1852. Mrs. Morrison is one of the pioneer mothers of Lee Co. ; has raised a large family of children- all honest, industrious citizens ; she has thirty-nine grand and great-grand chil- dren.
MORTON. ALEX. H., Jr .. farmer, See. 15; P. O. Fort Madison ; son of Alex H. Morton, Sr., who was born in Newcastle Co., Delaware, in 1782, and married Rebecca Harris, a native of the same county, born in 1785 ; had three sons and three daugh- ters ; the youngest son, Alex H., Jr .. was born in Newcastle Co., Del., July 2. 1819 ; had but limited advantages of education, and that before 13 years of" age; lost his father at 2 years of age ; at the age of 11, with his mother and family, removed to Butler Co., Ohio, where he commenced learning the tai- lor's trade when 13 years of age, and served four years as apprentice, at Ox- ford, in that county; he followed his -trade without intermission until 21, having traveled like most journeyman tailors ; he visited Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Iowa, working in the princi- pal cities in those States, visiting Iowa in 1838 ; he then farmed, by renting. for two years, and when in his 23d year. married Miss Rebecca Hawley, who was born in Ohio, near the Little Mi- ami River, in 1825; they remained in Ohio until 1850, moved thence to St. Joseph Co., Ind., and in 1853, came to Lee Co .; passed the first winter with J. O. Smith ; in the spring of 1854. they came to their present residence, where he owns 167 aeres of land, val- ued at $35 per acre. In January, 1854, his wife died, leaving five chil- dren-Zalmon H., born in Indiana, Jan. 13, 1843; J. P., born in Ohio. Dec. 1, 1844 : Vereelions, born in Ohio, July 25, 1846; William, born in Union Co., Ind., in 1848; Martha J., born in Indiana, April 2, 1853. He married Mary A., daughter of James Marsh, a pioneer of Lee Co., from Preble Co., Ohio; she was born in Preble Co., Ohio,
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July 31, 1824, died May 15, 1871, leaving five children-Ella, born March 14, 1855; Kate, born May 20, 1857; Rebecca, born Nov. 1, 1858; Charles, born Sept. 28. 1860; Viola, born June 2, 1862. April 24, 1872, married Martha Marsh, sister of his second wife, who was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1829; she died Jan. 31, 1873. Democrat. His first wife was a mem- ber of the M. E. church, the second and last of the Baptist.
MYERS, JUSTUS M. T., farm- er and naturalist, Sec. 34; P. O. Fort Madison ; born in Perry Co., Ohio, May 3, 1842, and the following October came with his parents to Lee Co., Ft. Madison, where his father, Joseph F., soon after established himself in the drug business ; continued for thirty-five years until the death of his wife in 1877; J. M. T. remained with his father, engaged in the store, until 1864; thence went to Illinois and remained four years; then farmed until 1871, when he married Miss Ann C., daughter of Thaddeus and Mary Kern, natives of Alsace, France ; emigrated to America, and were early settlers of Ohio, then of Lee Co .; her father died at Ft. Madison October, 1875; her mother is still a resident of that city; she was born March 11, 1851, at St. Paul, this coun- ty ; they first settled in Green Bay Tp., on the old Territorial or telegraph road from Ft. Madison to Burlington; he soon after discovered in an elevation of the road opposite his house the skeletons of thirty-two human beings interred, each in a tomb of flat stones and ap- parently in a sitting posture ; these have since been distributed among different medical institutions of the States; Mr. Myers first began the study of natural history and geology when a child of 3 or 4 years, and appeared to have inherit- ed a natural desire for that branch of science; his talent for scientific re- :
searches attracted the attention of U. S. Geologist David D. Owens, who per- suaded his father (against his will) to allow him to continue his collections ; he has accumulated some 15,000 geo- logical specimens and 2,000 distinct species (some rare and valuable ones) in entomology ; from that he branched off
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to ornithology ; he exchanged entomo- logical and geological specimens with Prof. James Hall, of Albany, N. Y .; Dr. D. M. Castle, of Philadelphia ; Frank Zesch, of Buffalo, N. Y .; Or- rienecke, of the same place; Samuel Auxer, of Lancaster, Penn .; Deitz, of Hazelton, Penn .; Bowditch, of Brook- line, Mass .; E. P. Austin, of Boston. Mass .; G. N. Dunn, of San Francisco ; G. W. Dodge, of Glencoc, Neb .; he has exchanged from 300 to 500 specimens ; among his relics, is a piece of the Mor- mon Temple, representing the hand of Gabriel, the sword which originally be- longed to Jo Smith, the Mormon, a poisoned ball fired at Scott's men at the siege of Mexico, and a great number from the late war; and ruins of Pompeii ; retaining his farm in Green Bay, in April last, he removed to his present place of residence, one mile north of the business center of Ft. Madison, where he owns his residence, with nine acres of land. They have three children- Mary L., born March 2, 1872; Catha- rine G., Sept. 25, 1875, and Joseph F., Jr., Dec. 25, 1877. He is a Demo- crat ; member of the Catholic Church, and a member of the Red-Ribbon Club at Ft. Madison.
Myertholen, H., far., Sec. 33; P. O. Fort Madison.
N EWBEL, JOHN, far., Sec. 22; P. O. Fort Madison.
Newton, J. W., far., Sec. 8; P. O. Fort Madison.
NEWTON, SARAH, far., Sec. 8 ; P. O. Denmark ; grand-daughter of Hezekiah Hazen, who was born in Con- necticut, and when quite a young man, with six brothers, settled at Hartford, Vt., when that State was a wilderness ; where he married Sarah Marsh, whose parents were also among the carly settlers of the Green Mountain State; had seven sons and four daughters ; Mrs. Newton's father, Dan, the third, was born at Hartford, Vt., March 12, 1790, where he married Abigail Batcheldor, who was born at Stratford, Vt., Sept. 2, 1789 ; had three sons and three daughters, the youngest daughter, Mrs. Newton, was born at Hartford, Vt., Jan. 21, 1823, and March 5, 1855, married Charles R. Newton (son of David Newton), who
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was also born at Hartford, Vt., Dec. 9, ' 1822; soon after their marriage, they removed to Iowa, and settled on the farm where Mrs. N. now lives, consist- ing of 100 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre, and where Mr. Newton died April 14, 1869, leaving four children- Jasper, born Dec. 15, 1855: Solon, Nov. 18, 1858 ; Sabra, May 31, 1861, and Dan, March, 1866.
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RM, FRANK, far., Sec. 22; P. O. Fort Madison.
PRANGER, THEODORE, far., Sec. 35 ; P. O. Fort Madison ; born in Washington Tp., Lee Co., 1852, and in 1875, he married Elizabeth Borgfectel, who was born in West Point Tp., 1852; they have one child-Jennie, born May, 1877. Democratie in politics, and member of Catholic Church.
R ICE, GEORGE A.
REICHELT, AUGUST, of
Reichelt Brothers, farmers and man- ufacturers of brick and tile, Sec. 13, sons of John Reichelt, who was born in Prussia, March 31, 1821 ; at the age of 25, married Mary Veronica Heinze, who was born in Prussia Dec. 18, 1824, and on April 27, 1856, with his family, which now consisted of wife and five children, embarked for America; ar- rived at Burlington on July 4, of that year ; invested his all in eight acres of land in this township, leaving him in debt $60; among people of his own country and tongue in this vicinity, he sought employment, and they, taking ad- vantage of his ignorance of wages paid at that time, kept him hard at work at 40 cents per day for three years, which (although his wife took in washing whenever it could be obtained) at the the prices then of the necessaries of life, scarcely kept the family from want, and they often suffered from hunger; at one time he sent his sons, August and John, to mill with a bushel of corn ; and a hen, the price of which paid for grinding; while waiting for their grist at Madison, one of them picked up an oyster-can, which he supposed his mother could utilize. On their way home, having gone to the mill before breakfast, they stopped to let the old mare graze, and the boys being hungry, milked the
mare into the oyster can. mixed the milk with corn-meal and made their breakfast of it. The father began to learn more of the American people, and secured employment from them which was more remunerative ; after awhile, he obtained a team of a heifer and a steer, and a wagon, the wheels of which were sawn from a log of wood, then rented a small tract of land for two years, and in 1865, he bought eighty acres of land, where the family now reside, to which, in 1867, he added another eighty, and the same year they opened their brick- yard, mixed their clay with an old- fashioned mud-mill, and a $10-horse ; molded by hand ; made only 35,000 the first year ; he added to his farm until he had 200 acres, now valued at $40 per acre, which he continued to improve and cultivate, and in the manufacture, in his crude way, of brick and tile until his death, which occurred May 10, 1876, leaving a family of seven children- John A., born July 13, 1847, now of Chicago in the boot and shoe trade ; Louise E. F., August, 1849 (the wife Herman Wauku, a farmer of this town- ship) ; Augustus J., the subject of this sketch, was born in Prussia Sept. 7, 1851 (married Mary, daughter of Christ. Witty, of Fort Madison ; she was born in Fort Madison March, 1857; they have one child-Harry, born April 10, 1878) ; Francesca, born Sept. 24, 1853 (wife of Hugo Artz, of this township, a farmer) ; Paulina E., born Oct. 8, 1855 (the wife of Samuel Boobier, a native of England, now connected with the Sher- man House of Chicago ; Julius F., born June 1, 1858, foreman in the brick and tile yard, and Ida, born Dec. 21, 1864. Since the death of their father, the sons have added to their brick manufactory new and improved machinery, which has a capacity (with the assistance of four men) to turn out 6,000 to 7,000 of the finest pressed brick known to this part of the country, per day, and find a good market for all produced. In the way of farming, they have all the ueces- sary machinery of the latest improve- ments, with seven fine horses and other stock ; have a yearly tax of $80; their first tax, for which they now hold the receipt, being 18 cents. Fam-
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ily politics, Republican ; religion, Cath- olic.
RICE, A. L., farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Fort Madison ; the eldest son of Col. James Rice, who was born in Worcester Co., Mass. Married Miss Gratia Part- ridge; had eleven children; A. L. was born Jan. 13, 1822, at Templeton, Wor- cester Co., Mass .; did not enjoy the ad- vantages of even a common-school edu- cation on account of losing his voice when quite young; at the age of 17, came with his father and family to Lee Co., settling in Washington Tp .; re- mained until his death, in March, 1862; Jan. 8, 1846, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of John Davis, a soldier of the war of 1812, pioneer of Lee Co., from Ohio in 1838 ; he died March 21, 1877, at the age of 86 years; her mother, Sarah Moore, died March, 1868. Mrs. Rice was one of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters; after their mar- riage, they settled in Sec. 7 of this town- ship, and remained until 1856, when he purchased his present residence ; he owns 150 acres of land, valued at $55 per acre. They have had three chil- dren-Celesta A., born Oct. 23, 1846, died July 27, 1848; Evaline G., born May 26, 1848, and married Wm. M. Marsh, Dec. 24, 1866 ; died Sept. 24, 1867 ; George A., born Dec. 26, 1854. Their adopted daughter, Jennie, now about 9 years of age, was taken from the Orphan's Home at No 1, Pine Place, Boston. Democrat. Mrs. Rice is a member of the Christian Church ; Mr. R. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Hiram· Lodge, No. 7 ; also of I. O. O. F. Rescue, at Denmark. He has held the office of Township Clerk, Trustee, and various school offices.
RICE, JONAS, Jr., farmer and dairyman, Sec. 5; P. O. Denmark ; was born in Worcester Co., Mass., 1823 ; son of J. Rice, Sr., who was born and raised in same county, and there married Miss Greta Partridge, also born in Massachusetts, one of a family of sixteen children, eight sons and eight daughters, all of whom became influ- ential members of different churches; only two of whom are now living-May- nard P., of Royalston, Mass .; a manu- facturer, and Amanda, the wife of Uriah
Moore, of Templeton, Mass., a son of the eldest of the family is Geo. Part- ridge, a wealthy merchant of St. Louis. Jonas Rice, Sr., was of a long lived race, a Colonel of the militia of Massa- chusetts, a popular officer ; his father was Wm. Rice, who married Lucy Wright ; his grandfather, David Rice, who married Love Moore ; his great- grandfather, Daniel Rice, married Eliza- beth Taylor ; his great-great-grand fa- ther, Daniel R., married Barthia Ward ; his great-great-great grand father, Ed- ward Rice, married Anne- In 1839, Mr. Rice, Sr., with his family, came to Lee Co. and settled in Wash- ington Tp., on the farm now owned by Jonas, Jr., consisting of 240 acres, and remained till their death, his in 1862, Mrs. Rice, 1869; during the sixteen years of his life passed in New England, Jonas, Jr., had enjoyed the privileges of a com- mon school, but on coming to Lee Co., was deprived of that, and had but six weeks schooling afterward. June, 1849, he married Miss Harriet N. Cowles, daughter of Dr. Josiah Cowles, of Fort Madison, who came to Lee Co. the spring of 1839. They have six chil- dren-Oscar J., born Dec. 2, 1850 ; Harriet A., born March 10, 1854 ; Phebe L., born July 27, 1856; Ida D., born Nov. 19, 1859; John G., born Aug. 23, 1864; Edward J., born July 14, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. R., with their three daughters, are members of the Christian Church ; he is an Elder of that Church.
RICE, W. O., farmer and dairyman, Sec. 11; P. O. Fort Madison ; among the prominent and worthy citizens of Washington Tp .; son of the pioneer, Col. Jonas R. Rice; he was born in Templeton, Mass., in 1838; when 9 months of age, was brought by his par- ents to this county ; received an educa- tion such as was afforded by the com- mon schools of the day, and two years at the Denmark Academy. At the age of 24, married Miss Martha A., daughter of Thos. M. Morgan, a pioneer of Lee Co., who came here in the fall of 1839, from Ohio; she was born on the farm where they now reside, in 1846, which they now own, consisting of 130 acres, valued at $45 per acre; they have two
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children-Frank M., born Jan. 9, 1866, Arthur E .. Dec. 31, 1869. Repub- liean; members of the Christian Church, of which he is clerk.
Richards, William, far., S. 14; P. O. Fort Madison.
Ritter. John, far .. See. 33; P. O. Fort Madison. 1
Rodgers, Thomas T .. far., Sec. 16; P. O. Fort Madison.
Rohker, Edward. far .. S. 19; P. O. Fort Madison.
SAW DON. ROBERT, far .. S. 1 : P. O. Fort Madison.
SAWYER. FRANCIS. Jr .. farmer. Sec. S: P. O. Fort Madison ; was born in Rindge, Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1815: when 11 years of age, his father removed to New Ipswich, N. H., where Francis received a common- school and academical education; in 1838, when 22 years of age, accompa- nied by his brother, then 15 years of age, he left the hills of New Hampshire to find a new home in the West ; they traveled the entire distance from New Ipswich to the Black Hawk Purchase ( ex- cept between Buffalo and Detroit by boat ) in a one-ho.so buggy, being six weeks on the road; arriving at Fort Madison in August of that year, he made a claim and erected a cabin, where he now lives. In 1840, he married Miss Sarah Childs, who was born in New Ipswich Dee. 7, 1SIS; an orphan, raised and came to Lec Co. with Wm. Taylor; she died in January, 1843. He married Miss Luey Baxter in 1846; she was born in New Ipswich in 1821, and died ir 1862, leaving four children-Henry B., born Jan. 30, 1852, now a resident of Kan- sas ; Perley F., born in 1856 and died in 1871; Flora M., born in 1857; Herbert, born in 1860 and died in 1869. He again married Miss Abbie Holt, of Andover, Mass., boru in February, 1828, and married in October, 1865. He owns 240 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Members of the Congre- gational Church; he assisted in its organization and was elected Deacon ; he has taken an active part in Sabbath schools ; established two schools, one of which was the first in the township. His father, Francis Sawyer, came to Lee Co. in the spring of 1838, and made
and improved a claim adjoining his son's; in later years, he removed to Denmark, where he died at the ripe old age of 79 years ; the elder Sawyer was a perfect specimen of New England manhood, and possessed all the charac- teristies of that people.
Sawyer, Horace, far., See. 8; P. O. Den- mark.
SAWYER. JEMIMA. MRS., farmer, See. 30; P. O. Fort Madison; daughter of Jabez and Jemina Sawyer ; she was born at Mendel. Franklin Co., Mass., where, at the age of 21 years, she married her cousin, John Sawyer, son of Joseph and Eunice Sawyer, who was born in the same place in 1800; in 1832, they removed to Bristol, Mor- gan Co., Ohio, where they engaged in farming until 1836, when they came to Lee C'o .: in the spring of 1837, they purchased the farm (240 acres, valued at $40 an aere) where Mrs. Sawyer now resides. Mr. Sawyer died from the result of a fall from an apple-tree while pieking apples, in the fall of 1876, leaving a family of six children-Frank- lin, born in 1832, now in the bee and goat business in Texas : Asahel P., born April 5, 1834, now at Mount Ayr. lowa; William C., born Aug. 16. 1835. enlisted at the beginning of the late war and died in October, 1861 ; Sarah M., born Feb. 28, 1839, wife of Hezekiah K. Griffis, of Nebraska ; Mary C., boru April 7, 1841. wife of Richard E. Griffis, of Clay's Grove: Martha J., born July 26, 1845, is at home with her mother ; Nathaniel G., born Aug. 5. 1847, lives at Germantown, Kan.
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