The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 117

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 898

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ber, 1855, a farmer, of Ellsworth Co., Kan. Mr. Tuttle is decidedly Repub- lican in politics ; the township of which he was a resident at the time of Andrew Jackson's election did not cast a vote for him; for more than forty years, a member of the Congregational Church.

U T NDERWOOD, DAVID, far., Sec. 25; P. O. Augusta.

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ANTUYL, HOWARD, far., Sec. 19; P. O. Denmark.

ATTS, JAMES, far., Sec. 17; P. O. Denmark.

Watynauer, Edward, far., Sec. 35; P. O. Augusta.

Weaver, Arnsted, laborer, Denmark.

WHITMARSH, CHAS. E., farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. O. Denmark ; born in New Ipswich, N. H., in 1819, and when 18 years of age, with his father came to Denmark, Lee Co., where his father engaged in blacksmithing until his death a year after; his interment was one of the first in the cemetery at Denmark ; Charles E. worked as a la- borer for several years. In 1845, married Miss Charlotte Fox, daughter of Timothy and Mary Fox, among the first settlers of Denmark ; she was born in Peterboro, N. H., in 1826; after his marriage, Mr. Whitmarsh took up his father's trade, which he followed for twelve years. August, 1862, enlisted in 1st I. V. C .; served until close of the war, as company blacksmith. Has since been engaged in farming; his farm con- sists of 200 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. They have four children -Timothy T., born in 1846, who served over three years in Co. C, 1st

Mo. Engineers ; Edward, born in 1851; Eva A., in 1857; Mary T., in 1867. Republican ; Mr. and Mrs. W. and their daughter Eva are members of the Congregational Church.

Whitmarsh, Edward, elerk, Denmark.

Whitmarsh, Timothy T., far., Sec. 28; P. O. Denmark.

Wilder, Flavel, far., Sec. 34; P. O. Den- mark.

WILSON, ELIZA HI., daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Huston; born in Lyndeboro, N. H., April 21, 1811 ; re- ceived a liberal education ; in 1837, with her parents came to Lee Co., where she taught the first school in the village of Denmark, also the first school in the district three miles southeast of Denmark. In 1840, she married Jason Wilson ; he was born in Hartford, Vt., March 31, 1811 ; in early life, engaged in tanning and currier business ; came to Lee Co. in 1836, where he engaged in milling, erecting a mill on Skunk River-the third mill in the county ; this he continued, making it a financial success, until his death Sept. 27, 1858, at the age of 47, an industrious, hon- est business man ; one of the original members of the Congregational Church, and a liberal coutributor to its erection. He left two children-Lewis, born in 1841; Harvey II., in 1848. Member of the Congregational Church ; joined at the same time as her husband. She owns 300 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; also her place of residence in Denmark.

Wilson, Lewis, far., Sec. 7 ; P. O. Den- mark.

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NTELMAN, AUGUST, far., Sec. | Beelman, J. W., far., Sec. 30; P. O. Fort 7; P. O. Wever. Madison.

Ash, Jacob, far., Sec. 8; P. O. Wever. Aris, Lewis, far., Sec. 9; P. O. Wever.

BADLY, URIAH, far., Sec. 32; P. O. Wever.

Beebe, J. C., far., Sec. 32; P. O. Wever. Beebe, W. E., far., Sec. 32; P. O. Wever. Beebe, Wmn. H., far., S. 32; P. O. Wever. Berry, J. S., far., Sec. 10 ; P. O. Wever.

Binderman, F., Sec. 18; P. O. Wever. BIRD, WM. J., farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. O. Wever; son of John and Rebecca Bird, nee Bird, natives of County Dub- lin, Ireland; they married, and, in 1839, emigrated to America, settling in the Red River country, Louisiana, and, in 1842, came to Lee Co., settling in West

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Point Tp., where they remained until their death, which occurred, the father, in August, 1877 ; the mother, July, 1878, leaving four children-Wm. J., the eldest, and born in Louisiana, 1841, consequently 1 year of age on coming to Lee Co. His father being a carpen- ter, he learned that trade, which he fol- lowed during the summer season, teach- ing in winter, and remained a bachelor until February, 1877, when he married Emma, daughter of Patrick and Susan Donnaly. Her father, a native of Dub- lin, Ireland, emigrated to America in 1853; her mother, of Ohio. They set- tled in Illinois, where the daughter, Emma, was born, August, 1861. Dem- oerat ; has held the office of Township Assessor, President of School Board, Justice of the Peace, and various town- ship and school offices.

Blakeslee, John G., far .. See. 31; P. O. Wever.

Blakeslee, William, physician, Wever.

Blomberg, Joseph, farmer, See. 6; P. O. Wever.

BOLER, THOMAS B .. dealer in general merchandise, Wever ; grand- son of George Boler, who was born and married in Germany ; the family came to America and settled in Indiana Co., Penn .; had two sons and one daughter ; the youngest, Daniel Boler, was the fa - ther of Thos. B .; he was born in Indi- ana Co., Penn., in 1801; married Sa- rah, daughterof George Weir, of Scotch descent, and among the first settlers of that district of Pennsylvania ; they re- mained on the home farm until 1842, when they moved to Trumbull Co., Ohio. In 1844, they removed to Iowa, and settled on the Half-Breed Tract, eleven miles northwest of Keokuk; in 1849, while en route to visit his old home in Pennsylvania, he was taken sick and died at Louisville, Ky. His wife remarried and lived in Lee Co. until her death, in 1873. leaving three children-Thomas B .. the second child, was born in Penn- sylvania, in 1834; eame with his par- ents to Lee Co .; at the age of 16 years, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith at. Farmington; served an apprenticeship of four years; he then went to Athens, Mo., and commenced business for him- self. March 8, 1856, he married Miss

Susan R. Kneeland, who was born in Boston, Mass., in 1836. They remained at Athens until he engaged as a steam- boat engineer, in which business he con- tinued, with varied fortunes and advent- ures, until 1872, when he purchased a planing-mill at Fort Madison ; at the end of one year, he engaged with Wes- ton & Co. as Superintendent of their extensive mills; remained for eighteen months ; then went to Farmington and engaged as a merchant ; in May, 1877, purchased his present business at We- ver. They have six children-George E., born in 1857; an engineer on the Anchor Line, between St. Louis and Vicksburg; Orion K., born in 1861, clerk in his father's store; Mary Ann, born in 1866; Ellis R., born in 1868; Samuel D., born in 1874, and Gracie, born in 1878. Liberal Demoerat ; mem- ber of I. O. O. F. Com., Council Bluffs. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Broadt, August, far., See. 18 : P. O. Fort Madison.

Brown, Jackson, far., S. 6; P. O. Wever. BUCK, MORTON, farmer, See. 20 ; P. O. Fort Madison ; son of William S. Buck and grandson of James Buek. who was born in Connecticut, where he married a sister of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of American Independence ; had nine chil- dren, the seventh, William S. Buck, also born in Connecticut, where he married Miss Berintha York, a native of New London, in that State; had thirteen children, eleven sons and two daughters-Morton the youngest but three of the sons; he was born in Ulysses Tp., Seneca Co., N. Y. (whither his parents had moved), Aug. 30, 1806 ; when 12 years of age, with his par- ents, removed to Ohio and settled on Gen. Harrison's farm at North Bend, twelve miles from Cincinnati ; five years after, they purchased a farm at Cleve- towo, on the Miami River, fifteen miles above its mouth, where the mother died ; soon after her death, the remainder of the family removed to the vicinity of Patriot, Switzerland Co., Ind., where the father died in 1843; only six of the family are now living, most of whom are settled in the Western States ; after

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he reached his 21st year Morton Buek commenced the world for himself as a day-laborer, working on flatboats to New Orleans, etc. Jan. 24, 1832, he married Miss Rebecca, daughter of John and Mary Johnson, natives of New Jersey, but subsequently citizens of Seneca Co., N. Y., where Rebecca was born, Feb. 6, 1812. The Johnsons afterward removed to Fayette Co., Ind., where they died. For sixteen years after their marriage, Mr. Buck and his wife remained in Switzerland Co .; in the spring of 1848, came to Iowa, set- tled for eight months at Montrose, then removed to his present farm of 400 acres, which he values at $45 an acre. They have seven children-Amos York, born in Indiana, May 30, 1833, served in the late war, and is now a resident of Clark Co., Missouri; Mary O., born in In- diana, November 1, 1834 (married Smith Cherry, deceased-she remarried and is now the wife of Ernest Gocthart, of this township) ; Samantha, born Aug. 3, 1836, remains at home with her parents; Wealtha A., born May 3, 1840, wife of George Rudisill, of Mount Pleasant ; Adelbert H., was born Aug. 7, 1842, served in the late war, and is farming near Farmington, Van Buren Co .; Hal- sey J., was born Dec. 19, 1844, and is engaged in farming near the home farm ; Emma J., born in Iowa, Oct. 5, 1850, wife of R. D. Klingensmith, farmer, of Bloomfield, Davis Co .; Warren M., was born Dee. 1, 1853, died 26th December, 1877. Mr. Buck commenced political life as a Whig.

Bufe, E. J., far. and blacksmith, See. 5; P. O. Wever.

YARNEY, WILLIAM, far., Sec. 14; P. O. Wever.

Chesnut, Harry, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Wever.

Chesnut, N. B., far., Sec 5 ; P. O. Weever.

Chesnut, Robert, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Wever.

Comingford, Michael, far., Sec. 9 ; P. O. Wever.

Cook, Elisha, merchant, Wever.

COON, D. N., physician and surgeon, Wever ; born in Syracuse, N. Y., March 24, 1841 ; after receiving a medical education in New York City, in 1861, he entered the service in the 5th N. Y.

Zouaves, and, in 1863, was commissioned as Assistant Surgeon ; a position he held until Oet. 23, 1865; in 1868, he came to Jones Co., Iowa; settled in Monti- cello ; remained until July, 1877, when he came to Wever, and, in October, 1878, he married Josephine, daughter of Henry Sprague, of Des Moines Co. ; she was born in the city of Burlington, September, 1851 ; members of the Chris- tian Church.

D AVIS, G. W., far., Sec. 15 ; P. O. Wever.

Duncan, Henry, far., S. 10 ; P. O. Wever. DUNKIN, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Wever; born in Adams Co., Ohio, Jan. 8, 1818; his parents John and Orphia Dunkin, natives of Pennsylvania, having been carly settlers of that county ; there he was raised ; and May 3, 1838, he married Virginia, daughter of Robert and Annie Sproule, nee Montgomery; her father (Mrs. Dunkin's grandfather) Joseph Mont- gomery, was one of the first settlers of Montgomery Co., Va., to which he gave its name; the 22d April, 1855, they became residents of Lee Co., set- tling near Keokuk, where they engaged in farming, by renting; and, in 1864, purchased his present property, consist- ing of eighty-two acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; they had eight children-Robert M., Joseph R., John H., Henry W., Placentia M., George M., Joshua H. and Susan E. Demo- cratic.

DUNKIN, JOHN H., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Wever ; born in Adams Co., Ohio, in 1843, and when 12 years of age, with his parents, came to Lee Co., remaining with them until September, 1866, when he married Miss Mary Rake, who was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1842, daughter of Jacob and Amy Rake, who settled in this town- ship in 1863, from Ohio; her father died in September, 1875; her mother in December, 1874; soon after their marriage, they settled where they now reside, and own 156 acres of land, val- ued at $35 per acre ; they have had six children, four of whom are living- John F. was born the 4th December, 1868, and died the 3d of August, 1876 ; Mary E., 11th of June, 1871; Laura

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A., 29th of March, 1873, died the 18th of August, 1874; Lora E., 30th of December, 1875 ; Edgar W., 16th of January, 1877 ; Harvey H., 16th April, 1878.

Duncan, Joseph R., far., Sec 10; P. O. Wever.

OSTERLIRG, HENRY, far., Sec. - 18 ; P.FO. Wever.

Fry, Thomas, far., Sec. 8; P. O. Wever. Freburg, John, far., S. 30; P. O. Wever. G IBBS, B. F., farmer, See. 20; P. O. Fort Madison.

GAGE, C. D., of Gage & Matteson, props. Oak Grove Poultry Farm, Sec. 5; P. O. Wever; born at Smithfield, R. I .; for a number of years was a fac- tory operative, working from fourteen to eighteen hours per day, at a salary bare- ly sufficient to support life; in the mean time his parents died ; he learned the blacksmith trade, served an appren- ticeship of two years, then worked in a carriage-shop at Millbury, Mass .; he then started West, with all his worldly possessions in a carpet-sack ; he traveled alternately by canal and on foot, to Buffalo ; visited Toledo, Cincinnati, Ohio and Manchester, Ind., working at his trade wherever he could find work ; reached St. Louis, thence came to Fort Madison in 1849 ; from there, with rifle and carpet-sack, he started on foot and alone for California ; reached Des Moines, then beginning to be settled, and troops to remove; there he took a horse and buggy and pot of paint, and, under the direction of Dr. Clark, former editor of a Jackson Co. paper, started out to stake a bee-line road from Des Moines to Omaha ; he ran out of stakes the first day, and substituted elk-horns, which were scattered all along the route ; at what is now Lewis, Cass Co., he found the Mormon trail, which he followed to Kanesville, then Mormon headquarters ; he remained at Council Bluffs about two months, then com- menced carrying the mail between that place and Des Moines, and took the first mail trip ever made between the two places ; after acting as mail-carrier for two months, he joined Professor Owens' party, then making a geological survey of the State, and spent some time along the Des Moines River; in

the fall he was discharged, went to St. Joseph, Mo., and assumed the manage- ment of a hotel; the following spring (1850) he went to California, worked in the mines for two years, then re- turned to Rhode Island via the Isth- mus, and to Iowa in the spring of 1852, and commenced the business of carriage and wagon making at Fort Madison, where he bought a tract of 150 acres of timber-land adjoining the city limits, and did an active business furnishing steamboats with wood, and lighting steamboats over the rapids, until the war broke out; in 1854, he bought the 230-acre farm now owned by Matteson & Gage, valued at $45 per acre. When the war commenced, he went South as a sutler for two years; in 1864, he invested $2,500 in a Montana outfit, and spent eighteen months in that region, engaged in various specula- tions and adventures ; had numerous hairbreadth escapes from Indians and from drowning on the rapids of the Yel- lowstone River, which Gage and twelve others descended on a flatboat for 1,100 miles; reached Omaha in thirty-one days, making 3,100 miles in that time ; from Omaha he came back to Lee Co. with $40 in his pocket, and soon after commenced improving their present poultry farm. He is unmarried, and makes his home with his brother-in- law, J. A. Matteson, who came to Lee Co. from Rhode Island in 1854. He has filled various positions of trust- Justice of the Peace, and others. Mr. Gage is a Democrat, and has served as Deputy Sheriff, etc.

GIBBS, BENJAMIN F., far., Sec. 20; P. O. Fort Madison ; son of George W. Gibbs, who was born Ham- ilton Co., Ohio, May 12, 1798; he was the son of Justus Gibbs, a native of Wales, who emigrated to this country and settled at Cincinnati, where he erected the first frame house, built on the site of that now prosperous city ; he afterward purchased a tract of land eleven miles below Cincinnati, when the Indians were so numerous and annoying that the settlers lived in block houses for safety ; the settlers cultivated their land with hoes, and sowed wheat from their hats. George W. Gibbs married

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Miss Keziah, daughter of John McFall, who emigrated from Virginia and set- tlen in Hamilton Co., where she was born in 1799. Soon after their mar- riage, they removed to Indianapolis, where he engaged in farming in the summer seasons, and teaming between Indianapolis and Cincinnati in the win- ter seasons for eight years; after several removes and reverses of fortune, he removed to Jefferson Co., this State, in 1842, where his wife died Dec. 7, 1843. He remarried and removed to Wapello Co., and, in 1858, to Wayne Co., where he died March 28, 1874, leaving a family of three sons and three daughters, of whom Benjamin F. was the second born; he was born in Indianapolis in November, 1823; came to Jefferson Co. with his father, and, in 1848, to Lee Co., where, in 1850, he married Maria, daughter of Dr. Claypoole, whose biography appears elsewhere. They commenced life on her father's farm, on which they still live and now own, valued at $50 per acre. They have five children-Adaline H., born June 21, 1852, the wife of Francis Drake, of this township; Warren M., born Feb. 11, 1855; George C., March 7, 1863; Angeline K., March 30, 1866 ; William F., Nov. 15, 1867, died March 28, 1869; Charles E., April 8, 1871.

Gore, Ranson S., far., S. 14; P. O. Wever. Greene, E. W., far., S. 5; P. O. Wever.

ANCOCK, JOHN, grain merchant,

H Wever.

Haupt, John, far., S. 6 ; P. O. Wever. Hebner, August, far., S. 11; P. O. Wever. Hebner, Joseph, far., S. 7 ; P. O. Wever. Hyter, John, far., S. 6; P. O. Wever. HYTER, SAMUEL, farmer and stock-grower, Sec. 8; P. O. Wever ; son of Abraham Hyter ; grandson of Jacob Hyter, who was a native of Germany, and who, when still a young man, emi- grated to America, settled in Maryland, near Gettysburg, and engaged in black- smithing, where he married and had two sons and one daughter; the eldest son, Abraham, was born near Gettys- burg, and followed his father's trade; in his 25th year, he removed to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he married Nancy, daughter of William and Nancy Phares, a native of New Jersey ; soon after their

marriage they settled in Dearborn Co., Ind. They had four sons and four daughters, the youngest (Samuel) born 27th of July, 1828; when 17 years of age, his parents removed to Iowa, and, in 1844, settled on the farm he now occupies ; his mother died the fall after their arrival ; his father died January, 1868, aged 83 years. In December, 1854, Samuel Hyter married Ellen, daughter of James Gedney, an early settler from Dearborn Co., Ind .; they have three children living-Alice (born in August, 1845, wife of Clinton Tucker), Horace E. (born in Septem- ber, 1857) and Harry A. (born in March, 1866). At a late inventory of farm and property, taken by himself and son, estimating the farm at $30 per acre, his possessions amount to $15,000. Democratic in politics ; members of the Christian Church.

TARVIS, WILLIAM A., farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. O. Wever.

Junge, John, far., S. 18 ; P. O. Ft. Madi- son.

K AMMERER, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Ft. Madison.

Kern, Samuel A., far., S. 14 ; P. O. Wever. Kern, William H., far., S. 15 ; P. O. Wever. Klinginsmith, Jackson, far., S. 10; P. O. Wever.

Kruger, Emil, far., Sec. 18; P. O. Ft. Madison.

Kruson, Amos, far., S. 3 ; P. O. Wever. L 18; P. O. Ft. Madison.

ACHMAN, CHARLES, farmer, Sec.

Lange, Gottleib, far., S. 7; P. O. Wever. Lange, Herman, far., S. 20; P. O. Ft. Madison.

Lange, Louis E., far., S. 7 ; P. O. Wever. Langerbeck, Max, far., S. 18 ; P. O. Ft. Madison.

Larson, John, section boss, Wever.

Liddle, William, far., S. 6; P. O. Wever. Long, Moses, far., Sec. 14; P. O. Wever. Luton, James H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Wever.

Luton, John B., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Wever.

M CAULY, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Wever. McCannon, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Wever.

Matteson, Isaac A., farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Wever.

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Morgan, Abraham, farmer, See. 15; P. O. Wever.

MORGAN, JOHN, Sr., farmer, See. 15 ; P. O. Wever ; born in Mont- gomery Co., Penn., in 1806 ; at 12 years of age, with his parents moved to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, thence to Dearborn Co., Ind, At the age of 23, Mr. Morgan married Mary Osborne, who was born in Ohio. in 1808; in 1839, they came to Lee Co. : settled upon and improved the land (240 acres) where he now resides ; in 1864, his wife died, leaving seven children-Elizabeth, born in Indiana Sept. 30, 1831; Joel, born in Indiana Oet. 9, 1833; Edward, born March, 1835 ; Abraham, born in Indiana Ang. 4, 1837 ; Priscilla, born in Indiana Sept. 30, 1839, and died in Lee Co., Oet. 27. 1840; Sarah. born in Lee Co. Aug. 27, 1841; Eli, born in Lee Co. Dec. 18, 1843; John, born July 28, 1849. April 6, 1874, Mr. Morgan married Catharine, wife of David Strunk, one of the carly settlers ; she was born in Hunt- erdon Co., N. J., in 1816. Mr. Mor- gan's children are all married and settled on farms, except John, who is a machin- ist in Burlington. Mr. M. is a Demo- crat in political belief; he has been a Deacon in the Christian Church for for- ty-seven years ; his wife and three of his children are also members of that church.

Morgan, John, Sr., far., Sec. 15: P. O. Wever.

UTT, J. M., far., Sec. 15; P. O.

N Wever.

Nutt, R. A., far., See. 15; P. O. Wever. Nutt. William, far., Sec. 9; P. O. Wever. P

ACALI, EMIL, shoemaker, Sec. 7; P. O. Wever.

Patterson, Robert. far .. Sec. 23; P. O. Wever.

Peel, Samuel. far .. Sec. 12; P. O. Wever. Pfeiff, Louis, far., Sec. 32; P. O. Wever. Prescott, William.

Prox. Gustave, cooper. Sec. 18; P. O. Fort Madison.

ICHARDSON, S. F., far., Sec. S;

P. O. Wever.

RICHARDSON, S. F., far., Sec. 8; P. O. Wever; son of David Rich- ardson, who was born in New Jersey, in 1795; in 1S12, his parents moved to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where David grew

to man's estate, and married Jemima, daughter of Absalom Foster, an early emigrant from Maryland to Hamilton Co .; after their marriage, they moved to Hancock Co., Ind., remained until 1846, when they came to Lee Co. and settled near Fort Madison, where he died in 1864. leaving two sons and two daughters ; S. F., the youngest, was born in Hamilton Co., in 1833; came with his parents to Iowa ; he received an education in the common schools. In 1854, in company with A. Agno, of Fairfield Joseph Ball and William P. Hyter, of Lee Co., purchased a large drove of cattle, and crossed the plains to California-were five months on the route; they disposed of their cattle to good advantage, and, in 1855, returned home via Nicaragua and New York. In September, 1856, he married Catha- rine Hyter, a sister of Samuel Hyter ; she was born in Dearborn Co .. Ind., in 1833; after their marriage, they settled in Hancock Co., Ill., until 1859, when he removed to his present farm, con- sisting of 167 acres, valued at $45 per acre ; have five children-R. A., born in December. 1858; Alice, Nov. 5, 1867; Ida. Dec. 20, 1871; Caroline, Jan. 6, 1875 ; Samuel Clyde, Feb. 15, 1877. Mr. Richardson is a Democrat ; his wife is a member of the Christian Church.

ROGERS, MILWARD H., far.,

Sec. 15 ; P. O. Wever: born in Lon- don, England, in 1819, and christened in St. Paul's Church in that city ; when an infant, his parents moved to Mont- gomeryshire, Wales; when he was 12 years of age, they emigrated from Wales to the United States, and settled in Del- aware Co .. Ohio; in 1840, he came to Lee Co., and, in 1842, married Susan, daughter of Shepherd Johnson, de- ceased ; she was born at Elizebethtown, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1819; for the first few years after his marriage, Mr. Rogers engaged in farming as a renter, and cutting wood for steamboats on Big Island, which he had purchased; in 1852. he purchased and occupied the land on which they now live. the farm including 848 acres, which he values at $20 per acre. They have had five chil- dren, four now living-James M .. born

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January, 1845, and died Aug. 2, 1870 ; Milward H., Jr., July, 1847 ; Johnson, Nov. 21, 1849; George E., Oct. 7, 1858, and Arthur, Sept. 9, 1861. In the spring of 1873, Mr. Rogers visited his mother at Napa, Cal., and his brother at Cone Valley ; on that trip, he also visited Portland, Or., and various other points on the Pacific Coast. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Christian Church, in which he is an Elder of long standing and usefulness ; he is a Democrat. Has served on the County Board of Supervisors three terms, and as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years.

YHEPHARD, JOHN H., far., Sec. S 31 ; P. O. Wever.

Shephurd, Henry, far., Sec. 31; P. O. Wever.

Shubert, Charles, far., S. 7 ; P. O. Wever. Sisenpaugh, Carl, Sec. 16; P. O. Wever.

Smith, John, far., Sec. 30 ; P. O. Wever. Smith, Peter, far., Sec. 16; P. O. Wever. Storms, Daniel, far., Sec. 9 ; P. O. Wever. Storms, Geo. W., far., S. 9; P. O. Wever. Storms, J. J., Wever House.

T EBBS, JAMES, far., Sec. 30; P. O. Fort Madison.

TEBBS, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 30; P. (). Fort Madison ; son of Willoughby Tebbs; of Irish and English descent ; was born in Virginia in 1787; his parents, after a short residence in North Carolina, Kentucky and Ohio, settled in Indiana, where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Valentine and Mary M. Lawrence; she was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1785; they settled in Indiana, where were born two sons-the subject of this, the youngest, and born Jan. 21, 1821; he remained with his parents until April 1, 1849. He married Sarah, daughter of James Craig, a native of Ireland, but was brought to America when a child, and married Jane Irwin, also of Irish descent ; had two sons and five daughters, she being the youngest, and born near Montgomery, Ohio, July 11, 1829 ; the fall after their marriage, they, with his parents, removed to Iowa, this county, and settled where they now reside, and own 427 acres of land, val- ued at $45 per acre. His parents died; the mother, Aug. 31, 1868; the father, Jan. 1, 1870. Democratic in politics.

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The history of Lee county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 117

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 898

Author: Western historical co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 898